Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 13 June 1941

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  • 24 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE bAbT E HIT lON ESTAB. 1833 FUdLISWHJ UAitf No. WO. Vo). XCIX. FRIDAY, JUNE 13, ]941. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • 516 1 British Hint Of Negotiations FREE HAND FOR SIR S. CRIPPS URGED Russia And Germany Playing Game Of Bluff LONDON, JUNE 13. r pHE “DAILY MAIL” TODAY EMPHASISES THAT STA1 LIN MUST KNOW THAT A GERMAN VICTORY, WITH HIS ASSISTANCE, WOULD REDUCE RUSSIA TO VASSALAGE AND CONCLUDES WITH
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  • 106 1 —Reuter. Large Number Ordered From America Melbourne, June 12. A large number of cruiser tanks of considerable fighting power has been ordered from America by the Australian Government, said the Army Minister, Mr. Spender, yesterday. Meanwhile, Australia is pressing on with her own production, he added.
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  • 353 1 •LET THE SHOO'D NG START —Reuter Washington, June 13. npHE announcement of the “Robin Moor” sinking is expected by careful observers here to have nationwide repercussions. That the administration regards the incident seriously could be judged by Mr. Welles’ statement. The
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  • 97 1 —Reuter. K.C.I.E. For Leader Of Supply Mission Simla. June 12 Birthday honours gazetted today include the K.C.S.I. conferred or. Sir Andrew Clow and Sir Jeremy Raisman, Members of the Governor-General’s Executive Council, General Fleming Hartley, Indian Army G.0.C., Northern Command, His Highness the Maharaja Dewas Senior.
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  • 372 1 (Bv Reuter's special war correspondent on the Syrian coastal sector) Syrian Coast, June ij. Sporadic resistance is being gradually smothered by Australian Forces marching towards Beirut and after Tuesday's blitz over the Leontes River, whtre a stiff encounter was turned into an Australian
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  • 154 1 —Renter. British Conquest Will Be Rapid ANKARA, JUNE IS. “CTHERE IS STILL NO SIGN OF 1 REAL NAZI HELP IN MEN, J PLANES AND MATERIAL TO J THE VICHY FRENCH IN SYRIA, i AND UNLESS IT ARRIVES VERY SOON THE BRITISH CONQUEST
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  • 97 1 —Reuter. Malta, June IS len enemy aircraft were shot down at Malta yesterday and another is unlikely to have reached its base while others are probably damaged according to an ofreial statement which describes how a strong enemy force was broken up by accurate
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  • 554 2 DAR-EZ-ZOR AIRPORT ALSO TAKEN Advance To Damascus Continues Without Haste London, June 12. IT is authoritatively state J in London that the Im- perial forces have occupied Merdj Ayoum in Syria. The advance towards Damascus continues, it is understood in Cairo, but
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  • 92 2 —REUTER WASHINGTON, JUNE 12. THE "ROBIN MOOR'’ WAS UNDOUBTEDLY SUNK BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE, SAYS THE STATE DEPARTMENT. A REPORT FROM THE UNITED STATES THAT THE GERMAN SUBMARINE COMMANDER WAS FULLY AWARE THAT THE ROBIN MOOR WAS AN AMERICAN VESSEL. THERE WERE ELEVEN SURVIVORS
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  • 114 2 ."—Reuter Deep Realisation Of Issues Involved Elizabeth City North Carolina June 12. Mr. Casey, Australian Minister, stressed in a speech here that Australia “did not declare war in a spirit of boyish enthusiasm”. Mr. Casey recalled the part Australians played in the last war. ‘‘We went
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  • 90 2 .—Reuter. Radical Ministers Withdrawn Santiago, June 12 A partial crisis, latent for several weeks owing to between the Government and the Radical Party, has been settled by the withdrawal of the Radical Ministers. The new Government held a cabinet meeting today and decided on the rapid examination of
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  • 78 2 .—Reuter. London, June 12. R.A.F. planes were active over the Channel this afternoon. It is believed that they attacked shipping off ihe French coast and possibly the invasion ports. Loud explosions shook towns on the South-East Coast of England The docks at Ijmuiden and Dunkirk
