Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 19 September 1939

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  • 22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE LAST EDITION ESTAB. 1833 I’lBIISHtll DAILY No. 221. Vol. XCVII. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1939. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 252 1 Re-creation Of Buffer State VO WISH FOR COMMON FRONTIER WITH GERMANY London. Sept. 19. The "Daily Telegraph” diplomatic correspondent learns from a Soviet source that the Russian advance is designed to occupy all Eastern Poland up to the so- Line namely, from Grodno through Bialystok, Brest-Litovsk
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  • 148 1 —Reuter. Bucharest, Sept. 19. Over two hundred Polish aircraft ave arrived at Cernatuzi on the Po-lish-Rumanian frontier. Harrowing accounts are received urn travellers on the so-called Govern' lent train which left Warsaw on Sept. and after five nights and four days lived at Krzemienec which
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  • 145 1 —Reuter. Palis, Sept. 19. Apart from sporadic bursts of rifle gun fire and artillery exchanges, the Western front was relatively quiet in the past 24 hours. The Germans are still bringing up large reinforcements of troops and planes from Poland and making strategic withdrawals, blowing up a
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  • 96 1 i.—Reuter. 100 Concerns In South America On List London. Sept. 19. The official list issued by the Board of Trade of 278 persons and firms deemed to be enemies under the Trading with the Enemy Act with whom it is now unlawful to transact business, includes
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  • 87 1 Reuter. Tokyo, Sept. 18. “Unless the United States amends its attitude to Japan, the Pacific Ocean will be turned into a battle theatre,” declares the “Kokumin Shimbun” which I says that following the outbreak of the European war, the United States poses as a guardian of order
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  • 83 1 Allegation Refuted London, Sept. 19. The Ministry of Information has received the following Admiralty announcement A Berlin Daily News bulletin has stated that the German steamer “Johannes Molkenbuhr” was sunk without warning by a British warship. This is completely untrue. When the “Johannes Molkenbuhr” was stopped,
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  • 158 1 U. S. Neutrality Reuter. No Arms Embargo On Russia Unless War Declared Washington, Sept. 19. President Roosevelt has invited Mr. Landon and Mr. Franklin Knox the titular heads of the «Opposition Party and resrpectively Republican candidates for President and Vice-President at the last elections, to
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  • 401 1 —Reuter. Official Statement On Invasion Of Poland Sept. 19. The following statement was authorised for issue in London last night regarding the Soviet action in Poland: “The British Government have considered the situation created by the attack upon Poland ordered by the Soviet Government. This cd
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  • 160 1 BOW Rugby, Sept. 19. In a proclamation issued to the Polish nation. President Moscicki, after referring to the Soviet invasion, says: “Not for the first time in our history, we are with an invasion inundating our country both from the west and the east. Poland, allied
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  • 53 1 —Reuter. Berlin, Sept. 19. A war communique broadcast declares that as a negotiator from Warsaw has not arrived, military action against Warsaw will begin today. It also announces that German troops occupied the town of Drohobycz ‘‘the capture of which brought Poland’s most important oilwelis into
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  • 49 1 —Reuter. Special Court To Try Him Copenhagen, Sept. 18. It is reported from Berlin that Julius Streicher, the notorious Jew-baiter, has been arrested by a party of police under orders from Marshal Goering. It is added that a special party court will investigate charges against him.
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  • 171 1 ana me —Reuter. Plane Evades Three Fighters London, Sept. 18. How a British plane evaded three German fighters four miles up over the North Sea after a gunner became unconcious and a navigator affected in going to his aid. has been revealed by the Ministry of
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  • 63 1 —Reuter. London, Sept. 19. The War Office announced that the Duke of Windsor will shortly proceed to take up Staff appointments abroad. So that he may serve in this capacity the King hag permitted the Duke to relinquish temporarily the rank of Field-Marshal of
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  • 504 2 After Attacking “Courageous’ AIRCRAFT-CARRIER SUNK LONDON, SEPT. 18. THE ADMIRALTY REGRET TO ANNOI THAT H.M.S. COURAGEOUS HAS BEEN LOST I ENEMY SUBMARINE ACTION. She was commissioned with the reserve fkt August with a reduced complement of aircraft and sin opening of hostilities has been
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  • 158 2 Reuter- Likely To Be Continued London, September 18. The Russo-Japanese truce is given prominence in all the newspapers though no editorial appears on the subject. Japanese circles strenuously insist that the agreement in respect of the Mongol border fighting, even if followed by other local settlements
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  • 78 2 1.—8.0. W, Scheme To Increase Tillage Area Rugby, September 18. The Ministry of Information announces that the scheme of the Ministry of Agriculture of Northern Ireland for increased cultivation provides that farmers of ten acres or over- shall have one-fifth of the total arable land cultivated
