Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 9 January 1941
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Title Section19 1941-01-09 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE FSTAR, 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY No* Vol. VCIX. THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1941. PRICE 10 CENTS,19 words
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Article, Illustration88 1941-01-09 1 London. January 9. The Thailand (Siamese) government has proclaimed a ’’state oi war*’ on the frontier with French Indo-China according to a Bangkok report given by the Swiss radio last night. A German report, also broadcast by the Swiss Radio, says that Admiral88 words
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Article94 1941-01-09 1 t.—Reuter. Dublin, Jan. 9. A ban against display of sign posts comes into force in Eire on February 1. This is in effect an emergency Government order which makes it an offence to display anywhere outside urban areas signs which furnish indication of the name,t.—Reuter. - 94 words
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Article114 1941-01-09 1 —Reuter. London. Jan. ft. 'I’HE Axis is indifferent to the New World, according to a statement broadcast by the Rome Radio last night in reply to Mr. Roosevelt’s speech to Congress. The statement added: “President Roosevelt repeats the absurd opinion that an Axis victory would.”—Reuter. - 114 words
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Article85 1941-01-09 1 —Reuter. Jaanese Detained In Burma London, January 8 N’ report has yet been received n from Sir R. Craigie concerning the Jrrui. -p pretest against the detention of -m( >v subjects in Burma, Reuter learns, not out of place, it is added -.n ntative quarters,,.—Reuter. - 85 words
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Article66 1941-01-09 1 -Reuter. Reported Recall By Senor Suner Rome, January 3. Spanish Ambassador to Italy, i Garcia Condey Menendez, has ailed and told to hold himself at thl disposal of the Spanish Foreign '1 says a Madrid; despatch to the s '-“.ini Agency. pr>~ e came Ambassador to– -Reuter. - 66 words
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410 1941-01-09 1 London, Jan. 9. TTALY’S Empire Air Force has suffered as damaging a blow as Italy’s land army partly because it has been brilliantly outmanoeuvred by the R.A.F. and partly because of the brilliant Stall' work of the British Navy, Army and AirReuter. - 410 words
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Article140 1941-01-09 1 H hatever Happens -Reuter. Athens, Jan. g Al hatever the circumstances, the Greeks will not yield,” declared the Press Minister, M. Nicolo udi s', replying to New J car wishes from the Foreign 1 ’ress Association. a 1/. A oral aid is declared "Our jgreat leader-Reuter. - 140 words
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267 1941-01-09 1 Reuter. London. January ft. REUTER'S special correspondent on the Albanian frontier reports that preparation for a major battle are being steadily pushial forward by both sides on the northern sector of the Albanian front. The weather is fine and sunny. Activity atReuter. - 267 words
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Article343 1941-01-09 1 —Reuter. London, Jun. 8. lyi GRIGORLADIA in the Greek paper, “Ethnos,” describes his visit to an Australian warship. “In one of our harbours lies an Australian man-of war manned entirely by Australians. From the command ing officer to the cabin boy everyone is a native of”—Reuter. - 343 words
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Article224 1941-01-09 1 Increasingly Serious BRITISH ATTACK CONTINUES WITH UTMOST SATISFACTION (Ry Desmond Tighe, Reuter s special correspondent with British headquarters in Cairo). r pHE Italian garrison at Tobruk is unlikely to receive any more reinforcements and its position is becoming increasingly serious. No Italian troop movements haveReuter. - 224 words
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Article79 1941-01-09 1 Reuter. BERLIN HINT Berlin, Jan. 8. There will be a spate of oratory' throughout Bulgaria next Sunday, when, says the Official German News Agency, meetings will be held in 30 towns in Bulgaria. The Agency adds that M. Grabowski, Bulgarian Minister of Interior, announced thisReuter. - 79 words
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Article27 1941-01-09 1 BOW. Rugby, Jan. 9. The British submarine “Regulus” (Lieut.-Commander F. B. Currie) is now overdue and must be considered lost, states an Admiralty communique.—BOW. - 27 words
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208 1941-01-09 1 Reuter*. Washington, Jah. M. L’OL. KNOX. Secretary of Navy, announced today that RearAdmiral Husband Kimmel is replacing Admiral James Richardson as Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet, and will also become Commander-in-Chief of the combined Fleets. Admiral Richardson will report to the Secretary of Navy for dutiesReuter*. - 208 words
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Article72 1941-01-09 1 Reuter. Buried In Snow In Mountains Zurich. Jan. 8 Hi it von Ribbentrop's special train had to be dug out of the snow bv soldiers in the Thuringa mountains, according to a Berlin despatch. Railway traffic on the Berlin-Munich line has been so disorganised by snow thatReuter. - 72 words
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Advertisement22 1941-01-09 1 i W J rWr/CATE ZT youp M wZ? a/ ;jSahi x Wrn for North Malaya Penang:— GEORGETOWN DISPENSARY LTD., Penang and Ipoh.22 words
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Advertisement59 1941-01-09 1 lookK ZS 6ESTf VSQtI Agents for North Malaya d GEORGETOWN DISPENSARY L.TO, Penang and Ipoh. DESTROY PRICES WHITE ANTS Scientifically. large for godowns, factories, ceolieU S E lines, etc $22.50 $18.50 SMALL for individual householders 7.50 5.50 FIELD for rubber plantations and all trees 13.50 11.50 STOCKISTS THE GEORGE TOWN59 words
