Malaya Tribune, 4 February 1941

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  • 22 1 The Malaya Tribune Net Sales Exceed J6,000 Daily SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1941 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune Tuesday, February J, 1911.
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  • 389 1 Debate Begins Reuter. Washington, Feb. I. MR. Norman Thomas, Socialist leader, testifying before the Senate Relations Committee, asserted that the passage of the Lease and Lend Bill would almost certainly be followed by the despatch of troops to Europe. It increased
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  • 151 1 Reuter. London, Feb. I. vsOLINI has decreed fhal the whole of It aly is to be a md has placid it f isl law accord(*rcek press ret|Uofed by the Radio last night. V|( ii Nile, Castd Benimportaafl Italian i, H ipolj—and its enei i ver}
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  • 43 1 Reuter. Inkara. Feb. 4 f sideut Roose- veil ary had an with Dr. Renk Turkish Premier. M reign Minister. Marshal Cnakmak. Chief of D i ivan, who was accomts the Ameriwas epo ted c night for Palestine Renter.
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  • 28 1 untitled Under the untitled onthiy procedure, it is that the authorities export licences for shipments until f, h. but shipper^ 4 can for priority certificati i -R( Qter.
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  • 178 1 Reuter. (By Gordon Young, Rcutcr's special correspondent). Cairo. Feb. 4 CONTINUING to fall back in Uie face of the ever-increasing (British pressure on the Eritrean and Abyssinian battle rronta, tht Italian forces are now abandoning the main roads—built at a cost ot hundreds of Italian lives
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  • 18 1 London. Feb. 4. THE Colonial Office states: "There is no change in Lord Lloyd's condition."—British Wireless.
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  • 119 1 Reuter. London. Feb. 4. FIVK thousand arrests have been nrnflr tn Rumania following the comb-out by the police after the recent iron Guard revolt, accord* ins to the Bucharest Radio. Tne pclice are still searching for arms at the homes of persons who took part
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  • 105 1 Reuter. Nairobi, Feb. 4. THE success of the South African forces i.s described in an official communique which says: "The South Alrican forces have occupied the Italian posts at El Gumu and Oorai. ten miles inside the Abyssinian border. "The Italians lost two officers and
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  • 80 1 London, Feb. 4. THE Lord Mayor of London yes--1 terday opened London's largest cross-crater bridge which the Royal Engineers and men of the Pioneer Corps have worked a night to complete. "I thank you on behalf of the citizens of London," said Sir George Wilkinson. I
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  • 54 1 Reuter. Bangkok. Feb. 4. DRINCE Voravarn and the other Thai delegates are expected to fly to Tckyo to-day for the peace conference. The allegation by the Thai High Command that the French forces violated the Thai Indo-China armistic? agreement is not considered likely to
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  • 1848 1 Reuter. London, Feb. 4. x fE( 1A I. article in the linw entitled "Japanese Adrift/ 1 sums up the rnifl f>l Japanese foreign policy 'n recent years. 'ates. when on the 18, 1931, Japan, in ut on the long road so far shown no turning, have acquired
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  • 284 1 NEW VICHY MOVE Reuter. New York, Feb. 4. A MESSAGE from Paris, quoting *M authoritative quarters, declares that Admiral Darlan, the Vichy Navy Minister and chief of the triumvirate recently formed to direct the country under Marshal Petain's orders, seemed to be seeking a middle course
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  • 51 1 Reuter. Ottawa, Feb. 4. THE Canadian Government win 1 spend over 8100.000.000. during the 1941-42 fiscal year to form anc equip an armoured division and a tank brigade to reinforce the Canadian corps overseas, stated Mr Ralston, the Minister of National Defence, at a press
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  • 36 1 London, Feb. 4. THE condolences of His Majesty's Government on the death of Mohammed Mahomoud Pasha, Which has robbed Egypt of one of her wisest and moat Nmlightenetf statesmen -have conveyed to the Egyptian Government.—British Wireless.
