Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 20 June 1941

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  • 22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE LAST EDITION ESTAB. 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY L 115. Vol. XCIX. FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1941. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 728 1 </ R LS SHOT LIKE SITTING BIRDS I R.A.F. Too Good For I The Germans rd Bvsvene, Reuter’s special correspondent with advanced British Forces in the Western Desert.J. THE most striking feature of the Western Desert battle was the British gain in air superiority
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  • 44 1 —Reuter. Washington, June 19. Secretary to the Treasury, Mr. Morgenthau, announced at a Press conference that conversations have been inaugurated with representatives oi Portugal, Russia, Finland, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland to exempt, those nations from President Roosevelt’s freezing order. —Reuter.
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  • 81 1 Settlement Of China-Burma Border Demarkation CHUNGKING, .TUNE 19. r H n{| SIGNATURE OF THE AGREEMENT PHEVAH.ING SINO-BRI-friendship. —Reuter. I 'wcial “Central Daily News’’ de- express our deep appreciaI G the goodwill on the part of L" 1 a nd Burma. We value the P 1 l
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  • 859 1 -RATHER DIE ON FEET THAN LIVE ON KNEES' Cambridge, Massachusetts), i. •‘We, too. are born to freedom, are willing to fight maintain freedom and would rathet die on our feet than live on our knees,” declared President Rcosevelt in a message read on his
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  • 341 1 OMINOUS LULL IN EUROPE’S WAR SITUATION Spate OI Sensational R innoiirs London, June 19. OILL. an oiDPiOus lull prevails in the European war situation, the tendency of events points more and more to the belief that Germany is either preparing to attack Russia oi turning
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  • 400 1 Reuter FINE ACTION BY ENGLISH REGT. /Bi/ Drsmond Tiahr v'ith L in Fhrrw). Describing the n capture of Kuneitra by the British, an Australian machine-gun officer toH me that at dawn his detachment > with artillery took up a position south of the town preparatory to
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  • 324 2 NOTE ALLEGES INCRIMINATING EVIDENCE OF OFFENCES “Mass Of Material On Intrigues Injurious To State” Beilin, June 19. M/IUCH incriminating evidence of offences on the part of American representatives” is contained in a German note to the United States, demanding the withdrawal of American
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  • 272 2 -Reuter London, July 19. HPHE House oi Commons will shortly debate the shipping* position and the Battle of the Atlantic in a secret session. In anu-ouncin.c th" torthcomuiß Parliamentary business, the Prime Minister a- dared that the debate on rhe shipping position
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  • 85 2 Reuter. Mr. Churchill To Make Statement Next Vl eek London, June 19. A statement by Mr. Churchill next week on the war situation was foreshadowed in the House of* Commons today. Replying to an invitation, to make statement today, the Prime Minister said that it was not convenient
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  • 401 2 I» l I• 1 1 J > > 111 r Commons W ant To Know Why London. June 19 The complete and apparently directed silence in the press and elsewhere alo Hess" was raised in the House of Commons bv Mr. Samuel Silverman (Labour'. Mr. Silverman contended
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  • 102 2 —Rcu- German onsiilates Max Be Closed London. June 19. F is believed tha; the Mexican Governn ?.t anv mom: lit will clcse German consulates and orotiaganda centres, says a Mexico Citv despatch to the Independent French Agenc- m London. In addition. Wednesdays speech oy Scuor
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  • 49 2 in j —Renter Friendship W ith AH Powers Bangkok. June 19. 'Hie Assembly unanimously ratified the Thailand-Indo-China peace convention. The Premier, thanking the House, expressed appreciation of Japanese mediation in the frontier conflict and stressed that Thailand would follow the timehonoured policy of friendship for all powers.—Reuter.
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  • 47 2 —Reuter. London, June 19. Tiie Duke of Windsor has formed a Duchess Gf Windsor Xmas Assistance Fund with nucleus money he had from the charitable trust he founded as Prince of Wales. Already much milk and hospitalization service have been rendered here.—-Router.
