Malaya Tribune, 16 February 1940

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  • 21 1 The Malaya Tribune VOL. XXVII- -No. 40. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1940 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune. Friday, February 16, 1940.
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  • 110 1 Reuter. Shanghai, Feb. ltf. lei g-sftandiaf dispute between 1 infhai Municipal Council Japan--e-sponsored Shang- >lujiit ipality over the tra-Settlement r. ads question is i ted to < ras to an end officially to-d j th■ Mgnmg of an agreethi e\:ut details of which are Un H; >H
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  • 77 1 Reuter. Tokyo, Feb. 16. 101 Sol tr% reopening of tse River, according to a ii Office spokesipan, arc Q< > guerillas who are ie upper reaches of the By floating mines, thircU.' a bt aging wharves, nulks river facilities into workii.g sman adds that although for the
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  • 38 1 Reuter. Paris, Feb. 16. V N nmunista have been sento terms of from one to risonment by a mihr carrying on Commuanda. They include the May- r of Vigneax and three munie imi mors.—Reuter.
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  • 121 1 Reuter. Sofia, Feb. 16. Government of Bulgaria has resigned.—Reuter. Bulgaria was conducting difficult three-sided negotiations with Russia, oermany and the Balkan Entente, and the Government had just reached an understanding with Yugoslavia (one of tne Balkan Entente members) and was discussing a new trade pact with Russia.
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  • 16 1 MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD, who has been elected President of the Indian National Congress.
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  • 117 1 Chinese Victory In Big Battle Reuter. Chungking, Feb. 16. THE Chinese claim they are converging on Nanning, in Kwangsi Province, after defeating the Japanese and forcing f>iem to retreat through the narrow foothills in a battle in which *he Japanese casualties were 20,000 and
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  • 70 1 Reuter. London, Feb. 15. SNOWSTORMS of unprecedented violence are now raging in the Balkans according to the German Wireless, which states that all Rumanian traffic has I stopped as most parts- of the country are covered with seven feet of snow. Central Europe Is still experiencing Arctic
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  • 118 1 THE SINGAPORE EDITION OF 1 THE MALAYA TRIBUNE I>OES NOT GO TO PRESS UNTIL AFTER 12 O'CLOCK, AFTER THE NOON TIN AND XI BBER PRICES ARE AVAILABLE. Our contemporary announced sterday: "The first edition of the Straits Times is intended for those who want a
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  • 62 1 Reuter. London, Feb. 16. ACCORDING to the Polish radio in France another eminent Polish scholar, Professor Ignacy Chrzanowski. who occupied the chair of literature at the University of Cracow. h*s died in the notorious concentration camp of Oranienburg. He is the eighth professor of Cracow
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  • 383 1 Mannerheim Line Still Held Reuter. Helsinki, Feb. 16. IT was admitted late last night that in the face of terrific Russian pressure on the Karelian Isthmus the Finnish troops had withdrawn from the first line positions at a number of points in the Summa
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  • 118 1 Reuter. Los Angeles, Feb. 15. in, James Roosevelt, son of the -«1 President, has filed a petition for divorce from his wife, Bethey, daughter of the late Dr. Harvey Williams Cushing. internationally known brain specialist. He is charging his wife with desertion. The
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  • 157 1 Many Deaths In Blizzard Reuter. New York, Feb. 15. ALTOGETHER 36 deaths resulting from weather conditions have occurred in the Eastern States of America. TEN people have been killed at Boston, scores injured and thousands marooned as a result of the worst blizzard New England
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  • 260 1 Reuter. London, Feb. 16. FIELD Marshal Gceiing, broadcasting j to agricultural workers, .said: "The f extreme cod cf the Winter has caused j us all great trouble but the Spring will demand great labours from all German farmers. Although the frost stir binds j the soil you
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  • 70 1 Reuter. Paris, Feb. 13. TWENTY-SEVEN foreigners of Czecr.o Slovak origin have been sent to a concentration camp near Ramboill t I on a charge of carrying on activities j dangerous to the country. They were i employed in national defence factories j and are
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  • 37 1 MR. Augustus John, famous painter, who resigned from the Royai I Academy in April. 1938, as a protest J against in Academy's rejection of a I portrait by Wyndham Lewis, was yes- terday re-elected a Royal Academician.
