Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 14 January 1941

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  • 22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE LAST edition ESTAB. 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY «2. V»1 XOX. TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1941. PRICE 10 GEN i >
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  • 351 1 BRITAIN READY TO GRANT FACILITIES Evacuation Plan London, Jan. 14. IT is learned that the British Government is giving its consideration to the perilous position of Italian women and children in Italian East Africa and is prepared to grant facilities
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  • 158 1 —Keuier. Nazis Repairing Belgian Bridge.y Tendon. Jan. 14. IN preparation for the coming attempt to invade Britain, thousands of workers have h»vr. drafted bj the Germans to repair waterways and bridges destroyed during the invasion of Belgium, according to new-» received in London by the label
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  • 131 1 MR. WILLKIE REPUBLICAN ATTITUDE TO “LEASE AND LEND” BILL Reu ter Washington, Jan. Ilf. yjt' WENDELL WILLKIE’S support of the “lease and lend” Bill which has been heartily welcomed Ly the Administration and most democrats, may determine his future position and influence in the Republican Party. Certainly his statement has
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  • 299 1 ’--Reuter Washington, Jan. 13. I'hc first step in rushing the “lease and lend” Bill through Congress was taken today, when a vote in the i louse oi Representatives clearing the wav for the Bill t<» come before the Koreign Affairs Committee to
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  • 115 1 Reuter. Satisfaction In Greece Athens, Jan 14 The speech by M. Filoff, the Bulgarian Premier, yesterday in which he reaffirmed his coun. try’s policy of neutrality has been received in Greece with lively satisfaction The newspaper “Estia" says that the Greek people are keen enough in
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  • 34 1 The Queen had just inspected garments made by members of the Forum Club for the Forces before talking with these chefs who have had it) years’ service with the club
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  • 164 1 ATHENS, JAN. 14. J VIOLENT SURPRISE ATTACK RY CREEK TROOPS DISLODGED IIALIANS FROM STRONGLY FORTIFIED POSH lONS IN IHE CENTRAL SECTOR OP THE FRONT, SAYS THE ATHENS RADIO —Reuter Fierce hand-to-hand engagements are reported from the northern sector where Greeks had advantage in bayonet fighting.
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  • 80 1 Reuter. Ottawa, Jan. 14. Millions of people of Irish descent in North America would acclaim every' act of co-operation on the part of Eire in the war against the Axis,” states a cablegram sent from Irish Canadians in Canada to the Eireian
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  • 169 1 SENSATIONAL STORY OF NAZI “PEACE —Reutei York, Jan. l/ t i l\/fR. VERNE MARSHALL, Chair- i man of the “No Foreign War Committee,” announces that he has > been served with a subpoena to appear before the Grand Jurat of the. Supreme' Court of the district of Columbia He did
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  • 238 1 London, Jan. 14. ALI’H WALLING, Reuter’s air correspondent, writes that the British 1941 air offensive, already begun, will be given fresh punch by at least four new types of American bombers. U.S. BOMBERS FOR R.A.F. Renter. The Boeing bomber is powerfully armed and
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  • 59 1 —Reuter. London, Jan. 14. Enemy raiders appeared to be concentrating on westerly parts of Britain last night. Raiders were reported over a South-Wes-tern town, a town in the West Country and South Wales and over Liverpool. Up to a late hour there has been
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  • 51 1 Reutei*. Berlin, Jan. 13. A British Wellington bomber is reported from Vichy to the German Official News Agency to have made an emergency landing near Lyons on Saturday night. The machine is stated to be destroyed but the crew was saved and interned in unoccupied
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  • 74 1 Reuter. Attempt To Form Regiment Stockholm, Jan. 14. s slingites have enrolled in gian “regiment” which theii to raise in order th the Germans against BriA ,I -f* or recruits take up much Quisling newspapers in Nor- it is declared, the regiment inr <>wn as the Nordlapd regiTfjp
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 18 1 MfeF/CATE i Z- A<9?? y ou# Khor Xz<gg/ WL |jtfK North Malaya Penang:— ;WN DISPENSARY LTD. and Ipoh.
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    • 263 1 is xXJZjs Agents for North Madaya d GEORGETOWN DISPENSARY LTD, Penang and Ipoh. SCIENCE WINS It is a well established fact that millions of dollars are expended annually tn repairing the damage done by Termites or White Ants as they are commonly called. In a recent press survey, it was
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  • 1124 2 HAILE SELASSIE IN KHARTOUM Abyssinia Revolt Now Making Great Headway Khartoum, Jan. 13. “J WILL tear down the figure of the wolf erected by the Italians in Addis Ababa and in its place will reinstate a white marble statue of the Lion of
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  • 162 2 —Reuter. Mr. Greenwood On Better World London. Jan. 13 The British Government is deeply concerned to ensure that the free spirit of man shall emerge from the ruins of war, declared Mr. Arthur Greenwood, Minister without Portfolio, broadcasting today. “We must help to create conditions under which
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  • 136 2 —Reuter To Be Purchased From Shanghai War Fund Shanghai. Jan. 13. The RaA.F is to have a fighter squadron named the ‘British China Squadron.’’ planes for this squadron being purchased by funds contributed to the Shanghw voluntary war contribution fund. This has come about by a message
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  • 64 2 t. —Reuter. South American And Chinese Bonds Up London. January 13. On the Stock Exchange, though business lacked general activity, several good features were noticeable. Speculative buying was responsible for numerous rises in South American bonds and Chinese bonds w<eri* alsr> supported. Industrials were mainly firm while among
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  • 55 2 —Reuter. Received In Audience By The King London. January 13 Mr. Hopkins, President Roosevelt’s personal representative now ip London, was received in audience by the King at Buckingham Palace today. Audience was also granted to Lord and Lady Halifax prior to their departure to Washington. Lord and Lady
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  • 24 2 .—Reuter. Ankara January 13. General Marshal-Comwall and Air ViceMarshal Elmhurst have arrived here for conversations with the Turkish General Staff.—Reuter.
