Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 30 August 1940

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  • 22 1 LAST EDITION Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY No. 207. Vol. xcym FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1940. PRICE 10 CENT
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  • 456 1 Wide Belt Of Territory Now With Britain London, August 30. “The war continues in the Empire and will one day be resumed actively in the Motherland until it shall pass to enemy territory,” declared General De Gaulle in a broadcast with reference to the adherence
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  • 57 1 -Reuter. Tokio, August 30. The Japanese liner “Fushimi Maru H 0,966 tons) bound for Europe is unable to sail from Bombay because the British navicert system prevents her taking on water, states the Domei Agency which adds that the matter has heen taken up with
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  • 34 1 Reuter. Washington, August 30 The Senate has approved the $5,000,000.000. Defence Appropriation Bill providing funds to start the construction of 200 warships, and 14,000 aeroplanes for the Army and Navy.—
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  • 60 1 Reuter. Ambassador-At-Large In India io Be Appointed Tokio, August 30. Among the impending Japanese diplomatic changes, it is reported that the Consul-General to Batavia. Mr. Otoji Saito, will be elected to the rank of Minister and Mr. Hajime Matsumiya, Director of the Bureau of Res*-arch Documentation is
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  • 86 1 s,—Reuter. London, August 30. Pilot Officer James Eric Storrar whose squadron destroyed 21 enemy aircraft in one day. has, with five other officers, been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for gallantry in flying operations Storrar himself shot down two and altogether a personal “bag” of
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  • 331 1 Berlin, August jo. After a meeting between the German and Italian ministers and the Rumanian delegation, the Vienna talks have been adjourned until tomorrow, states the Official News Agency. “There is no direct discussionly devoted to “formal receptions and personal contacts There is no
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    44 1 QUEEN WILHELMINA of Holland will be sixty tomorrow, To mark the occasion, there will be a “Book” at the local Dutch Consul’s office tomorrow from 10. SO a-.m. to 1 p.m for those who wish to add their names to the felicitations.
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  • 166 1 .—Reuter ATTEMPT TO RILM BLOCKADE Shanghai. August 30. Several Chinese ships attempting to run the Japanese blockade of the Central China coast have been sunk by Japanese patrol warships in the past few days, it is reported here. One medium-sized vessel was sunk by Japanese patrols on
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  • 685 1 MORE MORE TROOPS BEING TRAINED London. August 30. pEUTER’S special correspondent with the Southern Command writes: “Undaunted by Hitler’s aerial blitzkrieg, the armed forces in the Command are facing up not only to the possibility that South England will be the platform for a German invasion
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  • 492 2 Nazis In Shelters For Three Hours BOMBERS COME IN WAVES Successful Attack On Military Objectives London, Aug. 29. y GREAT glow in the South-Eastern sky believed to be coming from a fire caused by the R.A.F. could be seen from the centre
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  • 257 2 —Reuter. Talks Begin In Vienna Berlin, Aug. 29. Conversations oetween Herr von Ribbentrop, Count Ciano and the Hungarian and Rumanian Foreign Ministers began at Vienna this afternoon. Commenting on the Hungarian-Ru-manian meeting at Vienna, authoritative quarters in London declare that it recalls a very similar meeting in 1938
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  • 46 2 effectiveness of the enemy efforts— Reuter. Civilians Flocking Back To Alexandria Alexandria. Aug. 29. Although the Italians have made several bombing raids here, the Egyptian civilians, who had evacuated the city are now flocking back impressed by the ineffectiveness of the enemy efforts— Reuter.
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  • 41 2 —Reuter London, Aug. 29. Nearly two hundred German planes came over the South-East coast this afternoon in waves. They penetrated inland at a great height but fled when engaged by fighters without dropping any bombs —Reuter
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  • 254 2 Reuter Harrying British lac-tics Cairo, Aug. 29 The harrying tactics of the British land forces in the Western Desert during the first weeks of the war with Italy in order to keep the enemy inside Libya now appear to have had a more far-reaching effect than was
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  • 162 2 —8.0. W. Generosity Of American People Appreciated Rugby, August 29 The splendid generosity of the American people expressed in contributions to the Allied cause by way of medical stores, ambulances and aid in other ways, has been deeply appreciated in Britain These gifts, which still continue,
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  • 96 2 —Reuter. Appeal To Muslims To Help Britain Jerusalem (By Mail). An appeal to Muslims to "help Britain with all their united energy” is made by Prince Aly Khan. The Prince says: "Today religious freedom has received what appears to be the death sentence in those countries that
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  • 39 2 —Reuter. New Australian Chief Of Staff Melbourne, August 29. The Oabinet is appointing MajorGeneral Vernon Sturdee Chief of the General Staff in succession to General White who was killed in the air crash on August 12. —Reuter.
