Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 29 August 1940

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  • 21 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE LAST EDITION ESTAB. 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY L VoL XCVIU THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1910. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 885 1 SCREAMING BOMBS DROPPED ON OUTSKIRTS r c 1 London, Aug. 28. |NE South-West town experienced its 62nd air raid of the war when bombs weie dropped late tonight but no serious damage is reported. Raiders in South-East England dropped twenty high explosive and many incendiary
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  • 88 1 .—Reuter. Cairo. August 29. A communique states. On Monday a mechanised British Patrol of Sudanese troops successfully’ raided the Italian frontier post at Adardeb which was left in flames. Many casualties were inflict'd. Yesterday afternoon, Haifa was bombed with negligible damage. There Were a few casualties
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  • 80 1 —8.0. W. London, August 28. The Prime Minister has telegraphed to Mr. McConnell, proprietor of the “Montreal Star.” acknowledging the gift of one million dollars for increased consignments of aircraft from Canada. Mr. Churchill said: “May I express my admiration of your .magnanimity matched to this
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  • 23 1 A REUTER MESSAGE RECEIVED THIS AFTERNOON STATES THAT THE ENEMY AIR RAIDS IN THE LONDON AREA LASTED HOURS AND TEN MINUTES.
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  • 203 1 RUM A NO-HUNG A RIA N DEA D LOCK into Rumanian territory.—Reuter. Bucharest, August 29. Today’s meeting at Vienna, reported to have been summoned by Hitler, between the Axis, Hungarian and Rumanian Foreign Ministers, is expected to produce quick results. The view, as expressed
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  • 118 1 REUTER. Premier Sees 7 Raiders Shot Down LONDON, AUGUST 29. MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL SAW SOME OF THE FIERCEST AIR FIGHTING OF THE WAR WHEN HE VISITED THE SOUTH EAST COAST TODAY. THE PRIME MINISTER WATCHED AERIAL BATTLES OVER DOVER AND INSPECTED THE WRECKAGE OF A MESSERSCHMITT
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  • 237 1 IF JAPANESE LAND IN INDOCHINA Chungking, August 29. rpHE Chinese Government announces that in the event of Japanese forces landing in French Indo-China, it would at once “take measures of self-defence by sending armed forces to Indo-China to deal with the situation.” The statement says
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  • 258 1 —Aeuter. All Free Frenchmen Enthusiastic London, August 29. The decision of the Governor and Military Commander of Chad to General De Gaulle’s standard has been greeted with enthusiasm by all free Frenchmen who are continuing the fight against Nazism, writes Reuter’s diplomatic correspondent. The moral courage
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  • 124 1 —Reuter NEU JAPANESE AGITATION Shanghai, August 29. r £HE Municipal Council has decided to appoint a Committee to study whether any changes are desirable in the conduct of Municipal elections, ■it v as announced 'yesterday it is believed that this action follows moves by 'the Japanese to
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  • 49 1 .—Reuter. London. August 28 Mr. John Henry Woolton Davies, who is a Liverpool business man. was returned unopposed as Conservative Member of Parliament for the Haywood and Redcliffe division of Lancashire. The vacancy was caused by the death in action of Caatain R W. Porritt.—Reuter.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 20 1 GAIK i I I I North Malaya <t Penang.—' I uptown dispensary LTD., I I p e nang and Ipoh.
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  • 773 2 RAIDERS UNABLE TO PENETRATE DEFENCE Six Shot Down: Others Driven Off London, August 28. A GREAT air battle tasting half-an-hour raged from the middle of Kent to the Thames Estuary today. An Air Ministry communique issued this afternoon states that enemy activities
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  • 149 2 —Reuter. Ships Bound For Indo-China London, August 28. Regarding the report that Britain is refusing to give clearance papers for ships bound for Indo-China, Reutei s diplomatic correspondent learns in authoritative quarters that, as regards United Kingdom ports, clearance papers have been refused. However the Com-monder-in-Chief of the
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  • 67 2 —Reuter. Price Movements Irregular London, August 28 On the Stock Exchange, early interest in Kaffirs was maintained by details of the Supplementary South African Budget hich was considered less burdensome than expected. Gilt-edged made a good •bowing. Despite the talk of the demand of a wage increase, iron
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  • 26 2 REUTER. LONDON, AUGUST 28. THE LT ALLANS HAVE OCCUPIED THE DEMILITARISED ZONE ON THE GREEK FRONTIER, SAYS REUTER’S DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENT.
