Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 15 May 1940

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  • 22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE LAST EDITION ESTAB. 1833 fl BUSHED DAILY US. Vol. XCVHI. WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1940. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 492 1 “NO OTHER CHOICE.” SAYS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF Unable To Hold Out Longer AIR FORCE HAD DIMINISHED” IF omen And Children Exposed To Destruction London., May 15. The Dutch Commander, General Winkelmann. has confirmed by broadcast his orders to the Dutch Army to lay down arms. He said: “I
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  • 567 1 R.A.F. Bombs Enemy Troops London, May 15. OU TER’S special correspondent with the R.A.F. somewhere in France writes that bombers of the R.A.F. advance striking force are attacking with the fullest possible vigour the German armies engaged in a fresh thrust from Belgium, round the
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  • 148 1 -Reuter. Lord Snell Welcomes New Government London, May 14. Lord Snell, the leader of the Labour nty. welcomed the members of the w Cabinet of the new Government i nd said that whatever the future night be, they would give the Govern- nt all the support they
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  • 73 1 r.—Reuter. For Non-Military Purchases From U.S. Washington, May 13. The abolition of the cash-and-carry' restriction on Allies’ non-military purchases from the United States is proposed in a resolution submitted to Congress by Mr. Bulwinkle, a Member of the House of Representatives. He advocated the amending of
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  • 19 1 Willemstad, Curacao, May 14. A British transport has landed troops and defence equipment here today.—
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  • 85 1 Reuter. London, May 15. A Netherlands Legation Official explains that the Commander-in Chief’s proclamation concerns “only troops engaged in the fighting. It does not include our naval units and we are, as stated, still at war with Germany.” The German Army High
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  • 89 1 .—Reuter. Peiping, May 15. Surmises that the Japanese might use the intensified European situation to create further difficulties for British interests in China would seem to receive support from the statement of the antiBritish society in the local press that the anti-British movement will be
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  • 159 1 8.0. W. Rugby, May 15. The following statement was made by the Ministry of Information on Tuesday’ night: “It was learned in London on Tuesday that today’s operation in Flanders have gone much according to expectations. Operations now in progress reveal that the enemy
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  • 168 1 Joins Enemy Formation By Mistake Rugby, May 14. A pilot officer of a R.A.F. Fighter Command had an anxious few minutes near Rotterdam early on Monday morning, when. after shooting down a Junker 87 bomber in flames and attacking three more Junkers, he found that
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  • 160 1 Washington, May 15. A wave of pro-Ally sentiment is sweeping the United States. President Roosevelt’s speech on Saturday, which was considered somewhat daring in certain political quarters, was actually surpassed by Mr. Cordell Hull’s yesterday. —Reuter. The announcement that the United States is willing
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  • 850 2 Massive German Forces Trying To Cross SITUATION EXTREMELY GRAVE IN HOLLAND Invaders’ Bid For Rotterdam Paris, May 14. The Germans are steadily battering at the whole 250-mile front. The most important part of the front, according to well-informed military circles, is the Ardennes region
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  • 139 2 .—Reuter. Anti-British Demonstrations In Italy Rome. May 14. Lord Hardwicke, a friend of Bruno Mussolini, had his face slapped last night at a cabaret show because he threw anti-British posters oft his tab'C. He was then detained a couple of hours at a police station on the
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  • 75 2 Reuter. Against Invasion Of Loir Countries Washington. May 14. The United States has expressed its willingness to join other American republics in a joint declaration of protest to Germany regarding the invasion of the Low Countries. Such a protest was suggested by Uruguay and communicated to
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  • 44 2 —Reuter. Declaration Within 14 Days Ordered London, May 14. The Admiralty has made an immediate order for the notification of details of self-propelled craft, including motor-boats, between thirty and a hundred feet in length to be declared at Worthing in fourteen days.—Reuter.
