Malaya Tribune, 6 January 1940

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    21 1 The Malaya Tribune VOL. XXVII- -No. 5. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1940 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune. Saturday, January 6, 1940
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    RESIGNATION OF WAR MINISTER INFORMATION CHIEF ALSO DEPARTS
    731 1 No Differences With The Premier On War Policy Reconstruction Of The British Cabinet London, Jan. 6. IT is officially announced from No. 10 Downing Street that Mr. Leslie Hore-Belisha, Secretary of War, and Lord Macmillan, Minister of Information, have resigned and the
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    MOST POPULAR WAR MINISTER
    116 1 Hore-Belisha. who was appointed War Minister in the crisis of last Spring, formerly Transport Minister. He will go down in history as having made the Army democratic, removed a number of over-age s Hats.*' devised a system of pron from the ranks, increased the r*a pay
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    Lord Maemillan was born in 18r3. Li 1918, he was appointed Assistant Director of intelligence in the Ministry ol Information and Senior Legal Assessor iif the City of Edinburgh. He has vast business connections in Britain and is the holder of many important pests in the industrial and legal world. .'As control of th* Ministry of Information has been violently criticised as wasteful and inefficient.
    67 1 Lord Maemillan was born in 18 r 3. Li 1918, he was appointed Assistant Director of intelligence in the Ministry ol Information and Senior Legal Assessor iif the City of Edinburgh. He has vast business connections in Britain and is the holder of many important pests in the industrial and
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    RESERVE TRADE LIST FURTHER RELAXED
    44 1 Reuter. London, Jan. 6. THE Ministry of Labour announces that the schedule of reserved occupations ing relaxed to enable men at or 'lie age reservation in scientific ations to volunteer in approved for service with His Majesty's Forces —Renter:
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    Japanese Eager For Peace
    338 1 Reuter. London. Jan. 6. THK belief that it will be possible to arrange a satisfactory peace •n the Sino-Japanese dispute within a short time was expressed to Reuter by Viscount Kano, London manager of the Yokohama Specie Bank, in an interview to-day. Viscount Kano said Japan
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    BOLT FROM THE BLUE
    213 1 Opposition Of The Military Caste Reuter. s*Mi llore-Belisha's resignation come ad a L>olt from the blue, metered the course of events had been just as much a surprise to. him as it will be to the public. It is learned in reliable quarters that when he
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    DE VALERA DICTATOR OF EIRE
    201 1 Reuter. Dublin. Jan. 5. MR. de Valera is now in possession of powers making him virtually a dictator. The President. Dr. Hyde, to-day signed the Emergency Powers Amendment Bill, giving the Government the right to intern citizens suspected of activities against the State, without bringing
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    Sabotage In Red Naval Base
    118 1 Reuter. Helsinki, .)an. 6. ACCORDING to the Finnish newspaper Uusisuomi, all civilians not considered absolutely reliable have been evacuated from the Russian naval base of Constantz and anyone approaching the prohibited zone is shot without warning. Eighty Russian scientists have been arrested and will be
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    British Arms For Sweden
    102 1 Reuter. London, Jan. 6. IT is learned in London that Britain is not only assisting Finland but also sending arms and ammunition to Sweden. Although Sweden is supplying Finland it is emphasised that the munitions which Britain is sending to the Swedes are for the Swedes'
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    DAMAGED BATTLESHIP REPAIRED
    64 1 Reuter. London. Jan. f>. IT is learned that the battleship which was struck by a torpedo off the west coast of Scotland on Dec. 18 is being quickly repaired and will soon be at sea again. The damage done was not serious. It is stated that Germany
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    DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS LEFT MILLIONS
    73 1 Reuter. New Yrrk, Jan. 5. THE will of Mr. Douglas Fairbanks, Senior, who died recently, has been filed for probate. The famous screen actor and producer left half of his estate to his widow »the former Lady Sylvia Ashley( provided :t does not exceed a million
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    Completely Routed Japanese Walked Into A Trap
    211 1 Reuter. London, Jan. 6. THE large scale Japanese drive up the Canton-Hankow railway has been shattered, according to held despatches from Kangtung quoted in an official Chinese telegram received by Reute*: in Lc ndon. The telegram says that at yesterdays press conference the
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    JAPANESE TRADE MISSION TO MOSCOW
    24 1 Reuter. Moscow, Jan. 5: M Molotov is receiving the Japanese trade delegates to-day. They arrived in Moscow yesterday —Reuter
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    POET'S DEATH
    63 1 London Jan. 6 Mr Humbert Wolfe, poet, playright and civil servant, died suddenly tc-day. Besides being Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Labour, he was author of more than forty bocks, the most famous of which are "Shylock Iveasons with Mr. Chesterton," "The Unknown Goddess," "Cursory Rh\mes," "This
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      55 1 |i i n 0\ OTHER PAGES Wife's Claim Alleged Attack J Indian Leader's Broadcast 4 Nazi Concentration Camps 5 Cinemas 6 and j "1 Review The News"—C li S.J. Z Early Spring Offensive g Russians Routed 9 Sport ltf Turning Water Into Pelrol 11 Radio 12 Classified Advertisements 13 V
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    "UNHAPPY MARRIAGE" DESCRIBED IN COURT
    536 2 ALLEGED NEGLECT AND ASSAULT (From Our Own Correspondent) Balik Pulau, Friday. fa WELL-TO-DO business man of Ginting, Balik Pulau, yesterday appeared before Mr. S. T. Stewart, at the District Court, Balik Pulau, in connection with a suit for maintenance by his wife, Quah Guat Loon,
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    WOMAN SENTENCED TO PRISON
    359 2 (From Our Own Reporter) Penang, Friday, /'lit \ll VOX UNO, alias Ooi Nya tJhit, "nonya," was yesterday convicted by the Police Magistrate. Mr. A. IV. Bellamy, on a charge oi' criminal breach of trust in respect of a gold diamond ring valued at $200, the property
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    Miraculous Escape Of European
    75 2 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Friday. A NUMBER of telephones in the Ampang Road area were put out of action as a result of a motor accident on Ampang Road early yesterday morning. A European. Mr. B. Ritson. had a miraculous escape from injury when
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    ITEMS FROM THE COURTS
    278 2 Singapore, Friday. iU CHIAN claimed trial this morning J in the Criminal District Court beiore Mr. J. L. McFall on a charge of being In possession of 30 tahils of nonGovernment chandu. On the application of Mr. C. S. Lim, Assistant Supervisor, H.M. Customs, the case
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    TIN EXPORTS
    27 2 The esLmaled total exports, from Malaya, of tin. and tin-in-ore based on an assay value of 75.5 per cent., for December were approximately 8.200 tons.