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  • 51 1 Reuter. New York, Jan. 4. THIRTY-EIGHT Danish ships, 1 totalling over 2*0,000 tons, now Idle in American ports, may, If the United States Government approves, carry cargoes to Britain, saythe newspaper World Telegraph. Twenty other ships in South American ports may be released the paper adds
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  • 198 1 Reuter I ondon, Feb. 4. "THE people of this country have withstood the German onslaught w th mag?N'icent courage, but they can feel that the Bomber Ctnimand is pivinjj like for likt." said an R.A.F. senior officer on Monday, talking to pressmen m London. "The German.' In
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  • 64 1 Reuter. Washington, Feb. 4 THE Senate on Monday passed the bill providing for the construction of 200 merchant ships for which President Roosevelt recently asked Congress. The bill has already been passe*! by the House of Representatives. In a recent message to Congress President
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  • 84 1 Reuter. London, Feb. 4. FREEDOM from night air raids waa broken i«»r Die second time in 15 nights last night when Nazi aircraft 11 w over ih outskirts of London. Incendiary bombs, which were extinguished in a few minutes, fell in one district during a brtef
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  • 2404 2 MEASURE TO BE ONLY FROM YEAR TO YEAR NO SUPER-TAX OR EXCESS PROFITS TAX YET a v i TTr Singapore, Monday, assurance that the War Tax Bill will be carried on only from year to year and that there is certainly no intention of securing-
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  • 19 2 T Singapore. Monday HE next meeting- of the S M on Native Council will be held
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  • 21 2 fCent-A-) —Total numl* planes destroyed yesterday on* »11 f Unn «P to midni-j run{i time... Jxj/I don POUR!
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  • 132 2 WHILE attempt! railway track Causeway at Jan. 22. a S3-y Vellayan wa passenger trai ceeding tow. from Stngapo i killed instantanei At this mon Singapore Corom Porter, returne G by mumdventi marked that. he was satisfied th attached to the T. Nagalingam employed ov said
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  • 40 2 pHREE Bills hi at the Legislative Cbimpjiwl? ng yesterday, r m( lf Penal Cede (Anl which will b<-in<> -< Lnl with the Indian p, j iiiJe The other two read a first UmP 'Amendment' Bill
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    • 166 2 2225™» WlUv 1 YOUR FRIENDS THEI?E jl MUSIC COMFORT SOCIAL ATMOSPHERE I Relay of Raffles Orchestra nightly SUNDAY NIGHT Relay of Regimental Band Concert I Baffles bakery I TOR BEST OITATTtv I bread r \Kr« outside catering at a g ™B» MODERATE TERMS PHONE 5381 j I SEA VIEW HOTEL
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    • 119 2 /?ss^^M WATCH FOR jj PYORRHOEA'- FORHAN'S CAN SAVE THEM! Why mut for gums to Meed? i Clean teeth and massage gums A -h Forfun's. detjtifricecon- dcntlst twlce a year and follow tains a special advi "ce. Thousands of them I *>»ti-pyorrhoea I advi se the use of Forhan's twice \^SST^
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  • 224 3 Temporary Huts To Be Built For Students (Tribune Staff Reporter) TO relieve the present congestion in the hostel, temporary huts, to be built on the lines of those erected for army officers, may shortly be provided for students of the King Edward VII College
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  • 48 3 i to the memory of those icho died in the last war as seni war was paid at the Cenotaph this morning ith was laid by Free Frenchmen numbering about 50. The the -hape of a cross and bore the following inscrip'Homage dcs Voluntaires de la France Libre
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  • 207 3 V olunteers' Allowances Exempted From Income Tax a- irtant amendments r Taxation Bill e.o Legislative Cour "il ides for the exempme tax of messing allowances paid by sof the Colony and Malay States to the Volunteer Force d up for continuous Governments, boards, nations, etc., given i liability to tax.
