Malaya Tribune, 15 February 1940

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  • 21 1 The Malaya Tribune VOL. XXVII- -No. 39. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1940 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune. Thursday, February 15, 1940.
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  • 250 1 Nazi Instruction To Submarines British Navy Sinks Two More U-Boats Reuter. Amsterdam, Feb. 15. instructions that mean pitiless warfare on virtually all neutral vessels have been sent to German submarine commanders, according to news reaching here from Berlin. The Dutch liner Burgendijk is
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  • 270 1 Reuter. London, Feb. 14. THE British oiltanker, the Greta Field, 10.000 tons, sunk early to-day off the northeast coast of Scotland. Twenty-eight of the crew were say:i by fishing trawlers, but thirteen are missing. Eighteen men were taken to hospital, but none was seriously injured.
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  • 265 1 London, Feb. 14. WHEN the crew of 29 of the Swedish ship Dalaro, sunk in the Atlantic yesterday, landed at an Irish port to-day, it was confirmed that the vessel had been torpedoed by a U-boat which afterwards shelled it. The crew of 17 took to a
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  • 323 1 Reuter. LONDON, FEB. 15. TWO MOKE GERMAN U-BOATS I HAVE BEEN DESTROYED. THE \l \IIK\I.TY ANNOUNCES THAT I'HESE LATEST SINKINGS ARE IN IDDITIOW TO THE TWO SUNK B* BRITISH DESTROYERS ON FEB. 9, MAKING A TOTAL OF FOUR UPOATS SUNK IN A WEEK. n ta'iatJon to
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  • 91 1 Sinking Of Neutral Ships Reuter. Washington, Feb. 13. (I<A BKNMBNT quarters slate that U-boats could leg ally sink an Amert- car ship forced into a British control port on.v a te r ,l had been tamed that the vessel's cargo exceeded 50 per cent,
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  • 65 1 Reuter. Suez, Feb. 15. IN the middle-East, French and 1 British forces are establishing an important strategic reserve unit. Indian troops which formed part 01 the Allied troops were reviewed in tneir < amps near Cairo yesterday by Mr Anthony Eden, General Wavell and tne
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  • 50 1 Reuter. ACCORDING to the Rome radio the session of the Italian Supreme Defence Council ended yesterday evening. A communique signed by Signor Mussolini stresses the importance of the meetings and adds that matters of military, naval and aeronautical importance and matters cono:rning civilian labour were discussed.—Renter.
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  • 19 1 "The breakfast table must make its contribution. Unlimited censumption is not patriotic."—Secietary Lennox Boyd to the Ministry of Food.
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  • 31 1 Reuter. New Delhi, Feb. 15. QRDBBB have been issued for the raising of three new battalions for the Indian Territorial Force. Recruiting will start as suon as possible.—Reuter.
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  • 336 1 INFLUENZA'S VICTORY Reuter. Brussels, Feb. 15. INFLUENZA is sweeping through the Siegfried Line and claiming mary victims, according to reliable source at Eupen, on the BelgianGerman frontier. It is stated that several German watering places are full of sick soldiers, one Wesphalian spa having 2,000 men
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  • 71 1 Shanghai. Feb. 15. A verdict that "Privaie David Roy committed suicide by shooting himself through the head" was returned at the inquest in a British police court. The Coroner added: "There is no evidence to show the state of mind of the deceased. His action may have
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  • 676 2 Lively Scenes In Westminster Reuter. London, Feb. 15. WHILE the Government's decision to modify the Foreign Enlistment Act to permit British subjects to fight in the Finnish Army was being announced in the House of Commons, lively scenes were taking place in the
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  • 117 2 Why Buy Two THE SINGAPORE EDITION OF 1 THE MALAYA TRIBUNE DOES NOT GO TO PRESS UNTIL AFTER 12 O'CLOCK, AFTER THE NOON TIN AND RUBBER PRICES ARE AVAILABLE. Our contemporary announced yi sterday: '•The first edition of the Straits Times is intended for those who want a
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  • 59 2 London, Feb. 15. Till death is announced of the fameiis stage and film comedian. Hairy Tate at the age of hi years. Hairy Tate was well known for his music hall performances and broadcasts. He was the inimitable mimic. His lo*v will he felt by many
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  • 13 2 "Mein Kampf is an ill-written outpouring of patriotic beer-hall and cafe chatter."—H.G. Wells.
