Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 10 February 1941

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  • 21 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY ST 3i- voL-Xcax- >NDAY FEBRU AR Y 10, 1941. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 2060 1 MR. CHURCHILL HOLDS OUT HOPF FOR 'FRENCH COMRADES' London, Feb. 10. r pHE Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill, in the course of his broadcast to the nation and the Empire last night, referred to “what happened at dawn yesterday when out
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  • 171 1 MALAYA' IN GENOA ACTION f London, Peb. g. THL Royal Navy unleashed at dawn today the war’s most tremendous bombardment of a port when heavy and light units of the Mediterranean Fleet sent over 300 tons of shells crashing into the great port
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  • 275 1 Reuter. —PREMIER LONDON, FEB. 10. TURNING TO WHAT HE DESCRIBED AS THE MORE SERIOUS, DARKER AND MORE DANGEROUS ASPECTS OF THE VAST SCENE OF WAR, MR. CHURCHILL IN HIS BROADCAST SAID: “WE MAV BE SURE THAT WAR IS SOON GOING TO ENTER
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  • 433 1 Vichy, Feb. 10. Admiral Darlan becomes Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, states an official announcement. He also becomes Vice-Premier (the post which Laval held but which was dropped on his dismissal) and remains Navy Minister. rln carlier message announces that M. Plandin, who
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    • 20 1 JI I I *w3 A wCf/cate HHTW for your for North Malaya Penang:— DISPENSARY LTD, j Penang and Ipoh. j
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    • 105 1 h- ~l Agents for North Malaya d> GEORGETOWN DISPENSARY LTB, Penang and Ipoh. The Hanging “AEROPAX” ■'l hang yiair S frock.' hangers s! p n AuROPAX. -J*” la Xone of the usual laying out and fold ni .P Start packing’ by hanging your trucks ‘A full length y W CKEASING!
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  • 727 2 ANOTHER ITALIAN POST CAPTURED Big Advance Made TWO COMMANDERS, FIVE GENERALS CAPTURED Cairo, Feb. 9. A FURTHER big advance by British forces in Libya is announced in today’s Middle East Command communique which states that El Agheila—about 140 miles south of Benghazi—has been
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  • 62 2 -8.0. W. 8.8. C. Arrangements Rugby. February 8. The Prime Minister will broadcast on February 9 at 8 p.m. G.M.T. on GSI. GSN. GSC. GSD. GRY. GSL. GSB. and GSE. It will be repeated on February 10 at 6.30 a.m. on GSB, GSD and GSC: and
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  • 203 2 —Reuter. Threat To N.E.I. U.S. Will Not Allow Seizure London. Feb. 9 In a second leader. "Watch Japan,” the “Sunday Times" sums up the opportunities that the Thailand-Indo-China dispute. which, it says, Japan may or may not have instigated, gives Japan to establish herself strategically between
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  • 135 2 Reuter. Japanese Claim Successes In Hunan Tokyo. Feb. 8. In an air raid by Japanese naval aircraft yesterday on bridges on the Burma Road which the Chinese have been repairing. they were "destroyed to a point beyond repairs." according to a Japanese naval communique
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  • 128 2 -Reuter Reports Of Rioting Denied New York, February 9. The Vichy correspondents of two American broadcasting companies denied the reports of rioting in Vichy circulated earlier by German sources and stated that ail was quiet in Vichy. The Vichy correspondent of the National Broadcasting- Company said
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  • 424 2 GENERAL SIR JOHN DILL'S CONFIDENCE London, Feb. 8. 4 DDRESSING troops of the Second Canadian Division “Somewhere in England’’ General Sir John Dill. Chief of imperial General Staff, said: “It is my belief the Germans may be forced to attempt invasion. We have
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  • 102 2 —8.0. W. Sir Neville Henderson’s Views Rugby, Feb. 8. Sir Neville Henderson, former Ambassadoi- to Germany, speaking on Saturday at Chatham emphasised that so long as the spirit and tradition of Britain remained unbroken all Hitler’s ambitions were an empty dream. Hitler could not afford to
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  • 72 2 .—Reuter. Foreign Language Papers To Cease Publication Rio de Janeiro, Feb. 8. The death of all foreign language publications jn Brazil, including an English language daily newspaper, three English weeklies and several German. Italian and Japanese dailies, is threatened by an order by President Vargas that all
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  • 20 2 Reuter. Cairo, Feb. 8. Colonel William Donovan. President Roosevelt's personal Envoy to Europe, arrived here today from Palestine.
