Malaya Tribune, 19 December 1939

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  • 21 1 The Malaya Tribune VOL. XXVI- No. 301. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1939 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune. Tuesday, December 19, 1939.
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  • 52 1 Reuter. Moscow, Dec. 18. A C OMMUNIQUE issued by the Leningrad District Command claims that Soviet troops have advanced to 46 miles south of Petsamo and have also reached a point 81 miles west of the frontier in the Vkhta sectox-.—Reuter. Finnish trcops going into action
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  • 318 1 Reuter. \r-sterdam. Dec. 19. FLAGS were at half-mast in the r wilhelmstia,se. Berlin, yesterday for the less of the Graf Spec. according to Berlin The news of the scutthng has caused pain and bewilderment in Germany, for nobody knows why H happened. When they read
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  • 618 1 TWO SUBMARINES GET SEVERAL CRUISERS Daily Attacks And Counter-Attacks Over North Sea Reuter. MORE resounding victories are recorded for the British Navy and Air Force, resulting m the lose of 12 German fighter planes and
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  • 99 1 Reuter. Paris, Dec. 19. GERMANY knows she is going to lose the war and that is why she scuttled the Graf Spec. If Germany thought she had the £l*test cnaneepf wrnfiin? she t.iwM Ww allowed the warship to be mternea in order to claim
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  • 56 1 Reuter. New York. Dec it. i RADIO frcm Buenos Aires states A that the German Steamer Taccma which rescued some of the crew of the Graf Spec will be interned by the ArMere explosions Ire stated to be occurring in the sunken hull of the
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  • 38 1 Reuter. Rio de Janeiro, Dec. 18. THE battle-cruiser Renown and the a ircraft-carrie r Ark Royal have sailed after refuelling here During their stay 30.000 persons visited the ships. The crews remained aboara throughout.—Reuter.
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  • 65 1 Reuter. London, Dee. 19. THE disclosure that a leading division of the Canadian Army, strongly escorted across the ocean and guarded by our main battle fleet.'had discmbaiked safely and smoothly in one of our harbours for a period of intensive training, before joining their comrades on the
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  • 39 1 Reuter. Buenos Aires, Dec. 18 THE commander of the pocket battleship Graf Spec and the whole of the crew, except those wounded in battle, have arrived aboard trawlers. The crew will be interned.—Reuter.
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  • 160 1 Reuter. New York, Dec. 18. MR. Cordell Hull, U. S. Secretary of State, told a Press conference today that common action among the American Republics as a result of the Graf Spec battle would take place this week. Mr. Hull, did not disclose the nature
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  • 29 1 A new British contraband control office has been established at Aden. It will be used also for examining cargoes which may be' of German origin on outward bound ships.
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  • 38 1 Reuter. Paris, Dec. 19. LAST night's communique states: "Towards mid-day a sharp engagement occurred in Ihe Vosges region between one of our reconnoitring parties and German units. We made im« prisoners, including officers —Reuter.
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    • 60 1 0 OTHER PAGES Pages Malayan Trade Figures Singapore Teacher Defies Lepers 3 \Vinstall Churchill 4 i noftieial Comment On McLean Report 5 Cinemas 6 7 I Review The News"—C .H.S.J. 8 Hitler Ordered Scuttling 8 Cut c Nazi Warships Disabled 9 sport 10 m n Kadio 12 Markets 12. <
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  • 240 2 CONTRIBUTIONS to our Christmas cheer fund continue to come in steadily and this morning we are able to announce a total of $l,. 4 JOO. The appeal is to assist the Salvation Army to rai.se $2,000 to provide Christmas comlorts lor 900 poor Singapore families.
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  • 221 2 Pl/Ondon, Dec. 3. ROFKSSOK Sigmund Freud, worldiamtius founder of psycho-analy-sis—uhom the Nazis floated over as a "broken, bankrupt Jew" whe n he •sought relate in England lust year —tricked them of a fortune. It was announced yesterday that he had left £22.850. The .story wa.s told
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  • 367 2 London, Dec. 3. ONE of New York's deadliest gunmen, once "king" of a section the American underworld and a rival of Al Capone, was buried at East Ham during the week unnoticed by the Press, and with only a lew iriends at his graveside. Central figure
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  • 56 2 Singapore, Monday.—Claiming trial to a charge of theft of cash and jewellery to a total value of $700. Ho Kirn Seng, a 29-year-old Cantonese woman was offered bail in the sum of $1,000 in cne surety in the Third Police Court this morning. The case was
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  • 261 2 Kuala Lumpur, Monday. At f nnn m^ mg a 7™* *4° per Cent increase in wages, about 2,000 labourers from Sungei Besi mines Ltd., one of the biggest mines ,n Selangor went on strike this afternoon This was the second major strike within a fortnight in
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  • 173 2 IN view of the fact that the pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spec is now at the bottom of the sea, the German version of her fight with the British cruisers is interesting. The following is the message sent out by the German Transocean agency
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  • 189 2 Singapore, Monday. AS a sequel to a raid carried out by Inspectors Ripley and Ahmad, of the Beach Road Police Station, and a uo?se of ten detectives and ten policemen between the hours of 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. to-day, four Chinese, a Hokkien and three
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  • 35 2 Singapore. Monday. Said to have fallen from a height of thirty feet while cutting trees at Nassim Road, a Javanese Municipal coolie was this morning taken to th e General Hospital in a semi-conscicus condition.