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  • 832 2 STRONG VICHY FORCF. SURROUNDED Allies Nearing Gates Of Syrian Capittd Cairo, June 19 IT is officially stated that further important livp been captured just south of Damascus and that a -iron ichy force in Merdj Ayoum has been surrounded. Allied troops are reported here
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  • 89 2 —Reuter. Shanghai, June 2U. I LEE I of at least 53 Japanese warships including four or five battleships and an aircraft-carrier were sighted oil Amoy on I uesday by passengers aboard the United Slates liner “President (dolidge.” Passengers on arrival here from Hongkong stated that
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  • 439 2 Compensation Offer Dublin, June 19. r jpHE German Government has expressed its sincere regret to lhe Eire Government for the bomb dropping o n Dublin on May 31 and has expressed its willingness to compensate for the loss of life and damage to property. A
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  • 636 2 TREATY NO SURPRISE '—Reuter London,, June 19. TTHE conclusion of the agreement between Germany and Turkey caused no surprise in London*, it is stated authoritatively, as the Turkish Government had throughout kept its British ally fully informed regarding conversations with Germany. It is thought
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  • 119 2 .—Reuter. Delimitation Question Settled Chungking, June 18. Notes between the Chinese and British Governments settling the long-vexed question of delimitation of the frontier between China and Burma were exchanged here today. One note defines in detail the frontier line between the Chinese province of Yunnan and Burma. The
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  • 221 2 Re tier. London, June 19 The British forces, which launched a big attack in the Western Desert—surprising the Germans at Fort Capuzzo—are now safely back in their original positions, it is learned in authoritative circles in London today. These positions are
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  • 321 3 I s TOKIO’S nerve war against the Netherlands Indies BA grows daily more menacing scores of American pilots are hein <r transferred to Pacific stations, including Hawaii and !he Philippines, indicating a vast increase in military aircraft there to collaborate with the
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  • 238 3 Alexandria. COMMANDER M. G. Rimington, D. 5.0., of the submarine Parthian, io!d a "Daily Mail” correspondent how be accounted for two Italian supply ships off the toe of Italy and then essaped after a six-hour chase. "We spotted a convoy of three vessels escorted by
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  • 149 3 Any proved instance of petrol wast--I"f> in the Army will be dealt with most 'erely,” a military spokesman told the idney Morning Herald recently. He i(; that special steps had been taken enforce economy in the use of petrol Or military purposes. A number
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  • 216 3 Australian News Cable Melbourne, June 17. R.A.A.F. song by a Leading Aircraftsman at Air Headquarters iq being recorded by an R.A.A.F. sixtyvoice choir with full orchestra, for broadcasting throughout Australia. The writer was six years with J.C. Williamson s, well-known Australian theatrical firm. a Tlie Department of
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  • 80 3 The Cairo correspondent of the Daily Mail says a British officer said the body of a parachutist he shot in Crete turned peagreen after three hours. It is presumed that he had taken a preparation to dull tho nerves and stimulate energy, which wrought a chemical
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  • 728 3  -  VNDER THE GERMAN HEEL By G. Ward; Price /AF the real terrors of this war we have little notion. Even night-bombing cannot be compared with the horrors which the Germans, with coldblooded deliberation, inflict upon the defenceless populations that fall into their power. By mass
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  • 883 3  -  The sequel will be something v ery different by Lieut.-Col oriel T. A. LOWE D. 5.0., M.C. TITHEN the despatches of General Lord Gort are published and we read the story of the B.E.F. in France and Belgium we shall feel as if that was a
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  • 854 3 J7OR many days I have been in the front line of the Battle of the Atlantic —on the bridge of a former American destroyer, one of those transferred under the “ships lor bases” deal of Octokiae (whites a Mail” reporter.) These vessels are
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    • 36 3 i f A-.,; 1 -Lpn K [IrK xX OH |||w 7 > t sk Cr 2/r >llll II 1..! M lift ,1 ‘III I- »1111 IHW I II lIIIMIMMBM—■—■ni-Ufta Keep the badge, Sheriff, and finish the clean-up!"
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  • 1496 4 Retiring Head Optimistic INTERESTING FUSION OF ENGLISH CHINESE LESSONS THIRTY years of pathfinding in a unique educational mission finds Mr. L. C. Healey, .Superintendent of the Education Department of the Shanghai Municipal Council. just a little reluctant, now that the hour is at hand, to
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  • 188 4 4 NEW film studio for making motion pictures in Singapore is planned in the Balestier Road district by Messrs. Shaw Bros., it was stated before the Rent Assessment Board. Mr. Jol Laycock, representing Shaw Brot.. applied for permission to eject Suratte, the
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  • 290 4 Underworld Denizens On Vacation Denizens of the Shanghai underworld were evidently taking a vacation as every variety of crime in the Settlement was on the decrease, according to statistics of the Shanghai Municipal Police issued on May 26. Largest decrease recorded was that in burglary and breaking
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  • 180 4 Singapore Yeo Kheng Hia, a young Hainanese taker’s assistant, was sentenced to eight strokes of the rotan and six months’ rigorous imprisonment, in the Singapore second court when he was convicted on a charge of extortion. Yeo was alleged to have extorted $2 from Ho
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  • 521 4 Apathy Towards Tourist industry Singapore. Reference to “Malaya's apathy towards the tourist industry” was made by Mr. R. Burns, chairman of Raffles Hotel, Ltd., presiding at the annual general meeting of the company. “I fully realise that thfc is certainly not the time to
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  • 147 4 fct No (Power To Reduce Rents” That the Rent Assessment Boaru has no power to reduce rents was the contention of Mr. John Laycock before the Board. The application was by a tenant, E. W. O. Fernando, to reduce the rent of his house on the grounds
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  • 1732 4 Clashes With Strikers Described &uala Lurripuj A SERIES of clashes between the police and large corwds of Tamil monstrators during the recent labour disturbances were described the Kuala Selangor Police Court when the District Officer, Mr. A. D v J opened inquiries into the deaths of
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  • 1130 5 Breach Of Trust In Respect Of $2,880 Taiping. S. Kanapathy Pillai, until recently chief clerk in the District Office, Taiping, was yesterday sentenced to eight months’ rigorous imprisonment by the Taiping Magistrate, Raja Salim, when he pleaded guilty to an amended charge of criminal breach
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  • 528 5 Fire-watchers On Duty For First Time Ipoh. For the first time fire-watchers were on duty during last night’s A.R.P. exercises at Ipoh. guarding Government Offices, commercial firms, factories and foundries against incendiaries and fire-bombs. Several alerts were sounded between the hours of
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  • 138 5 Songs by boys of the Kuala Lumpur Anglo-Chinese Middle School will be included in the Singapore broadcasting station’s Children’s Programme- at 6.50 p.m. today. JR s*z A communique states that the Ac-countant-General, Federated Malay States, has received from Mr. C. A. Buxton, Bukit Tunggu Estate, Bangi, a
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    • 198 5 FUN FROLIC PARK FRIDAY, 20th JUNE, 1941 CANTONESE OPERA: Night Show: “JIM YANG SIM” Pt. 3 PEONY OPERA: “GOOD TAI MONG”. TEOCHEW OPERA: Night Show: “LARK GUEK SOOT” Part 1. LIBERTY TALKIES “HONG LIEW JOON OON” A Thrilling Mandarin Talkie 2 Shows Nightly. THE NEW WORLD FRIDAY. 20th JUNE, 1941.
