Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 24 January 1941

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  • 22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE last edition ESTAB. 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY 5o? 21. Vol. XCK. FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1941. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 986 1 Mow In Interior Cf Kingdom TROOPS REVIEWED ON FRONTIER Emperor O« Prolonged Visit To His People Khartoum, Jan. 24. J7MPEROR Haile Selassie has entered Abyssinia. He flew to the Sudan-Abyssinian J border in an R.A.F. bomber escorted by fighters. After reviewing Abyssinian troops drawn up within
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  • 71 1 .—Reuter. Attack By Thai Forces Repulsed Hanoi. Jan. 23 The repulse of an attack by Thai forces in Cambodia is claimed in a communique issued today by General Decoux, Gov-ernor-General of French Tndo-China. Hie attack is stated to have been, mad.* against French border detachments in
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  • 157 1 —Reuter London, Jan. 24. General Antonescu has proclaimed a military dictatorship in Rumania, according to the Yugoslav newspaper “Viewme.” Yugoslav reports quoted by the Budapest Radio state that General Antonescu is negotiating with the Iron Guard in order to clean up the situation but
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  • 60 1 REUTER. Offer To Settle hidoChina War Accepted VICHY, JAN. 21,. THE VICHY GOVERNMENT HAS ACCEPTED IN PRINCIPLE THE OFFER BY JAPAN TO MEDIATE IN THE THAILAND FRENCH INDOCHINA DISPUTE, ACCORDING TO THE LYONS RADIO. THE ANNOUNCER ADDED THAT THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR IN TOKYO HAD AUTHORISED
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  • 371 1 —Reuter Shanghai, Jan. 24. IT is reliably learned that Japanese officiails in Shanghai are considerably perturbed by what they described as yesterday’s highly regrettable incident (see Page 10) but refused to make any sort of statement until investigations are completed. Japanese consular authorities reveal that
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  • 30 1 —Reuter. Western Canadian Port, Jan. 23. Two warships of the minesweeper o’ass were added to Canada’s growing navy at a double naming ceremony here yesterday—Reuter.
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  • 109 1 —Reuter. Washington, Jan. 24. jTRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S administrative assistant, Mr. Lauchlin Currie, is going to China shortly on the invitation of the Chinese Government to study the general economic situation, it was announced at White House yesterday. Mr. Currie will convey Mr. Roosevelt’s personal greetings
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  • 46 1 .—Reutei. London, Jan. 24. For the fourth night in succession, there was no air alert in London ttp to t late hours on Thursday night nor had I any raid been reported in any other j part of the country.—Reuter.
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  • 44 1 —Reuter. Railway Officials To Visit Britain Istanbul, Jan. 23. A Turkish delegation, composed of state railway officials, is leaving for Britain .shortly, it Ik reported from Ankara. They will negotiate for the purchase of a number of locomotives and rail trucks. —Reuter.
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  • 209 2 14,000 Prisoners Captured BRITISH CASUALTIES UNDER 500 Capture Of Tobruk Now Completed Rugby, Jan. 23. INE Admiral and four Generals are among the many Italians officers of high rank taken during the British assault on Tobruk, a Libyan port the capture of which is
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  • 79 2 Reuter. Steel Of Arms Ready For Any Invader Ankara, Jan 23. WARNING that “any power that wishes to strike against the immovable rock of Turkey 3 will find a "steel of Turkish arms” ready on the frontier i.s given on the Ankara radio. Commenting on rumours
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  • 150 2 B.OW. Rugby, Jan. 23 Commenting on the preparations on the Channel Coast to meet a possible invasion Mr. Edward Murrow. in a broadcast for the American Colombia Broadcasting System, while agreeing that a fortress cannot be created in a few months, said that
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  • 196 2 Reuter. BATAVIA JAN. 23. r pilE FIRM STAND OF THE NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES AGAINST ANY INTERFERENCE WITH THEIR SOVEREIGNTY WAS REAFFIRMED TODAY BY M VAN MOOK, DIRECTOR Oi ECONOMIC AFFAIRS. Commenting >a an 'ateiuew with Reu ter on the Matsuoka’s peech in the Japanese diet,
