Malaya Tribune, 19 March 1940

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    21 1 The Malaya Tribune VOL. XXVII- -No. 67. SINGAPORE TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1940 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune. Tuesday, March 19, 1940.
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    Our Gracie Weds Again
    117 1 Reuter. /<KA IE FIELDS, the Lancashire v Lomedienne, singer and film Monty Hanks, film star and pr iucer, were married here to-day. Fit'tis 1 fans everywhere will the news that their ide! has Producer Monty Banks in Uywood. her former hiroand, Ar«rhen hey were both playing
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    No Sensational Move, Say Nazi Officials
    62 1 Reuter. Rome, Mar. 19. ACCORDING to a Munich tele. gram. Hitler stopped at Munich en route from Brenner. The members of his suite said the Fuehrer was fully satisfied v\! h his talk, added that the meeting: was a normal outcome of Italo-German relations
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    THREE DICTATORS MAY GUARANTEE BALKANS
    525 1 Reuter. Zurich, Mar 19 A COMBINED declaration by Ger- many. Italy and Russia to maintun peace in the Balkans is regarded in Beilin a, one of the likely (—sequences of the Brenner Pass ateting of Hitler and II Duce, acrding to Btilin reports published ia
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    Big Guns Wake Up On Western Front
    289 1 Reuter. Brussels, Mar. Uk ACCORDING to a Luxemburg dispatch sharp artillery duels -t\ ihp vvestern Front, when me rurred yesterday morning on the n wle the Germails Preach shelled Hammelsberg and Schneeberg v>nue shelled the Kirscherberg district.— Renter. m i 1- rvricnnpr Paris,
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    TOKYO ORDERS CRACK TROOPS TO MANCHUKUO BORDER
    148 1 Relations With Russia Suddenly Worsen Sin Chew Jit Poh. IT is reported that relations between Russia and Japan have suddenly taken a turn for the worse, and that tension on the SiberianManchukuo border is daily mounting. Japan has ordered many crack divisions now
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    NEW REGIME
    167 1 Reuter. Peiping, Mar. 18. Mr. Wang Keh Min. head of the Peiping Provisional Government and four other Peiping Government delegates, in addition to two delegates from the Japanese-controlled Mongolian Government and Major General Morioka (director of auC North China liaison office of tile China Affairs Board, who recently
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    China Fighting For Democracy
    103 1 Reuter. London. Mar. 18. China is fighting for the same ideals of political liberty as had inspired the British to take up aims in the European conflict, said Mr. Quo Tai Chi (Chinese Ambassador) in a speech in London during the weekend. It was therefore of
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    SECRET RADIO OF FRENCH COMMUNISTS
    41 1 Reuter. Paris, Mar. 19. MODERN wireless equipment sufficient to work six transmitters, and two tons of Communist litemature, were seized by the police in a roundup of Communists yesterday in which 33 arrests were made —Reuter.
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    Six Years For Espionage
    28 1 Reuter. Amsterdam, Mar. 19 —The maximum sentence of six years' imprisonment has been passed on Dreves and the Dutchman Bakker on espionage charges.— Reuter.
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    Gandhi Snubs Opponents Of Compromise
    113 1 Reuter. Ramgarh. Mar. 19. "I SHALL go to the Viceroy fifty times, if necessary," declared Mr. Gandhi at to-day's meeting of the Subject's Committee of the Indian National Congress replying to speakers who criticised his 'readiness to compromise with Britain" on India's future. After offering
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    ITALIAN SHIP BLOWN UP
    53 1 Reuter. London. Mar. 19. THE Italian collier Tyna Primo, 4,853 tons, broke in two following an explosion off the outh-east coast yesterday. Thirty-six of the crew were saved and one was drowned. The Newcastle steamer Tiberton. 5,225 tons, is a month overdue and is believed lost
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    Premier's War Statement To-day
    29 1 Reuter. London, Mar. 18. In the Commons to-day Mr. Chambeilain announced he would deal with the attack on Scapa Flow in a war statement to-morrow.—Reuter.
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    CHINA'S CONCERN OVER SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES
    524 2 OFFICIAL CIRCULAR REACHES SINGAPORE (Tribune Staff Reporter) REFLECTED IN A CIRCULAR WHICH HAS REACHED n SINGAPORE IS THE GRAVE CONCERN FELT IN CHINESE GOVERNMENT CIRCLES OVER THE ALLEGED SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES OF CERTAIN CHINESE, RESULTING IN A NUMBER OF THEM BEING EXPELLED FROM MALAYA. THE CIRCULAR
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    Buddhist Temple Ceremonies
    46 2 There will be offering of Buddha Puja and oth°r ceremonies at the local Pcddhist Temple at 96, Outram Road, this evening. The Sacred Buddhist relics will br housed on a high dais with a beautiful canopy, presented by Mr. G. C H Kotalawala.