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  • 208 2 Parliament In > Recess London, August 28. Despite the enormous strain placed upon him in conducting the war, the Prime Minister is described by his friends as being in good heart and as readily coping with all the varied problems which
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  • 87 2 —Reuter. Italian Reports Without Foundation London. August 28 The Italian report that Britain is contemplating the occupation of the Azores is entirely devoid of foundation, Reuter's diplomatic correspondent learns from authoritative quarters in London. In issuing such report, the Italians are clearly copying German propaganda technique
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  • 78 2 Reuter. $lO,OOO Gift By U.S. R<-<1 Cross Chungking. Aug. 28. The American Red Cross has presented $lO,OOO (U.S. dollars) to Mr. Wu Kuochen. Mayor of Chungking, for the relief of civilians rendered destitute by the Japanese bombings of Aug. 19 and 20. Mr. Willys Peck, Counsellor
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  • 35 2 —Reuter. Istanbul, August 28 The Italian mission passed through here en route for Syria. It is understood that the mission is headed by General Luigi Bardelly >and includes four other generals.—Reuter.
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  • 35 2 .—Reuter. Washington, August 28 President Roosevelt has signed the legislation authorising him to call out 396,000 members of the National Guard and army reserves for twelve months on active duty..—Reuter.
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  • 712 2 Power Of Manoeuvre Wj| Decide Middle East Camoaj Qn London. August 28 THE British forces in the Mediterranean have again de strated that it is the power of manoeuvre which wij]T the deciding factor in the Middle East campaign, Reuter’s tary correspondent points out. B
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  • 53 2 —Reuter. U.S. Transport Arrives At New York New York. Aug. 28, The United States transport, American Legion, has arrived here bringing American refugees and the Crown Princess of Norway and her children. Princess Martha and her children are going to Hyde Park on August 29 as guests of
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  • 67 2 —Reuter. London, August 28. A GERMAN communique claims that an armed British mer- chant steamer, British Commander, was sunk by German naval units in the Indian Ocean. A wireless message picked up in New York yesterday said that the British Commander was
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  • 298 2 —8.0. W. German Methods In Occupied Areas Rugby. August 2J. The method by which the Nazis art hypothecating to their own purposes the resources of the countries which haw come under their domination was tawfully analysed at the week-end in an article in the journal “Economist' under the
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  • 118 2 —8.0. W. Not To Exceed Lour Ounces Per eek Rugby, August 28 The Ministry of Food announces today that from September 2 the amount o butter obtainable under the preset combined butter and margarine ratmn will not exceed fotir ounces. The only change from the preser position which
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  • 57 2 Former Bank Director Fined £15.000 London. August 28 Leon Pandeii Argenti, former direct**' of a merchant bank the name of was kept secret, was fined £15,000 Bow Street. Police Court for failing to fer for sale to the Treasury two bars worth £6,400. four
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  • 39 2 —Reuter. Cairo, August 25 The Commander-in-Chief in the AO l terranean announces that Alexandria am the Port Said area were raided this ni< r ing but there were no casualties and n damage.—Reuter.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 641 2 FEDERATED MALAY STATES GOVERNMENT THREE PER CENT. WAR LOAN, 1952-1959. ISSUE OF $20,000,000 Bonds to Bearer, authorised by Federated Malay States War Ixian Enactment No. 16 of 1940. REPAYABLE AT PAR NOT EARLIER THA_N THE Ist OCTOBER. 1952, AND NOT LATER THAN THE 30th SEPTEMBER. 1959. INTEREST THREE PER CENT.
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  • 294 3 pAPE RIUVE is an ugly ner of lovely Lisbon. But the Tagus is both wide and deep here. And the great fourengined Boeing Atlantic Clippers o f Pan-American Airways have plenty of space to land and take off on the New York-Azores-Lisbon run.