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  • 38 2 —8.0. W According to an Agency message, it is officially stated in Nairobi that, the j DUKE OF AOSTA, Italian Commander-in-c'hic/ in Abyssinia, who surrendered to the British forces, has arrived in Kenya—B.O.W
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  • 149 2 —Reuter. Cairo, June 12 As a result of combined operation with the Royal Navy and R AF., Indian troops made a surprise landing and captured the port cf Assab, says a British G.H.Q. communique. Prisoners so far counted include fifty naval ratings, 87 pilots
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  • 70 2 —Reuter. 691 Alerts In One Y ear Malta, June 12. In om year of air raids. Malta had 694 alerts of which 468 occurred since Jan. 15 when the German Luftwaffe started raiding Malta. The number of enemy aircraft, officially known to be destroyed by lighters
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  • 470 2 First Conference Held In London London, June 12. 4 RESOLUTION to continue the struggle against German aggression until victory and that there could be no peace so long as the German military threat to free peoples continues was adopted at the meeting of
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  • 126 2 —Reuter. Tokyo, Junej 12. a result of tbo growing tension in Japan-N.E.I. relations, Japanese residents in the i colony are leaving en masse, says the “Asahi.” omen and children began evacuating at the beginning of the year and on May 31, 57 Japanese left while
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  • 267 2 —8.0. W Press Comment On Commons Debate Rugby, June 11. Commenting on the Commons debate, the newspapers stress the point that the battle of Crete must be viewed in the proper perspective as part of a vast campaign and not as an isolated incident.
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  • 59 2 Reuter. London. June 12. The Queen paid an informal uiiexj cd visit to St. Paul’s Cathedral on Tuesday. She was shown the damage c :‘.e a high explosive bomb which sma fit d roof over North Transept and oieie”'.’.’ to the Crypt. Hundreds waited ctr-iide
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  • 638 2 8.0. W. Rugby, June 12. THAT ihere is some hope before many months are over that the defeat of the night bomber will be a long way towards accomplishment was the opinion expressed by the Parliamentary Undersecretary for War in a speech today. Lord
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  • 1353 3  -  This writer of this article is the author of ‘England Today,” which was the first survey of social conditions in Great Britain at the end of the last European War. He has for 30 years been an observer and student of the life of the
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  • 698 3 4/~\UR inability to use the Eire ports is fantastic. The use of Berehaven and Lough Swilly would transform the submarine war overnight.” Labourite H. B. Lees-Smith was cheered when he said that in the House of Commons recently. But cheers don’t
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    • 150 3 M z 9 IAON’f be complacent about this. Great Britain needs money—needs it urgently. A MF And it is up to everybody not in the fighting forces «nFL |w, to see that she gets it. And that means you. If ou can your hands on one thousand dollars, w -1-
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  • 996 4 America “Already In The War” jj -j v Washington. rpHE United States has made her irrevocable decision. She has already entered the nar. That is the real news today that overshadows everything happening elsewhere. It is the most important happening since the war began,
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  • 280 4 London. 4 NZAC prisoners from Greece arc reckoned at 3,000 by the German war prisoner authorities and the. Red Cross will immediately send comfort*. Clothing and essential foodstuffs are already being parcelled up. The men are believed to be with British prisoner in camps in
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  • 313 4 Reduction In HateOf Duty Sought Claiming that Government’s .rocer action in lowering the rates of nu'.' on estates valued at upwards of $3,t00,0-00 will affect but a mere handful of estates a number of property owners in the Straits Settlements have sent a petition tn th-
