Malaya Tribune, 6 September 1940

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  • 21 1 The Malaya Tribune VOL. XXVII- No. 214. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 6, 1940 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune. Friday, September 6, 1010.
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  • 133 1 Reuter. Bucharest, Sept. 6. H, firing ta now in progress Bucharest. Further Iron d umionst rat ions broke out tl„ main national theatre IIV in the evening. Troops, with machine-guns, are rearing the streets. cvt neral Antonescu's first swearing allegiance, was n ee his intention of
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  • 1134 1 Great Activity In The Mediterranean Area Devastating British Air Naval Attacks Reuter. London, Sept. 6. NEUTER'S Spcial Correspondent at Gibraltar reports tha* the Fleet Air Arm has again struck home at the enemy in two air raids on Cagliari and Sardinia, and the British
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  • 141 1 Reuter. Washington, Sept. 6. !m use ol' Representatives has approved the comprehenversion of a bill, carrying almost $5,250 millions, to i rjuipment for an army of two million men, start- <»:, a two-ocean navy and the purchase of 14.394 iii. which will he sent had.
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  • 23 1 Reuter. untitled Sept. 5.—A Soviet-untitled i cement, providing for Hie .it ion of persons of German from Bessarabia ano Bukovina. was signed -day.—Reuter.
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  • 116 1 Non-A ggression Pact With Thai Ratified Reuter. London Sept. 0. THAILAND, as a "bulwark of peace in south-east Asia," is greeted by Mr. Churchill in a message addressed to the Prime Minister oi that country, on the occasion oJ 1 u .e exchange of ratifications of the Anglo-Thai pact of
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  • 28 1 Mr. F. K. Wilson, an Officer of Class II of the Malayan Civil Service, has been appointed to act as District Officer, Kinta, Class 18, Malayan Civil Service.
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  • 143 1 Reuter. London, Sept. t,. IN the House of Lords yester--1 day, Lord Halifax said that there had been notable developments beyond the boundaries of Europe. Here events had moved swiffly. His Majesty's Government had received reports of certain demands presented to Indo-China by the Japanese military
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  • 145 1 Reuter. London, Sept. 6. THE Colonies which have joined the Free Flench Empire will be efficiently defended. All measures have been taken to assure this," says a communique issued from the headquarters cf the Free French Forces. 'This defence will be assured principally by the Pre? French Forces.
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  • 235 1 Reuter. London, Sept. 5. IT is officially announced (bat 39 enemy aircraft were destroyed to-day. Twenty of our fighters are missing, but nine pilots are safe. British fighters once again hurled back enemy bombers trying to attack British aerodromes this afternoon. An Air Ministry communique, reviewing
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  • 26 1 Reuter. Washington, Sept. 5.—untitled Roosevelt has nominated Mr. Frank C Walker, a New York ctt lawyer, to be Postmaster-General In succession to Mr. James Farley Reuter.
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  • 353 1 Rome Renews Threats Reuter. London, Sept 5. ATTACKS on GreeOß were renewed by the Koine Radio this A evening. After referring to the "peaceful settlement of the Vienna award," the announcer declared that "the only trouble-maker in south-east Europe now is Greece." Commenting on the
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  • 60 1 Reuter. Cairo. Sept. 5—A further Contingent of Poles and Czechs has arrived in Palestine, states GHQ communique, which alsi announces, that at Capuzzo. during the night of Sept. 2, one o! our patrols killed three of tin. enemy without sustaining an casualties themselves.
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  • 179 1 Reuter. London, Sept. 6. COMPLETE tonlideiu«\ "as certain as dawn after night." that Nazi tyranny imN eventually He brokm at our feet, was expressed by Mr. ninglefoof, Parliamentary Sceretary to the Ministry of Economic Warfare, in a broadcast last night. He said: "Aseach day passes,
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  • 35 1 Reuter. Berlin, Sept. 6—lt is officially announced in Amsterdam thai the dissolution ot ah Freemason Lodges in Holland has been ordered, states an Amsterdam totegram to the German News AtheneI Reuter.
