Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 28 April 1941

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    24 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE L.4S7' EDITION ESTAB. 1833 FUBLISHED Milt 50. oL 1 X MON DAY, \PR iL 28, 1941. PRICE Id CENTS
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    “SITUATION NOT SO CRITICAL NOW AS LAST SUMMER
    1364 1 AMERICANS CHEERED Bl CHURCHILLS SPEECH Ever Increasing Part Of U*S. In War Washington, April 28. MR. CHURCHILL’S speech had a soberly cheering effect among American people. His frank admission of defeat by Germans in Libya was welcomed no less than his assurance
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    WHAT PREMIER SAID
    209 1 that is ha.pt. ru'-H,. 1 is now comparable iv gravity with that through which we passed last year. Not hi g that van happen in the last comparable with what is happening in the West “We must, now’ expect tin war in Mediterranean to become ver-\ fierce.
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    Egyptian Frontier Crossed By Axis Forces
    141 1 —Reuter. Cairo, April 27. THE crossing of the Egyptian frontier by Axis forces was made by two motorised columns, believed largely to be composed of Italians. They advanced Eastward south of the escarpment which runs to th# sea at Solium. The advance is be
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    British Still Masters Of Mediterranean
    71 1 SOVIET VIEW —Reutei. Moscow, April 27. Despite the German successes in Greece, Britain is still master of the Eastern Mediterranean, says the Soviet military expert, Colonel Popoff, writing in the Red Scar,” the organ of the Soviet Army. After discussing the chances of the German
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    Final Operations In Abyssinia
    93 1 —Reuter. Khartoum, April 28. The remaining operations in Abysj sinia before the final occupation of 'what was the Italian East. African Em pire are proceeding satisfactorily, j The Sudan defence force which cap- Aired the fort at Mota on Thursday collected as well as twelve officers
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    NEW AXIS THREAT TO SWITZERLAND
    161 1 London. April 28. Switzerland was threatened with “the most serious consequences for thp tut ore of the country” by the Rome Rd din last night, —Reuter Signor Ezio Mario Grey, a Notional Cou.tcillor, broadcasting, accused. Switzerland oj violating her neutrality by allowing anti-Italian expressions of
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    No Alert In London
    82 1 plunged down through the sky—Reuter. London, April 28 London had no ’Alert' up io late hours last night (Sunday). Raiders were reported over a town in the South Coast and two districts in East Anglia. Heavy bombs and many incendiaries fell on the south coast town.
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    GERMAN ECONOMIC MISSION
    77 1 —Feuter Arrival Dn Vis’? To Tok vo I'jkio, April The Gsrmsn economic mission arrived here th'S morning. Thr mission, headed by ’-Terr Helmut W hlt?t. Director-General of the German four-year plan, was met. si the stet.on by Mr Ohashj, Vice-Minister j fo' Foreign AfTcii’.s, "nd other Foreign
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    Active Soviet – Turkish Collaboration Against Germans Urged
    816 2 Active Soviet Turkish Collaboration Against Germans Urged MEETING NEW NAZI PRESSURE Hitler Looking For New Military Bases Ankara, April 26. VOR the first time since hostilities began a Turkish paper states Germany may have demands to make on Turkey. The newspaper “Ikadam” also issues the first appeal of its kind
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    Hamburg's Turn To Receive R.A.F. 'Specials'
    188 2 —Reuter. Berlin, April 27. KIEL and Bremen have already felt the force of Britain’s latest and most powerful. bombs. Last night, it was the turn of Hamburg—Germany’® second largest city and greatest seaport.—to experience the devastation they can cause. It was a dark and.
