Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 24 September 1941

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  • 23 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE LAST EDITION ESTAB. 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY 10. 227. Vol. XdX. WEDNESDAY, SE TEMBER 24, 1941. PRICE 10 CENTS,
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  • 301 1 DISORDERLY RETREAT FOLLOWING STRONG SOVIET ATTACK Enemy Division Broken Up Mo scow, September 24. ’dispatches from the northern front report that the offensive by the third German mountain infantry division has been broken up. The exact sector is not named but the Nazis are known
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  • 487 1 U.S. HEADING TOWARDS ARMING OF MERCHANTMEN Roosevelt Neutrality Repeal Decision Next Week? I Washington, September 24. I PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT yesterday intimated that the U.S. Administration I was studying the question of arming United States merchant ships. The I President told a press conference that he thought “we are heading) toward
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  • 246 1 '“Renter. Outstanding Service To India London, Sept. 23. Commenting on the continuation of tod Linlithgow as Viceroy of India, in a leader says: "The term Cl thus be extended to seven years. To C J parallel for this long period of it. is necessary to go
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  • 71 1 —Reuter. Arriving In Japan Tomorrow Tokyo, Sept. 23. It is now revealed that the Britts i evacuation ship “Anhui” is arriving at Yokohama on September 25 instead o September 23 and will leave the following day for Nagasaki, Kobe and other Japanese ports to pick u.n evacuees,
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  • 48 1 •’—Reuter. London, September 23. rhere was little enemy action Britain last afte“ dark, communique state& popped bombs a single enemy we t 3 i n East was only slight caused and there there was damage. Apart rrom thu there nothing to report.”—Re ute
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  • 278 1 Quincy, (Massachusetts), Sept. 24. 4 ITER watching the huge new 35,000-ton battleship "Massachusetts” launched before thousands of cheering people yesterday morning, the Secretary of the Navy, Col. Frank Knox, declared that the neutrality act must be immediately repealed. “There should be no handicap on those
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  • 108 1 —Reuter. Bolstering Morale Of Berliners Lotion, Sept. 2rf. J a bid to the effect on morale of almost non-stop attacks by theVoyal Air Force at a time when the bulk of the Luftwaffe is concentrated against Russia,\thc German radio pours out ijor:‘t’s of heavy
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  • 102 1 Reuter. Disappearance Of Wife Of A 4 Peiping, Sept. 23 The British Embassy has made the strongest representations to the Japanese authorities over the disappearance of Mrs. Denzil H. Clarke, the Japanese wife of the press attache to the British Embassy. She left home on a
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  • 58 1 .—Reuter. Sees Greek Premier And Turkish Ambassador London, September 23. Mr. Anthony Eden, Foreign Secretary, today saw the Turkish Ambassador in London and later the Greek Prime Minister who arrived with the King of the Hellenes yesterday. Mr. Eden has also arranged to see M. Maisky and Mr.
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  • 64 1 —Reuter. To Join British Mission To Moscow London, Sept. 23. It is learned authoritatively that Mr. Churchill has invited the President of the Royal College of Physicians, Sir Charles Wilson, to join the British mission to M'scow. Sir Charles Wilson will report to Mr Churchill on the
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  • 42 1 —Reuter. Chungking, Sept °3 The new Government f O d programme started in Sept. 16 is exnected to for the Government 60,000,000 nicuU nf foodstuffs including rice, wheat and grains according to the Publicity Minister Mr Wang Shih-chieh.—Reuter.
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  • 148 1 Reuter. Chungking, Sept. 24. rjiHE situation on the north--1 em Hunan front appears to be stabilised with the Japanese now turning eastward o m eet the Chinese flank thrust. The main Chinese threat n.lnst the Japanese flank ag e from three columns ZZh nfe fushing
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  • 244 1 8.0. W, No Greater Glory Won By Any Other Allied Ruler Rugby, Sept. 23 The arrival of the King of Greece completed what “The Times” calls the “honoured band of nat.onal leaders now in England who have fought, have passed through incredible .personal hardships and
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  • 120 1 —Reuter. VICHY VERSION Washington, Sept. £4~I7TCHY reports reaching here yesterday stating that when M. Henri Haye, Vichy Am)>assador. saev Mr. Cordell Hull last week, he discussed Eastern affairs but “did not ask Mr. Hull to seek evacuation of Japanese troops from, IndoChina,” make amusing reading alongside
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  • 1230 2 OTHERS STILL FIGHTII TO ESCAPE NET I Position In Leningrad And Odessa Favourable (BY r “ANNALIST”) H LONDON, SEPT. Despite the mounting german claims regarding their sk esseH KIEV, THERE ARE INDICATIONS THAT MARSHAL BUDENNY WITHdrH SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF HIS FORCES, AND THOSE THREATENED
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  • 83 2 —Reuter. Stead y Penetra t ion Beyond Defences Cairo, Sept. 23 A G.H.Q. communique announces that the British forces at Tobruk are steadily penetrating beyond the perimeter defences. A British Middle-East communique issued from G.H.Q. states: -Libya: As a result of their vigorous patrolling
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  • 95 2 .—Reuter. If Decisive U.S. Action Expected London, Sept. 28. Major William Dwight Whitney, personal assistant of Mr. Averell Harriman, speaking at a luncheon given in his honour today by the EnglishSpeaking Union, made a strong plea for America to be given facts so that