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  • 206 3 Singapore, Monday. SPVAKTNG at trie Legislative Countil to-day on the motion for adjournment. Mr. F. D. Bisseke.\ the senior unofficial memoer, referred to the speech which he made earlier hi the day opposing the War Tax Bill and said that he had been against it as
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  • 165 3 Singapore, Monday. FOUND guilty en a charge of having stolen a knife from a ship in the Naval Base, James Abishagan, 20, a Tamil. was sentenced to two months' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. J. G. Rappoport, in the Third Police Court, to-day. According to the prosecution
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  • 87 3 DURING the year 1940 the amount of revenue collected by H.M Customs Excise in the Straits Settlements on account cf war taxation totalled $2.790X30 in round figures, as fellows: Entertainments Duty $238.500 Fireworks—lmport Duty 14,000 Liquor Duties (Supplementary) 871.000 Flaying Cards Duties 8.900 Rubber Export Duty
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  • 63 3 Batavla, Fob. 3. WHILE the flag flew at half-mast over the Voiksraad building In Batavia, President Jonkman. in a speech to the members, was commemorating the death of the Prime Minister of Greece, Gen. Metaxas. He said:—"Although we are not officially allied with Greece, the N.E".
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  • 138 3 Singapore. Monday. 1 DESCRIBED as an ex Chairman of II the Singapore Drivers' Association, Seng Xi, a Chinese, was senfenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment and also recommended for banishment, by Mr. J. G. Rappoport, the Third Magistrate, for being a member of
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  • 329 3 JN the north-east corner of Penang Island is situated the fishing village of Tanjong Tokong, comprising same 120 Malay fishermen's dwellings, many of them in a dilapidated condition. The village is overcrowded and the site too congested to admit of any improvement. It appeared to the
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  • 98 3 Batavla. Feb. 3. FOLLOWING the opening of the Stcck Exchange in Batavia on I>c. 23 when only bond transactions were allowed, the Foreign Exchange Control on Jan. 29 allowed the transaction of a number of shares and profit-sharing notes embracing those 1 issued by firms established
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  • 49 3 Batavia, Feb 3. THE port of Soerabaja was 1 swej I 1 by a cyclone last week. A great part of the harbour stores offices a n s warehcuses was damaged. A.R.p. volunteers worked several hours to clear away the main part of the debris.
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  • 222 3 JOHORE RAISES DUTIES ON TOBACCO LIQUOR (Tribune Staff Reporter) HPOBACCO and liquor jumped up in price over the week-end in Singapore following Government's imposition of increased taxes. It is Johore's turn to-day, and in the Johore Government Gazette published last evening, details of the tax increases were announced. The increases
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  • 83 3 RE broke out on hoard a Sh|p berthed in the Singapore Harbour Board last night, but fortunately not much damage resulted. Some time before midnight, smoke was seen emanating from below, and an alarm was raised. The Harbour Board Fire Brigade arrived on the scene,
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  • 51 3 Singapore, Tuesday. A BENGALI islam is alleged to have stabbed a compatriot yesterday at 7 p.m In Tanjong Pahang. The victim died this morning. A man has been detained by the police. It is said that the victim was to have been married yesterday even- j
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  • 70 3 THE following is an abstract of the Entertainments War Duty collected by H.M. Customs and Excise In the Straits Settlements for the half year ended Dec 31.' 1940: Ist Class Cinemas $145,833 2nd Class Cinemas 52.292 Travelling Tent Shows 3,021 WayangS. Miscellaneous 5.551 Hotels. Clubs, Cabarets 3.356 Amusement
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  • 29 3 "Can Venereal Disease be Controlled by Licensing Brothels?'' is the sublect of this week's talk to be given by RotarUn Dr. Chen Su Lan at the Adelphi Hotel to-mor-row.
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  • 60 3 Singapore, Monday. AT about 5.30 ,p.m. to-day, an Indian cyclist was knocked dcwn by a motor car at the junction of Stamford Road and Waterloo Str3et. He received extensive injuries all over his bcdy and on his head resulting in concussion of th? train. He
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  • 29 3 Syed Ibrahim bin Omar untitled J.P. has been appointed a Municipal Commissioner for the Town of Singapore in the place of Da to Mohd. Ghazaiv bio Mohd. Arlffln. resigned
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  • 61 3 Singapore, Monday. AS a result of a fight at Dunearn iUad this evening with an aged Chinese who was armed with a parang, a European sustained an incised wound on one of hi« fingers. M?dical aid was rendered to the European on the arrival of the
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  • 38 3 Mr. S. M. Mohamed Noohu. honorary secretary of the Edavr. Madrasathul 7slam Association. Singapore, has been appointed a member of the managing commit cc of the Jamlel Mosque. Sonth Bridge Road under the Mohammedan and Hindu Endowment Board.