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    “THIS WAR NO KID GLOVE AFFAIRI
    162 2 —Reuter. Rugby, April 26. Mr. Emanuel Shinwell, Labour M.P. who with Lora Winterton, from the Conservative tenches, and the Liberal National, Mr. Hore Belisha, has been a forceful advocate in the House of Cornmens of the most vigorous possible prosecution of the war, speaking
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    COAL STRIKE STILL UNSETTLED
    37 2 .—Reuter Washington, April 26 President Roosevelt had abandoned plans for a brief holiday at the Warm Springs, Georgia “because the soft coal controversy is still unsettled,” his Secretary’, Mr. Stephen Early, announced today.—Reuter
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    Chinese Admiration For British People
    146 2 MME. CHIANG EXPRESSES —Reuter. London, April 27. rpHE sympathy and admiration of the Chinese people far the British people were voiced by Madame Chiang Kai-shek in a 8.8. C. broadcast tonight. She said that the British, as were the Chinese, were fighting for democratic principles.
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    A.R.P. IN BATAVIA
    52 2 -—Reuter. Batavia, April 27. Business office personnels numbering over fifty have been ordered to register in May in connection with Air Raid precautions. It is expected thereby to discover weak points in the protection of industry. The order applies to Government Departments, Institutions, workshops as well as
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    AUSTRALIA TO GIVE ALL FOR VICTORY
    181 2 —8.0. W. No Disunity Melbourne, April 27. ‘There is no political disunity regarding the prosecution of the war.” The Labour leader, Mr. Curtin, made this categorical declaration today in a message addressed not only to Australia but to the world jn general. Australia and
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    FIGHTING IN GREECE
    248 2 Router. British Troops Continuing Withdrawal Cairo. April 27 British troop s in Greece are continuing their withdrawal, says a British G.H.Q. communique issued on Sunday.—Reuter. ITALIAN CLAIMS Rome, Apr. 27 An Italian communique states that during mopping-up operations in Northern Albania and Epirus, many Yugoslav and Greek
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    GUNS IN ACTION ON FRENCH COAST
    33 2 —Reuter. London, April 26 German long-range guns mounted on the French coast were in action across the Straits of Dover for nearly cne hour this afternoon. —Reuter.
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    Hitler Winning Victories But Losing The War
    1270 2 GEN. SMUTS’ CONFIDENCE Final Issue To Be Fought In West And Possibly In Far East Capetown. April 27. “Germany is winning’ victories but she is losing the war." declared General Smuts, the South-African Prime Minister, in a broadcast speech from Capetown last night,
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    Fighting In Solium Area
    61 2 '—Reuter. Enemy Advance Harassed Cairo, Apr. 27 A British G.H.Q. communique issued on Sunday states: “Libya: In the Tobruk area no change in the situation. “Solium: Yesterday evening enemy detachments crossed the frontier at several points. Our light mobile forces remained in contact with the enemy,
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    CHINESE COUNTERATTACKS NOW IN FULL SWING
    131 2 —Reuter Several Important Points Recaptured Chungking, April 28. ’HI/NESE counter-attacks are in full swing in the provinces of Chekiang, Fukien and Hipeh, according to the latest despatches received here. On the Chekiang coast, it staples, Chinese troops have recaptured the port of Taichow while
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    Books Wanted For Indians Overseas
    343 3 Mews from India New Delhi, April 24. a N appeal' for gifts of Indian lanA gnage literature for Indians overseas was made by the Central Joint VZa r Committee of the Indian Red Cross Society and the St. John’s Am- it explains that there is
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    AUSTRALIA TO SUPPLY BOOTS FORTROOPSHERE
    147 3 R I: contracts for the supply of boots and sand-shoes for the Imperial forces in India and Malaya will be placed Ln Australia soon. The contracts will probably be valued at more than £1.000,000. The orders have come through the Sastem Group Supply Council, at
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    Piloted Enemy Airplane With Captives As Crew
    199 3 young R.A.F. squadion leader has ..own a captured enemy bomber A, to an R.A.F. station in the Sudan its Italian pilot and engineer actmg as crew. -he pilot seemed willing to help,” e uadron leader said, “but my heart -n my mouth when
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    Inside Italy on the Eve of War
    1926 3  -  A H anting: ''Stay in Rome as Little as possible': Truth about Gavda s Power H it It buscist Part v W' By C. M. FR4NZERO T'crmcrlv I. vuPn t rrrspuid’ 'A.- Gcirnalr dTtaiia I Tom the pages of his Wat Diari the
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    BRITAIN SEES THE FUNNY SIDE
    820 3 More Official Instructions With 4 Smile London ers M ock Goering s Efforts BY OSWALD DUT( ll The spirit of a nation can be judged perhaps mare, truly and, clearly by its political jokes and cartoons than fmm many lengthy characterisations. They show how, even
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      107 3 I Does this Climate J Upset Your Liver Digestion If so, take a course of Tn this tropical cltawta with ita heat and humidity the Ltvw he- comes sluggish, ihe bowels iiTegulur, and the whole dfgeritv» svsiern disorganised, with the result your heed aches and yov. fee: generally "washed out.”
