Malaya Tribune, 22 January 1940

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  • 21 1 The Malaya Tribune VOL. XXVII- -No. 18. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1940 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune. Monday, January 22, 1940«
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  • 754 1 Roosevelt's Secret Note To Queen Wilhelmina Reuter. pi [TICAL circles in Washington believe that Mr. ChutVhillY, imini? to neutrals of German-Russian efforts to spread north and south is regarded as of less importance to Ameri a
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  • 496 1 Shanghai, Jan. 22. ISOLATIONIST influence in the I United States aga.nst an embaigo on experts to Japan has suddenly been weakened as a result of the death of Senator Borah, Chairman cf the Foieign filiations Committee of the Senate. In view of the many difficulties existing between
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  • 267 1 Reuter. Hongkong. Jan. 22. d( an agreement alleged to signed in Shanghai on D between Wans Ching Wei Japanese are revealed in a ti a Chinese newspaper ben written by Kao Tsung Wu. i the Chinese Asiatic Bureau and Tao Hsi -time member of the
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  • 47 1 The British cargo ship "Cedrington Court" (5.000 tons) sank in ten minutes after striking a German mine off the south-east coast of Britain. The entire crew of 34 were rescued by lifeboat. Picture shows the "Cedrington Court" as she went down.
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  • 111 1 Reuter. London. Jan 21. NORMAL work will be resumed on Monday In some buildings of the gunpowder* factory at Waltham Abbey, damaged by explosions on Jan. 18, according to an official announcement by Mr. Llewellin. secretary to the Ministry of Supply. He warmly praised the
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  • 68 1 Batavia, Jan. 22. A MALAYAN resident, Mr. Harper, was among Jive passengers killed when a K.N.LL.M. Lockheed plane crashed in the sea shortly after leaving Bali on its way to Australia. Three members of the crew were killed and a mechanic WW injured. The other four passengers killed
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  • 148 1 Reuter. Toulon, Jan. 22. THE Italian liner Orazio, with 600 paaaengers, is on fire off Toulon, according to a radio message received at this port. Three vessels arc hastening to her assistance. number of the OraaoVs passengers have been taken aboard two French warships. The remainder
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  • 44 1 Reuter. Paris. Jan. 22. CEVEN were killed including the two engine-drivers and a stoker, and about 40 injured, none seriously, when a train carrying French troops on leave collided with a goods train near Troyes yesterday morning.— Reuter.
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  • 53 1 Reuter. London, Jan. 22. The Duke of Windsor, who is cervine as a Major-General in France, arrived in London last night on leav unaccompanied by the Duchess. This is his second visit to England s nee bis abdication. He is staying a', a We.*
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  • 63 1 Reuter. London, .J;»n 22 THE Air Ministry announces that while engaged in reconnaissance over the North Sea yesterday British aircraft sighted four enemy patrol vessels which opened heavy anti-aircraft fire. The ;i ircraft retaliated, dropping bombs, some of which were seen to fall within
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  • 139 1 Reuter. Amsterdam, Jan. 22. THE effect of the British blockade on German exports has become surprisingly apparent at Dutch frontier stations, according to reports from the Dutch-German border. For the greater part of the day, according to these reports, great stillness reigns at the
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  • 33 1 Notice has been given at a London register office of the forthcoming marriage of Hartwit Eugene Soeren Buerlen. bachplor. aged 32, a. sal-s manager. Whos? address is given as His Majesty's Prison, Wandsworth."
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  • 645 2 REVELATIONS OF NAZI STOCKTAKING (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 6. 'THE Nazis pre busy stocktaking—and it is not a happy experience. Whatever Dr. Goebbels may say, there remains the fact that the Germans will never forget that their Fuehrer promised them peace,
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  • 53 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok. Jan. 20. The Bangkok hca'th service is afraid that the outbreak of olague in the central provinces may reach the capital and have issued a general warnin» to householders A rat extermination campaign has begun and over 30 rases have so
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  • 605 2 rOUR ways in which the Malays should endeavour to support Britain in the war were outlined by Syeti Atari ai-Hady, editor of the Malay newspaper •Tembaga" of Johore Bahru, in a broadcast talk I nun the B M B C, station, Singapore. These were:
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  • 58 2 Singapore. Sunday. The auiibuiance wa s called t 0 "the 14*,, milestone, Seletar Road this afternoon to attend to a Chinese roof repairer who was Injured by falling from a scaffolding from a height of aoout eight feei. He sustained abrasions -«n the right nand. fracture ol the ba.se of
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  • 190 2 Last Night's First Night fITHEN an institution like the Jones family moves aruund, ail manner of lidiculous thingj happen. When they airive at so extraordinary a place as Hollywood—him Mecca of the world— things are bound to happen. That is why "The Jones Family In Hollywood."
