Malaya Tribune, 19 February 1940

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    21 1 The Malaya Tribune VOL. XXVII- -No. 42. SINGAPORE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1940 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune. Monday, February 19, 1940.
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    DIRECT GERMAN THREAT TO NORWAY AND SWEDEN
    294 1 Aid To Finland An Act Of War Reuter. Paris, Feb. 19. ACCORDING to authoritative information received in Paris to-night, Germany' has officially informed Norway and Sweden that would regard any direct aid given Jy th countries to Finland as a breach of neutrality.
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    ALTMARK WAS A WARSHIP
    48 1 Reuter. London, Feb. 19. Tn claim that the Altn "unarmed merchantused considerable asLondon. lively pointed out there ny vessel caVed the AltReeister of Merchant other hand, in the roast and snip stay the International and Wireless ("oma German vessel r s as a waiship.
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    Britain Says Intern The Altmark
    40 1 Reuter. A British Note to Norway protesting: against the perfunctory examination of the German armed auxiliary Altmark, from which over British prisoners were taken by a British cruiser, demands the internment of the Altmark.— Reuter.
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    More Men For Army
    74 1 Reuter. London, Feb. 17. v.iced that the next I c for men born between Mar. 9. 1920. will be on previously registered tall have been called up for ser- vire the need for another registration ran now be absorbed by the army. The date has. moreover,
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    ON OTHER PAGES
    61 1 Paie» I nil Story of Altmark Incident t V n School For F M.S. Railways Ram-Runninf Cargo Se Glorious Indian Army Cinemas 6 and I i Review The News"—C.H.S.J. The Nelson Touch 8 and ,2 sr S tuna JJ Radio 12 ChM iXied Advertisements India Fage }J
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    ROOSEVELT "FISHING" IN PANAMA
    142 1 Reuter. «T?FSIDENT Roosevelt who has been P RE Sin g aboard *c «sa is V °said 6 SS* President Ro"seveH wm confer with military naval and civilian authorities in the Canal zone. President Roosevelt arr.ved at Oatun DceVs in the Tuscaloosa at 3 a.m. Eastern Standard
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    NELSON JOHNSON AT HAIPHONG
    71 1 Reuter. Chungking, Feb. 18. T HE United States Ambassador Mr. 1 Nelson Johnson, has arrived at Ha I nhong en route to Chungking. It U teamed that he intends to proceed by trlin from Hanoi to Kunming, via the French-owned Yunnan railway, but the date of
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    NAZI SHIP CAPTURED
    50 1 Reuter. London. Feb. 19. T<HE German steamer 1 Morea, 3,000 tons, with a cargo of manganese ore, a valuable war product, has bten captured by a British warship and brought into a west country port. Seven officers and 23 men have been entrained for an interment camp.—Reuter.
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    FINLAND'S WORST BOMBING
    80 1 Reuter. Stockholm, Feb. 18. FINLAND on Saturday suffered the worst day of bombing since the war started, according to correspondents of the Tidningen. Over 300 Russian raided at teftrt H towns outside the war zone, but cnlv a handful were killed and relatively slight damage done Moscow,
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    Latest Pirate Victims
    95 1 Reuter. Amsterdam, Feb. 18. THE Dutch steamer Amelan. 4.500 tons, bound for the Dutch Indies is sinking in th e North Sea 3» 2 hours after leaving Rotterdam. Her crew were rescued by anotmi Dutch vessel. London. Feb. 18. Thr Swedish steamers Liana and Osmed. both about
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    REDS AND NAZIS AS LIKE AS TWO PEAS
    75 1 Washington. Feb. 18. The Washington Post states:— "Anti-Communism has proved merely a cloak without basic meaning, or subrtance. Indeed to-day there is extremely little to distinguish Nazi Germany from Communist K« &s,a They are like two peas. The pod is no lon^
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    STOP PRESS
    107 1 Reuter. Chungking, Feb. 19. Japanese troops are rapidly falling back on Nanning and the nearest Chinese troops are at present ten miles from the city, announced General Ho Ying Ching. War Minister and concurrently Chief oi the General Staff in a broadcast speech to-day. General Ho Ying Ching
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    Russian Pressure Weakens
    420 1 Reuter. Helsinki, Feb. 19. LATEST Finnish communique announces that the Russian pressure on the Karelian Isthmus has weakened between the Gulf of Finland and Vouksen. Except for small local skirmishes and vigorous air activity the djrPMW cahmy. Many tanks were destroyed^ In the Suvanto district and Taipale
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    DAILY RAIDS ON OUTPOSTS OF WEST FRONT
    50 1 Reuter. Paris, Feb. 19. LAST night's communique states: "After very heavy preparation with trench mortars, the enemy attacked one of our outposts to the East of Moselle. He failed entirely On other parts of the front there was patrol activity on either side."—Reuter.
