Malaya Tribune, 28 February 1940

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  • 21 1 The Malaya Tribune VOL. XXVII- -No. 50. SINGAPORE,. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1940 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune. Wednesday, February 28, 1940.
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  • 89 1 Stockholm. Feb. 28—In the Isthmus battle there is a danger that the ma) soon have another front to defend. When they reach the tip of the Koivisto Peninsula the Russians will be only five miles from main Finnish somh coast near Saekkifaervi, which
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  • 363 1 Chain Shells Fail To Trap Planes Reuter. London. Feb. 28. DM li K> special correspondent with the British Air Force in France states that RAF. longdistance bombers landed at a French aerodrome before dawn yesterday a/ter participating in the most important scries of reconnaissance flishtN over
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  • 31 1 Reuter. Paris, Feb. 27. SIX people were injured, one seriously, by a shell which exploded in the pavement when anti-aircraft batteries opened fire here last night. —Reuter.
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  • 218 1 Reuter. London, Feb. 28. MR Sumner Welles, U.S. UnderSecretary of State, left Rome for Berlin last night, according to the Rome radio. Mr Welles left shortly after midnight. Signer Musstfini warmly invited Mr. Welles to visit him when he returns
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  • 132 1 Reuter. Vatican, Feb. 27. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, in a message to the Pope concerning the appointment of Mr. Myron Taylor as his personal envoy to the Vatican, says:— "I should be very happy to know that he will' form the focus for all the views Your Holiness and
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  • 159 1 Reuter. London, Feb. 27. LORD HALIFAX addressing members of the University of Oxford as Chancellor of the University, declared that the real conflict to. day wa s between youth and youth, and this was the kernel of our future problems. "What has been the driving force behind
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  • 748 1 Two More German Ships Captured Steady Defeat Of Nazi Sea Piracy Policy Reuter. JWO more U-boats, making about a dozen this month, were destroyed yesterday. Both were rammed, one having its periscope torn off by a Norwegian cargo ship and the other having
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  • 49 1 Reuter. Helsinki, Feb. 28. It is staled that since the beginning of the wa r 500 Soviet planes have been brought down in Finland. A review of Soviet air raids in the first fortyight of February shows that 06 civilians were killed and I'M injured.—Reuter.
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  • 41 1 Reuter. Tokyo, Feb. 2». JAMES Russell Young, noted American journalist, was yesterday charged with and spreading rumours concerning l the Japanese forces in China." He will be tried by the Tokyo District Court.— Reuter.
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  • 93 1 Reuter. London. Feb. 28. FOUR of the crew o£ the Heiukel bomber shot down off the Firtli or Forth were picked up by a trawler and landed at a Scottish port. One was .suffering from gunshot wounds. They appeared overjoyed at the rescue and repeatedly shook
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  • 34 1 Reuter. London, F» b 21. It is officially announced that one Bri tish aircraft failed to return from a successful Royal Air reconnaJ sance flight over Heligoland Bight to day. —Reuter.
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  • 40 1 Reuter. Monte Video. Feb. 27. The British cruiser Dorsetshire which was expected here this mornina for supplies and fuel. is not arriving to-day after all. Festivities which had been arranged for the officers and men tonight "have been cancelled— Renter.
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  • 368 2 Views To Be Submitted To Government (TRIBUNE STAFF REPORTER) THINESE COMMERCIAL INTERESTS ARE TO DISCUSS THE QUESTION OF THE POSSIBLE IMPOSITION OF INCOME TAX IN THE COLONY AT A MEETING TO BE HELD AT THE CHINESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ON MAR. 1 AT 5
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  • 95 2 TUP STOCK position «f sugar in Singapore and failing prices in the market have made it p< ssibll to announce fuither i f ill ttfiiji in the retail prices of Java sugar. The price in Singapore and Penang has been reduced to 7' /'•> cents per
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  • 90 2  -  (From Our Own Reporter Ipoh, Wednesday. TT is reliably learnt that buildoperations on the new ipoh Hospital will probably commence next year. in view of this, the Health 0^ ter Kiiita, considered it very desirable < hat. anti-malarial works around the site he carried out
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  • 88 2 (From Our Own Reporter) Penang, Wednesday. A CHINESE, Ong Cheok Chit, was charged in the Middle Court to-day before Mr. Lim Koor Teck with assisting in the management of a public lottery, nameiy the Kedah Chinese Chin Woo Athletic Association lottery, at Penang on
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  • 241 2  -  (From 1 Our Own Reporter Ipoh, Wednesday. A SCHEME to prevent the num- ber of bankruptcies among Government contractors has been started in the F.M.S. and is proving extremely satisfactory, according to an announcement made by Mr. J. L. Hope at the meeting of the Perak
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  • 33 2 With the inauguration of weekly sailings by foreign vessels from Hongkong and Macao, and bi- weekly trips by Japanese Government chartered vessels from Hongkcng, the population in Canton has shown a further increase
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  • 277 2 A TRANSPORT HOARD official giving expert evidence in a case at Kuala Lumpur condemned a Public Works Department lorry as unfit for use and said the lorry should ha>e been scrapped years ago. The case was a sequel to an ac(jdent which occurred
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  • 117 2  -  (From Our Own Correspondent Muar. Tuesday. •T admit that when I was arrested the chandu was found in my possession but I did not know that I was carrying non-Government chandu. I was handed a parcel and I did not know that the parcel contained non-Government
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  • 135 2 THE following is an rac^° a m 1 a letter received to Smga nore from one who yelping SS the distribution jf comforts for the Navy at Heme. We had marvellous letters ot thanks from the captains ot I wish people could see them It would
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  • 182 2  -  (From Our Own Reporter a „ONG civilto A Aw fjrSol« v.p t', are two appeals in wmtn me sev^n miner of Menglembu, are involved. Both the appeals are against the decision of the Hon. Mr. Justice Murray Aynsley. Another case of interest is
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  • 24 2 The importation of the "Voice of New China" published in Nanking and Issued in English Si Chinese. Is prohibited under the Undesirably Publications Ordinance.