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  • 134 2 JF you collected all the copper, nickel and silver coins in Malaya, you would be a millionaire nearly twenty times oyer. At the end of 1938 there was in circulation in Malaya exactly 17.200.000 worth of metal currency. Since then the amount has
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  • 61 2 Singapore, Sunday. At dusk to-day, the ambulance was called to the corner of Bras Basah Read and Victoria Street to attend to an Indian soldier who was said to have been knocked down from his bicycle by a motor car. The soldier sustained minor abrasions over
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  • 19 2 Mr. N. Eliathamby. J.P. M.C.H., Taiping. has donated a sum of $200 to the Changkat Tamil School. Batu Gajah.
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  • 244 2 (From Our Own Reporter) Penang, Saturday, f IRCUMSTANCES surrounding the death of a Chinese named Koh Thim Toh, who flung himself from the third floor of "C" Block, Penang General Hospital, to the lawn below at 6 a.m. on Dec. 21 last year, were inquired into by
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  • 64 2 DR. K. Markandu. Government pensioner and brother-in-law of Dr. P. Thillainathan. passed away at his residence. 17. Petain Road. Singapore, last night. He was practicing at thi Aisagoff Outdoor Dispensary. He leaves a widow and three child ren and many relations and friends. The funeral
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  • 629 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 6. TT is idle to attempt to forecast among- the possibilities, which as varied as they are well known. Sweden is in obvious danj as much from the need for Germany to make sure of her iron supplies as
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  • 62 2 Singapore. Satui Koh Ah Kid, a Chinese seamstn tta had been a oankrupt for nine obtained her discharge when ed in the Bankruptcy Court I was stated by Mr. G. E. Po ass Official Assignee, that the rushed down from Malacca court. Sir Fercy McElwainc grantei
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  • 796 2 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Sunday. *'JT is. and has been, a moral duty, always carried out by any reputable firm of solicitors, to keep strict and accurate accounts not only of their own monies but also of their clients' monies received
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  • 64 3 in flu ting his eloquence on a roomful of German airmen during hristmas visit "to the western front.' A report in the "Schwarze x the cat out of the bag by describing how Hitler celebrated I) xlysuard miles behind the lines and with a plentitude
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  • 149 3 London, Jan. 6. gERM VN V has lost 66 warplanes and Britain 25 in the first four month-; of war. arity is thrown into when it is rememberRoyal Air Force has night and day security the North Sea for Our pilots
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  • 28 3 21.—The penalty for listign wireless broadcasts in growing more severe. Th" der in a town near the Gerfrontier has been sent to years, and his wife to one
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  • 14 3 bin Abdullah, an Officer of the Malay Officers' Scheme, be promoted to Class 11.
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  • 99 3 London, Jan. 21. A NUMBER of Germans of military age. who were trying to return to Germany by way of Japan and Russia, have been seized by a British naval unit. Their capture was announced in a British naval communique issued in Hongkong to-day.
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  • 62 3 London, Jan. 21. In oi~er to demonstrate India's soliriaritv with the Empire in the war. '.ord'Smha. the only Indian peer whc.se -iigibility to laKe his seat m the House of LordJ was recently established by the committee of privileges, will arrive in London next
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  • 715 3 $5,000-A-Month Nonya Owes $14,432 (From Our Own Reporter) Penang, Sunday. I)NG KHENG KEE, a middle-aged, bespectacled Chinese 'nonya," who described herself as a jewellery broker and said that during the boom years, when the price of rubber was she had made as much as
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  • 71 3 Reuter. Paris, Jan. 21. "'HE Communist Senator, and 60 deputies have been deprived of their seats under a law published in the official Journal, which takes away the Parliamentary Mandate from all who had nor repudiated the Communist Party by Oct 26. The law
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  • 105 3 London, Jan. 21. ]V|K. Herbert Morrison, leai?l der of the L.C.C. in a speech on Saturday said:— **Let us not be under illusions as to the importance of victory over gangsterdom, represented by the present German Regime. "And by victory, I mean either a decisive victory of
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  • 409 3 Singapore, Sunday. DRACTICALLY a full house attended the presentation by the Repertory Players of "Curry Tiffin" at the Victoria Theatre last night. Few plays presented in Singapore have i ad such great success on a rirst night The play and the players were vvcll .vorth
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  • 27 3 Mr. I.C. Mackay has arrived in Klang to take charge of the Chartered Bank, Klang. in place of Mr. H. Cox. who is transferred to Kwnla I.umpur
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  • 291 3 London, Jan. 7. steward on the ill-fated Japanese liner Torukuni Maru, mined off the English east coast, loved birds so much that it wa.s not surprising that his shipmates should bring him a young peregrine falcon that had alighted, hungry and exhausted, on the
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  • 60 3 Singapore, Monday.—At about 2 o'cloc 1 this morning, the locai ambulance wa: summoned to th 2 Kandang Kcrba Police Station and" from there it pro. ceeded to a house in Race Course Roa:i to attend to a male Chm:se who was suffering from caustic soda poison inc.
