Malaya Tribune, 22 February 1941

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  • 23 1 The Malaya Tribune Net Sales Exceed 16,000 Daily SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1941 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune Saturday, February 22, I? 11.
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  • 605 1 PARALLEL POLICIES WARNING FOR TuK.ru UATSUOKA TALKS OF "HALL UCINA TIONS Reuter. Washington, Feb. 21. rI!E simultaneous announcements that the British are flying 200 American bombers to Singapore, and that America is arcing her Pacific air fleets can indicate only that policies are Znnina
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  • 95 1 Reuter. Chungking, Feb. ZZ. IT is suggested in well-inform-ed Chinese quarters in Chungking that in an effort to bring about a Russo-Japanese rapprochement, Germany is urging Japan to return the southern part of the island of Sakhalin to Russia In return it is proposed that
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  • 42 1 Reuter. Washington, teo. n^ C M% G do V /a n "as tS seized off Brazil 55 January when attempt- r f, u 'r,m the blockade with a ca g rgo of South Amer.cn. j —Reuter.
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  • 172 1 Reuter. j Washington, Feb. 21. j PRESIDENT Roosevelt devoted almost the whole of his press conference to-day (Friday) to a comment on the "disclosures concerning the testimony by Gen. George Marshall, U.S*. Chief of Staff, before the secret session of the Senate Military Affairs Committee. Mr Roosevelt
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  • 87 1 Reuter. London, Feb. 2?. rOR the third successive night r south Wales was the principal tTT-o-pt for German raiders, n tSK was° attacked shortly after dark and the raid continued for several hours. The first streak of planes scattered incendiaries indiscriminately, linen, while the civil
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  • 53 1 Reuter. Melbourne, feb. '22. THE appointment of Air Marshal Sir Charles Burnett as Chief of the A.r Staff of the Royal Australian Air Force has been extended yc.-r. Out of l'-0.000 applicants lor tb» Royal Australian Air Force, acceptances last week averaged 100 daily.—Reuter. UR MARSHAL
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  • 132 1 Reuter. Moscow, Peb. 22. IN addition to M. Maisky. the Soviet Ambassador to London, other newcomers to the Communist Party Central Committee include M. DecanozofT, the new Soviet Ambassador to Berlin, and M. Kuusinen, President oi the KareloFinnish Republic. In addition to M. Litvinoff, the
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  • 343 1 Reuter. Cairo, Feb. 22. "THERE is no need to attack Giarabub Oasis (in the Libyan 1 Desert); obviously, the beleaguered garrison there will be forced to surrender in a few days." This was the authoritative comment given in Cairo last night (Friday)
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  • 310 1 ITALIANS SHELL OWN SOLDIERS Reuter. London, Feb. 22. A FTER a short lull due to the weather, the Greek offensive ill A Albania has been resumed, mainly in the central sector states the Athens Radio last night (Friday). Quoting a Greek Press Ministry
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  • 115 1 Reuter. Cairo, Feb. 2fc. MUCH damage was caused to aerodromes at Catania and Comiso, in Sicily, when they were raided by R.A.F. bombers on the night of Feb. 20, says a Middle East R.A.F. communique. Many high explosive and incendiary bombs were dropped on botn
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  • 134 1 Reuter. Sofia, Feb. 22. ALTHOUGH it was omcially denied in Sofia yesterday (Friday morning, there are strong reasons lor believing that German engi reers did. in fact, throw a pontoon bridge across the Danube neai Giurgiu on Thursday afternoon io test the bridge-head to the
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  • 41 1 Reuter. London, Feb. 22. THERE was only slight enemy 1 activity, mainly over eastern England and east Scotland yesterday says an Air Ministry communique. A few bombs were dropped but there was little damage and no casualties.—Reutei.
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  • 48 1 Reuter. Rome. Feb. 22. THF condition of ex-King Alfonso 1 baa become noticeably worse since Thursday night, it is stated. The weakness of the heart is irrore pronounced and breathless Irei has increased. The ex-King s I family is not at present leaving 'his bedside.—Reuter.
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  • 93 1 Reuter. London, Feb. 22. I ORD HARLECH has been apL pointed High Commissioner lor Basutoland. Beehuanaland P rol< ~f„ torate and Swaziland in succession to Sir Edward Harding, who has let bred owing to ill-health. The post will, as at present, be he'd in conjunction
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  • 186 1 Reuter. Washington, Feb. 21. MR. SUMNER WELLES, the UnderSecretary of State, declared that action might shortly be .akert in connection with Greece's appeal for help to the United States. H« added that members of the gov ernment are seeking to determine exactly what supplies
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  • 114 1 Reuter. Basle. Feb 22 A SENSATION has been caused in the Balkans by the news of the visit of the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden, and the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, Sir John Dill, to Egypt, according to the Budapest correspondent of v
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  • 42 1 Reuter. London. Feb. w2*. A PORTUGUESE military delegation of seven, headed by CC. Rodrigues, of the Portuguese General Staff, arrived in London by air yesterday to study the air defences as guests of the British Government. Reuter.