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    NAZI THREAT OF RETALIATION FOR ALTMARK AFFAIR
    666 2 British Government's Reply To Norwegian Protest STATEMENT ISSUED IN LONDON Reuter. London, Feb. 17. IT is authoritatively learned that the Norwegian Minister was summoned to the British Foreign Office yesterday afternoon to hear the Government's views on the Altmark incident. Simultaneously he lodged
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    Altmark, Cornered, Tried To Ram The Cossack
    554 2 Boarding And Gun Fight Described In Communique Reuter. London. Feb. 17. rpHF British Admiralty communique, issued 11.21 p.m. G.M.T., says it is now possible to give further details of the action of the Norwegian naval fortes. On re-entering the Fjord after dark. Captain
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    PLANES SAVE WARSHIPS FROM MINES
    116 2 Reuter. London, Feb. 18. TUi part played by the Air Force in the release of the Altniari* prisoners is desoribed in an Ah Ministry announcement which states that after locating the Altmark and carrjing out long-range reconnaissance flights in support of His Majesty's ships yesterday,
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    ALTMARK CAPTAIN'S STORY
    246 2 Reuter. Berlin, Feb. 18. W captain of the Altmark made a report, declaring that the Altmark on Friday sailed along the Norwegian coast. Three British planes repeatedly flew over the Altmark, obviously in communication with naval forces. A British cruiser and five destroyers approached, but two Norwegian
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    SEVEN GERMANS KILLED
    71 2 Berlin, Feb. 18. IT is officially announced that seven men were killed in the Altmark incident, and another is missing, presumed drowned. Five were seriously wounded. r < g c,g qqq Mr. Churchill is expected to make a statement in the Commons on the incident. About 150
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    German Captain Prepared To Blow Up Altmark
    286 2 Oslo Story Of Interception By British Warships Reuter. 9i re Oslo, Feb. 18. Norwegian Admiralty issued the following account of the Aii mark's seizure: "A Norwegian torpedo-boat, escorting the All nun k. pi a(t( j itself between the Altmark and the British destroyer,
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    NORWAY EXPLAINS
    103 2 Reuter. Oslo, Feb IX M. KOHT, the Foreign in a speech at Trondheir referring to violations of neut rality, said:— "The worst case was the All mark, but it is clear that if We are unable to defend neutrality. Ger many has not acquired the righ* U carry
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    PRISONERS ATTEMPTED TO STAGE MUTINY
    661 2 Reuter. London, Feb. 18. MbN th e Altmark's prisoners came ashore, a number were interviewed. A young seaman from the steamer Ashlea who was among the first to be taken on board the Altmark said the last two days on board were so bad "that
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    NORWEGIAN SHIP PRESUMED LOST
    53 2 Reuter. Oslo," Feb. 18: The ownens motor vessel, Segovia. 1387 nounced that the vessel [s pri be lost as the resu't of war 01 together with her crew of 22 passenger. The Segovia was honn bound from Portugal and v heard of in the Bay of
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    SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN OF F.M.S.R. EMPLOYEES
    745 3 General Manager Opens New Building (From Our Own Reoorter) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. JN the presence of a large gathering of parents, teachers, school managers and education officials the Hon. Mr. L. M. Smart, General Manager, Railways, declared open this evening the new Tamil school
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    19 3 Mr. C. A. Harrison Jones, M.C.S., has been appointed to act as Third As sistant Secretary, Colonial Secretary's Office.
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    GIRL VISITOR
    33 3 i Th. T.inrda van Stareerg Stachouwer. daughter (,(»veinor-tieneral of the Dutch Indie?-, who auived in ngapere to-day aboard the J< ban van Oldenbarnvelt." She is proceeding to Europe <>n a holidaj
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    FINED FOR HAVING CHANDU DROSS
    122 3 (Fiom Our Own Correspondent) Muar, Sunday, j Liow Oon was to day produced before Inche Haron bin Ahmad and charged with being in possession of four hoons of re prepared ehandu dross when he was not a registered smoker, nominee purchaser or authorised consumer. Inche
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    Donations For Malaya Patriotic Fund
    528 3 THE following are donation* rei ived for the Malaya Patriotic previously acknowledged $1.009.600.94 c Verification Office $7: G. G. C If. N. Wardell $25: Gammeter Singapore Badminton Association nesft Section $102 .50: Indian Se II Bottan $20; C. H. I. Kent $20: brook $10; W
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    Over $125 Million In Circulation In Malaya
    58 3 (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh, Saturday. THE whole amount of currency ru.tes in circulation in Malaya on Feb. 1, 1940, was 858.75, states Mr. H. Weisbtrg, chairman of the Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya. The figure for January is slightly less than
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    "GOLDEN BOY" A TRIUMPH
    255 3 Cinema Reviews CLIFFORD ODET'S famous play "Golden Boy" makes one of the most inspiring pictures m recent times. For those who like their entertainment serious, "Golden Boy," which opened at the Capitol Theatre on Saturday, ought to appeal greatly. This is one film which has improved
