Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 5 February 1940

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  • 22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE LAST EDITION ESTAB, 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY Ao. i. Vol. xcvm. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1940. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 313 1 POWERS. THINKING IN TERMS OF SOUTH-EAST EUROPE First Steps Taken To\Extend trade Belgrade, Feb. 5. QTATEM ENTS made by delegates to the Balkan v Entente Conference all stressed the beneficial results of the Conference. Though the communique contains no radical decisions, it shows for
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  • 308 1 i-iizc r-« Moscow, Feb. 5. X EWS of tho Finnish war, wliLch for some time have been co,mined to a few lines, are now being prominc itly featured in the Soviet press which publishes l*jng denials of the Soviet defeats with extracts
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  • 58 1 .—Reuter. inference With Lord Hnlidhgow Today New Delhi, February 4. Gmdlu has arrived and will have vice w th Lord Lin’ithgow on 5 on Ind as constitutional fu--1 Jinnah will see Lord Lin’itht- or- February 6. b ieved that arrangements arc J g trade for
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  • 45 1 ICXk win i -8.0. W. Agreement Signed In London Rugby, February 3. ‘he Anglo-Turkish trade and payments i*ment was signed this morning in n The new agreement consolidates j.lightly modifies the existing agree*®ents. The text will be published as soon Possible.— B.O.W.
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  • 42 1 —BOW Rugby, Feb. 5. woman was killed and four men today as a result of a nassenrer inning into a landslide near Watford. r j 1 r. enmne and four coaches wcvp two cf the latter being tele«copedßOW.
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  • 217 1 Route/. Mr, Gandhi To See Mr, Jinnah New Delhi, Feb. 5. Folowing his interview with the Viceroy, Mr. Gandhi will see Mr. Jinnah, President of the AllIndia Muslim League. This is revealed in an announcement by Sir Sikander Hyat Khan, the Premier of the Punjab, following
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  • 120 1 uuei me .—Reuter. Defence Ovsr On>Thir<l •Of Total Expend ture Ankara. February 3. The National Defence account is over one third the total expend ture in Turkey’s budget for 1910-11 according tr an announcement maf'f by the Ministei of Finance. The budget will he introduced in the National
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  • 48 1 Reuter. Accident To L.M.S. Train London, February 4 One woman was billed and several other passengers were injured when the L.M.S. Scuthamoton to London train ran into a landslide near Watford. Five lands'ides were reported on the Southern Railway during the past twenty-fo»»- h mrs.—
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  • 25 1 '—Reuter. Paris, Feb. 4. A communique states that “Early this inprning. a sham encounter with an enemy reconnoitering party turned to our advantage.”—Reuter.
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  • 134 1 .—Reuter. Belgrade, Feb. 5. The following communique was issued after the meeting of the Balkan Entente, according to the Copenhagen wireless message which states that, the four members of the Entente, in an atmosphere of cord’al co-operation, agreed to the following points:— First, the preservation of peace
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  • 98 1 lachmes w —Reuter. Exact R f \p!’cai Not To Be Sold To France Washington, Feb. 4 The French air mission will not be allowed to buy exact replicas of Airacobra planes. The War Department has indicated strongly that France would not be permitted to buy exact duplicates. The
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  • 140 1 .—8.0. W. British Delegates Back From Tour Rugby, Feb. 5. The British Labour Delegates who are now returning from a visit to Finland today attended a meeting of the Northem Countries Labour movements in Copenhagen. Sir Walter Citrine said that he saw no signs of tiredness,
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  • 72 1 i iKuiiy c Reuter. Statement By German News Agency Bern. > orunry 4. The official German News Ag»*nc\ states that the Netherlands ste imei T r.ertes.” 5 825 tons, was mined n English Channel. There is lift e hone ci saving the ship and the major ty
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  • 323 1 R. A.F. SQUADRON’S ACHIEVEMENT Shot Down Two Raiders, Crippled Another —Reuter. Rugby, Feb. 5. ON Saturday a single squadron of Hawker Hurricanes was responsible for shooting down two Heinkels, crippling a third and chasing away a fourth. On the previous Tuesday two of the pilots attacked a couple of Heinkels
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  • 718 2 Neutrality Must Be Respected GRATITUDE TO ITALY Happy Sentiments At Entente Dinner Belgrade, Feb. 4. VI MARKOVITCH, speaking at the Balkan Entente dinner on Saturday night, declared: “We arc happy to state that the Balkans arc threatened by no one and that the attitude of
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  • 329 2 aiming aim >. —Reuter. Veteran Statesman Raises Storm Tokyo, Feb. 4 Indignation has been roused throughout Japan by Mr. Saito, veteran member of the Minse.to Party, who said in the Lower House yesterday afternoon that if the princioles of the Konoye statement were rigidly carried cut.
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  • 80 2 8.0. W. Finnish Finance Minister Expresses Thanks Rugby. Feb. 4. The Finnish Minister of Finance thanks the New Zealand Government for their dec sion to contribute £5 000 towards the Red Cross work in Finland. In his thanks the Finnish Minister of Finance laid stress on “the
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  • 82 2 Reuter. Plane Fired At By Soviet Warships Berlin, Feb. 3. According to a despatch from Tallinn to the official German news agency, Soviet warships lying in Tallinn harbour opened fire today on an Estonian military plane which was carrying out a training flight over the harbour.
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  • 24 2 —Reuter. Moscow, February 4 The trade treaty with Bulgaria concluded on January 5 has been ratified by the Supreme Soviet. —Reuter.
