Malaya Tribune, 27 September 1940

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  • 26 1 The Malaya Tribune NET SALES EXCEED 16,000 DAILY VOL. XXVII -No. 232. SINGAPORE," FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1940 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune. Friday, September 27, 1940.
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  • 599 1 Scrap Iron Export Ban Definite Breach Of Neutrality Act DEMAND FOR ALL AID FOR BRITAIN AND CHINA Reuter. Washington, Sept. 27. THE embargo on the export of scrap iron to Japan, announced by President Roosevelt, is regarded in official quarters as a direct challenge to
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    • 15 1 A TENDER STEAK WITH BEER mi-THE BEER MUST BE jP^^fcafr M? EWAN'S :^^|i»lHgJ 100% British
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  • 120 1 Reuter. Tokyo, Sept. 27. THE reported plans for AngloAmerican defence action in the Pacific, and negotiations for the icint use of the Singapore Naval Base aie ascribed by the newspaper Hochi Shimbun to the failure of Britain and the United States to understand Japan's detrrmination, which is "too
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  • 152 1 Reuter. London. Sept. 27. THE Air Ministry Communique 1 states thaS 31 enemy aircraft, 15 of them bombers, were destroyed yesterday by our fighters. Eight of our fighter aircraft were lost but three of ihe pilots are safe. The Air Ministry and Ministry of Home
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  • 37 1 Reuter. New York. Sept. 27 THE closing of a contract lor the 1 production of 6.000 f ank entor Britain by the ContlnenMotors Corporation is reported, i dine; to the Detroit corTspcnof the Dow Jones Agency.— Reuter.
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  • 748 1 British Wireless. London, Sopt. 27. piLOT c; of the R.A.F. bombing aircraft, which carried out raids on transport systems in Germany and the occupied Channel ports on Wednesday night, testified to the accuracy of the bombaiming by other members of the crews, after
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  • 161 1 k A picture of the 26,000-ton' Ger m a n battle cniscr Scharnhorst, which hps, for the second, time in tfus v '> just escaped from lifrng sin■>: The story of this second escape is told iri the following official British wireless vies sage received this
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  • 372 1 Reuter. London, Sept. 27. SUNDERLAND flying boat of the Coastal Command, on Wednesday found 16 survivors, including children, from the torpedoed liner, City of Benares, drifting in an open boat j 6(JO miles from land. They were picked up by a
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  • 119 1 Chinese Japanese Forces Clash Reuter. Chungking, Sept. 27. MINOR CLASHES are taking place between Chinese and Japanese trt. pa on the Kwangsi-Indo-CUina border, where the Chinese attacked thi rear <>r the Japanese entering Indo-China, according to ;i military spokesman. A mesi age from Kwang i state: thai In the Dongdang
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  • 682 1 De Gaulle Will Not Give Up Reuter. London, Sept. 27. Winston Churchill has sent a message of thanks to the French Cameroons for their message re-affirm-ing their intention to fight on, by the side of Britain, tiH victory is won. The Dakar authorities, who opened fire
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  • 221 1 Reuter. London, Sept. 27. "Till] Royal Navy is wailing for the Nazis to ronif to Britain—with a smile Ml their laces," writrs Beater's special correspondent from a southtin 'port. "four days in one of Britain's most famous naval bases have convinced me that
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  • 93 1 Reuter. London, Sept. 27. rpHE Empire training plan for the R.A.F. in Canada is far ahead of schedule. Schools are? opening ami aerodromes and buildings are being completed ahead of time. Thi i wa stated In a broadcast last night by Air Mir hal
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  • 66 1 Reuter. I ondon, Bept 26 DgBfTTE the announcement by Germany of the total blockade of Great Britain, an unusually largo amount of tonnage" entered and cleared British ports daring the first part of tins month, it was announced In London to-day. Losses Inflicted by the enemy during
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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  • 195 2 Singapore, Thursday. "THERE is a feeling that *more elasticity in the interpretation of some regulations or prior consultation with the interests affected before they are announced and enforced, wnnld do no harm and save the time and energy of all concerned,*' said the chairman of the
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  • 199 2 Singapore, Thursday. gIN AH GOW, a 26-year-old Cantonese, who was trapped while attempting to steal in certain Naval Base quarters, was sentenced to-day to six months' rigorous imprisonment for house-breaking, md to three months' imprisonment for the retention of several stolen articles of clothing, by
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  • 566 2 Upset By Unkind Words In Office, Says Brother Singapore, Thursday. A BOUT two hours after he had served as a juror in the Supreme Court, Mr. Godfrey Eric Siddons, Special Grade Clerk in the Treasury, drank lysol in his house at Second Avenue, Bukit 'l mah
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  • 458 2 Singapore, Thursday. REMARKING that he must decide the case on facts proved and not on sentimental grounds, Mr. Justice Pedlow to-day dismissed with costs, the civil suit brought by Mr. F. G. Scharenguivel against his two sons, Messrs. N. F. G. Scharenguivel and E.