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    "ONLY HELPING," SAYS ALLEGED CAR THIEF
    136 2 Singapore, Monday. licas only helping to push the car forward" explained 19-year Abbas bin Abidin in the Third Police Court this morning when charged with attempted theft of a car belonging to Mr. A. B MacLachlan from the the Cavitol Car Park shortly after
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    KILLED IN SHIP'S HOLD
    84 2 Singapore, Tuesday. TTWO Chinese members of the crew ol i a motor vessel were killed yesterday afternoon They were said to have gene down one of the holes of ihe vessel containing copra at about 5.30 p.m. to get some provisions and fai.ed o return. It
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    ACID THROWING CHARGE
    74 2 Singapore, Tuesday. N R Percira. an English-speaking Malaban Christian, claimed trial this morning in the second police court before Mr. Conrad Oldham on a charge cf throwing acid at a Sikh named Arijan Singh at Syed Alwi Read at 7.30 p.m. on Mar 15 *The comolainant is
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    CORRUPTION CHARGE
    243 2 Singapore. Tuesday. THE Folic- have been very helpful to me and I have been able to see my client whenever I like. I don't find any difficulty whatsoever," said Mr. T. W. Ong counsel for the defence in a casth which a 29-year-old Straits-born Chinese is charged with
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    TWO MORE STRIKERS CHARGED
    244 2 Singapore, Monday. TWO more Singapore Harbour Board strikers who were alleged !to have made speeches in front ot the Harbour Board Office, were to-day charged before Mr L. C. Goh the fifth magistrate, and sentenced to imprisonment. Au Yen* Y?e. the first accused, was charged with,
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    INQUEST ON VICTIM OF FRACAS
    301 2 Singapore, Monday. CTAGGERING into the Rochore Police Station with head injuries and his right ear almost severed. Seng, a ticket collector employed at a Chinese wayang at the HappC- World, told the police conS in charge that he hadl been assaulted by Malaya soldieis at
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    INQUIRY INTO MEYER FLATS TRAGEDY
    295 2 Singapore. Tuesday. f r HE tragic discovery uf Mr. Harvey who was found dead on the gioiuui below his apartment on the second floor ot the Meyer Flats. Katong on the morning of Mar. 14 was related to the Singapore coroner. Mr. W. (i. Porter
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    34 2 The annual conference of the Malayan Veterinary Association will be held at the Anderson School Hall. Ipoh, from Friday, Mar. 22 to Monday, Mar. 25 and not at the Town Hall as previously announced.
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    CHINESE DISCHARGED
    70 2 I (From Our Own Correspondent) Muar, Monday. CR CHENG, a young Chinese who was charged with the theft of seven pieces of sheet rubber valued at 75 cents belonging to Slnniah, was again produced be/ore Sheikh Abu Baker Furs trate. this morning when Court i to Yusof bin
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    SINGAPORE TO HAVE SAILORS' LIBRARY
    381 3 BRANCH of the Sea War Libra m A pore. b 3l y Service has been formed in Singae are "J* C-TlTi^ Empire's rea-borne traae. rvice be sent to pcrL amen passin trough the 'b^ausp!ce Thi m conduc *<* under md v 11 bp'in Mlssions t0
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    Clan Fight Described In Court
    254 3 Singapore, Tuesday. 4 CLAN fight resulting from a woman of one clan being jilted by her husband who belong l another clan had a sequel in the I'm!lce Court yesterday morn* when nine Chinese appeared Mr H. Watson on a charge of took place at
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    WOMAN FOILS DAYLIGHT SNATCH
    214 3 iFrcm Our Own Reporter) Penang. Monday. A DARING daylight attempt to snatch rt away a gold chain, worth about from the neck of a Tamil Christian woman occurred at noon on Saist in front of the Penang Association in Anson Road, woman. Mrs. G. P. Solomon,
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    OLD PEOPLE ENTERTAINED
    37 3 Miss Aw Cheng Sin. daughter of Mr. Aw Boon Hwa. at the luncheon which her lather gave to old p?ople of the Convent of th<> Little Sisters of the Poor at Thompson Read yesterday.
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    HUSBAND & WIFE TO PAY COMPENSATION
    259 3 HUSBAND WIFE TO PAY COMPENSATION (1'roin Out Own Importer) Penang, Monday. ,r pHERE is no doubt in my mind that Goh Ah Oh is a most quarelsome woman, and that she should be severely dealt with. I think in this case it is better for me to order compensation," said
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    TRIED TO SWALLOW GLASS CHIPS
    118 3 (Fioni Our Own Correspondent) Malacca. Monday. A CASE of attempted suicide by an unusual means was mentioned In the Policy Court before Mr. J. G. Rappoport on Mcnday when Annaletchmy, 18-year-old Tamil woman, pleaded guilty to a charge of attempting suicide. Inspector Yusof, who pros:cuted.
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    WOMAN ARRESTED IN POLICE RAID ON FLAT
    449 3 A VIVID description of what he saw in the various rooms of a nat when he paid it a surprise visit was told to the Third Police magistrate yesterday by a police officer attached to the Anti-Vice Branch. The case was one in
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    ALMANAC SOLD TO AID FUNDS
    142 3 RECENTLY published in aid of both the Malaya Patriotic Fund and the China Relief Fund, the Almanac of Malaya contains information both valuable and interesting to the public Names of importance in the various >tates in the country, the population cf the states divided into
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    19 3 Mr. B. F. O. keshoot and Mr R. F. Mallard Assistant Superintendents, Malayan Police Service, have been promoted Superintendents.
