Malaya Tribune, 4 September 1940

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  • 21 1 The Malaya Tribune VOL. XXVII -No. 212. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1940 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune. Wednesday, September 4, 1940.
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  • 1374 1 General Approval In America And Britain Reuter. Washington, Sept. 4. THE U S Navy Department has announced that the 1 first eight of the fifty destroyers for Britain are at Boston, and should be ready for delivery by next Fndav. They will be
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  • 504 1 BASES WILL KEEP ENEMY AWAY FROM FRONT DOOR- Roosevelt Reuter. Washington. Sept. 4. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, in a train en route to Washingr Urn, declared that the chief value of the naval and air bases was that they would keep the enemy away from the United, Slaiis" front door. s hoped
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  • 165 1 Reuter. Washington, Sept. 4. BRITAIN has assured the United States of its intention "never to surrender or sink the British Fleet in the event of waters surrounding the British Isles becoming untenable tor His Majesty's ships," it is stated here. Mr. Cornell Hull wrote
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  • 52 1 Reuter. London, Sept. 4. HEAVY explosions and distant P.unfire in the direction of Calais and Boulogne were heard by people in Kentish coast to*n* last night It is believed that the X A.r was making a surprise attack pn «uns and shipping In the vicmitj of
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  • 52 1 Reuter. Bucharest, Sept. 3 MManoilcscu had a nervous breakdown after his browbeating by the Nazis at Vienna, it is'revealed in the Rumanian press to-day A famous Vienna specialist Dr Otto Essenschimmel, left Bucharest, yesterday alter having accompanied M. Manoileseu back from Vienna on th e orders
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  • 61 1 U.S. GOVERNMENT WAR FACTORIES Reuter. Washington. Sept. 4. THE House of Representatives' Miliary Committee has approved an amendment to the Conscription Bil?. permitting the Government to acquire, on a rental basis, industrial factories for ihe production of materials for defence. Th° amendment was a subsu- ute for the Senate's provision,
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  • 88 1 Reuter. New York, Sept. 4. THE United States' Defence Commission and purchasing agencies of the United Mates' Army and Navy have worked out with manufactuitrs an arrangement whereby Britain will receive an average of 700 United State/ fighting planes a month over the
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  • 178 1 Reuter. Ottawa, Sept. 3. GENERAL pleasure is expressed at the \nglo-American agreement, which, it is believed, will bring the United States to a clearer view of the problems facing the Empire m the war against totalitarianism. Many Canadians contend that this latest action
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  • 87 1 Reuter. Wellington. Sept. 3. THE French Pacific islands of Tahiti. Moor?a and Paumotus, by 5.564 vctes to 18. declared for Gen. dc Gaulle at a plebiscite held to decide the island's attitude. The Governor of French Oceania ha« been deoosed and the administration of the island
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  • 55 1 Reuter. Peiping, Sept. 3. THE Peking-Tientsin railway was blown up with dynamite at two points by guerillas last nignt near Langfang. The line was completely interrupted unti! 4 p.m. tr—da>. The Japanese military spokesman confirms also that one freight train was damaged, but there were no
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  • 56 1 Reuter. London, Sept. 3. THE Treasury announced to-day. revised list of currencies, holders of which must offer them for sale to the Treasury The list is Argentine Detos, Belgian Congo francs. Canadian dollars Netherlands Indies guilders, Netherlands West Indies guilders. Newfoundland dollars, Panamanian dollars. Philippines pesos. Swedish kronor.
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  • 754 1 Czech Airmen's Success Reuter. London, Sept. 4. THE German Air Force failed in any way to weaken British 1 fighter opposition in two attempts to batter the defences in south-east England yesterday, says the Air Ministry News Service. The objectives of the two
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  • 170 1 Reuter. London, Sept. 4. FHE Admiralty announces the award of the Victoria Cross to the late acting Leading Seaman, Jack Foreman Mantle, cf HM S. Foylebank. The official account of hi* gallantry states that he wa« in charge of the starboard pom-pom, when the Foylebank
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  • 48 1 Reuter. Saigon, Sept. 4. THERE is no foundation for reports of a revolt in French Indo-China. Tokyo, Sept. 4. Questioned about the report that Japan has sent French Indo-China an ultimatum, the Japanese Foreign Office spokesman declared that "there is absolutely nothing to it."—Reuter.
