Malaya Tribune, 16 January 1941

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  • 22 1 The Malaya Tribune Net Sales Exceed 16,000 Daily SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1941 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune Thursday, January 16, 1941.
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  • 663 1 "ALL AID" DEMAND Reuter. imPTimr/i a Washington, Jan. 16. QVERWHbLMING speed 1S our greatest need to-day," declared Mr. Cordell Hull, peaking as the first witness before the committee examining the Lease and rul Bill. Urging the rapid arming of the United States and the
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  • 282 1 Reuter. Wa ihlngton, Jan. 16. 1 need 1755.000,000 to D a\ 1 r purchases in the United State;: from Jan. 1. 1941 to Jan. 1, IM2 This statement was made to use f )t Representatives Forrs Committee by the the Treasury. Mr. H. ho added that
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  • 63 1 Reuter. nr London, Jan. 16. p pressure exerted by Vichy Government, the the French Empire, in aaciitioii to the colonies, would 'I to the banner of Gen. declared Professor Rene r President of the ncr > ex-Servicemen's Associa.j speaking in London yesterday w ?s replying to the
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  • 73 1 Reuter. Washington. Jan. 16. THE United States Atlantic Fleet! will stage- joint trainirig man-1 oeuvres' with the Army and Navy forces in the Carribean. beginnine next Tuesday, Col. Knox, Secretary of the Navy, announced at a press conference yesterday. He described the manoeuvres as
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  • 58 1 Reuter. Washington, Jan. 16. THE United States is now attempting to organise its shipyards as rapidly as possible for operation on the basis of a 72-hour week, Col. Knox, Secretary of the Navy, told a press conference yesterday. Most of the yards, said Col. Knox,
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  • 168 1 Reuter. London, Jan. 16. HITLER will act shortly— perhaps in the next few weeks," declared the exiled German leader, Herr Otto Strasser, in an Interview by the independent French agency. He believes that Hitler will strike n Luc au4 Svna. "Hitlci has modified teat year's
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  • 32 1 Reuter. Tokyo, Jan. 16 Ik^rr 0sblM:.. will rt"t„r,i as to Oermanv. wlll be givcl» a "national" larewcll at 2 uudbc ball in Ilibiva park in begirt ol Tolcv.) tbi> l'lteinoon ll enter.
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  • 430 1 (From H. L. Hopkin) London, Jan. 16. P K< LESSOR Arthur Lloyd James (56), linguistic adviser to the B -B.C, was charged at Hampstead to-day with the murder wife (48), who was well-known as a violinist under the Rame of Elsie Owen. A'
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  • 448 1 Reuter. London, Jan. 16. WIDESPREAD resistance is fl being offered to the new order the Germans are trying to impose on Norway, according to reports reaching the Norwegian telegraphic Agency in London. The tyranny of the Quisling Storm Troopers has aroused the civilian populations and serious disturbances
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  • 75 1 Reuter. 16. f«?RiV-ws HtUr <tf»Thy air actiI vtv over tbSs" country during daylight yesterday. Bombs were dropped in the west of Scotland and in one district in Kent, but there was Mttle damage and no casualties were reported. There was no alert in London but
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  • 884 1 Reuter. Thrilling Story In Detail (By Massey Andtrson. aboard the British aircraft carrier Wustriow>> THE British aircraft carrier Illustrious, battle scarred but triumphant, has made port after fighting off waves of German dive-bombers in intervals for seven hours in the Straits ot Sicily. Goering's Luftwaffe, swooping
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  • 127 1 Reuter Moscow, Jan. 16. THE serious plight of the Italian tioops in Africa is the subject of a l«ng article in "Trud," the organ of the Soviet trade unions. "On the basis of the British figures," Trud estimates that the British army in Libya has
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  • 293 1 Reuter. Khartoum, Jan. 16. JHE revolt that has smouldered in Abyssinia ever since the Italian conquest five years ago is bursting into flames. Encouraged by the news that their Emperor Haile Selassie is only a few miles away across the frontier, patriot warriors are rallying to
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  • 15 1 Reuter. Montevideo, Jan. 16. THE Mendoza.lelt Sante del Esoe shortly after noon.—Reuter.
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  • 104 1 Reuter. Athens, Jan. 16. DESPITE continued snow and cold, the Greeks have registered several more successes in local actions, according to the Greek official spokesman last night (Wednesday). At one point where they were successful yesterday in taking tanks and other material, a further three guns in
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  • 31 1 Vichy. Jan. 16. THE French Government has decreed the temporary .suspension of all commercial operations by land between French Indo-China and Thailand. Officials; however, declined to explain Ihe dĕcreĕ. —Eastern News.
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  • 199 1 Reuter. Bombay, Jan. 18. "MY advice to India is to forget politics for six months" said Sir Sikandar Hyat Khan, Prime Minister of the Punjab, in a statement yesterday, holding out the spirit of comradeship exemplified by the conduct of the Indian troops in
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  • 49 1 Reuter. London, Jan. 16. CIR GERALD CAMPBELL, at pre- sent High Commissioner In Canada for His Majesty's Government in the Kingdom, has been appointed Minister to Washington. Sir Gerald Campbell will take up his new duties on the ar rival of Lord Halifax at Washington.—Reuter.