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  • 125 3 Woman Bound Over L«ondon. When the woman described as Lady (Wynne Stuart) Campbell, 41 of Clanricarde-gardens, W., appeared on remand at Bow-street, a detective said she had told him she was the daughter of a brigadiergeneral and was married to Sir J?hn Campbell in Paris
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  • 80 3 Police Chief's Disclosure Trivandrum. A statement that the Travancore State Police have discovered in Travancore, a group calling itself the Fascist Cell, was made by the Inspector-General of Travancore Police in the Upper House of the Travancore Legislature during a discussion on the Budget demand for
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  • 417 3 Bid For Mastery In Skies London. The invasion, of Britain will be decided in the air, according to an editorial published in the “Aeroplane.” rpHIS journal states that some of the country’s most pressing anxieties since the collapse of France have been relieved
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  • 785 3  -  HITLER IN A HURR BECAUSE By KENNETH PIPE PEALS for food for people in the countries overrun by Hitler are being made. America is being .told that these people are being starved to death by the British blockade. An official statement issued in London confirmed
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  • 168 3 “rpHE question whether or not a nation be desirable as an 1 ally is not so much d etermined by the inert mass of arms which it has at hand but by the obvious presence of a sturdy will to national self-preservation and a heroic courage which
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  • 234 3 uring the last war British films ppeared from the screens of the Id. enabling American producers ;ain a lead not yet overtaken, jt British producers are detersd to do all they can to prevent further loss of ground during war. r this reason, the
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  • 30 3 Mr. Ernest Bevin, Minister of Laho ur, arriving at the House ofinions to take his seat. With him is his wife (seen showing paad daughter.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 210 3 The new NACET De Luxe J y ITT 1 f 1 1 1 i BLjde has been introduced l\j '■-Lz LIL 11 to carry on the tradition of perfect shaving established by that great favourite, the I ID) LU ILIUXIE J popular NACET Blade. But nape in ingland this time
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 53 3 WHAT A WAR! By Gilbert OF W ilkinson (HORACE (The Horoscope Fan) T- /'WvfifflßPwßUftLl Aug 29 a j our 7 ney is indicated. You P carry with you the good wishes of many. WBF 4ft Don’t let things you liavc in tiand worr j y° u t^iese can Z satisfactorily
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  • 1152 4 Car With Inefficient Brakes Accused Convicted Witness Fined For Perjury Kuala Pilah. Remarking that it was the Date’s own daughter who was killed in the accident and that he did not propose, therefore, to inflict a heavy sentence, Inche Osman bin Ujong, the magistrate, on
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  • Article, Illustration
    17 4 in smokes for a wounded sailor recuperating in a British hospital. His outlook is certainly cheerful.
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  • 355 4 COLLISIONS WITH BUS AND RICSHA Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 28. TWO local Europeans, both undergoing training as volunteers, appearer! before Raja Ayoub in the Third Court yesterday on charges of dangerous driving and being involved in accidents. In the first case, J. Stewart of
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  • 105 4 New York. Sonja Henie, eight times worlds champion figure skater and winner of two Olympic Gold Medals, was married here last month to Dan Topping, millionaire sportsman and owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers eleven in the National Professional Football League. Miss Henie renounced her career as
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  • 112 4 (/►lone Is London. Sums totalling £3,622 were alleged at Bow-street, to have been paid by an unnamed retired colonel to Harry Vevey, 45. a manufacturer of Theo-balds-road, Holborn. Vevey was remanded in custody on a charge of blackmail involving £750. It was stated that the colonel, a
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  • 418 4 August 26. 194 0 Perk'nabaran dari Lone kapa!2 terbant Jerman tela: n n g„J a j kan banyak bom di-atas LrJar Lend sendin pada malani Ahad Maka ini-lah serangan uda jan, habis2 besar sa-kah telah di-rasa o )eh i bandar London daripada vang sudah2 Suatu
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  • 246 4 Fines Of $6O Imposed On Woman Kuala Lumpur. The view that he could not imagine anj place in Kuala Lumnur more dangerous than Batu Road in which to learn to drive was expressed by Mr. W. J. Tliorogood. the First Magistrate. Kuala Lumpur, in
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 123 4 edjou II lore the H® Jis fSfSk perfume —so sweet andrejres WillWMiiSg /|||B||| Film stars, world famous for rPW/ I their beauty, use Lux Toilet Soap because it safely cleanses their skin so gently and J thoroughly —keeps it gloriously Joan Bennett, 1 AIT -I er IVanger star, says smooth.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous

  • 2765 5 Were Never Members Of Contractors’ Ring Singapore. e concluding phase of the trial by court martial Qi Capt. oveda V’ R E., on charges of conspiracy to defraud the War and of corruption, will begin today when the accused hands in his written statement and
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  • 948 5 Judgment Against Money-changer And Assistants An Indian money-changer, two of his former assistants and a tamby “conducted their own defence in the Supreme Court, Penang, yesterday after Mr. Justice Aitken had refused an application for a postponement on the ground that they wanted to engage another
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  • 67 5 Postponement For Two Years The Municipal Commissioners have agreed that Mr. A. S. Gosling, of the Electrical Supply Department, instead of taking his leave in September 1940 as previously arranged, be allowed to carry on till December 1942 and then take 10 months’ leave prior to retirement.
