Malaya Tribune, 23 February 1940

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  • 21 1 The Malaya Tribune VOL. XXVII- -No. 46. SINGAPORE FRIDAY FEBRUARY, 23, 1940 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune. Friday, February 23, 1940.
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  • 371 1 Reuter. ]N J'.n.and. heav y ils(ed unti S*E**£ ,ho rZI 7 i' ne e RUSSianS made a -'"-P-d at ack toward T !u L Z 6 a d ,he eas,e end < «h"e they are still engaged with the Finnish defenders. There has been no
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  • 80 1 Reuter. London, Feb. 23. IUNFRAL Badoux, the Belgian Jdier responsible for the design Mannerheim Line, is leaving ftrmsscls for FinJand shortly, according vhe Paris radio. Gtn to w x*.«.«--w that the capture of the Russians would have little d added -even if Marshal re to abandon positions
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  • 139 1 Reuter. London, Feb. 23. TWO bombers which Germany lest yesterday in raids on the east toast of England bring the total of their losses over the English coast to at least 41, and the total lost in the war to over 100. traction of
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  • 30 1 Reuter. Brussels, Feb. 23. GERMAN employed by the German Consulate at Antwerp and a shipping official at Ghent and his iter have been arrested on suspicion of espionage.—Reuter.
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  • 55 1 Gerauui Bombers Shot Down Prim Sentence For Policeman 1 Haoi For Unlawful Society IVlr.n 1 inemas 6 and 7 "1 Review The News"—C.H.S.J. 8 Hal! Million Ready To Quit Reich 8 Moscow Alarmed By British Naval Move Sport 1° China 11 Radio 12 Classified Advertisements 13 India
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  • 77 1 Reuter. Windhaek, Feb. 23. THE General Election for the Legislative Assembly of South-West Africa resulted in a sweeping victory for the United Party (war party) which secured ten of the twelve elected seats. The electicn was a straight fight between the new
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  • 71 1 Reuter. Paris, Feb. 23. ASTATFMENT on France's help for Finland was made in the Chamber yesterday afternom by the Under-Secre-tary for Foreign Affairs, M. Champetier ide Ribes. "France continues to give effective help to Finland." he said "The GovI ernment will willingly support the idea of
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  • 119 1 Said To Be Work Of I.R.A. Agents Reuter. London, Feb. 23. EXPLOSIONS believed to have been caused bylrish, Bj B publican Army agents occurred m the W«t End ot London yesterday evening. After m» room at Marble Arch one man was taken to
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  • 32 1 Reuter. Rio de Janeiro, Feb. 22. JHE Antonio Delfino, a wellloaded German cargo vessel, sailed from Bahia for Germany to-day, in an effort to break through the blockade.—Reuter.
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  • 91 1 Reuter. Ankara, Feb. 21 THE Government is drawing u[i 1 regulations with a view to ap' plying without delay the specia powers conferred by the emergenc] law, according to a message fron Ankara. In view of the influence which the vfcr has had on Turkey's
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  • 145 1 Reuter. Chungking, Feb. 23. THE enthronement of the new Dalai Lama has aroused great interest here, as it is confidently expected that the boy Ruler's ascension to the Sacred Throne cf Tibet will consolidate the bond with China during the vital years obviously lying ahead for
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  • 50 1 Reuter. Sofia, Feb. 22. High officials and diplomats welcomed M. Constantinescu. the Rumanian Minister of Finance, when he arrived this morning on a two- days' visit as the guest cl M. Bojiloff, Bulgarian Finance Mm Lster They will discuss financial and economic problems concerning Bulgaria and Rumania—Reuter.
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  • 122 1 Reuter. Shanghai, Feb. 23 It is learned that the appeal of Private Eckford, of the Seaforth Highlanders, against the death sentence for murder of Sergeant Davis in a blockhouse on Nov. 4 last will be heard by the High Court here on Feb 27. The court consists of
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  • 152 1 Reuter. 'I'lin. riuuxvr ut* vlvtltulQn, Feb. 23. I adopted the Colonial and Middle Eastern Services SupplementaryEstimates, including- the following* new expenditure: £30.000 sterling: for additional al- J ministration and military expenses in British S>omaii«and. £15,COO for air raid shelters in iMalta. £58,000 for military
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  • 42 1 A report from London states that the former War Minister, Mr. L Hore-Be-lisha, will leave shortly for a lecturing tour in the United States. It Is added that Mr. Hore-Belisha will be remunerated at a rate of one thousand pounds sterling wcek'y.
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  • 98 1 Reuter. Feb. 23. OTRONG isolationist views were ex--2 pre-ved by War Secretary Woodring at the Washington Day dmner tc-dav Mr Woodrtac pnmm* thai •'as far as my influence in trie counsels of Government may prevail no son of mine or yours will be served
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  • 83 1 Reuter. London, Feb. 23. AN Admiralty communique announces that HM. trawler Fifeshire (Acting Bub-Lieutenant) J, V. Scarles Wood) has been sunk as a result of enemy aircraft attacks. It is feared there is only one Bunrivor, Able Seaman Albert Edward Flowers. Twc officers and 19 ratings
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  • 35 1 London, Feb. 22. THE Archbishop of Canterbury oft ciated at a simple memorial service to Lord Tweedsmuir at West, minster Abbey this morning, assist, ed by the Presbyterian Dr. Archibald Fleming, who read the lesson.
