Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 5 August 1941

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  • 24 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE LAST EDITION ESTAB. 1833 fUBUMEB I ij'l Vol. XCIX* ho. 1 TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1941. PRICE 10 CRM S.
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  • 279 1 DELIVERIES of supplies to BE EXPEDITED Washington, Aug. 5. THE Inked States has promised all practical economic help toßussia with priority in orders 1 in renewing the annual trade agreement with the Soviet. The Soviet Ambassador. M. Oumfsky disclosed lhe signing of the new agreement after
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  • 76 1 —Reuter. Malta, August 4. t/piQ alarms on Sunday night ai1 a small number of r^ Ws dropped bombs,” states an communique. “A raider c.iuv’it in the searchlights ttn released its bombs, causing civilian damage, but there K r service damage or casualties, Tui> n orning, an
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  • 90 1 -.nu The h, Abington, Aug. 4. Friday 01 Representatives on Bil; aZi PBSSed Lhe *3.206,000.000 Tax Ci,""? 1 t 0 the Senate. 4 stlffest Tax BIU in r ab designed to ir Z V2f)Q OO,OOO from indiviN corner aboUt 1 .332,000,000 :o through sur-taxes
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  • 666 1 London, Aug;. 5. TTEAVY fighting is continuing round Sortavala on the 1 northern tip of Lake Ladoga which the Russians continue to hold against all attacks, according to Helsinki reports received here last night. —Reuter. Soviet tanks are counter-attacking ceaselessly. The garrison of this strong point on
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  • 57 1 —Reuter. German Claim Berlin, August 4. REGARDING Sunday night’s air raid on the Suez Canal area the German Official News Agency claims that a merchant ship of 10,000 tons and freighter of 8,000 tons were sunk by direct hits and a passenger ship of at
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  • 28 1 Vapour trails in the sky mean that fighters are busy. Picture indicates that a more than usually intensive action is taking place over the Channel.
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  • 65 1 —Reuter. 'Good CJiancr' New York, Aug. 4. Cables from London suggesting the possibility of a British invasion in the Arctic are featured by the New York press today. They draw attention to Finnish reports of large British naval forces off Petsamo and a special writer
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  • 226 1 —Reuter. Cairo, Aug. 4. Scores of bombs were seen to fall on enemy gun positions in the Tobruk area when squadrons of the South African Air Force delivered a heavy attack on Sunday. The South Africans were flying Maryland bombers, states a
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  • 121 1 rtcuter. TOKIO CLAIM Tokyo, August J ctherlands Bgst Indies authorities have agreed to gram export iicenees to Japan for goods such as oil rubber, tin, payment arrangement f for which were settled prior to the \.E.I action in freezing Japan esc assets, saxs a Japanese report
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  • 69 1 —Reuter. Jerusalem Aug. 4. .4 RECORD pilgrimage, estimated at well over 35,000 persons, visited the historic Wailing Wall in the old city of Jerusalem during Saturday and Sunday in observance of the anniversary of the destruction of the second temple in Anno Domini 70. Among the
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  • 90 1 —Reuter. New York, August 4 Hoarding silk stockings by American women increases and Fifth Avenue shop-keepers summed up as a madhouse.” Monday’s stampede of women anxious to get as many as possible pairs, while they are still obtainable. Shop scenes were extraordinary. Women who
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  • 114 1 —Reuter. Mr. Cordell Hull Back To Work Washington, Aug. 4. 66XJT ITH unity of purpose and maximum effort the remain- ing free peoples of the world will win and victims of the forces of barbarism will be liberated,” said the Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull,
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  • 143 1 —Reuter. Shanghai, August 5. fAI'ANESI .action «tgaii»ST i'haduiM l- expected by informed opinion her© m three weeks bj which rime it is expected the lapniiese will have consolidated their new r hold ©n Indo-China. Both foreign and pro-Chungking Chinese newspapers here urge
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  • 491 1 CHINESE SUCCESSES ON KWANGTUNG FRONT Chungking; Aug 1 5. /CHINESE forces recaptured Chaoyang' on the afternoon of August 1 and the Japanese withdrew in the direction of Swatow, according to Chinese dispatches from the Kwangtung front. Japanese troops which landed recently in the vicinity of Kwangchowwan
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  • 63 1 —Reuter. Canton, August 4. The Shameen Foreign Settlement in Canton is being blocked by Japanese as a sequel to British “freezing” action. A pontoon has been moored near the landing pier in the British concession for the examination of all inward and outward traffic. Similar measures
