Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 3 July 1941

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  • 22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE LAST EDITION ESTAB. 1833 PUBLISHED BAIL! No. 156. Vol. XCIX. THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1941. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 1103 1 Fresh Divisions Concentrating On Smolensk German Advance Units Reported To Be 325 Miles From Moscow VICHY, JULY 3. GERMAN UNITS ARE ONLY 325 MILLS FROM MOSCOW, ACCORDING TO REPORTS REACHING STOCKHOLM, SAYS A DESPATCH TO THE VICHY NEWS AGENCY. THESE ARE ADVANCE UNITS, THE
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  • 113 1 —Reuter. London, July 3. y n/ Nazi attempts to blockade Uri the largest contingent yet of -n troops has just arrived safely -J’ in. it includes many thousands dack-bereted tank men, enhusky lumber-jacks of the Forestry Corps, gunners, iny 'Enforcements, nurses, Army
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  • 116 1 Reuter. Britain To Retain “Ramb IV” For Six Months London, July’ 3. Recalling the many flagrant violations of the International Conventions by enemy sinkings of British hospital ships, the British Government announces that the Italian hospital ship “Ramb IV,” which was intercepted off Aden after the fall
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  • 5 1 GENERAL CHIANG KAI-SHEK
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  • 29 1 /<O2? TODAY’S RACING AT TAIPING. THE "PINANG GAZETTE” WILL BE PUBLISHING ITS USUAL EVENING EDITION BEARING FULL RESULTS OF THE RACES AND THE LATEST WAR NEWS.
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  • 54 1 —Reuter. Ottawa, July 2. The German prisoner of war, who .scaped a day or two ago, Lieutenant Martin Mueller, was shot and killed when resisting capture, it was announced this afternoon. The shooting took p'ace not far from the prison camp east of Shreiber, Ontario,
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  • 965 1 Toughness Of China- Vo Longer Alone In Holdins Far East Front < r -xrrYr’i London. July 2. I xNIMjL the title oi oi China,’ ‘The limes” published from special correspondent in China a lengthy message from which the following extract Although the cninese wej-p
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  • 557 1 Col. Knox’s Plea And Mr. Roosevelt’s Hope Washington, July 2. Mr. Roosevelt’s hope that America can stay out of the war, expressed at his Press Conference on Tuesday, supplies the background of Col. Knox’s Press Conference today, in the light of his recent urgent
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  • 82 1 .—Reuter. Anti-Argeutiue Activities Bueno- Aires, July 2. Fifty German were arrested ir Florida when a house was raided on the orders of the Deputies' Commission investigating into anti-Argentine activities. In the house, which is just on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, the authorities found important file’s and documents.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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  • 571 2 DAYLIGHT RAIDS ON GERMANY WITH UTMOST ENERGY Reducing All-Out Blitz On Eastern Front (By Raipir Walling, Reuter's Air Correspondent.). London. July 2. 'T'HL R.A.F. daylight operations over northern France and occasionally over Germany are being pursued with the utmost energy. Full advantage is being taken of
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  • 101 2 —Reuter. London, July 3. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT will broadcast to the people of Britain on July 4, it was announced in London yesterday. President Roosevelt on Tues day signed five appropriation bills totalling $3,500 000,000 bringing the total cash outlays and contract authorisations
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  • 57 2 Reuter. SIR D. BROUGHTON NOT GUILTY Nairobi, July 2. OiR DELVES BROUGHTON was found not jruilty of the murder of Lord Erroll after the longest trial in the history of Kenya. Applause greeted the Jury’s verdict given late last night after the jury had been in
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  • 97 2 —Reuter. Average Person Does Not Care A Cuss’* London, July 2 Dr Benes' recent broadcast was seized upon by Members of the House of Commons -tis a further opportunity to endea vour to extort a statement from the Government about Hess. The Lord Privy Seal, Mr. Clement Attlee,
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  • 38 2 —Reuter. London, July 2 It is learned from the Foreign Office that Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands has flown hack from Canada to England in a Ixanber. He will immediately resume duties. —Reuter.
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  • 85 2 —Reuter. Communications Paralysed Bombay, July 2. Bombay is now completely cut off by rail from other cities in India as a result of the Great Indian Peninsular and Bombay, Baroda and Central India lines having been breached by floods. Telegraphic and telephonic communications between Bombay
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  • 299 2 London, July 2. BOMBS were seen to straddle one of the three German hattieships lying in dry dock at Brest during last night’s raid by the R.A.F. Bomber Command- The docks at herbourg were also bombed. Two aircraft are missing from these
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  • 101 2 Reuter. Condition Showing Improvement Chungking, July 2. Though the condition of Sir Arthur Blackburn, Counsellor to the British Embassy, Mr. Allen, Second Secretary to the Embassy and Mrs. Allen are showing improvement, they are suffering from shock. It is learned that Sir Arthur and Lady Blackburn are
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  • 108 2 —Reuter. British Relations With Sweden And Finland London, July 2. Diplomatic relations between Britain and Sweden remain normal. The BriI tish Government are at present mainI taining relations with Finland. These two definitions were given by Mr. Eden in the House of Commons when interrogated about Sweden’s action
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  • 50 2 .—8.0. W. Nazi Sailors Captured In Atlantic London, July 1 According to agency messages, more than 200 Nazi sailors, captured in the Atlantic, were landed at a British port early today. The prisoners are believed to bo survivors of supply ships which had attended the Bismarck.—B.O.W.
