Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 18 March 1941

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE LAST EDITION ESTAB. 1C33 PUBLISHED DAILY Jfo. 65. Vol. XCIX. TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1941. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    U.S. AND GERMANY LIKELY TO SEVER RELATIONS
    422 1 Fighting U-boat Menace AMERICANS EXPECTED TO INTERVENE Nazis Cannot Check Floiv Oi Supplies NEW YORK. MARCH Id. qPHAT HITLER WILL SOON SEVER RELATIONS WITH 1 THE UNITED STATES IS CONSIDERED LIKELY BY WASHINGTON DIPLOMATIC OBSERVERS. ACCORDING TO WILLIAM SIMMS, THE WELL-KNOWN WRITER ON
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    SCOTLAND YARD MOVE
    78 1 Scotland Yard’s Special Branch, w hicb deals mainly with aliens and the activities of Nazi agents, has now been moved from Scotland House to ta e up its quarters in the new £200,000 building adjoining Scotland Yard on the Thames Embankment. In view of the extremely secret
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    New Threat To Addis Ababa Now Developing
    150 1 RECAPTURE Of BERBERA Reuter Cairo, March N With the capture of Berk another threat to /Iddis Ababa is developing, a British spo •s--num stated here yesterday evening. Empire troops are now steadily ing in on the heait of the Italia a pire from
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    ITALIANS LAUNCH NEW OFFENSIVE AT DAWN BUT ARE AGAIN REPULSED
    223 1 London, March 18 J3L,UiER'S special correspondent on the Albanian frontier 1 ports that the Italians launched a powerful new offensive in the northern sector of the Albanian front at dawn yesterday. The attack was preceded by violent artillery preparation hut
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    Bristol Main Enemy Target
    109 1 Reuter. London, March 18. It is now feared that the casualties in Biistol, the main target of Sunday night’s air attacks, were heavier than at first expected. The raid on Bristol was followed by a day of comparative quiet in which very little enemy activity over
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    FOOD FOR FRANCE
    160 1 Rruter. I ,S. Considering Vichy Proposal Washington, March 18. r pilE f rench proposal for two French ships to lie allowed to I take tood and grain to unoccupied I France is being considered by the I United States Government. J Aftei the French Ambassador to the
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    Sale Of Valuable British Holdings In U.S.A.
    164 1 —Reuter. London, March id HD HE British Treasury statcmeat on the sale of British holdings in. the American Viscouse Corporation shows that ninety per cent, of a publit- issue to be made in the United States will go to the Treasury Shares now
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    Turkish President Replies To Hitler's Message
    72 1 ITCHY, MARCH 18. HU HE TURKISH PRESIDENT'S REPLY TO THE PERSONAL MESSAGE HE RECENTLY RECEIVED EROM HITLER HAS BEEN DISPATCHED TO BERLIN BY SPECIAL PLANE, STATES AN ANKARA TELEGRAM TO THE VICHY NEWS AGENCY THE TELEGRAM SAYS THAT GREAT RESERVE IS BEING EXERCISED IT
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    Eire Determined To Maintain independence
    146 1 .—Keut< r. Dublin, March 18. EIRE’S determination to maintain its independence was stressed by Mr. De Valera in his St. Patrick’s Day broadcast to America. Mi. De Valera said: “We are in grave danger of being short of our bread supply unless we can import
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    Yugoslavs United In Resolve To Protect Neutrality
    382 1 London, March 18. 4 declaration of Yugoslavia’s strict and loyal neutrality’ is made in the Stmouprava, the organ of the Yugoslav radical quoted by the Belgrade radio. “We have one national soul and one nat&gt; :::r! thought protect Yugoslavia” the paper declares. Stating
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    MATSUOKA’S ITINERARY
    78 1 —Reuter. Expected In Berlin On March 27 Shanghai, March 18. A I R. MATSUOKA, the Japanese f oreign Minister, who is on his way to Berlin, will spend two nights in Moscow where he is due next Sunday, according to a Japanese dispatch from Manchuria, Manchukuo. He is
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    British Flag Flies Again Over Berbera
    922 2 SOMALILAND CAPITAL RECAPTURED FROM ITALIANS Swift Combined Stroke On Land And At Sea Cairo, March 17. The British flag again flies over Berbera, the capital of British Somaliland, in the Red Sea. The town had been in Italian hands since after the Italian entry
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    'Where England Is, There Is Victory'
    260 2 8.0 w. Rugby. March 17. T ’HE Minister of Economic War- fare, speaking at a luncheon given by the First Artillery Detachment of the First Czechoslovakia Brigade, said: “I remember President Benes saying to me in 1934 when Hitler’s bloodstained hands had held power
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    LAST WEEK'S R.A.F. RAIDS
    276 2 Peuter. Large And Heavy Attacks On Germany Ixindon, March 16. Larger and heavier attacks on Germany and German-occupied country have taken place during the week-end-ing March 14. Berlin railway yards and junctions. barracks and other targets were subjected to an extremely heavy attack lasting several hours.
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    OPEN TO BRITISH WOMEN DOCTORS
    71 2 —Reuter. Army Medical Service In India New Delhi, March 17. A number of posts in the British Military Medical Service of India will be opened to British women medical practitioners, it is announced. Those selected will be attached to the R.A.M.C. as medical officers with
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    Crack German Liner Ablaze
    76 2 LONDON, MARCD 'T 'DE OUTBREAK OE EIRE ON BOARD THT 1 DEUTSCH EK LINER BREMEN, YESTEKDA' t ANNOUNCED BY THE GERMAN WIRELESS EEEOf T' TO EXTINGUISH THE EIRE ARE STILL CONTIS(JINi REUTER. THE ’’BREMEN” IS THE CRACK GERM A ]j WHICH, WHILE RETURNING TO GERMANY, ASCf'.