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  • 165 2 Reuter No Truce Ih Frontier Fighting Yet Bangkok, January 23. While th< French Charge d’Affaires' further talks with the Deputy Foreign Minister have not yet resulted in a truce in the frontier fighting, members of the Free Cambodian Party ol Thailand” are reported to have left Bangkok for
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  • 720 2 London, Jan. 23. rpHE real problem today is one that only Indians ca solve for themselves, said Mr. Amery when asked if the possibility of a quick solution of the Indian pro blem rested with India in an interview with Sir
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  • 936 2 London, Jan 23 r OARGE I S in the Dusseldorf area and in other parts of the Ruhr were attached by small forces of R.A.F. bombers last night, despite bad weather, states an Air Ministry communique. Two aerodromes in enemy occupied territory were also
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  • 62 2 —Re utter. Arrival On Visit To Berlin Berlin. January The Hungarian War Mini; General Bartha, cd here today. He wiil the guest of General Von Keitel. C rr. Chief of Staff, says the Official Gmr News Agency. Tomorrow he will Lieut-General From. Commani. Chief of the Reserve
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  • 45 2 5. —Reuter. London. Jar The British destroyer “Hyperio: been lost. The Admiralty, annou this loss, says that the Hyperion su--• ed damage by torpedo or mine whii dered her incapable of steaming ar had subsequently to be sunk by I” forces.-—Reuter.
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  • 23 2 —Reuter. Toyko. January Lieut-General Hiroshi Oshima, new Ambassador to Germany, is pected to leave for Berlin via on January 29. —Reuter.
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  • 490 2 Since Start Of Libyan Operations London, January 23. Summing up the results of the 'Western Desert campaign to date, authoritative quarters in London today showed how the Italian losses have progressively increased as the tempo of the campaign developed. Since December 9. the Italians have lost
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  • 1639 3 Feeling the effects of the British blockade Germany turns to her synthetics to see her through. She is doomed to disappointment. ONCE again, in circumstances very similar to those of 26 years ago,; Britain is exercising that deadly wea- I pon of war that proved so decisive
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  • 632 3 COMMANDER FACES COCRT MARTIAL details of how, for its defiance of military orders and a plot to stage a revolt, the New Fourth Army has been disarmed and the Army Commander, Yeh Ting, arrested to face court martial, are announced by the National Military
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  • 200 3 r jTHE Secretary of State for the Colonies has notified that he has selected Mr. J. P. Pennefather-Evans, Senior Superintendent, Malayan Police Service, to fill the vacancy for Commissioner of Police, Hong Kong, caused by the retirement of Mr. T. H. King. Mr. Pennefather-Evans
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  • 305 3 THAT Chinese women’s activities for 1941 should emphasise supplementing the political and military needs of the nation was stressed by a group of women leaders in Chungking. The women’s activities in 1940 and outlining a new programme for 1941, was attend- i ed
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  • 933 3 QWOOPING down from the clouds, the ’‘Spitfire” gets on the tail of the Nazi bomber. For a few seconds the fighter’s 1 eight guns clatter in unison, clouds of smoke pour from the Heinkel, and another raider dives headlong
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  • 221 3 A NEW Zealander who helped sail half a ship to port in a remarkable salvage feat has arrived at an Australian jMirt for a holiday. He is Mr. Alexander Sydney, of Gisborne. New Zealand. “I was in a British tanker which had just finished bunkering units of
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    • 47 3 |p r T"T"TYF T'TTTTTTTTTTWTTTTTT f What a War 1 > n lUnnson S g‘ w i t r- J A' H t V 4V' i i V 1 4 > >• n N w aK E ,L “Don't be unreasonable, Harold, he leant his own little 4 |r fireworks! J
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  • 436 4 COMMENT IN LOCAL CHINESE PRESS REFERRING to the new Soviet-German economic agreement signed in Moscow, the Modern Daily News says that these two countries are still endeavouring to improve their relations. Although it could not be a fatal blow to Britain and U.S.A., it is
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  • 39 4 The new United States Ambassador to France (Admiral Leahy), who has arrived at Vichy, has denied that the U.S. had asked France for bases at Martinique (West Atlantic) or elsewhere in the Western Hemisphere.