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    • 48 1 <>\ OTHER PACES Paces tier's Term of Office 2 tl Riots 3 Magistrates Criticism '3 cinemas 6 and 7 •I Review The News"—C.H.S.J. 8 Inericaa Protests 9 >p»>rt 10 i hina 11 Radio ltf i ia< ificd Advertisements 13 India Page 14 Market Prices 15 1 ot] Prosecution \q
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  • 203 2 Sir Shenton, Lady Thomas Leave In April H IS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR, SIR SHENTON THOMAS, HAS HAD HIS TERM OF OFFICE AS GOVERNOR OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS AND HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR THE MALAY STATES EXTENDED FOR THE DURATION OF THE WAR, OR AT
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  • 162 2 Reuter. Rangoon, Feb. 15. DOMINION status was not in the nature of a gift or reward conferred on a particular part of the Empire, but recognition of the fact Jl maintenance ot good government brought about by the development of a constitution leading to wider powers until
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  • 278 2 Reuter. London. Feb. 10. A COMMONS statement on the rt evacuation problem was made by iMr. Walter Elliott. Minister of Health, who said Government remained convinced of the desirability of dispersal of children from evacuating areas. i Plans had therefore been prepared with the
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  • 174 2 Reuter. G London. Feb. 15. LRMANYS threat to torpedo all neutral ships which appear bound for Britain or which are approaching British contraband control bases causes no surprise in official circles m London, learns Reuter. These circles have known for a loin time that
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  • 43 2 The Dato Klana, of Sungei Ujong, major chief of Negri Sembilan. and the TUAn Sheikh Ahmad, j P MS C M FC. of Seremban. are at K"\ a l holida y Singapore and I xpect to be here for a fe W day*
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  • 77 2 Reuter. London, Feb. 16. ¥N the House of Lords yesterday Lord Ponsonby asked Government to arrange a secret session to discuss matters arising from the war. Lord Noel Buxton and Viscount Cecil supported the request. Lord Halifax declined to accede to it, on the ground
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  • 40 2 Reuter. Paris, Feb. 16. piVE HUNDRED tanks ranging from "babies" of two tons to 32-ton monsters were officially handed over to the French Army by M. Dautry, Minister of Armaments, '"somewhere in France" yesterday.—Reuter.
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  • 80 2 Reuter. London, Feb 16. ON the occasion of the impending retirement and return to Brazil of Dr. Re«is de Oliveira, Ambassador here since 1925 and doyen of the Diplomatic Corps Princess Alice, Countess of Athione 'presented His Excellency with diamond cufflinks and his wife, Dona Gina.
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  • 30 2 The 24th annual general meeting of the Lion City Club will bp held at the residence of M r Chia Ah Kan. 513, Kampong Bahru Road, on Sunday. 12.30 p.m.
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  • 216 2 Reuter. Bombay, Feb. 15. jyjAL LANA Abu] Kalam Azad. eminent muslim, has been elected president of the forthcoming session of the Indian National Congress to be held at Ramgarh, in Bihar, next month. Mr. Azad has already received over 1,100 votes, while his opponent Mr.
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  • 29 2 Reuter. Faris. Feb. 1G —It is announced that in agreement with the British Government Summertime wn be re-established at 2 a.m. on Feb. 25 —Reuter
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  • 525 2 Neutral Anger Rising: Reuter. anger is rising over Germany's latest policy of unrestricted submarine warfare. The United States Ambassador in Berlin is to seek a elarinca tion of the German announcement that any neutral vesad a includes American stupe—sailing to Allied ports or to Allied coi
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  • 44 2 Reuter. Lisbon. Feb. 16 •THE Portuguese liner -Colonial" i stopped off Sierra Leone by a B:.--tish sloop which took off six Gernuu passengers. Later a French pal vessel also stopped the Colonial and took off four more Germans— -Reutei.
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  • 569 2 Bayonets And Knives Used On Finn Front Reuter. Helsinki, Feb. 16. JJAAD-TO-HAND fighting, in which the Finns are using their pukkas—long pointed knives—as well as bayonets is continuing to-day on the Karelian Isthmus. Although the Finns are not disguising the seriousness of the
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  • 49 2 Reuter. •<j London. Feb. 16. I Air Ministry communique reports j tho following Air Force casualtiesI Nine killed in action; three missing, believed killed, in action, one died of wounds received in action; seven missing and twcJve killed on active serviceseventeen died on active service Reuter.
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  • 1145 3 Sawmill Strike Sequel rr.HP tr*- <i et v Singapore, Thursday. I of Ling Kah Kah, Ling Ah Kiah, Lee Hian Ho and Loh r this morning in the Criminal District Court beforej Mr. J. L. McFall, on a charge that they on Dec.
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  • 87 3 Singapore. Thursday, RENEWAL of the licence for the Poagjpol Zoo was ap■(i at to-day's meeting or Rural Board. Mr. I- Forbes, the chairman, need a repor», on the zoo :>\ the Government Vete- Surgeon who said that remises and animal cages "fairly satisfactory.'* Mr.
