Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 31 March 1941

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  • 23 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE LAST EDITION ES TAB. V PUBLISHED DAILY o. 77. Vol. XOX. MONDAY, MARCH 31, 1941. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 371 1 Frontier With Austria Reported Closed GERMANS ADOPTING FAMILIAR PRE-INVASION TACTICS f London, March 31. German broadcasts iast p -hi gate pruriinence ;o reports of alleged antiGerman incidents in yLosla via and ii is pointed out in London that these reports closely followed iin Gjro G’
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  • 114 1 —Reuter Success Of British Submarine London. March 31. rp||E story of how the British submarine "Parthian daringly attacked an escorted enemy convoy of ships carrying war material and sank two of them was told on her arrival in port today. These ships were a IO.OOOdon
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  • 254 1 FURTHER DETAILS OF MEDITERRANEAN ACTION London, March p. Later news of the naval and an battle in the Mcditerrav.ean a.- that Rritair has struck the greatest blaze of the war at sea Italian warships—three cruisers and two destroyers—have been sent
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  • 78 1 —Keuter. London, March 31. ••'CHE position in the Italian Empire has become more delicate,” declared Signor Ansaldo in his weekly broadcast to Italian armed force.-». The address which dealt with the yielding of Keren added: “Lint we believe that down there our men can look at
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  • 522 1 —BOW. Rugby, March il pARACHUTE troops falling from the skies and great tanks roaring across the country played a dramatic part m the critical final stages of a great four-day “(tattle” i-hich has fust ended. An Agency t orrespoudf nt present auriug these I
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  • 115 1 "Strange Statement" By General Antonescu London, March 31. “OUMANIA can never reconcile herself to the situation which has been created and will be forced to request Berlin and Rome to reconsider the Transylvanian question.” This statement, attributed to Hungarian journalistic circles and quoted by the
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  • 26 1 Reuter. London, Mar. 30 The term of office of Sir Herbert Jamei Srar.ley as Governor or Southern Rhodesia rs extended until October next.—
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    • 16 1 BJMi 7 youft was/ > v W& for North Malaya Penani: GEORGETOWN dispensary ltd.. Penang and Ipoh
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    • 113 1 AS* G B r i Agents for North Malaya <£ Penang:-"» GEORGETOWN DISPENSARY LTdJ Penang and Ipoh. UNEARTHED A T STOCKTAKING! LADIES FITTED CASES (SLIGHTLY SHOP SOILED' I BWEgaE iviwf l’ w| HMM Eg; jB iW’' .‘j L-"- I M Mt Jhke n Bl i .fifty- V .i_ Genuine grain
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  • 728 2 FIRST LORD’S GOOD NEWS “Not Much Left Of London, March 30. IT is officially confirmed that three Italian cruisers, Frame, Fola and Zara, were sunk as well as a large enemy destroyer and a smaller destroyer in Saturday’s naval action in
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  • 175 2 a paici -Reuter. London March 30. AMERICA'S Lease and Lend Act will prove as decisive in effect on the war in Asia as on the war in Europe, declared Mr. Quo Tai-chie, speaking at the annual meeting of the Chvna
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  • 375 2 Belgrade, March 30. The German Legation j s reported to be burning its archives following the r eg i strat i on German nationals resident in Belgrade and Serbia preparatory to their evacuation to Vienna a Danube steamer on Monday. It is simultaneo
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  • 403 2 1.—8.0. W. Rugby, March £9. I)AD weather restricted but did not prevent rmportant R.A.F. bombing operations over Germany and occupied territory during the tveek ended daum March 28. Factories, goods yards and railway stations in Berlin were heavily attacked, ten thousand incendiaries being dropped as
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  • 58 2 5. Reuter. Berlin. March 29. Germans are erecting coastal batteries at strategic points along the Black Sea coast of Rumania and Bulgaria,” the German News Agency discloses today. “Along Mokts harbour works stretching out into the sea batteries of German naval