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  • 51 2 —Reuter. Civilians Evaluated From Frontier Areas Cairo, May 14. Civil inhabitants in the frontier towns on the Western Desert are being evacuated where necessary. The Military Governor has ordered reservists of the Army and Navy now on the retired list to hold themselves in readiness for instant
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  • 204 2 .—Reuter. Allied Advance In Norway London, May 14 From an eye-witness somewhere in Norway:— In the half-light of the early dawn this morning I watched from our flagship the naval bombardment and capture of Bjervik on Herjang Fjord, just north of Narvik. Under cover of the guns
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  • 232 2 Ruthless Attack On Gvil Objectives Ordered Paris, Maj The German High Command has ordered its six !n( j or seven thousand planes on the Belgian front to att lessly both civil and military objectives, says a Hava> ncy message from Brussels. The dispatch says:—“Since
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  • 178 2 —Reuter. Advance Forces Retire During Night London. May 14 A Belgian High Command communique broadcast by the Brussels radio states: “There have been numerous local engagements at different points of our .positions. Our troops are resisting energetically the pressure of the enemy’s forces. During the night the
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  • 583 2 —QUEEN WILHELMINA London, Mav 13 A proclamation by Queen Wilhelmina broadcast by tbo Dutch wireless states:— As soon as it became certain that we and our Ministers could no longer freely direct our country in lloUand. we decided much against on demro to transfer
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  • 59 2 .—Reuter. German Bombing Of Railway London, May jj. The Swiss Governn, ,t (ls lodged a strong protest the German Government ugh its Minister in Berlin aqainst the bombing of the railway near Basle. The official records asle have been transferred to c safer place and the banks
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  • 218 2 -—Reuter. Arrival From Belgium In Continuous Stream Paris, May 14. Refugees from Belgium, Luxemburg and North and East France arrived at the Paris stations today in a conun», ous stream. There were a few wounded but more were suffering from fatigue. Trains, especially in certain Belgian regions.
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  • 317 3 Bribery Trial Charges London. A TR. GILBERT PAULL. K.C, talked r at the Old Bailey of "backstairs influence” and an attempt to approach an M.P. during the trial of Laurence Donelan. aged 44, a draughtsman, who is accused of attempting to obtain a bribe in
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  • 209 3 Notices All In German LONDON. ■XI’TAIN IL FLOWERDEW, X A of the Merchant Navy, died the captured German ship tienfels from Sierra oeone to > Ingland with the help of a sixiwnny dictionary, because all the nisi ructions and machinery no;.ees were in German. The ship
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  • 195 3 llis Star is Peaceful London. BECAUSE Mr. Oswald Smithson was born under Mars, he offered, at a Leeds Conscientious Objectors’ Tribunal, to take his son’s place in the Army. For the son, 23-year-old John G. Smithson, of Roundhay, Leeds, was born under the pacific
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  • 137 3 Istanbul. Traders from neighbouring countries are arriving in Turkey to purchase considerable stocks of goods of all descriptions They are offering good prices. The latest arrivals are two Bulgarians, representing firms notorious for their clandestine re-exportation to Germany of indispensable commodities and raw materials
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  • 383 3 Ancient Families Uprooted An insight into Nazi method;; of conducting forced migrations, which are described as daring and barbarous, is given in the Gazette de Lausanne. The aim, it is stated, is to expel from invaded territory or “spheres of in- fluence” all “people of alien descent,”
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  • 30 3 PEACE RELIGHTS HELSINKI’S I. AMPS—The lamps are once again ligh ting Helsinki’s streets after dark. They were relit tiie second night a fter peace was signed.
