Malaya Tribune, 26 August 1940

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  • 21 1 The Malaya Tribune VOL. XXVII" -No. 204. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 1940 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune. Monday, August 26, 1940.
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  • 122 1 Reuter. London. Aug. 26. i COASTAL command I A aircraft carried out I spotting for British artil- |en tiring against enemy ur positions between I Boulogne and Calais yesI ter daj German long-range positions were also attacked by R.A.F. bom- kt i„r the third succes- sive
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  • 125 1 Reuter. London, Aug. 26. LONDON had its fourth air raid L warning in two days when sirens wailed again last night. The tiam of the planes could be heard in the outskirts. Searchlimits swept the sky and people in th*' streets heard the sound
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  • 181 1 Reuter. London, Aug. 25. MR. Arthur Greenwood to-day tied bags of money being reel from a bank which was tially demolished by a direct iring Friday's air mid on a I m suburb. The escape of the r and his family is attrito the fact that the
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  • 916 1 NAZI RAIDING PLANES ROUTED British Defences Bag 89 More Reuter. London, Aug. 26. A TERRIFIC air battle over the Dorset coast area yesterday afternoon resulted in the rout of over 40 German bombers and fighters, three of which were brought down on land.
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  • 155 1 Reuter. New York, Aug. 2b. ••AUR common tradition of freedom has been tested on a thouU sand battlefield-, from Waterloo to Gettysburg; it to BOW meeting its supreme test en the white cliffs of Dover sa.d Mr. Rober Sl erwood, American dramatist, broadcasting from
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  • 51 1 Reuter. London, Aug. 25. ANEW daily French-language newspaper called "France" appears in London to-morrow, designed to provide news for French soldiers, sailors and refugees In Britain and for Frenchmen and French-speaking peoples overseas. It is conducted by experienced French journalists and the policy is described as completely
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  • 67 1 His Excellency the 0.A.G., the Hon. Mr. S W Jones, attending a special display of A.R.P. work for the benefit of Mr H.N Lett, Director of A.R.P.. Burma, and Mr. U. Aung Chien, his assistant, given on Saturday by members of tne Kandang Kerbau Division
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  • 270 1 WOMAN PUTS OUT 29 £IRE-BOMBS r Reuter. London, Aug. 26. T|AMAGE done in the London area and the city by week-end air raids was very small indeed, an official of the Ministry of Home Security told Reuter after a tour of inspection. He added
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  • 96 1 Reuter. London, Aug. 25. LORD North and his sister, Lady Cynthia Williams, were killed as a result of an explosion on the south-east coast to-day. Lady North was critically injured. The explosion was heard and felt several miles away and is understood
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  • 54 1 Reuter. Malta, Aug. 25. ENEMY bombers, e.corted by fighter, tarried out a raid on Malta in which Government proI> rty suffered flight damage, but there were no casualties. British fighters shot down one raider, the pilot being captured unhuit. Another enemy machine is believed to
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  • 92 1 Reuter Chungking, Aug. 25. THE Chinese interpret the recent rumours of Chinese troops crossing the Indo-China border as deliberate Japanese propaganda for the purpose of building up an atmosphere case for eventual Japanese invasion of Indo-China. The Chinese declare that Chinese troops have always remained
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  • 116 1 Reuter. STOCKHOLM, AUG. 25. TT IS GENERALLY EXPECT--1 ED HERE THAT THE GERMANS WILL ATTEMPT SOME ACTION AGAINST THE EAST COAST OF GREENLAND DURING THE SHORT TIME THAT ACCESS IS POSSIBLE. After September the ice precludes the approach to Greenland from the sea. while huts in
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  • 92 1 Reuter. London, Aug. 26. NEARLY 300 German planes have been shot down over and round Britain during the last eight days. The number of Nasi aircraft which have fallen to the Air Force and anti-aircraft fire in raids on Britain since the beginning of the war is now
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  • 1084 1 ACTING GOVERNOR ON WAR LOAN AND LOCAL DEFENCES Singapore, Monday. ADDRESSING the meeting of the Legislative Council to-ciay, His Evcellency the Officer Administering the Government, the Hon. Mr. S. W. Jones, welcomed the public response to the war loan proposals, declared that plan<; for the
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  • 155 2 MALAYA EXPORTING USING MORE RUBBER l Singapore, Monday. A LARGER rxport of rubber S 5» and a bigger consumption i >n fecal manufacture in the of July is indicated In i the Malayan rubber statistics, just issued. Malaya exported 96,577 tons of rubber in July, com- pared with a monthly
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  • 63 2 Singapore, Monday. IN connection with a scheme for re-arming the Straits Settlements Police Force with 3.000 rifles and bayonets, a sum of $71,615 68 was spent in 1939. Chan ed to an advance account JJ. X ;1 la now asked for by the Finance Committee in a paper tabled at
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  • 13 2 to circulate copies of this film round the world P