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    • 158 1 ON OTHER PAGES Page No Rice Shortage 2 Maternity Hospital Extensions 3 Race Selections F< rmer S'porc Journalist's Experience In France Invasion Danger Not Over 7 Cinemas 8 45 Killed In Rumania Revolts 9 Financial News 11 Hitler's I>reams Shattered 12 The Pen that never mm Old I Jb Swan
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  • 424 2 Registration Scheme Begins In A Few Days (Tribune Staff Reporter) REGISTRATION cards to be used under the rice consumers' registration scheme, which will come into force in Singapore in the middle of this month, will, in a little over a week s time, be
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  • 296 2 Singaoore, Thursday. CONVICTED on a charge of distributing; seditious documents, Ram Rais, a young Bengali, was sentenced to 12 months' rigorous imprisonment in the District Court, to-day. Chief Court Inspector E, H. Tunn. prosecuting, stated that about 4 a.m. on July 10, the accused seen by two
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  • 128 2 Singapore, Thursday. IN a report to the police last night, it was alleged by Abu Barkar bin Mohamed Noor, living at Maxwell Road postmen's quarters, that he had been robbed of $950. It appeared that Abu Barkar went to an entertainment in the evening, and returned
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  • 87 2 Singapore, Thursday. TAKING advantage of last night's black-out, a thief snatched away a cigarette tin used as a till, from a coffee stall at the People's Park market, just as the siren sounded for the last of the three curfew periods. A chase followed in the dark, and
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  • 91 2 Singapore, Thursday. ARRAIGNED on two charges under the Merchandise Marks Ordinance, Sin Chu Sak, a young Chinese shopkeeper, claimed trial at the Assize Court before Mr. Justice Pedlow and a common jury to-day. It was stated that when the police raided the premises on July
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  • 19 2 Mr. W. H. Lake, Assistant Superintendent, Bungsar Power Station, Electrical Depn-tment, F.M.S., has returned to Kuala Lumpur from leave.
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  • 101 2 (From Our Own Reporter) J Kuala Lumpur, Thursday. A VERDICT of death by l misadventure was re- turned by Megat Y'unus, 5 Coroner, at an inquest into the death of a Tamil, Muthu, i who died following an acci- J dent at the Sungei Besi
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  • 234 2 Singapore, Thursday. mercy should be shown to such a type of hooligan," remarked Mr. J. G. Rappoport, the Third Magistrate, to-day, when he sentenced T'ng Ah Seng (21), and Goh Ah Hock (19), to ten strokes with the heavy rotan, and also to 14 days'
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  • 61 2 Singapore, Thursday. TWO Danish sailors, F. Q. Yensen and L. Yensen, aged 18 and 23 respectively, surrendered themselves to the police as vagrants. Pleading guilty to the charge, and admitting that they had no fixed place of abode and no money, they were sent to the House of
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  • 252 2 m Singapore, Thursday. JWO persons—a man a^d mistake, and they died < been taken to the General Mr. W. G. Porter, returned at the joint inquiry to-aay. An assistant cook, Tang Tho Cheow, felt unwell on the night of July 12. He took a drink,
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  • 164 2 Singapore, Thursday. A RIOTING incident at the premises of the Travancore Trading Co at Syed Alwl Road recently had an echo in the High Court to-day. in an appeal before the Acting Chi<»f Justice, Mr. Justice A K. a'Beckett Terrell. Four men. who were sentenced to nine months'
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  • 47 2 Singapore, Friday. THE Hon. Mr. S. W. Jones, Officer Administering the Government, left Singapore yesterday on an official visit to Trengganu and Kelantan. The Hon. Mr. H. Welsburg, acting Colonial Secretary, has been appointed to act as deputy In his absence from the Settlement.
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  • 282 3 Already One Of World's Best (Tribune Staff Reporter) FURTHER extensions to the Kandang Kerbau Maternity Hospital Singapore, one of the most up-to-date hospitals of its kind in the East —are indicated in a decision by Committee No. 6 of the Municipality, to sell the children's
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  • 392 3 THEY WILL PRAY FOR VICTORY (Tribune Staff Reporter) Singapore, Tuesday. k CHE Singapore (Nattukotai) Chettiars are making elaborate preparations for "special Poojas and Abhiskekams," prayers for an etrly and successful termination of the war, from early morning till midnight on Sunday, Sept. 8.
