Sunday Tribune (Singapore), 18 February 1940

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    Masthead
    18 1 The Sunday Tribune sisL3^' 5 A.M. EDITION VUU 7 ~No- 37- SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1940. FIVE CENTS.
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    400 SEAMEN RESCUED FROM NAZI HELL SHIP
    1576 1 NORWEGIAN GOVERNMENT'S STRONG PROTEST TO BRITAIN Allegation Of Violation Of International Law London, Feb. 17. K 1 OUR hundred merchant seamen, taken prisoner by the Nazi pocket battlebral Spec, were rescued when British destroyers sought out the German ship Altmark, among the fjords
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    NORWAY'S STRONG PROTEST
    276 1 Oslo. Feb. 17. 11l I! P;imc Minister of Norway, wfce at present is acting as Minister for Foreign Affairs. t«> day conferred with the British Ministf ar<» m stron" words expressed "tne horror and indignation felt by the Norwegian Government at this gr«>«s violation of Norway's neutrality."
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    BLOCKADE LEAK
    129 1 Washington, Feb. 17. L AI j H Increases of experts to »&t q the Netherlands, Nor- bweotn, and Switzerland have SLw?? t0 the suspicion that hwtf leaks exist the British Times declarea llh New V<)rk Ja?uTry C1 iq;n RfP^ment flgurei for January vL shovv that compared with la
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    SWEDEN'S ACTION STRONGLY CRITICISED
    369 1 Stockholm, Feb. 16. JT is emphasised m political circles here that the statement of Premier Hansson that his Government have refused Finland's request for military aid does not mean that any change has occurred m the Swedish Government's attitude regarding- aid for Finland. Attempts made to
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    Desperate Fighting In Finland
    290 1 Desperate Fighting In Finland Helsinki. ,Feb. 17. A GREAT pall of smoke and lire is ttj-day spread over the Summa front. Eye-wit nesses report, that the Finns holding" the Mannerheim Line can m places hardly see anything of the Russian troops. They can only hear the cries of advancing men
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    16 Years Ago Two Malayan Doctors Looked Far Into The Future
    580 2 Awn NOW IN 1940 THEIR DREAM IS REALISED (Tribune Staff Reporter) Y^HATis believed to he the beginning of development of the Cameron Highlands into a hiil station was seen by me this week m an old and faded document,
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    STRICTLY PRIVATE
    103 2 (Tribune Staff Reporter) DID you know that if a private footway, used by the public, is not closed for one whole day m each year it becomes public property? That la the meaning of the notices which appear m the press from time to time. In the Malaya
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    "Suicide Eric" Is In Town
    316 2 I (Tribune Staff Reporter) (SUICIDE ERIC otherwise known as Mr. Eric May ell, Far East Supervisor for Twentieth Century, Fox Movietone News, is m Singapore. If something big happens m Singapore you will know why. •Tm on a holiday" Mr. Mayell told me, and believe
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    MUNSHIS AND GURUS EARN FROM $25 To $250
    426 2 (Tribune Staff Reporter) PECAUSE Army officers who have recently arrived m Malaya Wish to acquire the right touch by mastering the "lingua franca" of the land, teachers m the Malay language are m great demand. It is surprising" how the masses m
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    Alleged Rioter Charged
    90 2 Singapore, Saturday. ATHIKTY-FIVE year-old Boyanese was charged this morning m the Fifth Police COVt with rioting, m connection With the strike at the Singapore Rubber Works. It is alleged that the accused Adam bin Haji Ali with five others or more, with the common object of intimidating
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    SCOTCH SAUSAGES MADE IN SINGAPORE
    387 2 STRANGE FARE (Tribune Staff Reporter) SINGAPORE nianufacturts many things. Now it has produced something- revv. Jt is manufacturing Scotch sausages. Not just sausages, you will notice, hut Scotch ones. And it manufactures them by the yard. Hungry Nazis, please note. Demand exceeds the turnover of
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    ILLEGAL OPIUM
    69 2 Singapore. Saturday One day's simple imprisonment lad a fine of $360 or m defau't !hr* months' rigcroas im^.isonment, w the sentence passed on a Chine* Foon Yev. by Mr. J. L. hi Jail. Singapore Criminal District Judge, th:; morning, when the accused vvas four: guilty on a charge
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    16 2 Mr. C. R. Hawkins has twen ap-Bj pointed a Police Magistrate for thl Settlement of Labuan.