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  • 68 2 Reuter. Received By President Ineunu Ankara, July 2 The Ankara radio announced that President Ineunu today received M. Beno.t Mechin. the French Minister without Portfolio, who is on a mission to the Turkish capital. The announcer said that the French Minister was the bearer of a friendly letter
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  • 248 2 —Reuter. Imo Vessels Leaving I United States Washington. July 2. Two French vessels wculd soon sail from the United States, carrying xnuch- reeded goods and supplies for French j North African colonies, stated Mr. SumI ner Welles, Assistant secretary of State at today’s Press Conference.
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  • 222 2 Reuter London, July 2. THE speed up of the Allied Syrian campaign is hoped for as a result of the reinforcement of Allied troops there, it is authoritatively stated. In the Palmyra sector the Allied forces have taken Es-Sukhne, forty miles north-east of Palmyra.
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  • 285 2 —Reuter. Moscow. July 1. General McFarlane, head of the British military mission to Kussiar. has reached Soviet Army Headquarters. Further convex sations of a practical nature took place today between Members of the British Mission and their opposite numbers. It is learned that
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  • 379 2 Advanced Troops 200 Miles From Main Body London, July 2. THE extraordinary depth of the present fighting in Russia presents unique military problems, according to authoritative circles in London-. In some places, German advanced troops are as much as two hundred miles ahead of the main
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  • 943 2 Berlin, July 2. A SPECIAL German Command communique issued bv the Fuehrer’s Headquarters today states: “A large part of the Soviet Army, which was surrounded east of Bialystok have been finally destroyed in the course of yesterday. Of the immense booty, so far
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  • 40 2 -Reuter. Hong Kong, Jv*’ It is officially announced that General C.M. Matby has been appo in G.O.C. China Command in Major General A. E. Grassett. z General Maltby will be arriving w Kong from India shortly.—Retire
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 177 2 Itch Germs Killed in 7 Minnies Tout skin has nearly 50 million tiny seams and pores where germs hide and cause terrible Itching, Cracking, Eczema, Peeling, Burning, Acne, Ringworm, Psoriasis, Blackheads. Pimples, Foot Itch and other blemishes. Ordinary treatments give only temporary relief because they do not kill the germ,
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  • 457 3 July 1. Army authorities are experimenting with "tin, a derivative of carrots, as an aid to night 1 men \,strali New» Ceble 5* carroun, uc lt is stated that men carrotin in their Jet will be able to drive at mght ithout the use of
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  • 204 3 WAVS FROM INDIA Simla, June 30. The Adjutant General in India, Generd A.V. Haig, today received a deputation of Indian Christians, who urged the formation of an Indian Christian Regiment. LAC CULTIVATION IN BIHAR Simla, June 30. At a cost of about £20,000, a scheme
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  • 97 3 Dr. Paul Van Zeeland, a former r ’tne Minister of Belgium, in s speech at the Brown University anbual alumni at Providence, Rhode said that, without the help of United States, England would be but that, with the required i -n< rican industrial effort she would
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  • 227 3 Establishment of charcoal depots every 50 miles has been suggested by the Federal Government to encourage the use of producer gas as a substitute for petrol in motor vehicles. Cabinet is considering stepping up production of power alcohol, for blending with pet.ol, to 50,000,000 gallons under a tw’o-year
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  • Article, Illustration
    27 3 AIR HERO WEDS.—FIr.-Lt. L. A. Haines, who was recentlj awarded the D.F.C., with his b rides Mss M. Lepore, after their wedding in London.
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  • 483 3 SEE AND LEARN WAR PROBLEMS London. AUSTRALIA should send to Britain a mission of six, chosen from the ordinary people, one person from each State, to see, hear and understand the critical war position. They would talk by radio to Australia of what
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  • 235 3 Trick To Elude Officers Canberra. 4 SUBVERSIVE pamphlet seized recently by CommonA wealth intelligence officers bore the inscr.pt.on. ‘Ponted and pushed by the W. M. Hughes Publ.sh.ng Company, Tucker Box, Gundagai. Another was allegedly printed by “The Little Digger Printery, Canberra.” The Federal Attorney-General and
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  • 64 3 About 150 people are reported to have been killed when guards opened fire on prisoners during a revolt at an internment camp at Vemet-les-Bains, near Perpignal. The camp has been evacuated, and the prisoners have been transported to Africa to work on the projected
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  • 132 3 PLEDGE FAITH Addressing a rally attended by 3,000 civilians and 500 garrison troops in celebration of the anniversary of the first apeal by the -eader, General de Gaulle, the Governor of the Free French Pacific Establishments, M. Sautot, replied to references made by the French VicePremier, Admiral
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  • 209 3 DOES WORK OF 7 W7HEN the Government asked Mr Arthur Hoiser, a Wiltshire farmer, to grow potatoes, he found his chief problem was the amount of labour needed to plant them So he hit upon a hew idea. He invented the Mechanical Potato Plan-/ ter. The
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  • 1693 3 WHAT THEY ARE THINKING AND TALKING IN BERLIN r HERE is intense weariness in Germany over the i protracted privation, rationing, and strain after living in what has amounted to a state of war for eight years, writes Joseph C. Harsch, Berlin correspondent of the I
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    • 140 3 A torpid, sluggish liver leaves poisonous morbid bile in the blood, which upsets the action t of the whole system. The complexion assumes a yellowish hue and the appetite disappears. The digestion is upset, with coated tongue and headaches. The bowels are irregular. It is ad\ sable to take steps