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  • 135 3 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Thursday. ONE year's rigorous imprisonment, to be followed by one year's police supervision, was the sentence imposed on a Malay, Bakar bin Samad, convicted for the fourteenth time, in the third court, on a charge of house-breaking and theft. Bakar
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  • 66 3 (From 11. L. Hopkin) London, Sept. 5. THE engagement is announced or 1 Miss Susan Pelham, daughter of Sir Henry Pelham, v and ElyingOfflcer Clement!, the only son of Sir Cecil Clementi, who was Governor of the Straits Settlements and High Commissioner of the F
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  • 98 3 COMMANDER B. M. Douglas, R.N., v in a broadcast from the Singaoore Radio station last night, gave a graphic account of three naval incidents, namely, "the leturn of the H.M.S. Kelly, the blocking of Zeebrugge, 1940 and the departure of the demolition 1 party from Calais." "Incidents
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  • 110 3 In some of the hater issues of the Malaya Tribune on Wednesday, a report appeared to the effect that Captain R. C. Loveday, R.E., had been found not guilty by the Court Martial on 17 of the 25 charges brought against him. It was also stated that he
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  • 107 3 Singapore, Thursday. AT a tea-party given at the Adelphi Hotel, to-day, by the Tamil Community of Singapore, to Mr. O Ramasamy Nadar, J.P., in honour of his being made a Justice of the Peace, the hon. Mr. H. Weisberg, acting Colonial
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  • 50 3 Che Wan Kamaruddin, Malay Administrative Service, has taken over his new duties as Magistrate, Kuala Kangsar. He succeeds Che Samsuddin bin Nain, who was acting as Magistrate, Kuala Kangsar, in addition to his own duties as Deputy Assistant District Officer. Che Wan Kamaruddin was until recently Commissioner of Lands, 9erlis.
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  • 155 3 Singapore. Thursday. UNABLE to control his temper as he was attacked by his wife with a knife he struck her with a scythe which he was carry In with him, said an Indian labourer, Marimuthu, charged at the Fifth Assize Gourt this morning before Mr.
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  • 58 3 A MAGNIFICENT specimen of a full-grown tiger, eight to nine :eet long, was shot on Monday in a small vill-ge th»e«-zmtea from Simpang Tiga, Sitiawan. A party set out in search of the beast, which had been prowling near a pig farm belonging to one of
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  • 981 4  -  Going Likely To Be Fair For Third Day's Racing BY "SPECTATOR" JJY the law of averages, to-morrow should be a dry day with the going firm for Singapore race meeting. Once again big fields wili provide good sport and there should be a
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  • 200 4 Chinese 2; Police 1. DISPLAYING improved l'< rm, tho Chinese look full points from th*» Police m a return Div. 1 encounter at Anson Road Stadium yesterday, winning after a fast match. Although beaten, the Police gave a plucky display, and it was
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  • 105 4  -  BY "SPECTATOR" riNLY slow work was done in training at Bukit Timah this morning. LUCKY PRINCE, SCOTTISH RIFLE and BANCO did steady canters, all looking fit. HOT FLASH and FOUR O'CLOCK ran a mile at quarter-pace, the former looking exceedingly well. Temple was put only on
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  • 45 4 Four will be chosen to represent the S.B.A.A. against the J.C.S.A. on Sunday, at 11 am at the former's premises, from Yeo Sim Lim. Lee Cheng Puan Chua Boon Lay, Lee Cheng Kuan, Wee Cheong Yew. Lee Thiam Tens and Ng Eng Kwee.
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  • 22 4 The R.A.F. (HQ.) held the J.C.S.A. to a 2-2 draw in a Division 2B game on the latter's ground last evening. i
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  • 109 4 THE model aeroplane competition to be held by the Malayan Aero-Modeller's Society will take place on Oct. 6 instead of Sept. 6 as i staged previously. J The competition, which is for cabin and stick type i models will be held in the onen ground behind
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  • 148 4 CCRATCHINGS and running order for Singapore races to-morrow, issued this morning, are: Race 1: Pontes, Class 1, Div. 2, 6 furs. Scratchings: Apple wood. Race 2: Horses, Class 2, Div. 3, 7 furs. Scratchings: Harlow, Sir Theobald Pockets, Vintage. Race 3: Horses, Class 2, Div. 4, 7
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  • 32 4 TO-DAY SOCCER: Div. I, R.A. (Hy.) v. Navy, Changi; Malays v. R.A.F., Stadium; Div. 118, Chinese "B" v. Y.M. C.A., V.M.C.A.; Friendly, Sing Tao v. Siong 800, Jalan Besar Stadium.