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  • 244 2 y.—Reuter, Refugees From Lublin Machine-Gunned LONDON, SEPT. 18. A MINISTRY OF INFORMATION BULLETIN STATES THAT IN A BROADCAST IN RUSSIAN ON SEPTEMBER 16 IT WAS ANNOUNCED FROM MOSCOW THAT TWENTY THOUSAND CIVILIANS HAD BEEN KILLED BY GERMAN BOMBING IN LEMBERG AND THAT GERMANS HAD MACHINEGUNNED
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  • 79 2 —Reu ter. Partial Mobilisation By Lithuania London, Sept. 18. It is officially announced that it is understood that the Lithuanian Government has decided to undertake partial mobilisation in order to strengthen their forces on the Polish frontier. Official circles explain that this step has been taken
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  • 267 2 Reuter. Troops Beginning To Cross Frontier Riga, September 18 By midday about sixty Polish planes have landed at Daugavpils. Many planes were badly damaged as a result of aerial combat. Groups of Polish troops are also reported to have started crossing the frontier into
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  • 124 2 —Reuter. Paris, Sept. 18. The critical situation in Poland precipitated by the entry of Soviet troops into Polish territory coincides with a day of calm on the whole of the Western Front, states a semi-official survey of the military situation. For the first time
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  • 90 2 —Reuter. Appointed Assistant To Information Minister Rugby, September 18. The Minister of Information, Lord Macmillan, announced today that Lord Camrose has joined the Ministry as Chief Assistant to the Minister and Controller of Press Relations.Lord Camrose has been Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Telegraph since 1928. The appointment has
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  • 43 2 8.0. W. Received In Audience By The King Rugby. September 18. Nir. Ernest Brown. Minister of Labourer, was received in audience by the King today. The King received Sir Ronald Lindsay on his relinquishing the appointment of Ambassador at Washington.—
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  • 35 2 .—8.0. W. Rugby, September 18. To accommodate London parents visiting their children in the evacuation areas on the Sunday excursions, the railway companies had to provide 30 relief trains. —8.0. W.
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  • 346 2 LONDON INTERPRETATION OF INVASION OF POLAND Rugby, September 18. Although the Russian invasion of Poland was not wholly unexpected in London and was implicit in the Russo-German Pact, the development imparts a new factor into the situation which is being most anxiously studied by British
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  • 93 2 —Rpivt-r. Due To Failure To Identify Imperial Airways Ptanr Calcutta, September The reported approach of an uim aeroplane from the Bay of Bene:, the air-raid warning to be sou. Calcutta at 2.30 .p.m. R.A.F pl. went up on a survey flight rctur out finding anything.
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  • 181 2 Carpenter’s Ordea In Bank For 24 hours relays of reLu Max Radford at a branch Bank in Rolle-street, Exmoutl Max has been working th. r is no banker. He is a carpen’ —and was fixing shelves in room one afternoon. Sudd&gt; nl a click. The
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  • 121 3 —Reuter. AUSTRALIAN VIEW 411 Forces For Home Defence Canberra, September 18 Mr. John Curtin. Leader of the Federal Opposition, in an interview with Reuter urged that immediate consultations or. economic as well as defence matters should he held between the Commonwealth and New Zealand. Mr. Curtin declared
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  • 102 3 .—Reuter. Success Gained Despite Need For Retreat Kuty (Polish-Rumanian frontier) Sept. 18 (Delayed in transmission) An important German mechanised force was completely broken up Polish troops fifteen miles west of Lwow, according to a communique issued on Sunday by the Polish Telegraphic Agercy. A hundred
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  • 98 3 8.0. W. Central Office Opened By Red Cross Rugby, Sept. 18. It is reported from Berne that in compliance with the 1929 Convention concerning the treatment of prisoners of war. the International Red Cross Committee at Geneva has established a central office for such prisoners which will
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  • 432 3 CREATING BUFFER STATE Preventing German Penetration Of Cornfields Of Ukraine MOSCOW, SEPT. 18. IT IS UNDERSTOOD HERE THAT THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT PLANS TO LEAVE SILESIA, DAN= ZIG AND THE CORRIDOR IN GERMAN HANDS, RETAIN THE WEST UKRAINE AND CREATE A POLISH BUFFER STATE BETWEEN THE SOVIET
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  • 514 3 Alarmed At German Advance Threat To Russian Frontier London, September 18 A singularly uncompromising condemnation is given by most London newspapers to the Red Army’s entry into Poland though the fact that there is a marked cleavage of opinion regarding M. Stalin’s moves between
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  • 55 3 Further Increase For Third Quarter London, Sept. 18The tin quota for the third quarter has been raised to one hundred per cent.—Reuter. The quota for the third quarter was raised from 45 to 60 per cent on September 2 and again from 60 to 80
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  • 66 3 seize any —Reuter. Death Penalty In France Paris, September 18. The warning that any person guilty of action tending to facilitate war contraband would immediately appear before the War Council and be liable to the death penalty was reiterated by the naval commander at Marseilles who called
