Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 20 May 1941

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  • 22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE LAST EDITION ESTAB. 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY Vo. 119. Vol. XCIX. TUESDAY, MAY 20, Nil. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • 140 1 BRITISH BOMBING OF AERODROMES IN SYRIA "Protective Measures" Being Considered MADRID, MAY 20. r pHE BERLIN CORRESPONDENT OF ALCAZAR RE1 PORTS THAT IT IS NOT EXPECTED IN BERLIN THAT THE VICHY GOVERNMENT WILL TAKE REPRISALS’ FOR THE BRITISH BOMBING OF SYRIAN AERODROMES, THOUGH IT
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  • 98 1 REUTER. Roosevelt Putting U.S. Into Undeclared War? WASHINGTON, MAY 20. CONGRESS IS MOKE THAN LIKELY TO RECEIVE A DOCUMENT OF SOME GRAVITY ON “THE STATE OF THE NATION” FROM THE PRESIDENT’S HAND THIS WEEK. IT MAY EVEN BE SENSATIONAL. WASHINGTON IS SWAMPED WITH RUMOURS AND THE WILDEST REPORTS
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  • 194 1 .-B.Q.W- Far Stricter Now* Than In Last AV ar Rugby, May 2C The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Economic Warfare said at Liskard “In spite of the Marseilles leak and the other leak through Siberia. Britain has enforced a far stricter blockade than in the first twenty
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  • 106 1 REUTER. LONDON, MAY 2U. 'l/IAJOR J. B. GLUBB WHO WA4 LIKENED BY SOME TO LAWRENCE OF ARABIA ANIA LED THE ARAB LEGION GOA OPERATING WITH BRITISH' FORCES IN IRAQ HAS BEEN KILLED IN BATTLE NEAR DOLMA, ACCORDING TO A COMMUNIQUE ISSUED BY RASHID
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  • 113 1 .—Reuter. London. May 20. r |'HE Soviet 'army began spring 1 manoeuvres with a considerable concentration of droops in the region of Tashkent near the frontier of Iran, according to a despatch from the New York “Times” Ankara correspondent quoted by
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  • 124 1 —Reuter. London, May 20. Four Spitfires patrolling over the Channel yesterday encountered ten Messerschmitt fighters, shot down rive ot them in as many minutes without loss to themselves, and then with ammunition spent, raced home safely, though pursued by over 30 other
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  • 70 1 —Reuter. London, May 20. All Souls College, Oxford, has offered “for al least the duration of war” to the He use of Commons the actual Speaker’s Chair used by Charles Abbot, Speaker of the House from 1802 to 1817. The College Warden wrote Use of the Chair at
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  • 120 1 LUkV cM JU —8.0. W. New Legislative Council Meets For First Fime Rugby, May 2v. Trinidad and Tobago's new Constitution came into force on May 15. Tiie reconstituted Legislative Council met fcr the first time on Saturday. It consists of the Governor as President, three Official Members
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  • 65 1 —Reuter. Dismissal Urged By ••Montreal Gazetie” Ottawa, May 20. The dismissal of the Vichy Minister in Ottawa is demanded in an editorial article in the “Montreal Gazette” on grounds that he is “now to all intents and purposes a representative of the German High Command.” The
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  • 119 1 —Reuter Lund. n. a!ay 2v. The Duke of Aosta and tssoiini achanged. messages before th surrender of Amba Alagi. The Duke of Aosta, after showing that surrender was no longer avoidable, said, according to the Rome radio: “I am comforted in this
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  • 84 1 nt‘ ltd .—Reuter Admissions Of Guilt By I hree Suspects Colombo, May 20. Admissions of guilt by three suspects arrested in connection with the mtrd< r a week ago of a planter, Mr. C.A.G. Pope, aged 49 on Steeleberg Estate at Pussellawa, were made on
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  • 75 1 —Reuter. Chicago, May 20. Ihe death is announced of Sir David Owen. Chairman of the Merchant ShipPmg Advisory Committee of the Board of Trade, who was returning to London from H"ngkong. He became ill on March 28 a J ItJ Was brou B'ht to a hotel
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  • 152 1 Reuter Washington, May ig. A BILL authorising the United States to acquire French possessions and property ■in the Western Hemisphere was introduced in the House of Representatives today by the Republican Congressman, Mr. Francis Case, who proposed that the 'State Department
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  • 609 1 BRITISH FORCES IN ABYSSINIA NOW AVAILABLE FOR OPERATIONS IN IRAQ SYRIA Turn Of Tide in Libya London, May 20. r |’HE forces which will be liberated as a result of the very successful British operations in Abyssinia are not inconsiderable and may have a decisive influence not only on the
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  • 70 1 Reuter Reported Arrival At Recife Now Denied Rio de Janeiro, May 20. The arrival of the German freighter “Lech" at Recife Pernambuco, v.hich is reported in a Recife despatch received here on Friday, is now denied. The “Lech” is the first German merchantman to cross the Atlantic since
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  • 75 1 —Reuter. Addis Ababa, May 20. JNDIAN troops used machinegvfns with devastating effect when during the last stages of the battle of Amba Alagi, they attacked Italian Blackshirts high up a 12,000foot mountain. Finally the white flag appeared. Ihe Indians ceased fire and had approached within 30 yards
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  • 256 1 It is k well established fact that millions of dollars are expended annually tn repairing the damage done by Termites or White Ants as they are com monly called. In a recent press survey, it was shown that on the estimates of the Kuale Lumpur Works and Buildings
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  • 441 2 SHOULD BE NiO DIFFICULTY IN KEEPING GERMANS OUT Britons Americans To Be Evacuated Jerusalem, May 19. rpHE evacuation of Syria and Lebanon by British, Americans and Palestinians on the advice of their Consuls is reported in a despatch to the Independent French
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  • 64 2 —Reuter. Purchases In U.S. Under Lease Lend Act New York. May 17. "The Sun” reports that huge stocks of eggs for Britain are being bought by the Federal Government in pursuance of the policy of buying and shipping food to England under the Lease and Lend Act.