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  • 276 2 NEW DEPARTMENTS CREATED BY WAR Singapore, Monday. pURTHEB voting of sums totalling over $300,000 being special expenditure incurred for defence measures in the Colony in 1939—are being asked for by the Finance Committee, in a paper laid at this morning's Legislative Council meeting. Heading the
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  • 137 2 (From Our Own Correspondent; Malacca, Saturday. DLEADING guilty to a charge ol vagrancy, Francis Keen Castle, a 50-year-old Eurasian, told tne magistrate in the police court on Friday that he was for 15 years an engine-driver in an electricity company. As a result of a
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  • 81 2 Singapore, Monday. AWING io the shortage of Gov- ernment quarters in Singapore at present, an additional sum of $18,000 is necessary to meet further payments to the end of tins year. The provision made by the Legislative Council under "housing allowances," in the estimates
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  • 92 2 il NEW toddy shop in place of n the Tras Street toddy shop is to be built at a cost of $3,800. The site of the present Tras Street toddy shop is required for the new Gan Enp; Seng school. The Commissioner of Lands
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  • 94 2 Singapore, Monday. nFNDERED necessary owing to the greatly increased use of launches by military and naval authorities since the outbreak ot su PPlementary provision of $4,500 is asked for by the Finance committee, in a paper laid on the table of the Legislative Council meeting this morning,
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  • 141 2 Singapore, Sunday. THE Malayan Magic Circle repeated their former success with their presentation last night of "Out of the Hat" playing to a crowded house at the Victoria Theatre. The programme was varied and cv?ry item was gcod in itself. M. D. P. Gilroy's "Symphony In
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  • 119 2 (From Ouv Own Reporter) Penang, Saturday. A RESOLUTION that the Association should approach government to consider giving a nonpensicnable allowance of $15 a month to members of the Clerical Service who have passed the bookkeeping examination under General Order 95. and who* are in
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  • 155 2 •Pitt increase in the number of telegrams sent D v Government officials since the outbreak W *K will cos a further M 4.500 up to the end G f th e year. The provision, made in th e estimates fo r the year, w as only
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  • 43 2 Coal-ration tickets have been issued by the Italian authorities to reduce consumption in private houses as far as possible. It is reported that the Germans have promised to send coal to Italy from the newly occupied Belgian and Northern French coal mines. I
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  • 107 2 Malaya's Cold Hot ji|ALAYA'S climate for last month varied from 97 to 49 degrees Farenheit, according to latest available figures issued by the Meteorological Office, Singapore. Ipoh. the "Hub" of Malaya reached a new high level with 97 degrees, while Tana Rata, Cameron Highlands, touched the lowest mean for several
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  • 421 2 Posters Stamps Being Prepared War Loan Drive (Tribune Stuff Reporter) Singapore, Mond PROPAGANDA posters, following the "Win the VV advertising the F.M.S. and S.S. War Loans, rt in the Course of preparation by a leading; firm of advert publicity agents in Singapore. Apart from the big posters, it is believed
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  • 89 2 S S CH 0L books for eoort j w who attend the evenin* J classes at Chan ff i Prison which no provision had been t previously made in the C 01,,,? 1 will cost j Colony $350. iU Jh L E cutiv e Council t>|
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  • 133 2 Sinjapore, Monday. THE report on (he income and 1 expenditure of the Education Board for 1939 was tabled al this morning's Legislative Council meeting. It states, that the amount ol the education rate from the Municipalities and Rural Boards, dur ing the year, was $681,194.87. School fees
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  • 418 2 (F«om Our Own Reporter) p, niJ Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. gUHSeong, a Hokkien Chinese, was yesterday convicted by Meg*t Yunvs, Second Magistrate, on a summons charge oi assaulting his vife, and fined $25 or one month's rigor, imprisonment in default. The defendant's brother-in-law, who was
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  • 117 2 Singapore, Monday. MINOR amendments, recommend- ed by the Select Committee Bp pointed at the last meeting of the Legislative Council in June this year to consider and report on Companies Bill, have been mad* in the Bill which was present 1 for its second reading to
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    • 18 2 The Fifth Column I Walls Have Ears STOP PRESS "Talk About Tiger Instead" Advt. of TIGER JgS BEER
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  • 24 3 Paramount newscameraman at the Happy World ..hone, announcing the ivinners of the "Most Beau--Is Competition;' whc are also pictured above.
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  • 108 3 Singapore, Sunday. A\i novel idea seems to work vull v\ith the Singapore public. an<! Ihe Happy World Park and < ibaret were venues for a varicoloured display of fashion when tf )r Parametral newscameramen, Darryl Brady and R. F. Bickhart, Diind 'ilniing the night life
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  • 35 3 untitled of "scrum caps" or untitled lection by civilians to ear-drums during heavy has been suggested by a D the Lancet. In 1918 it jn.sidtred that cotton wool nated with vaseline was most effective protection.
