Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 3 June 1941

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  • 22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE LAST EDITION ESTAB. 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY N>. 131. Vol. XCIX. TUESDAY, JUNE 3. IDII. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 96 1 Reuter. Washington, June 3 United States Ambassador, Mr. John Winant, returned to the United States from Britain only for a general exchange of views, according to a statement by a States Department official to the press. The official, seeking to allay
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  • 116 1 —Reuter. Cairo, June 3. As a result of recent events the Greek Government has tendered its resignation to the King of the Hellenes who, desiring to employ certain ministers on missions of national importance abroad and being convinced in the premt circumstances of
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  • 53 1 —REUTER. LONDON, JUNE 3. pENER AL DENTZ, PUGH COM MI S SIO NE R IN SYRIA, HAS PROCLAIMED A STATE OF SIEGE IN EAST E R N SYRIA, STATES THE PARIS RADIO WHICH ADDS THAT SEVERAL AERODROMES IN SYRIA HAVE BEEN BOMBED INCLUDING THE
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  • 112 1 Weygand In Vichy No Significance In Visit Vichy, June 3. p ENERAL WEYGAND’S arrival in Vichy to report to M u shal Petain on the situation in North Africa has no special significance,” declared well-informed V ichy circles a> night. j —Reuter. At the same time, they state, the recent
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  • 70 1 -8.0. W. Rugby, June 2. The death is .announced of Sir Hugh Walpole, novelist at the age of 57. One of the most prolific writers of the day, Sir Hugh Walpole achieved 'vide popularity with such works as the Herries cycle beginning with “Rogue Herries”
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  • 181 1 1 .S. R« ports Deprecated By Fokio Press Tokyo, Judp 2 The Roosevelt administration is eccu<. d of the “desire to minimise Japa s position in the Pacific preparatory u> wiuingl strong units of the Pacific Fleet to the At-1 lantic” in an editorial in the
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  • 380 1 Mr. Hopkins Predicts German Defeat New York, June 3. r PHE Briti sb are catch ng up and with our help another year will find the Democracies on faiily equal terms wit*i Germany. Thereafter will come inevitable superiority,” writes Mr. Ha ir y
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  • 121 1 FRENCH FORCES DIG IN' LONDON, JUNE 3. rpHE PASSAGE OF GERMAN WARPLANES EASTWARD TO SYRIA EROM THE NAZIS' NEWLY-OCCUPIED AEGEAN BASES HAS BEEN AUGMENTED GREATLY DURING THE PAST LIVE DAYS, ACCORDING TO REPORTS FROM TURKEY'S SOUTHERN FRONTIER. STATED MR. WINSTON BURDETT, COLUMBIA, BROADCASTING SYSTEM REPRESENT
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  • 69 1 .—Reuter. No Reply Yet Sent lo ichy Protest Loudon, June 2 The report from Vichy that their note to the British Government sent via the British Ambassador at Madrid, on the subject of the R.A.F. raid on a vessel in the harbour of Sfax, Tripoli, has been “curtly
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  • 46 1 —B.O:W: Rugby, June 2 Pay increases for some intermediate ranks of the civil defence services were announced by the Ministry of Home Security. They will take the form of additions to the basic rates which are £3.10«. for men and £2.75. for women.—B.O:W:
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  • 113 1 .—Reuter. Tokyo, June s. rjDHE American radio executive and commentator Dr. John Shaw Young is quoted as saying that war in the Pacific between Japan and the United States is unthinkable, illogical and impractical and above all no one wanted it, Un an interview with the
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  • 79 1 —Reuter Cairo, June 3. HpHE creation of a new defence zone called “the western defence zone of Cairo” extending westwards from the left bank of the Nile, is announced by the Egyptian Ministry of Defence. Wireless operators attached to the mechanised, force on the
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  • 59 1 -Reuter. Prohibited Iron Guard Sungs Sung Rome, June 2. According to a Bucharest telegram, attempts were made to stage a political demonstration during a football match between Germany and Rumania at which were forty thousand spectators Prohibited Iron Guard songs were sung. The police intervened, arresting those
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  • 58 1 —Reuter. 116 Americans Arrive In Lisbon From France Lisbon, June 2. A hundred and sixteen American survivors of the supply ship. Zamzam, wh'ch was sunk in the Atlantic, arrived at Lisbon today by train from France via Spain and .are await'ng repatriation. The 21 American ambulance
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  • 180 1 RECRUDESCENCE (W CHINESE GUERILLA ACTIVITIES Peiping, June 3. JAPANESE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH SHANSI HAVE NOT BEEN ENJ TIRELY SUCCESSFUL AND THE JAPANESE ARE SUFFERING CONSIDERABLE LOSSES, ACCORDING TO REPORTS REACHING HERE. —Reuter. These reports indicate that many Chinese units have broken north through Japanese
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  • 126 1 —Reuter. Vichy, June 3. r TM!E Regent of Iraq, Abdul Hah, naw restored to power, has charged J emit Madfai to form a new Government, according to a Baghdad telegram to the Vichy News Agency. The committee of internal security at Baghdad has addressed a
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    • 9 1 SILVER E.I’.N.S. j CUPS. p. 11. HENDRY JEWELLER Penang.