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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  • 101 2 .—Reuter lx>ndon, Aug'. 4. T between India and China was emphasised m a resolution passed by the Indian Nationalist Committee in London offering felicitations to the new Chinese Ambassador. Dr. Wellington Koo. The resolution stated the need for screngthenine Indo-Chinese unity at the present
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  • 220 2 Reuter Be I’oiin'i In Viceroy V Expanded Council Bombay. August 2. Sir H P Mody Member-Designate of the Viceroy'3 Executive Council speak ing at a dinner given i n his honour »aid no one. least of al] the Viceroy. pretended that the extension of the Viceroy’s
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  • 169 2 JAPAN SEEKING “HARMONIOUS WORLD UNDER ONE HEAVEN” Protest Against U.S. Policy Tokyo, August 5. PREJUDICES abroad have prevented a fair understanding of the Far Eastern situation, declares the “Japan Times/ organ of the Japanese Foreign Office which affirms that the
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  • 88 2 —B.O W 130.000 Received Bn Air From Middle East Rugby. Aug. 4 During the pa.-t week about 130.000 film letters have been received by air from troops in the Middle East, while some 250,000 air postcards have been s-nt out. More than 10.000 postcards have also been despatched
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  • 87 2 .—Reuter? London. August 4. TIIF. German steamship Frank- furt. 5,529 tons has been intercepted by British patrol#» while attempting to run the blockade, states an official Admiralty communique. The Frankfurt was reported to have sailed from Rio de Janeiro where she arrived on
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  • 211 2 —Reuter BRITAIN’S NEW FIGHTER London, August 4. Four cannon-guns and six-machine-guns comprise the armament of one of Britain’s newest long-range day and night fighters—the Bristol Beaufighter—details of which are released. This is the most formidable armament known to have been fitted to any warplane. The
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  • 463 2 Meeting Death And Destruction Instead RUSSIAN COUNTER.mA STRENGTHENING DAILY Moscow, Aug A SSERTING that Germany threw in forces two to J times stronger numerically than the Red Army J at the frontier, “Pravda,” the Communist organ e< j that the Germans used 30 divisions (roughly
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  • 220 2 Withdrawing From Tobruk Forward Positions Cairo. Aug. 4 OFFENSIVE patrols from Tobruk continued their aggressive tactics on Monday, hut the enemy apparently refused contact by withdrawing from their forward positions under cover of darkness. The patrols did valuable work, locating and destroying hostile minefields. In the frontier
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  • 127 2 -B.O.» Stucess Of Australia! Pilots I Ruzby. tel An Austrlian sauadton which is M he most recent newcomers to the Command’S evergrowing strength n day shot down two of the day’s n four ME 109 s and by a coincide!» I ether two victims of
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  • 93 2 Reuter. Shanghai, Aug J Foreign and Chinese firms J ther situated in foreign or controlled areas here have recered from the Nanking Ministry oi concerning payment of income According to a notification the be levied according to total i ncome particular firm during the ycur
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  • 79 2 —Reuter. Nounea, New Caledonia. Commander G. Thierry e one of the heroes of the dent last September when wounded while acting as nn of General De Gaulle, h& s pointed High Commissioner m and Governor of Tahiti. The appointment of Monsl t) hitherto Resident Commission New
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  • 42 2 ’—Reuter. AND A brief Air Ministry unfsVoll states: "Last, night des e able weather, aircraft o cO tf Command attacked m u frs-'’-' munications at cal^ 5 furt-on-Main. The d<l< aircr s f also bombed. One missing.”—Reuter
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  • 44 2 —Reuter. Wellington. August 4. Finland has been declared an enemy country by the Government for rhe purposes of enemy preprrty and enemy trading regulations. This brings New Zealand into line with other Fmpire countries who Pave already taken such action.
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  • 873 2 Saigon, Aug. 4. With the Japanese disembarkation at Saigon still in full swing, the general picture of the movements in the last six days is now clearer. While Japanese troops began disembarking at Nhatrang on July 28. the first mass incursion in the
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  • 344 2 .—Reuter. •T-ondon. August 4. A statement has been published by the Bolivian President to justify th? expulsion of the German Minister and arrest of several notorious sympathisers The German Government retorted by an order to the Bolivian Charge d’Affaircs, Senor Alfred Flores, to
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 190 2 New Springtide Hotel PBOftlT W<i «6 TAN4ONG HUNQAH PENANCi > 4 THE (DEAL PLACE TO SPEND YOUR HOLIDAYS BAR DANCE HALL SEA-BATHING with Diving Stage Complete* with Spring Board MEALS AT ANY HOUR COME AND SPEND AN EVENING HERE t?F' Li This Birger seem an extraordinary statement, but there au?