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    CHINESE TO PROTEST AGAINST INCOME TAX
    283 3 Special Committee Meets To-day (Tribune Staff Reporter) JHE special committee appointed by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce to make a further study of the income fax question is meeting to-day to frame its report to the Chamber. The Tribune understands reliably that the views
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    Methodist Mission Offices
    45 3 The gen?ral clfices of the Methodist Mission ar? new located at 48 Canning Pcad, Singapore. These include the office of the treasurer, the teachers' provident fund, the book rocm, the Committee on Christian Literature, Malaysia Message and Methodist Commission on Religious Education.
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    Improvement Trust Before Rent Board
    106 4 Singapore, Monday. On the grounds that 17 of their tenants at their flats at Banda Stieet were of undesirable character and had been using the premises for purposes for which they were not meant, the Singapore Improvement Trust applied to tne Rent Assessment Board for
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    SOBBING CHINESE GETS THREE YEARS IN GAOL
    650 4 Had Instruments For Counterfeiting Singapore, Monday. ELECTING to say nothing in his defence when the case for the prosecution closed Teh ijecK Choon, a middle-aged Chinese, sobbed loudly when the: Hon. Mr. Justice Manning concurred With the gu lty vermct brought against him
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    Caxton Hall Injured Man's Son At Ipoh
    128 4 (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh, Monday. r|NE of those injured in the shooting incident at Caxton Hall, London, last Wednesday when Sir Michael O'Dwyer, ex-Punjab Lieut. Governor, was killed and three others injured, including Lord Zetland, Secretary for India, was Sir Louis Dane,
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    "ALMOST A HONEYMOON"
    195 4 fONSIDERABLE interest was aroused by the announcement made at the Fifth Smoking Concert, given by the Airmen's Club, Tanjong Rhu Road, last Sunday, of the forthcoming production of Walter Ellis's famous three-act farce, -Almost a Honeymoon," on Mar. 28 and 29. Th* Dlav is to be presented
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    MALAYANS IN LONDON
    285 4  -  FROM H. L. HOPKIN By Air Mail London, Mar. 12. t m *i Mr W Penrice, of Mansfield V? f£o other day just arrived from and Co the other■ aay. j acquaint ance Singapore and making ms auju with wartime London. He aerial Airways flying boat to
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    Student Motorist Knocks Down Old Man, Fined
    359 4 (From Our Own Importer) Ipoh, Monday. I fathpr's old car in th e compound of A ,-TKU todme wh<> j t left his house, mrifViont his parent's permission in order to school took the car ou w come to visit him and while
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    Radio Talk On Hitler
    64 4 "The Ris° of Hitler" was the theme of the second of the two talks by Professor W. E. Dyer, cf Raffles College, undT the title "From Bismarck to Hitler given from th- 8.M.8.C. station. Singapore, last night. The first talk had traced Germany's history from the
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    MALAY WOMAN SLIPPED INTO RIVER, DIED
    128 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) Sungei Paiani, Monday. tears to her eyes, an elderly <v woman named Jam related coroner, Tuan Syed Hussain [lulail, how her 22-year-old unried daughter, Embon binti Darus, wned in the Sungei Muda at Lima. Tikam Batu. Owing lorn spell of
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    21 5 untitled Kelana Java Petra. untitled a party of about thirty from Klang are attending the lon of His Highness the Sultan
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    BRITISH, FRENCH COLONIES MUST CO-OPERATE
    156 5 London, Mar. 18. DEFERRING to con vernations in Paris between Mr. Mac Donald and M. Mandel, British and French Colonies Ministers respectively. The Times says editorially:— The co-operation between Great Britain and France involves as a matter of course co-operation between the B itish and
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    GOVERNORS OF S.S. AND INDO-CHINA TO CONFER
    451 5 REGULAR CONTACT DURING THE WAR REGULAR conferences between the Governor of the Straits Settlements and the Governor-General of Indo-China are to be held, at least for the duration of the war, as a result of cooperation measures reached by the British and French
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    POLICE BAND PROGRAMME
    109 5 THE band of the Straits Settlements Police will perform in public this evening under the direction of Mr. J. C Hitch, at Fairer Park, at 5.30. The lollowin" is the programme: March. "Washington Grays'. Orafulla; Overture, 'Tancredi", Rossini; Selection. •Patience". Sullivan; Valse Medley, •Gems ot GungT". Winter;
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    Major Vernon Very III
    38 5 Reuter. London. Mar. 19. Major Frank Vernon, well known theatrical producer, is suffering lrom pneumonia in a B E F. military hospital, states Reuters special correspondent with the British Expeditionary Force in France Reuter
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    TWO HURT IN THIS CRASH
    27 5 Th. scene after a collision which occurred ft* the junction of Bras Basafi R«aU and Bencoolen on Sunday ftJgtt. Two people were
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    BRIEFS FROM THE COURTS
    189 5 Singapore, Monday. fHARGED with theft of cash $174, a \j purse and 8 letters from the fiveloot wav oi a shop in North Bridge Road W. D. Jeremiah, a 35-year old Eurasian, this morning claimed trial before Mr. A. Watson in the Third Police Court. On
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    Zetland On Caxton Hall Shooting
    216 5 London, liar. i(JLOUD Zetland's attendance at tin House of Lores this afternoon the occasion of congratulatory speeches 'o:n Lord Snell and Lo.d Samuel en his escape C om the serious injury at Caxton Hall meeting on Mar. 11. when S r M O'Dwyer was assassinated.