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  • 90 2 i.—Reuter. Claims Made By Italians Exaggerated London, September 23. It is learned in London that an attack was made on shipping at. Gibraltar last Saturday A hulk was sunk, but the rest of the enemy’s claim is exaggerated. Yesterday’s Italian special High Command communique stated
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  • 708 2 RUSSIANS NOT COUNTING ON WINTER AND MUD FOR RESPITE Rondon, Sept. 25 Speaking in London today, the Russian Ambassador. M. Maisky, said that at a moderate estimate, the German losses in the 1 east were some three million killed, wounded and missing, and in
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  • 94 2 enter. TriisW* Until Govt. Kflablished jflidon, September 23. Gen&a’ lte Gaulle, head of the F F rench Forces, has annomi cJ formation, of a Free F e»di National Committee to i r a- 1 trustees for France until tl constitution of an Allied re reS’iitative Government
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  • 135 2 .—ReuVr Titii trerman Soldiers Slain I Jew York. September 23 Twenty-:i Belgians are held as hostages at Tfturnai for the killing of two German pa; emen on September 7. If those whoLilled the Germans are not found with# ten days, these hostages will be executed
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  • 522 2 Wedge Of Rumanians Cut Off At Its Base Moscow, Sept. 23. GRAPHIC description of the heroic defence of the Black Sea port of Odessa is given today in a Tass Agency report from the city which says that repeated Rumanian attacks were broken
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  • 86 2 —Reuter. Attack Off Coast Of Norway London. September 23 An Air Ministry communique today states: "Yesterday Beaufort aircraft- of rhe Coastal Command on patrol off the coast of Norway attacked and hit a large enemy supply ship. “Last night the weather was unfavourable for operations, but
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  • 79 2 —Reuter. Including Resolution. Malaya Rodney Washington, Sept. 23. The Navy Department announces that 12 British warships, including three battleships. have been in United States ports in. addition to those mentioned a day or two ago. All twelve have now loft- again. They were
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  • 81 2 Reuter To Visit All Theatres Of War Canberra, September 23 A visit to all theatres of war where the Royal Australian Air Force is fighting is shortly to t«3 made by the Deputy Chief ol rhe Australian Air Staff. Air Canmodcre W. D. Bostock
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  • 42 2 Vichy, Septal Three mure Frenchmen, '“i shot, according to '"■‘/'/'.■l by the German mbitan 1 Lille. The communique say>, Frenchmen were C° mn: were shet for rp P men plosives and arson. fenced to death on August
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  • 321 3 A ustralia Makes Howitzers IgVERYONE, well clear please'” The Officer in charge of the testing of one of the 25Lder howitzers now being produced in Australia took his Lt behind the armour-plate shield- The shell was rammed L e Assembled Army and Ordnance chiefs and pressmen Lj
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  • 279 3 b FROM INDIA. w Simla, Sept. 20. ■IEDIATE awards have been anHmnced to two men of the Ist Pun- Regiment for gallantry during the ■r campaign—one an Indian Dis» Hushed Service Medal; the other a Hhumous Indian Order of Merit. Hmd Premier to Remain On
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  • 350 3 London. Xjr ET y° ur Plane home, sir. I’m O.K.’ These were the last words of a young Melbourne member of the R.A.A.F., Sergeant R. S. Wallwork killed the day before he was to mairy an English girl. He uttered the words over
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  • 1586 3 Here is tht story of the latest and best book on wartime Germany. It was written by a famous American correspondent. H illiam L. Shirer. 1 he book Ivas many sides, but most impressive is that which discloses the stunning effect of raids on
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  • 370 3 WHEN Hitler launched his campaign against Russia he hoped to consolidate Europe. He hoped that his battle-cry of “Culture versus Bolshevism” would turn his enemies mto friends over-night. As usual he under estimated the hatred which his regime has inspired. Men in the occupied
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  • 508 3 Journal On Pacific Unity r Fhe need for unity among Pacific nations was again em- phasised by the Sydney “Daily Telegraph” on September 10 in an editorial in which it welcomed Mr. Nelson T. Johnson. United States Minister to Australia, and Dr. Hsu, first Chinese Minister to
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  • 133 3 Australian Teachers’ Problem Sydney. Forbidden to use the cane. State school headmasters wi’.l fall back on the remaining right to suspend pup ls for serious offences. One teiacher is reported to have taken this action already. The law allows a teacher to remove a pupil from
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous

  • 1100 4 Tribute To War Effort Of Community FOREWORD BY HON. MR. CLAUDE DA SILVA A new booklet, issued officially, pays tribute to the war effort of the Eurasian community in Malaya. Entitled Eurasia Goes to it, and with a number of illustrations, it records the response of
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  • 161 4 NEUTRAL travellers, on their arrival in Cairo from the Balkans, revealed that three attempts had been made to assassinate King Boris of Bulgaria since Germany invaded Russia, repot ts the London correspondent of the Sydney Morning Herald. Conditions in Bulgaria, they assert, have become chaotic
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  • 230 4 For Pushing German j; Officer A FRENCHMAN named Jacques Bonsergent pushed u German officer as he was getting into a train. He was tried by a German military court and executed the next day. This is among a number of incidents, indicating growing tension between the French people
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  • 21 4 MT. Church*. talking to trousered girl workei s luring a recent tw of a /actori/L iking aircraft.