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  • 294 4 Judgment Reserved Id Rash Driving (lase Singapore. Mr. C. H. Whitton, the traffic magistrate and district judge, reserved judgment when, aften ter. days of hearing, the ca.~e in which Ong Joo Chin has been on trial on a charge of causing grievous hurt to an air
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    • 310 4 Only one thing"'«F-WCSi gives pots and pans \jr **n| Ithat bright smoothness, j pO 1 V You insist on 1 M gOp if —-*4 x Of course VIM is ■Pgj| the only thing to keep j I them bright and free J K from scratches. -J| •*»•*'>- w. 4w® Ft
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    • 48 4 I w GEORGE WHITELAW’S CARTOON Ik ■RS! H X<■ THE PLAGUE MOVES SOUTHWARD AU in a Day's Work— -by R iC k L'lmes I/ KsiWAT S THE NO, JAW& Black-out x- i—.l Just tht: —Thekf. < ■'•vihk JbTT ANOt ul lx VNUMDOVsf? ■UitS i.jyfjKj’' j <5 A .33 Jv
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  • 1345 5 EARLY HISTORY GROWTH RECALLED IN BROADCAST A broadcast was given by Brigadier A. W. G. Wildey, M.C., last night from Singapore on the occasion of the centenary of the Hongkong and Singapore Royal Artillery. Ihe text of the talk is as follows
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  • 529 5 SOCIAL PERSONAL A donation of $lO to the Temerloh bianch of the Malaya Patriotic Fund has been made by .Major and Airs. Treble “in memory of Major E. H. Beau-j champ Nobbs, M.C.” Included in the next batch for training at the R.A.F. Training School, Singapore, will be the first
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    • 165 5 AZ 3 SHOWS TODAY At 3 p.m,, 6,15 9.30 p.m, Warner Bros.’ Sparkling Comedy Hit! TWICE AS HECTIC TWICE AS HILARIOUS AS ANY OTHER COMEDY HIT. JfcSBLaF••• ■gj SHERIDAN 1 »*SYMq' A- brent 1 llMxfi"'» F "Honeymoon With X. CHARLIE RUGGLES OSA MASSEN JANE WYMAK WHRomT.Orr L«« Patrick Directs by
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    • 116 5 TONIGHT LADIES’ GUEST SIGHT I 4T THF NEW WORLD FRIDAY, 18th JUNE, 1941. yiETROPOLE TALKIE* Paramount Presents THE TEXANS” With Randolph Scott Joan Bennett MALACCA RONGGENG NIGHTLY FROM 8 P.M. 3 Star Dancers Including Fatimah, the beaut.ifui 10 cents per dance. NIGHTLY FROM 7.30 P.M. •'NEPTUNE’S KINGDOM’ So Real, Onl\’
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    • 188 5 D jS niR-conpi t :on e d THREE SHOWS TO-DAY ALL LAUGHS! ALL MUSIC! ALL GIRICH SEE THE MARX BROTHERS And Have .4 Good Lauah in Their Fun-Show! B IT’S A FUN S ‘v ’WI H RIOT! i-Hwoj BafliLoy MSB I wrarlhe H John CARKOU- Diana LEWIS A Metro Goidwyn-Mayer
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    • 205 5 R e Seed Not Shout Aloud Its Praises THE 4984 PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED WEDNESDAY AND YESTERDAY’S PERFORMANCES WILL TELL YOU 3 Shows At 3. 6.15 9.30 COLUMBIA’S $2,000.000 EPIC ARIZONA WITH JEAN ARTHUR WILLIAM HOLDEN WARREN WILLIAM AND CAST OF OVER 2,500 ACTORS I N.B. This film is over 11,OGG
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  • 473 6 r |’’llE importance of propaganda in wartime is never more apparent than in Syria today where leaflets and proclamations are proving more effective than actual operations. That explains why the British campaign there is not in the nature of a blitzkrieg. The results are bound
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  • 258 6 Best Talkers A/TR. COMPTON MACKENZIE, -*-’A who himself has some claims to rank as a good talker, brackets Mr. Norman Douglas and Mr. John Hope-Johnstone as the two best he knows. The ’latter frequently appears in ‘LEgean Memories,’’ the fourth and final volume of the author’s memories
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  • 734 6 Friday, June 13. TV HILE endeavouring to avoid fighting wherever possible the Allies continue their progress in Syria and have reached Saida, ancient city of Sidon, and the southern suburbs of Damascus. j%/TAI.\ resistance has been en countered at the crossing of the Litani
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 82 6 Ground The Town YDFON CINEMA: “The Marx Brother!? Go West. 3, 6.15 and 9.30 p.m. HAJESTiC CINEMA: “Dasima" (Malay picture). 3, 6.15 and 9.30 p.m. QUEEN’S CINEMA: “Arizona” with Jean Arthur and William Holden 3, 6.15 and 9.30 p.m. HEX CINEMA. “Honeymoon For Three” with Ann Sheridan and George Brent.
