Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 28 May 1941

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE LAST EDITION ESTAB. 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY "No. 126. Vol- XCIX. WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1941. PRICE 10 CENTS
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    STATE OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY IN AMERICA
    2823 1 Arms Must Be Delivered T o Britain WE SHALL ACTIVELY RESIST HITLER’ WASHINGTON, MAY 28. PRESIDENT ROOSEV ELT ANNOUNCED HE HAD PROCLAIMED A STATE OF “UNLIMITED NATIONAL EMERGENCY” LAST NIGHT WHEN HE MADE HIS EAGERLY-AWAITED ‘FIRESIDE TALK” OVER THE RA RIO TO AMERICA AND
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    BRITISH NAVAL FEAT IN SINKING THE UNSINKABLE
    377 1 What Loss Of ‘Bismarck’ Means To Germany London, May 28. F pHE battle in the mist-wrapped waters of the North Atlantic which opened with the shock of the loss of the “Hood” proved a brief and hollow victory foi the German Navy. On
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    VICHY MINISTERS VISITING PARIS
    89 1 Re liter Vic Mt, May 2b. Admiral Darlan who haft arrived in Paria will stay there tor three day*. It in stated in Vichy that there is nothing un usual ini his journey. It is added that Dorian must concern himselj with problems of French administration
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    How ‘Bismarck’ Went Down In Battle Of North Atlantic
    710 2 ARK ROYAL’S PLANES PAVE THE WAY COUP DE GRACE ADMINISTERED BY FLOTILLA GREAT JUBILATION IN LONDON London, May 27. news of the sinking of the Bismarck spread like wildfire round London. Scenes of great enthusiasm took place on the Stock Exchange
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    No Reason For U.S. To Fear Axis Pact
    245 2 —Reuter. London, May 21. rpHE Stockholm “Dagens Nyheter’ j refers to the .Japanese military delepatioH’.’? visit to Europe, wondering why this Axis trump card J against America is not receiving more prominence in the A-Ais press. Since rhe Russo-Japanese Pact the only
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    No Conscription In Ulster
    77 2 —Reuter. London, May 27. TN the House of Commons Mr. h L Churcliill announced the de- cision not to impose conscription i in Northern Ireland. He declared: “We have made t, enquiries in various directions and have come to the conclusion f that at the present
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    U.S. AUXILIARY SHIPS BILL SIGNED
    41 2 Reuter. Building Of 58 Vessels Authorised Washington, May 27. President Roosevelt has signed the Auxiliary Naval Ships Bill which authorises the construction of about 58 naval auxiliary vessels totalling 550,000 tons. The estimated cost is £350,000,000.
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    SUGAR POSITION SATISFACTORY
    51 2 1.—8.0. W. Rugby, May 27 The sugar supply position Is such that the Minister of Food has found it passible to postpone the withdrawal of the allowance to catering establishments for sweetening hot leverages. The allowance, it was recently stated, would be withdrawn on June 2. —8.0.
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    R.A.F. Inflict Severe Losses On Enemy
    872 2 HEAVY CRETE EICHTIM, Cairo, May 27. THE British Air Force continued to inflict heavy losses on the enemy in Crete yesterday, states today’s R.A.F. Middie East communique. Five troop-carrying planes laden with troops were shot down during a highly successful attack at Maleme and
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    News Greeted With Thunderous Applause In Commons
    1328 2 London, May M. A statement was made by Mr. Churchill at question time in the House of Commons. After announcing the British naval losses in the Mediterranean and the Hood in the Atlantic, the Prime Minister gave a description of the Hood’s battle
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      153 2 Asthma Cause Killed in 24 Heun Thanks to the discovery or ?n Am ■'•an physician, it now is possible to get. rid. of those terrible spells of choking, gaspine coughing and wheezing Asthv'ia. or killing the into cause which is Germs in the blood. No more burning of powders, no
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    Men first, Machines after
    1632 3 General WAV ELL ON MODERN GENERALSHIP No. 3 'TODAY'S generals are hardly 1 known to the large armies they command. Few of his troops can have known Haig, who incidentally was a very reserved man. never at his ease with troops. The times are past when
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    Australian News Cable
    216 3 Melbourne, May 26. trend of war as grave and deadly, the Prime Minister Mr. Menzies, upon his arrival in Sydney on Saturday urged Australia, to aim at i absolute limit of production of war essentials. Full effort depended upon political unity -t Sweeping up a valley at
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    News From Nazi Camp
    159 3 ’HEELING news has been received from Major-General Victor Fortune, of the 51st Highland Division, the senior British officer interned in Germany In a letter written from Oflag VII (C/Z) to the Red Cross and St. John War Organisation he says Red Cross food parcels are arriving
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    AT LEAST 74 U-BOATS SINK
    160 3 F*or the first time this year, said the New York Times on April 10, dispatches from London give us figures on the destruction of German submarines. They reveal that 74 of these craft have been destroyed since the war started. At the beginning of hostilities
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    PADRE DEFIED FIRE, BULLETS
    456 3 London. ROIAL AIB FORCE chaplain, who defied a hail of machinegun bul'ous to rescue the crew of a crashed plane, has been awarded the George Medal. HEROES OF THE BLITZ He is the Rev. Stanley William Harri son, who is 30 years old One night an
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    ERIC—HE'S A GOOD SCOUT!