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  • 106 2 SINGAPORE'S health chart for the weekended Jan. 11 shows that the number of deaths from tuberculosis during the week (39) remained the same as for the preceding week, but 15 more than that for the corresponding week of last year. The total number of tuberculosis cases
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  • 80 2 (From Our Own Reporter) Penang, Wednesday. A FATAL stabbing affray occurred at the Leper Settlement, I'uhiu Jerejak, on Monday night when a leper allegedly stabbed four other patients in the same camp. One of them succumbed to the injuries, two others were slightly injured, and the fourth
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  • 98 2 AT the twenty-seventh annual meeting of the Thong Nghee Kok Association held on Saturday, at Mr. Yap Gim Cheng's residence. No. 215 Dorset Road, the following were elected office-bearers for the year 1941:— President—Mr. Yap Gim Cheng; Vice-President—Mr. Tan Ah Bah; Hon. Secretary—Mr. Teo Beng Chye;
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  • 1076 2 Singapore, Wednesday. lOHN BATES HORATIO THURSTON, who described himself as a B.A. and B.Sc. and the son of "the late Sir John Thurston, Governor of Fiji and High Commissioner of West Pacific," and Arthur Chipperfield Crisby, who was stated to have
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  • 361 2 HESSIAN DISPLACES IMPORTED PLYWOOD (Tribune Staff Reporter) A NEW method of packing rubber for export to foreign countries is fast gaining popularity in Malaya. Before the outbreak of war, it was usual for rubber to be exported in plywood cases. The new method
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  • 39 2 His Highness the Yang di Pertunn Besar of Negri Sembilan, who has been in Singapore, and is returning to his State to-day. His Highriess is accompanied by Tungku Ahmad, private-secretary, and his A.D.C. Tunku Mohamed Sharip.
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  • 136 2 Singapore, Wednesday. rO further charges, one of theft cjf a bicycle from the Swing Cafe, and the other of failing to report his change of address to the police, he being a police supervisee, were preferred against Benjamin Baptist, the 21--year-old Eurasian, who pleaded guilty to a
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  • 81 2 Singapore, Wednesday. CHARGED with voluntarily causing hurt to Ram Singh, a cowherd, three young Sikhs, Jaswant Singh, Mohan Singh and Kernal Singh, were acquitted in the Fifth Police Court, to-day. Ram Singh alleged that the three accused assaulted him with sticks, while he was
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  • 84 2 M. F. de Langlade, who was appointed representative of Gen de Gaulle for Malaya, has just returned from short leave in Western Australia. During his stay at Perth M. de Langlade met Dr. Louis Gelle. de Gaulle's representative in Western Australia. He was most impressed by the work done in
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  • 22 2 (Cent-A-Plane Fund) .Total number of enemy planes destroyed durini yesterday on all fronts up to midnight London time NONE
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  • 248 2 (From Our Own Repoiten Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday DAK Kam Seng and Lee Mm two 1 Chinese stall-keepers at' the Bukit Blntang Amusement Parkappeared before Mr. G. L. How the First Magistrate, this morning on two charges of having the management of a place used us a common
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  • 672 2 Singapore, Wednesday. JJOW, shortly after serving coffee, according to the usual Chinese custom, to two Chinese visitors who were in conversation with her husband on the verandah of her house, the wife saw one of them threaten her husband with a knife, and how,
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  • 62 2 Singapore, Wednesday EMPLOYED in the Arcade Restaurant as a bar "boy", Loh Chens Tap, a 30-year-old Chinese, claimed trial when charged before Mr J. G. Rappoport, the Third Ma* gistiate, with having committeo criminal breach of trust of cents. Loh said the money was a tip from a customer. Tne
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  • 351 3 A FEW HAVE GONE TO AMERICA DArir M (Tribune Staff Reporter) Vu m Mala > ra to da y with first-hand information of the "doings'' 0 f Malayan students in English universities is a London University lad, Mr. Khoo Kay t/huan son of a
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  • 13 3 Mr. N. D. Scollard has been appointed to act as Veterinary Officer. Selangor
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  • 107 3 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday. OIS Excellency the High Commissioner, Sir Shenton Thomas, who arrived in Kuala Lumpur from Ipoh yesterday, met leaders of the various communities in Kuala Lumpur at the Town Hall this morning and held an informal discussion on local
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  • 55 3 Singapore, Wednesday. SENTENCE on a middl?-ag°d Chinese. Tay Chong Hee, was deferred until Jan. 22 when he pleaded guilty to a charge of theft cf 11 iron rods, in the Second Court, to-day. Tay was stated to have removed the iron from a new building
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  • 157 3 study domestic science in Australia, a party of voung Chinese girls has arrived in Melbourne, in the care of the Travellers Aid Society. They are two sisters, Miss Wee Chve Hnon k~ christened Nancy, and Miss Wee rhL *?Zl J 138 066,1 Dorothy,
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  • 62 3 Singapore, Wednesday CHARGED with theft of various v articles of clothing worth $6 85 Abdul Hamid bin Abdullah, a Malay, pleaded guilty in the Second Court, tc-day. The accused was stated to have removed the clothing from a clothes line in front of a hcuse in