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  • 77 2 Reuter. Registration Of Men Of 35 London, Maj 17 Another mg registration for national service is taking place on Saturday. Men of 39 are registering and they will have the opportunity of expressing preference for any branch of service, Navy Army and R.A.F., Police War Reserve or Auxiliary
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  • 49 2 Reuter Sou Of Famous French Aircraft Constructor Vichy, May 19. M. Paul Louis Breguet, son of the famous French aircraft constructor, has been arrested and imprisoned at Bone, Algeria, on the charge of misappropriating material belonging to the state, according to the Vichy News Ager.Gj-.
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  • 115 2 —Reuter. Moscow, May 19. H'HE Soviet Union which originated the technique of parachute soldiers has taken a leaf out of Britain’s defence book on coopting civilian defence against this new form of warfare. The Sonet radio stated today that several thousand miners were among
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  • 54 2 that the aim would be surpassed.—Reuter. London. May 19 Two days after it was launched. London’s huge war weapons week —in which 62 «boroughs are seeking £100,000.000 —is already assured of success. Although no definite figures were availabic last night, official indications were that the
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  • 97 2 —Reuter. London. May 19. R.A.F. bombers attacked the German naval base at Kiel on Sunday night, it is learned in London. Further damage was caused to important shipbuilding yards in Germany's naval base at Kiel on Sunday night bv R.A.F. bombers. it is learned in London.
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  • 217 2 —Reuter. Five German Planes Shot Down London. May 19. Five German fighters were shot down by R.A.F. fighters in an engagement off the English South Coast on Monday afternoon. The R.A.F. suffered no loss in this engagement but two fighters were lost m combat during
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  • 89 2 REUTER. Statements Sent To Mr. Churchill LONDON, MAY 79. HERR HESS IS STILL WRITING AND TALKING. SINCE LANDING IN SCOTLAND A WEEK AGO, IT IS LEARNED IN LONDON, THE FUEHRER’S DEPUTY HAS BEEN HARD AT BOTH. MR. CHURCHILL, IT IS REPORTED, HAS RECEIVED FULL REPORTS OF
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  • 94 2 Reuter. Sydney, May ig I I is anticipated that Australia's war expenditure in jgquigp? Budget will exceed iiat of the previous years by ii 80,000,000. Ihe Acting Prime Minister, Mr. Faddei, hopes to have this Budget ready by August and indications are that it will be
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  • 52 2 Reurer. To Visit War Factories Naval And Air Bases Rome, May 19. I lie Japanese military mission headed by General Yamashita and Admiral Nomura have arrived in Roane. The mission will visit the Western Front, war factories and Italian naval and air bases. states the Italian
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  • 59 2 -Reuter. W ell-Known Rhodesian Dead London, May 19. *I ue death occurred at a London nursing heme of Mr. Marshall Hole, who was wellknewn in Rhodesia in the early days of the occupation. He acted as Private Secretary to Dr. Jameson when Dr. Jameson was administrator of
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  • 95 2 IUgHLUH CAM li.—Reuter. Demolished In Recent Air Raid London, May 19. Bligh of the Bounty House.” once the home of Captain Bligh of the Bounty, was demolished by a direct hit during a recent air raid. The house, centuries old, is situated at Farningham in Kent.