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  • 634 2 London, August 29. hell with them. Let us get on with the job.” This. A seems to be the general slogan of British factory workers engaged in war work in their reactions to air raids. Enquiries in many quarters and reports from the factories throughout
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  • 149 2 Their Majesties Cheered Bv Workers Rugby. August 29 Tne King and Queen today made a two hours’ tour of on of Britain’s biggesl shipyards in North-West England where they saw warships on the stocks and nt here in the basin almost ready to put to sea. Thousands
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  • 29 2 n.—Reuter Ottawa, August 29 It is learned that the British Government has ordered six hundred Hurricane fighters from a Canadian company Fort William. —Reuter
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    • 643 2 FEDERATED MALAY STATES GOVERNMENT THREE PER CENT. WAR LOAN, 1952-1959. ISSUE OF $20,000,000 Bonds to Bearer, authorised by Federated Malay Scales War Ixnn Enactment No. 16 of 1940. REPAY ABLE AT PAR NOT EARLIER THAN THE Ist OCTOBER, 1952, AND NOT LATER THAN THE 30th SEPTKMBER, 1959. INTEREST THREE PER
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  • 1122 3 fN the early days of the la«t war when British, French and German armies were deeply engaged! in Flanders and France, a sudden voice of distraction came from the city of Beersheba. It was a braggart Turkish commander giving
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  • 359 3 FIGHTERS FOR BRITAIN Washington, British pilots have tested in a 600-mile-an-hour dive a new fighter of which large numbers are destined for Britain. The New York “Herald-Tribune” says that the new plane was tested by a British Purchasing Mission pilot and is believed
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  • 282 3 Night Flashes London. For nearly an hour one night a policeman watched the repeated flashing of a light from an old cottage overlooking the river at Old Bursledon, Hampshire. The next night, too, he saw the flashes. He called at the cottage, and the occupier. Mrs.
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  • 99 3 TRIBUTE TO LIEUT.GEN. W.G.S. DOBBIE Popular Governor In Malta A tribute to Lieut.-Gen. W. G. S Dobbie’s popularity as Governor of Malta, was paid by Mrs. P. Rathgen on arrival in Singapore from Cairo. Mrs. Pathgen, who was formerly in Malti. before going to Cairo, told a press reporter that
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  • 184 3 Food Up 200 p.c. St. Jean De Luz, France. TTNEMPLOYMENT. rebuilding, food distribution, and the curbing of speculation and discontent are some of the problems which face the Petain Government today. They are now drawing up a plan for the gradual repatriation of refugees and the
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  • 249 3 3 Months For Woman London. Asked to fill in certain forms, a Ventnor woman resolutely refused to give the information required. •T am not going to say where my brothers are so that they can be spied on,” she told an official. Then she
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  • 202 3 London. Mr. Jack White, who won the V.C. in Mesopotamia in 1917, has been expelled from the Manchester Local Defence Volunteers. He was a Detachment Commander and had been training recruits. Mr. White’s home is in Bentley-road, Broughton Park. He told a press reporter: “My father
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    • 64 3 wt -I Hf IB9PSI I Mun |i' i 1 THE POISON CUB minim HHlUllUHUlillllUllll IXJLXXAXXAĔ WHAT A WAR 2 by Gilbert Wilkinson .«y X-- iJ( E 1 P I wk. THE LITTLE NAZI So anyone's afnM H of him he won't gine him any peace. 9 3tTT»II tI n ITTTT!