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    38 2 Mr. and Mrs L.A. Laffan and children, of Kuala Kubu. have left Kuala Lumpur. They are going to Canada for their leave. Mr. G. Rawlings Pape has taken over duties frcm Mr. Laffan as Executive Engineer, Ulu Selangor.
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    Alleged Illicit Chandu On Steamer
    157 2 Singapore, Friday. f5pN KHEK CHIOW (46) a Teochiu, pleaded guilty this morning in the Criminal District Court before Mr. J. L\ McFall on a charge of possession of five tahils of non-Government chandu on board a boat in the Singapore Inner Roads at 3 p.m.
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    PATRIOTIC FUND FILM PERFORMANCE
    74 2 DOOKING for the "Allied Forces" film r*2°* a t the Capitol Theatre on Tuesday next in aid of the Malaya a iu lotic 1101 ha& been ver y brisk The upstairs seats for the' 9.15 pm show are already all taken but seats are still available
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    FUND FOR RELIEF OF FIRE VICTIMS
    133 2 (From Our Own Reporter) Penang, Friday. A FUND for the relief of the victims of the Tasek Glugor fire which broke out on Dec. 27, destroying 33 houses and rendering about 173 people nomclcss. has been started in Province Wellesley. The District Officer, Province
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    FINED $150 FOR TRADE MARK OFFENCE
    97 2 Singapore, Friday. N. MANCHHAHAM, the manager of an Indian shop in North Bridge Road, who wa«; tried last week on charges of importing goods with a counterfeit traue mark and aiding and abetting the importation of goods with a counterfeit trade mark and importing
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    ACCOUNTANT FACES DRIVING CHARGE
    319 2 Singapore, Friday. THOMAS G. COTTERELL, a chartered accountant of Messrs. Derrick and Co., to-day claimed trial before Mr. C. H. Whitton in the Traffic Court on a charge of dangerous driving along River Valley Road on the morning of Sept. 6. At the conclusion of accused's
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    Results Of Dressers' Examination
    95 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) Muar, Thursday. THE following are the results of the Johore Dressers' examination, held in December (in order of merit): Grade 111 to Grade II: Ikrak"? bin Haji Aziz, Pang Sui Mun John L Low Long g Haji Hamzah bin Suleiman. Probationers to
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    TAXI-DRIVER GETS THREE MONTHS
    304 2 Singapore, Friday. REMARKING on the seriousness of driving while under the influence of liquor, Mr. C. H. Whitton, Traffic District Judge, to-day sentenced Moh Lee Chong, a Hylam taxi-driver to three months' rigorous imprisonment when he convicted him on a charge of causing hurt to Haji
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    Alleged Gang Robber Charged
    131 2 Singapore, Friday. MENTION was made to-day in the Fifth Court before Mr. L. C. Goh, of two charges against Yip Chung, a 35-year, old Cantonese, concerning a case of armed gang robbery in River Valley Road on the night of Dec. 28. As Yip Chung is
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    Alleged Breach Of Regulations
    150 2 Singapore, Friday. yyHEN Tan Ah Leong and Chwee How Choi, both Cantonese, were charged with failing to have a bundle of newspapers conveyed by post from Hongkong to Singapore on Jan. 4, Mr. Kenneth M. Byrne. Fourth Magistrate postponed the case fpr a week further investigations.
