Malaya Tribune, 12 April 1940

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    21 1 The Malaya Tribune VOL. XXVII No. 88. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1940 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune Friday. April 12, 1940.
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    GERMANS PREPARING ATTACK IN WEST
    121 1 untitled Radio Service) U-cniiscr Fk ham•- man heavy cruiser I the naval batMe ast, are reported I i»r Atlantic, cut and other units Xertral rirrles regard the first ressHs ».i the naval and air engage- moits as a great victory for the Allies Eighteen German
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    FRONT MAY BLAZE UP ANY MOMENT
    374 1 Warning By French War Ministry Reuter. Paris, Apr. 12. "THE Western Front might blaze up any day," said a French War Ministry spokesman last night, giving a warning that "events in North Europe must not make us forget the front between the Moselle and
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    NAZI MOTIVE
    261 1 Attack On Netherlands Next Reuter. London, Apr. 12. Discussing rccent events in Norway and Denmark Mr. L. S. Amery, in a broadcast yesterday 'evening, said that the unprovoked and treacherous attack on two small neutral powers by the Nazis was dictated by more than a desire to continue
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    NORWEGIANS MAKE STAND AT ELVERUM
    112 1 Stockholm, Apr. 12. JJORV. KUWS on the Oslo front are now destroying every possible communication with Sweden, according to a dispatch to the paper, Aftoabladen from Kongsvinger. Volunteers and are streaming into Elverum, where the Norwegians arc oprted (o riv battle. m^m^m?? f the fi
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    Anglo-American Victory In Shanghai Elections
    133 1 Reuter. Shanghai, Apr. 12. J lll municipal election results mean that the "status quo is m 1 All the Anglo-American camp candidates were record total vote of 13,098.—Reuter. I. idon. Apr. 11. mmons Mr. Butto Mr. Sandeman h longer would affairs be tolerated Japanese blocksion
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    Dornier Shot Down
    30 1 Reuter. London, Apr. 12 A DORNIER flying boat was shot down in 35 seconds by an Air Force CoastaJ Command plane in the North Sea yesterday Renter.
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    FRENCH DENY LOSS OF DESTROYER
    31 1 Reuter. Paris, Apr. 11 It is officially denied that the French destroyer Tartu was sunk in the North Sea, as claimed by the German wireless. —Reuter.
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    Air Force Casualties
    39 1 Reuter. London. Apr. 12. THF latest Air Ministry casualty list comprises 67 npm°s. of whom ?A w~rc killed (including one previously reported missing), one died of wounds, six died or missing. If) wounded or injured —Reuter.
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    STOP PRESS
    37 1 Reuter. Ottawa, Apr. 12. Mr. Mackenzie King, Premier, stated last night that the Canadian Government was in communication with Britain over action regarding the war. He anticipated communications on the subject with the United States.—Reuter.
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    NAZIS LOST A KING
    31 1 Reuter. Stockholm. Apr. 12. IT is reported here that the Germans were ordered to secure the person of Kinrr Haakon of Norway at all costs but failed.—Reuter.
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    Swift And Violent Hit
    89 1 The New York Times says: "The future of Greenland must excite the keenest interest both in Canada and this country, and the ample harbours of its deep, southern fiords suggest uncomfortable strategic possibilities. "The Danes have been good administrator; No North American can be indifferent to
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    Air Attacks On Nazi's
    118 1 Reuter. THE Air Ministry announce that two attacks were made yesterday evening by Royal Air Force aircraft on Germans who have occupied Slavanger aerodrome on the Norwegian coast. One British aircraft failed to return. In the first attack the aerodrome was .subjected to a very heavy
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    British Troops Land On Coast Of Norway
    428 1 Reuter. Stockholm, April 12 BATTLE between British and German warships is reported to be-in progress off Trondheim. British aeroplanes arp also reported to have attacked German warships and aircraft in Trondheim Fjord yesterday evening. An earlier report stated that German warships there were
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    3 MEN DROWNED IN 1 DAY
    455 2 (Tribune Stall Reporter) 4 DISASTER unique in the A bistorj of Hie tofwgraphical branch ol the .Malayan Survey Department is reported in its ID'JH report which has just been i.sued. Three Malays lost their liven in the disaster which took place in Hw Gunong
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    GOVERNOR TO ATTEND POLICE PARADE TO-DAY
    120 2 THIS afternoon H. E. the Governor will be given a spectacular farewell by the Ina-Dector-General and All Ranks of the Straits Settlements Police when the first annual inspection of the Force is held at the Police Depot at Thompson Koad at f> p.m. j
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    For Health, Victory Crow Vegetables
    197 2 Singapore, Thursday. 4 LARGE cardboard poster to encourage rural squatters to grow their own fruits and vegetables was displayed to members of the Rural Hoard at the meeting of the board this morning. Reading "For health and victory. Grow your own vegetables and fruits," the
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    21 2 Mr. H. A. R. Chseseman has been appointed to act as Director of Education, S.S., and Adviser on Education, Malay: States.
