Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 11 February 1941

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  • 22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE LAST EDITION ESTAB. 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY flo. 35. Vol. XCIX. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1941. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 117 1 Reported Departure For Rome NEW YORK. FEB. 10. IT IS REPORTED FROM VICHY THAT GENERAL FRANCO HAS CROSSED FRENCH 1 TERRITORY FOR ROME LEADING TO RUMOURS OF POSSIBLE MEDIATION BY SPAIN BETWEEN BRITAIN AND ITALY. NOTHING IS KNOWN IN LONDON IN THIS CONNECTION.
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  • 29 1 REUTER. VICHY, FEB. 1. 'RUMANIA WAS COMPLETELY BL ACK ED-OUT LAST NIGHT, SAYS A BUCHAREST MESSAGE, ONLY A FEW STREET LAMPS AT CROSS ROADS BEING ALLOWED.
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  • 73 1 —Reuter.. London, Feb. 11. Mis Dorothy Pamela O’Grady who was previously sentenced to death on charges under the Treachery Act yesterday heard Lord Caidecote in the Court of Appeal announce that her conviction had been quashed. Het life is thus spared but on
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  • 179 1 Reuter. -N. Missionaries Urged I o Leave Japan Tokio, Feb. 11. Bishop Charles Reifsnider, Chief °f the American episcopal mis»donaries, yesterday afternoon called a special meeting of all under his charge to urge a speedy withdrawal from Japan. Bishop Reifsnider called, on Saturday, on the U.S. Ambassador. Mr.
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  • 81 1 "Frozen Foreign Assets In America .—Reuter. Washington. Feb. 11 Foreign assets valued at $4,369,000 000 are “froze’?.” in the United States, cording u> a Treasury estimate These assets belong to countries which are completely or partially occupied by Germany with the exception of $29,000,000 belonging to Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia
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  • 110 1 .—Reuter. Another Contingent Arrives In Britain London, Feb. 10 Th latest contingent of Dominions air rew.s and pilots to arrive in Britain unJer the Etnr ,ii>i scheme welcomed today by Lcrd Cranljorhe. He .said he could imagine nothing more exasperating or discouraging to Hitler and
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  • 61 1 Royal Engineers begin to build a bridge over an enormous bomb crater in London. It will be 80ft. long and provide a single carriage way while, workmen below are completing the repairs of damaged cables and mains. But for this bridge, the first of
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  • 197 1 Washington, Feb. 11. GENERAL KRIVITSKY', stated once to have been Secret Police Chief in Soviet Russia, has been found shot dead, according to Mr. Louis Waldman, an attorney. The General is said to have been going under the name of Samuel Ginsberg. —Reuter.
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  • 40 1 .—Reuter. Washington, Feb. 11. The White House announces that President Roosevelt will confer with Mr. Wendell Willkie today after Mr. Willkie ims testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the Lease and Lend Bill.—Reuter.
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  • 125 1 —Reuter. Churchill Speech Was "Arranged" Washington, Feb. 11. Senator Wheeler, Isolationist leader, declared yesterday that it was evident that Mi. Churchill’s broadcast had been “arranged by Washington and London to disarm opposition to the British Aid Bill.” If manpower was not needed by Britain, the Bill also was
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  • 176 1 BOW Rugby, February 10. The Prime Minister’s speech revealed that all necessary repairs were made to the Illustrious in Malta harbour and she steamed safely to Alexandria under her own power at 23 knots.” It is interesting to recall the German broadcast claims on the subject. The
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  • 60 1 —REUTER. LONDON, FEB. 11. 'T’HE BULGARIAN CABINET HELD A MEETING LAST 1 NIGHT (MONDAY), CABLES THE ISTANBUL CORRESPONDENT OF THE FREE FRENCH AGENCY. KING BORIS LEFT SOFIA FOR HIS COUNTRY RESIDENCE AT TCHAMKORIO, SIXTY MILES SOUTH OF SOFIA. THE CORRESPONDENT ADDS THAT DIPLOMATIC CIRCLES
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  • 420 1 Italians Cheer Their British Conquerors (By Desmond Tiguc, Reuter’s special war correspondent with the British forces in Libya.) Benghazi, Feb. 11. The British captured over 15,000 prisoners at Benghazi which surrendered without itself firing a shot after a terrific 36-hour battle when advanced British mechanised
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  • 271 1 London, Feb. 11. Four Italian counter-attacks have been repulsed in the last 24 hours. Reports from Athens reaching here state that two of these counter-attacks took place west of the River Drin where Italian infantry had been ordered to penetrate Greek lines
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    • 15 1 X GATE 1 for North Malaya d Penang:- et own dispensary LTD, Penang and Ipoh.