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    • 262 1 niAMONn ENGAGEMENT KINGS. i ‘T"" P. H. HENDRY JEWELLER Penang. SCIENCE WINS It is a well established fact that millions of dollars are expended annually in repairing the damage done by" Termites or White Ants as they are commonly called. Tn a recent press survey, it was shown that on
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  • 395 2 London, June 2. I DECLARING that “every month will see more Canadians with you to share in your defence,” the Canadian Prime Minister, Mr. Mackenzie King, promised Britain big new reinforcements in the course of a two-day broadcast with
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  • 100 2 —Reuter. .London, June 2. London had the least enemy air activity during May it has yet experienced in an. month since the intensive raids began last August. Only twelve alerts were sounded, three on one night. There v. er 21 nights during the month when London
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  • 101 2 —Reutei. Recoil From Setback ill Be Stronger Sydney, June 2. “Our forces have been driven by the weight of metal and overwhelming- numbers in planes and men from precarious tootholds won in Greece and Crete,” declared the Australian Army Minister, Mr. Spender in a speech
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  • 41 2 —Reuter. Rome, June 2. Monsignor Massimo Brinaldi, Bishop of Rieti, d:ed today, aged 63. He was one of Italy 's best-known bishops and spent many years as a missionary- in the territories of Biazil peopled by Indians.—Reuter.
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  • 840 2 WAR WILL BE CARRIED ON TO THE END LABOUR RESOLUTION —Reuter. London, June 2. IN his inaugural address at the fortieth annual conference of the British Labour Party which opened at Central Hall, Westminster, today, the President, Mr. J. Walker, delegate of the Iron and Steel Trades, declared that events
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  • 332 2 London, June 2. THE axis countries are facin g a shipping crisis. This is the reason given by the Ministry of Economic Warfare for Admiral Darlan’s speech of bl uster and threats. Reuter A statement issued bv the Ministry announces that the sinkings by Coastal Command
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  • 162 2 Reuter. Admiral Darlan Asked Jo Leave I nrkey Alone Ankara, June 2. Admiral Darlan’s attack on Turkey in his recent statement has made a “deplorable impression in Turkish circles.” A semi-official intimation to the effect is issued here.Caustic comment on Admiral Darlan’s reference to Turkey in his
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  • 301 2 —Reuter Women, Children Moved To Hills Nicosia, Cyprus, June 2. KEENLY watchful of the events i in Crete, the authorities in Cyprus are putting the finishing touches to the defences of the island. A certain number ol old men. women and children have been removed from
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  • 92 2 —Reuter. Rome, June HITLER and Mussolini met today at the Brenner Pass on the border of Austria and Italy. According to an announcement by the Official Italian Netvs Agency, the two, dictators had a conversation lasting some hours. The Boreign Ministers, Count Ciano and Herr
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  • 1085 2 LESSONS TO RE LEARNED —Reuter. London, June 2. /By General Sir Hubert Gough, Reuter’s military commentator). The loss of Crete is undoubtedly a temporary setback, hut from these operations we can draw very valuable lessons, both strategically and practically, and we may be sure
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  • 374 3 ‘Special W ork' hi Middle East London. A T least 25,000 more A.T.S. girls are needed. That would bring the establishment up to 60.000. but it would still not meet all the needs of various branches of the Army. The Countess of Carlisle, the
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  • 175 3 Gossips Scolded i According to the Berlin correspondent j of the Chicago Daily News, the latest problem which faces the Nazi leaders is I to convince the women of Germany that their husbands are not succumbing to the blandishments of the ladies of France. An
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  • 356 3 GIRLS in battle-dress are playing a useful part in the rapid development of Britain's anti-aircraft services And they are begging to be allowed to do stilt more. At present the work of these quickwitted girls of the A.T.S. is devoted to operating very delicate recording
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  • 1164 3  -  £N eight weeks I travelled nearly 12,000 miles, and made 52 speeches in cities as far ap art as Dallas, Texas, in the south, Winnipeg, Ontario, in the north. New York in the east, and San Francisco in the west. The audiences were many and
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  • 288 3 .MASS OF WORK r j''HE Swiss Minister in London M Walter Thurnheer. is working from early morning until late at night —looking after German interests in Britain. It is almost a full-time job. When the German Embassy’ left London at the outbreak of war they
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  • 135 3 I .S. Chemist's View The belief that London and other large cities could have been destroyed by fire four or five months ago, but that the German high-explosive bombs have now made so many’ gaps that they are safe from this form of attack is
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    • 51 3 What a War! w^- ,bert J V dkmson I .z/ i yW* j fc 'Crdiis ktf- WjOiJ I MF «S i Il mK J® wy J '■MF VZjZZ. zir. 1 can't helv it, sir. if i have a lot oi J female relatives all keen on knitting, can I, sir?