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  • 302 2 $200,000 SCHEME FOR TIONC BAHRU (Tribune Staff Reporter) VARIOUS properties of the Singapore Improvement Trust are to be bunded, and immediate steps are to be taken to provide communal and family air raid shelters at Tiong Bahru, it is authoritatively learnt. Decisions to
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  • 36 2 CUBJECT to the approval of His J Majesty the King Mr E N C. Woollerton has been re-ap-pointed as an Unofficial member of the Legislative Council for a further period of three years
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  • 105 2 DECONSTRICTION of 85 houses in various parts of Singapore at a cost of 587.700 has been approved by the Singapore Improvement Trust. These houses are located at Victoria Street. Malabar Street, Pekin Street. China Street, Church Street, and Telok Ayer Street. At a meeting of the Improvement
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  • 232 2 Singapore, Friday. y. T. CHAPMAN, a European warder in the Prisons Department, who had been a bankrupt with liabilities amounting to $2,300, was granted a discharge, subject to his payment of a sum of $360, by the Chief Justice. Sir Percy MacKhvaine, in the High Court
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  • 147 2 THE "Situation Of The Hour" is the title of a talk by Dr. Victor Furcell, M.C.S., to be broadcast from Singapore at 8.50 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 23. The talk will begin with a review of recent events in the Far East, and will discuss
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  • 257 2 Singapore, Friday. rOWICTED on a> charge of using criminal fore* to a 18-year-old girl. Teo Ah Beng. by kissing her against her will, intending to outrage her modesty. Tan Ah Kow, a clerk employed by the Singapore Harbour Board, was fined $50 or one month's rigorous
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  • 44 2 Singapore, Friday. OR carrying on a puppet show in a theatre at Thomson Road on FeK 7 without a licence from the Chief Police Officer, Oh Luan was to-day fined $5 or five days' simple imprisonment by the fifth magistrate, Mr. L. C- Goh
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  • 253 2 Singapore, Friday. JJECAUSE a judgment had been entered against him in a civil suit for a sum of $6,000 he had been dismissed from the service of the Improvement Trust where he was employed ar, a clerk for a number of years.
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  • 91 2 AN increase of 125 members dv- |n* the year, bringing the total to 562 on Oct 31, 1940. is* recorded in the annual report of the committee of the Anglo-Chinese School Old Boys' Association, whose annual general meeting is to be held at 7 p.m. on Saturday.
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  • 23 2 fC*~* A-T*t*no Fund) .Total number of enemy planes destroyed during yesterday on all fronts up to midnight London time. TWENTY
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  • 80 2 Singapore, Friday. M MURUGESU. secretary of the n College of Medicine, Singapore, to-day appeared before the fifth magistrate, Mr. L. C. Geh, when a charge of criminal breach of trust in respect of a cheque valued $1.185.68 which had been entrusted to him was explained
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  • 60 2 Singapore, Friday, n. M. LONG, a European, to-day claimed trial before the fifth magistrate, Mr. L. C. Goh, to a summons charge of derating- a radioeram in a hous e at Cairnhili Road at 3 a.m. on Jan. 31 without the permission of the Chief Folic 0
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  • 93 2 ANII-; V North telegraphed State for i "HJK. the offers gift to His Majesi further contr.'l cost of the v The Been Otl Feb. 18 "PJea.Sf that His grateluli. gift of $i. "J". prosecution i appreciate Sarawak t«, Previous v. Sarawak and $500 000 time of the
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  • 1123 3 G.O.C. Says Men Pleased With Reception Hammond», icith the A.I.F. ''somewhere-in-Malay a' 1 I HOUGH the Australian Imperial Forces have been tlalaya for only a few days they have settled down j n l ieir new routine, and every man with whom
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  • 607 3 INDIAN FORCES MALAYAN UNITS PRAISED <E]j G. S. Hammonds, with the A.I.F. "somewhere-in-Malaya" 1 "U/E are very bucked about getting the Australians here/' said Maj.-Gen. D. M. Murray Lyons, D.S.O., M.C., G.O.C. of the Northern Command, in the course of an interview. "They will find a lot of their own
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  • 20 3 The annual meeting of the Junior Civil Service Association will be held tc-day at 3 p.m. at the Association premises.
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  • 579 3 fgy g. S. Hammonds, with the A.I.F. "somewherc-in-Malaya'') JHE Australians have managed to smuggle a wallaby into Malaya. High officers have just discovered this well-kept secret but I understand that no steps are to be taken about it. I was with their G.O.C., Maj.Gen.