    119 3 Boy Scout Erie William Martin, aged 15, a Croydon A.R.P. messenger, is commended in the recent awards in London for bravery. He was blown out of the Report Centre by an explosion. He scrambled to his feet immediately and volunteered to do anything that was wanted.
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    PLANTERS SERVING WITH THE FORCES
    551 4 LS.P. Plan To Alleviate Financial Worry < MEANS of alleviating financial worry and anxiety on the > par t of planters now serving in the fighting forces is described by “The Planter,’’ official publication of the Incorporated Society of Planters. The burden of providing the
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    AUSTRALIAN NEWS
    76 4 Melbourne, May 23. Appointment of a Committee to investigate the Bauxite copper resources in Australia is announced by the Minister of Supply and Development, Mr. Mcßride. The R. A. A. F. are now training aircrews faster than they are enlisting them. The Reserve poo) is being steadily drained.
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    STORAGE OF FLOUR IN MALAYA
    301 4 Air-conditioning Of Godowns Singapore. qpHE storage of any kind of flour, 1 one of the most important foodstuffs in Malaya, is difficult in this country. In order to preserve flour and also build up a huge reserve stock, Government is planning to instal an air-conditioning
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    If Co-operative Movement Is To Function
    1347 4 Effectively ANNUAL CONFERENCE ESSENTIAL Kuala Lumpur. r f’HE thirteenth annual assembly meeting of the Midlands Urban Co-operative Union Ltd., was held on Sunday, May 25, at the Union Office in Brickfields Road, Mr. M. W. Navaratnam presided. Well over 30 members were present and
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    “French Lawrence Of Arabia”
    676 4 COL. COLLET JOINS OEN. DE GAILLE Singapore. Frenchmen in Malaya have received with acclamation the news that Col. Collet, one of the most brilliant French, commanders in Syria and creator of the well-known Circassian Legion, has thrown in hJs lot with Gen. rte Gaulle. A Free
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    MANAGING BIG GERMAN ESTATE
    136 4 Malayan Sent To Cameroon» A well-known Malayan .planter Mr. Thomas R. Lamb, is now managing a German estate in the Cameroons, V esAfrica, on behalf of the Custodian of Enemy Property. Sent from Malaya by the Colonial Office to help to supervise the Germanowned estates in
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      108 4 WW-WJW-V.! Try Grant s TOm Test its referable *wiOOthr.es6 and i u II rich Highland flavour and you wch agree that Grant’s is the most .X nßf beautiful, the most soft, and rhe most mellowed matured I O A AI F* I whisky you have ever tasted t DANrr wHiWL
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    APPLICATIONS TO PENANG RENI BOARD
    676 5 Order For Ejectment Allowed The monthly meeting of the Rent Assessment Board. Penang and Province Wellesley, was held yesterday at the Second Divisional Court. Supreme Court, Penang with Mr. Paul Storr, the new Crown Counsel for Penang, sitting as chairman for the first time. Other
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    ALLEGED THEFT OF JEWELLERY
    75 5 Middle-Aged Tamil Claims Trial Taiping. Veilasamy, a middle-aged Tamil claimed trial before the Taiping First Magistrate, Raja Salim on Monday, to a charge of the theft of jewellery worth about $llO from a Tamil woman, Selamah at Merchiston Estate. 16th Mile, Selama Road on May 13.