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  • 614 4 No Re-trial Ordered For Immigration Official Singapore. THE Crown successfully appealed on Tuesday, before the Chief Justice. Sir Percy McElwaine, against the acquittal in a police court of Ronald Ivan McHarg, a Junioi Assistant Immigration Officer, on a charge of harbouring a European who
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  • 244 4 NAGANATHAR MURUGASU, former secretary to the Principal of the College of Medicine who had been 27 years in Government service, was sentenced to a total of two years’ rigorous imprisonment in the Singapore Criminal District Court by Mr. J. L. McFall, on three charges
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  • 232 4 Led 277 Horses Through Raid Inferno BY DAILY MAIL REPORTER When they were schoolboys, Sid and Bill Elwood played at leading horses through blazing hoops. Their father was head horseman on a big estate in Norfolk. When they were grown men they had to play that
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  • 285 4 .Construction To Be Accelerated After vacationing in Australia for the past three months, Sir John Rowland, Chief Commissioner of Railways In Bitrma, is returning to that country to push forward the construction of a line linking Burma with Yunnan Province in China. Sir John, who is in
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  • 596 4 PLEDGE OF LOYALTY TO KING MEMBERS of the Straits Settlements Police who pass through the Thomson Roa d training depot in Singapore and become inspectors now take a pledge of loyalty to the King and to the ethics of their profession similar to that taken by
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  • 305 4 He Aided British Paratroops: Shot FORTUNATO PICCHI was a jovial, 1 tubby Italian anti-Fascist. Accord- ing to Rome reports, he accompanied the British parachute troops who were J dropped on important defence centres in southern Italy four months ago. He knew that death awaited him if iho
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  • 801 4 PROTEST AGAINST NEW BILL rpWO hundred Sikh and other Indian moneylenders in Johor* have addressed a petition to the Johore Government protesting against the introduction of legislation to regulate and control borrowing among Government servants. The petition declares that the proposed enactment “casts upon the general
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  • 176 4 MORE AWARDS J7TURTHER awards in the Services I I 1 Honours list of interest to Ma- 1 laya have now been announced: CB.E.: Brigadier C. E. Davis, Royal I Army Service Corps. 0.8. E.: Acting Lieut. Col. B.H.S, I Llojrd, Royal Engineers. M.8.E.: Lieut. (Q.M.) J.S. Doherty I
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 34 4 Twhat a War! j 8« Gilbert Wilkinson ■ft lShiß -a ~W t “ir l ONLY HAD if INGS i All in a Days Work— Hick Elmst y stixtiOneg t v=of? '-rteA«.'E F jfX /Om,
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  • 814 5 Raja Omar As New President Ro! n Yang Mulia Raja Omar bin Raja Ali was officially president of the Ipoh Rotary Club at the tiffin meeting oHb'o’jb held at the Hotel Majestic yesterday afternoon. Y. T. Vi f Muda of Perak, an honorary member
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  • 185 5 “Love Thy Neighbour’’ Is First *Kate Musical "Love Thy Neighbour,” based on a I radio fued between Fred Allen and Jack Benny, now showing at the Queen’s, is one of the funniest pictures of the year. There is ample provision made in the story for
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  • 122 5 Exciting Serial At The Majestic An exciting tale about the Canadian Mounted Police is presented in “King of the Royal Mounted," a new twelvechapter serial, now showing at the Ma- 1 jestic. The picture deals with the Mcunties’i pursuit of foreign agents who have come
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  • 645 5 SOCIAL PERSONAL Messrs. W. G Howse and R. C. i Weston, have been appointed members of the Advisory’ Committee in respect of the Emergency' Regulations 1939 for Negri Sembilan. Mr. C. S. Venkatachar. 1.C.5., until recently Agent of the Government of India in Malaya. was awarded the 0.8. E. in
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  • 287 5 Gaol Sentence On Three Malays Alor Star. Three Malays who broke into the house of a compatriot and stole clothes, jewellery and cash which represented the sale of a buffalo a few days previously, were yesterday convicted by Mr. Justice Wan Harun in the Second Division of
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  • 126 5 The death of Mr. Muthukumarasamy occurred on July 1 at the General Hospital, Penang, where he had been brought for treatment since his falling HL The late Mr. Muthukumarasamy was chief clerk of Lubok Segintah Estate, Kuala Ketil (Kedah) for a considerable number of years until
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  • 93 5 Taiping. At a meeting of the Ta ping Chinese Section of the Perak Patriotic Fund held at the Hokkicn Hoay Kuan, on Tuesday night, with Mr. Toh Eng Hoe J.P., M.C.H. in the chair, it was decided to hold a. Charity Fair either un September 6 oa
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 130 5 OPEWXG TODAY ’f*** 3.00. 6.15 HP i /V 930 P ni||jV jj y oir phms nt Theatre Phone 2565. I Triumph After Triumph! I Davies in ‘THE LETTER’ II fc V rrHFR SUPERB PERFORMANCE TO HER LIST OF I ADD 3 AM> k HIT PICTURES! I II hat H The
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    • 189 5 MAJESTIC 2 SHOWS TODAY 3.00 8.00 p.m. Always Up To Expectations The Best Serial Show A-uli Those Who Attended Yesterday’s Performances The Whole Serial of Republic’s Latest Thriller. ig. bui the cartoon se{isat,t>n! MMi With ALLAN LANE LITA CONWAY If It’s a Republic Serial, you may be sure it’s the
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    • 150 5 □PENS TO-DAY THREE SHOWS Powerful!... .Dramatic .Human Hailed As The Years Top Screen Event! THE MOST DISCUSS? D I t THEATRICAL HISTORY WHICH HAS iIEEN Rt NNTNG ON BROADWAY SINCE 1933! A STIRRING story of the hardships and sex life of the POOR AMERICAN PEOPLE’ < f ilB JK iF
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    • 221 5 One of the Bigpesi Comedy Events Penang has mr knoivn! Iri'i 3 SH S 3 p.m. 6.15 9.30 MUSIC LAUGHTER GALS WHAT ELSE COULD YOU WISH FOF. SEE PARAMOUNT’S BIG LAUGH HIT OF THE YEAR I The laugh battle of the century is on! UACK BENNY FRED ALLEN I zi.