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  • 472 5 SOCIAL PERSONAL Dr. (Mrs.) Anna Vareed returned to Kuala Lumpur on Monday after a short holiday in Cameron Highlands. Mr. W. G. Lorimer has been appointed the Financial Secretary’s deputy under tne Defence (Finance) Regulations. Mr. John W. G. Kerr, son of the late Mr. William Kerr of Kelantan and
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 147 5 THE NEW WORLD BOXING TONIGHT AT 9.30 P.M. Sympathetic Control Board Lifts Ban BOY NARA Returns To The Ring To Fight FIGHTING AH KOW AT THE PENANG HALL (Covered) Wilf Nara be the “Idol of the Indians” again FM.SE GONE YEU-O* Then read this M® need now to be em-
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    • 243 5 The Oversea-Chinese Amusement Co., Ltd. THURSDAY, 29th AUGUST 1940 On and after the Ist September 1940 and until further notice The Wembley Park will be closed temporarily for new additions and alterations to the Theatre Halls and Stalls The Wembley Cabaret will carry on as usual The Violet Cafe will
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 219 5 This Week’s Big Attraction OPENS TODAY AT 8 Penang’s Most Luxurious j[ «4 J. Air-Conditioned Theatre Controlled By SHAW BROS. LTD., Singapore. 3 Shows [Today At 3; 6.15 and 9.30 p.m. 1940’S PRIZE DRAMATIC HIT A Love Story You'll Live With A Cast You’ll Love! Every Character a Star Every
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    • 49 5 OPENS TODAY THREE SHOWS AMERICA’S FIRST FAMILY TOGETHER AGAIN! THEY ARE ALL HERE IN A GALE OF MIRTH AND ROMANCE! A ’ZX tewis STONE.uAext Change Sunday Ist Sept. MORTAL MAGIC? OR SUPERNATURAL POWER? SEE “MIRACLE FOR SALE” COMING! Clark Gable Vivien Leigh in “GONE WITH THE WIND” IN TECHNICOLOUR
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    • 125 5 QUEEN’S LA S T 2 SHO W S 6,15 p.m, 9.30 p.m. THE MOST SUCCESSFUL AND KIOTO I S FARCE OF THE LONDON STAGE! “FR ENCI I LEAVE” with EDMUND BREON—JOHN LONGDEN BETTY LYNNE SUPPORTED BY A magnificent pulsating Short Subject ‘DRUMS IN THE DESERT” (Showing the sjiirtt of the
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  • 419 6 IT is a regiettable fact that the citizen in Penang does not take as much interest in the affairs of the town as he should do or as his compeers elsewhere do. We have often deplored this apathy and have attributed it to lack of civic
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  • 151 6 QUEEN'S CD sma "Frent Leave” and “Drums in the D* er t” 6.15 and 9.30 p.m. ODEON CINJIA Micke Rooney in “Andy Hardy Gets S? rin g Fever” 3, 6.15 and 9 30 p MAJESTIC CNEMA John Vayne in "Westward Ho” and <ne Autry in “The Big
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  • 346 6 That All's Well Feeling TT is inexplicable, this His-heaven-and-all’s-right-with-the world sort of feeling. You get it just as certainly as you get the glums. Perhaps it's the weather, that extra little snip in the air that makes all the difference to a day in the office. Or.
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  • 628 6 Thursday, August 29. r rMIERE was another air raid warning in the London area yesicrday. Shortly after the sirens had stopped, half a dozen flares drifted down at different points, splitting into two before dying out. 4 'PER a warning which lasted two hours,
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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    • 31 6 g IS a B !|i t tab«l k J 3 Scotch ShAtwiMmmbmhk Sole Agents ,or Perak Jb Kedah Henry Waugh Co. Ltd. B PENANG IPOH Z D B S B BBBBBSBBBBaiEBB
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    • 37 6 I' PIONEER »ÜB«»«ms.i 529.TANJONC BUN6AH R? PEMAMfc. For your convenience send your tyres to ow Sales Depot, 11 Light Street, Penang, Phone 4121, or to out Town Representatives, the Central Shoe Store. 134, Campbell Street, Phone 2883.
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  • 941 7 piRMER sweetheart exonerated Man Who Broke Off Engagement Testifies Suicide by caustic soda poisoning” was the verdict returned by Mr. A. W. Bellamy, the Coroner, in the Police Court hi- morning at the joint inquiries held into the death of Pengy f han Saw Pek.
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  • 209 7 Six Weeks' Intensive' Training The local Battalion of the Straits Setlements Volunteer Force, the Penang Province Wellesley Volunteer Corps, have just completed their six weeks’ intensive training, and today employers are once again seeing the familiar faces of their employees who have been away.
