Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 13 August 1940

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  • 22 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE LAST EDITION ESTAB. 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY ill? Vol. XCVUIMo. 1 TUESDAY. AUGUST 13, 1910. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 355 1 EXTENSIVE GERMAN AIR ACTIVITY ENEMY BEAT HASTY RETREAT ON ENCOUNTERING R A F. Bombs Dropped On S.E. S.W. Districts WALES ATTACKED FOR SEVER AL HOURS London. August 13. Extensive German activity over several parts of England and Wales continued during the night and bombs were
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  • 107 1 v,! considerably.— lnternational News Agency. To Enter Into Alliance II ilk Japan Kweiyang, August 7. N'aotake Sato, head of the Japandwill mission to Italy and Gerhas returned to Tokyo, stated eports. He said that the people are very friendly to Japan as d by the signing of
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  • 295 1 London, I ugust t Today s air ranis produced a crop if remarkable instances >f coolness and courage Tor example, a surgeon had just started a critical inasoid operation on a Woman patient tn the > theatre of a hospital in a South -no st
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  • 360 1 How Can They Reconstruct France, Asks de Gaulle London, August 13. can we think withou t anger of the reconstruction 1 1 of France promised by Vichy?” ’asked General de Gaulle in a world broadcast yesterday. “How can they reconstruct anything in the abyss into
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  • 108 1 —Reuter. London, August 13. The office of the Political Coniniisar in the Red Army and Navy has been abolished by a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet which is aimed at “strengthening the authority of the commanding officers, according to the Moscow radio. The
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  • 67 1 I.— Reuter. Nothing To Report, Says Communique Rugby. August 13. An official communique issued at Cairo says: “There is nothing to report from the Western desert. In Sudan and Palestine, there is no activity to report. In Somaliland, no operations have been reported and the enemy
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  • 76 1 6 7 Raiders Shot Down London, August 13. An Air Ministry communique states that it is now established that 61 enemy aircraft were destroyed in yesterday’s air fighting round the British coasts. Thirteen R.A.F. fighters were lost but the pilot of one of them is safe. —Reuter. LAn
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  • 214 1 Japanese Oppose Move lo Let U.S. Take Over Shanghai, August 13. It is learned that in orde r to decide which of the defence forces will take over policing duties in the British defence sector of the International Settlement after the withdrawal of British troops, Bear-Admiral Takeda.
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  • 43 1 Reuter. London. August 13. Sweden's harvest is very poor, declares the Moscow radio, adding “This is especially the case on the Island of Gotland, an important harvesting centre where crops are the worst for seventy years owing to drought.’’
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  • 193 1 pire to subjugation.—lnternational News Agency. Fort Bayard, Aug 7. Steamers leaving Kwangchouwan foi Hong Kong are permitted to take on board only live stock and foodstuffs, which are limited to small quantity. Ail vessels must load and unload between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. under the
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  • 64 1 —Reuter London, lugust IJ. The Lyons Radio states that ths Supreme ourt sitting at Roim today to hear the prosecutor. General Ca suagneau, open the case in the "It 7 ar Guilt” trial The Lyons radio also states that demobilisation of France’s armed forces in
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  • 59 1 BOW Further Gift From Trinidad Rugby, August 13 The Trinidad Tobago branch of the British Red Cross has cabled a further £15,000 to London headquarters raising the Colony’s contributions to the Overseas Fund to £29,000. Liberal gifts have come from the Chinese community, the Portuguese, the
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    • 19 1 I C ()W G ATE /I Lfi llfj 1 I jpf >, Malaya Penang.— V DISPENSARY LTD’ |oOR<it .1 Ipoh.
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    • 270 1 fed <m I COW AGATE A i Agents for North Malaya fl GEORGETOWN DISPENSARY LTD Penang and Ipoh. SCIENCE WINS It is a well established fact that millions of dollars are expended annually in repairing the damage done by Termites or White Ants as they are commonly called. In a
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  • 240 2 REQUEST TO BRITAIN TO LIFT BLOCKADE False Nazi Claim Of Sufficent Food Rugby, August 12. ALTHOUGH there is no news of the receipt by the British Government of the request, which has been fully reported in the British newspapers, from the European food distribution
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  • 209 2 Chinese Central News. I rade Outlook Still Optimistic Chungking. August 7. Interviewed, Mr. Wu Cho-lung. manager of the China National Tea Corporation, declared that the outlook of the Bino-foreign trade is still optimistic despite the closure of the south-western international routes which is limiting gasoline supplies for tricks
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  • 61 2 P.O IF. KUI-HY. .IUGU.ST 12. THE li'AR OFFICE ST. ITES -REPORTS APPEARING SOME FOREIGN EITSPAPERS ESAGCERATE THE EFFECT OF THE RECENT AIR RAIDS ON GIBRALTAR THE TRUTH IS THAT THE DAMAGE HAS BEES NEGLIGIBLE AND THE' CASUALTIES ARE SLIGHT. GIBRALTAR IS PREPARED FOR AN L' E FES
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  • 204 2 —Reuter Reported Arrest In Uruguay New York, August 12. According to the Buenos Aires correspondent of the "New York Times”, Arnule Euhimann, the so-called Fuehrer of South America, was arrested on Sunday night at Concordia, which is a border point on the Uruguay River. The an
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  • 106 2 ’—Reuter. For All The Ills Done To Humanity New York. August 12 The Portland "Oregon Journal" of August 7 says: "Among all the ruin Hitter works that make him a debtor are the item lor the unbearable burden of armament, the item for the destruction of freedom
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  • 65 2 —Reuter. I one Stead: I Fading Quiet London. August 12 Or. the Stock Exchange the tone was steady though trading was quiet. Egyptian bonds were notably firm despite international uncertainties. Gilt-edged failed fully to maintain the initial gains while industrials moved narrowly. Kaffirs hardened in late session on
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  • 70 2 I —Reuter Enemy Advance Halted In Somaliland Cairo, Aug. 12. A communique says that there is nothing to report from the Western Desert In Sudan ana Palestine there is no activity to report. fire and one of the bombers was hit, its tail was shot off
