Malaya Tribune, 27 January 1940

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  • 21 1 The Malaya Tribune VOL. XXVII- No. 23. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1940 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune. Saturday. January 27. 1910.
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  • 329 1 Driven Off By Fighter Planes Reuter. FOR the first time in five months of war the Germans have made an air attack on Allied troops Behind the lines. A Heinkel bomber which swooped on a French Army convoy with its machine-guns blazing
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  • 49 1 Reuter. Genoa. Jan 27 FIFTY-SEVEN Germans who were taken off the scuttled Nazi liner Columbus have arrived here aboard the Italian liner Rex. Presumably they were allowed to pass the British naval cordon because all of them are either Hinder or over military age.—Reutei
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  • 273 1 Reuter. Ottawa. Jan. 2b. JVI Mackenaic King, resigning Premier, stated to-day that Ihe dian general election would Probably be held on Match 26 but •his was not definite until he rerwved a final repeat from the chief electoral officer. Mi Mackenzie King was speaking at the
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  • 59 1 Reuter. Moscow, -tan. 27 M Winstcu Churchill has b?en jj™» poeitiori of "the greatest em U SSR by the Soviet Pravda says: "Has speech showed Mr. Churchill's ala.m nxiety because his attempts *hf neutrals are falling- 11. Mr Churchill a P°»M harpshoottr" who is
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  • 67 1 Reuter. Melbourne. Jan. 26. -up Australian Premier. Mr. Menzies, T Lnounces that the Navy Minister, cir Frederick Stewart, has been sworn L aTSSSSer of Supply following the in mjm" fMr Casev on his aprSSSen? as Minister to" Washington. SS. Frederick Stewart will retain the V nis'ries
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  • 44 1 Reuter. Shanghai, Jan. 27. Three robbers entered the British Embassy offices in Nanking during the night and stole $50,000 belonging to a private British concern, it is learned here. The matter is officially regarded as a plain robbery with no political significance.—Reu-
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  • 62 1 Reuter. New York, Jar 26. THL Appellate Division of the Supreme Court to-day upheld the conviction of the former Tammany leader, James Hires, on fraud charms and removed from the Her eh the magistrate. Hulon Capshaw. whom Hines was accused of having influenced in correction with
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  • 79 1 Reuter. London. Jan. 27. Anglo-Greek economic and financial agreement has been reached following conversations in London with the Greek [Finance Minister and the Governor of the Bank cf Greece. The Minister of Economic Warfare, Mr. Ronald Cross, states that letters have been exchanged between the Greek Finance
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  • 168 1 Treaty Expires Without Fuss Reuter. Washington, .Ian. 20. A s the zero houi for expiration of the Japanese-American trade treaty came near the idea of giving the State Department discretionary autholity to restrict or.ban trade with Japan gained support in some Senate quarters.
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  • 68 1 Reuter. The captain and eleven of the crew of the Swedish steamer Sonja. 1,828 tons, have arrived at an Eireann port after drifting in a lifeboat' for live days. Thirteen remaining members of the crew In ihe second lifeboat are still missing. The Sonja was bound from
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  • 57 1 Reuter. London, Jan. 27. LATEST expressions of solidarity between Germany and Russia were contained in a broadcast from the Moscow radio yesterday. The announcer said that both governments had reached complete understanding in their foreign policy. There was no disagreement in any sphere, and
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  • 44 1 Washington. Jan. 26. The Post Office has banned th e sending cf parcels to European belligerents by the Clipper plane service. Authoritative circle.'- state that the action was not prompted by the situation created by Britain'- seizure of nails from United States ships.— Keuter
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  • 139 1 Torture Of Poland Reuter. Paris, Jan. 27. \TAZI anti-religious persecution in Poland is described in an official Polish publication issued in Paris. It gives the names of a number of pritsts shut by the Germans and of churches pulled down. It is stated that
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  • 134 1 Reuter. Helsinki, Jan. 27. THE fierce fighting which has been continuing all week nc.rth of Lake Ladoga is now bcliev d to be Hearing it- end. The Fip?.s have had bitter light t«> hold their position in the past live da\s. in which the Km
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  • 64 1 Reuter. Tokyo, Jan. 26. THE organisation of the Central Political Council has been agreed upon at the meeting of Wang ching Wei and the heads of the Japanese sponsored governments of Peiping and Nanking, the Domei Agency reports from Tsingtao. It is stated that practically all
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  • 122 1 Reuter. PMi!. Jan 21. Ij WARNING «gailMt plavnu Oprmanys r by cvaggerating ihe German military threat against Rumania is given in treliinformed circles. It is recalled that Germany*! itinaari tactic-, ar c lo combine diplomatic manoeuvre with military pressure by means ol troop movements and exaggerated reports of
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  • 234 1 I Capetown, Jan. THE public galleries were again crowded yesterday when the South African Assembly resumed the debate <n General Hertzog'a peace motion. Co'onel Stallard, Minister of Mines, ridiculed the idea of Lndepei denl peace and asserted that (Jen. Hertsog had übmltted h's motion knowing 'hat
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    • 50 1 0\ OTHER PAGES Paget Singapore Assi/es 2 Municipal Meeting 3 Ret faring Commissioners 4 inemaa 6 and 7 •I Review The News'*—C.H.S.J, g Imeriefl and Japan x Allies -May Not Wait 9 sp»-t 10 and 11 Radio 12 lassifiPd Advertisements India Page lt Financial Intelligence j 5 Revolt in Russia