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  • 254 4 LATEST DONATIONS Donations reii ved during the year ended 30tJ'. November, 1940 $161,730.83 Donations revived since Ist December, 194 t and already acknowledged 35,720.82 From the Aslimption Church Penang, being amount collected on the 7-9-41 the Catholic Churches of Pfiang P.W. 155.00 September Contribution from Wellesley Primly
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  • 136 4 Batavia, Sept. 17. It is five years since the present Governor-Gaaeral J.onkheer Tjarda van Stjarkenborgh Stachouwer, assumed office, succeeding Jonkheer De Jonge. The Press has appreciative articles on this subject, stressing the fjact that the Queen requested Jonkheer Tjarda van Starkenborgh Sta-* chouwer to remain
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  • 1026 4 Negri Sembilan BujJ Meeting MEETING of the Negri Sembilan State Council (Loj Chamber) took place in the Council Chamber, the Honl the British Resident presiding. Mr. A. J. Gratten Bellew, deputising for the Legal viser, took the affirmation, as also did Mi. J. L. Greig
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  • 696 4 /■'’ERMAN prisoners of war—the first to reach Australia—have been disembarked in Sydney and taken to internment camps. The weedy physique of the rank and file prompted a veteran of the first A.I.F. to remark, “Hitler’s blokes have fallen off in weight and height.” John P.
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  • 25 5 A Meeting o f the Rent Assessment ard Penang, will be held in the supreme Court (Second Divisional C Urt > on Friday
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  • 537 5 Rajah To Grant Constitution To People Kuching, (Sarawak), Sept. 23 (By D. P. Wagie, Reuter’s special correspondent.) Sarawak is in festive mood for the culminating celebration tomorrow of one hundred years’ reign by the Brooke family as the White Kajahs of this independent state
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  • 171 5 The attention of car drivers is drawn to the parking arrangements which will be in force at the Odeon Cinema from today. Owner-driven cars will be parked in Penang Road from its junction with Leith Street to its junction with Muntri Street. These cars will be
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  • 83 5 Proposal To Form Association If there is enough support, an Old Students Union for former students of the Government Commercial Day School, Penang, will be formed. A meeting of old boys will be held at the Mortimer Hall, Hutchings School, at 5.15 p.m. today. The meeting
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  • 56 5 Today at the Waterfall Gardens from 5.15 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. March On The Afall Goldman Overture La Flandre Bouillon Selection ‘lhe Shamrock Myddleton Valse Espagnole Mascheroni Tone Poem Twilight In The Mountains Weber Fox Trot You Grow Sweeter As Tlie Years Go By Mackenzie Finale Hobomoko (Indian
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  • 143 5 TRAGEDY IN PRANGIN ROAD Mystery surrounds the death of a lt-year-old Chinese boy, whose body was found floating in the canal behind the Prangin Road Market at 5.30 yesterday afternoon. The boy, whose name was given as Choo Soon Kim, left his house in Prangin
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  • 77 5 Cheque For British Air Raid Fund The Secretary for Chinese Affairs, Malaya (Mr. A. B. Jordan) has received from the Chinese Protectorate, Malacca, a cheque for $66.60 subscribed by Chinese workers in European rubber godowns there for the Lord Mayor of London’s National Air Raid Distress
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  • 93 5 Social To Be Held On Saturday On the occasion of the Tenth Anniversary of its formation the First Penang Rover Crew will hold a social at 115, Macalister Road on Saturday. To avoid unnecessary expenditure, the function will be on a small scale, and the
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  • 28 5 A.R.P. sirens to be used by the Penang Harbour Board A.R.P. units will be tested this morning ’between the hours of 10 a.m. and 12 noon
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  • 198 5 Absconded With Cash During Employer s Absence Kulim. Sentence of ien months’ rigorous imprisonment was passed by IL H. Tunku Abdul Rahman in the District Court on Mariapan, a clerk, who was convicted on a charge of criminal breach of trust. Che Ibrahim, O.C.P.D. Kulim,
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  • 97 5 Famous Dance Band In u Las V egas Nights” Introducing nearly ten snappy song hits, “Las Vegas Nights,” now showing at the .Queen’s, is a splendid musical comedy. Tommy Dorsey, famous American band leader, leads his jazz hand at the same time playing many tuneful