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  • 169 2 -BOW Rugby, August 12. The discipline observed by soldiers and naval ratings who stood shoulder to shoulder at their boat stations in perfect parade order, awaiting their turns at rescue as the troopship, Mohammed All El-Kebir, 7,290 tons, went down after being torpedoed in the Atlantic,
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  • 56 2 -Reuter. Soviet Asks For Closing Of Embassies Moscow August 12 The Foreign Affairs Commissariat has sent a note to the foreign Embassies, asking them to arrange to close all diplomatic and consular establishments in the Baltic States by August 25. This follows the incorporation of Lithuania. Latvia and
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  • 46 2 auto fuel monthly.—Chinese Central News Sian. August 7 Shensi Province has sixty modern lactones operating including 11 cotton mills, 17 flour mills, 3 pharmaceutical works, 5 match factories, and 1 alcohol plant producing 7.800 gallons alcohol gasoline for auto fuel monthly.—Chinese Central
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  • 47 2 A Reuter message says that Mr. Neville Chamberlain. Lord President of the Council, left the nursing home yesterday after his recent operation. After lunching at 11, Downing Street he left London with Mrs. Chamberlain for a short rest in the country. MR. NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN
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  • 137 2 —Reuter Revolts Spread In Abyssinia Cairo. August 12 The repeated axis allegations of trou bljs in Hadramout have brought biting sarcasm from a citizen in this region now resident in Egypt who writes in the “Almasri”: "Don’t the Germans and Italians fear that the inhalitants of Hadmmout
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  • 174 2 BOW Britain's Purchase Of Egyptian Cotton Rugby, Aug. 12. The satisfaction with which the AngloEgyptian cotton purchase* has been reI ceived in Egypt is greatly welcomed in Britain where the words of the Minister of Commerce and Industry axe much appreciated. Declaring that the agreement constituted an
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  • 808 2 12 SHOI DOWN SO FAR London, Aug A N Air Ministry and Ministry of Home Securit x que issued at 2.12 p.m. states:—“Enemy airci sse( j the Kent coast this morning and bombs were several points near the coast. Reports so far p..: t j
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  • 190 2 "We Must Plan To Strike At Enemy CREATION OF ARMY OF MANY MILLIONS URGED LONDON, AUGUST 12... THE CREATION OF AN ARMY SEVERAL Mil J JONS STRONG IS SUGGESTED BY MR. HORE BELISHA IN A SPEECH AT DEVONPORT THIS EVENING. UR. HORE-BELISHA SAYS .—Reuter. He said that we should plan
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  • 61 2 to accommodate far rr!egf > small businessmen Central News. rp Kwangtung Aiidiorilit* Give All Facilities chin an August bll •TnmantW General Chang 1 (ar of the 4th War Zone. tuK and political autl Province to give e’. i3l p evacuees from Hoc are set up giving \-taed
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  • 44 2 Reuter. British Red U.S. For 300 't U Vv. i The American R' that it is organising give blood for t’wounded. k .g The British Red Crc 300 litres of blood trapwill be flown to B Atlantic Clipper if com
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    • 89 2 rile new NACET De Luxe f Blade has been introduced Li 1 J •fc to carry on the tradition of I perfect shaving established I by that great favourite, the I UDE ILUJ3LIE popular MALE T Blade. But made in England i time with improve- 1 ments the new blade
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  • 931 3 -u\, i\G Tower Hill, in the I heart of old London, t j ieP n ds one of those selfassun London buildings that can Hi' ilse a name-plate on t t- doors. Trinity House, however, is far more than a London landmark; its work extern:
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  • 302 3 Modern I ersion Of ‘‘‘‘Trojan Horse” P’ERMAN forces which smashed their way southward to the defences of Paris relied largely on the “Trojan Horse methods they employed so successfully in Holland, writes a c, dTespondent who was with the B.E.F. one point they broke a strong
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  • 112 3 At the opening of the Transkeian Bunga (a native assembly of representatives of the tribes) the following message of loyalty to the King and the Union was adopted: “That the native chiefs and councillors in this council assembled on behalf of the people of the territories
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  • 282 3 QECOND-LIEUT. George Rae Duncan, elder son of Sir Andrew Duncan. President of the Board of Trade, has been killed in action, Mr. W ins ton Churchill announced in Parliament. Second-Lieut. Duncan was 22. and had just taken his law degree at Brasenose College, Oxford, where
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  • 260 3 London. AMAN with a bad heart, who was said at Bow-street tc have impelsonated others before Army medical boards so that they could dodge military service, was alleged to have had a “business manager" who arranged the impersonations. In one case, it was alleged 1200
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  • 393 3 Hotv tear hits family fortunes London. TAEATIIS on active service have raised or many families the unpleasant question of death duties. What happens, for instance, when two members of the same family die in quick succession? The answer is that, as in normal' times, there is
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  • 93 3 Nurse Henrietta Dielman, who in August 1915 was sentenced by the Germans to be shot for helping British troops in Brussels, has died at Aberdovey, aged 78. Mrs. Dielman, who was born in London. was in Brussels when the last war began, and she was sentenced
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  • 91 3 The 8.8. C. have appointed two new women announcers for the European programmes. They are Miss Georgina—Georgie— Henschel, daughter of the late Sir George Henschel, the musician, and Miss Marjorie Anderson. The Henschels were noted as “the singing family.” Miss Georgie Henschel is nearly as
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  • 187 3 Home Hints For All ITVERY household in Britain is to get a pamphlet from the Government telling what to do if German parachute troops are landed. Mr. Harold Nicolson, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Information, said in the House of Commons that it had
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  • 111 3 How South Ameinca is preparing to defend herself against a- Nwgi coup is revealed by the following B.L.P. and Reuter messages: L ruguay Many civilians are training to become parashots in readiness for a Nazi uprising. Rifle ranges are busy. Colombia: Many arrests have been made in
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 36 3 BOB3Y PEARS ADVENTURES: Bee-ware' IKS Tea m r orchard. Who upset To escape he dives under the the h/’d tea tablecloth. That A panic he’s ,*ll/010 The bees fly away—but the old iru-’ bcar loo,cs wroth.
