Malaya Tribune, 22 August 1940

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    21 1 The Malaya Tribune VOL. XXVII- No. 201. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1940 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune. Thursday, August 22. 1040.
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    Britain Will Take Care Of Parachutists
    182 1 London, Aug. 20. THE reported German threat that serious reprisals of war be taken against members ol the Royal Air Force who are oners of war. if German paratroops in unifcrm are not tc'l in Britain in conformity tilth the rules of land warfare,
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    NAZIS DROP AERIAL TORPEDO ON WORKING CLASS AREA
    505 1 Civilians Machine-Gunned In Two Towns Reuter. London, Aug. 22. enemy bomber dropped what is believed to be an aerial torpedo on a south-east town, reducing eight of a row of working class cottages to debris and partially wrecking others. It is feared
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    U.S. Expects Britain To Win
    206 1 Reuter. British Wireless. Washington, Atiff. ITNITED STATES military officials arc taking a much more optimistic view of Britain's rhances turn they did even a few weeks ago, Reuter learns from high Quartets in Washington. is is due to the recent infor- n reaching here and
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    Anglo-U.S. Alliance Rumour Discounted
    203 1 Reuter. Washington, Aug. 21. r pHEivE is not the slightest foundation for American reports from London that Anglo-American discussions have start- Ed for a military alliance. It is pointed out that, in spite of the possibility that at some tuture date the Western Hemisphere might be
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    U. S. Transport Passes Mines Danger Zone
    64 1 Reuter. Washington, Aug. 21. THE State Department an- nounces that the American Legion which is bringing American evacuees and the Crown Princess Martha of Norway and her children to the United States from Scandinavia, is now about 4(>« miles west of the British
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    RUMANIA & HUNGARY FAIL TO AGREE
    246 1 RUMANIA HUNGARY FAIL TO AGREE Reuter. Budapest, Aug. 22. AI. ne:i d °t the Hungarian delegation, has returned 1» I'm nu-Stverin to try to continue the negotiations with the Rumanians. The disparity between the two sets of proposals, however, is so great that no solution is believed possible with°ut (icrn.an
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    Nazi Press Bewildered
    121 1 Reuter. London, Aug. 21. THE Berlin newspapers, which for weeks have been telling their readers that the collapse ot the British Empire was nigh, show considerable bewilderment to-day over the confident tone of Mr. Churchill s speech. The German News Agency says the consensus of press opinion
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    17 1 During National Savings Week, in Britain 13.057 new savings groups were formed, making a total of 110.233
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    STOP PRESS
    227 1 Reuter. London, Aug. ZZ. The Air Ministry and ttic Ministry of Home Sect ill, in a joint (ommunique. state that enemy activity over this country was continued last evening. The same tactics were adopted as during the earlier part of the day, aircraft singly or in small numbers
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    NO ROOM FOR COMPLACENCY
    204 1 INVASION DANGER NOT ENDED YET Reuter. London, Aug. 22. £JIR Archibald Sinclair (Air Minister), broadcasting last night. warned the country against relapsing into a mood of complacency, as only a small fraction of Germany's heavy bomber force had yet been engaged and (he danger of invasion
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    Nazis Arrest Communists
    61 1 Reuter. London, Aug. 21. rplIK Gestapo carried put a round-tip of Communists throughout Norway a few days ago, according to news received by the Norwegian Telegraph Agency. Those arrested include most of the lenders of the Communist Party and a number of leading journalist*, Including christian Kilt,
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    10th Birthday Of Princess
    49 1 PRINCESS MARGARET who celebrated her tenth birthday yesterday. For the first time, she spent her bvlhday in England. In oihe r years, the Royal family have been at Balmoral in August. Their Majesties, the King and Q ieen. spent the day with their daughters.—British Wirelesa.