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    180,000 MILES OF ROADS IN BRITAIN
    106 5 London, Mar. 18. PAYMENTS out ot the national road fund, totalling some £20,000.000 included £4.345.001» for trunk roads and £*****,000 grants to highway authorities for other roads, according to the Road Fund report for th e year ending March 31 1939. published to-day. after
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    Ten Per Cent. Dividend For Teluk Anson
    226 7 THE following are extracts from the report of the directors of the Teluk Arson Rubber Estate Ltd* to be presented at the thirtieth annual general meeting of the members to be held in Singapore, on Friday, Mar/ 29. Th-* profit for the year
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    Good Profit From Hong Fatt Mines
    122 7 THE net profit made by the Hong Fatt A «Sungei Besu LW. during the year ended Dec. 31. as given in the report of the directors of the" company to be presented to the members at the thirteenth annual general meeting of the shareholders
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    MORE OPPOSITION TO INCOME TAX
    74 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban. Monday. At the annual general meeting of the NeVri lenSn Chinese Recreation CoTb Seremban. hold vest"day a rotation was passed reaffirming the loyally o? members to. the BritishrGcWtoftrsw! members were opposed to the impositiU^r o Koh°Lten CTdn moved the resoluJf
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    St. Andrew's Hospitals Show Good Progress
    754 7 THE St. Andrew's Mission Hospital and the St. Andrew's Orthopaedic Hospital have recorded very good progress during the year 1939. Many of the patients who go to the Orthopaedic Hospital come lrom outside Singapore demonstrating that the hospital fills a need long felt not
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    Powers Must Move
    438 8 jyHILE dramatic developments are taking place in European diplomacy—developments which may lead to a new "peace offensive" or a move by Italy in the Balkans but are unlikely to liven up the Western war for the moment— we in Malaya must reserve constant attention for the showdown
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    Hitler And Statin Plan Total War
    735 8 Peace Offensive Bluff TT is extraordinary how little Allied politicians and peoples have learnt about Hitler and his ways, writes the Editor of the Cavalcade, British news-magazine. For seven years he has given them almost daily lessons on his methods and aims. The present
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    SEIZURE OF JAPANESE MAILS AT SINGAPORE
    35 8 Reuter. Tokyo, Mar. 18. THE reported seizure of mails by BriHcv» o„*i, addressed Germany via NaX7w P r„ v Sln g*Pore, 12 mails when tne liner Kf authori «es
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    Britain Leads In Air Raids
    238 8 Reuter. T UI? London, Mar. 18. HE activity of the British Air Force during the present war compares very favourably with that of the C.erman Air Force. This is pointed out by the Manchester Guardian to-day Referring to the death 'of the first British civilian
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    FINNISH REFUGEES FOR AUSTRALIA
    47 8 Reuter. London. Mar. 18. A pl n to settle Fin ni£h immigrant in Australia on a large scale is bein~ considered by the Australian Govern" ment. This was disclosed to-day by Mr Menzies the Prim e Minister, according to a Sydney broadcast.— Reute-
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    Statement On Mail Times
    104 8 Reuter. lIN thp rv,„ London. Mar. 18. IN IHE Commons to-day Cantiin J Waterhouse (assistant PM G t0 a question s aid that times of transmission of mails to Shanghai h-fd varied within somewhat wide 1 Unite n, S "eeks^a f Nort^ SutVnl via times were
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    THE NEWS
    132 8 THERE'S a good deal too much advertisement of the Hitler Mussolini meeting It is good "copy," of course, when the Axis dictators meet for the fir? time since the war began, and .lecture as to what it means is na al. But you would think from some of
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    Fear Of Stalin
    121 8 "pEACE offensive" is the general guess as to the outcome of the talk; but I am not so sure. The real reason for the meetmq may b e that both Hitler and Mussolini are getting worried about Stalin s next moves, which then fear might be intended
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    Attack In West
    102 8 flfY guess is that Mussolini, in the event of the almost certain failure ot new peace suggestions, is expected to create a diversion on his own account. That, it is believed in Berlin, would kill two birds with one stoneKussian domination of the Balkans and the possibility
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    Hard Facts
    204 8 JEVERAL readers, impressed and Perhaps not over-impressed by enthusiastic editorial generalities. n T ve k d me for some FACTS about Malaya's position on the economic front in this war. Here they are from the Department of Informanon r iZ, if; ru °ber and tin. sourop n nf
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    Swiss Ready
    40 9 Saturday's cables reported Geran troop movements from Austria as the Swiss frontier. The >>»t highly efficient Swiss Above is a Swiss r m recent manoeuvres crosslof bridge over a pool The s have unorthodox methods like the Finns.
