Malaya Tribune, 6 November 1940

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  • 26 1 The Malaya Tribune NET SALES EXCEED 16,000 DAILY VOL. XXVII No. 266. _SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1940 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune Wednesday, November 6, 1940.
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  • 116 1 Reuter. y a York. Nov. f>. S )If A< KAY Radio makes a )1« {which is not S ve j ateJ from any iitbei er) of having i a meastge, v r hal l u British i ijjner RangHiki is being: i F jN>Ucd in nvd-Atlantic
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  • 172 1 Nov. 6. WIDESPREAD nbing and reR.A.F. vii i. a communique wed I :ii ht (Tuesday h whi h rei »to a annibcr of visiU paid I rrttory ai fib* I. Darii an enemy motor transpcrl was heavily machine-:-.-... ausing considerAn r which attempted to a '..F.
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  • 609 1 WILLKIE LOSES HOME TOWN Reuter. New York. Nov. 6. "A IiL indications so far, from all parts of the country, point to a Roosevelt victory by a substantial plurality/' declared Mr. Roosevelt's campaign manager, Mr. Edward Flynn, in a statement to Reuter. Mr.
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  • 105 1 Reuter. Cairo, Nov. 6. THE overwhelmingly enthusiastic welccme which the people of Crete gave to British troops on anival on the island is described by a British officer on reaching Caiio by air. He said that the people of Crete are strongly anti-Italian and the first
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  • 164 1 Reuter. Belgrade, Nov. 6. TWENTY-EIGHT bombs were dropped by a plane ot unknown nationality on the Yugoslav town of Monastir, killing 19 and injuring 21 persons, and causing extensive material damage, according to the Belgrade Radio. Tl c bombs were dropped between 1.40 p.m. and
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  • 69 1 Reuter. Stockholm, Nov. 6. SLEEPING bunks taken from the Maginot Line will be used for a new system of air raid shelters to be built in Hamburg, the most bombed of all German towns, according to a Berlin dispatch in the Nya Dagligt Allehanda.
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  • 136 1 Reuter. Athens, Nov. 6. THE GREEK press to-day strikes a generally confident note about the Italo(Jreck conflict. The Proia. for instance jays: ,r Eight days have sufficed to pi eve to the enemy that he has deceived himself. Now he must surely know *hat we are holding
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  • 70 1 Reuter. London. Nov. 6. ANOTHER 40.000 Dutch workers have been sent to Germany during the first three weeks of October to repair areas devastated by British bombers, according to Dutch circles in London. It is stated that Dutchmen already working in Germany are apparently
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  • 63 1 Reuter. Pretoria, Nov. 6. COMPLETE success has attended the largest internal loan ever raised by the Union of South Africa, totalling £18 millions, to finance a portion of the Government's war expenditure, announced Mr. Hofmeyr (Finance Minister! The loan was superscribed on Monday nicht
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  • 30 1 Reuter. Wardha, Nov. o:—congress leaders are trying to dissuade Gandhi from his proposed fast, which was discussed by the Congress Working Committee here yesterday (Tuesday I .—Reuter.
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  • 362 1 Reuter. (By Reutefs diplomatic correspondent). London, Nov. 6. JT is strange that while unfavourable weather has held up the Italian advance into Greece, according to the Italian communiques, it does not appear to have interfered with operations of the Greek troops, who have been
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  • 142 1 Reuter. Ottawa, Nov 6. FURTHER enlargement of the theatre of war and a long-range struggle for freedom were forecast by Sir Lyman Duff, Deputy Governor-General of Canada, in a speech at the conclusion of a session of the Canadian Parliament yesterday. Reviewing the legislation passed
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  • 39 1 THE death has occurred of Mr. Gates W. McGarrah, the internationally known American banker. who was President of the Bank of International Settlements from !930 to 1933. He was 77 years o!d. —Reuter. Reuter.