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  • 406 4 Story Of Threats To Woman 1 Segamat. CONVICTED on four charges of extortion and four of im- personation, Hussein bin Abdul Manap alias Chick bin Abdul Manap, a young Malay was sentenced to nine months rigorous imprisonment, to be followed by a year s police
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  • 458 4 Plans To Improve Present ields Malacca. "With a population of 250.000, requiring 4-O.OCO tons of rice yearly, and with a p-odue*!on of about 45 per cent, of const.mption. that is 18,000 tons of rice or 5 J.000.0C0 cantangs of padi—the special 'b‘ec' of the Drainage and
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  • 220 4 Thief Given Away Bv Fingerprints Kuala Lumpur. TWO cases on the present assize list were heard before Mr. Justice W. K Home, with the' D.l’.P.. Mr. W. M. McCall, prosecuting. A Hylam Chinese named Wee Tin Jong, who is at present serving a sentence for breaking Into the
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  • 244 4 Misadventure Verdict At Inquest Singapore. The inquiry- into she death of Teo Lian Hong, a 30-year-old labourer, was concluded, when after hearing the evidence of an. electricity inspector, Mr. W. G. Forter, the Singapore Coroner recorded a verdict of death by misadventure. At 7 a.m.
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  • 34 4 FATHER DAUGHTER IN BLITZ HONOURS Second Officer Sargent, of the Tottenham Fire Brigade, gets the 0.8. F. Medal, and his IQ-year-old A. F S. daughter, Jean, is commended in the London Blitz Honours Fist
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  • 561 4 rpWENTY THOUSAND gallons of oil in imminent danger of blazing up beneath him—high explosive bombs dropping all around —incendiaries falling in showers—peril of the insulation on 22,000-volt electric cables failing and making everything live— That was the setting as Mr. George Herbert Whelton, a
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  • 314 4 London. yiISS MARIE BARBARA FREDENSON, actress who became a er’s mistress, lost her action in the Chancery Division against the executors of tiro will of the second Baron Rothschild. She sought rectification of documents providing for the payment by the baron of a £550 annuity
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  • 331 4 Ship’s Boy Was Left To Drown 4 SHIP torpedoed in the Atlantic had to be abandoned after efforts to reacdi shore! had failed. The crew took to the boats. Clear of the ship, now sinking rapidly, they took a roll call. All answered their names. Except a 17-year-old mess boy,
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  • 302 4 A Wife Or Borstal? I I ERE, for your consideration, is a problem which at this moment is exercising the mind of Mr. G. E. C. Boyd, the Marylebone magistrate: Which is the correct treatment for a “precious young man of abnormal mentality and outstanding courage” who, through “high spirits
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    • 129 4 STRENGTH AND BEAUTY THROUGH VEGETABLE FOODS. Let’s follow the example of Nature. The 1 finest strongest animals live on vegetable 11 foods only, on the same vegetable elements. out of which Blue Band is manufactured. Thai’s why Blue Band is so healthgiving and brings strength and energy to you. Moreover.
