Malaya Tribune, 28 February 1941

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    22 1 The Malaya Tribune Net Sales Exceed 16,000 Daily SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1941 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune Friday, February 2«, 1941.
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    JAPANESE THREATS TO THAILAND, INDO-CHINA
    710 1 "DRASTIC CONSEQUENCES" STRONG FRENCH STAND IN TOKYO DISCUSSIONS Reuter. Tokyo, Feb. 28. I Ficial issue of the "withdrawal notices" to all Japanese residents in French i China follows a warning chorus in yesterday's press, threatening drastic rices should either Thailand or French Indo-China reject the
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    JAPANESE A LARUED BY DELAY
    116 1 STOP PRESS Tokyo, Feb. 28. tin majority oi the leading 1 vernacular papers in Tokyo ■gt an early conclusion of a peace agreement between Thailand and Indo-China in con■tctiM with the reported final mrdu'i' n plan offered by the kftfnr Uovernment recently. The Mi hi
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    tttKV CONFERENCE OF iMXSSSE OFFICIALS
    81 1 Stangtai, Tek 28.—Japanese iriilitarv and Diplomatic officials Md gi nprtmi meeting under Übi HrerUM oi Major General Sumita, duel of the Japanese ■Wnj to Indo-China, I r report from Ind»i-('hina—|. cuter. FAITH IN CHINA riNMgkint i h. 28.—"1 leave 11,1 ~v faith in the greatness
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    HAVEL RESTRICTIONS
    63 1 Reuter. Tokyo, Feb. 28. lh Japanese Government 1,1 »«1| suspend the issue m tnioagh tickets to various Ll,;,; P*.ii) countries by way of h ,u from War. !«>,' following in,, reci ived from the Soviet er I nm states a semi-offi-•u Japanese report. Through however, will remain j**iabl<
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    CONGRESSMAN KILLED IN PLANE CRASH
    32 1 Reuter. I teorgia), Feb. 27. I i ihe Eastern Airrash is now give a nd nine injured, is the Democratic r ntative, Mr. Willi 1 1 yland.—Reuter.
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    Nazi Raiders Gun Children
    192 1 Reuter. v London, Feb. 28. lr olT t>-DODGING German air raiders were more busy ovei mho- daylight yesterday (Thursday) than for Bombs were dropped in the outskirts of London ere a number cf casualties. 11. a ill ifU after dive-bomb-coast town, machine's groins to school. it!
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    INCREASE OF JAPANESE IN S. THAILAND
    75 1 Reuter. Tokyo, Feb. 28. THE possibility of the opening of two new Japanese consulates in Southern Thai is mentioned by the Domei news agency. It adds that, it is understood, that one consulate will be at Singora and the other at Songkhla. Domei quotes
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    JAPAN-N.E.I. NEGOTIATIONS
    67 1 Reuter. Tokyo, Feb. 28. "Smooth progress" in the economic conversations between Japan and the Netherlands East Indies is indicated in a message from Batavia to the Domei agency. Mr. Yutaka Ishizawa the Japanese Consul-General, and M. Van Hoogstraeten, the head of the Netherlands East Indies delegation, had another
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    Nazi Brutality In Norwegian School
    123 1 Reuter. London, Feb. 28. AFRESH example of Qulslingite I violence towards Norwegian school children is reported by ti Norwegian news agency. According to the Swedish newtpaper Social Demokraten, a detachment of Quisling Storm Troop ers forced their way into a school at Skien and demanded
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    Huge U.S. Defence Bill
    38 1 Reuter. Washington. Feb. 27 AN emergency bill to provide $1 533 000.000 for /rrov Navy construction and develonmen: programmes was io-day pa&> pd by the House of r.nc has been sent to the Senate.
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    Duce Cites Franco In New Excuse
    230 1 London, Feb. 28. IN what appeared to be an attempt to explain awa> the serious reverses recently suffered by Italy, Mussolini yesterday issued, through the Stefani agency, a long list of armaments which he sent to Gen. Franco during the Spanish civil war. An
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    Roosevelt Continues Conferences
    81 1 Reuter. Washington. Feb. XI. "IN order that we shall not be guilty of more delay than can be prevented when Congress passes the Lease and Lend Bill, President Roosevelt will continue his series of conferences with the Chiefs of the War, Navy, State and Treasury Departments. The
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    Greeks Hail Capture Of Castellorizo
    100 1 Reuter. I (Middii, Feb. 28. THE occupation of the island of Castellorizo in the eastern Mediterranean by British forces is hailed with enthusiasm by the Greeks. according to Athens radio. The .newspaper Estia refers to Castellorizo as the first Dodecanese to see the sunlight of
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    Turkey Extends Warm Welcome To Eden, Dill
    213 1 Reuter. Ankara, Feb. 28. "ANKARA is in a ferment of ex*»citement," declared the Ankara Radio announcer last night in a further reference to the visit of Mr. Eden and Sir John ML He added:—"Everywhere they go, they meet with overwhelming expressions* of Turkey's
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    BRITISH TAKE 2 MORE TOWNS IN ERITREA
    184 1 Reuter. Khartoum, Feb. 28. ftELEMIT, about 30 miles north of Keren, has been occupied by British troops without meeting any opposition. Nakfa, abandoned by the enemy, has also been occupied. Nakfa, 50 miles north of Kelemit, was taken by troops' who returned to
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    BULGAR TROOPS ON BORDERS OF TURKEY, GREECE
    114 1 Reuter. Sofia, Feb. 28. ANY immediate large-scale entry of German troops' into Bulgaria has been rendered less likely by a heavy fall of snow. There is no confirmation of reports that German troops have crossed the Danube, and there is reason to believe
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    Greek Guns Pound Italians
    82 1 Reuter. Athens. Feb. 28. BAD weather is still holding up large-scale operations on the Albanian battle front, states the Greek Fress Ministry. Greek artillery, however, continued to pound enemy positions with marked success, and much damage by shells bursting in the Italian trenches was registered. At
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    Nazi Bomber Over Sweden
    42 1 Reuter. Stockholm. Feb 28. A TWO-ENGINED German bomber flew over the south coast of the island of Skaane at noon yesterday (Thursday), according to an official statement issued in Stockholm. The bomber was driven oti by anti-aircraft fire.--Reuter.