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  • 244 1 Reuter. London, Nov. 6. QEVEN German planes were destroyed over England yesterday, according to the latest official report. Six British fighter planes were lost, but three pilots are safe. Not a single enemy aircraft succeeded yesterday in reacht j .TT* v ing London, although there
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  • 265 1 (From H. L. Hopkin) H London, to-day. IS HIGHNESS the Sultan of Johore is to-day marrying, at the Caxton Hall Registry, Miss Marcella Mendl, a beautiful Rumanian blonde, who will be 25 to-morrow. Miss Mendl is the daughter of the late Mr. Edgar Mendl,
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  • 181 1 Reuter. Athens, Nov. 6. WITH bayonets and hand greti- ades, the Evzones are reported to he slashing the Italian defence guarding Koritza. The fall of this strategic position is bound to have an important effect on the morale of the Albanians who are already restless under the Italian
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  • 204 2 THE third annual meeting of the "Friends of Singapore" will be held at the Adelphi Hotel at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 13. At a recent meeting of the council of the society, the Secretary reported that the Singapore Broadcasting Station had told him
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  • 47 2 Singapore. Tuesday. SAID to have caused hurt to Lim Yong Seng, by hitting him with an iron bar, Ajaya Singh, a 45-year-o!d Sikh, claimed trial before Mr. J. G. Rappoport, the Third Magistrate, to-day. The case was postponed for hearing on Nov 19.
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  • 610 2 EDUCATION CHIEF BACK FROM 1 HOLIDAY: INTERVIEW (Tribune Staff Reporter) "ENGLAND'S schools and colleges are carrying on. Indiscriminate bombing by the Nazis only serve to increase the spirit of the people, young and old, and even during raids, some schools carry on with
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  • 519 2 fpHE uncertainty of the Malayan pineapple industry has tended to Curtail work on pineapple lands, and many areas are rapidly becoming overgrown with lalang and jungle growth with the result that supplies in Johore have fallen off in recent months, and packers were unable to fill
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  • 172 2 Singapore, Tuesday. WHILE attempting to cross the road, an elderly Chinese woman was knocked down by a motorlorry in Tanjong Pagar Road on the morning of Oct. 27. She died a few hours later at the General Hospital. At this morning's inquiry, the Singapore Coroner, Mr.
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  • 376 2 r Singapore, Tuesday E story of how Tan Ah Kcw a Chinese, who was living on th* immoral earnings of a Malay woman, was trapped, was related at a hearing before Mr. j G Rappoport. in the Third Poi< Lf Court, to-day. Convicted on a
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  • 174 3 s order Las betm promul- y A ited in the Colony under v th Defence Kcgulations re- i firing a" who possess 1 firearms and ammunition to S hand them over to the police. |t comes .nt«> effect on Nov. 1 i. suit
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  • 28 3 untitled J. P. has nted a member of the Advisory Committee (Malayan Rubber Fund 1 constituted under Uk Robber Regulation Ordinance, in place of Mr. D. Anderson on
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  • 531 3 Total Debit Now $11,747,783 I Singapore, Wednesday. I fHb revised estimates of the Straits Settlements Government for 1941, tabled at this morning's meeting of the Legislative Council, show a deficit of $11,747,783, which is $749,748 more than the deficit shown in the draft
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  • 11 3 mm Revenue $47,000,630 Expenditure Recurrent $41,330,518 Expenditure Extraordinary $17,417,895
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  • 53 3 Singapore. Tuesday. A EUROPEAN, C. E. Hiltermann was fined $25 in the Traffic Court to-day for neglecting to extinguish the headlights of his car <vhile driving along Kallang on Sept. 4. during the blackout. Hiltermann was not present in ?ourt in person. Mr. Edwards-Kerr appearing
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  • 94 3 Singapore. Tuesday. AN application by lithographers. Ltd., to increase the rent of their go-downs at Wallich Street, now occupied by Chop Siong Hoe, from $125 to $150 per month was dismissed by.the Rent Assessment Board consisting of Mr. Murray M Jack ipresident', and Messrs C.