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    • 36 4 All in a Day's Work— —by Ehnes Voo MOTHJI-wCA V 4F z Ui_ j CAf i'V FH'EO CV Owr J SctQtßte f vjf-»A<v" < t- enu eusveve.c? CWE.<3. -Tpne.fX’.e.’s rt-u I a if t I <l:2, —Na
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  • 484 5 Singapore, June 2. The Clarke Cup trophv match resulted in a victory for the Rest by six wickets. Rain in the early morning delayed the start by naif an hour today. The overnight not-outs, He era Singh and Muthucumaru, earned the score
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  • 183 5 Dr. V Barrowman of Klang has gone on leave to Australia and Dr Watson is acting for him Mr. Napper, of the staff of the Rubber Research Institute, has taken over as head of the Medical Auxiliary Sexvice from Mr T P. F McNeice 2t= His Excellency
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  • 20 5 of the "Straits, Echo” and his bride, snapped after their marriage at the Suddhist Associati'jTi. recently
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  • 65 5 The Admiralty, reports Reutei. announces that the British aimed merchant cruiser “Salopian” has been sunk. The next-of-kin of the casualties have been informed. The Captain of the ‘Salopian” was Six- V M. Alleyne, who was navigator of the “Vindictive” when she was sunk as a blockship
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  • 517 5 Penang Beat Selangor By 5 Matches To Nil Winning all five matches in the Foong Seong Cup final at the Free School Hall .'.esUrdav Penang took the trophy from Selangor, the holders A big crowd of badminton followers saw the local team dijpiay tep form to
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 193 5 M A J E STIC OPENS TODAY REPUBLIC PICTURES, the acknow! <M)() P.M. present the latest fleW n W THE WHOLE SERIAI IN ovr c dventure filler. WHIPS SWORDS FLASH! BULLETS FLY! ft 'ft 7 As Zorro crashes INFO H/S MOST IHR/R. ING ADVENTiJREs ON |||!|||S A DARING NEW MISSION
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    • 225 5 O E/ O' I’M W LAST THREE SHOWS ZOOMING, DIVING, BREATH-TAKING iHRIIXSI The Dead End Kids and Little Tough Guy? IN .■“GIVE US WINGS” A THRILLING STORY OF AMERICAN YOUTH AND YOUTH’S CHALLENGE TO THE SKIES' SUPPORTED BY THE LATEST “CINESOUND NEWS” IT’S THE NAVY Opens To-morrow Wednesday, June 4
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    • 187 5 I THIS IS THE PICTURE WHiC 1T P»R€lv= ALL RECORDS IN SINGAPORE IN AIDING Til* M.iL.i'AN WAR FUND! QUEEN'S Thursday Together for the first gay time, they fill the screen wit>- outrageous hilarity A Columbia Super Comedy Hit W. wwy u -iWIB ROSALIND BIELVYS KMOIMS. IN with Blunt-. >rnes, Gloria
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  • 500 6 1 ABOUR’S war policy and peace aims were discussed at the annual conference of the British Labour Party yesterday, when it was stressed that “the Labour Government realised that if Britain were to be defeated, it would be a disaster to British Labour. We are more determined
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  • 54 6 —Reuter. Leicestershire in By IO Wickets London, June 2. Leicestershire won by ten weeks in a one-day County Cricket, match, dismissing their rivals for 57 before lunch, Smith taking six wickets for 21 runs. Then Dempster, the New Zealand batsman, (36) and Berry (23» scored enough in the
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  • 355 6 693 QIX hundred and ninety-two families of mice were given pneumonia and died before a London bacteriologist, wdio was treating them with experimental compounds, discovered one which can cure pneumonia for nine shillings. Working in the London laboratory of a firm of manufacturing chemists. Dr. Lionel Whitby,
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  • 715 6 Tuesday, June 3. \’ESTERDAY S Brenner Pass A meeting between Hitler and Mussolini with their foreign Ministers in attendance is significant as showing the necessity for further coordination between the two Axis Powers. ITALY has now been at A Germany’s orders and mercy for
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  • 250 7 MISSION PURELY CONNECTED WITH OIL Axis Dramatises X isit Into Frontier “Incident” A REUTER MESSAGE FROM BANGKOK STATES THAT 2 THE THAI PRESS IS GRATIFIED AT THE SUCCESS OF MAJOR VILAS OSTH AN ANDA’S MISSION TO SINGAPORE. BANGKOK NEWSPAPERS PROMINENTLY FEATURE SINGAPORE
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  • 150 7 Man Found Near Esplanade An unknown Chinese was found lying on Esplanade Road at 2.30 yesterday afternoon suffering from what is suspected to be corrosive poisoning. The man is believed to have consumed a solution of caustic soda. He was found by a passer-by who promptly had
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  • 174 7 Miss Lucille Emuang And Mr. Charles Cornelius The Church of the Immaculate Conception, Pulau Tikus, was the scene of a wedding at 8 o'clock yesterday, when Miss Lucille Geraldine Emuang, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. V. Emuang, was married to Mr. Charles Raymond Cornelius, son