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  • 177 2 r«ABLE and Wireless, Ltd., announce that all countries within the British Empire are now incorporated in the Empire GLT scheme and that social telegrams may be exchanged between any two Empire points at the rate of $2 for 12 words (20 cents each additional word). The GLT scheme
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  • 94 2 j ANY tendency to exaggerate the im- portance of recunt sinkings of ships !by mines is corrected by some remark- able figures received in Singapore from 1 the Admiralty last night. The total number of ships convoyed up to Dec. 13, including neutrals, was 4,645,
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  • 245 2 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur. Monday. THE chairman of the Transport Board. F.M S.. has issued an announcement stating that some dealers in motor vehicles, spare parts and accessories of motor vehicles, are known to be concealing stocks of such articles, possibly with the
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  • 61 2 Singapore, Monday. As a result of a fall from a trolley-bus in North Bridge Road at about 10 a.m. tula morning, a male Chinese was con- veyed to the Tan Tock Seng Hospital In a semi-conscious state. He sustained abrasions over the left hand and
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  • 57 2 Singapore. Monday. Personal bail in the sum of S!00 was this morning offered to Khami s (Cpl. 989) of the Straits Settlements Police Force when he claimed trial to a charge of dis honest misappropriation of $10 belonging to Seah Kwong Kia on Nov 11 The case
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  • 71 2 Singapore. Monday. 800 Tiong claimed trial this morning in the second police court, before Mr Conrad Oldham, on a charge that he assisted in the management of a common gaming house at Malay Street -it 11.20 a.m. last Saturday i n „u the a PP lica tion
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  • 396 2 More Goods Come From Australia (Tribune Staff Reporter) FURTHER drop in imports from the United Kingdom an i tremendous increase in exports to the United States of An are a few of the main features of Malayan trade figures for th 10 months of
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  • 88 2 Singapore, Monday lEONG HONG YOCK was this mom- ing sentenced to six weeks' rigorous imprisonment, to be followed by six months' police supervision, by Mr. Conrad Oldham in the second police court on a charge of theft of ten cartons of torchlight cigarettes, valued at $12.C0. at
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  • 177 2 (From Our Own Reporter) T Hr Kuala Lumpur, Monday, "fi* Just,ce M «*»> Supreme Court Judge, Negri Sembias ilrLI go,ng t0 Sin a P ore t0 take up a new appointment Januat m* 31 C Uege when the in January, cccc, gggggTggTggTggMp leet„~l a *r
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  • 68 2 Singapore, Monday. Produced in the Third Police Court this morning, p. Ahem, a 24-year-old Britisher, claimed trial to a charge of attempted theft of a motor-car, valued at $1,900, in the early hours of thif morning at Bras Basah Road. Mr C. H. Koh, the
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  • 551 3 NOBLE WORK OF A SINGAPORE TEACHER (Tribune Staff Reporter) V EARLY eighty boys and girls, all derelict of society, ire being "iriven an interest in life"—to quote the words of Mr. M. R. ate, Senior Inspector of Schools—through the work of a qualified apore schoolmistress
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  • 107 3 Singapore, Monday. KHF.R Ah Kow and Ng Siew Tiang, ths last-named a woman, made their second appearance before Mr. Ccnrad Oldham in the second police court this morning on a charge of assisting in the management cf a public lottery, chap-ji-ki, at Jalan Sultan at 1.40 p.m.
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  • 50 3 News has been received in Kuala Lumpur of the death at home on Oa. 30 of Mr R. W. Morris, late agent foi the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China at Madras. About fifteen years ago Mr. Morris was in charge or the Seremban branch of the Chartered Bank.
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  • 763 3 Singapore, Monday. REMARKING that it was only after she saw blood spurting from the "boy" whom she thought had been punched, that she realised that it was more than a punch, Mrs. Betty Ellen Vincett, a resident at the Goodwood Park Hotel, to-day gave dramatic
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  • 98 3 Singapore, Monday. Cheow Ah Hoo was this afternoon sentenced to four months' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. J. L. McFall in the Cirminal District Court on charges (a) that he on Oct. 28. at East Reclamation Road, had a counterfeit 20-cent piece which he knew to be
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  • 84 3 Singapore, Monday. SAID to have been attacked by a crowd of Chinese, armed with knives, at the junction of Club Street and Ramah Street at about 8.20 to-night, a male Chinese was taken to the General Hospital by ambulance. He received an incised wound of about two
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  • 79 3 Singapore, Monday. THREE Hokkiens and two Sikhs this morning claimed trial before Mr. C H Koh in the Third Police Court to a charge of dishonestly retaining stolen property 61 coil's of cable wire valued at $366. belonging to Choo Chin L«ng. The accused persons are Oh
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  • 32 3 Mr. I. MacMillan, who arrived from home, has been appointed Chief Police Officer. Penang, in place of Mr. B M B O'Connell, who is going on transfer to the Police Depot, Singapore.