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  • 475 5 SOCIAL PERSONAL Dr. L. F. Day has assumed duties as Surgeon, Johore. t- Mr. M. A. Francis returned to Kuala Lumpur on Sunday night from leave Mr. C. R. La Brooy, the Perak State hockey player, is a patient in the Ipoh Hospital Mr. H. F. C. Walsh. British ConsulGeneral
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    • 51 5 FOLLOW THE CROWD TO THE EVER POPULAR DANCE HALL IN TOWN WEMBLEY CABARET HErtoday SPECIAL “MID-MEEK” TEA DANCE 6.45 P.M. TO 8.45 P.M COUPONS 6 FOR SI After Dinner Dance 9.30 p.m. to Midnight Non-Stop Dance Two Bands (1) MORALES AND HIS SWING BOYS (2) LARRY’S HAWAIIAN BOYS Tomorrow Gala
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    • 98 5 THE NEW WORLD WEDNESDAY. 24th SEPT., 1941 CHENG LIN CANTONESE OPERA TONIGHT AT 8 P.M. “CHOON6 MO YIN” Part 37. With Sng Cheong Mun, Loh Pun Chiew, Sin Ying Loong. LOW IT KEE HIANG Teochew Wayang TONIGHT AT 7.30 P.M. “SEANG GEK HONG” Last Part. Seats Adults: 60, 40 20
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 67 5 REX OPENS TODAY 3. 6.15 9.30 P.M. •(tth CENTURY-FOX’S KILLERTHRILLER OF A CHILLER THRILLS! I k? I £fl a: H f J 3 g<W| .X II Ewr f /7 r /zsHH f u 'j 4 4 JffWß v lb tj, K' J{ I j Ji i fe*i r jgß'i ITIIII
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    • 78 5 MA TEC TIP OPENS TODAY IVIAJEd lIV 3. 6.15 9.30 p.m. RETURN SCREENING AT REDUCED PRICES OF ADMISSION STWIMKLIN6 TOES ANO TIAIWtm iitiitiplu a W* tn* ttev I —OHARA HAYWARD “"“BALL t Jk DANCE, GIRL <V DANCE Zfllhw WMlim KALPH ■Wlil FIELD BELLAMY /AkSBL Mary Carlisle Katkariae AieiuAer Uwarf BrepM
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    • 62 5 f 'WWTWt sgwa AMfWL jte* .***T- Awm-I* F 1 t f i wvi OPI NIVG TO-DAY 3 P.M., 6 30 P.M. 9.3® P.M. An Outst-ai ding Mandarin Drama THE LIFE OF A DANCER” with Lai M’n j Kliin, Soon Kemr Lira ar [i Kenng Ming The tragic ,1 life of
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    • 45 5 OPENS TO-DAY THREE SHOWS THE PICTURE THAT THRIIXED THE AUDIENCE AT THE MIDNIGHT SHOW EAST SATURDAY! Attempted Shooting Of The Fuehrer! NAZI TERRORISM EXPOSED! Famous Hunter Hunted Ey Nazi Agent! />** th I'” 1 S&r' yk Vai fcfiOt ill* Gsr ossd BOOKINGS OPEN DAILY PHONE 4131
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    • 125 5 Last 3 Shows Today 3 6.15 9.30 Dorsey Swing Desert Love I Western Thrills “LAS VEGAS NIGinS” A Paramount Picture with TOMMY DORSEY 7 and his orchestra BERT WHEELER. Swing Music 8 Song Hits Laughter and Romance MAKE SURE YOU SEE IT I TOMORROW: 2.30 P.M., 6.00 9.15 For One
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  • 543 6 THUS week all tanks made in Britain are to go to the Russian battlefront. No action can be more emphatically helpful nor better-timed. As M. Maisky, the Soviet Ambassador in London puts it, he gives double who gives at the right time and place. Britain’s help
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  • 134 6 HEX CINEMA; “Murder Among Friends" with Marjorie Weaver and John Hubbard. 3, 6.15 and 9.30 p.m. WINDSOR CINEMA: “The Life of a Dancer" (Chinese 3, 6.30 and 9.30 p.m. MAJESTIC CINEMA: “Dance, Girl, Dance” with Maureen O’Hara and Hayward. 3, 6.15 and 9.30 p m. ODEON CINEMA:
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  • 187 6 —Reuter. Official Account Of East African Campaign Pretoria, September 23. Copies of the “Vanguard of Victory,” the official book of the South African I campaign in East Africa, are being sent by Field Marshal Smuts to Mr. Churchill, Queen Wilhelmina, President Roosevelt, the Prime Minister cf other
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  • POST BAG
    • 208 6 (To the Editor, ‘Tinang Gazette”). Sir, I read with great interest in your Sunday paper the New York report that Italy has, with the approval of the British blockade authorities, sent a special mission to the United States with a view to a possible break away
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  • 602 6 Wednesday, Sept. 24. QUTSPOKEN U.S. Secretof Navy Colonel Knox has stated in no uncertain terms that the Neutrality Act must be repealed immediately. 'TTIS speech following Mr. Cordell Hull’s statement published yesterday should seal the fate of this act. £F anything, Col. Knox’s words
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  • 357 6 Shakespeare By Schoolgirls £T’S some years since any local school stages a Shakespearean play and “Julius Caesar” which the St. George’s girls are presenting this week-end is all the more welcome for it. Ido not know what standard of acting to expect but Caesar is a popular
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    • 28 6 "BULLFINCH” BUTTER Australia's Best and the favourite of Malaya THE BRAND OF PURITY Obtainable at all High Class Provision Dealers. s Sole Agents Henry Waugh Co,, Ltd. PENANG.