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  • 986 2 TOW Cairo, March 30. rpHE\ on by the British forces of Diredawa in A sinL,- *»aich the Italians state they have evacuated, is not yet announced from British G.H.Q. here, the latest communique saying that troops advancing from Harar “are now weD on
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  • 164 2 Washington, March 30. RM ED guards have been placed on t 7 Italian ships m United States ports by the coast-f/uard authorities to prevent the crews from attempting to destroy the machinery. The action was taken, in a legal man- ner following
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  • 34 2 Berlin. March 30. The remaining property m Rumain-'* belonging to Madame Lupescu who i c accompanying ex-King Carol to Chile', has been consfiscated. says a Buchan-st message to the German News
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    • 101 2 lIM'TTF Td B B 1 1 1 I V 11M 1 frO IWW'lßwaw morbid bile in the blood, which upsets the action of the whole system. The complexion assumes a yellowish hue and the appetite disappears. The I digestion is upset, with coated tongue and head- I aches. The bowels
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  • 744 3 AMERICANS EAGER TO RESPOND ’JMIE Tokio correspondent of the New York Tinies says that f resident Roosevelt’s speech on Mar. 15 destroyed the last traces of the illusion that lajians entry into the Axis would restrain or shackle America’s aid to Britain. The influential Republican
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  • 719 3  -  By Victor G. Lennox VV ITHLX the next few weeks we may expect to see Ethiopia liberated from Italian domination and free once again to establish its own governing regime. That must be the outcome of the Ethiopian revolt- backed by Britain and
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  • 708 3  -  By VERNON BARTLETT 1N these days when newspapers from enemy countries arrive late at their destinations the results are sometimes comical. For example, only yesterday, did I come across these two extracts from the German press. One is from the “Frankfurter Zeitung” of October 11. It
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  • 389 3 Delhi, March 27. 4 CKXOWLEDGING the recent war resolution passed by the Chamber of Princes, the Prime Minister has paid tribute to the valiant contribution which the Indian troops have made to the Imperial victories in North Africa. NEWS FROM INDIA The Government knows, says
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  • 226 3 Melbourne TWO men. who last glimpsed 1 each other in a crashing plane in 1917 and who each thought the other was dead, met in Melbourne recently. Their previous meeting was in the cockpit of a Royal Flying Corps Sopwith two-seater fighter over Ypres in
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  • 4864 4 Comprehensive Review By Singapore Chamber Of Commerce WAR RISK INSURANCE ATTITUDE OF GOVERNMENT A COMPREHENSIVE review of trading conditions in the colony was given on A Friday at the annual meeting of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce by Mr. J. I. Dawson, chairman. Mr
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  • 190 5 New Committee’s Decision Mass exijumvQon of neglected graves in the Mount Erskine Cemetery, which was an noanced u) take place commencing from tomorrow, will not be carried out. This was the decision arrived at at the first meeting of the new committee of the
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  • 133 5 Office-Bearers For The Year 1941 At the 28th annual general meeting of the Penang Health Culture League held on Saturday, the following were elected office-bearers few the year: President: Mr .Tan Swee Teong Vice-PresidenU Messrs Cheong Eng Hye; Ooi Tiang Guan Yeoh Kok Hin. and Lee
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  • 110 5 The funeral of Mix- Ins Margaret, younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Haderup of South Thailand, who died at the General Hospital. Penang, yesterday morning after a brief illness, took place in the evening for interment at the Western Roeii Cemetery. Miss Haderup
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  • 3060 5 governor greets new REINFORCEMENTS W4R EFFORT GATHERS MOMENTUM In an inspiring broadcast to Malaya from Singapore last nieht Sir Shenton Thomas said it was good to know that in Mal-tv i there was “the same happy combination of British. Australian and Indian units which,