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    Singapore's New $14,000 Car Park Ready
    333 2 C* 1 1 l 1,250 Singapore's newest ear park on the side of Clifford will be opened for public use on Monday. V 5l owner and syce driven will be permitted to use the park on or after th date, and no time limit
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    CHINA TO RAISE FUNDS FOR RECONSTRUCTION WORK
    372 2 Gigantic Campaign Planned For July 7 (Tribune Staff Reporter) E IG H^ ILU0N CHINESE IN MALAYSIA ARK EXPECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN A G1GAN 7JLS R JS VE F0R FUNDS WHICH WILL BE UTILISED TO FINANCE RECONSTRUCTION WORK IN CHINA THEY ARE EXPECTED TO
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    17 2 The monthly meeting of the Kuala Lumpur Sanitary Board was held in the Town Hall on Wednesday.
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    WHAT WILL THEY SAY NOW?
    54 2 WAR Lotteries have been advocated by the Malaya Tribune from the beginning of the war. So far officials have turned a deaf ear on the appeals by the public for war lotteries. Evidently the Malacca committee of the Malaya Patriotic Fund are more direct and
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    MALAYA MAKES WAR MAPS
    233 2 PREOCCUPIED with work it was impossible for us to satisfy as promptly as we could have wished the demand from the public for maps of the European war zones, states the 1939 report of the Survey Departments of Malaya. In fact our provisional map of Poland
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    ISLANDS UNDER RURAL BOARD CONTROL
    104 2 Singapore. Thursday. AT the meeting of the Rural Board A this morning, a large stringfOl! small islands around the island of Singapore were taken under the control of the B The following are the islands: Ptilau Rukom Kechil. Pulau S'udcng Blakan f» c oSo ppvk
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    WAR LOTTERY PLAN TO BE DISCUSSED BY MALACCA BRANCH
    115 2 Malaya Patriotic Fund of the Malaya Patrotic Fund is to approach tinn of War Lotteries in Malaya. A meeting of the Malacca com- frj lv? Malaya Patriotic *und mittee of the mv > ry at 7 p.m. with, the Hon. The
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    $5,000 BAIL IN CUSTOMS CASE
    165 2 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Friday. BAIL in the sum of $5,000 in one surety was allowed to a Chinese, Wong Van Thim who was produced in the First Court before Mr. W. J. Thorogood this morning and a charge of evading Customs duty
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    Tried To Evade Tax Had To Pay More
    149 2 (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh, Thursday. "PGR evading customs duty on a raincoat and a roll of cloth Amounting to $1.60 a Chinese was yesterday fined $15 when he pleaded guilty before Mr. P. F. Y. Radcliffe in the Police Court. Mr.
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    Merchants Anxious Over Import Restrictions
    215 2 (Tribune Stall Reporter) ANXIETY is felt bj a am number of Chinese I>umness houses over the question of importation of various ittm> of preserved and tinned food from China. At the instian of merchants engaged in the trade, the Chinese Chamber if Commerce has taken
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    Kuala Lumpur Not To Have A Valuer
    137 2 (From Our Own Reporter Kuala Lumpur, Thursday THE proposal recently put forw L at the Sanitary Board meet that a Valuer-General be appoint for Kuala Lumpur has been tun* down. At a recent committee meeting ot insanitary Board ihe Chairman mlom ed the
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    Chinese Club Will Have Women Members
    199 2 Singapore, Friday. THE 50-year-old tradition of the Straits Chinese Recreation Club of restricting its membership to men was broken yesterday when it was decided that wives and daughters of members would, in future be eligible for associate membership. "This is a step in the
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    TAMILS ASSOCIATION
    37 2 onganore, i }i Under the auspices of ln rjin g»p*rt form Association Mr v. Editor. Tamil Murasu. Tamil on "Tamil »«f April 13, at 7 p m a 1 Singapore. The Becrewu Tamils to attend
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    10 2 Mr. D. S. Palmer untitled an Assistant Bnperintenc* Police Bervlne.