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    MR. JULES MARTIN JOINS MUNICIPAL COMMISSION
    747 5 Routine Matters Dealt With At Meeting Apart from a complaint about the dismissal of a Municipal employee, routine matters for the most part engaged the attention of the Commissioners when they met for their second meeting in May yesterday at the Municipal Offices. Mr.
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
    345 5 The American Consulate at Penang will be closed .on Friday, May 30, observance of Memorial Day. 4? M. Marcel Lachavanne, Police Commissioner of the French Settlement in Shanghai, arrived in Singapore by the President Garfield. sx Mr. J. M Barron, Deputy Controller of Labour, Malaya, since December
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      78 5 KS «X METAL POLISH fit GIVES BftItUANCE 7/Z AND SPARKIE 'ffl TO MET AI WARE A\ M 20 I DIAMOND i.MZ.. S I I ■J ,AM O N QT> I M 33 I WI I t ’~T“| B I I 8 The popularity of Diamond Bedsteads has been pre-eminent for
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      205 5 PENANG’S MOST LUXURIOUS AIR-CONDITIONED THEATRE LAST 3 SHOWS TODAY AT 3; 6.15 9.30 P.M. WARNER BROS.’ FASTEST-MOVING ACTION SPY THRILLER NOW MEN EMIES UNFORGETTABLE THRILLS I RONALDI/ REAGAN -W-CMf tawi Plq by Raymond ictrjvS V'M* John Utd lya Ln fifMCt stebh«ft«N! flfefit BE*THRILLED AS YOU’VE NEVER BEEN THRILLED BEFORE |7
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      246 5 MAJESTIC LAST 3 SHOTS TODAY 3, 6.15 9.30 p.m. A First-Run Programme At Reduced Prices of Admission I Republic’s Brand New Double-Feature Attraction I Blazing Thrills With The Coast Guard > “SEA RACKETEERS” with Weldon Heyburn, Jeanne Madden, Warren Hymer. TOGETHER WITH YOUR THREE ACTION ACES THE •3 MESQUITEERS in
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      174 5 last three shows-to-day RED-HOT FUN! FLAMING EXCITEMENT! IT’S A LAUGH RIOT OF FUN Al D FIREWORKS I AMERICA’S No. 1 BABY BABY SANDY K “Sandy Gets Her Man” WITH STU ART ERWIN AND UNA MERKFL SUPPORTED BY THE LATEST “CINESOUND NEWS 490” AUSTRALIA M ELCOMES AMERICAN FLEET i Opens To-morrow
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      70 5 I ;HI N REDS HAVE SEEN IT TWICE AND HUNDREDS AKE COMING RACE TO SEE IT AGAIN Ii 1! J wiM' in m i ni Last 3 Shows I'odav 3 6.15 9.30 Cecil R. De Aiille's 'l'hriU Spectacle A Ailfcij AJI r. t Jtl GARY COOPER-MABHEINECARROU PAULETTE GOODAR& aajjEPREWiK FOSTER
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    GERMAN NAVY LOSES ITS PRIDE
    457 6 AY 27 was a glorious day for the British Navy, which was able to deliver the coup de grace to Germany’s biggest battleship “Bismarck,” thus avenging in lull measure the loss of 11.M.5. “Hood.” There is no doubt that the interception and subsequent destruction of
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    By The Way
    341 6 Scientific Mission PROFESSOR JAMES BRYANT CONANT, President of Harvard University, who has been making a number of notable speeches in favour of the Lease-and-Eend Bill, is now in England as head of a mission sent by President Roosevelt to collect scientific information of importance to American defence.
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    Roosevelt & America’s Foreign Policy
    711 6 Roosevelt America’s Foreign Policy By A Diplomatic Correspondent A N informal and unofficial sur- vey of the growth and trends of American foreign policy since Munich switched its current from negative to positive has recently been published in the United States by two young Washington newspapermen, Joseph Alsop and Robert
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      233 6 Relief from the torment of H MEAT 1 \/V X§e®SijK&s;'’" 3>’’ tS'jfi' |!si I MOB- wMk IrlWz 'fS«r zaP.— Asepso is now con- r. Z.,-'Zi''> z la<ned in a new red, yellow and black box. Be vu get genujne A»ep»o tX The burning torment of prickly heat is often unbearable.