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    HOUSING SCHEME FOR FIRE VICTIMS
    136 2 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Singapore, Thursday. question of providing temporary dwellings to house the victims of ihe fire at Kampong Silat was considered by the Singapore Improvement Trust's Board of Trustees at its last meeting. It was decided, subject to the agreement of the Municipal Commissioners
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    SEQUEL TO A STREET FIGHT
    171 2 Singapore, Wednesday. BECAUSE a Boyanese, in parking his car, allegedly caused some inconvenience to a few Chinese coolies taking food, a fight took place at Club Street, yesterday evening. The participants are believed to have used sticks and bricks, and one of them has been
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    MORE FINANCE REGULATIONS
    89 2 Singapore, Wednesday. AN amendment to the Defence (Finance) Regulations is notified in last night's Government Gazette Extraordinary. Cited as Defence (Amendment No. 4) Regulations, the amendment prohibits, except with exemptions made by the Financial Secretary, the bringing into the Colony of any Bank of England note of
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    SINGAPORE'S HEALTH CHART
    103 2 STATISTICS of health In Singapore last week show an increase in pneumonia and beri-beri, while incidence in tuberculosis is also relatively high. Beri-beri accounted for 19 deaths, as compared with nine in the preceding week. Pneumonia caused 30 deaths, as against 23. There" were 41 cases of
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    $4,400 For Cooly Lines
    85 2 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur. Thursday. THE increased price of building materials, caused by the war. has necessitated raising the original grant of $3,300, for a slxro mcd cooly line for the King's Pavilion cooly gang, by $1,100. This additional allocation was sanctioned at a
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    More Work For Customs Dept.
    93 2 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Thursday. rIE F.M.S. Finance Committee has approved the expenditure of an additional sum of $3,152 for the appointment of ten outdoor officers to cope with the extra burden thrown on the Customs Department as a result of the rapid
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    CONSTABLE'S 5 A.M. STREET CHASE
    438 2 BENGALI ON SEDITION CHARGE Singapore, Wednesday. to have been engaged in posting seditious posters, Ram Rais, a 19-year-old Bengali peon of the Chartered Bank, nearly got away from two Malay constables after felling one by punching him, and stabbing the other in the neck and
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    Pretty "Magic" Girls Keep Hearts Intact
    262 2 Dame Rumour Tells A Lie (Tribune Staff Reporter) Singapore, Thur THE pretty girls of the Chang Magic Revue leave to-riay for their up-country tour with all hearl debunking Dame Rumour's story that one of them h engaged to a lqcal resident, thus following in
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    Colony's War Loan Measure
    272 2 Singapore, Thursday. ALTHOUGH no separate War Loan Bill, like the one passed at the Federal Council meeting on Tuesday, is contained in the orders for the day for Monday's Legislative Council meeting, issued yesterday, it is believed that supplementary orders will announce the proposed introduction of
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    Rhio Resident Interviewed
    65 2 Mp yA Singapore, Thursday. G VAN BRAKEL. Resident of the little-known Rhio Islands and dependencies, took a plane at Singapore for Medan. He had come anybody can get into the islands $T*2 und frgoing the formalities of a passport. Rhio Islands are famous for nihKn 1 011
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    19 2 The Hindu Tem ple in Waterloo MWH has recently undergone renovations, and religious services welcome o^ 6 Hind WtETIS
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    INSURE YOUR FUTURE
    54 3 You owe it to yourself to make the mo>t of your life. If you feel that you are not making the progress j .v dream of, you should take steps to attain your objective. ICS training will help you to Insure your future. Ask for partigaJan of
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    SINGAPORE 'NEWS' FROM BERLIN
    184 3 COR obvious reasons, it is 1 usually not possible for people in Malaya to test the ♦ruth of German broadcasts from their own personal knowledge of events, but an opportunity to do this has just occurred. Berlin has solemnly broadcast a fad story about the Indian
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    MONTH'S GAOL FOR BEGGING
    177 3 Singapore, Wednesday. pEELING sorry for Tan Geek Tuan, a 70-year-old Teochew, a young Chinese woman gave him a cent. Little did this sympathetic woman realise that her action was to send the old man to gaol for a month's hard labour! Charged to-day before Mr. J.
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    MALAYA TO MAKE MORE MOTOR TYRES
    356 3 NEW FILLIP FOR RUBBER INDUSTRY (Tribune Staff Reporter) JF the hopes of a Hongkong business-man, who is now building a new rubber factory in Klang, materialise, Malaya will, in the near future, begin to produce more motor tyres and tubes, absorbing a large part
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    ALLEGATIONS AGAINST OWN WIFE
    222 3 Singapore, Wednesday. [REMARKING that the applicant had not discharged the burden of proving that his wife had not been looking after their children properly, Mr. Justice Manning to-day refused the application of Mr. J. V. Oliveiro, hospital assistant attached to Tan Tock Seng Hospital, who had
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    Japanese On A Lottery Charge
    105 3 Singapore, Wednesday. K. MAKINO, a 32-year-old Englishspeaking Japanese, pleading guilty to a charge of having assisted in carrying on a Chap Jee Xi lottery, was fined $100 or in default five weeks' rigorous imprisonment, by Mr. J. G. Rappoport, in the Third Police Court, to-day.