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  • 75 2 —8.0. W. Return To U.S. From Europe Rugby. February 9. Mr. Wendell Willkie is reported to have arrived in the United States this morning on his return from Europe and to have said on landing that he heard nobody in England express the belief or anticipation that the
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  • 67 2 VI —BOW. Rugby, Feb. 9 An official Admiralty c<>m, ntini stau>s: A very heavy bomh ard nu-nt of the Italic Genoa wax carried out by our n u u forces at dawn this morili details are yet available, but preK. niinary reports indicate that
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  • 172 2 -8.0. W. F e >, 9 CONFESSION of Germany’s weak naval position is made by Admiral Luetzow in the German newspaper, ‘Das Reich.” according to a press message from Zurich. It is a fact Admiral Luetzow say® that the British and German
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  • 90 2 —Reuter. Industrial Targets Bombed Rugby, February 9. Last night a small force of R.A.F. bombers’ attacked industrial targets at Mannheim, it is learned in London.— Enemy supply ships escorted by destroyers off the coast of Southern Norway were attacked by Coastal Command aircraft on Saturday, states an
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  • 54 2 -Reuter. Flight To Eritrean Capital Rome. Feb. 8. The Duke of Aosta. Viceroy of Abyssinia and Commander-in-Chief of Italiaa forces in East Africa, flew from Addis» Ababa to Asmara in Eritrea, says tl* Italian News Agency message. After conferring with the Military Command thaw he flew back
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  • 35 2 —8.0. W. London. Feb. 8 A list of 59 R.A.F. awards, inciudwy 29 D.F.C’S. two bars to DF.M. <* nd D.F.M. S. contains the names of eig" members of the New Zealand SqO“' ,mnS
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  • 579 2 -8.0. W. Rugby, Feb. 8. E’KOM all parts of the world where news of the capture of Benghazi has been permitted to circulate, the brilliance of the achievement of General Wavell’s troops is enthusiastically acclaimed and the energy of the forward drive
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  • 432 3 rpHE confidence of the British people in their country’s final victory and th e high morale of London residents were stressed by a number of Japanese evacuees from the British capital. who arrived in Japan on the Fushirni Maru, when they were interviewed by Japanese
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  • 325 3 Warning By Mr. 11 .A. W allace M R Henry A. Wallace, American 1 Vice-President, reviewing the annual i eport of the Secretary of Agriculture, said that if Germany won the wat Chancellor Hitler probably would launch an economic war against the United States. “That might
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  • 718 3 THE Germans are looting Norway, Denmark, Holland, France», and every other occupied country All the arts of deception are employed to cloak the Nazi designs. One of the chief ways by which they delude people is to make a great show
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  • 308 3 London. A COMPLETE change in convoying 2*. tactics is necessary if Britain hopes to defeat the U-boat menace, declares Captain Bernard Acworth, well-known naval writer, in “The Daily Herald.” He emphasises that the safety of merchantmen on the high seas has been achieved chiefly by evasion
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  • 1130 3 W HEN France’s war leaders come filing in for trial—that is, if they ever do—the whole courtroom will doubtlessly sense the presence of the spirits of a dozen or so beautiful witty Frenchwomen. They were the women behind France’s leaders: women who in
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    • 325 3 Z—ASSISTANT (OSES HIS fiRIP... YET ONLY JUST BACK. FROM LEAVE! V ANOTHER BEASTLY 11 1 y XZ I DAY NOTICE THE ZLr nO r <;nY aPOMdA BwHATS THE MATTERN Z IT'S NOT THAT SIR-THEV I AMFAn /Z WM:-. -.A TURNOVER FROM I FIT F BwiTM YOU JACKSON? CLIMATE MUST BE
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 34 3 i ft K wHUk J /II I 9 J doing well, eh, Joe?” “What do you mean —WE?” Moscow is dally ttiat Stalin will do nothing which might embroil Russia in the European War.
