Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 19 September 1940

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  • 22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE LAST EDITION ESTAB. 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY No. 224. Vol. XCVUI. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19. 1949 PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 505 1 ATTACK CONTINUES WELL INTO NIGHT London Sept. 18. ERRIFIC flashes of flame lit up the French Coast in the region of Boulogne tonight as the Royal Air Force launched a terrific attack on German invasion ports. The raid was apparently the most
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  • 49 1 Reuter. London, Sept. 19. Members of the Polish squadron which destroyed 71 German planes in 18 days were decorated today bj General Sikorski the Polish Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief. Sixteen airmen received the Polish equivalent of the D.S.O. and four the equivalent of the Military Cross.—
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  • 51 1 —Reuter. Cairo. Sept. 18. General Headquarters today issued the following communique: Egypt: During yesterday and last night the enemy have been engaged in consolidating his position in and around Sidi Bai rani where they have been heavily and successfully bombed.. Other fronts: There is nothing to
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  • 63 1 .—Reuter. Athens, Sept. 19. There appears to be an improvement in the situation as far as Italy is concerned as the Italian Legation heie had announced that children of Italian families who have been on holiday in Italy are returning to Greece on Sept. 25. Italian
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  • 21 1 Reuter. Earthquake In East Japan Tokio, Sept. 19. An earthquake shook a wide area in Easern Japan yesterday afternoon.
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  • 124 1 —Reuter. BRITAIN'S STRONGEST WEAPON NOT YET USED Moscow, September 19. 4(,rpilE air battle of London which is a stage in the struggle for I Britain cannot continue with such intensity and the moment is approaching when the attackers, not the attacked,
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  • 89 1 —REUTER. Japanese Nationals Are Preparing To Leave SHANGHAI, SEPT. 19. FRANCO-JAPANESE RELATIONS WITH REGARD TO INDO-CHINA HAVE TAKEN A TURN FOR THE WORSE, IT APPEARS FROM ALL REPORTS REACHING SHANGHAI. LEADING MEMBERS OF THE JAPANESE INSPECTORATE IN INDO-CHINA HAVE THEIR BAGS ALL READY P ACKED AT HANOI
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  • 353 1 I—Reuter. 1 —Reuter. MR, HOOVER LOOKS AHEAD Philadelphia, Sept. 1.9. PREDICTING that the British Empire will eventually triumph in its heroic defence, Mr. Herbert Hoover, former United States President, declared that it was now time the United States began to think about its “economic defences” against
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  • 83 1 Reuter N.Z. Chief Of Staff In Australia For Talks Melbourne. Sept. 18 The New Zealand Chief of Staff arrived today to confer with the Australian authorities on mutual defence and on ensuring security in the South-Western Pacific. including coordination of naval movements and provision in the British
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  • 53 1 .—REUTE R. LONDON, SEPT. 19. FORTY-SIX ENEMY AIRCRAFT HAVE BEEN DESTROYED TODAY, SAYS THE AIR MINISTRY, ONE OF THEM BY ANTI-AIRCRAFT. NINE BRITISH FIGHTERS HAVE BEEN LOST BUT THE PILOTS OF FIV E ARE SAFE. NO BOMBS ARE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN DROPPED IN THE LONDON
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  • 736 1 London, Sept. 19. Throughout the London area all last night bombing continued and was extremely widespread. In the earlier hours, the suburbs suffered but later central areas were more frequently visited. Raiders were also busy over a North-Western town which experienced the worst raid of
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  • 151 2 —8.0. W. RAF. CONTINUE TO ATTACK POSSIBLE INVASION BASES London. Sept. 18. Fis learned at the Air Ministry that attacks on a large scale were successfully undertaken last night by R.A.F. bombers on enemy shipping concentrations and barges and communications in enemy occupied territory and
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  • 234 2 .—Reuter. The Day When Britain Commands The Air London. Sept. 18 Command of the air is the key to victory, writes the "Daily Telegraph." commenting on Mr. Churchills speech. Dread of the day when we shall obtain it mav drive Hitler to snatch at a desperate chance
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  • 147 2 Authority For Allied Governments In Britain Rugby, Sept. 18 Mr. Attlee intimated during the course of questions in the House of Commons today that the British Government intended to submit to Parliament in due course legislation to confer the necessary .authority upon the Allied Governments in Britain to
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  • 131 2 —Reuter. European Economy Bleeding To Death New York, Sept. 18 "The capitalist economy of Europe is slowly bleeding to death and the increased drain upon it has been such that since the outbreak of war it is doubtful if Europe can endure much longer and still
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  • 151 2 —Reuter. American Columnist’s Striking Tribute New York. Sept. 18 A striking tribute to the meaning of the crown in Great Britain is paid by the American columnist. Mr. E. A. Jones, writing m the "Louisville Courier Journal" on the subject of the King s visits
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  • 126 2 —Reuter. Maximum Damage Just One Meal Less London, Sept 18 The maximum damage to Britain’s food supplies from recent air raids has been one day’s consumption of one particular commodity, the Minister of Food, Lord Woolton, stated today. At the beginning of these ten days or it
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  • 72 2 Reuter. Ration Cards To Come Into Force On Monday Vichy, September 18. Ration cards will come into force in Paris next Monday, according to the Havas Agency which states that high and illegal prices have been drastically repressed. Since September 16, seventeen firms have been
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  • 199 2 ’—B.O.W. “Dastardly Deliberate Attack*’ London. Sept. 18 and deliberate” was the description applied by Mr. Butler in the House of Commons today when he was asked for information on the attack by two Italian aircraft on the mission station at Doro, Sudan, on August 23.