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  • 127 7 A Chinese woman was found dead on the beach off Burma Lane at about 6.30 this morning. The woman, who is believed to be about 30 years, was dressed in a jacket and trousers. The discovery was made by a Eurasian girl, who was walking along
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  • 244 7 •‘Give Ls Wings” At, The Odeon The Dead End Kids and the Little Tough Guys are together again in “Give Us Wings", now showing at the Odeon Cinema, and the youngsters add to the acting laurels they have already gained by their performances in
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  • 141 7 Dancer’s $l7O Cash Stolen A Chinese hair-dressing saloon in Hutton Cane was broken into in the early hours of this morning, when cash, amounting to $l/0 was stolen, from one of the rooms on the top floor of the premises. J he room was occupied by
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  • 319 7 for Freedom” exhibition which had a tremendous success in all big towns and villages in the mainland during its tour there will be opening its season in Penang at the Wellesley Primary School Hall on Friday, June 6, to Thursday, June
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  • 266 7 Commission Invites Public To Make Representations qPIIE first public sitting of the Public Services Contracts Com•I mission, which will inquire into the tenders system in Singapore, has been fixed tentatively tor Friday. The members of the Comm ission have already sat informally to discuss the sitting,
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  • 242 7 New Way to End Indigestion It is not a drug yet it relieves r stomach pains almost instantly. That is the claim made for a newly-discovered remedy for indigestion. The experience of this business man proves that claim to be thoroughly justified. He writes: “I
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  • 98 7 Joint Petition From Malacca THE CHINESE COMMUNITY IN MALACCA HAS MADE AN APPEAL TO COMMUNIST LEADERS IN CHINA TO SINK THEIR REPORTED DIFFERENCES WITH CHUNGKING AND TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT AGAINST THE INVADER. Forty-six Chinese associations in Malacca ’have sent a joint telegram to Gen. Chow
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  • 210 7 MATTER NOT TO BE PURSUED FURTHER A letter on the subject of petrol rationing from the Colonial Secretary, Mr. S.W. Jones, to the Singapore Ratepayers’ Association was referred to at a meeting of the Association’s committee. The letter reads: “1 am directed to inform you that
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  • 171 7 View Of Portugal’s Best-Known Military Commentator 4 REUTER message from Lisbon reports that no reason for alarm at Japanese threats in the Far East is seen y Major Alexandre de Morais, Portugal s es nown m litary commentator writing in “O Seculo. e
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  • 138 7 The War Fund in North Malaya stands at $1,517,509.90. made up of Penang $967,412.49 and Perak $550,097.41. c Previously acknowledged 967,402.49 Mr. H. Conn 10.00 $967,412.49 PERAK The only contribution to the War Fund in Perak yesterday was a sum of $20.14 from the staff
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  • 72 8 Penang, May 31, 1941. <Sy Courtesy of the Charterer Bank.) SELLING London Demand 2 /4 332 New York, Demailo 4715 Montreal Demanci 51.91 Batavia Demand 88.82 Calcutta Bombay) Rangoon Demand 15 6 x s Hongkong Demand 53 g 16 Shanghai Demand 12 3/8 Japan Demand 193 1/2 New
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES QUOTATIONS
    • 452 8 Issued by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association (Penang and Ipoh sections) at noon 3rd June, 1941 issue Hoyers Seilers 4/0 Ampat Tin 3/0 3/6 5/0 Austral Axliai 7/1$ 7/4$ £1 Austral Malay 83/6 35/0 5/0 Ayer Hitam, 17/3 17/9 $1 Ayer Weng .65 .70 £1 Bangrin Tin 13/6 14/3 $1
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    • 233 8 Issue Buyers Sellers Allenby 1.05 l.lOex Alor Gajaju .80 .85 Ama! Malay 1.55 1.60 Ayer Hitam .90 .95 Ayer Mole* 1.07$ 1.12$ Ayer Pauas 1.02$ 1.07$ Bassett .42$ .45c Batu Lintang 1.02$ 1.05 c Bedford .85 .88 Benta .92$ .97$ex Borellj 1.30 1.35 Broga .66 ,68c Brunei United .55
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    • 338 8 Issue Buyers Sellers A£l Austral N.Z. Ord. 22/0 23/0 52 Alex Brick Ord 1.77$ 1.82$ $2 Alex. Brick 75% Pref 2.W 2.15 $5 B. M. T. 7.50 775 £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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    • 113 8 wnn Dividend Books Close Payable Hong Fatt 3% 2nd l Raub Gold aa. lst InU 2 0.6.41 26 6 41 Renong Tin 125% Pina Tongkah Comp. No. 3 1/. (Aust.) 7th Div. fongkah Comp. No. 4 1/- Aust) 3rd Div RUBBER <tn Aust 5 £t. 6
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  • 1481 8 Sir Noel Ashbridge Discusses Overseas Services In the following article, Sir Noel Ashbridge, BBC Controller of Engineering, discusses the recent reorganisation of the BBC’s Overseas Services, jamming by enemy stations, the value of technical reports, usefulness of the 13-metre band and new BBC frequencies now in use.