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    Fine Drama At Alhambra
    155 3 A DEEP study in psychology is presented in the film "Three Sons." which is the principal attraction at the Alhambia for the next few days. It is the story of a man who builds up one ol the world's largest departmental stores from the ashes of
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    TO-NIGHT'S TALK ON THE WAR
    139 3 BRIGADIER M.D. Gambier-Parry, M.C., A.D.C., will broadcast from the 8.M.8.C. at 7.30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 19, on "The War." In two previous talks in this series, Brigadier Gambier-Parry gave an account of the Maginot and Siegfried Lines and the present general situation en the
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    DARING DAYLIGHT IPOH ROBBERY
    145 3 (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh, Saturday. A DARING robbery occurred this mornino- in a Chinese jeweller's establishment in Hugh Low Street when an English educated Chinese youth made gooJ his escape with two pairs cf gold anklets worth about $400. The young man, it is alleged
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    ALLEGED MURDER OF MAN WHO FED HIM
    233 3 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. (GRAPHIC evidence was given this morning before Mr. W. J. Thorogood in the First Court by a grass-cutter, Sinnappan, at the preliminary enquiry into the alleged murder of one Ramaiyah by his cousin, Suppiah, on the
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    CLUE TO ALLEGED MURDER
    213 3 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. HOW some beans bought by two Tamils a few hours before a murder and found near the scene of ihe alleged crime led to their arrest on a charge cf murder of a Chinese, was related to-day at the
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    Italy May Have To Take Up Arms
    256 4 Rome, Jan. 17. ITALY'S most-decorated hero, Eltore Muti, newly appointed secretary of the Fascist Party, told the world to-day: "Italy may at any moment face the necessity and the duty of taking up arms." He had summoned to Rome the twenty-five federal secretaries
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    Jews As Slaves In Poland
    104 4 UNDISGUISED slavery is Ihc lot of at least 5.000 to 10,000 young Czecho-Slovakian and Austrian Jews sent to Poland, according to Jewish sources. Not all Jews sent to the Lublin "ghettc" in Central Polani arrive there. Those best fitted fo/ nard physical labour are diverted
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    MAN CHARTERS SHIP FOR JEW REFUGEES
    156 4 London, Jan. 17. MR. RAPHAEL DE SOLA, wealthy brother-in-law of the shipping millionaire, Sir John EHerman, hired a small liner yesterday to send thirty Jewish refugee families to the United States and Mexico. Numbering 110 people, they were given third-class tickets from London to
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    Sind's War Expenditure
    73 4 In the Sind Assembly Sir Gulam Mti .rm Hidyatuliah. Mnvstcr in charge of Law and Order, informed the House thai the Government of S :id had inclined an expenditure of Rs, f»9.000 due to the war. This included R 21.000 fc.r the A R P schemes and
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    Nazi Spies To Watch Spies
    574 4 Zurich, Jan. 15. r JMiK new Gestapo activity throughout Germany has two main characteristics, a "front line" and a "home front" drive. Greater watch is being kept on the soldiers at the front. Gestapo agents attired in ordinary regimental uniforms arc being poured into the
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    'RUM-RUNNING' CARGO SEIZED BY PIRATES
    383 4 COLONEL SAID TO BE "ADVENTURER" London, Jan. 30. rpHK slorv of an Atlantic "rum-running" Bcfaein* and the seizure by pirate* of a luce cargo of wines, was told at Bankruptcy Court hMhy, when Lieut.-Colonel John Allan Rule of Carll, n Mansions Pa" Hall, S.W., was
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    Wife-lls. Woman-£2
    191 4 London. Feb. I. Soldier's wife (and three chiidren): lis. a week. The 01 her Woman (and two children): £2 a week. fORPORAL GEORGE THOMAS ■T FAULKNER, of the Royal Scots Greys, was summoned at West London Police Court yesterday for foiling to maintain his wife, Georgina. He was
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    32 4 German spy Adolf Samuely, an Austrian like his Fuehrer, was sentenced to 20 years gaol in France. He entered the country from Aix-la-Chapelle to recruit agents fo r lh c Nazi Intel-
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    46 4 "According to Swiss reports the Gestapo have gangs of spies armed with supplies of drugs," declares Siecle Medical, Paris. "Their task is to make addicts out of young women of such class and position that they can be made to supply information after having been enslaved."
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    GLORIOUS TRADITIONS OF INDIAN ARMY RECALLED
    1389 5 997 Decorations Won In Last War (By Field-Marshal 1/ird Bircfwood, G.C.8., G.C.5.1., G.C.M.G.. G.C.V.0,, C.1.E., D.5.0.) PIELD-MARSHAL Lord Bird wood of Arzac and Totnts writes here frf the Indian Army and its traditions, on which there is no greater authority. Lord Bird wood has
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    Garner Stands For Presidency
    31 5 MR. John Garner. Vice-President of the U.S.A., who announces that he will enter the Democratic nrinaty election in California im "omination a s candidate fur the Presidency.