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    PERPETUAL SEARCH FOR PROSPERITY
    313 3 Singapore, Thursday. STRESSING that in India "there are great industries waiting to be born, with great mineral and vegetable resources comparatively untouched," and that although Malayans have cause to be more satisfied with their general efficiency, there "is little cause for complacency," Mr. Harold Lawson, yesterday,
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    Machinery And Unemployment
    123 3 Singapcre, ThursdfJh MACHINERY never did create unemployment, and never will," declared Mr. Harold Lawson, when speaking to Singapore Rotarians on "Efficiency —with Sidelights on India" at yesterday's Rotary luncheon. Mr. LaWson was referring to the "unwillingness of executives in India to reduce staff by introducing machinery, when
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    Danish Sailors On Vagrancy Charge
    67 3 Singapore, Wednesday. ARRESTED in the Immigration Office, C. V. Jorgensen (17), Swanson (18), and Nielson (19), three Danish sailors, pleaded guilty to a charge of being vagrants when they were produced before Mr. J. O. Rappoport, the Third Police Magistrate, to-day. "There is no alternative,"
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    FRENCH CONSUL
    46 3 Singapore, Thursday. M. DELAGE, French Consul-Gene- ral in Batavia, parsed through Singapore yesterday, accompanied by his wife on his way back home after a fortnight's holiday in Indochina. The local French Consul-General and Mme. Pingaud joined the visitors at lunch at the Airport fciotel.
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    S.C.C. Have Good Season, Ceylonese Meet Reverses
    1113 5  -  Growder, Stein Find Their Batting Form SINGAPORE CRICKET REVIEW By Tribune Cricket Correspondent piK Singapore Cricket Club had a successful season this lairing better than last year, while the annual match I he 'test was won by the Europeans after hard fou«h! MruKgle.
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    Cricket Honours
    89 5 P D'Almeida <S.R.C. vs. inning). :les (Fort Canning vs. Bert (Raffles College vs. en 'Raffles College vs. v abc;pathy i V.M.C.A. vs. Raffles College vs. Fort raisingham (C.S.C. vs. I'ood I Force Emu vs. Slack S.C.C. vs. Posh a k (C.WS. vs. Rly. 39 R Whittakcr (K.K.S.U. Co'lege
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    BOXING BILL MAY BE POSTPONED
    139 5 WITH Ronnie Dennis, the Australian lightweight, sick and Atilio Sahatino, Puerto Rican, slightly indisposed, to-morrow's boxing programme at the Happy World may he postponed to next week. Dennis, who was to have met the Mexican, Ventura Marques, has fever and is definitely unfit, while Sabatino,
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    MORAVIA CONVINCINGLY BEAT 'CIVILS'
    168 5 Moravia 5; J.C.S.A.. 2. THE soccer match between the 1 Moravia XI and the J.C.S.A. IXI in the 2B Division League I played on the J.C.S.A. ground at Balestier plain yesterday evenin?: resulted in a convincing victory for the Moravia XI by five goals to two.
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    34 5 In a clean and fast same, the Airnort Sports Club defeated the Robinson Sports Club by three e-oals to nil on the former's ground yesterday evening. Ahmad netted all the goals for his side.
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    Publishers Play Bright Soccer, Worth 2-1 Win
    252 5 R.A.M.C Fall In Div. 2-A Publishers 2; R.A.M.C 1, pLAYING with better understanding, the Publishers beat the R.A.M.C. by two q:oals to one in a Division 2A soccer match at Anson Road Sta:iium yesterday. The more accomplished team, the Publishers outplayed the It.A.M.C.
