Malaya Tribune, 13 February 1941

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  • 23 1 The Malaya Tribune Net Sales Exceed 16,000 Daily SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1941 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune Thursday. Ft» m 13, 1941.
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  • 344 1 Reuter. London, Feb. 13. da bombers arrived over the aerodromes of Comiso md Catania m Sicily on Tuesday at intervals of 20 during a period of over five hours, to drop many and incendiary bombs. This news i's ned in an additional
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  • 107 1 Reuter. j special correspondent Albanian frontier) London, Feb. 13. thl Greeks are reported to be eanying an enveloping movement an and Tepelini. advance In the Klisura h ha-s been accompanl•e fighting, is stated to ght them within two peiini, the struggle roi »en going on for many
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  • 63 1 Via Cable and Wireless. F *pm H. Hopkin) London, Feb. 13. GUNNER in the army, Griffiths, had an amazing *»pc when he was caught by Kuidt rope of a barrage ™«n in Wales and tnken feet into the air. He dun, desperately to the r
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  • 51 1 British Wireless. np London. Feb. 13. |trLYTNG he House of Comquestion yesterday, Eden, the Foreign d that the document al de Gaulle pledged colleagues', on bee French, to give an his actions to repre«oc^a, French nation as uld ire ?ly and formally had been communing, British Government.
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  • 153 1 Reuter. London, Feb. 13. FORMATION on the despoiling of occupied territory conto reach official quarters in London. In Poland, largo ■ds of sheep and cattle are sent to graze, being kept from the local herds. >f removing niaQi occupied France extended to unoccue hundred Germans lir
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  • 81 1 Reuter. Washington, Feb. 12. STARTLING instances" of German control of defence industries were alleged by Mr. Thurman Arnold, Assistant Attorney-General, to-day before the Federal Monopoly Committee. "We are constantly uncovering startling instances cf German control in the defence industries' as well as illegal price-fixing
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  • 33 1 Reuter. New York, Feb. 13. A CAIRO report that Marshal Graziani, the Italian Com-mander-in-Chief, Libya, has left North Africa for Rome, is published in the New York Post.— Reuter.
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  • 58 1 Reuter. Vichy, Feb. 13. THAI violations ol the Armistice conditions with Indo-China are alleged by the French authorities here who state that they have occurred on seve:a_ occasions, mo violations have been brought to the attention ot the Japanese Government who is acting as mediator
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  • 283 1 Reuter. London. Feb. 13. THE Government has adhered to the policy of avoiding inflation "by eviery conceivable means in our power," said the Lord Chancellor, Lord Simon, in the House of Lords yesterday. He suggested that the concern on this point was brought about by
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  • 103 1 Reuter. Rome, Feb. 13. A BRITISH flying officer, whose name is given as Sub-Lieuten-ant Attenborough, was buried witn military honours at Leghorn yesterday (Wednesday). He is described as one of the occupants of the British p.'ane shot down by anti-aircraft fire at Leghorn on Sunday. Italian
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  • 34 1 Reuter. London, Feb. 13. THE night air raid lull continues. Neither London nor the rest of the country was visited by ihe Luftwaffe up to a late hour last night.—Reuter.
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  • 87 1 Reuter. Madrid, Feb. 13. QEN. Franco and Mussolini conferred at Bordioghera on Wednesday, it is officially announced in Madrid. The announcement says that the identity of the Italian and Spanish viewpoints, concerning European problems and those which at the present historical moment are of interest to both
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  • 217 1 Reuter. London, Feb. 13. EFFORTS to induce the Government to make a iormai state- ment on its peace aims wt re* again made in the House of Commons en the adjournment, in the form of a debate which brought another —though short—Government declaration. Of the four speakers,
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  • 72 1 Reuter. Vichy. Feb. 13. MARSHAL Petaln arrived at Cagnes-Mer in the French Riviera yesterday in the special train in which he left Vichy .on Tuesday night. After leaving the station he went to his estate at VilleneuveLoubet on the coast road about nine miles from Nice.