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  • 72 3 L being made by the Singapore to collect buildings and views of do this, the society a public competition which about the end of July. eeting of the Council of I Singapore, it was decided be desirable to have classes and old photographs, and should be
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  • 71 3 Thursday, ci that he is very ge his ways and if he ne will spend all his :narked Mr. Conrad apore Second Police this morning. ntrz a Malay youth. Sved Idris. to two imprisonment and one supervision on a charge pair of shoes, valued
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  • 123 3 MALAYAN radio listeners this 111 evening will have an opportunity of hearing a Canadian talking about the war effort in his own country. The speaker will be Mr. J. L Mutter, who recently came to Singapore to take up the appointment of Canadian Government Trade Commissioner,
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  • 379 3 "pOMMENTS were made in lastVj year's report on the difficulties being experienced in securing and maintaining an adequate number of civil engineers for duty in the Service." states the 1938 report of the Malayan Public Works, just issued. "These difficulties became intensified during the year under
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  • 251 3 Singapore. Thursday. "'pHERE is one thing that you can breed in Singapore and that is pig," said Mr. L. Forbes, during discussion at the Rural Board meeting this morning. The census showed the numbers of livestock in Singapore for 1939 as compared with
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  • 459 3 Singapore. Thursday. gVIDEXCE to the effect that the deceased came up to" him and said that he had been stabbed by the accused was to-day given by a witness at the continued preliminary inquiry into a murder charge against a 28-year-old Teochew ricksha
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  • 75 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Wholesale arrests were made by the Segamat Police as the result ot raids carried out on Chinese clubs and kongsi > and over 110 persons were produced before the Segamat magistrate to answer charges of gaming. Same pleaded guilty and
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  • 391 4 MAGISTRATE CRITICISES 1 MILITARY POLICE Singapore, Thursday. rRmCISM of the conduct of the Military Police was to-day made y by Mr. H. Watson in tho Third Police Court when he acquitted i and discharged two young American seamen on a charge of causing 1 a
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  • 70 4 Singapore. Thursday. APPEARING befcre Mr. H. Watson in the Third Police Court to-day, Arthur Lim, aged 34. claimed trial to a charge of criminally misappropriating tick ts run by the Clerical Union to a total amount r,f $128. while being employed as a servant cf the CYiion
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  • 136 4 Singapore, Thursday. THI question of dangerous roads was discussed when the question of the proposed reconstruction of Thomson and Upper Thomson Roads was brought up at the Kural Board meeting to-day. Mr. L. Forbes, the chairman, said it was a strange fact that straight roads
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  • 102 4 Singapore. Thursday. TWO employees cf the Billgap* re Harbour Braid were charged under the Defence Regulations in the Fifth Police Court to-day. They were Mak Ah. Loke and Ow Yong Vow Yei and the charge against them was that, on Feb. 7. they urged the of
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  • 203 4 THE Malaria Advisory Board, F.M.S., in a memorandum dealing with replanting and malaria observes: "During ihe last few years there have been many examples of replanting causing outbreaks of malaria and the great increase in the incidence of the disease during the last two years is
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  • 73 4 Singapore, Thursday. Police bail ol $500 was extended in the ease in which Colin White, a neatlychesscd 17-year-old Eurasian youth, appeared before Mr. H. Watson in the Thud Police Court on a charge cf housebreaking in order tc commit theft by entering into a nous?
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  • 29 4 The annual concert and prize distribution of the Vivekanada Boys' School and the Saradamanl Girls' School. Singapore, will be held at the Ramakrishna Mission premises to-mor-row.
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  • 47 4 Sir Abe Bailey "I am not a 'Boy Scout as I am too o.d, and I have never exoerienced racialism. I can loot back with joy to the many kindnesses I have received from th e Beers, throughout my life and especially when a boy".—Sir Abe Bailey.
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    • 468 7 BANKRUPTCY ORDINANCE (CHAP. 45» IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS Settlement o' Singapore. Summary Case In Bankruptcy. No. 907 of 1932. Re WANG YU CHYE alias VAN YEW CHAJ or WAN YEW SAI of No. 23, Coleman Street, Singapore, Cook. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Second and
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  • 720 8 rPHE war is in its sixth month; the official cost is over six million pounds a day; and it is estimated in the City of London that it will very soon be costing ten million pounds a day. Within a few weeks, whether there is any
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    165 8 ■pOUR U-boats sunk in a week r by the British Navy, and several others known to be damaged in recent days, brings the total of German submarines destroyed or put out of action since the war began to twothirds at least of the original undersea fleet of the
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  • 78 8 THE well-known Japanese writer on military affairs. Tadatake Ikezaki. say s in the Tokyo newspaper Yomiuri "It is a fact that Germany has been unsuccessful in destroying Allied trade It is i further fact that the ioss ol the Royal Oak and Courageous by the powerful British
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  • 132 8 AN ARMY maiches on its stomach. And a nation, or an Empire, fights better on good tobacco. Many Britons dislike the drastic cut in imports of the American (Virginia) weed. It looks as if they have to acquire a new smoking sense. TiU the 1870's Virginian tobacco was
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  • 288 8 B.O.W. London, Feb. 15. WAR contributions in money and kind continue to reach the Viceroy from all classes of Indian society. The magnitude of their generosity is illustrated by the following contributions which appear in the latest list received from Incna: From the
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  • 93 8 Reuter. Oslo, Feb. 15. IT Ls reported that five of the crew of the Danish ship Martin Goldschmidt, 2.095 tons, have been rescued by a Norwegian vessel off the north-west coast of Scotland. Fifteen of the crew are reported lost. A U-boat has arrived at Wilhelmshaven
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  • 97 8 Reuter. Sydney, Feb. 1„ A BROADCAST states that the rt Australian Cabinet is meeting to-morrow to discuss measures for a big increase in th e produe tion of arms, ammunition and aeroplanes for Great Britain Economic measures to secure purchases of the necessary raw materials will
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  • 94 8 Reuter. New York, reb. Ij. THE Nazi attitude towards Polish relief is far harsher than that shown by the Kaiser's Government during the world war, says lhe Neu York Post. "Then the Hoover Commission was permitted to enter conquered Belgium and feed the hungry,
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  • 30 8 Reuter. Vatican City, Feb. 15. EVEN the Vatican has had to come into line with the rest of Europe and establish rationing of breuu. agar, coffee, butter, tobacco and petroJReuter.