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  • 225 4 Woman’s Story Of Son’s Suicide Malacca. HOW she saw her only son commit suicide was related by Chan Yit Sim, an elderly Cantonese woman, at the inquiry into the death of Lam Ah Sam, a 20-year-old tailor, in the Coroner’s Court. In her evidence witness, a widow,
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  • 731 4 ‘DEVELOPED TO HIGH PITCH SAYS JOURNALIST OILWELLS and refineries in Dutch Borneo would bo destroyed if an emergency in the Far East necessitated evacuation from any positions there. This, says Mr. J. Percival, special correspondent oi the Sydney Morning Herald, who has arrived in Singapore
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  • 452 4 astomshim; bevel \tio\« 4 LONDON dtamon., lc highest standing b I f vealed the followir.r 't Centiy conceming the tr“ Nazi chiefs against and flight, says a coj efe M Sunday Express ent lf ’he Just after tl Goering bought in Lond hal lace worth £25,000
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  • 108 4 Interest In V(ar Sto.i»*’ Declined Herr Hitler was one of the most pcpular authors in Japan in 1940. According to statistics con ip the Hibiya Municipal Lib: uy. the man Chancellors 'Mein Kann among 32 most wide the nation last yeai There were only tv.c
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    • 142 4 E. O. Hotel GRAND VARIETY SHOW IN AID OF THE Lord Mayor's Fund for Air Raid Victims ON SUNDAY THE 23rd, OF FEBRUARY, 1941 AT 9 P.M. SHARP Under the distinguished patronage of The Hon. Resident Councillor Mrs. Goodman, The Naval Officer-in-Charge, Penang (Capt. J. G. Fraser, 0.8. E., R.N.),
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    • 44 4 '> i “1 say. doesn't it cheer you up to see a bit of fire i when you get home these nights.” J All in a Days Work— -by Bici ''VE JoST W d ,mO -J SEEN THE I on THE V 1 ENGINEfl- i
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  • 1178 4 FOLK LORE, TRADITION AND MYTH Emblem Of Sycophancy. Cunning And Evil ON January 27 commenced the ’’Year of the Snake according to the twelve-year subcycle of the 60-year cycle of the Chinese-system of chron logy. As is fairly well known to Westerners living in
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  • 83 4 Adelaide. “Hang-overs” from drinking exploits in 1921 and 1925 caught up with a man the other day. As he was leaving the Police Court after being fined for drunkenness, a constable questioned him about war- declined consiueiau rants dated 1921 anFl925? m similar charges. e
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  • 564 5 PERFORMANCES IN AID OF MALAYA patriotic FUND Commencing from tonight, there will be Boria performances at both the Wembley Park and the New World Park in aid of the Patriotic Fund. Malay' Section. The season commences tonight and ends on Saturday night, six days in all.
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  • 219 5 SOCIAL PERSONAL Mr. J.J. Sheehan, M.C.S., has been appointed to act as Malayan Establishment Officer. Mr. V.S. Kelly has been appointed to be a Deputy Accountant-General for the Supreme Court, Penang. Mr. Mohammed Yunus Zyllwyn-Ste-wart has been appointed to be Assis tant Immigration Officer for Penang. The appointment of Mr.
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  • 214 5 Penang Province Wellesley WOOL AND MATERIAL ACCOUNT Amount previously acknowledged $31.112.42 Rotary Club. Penang 31.00 Mrs. D. J. Fleming 25.00 Principal and Local staff. St Georges Girls’ School 18.00 Mrs. Moore 5 00 Monthly contributions: Mrs. N. A. Woods 3.00 Mrs. D. M. Millar 10.00
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    • 155 5 WEMBLEY PARK SPECIALLY RE-OPENED FOR THIS OCCASION ONE WHOLE PARK AT THE DISPOSAL OF BOREA ENTHUSIASTS. BOREA CARNIVAL COMMENCING FROM MONDAY* 10th TO 15th FEBRUARY 1941 FROM 7.00 p.m. to 5 a.m. A BIGGER. BETTER AND MORE SPECTACULAR BOR™.OF BORBAS. AT THE ONLY PARKS BIGGEST COVERED HALL (LUNAR WHERE rr
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    • 404 5 FOO CHEONG CO. Furniture Manufacturers 89, Bishop Street, Penang. Phone: 636. Ipoh Agents: FOO LOON CO., 101, Brewster Road. Phone: 875. H ishing All Patrons A Bright “ChafhCoh-Meh 91 FUN FROLIC PARK MONDAY, 10th FEBRUARY. 1941 ALL SHOWS SPECIAL LICENCE TO I A.M. CANTONESE OPERA: “FAH LEE FAH" Supported by