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      33 6 FLIT Kills fliesj OlFlitlJi* Die AJLI. THE LEADING DEAUERS OR FROM THE AGENTS; Henry Waugh Co., Ltd., PENANG. S A is b (I bUB- it M B H tt ft ft ft ft
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      42 6 jWrWH uIMHJLIaM ,EAST v**' inuin »o«ra ummivmqi J29.TDIJOMC For your convenience send your tyres to our Sales Depot, 11 Light Street. Penang, Phone 4121 /ZAVW»* z roa oto» R Cz-WBll t yr as/ eer f> rot 5 ftc/t j iAOfrflN rr« CO4MUT;
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      118 6 Around The Town WINDSOR CINEMA: “Rentjong Atjeh” (Malay picture). 3, 6.30 and 9.30 p.m ODFON CINEMA: "Sandy Gets Her Man.” 3, 6.15 and 9.30 p.m ttWESTJC CINEMA: "Sea Racketeers’ and “Range Defenders.” 3, 6.15 and 9.30 p.m. RFN CINEMA: "Murder in the Air.” 3, 6.15 and 9.30 p.m QUEEN’S CINEMA:
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    DECISION OVER DISMISSAL M.C.P. CLERK TO BE RECONSIDERED
    1119 7 Cruel And Inhumane, Says Dr. Ong Huck Chye In Motion The circumstances relating to the dismissal of another Municipal employee—the third within recent months—was raised at the meeting of the Municipal Commissioners yesterday by Dr. Ong Huck Chye who referred to the
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    WOMAN’S HAND BAG WITH $80 CASH STOLEN
    66 7 /1 Chinese 'woman who went out shopping in a goldsmith’s shop in Campbell Street today hadCier hand-bag, containing a sum of sBo, stolen. IChile looking at some articles of jewellery on display she placed her hand-bag on the counter. On turning round, she
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    Flour Dealer Fined For Not Holding Minimum Stock
    479 7 rpHE first prosecution under the Essential Foods (Minimum Stocks) OrI der of 1940 came up before Mr. Lim Koon Teck in the Middle Court this morning, when Yap Boon Thian, of Chop Chiat Moh, 258, Beach Street, appeared on a summons charge
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    SALVATION ARMY CARRIES ON IN LONDON
    281 7 Despite Loss Of Headq u art er s The following telegram has been received from rhe Salvation Army’s International Headquarters in London dated May 23. 1941. The work of the Salvation Army Headquarters continues despite the loss of buildings. New premises are being secured
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    FUNERAL OF MR. MD. OSMAN
    131 7 List Of Wreaths The following sent wreaths to the funeral of Mr. Mohamed Osman: Lieut. V.B. Ash, R.N.V.R. AH his colleagues at the Royal Naval Wireless Station. The staff of General Hospital Penang The staff of Leper Settlement Pulau Jerejak. V. Nadeson family. A. K
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    Police Send $125 To War Fund
    35 7 The War Fund in North Malaya stands at $1,513,905.60 made up of Penang $964,165.93 and Perak $549,739.67. Previously acknowledged $964,040.83 S.S .Police, Penang and P Wellesley Contingent 125.10 $964,165.93
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    Malaya Patriotic Fund Women’s Section
    25 7 The sewing Depot at the Runnymede Hotel will be closed to workers on Monday, June 2, for the Whitsun holiday.
