Malaya Tribune, 7 December 1940

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    21 1 The Malaya Tribune. Net Sales Exceed 16,000 Daily SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7. 1940 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune Saturday, December 1940.
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    Governor On War Lotteries
    293 1 Singapore, Saturday. are asked by His Ex- cellency the Governor to correct the impression which he contends has been J given by a report of an interview in the Morning Tribune to-day, on the subject of War Lotteries. The Morning Tribune heading read: "Tribune Campaign For
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    Japanese Learning Blitzkrieg Tactics
    258 1 Reuter. Chungking. Dec. 7. I HE Sino-Japancse situation is likely to settle down, for the time being, to a stale of stalemate pending fresh international developments. This is the view of well-informed Chinese observers in Chungking. The signing of the NaiiKing Treaty between Japan and its
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    GREEKS CAPTURE WHOLE ITALIAN BATTALION
    850 1  -  Serious Threat To Albanian Oilfields ARGYROCASTRO FALLS (By Maurice Lovell. one of Reuter's Special Correspondent in Greece) Reuter. Athens, Dec. 7. %RGYROCASTRO, capital of southwestern Albania, has fallen to the Greeks, Reports received in Athens state that the Italians had been slowly evacuating the town
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    LIFEBOATS SAVE 2,754 LIVES
    45 1 London, Dec. 7. IN 15 months' of war, 3ritlsh lifeboats have rescued 2,754 persons, a higher total than during the whole of the previous six years of peace. In November, 169 lives were saved and lifeboats were launched 120 times*.—British Wireless.
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    50 1 Reuter. London. Dec. 7. AFTER a somewhat later "alert" in the London area the "raiders passed" signal was sounded at one of the earliest hours of recent times. Reports from the provinces so far show that a number of bombs, including some incendiaries, were dropped on a south-western town. —Reuter.
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    OFFICER WHO ABANDONED HIS POST
    109 1 Reuter. Clermont Ferrand. Dec. 7. CAPTAIN Pierre Viennot. formerly French Under-Secretary of .ate for Foreign Affairs, was sentenced by a military court to eight years' imprisonment, with stay of cxc ution, loss of rank and 20 years' loss of civil rights for abandonin;; his post
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    De Gaulle Obtains ImDortant Recruit
    110 1 Reuter. London, Dec. 7. GENERAL de Gaulle has obtained another recruit for the Free French forces, with intimate knowledge of colonial problems. He is M. Richard Brunot who was High Commissioner in the Cameroons at the time of the Franco-German Armistice, and who immediately took
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    AXIS WOOS SPAIN
    32 1 Reuter. Rome, Dec. 7. THE Spanish Foreign Minister Senor Suner yesterday received Senor I equio, the Italian Ambassador and Dr. yon Stohrer, the German Ambassador, according to Madrid despatch.—Reuter.
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    BRITISH CRUISER
    43 1 Reuter. Rio de Janeiro, Dec. 7. THE British auxiliary cruiser Carnarvon Castle, which sustained slight damage In the engagement with a German raider in the Atlantic, will dock at Monte Video, Uruguay to-day according to wellinformed quarters in Rio de Janeiro.—Reuter.
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    British Aggressiveness In The Desert: Offensive Soon
    310 1  -  (By Kenneth Anderson, Reuter's Special Correspondent in Egypt's western desert). London, Dec. 7. >J"HE tide of battle has gradually changed recently, and it is now the British Army that commands the initiative. The tactics of British advance posts, which are well within the
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    Sultan At Cape Town
    92 1 Cap? Town, Dec. 7. THE Sultan of Johore, accom- panied by Lady Ibrahim, arrived yesterday at Cape Town on a brief visit and was welcomed on behalf of the Government by the Administrator of the Cape.—Reuter. The Sultan of Johore married Miss Marcella Mendl, a 25-year-old
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    MORE WAR GIFTS FROM EMPIRE
    82 1 London, Dec. 7. FURTHER £3.000 has been re- ceived in Britain from the Nigerian Win the War Fund, bringing the total to £40.000. The Governor of the Seychelles bas forwarded £911*2 for general war purposes. The mayor of Benoin in Soutn Africa has sent £1.486
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    "Hitler's New Order Not For Turkey"
    277 1 London, Dec. 7. A COMMENT upon Hitler's so called "New Order" which has excited sympathetic interest in Britain for its independence and shrewd penetration of what is likewise regarded by British commentators as a cynical sham, was made by the authoritative Istanbul newspaper Yeni
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    PETAIN MAY, SEE LEOPOLD
    148 1 Reuter. Madrid, Dec. 7. possibility of an early meeting between Marshall Petain, Premier of France, and King Leopold or<l Belgium following the latters recent talks with Hitlerfl is mooted by the Paris correspondent of the newspaper I Ya. The correspondent also suggests that Marshal Petain may]
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    POLES SUFFER TERRIBLY
    132 1 Reuter. London, Dec. 7. THE ruthlessness of the Germans in deporting all Poles in the western part of Poland to the central province was described in a broadcast last night by Dr. Junosza, who was an eye-witness. H e left Poland in September. Dr. Junosza said that
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    VITAL PARLEYS
    43 1 Reuter. Pvome, Dec. 6 —For the past three days Mussolini has been preiding at the Palazzo Venezia over a series of conferences which have examined the food supply and industrial requirements of Italy during 1941, states the Italian news asrency .--Reuter.