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  • 454 2 Finns Inflict Heavy Losses In Summa Helsinki, Feb. 4 A FINNISH communique, describing the fighting near Summa, states: —“The «nemy suffered great losses.” North-east of Lake Ladoga the Finns captured a 1 number of enemy strongholds where the Russians Jus; hundred dead, seventy prisoners,
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  • 669 2 Nazis Make Fantastic Claim But Admit Loss Of Three Planes ■a oroxen m. L—Reuter. Berlin. Feb. 4. A German High Command communique states that German reconnaissance planes in the North Sea yesterday attacked British warships, armed merchantmen and merchantmen in convoys, sank one minesweeper, four patrol boats
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  • 76 2 re a eciarc .—Reuter. Daily ’Quakes Since December Ankara, Feb. 4. Forty-five were killed and scores badly injured and two villages were completely destroyed in the neighbourhood of Trzindjan as a result of another earthquake. Tremors have been felt dai’y s nee December 27. 1939 throughout
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  • 77 2 —Reuter. 18 Shocks Felt On Two Days Athens, Feb. 4 Something approaching a panic exists in the town of Katerini on the shores of the Gulf of Salonika as the result of the earthquake shocks which were felb in the district on Thursday and Friday. Altogether
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  • 108 2 8.0. W. Schedule For This Week Rugby, Feb. 2 The 8.8. C. Overseas Schedule for the week beginning February 4 will be as follows 05.57 until 10.00 GSI, GSD 05.57 until 06.45, GSC. 05.57 until 08.15 GSB. 07.00 until 10.00 GSP. 08.30 until 10 00 GSF, GSE.
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  • 123 2 iv mejr x —Reuter. Wave Of Atrocil es And Cruellies New York. February 3. “Although it is enduring a wave of unparal'elcd atrocities and cruelties the Polish uat on is not afraid in spirit,” declares Cardinal Hlond. Primate of Poland, in a letter written from Rome
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  • 24 2 Reuter Paris. February 4. Mr. Bullitt is sailirg from Bordeaux to Washington where he has been summoned lor consultation.—Reuter
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  • 223 2 —Reuter. Norway And Sweden Indignant Oslo, Feb. 3, Norway lost ten ships and a hundred sailors during the past ten days, bringing her losses since the beginning of the war to forty ships representing 128 000 tons and 248 sailors. During the whole of 1914 and
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  • 146 2 Reuter Denials Issued By Leningrad lI.Q. Moscow, February 4 The headquarters of the military district of Leningrad have issued a statement denying that the Soviets haw launched any offensive, “large or small in Finland and also that Finnish plane» have bombed Kronstadte The statement says that despite the
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  • 137 2 JIX Vi —Reuter Congratulations Ito» Duke Of Gloucester London, Feb. 2Congratulations from pe.-uf Gloucester who is at the f ton* quarters, on the Lord A don’s Red Cross Fund pi lhe lion sterling mark were a Mansion House luncheon His Royal Highness e cular pleasure
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    • 79 2 WHEN YOU ARE FEEDING BABY It s after the birth of a baby that the mother needs careful attention most Her strength has been severely taxed and when she is feeding the baby she .heeds extra and easily digested food Doctors throughout Malaya have Horlicks for years as the ideal
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  • 407 3 SA ks you ARE n\ \DERFUL’’ London. IRS. BRIDGE, of Birdham, M n.v Chichester, who has 18 il( l„ to care for. seven of her 1 young evacuees, had u rnri .-isitor the other day—the Queeu „1 >u are wonderful to loo > many children,”
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  • 317 3 SUPERSEDED BY “SVPER VON PAPEN” Istanbul. j ERR VON PAPEN’S task as German Ambassador Jo Turkey lias been to involve the Turks in war with Russia. Since he appears to have failed in this, he has been superseded by a “super-Papen,” Baron
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  • 240 3 TRAINING NOW HEGINS Somewhere in England. “VVyE’LL get together later in the VV mess—l’ll brihg a few of the hoys,” said the veteran sergeanmajor of the British Army to the man from Moose Jaw. The leadnig divis.on of the Canadian Active Service Force, iust landed
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  • 86 3 I'he English fiancee of a French Army General received special permission to fly from the South of France, where she has been staying tvith friends, to Algiers. She is Miss Gertrude Foster Earham, daughter of Mr and Mrs. George Squire, of 11oddesdon, Herts. Mrs. Squire
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  • 99 3 Nazi" officialdom is speaking in two directly contradictory voices on an issue vital to Germany’s war economy taxation. “Taxation in Germany has now reached its limit,” said Dr. Funk, Nazi Minister of Economics, in a speech in the Munich Technical College. On the same day Goering’s newspaper,
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  • 209 3 Paris. ALL wives in France who have been married less than 7 two years are entitled to a bonus of between £l2 and £l7—according to the Department of France in which the child is born—from the French Government on the birth of their first child.