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    PRIEST ANSWERS PROTEST AGAINST LOTTERY
    781 3 Insurance Is One Form Of GaitihUn<s> SWEEPS NOT CONTRARY TO NATURAL LAW Bishop Devals HK y 'v\v"!: ANSWKI{ TO THE PROTESTS MADE Till l\sn rrT, Av X SPf59™ EN LA?T WEEK TO TTFimJ iv \?h OF STATE CONTROLLED WAR olKis ,i\, Ar\V X ANSWER TO
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    Far East Becomes Art Centre
    306 3 IN SEARCH OF -ART (Tribasc Staff Reporter) AMERICAN artists no lunger £> (o Paris. They come to Since the war, the Far East has become an artistic tint re of the Bret BSSgnituds. Edward Voska, 23-year-old American painter, recipient of an art .scholarship from tjie
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    THEY'VE SET THEIR HEARTS ON $10,000
    336 3 ttWBBBf Staff Reporter) THK Sin^l P PUlar Kir,s in a T- 0f lhr Y MC A BSSx dr,ve f °r funds this Sf* *un mK C^i 9 m n "''»*>ers hope Mar i thev the 1I > f r,od I eb. 12 to '^Mim^.S
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    ONE MAN SAVES BOATLOAD
    94 3 ONE MAN SAVES BOATLOAD London, Feb. 17. AFTER spending 56 hours in an open boat 15 survivors of tho Newcastle csrgo vessel Langleeford, 4,622 tons, which was sunk by enemy action on Wednesday while homeward bound from Boston, U.S.A., landed in Eire last nijrht j n an exhausted condition. Only
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    They're Hatching Eggs From Soya Beans
    244 3 They're Hatching Eggs From Soya Beans These Go Into Making Thesej And It's Not Done With Mirrors (Tribune Staff Reporter) fpHE production of "eg less egg white" an egg substitute which can be beaten into a rich, lustrous foam, has been successfully accomplished at a California laboratory. The source of
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    TALK ON ONE-FRONT WAR
    140 3 TALK ON ONE-FRONT WAR OUKiADIER M.D. Gambier-Parry, 13 H.C., A.D.C., will broadcast from the 8.M.8.C. at 7.80 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 19, on "The One-,Front War."' In two previous talks m this series, Brigadier Gambier-Parry gave an account of the Maginot and Siegfried L^nes and the present general situation en
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    Raffles College Man Edits Paper
    177 3 Raffles College Man Edits Paper (Tribune Staff Reporter) J^ FORMER Malayan who is wellknown to local Collegians, Mr. Eric Gillett, who returned to England a few years ago is now assistant editor of the "St. Martin's Review," a monthly paper edited by the Rev. Pat McCormick and published by Longman's.
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    Bribed By Thief To Keep Quiet
    189 3 Bribed By Thief To Keep Quiet Singapore, Saturday. "1 1)O not think that at the time 1 >f Hk offence, the accused bad nny intention «.i taking pail m it," Inspector V Ellis before Mr. 11. Watson, the thiid police HMgfeuate pa I n eon two Chin.*. wh» >•■ Urday
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    DISTRIBUTO R OF LIQUOR FINED
    113 3 J)ESCRIBED by Ur.^lS^ChifsS^'ot v the Excise Department rs a n w carrier who distribute-! liquor f oai Jurong Lee Siak Kwang. a sixteen-year-oid boy was sentenced to-rf-Mr. Kenneth M.By.ne. fourth Magistrate, to two years In the R:formalorv The charge- on which Lee was ccn- v.cted
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    MONTH'S GAOL FOR BLASPHEMY
    404 4 MONTH'S GAOL FOR BLASPHEMY 4 CASE referred to as without precedent m 1 „i bistort the island, and described by a defending advocate as a |mj prosecution, sel a complicated problem to leading Jersey lawyer the opening of the January Assizes at St. lh Charg< against accused torlv *****ry**r+H Press
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    Baby Saved By Tyre Tube Oxygen Tent
    397 4 Slougrh (Bucks), Jan. is. A BABY of three months, Francis Swinney, si reps m his cot at Slough Emerge m-y Hospital tonight after being" eig"ht days m an oxygen tent made from an A.R.P. gas-bag and part of a car tyro inner tube.