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    King Sees Labour Chief
    30 1 London. Feb. 28. THE chairman cf the Trades Union Congiess General Council, Mr. George Gibson, was re- ceived by the King at Buckingham Palace yesterday.—British Wireless.
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    R.A.F. LIGHT 150 FIRES IN COLOGNE
    276 1 Reuter. London, Feb. 28. QNF hundred and fifty fires were burning at one time in the industrial area of Cologne on Wednesday night. This was the result of an attack by a strong force of R.A.F., bombers. The attack proceeded systematically for 2" •>
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    U.S. To Send 6 Air Corps To Alaska
    74 1 Reuter. Washington Feb. 27. THREE additional United States I corps have just f*ona to Alaska arid three more are to go there within two nonths. This announcement *r&£ made t>y the War Secretary, M' P.timson, on The rsday. Ho added that the
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    M.P.'s Can Now Hold Two Posts
    119 1 Reuter. London, Feb. 28. SOME controversy was aroused in the House of Commons yesterday when the House debated the "Two Jobs for Members" Bill, officially styled the Commons' Disqualification Temporary Provisions Bill. The Bill was originally introduced to legalise Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald's appointment
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    RAIDS ON MALTA
    49 1 Reuter. Malta, Feb. 28. POUR air raid alerts were sounded in Malta in the past 24 hours' when enemy aircraft were in the vicinity, says an official communique issued last night (Thursday*. During Wednesday's' mid-day raid, it adds, considerable damage was done to civilian property.— Reuter.
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    42 1 Reuter. Shanghai, Feb. 23. THE British Government has gratefully accepted tho offer of the Netherlands East Indies Government to put the Dutch liner Oranje at thp disposal of Britain as a hospital ship for the Near East, says the Batavia Radio Reuter.
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    COLONY VOLUNTEER POLICE RESERVE TO BE DOUBLED
    243 2 Scheme Being Considered By Government (Tribune Staff Reporter) THE Colony ant tribune underStand pr«visi«n. it is karnt. is bcin* sought to increase the Force's present personnel of 130 to MO. The duties of volunteer policemen in war-time vary greatly, and it is considered
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    DEATH OF FORMER LOCAL BANKER
    193 2 London, Feb. 15. J THE death Is announced of Mr. E J. Davies, Joint Manager of the Hongkong and Shangha B ulk In London. Mr Davies was very well-known, in the Far East. particularly In Hongkong, where he was manager in 1934 An Irishman. Mr.
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    How An Accident Was Averted
    96 2 Singapore. Thursday. SEEING a cur shoot out of a side read a Singapore Traction Company omnibus driver werWO his vehicle in time to avoid a collision The omnibus entered J drain by the side of the road but fortunately, no one was injured. The incident
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    51 2 A big rogue elephant—a untitled 1 shot af Wan? Gajah in Padang Terip near the Thai-Kedah border by H H. Tunku Abdul Majid last week. The animal had caused considerable damige to rice-fields In the locality for some time and in a previous attempt to baf it Tunku Mftjtd was
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    PROGRESS OF ROTARY MOVEMENT
    257 2 (From Our Own Reporter) Penang, Thursday. AN account of the Rotary movement since its inception to the present time was «iven by (apt G. Hawkins at the weekly luncheon meeting of the Penang Rotarians at the K. O. Hotel yesterday. 'February 23 last was the 3Gtn
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    SEWAGE COOLY ON MURDER CHARGE
    555 2 Singapore, Thursday, f ETCHIMI, nine-year-old Tamil girl, described an alleged knife attack on her mother at a preliminary inquiry held before -Mr. Conrad Oldham in the Second Police Court to-day. Krishnasamy < 25). a sewage cooly, faced two allegations of having murdered Muthamah <16» and
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    Stole Bicycle, Gaoled
    50 2 Singapore, Thursday. FOR stealing a bicycle parked outside a shop in Middle Road, Bujang bin Ali, a Malay, was sentenced to six weeks' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Conrad Oldham, the Second Magistrate. Eujang pleaded guilty when he was chareed last week, and sentence was postponed until to-day.
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    63 2 For the time being the Selangor Defence Corps are not enrolling any more members ln Kuala Lumpur, as Instructional facilities are fully engaged. Information will be given ln the Press as soon as further members can be enrolled. Those wishing to join, however, are Invited to send in applications for
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    The 2nd Punjab Regt.