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  • 77 1 Reuter. Bangkok, Feb. 13. TH E announcement yesterday I Wednesday lof a fortnights extension of the armistice agreement between Thai and French Indo-China coincides with the arlival of Major-General Sumita from Saigon. Gen. S'umita stressed that he came to consult members of the mediation
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  • 60 1 Chinese central News. Chungking, Feb. 13. DR. LAUGHLIN CURRIE and Mr. Emilo dcs Pres were guests of Dr. Wang Chung-hui, the Foreign Minister, on Monday evening, lhe American Ambassador, Mr. Nelson T. Johnson, and stnior staff members of the American Embassy a.s well as high
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  • 196 1 Reuter. Washington, Feb. 12 attempt to check the Aid-Britain plan was frustrated to-day (Wednesday) when the Senate Foreign Relations Committee rejected by 13 votes to 10 an amendment to the Lease and Lend Bill requiring President Roosevelt to obtain the certification
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  • 97 1 Reuter. Washington. Feb. 12. TOL. Frank Knox, United States Jj Secretary for the Navy, told a Press conference to-day that the United States Navy "can spare no more destroyers." Col. Knex was commenting on the proposal made by Mr. Willkie to the Senate Foreign
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  • 111 1 Reuter. London, Feb. 13. THE question of trade difficulties 1 in North China was raised in the House cf Commons by Mr. Morgan, who asked the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden, whether exports from that place were permitted only on payment in Japanese Federal Reserve
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  • 33 1 Reuter. .Bucharest, Feb. 13. THE military guard on the British Legation here has been trebled Several Turkish journalists are reported to have been ai rested late en Tuesday night.—Reuter.
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  • 66 1 Reuter. Washington, Feb. 12. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT has asked Congress for $898,393,000 in cash and contract authorisations to expedite the shipbuilding programme, and to carry out a vast expansion of the Fleet's shore facilities. The sum includes $4,700,000 to establish fleet operation facilities and bombproof shelters
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  • 102 1 Reuter. Tokyo, Feb. 13 CONTINUOUS bombing by japv anese naval aircraft have almost completely cut the Burma Road, the Japanese military mission In French Indo-China announces. Five Japanese naval air unTcs yesterday heavily bombed the old Kungkuo bridge over the Mekong River, according to
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  • 615 2 Allowances, Pensions Provided For ALL Penghulus and Naib Penghulus, all male Johore .object. A between the age of 18 and 55 (not already members of the Johore Volunteer Forces), male Bnt.sh subjects _of pure European descent between the ages of 18 and
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  • 230 2 Singapore, Wednesday. rREE children, their ages ranging from nine to one, are to oe looked after by the SaKat on Army because their parents have been sent to prison. Ng Beng Tek, their father, So Pek Kirn, their mother, and Ng
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  • 18 2 The appointment of Mr C. H. White as an Assistant Engineer. Public Works Department, Singapore, has been approved.
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  • 319 2 Singapore. Wednesday. HEN an attap house in Boon Teck Road, off Balestier Road, caught fire on the afternoon of Feb. 2 an infant girl who had been left alone sleeping in a room was burned beyond recognition. The grandmother of the girl, who returned to
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  • 82 2 Singapore, Wednesday. A DENTISTS assistant, Chin Cheung Foh, to-day related to tne Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. Q. Porter, how he discovered the bod? of his 13-year-old son, Chin Choon Fong on the beach behind the Alhambra Theatre on Feb. 1. The boy's clothes were also
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  • 199 2 Singapore, Wednesday. ADMITTING that he was the treasurer of the General Hospital Fellow Workers" Mutual Help Association, Li Chun Keng, 33, denied the allegation that he was also a member of the Malayan Communist Party, when he was charged with being a member of both the societies
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  • 46 2 H.E. the Governor wishes to acknowledge publicly the generosity of the undernoted landowners, who have offered to waive their claims to compensation for loss and inconvenience caused to their property by defence measures in the Colony:— Siglap Estate, Limited. Messrs. Espiel, Limited.
