Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 19 March 1941

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  • 22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE LAST EDITION ESTAB. 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY jlq, 66. 01. XCIX. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1941. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 251 1 UNCERTAIN OF ATTITUDE OF TURKEY Nazi Attempt To Reach Understanding PRESIDENT INEUNIPS REPLY KEPT SECRET Stockholm, March 19. |DIPLOMATIC action is proceeding with the object of reaching complete understanding between Ge rmany and Turkey says the Allehanda’s correspondent in Berlin. He adds that
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  • 146 1 fteuter. BIG WELCOME PLANNED Carsberra, March 19. Mr. Fadden, Acting Prime Minuter of Australia announced last night that a United States naval squadron of seven warships now on a training cruise is arriving in Sydney on Thursday. “Its visit,” he said, “will give us a
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  • 130 1 I.—Reuter. London, March 19. Two German bombers were intercepted and shot down into the sea off the coast of Britain yesterday. Two British fighter’s returning w ith ammunition, exhausted, were attacked by a number of enemy fighters and shot down. Both pilots are
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  • 244 1 Tokio, March 19. y \PANESE naval aircraft raided Chungking yesterday afterJ noon inflicting heavy damage, according to an announcement by the Japanese Fleet in Central China sea waters. i—Reuter. ft is claimed that some aircraft scored direct hits on military targets in the city while other
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  • 183 1 Reuter. Unity Of British People Loudon, March 19. r l 1 HE unity and determination of the British people to stand firm and carry on to win the war was the theme of a broadcast speech by Mr. Herbert Morrison, Home Security Minister, last night. He
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  • 491 1 t.— Reuter. Quick Approval Urged I Washington, March 19. tIpHE United States House of Re- I presentatires yesterday began its debate on the seven billion dollars >nd to Britain appropriation. The House was confronted with a tersely worded warning from, the Appropriutions Committee that
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  • 150 1 ITALIAN COUNTER-ATTACKS DRIVEN BACK Cairo. March 19. VERY severe fighting is |<oceeding on the Keren front in Eritrea in a temperature of 105 degrees. Exact details are yet lacking but it is believed there lias (teen band-te-hund fighting in this mountain warfare. The enemy is
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  • 36 1 I —Reuter. London, March 19. A remittance of £l,OOO from the Central British War Fund, Shanghai, among contributions received today, makes the total of the Lord Mayor’s national air raid distress fund £2,286,000.—Reuter.
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  • 30 1 Reuter London, March 19 Mahatma Gandhi’s secretary, w’ho was recently released from gaol, is reported to have been arrested on Tuesday under the Defence of India rules.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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  • 999 2 THREE U-BOATS SUNK: "WE ARE HITTING BACK HARD" London, March 18. at the Piigjri ms luncheon in London yesterday, Mr. Churchill said that the Battle of the Atlantic is one of the most momentous ever fought in all the annals of war. “Not only German
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  • 45 2 —Reuter Berlin, March id. A MEXICAN citizens in Unoccupied France nave been asked by the United States Embassy to leave, according to a Pans despatch to the Official News Agency. It adds that their permits wil! not be renewed —Reuter
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  • 122 2 —Reuter. Madrid, March 18. The German Foreign Office spokesman is now refusing to answer questions about Germany’s intentions towards Greece, writes the Berlin correspondent of the newspaper, “Ya,” while a big press and radio campaign against Greece is going on. It is regarded in Berlin
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  • 116 2 '—Reuter. Mr. Fraser On Lease Or Lend Act Wellington. March 18 The turning point of the war" was the description applied by Mr. Fraser. New Zealand Prime Minister. to the Lease or Lend Act in a statement before leaving for Auckland to meet the visiting United
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  • 201 2 l— Reuter. Mr. Harriman On Hi* Mission London. March 18. Tne wholehearted assurance that “the American people mean business” was given by Mr. Avere’l Harriman. President Roosevelt’s personal representative, in defining io the British press the aim of his mission "to assist in supplying material aid
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  • 44 2 —8.0. W Rugby, March 18 A guv of ±y>oo which the Ceiylon Planters Association has sent to the Colonial Secretary to be dealt with as he thinks fit, has been allocated to the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Manners Royal Benevolent Society.—B.O.W