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  • 336 4 American Gangster Methods OVER $l,OOO STOLEN Singapore. rpHAT two Indians adopted “American gangster methods F of bundling a person into a car and later taking him for a ride to one of the most desolate spots that can be found on any
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  • 295 4 Business Men In Rent Case Singapore. Remarking that one of the parties must be lying, and that he was sending their statements to the police to let them investigate the matter, the chairman of the Rent Assessment Board, Mr. Murray M. Jack, on Tuesday
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  • 146 4 Tokio, Aug. 27. Japan's policy towaids the Netherlands Indies remains unchanged, while the Japanese Government's statements, including that for the maintenance of the status quo in the Dutch possessions in the Far East, still hold good, the Japanese Foreign Office spokesman stated recently. The Minister of Commerce
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  • 349 4 Coroner Returns Murder Verdict Singapore. A VERDICT of 'murder against some person or persons unknown,” was returned by the acting Singapore coroner, Mr. Walter MacQuarrie, at the conclusion of an inquiry on Tuesday. The inquiry was into the death of a Tamil mandore, Alagappan, employed
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  • 181 4 Singapore. At the conclusion of the preliminary inquiry in the Singapore fifth court on Tuesday, in which allegations that he had murdered her husband were made against a Chinese squatter, Khoo Ah Tiap, by a woman named Ng Cheng Thiang. Khoo Ah Tiap was
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  • 119 4 London. The American Red Cross has presented £lOO,OOO to the Red Cross and St. John war organisation. It is establishing a committee with headquarters in London for the special purpose of co-operating with the British Red Cross. Another organisation, “American Ambulances, Great
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  • 27 4 What a bonnie child! Policewoman admiring an English refugee baby on arrival in London. Above: Another mother and child who got safely home.
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  • 399 4 Accused Says He Has Drunk (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 2S. THAT he did not remember what happened after he had drunk samsu on the night of the alleged murder of his mistress was the defence put up by Siow Tham, a 32-year-old Hakka
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  • 195 4 Singapore. JACK WARNER, manager of the Puerto Rican middleweight, Atilio Sabatino, and the ex-Australian amateur lightweight champion Ron Dennis, intends to take back to Australia with him Johnny Mortell, Young Venturillo, and Flashy Sebastian, the welter-mid-dleweight who created quite a stir in
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  • 456 4 August 27, 194« It is 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 be
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  • 81 5 Two Charges Against oung Tamil Butterworth. A twenty-three year old Tamil. R*jamani, was committed to stand nis trial at the next Penang Assizes at the fcO d of the preliminary inquiry held by the Butterworth Police Magistrate, Mr. R- C. Hoffman yesterday. The accused is
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  • 764 5 Many Previous Convictions Ipoh. Remarking that he had been in prison off and on since June 1938 and that he had now committed a much more serious offence, the Hon. Mr. Justice Howes sentenced a young Hylam, Lim Cheow Hin, to serve two years’ rigorous
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  • 103 5 MINING AND PLANTING ASSOCIATIONS MEET Ipoh. The F.M.S. War Loan has been very well received by the Chinese here, miners in particular, and there are indications that support from them will be forthcoming in a generous measure. The Committee of the Perak Mining
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  • 427 5 Leaving Today For Singapore Inspector K.C. Goh, of the Central Police Station, who is leaving on transfer to Singapore today, was entertained at a dinner given by Asiatic Officers and members of the Clerical Staff of the Police Offices in Penang at the Violet Cafe yesterday
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  • 122 5 Murdered His Mistress K. Lumpur. A unanimous verdict of guilty was brought in by both assessors yesterday afternoon in the Assize Court, at the conclusion of the trial in which a Hakka. Siow Tham, was charged with the murder of his 25-year-old mistress, Yong Thai Thai,
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  • 198 5 SPECIAL SERVICE AT ST. GEORGE’S In response to the desire of His Majesty the King to observe September B—the8 —the first Sunday after the anniversary of the outbreak of war—as a National Day of prayer, there will be at the Church of Saint George the Martyr
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  • 81 5 Further Contribution Sent Front Penang A letter has been received from the Hon. Secretary. Singapore, asking that any outstanding balance of the Malaya Patriotic Fund. Penang, may be sent to them, as it is suggested that a further Malayan remittance be sent to Sir Shenton Thomas before
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  • 377 5 SOCIAL PERSONAL The unidentified body of a young Tamil man was found in the Klang, River on Wednesday night a short dis-I tance from the abattoirs, Klang Road. The proceeds from Saturday morning, Aug. 17, at the Sungei Ujong Club, Seremban, amounted to $92.28 for the Wool Fund. To this
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  • 99 5 Misadventure Verdict On Cart-Driver Kulim. A verdict of “death by misadventure was returned by His Highness Tunku Abdul Rahman, sitting as Coroner in the District Court on Tuesday at the inquiry held into the death of a Malay bullock cart driver, Bakar bin Abdul Rahman,
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    • 146 5 the NEW WORLD CELEBRATING TONIGHT Festival of A Chinese 7th the Moon Festival •'HUNGRY known as GHOSTS”. PHOR TOR’ Kingly sacrifices huge paper gods Priests chanting prayers Join m this annual offering Welcome the SPIRITS OF HELL Let their hunger be appeased lest they create pestilence and suffering throughout the
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    • 206 5 I The Oversea-Chinese Amusement Co., Ltd. FRIDAY, 30th AUGUST 1940 On and after the Ist September 1940 and until further notice The Wembley Park will be closed temporarily owing to new additions and .alterations to the Theatre Halls and Stalls The Wembley Cabaret will carry on as usual The Violet
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 170 5 file Only Big Thrill-Show In Town MAJESTIC STARTS TODAY 3.00, 6.15 9.30 Matinee At Reduced Prices The Stars of “Stagecoach” Re-umted Again In A Roaring Epic of Pioneer Days gearing to romance in the screen’s biggest show of pioneer grit and daring Re-creating the Pennjjylvania frontier of the turbulent 1760’5.