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    Tommy Guns Come To Malaya
    593 7 ISSUED TO INDIAN TROOPS rpHE tommy gun—or to give it its full patronymic, the I hompson sub-machine gun—is now one of the weapons of the Indian army in Malaya. A large number of these guns and. their special ammunition have been issued to infantry battalions
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    PENANG CHINESE SPITFIRE FUND
    182 7 Following is a further list of subscribers to the Penang Chinese Spitfire Fund:—• Amount previously announced $25,752.70 Chinese Merchants’ Club 100.00 Mr. Lam Choon Kee 100.00 Mr. Cheah Tat Jin 75.00 Mr. Sin Yew Kyoung 50.00 Mr. Khoo Chin Pheow 30.00 Messrs. Ban Leong Co 30.00
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    Well-known Chinese Detained
    52 7 ONG ENG HOCK, WELL KNOWN RESIDENT OF JELUTONG, WHO IS THE PROPRIETOR OF MESSRS. ENG HOCK TRADING COMPANY IN MAGAZINE ROAD HAS BEEN DETAINED, IT IS UNDERSTOOD, BY THE LOCAL POLICE. THIS ACTION WAS TAKEN BY THE DETECTIVE BRANCH. ONG ENG HOCK ALSO OPERATES THE JADE AUTO
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES QUOTATIONS
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      MINING
      454 8 Issued by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association (Penan# and Ipoh sections) at noon 28th May, 1941 Issue Buyers Sellers 4/0 Ampat Tin 3/0 3/6 5/0 Austral Amal 7/1J 1/ii £1 Austral Malay 33/6 35/05/0 Ayer Hitam 17/3 17/9 $1 Ayer Weng .67$ .72 £1 Bangrin Tin 13/6 14/3 $1 Batu
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      RUBBERS
      236 8 Issue Buyers Sellers Allenby 1.05 l.lOex Alor Gajah .80 £5 Amal Malay 1.55 1.60 ex Ayer Hitam .90 .95 Ayer Molek 1.071 1.124 Ayer Panas 1.02 J 1.075 Bassett .41 .44 Batu Lintang 1.024 1.05 c Bedford -85 .88 Benta 1.00 1.024 c Borellj 1.30 1.35 Broga .65 .67c
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      GENERAL
      339 8 Issue Buyers Sellers A£l Austral N.Z. Ord. 22/0 23/0 $2 Alex Brick Ord 1.774 1.824 $2 Aiex. Brick 74% Pref 2.K 1 2.15 $5 B M. T. 7.50 775 £5 Chartered Bank £B4 £1 Con. T. S. Ord. 16/0 16/6 £1 Con. T. S. 7% Pref 19/9 20/6 $5
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      LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
      114 8 MINING Dividend Books Close Payable Hong Fatt 8 2nd Int. 1.6 41 10.6.41 Feninsula Tin 6c Aust 27 5.41 3.6.41 Puteb 10 Int. 27.5.41 30.5.41 Raub Gold 3d. Ist Int. 20.6.41 26.6.41 Renong Tin 124% Final Tckka Ltd tjd. less tax 31.5.41 (in Eng) RUBBER Amal.
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    WEEKLY RUBBER REPORTS
    1464 8 Prices Weaken In Sympathy With New York Stanton Nelson Co., Limited Singapore, May 22. The h(igaly charged political atmosphere in the Near East and America, as well as the persistent talk in New York of commodity price control and rationing, have exercised a pronounced effect on prices,
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    SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTION
    138 8 The Singapore Chamber of Commers Rubber Association 1539th Auction May, 1941. lst lbs. Catalogued 1,600,110 Offered 1,460,420 Sold 1,127,788 ***** London —Spot 13 15/16d. New York—Spot 23 1/2 cts. PRICES REALISED RIBBED SMOKED SHEETT c ts per lb Standard Quality 39 (a few lots—to*) Good Average Quality
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    LOCAL EXCHANGE
    70 8 Penang, May 27, 10-11, Sy Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) SELLING London Demand 2/4 3/32 New York, Demand 47.16 Montreal Demand 51.91 Batavia Demand 88.82 Calcutta Bombay) Rangoon Demand 156 1,8 Hongkong Demand 53 9/16 Shanghai Demand 12 3/8 Japan Demand 193 1/2 New Zealand Demand 2/10 7/8
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    MARKET QUOTATIONS
    131 8 Yestcrdav’s Close Previously TIN LONDON “Spot” £262. 10. 0. £264. 5. 0. “Forward” £264. 10. 0. £265. 5. 0. SINGAPORE z “Spot” $136.25 $136.50 Business done 75 tons 50 tons PENANG “Spot” $136.25 $136.50 RUBBER: LONDON “Spot” 13 l|4d. 13 l|4d. “Forward" 13 UBd. 13 l|4d. Tone Very
