Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 21 July 1941

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  • 21 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE LAST edition ESTAB. 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY 171. Vol. XCIX. Monday, july 21. 1941. PRICi; Hl CENTS,
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  • 813 1 Russian Guerillas Inflict [Great Losses On Enemy bTORISED FORMATION ANNIHILATED 1 IN ONE SECTOR London. July 21. |’HE main areas ot the German thrusts towards Lening rad, Moscow and Kiev were again the scene of he avy fight.ng on Sunday. No n
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  • 433 1 Mission On Behalf Of War Cabinet I nip London, July 20. British Cabinet changes are announced as follows: I r K A. Butler becomes President of the Board of Education. I •r. Brendan Bracken becomes Minister of Information, land F 00per Chancellor of the
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  • 84 1 —Reuter. PLACING THEM NEAR BRITISH W ARSHIPS The Germa n-controiled Paris radio tonight vinually accused *he Vichy author L-.nniog to move M. Daladier aud »>ther political prisoners to a place Vhere they- could be hv the British Ihese prisoners, it v,as stated, are to he transferred from
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  • 261 1 Major Move On China Via Yunnan DISRUPTING SUPPLIES THROUGH BURMA ROAD Chungking, Juh 2L r ’’HERE are three po&uble courses for Japan, following thv t» organisation of the Konoj e Cabinet—firstly. »he blockade of Vladivostok together with a land invasion into Siberia; secondly, the seizure
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  • 93 1 .—Reuter. To Be Broadcast Throughout U.S. Washington, July 20. Mr. Roosevelt’s message to Congress on the extension of service of draft selectees is considered of “such paramount importance” >hat it is to be recorded for broadcast, it was announced from the White House on Sunday nid’Ht.
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  • 64 1 Rente-’ ReporJed Order From Tok io Vichy July 20. The Japanese colony in South Africa is preparing to return to Japan, according to a Johannesburg report o the Vichy News Agency. “Well-informed circles” are quoted as stating that the order of return came from the Tokyo
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  • 159 1 Startling Speed Of Army’s Most Formidable Instrument London, July 21. hurchill is the name specially chosen by the Minister of Supplv for the new type of heavy infantry tank now being mass-produced in British factories. They are probably the most formidable instrument produced by
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  • 97 1 —Reuter. R eorgauisatiou Not Complete ZurichE?luly 21. ani pm c rhe Berlin udikiicnt r thr e’x Japanese Cabinet, to the Berlin f orresro-iderJ of Ihe ‘\eue Zner cher Zeituno.” Japan to carry qht general line c/ -:r policy, reqv?i.'«> further Cabinet changes end reinforcements of
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  • 41 1 R-euter. Sydney, July ll* I‘L'iv Ifiple<m<es represent me i" on the Ne*' -South We.E.3 ;5.-JB^n x rx‘«-e:» re. „hr tgkiiia’ a-'T ecall '-hf Brit.rY Hi n ComnTiStb-aer, Sir Ronaiu -hrr^s-w vie-’ of iis action -jcocernuig ory *lh Russia
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  • 154 2 BIG PROPORTION SENT TO BRITAIN Washington, July 21. JZ>RODL CTION of twin-engined bombers in the United States was nearly doubled in the first six months of this year, stated Defence officials yesterday. This was one example of increases in the output of
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  • 303 2 Reuter New York. July 20. Owners of tankers registered in the United States have been asked by the Government to turn over a hundred more vessels to Britain and a conference on this subject has been called for Monday afternoon at the office of
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  • 39 2 Renter London. July 19 As a result of the new agreement be tween the U.S.S.R and <he Republic of Czechoslovakia. the Government of Czechoslovakia have appointed M. Fir linger to be Minister in the U.S.S.R
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  • 595 2 Russians' Scorcned E arth Policy —Reuter Zurich. July 20 r |pHF thoroughness of the Russian scorched earth policy is giveir in detail by the correspondent on the Fasten» Front of the newspaper. '‘Tribune.” Smolensk suffered particujarly though seme arms unit teartile factories were only partially
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  • 136 2 Reuter. Damascus, July 19. Foodstuffs from Palestine continue to arrive in large quantities on a con- voy of forty vehicles arriving on Fri--1 day loaded with sugar and Australian wheat. Immediately this had been I loaded the convoy left for Palestine for a further consignment Now that
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  • 187 2 —Reuter London. July 19 After rhe war. when the world will be ready for revolt against tyranny and dictatorship, it will be our task to proi vide a broad and strong rally ground for I those who think with us. in putting first among
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  • 311 2 Sha it gha i-Na nkingHangchow Triangle Shanghai, July r jp/fh. c hiucse are rushing preparations for a large scale offensive in a triangle formed by Shanghai, Nanking and Hangchow f Hon ing the arrival of loo.doo regular Chinese troops in the area, according to the local
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  • 32 2 Reuter. Shanghai, July 20 The spokesman of the Foreign Office announced the establishment of a Chinese Consular-General in Lisbon due to rhe “necessities of the current situation."—
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  • 535 2 Rugby. July 2rt. J lIE news that a second successful attack on an enemy convoy was carried out yesterday by the R.A.F. is given in an Air Ministry communique which states: “The Royal Air Force took a heavy toll of the
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  • 349 2 —Reuter La Paz. July 20 i The Bolivian Government on Saiur- day night declared a state of siege I tmoughout the Republic as a result of the discovery of a Nazi putsch in i Bolivia. At the same time the