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  • 357 2 Singapore, Tuesday. LIM CHOK KENG alias Lim Swee Beng was this afternoon acquitted by Mr. Conrad Oldham in the second police court on a charge of being in possession of 36 counterfeit twenty-cent coins and U counterfeit ten-cent coins. Mr Charles W. Such. Court
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  • 160 2  -  Perak Merchants Say (From Our Own Reporter ipon, w OERAK merchants yesterday resolved at a meeting o their Chamber of Commerce that "something drastic ought be done to improve «he export trade from Britain" although they did not doubt that he Home Government were giv
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  • 398 2  -  (From Our Own Correspondent Alor Star, Tuesday. rpfiE first session of the Kedah Court of Appeal for the current year was held in the High Court presided over by Sir Percy McElwaine, Chief Justice. S.S., who was assisted by Mr. Justice Poj Chief Justice, F.M.S.. and Mr.
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  • 90 2 Before the and dv the intervals of "I Killed Th t m to-night and on Friday alU i tions will be rendered by th c PIP» the Drums and Regimental Band < Argyll and Sutherland permission of Major I. Mc A and Officers cf the fu
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  • 218 2  -  (From Our Own Correspondent Teluk Anson, Wednesday. S. V. KANDIAH, Preventive Out-door Customs Officer-in-charge ofßatang Padang, who was charged with having attempted to cheat the Government of Perak by submitting a voucher to the financial clerk for $2.10 as hire for car P.K. 7135 used
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    • 70 2 The Wise Way to Perfect Hygiene l^^lli You can be sure of Calvert 1 Wp\\£ <• i) I Carbolic Soft Soap. It keep* you clean and refreshed, and is pleasant to use, because it n W Jk f feels so smooth on your akin. Vr. When buying soft soap be
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  • 420 3 p testa watched the picturesque Trooping of the Colour Manchester Regiment at Tanglin Garrison at 9.30 this tatives of most of the >ned in Singapore including numbers of in colourful uniform, the origin of which is rtamty. is supposed to ited to test
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  • 298 3 SYSTEM MAY BE MORE GENERALLY USED (TRIBUNE STAFF REPORTER) SINGAPORE STREETS ARE GOING TO BE BRIGHTER IF THE SUGGESTION OF A MUNICIPAL COMMISSIONER IS CARRIED INTO FORCE. More general use of the new type of street lighting, recently installed by the Municipality on a stretch
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  • 204 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday. iN the summons case in which a young Chinese. Liew Woon. Kirn. was charged with using a private vehicle for the purposes of hire, three constables gave evid dence of how they had been detailed to keep
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  • 71 3 Singapore, Tuesday. Loh Thye (52), a Hainanese, claimed trial this morning in the second police court before Mr. Conrad Oldham, on a charge that at 9 p.m. on Feb. 2(>, at Fiaser Street, he offered an illegal a ratification of 20 cents to P.C. 1337, of
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  • 82 3 k short circuit is believed to have been responsible for an outbreak or fire which damaged five stalls at the New World amusement park .'a*t night. The fire occurred at about 1 30 a m. .in one of a row of stalls, and by
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  • 27 3 Reuter. Berlin, Feb. 27. It is officially announced that German planes shot down a British Bristol Blenheim machine over Heligoland this afternoon.—Reuter.