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    • 104 1 9 li OH, my! havent you HEARD OF Evelyn Astrova hair tonic? Offers a new Evening Sessional (lass in SHORTHAND in addition U) thp usual i lasses Students enrolling ror the new Cla-ss will be specially coached for the v r ember, 1940, London Cham' ear of Commerce and Pitman
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  • 1184 2 Sequel To Visit To A Hotel Singapore, Friday. A TORI trl Itou detectives and a European inspector kept a watch on a certain ro m in a Chinese hotel where a Eurasian was alleged to l>e in pom lon of counterfeit coins
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  • 469 2 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Friday. DURING the past year evidence has been accumulated that the society is controlled by the illegal Communist party and evidence has been dbtained that the society has been actively concerned in the organisation of strikes in Selangor and elsewhere
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  • 46 2 At 7.49 p.m. yesterday a male Chinese was said to have been bitten by a pig at the Municipal Abattoir in Frencn Road. The man sustained a laceration on the right hand and was taken to th* Tan Tock Seng Hospital by ambulance
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  • 109 2 (From Our Own Reporter) Penang, Friday. MR William John Head, a mining en1H gineer of Siam and Penang, passed away at the General Hospita* yesterday at the age of 58. Bain in Plymouth. Devonshire, Mr. Head came out East in 1910 and
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  • 62 2 Over two hundred students and mem bers of the staff of the Far Eastern Music School will be present at Cathay Cinema this afternoon at 3.15 p.m to see the picture entitled "They Shall Have Music." The management of the cinema have granted a special concession
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  • 121 2 Singapore, Friday. i pHLRE was iaughter m the I Municipal Board Room at yesterday's meeting of the Commissioners when the President moved that the Municipal "celluloid by-laws" be approved. The President wasn't quite happy over the use of the word "celluloid," and turning to the assistant
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  • 155 2 Singapore, Friday. lAMI AM instructed to oppose bail in this case, but if th e court insists on granting bail, I jun applying for bail in the sum of $20,000 in four sureties for each accused. This is a very serious case." ThU statement was made
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  • 49 2 The Ccnte Verde is due here a I 9 a .m. On Monday from Shanghai, Hongkong and Manila She will berth at the S.H.B wharf, and is expected to sail again th< following day at 4 p.m. for Colombo. Bombay. Aden. Ifassaua, Port Saic! Naples and Genoa.
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  • 398 2 Singapore, Frida T DID not want to fight Daly as he was younger and stronger I. 1 fought like a gentleman at the beginning," remarked Evanoff, a 54-year-old Russian sailor, in the case in which he is eh with voluntarily causing grievous hurt to
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  • 52 2 The Repertory Players are giving an extra performance of the successful Singapore comedy. '"Curry Tiffin" on Saturday. Feb 3. commencing at 9.15 p.m. Booking will open at Robinson's on Monday. In addition to the usual charges of $3 and S2 there will be 200 $1 seats which are
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  • 407 2 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Friday. "TWERE is no doubt whatever that the object of this publication is to stir up unrest in thi s country as f ar as possible, and, a s fa r as you and your society a
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  • 460 2 (From Our Own Correspond Teluk Anson, Frid CHARGED with the possess..,,, f three tubes of chandu when n «t being a registered smoker, and f or having obtained for himself v dollar's worth from Goo Lay Wah for a consideration which he knew to be inadequate as
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  • 191 2 (From Our Own WtwmUx) Ipoh. FridayIPOI! will soon have two mon- ne« cinemas. Work in C—aectio" with the new enterprises, which estimated to cost marly 5150,000 v.il bcffi'i ,'horUy In the vacant piece of land in B Street in the vicinity of the Strai ing
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    • 96 2 It is just natural for children to be full of life —brimful of health. But, it is not always easy to keep them quite so well and strong as you would wish—unless you give them SCOTT'S Emulsion. SCOTT'S Emulsion makes them well and JLjfp keeps them well. It supplies just
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  • 320 3 Singapore, Friday. I Icon Seng claimed trial "this (j In the Criminal District Mr. J. L. McFall on a that he imported chandu, or act preparatory to or for the ol importing chandu, at 2.45 on Jan. 24 at the Singapore B< rd with an alternate
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  • 33 3 Mr. Joseph Moses, of the United Engineers, and Miss i £2t daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E L. **th*mj, who W«*e J*»f™f, Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Singapore, en Thursday
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  • 265 3 Singapore, Friday. THE Press and even subordinate officers of the Municipality were ex--1 eluded from the Commissioners' meeting yesterday when the board resolved into general committee and spent more than an hour discussing confidential matters in connection with a committee decision disaZovmg ox ,ratia payment from the
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  • 97 3 Reuter. Peiping, Jan. 26. COMMENTING on the Asama lisuil incident In an interview with Japanese journalists, the new Counsellor at the Japanese Embassy In Peipmg, Mr. X Fujii, who arrived yesterday, said: "Great Britain seems alarmed at the tone of Japanese public opinion. "It
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  • 47 3 Reuter. On the Stock Exchange, business wa* small. Several groups closed easier, but no selling pressure was apparent. Giltedged generally showed small losses while copper shares were inclined to im prove and industrials registered several gains. Wall Street was narrowly irregular.— Reuter.