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    • 6 8 RAILWAYS ARE THE MAINSTAY OF COMMERCE
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    • 102 8 We are mom lacing the prospect of a sharp rise in the cost of m factured Cotton Goods in a way comparable with the last War. The rise in the cost of Cotton is nearhj 100 c '< over pre-war prices, W ice have been fortunate is securing a stock
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  • 300 9 Why Help Is Given To China Reuter. Tokyo, Feb. 15. REPLYING to an interpellation in the Lower House the Japan*v ese Foreign Minister, M. Hachiro Arita, said that American tests to the Japanese Foreign Office from the beginning of the China Incident until Jan.
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  • 140 9 Reuter. Jerusalem, Feb. 15. AUSTRALIAN troops began tht.r training in earnest yesterday. The commanding officer, interviewed t>y li* utcr. said: "Although the men have had only thiee months' service I would confidently be prepared 10 lead tlicm over the top now. They came to Europe
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  • 47 9 Reuter. Montrea 1 Feb. 15. THE body of Lord Tweedsmuir- was I cremated here yesterday evejrtng an hour after its arrival from Ottawa brief and simple service was ncia. tended by Lady wedsmuir Mr. AU tair Buchan (son) and a iew mourners —Reuter.
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  • 113 9 Reuter. London, Feb. 15. THE chairman of the British Community Council in Argentine has despatched to England the sum of £20,000 from funds subscribed by the British community to the British Patriotic Fund. Of this sum, half has been sent to the Lord Mayors' Red
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  • 26 9 Sir Miles Lampson, Ambassador to Egypt, who gave the Australian and New Zealand troops a grc.it welcome on their arrival "somewhere In Egypt."
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  • 72 9 Reuter Helsinki, Feb. 15. THE violence of the Russian attacks on the Karelian Isthmus showed signs ol falling off slightly on Wednesday but bitter hand-to-hand fighting had taken place in the trenches. Finnish headquaiters describe the fighting on the Summa sector as "fiercer than any battle
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  • 139 9 London, Feb. 15. REUTER learns that Mr. fcuen has taken the occasion of his being in Egypt to convey a personal message of a cordial nature from King George to King Farouk. Cairo, Feb. 15 The newspaper Alahram quotes the Egyptian Prime Minister as
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  • 865 9 Reuter. LONDON, FEB. 15. H.M.S. EXETER, BEARING SCARS OF THE BATTLE WITH THE GRAF SPEE IN THE PLATE, SLOWLY AND TRIUMPHANTLY SAILED INTO PLYMOUTH WATERS THIS MORNING TO WELCOMING HOOTS OF SHIPS' SIRENS AND FULL-THROATED CHEERING MASSES OF PEOPLE LINING THE WATERFRONT. Soon after daybreak,
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  • 192 9 Reuter New York. Feb. 15. "piTTMAN assails Reich threat to sink United States ships," and "Blames British als 3 for Nazi claim of right to torpedo Gibraltar-bound," are headings under which th c Herald Tribune quotes Mr. Pittman as saying that "It is unjustifiable and inhuman
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  • 154 9 Reuter. London, Feb. 15. "TT 1« probably true that in Japan they no longer expect victory 1 either through battle or seizure of territory," writes the Manchester Guardian. "Their hope is that China will fall to them in the end by she-or
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  • 337 10 R. E 2; R. A L INTERESTING soccer was witnessed at Changi yesterday where the R. E. beat the R. A. in a friendly game of soccer, by the odd goal in three. ,D|IH Both teams have a number of newcomers who showed promise.
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  • 42 10 Reuter. London, Feb. 15. The Jockey Club announce that sub .stitute Derby at Oaks laces will be rur. at Newbury on June 12 and 13. If the Newbury course Is unavailable, the races will be run at Newmarket.--• Reuter.
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  • 15 10 Special entertainments in and Stambuls by MISS FADILLAH, Columbia's .Microphone Queen.
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  • 21 10 TO-DAY SOCCER: Business Houses' Leagu°. Nestanglo vs. Overseas Chinese Bank, Clerical Union; Jacks vs. H. and Shanghai Bank, Stadium.
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  • 107 10 THE annual hockey, match be- tween over 25's and under 25's will be played to-day on the Padang commencing at 5 p.m. sharp. The following will be the teams:— Over 25's: O. C. Aeira; A. G. Armstrong, P. F. de Souza; L. Woodford. G. E. N.