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  • 268 7 ALL ARRANGEMENTS ALMOST COMPLETED FAMILIARISING PEOPLE WITH SITUATION AND LAY-OUT r PHE Official Dispersal Camp at Paya Terubong is now near--1 ing completion, arrangements having been completed for the housing, feeding, medical attention, sanitation etc. that would be required if a large number of
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  • 389 7 lister oiiys She W as Rude And Drunk SINGAPORE T WAS VERY RUDE AND I WAS DRUNK AT THE TIME; THAT IS WHY MY BROTHER STABBED ME. SAID 24-YEAR-OLD ALICE JANSEN IN THE SINGAPORE SECOND COURT ON WEDNESDAY, WHEN SHE GAVE EVIDENCE DURING
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  • 60 7 The death occurred at his residence in Green Hall today of Mr. Syed Ahmad, pensioner of the General Post Office, Penang. He leaves besides his wife, seven children, the eldest of whom is Mr. Syed Kabeer of the War Tax Office, Penang. The deceased is
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  • 244 7 MALAYA’S DEFENCES NO MENACE TO HER SECURITY Bangkok, June 12 (2 1 1 EN TING on the persistent Japanese press reports that the strengthening of the Malaya and Burma border defences menaces the security of Thailand, a high-placed 1 hai official declared that Thai’and is
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  • 131 7 “Honeymoon For Three,” now showing at the Rex, is an entertaining comedy, starring Ann Sheridan and George Brent. Ann Sheridan and George Brent fall in love with each other but try to convince themselves that it is more a matter 'f convenience than romance. When an
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  • 291 7 ite Leaves For Anol her Man A decree nisi to be made absolute after three months was granted to Jesudason Retnam Isaacs, a clerk, by the Hon. Mr. Justice C. W. V. Carey in the Supreme Court this morning, at the conclusion of the divorce case
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  • 18 7 Latest donations to the I. S. P. Fighter Fund have raised the total to $28,28a
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  • 138 7 3V[EXT Wednesday and Thursday there will be A.R.P. prac- 11 tices, with brown-out and black-out conditions, throughout Malaya. In Singapore the Passive Defence Services will be on duty after office hours until about midnight on Wednesday. Incidents will be arranged to give them practice in
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  • 288 7 MISS PATRICIA WYLDE AND MR. W. SANDY The Church of the Assumption, Farquhar Street, was the scene of a wedding at 8 o’clock yesterday morning when Miss Patricia Wylde, only daughter of the late Inspector O. A. J. Wylde and Mrs. Connie Wylde, was married to Mr. William
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  • 2207 7 SPEAKING on the occasion of His Majesty’s birthday celebrations yesterday, His Excellency the Governor, in his broadcast to Malaya, reviewed the country’s war effort and developments on the various battl? fronts. Sir Shenton paid a tribute to Malayans now on
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  • 65 7 -Reuter. Simla, June ij. Sir Sikander Hyat Khan, Premier of Punjab, has cabled Second Lieut. P. S. Bhagat, the first Indian V.C. of the present war, congratulations on behalf of the Government and people of Punjab: “Punjab is proud of your gallant exploit and
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    • 175 7 W U' I TAKE AM PURGATIVE Ti m e marches on. Methods of travel change. Also medicines. Now we don’t have to take nasty-tasting oils, inconvenient herbal brews and griping purgatives. Medical science gives us LAXOBAC —the modern chocolate laxative. Laxobac tastes just like chocolate because it is chocolate. Yet
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  • 167 8 Aid For War Defence A favourable report of economic conditions in the N.E.I. during 1940 was given by Batavia Radio. Statistics just published for the last quarter of 1940 show that during the year the N.E.I. exported goods to the value of 920.000,000 guilders—--150,000,000 guilders
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  • 18 8 Rubber outputs for the month of May:— lbs. Henrietta, Rubber 150,350 Sungei Ma tang Rubber 43,000
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  • 13 8 The output for the month of May, 1941, «as 91/- piculs.