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    • 48 5 Today Three Shows THE HARDY FAMILY ARE ALL HERE AGAIN! IN A GALE OF MIRTH AND ROMANCE! Next Change Sunday Ist Sept. ARE SPIRITS REAL OR FAKE? SEE “MIRACLES FOR SALE” I Coming THE GREATEST SCREEN EVENT IN THE HISTORY OF MALAYA! “GONE WITH THE WIND” IN TEGHNICOLOUR
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    • 119 5 111 JL??* .**J~ AGAIN 'The only BIG Gomedy Show in Town TONITE AT QUEEN’S 6.15 p.m. 9.30 p.m. I COLUMBIA’S RIOTOUSLY FUNNY PRODUCTION OF SOMERSET MAUGHAM’S FAMOUS PLAY' •Mrs. Smith* married ‘Mr. Ninotchka* ami A. N. Other What A Laugh “TOO MANY HUSBANDS” with Jean Arthur. Melvyn Douglas and Fred
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  • 451 6 r pilE decision of the Cameroons and French Congo to join General de Gaulle’s standard, though not of much strategic importance, is significant in the proof which it affords of the growing number of Frenchmen who still have faith in ultimate victory and are prepared to fight for
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  • 151 6 ODEON CINEMA Mickey Rooney in "Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever” 3, 6.15 and 9.30 p.m. MAJESTIC CINEMA “The First Rebel” with Claire Trevor and John Wayne 3, 6.15 and 9.30 p.m REX CINEMA ‘"Dll We Meet Again” 3, 6.15 9.30 p.m. QUEEN S CINEMA “Too Many Husbands”
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  • 411 6 Bookish Conviviality DROF. Mortimer J. Adler at the American Booksellers’ Association convention suggested that those who sell books might instigate and encourage group reading by those who buy them He thus recalls a period of fewer books and more talk about them His suggestion was inspired by
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  • 596 6 Friday, August 30. could not have bought a seat in any of the participating bombers for any amount of money.” This statement regarding yesterday’s raid on Berlin reflects the keenness, amounting to competition, of R.A.F. pilots to bomb the German capital. IT is disclosed
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    • 43 6 f B E I» KNOWN THE WORLD OVER L\CX X-S /1M ffilMßaMadk ML THEY ARE THE Best Obtainable in the markets AND need no further Recommendation. ;o: Fresh Stocks Received regularly by SOLB AGBNTB: Henry Waugh Co., Ltd., PENANG Hingepare, Ipob, Kmd» LnmiMtT.
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    • 60 6 m '-“Wit COMPAQ: HE (PtMOiSX PtONEIR RUBB£»<on3( 529.TANJONG SUNGAH R? PEMANGu For your convenience send your tyres to our Sales Depot, 11 Light Street, Penang, Phone 4121, or to our Town Representatives, the Central Shoe Store, 134, Campbell Street, Phone 28&3. -.WIW YOUff OU»» Z/ zW wIS T yf9£Sf A
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  • 50 7 20,000 TO BE SENT TO SIR SHENTON From Malaya Patriotic Fund SINGAPORE. THE “PINANG GAZETTE” IS OFFICIALLY INFORMED THAT AT A MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE MALAYA PATRIOTIC FUND YESTERDAY, IT WAS DECIDED TO SEND £20,000 TO SIR SHENTON THOMAS IN ENGLAND TO BE DISTRIBUTED AT HIS DISCRETION.