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    No Peace Overtures
    109 4 HonglMBf. I The United Stales Ambassador t» China, Mr. v Nelson T. Johnson, mt» I called Chungking his home in i press interview, is leaving HonfkfS, for Ilaiphon;; enroule to Kunmim and eventually "home" The American Envry aid he did 5 consider it necessary for him to
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      537 4 Another Great Triumph f or the BEST AIR-CONDITIONED THEATRE CAPITOL 4 SH O W S TO-DAY II a.m-3.15 6.15 9.15 COLUMBIA'S powerful dranatic Romance oi a hoy who had the Soul of a great musician the Hands of a World's Champion jf J^^*"»^» '^B B P l.lll'tlvl) Oil I. I
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      98 4 TO-nw SIMULTANEOUSLY I AT THE MARLBOROUGH At :).15, 6.15 and 9 P.M. FMPIRE TALKIE At 7 and M .10 I'M 'iin Spectacular Chinese Historical Dramatic play "LIN CHONG" W 7 TO-NIChT 9.30 j:^HARDYS RIDE HIGH^ 'IP-DAY P.M.— "I'MO.N PACIFIC /A 1//J 7^~ ,V//t/./l V'/l P.\ I RIOTIC ~SW Cirand Cinema
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    A WORD OF COMPLAINT AGAINST THE B. B. C.
    1413 5  -  H.L. Hopkin H. L. Hopkin In London bS^ NOVICE ll»1 tlM> present I teatency towards broad jokes n(1 Hght lingerie is causing coniderable comment. *n indiffn l mntron has written to one riner *tr»nuly endorsing the Latest I h,-e tendencies. JT
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    CHUNGKING EXPECTS TERROR
    237 5  - CHUNGKING EXPECTS TERROR Sin Chew Jit Poh Chungking, I"h. 17. 11' IT 11 Hi« approach af Spring ff when 1 lie tot; over Chungking will br lifted, the authorities nr^ lightening their anti-ait raM pre- MltMlllS. Apart, fiMn the building <>l dugout drilling of underground tunnels has been intensified. The
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    29 5 Loa AMgelea, Feb. IT. MX. John C.arner. Vice-President ol thr r.s. announces lhal \i'i mi.: r (he Democratic :»H--maiv chiticn m CalftfOTttJa for nomination candidate for the PresiUeiif) Reuter
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    SEEN AT BUKIT TIMAH
    28 5 I'\* Airs. <;. Red! I Thompson :uv» Dr, E. i I homp S 'l imah \< sterda) elo« I Gnnstonc and Mrs. j j R«bortsoiL )T"
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    Cool Breezes Influence Fashions
    485 5 Cool Breezes Influence Fashions Vcra Ardmorc V/ritcs YESTERDAY'S distinct drop in the temperature was responsible for more forasaJ fashifl ns at Bukit Timah. Jackets and loleroa were popular and heavy silks and tailored linen suits had a daj But. One oi' tin- smartest women at the was Lady Bagnafi, a
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    SCHOOLBOY ON CHARGE OF STEALING BOOKS
    85 5 SCHOOLBOY ON CHARGE OF STEALING BOOKS Singapore, Saturday. YyONt ed f > y p gruilty this morning in ccnd j,,.,, cour before .fr. Csnrari Oldham e of criminal mi ipriation of certain school bo 1: i valued at $6.17. book I. Value of the book; Accused admitted having sold thi
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    A Woman Peeps At Singapore
    1236 6  - A Woman Peeps At Singapore VERA ARDMORE BY DIING a race night, there were morethan the usual number of meir\niakers at Raffles last Saturday, when the atmosphere was particularly jolly. Though one is safe m assuming that Fortune only lavoured the minority at Bukit Tlmah, the party spirit was, ail
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    1940 Beauties In "1940 Gaieties"
    195 6 THOSE who remember and njoyed •The Circus Comv: To T< wu" year at Iliffles Hotel will b« Interc to hear that Mrs. L. W. Geddea i ganiaing another show for the aa good cause- The Children's Aid Society. The namo oi the tv I fust
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      24 6 USE PARK -DAVIS NEKO SOAP The genuine germlcidal soap whichgives immediate i lief from pr ickly Depot for Malaya MA YNARD Of CO., I®
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    ROUND THE SHOPS
    627 7 UEFOP.E y v >:'.« ard your well-],), cd bat ftld strait hat, pay a vi.-.v I" "Ml i l HI. R;.!t R<*ui i defer miUini r can do to revivify it Sbe specialises m mftUnf over- old hats, as well as In diking iipw one* to order.