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  • 379 3 Yarmouth. A MAJOR’S wife, fashionably dressed, said in Yarmouth Bankruptcy Court that for years she had been receiving a monthly allowance of £2OO or more from a person abroad whose name was not stated in court. The allowance ceased last year. “You are
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  • 142 3 London. Doctors who have registered under the Military Service Act may be called up for service in their professional capacity. The Central Medical War Committee are bearing in mind the medical needs of the civilian population, and are advising the Governmtnt departments concerned on the
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  • 392 3 LONDON. SECRET DOCUMENTS RELATIN G TO THE MANUFACTURE OF GUN-TURRETS FOR WELLINGTON BOMBERS WERE FOUND IN THE SUITCASE OF AN IRISH' MAN W ORKING AS A FITTER IN A BRISTOL FACTORY. The man, 42-year-old Michael Joseph Downes, who was stated to have
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  • 166 3 Actresses In Court London. Four actresses in an all-women revue, “Meet the Girls,” were alleged at Norwich to have departed from 1 the script allowed by the Lord Chamberlain in the scenes “Food Control,” “A.R.P. Warden” and “A.F.S.” Another scene in the revue in which departures from
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  • 71 3 MAIL DEPARTURES WEDNESDAY. MAY 15. 1940. Latest Time of Posting Surface Air Mails for Africa, Burma, Europe, Great Britain, Hongkong, India Manila, Thailand U.S.A. 900 a.m. Mails for Kelantan Trengganu 10.00 a.m. Mails for Sumatra including Sabang 11 a.m. Mails for Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur Singapore 1-30 p.m. MAIL
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  • 270 3 EASY TO BREAK THEIR BACKS London. TT’S too easy to “break the backs” of 1 the new Bank of England notes. That is the verdict on the blue £1 and mauve 10s. notes with a half-millimetre thread woven vertically through ths paper to make forgery’
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  • 58 3 London. Lieut. Samuel Gill Gamble, now serving with the Royal Canadiam Engineers. was married at Southampton to Miss Margaret Foster Wilson, of Quebec. They had known each other for some years, and Lieut. Gamble asked Miss Wilson to follow him 3,000 miles to England
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    • 59 3 WITH wIE ATk A SMILE Blrri I’ulmer British llr ,k > continue to /•*>. i •sc that troops yJT J jw ,;n r —fill L-L Lf Al •I heard by 4 urnnts, and A" 1 1 T ou ax vain-M-crits. V figr /7*» K iH ‘"ittr insergeant. •isin me Mr.
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  • 1022 4 Seizable Offences In F.M.S. Higher BOYCOTT GIVES GREAT IMPETUS TO COMMUNISM HDIIE economic depression which had settled on the Federated Malay States towards the end of 1938 continued in 1939 until the outbreak of war. The demand for Malaya's staple products—tin and
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  • 429 4 Bulletin ]n Romanised Malay May 10. Ka.oal2 perang tentera la at British telah “mengerjakan" lagi akan kapal2 pembawa tentera dan barang2 bekalan Jerman yang sedang belayar ka-Norwav. Sa-malam kapal2 selam British telah menyerang tiga kumpalan convoy Jerman, (ia-itu kapal2 Jerman yang belayar dalam kamalan kapal2 perang-nya>. Dalam serangan
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  • 407 4 S’pore To Follow Penaiiji s Lead In Commercial School Singapore. Big developments in vocational education in Malaya are likely to take place in the near future. Steps are being taken to extend facilities for trade school education in both Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, and plans
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  • 207 4 Farewell Message To Girl Malacca. May 11. “I am going to commit suicide, all for my love of you. Please attend my funeral, else I shall no; rest in peace. Farewell.” These were passages in a letter produced by Inspector K. H. Song at the inquiry
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  • 592 4 WORLD-WIDE OPE C‘.F ACTIN I'D; The Red Cross, as is rea of the world-wide scope of and the extent of if been the largest recipient o' of the Malaya Patriotic F. letter from Malaya House, I But the assistance of been extended
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  • 170 4 Septuagenarian l inrd S™ Malacca. Tan Kuh Kwan, a 75- d who pleaded guilty c 3 Police Court to a chare usi n house at Goldsmith St gaming house on May 2 Mr. F. M. Smith The case was a sequ raid carried out by
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  • 397 4 Hollywood beimg what it is, it isn't surprising that recent films today show a definite trend towards wars and soldiers. Not, with some rare exceptions the present conflicts raging in France, and China, but wars in general. For war is in the air, as
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  • 1284 5 "Report Was False And Malicious.* Says Counsel Ipoh. A FTER being partly heard before Che Zainuddin in the Ipoh Second Magistrate’s Court yesterday afternoon, further hearing was postponed to today in the case in which Edwin Maurice Glover and the “Malaya Tribune” Press Ltd. are
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  • 392 5 POSSESSION OF CHANDU Ipoh. Remarking that the Magistrate was quite entitled to draw the inference he had done in the present case, the Hon. Mr. Justice Murray-Aynsley in the Perak Supreme Court yesterday dismissed the appeal of one Othman, a Customs Officer who appealed against
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  • 48 5 Today at the Waterfall Gardens from 5.15 p.m. to 6.45 p.m March Pompadours Stanley Overture Tne White Queen Metra Selection On With The Show (1928) Nicno'ls Waltz A Waltz Dream Strauss Sclect’on Waltzes From Vienna Clutsam Cornet Solo Star Of Love Por.ee Quick Step AdoV Mills
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  • 577 5 SOCIAL PERSONAL Miss Joy Berry arrived in Kuala Lumpur last Friday to join her parents. Mr. W. Leggatt arrived back in Malaya by air on Monday and was to he in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Dr. (Miss) A. F. Stookes has been appointed District Surgeon at Sandakan, British North Borneo. Mr.