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  • 172 3 Singapore, Monday. Jl PILOT who had been in the n service of the Anglo-Persian oil company arrived at the Singapore airport in the course of a 5,000-mile flight to Australia to the Australian Air Force. He is Mr. H. V. Harris. Arriving on the same plane
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  • 38 3 Two days' further sale of the Eumcrfopoulos antiques at Sotheby's recently realised neariy c 10.000. For a fourteenth-century Arab mosque lamp £860 was paid, a similar sum being given for a 14th-century Arab beaker, enamelled with Chinese birds.
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  • 904 3 Amazing Love Story At Double Inquest (From Our Own Reporter) Penang, Saturday. A TRAGIC love story WM unfolded at an inquest in Penang on Friday on the bodies of a girl and her mother, who were alleged lo have committed suicide together. Chief
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  • 1499 3 Principals Whom The Pupils Did Not Know Singapore, Monday. j GOVERNMENT'S decision to build the new Raffles Institution* near the Singapore Airport was criticised by the Hon. Captain Hashim at this morning's meeting of the Legislative Council, in a speech in which he recommended that the
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  • 67 3 AN Exercise, in which both Regular and Volunteer troops will take part, will be held to-day and to-morrow in the areas of Siglap, Geylang, Katong, Tanjong Rhu. Raffles Reclamation and Ayer Basin. The Exercise, which will commence this evening and end tomorrow afternoon, will involve
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  • 94 3 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Sunday. DAMAGE estimated at over $20,000 was sustained when Are broke out in the smoke-house of Tuan Mcc Estate, Batang Berjuntai, last night. The whole building, together with about 20,000 lbs. of rubber in it was destroyed in the fire.
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  • 127 3 Singapore, Monday. defence of Capt. Loveday, R.E., in the court martial case in which he stands charged, opened this morning. Loveday is being tried on 25 charges, the first ot* conspiracy tc defraud the War Department through a ring of contractors, who added ten per cent,
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  • 62 3 A FURTHER contribution of $2,355 to the St. John Ambulance Association is to be made by Government, to adjust an advance account for which payments of fees to lecturers and examiners in first aid and home nursing were made in the first instance. This sum is asked for in a
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  • 85 3 Singapore, Sunday. entertaining programme of novel game s was gone through at the social gathering of the A C C S. Old Boys' Association held at the Methodist Tamil Church Hall, Short Street, last night. The gathering, which was the first of its kind since the inception
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  • 40 4 SOCCER: S.A.F.A. league, Div. 1 Police v Argyl's, Anson Road Stadium; Gordons v R.A.F., Changi; Div. 2A R.A.M.C. v R.A.F (Tengah), Tanglin; Div 2B V.M.C.A v Customs, V.M C.A.; R A F. (H.Q.. v Fort Canning Farrer Par.
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  • 177 4  -  (By "SPECTATOR") DUNNERS for the Singapore Gold Cup meeting's first day races on Saturday were given slow workouts at Bukit Timah this morning, most of the horses getting their training on the sand track and a few on the third track and at Bukit Timah. Half
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  • 101 4 1 THE Great World Athletes beat j the Chung Cheng High I School by 44 points to 26 in an I interesting basket ball match at the Great World Saturday night. This was the winners' first match Playing with better understanding and shooting more
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  • 145 4 D.S.G.C. women members played eft an 18-holc competition' at «iiKit Timah which resulted in a win for Mrs. R. Wak?ford with a net score cf 75 In the "A" Division ana In a win for Mrs. J. W. Muncey with a net score of 74 in
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  • 402 4 Yy EIGHTS for the first day's races of the Singapore "Gold Cup" meeting, to be held on Saturday next are as follows, follows. Horses: Class 1-Div. I—6 furs. Bay Dragon 9.5, Royal Hampton 9.4, Bridge Law 9.2, Mediation 9.0, Jack Druce 8.13, Cooltipt 8.10, Pure
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  • 757 4 Slazengers' Chief Dies H.L. Hopkin On Sport In Britain 4 London, June 27. pffl stftdcato voice of a physical training instructor rang- out as about 200 men, with measured step and arms swinging, marched round the the Charlton football ground at the inauguration
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  • 104 4 DLA UNO on their own court beic re a large crowd th e New Badminton Party beat the Chato nV S pI V b Seveil eamL to nil. Results (New B.P nlav crs mentioned first)' SINGLES Samanj beat M. Karim 15—5 Fardan beat Sulong 15-12, M —l
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  • 34 4 L Uomen competitors at the r Singapore Junior Badminton Championships at the Clerical Cnion Hall, Saturday: left, Fanny Chew and Yong Sook Lim and, right. Mary Goh and Chan Sye Luang.