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  • 96 2 PARIS NEGOTIATIONS —Reuter. Vichy, May 19. 1 VER a hundred thousand French prisoners will be immediately released by the German authorities, it is announced here in a communique. The communique adds that the Franco-German negotiations are continuing favourably. Access to the reserved
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  • 1057 2 Unsuccessful Attempt To Cross Frontier 7,000 ITALIANS AT AMBA ALAGI NOW 7 SURRENDERING Cairo, May 19. rpHE surrender of the whole Italian force in Amba Alagi T estimated at 7,000, is taking place today, according to a British Middle East war communique issued from
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  • 53 2 —Reuter. Arrival In Auckland From Sydney Wellington, May 19. The Netherlands Ministers, Dr. Kieffens and M. Welter, arrived in Auckland from Sydney en route for conversations with Cabinet Ministers. Dr. KleffenS said if the Dutch East Indies were attacked they would certainly fight and were well prepared
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    • 241 2 Gland Discovery Restores Youth In 24 Hours Sufferers from loss of vigour, nervousness, weak body, impure blood, failing memory, and who are old and worn-out before their time will be delighted to learn of a new gland discovery by an American Doctor. This new discovery makes it possible to aickly
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  • 2177 3  -  Begin today this striking series by Air Commodore P. F. M. Fellowes, OSO. AT the head of the Fighter Command sits Air Marshal Shoito Douglas—obviously a thinker and yet a man of punch and enterprise. I think of him, if he will forgive
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  • 359 3 is to have a ghetta—by order of the Nazis, The order was given following disturbances in which mant pro-Nazi Dutchmen were injured. Reports reaching Sweden say that crowds of young Jews armed with “weapons of every description’’ attacked Nazis and Pro-Nazi Dutchmen in several parts
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  • 219 3 Singapore where they show- cred pennies on the welcoming delegates, to Edinburgh, the ‘Aussies' have reduced local authorities to a state of jitters,” says the U.S. magirzhie Lite. “Among the soldiers of the present war the Australians are unique for high spirits,” it continues.
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  • 98 3 In the first 18 months of the war 6,687,(100 tons of shipping were lost, the U.S. Department of Commerce reports Losses from September, 1939, to March, 1941. were: British. Allied, and Neutral: 5,400,000 tonr. German: 802,000. Italian: 485,000. The department added the rate
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  • 302 4 STATEMENT BY CHAIRMAN OF S PORE TRIBUNAL Singapore. A S far as we know, it is improbable there will be any genA eral mobilisation unless there is a likelihood of an invasion.’’ said the chairman of the Singapore Local Tribunal, Mr. J. G Cobbett. when he refused
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  • 179 4 WTOMEN'S skirts made the job of tram conducting too dangerous for them, declares the secretary of the Sydney Tramway Employees’ Union (Mr. J. Brock). He was commenting, says the Sydney Sunday Telegraph, on the statement by Mr. A. W. Coles. Member of the House of
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  • 762 4 "Sentence I nadequate” Says D.P.P. Seremban. DEFORE Mr. Justice W. K. Horne in tne Supreme Court here, the Public Prosecutor, F. M.S., appealed against a sentence passed by the Port Dickson magistrate, which the D.P.P., Mi. W. M. McCall, characterised as “entirely inadequate.” Some
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  • 121 4 Toronto. The capture and internment of “hundreds of enemy agents bent on destruction” in the United States and Canada through “complete co-operation” of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police was reported by Arthur G. Slaght, liberal
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  • 38 4 Mr. J. R. Rathbone (Conservative) asked further questions in the House of Commons about expediting mails and cables from aliens interned in Australia, and received an assurance that the Australian Government was considering the matter.
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  • 798 4 CHARGES OF CORRUPTLY ACCEPTING MONEY Singapore. QUEK SENG HOE, a chief clerk in the Public Works Department in Singapore in 1939, was acquitted by Mr. W. D. Carew, the third magistrate, on two charges of corruptly accepting money in 1939 as a clerk in the
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  • 387 4 To Help Anaemic Mothers Johore Bara-u. Every estate ■in Johore is recruiting iu own blood donors under a scheme for civil purposes, such as providing transfusions for grave cases of anaemia ir. expectant mothers. Thi? scheme has been put into operation in Johore and
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  • 156 4 Segamat Sentence of eight months’ rigorous imprisonment, to be followed by six mouths police supervision, was passed by Inche Haroun bin Ahmad, the Segainat magi* trate, on a young Malay named Chick bin Abdul Manap, who was charged wit* escaping from police custody. He plcadea guilty. It