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  • 57 2 REUTER. Saigon h-tv qpWO UNIDENTIFIED BOMBERS WFRF ING OVER SAIGON FOR TWENTY MORNING AT 15,000 FEET. 1 r EsJ A FOUR-MOTOR DAI NIPPON FI Yl\( p RIVED AT THE SAIGON SEAPLANE Ra l AFTERNOON, CARRYING THE FIRST TWFi 1 BERS OF THE JAPANESE BOUNDARY
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  • 473 2 London, J U k J 'T'HE ’‘Sunday Times” in an editorial says: “Japan 1 parently at the crossroads. Who put her there’J Nobody else. ‘•One of these roads leads to the north and the J the south and both lead to something-
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  • 70 2 —BOW. All iance W ith Welcomed Rugby, J'd At the final session of the Conference, the President, L° j moved as an emergency resol'Jt ;Cl l half of the Executive “This comes the alliance with Russia Prime Minister’s undertaking J closest possible collaboration wfi-J in the active
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  • 67 2 —Reuter. Britain Buvintl liwM Exportable Ankara, Chrome is not to be sold to e H This rumour is emphatically it is stated that Turkey’s ent’ portable surplus will be the United Kingdom Coninie v poration. Arrangements for the purch 3 J year’s output
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  • 545 3 East Anglia. p ou t of the darkening twilight sky came Briarachute troops- Swiftly, they snapped up the P th-1 other parachutes had dumped for them, ipn 'r".ui JWsher in the Daily Mail it ps 4 a ver y chort time they had located
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  • 137 3 friction Criticised he Bro o Calcutta. Pureh' UFe laid down b y the of uh'T' B Comm ssion for the «ouutnĕ C eS fr m U S A t 0 Emthe J/. 1 wh ‘ch India is peri*d, hfc L CoUntry not t 0 be ex«fficles
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  • 1619 3  -  How Enfeebled Judgment hi The Past Two Years Has Cost Him Supremacy By JOILN WHITAKER i <r pHE dictators,” President A Masaryk of Czechoslovakia once said, “always look good until the last five minutes.” This is the tragedy of Benito Mussolini in the
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  • 115 3 > SMITH wife of u. Ls 10 fl fht the t r^ ha,n bjMslecr The n Gernu canI ’’‘Pports he that she *u/ husb and’s policy must Mt the Ger- mans where it will hurt them most,” she declared. ‘‘My husband strongly
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  • 377 3 PAT'S BEST THEFT £1,000 HOME London. npiNIE has proved to be an important factor in the life of Patrick Joseph Clews, a 23-years-old mechanic, of Wandsworth, S.W. It was bad timekeeping 1 that lost him his 10s. a week job. He turned to crime. Now that career —a successful one
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  • 196 3 Madras Govt’s Order Madras. As a sequel to the cancellation by the Government of Madras of their recent order in regard to the forfeiture of seats in the Madras City Council and other local bodies by Congress Councillors undergoing imprisonment under the Defence of India Rules Government
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  • 265 3 W riter Wants To ‘Picket For Peace" Washington. A TRS. Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of the President of the United States, has received a letter threatening her with assassination. Her armed guard and those of the White House have been increased ir. consequence. The letter reached
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  • 311 3 -A-WEEK BOY WAR WORKERS Labour Leaders' Disapproval London. When two boyp, aged 15 and 16. appeared in court for hooligani.-’m in a Home Counties town recently they told, the magistrate that they were earning £4 a week each on Government piece-work. Few boys between 14 and 17 in this area,
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  • 133 3 London T HB J; ?L; >t:-' <■ Hid b-' d" n r .‘it’ dcid.' froyt: ■Htiack by -•■b.;. d The Ministry -.re fully alive to the dangt it i .s believed that they will not be t merely to make suggestions and leave th• m to the
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    • 115 3 DISCLOSED BY Tek Often hidden behind row of gieanung wiiitn tenth, decay xs eating its way to their nerv« centres. Tek Sborf-Kead" toothbrush, is the only genuine and patented brush which will reach those hidden danger spots, bpcmise the specially designed head, fits into the arch behind the teeth, removing
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous

  • 387 4 Gunner On Trial For Alleged Negligent Act A EUROPEAN woman, Miss Doreen Buchan, passenger in a motor-car which was involved in a collision with a military motor-bus in Changi Road, alleged in evidence in the Singapore Traffic Court on Friday that as a result
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  • 146 4 Chinese Lifts Pipe And Tin Of Tobacco When charged on Friday morning before Mr. T V A. Brodie in the police court, Kuala Lumpur, with theft of a pipe and a tin of tobacco, Goh Fong, a Chinese, pleaded guilty, saying that he took the articles
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  • 502 4 Acquitted On Charge Of Theft KIENYING that he stole the fountain pen. C IF. Chellappa, a “correspondence writer” who described himself as a former editor of the Malacca Guardian and a former private secretary to the Chief Justice, was on Friday acquitted in the
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  • 318 4 Draft At Next Council Meeting The F M.S. Gazette contains the draft of a Bill to be introduced at the next meeting of the Federal Council to amend the Rubber Regulation Enactment, 1936. In Clause 2 the definition of “Export” has been inserted to legalise
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  • 676 4 Supdt. Reports Malicious Alarms ONLY TWO DEATHS FRa BURNS npHE report of the Superintendent of Penang f 1 partment for the year 1940 records 42 fire calls during the year, an increase of 15 on the precediiwr figures. Of these, 35 were genuine
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  • 420 4 Court Dismisses Application I A MOTION by the Official Assignee in the Singapore High Court on Friday to have a bankrupt committed to prison for allegedly contracting j debts without any reasonable expecta- i tion or intention to pay, was dismissed j by the