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  • 456 5 SOCIAL PERSONAL The following have been appointed second lieutenants in the Singapore Local Defence CJorps: Messrs. C. P. Ambler. H. M Wyllie. R. MacLeod and P. Vaughan-J ones. His Highness the Sultan of Johore has assumed the rank of MajorGen. of the Johore Military and Volunter Forces, states the Johore
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    • 97 5 RETMEMBER MONDAY IS ALWAYS BRIGHT MONDAY AT THE Wembley Cabaret (HOME FOR FIRST CLASS ENTERTAINMENT) To-night Dancing 9 pan. to Midnight COME AND REFRESH SWEET MEMORIES OF YESTERDAY WITH US. MORALES AND HIS SWING BOYS AND ROLAND’S HULA SWLNGERS WILL PLAY BY E-GON E D AYS’ TH EM ES. OH
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    • 407 5 RE X 4AJESTIC 3 SHOWS TODAY J SHOWS TO-DAY i. a. 30 9.30 p.m. THE THRILLING DRAMA OF !Wn K D ,t Miss ADVENTUROUS FLYING ACES Hailed By As The Best CHARTER ChinMe Pictu,e No othere IYII rm, t Ma^n,ficen t Chinese Historical Draina W ith The Ever Popular Chinese
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    • 147 5 THREE SHOWS TO-DAY DEFINITELY LAST TWO DAYS! DON’T MISS THE CHANCE TO SEE THIS FILM! SHOWN TO PACKED HOUSES AGAIN YESTERDAY! g EXCITING AS NEVER BEFORE! TYRONE POWER T IN "The Mark Of Zorro” ZORRO THE AVENGER WHOSE SWORD-MARK, IN OLD CALIFORNIA'S Lvrs n r a xrrrvr/-. r-r-JANET BEECHER ROBERT
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    • 153 5 Owing t*> (ihemraenal wucresa LAST 4 SHOWS TODAY AT QUEEN’S 193.3l 9 3.30 9 6.15 9.30 P.M. We need not have to describe this magnificent Arabian Fantasy It’s already well-known to all Penang ALf KABA THE FORITY THIEVES” or ”Chu Chin Choir" with Anna Muy Wong, George Robey and Fritz
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  • 55 6 MARRIAGE The marriage arranged between Daniel Richard Lascelles of the Sarawak Civil Service and Mildred Joyce elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs B. Burr of Gemas Estate, Gemas, will take place at Miri, Sarawak, on Saturday April 26th 1941, at 4 p.m. A reception will aftei wards be
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  • 446 6 npilE latest British victory in the Mediterranean bears further testimony to the fulfilment of Mr. Churchill’s recent pledge: “We will never cease to strike at Italy in ever-increasing strength.” The victorious campaign in Africa has now been followed up by another Taranto —a glorious naval episode in which
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  • 262 6 GotvfFs gowff for a that A GOLF' club near L<»ndon has now a complete set of' rules framed to meet enemy interference with the game. From these it appears that a player who continues during an air raid takes the risk of more than bodily injury.. True,
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  • 804 6 Monday, March 31. IT never rains but it pours. The good news in the earlier part of last week—the Yugoslav coup and the British victories at Keren and Harar—was followed up over the week-end by a naval and air battle in Eastern Mediter- ranean,
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    • 147 6 I FOOD NEWS j JUST RECEIVED I SHIPMENTS. of the FINEST SELECTED j I Australian Meats I BEEF, MUTTON, LAMB, PORK VEAL, BUTTER, BACON AND HAMS. CHEDDAR CHEESE, GORGONZOLA, EDAM, CHEDDAR ROLL. SCOTCH FISH, SOUTH AFRICAN FISH, CANADIAN FISH. j It pays to buy the best Pritchards: ipoh PENANG Butterworth
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    • 42 6 KNOWN THE WORLD OVER Mellionte] I kxS'X-w AHO /O Jk I 111 THEY ARE THE Best Obtainable in the markets AND need no further Recommendation. Fresh Stocks Received regularly by SOLA AGENTS: Henry Waugh Co., Ltd.. PENANG Bbwgnpore, Ipoh, A Koala I.umprr
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    • 31 6 e HE. £ASI wnac pionraiuauiaam; 329,TiNT0MC For your convenience send your tyre* to our Sales Depot, 11 Light Street, Penang, Phone 4121. KZ7Z/ Oto. S z .Owll T PAr rots rig
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  • 100 6 DEATH HADERUP Iris Margaret, younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J A. Haderup of South Thailand, age 2 years and 6 months, died on 30th March. 1941. in Penang General Hospital. Singapore and F M.S. paper? please copy. acknowlkim;mf:nt Mrs. Che ah Leong Keah and family beg to tender their