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    • 246 5 HERE S YOUR "CHAP GOH MEH” ENTERTAINMENT MAJESTIC SHOWS TODAY AT IJH). 6.30 9.30 p.m. A Sensational Chinese Mystery Thriller THE CHINESE CHARLIE CHAN in HIE PEARL JACKET” yacked With Mystery Thrills Suspense I The most entertaining Chinese mystery thriller ever screened Special thaipusam holiday MATINEE TODAY AT 3 PM
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    • 71 5 OPENS TODAY FOUR SHOWS 11.30 a.m., 3.00, 6.15 and 9.30 pan. THE SUPER-DETECTIVE OF ALL TIME IN THE MOST BAFFLING MYSTERY OF HIS CAREER! never such thrills j NEVER SUCH EXCITEMENT! GREATEST SLEUTH OF ALL on screen i n thrill-a-seo °nd modern mystery romance! < V NICK Wi kXMcARTERI \WpW
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    • 135 5 Saturday's Midnite Matinee And Yesterday’s 3 Shows Sold To The Fullest Capacity To Cope With The Thousands Of Our Indian Patrons And Friends 4 SHOWS DAILY AT 11 A.M., 3.30, 6.30 AND 9.30 P.M. QUEEN’S PRICES OF ADMISSION:— 20, 50, 60, 90 $1.20 (Including Tax) AN OUTSTANDING TAMIL STUNT THRILLER
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  • 477 6 VV i rH the passing by the House 1 v of Representatives on Saturday of the Lease and Lend Bill, more and more proof is forthcoming daily of the avowed policy of America to render to Britain every assistance short of entering the war and to place
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  • 132 6 MAJESTIC CINEMA: “The Pearl Jacket” (Chinese picture). 1, 6 30 and 9.30 p m REX CINEMA: “The Thief Of Bagdad.” 11 a m., 1.15, 3.30, 6.15 9.30 p.m. QUEEN’S CINEMA: ‘Veer Ramani" (Tamil picture). 11 a.m„ 3.30, 6.30 9.30 p.m. ODEON CINEMA: “Master Detective” with Walter Pidgeon
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  • 1074 6  -  MOVES AHEAD by a WARD PRICE London. ITALIANS have no word for Blitzkrieg. That perhaps explains why they have done so little during the first week of the war they declared on Greece. One might think the Italian for Blitzkrieg was
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  • 415 6 Lost Glamour )NIGHT is Chap Goh Meh and once again (1 was going to write) thousands of young hearts will beat to the tune of romance. Unfortunately, that is not tor us today—or rather tonight—for, as far as one can see, there has been precious little sign
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    • 209 6 SPECIAL, We are now making our own sausages in which only the finest ingredients are used. “Pork Sausages per d |b Sausages PER 45b lb Just try a lb. with your next order, you will appreciate them. FOR COLD STORAGE ASK FOR NEW COLD STORAGE PRICE LIST OUT TO-DAY. H?-''
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    • 22 6 ■■■BBHOBSI9BSI B ■■■■SSSB3BB FLIT Kills fli'esj OMatoaMe Ml ALA THE LE/WING dealers OR FROM THE AGENTS: Henry Waugh Co.. Ltd.. PENANG. W«W-"-V.V-W
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    • 27 6 company'! "IC .FUHI& PIOMEH 1U(WI Moul 529 TAN7ONG BUN6AH PfKAW. For your convenience send your tyre* to our Sales Depot, 11 Light Street, Penang, Phone 4121. Youfi
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  • 1056 7 Relief Measures While On Active Service COMMITTEE TO ADVISE ON FORMATION AND ORGANISATION 4 S foreshadowed by His Excellency the Governor recently, 1 civil defence workers are to receive travelling allowances and compensation for disability while serving. Payment of travelling allowances, pensions or gratuities
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  • 67 7 —Reuter. Chungking, Feb. 9 General Utz Te-chen, Chinese Minister for Overseas Affairs, returned here today after an extensive tour of Chinese settlements in Netherlands East Indies, the Malay States, Burma and the Philippines. During the tour he collected thirty million dollars for aid
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  • 160 7 The first dance since 1935 held by the Chinese Recreation Club at the Club premises yesterday evening was a tremendous success. A very large crowd was present, consisting of members and guests. The function was organised by Messrs. Eu Cheow Hin and Low Hun Leong. Mrs.