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  • 526 4 Driver Of Car Invoked In Accident Singapcre. Although he did not think there were sufficient grounds to charge a European named Thomas Williams with an offence under the Penal Code in connection with the death of a Chinese sailor who was knocked down by a
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  • 428 4 Malay On Murder Charge iitkfqf Singapore. a standing by the roadside at Jalan Besar chatting to a coup]J of friends, was stabbed by a Malay and managed to st. gg er to a nearby coffee-shop but was dead when lie was admitted into Tan Tock Seng’s Hospital
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  • 217 4 Urban Union Invites Applications The Midlands Urban Co-operative Union, as Trustees of the Sir George Maxwell Memorial Co-operative Scholarship Fund are awarding this year six scholarships of $l2O each tenable for two years at $6O per year to six children of members of the following co-operative societies
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  • 222 4 jVEW hope of a cure for blindness has L arisen from a delicate operation involving transplantation of the cornea from dead to living people, according to Dr. Martin I. Green, leading American eye surgeon, who is visiting Sydney on a honeymoon
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  • 400 4 JAPANESE FINED $lOO SingajH>r<>. QHIGERU lizuka, a middle-age*! Japanese, described as a “business man owning mining and rubber interests in Johore and other parts of Malaya,” was fined sloe, and ordered to sign a bond of $l,OOO with two sureties for the period of a
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  • 290 4 Severe Warning To Shop Employees Singapore. A reminder that the maximum penalty was a fine of $5,000 or two years’ rigorous imprisonment, was given by Mr. L.C. Goh, Singapore fifth magistrate on Tuesday, when he imposed a fine of $2OO, or four months’ rigorous imprisonment,
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  • 132 4 London. Women are running one-man businesses whose owners have been called up for military service. Most applications received by the Women’s Employment Federation are of women between 25 and 35. A federation official told a Daily Mail reporter: "Actually it was the wife of one
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  • 159 5 About seventeen air raid shelters made with the trunks tif coco-f*K-i o ltli are unt er construction in different parts of Butterworth there is a proposal to erect another 25 in Bukit Mertajam. th those in Butterworth one, was completed yesterday and is
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  • 726 5 REPLIES ASKED TO LETTER ON WOMAN POWER The Y.W.C.A report for the month of December 1940 is as follows: Rest Room: The Association began the month of December with a most successful Sale of Xmas goods in aid of the Malaya Patriotic and China
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  • 477 5 SOCIAL PERSONAL A public session of the Commission of Enquiry on the Mines Department will be held at 9.30 a m. on Saturday, Feb. 1. in the Federal Council Cham ber. An extraordinary meeting of the S.S. Legislative Council will be held in the Council Chamber at 10.30 a.m on
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    • 62 5 M TONIGHT! LADIES’ GUEST NIGHT BOXING! SAT 25th JAN A FIGHT YOU WANT TO SEE v N.Hemchit vs. G. Smith 3 Stupendous Attractions All Opening for the Chinese New Year. Sun. 26th Jan. FLYING THE WALL Malayan TRAPEZE OF DEATH Qpera 3 EUROPKXN FEABLESS 3 LIFE-RISKING CHINESE COMING BACK TO
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    • 359 5 OPENS TODAY 3 SHOWS AT 3; 6./5 9.30 p.m. >l>- iK -thespectacular t :>■ gV musical extrava”V ganza two conti- < nents have been waiting for? J IN technicolors DON Jr AME C H E betty L GRABLE CARMEN MIRANDA .„<t CHARLOTTE GREENWOOD y W I. CARROL NAI SH HENRY
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    • 308 5 K R J R ~conoi t ion e d LAST THREE~SHOWS TODAY PLANES CRASH! AVIATION SECRETS DISAPPEAR! THE INSIDE STORY OF THE SPY SYSTEM! G-MEN ON THE TRAIL OF “ENEMY AGENT” WITH RICHARD CROMWELL HELEN VINSON Opens Tomorrow Saturday, Jan. 25 THE LOVE STORY OF ALL TIME SET TO MUSIC