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    T. Anson Rice Mill Starts Work
    126 2 (From Our Own Reporter) Teluk Anson, Friday. TWO milling machines have been elected at the Teluk Anson Government Rice Mill and one has already begun work milling as from Wednesday morning. lt is believed that each machine is capable of milling nine bags of
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    LECTURE ON CULTURE
    52 2 Under the auspices of the Ran Krishna Mission Young Men's Cultural Union, there will be a lecture on Indian Cultural Influence in Malaya" by Brahmachari Kailasam at the Ifissi premises, 9, Norris Road, Singapor 7.00 p.m. on Saturday. Mr S Subramaniam, of the English Coll< Johore Bahru,
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    LIQUOR DISTILLER FINED $800
    102 2 Singapore, Friday. fHEW Kian Tee a 21-year-old Hokkien o n was to da y sentenced to a fine of $800 or in default to undergo six months rigorous imprisonment, by Mr Kenneth M. Byrne, Fourth Magistrate Revenue offences, to which Chew Kian Te e had pleaded
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    VICTIM SAYS HE WAS STRUCK WHILE ASLEEP
    642 3 FOUND HIS COAT WET WITH BLOOD c (Frcm Our Own Correspondent) Muar, Friday. V PRELIMINARY inquiry into charges Of causing grievous hurt A to Chik bin Alang and Sapiah binte Manap, perferred against Wahad bin Kamis was heard by Tuan Sheikh Abu Baker
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    Malayan Journalists At Dinner
    227 3 Singapore, Friday. AT the invitation of Mr. S. Sarangpanny, editor of the Singapore paper the Tamil Murasu, the Indian, Malay and Chinese journalists who are now in Singapore on a tour of the Indian regiments stationed in the Colony, were ained to a dinner at the
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    32 3 The marriage has taken place untitled at the Parish Church. Chislehurst, Kent, cf Guy H. Barron, of Borduk. Asand Yvonne Montague, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. if. Sharpe-Smith, r\v of Malaya.
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    $25 FINE ON WOMAN MOTORIST
    76 3 Singapore, Friday. PONVICTED on two driving often. ces, Mrs. A. W. Hamaker, a European, was to-day fined a total sum of $25 by Mr. C. H. Whitton in the Traffic Court. Aicused pleaded guilty to driving a motor-car at Orchard Road on the morning of
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    Boys Drown During Swim
    204 3 Singapore, Friday. i AT the conclusion of the inquiry into the deaths of Phang Ec Lun and Fong Seng Foh, two Chinese boys, whose bodies were found floating in the Singapore River on the morning of Dec. 30, Mr. W. G. Porter. Singapore Coroner, returned a
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    31 3 Leeds voluntary A.R.P. workers went on strike recently in protest against the order that they must inform a m.an of of the black~ut crder. and not tell the householders di ectly.
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    Killed By Driver Who Failed In Road Test
    490 3 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Friday. AS a sequel to the death of a Chinese woman after being knocked A down by a motor-cycle at the 9th mile, Selayang-Rawang Road, on Sept. 3 last year a Malay, Mohd. Ali bin Haji
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    TALK ON THE WAR IN MALAY
    147 3 BEGINNING this evening a talk on the war in Malay will be broadcast from the 8.M.8.C. at 7 p.m. every Saturday evening. It has been suggested that the talks which have been given by Malay Editors in the Malay Settlement on Friday evenings, by
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    41 3 A pamphlet is reported to have been widely distributed by the Austnans, urging the population to resist Nazism and asking why Austrians should fight Britain. It is signed by the "Iron Ring,'' a movement which seeks the restoration of the monarchy
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    SILENCE COST HIM TWO MONTHS' GAOL
    476 3 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Friday. refusal of a Chinese named Chan Kok Fai, charged before Mr. W. J. Thorogood in the First Court with being in possession of a bicycle reasonably suspected to have been stolen, to disclose the name of a
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    EVASION CHARGE
    95 3 Singapore, Friday. BAIL of $600 in two .sureties was to-day extended to Tan Ah 800, a 21-year-old Teochew, when sentence was postponed for a week at the request of Mr. C. S. Lim. after Tan Ah 800 had pleaded guilty to two Revenue offences. The charges were being
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    INDIANS ARE SOLIDLY BEHIND THE EMPIRE
    2226 4 Radio Talk By Mr. S. M. Sharma Singapore, Friday. TNDIA'S loyalty to the Empire in her time of trial was emphasised by Mr. S. M. Sharma in a broadcast talk from Singapore to-night in the series. "The War From Various Viewpoints/ Mr. Sharma said:
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    Hitler v. Schoolmasters
    109 4 A WELL-KNOWN Nazi educational periodical makes guarded protests against the interference with school activities encouraged Ly the Hitler Youth. M It argues that sound schooling is most important as "modem wars cannot be won either with illiterates or masses lacking technicians, engineers, doctors, and leaders." To send
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    44 4 Mr. K.J.N. Duthie, Officer-in-Charge. Traffic. Ipoh. has left Kuala Lumpur, for Hongkong. He is on eight months' leave and after spending two months at Hongkong will proceed to England. A number of his fellow officers saw him off at the Kuala Lumpur railway station.
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    KING VISITS MINESWEEPERS
    24 5 George picking his wav along the deck of one of the Royal Navy's minesweefteg trawlers during a visit to Plymouth.—Planet News.
