Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 19 October 1940

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY N«- 35 VoL XCVHI. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19. 1910. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 241 1 INVASION HAD BEEN SET FOR SEPTEMBER 16 Reuter. Nazis In Confusion At Zero Hour R.A.F.'S SHATTERING BLITZKRIEG Channel Hide-Outs Of Enemy Bombed London. October 19. |T is now established from reliable neutral information that Hitler chose September 16 for the invasion of England and
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  • 86 1 Ck "‘,700 hr Spain -Reuter. New York, October 19. A new wave of ten or against Spanish r igees in both zones of France is fore- s by Senor Del Vayo, former Spanish 1 'Publican Foreign Minister, in an interview. Senor Del Vayo expressed the
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  • 54 1 Reuter. Bombay, Oct. 19. Reports still continue to be received of loss of lives and damage to property caused by Wednesday *s cyclone. One unofficial quarter reckoned that 200 lives were lost and estimated the damage at over £250,000. Telephone, telegraph and railway facilities
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  • 144 1 Its Now Re-opened —Reuter. Will Probably Be Fifty Millions This Time WASHINGTON, OCTOBER 19. ANOTHER AMERICAN LOAN TO CHINA IS IN PROSPECT AND IT WILL BE BIGGER THAN BEFORE. It is reported in well-informed quarters that the Chinese authorities some time ago asked for
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  • 37 1 —Reuter. Large Number Arrives In Turkey Istanbul, October 19. A large number of Britons from Rumania reached Turkey from Constanza in a Rumanian mail steamer today. About two hundred Poles were also on board.—Reuter.
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  • 153 1 JJRASTIC steps are being taken to enforce recent decrees issued to speed-up labour in Russia. These decrees make laziness, absence, or an unnecessary" change of work punishable by imprisonment, and increase the working week by ordaining frĕe day's only on Sundays. (Previously there was a
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  • 48 1 Madrid. Spain owes Italy £55,550.000 for civil war imports, it is officially announced in Madrid. The redemption of this debt will take 25 years, starting in 1942. This announcement does not include the debt to Germany, part of which has been repaid with goods
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  • 152 1 London, October 18. ANOTHER lull in the air war over Britain today (Friday) followed the longest night raid war. Only once did Londoners hear the drone of German planes during the sole daylight alert and planes were plainly visible above the clouds. Reutei*. Ten bombs were
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  • 77 1 —Reuter. London, Oct. 19. Light craft of the Royal Navy sank one of three large enemy trawlers sighted in the Channel yesterday (Friday) afternoon, it is officially announced. An Admiralty communique states that enemy vessels were attacked immediately they were sighted and hits were scored on
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  • 83 1 —Reuter. London. October 19. The President of the Board of Trade informed representatives of the hosiery trade that owing to increased service requirements of silk, it would be necessary" to prohibit home sales of silk hosiery by manufacturers and wholesalers after December 1. Every effort
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  • 247 1 Vichy, October 18. All J ezes are banned from administrativc and Governmental p sts under a State definition of the position oj Jews in irance issued by the Uichy Government today. —Reuter. Jews may not belong to the teaching profession nor occupy executive positrons in
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  • 116 1 —Reuter. Nairobi, October 19. Further successful raids by the South African Air Force are announced in a communique which says that on October 16 Neghelli, Abyssinia, was bombed. One Caproni was badly damaged and direct hits were registered on an aerodrome building. On October 17,
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  • 441 2 Cruiser Fires At SA 4 W Extreme ENEMY TURNS TAIL, ESCAPES INTO BREST London, October IS. 4 QUITE different complexion is put on the naval action “in Bristol 'Channel” reported by the German High Command by the information issued in London where it is
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  • 99 2 .—Reuter. OVER HALF WERE WOMEN London. Oct. 18 The grim truth of the assertion that British women are in the front line equally with the men is forthcoming in the official air raid casualty list for September. Of nearly seven thousand killed throughout the United
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  • 181 2 Reuter. Fires Visible Forty Miles Aaway Aden, October 18. Fires visible forty miles away resulted from two raids carried out on Wednesday night on enemy landing grounds near Diredawa end a large road and rail junction on the line from Addis Ababa and Jibouti. These
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  • 49 2 —Reuter. Far Eastern Bonds Stronger London, October 18. The Stock Exchange v.as steady despite the pre-weekend trading. Giltedged initially declined slightly but were thereafter unchanged while Far Easterti Government bonds tended to strengthen. Industrial gains outnumbered losses. The leading oils were quietly supported. Wall Street was irregular.—Reuter.