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  • 55 7 Butterworth. A Chinese woman, Foo Ah Leok, was fined $25, in default three weeks’ prison, for having in her possession seven quart bottles of dutiable liquoi at Kepala Batas on August 23 by Mr.* R. C. Hoffman in the Police Court here yesterday. The accused
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  • 142 7 TXLAYAN BANKS PREPARED TO GRANT ADVANCES order to encourage subscri ptions to the S.S. 000,000 d FMS $20,000,000 War Loans we understand t a über banks at the Malayan Exchange Banks Assr,c,^ l re prepared to grant advances up to 80% of the face
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  • 145 7 Mr. W. McQuarrie To Retire Soon Chief Inspector W. McQuarrie, who has been acting Singapore Coioner since Apr. 5, when Mi. W. G. I’ortei went on leave, is to retire from tht Straits Settlements Police Force shortly Mr. McQuarrie will go on sever months’ leave as
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  • 167 7 Meeting Of Eastern Hemisphere Delegates MR. H. NORTH HINT AND MR. W. A. FELL FROM MALAYA AT the forthcoming cQnference in New Delhi on co-ordina-tion of the war supply resources of Empire countries in the Eastern Hemisphere, Malaya's delegates will be Mr. H. North Hunt, M.C.S.,
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  • 86 7 Following a report made at the Central Police Station by Miss Bessie Khong, a dance hostess of the Wembley Cabaret, over the loss of her gold pendant, valued at bout $l5O, the police have recovered the jewellery in one of the pawnshops. An arrest, it is
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  • 273 7 31,000 DONATION FROM MAJOR MRS. O.B. HAINES North .Malaya War Fund Total Now 31,038,580 The War Fund in North Malaya went up by more than $2,000 yesterday to $1,038,580.72. the Penang total being $586,316.00 and that of Perak $452,164.72. The increase was largely due to an individual donation of $l.OOO.
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  • 108 7 Alor Star. The case against Oswald Edwaids Edward alias O. E. Solomon who was last month arrested in Singapuie on a warrant issued from this State, was again mentioned in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday. The case was fixed for hearing in the High Court on Wednesday,
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  • 54 7 An Indian toddy-seller, V. Manikam was fined $2O in default fifteen days’ rigorous imprisonment by the Penang Third Magistrate, Mr. W. M McCall, this morning, when be pleaded guilty to a charge of selling a pint of toddy without a licence about 6.30 p.m. on August 28
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  • 84 7 A car and a Chinese cyclist were in collision at the entrance leading to the Batu Gantong Cemetery yesterday afternoon. The cyclist, who was thrown off, received slight injuries. The car, driven by a Chinese, was passing through the entrance leading to the Cemetery, when
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  • 103 7 I fit Oversea Chinese Amusement.-., Co. Lid., owners of the Wembley and thi bun Frolic Amusement Parks, wish to state that they have not drafted the plans t(> change trie Wembley Park, which will be closed tempurarhy from the beginning of r e k month, into a bazaar
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  • 21 7 The American Consulate at Penang' will be closed on Monday, September, 2, 1940, in observance of “Labour Day.”
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 98 7 W i w J, OP W flk 1 7* *yjjF jS -Jr "W. Enough to make anyone iu.. round! Children lore Cow Bl Gate. Not only for its pleasant, HI SOOthing flavour, but for the -nts for Malaya D?rth) and Penang Island—feeling of contentment and :*e Georgetown dispensary ltd., penang.
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    • 224 7 How!got rid of MIDDLE-AGED' although Im —over 50 k I L- I “jYLL niy friends want to know wliat 1 have done to make myself look so young I have just celebrated my 50th birthday. My face was lined—my complexion dull and sallow. I looked very middle-aged’. Then I read
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  • 171 8 Courageous Investment Policy The equity investor should, states the Investors’ Chronicle, retain a sense or proportion. Already the yield basis of the market is distorted almost beyond recognition, and many sound industrial securities both fixed interest and ordinary, are selling at levels which discount a great deal.
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  • 49 8 Mr. C. J. G. Palmour (Whinney, Smith and Whinney), of London, has been reelected president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants for the ensuing year. This will be his third successive year of office. Mr. Tom Walton (Walton, Watts and Co.), of Manchester, has been reelected vice-president.
