Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 31 May 1941

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  • 24 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY No. 129. Vol, xax. S VII URDA 1, MAY 31, J 941. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 229 1 Large-Scale Parachutist And Air Raid Manoeuvres nniirn re a r. MOSCOW, May 31. C i lg y-tiained Soviet troops took part in vast anti‘parachutist and air raid manoeuvres just carried out in several Ukraine sub provinces on lines similar to those hela m Moscow province
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  • 188 1 AEII GOVERNOR EXHORTS PEOPLE TO BE CALM London, May 31. HP HE Baghdad radio announced last night that the new niili- tary governor has formed a commission of internal security composed of city notables. The commission has ordered the dissolution of military formations
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  • 127 1 —Reuter. Rescue Due To Superhuman Efforts Of One London, May 30. Five French fishermen who have been rescued by a Portuguese fisherman near the port of Peniche owe their lives to one man who, with superhuman effort end without food for six hays, continued rowing until land
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  • 60 1 .—Reuter Two Italian Ships Ready To Leave Pernambuco Rio de Janeiro, May 30. Two Italian steamers are preparing to run the British blockade across the Atlant c. They are the cargo steamers "Butterfly” an.d “Mavbio” and they are ready to leave Pernambuco for a German port. These
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  • 75 1 Succumbs To Heart Attack In Surrey Home London, May 31. Ex-King Prajadhipok of Siam died from a heart attack yesterday at his home in Virginia Water. Surrey, says a Reuter message. Ex-King Prajadhipok has been staying in England and other parts of Europe since his abdication
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  • 53 1 l. —Reuter. Ex-Finance Minister Of Burma Mandalay, May 30. Ba Thi. former Finance Minister of Burma, has been arrested under the defence regulations. It was announced officially at the beginning ot the month that following a disagreement between Ba Thi and the Prime Minister the Governor had
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  • 48 1 >. —Reuter. Canberra, May 30 No Australian women between the ages of sixteen and sixty will in the future be allowed to leave the Commonwealth unless travelling cn national duty or for exceptional reasons. The ban is imposed in order to conserve women power such as nurses.—Reuter.
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  • 73 1 —Reutei. Crete NAZIS LANDING MORE TROOPS Cairo. May 31 “The Germans are still landing reinforcements now that they have got more room round Malemc and heavy lighting continues.” This statement on Crete was made by authoritative military quarters here yesterday evening. It. pointed out that the
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  • 100 1 Reuter. Protest By Yugoslav Government London, May 3t> Yugoslavia through its Minister in London, M. Suobbotitch, has protested to the British Government against Italy’s “camouflaged annexation’” nf the newly-created Croatian “State.” The note recalls the agreements signed in Rome on May 18 and 19 ceding to Italy large
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  • 860 1 LONDON, MAY 31 I IST HALE-HOUR OF THE "BISMARCK,” BLASTED BY GUNFIRE AND TORPE- DOES FROM BRITISH WARSHIPS, WAS DESCRIBED BY OFFICERS OF SHIPS u nit 7/ /7)7 1 OWED THE HASE TO THE FINAL STAGE. IN THE WORDS OF
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  • 79 1 —Reuter. Berlin, May Ji p ERM ANY yesterday disowned Dr. Kurt Rieth who was arrested by the United States authorities and is now held on Ellis Island pending deportation proceedings. Dr. Rieth was former German Minister in Austria but, the Nazis say, had maintained
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  • 62 1 —Reuter. London, May 30. The King and Queen are to use their meat ration for the week-end joint, said the Queen to Lord Woolton, Food Minister, at the Ministry of Food this afternoon. “These we try to make it spread over the rest of the week
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  • 46 1 “An Italian submarine makes foi her base at qreal speed,” is the naive Italia n description of this picture. Perhaps the sight of a British warship sent her speeding home, anothei example of the **mobility” of his forces that Mussolini has boasted about.