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  • 281 3 London Scotland Yard are hunting the “Food Gangs”—crooks who have used the black-out, the growing value of foodstuffs and general wartime conditions to carrying out a series of daring raids on wholesale and retail firms. Thousands of pounds of foodstuffs have been stolen from all parts
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  • 290 3 Sister Sadie Caernarvon. Sister sadie ogilvie, the 25-year-old Scottish nurse whose heroism in the Simon Bolivar disaster thrilled Britain, was married lien I *—to her fellow survivor Mr. Charles Brhlgwood, a young Leeds engineer. Sisiter Sadie met Mr. Bridgwood in the liner’s smoke-room only a few hours
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 56 3 1 i ’"y ”gf OLD 1939: Better see if Mars has a horseshoe i?i his rlwe. Look tvhat he did to tncD’ WHAT A WAR! by Gilbert Wilkinson 7 7 r 4 f' I' ST' n 9m Ir C“23 l/ X wbHL. LOVEM AND LEAVEM polishing too hard or you
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  • 866 4 New Regulations In Force REMITTANCES TO CHINA TO CONTINLE 4 TIGHTER grip by Government on all dealings iin( j movements of gold, Malayan curre«icy, foreign cu r, ncy foreign balances in banks or with other institutions, new capital issues in Malaya and the
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  • 1416 4 Asiatic Shop Assistants Working Hours Discussed A T the (ommittee meeting of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association held in Singapore on Wednesday, January 24, the working hours of Asiatic Shop assistants was considered and the report of the Sub-Committee was approved and it was decided that
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  • 172 4 Pathan P.C. Charged Kuala Lumpur. A WAI KHAN, a Pathan constable stationed at Sungei Besi was committed to stand his trial at the next Assizes, at the First Magistrate’s Court on Friday morning on a charge of housebreaking. The allegation against the accused was that on
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  • 231 4 Big Gathering At Function Klang. j ieot-Col. Mah Ting Wliai and Lieut. Wong Nam Wing, Chinese airmen now visiting Malaya, were accorded an enthusiastic welcome when they visited Klang last Wednesday. Committees of all associations and well over 100 guests were present at the funct.on at
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  • 36 4 Germans were gi eat cigar smokers until the war. Tobacconists are now so short of supplies that they have introduced their own “rationing” plan. Each regular customer is allowed one cigar a day.
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  • 539 4 News In Malay February 2. It i 5 suggested that readers should cut out this news in Romanised Malay and hand it to Malay members of their households, thus helping to keep the Malay population informed about the progress of the war. These Malay news bulletins will
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    • 40 4 All in a Day’s Work—by Rick Elmes 111E1R I IGEON 1370 I I WE /?c/v n\ r <^ T Of- &MD I J eO U W) r 't/fL-J&d h,vt T>llS 1}& I V'-X L X. ,T 1" < wIkS i silaa £WWfe?<
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  • 425 5 Police To Be Posted At Bayan Lepas CROWDS AT CONSULATE SEEK CANCELLATION OF ORDER A S reported in the Sunday Gazette Mr. Ch’ng Beng Lee, hon. assistant secretary of the China Distress Relief Fund, against whom an expulsion order under the
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  • 161 5 Cases Against Chinese Woman In Alor Star Alor Star. A middle-aged Chinese woman, Chew Chee Ream, was produced before the Chief Magistrate, Mr. Azmi Mohammed on charges of having in her possession two gallons of illicit samsu valued at $4 and evading the tax on that
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  • 155 5 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association 1470th Auction 26th January, 1940 resulted as follows. lbs. tons Catalogued 2,303,302 1,028.13 Offered 1.884,836 841.45 Sold 1,037,864 463.33 London—Spot 11 15/16d. New York—Spot 18 11/16 cts. PRICES REALISED RIBBED SMOKED SHEET Cents per lb. Standard Quality 37 to 37«
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  • 273 5 Mr. G. R. Livett, Officer-in-Charg» of Traffic, Kuala Lumpur, left for Singapore on Saturday and will be away for about a week. sjt The wedding took place on Tuesday before the Registrar, Kuala Lumpur, ol Mr. George Millard Johns, of Rasa, and Mrs. Minnie (Linda) Thomas. Mrs
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  • 330 5 Canada Ranks Third Ottawa. Canada ranked third among the gold producing countries of the world in 19-»8, when the production of new gold in the Dominion from all primary sources totalled 4,725,117 fine ounces compared with 4 096,213 fine ounces in 1937. The gross value of the
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  • 174 5 Packed House At Bangsawan Hall, Wemblev In spite of other attractions in town on Saturday night, there was a packed house at the bangsawan hall, Wembley Park, when the Nooran Opera of Malacca staged a comedy piece called ‘‘Lapok and Jampok,” the stage names of
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  • 101 5 During the week ending 20th January 1943, exports from Malayan ports amour.’ ed to 2,309 cases, of which: N-] per cent) cases were to th. United Kingdom, Nil per cent) case-» to the Continent of Europe, 1,150 (50 per cent) cases to Canada, and 1,159 (50
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  • 99 5 Passengers Escape Serious Injuries Passengers travelling in a tourer Singer car along Chulia Street at about midnight on Saturday night were lucky to escape serious injuries when tne hood of the car caught tire. The incident occurred in front of the Chinese Commercial School. The passengers,
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  • 321 5 Dividend Of 5 Per Cent. The annual general meeting 01 ijuwiit Ruober Estates Ltd. was held recently at 1-4, Great Tower-street, E.C. Sir F e A. Swettenham, G.C.M.G., C.H (the chairman), said, speakmg generallj the fact that the company’s financial year closed on Sept. 30 was a
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  • 619 5 Representative Gathering Pay Last Tributes There was a large and representative gathering at the funeral of Mr. Mun Soon Hoong, Assistant Superintendent of Mails, Posts and Telegraphs Department, which took place from No. 332, Chulia Street at 1 o'clock on Saturday afternoon for interment