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  • 230 4 INTERESTING badminton was witnessed at the Clerical Union Hail yesterday when further ties Ui the Singapore junior badminton championships were played Lee Kirn Seng and F. J Fernandez (Eclipse) reached the semi-final of the men's junior doubles when they disposed of j Wee Kirn Wee and Josiah Yau
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  • 40 4 A meeting of the Malayan Rugby Union Society of referees (Singapore Branch) will be held in the £C.C. on Friday, September at 7 Ml who wish to referee during vh!., C( t ru gby season a re inTiiea |o attend.
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  • 221 5 (From H. L. Hopkin) London, June 27. £NGLISH trained colts again proved their superiority over Irish-trained in the Irish Derby at the Curragh. Three of the seven runners, Turkhan, owned by the Aga Khan, Scarlet Tiger and Claudius, were trained at Newmarket and sent over
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  • 89 5 A YOUTH was remanded in custody at Chatham (Kent) on a charge under the Defence Regulations\oi having possession of instructions for secretly conveying, receiving or recording information. Detective-Inspector Smeed said he saw the youth at a house in High-street/Chatham, and found a diary containing entries in
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    51 5 It's the job of Flying-Offi- j cer Hart Massey (above), son i of the High Commissioner for t Canada, to make newly- 1 arrived pilots feel at home in J j London. Flying-Officer Mas- i sey was in last year's Oxford i crew smallest cox they T<ever carried.
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  • 156 5 "WHERE is evidence that a Filth Column is busily at work.'' a Belfast magistrate -aid, when two men were each sentenced to four years' hard labour for attempting to get secrets from soldiers. -'There is an organisation, and there is money available for carrying
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  • 161 5 Reuter. London, Saturday. yyHILL their comrades battled in the sky, members of the Royal Air Force cricket team, including seven county players, were beating a strong British Empire team by nine runs, and helping to raise funds for the Red Cross. The RAF.
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  • 223 5 THE Press Club were beaten by four wickets by the Ceylonese at cricket yesterday at Balestier. The Ceylonese, batting first, scored 121 runs for six wickets when they declared. C. ThuraL singam 31, Dr. Balasingam 23 and S. Kulasingam 20 were the principal scorers. The
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  • 38 5 OWING to rain the cricket match between the S R.C. and the Police and the match between the Public Services and the R.N. and R.A.F which were fixed to take place yesterday, had to be cancelled.
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  • 569 5 TN JUST UNDER FOUR MINUTES RECENTLY ONE Or i THL FINEST DIAMOND NECKLACES THE SALEROOMS HAVE EVER SEEN WAS SOLD AT CHRISTIE'S, IN LONDON, FOR £24*400. The money went to the nation to help on "the war. Some weeks
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  • 93 5 (Tribune Staff reporter) MX. F. FLINNERY, 20-year-old Australian jockey, who has won several events in his homeland, arrived in Singapore by plane yesterday and will probably make his debut on the Malayan turf at the Singapore Turf Club met meeting \\hi> h commences on Aug. 31.
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  • 53 5 IN a roller skates hockey match at the Great World skating rink Saturday, th? Ace Wheelers beat the Great World Athletes by 12 goals to two. The winners, the more accomplished team, did most of the attacking and led by six goals to nil
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  • 123 5 (GEORGE Herbert Turner, aged f 16. son of a Market Weighton, Yorkshire, farmer, is conducting religious services in village chapels with all the fervour of the old-tlm? revivalists. He is still a schoolboy at Pockhngton Grammar School. George's mother, Mrs. G. E. Turner, of High
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  • 267 6 JN a war of attrition immediate gains and losses do not give cause for rejoicing or despair. Temporary victories and defeats are frequent in a struggle in which the contending nations are so powerful that the issue is hound to be prolonged. When the economic aspect or
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  • 197 6 \yHILE we still hold that, in the making of financial contributions to the war effort, the best ways of raising money, at the least cost, should be tried first, we welcome the decision of the Straits Settlements Government to allow the poorer sections, such
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  • 931 6  -  War Opens Up New Avenues "What's the use of the Cambridge School Certificate if it can't get my boy a job?" i B .y 1 R.B. OOI t-uinpiaceni attitude ot Parents is partly to be blamed for the wrong outlook and false sense of values
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  • 117 6 FV this specially written article for the Malaya Tri bune Mr. R. H hi tackles the problem of Malayan youth in war-time and urges, in addition to many other things, the creation of a Vocational Guidance Department with a director and trained assistants to collect, collate and dispense
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  • 953 6 Raw Materials For America T L,,l,ed Stales is more dependent upon British Malaya than upon the Dulch East Indies as a source of essential strategic matenals, a re cent study carried on by the Institute of Pacifio Rela!,rn> showed,
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  • 729 7 TROOPS MOVED TO THE BORDER BUDAPEST ALLEGES WAR PREPARATIONS Reuter. Bucharest, Aug. 25. RUMANIA'S talks with Hungary at Turnu-Severin were suddenly broken off yesterday without any result being achieved. The Hungarian delegation left the conference roon at 2 p.m. and went to a ship anchored on
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  • 87 7 Reuter. Chungking, Aug. 25. AS a result of intense air raids, the Supreme National Defence until has ordered the evacuation of all Government offices in Chungking to the countryside. Only offices with Municipal, addition, economic, communiand relief activities will bs permitted to remain tn the
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  • 72 7 Reuier. Shanghai, Aug. 25. A JAPANESE Army officer was in lured in Nanking Road in the heart of the Settlement yesay, when a Chinese threw a stone into a car in which two Japanese officers were riding, according to Japanese sources. Chinese, after hurling the le,
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  • 51 7 Reuter. London, Aug. 2.". The Germans again shelled part of south-east England early yesterday evening from the French coast. A lone plane, flying over 20,000 feet high, spotted the bursts, although it was driven off by antiaircraft fire on several occasions. The shelling lasted nearly 45
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  • 37 7 Reuter. London, Aug. 25. Lord Beaverbrook l*as announced that Mr. J. W. McConnell, proprietor of the Montreal Daily Star, has given one million dollars lovide aircraft to be known M Connell squadrons.—Reuter.