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  • 562 2 (From Our Own Reporter) PENANG, WEDNESDAY. jJM JOO CHOON, WHO STOOD HIS TRIAL BEFORE MR. JUSTICE J. AITKEN ON A CHARGE OF MURDERING A 28-YEAR-OLD WOMAN NAMED TEOW KHENG AT THE JIN HONG ESTATE AT SUNGEI ACHEH, NIBONG TEBAL, ON DEC. 23 LAST, WAS FOUND
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  • 60 2 Reuter. York, Feb. 13. mHE first blizzard of America's 1 winter is sweeping New York City. At least 50 people were injured in a few hours. Traffic is almost paralysed m the worst storm since 1938. Pedestrians are forced to cling to lamp-posts and ropes have been
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  • 33 2 Members of the Centre Intellects de Francais de Malaisie are reminded tl at there will be an at home to-night between 9 p.m. and 12 midnight at their club house.
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  • 151 2 (From Our Own Reporter) lpoh, Wednesday PREPARATORY work in connection with the erection* of the twe and a half million dollars hospital in lpoh is progressing rapidly. Most of the plans have been finalised and signed, while some are still under consideration and are
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  • 87 2 Singapore, Wednesday. FO CHOO MENG <25> a Teochew, came up this morning in the second police court before Mr. Conrad Oldham when the following charge was explained to him. That he at 1.40 p.m. on Feb. 10. at Chop Chong Lim at Syed Alwi Road, committed theft of
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  • 162 2 PROPOSAL POSTPONED FOR THE TIME BEING Reuter. Washington, Feb. 14. THE Senate Foreign Relations Committee has postponed formal consideration of proposals for an embargo on Japanese exports. Senator Key Pitt man, however, predicts that the embargo will be approved by the committee this session. Washington,
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  • 187 2 Reuter. Chungking, Feb. 15. JT is revealed that sixty Japanese planes again severely bombed the French-owned Hai-phong-Yunnan Railway yesterday. Details of the damage are not yet available. One raider is reported to hav< been shot down. This is the third raid on this railway in
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  • 69 2 Reuter. London, Feb. 14. steady improvement in the situation in Palestine has been niily maintained, declared Mr MacDonald in answer to a question'in the .Commons to-day. Mr. Mac Donald' added he was fully aware of tho whole-hearted suppc.it SnflS lve il by f, he Jews throughout
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  • 124 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Wednesday A total fine of $130. or three months' rigorous imprisonment, was imposed on a Chinese. Liang Kuay, who was convicted on two liquor charges by Tuan Haji Nassir. the second magistrate, this morning. On a charge of being in
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  • 446 2 Reuter. Stockholm, Feb. 14 AT the opening of the third week of the Russian offensive against the Mannerheim Line the Finns arc fighting with sometninsr like religious fervour, which seems to be lending them strength beyond the ordinary powers of endurance. A Finnish officer who has
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  • 308 3 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday i STATEMENT that at the time n the deceased was killed her Imsnand was fast asleep by her side is made by the wife of the first used at the murder trial at the angor Assizes yesterday, in
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  • 167 3 SIX MEN CHARGED WITH RIOTING Singapore, Wednesday. £VIBFNCE of how he told the crowd of strikers that the Police only wanted the release of Messrs. Hilterman and Ritchie but that force would be used if necessary was given by Mr. A. R. Anderson, an
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  • 62 3 Reuter. Riga, Feb. 15. THE appeal to Latvians to make defence preparations for an emergency, broadcast by President Ulmanis. has met with an overwhelming response from the whole nation, states the Riga wireless. Thousands of letters have reach?d President Ulmanis from organisations and citizens of
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  • 24 3 "Russia's main untitled is that the Finnish nish frontier is 20 miles from Leningrad, the rans;e of a modern big gun."—New Statesman and Nation.
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  • 180 3 Singapore, Thursday. The annual general meeting of the members of the Singapore AngloChinese School Old Boys' Associatoin was held yesterday evening at the L.C.S. Hall, with Mr. Tan Chin Tuan. the President of the Association in the chair. The President, in his annual addresj, said that
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  • 146 3 Reuter. I Helsinki, Feb. 14. CHARGES that the Soviet have I "gavely broken fundamental rules I of warfare" are made in a ncte j whuh the Government has sent to j all foreign powers, j Th? note urges that hostilities should be confined to military forces
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  • 134 3 Reuter. Berlin. Feb. 14. GERMANY replied to-day to the note sent to all belligerents as regards the establishment of a 300--miles security zone around the Americas. The reply welcomes the desire of the American Republics to maintain strict neutrality and says the contemplated regulation wouM
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  • 50 3 Reuter. Bucharest, Feb. 14. BRITAIN hiads the list of countries taking Rumanian exports for January this year. The exports to France and Germany 'also increased. Figures for January this year arc Britain 748 million lei. Gprmeny 7W millions, Italy 38 millions, France 146 millions. —Reuter.
