Malaya Tribune, 17 April 1940

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    21 1 The Malaya Tribune VOL. XXVII -No. 92. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1940 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune. Wednesday, April 17, 1940.
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    New Princess A Nazi Prisoner
    41 1 al rolled Copenhagen > that the Crown PrinI. Denmark has given birth i> a daughter. Princess Ingrid is the I bter of the a^cd I ht. and was married in Ingrid and her father. Kmc I 'hristian
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    Cost Of Living Index
    36 1 Reuter. London. Apr. 17. hat on Apr. I, the cfl f of ving index figure was 78 level of July 1914 and or. M; lit was 79 per cent, compared to suae—Reuter.
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    Decisive Battle Soon In Norway
    178 1 Stockholm, Apr. 17. pOIXOWING the Norwegian withdrawal from Kongsvinger, from whah. according to the newspaper Allehanda, the last Norwegian troops departed yesterday morning, a decisive battle is expected shorth for the possession of Elverum and Hamar. In the extreme south-cast the Germans are reported to
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    LONDON RUSH OF VOLUNTEERS
    286 1 London, April l(i. SO many applications for enlistment in the Norwegian forces have be.-n received at the Norwegian Legation in London that a special depot is being >pened to-day to deal with them. An official of the Legation stated last night, that at the moment it
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    HOLLAND REJECTS FOREIGN AID FOR HER COLONIES DUTCH EAST INDIES CAN DEFEND THEMSELVES
    532 1 U. S. MAKING DIRECT CONTACT IN ICELAND Amsterdam, Apr. 17. SUGGESTIONS regarding foreign help for Hollands overseas possessions should the mother country be invaded are firmly rejected in responsible Dutch circles. Should Holland be overrun the East
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    BELGIUM READY
    84 1 Reuter Brussels, Apr. 17 CHEERS were accorded to M. Spaak 'Foreign Minister) in a speech in the Senate last night In which he emphasised that Belgium would defend herself if attack°d. "The one condition on whirh we should go to war," he aid, "would be to save our
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    Premier Speaks To-morrow
    27 1 Reuter. London, Apr. 17. MR. Neville Chamberlain is not now P expected to make a statement on the progress of the war before Thursday.—Reuter.
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    DISASTROUS FLOODS IN ARGENTINE
    85 1 Reuter. Buenos Aires, Apr. 16. DAMAGE estimated at £200,000 Was done by floods in lowlying parts of Ruenos Aires as a result of a three-day rainstorm. Troops, firemen and police were called out lo fight the, floods. The city's electricity supply partially failed, plunging lar ,r
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    GERMAN ATTACK ON BRITISH SECTOR FAILS
    367 1 Luxemburg Fears Invasion Reuter. Paris, Apr. 17. f AST night's communique states that on one part of the front held by British troops the enemy launched an attack, prepared and accompanied by artillery fire. The attack was repulsed and the enemy suffered serious losses.
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    MORE AUSTRALIAN AIRMEN JOIN R.A.F.
    75 1 Reuter. London, Apr. 17. GROUP Captain F. H. McNamara. Australian Air Liaison Officer, London, weloomrd members of the Royal Australian Air Force, when they arrived in London last night to reinforce tne Australian Squadron which arrived in England during last Christmas and has since been
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    U.S.A's $15 MILLION GIFT TO WAR VICTIMS
    63 1 Reuter. Washington, Apr. 17. THE U.S. Foreign Affairs Commission of the House of Represen atives recommended the authorisation of an expenditure of fifteen million dollars to alliviate the suffering of invaded countries In Europe and Asia. They recommend that the President should be
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    Italy Waits For Results In Norway
    191 1 Reuter. Rome, Apr. 17. POSTPONEMENT of Saturday* meeting of the directors of ih<Rome Exhibition, at which Sigawr Mussolini was to have spoken, is mmm confirmed. While newspaper headline.'- continue to affirm that Germany is consolidating Impositions in Norway, the British com-, munique announcing the
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    NEW ROUND-UP OF REDS IN FRANCE
    54 1 Reuter. Pans, Apr. 17. AFRESH pi lie round-up of Communists lias resulted in thy arrest of 58 men and women in Paris, Rouen, Orleans and Toulon. A' large number of printing presses nave been seized Fifteen men and 13 women wcr" surprised at a
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    Dutch Nazi Meeting Banned
    38 1 Reuter. Amsterdam, Apr 17 Dutch military authorities banned i\\r Nazi meeting a: Zutphen, arranged t'» be hei-i to-day. Mussert, chief of Dutch Nazis was to have spoken on "The Bad of Democracies." Reufr r
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    Clerks Hold Weekly Lunch Meeting
    277 2 TO IMPROVE ENGLISH Tribune Staff Reporter) r«OVERNMI NT clerks are making an effort to improve their proU .1.. Rtf promotion by remedying their greatest weakness- i h Regular meeting! are now held at the Colonial Secre- Wednesday, at which clerks are at liberty to speak
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    POSSESSION OF ANOTHER'S CHANDU CARD
    46 2 Singapore, Tuesday. ILLEGAL possession of another's regis--1 tration card for Government chandu brought Lim Bak Hai into court this morning. He was charged with having the curt* without bc'ng c uthorised to possess it H trial was rxed for Apid 23.
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    GEMETERY RAILING IN COURT CHARGE
    204 2 Singapore, Tuesday. pARI oi the ornamental railing from a grave al the Portuguese Catholic Cemetery off Bukit Timah Road, figured in :i case in the Police court Lee Chen Pio, a 38-year-old < hint c, vn9 charged before Mr. H. Watson, the Third Magistrate, with
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    Cost Of Living Allowances Announced
    105 2 EMPLOYEES of the Government will receive the following cost of living allowances for the month of April, a Government Gazette states. Labourers and artisans drawing not more then one dollar a day or its monthly equivalent, and subordinates on monthly salary drawing not more than
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    LEFT CYCLES UNLOCKED
    33 2 Seremban, Monday. A number of cyclists were fined 50 cents each by the Seremban Magistrate, Mr J A. A. Faith, to-day, on charges ol leaving their cycles unattended and unlocked.