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  • 22 2 (Cent-A-Plane Fund) .Total number of enemj planes destroyed during yesterday on all fronts up to midnight London time.... TEN
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  • 79 2 Reuter. London, Feb. 12. A QUESTION will be asked in the House of Commons by Sir George Thomas Broadbridge as to whether the Government are awaie that the states of Trengganu and Kelantan are sending regular shipments of iron ore to Japan and in view
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  • 164 2 EHng&pore, Wednesday. MISSING for several days, v young Hylam woman. Soo Om Kee was found lying dead In tne muddy bed ol Rochore Canal by the police on Feb. I. Cng Joon Hong. the husbanu, told the Coroner that he last saw his wife
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  • 169 2 Singapore, v. ATHAILANDER, Phc 22. described bad been studying States, was' fined $41 inform the Alien Officer of his ann lony. 1 When charged be for -r Pappoport, in the ~i i ,jj Court, Phong plead °"c--said. "I forgot to re r but as soon
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  • 456 3 n\y Three Are Now Realising Ambition (Tribune Staff Reporter) twenty-five cadets who have passed through the pore Flying Training School and who are now ng further training in other parts of the world irned a name for their wartime alma mater I
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  • 155 3 apore, Wednesday. UiSAROUS treatment' is ho* Mr. J. Ci. ►it, the Third Maglsm ribed the action ot Toh, 28, a step-mother, inflicted three wounds a lighted cigarette end face of her 11-year-step-! on. Khoo Kau loman, Mary ion. Quek <i»ok Toh. pieadailtj when j she
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  • 63 3 Wedding Before Penang Regis trar (From Our Own Reporter) Penang, Tuesday. MR. Henry Scully, a European, was to-day married to Miss Chin Yee before the District Judge and Registrar, Mr. H. A. Forrcr, under the New Civil Marriage Ordinance, by a special licence. The bridegroom is a planter in Inch
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  • 61 3 It is officially stated that following the announcement on Monday last that formations of R.A.F. Blenheims had left Singapore for Northern Malaya. similar formation* or modern bombers of the Royal Australian Air Force in Malaya have also taken up their stations in that area. Picture
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  • 191 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) important conference between officers and N.C.O.'s of the St. John Ambulance Brigade and officials of the Passive Detence Sen-ices is to be held to-day at Defence Headquarters. Jt is understood that at this meeting, which is the first of its kind, opportunity
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  • 202 3 Singapore, Wednesday. THE Singapore Branch" of the Indian Ovrrseas* Bank, Ltd., was opened this* morning by Mr. C. S. Venkatachar, retiring Agent of the Government of India in Malaya. The function was* attended by a large gathering of all communities. The Indian Agent, in
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  • 139 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) ALTHOUGH it is more than three months since the former Bishop of Singapore, the Rt. Rev. B. C. Roberts, left the country on transfer to Canterbury, the Tribune learns that nothing is known locally yet who the successor to this highest post
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  • 124 3 <Frcm Our Own Correspondent) Teluk Anson, Tuesday. 4 MOTOR launch, conveying pusi n sengers over Pera!: River from the Paul in street Jetty, to Kam* pong Gajah i.s reported to have '-•d an unfortunate experience when the top deck caught ft* While the boat was some distance
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  • 27 3 The 25th annual general meeting of the Singapore Lion City c lub wm be held at 513, Kmmpong Bahru Road, on Sunday Feb lb at 1 p.m.
