Malaya Tribune, 8 April 1940

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    21 1 The Malaya Tribune VOL. XXVII- No. 84. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, APRIL 8 1940 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune Monday. April s, 1940.
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    ALLIES TAKE INITIATIVE THIS WEEK
    834 1 PARLEY OF ENVOYS ON THROTTLE PLAN *6WfcIPLOMATIC and economic offensive is the If Reuter description of th< new Allied wai policy which is being worked out in conferences bet wee n Heme Ministers and envoys from neutral capitals in London and Paris. is generally assume;!
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    RIBBENTROP MOVES
    89 1 Reuter. London, Apr. 8. Ai I < >RI)ING to the Paris radio the Swedish and S rwegian envoys in Berlin calk d to the German, f ign Ottice by Yon Ribbentrop, Nazi Foreign ster, yesterday afternoon. The discussion lasted an hour.—Reuter. London. Apr. Sofia. Apr. 8. Landwehr, Director
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    29 1 His Majesty the King has approved intment of Vice-Admiral Sir Blake to be a Lord Commisthe Admiralty and additional assistant ol the Naval Staff from Apr. I British Wireless.
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    SOVIET-JAPAN DEADLOCK
    356 1 Reuter. Tokyo, Apr. 7. The new Japanese-sponsored Government under Wang Ching Hi, as one of its first acts. will ilt t !ir that all treaties and contracts concluded between Chiang -hek's Government and the powers are invalid from Mar. 30, which ua s the date when the new
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    Youths Stone Handspinning Congressites
    70 1 Reuter. Calcutta, April 8. CEVEN people were injured here when orthodox Congress workers, giving demonstration in handspinning, were pelted with stones by a number of young men. The assailants shouted "down with Gandhism"* and various other slogans in favour of Subhas Chandra Bose. The demonstration which
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    Historian Dies
    35 1 The late Major General wa.s M-.'-- r Coriespondent of the Daily feiegrapn. He wrote a book, "The Whispering oakery Of Europe.' DI'Vlll (>.!• "MI.M t of Central Aim.im I il t"-" I Reuter. Reuter.
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    German Ship Slips Away
    79 1 Reuter. Belgrade, Apr. 8. THE German freighter Ankara with a cargo cf bauxite destined for Trieste, slipped out of Dubrovnik harbour last night. Yugoslav harbour authorities were unaware that the ship intended sailing and do not know whether a pilot is aboard. It is believed, however,
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    U.S. PRODUCES 17,500 PLANES ANNUALLY
    58 1 Reuter. New York, Apr. 8. MR. Louis Johnson, Assistant War Secretary, declared foreign missions now in the United States were prepared, according to present indications tto order over a thousand million dollars worth of aviation products. He added that the capacity of the aircraft indus.ty
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    STOP PRESS
    65 1 Reuter. Chungking, Apr. 8. Chinese troops in North-West Shansi, after recapturing Linghsiens, attacked Fangshan on the night ot Mar 29 and completely occupied the city the next day, according to Chinese despatches.—Reuter. Chungking, Apr 8. In an appeal addressed to Catholics in Nanking, bishop Yupin urges them to
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    Royal Baby
    72 1 QUEEN FARIDA OF EGYPT who has given birth to a daughter, according to a Reuter radio message. The marriage of the 17-year-old Khig Farov.k to the fourteen year oU Mademoiselle Farida Xanem Zulficar took place on Jan. 20. 1938. She is the daughter of an Alexandria judge and
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    GERMAN CLAIM
    112 1 Reuter. London, Apr. 8. THE official German News Agency states 1 that 24 British bombers of the VickersWellineton type were attacked a hundred mues northof Sylt Island by German nehter planes. The report claims that iwo British planes were brought down and the others forced to fly westw-ard.