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  • 65 3 Reuter. London, Jan. 26. It is understood that the Admiralty intend to take over the building of merchantmen as well as naval vessels. This is expected to have a big influence In accelerating the shipbuilding expansion programme and will co-ordinate problems like labour and raw
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  • 47 3 Reuter. IT is understood that the Japanese Government is to instruct Japanese shipping companies to refuse passages to belligerents "on the active military Hst," according to the Domei Agency, which adds that the object of the order is to Drevent any recurrence of the Asama Maru incident—Renter
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  • 473 3 Recommendations At Yesterday's Meeting hi Singapore, Friday. IMPORTANT committee recommendations on the question of allowances payable to members of the Municipal staff on molibisation and grants to cover increased cost of living were accepted by the Municipal Jommissioners at a meeting held to-day. The Malay
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  • 172 3 Singapore, Friday. TN view of present conditions, the Commissioners have decided thai no action b e taken in 1940 for the reduction annually by ten per cent, of licences of all kinds of hawkers and that the quota of 0,000 itinerant hawkers' licences fixed ior issue
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  • 59 3 Singapore, Saturday. A male Chinese, a domestic servant, was said to have been stabbed with a knife by a compatriot, also a domestic servant, at Scotts Road, yesterday morni The injured man was taken to the General Hospital suffering from two wounds, one on the left side of
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  • 63 3 The 8.M.8.C.'s weekly talk on the war in Malay will be given at rt seVen o'clock tni s evening by Mr. H. A. Aisamanaging editor of Warta Malaya. Next Saturday the speaker in this series will be the assistant chief katm, Johore Bahru, who will
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  • 34 3 Reuter. London, Jan. 2*. KHO SIN KIE, the Chinese Davis Cup lawn tennis [layer, was to-day married at Kensington Register office to 20-year-old Jane Margaret Gordon Balfour. —Reuter.
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  • 34 3 Reuter. New Delhi, Jan. 26. DetaiLs of a bill for the imposition of on excess profits tax In India will be published in Ga/ette of India to -morrow. Reuter.
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  • 527 4 President On Many Services Singapore, Friday. JRIBUTES to the "manifold services" of three retiring members of the Commission, Messrs. J. A. EUas, E. A. Brown and G. Parbury, were paid by Mr. L. Rayman, the President, at to-day's meeting of the Municipal Commissioners. Mr. Rayman
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  • 85 4 annual general meeting of the Young People's Circle. Geylang. was held on Tuesday. Jan. 23. The following were elected Officers for the current year:— Fres'dent. Mr. Urn Chuan Kirn; hon. sec, M Thio Cheng Guan; hon, treas.. Mr LUa Soo Guan; Ist dept Mr Yco Yong °oh
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  • 65 4 AR.P WARDENS in Singapore will shortly be making house-to-house visits to ascertain if there are any aged, infirm or blind persons will require specia' assistance in the events cf a state of emergency being declared. This is all part of the training scheme for
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  • 411 4 Singapore, Friday. THE appointment of standing committees to serve during 1940 was confirmed at to-day's meeting of the Municipal Commissioners. The constitution of the various oomaiitlees -s: COMMITTEE 1: Mc.r.s. Yap Pheng Geek. E. J. Bennett. Shaikh k'ahyabkl Ahmad Atifi. A J. Braga. Tan Chin
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  • 137 4 ANOTHER opportunity of hearing Mr. Winston Churchill, Fin Lord of the Admiralty, will occur for radio listeners in Malaya tonight. Mr. Churchill's speech in the Manchester City Hall will be broadcast in the overseas service of the 8.8.C. and will begin at 9.50 p.m., Malayan time.
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  • 183 4 Singapore, FriUav "THESE two men are members of a gang who work together. Some of them distract the attention of the shop keepers, while others commit the thefts. This gang has been operating throughout the whole of Malaya," said Court Inspector D. R. Cowie
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  • 1168 5 BROADCAST TALK FROM SINGAPORE Singapore, Saturday. rHEJR talk from the 8.M.8.C in the* «r™ Tir m vie senes The War From Various v iev. points was given last nieht wn P n «i ingnt, wnen the speaker was Mr V. •thy, assistant master at
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  • 280 5 Singapore, Friday. MR. Wee Cheng Soon, a well-known building contractor, was successful in his appeal against a High Court judgment whereby a former employee oi his firm, Mr. J. N. Jones, was awarded $1,500 damages for alleged wrongful dismissal. Thp defendant. Mr. Cheng Scon, appealed
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  • 160 5 Singapore, Friday. A YEAR'S suspension of his driving licence fn addition to a fine of tfiO was the sentence imposed this „?ornlne on a Chinese lorry driver who wis convicted by Mr. Conrad Oldham in the Traffic Court on a of negligent driving. The accused.
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  • 220 5 Singapore. Friday. ALLEGED to have returned to the Colony aftc* being lawfully banished in April, Kwok Kwan Lip", a middle-aged Cantonese, was to-c?ay committed to stand his trial at the present Assize* by Mr. H. Watson in the Third l*olice Court, after a rhort preliminary inquiry. Accused
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  • 955 7 Gaol For Three Chinese (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh, Fridd\. p TED of being members of an unlawful society, namely the t Dramatic Corps or the Anti-Enemy Backing Up Society, secuting officer, Mr. D. N. Livingstone, 0.C.D., Perak. most dangerous society" whose methods were
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  • 38 7 Three hundred and fifty thousand German girls leaving school early in 1940 will be liable to a year's compulsory service in households and farms, according to the Munchener Neuestj Nachrichten. This is considered ihe equivalent of military service.
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  • 122 7 Reuter. Washington. Jan. 26. NO foreign nation can legally maintain, an enlistment service in the United States declared President Roosevelt at a Press conference to-day. He added that no American enlisting in a foreign armed service, however, would lose his citizenship unless he took the
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  • 560 7 Reuter. Riga, Jan. 26. A LATVIAN steamer, the Everene. 4.434 tons, has been torpedoed in the North Sea, according to a report received here. The crew ar P safe This is the first vessel of tiie Latvian merchant service to be the victim oi war. Madrid
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  • 306 7 London, Jan. 26. k PRACTICAL interpretation of the Ministry Of Labour's unemployment figures, published yesterday, clearly reveals a far more promising picture than is suggested by the recent statement to the effect that in December, after three months of war, 1,360,000 persons were still without v/ork.