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  • 72 3 Singapore, Sunday. An Indian boy of about 15 years, who is serving a term in the Reformatory School, was badly burnt at about 4 p.m. to-day when he was assisting the cook in the Reformatory kitchen. The local ambulance wa.-: summoned to the school where the dresser
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  • 751 4 Goebbels's Lies Unmasked London, Jan. G. JgRITAIN'S naval men are chuckling over Germany's claim that the Royal Navy no longer holds the masWy of the North Sea—that control has, in fact, passed to the Nazis, with their U-boats and aircraft. You see,
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  • 177 4 London, Jan. 4 TRENCH naval experts believe 1 that Heligoland, probably Germany's most vital air and naval base, will be captured by Britain before next Spring. They state that incessant Allied naval and air patrols have virtually isolated Heligoland, which is the guardian of Kiel, Hamburg and
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  • 267 4 London, Dec. 29. THE Polish town of Kalisz, which in 1914 was the first to be entered by the German Army invading Russian territory, and was destroyed by the Germans when the Polish population refused to submit to German rule, has now, 25 years
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  • 51 4 Chungking. k MOST favourable impression has n been created in Ankara, Capital of Turkey, as a result of the expression of the Chinese sympathy with the Turkish earthquake and flood victims and their remittance, of relief funds to Ankara, according to press messages received here. —Chines? Central
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  • 404 4 The report, under the heading "Act* of Gallantry," states that on November 19 Driver E. R. Elles. of the R.A.S.C., rushed into an electric transformer to assist the French civilian. Elles received a severe shock and became unconscious. He recovered after artificial respiration
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  • 181 4 London, Jan. 3. pUMOURS that the Auckland Zoo has offered war sanctuary to valuable inmates of the London Zoo are denied by the Zoo authorities. In any case the idea of moving rare and valuable animals to New Zealand would not be practical, for
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    • 456 4 EXHAUSTION. THE CURSE OF THE TROPICS. Exhaustion, irritability, depressionthese are the curse of the tropes. The effort to flog the body and brain to action ln an unaccustomed climate drains the whole system of its vitality' This energy must be replaced at intervals—the blood re-charged V.th nutriment, healthy flesh, muscles
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  • 465 5 Singapore, Sunday. 4 SINGER who is well known on London stage and who eared in several West End tactions was married at St. A drevv's Cathedral yesterday g from London the night Miss Edith Vera Juster. of I she married Mr. Cyril rubber planter of Eldred Bekoh.
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  • 102 5 Singapore, Monday. "THERE is no change in the strike 1 situation so far as I know," stated a Police official to-day. The Tribune understands that the strike cf the artisans of the United Metal Works ended this mornin?. Some weeks ago they downed toois a
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  • 24 5 It is notified for general information nil Mr M V del Tufo, Malayan Civ 1 Service', has assumed duty as Superintendent of Census, Malaya.
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  • 19 5 Mr W. Grantham, Senior Drainage J5 Irrigation Engineer, has been appofntK officiate, as Senior Drainage and Irrigation Engineer, South.
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  • 24 5 Mr R.K. Bulloch of Messrs. Sime i fro' Ltd's Ipoh branch will Darby C the Malacca be going en transier 10 branch this week-end.
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  • 36 5 «f a reception in honour of Mr S. Thamboo, Chief Goons Clerk, h taken on ln»pi. by Mr. Gmta*m*mm from FraL croup iSw transferrod to fcn*to F M S R i who is m
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  • 818 5 Finnish Troops Repulse All Counter-Attacks Reuter. Helsinki, Jan. 21. FINNISH communique reports the repulse of four small enemy attacks at Taipale yesterday and say s that elsewhere there was very lively una harassing activity on both sides. Several enemy attacks on positions captured by
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  • 40 5 London, Jan. 21.—Officers of the British Army are not to bp allowed to serve abroad until they are 20. This is considered to be in the best interests of the officers themselves, and some of the men they will command.
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  • 69 7 Reuter. Paris. Jan. 21. I ORD Halifax's r peech was received with warm approval in France. a nee is attached to r which he reiterated that peace must guarantee the resliber y to small nations German Government and which would respect its tnd work constructively Brinot
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  • 57 7 London, Jan. zi. week the Lord d >. ross Fund UtcreaaetS by m stands at £971.000 In the vaults of Mar.sion Which are expected ilifUiiaius of pounds. d Mavoi i> ccnr.uenc he will illii n pounds in cash by the moni,h, and a Ma&atoa to
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  • 834 7 Reuter. ,p Washington, Jan. 21. I™ State Department is reported to be still studying the British Note replying to American protests regarding mail examination. It is stated that a further communication to London on the question is being considered. State Department officials made
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  • 51 7 Prithipal Singh, first Indian officer in the Royal Air Force, wears a turban instead of the usual cap. The reason is that Singh, as a Sikh, must not cut his hair. The turban is of Air Force blue material and bear* the Royal Air Force
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  • 36 7 A geld paten, a relic of pre-Reformation formation days, has been stolen from the 13th-century chapel in Bristol Cathedral. It is'one of the tew pieces of church plate which escaped Henry VWi.*s destruction of the monasteries.