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    Chinese Consul For Penang
    81 2 Penang Saturday. MX. Yen Te-Ming, newly appointed Chinese Consul in Penang, In place of Mr. Huang Yen-kai. who has been asked to report at Chungking prior to taking up a new appointment, is expected to arrive here within the next few days. The Penang China Distress
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    Graduates Entertain Friends
    124 2 Singapore, Sunday. KELIGHTFUL informality helped U v m..ke the finuier Riven by the lat est batch of graduates of the Colleg* of Medicine, Singapore, to ove r 10 persons. Including doctors and the. wives, senior students and friends the Great World last night, one of th most
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    MALAYA PATRIOTIC FUND
    269 2 D°s)lo2.r!lS^ S PrCVloUsly acknowledged Mr C K. Tanpr $200. Singapore MuScal Sor%£ S?'*J? mIW of tho Swimming Club for the month of February 1940 1258 68 I™°*? K Sisters of General Hospital OS'porA $200. Members of the Straits Settlements iSingapore) Association $547.50. B. A. B. Ballard. |S
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    F.M.S. RAILWAY CLERICAL SCHEME TO BE REVISED
    441 2 MEMORIAL OF 1938 REPLIED TO IN 1940 THOUSANDS WILL BE AFFECTED (Tribune Staff Reporter) RAILWAY clerks, of which there are a large number in K A i. 0 In a revision of the Railway Singapore, wil be affected dya d Clerical Scheme which
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    MR. W.J. WARIN
    63 2 Mr. W. J Warm is arriving from Cameron Highlands on Apr. 15 to take up residence in Singapore and resume the direction of Warm Publicity Services Ltd. during the absence of Mr R. T. O. Lammert, who. accompanied y his wife, is leaving shortly by Quantas Air
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    18 2 Inche Hashim bin Maridan, Probationary Assistant Commissioner of Police, Johore state, ha s bern confirmed in the rank.
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    CYCLISTS WHO CHALLENGE THE LAW
    93 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) Muar, Sunday. RGAO users along Jalan Salleh in Muar are challenging the law, according to a Muar magistrate. "Jalan Sallch is the worst road in Muar and this kind of offence must be stopped," he said. "The 'MTence is becoming common
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    MUAR PLAYERS STAGE SUCCESSFUL PLAY
    354 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) Muar, Sunday. three act comedy, "Hay Fever," staged by the Muar Players in I of the Malaya Patriotic Fund at the Government English ,lall hst ni *ht drew a full house whose appreciation of the as shown by the repeated applause.
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    ST. JOHN AMBULANCE
    37 2 All iadies arc invited to attend a course of lectures in First Aid conducted by Mr. R. WaUdngshaw F R C.S. every Monday at 5.30 p.m. in the Nurses' Hostel. General Hospital, Jchore Eahru.
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    18 2 Mr W. J. B. Johnson. Canning Officer, Malayan Agricultural Service, has returned from leave and has joined uuty.
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    Flying Club Hold Landing Competition
    204 2 Singapore, Sunday. WITH a total error of only 16 yards Mr. Keeley won the landing competition for junior members at the Royal Singapore Flying Club to-day. Mr. Embereon was second with an error of 23 yards and Mrs. J. M. Allen, one of two lady
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    Bride From 'Down Under' Arrives
    170 2 ||ISS Joan Valeric Drury, who had come all the way from Sydney to I)' 1 married to Mr. Elliott IfcKee. Managing Director of the Goodrich Co., Ltd.. "sometime this week," showed a charming impatience when faced with Immigration red tape. With her fiancee so near
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    Perak Flying Club Has Woman Instructor
    283 2 jpOR the first time in the history of th e Perak Flying Club, of its members, including a woman member, have qualify honorary instructors. They are now contributing much i< raising the standard of local flying and promoting interest in a The Hon. Mr.
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    SEVEN WIDOWS TO SHARE ESTATE
    162 2 Ipoh, Sunday. much litigation, the case of the "seven widows" of Yap Swee, deceased miner of Menglembu, was brought to a close at Ipoh, when a full Court of Appeal set aside the decision of the Hon. Mr. Justice .Murray Aynsley. who gave judgment in
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    THEY GOT THE BIRD
    93 2 ftLEVER thieves visited the residential quarter of Holland Park district last night and stole twenty head of poultry from a private house. Birds stolen included white ducks and Rhcd.; Island reds and 80 dollars worth of them were taken. The thieves made a getaway in spite
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    36 2 Mr. Gruilo Attias, of the Raffles Hotel, points out that he is not the bar tender of Raffles Hotel, as was stated in an article published in the Sunday Tribune. Mr. Attias is chief grill steward
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    EIGHT INJURED WHEN BUS OVERTURNS
    148 2 Singapore, Monday. piGKT people were injured yesterday afternoon, three of them Tamils and five Chinese, when a "mosquito" bus in which they were travelling overturned and passengers and conductor were thrown onto the road. The driver escaped uninjured. "There was a bus ahead of me
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    DEATH FOILED BY SECONDS
    73 2 Taiping, Ifottd TIE AT H 'icai foiled by at Taiping yesterday. As he raised his knife to his former employer to the heart a dismissed coolie dropped to the ground overcome by which he had taken jus; fore attempting to kill the who had sacked him.