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    • 267 1 “SMILER' fed on COW GATE Agents for North Malaya <£ Penang:— GEORGETOWN DISPENSARY LTD, Penang and Ipoh. SCIENCE WINS It is a well established fact that millions of dollars are expended annually in repairing the damage done by Termites or White Ants as they are commonly called. In a recent
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  • 768 2 TWO MORE POINTS OCCUPIED Pressure On Keren SOUTH AFRICAN THRUST INTO ABYSSINIA Cairo, Feb. 10. 'T'HE British occupation of Mersa Taclai and Karora 1 in Eritrea is announced in a Middle East G. H. Q. communique. M eanwhile the pressure on enemy positions
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  • 296 2 ;.—Reuter. British Fleet Main Cause Stockholm, Feb. 10. The British Fleet is the foremost cause of the apparent paralysis of Italy, says the naval correspondent of the Swedish paper, ■‘Stockholm Tidningen.” It is net known, he declares, whether the Italian fleet and Air Force, have taken measures
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  • 47 2 London, February 10 There was little enemy activity over this country last night, says an Air Ministry communique. A few bombs were dropped in East Anglia. Essex, the Home Counties and West Scotland. There was little damage and a few casualties.— Reuter.
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  • 43 2 Reuter. Former Minister Of Transport London. February 10. Captain Euan Wallace, former Minister of Transport, died in London today, aged 48. At the time of his death he was Senior Regional Commissioner for the civil defence of London.
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  • 172 2 Rugby, February io. A Greek communique issued lost night'states “restricted patrol and artillery activity. Some prisoners were captured. Our aviators met'with success and shot down eight enemy aeroplanes. 11l our machines returned to their bases” .—Reuter. Press reports reveal that a heavy engagement on the
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  • 54 2 —Reuter. Found Guilty Of Murder But Insane London, February 10. Professor Lloyd James, Professor of Phonetics School of Qriential studies, London and Linguistic adviser to the BB C. who was charged with the murder of his wife, was found guilty but insane and ordered to be detained
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  • 316 2 Bucharest, Feb. 10. It is officially announced here that the British Minister, Sir Reginald Hoare, presented a note at midday demanding his passports. Sir Reginald hopes to leave with his full staff of fifty in the first available boat on or after February 1
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  • 78 2 .—Reuter. 36-Hoiir Visit To Barilia Area Cairo. February 10 Mr. Menzies. Australian Federal Premier, returned from a 36-hour visit to the Bardia area in which he was accompanied by General Sir Thomas Blarney, Commanding the Australian forces. The party travelled in a R.A.F. plane and flew low over
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  • 75 2 .—Reuter. South African Air Attache At Washington Johannesburg, February 10. The South African Government has appointed Brigadier J. Holthouse Air Attache on the staff of the Union’s Minister to the United States. Mr. Holthouse, formerly DirectorGeneral of Air Services in South Africa, is already in Washington where
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  • 71 2 i.—Reuter. Strength Of Gilt-Edged Chief Feature London, February 10 On the Stock Exchange, the general strength of gilt-edged and Indian issues provided the feature of today’s markets. Elsewhere the early buoyancy following Mr. Churchills broadcast was mostly not fully maintained owing to the quietness of trading. Industrials were
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  • 82 2 —Reuter. Stricter Control Ordered Berlin, February 10. Stricter control of air raid precautions has been ordered in Bucharest, according to a dispatch from that city to the official German news agency. It adds that the population has been instructed to acquire stores of torches and candles in
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  • 435 2 —B O.W. I Dunkirk, Boulogne Bombed London. February io. TWO formations of R A.F. bo nib ers accompanied by a st force of fighters carried out an <,f tensive sweep over Dunkirk and I Boulogne today. Bombs wore dropped on the docks at Dunkirk. According to
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  • 43 2 —Reuter. Mission In England Concluded London, Feb. 10. Mr. Harry Hopkins, President Roosevelt’s personal representative, has concluded his mission in England and left for the United States, according to a statement issued by the American Embassy here today.—Reuter.