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  • 146 3 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Monday. DAMAGE amounting to $8,000 was caused when Are broke out at the Weng Fatt Engineering Works, Sungei Besi Road, Kuala Lumpur, in the early hours of yesterday morning. The work of the firemen, who were quickly on the
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  • 75 3 Singapore, Monday. AN Arab woman, Midah Binti Ali, claimed trial this morning in the second police court before Mr. Conrad Oldham on a charge cf voluntarily causing hurt to Hock Ah Chew and Hoo Soon Lee with a penknife at 11 p.m. last Saturday at
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  • 162 3 Singapore, Monday. HO Ah Kow pleaded guilty this morning in the second police court before Mr. Conrad Oldham on a charge of being in possession of a dagger without a licence. Court Inspector Charles W. Such told the court that at 11.45 p.m. on
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  • 55 3 Singapore, Monday. Syed Husse n was this morning fined $21, m default to undergo 21 days' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Conrad Oldham to the second court on his pleading guilty to a charge of being the occupier of a common gaming house *t m K Chiat
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  • 19 3 Dr. and Mrs. S. G. Willimott, of the Institute for Medical Research, have left tor England on long leave.
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  • 889 4 Best Orator Of His Time Singapore, Tuesday. gTATESMAN, soldier, man of letters, adventurer, and orator of unique powers, who now for the second time is head of the British Navy in time of war—such is Mr. Winston Spenser-Churchill, whose career, personality and exceptional gifts
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  • 104 4 Singapore, Monday. AN the charge of having in v their possession trade marks, labels and crown corks for the Tiger and Anchor beers for the purpose of denoting that these beers are the manufacture of a certain person, whose manufacture they were not, three Hokkiens
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  • 210 4 MALAYAN members of the Royal j Empire Society and the Overseas League will be interested to knew that those organisations, along with a number of other bodies, have joined in forming a War Hospitality (ommittee, for th c purpose of I facilitating and ao-oriinatfag weli fare work
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  • 70 4 speeches «s"srsyssfii enhancing knowledge during the spare hours were made to-night at the tea party given by the Overseas ChLest Institute at the close of a succeSful Among those present at the function 22? 3£ C en Su Lan Mr Yap Pheng Gek, Prof.
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  • 210 4 FURTHER comments on the gift of £80,000 from the Malaya Patriotic Fund to British war charities are made in letters which have been received from London by H.E. the Governor. "This great generosity,'' writes Sir Frank Bowater, Lord Mayo r of London, "is a further notable
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  • 507 4 1 Singapore. Dec. 18. Kapal perang besar Jerman, Graf Spec, yang telah di-cheritakan dua tiga hari ml ada-lah sekarang telah sampai ka-dalam kubor-nya dibawa laut. Sa-telah hamplr tiga hnrt berhenti dalam pelabohan Montevldo yang ta' champor itu ia pun memlndahkrn TOO orang daripada khalasi2-nya dan kebanyakan
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  • 60 4 j T he ambulance junction of Selecie RnL Um i ll o° ned to the shortly after ?en tht? hia to attend to a severrS th had been knocked dow^ *K Id at Selegie Road by a m °tor-van ballotTh| U hel2 cd a^ ntUsi T
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    • 316 4 m TRGFNT' A MESSAGE TO ALL WHO ARp i OSING WEIGHT All over Malaya, .her P First their cheeks bsein f n thinner-then their 7rU' 8$ sc3m to hang a little r d su2 They try not notice haunted by a dread they J They know that loss of i
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  • 20 5 Capt. A. Wall and Miss Kathleen J arret*, photographed after their wedding at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday.