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    Landowner Found Dead
    161 5 Ambleside, Cumberland, Feb. h TWO wives sat together at the inquest to-day on Mr. Alan Christopher Wilson, 42-year-old Lake District landowner, who was found shot in the lounge of his home, Low Nook, Ambleside, on Tuesday. Otic was Mrs Marionette Clementine Wilson, the 25-years-old French girl he
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    "WAR" ON MALARIA
    123 5 WAR" ON MALARIA Chungking. PROGRESS in the anti-malaria work in Yunnan Province with the help of three American experts is reported by the leader oi the mission hospitals in free China, Dr. Brown, who arrived here arter an investigation tour in Yunnan. Hie three American experts were »2nt to China
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    Face The Facts!
    503 8 fOEBBELS states with monotonous frequency that what Britain wants is the dismemberment of Germany as an Empire. If the British statesmen who so frequently cloud our war aims in a fog of diplomatic evasiveness were honest with themselves, they would say precisely the same thing and they
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    Nelson Touch In Altmark Affair
    787 8 Reuter. Berlin, Feb. 18. 1 ACCORDING to the official News Agency, "incredible indignation" has A been aroused throughout the whole of Germany by the Altmark affair Newspapers continue to incite vehemently against the "piracy,, and "murder." The Voelkischer Beobachter remarks:—"Let it be known in London
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    Failure Of U-Boats
    113 8 London. Feb. 17. AN excellent answer to Germany's claims to a successful U-boat campaign is given In the January Board of Trade returns, issued to-day. It is revealed that imports for Uie month shew a large rise compared with January 1939. in practically ail categories. The biggest
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    Peace With Hitler Impossible Says Former Labour Minister
    259 8 London, Feb. 17. MR. HUGH DALTON, who was Parliamentary Foreign Under-Secre--1 tary in the Labour administration of 1929-31, spoke yesterday on Labour peace aims. While labour could not make peace until the Nazi regime was overthrown, foe said peace* talks could begin
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    Radio Works Destroyed By Fire
    95 8 Reuter. London, Feb. IS, A LARGE fire broke out late last night in a North London wireless valve I factory. I Before the fire was finally got under control, more than 300 firemen, auxiliary fire service men and women i\o fire-fighting appliances from ail over
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    13 8 Reuter. London, Feb. 18: The costermonger comedian Gus Elen died to-day aged 77.—Renter.
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    THE NEWS
    187 8 JJECISIVE battle of War, according to now being- fought. What they mean is thai if Russia, breaks rinht Ihrovgi the Mannerheim Line it v i|| a very poor outlook for Finland, and if she cannot bre;>k throngfe before the big thaw sets in Finland might be saved ror
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    Vital Month
    137 8 jyjARCH, 1940, looks like being a very important month in l^ie world's history. In March the trade treat> betweea France and Japan expires. Discission of the possibility of renewal has already begun. Japan's bombing the French railway from Indo-Chhu hasn't helped any. In March the Japanese reveal their
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    Own Medicine
    180 8 HOW they change their id tim.-, these old, Conservative men. Here is Sir Samuel H > member of the War Govern m who Defter talked of social justJ peace time, telling Britons tha must become a more equal societj the Empire a united family lightened and based co
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    SAILORS LEAP ON NAZI SHIP WITH BAYONETS FLASHING
    406 9 Germans Had No Stomach For Scrap Reuter. London, Feb. 19. {)NE of the prisoners released from the Altmark, Mr. Aubrey Jenkins of the Doric Star, told a thrilling story of the bravery and daring of the men from H.M.S. Cossack. He said:
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    Reds Will Never Break Through
    142 9 Reuter. Mannerheim Helsinki, Feb. M. IN i proclanvition to the irmmsh trnfi on the Karelian Marshal Mannerheim states the time has com- when the enem>s advance has oeen checked belor. the new positions manned b> trcsn Finnish troops and artillery. H- expressed confidence that UK
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    Enemy Raids Repulsed On West Front
    79 9 Reuter. Paris, Feb. 18. Tin French war communique says 1 thai during last night enemy B nit< an anting in strength to one unsuccessfully attacked. Uo o1 rtwii outposts. During the 4a, >ome artillery hre, particular 1 lie region of the Yi»»ues. uunique claims
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    Belgium Buys U.S. Liners
    51 9 Reuter. New York, Feb. 18. tight i seven between 7.000 and I tons and the 13.000 ton liner I ding belonging to a United Line nave been sold to a Belgian to ply between New York, Beirut and France, rice is reported to be about $4
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    TREASURY CALLS IN CERTAIN U.S. BONDS
    306 9 Reuter. London. Feb. n order transferring to themselves all TIIK Treasury announce an order specified securi--1 holding by United Klrgdom wu in in sle rUs marketable in New HoWers M exchanße ling at the current New York price rate, plus accrued interest to Mar.