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  • 307 5 THREE KILLED BY LIGHTNING Teluk Anson. An unfortunate incident is reported to have taken place at a rubber estate at Utan Melintang during the severe thunderstorm which raged over Teluk Anson and throughout the lower Perak district on Friday evening when three Indian estate labourers were struck
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  • 111 5 The funeral of Mrs. Goh Swee Teen (nee Madam Khor Ee Yoke» who passed away last Thursday after a brief illness took place from her residence. No. 126, Noordin Street, yesterday for interment at the Batu Gantong Cemetery. The deceased who was 52. leaves
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    • 391 5 QUEEN'S LAST 2 SHOWS i 6.30 TODAY 9.30 A Grand Cantonese Picture Starling SIT KOK SIN with a big cast in TT KHEOK HOON SEOfW” Songs Laughter Romance Prices 20, 40 60 cts. Downstairs. MATINEE TODAY AT 3 PJMf. “SAY IT IN FRENCH” with Ray Milland Olympe Bradna. Prices Downstairs
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  • 510 6 PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT hurA ried back to Washington last week because he has had, according to what he told reporters, a “bad attack of nerves.” The reason for his anxiety will perhaps be found in the comment of the influential Mid-Western newspaper, the “Chicago Daily News”,
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  • 50 6 MAJESTIC CINEMA: “Full Confession” with Victor MacLaglen and Sally Eilers 3, 6.15 9.30 p.m. QUEEN’S CINEMA “It Kheok Hoon Seow’ ’(Chinese Picture) 6.30 9.30 p.m. REX CINEMA “That Certain Woman” with Bette Davis and Henry Fonda 6.15 9.30 p.m. WINDSOR “St. Arunagiri” (Tamil picture). 6.15 9.30 p.m.
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  • 422 6 At The Races IVTOBODY can complain that the first two days’ Races did not provide enjoyable sport. Dividends on the whole were generous and my only grouse is that invariably 1 backed the wrong outsider in the right race. To make matters worse, my colleagues had several
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  • 683 6 W ednesday, May 15. on the miliI tary situation, M. Pierlot, the i Belgian Prime Minister, said that since yesterday, many attacks have been made at many jxrints along the Belgian front by the enemy. But they resisted admirably and b> the end of
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  • 165 7 LOCAL CONSULS VIEW OF SURRENDER Meeting Of Penang Hollanders Today That the capitulation of the Dutch army was due to treachery was the view expressed by Dr. van Egmond, the local Dutch Consul, to a Pinang Gazette reporter, who interviewed him this morning
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  • 1313 7 DECISION OF CITY FATHERS Higher Cost Of Living Heavier Expenses On Cars At yesterday s meeting of the Municipal Commissioners Dr. Ong Chong Keng successfully moved that a decision of the Municipal Commissioners in Committee to reduce “the maximum number of ricshas which may
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  • 63 7 A car, while travelling along Macalister Road near the junction of Western Road last night, plunged into a drain. The car, a Morris 'B’ was negotiating the corner at the time of the mishap. Fortunately, however, the passengers of the car escaped unhurt. A report was
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  • 28 7 Dr. Ainslie Appointed Dr. William Ainslie has been appointed Deputy Health Officer, Penang, vice Dr. T. W. Hill who recently resigned and went Home.
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  • 40 7 —Reuter. Paris, May 14 It is semi-officially intimated here that the French Government has no intention of intervening in the Dutch East Indies and no such suggestion has been made from any quarter. —Reuter.