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    MORE NAZI SECRETS TOLD BY DOCTOR
    490 5 London, Dec;. 17. lIOV an Nazi Germany hold out? How long before nor civil n cracks? The answers are anybody's guess; but everycar be based on this hard fact: Germany entered the man of Europe. f Nazi rule have made Germany the most disease-ridden
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    Nazi Brutality In A Monastery
    260 5 ATYPICAL example of Nazi bruta- i lity is reported from Gronau, where, reports the Thnes correspendent at Rot.erdam, members of I the Gestapo (Sec.et Police) suddenly invaded a Franciscan monastery situated only a short distance frcm the Dutch frontier and announced its dissolution. The monks
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    HORRORS OF THE NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMPS
    1082 5 PRISONERS HELPED TO SUICIDE IMUCH has been heard about the concentration camps of Nazi Ciermany but how many people in Malaya know what these camps really are or, what goes on inside them? Here is an article, by John Beevers which shows what it
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    CENTURY AND HALF OF SINO-U.S. GOODWILL
    773 7 Further Strengthened With Passage Of Time !r,„'; r aK When the first A'ne'-itan ship came to this country brw*W an American citizen, Major Samuel Shaw, who relumed in. 1 ,86 as the first consul from a foreign country to China. Since the days of
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    39 7 A "Strafe England" campaign, led by Goering's newspaper "National Zeitung'' which says "th e moment has come when the war which Britain wanted must shower down on the British Isles themselves,'' is being conducted by the entire German press.
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    25 7 Scotland Yard has been asked to assist hi the search for Folkestone's only policewoman, who disappeared after finishing her duty on a recent Friday night.
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    SUIYUAN GUERILLAS
    82 7 Yulin, Shensi. MA TAI-LIU, who led a peasant 11 army fighting the Japanese in Suiyuan, was recently killed at Saratsi, east of Paotow. Na, who, was a peasant, organised the army in 1937. Lv Mu-tow. well-known guerilla leader at Tokoto. was also killed recently. A Chinese force Ls
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    No Divorce In Wartime
    64 7 Chungking. THE Chinese National Military Council has sent a communication to the Judicial Yuan that during wartime when scldiers and officers are fighting at the front, divorces must not be granted by the courts under any circumstances if wives should petition for divorces. Such petitions can
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    MAIL DUE
    16 7 A surface mail is due in Singapore and will be delivered on Monday morning.
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    $21,000,000 Spent On China Relief
    107 7 Tup xr Chungking, Jan. 3. HE National Relief Commission has spent $21,000,000 for civilian relief in China in 1939. A large part was spent in constructive work and relief projects as contrasted with that spent in the emergency relief programmes at the outbreak of the
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    HIGHWAY BRIDGE DESTROYED
    54 7 r Loyang, Jan. 3. Chinese guerillas destroyed several sections of a stcne bridge on the highway linking Kaifeng and Chuhsienchen during the last week. After their recent capture of Licheng, and Shehsien on the Shansi-Hopei border, the Chinese troops have completely cut the highway connecting Changcheh and
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    SEQUEL TO MEXICAN OIL JUDGMENT
    69 7 Reuter. Mexico City. Jan. 5. THE judge of the first court has dec--1 lared that foreign oil companies whose properties were expropriated are now without further legal remedy due to their refusal to appoint experts to i DiL.barute In official valuation of the properties. President
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    INDRAGIRI DOUBLES ITS PROFITS
    967 7 Singapore, Friday. "I HE profit for the year, amounting to $114,571.87, is almost double the profit for the previous year and it is the more remarkable when it is remembered that the average rate of release under the Rubber Regulation Scheme during the year ended Sept.
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    The People Want Them
    344 8 IT has already been shown that there is ample evidence of a desire in Malaya for Government lotteries as a means of raising money to be devoted towards,the Empire's war effort. So far there has been no definite statement on the part of the authorities in
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    The Big Attack
    210 8 ■pOR the first time the official British view as to what is likely to happen in the Spring has just been revealed, not by a British Minister in Britain but by the British Ambassador to the United States, Lord Lothian. He supports the warning we have several
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    German Attack In Early Spring
    456 8 Reuter. Chicago, Jan. n (r on <\ve in the Spring was FHE possibility of a big German h chicago 1 discussed by Lord Lothian man add. c s con Council for Foreign Re tetiona, in war fident survey of the principless andLissues i that The
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    Nazis Killing Off Poles
    134 8 Reuter. London, Jan. 5. ,T is hoped that substantial Polish 1 forces who are being yarned by a hAllies will be ready to take t% ftel J£ the beginning of the Spring, M. Rat fnski, "Polish 5 Ambassador in Llgdon. said at a lunch-on of the
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    21 8 Reuter. Moscow, Jan. 5. A LENINGRAD headquarters commuA nique states that nothing o importance took place on the Finnish front to-day.--Reuter.
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    CROMWELLS TO GO TO CANADA
    148 8 Reuter. Washington, Jan. 5. PRESIDENT Roosevelt has nominated the economic expert, James H R. Cromwell, as United States .Minister to Canada. The post has been vacant for nearly two years except for the temporary appointment of Mr. Daniel Roper during the Royal visit last year.
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    BRITISH NAVY RESTORED TRADE TO URUGUAY
    68 8 Reuter. Monte Video, Jan. 5. I HAVE the satisfaction of thinking that my squadron has done something to help Uruguayan commerce" said Rear Admiral Sir Henry Harwood, speaking at a Spanish reception given in his honour at which over 2,000 people were present. The
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    £250,000 CARGO SEIZED FOR £24 WAGES
    55 8 Reuter. Boston (Mass.), Jan. 5. THE German tanker Pauline Friederich 4.733 tons, which took refuge here at the beginning of the war with a i.250,000 oil cargo, has been seized by the authorities following the riling of a suit by a former officer claiming
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    31 8 Reuter. Washington, Jan. 5. THE United States Government has 1 been assured by the British Government that "in very exceptional circumstances" German exports will be allowed to reach their destination.— Reuter.