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  • 85 3 —BOW. Generous Help Received From Chinese Rugby, September 18. Interest in the fact that a thriving branch of the British Red Cross unit has been established as one of Hong Kong’s first efforts in support of Great Britain at war is supplemented by the fact that
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  • 154 3 x IUUU AL —Reuter. Russia’s Role In Event Of World War Copenhagen, Sept. 18. The view is held in Berlin, writes the Berlin correspondent of the Belingske Tidende, that in any world war which may develop, Germany has no need of Rusia’s help in Europe, tut
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  • 155 3 —BOW. German Allegations Unfounded Rugby, September 18. In a recent broadcast, the Paris correspondent of the Independence Beige was cited as saying that the Ministry of Information has recently announced British war aims as being—first, complete restoration of Poland and annexation of Danzig by Poland; second, complete
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  • 58 3 —Reuter. Not Concluded Through German Mediation Tokio, September 18. The Soviet-Japanese truce has nothing to do with the European situation nor was it concluded through eGrman mediation, declared the spokesman of the Foreign Office. The view is held here that the whole of Europe will eventually be involved
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  • 180 3 —Reuter. Soviet Troops Reported Massing On Frontier London, Sept. 18. Grave anxiety is caused in Estonia and Latvia by the Soviet entry into Poland, according to a Polish broadcast from Paris. It is reported that Soviet troops are concentrating near the frontiers of the two
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  • 434 3 GERMAN FORCES FROM POLAND Possibility Of Enemy Invading Holland And Belgium t London, September 18 Large German forces are already being transferred from Poland to the Western Front where fresh penetration averages twelve and a half miles over the forty-mile front. French guns now
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  • 95 3 Reuter. Broadcasting Stations Silent London. Sept. 18 News of the situation in Poland Ls scanty in London. The Polish Embassy state that they are anxiously awaiting news. It Ls impossible to bear the broadcast from the Polish stations in the early hour. 1 and it is
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  • 734 4 Drinks Consumed In Shop NOTICE OF APPEAL GIVEN Herbert Archibald McKnight, European proprietor of the California Sandwiche Shoppe, Orchard Road, was fined S5O and costs when he was convicted in the Singapore Fourth Police Court on Friday on a charge of selling
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  • 229 4 To Organise Means To Help Relief Fund Seremban. A meeting of the leaders of ail communities in Negri Sembilen was held at the Residency, Seremban. on Friday evening the Hon. the British Resident presiding with a view to collecting contributions to the Malaya Patriotic Fund. Those present
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  • 187 4 Thief Decamps With Cash And Jewellery Kuala Lumpur. Clothing and jewellery to the total value of $7O were stolen from a terrace house in the early hours of yesterday morning, when a burglary at the mile Sungei Besi Road was reported to the Criminal Investigation Branch.
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  • 528 4 Heavy Fine For Motor Car Owner Kuala Lumpur. A fine of S3OO was imposed by Raja Ayoub, the Third Magistrate, on Saturday morning upon K. S. Gopal for having allowed his car 5.L.4222 to be used as a hire-car without a license for doing so.
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  • 339 4 Man Acquitted Of Abetment Of Murder Charge Singapore, September 14. Remarking that he regretted the jury’s time had been wasted. Mr. Justice Mannine directed the jury to acquit a Chinese named Sim Keh Huat on a charge of abetment of murder in the Singapore
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  • 237 4 Effort To Prevent Overlapping Kuala Lumpur The collection of monthly subscriptions to the Malaya Patriotic Fund ''Sci.m- r) rather than irregular donations and tile avoidance of all appearance of putting undue pressure on members of the public to subscribe were principles adopted at the meeting of the
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  • 104 4 Sent To Hospital For Observation Kuala Lumpur. An order was made on Saturday morning by Mr. R. c. Redman, the E’n’st Magistrate. Kuala Lumpur, sending a young Malay named Mohd. Yusof bin Ludin vho was charged in the Police court with being in possession of a
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  • 90 4 Hongkong. Septenib The grant by the Chinese of the application for £lO 000 exchange for the purchase of has produced a favourable effc food situation in Shanghai, aci- r' a report received from Shangha. The cause for the recent soarm rice price to the unprecedented of $53
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous

  • 652 5 Mr. J. Manecksha’s Appeal To Countrymen exhortation to the members not to take advantageof tht prefi ei f Ilf 0 m ,S b Undu,y ’"creasing the prices of the necessities of life and thereby subject the Government to more trouble Covern7Z .°d U J bUt
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  • 110 5 Mechanics Aid In Selling Flags To observe the eighth anniversary of the Mukden incident, over 300 Chinese v ere out in the streets selling little paper Hags, yesterday. The gross proceeds realised from the ale of these flags were in aid of the China Distress Relief Fund.