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  • 534 7 IjSTICE OF RULE OF I RAJAH BROOKES I FOR A CENTURY (By D. P. Wagle, Special Correspon dent.) Kuching, (Sarawak), Sept. 23. > atmosphere of joy and harmony pervaded the capital of ■A Sarawak today (Tuesday), as the people awaited the of a great day
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  • 176 7 A niece of the former Foreign Minister of China, (Dr. C. T. Wang), Mrs. R. N. Fox, a Chinese woman social worker who has travelled extensively, told Penang Rotarians at their weekly luncheon meeting at the E. O. Hotel
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  • 158 7 The president of the British Association of San Francisco, Mr. G. W. Wooldridge, has paid a noteworthy tribute to Mr. Joe Fisher, of Singapore, who is showing films of Malaya and giving talks on this country on the Pacific Coast. Referring to a film
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  • 226 7 Rich And Poor Very Patriotic “The majority of Chinese in Burma earn a meagre living by hard work, but when it comes to supporting their fatherland all Chinese, whether poor or rich, are equally patriotic,” said Mr. U Ba Nyo, a Burman merchant, who was passing through
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  • 72 7 Causing Hurt With Bread Knife Alleged A Malay woman, Soam binti Chik, aged 55, was produced before Mr. Lim Koon Teck in the Penang Third Court yesterday, on a charge of voluntarily causing hurt to Puteh bin Din by means of a bread knife at Kampong
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  • 85 7 To mark the centenary of the Brooke rule, the Rajah, Sir harles Vyner Brooke, announced he has offered and His Majesty’s Government have gratefully accepted an interest-free loan of two million dollars for the duration of the war. Secondly, all prisoners throughout the state,
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  • 216 7 What Police Discovered In Raid Charged before Mr. W. D. Carew, the First Magistrate, Kuala Lumpur, on Monday wit h reeeix ing indirec y money in respect of bets laid on the Perak Turf Club race meeting at Ipoh on Saturday, Kok Nyet Ym,
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  • 132 7 A Devotional Meeting will be held in the Rest Room at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, September 29, which will be conducted by Mr. N. A. Horley. All friends, as well as members, are invited to be present. The first Shorthand Class will be held in the Rest Room
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  • Article, Illustration
    46 7 BOOM DIPENCE: The sea channels to the harbour of Singapore arc well protected against any surprise visitors. Part of this scheme is the loom Defence; in which the Malay seamen play an im portant role. Photo shivs periodic inspection by highly trained Malayan seamen.
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  • 1689 7 Mrs. L Forbes On ‘‘Eternal Debt To Those Who Fought” r PHE inaugural Meeting for Poppy Day 1941, Penang and Province Wellesley, was held at The Residency on Monday evening There was a good attendance representing all communities. Those present: Mrs. L. Forbes,
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  • STOCKS & SHARES QUOTATIONS
    • 465 8 Issued by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association (Penang and Ipoh sections) at noon 24th September, 1041 Issue Buyers Sellers 4/0 Ampat Tin 2/9 3/0 5/0 Austral Amal. 7/0 7/3ex £1 Austral Malay 35/0 36/oex 5/0 Ayer Hitam 18/0 19/oex $1 Ayer Weng .85 .90 £1 Bangrin Tin 13/0 14/0 Si
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    • 231 8 Issue Buyers Sellers Allenby 1-20 1.25 c Alor Gajah .87$ .92$ Amal Malay 1-65 1.72$ Ayer Hitam .97$ 1.02$ Ayer Molek 1.17$ 1.22$ Ayer Panas 1.22$ 1.275 c Bassett -45 .47$ Batu Lintang 1.12$ 1.15 Bedford .97$ I.o2sex Benta 1.02$ 1,07$ Borelli 1.40 1.45 Broga -65 .67$ Brunei United
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    • 358 8 Issue Buyers Sellers A£l Austral N.Z. Ord. 22/0 23/0 $2 Alex. Brick Ord. 1.75 1.80 $2 Alex. Brick 75% Pref 2.15 2.25 $5 B. M. T. 7.50 7.75 c £5 Chartered Bank £9 £9sc £1 Con. T. S. Ord. 16/0 16/6 £1 Con. T. S. 7% Pref 19/9 20/6
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    • 242 8 MINING Dividend Books close Payable Austral Amal 3d. and 1$ Bonus 15.9.41 26.9.41 Ayer Hitam 10% Int. L.T, 8.10.41 (in London) Burma-Malay 6d. 28th div. 22/30.9.41 30.9.41 Chenderigng 5% Final L. T. 9.10.41 Kamra 25% L.T. 8.10.41 Kramat Pulais 125% Final 25% Int, 29.9.41 both L.T.
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  • 818 8 z I f Chairman Reviews Year’s Working The twenty-tfcrd annua] general meeting of Hitam Tin, Ltd. was held at Messrs. Evatt Co’s Office, Chartered Bank Building, Ipoh on Monday, at 10 a.m. with Mr. R P. Brash in the chair. Others preseJi were:— The Hon.