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  • 511 2 ENEMY'S PLIGHT IN KEREN London, March 18. Keren, which will decide the fate of Italian Eritrea perhaps the whole Italian East Africa, now appears to be an increasingly desperate position, according to reports from British and Italian sources in the last twenty-four
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  • 64 2 —ROW Rugby, March 18 A requiem was sung this morning in St. James’ Roman Catholic Church, London, for Senor Senoret, Chilean Ambassador to Britain, who died in Lisbon last Tuesday. Those present included the Earl of Eldon representing the King, Commander Thompson representing the Prime Minister, the
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  • 226 2 Bangkok. March 18 Official comments unanimously hail the peace terms as a success for Thailand and emphasise ThaDand’s gratitude for Japan though a section of the press hints that Thailand expected something better. The Premier, Luang Fibula Songgram, appealing to the public to celebrate the
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  • 58 2 —Reuter. Lone Urn, Ma. -ch ifi More atreraft, both bombers and fighters, were produced in Britain during the short month of February than m any previow, month du mg the zoar. This annentneement made vn the House of Commons today by Col J J LleueUHn,
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  • 512 2 London, March 18. 'J'HL epic story of the recapture of Berbera. capital of British Somahland, is told in a cable re< rived from Aden today. At one pomt the success of the whole operation depended on fintr men in a boat stealing silently towards the Somaliland
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  • 269 3 Sydney. A YEAR ago, Mr. Henry Brooke, of Lime-street, Wentworthville, with his four children, founded the Parramatta Blood Donors’ Club. Despite recent loss of members mugh war enlistments, the club to.<y has a membership of 95 men and women, willing to submit to a blood
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  • 129 3 Ahmedabad, Match 16 A T the first Depressed Classes Politi- cal Conference of Gujerat, held here today, Dr. B. R Amvedkar, the President, proposed that a settlement -should be created in uncultivated and waste forest land for solving the economy problem of the
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  • 63 3 Delhi, March 16. The population of the Peshawar District has increased by 25 per cent, since 1931, accoiding to the provisional figures issued by the Census authorities in that province. The population of Sind records an increase of between 13 per cent and per cent, in
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  • 1249 3  -  Tell them now about BY LADY RHONDDA IF the Press is the Fourth Estate of the Realm, propaganda to enemy and enemyoccupied countries is in wartime the fourth Service arm. It is not surprising, therefore, that although it is just about as difficult to follow the details
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  • 414 3 r if VF THAT ANY MAN COULD STAND UP TO “IT IS HARD TO BELIFAL THA NEVER LEAVING THE PHYSICAI MEN WHEN BOMBS WER.E rMN THE BRIDGE DAY OR NIGH reMA i N APPARENTLY UNING FROM THE IN s O F THE SYDNEY DID.” AFFECTED BUT CAPT
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  • 529 3 SOMEWHERE IN ABYSSINIA. PENETRATING MILES THROUGH DENSE JUNGLE, IN WHICH LIONS WERE THE LEAST OF THE DANGERS, I HAVE MET THE STRANGE LEADER OF THE BRITISH MILITARY MISSION WHICH, IN REMARKABLE FASHION, FAYED THE WAY FOR THE BRITISH ADVANCE INTO ERITREA, (WRITES AN AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED
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    • 263 3 BRUSH YOUR TEETH THE SAFE®WAY YOUHSMMNUST r d US( m CHMU charming smile may mean a great deed in VMr ffie, and you must guard it with fee greatest care. Behind the gleam- z ing wiute of your teeth dangerous decay may be setting in. without you ■ran knowing of
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous

  • 325 4 500 WAITING TO JOIN FORCE Singapore. THE Singapore Volunteer Police force is being expanded from its present strength of 130 officers and ranks to 250. Five hundred names are on the waiting list to join the force, and interviewing of applicants with a view to selecting suitable
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  • 269 4 Six Months .For Chinese Kuala Lumpur. Sentence of six months’ rigorous imprisonment to be followed by three years’ police supervision, was passed on a young Chinese named Chia Leong Fook, who was convicted by Mr. G. L Howe, the First Magistrate. Kuala Lumpur, of committing house-break-ing. It
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  • 256 4 Association In Sound Position Singapore. eTHE sound financial position of the Singapore Shorthand Writers’ Association was commented upon at the thirty-third annual general meeting held at its premises in Rangoon Road There was a large attendance. Mr. Loke Weng Chee, the chaiiman, reviewing the year’s activities,
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  • 33 4 Bombay. Mai ch 16. A Standing Committee has been appointed by Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru to make arrangements for carrying into effect the resolution adopted by the Non-Party Leaders' Confeience.