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    • 61 4 what'l WarF .2’’; p'. u u t d n g I u a m bJ .itrp! < wtaKflb Ik < /«Pt W j W j j MAE AND JUfrE j H hei< did they send you the Ml in a Day s W i z TFukiK' MUSSO I THisik’KlG HE-
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  • 345 5 Cordial Tribute To “Aussies’* hi Ma lava J Singapore. In a special Order of the Day on the eve of his departure for England, where he is to take up an important appointment, Lieut.-General L. V. Bond, G.0.C., Malaya, has paid a cor-
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  • 51 5 Ipoh. Another drowning tragedy occurred in Tambun on Sunday when a ten-year-old Chinese girl, the daughter of a vegetable gardener, fell into a deep pond and was drowned. The body was recovered later and taken to the Hospital. Mr. Leong Roon Swee, Senior Inspector, is
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  • 55 5 Mr. F. A. de Cruz writes: In my recent speech at the Penang* Eurasian Association general meeting I referred to Mr. G. Lunberg as one of the Pe'nang Eurasians in the R.N.R. Mr. Lunberg claims to be a Dutchman and if this is the case, I beg to
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  • 416 5 Had Two Mishaps On Same Day Taipmg. Fines totalling $265 m default six months’ rigorous imprisonment were yesterday imposed by the Taiping Magistrate, Raja Salim on a middle-aged Tamil driver, Maruthamuttoo who had previously pleaded guilty to six traffic charges and admitted that he was in-
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  • 493 5 SOCIAL PERSONAL rhe Municipal Band will jxerionn from 6 p.m. to 7 o.m only on Saturday the j 24th instant Lieut.-Colonel L. C. Cha&ey, M.C., has been appointed to officiate af» 1 Settlement Engineer, Malacca •5~ w Mr. William Desmond Carew C.L.S., j has been appointed to be a. Police
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  • 82 5 Ipoh. The Police are investigating the loss of jewellery valued at about $2,000 from a dwelling house in Cowan Street. It appears that on Sunday morning, the occupier of the house, a Chinese, and his wife went out for a morning stroll. Returning at about
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    • 119 5 PENANG’S MOST LUXURIOUS J /V air-conditioned theatre TODAY FOR ONE DAY ONLY 3 SHOW'S AT 3; 6.15 9.30 P.M. AN INSIDE LOOK OF COLLEGE GIRLS’ SECRET SOCIETIES Romance and Thrills in at what this picture reveals about col- lege life! It’s rc- Graphic Stors of Girls mantic, dramatic, different, amazing
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    • 232 5 TTo J: i gSL I' Lfi HrCTTir* j|h IVIAJtd 11L OPENS TO-DAY THREE SHOWS J 4CT Q CZZ/hiFZC < A THE PICTURE YOU’LL REMEMBER LONG AFTER LASi 3 SHOWS lUffAi YOU’VE FORGOTTEN SCORES OF OTHERS’ 3. 6.15 de 9.30 p.re. g PICTURE TO spectacle in imperial lnlted REMEMBER At Reduced
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  • 438 6 r pHE battle of the Atlantic is well under way. It is being W’aged in the ports as well as on the sea. The bombing attacks on British docks and harbours are part of the great ocean struggle. The heavy casualties suffered by Liverpool and
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  • 138 6 ♦VINPSOR CINEMA: “Laila Majnu” (Punjabi picture). 6.00 and 9.15 p.m. JDEON CINEMA: “Florian” with Robert Young and Helen Gilbert. 3, 6.15 and 9.30 p.m. VCVJESTIC CINEMA: “The Thief of Baghdad” with Conrad Veidt, Sabu and June Duprex. 3, 6.15 and 9.30 p.m. REX CINEMA: “Sorority House” with
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  • 738 6 Tuesday, May 30. T HE collapse of Italian resistance at Amba Alagi and the surrender of the Duke of Aosta means the practical termination of the Abyssinian campaign. There are still a few scattered pockets where small bodies of Italians are holding out but
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  • 446 6 Radio No Longer Luxury rpHAT old radio set you are thinking of scrapping is more valuable than you may think. Radio manufacturers are making so many sets and parts for the Services that civilian supples are to be drastically cut. Radio is no luxury in war time
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  • 99 7 —Reuter. STRONG FRIEND IN MALAYA Members of the China Military Mission, which have recently been visiting Malaya, is returning to Chungking “fortified with the knowledge of the immense strength of the military preparedness of Malaya,” declared a member of the Mission in a farewell broadcast on
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  • 414 7 Foundry W orkers With F.M.S.R. Go On Strike Kuala Lumpur. Only three of 39 estates which downed tools during the past week in Kuala Lumpur District are still on strike while in the Selangor coastal area now only two estates are not working. Official inquiries
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  • 182 7 ‘Thief Gets Four Months’ Gaol Sentence of four months’ rigorous imprisonment to be followed by six months' police supervision was passed by Mr. Lim Koon Teck in the Middle Court this morning on a Chinese, Ong Char Boh, who pleaded guilty to a charge of theft
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  • 43 7 R. H. NATHAN, SUBEDITOR OF A TAMIL NEWSPAPER, WHO WAS ARRESTED ON MAY 7 FOR AN OFFENCE AGAINST THE STATE AND WHOSE DEPORTATION FROM THE F.M.S. WAS ORDERED ON SATURDAY HAS ALREADY LEFT THE COUNTRY ON HIS WAY TO INDIA.