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  • 76 3 The following announcements under the vohmteer Force Ordinance are gSted «wnmisskm as Lieutenant to Dr E. the SSSSt? PaV Uard a bSn grantS: Grady ancJ Lieutenant A. h-vf h^; mpton l the "M* of oaptam. ni, i p ap tne transfer of Caon« L iT" Cornelius to the Reserve of
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  • 730 3 Singapore, Wednesday, DISPUTE between a boxing promoter and the Singapore Boxing Board of Control over a sum of $1,937 alleged to have been deposited by the promoter with the Board o| Control m connection with a boxing contest between Young Frisco and I Flashy
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  • 987 4 Singapore, Wednesday, rpwo objections, one against Clarissa the Flea in the second race, and the other against Turn Over in the third race, were dismissed to-day on the second day of the Spring Meeting of the Singapore Turf Club. There was a dead beat
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  • 272 4 |T was "fast day" at Bukit Timah race track this morning but few horse?- took advantage the excellent conditions for gallops, most candidates confining- their work to medium pace exercise over four furlongs. Among the more impressive were Danger Zone. Safariland. Rumination and Temple. Danger Zone,
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  • 251 4 [FOLLOWING is the final selection of amateur boxers for the War Fund show which takes place on Saturday at the Happy World. Featherweight: T. L. Hoew (S.A.8.C.). Cpl Collins (Gordons), A.C. Gardiner (R.A.A.F.), Pte. Hogg Argylls i. Pte. McShane (Argyusj, Pte. Motfatt (Argylls). Lightweights: Lc. Forsyth (Gordons),
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  • 209 4 Business Houses League [Tailed Engineers 4 Chartered Bank q UNITED Engineers beat the Chartered Bank by foui goals in their Business Houses League fixture playi Fraser and Neave's ground yesterday. The came was one-sided witht the'Uniteers doing all the attacklog, but good goaikeeping by Leyj Hoci:
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  • 172 4 MAKING iheir debut, in the Business Houses league Ford's scored an overwhelming 8-0 victory over Guthrie's at Anson Road Stadium yesterday. The game was one-sided with the Fords forwards having things their own way. Early in the first half. Kathiresen scored the first goal. Soon
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  • 91 4 THE R.A.K. Seletar I scored a double victory over the Loyals Regiment on Tuesday evening when they defeated the first and secona teams of the Loyals at water polo by Convincing margins. The first team of the Rafs beat the Loyals' first team by six goals
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  • 20 4 SOCCER: Business Hon,. Overseas Chinese B Storage. Stadium, g Co. v Brinkinann; Union; Hongkong b" Straits Times. S.H.H
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  • 142 4 FOLLOWING are entries fa the Taiping Turf Club's professittai meeting on Feb. 20 and. 21. Horses class 3 'Two i 5 6 furs.! Drator. Pel land Beacon. Cornsh O'Clock. Sir Merton. Walt I Shun. Wicklow Bay (only C The Cutter. Invention. Cel. I only 5 furs.
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  • 135 5 1 A picture of the eorlv members oj the newiy formed V's Men Club, Singapore the first club oj its kinc tl Malaya. It urn* started last year at lhe instance of T*srnan William Yinson Lei o) Shanghai and China, when he was in
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  • 1489 5 Even The Blind Do Their Bit j ill f.rst seventeen months of the Malaya Patriotic Fund vert reviewed by H.E. Sir Shenton Thomas, chairman ot toneral Committee, at a meeting of the committee held at House, Kuala Lumpur, yesterday. N a that the
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  • 130 5 Singapore. Wednesday. WALTER DENNIS LAMBERT. whose ca c e was transferred I from the Third Po'ice Court, claimIrd trial before Mr. J. L. McFall. the District Judge, when he was I charged tc-day. with having com mitted an act of gross indecency, with Kassim bin
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  • 49 5 Reuter. T New Delhi, F?b. 12. HE largest of its type in India when erected, a 2.000-ton gun forging press has been received for a factory In India. Several important items cf plant required for the expansion of ordnance factories, have also arrived Reuter.
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  • 43 5 The following appointments have been approved by the Secretary of StatA fn the Colonies; Mr. W L W Hlnka ?L Z an Assistant Controller trf tSSSi^uiK A be j c D adc v Loch to be an Officer of Class V, M C.s'
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  • 279 5 F. Singapore, Wednesday. rNES totalling (800 were imposed on E. J. K. Wicksteed European, in the Traffic Court, to-day. when he nkuLi i guilty to two charges of "driving a motor car in so negligen j manner as to endanger the safety of others,
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  • 121 5 Singapore, Wednesday. A SUPPLEMENT to the Governn ment Gazette published to-day gives details cf the Defence (insurance of Goods) Regulations 1941, which will come into forc° on any date the Governor may fix Goods insurable under these regulations are listed. The supplement states that the
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  • 41 5 Reuter. Tl w Peshawar, Feb. 12. HREE officers of the Turkish 22*?«J Staff have loft for Kabul to take up appointments tf new members of the Turkish Military Mission to impart military education to Afghan youths Router.