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  • 147 5 Coffee-shop Owner y’ Decision Parit Buntar. The price list issued as a result of a meeting held by the coffee-shop owners of Parit Buntar and posted up in coffee shops in town state that from September 15 the price of a cup of coffee with milk will
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  • 68 5 “Handsome Young Man," a Cantonese talkie, starring Sit Kok Sin. the well-known «screen and stage artiste, and Miss Pak Yin, was shown to crowded houses at the Queen’s Theatre yesterday. Sparkling dialogue, tuneful songs and hilarious comedy are cleverly interwoven in the story, depicting a
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  • 521 5 Mr. V. N. B. Were, manager of the Karnpong Kuantan group of estates, is retiring r.ext month. The Resident of Perak has appoirXed Mr. lan H. Stock to be a Deputy Game Warden for the State of Perak. It is understood that Mrs. W. G. Ay ton,
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  • 77 5 PERAK SULTAN S SI,OOO DONATION npHE Pinang Gazette repreA sentative learnt yesterday evening at four o’clock that the Malaya Patriotic Fund has reached $130,000. PERAK FUND The following further contributions have beeen received towards the Perak Patriotic Fund: H.H. The Sultan of Perak $l,OOO H.H. The
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  • 93 5 Transfers In Near Future Alor Star. It is understood that several transfers among heads of departments in Kedah will take place in the near future. H. H. Tunku Kassim is to be Auditor-General in place of H. H. Tunku Md. Jewa who is going to the
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  • 144 5 Office-Bearers For Ensuing Year At the annual general meeting of the Hidayatul Anwar Footbail Club held on Saturday. September 16 the following were elected office-bearers: President. Mi S. M. Ĕusoff; vicepresidents: Messrs. Md. Ali Rouse. S S. Mohamed Ibrahim. K. P. Aboo Bakar. S. M. Hanifi. A.
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  • 187 5 Extensive Damage: Road To Penang Flooded Alor Star. IZ’EDAH has been experiencing heavy rains followed by severe gales for the last two days, and reports from the surrounding mukims and kampongs have revealed that there has been extensive damage during the period. Business in Alor Star
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  • 60 5 Student Of S. X. I. The death occurred of Mr. Wong Goon Kim yesterday morning at 4 am. at the General Hospital after a brief illness. The deceased was a student at St. Xavier’s Institution, Penang. He leaves behind his parents, brothers and sisters
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  • 111 5 Teluk Anson. The death took place at the Teluk Anson District Hospital about 1.45 p.m. on Thursday of Mrs. Morden, wife of Mr. J. H. Morden, senior dresser in charge of the Jendarata Estate Group Hospital. The deceased lady, who was admitted in the hospital on
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  • 90 5 Today on the Esplanade from 6 p.m. |to 7.30 p.m. March Our Division Hume I Overture Maritana Wallace Selection The Earl And The Girl Cary 11 Waltz Mello Cello Moret Intermezzo Anona Grey Selection The Pirates Of Penzance Sullivan Fox Trot Empty Saddles Hill TOMORROW Tomorrow at the
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  • 51 5 There will be Moonlight Band performances on the Esplanade Bandstand on September 26 and 28 from 8.30 to 10.30 p.m. weather permitting. Permission has been given for the Li Tek Seah Brass Band to play on the Esplanade Bandstand on September 27 from 8.30 p.m. to 10.30
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  • 91 5 Sentence On Malay Confirmed Kulim. In the Assize Court, before Hon. Che Hanifi. the Chief Malay Judge, a Malay named Abu Bakar who was convicted and sentenced to four months r.i. in default of payment of a fine of $4OO, by Tuan Syed Mathir, the Kulim First
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  • 121 5 Murder Charge Singapore. The trial of Corporal Adalat Khan, Hongkong ,and Singapore Battery, Royal Artillery, on a charge of murdering Sergeant Julbaz of the same unit at 2.30 a.m. on July 31 at Changi Barracks commenced yesterday afternoon in the Assize Court before Mr. Justice Manning.
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    • 152 5 QUEEN'S TODAY 3 SHOWS 3 P.IVL, 6.30 AND 9 30 Brought to you at great expense, the one and only great CANTONESE picture, which played recently to packed houses simultaneously at 4 theatres in Singapore The famous star SEE KOK SIN m •HANDSOME YOUNG MAN’ Glorious Music Romance and Laughter
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  • 501 6 IS Soviet Russia playing the Nazi game The invasion of Poland may be quite consistent with what has been known for a long time of the Soviet attitude towards problems arising on her western frontier but one hesitates to accept this explanation in view
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  • 49 6 QUEEN’S CINEMA "Handsome Young Man’’ (Cantonese Talkie). 3.00. 6.30 and 9.30 p.m. MAJESTIC CINEMA The Dionne Quintuplets in "Five Of A Kind.’’ 6.15 and 9.30 p.m. MTNDSOR CINEMA "Wu Wai Khim’’ (Chinese talkie). 6.30 and 9.30 p.m. ROYAL CINEMA "Punjab Lancer”—(Hindustan Talkie). 5.00 and 8.30 p.m.
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  • 57 6 Reuter. Recommendation To Dutch Indies The Hague. Sept. 18. The building of fast battle cruisers of 25,000 or 30,000 tons, armed with 28 centimetre guns, and the enlargement Of the Sourabaya naval base are recommended in the report of the Committee of Naval Colonial Experts
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  • 486 6 Hamlet's Answer V/'ESTERDAY I reproduced &lt;*■ letter suggesting the best means of investing money in these days. Here is a parody on the question of bank or investment: To bank or not to bank, that is the question Whether it is better for the purse to suffer.