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    Wives And Dependents Get New Allowances
    344 2 THANGES in allowances for dependents, other than wives and children, have been announced for men serving in the Forces during the war. Although issued by the Secretary of State for War, these changes apply also to men serving in the Navy, Royal Marines, and
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    LOCAL MEN TO BE TRAINED AS PRIESTS
    190 3 (TRIBUNE STAFF REPORTER) »R LN EUROPE IS GOING TO HAVE A TREMENDOUS FECT ON CATHOLICS IN MALAYA. ACCORDING TO ADRAIN DEVALS, BISHOP OF MALACCA. For tue next few years, he said in a sermon on Sunday, no new priests j would be arriving
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    HEAT WAVE HOLIDAYS IN BANGKOK
    78 3 I i mil Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok. Sunday. ,01 Premier has decided that 1 wing to the extreme heat ervice hours, except for the ustoms and Railways, will at 7.30 am. daily and al 12 W, effective from t©tde ami hill stations in vi and
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    10 3 untitled probationary police Johore Service has tinned in the rank.
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    Broke Customers Nose: Fineds $15
    91 3 A Vol NG Chinese coffee shop assistant broke the nose of a customer and had to pay $15 as a result. The incident was at a High Street sofTee shop, and charged with causing grievous hurt, before Third Magistrate H. Watson, the shop assistant admitted
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    CASHIER ALLEGED TO HAVE FAKED A HOLD UP
    267 3 Wanted 'Big Money' Witness Says Singapore, Monday. BECAUSE he was in financial difficulties and because he wanted to 11 send his family to India, a Singhalese responsible position in a local hotel, is alleged to have police that hotel takings, in hia
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    35 3 Observers untitled that the scope of the a counter-demonstration agwnst American manoeuvres In the ractnc as R -itisii and French concentrations well as Britisn ana rreuwivw of fleets in the Far Fast Chinese central News
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    AUDACIOUS BURGLAR GAOLED
    268 3 Penang. S inw*. 4*ELLING a 3 rvant in Mr- Sydney A Smith's house that he had sent to repair the chicks. < -r Wong, took away one of the *WB and also a shark-skin dinner iac 1 A tprtnlght before stealing the i?ve jacket Chong Tin Wong
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    27 3 The promotion of Lieut A J G Crosse, M.C., Johore Volunteer neers. to the rank of appointment as Second in comma Johore Volunteer Engineers, tun own approved.
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    "DIAMONDS AND GEMS ARE KEPT IN SAFES"
    301 3 Singapore, Monday, ANSWERING criticism* thai the Chinese did nol treat their folk fairly, Dr. Urn Koon Ken,, in an rite* on -vhmese C.v to* tion" to the Una Vu Association on Saturday, declared that hme* women had mon rights than their sisters anywhere.
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    Ruinous Seale Of Taxation
    440 6 IT is pointed out to us that Europeans who acquire wealth in this country and settle at Home have to make provision for a scale of death duties similar to that which Asiatics in Malaya will have to meet under the new war taxation just passed.
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    ALLIES' ATTITUDE TO SWEDEN AND NORWAY
    193 6 Reuter. Stockholm, Apr. 6. gWEDEN will reply in due course to the Allied notes, although no specific request was made for a reply, Reuter learns. Sweden and Norway may first exchange views, or Norway may await Sweden's answer before replying herself. Authoritative quarters state
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    30 Villages Destroyed By Floods
    90 6 Reuter. Ankara, Apr. 6. THIRTY villages in Amasia district have been completely destroyed by flood. No lives have been iost but material damage very great and over 20.000 people are homeless. Hundreds of cattle perished, over 37.000 acres of cultivated land wholly submerged and crops
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    314,430 MEN REGISTERED YESTERDAY
    29 6 Reuter. London. Apr. 7. The Ministry of Labour announces that men aged 25 who were registered to-day under the National Service Act totaled 314.430 Reuter.