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  • 380 4 TRACK NOTES FROM BUKIT TIMAH V AN BREUKELEN'S cracks showed great form when the Bukit Timah track was opened this morning for fast work Rubber Queen, P.ookiaw, Kaolin and Bay Dragon were the outstanding runners from this stable while others who impressed considerably
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  • 222 4 1 bi«9Xl«u badminton was' witnessed at the Clerical Union Hall on Sunday when the Makepeace Badminton Party defeated the Fairwind Badminton Party by live games to one. One match which attrae'/d Pienty of interest was the mixed doubles tie between M. A. Lange and Miss Pansy
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  • 51 4 IT is understood that the Malayan Golf Association championship meeting, which was to have been held during the Easter holidays in Kuala Lumpur, has been indefinitely postponed. A running Stableford competition open to all comers will be arranged by the Selangor Golf Club during the Easter
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  • 170 4 (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh, Monday. QIT of four teams competing in the seven-a-side rugger tournament played off on the Ipoh Club ground at the weekend, the Ipoh Asiatics won all their matches convincingly to gain championship honours. The champion team beat the Ipoh Club 10—0.
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  • 566 4 Giving Singapore Monday. forum" %?Hi r^ ad o received in 'another nisier in the coincidence." °< deceued '?eVf SiE" Bl has reindeed not\ f investigation and forum-mucn* in v£ M pSh°rni n an ther -sometimes adjoining *5„ Column and though therp c U
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  • 229 4 QN Friday, at the New World, Mr. R un R Un Sh first big boxing programme for the year events featuring three champions. TTT„I 1 „1- _I I weuerweignt cnampion of Singapore Nai Som Pong, making his first appearance in Singapore after his long
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  • 83 4 JHE following scores were returnFebruarv n KepPel Golf reoruaiy medal competition H. Irving Jones 74M. G Harvey 84-12=72 J Pennie so Q_ 7 j Bolton 94-IL7G NIBLOCK CUP The draw for the "Niblock Cup" resulted as under v F. W. Dunhill vs R. Off ord J.
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  • 70 4 UY seven n r Island C Sepoy Line* I in the first rot Wei Cup r results "Island < tioned first* Dr. 8. I j Sharp, \V. v t Hosking. y, W. c. F Dii beat Dr. g v Chong beat G
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  • 32 4 Reuter. It 1 THE Britisn 1 boxing chamnioi i: at stake In the 1 last night iMo< Jackie Patei holder, aiid P. ten. Patersen won round Lhe referee fight.--Rev:.!
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous

  • 2788 5 Mr. Bisseker Only Opponent, Reveals "Glaring Anomalies" i>ivr> ,v out uv ji Singapore, Monday, n I the Lill as bad legislation" and accusing it of having "such glaring and obvious omissions," and to be so "un-British in its make-up" inabte to see how
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  • 96 5 Singapore, Monday. WHILE working on board a ship, a 30-year-o?d Indian, Beltazar fell from a ladder in the ship's hold, a drop of 12 feet. He was lemoved to the General Hospital where he died on the following day. He fractured his skull and spine.
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  • 79 5 F Singapore, Monday. OR making a faise report to the police, M. C. Fernandez, 50. Indian, was sentenced to threeweeks' rigorous imprisonment in the Fifth Court, to day. The accused was stated to have made a report at the Kampong Bharu Police Station on Jan.
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  • 19 5 A Commission as Acting Sub-Liutennant Mr S R w V R has been Banted to Mr. F. R Marshall.