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  • 158 7 Shaokwan. JAPANESE troops who started the J offensive to capture this town on Christmas Eve succeeded in reaching here, last night not as conquering heroes but prisoners of war. In low spirits and with long hair on their heads, about 300 prisoners forming the first contingent
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  • 117 7 Singapore, Saturday. A CLERK employed by the A-.iatir. Petroleum Co., Ltd., for the last lb years admitted in the Bankruptcy Court to-day mat his liabilities were $11.30:2 owing to 26 creditors. He v.as. Heng Chan Kwan, 38-year-old Teochew, who said that he was married and had a
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  • 73 7 Reuter. Washington, Jan. 21. "Washington does not like the tone of the British note regarding the mail censorship," writes the Washington correspondent of the New York Times. "It is understood Lord Lothian has been informed of th e official American view, and also of the bad effect likely to be
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  • 716 7 Reuter. London. Jan. 22. fJO ftWOT than seven ships are reported to have been lost due to crtmy submarine action or mines round the British oast during the past 18 hours. One Of them was a British destroyer and three were neutral
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  • 533 8 "POR the first time in the history of the Chinese Republic, Turkey is diplomatically represented in China by the presence of an accredited Minister. The Turkish Legation was established in Chungking about a month ago, and the njan who claims the privilege of being the first Turkish Minister
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  • 212 8 Reuter. Paris, Jan. 21. THE British French and German air forces have been very active in'the past 24 hours. British planes made longdistance reconnaissance flights over north Germany, passing over many towns. Similar missions were carried out by the German air force over
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  • 42 8 Reuter. Washington. Jan. 21. AFTEP. making cuts amounting to $12,750,000 affecting the Army. Navy and Coastguard funds, the Senate Appropriations Commission approved th-? emergency Defence Appropriations Bi'l. v.'hich the Hous of Representative-, passed on Jan. 12.—Rtuter.
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  • 126 8 Reuter. Paris, Jan. 21. ACCORDING to a report received here the attempt to exterminate the Polish population of the Ger-man-occupied territory of Posen, Pomerania and Silesia is being carried out by systematic mass murders and tortures by Storm Troopers and the Gestapo who, the report states, pick
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  • 85 8 Reuter. London. Jan. 81. IN th<i money market In Saturday heavy withdrawals of cash from c leasing banks for taxation purposes i educe a loanable supplies but borrowers were nevertheless found and overnight accommodation was easily obtainable. Owing to the keen demand for Treasury bills the
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    126 8 TjALIFAX and Churchill foil, Chamberlain and Simon in the campaign of speeches on behalf of the Government's policy, and their statements, so far as they went were clear and simple. The Foreign Minister is no demagogue, avoids the striking phrases cf Churchill and is a little school-master-ish in
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  • 148 8 MILITARY domination of Europ Germany would be hell for European, and for a large part ol thi world. It would certainly be worse than hell for the millions of Asiatic propie who would inevitably come under such domination. There would then be no possibility of any kind of
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  • 146 8 /CHURCHILL eloquently reviewed facts and inspired confidence as he always does. He is both strategist i statesman—a man who knows tnoi about fighting and the diplomacy ol war than all the Nazi upstarts pal together. Many of us feel that, more than any other man inside
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  • 181 8 AN that point—the most interesting I v all to the ordinary man. none c British statesmen except Churchill has so far been informative. For diplomatic reasons some secrerv regarding the knowledge available to Government through its agents ab: ad may be necessary. But in a democracy the ordinary
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    • 9 8 RAILWAYS ARE STILL THE BACKBONE OF MODERN TRANSPORT, j
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    • 83 8 YOU CANNOT BEAT THIS! 1 THE FALCON iflfpr te v «.r Il :1a I exclusive of fringe. ALL PURE w ool I Curable and Practical. tllavelli m* mus The price of wool and woollen goods is rifling steadily higher and higher. Owing to hostilities shipments of woc'l or cotton blankets
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  • 561 9 Italy And Balkans Showing Concern Reuter. Rome, Jan. 21. fHE meeting of the Yugoslav and Rumanian Foreign Ministers shares prominence in the Italian Press to-day with reports of German and Soviet troop movements in Eastern Europe. Long despatches from Budapest (Hungary) and Bucharest (Rumania) speak
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  • 221 9 Washington, Jan. 21. As the date, Jan. 26, for the proposed abrogation of the United st.m>s trade treaty with Japan draw near there is much speculalion about the position of the conversations between the two country. Mr ordell Huh. Secretary of State was cryptic to-day when
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  • 113 9 i TEIBGRAM from th e Secretary of St c dated Jan. 19. announces that rO Parkinson. X.C.8.. K. CM. G has been selected fcr appointI ermanent Under-Secretary of Dominion Affairs, in succession Edward Harding. G.C.M.G JC B and that Sir George Garer. M G D S 0.,
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  • 140 9 Moscow, Jan. 21. AM article in the Industria, organ n of the Commissariat for heavy industry, sharply criticises the soviet cM/al industry. 1 a-j that the output of ihe two toain centres of the Urals ana JMi«o oasm in the first 13 days of J*™^
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  • 26 9 Reuter. Leaden, Jan. 21.—Sir John Reith, new Minister of Information, has been unanimously adopted National Liberal Parliamentary candidate for Southampton.—Reuter.