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  • 217 6 r PHE announcement yesterday A that the Axis Powers have decided to recognise the ang puppet regime in Nanking causes no surprise to the Chinese who had long expected such a move. For fickle though they may be, both Germany and Italy can hardly reconcile their
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  • 223 6 r I ’HE situation in the Middle East which has been superseded in the news lately by the Russo-German war came to the forefront again yesterday with the dramatic announcement of the replacement of the Com-mandei-in-Cliief, General Wavell, by the Commander-in-Chief, India, General Auchinleck. Such an exchange of
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  • 453 6 —“Malay Mali.” ’JJ’HE Russian plan was to keep Hitler fighting anybody but Russia, but Stalin certainly did not desire a victory for Hitler. Far from it. He wished someo n e else to beat Hitler, and the fragile appeasement arrangement worked because of Hitler’s pre-occupation elsewhere with Great
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  • POST BAG
    • 347 6 (To the Editor, “Pinang Gazette.”). Sir, In the recent labour disputes which took place in the Selangor coastal district, I observe that the use of armed orce was imperative. This is a highly i egrettable thing to do in quelling a riot; it achieves what it
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  • 680 6 Thursday, July 3. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT’S hope that America can stay out of the war, expressed at his press conference on Tuesday, supplies the background for Col. Knox’s conference yesterday. 4; I3EGARDING his urgent appeal for action, Col. Knox declared that no U.S- vessels on
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  • 378 6 A.R.P. Traffic Cops .J)ENANG’S love of novelty, on which I commented the other day, will have a fresh outlet shortly with the assumption of traffic duties by local A.R.P. wardens. I hear that Inspector Moule’s series of lectures in this connection is proving very popular, wardens coming
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 263 6 EXCLUSIVE TOILET CREATIONS i OWmffiiwrw I :f "x Wi I ri A I i STERLING SILVER SETS THEIR CHARMING PRESENCE DECORATES THE VANITY. THEIR GRACEFUL SHAPE CONTRIBUTES TO THEIR PURPOSE. •■LP. DX S JOZAJL (INCORPORATED IN CEYLON) SINGAPORE PENANG IPOH j -vWnni iuri 9 W.'AVMWWWW.W.W.Vi ANNOUNCING Follow-on Trufood If The
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    • 56 6 FALSE ECONOMY The purpose in wearing glasses is to correct errors of vision. Lenses fitted to your eyes must be accurately fitted to give efficient tireless vision. Avoid cheap and badly fitting frames they are a false economy. CONSULT:— E. IVOR PARRISH, M.P.S., F.S.M.C., F. 1.0., Consulting Ophthalmic Optician, 14,
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 130 6 Around The Town MAJESTIC CINEMA: “King of the Royal Mounted’’ (Whole Serial). 3 and 8 p.m. QUEEN’S CINEMA: “Love Thy Neighbour.’’ 3, 6.15 and 9.30 p.m. REX CINEMA: Bette Davis in “The Letter.” 3, 6.15 and 9.30 p.m. WINDSOR CINEMA: “Manime Khalai” (Tamil picture). 6, and 9.30 p.m. ODEON CINEMA:
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  • 937 7 REPORTER’S EVIDENCE AT TRIAL OF CHINESE The story that a telephone message reaching the editorial department of the “Kwong Wah Yit Poh,” a Chinese daily published in Penang, carried threats of tarring the offices of the paper, and of assault against the members
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  • 200 7 I IS OUt th£lf alth U^b m Sl B h vRF. sections are well up to B f ncth there is still a shortage in Action, and that is in the Beach tr(>t t area. n ii hoped that suitable men will be Becoming
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  • 235 7 Six Months’ Gaol For I Young Tamil i Kuala Lumpur, July 2. I At the Selangor criminal assizes toIday, a young Tamil, Verasamy convictled on a charge of kidnapping his sister-|.in-law Rukanarnal and sentenced to |six months’ rigorous imprisonment, had hit sentence reduced to three months’ |rigorous
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  • 196 7 Rice Mills Play Part In Malayan Food Plans Rice, the staple food of all Asiatic races in Malaya, has in the past been imported in large quantities from Burand Thailand. To ensure that Malayan peoples shall have a sure food supply, irrespective of outside events, the
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  • 112 7 A a* A 1 he of Sioo or one month’s rigorLim prksonmcn t was imposed by Mr. Court n in Penang Third olesri J esterda y on Tan See Kiat who a faiL to a charge of making M Statem€nt on April 22 at Bukit