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  • 297 3 I m MEDITERRANEAN moonlight was all Lf ""IwH nESTROYEBS NEEDED TO WIFE OUT AN h "Lk ‘.„n> WITH SUPPLIES FOR TRIPOLI. AND P'oßr'" l rrAUAS WAKSHIrS F p( i.i when the British t)lu when the British r lP < .in Philip John B> N ~-vA,
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  • 240 3 Bui must plan for rebuilding BrlB” tains bombed cities now. ■After tiw war will be too late. Bfe is the lesson of the “Living in Bs" exhibition, shortly to tour the Bion Yjowighs and the provinces. B.r. Ralph Tubbs, A.R.1.8.A., secreBy of "Mars'' <Modem
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  • 114 3 Lu know. July 24. the Cmt. Hallett, Governor of rov:n<f has received telcgr am *■»«»<11.. by n,m to tte Royal r Ofiicer of the 18th c >n the award fficers and men of J allantry and braTtv African campaign: Exc «lknc--\ Qeeply 6 rat€f ul
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  • 130 3 Red Cross officials in Austra- i lia have no confirmation of cabled reports from Norway, that one-third of the Red Cross parcels for prisoners of war in that country, are being "burgled’' by the enemy. And, in the absence of confirmation they are disinclined
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  • 264 3 Australian Forces’ Education Plans Men of the Australian forces are to be trained not only for war, but for what lies beyond the war. Accordingly, an organisation has been set up and staffed by specially selected personnel whose duty it is to fulfil a modern
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  • 74 3 London. Five aircraft works timekeepers pleaded guilty at a north-western police court to charges of showing on their time cards hours which they had not worked. William Highcock and Fred A. Wainwright were each fined £lO. Louis Aitkins was fined £B., and James Ernest Jones
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  • 71 3 Bombay, July 24. Under the presidentship of Sir Alan Lloyd, Commerce Secretary to the Government of India, a meeting o the Advisory Committee on War Risks Insurance considered the possibility of closing loopholes in the operation of the law. Proposals discussed include extension of the ordinance
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  • 2085 3  -  By PIERS ENGLAND A GHOST is prowling over Gerjlll many, from Koenigsberg to Sarrbruecken, from Bremen to Vienna. His presence is felt everywhere and at the same time, in cities and villages. He has grown in size from month to month, especially since the last autumn,
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  • 616 3  -  Rain Has Played An Im porta nt Part BY H. H. GREAVES. TjWEN in these days of mechanised warfare, no commander plays a greater part than General Weather, and so it has been all through history. During the abnormally severe winter of 1657/8, Charles XII, warrior
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  • 132 3 Building Societies Want Guidance London. Buliding societies are waiting for official guidance on the payment of 1,500,000 borrowers’ premiums under the War Damage Act. The societies have to share the premiums with their borrowers in proportions that have been defined. Now they want to know who will
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    • 162 3 jfXZLii, j j nTil pg? Hgqjfc flgglsSjj BBe Protect your precious treasures ij: j' ji'T and money against the lust of i q u 8 thieves; appetite of fire, or destruction by violence, such as the B collapse of a building caused by afr B&Pj' 1 < A raids etc.,
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 40 3 O'i WW R??.JSI 1/ > 'r I I// .•■/<<! 30. x 1 'V y A' lf 1 ft, < kwz I Ju Sil mi ■> II II I;h ,n BAD KING WENCESLAS C Mark my footsteps, good my page, tread thou in them boldly.'*
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  • 516 4 London. An excellent analysis of the German character is given in the following extract from the letter of a French officer who has escaped from a German prison camp: “Although in Germany confusion and venality are unbelievable, iron discipline is still maintained. The German is not of
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  • 265 4 Medical Gymnastics For Bomb-Shock Mothers of London babies, who have been bomb-shocked, have reason to be grateful to the British War Relief So ciety of America for the work they art financing to bring back health and strength to numbers of little nerve sufferers. In
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  • 664 4 S'pore High Court’s Decision Singapore. A N interpretation of the word “load” as appearing in Rule 15a (1) of the Traction Engines and Motor 'Vehicles Ordinance was given in the Singapore High Court by the Chief Justice. I Sir Percy McElwaine. The point arose in a
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  • 71 4 Sixteen-year-old Mickey O’Connor with an armful of “souvenirs” collected during a raid on London. During the raid his area was plastered with fire-bombs and H.E.s_, but seven tunes he walked to the local fire station with incident messages. He also helped to save a church from destruction
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  • 583 4 Support I'or Present Policy'Of nglo-L .S. Co-operation pHINESE rubber dealers and millers in a recent memorandum to Government on the Malayan rubber market and the United States Government control, support the present policy of co-operation between the British American Governments for the supply of
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  • 157 4 l Paid For Months Criticism of the acceptance of unfit men for army’ service and the issue to them of pay allowances “for long periods” pending discharge is made in the report of the Controller and Audi-tor-General on the Army Appropriation Act, 1939. “During the