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    FOREIGN PLANES OVER SWITZERLAND
    22 9 Reuter. Berne. Mar 18 ies twice flew over Swiss tMs morning. Anti-aircraft tato action, and Swiss fighters air—Renter.
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    INDIA REGRETS CAXTON HALL ASSASSINATION
    105 9 Reuter. Ramgarh. Mar 17. A instance of Mr. Gandhi the ress Working Committee adopt- > Union expressing deep regret ath of Sir Michael O'Dwyer and of Lord Zetland and others ling The committee does not attach utical significance to this unact. but nevertheless it wishes
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    Reds Fortify Isthmus
    48 9 Reuter. Stockholm, Mar. 13. MARTIAL law has been declared in Finnish territory occupied by Rus- n troops: The entire Karelian Isthmus and the tory along Lake Ladoga are to be Bed by the Russians and pro'ected Great "Voroshilov Line," named the Red Army chief .—Reuter.
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    POPE RECEIVES MR. SUMNER WELLES
    180 9 While Dictators Talk Rome, Mar. 18. j «rprp talking Mr. Welles was being WHILE Mussolini and Hitler were tamm*,, received in audience by the M Ronsevelt's He was accompanied by Mr. Myron Taylor, Mr. Roosevelt s special envoy to the atican. Mr Welles has now
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    Mein Gamp On Bomber
    58 9 Copenhagen, Mar. 18. THE crew of the German bomber which crashed on the island of Lolland, who were originally believed to have escaped by parachute, have been found and interned. The bomber, when found, had br en partly destroyed by fire, and had a representation of
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    NO PEACE WITH NAZIS IS THE ALLIED POLICY
    133 9 GOVERNMENTS MUST GET ON WITH WAR Reuter. T HE Times in a lead*,- a i London, Mar. IS. which the idea of Tnv ff 2" that the una ™niity with Western demote* peace ff routed in the on Mr. Welles' mind een
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    "Peace Offensive"
    152 9 Reuter. Paris. Mar. 18. t>, v .commentators consider that tnough the announcement of the HitlerMussohni meeting came as a surprise it had been contemplated by Berlin and Rome for some time. Pertinax. in LOrdre. says: "A peace offensive is imminent. II Duce. and behind him the Fuehrer, flatter
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    American Reaction
    128 9 Reuter. Washington, Mar. 18. All political attention is centred on the meeting of Hitler and Mussolini but so far there is nothing to indicate that Mr. Sumner Welles is connected with it. Well informed quarters are inclined to believe that the meeting points rather to a German peace
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    Lasting Peace Needed
    238 9 London, Mar 18 A passage in President Roosevelt's speech on Saturday which ha s attracted special attention here L: that in which he denned the elements cf lasting peace. It cannot be lasting peace, said Mr. Roosevelt, "if th e fruit of it is oppression or starvation
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    Hitler Condemned
    275 9 The Manchester Guardian regards the speech as the most positive and emphatic condemnation of a Hitler peace. "In a few sentences, the President defines the conditions that peace must satisfy, and those conditions are precisely the conditions on which the Allies insist "The President singles out and explains
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    Stalin After Norwegian & Swedish Ports
    60 9 Stalin After Norwegian Swedish Ports Reuter. Stockholm, Mar. 18. Moscow correspondent of the Swedish paper Aftonbladet says that persistent reports in Moscow indicate that the Soviet Union hopes to obtain a long-sought outlet to the north Atlantic by demanding a f lve port on Sweden's west coast. This correspondent believes
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    Why Allies Will Beat Germany
    322 9 Reuter. London, Mar. 18. (Reuters Special Commentary > CCRIPPS HOWARDS syndicated column M summarises an article on foreign pffairs of Professor Brandt, formerly of Berlin University and now of Stanford University. Germany, says Prof. Brandt, is bloc-kade-proof for at least two years if the Piesent
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    RUMANIAN POLICY DEFINED
    90 9 Reuter. Bucharest, Mar. JHE Rumanian Foreign Minister, M. Gafencu, speaking in the Senate yesterday, reaffirmed the Government's intention to pursue a policy of strict neutrality, cultivating good relations on all sides. He said: "Rumania is particularly pleased to have received new evidence of old friendship on the
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    Oil For Germany
    42 9 Reuter. Sofia, Mar. 19. The Bulgarian reaches of the Danube are now ice-free. Ten thousand tons of Rumanian and Soviet oil for Germany, which was recently held up at Varna, is now being transferred for transport to its destination.—Reuter.