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  • 35 2 Reuter. Calcutta, September 18. The Bengal Government has contributed £7.500 to the Fund for the relief of London air raid sufferers which was opened by the Mayor of Calcutta.
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  • 33 2 .—Reuter. Budapest. September 18. Twelve persons accused of espionage in favour of foreign states have been sentenced by the Military Tribunal from 13J to 15 years' imprisonment.—Reuter.
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  • 789 2 Savage Attack (hi Civilians London, Sept. 18. "Field Marshal Goering is bringing disgrace upon his uniform and upon his service by launching savage and indiscriminate attacks upon the civilian population of this country and upon the persons of the King and Queen,” said Sir
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  • 370 2 .—Reuter. 7 WARNINGS IN LONDON AREA London, Sept. 18. Aii’ laid warnings were sounded seven times in the London area since dawn. Most of the warnings were in operation for only a few minutes the exception being the one after midday which lasted one
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  • 466 2 SLIGHT DAMAGE TO LAWN OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY Rugby, Sept. 18. During recent raids on London a bomb fell on the lawn of Westminster Abbey, causing a small crater but doing no damage to the Abbey. London’s famous shopping centres again suffered in indiscriminate bombing by
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  • 149 2 —Reuter. British Policy Of Elastic Defence In Egypt London, September 18 Although the Italian advance into Egyptian territory hitherto amounts only to about sixty miles, the attackers are permitted ta on for the simple reason that they ca-Jiot halt, writes Reuter s military correspondent. Sidi Barrani.
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  • 152 2 .—B.O W. Latest Feature Of London Suburban Life Rugby, September 18. The latest feature of London suburban life is the provision of rest centres by the local authorities where meals and temporary shelter are arranged for I those whose homes have been destroyed i or made untenable by
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  • 52 2 .—Reuter. Active Trading And Higher Prices London, September 18. On the Stock Exchange the market w’as w’ell attended and trading was more active. The prices in most groups tended to imfrove under the lead of gold mining shares which were supported by Cape and local buyers. Wall Street
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  • 45 2 .—Reuter. Man Who Planted First Coffee In East Africa Nairobi, September 18. The man who planted the first cofln in East Africa died today. He is John Pattewson .pioseer and mtesionyy. Patterson brought coffee seed from Artns forty-five years ago.—Reuter.
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  • 58 2 —Reuwr. Strong Wind And Slight Mist London, Sept 18. Lashed bv yesterday's 100 miles an rwiw gale, waves in the Straits of Dover wav still running high today. Later the win* dropped to give place to a strong westerly wind. There was a slight mist
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  • 45 2 .—Reuter. Based On Hawaii Indefinitey Honolulu, September 18 Thirty United States warships are now proceeding to California to enable the crews to go on leave. This move is interpreted here as indicating that the Fleft will continue indefinitely to be based <» Hawaii.—Reuter.
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  • 41 2 —Reuter. New York. September 1» Fifteen of the crew of a Liverpool steamer, Incemore. which ran ashore Anticosti Island in the Gulf oi St. Lawrence, have toeen taken off. the captai» and officers remaining aboard.—Reuter.
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  • 32 2 —Reuter- New York. Sept. 18 A member of the British Purchase* Commission stated that Britain endeavouring to purchase American' ships of 8.000 tons dead weight.—-Reu* 1
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  • 26 2 Reuter. 'Berlin. September 18 The Official News Agency annA’' that Herr von Ribbentrop left Berli morning for a short visit to
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  • 126 2 —Renter- London, September 18 It is learned that an agreement has been reached between the British and Spanish Governments regarding the amount of imports of oil into Spain. It is officially regarded as satisfactory to both sides. Further steps to tighten the blockade
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  • 1137 3 A NAVAL EXPERT SUMS UP THE SITUATION Mk 'HAT chances have the Germans of making a successful invasion of Britain. That question may first be answered as our Royal Navy have answered it tor generations past—that, given a favourable opportunity and the ability to
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  • 925 3  -  BY DUDLEY BARKER £N one room of this London suburban house at Richmond a man, stripped to the waist, is busily hanging cheerful, if rather yellow, wallpaper on the walls. On the patch of glass outside another man is repairing a bicycle, Continental style, that has already experienced
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  • 427 3 London. AN admission that since the outbreak of war she had written to a man in Germany named Franz and received letters from him, one direct and others through Sweden, was made by a woman who gave evidence on her own behalf at Bristol
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  • 179 3 London. Ichel Berlinski, aged 39, a merchant’s representative, was found Guilty at the Old Bailey of attempting to trade with the enemy. He was formally sentenced to nine days’ imprisonment—which meant his immediate release—and ordered to pay £3O towards the costs of the prosecution. The
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  • 137 3 London. Three men who stole goods from an hotel which had just been hit by a bomb were each fined £lO in a SouthWest town. They were Frederick Harris, aged 44; Jenkins, aged 37; and Frederick McGill aged 34. A representative of their employers said that
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  • 55 3 St. Anton (Delaware, U.S.), What may have been an attempt on President Roosevelt’s life was revealed here recently. A few hours after the President’s train had passed on the way to Washington from Hyde Park a platelayer discovered that a number cf spikes had been
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  • 201 3 I are not Fifth Columnists F called spies or traitors? That is their real name. The term Fifth Columnist was invenI ted by a Nazi officer in Spain in I 1936, was seized upon by the I world, and subsequently given the accolade by general absentminded assent.