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  • 342 7 Tragedy Of A Great Love Few films in recent months have moved me more than the tender, piognaiit lomance of “Till We Meet Again,” Merle Oberon’s latest picture now showing at the Rex. Here is something subt ly different, though, in a way, its theme
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  • 1130 7 FURTHER INCREASE IMMINENT Reserve Supply Of 70,000 Bags Being Created JN view of certain complaints which have reached this office about the difficulty of purchasing rice, a “Pinang Gazette representative yesterday sought an interview with Mr. J. A. Black, the Food Supply Officer,
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  • 377 7 Biggest Fair Of Its Kind To Be Held In Province Bukit Mertajam. Following the example set by Butterworth and Nibong Tebal, Bukit Mertajam will hold a charity fair in aid of the Malaya Patriotic Fund under the auspices of the Bukit Mertajam Recreation Club
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  • 170 7 QuaHficaliwib For Un try Boys between the ages of 15 and 20 are invited to apply for entry into the Government I rade School for a coui-se in engineering. Qualifications for entry are at least Standard VI in a recognised English school or Standard V
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  • 122 7 Token Naming Ceremony there is a possibility that there will be a token naming ceremony for bombers bought with money subscribed to the War Funds in Malaya, cables the Straits Times London correspondent. The date has not yet been decided. NORTH MALAYAN TOTAL $1,038,599 The North
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  • 362 7 regulations just published in the Government Gazette relax the res trictions imposed in June on leave from the Colony of male British Europeans above the age of 18. It is stated that the Proper Authority may now at his discretion grant certificates necessary to obtain
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  • 131 7 i MEETING WITH LEADING OFFICIALS Singapore, Aug. 28. A prut l in Aniincar; newspapermenheaded by MT. Roy Howard of the Scripps-Hcfwrdl Syndicate, who have been visiting Australia and the Netherlands Indies in the course of a 20,000 miles’ flight, arrived here this evening from Batavia by
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  • 52 7 Ilearimg Adjourned To Saturday The LfOveday court martial, which was to be resumed yesterday, was again adjourned to Saturday to enable def eno i ounsel to marshal all his fu't'. prepare his final address and complete accused's defence statement which, it was stated, was vet in draft
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  • 174 7 Farewell To Aspirant Eu Cheow Eang The Sea. Aspirants entertained their Director, Aspirant Eu Cheow Eang, to a farewell tea-party at the Aspirants’ Association yesterday evening prior to his departure for Singapore to take up a new appointment. There was a good attendance of Sea Aspirants and
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  • 116 7 Miners And Planters To Keep Register Ipoh. Chinese miners and planters in Perak are requested to keep a register of their labour forces, complete with names and full addresses of their dependants or next of kin in China This suggestion was made at a Committee meeting of
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    • 201 7 ANNOUNCING Follow-on Trufood V The march of science brings many blessings. Until now weaning Baby from the bottle to more advanced food has bee> a most difficult period, full of guess work and uncertainty, resulting all too often in a falling-back of Baby’s condition. Now, accuracy lakes the place of
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  • 69 8 Profit for year to March 31, 1940, £10,768 (£4,027). To replanting reserve £l,OOO (£3,731). Dividend 4 per cent., less tax (nil). Forward £4,039 (£3,872). Crop exportable, 1 9 4,995 lb. (568,098 average price, 10.50 d. per pound London equivalent (7.37 d. Forward sales, 201,600 lb. in
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES QUOTATIONS
    • 440 8 Issued by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association (Penang and Ipoh sections) at noon to-day. NOMINAL. XMue buyers sellers 4/0 Ampat Tin 3/3 3/6 5/0 Austral Amal 5/3 5/6 £1 Austral M. 35/0 S7/6c 5/0 Ayer Hitam 17/6 18/6 $1 Aysr Weng 0.571 0.621 £1 Bangrin Tin 16/6 17/6 $1 B.