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  • 52 3 M. GUY De SCHOMPRE Gen. dc Gaulle's representative in the Far East, who recently visited Hongkong, and is back in Singapore. He u'iil shortly proceed t london to confer with Gen. de Gaulle. If. Charles Baron, who recently arrived from Pondicherry, uill act during
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  • 119 3 r-DAY is America's National Day, but in Singapore, as in most parts of th° world where there are American residents, the day will be spent quietly, without any festiviti°s whatsoever, with a silent prayer In their hearts that the shadows overhanging the world at large may
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  • 67 3 THE annual general meeting of th" St. Andrew's Old Boys' Association will be held on Saturday, March 1 at 3.45 p.m. at the St. Andrew's School Hall. Wcodsville. An increase of 62 members on the register is reported in the annual report of the Association, which,
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  • 21 3 The untitled by Acting Lieut. t H Taylor of his commission In tne S S R N V.R has been approved.
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  • 922 4 Prospects For Taiping Races (By Spectator) ETOSLDS are small for to-day's final races of the Taiping Turf Club's march meeting, but there should be a Rood crowd on the course to-day to make the sport interesting. Unlike Thursday, when relative form of horses was
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  • 315 4 Cold Storage Z\ sime 1. A FTER losing five points in their last three games. Cold StorA age found their stride yesterday whin thty collected full points from Sime Darby in a Business Houses' League match at Anson Koad stadium. The side won
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  • 172 4 Traction Co. 3; N.A.A.F.I. 0. IYISPLAYING all round superiority, the Singapore Traction Company scored a convincing 5-0 victory over the X.A.A.F.I. in a Business Houses League soccer match on the J.C.S.A. padanp yesterday. Naafi had a fair share of the exchanges in the first half
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  • 70 4 To-night the New Life badminton party will play a friendly badminton match, consisting of five singles and two doubles, against the Green Hill Badminton Party "B" team. The match will take place at the Great World Amusement Park commencing at 7 p.m. Representatives and supporters of the
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  • 71 4 THE Siong 800 A.A. will meet the Chinese Sports Association in a quarter-final of the S.C.F.A, Cup competition at the Jalan Besar Stadium on Saturday. The following will represent the Siong Boo: Wee Aik Chan; Urn Ah Goo, Chua Boon Lay; SWee Llm Swang, Tan Ah
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  • 48 4 TO-DAY BOXING: S.A.B.A. programme in aid of War Fund, Happy World. SOCCER: Hongkong Bank v Ford, Stadium; GE.C. v Chartered Bank, Depot; Harper Gilfillan v Guthries, 5.H.8.; S.C.F.A. Cup, quarter-final, Siong 800 v Chinese Sports Association, Jalan Besar Stadium. BASKET FOOTBALL: Men v Women, Fort Canning.
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  • 422 4 AN Australian Rules football match was played yesterday between the R.A.A F. and the newly arrived A.I.F. The game commenced at a very fast pace with the R.A.A.F. kicking with the breeze. Play was very spirited and the first goal was scored by Jenkin after a
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  • 81 4 THE following are the results of the ties of the V.M.C.A. lawn tennis tournament played yesterday: Men's singles championship (Knowles Cup): H. Kamis beat P. K. Tan 6—l, 6—2. Men's class "A" singles championship: Yap Ah Hian beat Tan Swe e Wah
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  • 31 4 Business House teams wishing to have friendly matches with The Great Eastern Life Sports Club are invited to communicate with the convener, Mr. Lim Boon Bee, P.O. Box No. 797, Singapore.
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  • 129 4 THE Singapore Lawn T, 1 cjation held its annu meeting a t the SineaDor* Club yesterday ail d £S* lowing office-bearer■ Mr. J A. ST Chua Choon Leone vic< V Mr Mr. D. H. Kiem:.. secretary and treasurer The delegates for the v Lawn Tennis
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  • 77 4 The women's Bogey comnetitin. played at the Garrison Golf c\l resulted in a tie between Mrs v W. R. Williams and Mrs J w Pinhey with scores ol one up Mr Williams was declared winner v the best score for the holes.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous

  • 188 5 SPECIAL PAGE FOR AUSTRALIAN READERS Cairo, Feb. 13. THE Australian Prime Minister, Mr. R. G. Menzies, completed his inspection of the Australian troops in Palestine, Egypt, and Libya in nine days. To do so he travelled thousands of miles from Jerusalem to Benghazi.
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  • 456 5 Canberra, Feb. 14. y omtmeut of a Commonwealth Coal Board, with the powers to govern supply, disposition, and consumpoal, was announced by the Minister for Supply and Nt, .Senator Mcßride. rd has been set up to quate provision of hout Australia, and crate
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  • 227 5 Canberra, Feb. 14. REPRESENTATIONS from Tasmania urging the use of that State's timber resources in the production of substitute motor fuel have impressed members of the Power Alcohol Committee of Inquiry. r ihe committee to-day concluded a four-day meeting at Canberra, during which it critically examined a
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  • 266 5 Sydney, Feb. 14. FF annual convention of the Australian Workers' Unioi unanimously carried a resolu 4 ior strongly opposing a National Government, but endorsing th Labour Party's pledge of the fullest possible aid to the war effort. Moving the resolution. the union's general secretary. Mr. C G.