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    U.S. TO BUILD 60 FREIGHTERS FOR BRITAIN
    106 1 Reuter New York, Die 7> AMERICAN shipyards are to j expanded to construct 60 U 10,000-ton freighters for Englaij according to authoritative shippij circles in New York. The British Purchasing Commj sion and the United States Maj time Commission are reported > have
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    DEATH PENALTY IN RUMANIA
    70 1 Reuter. Bucharest, Dec. 7. THE death penalty for persons i stigating or carrying out arm revolt, and hard labour for the intentionally participating in su a movement was instituted und a decree published yesterday. A court, composed of three ge era's, will pronounce sentence such cases
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    SWISS PROTEST TO BRITAIN
    54 1 Reuter. Berne, Dec. fj THE Swiss Government Is to sei a vigorous protest to the Bij tish Government regarding t 'violation of Swiss air space* British aeroplanes on the night 1 Dec. 4, according to a stateme made by the President of the Swi Confederation to
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    Commissioners Give Another $100,000
    925 2 Singapore, Friday. fpjHE Singapore Municipal Commissioners resolved, at a special meeting held this afternoon, to make a further gift of $100,000 to the Malaya Patriotic Fund. The Commissioners expressed a desire that in transmitting this gift to the management of the Fund, preference should be expressed
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    'Most Dangerous Road In S'pore'
    134 2 Singapore, Friday. "IN my opinion, this is one of the most dangerous roads (Thomson Road) in Singapore, being even more dangerous than Bukit Timah Road, and for this reason moie care should be exercised when driving along it." With this observation, Mr. C. H Whitton,
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    17 2 UNDER the Bankruptcy Ordinance, Mr. A. V. Winsiow has been appointed an Assistant Official Assignee for Singapore,
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    CHINESE EFFORT TO HELP THE WAR FUND
    262 2 (Tribune Staff Reporter) SINGAPORE'S three amusement parks will be "doing their hit" in war charities to-night, when under the auspices of the Singapore China Relief Fund Committee, they will organise the sale of flowers, buttonholes and flags, and hold fairs in aid of
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    Theft Charge Against Indian Woman
    61 2 Singapore, Friday. CHARGED with being in possession of two table cloths and twelve napkins valued at $30, the property of Mrs. M. Capel. a 33--vear-oM Indian woman, Faranadam. claimed trial to the charge In the Second Court to-day when she appeared before Mr. Conrad Oldham,
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    ALLEGED MANUFACTURE OF PETROL
    217 2 Singapore, Friday. HOW, in spite of repeated warnings, a firm calling themselves the United Industries, Keng Chew Street, were alleged to have "kept on manufacturing petroleum," was related in the District Court, when Mr. Lim Choo Seng, of the Customs Department, testified in a case in
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    Bombers From Cents
    23 2 fCent-A-Plane Fund) Total number of enern^ planes shot down during yesterday on all fronts up to midnight London time NONE
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    Early Morning News Broadcasts
    107 2 LISTENERS in Malaya who have been accustomed to tunin<*-in to the early morning nev may be interested in the folk report from an^up-countr The A.B.C. Station of Australia re-broadcasts the news from London at 6.05 a.m., Malayan time on every day except Sunday, and also gives
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    39 2 A Christmas Party Will be held for the boys of the lunior department of the V.M.C.A. on Saturday. Dec. 21 at the Association, at 4.30 p.m. Tea will be tarti followed by party games and stage till 8 p.m.