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Article296 1941-01-09 2 —Reuter. Allowed Through Blockade AT ROOSEVELT'S REQUEST London, Jan. 8. At President Roosevelt’s personal request, the British Government has agreed to allow a special shipload of foodstuffs and clothing to pass through their blockade from the United States to Unoccupied France for distribution under the strict—Reuter. - 296 words
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Article214 1941-01-09 2 ’—B.O.W. Reassuring Statement By Chief Medical Officer Rugby, January 8 Satisfaction is generally expressed at the reassuring statement by Sir Wilson Jameson. Chief Medical Officer. Ministry of Health, concerning public health in Britain in wartime with special reference to conditions in air raid shelters.’—B.O.W. - 214 words
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835 1941-01-09 2 All-Time Record Expenditure Most Modernised A rmy, “Over AU” Navy Roosevelt's "New Deal Plus National Defence Budget" Washington, Jan. 8. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT today followed irp his challenge speech to the aggressor nations By announcing America’s all-time record expenditure on arms and fighting men..—Reuter. - 835 words
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113 1941-01-09 2 8.0. W. and Reuter. Athens, Jan. 8. 4 SUCCESSFUL, raid on military stores and buildings in Elbasan was made yesterday by R.A.F. bombers, says an K-A.F. communique issued from headquarters in Greece. Snow, sleet and rain were falling in the target area, making observation difficult,8.0. W. and Reuter. - 113 words
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Article108 1941-01-09 2 Reuter. Lack Of Confidence In Leaders London, January 8. There are signs among the Germans in Czechoslovakia of anxiety about the future. There is lack of confidence in their leaders and criticism of the whole regime,” declared Dr. Benes. President of Czechoslovakia, speaking at a luncheon in London. He– Reuter. - 108 words
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Article, Illustration57 1941-01-09 2 —Reuter. Allahabad, Jan. 8. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, President of the Indian National Congress, who was arrested in connection with Mr. Gan d hi’s campaign to impede India’s war effort, has been sentenced to eighteen months’ simple imprisonment under the Defence of India rules.—Reuter. - 57 words
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Article180 1941-01-09 2 L—B.O.W. Urgent Appeals Made To Germany For T.N.T. Rugby, January 8 There is some evidence that the British blockade is creating a problem relative to supplies of explasives in enemy counties. In the months immediately preceding Italy’s entry into war, she imported ali the toluol sheL—B.O.W. - 180 words
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Article55 1941-01-09 2 .—Reuter. Delivers Roosevelt’s Letter To Petain Vichy, January 8. A personal letter from President Roosevelt to Marshal Petain was delivered today by Admiral Leahy when the new American Ambassador to France presented his credentials. Marines mounted a guard of honour and despite the cold weather many people gathered.—Reuter. - 55 words
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Article1040 1941-01-09 2 Italian Troops Unable To Escape London, .Jan. 8. r pHERE is little doubt that Tobruk is now partly cut off from the west and it is practically impossible for any large formations of Italian troops either to leave or enter, according to authoritative military circle* here.Reuter. - 1,040 words
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432 1941-01-09 2 London, Jan. 8. SOMEWHAT better light has been shed on the situation in Rumania in a telegram received yesterday by the Foreign Office from the British Minister at Bucharest. The telegram refers to a "lot of grumbling” among people concerning the arrival of”—Reuter. - 432 words
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Advertisement28 1941-01-09 2 \\M\ 7V\ w\ J/ ill. SOtf AG.C A V S 'kM> V. R. VICK CO, LTD. DISTRIBtSrtXIS n» K. LUMWX 5 1 JOSEPH TRAVERS ft SONS LTD. J28 words
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729 1941-01-09 3 An American expert in the use of camouflage reveals some of the -new practices in disguising objectives from enemy raiders. IT is now nearly nine centuries since Macbeth's enemies mounted boughs of Birnham Wood in their helmets to conceal then numbers and marched729 words
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Article156 1941-01-09 3 Twelve days after a bomb had fallen on a London school somebody said to George Warner, 56-y'ear-old member of a stretcher party, “There’s life in that debris.” So George got to work. He tunnelled ten feet, and rescued a cat, a parrot and a dog.156 words
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Article86 1941-01-09 3 A man, Sydney Owen, who snatched a boy bather from an attacking shark at Brighton-le-Sands, Botany Bay. New South Wales, has been awarded the Albert Medal, it was announced in the London Gazette. The boy. Maxwell Arthur Farrin, aged 13, was 50 yards from the shore86 words
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Article391 1941-01-09 3 Bravery In Raids ORITALN’S railway workers have been second to none in the way they have carried on under air attacks. Every day brings instances of their courage and initiative. When a wagon of high explosive bombs was set on fire by a German raider, a391 words
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383 1941-01-09 3 Poor Food Chief Misery Of Captive British London PRISONERS of war in (ieintaay number 1,410,000, inchiding British, French, some Poles and others according to authoritative neutral sources. They are distributed among 120 camps. Some of these hold up to 70.000 men, but most383 words