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  • 290 1 Reuter. Paris, Feb. 2.J. JT is reported that British planes flying over Borkum and Heligoland attacked several German torpedo-boats. The results ef the attacks are not yet known. The ttoyal Air Force is stated to have made manreconnaissance flights over the North Sea in the
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  • 154 1 Reuter. London, Feb. 23. A PARTY of German officers is stated recently to have pass"d through Rumania with object of stirring up trouble Router learns from a reliable source. The officers are said to have all served in the Middle East during the last war. They
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  • 54 1 Reuter. Malta, Feb. 2S. frINCE recruiting for the Royal Air Force was opened here on there has been a steady stream of applicants. Applicants during the first three days totalled over 500. The Air Force is open to Maltese under the same conditions as
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  • 55 1 Reuter. Paris, Feb. 23. V[EW mass deportations of Poles to the Reich are openly admitted by the German newspaper Nowy Kurjer Warszavvski, published in Polish in Warsaw. Since Feb. 2 there have been some ten traina daily carrying deportees to Germany, where they have to do
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    • 21 1 GREAT WORLD TO-NIGHT GREAT FIRING OF MIW4.IIAI FIREWORKS Marks the conclusion of th e Chinese New lear Celebration-One hour non-stop firing.
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  • 75 2 Reuter. London, Feb. 23. THE Ministry of Supply has notified the rubber market that the United States Government has agreed to extend the barter period until the end of September.—Reuter. Bombay, Feb. 23. The United States Government has agreed to extend until September the period in
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  • 216 2 A COMMUNIQUE from the Controller of Rubber, Malaya, issued yesterday, states: It is hereby notified for general information that, owing to the fact that, as was similarly the case in 1939, the j total assessments in 1940 will be in excess of the basic quota, it
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  • 65 2 Reuter. IT is officially estimated that 74,50'J j refugees from Germany. Austria. Czc choslovakia and Poland are now in the United Kingdom, stated Mr. Butler m a written reply to a question in the Commons. He added that it was unofficially estimated there were about
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  • 214 2 New York, Feb. 22. WASHINGTON dispatch to the New York Times says that Germany has effectively banned Red Cross aid for Poland except in the Warsaw Government General district. It states that it was revealed when Mr. Norman Davis, chairman of the United States Red
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  • 145 2  -  More Chinese 1 Be Banished From Our Own Correspondent Penang, Fridas gANISHMENT orders, it is understood, have been taken j against two committee members of the China Distress Re Fund, Penang. The men are Mr. Ooi Leong, Assistant Hon. Secretary of Fund, and Mr. Lira
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  • 51 2 Invitations have been issued by untitled and Mrs. Pang Cheng Yean to a dfcr at No. 1 Balmoral Road on the occfn of the marriage of their daughter.Vk Kirn, on Feb. 24. Pane is tt> r married to Mr. Lim Kian San, efet fon of Mr. and Mrs. Lim Cnoon
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  • 82 2 Reuter. Paris, Feb. »ct ni rhi»s commuroqUL ays t*« ;«prfa'ed activity both air forces o A s ace and the Km*"* a Reutet T ord on. Feb. 22. On the Western FN* wa, on flre km illowed many patrols Sunshine has ai° w to be sent
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  • 607 2 Reuter. London, Feb. Z3. THE whole supplement of the fcndon Gazette to-day is devoted to I list of special awards for extinguished and g" llant nKt> officers and men who fought in th battle of the River Plate. The awards for endless course
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  • 337 2 Reuter. RiRTHnAY OF THE RED ARMY, FINDS THE FINLAND TEMPORARILY nrP BY SNOWSTORMS AND BLIZZARDS, ACCORDHELD LP S POT pFPORTS AND THE SOVIET COMMUXffI'SSS'SSSS STATED THAT NOTHING PORTANT HAD OCCURRED. +h„c! mnear to have failed to keep their 1 *n>,i declared that the Soviet troops
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  • 166 2 Reuter. Washington, Feb. 22. SEVERAL Senators made statements to-day criticising Britain's "insistence" on censoring United States mails in Permuda. Senator Truman proposed thai United piaties should CM'- visiting Bermuda and British plan should be barred from ingin th» iTmitdStfttcs Senator Clark (Missouri* declared that the
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  • 90 2 Reuter. London, Feb. 22. THE Finnish Minister in London, M. Gripenberg, today revealed the full demands made by the Soviets before they launched their invasion. He said that his country had agreed to far-reaching demands, but they were not enough, because the Soviet Government wanted the destruction
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  • 117 2 Reuter. London. Feb. 22. ON the Stock Bxctu nse industrials continued to be tn main source of to-'"u y's activity, and prices in all sections reflected the presence of fresh buying. The removal of the inhuman pnee of London Passenger Transport C stock vp.s
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  • 77 2 Reuter. Paris, Feb. 22. THE Government has decided to call up fewer men in the next batcnw conscripts than originally intended, g Cording to a decree published in official Journal, which states t***!Z next call-up for land and air JJgJ rill comprise only three months m