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  • 31 1 British Wireless. London, Sept. 4:—Lord Beaverbrook, Minister of Aircraft Production, was present at th* investiture yesterday to see his son, Squadro i Leader Maxwell Atken, receive tile D.F.C. from the King.—British
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  • 713 2 MORE SUMMING-UP BY THE JUDGE Singapore, Tuesday. Court Martial which is trying Capt. R. C. Loveday, R.E., on charges of conspiracy to defraud the War Department, and of corruption, will give their verdict to-morrow. The court deliberated over their findings on each charge within closed doors
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  • 87 2 Singapore, Tuesday. AN application for the ejectment of their tenants, Chop Kwong Vow Seng, 45, North Canal Road, on the ground that they required the premises for their own use, was made by Madam Sim Gek Keow and partner, before the Rent Assessment Board, to-day.
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  • 150 2 Singapore, Tuesday. 'THE complainant insists on prosecuting," said Court Inspector D. R. Cowie, 'vhen Ahmad Shah. 20-year-<id peon, pleaded guilty before Mr. J. G. Rappbport. the Third Magistrate, today, to a charge of having siolen an eight-cent stamp. Ahmad was employed as a p.* on
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  • 81 2 Singapore, Tuesday. CALLS, averaging* ten daily, were made on the accident ambulance service last month, according to official figures just released. Of the 310 cases, 45 were to cases outside the Municipal limits. Calls for various causes numbered 2C8. There were 30 car accident cases.
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  • 112 2 Singapore, Wednesday. THE ambulance was summoned last night during the curfew period to, attend to a mock casualty. Called to Havelock Road police station, the ambulance found a Chinese who was "injured by flying splinters of a bomb. The man was conveyed to the General
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  • 101 2 (From Our Own Reporter) Penang. Tuesday. BEFORE he committed suicide by taking caustic soda. Loh Kirn Thong, a 24-year-old assistant fitter of the P.W.D.. Penang, intimated to his mother that he found volunteering cufficuit. and that if it was possible, he would leave the corps. This
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  • 45 2 The Singapore public can buy War Savings Certificates at the General Post Office at any time bet we m 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. daily, from Monday to Saturday inclusive The Certificates are on sale at Section 10. which is clearly marked for the purpose.
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  • 134 2 Singapore, Tuesday. £!HE first prosecution over shares being sent out of the Colony was mentioned before Mr. J. McFall, the District Judge, when Nomanbhoy Abdeali appeared on a summons charge under the Defence (Finance) Regulations, to-day. He was said to have sent out of the Colony,
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  • 106 2 Singapore, Tuesday. THE appeal of Lt. S. A. Porter against the conviction and a fine of $100 v three months' simple imprisonment on a charge of negligent driving, was dismissed to-day by Mr. Justice a'Beckett Terrell, acting Chief Justice. Mr. Blair Rerr, appearing on behalf of Lt.
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  • 92 2 Singapore, Tuesday. THARGED with being in possession of instruments for the purpose of using them for counterfeiting, Ten Kbeofc Sin was acquitted to-day at the Assizes by Mr. Justice Pedlow. The case for the prosecution was that Khcok Sin was one of the suspects in an assault
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  • 650 2 CORONER COMMENDS R.A.F. MEN Singapore, Tuesday. heroic efforts of three members of the Royal Air Force who attempted to save their colleague, Cpl. Victor George Short, alter he had disappeared under the water when his sailing boat capsized, were described before the Singapore coroner,
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  • 1559 3 Fearless British Air Raids Strike Terror Into Nazi Hearts Traveller Here From Europe (Tribune Staff Reporter) PROM a man who stood on the Prinz WilheJmstrasse, m wamburg, while R.A.F. planes Iwmbed oil tanks shipping yards and landing bridges, 1 have heard a story
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  • 394 3 Singapore, Wednesday. THE massacre in Poland, and the atrocities perpetrated bv the Germans, were recounted last night over the (Singapore radio in a i aU entitled "I escaped from Hitler bv Madam De Rartwan Pragiowski. wife of Prof. C S de Fad wan Pragiowski. a Polish
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  • 136 3 Singapore, Wednesday. AS a result of attention being drawn to the attitude of the Singapore Rural Board to repairs of small houses, the Singapore Ratepayers' Association has appointed a sub-committee to enquire into the matter. This decision was arrived at by the Association at a
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  • 51 3 The Government Gazette announces seven appointments as Assistant Supply Officers for the Straits Settlements. They are the Director ot A.R.P., 'Mr J. Jeans.. Mr. F. H. Curtis Mrs. K. M. Hutchings, Mrs. D. M. Pouiain. Mr. Tan Ewe Chee. Mr. S. Winters and Mrs. N. X.