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  • 146 3 Singapore. Tuesday. ('ONVICTED on a charge ot steali fog a bundle of Chinese medicine from a lorry parked in Hokkien Street, Tang Joo Soh. a 56--year-old Chinese, was sentenced to 20 weeks' rigorous imprisonment, and six months' police supervision, by Mr. J. G. Rappoport, the Third Police
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  • 89 3 Singapore. Tuesday. BY fraudulently representing to a compatriot that he could obtain driving licence for him. Jageer Singh, a Sikh, was alleged to have cheated Babu Singh into giving him $20. Charged with cheating before Mr. J. G. Rappoport, in the Third Police Court, Jageer Singh claimed trial
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  • 504 3 PREFERS CAREER TO HUSBAND (Tribune Staff Reporter) HORRIFIED by the rigours and restrictions in her school, a girl, admittedly a brilliant scholar in her studies, broke out in rebellion six years ago, and furthermore horrified her parents by taking up dancing a a a career. This girl,
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  • 215 3 Singapore, Tuesday. SENTENCE of three years' rigorous imprisonment was passed at the Assize Court to-day by Mr. Justice Pedlow on an Indian labourer, Sinniah, on his being found guilty of the offence of abduction. ll*.. ..l Vmr- Ho admitt- Sinniah was found not guilty on another
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  • 271 4 PRACTICE for the Johore Grand Prix motor races will start this Sunday when the roads will be closed from 2.30 p.m. Of the 16 drivers invited for the Grand Prix which will be held on Nov. 16 and 17 at Johore Bahru, 15
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  • 182 4 Victoria School 5 pts. A.C.S. 3 p's. A T Farrer Park yesterday, the A Victoria School defeated the Anglo-Chinese School by five points (a goal) to three (a try). The A C S. led three-nil at the interval but recovering well in the second period,
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  • 47 4 OWING to the insufficient number of players, the European women's hockey trial, which was to have been played at Farrer Park yesterday, was cancelled. In a practice eight-a-side match in which members of the Y.W.CA. also participated. Colours' beat Whiter by six goais to two.
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  • 784 4 Singapore, Tuesday. Golden Glimpse x x gNTRIES for Singapore Turf Club's November meeting, start- gulden x x ing November 16, issued to-day are: Grafmond x x Grofmo x x HORSES CLASS I Tredella x Happy Sal x x Walt Disney x Harlequin x x Ist Run
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  • 427 4 Narrow Victory Over Sappers And Miners S.R.C. 2 Sappers Miners 1 TN one of the finest hockey matches seen in the last few weeks the S.R.C, playing at the top of their form, beat the Sappers and Miners by two goals to one at the Club ground
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  • 276 4 R.E. (Changi) 19 pts. Loyals 11 pts. gRILLIAXT all round team work beat dogged gameness when the R.E. (Changi) defeated the Loyals in a gruelling rugby match played on the Gillman ground, yesterday, by 19 points (two goals, and three tries) to 11 points
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  • 81 4 THE British Army hockey trb, I which took place at the i son Road nolo ground provided Splendid h rJkS, ayrevealed some fine talent 5* Whites beat the Colours h goals to nil, Captain D twice. Wright scored the third tmi the Whites. 0 g The next trial
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    • 171 4 $INCA WATER f MINERAL WATER from the Srlctar ll"t Spring, Singapore. An alkaline drink with excellent cor* rective properties It's far cheaper to protect your property than to pay for repairs A good paint is the best v defence against those destroyers—-Tropical •un and Tropical dampness. Hubbuck's is the best
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  • 1637 5 Singapore, Wednesday. 4 BRIEF historical sketch of the Chinese in Malaya, prior to 1809 was given by Dr. Lim Boon Keng in a talk from the Singapore station last night in the "Presenting Singapore" 11, traced the early intercourse of Chinese with the
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  • 520 5 Singapore, Tuesday. MOTOR accident, which occurred at the junction of Coleman Street and North Bridge Road at about 8.30 p.m. on July 3 last and in which a Negro was killed, formed the subject of an appeal at the High Court to-day before the Acting Chief