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  • 341 5 J WOULD like to take armchair critics of the Australian workman to Cockatoo Island and show them how thousands of Australians there are contributing to the progress of this country," the Federal Minister for Labour, Mr. Holt, said following a two-hour inspection of the island's dockyards.
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  • 416 5 Sydney, Feb. 14. acting Prime Minister and /Federal Treasurer, Mr. Fadden, said that the one method for financing the next Budget which was irrevocably rejected as far as he was concerned was inflation of the nation's money supply. "If we adopted that policy, Hitler
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  • 448 5 Melbourne, 'Feb. 14. ABOUT 1,000 hands would have to be dismissed from the Commonwealth Munitions factory at Footscray if the foundry AOikers there continued their "go-slow" tactics, the Minister for Supply, Senator Mcßride, said recently. The Minister said that the proluction of metal had decreased
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  • 125 6 'JHE recent announcement that a committee of educationists has been appointed to co-opera to with the broadcasting authorities in introducing the radio as a means of more effective instruction in Malayan schools brings us a stage nearer to a reform which has proved of immeasurable benefit
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  • 163 6 NEVERTHELESS, teachers in Malaya have not been slow to realise that unless they take the initiative, the authorities are not likely to make the first move. At the last All-Malaya Education Conference the subject was discussed and it was unanimously accepted that the use cf the wireless as
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  • 167 6 A PART from the more ob- vious advantages, we are confident that if broadcasting were introduced into schools in this country, it would improve the standard of spoken English. Most of the complaints which we hear to-day of badly spoken English are due to the fact that few
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  • 98 6 gDUCATIONAL reform must be the first weapon in our armoury in the fight against communism, the gradual spread of which among our youth has of late been causing considerable anxiety. The provision of suitable instruction and of a means for the profitable use of leisure hours, such as
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    614 6 BUT HE NEEDS MORE TIME |yHEN Albert was a little boy, he learned about the promised land. It wasn't the Biblical promised land, but it might well aye been. When dusk fell and silence swept the fields surrounding his home, Albert was told about the great new world,
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  • 93 6 A WHITE-HAIRED man, once a pit boy, who had risen to be a mining engineer and chairman of a rural district council, was at Glamorgan Assizes recently sentenced to five years' penal servitude for fraud. "By these frauds upon charitable people over a number
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  • 385 6 New York. STARVING and exhausted, an American millionaire and six other men have reached the Bahamas after a fifty-eight days' "hell voyage" across the Atlantic in a yacht. For seven weeks they had to rely on sails. Their engine and their radio had been smashed by a
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  • 748 6 yyilAT are we going to do to meet the U-boat menace, which, during the past few weeks, has caused Britain such a considerable loss of shipping tonnage? One of the most urgent steps necessary has been pointed out by Mr. Churchill in the
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  • 208 6 gEJTLEMENT of two libel actions brought by Mr. G. R. Strauss, Labour M.P. for North Lambeth, was announced in the King's Bench Division. In the first the defendants were the editor, proprietor and printer of "Truth." Mr. Valentine Holmes (for Mr. Strauss» faid that last August
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  • 541 6 |N the days gone by, newcomer* Malaya were struck tr the dance of cheap domestic' i k' U and the docility 0 f don vants. For sums less t! their liquor bills th< host of servants v household work, womenfolk free to enjoj the whole day Jong.
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  • 425 7 Reuter. New York, Feb. 21. A PPROXIMATELY 200 Lockheed and Consolidated Companics bombers, originally intended for the R.A.F. in lowland, are being flown across the Pacific from California to Singapore, according to the Herald Tribune. It is learned, adds the paper, that 70
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  • 230 7 Reuter. Tokyo, Feb. 21. HP v nke Matsuoka, the ForA Minister, last night denied port from London of an nediation to Mr. Anthony lid the message to Mr. ied to a question about do-China-ThaJ mediation T expressed my views the establishment of peace in the
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  • 50 7 Reuter. Shanghai, Feb. 21. district of Shanghai mto confusion yesg when two Chinese :ed the newly-estab-Reserve Bank of which is situated on the Bund ir bombs hurled by exploded, causing and one of the Chinese door of the bank was the terrorists who cap d Reuter.
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  • 78 7 Reuter. Hanoi, Feb. 21. ONE HUNDRED members of tne French Air Force have arrived in Saigon in a French liner. They have been assigned to duty in various air bases in Saigon at strategic points in Cambodia and Laos, a semi-official Japanese report states.
