Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 16 April 1940

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  • 21 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE LAST EDITION ESTAB. 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY 90. vol. xcvin. TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1940. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • 286 1 Protectorate Over Dutch Possessions? NAZI ANXIETY NOT TO DISPLEASE U.S. Washington, April 16. r pHE possibility that the republics in North and South America would move to establish a temporary protectorate over the Dutch possessions in the Western Hemisphere, should Hitler seize Holland, is seen
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  • 48 1 --Reuter. London, April 16. T h e German-controlled Oslo Radio announces that the Quisling Puppet Government has resigned and the administration of German-occu-pied regions in Norway has been taken over by an “administrative committee headed by M. Christensen. Chief of the 01 so Municipal ouncil.
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  • 117 1 i. —Reuter Rome, April 16. Reports are current that the First and Second Italian Naval Squadrons have started their Spring exercises today. Official quarters state that there is no information available about the ships’ movements. Actually, both Squadrons have been on partial manoeuvres since the middle of
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  • 81 1 i.—Reuter. Geneva. April 15. Sensational utterances by Hitler to Dr. Burckhardt, the former League Commissioner for Danzig, are a feature of Dr. Burckhardt’s report to the League just published. On Aug. 14, 1939 Hitler told Dr. Burckhardt that he would not wage war like the
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  • 394 1 —8.0. W. Rugby, April 16. Reports are now available of the naval account in Norwegian waters. A fair estimate of the German Fleet, as it existed at the beginning of the war and those left, capable of action, is given. Authoritative London naval circles
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  • 160 1 i Reuter British Landing In Norway London, April 16 The “Daily Telegraph's" Military Correspondent, commenting on the landing of British troops in Norway, says that it is unlikely that the landings were opposed, except possibly' from the air. One should not expect anything startling to happen at
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  • 55 1 —8.0. W. Entrusted To British Firms London, April 16. An Istanbul message states that Turkey’s Government has decided to entrust the general electiification of the country to British firms. A contract for the construction of the first central electricity station at Cavatalaghzi, in the coal bearing basin
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  • 667 1 HOLDING UP GERMAN DRIVE TO SWEDEN Stockholm, April 16. The Norwegian Army is fighting stubbornly to hold up the German drive towards the Swedish frontier north-west of Oslo. The Germans are now believed to be six miles from Kongsvinger. Many hundreds of Norwegians have been
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  • 147 2 r.—Reuter. Answer To Alleged Bombardment Of Bergen ANOTHER PROPAGANDA MOVE Allies Accused 01 “Frightfulness” Amsterdam, April 15. 'T'HE deliberate German air bombardment of British 1 towns is being hinted at by Nazi officials in Berlin today. The excuse for it would be the bombing of
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  • 185 2 troops were killed and wounded. —Chinese Central News. Japanese Warships And Motor Lorries Hit Chungking, April 13. The Chinese Air Force again bombed a troop concentration, military warehouses and a naval convoy at Yochow, North Hunan Province, on last Thursday. The Chinese aircraft hit a
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  • 158 2 .—Reuter. Ample Supplies From Overseas London, April 15. A further indication of the likely effects of the invasion on Denmark on the British food situation is given by a Ministry of Food official today. Britain has sufficient supplies of butter and bacon in cold storage to
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  • 115 2 —Reuter. London, April 15. Shipping circles estimate that Germany, moat of whose merchant fleet have been immobilised in home and neutral ports since the beginning of the war, has now lost more than half of the tonnage of which Great Britain with her ships always at sea
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  • 57 2 Reuter. Demand For Higher Wages Toronto, April 15. The strike by the seamen’s union against the Great Lakes Steamship Companies began early today. The union is demanding higher wages, closed shop and extra pay for overtime. A picket line is reported to have been established
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  • 95 2 ’—Reuter. Berlin, April ly It is announced that Prine? Bismarck, at present head of the Political Department of the Foreign Office, has been appointed First Counsellor to the Ger man Embassy in Rome and the Second Counsellor at the Embassy, has been given the rank of
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  • 289 2 Chungking, April 13. Intense fighting is going on at the south of Nanchang, the ex-Kiangsi provincial capital. Chienhsiahsu, near a junction of the Hangchow-Nan-chtang and Hanchan g-Pinhsiang railway, about forty kilometres south of Nanchang, has become the scene of sanguinary fighting since April 9. —Chinese Central
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  • 120 2 BOW. March Through London Streets Today London, April 15. Detachments of the First Canadian Division will march through the streets of London tomorrow and on Saturday when the Royal Twenty-Second Frencn Canadian Regiment and Toronto Scottish arrive to take over guard duties at the royal palaces. Each unit
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  • 39 2 s. —Reuter. Rugby, April 15. The Ministers and staffs of the British, French and Polish Legations at Copenhagen have now arrived at Brussels and the British are expected to reach England within the next few days.—Reuter.