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  • 146 3 npilE Germans are grabbing raw materials and food in the conquered areas and sending them to Germany, it was stated in London recently. Great hardship is being endured by the people in these areas, according to the report. For even the use of the remaining stocks is
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    • 58 3 WHAT A WAR! By Gilbert If ilkinson L ii in nmr s Z 3 1 n r dUI Hl XAI OwA H I HORACE (The Horoscope Fan) September 19. atch your step today. Something quite attractive will distract you from your course. As this is only a passing fancy jou
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  • 735 4 THREE SEAMEN FOUND GUILTY Singapore. AFTER sitting for six hours, the Singapore third magistrate, Mr. J. G. Rappoport, at 8.30 p.m. last night, found three of four seamen who were alleged to have committed a “most brutal and murderous assault” guilty of voluntarily causing grievous
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  • 60 4 The Disciplinary Committee •of the Law’ Society in London suspended from practice as a solicitor for two years Frederick Hugh Samuel of Rykneld-road, Littleover, Derby whom they found guilty of professional misconduct. Samuel was convicted at Westminster of unlawfully making an untrue statement to procure
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  • 699 4 Former Stoker In Royal Navy FOUND WORKING ON TIN MINE Singapore. WTTLLIAM Herbert Lilley, a young European, was sentenced to four months’ rigorous imprisonment by the Singapore third magistrate, Mr. J. G. Rappoport, who found him guilty on Monday of desertion from the Straits Settlements
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  • 658 4 American Freighter In Singapore AWARDED a gold watch by his shipping company for bringing back their vessel safe and sound from a Nazioccupied port, a German-born, naturalized American, Captain William Shutz—master of the American freighter Charles R. McCormick which figured in the battle of Bergen and
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  • 551 4 Food Control Office Takes Grave View *‘T HIS iS a type f offence of which the Food Control Department must take a very serious view, because the reserve stocks of flour in Malaya are held by individual importers,” declared Mr. R .K
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  • 132 4 The annual general meeting of the St. Francis Association was convened at the Club premises, No. 22A Jonker Street, Malacca on Sunday last. Mr. P. G. Pamadasa the President, was in the chair. After the minutes of the last annual general meeting had been lead and confirmed,
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  • 388 4 60 Applicants Interviewed Singapore. Some 60 youths, mostly Chinese with a number of Eurasians, Malax s and Indians. were interviewed at the SingapcxJ Government Trade School on Monday fcr admission into the newly created Special Technical Corps of the Royal Air Forte at Singapore. Open to
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  • 284 5 DONATIONS ALONE TOTAL $6,441 Bukit Mertajam. A sum of $lOO was donated by His Highness the Sultan of Perak to the Bukit Mertajam Fair held in aid of the Malaya Patriotic Fund when His Highness was present on Tuesday, last day of the Fair. The grand total
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  • 2691 5 MR. UM CHENG KUNG SURVEYS ASIA’S NO MAN'S GAND IN ROTARY TALK Since the advent of the Sino-Japanese war, public attention has again been focussed on Chinese Turkistan which up to this period might have been appropriately described as Asia’s No Man’s Land, said
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  • 134 5 Taiping. Two men working at the Kamunting Tin Dredging pump had an alarming experience when a tiger suddenly appeared at their working place about 3 a.m. on Tuesday morning. The place is about four miles from Taiping and there is ,a jungle a few hundred
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  • 520 5 Magisterial Inquiry Into Charge Of Murder Ipoh. The death of a Chinese vegetable gardener at a lonely spot in Sungei Pingi, Tambun on the evening of August 11 was recalled when a preliminary inquiry was held before Che Ahmad Zainudin b. Haroun, the Ipoh Second
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  • 335 5 SOCIAL PERSONAL Mrs. Hitch, wife of Mr. Hitch of Taiping, was admitted to the European Hospital, Batu Gajah, on Monday. >4 Tf s The recent fencing display at the Kuala Lumpur Town Hall resulted in a sum of $260 being raised for the War Fund. Mr. J. K. Hill has
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 233 5 RW7* V OPENS TODAY Wt 3 Shows At 3; 6.15 9.30 p.m. THE NOVEL MILLION OF READERS PRAISED NOW THE YEAR’S GREATEST SCREEN TRIUMPH Smal/ I MADELEINE CARROLL V tR BRIAN AHERNE LOUIS HAYWARD A «3V A£7 AA SSJ tOtB B 3em S'* MV «A— 1 M» MT AA TH.'»
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    • 42 5 THE NEW WORLD BOXING Tomorrow At 9.30 p.m. AT PENANG HALL (COVERED) Boy Nara 12 Rds. Panther Hoe Cyclone Kid 8 C. P. Hong Young Marcelo 6 Indian Star Young Itani 4 A. John SEATS INCLUDING TAX $1.60, $l.OO, 60 25 cts.