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  • 342 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Monday. TV SCRIBING the story of the complainant as fantastic, Mr. J. B. V Weiss the first magistrate, Johore Bahru, acquitted K. R. Panikar, esser attached to the RA F. Tengah, at the police court to-day thout calling for the
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  • 165 5 (From Our Own Reporter) Serembam rpwO THOUSAND Chinese tapping Icoolifs went on strike durms g» week-end on Laddans late. Bahau, one of tne (states in Negri Sembilan. rhe men, with the exception ol: one ivision, are coolies u "f r &^f the their reason for the
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  • 329 5 IN moving the adoption of the report and balance sheet at the annual meeting of ihe South British Insurance Co.. Ltd.. held at Auckland on Oct. 26. the chairman. Mr. VV. R. Wilson, said: The Company has Had another successful year. Business has been v-ry Kin
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  • 801 5 PENANG UNOFFICIALS' COMMENT (From Our Own Reporter) Penang, Monday. THE report of the McLean Commission on higher education in Malaya, j which was released during last week, has had a mixed reception in Penang. While the view of the Commission that Malaya is not ready
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  • 107 5 SINGAPORE Traffic Branch motor-cycle and motor-car patrols besan operating in town and suburban areas yesterday. It is stressed that the ?nain object of these patr. Is is educational, that is to say that they have been instructed wherever possible to administer a caution on the spot rather
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  • 69 5 Singapore. Monday.- Charged with assaulting and ii'-treating a cinid nam- i ed Kee Huat on Dec. 13. at 137, Anson Bead, Tio Kap, a 33-year-old Hok- kicn claimed trial before Mr. C H. i Koh' in the Third Police Court this moram**. The case wai postponed
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  • 226 8 'jHERE is no doubt that Malaya will follow Sir John Bagnall 's advice to make hay while the sun shines. It has been so many years since the country had reasonably profitable prices for its tin and rubber that full advantage will be takeri, within the limits of
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  • 299 8 JTALY, during recent month has been significantly reticent This does not mean that she Is indifferent to the war between the Alues and Germany, or to the aggression of Russia in the Baltic or to the threats against the Balkan regions. Signor Mussolini often speaks of an armed
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  • 709 8 Hitler Ordered Scuttling Reuter. Berlin, Dec. 18. THE German News Agency says that Hitler, as Com-mander-in-Chief of the armed forces ordered the scuttling of the Graf Spec. Monte Video, Dec. 18. A boat from (he Argentine cruiser Libertad picked up the captain and chief officers
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    297 8 IJT has been pointed out to m G more than one Dismal lohn! that the British lest more nve7tT the Germans in the naval baS between the three cruisers and Z Graf Spec and that the Nazis claim a victory in that sense. I don't see any sense
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  • 137 8 MATHEMATICAL prophets are at it m again. The latest "infallible" guide to the downfall oi leader* fc to add together the year of birth, the year of coming to power, the length ot holding power (up to the present) and the age. and divide by two—giving the
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  • 115 8 FA TEST Nazi suggestion in the war of nerves is an expedition to Sweden to seize the iron mines before the Russians get there. If Hitler jroes into Sweden it iril be with Stalin's approval; the Nazis dare not move without it. Finding things much more difficult
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  • 73 8 RUSSIA turns down Finland 'a appeal for a parley. Stalin's and Hitler's peace terms—a piece for you and a piece f >■ me. A BOOKSHOP In Fetter Lane I which used to sell Sir Oswald M pro-Hitier publications is now occupied I by a firm that specialises
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    • 76 8 r NEW TOYS t I ALSO CRACKERS AND OTHER GIFTS I JUST UNPACKED I 'BIG SELECTION OF TRIKES, TODDLE- I I CARS, FORTS, GARAGES, YACHTS, I I TEDDY BEARS, ANIMALS ON WHEELS I I MECCANO SETS, F.R.O.G. PLANES, I S c led i n n Of I mmJSk m SPECIAL
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  • 200 9 British Wireless. Moscow, Dec. 18. MR. George Gordon Vereker, ?i Councillor of the British Embassy in Moscow since 1937, i* presumed to have been detained in Germany following the interception by a German warship of the steamer in which he was travelling to England. Mr.
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  • 143 9 FURTHER details of the episode in which the giant German liner Bremen was sighted by a British submarine within torpedo range have been received in Singapore from the Admiralty. A fact not hitherto published locally is that the submarine, after sighting the liner through its periscope, actually
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  • 53 9 London. Dec. 18. The Admiralty has fo rbidde^°^ g h U ships to send out wireless messages within territorial waters of the United Kingdom except to wireless stations m this country, and only English and Frencn nguages may be used. inrtnil Distress signals are naturally excluded
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  • 1329 9 Daring Raid On Naval Base Reuter. P ™y Wieved that in daring raids in German waters British submarines have accounted for at least two German cruisers, rhere were three explosions and it is possible that a third ship was hit. One British submarine, sighting
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  • 221 9 Reuter Oslo, Dec. 18. ~a n« the Finnish northern front, HEAVY fighting has been the Finns appear M according to -essag-ftomjvanv fc— to be retiring towards Pitakajaervi them. On the Norwegian-Finnish fronber a fierce battle has been raging all mg' ath of and is
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  • 98 9 London, Dec. 18. DEPORTS of discontent among Russian soldiers and civilians are coming from Stock-holm by way of Esthonia. Late last night it was stated that the men of a Russian battalion had mutinied and had gone over to the Finns. These reports are followed this morning
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  • 124 9 Reuter. Peiping, Dec. 18. THE Durham Light Infantry detachment, which has hitherto been carrying out guard duty at the British Embassy, left by train to-night en route to Hongkong, leaving one platoon of the East Surreys, of roughly 35 men under two officers, to
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  • 88 9 Reuter. London, Dec. 18. k GERMAN bomber chased by Bri- tish planes and blazed at by shore batteries provided a spectacle for hundreds of people at an East Coast town yesterday. According to one eyewitness the bomber eventually dived into the sea. Heavy
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  • 159 10 i (From Our Own Correspondent) Muar, Monday. QOOD hockey is promised on Tuesday, Dec. 19, when the Muar District team will meet the hockey team of the Technical School, Kuala Lumpur, a leading side in Selangor. Muar gave an excellent display when they opposed the Malacca
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  • 25 10 Tne extraoidmary general meeting of the Bombay Sports Club will be held on Dec. 20 at 8 p.m. at the club premises.