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  • 616 6 Tuesday. Sept. 19. *pilE first authoritative British statement on the Russian invasion of Poland expresses clearly the view that the Soviet arguments cannot in any way be justified. The full implications are not yet apparent but nothing that occurred has made any difference to
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  • 222 7 Cheques Dishonoured Bv Bank 4 SUH which was down for hearing in the Supreme Court today has been settled The parties in the action were Khoo Ban Cheng (plaintiff) and Mr. Khoo Hock Soo, a Penang lawyer, (defendant). Mr. G. H. Goh was for the plaintiff and
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  • 44 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore. A handsome donation of $40,000 by the brothers, Messrs. Aw Boon Haw and Aw Boon Par accounts for a big spurt in the total of the Malaya Patriotic Fund, which now stands at $130,000.
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  • 158 7 Aged Man Relieved Of Cash (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. A ca«e of highway robbery by a gang of six Chinese was revealed in the Police Court before Mr. IL C. Redman yesterday when two Chinese were charged wiUi robbery. It appears that the complainant, an
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  • 17 7 atld t lry Picrotte Carried at Westminster Congregational Everett (right), &lt;ind Mr. William Gibson.
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  • 105 7 a xi i Singapore official communique states that examination by the General Officer ommanding of problems involved in the proposal to call out land volunteers for two months’ intensive training was announced a few days ago.
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  • 296 7 Two Licensees Fined Inaccurate entries in the hotel registers of three local Chinese hotels, brought three hotelkeepers into court when they were produced before Mr Lim Koon Teck this morr.ing and charged with failing to make proper entries in their books. Det.-Inspector Choo Kok Weng, who was
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  • 363 7 Impertinent Witness Sentenced For Giving False Testimony Ipoh. Remarking that despite the good character of the accused he could not treat the matter as simple, and as he was a first offender, Mr. Justice Raja Musa, at the Perak Assizes yesterday sentenced Samir.athan, a mid-dle-aged
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  • 125 7 The “Pinang Gazette” understands that a Chinese iceseller has been admitted to the General Hospital with typhoid, the bacillus being actually isolated in his case. The Municipal Health Authorities regard this ,as a typical example of what they have been trying to point out for years, namely,
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  • 319 7 THREE SHOPKEEPERS IN COURT I Taiping. The vigilance of the local Food Controller in checking profiteering by shops in this centre resulted in the arrest- during the week-end of two Indians and a Malay lor allegedly selling sugar above the maximum price fixed by a
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  • 333 7 New Rates Remove Anomalies Revision of local rail and Ims fares in Perak in the area at Parit Buntar to Kampar is announced by the Secretary of th?| Transport Board (F.M.S.): As from the Ist of October. 1939, a general revision of the local
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  • 76 7 Prison Sentence ‘On Malay Affirmed Kulim. A Malay named Saad bin Mat. appealed before Hon. Che Hanifi, Chief Malay Judge against conviction, for possessing a gun without a licence, by Tuan Syed Abdul Rahman the Bandar Bahru Magistrate. The appellant told His Lordship that the
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  • 873 7 Director Testifies As To Method In Mine Accounts (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. KI HER evidence was recorded by Mr. .Justice Cussen in the Assize ourt yesterday, when the trial of Lim Yean Leong, ex-chief clerk of Messrs. Gibson, Anderson and Butler, Secretaries,
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    • 103 7 'VY YW W infants invalid 5 ICy /J. MS'/ //I I 'HLbjv" J* V mV “THE MARCH OF THE CHILDREN Let your Baby, too, join this joyous company and march to Health and Happiness on COW GATE From all over the world they come—a grow s ng army saved from
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  • 564 8 SUPPLIED BY MESSRS. ANTHONY CO. New York. September 16. The following quotations were those ruling when the Stock Exchange closed to-day. DOW-JONES AVERAGES. Friday’s To-day s 30 Industrials 154.03 152.01 20 Rails 32.48 32.07 15 Utilities 24.54 25.01 New York Stock Exchange, business dene total volume 1.080.000
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  • 96 8 Penang, September 18. 1939 (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank). On London Bank Demand 2’4 1/16 On London Bank 4 months 2/4 1/8 Private O. D. 2/4 11/32 Private 3 m/s Documentary 2/4 21/32 On New York Demand 46 3/4 Canadian 51 5 8 On France Demand 2052
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  • 97 8 During the week ending September 9, 1939, exports from Malayan ports amounted to 26,349 cases, of which: 18,609 (71 per cent.) cases were to the United Kingdom, 507 (2 per cent.) cases to the Continent of Europe, 6,050 (23 per cent.) cases to Canada, and 1,183
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    • 180 8 KENNEDY CO’s SHARE LIST MINING Buyers 5/ 5 6 Ampat /3 5 9ex Austral Anial. 5 20/ 20 9 Bangrin 1 -VO 1 55 Batu Selangor 50 Burma Malay 22 Hong Fatt Jelapang 29 Johan 30 Jelebu 85 90 K. Kamunting 8/3 8 K. Lanjut 18 18 8 Kamra l/10|
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    • 154 8 A.A. ANTHONY CO’s QUOTATIONS TIN Buyers Sellers .Ampat Tin 5/3 5/6 Austral Amal 5 5/6 Ayer Hitam 21/6 22/6 Ayer Weng 80 85 Bangrin 19/ 20/ Batu Selangor 1.50 1.60 Hitam Tin 35 40 Hong Fatt 90 95 Hongkong 22/ 23' Johan Tin 27J 30 Klang River 1.90 2.00 Kramat
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    • 285 8 SOON THEAM CO’s QUOTATIONS TTV Buyers Sellers TIN 5 5 6 Am P ats 22 9 23 9 A. Hitaxns 22 95 A WenSS 9 6 20 6 Bangrins B. Selangors I- 89 Hong Fatts 90 Jelebus 85 Johans 28 Kamras 1 10 2 Kamuntings 9/3 10/ K. Lanjuts 18
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    • 44 8 Interim Dividend Of 10 o For Half Year Messrs. Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. Ltd., announce that their Directors have declared an interim dividend for past half-year at rate of Ifr'-i u. a. subject to income tax. payable 4th October.