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    Exhibition Nets $400
    57 5 Taiping. A SUM of $400 was collected at the tennis exhibition given in Taiping on Sunday last by Kho Sin Kie and Pat Hughes, and the money has been allocated as follows: War Fund $300, Patriotic Fund $50 and Wool Fund $50. All expenses in connection with
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    Mr. S. W. Jones To Attend Tennis Exhibition Games
    64 5 THE Officer Administering the Government the Hen. Mr. S. W. Jones, has promised to attend the exhibition tennis matches between the Davis Cup players, Pat Hughes and Kho Sin Kie and members of the Straits Chinese Recre"atTon Club, to-morrow. The exhibition,
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    Carmtop & Starlock Impressive
    130 5 Carmtop Starlock Impressive (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Aug. 22. SEVERAL impressive runs were seen in the training this morning. Flying Scotsman (Mayo) spurted round course and looked in winning condition. Tin Pocket (Martin) and Westernra (Mayo* were associated in a fast sprint, the latter iinishing slightly ahead. Authentic (Dawson*
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    Fast Work At Bukit Timah Track
    285 5 rpRAINING started officially A this morning on the Bukit Timah track for the 230 horses entered for Singapore Turf Club's forthcoming meeting which begins on Aug. 31. Fast work on the third track was the order of the day, several horses showing up well
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    Cheerful Lads Athletic Party Meeting
    63 5 At the annual general meeting of the Cheerful Lads Athletic Party the following were elected as office-bearers for the year 1940-1941: President, David Ho; vice-president, Sia Lye Choon (reelected) hon. secretary. Wee Tiann Choon; asst. Hon. secretary, Goh Choon Moh; hon. treasurer, Ngo Bing Keng
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    44 5 Playing at Alexandra yesterday, the Malaya Signals defeated the R.A.O.C. by three goals to one in a Div. II <A) encounter. At Sebtar, Pulau Brani scored another good win when they beat the R.A.F. (Torpedo) 2-1 in a keenly contested Div. II (A) match.
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    The Battle In Africa
    162 6 •THE evacuation of British Somaliland, though less epic than that of Dunkirk, was nevertheless a military feat accomplished under trytog circumstances, in view ol* the unfavourable situation which confronted the meagre British troops there. 'the capitulation of the Petain Government altered the entire outlook of things
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    Strategy Full Of Holes
    219 6 MUSSOLINI possibly hopes that his strategy in Africa will create an untenable situation in Egypt and endanger the Suez Canal. No doubt he is hoping for certain developments on the Gibraltar side. For this reason he has so far avoided naval encounters with the British, in
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    He Looks The Part
    8 6 BI LLY AND BLUFFER
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    All Cats Have 9 Lives
    437 6 T HAT cats have nine lives is proved once again, for A ussie, ship Wrecked half-bred Persian cat and mascot of the ill-fated Niagara, has returned. Clinging to a piece of driftwood and mee-owi ng feebjjr but bravely, Aussie "landed" on one of the long
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    MUSSOLINI-Afraid Of His Own Shadow
    1068 6 Never Such A Coward FOR eighteen years Mussolini has Muffed his own people and bluffed the world. Willi his jutting jaw, his thrOWn-back head, his highspeed car. his boastful speeches, and his pet lion, he has Cast a spoil over millions of Italians. J'ul it
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    It Writes In Flame
    144 6 A NEW machine which tes" with flame ha designed and made in Bril and is now at work in a motcr factory engaged production. The "pencil" is an int. hot oxy-acetylene flame and "'paper" is tough steel instead of drawing lines, flame cuts through the n
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    Irotsky's Skull Smashed In
    200 7 Napoleon Of Bolshevism Dying Reuter. L-iT lit. J!~f" K«.»loli.n <iM may occur at any moment. M. Trotsky was attacked with a ££T m r behind. The fact that his right shoulder 5?. nee were in jun?d indicates that the assauli continued while he v/as falling. The
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    Britons Undismayed By Air Attacks
    188 7 London, Aug. 20. pJE truth has already overthrown the absurd German <ehood. which has gained temporary currency in ceri neutral countries, regarding the results of recent Brilosses in German air attacks. uracy of British official s been fre3ly accrp ea\ Hearst News Agency says: fact
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    CONGRESS REPLY TO VICEROY