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  • 463 7 Il EINFORCEMEN ts i EROM BRITISH ARMY ROYAL AIR FORCE FAMOUS INDIAN REGIMENTS ALSO SENT T H L Nl rs OF TKE BRITISH ARMY and royal I XITI II t tk?. K 10 KEA(H THE far east from the \rrti^± MSINCETHE war began have MI
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  • 54 7 TT y The War Fund in North Malaya stands at $1 498,052.25, made up of Penang $950 452.48 and Perak $54’’,599.77 ny S 2OW are needed to reach the >1 nv!lion mark. c Previously acknowledged 956.417.48 Mr. M. P. Matthew (Peril*) 25.00 Sheik Abdul Hamid
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  • 325 7 G.( >.C. Takes Salute The GO C Malaya, Lieut.-Gen. L. V. Bond, took the salute at the passing out parade on Saturday morning of tegular ai my and volunteer officer cadets who have been through a special couise of training "somewhere in Singapore.” A large numbei
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  • 86 7 Story Of Sabotage In The Skies "Charter Pilot.” a thrill-packed picture opened at the Rex Theatre yesterday, depicts the exploits of a dare-devil air pilot. The film features Lloyd Nolan, Lynn Bari. Arletn Whelan and George Montgomery. gjoyd Nclan is a wise-cracking flying ace and
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  • 166 7 Mr. James Marshall SUDDEN COLLAPSE AFTER PRESIDING AT MEETING Bat ii Gajah. 4 FEW hours after making his presidential address at the annual general meeting of the 'Central Perak Planting Association, in ]poh, on Saturday, Mr. James Marshall took ill suddenly and died before reaching
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  • 124 7 Greatest Possible Encouragement, Replies A iceroy A Reuter message from A ctv Delhi reports that the King has sent a message to the Vieer >y as follows: “I heartily congratulate India on rhe pari her anted forces played in f k- capture of Keren This victory
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  • 532 7 Extension Of ar Duties Ordinance VONE OF THE PENANG MEMBERS ATTENDED TODAYS LEIN GISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETING WHICH OCCUPIED LESS THAN AN HOUK. THE HON. MR. C. N. C. WOOLERTON TOOK THE OATH ON HIS REAPPOINTMENT. THE WAR TAX (ADDITIONAL DUTIES) BILL. THE WAR SANINGS CERTIFICATE (AMENDMENT
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  • 241 7 “The British Concession in Tientsin has long ceased to be an autonomous 1 centre of China’s finance and foreign trade. Even British business in the! concession has almost completely lost its former independence,” said Mr. H. Anglers, a British trader, in an interview with the
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  • 55 7 SECOM) BATCH UNDER R.A.F. ARTISANS’ SCHEME A Nl MBER OF BOYS FROM THE GOVERNMENT TRADE HOOL, PENANG. WHO HAVE COMPLETED A COURSE UNDER THEJI A.F. ARTISANS’ SCHEME, LEFT V ESTERDAY FOR SINGAPORE TO SERVE AS GROUND CREW. THE FIRST BATCH LEFT SOME MONTHS AGO. THE
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  • 73 7 Travelling by rail to hpliday resorts during the long Easter vacation should prove veiy popular in view of the concessions fotj cheap tiavel offered by the F.M S. Railways. Return concession tickets will be issued at single tariff book fare. The outward journey can be
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  • 270 7 Good Class Modern Hotel And Grill Pe.najig has for long suffered from a scarcity of good class hotels, but with the opening of the Savoy, a long-felt need will have been met. Situated centrally in town—in Hutton Lane opposite the New World—this new hotel, which was
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    • 51 7 SAVOY HOTEL OPENING TO-DAY Ist class r Licence hl'i(4 i' r l ™W- 1 Restaurant Confectionary 156 Hutton Lane PRIVATE DINING ROOMS Opposite exCEIXENT CUISINE “NEW WORLD’ New Furniture-Modern Sanitation-Locked Garages, j Rates for Wedding, Tea and Dtnner Parties. for hire day night Everything you VSlo Ivo MbQ sIP 11
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    • 63 7 Another British Triumph y- < J m zH Z3X. xt I I Here she comes, with her rich gift e' v from the green pastures of England! y j some nutrition intact—Cow Gate Milk Food “the Best from the ■West” And hafrpy mothers every- —j- where ave saying ft There
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  • 38 8 Profit for year ended June 30, 1940, £20,734 (£4,391); Debenture interest £399 (£400); estates reserve £2,500 (replanting reserve £500); excess profits tax £9,000 (reserve for taxation £1,000); dividend 10 per cent, (nil); forward £5,902 (£4,114).