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    • 176 5 Comedy Hit From the word GO QUEEN’S 3 SHOWS TODAY TOMORROW: 3, 6.15 and 9.30 Th.' l Uni Is A Non Stop Epir Ol Laughter I “Auntie” has embarrassing situations that'll leave you gasping with chuckles ARTHUR ASKEY AS •CHARLEY’S BIGHEARTED AUNT’ A Gainsborough Picture. Together with the Latest British
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  • 506 6 r pHE decision of the A.K.P. authorities in Penang to educate all sections of the public in civil defence measures is certainly timely. This is not to say that we are nearer war, but it is only natural that, having trained A.R.P. wardens, those in charge
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  • 100 6 ODEON CTNTEMA “Enemy Agent” with Richard Cromwell and Helen Vinson 3, 6.15 and 9.30 p.m. majestic cinema “Brigham Young” with Tyrone, Power and Linda Darnell 3, 615 and 9.30 p m. HEX CINEMA “Down Argentine Way” with Don Ameche and Betty Graht 3, 6.15 and 9.30 QUEEN’S
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  • 354 6 hi Id Psychology 'CORDING to evidence collected by a psychological exjiert, s John P. Anderson, the boy who .1 perennial nuisance was a product °t the “pressure” of parental nagg, punishment and restrictions, •ile the cheerful, co-operative child uld be credited to an “emotional mate" of sympathy
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  • 737 6 Friday, Jan. 24. r A HIS has really been a black week for the Italians. Not only was the capture of Tobruk with 20,U00 prisoners completed last night but Italian forces also continued their speedy withdrawal in Abyssinia and Eritrea. IT AYING broken down
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  • 242 7 Libyan Victories End Menace To Holy Cities Gen. Wavell has replied to the message cf cong|ratdlations and thanks from Singapore Muslims. At a mass meeting of Muslims held at the Sultan Mosque, Singapore, on January 10, the resolutions were proposed by the South Indian Muslim
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  • 363 7 Alleged Breach Of Trust Singapore. yiCTOR PHILIP BAKER, a young European who until recently was assistant cashier in John Little and Co., Ltd., Singapore, was on trial at the Singapore Assizes yesterday before a special jury and Mr. Justice Gordon Smith. Baker is being trier!
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  • 127 7 Brigham Yeung,” now having a return run at the Majestic, tells the t pic story of the Mormons and their courageous 1806-niile trek across America in 1846. The picture stars Tyrone Power ana Linda Darnell and Dean Jagger as Brigham Young. Undaunted oy th e
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  • 399 7 Statement By Capt. Knight An explanation of his statement before the Tribunal last Monday with regard to the attitude of Messrs. Evatt and Co. was made yesterday by Capt. P. N. Knight who is appearing for the volunteer authorities before the Local Tribunal. Capt. Knight was
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  • 171 7 Two Cars Destroyed: Damage Estimated At. $20,000 Telok Anson. A fire broke out at Chantal Jong Road, Telok Anson, near the Railway station, shortly after midnight on Tuesday night when the motor workshop of Wah Seng Brothers was bUri The fire is believed to
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  • 86 7 Loans free of interest to the Imperial Government for the prosecution of the war, totalling nearly $130,000, have been made through the Straits Settlements Government as follows; W Penrice $5,000 N. A. Worley $4,000. Dr. W R. Duff $l,OOO Mr. and Mrs. C. J Windsor
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  • 48 7 Tonight’s Broadcast From S’pore “The History of the East Surrey Regiment” is the title of a talk to be broadcast tonight from the Singapore Station at 710 by an officer of the Regiment. This talk is one of the series “The History of the Regiments.”