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 150 5 WEEKDAY'S CROWDS NEARLY TORE THE HOUSE DOWN WITH AND ACCLAIMED IT’S the funniest picture W L EVER SHOWN. AJR-CONIHMONED THEATRE 3 SHOWS TODAY I U 3 p.m., 6.15 and 9.30 p.m. I YOU HAVEN’T HAD THEM AS A TEAM NOW THEY ARE TOGETHER fo-sfarring for the first time rapturously romantic
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    • 99 5 ma ircTir pens today In/WILIJ IIV 3, 6.15 9.30 p.m. DROUGHT BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND AT REDUCED PRICES. *7. Errol Flynn BRKNDA MARSHALL CLAUDE RAINS Morning Shows Tomorrow Sunday 1.30 a.m. “THE WAY OF ALL FLESH” A PARAMOUNT PICTURE WITH AKIM TAMIROFF GLADYS GEORGE MURIEL ANGELUS POPULAR CHEAP PRICES 15
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    • 182 5 THREE SHOWS TO-DAY EVERYONE COME, HAVE FUN! THE HAPPIEST I.ACGH MUSICAL OF THE YEAR! JI ,ji >' 1 STACK U ’Kwlfiwiß’ IWw UGM H£Rb *RT i NAN grev 5 1' -€u PALUUS S' B,UY t Charles Ray V.onte Blue NSfisniiEia&ife W) f'ank Jenks Kenneth harla r Noah Beery Si Pct
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    • 98 5 A Fine British Film You Should Not Miss I 3 snc irs TODIY .3 P. W.. 6./5 9..30 I VISIT THESE MYSTIC PLACES London Bagdad ISTANBUL BUDAPTCSn’ Vt ith These Two fnimtrahle Englishmen BASIL RADFORD NAINTOA WAYNE IN “CROOKS TOIR’ WITH Glamorous Captivating GRETA GYNT I EXTRAI EXTRA FIVE FACES”
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  • 24 6 BIRTH. DUKE. At Penang Maternity Hospital on 18th June to Cecil, wife of R. B. DUKE, of Dublin Estate, Kedah, a son.
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  • 196 6 rpHE British offensive in the Western Desert made heartening reading, the more so as faith in General Waveil’s ability to recover lost ground had never wavered. As far as can be determined from the news, the British forces not only drove back the Germans to Fort Capuzzo
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  • 166 6 FNXE does not need to know very much about the international situation to see that the United States is on the brink of momentous events. Seven years ago at the height of isolationist fever the U.S. signed away freedom of the seas in time of war with
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  • 144 6 WINDSOR CINEMA: “Rajayogam” (Tamil picture) 6 and 9.30 p.m. ODEON CINEMA: “A Little Bit of Heaven” with Gloria Jean and Robert Stack. 3, 6.15 and 9.30 p.m. MAJESTIC CINEMA: “Sea Hawk” with Errol Flynn and Brenda Marshall. 3, 6.15 and 9.30 p.m. QUEEN’S CINEMA: “Crooks Tour” with
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  • 507 6 wil be building cruisers? Singapore Free Press. JT has been said that the sailors of the Merchant Navy cannot get even a cup of tea or a sandwich at any canteen, even on presentation of their identity cards or papers Surely if a man is willing to lay
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  • POST BAG
    • 173 6 (To the Editor. ‘‘Pinang Gazette”). Sir, I was one of those who, interested in Alpha’s disclosure that a lot of ‘’monkey business” was taking place just before sunset in the Botanical Gardens, made it a point to spend an evening there and I saw, to my amazement,
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  • 68 6 Reuter. Communications Now Restored London. June 19 Normal communications has been entirely restored between Iraq and Palestine via Transjordan, says a dispatch from Jerusalem to the Independent French News Agency. Caravans of motor lorries are now running again from Basra via Baghdad to Palestine whither they are transporting considerable
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  • 710 6 Friday, June 20. /GERMANY’S reply to the recent U.S. action in closing Nazi consulates and organisations in America is at last forthcoming. sjc ifc A S expected it takes the form of a similar order against U.S. consulates in Germany. Mussolini, lagging behind as
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  • 416 6 Sleeping It Out JF the intention of the A.R.P. authorities is to discipline crowds in the streets to wartime conditions, then the black-out practices during the last two nights can be regarded as a real success. From a grandstand view in Penang Road, I watched cinema goers
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    • 20 6 For your convenience send your tyres to our Sales Depot, 11 Light Street, Penang, Phone 4121. f’-ro Is TS ‘“22»
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  • 91 7 Singapore. in acknowledgment of a cable from His Excellency the Governor and High ComC i«ioner conveying birthday greetings m His Majesty with an expression of ctaunch loyalty on behalf of Malaya, the of State for the Colonies has cabled as follows: “Your telegram has
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  • 120 7 another black-out CRIME THE residence of Mr. Tan Cheng Hock, the well-known Penang Chinese lawyer, in Penang Road, was broken into in the early hours of this morning. This is the second burglary reported to the police, since the two-day Passive Defence exercises began. Nothing, however,