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  • 259 2 New York, October 18. “Butter was such an unusual thing for the Germans that they bought it everywhere and ate it as they walked along the streets of Paris without a break like ice cream." —Reuter. This passage is from an illuminating article
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  • 113 2 -BOW. New C.I.C. Of Home Fleet A Destroyer Expert Rugby, October 18. Admiral Tovey, who has been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Home Fleet in succession to Sir Charles Forbes, is a destroyer expert and will hold a post corresponding to that of Jellicoe and Beatty in the last
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  • 99 2 —Reuter. British Minister Still At Bucharest London, October 18. Reports in London that Sir Reginald Hoare, British Minister at Bucharest, is about to leave the country have no confirmation in authoritative quarters in London. says Reuter’s diplomatic correspondent. It, is considered almost certain that if he had
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  • 92 2 —Reuter. Survivors Of Torpedoed Ship Saved London, October 18. The dramatic rescue of 21 survivors of a torpedoed ship has been performed by a Sunderland flying boat manned by members of an Australian Air Force squadion belonging to the Coastal Command. The flying-boat recently landed on
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  • 61 2 —Reuter. American Report Denied Emphatically Athens, Oct. 18 The news from an American source reproduced by certain Spanish and French newspapers to the effect that King George will abdicate in favour of Crown Prince Paul is emphatically denied by the semiofficial News Agency which adds
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  • 101 2 —Reuter. Madrid, Oct. 18. With Senor Suner’s appointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Spain has undoubtedly taken a further-big step towards the axis, but it may not mean, a radical change in policy, according to well-informed circles here, as General Franco is known to wish to preserve
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  • 206 2 —BOW. 14 Days’ Trek After Plane Shot Down Rugby, Oct. 18 Three officers and two sergeants of the Middle East Command have received decorations in recognition of their gallantry displayed in flying operations against the enemy. One of the officers is Major Robert Prelle, a
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  • 81 2 .—Reuter. Loss Announced By German Wireless London, October 18. The loss of two steamers—Belgian and Jugoslavian —is announced by the German wireless news declaring that the Yugoslav vessel, Rao, was sunk while carrying a cargo of wheat from Rio de Janeiro to Europe and the Belgian
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  • 66 2 Reuter. British Guns Open Fire At Intervals London. Oct. 18. It is learned that soon after daybreak today, British guns fired at intervals tlirough the blanket of mist over the sea. The German guns across the Channel opened fire shortly before noon into tne Dover area.
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  • 544 2 JAPANESE BOMBING THREAT DEFIED London, October IS. QEVEN minutes after midnight the first of the four thoi sand motor lorries waiting at Lashio for the reopenu of the Burma Road started on its perilous journey to Kuu ming, capital of Yunnan. The drivers, entertained
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  • 95 2 —BOW Earlier Opening And Closing Times Rugbv. Oct. 18 The earlier opening and closing time for cinemas in the London County Council area will come into force immediately following an agreement between the L.C.C. and the Cinema Exhibitors Association. On week-days they will open at 10.30 a.m.
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  • 37 2 -8.0. W. Nominated Moderator Of Church Of Scotland Rugby, October 18. Dr. G. Hutchinson Cockburn, a Minister of Dunblane Cathedral, has been nominated as Moderator for the next general assembly of the Church of Scotland—B.O.W.
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  • 389 2 Berlin, Oct. 18. Several factories working on vital war materials in Berlin have been partially wrecked in R A F. raids, according to reliable neutral sources quoted by the Air Ministry News Service. The General Post Office in Berlin has been almost gutted and some of the
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  • 160 2 —Renter. Mr. Hofmeyer On Signs Of Post-war New Order Johannesburg, October 18 “There are already signs oi the new order to come after the war and one ts the growing unity between the itriusb Commonwealth and the United States;” said Mr. Hofmeyer, Union Minister at Defence and
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  • 92 2 Reuter. Flag:; Of Both Countries To Be Flown London, October 18. Polish naval officers and men v.;/ man a number of French merchant sh’.j .fil'd came to this country after the iaP 5 1 of France. One French freight' i 35 already received a Polish
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  • 40 2 .-ReuUf. Berlin. 18 No change whatever has ta the friendly relations tetweei and the Soviet, declared the of the Foreign Office when q the foreign press conference. He said that their reli solid, durable and stable natu -Reu
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  • 31 2 -Reuter Washington, Oe* Mr. Cordell Hull, Mr. Sun cross and Mr. Norman Davis of the today (Thursday) confer:President Roosevelt on the fugee situation. No annouie immediately forthcoming.- h
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  • 23 2 Reuter- The radio states that’ (he Goodwill Mission, which is eoir.” tralia and New Zealand, will athe Netherlands East Indies, av
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  • 148 3 Neto York. HOW the Germans are strip- ping in. France of their personal belongings is related in the “New York Herald-Tri-bune” by a non-belligerent from Rouen. In his presence, the Germans rifled from his safe deposit in a bank, his stock certificates, jewellery and currency.
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  • 181 3 "AT' home is in England and I intend going back,” declared Gracie Fields, in Toronto. She was commenting on the statement in the House of Commons that she took £B.OOO to America. Her husband,, Monty Banks (Mario Bianchi), was said to have taker
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  • 136 3 “The people most surprised by the decision to evacuate women and children from Hong Kong were the evacuees and the Japanese.” says Sir Henry Pollock, K.C. A member of the Legislative Council Sir Henry has arrived in Sydney with Eady Pollock on a health trip.
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  • 126 3 '■—Reuter. Ankara. 1 of the German airmen who have raiding Britain have been sent to training schools to improve bombing technique, which has mtly fallen short of expectations, his is revealed in a recent issue of ■i>els' periodical Signal, which has received in Turkey.