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  • 95 7 Reuter. London, Feb. 21. AMERICAN production added to ours will undoubtedly turn the scale in the result of the war, ?aid Sir WaHer Citrine, General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress, on his arrival by Clipper plane after his tour of the United States
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  • 94 7 Reuter. Chungking, Feb. 21. DARTICULAR attention is being 1 paid by the United States Economic Mission in China to transportation problems, it is learned in reliable sources here. The United States, it i s reported, is prepared to give China financial and material assistance. Large quantities of
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  • 56 7 Reuter. Tokyo, Feb. 21. A SERIES of meetings took place recently between Mr. Yoshizawa. the special Japanese envoy to the Netherlands" East Indies, and M. Van Hoogstraten. the chief of the Commercial Bureau in the East Indies, indicating the resumption of the trade talks, says a semi-official
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  • 140 7 Reuter. Brisbane, Feb. 21 AUSTRALIA'S local defcncr* have been "immensely" strengthened in the past six months, said Mr. A. W. Fadden, acting Premier, in a speech here to-day. Every department hid reported progress and if the facts were known publicly "they would hearten one."Mr. Fadden
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  • 23 7 Mr. Michael Ahearne, second son of Mr. C. D. Ahearne, C M G. (former Federal Secretary. F.M.S) has joined the Royal Air Force.
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  • 99 7 Reuter. London, Feb. 21. HITLER'S plan for the nasitication of the Netherlands is makinsr no headway, according to the Vrij Nederland, a Free Dutch newspaper published in London. It publishes a message stating bat M. Mussert the "Fuehrer"' of Ihr Dulrh Nazi organisation has admitted
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  • 92 7 Reuter. Tientsin, Feb. ?L A 550,000 HAUL was effected by the customs authorities at Tangku aboard the steamer Foo Shing of the Indo-China Steam Navigation Company, Limited. The steamer sailed for Shangnai on Wednesday evening after a delay of 24 hours. A Chinese steward, who cannot
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  • 170 7 Reuter. New York, Feb. 21. JAPAN and the Far East situation have superseded the Balkan situation in headlines throughout the country, but so far the opinion of both press and radio shows little signs of treating the Japanese threat very seriously. It appears that
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  • 59 7 Reuter. To Visit Hungary Rome. Feb. 21.—M. Cincar Markovitch, the Yugoslav Foreign Minister, will pay an official visit to Hungary at the ehd of this month, according to a Budapest telegram to the official Italian news agency. When his official programme is completed, he will stay a further
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  • 92 7 Reuter. New Delhi, Feb. 21. THE seventh All-India census, involving the gigantic task of counting one-fifth of the world's! population, reaches its climax on Feb. 28 and March 1, when the final check-up is made. A census is made every ten years. It is expected to
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  • 51 7 Reuter. London, Feb. 21. BIG merchant, ships' are to be built in Australia to help the British war effort. The programme just announced provides for the construction of steamers of 10,000 tons. A sum of £6 millions has been allocated as the first instalment for this
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  • 37 7 The fo'lowing have been seconded lor service In Kedah: Mr. G. M. Sampson as Assistant Engineer, Mr. C. H. Coats as European Master. Sultan Abdul Hamli College, Alor Star. Mr. C. GJertsen aa Executive Engineer, Central Kedah.
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  • 507 7 Reuter. London, Feb. 21. have accepted a very specific responsibility for the de- fence of Singapore," declared Mr. R. G. Menzies, the Aus- i tralian Prime Minister, in an interview with Reuter, following his arrival in London for discussions with the British Government. Mr. Menzies
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    • 331 7 M i: I, IS OSE S EXTRA DRY m Triply distilled and guaranteed absolutely pure, and is also the 2 finest Gin imported into Malaya. ISOIM\SO> \'S SINGAPORE 919-41-47? t lncandescent Lamps, Gas Lamp give Brilliant Light, a___E__ with Economical oil consump- fIEB tion and longer service, tKSf* Sold in
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  • 193 8 THE Dutch community in Malaya are now paying income tax twice over—to the local Government under the new law and to their own Government voluntarily. The Royal Netherlands Government in London, desiring to continue the war against Germany with all possible means, recently appealed to all Netherlanders