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  • 355 2 —Reuter. Washington. April 15 “The co-operative peace of the Western I Hemisphere was not created by wishing and will require more than words to maintain it,” declared President Roosevelt, addressing the Pan-American Union here. “We have only asked the world to go with us in
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  • 45 2 —Reuter. The Hague. April 15 It is announced that anti-aircraft guns opened fire and air patrols went uo against the French and German aeroplanes which were sighted over Dutch territorial waters yesterday. Protests have bcm made to London, Paris and Berlin.—Reuter.
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  • 718 2 WORST AIR RAIDS EVER London, April 15. npHE Paris “Temps” says that the Lofoten Islands (opposite Narvik) are one of the points where the British expeditionary force disembarked. Mr. Chamberlain is making a full statement in the Hous» of Commons tomorrow on the British landings in
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  • 771 2 Rugb£, April 15. The annihilation of the German naval forces at Narvik is regarded by the press as the most encouraging pointer to future events. “Everything done so I far at Narvik and further south both by the Navy and by the Air
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  • 89 2 —Reuter On Morning Of Entry’ Into Copenhagen Brussels, April 15. Two German planes were brought dow» by Danish anti-aircraft fire early on tbe morning of the German entry into Copenhagen, according to reports reaching here. The Germans afterwards dropped a large bomb on hangars
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  • 71 2 —Reuter. Groups Of Over Three In Streets Forbidden Luxembourg, April 15. A police regulation has been issued f<« binding groups of ever three people in the streets after nightfall. Any meetings m private places in which foreigners principally participate must be notified to th*» police beforehand.
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  • 72 2 .—Reuter. Prices Tending To Improve London, April 15 The Stock Exchange was quietly firm ■with the prices of most sections tending to improve despite the paucity of business. The final .payment on the new thn-e per cent. War Loan was made today. Over £160,000,000 changed hands bin without
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    • 123 2 MANY DOCTORS AGREE The Old Adage is Found Best Doctors in Singapore and throughout the world still find the old saying “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” is sound advice for everyone. Most of the weakening coughs and colds that come with wet weather can be
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  • 1818 3 From every part of the British Isles the views on and amendments of H.G. Wells’ draft pour in. Groups, everywhere, are debating it. Again distinguished contributors and the “man-in-the-street” appear on this page. Continuing THE RIGHTS OF MAN Debate the EARL GF LYTTON l (.tiiu r
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  • 191 3 From DON IDDON, Daily Mail Correspondent New York. TTERR FRITZ THYSSEN, the exiled German steel magnate and industrialist, one of the men who financed Hitler but who fled to Switzerland in November, believes the Nazi rule is doomed. In an interview with Herbert Matthews, New
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  • 58 3 Muswellbrook, (Aust.) Mrs. V. Salmon, of Roxburgh, Muswellbrook, gave birth to twins —a boy weighing 9’/-»lb. and a girl weighing 81b. 2oz. The hospital authorities claim that this is an aggregate weight record for the Commonwealth. The previous local record for twins was established six months ago—a
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  • 169 3 ceventee N-YEARS-OLD Evelyn Hiley was said to have been “experiencing the exotic conditions of hotel lounges and meeting men who might be officers but were not gentlemen,’ when she was placed on probation at Chester last November for stealing a frock. The other day.
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  • 138 3 Cleveland, Ohio. American manufacturers are in a position to turn immediately to the production of synthetic rubber to make tyres and other similar rubber products in case supplies of the vital raw material are cut off by the war. Dr. Howard E. Fritz, manager of the
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  • 264 3 QUEER side-issue of recent medical tests of A.Lb. and R.A.A.F. recruits was the report, by examining doctors, that young Australians run a slightly higher blood-pressure than the average. “Average” means that of the world’s white races generally. The slight increase noted in recruits had
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  • 200 3 Baroness Eugenie Merkl, a distinguished Austrian artist, now (0 years of age, is, by her own wish, plain Mme. Merkl. The splendours of her life, when the Emperor Franz Josef ruled Austria, are gone. “Mme.” Merkl lives alone in a tiny flat in Chep-stow-road. Baysw*ater, W.