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  • 889 4 Causes Of Desert Failure /BY MAJOR-GENERAL SIR CHARLES GWYNN> IN THE WESTERN DESERT OPERATIONS HAVE PROCEEDED WITH CLOCKWORK REGULARITY. THE RESULTS ACHIEVED HAVE BEEN AMAZING IN THE! R COMPLETENESS. THERE MAY BE MORE TO < OME. BI T THERE IS TIME FOR AN INTERIM STOC K
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  • 121 4 Hoshiarpur, March 16. In addressing the annual convocation of the Zamindar College here today Mian Abdul Haye, Minister of Education, paid a tribute to the gallantry and traditions of the people of the province, and particularly to the Hoshiarpur District. In the last war, he said,
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  • 481 4 HOW AIRMEN LEARN THEIR JOB training—that is to say, the imitation of conditions in the air by means of devices on the ground—has produced many ingenious contrivances. Bomb-aimers, for in.Mance learn their job in an A.M.L Teacher the most curious feature of which is a horizontal cinema
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  • 195 4 ILS. TESTS KI-AX'V METHODS Auckland. QISTER Elisabeth K method of infantile Pment vindicated in the United >- es Minnesota University has as the basis for futux disease. Sister Kenny arrive way to Australia, aftei s: America, where she went the Queensland Governmen She will spend only e Australia
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    • 43 4 DRIVE AT YOUR car's most AOTFSHr ECONOMICAL SPEED !N ORDER to CONSERVE P ITROL per-qa Hon with ENGINE 7 JnNECESSARKY tyour motor cart BECAUSE ONLY A FIRST GRADE RAPID ACCEIFRATION! OR DECELERATION WASTES FUEL O E VES mAxiniuin miiEs i.v PER-GALLUn |6??;i NS®
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    • 39 4 WHAT A i i r, H I 1 WwAa .'Yr* I i/ I 1 1- Ltl/aW I 1! -11 i”' v x LOVEM AND LEAVEM M TAey w«nb*s keep you here long, pel. Giria IkJm something pretty to dress."
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    • 128 5 FUN FROLIC PARK WEDNESDAY, I9TH MARCH, 1941 CANTONESE OPERA: “CHEONG SEO NG BEY YAN" Part 3 PEONY' OPERA; “HOONG KOOK LAN" Last part. NOOR AN OPERA: “INDRA BANGSA WAN” Last Part. LIBERTY TAI.KIES: “YOKE MOH” Mandarin Talkie. Free standing space allotted 2 Shows nightly. “KWAN SEE TONG:” The love exploits
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    • 173 5 TONIGHT LADIES GUEST NIGHT AT THE NEW WORLD WEDNESDAY, 19TH MARCH, 1941 “MYSTERIES OF THE BLACK CHAMBER” EUROPEAN ARTISTES Tables flying in the air. .Chairs moving without human aid. The flying Devil Girls appearing and disappearing Skeletons doing the Jitterbug. Most Astounding Feats. Weird Spooky Supernatural Truly Amazing BLACK MAGIC
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    • 313 5 MAJESTIC 3 SIMMS ITODAY 3. 6.15 9.30 P. W. Krought Over To Continue Itn Sensational Successful Season—At usual Prices Of Admissi wi MATINEES: 15, 25 60 CTS DOWNSTAIRS Charles Chaplin In His Latest Comedy THE GREAT DICTATOR” With Paulette Goddard Jack Oakjn— Henry Ikuneil Billy Gilbert Maurice Moscovich Released by
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    • 418 5 iinHiiHiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiDiiiiiiiiiiiiiiininiiiiiiiiiK' THE HAPPIEST FUNNIEST COMEDY HIT OF THE NEW SEASON! P'SJh AND THE HAPPIEST WAKNEB BROS. HIT OF ALL! 10 0 i JUST WAIT TILL YOU SEE IT! X-T -g-jur y .-yryrw O n £3l T IO n El O i SF. OW. IL^ THE GREATEST GF ALL THE ANDY
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    • 43 5 QUEEN’S OPENS TODAY h 3.30. 6.30 9.30 p.m. Yet Another Outstanding Chinese Picture MISS VIOLET KOO in “MADAM LEE SHANG CHUEN” (with full English Sub-titles) SEE: —The Manchu Shelling The Wall Of Ming Dynasty With 300 Year Old m Cannons! Actioa Excitement Thrills
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  • 497 6 r pHE recapture of Berbera proves definitely that when and wherever necessary, the British can turn the tables on the enemy. At the beginning of December last. General Wavell set his forces in motion and from the very first, it has been most heartening. JCvery one has
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  • 68 6 ODEON CINEMA: "Andy Hardy Debutante.” 3, 6 15 and 9 30 p m MAJESTIC CINEMA: Charlie Chaplin in “The Great Dictator." 3, 6.15 and 9.30 p.m. REX CINEMA: "Tugboat Annie Sails Again.” 3, 6.15 and 9.30 p.m. QUEEN’S CINEMA: Miss Violet Koo in “Madam Lee Sriang Chuen”
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  • 238 6 biggest Screen Contributions ILM fans with long memories! can help the Selection Committee of the British Film Institute. It has just compiled a list of 12 stars who have made the greatest contribution to the cinema Further suggestions will be welcomed. The list is: Theda L>ara. creator
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  • 790 6 Wednesday, March 19. cT'ilE question of granting seven billion dollars aid to Britain is now being considered in the I .S. House of Representatives which, at the opening session yesterday, was confronted with a tensely worded note from the Appropriations Committee that this sum
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    • 302 6 pDf i-Y NATURE for Constipation leads to endless trouble I Nature has decreed that the Bowel" shall operate regularly —at least once a day. Lk fiance or neglect of this lav* leads to many kinds of |g suffering, including Headaches. Bad Breath, Biliousness. Indigestion. Pimples, etc. S Constipation also makes
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    • 32 6 fcr La I i' v I I A C€P€A CASHION J Vi EAK CEPEA HOYPARELLE SIX LINE FAST COLVlii GLAKaNTKE. IN TILE NEWEST COLOURINGS AND DESIGNS. Sole Agents: HENRY WAUGH CO., LTD.