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      329 8 BANKS KE L s 4JM SAVI MGS 'Z/otC fy l&m/t&cn A dollar saved is an extra dollar earned, a Springs Account is the best inducement to save, To have a Savings Account and to see this account grow from Hma to time U to be a contented person. a Savings
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    FOREIGN EXCHANGE LAWS TIGHTENED
    273 9 Penalties For Offences Increased Singapore. Foreign exchange regulations in Malaya have been further tightened and penalties for offences increased in new regulations introduced by both the Colony and F.M.S. Governments. These new regulations bring Malaya into line with those imposed in the United Kingdom. The principal
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    THE MAILS
    216 9 WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1941. Postage Latest Time of Destination Letters Postcards Superscription Posting at Penang per oz, each Ordinary Regn. AIR MAILS SPECIAL ATTENTION IS DRAWN TO THE REVISED TIMES OF CLOSING AIR MAILS Correspondence for connection with the Pan-American Clipper Service, prepaid at an additional 5 cts
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    A.R.P. EXERCISE AT WORKSHOPS
    283 9 F.M.SJR Organisation Tested Kuala Lumpur Enemy aircraft overhead, buildings wrecked and set on fire by high explosive and incendiary bombs, with injured persons trapped underneath the wreckage was the imaginary situation which faced the A.R.P. organisation of the F.M.S.R. Central Workshops, Sentul, which held a fullscale
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    ALSTRAUAN GUILTY OF VAGRANCY
    117 9 Herbert James Gray, a 28-year-oM Australian, pleaded guilty in the Singapore third court to a charge of being a vagrant in the Colony without a place of abode or visible means of subsistence. “This man deserves very little sympathy,” said Chief Inspectin’ Poulain to Mr. W.
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      2963 9 RANGOON Pn^' a t n f ws in Chinese .(Cantonese). £s9 W I I xvn fni ™Y/if™ x 1-05 Important news in Chinese (Hakka). W I I 601 mc/s < 49 94 m 110 Important news in Chinese (Amov) B B I r A XYO 3.48 mc/s (86 m.) 1.15
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      276 9 SINGAPORE ZHL 1,333 kc/s (225 m.) ZHPI 9.69 mc/s (30.96 m.) ZHP2 6.175 mc/s (48.58 m.) ZHP3 7.25 mc/s (41.38 mJ ZHL, ZHPI, ZHP2 ZHP3. 10.00 a.m Lagu Melayu.t 11.00 Indian Music.t 11.45 Teoehew Music.t 12.25 p.in. Chinese Programme Summary. Modem Mandarin Music.t 12.55 Mid-day Market Prices, in Hokkien. 1.00
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    British Reinforcements Reaching Crete
    270 10 SIX WARSHIPS LOST IN FRUSTRATING ENEMY LANDINGS London, May 27 It is reliably learned that in the operations off Crete four British destroyers—Juno, Greyhound, Kelly and Kashmir—and two cruiszers, Gloucester and Fiji, were sunk. Two battleships and several cruisers were damaged but not seriously. All enemy
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    LITTLE AIR ACTIVITY OVER BRITAIN
    69 10 London, May 27. London had its sixteenth successive night without bombs. There was little enemy air activityover Britain during the night, according to an Air Ministry communique. A few bombs were dropped in the South and East Anglia. Slight damage was done but, no one
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    LONG U.S. FRIENDSHIP FOR CHINA ENHANCED
    191 10 President Lin-sen Welcomes New Ambassador Chungking, Mav 27 The world is now looking to the United States as the last citadel of civilisation.” President Lin-sen, Chairman of the Chinese National Government, told Mr. Clarence Gauss, the new United States Ambassador to China. Presenting his
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    Destruction Of “Bismarck” By Royal Navy
    307 10 Hit By Torpedoes And Sunk By Gunfire RESULT OF BRILLIANT STRATEGICAL ACTION London, May 27 The sinking of the Bismarck was officially announced this morning by the British Admiralty in a communique reading: “The German battleship, Bismarck, has been sunk by our naval forces.