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      46 3 R WHITELAW'S CARTOON I’ .A-1 I fl I Z A A I LiT i-ir,/" I K w mO y J-l- wnl fill —fm——i——f* <ri ■■afcn—aniawtw—j mi i r The Billeting Officer: I know 1 can rely on you to give these LQiie chaps a good home
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    ENCOURAGE SERVANTS TO COLLECT SCRAP AND WASTE MATERIALS
    2283 4 Appeal To Malayan Public MR. M. V. DEL TUFO ON WHAT IS WANTED a TALK by Mr. M. V. del Tufo, M.C.S., Secretary General. Department A of Supply. Malaya. broadcast from the Singapore station on Saturday, April 2G. “T AM going to
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    UNIQUE TRAFFIC CASE
    419 4 Look, Sign Incorrect Seremban. a TAMIL bus-conductor was sunmi one< j here for falling to observe the “Stop, Lookk Go” sign at the ju nc ti on o f tabu Road and Birch Road and although the prosecution called both the State Engineer and the Chief Police
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    REVOLVER WENT OFF ACCIDENTALLY
    53 4 Neil Angus, a young Singapore detective, was taken to hospital when a revolver which he was unloading went off accidentally. The incident occurred in a house in Bukit Timah Road. It appears that a bullet pierced the fleshy part of a leg and the injury is
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    DETECTIVE ACQUITTED
    57 4 Yap Siew Kee, a detective attacheto the Straits Settlements Police Force, was acquitted in the Singapore third court without his defence being called upon on a charge of causing hurt to a woman named Low Ah Cs on Dec. 17 last with intent to outrage her modesty. He
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    8-DAY MURDER TRIAL ENDS
    606 4 Driver Sentenced To Death WTITH the passing of sentence of death by Mr. Justice Worley at the Singapore Assizes on Thursday on Teh Cheong, the Johore lorry driver, the curtain was rung down on a trial that occupied eight days. Teh Cheong was found guilty on
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      127 4 BRUSH YOUR TEETH THE SAFE® WAY Still titST SMS V USE ITS CHARU NvSXz chttfcoiiMj Susie tiKi-j mean a great deal m HUr attd you must guard it with jr greatest care. Behind the gleam- f white, of your teeth dangerous decay may he setting in, without you •even knowing
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      32 4 I What a War XuN jk <■ > ®ZI IPu I; I; z IliK -c' j Damnation' Can't a man knock his pipe cut without 1 the whole of Acacia-af'enue losing its reason? i
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    LOCAL CHINESE WEDDINGS
    351 5 Wis.s See-Tho Yuet Mei ln<{ Mr. Lee Kok Leong Chinese wedding was solemnised ‘be Penang Buddhist Association, -hson Road, at noon yesterday, the parties being Miss See-Tho Yuet Mei, dest daughter Of Mr and a > Kum, and Mr Lee Kok Leong, eldest son of Mr. Lee
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    DANGER OF RICE SHORTAGE DISPOSED OF
    933 5 Area Under Padi in Malaya Being Systematically Increased Malaya is only about one third self supporting as gards rice. The area under padi is being systematically increased —there were 42,000 acres more under padi in the 1939=40 season than in the previous one—but the
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    MALAYA PATRIOTIC FUND. WOMEN’S SECTION
    228 5 Penang And Province eileslev WOOI. MATERIIL ACCOUNT Amount previously acknowledged $33,540.22 Wives of Members of St. Geor Society Committee 25.00 “Phyllis” 10.00 Monthly contributions: Mrs. T. W. Douglas '3 monthcontribution > Mrs. W. H. Vetch 13 months contribution > Mrs. W. N. Waltei Mrs. A.