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 113 7 CAPITOL: "Let Freedom Ring.' 3.15, 6.15 and 9.15 p.m. PAVILION: "V Alibi."—3ls, 6.15 and 9.15 p.m. ALHAMBRA: "The Army Gir1."—3.15, 6 15 and 9 15 p.m. CATHAY: "They Shall Have Music."— 3.15, 6.15 and 915 p.m. ROXY: "Dust Be My Destiny."—6.ls and 9.15 p.m. MARLBOROUGH: "Vasant Bengali" (Hindustani). —6 15
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  • 291 8 HITLER'S threat to Rumania seems to be prompted mainly by the fear that Germany will not be able to outlast the Allies in the present war of attrition, which requires a tremendous storage ot" oil fuel in order to kee]) the war machine going. Without this fluid
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  • 202 8 JAPAN continues to make a song and dance of the British action in taking twenty Germans of military age off the Asamu Maru. The plea is that national pride has been hurt. The fact is that the Japanese iwliticians have got the country into such a diplomatic mess
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  • 709 8 Canadian General Election Reuter. Ottawa, Jan. 2«. THE friction between Ontario Liberals led by Mr. Mitchell Hepburn 1 ,rd Mr Mackenzie King's Federal Liberals is considered to be the reason for the dissolution of the Canadian Parliament, and the appeal to the country. The Ontaiio
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  • 203 8 Reuter. BOMB, JAN. 26. ONE HUNDRED AND TEN ARE MISSING FROM THE ORAZIO. It was mentioned last night that they "left the ship contrary to the orders ot the captain, given at a time when com munication was still possible between groups crowded at the bows and
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  • 46 8 Reuter. Washington, Jan. 26. HPHE Senate has approved the $252 million Emergency Defence Appropriations Bill, which now goes to the House of Representatives for action on amendments, including cuts of thirteen million dollars affecting the Army. Navy and Coastguard Funds.—Reuter.
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  • 34 8 Hitler holds the world's record for use of the word "I," -recording to ihe While Cicero mentioned himself only twice in his memoirs. H/tler said "I" 78 times In his speech on September. 1.
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  • 293 8 Washington, Jan. 26. CONSIDERABLE significance is attached lo the publication here of a long statement issued by Mr. Hopkins, U.S. Secretary of Commerce, which shows clearly Japan's great dependence on the United States as a market for Japanese goods and the supply of essential C*W
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  • Article, Illustration
    96 8 MACKENZIE KING'S decision hold a general election ii will canst 1 no excitement < Canada, except to Lord Haw-H the German radio station. Re is no doubt falling over himself in the effort to convert it inta disintegration of the Empire. And if I know anything about Canadians
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  • 128 8 k HONGKONG coastal steamer Innocently at anchor in Foochoi harbcur. A Japanese gunboat cl having nothing better to do, b hied a couple of shots over the steamer's bows. Japanese naval office] braid and all, then boarded the steama to inform the captain, with impi ii dignity, that
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  • 221 8 HITLER will not do battle until he forced to. Sabotage—any Wow be low the belt—is his game. I've said tinbefore, but emphasis is given to i« by the French hint that the Allies, when the weather improves, will not m Uy wait for Hitler to attack. TlMy
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  • 166 8 [DIPLOMATIC circles in Bui discussing the possibility ol i' 1 ending the Finnish war quickl] W agreement if not by force and I tag to the policy 6f uon-aggn There are many rumour-, ol dissension in the Bolshevik camp the unpopularity throughout I of the attack on
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    • 131 8 WAKE UP YOUR LIVER BILEWithout Calomel—And You li Jump Out •f Bed Fall of Vim and Vigour. Your liver should pour out two pints of liquid bile into your bowels daily. If this bile is not flowing freely, your food doesn't digest. It just decays in the bowels. Gas bloats
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  • 145 9 London. Jan. 2<i. 'rill reply el Ihe British (iovernI IM( i.t lo ihe Japanese protest igainsl the rmtoval of 21 Germans from the st€«wet Asama Maru was patched this morning and will i,.. presented by the British Ambassador in Tekyo at the earliest practicable
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  • 33 9 London, Jan. l' 6. ol Uuckingtiam rathe King and Queen bits cante* n oj the I .v.nch .> being sent to i k for the use of the
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  • 550 9 French Warning To Germans Reuter. London. Jan. 2(i. THE French radio told German listeners last not to take it for granted lhat ihe Allied General Staff would sit still and wait until il pleased Hitler to a.t. 'The coming months will reveal
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  • 77 9 Reuter. Jan. 26. TWO were killed and thirty taken to hospital when clouds of chlorine gas leaked out of a railway container wagon, which had been cracked by the intense cold, at Mloendalen, some 30 miles southwest of Oslo. The gas was being taken
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  • 81 9 Reuter London, Jan. 27 TLA and dried fruits have been acted to the list oi goods the import of which i. prohibited except under licence. The Ministry of Food emphasises that the purpose c the order Is to enable the YiiniMiv to secure proper
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  • 55 9 Reuter. Stockholm, Jan. 26. THE American Minister has advised Americans in Sweden, particularly women and children, to consider the advisability of returning to the United Slates as soon as possible. His ehrcalar adds that while the situation is not immediately dangerous nothing can be foretold
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  • 72 9 Cairo. Jan. 116. |N the first four months of war. Egypt has exported 'Jt'.'iuu more bales of cotton than In the same period a year ago. in spito of the loss of her markets W enemy country. Tne Egyptian fJovernineut department ol statistics announced that
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  • 217 9 Reuter. London. Jan. 26. vhich banks could serve the nation in the present struggle red to by Mr. Reginald McKenna. presiding at the annual lay of the Midland Bank. iat they could help to delay, even avoid, the onset ol l, it* it came,
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  • 66 9 Washington, Jan. za. A PLAN is being considered to establish a contraband control station either at St. John's. Newfoundland, or somewhere in Canada. This, it is claimed, will simplify the examination of United States ships and make it unnecessary for them to enter the war
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  • 46 9 Reuter. London, Jan. 26. SEVENTEEN airmen from Now Zealand, ail i»' the early 20\s and with ihe rank of acting pilot officer, arrived in Lngla-id this week from the Dominion. They will undergo further training oefoie being posted to units.— Reuter.