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    17 2 The Chong Wah Old Boys Association ot Seremban will hold a concert on April 29 at Seremban
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    WHAT TAX WILL YIELD
    83 2 TAX on entertainments i s expected to produce about $300,000 in the Colony this year, during the nine months in which the tax is effective. While the various amusement parks in Singapore have petitioned to the Governor for revision of the scale of duty entcrtainme nt
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    Took More Than $100 Out Of Colony
    111 2 Singapore, Tuesday. YOU cannot take foreign currency in excess of the equivalent of $100 (Straits), out of the Colony without ipermissi on from the Financial Secretary. Szu Chow Lin found this out yesterday morning when he was fined $8 or eight days' rigorous
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    20 2 Mr. M.V. Del Tufo. M.C.S., has been appointed to act as First Assistant Secretary (B). and to be Clerk'of Councils.
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    School Girls Score In "Lady Precious Stream"
    495 2 HPHE Methodist GUl's School staged a truly great performance yesterday at the Wesley Church Hall when they played "Lady Precious Stream" with charming grace and simplicity. This play, which was produced in London a few years ago and created quite a furore in
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    PARK MANAGEMENTS SEND PETITION TO GOVERNOR
    436 2 Poorer Classes Most Heavily Affected Entertainment Tax Opposition (Tribune Staff Reporter) fXjS THE GROUNDS THAT THE WAR TAX ON ENTERTAINMENTS "IMPOSES THE HEAVIEST DUTY UPON THE CHEAPER ADMISSION FEES AND FOR THAT REASON UPON THE POORER PEOPLE, v THE MANAGEMENTS OF SINGAPORE'S AMUSEMENT PARKS—NEW
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    21 2 A meeting of the directors of the Seremban Rotary Club will be heid at the Seremban Rest House on April 25.
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    FLOWER SHOW COMMITTEE EXPLAIN
    127 2 The Editor, the Malaya Tribune, Sir,—We have been requested by the Flower Show Committee, who met yesterday, to make a statement regarding the awards at the recent Flower Show. It was discovered after the cups had been presented that there had been a misunderstanding of the
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    36 2 The Government Servants' Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society, Ltd.. Kinta, Batu Gajah, will hold their annual general meeting at the Brewster Club on Friday. A dividend of lour per cent, will be recommended by the committee.
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    THAILAND SENDS STUDENTS TO MANILA
    120 2 (Tribune Sta.T Report < r) JHAILAND is sending tat cream of her youth to the Philippine Islands for courses in medicine, accountant}. ;i ru agriculture and forestry. A batch of eleven gnu accountancy, medicine and ture is in Singapore now way back to Thailand, and
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    TWO MEN CLAIM TO BE HUSBANDS OF WOMAN
    430 2 (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh, Wednesday VWO men claimed to be lawful husbands of Tuan Jerneh binti Leheh, who is now dead, at the Perak Supreme Court yesterday. They are Phra Kemgsam, otherwise know T n as Wan Osman bin Wan Mohamad
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    40 2 Rev. P. L. Peach, the Principal of the Methodist Boys' School Kuala Lumpur, will be the speaker at the next V.M.C.A. Devotional Meeting which will be held at the Association Hall, Kuala Lumpur, on Thursday, April 25, at 7 p.m.
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    HOTTEST, COLDEST TOWNS
    75 2 (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh. Wednesday. VAMPAR shares honours with Kuala Lumpur for btiin; tin' hottest towns in Malaya but year, according- to official !>ta.i«--tics just available. The highest recorded temperature was 97 degrees at Kuala Lumpur in August and at Kanipar in July. The lowest temperature
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    Tamils Want Own Library In Singapore
    83 2 Singapore, Wedi TAMILS in this country must A a public Tamil urged Mr. G. Sarangapani at the Tamil New Year Da) tion by the Tamils Reform tion. If every Tamil here could Tamil book, such a library couici opened In Singapore before Tamil New
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    20 2 It is understood that nter-Y.M.C.A. sports mccl held in Ipoh during Whi the Ipoh Association will the Kuala Lumpur V.M.C
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    CONVICTED FOR THIRD TIME
    84 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Monday. CAMIKANNU, a Tamil coolie of the O local Railway department, was sentenced to $10 or 14 days' rigorous imprisonment, to be followed by a year's police supervision, by the Seremban Magistrate on Saturday for theft of wire from the railway.
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    GOVERNOR LEAVES SINGAPORE
    256 3 Singapore. Wednesday. r everybody/* said His tliencj trie uo\ernor and •y.mi-<iorier a> he waved the targe gathering, who Airport thU momsee him and Lady Thomas off. mounted hi> car md Lady Thomas le!t l -deserved hohft building shortiy after 8 by Gwyr.n They then took up position
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    20 3 The dish untitled general meeting of Kedah. takes place >n Sunday aoril 21 a* the Bon Cinema Hall. Sur.?e: Pat.}.-..