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  • 37 7 by put’ll !ng cruelt y to animals basket ,‘tV hlee piglings in a small Thum Th arnarvon Street on July 1, Koon Teck r in V th by Mr yesterday the Penang Third Court
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  • 47 7 Today on the Esplanade from 6 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. March Blaze Of Glory Winter Selection Merrie England German Waltz Lysistrata Lincke Overture Si ‘J’ Etais Roi Adam Selection Toto Joyce Mexican Serenade Mandolina Langey Quick Step Meet The Navy Gay God Save The King
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  • 65 7 Singapore. AN order under the Defence Regulations was gazetted yesterday empowering the Harbour Master, Penang, to requisition any lighters within the Settlement of Penang which are licensed in the Colony. For the purpose of any such requisition he may require the lighters requisitioned to
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  • 95 7 The total of the War Fund in North Malaya stands at $1,524,605.56. made up of Penang $970,897.51 and Perak $553,708.05. No contributions were received in Penang yesterday. PERAK A sum of $lOO from an anonymous contributor was received for the War Fund in Perak yesterday
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  • 1938 7 STORY OF TRANSACTIONS WITH CLUB The case was commenced in the Penang District Court before Mr. B. F. Bridge yesterday in which Gee Kok Weng was tried on two counts of alleged bribery and alternative charges of corruption involving two sums totalling $l2O. The
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  • 494 7 A campaign launched by the Traffic Branch with a view to teaching cyclists “road sense” while cycling along the busy streets of the town is now in full swing in Penang. It is not an unusual sight to see an officer
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  • 211 7 Misadventure Verdict At Inquest The story of how a Chinese painter engaged in white-washing the windows of a house on the top floor of the building fell to the ground below from a height of about 20 feet was told before Mr. A. W. Bellamy, the Coroner,
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  • 76 7 H. E. the Governor has received a cable from Lord Huntingfield, who maintains liaison between the British Red Cross in London and the countries of the Empire, stating that H. R. H. the Duke of Gloucester, chairman of the Society, has learnt with the
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  • 184 7 /ANE of the most elaborate Chinese v golden weddings in Penang is recalled today with the death, at the ripe age of 87 years of Mr. SavV Soon Choo, the father of the well-known rubber merchaints, Messrs. Saw Choo Cheang, Saw Choo Theng and Saw’
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  • 72 7 The death occurred at the Burmah Road Sanatorium yesterday evening at 6.45 of Mrs. E. M. Pedley, aged 73 years. The deceased leaves two sons, Messrs. A. Pedley and B. Pedley, and several grandchildren. The funeral takes place this evening from her residence at 222
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  • 39 7 An officer of the Royal Air Force is to talk on “Blitzes” in the “War As I Know It” series of the Singapore broadcasting station tonight (Thursday, July 3) at 8 35 o’clock.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES QUOTATIONS
    • 466 8 Issued by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association (Penang and Ipoh sections) at Noon 3rd July, 1941 Issue Buyers Sellers 4/0 Ampat Tin 3/0 3 6ex 5/0 Austral Amal 7/3 7/6 £1 Austral Malay 33/6 35/0 5/0 Aver Hitam 17/3 17/9c $1 Ayer Weng .724 .77* £1 Bangrin Tin 13/0 13/9
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    • 116 8 Issue Buyers Sellers Allenby 1.024 1.074 A lor Gajah .75 .80 Amal Malay 1.55 1.60 Ayer Hitam .824 .874 Ayer Molek 1.074 1.12 J Ayer Panas 1.02 J 1.074 Bassett .40 .42 i Batu Lintang I.OCP 1.02$ Bedford .87 J .92 J Benta .95 .974 Borelli 1.374 1.424 c
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    • 120 8 Issue Buyers Sellers Kundong 1.10 1.15 Lunas 1.724 1.774 Malaka Pindas 1.374 1.424 M. Producers 1.35 1.40 Mentakab (20 cts.) .37 .39 New Serendah .75 .80 New Scudai ($2) .82J 874 Nyalas 85 .874 Pajam 1.75 1.80 Parit Perak 1.574 1.624 Perak River 1.074 1.124 Punggor .32J .35 Radella
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    • 350 8 Issue Buyers Sellers A£l Austial N. Z. Ord. 22,0 23/0 $2 Alex Brick Ord 1.77 J 1.32 J $2 Alex Brick 74% A’ref 2.07 J 2.12 J $5 B. M. T. 7.50 7.75 £5 Chartered Bans £B4 £3 £1 Con. T. S. Ord. 16/3 16/9 £1 Cor.. T. S.