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    "NO REASON TO BE DEPRESSED" GOVERNOR TELLS MALAYA
    897 3 BUT WE MUST DO OUR PART (Tribune Staff Reporter) TJfIS EXCELLENCY the, Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, gave JIJL the following message, at the specially-arranged Press Conference last night, to the people of Malaya:— "The people of England are fighting this war for
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    SECRETARIAT RESHUFFLE
    111 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) v ii/ I'i'll the return of His Ex•Vt eilencv the Governor, Shenton Thomas, there ill be a small reshuffling of all in the Secretariat, S.S. the Hun. Mr. S. W. Jones, >u> Officer Administering the s < iovei nment during Sir .it ton s absence,
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    GAOL FOR CHEATING SWIMMERS
    131 3 Singapore. Friday, j, .'DING guilty tv a charge of J criminal breach of trust in ct el jewellery, fountain pens rj a wrist watch valued at $135, Waj Fong. a young Chinese, sentenced to six weeks' rigorimprisonment in the Fifth lice Court uo-day. According to the
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    CHINESE FOOD AT REX HOTEL
    108 3 rpHE Rex Hotel, Bras Basah Road, has extended its facilities with the engagement of a cook from Hongkong for the special purpose of providing tastefully prepared Chinese food. The food available, which Is cooked under scrupulously clean conditions, will cover a wide range of Chinese
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    ALLEGED THEFT
    59 3 Singapore. Friday. CHARGED with theft of a blanket, two pillows and a bed.sheet from a house in Market Street, Lim Hock Sing, a young Chinese, pleaded guilty in the Third Police Court to-day. The offence was stated to have been committed on Nov 30. At the request of
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    ON LEAVE TO-DAY
    31 3 MR. H. WEISBERG ivho has been acting Colonial Secretary during the period oj the Governor's absence, goer, on leave from to-day. He will spend his holiday in Australia.
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    Charge Under Restricted Exports Regulations
    77 3 Singapore. Friday. A CHARGE of having taken a quantity of jade to the East Wharf. Tanjong Pagar. without the authority of the Controller ot Restricted Exports on Dec. 5 was explained to Toh Lock Fun, a mid-dle-aged Chinese, when he appeared in the Fourth Police
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    Appeal For Toys
    36 3 LT.-COL LORD, of the Salvation Army, will on Sunday. Dec. 8. at 7 30 p.m.. broadcast an appeal from the Singapore Station for toys for the Rotary Club's Christmas treat for poor children.
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    Alleged Pawning Of Ring
    241 3 Singapore, Friday. WHEN his mother travelled down from Johore to Singapore to redeem a ring worth $150, all she lor was a coat from the pawn hop. This was re'ated by Omar bin Mohamed, when he gave evidence in a ca<?e in which Maj id din
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    Misappropriation Alleged
    153 3 Singapore, Friday. ADMITTING that he haa misappropriated $40 with which he had be?n entrusted by Leo Pua Lai TO Oct 2. Tan Sak Hwee, alias Tan Piah Tuan, p'eaded guilty to a charge of criminal breach ol trust before Mr. Oon Khye Kiang, acting Third Magistrate, to-day. The
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    Best Bets At K. L. To-day, Lord Tommoddy And Exeve
    944 5 "Spectator's" Selections THERE should be repetitions of the I finishes' seen recently at Singapore when to-day's laces at Kuala Lumpur are run off. Conditions k like being on the soft side, taking for a few upsets, most probably in the
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    STRONG COLTS TEAM BEATEN BY Y.M.CA.
    239 5 V.M.C.A. 1; Colts H.C.O. ALTHOUGH they fielded a comparatively strong team yesterday, the Singapore Colts suffered defeat at the hands of the Y.M.CA. by one goal to nil, in a hockey match at the latter's ground yesterday evening. The Colts dominated play in the
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    WEAK S.R.C. SIDE BEATS FORT CANNING
    203 5 AFTER a goalless first half, a weak S.R.C. side played <jood hockey to beat Fori Canning by two goals to nil at hockey on the S.R.C padang yesterday. I The game, on the whole was scrapp but several good moves 3' the S R.C.