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  • 345 3  -  (From Our Own Reporter Malacca, Tuesday. "IT is a crying 1 shame to see Indians—men, and childrenlying in the five-foot way and open spaces of our town during the night of the annual Masimagan festival and unless and until we provide them with suitable
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  • 192 3 THE' impression made on the Malays by the arrival of a large force of Australian and New Zealand troops in the Middle East is shown by an editorial article in Warta Malaya, a Singapore Malay daily. This newspaper refers to "the circulation of
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  • 27 3 Singapore. Wednesday Owing to unforseen circumstance-;, the AC S. Old Boys' Association will be unable to hold their monthly social for the month of March.
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  • 227 3 Singapore, Tuesday. "THE accused rushed up to me. carried me while another man came out of a stationary motor car and siuffed my mouth with cloth." was the story a girl named Sivaganv told Mr. J. L. M"Fall. 'he Criminal District Judge, this morning in
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  • 45 3 Final figures in connection with the screening of 'Hitler—Beast Of Berlin" at the Alhambra on Monday in aid of the Malaya Patriotic Fund have not yet been rendered, but it is stated Chat the Fund will benefit by more than $3,000.
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  • 461 4 Story Of 16-Year-Old Prostitute Singapore, Tuesday. I SINGAPORE magistrate today heard how a 16-year-oid girl had l>een taught lo lead a life of sin by a woman who posed as her housemaid, but who in reality lived on the girl's earnings as a
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  • 180 4 Last Night's First Nights OF all comedians who have appeared on the screen at Singa. pore recently Sandy Powell, the modest Yorkshireman, tops the bill. Sandy Joins the Navy—without knowing it—in "All at Sea,'' now showing at the Alhambra. and. oh boy! what a
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  • 193 4 Mm "ANDY Haidy Gels Spring Fever." "starring Mickey Keoaey, |g ihe vevrnth picture in th? now famous M.G M Judge Hardy Family Series, and it is unquestionably the best This picture opened with three shows at the Capitol yesterday. In it. Mickey Rooney. as a school
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  • 195 4 DARAMOUNT collected some of the best talent in filmland for "The Star Maker," which opened a s?ason at th e Cathay last night, and made of it a picture which will please alt entertainment lovers. "The Star Maker" i %s brielly a history of vaudeville,
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  • 78 4 Singapore, Tuesday. I TWENTY-YEAR-OLD Chinese youth, n Lee Kong Wah, was charged in the Fifth Police Cour t to-day with the theft of a gold locket and chain and a gold tooth pick, valued at $75, from a Chinese woman named Wong Kam Seng, at
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  • 48 4 Mr. Hector Ritchie has been elected honorary secretary of the Ramblers football team. Ipoh, The Ramblers annexed the honours of the junior division league last season and consequents will be promoted to th e senior league in the coming league season, which is expected to start next month.
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  • 214 4 Singapore, Tuesday. DISCARDING the steady occupation of hawking and adopting the profession of snatch-thieving has cost 27-year-old Lim Soon Kia more than he had expected. Appearing before the third magistrate this morning on a charge of theft of a gold chain valued at $100—which
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  • 215 4 (From Our Own Correspondent) Muar, Tuesday. CHONG KIM. an elderly Hakka Chinese, was again brought before Mr. Justice L*. V. J. Laville to-day at the Muar It will be recalled that Chong Kirn was charged with having abetted two other Hakka Chinese, named Hiew Fook
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  • 213 4 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur. Tuesday. THAT they were playing "catching" and that they had no intention of committing theft was the defence put up by three young Tamil boys who were charged his morning, before Mr. W. J. Thoiogood in the First Court, with breaking
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  • 122 4 Singapore, Tuesday. TWO well-known Singapore families were united yesterday when Mr. James Arathoon Sarkies, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Arathoon Martin Sarkies. and Miss Mary Magdeline Di'Dier, daughter of the late Mr. Anthony Joaqinm Di'Dier and Mrs. Carina Allen were married at the Singapore Registry.
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    • 383 4 WHO'S THE "LIFE AND SOr L OF To PARTY- TR t Which are you—Mr q Dismal Desmond? through life like a wet bbS course, but it woi And think what you're mi the fun andsparkl* o f?£ vigorous, full existence 1 The trouble with languid that their bodies are cloqlT!*
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  • 418 5  -  Malays Want No Colonial Grant (From Our Own Reporter Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday. fHAT the Malay Stales are at present not in need of any Colonial Office grants whatsoever but that Malaya desires to so invest her surpluses as to improve "the poor and
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  • 194 5 Monday, Feb. 19. morning His Excellency atPottce Parade at the Police la Lumpur, and presented Police Medal to Ist Class Abdul Hamid bin Lazim nf Contingent for gallantry. C C. Brown, Hon. Mr. J. .6: Mrs. Cowgill, don. Cologne. Hen. Mr. S. B. Palmer Mr j
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  • 25 5 French Indo-China come untitled n« men streaming in from rrvside SSd«*Hi *r** art** H* services and of the cordial nent giv:n to recruiting by "•aodai.