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  • 46 3 A public meeting of Indians in Johore Bahru will be held under the chairmanship of Mr. fa. Goho at the Adi-Diuvidu Cangam Hall 'Lorong 1, Jalan TeDrau, on Saturday. Sept. 7at 4.30 pm. or the purpose of forming an Indian A ssociation in J chore Bahru.
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  • 234 4 CINGAPORE cup soccer begins on J Sept. 16, when the first match in the series of Challenge Cup matches will be played between the S.C.C. and the Marine Department. Twenty-two entries in all have been received and of the teams nine have been seeded to
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  • 25 4 TO-DAY SOCCER: Reserve Divisicn. Loyalfi v. Malays. Stadium: biv. II A, R.A.F. 'Torpedoi v. R.A.M.C.. Seletar. RACES: 2nd Day, Singapore meeting. Bukit Timah.
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  • 221 4 DFFORE a crowd of enthusiasts u the Great World Athletes entertained the Useful Lads E.P. to a friendly badminton came of four singles and three doubles. Great World Athletes won by fiv«' games to two. Scores (Great World players mentioned first» Tan Kok Ann beat Chan
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  • 65 4 nRAW and starting times for the v first round of the Royal Singapore G.C. women's championship of Timah on Friday, is: 3.00 p.m.—Mrs.* W. J. Holohan v. Miss S. Lucas. 3.05 p.m.—Mrs. H. W. R. Williams v. Mrs. M. del Tufo. 3.10 p.m.—Mrs. J. R. Allen v
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  • 33 4 Royal Singapore Y.C. events for Ihls week-end will be* Friday Usual ra.-es for all ling at 3:p pui 'ie will be no Official races Sunday th s day being National Pay oi Prayej
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  • 403 4 Malay Forwards Shine In Quick-Scoring Game Malays 4; Gordon Highlanders 1. pLAYING fine soccer the Malays beat the Gordon Highlanders 4-1 in a Division I match at Anson Road Stadium yesterday. The Malays were clearly the superior team, and owed much to the scintillating- display of
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  • 163 4 (Vvtmi Our Own Coirespondent) Onrmmn Muar Monday. S i? i sevon g° als ta each half and keeping their own goal intact, the Parit Stongka 1 qh a ed a v!' ecord when the y bea Sn Budu by 14 goals to nil in a Division II
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  • 175 4 (From Our Own Correspondent) I Muar, Monday. N a game packed with thrills Muar Chinese Football Team scored their best win of the season beating Negri Sembilan Chinese Recreation Club by 3—2 in a charity match in aid of the War Fund and the
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  • 180 4 RR. T. E. Chcah and George v Lowe won the final of the Colonial Cups competition of the Island Golf Club, by beating Tay Lian Teck and Lim* Siew Jin one up. In the first round Dr. T. E. Cheah and George Lowe beat Dr Poh
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  • 106 4 In the friendly badminton match played at the Clerical Union Hall on Sunday, the Thormeroft Sports Club beat the Indian Youth League by four games to three first? UIU ,Thorn >' croft mentioned 15 D l2 Lan c boat Muri, Siah 15-7. Wah Hoi Yoke lost
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  • 21 4 The Loyal Regiment beat R. A. «a.a i by one goal to nil in a DM*. 1 match at Chang! ye£
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  • 191 4 W™"" 'or the third day Salurd"™ grftSt U M Sultana <n t r..-,i d 8 7 Crosabow a Thank, K 8 10 Dewberry So Bal Tabarin 8 10 Sir Victor gj Ki Hor Ws c,a S s l/SET, fur, 8 Ktajrt Gambit 9 0'ParImour
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  • 468 5 WAR MINISTER SAYS Reuter. LONDON, SEPT. 3. t;;j NEED FOR SPECIAL WATCHFULNESS AGAINST AN VI TEMPT AT INVASION DURING THE NEXT FEW IVKEKS WAS STRESSED BY MR. ANTHONY EDEN THE WAR MINISTER. SPEAKING AT A NATIONAL DEFENCE It INTEREST LUNCHEON. Mr. Eden opened vith
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  • 85 5 TIE Fred Astaire-George Murphy combination bursts across reen in "Broadway Mcl 1940." which opened at the Capitol last night in a tap number that must be one best filrrs yet produced. Is the usual Broadway in this new version.. .the and its
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  • 95 5 |ONA Reagan, Ol '"Brother Rat" gains new laurels in hi s Code of the Secret on view at the Alne uup lies, the plot is the work of the U.S. rice in breaking up a tfi iters, with Ronald I up with the activi- ties
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  • 87 5 DUGGIE Wakefield, famous English comedian, is the star of Spy for a Day," a Paramount British production, which opened to full houses at the Cathay last night. The picture takes us back to the days of the last war and provides an excellent tonic for these
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  • 134 5 Reuter. London, Sept. 4. The bombardment of the French Channel coast was still continuing fiercely after two hours. Terrific explosions shook this side of the Channel. Great flashes from bursting bombs and shells and flares lit the coast line at Calais and Boulogne. Rome, Sept. 4. The Stefani
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  • 257 5 Singapore, Tuesday. HOLDING that "ir it was not for the British Navy there would be no Borneo Company" and that the needs of the Navy were greater than those of the Company the Appellate Tribunal this morning dismissed the appeal of the Borneo
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  • 63 5 Singapore, Tuesday. FE death took place at 9.30 a.m. on Sunday, of Mrs. Koh Keng Bock, wife of Capt. Koh Keng Bock, J.P., M.B.E aged 52. She leaves her husband, one son and a daughter. The funeral will take place in Malacca on Thursday.