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    Y.M.C.A. Basket Ball
    70 5 The following have been selected to play basket-ball for the V.M C.A. against the Chin Woo Athletic Association to-day, at the YM C A ground. Bras Basah Road at 5 p.m.: Vow Wah Sung (captain >, Benny Fones, Loh Swee Kee Lim Njit Siong, Ng Wee Yean.
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    Cup Holders Beaten By R.A.E In Charity Soccer
    308 5 R.A.F. 1; Singapore 0. SCORING a solitary goal two minutes from the end, the Royal Air Force, senior league champions and S.F.A. Cup run-ners-up, yesterday beat Singapore one-nil in a charity football match at Anson Road Stadium. The Airmen thus avenged the
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    Hornets Lose To Sappers And Miners
    41 5 THE Sappers and Miners beat the Singapore Hornets by three goals to nil in a hockey match played a* the A.P.C. ground, Paya Lebar yesterday. Arokiasamy netted two of the goals, Tivari scoring the other.
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    S.C.C. Bowls Section
    38 5 ft MEETING or all members Its terested in bowls will be helo text Thursday at 6.3£ p.m. Agend? will be: (a> To eiecT a captain "and vice-captain of bowls for the ensuing year (b) general.
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    Sports Diary
    41 5 RUGBY: Johore v. Singapore, Johore Bahru; Army Crusaders v. Wanderers, Padang; Sc. Andrew's 0.8. v. R.A.A.F., Woodsville. HOCKEY: C.S.C. v. Loyals, Gillman; Indian Assri. v. Indian Army, Balestier; Police v. R E., Changi; Perak v. Selangor, X.L (women's match).
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    To-day's Rugby At J. Bahru
    67 5 The following have accepted to play rugby for Singapore against Johore to-day at Johore Bahru: P. H. Burgess; G. B Potter, J. W. Ewart, W. J. N. Lee, W. V. Saussote; I. M. Scott, J. B. Potter; D. A. Blunt, T. Hurner, R. J. Maxey,
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    26 5 The Keppej Championship which was played during the last weekend, resulted in a win for B. la Cloche with a score of 79 plus 86 =165
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    Opinion Malayan Copra
    119 6 agricultural economy Is, like the curate's egg", gGod (even excellent) in parts. One of its rottenest parts is the coconut industry whose dire straits are in striking contrast to the crest of the prosperity wave on which rubber is riding to-day. r i he prices of coconuts
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    Ceylon's Effort
    103 6 pERHAPS the most organised effort to consolidate this industry was made in Ceylon where a coconut board was set up. As a result of its endeavours, marketing and other problems, like those that confront the Malayan industry, were solved. The disparity that has always existed between Malayan copra
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    Oil Milling
    171 6 POSSIBLE explanation is that the Ceylon market is more competitive than the Malayan market, where there are fewer buyers than in Ceylon, which, besides supplying* a large part of the extensive internal market of India, exports copra to foreign countries. The progress in recent years of the oi!
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    Slump Ahead
    149 6 TOCONUT small-holders thus face the worst slump for years, and it is to be hoped that the Government will immediately take up this question with the Coconut Research Officer to see if more cannot be done to help coconut growers—for instance, by giving State subsidies to build brick
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    To-day Europe, To-Morrow Whole World!"
    1812 6 By Pierre Van Paasen /The author of "Days of Our Years** reports the almost unbelievable* record of \a#.i and of pro-Aazi intention toward the Tufted .States. "AMERICA n had better keep her nose out of German affairs. For I have it in my power to
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    THROUGH CHINESE EYES
    562 6 A S the flnal term draws to close valedictory are being delivered by headmasters SCh ol f Mai" Teachers are looking forward to a rest and change of scene While English school t, icher, are secure in their position, and can enjoy their holidays Plete abandon. Chinese
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    VITAL ITALIAN BASE TAKEN
    716 7  -  Big Amount Of Booty Seized (BY MAURICE LOVELL, REUTER S SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT IN GREECE) Reuter. ATHENS, DEC. 6. THE GREEKS HAVE NOW OCCUPIED THE ITALIAN SUPPLY BASE AND PORT OF SANTI QUARANTA. IN SPITE OF THE LARGE FIRES STARTED BY THE ITALIANS, WHICH HAVE DESTROYED PART
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    NEW RADIO CHIEF INTERVIEWED
    492 7 (Tribune Staff Reporter) MALAYANS may get musk with their breakfast, they may J get regional broadcasting stations, but they will not get any "cataclysmic Changes" in their broadcasts, for no radio revoluary is Malaya's new Director-General of Broadcasting, Mr. Davis, who arrived in Singapore to-day on
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    Cubans Want Spanish Consul To Leave
    92 7 Reuter. Havana, Dec. 6. AN investigation into the antidemocratic propaganda by the Fifth Column in Cuba and the withdrawal of the Spanish ConsulGeneral, S?nor Genaro Tistra—who is chief of th 3 Spanish Fallange party in Cuba—is demanded by a committee of the Senators and
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    16 7 Mr. R. P. J. Rycroft. O.C.P.D.. Krian. Parit Buntar, will be going on transfer to Tapah.
