Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 28 January 1941

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  • 18 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY vol. \<:ix TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1941. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 926 1 GRAZIANI NOW DISMISSED Four-Front British Offensive ITALIAN SOMALILAND THE LATEST TO BE ATTACKED LONDON, JAN. 28. rpHE ANKARA RADIO AT THE END OF ITS NEWS BUL LE I LN LAST NIGHT STATED THAT MARSHAL GRAZIANI HAS BEEN DISMISSED. Meanwhile, the four-front British offensive on the
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  • 290 1 —Reuter. Vichy, Jan. 27. Reports of an Armistice between French Indo-China and Thailand are premature, states the Lyons Radio today. According to the latest reports from French Indo-China, the announcer said. French troops continue mopping up Thai forces that have penetrated the frontier in
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  • 81 1 Reuter. Vichy, Jan. 28. ENERAL ANTONESCU formed a new military cabinet yesterday, says a Bucharest telegram. All portfolios e cept Justice, Labour and Propaganda a>e ent rusted to generals. No lion Guard or representative of King Carol’s regime is included in the new Government. It
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  • 75 1 .—Reuter. Budajiest, Jan. 28. ’OUNT Csaky, Hungarian Foreign Minister, has died. He was rejMirted on Sunday night to be sinking rapidly. Count Csaky will be given a state funeral on Thursday. The Prime Minister is taking charge of foreign affairs until a successor is appointed.
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  • 123 1 JAPANESE PREMIER'S DRAMATIC SPEECH Tokyo, Jan. 28. what he called “my last service to the state,” the Premier, Prince Konoye, made a remarkable statement on the Sino-Japanese war to the Budget committee of the Lower House yesterday. LITTLE HOPE OF SETTLING .—Reuter Aqhough the
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    • 268 1 X GAIK for north Malaya Penang:dispensary ltd. penang Ipoh. SCIENCE WINS It is a well established fact that mil'ons of dollars ace expended annually in repairing the damage done by Ter■nites or White Ants as they are com ■lonly called. In a recent press sur it was shown that on
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  • 207 2 LARGE NUMBER OF CASUALTIES New York Report MORE GERMAN AIR UNITS CROSSING BRENNER NEW YORK, JAN. 27. THE ‘NEW YORK TIMES” BELGRADE CORRESPONDENT REPORTS THAT EXTENSIVE RIOTS HAVE OCCURRED IN MILAN. THE ACCOUNT TALLIES SUBSTANTIALLY WITH THAT OF THE COLUMBIA
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  • 189 2 —Reuter. Mr. Bevin To Outline Government Proposals London. Jan. 25. {The biggest joint Capital and Labour Conference under Government auspices ever held in Britain will take place here next Wednesday when the i Labour Minister. Mr. Bevin. whoj is a member of the War Cabinet will give details
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  • 170 2 Reuter. Soviet Warning Of Invasion Difficulties Moscow, Jan. 27. “THE Germans will encounter very serious difficulties if they attempt to invade Britain,” declares a writer m the Soviet military review “Red Star." The writer acids that the powerful German military machine is apparently not potverful
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  • 98 2 Reuter. Athens, Jan. 27. British air action against Italians in Albania is being steadily maintained. Yesterday a low-level attack was successfully carried through on Boulsa in the vicinity of Elbasan a town in Central Albania which is the main Italian base protecting routes to harbouYs
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  • 303 2 Reuter. Part Played By Chinese Rugby, Jan. 27. r THE proclamation of British sovereignty over Hongkong has proved a decisive factor in relations between Western and Far Eastern worlds. The Parliamentary Undersecretary for Colonies emphasised this in a broadcast to Hongkong in connection with the centenary of British
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  • 123 2 .—Reuter. Results Of Trial Trip Satisfactory Calcutta, Jan. 26. Mr. W L. Bond, Vice-President of) the Chinese National Aviation, said that the results of the trial trip and representation to the Government of India were favourable to the opening of the new air line between Calcutta and
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  • 97 2 .—Reuter. Shanghai- Jan. 26 Terroristic activities flared again today at the commencement, of the Chinese New Year holiday celebrations. Starting early in the evening and continuing throughout the next few hours, bombs were hurled at six well-known Chin-ese-owned cabarets here, wounding 8 Chinese, two seriously, and starting
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  • 505 2 LIVELY INTEREST IN HIS VISIT TO ENGLAND Rugby. Jan. 26. r jpHE lively interest of the public in the visit which Mr. Wendell Willkie—President Roosevelt’s chief opponent in the recent American Presidential Election—is making to Britain, was shown by the size of the crowd
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  • 260 2 —Reuter. Outspoken Speech lb Mr. Lein ass Dublin, January 25. Mr Lemass, Eireann Minister of Supply made outspoken remarks on the situation in Eire ’vis-a-vis’ the European war, speaking in Dublin tonight“Only a few months ago we were facing the danger of invasion. Is h»
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  • 206 2 New Successes On All Fronts London, Jan. 25. Steady pressure by British troops and bombers against Italy’s African Empire on all fronts are recorded in communiques from General Wavell’s headquarters at Cairo tonight. New British successes reported from Cairo embrace Libya, Eritrea and Abyssinia. British
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  • 44 2 —Reuter. London, Jan. 26. Bombs were dropped in Cornwall last night states a Home communique issued this morning (Sunday) but little damage was done and there were very few casualties. Apart from this there was no enemy activity. —Reuter.