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  • 86 2 Reuter. Paris, Feb 22 A DELEGATION of British Trad: U Unionists, headed by Sir Citrine, has arrived for one series of monthly conferences French Trade Union leaders. noon The meeting will be held this an and the talks will be continued row. MpX A British Labour
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  • 29 2 All school teachers and untitled of secondary schools in Albania wui youtft rolled as officers in the A bam; n of the Lictor organisation, w»u proportionate to their SCDOtiSW
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  • 601 3 "SERIOUS CASE," SAYS MAGISTRATE "I HAVE given this case very C aref„l v Sinifa P ore Thursday. »Ny evidence which reascLhl consider ation and I cannot see o<> t he vidence r amenably supports the case c accused. The case is seriou "one tT
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  • 145 3  -  (From Our Own Reporter Jilt official opening Chinese Assembly Hall in it i Kanitsar Road wUl b e marklli k lyislhy programme which trill h," elude a series of dramatic mfiits. spread over a week «"Hi provided by different assoViaiio'L the state. rt; »"ciauons in
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  • 87 3  -  <rrom Our Own Correspondent I N accident "curr/ci tahon?' the Balai Besar, *i ur star V Tunku Zainulabidin son St r when Ismail, collided with a h U kU "din* his motor-cycle d ff Whi,e It appears that the doe r,,f h- rrachine, causing him tn
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  • 106 3  -  (Fioni Our Own Correspondent I nAVfAi-t r Star Thursday. Was ra CXtent f S87 ««od? s sh tt%L sun f ry stone Jala» «I 9 h 16 P'jtelV r azed to",he n the shoniiwJ tc en, where a«mf r^„V kin T e ha in hi/ ,,^m
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  • 51 3  -  (From Our Own Reporter FT m at wh f re Vv hfd eW Pr e clorate, Protector a Chin CaSe before th e fscisriS and e h? s ea w 1fe d P*' he SftTfi wMeh th h e e h^w i "^5" c
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  • 51 3  -  (From Our Own Correspondent uuciu; w°„ N o? a u sr-I"« wore to-7ay pSufed'b^ore h sS" Abu Baker, first marirtrat? ?lj eikh fa with criminal 'trenaf h~ entering i nto the house" of y the evenine- of Feb 13 Ki.an on fault to undergo "wo dc imprisonment. onths
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  • 407 3  -  (Fiom Our Own Correspondent T HAT he was stabbed when he was standi k u Muar> Thursda.vstretched arms was the K bch,nd his outAbdul Ghani, the complainant in thi" made by >rahim '"'n "aji Malay named Mohamad Zin bin Mohan?? ii",. Wh,Vh a Johor e-born
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  • 31 3 Singapore, Thursday 0ld?am in b/ m tde second po lce oWs pleadin? yum? to a nl ?l '"a bundles «s I Mn t)dia Noad morning at 335«. dd^i Inspector Cdarles W <;..^
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  • 253 3  -  (Frcni Our Own Reporter THAT his first impression of the accus.v) KUal< \u UmpUr Thursdaymind, but of a type that lost to SS was °f sound given by Dr. McNab of the Central was the evidence tnai in the Selangcr Assizes yesterda 'of at the
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  • 28 3 AsSuon^D^TV's 1 0 S"W touchers£jcs. Raffles College wJSS* J"* of Mace Of on-- CtUre 2? Th^ are welcome. P resl <k Mi interest?*
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  • 15 3 The Town council of Odense has decided including ll cd.,r<-d^ c>tde, 3 "mnen us vic"
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  • 233 4 SEAMAN WHO HAD PAMPHLETS Singapore. Thursday. Hs trial this morning in the f lMToTcng.» Hainanese, stcKid h Qn charges of Criminal District Court brf<« the Singapore listing in the «"^'^SgTScietjr, andtott- The accused was convicted and Jtenced to three months' ngorou who conducted the
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  • 146 4 Till Hrst woman speaker in the B.M B.C. series "The War From Various Viewpoints «H be heard this evening at ,30 This will be the eleventh talk in the series. Mrs. A. II Dickinson, wife of the Inspector-General of the S S Police, will
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  • 129 4  -  (From Our Own Correspondent Teluk Anson, lhursaav. OWING to the present congestion of «flices in the Teiuk Anson Government Office Building a temporary buildin* is beinR ereetcd in front of the lpcal Land Office on the Indian tennis court e Presbyterian Church on Anderson
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  • 394 4 Singapore, Thursday. A 16-YEAR-OLD Indian schoolboy, named Raman. asasittASKs <.c sentence (a fine ot $iuu, in uei« calling on Mr. Griffith Joties, Crown Counsel, to reph. Counsel for the appellant, in a brief address, stated that the conviction and sentence was against the weight
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  • 87 4  -  (From Our Own Reporter Ipch, Thursday. TAN Chin Teik, a member of a wllknown Chinese family, appeared in the Police Court yesterday before Mr. J. P. Biddulph on thre* charges of committing criminal breach of trust in respect of $55, $25 and $10 on different i
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  • 232 4 Singapore, Thursday. AT the conclusion of an inquiry A into the possession of counterfeit beer labels by two Chinese, Goh Boon Seng and Chiew Seng, Mr. Kenneth M Byrne. Fourth Magistrate, commltted both accused to the next assizes on a charge of being n possesslon of
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  • 128 4 Last Night's First Night IF you want to bo thrilled you must not I miss "The Cat And The Canary," which opened at the Cathay yesterday Featuring Bob Hope and Goddard, we have here the story of an emptv house, the will being read at midnight,
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  • 90 4  -  (From Our Own Reporter Ipoh, Tnursaay. THE presentation of the Malayan Certificate of Honour to Towkay Khoo Leng Guan, of Kuala Kangsar, will take place at the Council Chamber on,Tuesday. Th<* presentation will be made by th? acting British Resident, Perak. the Hon. Mr.