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  • 41 3 Reuter. The Hague, Feb. 15. THE second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament last night passed the bill authorising the issue shortly of a semi-compulsory loan of 300 million guilders. The Communists voted against the bill.—Reuter.
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  • 27 3 General A. G. L. MacNaughton (left), Comander-in-Chief of the Canadian Forces, with General Lord Gort, Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force, in France. (Planet News).
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  • 223 3 Singapore, Wednesday. JJORIS EVANC4FF, a 54-year-old Russian sailor, was sentenced today to four weeks' simple imprisonment en an amended charge of voluntarily causing hurt under provocation to Richard Daly aboard an American vessel on Jan. 17. f The case is a sequel to an
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  • 143 3 (From Our Own Reporter) lpoh, Wednesday. A PROMINENT Chincss politician who is well-known among the Kainanese community, Mr. Chen Kong Soon, who is on a tour of Malaya, will be shortly visiting lpoh, in connection with a special meeting of the local Keng Chiew Hui
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  • 140 3 (From Our Own Reporter) Seremban, Wednesday The Officer in charge of Detectives. Ndgri Sembilan, Mr. D. R. Mathc?on. and a party of police, raided a house in River Road, Seremban, last night and arrasted 14 Chinese, one of whom was a woman, on a charge of
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  • 28 3 A performance by the Malayan Maple Circle at the Kota Tinggi District Club brought in net sum of $200 for the Johore Branch of the Malaya Patriotic Fund.
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  • 252 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) 1 apart. Wi due day. A SERIOUS motor accident occuired between Troiak and Sunkai as a of which the Rev. John Chua, Distract Superintendent of the Methodist Mission, Malacca, and his wife are at present inmates of ihe Tapah District Hospital.
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  • 30 3 Major C.A. Scctt has resumed duti t; as headmaster of the English College, Johore Bahiru, in place of Mr. F. Cobb, who has been transferred to the Census Department, Singapore.
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  • 452 4 POLICE ASK FOR SHARP SENTENCE Singapore, Wednesday. "I WOULD ask your honour to take a serious view of this case. As your honour is aware, secret societies are the cause ot a great deal of extortion and crimes of violence, particularly murder," remarked Court
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  • 277 4 Singapore. Wednesday. 11 SUGGESTION to ask churches, clubs and other bodies to set up committees to act as trustees of memorial funds was made by Rev. Hobart B. Amstutz, pastor of the Wesley Church, at the conclusion of his address, "In Memoriam." at the Rotary
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  • 69 4 Singapore. Wednesday. YEO LOK SAN (70 1, a Hokkien, claimed trial this morning in the second police ccurt before Mr. Conrad Oldham on a charge that be on Feb. 13 at 107, Geylang Serai, voluntarily caused hurt to Tay Leong Teck by means of a
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  • 131 4 Singapore, Wednesday. THE tenth annual general meeting of the Society for the Protection of Hindu Children, Singapore, is to be held on Feb. 18, at the premises of the local Ramakrishna Mission. The managing committee in its annual report for the year ended
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  • 54 4 Singapore, Wednesday. A CHARGE that he issued ten debentures without the permission of the Controller of Foreign Exchange was to-day explained to Shual Hamid. the manager of the Malayan Engineering Co., Ltd. No plea was taken and the case was postponed to Feb. 21, by Mr. L.
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  • 205 4 Singapore. Wednesday. THAT he did not know that the parcel contained a dagger was the plea put up by Soh Peng, a 32-year-old Chinese. when he claimed trial before Mr. H. Watson in the Third Police Court this morning to a charge of possession
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  • 210 4 Singapore, Wednesday. CENTENCE of six weeks' rigorous imprisonment was to-day passed on 39-year-okl ex-policeman Ahmed bin Bidin, who was convicted by Mr. 11. Watson in the Third. Police Court on a charge of theft as a servant of four blocks of brass, valued at $7,
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  • 130 4 Sam a« r, r Sin g a P° r e. Wednesday. AN AH CHAN (19), a Hainanese claimed trial this morning in the second police court before Mr. Conrad Oldham on a charge that he between 910 p.m. and 11.10 p.m. on Jan 10 stole a motor-car
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  • 277 4 UfAR affects university and college students more than any other branch of the community. At this moment thousands of young men and women all over lhe world who would normally be pursuing their studies have been diverted into the fighting armies of their countries and the
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  • 353 5 No Account To Meet A Cheque (From Our Own Reoorter) Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday. ARRAIGNED on a charge of attempted cheating by dishonestly inducing one Mr. Sooria to deliver a car and in such attempt handing Mr. Sooria a Chartered Bank cheque
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  • 28 5 Blonde Billle Houston, deep-voiced "boy" of the Scottish Houston Sisters music hall act unt.l 1935. was married at Hammersmith Register Office to Pan! Eve. a Journalist from Brisbane.