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    • 121 5 AW «AT A AA A AA AA JIA AA AA AA AA AA AA AA AV AA AA AA W SEE THE WORLD’S GREATEST PICTURE AT THE PHONE fl 1 lj fl 1 PHONE UDEvn _l“*_ TWO SHOWS DAILY 3.00 P.M. AND 9.00 P.M. E. “GONE WITH £> THE Ki
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    • 218 5 I ALL ROADS WILL LEAD TO I QUEEN’S- TODAY I I 3 Shows Daily at 3 6.15 9.30 I MATINEES REDUCED PRICES g I MERE WORDS CANNOT CONVEY TO YOU THE J GREATNESS OF THIS MAGNIFICENT PICTURE WE ADVISE YOU TO SEE IT TO-DAY J I fl .'v K r
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  • 455 6 UROM age to age the enemies of the British people have found themselves waging war upon a stubborn national determination. Mr. Churchill’s Commons statement on Tuesday resounded with confidence that the utmost trial will fail to wear down the hardy strength of
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  • 129 6 REX CINEMA “My Son, My Son’’ with Madeleine Caroll and Brian Aherne 3, 6.15 and 9.30 p.m. QUEEN’S CINEMA “Only Angels have Wings” with Cary Grant and Jean Arthur 3, 6.15 and 9.30 p.m. ODEON CINEMA "Gone With The Wind” with Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh and Leslie
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  • 318 6 Seeing *'G II 1 II Again k “Cine-lover” writes to the Editor as follows: “Sir, “C> ore With The Wind’’ is a great film. There is no denying that. But its greatness cannot be shared by the hundreds of endclass filmfans who are surprised to see that
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  • 755 6 Thursday, Sept. 19. QTEADILY increasing their pressure on enemy-occupied Channel ports, the R.A.b. Bomber Command sent last night one of the largest forces hitherto used to continue the relentless forestalling offensive which for nearly a fortnight has been proceeding against the German invasion plan.
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  • 1536 7 MANY VARIED BENEFITS FOR A.A.M. MEMBERS Mr. J. D. demetson s Interesting Talk To Ipoh Rotarians M R ;.l u ton^n M T ON F* VCTy intereStil on Automobile Association of Malaya” at the mid-weeklv luncheon meeting of the Ipoh Rotary Club at the Hotel Majestic here yesterday. The many
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  • 56 7 FIRST PENANG DONATIONS The first contributions to the Malaya Patriotic Fund, account i Lord Mayor of London’s Fund for 1 The Relief of Air Raid Victims are as follows: H. O. Maas 500.00 J. M. Barron 100.00 R. P. Brash 250.00 Miss M. C. Thompson
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  • 286 7 The War Fund in North Malaya has increased by more than $l,lOO to $1,068,474.65, the Penang total standing at $608,560.55 while the Perak i collection is $459,914.10. A sum of $551.97 was received yesterday from the subordinate staff, shopkeepers, contractors and labour force of Malayan
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  • 488 7 RELEGATED TO PLACE OF INSIGNIFICANCE ENTHUSIASM! COURAGE! ENDURANCE! ADMIRABLE QUALITIES lb THESE BUT THEY ARE NOT ENOUGH! TO THEM MUST BE Ann knowledge and experience, if an efficient AUXILIARY FIRE-FIGHTER IS TO BE MADE. TECHNICAL KNOWIS Fl’ NDAMENTAL IF W E AR
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  • 262 7 Consul-General For Honduras Recounts His Experiences T>ELEASED from Nazi captivity because of his Honduras passport, a forlner lieutenant of the Polish infantry, Mr. R. Ambramowicz, who was taken prisoner when Germany invaded Poland just over a year ago, arrived in Singapore on Tuesday from the
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  • 136 7 I nregistered Smoker Fined “I have a crave for opium. I have asked for registration twice, but was refused,” said a Chinese fishmonger, Khoo Heng Teng, who came up before Mr. W. M. McCall, in the Penang Third Magistrate’s Court this morning, on a charge
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  • 74 7 Kuala Lumpur. After its first public sitting here, the Commission of Inquiry to investigate the conduct of officials of the F.M.S. Mines Department has decided to meet again next month. At the opening session the Legal Adviser of the F.M.S., Mr. Adrian Clark, stated that a considerable
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  • 244 7 Full Details Of Imports Three Orders made under the Food Control Ordinance have been published in a Gazette Extraordinary. All importers of food in Singapore are required to register with the SupplyOfficer befoie September 30, 1940, and to give details of their imports during the twelve
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  • 71 8 Penang, September 18. 1940 (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank) SELLING London Demand 2/4 1/16 New York Demand 47 Montreal Demand 51 3/4 Batavia Demand 88 1/2 Calcutta, Bombay) Rangoon Demand) 155 7/8 Hongkong Demand 53 5/8 Shanghai Demand 13 3/4 Japan Demand 193 3/4 New Zealand Demand
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  • 42 8 Net profit for year to February 29, 1940, Srn? (£1>379) Expenditure of £621 <£7o4) on replanting written off- to reserve for taxation £l,OOO (nil) final divioend of 5 per cent., making 7} per cent, tnilt; forward. £1,369 (£1,043).