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  • 20 8 The output for the month of May 1941, was 445/- piculs yardage worked 110,909 Hours run 606.
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  • STOCKS & SHARES QUOTATIONS
    • 471 8 Issued by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association (Penang and Ipoh sections) at noon 13th June, 1941 Tsmift Buyers Sellers 4/0 Ampat Tin 3/0 3/6 5/0 Austral Amal 7/14 7/44 £1 Austral Malay 33/6 35/0 5/0 Ayer Hitam 17/3 17/9 $1 Ayer Weng .674 £1 Bangrin Tin 13/6 14/3 $1 Batu
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    • 245 8 Issue Buyers Sellers Allenby 105 1.10 Alor Gajah .80 .85 Amal Malay 1-55 1.60 Ayer Hitam .824 .87 Jex A'.xr Molek 1.074 1.12 J Ayer Panas 1.02 J 1.074 Bassett .424 -45 ex Batu Lintang 1.00 I.o2Jex Bedford .85 .88 Benta .924 -974 Borelli 1.324 1.374 Broga .57 .59ex
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    • 348 8 Lssue Buyers Sellers A£l Austral N. Z. Ord. 22/0 23/0 $2 Alex Brick Ord 1.77 J 1.82 J $2 Alex. Brick 71% Pref 2.07 J 2.12 J $5 B. M. T. 7.50 7.75 £5 Chartered Bank £BJ £9 £1 Con. T. S. Ord 16/0 16/6 £1 Con. T. 3.
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    • 234 8 MINING Dividend Books Close Payable Burma-Malay 6d. 27th div. 24.6.41 30.6.41 Hitam 10% 2nd int. 16.6.41 21.6.41 Kamunting 5% Int. Lt. 9.6.41 27.F41 Katu 6d. 28th div. 12,6.41 19.6.41 Kramat Pula! 24% lx. 18.6.41 (in London) Malayan Tin 10% Int. l.t. 20.6.41 (in L’don) Pangnga River
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  • 1196 8 Crude Rubber: U.S. May Take Steps To Reduce Consumption Stanton Nelson Co., Limited Singapore June 5. Information from America indicates that steps may be taken in the near future to reduce the consumption of crude rubber. Ii this is correct, it can only mean the rationing of
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  • 100 8 A big increase in profits, and a higher dividend are reported by the directors of the umtea Sei dang (Sumatra) Rubber Plantations in a preliminary statement. Net profit in the year to August 31, 1940. was £lBO,lOB. compared with £106,193 in the previous (year. The dividend is
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  • 142 8 The Singapore Chamber O f Rubber Association. 1541<f ai, p P June, 1941. AUction sth ibs. Catalogued 2,379,077 j 062 X Offered 2,212,253 Sold 1.879.183 London—Spot 13 1 2d. New York—Spot 22 cts. PRICES REALISED cents nw n. RIBBED SMOKED SHEET Standard Quality 40 1;. __4, r
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  • 69 8 Outputs of rubber for the month of lijS U. Patani (Malaya) Rubber 251,954 Vlalakoff Rubber 23i.70< Taiping Rubber Plantations 123,572 S. Batu (Malaya) Rubber 66,000 Windsor (F. M. S.) Rubber 37*085 Foothills (Malaya) Rubber 30,500 Kuala Muda Rubber 218,395 Vai d Or Rubber 46,110 Gadek Rubber 98,000
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  • 80 8 Mine Statistics for the month of May: Katu Tin 579 hours run, 130,000 cubic yards treated. Tin ore won 432 pkuis Estimated cost $25,000/-, Cost per cubic yard 19.23 cents. Renong Consolidated Tin 599 hours, run. 227,000 cubic yards treated, Tin orc von 653 piculs. Estimated cost $25,000/Cost.