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  • 219 5 n extraordinary general meeting the Tamilians' Physical Cul.Association. Kuala Lumpur, i he held on Sunday, Feb. 25, at ;it the Association premises, consider certain amendments to rules of the Association. This H be followed by the 26th annual meeting at which the lies of the
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  • 66 5 Singapore, Wednesday. Eric Santa Maria il4>, a EurasiM. youth, w*as this morning cautioned and discharged by Mr. Conrad Oldham ir. the second police court on the charge Of theft of a picture (The Return of Dr. X» valued at fifty cents the property of
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  • 170 5 ol appear to be generally that normal conditions in ment of British Postal the United Kingdom were reis from Dec. 21 last. Orders are no longer regarded der in the United Kingdom like currency notes. value in themselves. r 1, lost or stolen no person c
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  • 78 5 Singapore. Wednesday. PLEADING guilty to a charge of committing criminal breach of trust in respect of clothing valued at $25 on beard a ship; a young Malay. Mohamed Salleh bin Wahab. was sentenced to a fine of $30. in default to undergo six weeks*
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  • 231 5 Singapore. Wednesday. IT the twelfth annual general II meeting of the local Tamil Reform Association held at the Association premises with Mr. R. M. Sinniah in the chair, resolutions trging the local authorities to abolish toddy shops and to afford increased facilities to the
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  • 94 5 (Fran Our Own Reporter) Kuafe Lumpur, Wednesday. CONVICTED on a charge of using net L how* as i common betting housa a middle-aged Chinese woman Hap Cheong was yesterday fined:|Zso. oTUiree months' rigorous {"Eg*: m ent m default, by Mr. W. J. Tnorgood in the First
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  • 21 5 Reuter. London, Feb. 14. T HE German omcW »ews Asency ha. °et fire to an amoured aain-Bu™
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  • 349 7 Singapore, Wednesday. REMARKING that armed robbery was a serious offence and it was. part of his duty to protect the public from a recurrence of an incident similar to that they h.*i been investigating for the past three days the Hon. Mr. Justice Pedlow
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  • 261 8 JJITLER'S war plans for 1941, as revealed by Madame Tabouis in an article appearing in the Malaya Tribune, have apparently caused some excitement among high Nazi officials. Briefly, Hitler does not intend to launch a general offensive. He would not even start an offensive on a big scale
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  • 170 8 the war afßecting home leave to a considerable extent, the advantage of a health resort like Cameron Highlands becomes increasingly evident. Genuine Malayans have a high opinion -of the qualities of the Highlands and agree with the remarks made at the annual meeting of the Camerons Society, by
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  • 194 8 i Ottawa, Feb. 14. STRIKING tribute to Lord Tweedsmuir's nobility of character was paid by the Rev. Alexander Ferguson his paster and friend, in conducting the funeral service at the Presbyterian Church here this afternoon. Past or Ferguson quoted from Lord Tweedsmuir's writings (as John
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  • 85 8 Reuter. London. Feb. 14. THE Government is announcing today that volunteers will be permitted to go from Britain to Finland and fight in the Finnish Army, writes the Daily Telegraph's political correspondent Male applicants over the age of 27 are being granted exit
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  • 37 8 Reuter. ACCORDING to a Belgian despatch quoted on the Brussels radio, authoritative circles in Berlin assert that Germany has no intention of entering into a military alliance with the Soviet. Reuter.
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  • 126 8 Reuter. London, Feb. 15. ANYTHING up to three or lour million extra women may be required for munitions work. This i.s the view of a group oi women Members of Parliament representing all parties, led by Lady Astor, who yesterday put it before Government
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  • 31 8 Reuter. REUTER is informed that nothing is known in official London circles of any intention of Mr. Anthony Eden to visit Ankara, the Turkish capital.— Reuter.