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    • 394 5 HOW SANATORIUM PATIENT PUT ON POUNDS of FLESH! INCREASE YOUR WEIGHT *Jr THIS EASY WAY •Not only this sanatorium patient, but \<ML W^^^^BBBt ma*mooc 1 hundreds of men, women and children lAxm have put on weight, by taking these tiny, ji Ujs 7 ABUrt j tasteless, flesh-forming tablets. And why
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  • 192 6 ITS discretion having been fettered, the Federal Council, or rather the unofficial part oi* it. took little Interest in the final formalities before the third reading of the War Taxation Bill was passed on Tuesday by 20 votes to 7. There has been something in the
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  • 148 6 AXE major difficulty that is likely to be experienced is that some of the staff engaged in assessing and collecting the tax may need as much careful supervision as that occasioned to prevent evasion. At the s' j cond reading of the Bill Mr. Shearn, who is chairman
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  • 118 6 MONE except the Government will be impressed by the Colonial Office reply to the protest recently sent by Messrs. Shearn, Yong Shook Lin and Blunn. By a legal quibble it is sought to prove that actually there has not been airy breach of promise. The promise given on
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  • 151 6 IT was unfortunate that His Excellency's reference to the Chinese and Malaya's war effort at the previous meeting of the Federal Council was capable of being misunderstood. Though the choice of words was a little unhappy, we do no£ think that Sir Shentori implied anything more than what
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  • 1400 6  -  DRANK WITH THE ENEMY IN TOKYO" Bv RICHARD HUGHES I DRANK with the enemy in Tokyo. I pushed my way into the bar of the most popular Nazi beerhouse in Tokyo, announced that I was British, and asked any (ierman would drink with me. The outcome was
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  • 539 6 fUVEN a lift by a German soldier though he was trying to escape from Occupied France, fired on by German sentries, sentenced to be shot, then reprieved and given twenty-five lashes a day to make him talk. These were some of the adventures described by the seventeen-year-old
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  • 576 6 AN Australian journal] of his visit to Singapore, hai this to say about our newsboys"The Singapore newless, and you feel thai he will be either a debt-col.. nr managing director within the next few years. "You may have two papers already; you may try to lock as
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  • 334 7 Reuter. B™ London, Feb. 12. mi? sour <*s, usually considered reliable, report that over 1,000 German planes had landed in Bulgaria up to yesterday. Most ot the Bulgarian aerodromes have been OCC rJ?J? ied by Nazi ground staffs. Thousands of German troops
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  • 859 7 Reuter. 'By Renter's special correspondent on board H ALS. Malaya) ii -ii London, Feb. 12. E aie steaming back to port after taking part in the bombardment of Genoa. During the fierce attack at dawn, over 300 tons of high
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  • 71 7 Failure Of IndoCeylon Conference Reuter. New Delhi, Feb. 12. THE fundamental differences on the question of th? status of the Indian resident in Ceylon led to the failure of Hie Indo-Ceylon exploratory conference last November, explains a Raj communique. Informed circles beli=ve that the failure is not regarded by either
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  • 23 7 Mr. H. F. Hammond has been appointed L e ls member of the Singapore Harbour Board durlng rr the absence on leave of
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  • 1145 7 Reuter. ri LONDON, FEB. 12. pOM THE FAR EAST ARE INDICATIONS THAT GERMANY IS MAKING STRONG EFFORTS TO ENCOURAGE JAPAN TO TAKE AGGRESSIVE ACTION, SYNCHRONISING WITH THE GERMAN OFFENSIVE IN THE SPRING, WRITES FERGUS J FERGUSON, REUTER S DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENT. extraordinary speeches
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  • 179 7 Reuter. London, Feb. 12. I THE question of the bombing I 1 of Rome was raised in the House of Commons by a questioner who asked: (1) Has the RAF ever bombed Rome? it) Are there any military objectives that would justify such an attack?