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  • 207 6 Income Tax Law BIS case having won the day, His Excellency Sir Shenton Thomas was his usual self in the Legislative Council yesterday, excelling in the diplomacy and tactfulness so characteristic of him in every field of governmental activity but income tax and lotteries. Seldom has the Council heard
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  • 196 6 jyiTH eleven months of legislative deliberations, committee proceedings, broadcast speeches and propaganda, the Government have battered public opinion to pulp, making- it responsive to the principle of taxation of incomes. The very fact that it required eleven months to pave the way for this measure is sufficient
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  • 201 6 A T he end of eleven months of propaganda barrage not on e jot or tittle has been altered of the scathing condemnation contained in the following remark by the F.M.S. Income Tax Committee: "We most of us agree that so far as the Federated Malay states are concerned
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  • 647 6 JJENRY Labouchere, to the immense amusement of the House of Commons, once concluded a typically Laboucherean speech thus: "Mr. Speaker. I shall be told, I know, that I have taken a sentimental view of the case. Well, I do not mind acknowledging that I am
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  • 339 6 gEFORE an audience compos ed largely of City Hall politicians and fraternal leaders Dr. Myron B. Fractman, 58--year-old physician, was painted as a kind of modern Svengali. Appearing before Municipal Judge Morris on felony charges of prescribing narcotics for someone not his patient, Dr. Fractman st>ecincally
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  • 555 6 A New Zealandser Say... THERE are 110 W.A.A.F. (please, never call us W.A.A.F.s) vthtrt lam stationed. After six months of war we have become part of the aerodrome and now excite no comment, facetious or otherwise, as we hurry past «11 our Air Force blue uniforms.
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  • 457 6 item oi a hollow ol hearty ea jnot eat mor< her of c'; i rants. This prov I the new food pfe British Minister It take., a we the people thai more than U tain theii p] Doable-chins an lies may be the I j idea of
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  • 181 7 Reuter. TOKYO, FEB. 3. IXI >\\ WILL IGNORE THE REPRESENTATIONS BY J THE NETHERLANDS MINISTER REGARDING THE StW ORDER IN EAST ASIA, ACCORDING TO THE VERn\< LAR NEWSPAPERS. rding to reports from London, the Netherlands Minibeen instructed to reject the suggested incorporation Netherlands East
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  • 126 7 Reuter. LONDON, FEB. 3. THE STATEMENT OF MR. OHA--1 SHI, THE JAPANESE VICEMINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS MAKES LITTLE DIFFERENCE IN POINT OF FACT IS THE COMMENT OF NETHERLANDS CIRCLES IN LONDON ON THE DECLARATION MADF IN TOKYO. An agreement is possible if Japan's "common prosperity" concerns
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  • 62 7 Reuter. Bangkok, Feb. 3. JHE 1,200-ton Japanese destroyer Sumisuki, which was reported to have arrived at the mouth of the Mcnam River three days ago, is at present anchored at Bangkok. It is stated that no special significance is attached to the visit. The Commander is
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  • 114 7 Reuter. Athens. Feb. 3. ANOTHER day of successful local operations and the taking of further prisoners was announced in a Greek High Command communique issued on Sunday night. The wMole mountain range to the north of Klissura, stretching to a length of nine miles with
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  • 156 7 Reuter. Bombay, Feb. 3 n' was belching from L himneya of Jubbulpores factory as I passed guarded gates to be c workshops where ol India's guns writes Reuters spec al is the roar of powerwhen I entered the and the noise was aling. I entered
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  • 18 7 Reuter. untitled Heavy melt, ted at $20.50 to me-dollar furtfter the leadim red their offerconformity with s -Reuter.