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  • 1018 3  -  By T- A. Raman (London Editor of the “Hindustan Times") jnOR the greater part of the day I have tramped and taxied through the City and East London surveying the effects of four nights and days of savage bombing. I have inspected almost every
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  • 375 3 THE “Daily Herald” War Correspondent, E. G. H. Salisbury writes: Coming increasingly into the picture of the daily air attacks on this country are the anti aircraft guns of our ground defences. They had long months of inaction. during which it was almost impossible
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  • 309 3 NAZI AIRMEN BOMB HOME OF HITLER'S FRIEND" Autographed Photograph Of Fuehrer Believed Destroyed 4 GERMAN bomb has wrecked the home of “Hitler’s friend,’’ the Hon. Unity Freeman Mitford, says a London dispatch to the Sydney Daily Telegraph. The house, which is in a Midlands town, was empty when it was
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  • 294 3 A] Man Who Can’t Join Ep London. pHILIP GEORGE GIBSON, 30-year-old compositor of Belmont-road, Tottenham, London, is to be made a test case for unemployed men in reserved occupations who want to join the fighting forces. A special application has been made to the War
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  • 60 3 The Commander-in-Chief of the German Army of occupation in Belgium and Northern Fiance received the other day Dr. August Borms, the Flemish Activist leader. Dr. Borms was condemned to death fti 1918 by the Belgian Government for pro-German activities in the last war, but the
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    • 33 3 T— -nj-iT if Hf *1 ESUzJII I. Firti RnR JR RBw l( JUL Jw 1 1 V y/'MU SAM AND THE MUSKET Sergt. Kingsley Wood: "All right, Sam—l'll make the others carry yours.**
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  • 296 4 ‘Pooling Of Information And Brains’ Singapore. cpHERE is no secret about the purpose of the Eastern Group Conference to be held soon at New Delhi,” said Mr. H. North-Hunt, M.C.S., Registrar-General of Statistics and leader of the Malayan delegation to the Conference, at a reception
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  • 96 4 Clermont-Ferrand. Experts estimate that southern France should produce approximately 10,000,000 or 12,000,000 litres of oil from grape seeds. The grape yield of the Mediterranean region of France produces about 180,000 tons of grape seeds annually, and at least 100,000 tons can be utilized for
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  • 340 4 False Evidence Of His Means Kuala Lumpur. A Chinese, Yap Chook Foo. who had said from the witness box that on Aug. 8 this year he had $3,000 to $5,000 to his credit in the Kwong Yik Bank, was on Wednesday in the Kuala Lumpur Second
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  • 867 4 INTERESTING ROTARY TALK Kuala Lumpur. TT is to the United States of America—as is the case with countless other great achievements—that the credit for the invention of automatic telephony is due, said Mr. W. Stubbs, of the Malayan Postal Service, when he addressed the Kuala Lumpur
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  • 1126 4 Bishop Roberts On Income Tax Singapore. TS the objection to income-tax on the grounds of danger of evasion a reflection on file good faith and patriotism 1 the community which the community is going to stand? This was one of a number of questions asked by the
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    • 173 4 The Mystery of the woman who NEVER GROWS OLD B Jill: V J l. -pje \]OT a line or wrinkle at fa LN smooth, clear unbleimyoung girl! It seems like a fhe there’s a scientific reason. \3Undmagical effects of Biocel v ersity ing discovery of a famou' fu Professor. Biocel
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    • 68 4 WHAT A WAR! By Gilbert W ilkinson I w I O IL_ I I I I I i v 1 i x •j GOING DOWN? < All in a Day's Work— —By Rick Elmes i Ml /two I f Usz' NOT a I LET'S GE.7 I COnDUC ro«_: \l CfPP
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  • 645 5 REPRESENTATIVE PETITION SUBMITTED TO GOVERNMENT Ipoh "The Chinese community in Perak, while strongly supporting other suitable measures for raising funds in the F.M.S. for the prosecution of the War. is of the unanimous opinion that the introduction of Income Ta\ in the F.M.S. is
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  • 552 5 But W ife Agrees To Go Back “You are like cat and dog. The best thing is for both of you to get a proper separation”, interrupted Mt Lim Koon Teck, Penang Third Magistrate yesterday when a sampan-man, Lee Ong, started arguing with his 20-year-old
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  • 234 5 Action Of Perak Chinese Ipoh. The Chinese community here yesterday sent a cablegram to the Chinese Embassy. London, thanking the British Government for their decision to re-open the Burma Road. The cablegram reads: “Please convey to the British Government our deep appreciation and grateful thanks for the
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  • 68 5 A contribution of $49.86 to the Malaya Patriotic Fund, Women’s Section, has been made by Miss Chan Mei Yoke, a dance hostess at the Elysee Cabaret, the money representing her entire takings on cou[h»iis from October 1 to October 14. Miss Chan intends to contribute
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  • 378 5 Ackn owledgenieut Published Monthly The question of whether monthly donations to the China Relief Fund are being remitted to China, was clarified yesterday when inquiries at the offices of the China Distress Relief Fund at the Penang Philomathic Union, Acheen Street, were made
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  • 455 5 SOCIAL PERSONAL The Association of Interpreters, F.M.S. will hold their reunion dinner at the Coliseum Cafe on Hari Raya Puasa, Nov. 2. His Highness the Sultan of Pahang and party were passengers by the night mail train from Singapore which arrived in Kuala Lumpur yesterday morning. The High Commissioner has