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  • 138 8 ADULTERATION of ghee Is now being watched with speciul care by the health authorities in Malaya. The reason is that in war-time it is particularly important that Malaya's food supplies should be safeguarded and the vitamin content maintained, especially in foods habitually eaten by certain races
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  • 113 8 Singapore, Friday. G. H. BOWEN. of Barlow and Co., Ltd.. was to-day fined $15 oi one week's simple imprisonment by the fifth magistrate, Mr. L. C. Goh. when he pleaded guilty to having stored 100 rounds of .32 Eley rifle cartridges In the safe in the office
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  • 115 8 Singapore, Friday. rREE charges of cheating by presenting false cheques were exolained this morning to Kam Eng Hong, aged 23, before Mr. J. G. Rappoport, the Third Magistrate. Kam Eng Hong was charged with presenting a false cheque for $16 to one Ma Ching Hoo and obtaining $16
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 160 8 LAST DAY! Here's "The WOMEN'S" Companion Picture!! Susan's..got new idoos obotif CllllTAl that'll.panic you I Joan's A I NULI hilarious new hiUl 3.15-6.15-9.15 jML»t TO-DAY /^H/ A new M-G-M. Hit from m the famous stage play jf^r^^ which ran for 8 months N^^^^^^^^ DARING! WITTY! B9BH Latest M-G-M. NEWS jjLM^^T
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    • 27 8 I SILVER PLATING by The Singapore ElectroPlating Works 221, Orchard Road, (opp. Cavenagh Road) Tel. No. 4351. EMPIRE MATINEES TO-DAY TO-MORROW RITZ BROS. 'Three Musketeers' The Rat
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    • 215 8 Special MIDNIGHT Screening to-night CSlJrl 1 at 12.10 o'clock f •> SHOWS on SUNDAY MORNING (To-morrow) at 10 o'clock and 12.30 o'clock y j 1 You have all >een the Walt Disney's feature Jflflwk noNv you must not miss this novel f^HSk production /L W Featuring MISS K. K. CHEN,
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    • 116 8 4 *l don'tj remember laughing so loudly and so m r the war started." —SUNDAY EXPR^s! TO-DAY 3 SHOWS MT WW %1 Bft li 7 3.15, 6.15 9.15 p.m.lmijMMXmiTi ISE| a fIX From M (j Pire<w<i H\ CM )K(.|, DNtributcJ fc\ W.niici Br<r« b»!kk vu v A Wjrucr Dr» Fir>i
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  • 134 9 Singapore, Friday. POUND guilty of committing cri- minal breach of trust in respect Of $10 belonging to Peruma. 1 Mohamed Ali bin Mohamed Hussein, an Indian Muslim, was fined $25, or, in default, one month's rigorous imprisonment, by Mr. Hon Sui Sen at the Relief Court to-day. The
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  • 57 9 A Bi'i will shortly be introduced into the Legislative Council to so amend the Labour Ordinance as to prohibit the employment of children under 16 in electrical undertakings. The object of thii Bill, which follows the provisions oi section 35 of the F.M.S. Electrictly
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    • 361 9 ii wi,i its IKK STRAITS TIMES—"It could not have been better directed m Wood who was responsible for that other fine Ibye Mr. Chips." Till: MARK OF ZORRO ROARS ON TO THE SCREEN TO-NIGHT AT MIDNIGHT (Show Starts at 12.15 o'clock Sharp). STARRING TYRONE POWER flfSt NIrVRRJ Linda BATIIBOXE !oth
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    • 432 9 MATINEES J To-day To-morrow Double feature at 2.30 p.m. Joe E. Brown in "BEWARE North Bridge Road SPOOKS" and Douglas FairJunction Bras Basah Road banks in THE ™VATE LIFE Telephone No. 3385 of DON JUAN" HAPPY Theatre 6.15 To-night 9.30 VIDWAN SREENIVASAN in "lIIIAKTA NAMADEVAR" Supported By N. S. KRISHNAN
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    • 379 9 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Wanted WANTED to rent small bungalow With light and water, any district Singapore except Serangoon, P. O. 761,' Singapore. (No. 600G) CHINESE DANCE HOSTESS requires Room or Small Flat within easy reach New World. Box No. 255, Malaya Tribune Singapore. N 0 602G) Wanted good size portable office
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    • 166 9 I ACT 3.15 L n s J PAVILION U A V 9.15 SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN BRITAIN'S RADIO AND MUSIC HALL COMEDIAN WINS €16,000 IN A FOOTBALL POOL! ITS A LAUGH RIOT! THE FUNNIEST FOOLING YOU'VE EVER SEEN! SAN^PC^LL IT'S A GRAND OLD WORLD" TWO VERY INTERESTING SHORTS IN THE
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    • 712 10 i i Situations Vacant EXPERIENCED short-hand typist required. Apply personally. Stores Dept., British Airways, Kallang Airport. (Mo. 588G) WANTED a teacher with School Certllcate and Oral English. Salary $30.00 P.M. Apply Headmaster. Royal Institution Hamper. (No. 572G) WANTED YOTJNO LADT for evening work. Thrice weekly, must speak English and Malay.
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    • 777 10 Wanted WANTED Copies of Malayan Orchid Review Vol. 1 No. 1 (1931). Reply stating price" required to R. E. Holttum. Botanic Gardens. (No. zw) WANTED:—Furnished email bungalow or fiat. Bukit Timah area. Rent $35,—545!-. p.m. Reply 39. Marshal (No Ka s^ WANTED second-hand camera. Supir Ikonta IV TL 2*" f.