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    • 350 5 Q We in Malaya are living in security and com- Interests per annum, paid half yearly, fori while the people ol Britain bear Ihe brunt of Tlle Is o nds» are free of any Income Tax that the Nazi attacks. The Fortress of Britain is not msy )C ev j
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  • 331 6 THE desperate attempts of 1 the Nazi air force to secure command of the Channel are resulting in terrific losses of planes and personnel. As each wave of enemy planes is beaten back, so Great Britain is one stare nearer to achieving that parity which, when it
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  • 181 6 rpHE readiness with which the public has responded to the appeal for the purchase of War Loan debentures and Savings Certificates has exceeded all expectations. Enquiries at the Colonial Secretariat and the General Post Office reveal that the volume of business transacted has been of such a proportion
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  • 808 6 British Interests In Africa r IFTY ships a day—in times of peace—pass the Cape. I" T hev ar* on their lawful way to and from the ports of East Africa, India, Australia, New Zealaitd. and the Far WJRr with Italy has close d the
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  • 229 6 Reuter. London, Sept. 2. CAPTAIN J. D. Henderson, son of Lady Henderson, of Nairobi, and nephew of Sir Neville Henderson, and Lieut. S. E. Dutoit, both serving with the King's African Rifles, hay;? both been awarded the Military Cross for their share in the heroic defence
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  • 104 6 Reuter. London, Sept. 3. A LTHOUGH it is still bleed- ing in an unequal fight, the Polish nation shows no sign of weakening, or lack of faith in ultimate victory. In these words, the Polish Parliament, known as the Polish National Council, now in London, paid tribute
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  • 29 6 When a contingent of the Australian Imperial Forces arrived in London recently they found their home a theatre. Our picture shows them marching into it.
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  • 541 6 WARSHIP SPEED Drawbacks WHEN, and if, news of naval occasions comes from the Mediterranean we shall probably hear a good deal about spkd. We already have. "The ItaHans Hun True to Form —Only Faster," said the American newspaper headline on a recent meeting between the British and Italian Fleets, They
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  • 570 6 you know that Great Britaii h-, s been invaded over Si times? And, did you know that all those invasions t me to nought? Following is a list the chief landings and invasion of Britain since IGoO 1066 (September 28j \v liam the C at Hast::.
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  • 183 7 MANIU DECIDES TO BACK RESISTANCE Reuter. Bucharest, Sept. 3. THERE has been no resumption of the week-end demonstrations in Bucharest itself, but the latest reports from Transylvania show that active opposition to the Vienna award is growing raoidlv and damrerouslv. Army officers are
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  • 62 7 Hongkong, Sept. 2 A S a result of negotiations beA tween British and French autl orities, regular shipping serbetween Hongkong and InrloChina w,?re resumed yesterday with the departure of a French liner carrying cargo, mail, and nassengers. The British steamer "Fa'shan which was detained by Japanese at Canton on Aug.
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  • 39 7 Reuter. gaigon, Sept. 3. i official communique iV s tates that an ultii;n was presented on in by the Japanese for the passage of troops hrough Indo-t hina. The 11 atum was refused by ,)-China.—Renter.
