Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 20 March 1941

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  • 22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE LAST EDITION ESTAB. 1233 PUBLISHED DAILY IW. 67. Vol. XCIX. THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1911. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 458 1 London, March 20. a I ET no one make the mistake that Japan's programme has been -n any way abandoned,” aeclared Dr. Qso Tai-' fit, speaking at the Fabian Society luncheon. "Japan is only waiting for a favourable moment to take the plunge
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  • 32 1 Reuter London, March 20. Admiral Esteva, Resident-General of Tunis, has arrived in Vichy to confer with members of the French Government, according- to the Swiss ia 10.
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  • 71 1 Reuter. Berlin, March 20. Kin-- Boris of Bulgaria has been participating it military exercises of German > >JUif 1 os, accoiding to the Bulganin news agency quoted in a S' la dispatch to t'.e German News Agency. Ring Boris also took part in operations -f Ge
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  • 199 1 NO CHANGES IN BILL Washington, March 20. r House of Representatives has passed the 3 U appropriating £1,750.000,000 for purposes of the Lease and Ler.d Act. Voting in favour of the appropriation was 337 to 55 No changes had been made in
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  • 85 1 Fleuter. London, March 20. Practically ail foodstuffs will be subject to export licensing control to all destinations. Chief exceptions will be wines, spit its, pickles, sauces and chutneys. New additions to the control list are made in a Board of Trade order tonay. Concessions under
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  • 102 1 London To promote a post-war policy of town and country planning a new Parliamentary group, supported by peel’s and M.P.s of all parties, was formed last month Lord Balfour of Burieigh took the initiative in forming the new group. It will hold a meeting at
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  • 89 1 —Reuter. Cairo, March 20. 46TJIGIILY satisfactory on both sides,” is the description applied in authoritative British quarters here to the meeting between the British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Eden, and the Turkish Foreign Minister. M. Sarajoglu, in Cyprus yesterday. In the fortnight since their
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    23 1 This Nazi supply ship was scuttled when the crew sighted too warships later said to be American destroyers—in the Caribbean recently.
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  • 286 1 FOUR HOSPITALS BOMBED Louden, March 20 hospitals were hit -.’it-ii L udon last night reit-sieed ac-, 1 jmiiutaiicc with alt the elements of fierce raids. \\i:i raiders attacking the capital in force were met h\' intense an taircratf fire. In
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  • 85 1 Reuter. London, March 20. r I HE Lofoten raid by British and Norwegian naval units caused the greatest alarm among Germans who aie constantly tearing a repetition of that spectacular exploit. The German military authorities are planning to place garrisons on all of the hundreds
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  • 83 1 Not Seen In Berlin London. There was no sign of the presence of Quisling, the Norwegian Nazi leader, in Berlin states the Berlin correspondent of the Stockholm newspaper. “Svenska Dagbladet.” although the German official news agency announced recently that he had left Oslo foi the Geiman capital.
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  • 113 1 —Reuter. Athens, March 20. iGVV'E shall have common victory. Meanwhile we are rejoicing at your victories as if they were our own,” declared the Turkish Foreign Minister, M. Sarajoglu, to a special, correspondent, of the Athens newspaper “Ethnos” in Ankara. M. Sarajoglu added:
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  • 218 1 —Reuter Greeks Capture New Positions Athens, March 20. Following the “panic retreat” of Italians in the central sector of the Albanian front, the Greeks took possession of enemy positions on heights over 4 500 feet. In addition to material of all kinds, they captured four Officers, 18
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  • 186 1 -MARSHAL PETAIN L’RANCE’S hopes of American ai Vichy, March 20. voiced by Marshal Petain in ad to relieve her food shortage were broadcast speech at Grenoble yesterday. The Government had a heavy task, he said, and it was specially concerned with shortage of
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    • 25 1 COW GATE I I /14 f v 2&* i I I* *fr-f~i j> for North MaUiya A Penang:— I jaORTrETOWN DISPENSARY LTD., Penang and Ipoh.
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    • 67 1 “SMILER” fed on COW GATE I Agents for North Malaya <£ Fenamg:— GEORGETOWN DISPENSARY LTD, Penang and Ipoh. DESTROY PRICES WHITE ANTSir-- Scientifically. large for godowns, j tt q p factories, coolie- lines, etc. $22.50 $18.50 SMALL for indi- vidual householders JW) 550 FIELD for rubber v (rtautations and all
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  • 1021 2 COUNTER-ATTACKS REPULSED WITH HEAVY ITALIAN LOSSES Cairo. March 19. J/URTHER important positions south of Keren have bee n captured and Italian coun-ter-attacks have agai n been repulsed with serious Italian losses, says a communique issued by G.H.Q. here. The situation, the communique says, is
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  • 27 2 REUTER. U.IIRO, MARCH /<;. MR. EDEX MET THE TURKISH E( )REIGN 1 STER, M. S. IR. HOG LU. V CYPRUS OX TUESD.I)
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  • 38 2 —Reuter. Vichy, March 19. Admiral Darlan. Vice Premier, returned here today after his visit to Paris where he saw Herr Abetz. Hitler’s representative and the Comte Brinon. Marshal Petain’s representative in Occupied France.