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  • 97 5 Canadian imports of raw rubber in the first eight months of 1939 totalled 42.*****8 pounds valued at $6,485.106. an increase of 16.3 per cent in volume and nearly 32 per cent, in value over the corresponding period of 1938. Most of Canada's imports of this raw commodity come
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    • 114 5 MONDAY, sth FEBRUARY, 1940 Wembley Cabaret To-night Dancing: 9 p.m. to 12 midnight with Morales and His Swing Boys To-night l4Mlies’ Guest Night at Wembley Park Ban Nin Cheng Cantonese Opera: ‘‘Chee Jim Lock Far Kong” Nooran Opera: An Interesting Story. To-night Indies’ Guest Night at Fun Frolic Park Foong
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 384 5 Th,’ Grand Refreshing Show fleres 11 For Tb it Tired Feeling majestic cipens today 3.00. 0.15 9.30 [TNITE’- ARTISTS RELEASE V ,N SHERIDAN in The son's Gayest Picture ULSTER CARNIVAL” with fCHARD CARLSON j. tr Gazette Interesting U Shorts. triiMl ’tNTLY together AGAIN ta daughters Courageous” *»Four I’ -Aters” Together
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  • 422 6 IT is an interesting commentary on modern warfare that although hostilities cannot be said to have really begin), Germany has already lost over a hundred planes in encounters with the British. Figures tell, and Goering’s claim that the Nazis have the finest Air Force in the world cannot
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  • 119 6 REX CINEMA Laurel and Hardy in “A Chump At Oxford” 3.00, 6.15 and 9.30 p.m. QUEEN'S CINEMA Robert Donat in "Goodbye Mr. Chips” 6.15 and 9.30 p.m. MAJESTIC CINEMA Ann Sheridan in "Winter Carnival” 3, 6.15 and 9.30 p.m. WINDSOR "Thyagabhoomi” (Tamil picture) 1.00, 5.30 9.30 p.m.
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  • 532 6 Monday, Feb. 5. rpHE Balkan Entente Conference, according to a communique read by the President, M. Gafencu, was held in an atmosphere of absolute calm and perfect understanding.” This sets at rest all sensational rumours concerning the trend of the talks. A SEVEN-POINT agreement
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    485 6 A Brighter Penang TJENANG will be all the merrier for the visit of H.M.S. “Nameless.” The officers and men of the good ship have helped to brighten up things during the last few days, so much so that many of us have forgotten that wars are in
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  • 338 7 IMPORTANT COMMUNAL MATTERS TO BE discussed AT CONFERENCE A SUGGESTION from Penang f or the forman lion of a United Eurasian Association of Malays will be discussed by Eurasians from all over Mr-' :ya when they meet in conference in Singapo on Thursday and Friday.
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  • 101 7 Tonight’s Broadcast Talk From 8.M.8.C Another aspect of Malaya’s part in the economic war will be discussed in a 8.M.8.C. broadcast this evening at 7.30. The speaker will be Mr. A. Gilmour, M.C.S., Shipping Controller and Controller of Restricted Exports, S.S. Mr. Gilmour’s talk will be
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  • 29 7 Her Majesty the Queen recently spent some time with 250 evacuated London children. In the loiver picture, she is seen inspecting the Bosham Girl Guides.
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  • 51 7 His Excellency the High Commissioner, with the approval of His Majesty the King, has been pleased to appoint Dr. Sree Eadha Krishnan to be an Unofficial Member <?/ the federated Council for d further period of three years with effect from the ist February,
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  • 79 7 I reparations arc in full swing for the annual “Boria” season to be heal this year from Monday, Feb. 26 until Saturday, March 2. With the impetus of special perforiuaaces lor two nights arranged by the Malay community in aid of tiie Malaya
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  • 384 7 S.S. (Singapore) Association’s View Of Certain Clauses important subject, discuss, d at the last committee meeting of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association was the Registration of Businesses Bill. "he President pointed out tnat since ;e Port had been prepared, rules had been published under the F.M.S.
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  • 58 7 A public meeting, to which all are invited, will be held at the Town Hall, Taiping, on Wednesday 7th February at p.m. prompt at which the Honourable The British Resident Perak, Mr. N.F.ti. Mather M.C.S., will present cult cates to members of the Association who were
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  • 850 7 Teachers Fete Mr. S. Rajaratnam At Farewell Party I TIGH tributes were paid to Mr. S. Rajaratnam’s services 1 asa schoolmaster and public man at the Perak Teachers’ Association tea party in his honour on Saturday at the Hotel Majestic on his retirement after
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  • 160 7 Motorist Drives Off After Knocking Down Ricsha TWO Chinese—a ricsha-puller apd his passengerwere injured as a result of 4 motor crash, which occurred on Jelutong Road near the Sungei Pinang Bridge at 2 o’clock this morning. 'The car was driven by a hit-and-run motorist,
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  • 197 7 POLICE COURT COMPOUND HOODED With the bursting of one of the main water pipes underneath Light Street in front of the Lower Court Houses this morning, a large portion of the compound in front of the court buildings was flooded. Certain sections of the compound
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  • 49 7 Barrister To Broadcast This Evening What is believed to be the first broadcast in Malayalam yet heard in Malaya will be given at 5.45 p.m. today. The speaker will be Mr. M. R. Ramakrishna Pillai, a distinguished barrister from Travancore, who is visiting Malaya.
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  • 324 7 Balik Pulau. The Agricultural Department has organised for the first time Men and Ladies’ Days at the Government Padi Test Station, Balik Pulau, on Friday and Saturday, and padi cultivators or the different mukims in the district, were requested to attend the occasion.