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    • 85 5 Rp’s^ 3S,l,>ws •«W At 3; 6.15 9.30 p. m RKO-RADIO SPARKLING MUSICAL HIT OF 1940 The Tune Tmgled Romance of The p Girl m the Alice Blue Gown I ANNA NEAGLE RAY MILLAND •N I n I YOUNG MARSHAL J I MAY biuie h ROBSON* BURKE ARTHUR TREACHER MARSHA HUNT
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  • 481 6 he in heaven, is he in hellf That damn’d elusive Pimpernel.” lines are immortalised 1 in Baroness Orczy’s chronicles of the exploits of a small band of Englishmen who, led by the Scarlet Pimpernel, saved hundreds of French aristocrats from the guillotine. Today, one and a half
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  • 373 6 For Conspicuous GaUantry J T is not everybody who will chase an armed robber, still less grapple with him, and the awards made by the Assize Judge on 'Thursday at the conclusion of the Burmah Road robberj case are a fitting recognition of the public-spiritedness of three
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  • 665 6 Saturday October 19. I E ITLER planned to invade England on September 16. On the eve, however, his plans were suspended and on the day itself, they were called oft. 'LI US much was established from reliable neutral information which gives, as the reason
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  • 85 6 ODEON CINUMA Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland in Babes in Arms” 3, 6.15 and 9 30 p.m. MAJESTIC CCNEMA “Five Came Back” 3, 6.15 and 9.30 p.m. HEX CINEMA Anna Neagle and Ray Milland in “Irene” 3. 615 9 30 p.m. QUEEN’S CINEMA Loretta Young and Ray
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  • 217 7 CRIMINAL CODE TO BE AMENDED A BILL TO INCLUDE IN THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE OF THE F.M.S. A PROVISION EMPOW ERING THE COURTS TO PUT OFFENDERS I NDER THE CHARGE OF A PROBATIONARY OFFICER OK OTHER SUPERVISION IS TO BE INTRODUCED AT THE NEXT MEETING
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  • 143 7 Film Record Shown To A.C.S. Pupils Of great educational value was the lavelogue depicting interesting details of his trip from Penang to Cape Town via llombassa, Lorenzo Marquez, Port Durban thence to his destination, which was shown to about 500 school-children of the Anglo-Chinese Middle
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  • 79 7 The monthly outdoor practice of the An Raid Precautions, Province Wellesley will be held this evening at Butterworth. Wardens are requested to report at sector posts at 5.45- p.m. while the Scouts will parade at the Headquarters at 5.30 p.m. The Fire Fighting Squad will parade at the
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  • 208 7 Resolution At Representative Meeting Sent To Govt. A resolution opposing income tax was passed at a special meeting of representatives of Chinese guilds, trade associations and other commercial interests in Penang, convened by the Chinese Town Hall, held at the Chinese Chamber of
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  • 152 7 Penang Successes All candidates from the Penang School of Music, pupils cf Mr. R. E. G. Long, who sat for the Theory Examination held in Penang during June by the Trinity College of Music. London, have passed. Results are: First Steps: Edward Cheah 100. Miriam Falck
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  • 57 7 Balik Pulau. A Chinese boy was conveyed to the General Hpspnal. Penang, yesterda following a bad fall from a considerable height. It is learned that the boy sustained serious injuries. A report was made to the Police and Inspector A. E. Mimas of the Bayan
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  • 267 7 Delegates From "Down L uder c lii Singapore Singapore. The Australian Delegation to the New Delhi Falks arrived i ere yesterday evening by air en route to India. Sir Walter v iassy Greene, the leader,' interviewed, said it was conceivable at as a
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  • 151 7 Pend ant Bought Back From Pawnbroker An inquiry into the disposal of a gold-pendant which belonged to Miss Bessie Khong, taxi-dancer of the Wembley Cabaret, was heard by Mr. Lim Koon Teck, Penang Third Magistrate, yesterday. At the conclusion the Magistrate ordered the pawn-broker to allow Bessie
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  • 342 7 Latest maximum retail rice prices for Penang and Province Wellesley have been gazetted. There are 180 katties to a bag. PENANG ISLAND TRAIL’ND WHITE RH E CD s oĕ CO O O W 5 tu a> <u 6 o. a o, c. cts. cts. eta. Super
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  • 200 7 Air. Lim Teng Lim And Miss Khoo Swee Bee A Chinese wedding in the old style was solemnised in Penang yesterday, when Miss Khoo Swee Bee. only daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Khoo Heng Pan, was married to Mr Lun Teng Lim. only sen
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  • 56 7 Yeot Kuan Koh. proprietor of Chop Tong Aik «V Co., Penang Road. was summoned before Mr. Lim Koon Teck yesterday afternoon, on a charge of knowingly importing regulated textiles into the Colony without, at that time of importation, submitting to the Registrar a return as required. The
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  • 171 7 RECEP HON BY GOVT. TONIGHT Singapore. Ihe I hai Goodwill .Mission arrived here yesterday evening and was met at the station by senior officers of the three Services, and Flying-Officer Staveley, A.D.C. to His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, the Hon. Mr. S. W.
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  • 203 7 Conservation Of Stocks Alor Star. A conference of rice-millers to discuss conservation of stocks of rice in the State was held on Thursday at the Balai Besar, presided over by the Hon. Mr. N. F. H. Mather. Deputy Food Controller, Kedah. After some discussion, the matter was
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  • 320 7 Camera. Ring Ami Braces Sentence was deferred till .October 23 on Heng Seng Soon, who pleaded guilty 1 t fore Mr. Lim Koon Teck yesterday, t< a charge of theft in respect of a gold signet ring, a pair of gold cufflinks, a camera, a dynamo lamp,