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  • 51 7 Reuter. F Washington. Feb. 12. OLLOWING his evidence before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Mr. Wendell Willkie had an hour and three-quarters conversation with President Roosevelt. Mr. Willkie later stated that they had discussed the situation as it affected the British and Irish, and the international position
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  • 123 8 TUBERCULOSIS again claimed tht I most deaths (37) or tne week irnh 8 Enteritis (»>■ ending Feb J Beriberi (Mi pneumonia Uf) an <* SSSI A* were the other main causes usual, the Chinese headed the U* r>f ripaths with 185. The death
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  • 84 8 CHEF:—Mrs. Chee Swee Chiang (Nee Madam Tan Chong Yam Neo» passed away peacefully at the age of 46 on Sunday. 9th February, 1941, at her residence. No. 71. *Heeren Street. Malacca. She leaves behind her beloved husband, one son, one daughter, cne son-in-law, one daughter-in-law and one
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  • 266 9 British Wireless. London, Feb. 13 REPLYING to a question in the House of Commons yesterday whether he could make any statement on the reasons lor the withdrawal of the British Minister and staff from Bucharest Mr. Antnony Eden, the Foreign Secretary, said: "Perhaps. I may
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  • 90 9 Reuter. London. Feb 13 AN" Air Ministry and Ministry ol Home Security communique again recorded that "there is nothing to report during daylight yes terd^ Up to a latr hour last rugnt. there was no report of enemy"air activity over any part of Britain An
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  • 53 9 Reuter. London. Feb 13 THE Rumanian Government has instructed the Charge d'Affaires and the Rumanian Legation star! m London to return to Rumania, stated a Legation official In London last night. Ir Is learned In London that the Put<*h Government are recalling their Minister
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  • 61 9 Reuter. Lahor?. Feb 12. rIE Punjab Assembly ha* passed i resolution to send the w-annest crngratulations to Gen Wavell. the Army of the Nile and the sister services for then magnificent vieI r) a! Renghazi The resolution reiterated that the Punjab, will continue to give the best
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  • 22 9 Reuter. Calcutta. Feb. 12 LiCHOOLS and colleges in Bengal k5 will be closed to-day In ceHbration of the fall of Benghazi Reuter.
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  • 65 9 At a general meeting of the Sereniban Union Epworth League held recently, tho foltoirtiif were elected as office bearers— Presiden'. Mi £> Marlmuttu; first vlceMr Gurdtal Stngh. second vice-president. Miss Tan Kirn Teck; thtrcl vic°-president. Miss Chek Foon Ho; fourth vlce-pr«sidem. Mr Tan Jin Hoe; eecr rtnrv. Mr P A.
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  • 134 9 Reuter. London, Feb. 12. THL recent official announcement that five big United States rubber companies were co-ope rating with Britain in refusing to supply the Axis draws attention to the German position in this key commodity. Information reaching official quarters in London gives good
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    • 769 10 CLASSIFIED-ADS Situations Vacant WANTED An experienced Book-Binder mnd m Printer. Apply Box J94, Malaya Tribune. Singapore. (Mo. 464Q) WANTED Agents throughout Malaya tor Popular Pood Product*. Apply 274. Jalan Beaar. Singapore. (No. 449G) WANTED A teacher for English School. Kulal, Johoro. Apply Headmaster Bandar High School. Batu Pahat. (No. 429Q)
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    • 711 10 Motor Vehicles FOR SALE Standard 1940 10 H.P. miles 4,000. Box 176, Malaya TrlD^e -j FOR SALE Humble sports saloon. 23 HP., taxed. Insured, $2201-. Phone 6038, Singapore. (No. 4MU) FOR SALE Morris 8 De Luxe, 1935 Model. Owner driven, $700|-. Available April. Mr. Lool, Tel. 6878, Singapore. (No. 462G)
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    • 499 10 Photography TOUR PHOTOS painted by qu*uned %r--pSon? asp* 1 studi may s& Vegetable Seeds RELIABLE local vegetable seeds may be had at 10 cents per packet lrom MaJ w. 35. Orchard Road. Singapore. (No. WW SEEDS:— Reliable germination-guaran-teed, flower, vegetable and grass seeds at 15 cts. per good-sized packet. Write
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    • 402 10 SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY TENDERS TENDERS are now Invited for tt lowing material, or For particulars see Municipal Tender ■oom. Supply of Sanitary Fittings (Deposit |50|-). 1 4 p. m 31 March 1941. Supply of 100 X 40 gallon drums of Disinfectant of approved quality British manufacture. 12 noon 18 February 1941
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    • 919 10 j TO-DAY'S RADIO SINGAPORE LONDON ZHL 225 m. 1333 k|cs. CENTRAL Iliimm. ZHP.I. 30.96 m. f.69 m ca. GSG—I6.B6 metre, (17 ,SSI °I ZHP.S. 41.3» m. 7.25 m|cf. p.m. GSF—I9.B2 m.-trV K c, > *Is ZHL, ZHPI ZHP3. 9.05 p.m. GSD-25™3 m -t P 5 U a.m. from 7.50 p.m.