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    106 8 LONDON Labour has provided a suggestion which may help Malaya to hei], overcome industrial unrest. This is the WAR VIGILANCE COMMITTEE. The idea of this committee is t assist workers in their arising out of the war. It does not matter who the workers are, or whether they
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  • 98 8 pROBLEMS of the cost of living, house conditions, rents, indebtedness, or anything increasing the difficulties of making a living can be examined. The only thing a Vigilance Committee will not do is interfere in domestic quarrels. "Don't drag your mother-in-law here" is the general warning. THE MOTIVE IS
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  • 95 8 IJJARLY developments are expected in Scandinavia, judging by latest reports. Britain has pjven permission for any British subjects over the age of 27 to volunteer for the Finnish Army. Sweden and Norway are buying warplanes as fast 'they can set them. Sweden's order alone from the
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  • 169 8 CKORTACE of manpower and transport difficulties tn Germany arc both illustrated in an article by tl* Berlin correspondent of the Swiss newspaper Zuercher Zeitung, the statements and deductions in which are based solely on information from German ofl sources. Rolling Block needed in Germa»J itself, it is
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  • 115 9 Reuter. Copenhagen, Feb. 14. HINT that neutrals must be asked to attend a peace conference at th e ena tn e war is given by M. Hambro, President of the Norwegian Storting, speaking here to-day. He said that one of the biggest failures of
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  • 145 9 Reuter. London, Feb. 14. HOW troops cut off during Brltain's reeeni ijreat freeze-up were n 1 from tbe air is now revealed. In various parts of the country the K.VF. was askrd to establish com munication with or drop supplies to military units
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  • 200 9 War Minister Will Not Talk Reuter. a pAXTOTrvrri Tokyo, Feb. 14. A wWbIDERABLE "breeze" was caused in the Lower House ot the Diet when Mr. Ryozo Makino. a prominent member 01 thebeiyukai Party, pressed the War Minister, General Hata, to explain
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  • 77 9 Reuter. Ottawa. Feb. 14. 1 ONG lines of men. women and children stretched across the snow covered slopes of Parliament Hiil waited patiently despite the chill and winter cold to fife past Lord Tweedsmuir's coffin. The crowd was so si eat that the Senate I
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  • 567 9 London, Feb. 14. JUL ng of the Holland-Amerika liner Burgerdijk, when return- New York to Rotterdam with grain for Dutch consumpribed by the News Chronicle as one of the most calculated v yet committed by the Nazis, fficer of the Burgerdijk explained to the U-boat
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  • 102 9 Reuter. London, Feb. 14. THE death of Sir Richard Dane is officially announced here.--Reut-er. Born in 1854. Sir Richard Dane received his knighthood in 1909. He was educated at Kingston, Dublin, and entered th P Indian Civil Service as Assistant Commissioner, Punjab. Later he wa§
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  • 43 9 Reuter. New York, Feb. 14. STOPPING of United States shipments of war materials to Japan is favoured by 75 per I ent. of voters in the latest poll of the American Institute of Public Opinion. The remainder opposed such action.—Reuter.
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  • 185 9 Reuter. Washington, Feb. 13. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT and Mr. Cordell Hull (Secretary for State> have been busily conferring with Mr. Frank Bullitt, (envoy to France) and Mr. Joseph Kennedy (envoy to Britain) on European affairs. In the meantime Mr. Sumner Welles (Fnder-Secretary of State) is
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  • 448 9 Reuter. Helsinki, Feb. 14. I>ETWEEN twenty and thirty warU planes yesterday bombed Borga, a town of 6,000 inhabitants on the coast thirty miles east of Helsinki. Some twenty fires were started by incendiary bombs. The number of casualties is unknown. Borga contains no military objectives
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  • 246 9 Cairo, Feb. 14. BJR. Eden, accompanied by Sir Miles Lampson British Ambassador in Egypt, and Lieutenant General Sir Archibald Wavell (comman-der-in-chief of the Middle East) to-day took part in a most impressive ceremony, when he reviewed thousands of Indian troops in Egypt,
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  • 101 9 Reuter. London, Feb. 14. COASTAL command nruch 113 was instrumental in effecting the rescue of three ship's lifeboats, each containing a number of nen, in the North Sea yesterday. While on patrol the pilot saw the lifeboats and immediately set off in search