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    Trial Of Sir Delves
    154 10 -Reuter. Broughton ALLEGED -MURDER OF LORD ERROL Nairobi, May 27. The trial of Sir Delves Broughton on a charge of murdering Lord Errol opened yesterday before the Chief Justice of Kenya. Lord Errol was found shot dead in a car outside Nairobi on January 24. Towards
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    COMMUNAL RIOTING IN BOMBAY
    181 10 -Reuter. Calling Out Of Troops Welcomed Bombay, May 27. The calling out of British troops to deal with the situation caused in Bombay by communal rioting has been welcomed by all communities as tending to restore confidence which is essential to abatement of the present high
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    FRENCH CONSULS TO LEAVE PALESTINE
    118 10 —Reuter. Sequel To Syrian Action London. May 23. French Consular officers in Palestine have been requested to leave by May 28, Reuter karns in authoritative quarters 'in London. The action is understood to have been taken L<y rhe British authorities in consequence of the French
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    RECRUITING WEEK IN NEWFOUNDLAND
    96 10 —Reuter. Message Sent By Mr. Churchill London, May 26 “The task of overcoming oppression and the deadly threat to our civilisation calls for the utmost endeavour from us all," states Mr. Churchill in a message to Newfoundland on the occasion of the first day of its
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    TENSION IN SYRIA
    70 10 —Reuter German Infiltration Continues Unabated Haifa, May 27. Messages from Beirut indicate that there is still tension in Syria, but the Government appears to have succeeded in allaying the population's tear of becoming involved in military operation*. It i s trying to persuade the population that Marshal
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    COUNTER-OFFENSIVE IN SHANSI
    74 10 -Reuter. Chinese Forces Attacking Lunghai Chungking, May 27. The Chinese counter-offensive in Shansi province. North Central China, is being extended, according to field dispatches reaching here. Chinese troops west and east of the province are swinging into action in support. of the attack launched by Chiang Kai-shek’s
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    STOCK EXCHANGE
    68 10 -Reuter Buying Of Selective Investments London, May 26. The Stock Exchange was quiet and generally steady. Business was largely confined to selective investment buying of industrials which were occasionally higher. Gilt-edged and home rails moved narrowly and oils were dull apart from some enquiry for Mexican Eagles. Kaffirs
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    ITALIAN ATTACK AT CHELGA REPULSED
    27 10 —Reuter, London, May 27. According reports from Abyssinia, during an enemy counter-at-tack at Chelga, which was repulsed, the, enemy lost 150 men.—Reuter,
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    Death Sentence On Daco
    61 10 —Reuter Carried Out FIRED AT KING OF ITALY London., May 27 Mihaliff Vapil Daco, who fired at the King of Italy and Albanian Prime Minister ten days ago, was executed at da v/c today in the prison yard at Tirana, according to the Rome radio. He
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    BROAD DISCRETION FOR NAVAL OFFICERS
    117 10 -Reuter. Bill Submitted Bv Colonel K'nox Washington, May 27 Colonel Knox has requested legislation by Congress to allow commanders of individual naval vessels to exercise broad discretion in properly protecting their ships in United States territorial waters. In a letter to the speaker, Mr. Rayburn
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    TAKEN OVER BY BRITISH NAVY
    52 10 .—Reuter, Three Dutch Liners On Far East Service Shanghai, May 27. Three Dutch liners on the Far Eastern sendee between the Dutch Indies and Japan via Manila and Hongkong are stated to have been taken over by the British naval authorities, according to Chinese press
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    DEATH OF SIR H. DE SAUSMAREZ
    52 10 —Reuter London, May 26. News has just reached London of the death in Guernsey in March of Sir Havilland De Sausmarez, former Judge of the British Supreme Court for Chinese. The latest available news, which is several month.* old, states that Lady De Sausmarez
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    JAPANESE PLANES OVER CHUNGKING
    105 10 —Reuter. l'«o Raiders Shot Down Over Lanchow Chungking, May 27. Fourteen planes cruised over Chungking early this morning apparently for reconnoitring purposes. Raiders flew very high and dropped no bombs but only a few bursts of machinegun fire were heard. The alarm was given at 8.30
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    WOMEN VANISH AT THE YARD
    191 10 Search For Air Raid Visitors London Scotland Yard is trying to a mystery in its midst, writes a Daily Telegraph Reporter. The problem is: “What happened to two young women who entered the building and then vanished? During a recent air raid the women hailed
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    IRAQI AIR FORCE WIPED OUT: MERE TRICKLE OF NAZI PLANES GET THROUGH
    503 10 Marked Anti-Vichy Effect On Syrian Opinion Ankara, May 27 Nadji Shefket, Minister of Defence in Rashid Ali’s Government in Iraq, arrived here on Monday and is now staying at the Iraqi Legation. It is stated at the legation
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    Profits Of Turf Club Increase
    884 11 GOLF SECTION PROVING VERY POPULAR “If to the profit of $35,618 for the half year we add the donation of 815,000 to the War Fund and 53,452 for Entertain went Duty the profit would be $54,070 or an increase of 510,517 over the profit for
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    PENANG TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
    319 11 Wat Swee Enters Final Cheah Wat Swee had another hard fight before he won his tie in the men’s singles when the Penang Lawn Tennis Championships were continued on the Penang Sports Club courts at Western Road yesterday. This time, he beat Cheah Wat Sun, an old
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    HART AND LALL SINGH TO PLAY FOR SELANGOR?