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  • 66 8 Net profit for 1939, £13.894 (£12,290); -to taxation reserve £B,OOO (£2,500) dividend. 7} per cent., less tax (10 per cent)forward, £12,470 (£12.495); rubber, 1.021,111 lb. (882,589 lb.); coffee (Robusta), 1786 cwt. (1.942 cwt.); average gross selling price of 972,900 lb. exportable rubber equivalent to 9.29 d. per
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES QUOTATIONS
    • 445 8 Issued by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association (Penang and Ipoh sections) at noon to-day. NOMINAL Issue buyers sellers 4/0 Ampat Tm 3/1} 3/6 5/0 Austral Amai 5/3 5/6c £1 Austral M. 33/6 35/6ex 5/0 Ayer Hitam 17/6 18/6 $1 Ayer Weng 0.921 0.97} £1 Bangrin Tin 16/6 17/6 $1 B.
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    • 253 8 nominal Issue buyers sellers j Allenby 1.12} 1.17} Alcr Gajah 0.85 0.90 Amal Malay 1-55 175 Ayer Hitam 0.90 1.00 Ayer Molek 105 110 Ayer Panas 115 1.20 Bassett 0.42} 0.45 Batu Lintang 105 1 07} Bedford 0 .87 j 0.92} Benta 7 00 1.05 Borelli 1.32} 1.40 Broga
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    • 320 8 NOMINAL Issue buyers sellers A. £1 (Aust) N. Z. Min Ord 22/0 23/0 2 Alex Brick Ord. 1.75 1.95 Z do 7}% Pref 2.00 2.10 5 B. M. T. 6.90 7.10 £5 Chartered Bank £6l £1 Con. T. S. Ord 17/3 17/9 £1 Con. T, S. 7% Pref. 21/0
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    • 168 8 Company Dividend Pavable Books Close Remarks RUBBERS AVer Panas 4% 2.10.-M) 21.9.40 Chabau 3% 1.10.40 23.9.40 Chang Wat Serdang 1% int. 15.10.40 7-15.10.40 Jeram Kuantan 8% int. 30. 9.40 23.9.40 Kempas Ltd. 12}% Final 28. 9.40 21-28. 9.40 Perak River Valley 5% 3rd int. 3.10.40 25/9-2.10.40
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  • 228 8 Results of the Bukit Mertajam Rubber Company for the year to March 31 last are highly satisfactory. According to the preliminary statement, net profits have risen from £29.579 to £77,150. The company has obviously reaped the full benefit of the improved conditions prevailing in the industry
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  • 38 8 Preliminary statement shows net profit for vear to March 31, 1940, of £10,960 (against £5.851). Dividend 7} per cent. (3 per cent to general reserve, £l.OOO <£2,<K)o); to estates reserve, £1.5')0 (same); forward, £10,672 (£10,642).
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  • 43 8 Output for the first half of September:— Dredge Takuapa No. 1: 329 hours. 72.000 cubic yards. 235 piculs. Dredge Takuapa No. 2: 321 hours, 85.00) cubic yards, 185 piculs. Dredge Takuapa No. 3: 272 hours. 44.000 cubic yards. 141 piculs.
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  • 667 8 Healthy Cash Position CHAIRMAN’S SPEECH 66/AWING to the satisfactory results achieved last year, it is now possible, once more, to build up cash reserves which will be needed, from time to time, so as to acquire additional property and thus preserve the life of the Company,” said
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  • 97 8 Ocean shipments of rubber, including latex, concentrated latex and revertex, being final shipment on Ocean-steamers at all Malayan ports during the month of August. 1&40. in long tons. SUMMARY. Gross Exports Monthly Cumulative Total 1940 1939 compared 1940 1940 1939 4- or January 56.214 56,214 43,332 12.882
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  • 108 8 The accounts for the yegtr ended June 30, 1940 show a credit balance of $155,860 32. and the balance brought forward from the previous year was $69,652.29, Deducting—lnterim dividend of 5% on March 8. 1940. $36,990.80 there remains a balance of $188.521.81. The Directors propose to transfer
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  • 135 8 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association 1503rd Auction, September, 11, 1940. lbs. tons. Catalogued 1,807,567 806.95 Offered 1.652,743 737.83 Sold 1,168,780 521.78 London—Spot 12jd. New York—Spot 19 1/8 cents. PRICES REALISED. RIBBED SMOKED SHEET cents per lb. Standard Quality 37 3/8 —37 1/2 Good Average Quality
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  • 32 8 Profit for year to March 31 last amounted to £2.888. To 8 per Cent. Participating Noteholders and tax. £722; dividend, 7} per cent, (nil); forward, £948 (£1,557 brought in).
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  • 13 8 Output for the first half of Septemoer. 1940. was 166 piculs.