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  • 562 7 Holder Of George Cross itli Mei’ Who Are Fighting Fit f PHE large number of fresh British reinforcements who ar- rived in Singapore last week include seasoned campaigners men who fought in France oi formed pait ot the British North-west Expeditionary Force which fought in
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  • 77 7 Cloth imported by any branch of the Malaya Patriotic Fund and consigned to the Honorary Secretary of such branch and expressly declared to be intended exclusively for the use of persons engaged In the present war and their families in any of the
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  • 210 7 Amendment Over War Offence In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Emergency Regulations Enactment (Cap. 41), the High Commissioner has amended the Emergency Regulations 1939 with effect from the 19th May, 1941, by deleting Regulation 90 thereof and substituting therefor the following: “90. (1)
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  • 93 7 Cash And Jewellery Recovered Nibong Tebal. Early on Monday, at about 1.00 a.m., a private house belonging to a Chinese woman at Siong Lane, Nibong Tebal. was broken into by a thief. Cash and jewellery worth $l6O were stolen. A report was made at the
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  • 77 7 Tokyo Radio Reports Denied A REUTER MESSAGE FROM BANGKOK STATES THAT THE BRITISH LEGATION HAS CATEGORICALLY DENIED THE TOKYO RADIO BROADCAST THAT BRITISH FIRMS IN THAILAND, INCLUDING BRITISH-OWN-ED TIN MINES, HAVE CLOSED DOWN. THE THAI GOVERNMENT HAS OFFICIALLY CONTRADICTED ANOTHER TOKYO RADIO ASSERTION THAT
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  • 213 7 NEW CONTROL SYSTEM NEXT MONTH With effect from June 1, a new system of control of export of foodstuffs to Sarawak will come into force. A.ll existing quotas, with the exception of flour and rice, will be cancelled on May 31, and export will be permitted
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  • 60 7 Said bin Mat appeared before Mr. Lim Koon Teck in the Penang Middle Court yesterday on a charge of being in fradulent possession of a gold wi st let chain at Kxmberley Street on May 18. The accused claimed trial and the case was postponed to
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  • 34 7 .4 Chinese residence in New Coast Road was broken into in the early hours of yesterday morning, when jewellery and cash worth $l5O was stolen from an ahneirah.
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  • 238 7 Mr. Peter McNee And Miss Mabel Grenier The marriage took place on Saturday at the Presbyterian Church, Kuala Lumpur, of Mr. Peter McNee, Senior Executive Engineer, Drainage and Irrigation Department, son of Mr. and Mrs Alexander McNee, of Glasgow, and Miss Mabel Violet Grenier, daughter of
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  • 76 7 —REUTER. CHUNGKING, MAY 20. MR. HENRY LUCE, PUBUSHER OF THE AMERICAN MAGAZINES “LIFE” AND “TIME” AND MRS. LUCE WILL PROBABLY LEAVE CHUNGKING ON WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY' FOB THE UNITED STATES VIA RANGOON AND SINGAPORE. THEY ARE MAKING ARRANGEMENTS WITH THE BRITISH AUTHORITIES
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  • 57 7 A further talk on vegetable growing will be given by Mr. G. H. Addison from the Singapore broadcasting station at 7.15 p.m. today. The Hospitals Board have appointed Mrs. C. R. Cherry to be a member of the Hospital 1 Board Visiting Committee for the
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    • 339 7 SHE FELT STOMACH GAS GO Woman’s Test of New Treatmeat for Indigestion A new treatment for the relief “of digestive disorders is now being used with amazingly successful results. The remedy is known as Chardox, and one woman writes about it as follows: “I have been a great sufferer from
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  • 67 8 Penang. May 17, 1941 <By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) SELLING Loudon Demand 2/4 3 32 Hew York, Demand 47.16 Montreal Demand 51.91 Batavia Demand 38.82 Calcutta Rangoon Demand; 156 Hongkong Demand 53 9/16 Shanghai Demand 12 1/4 Japan Demand 193 1/2 New Zealand Demand 2/10 7/8 Australia
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES QUOTATIONS
    • 449 8 Issued by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association (Penang and Jpoh sections) at noon 20th May, 1941 Issue Buyers Sellers 4/0 Ainpat Tin 3/0 3/6 5/0 Austral Amai 7/3 7/6 £1 Austral Malay 33/6 35/0 5/0 Ayer Hitam 17/3 17/9 $1 Ayer Weng .67$ .72$ £1 Bangrin Tin. 13/0 14/0 $1
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    • 227 8 Issue Buyers Sellers Allenby 1.12$ 1.175 c Alor Gajah .80 .85 Amal Malay 1.60 1.65 Ayer Hitam .90 .95 Ayer Molek 1.05 1.10 Ayer Panas 1.02$ 1.07$ Bassett .40 .43 Batu Ldntang 1.00 1.02$ Bedford .85 .88 Benta .97$ 1.025 c Borelli 1.30 1.35 Broga .58$ .61 Brunei United
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    • 335 8 Issue Buyers Sellers A£l Austral N.Z. Ord. 22/0 23/0 $2 Alex Brick Ord 1.77$ 1.82$ $2 Alex. Brick 75% Pref 2.10 2.15 $5 B. M. T. 7.50 7.75 £5 Chartered Bank £Bs £9 £1 Con. T. S. Ord. 16/0 16/6 £1 Con. T. S. 7% Pref 19/9 20/6 $5
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    • 67 8 MINING Dividend Books close PayaWe PUteil 10 Int. 27 5 41 Rahman Hj a. 3% mt 15^41 Rawang Cons 2/9 Int. 2 15 41 9r ?L Renong Tin 125% Final 28,5,41 Sungei Way. 13.5.41 26.5.41 RUBBER Benta' w? 0 18-5.41 28.5.41 Paiam f' 29,5,41 5,6,41 rajam