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  • 127 8 Saturday’s Cloo Previous!' TIN: LONDON “Spot £263. 0. I) £263. 0. v “Forward” 2 64 15. 0 £'264 15. 0 SINGAPORE “Spot” $136.75 $136.50 Business done 50 tons» 75 tons PENANG “Spot” $136.75 $136.50 RUBBER LONDON “Spot 1 £3 7|l6d 13 7|l6d “Forward” 13 3jB<t. 13 3JBd. Tono
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  • 510 8 New Assistant Superintendent Mrs. Raymond Li, <nee Florence Wong 8.A.) has been appointed assistant superintendent of St. Nicholas’ Home for Blind Children, Bagan dermal Road, Penang. St. Nicholas’ Home is the only institution in Malaya that cares for the welfare of blind children. It provide these children
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  • 164 9 How the 8.8. C. has developed its services in foreign languages, since the war is revealed in the 8.8. C. Handbook for 1941, published recently. Just before the war 44 hours of news in foreign languages was broadcast weekly. This has been increased to
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  • 169 9 Remarking that Tan Ing Kuan died of injuries inflicted with a chopper, Mr. ’W G. Porter, the Singapore Coroner recorded a verdict of culpable homicide amounting to murder against his assailant, Tan Keng Leong. He added that it was unnecessary for him to take further
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  • 155 9 Malacca. At. the conclusion of an inquiry into the death of a 26-year-old Hainane.se, Tan Ying Khim, a finding of suicide was returned by Mr. A. E. Mills in the Coroner’s Court. According t-o the evidence the deceased was engaged to marry a vegetable gardener’s daughter. For
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  • 493 9 Jones/’ By Martin Armstrong. (CoUins. 7s. 6d. net.) “The Woman Who Could Not Read. By Michael Zoshehenko. (Methuen. ss. net.) BY L. P. HARTLEY Mr. Martin Armstrong is a shortstory writer of great distinction. If we compared him to a singer we might say that his voice
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  • 222 9 TUESDAY, 3, 2941. 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 AIB MAILS AND REVISED 'CHARGES Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur Weames Air Singapore .10' “'.05 Services Ip.m. 12.45 p.m.
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    • 23 9 Try “Mapro’s” Roast Chicken Canned by The Malayan Products Canning Co., Ltd. Retailed by The Aspirant Agencies, 55, Burmah Road, Penang. 'Phone 3388.
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 2324 9 [I W iTT'yHM SAIGON ft W* Bill (25.46 m.) E VW W W 6.116 mc/s (49.05 mJ a.m. News in French. 2 12.20 p.m. News in French —Rice quota- J tions. 12.40 A concert of light music. 4.40 News in French. 6.05 English programme '< v —News in English. 6.20
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  • 761 10 NOT UNCONNECTED WITH SITUATION IN IRAQ AND SYRIA Cairo, June 2 4 'We were prepared to pay a certain price to hold Crete but as soon as this price exceeded the value which we placed on holding the island, we decided to withdraw.” In these words
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  • 470 10 Reuter. vjondon, June 2 The Pope, oroadcasting an allocation via the Vatican radio on the 50th anniversary of the publication of Leo XIII’ S Rer um Novar tun Encyclical” (the Workers’ Charer) enumerated the use of material goodlabour and the family
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  • 210 10 —Reuter. 10,000 SQUARE MILES CLEARED IN 14 DAYS Thousands Of Prisoners And Much Booty Captured Nairobi, June 2 A great victory has been won by British forces round the Central Lakes area in Abyssinia. In importance, this victory was second to none since
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  • 256 10 —Reuter Rebels Shaken By R.A.F. Attacks London, June 2 The Regent of Iraq when he entered Baghdad yesterday was received by a large gathering of notabilities together with the British Ambassador and head of the British military mission. The citizens gave him an enthusiastic
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  • 58 10 Reuter Several Fires Started In City Chungking. May 2 Twenty-seven Japanese aircraft bombed downtown Chungking at noon today, starting several fires. Heavy fighting is progiessing along the highway from Huntung on the Tungpu railway eastward toward Wuhu as the Chinese, after moving northward from Chungtiaoshan mountains, are
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  • 30 10 Reuter Batavia, June 2 The Governor-General has authorised the Commander of the Army to accelerate the calling up nf militia of the 1923 class.—Reuter
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  • 177 10 —Reuter. Reparations Sought For Raid Damage Dublin, Jum 2. A Government statement, issued last night, declares that bombs dropped on Dublin on Saturday with a demand for compensation has been addressed to the German Government. The statement says: “The Government regret to announce that as a
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  • 43 10 —Reuter London, June 2. Belfast City Hall, the municipal headquarters, was damaged in a recent air raid, it Is now disclosed. Good work’ bv fire fighters, however, saved the main structure. Thirty Belfast churches have been wrecked or damaged.—Reuter
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  • 38 10 ’.—Reuter. Tokyo, June 1. Stricter control of temporary visitors to the Dutch East Indies begins today, according to a proclamation by the military authorities there, says a Batavia message to the Dome! Agency.—Reuter.