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    259 8 THOSE of you who are still speculating on 'what will happen in the Spring have got it straight from the horse's mouth—or is it the tail Lord Lcthian, British Ambassador to the United States, says the British view is that Germany will launch a terrific attack by land,
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    233 8 HAS de Va'era wakened up too Me? The question is prompted by the official revelations made in the Eire Dail and Senate about the incompetence cf those in charge of the mam ammunition depot and the corruption in the Free State's neutral Army. When the Eire Government
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    Less About Unity
    107 8 HEARD a couple of women compctinf with each other in catty remarks about Unity Mitford. Why? It b me. Most men would dismiss her as a silly, misguided wench and leave i l at that. Judging from what they said, these two women would have torn her
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    51 8 HITLER engaged" says a romanl jptcry from Berlin. You tM t hj On the biggest prob'em cf his new* life. ON a Tribune wedding form, &11< by an up-country family, the •Madonna lilies" appeared cp. "Bride's dress." I'd like to go to mm wedding! C. H. Stanley
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    RUSSIANS ROUTED AFTER TWO DAYS OF SLAUGHTER
    310 9 Salla Recaptured By Plucky Finns Reuter. London, Jan. 5. reports from Finland to-day agree that the intense fighting north of the town of Salla on the central front indicates that the Finns have scored another great victory over the Soviet. A Copenhagen message
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    TRADE UNIONISTS FULLY SUPPORT WAR POLICY
    162 9 London, Jan. 5. (N 'igorous contrast with the suggestion of the University Labour Federation tnat trade unions and labour parties in Britain were opposed to the official peace aims policy of theT.U.C. and the Labou. Farty, the Council of the Durham Miners' Association yesterday,
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    DANISH REPLY TO GERMAN WARNING
    158 9 Reuter. rm Vl r p f nhajen Jan 5 TOE National Tidende t O -day J S've* a vigorous reply to the Germans' naming to the northern countries. ,rm It says:—"We state openly that hitherto mt had not imagined that Germany could find it necessary
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    COFFEE RATION IN ITALY
    42 9 Reuter. Rome, Jan. 5. COFFEI rationing will be introduced in Italy on Feb. 10. Coffee ration cards will be distributed shortly. The cards may be used later for the purchase of other foods likely to be controlled. —Reuter.
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    CAVE SHELTER TO KAISER
    34 9 Reuter. Amsterdam. Jan. 5. Count Bentinck. who was the first to give shelter to the Kaiser when he came to Holland, died to-day in his castle f- Amerongen, aged 82.—Reuter.
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    BELGIAN CABINET RESIGNS
    126 9 Reuter. Brussels, Jan. 5. THE Belgian Cabinet resigned to-day. and the outgoing Prime Mmister M. Pierlot. has been entrusted by the King with the formation of the new Cabinet. It is believed the resignations are concerned with the plan to reduce the size of a Cabinet through
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    FOREIGN PLANES OVER HOLLAND
    32 9 Reuter. The Hague, Jan. S. Anti-aircraft batteries fired on foreign planes which flew over Utrecht province to-day. The planes made off when Dutch pursuit machines went up. —Reuter.
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    Japanese Forces Still Retreating
    159 9 Canton, Jan. 5. COLUMN of the Japanese, which fought rearguard action in order to cover the retreat of the main Japanese forces, from North Kwangtung, has been completely annihilated at Liangkow, it is reported. When this news of the Chinese vie- v reached Siukwan. the people
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    SILENCE OF NAZIS ON VENLO AFFAIR
    66 9 Reuter. The Hague, Jan. 5. DESPITE repeated requests for early action, the Dutch Government so far have received no information from the German Government concerning last November's Venlo frontier incident. The Dutch Government asked for information directly after the incident in which Stevens and
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    15 9 Reuter. Paris, Jan. 5: The communique states that there was local activity on both .sides.—Reuter.
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    CLEAN-UP OF NAZIS IN SOUTH AFRICA
    140 9 Reuter. Johannesburg, Jan. 3. fj Year brought intensi- neatkn oi police action against enemy sympathisers in South Africa, and investigations into their activities are being extended to the BMCt remote areas. Over a thousand have now been interned. Recent arrests include many Union nationals
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    STRONGEST MARKET OF WAR
    211 9 Reuter. London, Jan. 5. THE strength of the British Government securities, which have now mosliy attained their highest levels since the outbreak of war, is being 'oJlowcd with considerable interest in City circles. Some ouaiters are again citing the strength of gilt-edged as indicative of the
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    DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING POLICEMEN
    55 9 Reuter. Hubli, Bombay, Jan. 5. TWELVE persons were sentenced to death in connection with th e riots at Ramdurg last April, in which a mob, sacking the State gaol, battered eight policemen to death. Two others were sentenced to transportation for life, and 40 sentenced
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    480 10 DISCUSSION AT S.A.F.A. MEETING Singapore, Friday. THE suggestion of the Hon. Mr. Adrian Clark, President of ttie Foot--1 ball Association of Malaya, that there should be a knock-out competition this season between the various soccer teams in Malaya was the subject of a lengthy
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    90 10 %]M\x%\ general meeting hald Ration premises on Dec. 31, *1 W% office bearers were eKct"'fi* emyear 1940:—President: Wong -air Sheiflfe; Vice-Presidents: Chew Su Song, fan Keh Keng; Hon. Secretary:/ Tan See Mcc; Asst. Hon. Secretaries: Y. P. Yun, Lim Eo Sam; Hon. Treasurer: Foo Say Nam: Hon.