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  • 152 8 Penang Tuesday. The Share Market in all sections experienced a quiet time and with both Tin and Rubber shares displaying easier tendencies, operators are adopting a “tida apa” attitude and marking time. Dealings were, in consequence, few and far between, being confined to a few favourites. Batu
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  • 87 8 —Reuter. Home Rails Gilt-Edged Higher London, September 23. The Stock Exchange was distinctly cheerful under the leadershir. of giltedged where gains up to three-eighths were recorded. Especially good features were also home rails where Great Western were higher at 41 1/4 and Cc-urtaulds were 1/6 up at 32/9
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  • 129 8 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association, 1556th Auction, 17th September, 1941 were as follows: lbs. tons Catalogued 1,972,082 880.39 Offered 1,810,726 808.36 Sold 1,189,749 531.14 London —Spot 13 11/16d. New York—Spot 22 1/2 cts. PRICES REALISED RIBBED SMOKED SHEET cts per lb. Standard Quality 38 1/2
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  • 27 8 Net profit for 1940 £18,132 (£7,740). To amortisation £4,000 (£1,000), general reserve £2.000 (£1,500), dividend 6 net cent. (2$ per cent.), forward £1,889 (£1,757).
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  • 778 8 AMERICAN QUESTIONNAIRE FIGURES FOR AUGUST Stanton Nelson CoLimited Singapore, Sept. 18. Conditions remain unchanged and the small business passing in the Singapore market has been confined to orders outside control prices, mainly for nearby shipment. Discussion of remedies for the local paralysis continues, but no great progress
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  • 28 8 Piofit for 1940. £39.130 <£15,627). Tfl taxation reserve £22,250 (£4,756), fcr replanting £2,000 (same), dividerß 171 per cent. (10 per cent), forwatfl £15.485 (£12,407). I
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  • 132 8 Yesterday’s Close Prev'oush'H TIN: LONDON “Spot” £256. 0. 0. £256 .5. 0 H“Forward” £256. 5 0. i‘259- f SINGAPORE “Spot” $138.25 $138.25 K Business done PENANG B “Spot” $l3B 25 136 25 K RUBBER: LONDON “Spot” 13 11 16d. 13 “Forward” 13 11 16d. 13 1116“ Tone Dull
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 185 8 BANKS OUR SERVICES ARE AT YOUR DISPOSAL To keep abreast with the progress of economic developments, no business concern can afford not to take advantage of the multifarious services offered by a reputed banking institution with years of financial experience. SHEHSr THE INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK LTD., (Incorporated in British India)
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  • 67 9 Assigned to get a photograhie interview with Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-shek, Mr. Ray Olsen, cameraman attached to the Australian pictorial magazine Pix, has arrived In Singapore from Sydney. Mr. Olsen will be doing a “coverage" of Malaya, Thailand and Burma before going on to Chungking,
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  • 421 9 SINGAPORE! is likely to haivest its first crop of rice in three months. The experiment of giowing padi on the island has been started by Singapore f Chief Health Officer, Dr. J. W Scharff, on a piece of land at Yio Chu Kang Road,
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  • 279 9 AUSTRALIAN NEWS CABLE Ceylon Judge Turns Down: “Unusual Request” Jaffna, Aug. 15. Is the Jury entitled to peruse offi- i cial notes of the evidence recorded by stenographers of the Assize Court j This interesting question, which had never arisen in ths course of a
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  • 317 9 Melbourne, Sept. 21. CIR EARLE PAGE, Minister for Commerce who is to carry out a, mission to London, says that Australia today is united in everything that counts. “Australia is united In determination to pursue the war effort in common cause with Britain, and unitedly determined to
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  • 156 9 Australia’s Interest In Decisions Ahead The Minister for Commerce (Sit Earle Page) who may travel through Singapore on his special mission to London, said after his mission was announced that crucial problems affecting the future of Australia, were under consideration. “My* function,’’ he sjaid, “w r
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  • 259 9 WEDNESDAY, 24TH SEPTEMBER. 1941. Postage Latest Tilfio Destination Letters Postcards Superscription Posting at Penang per oz. each Ordinary RegnIN TERN AL MALAYAN SERVICE ipoh, Kuala Lumpur Wearoes An- September 2«h mat. Singapore 10 »5 Service 1 p.m. 12.45 p.m. .AFRICA O.A.C. Thurs. 25th InstAll destinations -50 b.oa. p
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 2426 9 m/cs 3.00 p.m. Tamil Music, 5.30 News in l I lainil. 5.40 Kronchongs. 5.55 Short Story. V’Jggl < 1 IESi 6.10 Malay Extra. 6.25 Hindustani Music. i IvWL W A *t I 8-45 News in Hindustani. 7.00 Announce- "i ments in Dutch. European Music on > gramophone records. 7.15 News
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    • 778 9 KUALA LUMPUR ZGB4 5.00 mc/s <60.00 in.) 8.30 a.m. News Bulletn (Relayed from London). 6.25 p.m. News in 7aiml and Indian Music. 6.55 News in Halay and Malay Music. 7.25 News in Cantonese and Chinese Music. 7.55—835 News in Hokkien and Hakka on alernate days with Chinese Music. 8.30 Fill
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  • 719 10 PROMPT ENTRY INTO WAR AGAINST SOVIET UNION Threat Of Complete Occupation New Yoik, Sept. 23 Germany has confronted Bulgaria with a virtual iltimatum demanding her prompt entry into war against the Soviet Union, according to the Ankara correspondent of the “Nev York Times.” The correspondent,
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  • 1277 10 “Times” Correspondent On What He Saw In Yelnya After Recapture ANGER AND HATRED BUT NO DESPONDENCY Yelnya, (Smolensk front), Sept. 23 (By Alexander Werth, Reuter’s special correspondent in Russia) I am writing this despatch from Yelnya, the principal town of the large salient which