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  • 70 10 Reuter. Rheims. Feb. 16.—The British Army beat the French Army I—o at Association football. The Britishers adapted themselves better to the tricky grounA and their all-round superiority was evident after their early keen exchanges Stephenscn, the English Internationa' inside-left headed into an empty goal in the twentieth
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  • 25 10 The meeting of the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association which was to have taken place yesterday evening has been postponed to Feb. 29, at 6 pm.
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  • 295 10 THIS MORNING'S WORK AT BUKIT TIMAH WHERE were a few workouts at the Bukit Timah race course this morning when horses were given their exercises in preparation for the last day of the Singapore Turf ClubV Spring meeting. Big event to-morrwi will be the
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  • 318 10 THE following are full handicaps for the last day of the Singapore Turf Club s Spring meeting morrow. PONIES —CLASS I—Div. 2—7 furs. Winsome J'J Silver Lace J-J Dancing Foam 91 Shoot Up 5 J Glitter J J Pat Burke Jj-J Sheila II NON-ACCEPTORS:— Thanksalot-
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  • 112 10 (By "FETE"). *{TAR Frisco, a leading weight contender, makes bia Singapore debut at the Happy Work! Covered Stadium to-night when lie meets Ventura Marques, the American ace, who is the feather and lightweight champion oi Singapore in a 12 (3) rounds. Marques was to fight
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  • 36 10 (From Our Own R Kuala Lumpur. Thursday H. Koelmeyer. the Selangoi will take the place o: Slade in the North vs. South h< tatea to be played on the Padanii on Saturday
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    • 140 10 r IRIUM FOR SPARKLING TEEThS dM a jOif to clean your teeth with Pepsodenc containing IRIUM. The minute it touches your teeth you have a delightful 4Hf lasting sensation of its invigorating, refreshing foam. And \W W^C a wno^esome dngle of freshness it leaves behind it! But tnc biggest teSt
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    • 272 10 TO ALL FEVER SUFFERERS Fever produces poisons It's these poisons that make you feel h »1 ad i M In turn, that cause trj the'eyes and that I desper* ately thirsty. These poisons waste aw n and muscle tissues ami weakea digestive organs. Thai., whv soM loads olten make y<;u
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous

  • 12 11 This boat bridge over the Li River at Kueilin»
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  • 368 11 Central News. Ch ungki ng and. North China are suffering from aVacule shortage of flour. North China. Manchuria and the Kwangtung Leased Territory iction oi wheat is variously given at 900,000 tons to 960,000 year Of 900,000 tons, only 595,000 can be used for the proal
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  • 159 11 Chungking. The Japanese westward advance »n West Suiyuan Province has been tenaciously held by the Chinese forces in various sectors along the 160 kilometre front. The Japanese invaders along the Pao-tcu-Wuyuan Highway in the main advance route have been engaged by the Chinese at the
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  • 72 11 SANGUINARY fighting continued in scotbxrn Kwangsi province, where hosti'ities are in lull swing at the northand in the vicinity of Shangtin. Chinese mcbile units are storming Takaofengyi, thirty kilometres north of Nanning. former capital of In -tor. the Chinese i mtc Samshui and Hohou and completely
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  • 334 11 TSINGTAO CASE NOT FORGOTTEN International New Agency. 4 Hongkong, Jan. 28. caution in accepting any proposed partial Yangtze reopening arrangements' has been suggested to Washington as wise policy concerning what might prove "only a gesture as is the case at Itofagtar*" in a dispatch sent
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  • 111 11 Central News Changkinf. THE Board of Trustees for the Ad- niinivtiation of the Sinn-British Boxer Indemnity Fund has decided to hold competitive examinations for the selection of students to nursue advanced studies i£ England on scholarships for the current year in spite of the war in Europe.