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    • 200 7 ANNOUNCING Follow-on Trufood If The march of science brings rnany blessings. Until now, weaning Baby from the bottle to more advanced food has been a most difficult peiiod, full of guess work and uncertainty, resulting all too often in a falling-back of Baby’s condition. Now, accuracy takes the place of
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  • 472 8 Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial And Overseas) The Fourteenth Ordinary General Meeting of Barclays Bank (Dominion Colonial and Overseas) was held recently at 29, Graccchurch Street, E.C. Sir John Caulcutt, K..C.M.G. (the Chairman), in the course of his speech, said’ Turning to the balance sheet it will be
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  • 45 8 Ocean Shipments of Tin during Caler dar month in tons during month o' January 2, 1940, To United Kingdc.r 10 United States of America 9380. Co” tinent of Europe 2523. British Possession 842, Japan 1019. Other Foreign Countrte 245 Total *****.
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  • 29 8 The outnut of Rambun Mines, for January 1940 was 400 piculs The outnut of Satunulo No. LiabOi*for January 1943 was 832 piculs; 150,0'H cubic yards; 683 hours.
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  • 95 8 Penang, February 3, 1940. (B'j Courtesy ol the Chartered Lank). On London Bank Demand 2/4 1/16 On London Bank 4 months 2/4 1/8 Private O. D. 2/1 5/16 Private 3 m/s Documentary 2/4 7/lt> On Nevz York Demand 46 15/K Canadian 51 11,‘R On France Demand 2060 1/4
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  • 54 8 L —Reuter. Troops Advised Of Date Of Polling London, February 2. The proclamat’on announc’ng the dissolution of the Canadian Parliament and cal'ing a general election appeared in today’s orders to the First Canadian D s vislon. The troops wpt advised that poking will take place on March 14
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  • 219 8 wtn -8.0. W. UNANIMITY OF FOUR STATES Belgrade, Feb. 3 Prominence is given in today’s hewspapers to statements made by four leading delegates to the Balkan Entente Conference stressing the unity and strength of the Entente. The statements were made at a dinner given
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  • 190 8 tie aircraft 8.0. W. Help To Save Lives Of Men Adrift In Sea Rugby, February 3. For the second time in two days air craft of the R.A.F. Coastal Common.' have been instrumental in saving live» of seamen adrift on the open sea. Oi Friday, seven
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  • 114 8 put out 1 ,—Reuter. Brutish Aeroplanes Part In Rescue London, Feb. 3. For the second time in two days British aeroplanes were instrumental in saving seamen adrift in the open sea. Yesterday seven men were picked up off the North East Coast of Scotland after the pilot of
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  • 66 8 ’’—B.O.W. Operations At A Stands! 11 Ru~by, February 3. Dense fog and complete lack of visib'lity temporarily put a stop to all infantry and artillery fire operations on the Western Front and for the time being. things ar? at a complete standstill. A French official
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    • 320 8 SOON THEAM CO’s QUOTATIONS TIN Buyers Seller» Ampat 5/ 5/4} A. Amalg. 6/3 6/9 A. Hitam 35/ 26/ Bangrms 22/9 23/9 B. Selangors 1.57> 1.62} Hong Fates 1.22} 1.25 Jelebus 90 93 Johans 32 34 Kamras 2/ 2'>3c Kamuntings 12/3 i 13/q K. Lanjuts 22/ 22/9eKatus 24/ 25/ Kramats 11/16
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    • 245 8 LEAN CO’s QUOTATIONS MINING Buyers SpM«« 'Ampats 5/ 5/44 •A. Amalgamated* 6/ 6/6 Bcrjjntais 10/3 11/ B. Selangors 1.50 1.60 Hitams 44 48 Hong Fatts 1.20 1.25 Jelebus 87| 921 Jelapangs 34/ 35' «Johans 32 J 35 (K. Kamuntings 9/ 9 z 3cd K. Lanjuts 22/3 23/ Kamras 1/104 2/lj
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    • 261 8 KENNEDY CO’s SHARE LIST RUBBER Buyers Sellers Ayer Molek 1.05 1.15 c MINING Ampat 5/ 5/4} Austral Amal 6/3 6/ 9c .Bangrin 22/ 23/C Batu Selangor 1.57} 1.60 jßerjuntai. 10/6 11/ ■Hitam 40 42} IHon g Fatt 1.22} 1.25 ;k. Kamunttog 8/9 9/ 3c ;K. Lanjut 22/ 22/6 jKamra 1/6
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    • 168 8 A.A. ANTHONY CO’s QUOTATIONS TINS Buvers Sellers Ampat 5/ 5/3 Aver Hitam 23/6 24/6 Batu Selangor 1.57} 1.62» H tarn Tin 42} 45 Hong Fatt 1.22} 125 Jelebu 87} 92} Kampon<r Lanjut 22/ 23/ Killinghall 15/ 16/ Kramat Tin 11 '6 12/ Fuchai Tin 1.57} 1.62} Malaysiam 3/9 4/3 Nawng
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    • 277 8 RUBBEK Buyers 8- 9ert Allenbys 1.35 145 Ayer Panas 1.3 Q 14() Bassetts 50 55 Batu Lintangs 1.024 i.q,Bentas 97/ Borellis 1.42| 1.5 J Brogas 67} 794 dndragiris 1.30 j Kempas 2.20 230 Kuala Sidims 2,40 Lunas 1.70 Malaka Pindas 1.40 1.50 4l 'Nyalas 774 324
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    • 139 8 Saturday’s Close Previously TIN: LONDON: "Spot” (2.2.40) £236 0. 0. £236 10. 0. "Forward (2.2.40) £236 0, 0. £236 10. 0. SINGAPORE: "Spot” $121.50 $122 50 Business done 100 tons 100 tons PENANG "Spot” $121.50 $122.50 RUBBER: LONDON: "Spot” (2.2.40) 11 %d. 11 7;d "Forward (2.2.40) 11 ll|l6d.