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  • 303 2 —Reuter London’s Sixth Night Of Peace London, January 25. For the sixth successive night no alert —so far —was sounded in London tonight and from the rest of the country once again no reports of enemy air activity have been received. Activity of enemy aircraft over
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  • 40 2 —Reuter. Ottawa, Jan. 24 The acquisition of another former United States destroyer, the seventh, by the Canadian Navy, bringing Canada’s destroyer strength to thirteen, is announced by Mr. MacDonald, Navy Minister, at the press conference today.—Reuter.
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  • 121 2 —Reuter. An Eastern Group Supply Council is to be set up with representatives of the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and India. This announcement by the Ministry of Supply adds that in appointing the Council, the Government have accepted the recommendation
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  • 163 2 —8.0. W Italian Attacks Repulsed Athens, Jan. 25 A desperate Italian bid to recapture the strategic heights lost yesterday North of the key town of Klissura on the central battlefront in Albania was repulsed today by the Greeks, said an Official Athens spokesman. Active Greek artillery
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  • 161 2 Bucharest, Jan. 27. Military and police patrols are now engaged in one of the biggest man hunts in Rum ania’s history following the collapse of the five-day Iron Guar <? revolt against the Government of General Antonescu. Rebel leaders still at liberty are being
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  • 293 3 eiKONGER THAIS ever BEFORE LVE large United States subT' Cannes, including the recondi- qnualus, have recently arrived at Uv giving the Asiatic Fleet its total concentration in history. u S concentration now consists f me cruisers Houston. Marblehead and nn ati. three divisions of destroyers, 2 iong-range
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  • 114 3 Chicago. The State Attorney s agents have seiz d a black ledger” listing the names of ar. estimated 2.000 members of the German-American Bund who are alleged to be serving in the regular United Stat-.- Army, Navy, Marine or Reserve forces The seizure was made
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  • 79 3 Annoyed by a jagged piece of rock <»n the path to his camp against which he constantly stubbed his toe, Thomas Stai r a Kalgoorlie prospector, recently went out with his pick and shovel to dig it out. He broke it out of its earthy
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  • 1136 3  -  By Stanton Hope ANE of the crimes” of “perridious Albion” constantly broadcast tor propaganda purposes by our enemies, is that Britain has seized the most important strategic points on the trade routes of the world. Of these bases, Gibraltar is the most vital to
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  • 436 3 i’ew Delhi, January 23. In an interview with the Editor of Great Britain and the East” Mr. L. S. Amery, Secretary of State for India, has lust made a further appeal to political ■eaders m India to approach the present. deadlock with unbiassed mind and to
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  • 82 3 Tests made with the new textile Nylon, have proved it a satisfactory substitute for silk in the making of parachutes, states a bulletin issued by the Bank of Canada. A special rayon has also proved satisfactory. but production of these textiles is not
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  • 89 3 The Canadian Prime Minister, Mr. Mackenzie King, in a recent broadcast, declared that 1941 would be a crucial year, and might possibly see the end of the war. He warned his audience: “The hour is near when the enemy, with ruthless ferocity, may be expected to gather
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous

  • 470 4 YOUTH’S THREE CRIMES REFERENCE to the prevalence of robberies at Fairer Park for several years, and to the fact that these robberies were on the increase. was made in the criminal district court when a Tamil, Govindasamy, faced two charges of robberies alleged to
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  • 285 4 Stay Indefinite DECAUSE of the tense situation in the Pacific, the United States battlefleet will stay indefinitely in Hawaiian waters, it was learned in Washington, says a message to the Sydney Daily Telegraph, which adds that the Navy Department has decided to abandon large-scale manoeuvres in