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  • 72 8 Penang, October 18. 1940. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) SELLING London Demand 2/4 1/16 New York Demand 47 5/32 Montreal Demand 51 29/32 Batavia Demand 88 13/16 Calcutta, Bombay) Rangoon Demand) 155 7/8 Hongkong Demand 53 5/8 Shanghai Demand 14 5/16 Japan Demand 193 1/2 Near Zealand
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  • 167 8 Robot To Control Crushed Ore Tlie oldest and deepest gold mine in the world, the John Del Rey mine in Brazil, is about to be equipped with the most complete ore processing plant yet set up, now on its way from England across the Atlantic. The
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES QUOTATIONS
    • 458 8 Issued by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association (Penang and Ipoh sections) at 4 p.m. 18th October, 1940. Issue Buyers Sellers 4/0 Ampat Tin 3/14 3/4$ 5/0 Austral Amal 4/10$ 5/1} £1 Austral Malay 33/6 35/6 5/0 Ayer Hitam 17/3 18/0 $1 Ayer Weng 0.80 0.85 £1 Bangnn Tin 15/0 16/0
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    • 234 8 Issue Buyers Sellers Allenby 1.02$ I.o7sex Alor Gajah 0.85 0.90 Amal. Malay 1.65 1.75 Ayer Hitam 0.90 1.00 Ayer Molek 1.10 1.15 Ayer Panas 102$ 1.07$ Bassett 0.40 0 43 Batu Lintang 1.05 108 Bedford 0.85 0.90 Bent a »95 1.00 Borelll 1.30 1.40 Broga 064 0.57 Brunei United
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    • 334 8 Issue Buyeis Sellers A. £1 (Aust) N. Z Min Ord 22/0 23/0 2 Alex Brick Ord. 1. 7 5 1.95 2 Alex Brick 75% Prelfi 2.10 2.20 5 B. M. T. 7.40 7.60 £5 Chartered Bank £7} £1 Con. T. S. Ord. 17/<? 17/6 £1 Con T. S. 7%
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    • 119 8 Dividend Payable Books Close MINING. Ctsnderiang 10% Final L.T. 31 10.40 Hongkong 12}% int. L.T. 24.10.40 Idris Hydraulic 2J% L.T. 29.10.40 Klang River 75% 25.10.40 21.10 40 Larut 6d 23.10.40 14.10.40 Pengkalen Ords. 6d. L.T. 26.10.40 Pengkalen Prefs. 6d L.T 26.10.40 Pctalin g 20% int. 31
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  • 76 8 SATURDAY. OCTOBER 19. 1940. MAIL DEPARTURES Latest Time of Posting air mails Mails for Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore 1.30 p.m. Saturday "19th inst. SURFACE MAILS Mails for Sumatra 4 p.m. Saturday 19th inst Mails for India 1 Southern Western) 7 p.m. Saturday 19th inst. MAIL ARRIVALS AIR MAILS
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  • 166 8 All Properties To Work To Capacity Col. Stallard. South African Minister of Mines, stated at Johannesburg, that the Union Government wanted both producing and developing mines to continue to work to full capacity. He denied that the Government might insist on developing mines giving precedence
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  • 208 8 Java Buys 22.000.000 Yards Of Cambric An order for 22.000,000 yards of cambrics has come to Lancashire from Java as the result of the political changes in Holland and the Dutch East Indies. Tlie total value of the order is £600,000 and it represents one of the
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  • 864 8 Have Prices Reached The Peak? (From Our Own Correspondent) London, August 6. qpHE behaviour of the Tin market during the past week has testified its progressive subordination to the arrangements for providing American reserve stocks. Prices have slipped back from the higher levels touched earlier
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  • 158 8 Yesterday’s Close Previously TIN: LONDON: £258. 10. 0. £258 5. 0. “Spot" £259. 15. 0. £259 10. 0 "Forward” SINGAPORE: S P ot $132 25 $132 37 y. Business done 100 tons 125 ton PENANG: “Spot” $132.25 $132 37 u RUBBER: LONDON: S P ot 11 ll|l6d. 11
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  • 39 8 Mine returns for 6 months ended Sept. 30, 1940. Apl./June July/Sept. Cubic yards treated ***** ***** Ore recovered piculs 400 Loss (approx) $l,OOO $8,0(>0 The dredge was shut down from Aug. 6, to September 3, for repairs.
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  • 116 8 Past Year’s Profit' £270,000 The duectors of the Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Company hare declared a dividend of 2s. per shar io British currency, less United Kin- oi: income-tax. for the year ended June U 1940. This dividend 1 which is equ've to 10
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  • 34 8 Net profit for 1939 £11,233 'LU >18); to reserve. £1,250 (same); di’, per cent., less tax (same); forw 1 (£2,667). Rubber crop, 928,800 lb lb Coffee crop 19,82 Q cwt cwts
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  • 77 8 Profit for year to March t £8.243 (£1,889); provision for tax and E.P.T., £3,906 (nil) ditioning reserve, £2,000 (sam< 5 per cent., less tax (nil); £1,233 (£1,196); rubber crop, pounds (235,086 lb.); average 1.20 d. (8.63 d. coconuts, 598.71 (717.450 nuts); yielding 132 tonwhich sold at average price
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  • 26 8 fol Preliminary figures show net year to March 31, 1940, £14.083 depreciation. £1,200 (£1.301' £3.000 (£2,000). Dividend 417 (nib; carry-forward, £12.874 l
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 68 8 BANKS The Indian Overseas Bank, Ltd., rmcorporatea- in British mdla> S4FE For Your FAMILY CHILDREN, INDEPENDENCE IN OLD AGE HAPPINESS By Banking WITH The Indian Overseas Bank, Ltd., A® OUR SERVICES ARE AT YOUR DISPOSAL To keep abreast with the progress of economic developments, no business concern can afford not
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  • 458 9 October 16, 1940. 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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  • 222 9 Soldier Dies After Crash Singapore. How Private Mark Roberts, of the Loyal Regiment, was fatally injured while learning to ride a motor-cycle, was related in the coroner's court, on Wednesday, at an inquiry held by Mr. W. G. Porter. Second-Lieut. D. W. Nonneley, of the Gordon
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  • 38 9 Tan Kah-Kee Fukien Reclamation Plan Foochow. TAN KAH-KEE, Singapore Chinese industrialist, who arrived here on Oct. 6. declared that he plans to invest $200,000 in the Fukien wasteland reclamation project. Mr. Tan is a native of Fukien Province.