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    NKANA SHOOTING INCIDENT
    93 6 Reuter. Nkana, Apr. 7. TiROOPS fired on strikers in Nkana on Apr. 3, killing 16 and wounding 72. If the strikers who had been worked up to a frenzy had gained admission to the compound and building all in them would have been killed, declared Captain R.
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    EXCHANGE OF CIVILIAN PRISONERS
    40 6 Reuter. j Geneva, Apr. 7. AX immediate exchange of civilian prisoners held in France and I Germany will be effected as the result of Franco-German accord arranged by the International Red Cross committee in Geneva.—Reui ter.
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    CHINA LEADERS DENOUNCE WANG
    41 6 Reuter. Chungking, Apr. 7. HfOST of China's leading military leaders at the front and provincial governors have publicly denounced the new Japanese-sponsored Government at Nanking, under Wang Ching Wei. and reaffirmed loyalty to Chiang Kai Shek. —Reuter.
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    First Spitfire Pilot Shot Down Tells Graphic Tale
    338 6 Reuter. London, Apr. 7. XHE pilot of the first Spitfire brought down defending the British coasts on April 3, after three days in hospital, told the story to-night of how he was trapped in the rapidly sinking machine. He was attacked by
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    JAPAN FIRM FOR WANG
    82 6 Reuter. Tokyo, Apr. 6. JAPAN'S unshakeable determin- ation to support Wang Ching Wei's Government, whatever the attitude foreign powers adopted towards it), was emphasised by Mr. Arita at a farewell ceremony to General Abe. Mr. Arita declared no more gross miscalculation of the actual situation could
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    First Blind Flight By Bomber
    60 6 Reuter. Langleyfield (Virginia), Apr. 7. j J*HE first totally "blind" flight in the history of aviation was comi pleted when a 22 \<> ton bomber landed here after a flight from Mitchellfield, New York. j The pilot took off, flew, and landed entirely by means
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    THE NEWS
    112 6 ACCORDING to the cable and radio repoi week may see a turning poii the war. There may be some dra events, but we need not exj thing very startling, such attack in the West or a n offensive, for the time bein Germany is likely to mal first
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    Petty Spite
    77 6 ATTACKING lighthouses is a petty and spiteful Nazi reply to the extension of the Allied blockade. This, with the bitter propaganda now pouring forth from Goebbels/ lie factory, is a confession of weakness, if not impotence. How can the bombing and ma-chine-gunning of lighthouses aid the German war
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    No Loophole
    94 6 THE Nazis are realism" the extent of the Allied determination There is no loophole for them, such as they imagined there m be during the visit of Mr. Summer Welles to Europe. No peace plan is coming from Washington or the Vatican. They have to face a fight
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    German Morale
    139 6 THAT is where the Nazis have guessed wrong all along. Th have assumed that because Britain avoided war as long as she could there is no real will for it now that it is here. But the strength of will and calm morale of the British and French
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    Must Be Hurt
    76 6 ALTHOUGH Hitler has talked seven years' war if neces no ordinary German believes is possible. The Nazis continu set up a whispering campaign the war will be short becan ot "serious differences in the A camp and the growing desin influential sections for pea If the German
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    H. G. WELLS Puts The Clauses In Order
    1326 7 Continuing THE RIGHTS OF MAN debate.. wf *%Jt T nas Deen impelled to intervene again /~f FjM v# wilh the following article, by the large and provocative discussion on 5 lie Declaration of The Rights of Man. Without assuming finality or discouraging
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    FRENCH PREMIER'S SURVEY
    36 7 Reuter. Paris. Apr. 7. M. REYNAUD. Premier, began his survey of the South and SouthEastern Europe when he received M. Pcncent. Ambassador to Rome, II Erugere, Minister in Belgrade, and General Weygand. —Reuter.
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    RICH COLD VEIN FOUND IN CHINA
    38 7 Reuter. snangnai, Apr. <. RICH gold veins have been discovered by engineers working for the Ministry of Economic Affairs in the Paiyu district in Sikong Province, according to the Shanghai Chinese Press. —Reuter.