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  • 137 2 Malaya War Issue Singapore, Thursday. MR. J. L DAWSON, in his presidential address at the meeting of the Singapore C'hiittber <rf Commerce today summert up the present war, in the following passage— "To me the issue is simple. Shall wfe and other men be free and independent citizens of states
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  • 230 2 Singapore, Thursday. FRACAS in Joo Chiat Place, ending in two people being stabbed, the escape of the assailant and his eventual arrest seven ironths later, formed the subject of a case in the second court to-day. Produced before Mr. Conrad Oldham on two charges of
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  • 130 2 Singapore, Thursday. TAN ENC SOH, head table "boy" in the sergeants' mess of the N.A.A.F.1., was sentenced to-day to one day's imprisonment and fined $5, in default seven days, for theft of half a pound of butter. Givins evidence, Joseph Awd, p,unn?r, R.A., Changi. stated that
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  • 36 2 'From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh, Friday.—A mining kepala lost his life when he was buried by a landslide at a mine in Tanjong Rambutan. After digging for several hours the body was recovered.
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  • 225 3 Singapore, Thursday. U7E TRADERS indeed are fT modest. We seek no 'cloud-capped towers' or 'gorgeous palaces' in which to do our business with Government. "All we desire is a plain, substantial, roomy building with easy access, and large public halls, in which our needs can be swiftly
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  • 55 3 Singapore, Thursday. CHARGED with attempted extortion by putting a compatriot in fear of injury, lour Chinese youths, Lee Bah Bee, Ong Ah Tee, Ong Chin Cheong and Neo Kong Chai, claimed trial in the Third Police Court, to-day. The case was postponed until Oct. 3. and bail in tiie sum
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  • 232 3 Plans Dropped For Entire Chinese State Force (Tribune Staff Reporter) PRINCIPALLY due to the disappointing response from the Chinese community in the State, Johore is unlikely to have a Chinese Defence Corps—as advocated by a Chinese member of the State Council
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  • 138 3 Singapore, Thursday. DEFERENCE to the cessation of the Malayan pineapple trade was made by the Hon. Mr. J. I. Dawson, chairman of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce, at the half-yearly general meeting today. Referring to the circumstances leading to the present position. Mr. Dawson stated that
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  • 74 3 Singapore, Thursday. ALLEGED to have been caught in the act of attempting to remove several articles from a car parked in Robinson Road at 12.30 a.m., Quan Yu Seng, a 25-year-old Hainanese, claimed trial when charged tc-day before Mr. J. G. Rappoport, the Third Police Magistrate.
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  • 173 3 MR. Alan Loke, one of the best-known Chinese in the F.M.S., has made a most generous contribution to Government for the war effort. Four plots of land in Seremban, each of about 2.400 sq. ft. owned by him, were required by Government for defence purposes,
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  • 461 3 Support For Income-Tax Singapore, Thursday. for the proposed tax on incomes—which "puts the burden most on the shoulders of the strongest, and spares the poor and weak"—subject to it being Pan-Malayan as well as being in force for only a defined period after the war had
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  • 35 3 In connection with the new $40,000 building for the Singajxjre Chinese Swimming Club, whu h was described in our issue oi yesterday, the funds were contributed by the members and their friends.