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    Fixtures Cancelled
    46 10 The rueger fixture between the S.CC "B' fifteen and the R.E. "B", arrangec to take place on the Padang yesterday, •«> cancelled. {|ckey game between the b.K.c. [and the A. P. C. Sports Club, |uld have taken place on the found yesterday was also can-
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    Selections By Spectator
    46 10 Race I—BRASS BULLET Republican Race 2—WORK AND PLAY Prude Race 3—SELANGOR II Young Ginger Race 4—HONEY PUSS Pretty Quiet Race S—ROYAL WORLINGTON Golden Glimpse Race 6—ECHO Far n ley Race 7 —DANCING FOAM Miss Wendy Race B—ALL GOU) ADC. Race 9—WINSOME The Annan
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    FRIENDLY SOCCER
    123 10 A team .vill be selected from the I tollowing to reptescut XI in a friendly soccer match against ,he X A.F. (Town Office) to-cay at Farrer Park:—Pan Chew. Koon Yew. Lee Fan Ah Pang, Ah Lye, Boon Kwang Kirn Swee. Ah Soo Hock Seng Ah Soh. Koh Choy,
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    Weights For To-day's Penang Races
    388 10 (From Our Own Reporter) I Penang, FridayHOLLOWING are weights for tne F fourth day of the Penang Turf Club races on Jan. 6:— RACE ONE HORSES, CLASS IV. Div. 111, 6 FURS. 9 7 STAR LOCK 9 7 MISS LABIS 9 7 MISS SARLIS 9
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    Teams For Today's Match
    99 10 THE following are the teams son; Lt. Kenion, kevezia, L t. waru, C^N S &R h AF:-I. A C. Gar-v-5 i. A C A. B, Butler. Fili Groves, FtO. Cra.gie; FO. %SS£ E A. C. James; tt. rmTon n< FO C tt, C or e s,drLar.
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    Spoon Shoots At Bukit Timah
    129 10 FE Singapore Rifle Association will hold Spoon Shoots at the Bukit Timah Range commencing at eignt o'clock in the morning on tne following dates:—Jan. 7, 14, 21 and 28 Feb 4, 11. 18 and 25. Service members are requested to bring with them their own
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    MAYFAIR B.P.
    86 10 Members are requested to note that the second annual general meeting of the May fair B.P. will be held at No. o. Lorong 33. off Geylang Road on Sunday, Jan. 14. 1940 at 12 noon. Members and associate and lady members are reminded that entries for the party's
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    GOALLESS PADANG HOCKEY
    136 10 Singapore, Saturday. THE V.M.C.A. held the S.CC to 1 a goalless draw yesterday on the Padang when they met the S.CC. in a friendly game of hockey. Roth teams were at their best and in the second half of the game, the S C.C. led a vigorous
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    CADDIES' GOLF COMPETITION
    74 10 QN New Year's Day a Caddies' Competition was played at Keppel Golf Club. Thirty-two caddies competed and the following were the best 12 scores retuined: Sarip lldtlt Yem 40—4=36 Aiis 40—4=36 Nor 38 -l=X Piia 41-4=37 Kasah 41 ?I Hasan 4 ?~5 ol Tanir 40—6=37 Samar Bedir
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    GARRISON GOLF
    59 10 THE Ladies' Postlethwaite Cup Competition was played at the Garrison Golf Club and resulted as follow.siMrs W. J. Hoiohan 90—22=68) 137. 91—22=69) Mrs. R. H. H. Stewart 83—13=70) 146. 89—13=76) Ladies' 18 hole sweepstake: Mrs. F. G. Brittorous 82 —14=68. The Ladies' Monthly Medal (Stroke) for January will
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    SINGAPORE XV AGAINST JOHORE
    64 10 The following will play for Singapore against Johore this afternoon in a rugger friendly at Johore Bahru:— Alexander; G. B. Potter. L. G. Robertson, I. M. Scott. D. M. Seward; J. B. Potter, R. Laird B. M. Purser, D. M. Walker, A. M. Carberry, D. A.
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    38 11 Germany and Lithuania are reported U be negotiating for the reiurn of \!t me! to Lithuania lor a period of 55 The cession oi Memel is believed to have been included in the rer cent Soviet-Germ an agreement.
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    BANKRUPT PAID £600 FOR SECRET FORMULA
    568 11 TURNING WATER INTO PETROL London, Dec. 16. TAMES SHERIFF, 40-year-old car dealer, told Cardiff F>ankruptcy Court today that he and a friend had been held captive by gunmen in a London flat and robbed of £1,800, which they had paid for a secret powder
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    34 11 The Slovak Government has issued a regulation that a'l males or ever lb years are to join the Hlinka Guard. This will form a Reserve Army and all applicants will receive fu.l military training.