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  • 208 6 I AUDABLE as is the Governmerit's somewhat belated "Grow More Food" campaign, it can at best be described as lopsided and completely unimaginative in conception. It is merely a faithful imitation of what is being done in Great Britain without the slightest regard having beenpaid to the
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  • 148 6 MALAYA'S food problem can only be solved by the institution of an extensive allotment scheme embracing the whole country. The Chinese peasant (most of our emigrants are peasants) makes the finest farmer in the world. Hundreds of them are now either unemployed or doing odd jobs. All the
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  • 218 6 A MARKETING board must be appointed and as the productive capacity of the country increases imports can be dispensed with. The Government has a duty to perform not only to the civilian population but to the vast and growing standing army in this country and it must tackle
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  • 516 6 Assist Internees' Disembarkation TOUGH A.I.F. Diggers of the I Garrison Battalion, Sydney, became temporary nursemaids as they tenderly, efficiently helped in the disembarkation of a new shipment ot internees which arrived in Sydney recently and left later by train for an internment camp. Many of the internee*
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  • 148 6 CHRISTMAS carols will be played on a church organ this year by a man who has learned hotv to play an organ he made himself in jail. James Trees, of Michigan, was sent to prison for ten yearc. for robbery. He will be released in
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  • 236 6  -  77 US is the first of a scries of articles by a Tribune Staff Reporter on local health achievements, especially in rural areas, dealing with efforts to stamp out malaria. Later articles of the series will touch subjects such as rural housing, slums and village sanitation, maternity
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  • 246 6 NO complete records of the death rate or degree of malaria infection in the country prior to 1921 are available, but an indication of the conditions in those early days may be gleaned from the fact that in a malaria survey made by Dr. J. W. Scharff in
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  • 265 6 IT may be a revelation to many, as it was to me, to learn that it was not quinine or medicine that brought about such good results, but scientific engineering in the nature of appropriate drainage, and to a lesser extent precautionary measures in the nature of oiling
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  • 224 6 SOME engineering knowledge is required for drain construction, and, in Singapore, where there is no anti-malaria engineer, the novel procedure of leaving schemes for drainage and all details of administration in the hands of the healih authorities has been adopted for a long time now with all-round benefit.
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  • 188 6 Costs Results IT will be appropriate to conclude with «i costs and results"' subhead. From the year 1922 to 1931 an annual vote of $120,000 was available for rural anti-malaria work. In 1932 owing to the economic depression, the vote was reduced to $60,000 and has remained at that figure
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  • 251 6 FIGURES just issued show the United States infant death rate for 1939 was the lowest in the country's history—4B deaths per 1.000 live births, compared with a rate of 51 in 1938 and 54.4 in 1937. RESTORATION of the skeleton of an indricoterium, an extinct species of a huge
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  • 560 6 MANY persons have remarked that the most pro fitable business in Malayan r is moneylending. There are no overhead chj in the form of office rent and staff salaries to burc'. money-lenders. His worki is a small sum of money. a thick skin, unlimited patience, and stony
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    • 278 6 >ROF. ILMUDDIN jcholorira, Bureau, under the sole arge of the world Tourist Prof iimuda. REX HOTEL, Singapore. WIU advise ose in trouble. Domestic. Love. Finance alth. Business, Travels and other prite affairs, etc. Business Hours 8 a.m. I P m. daily. A DEGREE IN ACCOUNTANCY cretaryship, Cost Accountancy, Shiplg. Banking.