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  • 1111 8 121 Per Cent Final: Further $5,000 To War Fund rhe twenty second ordinary general meeting of the Mentakab Rubber Com- pany, Limited was held at the registered offices of the company. Amber Building, 5 Malacca Street, Singapore, on Tuesday, Nay 6. at 12 noon. Present
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  • 548 8 More Records Likely To Be Made In 191'1 Industrial operations in the United States reached tire highest rate on record by the close of the old year. There- is a clear prospect that they will move still higher in 1941, states the monthly relew of the National
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  • 206 8 Good Prices Realised At Boustead Auction Penang, May 14 During the week the market has ruiec reasonably steady and after opening a--41 5/8 cents reached the top price of 4' cents and closed yesterday at 41 3/4 cer T per lb. f.o.b. London and New’ Yorx both
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  • 45 8 Rubber crop returns for the month oi April, 1941: lbs. Alor Gajah 18,060 Australasia 20,400 Ayer Pana* 74,000 Bukit Kubu 14,000 Glenealy 47,500 Jalan Kebuu 13,720 Kluang 46,000 Pajam 204,006 Port Swettenham 9,900 Talisman 10,006 Tambalak 18,000 Teluk Anson 61,620 Ulu Benut 29.560
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  • 108 8 Yesterday’s Close Previously TIN: > LONDON ‘•Spot” £267. 10. v “Forward” £266. 10. 0 SINGAPORE “Spot” $136.00 $136.00 Business dom* 25 tons 15 tons PENANG “Spot” $136.00 $136.00 RUBBER: LONDON “Spot” 14 l|l6d “Forward” 14d. Tone Easier SINGAPORE “Spot” 41 l|2c 41 I[4C PENANG “Spot” 41 l|2c 41
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  • 301 9 MALAYA SHOULD MEET MENACE THE rubber industry is tapping full out at a remunerative price level; a continuance of such satisfactory conditions should enable Malaya to check assessments against actual productivity and get ahead with rejuvenating old! areas to meet the “synthetic rubber menace’’ brought prominently to the
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  • 78 9 Electric fencing seems to have proved its effectiveness in keeping marauding elephants from rubber estates. Writing in his annual report, Mr. S. Harper Ball, chairman of the Johore Planters’ Association, says it is understood that many estates have now 7 installed electric fencing and, judging
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  • 444 9 Fabric Very Similar; To Rayon A NEW kind of cloth, made of a chemical mixture of seaweed and the rare metal beryllium, was recently reported to the United States Bureau of Mines. The process, writes Thomas R. Henry in the Sydney Sunday Sun, is being developed in
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  • 365 9  -  “Winston Churchill.” By Robert Sencourt. (Faber and Faber. 8s; 6d net.) By HOWARD A. GRAY For half its length this study of the Prime Minister’s career makes as good reading as could be wished, in spite of its being at times more Corinthian than correct. The author has a
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  • 154 9 News of 250 Australian prisoners in Yugoslavia has been received by the British United Press from a neutral correspondent in Yugoslavia. The correspondent visited the prisoners at a camp at Nish, in Moravia. A sergeant from Sydney told the correspondent that the majority of
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  • 177 9 TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1941 Postage Latest Time of Destinations Letters Postcards Superscription Posting at Penang per oz. each Ordinary Regn AHI MAH-S SPECIAL ATTENTION IS DRAWN TO THE REVISED TIMES OF CLOSING AIR MAILS AND REVISED CHARGES Tues. 20th inst Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur Wearnes Air Singapore -lb .05
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    • 2140 9 RANGOON X I xyo 6.01 1: W XYO 3.48 mc/s W I ’>.so p- m Indian Session (Recorded Pro- gramme). 7.05 English Session «.Recorded 1 Programme). 8.2 Q Burmese News and Mar- |ket Quotations. 9.35 Recorded Programme. i 10.00 News. 10.15 Recorded Programme. TODAY SHORTWAVE STATIONS broadcasting 1» o r
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    • 407 9 DELHI VUD2 9.59' mc/s (31.3 in.) VUD3 15.29 mc/s (19.62 m.) VUD 7.29 mc/s (41.15 m.) 9.20 a.m.—12.20 pre.; 1.20 p.m 3.50 p.m.) VUD3 9.59 mc/s (31.3 mJ VUD2 4.96 mc/s (60.48 m.) VUD4 11.83 mc/s (25.36 mJ VUD2 3.49 mc/s (85.84 m.) 6.50 p.m. News in Pushtu. 7.00 News
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  • 1013 10 Dykes Along Euphrates Cut To Hinder Pursuit i Basrah, May 19 Rashid Ali’s insurgents fleeing from Habbaniyah towards Baghdad have cut dykes along the Euphrates, thus causing floods, in order to hinder British pursuit. Other sections who fled across the Euphrates to Ramadi damaged a bridge
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  • 1113 10 FORTRESS GARRISON TAKEN OVER British Troops Still In Possession Of Solium London, May 19 Amba Alagi has surrendered, it is learned in London. It is officially announced that the Italians have accepted the terms of the surrender of Amba Alagi and Hiat the Empire
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  • 350 10 Reuter. Duke Of Spoleto Made King Rome, May 19. Following the armouncement of the nomination of the Duke of Spoleto to tne Throne of Croatia, a Croat delegation attended at the Palazzo Venezia for the signature of military and frontier agreements with Italy. Before
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  • 48 10 —Reuter. Made Compulsory At "Quisling’s” Suggestion Berlin. May 17. German lias been made a compulsory language in Greek schools at the suggestion of Professor Logothetopolos, VicePresident of the /Quisling” Greek government and temporary Minister of Education, according to the official German News Agency.—Reuter.