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  • 345 2 —Reuter. London, March 19. A mixed bag of interesting topics and informative ieplies was produced in the House of Commons at question time. The implication that the Polish Premier. Central Sikorski’s recent broadcast “rocked the boat” regarding Anglo-Soviet relations; Gieek hostages illegally taken by
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  • 134 2 BO.W. Rugb'. March 19 Ir/e-resting figures relating to parcels for British prisoner.» of war in G< rmanv have been given in the House of Commons. The Financial Secretary to the War Of fl Stated 32.169 ng md c.: «12 food parceL» for British pnsont
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  • 65 2 —Reuter. Madrid. Mar. 19 Ex-King Carol’s and Madame Lupescus luggage and four dogs, which were left behind at Seville when they escaped to Portugal, are being collected by the Portuguese Count de Moira ’Aho has arrived at Seville from Lisbon The count is also settling King Carol
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  • 459 2 Itu, March 13. r pHE enemy troops along the southern bank of the Yangtse 1 opposite Ichang began to show signs of a collapse yesterday morning. Recently the number of enemy troops in that area was greatly increased to the
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  • 89 2 -8.0. W. Mr. Eden's Message Of ((nigral illations Cairo, March 19 Mi Eders. Foreign Secretary, has sent a t< legram to M. Korizis. Greek Prime Minister, expressing great pleasure at the further “brilliant success” of tbe Greeks in repelling the i ecent heavy Italian attacks.— Reuter. INF
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  • 298 2 LONDON, MARCH 19. THE ENORMITY OF THE BURDEN PLACED ON OCCUPIED COUNTRIES BY GERMANY AYAS DISCLOSED BY THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, MR. BUTLER REPLYING TO A QUESTION IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS THIS AFTF RNOON —Reuter. The total annual amount of Germandepredation
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  • 213 2 E.O W Rugby, March 19. < N Ail Ministry communique states:— Attacks by the R.A.F. on the seaports of Northern Germany were resumed on Tuesday night and we» mainly directed against dockyards and the industrial centre at Kiel. Docks and industrial targets at Wilhelmshaven and oil
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  • 236 2 —8.0. W. For U.S. Fleet Rugby, March 19. 4N svi-re iiclcome is being ai -caged at Sydney for officers and nie-n of <z sqiMdron from the United States Pacific Fleet which, on arrival tomorrow, will be met at the entrance to Port Jacksom by an official
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  • 161 2 —Reuter. Dramatic Stor\ I tit*»l'l ,-< In Nairobi Court Nairobi. March 19. A dramatic story was inioldiii crowded court here wher c <" itsumtd >n which a with the murder of pee: In an alleged statement m < January. Str Delves Bi ir-Hit that his wife
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  • 38 3 Mr. J. F. Wulfenden—her, J. A. Chamier at tilr Xlr vm.-", With Air -Couunodore England at hocke urd R <* k ’>ed 16 times for keener d tO ha e goalkeeper the country has ever produced
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  • 737 3 Al! Fit Boys, 16-18, Can Join BSTABMSHMENT This is designed to make the strongest possible appeal to even class of hoy Who has flying blood in him, (writes F G. H Salusburs n the “Daily Herald f«^ A Sir rChibald Smclair Secretary r Air declared
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  • 73 3 The Women s League of Health and i Beauty got into financial difficulties bei cause it giew too quickly', it was stated at the London Bankruptcy Court. The company, registered in October 1938, owe Ifc.OOO. “So far as assets aie concerned the story is singularly
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  • 273 3 New York. NCENSORED news of the mounting I unrest in German-occupied terriI tories filled an entire page of the “New York Times” the other day. I ihe paper recalls the conference I lecently called by Himmler to discuss this anti-German feeling, and sums up j
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  • 218 3 6 Years Sentence London. 5 A pioneer corps private. Arthur Burrows, aged 36. was at Sussex Assizes sentenced to six years' penal servitude j for the manslaughter of Provost Corl poral George Thomas Brown, an expugilist. Brown was shot with a service rifle. t The charge had
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  • 57 3 Mr. U illiam Giblin, known in Amer ica as “a two-fisted man,” is on his way to England to help with advice and’ organisation in the relief of bombed areas. He is one or the “Big Shots” of the American Red Cross, and made