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  • 25 3 Mr. J. B. untitled State Engineer. Kedah. will be going on long leave shortly. It is understood that Mr. J. S Boissier will succeed him
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  • 217 3 (From Our Own Reporter) Penang, Tuesday. 'piIAT accused lost his head when the complainant told him that he (accused) was not entitled to any share to an estate was the reason given by Chief Court Inspector McLennan in the case in which Lee Teng Khor
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  • 84 3 Singapore, Wednesday. CLAIMING trial to a charge of extortion, Lav Toh, a 26-year-old Cantonese, told Mr. J. G. Rappoport the Third Magistrate, that he had tn'y accompanied another man to a house in Park Road and had v/aited downstairs while his companion went up. The case against the
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  • 194 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) IIIS Excellency the Governor, Sir "Shentcn Thomas, returned to Singapore this morning after a week's up-country tour—the first since his return from Home leave. His Excellency visited Penang Ipoh and Kuala Lumpur and displayed particular interest in the passive defence measures already in
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  • 48 3 "THIS Freedom" is the title of a talk to be broadcast this evening from the Singapore Station at 7.10 p.m. by Professor W. Dyer. Professor Dyer will explain what "This Freedom" means to us and what it means to the countries living under the domination of the Nazis.
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  • 519 3 THE ban on the emigration of assisted Indian labour to Malaya is still in force. The shortage of labour, though felt in some estates is not yet acute, as the increased quota has coincided with the wintering period when some estates rest their trees, but
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  • 634 4 Chung Wah FC Get Another Chance In Affiliation Fight A CHINESE football club, with what was stated to be a financial standing that was beyond doubt, and whose application for affiliation in the senior division of the Singapore Amature Football Association league had been refused
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  • 61 4 ENTRIES are invited for the allMalayan Muslim lawn tennis tournament which will commence on the V.M.C.A. tennis courts on Jan 24. The tourney is held under the auspices of the Malay Recreation Club. All proceeds will be donated to the War Fund, and entries should be
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  • 134 4 THE new year in the boxing ca- lendar should open with a tiptop programme if plans of promoter Run Run Shaw of the New World Arena materialise. It is learned that arrangements are now in progress for a meeting between Singapore's welterweight champion, Som
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  • 334 4 S.C.C. 0 S.R.C. 3 the adverse condi*J tion of the ground, keen hockey was s-een in the match between the Padang clubs on the S.C.C. ground, yesterday, the game ending in a 3-0 win for the S.R.C. A feature of the game
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  • 320 4 AN unfortunate accident marred an otherwise fine game of rugby when the Highlanders met the S.C.C. on the padang last evening and lost eight points (goal, try) to nothing. I Victim of the accident, collison [between two players, Lt. M. CampI bell, Highlanders' wing three.
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  • 127 4 (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh, Jan. 16. FOR fully an hour this morning the track was a hive of activity when candidates wound up their training. Best gallops were by Scofflaw, Royal Beau, and Pro Patria. The arrival of Van Breukelen's, Van Tooren's horses
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  • 62 4 The following have been selected to play for the V.M.C.A. against the A.P.C. Sports Club at Paya Lebar at 5.10 p.m. to-morrow. V. N. Pillay; S. L. Day. Lee Fong Lim (Captain); A. Edgar, Wong Fatt Lim. S. R. Vickers; Low Huck Yang, Gan Kee Tian, L B. Suratta, A.
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  • 17 4 TO-DAY HOCKEY. S.C.C. II V S.R.C. 11, SRC SWIMMING: S.S.C. v Loyals (water polo), S.S.C.
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  • 198 4 C.S.C. L R.A.F. (Seletar) 0 IN a good hockey match played on the C.S.C. ground at Balestier Plain yesterday evening the C.S.C. snatched a one goal to nil victory over the R.A.F. On the run of play the Airmen should have won. The Airmen had the
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  • 23 4 The hockey match between the S.C.R.C. and the Indian Association which was fixed to be played on the Chinese ground yesterday was cancelled.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous

  • 121 5 Singapore, Wednesday. FINE of $100, or 10 weeks' A rigorous imprisonment, was toy nosed 011 Teow Koh Aik, a middleI Clnnese. who was convicted n g charge of assisting in the carrying on of a chap ji kee lottery hi the Second Police Court, to-day. I
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  • 52 5 Singapore, Wednesday. PLEADING glliity to a charge of chunk and incapable. Kand2 amy. an elderly Tamil, was fined $1. lu clay's simple imprisonment, in the Second Court, ime drinks to alleviate in my body." said Kandasamy, who was stated to have he>-:i found unconscious in
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  • 47 5 apore, Wednesday. A( HAROE ol having caused hurt to Hassan Khan. MacKenZle Road. I -.plained to Salim ;Sfirat, a 25-year-o.'d ;hen he appeared be--3 Rappoport, the Thiic ite, to-day. The case to Jan. 22. and bail rj in the sum of $200.