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    Memorial Mass
    77 7 Just, cut of Westminister Ho«P tta whrre he had been under treatment for a compound iraitui {i e forearm, Sh Leu Mane, Xt ar-oM former Lieutenant-Governor ot the I'un.jab. attended a mcmcria! mass for Sir Michai O'Dwyer :»t BromP" ton Oratory, London. Sir Michael, who was also a
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    U.S. SOCIALISTS AGAINST WAR
    77 7 Reuter. Washington, Apr. f. THE United States Socialist Party i annual convention overwhelmingly adopted a -keep out of the war" resolution, vigorously condemning any form of American assistance in the European hostilities The resolution was adopted in the face of protest from a minority group which
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    BRITAIN AND THE MEXICAN OIL DISPUTE
    61 7 Reuter. New York. Apr. 7. LORD Lothian called on 111. Cordell Hull yesterday regarding the Mexican oil dispute. Details of the conversation are not dbclosed but the Herald Tribune says British interest in the latest American move led to the conclusion that British and
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    NAZI PLANES ATTACK BRITISH LIGHTHOUSES
    72 7 Reuter. London, Apr. 7. IT was disclosed to-night that 1 German aeroplanes have made their first attack on British lighthouses. Raiders returning from their unsuccessful attack on Scapa Flow on April 4, machinegunned Duncansby Head and Stroma Lighthouses on north-east coast of Scotland. The keepers
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    Anglo-Dutch Trade Pact
    134 7 Reuter. Amsterdam, Apr. 8. THE Anglo-Dutch trade agreement is regarded here as a measure for stabUising the existing situation. The arrangement is being put into force by two Royal decrees. The first decree names the various goods the importation of which is forbidden unless a licence is
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    JAPANESE PLAN HUGE ARMAMENT PROGRAMME
    127 7 3,720 Million Yen To Be Spent Reuter. TOKYO, APR. 7. THE JAPANESE WAR OFFICE IS TO UNDERGO LARGESCALE REORGANISATION IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE INAUGURATION OF A NEW HUGE ARMAMENT PROGRAMME WHICH IS EXPECTED TO MAKE JAPAN SUCH A GREAT ARMED DOMAIN THAT NO OUTSIDE POWER
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    STRONGEST U.S. WEAPON—HER WAR INDUSTRY
    101 7 Reuter. New York, Apr. f>. "IF we ever face another war 1 our most effective weapon of defence will be ihe ability 0 f American industry to supply munitions and equipment." declared Mr Louis Johnson, Assist, ant War Secretary to-day. He added that hi Wite
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    BRITISH REDS SHOUT AT FRENCH EMBASSY
    57 7 Reuter. London, Apr. 7 A strong force wai to a roll flo onimunists outside t£mn«h en..,-- to-day The „c? tn e re i hul gone there to preslm a Ration f J-test Gainst the imprisonment of F rench againsi tne lies follow ing a
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    SPLIT IN N. Z. LABOUR PARTY
    43 7 Reuter. I Wellington, Apr 7 Mr W E Barnard, Speaker of the Mr. w. j ~,t iit ives, ha.s rexbm»H House ot dec iarin k M v from the Labour no confidence Ui the pie*** leadership. —Reuter.
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    Saturday's Race Results
    97 8 Ilosults »f Saturday's races at Bukit Timah, Singapore: 1: lil.l K RIBBON $37 Le Touquet $15 Spear of Sarawak S23 Kate 2: ESQUIRE S27 Grofmo S13 Nutcracker S9 Hue 3: STRATHMORE Sub Ml. Aerial Post $18 Squeeze Sll Race PLAYBOY S16 Sll Turn Over $11 Scarlet Tiser
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    FAST CENTURY BY A. LIM
    244 8 I f\ the weather which caused I he cricket fixtures to be! he Government Printing j beat the Coronation l <runs. I m contributed a splendid 101, hitting two sixes and in bowler he did equally w II ir of his opponents' wickets lit runs.
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    SIONG BOO WIN TABLE TENNIS
    176 8 IN friendly game of table tennis I played at the Chinese Clerks' Association premises, the Siong 800 Association beat the Chinese Clerks' Association by seven games to two. The following were the results «Siong 800 players mentioned fir.st I Singles: Loh Kum Soon beat Sim
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    S.C.R.C. GENERAL MEETING
    26 8 The annua- general meeting of the s.c.R.c. will be held on Thursday, at 5 3Ci p.m. at the Club House. Hon" Lim Green.