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    GERMAN SKIPPER WAS A TYRANT
    157 9 Reuter. London, Feb. 18. i 4,.k «f 'West Indians. A ai. \h.u-irU were a batch oi anything. ~T her e was f fLj\irne, ST^Wi-S^S^ IOPUIUP with tea. •The Germans behaved very badly and the skipper was a k t After a trying experience being_kept under
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    JAPANESE BLUFF OVER YANGTSE
    126 9 Reuter. Tokyo, Feb, 18BLUNTLY declaring that the promise to re-open tha Yangtse was ■sad as a diplomatic bargain in me then Foreign Minister's negotiations with the United State*, the e*e Army organ, Kokumin Shimbun, remarks that various quarters are greatly interested in Mr. Arita s attitud
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    Chinese Jubilant Over Nanning Victory
    62 9 Reuter. Chungking, Feb. 18. piRE crackers were let off in abundance throughout Chungking as news of the Japanese withdrawal from Nanning spread like wild fire. Hitherto there has, however, been no official confirmation of the reported victory. Usually reliable circles claim that big fires have
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    INDUSTRY MUST PREPARE FOR PEACE
    158 9 London, Feb. 18. THE Transport and General Workers Union delegates discussed postwar problems at a conference yesterday. Mr. Ernest Bevin said that it w** Trade Unions' duty to examine the probability ol post-war conditions, anu visualise a sudden cessation ol war production. It was not
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    His Case Was Desperate.
    218 9 oiifr> Man i Distressed Stale. 1 "I was reduced to such a state through anaemia and neurasthenia that my case was desperate," states Mr. vv. J. Ingram, of 15, Leyburne Street, Bradlord, England, "Last October I began to suffer from dizziness, and wh.n outdoors my head
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    226 10 Singapore, Saturday. nPHOUGH the weather conditions were not favourable for sailing, owing to light breezes, rain squalls and a lumpy sea, the Royal Singapore Yacht Club, which held its bi-annual At Home and Regatta this afternoon, had a successful day. Despite the weather handicaps, keen competition was witnessed
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    TEAMS IN ANNUAL CLASH
    24 10 The North and South <above) teams which met in the annual hockey match at Kuala Lumpur yesterday. North won 3—2.
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    SATURDAY'S RACE RESULTS
    98 10 Itace 1: Shoot l p $11 and $6. Pat Burke $10. Dancing Foam $7. Race 2: Zolfanella $18 and $16. Red Dot SIT. Golden Blaze $10. BMC 3: Sultana $20 and $8. Royal Worlington $8. Race 4: Mallanuit $32 and $9. Tredella $9. St. Charles $10. Kacc
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    BRILLIANT FORWARDS WIN ANNUAL GAME FOR NORTH
    984 10 SPLENDID PLAY BY VOHRA (From Our Own Reporter.) Kuala Lumpur, Sunday /JIVING AN EXCELLENT DISPLAY OF TEAM WORK Qm PORTUNISM, THE NORTH DEFEATED THE SOUTH IT HOCKEY ON THE PADANG THIS MORNING BY THREE GOAI TO TWO. Seldom has such a fine exhibition
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    Selling Lotteries Re-Introduced
    106 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping. Fridav. DOPULAR in the early days of racing, Selling Lotteries will be re-introduced a t the two-day Skye Meeting of the Taiping T ur f Club next month. A Selling Lottery will be held 011 each race. Numbers may be booked by
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    HOME SOCCER AND RUGGER
    157 10 London, Feb. 18. DESULTS of 10-day's soccer and rugby matches are as follows; SOUTH "C" Brentford 4, West Ham I Chels?a 5, Southampton 1. Millwall 2. Fulham 0. Tottenham 2, Charlton 0. SOUTH "D" Clapton O. 1, Watford 1 Crystal P 4. Reading 1 Southend 3,
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    SHENSI'S ANCIENT BRIDGE
    94 11 Phis massive structure has for centuries past carried the road between Shienyung and Sian across the wide and sluggish waters of the Feng River It is about two-thirds of a mile in length with a gateway at each end. The bridge is supported on a number of
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    Significance Of Chinese Victory
    391 11 Chinese Central News. Chungking:. HOMING close on the heels of the North Hupeh, North Hunan, North Kwangtung, Southeast Shansi and Chungtiaoshan victories, the latest Chinese triumph in southern Kwangsi is a conclusive proof that the defenders have reverted their position from one of losing to one
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    SHANSI'S SITUATION REVEALED
    259 11 Chinese Central News. Chungking. 4 VIVID description of the anti±±British movement directly supported by the Japanese, the activity of the Bth Route Army and suerrilla units, and the Japanese armies in Shansi Province, was given by Rev. Victor Hayward of the British Baptist Missionary Society of Sinchcw,
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    JAPANESE DESTRUCTION OF AMERICAN INTERESTS
    539 11 150 CASES SINCE OUTBREAK OF WAR Central News. Chungking. IT is learned from authoritative sources that there have been over 150 cases in which American properties in China have been attacked by Japanese planes since the outbreak of war m 1937 Following are SI of
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    37 11 Chinese Central News HongkongTseng Tze sheng, editor-in-chief ot Wang Ching-wei's "Nan Min Weekly, has forsaken his former employer and has arrived at Hongkong According to Tseng, several more 01 Wang's followers are leaving him shortly.—Chinese Central New?