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  • 755 3 Hqw Thev Defeated 1 he I talians .Hi ther details become available, the fine performance of the Imperial forces which drove the Italians back in one nibh from Kassala, on the Eritrean border, to the highlv aortihed outskirts of Keren, deep in Eritrea, is amply
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  • 205 3 s London. >. r pHE K.A.F.’s method of training fighter pilots is not fast enough for one young man in the Service. h He is barely 18— too young, say the authorities, for the hard training fighter pilots have to undergo, young though they’
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  • 300 3 CL RE-GAS ‘LABS’ London. I The more Hitler bombs Britain’s hospitals the greater grows the demand for I radon, the war-time equivalent of the radium cure. Supply i s assured. Scientists are busy at secret “hideouts” in the hills extracting this gas from radium solution for
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  • 119 3 The Italians were convinced that even if they could not destroy the defences and dockyard of Malta by bombing, they could break the spirit of the Maltese people. How little they have succeeded, these extracts from a letter from a Maltese to his brother in
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    • 128 3 An unpleasant breath' (RaKtosis) is a common danger to II womanly charm. Mouth washes will do no good, I unless the cause lies in the mouth. Moat cases o£ a bad breath are due to improper functioning of the digestive tract. A constipated system is obstructed fl with digested food
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    • 36 3 w fI AT A War} *vv x 4K s i I A.-X?' W- f I» a “-W. si’. He was a fighting man in peace time, but, of course, the tour's put paid to that garnet
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  • 350 4 SUB-CONTRACTOR GETS SIX MONTHS Singapore. is a type of crime very prevalent in Malaya today, and a genuine effort is being made to eradicate it. Your Honour will remember one particular case recently when the Imperial Government was defrauded of enormous sums of money at
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  • 227 4 Stocks Worth §lO,OOO And Over STOCKS of .U 1 goods offered for sale throughout the Colony and F.M.S. above §lO.OOO in value, .ire liable to compulsory insurance under the War Risks (Goods) Insurance Ordinance, it is understood. Owners of goods not excee<iing §lO.OOO in value are
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  • 613 4 Blackmail Case Against Chinese Singapore. Allegations that he had blackmailed a certain European from November, 1938. to January of this year, and that for manymonths, the European was paying him $l5O monthly as the “price of silence, were made against Tan Ah Lek alias
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  • 483 4 DIVORCE PETITION IN SINGAPORE Singapore. r pilE question of domicile was a moot point in a divorce suit 1 heard in the High Court before the Chief Justice. Sir Percy McElwaine. The parties. Noreen Alice D'Castro (petitioner) and R. P. D’Castro (respondent) had been born in
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  • 144 4 Miss E. McAlpine And Mr. Lakey The marriage of Miss Elizabeth McAlpine of Stirlingshire and Norman Lakey, of Newcastle, took place on Monday at the Seamen’s Chapel Singapore. The Rev. A. V. W’ardle performed the ceremony. The tride who was a sister at the Johore General
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  • 770 4 Rubber Taxation Should Re Spread Equita bly TAXATION should be spread equitably within the rubber industry, and it should take the future of the industry into account, said Mr. W. H. Macgregor in the course of his speech at the annual general meeting of the Chermang Development Ltd., held in
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  • 583 4 Question Of Bonus And Dhidends IT is suggested by the directors that the payment of a supplementaiy bonus be discontinued and in its plac# declare dividends from time to time thus allowing every member a fan and equal sum in proportion to the number of years of
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    • 99 4 End up your bridge Jong party with a satisfying snack of “Mapro’s” Malayan Mackerels They go well with bread, and the light curry gravy gives just the right touch of Malayan relish. Canned for Malaya by the Malayan Products Canning Co., Ltd. Retail depot: The Aspirant Agencies, 55 Burmah Road.
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    • 103 5 CULTIVATE THE “WEMBLEY” HABIT LEAVE THE BEST TO US Wembley Cabaret (THE HOME OF BALLROOM DANCING) TO-NIGHT: DANCING 9 PM. TO MIDNIGHT PRESENTING TO YOU AT GREAT EXPENSE pit?" J| Mi.s.s -0 Paulette Mfl White FAMOUS ARTISTE THK PRIDE OF MADAME KELV JS SPECIAL XCROBLTIC SEE HEAK M,SS PAULEITI z
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    • 21 5 FOO CHEONG CO. Furniture Manufacturers 89, Bishop Street, Penang. Phone: 636 Ipoh, Agents. FOO LOON CO., 101, Brewster Road. Phone: 875.