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  • 26 4 The members of the Singapore Khalsa Association will be entertaining Sardar Tara Singh, president of the Association at tea this eveniufc. at the O. H. Cafe.
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  • 122 7  -  (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh, Thursday. WHILE taking a bend nĕar Leng- gong, a Ford saloon crashed down a 20-foot embankment and landed on its hood in a fairly deep lake, resulting in the death of the driver, a Chinese, and the miraculous escape cf
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  • 485 8 ONE of the reasons which has prompted us to emphasise the need of political progress in Ma lava, particularly in the Colony of the Straits Settlements, is the eastward march of Bolshevism. We have drawn attention to it, in editorials or in special articles by
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  • 86 8 Reuter. Washington, Feb. 22. rpHE State Department reports that nearly half a million people 1 living at present within the confines of Greater Germany have applied for permission to enter the United States. The total number of aliens registered for immigration at the United
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  • 87 8 Reuter. Ottawa, Feb. 22. TN the course of a broadcast yesterday Premier Mackenzie King revealed that 70,000 men were at present under arms in the Canadian Active Service Force, 9.000 in the Air Force and 6.000 in the Navy. He added that these numbers
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  • 68 8 Reuter. Stockholm, Feb. 22. /ILL rive accused in the espionage case yesterday were found guilty of obtaining information on shipping in various Swedish ports, knowing it was intended for a foreign power. The Court considered their activities liable to endanger Sweden's good relations with other powers. Each
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  • 226 8 British Wireless. London, Feb. 22. SPEAKING in London yesterday, Mr. Keynes, the eminent economist, introduced further proposals into his compulsory savings scheme. He adopts the principle of family allowance, and suggests five shillings weekly for each child under 15 years. Those funds accumulated under what he terms
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  • 28 8 The Norwegian herring industry sustained heavy losses owing to the rec?nt storms. Three thousand nets are reported to hav e been lost, valued at several hundred thousand crowns.
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    92 8 SINCE I told you her, that direct taxation wi way there has been mu< lN sion of the subject in qa: torial and corres nep columns of a sectio th* Malayan Press. Apparently the mam the* sands of readers of the Tribune Group are not much worried about
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  • 131 8 rnHE Tribune has kept an open mind on the question, maintaining that whatever measure the Government decides upon—after the careful investigation which has already been undertaken—the great majority of the people will loyally accept it and abide by it. The view of the poorer and middle classes—AM) THEIR
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  • 83 8 TVHOSE of us who have to manage on a modest income, therefore, hope that the Governor, making up his mind on the facts and th< of the situation, will show no weakness in the face of pressure and veiled threats scattered so irresp nsibly by a section of
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  • 170 8 attempt is now made to the jitters in Government House Dy the assertion that "certain n bers of the unofficial communit. already moving in the directioi organising a protest meeting that others have inquired as the cost of printing pamphlets." What are they going to do?
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  • 232 9 Reuter. Shanghai, Feb. 22. ACCORDING to information leaked out from Tokyo, a coup d'etat occurred in the Japanese Government a few days ago in which a prominent member of the Imperial Diet was assassinated. The withdrawal of Japanese troops warships from Kwangtung and th china was
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  • 71 9 Reuter. London, Feb. 22. JHE National Zeitung or Easen hal Goering's mouthpiece, attacks Belgium because a Belgian Compar has purchased eight American ships, says the German .per declares that the i nment has sanctioned a which favours Britain and Is destined to evade the
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  • 184 9 RED FLEET MOBILISES IN ARCTIC Stockholm, Feb. 22. Moscow correspondent of the Aftonbladet declares that the whole of the Red Fleet in the Arctic Ocean is prepared for action. He adds that there is uneasiness in Moscow at the reported sudden appearance of the
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  • 107 9 Reuter. Ankara, Feb. 22. EIGHTY have hitherto been known to have be?n killed and 22 seriously injured as a result of the earthquake yesterday. Ten thousand head of caitle perished. and countless panic-stricken people are now camping in the open. In the last 24 hours,
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  • 102 9 Reuter. Stockholm, Feb. 22. THE Press is indignant at the bombing of Pajala yesterday by Russian planes. The Dagens Nyheter says that not only will a claim for compensation be made, but there must be some way for Sweden to make clear to the Russians the
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  • 16 9 Ivan Berkie. former president of the Yugoslav Society, was ambushed and killed by six revolver shots.