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  • 411 2 10,000 Square Miles Cleared In Fortnight Enemy's Retreat Cut Off NAIROBI, MAY 30. F FOURTEEN DAYS AN AREA OF AT LEAST TEN THOUSAND SQUARE MILES HAS BEEN CLEARED OF ENEMY FORCES IN THE BATTLE OF THE LAKES IN SOUTH ABYSSINIA. In
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  • 81 2 i. Reuter. Tokyo, May 30. The Germans are evidently concerned over the possible effects of President Roosevelt’s speech on Japanese public opinion. It is revealed today that the German Ambassador made a special vvtit to Mr. Matsuoka yesterday to discuss the matter. The Japanese Foreign
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  • 90 2 .—Reuter. Trial Order Given In Australia Canberra, May 30. A sub-machine-gun, designed by a private cf the Australian Imperial Force, has been given a trial order by the Army Department. The designer claims that the sun can be manufactured on an ordinary mechanical lathe without any special ma-chine-tool tooling
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  • 192 2 R. A.F. RAID ON SCARPANTO n.—Reuter. Cairo, May 30. Ah RAF. Middle cast communique states that in the. Mediterranean R.A.F. bombers attacked the German-occupied island of Scarpanto during the night of May 28-29, a large number of bombs j falling on the landing ground, causing a big Are and explosions.
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  • 146 2 >. —Reuter. One Of The Oldest Hospitals In World London, May 30. St. Bartholomew’s Hospital has been hit several times during the recent an 4 raids on London, but full services have been maintained, it was revealed today Three bombs fell one night, one destroying
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  • 114 2 .—Reuter. Ordered Fo Cut Short Present Cruise New York. May 30 The 27,000-ton American liner’America,’ has been ordered to cut short its present West Indies cruise and proceed with all I speed to Newport, the “New York Sun’’ learns at the offices of the United States Lines. The
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  • 341 2 CRETE s.—Router. Cairo, May 30. Further German airborne reinforcements reached Crete on Thursday, states a G.H.Q. communique. Intensive dive-bombing continued throughout the day and further adjustments have been made in the positions held by the Allied troops who again exacted heavy toll from the
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  • 44 2 —Reuter. Several Taken Over As I S.Auxiliaries New York, May 30. The United States has taken over thireen ships as military auxiliaries. They nclude the liners President Jackson. President Adams, President Taft and President Pierce all of ten to fourteen thousand tons.—Reuter.
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  • 140 2 Reuter. BOY KING TAKEN ALONG? London, May 3u, I T is learned in official quarters in London that Rashid All has ftofl I from Iraq He crossed the frontier into Iran accompanied hy An ljn Zaki his Chief of Staff and the so-styled
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  • 518 2 Rugby, Max ZT is almost exactly one year since G rance, after the overrunning of her country by G <n a ate armistice with the enemy. .Since that tun there as been a genuine and generous attempt by '■> idin.w ana public I- I'lcs
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  • 788 2 —Reuter London, May 30. (By Reuter’s naval correspondent) rjTiEKE is no officer of high rank among the hundred or so survivors of the German battleship. Bismarck, it is learned in London today. Proof of the tremendous hammering the Bismarck received from naval surface and
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  • 165 3 What is the truth about American aid to Britain? rpHE answer to this question—--1 on which may depend the fate of the world for centuries will be discussed in detail by Sir Walter Citrine in a great new series starting in the “Pinang Gazette” on
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  • 230 3 Melbourne, May 28. TT is reported that the Australian cruiser Perth is engaged in the fighting off Crete. Every radio station in Australia is making simultaneous two-minute broadcasts twice nightly of dramatised appeals for recruits for the R.A.A.F. and A.1.F., and for purchase of war savings cert
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  • 1133 3  -  Voluntary System Found Effective By GOTTFRIED J. KELLER London Correspondent “Bas'er Xaehrichten” Basle-Switzer 'and. AS an active journalist and firm believer in the Liberty of the Press 1 ought, some might think, to attack the principle of Censorship as strongly as I can. Censorship, it might
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  • 1439 3 TF Horace were alive today and dared to say that it is a sweet and seemly thing to die for your country no doubt he would be challenged and asked to say what exactly he meant by “your country.” And rightly so, since it is something more
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  • 433 3 ATTO STRASSER, a founder of the Nazi Party and now a refugee in Canada, believes the escape of Rudolf Hess indicates the German army chiefs and Hermann Goering seek to overthrow the Nazi Party. "Within one hour of the accession of Georing
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  • 247 3 ■|''HE Tokio correspondent of the New York Times states that, while no hint has been given of the subject of the private conversation between the Japanese Foreign Minister, Mr. Yosuke Matsuoka, and the United States Ambassador, Mr. Joseph C. Grew, it may be
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  • 79 3 About 150 German seamen who have been marooned in New York since the beginning of the war were recently rounded up from hotels, saloons, and restaurants, and removed to Ellis Island immigration depot. It is stated that the Germans, who are charged with
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    • 28 3 GEORGE WHITELAW’S CARTOON I WAR OF NERVES (The Nazis have had to take drastic measures in Holland in an attempt to stop sabotage and attacks on German soldiers.)