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  • 127 11 Chinese Central News. Chungking. THE Japanese troops totalling 2,000 str< ng have been wiped out by the Chinese forces at the southeast of Pinyang in Kwangsi Province, as a result of a 24-hour battle. The Japanese units were moving scuth-eastward from Pinyang when they were intercepted
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  • 104 11 Central News. Kinhwa. Chekiang. MISS >lei Kan-wen, daughter of Mci S7c-oing, a close follower of Wang Ching-wei. has severed relations with her father, branding him "a traitor." She issued a statement declaring that she wants to eliminate her traitorous father and expressed the hope that the children
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 382 11 FOOT ITCH ATHLETE'S FOOT According to the Government Health Bulletin .u° E-28, at ieast 50<r o of the adult, population or nited States are being attacked by the disease known as Athlete's Foot. »uall> the disease starts between the toes. Little watery blisters form and the skin cracks Peels. Alter
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    • 161 11 SPECIAL CHINA PAGE INVISIBLE IMPORTS Anything to declare, Sir obtained outside territorial waters." No." wish titere was. I'd refuse to pay No cheroots and tlutn you'd have to confiscate it." No." I m sorry we can t help you, Sir. No silk or rubies But might I suggest for the
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    • 386 11 Thinning Hair Is the ominous signal that Her Majesty LADY is losing her crow.nng glory— her hair. Hair fall out for a lot of reasons— mental as well as physical. But whatever be the reason, the cure is certain by a course of MIA INFRA-RAY LOTION* MIA enters into the
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  • 180 12 Seven pounds at birth is a good normal weight for an infant and he she ulcl steadily increase after the first few weeks. Loss of weight, or failure to gal weight, is a sure sign that someth:.. wrcng. Innumerable little ones who were not
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 307 12 CUT THIS OUT HERE IS A LIST OF BEST SELLING "SINGA" RECORDS. DON'T BE PUT OFF WITH INFERIOR RECORDS ALL THESE RECORDS ARE IN STOCK. AHMAD <. HL MALAYA'S FAVOURITE ARTIST. <*r.!I- NYANYIAN HARMONIUM. QF.105 GAMEOS MODERN. ANAK DAGANG. BERCHERAT KASEH. QF. 97 NONA DI PADANG KOTA. QF. 89 KRONTJONG
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    • 172 12 NAN YANQ car SERVICE 4 TIMES DAILY. MALACCA TO SINGAPORE AT NAN CHIANG HOTEL." 84, Bunga Raya Road. Phone 92. SINGAPORE TO MALACCA JkT HAICHEW HOTEL, 35. rtem h Road. Phone 3015 WEAR NAN YANG DO. The SUNDA V TRIBUNE Dominant In Malaya JnMGoimJdUJiADHATK PLEASE MAY I HAVE LULL] WELL
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    • 30 12 Af J KEE HUAT RADIO Co.. For 3 Weeks ('oniniencino; Ofl 5Ui Feb. I'iloi Pen Service vvUs and l'c>rc*c'luiii Sale Rare opportunity for buyers. BABA Co., Ltd. Middle Road, Singapore.
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    • 69 12 GOLD LEAF TEA. Gtold Leaf Tea is a de luxe Tea, unchailongabiy a Tea ol the highest stand aid aiid has been and will b? absolutely maintained throughout the world. Try "Gold Leaf" end you will agree even if you are not an expert, that the quality is in th
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    • 91 12 (/Off RACES /A\»TrEflifl|im> PRICES mODERRTE «CPfI!R URDERTRREn FOR CLEAR, DISTINn 1 EFFICIENT Ui Vlunn\ x TRY -PYE- R^ for which they UNSURPASSED Sole AgentsHOE BOON LKOKC Distributors RADIO AND GENERAL C Kuala Lumpur. an excellent selection OF FAMOUS MAKES OF shock i>itooi WATERTIGHT WATCH IS ARE NOW ON DISPLAY Everyone
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 697 12 Where To Listen In To Day cATfftM LONDON SINGAPORE SAIGUJN uaxiua* me trea (11.7&0 Kc.) TRANSMISSIONS 2 &3 rru» oos —49.05 metres (6.116 Kc.) GSG 17.79 Mcjs (16.86 metres) ZHL 225 metres (1.33 mc's). gsf 15.14 Me's (13.92 metres) ZHP 30.96 metres (9.69 mc|s). J-™' NpWS ln French—Rice quotation" GSJ
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 498 13 BUY SELL LOST FOUND I £{&&&ott4 P&ccatfr I "*WANT£D: An Experienced Bill ColW> tworthy and reliable and with I ferencea on a commission basis who can give security ash or Bond of Fidelity Guar- ranee. Apply Box No. 464, c o a 1 rtbune, Singapore. I INTED Educated young Chinese
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    • 456 13 Educational (512-C). vu iviaiava Tribune, Singapore. (501-C;1 Apply V N pros P B «us free. Kreta (4B^ E POSTAL TRAInJ MONTHLY. All books Free. Success OuaranWrite; p.p. Bq X 108> Singapore. (470-C, Jof^hi 3 GIRLS English""i-hc^T Prtndpa! dS net 0 Four (4 MII YOUR CHILD'S 1940 RwSSSL °P? nin e
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    • 531 13 Miscellaneous tJSE SUFFER FROM PILES? Have it owThc^^ 11 r 3 your our li^^^ 11 attended to by our Lady Specialist. Satisfactory treatThi Pai Uara^ t f ed Oonsultatioh Free. E ptrl rn Pll€S ClmiC Jala snails and Mugs, Obtainable Littles, Whiteaways, C. Storage, Corona, Yong Bua n Hoiig T.