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  • 301 7 ENJOYABLE MARITAL COMEDY AT REX Robert Montgomery, after his superb portrayal in “The Earl Of Chicago” turns delightfully to comedy in the current attraction “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” at the Rex. There is nothing spectacular or melodramatic about this Alfred Hitchcock picture, but one of those very
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  • 151 7 Bail of $2OO was allowed to Vetha Muthu who was charged before Mr. Lim Koon Teck this morning with voluntary causing grievous hurt to Wanna Sanna at King Street on June 18. The charge was explained to Vetha Muthu and the case was postponed to
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  • 59 7 A Choral Concert, under the auspices of The Penang Chinese Christians Concert Committee, will be staged at the Town Hall, at 8.30 o’clock tonight and aJso tomorrow night. The proceeds will be donated to augment both the China Relief Fund and fhe Malaya Patriotic Fund. Tickets at
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  • 1024 7 “Incidents” Staged For Benefit Of Fire-fighters dav I?» All Malaya n A R.P. exercises which began on Wednesaa\ at 6 a.m. ended this morning. During the day all sector posts were skeleton-manned but there was a 100 per cent turn-out after six in the afternoon. As
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  • 29 7 Singapore. Catalina flying=boats are now arriving in Singapore from the United States via Manila. These are a modern type of long=range reconnais sance flying-boat.
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  • 47 7 Law Ah Seng claimed trial before Mr. Lim Koon Teck in the Third Court this morning when he was charged with having in his possession housebreaking implements, namely one screwdriver and one pair of pincers, early this morning. The case was postponed to June 27.
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  • 61 7 Bail of $5O was allowed to Tan Kheng Chooi who was charged before Mr. Lim Koon Teck this morning with theft of a gold bangle valued at $5B on June 19 at Muntri Street. The bangle belonged to a woman, Chung Yin Mooi. He claimed trial
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  • 75 7 Pleading guilty before Mr. Lim Koon Teck in the Third Court this morning on a charge of committing theft of a bicycle valued at $lO at the Popular Stalls in Campbell Street on the night of June 16, a Chinese, Chew Chee Seng was sentenced to
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  • 116 7 ACCIDENT WHILE LOADING TONGKANG carrying a bale of rubber weighing more than 200 lb from a godown into a tongkang in Weld Quay near Church Street Ghaut Pier at about 3.30 yesterday afternoon, an Indian coolie lost his balance and fell with the load
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  • 116 7 Chinese Prisoner Falls 20 Feet A 60-year-old Chinese prisoner, who was detained in the Penang Prisons for being a vagrant, fell off the verandah of one of the buildings in the prison from a height of some 20 feet at about 6 o’clock yesterday evening. The
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  • 70 7 For stealing three fishing traps valued at $3, the property of Ketchil bin Man at the Penang Harbour on June 19, Sew Teik was fined $3O or ordered to undergo 15 days’ simple imprisonment by Mr. Lim Koon Teck in the Tihrd Court this
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  • 488 7 NO CEREMONIAL AT OPENING qTHE “Pinang Gazette” understands that the new Police BarA racks in Penang Road—easily the most colossal of its kind in North Malaya and unqestionably the biggest building in Penang—will be occupied some time next month. In view of
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  • 212 7 Food Controller’s Communique r pHE Government is purchasing rice on contract from abroad in order to safeguard the essential food supply of the majority of people living in Malaya. It is only reasonable that Government should be asked by the supplying countries to take a certain
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  • 44 7 Sentence was deferred to June 24 when Tang Ah Hai pleaded guilty before Mr. Lim Koon Teck this morning on a charge of stealing one wrist watch valued at $25 from the shop Marican in Beach Street on June 19-
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  • 314 7 To Be Considered After The War /CONSIDERATION of new salary schemes and appointments 'c for Government employees should be held over “for the duration.” This suggestion is contained in a circular issued by Government to its employees. Although this probably means that there
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  • 43 7 Perlis Branch The Hon. Secretary and Treasurer of the Malaya Patriotic Fund, Perlis Branch, acknowledge with thanks the receipt of a donation of $5O/- from Mrs. E V. G. Day being sale cf picture to the Rev. H. J. Paine.