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  • 77 7 A Chinese lodger from the Soo Chow Hotel in Love Lane who was brought to the General Hospital on Wednesday suffering from rat poisoning died in the hospital today The man arrived at the hotel from Parit Buntar three days ago and lodged in the hotel
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  • 67 7 Following report that monkeys had been causing damage to padi in the bendangs bordering the coastal forest reserve of Sungei Pinang, a party of Chinese headed by Mr. N. M. Noordin, Malay Agricultural Assistant, Penang, proceeded to the padi field armed with shotguns with which they succeeded in
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  • 443 7 Four Convicted Of Cheating Singapore. Four members oLwhat was described by Chief Court Inspector E. Tunn as a “corrupt and crooked firm,” —the Commercial Corporation, which, until recently, had an office in Battery Road were sentenc ed to varying terms of imprisonment in the
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  • 18 7 Collections to date for the I.S.P. Fighter Fund have reached the total of $13.G47 11
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  • 261 7 MOTORISTS STILL UNCERTAIN OVER IJCHTING or CARS SINGAPORE. SINGAPORE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT HID ITSELF UNK HER THE MOST COMPLETE BLACK-OUT YET EXPERIENCE!) SIN( E AIR RAID EXERCISES BEGAN IN MALAYA. It was obvious from a tour of the city before the air raid alarms that
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  • 155 7 One Animal Succumbs And Carter Injured Balik Bulau. 4 SERIOUS motor collision took place on Wednesday evening when a military transport lorry travelling along the Batu Üban Road crashed headlong with a bullock cart. The cart was a total wreck while one of the
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  • 25 7 An extraordinary meeting oi the Legislative Council will be held in the Council Chamber at 10.30 a.m. on Monday, February 3.
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  • 229 7 ENEMY ACTIVITY IN U. S. FACTORIES G.-Men Drama At Odeon There have been a spate of films dealing with spy stories since the wai began, but “Enemy Agent” now showing at the Odeon Cinema, does not touch upon the European conflict but deals with the nefarious activities
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  • STOCKS & SHARES QUOTATIONS
    • 452 8 Issued by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association and Ipoh sections) at noon 24th January, 1. Issue Buyers Sellers 4/0 Ampat Tin 3/3 3/6 5/0 Austral Amal 6/7} 6/10}c £1 Austral Malay 35/0 36/6c 5/0 Ayer Hitam 21/0 22/oex $1 Ayer Weng 0.80 0.85 £1 Bangrin Tin 14/0 15/0 $1 B.
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    • 234 8 Issue Buyers Sellers Allenby U.® I- 20 Alor Gajah 0.82} 0.87} Amal. Malay 1-75 1.80 Ayer Hitam 0.90 1.00 Ayer Molek 1.15 1.20 Ayer Panas 1.15 1.20 Bassett 0.40 0.43 Batu Lintang 1.10 112} Bedford 0 87} 0.92} Benta t.OO 1.03 Borelli 1.35 1.45 Broga 0.58 0.61 Brunei United
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    • 338 8 Issue Buyers Sellers A. £1 (Aust) N.Z. Min Ord 22/0 23/0 2 Alex Brick Ord. 1.90 1.95 2 Alex. Brick 7}% Prei. 2.12} 2.17}x 5 B. M. T. 7.50 7.75 £5 Chartered Banx £B} £Bi £1 Con. T. 8, Ord. 16/9 17/0 £1 Con. T. S. 7% Pref 20/3
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    • 176 8 MINING Dividend Books Close Payable Austral Amalgamated 3d. div. l}d. Bonus (total 4}d. p. share > Austral Malay (9d. div. A 9d. bonus) (total of l/16d. Berjuntai 20% 3rd inst. 3-12.2.41 12 241 Idris Hya. 2}% int. less tax Ui Ipoh Tin 2s. int. l.t. ,1.41
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  • 1493 8 Strategic Importance Of Rubber The far-reaching developments that liave taken place in world affairs since the outbreak of war in Europt' have given rise to fears in the United States of a possible future shortage of natural rubber These fears have led to an intensification of the
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  • 594 8 Gratifying Results: Sound Position The nineteenth ordinary general meet ing of Malayalam Plantations, Ltd was held in London. Mr H J, Welch’ the chairman, presided. The chairman’s address .stated that th® total net cost of the estates now apneared as £1,659.998 and the very valuable buildmgs. machinery.
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  • 142 8 Yesterday’s Close Previously TIN: LONDON: “Spot” £256. 0. 0. £256 5. 0 “Forward” £257. 5. 0. £257 5. 0 SINGAPORE; “Spot" $133.25 $133.25 Business done 25 tons 50 tons PENANG: “Spot” $133.25 $133.25 RUBBER: LONDON: “Spot" 12 3|Bd. 12 s|l6d. “Forward" 12 3|Bd. 12 s|l6d Tone Very Quiet
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  • 217 9 Liabilities 01 5215.000 Singapore George Edgar, a Singapore business man who became insolvent due to losses incui ied in j übber and tin speculation, applied for a discharge in the High Court before the Chief Justice. Sir Percy McElwaine. Mr. T. L. Tan, Assistant Official Assignee.