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  • 82 4 Singapore, Thursday. "pLEASE explain to the accused that stealing a bicvele is such a serious thing that no option of a fine can be considered," said Mr. Conrad Oldham, the second magistrate, to-day. when he sentenced Hoa Song Van, a 35-year-old Teochew, to six weeks'
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  • 69 4 Singapore, Thursday. ABU HANIFAR MARICAN, a young rt Indian, claimed trial in the fjfth police court, to-day. on two charges of theft of two keys from a house in Market Street, and cash and sundry goods to the value of $305 from a stall at the Great
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  • 299 4 JVfEMBERS of the Asiatic community have responded enthusiastically to the Tribune "Treat the Troops" campaign, and there aie many invitations in store for the troops to Asiatic homes. From a European reader living in Wilkinson Road comes the excellent suggestion that airmen from
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  • 149 4 Singapore, Thursday. SENTENCED to 12 months' rigorous imprisonment each, by the Criminal District Judge, for roubing Annamalai, a money change:, ol $1,300 in cash and jewellery, two Indians, Bishtn Singh and Fazir Khan, unsuccessfully appealed against their conviction and sentence in the High Court to-day before
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  • 24 4 Dr. H. S. Swift has taken over (charge of the district hospital. Klang. from Dr. Gillespie, who I has gone on transfer to Tapah.
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  • 664 4 Singapore, Thursday. JifiE appearance of inflammatory posters, usually with a Communistic slant and hostile to British institutions, the haranguing of the workers by agitators, who were sometimes girls, and intimidation during the labour strikes, were all dealt with by the Hon. Mr. J. I
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  • 54 4 (From Our Own Correspondent) Parit Buntar Friday. k YOUNG Chinese was killed in n a motor-cycle accident at the second mile junction between Parit Buntar and Nibong Tebal, P.W. He was travelling towards Parit Buntar from Nibong Tebal when he skidded and landed in a roadside drain. He
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  • 193 4 (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh, Sept. 27. HANDICAPS for Ipoh races, second day, to-morrow, are as follows:— Hcrses, Class 4 Div. I—s furs, str. K.C.G. 9.4 Royal Desire 8.12 Storm Ahead 8.9 Pretty Quiet 8.7 Hazmore 8.5 Marchetta II 8.4 Gay Prince 8.2 Vergros 8.2 Eagle's Eye
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 43 5 TIDE TABLE HIGH TIDES TO-DAY: 7.24 a.m., 6.9 ft.; 6.28 p.m., 7.5 ft. TO-MORROW. 8.27 a.m., 7.4 ft i 7.57 p.m., 8 ft. THE V.M.C.A. Juniors beat the A.C.S. by 2—o in a friendly game of hockey played on the former's ground yesterday.
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  • 767 5 Good Dividends At Ipoh 1 HERE were a number of upsets at Ipoh race meeting yester.la.v. notably Westenra's big surprise in the last race when SKi2r hby a to register km; sweep Total Pool $87,683 1. Westenra ***** 2. K.C.G. ***** Last Crusader ***** Starters:
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  • 85 5 Kace 1—Myanee 536, $12 Hiladty $9 Glamour $25 Race 2—Velocity $31 $11 Silver law $15 Polo $16 Race 3— Starloek $41, $11 Young Ginger S15 Sam Burger $11 Race 4—Rosalie $19, $9 Miss Rod $14 Warpban $16 Race 5—Meg $25, $10 Gay Prince $12 Prude $14
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  • 152 5 SUPERIOR forward play enabled Malaya Signals to score a fine 8-2 win over the Singapore Hornets in a friendly hockey match at Fairer Park yesterday. Individually fast the winners' forwards also played with good understanding, especially in the first half when they scored ■even goals to
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  • 227 5 R.A.F. 2 Argylls 0 ttOME exciting soccer was P served up at Anson Road Stadium last evening when the R.A.F. met the Argylls in their last League match, and defeated them by two goals to nil. The score sheet was blank till about 10
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  • 39 5 TO-DAY SOCCER: S.A.F.A. Challenge Cup, Ist round R.E. v. S.C.C, Stadium; Div. II B, Indians v. Fort Canning, Farrer Park. LOCKEY S.C.R.C. v. 12th Indian GJL S.CR.C; S.R.C. v Colts, S.R.C. TENNIS: S.C.C, S.C.R.C, and V.M.C.A. tournaments.