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  • 431 7 PILGRIMS FULFIL THEIR RELIGIOUS VOWS r J A HOUSANDS of Hindu devotees from all over the mainland are making their way to Penang today to take part in the religious festival of Thaipusam, at the Chettiars’ temple in Waterfall Road. Both the F.M.S. Railways and
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  • 224 7 Distressing Accident In Kedah Alor Star. W HILE engaged in stamping down the earth in the mouth of the machinery in a brick kiln in Bakar Bata, near Alor Star, on Saturday afternoon, a 32-year-old Chinese labourer had one of his feet caught
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  • 93 7 Due largely to contributions to the Perak collection, which now totals $533,716.99, the War Fund in North Malaya has advanced over the week-end by more than $4,600 to $1,484,885.19. Penang’s total is $951,168.20. Pxeviously acknowledged $950,840.30 Asiatic Staff of Lubok Rubber Estate 12.50
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  • 63 7 The funeral took place at 10.30 yesterday morning from No. 5 Concordia Road of Mr. Tan Eng Soon who passed away on Monday, February 3 for cremation at the Kek Lok See Chinese Temple, Aver Itam. The deceased, who was 59 years of age.
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  • 116 7 Two inmates (ragged Butterworth. A burglary is reported ttf have taken place at a Chinese e sundries’shop at the second mile- stone of the Sungei Dua Road. Matang Tengah, Province Wei- lesley, early yesterday morning. Cash and jewellery to the value of $3,000 were
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  • 38 7 There will be a Gala Ball tonight at* Wembley Cabaret from 9 p.m to 1 am_ in celebration of the Chap Goh Mela, and Thaipusam festival. Full detailsappeal- to the advertisement on page IX
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    • 71 7 In offering you Wines from the Y ALL MBA VINEYARDS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA We are offering you Australia’s Best A glass or two of good Wine taken regularly is one of the finest tonics extant. CARTE D'OR HOCK FOUR CROWN CLARE! RED SPARKLING BURGUNDY FOUR CROWN SHERRY SPARKLING HOCK ETC
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    • 187 7 ITS GOOD BUSINESS 3 TO DRESS WELL Todav’s business reijuires Belt cut perfectly styled Suits. |l Be modern have your SUITS MADE VW' 1-W at Bilik’ PARMANAND'S .j JM mtiJFOOIi RABIES 1 K"? L “‘w* s wj ELbeeoine sturdy children 1 F l J: 1 1 ■At*’!! f nb y
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  • 115 8 Individual Responsibility 9 London, Ilor e Chambers, IJ, National Savin». Committee speakr™’sbLlI v I" connection with WarWWeansp ns Week, said that Britain's ability to pay for the equipment necessary tor victory wlthW h an", mrth<XlS lnvolv n Elation. «Ith all ,ts immediate and subsequent disCnS S “n
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  • 50 8 Berne. The Swiss Government I£US <rra ntftd a mlllfon tones to cover the costs Of transforming I,oq O heavy motor trucks into wood-gas driven vehicles. The cost of transformation is estimated at f- frs. 7.000 per truck. The owners of these trucks will refund the Government loan by
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES QUOTATIONS
    • 457 8 issued by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association (Penang and Ipoh sections) at noon Bth February, 1941 Issue Buyers Sellers 4/0 Ainpat Tin 3/3 3/6 5/0 Austral Ainal 6/3 6/74 £1 Austral Malay 35/0 36/6c 5/0 Ayer Hitam 19/9 20/6 $1 Ayer VVeng 0.824 0-874 £1 Bangrin Tin 14/0 15/0 $1
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    • 242 8 Issue Buyers Sellers Allenby 1.15 1.20 Alor Gajah 0.82 J 0.874 Amal. Malay 1.70 1.75 ex Ayer Hitam 090 1.00 Ayer Molek 1.124 1.174 Ayer Panas 105 1.10 Bassett 0 39 0.42 Batu Untang 1.02 J 1.05 ex Bedford 0.85 0.90 Benta 0.95 1.00 Borelh 1.321 1.40 Brog a
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    • 337 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 74% Pref. 2.124 2.174 5 B. M. T. 7.75 8.00 £5 Chartered Bank £B4 £B< £1 Con. t. S. Ord 16/9 17/0 £1 Con. T. S. 7% Pref. 20/3
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    • 91 8 MINING Dividend Books Close Payable Austral Amalgamated 3d. div <* l|d. Bonus (total 41d. p. share Austral Malay (9d. div. 9d. bonus (total of l/6d. Berjuntai 20% 3rd inst. 3-12.241 12 2 41 Hong Fatt Tin 14% int. 10% 10 341 K. Kamunting 3d. div Is.