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    FORESTRY RESEARCH BUREAU
    102 11 Chungking. THAT proposals for the establishment of a National Forestry Research Bureau and a bureau to administer State-owned forestry be drafted and submitted to the Government, were reached at an annual conference of the Chinese Forestry Society held in Chungking recently. Another suggestion that the national forestry
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    Care For China's War Orphans
    276 11 THE arrival of a medical unit in Chungking ensures better health and medical care to thousands of Madame Chiang Kai-shek's "warphans," or war orphans. The unit, called the fifth New Life Medical Unit, is from Shanghai, and will be detailed for service in the numerous
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    NEW HOSPITAL TO BE OPENED IN SHANGHAI
    157 11 Chinese Central News. Kunming. A SMALL fifty-bed hospital will be opened soon by the National Shanghai Medical College and the National Chung Cheng Medical College here »n addition to an outpatient department now maintained. A hospital ward is opening at Pailungtan (While Dragon
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    BANKNOTE ISSUE
    116 11 A PERIODICAL inspection made by the Currency Reserve Board in Chungking revealed that the four Chinese government banks had up to that date issued $3,081,787,295 worth of banknotes. The Central Bank of China topped the list with an issue of $1,346,979,745. The Bank of China, the Bank of
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    GUARD MADE PRISONERS AS FORT IS RAIDED
    667 12 ROUNDED-UP BY GUNMEN, SAYS K.C. Dublin, Jan. 10. rPHE first story of how the magazine fort in Phoenix Park, Dublin, was raided of nearly 4, >0 tons of machine-gun and rifle ammunition was told at Dublin District Court yesterday when seven men were
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    OFFICERS FOR PROTECTION OF HINDU CHILDREN
    92 12 *T the tenth annual general meeting of the Society for the Protection 31 Hindu Children held at the Ramakrishna Mission yesterday, the following were elected office-bearers for the ensuing year:— President, Mr. N.D. Pillai (re-elect-ed >; Vice-President, Mr. K.R. Naidu (reelected) Hon. Secretary, Mr.
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    23 12 Mr. C. W. A. Sennett, M.G.S., has been appointed Commission, r of the Mohammedan and Hindu Endowment Board for the Settlement of Penang.
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    WHAT READERS ARE SAYING OLD CUSTOMS
    500 12 THE MUHARAM SHOW (To the Editor of the Malay a Tribune) ci r I notice in your daily paper of vesterday's date, re: the Muharam Show h c Jd at Muar, you state that all fhe arrangements for the show weie made by me
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    GOVT. SERVANT ON BREACH CHARGE
    94 12 (.From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Sunday. TAN KOON KIAT, 42, a Government Cleik attached to the Malacca General Hospital, appeared before Mr. J. G. Rappoport, in the Police Court yesterday on a charge that he, on Feb. 2, being entrusted with $100, committed criminal breach
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    21 12 Mr. C. R. Hawkins, Settlement Engineer, Labuan. has been appointed a Deputy Immigration Officer. Labuan, in addition to his present duties.