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    HOLIDAY-MAKERS FAVOUR CAMERAON HIGHLANDS
    213 7 C HINESE Now Year provided many Malayans with the opportunity for snatching a few days' holiday m a Ts L ppcT c and Camc ron Hi B Mands was exceptionally well patronised Among those who sp( nt their H £ooTt p" Hißhlands *>W were Mr. H.
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    SUNDAY TRIBUNE Sunday, Feb. 18th, 1940. Not Pulling Her Full Weight
    418 8 AS has been seen since the Tribune Group of newspapers started the campaign for Statecontrolled lotteries for the purpose of making substantial and urgently required contributions to the Empire's war effort, all the opposition to the proposal has been
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    GET THE WORKERS INTO UUNION
    1104 8  -  C. H. Stanley Jones The Next Sivy i B r 1 UNREST CAN BE CURED TRADE UNIONS ARE NOW LEGAL. On Monday the Straits Settlements Legislative Council, taking the bull by the horns, passed the Trade Unions Bill and the Industrial Courts Bill through all
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    MONEY HOUSE
    22 9 The Netherlands Trading Society Bank building, completed m spite of the war, is one of the finest m Singapore to-d.iy.
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    Bank Clerks (And Two Tons Of Books) Move Into New Building
    656 9 Old Sea Wall Discovered (Tribune Staff Reporter) AMID THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF MOVING CAR8 AND TRAFFIC, THE ENTIRE STAFF OF A FOCAL BANK WITH THEIR TWO TONS OF HOOKS MOVED INTO THEIR NEW HOME DURING THE FATTER FART
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    New Zealand Manpower
    133 9 New Zealand Manpower Wellington, Ftb. 1". Zealand's second contingent is 7ca!(u i iy training within the Dominion and the qu<;ta for thr th nl contingent will be complete hi a day <;r two, declared Premier Savage to-day, inaugurating a snics of reviews f Nrv. Zealand's war effort. Mr. Savage said
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    TERRIFIC BATTLE ALONG WHOLE MANNERHEIM LINE
    229 10 Finns Bomb Vital Supply Routes DECISIVE STRUGGLE OF FINNISH WAR ■.^TMv-tqtt Helsinki, Feb. 17. JZm- P r are re l )orte<l to have bombed the railway conail ,n W W kh the Karelian Mhm Several stations, are said to have been set on fire.
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    Grandson For King Christian
    34 10 Copenhagen, Feb. 17. k SON wa* born to-day to Princess Caroline Mathilde, wife of Prince Knud. younger son of King Christian of Denmark. Reuter Above are the Prince and Princess.
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    66 10 London, Feb. 17. lIIS Majesty has been pleased to ap- prove the formation of a Cyprus Regiment consisting of a combatant battalion of pioneer companies and pack transport companies. All the units will be liable for oversea service and will he so employed. Units of all three categories have been
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    SOVIET LEANS FURTHER TO GERMANY
    63 10 SOVIET LEANS FURTHER TO GERMANY Moscow. Feb. 17. TRADE between the Soviet and Brnain and France has been reduced t o practically nothing by the will of those countries, declares Izvestia, referring to the Soviet-German trade agreement. The pact it says, proves that the fundamental* improvement of political relations betueen
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    Sappers Acquitted
    120 10 Singapore. Saturday. TWENTY-TWO Malay Sappers who 1 last week were charged m the second police court with the alicged murder of Lim Ah Phang at the Happy We rid Amusement Park on Feb. 7, appeared before Mr. Conrad Oldhain this morning. Court Inspector Charles W. Such informed his
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    HIGHER LIVING COSTS
    61 10 London, Feb. 17. A RECORD high jam of 177. compared with 100 m 1914 and 155 when the war began was reached by the cost of living: index m Great Britain on Feb 1. while a 2 1 2 per cent. Increase of food prices occurred m
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      526 10 Damp, tropica] heat gave this ship' stewardess such agonising mm^m* pains thai she could hardly move three doses of a natural remedy J ber right. Read this K raleful letu "This is what Fynnon Salt did fa me. When going through th, pics, the sudden damp heat i gave me
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    S'PORE TO COUNTERACT NAZI LIES