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  • 786 4 Studies At CarnbrijJ Not Greatly Hmnp e J “The war in some ways has brought about moditk the actual course of instruction,” writes Yap p u 1940 F.M.S. Queen’s Scholar and an old V.I. boy, at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, to the of his old school
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 128 4 .PlnntSTRENGTH AND BEAUTY THROUGH WHMI.' VEGETABLE FOODS. t Let’s follow the example of Nature. The I I finest strongest animus live .on vegetable 11/ foods only, on the samel vegetable elements, out of which Blue Band is manufactured. That's why Bluelßand is so healthgiving and brings strength and energy to
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  • 1128 5  -  Praise For Local Artistes By J. P. S. In John Masefield’s novel “Dead Ned”, striking words are there on the giving of praise—thus:— “Once in a century a man may he ruined or made insufferable by praise—but surely once in a minute something dies for want
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  • 78 5 Tonight on the Esplanade from 8.30 p.m. to 10.30 p.m. March Colonel Bogey Alford Overture My Old Stable Jacket Bilton Suite In Malaga Curzon 1. Spanish Ladies’ Tango. 2 Serenade To Eulalie. 3. Cachucha. Valse Brune Kriet Selection The Maid Ot The Mountains Simson Serenade Angel's Serenade
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  • 412 5 SOCIAL PERSONAL Messrs. J. R. Vethavanam and Law Yee Swee have been appointed members of the Rent Assessment Board for Kuala Lumpur. Sacond-Lieuflenant J. P. de C Hamilton. Straits Settlements Volun- j teer Force, has been promoted tn the i iank of Lieutenant t aj; Mr. Andrew Gilmour has been,
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  • 177 5 Ipoh tragedy betel) 19-year-oifi Baliari. a Malay student of the Government Trade School, who disappeared in a disused mining-pool while swimming' together with a party of school-boys- who had gone for a holiday picnic at Kampong Munjoi near Sungei Pari. on. Saturday morning. The deceased
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 269 5 qC 1 ..K HOLIDAYS. jIIL rex t ‘l -S ODAY /SX-9JO/’.'W. if ,1: <>. i I' Fearless, Dashing Funny In His Dai* 1 6 1 j n 3 Years 1 ERROL FLYNN a (j ig| -FOOTSTEPS in THE DARK” with BRENDA MARSHALL drills' Fun Adventure M I‘athe Gazette Fox Movietone
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    • 120 5 MA OPENS TODAY LTIrtJ JuM 11V 3, 6.30 9.30 P.M. FOR WEEKS. HUNDREDS ARE ENQUIRING ABOUT THIS GREAT ENTERTAINING CHINESE PICTURE HERE IT IS, AT LAST AN OUTSTANDING CHINESE HISTORICAL DRAMATIC HIT IH Chinese Screen’s Greatest Character Actor Ong Guan WL. WjMT iz “CHEN ItecMf 1 SZE MEI" With Full
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    • 397 5 i Packed House At Every Performance! B HOVR? THRILLS AND EXCITEMENT! I UNEQUALLED IN ANY PREVIOUS SCREEN OFFERING 3l 2 SHOWS DAILY THREE SHOWS TO-DAY -W Oi At 2 p.m. 8 p.m. Melodious! Mirthful- edgar w.<yllace’s million sale novel now COLUMBIA’S MIGHTY SERIAL He Happy and Laugh with r ¥d
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  • 49 6 ENGAGEMENT The engagement is announced of Mr. Yeo Wee Yeang, Managing Director of Messrs. Leong Fee Co. Ltd. Penang, second son of Mr. and Mrs. Yeo Boon Wan, with Miss Quah Paik Kooi, of the Nurs ng Staff of the General Hospital, daughter of Mr.Quah Beng Hoe.
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  • 528 6 A LL sections of the community in the Settlement of Penang will join us in extending a cordial welcome to our new Resident Councillor, the Hon. Mr. L. Forbes, and Mrs. Forbes. Mr. Forbes assumes duty today as Acting Resident Councillor, during the period of leave prior to retirement
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  • 327 6 her hostile designs.— Singapore Free Press. "yf’HILE it is quite possible that if Japan ran short of oil as a result of the democracies’ concerted economic pressure she might venture on an attack on the Netherlands East Indies via Borneo, we feel that the real danger point at
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  • POST BAG
    • 167 6 (To the Editor, “Pinang Gazette”). Sir, Once again the booking offices of the cinemas during the holidays were virtually stormed before the day shows and I feel that unless vigorous steps are taken by those concerned, scenes of hooliganism which transpire might have serious consequences. It was
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  • 46 6 —Reuter. London, August 4. It can now be revealed that it was Beau fighters which made the highly successful attack on aerodromes in Sicily on July 28 when between 30 to 40 enemy aircraft were destroyed on the ground and many others damaged
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  • 357 6 At The Races TS the Penang punter getting too A cautious? On the two days’ racing which we have had so far, the Win Tote, I see, seldom, if ever, showed a total betting of over 2,000 tickets. This is a comparatively small flutter for Penang and
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  • 603 6 Tuesday, Aug. 5. JAPANESE action against Thailand is expected in Chungking circles in three weeks' time when the Japanese will probably have consolidated their position in Indo-China. T)ROMPT action by the Democracies, it is urged, is the only hope of saving Thailand. rjpHE Japanese
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 277 6 GOLD CUFF LINKS AND STUDS Also Onyx Whit egold Full Suite Sets. THE MOST SUITABLE AND LASTING GIFT FOR MEN. THEY ADD AN AIR OF DISTINCTION TO THE WELL DRESSED MALE. ftp r) Cl I VA F (INCORPORATED IN CEYLON) SING APORE P ENA N G IPOH i *3 J
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    • 18 6 Be jure you My DEL k«TE iKjSrAgents for Ufalavi. Henry Waugh Co.. Ltd. PENANG Singapore. Ipoh Ku&Jh Lumpur