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    MAGNITUDE OF GREEK VICTORY
    391 2 50,000 Italian Losses In Week’s Fighting Rugby, March 17 Since the complete failure of last week's desperate Italian assaults on the Albanian front, there appears to have been no major engagement and the latest Greek High Command communique briefly states, “Artillery activity of varying intensity.” The
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    HYDERABAD TO RAISE FULL COMPANY
    52 2 —Reuter. Hyderabad, March 17. In response to the Raj’s recent appeal to the Indian States to undertake the supply of the whole or part of a company, ths Nizam's Government has offered to raise a full company. The entire cost will be borne by the
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    Shipping Position To Be Tightened Up
    131 2 London, March ij. (Hy Gerard HerlUiy, Reuter’s lobby correspondent.) A tightening up in the shipping position is likely and the final step in the process will be taken by the Prime Minister himself. .--Renter. Following last week's secret debate in the House of Commons,
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    MR. MATSUOKA ON WAY TO BERLIN
    39 2 REITER. BERLIN, MARCH 17. MR. MATSUOKA, JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER. HAS ARRIVED AT THE RUSSIAN FRONTIER STATION OF OTPOR. STATES A MESSAGE TO THE OFFICIAL NEWS AGENCY. HE IS ON HIS WAY TO BERLIN.
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    FOREIGN MINISTER OF IRAQ
    30 2 —Reuter. Cairo. March 17. Tewfik Seodui Bey, Irak Minister of Foreign .Affairs, who has been exchanging views with Mr. Eden, has returned by air to Bagdad.—Reuter.
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    Spanish Move In Tangier: Britain Awaiting Report
    223 2 RUGBY, MARCH 11 4 FULL REPORT FROM THE BRITISH REPRESENTATIVE IN TAN- GIER OF THE ACTION BY THE SPANISH AUTHORITIES ON SATURDAY IN EJECTING THE MENDOUB OF TANGIER AND ABROGATING ALL HIS FUNCTIONS IS AWAITED IN LONDON. —8.0. W. and Reuter The German
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    CHINESE SUCCESS IN KWANGTUNG
    100 2 Japanese Forces Mopped Up South Of Tinpak Chungking. Mar. 11 Following the recapture of both Tinpak and Shuitung on Saturday morninr, the Chinese forces nursued the enemy remnants to Fangchiling and Paichiao. southof Tinpak where they have been completely’ mopped up. A number of Japanese units
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    U.S. Irretrievably Involved In Conflict
    207 2 —Reutei. APPEAL FOR UNITY New York Mai ch 17. “We are in the conflict now, irretrievably involved in it” is the comment of Mr. Henri, newspaper magnate. on President Roosevelt’s speech n today’s “New York Journal American He describes President Roosevelt's speech as “good and
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    AXIS DEFEAT WILL BE EXPEDITED
    69 2 Reuter Cape Views On Passing Of I Lend Bi» Capetown. March. T/ Confidence is expressed n circles here that the passage &lt; nf ©nd Lend Bill will expedite thf the axis. ir Commentators consider -t rr: the .nibine® the axis to succeed again.- m might
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    DEATH OF SIR HYAN KHAN NOON
    21 2 —Reuter. Lflhor The death has occurred o rnnaad Hyat Khan Noon Indian High Commissrone” m
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    47 DEAD IN DAKOTA STORM
    21 2 Reuter. Grand Fork Forty-seven are now »&gt; been killed in a storm which Dakota. Ten others n
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    Possibility Of European Revolt
    287 3 View Of Australian Lawyer Britain retains control of the seas, victory will ultimate!} come through revolution in Europe,, rather than by a large military campaign on the continent.” said Mr. K. H i, M.u kay Australian lawyer who has 1 established a London practice, who is
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    Two Bombed Bridegrooms In Court
    98 3 London. Two bombed bridegrooms, accused motoring offences, were treated i- m ntly by the magistrates No. 1 was Janies A. Kennedy, 25yea -old engineer, of Coventry’, who drove while under the influence of drink. His bridal home was wrecked in city’s big raid. The Chairman
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    WORK ON YUNNAN-BURMA RAILWAY
    486 3 Economic Importance Of New Line Chungking, rp RAVERSING populous and rich districts west of Kunming. the Yun-nan-Burma Raia way. when completed, will not only have an important bearing on China’s war efforts but will also tap the large manpower and material resources in western Yunnan. That
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    How The Navy Fights Atlantic U-Boats
    693 3 hunters avenging FRIENDS L' re a,ta(km 9 from overseas, is a first-hand report by A. J MeWhinnie. "Daily Herald" Hava! Correspondent. J HAVE been out in the midst Gf the enemy’s latest U-ljoat Blitz with our Atlantic anti-sub-marine forces. And the British destroyer in
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    NEW HOPE for the BALKANS
    958 3  -  The Greek Victories mean,. BY DOUGLAS REED Distinguished commentator on foreign affairs. ‘*pHE side that has Italy as an ally will lose the next war.” Tins remark was made to an acquaintance of mine, a coupl- oi years ago, by FieldMarshal von Blomburg, the War
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    HAN BRICKS FOR WHITE HOUSE
    318 3 Chungking. r l I \VO bricks of the Han Dynasty, 206 B.C. to 221 A.D.. to be presented to President Roosevelt, a petrified beetle and a shell which was used as money in ancient times, are among 1.000 Chinese antiques now on display at the
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    Flowers For A Raider
    46 3 The inscription, “To Some Mother's Son," on a card tied to a solitary bunch of flowers at the funeral of a Nazi airman buried at Barking. He wag one of the crew of a night raider brought down by London’s balloon barrage.
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    EARL DIVORCED FOR DESERTION
    44 3 A decree nisi was granted in the London Divorce Court to Edith Constance, Countess Annesley, against Beresford Cecil Bingham. Earl Annesley, on the ground that he deserted her The marriage took place on July 30. 1921. There are no children.