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  • 493 8 Results Of Experiments The menace ot the incendiary bomb has resulted in a vast amount of research and investigation into the fireresisting properties of various materials and one of the rilost interesting new publications in this connection has now been issued by the Linoleum and Floor
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  • 55 8 Estimated rubber crops for January in respect of the undernoted: lbs. Penang Rubber 364.000 Sabrang Rubber 111,000 Straits Rubber 361.000 Rubana Rubber 150,000 Bagan Serai Rubber 98.500 Tali Ayer Rubber 167,000 Batak Rabit Rubber 45,000 Merchiston Rubber 55,000 Mount joy- Rubber 141,000 Badenoch Rubber 285.000 Paloh Plantations 69,000
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  • 15 8 Foreign imports of rubber during January. 1941 totalled 26,985 dry tons
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  • 19 8 1,509 ounces of fine gold were pro duced for the four weeks ended February 1, 1941.
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  • 23 8 Estimated export of dry rubber from Malaya, Brunei and Labuan for the month of January, 1941 55,000 tons.
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  • 22 8 The January output of tin ore from the Ngow Property of the Siamese Tin Syndicate Ltd. was 1108 piculs.
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  • 706 8 Mills, Mines And Workshops Expand Activities New Delhi. India's mills, mines and workshops, inci easing their activities with the progress of the war, are pouring out an endless stream of raw and finished products. India has now reached the stage when virtual self-sufficiency
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  • 72 8 Outputs of rubber for the month of January from the following estates. lbs. Pataru (Malaya) Rubber 392,818 Malakoff Rubber 236,10 i Taiping Rubber Plantation., 138,968 Batu (Malaya) Rubber 77.800 Windsor (F. M. S.) Rubber 36.006 Foothills (Malaya) Rubber 37,0<My Kuala Muda Rubber 267.612 Vai d’ Or Rubber 52.282
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  • 138 8 KAMUNING (PERAK) RUBBER TIN At a meeting of the Board of the Kamuning (Perak) Rubber and Tin Company, Limited held on December 3, 1940, it was decided to recommend the undermentioned dividend First and final on stock l(h%, (2.4 d per 2s. Od. unit) less income tax at Bs. 6d.
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  • 131 8 Saturday’s Close Previously TIN: LONDON: “Spot” Not Received X 250 5. J “Forward" Not Received £257. 15. SINGAPORE: “Spot” $132.50 $132.25 Business done 50 tons PENANG: “Spot” $132.50 RUBBER: LONDON: /t “Spot” Not Received “Forward” Not Received Tone Idk SINGAPORE: “Spot” 36 l|Bc PENANGj 36 IIBC “Spat” 36
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    • 111 8 BA NKS M i v ~"j SAVINGS dollar saved Is an extra dollar earned. Savings Account is the best Inducement to save. To have a Savings Account and to see this acoeunt grow from time to time is to oe a conten- I ted person. Savings Account may be opened
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  • 114 9 London. A mortuary assistant, who admitted having stolen rings from the bodies of four air-raid victims, was sentenced at the Old Bailey to three years’ penal servitude. He was George Hobbs. An engagement ring belonging to the wife of one raid victim led to
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  • 833 9  -  The Tale Of A Man And A Woman The Voyage.” By Charles Morgan. (Macmillan. 9s. net.) BY ,4. G. MACDONELL One of the true and eternal characteiistics of the artist is, of course, intellectual courage. Another is imaginative courage. The two are not quite the same. Intellectual courage
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  • 416 9 VVe Like the Country. By Anthony Armstrong (Collins. 7s. 6d.) A sub-title for this book might be “The Evolution of a Countryman.” In an earlier book Mr. A|rmstrong described how he took a cottage in a Sussex village and transformed it into a house. This marked a turningpoint
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  • 30 9 Sir Cedric Hardwicke, the heavy in Paramount’s filmisation of the Joseph Conrad novel, “Victory,” has been killed off in every one of his latest eight pictures.
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  • 201 9 MONDAY. FEBRUARY 10, 1941. AzDestination Superscription Postage Latest Time of Letters Postcards Posting per X 2 oz. each Ordinary Regn. AIR MAILS Mon. 10th inst. Australia N. Zealand By 8.0.A.C. .55 .30 8 aim. 8 a.m. Java -60 .30 Sumatra Java By K.L.M. .40 .20 Great Britain via
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 1438 9 TODAY SHORTWAVE STATIONS i BROADCASTING B. B. C. News In English .News Bulletin B C. 6.20 Questions of the Hour. 8.20 ajn 635 The BB C. Military Band. Transmission 6 11.20 aun. 705 French bulletin. Transmission 1 1.50 p.m. 735 Service from Adelaide Place Bap- 620 pm tist Church. Glasgow.