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  • 954 11 Singapore. Feb. 12. Buyers. Sellers. MINING. 3 3 3|7ft Ai (ss) 6 3 6,9 cd 35!- 361- (ss) 20 21!AT 0 80 0 85 g) 13 6 14[6 P ft: ,1) 1.35 1.40 9- 96xd C) 18,9 1916 ggj 13t~ STcnm (M) 0.17 0.20 255 Cts.l
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  • 132 11 From Our Financial Correspondent WM o «A««Sf ngapore Thursday. TIN SHARES were a quiet market w yesterday and there was little change in quotations. Hong Fatts remained round $1.49 and Jelebus improved slightly Bmall business was done in some of the Australian favourites such as Kuala
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  • 17 11 Singapore, Thursday. Prices of tin and rubber in Singapore at noon today were:— RUBBER TIN
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  • 25 11 The United Malacca Rubber Estates Ltd., crop for the month of January was 73,400 lbs. The total for nine months was* 585,100 lbs.
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  • 52 11 Reuter. London. Feb. 13. SIR Kenahan Ccrnwallis, is to br British Ambassador at Baghdad in succession to Sir Basil Newton. Sir Kenahan Cornwallis spent much cf his life in the Middle East and. from 1921 to 1935. was adviser to the Iraq Ministry of the
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  • 194 11  -  MARKET REPORTS (By Reuter Reuter. London, Feb. 13. T IN opened irre^llla r- The turnover was 175 tons. The active demand for cash and dates up to the end of March was frequently not satisfied as it is believed that much of the visible
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  • 79 11 Reuter. Cairo. Feb. 13. THE Australian Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, concluded his nine-day tour oi inspection of tn* Australian troops with a visit to Benghazi. He returned to Cairo yesterday after seeing the Austru'ians' efforts. In a speech to the contingent which he had inspected. Mr.
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  • 142 11 Reuter. London, Feb. 13. AFTER only a fortnignt, underwriters have again reduced war risk rates for the East Mediterranean and Red Sea area, etc. Between Alexandria, Haifa, Port Said. Suez, the Red &Jea and ihe Americas, Australasia and the Far East the rate is now 7*/
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  • 45 11 A BENGALI milkman was said to have been stabbed and rcbbed by a Chinese and a Malay while on rounds at Joo Chiat Road early this morning. He received a stab wound over the left thigh, and was removed to hospital by ambulance.