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  • 82 7 Tokyo, Sept. 2. a Japan increas- j IP' r cent in July over v ixie the Index figure to basis of 100 In July J II .v- end cultural ser- health, education, n and amusements coat mged but clothing ri V ,v, ed 5
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  • 88 7 Reuter. Madrid, Sept. 3. ipWSFAFERS report rrcm TangiN cis that following the revolt m French equatorial Africa b unrest in the garrisons of Frencn Morocco, where many franlvly support Gen. de Gau J > Hongkong, Sept. 3. The brilliant Britisii resistance io insnirin ,r Shanghai
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  • 160 7 Reuter. Chungking, Sept. JL WITH the arrival of the British Ambassador, Sir Archibald Clark-Kerr, early this week, there is much speculation among various circles concerning l »J e mission of the envoy's trip to Chungking and also the future ot the Sino-Kritish relations •ihe usual
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  • 63 7 Reuter. Chungking, Sept. :'>. PHINESE military authorities l> taking strong measures to deal with inefficient and corrupt military commanders ai Military Council officially announced yesterday he omciau> b a finng squad KXt w Keh. former direc?2 of th» Torpedo-Boat and M The Mmirai y was
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  • 264 7 Precursor To Japans Diplomatic Offensive? Reuter. Tokyo, Sept. 3. DEI.1EVED to be the announced K sive, the Foreign 0ffi of three MinJSTi«SSS 1 -pp» intments Mr. ThfeU Horinouchi director .e Viatic ha t been appointed ccnsm w ..iSi and concurrently the Counienor of the Japanese Em
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  • 148 7 Tokvo, Sept. 2. I M£R1C AN -BORN Japanese ar? A determined to discharge their duties as mited States citizens by nnderfolng niwtarj Mafeflf the proposed conscr.ption bill b'comes.law. MJjJ Tsnkamoto, President of the Jap Lte American Citfcrens' LWJ declared at the organisations annual convention
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  • 91 7 Reuter. London, Sept. 3. 1»HE death occurred to-day of Lord Robert Stevenson Home, former Chancellor of the Exchequer. Reuter. Lord Home, who was born in February, 1871, was the son of the late Rev. U.S. Home, minister oi the parish of Slamannan, Stirlingshire. After a brilliant
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  • 56 7 (By H. I* Hopkin) London, Sept. 3. MRS Agnes Majoribanks has been awarded a decree nisi on the mnnd of adultery of her husbann D V Eslyn Majoribanks, formerly Medical Officer of Sarawak. The defendant returned to Sarawak and lived with a Chinese woman The suit was
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  • 36 7 London, Sept. 3.-Twenty-one enemy aircraft were personam destroyed by Sergeant Herbert ;,ames Hallowes. His name figures in a the latest list m which he receives the Distin. JSd Flying Medal and R^.
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  • 125 7 Reuter. Shanghai, Sept. 3. A SET of regulations by which Chinese banks and then branches overseas will co-operaic with the Bank of China in absorbing capital from overseas Chinese in order to stabilise China's foreign exchange position, has now been promulgated by the Ministry of Finance
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  • 87 7 (By H. L. Hopkin) London. Sept. 3. REFORTS of German barbarism, including the shooting of British pilots descending by parachutes have arcused a grim feeling in Britain. It is reported that when a German 'comber crashed in an East-Anglican village, the pilot, the only uninjured
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  • 36 7 Reuter. London, Sept. 2. On the freight market there was «maH Inquiry for overseas voyages but business was slow. Manganese ore was fixed, Durban t Baltimore, at $8.50. The homeward section was steady but quiet. —Reuter.