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  • 79 5 THE following players will represent the Great World Athletes against the United Chinese Library (Tong Teck Soo Poh Seah) in a friendly badminton match of four singles and three doubles at the Great World skating rink at 7.30 p.m. to-morrow. L. C. Kwee, C. Yao, Tan Kok
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  • 24 5 ON the C.S.C. ground the second eleven of the home team lost to the Indian General Hospital by four goals to nil at hockey.
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  • 200 5 court yesterday A. W. Wallich and Mrs. Carslaw (plus 15) beat J. Q. Houston and Miss Duff (plus 15) 4-~6, B—o, 6—2 in the mixed doubles handicap of the S.C.C. Autumn lawn tennis tournament. Tc-day's ties are: Men's singles handicap (final): C. J. Pembroke vs. S. C. Woolmer tpfm
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  • 52 5 AT the second hockey trial of the Singapore Cricket Club played on the Padang yesterday, Whites defeated Colours by two goals to nothing. There were many new faces in both sides, but the trial was not of very much help to selectors. Another trial will be held
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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    • 16 6 For Advertising Sites At Railway Stations, Apply To: MESSRS. WARIN PUBLICITY SERVICES LTD., X.P.M. CHAMBERS SINGAPORE.
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  • 166 6 Opinion DV far the great majority of the people in Malaya arc definitely opposed to the introduction of income-tax. That fact admits of no dispute. Nevertheless, th e S.S. F.M.S. Governments have decided to introduce the necessary bills in their respective legislatures, and a joint committee has been
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  • 258 6 IT is clear from the public meetings so far held and information which has come to hand that Government will encounter the greatest possible opposition, particularly in the F.M.S. It is apposite to recall that, during the Great War, incometax was imposed in the Colony. It was not
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  • 155 6 rpHE decision to introduce Al income-tax in the Colony and the Federated Malay Statos indicates n paucity of ideas and a lack of Courage to take a stop to which a hidebound prejudiced minority is absolutely opposed. And, we repeat, it has a strange ring when it is
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  • 764 6 WOMEN TAKE OVER KEY POSITIONS COUTH AFRICA'S war effort is being pushed ahead rapidly. Since the invasion of the Low Countries, South Africans have been flocking to the colours, and racial prejudices and differences have been largely forgotten in the struggle for the common
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  • 185 6 THE pests which attack rubber plantations and rob the planter of his crop have been outwitted by the discovery of a former rubber planter. Mr. John E. Barrs. When a rubber tree is tapped for a flow of rubber "milk" the cut in the bark lays the
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  • 176 6 4 England's war will be scattered ewer the face of the map" is th° opinion expressed by the newspaper "Diario de manha*' ol Lisbon, Portugal. And that."' it says, "is a type of war In which the English have always been past-masters, in contrast to a
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  • 393 6 HERE ARE TWO ACCOUNTS OK LIFE TO-DAY IN FRANCS THAT PART OF FRANCE WHK 11 THE PETAIN GOVERWunt RULES SO FAR AS THE NAZK PERMIT. ONE IS BY THE MM) RID CORRESPONDENT OK Tin DAILY EXPRESS. WHO MAN AGED TO CROSS THE FRON TIER FROM SPAIN
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  • 217 6 (HR OSWALD MOSLEY retains nis v firm confidence in his fortunes even while he waits in internment Indeed. Si 1 Oswald considers that this is no more than a brie! 1 upon his march to ultimate power. The Fascist leader has frequently warned his followers that he
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  • 31 6 Reuter. London, Sept. U j Latest reports show that In J***" terday's air battle ever Britain g < Demy aircraft were by fighters and four by arti.ier>.