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 389 5 WHEN GREAT PICTURES ARE MADE, THEY'RE AT THE Jj® 1 MT Penang’a Most B 4 jK Luxurious I > I /B Air-Conditioned JL A A Theatre OPENS TODAY U ith 3 Slum’s Daily 4t 3, 6.13 9.30 p ni M4L4Y IS PREMIERE 4By Special Arrangement with Messrs.' Fok Film Corporation
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    • 132 5 pJs A IpQTlf'’ Last 3 Shows To-day LU/AJCOIIV 3, 6.15 9.30 pan. BROUGHT OVER TO CONTINUE ITS SENSATION Al. SUCCESSFUL SE ASON \T USU AL PRICES OF ADMISSION Matinee: 15, 25 and 60 cents Downstairs CHARLIE CHAPLIN IN HIS LATEST RIOT OF HILARITY ‘The Great Dictator’ with PAULETTE GODDARD JACK
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    • 140 5 y; fliß-conpiTigneo jg THREE SHOWS TO-DAY SEE ANDY HARDY' WRECK THE SOCIAL REGISTER! GIRL FRIEND TO LEFT GIRL FRIEND TO RIGHT, AND ANDY HARDY IN THE MIDDLE! UWIS STOML MICKEY ROONEY ><' 103 t CECILIA PARKER FAY HOLDEN MW A 1 AN* RUTHERFORD DIANA LEWIS V A rKV» j and
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    • 169 5 QUEEN’S Last 4 Shows To-day 1 p.m., 3.15 6.30 9.30 Miss Violet Koo IN “Madam Lee Shang Chuen" ACTION THRILLS EXCITEMENT! TONIGHT LADIES GUEST NIGHT AT THE NEW WORLD THURSDAY, 20TH MARCH. 1941 “MYSTERIES OF THE BLACK CHAMBER” EUROPEAN ARTISTES Tables flying in the air. .Chairs moving without human aid.
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  • 514 6 f J 'HE Premier with his happy gift of phrase has summed up the effect of American help tor Britain as proving conclusively that in this, as in the last war, we are not alone in resisting aggression. America stands by Britain's side, if necessary, with
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  • 88 6 MAJESTIC CINEMA: Charlie Chaplin in "The Great Dictator.” 3. 6 15 and 9.30 p.m. BEX CINEMA: Paul Mum in "Hudson’s Bay with Gene Tierney. 3, 6.15 and 9.30 p m QUEEN’S CINEMA: Miss Violet Koo in "Madam Lee Shaner Chuen" «Chinese picture). 1, 3.15, 6 30 and
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  • 422 6 rolley Bus Etiquette “Sencx seeks en-) lightenment on i enang trollcyl bus etiquette. He writes: A> the recent publicity i>i manners on trolley buses, oz-er-r croiediHii. < lc, the joilozcina t'.vpericin e is illuminating. f was travelling zeith a Chi- nesc friend yesterday in a bus con
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  • 1779 6  -  M. TITULESCU, Rumanian statesman and ex-President of the League Assembly, passes away. 1. NOWN as one of the most versatile figures of the diplomatic lobbies of post-war Europe, Nicolai Titulescu was the special champion of Great Britain in Rumania. His death at Cannes which has just
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    • 30 6 wffiL T?av4r? CORDIALS A r OROS LEMOS HALF HALF LIME JUICE GRAPEFRUIT LEMOS BARLEY AN EXCELLENT HEALTHFUL BEFRESHING DBINK Obtain aide from all Provision Stores. Agents:— Henry Waugh Co., Ltd.
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  • 597 7 Libellous Radio Criticism Of A.I.F. In Malaya r PHE ommonwealth Government will make a diplomatic protest to Japan against Tokio radio criticism of Australian tloops in Malaya, the Sydney Daily Telegraph understands. 1 he ladio has described the Australians as “sons of convicts, iaw
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  • 501 7 Sequel To Fava Terubong Tragedy Zamurrad Khan, a Pathan, stood his trial before the District Judge this morning on a charge of virusing the death of a Cantonese woman, Choow Ah Tong, by doing a negligent act not amounting to culpable homicide, namely, by driving
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  • 92 7 Public Officer To Visit Penang Mr. G. E. D. Lewis, Public Relations Officer of the Mar Tax Department will be in Penang: on Monday, .March 24. lor a lew days. Members of the public who wookl like to discuss their liability to War Tax in
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  • 143 7 Proposed tile To Patriotic Fund The 19th annual genera) meeting of the Penang Family Benefit Society will be held at the President, Mr. Lim Cheng Eans office at 33F. Beach Street, Penang, on Saturday. Mai ch 29 at 2.15 p.m. The meeting will consider the proposal
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  • 215 7 BLS SERVICES TO SWIMMING CLUB PROPOSED Solving Petrol Problem c> STEP TOWARDS MEETING THE SOCIAL AMENITIES OF THE 2 EUROPEAN COMMUNITY NOW THAT PETROL RATIONING HAS RESTRICTED TRAVELLING IS BEING TAKEN BY THE PEN ANG SWIM M I N G CLUB, WHOSE MEMBERS
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  • 146 7 Two Killed And Five injured When Lorrv Turns Over Alor Star. Two were killed and five others badly injured as a result of a motor accident near Jitra on Tuesday. The motor lorrv which was involved in the mishap was smashed up. It is reported
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  • 571 7 (BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT) JAPANESE statesmen and the Japanese press frequently assert that Japan’s aims in the East are clear and definite. Yet when they come to declare their aims, they make statements which are generally vague and confused, and sometimes contradictory. THEY SPEAK OF GREATER