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    Patriotic Fund Contributions
    850 11 OVERSE0 VERSE A-Chinese Banking Corpora tion Limited, Bankers for the Malaya Patriotic Fund (Chinese Section) Singapore, report that contributions so far received total $135.545.37 made up as follows: Previously reported:—sl3l.o2B 01. Hiang Kee $25. Chinese Sports Association $25. Kong Khai Kong $5. Cheong Chong Yew SI. Koh
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    28 11 Mr. Lloyd George, speaking at Caernarvon, urged that the diplomatic triumph of the pact with Turkey should be followed by efforts to reach a better understanding with Russia.
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    GUTHRIE'S RUBBER REPORT
    124 11 Singapore, Friday noon. |N their weekly rubber report, Guthrie Co., Ltd., state:— The market has again passed through a very quiet week and prices show little change on balance. Although there has been no marked buying or selling pressure, the undertone of the market remains steady. Latest
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    28 11 Evacuated Civil Servants held a meeting recently to discuss grievances. It wa s decided to ask their chief. Sir Horace Wilson, to meet a deputation and hear protests.
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    NEWS IN ROMANISED MALAY
    674 11 Singapore, Friday. KEADAAN hawa dan chuacha yang beransor baik sekarang telah menambah kesibokai lantera2 dan sa-bagal-nya dl-medan barat, lerutama dl-antara ehll2 kapal2 terbang. KapaU terbang Peranchls dan British pada hari samilam telah terbang empat kali masok ka-dalaai negeri Jerman. tlap2 kali Itu jauh2 hinggi sampai 250
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      89 11 CAPITOL: "Jamaica 1nn."—3.15, 6.15 and 9.15 p.m. PAVILION: "Blondie."—6.ls and 9.15 n m. ALHAMBRA: "Nurse Edith Cavell."—--3.15, 6.15 and 9.15 p.m. CATHAY: "A Chump At Oxford."— 3.15, 615 and 9.15 p.m. BOXY: "The Hound of the Baskervilles."—6 15 and 9.15 p.m. MARLBOROUGH: "SOS. Coast Guard."—6 and 9 p.m. ROYAL: Egyptian
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    EXAMINATION OF CHINA'S UNDERGROUND RESOURCES
    450 12 EFFORTS CONCENTRATED ON WESTERN PROVINCES Chungking. jpOR the past two years the National Geological Survey of China has teen leaving no stone unturned in its investigation of China's vast underground resources in central, south-western and north-western provinces, in order that the government may fully exploit
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    Chinese To Be Protected In Thailand
    157 12 Chungking. THE Siamese Premier. Luang Pibul Songgram, has sent a message to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek assuring him that the Thai Government will afford adequate protection to the lives and property of Chinese residents in Thailand and will permit the Chinese to engage in lawful
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    SUMMER TIME ALTERATION
    71 12 London, Jan. 5. The introduction of summer time before Saturday, April 21, is being considered by the Home Secretary. Any alteration must be preceded by consultation with the French Government, and the interests of workers and employees, as well as those of service and agrtcuiture must be
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    JAPANESE ANTI-WAR LEAGUE
    128 12 Kweilin. HPHE Southwest branch of the Japanese Anti-War League in China will soon be established in Kwangsi. A reception to cultural leaders here was given by the League's preparatory committee recently. Mr. Wataru Kaji. well-known Japanese leftist writer, presided and reported that there are similar leagues in
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    2-Year Drift In Arctic
    131 12 Reuter. Berlin, Jan. 5. ONLY 20 sea miles now separates the Soviet expedition ship Sedov from the ice-breaker Josef Stalin, according to a Moscow telegram to the German news agency. The ice -breaker will assist the Sedov's skeleton crew of fifteen men to release their ship
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    R.A.F. FLIGHTS OVER GERMAN BASES
    42 12 Reuter. London, Jan. 5. THE Air Ministry announces that "during last night R.A.F aircraft successfully carried out reconnaissance flights over north-west Germany and patrols over German seaplane bases in the Heligoland Bight, all our aircraft returning safely."—Reuter.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
    58 13 I.ec- Ens Liang ar.;I family seg to tender their heartfelt thanks to all relatives, friends and members of Tiang Ho Kok and Yew Chi Sia associations for their kind attendance*: at night visit and funeral of the?r beloved father, the late Mr. Lee 3'ew Jin. and to those who
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    METHODISTS REPORT MORE MEMBERS
    711 13 Singapore. Friday. AT the second session to-day of the Malaya Annual Conference of The Methodist Church, the morning was mainly devoted to various items of business, and to a speech by the Rev. S. M. Thevathasan. The opening half-hour was taken up with a devotional service
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    ARTISTS' EXHIBITION
    66 13 London, Jan. 5. Th e United Artists* winter exhibition opens to-day at Burlington House, to which 24 art societies, and some unattached artists have submitted 2,219 works. Every picture is for sale, and the artists have agreed to contribute one half of the price realised to be divided
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    Transfer Regulations
    54 13 London, Jan. 5. Comment in the city columns of the morning's newspapers on the regulations issued last night relating to the transfer of sterling and sterling securities from residents to non-residents is unanimous in expecting them to result in a substantial reduction in the offers of ster- <