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    Nazi Raider Flees From Action
    232 7 Reuter. London, Dec. 6. AN action in the South Atlantic between a British armed merchant cruiser and a disguised German raider is described in an Admiralty communique which states: "H.M.S. Carnavon Castle (Captain H. N. M. Hardy D.5.0., R.N.) was in action yesterday against a
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    China's Metal Output Up
    96 7 Reuter. CHUNGKING, DEC. 6. CHINA WILL BE PRACTICALLY SELF-SUFFICIENT EN STEEL BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR AND WILL BE ABLE TO COVER MOST OF HER MILITARY AND INDUSTRIAL NEEDS. This announcement was made yesterday by an official of the Ministry of Economic Affairs after a
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    American Press Demands More Aid For Britain
    418 7 Reuter. Washington, Dec. 6. important conference with the object of providing the United States Treasury with a complete factual picture of the British financial situation opened in the Treasury to-day. The conference is between Sir Frederick Phillips, representing Britain, and Mr. Henry Morgenthau,
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    23 7 H. H. Tunku Zainid Abidin and untitled Svrci tth-h StuUiabudin l«..v<. t>t<i. j.iou..-.»-rt irnm Cimm V t.< Clli- IV of K--duh C»v,J «Strvicr.
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      545 8 I THE IDEAL SHOW FOR YOUR WEEK-END ENTERTAINMENT! CAPITOL 3.15 6.15 9.15 j VaS k° OSI orcvcr I T £?_nn THIS UAMj^MJ^ 0 WOMAN t Latest METROTONE NE\VS-of-the-DAY wit* Pictures of The INVASION of FRENCH INDOI'CHINA By The JAPANESE, Scenes of THE JAPANESE BOMBING of the BURMA ROAD, U.S. Ambassador
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      287 8 FOR THE FIRST TIME ANYWHERE D \\< I TO THE Ml SIC OF 26 RADIOS PLAYING IN UNISON Si t~ JI flfl___F _I_sw*^*Wl WBWw_—__' _?S ?M7Mifrw_-hff-r f >■ _H j BY SPECIAI MONDAY—BROADWAY NIGHT ARRANGEMENT 8 -J> P- m ?*K b m z6 r a f lway xi'i—ir m Radios
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      201 8 FOR CONVENIENCE SAKE BOOK NOW FOT?~ti,,"l BEST WEEK-END SHOW. HK AS THE FILM MEASURES OVER 13,000 ft. 0 r patrons are advised Co be seated eaHv I PRICES: $2, $1. 50 cts. EXCLUSIVE OF TAX The screen's most brilliant stars. .Together~Tn th greatest triumph! Shhd heaven f wrote it an
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      274 9 Jo-way fATHAV SHOWS 1 c«, 3.15 6.15 9.15 Mom ing Matinee To-Morrow at II O'clock Edward Small, producer of 'Count of Monte Cristo' and 'The Man in the Iron Mask' presents m "KIT CARSON" ipJaJB STARRING ALSO 20th CENTt'RY-FOX MOVIETONE NEWS GRAND MIDNIGHT PREMIERF TO-NIGHT SHIRLEY TEMPLE JACK OAKIE. ft
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      473 9 Public Notices THE MALAKA PINDA RUBBER ESTATES, LIMITED. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at the Thirtieth Annual General Meeting of the Company which will be held at the Registered Office of the Company, No. 96, Market Street, Singapore, on Tuesday, 31st December, IS4O. at noon,
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      438 9 SELANGOR TURF CLUB. NOTICE $1 UNLIMITED SWEEPS WINTER 1040 MEETING Under Condition No. 3 which appears on the back of all Selan>or Turf Club Unlimited Sweep tickets, the following tickets have been cancelled anc* will be excluded from the draw: Ist Day—Nos. ***** to ***** 5 tickets* ***** to *****
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      232 9 MAKE TO-NIGHT YOUR LAUGH NIGHT! Only Comedy Show In TOWN! 3 SHOWS TO-DAY 3,5-6,5-9,5 PAVILION TRAVELING TO/W» WALLS 6 salesman RALPH LYNN A VZZSS -YVONNEARNAUOin^j DAUGHTER! ct^^ 00 AND SEE.. S2U"A CUCKOO IN j ~pr~ ftjlg^^ THE NEST" j JW% WE RECOM- |/^^£^^V jjkJS YOU TO DO THE SAME! »a