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 155 7 Good morning, sunshine I" You'll get one now if you dorit Go to blazes clear ouL What did t vow say law /mot Now, now temper That's y not like mummy's little blue- My dear fellow the pathcved bof °l°gy °f me common hangover rl r- is interesting. The blood
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  • 110 7 Reuter. Washington, Sept. 26. THE French air attacks on Gibraltar, and the stubborn resistance to de Gaulle's forces at Dakar have angered Washington officials and placed a heavier strain on Franco-American relations. Formal comment by the State Department is lacking, but some members of the
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  • 147 7 Singapore, Thursday COMMENCING his criminal career towards the end of 1930, Arumugam, an Indian, had been convicted 11 times. The sentence of a year's rigorous imprisonment this morning, on a charge of housebre&khig, by Mr. J. L. McFall, the District Judge, was the heaviest he has
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  • 127 7 Eastern News. T n Shanghai, Sept. 26. HE biggest strike in the past three years threatens to paralyse the street traffic in Shanghai as a walkout of Chinese employees in the Electric Construction Company, running tramways m the International Settlement, finally spread to the bus
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  • 43 7 Reuter. Madrid, Sept. 26. COUNT Ciano may visit Berlin shortly to confer with Yon Ribbentrop and Senor S. Suner, according to the Berlin corresponOcßt of the Stefani agency. This follows Senor bunst'B interview with Hitler and Yon Ribbentrop yesterday. Reuter.
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  • 51 7 At the conclusion of the hearing, tc-day, Mr. ivlcrall, giving Arumugam the cenefit of the doubt, acquitted him on *he charge of breaking into tha Malays' house, but convicted and sentenced him to :2 months' rin.orous imprisonment and to 12 months' police supervision, for breaking into the house at Tembeling
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  • 378 7 HAIPHONG, SEPT. 25. (Delayed In Transit). pRENCH OFFICIAL CIRCLES DECLARE THAT IF THE JAPANESE TRY TO LAND AT HAIPHONG WHILE THE "INCIDENT" ON THE NORTHERN BORDER IS STILL UNSETTLED, THE LANDING WILL BE RESISTED.— REUTER. South China Front, Sept. 26.—A decision on the entry
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  • 48 7 Eastern News. Tokyc, Sept. 26. THE Japan-French Indc-China Society was inaugurated hereon Tuesday at the Peers' Club with Viscount. Tadashiro Inouye as the president. The new organisation aims at the promotion of friendly relation :,nd closer cultural co-operation between Japan and the French colony.—Eastern News.
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  • 80 7 Reuter. New York, Sept. 26. THE R.A.F. last night subjected Berlin tio the longest raid of the war, according to a radio message from Berlin. The raid ended after a five-hour alarm. The following is the German Official News Agency version of the raid: "British
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  • 57 7 Reuter. Basle. Sept. 26. GERMAN will be the language used in all schools of the former F;ench province of Alsace, according to the Basler National Zeitung. French, which will be classified as a foreign language, disappears entirely from the curriculum of eiementa y schools. High schools
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  • 146 7 Reuter. New York, Sept. 26. pRKSIOENT Roosevelt is seriously considering proposals for ft* transfer of some army tanks and "flying fortress" planes to Britain as a follow-up to the destroyer deal, according to a Herald Tribune teport from Washington. A group of American
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  • 313 7 Singapore, Thursday. IJOW a quarrel over a stray pig led to an alleged fatal stabbing affrej was described to-day at the Assizes, before Mr. Justice Manning, when an elderly Chinese, Khoo Ah Tiap, was charged with the murder of Lee Peck Lan. The
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  • 54 7 Eastern News. Tokyo, Sept. 26. Mr. Joseph C. Grew, the American Ambassador, has made no approach on the Indo-China position to the Foreign Minister, Mr. Yosuke Matsuoka, said the spokesman of the Foreign Office. He however admitted that the United States "may do scmetning; it
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  • 54 7 Eastern News. Tokyo, Sept. 26. Lieut.-Gen. Heisuke Yanagawa, Secretary-General of the China Affairs Board, accompanied by officials of the Board will leave here on Thursday evening on a threeweek inspection tour of North China Mongolia. The party will sail from Kobe on Friday
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  • 28 7 Eastern News. Tokyo, Sept. 26.—Count Yorlyasu Arima, has resigned from membership of the House of Peers for the purpose of devoting himself to the new political structure movement.