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  • 107 2 ’—Reuter. Urgent Need For Greatest Effort London. Feb. 10 "Six months or a year from now with luck we may be talking about the date of victory. But this afternoon there is no room for complacency." Mr. Hudson, Minister sff Agriculture, used the.se words as a preface to
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  • 79 2 ,—Reuter. The Britannia Near Lorient Destroyed Berlin, Feb. 10 Another big French hotel has been destroyed by fire, according to a Paris message to the official German new» agency. The hotel in question is the Grand Hotel Britannia at Carnao Place near Lorient. It will
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  • 311 2 Most Effective Radio Address Yet Delivered Rugby, Feh. 10. The Prime Minister in his broadcast last night directly addressed one of the largest audiences any statement yet reached and reproductions of his speech have since been heard in the remotest parts of the world. .—Reuter,
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  • 350 3 London. '<-»K 4USE of Britain's vastly imR proved standard of living since Ju. last war, the Government lias a.-cided to change the basis of the t of-hving index figure, on the rise fdl of which the wages of millions "J industrial and clerical workers
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  • 214 3 R.A.F. Keeps Vigil 'J’HE wings of the Royal Air Force are spread over tens of thousands of squai miles of Europe and Northern Attica, inside an arc measuring nea 'Hi miles, from Northern Norway t? Palestine and across the Syrian Desert to Iraq. This gives an
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  • 80 3 f am adarne Eve Curie, of radium, r a ew York interview, said I ihould not be sent by States to German-occu-countries toy own people,” she wi !s difficult to w the y receive 1X and hun^r y> but 1 that. e iel3 from France advising lieva
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  • 97 3 Cardiff. u of People in South l»unf ei regular footbaU and racing utilising n °rmal times, are now j l lll8 3 bombers for their A Vaript,, the time P°ols are being run on alarms d duration of air raid W{ irmnL un On the time a raid
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  • 2048 3 Deep Sea Drama Of Kitcheners Journey’s End TVTOTHING in life happens with--11 out causing some other event to occur, whether immediately or remotely, and Fate has a curious way of weaving into a pattern items which at first seem isolated incidents never meant to possess any mutual connection. But
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  • 179 3 TN the next 20 months Britain will receive about 26,375 warplanes from America. This estimate was given by officials in Washington on the basis of President Roosevelt’s declaration that he would “go 50-50” with Britain in all of America’s arms output. Aviation experts
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  • 236 3 X iolent Stockbroker London. Bernard William Farrell, described as a London stockbroker, of Ladywood, Seal, Chart, was find £l2 at Sevenoaks for being drunk and disorderly and assaulting a police officer. Supt. Molineux said police were called to a Riverhead hotel and found Farrell held
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    • 95 3 Does this Climate Upset Your Liver and Digestion If so, take a course of In this tropical climate with its heat and humidity the Liver becomes sluggish, the bowels irregular, and the whole digestive system disorganised, with the result your head aches and you feel generally "washed out.” To overcome
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  • 1915 4 Experiences Of Three Young Englishmen RADIO TALK BY MR. R. H. HANCOCK EXPERIENCES of a walk from Canton to Hong Kong’ in 1902 was related by Mr. R. H. Hancock in a broadcast from Hong Kong recently. Mr. Hancock said: Sitting in the
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  • 452 4 Evaluating Claims At Their Worth WARNING to agriculturists to be discriminating in their acceptance of claims for improved methods is given in an editorial in the Malayan Agricultural Journal, January issue. For some time past, states the writer.' there has been a noticeable tendency to introduce a
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  • 333 4 Four Gunners Gaoled < Singapore. rOL'R gunners attached to the Royal Artillery, Changi, who, according to the prosecuting officer, had tried to open the safe with a pickaxe and shovel, were sentenced to terms of imprisonment when they pleaded guilty in the Singapore second court with having
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  • 809 4 Death Rate In S.S. F.M.S. LOWEST lAS POKE AND SELANGOR Report Of M di ca Department rjHE annual report oi the M edjcal Department, SS. and F.M.S. f w 1939, has just been issued The dekj is probably due to the necessity of rewriting the i eport in an abbreviated
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    • 115 4 3 JI IN TREATING A BABY'S BLEMISHED SKIN hatever remedy you may think of using ask yourself is it safe is it fit for a baby’s sensitive skin Strong preparations should never be used except by doctor’s orders. For the skin troubles of a baby chafing, nappy soreness, pimples, rashes,