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  • 933 7 Dcrtails of the parade in celebration of the birthday of H.M. King George I, 1940 in Penang are contained in a special order by Colonel C. A. Lyon D.S.O. Commander. Penang Fortress: A short parade, followed by the Beating of Retreat by the Band and
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  • 55 7 Seat Transferred To Batavia The local Agent of the Netherlands Trading Society has received a notification from his Batavia Office to the effect that the seat of the Company has been transferred from Amsterdam to Batavia, and that the business of the Bank will be
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  • 201 7 LOTTERY OF NONEXISTENT CLUB Two detectives who were specially posted outside Messrs. Peter Chong Co., detained a 25-year-old Hylam, who was carrying two bundles containing 15,000 lottery tickets of the Kelantan Chinese Chin Woo Athletic Association, which after enquiries, was revealed to be non-existent. The arrested
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  • 72 7 An attempt to burgle a house was reported to have taken place in a house, in Chulia Street, near the junction of Penang Road this morning. The burglar or burglars are said tohave succeeded in entering by the kitchen of the house, but nothing of value was
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  • 72 7 While working on board a ship in the Penang Harbour at about 10 o’clock this morning, an Indian loading coolie missed his footing and fell from a height of about 20 feet. He is believed to have sustained afracture of his thigh. He was
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  • 1138 8 PROFITS INCREASE DESPITE HIGHER COSTS THE Thirty-sixth Annual General Meeting of the shareholders of The Sandycroft Rubber Co., Ltd. was held at the Offices of Harrisons, Barker Co., Ltd., Ampang Road, Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday, May 8, at 2.30 p.m. I Present. Mr.
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  • 590 8 Share Market Report Quiet conditions have prevailed in the Local Share Market during the month covered by this report but Commodity price have kept remarkably steady and show gains on balance. Local Tin and Industrial shares continue to attract the most attention. The closing price of Tin
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  • DAILY SHARE QUOTATIONS
    • 300 8 SOON THEAM CO's QUOTATIONS TIN Buyers Sellers Ampat 4/6 4/9ei A. Amalg 5/9 6/3 A. Hitanis 21/3 22/3 Bangrins 20/9 21/9 B. Selangors 1-45 1.48 Hong Fatts 1.11 1.13 Jelebus 73 76 Johans 30 32 Kamras 1/74 1/104 Kamuntings 10/9 11/6 K. Lanjuts 22/3 22/9 Katus 22/9 23/9 Kramats 11/
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    • 232 8 A.A. ANTHONY CO's QUOTATIONS TIN Buyers Sellers Ampat 4/6 4/9ex Ayer Weng 62* 674 Bangrin 20/ 21/ Batu Selangor 1.424 1.474 Burma Malay 22/ 23,Hitam 374 424 Hong Fatt 110 1.15 Johan 30 32* Kampong Lanjut 21/9 22/3 Killinghall 13'6 14/6 Kinta Kellas 5/6 6/ Krarnat Tin 11/ 11/6 Kuchai
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    • 284 8 RUBBER Buyers Sellers Allenbys 1.20 1.30 Ayer Panas 1.224 1.274 Bassetts 40 45 Batu Lintangs 974 1.02* Bentas 95 1.00 Borellis 1.424 1.50 Brogas 624 674 Indragiris 1.224 1.274 Kempas 2.05 2.10 Kuala Sidims 2.15 2.25 Lunas 1.65 1.75 Malaka Pindas 1.324 1.374 Mentakabs 374 40
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    • 256 8 KENNEDY CO's SHARE LIST MINING Buyers Sellers Ampat 4/6 4/9 Austral Amal 5/9 Ayer Weng 624 57 Batu Selangor 1.45 Berjuntai 10/3 Chenderiang 15/9 i»; Hitam 39 Hong Fatt 1.10 Johan 29 K. KamunVug 8/6 K. Lanjut 22/3 22 Kamunting 10/9 11 Krarnat 11/ H 4, Kuchai Ord 1.674 1.l
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    • 237 8 LEAN CO's QUOTATIONS MINING Buyers Sellers Ampats 4/6 4 10* A. Amalgamateds 5/6 6/ B. Selangors 1.424 1.474 Hong Fatts 1.09 1.12 Jelapangs 27 28 Jelebus 70 724 Johans 30 33 K. Kamuntings 8/4 j 8/104 K. Kampars 12/3 12/9 K. Lanjuts 21/9 22/3 Kuchais 1.70 1.75 Kramats 10/9 11/3
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  • 37 8 Alor Gajah 14.000; Australasia 18.300: Ayer Panas 68.000; Bukit Kubu 10.000, Glenealy 40.500; Jalan Kebun 10.100 Kluang 44.200; Pajam 168,000; Port SvVettenham 6.700; Tambalak 15.000; Telu.c Anson 55.801 and Ulu Benut 24.500 lb.