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 217 9 r SJr S m and with it YOUR STRENGTH (/Sf 011 A3. (An European Prenaration) As fclflM flies you get older and weaker. You may not feel It because the change is slow and gradual. The fact, however, remains thai with evety year as it passes, you grow older and
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  • 293 10 FOOTBALL AT THE STADIUM Wearnes 2; Straits Times 0. |N their initial appearance in the Business Houses League yesterday, Wearnes beat the Straits Times soccer team by two goals to nil. The game started in a heavy downpour of rain which persisted in a
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  • 121 10 At the annual general meeting of the S.C.F.A.. the following were elected members of the council. President, the Hon. Mr. Tay Lian Teck; vicepresidents, Messrs. Sch Ghee Soon and Koong Khai Kong; hon. secretary and I treasurer. Mr John Then; hon. asst. sec. and
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  • 254 10 THE following are full handicaps for the last day of the Singapore Turf Club's Spring meeting on Saturday: HORSES, (lass 1, Div. I—6 furs. Royal Hampton 9.7 Smote Dreams 9.2 Jack Druce 9 0 Toyman 8.13 Carloca 8.8 Tovarich 8.6 Rubber Queen 8.1 Grand Prix 7.11
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  • 509 10 JN spite of the heavy going:, track work at Bukit Timah thu Img was confined to fast gallops, and several likely winnei Saturday were seen. Best run of the day was a full-stripped r by Golden Glimpse and Safariland. Dodd had charge of Qq\
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    • 144 10 j Did you MACLEAN your teeth to-day? M it MACLEANS PEROXIDE TOOTH PASTE Sales Representative i A. T. Gillespie, P.O. Box 217, Singapore. It you use a solid dentifrice, try I MACLEANS SOLID PEROXIDE DENTIFRICE j F«N il H j! 'BAD COLDS, CHILLS' THROAT TROUBLES re Soon Ended By Peps
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    • 173 10 ANNOUNCEMENT Surgical Dressings. Available I SUPPLY OF FINES! ABSORBENT (HOSPITAL QUAIJ COTTON WOOL LINT, GAUZE, BAND AO ES etc., etc.. etc BOOK VOI It OIIOIJC VOW Bengal Chemical Calcutta Bombtiy AGENTS': Naina Mohamed Sons, Singapore, Kuala I iini|NH j< Penanu I PROMOTIO nZZZ: I ON A WORLD WIDE SCALE m
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous

  • 1506 11 Fair Dividends Returned SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY. TORRENTIAL RAW WHICH FELL IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE 1 iol RTH RACE M ADE THE GOING VERY HEAVY ON THE m i OND DAY OF THE SINGAPORE TURF CLUB SPRING MEETING. Fairly good dividends were returned in the
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  • 93 11 Race 1: Dancing Foam $28 and $10. Shoot Up S»i2. The Annan $19. Race 2: Bruas $60 and $22. Anton Rogue $18. Fighting Finish $15. Race 3: Greypion $50 and $16. Cluny $19. New Cello $21. Race 4: Kalili $26 and $9. Kabinda $8. K.C.G $9.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 103 11 DIABETESA IF YOU ARE Wrrn A THIS DISEASE come to DIA f flfc Md. Hassan, the specialist for v m BETES. He guarantees \glM completely and permanently -n WmWma ing you to take nce __*~T i n 0 without fear 1 short time. He frill give t he £2 lost
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    • 528 11 H %#=||flk Within a Week to London! <X I niiTP.il ZZ w/ 1 Rcular Twice-Weekly Berrtec from Singapore Douglas DC3 Aircraft ore used on the lying and Pena-.T to Eurooe, v a Naples. From Naples route. "the rest 'or E ,ro,>; excellent train connections Anient scrv.ee "makes the M via
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    • 390 12 ...CUT THIS OUT HERE IS A LIST OF BEST SELLING "SINGA" RECORDS. DON'T BE PUT OFF WITH INFERIOR RECORDS ALL THESE RECORDS ARE IN STOCK. AHMAI» C. K. MALAYA'S FAVOURITE ARTIST. QK.ITI NYANYIAN HARMONIUM. QF.105 GAMBOS MODERN. ANAK DAGANG. BERCHERAI KASEH. QF. 97 NONA DI PADANG KOTA. QF. 89 KRONTJONG
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    • 68 12 SATISFACTION GUARANTEED WHEN YOU ENTRUST ALL YOUR CLOCK AND WATCH REPAIRS TO YICK WOH HING 429, NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. (Near Middle Road.) PHONE NO. 7922. Lloeks and' Watches to British Contractors lor the Repair c Army and R JLP. Base in Malaya. /his firm has no other connection whatsoever with
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    • 300 12 Agents: fl HOE BOON LEOVr 9 Distributors: Lt,,^C For 3 Weeks Commencing on 5t h Feb. Piloi Pea Service Weeks and Rare opportunity for bvyers BABA Co., Ltd Middle Road, Singapore pTlks" SPECIALISTS Tong Nam Piles is a dangerous and p ease. Early treatment always ad able. Messrs. LAU KIM
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 636 12 Where To Listen In To-Day SINGAPORE ffl G l m]ca> TRANSMISSIONS 2ft 1 HSBPJ 31.55 metres (9.51 mci) ZHL 225 metres (1.53 mcs). n 6 86T metres) ZHF 30.96 metre. (9.69 mc|.) Pm. md openJng Announce g|« gj {gJfSSS £5 Miscellaneous programme of Gramophone GSJ 21.53 M C| (19.82 metre.)