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    2 Malay Rulers Arrive To See The Governor
    123 3 IN SINGAPORE TO-DAY... Singapore, Friday. rargements had lo 3 the F.M.S. Rail- for the arrival two Malay hi n the night mail Ihe Singapore Iwo special had been tr I !»t the train. ;tepi>ed Sir HisamudX.< '..M.(i.. Sultan of i.s consort. •be
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    HERE TO MEET H.E.
    92 3 To-morrow they wOT accompany the Governor to the Singapore Turf Club's summer races at Bukii Timah. Appropriately enough the meeting is the Governors Cup meet. Theie will be a dinner to-morrow night at Government House In honour cf the four Rulers. Wearing European clothes, the Sultan
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    "Gifts" Made To Government Officials Allegations In Big Ipoh Civil Claim
    297 3 $2,000 ENTERTAINMENT FOR MINES WARDEN IPOH. FRIDAY. SENSATIONAL CHARGES HAVE BEEN MADE IN COURT HERE AGAINST A FORMER SENIOR WARDEN OF MINES (IN OFFICE SEPT. 27, 1938) AND MEMBERS OF THE STAFFS OF THE MINES 1 OFFICE. BATU GAJAH,
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    Aviator On Charge Of Using Gun
    130 3 Teluk Anson. Friday. A 12 BORE gun figured in the ease which was part heard in the Teluk Anson Magistrate's court in which Mr. L. K. Pay. the well-known Perak planter and aviator was charged with using the weapon against a Chinese named Wong
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    5,000 SIKHS CELEBRATE KHALSA TO-DAY
    447 3 (Tribune St aIT Reporter) MORE than 5,000 Sikhs in Singapore, and many more all over 1 Malaya, and other places, will be celebrating to-day the anniversary of the birth of the Khalsa, or the "nation of saint-warriors," created by Guru Gobind Singh. To-day is, in
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    BROADCAST BY BLINDED WAR VETERAN
    72 3 A DISTINGUISHED visitor to Singapore will broadcast from the Singapore station at 7.30 p.m. te-night He is Sir Clutha Mackenzie, well known in public life in New Zealand. and a distinguished journalist. Sir Clutha was blinded at Gallipoli. while scrvine with the New Zealand Expeditionary
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    72 3 Seremban, Thursday. ARMED with knives, three unknown Chinese are alleged to have entered a wholesale tobacco dealer's in Paul Street last nitfht with the intention of robbery. Two coolies who were carrying goods into the shop were waylaid ard eventually tied up. but their shouts for help frightened the wonld-b*
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    D. P. P. ARRIVES TOO LATE
    198 3 Seremban, Thursday. MARIES are useful things for busy persons, but when events are not(m! down for the wrong dates in them, not even the host of diaries can be of any use. Mr. A. J. Grattan Bellew, D.P.P.. found this out when he arrived
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    "Dangerous Political Agitators" Charged
    122 4 Singapore, Thursday. are dangerous political agitators," remarked Mr. D. R. Cowie, Court Inspector, when he j opposed bail in an illegal society case in which tour Chinese were I produced before Mr. H. Watson, j the Third Police Magistrate to-Hsv Ong Hin alias A. Hin. 20;
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    25 4 Pirzada Syed Sulaumaft, the sixth 'Dictator" ot the All-India Majiis-1- I •Jnrar, was arrested al Ranch] Road j Station under tlu Defence ol India Ordinance.
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    MONEY FROM RUBBISH
    102 4 I Kuala Lumpur, Thursday. THE suggestion made by Mr. K. K. Benjamin at a recent Sanitary Board meeting that an Inves ti g a t i on should be mad? into whether it was possible to make any revenue from. Km a I t Lumpur's rub lijsh
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    Ramakrishna Mission Needs More Support
    402 4 T HE tenth annual general meeting: of the Ramakrishna Mission, Singapore, was held on Wednesday at the .Mission premises. Swami Bhaswaranaffda, chairman of the advisory committee, presiding. The committee in its report reviewing the working of the mission during the year ended Dec 31. 1939.