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    • 106 8 BANKS f A "W Jx 6, I MpßKsk^^w^£^.? :4 Advances against goods and produce at low rates of interest may be arranged I with us. i We also offer Godown I Further particulars will be I supplied on application. w_ The Indian Overseas Bank, Ltd.. (Incorporated in British India; DO
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  • 300 9 Police Officer Arrests Alleged Coiner The story of a police officer’s Christmas Day watch on a lonely hut at Ampang, where he arrested a Chinese who is alleged to have been engaged in turning] out counterfeit ten and twenty cents pieces, was related by Mr.
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  • 43 9 Silence is golden in Germany, so says a correspondent of the Gazette de Luusumie, who has just returned fiom a journey through the Rhineland. It is a measure of essential prudence. Not a word is spoken on the internal situation.
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  • 930 9 The Choice Before The American People rpHE decision which American voters will take at the polls in f- 1940 is manifestly one of the most momentous of their times, declares Erwin D. Can ham in the “Christian Science Monitor.” ,If the issue is the
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  • 313 9 Treaty Abrogation Will Not Affect Manila Manila. The Philippines will take no active part in negotiations between Japan and the United States unless “the diplomatic strategists should find going unexpectedly hard,” the Bulletin said today. The question of the effects of the American abrogation of the
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  • 86 9 London. Edward Aston, former Sheffield United and Barnsley footballer, and a woman were praised at a Rotherham, Yorkshire, inquest for their efforts to save Victor Clifford Swales, aged 11, who fell through ice on a pond. Mrs. Janet Smith said she threw a
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  • 418 9 I Friendship Between Mgliting Men A new poster is being placarded thioughout the zones held by the British Armies in France. It represents a map of the world, on which the French and British Empires are coloured red. Beneath this emphatic symbol of Allied unity
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  • 398 9 Need .For Young Brains Professor J. B. JS. Haldane, speaking on “Science in Modern War” at Birkbeck College (University of London)» said that while the Royal Air Force was using the services of brilliant young scientists in the twenties under conditions which allowed them a certain
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    • 1382 9 mju'i -j wy JFT* -."IT• a fc BC. IL £a JJMaw»x ti >.w.JnA -iIWBIw FO-DAY I SHORTWAVE STATIONS j broadcasting I** News In English r: ANSMISSION—FIVE. j 6.4 U 9.35 a.m. i R B C. 5 .51 Idc/s (31.55 m.) □“j 38 Mc/s (3132 m.< (Local Time) b 6 MC/S
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    • 249 9 Merkelbach concert. 920 Stud o orchestra. 9.48 ExciidU.ge rale.-. 9.au Time signal. Three Overtures uy Franz v. Suppe—rendered by tne Suid.o Orcnestra. le 20 Dance music. 10.50 Close clown. PENANG ZHJ 6.08 mc/s (49.3 m.) A.M. 7.30 Light Music. 7.50 8.8. C. Lull News Bulletin (RebroaccuSu). 810 Close Down (approx
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  • 231 10 INHERITANCE OF A FREE PEOPLE AT STAKE, SAYS MR. EDEN lypivui u —B.O W Rugby, February 3 Mr. Anthony. Eden, the Dominions Secretary, speaking at a meeting in connection with the national .savings campaign said, “This is- no war of aggrandisement. We
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  • 1145 10 R. A. F. EXACT SWIFT REVENGE Details Of How Two Were Shot Down: Another Damaged London, Feb. 3 The R.A.F. exacted swift revenge on the German bombers which to-day raided various points of the east and north-east coast, shooting down two enemy raiders and
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  • 397 10 —Reuter. NEW TECHNIQUE DISPLAYED London, Feb. 3. The Soviet’s new bid to smash through the Mannerheim Line is being conducted with a scientific precision that is astonishing the Finns, telegraphs Reuter’s special correspondent on the Finnish and Swedish frontier. The waves of aeroplanes,
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  • 224 10 lo ae:nu -8.0. W. More Aircraft Required To Fight Soviet Raiders Rugby, February 3. The need for help for the Finns is the .subject of British comment. The Daily Herald says: “If heroism and/ national willpower can save a small nation, Finland will be saved. But
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  • 69 10 —Reuter. Soviet Rauls In South Finland Helsinki, Feb. 3. An air-raid communique” dealing with yesterday’s bombing states that enemy planes bombed some twenty districts in South Finland. Rovaniemi was again attacked and a number of fires were caused. Compared with the number of bombs d’-nppod the damage
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  • 109 10 -8.0. W. Further Arita-Craigie Talks At Toklo Tokio, February 3 With a view to-settling the “Asuna Maru” case at the earl est date, a further meeting t<»ok place this morning between the Foreign Minister, Mr Arita. and the British Ambassador Sir Robert Craigie —Reuter. NO'STATEMENT yet Rugby,