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  • 111 9 Eastern News. Tokyo. Sept. 26. Mr. Chuishi Ohashi, Foreign Vice-Minister, "may have discussed" the continued closure of the Burma route with the British Ambassador, Sir Robert Craigie on Tuesday, Mr. Koichi Hori, who acted for Mr. Yakichiro Suma, the spokesman of the Foreign Office, told
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  • 40 9 Mr. Hallchurch, who is an electrical engineer with the Pacific Tin Consolidated Corporation of Kuala Lumpur, was married at Norton Canas, England, on July 9 to Miss Margery Meanley, only daughter of Mr. W. Meanley, of Norton Farm. Norton Canas.
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  • 166 9 Reuter. Madrid. Sept. 27. DESPITE ML Sutler's visit to Hitler on Wednesday, the Berlin correspondents of the Spanish papers have practically ceased from speculating on the reasons for the journey, and mostly confined themselves yesterday with the rumoured military agreement between Germany and
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  • 84 9 ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCED with the co-operation of the War Office and the military authorities, in the Betting of the- Military College oi Sandhurst; the "Sword of Honour," which opened a season la- t night at the Alhambra. is a stirring picture, depicting the fine traditions of the British
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    • 33 9 I NAN YANG service 4$ m 4 TIMES DAILY. MALACCA TO SINGAPORE. AT NAN CHIANG HOTEL. 84, Bunga Raya Road. Phone 92. SINGAPORE TO MALACCA AT HAICHEW HOTEL, 3ft, Beach Road. Phone 3015.
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    • 307 9 SEND A CALL TO UNIVERSAL RADIO HOUSE, 205, Orchard Road, Phone 4967. (Mcnde Servicing Specialists). When You Need Mende Service or Spare Parts. A The Orient's Foremost /U Health, Physical Culture ft; 'u\ and Athletic Journal. Wkf\ y,\\ Articles by the world's forer\ •> most authors. Beautifully Jl- lustrated. Silver
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    • 198 9 "A COMPELLING DRAMA" FREE PRESS. TO-DAY AT 6.15 9.15 MATINEE—TO-MORROW 3.15 F. L GREEN'S BEST-SELLER NOW A SCREEN TRIUMPH I <. by JOSEF SOMLOV u, «tc(J by BRIAN DJESMQWI HUR.ST OITT OF THE ORDINARY MURDER THRILLER A GRAND ENTERTAINMENT, WITH AN INTERESTING SUPPORTING PROGRAMME 4 BRITAIN'S FAR EASTERN STRONGHOLD —SINGAPORE
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  • 36 10 Domestic Occurrences The engagement is announced between Mr. Cheong Eng Han, the eldest son of Dr. and Mrs. Cheong Chee Hai, and Miss Nonnie Soh the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs Soh Beng Lim.
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  • 35 10 KWAY—Mr. Kway Mcc Koo, aged 67, passed away peacefully at his residence No. 145, Neil Road, Singapore, on September 26, 1940. i'Uneral on Monday, Sept. 30 at 10 ajn., for the Bukit Brown Cemetery.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 663 10 Situations Vacant WANTED Upcountry Agents for Saleable wristlet watches. Particulars Eox 482, Malaya Tribune, Singapore. (No. 840E) WORK POUND for unemployed. Write <<r call for particulars. Vacancies available. Singapore Employment Agency, 79, Buklt Timah Road. Singapore. (No. 838E i ASSISTANT radlo-servlce-man required, good prospects for right man. State sala.-y required.