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  • 328 4 COMMUTED TO ASSIZES FOR TRIAL ACCUSED of using as genuine a forged $lO note, Dhira Singh, a watchman, was on Thursday committed to the Selangor Assizes by the additional First Magistrate, Kuala Lumpur, Mr. T. V. L. Brodie at the conclusion of the preliminary
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  • 162 4 •Something Bright* Communal feeding centres will henceforth be called “British Restaurants,” Lord Woolton, Minister of Food, announcing this decision expressed the hope that locally they would be given a domestic name as well. something bright and jolly. “I hope by this means to kill the rather
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  • 174 4 “He ought to be boiled^ of us in moments of stress the threat to relieve 0 against some though we should be tr.’ to put it into execution There can be no ne shocked to read in a Sun the beginning of the porter of Quisling- actually
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    • 187 4 FRIENDLESS AMONG FRIENDS! ggg J ‘grand PLACE,THIS] FULL OF CHARMING GIRLS-DECENT r k CHAPS TOO. STANDOFFISH i 10l call /lit RIGHT 'j f JJST WHAT I Sags! when you cant do! every JgSMS GET TO KNOW GIRL'S BOOKED them. J WHEN I WANT TO gfr* AND EVERY Wan r a
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 54 4 IK* J 'a C —'A dn >" WF Jn i x OFjQr s j > 'Ja /J v J. <. EVACUEES i if/» !t was fan playing on the grass in London, 'cos you weren't supposed to." All in a Day's Work— —by Rick Elmes z- —r So VoUkE I
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  • 99 5 rental Euala Kangsar. P n<? ne t 0 blame” A hO Ulned by Che Wan P into S COr °ner held an P lap n 55-year-old L was 1.. L 4 Ford' >n Cked down and r belonging L p Jj n, !ln 2 Inspector, r
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  • 380 5 Penang And Province Welleslev WOOL AND MATERIAL ACCOUNT Previously 7 acknowledsed $37.305.77 Monthly Mrs. Heah Joo Seanc 5.00 Mrs. T E. Conaghan 5.00 Y.W.C.A. Member* (May) per Miss Mathieu Mrs. He .20 Mrs Millar 1.00 Mrs. Mallet 1.00 Mrs. Syer and Friends 1.80 Mrs. Greer
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  • 202 5 Kuala Kangsar A full grown tiger has been seen prowling about in the vicinity of Lowin Estate, Kuala. Kangsar. during the past few days. The tiger was first seen on Thursday morning by a party of Indian labourers who were out tapping. The animal had
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  • 507 5 All Branches Of Services On Duty 1 poh. The daylight A.R.P. exercises carried out in Ipoh yesterday morning were most elaborate, and over 1.000 passive defence workers—air raid wardens, regular ami auxiliary tiremen, Medical Auxiliary Service men ami nurses, rescue and demolition squads, police
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  • 272 5 35 Years In Govt. Service Taiping One of the most prominent members of rhe Ceylonese community in Perak, Mr. James T. Thambiah, who is attached to the Survey Department, Perak Taiping 1 as Assistant to the Office Deputy will be retiring at the end
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  • 613 5 SOCIAL PERSONAL Mr* P. N Pillsj and chile! have left for Tr.dia. Towkay Chan Hong Hee well-known rubber dealer and landed proprietor of Tapab will be shortly going to Medan.. Sumatra, for medical treatment. The half-yearly general meeting o<* the Incorporated Society of Planters i is to be held at
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 186 5 «f X Most Luxurious Airf P W Conditioned Theatre p/ <W />W X TODAY AT /!.(■> P L_ TV I L /'fhftsfl/lSV I L .f. L,« iW fRB Amy I MG \AN I honey Kelly -John Sutton I .de el Beecher -Richard I Soyton June Carlson I M oW s^“;
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    • 133 5 M k WCTir 3 SHOWS TO-DAY iiVLKJ HO 11V 3, 6.30 9.30 P.M. THE GREATEST CHINESE THRILL-PICTURE EVER SCREENED' ACCLAIMED AS A PICTURE WORTH SEEING AGAIN AGAIN” "LOO SZE NIANG" With Full English Sub-Titles packed with hair-raising thrills, stunts sword play NEXT CHANGE RfTWW''"' ey>’ b ys 1 1 iIIL
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    • 158 5 TS 1 LAST THREE SHOWS TO-DAY William Powell and Myrna Loy IN THEIR FUNNIEST X MOST FANTASTIC COMEDY! YOI ’LL. CERTAIN!,Y ENJOY THIS REITZ OF I.AT GHS! ‘1 Love You Again” WITH FRANK MrHI'GH AND EDMUND LOWE Opens To-morrow Tuesday, July 22 SECRET ADV ENTURES OF A MEDICAL SLEI T
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    • 286 5 OWING TO ITS PHENOMENAL SUCCESS SEASON EXTENDED TILL TO-DAY! l7lTf 44' L~i LAST 3 SHOWS 3 P-M-. 6.15 9.30 ITV*’ COLUMBIA’S SMASH tot iw ADAM ||y had FOUR W SONS*’ r with Usan Hayward Ingrid Bergman Warner Baxter f I t and others 3 < /VOT SIZ ABLE FOR PERSONS
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  • 355 6 rpHE Nazis can always be trustA ed to make a show of things. Their weakness in this respect found a fresh outlet last Thursday when Herr von Ribbentrop called a conference of the “New Order’’ states and outlined tc them the “guiding principles” of Nazi
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  • 363 6 —Malay Mail. TWTHETHER the Incorporated Society of Planters is called a trades union or by any other name is besides the point. The activities of the society and its ability to carry out what it was set up to do are all that matters. The society has done
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  • POST BAG
    • 166 6 (To the Editor, “Pinang Gazette”). Sir, Now that the Traffic Police are insisting that pedestrians should keep to the pavements where they are provided, it is up to the authorities, in this case the Municipality who put up the pavements, to see that they can be used
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  • 50 6 Reuter Honorary R.A.F. Air Commodore Amman, July 19. Sir Harold Machichael. High Commissioner for Palestine, accompanied by Air Commodore L. O. Brown, Air Officer Commanding. visited the Emir Abdullah of Transjordan on Saturday and presented him with the King’s Commission as an Honorary Air Commodore of the RA.F.