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  • 553 4 Greater Representation In Motherland When Victory Is Achieved Kuala Lumpur. COMMENTING on the war in China in an interview, Mr. Walter Hanming Chen, well-known Chinese journalist said, “When China achieves vi ctory, I do not say if China achieves victory but when, the
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  • 188 4 Kuala Lumpur. A middle-aged Chinese woman a coffee* stall keeper at Simpah, just off Circular Road, was the victim of a serious assault early on Tuesday night. An attempt was made to rob her of the gold ear-rings she was wearing and
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  • 484 4 ROLE GIF SINGAPORE 4 COMMON weakness to disease and a common urge to survive and keep healthy are welding a billion people into a solid front in their battle against disease, and Singapore is the centre of this health strategy and technique, said Dr. S.
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  • 292 4 Bitter Taste In Soup And Curry Singapore. A story of an alleged attempt to poison a Japanese photographer and his young I wif° -,vas told at the Assizes when a Chin--1 ese, John Leong, claimed trial on two charges of attempted murder. The accused, who
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  • 301 4 DANGER POINTED OUT AT INQUEST Singapore. THE danger of amateurs meddling with their radio sets was A pointed out by Inspector J. McPherson at an inquiry before Mr. W. G. Porter, the Singapore Coroner, into the death of Abdul Karim bin Katamasar, a
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  • 105 4 Declaring that victory for Chinn was a certainty, Mr. W. H. Donald, former adviser to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek informed newspapermen in Wellington, New Zealand, recently: “China is on the crest of a wave, while Japan ig descending into the trough of despair.” Summing up his
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  • 446 4 BIGGER STOCKS NEEDED "It would be tragic should our Army, if operating outside the protected areas of peacetime barracks and camps. become the victim of epidemic malaria,” states the annual report of the Malaria Advisory Eoard, F.M.S., commenting on supplies of anti-malarial drugs available in the country. The
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    • 51 4 f Ifl Ji r 3 I 1 HL i i; 1 I- f I A I I 1 t/'VV f ItTifcr /7 1 W J 5 ff i -4L i P t Weil dear, you said they must be kept on the porch.** r ww WWW WWW WWW WWWMWWW-fc wwww
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  • 395 5 A recent official communique stated that should Malaya become involved in hostilities resulting in deaths of or serious injuries to members of the civilian population, those people who wished to facilitate their identification in such an event should get metal identification discs made. A
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  • 95 5 Today on the Esplanade from 6 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. March St. Sebastian Stopford Overture Champetre Blemant Selection The New Moon Romberg Waltz Old New England Moon Howard Intermezzo Burma Maid Ancliffe Selection Cnu Chin Chow Norton Fox Trot Till The Lights’ Of London Shine Again Mackenzie God
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  • 233 5 Appeal For More Members hr. G. S. Scully' was unanimously re-elected president at the first annual general meeting of the Eurasian Provident Association held at the Penang Recreation Club at 6 o’clock yesterday evening. Dr. Scully was in the chair, and there were many members present. After
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  • 226 5 Court Sequel To Minor Stabbing Bukit Mertajani. Ismail bin Daud was bound over for six months in the sum of $lOO v. hen he appeared before Mr. L.R.F. Earl, the Police Magistrate, .on a charge of voluntarily causing hurt to Ang Tong Hai with a knife at