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES QUOTATIONS
    • 445 8 Issued by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association (Penang and Ipoh sections) at noon to-day. NOMINAL. Isaue buyer» sellers 4/0 Ampat Tm 3/3 3/6 5/0 Austral Ama’. 5/3 5/6 £1 Austral M 35/0 37 6c 5/0 Ayer Hitam 17/6 18/6 $1 Ayer Weng 0.57 i 0.62* £1 Bangrin Tin 16/6 17/6
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    • 250 8 NOMI NAL. laaue buyer. «eilers Allenby 1.07| 1.15 Alor Gajah 0.85 0.90 Amal Malay 1.65 1.75 Ayer Hitam 0.90 1.00 Ayer Molek 0.95 1.00 Ayer Panas 1.10 1.15 Bassett 0.424 0.47 j Batu Lin tang 1.00 1.05 Bedford 0.85 0.90 ex Benta 0.97 j 1.02 J Borelii 1.15 1.25
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    • 320 8 NOMI NAL. Issue buyer? toilers A £1 (Aust? N.Z. Mln Ord 22/0 33,0 2 Alex. Brick CM 1.75 2.00 2 do 7|% Pref 2.00 2.10 b B. M. T. 650 7.00 £f> Chartered Bank £|6i £6.j £1 Con. T. S. Ord 17/6 18/0 £1 Con. T. 8. 7% Pref
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    • 109 8 Company Dividend Boot» cla* TIN Austral Malay 3d. 1/3 Bonus Sept. 13 Sept 2 K. Kampars 6d. Sept. 18 Sept 9 Kundangs 1/- S«pt 4 Au g »6 Paub Gold 4d Sept. 20 l4 Southern Kinta 174% L. T Sept. 10 Aug 5 Sungei Way 20%
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  • 39 8 Profit- for 1939. according to preliminary statement. £40.610 (£24.689-: To genera! reserve £5.000 (£9.000 >; estates reserve £5,000 (nil); building and machinery £2.000 (3,000 >; taxation £6.500 < £3.000). Dividend 6 per cent., less tax (2a per cent i
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  • 37 8 Total income for 1939 £41.102 t£24,788>, Profit. £22,203 (£3,974). Depreciation, £1,700 (£2.074); tax provision. £6.506 (£250); to reserve, £2,000 (nil). Final. 5 per cent., making 15 per cent., less tax (same). Forward. £6,100 (£6,097
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  • 41 8 Total income for 1939 £50,712 (£27.429). Profit £37.529 (£12.970) Written off property and plant. £65 (£262); to tax reserve, £5.500 (nil); reserve £5.000 (nil). Final 5 per cent making 20 per cent., less tax (same forward, £10,912 (£9,545).
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  • 17 8 Output for April/June. 1940, totallea 232 l/)4 tons, (3,900 piculs). 3stimated mine profit £31,600,
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  • 136 8 x Yesterdav’s Close Previously TIN: LCNDON: “Spot” £257. 5. 0. 5. 0. “Forward” £258. 0. 0. £258. 15 0SINGAPORE: “Spot” $132.37% >132.37% Business done 75 tons 75 tons PENANG “Spot” $132.37% >132.37% RUBBER: LONDON: “Spot” 12 l|4d. 12 7]l6d “Forward” 12 l|4d 12 7U6d Tone Idle Idlo SINGAPORE:
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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  • 70 9 mail departures THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1940. Latest Time cf Posting AIR MAILS Mails for Austx'alia, New Zealand, java a.m. Friday 30tb inst. Mails for Great Britain (via Durban) India. Africa, Egypt Burma, Bangkok, Hongkong, Saigon. U.S.A. Great Britain (via Transpacific Air Service) 7 p.m. Saturday 31st inst. SURFACE
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  • 540 9 The Life of Percy Dearmer. By his Wile, Nan Duunier. With an Introduction hy the Dean oi St. Paul s. (tape. 10s. (kl.) By GERARD HOPKINS Percy Dearmer s outstanding characteristics were earnestness of purpose, love of his fellows, and an inquiring nimbleness of intelligence which was happiest
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  • 221 9 New Building Opened Klang. TN the presence of a large gather- ing numbering well over a thousand Indians and presided over by Mr. Y. Kesava Menon, Mr. R. M. M. Latchumanan Chettiar declared open the new building of the Klang District Indian Union, Kampong Java,
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  • 624 9 Go-Between Gives Evidence Kuala Lumpur. INESCRIBED by the prosecution as being a woman-trafficker in children and as having been responsible for introducing into tnis country 11 Chinese boys and five girls of tender Ng Kim, as already reported yesterday, i was charged before the First Magistrate,
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    • 1405 9 TO-DAY SHORTWAVE STATIONS BROADCASTING B. B. C. News In English TRANSMISSION—T WO. 6 00 —9.05 pm. Malayan Time) will be B c radiated on the following wavelengths: OSH—l397m; G51—19.66m; GSJ— (Local Tune) A 3.93m; GSG—l6.B6m; GOT-13.92m; Transmission 5 0.50 a.m. and on GSF— 19.60 m. until 7.20 p.m. and Transmission
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    • 856 9 SAN FRANCISC (TREASURE ISLAND) KGEI 9.53 mc/s (31.48 n (From 7.20 p.m. to 12.25 aj P.M. 7.50 News in English. 9.50 News in English. 10.50 News in English. 11.30 Financial Service. SINGAPORE ZHL 1,333 kc/s <225 m.) 1.15 p.m. Jjght Music, t 1.30 lining to Manners. Programme SummarMulday Tin, Copra
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    • 670 9 MANILA KZRM 9.57 mc/s <3i.3e m.) I 5.50 a.m. News in English. 12.1 i p.m. News in English. 5.10 Stocks j 5.50 Local Market Reports. 5.55 News in; English. 8.05 News in English. KZIB 9.50 mc/s (31.58 m.) 6.64 mc/s (49.67 m.) 6.50 a.m. News in English. 8.50 —10.30 Manila