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    • 25 3 Vs hat A ar! By Gilbert II ilkinson -J* £> 'XMM A M THE LITTLE NAZI H <’//. the !'<u>r creature can't hcl/i what it looks like.
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  • 2440 4 Strange Denizens Of Christmas Island EXPERIENCE OF DR. PURCELL Kuala Lumpur. of robber crabs that carried away empty soda water bottles on one occasion and pelted a party of tourists with sago kernels on another were told by Dr. Victor Purcell during the course of
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  • 455 4 THE next meeting of the Federal Council will be Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday, August 20, 1940. Io Orders of the day are as follows 1 Minutes of the meetings held on the 21st May, 1940. and the 26th June. 1940. 2. Papers laid
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  • 456 4 Jt is suggested that n, h( uW cut out this news in Roman Mala> and hand it to Malay their households, thus help, the Malay population inloi atM, ul the progress of the war. I .Malm news bulletins will be pul d a j| x
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  • 70 4 Committee Making Report A Committee has been i IU investigate the possibilities of m factoring locally artkh A 1 >ea t hitherto been import, on Britain and elsewh? ree for ces articles required for tm u of Malaya, says the “St TimeThe committee ro
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous

  • 62 5 Alor Star. Tlu Court of Appeal will sit in Alor Star on Saturday. August 17, when four •riminal appeals and one civil appeal '‘Ji be heard Tht Court will consist of the Chief Justice s.S.. the Chief Justice, F.M.S. ■'Qd the Judge of Appeal, Malaya The
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  • 507 5 Gaoled For Makin" False Declarations Ipoh. An appeal of a former Malay Forest Officer, Abdul Hamid, against the conviction and sentence of one month’s rigorous imprisonment passed on him by the Sungei Siput Magistrate, on each of two charges of making false declarations, was heard in
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  • 285 5 Over 1,300 Articles In Three Weeks Over 1.300 articles have been knitted or sewn by the ladies of Perak during the past three weeks alone and despatched to Singapore. The statement of account of the Perak Wool and Material*» Fund for the month of Julv
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  • 461 5 In addition to the above monetary contributions. lengths of material have been presented by Mrs. Birse. Mrs, Marcus Rex. Mrs. C. Ogilvie. Mrs. S. B Palmer, Mrs. Hatton, Mrs. Botly and Mrs. Biddulph. Mme. Lomont and the French ladies of Kampar also donated a collection of beautifully
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  • 791 5 List Of Wreaths And Scrolls The funeral of Mrs. Lnn Guan Chuan' me Cheah Liew Ean took place on Saturday last from No. 87 Muntri Street for interment at the Batu Ganlong Cemetery. The following sent wreaths: Mrs. Tan Eng Leok; Bet Flower Shop;
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  • 490 5 SOCIAL PERSONAL Mr. James N. McHugh, of the P W.D.. Kuala Lumpur, has returned from leave Mr. and Mrs. A. O Leembruggen. who have been residents of Klang for many years, are leaving Klang shortly to settle down in Kunld. Lumpur. It is understood that Mr. E. C. S. Adkins,
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  • 113 5 Man Detained By Police Lpoh A Chinese vegetable gardener was alleged to have been stabbed to death at Sungei Pmji. Tambun. on Sunday evening following a quarrel with a compatriot. The man was stabbed through the heart. The Police were notified and a Chinese has been
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    • 211 5 REX S 7 HITS TODAY 6./.-, 9.30 P.M. x[ i. iiKOS.’ presente a new Drew Adventure But ELEGANT It’s B's But WACKY It’s ;b But SWELL' V DREW and I ,i HIDDEN s{ UKCASE” w itb f TA GRANVTLL.K //p/J Ry Requests kfatinfi (,I^a y P»m. L|U.< ,5: 85 &60
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    • 47 5 TODAY THREE SHOWS I I J Metro Goldwyn Mayer’s Ml SICAL SAGA OF THE WILD WEST I “LET FREEDOM RING”; I featuring I Nelson Eddv and Victor McLaglen I— J Next Change Tliursdav Aug. 15 /)E 4 V 4 I DVRBIH i '■VBH "IT'S A Nnk DATE"
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    • 194 5 OPENS TODAY WITH 3 SHOWS AT 3 P.M., 6.15 9.30 P.M. MATINEE REDUCED PRICES AT QUEEN'S WHERE EVERYBODY GOES Columbia’s Riot Of Hilarity New Hit Songs Laughs Galore! RADIO’S FAMOUS STARS I “MUSIC IN MY HEART” Stai ring Tony MARTIN Rita HAYWORTH with Edith Fellows and Andre Kostelanetz And His
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  • 433 6 TV, HEN the story of this war comes to lie written, not the least glowing pages in it will be those which recount the achievements of the Royal Air Force. It is the youngest of the lighting services, and its present formidable strength is the growth
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  • 171 6 QU KUN'S CINEMA “Music In My Heart" with TonyMartin and Rita Hayworth 3, 6 15 9.30 p.m. ODEON CINEMA Nelson Eddy and Virginia Bruce in “Let Freedom Ring” 3, 6 15 and 9.30 p.m. MAJESTIC CINEMA “Here I Am A Stranger” with Richard Greene, Richard Dix Sc