    44 2 THE History of the 2nd Punjab Regiment" is the title of the talk to be broadcast at 7 p.m. today by an officer of the Regiment. This is one of the talks in the series 'The History of the Regiments
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    Bombers From Cents
    23 2 fl*""' A-rlfir>/> Fund) Total number of enemy planes destroyed during yesterday on all fronts up to midnight London time.... TEN
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    Selangor L.D.C. Wants-A Song
    151 2 (Frcm Cur Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Thursday. THE Deputy Commander, Selangor Local Defence Corps, will be much obliged if any member of the public could lenci him a copy of, or provide him with particulars of the publishers of, an old comic song believed to be
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    13 2 Mrs. J. H. Dorricott of Kuala Lumpur has proceeded to Australia on leave.
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    Big Demand For Malayan Vegetables Book
    194 2 THERE has been an demand for the To Cook Malaya;i V Requests for th t cookery book have l ur !> literally in the >r l parts of Malaya a al; Sarawak, British N Brunei and Labuan An interestinu Dint has the large propon.
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    Petrol Rationing In F.M.S.
    53 2 (From Our (hra Reporter) Kuala Lumpur. Thursday. PETROL will be rat* ned throughout the Federated Malay States from March 1 according I the Emergency Regulations 'Petrol Control' Order made by the Chairman of the F.MS. Transoort Board, but the price will remain the same as now—Bs
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    VOLUNTEERS WILL CO-OPERATE IN LOCAL BLACK-OUT PRACTICES
    236 3 Singapore To Have Brown -Outs" Also (Tribune Staff Reporter) r I rim-, members of the Straits Settlements VolunPorces will take part in black-out practices in M n ol several units will co-operate in the comintr exercises, the Tribune learns Two English schools, it
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    Port Weld To Supply Penang's Firewood
    155 3 ir Own Reporter) iang, Thursday. r a loiter cireu- all local firewood al Government has cements with the Taiping, for supid from Matang a ra regarding caused by the some weeks ago Thai Government el all contracts with aa from the end of c
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    Death Of Mr. N. Fisher
    98 3 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Thursday. THE death occurred last night of Mr. Noel Fisher, General Manager of Harpenden Estate, Klang. Mr. Fisher, who died on the estate, leaves behind his wife and three daughters, two of whom are married. The late Mr. Fisher
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    Faster Cargo-Liners Urged
    330 3 Reuter. London, Feb. 27. J[ COMPREHENSIVE review of British shipping problems was given by Lord Rotherwick, formerly Sir Herbert Cayiei >iden! of the Chamber of Shipping, at its annual A 1 I 4 -J meeting in London to-day. He urged the building of faster cargo-liners. While appreciating
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    KEDAH OUTLAWS RUMANIA
    10 3 regarded as '-ates the latest Kedah Government
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    14 3 untitled Fire Service in Fire Service in placed under the Commissioner of the Government
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    22 3 untitled 26. The final 26: The final estimates place the Ljp.ooo acres and the 00 bales, respectively 0 per cent, above y^ar.
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    36 3 As a protest against the dismissal of six of their fellow workers, about 80 mining coolies employed In a Chlnese,owned mine In Tronoh have gone on strike. The Chinese Protectorate has been informed of the matter.
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    Johore Has 475 Bankrupts
    97 3 AN Jan. 1, 1941, there 475 discharged and undischarged bankrupts in tne State of Johore. four of wnom were women, ac cor ring to the Johore Government Gazeiie. Most of them were drawn from the clerical services, but there is a fair sprinkling of teachers and
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    SPY SCARE IN JAPAN
    151 3 (From Our Own Reporter) Penang, Thursday. jyjAXY American missionaries who are on their way back to America from Japan have passed through Penang. Seen by a Malaya Tribune reporter, one of them, the Rev. John Seamanda declared that a great spy scare was on in Japan
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    Military College For Free French In Africa
    78 3 Reuter. London, Feb. 23. I MILITARY college, which is deft stined to become the Saint Syr of Free France in Africa, has been opened at Brazzaville by Gen. de Larminat. the High Commissioner for the Free French in Africa, according to Free French
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    S'pore Minefields Extended
    243 3 pURTHER Malayan defence precautions include the mining j of the Eastern approaches to Singapore. The minefields in this area have b?en extended and buoys established. Announcing this, a Master Attendant's office notice issued yesterday states that on and after March 3, the Eastern approaches to Singapore Harbour
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    Petrol Coupons Confusion
    140 3 (Tribune S'aff Reporter) THE springing of the petrol rationi bag scheme on the public at the last minute Uj believed to be the main reason for the confusion which ensued when motorists presented th ttnselves for their coupons at the office of the Registrar of Vehicles. Middle
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    50 3 The death of Miss Winnie Joan untitled nig. a senior staff nurse at the General Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, occurred on I Tuesday, at the age of 30. Deceased has been 13 years in the service. The fun*ril took place the following day at tha Roman Catholic cemetery In Cheras Ro*d.
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    Shanghai Britons Serving In Malaya
    309 3 FIVE China Britons wno volunteered for army service in Malaya have a)ready been commissioned, namely. N. F. Webb. D. I. Campbell, G. H. Heathcote, E. MGolder and F. Cessford. In addition, Mr. F. A. Sampson, well-known in journalistic circles in Shanghai, is now on special
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    27 3 Mr. K. untitled Pasar Road School. Kuala Lumpur. |l an Inmate in the Kuala Lumpur. General Hospital, having been operated on for appendicitis. He is doing well.