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  • 335 10 CLUB BEATEN BY GUNNERS 3rd Ac Ac Regiment 2; S.C.C. "B" 0. (JROUND conditions were not conducive to good hockey on the padang yesterday, when the 3rd Ac Ac Regiment beat an S.C.C. eleven by two goals to nil. Players kept slipping and sliding
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  • 16 10 To-day HOCKEY: V.M.C.A. Juniors vs. C.S.C., V.M.C.A. RUGBY: S.C.C. "A" vs. R.A.F. "A" —Padang.
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  • 65 10 The following have accepted to play for the S.C.C. "A" vs. R.A..F. "A "on Tuesday. Dec. 19 at S.C.C.:—D. A. Blunt; H. P. Kelway, J. P. Wood, T. P. Jones, D. M. Seward; I. M. Scott, R. Laird; H. T. Grieve, B. M. Purser, A. S. Cassels. D.
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  • 61 10 Applications are invited from ated associations, clubs or team* au ing to compete in the S A Fat Slr CompoHtion in 1940. Le ague must be in writin* companied Dy an entrance feeVS' ac jin respect of each team entered j be lodged with the Secretary
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  • 46 10 Owing to the bad ground condition*; two hockey matches had to be careS yesterday. One was between ti2 S.C.R.C. and the Malaya ComJnr? (Signals) which should have been niav ed at Alexandra, while the o'her between the C.S.C. and the the formers' grouna. 1
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  • 383 10 r pE following are the handicaps for the first day of the Penan? Turf Club's X'mas-New Year Meeting. Tuesday, Dec. 26. Horses—Class I—Div. 1— 5 l 2 Furs. ROYAL HAMPTON 9.3 2 SMOKE DREAMS 9 07 COOLTIPT 9.05 BOMBUS 8.13 TOYMAN a 12 TOVARICH
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  • 320 10 S.R.C. T i; Gordon Highlanders 0 A £2 by F reSt SeVCn minUtes from the ™d gave the wrJi thf 'r a W f n deserved victor y over the Gordon Highlanders when the teams met in a hockey match at the Padang yesterday. Flayed
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    • 223 10 POPULAR BOOKS BY FAMOUS AUTHORS. fS!£; H P. b y Samuel Smiles $1.20 riV27L by Sa n»ue| Smiles $1.50 /fJvJT 1 *>y Samuel Smiles $1.50 CHARACTER by Samuel Smiles $1.50 LIFE AND LABOUR by Samuel Smile* $1.50 HOW TO WIN FRIENDS INFLUENCE PEOPLE by Dale Carnegie $4.50 POSTAGE EXTRA. G.
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    • 77 10 PROMOTION I* ON A WORLD WIDE SCALE pitkl CAESAR m. I!Oi I.IITOY f mWmt ■■I FRIDAY, 22nd DEC. ru V flNui T cm^? a ISO* rounds- m*»M^ f h MOHAMED I \II>IV f 1 M$ RUSH MILLING v« XTI kW M RODRIGUES S s. 5,5?5 B J?A RAJ AL BROWN
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  • 420 11 PROFIT OF $1,097 ON YEAR'S WORK 'pHE annual general meeting of the Singapore Amateur Football Association will be held at Anson Road Stadium on Friday, Jan. 5, 1940, at 5.30 p.m. The agenda includes the election of the President, three vice-presi-dents and three independent delegates, the
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  • 318 11 THE tenth annual general meeting of the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association was heid Last evening at the Hi. Andrew's School under the chairman<hio of Mr. Paul Storr. The minutes of the last meeting were read and passed. The election of officials for 1940 resulted as follows:— Rev
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    • 324 11 INSECTS 41 spread fff them EGGS GAVE HER INDIGESTION this v.cman of 72 years found dy for her indigestion, it proved her 70-year-old brother was using to keep him "a perfect 1 health." Sh e writes:— is i had suffered wi'ih indiges. d simply could not eat an egg or
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    • 30 11 AMICO TILA Miraculous Cures of the Men Have a tube to day Completely Cures weakness and exhaustion all kinds of languor. Stocked at:- mm Naina Mohamed Sons, 1 (Sold Everywhere)
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    • 152 11 eolours.conttm I J^^^^l^^^^" S>SS^ G)mART women like to have several manicure sets, HBjS SSn one for their luggage, one at their office, one or even <^^^^^^jS^(tT^l two at home... Cut out this announcement as a reminder Wll^St^^^alSp^A to see the complete range of Cutex Sets at your favourite If store
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous

  • 185 12 Reuter. London. Dec. 18. THE support of all parties in India for the Allied cause was stressed by the Viceroy in a speech to-day. Speaking of the difficulty which has arisen over the Federation question, he expressed the hope that all parties and communities, considering their
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  • 33 12 Reuter. London, Dec. 18. Sung, one of the three specimens of giant panda owned by the London Zoo died to-day following an undiagnosed illness of several weeks. Sung was worth over £1,000. —Reuter.