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  • 172 7 MISHAP TO FITTER Alt PRAI STATION Butterworth. T agedy befell an Indian litter, V-erappen. at the Prai Railway Station yesterday at 10.30 p in. The man, who had been employed by the Prai Railway Station for several years. was engaged with other coolies in loading
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  • 62 7 Under the auspices of the Theosophical Study Circle, Penang, the third of the course of lectures on “Theosophy Today” will be delivered by Mr. V. E Prior at No. 3 Union Street,. Penang on Friday the 21st instant at 6.30 p.m. The subject of the lecture will
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  • 63 8 Penang. March 19. 1941. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) SELLING London Demand 2/4 3/32 New York, Demand 47 itj Montreal Demand 51.91 Batavia Demand 88 82 Calcutta, Bombay) Rangoon Demand) 158 Hongkong Demand 53 5/8 t>iM*nghai Demand 12 3/8 Japan Demand 193 1/3 New Zealand Demand 2/10
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES QUOTATIONS
    • 475 8 Issued by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association (Penang and Ipoh sections) at noon 20th March, 1941 Issue Buyers Sellers 4/0 Ampat Tin 3/0 3/6 5/0 Austral Amal. 6/4$ «s '7sex £1 Austral Malay 33 6 35/0 5/0 Ayer Hitam 18/0 19/0 $1 Ayer Wang -72$ .77 j £1 Bengrin Tin
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    • 236 8 Issue Buyers Sellers Allenby 1.10 1.15 Alor Gajah -77 j .82$ Amal. Malay 1.60 1.70 Ayer Hitam 0.85 0.90 Ayer Mo lek 1.07$ 1.124 Ayer Pana.- 1.00 1.05 Bassett -39 .41$ Batu Lintang 1.05 1.08 Bedford 0.80 0.85 Benta -97} 1.02$ Boreili 1.32 J 1.40 Broga -56 .60 Brunei
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    • 343 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 71% Pref. 2.10 2.15 $5 B. M. T. 7.50 7.75 £a Chartered Bank £B‘ £9 £1 Con. T. S. Ord 16/6 17/0 £1 Con. T. S. 7% Pref. 19/9 20/6 $5
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    • 195 8 MINiNG Dividend Books Close Payable Austral Amai. 3d. lsd. Bonus 15.3.41 28 3 41 Burma Malay M 20 9-7 Idris 2t% mt. LT. 8 4 4 l Kinta Tin 75%. Int. L. T 28 3 41 Kuchai Tin 10% Int. 15.3.41 21.3 41 T-ingui Tin 5%
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  • 601 8 •Britain Should Lead New Order i (BY C. V. FESSENDEN) Throughout the Empire there is a hope that a democratic New Order will be shaped after the war, but before basic changes in our way of life can be politically practical, public opinion throughout the Empire
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  • 100 8 The following are the return? from the dredge- of the Thai Tin Syndicate Limited for the month of February 1941: Ngow. Renong— 3 dredges ***** hours 276 100 cubic yards. Tin ore won 776.58 piculs. Takuapa— 2 Dredges 304. hours. 153.400 cubic yards. Tin ore won 1080.61
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  • 21 8 Output from the alwve company’s mine office for the first half of March, 1941. was 550 piculs
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  • 19 8 Output from the above company's mine office for the first half of March, 1941 was 189 picul*
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  • 29 8 Output first half of March:— Dredge Takuapa No. 1:—311 hours 75,000 cubic yards. 176 piculs. Dredge Takuapa No. 2:— 316 hours 9.000 cubic yards, 134 piculs.
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  • 18 8 Profit for year to June 30, £8.024 CS811): dividend, 5 per cent, less tax (nil).
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  • 1055 8 Increased Profits: Mr. T. W. Simpson’s Review The eighth ordinary general meeting of Batu Matang Rubber Plantations (1932) I Limited, was heid at the office of the company. 16. Philpot Lane, London, E.C. 3. Mr. T. W. Simpson (chairman of the company) presiding. Mr. H. S.
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  • 121 8 Yesterday’s Close Previously TIN: LONDON “Spot" £272. 0. 0. £271. 5. 0. “Forward" £270. 15. 0. £269 0. 0 SINGAPORE “Spot" $134.75 $134.50 Business done 125 tons 75 tons PENANG “Spot" $134 75 $134.5») RUBBER: LONDON “Spot” 14 7|l6d 14 liBd “Forward” 14 3|Bd. 14 Tone Strong Firm
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  • 1151 9  -  H or hl Of Music By ERSEST NEWMAN The editor of "Music and Letters” an aiticle by Mr. R. L. Jacobs on “Wagner’s influence on Hitler.” That is a subject on which I myself have occasionally thought of writing. But I am content now to leave
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  • 184 9 THURSDAY. MARCH 20, 1941. Postage Latest Time of Destination Letters Postcards Superscription Posting at Penang per oz. each Ordinary Regn. AIR MAILS Thurs. 20th. inst. Ipoh, K. Lumpur Wearnes Air Singapore .10 .05 Sen-vices 1.30 p.m. 1 p.m. EUROPE Al! destinations 1.30 .65 Air to New York 1.90
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 3012 9 PENANG BOMBAY UmQm W j ZHJ 5.08 mc/s ‘49 3 m.) VUB2 me s <41.44 m.) B B B ILB2 A. yWB w B 530 Indian Programme ’.LB2 4.88 me 61.48 m.) News m Tamil VUB2 s >89.15 m.) 5.55 Malay Programme. 9.50 a.m. 12.20 p.m.; 6.05 NeVvs in Malay.