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  • 95 8 Penang, May 14, 1940. (Bjy Courtesy of the Chartered Bankt On London Bank Demand 2/4 1/ie On London Bank 4 months 2/4 1/3 Private O. D. 2/4 5/ie 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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  • 106 8 Pattani Tin Limited 246 piculs, yardage 152,000 cubic yards, hours run 442, Hydraulicing nil. Kamra Tin Dredging Limited 557.27 piculs, yardage 149.000 cubic yards, hours run 647. Ngow Estate, Renong—3 Dredges 1420 hours. 203,300 cubic yards, tin ore won 801.11 piculs. Takuapa—2 Dredges 1171? hours, 246,
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  • 32 8 London. May A Dutch steamer the Van Rensststruck a mine last night on leavin port of Ymuiden. The captain di heart failure. Five of the 150 aboard are missing.—Reuter.
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  • 486 9 Chinese Puts Novel Defence Kuala Lumpur. “Due to temporary lapse of memory I spent the money and have since paid $lO to the complainant,” said Yong Chee, a “boy” employed by the "sfa(t Yee Club, who though produced on a cheating charge was convicted on a
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  • 765 9 Nation Depressed But United WORKING CLASSES SLPPORT HITLER DISCONTENT AMONG MANUFACTURERS A grim Germany is depicted in the new series of monthly reports received by the Paris office of the German Social Democratic party, says a Paris report. It is Germany suffering from
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  • 117 10 .—Reuter. TRANSPORTS SUNK: FORCES SURROUNDED Stockholm, Maj’ 14. A Norwegian High Command communique states txiat ar. attempt was mace ftty the Germans to disembark troops in South Tromsoe Province. Several transports were sunk and the forces which had been landed were surrounded. In the
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  • 218 10 —8.0. W. Warnings Regarding Nazi Menace Recalled Rugby, May 14. What is probably a typical view on the Government changes of -‘the man-in-the-street” was given in a broadcast on Monday evening. Under the pseudonym “North Briton” the broadcaster, speaking of the new Prime Minister, said: “I
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  • 35 10 Reuter. Basle, May 14 Traffic on the German railway near the Swiss frontier have been interrupted since Saturday when part of the line was destroyed near Istin in Baden.—
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  • 218 10 —Reuter. Interest In Mr. Bevin’s Appointment London, May' 14. The chief interest in last night’s Ministerial .appointments centres in that of Mr. Bevin who is an influential member of the Council of the Trade Union Congress. As Minister of Labour and National Service, his work will be closely
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  • 30 10 —Reuter. Johannesburg, May 14. It is officially announced that four units of the active citizen force including the Transvaal Scottish are mobilising almost immediately for full-time service.—Reuter.
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  • 620 10 ALLIED TROOPS RESIST GALLANTLY Battle On Outskirts Of Longwy To Moselle Paris, May 14 A communique states that the German attack is developing with increased violence. There is nothing of importance to report in central Belgium. The enemy has reached the Meuse from Liege to
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  • 278 10 Reuter. TOURISTS ADVISED TO LEAVE Rome, May 14 Anxiety has been created among a small section of the British colony in Rome by the belligerent tone of the press. The British Consulate have advised all inquirers not to stay in the country if they are
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  • 730 10 Will Carry On For Holland And Colonial Empire London, May 14 The Dutch Prime Minister and Dutch Government arrived at St. Pancras Station this morning. The greatest secrecy was observed at the station. The Government was met by Sir John Monck, representing Lord
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  • 51 10 —Reuter. •Outrage Connected With I.R.A. London, May 14. Four bomb’ explosions occurred outside a newsagents’ slnp in Be’fest. Nobody was injured though the shop was damaged. The outrage is believed to be connected with the I.R.A. campaign against Mr. De Valera’s Dublin newspaper the "Irish Press."