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      42 3 What a War! 15 r •IJ ll -W\ i 'y- /'y r 'Mak ’A L 4 w&\ 4 Wfc v fra u. Wl 1 A i i f taa ,ak&lt; if at l,H( lnst Father Christmas at &lt; tin j Hon MarchcS 9
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    Afghan Trade Mission To Japan
    879 4 LEADER ON MOTIVE OF VISIT HAVING no “political motive whatever behind their visit,” the first Afghan Trade Mission to Japan to impioxe and strengthen the economical and commercial ties existing between the two countries, arrived in Singapore bj the N.Y.K. passenger vessel Haruna Marti on
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    BRITAIN HAS 50,000 OBJECTORS
    119 4 Fifty-thousand conscientious objectors aig now legistered in Britain The age groups producing the greatest numbei of objectors those of 21 and 22. each with 2.1 per cent, of the population. After that there is a gradual drop in the percentages, until the thirties are reached, with
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    A VALUABLE FRIEND AND ADVISER
    394 4 Farewell To Indian Agent Singapore. HATEVER has been done, I am personally satisfied that it has been done in the best interests of our countrymen here, that it has been done in absolute fairness to the interests involved, and that nothing has been done which
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    FOUND GEN. CHIANG IN HIGH SPIRITS
    210 4 Mr. Aw Boon Haw’s Visit To Chungking Mr. Aw Boon Haw. Chinese industrialist and philanthropist from Singapore, expressed full confidence in China's final victory in a speech broadcast from Chungking for overseas Chinese recently. Comparing conditions in China and Japan, Mr. Aw said that
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    PRINCIPLES OF CO-OPERATION
    221 4 Signs Of Renewed Confidence ii’T'HE people of this country may be called upon to be in the front line 'of defence of freedom, liberty, toleration and those fundamental virtues which are imperatively necessary to a free co-operative movement and a free determined people. What we see every
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    ACCUSED RECTOR'S DENIALS
    446 4 '‘"Desperately Lonely H Hen He Met Girl Ixiiidon. r pHE 57-year-old rector of Blvnham. Bedfordshire, the Rev. W. H. liopkin, went into the witness-box at a Consistory Court here and denied allegations against him. He faced 43 charges. Eleven were of accosting women, 1“ were connected with
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    Rebuilding Wartime Capital of China
    431 4 VISITOR TELLS Of Singapore. MAN who had been in log ou j of the 11“ air raids on Chungking is now in Singapore. He is Chaucer H. Wu, secretarvgeneral of Greater Chungking and special commissioner for Foreign Affairs in the "Mseehwan and SKiang provinces, on
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    Y.W.C.A. COOKING DEMONSTRATION
    38 5 A cooking demonstration will be given ♦»y Mrs. G. Martin at the Rest Room, Weld Quay at 10 a.m. today. The menu will be Dentrune Rice Cake, Semolina Croquettes, Lemon Curd and Papaya Okra Salad.
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    BAND PROGRAMME
    73 5 By kind permission of Lt. Col. E. A. Buriatte and Officers, the Band of the Volunteers will perform the following programme: To-day on the ‘‘Esplanade" from 6.00 t m. to 7.30 p.m.: March Fighting Strength Jordan Overture Tar.talusqualen Suppe. Selection a Princess Of Kensington German Waltz Midsummer Waltz
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    MAGISTERIAL INQUIRY INTO WATERFALL ROAD TRAGEDY
    416 5 Jawi Pernakan Couple Sent To Assizes For Trial The pieiiminary inquiry into the murder of an Indian Mohamedan woman. Alai iam Bee, a midwife, at Waterfall Road on the afternoon of January 8. was concluded in the Penang Second Magistrate’s Court before Mr. A.
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL
    444 5 SOCIAL PERSONAL The marriage took place on Friday iof Mr. Eric Choa. the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Choa Joon Hean, formerly’ of the Oversea Assurance Co. Ltd., and Miss Hoo Yan Meng, grandi niece of Mr. Hoo Keng Tuck, (Whom- poa 1 before the Singapore Registrar of Marriages,
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    ESTATE OF LOCAL MILLIONAIRE
    585 5 Court's Finding Over .Nephew's Share j In the Supreme Court. Penang, yesterday Mr. Justice C. W. V. Carey delivered judgment in an originating summons (wuich had been adjourned into open court foi argument) concerning a certain clause of the will of the late Lim Boon Haw.
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    EMPIRE DAY OF PRAYER
    124 5 Bishop Devals’ Call To Catholics With regard to next Sunday, March 23, which at the instance of His Majesty the King has been set apart as a Day of National Prayer. His Excellency the Bishop of Malacca has called upon all Catholics in his Diocese to
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    GAME SEASON IN KEDAH
    29 5 The period between March 1 to August 31 is a close season for snipe in Kedah. The close season for pigeon, imperial pigeon, whistling teal
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      116 5 I.AIIIES GUEST NIGHT FUN FROLIC PARK TUESDAY, 18TH MARCH, 1941 CANTONESE OPERA: “CH EON. SEONG BEY YAN” Part 2 PEONY OPERA: "HOONG KOOb LAN" NOORAN OPERA: “INDRA BANG SAWAN" Part 1 LIBERTY TALKIES: “SIN KOO SEE TAI” Mandarin Talkie Free Stand ing Space Allotted. “KWAN SEE TONG: 7 The love
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      212 5 Rj R-conpmo neo LAST THREE SHOWS TO-DAY SEASON EXTENDED BY POPULAR REQUEST! TREMENDOUS SUCCESS! Y’Ol R LAST CHANCE TO SEE IT! Maurice Chevalier Jeanette MacDonald LN THEIR GREATEST MUSICAL ROMANCE! Merry Widow” A CONTINENTAL PLAYBOY AND A RICH WIDOW IN A MAD ROMANTIC COURTSHIP! SPECIAL ADDED ATTRACTION THE OFFICIAL MOTION
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      245 5 QUEEN’S 7 z RALPH RICHARDSON You’ll DIANA wynyard BMs ON THE enjoy I ■ifiKk NIGHT thisoutTNE of-the I E ordinary )OMNEY BRENT Miwuicxiy I /MARY CLARE d- &lt;« b V josts somio itib Ck— b* MdW »€$MO9O_MyR5l/ lIIUI UVI thriller oU.UGiRROn l Sluws At 1.00, -i.AO. 6.30 9.30 YET ANOTHER
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    B.E.F. FOR GREECE
    470 6 T pi IE report that a British Expeditionary Force, 150,000 strong, has landed in Greece is a further demonstration of Britain’s determination to help her gallant little ally’ to cope with any emergency which German attempts to rescue Italy might produce any day now. This event is
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    A round The Town
    83 6 QUEEN’S CINEMA: "On the Night of the Fire’’ with Ralph Richardson and Diana Wynyard. 3, 6 15 and 9 30 pm. ODEON CINEMA: The Merry Widow” with Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette Macdonald. 3, 615 and 9 30 p.m. MAJESTIC CINEMA: Charlie Chaplin in “The Great Dictator.”