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    • 168 8 MINING Dividend Books close Payable Ampat 5% less tax. 30.6.41 21.7.41 Ayer Hitam 7 4% int. Lt 8 7 .41 (in London' Gopeng Consol. 3f% l.tax 7.7.4. (in England' Kepong Dredging 24% int. Lt. 7.7.41 (in London) Klang River 7 4% <No. 52) 24.7.41 29.7.41 Kuala
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  • 2084 8 BROADCAST TALK BY MR. W.S. DAVEY The importance of the work done by chemists in developing the rubber industry was the subject of a talk “The Work of the Plantation Chemist’’ broadcast from the Singapore station by Mr. W. S. Davey,
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  • 1113 8 Layrub Widely Used On Fighf, J > i Vehicles In the steadily increasing mechanisation of thu ,r r today rubber plays a progressively important role. has it its use for such things as the tyres of armoure w but best Malayan rubber
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  • 129 8 Yesterday’s Close Previously TIN: LONDON “Spot" £256. 10. 0. £256. 10. 0. “Forward” .£’26o. 15. 0. £260. 10. 0. SINGAPORE “Spot" $137.00 Business done 75 tons 50 tons PENANG “Spot” $137.00 $137.1214 RUBBER: LONDON “Spot" 13 716 d. 13 716 d. “Forward” 13 7|l6d. 13 l|2d. Tone Dull
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  • 200 9 “/COMPETENT observers in nviny South American capitals agree that the U.S.A, must face, probably soon, what might be called a major South American crisis. This is the opinion of Har old Callender, now touring South America, in a despatch to the New Y’ork Times from
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  • 309 9 THURSDAY, 3RD JULY, 1941. Postage Latest Time of Destination Letters Postcards Superscription Posting at Penang per oz. each Ordinary Regn. }IE MAILS SPECIAL ATTENTION 18 DKtWN TO THE REVISE! TIMES OF CLOSING AIR MAILS AND REVISED CHARGES Thurs. 3rd inst. Ipoh, K. Lumpur Wearnes Air Singapore 10 Serrice
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  • 313 9 Australian Goods Admired GEOGRAPHICALLY Australia couid and should be the fashion centre of the Southern Hemisphere. War-time restrictions on imports will help this development. This is the opinion of leading Sydney clothing manufacturers and fashion designers. The ban on import of frocks and on Continental fashion
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  • 346 9 A WOMAN told Mr. Justice Cassels in the King’s Bench Division that she had brought a good deal of clothes and other property in France as an investment, and had lost them when she had to leave France during that country’s collapse. She was
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  • 204 9 THAN UVE ON KNEES” The Secretary to the U.S. Treasury. Mr. Morgenthau, in a speech at the alumni luncheon of Amherst i College, at Amherst, Massachusetts, i recently declared that the Am-ericaJi i people coin'd ?iot preserve their freedom without, being ready to fight. “If we
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  • 229 9 UNDER GERMAN iRULE Severe Racial Barrier Essential It has ever oeen the custom of the Nazis to think one thing and say another, it is pointed out here. While Germany was wooing the friendship of both France and Britain, she was piling up armaments to
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    • 3042 9 JULY 3,1941. Pl NANG GAZETTE AND I RANGOON CALCUTTA I W V I XYO 6.01 mc/s (49.94 mA VUC2 7.21 mc/s (41.61 mH Etß W 8188 XYO 3.48 mc/s (86 m.) VUC2 9.53 mc/s 31.48 m. H W B B ’W. I 6.50 P- m In lian Session <Recorded VUC2
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    • 102 9 SAN FRANCISCO (TREASURE ISLAND) KGEI 9.67 mc/s (31.02 m.) 12.05 a.m. Organ. 12.20 News. 1.20 News in English. 1.35 Dance Orchestra. 1.50 Dance Orchestra. 2.20 Dance Orchestra. 2.50 Dance Band. 7.20 p.m. Moment Musicale. 7,50 We Read Time. 8.20 Town Meeting. 9.20 Travelcgue. 9.35 Popular Music. 9.50 News in English.
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  • 867 10 VIOLENT BATTLE OF TANKS AT DVINSK Heavy German Losses In Minsk Area Rugby, July 2 The latest Russian communique states“ During July 1, our troops fought the stubborn battles in the Murmansk, Kexholm, Luck and Dvinsk areas. In other sectors our troops are holding
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  • 491 10 DECISION AFTER DAILY CABINET MEETINGS Tokyo, July 2 “Vigilance and preparedness will be the keynote of Japan’s policv towards the war between the U.S.S.R. and Germany,” announced Mr. Matsuoka this afternoon when he disclosed Japan’s policy as an outcome of the daily Cabinet meetings,
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  • 88 10 Reuter. U.S. Aid To Russia Criticised San Francisco, July 2 Col. Lindbergh in a speech reiterating the belief that the United States should stay out of the war, assailed the proposal to aid Russia, declaring, “An alliance between the United States and Russia should be opposed by every
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  • 44 10 —Reuter. London, July 2. There was only very slight enemy activity over Britain last night. Bombs fell at two points in the South of England. There were no casualties and practically no damage, it is learned in London this morning.—Reuter.
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  • 27 10 i.—Reuter Moscow, July 1. Russian aircraft have again raided the Rumanian Port of Constanza, it is announced here. Hits were scored on selected targets.—Reuter
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  • 66 10 —Reuter. No Confirmation In Tokyo Tokyo, July 2 Queried regarding the Singapore report that the N.E.I. Government has decided to ban rubber to Japan, the Government spokesman replied that he had received no official information concerning this, adding he had noticed no change so
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  • 319 10 Diplomatic Corps In Europe To Be Recalled Chungking, July 2 Dr. Quo Tai-chi, Foreign Minister, is expected to make a statement today announcing the severance of relations with Germany and Italy and the withdrawal of Chinese Diplomatic and Consular Representatives in those countries. The
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  • 415 10 Reuter. British Troops Reinforced Cairo, July 2 “The situation at Palmyra is considered satisfactory,” declared military circles in Cairo last night. It was revealed that the light British forces, which completed the encirclement of the town yesterday, were now being reinforced.” VICHY CLAIMS London, July 1.
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  • 91 10 —Reuter. First Overtures Made By Soviet New York, July 2 Mr. Sumner Welles, Assistant Secretary of State, disclosed on Tuesday that Russia had made the first overtures to the United States for supplies. The Soviet Ambassador conferred with Mr. Welles yesterday o n the placing of
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  • 1105 10 Political Side Now Separate From Military London, July i Reuter’s political correspondent understands that the announc ment regarding the war organisation in the Middle East represent an endeavour to lighten the increasing burden which has reste on the General Officer Commanding the Middle East. The
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  • 190 10 —Reuter- London, July 2. "“1 More extensive daylight operations by j British bombers over north-west Germany were announced in an Air Ministry communique issued tonight, stating. “In daylight this morning, Blenheim aircraft of the Coastal Command again flew over north-west Germany and bombed objectives.