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  • 311 10 —Reuter. JAPANESE DRIVE ON CHANGSHA Chungking, Sept. 23. Furious Chinese flank attacks may yet halt the Japanese drive on Changsha, according to the latest information from the Hunan front. Reuter learns from usually well-infomuxi sources that during the past two years the Chinese High Command had
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  • 182 10 —Reuter. Balance Restored In Britain’s Favour London. Sept. 22 Last week’s British air losses have restored the balance in Britain’s favour after the score had been against her for several weeks. Seventy-one Axis machines are definitely destroyed in Western Europe and the Middle East. It is
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  • 108 10 i.— Reuter. Native Population Leaving Vicinity Batavia, Sept. 23*, The semeru volcano in Central Java is still active and although so far rtrere is no direct danger, native population residing nearby is evacuating to estates in the vicinity. Activity started yesterday morning at 7 a an. followed
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  • 38 10 —Reuter Refuge In Japanese Legation At Teheran Cairo, 23. The newspaper “Almokattam” cites a “reliable source” for a report from Teheran that the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem has been found at the Japanese Legation at Teheran.—Reuter
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  • 207 10 Roosevelt Confers With Congressmen Washington, Sent 23 PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT was informed yesterday momi that passage of Lease-Lend legislation would be ed but it is not expected to reach the House for a fortrf h owing to a decision to add some additional appropriation
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  • 99 10 —Reuter. Civilians Fire On German Soldiers London, Sept. 20. A serious incident between Paris civilians and German soldiers is reported to have taken place by the Spanish radio station at Corunna. A group of “Communists,” said the announcer, fired on a platoon of German soldiers who returned
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  • 82 10 .—Reuter. Two People Killed On South Coast London, September 21. Air raids on Britain during the night were on a small scale and the damage reported hitherto is small. Two people were killed on the South Coast and bombs fell at another point on
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  • 98 10 —Reuter. U.S. Now Able To Meet AH Demands For Tanks Chicago, September 23. The United States’ defence programme has reached a point where it is able to meet all demands for tanks, small guns and ammunition, declared Mr. William Knudsen, Director-General of the Office of Production
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  • 174 10 .—Reuter. Post-War Plans To Be Discussed London, September 23 Main items for debate at the f ottl coming inter-Allied conference i n Lo, don shortly will, says Reuter’/ dipk matic correspondent, probably be the Atlantic Charter signed’ by y Churchill and President Roosevelt
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  • 115 10 —Reuter. Departure On Goodwill Flight To Britain Rangoon. September 23. Burma’s Premier, U. Saw left teda on a goodwill flight to England. On ti eve of his departure, he circled thrice r verently in his plane round the famoi Shewadagon Pagoda, paying a picture que hemage to the
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  • 103 10 All Property To Be Ceded Teheran, Sept. 23. “I leave to my son all my property i order that he may use it in the interei of the country for modern works, Eationi education etc..” states the ex-Shali Han in a letter published yesterday. The new
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  • 239 10 Price Of Bread Reduced: More Fish From U.S. And Canada —Renter London, Sept. 23. New improvements in Britain’s food supply were announced today by the Ministry of Food. The price of a fourpound white loaf of bread will, with certain small exceptions, be reduced from eightpencehalfpenny
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 54 10 Steamer sailings in September for United States o f America For full particulars apply to SIME, DARBY uO. LTD. Agents AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES. LTD., Bl Beach Street Telephoue 1421--2. BURNS PHILP LINE (incorporated in Australia) for particulars regarding Freight, Passage, and other information please apply to BOLSTEAD CO., LTD., Agents
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  • 554 11 I /Pro’ll our own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, September 23. t v-three races have been provided -fyee-day Autumn Meeting of the 'B Tuxf Club on October 4, 8 and ra' 13fi entries has Deen received consists of: oß?e CLASS I 33 ■ZsES
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  • 121 11 Draw Tonight The draw for the Penang open badminton championships will be held at the Hu Yew Seah Girls’ School tonight at 8 p.m. Members of the tournament committee are requested to turn up. DATO KRAMAT A.R.P. TOURNAMENT The draw in the Dato Kramat A.R.P Inter-Sector badminton
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  • 348 11 Charity Match es Under the auspices of the Wah Keow School Union, badminton and table-tennis matches were played at Alor Star on Sunday last in aid of the [China Relief Fund. Sale of tickets I realise over $2OO and the entire proceeds were contributed to the Fund.
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  • 23 11 —Reuter. Teheran, September 23. The Iranian Government has recalled its diplomatic representatives from Germany, Italy and Rumania.—Reuter.
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  • 23 11 —Reuter. Batavia, Sept. 23. Amalgamated war funds have remitted a further £15,000 to London for three Spitfires.—Reuter.