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  • 18 8 The output from the company’s mines for the quarter ended March 31 1941. was 1,572.47 piculs.
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  • 15 8 Foreign imports of rubber during May, 1941, totalled 21,751 dry tons.
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  • 68 8 Furnaces W orking To Capacity Indian Iron and Steel production in October to December. 1940, amounted to 200,41)9 tons of pig-iron; 195,153 tons of coke, and 15,313 tons of heavy iron castings. There were 166,991 tons of pig-iron. 15.873 tons of heavy iron castings and 336 tens
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  • 125 8 Yesterday’s Close Previously TIN: LONDON “Spot’* £264. 0. 0. £266. 0. 0. “Forward” £265. 15. 0 £267 0- 0SINGAPORE “Spot” $139.00 $139.00 Business done 25 tons Buyers, No Sellers PENANG “Spot” u.. $139.00 $139.00 RUBBER: LONDON “Spot” 13 7jl6d. 13 716 “Forward" 13 7|i6d. 13 716 d. Tone
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    • 64 8 BANKS I Advances against goods and produce at low rates of interest may be arranged I with ua. We also offer Godown «paces to let at low rentals. I Further particulars will he supplied on application. The Indian Overseas Bank, Ltd., (Incorporated in British India) SAVE FOB TOUB I FAMILY
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  • 153 9 The death of Mrs. Alice Eliza Coey Blackwood Sewell occurred at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. A. V. Gibbings, at Sou£h Perth, Western Australia, on Sunday, June 8. Mrs. Blackwood Sewell was a daughter of the late Robert Donaldson of Peebles, Scotland.
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  • 72 9 ♦First Spitfire Squadron Ready For Action Melbourne, June 10. AUSTRALIA’S first Spitfire Squar dron, now ready for action in England, includes several noted footballers, crack horsemen, rifle shots, cricketers, swimmers and civil aviators. A correspondent on the Syrian frontier says that Australians formed the spearhead of the
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  • 170 9 FRIDAY, JUNE 13, mi Postage Latest Time of Destination Letters Postcards Superscription Posting at Penang per oz. each Ordinary Regn. AIR MAILS SPECIAL ATTENTION IS DRAWN TO THE IsJEVISED TIMES OF CLOSING AIR MAILS AND RUVISFD CHARGES Friday 13th inst Ipoh, K. Lumpur Wearnes Air ,0««« Singapore .10
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  • 399 9 England Is My Village. By John Llewelyn Rhys. With an introduction by Jane Oliver (Faber. 63.) There is something sinister about the air, and its fascination is terrible. Its conquest has meant the deaths of many thousands of people. Its grip upon the imagination is inexorable,
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  • 451 9  -  The Long Week-end. A Social History of Great Britain, 1918-1939. By Robert Graves and Alan Hodge. (Faber. 12s. 6d.) By HAROLD HOBSON Mr. Robert Graves, who is unrivalled at valedictions, now with Mr. Alan Hodge says good-bye to the period between the wars as admirably as he
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  • 170 9 Australian Soldier Charged Pending further inquiry and information from the Public Prosecutor as to whether other charges are to be preferred against the accused or his companion, who is still in hospital, the First Magistrate, Kuala Lumpur, Mr. G. L. Howe remanded in custody till
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  • 478 10 TWO ITALI AN GENERALS AMONG PRISONERS TAKEN London, June 12 Assab —the second port of Eritrea—was captured on Wednesday morning by a combined daylight operation by the Navy, Army and Air Force, it is officially announced. Several hundred prisoners were taken, including two Italian generals.