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  • 319 7 r nas was entertained I Sir hent n t th e Penang Club yester iun cfieon Mr C G Boutcher, Presi ■Lt 1 ’’^nb’presided, and there was y the Clue. inr ■Le ,'“ci HIS Excellency went to I ground at Western Road C b t
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  • 237 7 Cyclist Attended To On The Spot Alor Star. i A motor accident involving an ambulance car and a cyclist occurred at fcanchut on Sunday evening, the cyclist i being injured and was attended to on the spot by a European doctor and a dresser who were
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  • 73 7 H. E. The Governor will inspect a Parade of Passive Defence Services on WEDNESDAY, 6th, at 5.15 p.m., at Port Cornwallis. All members are expected to attend. The M.A.S. will fall in near the War Memorial at 5 p.m. The A.F.S. will fall
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  • 242 7 Singapore Works Out Problem Based On Raids In Britain Singapore. for the reception of civilian casualties in the event of an emergency have been completed in Singapore. In principle, casualties from Katong and Serangoon areas will be taken to Tan Tock Seng’s hospital, from central areas
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  • 55 7 A Chinese is reported to have died in the General Hospital this morning from what is suspected to be the effects of corrosive poisoning. The man was brought into the hospital some time last month suffering from the effects of caustic soda. A report was made
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  • 86 7 Bail in the sum of $lOO was allowed a Chinese, Edward Loh, in the District Court before the District Judge, Mr. B. F. Bridge, this morning. The accused was charged with voluntarily causing grevious hurt to Ong Koi Lan at Kinta Lane or about 6.30 p.m. on
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  • 128 7 In Charge Of Naval Establishments Er^X a PO ntment of N aval and ln charge of is a feati.r tab UShmentS Sin <f a P ore > ment, a UBt f new aPP°lnton Sat/rd n UnCed by tho Admiralty The list it*’. officers r- i M
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  • 185 7 ACCUSED STILL IN HOSPITAL That the accused was sick and was still in hospital was stated by DetectiveInspector Chin Kim Weng, the prosecution officer, in the case in which a Chinese, Leong Seng alias Chui Inn alias O. Kum Bi was to have appeared before the District
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  • 42 7 A collision between a Municipal trolley bus and a motor car occurred at Carnarvon Street yesterday afternoon. Both vehicles were slightly damaged, but their occupants escaped unhurt. A report was made at the Central Police Station.
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  • 73 7 News was received in Penang of the death of G. T. E. de Silva. Procter of Galle, Ceylon, eldest son-in-law of Mudaliar B. P. de Silva and director of th? well known firm of Messrs. B. P. de Silva Ltd. of Penang,
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  • 55 7 TT IS LEARNED IN LONDON, REPORTS REUTER, THAT THERE IS NO TRUTH IN THE RUMOUR THAT BRITAIN HAS SENT A HUNDRED THOUSAND TROOPS TO THE THAILAND BORDER. THE DISPOSITIONS OF THE BRITISH FORCES IN SINGAPORE ARE PURELY DEFENSIVE, AND NO MOVE OF THE
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  • 820 7 ASSIZE TRIAL OF FIVE INDIANS Alleged Fatal Attack At Chowrasta Market 'pHE dramatic story of a man being stabbed to death at the Chowrasta Market while his wife, at the same time, was at the Central Police Station making a report of an assault on
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  • 137 7 The mysterious disappearance of a number of loaves of bread from a large consignment that is sent to Alor Star daily for the past two or three weeks fvr the military authorities there is being investigated into by Inspector Windsor, of the local police. It appears
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  • 82 7 Leaving Shortly For Overseas Singapore. The Air Officer Commanding, Far East, Air Vice-Marshal C. W. H. Pulford yesterday reviewed a party of members of the Malayan Air Force Volunteer Reserve who recently completed their elementary flying training and who will shortly leave for overseas to undergo
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  • 107 7 A house in Kajang Road was reported to have been broken into in the r early hours of yesterday morning. Some cash and jewellery were stolen from an almierah on the first floor of the premises. Entry into the premises was made
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  • 133 7 MET BY SERVICE CHIEFS Mr. L. Forbes, the new Resident Councillor, Penang, and Mrs. Forbes arrived here by mail train yesterday evening and have gone into residence at the Residency, Western Road. Capt. H. M. Wocds and Mr. C. E. Robless left bK' special launch for
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  • 361 7 Middle East War Correspondent In Singapore SINGAPORE. L’XPELLED FROM ROME EARLY IN APRIL THIS YEAR FOR WHAT WAS OFFICIALLY DESCRIBED AS A “CONTINUED HOSTILE ATTITUDE/’ BOMBED FROM BELGRADE AND SARAJEVO; CAPTURED BY AN ADVANCING NAZI UNIT IN NO MAN’S LAND AND THEN RELEASED—THESE ARE SOME
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 154 7 GROWS I ’T**‘t* x r9\ f W I At 6 MONTHS I /?< I \v M M THE FAMOUS QUADRUPLETS reared ON COW GATE at t 5 months AT 2 NON THS Real talking pictures these—and what a satisfactory story of progress they tell! It is difficult to realise from
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  • 104 8 Results Of Finals Played Yesterday Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 4. The final results of the All-Malayan Indian Tennis Tournament played today are as follows: Men’s Singles— J. A. Thivy beat H. S. Raniah 10—8, 2—6, 7—5. Men's Doubles— Major S. K. Ghose and Capt. J. K. Bhousle beat