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  • 625 10 LABOUR LEADER ON WAR ISSUE organised ”—BO.W London, Feb, 3. Broadcasting Mr. C. B. Attlee, the I a*hour leader, criticised the condonation in the first place of German aggression which bred more violence and allowed ruthless cruedy to become rampant. He described Nazism as an outstanding
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    • 310 10 J Lj jl I- -'VX J .4ißqMffi£iSMMl L NEW YORK SERVICE Leave Arrive Penang New York 1 RES. POLK Feb. 8 Mar. 19 PRES. GARFIELD Mar. 5 Ap 1. 14 PRES. MONROE Mar. 14 Apt 23 PRES. ADAMS Mar. 28 May Cargo Vessel via Cape. NEW YORK SERVICE (via Panama)
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  • 311 11 Women’s Inter State Hockey Teams For K.L Tourney ne Penang Women’s Hockey Stale Team and the Penang Colts will tra- o Kuala Lumpur during the middle of the week to play a numbet hockf matches against various local women will leave Penan i, lhe vening of Thursday, Feb y B,
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  • 173 11 A.C.S. Juniors Beat Yew Hoe Seah Juniors Playing their first badminton encoun ter this year the Anglo-Chinese Schon» Union “Juniors” scored a narrow victor» evtr the Yew Hoe Sah "Juniors” by four games to three, at the Union’s court on Saturday evening. The results are as follows. A.C.S.U. a’enticned
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  • 90 11 Aspirants Lose To A.C.S.U. t B y defeating the Aspirants’ Associato the tune of five games to nil, binese School Union scored o ej ttnth suc cessive win of the year lturdav at lhe union’s premises. ne rest s are as follows: (A C.S.U Aliened f ;rst 2 T
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  • 72 11 ‘•"Reuter. Mher Region”! hes Postponed In the So London, February 3 brat Bristol 'Western Section Plymouth City bv io goats to 3. AU and Scottish Regional ugby League matches were Cnlv th-. p ”bv Union matches were 3® Point 1,(9 t fbe Royal Air Force by Bw
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  • 215 11  -  Betty Slade Overcomes Lack Of Diving Facilities London. carries on. Betty Slade, European and English diving champion, whom I met by chance in London has overcome the lack of diving facilities in London with her characteristic determination. W. J. HOWCROFT She took up residence in Northamp.On.
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  • 124 11 A.C.S.U. Francis Light School Party Draw The Anglo-Chinese School Union drew vith. the Francis Light Schoo] tennis party, yesterday evening at the latter’s ourt. The results are as follows: (A.C.S. piay2rs mentioned first):— Khoo Cheng Tee and Khoo Beng Thuan lost to Looi Chee Eng and Chuah Teow Hong
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  • 387 11 P.R.C. Oldies XI And I poh Y.M.C.A. Draw 1 Taiping Honours were shared by the Penang Recreation Club Ladies’ XI and the Ipoh Y.W.C.A. when these two teams met in a friendly hockey match on the Esplanade on Saturday. No goals were scored by either side. The result
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  • 518 11 Overwhelming Victory For Penang F.A. XI Giving an excellent account of themselves a Penang Football Association XI gained an overwhelming victory over a Naval Team at a charity soccer mat zb in aid of the Malaya Patriotic Fund played yesterday on the Victoria Green.
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  • 187 11 Penang Team To Play Four Matches The Penang Celts will play foui matches in Kuala Lumpur, agains the Singapore Colts, the Selangor Colts, the Perak Colts and the Neg.i Sembilan Colts while the Colts Combined will meet Mr. Jumiur’s XI. The programme is as follows: Vs.
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  • 263 11 looh The Annual General Meeting of the Perak C.R.C. was held yesterday afternoon with the President, Dr. K. T. Khong in the chair. The meeting was preceded by the President’s curry tiffin and the distribution of prizes by Mrs. Khong to the winners of last
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  • 182 11 Battling Khoo Samy Draw The second promotion at the New Vorld Stadium on Saturday night, igain drew a bumper crowd to witness he fight between Battling Khoo (8.131£) and Battling Samy (8121£) which ended in a draw. There was considerable sparring in the first round. In
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  • 40 11 Chin Woo ‘B’ Beat Chung Leng-Sin Kung ‘B’ On Sunday last, at 5 p.m.. at the Chin Woo Court, the Penang Chinese Chin Woo “B” beat the Chung Leng and Sin Kung combined "B” by 25 points to 20.
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  • 643 11 CONDITIONS OF ENTRY FOR VARIOUS EVENIS JENTRIES for the Northern Malayan Amateur Golf Cham--1 pionship 1940 close today and below is reproduced the full programme of the meeting and conditions of entry. In addition to the Championship, the following competitions are being held:— Thursday, Feb.
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  • 142 11 Songsters’ Collection In Penang With a generous contribution of $lO,OOO from Mr. Lim Lean Teng, J.P, the well-known Penang and Kedah Merchant, Penang has purchased $31,00® worth of tickets from the Wuhan Songsters, the contributions being in aid of the China Distress Relief Fund.