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    RURAL BOARD ALLOWS FACTORY EXTENSION
    130 4 Singapore, Thursday. DECISION to consent to an application to extend a jefctong factory provided that the lay-out of the extension i s satisfactory vas made to-day at the meeting of tht I Rural Hoard. The applicants. Chop Aik Uong Hin •a:)Dhea ro the Board for
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    NO CORRUPTION AMONG K.L. SANITARY BOARD
    440 4 Chairman Makes Statement (From Our Own Keporler) KUALA LUMPUR, THURSDAY. T HK CHAIRMAN OF THE SANITARY HOARD, KUALA LUMPUR, DENIED VERY EMPHATICALLY THAT BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION EX I&TED AMONG BOARD officials. HE WAS ANSWERING MR. H. 8. LEE, A MEMBER OF THE BOARD, WHO
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    KEPT ALIEN'S LUGGAGE: FINED
    232 4 Singapore, autn. W. INGOLD, Goodwood Park pore, was to-day i $50 in default one n imprisonment b\ Mr. L. < fifth magistrate, for sion of an enemy alien 1 th" magistrate, in impo ii remarked that under the maximum sentence v, prisonment cr a tin; ol
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    SEEN AT THE RACES
    19 5 \lr> M Rain (left) and Mrs T J i ■a«, at Buki, Tin,ah o„ TggSg"****
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    Road Not To Be Named After Resident
    122 5 Singapore, Thursday. A n b > a Chinese to have a road off Jalan Eunos named was refused at the meeting of the Rural Hoard this His reason for making the application was that he was piece oi land adjoining the road. 1
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    Crashed To His Death From Ship
    81 5 Singapore, Friday. of the Singapore Board, Lim Ho Wan death while cleaning ';t ship at the Tanjong D -on Mar. 31. "nx-ious after the fall. ''"'< after bcine given a glass ater he sufTered a relapse General Hospital from d SKu'l on the following
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    21 5 untitled Faith has arrived in i home leave and asI» first magistrate, roll Cunnyngham Brown. mi. °ing to Jasin. Malacca. < Mhcer.
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    PAIR OF GARDEN SCISSORS AS COURT EXHIBIT
    80 5 sin»a?>or#\ Thursday A HUGE pair of garden scfem is. iaid lc have been used by Rajoo, 18-year-old Tamil, to inflict injuries on a compatriot, was exhibited in the Third Polite Court, to-day Rajoo claimed trial before Mr. If Watson. the magistrate, when charged
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    WHAT READERS ARE SAYING
    214 5 Editor. CHARITY APPEALS fTo the Editor of the Malaya Tribune, Sir, Malaya at the present time is frequently being appealed to for help tor one charity or another. On each occasion she responds with traditional generosity. Malacca, although a Cinderella, has also warmly given her support
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    Malayalee Association Meeting
    57 5 Singapore. April 11. A meting to mourn the deaih ot Mr. Vakub P.:.- in of Madras and of Deena bandhu F. Andrews will be held by the Tvlalayalo" Association in the Ramakrishna Mission Hall at No. 9 Norns Road, on Saturday. Apr 13. at 5 p.m. Mr.
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    34 5 Mr. N. Eliatamby. J.P. M.C.H.. the well-known planter of Taiping and a leader of the Ceylonese community of Fcrak. has become a life member of the Perak centre of the St. John Ambulance Association.
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    ATTAP HOUSE BY-LAW DISCUSSED
    157 5 Singapore, Thursday. BY-LAW for the regulation of attap houses in rural areas was lengthily discussed al the meeting of the Rural Board this morning. At the end of the discussion the Board decided to refer the matter to the Municipal Commissioners before coming to a definite
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    "STRIVE FOR LIBERTY WITH YOUR LIVES"
    639 5 GOVERNOR PRESIDES AT UNION JACK CLUB Singapore, Thursday. HIS EXCEIXENCY the Governor n,a,l, one of his las, contact, with service men before going on leave *hen I>nvhicd at the annua] meeting of the Union Jack Club, to-night He commented on the increased number of
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    Alleged Member Of Unlawful Society
    101 5 Singapore. Thursday. TWO charges brought up under the Sedition Ordinance and one of being a member of an unlawful society called the Malaya Communist Party, were preferred against a Chinese, Ong Thiam Sui alias Ong Ai Hoa, in the Police Court to-day before Air. J.