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    • 72 4 FT T M T T T T T T T TTTT FT TTTT T T TY TTTTHTf I I What a War Wilkinson E tRrS z h 11 re W 2 r rR Oi is ’J J iOw® lIIIhB :> wry y X. FW- B n Wfe XX j AU
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  • 566 5 SOCIAL PERSONAL Mr. G. Templet Tickell, who was in the Government Service in Kuala Lumpur more than fifty years ago, is living at Bromley. Kent and still going strong in his 83rd year. Mt. R. J- C. Jewitt, who left planting in Malaya to join up during the last War,
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  • 279 5 IPOH SWIMMING GALA REALISES OVER $2,000 FOR M.P.F. CHINA FUND Ipoh. Over $2.000 were raised for the joint benefit of the Perak Patriotic Fund and the China Distress Relief Fund at the swimming carnival held at the Kinta Swimming Club on Sunday evening. The carnival was held under the patronage
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  • 55 5 Taiping. Kanakoo Rajoo, a Tamil claimed trial before Raja Salim, the Taiping Magistrate, yesterday to a charge or voluntarily causing hurt with a sickle to a compatriot, Supramanian at Maxwell’s Hills, Taiping on February 8. The case was postponed till February 24, bail being allowed
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  • 131 5 IpO**. Work is now in progress with the construction of concrete walls—known as “bunding”—between pillars on the five-foot way of the “Times of Malaya” Building, which is to house the l»eadquarters of the Director of A.B.P. in Ipoh Distict. This pavement-shelter is a
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  • 102 5 A sum of $3OO has been received by the Malaya Patriotic Fund, Perlis Branch, from H.H. Tuan Syed Alwi, Raja of Perlis being the nett proceeds of collections made by a local Amateur Dramatic Party (Kembang Melati Operatic Company) daring the period
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  • 115 5 Indian Woman In Hospital Tai ping. An Indian woman was admitted to the Taiping Hospital on Sunday night, with a story of having fallen from, the second floor of a shop in Main Road. The patient was suffering from bruises and a fracture of
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    • 53 5 CARNIVAL ilWreS! Ito-night I OF A VERY SUCCESSFUL I I season i ii i 11 sincere apologies fob lack At The Penang Hall (Covered) OF ACCOMMODATION! XXX K X IF IT DOES NOT STAY EMPTY IT PLEASE PHONE 3711 TO BE WILL OPEN ALL THE TIME SUBE OF A SEAT
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    • 473 5 a jO (MM) people have seen the Picture 4 s((IESS INPRECEDENTED I A RECORD wH II WILL STAND TO DEFY CHALLENGE I Season Extended!! PENANG’S MOST LUXURIOUS jg AIR CONDITIONED THEATRE WHERE ALL THE GREAT BIG HITS ARE SHOWN SHOWS TODAY'S TOMORROW VI 3: 6.15 AND 9.30 P.M. ’Jtr J
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    • 60 5 MAJESTIC 3 SHOWS TODAY AT 3.00, 6.30 9.30 p.m. A Sensational Chinese Mystery ThriHer THE CHINESE CHARLIE CHAN IN “THE PEARL JACKET" Packed With Mystery Thrills Suspense The most entertaining Chinese mystery thriller ever screened NEAT CHANGE A LOVE STORY YOU’LL LIVE WITH A CAST YOU’LL LOVE MERLE OBERON—GEORGE BRENT
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    • 69 5 aj R-conp^Tiqnep THREE SHOWS TODAY THE GREATEST DETECTIVE IN FICTION COMES TO LIFE I CH THRILLS! EXCITEMENT! SLEUTH OF All last in thnll-a-sec’ x mystery romance! CK W rterV MASTER TECTIVE with LTER PIOGEON Z7' ITA NSON Vrfo*” I Next Change Thursday Feb. 13 MICKEY ROONEY,. fe ’’l YOUNG TOM
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    • 119 5 QUEEffS 3 SHOW TODAY AT 3, 6.30 9.30 P.M. AN OUTSTANDING TAMIL STIINT THRILLER “VEER RAMANI” With Miss K. T. Kukinani S. R. Padma— T. V. Samy—P. S. Srinivasan—K. Mani And Others STUNTS, THRILLS, FIGHTS. INTRIGUE, COMEDY. AND EXCITEMENT PRICES OF ADMISSION:— 20. 50, 60, 90 cts. $1.20 (Including Tax)
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  • 452 6 r J TIERE is good reason lor Britain to watch closely the development of the whole Balkan situation, as it is apparent, after penetrating the camouflage of lying German propaganda, that Hitler is attempting to impose his domination over Bulgaria as he did in Rumania
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  • 128 6 REX CINEMA; "The Thief Of Bagdad.” 3, 6 15 and 9.30 p m QUEEN’S CINEMA: "Veer Ramani” (Tamil picture). 3, 6 30 and 9 30 p. m, ODEON CINEMA: "Master Detective” with Waltei Pidgeon and Rita Johnson 3, 6.15 and 9 30 p.m WINDSOR CINEMA: "Uthama Puthram"
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  • 456 6 At The Hailirtty Fier r jpHE Railway Pier is fa t becoming a very popular place to sec friends ofi. It has always been so, of course, but with Swettenham Pier now a closed area, the Railway Pier has “doubled” in popularity. A few nights ago J
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  • 718 6 Tuesday, Feb. 11. A good portion of today’s news is of a commentary nature. Mr. Churchill’s broadcast s still the main topic of discussion and there will be no quarrel with the American view that it is the most effective radio address ever delivered.