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      779 10 '■f$tffiti@$$% J^Tltf&i0tf&^ Situations Vacant i i WANTED RelluUe Indian cook-boy. Applicants apply In person. 110, Tangltn Road. Btßgenore. (No. 6*2P) ONMARRIED HARDENER for mowing, bedi aing out, etc. 33, Orange Qrove Road, j Singapore. (No. 606P) WANTED—ca pei Junior salesman. AFPiy P-O. Box 18, Kuala Lumpur I (No. 635P) WANTED
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      723 10 HIGH CLASS Preparatory School for Lhe children or Asiatic Gentlemen will '>c jpened shortly at Katong. Only fully lualifled European Teachers employed. School fees $15—$40|- per month. Please write to Box No. 842 for full information (No. 693F) XMAS AND NEW YEAR approaching, so waste no time. Learn perfeot Ballroom
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      852 10 Lost And Found BULL TERRIER DOG. White with black patch on right eye, left ear black. Finder please return to 422, Joo Chlat Road. Singapore. Reward. (No. 638P) LOST: Small ginger coloured pup wearing collar with red lining. Last aeeu ou Mount Sophia, near Oldham Lane. Please notily the owner
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      726 10 Business Opportunities OPPORTUNITY for first-class investment. Partner wanted for long-established, and well-known Restaurant For further partllars apply Box 813. Malaya Tribune, Singapore. (No. 626F) Vegetable Seeds ONE DOLLAR for te n kinds (leaf and bean vegetables). Enough for large garden. Send remittance. Postage free. Malayan Vegetable Seeds 79, Bukit Tlmah
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      539 10 Public Notices NOTICE NOTICE isTSerebTciven that as from 22nd November J940, we have appointed MESSRS. JAMES MILLER CO., French Bank Buildings, SINGAPORE, as Sole Distributors in British Malaya for "Caterpillar" Diesel Engines and Road Machinery. CATERPILLAR TRACTOR CO. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Tenders will be received at the office of the Director
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      69 10 Tenders are required for the purchase of SWILL from the Blakang Mati Cookhouses. Contractors will supply their own containers and make all arrangements for collection. Reply to O.C. 7th Heavy Regiment R.A. B Mati. Special offer of good second hand cameras; Leica 111 A. F2 Contax 11. F2 Super Ikonta
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      38 10 Import of Printing I" k prohibited from foreign countries. Large stock of "UwKtf Printing Ink at pre-uar prices. American Calendars Art Pictures also in stock. Get your supply from J. LEA A Cm--*****5, Serangoon Road. Singapore. Phone 7520.
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      1325 10 j SINGAPORE Qi LONDON «"Ws s «n— assays morning). p.m us.aj autr^, ZHL, ZHPI ZHP3. U. 13 Programme a «nn 10.53* Kronchongs K 10.40 Indian Music. ssf an n r r mrnp '08T QR 11.20 Hokkie n Music. GSH g£j, Fre,lch g§J 11.50 Chinese Programme Summary 6.50 Interlude 11.55 European
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    825 11 pnrPj Dec. 6. M,M \Y-vr«= Sellers. a 3i9 191- 21.--078 I 69 Ef., 15- Ml- q- 0 6 > 1 48 1-53 i 20 9cd EC) 121- 13 Jjll 017 0.20 >• o 40 0.43 24 1.27 17- 18 6 5 4'a 5.1014 Si 246 26.--93 24
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    Rubber Market Very Steady
    344 11 LAST week's 100 per cent, quota decision was received without surprise, and a half-hearted attempt to mark down prices met with scant success. All three markets are very steady, and general buying has lifted the value ol the forward positions by about half a cent, but
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    18 11 Mr Chin Sek Lim of the District Office Batu Gajah. is a patient in the Batu Ofcjan Hospital.