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      196 13 Singapore Municipality TENDERS. TENDERS are now invited for the following materials or service. For particulars see Municipal Tender Room. Date of Closing Supply of Five Rotating Disc. Valves for Water Dept. 4 p.m. 18 April. 1940 Supply of Five Enclosed Type Filter Controllers for Water Dept. 4 p.m. 15 April,
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    WORLD'S BIGGEST HAMMER
    188 14 I'RANSFORMATTON of a molten chrese-shaped ingot of light alloy into a crankcase of a modern highpowered aero engine is effected in a matter of seconds with three or four biows of a huge drop hammer now installed in a new factory "somewhere in England." M The hammer
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    Britain's Air Raid Shelters
    198 14 TWENTY square miles of corrugated steel are being produced by steel works in strategic positions scattered over England, Scotland and Wales tor the 2.500,000 "Anderson" air raid shelters ordered by the Government to shelter 15,000,000 people in their own gardens. Production of the first 1.000.000 shelters,
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    PLOUGHING UP BRITAIN
    155 14 BRITISH farmers have now got 70,000 tractors ready to plough 1,500,000 acres of grass land for crops to maintain Britain's food supplies. In 1914 not one British farmer in a hundred had even seen a tractor. Today British tractors show a vast improvement in design over the
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    Baltic Rush For Divorce
    145 14 THOUSANDS of domestic tragedies are being played out in Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania among the German minorities now being recalled to the Reich by Hitler, says the Daily Herald. German husbands aie separating fiom wives who are natives of these countries or are Russians. Many, too,
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    STATE LOTTERIES iWhat Readers Are Sayingj
    203 14 We welcome intelligent letters on any subject from readers, but in publishing them we do not necessarily associate ourselves with the views expressed. (To the Editor of the Malaya Tribune.) Sir,— Speaking for the bulk of working people of all classes in Malaya, I
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    FIRST IN THE FIELD
    197 14 (To the Editor of the Malaya Tribune.) Sir,—Allow me as the first of your many readers to congratulate the Malaya Tribune Group cf Newspapers for their timely introduction of these two features, "London To-day" and *T Review the News". They are indeed interesting articles. We want
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    RUSSIA'S REASON
    493 14 (To the Editor of the Malaya Tribune.) Sir, —A reader, whose letter was published on Jan. 2, advocates a quintuple alliance among England, France, Italy, Germany and Turkey "to crush Bolshevism." This is interesting, as, to my mind, it has been the very aim of Mr. Chamberlain himself
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    CABARET BRAWLS
    238 14 (To the Editor of the Malaya Tribune.) Sir,—We all know that once a year certain liberty should oe allowed to certain people, particularly number* of our righting forces who are thousands of iiUes away from their own homes, to celebrate the New Year festivity. But then such privileges
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    23 14 Mr. A.C. Boyd, an Officer of the I Malayan Civil Service, has been ap- pointed temporarily to act as President Town Board, Johciv.
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    IDEAL DIET FOR DIGESTIVE DISTURBANCES
    111 14 The big problem with suflerers irom gastritis or other digestive disturbances is how to avoid pain and discomfort when eating. The inflamed stomach walls are so sensitive that solid fooas can't be retained. Even liquid foods are often vomited. Yet the patient must get quick
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    REUTER'S COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    235 15 BULLION MARKET London, Friday. Ivi r Spot 21 9/16 Forward 21 11/15 tAR GOLD, Fine, per oz. £8.8.0 LONDON SHARE LIST London, Friday, tillers 67/9 p Rubber 29/9 tieral Electric 74/9 •ial Chemical Industries 30/- rial Tobacco 118/IV2 i-Dutch 27/--dian Pacific 7 5 s n Tin 4/7y
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    EXCHANGE
    154 15 T Singapore, Jan. 5. r V :l S are the exchange stock thJ§ g to tho daily circular Issued by Qf and Shanghai Banking Corpora. SELLING ton^ T,T 2J4 1115 I 214 l|l6 demand 207 I|2 mm iff* k de »nand 46 ***** 51 518 85 5,8 wa «J
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    PRODUCE
    98 15 X Singapore, Jan. 5. W. Coast No. 1 per Koyan I W. Coast No. 3 per Koyan l 210 I 2 192 3 181 ten Rice No. 1 119 n Rice No. 2 145 n Al c s j gon 2 a "S Q." Meedon 6 Small Mill" MeedonI
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    FRASER & CO.'S SHARE REPORT
    797 15 FRASER CO.'S SHARE REPORT Singapore, Jan. 5. MININu A Buyer* Sellers Ampat Tm 5 lV 56 Austral Amal 66 7Austral Malay fttjZ 38. Ayer Hltam 246 25 6 Ayer Weng 0.85 0 .90 Eangrln 23 6 251Batu Selangor 1 68 l 72 Berjuntal iJJ W,Z Burma Malay 233 24 3
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    DEBENTURES AND LOANS
    93 15 Maynard 00 lOOnom SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL 5% 1940 100 lOlnora 4 »'2% 1947 101 103nom 4%% 1955 107 109nom 1963 101 103nom 5% 55-66 114 116 5% 43-68 HO H2cl 4<fc% 70-80 H 3 115 ci 3% 75-85 0 93% 0.95», 3% 1962 0 93* i 0.95' i
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    THE SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
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    462 16 Forcing Of Ship Into Contraband Control Port Reuter. Washington, Jan. 5. THE United States Government has warned Great Britain that 1 she. will be held responsible for damage from "losses and injuries" if American ships are forced into rintisn control ports. V The
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