    357 11 SPECIAL NEWS FOR DUTCH ISLANDS Shortwave Transmissions To Start At Once i B N tho war ol the ether, Singapore is to plat an in- creasingly arffe part from to-morrow. In ul7 u m )^r av i *uU&mm Nazi propaganda from Berlin .the British Malaya
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    STANLEY'S PRINCIPAL COLLABORATOR DEAD
    41 11 STANLEY'S PRINCIPAL COLLABORATOR DEAD Brussels. Feb. 17. THE death is reported from Ghent of Louis Valcke who was Stanley's principal collaborator In his firs', great Congo explorations notably m the crossing of the Crystal Mountain* and the navigation of the Reuter
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    Japanese Conciliatory In Shanghai
    229 11 Shanghai, Feb. 17. "modus vivendi'' regarding control of outside roads signed by Mr. Franklin chairman of the Municipal OninciL and Mr. Fu Sia Oen, chairman of the Special Municipality, yesterday provides for the creation of a special police force which will include foreign <>Hicers, who will
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    46 11 London, Fob. 17. IT was announced m Ottawa last night 1 that Great Britain had ratified an agreement with the Canadian railways tot the transport of largr» Quantities oi timber from British Columbia to England. The timber is to be sent over from Canada shortly. Reuter
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    SAMUEL PLAYING FOR SELANGOR THIS YEAR
    335 12 WILL BE IN MALAYAN (By -Uambler--Selan K «r) QELANGOR WILL HAVE SAMUEL AS ONE OF THE MANY RE3 PRESENTATIVES FROM THIS STATE IN THE ANNUAL MALAYAN CHAMPIONSHIPS TO BE HELD AT IPOH DURING THE j EASTER HOLIDAYS. Samuel's decision to enter has j caused
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    299 12 (Bv "t;av Reveller Perak) S&RANOEBfENTS for the Malayan badminton championships whit h J will be held in Ipoh during the Faster holidays, from March Tl to March ftS, are well in hand, says air. Tan (hem; Phm\ Secretary of the Peiak j Badminton
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    MALACCA ADOPTS THE 15-ACE DOUBLES
    143 12 MALACCA ADOPTS THE 15-ACE DOUBLES The Settlement's decision lo stanrtaidi?? the doubles game at 1"> points instead of 21 is disclosed at the annual report of the Malacca Badminton Association. During the y?ar m review, Mjlacca did net fare too Rucceasfii?ly m any bi'j; tournament, having only one representative m
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    ANOTHER CHAMPION MARRIES
    133 12 ANOTHER CHAMPION MARRIES (By "Oui\" lohoiv READERS v. m ioin me m congratulating Mi-s Annie Hii, also known as Mi-; Hu s'ui Chen, prominent Johore lady badminton pia>er, on her rrcsot wedding lo Mr. Tun Kong livn of Johore Bahui. Annie Hu. it will be recaUed, won the runnercs-up title
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    30 12 *it Is reported from a reliable source that Hcrr Hitler is secretly writing his memoirs. We can't th nk ot any better title than 'People Who Have Met Me.'"- Punch
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    246 12 Penang Determined To Win <IS> "(YnO I'riKin^) TIIK decision «rf the BAM. to Hold the 15>40 Malayan badminton championships timing the Easter holidays at Ipoh must have been go«.d news to 1h« Settlement's le idins players. Tenant is, therefore, certain to be well represented iij the \arious events el the
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    34 12  - Pope Pius XII "The history of each age teachts i that there were always rich and poor. That it will always be so. We may j gather from tho unchanging way Of human destiny."—Pope
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    933 13 7HL 225 metres CUB mr s). 3 0.9 i mrtrri (9«9 t»r Military Bond Music played by th^ Apierican I Band of Hollywood. Califorj "Stan ::cJ Stripes forever" Hail to the spirit, of Liberty ire 1 1 1 1 j Hl| S i Cadefe." ,i
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    ALLIED TRADE PACT COMES INTO FORCE
    653 13 London, Feb. 17. TtHE Board of Trade announces that the Governments of the United Kingdom and Fiance have agreed that effed should be given to the conclusions recently reached bj the PreRident of the Board of Trade and the T-Y' nch Minister of Commerce
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    POLICE OFFICER GAOLED
    95 13 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. Saturday. INSPECTOR Mohamed Kanily bin llaii Rasip. Officer m Charge of Polite District, Kuala Lipis, was yesterday sentenced to one year's simple imprisonment by Mr. Justice Home m the Kaub Supreme Court, when he was found guilty of charges of bribery