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    A CHEERY GOOD-BYE
    65 3 Bouquet in hand, and wearing a earland. H.E. the Governor waved a cheery e<M>dby e to the fr»end> uho came to -cc him and I.ady Thomas off when the> left tor England thi-, morninu. Mr. A. B. Jordan area amoni: th«.-e uho gathered at the airport to
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    Shakespeare's Women Are Marie Ney's Friends
    230 3 (Tribune Staff Ktporter) QHAKESPEARE*S "omen part> >o well known to Marie Ney that they are almost second nature she has played them so often were brought to life over the air last night tor Singapore audiences b> the powers of one of our greatest
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    THAILAND TO RATION PETROL
    210 3 (from Our Mun Correspondent Bangkok Apr IT. PETROL and liquid cds are to be rationed because of a shortage due to lack of tonnage supplying the lhai market. It is understood that Thailand receives the bulk of its petroleum and liquid oL supplier through the AT-
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    21 3 The resignation of his Commission in the St Xaviers Institution Cadet Ccros by Cadet Captain C A Reuvn- has oeen accepted
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    22 3 Mr. J. E. Prince Assistant Drainage and Irrigation Engineer Selangor aai been appointed to act as Drainage and Irrisrnrjno Eneineer Negr: Sembilan
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    Malaya's Blind Helped By Sir C. Mackenzie
    340 3 ROTARY CLUB TACKLES PROBLEM Investigation Into Incidence Tribnne Staff Reporter) yALU ABLE ADVICE ON WAYS AND MEANS OF HELPING MALA VAS BUND WAS GIVEN BY SIR CLUTHA MACKENZIE, BUND KNIGHT AND HERO OF GALLIPOLL TO MR. T. H. STONE. C HAIRMAN OF THE
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    ECHO OF SIRDANA SINKING
    334 3 Siiiganore, Wednesday. 'PHEKE is an ech<> of the "Sirdana" sinking" to-day in the departure from Singapore of Mr. Charles Vance, understudy the fair, -vMagician Nicola and hi- neice Miss Mary Kemp, a member of the Nicola company. They only decided to go last night. Ifißi KcniD.
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    27 3 Mr. A. Lockey, Traffic Inspector Grade E Federated Malay States Rail**, .vs has been promoted t< be an Assistant Traffic Superintendent Grade 'D. Federated Malay stn*e> aa&wayi
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    INDIAN MERCHANTS' DIFFICULTIES
    96 3 Singapore. Tueaanj /VN" tin ccaaion Chairman of the Indian Chamber of Commerce. Singapore. Mr. R. Ju.T.a:r. JP.. Municipal Commission: r apnea to the various associations of Indian; m Singapore to unite fcr the common good. If they could not. he said. Government ■benld appoint an Indian advisory
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    28 3 Mr. A. Lockey, Tram. Inspector. E Federated Malay Slates Railways hai been pronnacd to be an Asawt*nt riafllc E jptrintendent. Grade 'D.' Fr aerated Ma.ay State- Bail ways
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    R.A.F. Man Exonerated Of Blame
    257 4 S i ngapore, Wed nesda y. DICHAKD Plaster, an engineer ot the Royal Air Force, Seletar. who was involyed in a motor collision at the junction of Victoria Street and i Bras Basah Road on the night of Mar. 28 resulting in the death of
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    Sir Nevile Henderson To Broadcast
    65 4 Otr N»;Vile Henderson, British Ambasti sador to Berlin until the outbreak ol war will broadcast from Lcndon tonight at 7 50 p m. 'Malayan Tim.e», on "What I saw of Nazi Rule in Germany The talk will be relayed by the Singapore Station and the
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    $1,127 DAMAGES CLAIM
    78 4 Singapore. Tuesday, fHE case in which Mr. Harry Elphick. i Manuring Director of William Jacks and Co Ltd.. is claiming damages, and special damages totalling $1,127.49. from an engineer. Mr. L. H Round, was resumed befcr* the Chief Justice in the High Ccurt to-day. The claim is
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    Chinese Currency Taken In Gambling Raid
    154 4 Singapore, Tuesday. (CHINESE currency in $10 notes ($9O) was confiscated in a gambling case in the Third Police Court to-day. Resides the Chinese currency, $62.52 Straits currency was also confiscated from 15 rlainanese. who pleaded £uiity to a charge of gambling when charged before
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    SERVICE NIGHT AT NEW WORLD
    67 4 A GALA Service night open to the Army, Navy and Air Fv.rc?, which has been sponsored by Mr. Ong Peng i Rick, is Lo be held at the New World Cabaret on Friday, April 26. All danse hostesses will be diessid in Service at lire
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    RUBBER PLANTING FOR EXPERIMENTAL PURPOSES
    329 4 Controller Agrees To Issue Special Permits (Tribune Sian" Reporter) MEW planting fur the purpose of experiment is now permissible under special permits which the Controller of Rubber, Malaya, has decided to issue under the control of the Rubber Research Institute of Malaya. Amcr.g the problems
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    CAUSED HURT, TAMIL FINED
    108 4 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bert moan. Monday. Arumugam and Subramaniam. two Tamil;, were produced before Mr. J A. A. Faith in the Seremban Po'ice Court to-cbv on a charge cf voluntarily causing hurt to one Kuppan on Sunge: Kaya Estate on me evening cf Mar, 29.
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    28 4 Probationary Police Inspector Che eng Chief the Police Depot.' Kuala 1 umpur. arrived in Seremban to-day to replace! Inspector Ariffin. who is proceeding on transfer to Kuala Pilah.
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    WALKED OUT OF LOCK-UP; MAGISTRATE BLAMES POLICE
    119 4 Singapore, Tuesday. TWO and a half years back. Eng Ti Kia, a 31-year-old Chinese, walked out of the police lock-up at Kandang Kerbau police station without the police, who had arrested him, being aware that he had escaped. Prcdu-cd befcre Mr. 11. Watson,
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    Hurt Charge Against Sikh
    86 4 Singapore. Tuesday. ALLEGED to have caused grievous A hurt to a compatriot by hitting him with a piece ol wood two and a halt feet l< ng, at Malacca Street on Apr. 14. Arjan Singh, a middle-aged Sikh. was produced before Mr. H. Watson, in the
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    FINED FOR LOTTERY OFFENCE
    105 4 Singapore, Tuesday. FOUND guilty oi assisting in the management ol b Chap Ji Xi lottery, a Chinese named lan Keng Guan was convicted and fined *525 in default one :r rith'B rigorous Imprisonment b\ Mr L. C Och, the fifth magistrate to-day Various coloured card! which
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    27 4 Her Highness the Tencku Ampuan of Selangor will distribute prizes at the annual prize-giving of Victoria Institution.'Kuala Lumpur, which will b? held on Thursday at ti p.m.