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  • 610 7 SEVEN UNOFFIGIALS VOTE AGAINST Mr. Shea rn On Closing Ranks Against Enemy (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Today. PHE War Taxation Bill Was taken through the comSf rnittee stagps and read a third time this morning in the Federal Council. The Bill was
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  • 53 7 Melbourne. February 10 A conference on Australian defences is> being held by Sir Robert Brooke Pophanr. Commander-in-Chief, Far East, who arrived here by air today. He is conferring with Mr. John McEwen, Dominion Air Minister, and the Chiefs of the Dominion Staffs. —Reuter
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  • 165 7 Two Chinese, Oh Lock Choon and Leong Ah Chye, and an Indian, Sandaram Pillai, were charged before the First Magistrate, Mr. H. A. Forrer, this morning with assisting in the manage, ment of a common betting house, namely, 16. Kajang
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  • 518 7 No Breach Of Faith: (Changed arcumstances KUALA LUMPUR, TODAY. IYEFORE THE WAR TAXATION BILL WAS CONSIDERED IN COMMITTEE AT THIS MORNINC’S MEETING OF THE FEDERAL COUNCIL, HIS EXCELLENCY THE HIGH COMMISSIONER READ A TELEGRAM WHICH HAD BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE
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  • 134 7 CHINESE FOUND IN POSSESSION Kuala Lumpur. A fine of $l5O, in default two monthsT rigorous imprisonment, v as imposed on a Hainanese named Wee Tam Pob, who pleaded guilty on Monday mornings before Mr. G. L. Howe, the First Matgistrate, Kuala Lumpur, to assisting im
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  • 96 7 Princess Mahmud, to whom a son hast been born in Oxford, wag formerly Miss Joyce Blencowe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Blencowe, of 10, Astoa Street, Oxford. She was married to Prince Mahmud, brother of the Sultan of Trengganu last year, and returned
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  • 458 7 Former Headmistress In Telok Anson The death occurred of Mrs. P. C. Baptist <nee Irene Pauline Bellamy), retired Headmistress of the st. Agnes School, Telok Anson at the General Hospital. Penang, at. 3 o’clock yesterday morning. The deceased, who was 45 years of age, leaves,
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  • 277 7 FLAG FLOWN WHENEVER "MALAYA" GOES INTO ACTION As already reported, H.M.S. “Malaya,” the battleship presented in the last war by the Federated Malay States, took part in the shattering bombardment oj Genoa and I tsa. li hen the ship went into action, the new
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  • 94 7 S 'PORE AIR STRENGTH INCREASED nations of modern Royal Air Force Blenheims flew yesfling from Singapore to reinforce stations in Northn lalaya. laden on their transfer flight, the aircraft took off in r closed up some miles away and then flew over their ■i
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  • 123 8 For Gas-Producer Vehicles London. Relief for the South Wales coalfields is gjromised by the discovery of further uses <or certain kinds of coal, including their conversion into gas with plant normally used for water gas. This and developments of gas-producers "to replace petrol for
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES QUOTATIONS
    • 462 8 Issued by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association (Penang and Ipoh sections) at noon 11th February, 1941 Issue Buyers Sellers 4/0 Ampat Tin 3/3 3/6 5/0 Austral Amal 6/3 6 7} £1 Austral Malay 35/0 36/6c 5/0 Ayer Hitam 19/9 20 /6 $1 Ayer Weng 0.80 0.85 £1 Bangrin Tin 14'0
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    • 244 8 Issue Buyers Seilers Allenby 1 15 1.20 Alor Gajah 0 82£ 0.87} Amal. Malay 1.70 1.75 ex Ayer Hitam 0.90 100 Ayer Molek 1.124 1.17} Ayer Panas 105 1.10 Bassett 0.3 b 0.40 Batu Lin tang 1.02 J 1.05 ex Bedford 0.85 0.90 Benta 0.95 1.00 Borelli 1.324 1.40
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    • 344 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. 2.12} 2.17} 5 B. M. T. 7.75 8.00 £5 Chartered Bank £B| £Bl £1 C<AIL T. S. Ord 16/9 17/0 £1 Con. T. S. 7% Pref. 20/3
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    • 140 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 of l/6d. Berjuntai 20% 3rd inst. 3-12.2.41 12.2.41 Hong Fatt Tin 14% Int. 10% 10.3 41 K. Kamunting 3d. div Is. Id. bonus