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  • 657 6 Monday, July 21. violent battle is reported to be raging east of the Dneister river which the Nazis claimed to have crossed yesterday. A CCORDING to the Italian News Agency, German and Rumanian troops operating from bases on the other side of the river
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  • 362 6 Penang-Lawyer 9 TTOW many people in Penang, A A members of the local Bar Committee not excepted, know what a Penang-lawyer is I was going through an encyclopaedia this morning and was surprised to find that a Penang-lawyer, far from being the learned Counsel one sees in
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 187 6 T’WVTEX”! MEN’S I SPORTS Zy lA? SHIRT I > for Quality IKW\ ■•«“““<■" < y Obtainable in j J Jl three different 2 /7 7/lil textures. i i /f/ k 1 In popular I I shad e s of I 1J jl Saxe, Fawn, j 7 lih fl Grey and
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    • 42 6 1 1,1 I CORDIALS I I I I I I T Ay <7V\ V I I OROS LEMOS HALF HALF LIME JUICE i GRAPEFRUIT LEMOS BARLEY AN EXCELLENT HEALTHIUL REFRESHING DRINK Obtainable from all Provision Stores. Agents:— Henry Waugh Co., Ltd. li
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    • 22 6 HfSsE* For your convenience send your tys to our Sales Depot, 11 Light Stres Penang, Phone 4121. 18/* r out mi Trst
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 133 6 Around The Totvn REX CINEMA: “A Very Young Lady” with Jane Withers. 3, 6.15 and 9.30 p.m. WINDSOR CINEMA: “Suguna Sarasa” (Tamil Picture). 6.00 &c 9.15 p.nj. ODEON CINEMA: “I Love You Again” with Myrna Lioy and William Powell. 3, 6.15 and 9.30 p.m. MLJESTIC CINEMA: “Loo Sze Niang” (Chinese
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  • 55 6 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE ACKNOWLEDGMENT Messrs. Saw Choo Chcang, Saw Choo Theng, Saw Seng Kew and family beg to express their thanks to all friends and relatives, who attended the funeral of their beloved father, Mr. Saw Soon Choo, yesterday, for the loan of their cars, sent wreaths, scrolls, banners, and those
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  • 156 7 Against Two Chinese fixed for July 28 in the le3lir g V the District Judge, Mr. B the District Court this which two Chinese, Hoe m in One Ah Hai, were -th assisting in carrying on rg fCi »n June 25 at the Sin mblic lotteiy w
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  • 221 7 PENANG YOUTHS F OR MALAY REGIMENT a tPA party was held at the Penang yesterday at 5 p.m. honour of nine Malay youths who e leaving Penang shortly to join the •lay Regiment. The function was presided over by president. Mr. C. M. Hashim J.P., Jo addressed the gather.ng at
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  • 59 7 Attempted Suicide Charge Pleading guilty before Mr. Lim Koon tfk in the Third Court this morning, ■°k Hee Cheng was bound over in the nmol $5O for six months in one surety n a charge of attempting to commit uicide by drinking caustic soda at a °u*e
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  • 67 7 *ll O 1 J ."V b on their way back from Prai be sonie m 'htary officers saw a human being floating in *a. They reported the matter to ce who have gone out ’or the body. Siev'd that the body was that p J!Sp
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  • 61 7 A Kuala Lumpur to Thve‘ e D case in which Khoo 1(11 Cher- u 800 Tlon and How Chargel recently with Nos 2022 f rged siiarp certifi co L and 2024 of the Allenby Mir. t’’ v I” WaS the a PPearancc bek :odle additional
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  • 31 7 of t?ip c new <*reat Eastern Bazaar at Rope Walk where a t ftlt *ng stalls have been put up. The stalls comL f business on Saturday afternoon.
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  • 377 7 Cost Of Trophies Limited To $lO Each TT is expected that the Kedah Gymkhana Club Annual Meeting on July 26 is to be honoured by the presence of His Highness The Sultan of Kedah, His Highness The Sultan of Perak, His Highness The Sultan of Pahang,
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  • 164 7 “A Very Young Lady” At The Rex “A Very Young Lady,” now showing at the Rex, stars Jane Withers in the title role of a young girl stepping into womanhood after finishing school. Jane Withers is first seen in the picture galloping along, mounted on a
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  • 57 7 Si. R. K. Shammukham Chettiar, head of the Indian Purchasing Mission to America, passed through Penang yesterday. He was met by members of the Nattukkottai Chettiars’ Chamber of Commerce, Penang and Province Wellesley, and Mr. Nadasan Pillay, J.P., and Mr. S. Muthiah Pillay. Sir Shammukham Chettiar was
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  • 77 7 The War Fund in North Malaya stands at 51,528,597.21, made up of Penang $973,668.90 Perak $554,928.31. There were no contributions to the Penang collection over the week-end. PERAK Only one donation, a sum of $32 from the staff and employees of Rambun Tin Mines, was
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  • 47 7 Alor Star. Chinese and Indian barbers in this town who have been closing for a halfday holiday on Sundays have decided to close for a full day on Sundays commencing on July 27. Barbers in other towns may also follow suit.