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  • 1563 5 Singapore, Wednesday. <r,al b >' ur t martial of Gunner Frank Gardner, R.A., on a charge of giving information to Mamoru Shinozaki, former Japanese press clerk at the Japanese Consulate-General, concerning the defences of Singapore, prejudicial to the interests of the State, and which might
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  • 120 5 (From Our Own Reporter) Penang, Wednesday. REPORTS from China received here state that a 3,000-acre block in the province of Fukien in China, has been planted with tung by a well-known Chinese resident cf Klang. Tung oil is used for painting wooden furniture, parts of aeroplanes
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  • 50 5 Reuter. Shanghai, Jan. 15. rIE Japanese civilian, Mr. Nishi. who was seriously wounded on Sunday by an unidentified gunman on Nanking Road, has died. He is the fifteenth Japanese to have been shot in Shanghai since last September, although many other shootings have taken place in the Japanese controlled areas—Reuter.
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  • 413 5 Singapore, Wednesday. JF the person in charge of a launch could not be found, the company owning the launch would be charged with the offence, and the penalty would be very severe, in this case, said Mr. Conrad Oldham, acting Traffic Magistrate, when a
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  • 156 6 Tuberculosis QF all diseases that take a heavy toll of human life, the most serious is tuberculosis. This is just as true in Malaya as it is in other countries. Dr. Chen Su Lan recently told us that out of every seven persons in the Colony, at least one
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  • 180 6 JT is idle to deny that every case of tuberculosis is a potential source of danger to the healthy, and although tuberculosis is primarily a disease of malnutrition, improper diet, constant exposure and insanitary living, the infection may spread to other quarters and seize upon new victims
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  • 115 6 THE disease is bad enough for patients who can afford their own hospitalisation, but for thosn who cannot, the outlook is an impossible one for them and the community. Curative treatment, without preventive measures, is only a half effort. The public must be educated in such a way
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  • 128 6 J7VERY year an anti-tuber-culosis campaign is launched the object of which is to instruct the public how to avoid this dreadful disease and to stress early treatment once the diagnosis of tuberculosis is made. Numerous leaflets bearing on the subject are distributed to patients and their families, and
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  • 177 6 IT MEANS A LOT TO BRITAIN Says Ferdinand Tuohy WEYGAND (on arrival in North Africa): "Hold on! Don't do anything rash! As soon as the British are beaten, and they're going to be, they will be ejected from the whoie Mediterranean basin. "Mussolini, Hitler, and
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  • 391 6 THERE is just the tiniest possibility that Weygand may be unable to stave off some of the de Gaulle spirit that is mounting in France's African Empire, and that in consequence Laval's delegate, of plenary political and military powers, may find himself forgetting his defeatism. Yet admittedly that
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  • 170 6 THE position at the outset of the Weygand-de Gaulle duel is that the first can lay claim to roughly 30,000,000 population and the second to 7,000.000. Here are the figures:— STILL WITH VICHY French West Africa 14,500,000 Algeria 7.500,000 Tunisia 2,700,000 MdTOCco 5,500,000 BROKEN AWAY Chad 400.000 Equatorial
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    244 6 THREE hundred thousand French have settled in Morocco since the last war, and they have no desire to follow Tangier, which is almost a certainty if Britain loses*. So eyes look increasingly towards de Gaulle. A vital factor in Morocco would be the attitude of the Officers
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  • 130 6 WE in Britain have a vital stake In General de Gaulle's success, and it is perhaps necessary to say so in view of occasional lightheaded remarks, as though France and what may become of her were of no further significance to us. Shculd even the bulk of French
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  • 496 6 The decision to adopt tkr 8-gun fighter like the Hurricane and the Spitfire may well rank as one of the great decisions In the history of the war." Sir Archibald Sinclair. ABOUT five years ago a specialist of the R.A.F. visited an aircraft factory to
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  • 133 6 YOUR coalcutten, built by a 1 Scottish firm, have just been shipped to Chile to join the 17 already at work there. These machines, the most powerful of their kind, carry a chain armed with picks which can cut not only coal, but harder material, including soma
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  • 636 6 TVERY day the cables f rom Europe hum with stories heroism in the war and on industrial fronts. You have h. of heroic deeds in other spheres as well, and you wonder what it that makes doctors and scientists sacrifice their lives in trying to solve secrets
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  • 363 7 Reuter. WASHINGTON, JAN. 15. CICILY IS NOW FOR ALL PRACTICAL PURPOSES GERMAN TERRITORY, ACCORDING TO REPORTS RECEIVED IN DIPLOMATIC CIRCLES HERE. THE ISLAND HAS BEEN HEAVILY OC(TIMED BY GERMAN TROOPS, AIR FORCE MEN AND TECHNICIANS IN RECENT WEEKS, STATE THESE REPORTS. Italy was for a
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  • 155 7 Reuter. Chungking, Jan. 15. JAPANESE aircraft made their first raid this year on Chungking at noon yesterday when the south bank of Chungking and Hochwan, to the north of Chungking were bombed and machine-gunned. Life magazine cameraman. Mr. Carl Mydans', had a thrilling experience when the
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  • 63 7 Reuer. New York, Jan. 15. VATICAN circles believe that the Pope is about to issue a "solemn document against the barbari? and systematic bombing ol civilian populations, states a disnatch from Rome to the New York Time*:. It is learned the Pope has been
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  • 77 7 Hongkong. A total of U S. $700,000 was contributed to their mother country by the 30.000 Chinese in Hawaii, according to statistics compiled by the Chinese Consulate-General in Honolulu. Largest individual donations were U.&. $1,050 from Mr. Li Chang-yuan, US $1,000 from Mrs. Chen Kwan. U.S.