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Article, Illustration793 1941-01-09 3 H. M. K. JEANS - The Key to a New World Order By H. M. K. JEANS Watch the Transcaucasus, ami tin* roads that lead to it from tin* West! Evers step by the Russian', in the Balkans is helping them to preserve the safety to themselves and indirectly to the British,793 words
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Advertisement159 1941-01-09 3 ’w' Examine these models—simple, compact, versatile. Packed with new features. KODAK VIGILANT—has /4.5 lens, five-speed Kodomaric Shutter. Shutter-release on body to minimise camera movement. Two view-finders. Takes pictures 31 x2J Y mS PRICE $56.50 Slfiffll llgw/ World’s most popular camera. SiX_2 kodak j un,g? l ens 3- s peed shutlei159 words
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Miscellaneous64 1941-01-09 3 iju T T T TYTTT TTFTIIi|I M < r t y y i f WHAT A WAR! w >; ilbert W Hkinsoii WW -ZTM E tA > 'in nr* m V FI W ft JLX w d r 1 w 3 J "’’IK 1 j q Ac h J obby64 words
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523 1941-01-09 4 Soldier's Death Leap From Hospital Singapore. TJOW he saw a man poised on the iron rail of a secondfloor verandah of the Alexandra Military Hospital “swallow-dive” 70 feet to the ground below, striking the roof of an adjoining building during his fall, was told by523 words
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Article308 1941-01-09 4 Story Of Night Robbery Singapore. A Malay sapper, Sa’at bin Bugis, who was arrested early last month in connection with two robberies, was sentenced by the Singapore criminal district judge, Mr. J. L. McFall, to two months’ rigorous imprisonment on each of two charges, the sentences308 words
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Article198 1941-01-09 4 CASE OVER MINING LAND Kuala Klawang. In the police court at Kuala Klawang. Jelebu. on Monday, before Mr. J. F. Black (D. 0. Seremban), with Mr. F. D. Marrable, 0.C.P.D., prosecuting. Hiew Nam Sam. a clerk employed in the Land Office, Kuala Klawang, was charged198 words
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Article200 1941-01-09 4 No Confirmation Of Sydney Report Kuala Lumpur. A report from the “Sydney Morning Herald” reproduced in the “Straits Times” slates that changes in the Empire Air Mail services, and the inauguration of a new r route across Africa, will permit letters to be sent200 words
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Article165 1941-01-09 4 Mr. P. V. Ormiston And Miss H. Pilcher Kuala Lumpur. The marriage was solemnised at St. John s Church, Bukit Nanas, Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday by the Rev. Fr. Perissoud, between Mr. Philip Vemey Ormiston, Agricultural Officer, Selangor Coast, son of Mr. and Mrs. V. A. Ormiston165 words
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Article112 1941-01-09 4 London. Instructors at an R.A.F. fighter training unit in the north-west shot down a Nazi bomber and “probably destroyed” another—to show their pupils how it is done. When they sighted a Heinkel 111. homeward bound at dusk one evening the chief instructor and two others112 words
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2181 1941-01-09 4 Mr, David’s Admission Before Mines Inquiry Kuala Lumpur. 'T’HE evidence given by Mr. J. B. David, the well-known broker, miner and planter, before the Commission o f Mines Inquiry, reported in brief previously, is now given in full below. Mr. David alleged that no2,181 words
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Advertisement107 1941-01-09 4 Does this Climate Upset Your Liver and Digestion If so, take a course of Dr. li rn irlTir I Hjl j Hirns I In this tropical climate with its heat and humidity the Liver becomes sluggish, the bowels irregular, and the whole digestive system disorganised, with the result your head107 words
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Miscellaneous37 1941-01-09 4 All in a Days Work— Rick TMIS f Y, OGeSh'T I aboimt we sb«gfa*jt f MOT j f 1 ia»To A I So J-g 1 CAMcuFVo£>eo tank <~owO,’ jgj l Aiirjr X TCAP ano q«?eakimC To-moRQOvj. a37 words
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389 1941-01-09 5 (Jar Not Driven At Excessive Speed: Judgment Reserved K. Lumpur. Judgment was reserved till to-morrow by the First Magistrate, Mr. G. L. Howe, yesterday afternoon at the close of the trial in which A. E.. Carey Foster, S.R.A. Veterinary Surgeon, is charged with causing389 words
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Article194 1941-01-09 5 Found Near Hill With Neck Wound Staggering cut of the path leading up to the Penang Hills at the foot of the Botanical Gardens yesterday evening, an Indian Mohamedan woman, who had a large wound in her neck and other injuries on her body collapsed on194 words
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Article23 1941-01-09 5 The Commander, Local Defence Corps, gratefully appreciates the loan of a pair of binoculars by “Phyllis,” 23 Light Street Penang.23 words
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Article36 1941-01-09 5 Singapore. The death took place suddenly yesterday morning of Mr. James Nairn of Lnited Engineers. He leaves his widow and a daughter. The funeral took place yesterday evening at Bidadaii Cemetery.36 words
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Article388 1941-01-09 5 SOCIAL PERSONAL j Major S. P. Morton has been appointed Acting Lieutenant Colonel, F M.S. V.F., with effect from Dee. 16, 1940. Mi. Justice Manning, the Johore .judge, has returned after spending a holiday at Fraser’s Hill. Capt. R. E. Kenny. Adjutant of the Perak Battalion. F.M.S.V.F., is an inmate388 words