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    CRIMINAL FORCE CHARGE
    115 5 Ipoh. When the case in which a European, Philip C. Cordner was charged with using criminal force on a public servant, namely a Police constable at Mayfair Hotel on the night of April 8, came up before the First Magistrate, Mr. P.F.Y. Radcliffe, on Saturday, the prosecuting
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL
    406 5 SOCIAL PERSONAL Mr. S. F. Owen has been appointed a Deputy Game Warden for Pahang. Mr. W. G. W. Hastings, the wellknown Kuala Lumpur lawyer, has returned from home leave. Mr. A. E. Mullaly, the Negri Sembilan State Councillor, has left for Australia on holiday. ife A Mr. F. A.
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      429 5 M i WESTERN ELECTRIC RP Y MA IFSTIC fe'cncLoxiia S fib JU, Jg, TJa*/ ndbcwexx. bdMX lew,'‘o, phome issls Aturrf W LAST NIGHT TO-NIGHT 3 SHOWS TODAY LAST 3 SHOWS TODAY A TAMIL'SOCIAL DRAMA At 3; 6.15 9.30 p.m. 3, 6.15 9.30 p.m. “SOWBHAG* Two Great Stars Together! At Reduced
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      122 5 Nl last THREE SHOWS TO-DAY METRO’S GREATEST ALL-STAR SENSATION’ Ct4RK GABLE and CLAUDETTE COLBERT. HEDY LAMARR and SPENCER TRACY SHARING LIFE. LOVE AND ADVENTURE IN “BOOM TOWN” Opens To-morrow Tuesday, April 29 SEE HOW SOCIETY BEAUTIES GET THEIR MAN’ S* j "J*■ 'Hi" Robert CUMMINGS aO' Loraine DAY Jeon MulB
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      130 5 111I 1 1 OiH 4 SHOWS TCI)AY t ft.m.~~3.30—6.30—9.30 THE GREAT INSPIRING, THRILLING AND PATRIOTIC CHINES E P RODUCTION, HIGHLY ENDORSED BY THE CHUNGKING GOVERNMENT '"Fatherland Calls” A PICTURE EVERY CHINESE MUST SEE! Be prepared to laugh, chuckle, roar at one of the funiest comedies you’ve ever seen! NEXT CHANGE
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE
    94 6 MARRIAGE Mr. and Mrs. Khoo Keng Earn have the pleasure in inviting all friends and relatives to witness the marriage of their eldest daughter, Miss Khoo Cheng I.ooi to Mr. Lim Choon Jin alias John Lim, eldest son of the late Mr. Lm Mah Seang and Mrs. Lim
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    FRESH HEART FOR THE EMPIRE
    440 6 'TVHANK God for Winston Churchill. How often, in a dark hour like the present, the Empire gains fresh heart from the words, deeds and example of its great leader. Mr. Churchill’s broadcast lastL night was characteristically frank» and reassuring. Its note of con-* fidence gives
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    CANADIAN ARMY
    68 6 —Reuter. Drive For 22,000 Men For Overseas Service Ottawa, April 26 A limited recruiting drive to obtain about 22,000 men for overseas service in the Canadian Army within the next few months was announced by Colonel Ralston, Defence Minister, at a Press conference tcday. He stated that two
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    Diary of a Foreign News Editor
    736 6 Monday, April 28. A JAIN points in Mr. Churchill’s broadcast to the Empire last night were centred on the future. “We must expect the war in the Mediterranean to become very fierce, varied and widespread,” he says. JJE offers no excuse for the failure
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    By The Way
    326 6 One W 7 ay Traffic ]YTOW that ‘all the excitement has died down, I think it will be generally agreed that the introduction of one-way traffic in Bishop and Church Streets has proved quite a successful experiment. There is more orderliness, for one thing, and the parking
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      19 6 mr Kills fl ies k W-;fefelZafitW ALL THE LEADING DEALERS OR FROM THE AGENTS: Henry Waugh Co., Ltd., PENANG.