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  • 52 10 .—Reuter. $530,000,000 Orders In Last Four Weeks Washington, May 14. The Allies have placed orders for American planes and aircraft engines, totalling $350,000,000 in the last four weeks, it was stated today by a spokesman of the Allied Purchasing Mission. Two other large contracts are
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  • 695 10 Reuter. Bracing Tliemx i ves For Ordeal London, May lj All newspapers welcome yesterday’s demonstration by the Hoi. se uf Commons of “the rock of solid of the British people in the far. f gravest threat Britain has ever had to meet.” The
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  • 77 10 i Reuter. i Telephone Messap Mystery London. May A mysterious telephone n puzzling the British Broadca- j poration. Three hours after the had broadcast the announcer 1 dering a call-up of Air Force the broadcast was cancelled j believed that a telephone call en t ing them to
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    • 169 10 NEW YORK VIA SUEZ .Leave Penang X PRES. HAYES ay 2 PRES. POLK 3une PRES. GARFIELD une X PRES. MONROE June 30 Via Cape x No Passengers NEW YORK SERVICE (via Panama) Leave Penang CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS June 11 CITY OF NORFOLK July 9 CITY OF LOS ANGELES Aug.
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  • 759 11 TJENG AUN BEATEN IN THREE SETS Penang Lawn Tennis Championships Three semi-finals were decided in the Penang Lawn Tennis < hampionship yesterday. Goon Kok Ying, past holder of the Singles title, again qualified for the final with a three-set victory •ver the promising
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  • 186 11 Fixtures For Sunday The following are Penang Junior Open Badminton Championships fixtures for Sunday:— 10.30 a.m. Loh Hock Soon vs Law Teik Hock. Referee: Mr. Khoo Ewe Chan. 11.00 am. Lim Chong Ooh Vs Ong Jin Teik. Referee: Mr. Tan Teik Lim. 11.30 a.m. Mrs. Lim Ewe
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  • 62 11 P.R.C. “A” vs Govt. Trade School The following have been selected to represent the P.R.C. “A” against the Government Trade School on May 15 at 5.15 p.m. on the Esplanade:— J. Robless; C. O. Thomasz. C. Bulow; Dr. N. H. Perera, R. Aeria. G. Perkins; B. H. Lesslar, C.
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  • 136 11 —Reuter. Wolves Win By Odd Goal In Nine London, May 14. Regional soccer matches played yesterday resulted as follows: SOUTH “A” Norwich 3, Southend 2. SOUTH “B” Fulham 6, Reading 2. SOUTH "C” Millwall 0, Arsenal 2. Portsmouth 1, West Ham 1. SOUTH “D” Brighton 2, Aidershot
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  • 159 11 Surprise For Young Muslims Tai ping The Young Muslims were surprisingly defeated by the Kamunting team by two goals to one in a fixture in, the Taiping Football League played on the Esplanade yesterday. The Young Muslims might have forced a draw if they had taken full
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  • 45 11 O.X.A. vs C.R.C. At C.R.C. ground on Friday:— O.X.A.: —Heng Thuan; Cheng Hoe, Gre- gory; A. Muttu, C. Danker. Sin Huat; J. Reutens, Teoh Cheng San, S. N. Soon, Keng San, Georgie Lim. C. B. Tan, F. Lopez, Kean Tit, N. Danker.
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  • 203 11 Ipoh. BY defeating the Kinta Indian Association by one goal to nil on the P.C.R.C. padang yesterday the Customs have moved up to a strong position on the First Division League table. The Customs had decidedly the better of the exchanges and
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  • 117 11 Malakoff Club Beat Penang Police Excise The following is the result of a match played at Malakoff on Sunday, May 12, on handicap terms, between Malakoff Club and a team of golfers from the Police and Excise Departments, Pen? ng. Police Excise, Malakoff Penang Craig (Scr.) Byrde (10) Gauld
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  • 74 11 TODAY SOCCER: M.D.S.C. vs. PC.FA. C.R.C. Ground. P.R.C. “A” vs. G.T.S. Esplanade. TENNIS: Penang Tennis Championships Western Road Courts. TOMORROW SOCCER: IRC. "B” vs. P. G. Malay R.E. Renong Ground. P.M.R.C. vs. S.L.R.C. Dato Kramat Ground. P W.D. vs. Muslim R.C. Western Road Ground. TENNIS: Penang Tennis
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  • 166 11 Inter-State Surveys Sports Taiping. By winning at table tennis, cricket and hockey and drawing in tennis, the Selangor Surveyors carried away the major honours in the recent Whitsuntide sports programme at Taiping. The outsanding feature was the clean spirit in which all the games were played.