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  • 428 7 Reuter. London, Feb. 3. JjY imposing their arbitration on the French in Indo-China and on Thailand, the Japanese have scored their first diplomatic success for a long period, writes The Times' diplomatic correspondent. They may also have strengthened their military and naval position in
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  • 110 7 Reuter Chicago. Feb. 3. THE death has occurred of Mr. Salmon Oliver Le Vinson, the well-known lawyer. Seventy-six years of age, he was educated at Yale. He specialised in the reorganisation ol railways and industrials. In 1937. he presented 50.000 documents to the University of Chicago
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  • 449 7 REORGANISATION IN VICHY SOON Reuter. London, Feb. 3. gOML sensation has been caused at Vichy, according to the Times' correspondent on the French frontier, by the arrival of M. Badouin who resigned from the Petain Government shortly after M. Laval's dismissal and went to
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  • 246 7 Reuter. Bangkok. Feb. 3 IT is very natural that Japan, undertaking the establishment of an Eastern Asian sphere of common prosperity, should have offered mediation in the Thai-Indo-China dispute."' Prince Yarn Vaidyakara Varavarn. adviser to the Foreign Ministry and chief Thai delegate to the forthcoming Tokyo peace conference,
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  • 128 7 Reuter. Chungking, Feb. 3. CHINESE circles* are not at all perturbed over the Communist situation as a result of the High Command's decision to disband the Communist new Fourth Army last month. Following the conclusion of the brief fighting between the Government and troops en
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  • 29 7 Reuter. Ottawa, Feb. 3-The untitled ol explosives In Canada this veai phould approach, the entire output during ih a lasl war, said Mr Howe Canadian Munitions Minister i Reuter.
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  • 38 8 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. The family of the late Mr. Charles Gregory Pestana wish to express their heartfelt thanks to all relatives and friends who attended the funeral, as well as those who sent wreaths and letters of condolence.
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  • 58 8 Mr. Charlie Ong and brothers and Mr Lim Chin Chye beg to tender their sincere and heartfelt thanks to members of the A.R.P. Wardens Division "D" Group Post 2, Fost No. 4, friends and relatives who paid night-visits and attended the funeral of the late Madam Ong Oh on Sunday.
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  • 411 9 Singapore, Monday. T >WING herself on the ground outside the District Court nocking her head on the ground, Lim Huan Sea, alias S h, a Chinese woman who had been sentenced to one •roua imprisonment, wept and shouted out in Chinese ...anted to commit
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  • 53 9 Batavia, Feb. 3. QNE HUNDRED AND SIX Dutch *L re u l ees arrived in Batavia from Lisbon on Jan. 29. They are at present accommo&ated o n the island of Onrust pending the completion of the necessary" formalities. They will be sent to a special
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  • 46 9 ur Batavia, Feb. 3. THE revenue from the Government postal, telephone and 1 6 n g^ ph servi ces in 1940 increased SJ' OOO^ 0 uilder s compared with J although connections with Holland and the European continent were cut off.
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  • 210 9 COWLS' eggs have recently been, and are stilly, in short supply in Singapore, says a communique issued by the Food Controller A large proportion of Singapore's eggs normally came from Swatow, but this source of supply is no longer available. Small quantities are obtained from Thailand
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  • 36 9 AT tho d Sin sapore. Monday a 0 He was conscious, but was hleert noLi t r a °/K c, t V and was «»o^2Tto Hospital by the ambulance. the ™o?ice. b6en arrested by
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  • 26 9 Batavia, Feb. 3. w.ti.i. women drivers are eivint? their services to the auxiliary extended. The corps will be set up in many towns in the N^E.l
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  • 438 9 v i 1 j. Singapore, Monday. 0, a ch *W th at, Aether with two other unknown Chinese, he committed armed robbery at Jala n Eunos on the night of Nov 18 last a young Chinese, Liow Thian Seng, claimed trial at tne Assizes
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  • 53 9 Batavia. Feb 3 THE shipping traffic at the port 1 of Batavia during 1940 decreased from 2.437 ships, totalling 29.000,000 cubic metres in 1939 to ships, totaling 25.500.000 cubic metres. Shipping however was practically unchanged, notwithstanding the stepping of the traffic with Holland and the <
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  • 142 9 FOLLOWING are the results of the thp °l the third batch of U h on SnsL a Plane a Day COl,ec East Asiatic Co. (S.S per M "V'v El rSSE 00 ***** Mrs. E. M. Glover ***** Pavilion Ltd. per Miss R Solomon o, Miss M Ellison *J
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  • 36 9 Batavia, Feb. 3. rjURING the last half year, 142.000 f guilders have been sent to Arabia by the N.E.I, for distressed Dutch subjects in Arabia. Besides this, the N.E.I. Government has been sending 8,000 guilders monthly.