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    SLIGHT OF HAND "ARTIST" GAOLED
    93 4 Singapore, Toesdai TCAH Ah Teng, 54, Bokkiea missed his vocation in hi. His hands could defeat the <•%. but although he was able i., make two packets of cigarette from a shop disappear. h«. did not know that he had as an audience, two detectives.
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    Son's Death Causes Mother To Attempt To Take Life
    191 4 Singapore, 'I ueaday. a MOTHER'S grief over the death of her only son and the inabil of her husband to obtain any i ployment led her to an attempt to take her life by drinking caust i soda. With the after
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    54 4 A pretty wedding was solemnised St. Mark's Chinch. Seremban on Sat- ereda? bctw<en Mr. S. Anugtrham of j the Customs Department, Port Dickson, I ami Miss Pora Namkikkai Kamal; j R r *v. G. B. Thompson ami the Rev Mr. Onamanl officiated A reception was held at the N.S Indian
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    Invisible Man' At The Capitol
    107 5 Last Night's First Nights ill go to the Capiat! "unseen" screen Die ".strip tease" and is; you will see net and eat and but headless; you a scarecrow**: garb alone" walks up a surgery; and then uriaginable you back to normality or prestidigitahandle that, call
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    Musical Comedy At Alhambra
    57 5 excellent stanittra 'ti m at t/ic Alhamhtingale" began a hall the choice elements of the here comedy, romance production differs pi sent* the hero as pj ck a punch as well h< chief male role by the juvenile fay- »se performance she has on the afrs
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    Here I Am A Stranger' At The Cathay
    78 5 I conceived characth bill served at the I am a Stranger" which the powerful. .010 personality of hi, son through the ix plays th? part of his old sincerity and Greem the son who proves the high ideals which n ally let
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    SHIPS OF THE DESERT
    102 5 Although most of the Egyptian Army has, like the British Army. been mechanised, there is one branch which will not vitid to the trend of modem warfare. This is the picturesque Camel Corps, whose soldiers are recruited from the Sudanese and desert tribes. This force, used
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    SET FIRE TO FOREST, GETS 18 MONTHS
    631 5 (From Our Own Reporter) Penang:, Tuesday. RESPONSIBLE for a fire which, according to Mr. A. P. H. Holmes. the Municipal Wan r Engineer, affected an area of 80,000 square feet, burnt down 358 trees and nearly came to polluting the water system of
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    53 5 A memorial service for the late Mr. A R. Saravanamuthu fretired FMS Oovernment servant and evhort°r rf the Methodist Tamil Church. Kuala Lumow for more than twenty was he on S'nndnv at the Methodist Chi reh. Malacca Street,. The Re". P L P~aeh unveiled a tablet in remembrance of the
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    EIGHT MEN ON CHARGE OF BEING COMMUNISTS
    85 5 Singapore. Tuesday. CHiIIT Cantonese, their ages ranging from 20 to »;:>, were ehaffgl :l befcre .Mr. 11. Watson, in tbe Third Pcliec Court. With being members or acting as members of the Malayan Communist Parly. an unlawful society, at Fava Febar The accused.
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    SALVATION ARMY DONATIONS
    507 5 Singapore, Monday. DONATIONS made by the public in response to the Salvation Army's annual appeal for 1940 upto Apr 13 total $12,146 60. Following is the latest list of donations: $300 from Mr. T J. B Wearne^ $100 each from Mr. Aw Boon Par and Baby M
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    SCHOLARSHIPS FOR MALAYAN STUDENTS
    368 5 INDIAN VARSITY COURSE for It...4 BOYS (Tribune SlafT Reporter) lyrni the arrival of the Cambridge School Certificate results a fort night ago, scholarships for the bright hoys of the schools in Malaya for higher studies aro now being offered by various bodies. Federal Scholarships to Rallies
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    GAMBLED WITH THEIR CHILDREN'S MONEY: FINED
    125 5 Singapore, Tuesday. POURTEEN Hokkien mothers gam- hied with their children's pocket money which amounted to only a few cents each. The game they played was a Chinese game similar to mulct; c. Th?y had to pay a dollar of their own nocket money when
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    38 5 Mr. H. W. Sanders, well-known Perak sportsman, recently presented two cricket bats to the St. Michael's Institution and has also offered a prize to the S.M.I cricketer who scores the highest total number of runs for the season.
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    SUNDAY BADMINTON RESULTS
    53 6 Bingapor?, Tuesday. Play in the Pulo Bukom Malays Badminton Tournament I Single I on Sunday tor the 8. Hassan Cup resulted as follows: Mohamed Saleh beat Moner 15-0 15-11; Kassam Bin H. Samad be:; Mahmat Bin Maldck 15-8. L 3.5-13.2. lohamad Din Bin Rehmf! he? Tissin ii.
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    SOLAR TIME, ADELE & KERRENA SAFE BETS
    384 6 SOLAR TIME, ADELE KERRENA SAFE BETS REVISED SELECTIONS FOR TO-DAY (BY "TURFITE") is ready tor this afternoon's races, the fourth day of the Singapore Turf Club Summer (Governor's Cup) Meeting at Bukit Timah. Many of the runners were taken out on the second track this morning and were given their
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    SOCCER ON WEDNESDAY
    88 6 The Muslim Improvement Club will entertain the Publisher Sports Club to a friendly soccer match on Wednesday, Apr. 17. at 5.15 p.m. on the V MCA. ground. The following will represent the Muslim Improvement Club:—M. N. Maideen, X M Osman. A. A. Alia Pitchay. K." S. Mohamed,
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    TORT CANNING CRICKET TEAM
    62 6 The undermentioned have been selected to leprest-nt Fort Canning versus Royal Artillery. Blakang Mati, on Wed ncsday. Apr. 17. at Tanglin—play commences at 2.00 p.m. Sqd Ldr. March'janks, (Captain; Lieut. MacMillan, Captain Castor. S.M (A.C.i Wilton. S.Q.M.S. Burrows. S Sergi Dowling. Sergt. Johnston. Cpl. Beeston. Cpl.