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    • 359 13 [^M^^ .v hen for an tngiion Box 400, Malaya Tribune, (508-C I I hineae Juniof Clerk for Knowledge oi typelal. Apply together wan .monials to Box 454 c o Singapore. (MB-CJ Waitresses for Cafe Rico, Singapore. Apply person 1 to 9 p.m. at udovc. (499-C). se Lady to take orders,
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    • 484 13 Educational BALLROOM DANCING: Private lessons given day and evening by expert tutor. Correct steps, graceful poise, easy to study and quick success guaranteed at the "MODERN DANCING STUDIO SA. Ann Siang Hill. (Enter 281, South Bridge Road), Singapore. (509-C) MY "COLORTONE SYSTEM OF PIANOFORTE TUITION" will make you a practical
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    • 552 13 If HuJ/umoniodĔ. A RESPECTABLE CHINESE GENTLEMAN of 28 years of age holding responsible position and earning about $250 per month desires to get in touch with a Chinese girl of between 20 to 25 years of age with a view to matrimony. Only girls of good appearance and those possessing
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    • 500 13 VACANCIES For Boarders at 67 Wilkie Road, Singapore. Spacious airy rooms. Modern San. Badminton. Charges Moderate, though prices gone up. (438-Ci. LANKA BOARDING HOUSE, 47, Bencoolen Street, Singapore, Near Town. Vacancies lor boaraers, rooms comfort, able and well furnished. Charges moderate. Renowned by recommendation. Catering a speciality. (399-Ci SEASIDE pavilion,
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    • 724 13 LOST- White black-spotted puppy, 4 months old; finder please return to 181. Orchard Road, Singapore. (Baby Dress Shop). (490 C) NOTICE. We beg to announce that we have to-day bought over the Shares of Tiong Hoe Motor Co. belonging to Tan Chwee, Tan Joo Ring, Tan Ah Hoo, and Tan
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    • 780 13 BY ORDER Ol' THE CUSTODIAN OF ENEMY PROPERTY, S.S. AUCTION SAI E Of one lot Bakerlitc-ware and i.mcv furniture handle-fittings and also perfumes, lotions in large jars. Etc., Etc. To be held at THE SINGAPORE AUCTIONEERS' Saleroom No. 64, Chulia Street. On Friday, Feb. 16th. 1940 at 11 A.M. THE
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  • 1325 14 Jinnah Viceroy Letters Released New Delhi, ,Feb. 8. MR Mohammed Ali Jinnah, president of the All India Muslim League, has released lo the press for publication the following correspondence that has passed betweer him and His Kx.-tii. m y the Viceroy with regard to
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    • 408 14 I EXCELLENT GRILL A LA CARTE DINE THERE COMFORT AND SERVICE RAFFLES ORCHESTRA \j RELAY RADIO PROGRAMMES itAI'KI.Ks KAKERY ANIi ('OxVeC'TIO*- KltY FOB BEST QUALm BREAD* CAKES SEA VIEW HOTEL TO-XIGHT FRIDAY SATURDAY SPECIAL DINNER A DANCE DINNER DANCE MUSIC BY THE BERSHADSKY BAND NO ADMISSION CHARGE DINNER s::.- TO-NIGHT
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    • 55 14 INDIA PAGE EDITKI) BY V. E. JACOB, B.A. t. iim mm «0.. Ltd. AUCTIONEERS, ESTATE AGENTS A VALUERS, 11, MALACCA STREET, TELEPHONE 1646. Consult Us For All Classes Of REAL ESTATE REQUIREMENTS AND INVESTMENTS. No Obligation Phone 1645. miLK AT ITS B€ ST I Z: ■pom FRESH. llmßm CONNELL IIKOT111:1C
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  • 265 15 LONDON TIN London, Wednesday. Price) £243 Buyers £243' A Sellers Official Price) £242% Buyers £243 Sellers LONDON RUBBER London, Wednesday. HJffBI B s Quiet 12 13 16 b 12% s Mar. 12? 4 b 12 7 8 s ard) Apr. 12 3 8 b 12V 2 s
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  • 216 15 Singapore, Thursday. ig are the exchange stock ["s morning according to the daily issued by the Hongkong and Banking Corporation. SELLING jondon T.T 2 4 1.16 jondo-n demand 2 4 1(16 md 2057 md demand 2uB >urg demand Jj Vw i demand 46 7 8 *p ;•'I demand 51
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  • 935 15 FRASER CO.'S SHARE REPORT Singapore. Feb. 14. ■Mm Buyer* Bellen Ampat Tin 5( 5 6 Austral Amal 2, 6 6c( j Austral Malay 37U 39|-cd Ayer Hitam 2419 25 9 Ayer Weng 0.70 075 Bangrin 21[9 22 9 Batu Selangor 160 165 Berjuntai 1019 li;9cd Burma Malay 23|3 24 3
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  • 260 15 (By Our Financial Correspondent) Singapore, Thursday. A STRIKING feature ol the metal market is the continued tendency of the tin price to rise tor both spot and forward buying. To-day's price of the metal in London for spoi and three months is up by 15 shillings in
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  • 15 15 Singapore, Thursday. The price of tin at naon in Singapore to-day was:— j, down
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  • 13 15 The price of rubber at noon in Singapore to-day was:— 38%, unchanged.