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  • 34 8 Roport for year ended June 30 1940 rtiows profit £5,602 (£2,372); add £2 934 brought in, making £8,536; final dividend 24 per cent., making 5 per cent. (2} Decent.); forward, £3,366.
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  • 64 8 Penang. March 29, 1941 ißy Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) SELLING London Demand >/4 New York, Demand Montreal Demand 51 91 Batavia Demand 88 82 Calcutta, Bombay) Rangoon Demand) 156 Shanghai Demand 12 Shanghai Demand j, 15/ig Japan Demand I g 3 J/o New Zealand Demand 2/1 q
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES QUOTATIONS
    • 470 8 Issued by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association (Penang and Ipoh sections) at noon 31st March, 1941 Issue Buyers Seilers 4,0 Ampat Trn 3/14 3/74 5/0 Austral Amal 6/10A 7 l£ex £1 Austral Malay 33/6 35/0 5/0 Ayer Hitam 18 0 19/0c $1 Ayer Weng .82 j .874 £1 Bangrin Tu.
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    • 241 8 Lsue Buyers Sellers Allenby 1.12$ 1.174 Alor Gajah .77j -82$ Amal. Malay 165 170 Ayer Hitam .90 .95 Ayer Molek 1.07$ 1.124 Ayer Panas 1074 1.124 c Bas.>ett .42 .45 Batu Lintang 104 107 B5 .90 Benta .97 1.00 Borelll 1.324 1.40 Broga .60 .63 Brunel UniVxl .524 .55
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    • 347 8 Issue Buyers Sellers A£l Austral N.Z. Ord. 22/0 23/0 $L Alex Brick Ord. 1.374 1.924 $2 Alex Brick 74% Pref. 2.10 2.15 $5 B. M. T 7.50 7.75 £5 Chartered Bank £9c £1 Con. T. S. O.* 16/6 17/0 £1 Con. T. S. 7% Pref 19/9 20/6 $5 F.
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    • 167 8 MINING Dividend Books Close Payable Ayer Hitam Tin 10% int. L.T. 19 3.41 44 41 Anglo-Malayan Develop 15% Ist Dind 14.4.41 16 441 Gopeng Consol 3 3/4% I.T. 744.1 Idris 24% Int. L.T. a 4 Kent 5% L.T. 30 4 41 Kuala Lumpur is. a.C. 24
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  • 103 8 TI Saturday’s Close Previously LONDON “Forward” SINGAPORE m ISP°!’1 SP $134.75 $135.37% Business done c 4 PENANG W 75 tons Spot $134.75 $135.37% RUBBER: LONDON: l4 HBd. Forward > T Nominal Toi *e c. SINGAPORE PENANG 3»o 39c COPRA: PENANG rfundried $2.96 buyers $2.90 buyers PEPPER: Nominal Nominal
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  • 148 9 pHE president of the Intel national A -rtjued Fiinting Trades association, Mr. John Haggerty, announces that he has asked publishers in his association to propose a better method for halting 1 adio's invasion of the advertising field than by taxing radio revenues,
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  • 41 9 In the four wqpks between Feb--111 ary 14 and March 13, five strikes occurred ir India, involving 3,000 workers. Three were in Bengal and one each in Bihar and Bombay, affecting respectively 2,190, 600 and 300.