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  • 448 7 Impressive Spectacle At Funeral rpHE attendance, at full strength, of the Li Tek Seah and Municipal Bands, and a procession of hundreds of Chinese school children made an impressive spectacle at the funeral yesterday morning of the late Mr. Saw Soon Choo, father of the
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  • 155 7 THE spacious, magnificent new Police Ban acks on Penang Road, site of the once famous Lim Eow Thoon family mansion, is now in the course of being occupied but only the Administration Block facing the Chowrasta Market. The first department to move into, and begin
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  • 72 7 Bail in the sum of $lOO was allowed a Tamil Islam, Mohamed Khan, in the District Court before the District Judge, Mr. B. F. Bridge, this morning on a charge of being in possession of Indian hemp at Kedah Road on July 14. Chief Court
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  • 68 7 Sentence of four months’ rigorous imprisonment was imposed by Mr. Lim Koon Teck in the Third Court this morning on Chin Koay Fooi, who was convicted on his plea of guilty to a charge of committing theft in respect of two electric bulbs valued at 50
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  • 587 7 Tamil On Trial: Sequel To Elopement Of Wife 64JT was a case of love at first sight,” said Chief-Court Inspector B. Lewis, the prosecution officer, to the District Judge, Mr. B. F. Bridge, in the District Court this morning in explaining the reason why
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  • 37 7 The lang-awaited Cambridge examination detailed restilts have now arrived. It is understood that Penang schools generally have fared well, many being awarded Grade I certificates and reaching the ,r A” mark in individual subjects.
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  • 211 7 Divorce Suit In Singapore Singapore. Alleging adultery, Marie Hoahing, wife of a Singapore lawy’er, Isaac Hunter Hoahing, was granted a decree nisi in the High Court on Saturday by the Chief Justice, Sir Percy McElwaine. The suit was undefended. Mr. Phillip Hoalim, appearing for the petitioner,
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  • 51 7 A Sikh passenger on the railway ferry is stated to have fallen overboard in Penang harbour yesterday about 12 noon. The man was picked up by a naval launch none the worse for his mishap except for a ducking .and was handed over to the Marine
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  • 71 7 Alor Star. A young Malay, Zainal Abidin bin Arif fin, after playing football at Bakar Bata, collapsed and died. It is understood that he had a heart attack. It seems that he and a number of other boys ivere kicking about on the field
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  • 108 7 Chinese goldsmiths in Penang, numbering more than 400, have asked their employers for a war allowance of 25 per cent, on their salaries. At a meeting held at their club house in Sungei Ujong Road on Saturday night, they discussed their employers’ offer of 15 per
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  • 29 7 The half-yearly general meeting of the Incorporated Society of Planters will be held at the I.S.P. Buildings, Kuala Lumpur, on Friday, July 25 at 10 a.m.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 152 7 GROWf r i I AT 4 MONTHS vgfF**'»* 9~ 1 J 1 AT 9 MONTHS V f V the FAMOUS QUADRUPLETS REARED ON COW GATE T 15 MONTH AT 2 MONTHS Real talking pictures these—and what a satisfactory story cf progress they tell It is difficult to realise from these
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    • 144 7 Pains in Back Gone in 3 Hours If you suffer terrible sharp pains or dull wearing down aches in back or sides, you can’t get rid of these with ordinary medicines because you must kill the germs in vour kidneys. Other symptoms of Kidney and Bladder Disorders are Scanty, Frequent
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  • 305 8 U.S. AND THE WAR America Faces the War Pamphlet No. 1. Mr. Roosevelt Speaks. (Humpherv Milfoid, Oxford I niversitv Press Price 6d.) This is the first of a series of pamphlets by distinguished Americans, on problems raised by the war. It embodies four speeches made by President Roosevelt—the
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES QUOTATIONS
    • 464 8 Issued by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association (Penang and Ipoh sections) at noon 21st July, 1941 Issue Buyers Sellers 4/0 Ampat Tin 3/0 3/3ex s'o Austral Amal. 7/3 7/6 £1 Austral Malay 36/6 37/6 5/0 Ayer Hitam 17/0 17/6ex $1 Ayer Weng .77} .82} £1 Bangrin Tin 13/0 14/0 $1
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    • 229 8 Issue Buyers Sellers Allenby 1.05 1.10 Alor Gajah .75 .80 Amal Malay x.57} .1.621 Ayer Hitam .85 .90 Ayer Molek 1.10 1.15 Ayer Panas 1.05 1.10 Bassett ,40 .421 Batu Lintang 1.05 1.10 Bedford .95 I.ooc Benta .95 1.00 Borelli 1.30 1.35 ex Broga 57J .60 Brunei United .571
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    • 351 8 Issue Buyers Sellers A£l Austral N. 2. Ord. 22/0 23/0 $2 Alex Brick Ord 1.75 1.80 $2 Alex Brick 71% Pref 2.10 2.15 c $5 B. M. T. 7.50 7.75 £5 Chartered Bank £Bl £9 £1 Con. T. S Ord 16/6 17/0 £1 Con. T. S. 7% Pref 19/9
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    • 162 8 MINING Dividend Books close Payable Berjuntai 15% 4th Int. 23.30.7.41 30.7.41 Hongkong 10% int. L.T. 1.8.41 K Lan juts 6% 14.7.41 23.7.41 Killinghall 15% Int. L.T. 3L7.41 Klang Rive: 7}% (No. 52) 24.7.41 29.7.41 Kuala Lumpur Tin Is. A.C. (Wo. 41 d’v) 25.7.41 (at Melbourne) Kuchai