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES QUOTATIONS
    • 461 8 Issued by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association (Penang and Ipoh sections) at noon sth August, 1941. Issue Buyers Sellers 4/0 Ampat Tin 2/9 3/0 5/0 Austral Amal. 7/11 7/4 ic £1 Austral Malay 36/6 37/6c 5/0 Ayer Hitam 17/6 18/6 $1 Ayer Weng .75 .80 £1 Bangrin Tin 13/0 14/0
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    • 228 8 Issue Buyers Sellers Allenby 1.05 1.10 Alor Gajah .75 .80 Amal Malay 1.57} 1.62} Ayer Hitam .85 .90 Ayer Molek 1.10 1.15 Ayer Panas 1.07} 1.12} Bassett .40 .42} Batu Lintang 1.04 1.07 Bedford .87} .90ex Benta .95 1.00 Borelli 1.30 1.35 ex Broga .57} .60 Brunei United .57}
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    • 360 8 Issue Buyers Sellers A£l Austral N. Z. Ord 22/0 23/0 $2 Alex Brick Ord. 1.67} 1.72} $2 Alex. Brick 7}% Pref 2.07} 2.12}x $5 B. M. T. 7.50 7.75 £5 Chartered Bank £B} £9 £1 Con. T. S. Ord 16/3 16/9x £1 Con. T. S. 7% Pref X9/6 20/3«
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    • 106 8 MINING Dividend Books close Payable Austral Malay Sd. and 9d. Bonus Austral Amal 3d. and 1} Bonus Batu Selangor 12/16.8.41 20.8.41 Kampong K«minting 3d. Bonus 9d. 12/22.8.41 22.8.41 Murai 20% mt. (.12c.) 12.8.41 15.8.41 Petaling Tin 25% Int. 28.7.41 9.8.41 Punguh 9d. and Bonus 3d 28/7-8.8.41
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  • 726 8 Directors’ Annual Report The seventeenth annual general meeting of the Menglembu Lode Mining Co., Ltd. will be held at the registered office of the company, 29, Beach Street, Penang, on Tuesday, August 12, at 11.30 a.m. The directcrs in their annual report and accounts fur the Company’s
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  • 775 8 Freezing Of Japanese Assets: Effect Unnoticed Lewis Peat (S’pore) Limited Singapore, July 31. The freezing of Japanese assets is an event which, in the usual way, might be expected to have serious repercussion on the rubber market. but such is our market to-day that the effect was
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  • 372 8 The accounts for 1940 of Vickers, Ltd., and its subsidiary, Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd., were issued recently. Vickers trading profits show a slight reduction compared with the previous year, but VickersArmstrongs earnings are higher. Vickers trading profits, which are struck after providing for income-tax, and include
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  • 132 8 BOUSTEAD CO. Rubber Sales Report Penang, July 30. There has been no change in the Rubber Reserve Company’s limits and the market has remained unchanged in both London and New York, reports showing them as quiet steady. Bidding at our auction this morning was not as keen as usual and
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  • 274 8 MONDAY, AUGUST 4 V ISfl Beef Steak B Stew or Currv dy Pork lean Pork lean and "B Pork Chop 'H Mutton (Goat) N f c ‘B Mutton (Sheep I Fowl (Siam) 11 A Capons locally rearer Hen locally reared to Duck Pigeons domestic unfledg erl
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  • 124 8 The Singapore Chamber of Commerre Rubber Association 1549th Auction. 30th July. 1941. lbs. wns Catalogued 2,290,379 1,022.49 Offered 2.102,644 938.68 Sold 1,670.268 ***** London—Spot 13 7/16d New York—Spot 22 7,8 cents PRICES REALISED RIBBED SMOKED SHEET Cents per ib Standard Quality 38 1 2—38 3 4 Good
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  • 62 8 Board recommend first and final divq on stock 10 per cent (2s. Od. per £1 an —Less income tax at 10s. in rhf f in respect of the year ended Dec. v Profit for the year (subject rr > 3 £70,637 (last year £40,617) Carry forward (subject
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  • 68 8 nuuv/ TaipmgAbout 30 members of the Penan J Ch Qn Woo Athletic Association who their way to Ipoh to P erform a dav and show stopped at Taiping on fe were entertained to a tea-party Taiping Chin Woo Association ors Chuah Teik Chung YaP sun or
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  • 295 9 TUESDAY, STH AUGUST. 1941. Postage Latest Time of Destination Letters Postcards Superscription Posting at Penang per oz. each Ordinary Regn. INTERNAL MALAYAN SERVICE Ipoh, K. Lumpur Weame’s Air August sth inst. Singapore -10 .05 Service 1 p.m. 12.45 p.m. AEVICA All destinations .50 >25 8.0.A.C. Thurs. 7th inst.
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  • 942 9 London. IN my treks round London since last I wrote I have visited headquarters of the American Red Cross Committee, where I found everyone as pleased as w r e all are about President Roosevelt’s and the American people’s decision to aid
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  • 151 9 Nine British airmen have rejoined their units in the Middle East after making a dramatic escape from an internment camp in Djibuti, French Somaliland. One night they crept past the camp sentries and successfully negotiated triple rows of barbed wire. This brought them to the
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 2694 9 dow 4 50 Tinie s^ l National' RANQKOK ft w I hem preview. Holland DzAIN KjIYV/IY V' %Sft\ WW ft ft ft ft 520 Tea concert. 5.50 Malay tuition. 620 HSPS 11.715 mc/s (25.6 m.) '«aßß\ W ft If ft Regimental marches under J Splinter 6.50 p m National Song
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    • 439 9 MANILA KZRM 9.57 mc/s (31.35 m.) A.M. 5.50 News in English. 12.10 p.m. News in English. 5.10 Stocks.! 5.50 Local Market Reports. 5.55 News in English. 8.05-News in English. KZIB 9.50 mc/s (31.58 m.) 6.04 mc/s (49.67 m.) 6.50 News in English. 8.50 —10.30 Manila Stock Exchange Quotations and transactions.