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  • 215 10 Intimate Co-o|»eratioii Between Britain And United States London, March 19 The Battle of the Atlantic in the light of the speeches of Mr. Churchill and Mr. Winant is reviewed editorially by both “The Times” and the “Daily Telegraph.” It is much to know, says
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  • 151 10 -Reuter. Despite Pressure By Gestapo London, March 19 Despite pressure by the Gestapo, thCzechs are refusing to collaborate in the Nazi “new order,” according to news reaching the Independent. French Agencv in London. It is stated that acts of sabotage are frequent among Czech workers although
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  • 77 10 -Reuter British Government Expresses Regret Belgrade. March 19. ITie British Government has expressed regret lor the incident which occurred on the night of December 21 when bombs fell on the Yugoslav frontier town of Souchak, says ap official statement issued here. Tlie British Government has expressed “their
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  • 49 10 —Reuter. London, Mar. 19 The crack German liner. Bremen, 51.000 tons. has been totally destroyed, according to the Berlin correspondent of the Swedish newspaper. "Goteborgs Posten." investigations show that an accident can be ruled out. the message adds, as fires broke out at several places simultaneously.
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  • 398 10 ooing Of Axis Not Regarded With Indifference Washington, March 14 (By David C. H. Lu) The American public attitude towards Japan has shown marked signs of stiffening since February, according to a nation-wide survey released today. incoming.—Chinese Cenral News. There has been a notable decline
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  • 103 10 —Reuter. In Direct Line Of Italian Retreat IMPORTANT RAIL CENTRE Nairobi, Mar. 19 It is officially announced that Jigjiga has been captured.— Reuter. Jigjisa. an important town in Eastern Abyssinia, lies on the direct line of the Italian retreat from Berbers which was captured by
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  • 276 10 .—Reuter. Widespread Damage 1 o Property London, March 19 In conformity with their evident of concentration on British shipping and dock?. German raiders reserved their main onslaught for Hull during Tuesday night. The raiders followed each other in relays for some hours, causing widespread damage to
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  • 57 10 Reuter Sydney Preparing Great elcoine Canberra, March 19 Great preparations are being made to welcome American warships which are expected at Sydney tomorrow. The visit coincides with that of another American squadron to New Zealand and has roused keen interest. Sydney has been decorated and detailed
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  • 85 10 -8.0. W. M. NICOLAI HTLLESa PASSES AWAY AT CANNES Rugby, March 18 The death is announced at Cannes of M. Nicolai Titulescu, former Foreign Minister of Rumania and twice Rumanian Minister in London. He was also the founder of the Little Entente. A warm admirer
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  • 83 10 —Reuter. Tribute To Courage Of French Sailors London. March 19. A Free French destroyer operating in ■British waters recently rescued the crew of a British merchant steamer torpedoed by a German submarine. A communique issued last night by the Free French headquarters in London
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  • 114 10 Six Japanese Planes Shot Down Chungking. Mar. 15 Six of twelve Japanese planes raiding Chengtu on Friday were shot down. by Chinese fighters. Four crashed in the vicinity of Chengtu while two others which suffered serious damages in running the battle crashed near Wanhsien. The second batch
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  • 59 10 —Reuter. okmtarv Recruiting Reopened Wellington. Mar. 19 The reopening of voluntary recruiting for Territorials for married men aged 19 to 41 v. a.' announced by Mr. Semple. Minister ot National Service, today. Mr. Semple *aid that it v. as absolutely essential that the home defence
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  • 62 10 —Reuter. I .S. ar Department’s Threat To Take Over Washington. March 19. The United States War Department is threatening to takeover construction work at Wright Field. Ohio. unles.- the strike there is settled by today. According to a well-informed source. American Federal Labour leaders have been
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  • 48 10 Reuter. M. Tsvetkovitcli Going To Berlin? Vichy, March 19. Persistent rumours prevailed in Belgrade last night that M. Tsvetkfivitch, Yugoslav Prime Minister, ind M. dnear Markovitch Foreign Minister, were leaving this evening by tram for Berlin, states a telegram to tne French Official News Agency.—
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  • 40 10 —Reuter. Vichy. March 19 The steamship, Artigas, has arrived at Santander from New York with three hundred tons of flour sent by the American Rea Cross for victims of the recent disastrous Santander fire.—Reuter.