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    CABLE & WIRELESS CLUB
    64 6 CABLE WIRELESS CLUB The following will represent the Cable and Wireless Club at soccer against the Southern Wanderers on Sunday. Th? match will be played at the GypsPTOund at McNair Road:—Louis fan. Kuppusamy. H. Lazaroo: P. B F. Armstrong. C. 11. Coshan, Lim Joo Guan »Capt.t; Gopal, C. K. De
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    Police Win Volley Bail Debut Match
    99 6 Singapore, Tuesday. MAKING their debut in volley-ball yesterday, the Depot Police scored an easy win over Raffles Institution on the Depot ground, winning by three sets to nil. This game is the latest addition to the Police sporting activities, and has already captured the
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    OFFICE-BEARERS OF ATHLETIC UNION
    108 6 Singapo c. Apr. 15. At the annual general meeting of the Chiate Sing Athletic Union the following gentlemen were elected off ce-bearers lor the current year: President. Mr. David Ng (re-elected!; Hony. Secretary. M>\ Chua 800 Lim (reelected Hony. Treasurer, Mr. Goh Teck Phuan; Hony. Auditor,
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    Y.M.C.A. CRICKET
    58 6 The follow'ng have been invit?d to play for the Junior Department agains* R.A.F. (HQ.i on Friday on the Princt Edward Road Ground at 2.15 p.m.:--F. V. Marsh (Captain), A. C. Wilton V. Xavier, Beeston, Ormondroyd, Thomoson. Seah Cheng Siang, B L. M. Aeria, Vijiaratnam, Wee Teck HengReserves:—S. Shirazie,
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    PROGRAMME FOR TO-DAY'S RACE
    883 6 |>ELOW is the programme for the fourth day of th< Club Summer (Governor's Cup) Meeting i Wednesday, April 17:— RACE ONE HORSES Class 3—Div. 4—6 Furs. 4 0 3 MARCHETA II 8.13 Mr. 11. T. P 4 0 1 FIRST RA 8.12 "Moonlight Kon 0 0
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    MALAYS STAGE GRAND SECOND HALF RECOVERY
    690 7 POINTS SHARED WITH GUNNERS IN DIV. I Malays 2; A.A. (9th Hy. Regt) OT AGING a grand second half finale that almost completely took tneir 3 opponents off their feet, the Malays played a thrilling draw with the RA (9th Hy. Regt.) in a
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    38 7 Police (League Div. 1> gjjg» p. A McCaffery; Cherrinßton; O A. E Hutchinsou; R. J. Forbes. C- C /2J j w Prescott. O. H Elchelsheim. M. C Elliott, j. j Milton. A. F. Johnson.
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    Singapore Yacht Club Races
    55 7 Club anthere will be the Classes, starting at 20, there will be a [ternoon against a s Navy. 21 the "C Class for th e Sailing illenge Cup. starting sail a Sweepstake 10 a.m. also sail a Sweepc at 1010 a.m. 14 foot one-design the 2nd
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    Rotary Club Tennis
    81 7 beat Lon Poon MP vYu:nerspoon (—9) n GutWtrtli (scr) 6-2. 6—4. i j b en su Lun *—6) t**'* l B. H. Tao (—18) 6—i. B Henly (-3) beat F. D. dt S ,_6, 3—6. 6—3. 6—V Pood. Lip (—18) be:t W (tlteilQOOM (—9) 6— v 8
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    SOCCER MATCHES PLAYED YESTERDAY
    56 7 Brst division league fix- j P yesterday, the Royal Mrcraft) drew with the 7 each side scorine a unced the Royal Air v goals to two a Brani in a division •\rnilerv (Blakan Matt) vc victory against the lance Corps yesterday *v j when they scored
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    CUP REPLAYS
    29 7 Reuter. London. Apr. 16. j an- true results of cup reill 6 Portvale 0. 1 i Doncaster 0 (after extra SCOTTISH EASTERN Is 0 Hearts 2,—Reuter. 1
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    59 7 TO-DAY SOCCER: S.A.P.A. League Div. I, S.C.C. vs. Police, S.C.C Reserve Division, M F.A. vs RAF., Stadium; Div. v -A", Malaya Signals vs. R A.M.C., Alexandra; Div. II "B," R.A.F. (Kallang) vs. R N.W.T., Kallang; 8.H.L., G.E.C. vs. Thomycrafts, S H B TURF- Singapore Turf Club meeting 4th
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    S.C.C. Week-End Cricket Teams
    131 7 SCC cricket teams Tor the week-end ar« M j f °Vs W A.P C. on Saturday 2 r,m C, O I «7 q Waltes J T. Rea. O. K. Stein, xi. FoukLTj w! Stolon. E O. Staunton. J. Lee H C. D Davie.. P. Lamprecht. J.
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    Mixed Foursomes At Bukit Timah
    155 7 rnrst M-monthly Mixed Foursomes companion or the Royal Singapore .Golf t™» fnr Anril was played at Buxit Sunday riterno* and resulted In i win for f a 'A Du ff and A. B. Paterson with a n.» Icore Of 3?- 2 35 cards were taken
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    BOXING ASSOCIATION MEETING
    27 7 Singapore Tuesday. ««e next meeting ot the Singapore da The fete fcr°W n«t championships Messrs. ~a <!cr<s Herman M. Snl to Singapore Boxing iUsociation.