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  • 118 4 Indians. .3; R.N.W.T.. .1. nESPITE the Indians winning by 3-1 against the R.N.VV.T. on the Harbour Board ground yesterday in a Div. 2B match, they lost chances of scoring at least four more goals. The Indians scored two goals in quick succession within the first ten minutes
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  • 322 4 gOOD entries have been received for the Singapore Cricket Club's Autumn lawn tennis tournament. Initial ties will be played on Monday and Tuesday matches being arranged for the men's singles and doubles handicap and the mixed doubles handicap. Monday Men's singles handicap: A. Sewell (plus 15.3
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  • 117 4 SING Tao Football Club of Hongkong will meet Siong 800 Athletic Association, who were champions in the Singapore Chinese Football Association's League, at Jalan Besar Stadium, to-day. The proceeds of the game will go to the China Relief Fund. The teams will be: Siong
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  • 47 4 Customs 2; R.A.F. (Kallang) L jpLAYING on the S.R.C. ground yesterday, the Customs beat the R.A.F. (Kallang) by 2-1 in a Division 2B league match. Both defences played well but the Customs, with faster-moving forwards, w er e a shade the better team.
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  • 243 6 AFTER a series of external threats, Rumania is now confronted with internal dissension. Popular feeling against the Vienna Award has been so high that the Gigurtu Government had to resign after only a short term of office. This serves to show that in spite of King Carol's
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  • 246 6 THE delayed German blitz- krieg on the British Isles has lulled some people into the belief that no such attempt can now succeed in view of the fact that at no other period in British history has the Island Kingdom been more strongly fortified than it is now.
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  • 1468 6 Dangers Of "No Talk" Campaign H. L. Hopkin's Special London Letter To The Malaya Tribune London, Aug. 3. LUSHING writ* modesty, we of the L. D. V. now find ourselves known as the Home Guards. Mr. Churchill thought we deserved a
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  • 47 6  -  (By H. L. Hopkin London. 'V THE Conscientious Objected 1 buril nt Oxford has i, •lohn Staffo d Cripps. son Stafford Cr ops. I3i rador to Moscow, lor national importance. Cripps said war v ns v *a cieable with Christian»" Table and Wireless
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  • 1671 7 GIGANTIC PROGRESS OF HOME DEFENCES Reuter. London, Sept. 5. |F there is to be a contest of nerves, will-power and endurance, be it sharp or long, we shall not shrink from it. We believe that a spirit and temperament, bred under institutions of freedom,
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  • 136 7 Reuter. London, Sept. 5. RI I fEE*S lobby correspond deal el ites that the Prime 1 Minister's manner in deliver- l I?" the war review was again I noyant. His reception was thoroughly while the confidence reposed in the Prime .Minister was well displayed by the total absence
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  • 125 7 Reuter. London. Sept. 5. FT is officially stated that reports 1 received up to 9.30 p.m. indicate that 54 enemy aircraft were destroy ?d in the air battle on Wednesday. At least two of the raiders which aporoached London area last night, were believed to have been
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  • 163 7 Reuter. London, Sept. 5. "U7E in these islands are now bearing the accumulated weight of the malice and tyranny of the enemy but we do not feel overweighted by it," said Mr. Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister addressing New Zealand troops yesterday. "When you first came
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  • 80 7 Reuter. Washington, Sept. 5. CONSTRUCTION of United Stiites defence bases along the Atlantic on points leased by Britain would be started by means of a $200 million «£5O million I blank cheque which the Congress nas given to the President for emergency use, stated Senator
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  • 83 7 Tokyo, Sept. 4.—Sir George Sansom, Commercia 1 Counsellor of the British Embassy In Tokyo, will leave Japan In the middle of September for New York to teach at the Columbia University. Sir George first came to Japan in 1904, spending about 20 years In
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  • 433 7 Reuter. Chungking, Sept. 5. CONFIRMATION of the Japanese ultimatum has changed the entire complexion of the Indo-China situation. It is stated here that war will quickly spread to the South Seas if the Japanese invade Indo-China. While the Chinese authorities naturally hope that the
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  • 685 9 Reuter. London, Sept. 5. AFTER a peaceful night, the London area heard the first air raid warning of the day at 7.10 a.m. G.M.T. while thousands of city workers were emerging from the railway stations and travelling in trams and buses to work. They were
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  • 93 9 Reuter. London, Sept. 5. nOR the third successive night, T the R.A.F. last night WW busy bombing places on the French coast Some explosions were so te'rific that houses on the sea front in one south-east coast town rocked. Flashes from bombs and anti-aircraft shells stabbed the
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  • 114 9 Last Night's First Nights FUN always attends a film featuring an Irishman, but when it has a family of Irish, it becomes a hilarious hit. So it is with "Three Cheers For the Irish," which is the current attraction at the Alhambra. Thomas Mitchell plays
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  • 92 9 I'T'HORNE Smith's grand novel i "Turnabout" comes to the screen under the same title in an equally delightful riot of fun at th- Cathay, with John Hubbard and Carol Landis playing the roles of the couple who become wife and man instead of man and wife. Those
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  • 122 9 A' THRILLING spy yarn centred around Dartmouth Royal Naval College, with a murder and the bombing of a motor launch thrown into the plot, is "Sons of the Seas," which opened a season at the Pavilion last night. It gives an interesting insight
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  • 31 9  -  (By H. L. Hopkin London, Sept. 5.—The recent raids on the Scilly Isles caused only one death, while damage was trifling.—via Cable and Wireless.