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    ATLANTIC AIRMAIL RESUMES IN JUNE
    40 13 ATLANTIC AIRMAIL RESUMES IN JUNE Lwadcn, Feb 17 IMPKRIAL Airways announce that the British Atlantic airmail service is expected to be resumed not later than the first week of Jtfne It is unlikely trial paying passengers will be carried. Reuter
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    DUCHESS RUNS WARTIME RACING STABLE
    413 14 DUCHESS RUNS WARTIME RACING STABLE EIGHTEEN KEPT IN EMPLOYMENT London, Jan. 25. SNAP decision by a woman saved one of the beat-known racing stables m Sussex from closing down, kepi eighteen people m employment, meant the spending of hundreds of pounds m the county and may even result m a
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    SWIMMING ASSOCIATION MEETING
    185 14 SWIMMING ASSOCIATION MEETING REPRESENTATIVES all the x affiliated clubs were present at the annual meeting of the Singapore Amateur Swimmin" Association held this evening at the Y.MC.A. Dr. M. C. Bain presided and shortly reviewed the year's progress. ur. Bakl also thanked th p Y.M.C.A. h the use of their
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    LOYALS DEFEAT JOHORE AT RUGBY
    224 14 LOYALS DEFEAT JOHORE AT RUGBY (From our Own Correspondent) Johore ftahru, Saturday. pLA\ ING on a sodden ground where water lay m p >ls, the Loyals defeated Johore by five points (a goal) to three (a try) m a rugger match at J chore Bahru to-day Johore played with several
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    Senior Soccer Teams Will Meet Soon
    183 14 Senior Soccer Teams Will Meet Soon Singapore, Thursday. (SINGAPORE'S soccer fans will have their first opportunity to i judge the strength of the three most popular senior football clubs during the next fortnight, when three very j interesting matches will ho played between them. On Feb. 22, the R.A F
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    Yacht Club's Bi-Annual Regatta
    231 14 Yacht Club's Bi-Annual Regatta Singapore, Saturday. T»HOUGH the weather conditions were not favourable for sailing-. owing to light breezes, rain squalls and" a lumpy sea, the Royal Singapore Yacht Club, which held its bi-annual At Home and Regatta this afternoon, had a successful day. Despite the weather handicaps, keen competition
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    WOMEN RUSH CHURCH AS KAY MARRIES
    199 14 London, Jan. 24. WOMEN tried to rush the main doors of St. Peter's Church, Eaton-square, S.W., after Miss Kay Stammers, Britain's star tennis player, had entered yesterday for her marriage to Second Lieutenant Michael Menzies. Two vergers struggled to close- the doors, but several
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    191 14 S. A. F. A. Committees ryUE following are S.A.F.A. committer 5 for 1940: FINANCE:— Hon. Mr. R. Williamson, Chairman Hon. Mr. Tay Lian Teck. G. W. Seabridge E-q. STADIUM: -Hon. Mr. R. Williamson. Chairman, Hon. Mr. Tav Lian T ck, G. W. Seabridge Esq. PROF1 ILISM AND TOURS O W.
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    GROWING MENACE OF SPIES IN U.S.
    150 14 London. Jan. 20. THE spy menace has increased 600 per cent, 'm the United States during the last 12 months, according to J. Edgar Hoover, Chief of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (the "G-Men"). "In the five-year period preceding 1933 the F. 8.1. Investigated
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    20 14 Bucharest. Feb. 17 —A RurmnHn Ministry of Foreign Trade has established by Royal decree—Renter Re u ter
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    24 14 The Straits Settlements Government has ottered for the year lOio thre< Major uiu\ three Minor Agricultural scholarships tenable at the school ol Agriculture, Sefdang
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    A. P. C. WIN IN DEBUT MATCH
    302 14 A. P. C. WIN IN DEBUT MATCH A.P.C. 3 Guthriej jy|AKIX(i their initial appei the Business Houses Leaj i A P.C. ;oi'c<T eleven defeated (ruthries by the m five on their own ground at h Lebar. The team- were well balanced and: ne wa keenly contested through j The winners
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    Naval Men To Play For Johore
    178 14 Naval Men To Play For Johore (From Our Own Corresponded I Johore Bahru, #*1 A SUGGESTION that members <M Naval Base should be P*"" l^ join the Club was approved at we Jjß ng of the Jonor ?fjJß I ub hold at the International 0:1 Tuesday. „JM Tin members and