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    • 39 6 ii I el S L S JUXSn COMPANy r''t ’iu»K© nona submi Mart; >29. TANJOHG BUNGAJ* PE UM. For your convenience send your tyrse to our Sales Depot, 11 Light Street Penang, Phone 4121. youg OLD. •4 T rftes/
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  • 212 7 MALAGA CAPABLE OF DEFENDING HERSELF Inspection Of Perak I 'olunteers IPOD, TODAY. A 1R CHIEF MARSHAL SIR ROBERT BROOKE-POPHAM, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, FAR EAST ARRIVED IN IPOH AT 10.20 A.M. BY AIR FROM KUALA LUMPUR. HE WAS RECEIVED AT THE AERODROME BY LT. COL. STAVLEY. M.Q OFFICER OMMANDING,
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  • 465 7 KUALA LUMPUR STARTS SERVICE FOR THE WELL TODO trv iTu.O Malaya i» «bout the only <onnU ’«mdder.id -infra dig” U> travel iu a puiX the FMS u. bU T" which are outside Xuhl not travll I"’" think of many reawns why be should not travel
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  • 107 7 Listeners who heard Dorothy Helmnch’s delightful recital of songs on Monday will welcome the news that she will be singing again from the Singapore Station tonight (Wednesday, March 19) at 8 50. Her attractive presentation of her programme is something quite new to listeners in
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  • 183 7 More Public Shelters Butterworth. Province Wellesley’s steady progress in the matter of A.K.P. was revealed at this morning’s meeting of the Rural Board, when Mr. E. T. F. Elbury, the Executive Engineer, reported that 12 large and five small public shelters and one small private shelter
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  • 254 7 DELIVERY ORDERS GOT DISHONESTLY Kuala Lumpur. Alleged to have cheated the Impciial Chemical Industries (Malaya) Ltd., by falsely representing to Mr. C H. Tilley, the Kuala Lumpur branch manager, that regular customers of repute wished to buy fertilisers which, in fact, was not i time, a
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  • 37 7 The usual Y.W.C.A. monthly tiffin will be held tomorrow. (Thursday) from 1 o’clock. The menu is: Bariey and Leek soup. Roast fillet of Beef. Boiled Potatoes and shredded cabbage. Ribbon Layer cream. Cheese and Biscuits.