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    VAN BREUKELEN WILL SCORE AGAIN TO-MORROW
    972 6  -  Freedom Should Be Watched (BY "TURFITE" Mvan Breukelen. the Penang trainer, who saddled the most win- ners on the first and second days of the Singapore Turf Club (Governor's Cup) Meeting- will probably follow up with three more winners on the third day'- races
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    SURPRISED
    37 6 Regiment. Harper up. being led in after winning the fourth race in the second day's Singapore Summer rac< s. by his owner. Mr. Lee Kirn Puat. Regiment paid $78. the second hUhesi dividend of the day.
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    Highland Beacon Still Refuses To Face Tape
    179 6  -  (By "TURFITE" IIHTH the exception of Valscourt. Uvula and Freedom, all the horses and ponies taken out on the second track at Bukit Timah this morning were given slow work in preparation for to-morrow's races, the third day of the Singapore Turf Club
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    Programme For To-morrow's Races
    980 6 SINGAPORE SUMMER MEETING DELOW is the programme for the third day of the Singapore Club Summer (Governor's Cup) Meeting at Bukit Timah: RACE ONE HORSES —Class 3—Div. 2—7 Furs. 30 1 RESISTANCE 9.0 Messrs. CV. Choy &C. Y. Chon 0r- 0 PRIDE OF PENANG 8.12 Mr.
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    Plays Golf While Training
    42 7 bad Menzies (the former Miss Kay Stammers) i s U1 training lepra season. Above she is seen with her husband Mr 11 M A»drew's out fc r an early round of t o f her preparation. n r
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    SPORTS DIARY
    34 7 10-DAY \F A League, Div. I, sters vs. S.C.C. BILL., H. and S. Traction, 5.H.8., Guthries vs. Uniteers, Clerical Union; Jacks vs. Overseas Bank, J.C.S A TENNIS. S.C.C. S.C.R.C. and S'.R.C. tournaments.
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    CHINESE DO WELL TO BEAT THE SAPPERS
    469 7 i FAST STADIUM GAME IN RESERVES DIVISION Chinese Reserves 8; R.E. Reserves 0 IN „p,te o, adverse ground conditions, good footbal] was the stadium yesterday where the Chines c Reserves snatched the RE R ««er a keenly SLmTSSS noicnng slight territorial advantage the
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    KENYON SCORES FOUR GOALS FOR LOYALS
    480 7 I\t<pi ivrun Singapore, Thursday. ||IBFLAYING tine opportunism, Cpl. Kenyon, LoyaU' centre-for-ward, scored four of the six goals against the R.A.F. (Seletar) m then- Reserve Division league soccer match at Gillman Barracks this evening The homesters won by six goaU to one The sodden ground
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    19 7 As a result of the heavy rain, all tennis ties in the spring Lawn Tennis tournaments were cancelled yesterday.
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    Hitler's Plant Fails
    282 8 TO bring Soviet Russia into the War against the Allies is what Hitler has been, and still is, striving hard to realise. This desire to disrupt norma] relations between the Allies and the Soviet Union can be traced as far back as the German invasion of Poland.
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    Opening Up The War
    193 8 IF Hitler fails to achieve his aim 1 in the north will he try again in other directions? Next time it may be in the Balkans either in the form of a German attack on Rumania, with Stalin playing the same game as in Poland by
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    NAZI FLEET CRIPPLED BY ALLIED ATTACKS
    180 8 Reuter. London, Apr. 12. WHILE accurate compari*on of the British and German losses in this week's naval battles is impossible at the moment, latest calculations bear out Mr. Churchill's opinion that "the German fleet is crippled in important respects." The Germans have lost four
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    SWEDEN READY TO FACE ANY EMERGENCY
    67 8 Stockholm. Apr. 12. THE Swedish Admiralty announces that mines are being laid in Swedish territorial waters on the west coast. It is reported here that General Otto Ruge has been appointed Norwegian Commander-in-Chief. According to the latest reports the town of Bereen is now
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    NO INTERCOURSE WITH DENMARK
    84 8 Reuter. London. April 12 A TREASURY .-latcment calls the attention of traders and others to the fact that the trading with the enemy regulations apply to any area which is hi occupation of the enemy. It is pointed (ait. however, that the legislation does not apply
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    SOUTH AFRICA TO TRAIN AIRMEN
    43 8 Reuter. Capetown. Apr. 12. General Smius announced in the Union Assembly that British eminent had ac<a pled the Union Government's invitation to the British airmen in South Africa. Tho Briti.sh would bring their own machines and instructors. —Reuter.