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    • 249 8 NOMINAL issue buyer. sellers Allenby 1.10 130 Alar Gajah 0.85 0.90 Amal Malay 1.65 1.75 Ayer Hitam 0.90 LOO Ayer Molek 095 1.60 Ayer Panas 1.10 1.15 Bassett 0.42* 0.47* Batu Lin tang 1.00 1.05 Bedford 0.85 0.90 ex Bente 0.97* 1.02* Borelli 1.15 1.25 Broga 0.62 0 65
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    • 319 8 NOMINAL. Issue ouyerr sellers A £1 (AU’t- N.Z. Min Ord 32/0 23, 0 2 Alex. Brick Ord. 1.75 2.00 2 do 7*% Pref 2.00 2.10 L B. M. T. 6-50 7.00 £l6 Chartered Bank £|Si £6J £1 Con. T. 3. Ord 17/6 18/0 £1 Con. T. 8. 7% Pref
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    • 81 8 T comp. a Mnaenu Pay.*. Austral Malay 3d. 1/3 Bonus Sept 13 K. Kampara 6d. Sept.’ 18 JS KUndangS X/ Tue Raub Gold 4d. o pnl Au 26 Southern Kinta 17*% L. T Septi 10 Sungei Way 20% Sent 2« S 5 Tcllka «1 UT. Aug
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  • 873 8 PILOTS DESCRIBE RAID ON BERLIN LONDON, AUG. 30, VIRST hand impressions of the R.A.F. raids on Berlin yesterday, given by the participants themselves, reveal that p lares were dropping all over the capital, followed by bombs. 2. One of the many fires started
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  • 66 8 Australia’s Naval Production London, August 30 The Syndey Radio states that plans for increasing the production of warships an J merchant ships are beiig put into effect by Australia It is stated that there are sufficient menslips and berths available for a large ship-building programme
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  • 75 8 —BOW Record Figure Of 6.800.000 Rugby, August 29 Britain's cattle population is estimated at 6.800.000. This is the highest figure ever reached and it is noteworthy that it has been attained at a time when the importance of the South African market to Britain is emphasised by the
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  • 165 8 i The total income from the mine for the year ended March 31, 1940, amounted to $15,903.91 as against $18,468.1« for the previous financial year, while the expenditure was $7.778.44 as compared with $7.298.99 thus disclosing a profit from mine account of $8,125.47, as compared with
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  • 24 8 Output for April/June, 1940, totalled 301 1/2 tons, (5066 piculs) (Includes proceeds of Quote rights purchased). Estimated mine profit. £24,000.
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  • 76 8 FRIDAY AUGUST 30, 1940. MAIL DEPARTURES Latest Time of Posting AIR VIAIL.S Mails for Medan Batavia Centrum 9a m. Saturday 31st inst. Mails for Ipoh Kuala Lumpur Singapore 1.30 p.m Saturday 31st inst. Mails for Great Britain (via j 5. 7 Durban) India Africa, Egypt, Burma, Bangkok Hongkong,
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  • 140 8 Yesterday’s Close Previously TIN: ULNDON: “Spot” £258. 0. 0. £257. 5 0 “Forward” £258. 10. 0. £258, 0- 0. SINGAPORE: “Spot” $132.37% |132 37% Business done tons 75 tons PENANG •‘Spot” $132.37% $132-37% RUBBER: LONDON: -Spot” 12 l|4d. 12 W “Forward” 12 I l 4d 13 I l
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  • 77 9 The Ministry of Laboui' are about to open three huge new centres for training workers and unemployed men to do skilled arms work. Men will be trained at the rate of 100,000 a year. The centres will open at Preston, Lancashire, Coventry, and Glasgow.