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  • 397 6 Hfui On Kissing ROMANCE, love, infatuation call it what yotf will may defy the world, but not the law at least not in Kedah. I was amused yesterday to read that a Chinese couple had been fined by the Alor Star magistrate for kissing m public. fhe
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  • 595 6 I’uesday, August 13. r HE R A.F. goes on from victory to victory, hollowing their success in shooting down 120 planes over the week-end, our gallant airmen added another 39 to their bag yesterday. In addition to this figure, five more planes were brought
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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    • 13 6 M P O L 3 a i > available at all garages 1 :—44
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  • 642 7 tNAGERS OF LOCAL ANKS INTERVIEWED I rst Deductions To Be Made On 15th n response, to "Beat Hitler With Your Odd Cents” appeal s been very good so far according to local bank mana.ho were seen this morning by a “Pinang
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  • 170 7 ash-speaking Malay youth, Kassim was fined $3O in month’s rigorous imprisonmorning, by the Penang strata, Mr. W. M. McCall, of theft of a bicycle valued ging to A.B. John from the i at Weld Quay. sed, in pleading guilty, e lost his bag,
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  • 294 7 nAR FUND MR. H. E. NIXON SENDS $882.01 T H f total of the War Fund in Penang now stands at $568,360.81. and with the $434,313.89 leceived in Perak the aggregate for North Malaya is $1,002,674.70. In addition to the $882.01 received from Mr. Cheah
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  • 219 7 FIGHT THAT ENDED IN DEATH OF MALAY Alor Star. ONLY tine man was convicted on the original charge of having committed culpable homicide not amounting to murder in the case heard in the High Court at Sungei Patani in which three Malays, Abu bin
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  • 29 7 Ihove is a mobile canteen purchased by the Y.jW.C.sI. out of Ibe sent tv L >ndon by the Malaya Patriotic Fund last Christmas.
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  • 263 7 '••EXWND dead, cause unknown’’ was the verdict, returned 1 by Mr. A. W. Bellamy, the Coroner, in the*Police on Saturday at an inquiry held into the death of an unknown Tamil whose body was found floating off Pulau Jereiak on July 8:
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  • 55 7 A Chinese, Ng Chak Looi claimed trial this morning, to a charge of voluntarily causing hux-t to Kwek Yut on August 12 at 74. Hutton Lane. The accused was alleged to have used a pair of scissors on the complainant. The case was postponed till Aug. 20.
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  • 60 7 A Malay youth, Ahmad bin Cbe Leh, denied having stolen a cycle valued at $6 belonging to Kassim from 73, Perak Road about 1 p.m. on August 12. The accused was charged before the Penang Third Magistrate, Mr. W. M McCall, this morning, with theft. The
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  • 168 7 L. A M Robust Singing Bv Nelson Eddy LET FREEDOM RING" (Odeon).— The title being the line that matches “God Save the King" in the American song with thĕ same tune, it isn't suipiising that this piece is stridently patriotic. It is also an
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  • 79 7 Information has been received by the Police that certain pers ns are visiting Chinese firms and associations in Penang canvassing y>r entries in a proposed commercial directory. In this connection, a warning is issued to the public to satisfy tneinseives as h tie bona
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  • 604 7 Capt. Mrs. Osterhaus Back In Penang ELL known to Penang. Capt. and Mrs. P. T. Osterhaus, who were in Penang about 20 months ago and took the place by storm in their famous Ford V 8 which had covered something like 270,000 miles in the
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  • 70 8 Penang, August 12, 1940 {By Courtesy oj the Chartered Bank) SELLING London Demand 2/4 1/16 New York Demand 47 Montreal Demand 51 3/4 Batavia Demand 88 1/2 Calcutta, Bombay) Rangoon Demand) 155 7/8 Hongkong Demand 53 5/8 -.Shanghai Demand 14 5/16 Japan Demand 192 New Zealand Demand 2/10
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  • 82 8 Ne; new life assurances completed in 1939 was £8.044.653, £1.571.800 having been written in the United Kingdom and Eire; £306.895 was received as single premium annuity considerations; assets at December 31. 1939, amounted to £55,078 049, an increase of £442,246; the rate of interest earned was
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  • 53 8 Profit for 1939, £5.384 (£2791, after providing £559 (£571) for depreciation and writing £664 (£619) off the value of the estate; dividend of Id., Jess tax, per unit (nil); to tax reserve, £450 (£200» .forward, £1.760 (£1,951). Crop, 384.860 ib. 1333.695 lb.), standard assessment for .1940. 709,043
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES QUOTATIONS