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  • 198 11 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, February 3 Both Selangor’s badminton titles for the men’s singles and the women’s singles championships for the 1939-40 season have gone to outstation competitors. Wong Peng Soon of Johore and the Singapore Champion won the men’s open singles,
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  • 252 12 Impressive Spurt By P Sir Theobald Singapore, Today. -i TSAST gallops were done on th e second track on Bukit Timah race course this morning. The going was good. Sir 1 heo- bald (McPherson) spurted impressively over five furtoj>BS- Next was Grafmond (McLachlan), who did
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  • 105 12 i.—8.0.W. Safe Arrival At Buenos Aires Rugby. February 3. The safe arrival at Buenos A res cf fhe French vessel “Jamaique” disposes of the foundationless suggest on contained in a recent German broadcast from the Zeesen Station. This «total that the “Jama que together with the ‘‘Highland
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  • 157 12 Britain’s Economic Position Feb. 4 Reviewing last week’s parliamentary defiles, the Sunday T mes devotes the editorial to considcrat’on of tie economic position wh.ch is described as having leached the ‘‘second phase.” The first phase, the editorial suggests consisted of the establishment of the necessary system of
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  • 91 12 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5. TW Penang $121.25 Business done 75 tons Singapore $121.25 .«VBPER: Prnang Spct 371 c Singapore Spot 374 c •«jrr.A; Sundricd $4.10 buyers Plack Pepper Nominal ■W.IPfOCA: Medium $5.53 sellers Fair Seed $4 75 seller» «tE: Indian Parboiled 133 lbs. $6.20 New Crop Old Crop Fang-eon
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  • 267 12 .—8.0. W. Committee To Meet Rugby, Feb. 5. The League of Nations Committee consisting of the representatives of the i ten states- -Australia, Argentina, Tur- key, Belgium, Holland, Norway, PortuI gal, Switzerland and the United King--1 dom meets at the Hague on Feb. 7. Tiiis body
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  • 136 12 -8.0. W. Given Croix de Guerre By General Vuillemin The investiture on Saturday of the “Croix de Guerre” on the first member of the B.E.F. to receive such honour by General Vuillemin, Commander-in-Uhicf of the French Air Forces, is officially confirm td in I The award was
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  • 237 12 Helsinki, Feb. 5. J/lERCE fighting continues on the Karelian Isthmus where the Soviet army is making repeated attempts to break through the Mannerheim Line. Suck intensive action was not expected bv observers until the spring. —Reuter. Since the war began, additional lines of
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  • 119 12 would b A—B.O.W. ’I M Despite Transport difficulties Rugby, Feb. 5. Throughout Britain considerable difficulties are being experienced in obtaining supplies of coal owing to transport problems occasioned by the severity 1 of the recent weather conditions. Glasgow, among other big cities, is suffering and an expedient
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  • 180 12 BOW. Enormous Mileage And Time Afloat Rugby, February 3. Details recorded at 7.48 p m. last n gh regarding the enormous mileage and time afloat of units of the British Fleet serve to underline Mr. Churchills recent str-.e ment that ships of the Fleet had sp_nt a greater
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  • 115 12 Reuter. “Asama Marti” Talks Postponed Tokyo, February 4. Sir Robert Craigie, who has been tak ing part in conversations during th< past week at the Foreign ministry re garding the “Asama Maru” incident, is in bed w.th a cold. This may delay matters
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  • 129 12 ere assif 8.0. W. Slight Decrease In Licences Issued Rutxby, February 3 An interesting comm'nt ary on the secial life of London in wartime is afforded n> the fact that the number of cinemac. theatres and dance halls 1 censed by the London County Council this year is
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  • 347 12 TITLE BOUT BETWEEN DHARMARAJ AND NAI BOON MAH A splendid programme has been arranged for next Sunday at the bun Frolic open air stadium, when Caesar M. Houghton presents for the first time in Penang his premier attraction of four bouts. The main event
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  • 197 12 e u&o —B OW. Helping To Check “Vicious Spiral" Dealing with the necessity for avoid in# the “vicious spinal,” the editorial refers to the Chancellor of Exchequer’s announcement of the weekly m L impound food subsidy and states: The pegging of food prices is one such
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  • 134 12 Concentration Of All Resources Possible Dealing with the immediate considerations the editorial says: “The problem of the moment is to concentrate as large a proportion as is poss hie of our purchasing, shipping and manufacturing resources upon output for two objects war and export. That means the
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  • 102 12 —8.0. W. Effective British CounterMeasure Rugby, February 3. "A Naval Eye-w tness” m a broadcast ‘alk on mine «weeping” sale that German mines were roughly cf two types—tbe magnefc mine lying on the sea bottom and the moored impact mine. The former explodes when a ship parses into
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  • 220 12 Perak Trounced By Selangor (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Feb. 3. Selangor trounced Perak by four clear goals this afternoon in a return iuter-State hockey match on the Padang. The game was interrupted by heavy ra>n towards the latter part of the second hall, and ti’iis change
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  • 74 12 st’cor.u w Reuter. Soviet Japanese To Form Two Commissions Tnkvo, February 3. Russia, Outer Mongolia, Japan anr Manchukuo have agreed to fo r *n fw< general commissions to deal with ques tions connected with the Manrhukuo Outer Mongolian border it was reveale» at a press conference today by
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  • 23 12 8.0. W. Rugby February 3. The King has now recovered from th cold from which he was suffering.
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    • 210 12 NO TI C E HONG KONG UNIVERSITY MATRICULATION EXAMINATION 1940 The above examination will be held on 3rd June, 1940. and following days in the Education Office (Sulaiman Building) Kuala Lumpur. Applications for admission to the examination should be sent to the Senior Inspector of Schools. Selangor Kuala Lumnur, on
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    • 485 12 vHead Office) 216 Penang Road. Penan. Phone 1477 1478 with exJnl Telegrams: ■to'T'fg"' Rate, of’Subscription for rdnanic Gawi.< and Sunday Gaxette. I PINAXG GAZETTE Luca 1 s.S. xS ’S Yearly 30x0 36.00 SUNDAY GAZE 111.. Locai S.S. &i Delivery F.M.S. Quarterly $125 $l5O Half-Yearly 2.50 3 00 4 m Nearly
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