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  • 296 9 Reuter. London. Jan. 26. ANGBY indignation replaced tne custom: 1 rj suavely satirical tone in last night's announcements by "Lord Haw Haw,' as Germany*! chief English-speaking radio announcer is known. Again and again he returned to the microphone elabarating the single tl IBM •for
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  • 156 9 U-BOATS PROWLING OFF TRINIDAD Reuter. New York, J in. -<>• VTEWSPAPERS h*** cite "reliable maritime quarter*'" for the N prediction of a German submarine attack on British mercantile lifelines in the West Indies. It is declared that three l -boats are prowling in
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  • 71 9 London, Jan. 26. The Ministry of Food announces that the weekly bacon ration will be increased trom four to eight ounces from Jan. 29. The Ministry stave that the Increast is due to an Improvement In stocks.— Router. Bacon rationing at four ounces weekly has only been
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  • 64 9 Reuter. London, Jan. i<i ACCORDING to the Belgrade radio General Weygand, former Fiench Commander-in- hief, has arrived at Ankara, •be Turkish capital. He was me| at the station by the commandef of the military garrison, the French Ambassador and the French military attache. He w expected
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  • 22 9 It* death cccurred Weve on Jan. 9of Mr* ly G f ol J L Sane, lormwij Mahiy.t
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  • 858 10 TO-DAY'S MATCH WILL BE KEEN STRUGGLE DINGING dawn the curtain on Malaya's short rugby season, the North vs. South annual classic takes place at the Anson Road Stadium to-day. Inaugurated in the 1927-28 season, the year the Malayan Rugby Union was formed,
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  • 88 10 The following are the teams chosen for The North vs. South annual Rugby match to be played in Singapore: NORTH Keay (Penang); J. H. Abbott (Selangor). Ferguson (Perak), Smith (Selangor), Dunne (Selangor); Carreli (Selangor); Dr. Jones (Penang); Pollock (Selangor), Russell (Penang), Mcßride (Selangor). Horsburgh (Penang), Roualle
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  • 634 10 Hyderabad Regiment 3; S.C.C 1. STAGING a good rally after being one goal down at one stage of the game, the Hyderabad Regiment scored a well-deserved victory over the S.C.C. when they met in a keenly contested hockey match on the Padang yesterday, emerging victors
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  • 22 10 TO-DAY RUGGER: North vs. South. Anson Roal Stadium. HOCKEY: Singapore vs. Negri-Sembi-lan. S.C.C.; S.C C. vs. Selangor Club. 5.C.C—3.33 p.m.
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  • 53 10 The Kota Rangers eleven beat the f Chiate Sing Athletic Union b> three coals to one at the 11.?. A. ground. Thursday last. The players played for the Rangers: Jaffar, Abdul! Karim. ItasrL S. Ahmad. H. Garhan, <imat Fattah. Pi teh, Sidik. Aziz, Yahya. and Yakob. Referee:
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  • 826 11 Running Order Acceptances Race Card For Ipoh nELOVV is Ihe pr gramme for the third and final day of the Ipoh January Mettirg to be run to-day together with acceptances, hings and order of running:— RACE 1—2.15 P.M. HORSES Class 4—Div. 3—6 Furlongs 9.04 Mr. A. van Tooren Duval *r°
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  • 524 11 Poor Hockey On The Padang Singapore 3; Johore Nil. FIELDING a scratch side which included a number of substitutes, Singapore managed to beat Johore in their hockey inter-state fixture on the Padang yesterday by three goals to nil. It was a poor game—as
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  • 86 11 Reuter. London, Jan. 26. PROBABLKS for the Red Cross Steeplechase, to be run at Leopardstowu on Jan. 27, are as follows: Royal Daniel: I Moore». Southern Heio (Nicholson». Rockquilla (Carey). Drumiargin (O'Grady). Bally Hopeful (BisaiHt. Goidscleugh (Marouaili. Shaunpsel (Wade >. Russ (Barrett). Lecygne (Foley). Birth
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  • 27 11 The Racp Course will by officially open for Training on Thursday, Feb. 1 at 5.45 a.m. when tne usual coffee arranges ents will be made.
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  • 43 11 Race Course Rangers Eleven in a fnendly game of soccer v. the Double Eagle Eleven on Sunday at the Farrer Park: Jaffar, Ahmad Kupay. Abdul Rahim. Jargasi. Puteh, Ahmad Panjang, Ah Jong, Dolmat, Scully, Thangavelu, Geok. Mani, Haroun, Meng Chong. Ibrahim and Ismail.