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  • 95 2 —Reuter. OPEN V.S. CHALLENGE Tokyo. January 13. Japan must build the largest fleet in the world and organise the largest army in world, ready for two or three fronts in war,’’ declares the newspaper Kpkurniii Shim cam n urging the Governrhent to prepare for ’he
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  • 115 2 Reuter. Protection Of “Centre Of Government” London. January 13. Fifteen thousand people will shortly be required to leave Vichy and surroutiding districts, according to a report from that centre to the Official German News Agency. A decree of the Vichy Government's Ministry of the Interior
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  • 80 2 <—B.O.W. Gift Of Belgian Congo To Britain Rugby. Jan. 13. The luxury land yachts confiscated from Commander Gatti. Italian explorer and publicist, form part of the mobile casualty clearing station equipped, financed and staffed by the Government and people of Belgian Congo and presented by them to
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  • 201 2 Singapore, Jan. 13. &lt; BIG air battle between Thailand and French planes hits taken place. Eleven Thai planes on the way to bomb Siemreap encountered French planes and an aerial combat suited, according to a communique issued by the Thai Consulate here.
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  • 198 2 —BOW. Supported By Mr. Willkie Rugby. Jan. 13 Much interest has beeh aroused here by the announcement that Mr. Wendell Willkie, the unsuccessful Republican candidate in the Presidential election, proposes in th? near future to make a private visit to England for a personal survey of
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  • 287 2 GREEKS PUSHING ON Rugby, Jan. 13. MPHE Greek communique, which dealt briefly with moppingup operations resulting from the capture of Klissura, mentioned no other area of activities, but military circles here learn that the Greeks have made a slight but very important advance north
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  • 669 2 —Reuter. Rugby. Jan 13. An Air Ministry communique states: “Targets in Fiance. Get many an i Italy were objectives of the R.A.F. las Docks at Brest weie attacked with incendiary bombs and high explosives. A number of heavy bombs burst along the waterfront and fires broke
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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  • 444 3 SEAMEN SENT ro GAOL Colombo. Hungarian seamer, of the S* cnan vessel, Atlas, were sen- one month’s rigorous fnpii- each, by Mr S M Duff, AddiSOf gistrate of the Joint Court, for •ul assembly’’ and rioting in the U! cabin and using violence on 1 1
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  • 134 3 Still smaller tyres are prophesied by the Goodrich company in America. It is stated that the 16 in.-diameter tyres common in the past few years have been about the smallest the manufacturers could use owing to the difficulty of providing clearance over the brake drums with
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  • 929 3  -  Not Enough Food To Ration By Olaf Hansen London which we in Norway I have been told by our Nazi-bossed l newspapers has been evacuated in panic, so that only a comparativeIly few people are left m it, and they spend their nights and days
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  • 280 3 London. L 'lay the Ministry of Supply's n ific research organisation .tween 200 and 300 suggesvinning the war. Each one bout 2 per cent, are classiinteresting” (the rest are j and about half of one per finally adopted. Some of the notions are extraordinary, iter claimed
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  • 1745 3 JJERHAPS the first British “author in fiighr' to reach America ivas LANCELOT HOGBEN. Author of “Mathematics for the Million’' —an extraordinary best seller in that, although it is a book rife with symbols, it has sold 70,000 copies in the United States
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 101 3 FORTIFY YOUR SVST&R FOR LASTUY6 HEALTH Waterbury’s keepsA A ME STRONG AND WELL I to' T I TAKE IT REGULARLY 1 &gt; TO FORTIFY MY SYSTEM 1 I TO BUILD HEALTH- JI TO WARD OFF DISEASE J I t'Tease. T bat S c2«nP ound elements that eXtra cts. 1 I
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 31 3 -rTVTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTrY ttttiiiiiititttt !WHAT A WAR! Wilkinson q A q fflj J "l had it made specially. Ordinary alarm clocks are no f" use to me. Funny, isn’t it? u I ~J
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  • 1126 4 Forces Facilities Available To U.S* And Japan JAPAN and the ILS., each with large naval and military forces, are so far apart geographically that it would be difficult for eithe. to strike a vital blow at the other, Mr. Hanson W. Baldwin, writer on naval affairs,
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  • 114 4 Complains Of Being Molested Seremban, An allegation that she was molested by her prospective father-in-law was made b’ .a 14-year-old Chinese girl before the Seremban magistrate when an elderly Chinese pig-rearer living at Pajam. Liew Choon. was charged with using criminal force on Chong Moi, the
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  • 119 4 Alleged Breach Of Trust Singapore. Bail of $15,000 was allowed 53-year-old Madame Ee Tiow Leng, or Tan Ah Nya, when three charges of breach of trust against her were mentioned in the criminal district court on Saturday, for a date of hearing to be fixed. The
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  • 28 4 A tiny Tube shelterer receivin g first aid at a London station. Each Tube station has now its own fir st aid post.