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  • 90 8 Foreign Imports of Tin Ore during the month of August, 1940. SUMMARY. IMPORTS Monthly Cumulative Total 1940 1935 compared 1940 1940 1939 4- or Tons. Tons Tons Tons January 4,521 4,521 3.550 971 February 4,947 9.468 5.525 3943 March 5.180 14,648 7,993 6 655 A P ril
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  • 140 8 Yesterday’s Close Previously LONDON: S P o t” £245. 0. 0. £243 0. 0. “Forward” £249. 0. 0. £246. 15. 0. SINGAPORE: “Spot" $132.00 $l3l 87 Business done 75 tons 12 tons PENANG “Spot” $132.00 $131.87 ¥2 RUBBER: LONDON: “Spot” 12d. 12d “Forward” 12d. 12 l|4d. Tone Very
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 145 8 BANKS INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK, LTD. (Incorporated tn British India) Head Office: “United India Buildings,” Esplanade, Madras. Branches: Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Rangoon, Karaikudi, Sivaganga. Pudukottah, Devacottah. Cannanore and Coimbatore. Authorised Capital Rs. 50,00.000 Issued and Subscribed Capital Rs. 25,00,000 ftdd up Capital Rs. 12,50,000 Current and fixed deposits received, on terms
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  • 79 9 MAIL. DEPARTURES THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1940. Latest Time of Posting AIR MALLS Mails for Australia, New Zealand Java 8 a.m. Friday 20th inst. Mails for Great Britain (via Durban) India, Africa, Egypt, Burma, Bangkok, Hongkong, Saigon. U.S.A., and Great Britain (via Transpacific Air Service) 7 p.m. Saturday 21st
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  • 1002 9 By ERNEST NEWMAN in the Sunday Times Things soon get out of date nowadays. When Messrs. Joseph Williams sent to the printers their little volume of “National Songs of the Allies and Others, harmonised and arranged by Arthur Grenville’’ (Is. 6d. net), Fiance was still our ally; hence
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  • 425 9 September, 17, 1940. It is suggested that readers should cut out this news 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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  • 77 9 Singapore. Sentence of six months’ rigorous imprisonment each, to be followed by six months’ police supervision, was passed on two privates of the Manchester Regiment, Harold Hanley and Thomas Goddard, in the Singapore fifth court on Monday. Hanley and Goddard both pleaded guilty to a charge alleging that
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  • 213 9 Kuala Lumpur. “I did not at any time intend to chop off anybody's head with it,” declared a Sikh moneylender named Sarban Singh, who was convicted on Monday by Raja Ayoub, the Third Magistrate, Kuala Lumpur, of being in possession of an offensive weapon, a parang,
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 2366 9 SINGAPORE wWs s I I zhl 1 333 kc/s 1225 mj ■H I W 6.45 Music.! 650 News. Relayed w. W W A i ironi London. 7.05 News in French. ReClose Down. 1.15 p.m. Light Music, t 1.30 Warning Ito Mariners. Programme Summary. Miu--7' day Tin, Copra and Rubber Prices.
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    • 662 9 MADRAS VUM2 7.27 mc/s <41.27 m.) VUM2 9.5 7 mc/s (3135 m.) VUM2 4.92 mc/s (60.98 m.) (9.20 10.50 a.m.; 2.50 4.20 p.m.) 5.50 6-20 p.m. Schools Broadcast. 6.50 Music Programme. 7.00 News in Telugu 7.05 News m Tamil. 7.10 Tamil or Telugu Music Programme. 7.50 News in English 7.55
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  • 1038 10 Enemy Formation Broken Up Bv British Fighters London, Sept. 18 The first daylight warning was sounded in London at 6.15 a.m. and the all clear after sixteen minutes. During the night a North-West coastal town experienced its heaviest raid of the war despite intense anti-aircraft
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  • 362 10 THOUSANDS OF TONS OF SHIPPING LOST Vessels Also Bombed If Met During Operations London, Sept. 18 As is now customary night after night and in every kind of v either, planes of the Bomber Command have been laying mirier in enemy occupied harbours and
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  • 91 10 —Reuter. RELATIONS WITH BRITAIN MAY BE RESUMED Mexico, Sept. 18 In reply to a question regarding the possible resumption of diplomatic relations with Great Britain which were broken off in March 1938 following the appropriation of British oil properties by the Mexican Government. President
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  • 164 10 —Reuter. Harassed All Along Route Cairo. Sept. 18. A war communique states: “Continuing their advance along the Coastal belt in Egypt, two enemy columns, supported by strong forces in the rear, occupied Sidi Barrani last evening. Throughout the day the enemy sustained casualties from bomb- ing
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  • 94 10 —Reuter. New Commission I iider German Control Belgrade, Sept. 18. The Germans have virtually replaced the International Danube Commission——on which Britain and France were represented—.by a consultative commission permanently presided by a German. Herr Martius. who alone has the right to convoke sessions. It is reported that
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  • 111 10 Reuter. Three Of Crew Interned By French Tangier, Sept. 18. A British flying-boat is reported to have been shot down by a French machine off the Moroccan coast. Two pilots were killed but three gunners were picked up by a French submarine and have
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  • 308 10 —Reuter. Reopened In Morning For Business London. September 18 Some big West End stores were damaged and some casualtiess were reported from one. A bomb damaged a street and a subway in the West End where the water main was affected. People were precautionarily removed from
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  • 67 10 Reuter. Three Enemy Machines Shot Down Malta. Sept. 18. Y'esterday morning several enemy formations dropped bombs on Malta and some damaged one Government property. British fighters shot down three enemy machines. One enemypilot was taken prisoner. In the afternoon an enemy formation flew over the island and
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  • 54 10 Reuter. Two Ministers In London V ith Full Powers London. Sept 18. Replying to a statement from German sources that the Belgian Government has been officially dissolved at Vichy. Belgium circles in London state that two Ministers are in London, ensuring the continued existence of
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  • 288 10 Chinese Preparations To Meet Invaders Shanghai, Sept. 18 The Chinese press yesterday gave prominence to messages purported to have been received in Chungking from the -Chinese Consul-General in Indo-China reporting that the French authorities, following the resumption of Franco-Japanese negotiations in Indo-China on
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  • 35 10 -Reuter. New York, Sept. 18 A Berlin report to the '‘New York Times” states that several R.A.F. bombers were over Germany last night. It is claimed that one was shot down.—Reuter.