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    Magistrate Publicly Refutes His Daughter
    217 12 ALDERMAN F. W. Braybrooks, 72-year-old chairman of Biggleswade, Bedfordshire Juvenile Court, whose daughter disagreed with him a fortnight previously on the question of birching boys said to two fathers on Jan. 20: "Give your sons a good thrashing with a razor strop or belt, put
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    DEFENSIVE STRATEGY IN THE WEST
    56 12 'It seems to m e that on the tion that Goering has been building up userves for y:\ars, and that R will be of some assistance to Genu in the economic field, an att.tude oi defens ve strategy In the West which would commend Itself
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      749 12 To-day's Radio SINGAPORE LONDON ZHL 225 metres (1.33 mc|s). aa«WJ?3Ef?SK 2 3 tW 30.96 metres (9.69 mc'.s). glp lilt fgJS p m. Rtf GSJ 21.53 Mcs (19.82 me 115 Miscellaneous programme or programme Degins c P m (locaihm. Gramophone Records. News Bulletin 8.35 pm. and n „Jj 1/30 News mid-day
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      398 13 mmmm^* uiENTS, Monthly KemuneliOf rising to Rs. 340,-, No investment, Samples IVy mil n Silk afl&llS tana t India). i competent lady stenograph- ol ligurt-s an advantage. quaJiticatkHtt and salary No. 468, c o Malaya Tri- US-C). ri need Bill Galleeand reliable and with on a commission basis. Who (.an
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      499 13 Educational PERSONAL HOME TUITION given by experienced t?aeher, teaching Malay, Latin, English. School subjects higher mathematics. Please apply, Munshi, c;o Siraj, D. 1., Malaica. <536-C>. KINDERGARTEN AND PRIMARY CLASSES. Qualified European teacher. Mornings. 72 Goodman Road, Katong (512-C). BALLROOM DANCING: Private lessons given day and evening by expert tutor. Correct
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      592 13 HISTORY OF FASCISM IN TAMIL, 30 cts. per copy from K. Ramachandran, 191-B Cecil Street, Singapore. Post free. FOR SALE Baby Grand piano specially tnade for the Tropics at reasonable price. Please apply 5 p.m. 9, Oxley Road, Singapore. 1521-C) $5 CASH for 130 bottles long tube perfumes, assorted. Post
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      377 13 TENDERS are invited for provision of photographs for Naval Base for year commencing Ist April 1940. Tender forms obtainable 'British subjects only' on application to Naval Store Officer, H.M. Naval Base, before 26th February. SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST TENDERS are invited for the execution of alterations and additions to houses Nos.
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    LEAGUE MEETING CONCLUDED
    118 14 New Delhi, Feb. 6. THE Working Committee of the All-India Muslim league concluded its sittings to-day after it heard from its president, Mr. M. A. Jinnah what transpired between him and His Excellency the Viceroy at their meeting this morning. Members present at to-day's meeting were Sir
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    Encouraging Results Of Indian Researches
    302 14 Calcutta, Feb. 8. 4 CONSIDERABLE number of scientific experiments are being conducted with raw materials available in the country in abundance in the laboratories and workshop of the Department of Applied Chemistry of the Calcutta University College of Science. The object of these experiments is
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    EARLY STEPS TO STRENGTHEN AIR DEFENCE
    90 14 New Delhi, Feb. 12. THE Central Assembly passed without a J division Sir Raza Ali's resolution recommending early steps to strengthen the air defence cf India by providing suitable air training for the Indian youth and establishing an auxiliary air force commensurate with the
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    22 14 Mr. H. C. Dasappa, President of the Mysore State Congress, saw Mahattaa .Gandhi in connection with the political situation in the State
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    Indo-Ceylon Impasse To End Soon
    148 14 Bombay, Feb. 6. ItHE view that an understanding could easily be reached on the outstanding problems between India and Ceylon was expressed by Mr. M. M. Wedderburn, Chairman. Board of Ministers, and Chief Secretary to the Government of Ceylon, who arrived in Bombay from Colombo
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    Parliament To Approve Proclamations
    128 14 New Delhi, Feb. 13. THE one result of the failure of 1 Gandhi-Viceroy talks appears to be the decision taken by the British Government to ask Parliament to approve of the continuance ior another 12 months Governors proclamations, issued under section 93 of the Government of
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    AGA KHAN ENDORSES PATEL'S SUGGESTION
    431 14 COMMUNAL ISSUE TO BE ARBITRATED Bombay, Feb. 13. QARDAR Vallabhai's suggestion to leave the outstanding political problem of the day to be settled by a conference of members of legislatures in India was supported by His Highness the Aga Khan in a press interview. "It
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    33 14 At a meeting of the Bombay Provincial Muslim Leagu? held at lion*bay a resolution recommending Mr. JinVur.h icy the presidentship of th e ensuing session of All India Muslim League was unanimously passed.
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    S. AFRICA NOT TO ENFORCE SEGREGATION
    144 14 pE south^ l^! h n n. do not intend t„ nme nt immediate action t, segregation of Asiatics (P hibit mixed Marriages r pr to reports received h^T*** Mr. Lawrence. Minister r Interior in a statement Union Assembly recenfi the that the Government *L*J
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    Madras Fire Enquiry Completed
    221 14 Madras Feb "> MX. VV. Xeusam. District and 7" Sessions Judge. Chittarc wkt has been appointed bj Gmuatßl to enquire into th e recent irr disaster at the All-India Khadi and Swadeshi Exhibition rommenced ha inquiry to-day at the (Mac* (hamber. Fort St. George At the
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    Desai Appeals To Business Men Not To Divorce Politics
    182 14 The elite of the city, including Mr. Bhulabhai Desai. Mr. Manila] Navavaty, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank, and Mr. J. C. Setalvad, outgoing President of the Chamber, attended. Continuing Sardar Patel referred to the international war and said it was chiefly fought
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    28 14 The Archaeological Department's excavations in the Punjab have recently thrown light on the problem of Lhe origin of the Agrawals. a rich and influential community of Northern India.