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  • 75 7 New York, Jan. 14. A BLOCK of 80,000 British-owned Montgomery Ward shares offered over the counter after Wall Street's close on Monday were quickly oversubscribed. Other offerings are expected to include 40,000 Union Pacific and 50,000 Woo. 1 worths. Large blocks of General Electric and
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  • 92 7 British Wireless London. Jan. 15. BY a freak of circumstances, thP second Christmas cf the war with postal and telegraph services subjected to considerable strains as a result of damage by the enemy's random night bombing was chosen by the public to "celebrate" the
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  • 264 7 Reuter. Tokyo, Jan. 15. THE "emancipation" of 1 500,000,000 people in southeastern Asia from their White conquerors is the object of the Japanese League for Emancipation of South-Easl-ern Asiatic Nations, which will hold a big meeting in Tokyo on Jan. 24. The Domei Agency states that
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  • 30 7 Eastern News. Nanking, Jan. 13. DR. Kumataro Honda, the Japanese Ambassador, yesterday visited Mr. Wang Ching-wei, President of the Nanking Government and exchanged views regarding various important problems. Eastern News.
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  • 349 7 Reuter. (BY RALPH WALLING, REUTER S AIR CORRESPONDENT) T" 6 SPOK ESMAN'S 1 RELATION BETWEEN THE RECENT LIGHT BRITISH AND THE BOMBING RAIDS ON ENEMY SUBMARINE BASES HAS OPENED UP AN INTERESTING FIELD OF SPECULATION. THESE RAIDS HAVE UNDOUBTEDLY BEEN SEVERE AND THEIR CONTINUATION IS
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  • 75 7 Reuter. Vichy, Jan. 15. recent cold weather is now spreading- over Eastern Europe.- Navigation has been suspended on Lake Zurich, which is partially frozen over. Thirty-nine degrees of frost have been registered in Bucharest and in Moldavia. 64 degrees have been recorded. A number
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  • 242 7 Reuter. Bangkok. Jan. 15. HE first French attempt to penetrate Thai territory in the noith-east sector h revealed by a Thai High Command communique, which says that the French abortively counterattacked Ubol Surindr and suffered heavy losses. They were repulsed by Thai troops and police. A
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  • 20 7 The King's Exequatur empowering Mr. P. 11. Hopkins to act as Consul of Sweden at Singapore has received Royal signature.
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  • 104 7 Singapore, Wednesday. AN Sunday, two enemy planes v bombed Charigvad Nakhon Fnom, injuring priests and civilians, and in retaliation Thai planes' successfully bcmbed military objectives at Suvannakhet and returned safely, states a communique from the Thai Consulate-General. All was quiet on the eastern sector, on Monday. The enemy
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  • 110 7 Reuter. London, Jan. 15. "WE have got to move forward into a new world," stated the Lord Privy Seal, Mr. C. R. Attlee, speaking at a luncheon in London to-day. Difficult times will have to be faced, he said. "You are never gome to get back
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  • 47 7 Shiukwan. To promote agricultural production through extensive cultivation, the Kwangtung Provincial Government has obtained a loan of $110.000.000 from the Central Bank, the Bank of China, the Bank of Communications and the Farmers Bank for reclamation of waste land in the province. 1
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    • 52 7 ROBINSON'S The Leading Goldsmith Jeweller In The Heart Of China Town for the ro\vi;\ii;\< i; OF OUR MANY PATRONS LIM SUING HONG BRANCH OFFICE Are Now At Your Service 196, South Bridge Road, Singapore. (Corner of Cross Street) Tele. 3132 -f W T S f SOUPSAND BE CONVINCED. i ,1
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    • 307 8 ESEEEEEĔ TESSSSiESSES ESESESES BSSS MM Mr The KING of H ORROR PROWLS AGAIN! Can a Human Being be restored to Life After being frozen for weeks? See this Amazing COLUMBIA Production TO-DAY l/T 315-615-915 (jCL/2/JuO\s 4 SHOWS SATURDAY NEXT \1 A.!*.—3.15—6.15—9.12 H See deeds too 43 UmifEff: dark for the
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    • 66 8 The rAPTFOt'S Great Attraction for CHINESE NEW YEAR! >« Gable I )4 Tracy I X< Colbert mm II with mANX MORGAN 'I M.G.M.'s Mammoth ALL-STAR Masterpiece Opening SATURDAY Jan. 25th Opening at the CAPITOL'S MIDNIGHT SHOW SATURDAY NIGHT General Screening: SUNDAY 4 SHOWS! W[i THAT BLONDE ll BONFIRE IS BACK