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    20 WOMEN DRIVERS TO JOIN PENANG'S L.D.C.
    505 3 Own Uniforms (Frew Our Own Reporter) Penang, Thursday. npHAT transport is hadly needed and donations of 15 cwt. lorries or motor-cycles would he very much appreciated is stated by Major H. W. Ess>n, M.C., E.D., Commandant of Ukj Local Defence Corps, in his
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    NEW U.S. ENVOY FLIES TO LONDON
    110 3 New York, Feb. 27. MR. John Winant, the new American Ambassador to Britain, left by Clipper for Lisbon en route to London to-day. In a statement made before leaving, Mr. Winant said that he and President Roosevelt were in agreement on a policy of
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    Malayan Demand For Bibles Exceeds Supply
    550 4 JN al. narts of Ma.aya, the demand for re, g ous the"supnly in 1939. This fact is revealed m a pamphlet »sued by the British and Foreign Bible Socety enWled Man Fiook"-a review of the Society's work in all parts of the worlu during
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    Girls, If You Marry...
    180 4 A BAD-TEMPERED man. iOH'l lose your temper 'yoursell, jhst to level things up A good-tempered wife can ultimately cure the husband of his bad temper. A short man, don't take any notice of the humorous remark* of your frieJids. Always remembei the old saying about good
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    Trans-Atlantic Air Service Now Via Africa
    284 4 INAUGURATING a new trans--1 Atlantic air route via Africa, the "Dixie Clipper", with Mr. Wenaell Wilkie aboard, recent'y returned to New York from a scheduled westbound Atlantic flight. This hew air routing is to continue through the winter months in order to avoid the
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    TWO ATTACKS ON "TERROR" ALLOTMENTS
    148 4 POLICE at Hove, Sussex, have been searching for a man who for two successive nights has attacked people on some allotments—where a little girl was murdered 18 months ago. The first attack was made soon after blackout time. A man walking homewards through the allotments
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    PENANG WOMEN HELP IN BLOOD-GIVING SERVICE
    538 4 (From Our Own Reporter) Penang, THE vigorous appeals for more blood donors by Dr. C. Subrah--1 manyam, head of the Penang Blood Transfusion■ Service, have had little effect on the population of Penang; they seem to have fallen on deaf ears. Despite the war
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    Youth For Trial,—Sabotage Charge
    120 4 Youth For Trial, —Sabotage Charge CHARGED with ca-ootagc Johj William Day. i gerj n. of |Q 'End Green. Longfv Id. Darttod« sent for trial .it DartftaL fed was allowed. It was alleged thai On re I main belt of a board bbcU the works of PL I I rodan, Lie!
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    F.M.S. Drivers Become 'Gentlemen Of The Road'
    513 4 THE standard of driving in the country has ate "f" 1 proved, states Mr. A. L. SUllworthy, A.L.A.A hair of the Transport Board, F.M.S.. in his annual rej rt foi The interventions of the war prevented the wide circulation of the Highway Cede,
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    Allegation Of poison In Food
    592 5 Singapore, Thursday. of attempting to murder a Japanese and his poisoning their food were made against a Chinese minary inquiry held in the Relief Court before Mr. I ,,,h to-day. I of the inquiry, Mr. ulusz for the defence wanted to call the Analyst and
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    OSHIMA CONFERS WITH RIBBENTROP
    143 5 Berlin. Feb. 27. AN identity of views on basic principles of Japanese-German cooperation, it is understood, has been reached, in a lengthy interview between the Japanese Ambassador. Lieut.-Gen. Hiroshi Oshima, and the German Foreign Minister, Joachim yon Ribbentrop, which began at the latter's villa at Salzburg
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    RAF Men In Accident: Car Driver Convicted
    393 5 Singapore, Thursday. A SEQUEL to a collision between two motor cars proceeding in opposite directions along Grove Road on Jan. 19, was heard before Mr. C. H. Whitton, in the District Traffic Court, when Shaik Fareed, a car driver, stood his trial on
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    Sailor's Death Mystery
    165 5 Singapore, Thursday. LAST seen leaving a bar in M'ddle Road on the night of Feb. 20, Charles Smith (51). a sailor, was found dead in the yea off the Cenotaph the following day. How Smith came by bis death or how he tame to be in the
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    Wedgwood Defends Cunningham-Reid
    226 5 /X)LONEL Josiah C. Wedgwood. Labour M.P. for Newcastle-under-Lyme, and Mr. Geoffrey Shakesi>eare secured the Government's permission for Cant. Cunningham-Reid to make his much-criticised trip to the United States and Honolulu. This was revealed in a letter written by Colonel Wedgwood to Mr. Shakespeare, chairman oi the Children's
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    Sepoy's Death: Warrant Out For Driver's Arrest
    246 5 Singapore, Thursday. WARRANT for the arrest of Sepoy Dost Mohamed, an Indian soldier, for causing the death of a fellow soldier, Atta Mohamed, by driving a military lorry in a rash manner was issued by the Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, when
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    JAPANESE-THAI TRADE RELATIONS
    175 5 Tokyo, Feb. 27. ECONOMIC questions form the basis of Japan's southward policy. Mr. Kiyoshi Akita, Minister cf Cverseas Affairs, said at a committee meeting in the House oi Representatives. Replying to an interpellation by Mr. Ehigeru Ishizuka. Mr. Akita cited the Prime Minister. Prince Konoye's speech set
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    British Envoy In Hong Kong
    42 5 Reuter. Shanghai, Feb. 27. THE British Ambassador, Sir Archibald Kerr, is reported to have arrived in Heng Kong by air frcm Chungking, accompanied by Lady Kerr. It is stated that he will he coming to Shanghai short'y.—Reuter.