    • 447 8 Issued by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association irtiidHM and Ipoh sections) at noon to-day. NOM INAL isAiie ouyera sellers 4/0 Ampat Tm 3/3 3/6 5/0 Austral Amal 5/3 5/9 £1 Austral M. 35/ 37/6 5/0 Ayer Hitam 17/6 18/6 «1 Aver Weng 0.52 J 0.571 £1 Bangrin Tin 16/6 17/6
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    • 251 8 NOM INAL Issue ouyen sellers Allenby 1-05 1-10 Alor Gajah 085 0.95 Ainal Malay 1.574 1.65 Ayer Hitam 0 90 1.00 Ayer Molek 0.95 100 Ayer Pana.» 1.00 105 Bassett 0 40 0.44 Batu Lu it ax. 4 0.95 1.00 Bedfort, 0.85 0.90 Benta 0.924 0.971 Borelll 1.10 1.20
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    • 322 8 NOMINAL Issue buyers sellers A £1 (Aust' N.Z. Mln Ord 22/0 23/0 2 Alex. Brick Ord. 1.75 2.00 2 do 74% Pre* 1.90 2.00 x 5 B. M. T. 7.00 7 50 £5 Chartered Bank £64 £P £1 Con. T. 3. Ord 17/6 18/0 £1 Con T. 3. 7%
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    • 206 8 Company Dividend ble B.wu ciore TIN Batu Selangors 74% Aug 24 Aug- 19 Ipoh Tin 3/- Aug 29 Aug 5 Kampong Kamuntlng 3d 1/3 bonus Aug. 23 Aug. 13 Kramat 6d Aug. 28 Aug. 19 K. Kampars 6d Sept. 18 Sept 9 Kundangs 1/- Sept 4
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  • 588 8 Annual Meeting PROFIT OF £94,637 FOR YEAR The fourteenth annual general meeting i of shareholders of Kampong Lanjut Tin Dredging Limited was held at the regts-, tered office of the Company. 16 Barrack > Road. Kuala Lumpur, on Thursday. August 8. 1940. at 3 pm. Mr A.
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  • 80 8 The following are the returns from the dredges of the Siamese Tin Syndicate Limited for the month of July 1940: Ngow Estate. Renong 3 Dredges 1946 hours. 333.200 cubic yard», Tin ore won 801.12 picuL». Takuapa 2 Dredges. 1030] hours, 202.200 cubic Ivards, Tin ore won 1116.24
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  • 27 8 The output of Kinta Kellas Tin dun ng the month of July was as follows Output 295.60 piculs, hours run 429, vardagtt’ 83.800. t
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  • 58 8 Cabled advice has been received ot the declaration ol a final dvidend of 3/- per unit ol Stock, less t-ix 8/6d, for the year ended March 31, 1940. The dividend is payable in London on August 29. to shareholders on the register at August 5. The
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  • 94 8 Election Of OfficeBearers Pant Buntar. rhe annual general meeting of the F.M.S. Customs Sporting Club was held at their premises on Saturday afternoon. The following were elected as officebearers for the current year President Mr. D G. W. Montgomery; Hon. Secretary'; che Mohammad, Assistant Hon. Secretary Inche
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  • 435 8 Company Assured Of Long I ife WORKING PART OF BANIR ESTATE THE thirteenth annual general meeting of sharehoid» 4 Kramat Tin Dredging Limited was held at the reg it rd office of the Company. 16. Barrack Road. Kuala Lump Friday. August 9, 1940, at 10 a.m. Mr.
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  • 545 8 Profit Of I‘I.L -I: 4 Dividend The twenty-eighth annual nivcing of the Telok (F.M.S. R Company. Ltd. was held at p-red office. 116/126. Cannon Str. E.C.4. on Friday. May 17 Mr. Thomas Dickson, the of the company, was in the chau The Chairman. With rour .ssion,
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  • 110 8 Yesterday's Close Prevb-asly TIN: LCNDON: “Spot” £264 0 0 £261. “Forward” lO 0 £265 SINGAPORE: “Spot” 1132.50 Business done Buyers No Seller s PENANG ’‘Spot” 5132 50. RUBBER: LONDON: “Spot” 13 “Forward” !3dTone Quietly. Steady SINGAPORE: “Spot” 36 718«? PENANG: “Spot” 36 7!Bc COPRA: PENANG: Sundried 52 60
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 196 8 B A NK S I INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK, LTD. /Incorporated in British India) Head Office: “United India Buildings, Esplanade, Madras. OrancfiM: Penang, Kuala Lumpur, pan non Karaikudl. sivaganga, Pudukottah. Devacottah and Cannanore. I Authorised Capital Ra 50,00,000 j Issued and Subscribed Oapltal Rs. 25,00,000 Paid up Capital Rs. 12,50,000 Current
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  • 52 9 TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1940. MAIL DEPARTURES Latest Time of Posting AIR MAILS Mails for Java Southern Sumatra (by air from Singapore) 8 a m Wednesday 14th inst. Mails for Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur Singapore 1.30 p.m. Wednesday 14th inst. Mails for Australia, New Zealand Java 8 a.m. Friday 16th
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  • 612 9 <By Fairway In The Sunday Times) London, June 2. Arguments for and against the continuation of lacing in these critical days have been put forward with no our whole existence as a nation is at stake it seems a little curious to find people getting
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  • 275 9 Eating Hedgehog Without Permit London. There are signs of increasing strain on the German home front. Apart from the privations which the ordinary citizen has to endure there is evidence of a psychological reaction in a growing distrust of the mark writes a special correspondent of the