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    • 489 8 Public Notices THE UNITED MALACCA RUBBER ESTATES, LTD. DIVIDEND NOTICE NQTICE is hereby given that an Interim Dividend of 5 per cent for the financial year ending April 30, 1941, will be paid to Shareholders on the Register on Thursday, January 23, 1941. NOTICE is also hereby given that the
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    • 281 8 If you like your Murderers DIFFERENT Meet The STRANGER on the 3rd FLOOR. U°^5 spl5pI ALHAMBRA HI IS mWĔS? H| Ik BBr-v Ik: s .';ai BP >»9^B^Bflßslßwß^Bß v ,v w:-#;Bj PHH B#^B«BSSL«^^3Bfr^^B^: B^^>^SBaHß^B&idSsi&^^MH^9B^Bl sr Ab y J !sllli IP Picture Swell Romance to Help It Along! LATEST AIR-MAIL dAZKTTE" And
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  • 580 9 (From Our Own Reporter) Penang, Wednesday. REMARKING that, personally, he did not favour the imposition of income tax in Malaya, Mr. Jules Martin, chairman of the Penang Chamber of Commerce, at a special general meeting yesterday, suggested, as one of the alternatives, the introduction
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  • 155 9 "BRIGHAM YOUNG" (At The Cathay) A GREAT STORY and a brilliant cast combine to make "Brigham Young,'' which opened a season at the Cathay last night, a truly unforgettable film, which is exceptionally lengthy, being ever 10,000 feet. Yet the gripping nature of ils tale and the astounding scenes
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  • 129 9 (At The Capitol) ANOTHER Boris Karloff thriller is now being screened at the Capitol where the "Man With Nine Lives" began a season last night. In this picture Karloff plays the part of a research doctor who :s probing into the secret of prolonging life and
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  • 90 9 Singapore, Wednesday. I MAKE the necessary order for the accused to be conveyed aboard the ship, and if necessary und?r custody. If he deserts again, he will be sent back." This was the judgment delivered by Mr. Conrad Oldham in the District Traffic Court to-day when a
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  • 40 9 Mr. untitled Ah Fatt, Post Master. Batu Gajan. has gone on transfer to Ipoh. Mr K. Singaram of the Post Offlce. Batu Gajah has succeeded him, and Mr. Slnnadurai of the Post Offlce. Tanjonsr Rambutan. has taken Mr. Slngaram's place.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 287 9 C a ™aY 20th Century-Fox Present i vkom mtL Xt power Darryl F. Zanuck's Excitement and Adventure YOUNG** ALSO PARAMOUNT BRITISH NEWS REEL JANUARY at MIDNIGHT Mrxander Korda's Magic Technicolour Masterpiece THE THIEF OF BAGDAD with SABU CONRAD VEIDT JUNE DUPREZ GENERAL SCREENING OPENS Tuesday 21st. Jan: 5 Shows Daily
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    • 473 9 Public Notices THE BANKRUPTCY ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 45) m the High Court of the Straits Settlements. Settlement of Malacca. Notice of Wage-earner's Administration Order. Name of debtor: LAW CHIAP INN alias RUDY LAW. Address of debtor: 106, Wolferstan Road. Malacca. Description of debtor: Trumpeter, Capitol Dance Hall Band, Malacca. No. of
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    • 26 9 Manufacturing Opticians Wm Il| B^ll CROOKES OPTICAL COMPANY 206. South Bridge Rd., Singapore. Optician T. S. Lee Tel. 6844 Eye-sight tested glasses supplied from 14 upward.
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    • 129 9 WHAT STOMACH SUFFERERS CAN EAT You can't lay up a sick stomach. Your body must be nourished even though solid food and most liquid foods cause pain and vomiting. The problem has always been to find a food that soothes the inflamed stomach walls and provides all the nourishment needed
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    • 112 9 OPENING TO-DAY w -k^T 615 MS PAVILION I 3SI3j 33 33gj excitinc I I k i 3>l M SECRET SJW^«^ INTRIGUE! I*l j[f oN SUSPENSE! GAUMONT BRITISH To-night 6 9.30 Theatre ROYAL POSITIVELY LAST TWO SHOWS of "JAYAKODI" Starring MUSS K. T. RUKMANI, th e South Indian Stunt Queen. Tea*
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    • 755 10 ■Al H Wktm Wktm mm. 4mmmmmmmmm«iMl^Lmn Domestic Occurrence ENGAGEMENT QUAN —TAN. The engagement is announced between Mr. Quan Beng Kong, second son of the late Mr. Quan Teng Ong and Mrs. Quan Teng Ong, to Miss Tan Chit Neo second daughter of Mr. Tan Cheng Boon and the late Mrs.