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  • 108 10 .—Reuter Vichy Protest Handed I o Sir Samuel Hoare London, June 1. The French Ambassador at Madrid has presented a note to Sir Samuel Hoar? British Ambassador, protesting against rhe bombing at Sfax, Tunisia, of the §nip Rabelais and injury to eight French subjects, it is learned
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  • 64 10 —Reuter. Taken Over By Navy Ministry London, June 1. Tha Bolivian Navy Ministry has decided to take over the Caproni works in Bolivia, according to a despatch from La Paz to the Vichy News Agency. The message states that the action was taken under the expropriation
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  • 445 10 —Reuter. Bombs Dropped Indisc riminateh London, June f i Early reports of Sunday night’s heavy i and concentrated raided on a North-West inland town indicate fatal casualties, noparticularly heavy considering the fiercej ness of the bombardment. A thousand incendiary bombs anc many tons of
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  • 469 10 Failure To Realise hat Vi as Bound To Happen ’—Reute- London, June 2 London newspaper comment on the withdrawal from Crete shows there will be no effort to minimise the consequences of this development and many questions are asked concerning the lack of
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  • 1500 11 Penang Play Out Time After Selangor’s Big Score In 2nd Innings Kuala Lumpur. Allowed two hours from 4.15 till 6.15 to make 161 runs to win, Penang forced a draw by playing out time in the annual interstate cricket match against Selangor which concluded yesterday
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  • 1572 11 REMEMBER ME SCORES MAIDEN TRIUMPH Ipoh, June 2 Moderate dividends were paid on the second day of the Perak lurf Club meeting this afternoon, when there was a large holiday crowd present. The going was good. Van Breukelen was the most successful
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  • 173 11 —Reuter Gilligan Anti Tate Cause Collapse Of R.A.F. XI London, June 1 The peacetime stars of County Cricket, many of whom are in service, played various matches yesterday. The London Counties, a wandering team comprising Southern County players, beat Nottinghamshire by 33 runs. The London Counties
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  • 110 11 —-ReuVe. Fixtures For Next Saturday London, June 2. The following are the football fixtures for January 7:— INTERNATIONAL MATCH Wales vs England. LONDON CUP—FINAL Brentford vs Reading. SOUTH REGIONAL Leicester vs Stoke Millwall vs Crystal Palace Tottenham vs Fulham West Ham vs Queen’s Park Rangers Aidershot vs Watford
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  • 158 11 TIES FOR TUESDAY Men's Doubles (Final) Goon Kok Lem and Goon Kok Ying vs. Goh Hock Jin and Cheah Wat Swee. (Umpire: Tang Gooi Fook). LADIES SINGLES (UNFINISHED TIE) Miss Perrin vs. Mrs. Low Hooi Seah. TIES FOR WEDNESDAYVeterans’ Doubles Dr. N. H. Perera and Cheah Wat
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  • 94 11 —Reuter. “We Are In The Greatest Jam** Sydney, June 2 “We are in the greatest jam Australia and the Empire have ever faced,” declared Dr. Evatt, Labour Mehiber to the Advisory War Council, in a speech at the Australian National Services luncheon, appealing for the
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  • 51 11 Wembley Cabaret XI vs Combined Services On the Esplanade at 5.20 p.m. today. Wembley Cabaret Xl:—Thean Beng; Sin Huat, Teik Khoon; Tiang Lok, Ruck See, C. Danker; Choon Chooi, Lembrug--gen, Jan, Ee Teik and Cheng Eng Reserves: Sid d’orville, A. Muthu and Cheng Hoe. Mr. H. H. Peterson will
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  • 816 12 ACCEPTANCES FOR TOMORROW RACE 1 3.00 p.m. PONIES—CIass 2—Div. 3—s} Furlongs 00 3 MARNELL 8y 9.04 Mr. Alan Loke 00 4 EXPLODE Uy 9.00 Mr. Teoh Cheow Ghee Van Breukelen 0 3 1 EAST LYNNE 7y 8.13 Mrs. S. E. Van Breukelen 0 0 0
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  • 86 12 SOUTH REGIONAL LEAGUE Crystal Palace 1, Reading 3. Queen’s Park Rangers 2, Fulham 3. Leicester 2, Nottingham Forest 0. Portsmouth 8, Southampton 1. HAMPSHIRE CUP FINAL West Ham 0, Millwall 3. NORTH REGION AL Everton 3, Liverpool 1. REGIONAL Wrexham 3, Stoke 3. OTHER MATCHES
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  • 26 12 The soccer match between the Wembley Cabaret XI and the Combined Services, fixed for this evening, has been postponed to a later date.