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  • 124 9 Reuter. LONDON. JAN. 21. TN A SPEECH ON SATURDAY, THE FiifST COMMISSIONER OF WORKS. MR. H. RAMSBOTHAM, REFERRING TS THE WAR, SAID:— -We must, uone of us underestimate the appalling gravity of our task. There are very tvern and terrible days C ar« B confronted by a
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  • 95 9 London. Jan. 21. ..nns-ESSOR SELIG BRODETSKY, in P R °n!s flrS"presidentialaddress to.the to London, sa d tn removed fro m over and Nazi a hundreds oi millions, of Jews and Shers with no shelter, no employment. vicUms into an amorphous powder ol
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  • 80 9 Reuter. VVardha, Jan. 21. A MEETING between >fr. Gandhi and the Viceroy is considered probable at an carlv date. The Congress Working Committee is understood to have unanimously decided that Mr. Gandhi should seek a clarification of certain points in Lord Linlithgow's latest speech
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  • 119 9 Reuter. London. Jan. 21. MR. Ericsson, captain of the Swedish steamer Fajala. states that his ship was sunk without notice although the Swedish flag was painted on the ship's side and illuminated by are lamps, so that the nationality was clenly visible, a long way.
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  • 611 10 GOOD PLAY BY HOME DEFENCE Singapore, Sunday. Singapore 2; Selangor 0. jyjAINTAINING their magnificent unbeaten record, Singapore defeated Selangor by 2 goals to nil yesterday in one of the grandest hockey battles seen on the Padang this season. Vigorous play by Singapore's forwards saw them
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  • 225 10 London, Jan. 21. OWING to the weather most football and all Rugby matches were cancelled in London yesterday. The following are results of matches played: EAST MIDLAND Chesterfield 4. Mansfield 0. SCOTTISH WESTERN Rangers 1, Motherwell 2. SOUTH "A" Mill wall 5. Charlton 2. Tottenham 2, Clapton
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  • 638 10 Singapore, Saturday. JJISPLAYING good teamwork and sound'balance, the South to-day defeated the Rest by 14 points (a goal two tries and a penalty goal) to 3 (a penalty goal) in an exciting rugby game on the padang. Potter kicked off and the Rest immediately
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  • 267 10 (From Our Own Reporter) Johore Bahru, Sunday. johore 9 pts. R.E. frumu Brani) 5 pts. JOHORE Bahru beat the Royal Engineers (Pulau Brani) in a nig. ger fixture played at Johore yesterday by nine points (two tries and a penalty goal) to five points
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  • 100 10 RESULTS OF SATURDAY'S R in* IN IPOH:— Race I—Fernlet $26 SlO East Lynne SlO Explode $23 Race 2—Pat Burke $20 $9 Kit $12 Queen Beon SIS Race 3—Dewberry $44 SI 2 The Poacher 524 Russian Rose SlO Race 4—Turn Over. S3O $9 Drift On $8 Just My
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    • 58 10 TO-DAY High Water: 7.4G A.M. G. 5 ft. 9.51 P.M. 7.6 ft. TO-MORROW High Water: 8 44 A.M. 8.9 ft. 10.34 P.M. 8.2 ft. Ties at to-day's sevjsn-a-side rugby tournament on the padang are: 5 p.m. R. N. vs Fortress Coy.. R E 5.20 p.m. RA F. Seletar'A" v.* S.C.C.