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573 1941-01-09 5 During the course of his inspection of the Passive Defence Services of Penang yesterday His Excellency took the opportunity to present certificates of Honour to Mr. Lim Eow Thoon J.P. ana Dr. KMohamed Ariff, J.P. Mr.573 words
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Article86 1941-01-09 5 Sales of (Malayan War Savings Certificates are now increasing rapidly. Latest figures show that a sum not far short of $500,000 has been raised for the war in the last fortnight by sale of Certificates. The total up to January 7 was $2,321,700 which shows an advance86 words
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Article45 1941-01-09 5 Tcda.v on the Esplanade’’ from 6.(8' p.m. to 7.30 p.m.: March Cavalry Of The Cloud- Alford Overture L Amour Au Village Bouillon Selection The Dollar Princess Fail Waltz Cairo F etcher Schottische Petite Tonkinolse Scotto Selection Gipsy' Love Lehar Rumba La Cucaracha Sairino45 words
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Advertisement97 1941-01-09 5 WISHING ALL OUR MOHAMMEDAN PATRONS AND FRIENDS A VERY HAPPY HARI RAYA HAJI WEMBLEY CABARET (CABARET DE LUXE) SPECIAL HOLIDAY AFTERNOON DANCE 3 P.M. to 5.30 P.M. 8 COUPONS FOR $1 TONIGHT: NON-STOP DANCING 9 P.M. TO MIDNIGHT GALA HARI RAYA HAJI BALI. AU. OUR DANCE HOSTESSES IN SARONGS AND97 words
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Advertisement227 1941-01-09 5 WISHING 01 K PATRONS A HAPPY HARI RAYA HAJI FUN FROLIC PARK THURSDAY. 9th JANUARY, 1941 SKI NOOKAN OPERA OF MALACCA; “SIAMANG PUTEH" Last Pt With a new bevy of beautiful chorines in latest extra turns. Special extension to 1 a.m. CANTONESE OPERA: “TOW HEE KWAN MAH YAR" With Miss227 words
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Advertisement63 1941-01-09 5 SLAMAT HARI KAYA HAJI TONIGHT SPECIAL LICENCE UP TO 1 A.M. AT THE DIAMOND STAR OPERA NEW WuKW Thursday, 9th Jan., 1941 DIAMOND STAR OPERA Tonight Special Licence To 1 a.m PAULAU PANDAN JAUH KETENGAH” ALEXANDRE SHOW European Vaudeville Entertainers FREE SHOW NIGHTLY AT THE FAIR’S THEATRE. BOXING TOMORROW AT63 words
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Miscellaneous123 1941-01-09 5 RMj PENANG’S MOST LUXURIOUS j aL air-conditioned theatre Opening Today With 3 Shows At 3: 6.15 9.30 p_nu i Ik /'XiwiS’X. M IF *«w Ml tl F BETTE DAVIS CHARLES BO\ EK TWO OF THE SCREEN’S MOST DYNAMIC TALENTS IN RACHEL FIELDS DEEP STIRRING LOVE STORY. A PICTURE ONCE SEEN123 words
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Miscellaneous125 1941-01-09 5 Wishing All Our Mohamedan Friends A Patrons A Very Slaniat Rava Hadji. MAJESTIC 4 SHOWS TODAY 11.30 a.m., 3, 6.15 and 9.30 p.m. A Malay picture specially booked for the Raya Hadji season A picture eveiy Malay should see because it’s a true-to-life story, seldom seen on the screen “MELA125 words
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Miscellaneous95 1941-01-09 5 <! RiR-conpiT|on eo FOUR SHOWS TODAY 11.30 a.m., 3.00, 6.15 and 9.30 pjn. TERROR THAT WAITED 3,000 YEARS! IT COMES TO LIFE AND STRIKES MURDER! THEY DARED A TOMB OF TERROR I The most amazing adventure ever imagined to solve a secret mIEKk sealed three thousand years! with dick FORAN95 words
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Miscellaneous149 1941-01-09 5 STOP I.OOK and READ A Special Attraction Specially Arranged For Our Indian and Mohamedan Patrons. QUEEN’S M4i INEE TODAY AT 2 P.M. SHARP SPECIAL MIDNITE SHOW TONIGHT AT 12.00 O’CLOCK '“Ainbikapalhv* STARRING M. K. Thiagaraja Bhaghavathar (of “Thiruneelakantar” fame) and Miss M. R. Santhanalaikshinii. Grand Holiday Attraction TODAY’S THE DATE149 words
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Article492 1941-01-09 6 L)V his $25,000,000,000 Budget J recommendations—surely the most sweeping ever made by a President ot the United States and his formation of a supreme Directorate of defence to speed up aid for Britain, President Roosevelt has shown the world, especially the Axis section of it, that America means business492 words
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Article73 1941-01-09 6 Enrolment Meeting On Saturday Bukit Mertajam is to have A.R.P. On Saturday at 6 p.m. a meeting, the first of its kind, will be held at the High School to enrol members for A.K.P. Mr. A. E. Coupe, District Officer, Province Wellesley, will preside. Regional Inspector73 words
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Article466 1941-01-09 6 t.R.P. Dream then, you chaps, fall in a hollow square putting your right foot in the right place and leaving the left where'it will be right. Don’t look so miserable about it. There’s much worse can happen b jou —an incendiary might let voui mother-in-law see you466 words
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Article1250 1941-01-09 6 l)OY Scouts all over the world today mourn the death of their leader. Lord Baden-Powell, founder of the world-famous movement. The name of the Big Boy, who refused to grow old, will assuredly been enshrined with the immortals, as the following sketch of his life1,250 words
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Advertisement254 1941-01-09 6 slip Make your party welcome Do not forget that j little extra which has now become a popular favourite. PEEK FREAN'S OBTAINABLE |t^Ji 1 < MIA FROM ALL DEALERS J Supplied by: pS RMir PEEK FREAN <£ WWJIJF CO. LTD. Makrr.- Fanuib B<; P R 53 IBmjaMKMMaBMamEHEKMBaaMaMMtaBaramaMMHMM T/je n ost254 words
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Advertisement42 1941-01-09 6 <i e I i i IB W Ju «SaL »<■— «i k"& B <^’‘ ti t>ert>li 1 a a B a B Sole Agents for I g Penang. Perak St Kedah B Henry Waugh N Co. Lid. B PENANG IPOH S B B HBBBtfBBBBBKBEn42 words
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203 1941-01-09 7 BANGKOK CABLE TO LOCAL CONSUL All Frenchmen To Deliver Dp Arms ’T'HE Penang Thai Consul. Xai Promote Chong Chae- rong yesterday received the following cable from the Foreign Office, Bangkok IN VIEW OF THE INCESSANT ACTS OF AGGRESSION 'COMMITTED BY THE FRENCH IN.—Reuter. - 203 words