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  • 176 7 No Fear Even Of Nazi Threats German occupation ofi Bulgaria will not stop our resistance We arc a small nation, is true but our national spirit cannot be subdued, even by Nasi threats, thus declared J/. L)cmetic Alexiou, a Creek officer now in Penang, token interviewed by
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  • 51 7 New Delhi, March ly. I aj spokesman av.n >iinc■d that Indian Trade Commissioners is shortly to be ip pointed to Canada and South. America. Sir P. C. James suggested m the assembly that the app- intn.ent of representatives ,r Burma and Malava should o.o: be
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  • 268 7 Hr. H.D'E. Darby 11VEWS of the death in Britain of Mr. H. D'Esterre Darby, one of rhe founders of Sime. Darby I and Company, is contained in a cable received a few days ago by I his cousin living in Perak. Mr. Darby came from
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  • 260 7 Father And Son Agree To Arbitration 4 DISPUTE over the ownership of a tongkang led to the A appearance of a father and son in the Supreme Court yesterday but just before trial the parties agreed to arbitration and the case was postponed to the
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  • 146 7 Workers Expected Back The strike situation on rubber estates in the Batu Tiga and Klang districts is improving and the chances are tliat by this morning, a large proportion of those who have gone» out on the estates will be back at work. The workers
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    • 186 7 V IrNICORN jam in the new ecorurwitcal one pound tin contains 33% more tongue tempt- w pure sunriped fruit pulp than a 12 oz. 83 tin holds, but the cost is barely 20% higher. H Ii Make certain you obtain Unicorn jam. look for the Unicorn sticker. H Ij I
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES QUOTATIONS
    • 452 8 Issued by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association (Penang and Ipoh sections) at noon 19th March, 1941 Issue Buyers Sellers 4/0 Ainpat Tin 3/0 3/6 5/0 Austral Amai 6/3 6/6ex £1 Austral Malay 33/6 35/0 5/0 Ayer Hitam 18/0 19/0 $1 Ayer Weng .721 -77 i £1 Bangrm Tin 13/0 14/0
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    • 240 8 Issue Buyers Sellers Allenby 1-10 1.15 Alnr Gajah 77$ .82 Amal. Malay 1.60 1.70 Aver Hitam 0.85 0.90 Ayer Molet 1074 1.12$ Ayer Pauas 0.97 J 1.02$ Bassett -39 .41* Bate Lintang 1.04 1.07 Bedford 0.80 085 Benta 971 1.02 Boreik 1324 1.40 Broga -55 .58 Brunei United 0.49
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    • 352 8 Lssue Buyers Sellers A£l Austral N.Z. Ora. 22/0 23/0 $2 Alex Brick Ord 1.371 1.92$ $2 Alex Brick 7/& Pref 2 10 2 15 $5 B. M T. 7 50 7.75 Chartered Bank £Bs £9 £1 Con. T. S. Ord 16/6 17/0 £1 Ccn. T. S. 7% Pref 19/9
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    • 203 8 MINmNG Dividend Books Close Payable Austral Amal 3d. lsd. Bonus 15.3.41 28 3 41 Burma Malay M. 20 3.41 27 341 Idris 25% int. L.T 3 4 4l Kinta Tin 7 5% Int. L. T 28 Kuchai Tin I<>% Int. 15.3.41 21.3 41 Lingui Tin 5%
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  • 437 8 Experiments Of 3 African Scientists Three scientists, who carried out exptrunents in Africa, have challenged Dr Alfred Clark’s views on the nutritive value of cassava root. Dr Clark in a report on manioc poisoning, which, it is learned, is now with the Agricultural Department, alter carefully
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  • 155 8 Statistics for the month of February Katu Tin 589 hours run, 120.000 cubic yard.'» treated. Tin ore won 920 piculs, Estimated cast. $23.000, Cast per cubic yard 19 17 cents. Renong Corisolidated 639 hours run 260,000 cubic yards treated. Tin ore won 721 piculs Estimated cost $24.000 Cast
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  • 110 8 Factories’ Big Output Speaking at the annual meeting of die Imperial Bank of Canada on Canada's help for Britain. Mr. A. E. Phipps, the president, skated that the annual output ot factor’d ’used for war purposes in Canada was estimated at $800.000.000, and added, “this figure must
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  • 62 8 Penang, March 18, 1941. By Courtefty of the Chartered Bank.) SELLING London Demand 2/4 3/32 New York, Demand 4716 Montreal Demand 51.91 2atavia Demand 88 82 ''"alcutta. Bombav) Rangoon Demand) 156 Hongkong Demand 53 5/8 Shanghai Demand 12 1/4 Tanan Demand 193 1/2 Nfw Zealand Demand 2/10 7/8
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  • 1141 8 Satisfactory Improvement in Results Tiie eighth ordinary general meeting of South Malay Rubber Plantations (1932), Limited, was held at the Office oi the Company, 16, Philpot Laue, London, E.C. 3, Mr. Robert Stewart (chairman, of the company), presiding. A representative of the Secretaries (Messrs. Lyall, Anderson
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  • 137 8 j Yesterday’s Close Previously TIN: ’LONDON “Spot” £271 5. 0. £272. 0 0. ‘Forward" £269. 0. 0 £269 15. 0 SINGAPORE t “Spot” $134.5« Business done 75 tons 75 tons PENANG “Spot” $134 50 1134.25 RUBBER: LONDON “Spot” 14 HBd 14 l(8d “Forward" 14 i|Brf 14 l|BdTone Firm