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  • 374 5 Must Be Bona Fide Unsolicited Gifts The following communique has been issued by the Secretary of State for the Colonies regarding gift parcels:— “Procedure regarding gifts of food sent to this country from abroad has beep reviewed and in order to conserve shipping
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  • 392 5 SOCIAL PERSONAL Commissions as Temporary Second Lieutenants in the F.M.S.V.F. have been granted to Mr. E. M. Secular, Mr. H. E. Desch and Mr. H. A. F. Brooke. Mrs. R. A. Barbour has returned to Kuala Lumpur from a holiday ih Australia, having left her two daughters, Sally and Jill,
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    • 101 5 13 I—4 AA LAST 4 SHOT'S TODAY AT A— Z.3O 3; 6.75 9.3 fl p m Ha PPy Co Uughing” Musical HH Screened from the o On MT Br Oadwoy 'Teo For !wr> WSMh fh Vinc «nl Yovmon, AQLE I iflß L»• ZHA' <<4 **l i ZASu wm m ARDEN
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    • 90 5 MAJESTIC LAST 3 SHOTS TODAY 3, 6.30 0.30 p.m. The Great Chinese Comedy Drama Acclaimed By Those Wlio Have Seen It The Most Entertaining Screen Hit! Packed At Yesterday’s Opening Performances “THE COUNTRY GIRL" A Grand L«ugh Hit That You’ll Enjoy MATINEES TODAY AND TOMORROW AT 11 A.M The Whole
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    • 154 5 Oo E/om fliß-conoi T ion D wi l FOUR SHOWS TO-DAY 11.30 A.M., 3.00, 6.15 9.30 P.M. THRILLS! EXCITEMENT! ADVENTURE! MARLENE DIETRICH IN HER GREATEST ROLE IN A SOUTH SEA DRAMA! DESTINY FLUNG THEM TOGETHER MAN-MADE LAWS TORE THEM APART SIX .MEN AND ONE WOMAN' JHI OUT-IOVtS! SHI OUT-LAUGHS! SHt
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  • 423 6 QUIPS. More ships and still more ships. This insistent demand is beating through the ollices of the United States Maritime Commission with all the relentlessness of surf upon the New England shore. The demand is coming from great Britain, where the Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill, has
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  • 96 6 HAJESTIO CINEMA: “The Country Girl’’ (Chinese picture”) 3, 6.30 and 9.30 p.m. REX CINEMA: Anna Neagle in “No, No Nanette” 11.30 a.m. 3, 6.15 9.30 p.m. OCTEN’S CINEMA: “Texas Rangers Ride Again” with John Howard and Ellen Drew. 11 a.m. 3.30, 6.15 9.30 p.m. VSTNi>BOR CINEMA: “The
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  • 343 6 Phew! pjESPITE the occasional shower to which I referred yesterday, the weather at night continues to be so warm that sleep is almost out of the question. I don’t know what the statisticians have on their records but I cannot recall such a continuous period of warm
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  • 752 6 Saturday, May 31. TV/TTH the situation very confused after nine days’ hard fighting, it is not possible to form any definite conclusion of the battle for Crete but, according to au- thoritative military quarters in Cairo, the Germans are still landing reinforcements now that
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  • 2254 7 Enemy Planes Coming To Malaya Will Get, Same Treatment As Luftwaffe Il active war spreads to Malaya and enemy bombers be sent to attack, I feel sure we should deal with them just as effectively as we dealt with Goering’s pilots,” said
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  • 113 7 EXCHANGE OF VIEWS WITH C.-IN-C., FAR EAST Also To Discuss Supply Of Oil A REUTER MESSAGE FROM SINGAPORE REPORTS X THAT MAJOR VILAS OSTHANANDA, THAI MINISTER OF STATE AND DIRECTOR OF GENERAL PUBLICITY, ARRIVED THERE YESTERDAY TO DISCUSS WITH THE GOVERNMENT THE QUESTION OF