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  • 901 4 Engaged On Important Jobs Singapore. THE probability that Hume Pipe (Far East) Ltd. might bel requited by the authorities to maintain their services even if the company had no work on hand was mentioned by Mr. C. G. Jenner in the Singapore Tribunal on
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  • 331 4 Rotan Ordered Singapore. A suggestion that a bad influence had been exerted over certain youths in the Telok Kurau district by an adult who apparently had a library of books containing literature of a highly imaginative and morbid type to which the youths were allowed easy
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  • 154 4 SI LT AN INSPECTS RAID SHELTERS Kuala Lumpur. QN Sunday afternoon, w&lt;&gt;rl.. n the construction of a ir-, uj shelters in the congested an-ax town received a mild surpris, u n His H|ghness the Sultan of &gt; i., r and the British Resident, the H n Major
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  • 158 4 Retirement Of Mr. A. S. Cardner Singapore. Completing 32 years service. Mr. A. Gardner, manager of the Cable Drat Singapore, is to retire shortly and take up a wartime appointment. Mr. Gardner came to Singapore in l&c 3 as a junior assistant in the then
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 31 4 TRY FINEST MAINE Sugar Peas WITH MINT FINEST ALL GREEN Asparagus FINEST CREAM STYLE Golden Bantam Corn OLD FASHIONED Fruit Pudding ONLY OBTAINABLE FROM Pritchard C°- k td PENANG. TEL. 335
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 36 4 AR in a Days Work— I WW? II «MAO I /that's TUoiE J TUA-rt TVAC6E. I kiext 1 I MEX.-r IwvX'S I door/ WZEttNO if Doo« P£eTE.s*D 1 X Y-f '-&lt;&gt;•_&gt; HAVEfr* 'T. HA.VEM T I XSAXVXX.
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  • 380 5 Selected Livestock As Prizes Taiping. Unde! the distinguished patronage of His Highness the Sultan of Perak and the Hon British Resident, a livestock show will be staged for the first time at Batu Kurau. about 15 miles from Taiping on January 25. The show will
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  • 737 5 Two Chua Brothers Married A double wedding took place at the Cycle Traders’ Union, Malay Street, at noon yesterday, when two brothers. Mr Chua Joo Tin and Mr. Chua Joo Cheow, sixth and seventh sons respectively of the late Mr. Chua Aik Keong and Mrs Chua Aik
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  • 220 5 Workers And Owners Come To Settlement Ipoh. A settlement has been reached in the Kinta foundry strike, representatives of workers and owners coming to an agreement in the Chinese Protectorate yesterday morning. The workers, numbering ov t r 800 from about 25 Chineseowned foundries in Kinta,
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  • 111 5 Tonight on the “Esplanade” from 6.00 p.m. to 730 pun.: March The Gladiator’s Farewell Blankenburg Selection Please Teacher Tunbridge Waltz The Morning Glory Bums Overture Carnivaha Williams Selection The Boy Monckton Intermezzo Reconciliation Fox Trot March Winds April Showers Powell In exercise of the powers conferred on him
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  • 243 5 Counsel Io Be Embodied For Training When the Nelligan v Nelligan (nee Amanda Souza) divorce case was men tioned before Mr. Justice C W. V. Carey in the Supreme Court yesterday Mr. C.D.D. Hogan, who is appearing for the petitioner, (J D. Nelligan) in forma pauperis said
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  • 464 5 SOCIAL PERSONAL Mis. H C. Clarke is an inmate of the Kuala Lumpur Bungsar Hospital following an operation for appendicitis. Mr. N. D. Scollard has been appointed to act as Veterinary Officer, Selangor, with effect from Jan. 1. It is notified by the postal authorities i that a surface mail
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 305 5 TONIGHT LADLES’ GUEST NIGHT AT THE NEW WORLD TRADE FAIR TOMORROW LAST NIGHT Your "Last Opportunity To See A Fair Truly Acclaimed The Greatest Seen For The Last 6 Years Ladies Admitted Free TONIGHT TOMORROW METROPOLE TALKIES Warner Bros. Present “FOUR’S A CROWD” With Errol Flynn Olivia DeHavilland. DIAMOND STAR
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    • 97 5 LADIES GLEST NIGHT. FUN FROLIC PARK TUESDAY, 14th JANUARY, 1941 SRI NOOKAN OPERA OF MALACCA: MUSANG BERTANGGOT’’’ With a new bevy of beautiful chorines in latest extra turns CANTONESE OPERA: “FOO HUP YUEN WAN” Part 2. With Miss Leong Sin Soo our latest stage star addition PEONY OPERA: “LEK HAN
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 63 5 j.-wiW’ TODAY 3 Shows g At 3; 6.15 9.30 pjn. JW WSb. (TODAY ONLY) &gt; £L*‘ A NEW UNIVERSAL PICTURE MAJESTIC OPENS TODA) 3. 6.15 9.30 p.m. Price* Matinee 15 4 25 cts. I Anvilstairs. 60 95 cts. Upstairs &gt; iiins Shows 15, 25 &60 cts Downstairs. 95 cts. $1
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    • 44 5 LAST THREE EDWARD G. ROBINSON IN A TENSELY DRAMATIC STORY OF PRISON CAMPS. OIL WELL FIRES AND A TERRIBLE REVENGE’ BLACKMAIL Opens Tomorrow Wednesday, Jan. 15 PLOT AND COUNTERPLOT BRITISH SECRET SERVICE VERSUS THE GESTAPO' BEHIND THE ftK LINES WITH ROMANCE. COMEDY. ANT' THRILL!