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  • 656 8 A Full Year Under War Conditions Contribution To Country’s Financial Effort The annual general meeting of th? Sun Life Assurance Society w’as held at the chief office, No. 63 Thread needle- i street, EC. London. The Hon. Sir William Henry Goscher. i K.C.B. the chairman. who
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  • 129 8 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Assocaition 1547th Auction, 16th July, 1941. lbs. tons. Catalogued 2,510,366 1,120.70 Offered 1,857,293 829.15 Sold 1,272,082 567.89 London—Spot 13 3/Bd. New York—Spot. 22 cents. PRICES REALISED cents per lb. RIBBED SMOKED SHEET Standard Quality 38 1 4—38 3/8 Good Average Quality
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  • 1016 8 Stagnant Conditions Continue Stanton Nelson Co., Limited Singapore. July 17. The only news of interest this week is the decision of the Rubber Controller in London to pay a commission of one eight of a penny per pound on purchases made through London dealers. This follows the
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  • 67 8 Penang. July 19, 1941 (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) SELLING London Demand 2/4 3/32 New York, Demand 47.16 Montreal Demand 51.91 Batavia Demand 88.82 Calcutta Bombay) Rangoon Demand 156 1/8 Hongkong Demand 53 9/16 Shanghai Demand 12 1/8 Japan Demand 193 1/2 New Zealand Demand 7/8 Australia
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  • 329 8 U.S. Buyers T) t(x .l MO MiHi On 1 It has now been revoai ‘''■i.l sum of $4O 000.000 ha. '1 account of the recent <i. the bulk of Courtaulds’ hr I American Viscose Cornor-, sold. •J The shares in the corpo>- t I is the largest
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  • 173 8 '—Reuter Artillery Activity ft I Both Sides I Cairo, JulylH A G.H.Q. communique states: iJ Apart from artillery activity 01 sides, there is nothing of impcraß to report from the Tobruk area.® the frontier area our patrols succmß in recovering and towing an e® armoured car damaged
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  • 106 8 Saturday’s Close TIN: LONDON “Spot” £258. 10. 0 “Forward” £261. 15- 0 SINGAPORE s “Spot” $138.87% 5138 25 Business done PENANG “Spot” $l3B 87% 5138 2 RUBBER: LONDON “Spot” “Forward” Tone Inactive, Steady UnchaW SINGAPORE “Spot” 38 l!2o PENANG “Spot” 38 112 c COPRA: PENANG Sundried $2 90
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 117 8 BANKS RH S Bir-Mbaj SAVINGS c/ou io fyuzu/ze (7 A dollar saved is an extra dollar earned, A Savings Account i* the beat Lnaacement to sa.e, a To have a Ha Wigs Account and to see ttila account grow from time to time !i to oe a contented person. A
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  • 89 9 A mother who allowed her two children, aged 11 and 3. to roam the streets unattended during air-raid Alerts, was sent to prison for a month’s hard labour at Bristol. She was Mrs. Violet Witchell, a soldier’s wife, of Hampton Park, Redland, Bristol, and she
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  • 315 9 MONDAY 21ST JULY, 1941 Postage Latest Time of Destination Letters Postcards Superscription Posting at Penang per oz. each Ordinary Regn. INTERNAL MALAYAN SERVICE Ipoh, K. Lumpur Wearnes Air Mon, 21st tost. <S- Singapore 1.0 05 Service 100 p.m. 12.45 pm. AFRICA Thurs 24th tost. All destination* .50 .25
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  • 1179 9  -  A Much-Maligned Comedy By JAMES AGATE “The Merry Wives of Windsor A Revival. Strand. BerkeJey Square/’ A Revival. Vaudeville. ■Aladdin.” A Pantomime Coßsewn. This being Christmas time, what about a few aphorisms? “A professional is a man who can do his job when he doesn’t feel like
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  • 102 9 Hindu Sabha’s Plea Madras. A meeting of the Provincial Hindu Sabha Militarisation Board was held in Madras. Dewan Bahadur K. S, Ramaswami Sastri Chairman presiding. The meeting decided to wait in deputation upon His Excellency the Governor in Madras and present him with a memorandum
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 3205 9 I RANGOON CALCUTTA i W 9 A XYO 6.01 mc/s (49.94 m > VUC2 7.21 mc/s (41.61 m. *£■< i W <. ft XYO 3.48 mc/s (86 m)‘ VUC2 9.53 mc/s (31.48 m, 1 W W fft. 65Q P- m Indian Session (Recorded (9.50 a.m. 11.20 a.m.: Programme). 7.05 English
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    • 298 9 SAN FRANCISCO (TREASURE ISLANID) KGEI 9.67 mc/s <31.02 m.) 12.05 a.m. Organ. 12.20 News. 1.20 News in English. 1.35 Blue Moonlight. 1.50 Dance Orchestra. 2.20 Dance Orchestra. 2.50 Dance Orchestra. 7.20 p.m. Concert Master. 7.50 News in English. 8.05 Tunes of the Day. 8.50 Trade Relations. 9.05 Memories. 9.20 One
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  • 892 10 “V” Campaign From One End Of Europe To The Other London, July 20 The silent warfare of millions of people throughout German occupied countries against their Nazi oppressors has begun. As the famous chimes of the Big EJen ceased striking the midnight, Colonel Britton began,
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  • 708 10 BATTLES AT PSKOy AND SMOLENSK Continued Operations Again§| Enemy’s Motorised Troops MOSCOW. July 19 The following communique was issued by the Soviet Bureau early this Sunday morning: “Stubborn fighting place in the direction of Pskov Polotsk-Neval, Smolensk and vograd-Volynsk. There were no important changes on
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  • 412 10 New Foreign Minister Hints At No Basic Change Tokio, July 19 The Konoye Cabinet will function as a “Wartime Cabinet” and will seek unity in military and political operations, says the Domei Agency. This is revealed as a result of a joint proposal submitted to the