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  • 124 11 The following are the latest amendments to the S.R.A. Classification List of Horses and Ponies HORSES Transfers:— From Class 3 to Class 2,—Lord Worlington, School Boy. From Class 4 to Class 3.—Maintain. From Class 3 to Class 4.—Beau Court. Radasca, Silent Court, Spitfire.
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  • 661 11 r\ISPLAYING superior combination the Penang Sports Chib scored a creditable victory by five goals to three over the Penang Recreation Club in a clean and evenly contested hockey match on the Western Road ground yesterday. The teams were well matched and an interesting game
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  • 114 11 Hock Hoe’s XI Beat Chartered Bank Combined In a friendly game of soccer on (He St. Xaviers Ground yesterday afternoon Hock Hoe s XI beat the Chartered Bank Combined by three goals to nil. Jansz scored for Hock Hoe’s XI in the first half. On the sides changing ends.
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  • 125 11 —Reuter. Successful Attacks On Enemy Shipping Cairo, Sept. 23. An R.A.F. Middle-East communique says; “A series of successful attacks were matte on enemy ship. >ing in the region of Tripoli recently. In one ol these carried out by bombers oi the Royal Air Force, one large schooner
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  • 96 11 .—Reuter. Important Decisions Expected Shanghai, Slept. 23. Under the chairmanship of Dr. Kumataro Honda, Japanese Ambassador ip Nanking, the conference was opened in Nanking yesterday of leading representatives of the Japanese foreign office from ail parts of the occupied area, the Counsellor df the Jg.panesp Embassy in
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  • 24 11 Three -and a half year old Tommy Maloney, an East End of London boy has been adopted by Mrs. Roosevelt.
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  • 2338 11  -  AND THE MEN .WHO TRY TO TRAP YOUNG JOCKEYS By Steve Donoghue The name of Tod Sloan is one to conjure with in racing. No more amazing jockey' ever lived. He was the wonder man of his time. But behind his racing ‘‘miracles” was an
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  • 1466 12 Methods Employed In Middle And Upper Classes Many thousands of parents in Malaya arc interested in the teaching of English in the schools and will no doubt welt ome an op portunity to bring themselves up-to-date on this subject. Therefore the Department of Education has prepared
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  • 132 12 ‘Pink Star 9 Sinking —Reuter. Washington, Sept. sg. rjMIE sinking of the steamer ■L ‘Pink SlaP in Icelandic waters is the first such incident reported since President Roosevelt's “shoot first” speech and observers are wondering whether this is intended as an open challenge or whether it is
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  • 227 12 —Reuter. Demands For Control Of Settlement Police Shanghai, Septemixr 23 While negotiations are still progressing between the Shanghai Municipal Council —the controlling body of the International Settlement—and the Japanese authorities with regard to the latter's demands for increased control of Municipal Police, another Japanese civilian
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  • 81 12 .—Reuter. Awarded Military Cross Of Poland London, September 23. General Sir Archibald Wavell has been awarded the Military Cross of Virtuti Militari which is the Polish equivalent of the Victoria Cross. General Wavell had the Polish Carpathian Brigade under his command when he was Commander-in-Chief of the Middle
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  • 154 12 Reuter. Leningrad, Sept. 24. /CHARGING through a curtain of fire from heavy guns, mine throwers and automatic weapons, Soviet troops in one sector of the Leningrad front stormed the bridge and put Germans to flight at bayonet point, announces the Soviet News
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  • 201 12 MILITARY PREPARATIONS CONTINUING Ankara, Sept. 24. rpRAVELLEKS report that very active military preparations continue in Bulgaria and the Germans are taking over Bulgarian railways for their own use. All foreigners in Bulgaria and consulates are unable to leave their premises without being watched by Gestapo agents.
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  • 30 12 The Board of Directors of Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd., have declared an interim dividend on 1.C.1. Ordinary Shares, payable on Dec. 1, at a rate of 3%.
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  • 111 12 Total For North Malaya $1,577,428 The War Fund in North Malaya stands at $1,577,*****0, made up of Penang $983,227.99 and Perak $594,200.21. Today’s list includes a donation of $5OO from Kampong Lima Estate, and $25 from the Kedah Eurasian Association. Previously acknowledged $£’82,702.99
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  • 102 12 —REUTER. Shipworkers’ Union Also Favours Repeal Atlantic City (New Jersey), Sept. 24. Repeal of the American Neutrality Act was advocated yesterday by Mr. John Green, President of the Industrial Union of Marine Shipbuilding Workers of America. Speaking at the Union’s national convention here, he said: “We support
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  • 143 12 No Weakening Despilfl War In Europe Turin, Sept, -j- I Previous efforts by the Italian press to prove that j sia, because of the need of reinforcing her western ir 1 come fatally weakened in Asia, is flatly contradicted by correspondent of the Turin paper, “Gazetta
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  • 51 12 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBf I TIN: $137 .00| Penang 137.00 1 Singapore I RUBBER: 38 5 «c| Penang Spot 36 0 WI Singapore Spot I COPRA: $295 b’J Sundried Black Pepper I TAPIOCA: Medium s€ ill Fair Seed I RICE: «10.36 1 Rangoon Parboiled No. t q I Rangoon Parboiled
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