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    KEEN TENNIS IN S.C.C. SEMI-FINAL
    196 7 n 9 smith Qualified lor the finals in the F C. Cherrington and R bmun q touma fc championship doubles c Me r M», 6-3, 6-2 ment when they beat Major R Bedfoid ana in an excitine encounter. Despite the wet condition of the stfrted,
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    S.C.R.C. TENNIS On The Facts Of Life
    460 7 ronowm* are th, ,1» to the S.C.R.C. ftrtc a sees Si _r vs Tan Chong Gark ana Handicap: gjf ff« Gim Lock -12 vs Ong Swee Keng anu Ktm —9 Thursday Championship Doubles: Seah Keng Siew vs Chin Kee urn Hock. M u„„Hirin-
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    S.R.C. TENNIS U. S. And War
    308 7 Further ties In the S.R.C. Spring lawn were the results. nrriov and M. G. Ebcr da Silva Veterans Singles- u y D an i\ (-1531 and G. Hyder <scrj 8-6, 2—>, (unfinished!. To-Day's Ties an^d!cap Ci Sn B ,s "B": T de »uza _3)
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    GOODWIN FOR S.R.C. IN RESERVES DIVISION
    253 7 Manchester S.R.C c run o[ play, the STARTING off with a "tan short d by the odd rs.STni^- the s R cgoal in five m a Keservc padang yesterday. into tne s.R.c_ goal. was a talt> Scrappy Play cut with occasional coni£*e q{ ments
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    Inside Germany Catholic Church Double-Crossed
    824 8 WITH double-crosser Ribhentrop fresh Holy See it is well to mark the Nazi progress toward the extermination of the nc r 11 and Hetartch Biaenkcl, a German, in a fine book Pecnle v S mtS (The German 9'fiH u h er< A J len and
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    Mr. Chamberlain Ten Times More Confident
    256 8 Reuter. fIJR- Neville Chamber.ai„. L nd n Counci, in L„„ don to-day Ch ™h hose monsters of wickedness in this tat °«trage of the gates of mercy pon Wh Seem to ha ve?hu cup.cd with how to center that t My th U hts
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    115 8 LET us have the facts o fi,v a Kuala £5 clergyman, writing on h > young people and their 01 future. S(J Miai To 700,000 of Urn., m Malaya the chief r, that they have no training for work. JWy do all these n „r i Put the
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    Break On Hitler
    85 8 yyiLL Sweden be the n< of German aggression? v people expect it but th*». tain Uctol whichSjfs^S One i.s that the Swedish forces ar much stronger than the Sor Another is that Sweden like fC land, js dotted in the south u-th many small Jakes and several
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    Balkan Crisis
    125 8 JT is estimated by Max U. C vo]! A 7 m( ,V' c an oiJ cx P ert who has travelled Europe, that Germany ha ess than one barrel of every three barrels she needs. That points more to Runania as the next victim. dpi f Z e^
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    132 8 K EEP an eye on the Balkans. There will be big developments th< shortly. Hitler-and possibly hi. rnends--cannot afford the risl defeat m the north by an unh upted concentration of British there. ># Be s!?J a u €d at «»e first report" n a bntish landing in
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    BRITISH NAVY WIPES OUT NAZI FORCES AT NARVIK
    384 9 NORWEGIANS SURROUND RETREATING TROOPS Reuter. B STOCKHOLM. APR. 16. RITISH WARSHIPS HAVE COMPLETELY WIPED OUT THE GERMAN NAVAL FORCES AT NARVIK, STATES THE CORRESPONDENT OF THE NAGENS NYHETER HE ADDS THAT BRITISH BLUE JACKETS OCCUPIED PART OF THE TOWN UNDER COVER OF
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    Nazi Boast Reduced To Mockery
    228 9 NO announcement could have been more welcome to British ears or to those of our Allies, declares the Daily Telegraph commenting on the landing of British forces in Norway, and adds jit will be specially welcome to those j hastily mustered Norwegian forces who are
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    SWEDEN CONFISCATES 7 NORWEGIAN PLANES
    38 9 Stockholm, Apr. 16 A COMMUNIQUE issued by the State Information Bureau states seven Norwegian Army planes landed in the Dale Arlia region, southern Sweden yesterday. The machines were confiscated and the airmen interned
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    Developments May Affect Far East, Japan Concerned
    259 9 Reuter. Tokyo, Apr. 16. Government cannot but be deeply concerned over < opment accompanying the aggravation of war in may affect the status quo of the Netherlands EastForeign Minister Mr. Hachiro Arita said replying to newspapermen concerning Japan's position in the event V
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    Allies Agree To U.S. Conditions
    84 9 Reuter. Washington. Apr. 16 CCORDING to Mr. Morgenthau all obstacles to the sale of United States planes to the Allies were removed when the Anglo-French Purchasing Mission agreed "without reservation or complaint" to the United States Government's conditions for release of the latest types of
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    NO ORDER TO ATTACK KING, SAYS BERLIN
    98 9 Reuter. London. Apr. 15. THE Norwegian broadcast last night re- ferred to the destruction of a defenceless town where King Haakon had stayed and added, "Henceforth we mean to keep the place of the headquarters secret. We shall go on fighting."— Reuter. Berlin,
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    British Force Landed In Faroe Islands
    89 9 Reuter. London, Apr. 16. ITISH force has landed in the Faroe Islands, stated Mr. R. A. Butler Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, in the House of Corn-to-day. Butler stated: "On Apr. 10 the of the Faroe Islands in reply communication from His Majesty's lent, agreed
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    FEAR GIVES PLACE TO JUBILATION
    48 9 Reuter. Bucharest. Apr. 16. News of the landing of British troops in Norway is spreading throughout Rumania, and the apprehension of German invasion has given way to jubilation. The Press gives pride of place to the vigorous action of the British Fleet.— Renter.