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Article52 1941-01-09 7 Position Advertised In London (From Our Own ('orrespondent) Singapore, T<ula v. According to the London < orrespondent of the “Free Press,’’ the Straits Settlements (I overnment is advertising in the journal “Ac- < ounlant” for a Tax Assessor at a salary of ssoo a month n52 words
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278 1941-01-09 7 THANKSGIVING AND RECEPTION A large number of relatives and friends attended the High Mass of thanksgiving in the Church of the Assumption yesterday morning, performed by the Rev. Father J. B. Souhait, in honour of the Silver Wedding of Mr. and Mrs.278 words
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Article26 1941-01-09 7 Mr. J. rl. McEvoy will broadcast on behalf of the Malayan Motorists" Fighter Fund from the Penang Wireless Society at 8 p.m. to-morrow.26 words
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Article73 1941-01-09 7 “Melati Van Agam,” a Malay talkie starring the stage and screen artiste, Miss Siti Soekarti, is now showing at the Majestic Theatre as a Hari Raya Haji attraction. A. B. Rachman and F. Abdullah are also in the cast. The picture features several lilting Malay songs73 words
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Article212 1941-01-09 7 CRIMINAL APPEAL DISMISSED Mr Justice C. W V. Carey, .the new Penang judge, heard his first Criminal appeal this week when Abu Kassim bin S. Baboo, a bailiff of the District Court, Penang, Appealed against a lower court conviction. Appellant was fined $3O or one month’s212 words
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218 1941-01-09 7 ALL RESCUED EXCEPT MALAY WOMAN Tel ok Anson. A tragedy is reported to have occurred in the Perak River near Bandar about three miles up-river from 1 elok Anson on Tuesday morning when a motor-boat carrying passengers from up-river kampongs, capsized in the218 words
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Article120 1941-01-09 7 His Excellency the Governor, Sii Shenton Thomas and Lady Thomas, ac companied by Lieut Stavely, ADC., left for Kedah this morning by car. t They were seen off at the Victoria I Pier by the Hon. Mr. A M. Goodman, Resident Councillor, Penang, and othei officials.120 words
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Article200 1941-01-09 7 REVENUE OVER ONETHIRD ABOVE ESTIMATES August figures of F.M.S. revenue and expenditure, just published, show that revenue was just over $7 millions while expenditure just exceeded $5 millions. This, however, cannot be regarded, as hitherto, as a $2 million addition to surpluses, as revenue includes200 words
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91 1941-01-09 7 SEQUEL TO SHINOZAKI <4 SPY” TRIAL (FR<pM OUR OWN UORRESFONDEN T) SINGAPORE, TODAY. pUNNER FRANK GARDNER, OF THE ROYAL ARTILLERY, WHO WAS A WITNESS FOR THE CROWN IN THE RECENT TRIAL OF THE JAPAN ESE, SHINOZAKI, UNDER THE OFFICIAL SECRETS ORDINANCE, WILL BE91 words
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Article49 1941-01-09 7 Ipoh. The cieath occurred at the Batu Gajah Hospital on Tuesday night of Mr. Henry E H. Bartlett. Superintendent, Government Hill Gardens and Plantations, Maxwell's Hill Tajping. The deaceased was 54 years old. The funeral took place yesterday evening at the Batu Gajah cemetery.49 words
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Article65 1941-01-09 7 Members and guests of the' Penang Sports Club attended a Pahit Dance held in the Club House at 7.15 last night, following the rugger match between the Army and the Civilians. The Band of the Seaforth High-r landers was in attendance by kind permission of65 words
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353 1941-01-09 7 MR. AND MRS. H.E. SPARKE SEND 1,000 TO WAR FUND .$Bl5 FROM CAMERON HIGHLANDS The War Fund in North Malaya s j maintaining an excellent rate of in- crease. Yesterday’s list showed an advance of $2,500; today a similar increase is recorded. The aggregate stands at $1,461,882.08, made up of353 words
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Advertisement131 1941-01-09 7 OMEGA WATCHES TO BE THERE v’l fi|!!l ON rill.v wH 1e TICK. Ji fl EXACT TIME FOR LIFE. SOLE AGENTS:— 3. A DSSJLVAL(INCORPORATED IN CEYLON) SINGAPORE PENANG iPOH CL '3‘udJi ahhufati, Stn&A.' V Splendid—how happy everyone is i -’*<*. r I —For only Cow Gate is goodenough for our Baby131 words
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Article453 1941-01-09 8 Issued by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association (Penang and Ipoh sections) at 4 p.m. Bth January, 1941 Issue Buyers Sellers 4/0 Ampat Tin 3/71 3/104 5/0 Austral Amal. 6/9 7/0 £1 Austral Malay 35/0 36/6 5/0 Ayer Hitam 21/0 22/Oex $1 Ayer Weng 0.86 0.89 £1 Bangrin Tin 15/0 15/6453 words
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Article244 1941-01-09 8 Issue Buyers Sellers Allenby 1.15 1.20 Alor Gajah 0.85 0.90 Amal. Malay 1.75 1.80 Ayer Hitam 0.90 1.00 Ayer Molek 1.15 1.20 Ayer Panas 1.124 1.174 Bassett 0.42 0.45 Batu Lintang 1.10 1.12 J Bedford 0.85 0.90 Benta 110 112lc Borelli 1.35 1.45 Broga 0.60 0.624 Brunei United 0.53244 words
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Article337 1941-01-09 8 Issue Buyers Sellers A. £1 (Aust) N.Z. Ivlin Ord 22/0 23/0 2 Alex Brick Ord. 185 1.95 Alex. Brick 74% Prefs 2.15 2.20 f B. M. T. 7.50 7.75 £5 Chartered £B £B4 £1 Con. T. S. Oro 16/3 16/9 £1 Con. T. S. 7% Pref 19/9 20/6 5F.&337 words
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Article166 1941-01-09 8 MINING Dividend Books Close Payable Gopeng Cons. 1/- bonus 6d. Int. less tax 7. 1.41 (In Eng) Idris Hvd. 24% int. less tax 2y. 1.41 (in Eng) Kuala Lumpur 1/- A.C. 24. 1.41 (in Aust) Malaysiam Tin 5% actual x O. 1.41 Pahang Cons. (Ordy 20%166 words