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  • 82 5 Singapore. Tuesday. A sequel to a refusal by a Chinese to give his daughter in marriage te another was heard in the Fifth Po'icc Court to-day. where Lim Lye Hin had exolai'ied to hin;, a charse that on Feb. 20. at 346. Adam Road, he threatened Teo Ens
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  • 495 5 I ORD WAKEFIELD, whose patent Castrol lubricating oils have repeatedly been used for land, sea and air world records, is styled by Tubby Clayton of Toe H., as "the be« 4 known citizen of London since Whittinpton." Lord Wakefield just celebrated his 80th birthday and was on
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  • 320 5 nr.JIK report for tiM ><a; ended A Dec. :sl of Sunt;*; Bilut Kubfoei Co., Ltd to be pressnted at the annual meeting in Singapore on Friday, is i*> follow 9: The net profit for the year under review is $28,411.16 aftr including in the
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    • 353 6 MICKEY ROONEY BLUSHES WITH PRIDE at the Congratulations showered on him YOU MUST SEE HIM IN THIS GRAND NEW M.-G.-M. HIT At Malaya's Largest ft Finest Theatre. SPECIAL ADDED ATTRACTION:— M.G.M.'s Sensational Expose of NAZI AGENTS' Activities in Attempted THEFTS of IS. AIRCRAFT PLAN? to prevent SHIPMENTS TO THE ALLIES
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  • 480 7 Air War Extending LONDON, FEB. 27. th: AIR MINISTRY ANNOUNCES THAT A GERMAN HEINKEL HAIDER WAS FOUGHT AND SHOT DOWN BY A ROYAL AIR r I FIGHTER COMMAND PATROL OFF THE MOUTH OF TIU FIRTH OF FORTH SHORTLY BEFORE 1 P.M. >nd Heinkei was
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  • 16 7 Miss Mary Magdaline Di-Dier, after her wedding in Singapore yesterday to Mr. J. Sarkies.
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  • 133 7 Singapore, Tuesday. A S a result of smart detective work by Mr. Seng Bee, detective No. 147, attached to Beach Road Police Station, an arrest was made yesterday in a double stabbing case which took place at Pitt Street, in the Jalan Besar area, last Sunday evening.
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  • 71 7 Singapore, Tuesday Woo Chin Bee, a Shanghainese, claimed trial this morning in the second police court before Mr. Conr?.d Oldham on a charge of criminal breach of trust of a radio set. valued at $263, the property of Mr. E. Nathan, on Feb. 6, at 63,
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  • 24 7 The Perak Finance Committee has received a supplementary provision of $500 to meet the cost of repatriating a destitute European to the United Kingdom.
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  • 242 7 Singapore, Tuesday. REMARKING that as the courts were not congested now there was no reason for a delay of over a month before a case was tried, Mr. L. C. Goh, (Fifth Magistrate, fixed April 15 and 16 for hearing the case in which Phot
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  • 190 7 STRESSING the value or economics studied in school or college as an aid to various careers, Dr. H. T. Silcock, Professor of Economics at Raffles College, gave an interesting lecture yesterday to the members of the Teachers' Association in Raffles' Institution. Dr. Silcock spoke on the
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    • 317 7 Leap Year Dance Postponed Leap Year Dance in aid of •tic Fund advertised for T Feb. 29, at the New Cabaret, is unavoidably tied until. Saturday. Mar. 16, same place and time. :ckets already purchased ale will remain valid for War Charities Committee. k)W WE GIVE YOU 12 INSERTIONS FOR
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    • 643 7 Tttrticea! NOTICE. HAYTOR RUBBER ESTATES, lIMTTED (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held on Saturday the 16th March, 1940, the Directors will recommend that a dividend of 6 per cent., for the year ended 31st December,
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    • 436 7 NOTICE. In the Estate of Oscar Olsen, late of No. 101, East Coast Road, Singapore, who died on the Ist day of November, 1939. Pursuant to 5.29 of the Trustees Ordinance (Cap. 39). Notice is hereby given that creditors and other persons having claims againit the estate of the abovenamed
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  • 381 8 are rumours that Government is about to make its decision—within a day or two —on the question of new methods of raising money. We have long urged the necessity of increasing the national income, firstly for the prosecution of the war and secondly to preserve and
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  • 139 8 Reuter. Rio de Janeiro, Feb. 27. PROPOSED rules drawn up by the Pan-American Neutrality Committee for the treatment of auxiliary naval vessels m Amencan waters lav down that neutral states must prevent by every means the use of their ports and territorial waters as a base
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  • 264 8 London, Feb. 27. losses due to enemy action for the week ended midnight, Feb. 23. comprise four British and three neutral vessels, totalling 26,628 tons. The British vessels lost were the Loch Maddy. 4.996 tons, the tanker British Endeavour 4.580 tons, the Royal Archer 2.266 tons, the
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  • 24 8 Reuter. Bucharest, Feb. 27 RUMANIA and Hungary have signed an agreement to facilitate railway traffic between the two countries.— Reuter.