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  • 924 7 Thought Mines Dept. Condoned Practice (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER) KUALA LUMPUR. TUESDAY JOINED THE GOVERNMENT I HAD BEEN UMM, IN MALAYA AS A MINING ENGINEER FOR YEARS. DURING THIS TIME I HAD BEEN "v D WITH MEMBERS OF ALL COMMUNITIES AND lONS AND IT
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  • 405 7 Reuter. London, Nov. 5. TWO enemy U-boats are t known to have been sunk 1 since Oct. 28, which was the day the Empress of Britain was lost. One of the I -boati destroyed was the one which J sank the Empress of Britain. S announces
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  • 1001 7 Reuter. T con-I VVmS,On ChUrchill a whehPl/. Shr UdinE Great Britain »W to Greece ye Th the War ta the Hous Common, I,', hi ',7 7 15 n!V ne thing We ca d0 -«-c will do our beat, he declared, amidst cheers
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  • 126 7 N Singapore. Tuesday. O order was made by the sej cond magtstratte, Mr. Conrad Oldham, when, in a case yester?S y, J? wnicn both parents refused the custody of their eldest child, a girl of seventeen, he saidThis is an unfortunate case which can only be
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  • 92 7 Kobe. Nov. b. WITH 223 passengers, mostly wo- men and children. who have been evacuated from China and the Philippines aboard, the President Pierce arrived here yesterday from Shanghai en route to America. Of 88 evacuees who boarded the ship in Shanghai. 84 are women
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  • 309 7 Singapore. Tuesday. CONVICTED en a ch.irge of voluntarily causing hurt to Mr F J. C. Wilson, A S.P.. on beard a ship. Oh Keng Hen. a Hainanes was fined $25 in the Fourth Police Court, to-day. At a previous hearing, Mr Wilson said that he was
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    • 153 8 I SHOW FLLL of LAUGHS with *by Sandy, the famous kidlet who stole your hearts in Jnexpected Father" and "Half Way to Heaven," in a ew Riotous story of Bachelor Fathers Spinster Mothers. f A DITAI Positively LAST DAY lOL 3.15 6.15 9.15 UGH HERBERT J BABY SANDY A NEW
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    • 364 8 THE SIGX AT THE ENTRANCE TO ONE OF SINGAPORE'S CABARETS Reads I THE MOST BERMIFUL GIRL/OF THE W ORIENT PhIfTHROU6H THEIE PQRTRIf TO-DAY'S A TEA DANCE 7—9.30 P.M. OLD ASK" ANY TAXI-DRIVER OR TELL IDITF YOUR SYCE T BRINO YOU 70 FAVUUKI t m most CROWDED DANC v TUNE FLOOR"
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  • 378 9 Singapore, Tuesday. UOVV a lieutenant of an Indian regiment, carrying out militar) exercises with his men at the 12i/ 2 milestone, Mandai R me acTOSS a decomposed human body in a jungle was ed at an inquiry held before the Singapore Coroner' Mr
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  • 48 9 Singapore, Tuesday. I THIRTEEN Chinese and eight Malays, charged with gaming 1 in a common gaming house in I Weld Road, c'aimed trial before Mr. J. g. Rappoport, the Third Magistrate, to-day. The case was postponed for hearing on Nov. 6, md police bail was extended.
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  • 125 9 THE famous comedian Sandy Powell has a highly diverting role in "I>eave It To Me," a British production which opened at the Pavilion last night. In this* film, in which he is supported by Iris March, Franklin Dyall and Garry Marsh, he is seen as a
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  • 99 9 HUGH HERBERT and Baby Sandy take the honours of "Little Accident," a hilarious comedy, which opened a season at the Capitol last night. An appropriate story of a baby who is thrust on Hugh Herbert— himself editor of the Baby's Column in a newspaper—provides a series of
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  • 113 9 THE fare at the Alhambra. "Tbe Door with the Seven Locks," is typical Edgar Wallace thriller fvom the pen of that maestro *»f mystery. In this gripping drama Leslie Banks is the sinister figure that hangs over the lives of the characters and draws the audience's whole
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    • 821 9 Public Notices FOR THE INFORMATION OF ALL WHO HAVE SERVED OR ARE STILL SERVING IN H.M. FORCES AND WHO ARE IN POSSESSION OF BRITISH WAR MEDALS. OF MALAYA. (Singapore Branch) SUNDAY, 10TH NOVEMBER, 1940. A special service will be held at the Cathedral on SUNDAY, 10th NOVEMBER. 1940 at 5.30
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  • 48 10 LEE-O'HARA—Th c engagement is announced of Mr. Le e Teck Jin, eldest son of the late Mr. Lee Jjuee Choo and Mrs. Lee Quee CTioo of Singapore, and Miss Margaret O'Hara, only daughter of the late Mr. V. O'Hara and Mrs. OHara of Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 47 10 DAMME—At the Genera) Hospital, Singapore, on sth November, 1940, EVELINE WILHELMINA DAMME, 32 years. The funeral will take place at the Bidadari Cemetery at 5 p.m. to-day. Deeply regretted by her husband, W. C. J. P. Damme and Miekje, Max and Freddy. Java papers please copy.