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  • 230 9 MONDAY, MARCH 31, 1941. Postage Latest Time of Destination Letters Postcards Superscription Posting at Penang per oz. each Ordinary Regn. AIR M AILS Mon. 31st inst. Ipoh, K. Lumpur Wearnes Air Singapore .10 05 Service 1-30 p.m .1 pan. AFRICA Tues. Ist April All destinations .55 .30 8
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    • 2152 9 PENANG -HJ 6.68 mc/s <49 3 mJ WIB B W B I Programme. 5.55 Malay Programme. i 605 News in Malay. > 6129 8.8. C, News (Rebroadcast) BO f y <->« ®3s 8.8. C. Talk (Rebroedcast) O. V. SHORTWAVE STATIONS 6.50 Chinese Programme AM. ourx anr CTivr 655 News in
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  • 622 10 DETERMINED BRITISH N AVAL ACTION IN EAST MEDITERRANEAN London. March 29. The Italian Navy has been forced to action by British naval units, and appears to have suffered severe losses. An Admiralty communique states: “Naval operations of some importance are taking place in Eastern Mediterranean.
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  • 366 10 TRIPLE ALLIANCE A THREAT TO AMERICA United Stand With Those Who Block Dictators Everglades, Florida, Mar. 29 President Roosevelt broadcasting to-night from the Presidential Yacht Potomac on the occasion of Jackson Day when the Democratic Party commemorates Andrew Jackson summoned ail Americans to stand united
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  • 68 10 -Reuter. Starvation If Harvest Is Poor Dublin. March 29. A warning that the people of Eiie would be faced by ’complete starvation” if the harvest was not up to standard was uttered by Mr. De Valera, speaking at Limerick today. Mr. De Valera stated: “We are
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  • 199 10 BOW. R.A.F. Pilot’s “Bag*’ Of 2 Without Firing A Shot Rugby, March 29. One of the strangest stories of the war —the story of the only fighter pilot in one R AF. or any Air Force to bring down two enemy machines at the same
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  • 212 10 BO W Spirit Unbroken By Nazi Air Raids Rugby, March 29. Tours of London s East and Clydeside were made today by two Ministers, both of whom paid tribute to the courage and endurance of the citizens under wanton German onslaughts. Mr. Herbert Morrrison,
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  • 79 10 Reuter. German Steamer Leaves Santos Rio de Janeiro, March 29. The German camo steamer "Dresden” which has been laid up at Santos since November 1939, has sailed from that port. She is a vessel of 5.567 tons. She has left ostensibly for Vladivostok. It is reported
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  • 45 10 8.0. W. London. March 28. Yugoslav well wishers have sent .£272 to the Lord Mayor's Air Raid Distress Fund. Gifts towards aircraft purchase include £5.000 from the Association Of Men Of Kent And Kentish Men—the plane to be named Yeomen Of Kent.—
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  • 423 10 —Reuter. Aerodromes. Transport Shipping Attacked London. March 29. Two official communiques issued on Saturday night deal respectively with air i operations on Saturday over Britain ar.d the occupied territory. The first says i “Since midday today there has been a little enemy activity over some coastal
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  • 26 10 Rugby, March 29. Civil estimates for Revenue depts, for the year ending March 31. 1942, give a net total of £109,966,260, a decrease of
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  • 82 10 —BOW. Tested Under Explosive* London March 28 Morrison Indoor Air Rail which have been tested undci high explosives are now' ready for issue in the London Civil Defence Region and certain other areas, the Mii.x Home Security announces. The shelters will be distub f ;ee to
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  • 100 10 —Reuter. London Police Experts Examining Parcels London March 29. Police expert- are examirdr.. t.. .-.g. ments of a small bomb which. -.terday was placed in the bag of American mail which was in transit through London. Made from a piece of twisted lead piping, the bomb
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  • 724 10 German Minister Told Changes Purely Domestie Matter Belgrade, Mar. 29 While it is certain that Yugoslavia will resist whole-heartedly any territorial aggression by the Axis, the new Government is evidently determined to preserve neutrality as long as possible. The German Minister Aon Heebren. who has made
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    • 127 10 NEW YORK VIA CAPE due to arrive 1 Apl. 2 x JOHN LYKES (via Panama). 6 1 x PRES. JOHNSON (via Panama) g PRES. JACKSON A n PRES. GRANT Apl. lg I x PRUSA (via Panama). PRES. HARRISON f. I x PRES. FILLMORE (via Panama) "P PRES. HAYES *J ay
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  • 486 11 Penang in By 4 Goals To 2 Displaying a marked superiority in the forward line. Penang scored a decisive victory by four goals to two over the East Surrey Battalion in a soccer match in aid iof the War Fund on the St.