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    • 164 5 QUE E S TO’) t,r 6.15 9.30 The H t illing Story Of Two Kids And A Di Which Waltei Winchell, Cecil B De Mille, Gary Cooper, Samu 1 Goldwyn, Frank Capra and A Thousand Other Celebrities Call GREAT! You'll never forget this, story of two kids and a dog
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  • 440 6 'T'HE appeal issued yesterday for gifts of clothing for the Jubilee Home recalls the splendid effort by Penang which resulted in the establishment of this home and the restoration of hope to so many lives. Although the major part of the funds for the home were provided
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  • 90 6 BEX CINEMA "Personal Secretary’’ with William Gargan and Joy Hodges 3, 6-15 and 9.30 p.m. QUEEN’S CINEMA "The Biscuit Eater” 615 and 9.30 p.m. ODEON CINEMA Ed. G. Robinson in Blackmail” 3, 6.15 and 9.30 pm. MAJESTIC CINEMA "Remember the Night” with Barbara Stanwyck and Fred McMurray
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  • 372 6 Aew Di aval Device ITHE British Navy is reported to A be using a new device that enables admirals, captains of ships, arid strategists ashore to “see” beyond the horizon. This important naval adjunct is radio facsimile, which is revolutionising reconnaissance preliminary to successful ac tion. The
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  • 966 6 by an Air Correspondent IT is very evident that the German High Command is seeking a n&lt;w technique in attacks on this country. A comparison of the methods of the German and British Air I orces offers a more complete understanding of the picture. It i- not to
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 238 6 Ride a RALEIGH THE ALL-STEEL* BICYCLE The World 9 Finest Cycle Value I vk *A A I ■A /I Agents m Penang SEGAMAT STORE AGENCY, 26a CARNARVON STREET, PENANG Sole Agents ROBINSON CO., LTD SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR ANNOUNCING Follow-on Trufood V Tne march of science brings many blessings. Until now
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    • 19 6 Kills fliesj «**"T-*rntTir »t ALL THE LEADING DEALERS OR FROM THE AGENTS: Henry Waugh Co., Ltd., PENANG. ■■■AEEEEEE DENE
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  • 43 6 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE AUKNOWLEIDGMENT Mr Khew Fye Kooi and family w to thank alt those who attended the funeral of his father on Sunday last those who sent wreaths, scrolls, banners etc., and also those who assisted or lent their cars for the occasion
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  • 181 7 ECHO OF TRIPLE PLANE TRAGEDY Contravention Of Air Navigation Order (From Our Own Cor respondent) Ipoh, Today. JUDGMENT was reserved till Thursday, Jan. 16. when Captain G. A. Bentinck, of the Mines Department, pilot of the air plane V. R. R. A. A., which crashed
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  • By The Way
    • 117 7 tTo The Editor "Pinang Gazette) Sir, With regard to your sub-leader which you published in youi yesterday’s “Sunday Gazette” under the heading Nothing but the truth,” if the moral factor is the predominating one in deciding the issue of wars, then the dictators are doomed to
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  • 120 7 Fresh Offences Bv Former Convicts Two gaol birds” were sent back to prison on charges of theft. The first Wong Hong Mun, who was accused of having extracted a fountain-pen, valued $l4 50, from the pocket of a Sikh in a trolley-bus in front of the railway
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  • 48 7 i «might’s Broadcast Talk "The Wild Life of Singapore” is the title of a talk to be broadcast tonight at 7 10 p.m. by Mr. F. N. Chasen This is the fifteenth talk in the series entitled "Presenting Singapore” arranged by the Friends of Singapore.
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  • 26 7 d/r. and Mrs. James Scully. 7eho were married at the Chur, d "i the immacula.lt C/mception last Saturday. (Photo by estore).