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    Canadians & Americans Thrilled
    78 8 Canadians Americans Thrilled Reuter. Washington, Apr. 11. 'THE broadcasts of Mr. Churchill's speech impressed Americans. The frank enumeration of British losses created an excellent impression and from his restrained description of naval action in Scandinavia the public infer that events developed favourably for the Allies and that Hitler has made
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    BALKANS TALKS CONTINUE
    42 8 Reuter. London, Apr. 11. Briti.sh Ministers from the Balkans continued their conversations with Lord Halifax to-day in the hope of concluding the series of convercations this afternoon. The Ministers yesterday had talks with the Ministry of Economic warfare.— Reuter.
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    GERMAN MINES OFF DENMARK
    48 8 Reuter. London, Apr. 11. A WARNING of a new German minefield in the Great and Little Belts, off Denmark, is given in the navigational service of the official German radio. The announcer stated that lightships and buoys had been laid and pilot service organised.—Reuter.
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    TALKS FOR INDIAN TROOPS IN FRANCE
    46 8 Reuter. London, Apr. 11. The 8.8.C. has arranged for special weekly broadcasts in Indian to troops in Fiance, beginning on Apr. 14. The programmes will last half an hour every Sunday morning and will be in Iliad*?* *?ni and Punjabi.—Reuter.
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    82 8 LOOKS like the war is on in real earnest and tl battles are being foi Norwegian soil and in gian waters. Cannot agree with the tempi, ation of some people to regard the war as almost over. Sot with the assumption that the Scandinavian affair is a sideshow.
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    A Long Job?
    96 8 Germans have suffered I naval losses, which may be disastrous, but we are not yet s ire that. The Germans have also lust a good few planes but obviously only a very small portion of their aerial fleet. We don't know enough about the situation on land
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    Terrific Forces
    111 8 jMiE Nazis have a tern lie arm air force which is not goii be defeated in a few day- or a few weeks or months. We have made it difficult, if not impossible, for the Germans any more men direct in Nor but they can still cross the
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    Depends On Neutrals
    89 8 WE have to beat the N but there may be all kinds o diversions by the friends Nazis, and we may possibly fight one or more of those after or even before this wai It remains true, howe 1 once we have defeated we have broken the
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    Watch Stalin
    98 8 IHE apparently gro* Russia towards Oerniar by the onwlllingne s cept an invitation to r* be taken entirely at Its Just as in the past i up his successive acts ol a conciliatory offers and P peace, designed to placa the Democracies while I ing a further move,
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    3111 9 CHURCHILL'S DRAMATIC ACCOUNT IN COMMONS Reuter. yi;. Winston (hurvhill f.rst Lord of the Admiralty on Wednesday narrated in the House of Commons the dramatic r l a d bo t mblns ,n Fjord by the Royal horce and the t feet A.r Arm.
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      738 10 BANKRUPTCY ORDINANCE (CHAP. 45) In the Supreme Court of th e Straits Settlements Settlement of Singapore. In Bankruptcy. No. 77 of 1940. Re TAN CHEOW FONG. Receiving Order made: Bth March. 1940. Date of Adjudication; Bth March. 1940. Date and place of First Meeting: 18th April 1940, at 10.10 a.m.