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  • 466 9 AMAZING LOSSES ON LAKE LADOGA FRONT Reuter. Helsinki, Feb. 22. I ITTLE news is filtering through from the Karelian Isthmus but it is believed the Russians are continuing their attacks against Ihe new Finnish positions. The battle continued late on Tuesday "iKht by moonlight
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  • 194 9 London, Feb. 22. THE Nazi methods of sea warfare are well-known. Not only ships of every type, armed or unarmed, fishing ships or lightships, but ships of every nation, neutral as well as enemy, ar? torpedoed or bombed from the air and their crews ruthlessly
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  • 97 9 Reuter. Berlin, Feb. 22. ACCORDING to a Sebastopol dispatch to Moscow, quoted by the official German News Agency, largescale manoeuvres of the Russian Black Sea Fleet were held in the past few days. It is stated that units of all categories of the Navy took
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  • 152 9 Reuter. London, Feb. 22. THE march of the officers and men of the Ajax and Exeter through the city to the Guildhall to-morrow will afford Londoners the first opportunity of greeting members ot the rignting services whose gallantry earned them universal glory. Seven hundred and sixty members
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  • 37 9 Reuter. Baghdad. Feb. 22. Nuri Said has re formed the Government by reshuffling the portfolios and th»? introduction of two new ministers. Nuri Said himself has temporarily taken the portfolio of foreign affairs Renter
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    • 82 9 A FREE TRIAL OFFER We are so certain that cnce youhave tried EVELYN ASTROVA DANDRUFF CURE you will always US2 it. Send coupon below together, with 20 cents in stamp for postage and packing, and you will receive in return a eenerous trial siz=» jarL FREE OF CHARGE COUPON THE
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  • 744 10 Season's First Big Match K.A.F 2. S.C.F.A 0. gCORIXG two goals within the last ten minutes of the game, the R.A.F. beat the S.C.F.A. in the first big soccer game to be played this season in the Anson Road Stadium, yesterday. Hay, Rafs'
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  • 441 10 THE following were the results in ihe Y.M.C.A. Open Tennis lournanieiit played yesterday at Dhoby Ghaut:— MEN S HANDICAP SINGLES Lieut. K B. Kochar (—3) beat M 1. Reshty (—30», 9—7; 6-2. A- M anasseh «plus 3• beat Capt M I Majid (scr), 6—4; 4—6- 6
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  • 66 10 p. G. Minns won the Gold Medal in t i fi al on Saturd ay last at the island Club by beating C.A R Bateman at the 20th hole. ln the first TO und 8. P. Ho be»t T nv,^ BB4V d by 4
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  • 16 10 The Chums and the Indians, two well known local soccer sides. recently.
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  • 453 10 gMIGHT soccer was witnessed on the Padang yesterday, h semi-finals in the S.C.C. six-a-side tournament were Defeating Forbes' team by two clear goals, Ferguson's team q i to meet Webster's team, who had earlier defeated Bembroke'. by an odd goal in three, in the final to
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  • 40 10 r™ TO-DAY SOCCER: Business Houses' League AP.C. vs. G.E.C. Itk: dium; Chartered Bank v Guthries, S.H.B. Nestanglo vs. Uniteers, J.C S A Overseas C. Bank vs' Wearnes Clerical Unioni tpmmtq v Slx si de. Final. TENNIS: V.M.C.A. tournament.