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    • 34 9 SYDNEY VLQ 9.61 Mc/s (31.2 m.) (From 8.35 pin. to 9.50 p.m.) 8.40 p.m. Programme and News in French. 9.05 Programme and News in English. 9.30 Programme and News in Dutch. 9.50 Close down.
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  • 397 10 NOW BUSY POUNDING AT GATES OF THAILAND Shanghai, August 4 Britain and especially the United States are criticised by the Ameri-can-owned “Sunday Mercury” for “half-way measures” to checkjapan’s southward expansion. In an editorial headed “Japan’s Drang Nach Sueden” the “Mercury” says Japan passes from
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  • 58 10 —Reuter Arrival In T urkey Last W eek Cairo. August 3 It is learned that the German Military Attache in Teheran, accompanied by two German Foreign Office officials reached Ankara from Iran yesterday. Presumably they are en route to Germany. They crossed the frontier from Iran
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  • 223 10 —Reuter. Embassy Lodges Protest Peking, August 3 The United States Embassy has protested to the Japanese Embassy against certain anti-American activities, such as refusing to deliver registered luggage at, railway stations, interference with .postal matters, picketing of firms at Tsingtao and elsewhere etc. It should
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  • 418 10 RUSSIANS SUCCEED IN BREAKING THROUGH Endless Arrival Of Reinforcements Zurich, August 4 In the great battle which has been raging for a fortnight along a 1.500 kilometres front, the Germans have carried out encirclement after encirclement but Russian attempts to break through have been constantly successful,
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  • 303 10 .—Reuter. London, August 4. R.A.F. bumbers attacked targets in Western Germany on Sunday night, it is learned. Western Germany generally means the Ruhr and Rhineland, the industrial districts of which have been heavily attacked by the R.A.F. during the big summer offensive. Sunday night’s
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  • 37 10 Reuter. Batavia, Aug. 4. It is officially stated that a Dutch warship intercepted the French steamer "Dupliex” (7,135 tons) coming from IndoChina and conducted her to Tanjong Priok for further inspection of her cargo.—
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  • 213 10 .—Reuter. To Meet Mr. Roosevelt In New Y ork Washington, Aug. 2 The Duke of Kent will meet President Roosevelt at Hyde Park on Aug. 23, it is announced at the White House. After the meeting the Duke will accompany President Roosevelt to Washington the following day.
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  • 367 10 1. —Reuter. Troops Held Up Before Kiev Zurich, August 3. Held up before Kiev, the Germans are attempting a diversion in the direction of the Black Sea Port of Odessa, according to Berlin reports received here today. Interest in Berlin is now concentrated on this southern
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  • 52 10 closed by the provincial authority.—Reuter. Buenos Aires, Aug. 4. Because children of Germans are taught to respect the Nazi Swastika only, and to consider themselves German citizens and not of the land of their fathers, a German school in Guaueguaychu has been closed by the
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  • 408 10 1 FRANCE MUST RECKON WITH U.S. HOSTILITY London, August 4 “President Roosevelt has left no room for doubt that Axis control of Dakar will be taken very seriously by the United States,” says the “Manchester Guardian,” commenting on Mr. Sumner Welles’ statement
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  • 944 10 BIG BATTALIONS NOW J RUSSIANS I London Ai. rt I (By General Sir Hubert Gough, Reuter’s military Co It is now admitted by the Germans themselves that the?™ i tack on Russia has been brought to a halt along the from the Arctic Ocean
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  • 86 10 .—Reuter. Coast Shaken By Explosions London, Aug. 4 An R.A.F. midnight attack of targets on the French side of the Channel is believed to have taken place. Just before midnight British aircraft dropped flares over the sea off the French coast and within a few minutes,
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  • 93 10 —Reuter. C-In-C., Australian Home Forces Melbourne, Aug. 1 Mr. R. G. Menzies, Australian Prime Minister, announced tod® that Major General Sir Iven Mackay, Commanding the Australian Forces in Libya, has appointed Conmiander-in-U® of Home Forces.The Army Minister said General Sir Iven McKay’s appo> n is
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  • 78 10 .—Reuter. All Chinese Circles Pleased Chungking, Aug> The ban by President the export of motor and pan was received witn jjefl gratification in all Chinese j All Chinese newspapers nence to the announce: with the news of the Amu K "“g tateS of
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  • 21 10 —Reuter. JLNLihij 4 Melbourne. Mr. Ken Menzies. eldest son of the prime listed in the Austral: .r.