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    By The Way
    368 6 Practical Form Of j Celebration regard to my note on St. Patiick s Day, I am told that the local Irish community did not observe the feast of their Patron Saint in any way yesterday but several of them made contributions to the War bunds and to
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    Diary of a Foreign News Editor
    717 6 Tuesday, March IN. V\ ITH the recapture of Berbera, another threat to the Abyssinian capital, Addis Ababa, is fast developing. British troops are now closing in on the heart of the Italian Empire from no less than 13 points. recapture oi Berbera is also
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    Hit Twice By Bombs But Now Hale And Hearty
    403 7 SHANGHAI POLICE OFFICER S VIVID STORY OF AIR RAIDS MAN WHO WAS TWICE INJURED DURING THE JAPANESE BOMBING OF SHANGHAI IN 1937. AND WHO HAD THE GREATEST FIGHT OF HIS LIFE IN A HOSPI TAL BED. HOVERING BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH
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    DEATH OF MR. P.W. REDFEARN
    167 7 Asst. Accountant Of Railways Kuala Lumpu: The death, occur: fed on Saturday evening at the Bungsai Hospital. K -la Lumpur, afte: a brief illness, of M. W Redfearn, Senioi Assistant Acct ntant. F M S. Railways. Mr Redfearn. who was 51 yea;.- of age at
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    Two Thai Girls Killed By Lightning
    92 7 Butte rworth. Tragedy bcf&lt; 11 two young Thai girls, Khye Thong and Yearn, aged II and 13 resixs-tively, on Sunday afternoon at 5 o’clock at a Siamese temple in Kampong SiiMii. Pinang Tung gal, Province Wellesley. They were simultaneously str wk down by lightning
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    Farewell To Cadet Airman
    188 7 PARTY BY MR. MRS. H.B. TALALLA Kuala Lumpui "Malaya is proud to do her bit, whether in the homeland 01 elsewhere Let us hope the same spirit of united puipose will prevail in common friendship and absolute equality of opportunity in the new order of the
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    CHINESE BOY DROWNED IN SEA
    86 7 Bakau v.ocd floatin’.: in the sea off Basau Road which branches off Jelutong Road is dail&gt; being collected bv Chinese boys and. when dried, serves the purpose ol firewood. Four Cninest boys whose ages var from 10 to 12 years met shortly after noon yesterday
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    MR. J.S. DUMERESQUE GOING ON LEAVE
    170 7 MR. J.S. DUMERESQUE GOI NG ON LEAVE r timiliar I aice On s in mi pare broadcasts i J S Luineresque, of the Singai zie Broadcasting Station, is leaving li.alaya this week on six months’ leave. Listeners who remembei "Studio A; mc-.air,” ‘Singapore Music Hall,” and other regular features will
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    MURDEK THRILLER AT QUEEN’S
    111 7 ”On Fhe Night Of The Fire*’ ‘Or Night the Fire,” now showing .K the Queen s Theatre is a simple ar.:; movim story providing grand screen-fare. It concerns the lives of two ordinary people. The consequences of a theft turn Them into desperate creatures fithrng for
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    Residents In Defence Areas
    166 7 DITA TO COMPLY WITH ORDERS GIVEN BY AUTHORITY A SUPPLEMENT TO THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE ANNOUNCES THAT UNDER THE EMERGENCY POWERS 'DEFENCE) ACTS, THE GOVERNOR, SIR SHE NTON THOMAS, MAY, IF IT APPEARS TO HIM TO BE NECESSARY OR EXPEDIENT DECLARE ANY AREA IN THE COLONY A
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    DOUBLE TRAGEDY AT MT. ERSKINE
    198 7 Eurasian Loses Life In Trying To Save Coolie CRUSHED TO DEATH BY FALLING TREE V 4 DOUBLE tragedy occurred during tree-felling operations A in a coconut plantation in Tanjong Tokong village, near Mount Erskine yesterday afternoon, when a young Eurasian and a Tamil coolie lost
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    FINED ON INDIAN HEMP CHARGE
    116 7 Aji Indian, Mohamed bin Abdullah, was sentenced to three months’ rigorous imprisonment by the District Judge. Mr. H A. Forrer, in the District Court this morning on being convicted on his plea of guilty to a charge of being in possession of Indian hemp, valued
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    NORTH MALAYA WAR FUND $1,495,285
    127 7 $386 Realised Bv Police Show The War Fund in North Malaya stands at $1,495,285.07, m?de up of Penang $954,626. 13 and Perak $540,658.94. Today's list includes $386.90, being the proceeds of the recent performance by the Penang Police Amateur Theatrical Troupe. Previously acknowledged $954,233.23 Penang
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    STRIKE FEVER SPREADING ON SELANGOR ESTATES
    80 7 A uulu Lumpur. The strike o] estate labourers for higher leages which zeas ufined. to ertaiu plaiiiatunis in the Hatu Tiga district shows no signs of abatt eicnt a,ic has nozv spread into Klang, Ze- ■re ‘Hi diz'ision oj Highlands estate went on strike
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    Russia In Sympathy With China
    116 7 \A OMEN IN SHANGHAI HELP REFUGEES On her way to India from Shanghai yesterday morning, Madam L. Skimanoff, a Russian woman, told the "Pinang Gazette” shipping reporter that “the majority of the Russians are in sympathy with the Chinese in their fight against the Japanese.”
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    ALL-INDIA MUSLIM LEAGUE
    66 7 Mr. Sarwar To Head Malayan Delegation Mr. Ghulam Sarwar, formerly of the Malayan Civil Service, will head the Malayan delegates to the twenty-eighth session of the All-India Muslim League to be held at Madras during the Easter week. r Messrs. K. M. A. Kader and E. M.