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  • 22 10 —Reuter. ondon, March 19. The death has occurred of Mr. John Barr Affleck, former Consul-General at Tientsin.—Reuter.
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  • 48 10 —Reuter. Washington. Mar. 19 President Roosevelt is today leaving on a bri?f holida". He is embarking on the vacht, Potomac, at an unnamed port in Florida. The yacht will be escorted bv two destroyers. All details of the tnp are being kept secret.—Reuter.
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  • 191 10 —BOW. Steady Development In Industrial Sphere Rugby, March 19. The steady development of India’s war effort, in the industrial sphere continues. Plans are now being made for India’s entire capacity for mineral-dyed khaki textiles to be used for defence service requirements. Further large orders for miscellaneous fabricated
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  • 95 10 -8.0. W. Rugby. March 19 A recent growth oi the Post Office Saving.- Bank business reveals the greatly increased use being made of the bank as a means of saving money and lending in to the Government in January and February of
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  • 87 10 —Reuter. Courtaids And Dunlops Again Higher London. March 19. On the Stock Exchange there was some investment inquiry for industrials. Courts uids and Dunlops were again higher and cements also improved. Home rails attracted iurther support and other sections were very quiet but fully steady. Kaffirs were firm
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  • 77 10 —Reuter. To Be I ndertakrn For First Time Moscow, March 19. The Russian pilot, Sherevichy, L- to make a flight for the first time into the “so-called inaccessible zone north of Siberia.” according to the Soviet News Agency. He has landed on the Siberian island of
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  • 23 10 —8.0. W Rugby, March 19 The estate of Mr. Neville Chamberlain lias been proved at £84.013. —8.0. W.
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  • 103 10 —Reuter. Enemy Transport Bombed Athens, March 19. A British headquarter.- communiqu states that the R.A.F. carried out one ci the most successful raid.- on Durazzo yesterday The R.A.F. raider.- encountered intense anti-aircraft fire at Durazzo but explosions and numerous fires were caused. Another formation attacked
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  • 201 10 -Reuter. Pacific Problems Not Unsolvable Canberra. March 19. Australian and Japanese relations were the subject of a speech by Mi-. Fadden Acting Prime Minister, at the Commonwealth banquet in honour ci Mr. Tatsuo Kawai. new Japanese Minister. Australia, he said, was committed to securing British victory
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  • 111 10 Reuter Egypt Premier’s Advice Against Hasty Action Cairo. March 19. Tlie Egyptian Prime Minister. Sirry Pasha, addressing the Chamber, advisee, against hasty action on the Foreign Firms Bill just tabled. The measure provides that fifty per cent of the employees and ninety per cent of labour in
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  • 892 11 IMPORTANT PART VOLUNTEERS MUST PLAY IN DEFENCE C.-In-C.’s Tour Of Perak A S biietiy icpoited yesterday. Sir Robert Brooke-Popham. Commander-in-Chief, Far East, arrived by plane in Ipoh yesterday morning and paid a visit of inspection to the Volunteei Camp. In the aitemoon. he proceeded to
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  • 53 11 The usual Y.W.C.A. monthly tiffin ’ll be held today at 1 p m. at the Rest ’loom. Weld Quay. h ive ladies have kindly consented to f as waitresses. The menu is. Barley and Leek soup. Roast fillet of Beef. Boiled Potatoes and shredded Cdbtage. Ribbon Layer cream.
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  • 114 11 Under the auspices of the Penang Teachers’ Association and the Penang Chinese Ar t Club, an Art Exhibition in aid of the Malaya Patriotic Fund will Ibe held on Saturday, March 29, 1 and Sunday, March 30 at Hutchings School. Any member of the
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  • 60 11 By kind permission of Lt. Col. E. A. de fcuriatte and Officers, the Band of the Volunteers will perform the following programme Today on the “Esplanade" from 6.00 p.m. to 7 30 p.m March Dunedin Alford Overture Rienzi Wagner Selection Nlerrie England German Waltz Les Patineurs Waldteufel Selection
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  • 180 11 Mickey Rooney In Good Comedy The Hardy pictures, carping critics say, are to a rut: same old situations, same old plot, no originality. But. such critics are few, and the majority of local cine-ma-goers will. I am sure, revel in Andy Haray Meets Debutante” now
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  • 67 11 M.C.Y. vs Indian R.C. ”B The following will represent the Malay Coronation Youngsters against the Indian R. C. B” in a Second Division league match on the Westlands School ground on 22 March, at 5.15 p.m.: C T. Ahmad; Ahmad Ghouse, Yusoff; M. Noor, A. Rahman, Kader; G. Haniffa
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  • 564 11 Marines And Indians Draw W ith Tiro Goals Aside In a fast and exciting First Division soccer match on the ictoria Green yesterday, the Marines’ Department Sports Club, last year s winners of the P.F.A. Cup. held the Indian Recreation Club. 1940 champions in