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  • 132 7 Will Be 71 Hours Ahead Of Greenwich Singapore. A Bill which provides for advancing clocks in the Colony by another ten minutes, making them 7 hours 30 minutes in advance of Greenwich mean time to suit broadcasting arrangements will be introduced at the
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  • 175 7 Club Secretary On Traffic Charges Singapore. Stated by his counsel to have fallen asleep at the wheel of his car owing to the “combined effects of his previous two nights sleeplessness, a drug, and the night air,” H. Harley Clark, secretary of the Singapore Swimming
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  • 260 7 Accused And Abettor Sent To Prison Ipoh. Hamzah bin Haji Sahid and Mohamed Zam bin Alang, the first-named being convicted on two charges of forging valuable security namely two memorandums of transfer of certain land in the mukim of Blanja with intent to defraud one Haji
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  • 101 7 The Controlling Committee of the Malayan Miners’ Bomber Fund acknowledges further donations to the Fund, particulars of which are given in the list below: Previously acknowledged $778,399.31 Tong Sang Kongsi (Temoh) 5,000.00 Mr. Choo Hoi Kwan 1,000.00 Mr. Chan Wai Woh 1,000.00 Hup Tuck Tin Mining
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  • 27 7 The following are latest contributions to the Services Club Fund: Anonymous $lO.OO Dr. O. E. Fisher $20.00 Mr. D. M. Millar $lOO.OO
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  • 233 7 OVEK 120 LABOURERS CHARGED Kuala Lumpur. A variety of explanations were given by the 122 Tamil labourers who were produced before Mr. G. L. Howe, the first Magistrate, Kuala Lumpur, on Friday morning, charged with being members of an unlawful assembly at Telok Datoh on May 15.
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  • 88 7 Singapore. News from Home states that complete squadrons of the R.A.F. are to be named after particular Colonies and Protectorates in recognition of their generous gifts to funds for the purchase of Spitfires and bombers. A heavy bomber squadron has been named after the
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  • 64 7 Tan Teng Hong appeared before Mr. Lim Koon Teck in the Penang Middle Court yesterday on a charge of voluntarily causing grievous hurt to Ooi Cheng Oi at Kuala Kangsar Road at 10 a.m. on May 23. After the charge had been explained to the accused, the
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  • 68 8 Penang, May 30, 1941. <By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) SELLING London Demand 2/4 3/32 Mew York, Demand 47.16 Montreal Demand 51.91 Eatavia Demand 83.82 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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  • 29 8 With reference to our publication on May 24 the estimated mine profit for Tai' ping Consolidated Limited for the quarter ehded March 31,1941, should read £13,750.
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES QUOTATIONS
    • 450 8 Issued by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association (Penang and Ipoh sections) at 4 p.m. 30th May, 1941 Issue Buyers Seller» i 4/0 Ampat Tin 3/0 3/6 i 5/0 Austral Amal 7/1} 7/4} £1 Austral Malay 33/6 35/0 5/0 Ayer Hitam 17/3 17/9 $1 Ayer Weng .67$ .72} £1 Bangrin Tin
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    • 233 8 Issue Buyers Sellers Allenby 1.05 1.10 e?: Alor Gajah .80 .85 Amal Malay 1.55 1.60 Ayer Hitam .90 .95 Ayer Molek 1.07$ 1.12$ Ayer Panas 1.02$ 1.07$ Bassett .41 .44 Batu Lintang 1.02$ 1.05 c Bedford .85 .38 Benta .92 i .97 Jex Borellj 1.30 1.35 Broga .63 .67c
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    • 340 8 Issue Buyers Sellers A£l Austral NJZ. Ord. 22/0 23/0 $2 Alex Brick Ord 1.77$ 1.82$ S 2 Alex. Brick 75% Pref 2.1 T 2.15 So B M. T. 7.50 775 £5 Chartered Bank £B} £9 £1 Con. T. 8. Ord. 16/0 16/6 £1 Con. T. S. 7% Pref 19/9