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  • 104 8 London, Feb. 27. AN important new development in the unofficial schedule of suggested rates for covering ships of different nationalities against war risks, circulated at Lloyds for the first time yesterday, in a quotation of lower rates for many vessels when sailing in convoy. The reasons for
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  • 174 8 Reuter. London. Feb. 27. ißeuter's Special Commentary) THE Ankara paper Ulus classifies the meaning of neutrality as modified by Germany, which deems that neutrality is violated if any of the states decline to sell her goods at her prices cr accepts the restrictions of contraband control or
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  • 81 8 Reuter. London, Feb. 27. riVIL estimates and estimates for V revenue departments for 1940 were issued to-day, and total £506 millions, compared with £571 mil. lions in 1939. This apparent reduction excludes services now being met from votes of credit in accordance with the Treasury minuf dealing
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  • 343 8 Reuter. Oslo, Feb. 27. pE removal of the misunderstanding between Norway and Britain on regulations governing the passage of warships through Norwegian territorial waters—disclosed in a statement issued by the British Government-evoked comment from a -high official of the Norwegian Ministry of foreign Affairs
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    194 8 THIS question of raising mo money for the war in Mabw now boils itself down to lv COME TAX OR LOTTERIES Though I have said mor c th* once that income tax is inevitaW# if the war drags on fo r ~v era, years—as most of us now
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  • 92 8 ACCELERATION ot the war bti begun, and heaven knows "hat Europe, and the Near East, MJ iike in a few months' time. There may be a desperale struggle in Ihe West. There maj be n air raids or combats. There maj be battles north, south, east and west.
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  • 160 8 WE must riot delude ourselves by any more wishful thinking. N Nazi leader really wants pea Thei r minds —and the minds of the Bolsheviks—are set on destru of the British Empire and French Empire, because those Empires stand in the way of the domination they
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  • 431 9 Southern Advance Claimed By Reds Reuter. London, Feb. 27. from Kirkenae, on the Norwegian Finnish frontier, report fierce fighting near Hoyenjaervi, fifty miles south of Petsamo.— Reuter. London, Feb. 27. Moscow, Feb. 27. A SOVIET communique states that Soviet troops in the Karelian Isthmus
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  • 216 9 Reuter. London, Feb. 27. IN the Ilmse of Commons, Miss Wilkinson asked the President be Board of Trade, Sir Andrew Duncan regarding the arrangerecently made with the Japanese Government providing Ihe import of 350,000 dozen -oi stockings and a large ntity of other textiles
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  • 75 9 Reuter. London. Feb. 28. T Queen were mobbed by s when they visited the k yesterday, the greatest spontaneous oi loyalty Clyde lide had tad to force their way s of people for the Royal visit i h their car. ded boors, the Royal nmprehensive
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  • 216 9 Ceylon Ministers Resign Reuter. Colombo, Feb. 28. ALL six Ceylon ministers resigned this evening. A sudden crisis was precipitated by the Governor's decision in connection with the difference which has arisen between the Home MWrte, (fto Baron Javatilaka) and the Inspector-General of Police (Mr.
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  • 25 9 London, Feb. 26. Four German prisoners who escaped from a North England internment camp on Saturday were recaptured to-dnv 14 miles from the camp -Renter
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  • 66 9 Reuter. New York. Feb. 27. THE Dow Jones Agency states that the Chilean Ccnsulate-Cfrneral in New York has announced that the Chilean Exchange Control Commission and representatives of the British Goveninrnt have signed an agreement by which Britain will buy wool to the value of £800.000
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  • 42 9 Reuter. Th? appral of Private Eckford. Scafcrth Highlanders, aga.'mt the death <?ntence imposed on him for the murder of another privats of the same regiment in a t" >ckhouse, has been dismissed by th 2 Shanghai Supreme Court.—Reuter.
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  • 30 9 Reuter. London, Feb. 27 Li t'onlmolis to-day Sir .Who 8lmo,i assured a questioner tliat do preo.ialion would not be resorted to »< means.»l .stllnulat..n« export trade an < "'i»'»«'ti»»v,> «x ,<!v !,,!:!>" lt' »<!'
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  • 137 9 London, Feb. 27. MR. CHURCHILL revealed *in the House of Commons to-day, that H.M.S. Nelson, the £7--million 33,500-ton flagship of the Commander-in-chief of the Home Fleet, with a crew of 1,358, early in September was damaged by a magnetic mine, but was able to return
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  • 25 9 Reuter. Oslo, Feb. 27. Orizaba, Norwegian steamer damaged by a mine, has sunk. A Finnish freighter rescued the crew.— Reuter.