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  • 1572 9  -  This Must Be Our Rallying Call To Battle (By Beverley Baxter M,P. in the 'Sunday Graphic’) London, June 23. When we survey the incredible history of the last nine months we must come to three or four inescapable and unpalatable conclusions. I do not bring
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 2170 9 &AN FRANCISCO W I 1 V I (TREASURE ISLAND; Hm I W® KGEI 9.53 mc/s (31.48 m.) TF W A (From 7.20 p.m. to 12.25 a.m.) 7.50 News In English. 9.50 News in English. 10.50 News in English. 1 11.20 F inancial Service. TO-DAY SHORTWAVE STATIONS SINGAPORE BROADCASTING ZHL 1,333
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    • 762 9 MANILA KZRM 9.57 mc/s (31.35 m.) 5.50 a.m. News in English 12.10 p.m. News in English. 5.10 Stocks 550 Local Market Reports. 5.55 News in English. 8.05 News in English. KZIB 9.50 mc/s (31.58 mJ 6.04 mc/s (49.67 m.) 6.50 a.m. News in English. 8.50 —10.30 Manila Stock Exchange Quotations
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  • 268 10 Bombs Dropped At Random: Fires Brought Under Control London, August 29 Enemy air raids in the London area lasted 7 hours and ten minutes. An Air Ministry and Ministry o f Home Security communique states that enemy air attacks on Britain last night began
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  • 77 10 .—Reuter. R.A.F. Threat To Knffra Area Cairo, August 29. Italy’s fiimsy link (between Libya and Abyssinia is threatened by the R.A.F. This is indicated by the latest R.A.F. communique reporting reconnaissance flights over the remote Knffra area of the Western Desert. Knffra Has been used by the
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  • 136 10 —Reuter. CONDEMNATION OF NAZIS Desmoine, Angitst 29. Mr. Wallace in a speech accepting Democratic nominatien for the Vice-Prmidency repeatedly condemned Hitler and the Nazis and totalitarianism. He declared that both Germany and the United States were shaken to their depths by the 1932 crisis. Germany met
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  • 475 10 ATTACK AT SHORT INTERVALS Several Fires hi Centre Of City London, August 29 An Italian Official News Agency message from Berlin says that British aircraft flew over Berlin and suburbs last night, dropping high explosive and incendiary bombs in several districts in the centre
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  • 133 10 Mr. Curtin’s Speech At Perth Sydney, Aug. 29 Labour stands inflexible in support of the British cause, declared Mr. Curtin, Labour Party leader, in his federal elections policy speech at Perth. He declared: ’We must win the war. We must maintain the people’s democratic rights.’’ He
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  • 349 10 —BOW Bombs Released At Very Low Attitude Rugby. Aug. 29 The British pilot who took part in the heavy bombing attack on the naval dockyard at Kiel on Tuesday night, describes his flyiru at an extremely low altitude when making the attack He said he
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  • 188 10 —BOW. Claimed By Both Italians Ami Germans Rugby, Aug. 29 In a transmission of August 25. the Trans-Ocean German Wireless News Service contained an item in which its war correspondent. Herbert Kuehm, described the “adventurous cruise of a German LT-boat commanded by Captain Kretschmer which during
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  • 76 10 —Reuter. Special Issue Of Stamps Likely Hongkong, Aug. 29. The centenary of Hongkong falls in January 1941 and the appropriate celebrations which were planned for the occasion have now been postponed until the end of the war owing, according to the official announcement, “to the need to
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  • 139 10 Reuter. Speed-Up To Maintain Output London, August 29. Night workers in a London factory have adopted a voluntary speed-up in the early part of their shifts in order to maintain the output despite the nightly air raid warnings. By the time the sirens sound, ample material
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  • 56 10 Reuter. Damage Exceeds S 1.000.000 Tientsin, Aug. 29. The largest department store in Tientsin situated in one of the city’s two skyscrapers in the Japanese concession was gutted by fire yesterday. The damage exceeds a million dollars. One watchman is missing. He is believed
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  • 21 10 —Reuter. London, Aug. 29. An Italian communique claims that the Italian Air Force bombed Alexandria. —Reuter.
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  • 266 10 —Reuter. Accusations x Both Side s Bucharest a u A General Stafi 29 that Hungarian miliiarj nines violated Rumanian terrnZ "’Veralast few days. Despite Rumar d ln these incursions have mn Protest Brasov. Somaeni and Vintzu QVet containing insults to L a9 «w dropped. aiania have
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  • 67 10 —Reuter. Another Gun Battle In French Concession Shanghai. Aug. 29 Another gun battle between the French police and terronsts in the French Concession occurred yesterday afternoon. Several gunmen attacked and woundea Feng Chih-chung. Secretary-General of the Association Amicable Sino-Francaise As they were escaping they encountered police in
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  • 67 10 —Reuter. Deep Impression Created In Middle East Cairo, Aug. 29 The decision of Chad territory to fight on with Britain has created a deep impression in the Middle East It is felt that the attitude behind the courageous example may spread to other French colonies once
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  • 62 10 Reuter. Mandalay. Aug. 29 Dr. Ba Maw, Prime Minister of Burma until February 1939, was sentenced to twelve months’ rigorous imprisonment. He was charged under the Burma Defence Regulations. Dr. Ba Maw was arrested early this month, when he announced his intention of devoting his whole
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  • 141 10 —Reuter. Passed By I .S. Senate By 58 Votes lo 31 Washington, August 29. The Senate passed the Conscription Bill by 58 votes to 31. The measure now goes before the House of Representatives for debate next week. The Senate by 68 votes to 18 inserted an amendment
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  • 310 10 Story Of British Ban On Saad Zaghlul Celebrations Rugby, August 29 Reports from Egypt show that considerable indignation bad been roused by a recent instance of the reckless mentality ot propaganda. Berlin alleged that Britain had caused the Saad Zaghlul celebrations to be forbidden.