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    • 36 3 I WHAT A WAR! By Gilbert Wilkinson ir i 1 I W'-AN’U V 7 ZZw J\ x a LOVEM AND LEAVEM only your mum what we call broadminded lots of funny things you could tell her.'’
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  • 552 4 Selangor Chaplain’s Criticisms Kuala Lumpur. ••TT is indeed pathetic if we can think of no better way of 1 celebrating our Lord’s death-day than the rather shoddy method of a round of golf.” The above extract is contained in his monthly letter to the
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  • 425 4 Bulletin In Romanised Malay April 13. It is suggested that readers should cut out this new* In Romanised Malay and hand it to Malay members of their households, thus helping to keep the Malay population informed about the progress of the war. These Malay news bulletins will be
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  • 2756 4 Brig. Gambier-Parry’s Absorbing Talk PLAN SUCCESSFULLY CARRIED OUT AN OTHER, absorbing talk on the War was delivered by Brigadier M. D. Gambier-Parry last night, when in a broadcast, he shed light on the successful transportation of the British Expeditionary Force to France. The committee,
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  • 275 4 ACCUSED GIVEN BENEFIT OF DOUBT Kuala Lumpur. CHARGED before Mr. Justice Cussen in the Assize Court with housebreaking with intent to outrage the modesty of a Malay woman, wife of a Malay constable at the Police barracks at Sungei Besi, Awal Khan, a police constable
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  • 132 4 Enjoyable Social Held Kuala Lumpur. A successful Games and Social afternoon was held at the Batu Road School on Tuesday. Over sixty members took part in badminton, ping-pong and indoor games. The main attraction was the informal badminton tournament which resulted as follows: Men’s Singles Champion:— Mr.
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  • 40 5 For want of a quorum, the Chinese Benevolent Association’s twenty-thir.i annual general meeting, which was announced to be held at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce at 5.15 yesterday afternoon was pastponed to April 29 at 5.15 p.m.
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  • 648 5 SOCIAL PERSONAL Mr. C. R. Bradley has been appointed to be a Prabationer, Malayan Customs Service. Next Saturday is the birthday of the Prophet Mohamed and a statutory holiday in Kedah. Mr. D.W. Le Mair, Assistant Director at Fisheries, Singapore is on a visit to North Perak. Mr. M. V.
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  • 846 5 Conference At Govt. House H.E.’s TRIBUTE FOR VALUABLE WORK IN W ARTIME Singapore. WOULD like to say that the Press throughout the war has been most helpful and I am grateful,” said H.E. the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, yesterday to representatives of the
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  • 350 5 Judgment Delivered In Supreme Court Ipoh. A summons issued at the instanci of the Official Administrator, F.M.S.. to determine the lawful husband ot Tuan Jereneh binti Tuan Lebeh. whr died in 1932 and who was a granddaughter of Che Ming, late Raja Perempuan
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  • 491 5 Daughters Given Benefit Of Doubt Parit Buntar. /CONVICTED on a charge of having voluntarily caused hurt to a compatriot on March 8 at Sungei Labu, Tanjong Pandang, a middle-aged Malay Ismail bin Isah and his wife Timah binte Saad were sentenced to a fine of
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  • 82 5 A twenty-two year-old Chinese Lye Kon Hong, claimed trial before Mr. A. W. Bellamy in the Penang Third Police Court yesterday to a charge of being in possession of bicycle accessories for which he could not give a satisfactory account of them at 254. Tanjong Bungah
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  • 38 5 A few ricsha-bicycles have appeared on the streets of Alor Star and are proving useful. The fare is 5 cents a mile, and the passengers sit in a rattan sidecar attached to the bicycle.
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  • 127 5 Attempt To Steal From Charity Cash-box Warning the accused to behave himself better in future, Mr. A. W. Bellamy in the Penang Third Police Court yesterday bound over a Chinese youth, Chan Ah Lam, in the sum of $5O for six months in one surety, on
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    • 71 5 TONIGHT AT THE NEW WORLD TUESDAY, 16th APRIL, 1940. 1. Grand Nooran Opera “Panglima Janggot Merah”. 2. Cantonese Wayang— Tok Char Fah. 3. Metropole Talkies Paul Muni in “Louis Pasteur”. 4. Merry-Go-Round— s cents. Adults or children. 5. Globe Talkies Mysterious Whip (Cantonese Talkie). 6. Flying Trapeze— Nightly 9.30 p.m.