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  • 56 7 Reuter. Sydney, Aug. 25. THE search for the raider which 1 attacked the British steamer Turakina in the Tasman Sea is being continued over a wide area, said the acting Minister for the Mr. Mcßride. Nival and air units from Australia and New Zealand are
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  • 207 7 Reuter. Simla, Aug. 25. "DRILLING of a military nature, and the wearing of uniforms, resembling military or official uniforms, are no longer lawful activities," reiterates a Government of India communique, commenting on the resolution passed yesterday by the Congress Working Committee, which referred to the
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  • 768 7 Direct Bomb Hits On Portsmouth Cinema Show Shopping Centre Reuter. TN THE BIG NAZI RAIDS ON BRITAIN ON SATURDAY, IN WHICH UP TO 1 8.30 P.M. G.M.T. 45 ENEMY AIRCRAFT WERE DESTROYED, THE BRI TISH DEFENCES AROUND LONDON AGAIN PROVED TOO GOOD FOR THE
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  • 245 7 Reuter. The third air-raid warning yesterday sounded in the London area late at night. Two sudden bursts of gunfire caused excitement among home-going theatre and cinema crowds, and almost immediately a score of searchlights illuminated the sky, sweeping in all directions. A few moments later the
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  • 156 7 Reuter. Washington, Aug. 25. r9E War Department has announced that the United States Commander-in-Chief. General G. C. Marshell, has invited the Commander-in-Chief and one officer from each Republic of South and Central America to visit the United States in October, so that they may become familiar with
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  • 139 7 Reuter. Peiping, Aug. 25. pOLLOWING the Japanese admission of recent activities of the Eighth Route Red Army, it is now authoritatively learned that the countryside around Peiping has been considerably disturbed. Not one of the eastern gates of the city is opened in the morning, while
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  • 149 8 Last Night's First Nights SPONTANEOUS, refreshing and full of gaiety v "Irene," the Herbert Wilcox production of the popular musical comedy Anna Neagle in the title role. Anna Neagle proves what a versatile and talented actress she is hi a film which is the personification of
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  • 220 8 THE first general meeting of the Persatuan Melayu Anak Negri Sembi.'an, Singapore, was held, at the premises of the Singapore Malay Teachers' Association. In the absence of the' President Y.M. Tengku Zakaria bin Mambang >. Inche Yasin Din Kulub (a vice-president i presided. In a short speech,
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  • 220 8 (From Out Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. CONG SOON KIM, a married woman, pleaded guilty, yesterday, by letter, in the First Court, to a charge of having driven a car without a licence. Mr. Thcrogood, the Magistrate, pointed out that she could not pl?ad guilty by
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    • 173 8 |rHUMBA dance COMPETITION W im*. *if Winners Awarded 8 Passes To The Jfeku CONGA SCREENING FROM 8 PM j I COME WIN THE 8 UIHO*S I COMPLIMENTARY BAXD 1 will play j A rorl E S SPECIAL j CAPITOL THEATRE RHUMBAS I i TO-NIGHT COME TO OUR CAY LATIN NIGHT
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    • 43 8 OE LUXE RESTAURANT BAR (AIR CONDITIONED) TEL 4244 EcZSE CABARET Exceptionally comfortable place F*?»™ G PACTIONS. 25E£ lAL PARTIES OTHER RECEPTIONS^ Best Chinese European Food Served. SPECIAL SUNDAY TIFFIN SI o J? omy an Prompt service ORDINARY DINNER including Admission. Kindly phone 4244.