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    • 808 10 For Sale TWO STRONG Dalmatian ***** Puppies. Pedigree. Telephone, Singapore 7655. (No. 1570) CONTAX 11, F. 2.5, Tessar. perfect condition. $200|- nett. Apply G.P.O. Box 143, Singapore. (No. 134G) FURNITURE For Sale. Dining roomlounge bedroom, also wireless set. View by appointment Telephone *****. 5 Ardmore Flats, Singapore. (No. 162G) CAREERS
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    • 868 10 Motor Vehicles HILLMAN MINX for Bale. 1940 model. 18.000 miles |1,800;- cash. Apply Box 42. Malaya Tribune. Singapore. (No. 136G) WANTED reliable post-1930 sport* car, under 16 H.P Approx $400;-. Write full particulars and price. Box 52. Malaya Tribune, Singapore. (No. 154Gj FORD BALOON, 8 H.P. 1937. Excellent condition, done
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    • 555 10 Board And Residence BOARD-RESIDENCE preferably overlooking sea required by Englishman. Good food essential. Box No. 49. Malaya Tribune, Singapore. (MM) Business Opportunities INVEST $100 00 make $30.00 tip per month Apply 22C Winchester Hous*. Singapore. iNo. 137G) Photography YOUR PHOTOS painted by qualified artist ln Lllywhlte Studio Singapore, Telephone 6601.
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    • 767 10 No. 18 in E.E.S. *****0. P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE. Tenders will be received at the office of the STATE ENGINEER, NEGRI SEMBILAN, up to Noon of Friday, 17th January, 1941 for the Construction of WAR ACCOMMODATION (Hutting, etc. for Troops) near Mantin on the Seremban— Kuala Lumpur Road. All Timber (cut
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    • 38 10 PHILLIPS CYCLES. (Sport Club Model). We are not importing any more cycles, so we are clearing them at halfprice. Don't miss this opportunity. $351- Nett cash. Only a few left. J. LEA CO., 52J[5, Serangoon Road, j Singapore.
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    • 1398 10 TO-DAY'S RADloj SINGAPORE LONDON ZHL. 225 m. 1333 k|cs. GSG—I6 86 metres (17.79 mf t ZHP. 1. 30.9« m. »89 mci. p.m. GSF—I9.B2 metres (15 uJ*7 >' ZHP. 3. 4138 m. 7.2» m|cs. 9.05 p.m. G5D—25.53 m< rrt m cs > t, ZHL. ZHPI ZHJP3. mcs) irom 7.50 p.m. GSB—isi
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  • 828 11 Singapore. Jan. 15. Buyers. Sellers. MINING. (Ss) 3 3 3i7% lustral Malay gr ,V Tin 8W- 161--rUn" n -r f$D 143 148 ?^T h 1n a <seJts 0.37% 0 4tad i Tin 1 36 1-39 «nna Tin (ss) 17i- 18,6 5!4% s|lo%Cd "f„ rigs 24 26
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  • 126 11 Singapore, Jan. 113--m Siam Rice (Special) Per bag $14.70 No. 1 $13.80 No. 2 $13.35 No. 3 $12.45 Siam Rice (Broken) Per Bag No. 1 $11.55 No. 2 $11.10 No. 3 $10.65 Rice Saigon AI Rice Saigon 1 Rice Saigon 2 R. Rangoon "S.Q." Meedon Singhway "Small Mill" Rangoon
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  • 191 11 rpHE Straits Chinese Reading Club held the opening meeting of its 64th session at the Institute Hall, Prinsep Street on Monday with Rev. T. C. Gibson M.A. in the chair. After the enrolment qf members for the two sections —the Senim* (in the charge of Rev.
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  • 135 11 From Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, Thursday. ALTHOUGH the market was quiet, f* quotations of tin shares were maintained yesterday. Hong Fatts were inquired for at $1.38; other business passing included Petalings, Laruts, Kramats, and Ampats, all on the basis of previous business. Little business was
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  • 21 11 Singapore, Thursday. Prices of tin and rubber in Singapore at noon today were:— RUBBER Buyers 86%, Sellers 37. TIN
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  • 184 11 T H E funeral took place at Buklt Brovn 1 Cemetery on Sunday of Mr. Poh Hoe Swee. of 10. Cornwall Street. Singapore, who passed away at 7.35 p.m. on Saturday at 355. East Coast Road. The late Mr. Poh Hoe Swee was a
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  • 31 11 rpHE December output of the Malakr. x Pinda Rubber Estates. Ltd. amounts to 90.500 pounds, making a total'of 321.413 pounds for the four months of the current financial year.