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  • 1291 8 Prices Decline: Shortage Of Cargo Space Stanton Nelson Co. Singapore, Feb. 6 The absence of any improvement in the Far Eastern situation has affected the Singapore market, and prices, have fallen away fairly sharply. This tendency has been much accentuated by the severe shortage of February cargo
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  • 416 8 Lord Stamp Ca|| s p o| Consumption Cut Equality of belt-tinning out the Empire was called for b- Lj Stamp, Chief Economic Adviser > th Government, at Stoke-on-Trent ‘‘Every pound of lessened p. sumption is just as valuable a contribute; t.. the '.var effort as
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  • 64 8 Zurich According to information supplied by the Swiss Office for Electric Economy, the cost of installation of electric power enterprises to meet the general public demand —i.e. not including industrial or railroad requirements—amount to 2,265 million francs. It is estimated that to-day 775 million KW/h can be
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  • 122 8 Yesterday’s Close Previously TIN: LONDON: “Spot” £256 15 0. Not Received “Forward” £258. 0 0 Not Received SINGAPORE: “Spot" $132.50 Business done 25 tons PENANG: “Spot” $132.50 5132 50 RUBBER: LONDON: “Spot" 12 7|l6d Not Received “Forward” 12 7|l6d. Not Receive Tone Very Dull SINGAPORE: “Spot” 36 3|Bo
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    • 216 8 BANKS LT. j iGEStarqi SAVINGS fyou Y&n&fam. dollar saved la an extra dollar earned. A. Savings Account Is the best Inducement to save. s To have a Savings Account and to see thia acoeunt grow from time to time is to be a contented person. s A Savings Account may
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  • 143 9 New Variety Of Fish Found In Java A new variety of fish has been found in Java, called the ikan moedjair.” This new variety may possibly prove to be as important to Java as the "ikan sepat Siam” has come to be for Celebes, thanks to the initiative
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  • 163 9 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1941. Destination Superscription Postage Latest Time of Postcards Posting per oz. each Ordinary Regn.» AIR MAILS Tuesday 11th inst. Great Britain via Durban .55 .30 8 a.m. 7.30 a.m. India Africa, Burma. Egypt 8.0.A.C. .55 .30 do Bangkok .60 .30 ZaTZ U.S.A. vi a Durban
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  • 196 9 Prison For Tamil Kuala Lumpur. When the case was resumed at the Selangor Assizes against a Tamil named Kesa»van, who was charged with causing grievous hurt, accused gave evidence that while he was going to look for work he met the complainant. another Tamil, who
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 3089 9 P ANICOON portant news in Chinese (Cantonese) I.OS I ftR ft w lvrli) .important news in Chinese (Hakka). 110 S IQ ft ft ft ft XYO 6.01 mc/s (49.94 m.) important news in Chinese (Amoy) 115 >*Jg SMF*» W ft I ft ft XYO 348 mc/s <B6 m/ r, I
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    • 595 9 RANGOON XYO 6.01 mc/s <49.94 mj XYO 343 mc/s <B6 m.) 6.50 pm. Indian Session (Recorded Programme'. 7.05 English Session (Recorded Programme). 8.20 Burmese News and Market Quotations. 9.35 Recorded Programme. 10.00 News. 10.15 Recorded Programme. 11.05 Dance Programme. 11.20 Close down. SAIGON 11.780 mc/s <25.46 mJ 6.116 mc/s (49.05
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  • 904 10 GRAZIANI’S ARMY DISORGANISED Civil Population Remaining At Benghazi Cairo, Feb. 10 The possibility that General Wavell’s advance towards Tripoli may continue is being discussed here. It is pointed out that remnants of Marshal Graziani’s army are bound to be disorganised particularly in view of
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  • 142 10 —Reuter. ACT BY PEOPLE AFRAID OF TRUTH London, February 9. The Vatican radio has been jammed for several weeks. This was the explanation given by the announcer for the slow speed and the constant repetition of a message given out today. “We beg our
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  • 29 10 —Reuter, London, Feb. 10. The Admiralty announce that the trawlers "Almond” and “Arctic Trapper" have been sunk. The next of kin of casualties have been informed.—Reuter,
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  • 889 10 FINAL PLEA W ILL NOT GO UNANSWERED Renewed Hope Of British WiH To Victory New York, Feb. 10 All current indications suggest that Mr. Churchill’s speech last night came at precisely the correct psychological moment when it was most welcome to American public opinion.