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  • 270 7 Reuter. London, Sept. 3 ffOR the third and biggest attack of tho day, the German Air Force yesterday used another 300 bombers and fighters. The attack started about 3 p.m. (G.M.T.) and continued for about two hours, states the Air Ministry News Service. The
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  • 51 7 Tokyo, Sept. 3. CONFIRMATION is lacking of the Vichy message that rebellions had broken out in French IndoChina. the spokesman of the Japanese Foreign Office said at a regular Press conference yesterday He said tjiat the Japanese authoities in French Indo-China also failed to report any outbreak of disturbances there.—Eastern
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    • 259 8 Public Notices NOTICE. j My second wife Lee Chew Kian having left my house and protection on the 26th August 1940. I hereby declare she is no longer my wife, and that I shall not be responsible for her debts. Dated the 31st August, 1940. Signed: LAU P£NG NCiAK, <in
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  • 521 9 London, Sept. 3. •rHK liberty of Poland, in defence of which Britain and 1 p ra riCfc declared war a year ago to-day, has long since as an issue with the greater cause of the principle of throughout the world. Frontiers have been obliterates
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  • 117 9 Chungking, Sept. 2. GENERAL Chang Chih-chung assumed office as Director ot the Political Training Board of the National Military Council, succeeding General Chen Cheng who has been appointed Chief Commander in the War Area. A native of Chaohslen, Anhwei, and 46 vears old. General Chang commanded
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  • 239 9 Singapore, Wednesday. AT a public meeting of Muslims representing every nationality held yesterday, it was unanimously decided that a telegram should b e sent by Singapore Muslims to Muslims all over the world urging them to oppose the policies of Mussolini and Hitler and to
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    • 86 9 Lepage's SIGNET INK EXCELLENT FOR ALL FOUNTAIN PENS fi FFATI IRF^. quick drying II rtAIUKtj: btULLIANT COLOUR, MM ni idq l\ blue, washable ntaairM CLJLwUKD blue, blue bj k I CARMINE XI D, VIOLET, l GREEN AND BLACK. L U ALSO LEPAGES WHIT! PASTE, GLUE uHpJ MLSCTLAGE, etc. «9 Sold
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    • 160 9 POSITIVELY LAST DAY &w THE WITTIEST COMEDY ENJOYED BY ALL WHO SAW IT •A GIRL MUST LIVE 5 A GAINSBOROUGH PICTURE 20TH CENTURY FOX WITH MARGARET LOCKWOOD RENEE HOUSTON. LILI PALMER-HUGH SI NCLAIR GEORGE ROBEY PAVILION j LESLIE BANKS IN WITH "SONS OF THE SEA" c ESSk I GRAND NATIONAL
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 514 10 i B 1» Vi&Pm0k& Situations Vacant A JTTNIOR aged under 20 wanted. Appiy 22, Raffles Chambers Singapore personally on Friday and Saturday morning. (No. J>03L> WANTED Experienced Lady Canvassers able to speak different Chinese dialects and Malay. Apply personally 84. Outran Road, Singapore. (No. 568E) WANTED dnnce hostesses, for local
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    • 697 10 Situations Wanted •MULISH speaking lady desires position as dance companion on reasonable terms, apply Box 334. c o Malaya Tribune. Singapore. (No. «90S) ADVERTISER age 37, with business experience requires position as Storekeeper, Cashier, or bill collector (assts.). Can provide cash security, onry to well known firms. Good references. Please
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    • 818 10 Stamps 6TAMPS FOR SALE. Malayan, British Empire and Foreign Countries. Single and Sets. Collectors and Dealers can apply stamps on approval. City Stamp Co. 30, Robinson Road, Singapore. (No. 560E) rOR SALE: Really good quality stamps of Malaya. Pine selections. Competitive rates. Selected approvals sent anywhere. List free. L. K.
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    • 654 10 Financial WANTED Investor with $15,000, for pro9table business. Of special appeal to party with son. Box No. 376, Malaya rrlbune, Singapore. (No. 579E) WANTED Capitalist by highly qualified leather expert. Light or heavy leathers. Knows local market. Guaranteed profit. Reasonable terms. Box 371, Malaya rrlbune. Singapore. (No. 569E) Vegetable Seeds.
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    • 554 10 BRUNEI UNITED PLANTATIONS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held on Friday the 20th September, 1940, the Directors will recommend that a dividend of 6 per cent., for the year ended 30th June, 1940, be
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    • 489 10 IN THE CIVIL DISTRICT COURT, SINGAPORE. D.C. No. 1352;i940. Between Mayna Yana Mayna Meyappa Chettiar Plaintiff. and 1. Chan Kirn Choon 2. Teo Hock Leng Defendants. To The abovenamed first defendant whose last known place of residence was No. 71 Lorong 23 Geylang Road, Singapore, Clerk. The abovenamed second defendant
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    • 36 10 I I J 4 MĔĔM m i Constipation saps energy, MWf ruins health, undermines vitality. Banish it now with BROOK. LAX, the delicious ChOCOW* Laxative, Safe, gentle, thorough reiicf overnight to the most mbhof SOLD EVERYWHERE
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 829 10 I TO-DAY'S RATH^ l i SINGAPORE LONDOv ZHL 225 metres (1.33 mcls). ZHP 30.96 metres (9.«9 mcfs). GSF is hm'N> i 300 Miscellaneous new Gramopnone GSG h-u V, Records. p.m 1 U€j( g 1.30 Warning to Mariners. Programme 6.00 The BR r Summary. Mid-day- Tin, Copra by H and Rubber
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  • 28 10 Domestic Occurrences MR MRS. KOH KONG HAI thank all their friends and relatives for their good wishes and gift* sent them on the occasion of their marriage.