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    • 111 8 pivldend Books Close Pays-* Hong Fait s% aid wg 4J Peninsula Tin 6c Aust 27 5.41 3 6 41 Raub Gold 3d. Ist Int. 20.6.41 26 6 41 Renong Tin 125% Pinal Tekka Ltd 6d. less tax 3 j Tongkah Comp. No. 3 1/- (Aust.) 7th
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  • 2242 8 Chartered Bank Of India, Australia China STRONG BALANCE SHEET Chairman On Malaya’s Era Of Prosperity Statement by the chairman, Mi’. Vincent Alpe Grantham, submitted at the eighty-seventh ordinary general meeting on April 2. As wartime conditions may make it I difficult for shareholders to attend our annual meeting, I have
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  • 126 8 v csterdav’s Close Previotislv TIN: LONDON £263 261 15 SINGAPORE £264 15 £263 17 6 Spot $136.50 $136.50 «^P. U ?L neSS done 75 tons 75 tons. PENANG Spot $136.50 $136.50 RUBBER: LONDON s P ot 13 7;'l6d 15 516 d. “Forward” 13 3 gd 13 51 6
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  • 1092 9 ST. GEORGE THE MARTYR WHITSUNDAY 6.30 am. Mattins and Litany 7.00 a.m. Holy Communion. 8.00 a.m. Choral Eucharist 9.15 a.m. Holy Communion (Tamil) 10.30 am. Mattins and Holy Communioi (Chinese) 4.15 pjn. Sunday School in the Parsonage 6.00 p.m. Festal Evensong Sermon Psalm 104 VV. 1 —24. Hymns
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  • 187 9 When Britain achieved sufficient air superiority to permit of long-range, heavy daylight attacks on Germany’s synthetic oil plants and transportation facilities, she would be striking at such a vital spot that actual invasion might never be necessary to enable England to win
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  • 115 9 Toklo. Alcohol, cocaine and morphine addicts must get a doctor’s certificate of a complete cure before they can take the nuptial vows under an unprecedented national eugenics marriage law which was sponsored by the eugenics section of the Welfare Ministry and which comes effective in July.
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  • 271 9 Saturday, may 31, mi. Postage Latest Time of Destination Letters Postcards Superscription Posting at Penang per oz. eact Ordinary Regn. AIR MAILS SPECIAL ATTENTION IS DRAWN TO THE REVISED TIMES OF CLOSING AIR MAILS AND REVISED CHARGES Sat. 31st inst. Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur Wearnes Air Singapore .IG -05
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 1245 9 TO-DAY j SHORTWAVE STATIONS BROADCASTING Bo B. Co News In E ng i ish а. 6.05 News. б. Questions of the Hour: Oliver B. B. C. wa t Mamrc (Local Time) 6.35 French News. a2ft am 6.50 With the Troops in Britain: lan Transmission 9 11.20 am Finlay. Transmission a
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  • 331 10 Results Of “R.A.F.’s'Bull’s Eye Bombing’* In Netherlands London, May 30 What the Dutch describe as the “R.A.F.’s bull’s eye bombing” of vital military targets in the Netherlands has resulted in the imposition of a series of fresh bans on the civil population, according
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  • 170 10 Reuter The Queen Rides In Bren Gun Carriage London, May 30. The Queen rode in a Bren gun car- rier when she visited the South Coast yesterday and inspected the headquarters of the company of London Scottish Regiment of which she is Colonel-in-Chief. She rode in
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  • 157 10 .—Reuter, Nothing Known Of French Ships Being Hit London, May 30. It Is confirmed by authoritative quarters in London that the R.A.F. carried out a bombing raid on the harbour of Sfax (Tunisia) on May 28 and that a ship in harbour was set on fire.