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  • 130 10 i.—Reuter. Plan* To Organise Force Of 150.000 Chungking, February 10. The Chinese Government is making plans to organise and train 150,000 Labourers in Chungking of whom 70,000 will shortly' begin training under the Ministry for Social Affairs. They will be grouped under the cultural, municipal and communications
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  • 146 10 —Reuter. Important Move To Speed Up Repair London, Feb. 10. An important move to speed up repair of bombed factories which will bring engineers and surveyors on the spot even while a raid is still on is announced by the Minister of Works and Buildings, Lord Reith. He
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  • 293 10 —Reuter. Best Way To keep Out <)f War New York, Feb. io ’’in my judgment, if we give all aid to Britain, we are likely to stay out of war while if we do not give ail aid. we shall probably become involved
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  • 51 10 .—Reuter. Alert In London Of Short Duration London. Feb 10 Enemy' air activity was reported from several parts of the country last night and London has its first after dark alert for five nights but it was of short duration, the “all clear" being sounded well before
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  • 56 10 Reuter London. February 9 On the money market, continued withdiawals for tax payments occasionally caused tighter conditions in the monetary situation. The total of £65.000.000 Treasury' Bills offered were allotted at the average rate of discount of .£1 0s 339 d per cent compared with .£l.O- 2 BU'
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  • 49 10 —Reuter. Unsuccessful Attack On Convoy London, February 9. Appi caching a British convoy’ in the North Sea today an enemy aircraft was promptly shot down into the sea by the escort vessel “Pytchley.” An Admiralty' communique says there were no survivors from the enemy aircraft.—Reuter.
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  • 371 10 Important Neu- Points Of I antage Ca ptured —Reuter. London. Feb. 10 Greek troops have resumed their push North of Klissura, key town on the centre front in Albania, where Mussolini’s Black Shirts left a thousand dead on the battlefield after their most disastrous
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  • 103 11 Reuter. Damage To Bridge Claimed Tokyo, February 10. Japanese aircraft on Sunday bombed and severely damaged Hiutung (Salwin) bridge on the Burma road, according to an official despatch cabled here from Indo-Chira. The bridge had been repaired recently following previous Japanese bombing damage on
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  • 372 11 Visit To Principal Cities Twenty-year-old H. V Sardha Ratnavira, said to be one of the woilds youngest gemologists, and son of Muhandiram H. V. P, Ratnavira. a wellknown jeweller in Ceylon was in Penang yesterday on his way back to Ceylon after completiDg
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  • 125 11 Chinese Cyclist Taken To Hospital A Chinese riding on a tricycle was in collision with a bus at Macalister Road in front of the Maternity Hospital yesterday afternoon The man ■was injured and had to be taken to the General Hospital The tricycle was proceeding along Macalister
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  • 53 11 The following were awarded prizes:— SPOT DANCES Mr. and Mis. Tye Poh Sun, Mrs. Lim Koon Teck and Mi L. D. Dymond, Mrs Quah and Mr. Lim Khye Su, Miss Gladys Yap and Mr. R. Streeper, Mrs. C. O. Lim. and Mr Lun Keng Hock. Lucky Number (No.
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  • 430 11 CORNELIUS SCORES THREE GOALS FOR WINNERS j Displaying all-iound superiority, the Penang Garrison Football Association defeated the Chinese Recreation Club by five goals to two in a friendly game of soccei on the Victoria Gieen yesterday. The game seived as a piactice for
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  • 89 11 South Hockey Team Against North The following team has been selected to represent the South again. »t the North in the annual North vs. South hoc-key match to be played at Koala Lumpur on Feb. 22: Manuel (Negri Sembilan); De Souza and Barth (Singapore); Capt.
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  • 54 11 A Chinese was found with a stab wound in his abdomen or. the Polo Ground in Residency Road yesterday afternoon with a knife by his side. The mail who was in a semi-conscious condition was brought to the General Hospital. His condition is reported
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  • 43 11 Reuter. Berlin, February 10. The complete reshuffle of the Vichy Cabinet will not take place before the middle of the week, according to wellinformed circles in Vichy, says a dispatch from that centre to the official German News Agency.— Reuter.