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    • 726 10 Board Residence lAnaK BED-SITTING ROOM In quiet 12 Fully furnished, all conveniences Meab optional $301- monthly AW 22-B Hill Street, Singapore. (No. 543(a) Educational and downwards. Box 250. Maia>a Singapore. J SCHOOL. 116~ Bencoolen fig* vacancies in both sessions. Apply ""«Jg^jjo, HAIR DRESSING TUITION by HJgb g£f European ?orNt,. M
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    • 760 10 FOR SALE: One 460 Volt 4 R *I.P n Motor starter, one *ggL2 Bound condition. Box No. 244 **jSR Tribune, Singapore. (No. 00^ FOR SALE 5.000 pieces 6" X 6" redl floor tiles at 5 cts. each. Apply Wing On Cheung. 20. Mosque Street, fBiO) FOR SALE six cows and
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    • 352 10 I NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that in pani Temple at "lariK Sithivinayaga Temple Saik Road, Singapore, wniJi oc to the Nattukottai Chettiar long to me n i Qincarjore has been Community of Smgapore a appointed as from the 12th day oi in that capacity. The present Agent ana Manager
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    • 210 10 g l a it i: IIH ""■"""wanted to wn^ToT^ FREE BOOKLLT which explains ia WITHOUT FASTINXj. DIETI.NO ua INJECTIONS* Write to-day l T oRi •S-jm 1 All' X BEFORE JUST ARRIVED NEW SHIPMENT dWTS FRESH STOCK {A BP 4 PREPARATIONS THAT V B, J WILL GIVE YOU A BMirn- tfk
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 848 10 TO-DAY'S RADIO SINGAPORE LONDON 7HL 225 m «33 EASTERN TKAMSMISSIOM 7l fp i «0.96 in. 9-6» eg GSF—I9B2 metres (1515 Spi 4138 m 7 25 m|CS. p.m. GSG—I6.B6 metres U7 1 ZHL ZHPI ZHPJ. 8.50 p m. GSB-31 53 n, |J ZH from 9.05 p.m. GSb-21 S3 inS Kronchongs. mlcs)
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  • 886 11 S t.Ktpore. Feb. 21. Buyers. Sellers. MINING. 3 3 37" 2 A t>- 6.4 V 2 j 35.;- 3C|-Cd 20'- 21|A T 0.70 075 13 6 146 \l) 1.25 1.30 9'- 96 18,9 19i6 s 12i- 13!--22 id 0.17 0.20 J* I 038 0.41 1 42
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  • 204 11 Singapore, Feb. 21. T*ie following are the exchange j stocfc quotations this morning according to the daily circular issued by the Hongkong and Bhanghal Banking Corporation. SELLING London T.T. 2!4 I|l6 London demand 2 4 1116 Switzerland demand (TT only) 202.46 New York demand 47.iv Montreal demand 51.85 Batavia
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  • 43 11 The American Consulate-General has just circularised American natlon.il* r»--i- dent in Malaya calling attention to the I Defence Regulations regarding restrictions on the entry of European women nnd j children into the Colony, the term 'Euro- I pean' including the United States etttflms.
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  • 428 11 P. O.'s Big Profit Of £2,075,794 NET profit from voyages, etc., of £2,075,794 is shown in the accounts for the year ended Sept. 30 of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. The sum includes voyages profit for the year ended June SO, 11)40, and hire of requisitioned ships to
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  • 514 11 By Reuter London, Feb. 20:—The Stock Exchange opened quiet and irregular, with Gilt-edgeds harder, in Rails] there was profit-taking. Kaffirs generally advanced on Cape buying. Later, the Stock Exchange became indefinite. Giltedgeds were firm. Kaffirs continue to trend up. Oils were hardening. In the afternoon
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 226 11 DIABETES. IF YOU ARB AFFLICTTO WITH THIS DISEASE com? to Thablb A. Aid. Hassan, the specialist for DIABETES He guarantees to cure you completely and permanently enabling you to take riot and sugar without fear of recurrence in a short time. He wIU give you back your lost energy and
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    • 29 11 IHE FINEST FRUII IN MALAY A: "PENANG RAJMBUTAN." THE MALAYAN PRODUCTS CANNING CO. LIMITED, PENANG, S.S. OBTAINABLE PROM ALL PROVISION DEALERS: Distributors SINYAR COMPANY, 196 Lavender Street. Singapore, 8.8.
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    • 34 11 |W IF YOU HAVE Jm%& A COLO- E OX&EXOFTHEM- Jm\m XT iCWQWC- W v BUy WSM FORSTYLi TOO Jf^ Light, black patent hat her shoe. Ideal for danein*. >55!*****5'^^ I^^ sole, rubber heel. i
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    • 399 11 STEAMER SAILINGS BRITISH INDIA PASSENGER FREIGHT SERVICES For all information apply to: P. O. S. N. Co.. The Agent, CoUyer Quay, Tel. 5961. 8.1.5. N. CO., BOUSTEAD CO., LTD., Tel. 5497. 8.1.5. N. CO. (APCAR LINE) For HONGKONG, SHANGHAI, MOJI, KOBE, OSAKA. For PENANG, RANGOON CALCUTTA. Regular Sailings: Special Holiday
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    • 329 11 BRITISH INDIA The best possf.blo services are being maintained by The P. O. S. N. Coy. f rou the Straits to their usuaJ ports of call in China, India Ceylon and tht United Kingdom. Passengers are requested to register their requirements buG under present circumstance sailings are perforce restricted. All
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  • 87 12 Reuter. Bombay, Feb. 21. THE Government Gazett* declares that oil depots', water works, dams and electric power stations in certain district headquarters and elsewhere throughout Bombay Province are "protected olaces" under th? defence rules and special precauticn. The Indian press dismisses the Japanese mediation move of
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  • 51 12 Reuter. Sydney. Feb. 21.—Members of all parties in the Commonwealth House of Representatives supporthe suggestion first made a week ago that Mr. Wendell Willkie should be invited to visit Australia. Mr A. W. Fadden, acting Premier, may bring the matter before t»ie Federal Cabinet next week.