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    Trade Treaty With Spain
    63 9 Reuter. Madrid, Mar. 19. AN Anglo-Spanish trade agreement was signed last night. According to a statement issued by the Spanish Foreign Office the agreement, which comes into force immediately, will allcw Spain to acquire raw materials in determined quantities, i;ot only in the United Kingdcm but
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    World Peace Commission
    184 9 Reuter. London, Mar. 18. A WORLD peace commission was suggested in a question in the Commons to-day by Mr. Arthur Woodbum (Labour) who asked the Prime Minister whether the Government was prepared to set up a League Commission at some suitable neutral place to provide for the
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    Island Club Beat Keppel
    128 10 K w ,H E «18, Wuuk (12, Dr. T. Y Chia (20. (8) ft S. R. Burstall (iaf 1 I». Pattison (12) E L WlUlama M4. h V T V*8r*S J 8 V P aubat ll -,8, i 4) 1 4 I vs f) «V U(X
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    POLICE LOSE TO R.A.F. IN DIVISION I GAME
    872 10 GOOD EXHIBITION AT THE STADIUM mo o a in Singapore, Monday. [tih R.A.F. proved too strong for the Police in their First Division League fixture at the Anson Road Stadium this afternoon, when in a game in which they gave a delightful
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    S.R.C. And S.C.C. Draw
    339 10 Singapore, Monday. certain of emerging winners after leading 2—l and having the better of the exchanges in the closing stages of the game, the S.C.C. were deprived of a victory when Outschoorn netted the equaliser for the S.R.C. almost on time in a reserve division league
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    Y.M.C.A. CRICKET
    64 10 The following hav e been selected to play cricket for th e Junior Department against Fort Canning on Wednesday at 2.15 p.m at Tanglin:—Stall Cheng Siang. Lav Heck Chye. Chcong Siew. L. M. Acria. B. Fones. Guan Guan Chye. S. Shirazie. F. L Wona Lee Joh Ming. Au
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    CHARTERED BANK LOSE TO WEARNE'S
    265 10 u/FARTsJir n W t Club 4 Chartered Bank S.C. 0 WEARNE Brothers' Sports Club trounced the Chartered Bank Sports Club yesterday by four goals to nil at the V M C A League PlinCe EdWard R ad in the Business Ho C US e S
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    Pressmen Lose
    218 10 DCold Storage 7; Straits Times 1 ISPLAYING irresistible form, the CoM Storage scored a runaway victory over the Straits Times Press when they met in a Business Houses' League match on th? Harbour Board ground yesterday. Leading three-nil at halftime they finally finished up with a seven-one win.
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    TENNIS KAMIS AND YADI WIN Y.M.C.A DOUBLES TITLE
    60 10 In the V.M.C A. tennis tournament yesterday at Dhoby Ghaut, Kamis and Yadi beat Chua Choon Leong and Chin Kee Onn 7—5. 6—3 in the Men's Open Doubles' Championship final. Dr. Granville de Souza and Mcintosh, —3 beat Capt. Majid and Capt,
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    S.C.C SPRING TENNIS TOURNEY
    107 10 Singapore. Monday. Three ties were decided at the S.C.C Sprint lawn tennis championship which commenced at the S.C.C. courts this evening. The following were the results: Mens open singles: A. D. Anderson beat O S. Fuller 6—3. B—6. W. J. M. Warden be.it X J. Tovey
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    Sports Diary
    46 10 TO-DAY SOCCER: S A F.A. League. Reserve Division. M F A. Res. vs. R. Navy. Stadium; R E. Res. vs. Manchesters Res., Changi; Division II "A," Malaya Signals vs. Pulau Brani. Alexandra; N. Police vs. R.A.F. «Tengah» N. Base. TENNIS: V.M.C.A. and S.C.C tournaments.
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    LEAGUE POINTS FOR CUSTOMS
    369 10 Customs 3; Indian Association o JHE Customs beat the Indian ciation by two goals to nil in a Division 2B league fixture at the Clerical Union ground yesterday The Indians did most of the attai k ing during the first half of the gam." but the
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    UNITEERS WIN IN BUSINESS LEAGUE
    399 10 ¥\r r d tt r Singapore, Monday, a business House League fixture against the A P C on the F. N. ground this evening, the Uniteers, after leading by one goal to nil at the interval and having more of the exchanges, had to be
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    NIBLOCK CUP
    18 10 ooir 1 of ,he Nibioik Cup m the riiprl putt. E Kerr bw,t E on l.„t
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    DUVAL EXPECTED TO DO WELL AT IPOH RACES
    1078 11  -  REVIEW OF PROSPECTS' FOR TO-MORROW (By "Turfite") his laige string of horses and ponies, M. van Breukelen has topped the trainers' list so often that many of us have come to ,_ai (1 him as the safest trainer to follow at almost
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    Weights For Second Day
    199 11 (From Our Own Reportci Ipoh, Monday. THE following are the weights (four events) for the second day of the Perak Turf Club Easter Meeting to be run on Mar. 23:— HORSES, Class 2. Div. I—*tt Furs Sir Meadowman 9.0 Scarlet Tiger 8.13 Emperic 8 10 Beano
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    Seremban Sportsman Killed
    111 11 (From Our Own Reporter) S3remban. Monday. The death occurred yesterday morning at Alcr Gaja as the result of a motor cycle accident of Mr. Loong Kwan Hoe, v well-known local soccer player. It appears that the deceased, who was attached to the Seremban Branch of the Overseas
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    LAD FOOTERS SOCCER
    66 11 The following will be chosen to play for the Lad Footers team against the G.E.C. Sports Cluo in a friendly game of soccer on Wednesday, Mar. 20. at Farrer Park at 5.15 p.m.:—Peng Kons, Ah Bah. Sunn Leng. Julian Law. Kai Teck, K»i Seng. Wong Kai, Chin
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    DISADVANTAGES OF INDIRECT TAXES
    1044 12 What Readers Are Saying (To the Editor of the Malaya Tribune* Sir,—l have read with great interest the views put forward by Mr. C. WardJackson in his address. "Why I oppose income tax in Malaya." Although much has been written about the various means of raising