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    • 231 8 BANKS r m 1 ri i— t aggros L MM j SAVINGS I %nc fo dollar saved is an extra dollar earned. A Savings Account la the best M Inducement to save. 1.. .To have a Savings Account and to see this account grow from time to time Is to
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  • 460 9  -  "Men in Print. By T. E. Lawrence. (The Golden Cockerel Press. FiveHundred copies at Two Guineas ruft and a "special edition, liiaited fa» thirtj copies, at Ten Guinean net.) By PROF. B. IFOK EVANS The Golden Cockerel Press has pub-’ lished in a beautiful edition five liter-
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  • 253 9 Mr. C. R. Reddrs Proposals Delhi, Mai ch 12. Mr. C. R. Reddi, Vice Chancellor of the Andhia University, has outlined proposals as an alternative to the Muslim suggestion for the creation of a separate Muslim territorial enclave known as the Pakistan Scheme Mr. Reddi insists
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  • 281 9 London. THE hazards and thrills of air pilots who lay mines in the enemy’s coastal shipping routes are described in 'the Air Ministry’s news service. The planes, loaded with mines fly in the coldest weather, from which the pilots have little,
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  • 202 9 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1941. Postage Latest Time of Destination Letters Postcards Superscription Posting at Penang per oz. each Ordinary AIR MAILS Wed. 19th inst. Ipoh, K. Lumpur Wearnes Air Singapore .10 .05 Services 1.30 p.m. 1 p-m» EUROPE All destinations 1.30 .65 Air to New York 1.90 .95
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 2946 9 Gvmsastics. 530 Ivor Morewn and Dave t "HI’NT'KING aggm% I Xwy, W M Bf I Kajit (Plane duo] 6.05 Classical concert vL*F4 I MHL wl Bist 6-35 Radio Oranje. 6.60 The news jMftwS I 'dWgSa I war IL W V I .Jfl 7 5C Variety. 8.2 C Song Alla Baas
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  • 352 10 “DON’T JOIN THE AXIS TRIPARTITE PACT” Promise Of Military Ami •r Financial Aid London, March 18 The “Daily Telegraph’s” Ankara correspondent says that it is reported here that a Soviet note was handed to the Yugoslavs last week and is responsible for their hesitation to conclude
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  • 129 10 Reuter. Call For Unity By Mr. Fadden Sydney, Mar. 18 A belief that before long Australia might have to face a severe and sudden crisis was expressed by Mr. Fadden, Acting Prime Minister, in a speech here. Mr. Fadden reiterated his warning that the Commonwealth
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  • 130 10 .—Reuter. Part Played By U.S. And Canadian Scientists Ottawa, March 18. Canadian and American scientists had “played no mean part” in developing devices against night bombing now being used tn Britain, accoi fling to a statement by the Canadian Air Minister in the House of Commons.
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  • 932 10 PRELIMINARY BAG OF 800 PRISONERS Advance After Six W eeks Preparation Khartoum, March 18 (By Reuter’s special correspondent on the Keren front.) Eight hundred Italian prisoners were among the preliminary bag when British and Imperial troops stormed the heights dominating the vital stronghold of Keren
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  • 170 10 ’.—Reuter. MR. MENZIES' TRIBITE TO PREMIER London. March 18. "Mr. Churchill is to use an Australian iphru-e—a bobby dazzler.’ a real crackeri jack who thrives on combat.” This tribute to the British Prime Minister was paid by tiu Australian Prime Minister. i Mr. Menzies. in
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  • 239 10 Reuter. President Roosevelt On Free Unman Spirit Washington. March 18. President Roosevelt paid a warm tribute to the mobility of the free human spirit when he dedicated on Monday tire United States’ first National Gallery of Art with an almost priceless collection of paintings and
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  • 50 10 —Reuter. Rome, March 18. The former Rumanian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister. M. Argetoianu. was today acquitted b> Bucharest courts on charges concerning the use of public funds, states a Bucharest dispatch which adds that he was justified in using the funds entrusted to his care.
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  • 377 10 —BOW Anxiety Tempered With Confidence London ?Jarci; ig Twenty-five vessels totalling 98,83“' were sunk bv enemy action in th ending March 9 MO, the Admi~ua nounces.' They comprise tv. 3 vessel- ot 84,244 tons an seis of 14.588 tons. The German claims for
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  • 46 10 —Reuter. Washington, Mar. 18 It is learned that the United States Government had received a “tip’' that a Xazi submarine is being brought across the Atlantic to operate in waters close to American shores presumably off the Atlantic coast. —Reuter.