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    DESTRUCTION AND CONSTRUCTION WEDLOCK
    61 11 kai been one of th t principal features of the work of I nprovement Trust, which for several years has been en down old buildings, erecting modern buildings in their I out new broad thoroughfares in many parts of the a marks hove disappeared. This is
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    Scavengers' Strike In Calcutta Ended
    169 11 Calcutta. Apr. 4. j scavengers' strike in Calcutta was called off on evening at a mass meeting of several thousands of he foot of the Ochterloney Monument in the Maidan. F. S, Muiyyadzada, President of the Workers' Central I ommittee, presided. tiled off following an
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    154 11 piARGEMENT oi the existing LeC uncil, which will now "i fifty members with the m elected, is the ol the reforms de- "is Highness the Mahahas accepted with the report of -al Reforms Com- has again come into umber of applicaX ived in the court of
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    M. N. ROY ATTACKS RAMGARH DECISION
    97 11 Calcutta, Apr S. THE outstanding weakness ol the congress policy lias all along been to leave the initiative with the opponent. The Ramgarh resolution, even taken on its lace value, docs not tree Congress policy from its w akness. -With all the talk about
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    AMERY SAYS INDIA NOW DESERVES INDEPENDENCE
    430 11 CONGRESS URGED TO STAND BY VICEROY London. "INDIA has arrived at a sta;j:o when she deserves independence. She may now be regarded as a member of the Commonwealth. India to-day holds the supreme position amongst the Asiatic nations so far as the mental progress
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    Indian Kisan Leader Demands Socialistic Reorganisation
    380 11 Vizag, Apr. 4. SUBMIT with all the emphasis at my command that socialist reorganisation of agriculture will alone solve the agrarian promem of our country. Unless the whole system is thoroughly overhauled and reconstructed on the principles of socialism no permanent. relief can be
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    Govt, Smash Nationalist Opposition
    181 11 Htm Delhi, Apr. I. THE Bill to make provision for service by European British subjects in the armed forces of and in a civil capacity under the Crown encountered spirited opposition from the Moslem League and Congress Nationalist Parties in the Central Assembly this morning. Strong
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    Viceroy May Visit London Next Month
    138 11 Poona, Apr. (i Tilt: possibility o! the Viceroy, Lord Linlithgow's flying visit to London early in May. "to receive definite and precise instructions from the British Cabinet on the Indian problem" Is sug ■r. led by the London correspondent ol the. "Kei iri 1
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    "SPIRIT OF NELSON NOT DEAD IN NAVY"
    247 13 (Reuters Special Commentary) London, Apr. 11. T Posl says: "The attempted alibi of Berlin that the move ited by the British spreading of mines off the Norwegian I the flimsiest sort of pretext iidera the move one of ling that Germany is t
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    CITY OF THE DEAD
    91 13 tnth«rit a «i 0 7 don Apr IT- v I.l lively learned that an fl w »v<r h,!r! U !sSdnce P ,a ne which "< r .e n yesterday reported: tad 1 •<» to he a city of the I** |*flot fiirM. '°nbe, reported that the
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    CHINESE WAR OF RESISTANCE TO CONTINUE
    91 13 Reuter. Chungking. Apr. 12. ONE of the most important features of the National Peonies' political Coneress whirh has just closed he»e was the reaffirmation by Generalissimr Chiang Kai Shek in his closing address of the Chinese Government's determination to carry on the war of
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    British Pilots Are Thoroughly Trained
    269 13 London, Apr. 12. r J l lll\ continued successes of the 11-A.K. in encounters against enemy planes arc regarded in informed quarters as being in a major degree due to the superiority of the British training over that given to Nazi Airmen. Even before the
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    NAZIS DENY SINKING OF BREMEN
    36 13 Reuter. Berlin, Apr. 11. THE sinking of the Bremen in Norwegian territorial waters is denied by the official news agency, which says: "The Bremen is safe and sound in har- bour."—Reuter.
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    GERMANS LAY MINEFIELDS
    42 13 Reuter. London, Apr. 12 WARNING of new German minefields in great and little belts off Denmark has Leen given in navigational service official. The German radio announcer stated that lightships and buoys have been laid and pilot service organised.—Reuter.