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  • 1590 4 Inquest Opens On Three Men Killed Seremban. MR. J. A. A. FAITH, sitting as Coroner, was occupied the whole of the day in recording evidence in the inquiry as to the cause of death of three Chinese who were shot by the police on the afternoon
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  • 297 4 Chamber Of Commerce Decision 4 N appeal in the form of a circular calling for volunteers to be recruited for A.R.P. and various other services, including the auxiliary fire brigade service, is to be launched bv the Selangor Chinese Chamber of Commerce following a decision made
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  • 105 4 Verdict On Boy Who Died After A Fall A verdict of death by accident was returned by Megat Yunus (Second Magistrate, Kuala Lumpur), who acted as Coroner in the inquiry held in the Police Court into the death of a Chinese boy named Moey Mun Chow, aged 13,
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 176 4 TONIGHT SPECIAL LICENCE TO MODERN OPERA AT THE CANTONESE WAYANG TONIGHT AT 9 PM. “POOR ORPHAN” I* Supported By The Chinese Revue. Seats 60, 40, 25 15 cts. Featuring the only 3 Fearless LifeNSBMHtwMBHEaMr risking Chinese riding up a straight wall on bicycles You have seen” rp i i m
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    • 224 4 THE MANAGEMENT THE ENTIRE STAFF OF THIS THFXTPp WISH ALL THEIR CHINESE FRIENDS PATRONS X HAPPY v PROSPEROUS CHINESE NEW X I XR HE 3 Shows Today ■wk At 6.15 &9 30 Last Chance To See This 20th Century-Fox’s Spectacular Musical Extravaganza THE SHOW THAT ALL PENANG IS FLOCKING IX)!
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 980 5 2 NS VERY Tf? Ilf 1_ F Is 9 lf r%l happy and PROSPERO Nhw year SHOR .S PACKED SINCE OPENING r JI MAJESTIC QUEEN’ S T ~av T THREE TODAY H V/ 4j ij 11 U A t 11 a.m. and 8.45 p.m. 1 HKLIL onv W 1 WAI
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  • 350 6 IT was in July 1937 that Japan X optimistically embarked on an adventure that was to take up all her energy and resources. The war in China has not proved an easy proposition; far from ending in six months, it is now in its fourth year and
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  • 1744 6 I jN these days when Chungking national troops have had to put down Communist resistance, the brightest element is undoubtedly Chiang Kai-shek. Today, the nation’s leader, he stands for continued co-operation and for national unity. No one knows; what wil I happen this New Year, hut
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  • 166 7 .—8.0. W. LORD LLOYD’S THANKS TO REGENT Contribution To Mark Ruler’s 79th Birthday Rugby, Jan. 27. J ORD LLOYD, Colonial Secretary, has asked Sir Shenton Thomas, High Commissioner for Malaya to convey to H.H. the Regent of Kedah an expression of the deep
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  • 1785 7 Applications for Exemptions By Europeans Opposed rpHAT the application of the Customs Department, Penang, disclosed a lamentable lack of co-ordination of man-power wa< stated by Lt.-Col. E. A. de Buriatte, Officer Commanding, Penang Volunteers at a sitting of the Penang Tribunal yesterday when opposing applications
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  • 210 7 MR. N. RAGHAVAN REELECTED PRESIDENT (From Out Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Monday At the fourth annua) general meetj ing of the Central Indian Association. Malaya, held here on Sunday afternoon, the following were elected office-bearers for the ensuing year: President: Mr. N. Raghavan (re-elect-ed); vice-Presidents:
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  • 90 7 Mr. and Mrs. Wee Theang Siew, of Penang, have issued invitations for tne marriage of their niece, Miss Tan Peng Neoh, eldest daughter of Madam Wee Thian Heang Neoh, to Mr. Chuah Kok Wee, second son of the late Mr. Chuah Aik Him and Mrs. Chuah Aik
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  • 49 7 “Ways of the English of Singapore,” is the title of a talk to be broadcast tonight (Tuesday. Jan. 28) by Mi-s. R. E. Prentis at 7.10 o’clock. This is the final talk in the series "Presenting Singapore” which has been arranged by the Friends of Singapore.