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  • 421 6 A T the same time as the big battle off Norway was under way, an equally important fight was being waged in Shanghai. But the latter was being fought on the political front, for the biggest prize in the Far East —the control of the
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  • 88 6 QUEEN’S CINEMA Joe E. Brown in "Beware Spooks” 3, 6.15 9.30 p m REX CINEMA Jane Withers in “Boy Friend’’ 3, 6 15 9.30 p m. MAJESTIC CINEMA “Three Sons,’’ 3, 6 15 and 9.30 p.m. WINDSOR “Bombshell” (Hindustani picture) 5.45 9.15 p.m. SUN CINEMA “The Giri
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  • 374 6 Navies Of The World r jpO the reader who wrote yesterday asking for statistics showing the comparative strength of the Navies of the world—a pertinent question in view of the great interest roused by the naval battles now being fought off Norway—the following figures, based on information
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  • 793 6 Tuesday, April 16. r PHE British have taken A Narvik and the surrounding country. This means that the Germans are now deprived of one quarter of their total ore supplies. But the loss is even greater in that it effectively cuts by half the
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  • 439 7 PrrHiwc/ Attacked First: Accused Gets 18 Months t the local Assize Court this morning, Awang bin Arabi Penang Malay, pleading guilty to a charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder was sentenced to 18 months' rigorous imprisonment. the accused was charged yesten L <
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  • 104 7 While the -front door of a house in Muntn Street was left open at about 10.3 Q last night, a Chinese sneaked into the premises and removed some clothing hanging on the wall. The man. after having gathered the clothing, rushed out of the premises
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  • 131 7 Tried To Slit Man's Pocket With Razor Caught in the act of- attempting to cut open the left pocket of a Chinese passenger in a trolley-bus at Carnarvon Street, Tan Cheng, Chooi was produced before Mr. A. W. Bellamy in the Penang Third Police Court yesterday
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  • 112 7 increased Duties Gazetted Alor Star. 1* d duties, which nave come into <edah, have been published in h Government Gazette. They extra duty on rubber and tin. ad vrlorem. 1 for inland postage and for grams have been raised and nto line with those obtaining arts of
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  • 718 7 The Straits Chinese British Association, (Penang), will hold its annual meeting on Monday. April 22 at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. The report of the committee for the year ending 31st December, 1939. records that two Special General Meetings
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  • 54 7 During the Ajax’s long cruise the crew had a chance to go ashore in the United States. Leonard Pittman. of West Ham, brought back with him this picture, in which he is seen with Shirley Tcmnle. Below’ Pittman is with a crowd of admiring children
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  • 167 7 Miss C.B. Paterson Mr. F.J. Steggail The wedding place yesterday at St Andrew's Presbyterian Church. Penan?, oi Mr. Frederick John Steggail to Miss Cecilia Broomfield Paterson. The ceremony was conducted by the Rev. R. M. Greer, and the bride was given away by the Hon. Mr.
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  • 98 7 Remarking that the accused had betrayed the trust placed in him. Mr. A. W. Bellamy in the Penang Third Police Court yesterday. sentenced Karupayah to three «reeks' rigorous imprisonment, to date from the day of arrest, on a charge of theft as a servant to one Vaithinathan at
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  • 111 7 Former Chung Ling Headmaster Mr. David Chen, former headmaster of the Chung Ling High School, Penang, who left for Kunming last year to take up an appointment as general secretary of the Chung Cheng Medical College, is to proceed to Chengtu. Szechuan Province, China,
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  • 474 7 Advocates Turn Blind Eye To Wise Rule Kuala Linn pur. An outspoken condemnation of the tendency among the present genergfam to practise birth-control by artificial methods was made by the'Rev J. G. Hadi at the I’.W.C last night, when he addressed a large gathering on
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  • 174 7 Fine Record Of Mr. J. Parke Kuala Lumpur. News has come to hand from Vancouvfir of the death of Mr Joseph Parke, Director of Criminal Intelligence F.M.S. Police last Saturday. The late Mr. Parke went to Vancouver last month on leave and the news of
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  • 129 7 Man Removed To Hospital A Chinese, who was suffering from a slight fever, went inside a coffee shop in Chulia Street at about 10.30 last night to take some mixture, which he had purchased from a drug store. Following the instructions on the label of the bottle,
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  • 488 7 ALLEGED MURDER OF COUSIN Kuala Lumpur. A graphic account of how two Tamihr —cousins living in the same house and normally the best of friends—quarrelled. with each other over a glass of water, as a result of which one of them attacked the other with a
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    • 106 7 Another British Triumph 114 \1 N r RWX Alii I *N II il lv N N». I I D-N i NJ L J Wtei n\ Xt I I KF I ..«m Here she comes, with her rich gift •Csg '‘X* from the green pastures of England 1 Factory packed with
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  • 578 8 Chairman On Healthy Financial Position The fifteenth annual general meeting of shareholders of Jelapang Tin Dredging Limited was held at the Registered Office of the Company, 16 Barrack Road, Kuala Lumpur, on Thursday, the 11th April. 1940, at 12 Noon. Mr. A. A. Henggeler presided
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  • 935 8 Latest List Of Contributions Amount previously acknowledged $242,778.71 Kinta Sanitary Board Staff 5.00 Kinta Sanitary Board Staff 15.46 W. L. Kitserow 50.00 Batang Padang Ceylonese Section: K. Karthigesu 2.00 N. P. V. Monerisinghe 2.00 D. S. Attygalle 2.00 M. Kandavanam 2.00 S. Mailvaganam 1.00 V. J. A.