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  • 491 9 "Friends of a. Lifetime: Letters to Sydney Carlyle Cockerell” Edited by Viola Meynell. (Cape. 18s. net.) BY BASIL DE SELINCOUBT There are books which tourti you personally to the quick, so that it is impossible to judge them with professional coolness. Had I
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  • 204 9 FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1941. Destination Supeq script ion Postage Latest Time o* AIR MAILS Letters Postcards Posting Great Britain via N. Zealand per 2 oz. each Ordinary Regx. T’pacific Fri. 24th inst. T'atlantic Services 2.60 1.30 8 a.m. 7.30 a.m. Australia N. Zealand By 8.0.A.C. .55 .30 Java
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    • 2243 9 in the series. Relayed from London* 9*05 BEmbm B I New Queen's Hall Light Orchestra. ■MHflg <n« I B I Selections from:- 'Mignon «Thoma-*-.* I w£L W 1 1 I I ‘La Boheme" *Pnccmi. arr GauumB B w I A B. I “Paeliacci” Leoncavallo}. 9.30 With Cowan :mcl Bailey Ca
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    • 330 9 told you 1 cared?" —"The Gaucho nade”—“Prairie Boy"—“Begone 6.5 Warning to Mariners. Weather Report. Early results of Ipoh Races. 6.55 Cnnden’s Programme. 7.10 Swing Music, i 7.25 “Saturday Evening Popular cert.’’) 7.35 Full Ipoh Race Results. 7.38 “Saturday Evening Popular Concert. (Cont’d). “Plymouth Hoe": A Nautical Overture (Ansell). Played, by
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  • 198 10 Reuter Construction Of Defence W orks London, Jan. 23 All Malta has been called to arms under a decree issued by General Dobbie, according to the London morning newspapers. The Governor announced that the German and Italian air attacks and the threat of an invasion
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  • 68 10 —Reuter. Handed By French To Gestapo London, Jun. 23 The financier, Fritz Thyssen, former backer of Hitler, has been handed to the Gestapo by the French police, according to the “Daily Express.” With his wife, he was taken from a Cannes hotel on December 20
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  • 100 10 —Reuter. Highest Opinion Held Of King Boris Be’grade, January 23 Colonel Donovan, who arrived here last night, travelled from Sofia without a passport which had disappeared from his hotel in he Bulgarian capital, in a press InlnV'lT i° n hiS arriVal he said he had and nJ; V
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  • 146 10 Reuter Definite Progress In Negotiations London. Jan. 22 In answering his first question in the House of Commons since resuming the Foreign secretaryship, Mr. Eden was able to announce “certain definite progress” in the British negotiations with Spain over Spain’s recent administrative action at Tangier. Mr. Eden recalled
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  • 900 10 NO SERIOUS FIGHTING IN ERITREA Imperial Armoured Troops 100 Miles West Of Tobruk Cairo, Jan. 23 The Italian retreat from Eritrea s continuing, according to the latest reports received here. No serious fighting has occurred but British forces are in close pursuit and harrying the
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  • 54 10 Reuter. U.S. Defence Head's Statement Washington, Jan. 23 Of 33,000 military planes uhich, it is hoped, will be turned out by July next year, 14,000 have been earmarked for Britain. This was stated by Mr. Knudsen, head of the Roosevelt Supreme Defence Directorate, at a
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  • 187 10 —Reuter. $36 MILLION MORE AVAILABLE Washington. Jan. 23 I There ha.> recently been a net increase 01 536.000.000 in British dollar and gold assets available to pay for war supplies in the United States. Mr. Morgenthau, Secretary to the Trea* I sure. notified the House Foreign
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  • 84 10 —Reuter. To Hold Same Status As Australian Envoy Wellington, Jan. 22. An early announcement with regard to the appointment of a Neu Zealand Minister in Washington was promised oy Mr. Fraser, New Zealand Prime Minister today. The Minister appointed would have the same status as Mr.