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  • 52 11 Race 1: AI'BOSS Brass Bullett Race 2: PAY OUT Salmon Par Race 3: PAT BURKE Pariol Race 4: CONSTANT LIGHT Scribble Race 5: EXCUSE ME Miss Sardis Race 6: SPERANZA Blue And White Race 7: QUIZANA Kissing Cup Race 8: ST RATH MORE Beano Race 9: PRESIDENT
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  • 350 11 Y.M.C.A. OFFICERS DRAW Command Officers' Hockey XI. 3. Y.AI.C.V :i IN an interesting game of hockey piayed yesterday at Prince Edward Road, the Command Office.s* hockey eleven drew with the Y.M. C.A.. iach side scoring three goals. The Ys played with only ten men and in spite of this, they
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  • 27 11 Major F. G. Brittorous, M.C. i 4) beal Major C. H. AtcVitUe «11» c. and 4 in the fina' of the Hbte Cup competition.
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  • 208 12 A OI London, Jan. 26. Blu expansion in deposits to a new high record, and a sweeping increase in money market asSoft f 1939 balance sheets of fiv e leading banks, iht last of which was issued yestenlay. The total for the five banks ar c
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  • 71 12 ANE hundred and twenty Germans in y eluding women and children, have been sent back to Germany from Kenya this week, in accordance with the policy ?h«« n 2* g h 2™ all Germans except 6 rable detent ion is considered deMany of the children
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  • 1254 12 THE funeral of the late Lt. Col. William Joseph Curran-Sharp, Officer T Commanding the 4th. Battn., Straits Settlements Volunteer Force, took place at the Bidadari Cemetery yesterday afternoon and was very largely attended. Many members of the Posts and Telegraphs Department came all the way
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  • 24 12 Mr. W.L. Mussett, the Assistant Accountant. Grade "D", F. M. S. Railways, has been appointed as an Assistant Accountant.* Grac? "C. M F.M.S Railways.
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  • 220 12 London, Jan. 26. NAZI terrorism in Poland has its counterpart in the socalled protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and evidence is daily accumulating in London of the mass arrests of former Czech Army Officers, the persecution of students, the seizure of church property and the searching
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    • 112 12 THE OLD WAY TO CURE IT IS HV MECHANICAL METHODS—CHANG 2 NEW RINGS AND IN SOME CASES RE-BORE OF CYLINDERS IS NECESSARY. THIS IS A COSTLY JOB AND TAKES DAYS. THE MODERN WAY TO CURE IT IS BY SCIENTIFIC METHODS— INJECT INTO THE CYLINDERS THROUGH PLUG HOLES AT AN INCLUSIVE
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    • 379 12 MS I /or clear distinct re- m production for which V •-hey are unsurpassed Agents: 5 HOE BOON LEONG Radio General Agency > COLD BIRB TEA Sole Distributors. SINGAPORE TRADERS "Globe House" OKURA'S ART CHINA I SHOW j are now on at BABA&Co.Ltd. Middle Road, Singapore. il SHEAFFERS mm LIFETIME*
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    • 573 12 1 TO-DAY'S RADIO j L SINGAPORE LONDON ZHP 30.96 metres (s.k» mcisj Ggr |fc g (13 92 mttM) p.m. GSJ 21.53 Mcs (19.82 metres) 12.45 Light Orchestral Concert play- p m ed by the Adelphi Hotel 6Q5 News Summary Orchestra, directed by A. Ber- g2Q Variety programme, shadsky, relayed from
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  • 53 13 Mrs. Lousia Rodrigues. wife of Mr. William Rodrigues, Manager, R.A.F. Came Talkies, Seletar, passed awav peacefully on Jan. 26, 1940. She leaves Uhii.cl her loving husband, 2 sons, 3 daughters, 2 daughters-in-law and four grand children to mourn her loss. Fuiwral to-day at 4.30 o.m and thence to Bidadari
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    • 362 13 —p pa w«« UpjouxxUry Agents for Swiss LCI waicnes. Box 391, v. Singapore. (34i-u; Lady Teachers with know- j tor an English Pnvati j Lebar District, Boys ana TCial evening class now Private Tuition, ail sui»Latin and Matnematic.s. x 390, c o Malaya IVibun (539.C) C< IORS WANTED )inaoH Road,
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    • 504 13 Educational Ti^ E^ XET T COLLEGE POSTAL TRAIN Air^r^ J T^ llShed 1900} FEW SHILLINGS MONTHLY. Courses: Matriculation, Cambridge, Bookkeeping, Shorthan 1, Accountancy, Secretarial. Journalism, Draughtsmanship. Architecture (A.R.1.--f or! Engineering; B.S<?, Civil (A.M.a v r',^ 1 31 (A.M.1.E.E.) Motor (A M.I A.E. Sur/eying (P.A.5.1.). Radio. Write: P.O. Box 108, Singapore.