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  • 34 7 $5OO From Mr. And Mrs. J. R. Bennett The following contributions have been received towards the Services Club Fund:— Mr. Mrs. J.R Bennett $500.00 The Manager. Elysee Cabaret $200.00
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 177 7 j Time marches on. Methods of trave change. Also medicines. Now w« don’t have to take nasty-tastinj oils, inconvenient herbal brews an< griping purgatives. Medical scienc gives us LAXOBAC-the moder chocolate laxative. Laxobac taste just like chocolate because it i chocolate. Yet a small tablet wi cause your bowels to
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  • 67 8 Penang, June 19, 1941. y Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) SELLING idon Demand 2/4 3/32 v York, Demand 47.16 jntreal Demand 51.91 avia Demand 88.32 cutta Bombay) igoon Demand 156 1/8 > igkcng Demand 53 9/16 mghai Demand 12 3/8 an Demand 193 1/2 Zealand Demand 2/10 7/8
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  • 133 8 —Reuter. Returning To Tokyo For Talks London, June 17. he Japanese Ambassador in London, Shigemitsu, has left on the first stage ais journey to Tokyo. According to ent arrangements, the Ambassador will rn to his post in London when his wersations with the Japanese Foreign lister, Mr. Matsuoka,
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  • STOCKS & SHARES QUOTATIONS
    • 456 8 Issued by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association (Penang and Ipoh sections) at noon 20th June, 1941 Issue Buyers Sellers 4/0 Ampat Tin 3/0 3/6 5/0 Austral Amal 7/1$ 7/4$ £1 Austral Malay 33/6 35/0 5/0 Ayer Hitam 17/3 17/9 $1 Aver Weng .67$ .70 £1 Bangrin Tin 13/6 14/3 $1
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    • 232 8 Issue Buyers Sellers Allenby 1.02$ 1.07$ Alor Gajah .75 .80 Amal Malay 1.55 1.60 Ayer Hitam .80 ,90ex Affler’ Molek 1.07$ 1.12$ Ayer Panaa 1.02$ 1.07$ Bassett .40 ,42$ex Batu Lintang 1.00 I.o2sex Bedford .87 .90 Benta .92$ .97$ Borelli 1.37$ 1.42$ Broga .57 ,59ex Brunel United .55 457$
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    • 345 8 Issue Buyers Sellers A£l Austral N. Z. Ord. 22/0 23/0 $2 Alex Brick Ord 1.77$ 1.82$ $2 Alex. Brick 75% Pref 2.07$ 2.12$ $5 B. M. T. 7.50 7.75 £5 Chartered Bank £Bs £9 £1 Con. T. S. Ord 16/0 16/6 £1 Con. T. S. 7% Pref 19/9 20/6
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    • 132 8 MINING Dividend Books Close Payable W 6d. 27th div. 24.6.41 itam 10% 2nd Int. 16 641 216 41 Kamunting int. u J l6 4 Kinta Tin Mines 5% int. Lt. 26 641 Malayan Tin 10% Int. Lt n Pangnga River 4% Int. U. Raub Gold 3d.
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  • 1839 8  -  This is the concluding portion of /the story of how the Derby was won by Humorist “the bravest horse that ever lived,” but which had been called “a rogue, a thief and a coward” on account of his peculiar temperament. (By l STEVE
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  • 288 8 Annual Report The twenty-seventh -annual z meeting of Sungei Ramal Syndicate 1 will be held at the registered the company, No. 1, Embanl J', Kuala Lumpur, on Wednesday j at 11.30 a.m. The profit for the year endet d 1940, amounted to $73.297.6t t $2,000 was donated
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  • 121 8 Yesterday’s Close Previousl TIN: LONDON “Spot” £263. 0. 0. £264. 5. 0. “Forward” £265. 0. 0. £265 10 0. SINGAPORE “Spot” 5137.50 Business done 25 tons 25 tons PENANG “Spot” $137.50 $136.87% RL BBh,R: LONDON “Spot” 13 5 d. “Forward” 13 12d. Tone Steady SINGAPORE “Spot” 39 5
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    • 108 8 A torpid, sluggish Ever leaves poisonous morbid bile in the blood, which upsets the action of the whole system. The complexion assumes a S yellowish hue and the appetite disappears. The R digestion is upset, with coated tongue and headaches. The bowels are irregular. It is advisable S to take
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous

  • 104 9 Luxury air-raid shelter ‘‘colonies,’ equipped with spacious sleeping accommodation and lighting, heating, and sewerage systems, are to be built at Cardiff (Wales). A canteen, recreation rooms, and perambulator and bicycle sheds wiU be attached to each “colony.” The shelters be built of reinforced bricks and concrete.
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  • 28 9 Sir Shanmukani Chetty, former De wan of Cochin, arrived today in Simla. He has seen th® Member of the Government of India, Sir Zaffrulla Khan.
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  • 53 9 In a statement today Mr. Sri Prakash, the U.P. Congress leader, has expressed liis grateful thinks to the Provincial Government for releasing him on parole to see h J s father Bhagavan Das who is lying ill in Benares. Mr. Prakash says his father’s condition continues
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  • 84 9 In Ahmedabad the District Magistrate has extended for a further period of 8 days the curfew order imposed owing to the recent communal disturbance in the city. The order is not to apply to certain areas which are not affected by the riote. The District Magistrate of Lucknow
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  • 240 9 IT would be unwise to fix our gaze exclusively on Syria and Cyprus,” says the diplomatic correspondent of The Times. “There are other possible objectives for the Germans.” "They have again shown the value oi bombers, especially dive-bombers, not opposed by fighters, against
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  • 44 9 To be present at his son's wedding in Melbourne next week, a Tel Aviv (Palestine) businessman is flying ail the way from the Middle East. He is Mr. I. Korman, whose son, Mr Jacob Korman, is u businessman in Australia.