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      33 6 I*l Lu. 1* I i cc 1 'Kju«S) ncvEßiwutm TANTOMG BUNfiAH For your convenience send your tyr» to our Sales Depot, 11 Light Street, Penang, Phone 4121. S S PAr ih nI! /v
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    Governor’s Stern Warning To Rumour Mongers
    2407 7 ■‘Full Out All The Time" Slogan For Malaya Davs When Hearts Should Be High And Steps Unfaltering TV ORDS Of" STERN WARNING WERE UTTERED BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR AT TODAY’S MEETING OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, WHEN HE REFERRED TO DEFEATISTS AND RUMOUR-MONGERS LN
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    STRENGTH OF CIVIL DEFENCE UNITS IN COLONY
    723 7 Govt. Declares There Is No Shortage Of Recruits RETAILS as to the strength of the various Civil Defence Units in the Colony were given by Government in official replies to the questions which had been submitted on the subject by the senior member
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    LEPER GUILTY OF MURDER BUT INSANE
    85 7 At the conclusion in the Penang Assizes today of the Pulau Jerejak murder case in which Wong Ah Chim, a leper, was charged with committing murder by causing the death of Vincent Diaz, librarian of the leper camp, the jury returned a verdict of
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    Services Club Fund
    35 7 The Services Club Fund in Penang has been augmented by two gifts over the week end, these being $2OO from the Runnymede Hotel and $lOO from Mr. and Mrs. Cheah Cheang Lim.
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    SCHOOLS REOPEN AFTER EASTER HOLIDAYS
    22 7 In common with other parts of the country Penang English schools reopened today after their Easter holidays.
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    Sir Walrond Sinclair Appointed Rubber Controller
    58 7 T Reuter message ‘from London received today 'reports that Sir ll'alrond Sinclair has been appointed Rubber Controller. Sir ll alrond is Chairman and Managing Director of the British Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd., Chairman of the India Rubber, Gutta Perchat and Telepraph IRorks Co.,
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      89 7 a f (dShujfaf U Splendid—how happy everyone is P. —For only Cow Gate is good enough for our Baby and your Baby and everybody else’s Baby. A little dearer Yes V —buc o great deal better! You can’t afford cheap Milk Foods for Baby even ij. in wartime behest of
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    CONGESTION IN RAILWAYS
    214 8 Boustead’s Rubber Sales Report Penang, April 23. During the last week the market has remained fairly steady, easing slightly at the weekend but finally recovering to 40 cents per lb f.o.b. London and New York report a quiet but slightly easier tendency, London closing at 1< 3/Bd.
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    AUSTRAL MALAY TIN
    28 8 The secretaries of Austral New Zealand Mining Limited advise the following results for the four weeks ended April 19:— Hours 366, Yards 235,000, Ounces w.