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  • 163 7 The F.M.S. Government is considering the opening of a Malay Girls’ College at Kuala Lnmpur, it is understood. This institution is to be run on the same lines as the Malay College at Kuala Kangsar. This move to extend English education to Malay girls
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  • 149 7 I. C&"cperation in Berenice Marlers Rugby. January 26, Chief Marshal sir Charles Burnett Chip: cl the Staff in Australia has, according to tho Press telegram, arrived in Singapore for discussion with the Air Chief Marshal. Su Robert Brooke Popham. Coromandei’-in-Chief of the FarEast and other
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 115 7 B.P. o ■I Ji *wr n g| j N A 118fctCQRPOntTED OrCSYLOH SINGAPORE PENANG IPOH Strong, sturdy limbs, sound gSMES bones, the happiness oi abounding health —these are lii some of the gifts bestowed by A' 'lllllj this famous English Food. a little better, sometJiing a little different, xW IIF
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  • 169 8 The results for the year to June 30 last <*f Ratu Rata (Sumatra) Rubber Plantations fully reflect the improved conditions which prevailed for the industry during the period. At Hie end of the preceding year the company had, as a result of the low rates of
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  • 29 8 <Jo^ai\ 10r r? tar to June 3u > 1940 4327 408 lO 1 5 00 (£6o to .cultivation reserve)?™ ’<£1000? t* ld reServe 432,000 (£2500).’ reSerVe 500
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  • STOCKS & SHARES QUOTATIONS
    • 453 8 Issued by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association (Penang and Ipoh sections) at noon Jsth January, 194 1 Issue Buyers Sellers 4/0 Ampat Tin 3/3 3/6 5/0 Austral Amal 6/74 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
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    • 237 8 Issue Buyers Sellers Allenby 1.15 L2O Alor Gajah 0.824 0.87* Amal. Malay 1-75 1.80 Ayer Hitam 0.90 1.00 Ayer Molek 115 1.20 Ayer Panas 1.15 130 Bassett 0.40 0.43 Batu Lintang 1.10 1124 Bedford 0.87} 0.924 Benta 1.00 1.03 Borelli 1.35 145 Broga 0.59 0.61 J Brunei United 0.58
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    • 341 8 Issue Buyers Sellers A. £1 (Aust) N.Z Mln Ord 22/0 23/0 2 Alex Brick Ord. 1-90 1.95 2 Alex. Brick 74% Pref. 2.124 ?.17}x 5 B. M. T. 7.50 7.75 £5 Chartered Bamt £B} £B3 £1 Con. T. 3. Ord. 16/9 17/0 £1 Con. T. S. 7% Pref 20/3
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    • 178 8 MINING Dividend Books Close Payable Austral Amalgamated 3d. div. l}d. Bonus (total 4}d. p. share Austral Malay (9d. div. 9d. bonus) (total <rf l/16d. Berjuntai 20% 3rd inst 3-12.2 41 12 241 Idris Hyd. 2}% int. less tax 29.! 41 (in Eng) lix h Tin 2
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  • 249 8 $lO.OOO Donation To War Fund The twenty-third annual general meeting of Indragin Rubber, Limited, will be held at the registered office of the Company, N. T. S. Building, Singapore, on Friday, Jan. 24. at 1.30 p.m. The meeting will be asked to confirm the donation of
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  • 190 8 Central Sumatra Rubber, Estates reports a sharp increase in revenues over the year to June 30 last, total income at £35,910 comparing with a figure of £21,526 returned for the previous year. The best comparable level returned in recent years was .£29.080 for 1936-37. Expenses this year,
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  • 389 8 Great Britain's 8 Per Cent. According to the Chief Statistician DiviS'on of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, just over 52 6 per cent, of telephones, viz., 41,090,347. are in the North American Continent. 48.56 per cent being in the United States and 3.31 per