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  • 33 10 —Reuter. Philippines Air Force Chief Leaves Hongkong Manila, May 18. Brigadier-General Henry Glagett. Commander-in-Chief, United States Air Force in the Philippines, departed by plane from Hongkong for Chungking today. —Reuter.
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  • 23 10 —Reuter. Ankara, May 19. It is reliably reported that Germans are reinforcing the garrisons at Chios and Mytilene.—Reuter.
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  • 320 10 —Reuter. Prepared For Worst In Pacific Cairo, May 19. “Visiting New Zealand, Australian and British troops, I found them all convinced they can face and smash anything the totalitarian troops can bring against them,” Mr. Peter Fraser, Prime Minister of New Zealand, declared in
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  • 475 10 Hyderabad, May 19 The Nizam of Hyderabad in a manifesto says —“Recent events in Iraq are such as may possibly cause misgivings in the minds of those Muslims in my dominions and India and the Near East generally who
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  • 1189 11 FULL CONSIDERATION OF PLEAS IF WORK IS RESUMED Agitators Will Be Caught And Punished y° U bffck to work then 1 promise that any representations which you have to make will be fully considered,” declared H. E. the High Commissioner, Sir Shenton Thomas, in a
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  • 579 11 Several New Records I Established H. H. the Regent distributee! the certificates and prizes at the end of I the Sultan Abdul Hamid College Sports in Alor Star on Friday. An outstanding performance of the afternoon was the 100 Yards in 10 4j5 seconds
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  • 58 11 —Reuter. Kritish Armed Auxciliary Pursuing “Rakhotis” Santiago, Chile, May 18. i -ve German iwats carrying important and coal supplies left Chilean yesterday, namely, the Rakhotis w Antofagasta, the Quito and Bogota rom Coquimbo, the Frankfurt from Tal--a.iuano, and the Erlanger from Puerto Monte. British armed
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  • 136 11 —Reuter Failure To Reach New Contract Agreement New York, May 17. The United Mine Workers of America ordered 100.000 hard coal miners to leave their jobs on Monday because the Union and Pennsylvania anthracite owners have failed to reach a new contract agreement. Mr. William
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  • 84 11 .—Rente»* Appointment To Be* Made Shortly Chungking, May 18. The Chinese Minister to Australia has not yet been appointed, it is reliably learned. Mr. Liu Shih-shun. who was previously reported to be going to Canberra, is now definitely not going. It is understood that a decision
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  • 367 11 Keenly-Fought Second Division Soccer In an interesting Second Division soccer match on the Dato Kramat ground yesterday, the Police Sports Club “B defeated the Coronation Youngsters by the narrow margin of the odd goal in three. Despite the fact that the losers were without the
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  • 255 11 Penang C.R.C. Beat Taiping C.R.C. rile Taiping C.R.C. tennis party travelled down on Sunday and pla>ed a series of Doubles Matches against the Penang C.R.C. at the Victoria Green Courts. The visitor- lost all matches. They were entertained to dinner at the Pin Kung Restaurant. RESULTS Goon Kok Ying
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  • 483 11 In Unfinished Tie With Cheah Wat Swee Another marathon, unfinished tie in which Cheah Wat Swee was concerned, was the feature of the Penang Lawn Tennis Championships which were continued yesterday on the Sports Club Ground at Western Road. This was a third
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  • 214 11 List Of Articles For London The following is a list of articles sent from Kedah to Singapore for despatch to London, during the months of April and May. 41 Pairs of socks 12 Seamen’s jerseys 38 Pullovers r 31 Scarves 12 Cranweli jerseys 6 Limb
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  • 161 11 Ihe Empire Day Sports and Rally organised by the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides Associations (Penang) will be held on Saturday at 3.30 p.m. on the Hutchings School ground. The following Troops are competing for the Victoria Shield: 2nd Penang (A.