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  • 336 8 Monthly Share Market Report More interest was displayed during tha past month, in Local Tin shares and In dustrlaLs, the former no doubt stimulates bj the improving and lengthening list of 1 dividends. Rubber shares, on the otht r Land, with a few exceptions, are chiefly a
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  • DAILY SHARE QUOTATIONS
    • 308 8 SOON THEAM CO’s QUOTATIONS TIN Buyers Sellers Ampats 4/9 5/3 A. Amalg. 5/9 6/3 A. Hitams 21/3 22/3 Bangrins 21/ 22/ B. Selangors 1.50 1.53 Hong Fatts 1.08 1.10 Jelebus 74 77 Johans 30 32ex Kamras l/7j 1/101 Kamuntings 10/7j 11/41 K. Lanjuts 22/ 22/9 Katus 23/ 24/ Kramats 11/
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    • 94 8 Penang, April 15, 1940 (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank) On London Bank Demand 2/4 1/R On London Bank 4 months 2/4 1/8 Private O. D. 2/4 5/lt Private 3 m/s Documentary 2/4 7/ie On New York Demand 47 Canadian 51 3'4 On France Demand 2062 3/4 Lire
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    • 298 8 I RUBBERS Buyers Sellers > Allenbys 1.25 1.324 Ayer Panas 1.27£ 1.35 Bassetts 45 47£ Batu Lintangs 1.00 1.05 q Bentas 971 1.02 J Borellis 1.42 J 1.50 Brogas 67| 70 Indragiris 1.27| 1.32| Kempas 2.05 2.10 Kuala Sidims 2.12£ 2.20 Lunas 1.65 1.75 M. Pindas
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    • 254 8 LEAN CO’s QUOTATIONS MINING Buyers Seller» Ampats 4/9 5/ A. Amalgamateds 5/71 5/101 Burma Malays 21/3 22/ Bangrins 21/6 22/3 B. Selangors 1.50 1.571cd Hong Fatts 1.07 1.10 Jelebus 771 821 Jelapangs 29/ 30/ Johans 30 33xd K. Kamunting 8/11 8/41 K. Kampars 12/3 13/ K. Lanjuts 22/ 22/9 Klang
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    • 212 8 A. A. ANTHONY CO’s QUOTATIONS Buyers K >i Jers TIN Ampat 4/9 5 Austral Amai g/ Ayer Weng 62 Batu Selangor 1.471 Hitam 4/) Hong Fatt ijk j Jelebu 72J K. Kamunting 8/3 3 Kampong Lanjut 22/ Kinta Kellas 5/6 Krarnat Tin 11/ 11 6ex Kuchai 1.62 J 1 Larut
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    • 256 8 KENNEDY CO’s SHARE LIST MINING Buyers Seilers Ampat 4/10i 5/3 Austral Amal. 5/10J 6/3 Ayer Weng 65 70 Batu Selangor 1.50 1.521 c Hitam 40 42j Hong Fatt 1.07» 1.121 Johan 30 321 ex Jelebu 75 80 K Kamunting £/3 8/9 Kampong Lanjut 22/ 22/6 Kamra 1 /7 2/ Katu
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    • 96 8 The output of tin ore from the N 7 Property of the Siamese Tin Synd Ltd., was 1001 piculs. The output of tin ore from the pr of the Bangrin Tin Dredging Co. was 2.425.50 piculs. The number of vorked enuring the same period was and
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  • 410 9 IN GERMANY Munich Radio on March 14 (Italian for Italy): “The murderer belonged to a group of responsible persons. Behind the London deed stands the whole of India to free herself and to avenge her massacred countrymen.” Deutschlandsender on March 13 (German for Germany):
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  • 330 9 Growing Ever Closer Together The growing ideological GermanSoviet association is the theme of various articles in the British Press. The Manchester Guardian devotes a. leader to the subject and quoted words in which Hitler greeted the Condor Legion on their return from Spain. “If the sub-human forces
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  • 206 9 Switchman’s Error Kills 173 Inadvertently derailed by a switchman, car of a three-coach gasolineengined rain plunged off the tracks near an Osaka Station killing 173 persons and injuring at least 65 others. Leaving the tracks, the car overturned and burned. Many of the passengers, apparently trapped
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  • 38 10 —Reuter. Stockholm. April 15 What Ls described as a “state of preparedness” against aerial attack has been proclaimed in certain parts of Southern ano Western Sweden. It will come into force to-morrow. —Reuter.