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    F.M.S. AND INCOME TAX
    603 12 (To the Editor of the Mai aye. Tribune> Sir,—Malaya generally, and the F.M.3. in particular, has never failed to realise its duty and responsibilities in wartime. F.M.S. co-operation was lecently testified in a grant for War purposes of one million sterling for Imperial purposes. While the
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    IMMIGRATION OF SOUTH INDIANS
    271 12 To the Editor of the Malaya Tribune) Sir —The statistics published recently to the Gazette show that immigration ot South Indians Into Malaya his herr seriously curtailed. In t^ e yea- 1939 the number of Bouth Indians w'v. o enleretl Malaya v.as considerably les>- than the
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    Counterfeit Charge At Muar
    317 12 (Ptem Our Own Correspondent) Muar. Monday. PRELIMINARY inquiry into a charge of having boon found to be in possession of counterfeit coins, preferred against Nu Yam, was heard by Sheikh Abu Baker, first magistrate, to-day and at the end of the inquiry N«r Yam was committed
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    CUSTOMS MAN CONVICTED ON DRIVING CHARGE
    67 12 t From Out Own Repoi itr) X lula I.' mpUr, Tuesday. Mr. L. C. Carrell, Assistant S-aperin-tendant of Customs. Port Bwettenham. was yesterday fcund guilty of negligent driving and driving without a license 1 and was fintd $40 on both charges. When drivttg a
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    COFFEE SHOP USED AS BAR
    128 12 (FVom Our Own Correspondent Muar, Monday f accused stocks the liquor in his eof?e j shop and sells it to custom, is The coffee shop is thus used more or less as a bar/ said Inche Abdul Paof bin Aman, Assistant Superintendent of Customs. Preventive
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    FINED FOR HAVING CHANDU DROSS
    119 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) Muar. Monday. I hav l 3 been sick and I bought the reprepared chandu dross for my own consumption." said Tan Ah Chua. when he pleaded guilty to a charge of being found to be in possession of two boons of
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    CHARGE-SHEET AGAINST CONGRESS QUASHED
    307 14 NEHRU SCORES AT UNIVERSITY DEBATE Allahabad, Mar. 12. A DEBATE on the current political problems, in which Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and some university professors took part, was initiated here at the joint annual meeting of the Allahabad University Athenium and Graduates Political Science Club. Dr. Reni
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    SIR C. P.'s BIG RURAL UPLIFT SCHEME
    149 14 Trivandrum, Mar. 9» WITH the object ol promoting rural development a number of autonomous \illage unions analogous to "Panchayats" with non-official majorities are being constituted in Travancore under the Travancore Village Unions Act. It will be cpen to these Unions to attend to
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    Defence Proposal Rejected
    46 14 New Delhi, Mar. 12. The assembly by 43 votes to 22 rejected Sir Raza Ali's cut motion to "discuss the Importance of initiating a decisive policy of training Indians to undertake the defence of the country and of establishing a defence advisory committee."
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    Harijans To Shed All Surnames
    118 14 Bombay. Mar. 9. JHE Harijans of Bombay have decided to shed all vestiges of un touchability so far as they are reflected in their names. Representations were made to the Government of Bombay on behalf of the scheduled classes that they consider it desirable to
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    BENARES TO START COMMERCIAL STUDIES
    67 14 Calcutta. Mar. 8. A scheme for starting a Commerce department in the Benares Hindu University has been prepared. It is learnt that a large denation is available for the purpose from Seth Mathuradas Vassanji Khemji of Bombay. The scheme is coming up for consideration at
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    Kisan Rally Approved
    78 14 Patna. Mar. 7. Mr. Jaiprakash Narain in a statement explains that the anti-compromise conference and th e Kisan rally to be held at Ramgarh on the occasion of the forthcoming Congress session rre "two separate things. He aJdo "tne Wsan rally is being organised by the Bihar
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    Indian Liberals Favour Parliamentary Delegation
    208 14 New De,ni M ar. 8. S Prominent members of the Council 0 f State who belong to the Indian Liberal Party have been trying to arrange an invitation for the proposed Parliamentary delegation to India. It appears their proposal was that the Indian branch of
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    CONGRESSMEN WANT TO ATTEND ASSEMBLY
    85 14 New Delhi, Mar. 12 The Congress Assembly Party has authorised its Lea:'?r, Mr. Bhulabhai Desai tD convey whenever he considers desirar.e the general view or the Party to the Congress Working Committer that they should be allowed to attend the session v th a view
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    FEDERAL COURT MUST REPLACE PRIVY COUNCIL
    145 14 Madras. Mar. 8. THE question Of investing the Federal Court of Ind;a with civil appellate jurisdiction now exercised by the Privy Ccunei; was considered by the Madras Bar Council at a meeting under the chairmanship of its president Mr. Alladi Krishnaswami Aiyar. Advocate-General. The
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    TRAVANCORE DEBT RELIEF PROPOSALS
    91 14 Tar andrum. Mar. 7. •THE three days of informa: debate or -he Debt Relief problem in the joint silting of the two Houses of the Travmcjre Legislature in which nearH fifty members r enicipatod. concluded to-day. The Dewan President, winding up t'.e discussions, said thai, it
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    JAIPRAKASH NARAIN ARRESTED
    40 14 /smsftstffft v Jaiprakash v lfl rai secretary Iniia CoHgrsst Socit who wot arrested 1 ycsUrdui/ under th' India Rules in cct a speech delivered at theipur, teas trough morning from Patna been taken to Chaibi his trial.