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  • 282 11 OVEH0 VEH 520.00n.000 advanced by .he National Government th™ K h I* W Administration of the Fou r State Banks to finance the r<n of necessit.es in an effort to stabilise the prices of daily c n.modilies has been revealed by Mr. Y. S. Djon X
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  • 181 11 Chungking. "TVFXEGATES of the local women's called on Air MajorGeneral Chow Chih-jou, Commander of the Chinese Air Force, to pay respects and present comfort articles. The comfort delegation was organised Tallowing the signal Chinese air victory at Liuchow in Kwangsi Province on December 30, in
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  • 256 11 Chungking. JO acquaint the American people and government with China's point of view concerning the American supply of war materials to Japan in the present Sino-Japanese war. Dr. Chang Po-lin, deputy chairman of the Peoples Political Council, will make a broadcast speech to America
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  • 477 11 SHAOKWAN IS THE MAIN OBJECTIVE Hongkong. X HK f a„,o US Itagaki P.aa of Kwangsi and wth Huu. thoriti e s in Chungking to sue r,„ s „„al pressure on the Cen fao(| through again owing f->r peace or accept third Power m wartime
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  • 411 11 17.5. Shows No Great Interest Tokyo. JN order to placate American opinion against Japanese outrages in China, with the view to renewing the U.S.-Japanese Treaty of Commerce and Navigation which is due to expire on Jan. 26, the Tokyo Government is contemplating the reopening
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  • 63 11 Chungking. THAT the enterprise already started by the Commission for scholarship students to be sent to France for higher studies should continue to receive support was one of the decisions reached by the Sino-French Education I Commission when the French I sador M. Henri Cosme. Dr. Li
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  • 65 11 Chungking. Chinese Federation of Charitable Societies under the leadership of Dr. H. H. Kung, Vice-President of the Executive Yuan and concurrently Minister of Finance, has decided to appropriate $50,000 for the relief of the Turkish earthquake victims. The sum will be presented to
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    • 156 11 ROSES GIMLETS > mm—m, mm. mmmmmmmm m B SPECIALIST Having had over 30 years' experience we guarantee to cure Piles 61 Fistula within 10 days without operation whatsoever, or four money will be refunded. Numerous unsolicited testimonials. EL KAKIM BAKSH SONS, 709, No-tli Bridge Road. Singapore. For Style, Comfort I
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  • 330 12 GRACIE SHOWED HIM HOW London, Jan. 3. the wings of a London stage, a small call-boy with a passion ifor music used to listen to Grade Fields as she brought the house down with her songs. "One day," he said to himself, "Gracie will sing my
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  • 18 12 Mr. W.A. Gordon-Hall, an Officer of Class 11, Malayan Civil Service, has been seconded for service in Johore.
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  • 199 12 New York, Jan. 3. DR. COLIN ROSS, a German, author and lecturer well known here, was exposed to-day as a master intriguer whose activities "appeared to wine within the category of espionage." The MaTtin Dies Committee investigating un-American activities, who make the allegations, recommend
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  • 213 12 London. Dec. 27. AN agreement has been reached between the British and Canadian authorities under which the Ministry of Food will purchase from the Dominion an average weekly amount of 5,G00.000 lb. of Canadian bacon and hams. Part of this quantity will be for the fighting
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  • 82 12 So swiftly is the war expanding Canadian industry that new sources of power are being sought. With that aim the Canadian Government will probably open negotiations with the U.S.A. for joint exploitation of the St. Lawrence River as a source of hydro power, foreshadows the Toronto Globe and
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    • 325 12 Trouble with your Radio? Give us a phone-call and we'll promptly send an experienced man. Guaranteed low cost. Reliable oiic-time repair service on all makes. UNIVERSAL RADIO HOUSE Servicing Specialists. 205. Orchard Road. Phone 49C 7 always in Stock Mende Valves and AN EXCELLENT SELECTION* i OF I FAMOUS MAKES
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    • 49 12 GOLD LEAF TEA "A nice cup of Gold Leal Tea" certainly sounds and may even look, le:s romantic than draughts of "Rhenish" and Tots of "Glenlivet." But it never gave any body a headache, never kindled tempers, drew swords, fired pistols, or gave cause for doleful and "gpentcjit Morrows.
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    • 23 12 New Year Sale I II and OKURA'S ART CHINA j SHOW are now on at BAB A Co. Ltd. j (Middle Road, Singapore.
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    • 400 12 MOTORISTS—ARE YOU AM VRg that SMOKY EXHAUSTS lg PUNISHABLE BY LAW? (MAXIMUM FIXE IS 5200.01.. THr^^ MECHANICAL METHODS—CHANGE NEW RINGS AND IN COME CASES RE-BORE OF CYLINDERS IS NECESSAF.Y. THIS IS A COSTLY JOB AND TAKES DAYS THE MODERN WAY TO CURE IT i< BY SCIENTrFT /ETPIODS INJECT OVRHAUL rNTO
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    • 484 12 f TO-DAY'S RADIO j SINGAPORE LONDON TRANSMISSIONS 2 5 ZHL 225 metre* ri.» men). oso lin Mcls (16.86 metres) ZIIP 30.96 metre» (9.69 mc|«). QSF 15 14 M cjs <IM* GSJ 21.53 Mc|s (19.82 meCfei) 11 00 Pancharan Muda "Chap Ayam" oo Announcements. nrnhpftra (From the Studio). e.os New* summary.
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    • 505 13 iaajS^jinssifiiD-RDs55S8 I Experienced Advei tisement Sh.rt period. Commission G P.O. Box 60. Singapore I CLERKS, Girl Typists lah, Perak, Selangor. cm- 1 H ndence, B. ok-keeping, H isential. Apply with copies of mk to 'The Insurance/ co Box Tribune, Ipoh. <301-C» I H Insurance Canvassers ft)* and Markie Insurance Co.