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    Will 1940 Champions Do It Again?
    607 6 League Soccer In Singapore (BY AJAX) SINGAPORE'S football season will be in full swing by next week when the big league competition gets under way. Fourteen, instead of 15 teams will be playing in the first division, this being due to the withdrawal of
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    BUSMEN BEAT LAST YEAR'S CHAMPIONS
    448 6 Traction Company 3 Uniteers 1 ITXITEERS, last year's champions, met with their third suecessive defeat when they went down 1-3 to the Singapore Traction Company in a Business Houses league match at Anson Road Stadium yesterday. The S.T.C., who have been playing good football this
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    Starting Times For Meyer Cup Match At Island Club
    114 6 GOLF The draw and starting times (or Island Club's Meyer Cup competition tc-morrow are as follows (The first nine holes wl'l be closed to non-participants between 2.35 and 3.25 p.m.): 2.40 p.m. W. R. M. Haxworth m. H. L. Hosking. 2.45
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    FAIRWIND BEAT SPHINXES 5-2
    128 6 FAIRWIND B.P. defeated the Sphinx B.P. five games to two, in a friendly match which took place at the Clerical Union Hall last week. Results of the match (Falrwind players mentioned first) were: Lim Kian Soo beat Julian de Souza 15—8. 15—8; Seah Kirn Teck beat
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    Y.M.C.A. TENNIS
    81 6 RESULTS of ties in the V.M.C.A. lawn tennis tournament played yesterday were: -A" class singles: P. A. Da wood beat Thomas Hickey G-4. 6-2. Open doubles: L A. Alsagoff and Pobert Chia beat E. L. We e and C J Wee 9-7, 6-3; Lim Hee Chin and C.
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    47 6 Royal Singpore Golf Club's Flag ecmoctition in aid of the War Fund, which was to have been played on Monday, has been postponed, owing to rain, and wH 1 new be played on Monday. March 24. A new time sheet has been posted on the notice board.
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    Last-Minute Goal Gives H.S. Bank Win Over Naafi
    401 6 H.S.B S Naafi 2 IZEEN football was served up on the Harbour Board ground yesterday evening when the Hongkong and .Shanghai Bank clashed with Naafi in a Business Houses League match, the game lesulting in a narrow win for the Bank by
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    U. S. Plane's 620 M.P.H. In Dive
    69 6 Reuter. Buffalo (New York), Feb. 27. ANEW Airacobra Interceptor pursuit plane has reached a speed of 620 miles an hour in a routine test flight in Buffalo recently. The machine plunged 21,000 feet during dive. The previous record for a plane iive, 575
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    Table Tennis Match
    74 6 TABLE tennis match of seven singles will be played between ♦he Singapore Shorthand Writers' Association (Pitman's* and the Harmony Musical Association on Sunday, at 11.30 a.m., at the latter's prcimmi The following will represent the Ann, Young Hai Wah, Ta n Wee Shorthand Writers:—Lim Choo Kirn, Lim
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    Wearne's Trounced By Oversea Bank
    398 6 Business Houses League Oversea C. Bank 6 Wean* r)K gELDOM were Wearne Bros, outplayed a s thej v. day, wheii, at C. U. ground, they went down sea Chinese Bank six goaH to one in a Business i encounter. The Bankers, giving owe of their
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    43 6 To represent thi feva p* B.P. in a against Ifafcep Party at the Sunday, at 2 30 nos; Md. Nooi Bakar Dendek Sujak Z \unos, Abu Ba Mr- Noor and x Ahmad Bulong, i Hj Ahmad Dasuki and Mohsin.
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    166 8 Opinion WHATEVER interpretation Japan chooses to put on the strengthening of the defences of Malaya, neither the developments of the past few days nor the statements made by reponsible statesmen in the East as well rts in the West have proved that these measures were uncalled for
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    146 8 WHEN the inside story of the M circumstances leading to the present phase of the Far East, situation comes to be known, we may expect that it might form an effective retort to the Japanese assertions that Britain and the United States have been unnecessarily affected by
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    140 8 TOKYO'S mediation offer in the Thai border dispute and the offer to Indo-China of terms apparently unacceptable to the French are, it would seem, based on the assumption that a fallen France cannot have the power to resist Japanese demands. What these demands are, it is not known.