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    • 116 8 LEAN CO's quotation MINING Bm A. Amalgamate i. Batu Selangors Hitams Hong Fatts Johans K. Kainpars K. Lanjuts Kamras Kuchais Laruts Lukuts Pungahs Rahmans Rantaus R Tin Fields Raubs S. Kintas Thabawleiks Talams 1 Taipings 1 y. Takuapas T. Harbours 4 y Ulu Klangs &gt;7 RUBBERS. A. Malays A, Hitams
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    • 176 8 RUBBER Buyers Seliero Ayer Panas 1.36 1 16 Bassetts 55 60 Batu Lintangs 1 10 Bentas 107/ 1121 Brogas 65 Indragiris 1-35 Kuala Siduns 2.35 Lunas 170 Malaka Pindas 130 1 10 Mentakabs 43 46 Pajams 1 95 2 05 Sungei Tukangs 1.071 Tapahs 19*) Telok
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    • 160 8 Weekly Rublwr Report Singapore, Thursd &gt; The last week has seen an gular market with an increas--over 3 cents in the local price f commodity. The International R'i Regulation Committee announce increase in the rate of quota rele to 70% for the period October cember which
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  • 460 8 Weekly Rubber Market Review Singapore. Thursday. (THE past week has been a period of still further adjustment to war conditions, with violent fluctuation as its main feature. At no time have the parities of the three markets borne any apparent relation to ore another, and with
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    • 820 8 BANKS THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD. ’L/1 jL incorporated In England) Capital Authorised &lt; &lt;S Capital paid Up £l&gt;o®°,(xx) \y BOARD OF DIRECTORS air Charles Alexander Innes, a*/■ sa i K.C.5.1., C.1.E.. Chairman A W Blr Thomas Smith Kt., Dy. Chairman wf I•! Right Hon. Lord Catto of Calrncatto
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  • 232 9 most urgently needed attention. —Reuter. London lt V as A Marsh Cambridge. •T consider that London is one of nature’s greatest biological triumphs—an association of some nine million people packed into a few square miles, living in harmony that compares favourably with that which prevailed in
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  • 840 9 CENSORSHIP POSTAL Postal articles posted locally for the Straits Settlements, the Federated Malay States and the Unfederated Malay States are not subject to censqj"ship at the present time. Postal articles for all other destinations are subject to censorship, and must bear oa the outside of the cover the
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  • 193 9 £130,000 Fraud Charge Dropped A six months’ hurt by the Australian Police, Scotland Yard and the police forces in many parts of the world for a man wanted on a fraud «harge involving £130,000 has ended in failure. The cost of the hunt, which amounts
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  • 567 9 Rations Trick On Ho useholders MONEY EXTORTED FROM WOMEN London, Aug 20. Householders in many parts of the country, notably certain London suburbs, are being victimised by a new form of trick, the door-to-door sale of ARP. goods. Frequently representing themselves as local Air Raid
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    • 232 9 Tuns GomffK GRADIIQI7?.. thanks to TEACHER’S advice XES. FROM TOO MANY OF THE "N t WAe CA MOORE, BUT HE IS SIMPLY J USUAL HOT MEALTIME DRINKS. W InllJU ALL ON EDGE....CAN'T GET HIS YOU SHOULD GIVE HIM INSTANT I&gt; DISCOURAGEDH mind on his lessons-ithink postum instead, make it .*'z„2
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 1532 9 RADIO TO-DAY ROME r o 2RO 11.81 mc/s &lt;25.4 m. &gt; •&lt; -0 p.m News in French. Symphony conBH C n-L Elections from Italian composers. News in English. Opera selection Duets and terzetti. News in Italian. 7.45 Close i rammes are subject to alter- down ..nd the changes given at
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    • 348 9 NIROM YDA 6.04 mc/s (49.6 m.) YDB 11.86 mc/s &lt;25.3 m.) PMN 10.26 mc/s 29.2 m.) YDB 9.65 me s &lt;31.20 m.) YDC 15.16 mc/s &lt;19.80 m.) 6.20 a m. Opening w.th news. 6.25 Gymnastics. 6.35 Light recorded music. (.50 Close down. 10.50 Time signal. Morning tunes. 11.30 For the
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  • WEEKLY CHINA PAGE
    • 68 10 oy me Chinese t&lt; Central News. Ron gkong, September 15 deX n d«3 I, TL^ n^ aged by the Chine &gt;eee“ t d r y rS i a X Wh Canton DelKat Sni ln the «han c&lt;S ethtv KU nß the ChUng West of