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    • 165 8 IHURRY1 HURRY IP, LAST FEW TO-DAY 3.15, m m mm m m *r' 615&915 A L H A M B It v When he's around Remember the lli'i«Jw«. h.t NEXT CHANCE AIIJAMBjUj THE HAPPIEST SHOW Yo'i'll See This Year! '940's CIRL M^'N '"MILLAND r f ;4% ■'W i tttSr£-T53 Moy
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  • 134 9 THE whole-time paid A.R.P. personnel in Britain is roughly 180,000. This figure was given by Sir John Anderson in his recent speech in the House of Commons. The total number of persons for whom shelter has been provided by local authorities and employers
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  • 365 9 (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh, Saturday, appeal for the establishment of rural boards and for more en operation between Government and private medical practitioners was made by Dr. J. J. Samuel, retiring president of the Perak Medical Practitioners* Society, at their first anniversary dinner held
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  • 105 9 Ankara. OFFENCES "likely to impair Turkey's safety from within" will be dealt with by military courts under a Bill to go before the Turkish National Assembly. The courts, from which there will be no appeal, will inflict the severest penalties for: Espionage, spreading news prejudicing the
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  • 47 9 Reuter. Washington, Aug. 25. '■'HE Secretary of Commerce. Mr. Harry L Hopkins, has resigned from the Cabinet on account of ill-health. President Roosevelt has accepted the resignation, and has announced that he will offer the post to Mr. Jesse H. Jones. —Reuter.
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    • 626 9 Public Notices NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that Mr. Tan Hang Seng is now no longer i the employ of Mr. Goei Kirn Lian r of Chop Guan Seng Kee of No. rr, Telok Ayer Street, Singapore, and the Powers of Attorney made in his favour by the said Goei
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    • 266 9 IN THE SUPREME COURT DISTRICT OF MUAR In Bankruptcy: Muar No. 7 of 1940. Rc The Estate of N.R.V. Lingam. deceased, lately P W.D. Contractor, of No. 38, Jalan Arab, Muar. NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION ORDER AND FIRST MEETING OF CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, on a petition filed the
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    • 194 9 J =41 ErZj 7 Last Night 9.30 "Till: WIZARD OF OZ" To-morrow LINDA DARNELL in "HOTEL FOR WOMEN" Great World Cabaret TO-NIGHT 9 P.M. TO MIDNIGHT GLOBE THEATRE:- TO-NICHT "ANDY HARDY GETS SPRING FEVER" To-morrow THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME" SKK TALKIE: To-night "SIXTY GLORIOUS YEARS" To-morrow "KID NIGHTINGALE" THREE
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    • 159 9 POSITIVELY LAST 2 SHOWS TO-DAY 6.15 9.15 THE CRAZY GANG NERVO KNOX |M V FLANAGAN ALLEN M NAUGHTON GOLD FROXELV' with w MOORE MARRIOTT. EMMITS^ I GAINSBOROUGH PICTURF OPENING TO-MORROW 6.15 9.15: MARGARET LOCKWOOD KS&Bh RENEE HOUSTON Wa& W$ LILLI PALMER far HUGH SINCLAIR WAYNE Special Added Attraction—GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSi
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    • 766 10 J T- J I I "4 ggsssf I B* IwJ I B^j^ pdt^^ Situations Vacant CANVASSER to canvas* oil palnttmjs. oood prospects for right man. Apply 622. Singapore. (No. 508E) EURASIAN OR CHINESE dlrla required •hop asslstanu. Apply S3. 'Lorong 35. Geylang, Singapore. (No. 479E) WANTKD Buyer and Agents Upcountry
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    • 710 10 Board: Residence LARGE Furnished Room for rent with or wlthouj breaklttst. Flat 7—Eu Court Singapore. (No> COUPLE WANTS ROOM. Boarding. In town. Terms to Box "0.T.8.'' co Malaya Tribune. Singapore. (No. 492E; LANKA BOARDrNG House, 47. Bencoolen street. Singapore. Vacancies for Boarders Charges reasonable. All rooms furnished' Catering a speciality.