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    114 8 JN the meanwhile, Thailand's friendship for Britain which, according to ex-King Prajadhil>ok, is the keystone of Thailand's foreign policy, is the best guarantee of peace in these parts. The ex-King's remark, which he made in the course of a statement in London, is an excellent summing-up of the
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    RELIEF OF LADYSMITH
    1964 8 Forty-One Years Ago To-Day Saw The British "Mosquito" Fieel Again Stings Nazi Ships MOTOR TORPEDO SPEED BOATS PROVING INVALUABLE FOR PATROL AND RAIDING; CAPABLE OF SPEED OF OVER 50 KNOTS; CARRY 2 TORPEDOES 4r M -By Our Services Correspondent THE early nineteenth century was a period of
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    50 8 To meet the ccst of sweeping up confetti the Rev. Eric C. Bailey, vicar of St. John's Church, Upper Norwood, London, intends to add $5 to his marriage fees. It no confetti is used the $5 will be refunded to the bride and bridegroom,
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    THROUGH CHINESE EYES
    567 8 R. B. Ooi fHINESE wayang bangsawans cannol in theatres which haw tains. Those who to pictures go to such h tents or in the semi-cW m halls in the amusement This bye-law which to safeguard the 13 goers has driven st; tents. While theatr, emergency exits with
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    BRITISH FORGING NAZIS TO FIGHT 2-FRONT WAR
    683 9 A r my Of Nile, Now Fresh, Ready For New Offensive Reuter. Cairo, Feb. 27. j IE latest hammer blows dealt against the Italians in East Africa have added to the general feeling of nism prevailing in Cairo. The main speculation how long
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    Japanese Ordered To Leave Indo-China At Once
    88 9 Reuter. Tokyo, Feb. 27. IL1 Vimnese residents in Indo-China, have been •nfrred to leave immediately, affording to instructions issued to the Japanese ConsulI ;<t Hanoi, stated the Dwwi Agency. It is understood that **this is a precautionary measure to enable the Japanese GoveraMtnt
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    40 9 ►Shanghai, Feb. 27. ly reported that Admiux, Governor-General of nierred at length military and civil offllan »i yesterday evening. I that they discussed s to be taken in the 1 positive result being the Tokyo conference. —Ii cuter.
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    French Ex-Services Clubs In China
    59 9 Reuter. Shanghai, Feb. 27. j\ consular order issued 17 has dissolved ail ciationa of Ex-Sor-China and creates local the Legion Francaise I mbattantoL by this order is the organisation known aa des Anciens Combat Grande Guerre which i& This organisation remained on friendly its British
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    HAYASHI LEAVING FOR JAPAN
    67 9 Reuter. H Shanghai. Feb. 27. U hi Hayashi, who shot! British Chairman of the 1 Council. Mr. Keswick, Japanese at a special 'i meeting on Jan. 23, Shanghai to-morrow to ;s trial in Japan, according local Japanese daily the i Shimpo. !ii it is renorted. will
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    Feat Of African Troops
    208 9 Reuter. Nairobi, Feb. 27. FURTHER evidence of the remarkable nature of the advance which led to the occupation of Mogadishu, the capital of Italian Somaliland, is given in an official communique issued here to-day. It says, "During the night of Feb. 25-26 our East and West
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    WHEAT TRADE
    37 9 Liverpool, Feb. 26: It is reckoned that the international v/heat trade has fallen to the lowest level for nearly a century, much be'ow that of the last war. when Italy. France and Holland imported freely.
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    27 9 Senior Inspector Mohd. untitled former ly ol the Taiping Police, who has re- turned from long leave in India, ias 1 be«u posted at Port Swettenham. I
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    Roosevelt Prepares Help For Britain
    148 9 Latest Naval Planes May Go To Greece Reuter. New York, Feb. 27. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, after conferring yesterday (Wed- with United States defence chiefs and Cabinet officials took steps providing for the transfer to Britain of all war supplies which the United States Army and Navy
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    Defence Workers In U.S. Strike
    186 9 Huge Contract Affected: Govt, Officials Worried Reuter. New York, Feb. 27. DEFENCE contracts totalling $1,500 millions are affected by the strike which lias been declared at the large Lackawanna steel Works at Buffalo, New York State, of the Bethlehem Stee: Corporation. Tickets ol" a union
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    GERMANS REPULSED IN LIBYA
    330 9 Reuter Cairo, Feb. 27. THE repulse of armoured vehi- eles, believed to be German, is reported in a communique which >ays that in Libya, advanced elements of British mechanised forces encountered, west of Agheila, and drove back a reconnaissance unit of armoured fighting vehicles, believed to
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    Young Men In Japan Urged To Rush Into Marriage
    297 10 Tokyo, Jan. 31. AN appeal to eligible young men in Japan to get married quick A has been made by Mr. Kenichi Kumagaya, Chief of the Social Bureau of the Welfare Ministry. After warning the nation agamai :he low birth rate
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    17 10 Mr. Yong Yoon Chool has been untitled a Commission as Second-Lieutenant in the Straits Settlements Volunteer Force.
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    Hong Kong Scheme For Rice Control
    398 10 Kong Kong, Feb. 13. I HOPE Government will think of a better and more radical scheme. I wont criticise the present scheme at all. But I*ll be srlad to see a better, more radical and mere substantial scheme made in the course of time,"
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    BOXER'S WIFE COMPLAINS HE GAVE HER K.O.