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    • 53 10 THE BEN LINE FAR EAST SERVICE FOR UNITED KINGDOM For particulars regarding Freight, and other information please apply to SANDILANDS, BUTTERY CO., Telephone No. 644 645 PENANG. BUKNS PHILP LINE (Incorporated in Australia} for particulars regarding .Freight, Passage, and other information please apply to BOUSTEAD CO., LTD., Agents Penang Telephone
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  • 119 11 4-2 VICTORY IN SOCCER FRIENDLY The Chinese Recreation Club beax the Ipoh Ramblers by four goals to two in a friendly game of soccer on th® Victoria Green, yesterday evening. The game was played off at a fast pace with exciting moments in front of the
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  • 1675 11 klony’ s Eas y Win B r Ten Wickets t van cricket “test” between the Colony and h kaiJl j s which was to have been played over three days r restricted to two, finished at 3.30 p.m. yesterday r w won by ten
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  • 1748 11 Remember Me’s Third Successive Win LADY LUSTRE’S DOUBLE: NEWZY PAYS BEST The convincing win of Mr. Yeap Hock Hoe’s Remember Me, his third in succession, was the outstanding feature of yesterday’s race. Just up from Class 111, this horse was in Class II Div. 1, beating
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  • 337 11 No Play Possible Yesterday (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, August 4. The Combined Services vs The Rest of Singapore match, which commenced on Saturday afternoon, ended in a draw. There was no play yesterday. In reply to the Services’ score of 160, the
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  • 95 11 British Empire XI Beat Metropolitan Police London, August 4. The two-day week-end cricket match in which .a British Empire XI beat the Metropolitan Police by 153 runs was featured by remarkable bowling. T. Oliver, of the Police, took six for 35, including a hat trick in the
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  • 518 11 One of ih/ most thrilling football matches seen in Penang for a very long i time was that between the Penang Chinese Combined and the Singapore Tiger Sporting Association on the St. Xavier's Institution ground yesterday afternoon which ended in a draw, each side
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 192 11 WAKEUPYOUR LIVER BILEWithout Calomel—And You’ll Jump out of Bed in the Morning Full of Vim. The liver should pour out two pounds oi liquid bile into your bowels daily. If this bile is not flowing freely, your food doesn’t digest. It just decays in the bowels. Wind bloats up your
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  • 375 12 CIMON TRAINED FOR LONG RACE President And Marie Bruce Impress (By “TIC-TAC”) FEW gallops but mostly pace and slow work was done on the track this morning in preparation for Saturday’s races, the last day of the Penang Meeting. A most impressive spurt was done
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  • 47 12 TUESDAY, AUGUST 5. TIN: Penang $132.62£ Business done Saigapore $132.62| RUBBER: Penang Spot 38 5/8c Singapore Spot 38 5/8c COPRA: Sundried $2.90 buyers Black Pepper Nominal TAPIOCA; Medium $lO 50 Fair Seed $lO.OO RICE: Rangoon Parboiled No. 1 $lO 36 Rangoon Parboiled No. 2 $9.94
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  • 168 12 A Chinese woman, a teacher at a local English girls’ school, is lying in the General Hospital with a serious injury to her head as a result of an assault by an unknown assailant in her house in Nanning Street early yesterday morning. It is
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  • 743 12 KEEN STRUGGLES IN FINAL MATCHES (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT) KUALA LUMPUR. rpHE MALAYAN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS CAME TO A SUCCESSFUL CLOSE THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE PLAYING OFF OF THE FINALS OF THE MEN'S SINGLES, LADIES’ SINGLES, MIXED DOUBLES AND VETERANS’ SINGLES. THREE TITLES WERE
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  • 385 12 .—Reuter. LONDON, AUGUST 4HPHE VICTORIA CROSS HAS BEEN CONFERRED ON SERGEANT JAMES ALLEN WARD, ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE NO. 75 SQUADRON, IN RECOGNITION OF "THE MOST CONSPICUOUS BRAVERY.’* On July 8, Sergeant Ward was the se- cond pilot, of a Wellington bomber returning from
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  • 162 12 Squad.-Leader Edrich Scores 102 London, Aug. 4. With the majority of leading players in action, cricket was the main holiday attraction. A crowd of 20,000 saw a combined Middlesex and Essex side score 412 for six (declared) against a combined Kent and Surrey at Lords,
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  • 811 12 Weights For Saturday HORSES —Class I—61 —6 Furlongs 03 0 HONEY MOON 4y 9.04 "Double V. Stable” Van Breukelen 03 3 JACK DRUCE 8y 8.13 Mrs. S. N. YeapVan Breukelen 010 PUMA 4y 8.11 Mr. A. J. R. Rappard Van Breukelen 111 REMEMBER ME 4y 8.11
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  • 169 12 —Reuter. Sydney, August 4. MR. P. C. SPENDER, the 1 Minister for War, in a speech, said Australia is looking at the rising tension in the Far East with cairn but determined eyes. “Our most earnest endeavour is to preserve peace in the Pacific,
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  • 64 12 Donations To Date Exceed $3.000 Following are latest donations to the :<uhm Fair in aid of the Malaya Patriotic und: Mr. Socn Eng Hooi $250.00 Mr. Roach of Henrietta Estate 100.0 C Mr. Soon Cheng Leong 10.00 Mr. Jess P. Meha Estate 12.00 Kulim Hospital "Kadds” 8.67 Mr.
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