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  • 704 10 LAVAL REJECTS OFFER OF MINISTERSHIP New York, Feb. 9 A Vichy message states that M. Laval has rejected Marshal Petain’s offer of a Ministership without dominant power. Marshal Petain is reliably reported to have named Admiral Darlan as Premier Designate and charged
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  • 403 10 APPROVAL BY LARGE MAJORITY Heated Debate: Committee To Hear Mr. Willkie Washington, Feb. 8 The House of Representatives today passed the Lease and Lend Bill to aid Britain after a debate lasting six days. The Bill now goes to the Senate, the Foreign
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  • 567 10 Reuter. Heavy R.A.F. Attack On Enemy Ports London, Feb. 8. “A considerabl force" of R.A.F. bombers attacked Boulogne and Dunkirk last night (Friday) states an Air Ministry communique. Although the weather over North-West Europe was generally unfavourable. it adds that visibility over the Channel was good.
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  • 63 10 Reuter. To Celebrate Capture Of Benghazi Lahore, Feb. 8. The Punjab Government will observe Monday as a Government Holiday in celebration of the capture of Benghazi. Flags will be flown on all public buildings. A message of congratulation on behalf of the Sikh Community has been cabled
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  • 447 10 Reuter. Great Losses Id Counter-attack I London, Feb. 8 :1 he Greeks have inflicted great I losses on Mussolini’s Blackshirts troops in the most disastrous of i all counter-attacks yet delivered i by the Italians in Albania, according to the Athens Radio I tonight. The
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  • 960 10 British Armoured Column Pressing South GRAZIANIS SECOND IN COMMAND CAPTURED London, Feb. 8 From Gordon Young, Reuter’s Special Correspondent with British G.H.Q. The British armoured column which cut off the Italian line of retreat from Benghazi has now reached the coast between Soluk and Agedabia,
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    • 119 10 NEW YORK VIA CAPE DUE TO ARRIVE X REUBEN TIPTON (via Panama) In Port PRES. MONROE Feb 18 PRES. MADISON Mar 5 J x PRES. BUCHANAN (via Panama) Mar 13 x PRES. JOHNSON (via Panama) Mar 27 PRES. JACKSON ApL J PRES. GRANT Apl 2 x No Passengers. Los Angeles
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  • 1111 11 WELL ATTENDED MEETINGS OVER WEEK-END Schemes To Be Discussed With Authorities A vigorous campaign has been organised by the Chinese community in Penang for recruiting skilled man-power at their disposal to help the local A.R.P. In this connection two-iargely attended meetings were held
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  • 235 11 Charity Gala Held At Ipoh Ipoh. The Kinta Swimming Club pool was the venue of some excellent swimming yesterday evening when ,a charity gala was held for the joint benefit of the Perak Patriotic and the China Distress Relief Funds. As expected the Penang swimmers swept
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  • 84 11 Draw For The 1940 Championship The following is the draw for the 1940 P.S.C. Bowls Championship: F. N. Sy er vs D. Sturrock. J. H. Dodd vs W. J. Burnet. J. M. Venters vs R. J. Hutton. G. C. Miller vs R. H. Williams. R. A.