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  • 211 7 JEWEL BORROWED I NDER FALSE PRETENCE LXXX ian n&lt;i ecRl mL, f wedding. I was n Jambte bin,i M”*»” as alle ed to have taken it to the whTcT h P and with the money realised whic amounted to $45, spent it for npSS f her
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  • 904 7 ALLEGED TO HAVE 671 EN AW A Y INFORMA TION OVER DEFENCES Singapore. The General Court Martial to try Gunner Frank Gardner. R.A., on a charge of committing an offence under the Official Secrets Ordinance by communicating to Mamoru Shinozaki for a purpose
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  • 232 7 Accused Sent For Observation Before Sentence r PHE stabbing incident at the office of Messrs. Hong Boh Hong Teik, in which Mr. Lee Hong Teik was alleged to have been attacked with a paper cutter yesterday afternoon, had its court sequel this morning, when
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  • 180 7 Some time before the meeting of the Legislative Council on Jan. 20, the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, is expected to make an important statement on Malayan defences and air raid precautions. Sir Shenton is due back to Singapore i
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  • 55 7 Balik Pulau. An elderly Malay pensioner, an exSchool teacher, who had gone into a Mohamedan eating shop at the village of Balik Pulau on Sunday, suddenly collapsed into a chair and died Mr Low Guan. Cheang, chief clerk of the Hongkong Shanghai Bank, Sungei Parani resumed duty
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  • 48 7 Former Colonial Treasurer The Department of information is in receipt of a telegram from the Colonial Office reporting the death, of Mr. A. M. Pountney, former olonial Treasurer Mr Pountney retired from Malaya in after having been awarded the C R.E. and CMC.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 141 7 OMEGA WATCHES TO BE THERE on theHW V Sx TICK. M M &gt;. W -&gt; EXACT time fc FOR IJFE SOLE AGENTS:— (INCORPORATED IN CEYLON) ?I)MGAPORE PENANG IPOH Eo A '1 Q W3F T AW&W j f,., 4 I &gt; 1 i f F °R INFANTS G&gt; INVALID 5 2
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES QUOTATIONS
    • 453 8 Issued by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association (Penang and Ipoh sections) at noon 14th January, 1941 issue Buyers Sellers 4/0 Ampat Tin 3/4$ 3/71 5/0 Austral Amal 6/9 7/0c All Austral Malay 35/0 36/6c 5/0 Ayer Hitam 21/0 22/Oex $1 Ayer Wens’ 0.82$ 0.874 £1 Bangrin Tin 15/0 15/6 $1
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    • 244 8 Issue Buyers Sellers Allenby 2.15 1.20 Alor Gajaii 0.85 0.90 Amal. Malay 1.75 1.80 Ayer Hitam 0.90 1.00 Ayer Molek 1.15 1.20 Ayer Panas 1.175 1.221 Bassett 0.42 0.45 flatu Lintang 1.10 1.12 J Bedford 0.85 0.90 Benta 1.024 107 lex Borelli 1.35 1.45 Broga 0.60 0 62$ Brunei
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    • 340 8 Issue Buyers Sellers A. £1 (Aust) N.Z. Min Ord 22/0 23/0 2 Alex Brick Ord. 1.85 1.96 Alex. Brick 75% Prefs 2.15 2.20 r B. M. T. 7.50 7.75 £5 Chartered Bank £8 £B* £1 Con. T S. Ord 16/6 16/9 £1 Con. T. S. 7% Pref 19/9 20/6c
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    • 208 8 MINING Dividend Books Close Pavable Austral Amalgamated 3d. div lsd. Bonus (total 4sd. p. share Austral Malay (9d. div. 9d. bonus) (total of l/6d. Idris Hvd. 2*% int. less tax 29 1.41 (in Eng) K. Kamunting 3d. div Is. 3d. bonus (total of l/6d Kampong Lanjut
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  • 319 8 Directors’ Annual Report Tne twenty-third Ordinary General Meeting of the Benta Rubber Estates, Limited, will be* held at the registred office of the Company, 96. Ainpang Road. Kuala Lumpur, on Friday, January 17. at 12 noon. The directors in their annual report and statement of accounts for
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  • 470 8 Results Highly i Satisfactory Taking all the circumstances into consideration, it can ibe said that the results for the year to June 30, last of Harrisons and Crosiield —the wellknown Eastern import and export merchants, and produce, shipping, insurance £nd banking agentsi aie highly satisfactory. Despite considi
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  • 1227 8 Final Distribution Of 3 1/2 Per Cent. account of 1939/40 we have already paid an interim J dividend of 2*/2 per cent, and in the report we recom mend a final distribution of 3 */2 percent. If you approve our recommendations the total for
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  • 135 8 Yesterday’s Close Previously TIN LONDON: “Spot” £256 15- 0 £257 0 Q “Forward” £259. 10. 0 £259 15 0 SINGAPORE: Spot $133.12% $133.00 d ne Buyers No Sellers Buyers No Sellers PENANG: Spot z $133.12% $133.00 RUBBER: LONDON: Z pot 12 7|l6d. 12 I|2d borward 12 7|l6d. 12
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 126 8 BA N K S Safe Deposit Boxes To meet the demand of clients we take pleasure i n announcing that we have installed additional NEW SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES for the safe keeping of valuables etc. FULL PARTICULARS WILL BE SUPPLIED UPON APPLICATION TO:— Oversea-Ch i nese Banking Corpn., Ltd.. 28—30,
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  • 110 9 Bateman’s Bay (N.S.W.) A fifty foot long whale became entangled in a fisherman's lines off Brush Island here for several hours. The wffale then towed the trawler “Helen Dawn” to which the lines were attached. for several hours until it became exhausted. Mr. J.