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    • 96 11 BOH TEA A CAMERON HIGHLANDS PRODUCT REASONS FOR BUYING THIS EXCELLENT TEI No price increase since commencement of hostilities it is still 50.75 per lb. Compare this price with imported teas to day. An All-Malayan product the elimination of overseas freight and charges allows this pure quality tea to be
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    • 331 11 and BRITISH INDIA The best possfblr- services are being maintained by The P. 0. S. N. Coy. froi: the Straits to their usu r ports of call in Chins, India Ceylon and th*. United Kingdom. ers are requested to register their requirements ba<s under present circumstance sailings are perforce reo
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  • 361 12  -  (Bv General Herlihy Rcuter's lobly correspondent) Reuter. London, feb. QOME Government control of industry in the replanning which must take place at the end of the war is entailed in a proposal now being considered by the Government. The P r °P° sa is that half
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  • 134 12 Reuter. London, Feb. 13. THE German claim that international laws do not oblige Germany to supply iood to people cut, de Reich territory exposes ihe emptiness of the Nazis' earlier least that they could guarantee the feeding of everyone on itie t nntinent, states
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  • 16 12 The resignation of his commission in the S.S.V.F by Lieut. J. W Boyle has been accepted
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  • 327 12 (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh, Feb. 12. ||OW serious threats were contained in two letters bearing Sulaiman's (one of two arrested persons) name was revealed ;by the Taiping lawyer, Mr. G. H. Gartside, giving evidence before Mr. Ismail bin Panjang Aris. in the Sitiawan court, to-day
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  • 283 12 Reuter. London. Feb. 12. 'pHE French delegation taking part in the peace talks with Thailand in Tokyo is reported to have rejected the demand by Mr. Matsuoka to acknowledge officially "Japan's dominating position in Asia, by which she is the only power qualified to assure and
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  • 242 12 (Special Preview) ONLY Paul Muni's Emil Zola or Pasteur can provide a parallel for Edward G. Robinson's excellent portrayal of Julius Reuter, founder of the world famous news agency, in the Warner Brothers' film "This Man Reuter," which opens at the Alhambra on Feb. 25 and which
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  • 17 12 The promotion of Lieut a. De untitled Framptou. S.S.V.F., to the rank of Captain has been approved.
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  • 655 12 (By the Air Correspondent of the Sunday Time* IN all orders for some 26,000 aeroplane, ol onie twenty-seven different types have been placed with the U.S. aircraft industry. American transport aeroplanes are generally conceded to be the best in the world The Douglas DC-2,
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  • 57 12 London, Feb. 13. THE: Government's intention to provide facilities for the resumption this summer, of regular communication by air transport across the Atlantic through a service operated by the British Overseas Airways Corporation, was announced by the Air Minister. Sir Archibald Sinclair, In reply to a question
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  • 38 12 THE house cf a Chinese woman at the 13 3 4 milestone. Jurong Road, was entered by three robbers last night, who took cash and jewellery to the total value of $92.80. The police are investigating.
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  • 16 12 The resignation of his commission untitled the S.S.V.F.. by Lieut W A. Fell has been accepted.
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  • 379 12 Reuter. London, Feb. 12. pin war against Italy continues—and with increasing rather than diminishing force." In this categorical fashion, an authcr.tat.ve spokesman in London to-day dismissed the reports R«.i. T WaS prCPartd ,oaCCep< m «"i«'ion with Italy, «riies Keulu Diplomatic Correspondent. mureuver, wew-intcrmed quarters are
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  • 199 12 Singapore. Wednesday. AT the meeting ol Indians held at the Indian Youth League, re- ierence was made to the pearance of Mr. Subhas Q Bose. Mr. C. D. Nair moved: boon shall devote two minatajß silent prayer, supplicating Almighty God to unravel the tery
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    • 190 12 REPAIRS" PROMPT SERVICE AND SATISFACTION GUARANTEED To All Clocks and Watches Handled YICK WOH HING 42\ North Bridge Rd., 'Near M'ddle Rd.) SINGAPORE. 'Ccntructors for Repair of Clocks and Watches to The British Army md the Ii.A.F. Base in Malaya). Rin£ 7922 for a Trial. D 7 WITH A LOT
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    • 142 12 Asthma Cause Killed in 24 Hour Thanks to the discovery ol physician, it now la posthose terrible spells of < 1 cougTiing and wheezing A the true cause which is G< r No more burning of powd< hypodermic injections. cry, Mendaco, starts to utes. killing the Germ aus* °t also
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