    85 10 rIE young wife of Dave Crowley, the light-weight boxer, said that in Leicestersquare he knocked her unconscious with a blow on the jaw. She was giving evidence at West London Police Court. She summoned Crowley, now a physical training instructor in the R.A.F.,
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    Roosevelt Birthday Not Happy
    232 10 Washington, Jan. 31. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, in a brief radio broadcast on the occasion of his birthday yesterday, said it was "not a completely happy birthday" for him. He added that in fact "these are not completely happy days for any of us In the world." However,
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    DANCER DIES AFTER RIDE WITH OFFICERS
    385 10 Police Hold Conference ORIGHTON police are convinced they know two nun conctrned in the death of Mrs. Florence Elizabeth (Jack) Buckley, forty-seven-year-old dance instructress. At the inquest on Dec. 9 the jury decided she was murdered 'by some person or persons unknown." Both the
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    SEGAMAT GIFTS TO PATRIOTIC FUND
    77 10 TfHE following are subscribers to the Malaya Patriotic Fund from Segamat District Towkay Tan Siong Lian of Labis $200.00 Members of Batu Annam Club. Segamat 140.00 Mr D R Daniels 3 20 Mr S E. St. Davids 3.05 Mr M. D. Edward 2.25 Mr. V.
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    War Like Magic, Says Houdini's Widow
    365 10 Los Angeles. MAGICIANS have mere startling tricks than ever this season, but without a single exception they are based on known physical foundations that can be mastered by anyone with ii proper training in legerdemain, according to Mrs. Harry Houdini, who has just returned
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    WORLD'S BEST RAID SHELTER
    303 10 New York, Jan 4 'JHE biggest and most' completely equipped potential air raid shelter in the worldbetter than any even tireamed of in Europe—is, unknown to millions of New Yorkers, right in the middle of Manhattan. It is the vast system of mmtground chambers and conifers
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    HOW CHEKIANG GETS FOREIGN EXCHANGE
    523 11 From Tung Oil, Tea And Silk SPECIAL CHINA PAGE lANG'S efforts to' obtain foreign exchange for fie country are making considerable headway h the increase in the output of tung oil, tea and A rrangementa have been made between Chekiang's Oil, Tea, Silk and Cotton
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    Health Service In Northwest
    269 11 A N out-patient department in- side the city of Paochi and a ten-bed hospital in its suburb together with another hospital at Shuangshihpu mark the beginning of an organised health service in the North-west by the Chinese Industrial Co-opera-tives. The O.P.D. building at Paochi was constructed
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    Ready For Transport
    36 11 Food-containers, ivith parachutes attached, are being gathered at one of the Japanese aerodromes in occupied China ready to be dropped to the beleaguered troops whose communication lines have been cut by the Chinese.
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    81 JAPANESE SHIPS SUNK IN 1940
    374 11 Chungking. QHINESE mines hit and sank 81 Japanese war vessels ot different sizes in the Yangtze last year, announced Admiral Chen Shao-kwan, chief of naval headquarters, in his review of Chinese naval operations for 1940. Among the enemy ships thus destroyed were 19 large
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    PRODUCTION OF NEWSPRINT IN CHINA
    293 11 AFTER a long period of pre- paration, the Lungchang Paper Mill tarts production in its $20,0» H>,0()0 plant in the vicinity ol Chungking. It rs producing three tons of newsprint and hook printing paper a day from its single fourdiinier machine. This may be increased
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    164 12 Reuter. Madras. Feb. 27. A HOPE that in a very short time the political deadlock in the country would be resolved and. with India's willing support, Britain would promptly defeat her enemies, was expressed by the general secretary of the Hindu Mahasabha, the premier Hindu
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    111 12 Reuter. New Delhi. Feb. 27. AT question time in the Assembly, a Government spokesman said I that the newly-appointed Eastern 1 Group Supply Council, formed as I r result of the Eastern Group Conference, would, broadly speaking. I receive demands for supplies from overseas forces and the governI
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      687 14 CHUNG HWA MANDARIN iMtJtutlon. 56. Short Street. Singapore New Mandarin Classes under Mr. Chiang Ker Chlu, Author of Mandarin Made Easy etc Starting on 3rd March. 1941. Fee. $21--p.m. Special Afternoon Classes for fcn 0 Ush School Students. Fee: $1|- p.m. Vacancies ln other 14 classes on Mandarin. Cantonese and
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    862 15 p re, Feb. 27. Buyers. Sellers. AINUCG. 3 3 3!7V 2 j 6 9cd p r 361-cd 20- 21--i) 72' i 0.77>a 14 6 I tlVk 1-32V 2 9- 9:6 18,9 19.6 12- 131--0.17 0.20 038 0.41 r 1.48 1.51 cd 11 18- 19!--5 3 5,9
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    16 15 ore, Friday. .1 tin and rubber at noon toBBfiß Sellers Bw%. i N I
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    257 15 Singapore, Feb. 27. THE International Rubber Regulation Committee which met on Tuesday decided that the quota for the second quarter should remain at 100 per cent., states the weekly report of Lewis and Peat Ltd. Having regard to the assurance that appears to have been given by
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    130 15 From Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, Friday. ALL markets were extremely dull yesterday. Very little interest was shown in tin shares. Hong Fatts were around $1.49. Exception to the general state was Austral Amalgamated for which stock there are unsatisfied buyers at 6s 4V 2 d. In the
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    218 15 Singapore. Feb. 27. TAe following are the exchange stock quotations this morning according to the daily circular issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. SELLING London T.T. 2j4 1116 London demand 2,4 116 Switzerland demand (T.T. only) 202.46 New York demand 47.iv Montreal demand 51 35 Batavia demand
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    415 15 (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh. Thursday. NG Koon Yam, a young Chinese, was this morning convicted by the Ipoh magistrate, Mr. A. W. Hay, of abetting the managers of two local cinemas by supplying false statements and thereby cheating th? Government of sums ot* money
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    Nazi Officer Knocked Down By U.S. Envoy
    126 15 Reuter. Berlin, Feb. 27. "THE unneutral attitude" of American diplomats is sharply attacked in the official oigan of the C*crman Foreign Office, Deutsche Diplomatische Folitisehe Korrespondenz, especially criticising ?.!r. George H. Earle, the United States Minister in Sofia, who recently featured in a
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    Rubber Recovers As Tension Eases
    303 15 Singapore, Thursday. the Far Eastern political tension showing signs of relaxing, Singapore prices have recovered somewhat, and a fair volume of business in physical rubber can be recorded. The tender market On the other hand remains neglected in the absence of any but the slenderest
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    40 15 New York, Feb. 26: The January motor production of 411,260 cars and 89.670 trucks Is the highest since May 1937. Wall Street shows ability to respond to domestic stimuli; for instance, the House's piomp L passage of the EPT amendments.