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    • 455 13 Educational "foSSL SgjMPPm. COLLEGE, fll CoMm?rpiVi i 1 Preparation to; Tuitions access guaranteed. Penally conducted TRAIN TOS Moffi 1900). FEW SHILLtnn v Courses: MatriculaL C C pookkeeping, Advanced Accounts, ShortaU!a.». Draughtsmanship Mfchar*ical), Architec Accountancy, SecEngineering: B.Sc. Civ! (A.M. i mW' w ctl lcal (Clty Guild a.m.U7 Wireless ;P.M.Cr.), Radio Write:
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    • 513 13 Wanted REQUIRED by office lames -2 seats in car 8.15 4.30, Rangoon, Newton, Cantonment Roads. Please write Box 366, Malaya Tribune, Singapore. (278.0) WANTED small rubber Estate in South Jchore, Kedah, Upocr Perak, Full Details to Box 376, Malaya Tribun 0 Singapore. <305-C> WANTED: A small piece of sea-side i&nd,
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    • 585 13 Miscellaneous HAUFFMANN EAGLE RED MENTHOL CONE, now in Bailee rite Hcldc-s. Arrived small quantity only. Send your orders now J Co., 523 525, Seransoon Road, Singapore. i295-C> STOCKED Sulphuric Acid (700 lbs. erum) Hydrochloric Acid in Jars, guaranteed American Origin. J. Lea Co., 523 525, Serangoon Road, ShigaP™ o (293-C»
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    • 471 13 THE MEMBERS OF THE CRETTIARS (NAT IUKKOTTAI) COMMUNITY OF SINGAPORE CORDIALLY INVITE All Ladies and Gentlemen to be present at the Festival of THATPUSAM (THE DAY GOD SUBRAMANIAM APPEARED TO HIS DEVOTEES) to be celebrated at the Chettiars' Tempi a Tank Road, Singapore, on THURSDAY ♦he 25th January, 1940. DETAILS
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    • 33 13 j i Stainless steel watch bands from $3. Rolled gold watch bands from $5. We fix them to your watch while you wait. Opposite Clifford Pier READ THE SUNDAY TRIBUNE Dominant In Malaya
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  • 1147 14 SECRETARY GIVES THE REASONS the present war in Europe. Acharya Kripalini says: "India has often declared its opposition to Nazism and Fascism. Its sympathies have all along been with the Democratic countries. It was therefore prepared to help Britain. It was not however possible for it
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  • 72 14 Bombay, Jan. 13. MR. Bhulabhai Desai, Leader of the Congress Parliamentary Party in the Central Legislative Assembly, had an inter\:ew with the Viceroy this evening. The interview lasted an hour aiid it is presumed that the discussion centred round (he present political situation im the country. Mr.
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  • 80 14 Moradabad, Jan. 15. ADDRESSING a largely attended public meeting here. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru referred to the radical changes that the war was bound to cause in the destinies of nations. Speaking on the Indian situation Fandit Nehru said that no settlement or compromise with British
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  • 175 14 Allahabad, Jan. 14. THE Indian National Planning: Committee, is expected to submit its final and complete report to the Congress Working Committee in the last week of June. Pane it Jawah; rial Nehru, Chairman cf :he Committee, has issued a etter to Chairmen of different SubCommittees to
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  • 94 14 Benares, Jan n HINDUS and Mussalman. ol Benarr. city observed a haital as an ex pression of protest against the G ment's decision to impose a runitive police tax on the citizens of Benares. Shops in lanes and byianpN closed and motor buses did net
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  • 501 14 Dehra Dun, Jan. 15. "JT would be foolish to dispute the fact that the present leadership, on the authority of Gandhiji, commands the confidence, rather blind faith, of the bulk of the membership. That is entirely due to political backwardness on their part.
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    • 150 14 MORE. IRON/ Vitality and health largely deperw upon the amount of iron in your It your blood hasn't enough iron will be easily tired, .listless have no "pep." And until you give your blood ■nore iron, your condition cannot b« tetter. To get back your "pep" and strengl make up
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  • 448 15 Singapore, Jan. 19. Article Price MEAT teak: kati 40 stew or curry; kati 35 steak; lb. 65 ,n, Australian; lb. 42 oat flesh; lb 54 Malacca; lb. can; kati 48 lean and fat (Ist quality); 38 POULTRY locally reared); kati 55 :s; each 50 kati 42 ally
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  • 70 15 London, Jan. 21. ional .savings certificates to the of ?31,085,000 have been sold aurhe first two months of the war igs campaign. 0 total is nine times greater than 'hat of the sale of certificates in the ponding period of 1938J39 ana by nearly £4,000
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  • 545 15 France, Jan. 3. T HAVE just seen an unforgettable close-up of war as it is being fought now on the Western Front. It was not the picture of war on the grand scale, writes T. E. A. Healy, special correspondent with the French Army. It concerns,
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  • 60 15 "Hitler's diet contains too many eggs and too much fat. His chef has to cook tggs in thirty different ways, and he is very fond of vegetables done with fat. Too much of eggs and fat tends to upset the liver. A man with a torpid liver is
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  • 25 15 The Hon. Mr D.G. A Fraser, additional member of the Council of State, has returned from leave and resumed duty as from Dec. 23, 1939.