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  • 908 9 ST. GEORGE THE MARTYR 22ND SUNDAY AFIER TRINITY. 7 15 a.m. Mattins Litany. 8.00 a.fnj. Holy Communion 9.15 a.m. Holy Communion (Tamil) 10.30 a.m. Mattins and Holy Communion (Chinese). 4.15 p.m. Sunday School in the Parsonage. 6.00 p.m. Evensong Sermon. Psalms, 131. 133. 134. Hymns 528. 425. 370,
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 2397 9 SINGAPORE Swlmi Z ’tSSk w I I zhl 1.333 kc/s <225 m. I W ZHPI 9.69 me,, s < 3'<96 m.‘ W y A ZHP3 7.25 mc/s (41.38 m.) ZHLi The timing of the early morning Transmissions is uncertain. I I 10.00 p.m. Kronchongs.* 10.40 I Wry Al 7 1
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    • 62 9 stani. 6.20 Tamil Music.} 6.40 News in Tamil. 7.00 Music of Berlioz.} 7.20 News in French. 7.30 Lagu Melayu.} 8.05 Warning to Mariners. News in Malay. 8.20 Arabic Music.} 8.40 News in Arabic 9.00 European Musical Interlude.! 9.05 New’s in Dutch. Relayed from London. 9.20 News Commentary in Dutch. 9.30
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  • 335 10 pa —Reuter. BOMBS FALL ON SHIPS AND NAVAL BARRACKS Cairo, Oct. 17 Fresh R.A.F. blows on Tobruk. Bardia and Fort Solium were announced to-night (Thursday). One salvo of bombs, dropped on Tobruk, fell across three ships. Another started a fire near naval barracks.
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  • 130 10 -—Reuter. Driven Off By A.A. Batteries Stockholm, October 18 Swedish anti-aircraft batteries opened fire on three German bombers which flew over Swedish territory near the coast of Scandia this morning. They passed Helsingborg (but were driven off by gun- fire. Later they approached Landskorna where the
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  • 81 10 Reuter. 40 Per Cent. Of Needs From D.E.I. New York Oct. 18. Arrangements have been virtually concluded says the “New York Tinies” for Japan to obtain about forty jier cent of her oil requirements for the next six months from the Dutch East Indies. Subsidiaries of
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  • 146 10 —Reuter. Three Bombs Fall In Precincts London, Oct. 17 Canterbury Cathedral had a narrow escape in an air raid on Thursday afternoon. A formation of Messerschmitt fighterbombers diving out of clouds dropped twenty high explosives and incendiary bombs in a town three of which fell in
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  • 211 10 —Reuter. Attacks Mainly Directeul Against London London, October 18 Enemy air attacks over Britain last night were once again directed principally against London, but a number of bombs was also dropped on a town in the Midlands and on Merseyside. There were also Isolated attacks on
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  • 234 10 8.0. W. Nazi Pilot Describes His “Moment Of Happiness’’ Rugby. Oct. 18 A Nazi bomber pilot revealed last night to the Berlin radio audience the "indescribable joy’’ of bombing London and the “happiness" of scoring hits on blocks of flats. The pilot, who took
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  • 380 10 BARRACKS PREPARED FOR LARGER NUMBER OF TROOPS Transforming Rumania Into Great Base Bucharest, Oct, 18 While German regular soldiers are now stationed at many strategic points specially in the oilfields area, these troops cannot yet be described as an army of occupation. There
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  • 202 10 .—Reuter. Reinforcing The British People St. Louis, October 18. “The only road to peace is production,” said Mr. Wendell Willkie in a speech in which he declared that the present Government was as incapable of solving the problem of industrial production in war >as
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  • 274 10 -8.0. W. Donations Fo Patriotic Finn I Rugby, October 18. A new and striking example of sacrifices made by small communities on the fringes of the Empire to aid the war effort is provided by the latest contribution from Cook Islands in the Southern Pacific. The
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  • 210 10 I ,S. Transport Expected At Shanghai Shanghai. Oct. 18. It is reported that the U.S. transport “Chaumont’’ is expected to arrive here some time this month to take part in the evacuation of Americans. It is understood the vessel is now at Shanghai, and it will be
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  • 81 10 —Reuter. 30.000 To Be Called In November Washington, Oct. 18 The War Secretary. Mr. Stimson, announced that the first 30.000 selective service troops would foe inducted into the United States Army on or about November 18. Another 600jX)0 will be called up betveen then and March 3. 1941.
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  • 127 10 D.E.I.'s GIFT OF 40 FIGHTERS 18 BOMBERS —Reuter. Cheque Handed To Lord Beaverbrook London. Oct. 18 Prince Bernhard of the Netherlanci.- x. behalf of the inhabitants of Dutch Ea.Indies today gave Lord Beaverbrook Minister of Aircraft Production, a cheque c. purchase forty Spitfires and 18 bom for the R.A.F. In
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  • 144 10 —Reuter. The King’s Message To People Delivered Malta. Oct. 18. It may now be revealed that Mr Eden visited Malta last Sunday while on his way to Egypt, and after seeing the British and Maltese units declared himself much impressed by the spirit
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  • 67 10 —-Reuter. Appointed Assistant Chief Of Naval Staff London, October 18. Rear-Admiral Sir Henry Harwood of the Ajax and River Plate fame, has been appointed Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Assistant Chief to the Naval Staff. Vice-Admiral John Tovey who ifamous as a commander of destroyers is
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  • 51 10 —Reuter. London, Oct. 18. 'The remote possibility of air attacks oi er Sydney lias not been overlooked, says the Sydney radio, adding that plans have already been made for the provision of public shelters and also for the removal of children to inland shelters in the events of
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  • 427 10 ’Dictators Cannot Close All Roads To Freedom New York. Oct 18 Dictators cannot close all roads to freedom and the Burma Road is not the only one that mccks their insolence,” declares the New York Times commenting on the reopening of the
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  • 38 10 -8.0. W. Rugby, October 1 During September the New Zea! 1 Government placed orders for conti to the value of £lOO.OOO with Midlaiand Scottish firms chiefly for elec, tity and railway material. —8.0. V.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 49 10 *7fHfiEN'iiNE FAR EAST SERVICE. FOR UNITED KINGDOM For particulars regarding Freight, and other information please apply to: SANDILANDS, BUTTERY CO., Telephone No. 644 645 PENANG. “burnsphilF LINE (Incorporated in Australia) for particulars regarding Freight, Passage, and other information please apply to BOUSTEAD CO., LTD., Agents Penang Telephone No. 1604.