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    • 515 13 FOR SALE Baby Grand Piano~speciallv made lor the 1 Vopics at reasonabieTrice Please app iy 5 p.m. 9, Oxley Koad' Singapore. y gSS I ??u essays on Mahatma S£ 5°S5rV Gandhi and Ahimsa-in English and Tamil by X R Appl C v n to all booEtali or Apply to 415,
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    • 507 13 Wanted REQUIRED YOUNG or rrUddlT' 7LZ bachelor to share flat at r£S? with SE terms moderate-. Reply Box No. 459 co Malaya Tribune Singapore. yA (Mt-Ci WANTED security furnished. Returnable after or 12 months. Interest 12% pan pay abe monthly plus $350,- special Interest paid with principle. Apply Box No
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    • 561 13 O^^TwJ£ o^ mNA FUND UUMMITTEES OF SOUTHERN ASIA. U Organization of »ne Comfort Party to China and Mission" atSrf of that the Federmitte S** «««e' Com-SSSa-as? «aa. About two moni ha aim tb* sv-iei-Comfoit Parly to China and invit-d tJie various China Rclitf Comtnii Comfort Party. Malaya responded ss«ra%s. china
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  • 1552 14 Pt. Nehru Reviews World Situation Calcutta, Feb. 7 THE last feu months have brought many r?ange< and many dis--1 asters and the world sinks deeper into the morass. The hiture is uncertain and full of gloom and the bright idealism, which periled even through the conflicts
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  • 230 14 Karachi, Feb. G. THE adjournment motion moved by Mr. Pamnan to discuss the question of lawlessness in Sukkur was talked out. Earlier Prof. Ghansham on behalf of the Congress Party made a statement saving that it was not th? intention of his party to
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  • 46 14 The 18th session of the All-India Trade Union Congress will be held at Bombay on March 31 and April 1 accordlug to the decision reached, at a m<- I of the Rec?ption Committee of the Congress. The General Council will meet a couple cf days earlier.
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  • 37 14 Dr. B. S. Moonje presiding over untitled Purnea District Hindu Conference held at Katihar in course of his speech stressed the necessity of organization In the Hindu community and deplored the Hindu apathy towards their own interests.
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  • 93 14 Calcutta Id, DR. P. C. BAGCHI and Pr if. i- 1; Sen, Hon. secretai ie< i gali P.K.N., have issued tl ing statement t<. the prt "It is regrettable thai a recently been issued t<, I halt cf the Bombay Cent] national P.E.N., declarh g Branch"
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  • 87 14 THE University of Sydn< the rjgcommendati University Board of India and scholarships to thru- L for further studies in Australia, in candidates who have b en sell Mr. Vaidyanathen. Mr X M and Mr. Pillai. Mr. Kurakkr who b longs I M thuruthy. Cochin Stat
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  • 43 14 Pandit untitled Pandit, met the Chinese Budftisl Goodwill Mission at Benares and corned them on behalf of the U P Provincial Ccngr ss Ooimi 11 cc An "Assk* Day" was observed on Jan. 31 there was a procession and a big meet ing.
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 401 14 RAFFLES CAFE) ENTERTAIN YOUR FRIENDS AT THIS POPULAR RENDEZVOUS i.wvUvni I.rill A La 4'arte a 4 Moderate l*ri«*«\s COCKTAIL KAH Modern Comfort Attractive Surroundings Soi'ial A »iiio*|»h<>rc Relay of Raffles Orchestra Radio Programmes .1 11 SEA VIEW HOTEL TO-NIGHT TO-MORROW NIGHT SPECIAL DINNER-DANCE CABARET ENTERTAINMENT PROVIDED BY LAUDINE SITNIKOVA OPERATIC
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    • 453 14 IX D A PAGE EDITED BY V.E. JACOB, B.A. ii ii ■—>au—■- A. T. EDWAHDS A CO.. LT». AUCTIONEERS. ESTATE AGENT? I VALUERS, I 11, MALACCA STREET, TELEPHONE 1646. CmmmM Us For All Classes REAL ESTATE REQUIREMENT AND INVESTMENTS. No Obligation Phone lbiwnt!~JMh Against Danger of HEART STRAIN* Permanent Damage
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  • 259 15 LONDON TIN London, Thursday, ial Price) £241 i 4 Buyers £241 V 2 Sellers Official Price) £241i4 Buyers £241 V 2 Sellers LONDON RUBBER London, Thursday. inn■ B s Steady 13 b 13*8 s Mar. 13 116 b 13 316 s I) Apr. 121 2 b i
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  • 27 15 United the United States month of Jan--72.500 Tons 55,000 "Vj l it day of 156,800 '>'■' I S Ports on ;v 1 Month 90,000 laptioc of Re•oer 17,600
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  • 185 15 Singapore, Friday, are the exchange stock cording to the daily 1 by the Hongkong and Corporation. SELLING 24 1 16 2 4 116 2057 and 208 ■5 Vi 1 U o!nand M m and 46 7 8 51 5 8 mand 87 md 86 3j4 B tna nd 155
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  • 173 15 (By Our Financial Correspondent) Singapore, Friday. THE main business of the market toot r^ a /o? on i inued t0 be Industrials. nnitnH ra ers Straits Steamship ana United Enghneers were in request Some business was done in Australian tins, namely Kramats. Kampong Lanjuts and Pungals. Bids
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  • 16 15 Singapore, Friday. The price of tin at neon in to-day was:— $122U, down P I
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  • 15 15 The price of rubber at noon in Singapore to-day was:— Buyers 38*/8; Sellers 38%.