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  • 203 15 London, Jan. 1. "PATROLLED and returned. Over r Svit at 20.00 hours at 1,500 ft.," said the bomber pilot's report. It hid the story of one R.A.F. man's security patrol over the Nazi minelaying bases at the Islands of Borkum, Nordeney, and Sylt.
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  • 84 15 Basic fauH of the Ministry of Information is the Civil Service atmosphere which pervades the organisation. Every release trickles through numerous hands where it is examined over and over again. A Ministry to compete effectively with Goebbelsian propaganda, points out the New Statesman and Nation should be
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  • 26 15 The Ministry of Health has refused the application of Richmond and Barnes Joint Sewerage Board to borrow a large sum of money for an extension scheme
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    • 110 15 THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA (TRUSTEES) LIMITED. Guaranteed and Controlled by THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED. The Company, which is incorporated in the SJS. and registered as a Trust Company, rndiertakes the following duties:— EXECUTOR &OR TRUSTEE OF A WILL. ADMINISTRATOR OF ESTATE OF DECEASED PERSON. TRUSTEE OF A
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    • 119 15 SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD. (Incorporated ln New Zealand.) FIRE, MARINE, WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION MOTOR CAR INSURANCE AT REASONABLE RATES. W. G. DOVE. Manager. Tel. 5926. 2, Finlayson Green. ——a——w*™^ THE EASTERN BANK LIMITED. (Incorporated in England) (SINGAPORE BRANCH) 4, D'Almeida Street. Authorised and subscribed Capital £2,000,000 Paid-up Capital £1,000 000
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    • 261 15 THE EASTERN UNITED ASSURANCE CORPORATION, LIMITED FIRE, MARINE, MOTOR VEHICLE BURGLARY, PERSONAL ACCI DENT, WORKMEN'S COMPENSA TION AND PUBLIC LIABILITY INSURANCE. HEAD OFFICE: 16D, CECIL STREET, SINGAPORE. F. W. HALL, General Manager. BANK OF CHINA (Incorporated in China by Special Charter). 12. Cecil Street, Singapore. CABLE ADDRESS:—"CHUNGKUO." OVERSEA BRANCHES; Batavia,
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    • 372 15 STEAMER BAILINGS. P&CX BRITISH (INDIA PASSENGER FREIGHT SERVICES For all information ai>ply to: P. O.S.N. Co., The Agent, CoUyer 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
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    • 121 15 BRITISH INDIA :Incoi Derated m England) P. 0. S. N. CO/S SAILINGB. The P. 0. S. N. Company will have a passenger steamei sailing Westwards next month. The Agent, P. ft O. 8. N. CO., 11A, Collyer Qnay, Tel. 5961. I. S. K. LINE (ISHIHARA SANGYO KAIITN KAISHA, LTD.) Direct
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  • 1159 16 War Will Spread To North And South London, Jan. 21. MR. Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, broadcasting on the "state of the war," said:— "It teems pretty certain that half the U-boats with which Germany began the war have been sunk, and that their
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  • 97 16 Reuter. London, Jan. 21. COR several weeks now, trains have Hko leavin London and other like cities every Sunday, carryinr housands of parents into the coun try to visit their children who have been evacuated. The.e journeys do not c -;t the narenU SS? west
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  • 352 16 London. Jan. SI THE AIR MINISTRY have released a number of photo, graphs taken by the R.A.I tver Germany. These show an astonishing amount of detail regarding aerodromes, substitute landing grounds, ports, naval basis, railways, canals. rivers, and military and commercial roads. It is stated
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  • 129 16 PARLIAMENT TO DISCUSS WAGES LIVING COSTS Reuter. London. Jan. 21. PARLIAMENT expects a quiet There will be no statement o Prime Minister on the progress war. The Commons, on Tuesday, will d road accidents. Labourites Init the debate are expected to urge m cation of the lighting restriction- i order
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  • 43 16 Reuter. London. Jar, 21 The Netherlands Minister in Lond inquiring into reports that British flew over Holland on two successiv last week. This is believed to be in com with Royal Air Force reconnaissance north-west Germany reported yestei —Reuter.
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  • 34 16 Reuter. London. Jan 21 An official announcement is expect' this week of the date for regi of the 23 age group. The date Is to be thp second cr third week hi 1 ruary—Reuter.
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