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  • 489 11 Second Division Soccer Match rpHE Police Sports Club scored a runaway victory over the second string of the Marines Department Sports Club by six goals to nil in their Second Division League soccer match played on the Dato Kramat Ground yesterday. The game was very’
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  • 45 11 Annual Prize Giving And “At Home” Members of the Penajng Sport Chit» are reminded that the annual prize distribution and “At Home” takes place todap at 5 p.m. at the Golf Course, Glugor. Long driving, pitching and putting competitions will be held.
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  • 53 11 The winners of Tic-Tac’s Competition in the First Anniversary (May) Number are as follows: George Drieberg, 6 Ipob Road, Chemor, Chew Chin Chong, IS» Prince Edward Road Singaporer, and Khoo Eng Poh, c/o Ford Motor Co. of Malaga, Singapore. The prize will therefore be shared equally by
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  • 445 12 YOUNG GYRO PICKING UP RAPIDLY Good Gallops By Shamrock And Awakening A LTHOUGH slow work was the ‘order of the day today on the track, several finished with a strong spurt, and among those who impressed most were Shamrock, Awakening, Pockets and Treasure (all newcomers)
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  • 70 12 .—Reuter. Roosevelt Asking For Additional Funds Washington, May 13. It is announced that President Roosevelt will address a message to Congress this week, asking for additional funds for national defence. It is believed tha: this new request will be in the neightocurhood of $500,000,000, which will be additional
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  • 337 12 Handicaps For Saturday HORiSES -CLASS 3—DIV’. I—s«/ 2 FURLONGS HONEYPUSS 9.04 BOUND FARR 9.03 GOLDEN BLAZE 9.01 EXEVE 8.10 RED DOT 8.10 CAMBALONG 8.04 SANTA ANITA 8.02 PERAK 8.02 THE EMPEROR 8.01 SLAPDASH 8.01 ORDINATION 8.00 YOUNG GYRO 7.12 HORSES —CLASS 3—DIV. 2—5' /2 FURLONGS SUNBEAM 9.00
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  • 505 12 NEW DEFENCE POSITIONS TAKEN UP Brussels, May 15. 'T’HE semi-official Belgian News Agency states that 1 the situation continues to improve. It adds that there is no question of the Allied Embassies leaving the capital. The communique states that during the night of May
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  • 71 12 Reuter. New Force To Be Created In Britain London, May 14 It is officially announced that a new force is to be created, known as the "local defence volunteers.” The force will be voluntary and unpaid and the ages are between 17 and 65 years. The volunteers
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  • 27 12 Reuter. Stockholm, May 14 The radio states that the Swedish delegation is leaving on Tuesday by air ftv. Moscow to initiate trade negotiations.—
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  • 262 12 —BOW. Failure Of Attempt To Scuttle 1 hree London, May 14. Uhe Admiralty announces that during the week ending May 12 no Allied or neutral ships were sunk by enemy action. Only one British ship of about six thousand tons were sunk while the
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  • 174 12 Reut r. Americans Not Secure Against Aggression New York. May 14 A warning to Americans that their country js not secure “against the menace to the civilised existence of mankind which looms on the horizon" was uttered by Mr. Cordell Hull, addressing the American Society of
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  • 22 12 MIDLANDS West Bromwich 2, Walsall 3. SCOTTISH EASTERN St. Bernards 1, Dumfermline 3. RUGBY LEAGUE Bradford 34, York 13.
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  • 91 12 NEW POST —Reuter. London, May 15. 'J'HE following further appointments to major positions in the Government have been announced from 10 Downing Street: Secretary for the Dominions, Viscount Caldecote; Secretary of State for Scotland’ Mr. Ernest Brown; Minister for Aircraft Production’ Lord Beaverbrook; President of
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  • 161 12 —Reuter. Washington, May 15. American citizens in Italy are being warned to leave the country, Mr. Cordell Hull stated at a press conference. This represents a change in the Government’s attitude towards the possibility of Italy entering the war. Mr. Sumner Welles stated ten
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  • 78 12 WEDNESDAY. MAY 15 TIN; Penang $129.25 Business done 100 tons Singapore $129.25 RUBBER: Singapore Spot 39c Penang Spot 39c COPRA: Sundried $3.60 Buyers Black Pepper .65 Nominal TAPIOCA: Medium $6.00 sellers Fair Seed $5.00 Sellers RICE: Indian Parboiled 133 lbs $5 75 Rangoon Parboiled No. 1 $7.90 N
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