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  • 374 9 FRIDAY JUNE -’U i-«a.te i st. 'Time Ox. DestHxutivn Letters Poster Supers criMtton at Penw per oz. ea ol Oidinaiy RegnAU; MALJS SPECIAL ATTENTION IS DRAWN JO THE REVTSEL* DF CLOSING AIR MAILS AND REVISED CHARGES AUSTRALASIA Australia New Guinea 50 25 8.0.A.C.-Qantas Noon 1130 Nev? Zealand Ipoh,
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 2770 9 f IL. T M 1 11 r SAIGON CALCUTTA ?J KI HR i H*. W I K R I 11.780 mc/s (25.46 m.i VUC2 7.21 me/s (41.61 m.) t I '1 fl iV I nor, 6.116 mc/s (49.05 m.) VUC2 9.53 mc/s (31.46 m.) flfl a ur News in French.
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    • 219 9 RANGOON XYO 6.01 mc/s (49.94 m.) XYO 3.48 mc/s (86 m.) 6.50 p.m. Indian Session (Recorded Programme). 7.65 English Session (Recorded Programme). 8.20 Burmese News and Market Quotations. 9.35 Recorded Programme 10.00 News. 10.15 Recorded Programme. 11.05 Dance Proi’ramme 11.20 Close down. SAIGON 11.780 mc/s (25.46 mJ 6.116 inc/s (49.05
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  • 252 10 —Reuter. RECAPTURE OF KUNEITRA CONFIRMED Jerusalem, June 19 An authoritative Radio commentator broadcasting from Jerusalem on Wednesday night reported that advanced Australian patrols have reached the village of Damour, within 15 minutes normal cardrive of Beirut. Free French and British troops have occupied all fortified positions
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  • 83 10 jur en -’Renter. Clerical (Duties In R.A.A.F. Canberra, June 17. Mr. McEwen, the Commonwealth Minister flor Air, announced to4ay that the government is considering the absorption of women in clerical duties in the RA A F the release of .physically fit men of fightinage for active service
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  • 65 10 —Reuter. Vichy. June 18. Starace, former Secretary of the Fascist Party, is no longer a member of the Chamber of Fasci and its Corporations, says a Rome dispatch. A decree signed by Mussolini appoints Lieut.-General Enzo Calbiati in his place. He also replaces
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  • 192 10 —Reuter. Claim Only About To Be Made Rugby, June 18 One of the Fighter Command’s most successful Hurricane squadrons is about to make a claim for a German aircraft brought down over a year ago. On June 7, 1940, one of the unit’s
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  • 884 10 ENEMY FORCED T DISCLOSE STRENGT British Withdraw I'J Forward Positions Cairo, JuneJ A British G.H.Q. communique states: “Libya: On TuesdJ ter repulsing several enemy attacks the enemy brought up J forces with which they attempted an encircling movement J our forward troops. As we
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  • 1079 10 No Signature Until Safeguarding Clause Inserted Ankara, June 19 The Turkish Government refused to sign the treaty of friendship with Germany, it is understood, unless a clause safeguarding the Anglo-Turkish Treaty was included. This loyalty of Turkey to her treaty obligations with Britain has
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  • 34 10 —Reuter. New York, June 18. Mr. Sumner Welles told the press that the “Robin Moor" survivors had excellent photographs corroborating their ora) testimony that she was sunk by a German submarine.—Reuter.
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  • 155 10 —Reuter. 28 Damaged And At Least 14 Sunk London, June 18. The authorised review of enemy shipping losses during the week ending June 15 reveal that over 40 separate and successful attacks were made by sea and air forces, at least 28 ships being severely damaged,
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  • 149 10 .—Reuter. General Chu Teh Loyal To Chungking Shanghai, June 19. Serious friction is said to have occurred between General Chuteh, Commander-in-Chief of the Eighteenth Route (Communist) Army .and Mao Tsung, Secretary-General of the Chinese Communist Party,as a result of differences of opinion as to whether they should
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  • 74 10 ii .vjmt iqiu s.—Reuter. London, June 18. Formerly one of the best known Quakers in the world and particularly South Africa and Australia. William Henry Fisher Alexander has died at Worthing, aged 86. For many years he worked to restore to their rightful owners some hundreds
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  • 29 10 —8.0. W. Rugby, June 18. All female British subjects bom in 1917 are required to register particulars about themselves on Saturday, June 28.