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  • 71 10 Op 5 November overleed in het General Hospital MEVR. E. W. DAMME geb. WOLLRABE in den ouderdom van 32 jaren. De ter aarde bestelling zal plaats vinden 6 November op de Bidadari begraaf plaats, dcs n.m. >in 5 uur. Vertrek van General Hospital om half viji. Diep betreurd
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  • 105 10 The family of the late MR. WEE BOON CHI AT wish to express their sincere thanks to all relatives and friends who attended the funeral and the following who sent wreaths: Mr. and Mrs. Kwek Bock Seong, Mr. and Mrs. Wong Wing Sum. Mr. and Mrs Cheah Loon Ghee,
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    • 489 10 tSrSssSllSA > I:!' Situations Vacant WANTED egenU upcountry for Popular Brand Rose Tea. Box 648, Malaya Tribune. Singapore. I No. 263F) ASSISTANT Dispensers:— State experience and Salary. Box 629. Malaya Tribune, Ipob. (No. 218P) WANTED an experienced radio serviceman. Apply stating experience and salary required. Box No. 631, Malaya Tribune.
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    • 698 10 Wanted 1,. EUROPEAN SOLDIER (Roman Catholic) likes meet young lady view companionship. Photograph appreciated. Box G53, Malaya Tribune, Singapore. (No. 269F) WANTED to buy a second hand bicycle. Name of maker, age. lowest price to Box No. 654, Malaya Tribune, Singapore. (No. 267F; -ifANTED PIANO, must be ln excellent •ondition.
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    • 698 10 AUCTION SALE Of freehold and leasehold Singapore properties, at the Sale-room of Messrs. A. T EDWARDS St CO, LTD., No. U Malacca Street. On Thursday 7th November 1940 at 2.30 P.M. Lot 1. Freehold land at Broadrlck Road area 28,034 sq. ft. Lot 2. Freehold land at Wilkinson Road area
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    • 53 10 j THE IDEAL SHOP FOR HOME PRESENTS. > ALVVWS STOCK WIDE RANGE of RARE VERY INTERESTING MALAYAN CHINESE CURIOS also MANY OTHER PLEASING NOVELTIES ALL at PRE-WAR PRICES at "BIRDSHOP, Ipoh. Phone It* ESTABLISHED 1902. CASTOR OIL FOR ALL PURPOSES MEDICINAL AND LUBRICATION BILAKIHA&CO. 52, CECIL STREET. P.O. BOX 90.
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    • 1281 10 SINGAPORE LONDON ZHP3 41 38 metres (7.25 m;cs) GSJ 21.53 Mr """tre,* 8.20 a.m. News ln English (every GSG 17.79 Mcs ,lr II m *wM 1 morning). a.m. n»etre s > J ZHL. ZHPI ZHP3. 5.20 The Kenilworth Q a.m. 6 05 News bulletin' 8.15 Music. 6.35 The Kenllworth r>
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  • 834 11 Singapore. Nov. 5. MINING Buyers. Sellers. 3,114 5,3 5|9 336 35,6 17|- 181H. ,7 J 0.79 0.84 151--1 47 151 19.9 2019 > HI- 12-xd 0.17 0.20 ,0 40 0 43 1 15 1 18 17,- 18,6xd 5 I' 4 sl7V 2 xd 251- *fc 23,8
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  • 109 11 Singapore, Nov. 5. W Coast No. 1 per V Coast No. 3 per F« Siam 1 252 Siam 2 233 Siam 3 223 Bi ken Rice No. 1 193 ok n Rice No. 2 190 «C( Saigon Al E !ce Saigon 1 P* Sai»on 2 S Q." Meedon "mall
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  • 217 11 Singapore, Nov. i. The following are the exchange stock quotations this morning according to the daily circular issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. SELLING T.T. 2 4 116 London demand 2 4 I|l6 Switzerland (T.T. only) 2U2'. New York demand 47 1/18 Montreal demand 51 13, 13
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  • 102 11 Singapore, Tuesday. A 50-YEAR-OLD Hockcha, Choo A Hock Chan, appeared before Mr. Conrad Oldham, the Second Magistrate, on a charge of criminal breach of trust of $300, the property of the manager of Echiloya and Co., Singapore. Choo claimed trial to the charge, and the case was
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  • 130 11 From Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, Wednesday. THERE was more interest in the 1 share market yesterday and Hong Fatts were taken at $1.16y 2 closing slightly under. Other transactions included Sungei Luas, Ayer Wengs, Kampong Kamun'.ings and Siamese. Improvement was recorded in Austral Amalga- mateds.