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    • 49 10 'ThTbbT® FAR EAST SERVICE FOR UNITED KINGDOM For particulars regarding Freight, and other information please apply to SANDILANDS, BUTTERY CO., Telephone No. 644 645 PENANG. BURNSPHILP LINE (Incorporated in Australia) for particulars regarding Freight, Passage, and other information please apply to BOUSTEAD CO., LTD., Agents Penang Telephone No. 1604.
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  • 460 11 Lw Fighting In Borisov-Luck-Bobriiisk I Sector LONDON, JULY 3. II I COMMUNIQUE SAYS THAT AS A RESULT OF THE BOMBING OF BUCHA■Xr \N ARSENAL WAS BLOWN UP. nniaue announces that during Wednesday, Russian troops fought stubborn and .’i, enemy infantry in the Murmansk and
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  • 79 11 •'.nieni is made on the fixtures isn.-d vrsterday in connection io: t’.i-i.m. ’on Championships. noon on Sun- ■<?', Lec rh van Chin and Thoe nd lain Beng ened but Miss Wong Beng I against Miss Wong Ah Bef e- V A,, q wjn p| ay aga j
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  • 63 11 IP ORE IENNIS N'MPIOASHIPS Singapore. Jnlv 2 1 unis championship.' <jk. d conc iusion this evenin" Th" 1 f IJrize certificate n' 116 mone V saved on r al of the gate ainou E ;j 111 be donated tc nais n r Patriotic Fund, tritn ocuy were the Men S
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  • 171 11 Must Rely On Self-help For Solution Of Crisis i.—Reuter. Tokyo, July 3. While commending the authorities for arriving at a quick decision on the Japanese policy to cope with the new international situation arising trom the Russo-German war, the newspapers the “Nichi Nichi Shimbun” and
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  • 228 11 —Reuter. Several Hits On Palmyra ’Drome Cairo, July 2. Aircraft of the R.A.F. and the Australian R.A.F. carried out a number of attacks on aerodromes and other military objectives on Syria on Tuesday. At Kayak two unidentified aircraft were burned out on the ground and
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  • 104 11 Trinity College Of Mu sic L suits Dr. William Lovelock. Examiner Trinity College of Music London, ■>. ted the Cameron r ’*ghlands on June 19 and the following are the results ol lined by candidate” examined at nglin” Cameron H amands Boar g School. lur Division: Angela
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  • 145 11 —Reuter. Problems Of Administration London. July 2. 7 /L' U 7 ar Office announces that General Sir Robert Haining has been appointed Inten-dant-General in the Middle East. It is understood that the appointment is made because it is felt that a z'ery senior
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  • 186 11 Penang-Selangor Match At Ipoh The ‘Malaya’’ Cup match between Penang Selangor will now be played at Ipoh cn Saturday, July 5. The match was to have been played at Kuala. Lumpur. Selangor asked for a postponement apparently owing to a suitable ground not being available but
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  • 39 11 Three Donations Of $lOO Each rhe iol!ow.r r -'rtribunons towards th» Uei ices Club Fuyd have been leceived:Mr. Ha y Gild SlOO.OO Mr. J. W. Pybus $lOO.OO Mr. Loh B n on Ghee $lOO.OO
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  • 31 11 Ladies July Monthly Medal The P.S.C. (Golf Section) Ladies July Monthly Medal resulted as follows: Winner: Mrs. J. C. Watters 7 14=21. Runner-up: Mrs. McDougall 7-rl2 7/8 19 7/8.
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  • 40 11 Singapore. July 2. South C hina avenged their defeat last month by the C ombined Sendees by beating them by one goal to nil this evening, Lau Chung Sung scoring midway in the first half.
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  • 128 11 Inter-Club Competition Fixtures The following fixtures have been arrang- i eu for July:— On Saturday, July 5 on the P.S.C. ground at 4 p.m. the S.L.R.C. vs. J.C.S.A. On Saturday. July 5, on rhe P.S.C. ground, at 5.15 p.m. the P.S.C. vs. P.F.C.
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  • 122 11 Schedule Of Kaeing The following is the schedule of racing for the Singapore July Meeting: IST DAY—SATURDAY, JULY 12 Class 1 Horses —D v. 1 -—6 furs. Class 1 Horses—Div. 1& 2 —7 fu s. Class 3 Horses—Div. 1. 2 3—6 furs. Class 3 Horses —Div. 1
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  • 655 11 r pHE Muslim Recreation Club won their first division league football match against Cheng Wah ‘Club in convincing fashion on the Victoria Green yesterday by three goals to one. There was a sensational start when M. Sheriff, went through right to open
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  • 116 11 Red House Win Heali Seng Vy halt Shield The Annual Sports of the AngloChinese School. Nibong Tebal, was held >on Saturday last, on the Caledonia Padang. The Heah Seng Whatt Shield was won by the Red House with 15 7 points while the Yellow House were
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  • 54 11 O.X.A. vs Green Hall Juveniles On Sunday at 10.30 a.ni. on the S.X.I. ground. O.X.A.: —W. A. Williams, P. Foley, K. Lcmbruggen, Cheah Boh Eye, Khoo Earn Choo. Ng Kok Seng, J. Read. O. Foley, Tan Hooi Cheng. A. Forrest. A. Carrier. Reserves —L. C. C. Foley, P. Aeria.