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    Indian News In Brief
    186 14 Mr. Mokshagundam K: nephew of Sir M. Visweswarayva prominent lawyer, was founc dead Mar. 5 on the Hindupur Load Ba a mangled body which was discovered? the pclice lying on th? rood abo miles from Bangalore was later as that of the lav Sj. Subhas Chandra
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    CONGRESS PRESIDENT'S APPEAL TO NATIONS
    187 14 Allahabad. .Mar. 12. HPHF A.I.C.C. office has released to the Press the following n age sent to the "News Chronicle," London by Mau ana Kalam Azad. President-elect of the Ramgarh session of the 1 gfresa:— "We beli;v e that the world will appreciate our position
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    MR. SATYAMURTI INTERVIEWS THE VICEROY
    77 14 New Delhi. Mar 2 l MR. Satyainurti had an inter the Viceroy to-day. S heing attached t 0 this interview since Mr. Satyamurti has often liberal tendencies in the past. In tad Congress circles geneial'y take hnn a Conctitutionalist in the Congress told It is
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    New War Loan Over-Subscribed: Chancellor's Statement Of Policy
    253 15 Market Reports Reuter. London, Mar. 18. Simon, Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced this after- „>!, thai the £300 million war loan at per cent., which was asl week, has been over-subscribed. investors are to receive all the loan for which they apil
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    Stabilising War Finance
    104 15 Reuter. T___ London, Mar. 18. HE new minimum prices ot British Government securities announced to-day caused a surprise in Stock Exchange circles, but it Is generally recognised that they are long overdue. The new prices are considered to be a step towards stabilising war finance on a
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    Singapore Market Generally Quiet
    300 15 (From Our Financial Coriespondent) Singapore. Tuesday. HOx\'G FATTS improved bttghUy yesterday to SI .30. The balance Sheet up to Dec. 31. 1939. to hand this morning snows that the profits ere being distributed up to the hit. Apart from a lew Chin Chine, then was iittlr
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    269 15 LONDON TIN London. Monday. Official Piice> £248 Buyers £2482 Sellers Pure' £246 Buyers £246 1 2 Sellers LONDON RUBBER London. Monday. Buyers Steady 11 116 113 16 •aid' April 11 116 11 a.ad' May 11 UVi Forward) June 11 II 1 LONDON SHARE LIST London. Monday. 66
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    FRASER & CO.'S SHARE REPORT
    902 15 FRASER CO.'S SHARE REPORT Singapore, March, 18. MINIM li Buyers Sellers Ampat Tin 5|- 5J6 Austral Amal 5 9 6 3xd Ayer Hit ant 22 0 25-cd Ayer W( i 0 .60 0 70cd A—Hal Malay 35 37 Bnngrln 21 9 22 9 BatQ Selangor 1 50 1.55 Berjuntai 10
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    MID-DAY PRICES
    21 15 Singapore, Tuesday. Prices or tin and rubber in Singapore at noon fodav were:— RUBBER Buyers: 37%; Setters: :;7- TIN
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    HITLER'S TALK WITH IL DUCE
    495 16 Alleged Agreement On Peace Terms JOINT MOVE IN THE BALKANS RUMOURED Reuter. London, Mar. 19. OFFICIAL communiques issued both in Rome and Berlin after yesterday's meeting between Mussolini and Hitler at Brenner Station, which lasted two hours and 50 minutes, give no information in regard
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    Hitler's Demands From Allies
    151 16 Amsterdam, Mar 1" Trustworthy information abuu; the purpose of the Hitler-Mussolii 1 talks is still lacking in Berlin. Renter learns that Nazi cireh Berlin insist that to-day means turning point in European hisior. that it is a death-blov/ to thi h of thoje who hav e
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    LABOUR FLAYS CONTROL OF SHIPPING INDUSTRY
    661 16 Demands More Rapid Use Of Dock Resources Reuter. London, Mar. 19. Minister of Shipping paid a tribute in the House of Commons yesterday to the wonderful spirit in which the men of the mercantile marine were responding to calls upon them in spite of
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    FATAL FALL OF GENERAL
    51 16 Reuter. London. .Mar. 1" LIEUTENANT-GENERAL Aylener HwittT-Wesion, aged 76. was killed instautan ously when he fell to-dm 11 wn a 50-foot turret at his hou-e i l Wesi Kilbride. He was in the habit of climbing the turret for exercise ami t» see the Firth of
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