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  • 271 12 A FURTHER n able of the Graf Sn,e JVai during the IVi months ItH !Vi1 mg career. < r raiuOn Oct. 2, it claimed n the 5 000 tons steamer the V warship came near, the the destruction of the shinW rder <* engines, and the
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 185 12 KEE HUAT RADIO Co.. X'MAS GIFTS GIVE WATCHES THIS CHRISTMAS, THEY MAKE DELIGHTFUL PRESENTS. We have a grand selection of the latest in Clocks and Watches for you to make your choice from.: YICK WOH HING 429, NORTH BRIDGE ROAD (Near Middle Road) PHONE No. 7922. Jsk m ,ns,st on
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    • 53 12 "PYERADIOS unown to their numerous satisfied owners in Malaya AS SECOND TO NONE Sole Agents: HOE BOOK LEOXG i Distributors: RADIO AND GENERAL AGENCY, fCuala Lumpur PHILCO TROPIC RADIO Sole Agents: i rtADUO SERVICE CO. OF MALAYA. 1934, LTD. WILLIAM JACKS &Co /ma.ava* SINGAPORE KUIL4 LUMPIR y/rirM.rv I t\) LIU.
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 102 12 J» CAPITOL: "Fifth Avenue Girl. "—3 15, 6.15 and 9.15 p.m. ALHAMBRA: "Dust Be My Destiny." —3.15, 6.15 and 9.15 p.m. PAVILION: "Educated Evans."—6.15 and 9.15 p.m. CATHAY: "Winter Carnival. "—3.15, 6.15 and 9.15 p.m. MARLBOROUGH: "The Brandy Bottle," —6.15 and 9.15 p.m. ROYAL: "Alang Alang."—3.15, 6.15 and 9.15 p.m.
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    • 569 12 mmummmmmmmmummmm TO-DAY'S RADIO yf SINGAPORE PARIS Mffl-r metres (15.24 k C| s). ZIIP 30.96 metres (9.69 mc s). 16 gl metres (17.85 kc|s). 15 Miscellaneous programme of Gramr- Prom 5.20 p m 1.30 mid-clay Rubber, Tin an i PENANG Copra prices. 1.40 Interval. 1 ZIIJ 6.08 Mc|s (49.3 m.) 5.00
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    • 394 13 f '^MlS^^^^M^'^'^^l^M^ls^^U Ir&CCJO" ALESGIRLS, salary and Apply 68, Rattles Place, apore. (42-C) A 3rd class Engineer. who have a thorough D.csel Marine Engines baling salary required. 279 co Malaya Tribune. (36-C) Lady teacher, qualification iridge, .state salary required, r Pontlan English Schcci (33-Cj lAI MEDIATELY: Young .iced salesman on salary
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    • 548 13 Educational oo I ?,V^ LECTS T Learn 10 spea* Hokkien, Mandar in, Teochew and to writ 1000 elementary cninese Characters and 1000 Romanised Malay. Explanations in English Six rnontn_ course each. Apply V N Hwang, 86, Neil Road, Singapore.' (996-B) „M^R ARm > CANTONESE and HOCKTEN CLASSES— ELEMENTARY to HIGH
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    • 538 13 RIiFRIGERATOR FOR SALE, Kelvinator one year old first class condition 4 cuoic feet. $250 Quick Sale. Apvly Fiau No. 1, Capitol Building, Singapore. FOR SALE: Superior quality cotton bedshects 72" x 90" $1|- each, 54" x 90" $0.75 each. Pillow cases 19" x 29" 3 pes. $1,-, Gent's Fuji Silk
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    • 579 13 Astrology PROFESSOR ILMUDDIN WHO IS I SPECIALIST IN ASTRO-FALMISTRY I AND HOROSCOPE READING. FULL LIFE READING INCLUDING FREZ $3 GUARANTEED SATISFACTION. HOROSCOPE PREPARED BY ORDER FROM BIRTH DATE. ELYSEE HOTEL, PENANG. (39-C) I HAVE ALREADY HELPED OTHERS. I CAN HELP YOU TOO. DON'T MIS 9 THE OPPORTUNITIES OF LIFE OR
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    • 520 13 Stamps WANTED whole ale offers of usee Malayan Stamps. K. L. Poh, 156. Kino Edward Road. Taiping. (16-C) FOUND. '"GAIMS RESTAURANT' L 64, Middle Road, Singapore. Phone 5552. (46-C» NOTICE. XMAS SHOPPING For the convenience of our customers we beg to notify the extension of shop ping nouns: Monday, Dec.