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  • 162 10 —Reuter. Between Chungking And Communist Troops Chungking, July 19. Clashes have again broken out between Chinese Communist forces and Central Government troops. These led to disabandonment of the Chinese (Communist) Ftuith Army, earlier this year—a move v.l ich ended organised Communist activity south of the Yangtse
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  • 83 10 .—Reuter. Steamer Damaged In U.S. Port Houston. July 20. A sentence of four years in the Federal Penitentiary was passed on Cantain Rainse of the Italian steamer “Mongtora” which was seized in March after being damaged in port. The Chief Engineer Guiseppi Tassara was sentenced
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  • 93 10 Reuter. Moscow, July 20 M. Stalin has been appointed Defence Commissar under a decree issued by the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R. signed by M. Kalinin, Chairman. He remains Premier. Marshal Timoshenko. Commander-in-Chief of the Centra! Front, who formerly held the post, becomes Vice-Commissar of Defence,
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  • 214 10 .—Reuter. In First Few Days Of Allied Drive In Syria Jerusalem, July 19. How the R.A-F. and the Royal Australian Air Force put the Vichv Air Force virtually out of action after the first few days of the Allied advance into Syria i«
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  • 205 10 .—iB.O.W. Bombed FLEET AIR ARM ATTACKS ’DROMES! Cairo, July IS. i Cruisers and destroyers in Palermo: were bombed by the R.A.F. i on Thursday night, announces. Saturday’s Middle East R.A.F. communi-1 que which states: Cyprus—R.A.F. fighters engaged two Junkers 88 which dropped bombs on Cyprus on Friday.
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  • 92 10 —Reuter. Based On Dakar ell Supplied With Food Baltimore. Jtily 19. The submarine which sank the American steamer “Rebin Moor” was based on Dakar, is the opinion of the Captain of the lost steamer, Velles E. W. Myers, who has arrived here. The submarine was
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  • 39 10 Reuter. 1,682 Australian Casualties Sydney, July 19. Australian casualties in the Syrian campaign totalled 1,682, including 297 killed announced Mr. Spender, the War Minister. Despatches indicate that fighting was severe up to the time of the Armistice.—
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  • 30 10 —Reuter. Monte Video, July 19. The Uruguayan Government has decreed a fortnight’s suspension of a local pro-Nazi newspaper for subversive articles attacking democratic institutions.—Reuter.
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  • 482 10 Rumoured Plans Of Japanese To Penetrate South .—Reuter. Saigon, July 19. Admiral Jean Decoux, the Vichy Governor-General of Indo-China, is to return to Hanoi from Saigon w*ith his staff on Monday, it is announced here. Previously it had been announced that Admiral Decoux would
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  • 367 10 —Reuter. SERIOUS EFFECT ON ENEMY MORALE Cairo, July 19. Three simultaneous raids were carj ried out on a troad front against the enemy position. fac- ing the Western Perimeter of Tobruk i during early hours on Friday, states a G.H.Q. communique. “So successful was this large
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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  • 720 11 DECIDING GOAL SCORED DURING EXTRA TIME Burton's Fine Display For Winners Butterworth. A goal scored by Che Din during extra time enabled the Province Wellesley Football Association to beat the Perak Football Association by two goals to one in their charity soccer match, in
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  • 343 11 nintrs cricket match on v r L School Ground yes--1 r Free School defeatby eight wlcJoyal Atting first, totalled 42 nly doubleBrad/ reolied with 81 runs. (2 1) and Khoon and declared their inn1 of 93 for the Waugh (25) topped left to make
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  • 119 11 V s m atch he, Tai P in g- < T? een The Ok] 11 George r -l P‘ n g Medicos Hdra w reen on Saturday 1 l <4 buttin K first j: ’-netr eiph declari ng after '.da, wicket. Hashim .*>«• 7 and 1"“' 2<
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  • 395 11 Diving Competition Yesterday The annual diving competition held at the Chinese Swimming Club was a disappointment to the crowd which gathered at Tanjong Bungah yesterday morning. The “lift” was not great enough due to the poor resilency of the plank. This only allowed a very short pose
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  • 553 11 Penang Junior Badminton Championships QNE of the most thrilling games in the Penang Junior Badminten Championships was seen yesterday in the Penang Free School Hall when two fancied players, Beh Leong Teik and Cheah Thean Kiu, clashed in the semi-final of the
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  • 56 11 Al or Star. TN the Hall Cup Soccer Competition played last week-end on the K.F.A. Ground, the Police Depot XI had a run-away victory over Sungei Patani by 17 goals tn nil. The visitors found themselves helpless against the local forwards who made easy raids
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  • 113 11 Malayan Polo Tourney Ends (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, July 20 The Malayan polo tournament which began on Monday last .at the Race Course came to a successful close this afternoon when the finals of the Spooner Cup and Russel Shield were played. In the
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  • 43 11 O.X.A. vs I.R.C. “B” On the Esplanade today at 5.20 p.m 0.X.A.: Aw Heng Thuan; Lim Cheng Hoe, Tung Ghim Huat; C. Danker. Chee Chin Cheok, A. Muthu; G. Lim J Read. Jan, S. D’Orville, Boh Eye. Reseives: N Danker. Thoon Tick.