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  • 790 10 Enemy Forces Split Up And Driven Back London, August 28 After a night of dispersed and indiscriminate bombing attacks in many districts, enemy raiders approached the coast in force this morning but were scattered with losses after severe encounters with R.A.F. fighters. It
    —Reuter.  -  790 words
  • 330 10 tions as a means of self-defence. International News Agency. PRINCE KONO YE DENOUNCES PARTY SYSTEM Tokyo. August 28. Prince Konoye, speaking at the inaugural meeting of the preparatory committee to formulate a new national structure, emphasised that there was pressing need for the
    tions as a means of self-defence. International News Agency.  -  330 words
  • 318 10 NEW MOVE BY AXIS TO AVERT FLARE-UP Ribbentrop And Ciano To Confer At Vienna London, August 28 The German radio announces that a conference between Herr von Ribbentrop, Count Ciano and the Hungarian and Rumanian Foreign Ministers will begin at V ienna on August
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  • 157 10 —Reuter. Journalist Who Has Seen Conflict Shanghai, Aug. 28 “Germany cannot succeed,’’ de- I dared Mr. John McCutcheon Raleigh, American newspaperman and radio commentator for the Columbia Broadcasting system, who was in Berlin at the outbreak of the present European conflict and saw most of the fighting
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  • 86 10 —Reuter. Very Satisfactory First Meeting Ottawa. August 27. The newly-formed United States-Cana-da Defence Board today finished the first phase of its studies here and adjourned until the day when it will resume its deliberations at Washington. In the meantime, military members ot the Board will tour the
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  • 93 10 —8.0. W. Departure Of First Contingent Of 315 Rugby, August 28. The first contingent of British school children for South Africa under the children’s evacuation reception scheme has left Britain. The party numbered 315 and came from 8 different counties. The children will spend their
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  • 80 10 •—Reuter. Soldiers To Help l n French Harvest London, Aug. 28 An 'anti-Jewish campaign in Gem occupied Holland is reported by the radio. Notices are posted in the ants “requesting” Jews not to enter m announcer added. The principal Dutch newspaper has dismissed Jewish eir." ployees.
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  • 122 10 —Reuter. 943 Planes Since Start Of War London. August 28. The German News Agency quoting' “authoritative circles” claims that during the period August 1 to 26. 1.055 Br> tish planes were destroyed in air jattle by anti-aircraft fire or on the ground As announced in the Air
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  • 97 10 —Reuter. French Diplomatic Changes London.. Aug. 28. Important diplomatic changes are tc be announced in the French official Gazette tomorrow, according to the L ons Radio. Eighty-three officials are to be retired, including 15 Ministers, three counsellors of the Embassy, 19 ConsuLs-General and 23 Counsellors.
    —Reuter.  -  97 words
  • 39 10 .—8.0. W. Rugby. Aug. 24. Aiming at providing a full squadron of Spitfires for the R.A.F.. Northern Ireland has provided funds for eight machines in 15 days, the total raised no? being £40.000. —8.0. W.
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  • 126 10 Reuter. Frenchmen I rged To Support Vichy Shanghai, Aug. 28. Broadcasting to Frenchmen throughout China yesterday evening, the French Ambassador. M. Henri Cosme. appealed for unity and urged all Frenchmen tc support the Vichy Government. He asked Frenchmen in the Far East not to allow themeelves to
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  • 74 10 —lnternational News Agency. Canadian Church Demolished Chungking. Aug 25. The United Church of Canada was bombed and demolished in the Japanese air raid on August 20 and sustained damage to the amount of 5250.00 G. This is the estimation of Mr. Gordon Jones, secretary of the Canadian
    .—lnternational News Agency.  -  74 words
  • 382 10 70 Killed M hen Jaj >anese Bomb Shiukwaifs Shopping Centre Shiukwan, August 25 The heavy air raid on this war-time capital on August 20 for the first time in eight months would have wrought more serious results had it not been for the new emergency
    the North River and ei»e guard any imitation blitzkriegnational News Agency.  -  382 words
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  • 1053 11 Singapore Races L OL-LOWING are the handicaps for the second day of the Singapore Turf Club Gold Cup Meeting to be run on Wed- sday, September 4:— H sRSES Class 3 —Division I—61 —6 Furlongs OLD COW 6y 9.00 Mrs. S. C. Khoo Magill GOLDEN MELODY
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  • 127 11 n ang-Pa<lang Besar Section Th Ways b ated Malay States RailcCnir ave a notice stating that enc!n S from the beginning of be h JnlSi revised train service will B esar the Penang-Padang th e !e main alterations are: Gpi n E;kok-Penang International 3 3rj r
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  • 76 11 Address On Appeal lor Blood Donors At the weekly luncheon meeting yesterday of the Penang Rotary Club at the E. O. Hotel, Rotarian Dr. E. W. G. Faris spoke briefly on the recent appeal of the Penang Rotary Club for volunteers for blood transfusions. Rotarian C.