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  • 912 11 DRAW FOR MEETING IN SINGAPORE Ipoh. Wong Peng Soon, the holder, and Ooi Teik Hock, last year’s runner-up, have been placed in different sections in the singles event in the forthcoming Malayan Badminton Championships at Singapore, the draw for which took place at Ipoh yesterday. The dates
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  • 532 11 Chinese Skittled Out For 28 Runs A strong C.R.C. “A” team led by Tan Ah Ee was well trounced by the Press Eleven on the Victoria Green yesterday, the Press having all their wickets intact when the Chinese score was passed. A feature
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  • 325 11 Thirtl And Fourth Round Results London, March 29. The following are the results of tb» League and Cup soccer and rugby matches played today:— WAR CLP THIRD ROUND—SOUTH Arsenal 2, West Ham 1. 7 Cardiff 2, Tottenham 3. NORTH Bainsley 1, Sheffield United 1. Newcastle 3,
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  • 1925 11 Representative Attendance Pay Last Tribute There was a large attendance, including many leading members of the Chinese community, at the funeral of Mr. Cheah Leong Keah, J.P., from his residence, No. 65. Kelawei Road at 10 o’clock yesterday morning for cremation at the Kek
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  • 188 12 NEWCOMERS PICKING UP WELL The Second Devil And Lepanto Now Ready (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore. Today. MR. KHOO SOO CH AY’S Halo. Spitfire, The Second Devil and Lepanto all looked fit in individual slow work on the second track
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  • 556 12 BRITISH WARSHIPS FORCED TO REPLY Convoy Incident Off Algeria LONDON, MARCH 31. A N INCIDENT IN WHICH FRENCH SHORE BATTERIES LN ALGERIA OPENED FIRE ON SOME BRITISH LIGHT NAVAL FORCES IS RELATED IN AN OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE ISSUED BY THE ADMIRALTY. —Reuter It states: “Reports have
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  • 208 12 —Reuter MR. BEVIN S APPEAL FOR VOLUNTEERS London, March 29. Room can. be found at the present moment tor a hundred thousand mobile women in factories devoted to war effort, said the Minister of Labour and I National Service at Bristol on Saturda. Mr Bevin was
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  • 580 12 Penang And Province Welleslev WOOL MATERIAL ACCOUNT Amount previously acknowiedgea $32.556.87. Nam Thong Co. Ltd jOO VCi Mrs. Heah Joo Seang >f cushions. 63.501 MONTHLY CONTRIBUTIONS Mi* Stephen Antaony 6 month* 4xniL*u»’ition 30.00 Mrs. W. N. Walter 5.00 E.D.C.” 2.00' Ladies' SectKuy ;e.( i 3
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  • 118 12 —Reuter. Attitude To Church Condemned London, March 31. to Catholic Germany to awake and face pagan tendencies which the Nazi regime is spreading throughout ReicTi-occupied territory was made tn a broadcast by the Vatican wireless today. The announcer declared that the religious situation in Germany
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  • 83 12 —Reuter London, March 31. 1 FIRMAN invasion ports along the Channel were heavily atattaeked by K.A.F. ixmibers after dusk last night. Explosions were heard from the British side and fires were seen in the direction of Calais. Earlier, during daylight, frequent patrols of R.A.F, fighters were
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  • 119 12 —Reuter. Puppet CovernmeiK’s First Anniversary Tokyo. Mar. 30 Th. first anniversary of ’the Japanesesponsored Nanking Government in China falls today. The Japanese press tr< ats this event with *ome prominence this morning, but does not attempt to disguise the cufficultie* which the Nanking regime is facing. The “Nichi-Nichi”
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  • 74 12 Reuter. W ill Soon Be On The Rhine New York, Mar. 30 Nazi philosophers gave the British Empire nist one more generation before it succumbed to fattv degeneration of the heart.” says the Nvw York Times” todat. adding the following comment But another generation of British decline
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