    509 11 Match With Penang A Two-day Affair r p M. HART, the Oxford Cricket Blue and captain of Perak, L has arrived in Kuala Lumpur to join the Co-operative Societies Department. If he is available, Selangor cricket will be greatly strengthened, specially in
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    PENANG JUNIOR BADMINTON
    617 11 Draw For Various Events The draw for the various events in the Penang Junior Badminton Championships resulted a§ follows: MEN’S SINGLES Ong Hock Cheng (bye) v. Peh Soo Cheang (bye), Chow Ah Kim (bye) v. Khoo Phin Hong (bye), Cheah Thean Kiu (bye) v. Oh Ban Keat
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    PAST RECORDS OF NEW HORSES RUNNING AT IPOH
    653 11 Five new importations will run for the first time in Malaya at the coming Ipoh races. They are:— Class 2—Knight Rusi (English). Class 3—Edelweiss, Quebec and School Boy’ (Australian), Tontella (English). The home record of five horses is given below: CLASS II
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    Van Breukelen's Cracks Likely To Sweep Board In Class One Races
    343 11 (By “EPSOM JEEP") Ipoh, Today. J3RACTICALLY al! of Van Breukelen’s cracks were seen out on the track this morning, when they were given useful exercise on the sand. It looks as if the champion trainer will sweep the hoard
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    PENANG SPORTS CLUB GOLF
    16 11 The Mixed Foursomes Competition far May will be played at Glugor today.
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    DONALD BUDGE MARRIED
    17 11 Reuter. Cnicago, May 27 Donald Budge has married Miss Deidre Ccnselman, of Glendale California.—
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    Remorseless 1,750-Mile Chase Of ‘Bismarck’
    1316 12 ADMIRALTY DESCRIBES HOW GERMAN NAVY LOST ITS PRIDE All Resources Of Home Fleet In Action London, May 28. THE remorseless 1,750-mile chase of the “Bismarck” from the time when reconnais- sance aircraft reported she and a German cruiser had left Bergen to the moment when
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    MARKET PRICES
    47 12 WEDNESDAY, MAY 28. TIN Penang $136.50 Business done 50 tons Singapore $136.50 REBBER: Penang Spot 40c Singapore Spot 40c COPRA: Sundried $2.75 buyers Blac'j Pepper Nominal TAPIOCA: Medium $8.45 sellers Fair Seed $7.95 sellers RICE: Rangoon Parboiled No. 1 $9.52 Rangoon Parboiled No. 2 $9.10
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    AMERICAN FLYING BOATS HELPED TO SHADOW ‘BISMARCK’
    267 12 London. May 28. TJfOll' the American-built "Catalina,” flying boats of the R.A.F H Coastal Command, together with Sunderlands, shadowed the “Bismarck” day and night until she was sunk, is told by the pilot of the “Catalina” which was holed by the “Bismarck’s” fire.
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    Speedy, Complete Revenge
    116 12 —Reuter New York, May 28. RE AT black streamer head,jr lines on front pages of the American Press heralded the end of the "Bismarck.” The "New York Sun” in a leading article entitled "speedy revenge” remarks that at the time of writing no details were to hand
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