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  • 223 11 —Reuter. Scotland Beat England London. February 8. The following are the results of the football and rugby matches played today:— LONDON CUP Aidershot 2, Queens' Park Rangers 4. Brentford 7, Fulham 4. Crystal Palace 3. Chelsea 3. Arsenal 15, Clapton Orient 2. Reading 2, Millwall
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  • 385 11 ODD GOAL VICTORY AT SOCCER After having lost to the Penang Indians on Saturday, the Kiian Indians, displaying more enterprise, defeated the Old Xaverians’ Association by the odd goal in three in a friendly soccer match on the Esplanade yesterday. The standard of play was slightly
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  • 107 11 RACE 1: KENTUCKY Sil 4$ 7 FREEDOM $lO RANSCOMBE s*2 RACE 2: TEMPLE §26 $lO SWELTER 9 RACE 3: SHIPLEY $6B $l6 ANTRUM §l5 VIOLA II §25 RACE'). ROSE QUILT $4O A $l2 DISTINGUISHED $l3 SIR VICTOR $l2 RACE 5: SCOTTISH RIFLE $39 9 HARPO 7 TON
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  • 169 11 January Red Cross Competition The following is the result of the January Red Cross Competition:— Winner: Mrs. C. P. Allen 87—19 68. Runner-up: Mrs. R. W. Cowen 87—18 69. Entrance fees amounting to $17.50 have I been given to Patriotic Fund. FEBRUARY MEDAL The February
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  • 392 11 Free School Defeat Tiang Lok s XI i he first cricket match in Penang this season was played on the Penang Free School ground yesterday when the Penang Free School defeated Lee Tiang Lok s XI by 12 runs in a low-scoring game. In
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  • 236 11 Mr. E. K. AJlin Elected President Ipoh. The annual general meeting of the Perak Lawn Tennis Association was held at the Ipoh Club last night with Mr. S. J. Seow in the chair. The following were elected officebearers for the current year:— President: Mr. E. K.
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    • 31 11 urchase I -FIRE EXTINGUISHERS I -TRAILER PUMPS I -STIRRUP PUMPS I -AIR RAID SHELTERS I SOLE AGENTS H ROBERTS McLEAN CO., LTD. I (ANTI GAS FIRE PROTECTION ENGINEERS) B A.P.B. spbctal
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  • 241 12 PINAFORE HARD TO BEAT ON WEDNESDAY Irish Jig Duke Carrington At Their Best (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Today. MANY good gallops came under notice this morning, when some of the second day’s runners were exercised on the second track at Bukit Timah. The going
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  • 116 12 —Reuter. Will Not Involve U.S. In War, Says Wiltkie New York, Feb. 10 “In my judgment, if we give all aid to Britain, we are likely to stay out of war while if we do not give all aid. we shall probably become involved in the
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  • 284 12 WEIGHTS FOR WEDNESDAY HORSES —CLASS 2—DIV. 2—6 FURLONGS SONNY 9 00 MISS ZIPP 8 09 DRIFT ON 8 09 TRUMPETER 8 09 LUCKY PRINCE 8.08 PRO PATRIA 8 06 SERVUS 8 05 THE SECOND DEVIL 8.04 GOLDEN MELODY 8.01 SILVER LADY (late Lady Elaine F.) D HORSES—CLASS
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    • 147 12 TAIPING TURF CLUB February Professional Race Meeting THURSDAY, 20TH FEBRUARY, 194 L SATURDAY', 22ND FEBRUARY', 1941. A SV- UNLIMITED SWEEPSTAKE EACH DAY A $2/- COURSE CASH SWEEPSTAKE ON EACH RACE A $5/- DOUBLE WIN TOTALISATOR EACH DAY A 55/- WIN TOTALISATOR ON EACH RACE A $5/- PLACE TOTALISATOR ON EACH
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    • 369 12 MUNICIPAL NOTICE An Ordinary Meeting of the Municipal Commissioners will be held at the Municipal Office at 4 p m. on Tuesday, the 11th instant. (By Order), T W. DOUGLAS, Secretary to the Municipal Commissioners J THE HAMILTON (E.M.S.) RUBBER COY.. LTD. (Incorporated in F M S NOTICE OF CLOSING
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    • 525 12 Telegrams: “Gazette Rates of Subscription ter ptn ar -x, and Sunday Gazette PINANG GA2EITE Local S.S.& Montnly. |>2 5^' V Por *ira Quarterly 7.50 M Half-Yearly 15.00 S Yearly jo.OO 3 fioo SUNDAY GAZETTE 48 sg4 Delivery pms Quarterly $1.25 Half-Yearly 2.50 3 qo ’J.JC Yearls a ADVERTISEMENT RATES The
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 107 12 tHllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllHllllllillHllililllliiiniHllllllllllH TOTAKLV ECUPSING ALL ENTERTAINMENTS IN TOWN TONIGHT WEMBLEY CABARET (CABARET DE LUXE) TODAY: DANCING 2 P.M. TO 5 PM SPECIAL THAIPUSAM AND CHAP GOH MEH DANCE SPOT DANCE SPOT DANCE SPOT DANCE Tonight Extension 1 am. Tonight PRESENTING TO YOU GALA THAIPUSAM AND CHAP GOH MEH BALL FLOOR SHOW
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