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  • 532 11 Exciting Finish In Cricket Match There was an exciting finish to the cricket match between the Volunteers and the Army on the Western Road ground yesterday which resulted in a narrow victory by 19 runs for the former, the game being won five minutes before
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  • 261 11 Starlight B.P. And Malay Teachers Draw The Starlight Badminton Party of Sungei Bakap drew with the Province Wellesley Southern District Malay Teachers at badminton on Friday last on the Starlight's court. Owing to failing light the first doubles was abandoned. Detailed results were as follows (Starlight B.P ’s players
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  • 144 11 Free School Gain Third Place Kuala Lumpur, July 20 The Victoria Institution was at home to the Penang Free School today when they engaged the visiting school swimming team and two local schools, the Methodist Boys School and the Technical School, in an inter-school aquatic
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  • 93 11 Springt me Party Beat F.L.S. Parly The Springtime Tennis Party defeated the Francis Light School Tennis party by two matches to one on the latter’s court yesterday. The following are the results (Springtime players mentioned first): Cheah Wat Swee and J. M. Lee beat Cheah Gynn Seong and Cheah
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  • 388 11 FIXTURES FOR WEEK The following are P.T.A. Tennis Tournament fixtures for the week: Monday, July 21, at F.L.S. Court: 4.30 p.m.—Open Singles Final—Lim Eng Tatt Vs Tang Gooi Fook. Umpire: Yeoh Aik Hooi. 5.30 .p.m.—Hooi Yip Seng and Teoh Chooi Hor vs Tan Teik Hock and Lee
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  • 521 12 Enemy Claims To Have Reached Stalin Line Forts SECTOR DEFENDED BY RUSSIA’S FINEST TBOOPS Rome, July 20. VIOLENT battle is reported tonight to be raging east of the Dneister River which the Nazis claimed yesterday to have crossed from Bessarabia. German and Rumanian troops
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  • 51 12 MONDAY. JULY 21. TIN: Penang *****7 U Business done Singapore $l3B 87J RUBBER: Penang Spot 38 l/2c I Singapore Spot 38 l/2c COPRA: Sundried $2.90 transactions Black Pepper Nominal TAPIOCA: Medium $9.35 sellers Fair Seed $8.85 sellers *ICE: Rangoon Parboiled No. 1 $lO 36 Rangoon Parboiled No. 2
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  • 182 12 —8.0. W. 2,000,000 Miles Flown In One Month Rugby, July 19. Between June 14 and July 14, Fighter Command pilots flew over 2,300.000 miles in carrying out 36 successful offensive sweeps ever enemy territory. During these sweeps they destroyed 301 MEio9s, including many of the new 109
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  • 75 12 .—8.0. W Rugby, July 20. The Admiralty, War Office and Air Ministry have set vn jointly a Services Committee for the welfare of the forces. The Committee will consider questions affecting the welfare of the fighting forces and women’s auxiliary services and their families, including such questions
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  • 486 12 —Reutei*. Glory Won Will Help Heal Wounds London, July 20. The Prime Minister has sent the following message to the King of Greece: ‘T have been thinking a great deal about your Majesty in these months of stress, danger and sorrow and I wish
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  • 653 12 Goebbels’ Ace Commentator Reports On Campaign LONDON, JULY 20. TAESPITE SEVERE LTIES IN GERMANY AND GERMAN-OCCUPIED TERRITORY FOR LISTENING TO BRITISH BROADCASTS, THE GERMAN AUTHORITIES HAVE ABANDONED ALL PRETENCE THAT THE PEOPLE ARE NOT LISTENING TO THE BRITISH “V” CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED BY MR. CHURCHILL.
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  • 105 12 .—Reuter. No Independence: Subject States Lisbon, July 20. Reports received from Baltic States, now occupied by Germany, suggest that any idea which these states, which the Germans claim to have “liberated” may have had of independent freedom, was shortlived. It is being made increasingly clear,
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  • 150 12 .—Reuter. London, July 20. Fifty thousand tons of Axis shipping have been destroyed by British bombers during the week-end. Announcing this, the Air Ministry News Service states this figure was reached when a German tanker of about 7,030 tons was disposed of
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  • 187 12 .—Reuter. Sir G. S. Bajpai As First Agent-General London, July 20. The India Office announces that the British and American governments, in consultation with the Government of India, have agreed upon a reciprocal exchange of representatives between the United States and India. Sir
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  • 614 12 THREE SHIPS SET ON FIRE AND FOURTH BLOWN UP .—Reuter. London. July 19. Blenheims of the Bomber Command cn Saturday morning made a highly successful attack on an enemy convoy, escorted by anti-aircraft, of ships off the Dutch Coast. Four ships in the
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  • 317 12 —Reuter. British Occupation Pleases People Simla, July 20. Following the capture by Indian and British troops of the Vichy stronghold of Deir ez Zor in East Syria, a ceremony of considerable interest and political significance took place when at the request of the local Syrian
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 282 12 THE PERAK RIVER VALLEY RUBBER CO., LTD. (Incorporated in the Straits i Settlements.) Notice is hereby given that a THIRD I INTERIM DIVIDEND of 5% in respect of the financial year ending 30th September, 1941, has been DECLARED payable on Monday, the 11th August, 1941, to all Shareholders on the
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    • 488 12 Office) 21« p enATl{ Phone 1477 1 Telegrams: I Raw of Subset idUod fo r •u d Sundav w Monthly Quarterly 7 go v B'lf-Yesrh if. op v ‘*riy 30.0 c «SUNDAY 1 Local =“7* i Deliver? L. 11.21 Ralf-Yeari? 9.*, J Yearir L it» cnargrß CLASSIFIED ADV ER”. under:—
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