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  • 52 10 Reuter. New York, June 12 Units of the French Fleet at Toulon left port and headed for the Eastern Mediterranean, according to official advices received in Washington, says the Washington correspondent of the “New York Times.” He adds that it is not known when the Fleet
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  • 305 10 Within A Week NAZI TROOPS MASSED ON FRONTIER Threat To Secure Oil And Grain London, June 12 Coinciding with the arrival of Sir Stafford Cripps, British Ambassador at Moscow, in London, diplomatic correspondents of the morning papers concentrate on the possible developments on the Russo-German frontier. ‘The
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  • 228 10 Reuter Japan’s ’‘Final Decision” Taken Tokyo, June 12. The Foreign Minister, Mr. Matsuoka, called at the imperial Palace and reported fully to the Emperor on the Government policy towards the Netherlands East Indies following the deadlock in the trade talks at Batavia. Japan’s “final decision"
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  • 230 10 —Reuter. Bill To Be Passed By Senate Washington. June 12 The passage by the Senate today of a measure empowering President Roosevelt to commandeer factories where actual or threatened work stoppages interfere with the defence programme Is considered certain. The measure would enable President Roosevelt to
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  • 183 10 Reuter. Amazing 800-Mile March In Seven Days “From this position, as they attacked, they first came upon the enemy’s hospitals, then his foed and ammunition dumps and afterwards to his divisional and brigade headquarters. “When the Italians realised what tyad happened, they broke and fled. Finding
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  • 240 10 —Reuter. INVASION PORTS ALSO BOMBED London, June 12. Industrial targets in the Ruhr were heavily bombed by the R.A.F. last nigh*-, A strong force of aircraft of the Bomber Command made a heavy attack on the Ruhr last night, it Is learned in London. The
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  • 68 10 Permits Issued For Two Shipments To N. China Ottawa, June 12. Permits for two wheat shipments to North China have been issued. Mr. Mackenzie King announced this in accordance with the wishes of the British Government and in the interests of all parts of the British Commonwealth. Mr.
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  • 42 10 .—Reuter. New East-West Flight Record Montreal, June 12. An Atlantic crossing in 810 minutes, which is officially announced, Is the new cast-west record time flight from England to Canada. The plane was bringing Transatlantic pilots back. —Reuter.
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  • 557 10 Heavy Casualties Only In One District London,June 12 The Luftwaffe revisited many places in Britain during their widespread raids on Wednesday night—and how widespread they were is shown in reports coming from towns in East, South and West England. But the Luftwaffe in many instances
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  • 52 10 Reuter. Japanese Emperor’s Congratulations Tokyo, June 12. The Emperor of Japan has cabled congratulations to King George on the occasion of the official celebration of his birthday. The Emperor at the same time sent Mr. Ma-sudaira, Grand Master cf Ceremonies to the British Embassy, to convey the
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  • 222 10 Australian Press On Premier’s Review Sydney, June 12 “Crete was more thana battle, it was also a pointer to the weakness of our imperial organisation for a total war,” says the “Morning Herald”. “The operation was unique and calls for intense after-study. Mr. Churchill’s speech
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  • 94 10 U.S. Can Produce More Planes Than Anyone Else Washington, June 12 “You will be producing all the airplanes we want by next autumn,” Mr. Knudsen told a group of 200 aircraft manufacturers yesterday when he announced that their production was fifty per cent, ahead
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  • 94 10 —-Reuter. Shanghai, June 12. Pandemonium reigns in Foochow the treaty port on the Fukien coast which was recently cantured by Japanese following the Chinese advance to the outskirts of the city, according to the local proChungking Chinese paper “Sin Wa-pao” a Chungking despatch. Japanese military neadquarters in