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Article903 1941-01-09 8 Rapid Expansion In Activity As in Canada, the chief factor underling the rapid expansion in industrial activity in the United States is the demand for military supplies and war materials, according to a review of war-time activity in United States industry by the 1 Royal Bank903 words
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Article928 1941-01-09 8 Lower Profits: Smaller Yardage Worked THE profit for the year amounted to 825,193.85 compared with $32,515.89 for 1938/39, and reflects the smaller yardage worked and the lower value of the ground, the figures being 403,958 cubic yards and .299 katti per cubic yard for thi928 words
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Article23 1941-01-09 8 Foreign exports of tin being final shipments on ocean-steamers at all Malayan ports during December, 1940, totalled ***** tons.23 words
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Article29 1941-01-09 8 Ocean shipments of rubber including latex concentrated latex and re vertex, being final shipment ou ocean-steamers at all Malayan ports during December. 1940. totalled 69.565 long tons’.29 words
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Article140 1941-01-09 8 Yesterday’s Close Previously TIN: LONDON: Z POt t 25 10 0 £256. 15. 0 Forward’ £2 59. 15. 0 £259 5 n SINGAPORE: 9 5 0 $133.00 5137 on Business done Ruva»-® <a 11 sL>a.ot PENANG* > ers No sellers 75 tons SpOt $133 00 $133 00 RUBBER:140 words
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Advertisement178 1941-01-09 8 BAN K S ViV«V«V/iViVi 1 Safe Deposit Boxes To meet the de- < maud of clients we take pleasure in announcing that we have installed additional NEW SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES I for the safe keeping of valuables etc. FULL PARTICULARS WILL BE SUPPLIED UPON APPLIOA- 1 TION TO:— Oversea-Chi nese178 words
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Article103 1941-01-09 9 Officers of the Straits Settlements V olunteer Force who have been granted exemption from liability to be called out on the declaration of a state of emeigency or from liability for continuous or non-continuous training, may be transferred to the Reserve of Officers under an Order just103 words
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Article140 1941-01-09 9 THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1941. Destination Superscription Postage Latest) Time of air MAILS Letters Postcards Posting per oz. each Ordinal Regn Ipoh, K. Lumpur in3t Singapore Wearnes .10 0o 1.30 p.m. 10 a.m. Great Britain via New Zealand T’pacific T’atlantic Services 2.60 1.30 8 am. 8 a.m Great Britain140 words
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Article871 1941-01-09 9 “The Foowna.n for the Peacock.” By Rachel Ferguson. (Cape. Bs. net.) "The Big Wheel.” By Mark Benaep. i (Peter Davies. Bs. 6d. net.) “Too Dear for My Possessing.” By Pamela Hansford Johnson. (Collias, Bs. fed. net.) "Counterfeit.” By Winifred Duke. (Jarrolds. 9s. net.) “When the Cat’s Away.”871 words
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Miscellaneous3409 1941-01-09 9 PENANG CHUNGKING g£« I ]K I w W I ZHJ 608 mc/s (49 3 n J XGOY <31.6 metres. B I B I ?.M 2.z0 a.m. News for tile oress in j9MM I B 1 B B 5.30 Indian Programme. XGOX <197 merrcM C L 7 W 5.40 News HL3,409 words
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Miscellaneous410 1941-01-09 9 RANGOON XYo b., 1 me s (49.94 m.« a. iu a.th mc/s <ot> m.) 6.50 p.m. maun session (Recoraed Pro--laimne'. 7.ua imgnsn Session (Kecoratd nogramme). B.zu Burmese News ana Marsel Quotations, a. 35 Recorded Proj gramme. IO.Oi i\ews. 10.15 Recorded I erom amine. 11.05 Dance Programme. 11.20 Close down. SINGAPORE410 words
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383 1941-01-09 10 DIRECT HITS ON SEVERAL SHIPS IN HARBOUR Cairo, Jan. 8 Tripoli (750 miles west of Bardia) was again raided heavily by R.A.F. bombers on the night on January 6 and 7. Several tons of bombs were dropped among motor vessels in the centre of.—Reuter. - 383 words
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Article35 1941-01-09 10 —Reuter Kunming. Jan. 8 Japanese aircraft continued sporadic raids on Sunday and Monday when light and heavy planes attacked objectives on the Burma highway in the west of Yunnan province.—Reuter.—Reuter - 35 words
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383 1941-01-09 10 CONGRESS AND WHOLE COUNTRY BEHIND PRESIDENT London, Jan. 8 President Roosevelt set out plainly the issues now facing the American people in his message to Congress and the applause with which Congress welcomed the statement was no less emphatic than the almost universal383 words
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Article353 1941-01-09 10 —Reuter. GO TO W AR.*’ SAYS MR. W. BULLITT Chapelhills, North Carolina, Jan. 8 1 “We know that the surest way to defeat the Axis powers is for us to go to war in support of Bri- tain, Greece and China”, declared Mr. William”—Reuter. - 353 words
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Article72 1941-01-09 10 r. —Reuter. To Be Added During The Year Washington, January 8. United States Navy experts will add about 4.000 planes to its fleet during 1941, Rear-Admiral John Towers told the House of Representatives naval commission today. Testifiying at the Commission’s enquiry into the Navy’s shipbuildingr.—Reuter. - 72 words
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Article35 1941-01-09 10 .—Reuter. Washington. Jan. 8. Questioned regarding the reports that the United States had released a hundred planes to Greece. President Roosevelt replied that he did not know whether this was so.—Reuter..—Reuter. - 35 words