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  • 49 9 Reuter. London. Feb. 27. Seventeen survivors of the Swedish steamer Nordia, 1.316 tons, which is stated to have been accidentally rammed and sunk in the darkness off the Norwegian coast, have been landed at a Scottish port by a British warship. Two men are missing.—Reuter.
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    • 301 9 Hf Lwin Y ur TWth to PYORRHOEA! let FORHAN'S SAVE THEM! Why wait for bleeding gums? Be serious about your teeth now. Give them full protection by W Only Forhan's cleaning teeth and massaging m brand original gums with Forhan's. Here is the dentifrice con- m dentifrice that does both
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  • 314 10 Question Of Tennis Tournaments Singapore, Tuesday, fN an interesting discussion on priority of tournaments at the annual general meeting of the Singapore Lawn Tennis Association, it was held that a tournament established first has priority over a recently organised one. The question arose over
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  • 16 10 TO-DAY SOCCER: Business Houses' League, Chartered Bank vs. Jacks SC., Stadium. TENNIS: V.M.C.A. tournament.
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  • 113 10 Results of Rotary C lub tennis tournament ties:— Ching Kee Sun (-9> beat J. W. Wotherspoon <scr> 6-3. 6-3. Loh Poon Lip <-15> beat D. R. Waters (plus 3» 6-0. 6-0. Chew Keow Bock (acr) beat Chen Su Lan (-6) 5-7, 6-3, 6-4. Loh Peon Lip (-15»
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  • 81 10 "A team to represent the Banka Sports Club against Royal Air Force (Kallangj on Sunday at Farrer Park will be selected from the following players:—P. T. Lc.e. S. S. Bocn. Y. S. Oon. K. E. Tan. S. M. Chan. S. H. Ooi. H. S. Lee. S Q. Choo.
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  • 29 10 Playing forceful soccer, the Public English School XI beat the Anglo Chinese School XI In a friendly game on the Johore Bahru Railway Ground by six goals to three.
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  • 339 10 JHE following were the results of ties played yesterday in the V.M.C.A. tennis championship at Dhoby Ghaut:— OPEN SINGLES Pang Chiap Yong beat C. Y. Koh, 6—3, 6—2. R. Nathan beat D. E. L. Anderson, 6—3. 9_ii, 4—3. Anderson retired. H. Kamis given w.o.
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  • 269 10 Singapore, Tuesday. the annual general meeting of the Singapore Lawn Tennis Association held in the S.C.C. yesterday, Mr. J. A. Dean the President said that it was owing to the war and lack of active support that the Singapore Lawn Tennis Club which
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  • 127 10 AN Friday, March I, there will be the V usual afternoon races for all Classes, at the Royal Singapore Yacht Club, starting at 5.25 p.m. On Saturday, March 2, there will be a Team Race against the Naval Base Sail ing Club, starting at 4 p.m. On
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  • 687 10 r~\A ctnrao-p 2: Overseas Chinese Bank l Singapore Cold storage. OCORING two quick goals in the last minutes of the game. ih« Singapore Cold Storage gained a splendid victory over the Overseas Chinese Bank in a thrilling Business Houses' League Batch a( the Stadium yesterday.
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  • 157 10 X SUKAGAWA won the Island Club's February Bogey competition with a return of all square in the A Division and M. Sumi with 3 up in the B Division. Some of the best cards were as follows:— A DIVISION A* Sukagawa 14 all square C Ishida
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  • 26 10 Major R. McL. More (13) beat Capt. T.K. Murphy (5> two up in the Governor's Cup final at the Garrison Go f Club.
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  • 62 10 The following have been selected to play for the V.M.C.A. Junior Department against the Anglo -Chinese School on Friday, at 2.15 p.m. on the Prince Edward Road Ground: L.M. Aeria. C Lazaroo. Edward Wee. Lav Hock Chye, Lee Joh Ming, Fung Guan Chye. B. Panes, M.A. Lange, D.D.
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  • 44 10 The following have aeccepted to pla> lor S.c.C. v. 35th (Fortress) Coj Royal Engineers, tb-dav. at S.C.C K. H. Cantrell: M. Roberts. W N. Rothery; R.J. Forbes, G.C. Webster. J. Welsh; J.H. Stanners. J.B. Stoaaai:. J. W. Prescott, C. Milton. H. Bchelsheim.