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  • 306 10 Recruiting Headquarters Opened In New York Washington, June 19 Revealing that Great Britain’s Radio Locator has been given to the United States, the British Embassy has appealed for American volunteers to operate the device in Great Britain, and to perform other
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  • 44 10 Reuter Presumably Returning From Gibraltar Lisbon, June 17. Portuguese officials, who examined the wreckage of the plane which crashed in flames olose to the Spanisn frontier early on Sunday, say it was a four-engined German bomber presumably returning from Gibraltar.—
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  • 192 10 I London, June lifl Targets in North-West Germa® f were again attacked by airerfl of the Bomber Command fl night it is learned in London.® It is learned in London that on cCM day evening there were fui'.her ope. over Northern France and the
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  • 78 10 Renter OIM Jr*'-'** Appointed Govern^ r Tanganyika IS I London. >• Sir Wilfrid Edward 1 b® Governor of British Gtn'-*'H appointed Governor of T“• pfl succession to Sir Mark Awho becomes Governor o jeeri fl He is 59 year's old and n many years in the Colom
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 98 10 Important Announcement The following steamers are being delivered to the United States Maritime Commission upon completion of their current voyage:— s.s. “PRESIDENT TAFT” v/85 s.s. “PRESIDENT CLEVELAND” v/87. s.s. “PRESIDENT COOLIDGE” v/58 s.s. “PRESIDENT PIERCE” v/79 s.s. “PRESIDENT JACKSON” v/2 s.s. “PRESIDENT HAYES”v 1 r Revision schedules for remaining vessels
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  • 376 11 London, June 19. M.. n o- is the result of the run at Newmarket. over 1 Mr. J- A Dewar) H. Wragg 1 j M’ r (1 (Lt-Col. P. G. Robin- Evans 2 B< TIME 90 'Lord Glanely) B Perryman 3 Br-v. >."• -Mrs. Arthur
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  • 150 11 BHxture.s For Xext 1 Week B’ollowii.. the fixtures for the B 1941: B'l’lV. NF >3 \j F.L.S. COURT B Teik Hock vs. Tan Cheng H ’.T.p,: Tang Gooi Fook. ini.—N’_ Kok Seng vs. Len Peng Lee Eng I ong 'V JUNE 24 AT COURT p. a. Aeria
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  • 101 11 —Reuter. 'Weptances And eights London, June 19. t> t hite Horse Hunt Cup, j; :!ie Royal Hunt Cup will te«, ur y on June 28. Actin 1 ’ghts are as follows: Ice 907 InJ ETRA 9.06 ibF I VIL 9 01 J L A PAIX
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  • 1038 11 acceptances for tomorrow RACE 1 2.30 Dm Furlongs 3 0 0 GOLDEN BRONZE 5v 902 Mr S' S' N rdin O'Neill 1° 3 2 STAR LOCK lfiv JJ* S H- C. Reilly Fenn Io o 0 PAY OUT 10v p• lac K °ngsi” Magill I 0
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  • 44 11 P.S.C. vs Royal Navy. At Western Road today at 5.15 p.m. P.S.C. —C. H. E. Jones; E. W. Howlett, D. Mclntosh; Soper, T. M. Clark, F. Brewer; J. Wilson, H. S. Thomas, J. F. Keay, Tyer, G. T. Cameron. Referee: J. E. Miller.
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  • 183 11 GAME IN AID OF ST. NICHOLAS HOME The Kedah State Team, last year's “Malaya” Cup Finalists are meeting Penang XI ou the Victoria Green this evening in a Charity Soccer match in aid of the St. Nicholas Home Fund. The same team beat the
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  • 95 11 Second Division Soccer In a second division league football match on the Dato Kramat ground last evening, the Old Xaverians’ Association trounced the Malay Coronation Youngsters by nine goals to one. The game was one-sided. Jan opened'the scoring and added another goal shortly after. Mat, the Malay
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  • 541 11 TOURISTS DEFEATED BY THREE GOALS TO ONE Ihe South China Athletic Association sustained their first defeat in Penang and their second one in Malaya before a mediocre crowd, including the Hon. the Resident Councillor, Mr. A. M. Goodman, on the Victoria Green yesterday
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  • 289 11 Conn Leading Till 13th Round New York, June 19. qpURNING the tables with dramatic suddenness in the thir- teenth round when he was looking’ the worse for wear and faced with the first defeat since 1936, Joe Louis snatched the World Heavyweight Championship from
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  • 45 11 Ladies Section The Hidden Hole Competition played at Glugor on Wednesday in aid of the Blue Cross Fund resulted as follow?: Winner: Mrs. J. E. A. Clark 58 —16 J 41* 17 24L Runner-up: Mrs. V. R. Wood 54 11 43 14 29.
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  • 24 11 The second division match between the Penang Fortress F.A. “B” and the Government Trade School at Glugor yesterday was postponed.