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  • 328 10 AU JED NATIONS HITTING BACK WITH COMMANDING FORCE London, April 15 The Navy’s exploit at Narvik, the laying of the Baltic minefield and the announcement of the list of the naval successes of th p past week, bring forth unstinted praise for the
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  • 659 10 REPORT OF NARVIK BEING IN FLAMES Germans Retire From Korns joe To Halden London, April 15 A joint Admiralty and War Office communique announces :—“British forces have now landed at several points in Norway.’’ An unconfirmed report from Kiruna, Northern Sweden, says that Narvik is
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  • 113 10 —Reuter. MORE ARRIVING DAILY London, April 15 Several thousand Germans are now in Belgrade, according to The Times Belgrade correspondent who says that more German “tourists” are arriving daily. Seven hundred Germans have documents which show them to be attached to official missions, making it difficult
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  • 36 10 —Reuter. Berlin. April 15. Tlie German News Agency announces that the manufacture of margarine and lard coriipounds and certain similar products is forbidden in Denmark until further orders. Margarine is being rationed.
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  • 262 10 Tiro Transports Sunk And Con to v A t tacked London. April 15 An Admiralty communique states Further reports from our submarines indicate that another two German transports have been sunk and that besides this a convoy of enemy transports was attacked in the Skagerrak
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  • 64 10 —8.0. W. Transfer To Treasury Control Rugby, April 15. By an order issued on Monday all U.S.A, dollar securities are transferred to the Treasury control. This action was forecast in the first Vesting Order, issued in respect of 60 similar securities. The price paid by the
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  • 111 10 —Reuter Sends S.O.S. 800 Miles From New York New York, April 15. The Mackay radio station reports the interception of radio distress signals from the British steamer. Craig. 3.683 tons. The signals said: "Submarine coming close,” and gave the ship’s position as aloui eight hundred miles north-east
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  • 170 10 ’—Reuter. Concentrating n British Ports Hongkong, April i. It is Famed that the Danish East a i, tic Company’s s.s. Panama, v h Manila yesterday, is arriving- at J kong tomorrow. This is taken as an indicatio thother Danish vessels in Far Ea ters. which
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  • 75 10 —Reuter. Artillery Action At Various Points Paris, Arril 15. A communique states that yesterday evening and during the night there was activity of our reconnaissances and artillery actions at various points of the front.—Reuter. ENEMY RAIDS REPULSED Paris. April 15. A communique states That on several points of
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  • 71 10 .—Reuter. Six Dead And 10.000 Homeless Panama City. April 15. Six people are reported burned to death and 10.000 rendered homeless as a result of a disastrous fire in the town of Colon last night. The entire civilian and military firefighting forces on both sides of
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  • 66 10 —Reuter No German Request For L se Of Murmansk Moscow April 15. Reports that the German Ambassador in Moscow had requested M. Molotov to permit the use of f he Murmansk Railway for the transportation of German troops to Norway anci that this was refused, are denied in
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  • 72 10 —Reuter. Several Towns Near Nanchang Occupied Chungking. April 15 Chinese forces are launching attacks on Japanese positions in many fronts, chieflKiangsi. Hunan. Shansi. Hupeh ana Honan Provinces, according to field dispatches. Chinese forces, it is claimed, have occupied several towns near Nanchang. In north Hunan, they
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  • 364 10 VICTIM OF MOST BRUTAL AGGRESSION _Reut Paris, April 15. King Haakon has issued an appeal to all Norwegians asking them to fight to save the independence and liberty of the fatherland. He declares that Norway has not passed through such painful experiences for over
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  • 26 10 zl Trans-Jor-dan volunteer, one of the many nationalities who have joined the Palestine Pioneer Corps to help the Allies, (joes through his rifle drill.