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  • 1166 11 Open Racing: Winners Hard To Pick (By TI&TAC) r pHE big Singapore meeting of the year has come round and tomorrow will see the opening day of the meeting which will continue till September 14. With record entries for the meeting, the fields
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  • 82 11 Cup-tie Replay The Sepoy Lines Recreation Club trounced the Muslim Recreation Club by six goals to two in the first round Cup-tie replay on the Victoria Green yesterday. The result was not a fair reflection o* the run of play for the losers claimed an
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  • 36 11 Subject to the approval of the Boxing Board of Control, Speedy Pancho will fight Boy Hamid in the main event, on Sunday. September 8. at the New World Stadium.
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  • 373 11 (By CCENES of the wildest enthusiasm prevailed among the Indian section of the record crowd at the New World last night when Boy Nara, making a successful come-back to the ring after an absence of thre'e years, was awarded the verdict at the end of hiu
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  • 77 11 Boon Mali Fails To Stand Onslaught Ipoh, August 29. Nai Boon Mah, lightweight champion of Perak, was knocked out by David Dharmaraj in the eighth round of a scheduled 10-round contest for the title at the Jubilee Park last night. Boon Mah was doing well until
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  • 393 12 MURRAY COURT IN GOOD FORM Amplify Looks Ready-made Winner (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Today. AN a heavy second track at Bukit Timah slow' and medium- paced gallops were the order of the day. More rain is likely, in which case the going
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  • 1314 12 Acceptances lor Tomorrow RACE 1 2.30 p.m. HORSES—CIass 2—Division 5—6 Furlongs <f 0 QUEEN’S STAR 6y 9.00 “Mr. Harrison 1 •40 EMPIRIC 7y 8.13 Mr. A. van Tooren ’uy a HOT FLASH 3y 3.11 “Mr. Harrison” Tur ey 0 VINTAGE 3y 8.10 Capt. H. F. Bloxham Major Fox
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  • 400 12 UUII.UI —Reuter. London. Aug. 29. 4 N Air Ministry communique states: During the afternoon large number» of enemy aircraft which approached the Kent Coast were engaged and dispersed by our fighters. A small number of enemy planes pentrated inland but the attack was not pressed
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  • 40 12 The results of the Mixed Foursomes played on August 28 1940 was as follows: Miss Howes Roberts Capt. W. G. S. Wilson 40 36 U Mr. Mrs. R W. Cowan 43 Mr. Mrs A. Clark 51—10J=40%
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  • 122 12 Penang Soccer fans are assured of a treat tomorrow when the Sing Tao Tourists meet a Kedah State XI on the Victoria Green at 5.15 p.m. The Tourists, who were seen in action in Penang, are a class above the South China team which
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  • 64 12 The last Soccer match of the season will be played on Thursday sth September at Western Road ground between teams picked from Rugby and Soccer players Kick-off 5.15 p.m. After the game at 7 p.m. the annual meetings of those interested in Rugby and Hockey will
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  • 80 12 FRIDAY. AUGUST 30 TIN: Peu ane $132.50 Business done Buyers, no Sellers Singapore $132 50 RUBBER: Penang Spot 37 3/8c Singapore Spot 37 3/8c COPRA: Sundried $2 80 buyers Black Pepper Nominal TAPIOCA: Medium $6.86 sellers Fair Seed $6.55 sellers RICE: Rangoon Parboiled No. 1 $B.lO Rangoon Parboiled
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    • 387 12 TONGKAH COMPOUND NO. 3 NO LIABILITY I NOTICE OF DIVIDEND Notice is hereby given that a fourth Dividend of one shilling per share has been declared and payable in Australian Currency at Melbourne on 27th September 1940 By Order of the Board C. CAMERON Manager i Penang, 29th August 1940
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