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    • 1450 10 LEADER OF CHINESE GUERILLAS handsome head of Chao Tung, who sacrificed civil engineering for guerilla warfare against the Japanese, is worth 100,000 dollars to the enemy, dead or alive, but he still pokes it into danger. As elusive as shadow, Commander Chao Tung, youthful leader
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    • 20 10 Tient.sin’s river is, by nat we/Ta sjiX’u «acb“hrSE rl "r" S beL raX 0 N °Ir,h 1 r,h
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    • 54 10 the Tientsin Haiho River.—Centra. 1 News. ‘’Terrorist’’ Alleged Seen In Boat Hongkong. September 15. Japanese gendarmes searched and detained* a lighter ow'ned by the British China Navigation Company yesterday morning, according to a Tientsin message. The Japanese alleged that they sav one Chinese “terrorist” jumping inb the
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    • 41 10 —Central News. Chungking, September 15 The National Government has issued a mandate appointing Dr. Chien Tai, Chinese Ambassador in Brussels, to bo Chinese delegate to the Internationa Conference for the Unification of O minaLCode.—Central News.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 460 10 Mansfield Co., Ltd. Chartered Bank Building Penang 1366 Ocean Building, Collyer Quay. Singapore 515 L BLUE FUNNEL LINE. Owing to the oo«&gt;reak of hostllies the arrival and departure dates of the «ompanv, veraela are uncertain. The beat services possible are being main, talned to United Kingdom and French ports, also
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    • 53 10 SILVER JAVA PACIFIC LINE Joint Service of Java Pacific Line and Silver Line, Limited TO Manila. Los Angeles, San Francisco, Etc. or particulars regarding Freight sai mgs, passages and other information please apply to: HADDEN CO., LTD. Tel. No. 1840/1 (Incorporated in S.S.) AND BOUSTEAD CO., LTD., Tel. No. 1604
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    • 54 10 B P. O. ANB BRITISH INDI STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANIES (Incorporated In England) For Freight Passage or particulars apply to ISLAY KERR Co., Ltd. Penang BURNS PHILP LINE (Incorporated in Australia) For particulars regarding Freight, Passage, Sailings and other information please apply to BOUSTEAD CO., LTD., Agents (Incorporated in the F.M.S.)
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  • 378 11 RESULTS OF LAST W EEK’S TIES i-fc-niW of lasi week's play in the School Union badminton lament are as follows: Open.—Goh Thye San beat Teo Eng IS—5: 15—10. ’is Handicap.—Low Teik Liang B'i; Ewe Kok 12 —15; 15—6; 15 4. Handicap —Goh Thve San and a
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  • 34 11 Tlie hockey match between the Kedah Hall Party and the Penang Colts on the Hutchings School ground yesterday had to be cancelled, owing to the sodden condition of the playing field.
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  • 769 11 Major Fox Most Successful Owner IyjAJOR FOX’S three winners at the Singapore Autumn Extra Meeting brought him $2,10 0 in stakes to head the list of winning owners at the meeting. Logue is at the top of the trainers’ list with five wins and
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  • 189 11 Fixtures For The Week The following are the League soccer fixtures for the week:— To-day:—P. M. R. C. v P C. F. A., at Dato Kramat Ground; Referee Mr F. Reutens. To-morrow:—lndian Recreation Club v Muslim R. C.. at S.X.I. Ground Referee Sgt. E. A. Sandy. COW
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  • 246 11 Sungei Patani. A Chanty Basketball match was played on Saturday at Gurun in aid of the China Distress Relief Fund between the Sin Kuang of Sungei Patani and the Ching Ching of Gurun. It is understood that a total collection of $79.10 in Straits Currency was
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  • 52 11 Reutei Government To Be Asked To Remove Restrictions London. September 18 The Scottish Football League has suspended the plan to resume League matches on September 16 until a deputation sees the Secretary of State for Scotland. The deputation will ask for the removal of all restrictions on
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  • 38 11 NEW RECORDS FOR 10,000 METRES SIX MILES —Reuter. Helsinki. September 17 Taisto Maeki (Finland) established two world running records for the 10.000 metres in 29 minutes, 52 6/10 seconds and six miles in 28 minutes, 55 6/10 seconds.