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      MINING
      454 8 Issued by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association (Penang and Ipoh sections) at noon 28th April, 1941 Issue Buyers Sellers 4/0 Ampat Tin 3/0 3/6 5/0 Austral Amal. 6/4$ 6/7$ £1 Austral Malay 33/6 35/0 5/0 Ayer Hitam 17/3 17/9 $1 Ayer Weng .75 .80 £1 Bangrin Tin 12/0 13/0 $1
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      RUBBERS
      227 8 Issue Buyers Sellers Allenby 1.10 1.15 Alor Gajah .80 .85 Amal Malay 1.65 1.70 Ayer Hitam .90 .95 Ayer Molek 1.07$ 1.12$ Ayer Panas 1.05 1.10 Bassett .40 .43 Batu Lintang 1.00 1.02$ Bedford .85 88 Benta .97$ 102$ Borelli 1.32$ 1.37$ Broga .60 .62$ Brunei United .55 .60c
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      GENERAL
      339 8 Issue Buyers Sellers A£l Austral N.Z. Ord. 22/0 23/0 s*>. Alex Brick Ord 1.87$ 1.92$ $2 Alex Brick 75% Pref. 2.10 2.15 $5 B. M. T. 7.50 7.75 r £5 Chartered Bank £Bs £9c £1 Con. T. S. Ord. 16/6 17/0 £1 Con. T. S. 7% Pref. 19/9 20/6
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      LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
      156 8 MINING Dividend Books Close Payable Batu Selangors 5% 1.5.41 8.5.41 Chenderiang 5% L.T. 30.4.41 Kent 5% L. T 30.4.41 Kramat Tin 25% 24.4.41 30.4.41 Kuchai 10% 2nd Int. 14.5.41 20.5.41 Larut Tin 5% 28.4.41 7.5.41 Lingui 5% 2nd Int. 16.5.41 20.5.41 Mambaus 75% In. 21.4.41 28.4.41
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    ENGLAND BEAT WALES
    237 8 Soccer Rugby Results ARSENAL ENTER WAR CUP FINAL London, April 26. The following are results of the football and rugby matches played today:— WAR CUP—SEMI-FINALS RETURN MATCHES Leicester 1, Arsenal 2 Newcastle 0, Preston 0. INTERNATIONAL MATCH England 4, Wales 1. (Half-time England 2-0). LONDON CUP Queen’s
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    O.X.A. BOWLERS TOO GOOD FOR PRESS BATSMEN
    385 8 In a low-scoring one innings cricKet match played on the S.X.I. ground yesterday, the Old Xaverians’ Association defeated the Press XI by 50 runs The main feature of the match was the wonderful bowling of W. A. Williams who captured seven wickets for
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    PARIT PERAK RUBBER
    1234 8 Increased Profit: Remarkable Yields From Old Trees A final, dividend of 10 per cent was declared at the twenty-fifth ordinary general meeting of the Parit Perak Rubber Co., Ltd. held on Saturday at 12 noon at the registered office, 33 Beach Street, Penang. Mr. H. E. Nixon,
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    MARKET QUOTATIONS
    110 8 Saturday’s Close Previously TIN: LONDON “Spot” £271. 15. 0. “Forward” £267. 0. 0. SINGAPORE “Spot” 8134.75 $135.00 Business done 100 tons 100 tons PENANG “Spot” $134.75 $135.00 RUBBER: LONDON “Spot” 14 l|l6d. “Forward” 14d. Tone Very Quiet SINGAPORE “Spot” 40 118 c 39 s:Bc PENANG “Spot” 40 18c
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      68 8 BANKS If OUR SERVICES ARE AT YOUR DISPOSAL To keep abreast with the progress of economic developments, no business concern can afford not to take advantage of the multifarious services offered by a reputed banking institution with years of financial experience. The Indian Overseas Bank, Ltd., (Incorporated in British India)
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    MENZIES COMPARED TO WILLKIE
    78 9 The New York Sunday Times recently devoted a special article running to several columns to “The First Citizen from Down Under.” "Americans will understand Mr. Menzies,” the article says. "Those who have met him think he is astonishingly like Mr. Wendell Willkie, unsuccessful Republican candidate at
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    THE MAILS
    226 9 MONDAY, APRIL. 28. 1941. Postage Latest Time of Destixiation Letters Postcards Superscription Posting at Penang per os. each. Ordinary Regn. AIR MAILS SPECIAL ATTENTION IS INVITED TO THE REVISED TIMES OF CLOSING AIR MAILS. Mon. 28th inst. Ipoh, K. Lumpur Wearnes Air Singapore .10 .05 Services 1.30 p.m.