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  • 240 10 .—Reuter. Municipal Chairman And Others Injured Shanghai, Jan 23. At»- an extraordinary meeting of the Shanghai ratepayers called to aiscus.- the Municipality’s increased taxation. Mr. NV. J Keswick, British subject and Chairman of the Municipality, was shot but not seriously wounded. The assailant is alleged to
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  • 114 10 Reuter. Capture By British Confirmed London. Jan. 22 The confirmation that the French steamer, Mendoza, wliich was trying to .run the blockade from South America to Europe, had been intercepted by the British, was given by the First Lord of the- Admiralty, Mr. Alexander in the House of
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  • 541 10 Provincial Garrisons Join Insurgents CLASHES IN CAPITAL AND INTERIOR Belgrade, Jan. 23 The situation in Rumania is developing in favour of the Iron Guard extremists, it is reliably stated from Bucharest. Clashes continued on Wednesday night in the capital and interior of the
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  • 28 10 .—8.0. W. Rugby, January 22. Mr. Lloyd George completed last night his journey to Criccieth where Dame Margaret Lloyd George will be buried on Thursday.—B.O.W.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 122 10 NEW YORK VIA CAPE due to arrive x.ZOELLA LYKES (via Panama) 2 x RUEBIN TIPTON (via Panama) Fe PRES. TAYLOR ,2 PRES. MONROE *5 PRES. MADISON JJ ar x PRES. BUCHANAN (via Panama) AA a p KI PRES. JOHNSON (via Panama) PRES. JACKSON P PRES. GRANT P x No Passengers.
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  • 1021 11 Aceeptances For Tomorrow RACE 1 2.15 p.m. uni?<;B—Class 4—Division 3 —6 Furlongs i 1\ 1 )N LAD 8y 9.07 Mr. A. van Tooren Sullivan i 0 8y 9.02 Mr. L. J. Brittain Owner VORLD 5 y 902 Miss c R Noordin O’Neill DE MENTHE 7y 8.11 Mr.
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  • 60 11 Selangor Team Against Penang (From Our Own. Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. January 23 The following have been selected to represent Selangor against Penang at hockey at Penang on January 26 Wang Kam Thong; Mehar Singh, G. Laßrooy (capt.); A. Koelmeyer. V. Vijendram, Fam Choo Choon. H. Koelmeyer, Tadjuddin.
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  • 178 11 Matches During Chinese New Year Helidays I'he Penang Colts will oe travelling to Kuala Lumpur by the night mail today to participate in the Malayan Colts’ tournament which wdl commence on Sunday morning and end on Tuesday evening. The official programme of the matches is
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  • 166 11 C. B. Tan Scores 3 Goats For Wembley Cabaret The Wembley Cabaret XI defeated the Seaforth Highlanders H.Q. Co. XI by four goals to one in a friendly soccer match on the Renong Ground yesterday. C. B. Tan scored three of the four goals
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  • 37 11 O»X.A. INon-Benders vs H.M.S. Nameless On the S.X.I. ground today at 5.15 p.m. Non-Benders: Ah Lam; Cheng Hoe, Jong Bau; A. Muthu, Albert Yeang, Teik Khoon; Choon Chooi, Hock Hoe (ca.pt.j, Tan. Ee Teik, Charles Yeap
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  • 51 11 LA. vs- Punjab Regiment On the Westlands School ground on Monday, January 27 at 5,15 p.m. 1.A.: Gunaratnam; Kernail Singh and Naidu; Hussain, A. Rahman, Tagar Singn; R. S. Maniam, Hari Singh, Baghat Singh, R. S. Gopal and Gitan Singh. Reserves: Darbara Singh, Kernai) Singh 11, Sardul Singh. Bishen
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  • 87 11 Tomorrow on the Esplanade from 6 p.m, to 7.30 p.m. March 8.8. Horne Overture La Couronne D’Or Hermann Selection The Naughty Princess Cuvillier Waltz Thoughts Alford Selection The Casino Girl Englander Intermezzo Red Poppies Elliot Fox Trot Content With You Tovey. On Sunday at the Waterfall’s from 5.15
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  • 1335 11 Eight Succeed In Their Pleas A further 22 applications for exemption from the forthcoming Volunteer embodiment and one for extension of a Postponement Certificate were dealt with by the Penang Tribunal yesterday. Of these one was adjourned, one withdrawn, two were absent and were