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    NAZIS COUNTED ON ITALY AND JAPAN
    78 9 Reuter. Geneva. April 10. OENSATIONAL utterances by Hitler to Dr. Burckhardt, former League Commissioner for Danzig, are th? feature of Dr. Burckhardts report to the League just published. On Aug. 14 last Hitler told Dr. Burckhardt that he would not wage war like the
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    MRS. ALEC TWEEDIE DEAD
    139 9 London, Apr. 16. DEATH has occurred of Mrs. Alec Tweedie, authoress and artist.— Reuter. Mrs. Alec Tweedie. daughtei of late Dr. George Harley and widow of late Mr. A. Tweedie. was educated at Queens College, London. She nad served on several committees of the International Council
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    SABOTAGE UNITS
    43 9 Loyang. One west-bound Japanese troop train was recently dynamited by Chinese sabotage units near Shhsicn on the Pei-ping-Suiyuan Railway resulting in several hundred cases of automobile parts being destroyed and about one hundred Japanese soldiers killed and wounded.— Chinese Central News.
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    1661 10 CHARTERED BANK'S ANNUAL MEETING *WHEN you realise in the present trying conditions that the Chinese Government, with unabated courage, are continuing to assist its nationals to build up and develop new industrial and agricultural enterprises in districts still left to their control, we need
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    INDIAN CHRISTIANS URGED TO STAND BY CONGRESS
    461 11 President's Appeal At Andhra Conference Narsapur, Apr. 1A least for Hie sake <»1 our Lord and Master we, who rail ourselves Christians, instead of adopting low standards lor attainment of selfish communal ends, should train ourselves to think in terms of the Indian
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    ACTION AGAINST BOSE CROUP RUMOURED
    67 11 Nagpur, April. B. The Delhi correspondent of the "Sub- chintak" of Jubbulpore understands that the Government Of India is seriously contemplating of taking similar action against the "Forward Blcc" as had been taken against the Communist Party of India. The correspondent further comes to know
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    Restrictions On Travel By Railways
    194 11 New Delhi, %pr. IL> IN exercise of the powers conferred oy section )t the Defence of India Act". 1939 «XXXV of IOT9», the Central Government has directed that the following further amendment shall be made In the Defence of India Rules, namelj:— Alter rale 25-A
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    Congress Committee Meeting
    61 11 Allahabad, Apr io Acharya J. B. Kripalani. gener; secretary of the Congress, announce? that the following persons have been Invited to attend the forthcoming Con r:ss Working Committee meeting t<» be held at Wardha: -Dr. Pattabhi Sit i ramayya, Dr. B. c. Roy. Mr. Harekrishna Mehtab. Mr.
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    SIR RADHAKRISHNAN'S SETTLEMENT EFFORTS
    205 11 New Delhi, Apr. 5. IJEHIND the scones some well-meaning ''peace-makers" have been active to evolve a solution of Indian deadlock. Among others, Sir S. Radhakrishnan appears to be trying to play the role of a peace-maker and it is learnt during his recent interview with the
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    CALCUTTA HINDUS TO STAND UNITED
    77 11 Calcutta, April 12. SJ. Subhas Chandra Bose and Dr. Syamaprosad Mookerjee issued the following joint statement to-day: We 4 are glad to announce that all the elected Hindu councillors have decided N) unite and work together in the Corporation for the promotion of the best
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    32 11 Mr. Aminchand, a prominent Harijan worker of Lahore, has written to Moulana Abul Kalam Azad. the Congress President, offering the services of 500 Harijans for Gandhiji's satyagraha movement when it is started.
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    FORMULA TO END DEADLOCK
    189 11 Nrw Delhi, Apr l& j I i appears that several proposals ror resolving the political deadlock j have been received by the authorities i bul since the Congress Is not likely to accept any the position remains a"> be--1 fore. The latest formula In the field
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    USMAN NOMINATED FOR VICE-CHANCELLORSHIP
    60 11 Madras, Apr. 11! Si i; Mahomed Usman was nominated us a candidate tor election by the Benat? for the Vicc-ChanceUorshlp oi tiic Madias University In succession i< x Dewan Bahadur S. B. Runganadhan. Dr. Lakshmanaswami liudallar has been elected by the syndicate to carry on tin'
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    674 13 London, Apr. 16. tial ships were sunk I I1U u,e week of a tonIZii states the Ad;ll,d our new ally, .t one ship of 5,128 i- msiderable losses of t result of the German ,,v Incomplete reports ,how that 15 German ired or sunk.