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  • 73 11 —Reuter. 21 Nazi Planes Destroyed On Saturday Cairo, May 18. Twenty-one Nazi aircraft were destroyed by the R.A.F. in the Middle East iu operations on Saturday night ranging through Cyrenaica, Greece, Iraq, Abyssinia, the Suez Canal zone and Crete, according to today’s R.A.F. communique; In
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  • 202 12 “Have Delivered Syria To The Germans” .—Reuter. London, May 19. A clarion call to Frenchmen to “rebel .against traitors who are surrendering the Emprre after having sold the Fatherland” was made in .a broadcast from Brazzaville by General De Gaulle yesterday. “Wherever it
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  • 160 12 8.0. W. 85,000 Received In London From Middle East Rugby, May 19. Eighty-five thousand airgraph letters from the Middle East were received at the G.P.O. in London and will be delivered throughout the country during the next few days. These 85,000 tiny photoletters weighed 20 lb. The weight
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  • 384 12 Germany Finding It Hard To Cover Requirements 1 Rugby, May 20. An important comparison of British and German supplies of lead is made in the weekly journal, the “Economist,” which says: “Lead has always been one of the i chief munition metals. Since the last war its importance
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  • 188 12 Strong Sides Selected The following have been selected to participate in the State Cricket Trial on the Western Road ground on Sunday, May 25, at 10.30 a.m. sharp in preparation for the inter-State match against Selangor at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, Sunday 7 and Monday,
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  • 157 12 A. Devasayagam, a Tamil cook at the Volunteer Embodiment Camp at th° Old Race Course, appeared before Mr. Lim Koon Teck in the Middle Court this morning on a charge of theft as a servant of one tin of apricots, half a lb. of butter
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  • 76 12 The Ladies Medal competition for May will be played on Thursday, 22nd instant. On this* occasion it will be under Stableford conditions. The Men’s Medal (Stableford) competition will be played on Saturday and Sunday, 24th and 25th instant. There will also be an Optional Ball Sweep
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  • 132 12 The funeral of the late Madam Oathriamary wife of A. Nyananiuthu took place at 4.30 p.m. yesterday at No. 12 Transfer Rd., Penang. The deceased, who had been ailing for a long time, passed away peacefully on Sunday at 5 p.m. at the age of 68,
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  • 134 12 Reuter. Solicitor-GeneraFs Speech Washington, May 19. “With our help, counting no cost, there can be no question of England’s survival," stated the Solicitor-General, Mr. Francis Biddle, in a speech on the occasion of the celebration of “I am an American Day. Mr. Biddle
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  • 191 12 £45.000 Taxpayer To Serve At 2s. 6d. A Day One of Britain’s biggest taxpayers, who has just sent the Inland Revenue authorities a cheque for £45.000 for his income-tax, is waiting to go into the Army for 2s. 6d. a day. He has already registered for
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  • 183 12 Nicosia, May 20. It is now possible to reveal that the party of Imperial troops who were remnants of the historic rearguard at Mount Olympus, in rags, some of them ill and wounded, reached the shores of Cyprus after the most astonishing
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  • 129 12 tual progress of the negotiations.—Reuter. Tokyo Reminded That N.E.I. Is Involved In War Batavia, May 19. Hope of an Allied victory is reiterated in a statement of the Aneta Press Agency refuting comments by the Tokyo newspapers “Yomiuri Shimbun' and “Chugai Shogyo” two days ago that
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  • 52 12 —Reuter. Tentative Agreement Reached New York, May 19. A tentative agreement on wages and hours has been reached between the coal owners and miners engaged in the production of anthracite. The strike is due to begin today but it is now hoped that work would be
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  • 67 12 —Reuter. Arms To Be Exchanged For Raw Materials Chungking, May 19 Chinese and Soviet authorities have reached an agreement in principle for further extension of the Sino-Soviet Barter Agreement, according to the Chinese Official newspaper, “Central Daily News." It is recalled that under this agreement China undertakes
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  • 102 12 The War Fund in North Malaya stands at $1,512,770.85, made up of Penang $963,278.24 and Perak $549.492 61. Previously acknowledged $962,959.83 “Odd Cents”: Chartered Bank $120.44 Hongkong Shanghai Bank 68.53 Mercantile Bank 43.93 Oversea Chinese Bank 31.56 Ban Hin Lee Bank 23.61
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  • 169 12 Vichy-Nazi Agreements' Disavowed By De Gaulle —Reuter. London, May 20. (JO MP LETE disavowal of the ‘agreements” between the Vichy Government and Germany is contained in a declaration by General De Gaulle to the British Government and to the heads of the Allied Governments in London. It states that the
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  • 754 12 Sum Subscribed Only To Be Used In Emergency Ipoh. Since Government intimated recently that no official action was being taken towards the evacuation of ’women and children in a time of emergency, the Perak Chinese community has taken this matter up and yesterday at a
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  • 72 12 Ipoh. The Ipoh Branch of the A.A.M. reported yesterday evening that the Degong Road was flooded at several places and that traffic was difficult. The flooded areas are: 30th mile, four chains long, nine inches deep, water stationary; 36th mile, 18 chains long. 17 inches deep,
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  • 72 12 lyeuter. Official Call On Spanish Governor Of Algeciras Gibraltar, May 19. Ixjrd Gort, British Commander-in-Chief and Governor of Gibraltar, paid an official call on the Spanish General Mur.oo Grandem, Military Governor of Algeciras and district, this morning. Lord Gort, who made the journey sea, was accompanied by his
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  • 49 12 TUESDAY, MAY 20. TIN: Penang SlotoA Business done J 136.00 Singapore v RUBBER: Penang Spot Singapore Spot COPRA s•> 75 buyers Sundnect Nominal Blac'j Pepper TAPIOCA: ~.r $8 50 sellers Medium S 8 00 sellers Fair Seed O-uu RWE: -o Rangoon Parboiled No. 1 Rangoon Parboiled No.
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