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    • 696 10 Board: Residence ROOM $10!- —Inclusive electric lightwater—central. Apply Box 475 co Malaya Tribune. Singapore. (No. 818E) CAIRNRTLL COURT 34. Cairnhlll Road, Singapore. Furnished double room with bathroom and private verandah, suitable for married couple or two friends sharing, superior cuisine, newly decorated house, European supervision, Telephone 2347. (No. 792E) To
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    • 801 10 Professional EUROPEAN ARCHITECT gives lessons in Architectural Design and Perspective. Accept preparation of Architectural and Decoration Projects.—Apply Box No. 471 co Malaya Tribune. Singapore. (No. 800E) ANY WISE MAN will see that his Business or Property is well looked after. So. be wise, consult Wayleen Ss Co., Finance Consultants. Asia
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    • 703 10 Matrimonial RESPECTABLE European Soldiers want wives. Europeans or Eurasians. Write for particulars. We also cater for all classes. Marriage Agency. 79. Bukit Timah Road, Singapore. (No. 839E) Personal CONSULT US If you are worried—All human problems—Love, Domestic etc. undertaken. Moderate Charges. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Apply Psychological Bureau, 79, Buklt Timah Road.
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    • 495 10 NOTICE, THE EASTERN UNITED ASSURANCE CORPORATION, LIMITED. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 27th Annual General Meeting of this Corporation will be held at its Registered Office, No. 16D, Oecll Street, Singapore at 12 noon on Friday the 11th October, 1940, and Notice is also hereby given that the Register
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    • 42 10 IX'l'or clear, distinct reproduction lor which tl are unsurpassed Sole Agents: HOE BOON LEONG Distributors: RADIO GENERAL AGENCY, Kuala Lumpur. THE RADIO SOUND SERVICE, Taiping, Perak, Penang, Province Welleslcy and Alor Star, Kcdah. CHOP HUP SOON A I N, Kuala Dungun, Trengganu.
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 1191 10 I TO-DAY'S It AII io SINGAPORE LONDON ZHL 225 metres (1.33 mc|s). TRANs.Ml*<<i(iY< ZHP 30.9€ metres (9 69 mc|s). GSF IS 14 Mc< ~J> 1 a.m. GSJ 21 53 m< s m ,n, '"-<s) 6.45 Music. GSG 17.79 Mc s tU n M 6.50 News. Relayed from London. p.m. Metres)
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  • 357 11  -  MARKET REPORTS B y Reuter New York, Sept. 26. Ernest Peaire has arrived at New York to assist the United States Government in obtaining Bolivian tin for the prod United State-, smelter. Mr. Pearce came at the request he l atino Mines interests who
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  • 321 11 RUBBER London, Sept. 26. Market Tone Easier 11 916 11 3 4 Forward! Oct. 11 9,16 ii 3 k 2nd Forward) Nov. 11 1116 ll 3 u rd Forward) Jan ..larch 11 9,16 ll s r. TIN London. Sept. 26. Official Fiiee) 1257 Buyers £258 Sellers ard.
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  • 123 11 DAILY PRICES CURRENT. Singapore, Sept. 26. Buyers. Sellers. No. IX R.S.S. Spot loose 37% 375 3 (Sellers Option) No. IX R.S.S. F. 0.8. in cas-s Sept.i Oct. 37Ts MV& G.F.A.Q. R.S.S. F. 0.8. in bales Sept.; Oct. 36V4 36V 2 F.A.Q. R.S.S. F.