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  • 81 11 The P.R.C. Ladies hockey team had a hit-about yesterday evening on the Hutchings School ground. The threatening weather prevented several ladies from turning up, and as there were insufficient players those present only engaged in a hit-about. Mr. J. e. Vaz, who was present, coached
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  • 56 11 Bukit Mertajani Estate Beat Dubliners (From Our Own Correspondent) Kulim, August 26 The Bukit Mertajam Rubber Estate XI defeated the Dublin Estate XI in a South Kedah Junior League match on the (Dublin Estate ground by the only goal scored by Wan Hama c ‘in
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  • 448 11 P.C.I .A. Beaten By Speed Superior Team-Work In the second round of the Penang Football Association Cup-tie on the Victoria Green yesterday, the Indian Rec reation Club defeated the Penang Chinese Football Association by the comfortable margin of three goals to one. The visitors
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    • 647 11 LEND FOR VICTORY Support the COLONY WAR LOAN STRAITS SETTLEMENTS GOVERNMENT WAR LOAN 1952/1959 Proceeds to be placed at the disposal of His Majesty’s Government for the prosecution of the War ISSUE OF STR. «25,000,000 BONDS TO BEARER t (Authorised by Straits Settlements War Loan (Local) Ordinance. 1940) REPAYABLE AT
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  • 336 12 MAGILL’S NEWCOMERS NOW READY Duke Carrington And Oorugan Revel In Soft Going (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Today. A HEAVY shower of rain interrupted the training this J* morning. Before the rain, Kalo and Dinna Forget did six furlongs fast, finishing level. Both newcomers
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  • 289 12 LIGHTER SIDE OF ARMY LIFE Amusing Comedy At Queen’s Th© lighter side of the Tommy’s life in Fx.ince is Hie theme of “French Leave,” an amusing British picture, which opened at the Queen's yesterday. Typical Army characters a blustering general, a flirtatious subaltern and a “Nobby” play
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  • 68 12 ——B.O.W. Rugby August 29. Th? Home Secretary has appointed an advisory committee to consider in particular whether any Italian now interned who applies for release can be regarded as so friendly and well disposed towards Ihe Allied cause that they can be released without prejudice to national interest.
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  • 251 12 .—Reuter. Ottawa. August 29. A Canadian army corps will be formed in England under Lieut.General McNaughton, Comman-der-in-Chief, Canadian Active Service Force, as soon as the second Canadian division has completed its English training. Colonel Ralston, Defence Minister, declared at a Press conference
    .—Reuter.  -  251 words
  • 656 12 Interfering With Repose Of Day W orkers Rugby, August 28 The change of Nazi tactics with regard to air attacks on Britain, the change from daylight to night raids, and the effect these raids are having are the subjects of further comment in
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  • 204 12 —Reuter. £16.000.000 Allotted For This Year Capetown, August 28. South Africa is spending £46.000,000 on her war effort this year. This was revealed by Mr. Hofjneyer. Minister of Finance, Introducing the supplementary budget in the House of Assembly. The original Budget in February provided a defence
    .—Reuter.  -  204 words
  • 24 12 .—Reuter. Washington, Aug. 29. President Roosevelt has signed a Bill authorising American vessels to entei’ the European combat zone to remove children.—Reuter.
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  • 239 12 Reuter. London, August ‘29. R EISTER'S diplomatic correspondent learns that the new development in Americas defence, e?4|icate<l by the formation of the United States-Canadian Board are being sympathetically tollowMxi in London where it regarded as a precedent which Will he followed increasingly not crly in
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  • 408 12 ~n London, August eg Further details of the R.A.i raids on enemy territory shore that bombs were dropped on the nazal dockyard at Kiel from a height of only 800 feet when R..A.1 I:cavy bombers carried out a swift attack on Tuesday night. L —Reuter.
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  • 77 12 THURSDAY, AUGUST 29. FIN: Penang $132.374 Business done 190 tons Singapore $132.37| RUBBER: Penang Spot 37 3/4c Singapore Spot 37 3/4c COPRA: Sundried $2 80 buyers Black Pepper Nominal TAPIOCA: Medium $6.75 sellers Fair Seed $6.55 sellers RICE: Rangoon Parboiled No. 1 $B.lO Rangoon Parboiled No. 2 $B.OO
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    • 342 12 Federated Malay States Railways NOTICE Commencing from Ist September. 1949 a revised train service win be in force, on the Penang Padang Be*>ar Section. (2) The main alterations are, (a) The present Bangkok Penang International Express will leave Padang Besar at 3.30 p.m. instead of 2.30 p.m. and arrive Penang
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