    90 7 Reuter. Wardha, Aug. 21.—Abul Kalam Azad. President of the National Congress, announced to-day that after consulting with the Congress Working Committee he had sent a reply to the Viceroy stating that there was no meeting ground between Congress and the Viceroy on the basis of the
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    PACIFIC ISLAND BASES
    240 7 London, Aug. 21. THE statement in the Prime Ministers speech in the House of Commons yesterday that "various agreements had been reached (with the U.S.A. Government) about certain small islands in the Pacific which had become important as air fuelling points" seems to give rise to some
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    GIBRALTAR ATTACKED
    91 7 Gibraltar, Auj. 21. AN enemy raider was rt brought down in the sea when Gibraltar was attacked by two successive waves of enemy planes during the night. Bombs falling on the rock in the second raid caused an outbreak of fire which was quickly brought under control without
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    COCOA STOCKS CONTROL
    95 7 Reuter. London, Aug. 20. THE Ministry of Food Cocoa Con--1 trol is taking charge of all United Kingdom cocoa stocks on Sept. L There will be no rationing for the public but the decision has been prompted by the fact that United Kingdom stocks had percolated into
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    WITNESS SAYS HE MADE OUT FICTITIOUS BILLS
    1267 7 COURT MARTIAL OF CAPTAIN LOVED A V Singapore, Wednesday. J?\ IDENCE that he had Io make out fictitious bills, to he paid by his company to fictitious persons to cover payments made to a ring of contractors, was given at the court-martial of
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    701 German Planes Shot Down Since August 8
    169 7 Reuter. London, Aug. 21. jjINCE Aug. 8, Britain has brought down 701 German planes. During the same period, British losses in planes have been 192 fighters and bombers, including those lost during raids on Germany and Italy. The results in airmen have
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    Domestic Occurrences DEATH.
    64 10 Madam Kho Tarn Neo, aged 82, passed away peacefully at No. 6 Bukit Permei on Monday 19th August, 1940 She leaves behind a son Mr. Wee Whatt Beng, one daughter-in-law, 3 daughters, 1 son-in-law, 13 grand children, 3 grand-sons-in-law and 10 great grand children. Funeral to Bukit
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
    36 10 Mrs. Lee Kok Tong and Family beg to thank all those friends and relatives who sent wreaths and letters of condolence, and also those who attended the funeral of the late Mr. Lee Kok Tong.
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      311 10 NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that Mr. Tay Peng Kng of No. 127 Albert Street, Singapore, has applied to the Board of Licensing Justices for the transfer of his Third Class Public House Licence at No. 127 Albert Street, Singapore, to his nephew, Mr. Tay Cheng Chua of the same
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    MARKET REPORTS Churchill's Speech Cheers The Markets
    113 11  -  By Reuter London, Aug. 21. nv Exchange opened r fully following I's speech. Busitably broader in -dgeds and elsetective buying of arket was rather 'here was no dein prices. Industied to be favoured. lotion New York, Aug. 21 bought cotton fellowill's speech. Liverpool,
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    Reuter's COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    195 11 TIN Lor.clon. Aug. 21. £261 Buyers £261 V 2 Sellers P I £2613 4 Buyers £262 Sellers 'MTSRER London. Aug. 21. Buyers Sellers Dull 123 4 12 7 s Sept. 12 3 4 12 7 8 rd) Oct 12 11 16 12 13 16 d) Jan I
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    British Taxes Up 75 Per Cent. In Year
    194 11 London, Aug. 21. MOVING the second reading of 111 the Finance Bill in the House of Lords, the Lord Chancellor, Viscount Simon, said the taxation of this country in a full year had been raised since it began fr«/n £888,000,000 to £1,500,000,000.
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    Diamond Market
    67 11 London. Aug. 20. At to-day's diamond sights, it i? estimated that about £100,000 worth was sold, which is a notable increase over the July total of only £35,000. The home trade took £20.000 and the United States the balance It is believed that the United .States will be
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    MARKETS MORE LIVELY
    154 11 From Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, Thursday. THERE was widening interest, 1 and a generally slight firming, in tin shares yesterday. Rantaus improved to $1.47; other business included Linguis, Rawang Tin Fields, Kramats, Kampong Lunjuts and Kundangs. Despite the lower output Paubs continue to be taken at che
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    Mid-Day Prices
    24 11 Singapore, Thursday. Prices of tin and rubber in Singapore at noon today were:— RUBBER Buyers: 371 Sellers: 37 5 TIN 5132.58, unchanged.