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    KEDAH RESTRICTS TREE FELLING
    48 7 Alor Star. According to a regulation published in the Kedah Government Gazette, the felling of trees in parts of the State is prohibited. No trees may be felled on all land within 200 yards on either side of main roads and certain specified roads.
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    BOUSTEAD & CO., LTD.
    164 8 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. Rubber Report Penang, March 12. Since our last report the London market I has registered a small gain of l/16d per lb. and New York has improved by 3/4 cent (n. 8.) per lb. *lTie passing of the Lease and Lend Bill has .stiffened prices locally and
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      MINING
      467 8 Issued by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association (Penang and ipoh sections) at noon 18th March, 1941 Issue Buyers Sellers 4/0 Ampat Tin 3'o 3/6 5/0 Austral Amal. 6/3 6/6ex £1 Austral Malay 33/6 35/0 5/0 Ayer Hitam 18/0 19/0 $1 Ayer Weng .724 -77$ £1 Bangrin Tin 13/0 14/0 $1
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      RUB BERS
      241 8 Issue Buyers Sellers Allenby 1.10 115 Aior Gajah .771 .821 Amal. Malay 160 170 Ayer Hitam 0.85 0.90 Ayer Molek 1071 1.12 Ayer Panas 0.97 J 1.02$ Bassett 39 .41$ Batu Lmtang 1.02* 1.05 Bedford 0.80 0.85 Benta 95 1.00 Boreili 1 321 1.40 Broga .55 .58 Brunei
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      GENERAL
      344 8 Issue Buyers Sellers A£l Austral N.Z. Ord. 22/0 23/0 $2 Alex Brick Ord. 1.87$ 1.92$ $2 Alex Brick 7'/7r Pref. 2 10 2.15 $5 B M. T. 7.50 7.75 £u Chartered Bank -£B* £9 £1 Con. T. S. Ord 16'6 17/0 £1 Con. T. S. 7% Pref. 19/9 20/6
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      LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
      187 8 MINuNG Dividend Books Close Payable Austral Amal. 3d. Ijd. Bonus 15.3.41 28.3.41 Surma. Malay M 20.3.41 27.3.41 Idris 2M% L.T. 3.4.41 Kinta Tin Int. L. T. 28.3.41 Kuchai Tin 10% Int. 15.3.41 21.3.41 T-ingui Tin 5% Int. 17.3.41 21.3*41 Rawang Tin 9d. 17.3.41 26.3*41 Renong Cons.
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    ANOTHER RECORD YEAR FOR CARRERAS LTD.
    2863 8 ACHIEVEMENTS IN FACE OF DIFFICULTIES Mr. Edward Baron's Keview The thlrt.v-.-'Cventh annual general meeting of Carreras. Limited, was h&gt;4d at .Arcadia Works, Hampsteadroad, Loudon. I N.W. Mr. Edward S. Baron, cha.rman and managing director, presided. The Chairman said: Ladies and gentlemen since our last
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    LOCAL EXCHANGE
    70 8 Penang. March 17, 1941 'By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank. SELLING London Demand 2 4 3 32 New York. Demand 47 16 Montreal Demand 51.91 Batavia Demand 88 82 Calcutta, Bombay) Rangoon Demand) 156 Hongkong Demand 53 5 8 Shanghai Demand 12 7 16 Japan Demand 193 1
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    MARKET QUOTATIONS
    115 8 Yesterday’s Close Previously TIN: LONDON “Spot” £272. 0. 0. “Forward" £269 15. 0 SINGAPORE “Spot” $134.25 $134.50 Business done 75 tons Buyers, no sellers PENANG “Spot" $134.25 $134.50 RUBBER: LONDON: “Spot” 14 l|Bd. “Forward” 14 i|Bd Tone Strong SINGAPORE “Spot” 38 4c 38 3|4c PENANG “Spot” gg i|
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      191 8 BAN K S 'TTET? MOI SAVINGS S&e/fl fyou fy dollar saved La an extra dollar earned. Savings Account la the best Inducement to save. &lt; To have a Savings Account and to see this account grow from time to time la to oe a contented person. A Savings Account may
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    WARM WELCOME’ FOR GEN. WU IN HONG KONG
    458 9 Pleased With Result Of Tour STIRRING appeal for aid towards the cause of China’s liberation, from Chinese in Hong Kong was made by Gen. Wu Te-chen when he spoke in Hong Kong recently at a reception in his honour held at the
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    BOY’S NIGHT-LONG ORDEAL IN BOX
    96 9 Robert Heal. 9. spent a whole night locked in a trunk in the gymnasium at. Queen’s College, Adelaide. He climbed into the trunk at 7 o’clock, and the lid fell and locked on him. His cries for help were not heard until 8 o’clock the
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    THE MAILS
    236 9 TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1941. Postage Latest Time of Destination Letters Postcards Superscription Posting at Penang per oz. each Ordinary Regn* AIR MAILS Tues. 18th insL Ipoh. K. Lumpur Weaxnes Air Singapore -10 .05 Seflvides 1.30 p.m. 1 p.rru AFRICA Ail destinations .55 .30 8 a.m. 7.30 a.m. EUROPE
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      2318 9 RANGOON W I I XYO «.01 me* 49.94 in.■BHM I WS W I XYO 348 me 5 &gt;B6 W €.50 p.m. Indian Session Recorded Pro- Programme 8.20 Burmese News and Mar i ket Quotations. 9.35 Recorded Programme Wix awy eiiziivnuT lO.OO News 10.15 Recorded Programme —l&gt;jf SHOR 1 WAX E
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      452 9 French. 12.36 War songs. 12 3» News in Chinese. 12.45 News Commentary in Chinese. 12.50 News in Chinese (Shanghai dialect». 1.00 Important news in Chinese (Cantonese). 1.05 Important) news in Chinese (Hakka 1.10 Important: news in Chinese &lt;Amoy;. 1.15 Important' news in Malay. 1.20 National Anthem— Close down. 8.20 News
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    War In Balkans Inevitable By Summer
    166 10 YUGOSLAVIA, TURKEY AND GREECE TO FIGHT NAZIS WITH BRITAIN New York, March 17. \V AR in the Balkans before summer with Yugoslavia. Tur- key, Greece and Britain on a common front against Germany must be accepted as almost inevitable, according to a symposium of
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    Frances Food Problem Discussed
    95 10 Reuter. QUESTION OF U.S. CONTROL Vichy, March 17 M. Henry Haye. ichy Ambassador to Washington, had an hour’s conversation with the State Secretary. Mr. Cordell Hull, on the subject of food for France. A message from Washington to the Vichy News Agency, announcing this, says Mr.