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    • 823 10 Fresh Fruits And Trees EAT MORS Prulta for Health a n d take some of Java's beat freestone Rambutans Kown in Jobore by The Kota uit Farm l.e:—"81-Lengkeng" (the nearly seedless fruit) "Atjeh-Lebah," "AtJehBoeloee" and "Atjeb-Ooela-Batoe" Obtainable in Singapore from: —Messrs:— Bun Bee Co., Beach Road. Lim Khoon Heng, Tai
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    • 621 10 To Let TO LET Bea-81dc Compound House 58, (old 105) Paslr Panjang, Singapore. Four bedroom*, bathrooms attached. Dining, sitting roJftna, garage etc. Phone 7607. Lim Boon Bin. "(No. 526E) TO LET airy room in private house near town good locality M.S. Entry Ist September. Apply Box 351, clo Malaya Tribune,
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    • 624 10 THE UNITED MALACCA RUBBER ESTATES, LIMITED. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements) Notice is hereby given that the thirtieth Annual Ordinary General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Registered Office No. 06, First Cross Street, Malacca on Monday, 9th September, 1940 at 12 o'clock noon, and that at
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    • 29 10 FOR CLEAR, DISTINCT EFFICIENT REPRODUCTION TRY 66 PYE RADI for which they are UNSURPASSED. Sole Agents: HOE BOON LEONG, Distributors: RADIO AND GENERAL AGENCY J^^j BUCkiWHITE I SCOTCH WHISKY
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    • 731 10 j TO-DAY'S RADio] SINGAPORE LONDON ZHF 30.96 metre, (9.69 mc GS 2 1.53 Mrs 303 E*£?) f.S- Light Music. p n GSG Mc [SS KJJJI 1.30 Warning to Mariners. Programme 6.00 BB C. Milita™ IvK r PVicaf day Tm Copra 33 5 E renc 1 1.50 Interval vSv tt tm
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  • 97 11  -  MARKET REPORTS r By Reuter London, Aug. 25. MS. Ronald Cross, Minister of Shipping, in a broadcast, said that up 0» the middle of August v I, Inst just under 1,900,000 gross tons of shipping. not include damaged h had been repaired, ►uld frankly welcome all
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  • 184 11 iFrom Our Own Correspondent) London, July 1. p: incoi le of "Shell" Transand Trading- Co. deom t'6,680,373 in 1938 »27,766 in 1939. because the operating decided to pay no furnds in view of the conserving resources of th e uncertain outthe widespread destruc•perty which has taken ice
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  • 18 11 India House of Commons, untitled Health Malcolm Mac- i the idea of finger«l identification cards was ««sidered practicable.
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  • 61 11 Pf rhino. C^ vn &*ing, Aug. 25. E Chinese Government has designated the Bank of China as agent for the of Th. o^ En f land notes in China The Ministry of Finance has in formed all holders of Bank of England notes to convert them
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  • 131 11 (From Our Own Correspondent) I London. June 27. T was mentioned at the annual meeting of the Siame.se Tin Syndicate. Ltd., in London to-day that steps were being taken to change the name to Thai Tin Syndicate. Ltd., on account of the change of name
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  • 202 11 Singapore, Aug. 26. The following are the exchange stock quotations this morning according to the daily circular issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. SELLING London T.T. 24 1116 London demand 214 116 Lyons demand Switzerland demand 206 Hamburg demand New York demand 46 ***** Montreal demand 51
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  • 127 11 From Our Financial Correspondent ttxt i Singapore, Monday. ]1N snares were neglected on Saturday exceptions being Sungei hiCh im P rov ed, and transione ?Vr c also rec <*ded in R4n*aus and Hong Fatts. Raub Gold* continue to be in good demand. The lower-priced
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  • 21 11 Singapore, Monday. Prices of tin and rubber in Singapore at noon today were:— RUBBER Buyers 37«/L>; Sellers 37%. TIN
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  • 215 11 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, June 22. CPEAKING at the eleventh annual meeting of Malaysiam Tin, Ltd., Viscount Elibank said: The outbreak of war last September caused a sudden and substantial increase in the tin quota, i and also an increase in the price lof
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  • 539 11 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, June 25. MAJOR-GENERAL Sir Neill Malcolm, (formerly General Officer Ccmman lin* Malaya), presided at the annual meeting of tie British North Borneo (Chartered) Company in London to-day. "We are doing whatever a small country can do to assist in the
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  • 87 11 (From Our Oxn Correspondent) London. June 27. k FINAL dividend ot rive per f? cent., making 10 per cent, for tne year, was declared at the annual meeting of the Bangrin Tin Dredging Co., Ltd.. in London to-day. The chairman, Mr. Kenneth O Hunter, stated that the
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    • 2 11 POLLY PHOENIX
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    • 123 11 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 Company, undertakes the following duties:— EXECUTOR OR TRUSTEE OF A WILL ADMINISTRATOR OF ESTATE OF DECEASED PERSON TRUSTEE OF A
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    • 256 11 STEAMER SAILINGS BRITISH INDIA PASSENGER FREIGHT SERVICES For all information apply io: P. O. S. N. Co.. The Agent, Collyer Quay, Tel. 5961. 8.15. N. CO., BOUSTEAD CO LTD., Tel. 5497 81.5. N. CO. (APCAR LINE) For HONGKONG, SHANGHAI MOJI. KOBE, OSAKA. For PENANG, RANGOON CALCUTTA. Regular Sailings: Special Holiday
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    • 358 11 DA 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
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  • 210 12 London, Aug. 25. ACCORDING to Dutch circles here, suspicion is increasing in the Netherlands that the Gei mans are causing explosions in Dutch towns to make the population believe that the R A.F. are carrying out wanton bombing attacks—a statement steadily repeated by a German-controlled
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  • 26 12 Reuter. Clermont Ferrand, Aug. 25. THE death has occurred of M. Fdouard Mlchelin, founder of the well-known firm of French tyre manufacturers.—Reuter.