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  • 513 9 BY THE BISHOP OF NORWICH IN THE “SUNDAY TIMES” London. A recent article on the Old Testament evoked criticism from some who repudiated tbe early Scriptures in spit© of what was said on ‘‘the progressive way in which man apprehended God’s nature.” The Bible writers wrote amidst
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  • 151 9 Thought Axe Was A Stick Klang. Nachimuthu, a Tamil labourer employed on Seafield Estate, Batu Tiga, was charged before Che Ahmad, the Klang magistrate, with voluntarily causing grievous hurt to his wife. The accused pleaded guilty and said that he was drunk that evening. When he
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    • 2160 9 san FRANCISCO W Illi (TREASURE ISLAND I W B KGEI 9.63 me s <3148 m.) ftSpMl K w «From 720 p.m. to 12.25 am.) 7.50 News in English. 9.50 News in English. 10 50 News in English. X 7 1120 Financial Service. TO-DAY SHORTWAVE STATIONS BROADCASTING SINGAPORE Bq ZHP 9.69
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    • 716 9 MANILA KZRM 9.57 mc/s <31.35 m.l 550 a.m. News in English. 12.10 p.m. Nev.- in English. 5.10 Stocks 5.50 Locaj MArket Reports. 5.55 News in English. 8.05 News in English. KZIB 9.50 me s <31.58 m «S: 6.04 me s (49.67 m.) 6.50 am. News m English. 8.50—10.30 Manila Stock
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  • 381 10 INSPIRED RY FAITH DEEPER THAN BELIEF IN LIBERTY Rugby, August 12 The Bishop of London, broadcasting in the series entitled “The Spiritual Issues of the War,” given over one of the United States radio systems, said that British determination to defeat Hitlerism was inspired by
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  • 54 10 Reuter. Remission Of Sentence For Gooti Conduct London, August 12. A man, believed to be Leopold Hains was released from the Camp Hili piison, Isle of Wight, early today. Harris earned remission from the fourteen years’ sentence passed in August 1933 for fire conspiracy by helping the
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  • 54 10 >. —Reuter. Further £176.000 Sent Io Air Ministry Calcutta. August 12 A further sum cf £176.000 has been cabled to the Air Ministry. London, by the East India Fund tor the British war services. it is hoped here that the money v ill be sufficient to buy
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  • 94 10 .—Reuter. Big Increase Over Previous Period Chungking. Aug. 12. The value of China's exports in the first six months of 1940 is more than double that of the corresponding period last year, according to the latest report by the Chinese Maritime Customs. The
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  • 534 10 —Reuter Cairo. August 12. An official statement on recent developments in British Somaliland issued by G.H.Q. states: "It is not our object to defend every inch of soil in Somaliland but rather make the enemy use his precious supplies of food, petrol and
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  • 907 10 FIVE SHOT DOWN BY BRITISH FIGHTERS Battle Extends Over Wide Area London, August 12 A hundred German raiders again appeared over the South-East England coast today and were intercepted by British fighters. Hitherto five enemy planes were known to have been shot down, three
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  • 94 10 —Reuter. Tokyo, August 12. About a hundred thousand people assembled at Tokyo’s Hyde Park in an anti-British rally. The park was L--flagged with festoons and banners bearing anti-British slogans. German and Italian flags waved on either side of the Rising Sun. The arm of the
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  • 97 10 ;.—Reuter Control Regulations Announced Chungking, Aug. 12. The Ministry cf Finance announced that emergency Bank control regulations will be effective from A.ug. 7 among which are first, twenty per cent of Bank ordinary deposits must deposited with any of the four Government banks: secondly, banks may not
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  • 68 10 .—Reuter. Australia Equips Her Ou ii Ships Sydney. August 12. The Minister of Commerce and Navy states that the Commonwealth has pro vided locally naval armament and supplies necessary for the ships of the Royal Australian Navy and nearly 2ft auxiliary merchant vessels of various types.
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  • 53 10 Reuter. New York. August 12. The United States committee for the care of European chidren announces that a thousand more children will be brought from Britain to the United States on behalf of relatives and friends in America who are unable to guarantee their
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  • 47 10 .—BOW. Rugby. .August 12. The list of German prisoners of war at present in British hands since the previous list was issued on August 8 includes 12 naval prisoners of war. 33 army prisoners of war and 35 air force prisoners of war.—B.O.W.
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  • 41 10 —BOW. Rugby. August 12. The Colonial Office announces that Sir Rupert Briercliffe, Director of Medical Services. Nigeria, has been selected for appointment as Medical Adviser to the Comptroller for development and welfare in the West Indies. —8.0. W.