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      532 14 WANTED-A Chinese clerk with sound knowledge ol French language. Apply P.O. Box 442, Singapore. WANTED upcountry agents for General Engravers. Apply 663, Geylang Road. Singapore. WANTED an apprentice for Radio shop. Apply Box No. 779, co Malaja Tribune, Singapore. (iu_-u>. Agent* for Shirtings, Suitjiei Salarv-AUowance 150- 300.-. Particulars free, Jindals
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    284 15 f H' J|r l.clips est Business i„ Clarke! (From Our Financial Correspondent) Singapore, Friday. .1 avian news than business was discussed yesterday, iiiisiness was possible in local dollar counters. Hers at $1.10 and liuure Business i confined to Kun- n at 14 6. trning maintained here was practically
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    212 15 LONDON TIN don, Thursday. £252* 4 Buyers £252 1 2 Sellers c) £249» 2 Buyers £249 3 4 Sellers LONDON RUBBER London, Thursday. RBI v Buyers Sellers Steady 11 II 1 May 11 lli a 2nd Forward) June 11 11 1 8 ■3rd Forward] July 10 15
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    23 15 Singapore, Friday. Prices or tin and rubber in Singapore at noon today were:— RUBBER Buyers 35V, Sellers 35%. TIN $125, down
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    RUBBER RETURNS
    60 15 The rubber returns of companies for the month of March, 1940 are as follows: Alor Gajah 13.200 lb., Australasia 19.9t:0 lb.. Ayer Panas 63.000 !b.. Bukit Kubu 8.500 ib.. Gienealy 40.000 lb., Jalan Ketun 10.000 lb.. Kluaner 44 800 ib Paiam 177.500 lb.. Port. Swettenham 6.700 lb Tambalak
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    Stork Exchange Closed Strong
    51 15 Reuter. London. Apr. 12. ALL sections of the market sharply advanced on the growing confidence of investors, which is reflected in the Increa.-ed volume of inquiries. This revealed extreme reluctance to sell on the part ol ho'ders and consequently the maiket closed strong. Wall Street remained
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    222 15 Singapore, Apr. 12. The fcllowingr are the exchange stock this morning according to the daily wrcular issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. SELLING London T.T. 2 4 1 1G London demand 2 4 1 16 Lyons demand 2060 Switzerland demand 208 Hamburg demand New York demand 46
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    AMERICAN REPLY TO CHINESE APPEAL
    72 15 International News Agency. Chengtu. The request of 82 local gentries to President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Cordell Hull urging the American Government not to enter into a new trade with Japan is having the close attention of these two officials. A reply to this
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    FRASER & CO.'S SHARE REPORT
    886 15 FRASER CO.'S SHARE REPORT Singapore. April, 11. MINING Buyer* Sellers Ampat Tin 4 74 ***** Austral Amal 53 613 Ayer Hitam 21J- 22!-xd Ayer Weng .65 .70 Austral Malay 35- 37]Bangrln 211- 22Batu Selangor 1.50 1.55 cd Berjuntal 10|3 lli3 Burma Malay 22|- 23; Chenderiang 156 16|6cd Chfn Chin ($1)
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    139 15 Singapore, Thursday. P <Siam> W. Coast No. 1 per Koyan R <Siam) W. Coast No. 3 per Koyan Rice Siam 1 195 Rice Siam 2 180 Rice Siam 3 1G0 Siam Broken Rice No. 1 135 Siam Broken Rice No. 2 132 Rice Saigon Al Rice Saigon 1 Rice
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      223 15 IP& and BRITISH INDIA (Incorporated in England) P. O. 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
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    FAMOUS BRITISH ARTIST DIVORCED
    359 16  -  Adultery With Wife's Sister And Noted Mode! From H.L. HOPKIN mii r c m London, Apr. 12. mteof one of England's most famous artists has just been granted a decree nisi from her husband on the grounds that he committed adultery with her sister and an
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    135 16 Reuter. Chuniiking. Apr 12. IN an effort to the check Chinese advance on Nanchang capital of Kiangsi Province, the Japanese have broken dykes in the Fu River, flooding the countryside south of Nanchang. according to Chinese reports. Chinese forces north-west of Nanchang in their advance are said to
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    NAZIS NOT YET OUT OF NARVIK
    59 16 Reuter. Stockholm, Apr. 12. Germans are still occupying Narvik Yesterday evenins and this morning there has been nothing to indicate that <hey have b~en driven out or had left, recording to trustworthy reports from Kiruna, Swedish iron orp town near Norfrontier. No German soldiers
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    205 16 Reuter. Paris, Apr. 12. jU. REYNAUD (French Premier), speakirg j n the Chamber last nijjht, said that 22 ships were at the bottom of the ocean, of which IS were (ierman and four British. No French vessels were lost. Amsterdam. Apr. 12. MEPORTS of great naval
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    MAGNIFICENT DEFENCE OF NORWAY
    307 16 Stockholm, A pi-. 12. NORWEGIAN communique reads, "Mobilisation of Norwegian troops is proceeding methodically throughout the country, the defence of which is being organised as the men come in. German troops which attempted to advance towards Elverum were repulsed near Eidsvold. "The Norwegian Gen< ra taken
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    OPPOSITION WEICOMES STRONG ALLIED ACTION
    232 16 Reuter. London, Apr. 12. THE rising of the Commons less than an hour after Mr. Churchill's 63-minute speech is the best indication of his personal success, states Reuters lobby correspondent. "Leave it to the navies," summed up the views in the lobbies after the House
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