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  • 262 10 —Reuter, Serious Phase In Batavia Negotiations vvi Tokyo, May 30 N.E.I. insincerity” has brought the negotiations in Batavia to a serious phase, the official spokesman told foreign newsmen this morning. The spokesman explained that the N E I. authorities were going back on the pledges
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  • 153 10 —Reuter. PROSPECT OF ENEMY BEING HEMMED IN Attack Of Patriot Forces Under British Officers London, May 30 The small advance which the British forces made at Tobruk was a minor operation to straighten out the dent made in the western defences when the Germans attacked some
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  • 152 10 —Reuter. Mr. Menzies Mav Go Back To London Canberra May 30 The Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, will almost certainly return to England for a further visit if his plans for achieving political stability are realised, it is understood. His friends have returned to Australia from
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  • 177 10 —Reuter. French Ship Stopped By British Warship Port of Spain. Trinidad. May 30. How scores of German!; en route to the French West Indian islands of Martinique, who claimed to be refugees, threw hundreds of their documents into the ocean when the French ship on
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  • 89 10 Reuter. What Wiser Heads In Tokio Think London, May 30. The “Daily Telegraph”, commenting on Japan’s relations with the Axis, says that the tripartite pact has begun to shake and the devotion of Tokyo to the interests of the Reich is unlikely to be Increased
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  • 73 10 e.—Reuter. Ceases To Be Chief Of Staff Of Fascist Militia Rome, May 30. Lieutenant-General Starace, former Secretary of the Fascist party, who some months ago fell into disgrace with the Duce and was sent to the front line, has now ceased to occupy the post of
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  • 249 10 .—R cuter. Few Bombs Dropped In South England London, May 30. Enemy air activity over Britain yesterday has been very slight according to an official communique which states that only a few enemy aircraft have crossed the coast and up to 6 p.m. G.M.T., there
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  • 85 10 .—Reuter. Returns Official Calls On Lori I Gort Gibraltar, May 29 The Governor of Algeciras. General Munoz Grandes, this morning Returned the official call paid on him on May 19 by Lord Gort. newly appointed Governor of Gibraltar. Salutes of seventeen guns were fired for the arrival and
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  • 84 10 Reuter Three In Bed With Measles London, May 30. Mrs. Doris Miles. 39-year-old mother of Britain’s famous “quads” has her hands full with sickness among babies and other members of her family. Her daughter, Ann, is very seriously ill with bronchial pneumonia, and the three quad brothers are
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  • 177 10 —Reuter. Moscow Comment On Atlantic Battle Moscow, May 30. Commenting on the naval battle on the Atlantic m a lengthy article, “Red Fleet,” the organ of the Soviet Navy, states: “The operation was of great interest first, because almost all naval arms participated. German and British battleships
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  • 108 10 n.—Reuter. Last Thing The Germans Wish Zurich. May 29. The Berlin correspondent of the “Neue Zucrcher Zeitung” says that the last thing the Germans wish is the prolongation of war. The Hess case is still a “frequent subject of conversation and despite official explanations has shaken many.”
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  • 317 10 —Reuter. Italians Claim To Have Landed London, May 30 The situation in Crete is not improving, it was stated in authoritative circles in London here. Communications with the island ar c very difficult and there is no fresh news regarding the fighting. Accordingly the German
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  • 58 10 Reuter. Possibility Of Recovery Doubted New York, May 30 The possibility of the recovery of the ex-Kaiser, who is suffering from a serious cold and intestinal ailments, is doubted in circles close to the former Emperor, says a Berlin despatch to the “New York Times.” His illness has
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  • 350 10 ADVANCE ALONG EUPHRATES: FLOODS CAUSED BY ENEMY London, May 30 In Iraq the British force advancing along the Euphrates is no u some fifty miles up the river. In the Baghdad area, British forces have made a further advance from Khan Muhkta which was
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  • 291 11 Brilliant Play By Champion Goon Kok Lem. the reigning singles champion, who is defending his title in the Penang Lawn Tennis Championships this year, easily accounted i'rfx’ JKJ. E. M- Hussein in straight sets of 6|l to enter the final once again on the
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  • 103 11 Pen ang-Sela ngor Match At K. Lumpur The following are the teams for the annual inter-State cricket match between Penang and Selangor at Kuala Lumpur on Sunday and Monday:— Penang:—G. Aste (Capt.), S. V. Adams, J. Andres, A. H. Dowling, Eu Cheow Teik, Khoo Ong Lee, A. J.