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  • 187 11 Francis Light School Lose At Hockey The Penang Recreation Club Ladies ccored a creditable victory by the odd goal in three over the Francis Light School in a hockey matcn on the latter's ground yesterday. Play was keenly contested from start to 1 ish, the
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  • 157 11 Statistic* XI vs Engineer’s Office Staff The following will represent the Statistics Department in a friendly game of soccer against the Staff of the Settlement Engineer’s Office on the Dato Kramat Ground today at 5 15 p.m. sharp:— A R. Ibrahim; Ooi Kee Lip, Tan Chow Chow; Ko Kim
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  • 129 11 Free School vs O.F.A. A hockey match will be played between th- Penang Free School and the Old Frees’ Association for the Cheah Inn Kiong Cup on. Monday, on the Hutchings School Ground at 5 p.m. sharp. Toe following will represent the School: C i
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  • 213 11 Surveys To Meet P.W.D. At New World Much interest is centred on the Penang Commercial Badminton Tournament which will commence to-morrow night at the New World Amusement Park The Survey Department is down to meet the Public Works Department in the opening match. The Resident Councillor,
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  • 64 11 P.S.C. vs Penang Combined XV At Western Road, on Wednesday. October 23. at 5.15 prompt. P.S.C.:—H. J. Blake; J. E. Goodrich, V. L. F. Davin. G. H. Conaghan, R. J. .3. Franks; G. F. Jones, V. Barrie; W. Rintoul, J. Wilson. R. W. Quixley, W. Hannav. J. T. Horsburgh,
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  • 71 11 Teams For Today’s Match Ipoh. The teams for today’s hockey match on the padang between the Europeans and the Rest are: Europeans: Dr. Wilson; Lambert and Jackson; Capt. Kenny. Carson and A. N. Other; Barr, A. N. Other, Ehrke, Hoops and Beverley. Rest: F.
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  • 115 11 Hockey Game In Sitiawan Sitiawan. The match between the Anglo Chinese School and the Rest team led by Song Tee See on the former’s ground at Kampong Koh yesterday (Wednesday) evening was productive of good hockey in spite of the adverse ground conditions. Ball
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  • 35 11 Result Of Ladies Monthly Medal The Monthly Medal for Ladies played for on October 17 resulted as follows: Miss H. W. Hislop 4- 1 Winner Mrs. C. O. Lim 1 Runner-Up
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  • 41 11 Ladies Red Cross Competition The Penang Sports Club Ladies' Red Cross Golf Competition was held yesterday and raised $l9 for the Malaya Patriotic Fund. Mrs. Worth was winner with 54 —18 36. Miss Timms was runner-up with 5818 40.
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  • 63 11 Hotspur Beat S.X.I. The "Hotspur” Basket-ball team defeated the St. Xavier’s Institution by 3426 points in a friendly game, played on the latter’s court yesterday. The following represented the Hotspur” Teoh Soon Thaw, T. K. Chong. Chong Chee Peng, Goh Keng Swee, Teh Geok Lim. Cheong Kim Chee, Benny
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  • 59 11 Sitiawan. The annual general meeting of the Sitiawan District Hockey Association will be held at the Police Canteen, Sitiawan on Thursday, October 24 at 7 p.m. All interested in hockey are requested to attend. A hockey match between The President’s team and rest will be played
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  • 472 11 Ipoh. pERAK’S prospects in inter-State games this season can best be gauged by today’s State trial—the first of the season—on the Ipoh Club padang. Perak will meet Selangor on Saturday, October 26 in Kuala Lumpur and Penang early in November in Ipoh. The
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  • 325 11 Hockey Matches At Ipoh Ipoh. The Ramblers trounced the Diehards to the tune of six goals to one in a game of hockey played on the padang yesterday. The Diehards held their own in the first half when the Ramblers led two-one. but the formei- faded
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  • 55 11 TODAY OCTOBER 19 Hockey: Europeans versus Rest on padang. Rugger: State Trial—lpoh versus Cutstation —on padang. Tennis: Junior championships cn P C.R.C. courts. TOMORROW, OCTOBER 26. Ruggei: Ipoh Chinese versus Rest Asiatics on Anderson School giound. Tennis: Jumoi championships cn P.C.R.C. courts. Tennis and badminton exhibition
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  • 246 11 O.X.A, Beaten In Keen Game Of Hockey TN a keenly contested hockey match the Penang Free School beat the O.X.A. by an only goal on the Esplanade yesterday. The School’s victory was mainly due to their fine defence in which their goal-keeper, Ooi Siang San,
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  • 112 11 A.C.S.I Beat Ba Ilk Ptilau R. C. The A.C.S. Union beat the Balik Pulau R.C. at badminton on Saturday last at A.C.S Union court The following ,are the results (A.C.S.U. players mentioned first):— Teoh Khoon Inn beat Lee Eng Teng 4—15, 15—10 15—12. J A. Montano beat E. J.