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    S.C.R.C. Soccer
    52 8 The following will represent S.C.R.C. against R.A.M.C. at their ground at 5.15 p.m. to-Lay:— Tan Huck Wan. John Then. Wee Teck Ben;'. Swee Lim Swan Cng Swee Keng, K. T. Ooi. Gan Kee Siang. Lew Huck Yang. Alex Tan. Un Hon KUn, Yap Mook Kin:. Patrick Yoc, Cheong
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    WHITEING BOWLS, BATS WELL FOR ARMY SIDE
    377 8 NAVY AND R.A.F. LOSE AT CRICKET Singapore, Sunday. figured prominently in the cricket match between the Army against a combined team from the R.N. and the R.A.F. at the Singapore Cricket Club to-day. The Army swamped their opponents by 147 runs, and two
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    S.C.C. TIES FOR THE WEEK
    85 8 FURTHER ties In the S.C.C. lawn tennis tournament arc as follows: TO-DAY Mixed Doubles: Capt. and Mrs D. c. KustelKßoberts vs. Miss Dim and J. (i. Housten, TO-MORROW Championship Singles (to finish): W. J. M. Warden vs. D. c. L Anderson Ladies Doubles: Mr Carslaw
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    Handicaps For Second Day's Races
    349 8 the following ore weights and caps for the second day of 0., Singapore Summer meetings HORSES. Class 3. Div. I, 5' fars Solar Time Old Cow Alba Perak (late Cat's Cradle) Hazy Strings Santo Anita Antrum Edna Star 8 7 St Marcel g 5 Cambalong
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      490 9 m I I A. -P PI'- —--9 I I \^^^k I an apprentice for Radio v Box No. 779, c o Malaya mgapore. (109-Dk ANT STOREKEEPER, Security lerienced invoice clerktypist dge of bookkeeping. Apply Malaya Tribune, Singapore. (103-D). i long established British lerienced shorthand typist, ne vvell versed with EnginerMust
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      556 9 EDUCATED and attractive young Chinese lady desires work as private dance companion. Terms reasonable. Engagement work nightly or longer period. Box 780, c,o Maiaya Tribune, bingapore. (114-D). YOUNG INDIAN Christian 21 years old, seeks position as Junior Clerk. Knowledge of Book-keeping and Typewriting. Holds Excellent Testimonials. Expects reasonable low salary
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      519 9 Educational MR 001 CHYE HOCICofTI Kirn Keat Lamr recently taught European boys and girls at Seletar, now is n n lo r r engagement as a coach or x ei n 1 Three generations headed the Wat in the top forms. (2) Three BenerattoM passed the Senior Cambridge. (3• Three
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      551 9 To Let TO LET: Godown 42 Stanley Street. Rent $40. Apply savers, 22 Malacca Street, Singapore. i99-D> BUNGALOW~HOUS'fT No 366* Fast Soast Pvoad. Singapore* Siglap Area, 3 Bedrooms, Bathroom attached. Q" lP Cool locality. Rent $3500 Entry Ist May. Phone 3467. ,37-0)-TO LET.-ChenlTßT* Building? Brcws ter Road, all top floor
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      559 9 Domestic Occurrences ENGAGEMENT WARD —MARTINUS.—Mr. H. Ward, son of Mr. J. E. Ward, to Miss M. Martinus, youngest daughter of Mr. C. P. Martinus, on Sat. 6 4 40. Penang papers please copy. MARRIAGE KLYNE—BELL—Henry Edmund Klyne to Grace Margaret Bell, at the Registry on Sat., 6 4 40. Penang
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    SEVERAL FAST GALLOPS AT BUKIT TIMAH
    514 10  -  VIOLA II REDOUBLE IN FINE FORM (By "TURFITE" HOUGH it was a day for slow work, several fast gallops were n this morning a t the Bukit Timah racecourse when training ntinued ir» preparation for the second day of the Singapore j... I'd» Summer
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    JOHORE CUSTOMS BEATEN
    327 10 A LARGE croud witnessed a very interesting friendly same of soccer yesterday at 1 arret Park, when the ('hung Wall soccer team met and defeated the Johore C««--t«)ins team by the odd goal in three. Mr. W. A Gordon-Hall, the Commissioner of Customs, Johore, travelled over the
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    CHINESE SCORE CLOSE WIN OVER COLTS
    342 10 THE S.C.R.C. defeated the Singapore Colts by a narrow margin of 27 runs in a cricket match played at the S.C.R.C. ground yesterday. Batting first the Colts were only able M. Traill c Hock Seng 4 Hon Hin 0 to compile 110 runs, N.