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  • 470 12 Reuter. (From Kenneth Anderson, Beuter's Special Correspondent on the Abvssinian-Eritrean front) KHARTOUM. FEB. 21. NEW ABYSSINIAN REGULAR TROOPS, LED BY SOUTH AFRICAN OFFICERS, RECEIVED THEIR BLOODING WHEN THEY WENT INTO ACTION FOR THE FIRST TIME ITALIAN FORTIFIED POSITIONS AT GANGHILA. The Italian commander in the Gojjam
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  • 125 12 British Wireless. London Feb. 22. rHE Prime Minister. Mr. Churchill, has expressed his sincere thanks to the Association of ExServicemen of Kuala Lumpur, Federated Malay States, for a telegram stating: 'To you as an ex-serviceman, this annual meetiiv of ex-servicemen of Kuala Lumcu" "tates that they
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  • 354 12 Reuter. Tokyo, Feb. 21. J LATEST Far moves are seen in these two stories: When ttM Foreign Office spokesman, Mr. Ishn. was asked at a Press conference j this morning for a comment on the assertion by American Congressmen that the Unitert States would attack
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  • 404 12 (From Our Own Reporter) Penang, Friday. ANE year after the death of her husband, who had a tailoring business, Khoo Gim Tool, a 28-year-old Chinese woman, married Tai Kee Wop, formerly an ass stantTn the shop. After the marriage Kee Woo asked Gim Tooi to transfer
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  • 265 12 Singapore, Friday. A SEQUEL to an accident which occurred in Bukit Timah Road on the night of Nov. 9, when two cars, one driven by a Chinese and the other by a European, collided and resulted in the car of the Chinese being overturned,
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  • 51 12 Reuter. London, Feb. 21.—The German naval academy has been from Kiel to Danzig on the orders of Admiral Raeder, the Navy's Com-mander-in-Chief. This was announced on the German radio today, but whether the removal was due to British air raids or not was rot
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  • 43 12 Reuter. Rome, Feb. 21.—The newspaper Popoli di Sicilia has brought out a German edition dedicated to German airmen stationed in Sicily, according to a Catania message to the official Italian news agency. German airmen welcomed the German edition with enthusiasm, the message adds.—Reuter.
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  • 207 12 Singapore, Friday. FACING three charges of being a member of three different unlawful societies, Hu Chi Lam. aged 28. was sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment on each charge in the Third Police Court to-day before Mr. J. G. Rappoport, the sentences to run concurrently
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  • 163 12 THE Secretary of State for the Colonies has suggested that the people of Malaya may care to donate their binoculars for the use of the fighting both England and abroad. Th Q collection of binoculars irom donors is being undertaken by the S.S. and F.M.S.
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  • 63 12 Reuter. Washington, Feb. 21. THREE Middle West Senators denounced the Lease and Lend Bill when the debate was continued in the Senate to-day (Friday). Senator Bulow suggested a 'filiuster" on the Bill. He said: Let us continue to debate the Bill mtl] Europe settles her own war. It might keep
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  • 87 12 Reuter. CIVE THOUSAND i n 4 f 1 women attcndi,,. women's conference here t,„f off their veils in declared that they had carded them for ever This dramatic gestw* currcd alter a denuiiciauL of the Purdah covering of face) Msl Mrs. Satyavati. president f the conference, who
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  • 149 12 AN Ordinance to consolidate and amend the Law rela Police Force will sh rtly duced into the Le The objects and rej Bill say that the pr has become obs leu in nccts with the the progressive development Police Force. Two Deputy Insp ci have
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  • 19 12 Mr. A. F. untitled Office of Pftterson, Bin has been Invited to 1 Committee of Urn Agency in London.
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    • 502 12 By Special Request "00-HOW PUT-HOW" will be staged by MERRILAD6 MUSICAL ASSOCIATION at the "A" Itieatre HAPPY WORLD on SATURDAY, Ist March, 1941, at 9.00 p.m. ENTHUSIASTIC CROWDS GREETED OUR OPENING PERfORMANCE DURING CHINESE NEW YEAR. M I TU KE IS SOLD OUT LONG BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE SHOW.
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    • 104 12 FOR EXCELLENT^ 'E YE SIG HTI Consult BENRIMO OPTICAL CO., QUALIFIED OPTICIANS. 165 CAPITOL BUILDING. 16 Years Optical Experience. AFTER MEALS THESE SIGNS SAY Sour "repeating", distension other J*f**Mm "ALKALIZE" 1 after-meal discomfort com* from excess stomach acids. For relief. iCflflHrorl Upset Stomach doctors tty "ALKALIZE" or neutra ze Indigestion
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