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  • 304 11 GROWING ANTAGONISM TOWARDS AGGRESSOR NEW YORK. STEADILY MOUNTING ANTAGONISM AMONG THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TOWARD JAPAN'S WAR AGAINST CHINA WAS SHOWN IN AN ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC OPINION POLLS MADE ON THE SUBJECT DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS. On the question of shipments of war
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  • 298 11 Chungking. Feb. 23. JMPORTAXCE of air power is stressed by General Chow Ya-wei. President of the Chinese War College, in a special article on China's raiional defence to-day in the 4 *Sao Tang Tar.,' official organ of ihe Chinese Army. General Chow declares that while
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  • 90 11 Chungking Feb. 25. CHINESE guerrillas are again active t in the suburban districts of Pejmng and have made considerable progress in operations, according to unit attacked and JL«S Mentoukou, a coal mining nt?e near the erstwhile national capital, completely taking the Japanese b V£h the"exception of
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  • 195 11 Chungking. THE marketing and exporting of tung oil have been centralised under the Foo Shing Trading Corporation, an auxiliary organ of the Ministry of Finance working in close collaboration with the Foreign Trade Commission. The control of the export of tung oil by the corporation will
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  • 74 11 Chungking Feb. 25. FIGHTING in southern Kwangsi still centres on the Santang-Ssutang area where a severe battle is now in progress. A message from Pinyang reports that the Japanese troops massacred several hundred wounded soldiers before their retreat. According to a Kweilin report, the Chinese
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  • 78 11 Shiuchow, Feb. 2« SOME 20,000 visitors have jammed the Chungshan Park here in view of a large number of war trophies captured by the Chinese troops iv their recent victory in North Kwangtung Province, where at least 10,00*1 Japanese casualties have been estimated. Among the booty
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  • 119 11 (Chungking. rpHREE United States publk health service socialists, Drs. i. Williams (leader), B. Mayne and H. J. Bush, at present working in the malaria-infested districts oi Yunnan Province, are establishing laboratories and hospitals for fighting the scourge which is depopulating wide areas in Yunnan Province. These experts,
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    • 233 11 For 3 Weeks Cmm Mine if m r»th ou. l»ilo< P«b Service Weeks and Porcelain Male Rare opportunity fur buyers. BABA Co., Ltd. Middle Road, Singapore, i SPECIAL CHINA PAGE CORNS? c V GETS-IT fiS&% KEEP YOUR HAIR YOUTHffITj 1««, NEAT AMP LUSTROUS NO NEED !0 JUST COMB 111 AND
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  • 893 12 Fraser Co's Market Report Singapore, Wednesday. INCOME tax, a most unpopular levy, will prove a risky experiment, states Fraser Co. in their fortnightly report issued yesterday. Any ether method, the report declares, will be gladly welcomed by a country anxious to subscribe to the war
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  • 65 12 The Raub Australian OoU] Ifh advise the following weeks ended Feb 24 Crushing No. 55« b. of ore returning 1.215 valent to 1,159 ounces Retreatment plant t ings producing 773 «s lent to 648 ounces of Bni Estimated mine profli tion. $47.000 The estimated mine profit Uvea
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  • 18 12 Mr. J. Wilson. untitled Nibong Estate. Teluk A Wilson have gone hi D. Carmichael is al Mr. Wilson.
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    • 52 12 SEND A CALL TO UNIVERSAL RADIO 205, Orchard Poad, Phone 4967. When You Need Mende Service or Fpare Parts. (Mende Servicing Specialists). > pßKg >>ia Ar f KEE HUAT RADIO~go7I| 2 I tlMik hj it! j*vf- J fi k; 1 *ii "5 the (ansT FORD product FORD MOTOR CO. OF
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    • 196 12 FOR CLEAR, DISTINt EFFICIENT RXPROnn TWH TRY* *"I*VK"* RAWO for which they are UNSURPASSED. ••»•»10 Agen'S; 30E BOON LEONG, RADIO AND GENERAL AGZXH Kuala Lumpur. AN EXCELLENT SELECTION OF FAMOUS MAKES OF j SIMM X I» ***** \VATi;nTSI.HT A t <• i; s ARE NOW ON DISPLAY Everyone of tliem
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    • 392 12 Where To Listen In To-Day SINGAPORE LONDON R mm 2RO 25.4 metres (***** hcs > ZHL 225 metres (1.33 mc's). TRANSMISSIONS 2 *3 r mm njn to 7.45 p.m. (Local Wmc/. ZHP 30.96 metres (9.69 mc|s). from o* v GSG 17.79 Mcls (16.86 metres) News in Frtncn act m pm.
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    • 83 12 CAPITOL: "Andy Hard, Fever"— 115 gu* pfln ALHAMBRA: "All At Sea"—2l« 9.15 pm CATHAY: "The star Mak< and 9 15 r m Sl < ROXY: "Wings of the Va 915 p.m io J N THEATRE ROYAL: -Anantft. mam."—6 ;ln() 0,- Athr GARRICK: Bolero Opera-M,h,^ —8.30 p.m QUEENS: "Masie"—: p.m. m
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  • 46 13 PENNEFATHER. —On 27th February, 1940, at No. 654, Pasir Panjang Road, Singapore, John Pyne-Penne father in his 82nd year. The funeral service will, take place at the Church of St. Theresa, Kampong Bahru Road, at 5 p.m. to-day, interment at Bidadari Cemetery later. Deeply regretted.