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  • 163 9 TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1941. Destination Superscription Postage Latest Time of Letters Postcards Posting AIR MAILS per oz. each Ordinary Regn. Tues. 14th inst Great Britain via Durban .55 .30 8 a.m. 7.30 a.m. India, Africa, Burma Egypt By 8.0.A.C. .55 .30 Bangkok .60 .30 U.S.A. via Durban .60
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  • 385 9 Charge Over Leiters Taken On Ship Singapore Isamu Musamoto. a Japanese clerk employed mi the O.S.K. shipping line, was fined $5O. or two weeks' simple imprisonment, in rhe Singapore fifth court on Friday when he pleaded guilty to a charge that he attempted to send letters otherwise
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  • 261 9 Position Clarified Singapore. The position of a creditor who has not proved his claim in a bankruptcy action against the debtor was clarified in a judgment delivered by Mr. Justice Pedlow m the High Court on Saturday. The judge said. “In my opinion the
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 2681 9 I f—riTT SAN FRANCISCO CHUNGKING &gt; I I 1 11 f I c* BhBS I I B I 7.20 p.m. Concert Master. 7.50 News XGOX 19 n Cninese WOk W B in 8.05 Tunes of the Day. 9.05 8.50 a.m. News v Memories. 9.20 One Man’s Familv. 9.50 XGOY 2?-&gt;
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    • 554 9 SAN FRANCISCO '.TREASURE ISLAND' KGEI 9.67 me s 31.62 m.&lt; 720 L.m. Moment Musicale. 7.50 News :n EmJish. 8.05 Dance MU'-ic. 9.05 C.'.p- 1 per Departure. 9,2&lt;■ Aldrich Family. 9.50 Ne in English. 10.05 Modern Melodies 10.20 Dinning Sisters. 10.35 Financial, .Service. 10.50 News. 11.05 Music. 11.20 Orear.. 11.35 Against
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  • 329 10 London The Main Target Of German Air Force London, Jan. 13 For the second night in succession, London appeared to be the dronJd rfiet f the German Ai,; F rCe last night Bombs wert fnU n r,OUS parts of the capital- Night fighters as
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  • 139 10 —Reuter. Hed Cross Supplies For Britain On Board New York. Jan. 11. Fire broke out aboard the freighter “Black Heron” 4.926 tons, which contains shipment of Tied Cross supplies and aeroplanes and recently sold to Britain Broo lyn Fier on Friday night. The police stated
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  • 234 10 —Reuter. Helping Hand To British Vi orkers Jamishedpur, January 13. It is the interest of Indian workers that will suffer from any movement hindering the war effort, said the Labour Leader, Mr. M.TsT. Roy, calling on workers to stand shoulder to shoulder with the British worker
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  • 34 10 —Reuter. Another Of “Ulysses” Dead T London, Jan. 13 tboj of “th noted writer and auliosirtal it haS died at a Zurich JSuten ned U 1 Lond n a ed 59.
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  • 159 10 ’—B.O.W. No Reason Given Bv Rome GEN. CAVALLERO SUCCEEDS I London. Jan. 13 Ihe Italian Commander-in-Chief in Albania. General Soddu has resigned. General Soddu will be succeeded by General Cavallero, Chief of the General Staff, adds a Rome message to the German News Agency.—Reuter. RESTRICTED
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  • 163 10 —fB.O W. More Acres To Be Brought Under Plough Rugby. January 12. The King ha* ordered a further supply of best Canadian pedigree seed for several score of acres at Sandringham which he ha.&gt; decided to bring under the plough L to grow more flax for
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  • 118 10 —Reuter. Sequel Io Hitler's Speech T o Worker* London Jan. 11 Hitler recent attempts to appeal m i Socialist teniu to German workers have I resulted m serious internal difficulties, according co reliable reports reaching official circles in London. It is learnt that Hitler's speech
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  • 95 10 .—Reuter. Decentralisation Ordered Moscow, Jan. 13. Decentralisation of food and consumers goods industries and the establishment of a nation-wide system of small and medium plants to utilise only local raw materials is ordered in a decree published to-day and signed by Stalin and Molotov. Under the
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  • 69 10 —Reuter. Tripartite Pact Brings Improvement Tokyo. January 13. cad to the Government to clarify bv P ?hT?™ oViet relations made today SJinl u Kai ShO§y Shimpo the “Wp i t- ipane e commercial newspaper. ook m vain for signs of the brightthenLv .t re u ath US bet
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  • 586 10 FOURTH SUCCESSIVE DAY OF DAYLIGHT ATTACKS London, Jan. 13 Raids were carried out by R.A.F. fighter planes yesterday on the French coast. German troops in trenches near the beach were attacked from a low level as well as shipping and ground defences. Bombers of
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  • 223 10 Reuter. £1.500.000 Agreement Concluded Chungking, Jan. 13. Soviet military supplies will be supplied to the Chinese Government in exchange for tea to the value of 100,000,000 Chinese dollars (roughly £1.500,000). The barter agreement, which has been in negotiation since July, has just been concluded. It