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    EIRE TO BUY ARMS IN U.S.
    53 10 Reuter. Defence Minister Leaves By Clipper Vichy, March 17. Mr. Frank Aiken Eue Minister for Co-ordination of Defence, left Lisbon yesterday by Clippet for the U nited States to study the possibility of buying American arms and supplies, says a Lisbon despatch to the
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    U.S. NOW PLAYING POSITIVE ROLE
    1096 10 ROOSEVELTS SPEECH ROUSES ENTHUSIASM Encouraging Raids On Germany And Stiffening Balkan Stand New York, March 17 President Roosevelts speech is enthusiastically received by the majority of newspapers throughout the United States. Comment is largely confined to general issues and no stress is hitherto laid on
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    U.S. WARSHIPS TO VISIT NEW ZEALAND
    46 10 —Reuter. Wellington, Mar. 17 Two t nited States cruisers and four destroyers will arrive at Auckland on Monday in the course of a training cruise. Innouncing this, the Prime Minister. Mr. Fraser. said the warships will leave again on Thursday.—Reuter.
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    EDUCATION IN BRITAIN
    250 10 .—BOW. PoM-Vt ar Reconstruction Plans London. March 15. The announcement that plans were bemz considered to reconstruct Britain’s •post-war Educational System on most intelligent and democratic lines was made today by Mr. Ramsbottham. President of the Board of Education, speaking at Morecanbe. He said: "What I want
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    STORM SWEEPS OVER DAKOTA
    91 10 .—Reuter At Least 27 Deaths Nov Established Grand Fork. March 17. Search parties found a “trail of bodies after a sudden violent wind storm had swept over eastern districts in North Dakota and West Miimesota yesterday. At least 27 deaths have already been established, mostly of
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    SOVIET AVIATION EXPERTS
    92 10 —Reuter. Among Winners Of Stalin Awards Moscow, March 15 Fifteen experts in aviation and science are among the winners in the inventions section of the Stalin awards announced today. They include M. Mikoyan and M. Gurievich, who have .perfected a new* fighter plane which is now* in
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    DEATH OF SIR D. DALAL
    28 10 Reuter. Bombay. March 1«. The death has occurred in Paris of Sir Dadibra Dalal, who was the first Indian High Commissioner in London.
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    BRISTOL BOMBED FOR MANY HOURS
    263 10 —Reuter All Fires Under Control London. March 17 A West England town was attacked by enemy aircraft last night In ra;c lasting seme hours, savs an A:r it trcommunique. Considerate dama. wacaused by high explosive bomljs ano tre but all fires were under control irv
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    INDIAN STATES’ WAR EFFORT
    98 10 Reuter. To Be Represented On Eastern Group Council New Delhi. Mar. 17 The Indian States will be more closely associated with the war effort since they will be represented on the Supph Council of the Eastern Group which is concerned, with the co-ordination of the war
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    LISBON-U.S. RUN
    85 10 Big American Liners iXot To Be Put In Service New York. March 17. The large American liners “Washington” and ‘’Manhattan’ will not sail between Lisbon and the United States. The suggestion was .made a few days ago that they should replace smaller vessels noK in service. The scheme
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    BATTLE FOR BRITISH AIRMAN
    111 10 Reutei Greeks And Italians In Hand-To-Hand Fight London, March 17. A battle between Greeks and Italians with a British airman as the pi ize is described in the Greek newspaper Eleftheron Vima.” quoted on the Athens radio last night. The newspaper says that the airman baled
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    BRITISH HOLDING IN VISCOSE CORP.
    121 10 —Reutei'. Sold To Group Of U.S. Banking Firms New York, March 17. British holding in the American Viscose Corporation, a subsidiary of Courtaulds Limited and the largest producer &lt;&gt;f rayon in the United States, has been sold on behalf of th? British Government to a
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    "SNAPPER” OVERDUE
    127 10 ;.—Reuter. British Submarine Now Considered Lost Rugby. March 17 The Admiralty announces that the H.M. submarine "Snapper" is overdue and must be considered !0.-t. The "Snapper” was one of the Shark class and was of 670 tons displacement. Sh&gt; w*a.- completed in 1935. Her name often appeared in
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    GERMAN HIGH COMMAND SHOCKED AT AIR LOSSES
    361 10 Counterblows Against Enemy Shipping Increasing London, March 17 (By Ralph Walling, Reuter’s air correspondent) The Nazi ‘black-out’ of moonlight air losses over Britain until Sunday indicate the shock which British fighters, anti-aircraft guns and ‘other devices” have given the German High Command. After
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    FURIOUS RIOT DURING SOCCER CAME IN SHANGHAI
    272 11 OVER 30 CHINESE AND FOREIGNERS INJURED Shanghai, March 17 Ihe future of Chinese and foreign soccer here, one of the major sports in the Far East, is in the balance as a result of a furious riot during a match yesterday at Canidrome
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    SOCCER AT ALOR STAR
    271 11 Decisive Win For S.A.H. College Playing their first match this season, the Sultan Abdul Hamid College decisively beat the P.W.D. Recreation Club by 6 goals to lat Alor Stai on Saturday. The game was one-sided and except for several spasmodic attacks by the P.W D play
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    SENIOR LEAGUE SOCCER
    58 11 Fortress vs Muslim R.C. At the Westlands School ground today at 5.15 pm. sharp. Muslim R.C. —M. Osman; M. K. Shaik Dawood, K. Mohd. Ibramusah; S. Abdullah, H. o. Chedin, N. M. Syed Gunny; W. MNoor, N. Mohd. Sheriff. F. M. Ismail (capt.), M. Mohd. Hussain, S.
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    CLEAR-CUT WIN AT SOCCER FOR P.C.F.A.