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  • 1137 12 18 PLAYERS WITH M.R.U. BADGES South Will Go All Out To Even Score best rugby match of the 1940-41 season, the fourteenth annual North vs. South, will be played on the Selangor Club padang on Saturday afternoon in aid of the War Fund. Weather
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  • 100 12 15lli Annual General Meeting The 15th annual general meeting of the Penang Badminton Association will be held at the Hu Yew Seah Girls' School premises, Madras Lane, Penang, on Friday, January 31, 1941, at 8 p.m The agenda is as follows: To read and, if approved, confirm
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  • 59 12 RACE I: HUE AND CRY STAR DOCK RACE 2: GAV PRINCE STORM AHEAD RACE 3: CONSTANT LIGHT POOR BILL RACE 4: EMPRESS PINAFORE RACE 5: LADY WARRIOR WINCHCLIFF RACE 6: ANTRUM FLYING COLUMN RACE 7: BEANO FAIR KING RACE 8: SHAMROCK SIL VERLAW RACE 9: ROYAL BEAU
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  • 75 12 ONLY FAST GALLOP BY SiNDANGLAJA “EPSOM JEEP”) Ipoh, Today. There was nothing' worthy of note in this morning’s training at the Ipoh race track, only a few horses being taken out and most of them were confined to slow work. The only fast gallop of
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  • 116 12 The War Fund in North Malaya stands at $1,468,447.97, made up of Penang $942,821.45 and Perak $525,626.52 There were no contributions to the Penang collection yesterday, while the Perak total increased by only $73. PERAK Previously Acknowledged 325,516.62 Members of Customs Dept... Kinta (January) Mr
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  • 232 12 —Renter Cairo, eJan. 24. ’THUS has been a black week for Italians in North Africa. Not only was the capture of Tobruk with over 14,000 prisoners comjfleted last night but also Italian forces continued their steady withdrawal in Abyssinia and Eritrea. With Tobruk, the Italians lost
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  • 62 12 FRIDAY, JANUARY 24 TIN: Penang i $133 37" Business done 50 Singapore $133 37’ RUBBER: Penang Spot 363 C Singapore Spot 36’c COPRA: Sun $2 90 transactions Black Pepper Nominal TAPIOCA: Medium $6.90 sellers Fair Seed $6 5q sellers RICE: Rangoon Parboiled No. 1 $10,36 Rangoon Parboiled No.
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  • 232 12 Nazis Getting Impatient But Petain Is Firm London, Jan 24. /p news from I' it hy l)r rather Pans appears to indicate that the situation has not developed as the Germans haped or expected PI though Marshal cfatn has been officially reconciled to Laval, the
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  • 195 12 —Reuter TESTIMONY OF COL. LINDBERGH Washington, Jan. 24 Col Lindbergh, continuing his testimony on the Lease-Lend Bill, said he believed ten thousand fighting planes would be “adequate to ensure American security regardless of the outcome of the present European war.” He asserted
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    • 28 12 PUBLIC HOLIDAYS The Exchange hanks’ will be closed on Monday and E iiesday, 27th an d 28th January, 1941«, which have been proclaimed Public Holidays. (CHINESE NEW YEAR)
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    • 233 12 NOTICES BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION F. M.S. Division The Annual General Meeting will be held in the Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, February Ist at 2.30 p m. TENDER for the tailoring of Uniform Clothing (Battle Dress) for the Local Defence Corps, Penang. 2. Tenders are invited for
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    • 510 12 (Head Office) 216 Penang Phone 1477 1478 Tejegrams: Gazette Rates of Subscription for pu ar.d Sunday GazePINANG GAZETTE Local 3 s Delivery FMs Monthly j>2 50 131, Quarterly gnn Half-Yearly 15.00 Yearly 30.00 ssoo SUNDAY GAZETTE Local s.S.& Delivery s Quarterly $1.25 $1 50 Half-Yearly 2.50 300 Yearly 5.1 X)
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