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  • 1039 8 IPOH RESIDENT ON PRECAUTIONS WHICH SHOULD BE TAKEN Recalling the fact that air raid shelters are being built in Kuala Lumpur and Penang, Mr. C. H. Yin of Ipoh, in a letter written to us, points out that so far nothing has been done
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  • 139 8 Yesterday’s Close Previously TIN LONDON: “Spot” 15 o £266 5 0 “Forward* £257 5 0 6259 5 0 SINGAPORE: “Spot” $133.37% $133 37% Business done 50 tons 50 tons PENANG: “Spot” $133 37% $133 37% RUBBER: LONDON: “Spot” 12 l|2d 12 7(16d “Forward” 12 l[2d 12 7|l6d Tone
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 85 8 BANK S LOil a ifl ffi b a Safe Deposit Boxes To meet the demand of clients j we take pleasure /in announcing r that we have installed additional NEW SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES for the safe keeping of valuables etc. particulars will be SUPPLIED UPON APPLICATION TO:— Oversea-Cliinese Banking Corpn.,
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  • 150 9 TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1941. Destination Superscription Postage Latest Time of Letters Postcards Posting AIR MAILS per oz. each Ordinary Regn. Tues. 28th inst. Great Britain via Durban .55 .30 8 a.m. 8 a.m. India, Africa, Egypt Burma By 8.0.A.C. .55 .30 Bangkok i 60 .30 U.S.A. via Durban
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  • 202 9 Duplication Of Parts I o Be Tried i Duplicates of all parts for the United Btates battleship lowa, now under construction at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, are being made, according to the New York Herald Tribune. This-, the paper asserts, will save about twelve months’
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  • 72 9 Klang. N. K. Abdul Razak, an Indian Mohamedan was charged at Klang on Monday with attempting to export prohibited goods, to wit, gold jewels worth $362. without authority. Mr. I. I. Jeffries. Customs Officer, Port Swettenham, conducted the case for the prosecution and the accused pleaded
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  • 257 9 Gaol For Chinese Y onth Kuala Lumpur. yV7ITH six previous convictions to his record, the last conviction being in July 1940, Cheong Sang, a young Sumatra-born Chinese was sentenced by the First Magistrate Mr. G. L. Howe to 12 months’ rigorous imprisonment on a charge of housebreaking
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  • 195 9 Reuter. ~W(ishington, Jan. 25. ENERAL MARSHALL, Admiral Stark and Major-General Brett, Commandev-in-Chiej of the Army, Navy and Actiny Chief of the Air Corps respectively, have declined to yive evidence before the U.S. Foreign Affairs Comon the Lease and Lend Bill except in secret
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  • 311 9 Upsets Pot Of Boiling Soup i How a four-year-old Chinese girl fell against a pot of boiling soup, causing the contents to spill on her, was told to Mr. A. W. Bellamy, the Coroner, in the Police Court yesterday, at an inquiry held into the death
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  • 543 9 Can’t Be Conquered Bv Planes THE important strategic implications of the Great Mediterranean battle between the Fleet and German dive bombers far outweigh its immediate material effects, writes the special representative of the Sydney Sunday Sun in London. Sicily has apparently become a complete Nazi
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  • 220 9 While Cashing Cheque At Bank Singapore. Stealing a wallet containing $l3 and a cash cheque for $5OO, drawn on the Bank of China, Teo Keng Hoh, a 29-year-old Teochew, was arrested by his victim just as he was about to cash the cheque. This was the
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 1182 9 TODAY SHORTWAVE STATIONS BROADCASTING News in English pop i B B c. D. D. V/. (.Local Time; 8-20 aju. 605 News bulletin. gffSSnS a m 6.20 Questions of the Hour. TransmjsS,on 1 i.sb p.m. (i ,35 Hello, children: Programme for Transmission 2 —820 d children evacuated to Canada. 10 20