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  • 425 11 Playing on the S.X.I. ground yesterday, the Old Xaverians’ Association trounced the Alor Star XI by 188 runs. The main features of the match were the brilliant innings of A.J. Williams who scored 78 runs, his effective bowling, capturing 4 wickets for
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  • 1143 11 Opinion Of South China Team’s Secretary That the standard of football in Malaya was very high was the view expressed to a “Pinang Gazette” representative by Mr. Walter Hamming Chen, secretary of the South China Athletic Association Football Team which has arrived in Penang this
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  • 94 11 —Reuter. London. June 12. The Derby third call-over resulted as follows: 4/1 Lambert Sirnnel offered. 6/1 Morogoro offered. 6/1 Suncastle offered. 10/1 Chateau Larose offered. 100/8 Devonian offered, 100/7 taken. 100/8 Ptolemy offered. 100/7 Orthodox offered. 100/7 Starwort offered. 100/7 Fairy Prince offered. 100/7 Thoroughfare offered. 20/1
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  • 383 12 Vichy Reports Heavy Fighting PAVING WAT FOR SURRENDER? CAIRO, JUNE 13. HILE ENDEAVOURING TO AVOID FIGHTING WHEREVER POSSIBLE, THE ALLIES CONTINUE THEIR PROGRESS IN SYRIA AND HAVE REACHED THE OUTSKIRTS OF SAIDA, HIE ANCIENT CITY OF SIDON, AND THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF 1 DAMASCUS AT A
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  • 198 12 Invention, First Lady And Amazon Shine (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT) KUALA LUMPUR, FRIDAY. ONLY HOBBS AND DUVAL’S STRINGS WERE SEEN AT THE TRACK THIS M MINING, WHEN OFFICIAL TRAINING FOR THE SELANGOR SUMMER MEETING BEGAN. OF THE LOT THAT C KME OUT THIS MORNING
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  • 101 12 The following is the amended schedule of racing for the Selangor Turf Club Summer Meeting:— IST DAY—SATURDAY, JUNE 21 Horses —Class 2 Divs. 1, 2 3 —5 J furs. Horses —Class 4, Divs. 1,2, 3 N* 4—6 furs Horses —Class 4—9 furs. 2ND DAY—WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25 Horses—Class
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  • 51 12 FRIDAY, JUNE 13. TIN; Penang $137,374 Business done 25 tons Singapore $137.37 RUBBER: Penang Spot 39 1/ 4c Singapore Spot 39 1 4c COPRA: Sundried $2.75 buyers Blac'i Pepper Nominal TAPIOCA: Medium $8.50 sellers Fair Seed $8.05 sellers BICE: Rangoon Parboiled No. 1 $9.52 Rangoon Parboiled No. 2
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  • 213 12 The South China Athletic Association XI will meet the Penang State XI in the opening game on the Green tomorrow at 5.15 p.m. Advance bookings can be had at the following firms for all South China matches in Penang: Messrs. Kew Yick Co.,
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  • 380 12 Nine further ties were played on the Singapore Cricket Club’s courts on Wednesday in the Singapore Lawn Tennis championships: Of the nine matches played, seven were won in straight sets. A match which drew a large crowd and which produced a splendid standard of tennis, was the
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  • 144 12 Fwo Main Events Tonight Tonight’s boxing promotion at the Fun Frolic park will be in the nature of an inter-State contest, for local boxers will be pitted against boys from Selangor. The card is an excellent one for there are two main events, both over
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  • 25 12 All difficulties having been overcome, the Penang Turf Club August meeting will take place according to schedule dates at Penang.
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  • 285 12 Easy Victory For Kedah State Police Displaying an all-round superiority, the Kedah State Police scored an easy victory by three goals to one over the Penang Police in an annual soccer match for the Clayton Cup before a large crowd on the Westlands ground yesterday. The Penang
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  • 676 12 "Hitlerism Will Be Blasted From The Earth’s Surface" -Mr. Churchill London, June t?. /If*- CHURCHILL at the meeting at St. James’s Palace of the Allied Governments, said: “We cannot yet see how deliverance will come or when it will come but nothing is more certain than that every trace of
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  • 285 12 ROBIN MOOR SINKING —Reuter. Washington, June 13. I’HE Under-Secretary of the State 1 Department, Mr. Sumner Welk'S, looked grave when he announced to a Pres, Conference yesterday that the preliminary report from the United States Consul at Pernambuco, Walter J. Linthicum stating “Kobin Moor
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