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  • 87 11 XV w vine —Reuter. Bangkok. June 18. Formerly, Englishmen used to work the Japanese tin mine situated at the ridge of Kobyaeb-Hill, but now all Englishmen have quitted because Japanese do not want them to be about the mine, sa.ys the “Laemihong” which reveals that
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  • 69 11 Selangor Tennis Championship Kuala Lumpur, June 19. P Suppiah retained the singles title for the third consecutive year vhen he defeated Leong Hoe Yeng in the final this afternoon on the. Selangor Club courts in three sets, 2—6, 6—2 and 7 —5. The condition cf the
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  • 215 11 Treasurer Of Defunct Society Gaoled Ipoh. Stated to have been the president and treasurer of a Mutual Aid Society which was an unregistered Society, now no longer existing, Yap Ngan Moi, who claimed that he used to be a tinj miner, was alleged to have committed
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  • 97 11 The Penang Turf Club will hold a three-day Summer Meeting on Saturday, August 2, Monday, August 4, and Saturday, August 9. Two runs are provided for Class 1 and 3 Horses and Class 2 Ponies and one provisional run for Class 2 Horses. The distances
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  • 131 11 Two Young Malays Discharged Ipoh. The preliminary inquiry into the case in which two young Malays had been detained in connection with the fire which broke out at the office of the Kay Tin Mines some time ago, was yesterday mentioned again before Mr. P.F.Y. Radcliffe, First
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  • 143 11 Ipoh. That he had picked up the goose while he was in a drunken state, was the plea of Govindasamy, who was bound over in the sum of $25 fcr six months’ yesterday, when he was convicted on his plea of guilty to a
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  • 47 11 —Reuter. Newark, New Jersey, June 19. Ten of the crew of the Italian freighter Aussa (5,441 tons) have been convicted by the Federal Jury here of putting the .ship out of commission. They are liable to a sentence of 20 years imprisonment.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
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  • 307 12 THUMBS UP A TIP FOR LONG RACE Double File In Excellent Form (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Today. MAJOR FOX’S animals hav e arrived and were seen on the track this morning. Among the most impressive in that stable were Silverlaw, Thumbs Up,
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  • 125 12 The War Fund in North Malaya stands at $1,522,807.53 made up of Penang $970,049.10 and Perak $552,758.43. Previously acknowledged $970,028 10 Additional collection on soccer match between Kedah State XI and East Surrey Regiment played on 15 641 at Alor Star 20.00 Bet lost to
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  • 55 12 RACE 1: HUE AND CRY STAR LOCK RACE 2: SIR PATRICK MERRY WIDOW RACE 3: MOONWIN ANTON ROGUE RACE 1: LADY WARRIOR CONSTANT LIGHT RACE 5: JEST ON JUDIETA RACE 6: COURTING STRATHMORE RACE 7: DRIFT ON SIR VICTOR RACE 8: TIN POCKET PRETTY QUIET Best Bets:
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  • 61 12 .—Reuter. City Ready To Meet Emergencies New York, June 19 Toronto City was successfully blacked out for 15 minutes last nigh: as planes of the Norwegian Air Force, substituting for the enemy, roared overhead. Officials of the Defence Committee said the demonstration showed that the city is ready
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  • 193 12 EXPECTED CLOSURE OF ITALIAN CONSULATES Washington June 19. It is expected that the United States will order the immediate closure of all Italian Consulates in Ameiican territory, following Italy’s action in closing! United States Consulates. Germany’s move was naturally not unexpected, but a
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  • 131 12 Ex-Journalist Sent To Prison Ng la Lo, alias Ng Koh Hin, who stated ir. the Singapore third court that he had spent four years in Amoy University and had worked as a journalist and a teacher ir. a Chinese school in Malaya, was sentenced to six months'
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  • 36 12 The following two ties in the Penang Junior Badminton Championships fixed for Sunday has been postponed: 11 a.m. —Chow Ah Kim vs. Khoo Phin Hong. 2.30 p.m.—Ooi Chin Siew vs. Md. Ariffin.
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  • 69 12 The Ladies Medal (Stroke) competition for June was played yesterday and resulted in a win for Mrs. J. C. Miller. The going was slightly on the heavy side and only the following cards were returned:— Mrs. J. C. Miller 56 less 15=41 Mrs. H. C. Lee
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  • 91 12 .—Reuter. Shanghai, June 19. A hundred thousand Chinese youths in Hong Kong have forwarded by mail to President Roosevelt a pamphlet with their signatures as an expression of their appreciation of American assistance to China, according to reports from Hong Kong. The Chinese Government has
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  • 353 12 —Reuter. 6 ‘Times” On Intolerable Burdens (By Valentine Harvey, Reuter’s Parliam.e'ntary correspondent). London, June 19. At (question time today, the Prime Minister undertook to make a ful) statement on the shipping position shortly in secret session. This decision himself to grasp one off
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  • 51 12 FRIDAY. JUNE 20. TIN; Penjng $138.00 Business done Buyers no sellers. Singapore $138.00 RUBBER: Penang Spot 39 l/2c Singapore Spot 39 l/2c COPRA: Sundried $2.75 buyers Black Pepper Nominal TAPIOCA: Medium s£.6o sellers Fair Seed $B.lO sellers RICE: Rangoon Parboiled No. 1 $9 94 Rangoon Parboiled No. 2
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  • 405 12 SALUTARY TASTE FOR NAZIS IN TANK BATTLE —Reuter. CAIRO, JUNE 19. THE BIG TANK BATTLE OF THE LAST FEW DAYS IN THE WESTERN DESERT MAY NOW BE REGARDED AS FINALLY CONCLUDED WITH THE GERMANS HAVING BEEN GIVEN A SALUTARY TASTE OF THE ALLIES* EVER-GROWING STRENGTH
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  • 49 12 —Reuter. Madison Square Gardens, June 19. NEARLY $2,000,000 is now the total of Louis’s ring earnings. He received $154,404 for last nights’ 'fight out of the net receipts of $368,012, Conn receiving $77.202. The official attendance was 54.487 and the gross gate was $451,743. Reuter.
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  • 658 12 Speculation Over Treaty: Prelude To Attack On Russia? Ankara, June 19. E Turks will never go to Vienna,” is the statement heard on all hands, following signature of the Ger-man-Turkish pact, and the Turks are anxious that it should be made clear that
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    • 144 12 D.I.D. Tender Notice Tenders will be received at the office of the Drainage Irrigation Engineer, Krian, up to 12 noon of the 19th July, 1941 for the purchase of 2 old ‘•Crossley” inboard engines and various pieces of gear belonging to 2 old weedcutting launches. The above mentioned articles may
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