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  • 453 10 FIRST BATCH OF 22 TO LEAN E \T RATE OF ONE PER DAY Washington, March lb The first of 22 bombers for the R.A.F. is leaving Dayton. Ohsr late tonight, stated members of the United States Arm\ Corps today. All planes, Boeing four-engined long-range bombers,
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  • 44 10 B.—Reuter. Cannes. March 18. M. Nicolas Titulescu. th e creator of the Little Entente and former Rumanian Foreign Minister and for ten years Minister in London, who had been lying ill here, died just before midnight at the age of 58.—Reuter.
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    • 130 10 NEW YORK VIA CAPE DUE TO ARRIVE x PRES. JOHNSON (tia Panama) Api. 3 i x JOHN LYKES (via Panama). Apl 7 PRES. JACKSON A P I 8 PRES. GRANT A P I 11 x PRUSA (via Panama). Apl. IS PRES. HARRISON Apl 22 x PRES. FILLMORE (via Panama) Apl
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  • 1305 11 HARD-FOUGHT FIRST DIVISION GAME DECIDED BY SOLITARY GOAL Despite a series of grand rallies in the closing stages of the game, the Penang Fortress had to admit defeat at the hands of the Muslim Recreation Club in a fast and interesting First Division soccer match
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  • 146 11 Iridian* Defeat Royal English School Batu Gajah. In a friendly game of soccer the Batu Gajah Indians XI defeated the Royal English School. Batu Gajah. by three goals to one on the Town padang on Monday evening A few minutes before the interval, the Indians made
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  • 85 11 Membership Now Open To Chinese Ladies At a special general meeting held at the Clute yesterday the new rules drawn up bv the Sub-Commntet appointed at the 12th annual general meeting wen adopted with certain amendments. As a result of this, membership in the Club is now
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  • 576 11 Several Charity Functions Organised Pant Buntar. rpHE annual general meeting of the Krian Club was held at their premises, with Inche Samah bin Haji Ali, M.C.S., District Officer, Krian. in the Chair. Activities of the Club during the year was mainly directed towards
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  • 119 11 Open Competitions At Easter i Tm Penan. Sports Club will hold the follow in. Open Competitions ai Easter: MEN Stroke unpetition over -18 holes under lowest Ciao Handicap (limiter, to 18• on April 11 12. 13 and 14. Only one card may rx returned and play
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  • 147 11 Arrangement* For New P.S.C. Season I should be much obliged if you would publish the following for the information of your readers:— Nets will be up for practice un Tuesday, April 1. and during the whole oi that week. A practice game will be held on Sunday, April 6
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  • 208 11 Results Of March Competitions Batu Gajan. The following are the golf results of ,the Kinta Golf Club competitions played during this month: The Men’s Medal (Stroke) was won by E S. Willbourn BALI SWEEP First Nine Tees: Caruthers. 3 balls and F K "Wilson, 2 balls. Second
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  • 127 11 Blue Riband B.P. Beat Ferry You fibsters Tne Blue Riband B P. defeated the Ferry Youngsters B.P by 5 games to nil in a friendly return match played at the latter’s court on Sunday evening. The two remaining matches were abandoned owing to failing light. Trie following are the
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  • 109 11 Drive For Bomber Fund Ipoh. A meeting of all tm-miners in Perak !v. ill be held at the Perak Chinese Mining Association tomorrow afternoon at 2 i o’clock to consider ways and means of 'giving their fullest support to the "Mala*an Miners’ Bomber Find. The meeting
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  • 585 11 Young Malay On Trial At Perak Assizes IpOh. Alleged to nave murdered one Liew Ah Patt on the mght of October 19 last year at Telok Pial, Kuala Kurau, a yming Malay Suleiman bin Din, stood his trial before the Hon Mr Justice Murray
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  • 107 11 A bolition Of Meter Rent Asked Telok Anson. About a hundred Chinese businessmen held a meeting at Telok Anson during the week-end when it was decided to send representations to the head office of the local electrical firm, firstly, to abolish the electric meter rent
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  • 55 11 Malayan Championships At Singapore Ipoh The Malayan Badminton Championships are being held this year at Singapore and entries close on March 22. Perak player» who desire tv compete are asked to get in touch vzith Mr. Tan Cheng Phor at the Radio and General Trading Co., for further particulars
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    • 297 11 HIGHLY-STRUNG CHILDREN» are the most gifted i tri But you should watch out for these DANGER SIGNS of nervous overstrain YOU should be specially proud if your What is happening is that the~ch>M» child is the highly strung, sensitive if using up ter nervous energy more type. She is so
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  • 452 12 TRAGEDY DURING PRACTICE FLIGHT OVER KUALA LUMPUR Kuala Lumpur. A verdict of death by misadventure was returned by the Coroner yesterday afternoon when an inquest was held into the death of Mr. F. H. Stilwell, a European planter of St. Leonard’s Estate, Port Dickson,
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  • 105 12 NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER At the request of Hit» Majesty the King, Sunday, March 23, is to be observed aw a national day of prayer for strength and guidance in the days to come and of thanksgiving for blessings already received. In addition to the
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  • 153 12 Tugboat Annie Sails Again." now showing at the Hex Theatre is a grand -comedy based on a famous U.S. magazine's fict on characters. Tugboat Annie and Captain Bullwinklo. Those characters ate poitiayed by Marjorie Rambeau and Alan Hale. When the story opens Annie stands in
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  • 259 12 The Al F. had made “thousands a;'.d thousands of new friends in Malaya", said Major-General A. Gordon-Bennett G.O C.. Australian Forces, Malaya, speaking at a private party in Kuala Liimpuf General Bennett was speaking at a party given by Mr and Mrs. H BJ. Talalla
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  • 120 12 Miss Lim Swce Chin And Mr. Law Joo Liat A Chinese wedding in the old style took place in Penang yesterday when Miss Lim Swee Chin, only daughter of the lata Mr. Lim Kong Wtye and Madam Yeoh Eng Choo, als ma. -led to Mr.