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  • 313 11 Selangor Beaten In Thrilling Match At K. Lumpur (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, February 10 A last minute goal enabled the Singapore Ladies to defeat the Selangor Ladies by the only goal scored in a thrilling hockey match on the Padang this afternoon.
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  • 150 11 FIRST ROUND FIXTURES The Football League War Cup competition begins on February 15 with the following first round matches which will be played on a home and away basis, the goal aggregate deciding the ties. SOUTH Brighton vs. Arsenal. Cardiff vs. Swansea. Chelsea vs. Portsmouth.
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  • 197 11 Charge Over Licence For Floor Shows Ipoh. Wong Jee Gee, Secretary of the JuI bilee Cabaret, was fined $5O for failing It. obtain a licence on January 2 when he allowed the Dance Hall to be used i for theatrical performance by two juI veniles, when
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  • 318 11 100 At Parade Of Remembrance Alor Star. About 400 Boy Scouts and Wolf Cubs in North Kedah attended a Parade of Remembrance in honour of the Chief Scout, Lord BadenPowell, which was held at the Sultan Abdul Hamid College in Alor Star on
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  • 45 11 Ipoh. A four-year-old Chinese boy was drowned in a small pool at Pinji, 31 mile, Gopeng Road, on Sunday. The body has been recovered and has been taken to the Ipoh District Hospital. The Police were informed. Inspector Haji Kadir investigated.
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  • 233 12 NATIONAL LOOKING VERY FIT Dadabhoy And Turn Over Move Well (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Today. InAST gallops by horses running tomorrow was the order of 1 this morning’s training on the second track at Bukit Timah. The going was yieldin Mis Zipp,
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  • 97 12 l. —Reuter Inaugural Meeting At Lyon Vichy, Feb. 11. The new French consulative body, the National Council, will, according to the Nouvelliste de Lyon, meet for its inaugural session at Lyon but will later continue its work at Vichy where it will be in closer touch with
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  • 29 12 MATCH TO BE PLAYED IN PENANG THE COLONY VERSUS F.M.S. CRICKET MATCH WILL BE FLAYED IN PENANG THIS YEAR ON AUG. 2, 3 AND 4.
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  • 89 12 —Reuter Wellington, Feb. 11 ‘‘Our thoughts and prayers are with you always," cabled Mr Fraser, the Premier, sending his heartiest congratulations to Mr. Churchill on his “splendid address.” Its inspiring and heartening character will strengthen the will and fire of spirit of al! British peoples throughout the
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  • 91 12 —Reuter. Cairo, Feb. 11. 4 POLITICAL branch has been set up at General Head- quarters here to deal with all questions affecting occupied enemy territory and its administration. This, with the appointment of General Wilson as Governor of Cyrenaica, means the establishment of
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  • 202 12 Rome Report Of Shelling Of Genoa London, Feb io r T I ODAY’S Italian communique was broadcast over the Rowe radio fifteen minutes later than usual. In connection with the mention of dense fog in the section of the communique dealing with the British bombardment
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  • 871 12 DEMONSTRATIONS TO BE CONTINUED B omen Set Excellent Example In Preparedness That the Penang public has become definitely A.R.P. conscious was shown by the progressively increased interest in the A.R.P. demonstrations given at the various centres in Penang and Province Wellesley in the latter half
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  • 265 12 —Reuter. London, Feb, il. of Blenheim bomb er» made simultaneously raids on Boulogne and Dunkirk harbours in Bright sunshine yesterday, followed by another raid on Calais. Tons of bombs were dropped on shipping and dockside building dur. ing operations which continue the policy,, begun
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  • 50 12 —Reuter. Malta, Feb. 10. Malta, has had 300 air raids since Italy’s entry into the war eight months ago. Last night and this morning, enemy aircraft ware reported in the vicinity of Malta but did not fly over the island, according to an official communique.—Reuter.
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  • 49 12 Demonstrations will be given at the following centres this evening from 6—B p.m. St. Xavier’s Institution, Farquhar Street. Scout Headquarters, Mac Alister Road. Moh Ghee School, Jelutong. Hu Yew Seah, Madras Lane. St. Xavier’s Branch School, Pulau Tikus. Ayer Itam Village. Hoe Seng Garage, Butterworth. Pratt Park, Butterworth.
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