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    • 543 13 Wanted WANTED Leica, Contax, Super-Ikonta Cameras. State model, lowest prices. Box 389, Malaya Tribune, Singapore. (334-C j WANTED to supply coolies, labourers and stevedores contractor for all kinds of labour (men or women). Apply contractor. No. 15, Kreta Ayer Road. Singapore. .(322.C WANTED Complete secondhand American Radio Course including building
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    • 454 13 Domestic Occurrence' FOR SALE. Small Estate in Borneo, complete with Bungalow and buildings. 79 acre p 10 years rubber assessment 32,000 Its., 229 acres coconuts (100 oicu!s monthly) net profit monthly $600-$7OO Price as going concern $27,500 Aoply I Box No, 380 c o Malaya Tribune, Singa- Pore. (314-C) i
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    • 617 13 J NOTICE Messrs A. Mathieson and M. B. 801 l have been authorised to sign per pro- curatior this rirm. FRASER CO. NOTICE. NOTICE IS HEREBY given that NG EX CHAY alias NG KHENG WHEE and his wife of No. 24, Cuppage Road, Singapore, will not. be responsible for any
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    • 258 13 NOTICE. EX-SERVICES ASSOCIATION OF MALAYA. (Singapore Branch) The Annual General Meeting of the fcbove will be held in th-> Lounge of the Singapore Cricket Club at G. 15 p.m on Wednesday, the 31st January. 1940. All members are earnestly requested to attend. NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that the trade-mark
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  • 593 14 RADHAKRISHNAN ON FREEDOM OF MIND Calcutta, Jan. 18. Cultural Conference ia to be a success- remember it must 11 l ased on the idea! cf true liberty of human soul. On hat ires are based. Conference of the Scottish church College students closed
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  • 125 14 Calcutta, Jan. 17. T HE Government of Bengal has taken note of the "charge sheet' formulated against it by the All-India Hindu Mahasabha at its last session held in Cal"u may be retailed that the Mahasabha formulated 18 different charges against the Government It is held
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  • 109 14 Peshawar, Jan. 16. TJIOGUL. an agent ol the FaQlr of ip> anr' one Mahsud, leader of the raiders vveiv dangerously wounaed and the Village headman. Lsaf Khan was ki'led during a four-hour eneouiiter on Sunday evening between a Laahkar of 350 Wazirs end 50
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  • 119 14 Allahabad. Jan. 19. r THE 9th annual meeting of*the National Academy of Sciences was held in tho May,. Hall here on Jan. 13, 14 and 15. His Excellency Sir Maurice Hallett. Governor of the United ProvuiOW who is the Patron ot the Academy, presided over the
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  • 284 14 Now York. PROF S Goswami gave a lecture on 'The Influence of Yoga on r the Organism" with a demonstration by Mr. D. Pramanick at the Physicians 1 Square Club of Greater New York before To eminent physicians all doctors of medicine at
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  • 56 14 Bombay, Jan. 17. Khan Bahadur M. A. Khurro, Leader of the Muslim League Party in the Sind Assembly, and the Working Committee of the Sind Provincial Muslim League, have clarified their attitude on the subject of an alternative Ministry, which they deem improper under the circumstances,
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  • 149 14 Calcutta. Jan. 14. NEWS has been received in Calcutta that Prof. Hiranmoy Ghosal. the only Indian resident in Warsaw at the time of the outbreak of the war and about whose safety much concern was felt by his friends and relatives, is alive. He is still
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  • 169 14 Madras. CIR C. V. Raman explained the principle underlying the "Cyclotron," the invention of Prof. Lawrence which won him the Nobel Prize this year, to a large gathering of scientists and others assembled at the Senate House of the Madras University. The
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  • 48 14 Calcutta, Jan. 18. Fo'lowing the practice of Scotland Yard and various large police forces in the world arrangements for the specialised detection of crime are being introduced by the Criminal Investigation Department of Bengal Police at Anderson House, the new Secretariat of Bengal Government at Alipur.
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  • 130 14 London. Jan MR. H. S. L. Polr.k anting Manchester Guardian" says: •'Orn-.iPl announcement of the srr o." first Indian contingent In Franc?*, peart unnecessarily ie suggest th< ai% Muslim antithesis and he tain sßei Bonarjee to task for suggesting in connection that neither Gam other
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  • 212 14 Patna. Jan. il I OHAMBHUNATH, a mystei lock, who performs as wo tricks as the famous Indian M trick, has taken Patna by Stem He and his master. Jyoti S stood this morning by a stre< Shambhunath looked so comment I a bullock in spite
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    • 334 14 SOMETHING f|L SHOUT ABOUT!^^^ riiK good wholesome j QUALITY OF THE BREAD J CAKES BAKED AT Raffles Bakery lIIIIĕW^^ made WITH CHOICEST r t ff\ I\GREI) I E N T S UNDER I STRICTLY HYGIENIC \j& CONDITIONS. B&k Order by phone—s3Bl r I Deliveries daily from 510 0 p.m. 1
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    • 102 14 DAILY INDIA PAGE EDITED BY V.E.JACOB, B.A. Have you heard best fees' ,n Orchard Res'aurant Bar 38. ORCHARD ROAD STORE (near Cathay Cmi rRICES VERY MOD' ;ATE^ A. T. EDWARDS Co. vi Al TRACTIVE AUCTION SAU of Modem design Bur leak and other HOUSEHOLD TURF, including:— Sittii extendi'a teak dining
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  • 157 15 LONDON TIN London, Friday. Price* £236 Buyers £236 i 2 sellers ii Prior* £236 Buye s £236 i 2 Sellers LONDON RUBBER London. Friday. Dull 11 7 8 b 11 15 16 s b ll 3 4b ll 7 8 s ll 13 16b li 7 8
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  • 202 15 Singapore, Friday. Yang bernama Daily ada pun fakatan diaanistan. Turki dan suatu fakatan yang tentera2 negeri2 ttu "yat2 Russian seklra-nya da negeri2 yang empat terbit-nya dari kerajaan o telah dl-persetuiu -< d:ing menghantarkan 1 bag] merundlng perkar» Wakil Mutlak British rangan lnl jadi. telaU pun peperangan