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  • 184 10 i. —Reuter. Heroism Of Members Of Bomb Disposal Squads London. Sept. 18. Heroism displayed in dealing with exploded bombs is recognised by the award, published in the “London Gazette’ of the Medal of the British Empire to three officers md one non-Commissioned officer of the
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  • 90 10 —Reuter. Question Of Importation Of Oil For Transport London. Sept. 18In the Commons. Mr. Minder asked whether a reply had been received from the Japanese Government concerning suggestion by the Ambassador in Tokyo that the importation of oil for the tran’port of medical supplies to China
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  • 114 10 -Reuter. Strong Opposition I rom Many Quarter* Trivandrum, Travancore, Sept 1* Referring to Mr. Gandhis interior to insist on freedom of speech concern ing India’s participation in war n he meets the Viceroy. Sir C Ramai.Aiyar, Dewan of Travancore, said tr he was sure Mr. Gandhi's f°H°
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 54 10 THE BEN LINE FAR EAST SERVICE. FOR UNITED KINGDOM For particulars regarding Freight, and other information please apply to: SANDILANDS, BUTTERY CO., Telephone No. 644 645 PENANG. BURNS PHILP LINE (Incorporated in Australia) inr particulars regarding Freight, Passage, arrival dates, and other informatinn please apply to BOUSTEAD CO., LTD., Agents
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  • 680 11 CHINESE GIVE GOOD DISPLAY IN FIRST GAME OF SEASON After leading for almost three-fourths of the game the C linese Recreation club, playing their first match of the season, were beaten in the end by the Penang Sports Club by 8 points (a goal
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  • 105 11 Teams For Saturday’s Match Ipoh The second hockey State Trial will be rje;d on the Pa dang on Saturday, between wo teams consisting mainly of outstation candidates: WHITES ISAHAK (Tapah) HERA SINGH (Teluk Anon» MAHINDER SINGH (Taiping) SYED MOHAMED (Tapah) I'ENGKU YOUSOFF (Tapah) YUSOF KHAN (Taiping) C.
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  • 139 11 Taiping. Elaborate ariangements are being made by the Taiping Ceylon Association in connection with the visit of Ceylon Association of Perak, Ipoh for their annual inter-association sports and social, during the coming weekend. A dinner will be held at the Association Hall on Saturday 21
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  • 202 11 O.X.A. Non-Benders And S.X.L Teachers Draw In a friendly game of soccer on the S.X.I. ground yesterday evening the Old Xaverians’ Association Non-Benders held the St. Xavier’s Institution Teachers to a draw, each side scoring one goal. Yeap Hock Hoe took the led for the Non-Benders in the first
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  • 70 11 Return Match With Gopeng Gymkhana Club Ipoh. The Perak Turf Club Golf Club will play a return match against the Gopeng Gymkhana Club at Gopeng on Sunday. Play will commence at 8.45 a.m. The PTC. Golf Club team is as follows: Lauriston Datoh Panglima Kinta Swee
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  • 323 11 Commercial Tournament Committee Meeting A Commercial Badminton Committee Meeting will be held tomorrow at 8 p.m. sharp at the Hu Yew Seah, when several important items relating to the lorthcoming Commercial League Badminton Tournament, will be brought up for discussion. Mende Beat Scpov Lines R. C. A friendly return
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  • 104 11 Sitiawan. With the distribution of prizes to the winners by Mis. Hong Deow Yeong at the Assembly Hall, Sitiawan the first Sitiawan Chinese Badminton tournament was concluded recently. The president of the tourney in a brief speech thanked the donors of prizes, the competitors on their fine
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  • 154 11 oungsters Beat Limas By 4 Goals To 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kulim. September 18 The United Youngsters beat the Lunas football team by 4 goals to 1 in a South Kedah Junior League match played on the Tubuaji Valley padang before a fair crowd on
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  • 216 11 Batu Gajah. The Government English School, Batu Gajah, have arranged a good number of hockey fixtures for this season with other schools and clubs. The following is the programme:—Thursday, September 19:—Y.MC.A. at Batu Gajah. Monday, September 23;—Royal English School at Batu Gajah. Thursday, September 26:—Anderson
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  • 142 11 Draw For Annual Tournament Ipoh. The Perak Indo-Ceylonese annual tennis tournament will be played off this week-end. The draw is as follows: OPEN SINGLES Top Section: R. A. Parthan vs. R. Iyer; Bye: N. Caleb. Bottom Section: M. E. Moreira vs M. Suppiah; Bye: J. A. Thivy. OPEN
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  • 124 11 C.R.C. U A” vs Penang Colts “A” On the Victoria Green at 5.15 today. Penang Colts “A” —J. Robless; O. Phipps, and H. Speldwinde; Y. Wide, Danker and L. Lesslar; B. Lesslar. V. Bracken, J. Boyle, M. Carrier and D. Mehta. Reserves: H. Stewart and B. Kleinman. The Colts