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  • 32 11 The winner of Tic-Tac’s Raceguide competition for June is Mr. N. P. Wan, of Merican Road, Penang. The July Issue of Tic-Tac’s Raceguide will be out from the press today.
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  • 19 11 The July Monthly Medal (Stableford) will be slaved on Saturday and Sunday, July 5 and 6.
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  • 141 11 —Reuter. Difference Between Hope And Belief New York. July 1 Everyone is against the war just as everyone is against sin, said Mr. Roosevelt at his Press conference at Hyde Park today, reaffirming the hope that America could stay out of the war, but he
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  • 88 11 Reuter. Los Angeles, July 2 Richie Lemis, a Mexican boxer resident in Los Angeles, won the World Featherweight ChampionshLu as recognised by the National Boxing Association of America, by knocking out Pete Scalzo in the fifth round. Scalzo held the title for 13 months.—ReiK er.
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  • 44 11 —Reuter. 000 Tup-ration Demanded Bv U.S. New York, July 2 The United States is demanding $1.000.900 reparation for the recent sinking of the American ship “Robin Moor” by a German submarine, according to a Washington telegram to the “Journal American.” —Reuter.
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    • 94 11 I lllf w—- .A v c Blood is tho Stream of Life.** IMPURE BLOOD is the root cause of Skin Diseases, Boils, Eczema, Rashes, Ulcers, f ifR Sores, Painful Joints, Rheumatic complaints. Unless the blood is cleansed of impurities and poisons, the arteries and internal organs are damaged, causing 14.
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  • 335 12 BRIGHT PROSPECT FOR SHIPLEY Major Fox's Crack Sprinter Retains Form (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Today. rAFFICIAL training for the Singapore July Meeting was done on the second track this morning at Bukit Timah. The going was good. A large number of horses were exercised,
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  • 23 12 Foreign exports of tin being final shipments on ocean-steameis at a’.! •Malayan ports during June, 1941, totalled 2,223 tons.
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  • 218 12 ’THE RIDING BOY’ “TIC TAO” ‘EPSOM JEEP” “MAN-ON-THE ‘EUREKA” I Taiping Racing “THE MAJOR” Penang Fenang Ipoh SPOT” Ipoh k K. Lumpur Correspondent Singapore Race 1 Selangor II I Authentic Selangor II Selangor II Selangor II Monaveen Selangor II Hue and Cry Hue and Cry Authentic
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  • 727 12 ACCEPTANCES FOR TODAY Race 1: Horses Class 4 Div. 4 —About 5 Furlongs—--3.00 p.m. 1. 00 0 WICKLOW BAY 9y 9.90 “Mac Kongsi” Magi’l 2. 0 3 4 SELANGOR II 7y 8.10 Messrs. C. Y. Choy &C. Y. Chong Hobos 3 00 0 PRUDE 5y
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  • 40 12 Following is a summary of the Company’s dredging operations at Kalumpang for the month of June: No. 1 Dredge: Hours 638.30, Yards 98,863, Output 247.58 piculs. No. 2 Dredge: Hours 637.20, Yards 113,195, Output 539.21 piculs.
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  • 28 12 Ocean shipment of rubber including latex, concentrated latex and revertex, being final shipment on oceansteamers at all Malayan ports during June, 1941, totalled 71,871 long tons.
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  • 49 12 THURSDAY, JULY 3. TIN: Penang $137.75 Business done Buyers no Sellers Singapore $137.75 RUBBER: Penang Spot 38 Jc Singapore Spot 38|c COPRA: Sundried $2.85 buyers Black Pepper Nomina’. TAPIOCA: Medium $9.50 sellers Fair Seed $9.00 Sellers RICE: Rangoon Parboiled No. 1 $9.94 Rangoon Parboiled No. 2 $9.52
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  • 204 12 Fast Work On Taiping Track (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Today. TpAST work was seen on the Taiping track this morning and A several good gallops were witnessed. Sycillian (Whalan) and Miss Rod (Farthing) were seen together in a fast two-furlong gallop, finishing level. Pratique (Farthing)
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  • 971 12 Copra Industry Allowed To Languish To Point Of Bankruptcy rpHE thirtieth annual general meeting of the shareholders of the Rajah Hitam Coconut Estate, Ltd., was held at the office of the Company, No. 1, Embankment, Kuala Lumpur, on Monday, June 30, at 2.30 p.m.,
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  • 96 12 Perak Team To Meet Penang The Perak team to meet Penang here on July 19 has been chosen as follows: Toft; Swee Kee (Capt.), Boon Keat; Aris, Marimuthu, Isahak; Devan, Ismail Ghani, Bristow, Sinn Wah, Pitchay. CHARITY MATCH On Sunday, July 20 a Perak Football Association XI
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  • 100 12 The directors of General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation have recommended the payment, on May 1, of the following dividends, subject to income tax:— Final dividend of 2% per cent, (making 5 per cent, for the year) on the Preference shares and final on the Ordinary
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  • 16 12 Output for June: Malayan Tin Dredging 1966 piculs. Southern Malayan Tin Dredging 6,847 piculs.
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  • 418 12 King Scores Popular Double (BY JOHN DAVIS, REUTER’S SPORTS COMMENTATOR). Newmarket, July 2. notable features like the fashion parade and the Royal drive down the course were missing, the substitute meeting here retained its Royal aspect since the King gained a tremendously popular “double.” The
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