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  • 53 10 Players to represent the Race Course Rangers R ™«""y game of soccer against the X Sf*%S! R °f ers n at Farmer Park wIU be chosen from the following- t«»v,-h «!u Kupay. Abdu, Rahim BusMa7?nTam Scully. All. Chong. Singh. Babo? 8 Sul £sn' T Affi V Rahm b a r
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  • 109 10  -  (By “PETE” The "Tolley" Cup competition which was fixed to be held at the Happy World Covered Stadium from Mar 4 5. 6 and 8 has now been postponed to Mar. 11 12. 13 and 15 as the Covered Stadium has been booked for Mar. 8 the
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 129 10 POISONED KIDNEYS Ffcht Germs, Purify Blood and Sum •v ZeUing Up Nigh* lo harmlessly TTusn poisons and acid from kidneys, to purify the blood and correct irritation of prostate and bladder so that you can stop "getting up nights," get a package of GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules, < Dutch
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    • 123 10 I rm&f i jj 0 Agents: NAINA MOHAMED A: SONS Singapore, Kuala Lumpur Penang. THE BEST DIET DURING CONVALESCENCE After operations, or wasting and diseases, you feel so weaK and exn ed that you wonder whether youll ever feel really well again Eve: urges you to eat Yet food naus
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous

  • 591 11 REMARKABLE RECORD i OF PAST FIVE YEARS i ALTHOUGH 1939 figures are not yet available, China has achieved a remarkable record in her efforts to suppress the cultivation, traffic and smoking of opium and narcotic drugs during the last five years. Except in
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  • 96 11 General Li Tsung Jen, formerly Chair ma i. vi tte Kwangsi Provincial Government, is now Omman-der-in-Chiel of the National Forces in Sooth v hina He is legaided as one ol China's greatest military strateWhen the Japanese invaded \in >- in Not Imsl year. General \i ardei
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  • 13 11 The untitled Governor of Sikang, ..li bicKe >.'N3 'den de issued a 'ir-
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  • 332 11 UPON the eve of completing 400.000 blankets for the army, the hinese Industrial Co-r eratives has received a second order fret. Ihe Ministry of War to make another 1.500.000 blankets i> the Iwebe months erding January SI, 1941. Eight societies four in the Northwest and
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  • 49 11 Chungking, Feb. 20 GENERALISSIMO and Madame Chiang Kai-shek have received $9,493 from the West China Methodist Conference representing contributions made by tne members of the Conference to the Friends of Wounded Society The Conference was recently held at Tzechow, halfway between Chengtu and Chungking.—Chinese Central News.
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  • 66 11 Sian, Feb. 22. '"FAKING advantage of the Japanese A preoccupation in western Suiyuan and their depleted garrison along the Feiping-Suiyuan Railway, the Chinese forces operating behind the Japanese line launched a series of assaults on Faotou and Taolin over 100 kilometres northeast of Kweithua, in the last few
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  • 222 11 Chungking. Feb. 20. OVER 500 Japanese were disarmed at Yichiaochen, 10 kilometre*? south of Hsiaoshan, when the Chinese troops regained the town on Friday. The latter has since reached the suburbs of Hsiaoshan where fighting is still going on. Chienchingchiao, 15 kilometres east of Hsiaoshan, has
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 3 11 SPECIAL CHINA PAGE
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    • 416 11 IRIUM THRILLS MILLIONS > jej^jßjpP^ B millions morning aftej rnoriuiig, by die- new ''4)fKr ll dazzling whiteness of tiieir tecih! Never befuic ihtric- been but h radiance widi a paste >j utttr h iafe...Yes t there's ucvti 4 wicii AwiUawl I SECURITY' IN II II PR^ECTS^U^EALTHjI I ire against 111
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  • 258 12  -  (Firm Our Own Correspondent Muar. Thursday. THE Customs department carried out a successful raid when they visited Ayer Seiok Estate yesterday evening and arrested two Chinese, who were this morning produced before Inche Haron bin Ahmad. Lim Sui Kim was charged with being found
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  • 14 12 In the course of Jan. 960 persons died of influenza In England and Wales.
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  • 401 12 I Killed The Count" IF you have seen or read "I Killed the Count" you must know that, though it is exciting enough, it is not so much a thriller as a comedy. There is a murder but there is nothing gruesome about it. The thrills,
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 163 12 FOR CLEAR, DISTINCT EFFICIENT REPRODUCTION TRY I 1 YE RADIO for which they are UNSURPASSED. Sole Agents: HOE BOON LEONG, DistributorsRADIO AND GENERAL AGENCY Kuala Lumpur. i never lets you down" It's always a joy to get your snaps bade when 10-ei-riV you've been using Kodak Film. That's the A
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    • 239 12 End Rheumatism While You Sleep If you suffer sharp, stabbing: pains, if Joints are swollen, it shows your bl«>od Is poisoned throiißh faulty kidney action. Other symptoms of Kidney Disorders are Burning, Itching Passages, "Getting up Nights," Backaches. Lumbago, Leg Pains, Nervousness, Dizziness, Headaches. Colds, Puffy Ankles, Circles under Eyes,
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    • 278 12 AN EXCELLENT SELECTION OP FAMOUS MAKES OF SIMM X I»IHMM 1 W A I I IM 14.H I W AT C II E S ARE NOW ON DISPLAY. Everyone of them holds a guaran. tee, and are moderately priced YICK WOH HING 429, NORTH BUDGE ROAD (Near Middle Road i