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      199 14 w your First Line i of Defence STRONG NERVES O matter what part you arc called Upon to ta k° a le P resent situation, protection of the nervous system is necessary for your outlook and well-being. It is of vital importance, therefore, that you should adopt the best means
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    RAIN SLOWS UP GOING IN LAST DAY OF S'PORE RACES
    1699 15 Mallanuit Wins The Spring Cup Singapore, Saturday. rthe ample margin of six lengths Mallanuit ran away with the Spring (^P at the last day of the Singapore Races *to-day t gukit Timah. returninjr the useful payment of $32. The rimer,
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    Dividens At A Glance
    97 15 Dividens At A Glance Kace 1: Shoot Up Sll and S6. Pat Burke SlO. Dancing Foam S7. Race 2: Zolfanella S4B and Sl6. Red Dot $17. Golden Blaze $10. Race 3: Sultana $20 and SB. Royal Worlington $8. Race 4: Mallanuit $32 and S9. Tredella S9. St. Charles $10. Race
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    CANADIAN TROOPS ARE ALSO TOUCH
    63 15 CANADIAN TROOPS ARE ALSO TOUCH London Feb 17 pANADIAN troopsin England have *> passed through a severe test with flying colour.s. m the long and trying winter season. The percentage of i'lness among the troops is two per day, and records -how that the number of soldiers aliened by such
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    THEY WON THE SPRING PONY RACE
    17 15 VAX BREUKELEN TRAINED MALI AM i r E. DONNELLY RODL MALLANUIT
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    BUKIT TIMAH GOLF
    72 15 1 T'HE following is the result of these- eond round of the Ladies' Club competition. Mrs. F. G. R. Brittorous beat Mrs. D Kaye 4 3. Mrs. E. A. Elder beat Mrs W B Kuddock 1 up. Miss S. Lucas beat Mrs. R. Wakefcrd 2 k 1,
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    NORTH vs. SOUTH HOCKEY STOPPED
    176 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. QVvIXt; to a torrential downpour, the annual North vs. South hockey classic played on the Padang to-day was abandoned after ten minutes of play. Vohr a had scored for the North m the fifth minute. The Scuth. who
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    Banka Sports Club Win
    145 15 THE Banka Sports Club d?feated the i Johore Bharu Customs Footb?ll 1 Club by five goals to nil when these I two teams met at soccer at Fairer Park on Thursday evening, j The local toam dominated play In the opening stages and through the t
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    H.H.KUNG HONOURED
    35 15 Chungking. Dr. H. H. Kung, Minister of Finance, has accepted Sir Rabindranath Tagore's invitation to become a trustee of the Shantiniketan School, a famous institution founded by the Indian poet. Chinese Central News
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      272 15 S.C.C SIX-A-SIDE TOURN EY THE annual B.C.C. six-a-sid< 1 competition will commence on 'J day, Feb. 20, aiH continue until Friday when the final will be foucrht. The following are the teams m competition: Team "A": F. Hutchinson icapi I W. Dimhill. K. Black. A I Erennnn and F. W.
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    'MURDER ON HIGH SEAS MUST BE STOPPER'
    993 16 Two Cabinet Ministers On War Aims LORD CHATFIELD LIKENS NAZIS TO PIRATES mm URDER on the high seas by Nazi U-boats IT* was referred to as a "typical German invention never heard of except by pirates and buccaneers before Germany had a navy"
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    270 16 "Trade Of Utmost Importance In War" IN a broadcast speech at Nottin.^ham. Ihc Lord Privy :j!. Sir Samuel Hoare, -aid: "If w< do not maintain our fushtin« forces we most lose the war, if we do n. i maintain <uir export trade we must also lose the war. These are
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    ALTMARK EXPLOIT CHEERED
    67 16 ALTMARK EXPLOIT CHEERED London, Feb. 17. T!L.MtNPors cheering greeted i\\ f annouiu .ment of the Altni^rk expMl by Sir Samuel Hoare m his speech at Nottingham. S.r said. "Ju vt as I was CKi'ng m thr platform I heard of this gallant ft at m the northern WP** of Furope."
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    71 16 GERMANY THE PEACEMAKER Stockholm, Feb. 17. THE view is gaining ground m Berlin, says the Berlin correspondent of the newspaper Dagensnyheter that Germany will shortly make proposals regarding mediation m th«« KussoFinnish war. This correspondent thinks that it is no mere chance that (he German Ambassador m MOSCOW and ihc
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