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    Local Dollar Tin Issues In Demand: Industrials A Steady Market
    162 11 Market Reports (From Our Financial Correspondent) Singapore, Monday, fy. REASES in the prices of rubber and tin are reported from Ww York in cables received this morning. Rubber is up 116 to 1S i per lb., while tin is marked
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    £1 Million A Day On Armaments
    133 11 London. Apr. 6. THI Minister of Supply, Mr. Leslie Burgin speaking at Wolverhampton referred to the immense armament factories which were being built, some covering over a square mile, and said that since the outbreak of war. the Ministry of Supply had been spending
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    Mengkibol Rubber Annual Meeting
    306 11 AT the twenty-ninth ordinary general meeting of Mengkibol (Central .lohore) Rubber Co.. Ltd., held in London on .Mar. 21. Mr. Philip C. Turnbull. O.B.E. (the chairman), said that the company now had a planted area of 3,703 acres. That had been brought about by the acquisition
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    Difficulties Of Motor Trade
    247 11 MR. William E. Rootes, president of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, Limited, following up the efforts made by the society on behalf of the retail motor industry since the war began, has decided to try to meet the accumulating difficulties of the trade by
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    Mid-Day Prices
    30 11 Si 1 iga] it are. Monday. Prices or tin and rubber in Singapore at noon today were:— RUBBER Buyers 35* i: Sellers :',6i j. TIN 22 u;» Ig.
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    Raub Australian Gold Mine Report
    214 11 THE report of the Raub Australian uom TMining Co.. Ltd. for the five weeks ended March 30, is as 557 Development footage for pence! 557 amounted to being sUghtly lower than arranged for due to ™X <X power owing to dry conditions at the S-mpam
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      60 11 AN EXCELLENT SELECTION OF FAMOUS MAKES' OF SHOCK I• KOOI AND W VI l it«lt.ll l ATCBES ARE NOW ON DISPLAY. Everyone of them holds a guarantee, and are moderately priced YICK WOH HING 429. NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. (Near Middle Road.) PHONE NO. 7922. I This firm has no other
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      193 11 BRITISH INDIA (Incorporated in England) P. 0. S. N. CO/S SAILINGS. The best possible services are being maintained by the P. O. S. N. Company to their usual ports of call except ports in Japan. Passengers are requested tc register their requirements, but under present circumstances sailings are perforce restricted.
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    INCREASED LIVELINESS ON WESTERN FRONT
    366 12 POSSIBLE PREL UDE TO STERNER ACTION Reuter. London, Apr. 8. REUTERS correspondent with the French Army states that increased liveliness has been noticeable on the Western Front during the past two or three weeks but whether it is the prelude to sterner action remains to
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    38 12 Reuter. Washington, Apr. 7 The United states Socialist Party, at its annual conference, nominated Mr. Norman Thomas as its presidential candidate for 1940. His programme includes socialisation of essential industries and non-participation in the European War.—Reuter.
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    Japanese Court To Try Chinese In Shanghai
    352 12 Shanghai, Apr. 8. JT is reliably learned that the Japanese have established their own court in Hongkew for trial of Chinese and foreigners, without extradition rights, arrested for infringements of law in Japanese-occupied areas in Shanghai. Previously all such offenders were handed over
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    Russians Lost 240 Planes, But Finns Incredibly Few
    122 12 Reuter. Helsinki, Apr. 8. FINNISH fighter planes shot down a total of 210 Russian machines during the Finnish-Soviet war, declared LieutCoL Lorentz, Commander of the Fighter Squadron of the Finnish Air Force, in an interview. Lieut.-Col. Lorentz added that until the middle
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    15 Minutes Raid
    28 12 Reuter. London, Apr. 7. air raid warning vva? j n operation in the Orkney district for 15 minutes this morning. British fight(; s ds cended.—Reuter.
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