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Article263 1941-01-09 10 Nairobi, Jan. 8 Lord Baden-Powell, the 83-year-old Chief Scout, died at Nyeri. Kenya, at 6.10 a.m. local time on Wednesday morning. His conditions first gave rise to anxiety in November last year when he began to suffer from heart attacks and in the middleReuter - 263 words
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Article264 1941-01-09 10 y.—Reuter. Naval Commander Dies In Trying To Save Man London. Jan. S. A naval commander who dived into the sea in an attempt to save a man seen m the water after the plane in which the British air-woman, Amy Johnson, crashed on Sunday, died soon afterwardsy.—Reuter. - 264 words
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Article109 1941-01-09 10 ,—Reuter. Courage Aim! Endurance After Sinking Of Ship London, Jan. 8. When his ship was torpedoed by a German submarine. Captain George Hammett ordered his crew to abandon the sinking vessel. After twelve days on the high seas, they sighted iand and beached the boat. The,—Reuter. - 109 words
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Article80 1941-01-09 10 Reported “Occupation” By U.S. Troops Stockholm, Jan. 8. American troops are “occupy ing” Greenland and American police are posted in the town of Ivigtut. according to Kryolite miners who have just returned to Copenhagen. They stated that communications with Denmark to which Greenland (belongs have ibeen practically broken off80 words
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234 1941-01-09 10 —Reuter. Separate From Budget New York. Jai. g. Although many details are st worked out. it Is understood th?i Administration will ask for an t, a tion of $10 .000.0» U).000 for the Xy Britain” programme to be spei.t over several years. Congressional jders'.—Reuter. - 234 words
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196 1941-01-09 10 —8.0. W. Americans Establish Monthly Service Rugby, January 8 As a result of an interesting and .<uccessful experimental journey undertaker: privately' by Mr. Pell, son of the American Minister to Lisbon, efforts an. ing made in cooperation with the Portuguese Red Cross to establish—8.0. W. - 196 words
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Article81 1941-01-09 10 Reuter. iliLev M >i Sharp Advance hi Home Rails London. January On the Stock Exchange business mainly of a specialised chara »P‘ culative buying and the sat. ’'b l r i gress of the war in the M idle were responsible for the The broadening of the deman'Reuter. - 81 words
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Article63 1941-01-09 10 Reuter. 34 Lakhs Of From War Fiin’l New D* It is announced that th cr i lotting 34 lakhs of rr-nees definitely allocated by W :t ~.J for the defence of India items to purchase thret named Hyderabad. Bar. d core and a number of armrReuter. - 63 words
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Article28 1941-01-09 10 JAPANESE-SO VIET TALKS SUSPENDED Trade talk.-, between Japan t in Moscow have been porarily while negotiations a fisheries pact struck a on Dec. 31. 1940, when the old28 words
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Article134 1941-01-09 10 >t. —Reuter. Relations Reported To Be Strained Berne. Jan 8. It is understood that Herr von Ribbentrop saw Professor Filoff. the Bulgarian Prune Minister, on Sunday, states the Berlin correspondent of the Basler Nachrichten.” The refusal of the Wilhelmstrarv-e, however, to discuss the state of BuigaroGerman relations>t.—Reuter. - 134 words
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Article212 1941-01-09 10 1. —Reuter Miss Cornish Awarded Medal Of 0.8. E. London, Jan. 8. The heroine of the liner “City of Benares’’, Miss Mary Alice Clara Cornish, has been awarded the Medal of the Order of the British Empire for meritorious service. The liner was torpedoed by1.—Reuter - 212 words
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Article48 1941-01-09 10 —Reuter. Another Contingent Leaves For India Shanghai, Jan 8. Another small contingent of volunteers for British forces left Shanghai en route to India where they are joining the Indian army. Hitherto 135 volunteers left Shanghai although many others have volunteered from other parts of China.—Reuter..—Reuter. - 48 words
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Article67 1941-01-09 10 —Reuter. Britons Shot Bv Two Robbers Shanghai. Jan. 8. A Briton. H. Latham, aged 36. was shot and killed by two Chinese robbers when he attempted to intervene when the robbers were holding up a foreign woman in a branch post office in the Western district adjoining the‘.—Reuter. - 67 words
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Article70 1941-01-09 10 Italian Marines Clash AV ith Japanese Tientsin, Jan. 8 Italian and Japanese officials intervenes and averted what threatened to be a serious situation on the morning of Jan. 3 following a clash between a group of Italian marines and three Japanese soldiers at a night club in the70 words
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Advertisement54 1941-01-09 10 THE BEN LINE FAR EAST SERVICE. FOR UNITED KINGDOM For particular's regarding Freight, and other information please apply to: SANDILANDS, BUTTERY CO., Telephone No. 644 645 PENANG. ««■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■a BURNS PHILP LINE (Incorporated in Australia) for particulars regarding Freight, Passage, and other information please apply to BOU STEAD CO., LTD., Agents54 words
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795 1941-01-09 11 EXCELLENT ENTRIES RECEIVED Nine Races On Each Of Three Davs Ipoh excellent entries have been received for Perak Turf Club Spitfire” meeting January 18. 22 and 25. a total of 151 and pome« having been entered, ihe entries are made up at follows: Horses Class795 words
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Article116 1941-01-09 11 Kid Cabanella To Meet Battling Samy Friday's .promotion at the New World Boxing Stadium will feature Perak's flyweight champion Kid Cabanella who will trade punches with Battling Samy of Penang in the main bout over ten ‘‘twos’’. Cabanella carries a hard punch and has won the116 words