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 683 12 Where To Listen In To-Day LONDON HONGKONG SINGAPORE ya\V «»52 Mcjs (31.4 m.) TRANSMISSIONS 2 *3 m 7Hi 925 metres (1.33 mc|s). OS G 17.79 Mc;« (1686 metrei) mm Service of Intercession (8.69 mc:s). gr jg B oj| KJ M.ccllanoou* programme of Gramophone Symphony Orche.--0 1 1 *9 m riav
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    • 90 12 CAPITOL: "The Under-Pup"—3.ls, 6.15, and 9.15 p.m. ALHAMBRA: "The Flying Deuces"— 3,15. 6.15 and 9.15 p.m. CATHAY: "The Cat and The Canary" —3.15. 6.15 and 9.15 p.m ROXY: "On Your Toes"—6.ls and 9.15 p.m. THEATRE ROYAL: \nandha Ashramam."—6 and 9 30 Pm. MARLBOROUGH: "One Sword Against The King"—6.4s and 9
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  • 171 13 Mr. &'ee Boo Ih aged G8 years, at his residence 161. Noil Road, passed away j at 10.30 a.m. on Thursday, 22nd Feb. I 1940. leaving behind. 2 wives, 4.sons. 2 sons-in-law, 3 daughters. 1 grandson. Funeral on Saturday, 24th Feb. 1940. at 2 p.m. and thence to Bukit
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 459 13 M > M>W r > looking canvassers saleaole line. $UU red. Box No. 503, Mau* (599-C* Foreman, experiund Blasting In Rock Jpph Wttn cop.es of Box No. 495, c.o Malaya tmateui Musk-. Parties to pj Gulden. Apply 23, 4836 01 3593. i582-C). iLiJNERY e per $120 monthly, or Salesman 575
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    • 497 13 CHINESE salesman, 30 years of age, seeks position, experienced indoor or oazaar in S.S. and F.M.S. market. Knowledge of Sundries, Provisions, Cold Borage, Electrical Goods and AdvertisAng. Speaks several Chinese dialects and have good references. Please apply Box No. 487 c o Malaya Tribune, Kuala Lumpur. (579-C) UEUT. COL. GREENFIELD,
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    • 390 13 Miscellaneous L S No. 434 AGREEABLE. Supply address at Box No. 500 co Malaya Tribune, Singapore. ~ZANDU REJUVINA eradicates General Debility; Functional Disorders. Foitnight's course $5.50. Kcsarijlvan reconditions body. 80 days' euppiy $5. Fo* age extra. K. N. Pudnum, 130 A Road, Singapore. "cOME AND SEE the best CANTONESE THEATRICAL
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    • 416 13 Domestic Occurrences ENGAGEMENT. The is announced of Mr .wee KLn Lye, only son of Mr. Wee Chyr Kiat and the late Mrs. Wee Chye X.at (nee Madam Pang Boey Keow) of Singapore, Lo Miss Helen Thien, gdes? daughti i f Mr. Mrs. Thomas Thien Kui Sin of British North Borneo.
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    • 459 13 Educational CONVERSATION UWBOKS givenby w Wy. box No. 497. c|o Malaya Trlbune.^^pore. PI_EASE COME, join your Hokkien and Iyer Mwch lor children, European SaeSrEigW thirty a.m. to twelve noon. m. Orchard Road. Enquiries Phime *****. srs, A r&£gjg ture, Draughtsmanship, En lr Jf e n f,Civil, Structural. Electrical Mechanical, Motor.
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    • 348 13 Offices, Godowns To Let TO LET Offices: 20. Malacca Street (portion Ist gjorL 124 126, Robinson Road «2nd floor) Sh 2°o PS Malacca Street (ground floor) I 7 9 23, Stamford Road. 173, Selegie Road (ground floor). Apoly RENNIE LOWICK CO., Hongkong Bank Chambers. I ditiom Recently repainted $50(X R.
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  • 14 14 In this extremely unusual picture of Gandhiji, take during the recent
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  • 276 14 JN the course of his reply to Marshal h ff Kai_Shek had invited him to pav vi«i* Mahatma Gandhi savs h~ 1 3 for your invitation If J could 'T twenty GoVernmem" Officers Gazetted and non-Gazetted u both of corruption, by the Ami 7L Department of
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  • 500 14 Cochin Dewan On Minority Claims PBEamtw Madras, Feb. fi. i»H n.T Va,edittor v func,i the Loyola College Tarn.l D.siriels Assocmlion. Sir R. K. Shanmukham Chelti while aff.rm.nghts fait, in democrac, as ihe finest form of pufitieal fton wondered whe.her .he Bri.ish type „f par.iamen mmiwm
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  • 196 14 yy HAT Nubhas Babu in his im- .1 F lt ,cnce l o ro forward forgets is that j* is possible for men like me lompcte with him i„ the love of WM land in pile of our having reformist and liberal
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  • 113 14 I* connection uiih 'u,' A «1 Presidetuv noli f nan Pal and 5S? *f Juncheon to H F t sa Lady Marjorfc Connemaia Hotel Sir K. Ramum I tcast of Pre.siden py c i'o p0611 the fact that th« refe md ti the Madras University the
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 102 14 jj EXCELLENT GRILL <• i (dine there j I AND service I RAFFLES ORCHESTRA J I- RELAY 6 RAD PROGRAMMES I Sea View Hotel I I <;DFriA D ,NNI^. BEKVtD N JHE >»OMUT LAWN I SPEC,AL DINNER -DANCE CABABPT CLAUDINE SITNIKOVA I D.NN- „_.««*iie singer tufcrT J I SATURDAY EXTENSION
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    • 47 14 >3ENC*-pl in Al ITIOA SALE OF I Tea, CHBee .urniture Ic. standard chairs, letter All I I Stationary almeirahs l-, r ,et,er fiI 'n(T cab.net.,, I I "trge counter fitted „.,n I K-rna,, I Catalogues issued. 24Ul I ,Otn renrua^": 8 C 1 gs^ii^^ggsgagi^ ======F Auctioneers. I
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    • 125 14 INDIA PAGE EDITED By V. E. JACOB, B.A. A.T. EDWARDS GCoJad ATTR ACTIVF 1 rrrrnir o«. POLISHED TEAK AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, carpet. 1 G-E.c. Rcfrigeratot boaros. gl&Kware crockery garden taptenents, pot plants"* (The property of Wing Commander J. G. Walser, RJLF.) To bp held at -No. .31 GilsJcad K«>ad.