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    • 518 9 I tations and transactions. 4.50 Com- mercial reporter of the air. 8.50 News in English. KZRH 9.64 mc/s <31.1 m.) A.M. 5.20 News in English. 6.25 Nev i York Stock Quotations. I P.M. O. News in English. t KZRF 6.14 mc/s (48.86 m.) A.M. 5.20 News in English. MADRAS VUM2
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    • 342 9 SINGAPORE ZHL 1333 k cs (225 m) ZHP.I 9.69 m/cs <30.96 m> ZHP3 7.25 mc/s (41.38 mJ <ZHL, ZHPI ZHP3) 10.60 am. Tangos.t 10.20 Kronchongs. 11.00 Indian Music.: 11,45 Cantonese Music. T 1230 p.m. Chinese Programme Summary. Peipeng Dramas.? 12.55 Tin, Copra and Rubber Prices in Hokkien. 1.00 European miscellaneous
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  • 1214 10 COLUMN OF MEDIUM TANKS DISPERSED R.A.F. Takes Initiative On All African War Fronts Cairo, Jan. 25 Within 48 hours of the capture of Tobruk British forces advanced 100 miles westwards and, according to a communique from British Headquarters, by Friday evening advanced
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  • 527 10 —Reuter. Mr. Cross* Plea For More Ships London, January 26 “The battle of 1941 will be a battle of the seas. It is for the United States alone 1 to determine what a speedy British victory means to you and in what ways, to
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  • 531 10 CONFIDENCE OF VICTORY WITH V.S. HELP Rugby, Jan. 26 Stepping ashore from the yacht in which President Roosevelt has met him in the middle of Chesapeake Bay, Lord Halifax, Ambassador Designate, delivered his first message to the American people, following his Atlantic journey in
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  • 43 10 .—Reuter. Bombay, Jan. 26. The observer and warning system which has been established In India on the United Kingdom model, it is understood, is extending rapidly throughout the country anti new observing units and stations are being set up.—Reuter.
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  • 23 10 Dublin, Jan. 25 A British aircraft made a forced landing 116ar b S° yesterday, it is announced here
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  • 556 10 ’—Reuter. REPORT OF PLANS FOR NAZI BASE London, Jan. 25. Some interest has been a roust'd by a Swiss report received via New York to tile effect that Hitler has made a formal demand to Marshal Petain for the use of Tunisia as the base
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  • 355 10 Deeply Appreciated IN London Rugby. Jar- 25 Presideni Roosevelt s unprecedented ture in sailing out into the fog and di zle of Chesapeake Bay to meet the British Ambassador, whose arrival in 35,000-ton battleship “King George V w* made known only a few hours earlier, a. been
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 152 10 NEW YORK VIA CAPE DUE TO ARRIVE x RUEBIN TIPTON (via Panama) Feb 8 PRES. TAYLOR Feb 5 PRES. MONROE Feb 18 PRES. MADISON Mar 5 x PRES. BUCHANAN (via Panama) Mar. 13 PRES. JOHNSON (via Panama) Mar 27 PRES. JACKSON A P I 1 PRES. GRANT Apl 2 x
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  • 191 11 Gunners Beat West Ham London. January 25 rne allowing axe the results of the 5 and rugby matches played today: LONDON CUP Chelsea 0 Brentford 1. CTrvst& l Palace 5. Fulham 2. eu(tn s Park Rangers 2. Aidershot 3. Clapton Orient 0. Reading 4. Tottenham 4.
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  • 241 11 Indian Gets Decision <hi Points Although thrills were not lacking there was hardly any science in the bout between Gunboat Smith (Indian* and Neil Hemchit (Chinese) on Saturday night when they lashed in the main bout over twelve two-nunute rounds at the New World Covered Stadium.