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    • 502 13 No. (4) in R.B. 168 39 RURAL BOARD, SINGAPORE. Applications are invited for the post of Building Surveyor, Rural Board, Singapore. 2. Applicants should be between the ages of 3d and 40 and muflt possess the following minimum qualifications:— (i) A recognised certificate or diploma in building construction, preferably the
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  • 367 14 Reuter. London, Dec. 18. I THE Times naval correspondent says the Graf Spee has come to a less I glorious enfl than the brave officer whose name she commemorated. There would have been full justification for submitting to internment but "scuttle rather than surrender" has
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  • 134 14 Reuter. London, Dec. 18. THE German wireless has an. nounced that the Reich has handed a sharp note of protest to Uruguay, alleging "flagrant breach of international law in failing to allow the Graf Spec adequate tfme for effecting repairs." Ihe captain of the Grai Spec
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  • 279 14 Singapore, Monday. FOLLOWING the rise in the local r price of tin on Saturday to $129 > /2 up 3 4< and to-day to $130 3 8 up 8 there was a much better enquiry for tin shares and business showed an all round improvement. Bear covering
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  • 221 14 Singapore. Dec. 18. The following are the exchange stock *h?t morning according to th« dally circular Issued bj the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. SELLING London demand 2 4 116 Rates for Freight 24 1 8 Lyons acmand 2 ojl Switzerland demand 207 li 2 Hamburg demand New York
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  • 130 14 (Slam) Mf. coart No P2KSLP"* LHSi 7- COMt N S r Rice Slam 2 20»J Rice Siam 3 186 Siam Broken Rice No 1 179 Slam Broken Rice No 2 133 Rice Saigon Al 131 Rice Saigon 1 Rice Saigon 2 ?i^ angoon S Q Meedon Binghway Small MillRangoon
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  • 159 14 Reuter. London, Dec. JB. THE total tonnage of British ships sunk between Dec. 10 and 16 was 22,727 The total for neutral tonnage in the same period is 20,244. Two German vessels captured in the same period totalled 7.920 tons. During the first ten days
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  • 16 14 The annual Methodist Conferences for Malaya and Sumatra will be held during late December and January.
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  • 25 14 I n f°ng in Honan Prm- ck I in Shanghai. nese claimed to havi I and westrrn Wall- sever, str t fighting.
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  • 14 14 Mr. Yeoh Teik untitled inmate of the Genrr fVJ 1 nang. rj < Hospital I
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    • 267 14 [raffles bakery confectionery FOR BEST QUALITY X PUDDINGS CAKES MINCE PIES ORDER NOW SEA VIEW HOTEL TO-NIGHT WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY FRIDAY. SPECIAL DINNER DANCE DINNER AND DANCE MUSIC BY IHE ADELPHI AND SEA VI E\Y HOTELS ORCHESTRA DIRECTED BY A. RERSHADSKV DINNER $3.—NON-DINEKS ADMITTED FREE OF CHARGE. 1939 FESTIVE SEASON Programme:
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    • 100 14 Sharks tin. Birds Nest! best Chinese food obtainable here Orchard Resaurant Bar 38, Orchard Road, (Near Cathay Cinema) SINGAPORE. ISLAMIC MALAYA RESTAURANT Established 1921 206, Middle Road at" M&I?" d 2 t csta »«int' situated at Middle Road, Singapoie onno site Registrar of Vehicles All ITdl of delicious Indian Dishes
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    • 83 14 SUN TALKIFI Alt i; wi With ANITA LOUISE WnXUM FARKtJM. The Modern (jfoj m&jfab R are her Golden I Picked and preserved as I soon as they are ripe and packed in airtight bottles, Crosse Blackwell's J Gooseberries remain as fresh and juicy as on the ay C^at tnev are
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  • 252 15 HEW YORK New York. Monday. B. S. Quiet 20 1 4 20 y 2 il June 19 l»% p 50 1 4 Buyers BULLION MARKET London. Monday. 23 7/16 23 9 16 per oz. £8.8.0 ONUON SHARE LIST London, Monday. 66/3 30/--74/10 1 2 nicaJ Industries 29/3
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  • 14 15 Singapore, Tuesday. The price of tin at noon in feapore to-day was:— 829
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  • 13 15 Ihe price of rubber at noon in tempore to-day was; > Sellers 39m..