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  • 152 11 Draw In Russian Pool Tournament Telok Anson. The Lower Perak Club, Telok Anson, have organised a Russian Pool Tournament, which will take place here shoi tly. The tournament is a doubles event on handicap. The draw resulted as follows: FIRST ROUND E.N W. Oliver and R.G.
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  • 222 11 Customs Beat Police By 2—o Telok Anson. The South Perak Customs Club da feated the Telok Ar.son Police team by two goals to nil in an interesting hockey fixture of the Lower Perak hockey league played vn the Speedy Road upper padang here on Wednesday afternoon.
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  • 126 11 Dogras “A” Defeat Sikhs Taiping. Displaying excellent stick-work and combination the Dogra Regiment “A” defeated the Taiping Sikhs by two goals to one ’n a League hockey fixture on the Regimental ground yesterday. A mediocre pace was maintained but the brilliant combination on the part of the
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  • 96 11 Today on the Esplanade from 6 pan. to 7.30 p.m. March Stats Stripes For Ever Sous* Overture Dieu Et Bayadere Auber Selection A Waltz Dream Strauss Waltz The Lady Of The Rose Gilbert Selection Jill Darling Ellis Intermezzo Burma Maid Ancliffe Fox Trot Crash! Bang! I Wan’t To
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 47 11 Malaya Patriotic Fund W OMEN’S SECTION DINNER H BILEE ARCADE, Butterworth 19th October, 1949. 8.30 p.m. CHINESE or MALAY MAKAN IMPROMPTU DANCING TICKETS $2.50 For reservations of Tables Rhone Mrs. Colin King, Bukit Mertajam 25, or Mrs. Oon, Butterworth 69. 'Space kindly given by the “Pinang Gazette").
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    • 130 11 dRIUM FOR SPARKLING TEETH M'd a need jay o clean your teeth with Pepsodent containing I IRIUM The minute it touches your teeth you have a delightful and lasting sensation of its invigorating, refreshing foam. And what a wholesome tingle of freshness it leaves behind it! But JOy* —the biggest
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  • 558 12 VAN BREUKELEN’S CANDIDATES IN GOOD FORM Edie’s Choice And Foxdown Greatly Impress (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT) IPOH, TODAY. Trainer m. van breukelen’s candidates provided ALL THE INTEREST IN THIS MORNING’S WORKOUT ON THE IPOH RACE TRACK, WHEN OFFICIAL TRAINING FOR THE PERAK TURF CLUB
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  • 153 12 —Reuter. American Offer Of Ambulances London. October 18 An offer to provide ambulances .and volunteer drivers to serve with the Frency Army has been received at the headquarters of Free French forces in London from the American field service in New York, states a communique issued
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  • 99 12 Ri liter Fixed Stuns To Be Sent For Maintenance Hongkong, Oct. 18. Arrangements by which evacuees from Hongkong in Australia will lie able to secure fixed sums weekly for their maintenance were announced yesterday. Unaccompanied women will receive 50s. weekly; with one child. 655.: two children 755.
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  • 220 12 Judgment For Plaintiff Ipoh. A lengthy written judgment was read out by Mr. Justice Howes in the Supreme Court here yesterdaly in the civil suit in which Valautlia Assari. an elderly Indian, sued Visalachi Achi, alias Moonachi Achi administratrix of the estate of M
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  • 372 12 Seven Cases Of Comforts Despatched Seven large cases have been despatched from the Central Depot of the Perak Wool and Materials Fund during the fust fortnight of October, containing comforts for troops and their families, and Red Cross hospital supplies. numbering over 1,200, as follows:
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  • 96 12 Reuter. Poor Chinese Faring Slow Starvation Shanghai, Oct. 18. Rice shortage in Shanghai is assuming serious proportions Hundreds of thousands of poor Chuie.se face slow starvation this winter unless some speedy solution Is found for the problem. These people can only afford to <tjuy domestic rice—rice
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  • 65 12 —B.OAV. Bar To D.F.C. For South African-Born Pilot Rugby, October 17. Among R.A.F. awards announced today is the Bar to the Distinguished Flying Cross to Pilot Officer A. G. Lewis, born at Kimberley, South Africa, who according to the official account “on September 27 destroyed six enemy aircraft.
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  • 753 12 DOCUMENTS ON BURMA ROAD OF A SEDITIOUS NATURE Alor Star. A story of how two Chinese who rented a Meilay house were watched first by a Malay neighbour arid then by detectives for several nights before they were arrested with alleged seditious documents in their
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  • 37 12 —Reuter London, October 18. The Admiralty announce that four small auxiliary craft have recently been sunk by enemy action. They are the trawlers Resolve, Listrac, Warwick and Deeping and the drifter Summer Rose.
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  • 33 12 The War Fund in North Malaya stands at $1,413,171.46. The Perak total is $497,399.32 but the Penang total remains unchanged at $916,772.14, ($70,152.97 being contributions from Kedah).
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  • 357 12 Case Against 4 Chinese Withdrawn Ipoh. Mr. R. C. Ehrke of the Perak Detective Branch yesterday withdrew the cases against four Chinese, who were charged with offences relating to extortion. Wong Sang alias Chcon Sang, the first accused was charged with putting Leow Fan San in
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  • 272 12 Batu kawan Adjudged Best For Near Butte rwo: th. “Remarkable progress and improvement was shown in the gardens of the Tamil Schools of Province Wellesley dui ing the current year, according -c the annual report of the Agricultutal Officei, Province Wellesley. The annual inspection of
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  • 25 12 —Reuter. London. October 18 All bomber operations last night were cancelled owing to unfavourable weather conditions, states an Air Ministry communique.—Reuter.
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