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  • 186 12 New System Aimed At Improving Service As today, municipal trolley buses will only be permitted to pick up ::d set down passengers at “request stops,” which are indicated by a red band two feet wide painted on the tram way poles and will he known
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  • 207 12 '—Reuter. London,* Mnrch 19. Ahllierg in the “Dagensnyheter” examines Britain’s plans tor Europe after the war under the heading “Europe’s United States.” It declares that Britain, is also fighting for a New Order in Europe and although nothing is yet definitely stated, it is clear the
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  • 178 12 Reuter London, Match 18. Following are the home football fixtures to be played on Saturday, March 22 WAR < UP THIRD ROUND —SOUTH Cheisea v Queen's Park Rangers Mansfield v Leicester. Tottenham Hotspur v Cardiff NORTH Manchester City v Ever ton Middlesbiough v Newcastle. Sheffield United
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  • 98 12 North Malaya Total Viw 81,195,760 This month’s “Odd Cunts Campaign” among the banks has realised over $350. The War Fund in North Malaya stands at 51,495,760.61 made up of Penang $954,977.67 and Perak 5540.782.94. > c Pr> v’--uis’!y aekmv b -iged "Odd Cents
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  • 222 12 (Uy Ralph 11 allintj, Renter's air correspondent) London. March 19. PILOTS, anxious to debunk the quip that they are the gla--1 niour boys of the R.A.F. and whose one desire is to make their squadron one of which Britain and
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  • 347 12 Tragic Death Of I’adi Planter Balik Bulau The death of a Malay as a result of being struck by lightning while taking shelter from a heavy rainstorm in a small attap hut was recalled yesterday before the Balik Pulau Coroner. Mr S. T. Stewart, when
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  • 92 12 A Kedah Government Gazette wains masters of tongkangs and other vessels that booms have been constructed across the Sungei Kedah at Kuala Kedah, the Sungei Muda at Kota, and the Sungei Merbok at Tanjong Dawai. The position of each boom is indicated by a
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  • 58 12 Reuter New York, March io fNJLOR El, H J Ham Dono--an. President Roosevelt’s Imbassador-at-largc” arrived here by air after a 26,000 miles tour of European and African zones. He said he had obtained i>tt orrnation which he hoped would he of '‘zxilue to the United
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  • 390 12 MEETING OF JI STICES Two applications for first-class public hoist licencts» were dealt with by the Board of Licensing Justices at their meeting yesterday in the District Couit. Mr. H A Forrer, District Judge and First Magistiate, preside*! and others present weie Dr. W H
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  • 52 12 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19 ON: Penang $134 75 Business done 125 tons Singapore $1314 75 tUBBER: Penang Spot 38£c Singapore Spot 33 > c COPRA: Sundried 2 .90 buyers Black PepiKT Nominal TAPIOCA Medium $8 05 Sellers Fair Seed $7.65 Sellers RICE: Rangoon Parboiled No. 1 $9.52 Rangoon Parboiled
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    • 359 12 Tekram* QattO of eubscrirhon v? r Sunder Gar-’ 1 PINANG GAZETTE Local S Defiverv Eva b. Montnir $2 50 e/f, Quarterly 7 50 S ’s O Half-Yeariv 15.00 i«,Z t?’® 0 V.arlv 30.00 39 J ’46.) SUNDAY GAZETTE Local g g j. Delivery paj a Quarterly g 1.25 fi Half-Yearly
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