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  • 63 10 Domestic Occurrence The marriage has been arranged between Patrick Foo Boon Lay, the youngest son of the late Mr. Foo Kee Yong and Madam Choo Teng Fook and Miss Cissy Koh Chuan Whey, the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Koh Ek Wan and will be solemnised on Friday,
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  • 60 11  -  MARKET REPORTS By Reuter London, Sept. 5. irkfct ruled steady, with a turnover of 125 tons, lential quarter absorbed 100 tons. Sentiment was to I he t'rant of a few export licences though these to 10 to 15 per cent, of the applications. After hours
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  • 20 11 s.—The trado V fourth-quarter am alloy steels, s late strength apct expectations of a evt of Hitler's sp^ec'.i.
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  • 59 11 London, Sept. 5. A new lower schedule of maximum prices for Indian hides has been issued lor the trade's guidance, but is not yet operative. The former schedule is far above current puces at which business is now broader though still under normal. United Kingdom stocks of hides
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  • 32 11 New York, Sept. 5. The Guaranty Trust Company reports continuing expansion in business activity in the past fortnight. .Philips Dodge have raised the copper price a half cent to 11.50.
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  • 92 11 London, Sept. 5. In th 3 minor clarifications of open war risk rates, Borneo and the Philippines are each rated 0.25 per cent, not as a single area. Voyages within the ar?a of Thai, the Netherlands Indies, Malaya, Borneo and the Philippines are rated at x 2
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  • 139 11 London, Sept. 5. The Capo was again bidding for Kaffirs on the Stock Exchange. Oils were better, including Bur mas. Commodity shares were favoured, notably Rhodesian coppers, which were a feature late yesterday. Later the Stock Exchange continues firm with cusiness decidedly broader, especially Kaffirs and [•litedged securities.
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  • 41 11 Argentina, Sept. 4. An official report states that August weather was favourable to crops. Conditions for wheat were good and for linseed very good. Wheat sowing was completed in Santa Fe and Sordoba. The weather is now generally showery.
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  • 259 11 RUBBER London, Sept. 5. Buyers Sellers Steady 128 1214 October 12» 8 12ft i Nov. 12V 8 12 l 4 Jan Mar. 11 7 8 M London. Sept. 5. Ol :ial Price) £255 x 4 Buyers £255 3 4 Sellers £256% Buyers £257 V 4 Sellers LONDON
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  • 107 11 From Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, Friday. TIN shares were a very dull mar- ket yesterday, an exception being Kuchais which were taken in fair quantity at market. There was a good demand for the lower-priced rubber shares, but little scrip offered at quotations. In Industrials, the absence
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  • 33 11 I Singapore, Friday. Prices of tin and rubber S I in Singapore at noon to- i day were:— S RUBBER I Buvers 37Vr,; Sellers 37H i TIN $182%, up $Mi. J
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  • 55 11 (From H. L Hopkin) London, Sept. 6. AMERICAN reports state that the rubber quota for the fourth quarter may be raised to 90 per cent. This is not confirmed in London, but it is stated that the International Rubber Restriction Committee is ready to consider
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  • 105 11 London, Sept. 5. THE market believes that many estates will be unable to produce above 85 per cent., which anyway will involve labour difficulties now and worse ones later whenever contraction of demand may necessitate a sharp reduction in the quota. Moreover the Excess Profits Tax would take
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  • 54 11 Kua'a Lumpur, Thursday. THE board of X.M.S. (Malay States) Rubber Plantations. Limited, at a meeting yesterday, declared the following dividend: Interim on shares four per cent, -ctual; (9.6 d. per £1 share*, less nccme tax at Bs. fid. in the pound, on account of the year
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  • 1034 11 Singapore, Sept. 5. NDfDfQ Buyers. Sellers. A.mpat Tin (s*> 316 41Austral Amal (ss) 5 3 5 9cd Austral Malay 33.6 35 6xd Ayer Hltam (ss) 191- 20!Ayer Weng 0.57> 2 0.62', a Bangrln Tin 16 3 17 3 Batu Selangor ($1) 138 1 43 Berjuntal (ss)