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  • 82 11  -  Speculative Buying Of U.S. Scrips On 'Change (By Reuter) London, Jan 15. XHE Stock Exchange opened cheerful and more active, with Gilt-Edgeds higher and Oils good. Kaffirs look harder. Later, the Exchange continued good, with more interest in Kaffirs. In the afternoon it was quieter but prices were
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  • 104 11 New York Jan. 15. THE Iron Age reports the steel production at 98 per cent, cf capacity. If mandatory priorities should become effective in the near future it will be due to the unrestrained buying in the past few weeks by commercial users
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  • 51 11 London, Jan. 15. UNDERWRITERS have made a provision whereby, if an emergency prevents the marine insurance market from normally operating, expiring vessel insurances will automatically be renewed monthly up to a six months' maximum. Cargoes do not require similar precautions since they are mostly under the open cover
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  • 23 11 London, Jan. 15. TIN opened quiet. The turnover was 25 tons. After official hours, a further 5 tons v.ere traded.
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  • 35 11 Washington, Jan. 15. THE Government continues to breathe fire and slaughter against commodity inflation. New York, Jan. 15. A STOCK Exchange membership was sold for $33,000, a decline of $2,000.
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  • 150 11 London, Jan. 15. THE numerous orders' for freight 1 include Australian Wheat to Taku Bar at 65-; Vizagapatam to the United States at $20; Coals, Calcutta to Shanghai at forty rupees; Argentine linseed to Eastern Canada or North Pacific, at $17 compared with $12 recently,
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  • 37 11 MR Clifford Huntsman will broad--111 cast a recital from the Singapore Station at 7.25 p.m. to-day This programme is as follows:— Bourree; Air; Fantasia.—Handel. Intermezzo; Three Waltzes.— Brahms. Novellette; Soaring; Why; Whims.—Schumann.
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  • 72 11 At the annual general meeting of the Cheerful Lads Athletic Party, held on Jan. 10. the fo''owing were elected office-bear-ers for the year 1941—1942:— President, Mr. David Ho Thiam Chuan, (re-elected): Vice-President. Mr. 31a Lye Choon (reelected): Hon: Secretary, Mr. Wee Tlang Choon. (re-elected): Asst. Hon: Secretary Mr. Goh Choon
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 26 11 GRMID f CHEPI^SBLE s TAR SHIRTS MODERN STYLE, Comfort, and Reliable. Everybody likes. "t LEA HIN COMPANY. <CHINA PRODUCTS), 231 SOUTH BRIDGE ROAD. TEL. 3560. SINGAPORE.
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    • 112 11 GUARANTEED QURE WITHOUT OPERATION Piles is a dangerous and painful disease. Early treatment always is advisable. Messrs Lav Kirn Ping and Lav Pfng Hsiang have cpent many years in a very careful study of this disease. Fees will be refunded if no cure is effected. Have a visit to our
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    • 17 11 CONNELL BROS. CO. (MALAYA) LTD. (Incorporated in S.S.) 161 CECIL STREET, SINGAPORE. Warina 2 m mmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmo
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    • 409 11 STEAMER SAILINGS r\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 Sailings: Special
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    • 357 11 BRITISH INDIA The best possible services are being maintained hi The P. O. S. N. Coy. from the Straits to their usual ports of call in China. India Ceylon and tho United Kingdom. Passengers are requested to register their requirements buf under present circumstance: sailings are perforce res tricted. Special
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  • 30 12 The Rev. Father Lee has been appointed a member of the Board of Visitors to the Singapore Reformatory in place cMr. Sng Choon Yee, who has resigned from the Board.
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  • 330 12 Sequel To Air Crash Triple Tragedy (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh. To-day. jy|R. A. W. Hay delivered judgment in the Police Court to-day in the case in which Capt. G. A. Bentinck appeared on two summons charges in connection with the fatal air crash at
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  • 431 12 Reuter. (By Gordon Young, Reuters special correspondent at adtxn headquarters outside Tobruk) Cairo, Jan. it; period of waiting before the attack on Tobruk is es* not only on account of patrol activity to explore Tobruk defences but also because of the necessity of storing up S
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  • 68 12 Reuter. Shanghai. Jan 16 A GROUP of 12 local Prenchinen n sailed for Hong Kong at now yesterday by the Hoihow to iota the Free French forces, bringing the total of French residents from Shanghai joining Gen re Gaulle to 65. Col. V. R. BuikharrJt
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  • 24 12 Inche untitled rest Office, Kinta. Batu Gajab on transfer to the Magistral Ipoh. His place has been tal Mohd. Hashim of the Perak Taiping.
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 409 12 PROF. ILMUDDIN f* %>vl Ovsr 37 IV«****l V* 1 0 txX(X V »n B «8t and J West, so you will receive rell■bJlidß abl an< 3 Instructive advice Co all who are ln trouble regarding. Business. Domestic. Financial. Health Travelling Marrlags and love affaire etc' Btrtctly confidential. Consultation Daily 9
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    • 93 12 What did the Surveyor say I\ ]f/) as he surveyed I\ the bar? I g'Cjood old I I blended Bom 1820 I Bffl from aU the finest whiskies of Scotland. -will going lii I 111 v Old M —each of them is matured for years \wong /H |§|j|ft in the
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