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  • 169 11 Wins Squash Title Of S. Australia Adelaide. Australia's Test cricket captain. D. G. Bradman, recently defeated the former Davis Cup tennis player. D. P. Turnbull, 3—2, for the amateur squash rackets championship of South Australia. The standard of play was considered by competent judges to
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  • 63 11 Teluk Anson. The Anson Crocs defeated the Lower Perak Malay Club by two goals 1 to nil in a game of hockey on the Speedy Road Upper padang here on Friday afternoon. The first half was goalless tut in the second session Lim Guan Hun stored both
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  • 424 11 Ironsides Win Thrilling Encounter I poh. 'T'HE Ironsides maintained their unbeaten record by defeating the J Colts by the odd goal in three in a hockey encounter on the St. Michael’s Institution ground yesterday. Both sides fielded strong combinations and thrills were plentiful from start
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  • 185 11 Chinese U. P. Trounced By Y oimgsters In a friendly game of soccer played at the B.M.R.C. ground, the Combined Youngsters of Bukit Mertajam trounced the Old Chinese Union Party of Penang, by 8 goals to 2. The game was played throughout in a drizzle, which made
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 71 11 REGULAR USE OF s.k: V TOOTH PASTE does more than cleanse your teeth —it protects your gums as well for its unique ingredients penetrate into the gums and fortify them against disease. Agents: BARLOVA A CO.. Ji iiiiiuiiffir x E SS TEETH JSfejg gums Jatert Gibbs jiiWlP.Of &gt;•■%• Nf: LAMfD
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    • 77 11 •rjfqr piSTINCTIOR i- rMW d"' JiEIW Mil Why not have the Bathroom fitted to the same standard as the rest of your home. TWYFORDS fixtures are designed for the h .use proud on the most modern lines and in many attractive colour schemes. (’all at our showrooms and inspect, for
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  • 171 12 D. R. HARPER TO LEAD SIDE FOR ANOTHER SEASON PROMISING NEWCOMERS Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 18. k The first rugger match of importance this season in Selangor will be held on Saturday next on the Packing, when the Selangor State team wilt meet NegriMalacca in
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  • 744 12 TWO NEW WORLD SPEED RECORDS IN A WEEK In norma! times two new world’s speed records in a week would have constituted “front page news,” hut the international political situation has upset all ordinary standards, and these remarkable events attracted comparatively little attention. Sir Malcolm
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  • 57 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore. A Gazette Extraordinary issued last night contains a notification by I the Food Controller fixing I the maximum price of Tiai--1 Koo granulated sugar as follows: (loose) per lb. 7 cts; per I one lb. roll 9 cts; per five lb, bag 44
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  • 79 12 New York. J. B. McFarland, a Philadelphia golfer, swung his club in anger after slicing a shot, let go of it accidentally, and killed his caddie. He has been charged with manslaughter The caddie, John Kleniming, died in hospital a few hours after the club struck
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  • 120 12 .—Reuter. Rugby, September 18 The chairman of International Tin Committee has issued the following communique: ‘‘The International Tin Committee has fixed the quota for the third quarter of 1939 at 100 per cent, of the standard tonnages. The position regarding the quota for
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  • 31 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore. Dr. A. Windecker. German Consul-general in Singapore and his wife, staff and personnel sailed for Batavia yesterday by the K.P.M. liner Both.
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  • 68 12 Special Malay Class Formed In T. Alison Teluk Anson. A special Malay class of the Lower Perak Branch of the St. John Ambulance Association has been formed The class commenced on Friday evening at the Lower Perak Malay Club at 7.30 p.m. and Dr. Chang Hoey
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  • 44 12 Rugger Match Vi ith “E” Coy Tomorrow The P.S.C. Club hockey match fixed for this evening has been cancelled. The rugger match between the P.S.C. and the “E” Coy. Volunteers has not been cancelled, and will be played tomorrow.
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  • 574 12 THEY SANG WHILE THEY SWAM London, Sept. 18. An epic story of the gallantry of the men of the “Courageous” was disclosed tonight when nearly 400 survivors were landed by destroyers. It is not known how many mbre have been rescued by merchantmen. Nothing
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  • 426 12 Semi-Finals In Singapore Badminton Tourney Singapore. HPHREE of the four “seeds” in the Singapore men’s singles badminton championship reached the semi-finals over the weekend. Wong Peng Soon, the holder and current favourite, and Tan Chong Tee, last year’s finalist, won their games in straight
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  • 70 12 A.s a precautionary measure against typhoid fever, all the boys of the Penang Free School were inoculated yesterday morning. The boys were dismissed at about 10.30 a.m. yesterday, and the School was closed today to give the boys a rest. It is understood that similar preventative
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  • 71 12 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19. MIDDAY QUOTATIONS UN: Penang $115.00 Business Done 175 tons Singapore $ll5. "0 RUBBER: Penang (Spot) Singapore (Spot) COPRA: Sundried $3.40 Black Pepper $9 50 TAPIOCA: Medium $3.25 Fair Seed $2.80 RICE: Rangoon Parboiled No. 1 61 No. 2 $7 4" Rangoon White Mo 1 $7
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    • 284 12 I'lVnc jf (Head Office) 216 Penar i Phone 1477 1 Telegrams. ‘Gaze 1 ai Rates of Subscription for and Sunday PINANG GAZI i Local s Delivery r Monthly $2.50 r°ien Quarterly 7.59 Half-Yearly 15 00 Yearly 30 GO SUNDAY GAZI Local s.& Delivery’ p Quarterly $1.25 Half-Yearly 250 Yearly 5
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