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  • 49 15 Reuter. London, Feb. 14. On the Stock Exchange, home rruls were sharply higher on Great Western's ordinary dividend of V/ 2 per lent, compared with Vz per cent, previously. Gilt-edged was fractionally higher Industrials encountered selective demand. Gold minings even dull and Wall Street irregular .—Heater.
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    • 90 15 THE I EASTERN BANK LIMITED. (Incorporated in England) (SINGAPORE BRANCH) 4, D'Almeida Street. Authorised and subscribed j Capital £2,000,000 Paid-up Capital £1,000.000 Reserve Fund 500,000 HEAD OFFICE: LONDON Branches: Bombay, Calcutta, Colombo, Karachi, Madras, Amara, Baghdad, Pahrein, Basra, Kirkuk, Mosul and Singapore. CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and money received on Fixed
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    • 316 15 THE EASTERN UNITED ASSURANCE CORPORATION, LIMITED FIRE, MARINE, MOTOR VEHICLK BURGLARY, PERSONAL ACCI DENT, WORKMEN'S COMPENSA TION AND PUBLIC LIABILITY INSURANCE. HEAD OFFICE: IGD, CECIL STREET, SINGAPORE. F. W. HALL, General Manager. Notice is hereby given that the passage way between Houses Nos: 6 and 8, Battery Road, Singapore, is
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    • 499 15 STEAMER BAILINGS. BRITISH "'~\INDIA incorporated in England) P. 0. S. N. CO/S SAILINGS. The best possible service! are being maintained to the United Kingdom, also tc Hongkong and Shanghai. Passengers are requested to register their requirements, but under present circumstances sailings are perforce restricted. All vessels may call at ports
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  • 97 16 Reuter. London, Feb. 14. AN outstanding item in the sup«l plcmentary civil estimate issued to-day for £1,800,000 is the amount of £400,000 for the secret service, bringing the total for the year to £1,100,000. There has been a previous supplementary increase of £200,000. No explanation for the
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  • 178 16 Reuter. Washington, Feb. 14. TIIK Unite*] States Senate, by 49 votes to :«7. approved the bill inatttSßig lending iK>wer to the fcxp<at and Import Bank by a hundred million *'.< liars with a floor to enabling twenty million dollars l' -ins be made e.ieh
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  • 754 16 Madame Tabouis &Nazi War Plans London, Jan. 28. T CAN now reveal Hitter's war plans for 1940. They were drawn up after a minute analysis of special reports on every aspect of the situation—diplomatic, political, economic, and military— and outlined to the Nazi
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  • 149 16 Reuter. Pa ris, Feb. 14 THE new German-Soviet trade agreement is regarded in Fnofficial circles as a step towards including the U.S.S R many's "lebensraum" (living space) rather than an ordinal treaty. It is pointed out that the main object is to pursue a
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  • 69 16 Reuter. Washington, Feb. 14. THE Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives has slashed 111 million dollars from the Roosevelt budget for the Navy and recommend appropriations totalling 966 million. It was urged that the United States should buVd battleships and cruisers "superior" to those
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  • 50 16 LATVIA ESTHONIA CONFER ON DEFENCE Reuter. London, Feb. 14. THE Commander in-Chief of the Latvian Army, General Berkis. has Left Tallinn, Esthonian capita: after a day's visit. It is stated by the Tallinn radio that he had talks with Gen. Laidoner and the Esthonian Premier, Foreien Minister and Defence Minister.—Reuter.
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  • 96 16 Reuter. London it IN the Hcuse of Commoi 11 1 qutsticned retarding i for the exchange of Bli German prisoners «>f ,var. vi Butler, Under-Secretary for rWj Affair, said the British and iZ Governments had ad.-pt.d l del draft agreement concerning patnation or aecomnn dati, neutral country
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  • 115 16 Reuter. Berlin. Feb. U. -THE woild will have to SAdustasJ that the present war is a fundamental conflict between the German Social State and British Plutocracy* declared Dr. GoebbeK m a speech to Nazi propaganda lecturers. "What Frederick the Great and Bismark continued a w mstarei
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    • 112 16 A nnouncing I A NEW TRUFOOD PRODUCT A PROGRESSIVE NUTRITIVE FOOD FOR BABY FROM I 10 TO 24 MONTHS I CONTAINS Animal Protein Eone Marrow emulsified Cream Fat: the soluble Carbohydrates, Lactose and Glucose; Mineral salts Organic ken Lecithin Calcium with tested Vitamms A md D from natural sources and
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