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  • 56 10 —Reuter. 16 Members Of S. African Air Force Killed Johannesburg, January 13 Sixteen members of the South African Air Force, including a great-nephew of General Botha, were killed when a plane crashed near Mbeya in Tanganyika, it is believed that the pilot -lost-Ihs -way-m a thick mist
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  • 106 10 —Reuter Scheme In U.S. To Red uce 1941 Plantings Washington. JvL 12. Because the war has virtually closed export markets, the Department of Agriculture has decided to offer cotton growers $25.000.000 worth of cotton goods free if they reduce their 1941 plantings sufficiently and cut one
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  • 127 10 —Reuter. Severe Fightiiio Reported Bangkok. Jan. 13. Thai forces continuing their advance into Cambodia have .seized further Frencf positions, according to a Thai High Command communique. The Air Force laiding effective co-operation and severe fighting is developing, the communique continues. Unofficial reports state that the
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  • 163 10 .—Reuter Another Japanese Victim Claimeil Shanghai Jan. 13. Gunmen yesterday afternoon on Shanghai’s main thoroughfare, Nanking Road, claimed another Japanese victim, i the first case to happen in a Shanghai i Municipal Council controlled area for some time. The number of Japanese victims of Chinese gunmen in the
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  • 101 10 .—Reuter. 1 Dr. Goebbels On Coining German Offensive Madrid, January 11 Dr. Goebbels has proclaimed the coming German offensive and stressed his statement “by the energy of his words and gesture,” according to the Berlin correspondent of a Madrid new spaper. Addressing Spanish and other
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  • 67 10 —8.0. W. London. Janiuarv 11. It is reported from Auckland that Group Captain Saunders, Cliief of Staff of the New Zealand Air Force has stated that New Zealand’s Air Training Organisation is completed and that the Dominion would reach the maximum output planned within a
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  • 335 10 TIME COMING WHEN GERMANY AND ITALY WILL COLL.APSE “tg i k z r New York &gt; J aR 13 Ihe only chance of peace for the United States lies in keeping the Allies supplied and if the Johnson or Neutrality Acts hinder this purpose,
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  • 1550 11 Mr. Justice Carey On Good Reputation Of S.S. Bai Members of the Penang Bar and the Crown Counsel (Mr. T. Hughes) on behalf of the Attorney-General of the Straits &lt; elements, extended to Mr. Justice C. W V. Carey a formal Jcome in the Supreme Court yesterday.
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  • 113 11 2-’&lt;lay Professional Meeting In February The Taiping Turf Clue will hold a twoday professional meeting on Thursday and Saturday, February 20 and 22. Two runs are provided for Horses Class 4 and Ponies Class 2 and two runs for Horses Class 3 which have been in
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  • 546 11 Twilight B.P. Beat Hoy’s Of Sungei Patani i A friendly return match of bad- minton was played at Sungei Patani. j yesterday morning. in which the Twiligjht B.P. again defeated the Hoy’s B.P. of Sungei Patani by the margin of 7 games to 1. Results (Twilight mentioned first): SINGLES
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  • 30 11 The Commanding Officer of the Penang Local Defence Corps acknowledges with thanks the receipt for use of the Corps of a telescope from Mr Lim Swee Hum
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  • 1418 11 following horses w hich have never vet run in Malaya have been entered for the Perak Turf (Tub ‘Spitfire” IWvvtlrll; clah Horses—Alanda. Annie Roonev Dark Encounter. Deadlock. Lepanto. Lined Lp. Pro Patna. The Second Devil Shtp--1 ley. Class i Gamble. The Second
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  • 633 11 iC. Haiiiday Wins 1940 Championship G. Halliday, the present Malayan Champion, beat R. Isherwood in the 36-hoies Final of the Penang Sports Club Gclf Championship on Sunday last. Although three down at the 28th HfiJliday. py dint oi brilliant golf, was at(e to annex the pext
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    • 63 11 BUY EMPIRE GOODS a CHINESE e SALE E NOW ON AT p g PARMANAND'S g INDIAN HANAVA INDIAN TURKISH \7 $l.OO a yd. TOWELS w r v $l.OO each. v I I INDIAN COTTON j SHIRTING AIRY SPORTSHIRTS 60 C a yd 60 INDIAN COTTON (J INDIAN WHITE DRILL SINGLETS
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  • 392 12 DOUBLE FILE IN PEA K CONDITION Duke Carrington And Edie's Choice In Fine Fettle (By "EPSOM JEEP") IPOH, TODAY. TMPKESSIVE WORKOUTS SEEN ON THE IPOH RACE COURSE THIS MORNING WERE THOSE OF DUKE CARRINGTON, ROYAL BEAU, EDIE’S CHOICE, DOUBLE FILE, SOHO, SHIPLEY AND SCOFFLAW.