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    24 14 The Government of Bihar, have sanctioned a sum of Rs. 300 tor the prohi.bition propaganda during the Ram✓rarh session of the Indian National Congress.
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    36 14 Mr. Ehsanur Rahman untitled tary of the U.P. Muslim Lea been returned from th< Lv lim constituency to the U P tive Council. Mr. Kidwai secured votes and the rival cand Siraj Husain (Independent) polled votes.
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    To-Day's MARKET Report
    161 15 FroM Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Monday. the first lime in many months, there were dealngs, on Saturday, in Tongkah Harbours. There was a keen (i mand for their share issues, market closing on a firm note. re were practically no dealings rubber share market, rials remained very
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    39 15 London, Feb. 18. I totalled £105 milof ZIS-4 million on nth, and an increase of compared with the same Exports amounted to £41 ase of £1 million on th? and an increase of tiVz with January last year. —Eeuter
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    MID-DAY RUBBER AND TIN PRICES
    25 15 Prioes of tin and rubber in Singapore at noon today were:— RUBBER I 5, unchanged. TIN $122 j. down i.
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    Ayer Molek Declares 8 Per Cent. Dividend
    313 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) moo 4i *i Malacca, Feb. 17. I th lh general meeting of the Ayer Molek Rubber (ompany, Ltd. was held at its registered office, No. 18, Jonker Street, Malacca, on Thursday, at 12 noon. Mr. Chee Guan Chiang, chairman
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    235 15 Singapore, Monday. The following are the exchange stock this morning according to the daily circular issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. SELLING London T.T. 24 1 16 London demand 2 4 1 16 Lyons demand 2057 Switzerland demand 208 Hamburg demand New York demand 46 7 8
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    FRASER & CO.'S SHARE REPORT
    933 15 FRASER CO.'S SHARE REPORT Singapore, Feb. 17. MINING Buyers Bellera Ampat Tin 5|- 5[6 Austral Amal 6'- 6;6cd Austral Malay 37!- 39[-cd Ayer Hitam 249 25!9 Ayer Weng 0.70 0.75 Rnnßrln 2119 229 Batu Selangor 1.55 1.60 Berjuntal 10.9 Hi9cd Burma Malay 23 3 24 3 Chenderiang 16|- 171Hltam Tin
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    STOCK EXCHANGE
    65 15 Reuter. London, Feb. 17. IN the Stock Exchange, supplies of loanable funds continued to be in borrowers' favour. Contrary to general expectations, discount houses failed to obtain their quota of Treasury bills at a better rate than last week's. The actual average rate was again £1-0-$, while the
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      90 15 j THE EASTERN BANK LIMITED. (Incorporated in England) (SINGAPORE BRANCH) 4, D'Almeida Street. Authorised and subscribed Capital £2,000,000 Paid-up Capital £1,000,000 Reserve Fund 500,000 HEAD OFFICE: LONDON Branches: Bombay, Calcutta, Colombo, Karachi, Madras, Amara, Baghdad, Bahrein, Basra, Kirkuk, Mosul and Singapore. CURRENT ACCOUNTS openei and money received on Fixed Deposits
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      171 15 UNITED CHINESE BANK, LIMITED. (Incorporated in S.S.) No. 2, Chulia Street. (BONHAM BUILDING) Singapore. Authorised Capital $4,000,000.00 Issued, Subscribed and Paid Up $1,000,000.00 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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    COMPLAINANT TRIES TO WITHDRAW ASSIZES CASE
    727 16 Defence And D.P.P* Receive Letters (From Our Own Correspondent) Muar, Sunday. THE first criminal session of the Muar Assizes for the year ope 1 at the Muar Supreme Court this morning before Mr. L. V. J. Laville. Thr-ie are six cases en the list,
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    CHINESE FOUND STABBED
    81 16 Singapore, Monday. PAID to have been stabbed on the head and arm shortly before four o'clock yesterday afternoon, a well-dressed middle, aged Chinese was conveyed to hospital in a ci iti cal condition. He was found sitting on the roadway at the junction of Queen Street and
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    FOUR HURT WHEN TAXI OVERTURNS
    71 16 Singapore, Saturday. Four Chinese. Including two men, a woman and a boy, were injured wlien the motor taxi in which they were driving up Thomson Road overturned near the Island Club into a drain, this afternoon. Two of the injured were picked up in a
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    DONATIONS TO ENTERTAIN INDIAN TROOPS
    104 16 T HE following further contributions to the T Indian Troops Entertainment Fund are announced by Rai Bahadur Prithvi Chand of ?oh£f Headquarters, honorary secretary of the F p n total $2,872.00; Messrs. Amir Sons, •of- Mr I N Benjamin. $20; Messrs. H. Mohd. $50 MesSs
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    16 16 Mr. H. R. Hughes-Hallet, M.C.S., has been appointed a Police Magistrate tor the Settlement of Singapore.
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