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  • 100 10 DEATH Tan Thean Seang, second son of Mr. Tan Pong Guan, late chief clerk of the Municipal Account's Division, age fifty, passed away peacefully at the General Hospital at about 4.45 p.m. yesterday evening, leaving behind him his beloved wife, two daughters, a son and four brothers, K.
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  • 34 10 The relatives of the late MARIA JOSEPHINE BOSWELL wish to express their thanks to all kind friends who attended the funeral and also to those who sent wreaths, telegrams and letters of condolence.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 798 10 (TO-DAY'S HAMiq SINGAPORE LO> I ZHL 225 m. 1333 k|cs. nsr ,5 v^ T U ZHP.I. 30.96 m »69 m|ct n m i >Ir,v ZHP 3. 41.38 m. 7.25 m\c»\ sS'nm 7' V ZHL. ZHPI ZHP3. from* A 10.00' Lagu Gambos m cs) ft"" 10.30 Kronchongs nm <C 11 n
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  • 853 11 ogapore, Feb. 3. Buyers. Sellen MINING. 3- 3 6 6 6 7-cd 35|- 36,- 21- 226 1 0 85 0.90 146 156 1 38 1 43 9 9 10 6 19 201--1- 131--0.17 0 20 0 40 0 43 |1) 1.36 1 39 q 58) 181-
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  • 22 11 c, Tuesday. I in and rubber c at noon totm\\ i IJRER i Sellers 3tsj j J ria j I <
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  • 93 11 Reuter. Cairo, Feb. 1. IT is now suggested that the British and Egyptian Governments should jointly—fifty-fifty purchase the next Egyptian crop and with premiums for later deliveries to encourage gradual marketing thereby relieving the storage congestion. The Trade the British Cotton Controller's decision to make
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  • 38 11 Batavia, Feb. 3. The K.N.I.L.M. air Service betwsen Java and Borneo has been extended by one more return flight weekly cwing to th 3 big increase in passenger and goods traffic. The line now runs three flights weekly.
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  • 21 11 Batavia, Fob. 3. FOURTEEN Indonesian and five Chinese boys have been aC cepted by the military air force as pilot cadets.
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  • 180 11 *iom Our Financial Correspondent I %_m _t Singapore, Tuesday. IN tin shares, a tendency to ease continued throughout yesterday. Hong Facts, after business at SI 38 had sellers at the close at $1.37. The January output cf 2.300 I piculs was rather disappointing to I
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  • 36 11 Mr. W. C. Taylor, M.C.S. has been appointed a Deputy Accountant-Genera! for the Supreme Court. Malacca and also a Deputy Commissioner of Estate Duties and a Registrar of Mohammedan Marriages fo r the Settlement of Malacca
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  • 21 11 Mr. H. F. Hammond has been appointed an unofficial member of the Singapore sailors institute Committee, vice Mr R V Harris.