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  • 208 15 LONDON TIN London. Thursday. £244% Buyers £245 Seller; .1 Price) i!244 ;j 4 Buye-s 1245 Sellers LONDON RUBBER London, Thursday. B. S. Quiet, Steady 12 7 b 13 s Mar 12 4 b 12 7 8 S 12>4b 12% s 11% b 11 15 16 s 0
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  • 210 15  -  London Tin Prices Drop Spot 355, Forward 30; More Activity In Industrials. (From Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, Friday. A F FER remaining Very fifrin lor some days, the London tin market slumped somewhat, prices of the the metal for spot and three months both being 1 £214
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  • 29 15 Prices of tin and rubber in Singapore at noon today were:— RUBBER Buyers: :1s 1 >> cts., Sellers: 38«! cts. TIN i. down V. i-
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  • 196 15 Singapore, Friday. The following are the exchange stock this morning according to the daily circular issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. SELLING London T.T. 2 4 1,16 London demand 1 2IJS Lyons demand a ~2 Switzerland demand Hamburg demand New York demand 46 1 J Montreal demand
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  • 939 15 FRASER CO.'S SHARE REPORT Singapore, Feb. 22. MINING Buyen Sellers Ampat Tin 5J- 5 6 Austral Amal 6'- 6,6 cd Vastral Malay 37 39;-cd Aver Hitam 24;- 25 Ayer Weng 0.70 0.75 Bangrln 219 22 9 Batu Selangor 1.55 160 Berjuntal 10 3 11.3xd Burma Malay 23 3 24 3
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  • 35 15 Reuter. London. Feb. 22. THE Ministry of Supply has notified the rubber market that the United States Government has agreed to extend the barter period until the end of September -Reutei.
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 126 15 For 3 Weeks mencing on sth Feb. S'iSot Pen Service Weeks and Porcelain Sale Kare opportunity for buyers. BABA Co., Ltd. Middle Road, Singapore. THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA (TRUSTEES) LIMITED. I teed and Controlled by MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED. y. which is incorporated in ad roistered as a
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    • 33 15 NAN YANG 4 TIMES DAILY. MALACCA TO SINGAPORE. AT NAN CHIANG HOTEL. 84 Bunga Raya Road. 9a SINGAPORE TO MALACCA I JIT HAICHEW HOTEL 35. Beach Road. Phone 3015. IfIUAR NAN YANG CO.
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    • 102 15 THE EASTERN BANK LIMITED. j (incorporated in England) i (SINGAPORE BRANCH) j 4, D'Almeida Street. I Authorised and subscribed Capital £2,000,000 Paid-up Capital fl»0O0,000 Reserve Fund 500,000 HEAD OFFICE: LONDON Branches: Bombay, Calcutta, Colombo, I Karachi, Madras, Amara, Baghdad, I Bahrein, Basra, Kirkuk, Mosul and I Singapore. CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened
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    • 144 15 UNITED CHINESE BANK, LIMITED. (Incorporated In SB.) No. ft, Chulia Street. (BONHAM BUILDING) Singapore. Authorised Capital $4,000,000.00 Issued, Subscribed and Paid Up 11.000.000.00 General Reserve $200,000.00 Telegraphic Address: "TYEHUABANK" Telephone Nos.:— 5182, 5183, 5184, v 5185 5188 BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Wee Kheng Chiang, Esq., Chairman. Khoo Beng Cheang, Esq., Deputy
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    • 377 15 BTEAMER SAILINGS. P*CX I BRITISH INDIA PASSENGER FREIGHT SERVICES For all Information apply to: P. O.S.N. Co., The Agent, CoUyer Quay, Tel. 5961. 8.1.5. N. Co„ BOUSTEAD CO., LTD., Tel. 5497. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD., (Ancar Line). For Hongkong, Shanghai, Mojl, Kobe Osaka Fortnightly For Penang, Rangoon and
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    • 161 15 BRITISH INDIA ljncoipoiated in England) P. 0. S. N. CO.'S SAILINGS. The best possible service! are being maintained to the United Kingdom, also to Hongkong and Shanghai. Passengers are requested to register their requirements, but under present circumstances sailings are perforce restricted. All vessels may call at ports on or
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