    283 11 Police Defeated By Four Goals Playing with several substitutes in their defence, the Penang Chinese Football Association easily beat the Police Sports Club by fom goals to nil in their friendly football match on the Esplanade yesterday. A feature of the game was the
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    VAGRANT FOUND DEAD
    117 11 Natural Causes Verdict At Inquest Ipoh. The discovery of the dead body of a vagrant at the Jelapang market was recalled at an inquest held by Che Samsudin bin Nain. sitting as coroner, yesterday, into the death of an unknown Chinese At the conclusion of the inquest
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    ALOR STAR CRICKET
    94 11 College Beat Merrilads By Five Runs The Suhan Abdul Hamid College opened its season by winning a match against the Merriiads at Alor Star on Friday. The Meiiilads batted first and had lost 5 wickets foi 14 runs when Zain &lt;22) and Salleh (28) stopped the rot.
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    GOLF IN AID OF BRITISH RED CROSS
    91 11 .—Reuter. Jlones And Armour Retain Record Bob Jones and Tommy Armour kept their record of never losing a four-ball match when they beat Gene Sarazen and Walter Hagen by 3 2 in a 36 holes golf match sponsored by the Duke of Windsor
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    BADMINTON
    173 11 Mayfield Beat Express In a friendly match of badminton played at the farmer’s court, the Mayfield B.P. defeated the Express B.P. by 8 games to 2. The following are the results (Mayfield players mentioned first»: SINGIJES Ong Hun Leong beat Sim Hun Guan 15—5, 3—2. Khoo Soo Seng beat
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    SECOND DIVISION SOCCER
    165 11 O.X.A. vs Trade School On the Trade School ground today at 5 15 p.m. The O.X.A team will be cnosen from the following:, Heng Thuan. Ghim Huat, Gregory, Cheng Hoe, Sm Huat. Muthu, Danker, Reutens, Panmka. Thoon Tuck, Kean Tit, Chin Check Boh Eye, Boon Choo, Lazarus.
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    More Records Broken In Indoor Athletics
    129 11 SHOT PUT OF 56 FEET 4|ins. London, March 17. Record breaking marked indoor American athletics during the weekend. McCluskey further improved on his own two miles steeplechase with 9 mins 34 secs, at Washington, beating last week’s 9 min. 35 4|lo secs, and the
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    FALSE AFFIDAVIT ALLEGED
    97 11 Chinese On $l,OOO Bail Ipoh. Tan Peow, against whom two serious harges were preferred, was granted $l,OOO •il in two sureties when he appeared fore Mr. S. Angus in the Ipoh First airt yesterday. The charges were: (1) making a false statement in a declaran before a
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    HUT DAMAGED BY FIRE
    87 11 Ipoh Brigade Called Out Ipoh. A fire which broke out in the early hours of Sunday morning, near Menglembu town, caused considerable damage to an attap-hut owned by a vermicelli-hawker. It was stated that a lighted lamp which accidentally fell was the cause of the fire.
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    TALL SCORING IN INTER-ARMY FOOTBALL.
    107 11 Reuter. British Beat Allies 8-2 London, March 15. The British Army beat The Allied Armies by 8 goals to 2at Stamford Bridge at soccer. A large crowd encouraged the Allies in every way but they were no match for the clevex British forwards and half
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    FORGERY ALLEGED AGAINST MALAYS
    288 11 Six Committed For Trial Ipoh. At the conclusion of a preliminary inquiry into a foigery case before Che Samsudin bin Main, the Ipoh Second Magistrate yesterday, six Malays, Mohammed Zam, Abdullah. Mat Isa, Mohammed Zain, Hamzah and Ismail were committed for trial in the Supreme Court
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    POINTS SHARED IN SECOND DIVISION LEAGUE
    302 11 Second Strings Of Fortress And C.R.C. Draw The Penang Fortress drew with the second string of the Chinese Recreation Club, sharing two goals in a Se= cond Division League soccer match played yesterday at the Victoria Green. Ar the start, play was confined to
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    FIREWOOD COOLIES’ STRIKE
    185 11 No Agreement Reached Yet Taiping No agreement has been reached yet in the strike of over 200 firewood coolies in the Port Weld District, which commenced on Friday last, following a demand for an increase of wages. Taiping is already experiencing a rush to buy firewood and
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    IPOH FOOTBALL LEAGUE COMPETITION
    454 11 Corinthians Not Participating This Year Ipoh. The non-participation of the Ipoh Chinese Corinthians, last year's cup winners and past League champions, in this year’s First Division Football League competition will cause a surprise to local fans. The Corinthians have been the soccer giants of the State
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    K.V.F. “B” COY SPORTS
    68 11 The Kedah Volunteer Force “B” Cby. held their sports meeting at the Pubfla Padang on Sunday evening before a good crowd. The meet was a great the programme consisting of 12 events. At the conclusion of the sports, lAr~ Oolonel H R. Walden of the Harvard
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    British Honour For Greek Commander-in-Chief
    126 12 1 Italians Showing Signs Of Exhaustion London, March 18. rpHE Greek Commander-in-Chief, Lieutenant General Alexander Pagapos, is to by made Honorary Knight Grand «Cross (Military Division) of the Order of the British Empire, it is announced in London. —Reuter. Italians on the Albanian front are
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    CHINESE FOUND DROWNED IN POOL
    239 12 Coroner Returns Open Verdict Ipoh “There is no conclusive evidence in this case to enable me to determine how the deceased came by his death. There is the likelihood that the deceased was accidentally drowned bu in the absence of definite proof I return an
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    TAIPING CIVIL DEFENCE SERVICES
    95 12 Inspection By C.-In-C. Far East Taiping. All the passive defence services in Taiping, the A.B.P. Organisation, the Local Defence Corps, the St. John Ambulance Association and the Auxiliary Fire Service, will parade outside the New Club, Old Residency Road, at 2 p.m. on Wednesday for inspection
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    BREACH OF TRUST CASE
    74 12 Ipoh. A lawyer’s clerk, Charles John, •pleaded guilty yesterday before Mr. S. Angus in the Ipoh First Magistrate’s Court, to two charges of criminal breach of trust in respect of sums amounting to. $35 and $ll respectively, -while being employed as clerk to Mr. Kit S.