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  • 58 10 —Reuter. Publication Of Pro-Axis Articles Istanbul. Aug. 12. The newspaper "Cumhuriyet” has been suspended by decision of the Council of Ministers as a result of its publication of matter "impairing jhe' country’s general policy". It recently published an article favourably disposed to a "new order of things”
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  • 90 10 —Reuter. Mr. Hooyeik lj oVe Criticised Nev. Y u Mr. Hoover last nigh*. for “realistic prompt a t wholesale starvation, dear )re 'ent in Holland. Belgium N His appeal followed a conference t* lorado Springs with Mr. V. C Commentinj on the o.; trp tion
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  • 243 10 .I.—Reuter. Petain Govt. Flavin» France Fake Rugby, August 12 Commenting' on the French trials which open at Riom today the ■M an Chester Guardian saw* Tin p eta government has .put itself in a false position; it is imposthe nation to reorganise itself and to reform its
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  • 59 10 .—8.0. W. Spanish Government Reserves Right* Rugby. August 12 The Spanish Ambassadoi in Londe: called on the Permanent Under-Secre-tary at the Foreign Office at the enn of last week and delivei < a note drawing .attention to the recent British, measures of contraband control ar.’ generally reserving
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  • 39 10 Reuter. Food Consumed By German* Stockholm August The "Afton Bladet" publb of articles from its Denin n -por..ent. reports that a million tn rmans in Jutland, ready to land are consuming all Dams! result that the Danes
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  • 48 10 —8.0. W. £147.000 Gif' I o South Afi Rugb". A further donation of £1 received from the Sr through the South General’s Fund and i* London. To this the Provin< follows: Natal, when £102,000 which bring t to £202.000; Cape P: Transvaal £2.000: and S £250,—80W.
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  • 18 10 .—Reuter. insist I 2 Melbourne It is authoritatively Federal elections will b her 14.—Reuter.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 54 10 THE BEN LINE FAR EAST SERVICE. FOR UNITED KINGDOM For particular* regarding Freight, and other information please apply to: SANDILANDS, BUTTERY CO., Telephone No. 644 645 PENANG. BURNS PHILP LINE (Incorporated in Australia) for particulars regarding Freight, Passage, arrival fates, and other informatiun please apply to BOUSTEAD CO., LTD., Agents
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  • 358 11 SEVEN RACES ON EACH OF 2 DAYS pOOR entries have been received for the Perak Turf Club August Meeting to be held at Taiping on Saturday. Aug. 17 and Saturday. Aug. 24. There is a iota] of 61 animals entered made up of
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  • 362 11 ng ah Lose To lu iiilhians < nt Cheng Wah Athletic Xl A annexing the first n.tmpionship were shatD IV, v 4 to the Ipoh Chinese fer .ret goals to one in thei the padang yesterjefjdiiw thus earned the right Tht v** toms for replay to
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  • 222 11 Victor) For Morning Dew B.P. During the week-end the Morning Dew B.P defeated the Anglo-Cht-nese School Union by the narrow margin of 4 games to 3 in a return encounter at their home court bea big crowd Results > Morning Dew playebs Mentioned first). Miss C. Chan beat Miss
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  • 31 11 11 Months Holiday Carter, who rides for Van ‘Da left this morning for in there he will' travel n< > to Australia where he t- months holiday.
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  • 155 11 South Kedah XI Beat Chong Tuck’s XI A splendid goal scored by Mackay in the second half enabled the South Kedah football team to defeat Chong Tuck’s XI of Penang by 2 goals to one in a friendly game on the Tubuan Valley Padang on Sunday before a huge
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  • 105 11 The P. R. C. Ladies will be holding a hockey practice on the Hutchings School Ground to-morrow, al 5.20 p.m. The following are requested to turn up. Mrs. C. J. Scully, Mrs. H. Peterson, Misses Y. Carrier, J. Carrier. C. Boudville, P. von Bulow, E. Scott.
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  • 221 11 O.X.A. Non-Benderji vs H.M.S. Nameless On the S.X.I. Ground thk- afternoon at 5.15 p.m. O. X. A. Non-Benders —Song Siong Hiong; Let Yt-ow Soon. Lee Soon Chye; Khaw Kent. Hock. Tan Chit Ban, Khoo Boon Choo: A. W. Foley, Yeap Hock Hoe, Yeap Yoen Fah. Lee Rozells anc Tan
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  • 133 11 Mr. R. W. L. McCall Ipoh. An announcement in the AuciUand Herald’ of July 27 mentions the engagement of the well known Perak sportsman. Mr. R. W. L McCall—whose parents Mr. Mrs. H. W L. McCall live at Cliftonvihe, Thanet, England—and Miss Marye Copeland Savage. Mr. McCall
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  • 474 11 r pHE following are thumbnail sketches of the probable Kedah x team to meet Singapore in the final of the “Malaya” Cup at Kuala Lumpur on August 17:— San Kwok Hin First played for Kedah last season. A good all-rounder as goal-keeper, learnt his
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  • 180 11 DIED FOLLDV, fNG 11(411 I <Fiom Our (i»,n Corr spondent) Singapore, Aug. 12. The luneral oi Young Gauder the 24y ear-old Eurasian boxer who died under tragic circumstances, took place this evening at the Bidadari cemetery largely attended by the boxing fraternity. The pall-bearers were all
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  • 181 11 United Youngsters Beat Kidim Police From Our Own Correspondent). Kulim The Kulim Police soccer team were defeated by the United Youngsters by 4 goals to nil in the South Kedah Second Division Football League on the Tubuan Valley Padang on Saturday before a fairly good
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  • 103 11 The following will repre.se nt »ht Old Xavcnans Association against the Chinese Recreation Club in their P F.A CupTie at the C.R.C. ground tomorrow at 5.15 p.m. Aw Heng Tuan, Tung Ghim Huat. Lim Cheng Hoe, A. Muitu, Chee Chin Cheok, Tung
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  • 391 11 HUGHES SIN-KIE TO PLAY IN PENANG NEXT WEEK Exhibition Games In Aid Of War Flint! OE.NANG tennis enthusiasts are in for a treat next week when G. P. Hughes and Kho Sin-kie, famous Davis Cup players, will visit Penang and play a number of exhibition matches on the C.R.C. Courts.