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      206 11 FOR CLEAR DISTINCT pCEENT REPRODUCTION j W Radio for which they are UNSURPASSED Agents: HOE HOON LEONG, SI? (.Al ORE tutors: RADIO GENERAL AGENCY, Kuala Lumpur, HI RADIO SOUND SERVICE, ft?. Perak, Penang, Province N«J and Alor Star, Kedab. »»01» HUP SOON AUN, Kuau Dungun, Trengganu. ft CECIL STREET, SINGAPORE
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      165 11 LEA PERBINS S&JL4JC&» ADD A FEW DROPS TO YOUR TOMATO JUIC€ y**-- teeth wish nil m Mfl dare to c i ea n your teeth polishing ingredient in Gibbs can never i&h™ TLtZl you a Un y ow those scratch-it polishes. Gibbs penetrant* Irittv particles would soon destroy foam will
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      434 11 GRAND XMAS SALE EVERYTHING to be CLEARED at GREAT S iCRIFICES NEW GOODS CONTINUALLY ARRIVING. GRASP this OPPORTUNITY BEFORE SOLD OUT. at "BIRDSIIOP". Ipoh. Phone_29o__ SUNSHINE COD LIVER OIL TABLETS (Product of U.S.A.) Superior grade A convenient and palatable means for administering the virtue* of high grade cod liver oil.
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      193 11 National Employers' MUTUAL GENERAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION LTD. (Incorporated in England.) Meyer Chambers, Raffles Place, i SINGAPORE. Tel: 2845. I ASSETS EXCEED £2,000,000 GENERAL RESERVE FOND £600.000 CAREFUL DRIVERS' MOTOR POLICY. S3 1|3% NO CLAIM BONUS Fire Workmen's Compensation Thud Party APPLY FOB AGENCY TERMS j j —T i INDO-CHrNA STEAM
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      161 11 STEAMER SAILING* p 6 o 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
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      149 11 BRITISH INDIA The best possible service* are being maintained by The P. &0. S.N. Coy. from the Straits to their usual ports of call in China, India Ceylon and the United Kingdom. Passengers are requested to register their requirements but under present circumstances sailings are perforce res tricted. Special Holiday
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    LADY THOMAS INTERVIEWED
    583 12  -  Malaya Musi Send More Comforts Special Tribune Pictures At Yesterday's Press Conferences (By Lorraine Streeter) Lady Thomas was in London just after one of the severest September raids, she had the pleasure of seeing a large consignment of knitted comforts and children's clothes trom Malaya distributed to
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    More Coal Miners For The Army
    108 12 London, Dec. 7. THE raising of the age of reservaI 1 tion from war service to 30 in more than 150 occupations in the coal-mining industry by which underground wcrkers are mainly affected, is announced by the Ministry of Labour and National Service, and
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    49 12 London, Dec. 7. THE London headquarters of the 1 Rcyal Netherlands Navy has published a casualty list containing th* names of 22 officers and men. including Fleet Air Arm personnel who have recently lost their lives' on active service with the Royal Navy, now operating frcm British shores.—British Wireless.
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      506 12 FAILURE FOLLOWED DAN... UNTIL HIS DENTIST TOLD HIM WHY!^ its MO i >c vou'iL TfSTS SHOW THAT out or 10 1 bob 11 can t wT cmym PtOP wave dad breath. EVEN GET A JOB SStfjgP WITHOUT KNOWING IT! AND AW MORE AS-P JJJJ JmYhoS TfS S 0 THAT MOST
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      46 12 FOR REAL BEAUTY ET I C"M Good Service UM Moderate Charaes PERMANENT WAVING SALOON 27, Tanjonq Pagar Road. HAIR SPECIALIST FROM HONGKONG Satisfaction Guaranteed Cut down on costly baking failures It doesn't pay to take chances with fine baking ingredients. Make sure your Powder to-day! Product
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      58 12 IT'S THE TALK OF THE TOWN! Seldom do you find such BARGAIN OFFERSI such WIDE RANGE, such BIG SELECTIONsuch LOW PRICES. It is worth your while to come and pick up some. REX 25 cts. each or four for S lM OTHER* 35 cts. each or three for S iM
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