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    ROMANIA BANS EXPORT
    39 13 Bucharest, Apr. 16 decided to ban exeunt racts already course of execution will d< r the ban. also been taken pro- sunflower seed hitherto d by Germany, nd economic authorid measures for buildcoal petrol and raw
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    54 13 Reuter. Berlin, Apr. 16. D Quarters in Berlin what they describe as unarmed report about pot in northern Norling at one of the path:ourse possible at some th? military point of tseless. would be impossible for landed in such region conduct of war in Norway which
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    85 13 i he Invisible Man Returns'' l IU 15, 615 and 9.15 p m. UUi! Kid Nightingale,"—315, 1"' and 9.15 p.m. I inn A Stranger"—3.15, 1") :md 9.15 p.m. ling l)r Kiltlaire"—6.15 and illl Ml. 15 P m m \L: "Jothi Ramahnga ami" -6 and 9.35 p.m. hinese
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    613 15 llriiain Takes Step* To foster Export Trade London, Apr. 16. i\ order to set free the productive capacity of manpower and raw materials for export trade by the restriction of home consumpi, the Board of Trade are making an order to-day restricting to m r cent, pre-war supplies
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    Rubber Crop Returns
    88 15 DARLOW Co. report the D rubber crop returns for March 1Q4ft• The Aver KuninK (F.M.S.) Rubber Co. Ltd. 87.0UU 1DS *Thp Badek Rubber Estate Ltd. (Staffleld Estate) 22,000 The Bradwall (F.M.S.) Rubber Estate Ljcl 47,000 The Chersonese (F.M.S.) Estates Ltd. 67,000 Dennistown Rubber Estates Ltd (Dennistown Estate)
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    Reuter's Commercial Service
    281 15 LONDON TIN London, Tuesday. Price) £253 Buyers £253 3 4 Sellers Price) £248 3 4 Buyers £249 Sellers LONDON RUPBER London. Tuesday. Rl BBEB Buyers Sellers 1 Steady 10 15 16 11 116 May io 15 16 11 116 rd) June 10 15 16 11 116 (3rd
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    FRASER & CO.'S SHARE REPORT
    898 15 FRASER CO.'S SHARE REPORT Singapore. Apr-1. IS. MINING Buyer* BeUert Ampat Tin 4 9 53 Austral Amal 5 9 6 3 Ayer Hitam 211- 22 -xd Ayer Weng .65 70 Austral Malay 351- 371Bangrin 21 22 Batu Selangor 1 50 1.55 cd Berjuntal 1013 H|3 Burma Malay 22]- 23!Chenderlang 15
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    Produce
    139 15 Singapore, Tuesday. R (Siam) W. Coast No. 1 per Koyan R. Islam) W. Coast No. 3 per Koyan Rice Siam 1 iqc Rice Siam 2 "2 Rice Siam 3 Siam Eroken Rice No. 1 l Siam Broken Rice No. 2 Rice Saigon Al Rice Saigon 1 Rice Saigon 2
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      22 15 Mid-Day Prices Singapore, Wednesday. Prices or tin and rubber in Singapore at noon today were:— RUBBER Buyers: 35%, Sellers: 36. TIN up
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    GERMAN APPEAL TO U.S. FOR SYMPATHY
    218 16 America Possesses Superior Armaments Reuter. BERLIN, APR. 16. T»HE FOREIGN OFFICE MOUTHPIECE, THE DIPLOMATISCHE KORRESPONDENZ, TO-NIGHT APPEALS TO PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TO WITHHOLD CRITICISM OF A "GERMANY DEFENDING HER VITAL LIVING SPACE/ It suggests that America, having "succeeded with one exception in keeping Imperialists out
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    NAVAL BATTLE
    67 16 REUTER. STOCKHOLM, APR 16. DEPORTS FROM GOTHENBURG 11 DISTRICT STATE THAT "A CONSIDERABLE NAVAL BATTLE" OCCURRED YESTERDAY NORTH OF SKAGEN AND IS BELIEVED TO BE STILL PROCEEDING FURTHER OUT IN THE SKAGERRAK. HEAVY GUNFIRE WAS HEARD FROM VARIOUS ISLANDS OFF GOTHENBURG, STARTING AT 3 P.M. YESTERDAY. BUT NOTHING
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    Registration For 27 Class
    26 16 Reuter. Tf London, Apr. 16. it is officially announced that the registration date for the 27 class will be May 25.— Reuter
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    ARRESTS OF NAZI AGENTS DENIED
    45 16 Reuter. Belgrade, Apr. 17. It is stated in official circles that the reports cf numerous arrests in Northern Yugoslavia in connection with Gestapo "Cells" are completely unfounded. But it is added that close watch is however being kept on foreigners.—Reuter.
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    How British Troops Were Landed
    238 16 Reuter. London, Apr. 16. JHE remarkable exploits in the equipment of the British expeditionary force for Norway are now available. It is pointed out that on the German side the invasion of Norway was worked out to the last detail during a period which must
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    "Will Never Surrender"—HAAKON
    109 16 Reuter. New York. Apr. 17. KING Haakon is with his troops" declares Mrs Harriman, United States Minister to Norway, in a despatch to the Department quoted in the New York American. Mrs. Harriman also gives news of the military position stating: "There is no doubt that the
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    MISSION FAILS
    53 16 Reuter. Bucharest. Apr. 17. Dr. Clodius. Nazi economic expert, is expected to return to Germany from Rumania by the end cf this week. It is understood he neither succeeded in retting lei rate decreases in terms of Reichsmarks nor obtained any considerable increase in the expert 01 foodstuffs
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    WARNING SHOTS BY SWEDISH WARSHIPS
    69 16 Reuter. Stockholm. Apr 16. Swedish warships fired warning shots at two foreign which flew over Gothenburg archipelcgo this morning during fog. The machines turned away and disappeared. Brussels. Apr. 16. A French plane which had been engaged in a battle over German territory, nashed In
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    LUXEMBURG FEARS GERMAN INVASION
    154 16 Reuter. Brussels, April 17. ACCORDING to reports from Namur many inhabitants of Luxemburg fear that a German attack may be directed at Namur. The reports state that the Germans have put out 21 long pontoons in the Moselle River and a large number of German "tourists"
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    WHAT NAZIS DEMANDED OF NORWAY
    133 16 Reuter. Stockholm, Apr. IS, JHE demands made to Norway after the invasion of the country had begun are revealed in a Norwegian Government statement to-day. They were: Norway to abstain from all resistance. The Army to be ordered to enter into friendly relations with the
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    Continuous Stream Of Nazi Planes
    110 16 Stockholm, Apr. 7. A CONTINUOUS stream of German pianos is passing over Oesterdakn en route to Trondheim, states the Norwegian Telegraph Agency report. Man) of these have apparently taken off from Danish bases. The total number of I troops in Norway is estimated ai 60,000;
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    Germans Badly Informed On British Troop Plans
    135 16 Reuter. ••npcDTTP Paris, Apr. 16. QkbPITE their espionage, we have reason to believe that the Germans are very badly informed about the plans of the Allies," said a War Ministry spokesman, explaining why no details are being publish about the strength or the
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    STOP PRESS
    141 16 Renter Shanghai. Apr 17 HEAV V fighting occurred earlj terdav miming on the outskirts of Shanghai, when large-scale guerilla operations wt«c fought b; an estimated force of 1,500 Chinese and a Japanese detachment heavy guns Residents in the western area welt wakened by the shooting Chinese papers say
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