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  • 232 11 Elrctioin Of OfficeBearers Teluk Anson The annual general meeting of the Lower Perak Asiatic Golf Association. Teluk Anson, was held at the Lower Perak Malay Club on Saturday evening with Y.M. Raja Musa. President, in the Chair. Mr A. V Aston, M.C.S., District Officer. Lower
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  • 230 11 Ipoh The recently repaired Kinta SwimmingClub pool was the venue of some excellentswimming during the past two evenings, when the Kinta Swimming Club entertain-. ed the Jolly Seals, a party of swimmers from Penang, in a friendly competition. The programme included two relay events-
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 149 11 815-KE You Can Cure PILES Physician’s discovery positively reduces and heals piles. Dr. Van Vleck’i Abeorptiva Pile Haena te a complete core for the wont paha. The first application stops pain snk irritation almost instantly. Alarming loan of blood is arrested. Inflammation soon dies down. The swollen piles surely grow
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  • 683 12 FIVE MORE ADDED BY THE NAVY i Yesterday’s Big Battle Around English Coasts London, August 12. AN Air Ministry communique states: “In today s air engagements round our coasts, the total number of enemy aircraft so far known to have been destroyed is 39. Nine
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  • 76 12 TUESDAY, AUGUST 13 TIN: Penang $132.50 Business done 125 tons Singapore $132.50 fIUBBLR: Penang Spot 36Jc Singapore Spot 36Jc NOPRA: Sundried $2 55 buyers Black Pepper Nominal TAPIOCA: Medium $6.20 sellers Fair Seed $5.80 sellers RICE: Rangoon Parboiled No. 1 $7.80 Rangoon Parboiled No. 2 $7.70 Rangoon White
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  • 282 12 I .OOR Given To Vi ar Fund Johore. Tiie Ayer Malek Malay School Compound, Johore Bahiu, was the scene of a pleasant function on August 8 when his friends and admirers in Johore gave a tea party m honour of Mr C® Ramasamy Nadai (who
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  • 114 12 (Malay Section) I Amount Previously Acknowledged $2,177.45 Amount collected by Mr. Talib in Hassan of Ayer Itam 6.56 Amount collected by Mr. Ibrahim Ariff Khan of Marine Dept: Mr. Yope bin Daixi $1.0(» Mr. Lee Ah Loong 1.00 Mr. Lee Ah Luan 1.00 Mr. L. Doral 1.00
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  • 34 12 .—Reuter English Regional Soccer London, August 12 The Football League announces that 68 clubs axe competing in the forthcoming Regional competitions beginning on August. 31 and ending on December 28.—Reuter
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  • 167 12 Did Not Have Passport j Endorsed Teng Footrakoon, said to be a That, pleaded guilty to a charge of being an alien and to leaving the Settlement for Singgora. via •Chunuioon on AugUst. 11? without having his passport endorsed, and was fined $3OO in default two months
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  • 175 12 Mr. Frank Wicks And Vliss Dorothy White Singapore Mr. Frank Sidney Wicks, civil engineer, Singapore Municipality, was mairied to Miss Dorothy Nicholson White, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Richardson White, of Green lawns, Northallerton, Yorkshire, at St. Andrew’s Cathedral Singapore, on Saturday by the Rev R.
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  • 221 12 Described by the court «as a regular fowl thief,” Yong Ah Chong. was stated to haw been watched by the police for nearly two months Yesterday appearing before Mr. W. M McCall. Penang Third Magistrate, on a charge of theft, of four ducklings, Yong admitted taking
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  • 737 12 Rugby, August /5 In R.A.F. fighter's pilot in the ourse of a broadcast account \estcrday cveninq of the three big air battles which had taken place ■within the last free days in ail of which he had participated, said his sqnadron had shot down
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  • 189 12 Shanghai, August 13. ]TIL China Press, American registered newspaper here, conducted a poll among American residents on the situation in the Far East. According to answers to the questionnaires, all are in favour of stronger American support for China. regime in Nanking. International; News
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  • 90 12 One Victim Dies In Hospital Ipoll. One 01 the victim.-» of the lamp ex j plosion accident at the tin mine in Tam- 1 bun succumbed to his injuries yesterday morning. It will be recalled' four Chinese mixii ing coolie.s were injured when an acytelene
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    • 330 12 BANKRUPTCY ORDINANCE (CAP. 45) In the High C’-ourt of the Straits Settlenwait*» SETTLEMENT OF PENANG IN BANKRUPTCY No 59 of 1935 RE Lim Keat Chye Notice is hereby given that a First and Final Dividend is intended to be declared in the above matter. All creditors who have not proved
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    • 588 12 Phone 1477 ?U7B Telegram* Ghm»-- SuaacripUoa for rSun®», Oa-«- PIN Ng G 1/ f Local Bjs Dtxlven t* Montmy 50 Quarterly 7 M «< .u Half-Yearly 15.00 fe Yearly 30.00 SUNDAY GAZETTE 41 Loc* l 8.8 Delivery F.M 8 Quarterly «1 m Forel Hall-rewly ano YearlS ».00 ljX j [J
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