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  • 68 11 Office-Bearers For Coming Year At the annual general meeting of the Indian Badminton Party held at No. 126, Perak Road on Tuesday, September 10, the following were elected office-bearers for the ensuing year 1940-41: Patron: Mr. Oorjitham. President: Mr. C. Kandasamy. Captain: Mr. K. Balasundaram. Secretary and
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 94 11 gg THE REASON Innumerable complaints arise from impurities in the blood, and so long as the impurities rei! main, permanent relief cannot be obtained. I Clarkes Blood Mixture, by cleansing the I s BLOOD blood, is invaluable in the treatment of rheumatic complaints, lumbago, painful |joints, neuritis, glandular swellings, sores,
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  • 779 12 B.A.F. CONTINUE RELENTLESS OFFENSIVE r London, Sept. 18. STEADILY increasing their pressure on German-held Channel ports, the Bomber Command of the R.A.F. sent last night one of the largest forces of British bombers hitherto used, to continue the relentless, forestalling offensive which lor nearly a
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  • 75 12 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 TIN: Penang $132.00 Business done 100 tons Singapore $132 Ofi RUBBER: Penang Spot 37 > c Singapore Spot 37 c COPRA Sundried $2.70 buyers Black Pepper Nomina. tapioca Medium $6.50 Sellers F alr 866(1 $6 00 Sellers RICE: Rangoon Parboiled No. 1 $9 20 Rangoon
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  • 75 12 Half Of Proceeds For Patriotic Fund An exhibition of oil and water colour paintings by Mr. Johnson Lee, member of the Hongkong Working Artists' Guild, will open at Eastern and Oriental Hotel, Penang, from 20th to 23rd of September, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily Fifty per
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  • 81 12 .—Reuter. London, Sept. 18. .1 Sergeant-Pilot whose Chelsea home was demolished during Germany’s many indiscriminate attacks on London was so keen to sec his bombs hit the target at Boulogne that he dived to 20c feet to make sure. The rear-gunner of this aircraft was equally
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  • 398 12 NAZI CAMPAIGN OF FRIGHTFI kNESS DENOUNCED Singapore Chinese newspapers are devoting considerable attention to the German air attacks on London and the splendid spirit of the British people in a severe ordeal. The Nanyang Siang Pau says that the aim of the indiscriminate
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  • 341 12 Reuter. London, Sept. 18. In the Lords, replying to tne debate on British propaganda in the course of which the Government asked what steps had been taken to secure adequate presentation of the British and Allied cause at home and abroad. Lord Caldecote, the Dominions Secretary,
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  • 455 12 —Reuter. Helping To Repel Invasion London. September 18. In t’ne Lords yesterday. Lord Caidecote, Dominions Secretary, went into the war situation in more detail on certain point* than did the Prime Minister in the Commons. Lord Caidecote referred to the Canadian. Australian and New Zealand forces
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  • 98 12 Brutal Attack On Butcher Singapore. Three European seamen, Lawler, Schofield and Howarth, were convicted yesterday of having caused grievous hurt to the butcher on the same vessel and were sentenced to ten strokes of the heavy rotan and one month’s rigorous imprisonment. The Magistrate, in
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  • 127 12 .—Reuter Dutch Government's Contribution London, Sept. 18. The Dutch Anep Agency states that the Netherlands Government has decided the offer a contribution of £50,000 to the Lord Mayor’s Fund for the relief of Londons air raid victims. “In this way,” says Anep, The Netherlands Government
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  • 53 12 BOW. Park Laue Mansion For Housing Homeless Rugby. Sept. 18 Lora Londonderry yesterday offered his Park Lane mansion. Londonderry House, one of the most famous mansions in England, for housing families rendered homeless by bombings. The offer was made in response to the Lord Mayor's appeal for the
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  • 46 12 Today on the Esplanade from 6 pm. to 7 30 p.m. March The Green Howards Hume Overture Bronze Horse Auber Selection Ballad Memories Baynes Waltz Reine Du Danube Berger Selection Streamline Ellis Descriptive By The Swanee River Mvddleton Fox Trot Play Gipsy Play Kalman
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    • 240 12 PERAK TURF CLUB SEPTEMBER EXTRA MEETING 1940 THURSDAY, 26TH. SEPTEMBER 1944) SATURDAY. 28TH. SEPTEMBER I<M4) Subscriptions for Visiting Members I shall be:— MEN $5 LADIES $2 i for the Meeting or any day thereof VISITING MEMBERS must be introduced by Members and MUST APPLY NOT LATER THAN 5 P.M ON
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    • 615 12 (Head Office, 216 Penar.- r 0 -> Phone 1477 1478 with h Telegrams: ’Gazette Peiiait Rates of Subscription for Pinan and Sunday Gazette Gaz tto PINANG GAZETTE Local S.S.U Delivery pxt <= c Monthly $2.5g $350 Quarterly 7.50 9 0() f* 00 Half-Yearly 15.00 18 £OO Yearly 30.00 36 00
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