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  • 150 15 Singapore. Wednesday. THE Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1473nl auction to day. when of 1,550.566 lb. «692.22 tonst catalogued. 1,358.780 lb 606.60 tons> were offered and 1.*****2 lb «464.17 toils) sold. London—Spot 12 13 16d. New York—Spot 19 cents. PRICES REALISED RIBBED SMOKED SHEET
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  • 59 15 Reuter. London, Feb. 16. The German News Agency states that five German seamen have arirved safely in Germany after spending 74 days in a 29-foot lifeboat off the West Africa coast They made their way from a West African port, where they sheltered
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  • 911 15 FRASER CO.'S SHARE REPORT Singapore, Feb. 15. MINING Buyer* Sellers Ampat Tin 5|- 5|6 Austral Amal 61- 6i6cd Austral Malay 371- 39[-cd Ayer Hitam 24j9 25 9 Ayer Weng 0.70 075 Bangrln 2119 22 9 Batu Selangor 160 1.65 Berjuntai 10.9 11.9 cd Burma Malay 23 3 24 3 Chenderlang
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  • 60 15 Reuter. London, Feb. 15. ON the Stock Exchange, oils and kaffirs closed firmer on better support, but elsewhere the tone is irregular. Textiles were well bought on reported shortage of stock. Rubber was firm on better trade demand and larger United States' January consumption. Tin eased owing
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 108 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 iTudjertakes the following duties:— EXECUTOR OR TRUSTEE OF A WILL. ADMINISTRATOR OF ESTATE OF DECEASED PERSON. TRUSTEE OF A
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    • 91 15 I THE I 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, Pahrein, Basra, Kirkuk, Mosul and Singapore. CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and money received on Fixed
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    • 137 15 UNITED CHINESE BANK, LIMITED. (Incorporated in 5.9.) No. 2, Chulia Street. (BONHAM BUILDING) Singapore. Authorised Capital $4,000,000.00 Issued, Subscribed and Paid Up $1,900,000.00 General Reserve $200,000.00 Telegraphic Address: "TYEHUABANK" Telephone Nos.:— 5182, 5183, 5184, 5185 5186 BOARD OF DIRECTORS:— Wee Kheng Chiang, Esq., Chairman. Khoo Beng Cheang, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
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    • 537 15 STEAMER BAILINGS. p*o, BRITISH I INDIA PASSENGER FREIGHT -SERVICES,For all information apply to: P. O.S.N. Co., The Agent, Collyer Quay, Tel. 5961. 8.1.5. N. Co., BOUSTEAD CO., LTD., Tel. 5497. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD., (Apcar Line). For Hongkong, Shanghai, Mojl, Kobe Osaka Fortnightly For Penang, Rangoon and Calcutta
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  • 393 16 Second Trial Was Void Chan Ho Siow was tried and convicted by MalSy Magistrate. Inche Saaidin Kha a dri, ana subsequently sentenced Fnronean Magistrate Mr. J. f I 2? S the Food Control Enactment g and was fined $1,900. The fine wis paid.
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  • 103 16 A MAGNIFICENT gesture has been made by the Rulers of the Federated Malay States, who have decided to make a Rift of 1*1.000,000 to the Imperial Government for the prosecution of the war. The following resolution will be included in the orders of the day
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  • 548 16 (l\om Our Own Coi respondent I Segamat, Thursday. FOLLOWING a preliminary enquiry before Mr. K. G. A. Dohoo, the First Magistrate for Segamat district, three Chinese named ffiew Fook Seong. Wong Hon Mm and Cheng Kirn, were committed for trial at the next Johore Assizes
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  • 229 16 (Fiom Our Own Correspoi Johore Bahru. Thui A CLAIM for 5750.50 f:.r U goods delivered, buug. livine Johncs, a Btagaptue against the Fnicji M Jchcre Bahru, a finr. < pairers, was heard before Mr. j \> the Best magistva day mcining. Mr. Jones a'leged that
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  • 78 16 (From Our Own Reporter Serembai.. rnuraw: i FIVE Chinese women ?nd en< were produced before the magistrate. Mr. J- S. H. vui Brown tc day to receive in the case in which tn.. n* I guilty to being found in I Illicit liquor in a bOU*
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  • 97 16 {FM O-r Own Rep"* 1 Kuala Lump T HAT he had stolen tb T to heITJ a friend who ed was the plea of a assistant. raigned this mcrmne >« Thorogood in the Firs Court of a large number ol W from toy motor-cars to
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  • 16 16 The photograph of untitled Pahang which was put J Mcining Tribune, apt* cf Le Marquis. 1
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  • 186 16 Singapore, Thursday. COMMENT on the disgraceful condition of Singapore's beaches, which was made in one of the recent issues of the Malaya Tribune, was produced al to-day's meeting of the Rural Boad. Mr. J. M. Jansen, Eurasian representative on the Board, drew the
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 313 16 >[*m The fanxmar Player s Sailor figure symbolises all that is dependable and worthwhile in tobacco-manufacture. In the cigarette world it stands for Player's Navy Cut a rendered justly famous for the excellence and quality it gives to smokers. PLAYER'S NAVY CUT CIGARETTES TOBACCO Taken Regularly Every Night BILE BEANS
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