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  • 554 11 HI I ED LADY, LAY OFF AND FIGHTING FINISH New Moon Tipped To Score Again (By “TIC-TAC” pHE leading stable should be the stable to follow for the fourth day of the Singapore races tomorrow as I expect Breukelen to saddle at
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  • 26 11 TODAY P.G. Malay RE vs. Police S.C. Glugor Ground. Malay C.Y. vs. Indian R.C. "B” Renong Ground. O.X.A. vs. PC.FA. Dato Kramat Ground.
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  • 144 11 Correction And Apology With reference to an article which appeared in our issue of January p, 1940 under the heading "J. Donnelly will not ride again in Malaya” in which it was stated:— '■At the end of that period Donnelly has been told he may apply for his
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  • 361 11 Perak-Penang Match On Sunday Local badminton fans can well anticipate a very thrilling time at the Penang Free School Hall on Sunday next, at 10 a.m., when the cream of Penang badminton players will play against quite a formidable team from Perak m the “Foong Seong
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  • 1004 11 Acceptances For Tomorrow RACE 1 2.30 P.M. HORSES —Class 3—Division 4—6 Furlongs 4 0 3 MARCHETA II 4y 8.13 Mr. H. T. Piper Hobbs 4 0 1 FIRST RA 5y 8.12 •’Moonlight Kongsi” Marland 00 0 LADY IDA 6y 8.10 Messrs. Ramsay <fc Logue Logue 00 0
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  • 1069 11 Danahar Disqualified In Bout With Snow r pHE big Red Cross boxing tournament at Earl’s Court provided a night of surprises. Hot favourites in three of the contests were beaten. Arthur Danahar was disqualified in the second round of his Southern Area welter-weight
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    • 63 11 DIAMOND Bedsteads The high reputation that Tpf “Diamond” Bedsteads have established throughout .Malaya is based on merit 7 V for many yean their extreme durability and fine i finish has become increa» F recognised as thd standard of quality and n value. 4 DIAMOND METAL f J PRODUCTS g j
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  • 251 12 HENGIST AND NEW MOON FOR DOUBLES 1 Stella’s Pet Should Run Good Race Tomorrow (From Our Own Correspondent) t Singapore, Today. tn AST gallops were seen on the second track this morning at f Bukit Titnah, when most of the horses running tomorrow
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  • 92 12 —Reuter. Maximum Protection Against Air Raids London, April 16. A country-wide organisation, designed to give the maximum protection against an air attack, has been completed by the experts of the Maintenance Board who are satisfied that their arrangement for the supply of fuel. ammunition and other
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  • 59 12 -8.0. W. Only Four Destroyers Rugby, April 16. British losses since the new phase -of the war began, which have already toeen announced, consist of four destroyers only, one which—the "Gurhka” —was sunk of a bombing attack. The battleship Rodney was hit by a bomb but sustaining
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  • 163 12 -BOW No Political Agitation For Duration Rugby, April 15. The Times, in an editorial, says that before the war the Cypriot political horizon has been, somewhat cl (juried. The outbreak of war changed the situation. Political leaders of all Cyprus parties came in a deputation vo the Governor
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  • 83 12 South Team For Game With North i Ipoh. The South XI to meet the North team at Kuala Kangsar on Saturday has been chosen as follows: Poh Lee; Aris and Chooi; Marimut- thu, Ee Eow and Shaw; Pitchay, Beng Teong, Littledyke, Salahuddin and Mohd. Noor. Reserves: Sek Nam,
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  • 159 12 Reuter Draw In First Round The following is the draw for the first round of the Football League Cup to be played on April 20 and 27: NORTH A. New Brighton v. Stoke. Wrexham v. Wolverhampton. Blackpool v. Southport or Oldham. Barrow v. Liverpool. Manchester United v.