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Article53 1941-01-09 11 Rangers Defeated By Celtic London, January 7 The following are the results of the football and rugby matches played today: SCOTTISH LEAGUE Dumbarton 2, Falkirk 1. Morton 1. St. Mirren 2. Rangers 2. Celtic 3. FRIENDLY Queen of the South 0. Preston 3. RUGBY UNION Middlesex 11.53 words
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641 1941-01-09 11 1 he Civilians trounced the Army by 25 points (five goals) to 3 (a try) in a rugger match in aid of the Seaforths Prisoners-of-ar and the Red Cross Funds on the Western Road ground yesterday. I he outstanding feature of the match641 words
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Article607 1941-01-09 11 SELECTION OF PLAYERS CRITICISED A PENANG team which is fairly strong in defence bitt extremely weak in attack has been selected to meet Perak in a return inter-State hockey match on the Hutchings School Ground on Saturday, Jan Ji, at p.m. The teams for607 words
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Article124 1941-01-09 11 Perak vs Penang On Hutchings Ground i T f h ‘th Pei 2 k WoJnen s State hockey° XI meet the Penang Women in a return in-ter-state encounter on the Hutchines School ground at 5.15 p.m. todav The teams are; Perak Women: Miss D. Nicholas; Miss L.124 words
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Advertisement51 1941-01-09 11 New Springtide Hotel PHOKE No. 60 TANJONG BUNGAI» PENANG > THE IDEAL PLACE TO SPEND YOVR HOLIDAYS BAR DAN( E HALL SEA-BATHING with Diving Stage Complete with Spring Board MEALS AT ANY HOUR Drinks Prices are the same as that of E. 0., Elysee. Wembley, etc. COME AND SPEND AN51 words
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Article2315 1941-01-09 11 MONEY, LIBERTY AND WIVES AS STAKES Addressing the Penang Rotarians yesterday on the subject of “Fighting Fish,” Mr. Koh Sin Hock said that in olden times betting on fights was carried to extravagant lengths. “Fans” in Thailand, he said, were known not only to stake2,315 words
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1449 1941-01-09 12 IMPRESSIVE COMBINED PARADE l Your Job If The Day Ever Comes” His Excellency the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, who is on a visit to North Malaya in connection with defence services in the country, yesterday inspected a combined parade of the Penang civil defence1,449 words
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Article195 1941-01-09 12 —Reuter Statement By New Premier Belfast. Jan. 8. Ulster's altitude towards the question of conscription and Eire ports were the subject of a statement issued on Wednesday by Mi’ J. M. Andrews, who recently succeeded Lord Craigavon as Prime Minister of Northern Ireland- The statement,”—Reuter - 195 words
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74 1941-01-09 12 .—Reuter. Bombers Fly Singly Over England London, Jan. 8 R.A.F. fighters shot down an enemy bomber off the Sussex coast at Angmtring today. The bomber was one of the few which singly attempted daylight raids on widely scattered areas of England. Bombs were dropped.—Reuter. - 74 words
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Article89 1941-01-09 12 .—Reuter. Horses That Have Won Fame At Tournaments Dublin, January 8. Horses which won fame in several parts of the world for their jumping feats will be sold on Thursday following the decision of the Eire Department of Defence to close the Army School of.—Reuter. - 89 words
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Article46 1941-01-09 12 —Reuter. May Be Imported Duty Free London, Jan. 8. The authorities in Holland have issued a decree under which German goods may be imported into the Netherlands free of import duty from January 1, according tc. an announcement (by the German radio.—Reuter.».—Reuter. - 46 words
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Article97 1941-01-09 12 Financial Conditions To Continue I nchanged Tangier. January 8. The existing financial and exchange conditions will continue unchanged in Tangier. This statement has been issued by the representative of the local British Chamber of Commerce who went to Madrid to give their expert advice to the 'British Ambassador97 words
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Article98 1941-01-09 12 A two-year-old Indian girl was scalded to death by a pot of boiling water in her house in Trang Road, behind the Magazine Police Station, i yesterday morning The child was playing in th? kiti chen while her mother was attending to cooking. Suddenly a98 words
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Article48 1941-01-09 12 Peter Yeoh’s XI vs Fort Cornwallis On the Renong Ground today at 5.1-5 pin. Peter Yeoh s XI. Gan Thean Beng 1 S Velloo, S. Rethinam, S. Santiago, Chee Piiui San, K. Ramoo, Thangam, A. Marnappen, A. Suppiah, Nedason, Singam. Reserves; Manikam, Toh Wai Sung and Kuppusamy.48 words
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Article102 1941-01-09 12 $5OO From Anonymous Donor The Perak Spitfire Fund continues to make excellent pi ogress, and the total now is $11.722.05. An anonymous donor sent $509 yesterday, while the Taiping Turf Club have contributed $339.00 The following are the latest donations Previously Acknowledged $10.783.05 Mr. Mis. D. Carmichael102 words
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Advertisement664 1941-01-09 12 Telegrams: “Gazette' Penang I Rates of Subscription for Pinang Gazette and Sunday Gazette. U PINANG GAZETTE Local S.S.& Delivery F.M.S Foreipn Monthly $2 50 $3,00 s 4™ Quarterly 7.50 9.00 Half-Yearly 15.00 i 8 W 2 40 c Yearly 30.00 36.00 48 00 SUNDAY GAZETTE Leeal S.S.& Delivery F.M.S Foreign664 words
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