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    MARKET PRICES
    51 12 TUESDAY. MARCH 18. TIN: Penan S $134 50 Business done 75 tons Singapore $134 50 *UBBER: Penang Spot 381 c Singapore Spot 38 &gt; c COPRA: *2.85 buyers Black Pepper Nominal TAPIOCA: Medium $8 w&gt; SeUerg s7 60 Se,!ers Rangoon Parboiled No 1 $9.52 Rangoon Parboiled Nu 2
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    R.A.F.'s Part In Recapture Of Berbera
    100 12 .—Reuter. Cairo, March ib l\lO7' only R.A.F. bombers and fighters but R.A I‘. armoured ears went into action in active co-operation with the Army and Navy in a successful assault on Berbera. Part of the R.A.F. is described in an additional communique issued from
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    CORRESPONDENTS IN PENANG
    144 12 Headquarters At Singapore In order to “cover" fully Malaya's war preparedness »nd local reaction to any aggressive moves ’by Japan, foreign newspaper correspondents, radio men and newsreel cameramen have recently arrived in big numbers and have made Singapore their headquarter». Many of these newspaper men and newsreel
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    Germans Nervous Over Coastal Shipping In Norway
    123 12 —Reuter Condon. March ib‘ tierman nervousness regarding Norwegian coastal shipping finds expression in a fresh decree limiting its freedom of movement and enacting penalties that may extend to death, according to the N orwegian Telegraph Agency The new order which is issued by
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    CYCLIST AND LORRY IN COLLISION
    124 12 Chinese Admitted To Hospital Ipoh. Neoh Thian. Earn, a young Hokkien niee seller, is now lying in the District Hospital, Ipoh. with injuries on the head and legs as a result of a motor accident which occurred at the junction of Anderson Road and Clare
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    AFGHAN TRADE MISSION
    66 12 —Reuter. Arrival At Singapore On Way To Japan Singapore. March 17 The Afghan trade delegation headed toy Mr. Ghu'am Ghaus. Vice-Minister of the Ministry of National Economy, have reached here on their way to Japan &lt;a here they are invit'd t? study economic development and improve trade
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    CHINESE CLAIM ANOTHER MILITARY SUCCESS
    163 12 Kwanghai Captured Aftei Hard Fighting Chungking, March 17 Ihe Chinese claim another military success with the capture of Kwanghai in Southern Kwangtung Province. The town fell yesterday after three days’ heavy fighting at the end of which much ammunition and machine-guns fell into Chinese hands.
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    RATIONING OF RICE IN TOKYO
    49 12 —Reuter. Tokyo, Mar. 17 Rice, the staple food of the Japanese, will be compulsorily rationed in the Tokyo Prefecture from April I. This is the first time that rice is rationed in Japan since the outbreak of the war with China four years ago.—Reuter.
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    PRINCE BERNHARD FUND
    84 12 —Reuter. New Headquarters Officially Opened Batavia. March 17. The Prince Bernhard Fund and Spitfire Fund have been amalgamated and contributions are coming in steadily from all parts of the Netherlands East Indies. The new building in which the combined funds have established their quarters was officially opened
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    Progress Of A.R.P. In Alor Star
    237 12 Teachers And Boys Serving Alor Star. An air raid shelter has been constructed by the Police in Alor Star. Another shelter, which is fast nearing completion. is being made by the boys of the Sultan Abdul Hamid College. Both shelters are mainly composed of
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    TAIPING CHINESE RUBBER ASSN.
    91 12 Gift Of S 10,000 For School Building Fund Taiping A donation 01 j&gt; 10.0'0 qy the Taiping Chinese Rubber Association to the Hwa Lian School Building Fund h is been announced, and it is understood that the Association has also promised further donations to the Building
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    OUTSTATION WEEK-END CRICKET MATCHES
    501 12 Victoria Institution Pupil Scores Century Kuaia Lumpur A school record was broken at the Victoria Institution on Saturday, when S. Ratnam and S D William put on 186 runs for the second wicket, thus beating the previous-best partr.eiship of 170 made by Hera Singh and Aziz
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    NAZISM DENOUNCED
    52 12 Reuter. Resolution By Italian Chamber Of Princes New Delhi, March 17 Indian reaction to Nazi methods appears in a resolution passed unanimously today by tite Chamber of Princes expressing “deep abhorrence of the callous Nazi violation of all international laws and morality, culminating in the shameless bombing of
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    ATHLETES WHO ARE UNFIT
    239 12 What Army Doctors Have D iscovered Gordon Richards, leading British jockey, is the latest in a long list of Al sportsmen graded C&lt;3 for military purposes. writes a London correspondent ot Sunday Sun (Sydney). Darby Munro and Jimmy Duncan are the only- Australians who are in
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    WOODERSON RUNS TWENTIETH
    84 12 Carter Scores His Seventh V ictory Sydney Wooderson, the mile record holder, finished twentieth in the five miles match between Belgrave, the English cross-country champions and Blackheath, at Wimbledon. Belgrave won by 30 points—6l to 91. Wooderson. lacking constart hard racing since he joined the Army, could
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    PENANG TURF CLUB GOLF
    75 12 The Ladies Medal. Stroke Competition, will be played on Thursday, 20th March The Men's Medal, Stroke Competition, will be played on Saturday and Sunday', 22nd and 23rd March Chung Ah Ming Cup Entries for the Chung Ah Ming Cup Competition are now- open and will close
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    NAZI JUSTICE IN NORWAY
    183 12 -Reuter Judges Overruled By Quisling’s Men London. March 17 A new people's court established by the Quislings in Oslo has airea be.-un work, state Norwegian circles in London where details have been received of t:. procedure in the first case brought before it. Sixteen Labour membe
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    STOCK EXCHANGE
    64 12 —Reuter. Favourably Influenced By Roosevelt’s Speech London. March !&lt;• The Stock Exchange was cheerful favourably influenced by Roosevelt’s speech ar.’, the tit met goslav attitude. Industrials met fair general inquiry with &lt; OU!tIU special feature advancing tw&lt; ’“o to 29 on the American Viscose Gilt-edged turned dull but
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