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      3008 9 SAN FRANCISCO KUALA LUMPUR •■'■/'/'B W I I (Treasure island) B t T s{)o mc/s <6O-00 i W I I K I KGEI 9.67 mc/s (31.02 mJ rrnrinn^” 1 News Bulletin (Relayed from 1 VB B I M B. I 7.20 p.m. The Songsters. 7.50 Newsim Londono English. 8.05 Tunes
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      370 9 5.50 Hindustani music.t 6.05 News in Hindustani 6.20 Tamil music.t 6.40 News in Tamil. 7.00 The Rahd of His Majesty’s Grenadier Guards, t 7.10 News in French. 7.20 The Band of H.M. Grenadier Guards. (Cont’d),t 7.30 Malay programme by the Straits Kronchong Party. (Cont’d). 8.00 Warning to Mariners. News in
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    Great Part Of British Troops Leaves Greece Safely
    779 10 FOR SERVICE IN NORTH AFRICA First Detachment Of Enemy Enters Athens New York, April 27 A great part of the British troops and equipment have been safely evacuated from Greece for service in North Africa, according to a correspondent of the ‘‘New
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    Over 20,000 Killed In Belgrade
    353 10 .—Reuter. Streets Filled With Rotting Corpses On the German frontier, Apr. 26 Over twenty thousand were killed in the Nazi terror raids on Belgrade whose inhabitants are now living like animals under German occupation, according to neutral eye-witnesses from Belgrade now coming out of the
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    INDUSTRIAL TOWNS OF GERMANY BOMBED
    1197 10 MAIN ATTACK CENTRED ON HAMBURG Enemy Supply Ships And Escorts Sunk Or Damaged London, April 27 The main attack by R.A.F. bombers on Saturday night was on Hamburg, it is learned in London. Fires were started in the industrial and dock areas. Other aircraft attacked
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    MERSEYSIDE ENEMY’S MAIN TARGET
    314 10 .—Reuter. Casualties Not Numerous London, April 27. Many enemy bombers cama over Merseyside but early on Sunday morning only three were dead and a rmali number of other casualties was reported in Liverpool after a raid that had been sharp but short. The raiders followed the
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    "THEY WILL GET IT BACK THREEFOLD”
    34 10 —Reuter. London, April 26 Mr. Winston Churchill, seeing the air raid damage in Manchester today, said “it is a tragedy but they will get it back threefold.” —Reuter.
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    CONSIDERABLE ENEMY LOSSES AT SOLLUM
    492 10 Further Penetration Of Dessie’s Defences Rugby, April 26 Today’s communique from British G.H.Q. in the Middle East states:—‘‘Libya—in the Tobruk area an enemy concentration was successfully broken up by the accuracy and weight of our artillery fire. About Solium our patrol and artillery activity has
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    PENANG’S EASY PASSAGE TO FINAL OF FOONG SEONG CUP
    1514 11 Perak Beaten In All Five Matches Penang easily qualified for the final of the “Foong Seong” badminton competition at the Penang Free School Hall terday morning when they beat Perak in the first, and, incid- the semi-final round by five matches
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    Mendiola Beats Corbett In Hard- Hitting Bout
    247 11 Mendiola Beats Corbett In HardHitting Bout HASSAN TO MEET BURMA CHAMPION Hard-hitting characterised the fight between Young Corbett and Baby Mend'ola in the main event of the New World boxing promotion last night. Mendiola won on points over 12 two-minute rounds. Young Corbett tipped the scale at 8.8 and Mendiola
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    SOCCER
    185 11 C.R.C. Beat Leicester “C” Company In a fast and interesting soccer friendly on the Victoria Green yesterday, the Chinese Recreation Club defeated the “C” Co, of the Leicester Regiment by six goals to four. 'Both teams displayed excellent combination and good finishing. Askew, the visiting centre-fcrward, was prominent, scoring
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    GOLF
    207 11 Penang Turf Club Beat Legal And Medical Team An interesting match between a Legal and Medical team, and the Turf Club was played yesterday and resulted in a win for the latter by six points to two. Below are the full details:— D. C. P. Allen and D. R.