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  • 541 11 Displaying an all-round superiority, the Penang Chinese Football Association scored an overwhelming victory by six goals to two over the Muslim Recreation Club in a First Division soccer match before a good crowd on the Victoria Green yesterday. FIRST DIVISION SOCCER The P.C.F.A. were
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  • 906 11 Scoring a total of 112 points Hudson House annexed the Cheah Inn Kiong Fnallenge Shield in the seventh annual ■”.’er.house sports meet of the Westlands h-ol on rhe School Ground yesterday afternoon. There was a large gathering of well- hers of the
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  • 152 11 Leicesters Regt. 6 B. Coy.’ vs LA. Youth Club On Sunday on the I. A. ground; I. A. Youth Club: Muniandy; Ahmad Ghouse, Bala; Paniker, Ramn, Ramasamy; Shangam, Baidah, Singam, Shamugam, Henry. Reserves: Shaslem. Ramanathan, Susaidass, Hamy. Padang Party vs Chung Ling High School On the Chung Ling High
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  • 31 11 Ipoh. The Ladies’ Medal Competition of the Ipoh Golf Club was wen by Mrs. R. E. Pitt. The mixed foursomes competition was cancelled owing to insufficient entries.
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  • 153 11 —Reuter 14 TEST PLAYERS TO TAKE PART London, May 30. Cricket of pre-war vintage is suggested with the annoucement that a Rest cf England side is opposing the Royal Air Force in a forthcoming match at Lord’s. Fewer than fourteen Test men will be
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  • 45 11 The annual race meeting of the Kedah Gymkhana Club will be held at Alor Star on Saturday, July 26. All profits from the meeting will Lo donated to the War Fund and other < rganisations for conserving and promoting the war-effort.
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  • 679 12 Programme For Today Tomorrow (BY “BUDDY” TAN) The number of Class "A” entries in this year’s competitions, both swimmers and water-polo players, has not dwindled, according to the C.S.C. Hon. Swimming Captain, Mr. Tah W.ah Ham. Included in the large number are a few regular competitors
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  • 175 12 Penang To Meet Selangor On Monday The following is the programme for the Foong Seong Cup Final on Whit Monday, June 2 at 10.00 a.m.: 1. First Singles (Foong Seong Cup) 2. 2nd Singles (Foong Seong Cup) 3. Novices’ Men’s Singles: Samuel Wong vs. Ong Eng
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  • 35 12 The Second All-Malayan Indian Tennis Tournament will be held in Kuala Lumpur, under the auspices of the Selangor Indian Association, during the August Bank Holidays (2nd, 3rd and 4th Aug: 1941).
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  • 138 12 >. —Reuter. German Minister To Austria In 1934 New York, May 30. Kurt Heinrich Reith, German Minister to Austria during the unsuccessful Nazi putsch in 1934, was taken into custody at a hotel here yesterday. He was permitted to visit his suite at
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  • 65 12 Reuter. London, May 31. PROMOTION was announced last night for two leaders of the British Middle East operations. Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson who was recently appointed G.0.C., British forces in Palestine and Transjordan, and was in charge of operations in Greece, becomes a full general.
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  • 97 12 The total of the War Fund in North Malaya stands at $1,517,018.76, made up of Penang $966,947.49 and Perak $550,071.27. Three contributions, totalling $31.56 were received in Penang yesterday. Previously acknowledged $966,915.93 Mr. C.C. Ho LOO Staff of Resident Councillor’® Office 17.06 Headmaster and Staff
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  • 152 12 Match Between P.S.C. Army Tomorrow A match has been arranged between the Penang Sports Club and the Army tomorrow. Following the the teams and times of starting: FROM IST TEE 8.50 a.m.: Capt. Hamilton Gibbs and Lieut. Sanderson vs A. R. Craig and R. W. Cowen. 8.55 am.: Major
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  • 73 12 Taiping. The case in which S. Kanapathy Pillay, Chief Clerk of the District Office, Taiping is charged with criminal breach of trust of $1,675.30 entrusted to him at the Land Office, Taiping on May 15, was again mentioned in the Taiping Magistrate’s Court, before Raja Salim
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  • 265 12 Sequel To Man’s Loss Of Clothing A Filipino youth, Manuel Montano, stood his trial before Mr. Lim Kcon Teck in the Penang Middle Court yesterday on a charge of theft in a building of a coat, a pair of trousers, a shirt and a towel valued at
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