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  • 792 15 FRASER CO.'S SHARE REPORT Singapore, Dec. 18 MINING Buyers Sellers Ampat Tin 5 6 g Austral Amal 6 6 7 3 Austral Malay J7|_ 391. Ayer Hitam 25 26 Aye r Weng 0.92 0.96 Bangrin 2 3j6 25- 172 1 77xd Berjuntal u B 12 6 Burma Malay 23 3
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  • 98 15 Maynard 00 lOOnom SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL 5% 1940 100 lOlnoro 414% 1947 101 103nom 414% 1955 107 109nom 4% 1963 101 103nom 5% 55-66 112 113 5% 48-68 110 112 cl 4>/ 2 70-80 1121% 113*% cl 3-; 75-85 092 O.'ji ■S, 1962 0.9214 0.9414 2. 1958 093
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    • 122 15 PILES SPECIALISTS j Tong Nam, No »5 Victoria Street, Singapore. BRANCHES: N Be, Batu Road, Kuala Lumpur, Sq 133, Hugh Low Street, a dangerous and painful dis- treatment always is ts. LAU KIM PING and LAU rLN k HSIANG of the above named pre pent many years in a very
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    • 108 15 19-25, CECIL STREET, SINGAPORE. Telephone, Manager's Office 4512 Exchange Dept. General Office «I* Cable Address: —'TROVTNBANK." Head Office, SIUCHOW. PAID-W CAPFTAL (Ch) gjgg Board of Directors: TSENG YANG FU T. L. SOONG CHAN YIU WOON T. C. KOO HU BONG CHO KAI CHAN VU heng FUNO President: Y. C. *00.
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    • 168 15 j OUR SERVICES ARE AT YOUR DISPOSAL To keep abreast *HK iM progress of economic develop* ments, no business concern can afford not to taka advantage of the multifarious services offered by a reputed banking Institution witH years of financial experience. > J BANK OF CHINA (Incorporated in China by
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    • 300 15 STEAMER BAILINGS. BRITISH IN DIA in England) P. 0. S. N. CO.'S SAILINGS. The best possible services are being maintained to the United Kingdom, also to Hongkong and Shanghai. Passengers are requested to register their requirements, but under present circumstances sailings are perforce restricted. AH vessels may call at ports
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    • 320 15 BRITISH! INDIA PASSENGER FREIGHT SERVICES For all information apply to: P. O.S.N. Co., The Agent, Collyer Quay, Tel. 5961. 8.1.5. N. Co., BOUSTEAD CO., LTD., Tel. 5497. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD., (Apcar Line). For Hongkong, Shanghai, Mojl, Kobe Osaka Fortnightly For Penang, Rangoon and Calcutta Fortnightly For all
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    • 122 15 II THE EASTERN BAKK I LIMITED. I Reserve Pond 900,000 HEAD omOR MMDOIf Bombay, Calcutta, Colombo, I Karachi, Madras. Amara. Baghdad, I Bahrein, Basra, fcn-xnk, M oeul and I Singapore. I CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened I and money received on Fixed D*~ I posits on terms to be ascertained j on
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  • 133 16 Reuter. Paris, Dec. 18. THE suggestion that we are again 1 en the eve of a big German attack is made by Charles Morice to-day. He says that by increasing the number of raids and sending out more patrols, the German High Command are apparently
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  • 68 16 Reuter. London. Dec. 18. AN the Stock Exchange, textiles and o;ls made a showing, the prices of both groups rising on receipt of more buying orders. Elsewhere the tone was quietly steady, small gains outnumbering the losses. Dealings started in the new Australian 3' 2 per cent, consolidated
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  • 39 16 Reuter. There i s much indignation in Berlin against Uruguay, who it Is alleged, under British pressure, contravened international law. Tlv fact that German accounts claimed that the warship wapractically undamaged when she sailed into harbour is now forgotton.—Renter.
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  • 870 16 Churchill's Statement On Glorious Battle Reuter. London, Dec. 19. m jy|K. Winston Churchill, broadcasting on "Ihe glorious battle of the River Plate," declared that the news was received with thankfulness in the British Isles and unconcealed satisfaction throughout the greater part of the world.
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  • 153 16 t he conciuHo^;;; P ,> a £tween Domini,,,, Kingdom Ministers L'afo the full, combined s i/" !rr t a Empire shall be a2Sf h mng the war, the fI d issued farewell mil! ,n, people of Britain. s< l Mr. Crerar «Canada. been a heartening ex
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  • 27 16 Reuter London. Dec. 19— Thr Newfoundland loggers h Fngland and wiirbe c ting pit-props. They botch of this particular labour to be imported —R
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    • 22 16 FRAMROZ CO'S l/^cu,,'l^ com» r,e/z Natural HliH t'/?am lns. v^,^D^' as it ecc sa r^, rcyl/l^cd lo ,/ra,<! 50l,nd /cci/l 5l/7ipll/ 0/
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    • 97 16 I Sr^i°ir ly 30 day thi& "dispensable modern necessity. I I *m,W^fc C Can be "balled in all Residences situated within a mileß o* the connecting exchange. I ihiVlnhlTl mtly L UCreasin B numbers of telephones connected. I I telephone becomes more and more valuable to each subscriber I I
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