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  • 314 11 P.C.R.C. v* Taiping Medicos Ipoh The Taiping Medicos,” who visited Ipoh op Sunday, managed to win only 1 match in their tennis return fixtures' against a P.C.R.C. Scratch team. Only', doubles matches were completed. There was no play m the afternoon and the singles between Lee
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  • 192 11 Malta Repulsing Axis Attacks H. M. the King’s well-deserved tribute to the sturdy defence of Malta coincides appropriately with one of the more comic iof Berlin’s pronouncements. ’We have seen,” said a Berlin broad--1 cast in Arabic on March 12, “how powerless Britain is in repulsing the
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  • 227 11 TEIK HOCK AND CHOON KENG FOR CHAMPIONSHIPS IN S PORE Ooi Teik Hock, Penang champion and Malayan runner-up, is to make another bid for the Malaya badminton singles crown at the championships to be held in Singapore during the Easter Holidays. The present champion
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  • 85 11 To Be Drawn On S pore Races The unlimited sweeps for the three days of the cancelled Perak Turf Club Marcn meeting will oe drawn on the Singapore Summer Race meeting in April on races to be decided upon by the Committee of the Perak Turf
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  • 80 11 S.X.I. vs Y oung Indians On the SX.I. ground today at 5.15 p.m S.XI: —Chwee Cheng; Eng Teng, Kok Beng; Ismail. Kam Seng, Ewe Chong; Siang Eng. Kean Weng. Song Huat, D’Orville and Poh Leong. Corinthus XI vs Chung Ling High School At the Chung Ling High School
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  • 117 12 .—Reuter. Flying Fortresses To Be Supplied 40 AIRCRAFT OUT OF CONSIGNMENT’ OF 100 ARRIVE Shanghai. March 19. IpORTY American planes have arrived in China from the United States, according to a Chinese Press report. The consignment is stated to he part of a hunaied
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  • 183 12 —Reuter London, March 20. •"The Greek reply to local attacks by Italian tioops on the Albanian front yesterday was quick and drastic. Attacking detachments were all driven back and sustained heavy losses” says a Greek Press Ministry statement broadcast by the Athens radio last night.
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  • 67 12 India Can Produce Good Players Madias. March 9. Prince Duleepsinhji. the famous cueketer, who is visiting Madias to witness the Ranji trophy final, speaking of the future oi Indian cricket, said that his advice would be: practise hard and concentrate on the game. If the ga.ne
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  • 254 12 —Reutei. IMPORTANCE OF BLOCKADE London, March 20. The biggest hunianitaiian problem in the war. namely to prevent decimation of young men of Britain. America and Europe” was how Professor Noel Fall described to Reuters his mission to Washington as representative of the Ministry of Economic
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  • 192 12 WAR SOCCER C UP RESULTS Everton lun Goal* At Southport London, March 8 Goals were plentiful and the crouds good for the retui n matches m the second round of the Cup. Five thousand was the average gate with 9.000 as the best, both Middlesbrough and Piestor. attracting that total.
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  • 155 12 Cairo. March 20. 1 TR. EDEN flew to Cyprus early yesterday for his meeting M with M. Sarajoglu which took place at Mr. Eden s invitation. Announcing the meeting, a communique issued here states: “They reviewed various developments in the international situation
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  • 180 12 52 X ictories For X ic Duggan Sydney, Feb. 23. Vic Dug.an, the Australian speedway champion, put up an Australian record of 52 wins' in a season at the Sports Ground track last night. Taking the lead from a strong field in the first heat
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  • 116 12 "Indra Bangsawan" in two parts which was staged for two successive nights by the Sri Nooran Opera at the bangsawan hall of the Fur. and Frolic Park drew very good houses This old popular Malay fairy play in the hands of this talented company did not lose
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  • 183 12 Entire Profit* I or 'A ar Fund r J'HE Kktng lub Easter tennis tournament will take place for the sixteenth year in succession on the lawns of the Klang < lub. commencing on Good Friday, April 11, and is particularly deserving of support this year
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  • 75 12 Distance Of 31 Feet And 10 Inches For Shot Put Lucknow, Marek n. Tkt Organizing e ccrc'ary of the UP. Olympic Games meeting (1941) announces that Miss M. Yates, Allahabad, broke the AllIndia tecotd in the putting the shot event for women at the last
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  • 129 12 -Reuter. Shanghai. March 20. TJAPID progress in the Japanese drive in north-west Kiangsi is claimed in semi-official Japanese reports. Following the capture of Kaoan, the Chinese base thirty’ miles west of Nanchang, it is now stated that the Japanese occupied Hutsun eleven miles not th of
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  • 55 12 The freight charges for lorry tiansport from Kuiim to Penang has increased of late by 30 per cent. The oid rate was 30 cts. per picul and the charge now is 39 cts. Many of the leading exporters it is understood, are not satisfied tb >'
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