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    • 89 11 THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA (TRUSTEES) LIMITED teed and Controlled by MER< ANTILE BANK OF INDIA. LIMITED. T which is incorporats s. and registered as a undertakes the .I )R TRUSTEE OF A L ADMINISTRATOR OF S OF DECEASED PERSON 01 A SETTLEMENT OR lON OF TRUST, AND lEP FORMS'
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    • 162 11 BLACKtWHITE SCOTCH WHISKY > IT WASN'T SO LONG AGO WHEN- Tso I've noticed! and ive a I NOTICED THE REASON TOO. SO I H fl I YOU'RE SO DIFFICULT V y MANY HOT DRINKS AT MEALTIME Mir /1 *4rJrA. TO PLEASE. ANNE... ALWAYS j- HAVE YOU OVERSTIMULATED. THE Ml iTJt
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    • 27 11 P H OE N I X I VICHY Has if. for Health Identical with Jthe natural water in taste and medicinal properties as recommended A by; doctors.
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    • 318 11 STEAMER SAILINGS BRITISH INDIA PASSENGER FREIGHT SERVICES For all information apply to: P. O. S. N. Co.. The Agent, Collyer Quay, Tel. 5961. 8.1.5. N. CO., BOUSTEAD CO, LTD., Tel. 5497. 8.1.5. N. CO. (APCAR LINE) For HONGKONG, SHANGHAI, MOJI, KOBE, OSAKA. For PENANG, RANGOON CALCUTTA. Regular Sailings: Special Holiday
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    • 354 11 PlSi and BRITISH INDIA The best possible servicer are being maintained 03 The P. O.S.N. Coy. fron 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.
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  • 267 12 Widespread Havoc In New R.A.F. Raids Reuter. London, Sept. 5. rpHE R.A.F. bombed a power station and an aircraft factory in Benin last night, also a synthetic oil plant and military objectives concealed in the Black Forest and other forests, where explosions
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  • 63 12 (From H. L. Hopkin) London, Sept. 5. JO N DONERS are not disturbed by the day and right warnings and work is proceeding normally. The Anglo American basts agreement has caused the greatest of satisfaction, and an attitude of cheerful confidence prevails at the beginning of
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  • 75 12  -  (Ry H. L. Hopkin London, Sept. 5. MRS. Naida Kinnaird. wife of the Hon. Graham Charles Kinnaird. the Master of Kinnaird. was granted a decree nisi in Edinburgh en the ground of the husband's adultery. Mrs. Kinnaird is the only daughter ot Mr. an:! M s.
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  • 87 12 Reuter. liOndnn. Sept. 5. THE Treasury is shortly making an order, fixing the date on which the Purchase Tax would come ir»,*o operation. All taxable goods, delivered under chargeable purchase after that date, will be liable to the tax. The registration of .manufacturers and wholesalers dealing in taxable
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  • 131 12 Reuter. (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh, Friday. An urgent application for an interim injunction against Alexander Gordon MacDcnald, retired mines official, was made to-day in the Supreme Court by the States of Perak and Selangor. Defendant was in the Mines Department of the F.M.S. from 1911 to 1939.
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  • 311 12 Reuter. London, <. ]A c rpilK Newark Star and Ledger says: "Most a want to throw their hats in the air, and < j news. It is gratifying to know that at las: giving to Britain all possible aid, short of direct ra the war. The
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  • 162 12 Reuter. London, Sept. 6. ALREADY foreign nations have become highly suspicious of any news coming from Germany, declared Mr. Herwald Ramsbothan, President of the Board of Education, in a speech in Lancaster. Mr. Ramsbothan added thac even the docile and credulous German citizen must be
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  • 33 12 Major D. Owen Jones, M.C. has been appointed to be a member of th? Bagan Datoh Delta Drainage Board for the year 1940 in the place of Capt. A. Pritchard, M.C, J.P.. resigned.
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  • 32 12 The promotion from Grade II to Grade I of the following Matrons in the Malayan Medical Service has b?en gazetted: Miss A. Jones, Miss C. M. Hardy and Miss J. D. Scott.
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