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    PENANG'S TEAM AGAINST PERAK AT CRICKET
    1062 11 STATE TRIAL RESULTS IN WIN FOR ASTE’S TEAM Two Half Centuries In Game At Ipoh After the State Trial on the Western Road ground yesterday resulting in G. Aste’s XII defeating S. V. Adams’ XII by the narrow margin of three runs, the following
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    Revival Of Racing In Taiping
    528 11 TURF CLUB’S GOOD YEAR DESPITE DIFFICULTIES Taiping. That, the revival of .professional racing in Taiping was very much appreciated by the racing public was commented upon by the Hon’ble Mr. S. B. Palmer C.B E, president of the Taiping Turf Club at the annual general
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    Several Good Gallops At K. Lumpur
    464 12 POINTERS FOR RACES ON WEDNESDAY President, K.C.G. And Devon King Impress (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Today. SEVERAL good pointers for Wednesday, the first day of the Selangor Spring meeting, were revealed in this morning’s track work with the going holding. These animals
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    ENGLAND LOSE TO REST AT GOLF
    321 12 An interesting match between England and the Rest was played at Glugor yesterday and resulted in a Win for the latter by nine points to seven. Below are the full details: J. R. Isherwood and G. A. Wood beat A. R. Craig and T.
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    "WAR IN MEDITERRANEAN WILL BECOME VERY FIERCE"
    1841 12 Premier Declares Germans Will Be Cleared Out Of Cyrenaica London, April 28. E must now expect the war in the Mediterranean on sea, in desert and, above all, in the air, to beome very fierce, varied and widespread,” declared the Premier, Mr. Winston
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    INTERNATIONAL SOCCER
    165 12 —Reuter. Welsh Scores England’s Four Goals London, Apr. 26 Quite like old times with the football staging a programme equal in quality to any pre-war gala day with the English and Welsh International and two cup semi-finals, the aggregate 70,000 for the three matches saw keen play, especially
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    BOTANICAL GARDENS TO BE CLOSED AT NIGHT
    91 12 Precaution Against Malaria From Thursday, May 1, the gates to the Waterfall Gardens will be closed daily at 6.30 p.m. and re-opened at 6.00 a.m., announces the Assistant Curator of Gardens, Mr. J. C. Nauen. This step has been rendered necessary owing to
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    At The Cinemas
    224 12 JANE WITHERS AND AUTRY AT REX Setting a new high in Western romances, Gene Autry and Jane Withers share acting honours in “Shooting High,” now- showing at the Rex. Gene Autry, the singing cowboy, is being given a big break in the picture, romancing with Marjorie Weaver.
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    ONLY $3 ADDED TO WAR FUND
    46 12 The War Fund in North Malaya stands at $1,507,176.61 made up of Penang $959,460.39 and Perak $547,716.22. The only contribution to Penang over the week-end was a sum of $3 from an anonymous donor. Previously acknowledged $959,457.39 “Photographs” 3.00 $959,460.39
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    MARKET PRICES
    50 12 MONDAY, APRIL 28. TIN: Penang $134.00 Business done 25 tons Singapore $134 00 RUBBER: Penang Spot 40 l/2c Singapore Spot 40 l/2c COPRA: Sundried $2.80 buyers Black Pepper Nominal TAPIOCA: Medium $8.25 sellers Fair Seed $7.60 sellers RICE: Rangoon Parboiled No. 1 $9.10 Rangoon Parboiled No. 2 $8.68
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