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    • 2524 13 ,<s1 <lBl1I «llLI «B^ Domestic Occurrence* 1 468 position filled. Applicants tanked JTED Experienced Nanny, age 30 tor two young cmldren. Box 520 co Malaya Tribune, 5m-(644-C) ,MrU SALESMAN, Selling Rubber riant. Previous experience essenNo. 510, co Malaya Tribune, 1640-C). i .-.!> Distributors in F.M.S., for "Mickey Mouse Brand WnatC
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    • 354 13 TO LET: Bungalow No. 91-A, Lorong s, L, Telok Kurau. 2 Bedrooms with Bathroom attached. Light and Water. Cheap rental. Entry Ist March. Apply 10, Malacca Street, or J, Ladyhill Road, Singapore. (638-C) lap] /s^s^/. PRIVATE FAMILY has room for 3 or 4 paying student boarders. On main trolley bus
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  • 1008 14 Indian Liberal Federation's View Bombay, Feb. 22. fWm council td the National Liberal Federation of India, which 1 met here, passed a resolution welcoming the Viceroy's announcement about Ihe intentions of the British Government, to introduce in India I>ominion Status of the Westminster variety, at
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  • 103 14 Colombo, Feb. 17. HOPES are entertained that Elephant Pass, a place i»ear Jaffna, may develop into a spa of considerable possibilities. In the salterns situated there, it has bfjen found that while the temperature of the brine at ihe surface is normal, about
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  • 274 14 COMMERCIAL circles in the leading business centres of India have been busy studying the Excels Profits Tax Bill. The first reaction to the proposed measure appears to be the fear that it would be a burden on industries, particularly new ones. His Highivss the Maharaja of
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  • 318 14 London, Feb. 14. AN exhibition of the sculptures ot Mr. Kasubendra Nath Tajrore, at the rooms of the Royal Empire Society, was opened by Sir Francis Young-husband, chairman of the India Society He paid warm tribute to the great contributions of the Tagores to art,
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  • 84 14 Allahabad. Feb. 16 THE Foreign Department of the A. I C. C office publishes a communication received from Hollywood stating that a meeting was held there on Jan. 26, when a resolution sympathising with and supporting the Indian aspirations for freedom was adopted, The organisers of
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    • 8 14 INDIA PAGE EDITED BY V. E. JACOB, B.A.
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  • 630 15 Ijiucloii Comment On Tin Decision (From H. J}. HOPKIN) London, Feb. 27. ING on the cut on the tin output quota from 120 per cent. t quarter to 80 pe r cent, in the second quarter, the Finantea that the reduction cannot be considered too drastic in war
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  • 261 15 LONDON TIN London, Tuesday. Price) £254 1 2 Buyers £2543 4 sellers :ial Price £254' ■> Buyers £254 3 a Seller; LONDON RUBBER London, Tuesday. RV BBU B. S. I Dull 12 13 16 b 12 15 16 s i 12 13 16 b 12 15 16 s
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  • 19 15 MID-DAY RUBBER TIN PRICES Singapore, Wednesday. Priqes or tin and rubber in Singapore at noon today were:— Singapore, Wednesday.
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  • 7 15 Buyers 37 V 2; Sellers 38.
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  • 3 15 $128%, down
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  • 784 15 FRASER CO.'S SHARE REPORT Singapore, Feb. 27. MIN I NO Buyers Sellers Ampat Tin 5|- 5 6 Austral Amal 6- 6 6cd Austral Malay 371- 39[-cd Ayer Hitam 24J- 25!Ayer Weng 0.70 0.75 Bangrln 21 '9 22 9 Batu Selangor 1 50 1.60 Berjuntal 10 3 113 Burma Malay 23
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  • 195 15 Singapore, Wednesday. Tne following are the exchange stock this morning according to the daily circula? Issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. SELLING -ondonT.T. 2 4 I|l6 London demand L l Ji Lyons demand ft A Switzerland demand Hamburg demand New York demand JJ «g Montreal demand 0i
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    • 295 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 S.S. and registered as a Trust Com. pany. undertakes the following duties: CXECUTOR OR TRUSTEE OF A WILL ADMINISTRATOR OF ESTATE OF DECEASED PERSON. TRUSTEE OF
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    • 369 15 STEAMER BAILINGS. p&o. BRITISH 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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    • 170 15 P& and BRITISH INDIA ;incorporated in England) P. ft 0. S, N. CO.'S SAILINGS. The best possible servicei are being maintained to the United Kingdom, also to Hongkong and Shanghai. Passengers are requested to register their requirements, but under present circumstances sailings are perforce restricted. All vessels may call at
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  • 2145 16 Tired Of German Appeals To Rules Reuter. London, Feb. 27. IMH. CHURCHILL was received with cheers when he rose to speak on naval estimates in the Commons to-day. "I come on behalf of the Navy," he said, "to ask for a few men, some ships
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