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  • 603 15 FRASER CO.'S SHARE REPORT «.w^T™ Slngapore Ja 26. Ampat Tin B ?l erB 11^ Austral Amal <? 9 c 5 Austral Malay JT bc Ayer Hitam 2fc 39-cd Ayer Wen g 24 6 Bangrin MJ o^Bs Batu Selangor 2 1? 23 Burma Malay gg Hg Chenderlang **g Hitam Tin I
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  • 437 15 Singapore, Jan. 26. The following are the exchange stock tbJi ■tornlng according to the daUy circular lasued bj tne Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. SELLING London T.T. jjj4 *!J6 London demand «I •*K Lyons demand 2057 Ewltzerland demand 208 Hamburg demand New York demand 46 7 8 Montreal demand
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  • 156 15 Singapore. Friday. MARKETS were quiet and dull to-day on reopening after the Thaipusam holiday, and only a small volume of business was transacted. Local tin again improved and was 3 4 up at $120 3 4 while the price of rubber at four o'clock was buyers 37
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  • 109 15 Maynard 00 lOOnom > SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL i~o 1940 100 lOlnara *>2 f o 1947 101 103 nora 4' 2 > 1955 107 lODnom 4~0 1963 101 103nom 55-66 114« a 116 5'- 48-6B 109'.rl •H* 70-80 113 115 3% 75-85 093>a 0.95>i 3* 75-85 98 00 100
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  • 143 15 Singapore. Jan. 26. m, lsiam) W. Coast No. 1 per Koyan (Slam) W. Coast No. 3 per Koyan Rtce Slam 1 123 Rice Siam 2 2u5 Rice Slam 3 ISK> Siam Broken Rice No. 1 Id Siam Broken Rice No. 2 161 Rice Saigon Al Rice Saigon 1 Rice
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    • 90 15 THĔ 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 Reserve Fund 500,000 HEAD OFFICE: LONDON Branches: Bombay, Calcutta, Colombo, Karachi, Madras, Amara, Baghdad, Bahrein, Basra, Kirkuk, Mosul and Singapore. CURRENT ACCOUNTS openej and money received on Fixed Deposits
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    • 374 15 THE j EASTERN UNITED ASSURANCE CORPORATION, LIMITEI7 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
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    • 508 15 STEAMER SAILINGS. BRITISH INDIA :Incoipciated in England) P. ft 0. 8. N. CO.'S SAILLNGS. I Owing to the Company's I inability to publish the actual departure dates of it's steamers intending passengers are courteously requested to enquire at the P. O. S. N« COMPANY'S Office to ascertain the approximate dates
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  • 102 16 Reuter. Rome. Jan. 2(i. ACCORDING TO ROME RADIO, THE SOVIET SECRET POLICE HAVE DISCOVERED A VAST CONSPIRACY AGAINST STALIN, MOLOTOV AND VOROSHILOV. The announcer stated that mass arrests ol high officials and officers have been made throughout the Ukraine. In Kiev aione, 150 were anesled. Repeating the
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  • 56 16 Canton THE me cury takes a nose-dive in Shiuchow, capital of Kwangtung Province, dropping to 31 deg. (F), which is tather unusual for South China. A lighl snowfall has begun there. Shan-hai is al?o badly hit. where oOG poor a*e estimated to have been frozen
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  • 313 16 Britain Sending 80 More Planes Reuter. Helsinki, Jan. 26. p the opnnon of of the Russian push ncrth of Lake Lacuna. now engaged in cleaning up after repulsing the repeated Russ.an attacks and in securing positions in order to prevent repetition of such
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  • 230 16 EUGHT streamlined motor vans, "duccoed" navy-blue throughout and with the words "General M< tors Mobile Service" painted in yellow are plying on the highways in Southwest China. These new service cars are the property of the General Motors. China, Ltd.. and are put on the roads in
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  • 333 16 London, Jan. 26. JHIS is the moment of high expectancy in the Far East, says the Manchester Guardian in a leader dealing with Mr. Wang Ching Wei's n« ;:,ot iations and the lapsing of the Japanese-American trade treaty. Japan is to get a central
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  • 50 16 Chungking. DRISK sales of the National Thrift and v Reconstruction Savings Coupons arr l .ported from the Postal RuihUaneo and Savings Bank. A Lanchow report said tha; Kansu Province has pledged for more man 52.000.000 bonds. Hunan Province has up to the present taken $900,000. Chines,") Central News.
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  • 176 16 Chungking:. ADVANCING on Canton in five A directions, the Chinese troops have completed the encirclement of Canton, according lo a message received from Hongkong;. Commodity prices in Canton have sky.ocketed and the inhabitants there refused to accept thn Japanese military notes and bogus notes. Canton is a
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  • 40 16 A despatch "from the German untitled II r" states that Herr Alfred Hugenberp one Of tho industrialists who aided H 'l'T to n wer. is now in "voluntary '-rile" in Switzerland with H rr F itz Thyssen, the munitions manufacturer
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  • 158 16 Reuter. New York Jan fc LOCKHEED bombers Britain are being How n the Atlantic to the \w according to the New Kork I Tribune, which declares that th bombers are being down <■, American s«»il with orcign (rcu. I en route to Hot wood,
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  • 241 16 Retaliation Reuter. Shanghai, Jan SC 4 NNOUNCING that the* A. boarding the ship in retlJ for the Asama Maru incident, a Japanese naval party boarded the Indo-China Steam Navigation I Wang Sang while lying Pudu on Wednesday. This Incident was revealed when a passenger was
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  • 50 16 Reuter. Amsterdam »;A IT is learned that the D ment ha Holland of all coffei Dutch Indies a pai I 1 to mci ea c the c< co'onia] coffee t land's total nee:'... A deft' 4 connection with the Im from ether coutries shortly.—Reuter
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  • 30 16 Reuter. Und< a, J ACCORDING to ihe iadio 2S Swedish men nAX have been !«»-t lhr< torpedoes m c the begin** l war -Reuter. >
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