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  • 45 10 W INTER— SIIEFFTELD.—On September 4th. 1915, at the Presbyterlan Church, Singapore, Harry Norman Winter, of Malacca, third son of Arthur and Kate Winter, Preston, Lanes., to Grace Evangeline Sheffield, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Sheffield, late (»f Hongkong, now of Singa-
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  • 144 11  -  MARKET REPORTS By Reuter London, Sept. 3. j V smelter hedging is again depressing the tin market in ..bsence of United States demand owing to the holiday, ed Kingdom dealers' unwillingness to increase their A i ter the official hours, prices were slightly steadier.
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  • 49 11 London, Sept 3.—From tomorrow all rubber dslivery contracts v/ill give the seller the option to deliver in bales, with an allowance of 1 8th of a penny to the buyer. option applies retrospectively to settlement house contracts foV Octobcr delivery onwards, but not to contracts for ordinary delivery.
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  • 29 11 London. Sept. 3. The Stock Exchange was quiet but firm, with Cape buying of Kaffirs. In the afternoon th° Stock Exchange was stagnant but Kaffirs were cheerful.
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  • 24 11 Dundee. Sept. 3 The jute industry continues to be depressed, with widespread underemployment. The Indian ?rop is expected to be about 15.000.000 bales.
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  • 77 11 London. Sept. 3 The authorities appear to prefer to grant foreigners export licences for gold instead of the Bank ci England buying it in cases where j foreigner is entitled to withdt a«v the proceeds, since a Bank of England purchase makes the foreigner the gift of the
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  • 264 11 RUBBER London, Sept. 3. Buyers Sellers Dull 12 12*8 October 12 12V 8 12 12»8 1134 11 1316 UN London, Sept. 3. d Price) £255 V 2 Buyers £256 Sellers £256 3 4 Buyers £257 Sellers LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE London, Sept. 3. 55 9 p Rubber 28.9
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  • 130 11 ASSOCIATION. DAILY PRICKS CURRENT. Singapore, Sept. 3. Buyers. Sellers. No. IX R.S.S. Spot loose 37y 2 3734 No. IX R.S.S. F. 0.8. in cases Sept. 38' 4 38 V 2 G.F.A.Q. R.S.S. F. 0.8. in bales Sept. 36* 2 36% F AQ. R.S.S. F.
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  • 145 11 I rom Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, Wednesday. I>USINESS was at a low ebb in the tin share market yesterday. Among the small amount of business transacted were deals in Johan Tins and Kampong Kamuntings, both of which were keenly sought. Rubbers were a
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  • 23 11 Singapore, Wednesday. Prices of tin and rubber in Singapore at noon today were:— RUBBER Buyers 37%; Sellers S7Vfc. TIN $132%, down
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  • 103 11 Singapore, Wednesday. MALAYA'S total shipment of rubber to foreign countries, including latex, concentrated latex and revertex, last month, amounted to 66,212 tons, which is about 3,000 tons less than in the preceding month, according to latest official statistics. Singapore exported 43.010 tons, including 31.437 tons of
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  • 1042 11 Singapore, Sept. 3. MINING Buyer*. Sellers. Ampat Tin (ss> 3.6 4|Austral Amal (ss> 51- 5 6xd Austral Malay 35 37 -cd Ayer Hltam (ss) 19,- 20!Aver Wene ($> 0.55 0.60 BangrJn Tin (£> 16 3 17 3 Batu Selangor (tl) 1 38 l 43 Barjunuii <ss)
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 92 11 i t he mercantile bank of india (trustees) limited Guaranteed and Controlled by IHf MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA. LIMITED. Itt r, «npany, which is incorporatSS. and registered as a ompany, undertakes the duties:— JJf-LUTOR OR TRUSTEE OF A ADMINISTRATOR OF OF DECEASED PERSON. f OF A SETTLEMENT OR OF TRUST,
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    • 162 11 A NEW ORAL TREATMENT for TONSILS ADENOIDS ■■■■■■PaaaH will dissolve the enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids permanently WITHOUT OPERATION Non-recurrence guaranteed. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS Sole Distributors: N'AINA MOHD. SONS, 5 Raffles Place, Singapore. Branches: Kuala Lumpur Penang. KM 1 1 Jllgjlji v ,),;.t V'' KB The day has .started well KM
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    • 94 11 Headache? The glare of the sun may give vcu a headache, but more often a headache is the result of some digestive disorder, in which case a dose of Pinkettes will usually quickly set matters right. These tiny laxative pills dispel constipation, stimulate the liver, banish biliousness, correct liverishness. purify
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    • 328 11 VI I Alli:It SAII J VCS BRITISH INDIA [•ASSENGER FREIGHT SERVICES For all information apply to: P. O. S. N. Co.. The Agent, Collyer Quay, Tel. 5961. 8.1.5. N. CO., BOUSTEAD CO, LTD., Tel. 5497. 8.1.5. N. CO. (APCAR LINE) For HONGKONG, SHANGHAI, MOJI, KOBE. OSAKA. For PENANG, RANGOON CALCUTTA.