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  • 46 12 RACE 1. FIGHTING FINISH MARCHETA II RACE 2. FURIOUS KEEP GUESSING RACE 3. ADELE ALL GOLD RACE 4. EDNA STAR HARPO RACE 5. BLARICUM JULY THE SEVEN I H RACE 6. BATTI HARLOWE RACE 7. GROFMO BLUE RIBBON RACE 8. ECHO STELLAS PET
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  • 138 12 Dr. C. Subranianiani Congratulated The annual dinner of the Ceylon Association. Penang was held last night at the New Springtide Hotel when nearly thirty members were present. The opportunity was also taken to I congratulate Dr. C. Subramaniam, Government Pathologist. Penang. on his recent appointment
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  • 61 12 Lau Ah Hoong. appearing before Mr. A. W. Bellamy, in the Penang Third Police Court yesterday, claimed trial to two charges of attempted extortion from Ng Kam on April 8 at Muntri Street, and extortion of 30 cents from Ng Kam on March 25. The case was postponed
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  • 41 12 Today on the Esplanade from 6 p m. tn 7.30 p.m. March The Rifle Regiment Sousa Overture Giralda Adam Selection A Life On The Ocean Binding Waltz Cardoda Gomez Selection La Boheme Puccmi Finale The Whistler His Dog Denham
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  • 26 12 There will be Moonlight Band performances on the Esplanade Bandstand on April 20, 22 and 23 from 8.30 pm. to 10.30 p.m. weather permitting
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  • 173 12 —Reuter. NAZI PRESS PREPARE PEOPLE FOR LOSS LONDON, APRIL 16. THE NEWS OF THE BRITISH CAPTURE OF NARVIK AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTRY WAS BROADCAST TO THE NORWEGIAN PEOPLE BY THE 8.8. C. IN A MESSAGE IN THE NORWEGIAN NEWS BULLETIN YESTERDAY EVENING. The note of jubilation
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  • 203 12 —BOW Danish Petrol X Food Supplies Rugby. April 16. In a speculation on the motives inspiring Germany’s invasion of Denmark and Norway, stress has been laid, in some quarters, on what were said to be the augmented stores of petrol in Denmark as well as the
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  • 194 12 Malay Ex-peon Sentenced Ipoh. A 24-year old Malay, Baharudin h. Md. Jain, until recently employed as a peon in the Land Office, Pari r was yesterday sentenced to four months’ rigorous imprisonment by t?e Ipoh First Magistrate. Mr. P. F. Y Radcliffe when he pleaded guilty I
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  • 358 12 —BOW Rugby, April 16 Official communiques issued by the Air Ministry during the last week end do not convey the full extent of the work of the R.A.F. Reconnaissances have been conducted day and night and every Norwegian fjord, which could possibly shelter enemy craft, has
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  • 77 12 -Reuter. Conference Of Envoys Ended London, April 15 Conversations between the British Ministers to the Balkans and the Foreign Office officials ended this evening anc the Ministers are expected to retuir to their costs within a few days. Tne convetsat’ons have given satisfact ion in the various
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  • 157 12 Fixtures For Saturday 3.00 p.m. Lee Peng Joo vs. Lim Chong Ooh —Ref: Mr. Tan Boon Piew. 3.30 p.m. Ong.Jin Teik vs Ng Tuck Wor Ref: Mr. J' A Montano. 4.00 p.m. Teoh Chin Bee vs. Percy Ang—Ref: Mi Tan Choon Kooi. 4 30 p.m. Oh
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  • 97 12 Gltigor Club And E.S.C. Draw The Giugor Club were held to a goalless draw by the Eastern Smelting Club in their Second Division League soccer match played on the Renong ground yesterday evening. There was very little to choose between the two teams and the forwards of
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  • 77 12 P.W.D. vs M.R.C. On Thursdav at Dato Kramat ground: P.W.D.—Osman; Kemal Singh. David; Santiago. Che Din, Sivasamy; K. Cornelius. S Cornelius, Subramaniam. Ee Teik and John Jacob. P.R.C. ”A“ vs Marine Dept. Sports Club “A” On the Esplanade tomorrow: P.R.C.:—P Bracken; J. W Webb. C. Bulow; T. Jacobs, T.
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  • 160 12 To Sing Again At Wembley With the return of Miss Fadillah, the well-known Columbia recordist and winner of numerous singing competitions in Malaya, the Wembley Cabaret, it is anticipated, will draw a bumper crowd on Thursday, April 18, when the Kionchong Queen’ will render new
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  • 29 12 —Reuter. Cup replay’s at Home resulted as fol lows: Walsall 6. Port Vale 0. Rotherham 1, Doncaster 0 extra time). SCOTTISH EASTERN St. Bernards 0. Hearts 2.—Reuter.
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  • 79 12 TUESDAY, APRIL 16 ITN: Penang $124.00 Business done Buyers. No Seller Singapore $124.00 RUBBER: Penang Spot 35 (c Singapore Spot 35 ,'c COPRA: Sundried $3.50 Transaction Black Pepper Nomina' TAPIOCA: Medium $5.40 seller Fair Seed $4.70 seller RICE: Indian Parboiled 133 lbs $5.60 Rangoon Parboiled No. 1 $7-40
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