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  • 371 11  -  FIGURES OF WORLD TIN PRODUCTION (By Reuter Reuter. Tuir D v. t London, Feb. 3. HE Tin Research Institute estinv«w. 11 j n I 1 o Q Ann wwmates world production in December at 28,000 long tons, making the 1940 total W i th 1939 lotal f 184
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  • 391 11 THE death occurred at his resi1 dence in Teluk Kurau, Singapore, yesterday morning of Mr. C. G. Pestana, late usher of second police court, at the age of 54 years He retired In 1937, after having served for about 21 years in the Government. He
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  • 56 11 (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh, Monday. UIS Excellency th e High Commis--11 sioner, with the approval of His Majesty the King, has been pleased to appoint Colonel Cecil Rue, C.8.E., to be an unofficial member of the Federal Council for a further period of one year, with
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  • 23 11 The Resident of Perak has appointed Mr. R. J. B. Campbell an Inspector jnder the Mineral Ores Enactment for the state of Perak.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 156 11 j V |A BOTTLE A LOT 1 in it I Identical with the natural water in Ik TONG NAM PILES CLINIC ft aSH GUAR ANTEED CURE WITHOUT OPERATION i I Piles is a dangerous and painful disease. Early H treatment always Is advisable. Messrs. Lav Kirn fc»' Ij p 'ng
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    • 401 11 STEAMER SAU I V!;* BRITISH INDIA PASSENGER FREIGHT SERVICES For all information apply to: P. O. S. N. Co.. The Agent, Collyer <{uay, 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:
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    • 363 11 BRITISH INDIA r The best possJbk- services are being maintained by The P. O. S. N. Coy. from the Straits to their usual ports of call in China, India Ceylon and the. United Kingdom. Passeng ers are requested to register their requirements binl under present circumstance* sailings are perforce res
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  • 261 12 London, Feb. 4. iWR. Wendell Willkie's 60-minute tour of the bomb-damaged areas of Manchester included some of the most enthusiastic scenes there fcr many years. Dense crowds stopped the car time and again, and the police bodyguard had to be augmented to save him from
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  • 13 12 Reuter. Loudon, Feb. 3.—There was no enemy air activity over Britain during night.—Reuter.
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  • 212 12 Reuter. (B<: Re titer's air correspondent > London, Feb. 4. R.A.F. fighter sweeps over occupied France are believed to have met with so little lighter opposition for two reasons, namely because they surprised the German air force, and because it is probable that a
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  • 63 12 Teachers untitled Tanjong Malim. the untitled Idris Training College, will n i h undrrstood. be transferred to Kuala Kangsa: This step, it is gathered, is being token as an emergency measure. The transfer will take place some time in April. Accommodation at Kuala Kangsar for the staff nnd the pupils
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  • 1858 12 DIFFICULTIES OUTLINED: FEAR OF DOUBLE IMPOST JHE Chettiar Chamber of Commence, F.M.S., has addressed the following memorandum on the War Taxation Enactment, 1941, to the Legal Adviser, F.M.S. NET ANNUAL VALUE SECTION 2: We submit that an allowance of a
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  • 131 12 Reuter. LONDON, FEB. 3. AS THE CULMINATING EVENT IN HIS INTENSIVE TOUR OF BRITAIN UNDER WAR CONDI. TIONS. MR. WENDELL WILLKIE EXPECTS TO SEE THE KING AND QUEEN TO-MORROW. Mr. Willkie to-day was seeing Low Liverpool is taking the blitz. Early astir, he inspected
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  • 128 12 Reuter. Shanghai. Feb. 3. WHILE the city was sound asleeo. a party, alleged to have been Japanese, commandeered a Britishowned taxi at 3 a.m. threw out the Chinese driver, drove to the race com so and attempted to burn down the mat,shed where the ratepayers
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  • 46 12 Reuter. Moscow, Feb. 3 A step towards settlement of the long-stand-ing Russo-Japanese dispute has been taken by the appointment of a joint Soviet-Japanese Commission consisting of ten members to negotiate a long term fisheries' convention. Conversations are expected U> begin in Moscow shortly.—Reuter.
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  • 60 12 Reuter. Cape Town, Feb. 4. I IN the Union House of Assembly, G«n. Smuts, the Premier, announced that a full inquiry would be held into the Johannesburg disturbances. Compensation would be paid for |tne damage done to property and [disciplinary action would be taken by the military
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  • 163 12 Reuter. London GRb.EK troops rain on the ml v new siu cesses ye to a Press M broadcast by tl last night. i «*yi that increased thrj r on tin Italiai the central from hea\y guns an ceasclesv. Are on a points oi the line n
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  • 135 12 Japan And South Sea Regit Reuter. Trkyo, ¥rk I IT is sell < iff, nl thai Japan mil Igo forward uith n hv.l ptfq whatever the attitude lac Netfcerlands Ea>t Indies mas (akp wards Japan's reaaed tor (0 operation in the KUbUdaanatf a sphere «.f cammta pnaatrib throughout
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