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    RAW JUTE PRICES EASIER
    60 11 Reuter. Dundee, Aug. 20. RiAW JUTE prices are easier. 1 The Hessians trade is dull Calcutta goods recently declined hut recovered fractionally, following proposals lor the curtailment ot Indian output. United States consumption of Hescians in June was only n llhon yards compared with 53 millions
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    Malayan Sharebrokers' Asso. Report
    1054 11 Singapore, Aug. 21. MINING Buyers. Sellers. Ampat Tin (ss) 316 4!Austral Amal (ss) 5,3 5 9cd Austral Malay 35;- 37,-cd Ayer Hitam (ss) 1»,- 20iAycr Weng 0 55 0.60 Bangrin 171- 18|Batu Selangor ($1) 1 44 1.48 cd Berjuntal (ss) 8.3 9,3 Burma Malay 201- 21
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      15 11 ,c Popularity of "Diamond" has been pre-eminent in > years on' account of durability and high
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      202 11 BLACKeWNIT? @r SCOTCH WHISKY STOP COLDS OVERNIGHT br 2 way treatment 1 GAB6IE WITH T.C.P. 2 TAKE A DOSE OF T.CP. Kills germs In the nose and throat acts Internally, too Nine times out of ten you can stop Cold overnight, and save yourself days of discomfort, if you will
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      133 11 JTEVY foods can give so much real help to your lUIIIl! Wi IHS^llllS health and strength as Blue Band. And no wonder! For Blue Band is brimful of nourish- II J 111 I l I I I ment; it's made in the N.E.I, from the purest J 111 J I
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      352 11 BRITISH INDIA The best possible services are being maintained by The P. O.S.N. Coy. from the Straits to their usual ports of call in China, India, Ceylon and the United Kingdom. Passengers are requested to register their requirements but under present circumstance: sailings are perforce res tricted. Special Holiday Return
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    Tientsin Agreement Working Smoothly
    325 12 Reuter. London, Aug. 21. REPLYING to Captain Alan G<a- nam, Mr. R. a. Butler (UnderSecretary for Foreign Affairs* said that Lord Halifax had no information of any recent revision cl customs tariff for the Japaneseoccupied parts of China. Captain Graham asTced whether any satisfactory reply had
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    Mr. Morgenthau Off To Canada
    94 12 Reuter. Washington, Aug. 20 THE Treasury Secretary, Mr Morgenthau. has left for Canada on holiday. Treasury officials said that the visit lacked financial or political significance. London comments mat it is Improbable that he is discussing i British finance, since the British Treasury official. Sir
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    CANADA'S STRENGTH
    150 12 Reuter. I London, Aug. 22. PANADA will shortly have j I two complete divisions j nnd artillery troops in BriJ tain, according to the la- test official information t fiom Ottawa. j Two other divisions, now J practically complete, will be I trained and equipped in Canada. J
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    Anglo-French Affairs Conducted By U.S. Agent
    138 12 Reuter. |M* B. A BUTLEK, < Under-Secretary Jff" v w What d, 'P |omati c relations or contacts existVISv vh lajeSty GOV t the Government at Vichy «ud that s.nco the departure of the French Charge JAffa.ro*™ July IS, some formal communications have bTen
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    "AT TURNING POINT FOR VICTORY" SAY WAVELL
    469 12 Middle East Position Safe Reuter. Cairo, Aug. 22. QEN. VVAVELL, Commander-in-Chief of the British forces in the Middle East reviewing the war in a broadcast to the troops last night, said:— We have had a long period of watching and waiting out here,
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    HOME RACING
    25 12 Reuter. London. Aug. 21—Jockey Club! I has announced that after consultations with the Government racing will be resumed on Sept 14 I —Reuter.
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    SPAIN MORE CORDIAL
    124 12 Reuter. CO cordial V u I J .°n the occasion r at *'*PhLB visit of the f ,f ciras, General «f "vin d'honneur, l 'r h a 40 minutes x V I,J N minutes. The Governor q I proposed the toast"-' ;^1 and Gen. Grand. to the
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    STOP PRESS
    153 12 Reuter. Mexico Citi up I Trotsky's assailant, described himselt ,s s Belgian diplomat, fawn ran. The motive of 1h ,3 m a statement by lohn«l dicates that be SjM amoured of TroUkv\ j df J whicn Drought him t,„ m p3 tST'. but hat J Trotsky s confidence
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