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  • 36 12 Famous philatelist, Mr. Charles James Phillips has died at New York, aged 77. Mr. Phillips was of Welsh descent and was born in Birmingham. Among his clients were King George V and King Fuad of Egypt
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  • 88 12 London, Aug. 25. THERE have been no further developments of importance between Italy and Greece, so far as is known in official circles in London. The situation will continue to be watched carefully. Unofficial but well-infcrmed quarters are inclined to consider the absence of new
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  • 168 12 PRIVATE James A. Martin has| been a captain in the British Army in India and a member of the French Foreign Legion between this war and the last. He has made films and written stories about his career, but he If glad to be serving again
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  • 453 12 DESTRUCTIVE ATTACKS ON GERMAN ITALIAN BASES OIL AND WARPLANE PLANTS SET ON FIRE London, Aug. 26. FURTHER widespread raids on Germany, Italy and German-occupied rrnses were made by the R.A.F. on Saturday night. Military objectives in towns in southwest Germany included Frankfurt, Ludwigshaven and Stuttgart. Many aerodromes in France, Belgium,
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  • 28 12 Reuter. London, Aug. 25. Rome radio has announced thai an additional agreement to the one at present in force between Germany and Spain has been signed at Madrid.—Reuter.
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  • 155 12 MAGISTRATE, Town Councillor and former Mayor of his native town of Wigan. Thomas Smith, aged 59. was at Liverpool Assizes sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment. He pleaded guilty to stealing £901 16s. from Chapel-lane subpost office. Wigan, of which he was postmaster, and also to
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  • 48 12 Central News. Hongkong, Aug. 23. THE British Ambassador, Sir Archibald Clark-Kerr, is leaving Shanghai on Aug. 26, instead ol Aug. 29. for Hongkong, en route to Chungking. The French Ambassador, M. Henri Cosme, Is gcine to Chungking from Shanghai early in September.—Central News.
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  • 54 12 British Wireless. London, Aug. 25. A BRITISH war communique issued by General Headquarters in Cairo to-day states: "Enemy aircraft carried out indiscriminate bombing of the town of Omdurman in Sudan. Three Sudanese children were killed and, six other persons wounded. On other fronts there is
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  • 60 12 Reuter. Cape Town, Aug. 25. In the Union House of Assembly, Gen. Hertzog gave notice of a motion which he will put to the House on Aug. 27, deploring the war policy of the Government and the manner in which it is being carried out. The motion also calls for
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  • 236 12 Reuter. London, Aug. 26. I'RAVELLING blind through the loss of both periscopes which were damaged by a German ship, the British submarine Sealion returned to her base after a patrol in which she sank one enemy store-carrying ship, chased a U-boat, attacked a convoy and
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  • 99 12 Reuter. Allahabad, Aug. 26. THE Council of the National Liberal Federation has adopted a resolution, suggesting certain clarifications and modifications in the Viceroy's offer in order to evoke whole-hearted response irom the people of India in the prosecution of the war. The resolution states that
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  • 93 12 The Cochin harbour opened recently so far as jr traffic was concerned and train steamed into the WilUngdS Island. w The formal op-ning of the foi way will take place at a riSl date when passe iiger traffic* 2 will be started. The SI k nS. Agency
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  • 18 12 The Hon. Mr. H. H. Abdoolcader C.8.E., was sworn-in this rrorrm» on his re-appointment to the Legislative Council.
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  • 110 12 STEALING the tongue of the bell from the University tower at Princeton. New Jersey, U.S.A.. is uch a habit with undergraduates hat the University does quite a profitable business by keeping a >arrel of "tongues"' in reserve and fining students £7 10s. for each
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    • 240 12 VĔSS__[Ww For Radio entertainment value the Lisscn "Alnwick" cannot be beaten. Specially designed to give trouble free reception in tropical climates and especially daylight reception of European short wave stations. It is designed for battery operaation but employs mains valve* thus giving a reception usually associated with a mains model
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    • 217 12 How I got rid MIDDLE-AGED SKIN althoughlm mmm, OVCr 50/ ALL my friends want to know what 1 have done to make myself lot* young. I have Just celebrated my mm birthday. My face was lined my r ww plexion dull and sallow. I looked mi 'middle-aged. Then I read
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