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    Cotton Industry: Warning Sounded
    151 15 Reuter. London, Feb. 27. A WARNING of coming sacrifices as a result of the reduction by half of the raw cotton imports' this season is contained in a statement by the Cotton Ccntroller, Sir Percy Ashley, In Manchester. He said:—"Fortunately, stocks have been maintained but a
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    STEEL PRODUCTION
    87 15 New York. Feb. 26:—The Iron Age reports the steel production at 97 per cent, of capacity. Incoming orders 1 indicate that steelmakers may have entirely sold for a year by May 1. Into the already overcrowded situation a large volume of British orders will be dumped as soon
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    TIGHTENING-UP OF BRITISH BLOCKADE
    255 15 Reuter. London. Feb. 27. important fresh stage will shortly be reached in the tightening of the British blockade. New regulations are announced which will have the effect oi' harnessing marine insurance to the blockade enforcement. Navicerts and Certificates of I Origin will be refused for goods
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    Same Raid, 3 Different Versions
    283 16 MALTA v is raided on WedncsJH day and nere arc the thrrc versions of the air battles which ensued: Bif) Nazi Casualties A considerable force of enemy aircraft attempted a large-scale attack on Mali a yesterday. German bombers, escorted by nearly as many fighters, attacked
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    "PETROL RESTRICTIONS WILL AFFECT FIGHTING EFFICIENCY"
    526 16 SINGAPORE A.A.M. CRITICISMS A SPECIAL emergency meeting of the committee of the A Singapore Branch of the Automobile Association of Malaya was held last evening to consider the position with regard to petrol restriction. It was felt that while the members of the Association
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    27 16 NOTE:—London circles point out <1> that the Italians do not say anything about fheir own losses f2» that the Italian and German versions differ.—Reuter and British Wireless.
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    BRITISH DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTS LOST?
    82 16 Reuter. Home, r ev. <so. AN employee of the British Legation in Sofia is reported to have failed to reach Ankara after leaving Sofia for Istanbul on Monday, according to a Sofia despatch to the official Italian news agency. The employee. whose name was Mr. Grenovitch.
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    Nazi Police Attacked In Netherlands
    296 16 Reuter. Berlin, Feb. 27. SIX were killed and a number of others seriously injured in clashes between police and "lawless elements" in Amsterdam on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to an Amsterdam despatch to the official German news agency. The disturbances were the resist cf a
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    NAZIS GET MORE HELP FROM ITALY
    191 16 Reuter. Berlin, Feb. 27. j THE working of the Axis in the economic field is revealed in a despatch from 1 K««me quoted by the German news agency which states that in accordance with the Italo-German economic agreement which regulates, from time to time,
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    WAVELL PRAISES S. AFRICANS
    117 16 WA VELL PRAISES S. AFRICANS Reuter. London. Feb. 28. SOUTH AFRICAN troops were highly praised by Gen. Waveli when he visited them at Ducawa 12 miles inside the Kenya-Abyssinia 1 border, before they went into ac. tion. His remarks were recorded ana broadcast from London last nlghi iThursday I. T
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    10 16 The I. S. P. Fighter Fund total tc-day is $18,717.
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    CRIPPS FLIES TO SEE EDEN
    525 16 Reuter. London. Feb. t; STAFFORD Cripps, British Ambassador in Moscow h left by plane for Istanbul for talks with M, Eden, the Foreign Secretary. Sir Stafford is due to arrive in Istanbul on Friday. The fact that Sir stanora Cripps is on his way to
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    Jews, Nazis In "Bloody Fights"
    93 16 Reuter. REPORTS oi fights" b< Dutch Nazis leached the Vi Fre_£ Dutch n< ri blisbed in London. The newspapi the Jewish distn ol Amimua, there have beei of uniformed D Nazi Troopeis marchirj quarter. There was «td< feftttaf en Feb. 12. when parti men attacked
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    British Air Service Across Atlantic
    80 16 London. Foo. 2ft. FIVE experienced British Overs?* Airwave pilots I arrived New York to taki Mj a number 01 Bo ing Clip lvin boats it is leanu d n They will fly the ("PP"* England, thus Airways to fulfil the promise pw» by Sir Archibald
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