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    • 358 11 PoO II €L and BRITISH INDIA The best passible 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
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  • 84 12 Reuter. Rushvillc, < Indiana», Sept. 4. Mr Wendell Willkie declared that the country would undoubtedly approve of the administration's action in trading for naval bases with Britain, but it was regrettable that Mr. Roosevelt did not deem it necessary to obtain prior Congressional approval, or permit
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  • 42 12 The death of Mr. A. Anblah, chief clerk. Harcroft Rubber Estates, Ltd.. Ayer Tawar, Sitiawan, occurred at the Lumut Government Hospital. Aged 49, Mr. Anbiah had been with the estate for about 15 years and was actively associated with the Methcdist Church.
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  • 75 12 Reuter. London, Sept. 4. ENEMY planes were reported over thirteen towns in the provinces late last night, after Iving thrice flung back by LondolU defences, and losing S5 machines. During London's first two warnings, fierce battles were fought over south-east T *:igland. Massive formations approached Ihe coast during
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  • 274 12 R.A.F. ATTACK NEW TARGETS IN GERMANY ITALY Vital Plants Wrecked Reuter. London, Sept. 4. WEW targets in Germany and Italy were attacked by aircraft Of the Bomber Command on Monday night, states an Air Ministry communique. The dynamite works at Schlebusch, north-cast of Cologne, and the important railway junction of
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  • 116 12 Reuter. London, Sept. 3. THE Lord Mayor's Red Cross and St. John Lund at the end of the first year of the .var has reached the total of £3,073,000, compared with £1,5"GX00 Collected by the Red Cross fund in the first year cf the last
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  • 73 12 Reuter. London. Sept. 3. A SERVICE at Westminster Abbey in commemoration of the first anniversary of the s/ar was held during the air raid warning this morning, me P. «oe Minister and members of the Cabinet attended. The warning was sounded just before the service
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  • 239 12 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Monday. FOR ill-treating and neglecting an adopted child, a man and a woman were bound over by the Third Magistrate to keep me peace for six months in the sum of S100 each. The foster parents were an English
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  • 23 12 The annual general meeting of the Singapore Ratepayers' Association will be held at th; Adelphi Hotel on Friday, Oct. 25 at 5.15 p.m.
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  • 81 12 Kweilin, Sept. 2. MOST or the Japanese gairisen are withdrawn from Lungchow nt-ar Indo-China border to the south bank cf the Lunekianu River as the Chinese, steadily pushing down from Putan. are only about two kilometers to the north cf Lungchow. according to a field
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  • 249 12 Reuter. London, Sept. 3. QX the occasion of tho anniversary of Britain's entry into the war the following message in regard to India's war effort was giver to Router by Mr. L. S. Amery (Secretary for India). India, by the end oi" the first year
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  • 92 12 IT is stated Dn bXSi S '< Netherlands GovernL? th th e Netherlands P and Finance Minister m Geer, has resi-ned f„ r Li health. ,p asoris n Queen Wilheli the resignation Gerbrandy. Minister r, P 6 now preside over the r Ministers. M. Vanboeyen. |fl
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 180 12 Last Three f* \T where ShoWS To-day Altl A J Everybody 3.15-6.15-9.15 Goes DUGGIE WAKEFIELD London's Famous Comedian in SPY for a DAY WITH PADDY BROWN JACK ALLEN ALBERT LIE YEN A PARAMOUNT BRITISH PRODUCTION ALSO FOX LATEST NEWSREEL GRAND OPENING TO-MORROW! rru I j The year's runniest and gaysst
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    • 163 12 THE GREAT Manufacturing' On i fiin Z75, South Bridge Rd established in 1928 6p| h., H Books By iliorne Smith SKIN AM) BONES RAIN IN THE DOORWAI DID SHE FALL? TURNABOUT THE JOVIAL GHOSTS THE STRAY LAMB THE NIGHT LIFE OF THE CODS TOPPER TAKES A TRIP THE GLORIOUS POOL
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