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  • 145 11 From Onr Financial Correspondent Singapore, Friday. THE tin share markets were vsry 1 dull yesterday. There was slight easing in Hong Fatts. Tongkah Harbours had a firm turn over at unchanged prices, and Mambaus passed at quotations, ex dividends. There was some inquiry for Kuala
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  • 25 11 Singapore, Friday. Prices of tin and rubber in Singapore at noon today were:— RUBBER Buyers 37 V 2; Sellers 37%. TIN $133, up
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  • 99 11 Singapore, Thursday. MALAYA'S gross exports for August, valued at $92, C 39,240 exceeded the imports by $23,151,177. This indicates that the exports for August exceeded the exports for July by 5213.513 and the figures for August 1930 by ?30.920,090. Malaya imported $9,059,486 worth of goods
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  • 132 11 Singapore, Thursday. THE ..movement of prices during this week has been almost identical with that of the week before, and the low and the high paid have been the same state Lewis and Peat in their rubber report. History is being made each day, and
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  • 1034 11 Singapore, Sept. 26. MINING Buyer*. Seller*. Ampat Tin (4si 3- 3 6 Austral Amal (ss; 5,3 5 9xd Austral Malay 33 6 35 6 Ayer Hltam (ss) 19*|- 20Ayer Weng ($1) 1.00 1.05 Bangrin Tin 16,3 17 3 BerJuntal (sa) 8 6 9 6 3atu Belangor
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  • 24 11 Reuter. Melbourne, Sept. 26.—Australia has so far raised nearly £450,000 sterling for the relief of British air i aid victims.—Reuter.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 109 11 THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA (TRUSTEES) LIMITED Guaranteed and Controlled by THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED The Company, which is incorporated in the S.S. and registered as a Trust Company, undertakes the following duties: .j.' FXECUTOR OR TRUSTEE OF A L ADMINISTRATOR OF i STATE OF DECEASED PJJISON, TPIJSTEE
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    • 328 11 PILES GUARANTEED CURE WITHOUT OPERATION Piles is a dangerous and painful disease. Early treatment always is advisable. Messrs Lav Kirn Ping and Lav Ping Hsiang have spent many years in a very careful study of this disease. Fees will be refunded if no cure is effected. Have a visit to
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    • 278 11 STEAMER SAILINGS BRITISH INDIA PASSENGER FREIGHT SERVICES For all Information apply to: P. O. S. N. Co.. The Agent, Collyer Quay, Tel. 5961. 8.1.5. N. CO., BOUSTEAD CO.. LTD., Tel. 5497. 8.1.5. N. CO. (APCAR LINE) For HONGKONG, SHANGHAI, MOJI, KOBE, OSAKA. For PENANG, RANGOON CALCUTTA. Regular Sailings: Special Holiday
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    • 353 11 BRITISH INDIA The best possible service are being maintained b The P. O.S.N. Coy. froi the Straits to their usua ports of call in China India, Ceylon and thi United Kingdom. Passeng ers are requested to registei their requirements but under present circumstance* sailings are perforce restricted. Special Holiday Return
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  • 281 12 Corps Not The Same As Britain's Home Guard (Tribune Staff Reporter) Singapore, Friday. JN an interview with the Secretary for Defence this morning, I was informed that jhe proposed Local Defence. Corps will have dt'ties different from the Local Defence Volunteers in England. The
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  • 39 12 Mr C. Mudaliar Chellappah of C helipuram, founder of the Victoria College. Jaffna, la on a visit to Malaya. He is a brother of Mrs M. Sittampalam of Kuala Lumpur end Mrs. T. Mylvaganam of the Higii School. Kajang.
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  • 96 12 Reuter. London, Sept. 27. FHE Daily Telegraph, comment- ing on the German bombing of London civilians, says: "We hay? Vr>n working upon a strategic plan to such good purpose, that P n per cent, of Germany's synthetic oil industry, and 80 per cent, oi the
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  • 309 12 Reuter. London, Sept. 27. JT is learned in London that the announcement to the Norwegian people, replying to the German decisions announced by the Reich's Commissar. Herr Driboven, in Norway on Wednef'ay night, was adopted by King Haakon and his State •"ounc'il yesterday
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  • 475 12 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEETING Singapore, Thursday. FIGURES for the first half of the year, showing the imn* increase in Malayan trade since the commencement of the war Europe were given by the Hon. Mr. J. L Day. chairman of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce, when
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  • 117 12 Reuter. Washington, Sept. V, Mr. Cordell Hull made tome pointed remaiks at his mtm conference to-day, following reports that Japan has informally declared that stie at last re. cognised the United Stato as an unalterable opponent of Japanese expansion, and that Japan was expected to actively support Germany
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