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  • 49 11 —RcuFr Chungking, Jan. 24. The new British military attache to China, .Major-General Earnest Dennys M.C arrived at Chungking from Burma yesterday mommg by air. He was greeted at the air port by representatives of the British Embassy staff. General Ho Ying-ching, Chinese War Minister, and other officials—Reuter
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  • 490 11 Three Promising Pupils From Punjab Regiment Ihe Army in Penang is beginning to learn to fly. We now have three promising pupils from the Punjab Regiment, states the Penang Flying Club monthly report for December, 1940. Reviewing the past year, the report reveals that
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  • 231 11 Ihe War Fund in North Malaya stands at $1,468.539.47, .made up of Penang $942,882.95 and Perak $525,656.52. Two gifts have been received in memory of Mr. E. A. G. Anderson and Penang teachers have sent a further contribution. The Penang Police Amateur Theatrical Troupe will
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  • 249 11 Latest Contributions In Penang Following is a further list of Penang subscriptions to the Malaya Patriotic Fund Donations received during the year ended November 30, 1940. $161,736.83 Donations received since December 1, 1940 and already acknowledged 12,103 '2l Mr. Mrs. Coode “in lieu of Christmas Cards 10
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  • 128 11 Results Of First Round Ipoh The third North Malayan Golf Amateur Championship commenced at Ipoh Golf Club Course yesterday morning when ’4 ties were played off. Tne following qualified in the first round. F. C. Vanrenen 77 W. 8. Patterson 7g KB. Lauriston 79 Laidin 83
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  • 119 11 Effect Of Wartime Restrictions Ipoh. Wartime restrictions will have a marked effect on the celebration of the Chinese New Year which falls today. Due to import regulations file crackers, joss papei s, joss sticks and delicacies for New Year feasts are not available in any
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  • 134 11 ’’—Reuter. Declaration By Mr. T. V. Soong New York. Jan. 24. Mr. T. V. Soong described China as an Ally of the United States, “holding your rampart-; in the Pacific.” in a speech to the China Society of America. By engaging Japan in a lone
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  • 401 11 PENANG PROVINCE WELLESLEY WOOL MATERIAL ACCOUNT Amounf previously acknowledged; $***** 41 Monthly Contributions: Mrs. A. T. Aird 3.00 Mrs. E. A. de Bunaste 3.00 mH. T. E. Conaghan 5.00 Mrs Khoo Heng Kok (2 months’ contribution) 6.00 Mrs. M. Hurlimann <2 months contribution) 4.00 Mrs.
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  • 148 11 The (Charcoal Merchants Asso<4ation. Pvnang, has been dissolved by order of the Governor in Oouncil. An announcement to this effect, is published in the Government Gazette, which states that it appears to the Governor in Council that the society registered under the title of “Charcoal Merchants
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  • 145 11 Miss Lena StanislausMr. Leo Thomas Ipoh. The wedding was solemnised at the Church of our Lady of Lourdes, Ipoh, on Saturday morning of Miss Lena Margaret Stanislaus, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stanislaus to Mr. Leo Thomas. The bride was given away by her father and was
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  • 527 12 London’s First Week Free Of Raids ENEMY AERODROMES FLOODED OR UNSERVICEABLE LONDON, JAN. 27. THREE POSSIBLE REASONS ADVANCED TODAY (MONDAY) FOR THE LULL IN GERMAN AIR ACTIVITY OVER BRITAIN, WHICH LED TO LONDON ENJOYING ITS FIRST WEEK WITHOUT A RAID SINCE SEPTEMBER, ARE
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  • 579 12 Mi Matsuoka On Relations With U.S Tokyo,. Jan. 2«- i An uncompromising statement to the Budget Committee of the Lower House, by Mr. Matsuoka, who declared that the Axis Powers had not set out on a programme of unlimited conquest; on the contrary, Japan, Germany
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  • 468 12 Over the Chinese New Year holidays some interesting competitions were played at the Penang Turf Club golf course. In the One-Club for Men M. S. V'y thilinganr won with the creditable score of 44 4- 41 less 6 79. In a similar competition for Ladies over
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  • 223 12 PERAK AND SINGAPORE WIN TWO GAMES EACH (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. The Colt’s quadrangular tournament will stage a finale this evening, when the F.M.S. Colts will be pitted against the Colony Colts in a game of hockey. Three matches were played yesterday in the Colts
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  • 313 12 —Reuter WHOLE OE CYRENAICA EXPECTED TO FALL Belgrade, Jan. 27. People arriving here from Trieste report that the capture of Tobruk has caused grave depression among the population, who had believed that the British offensive had been held up. Fascist circles are unable to explain this
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  • 145 12 SOCIAL PERSONAL Mr. E.J Phillips has been appointed to be a Registrar of Marriages for the Settlement of Singapore. Mr. H.J. Page, director of the R.R.I has been appointed Director of Air Raid Precautions, Kuala Lumpur. ’> His Excellency the Governor has appointed Mr. A.J.D C Loch, M.C.S., to .be
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  • 209 12 Perak Win By Odd Goal in Three Kuala Lumpur, Sunday. In the first game of the Colts’ hockey tournament, played here this afternoon, Perak defeated Penang by the odd goal in three. Penang opened the scoring in the first half through Vaz in a melee Perak rallied
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