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  • 109 12 .—Reuter. Reserve heat Stocks Earthy Sufficient Dublin, Jan. 13. Measures for securing economies Ln the use of Hour and for spreading out existing supplies for as long as possible will be announced shortly,” said Mr. Sean Lemass, Minister for Supplies, in an important statement on the
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  • 103 12 Now In Circulation In Shanghai Shanghai, Jan. 11. Notes of the Central Reserve Bank of China, the newly-sponsored organisation of the pup.net government in Nanking have started filtering into circulation. Two Chinese courts in the French Concession have now announced that new notes are accepted as legal
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  • 121 12 Reuter. LONDON, JAN. 1 4 RECENT EXTENSIONS OF THE R.A.F OFFENSIVE TO REGULAR DAYLIGHT AS WELL AS NIGHT BO MFA RD H/EN TS LEND ADDITIONAL INTEREST i TO THE NEWS THAT FOUR DIFFERENT KINDS OF UNITED STATES ROM RE RS FOR THE
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  • 111 12 Reutei Building To Start Short!) Antigua, Leeward Islands, Jan 14 Two office!?? arrived here during the week-end in connection with the establishment of a United States naval an-1 air base on Crabbs peninsula here Both officers Commander Johnson and Major Max Smith are of the United
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  • 359 12 Negotiations For Sale Of Investments In ILS. Washington, Jan. 14. Vf R. Morgenthau, United Stales Secretary to the Treasury, disclosed yesterday that the British Government is negotiating with large groups of American investments trusts lor sale ol British investments in the United States. Mr. Morgenthau
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  • 128 12 Stockholm, Jan. 14 The German air force is hardly apable of changing the situation in Albania and Libya says the military correspondent &gt;/ the newspaper "Dagbladet.” assessing the Italian reverses —Reuter. He regards German troop transport across Italy as unlikely both on
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  • 179 12 NO RESTRICTIONS OVER AGE j A departure which will do much to increase the popularity of the F .M.S. Railways, has he&lt;-n tiie. in- novation of concession tickets to I scholars of approved schools, irresi peettve of age The new regulation, which came into
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  • 72 12 —Reuter. Ankara, Jan. 14. Many lives were lost and much damage was caused by disastrous floods in the Antioch region, Turkey, where the River Asi overflowed, following torrential rains Floods swept away bridges, wrecked 'mi,!]», diestlroyed uprodted trees and inundated farm lands over a wide
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  • 72 12 Secretary's Almeirah Ransacked The Chinese Chamber of Commerce was broken into in the early hours of yesterday morning, when an almeirah in the Secretary’s room was ransacked. A number of articles in the almeirah was stolen. Entry into the premises was effected through an air well
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  • 60 12 TUESDAY, JANUARY 14. PIN Penang $*****), Business done 25 tons Singapore $133,124 RUBBER: Penang Spot 37 Jc Singapore Spot 37Jc COPRA: Sundried $2.80 buyers Black Pepper Nominal TAPIOCA: Medium $6.95 sellers Fair Seed $6.62 i sellers RICE: Rangoon Parboiled No. 1 $10.36 Rangoon Parboiled No. 2 9,94 Rangoon
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  • 51 12 Wembley Cabaret X! vs H.M.S. ‘Nameless’ At the Esplanade today at 5.15 pjm. sharp Wembley Cabaret XI Ah Lain; James Chuah. S. H. Tung; Tyronne Chow. Robert. Vmg Patrick Lee; Charles Yeap, Edward Lee, Tann S. B. Tan, C. C Teoh. Reserves K.K Kim. T B Lat, and Crosby
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  • 283 12 German Scheme Fails that Ids position is unstable.—Reuter. London, Jan. 14. rpWO important official pro- nouncements, one Russian and the other Bulgarian, during the past 24 hours have helped to clarify the immediate outlook in the Balkans. They dispose of Nazi-inspired rumours that Germany
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  • 75 12 move the liner's 200 passengers—Reiter. West Palm Beach, Jan 14. Some passengers of the liner “Manhattan,’ were taken off by a Coa&t Guard cuttei but surf swells interfered with plans to take them al! off in small boats. Coast Guards tried fruitlessly for hotirs to refloat
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  • 213 12 The Wai Fund in North Maiaya, after a good week, is again languishing. i Only one contribution, a generous gift I of $2OO from Catholic Action, Assump- tion Church, Penang, was received yesterday, and the aggregate is now $1,463,658 63, made up of Penang $941,124.94
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  • 157 12 C.R.C. “A” vs Punjab Regt. “A” On the Victoria Green, today at 5.15 p.m C.R.C. A Chui Cheng; Leong Saik. Ghim Chong; Keng Soon, Ah Kok. Cheng Hooi; Tong Joo, Chui Oon, Say Oh. Kam Toon, Thee Jooi. Umpire: Mr. Lim Seng Kim P.R.C. Ladies vs C.R.C. Ladies On
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