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  • 50 12 TUESDAY, JUNE 3 TIN: Penang $136.75 Business done 50 tons Singapore $136.75 RUBBER; Penang spot 39a c Singapore Spot 39? c COPRA: Sundried $2.75 buyers Blacl Pepper Nominal lAPIOCA: Medium $8.45 sellers Fair Seed $B.OO sellers »1 ICE: Rangoon Parboiled No. 1 $9.52 Rangoon Parboiled No. 2 $9.10
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  • 124 12 London, June 3. The Rest of England beat the R.A.F. by 62 runs and 7 wdckets in a big cricket match at Lords on Whit Monday. Many Test match players appeared in the match. The airmen were dismissed for 51, the Essex professionals,
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  • 208 12 London, June 3. YESTERDAY’S meeting between Hitler and Mussolini with their Foreign Ministers in attendance in Brenner Pass is significant as showing the necessity for further co-ordination between the two Axis powers, writes Reuter’s diplomatic correspondent. —Reuter. Italy has now been at
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  • 197 12 London, June 2. CpHE British Army beat the R.A.F. by eight goals to two in the final for the Inter-Allied Services up at Stamford Bridge today. Eight thousand spectators watched the game. .--Reuter. As a curtain raiser. Army teams from Norway and Belgium,
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  • 47 12 Reuter. London. June 3. According to the Lyons radio, both the German and Italian Coin-niander-tn-Chief, Marshal Kietel, and General Cavallero were present during part of the discussions between Hitler and Mussolini at Brenner which lasted five hours w-ith a brief interval for lunch. Reuter.
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  • 42 12 Members are reminded of the Monthly Mixed Foursomes'Stroke competition to be played on Thursday, sth instant. The Fifth Qualifying stage of the Captain’s Prize is also down to be played on Saturday and Sunday, 7th and Bth inst.
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  • 105 12 -BOW. Exhibition Being Held In Edinburgh Rugby, June 2 The exhibition of Allied art arranged by the British Council, which Is being held in the National Gallery of Scotland. Edinburgh, i s regarded as the most cosmopolitan ever seen in Scotland. Eight countries are represented—Poland, Greece, Belgium, the
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  • 338 12 Reuter. London, June 2. r Air Ministry News Service, ffiviny details of the damage on Hamburg, Kiel and Wilhelmshaven, says that reports of the terrible effect of the latest British bomb are spreading everywhere in Germany and the authorities arc doing their best to
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  • 242 12 King’s Outstanding Two-year-old Scores Third Victory Salisbury, June 2. i herd was an upset at Salisbury today when six Derby candidates were among nine runners in the 1)4 miles’ Derby Trial Stakes. —Reuter. Owen Tudor was made a warm favourite of seven to four
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  • 36 12 —Reuter. Perry And Budge Win Doubles Title Chicago, June 2. Perry and Budge won the world profess'onal doubles championship, beatin’ Stoefen and Gledhill 6 —4, 6—4, 6—3. The winners showed much superior teamwork. —Reuter.
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  • 48 12 .—Reuter. Tennis CAMBRIDGE BEAT OXFORD Oxford, June 2. Cambridge University beat Oxford University by eight matches to seven in the Varsity Lawn Tennis match here today. The Light Blues won the singles by five matches to one, but lost the doubles by three matches to six.—Reuter.
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