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  • 24 11 Singapore, Wednesday. Prices of tin and rubber in Singapore at noon today were:— RUBBER Buyers 38%; Sellers 387/ 8 TIN $132!/2, unchanged.
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  • 88 11 Singapore, Tuesday. THE 30th annual general meeting of the Jimah Rubber Estate Ltd. will be held at noon on Tuesday, Nov. 12, in the Exchange Room, Fullerton Building. The report of the directors states that the profits for the year ended June 30, 1940. amounted io $59,024.13, and
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  • 43 11  -  (By Reuter London. Nov. 5. WIN opened barely steady. The turnover was 100 tons. United States demand was quiet. British consumer demand was absent. After official hours a further five tons were traded.
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  • 66 11 London, Nov. 5. NEGOTIATIONS for a large British credit to Greece were started immediately Italy committed aggression against her. Greece will receive Britain's maximum support to which the financial aspect is only secondary. All available necessary supplies will be furnished as far as transport allows, and
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  • 73 11 New York, Nov. 5. OCTOBER tyre shipments are estimated at 10 per cent, above those of September. General Motors have declared a one-dollar dividend, making a total dividend of $3.75 for 1940. It is understood that China has bought 1.200 tons of copper at somewhat below 10.50 cents.
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  • 80 11 London, Nov. 5. FE United Kingdom tea ration May not merely be raised, but may be abandoned. It is stated to-day that the Food Minister has always felt that the tea ration is not very desirable and has promis- Ed reconsideration as soon a r
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  • 68 11 London, Nov. 5. THE Stock Exchange opened en- couragingly. The chief interest was centred on long-dated GiltEdgeds and both nroducing and non-producing Kaffirs which thp Cape was buying on excellent October profit returns showing numerous records, which are auspicious for next month's dividend season. Oils were firm, especially
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  • 89 11 Singapore, Tuesday. 'THE complainant is quite preI pared to withdraw the charge with the sanction of the D.P.P., and I ask your honour kindly to allow a week's postponement so rhat the D.P.P. can be informed, said Mr. T. W. Ong when he appeared on behalf
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
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    • 350 11 BRITISH INDIA The best possible service* are being maintained by The P. O-S.N. Coy. front the Straits to their usual ports of call in Chin. India, Ceylon and the United Kingdom. Passengers are requested to registei their requirements but under present circumstances sailings are perforce restricted. Special Holiday Return tickets
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  • 53 12 ChineseSoviet Accord Reuter. Shanghai, fs T oy. 5. J)R. Sun Fo, President of the Legislative Yuan, might shortly be sent on another Chinese Government mission to Moscow, well-informed Chinese circles in Hongkong stated. According to the Chinese press, negotiations between China and the I.S.S.R. for closer cooperation is reported to
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  • 59 12 Taiho. Nov. 4. THE Kiangsi National Chung Cheng University, named aft Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, was opened on Thursday. Generalissimo Chiang's birthday, which was otherwise observed privately Bo f h the Generalissimo and the Education Minister. Mr. Chen Lifu. sent messages to the Chunr Cheng
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  • 319 12 Arms To Be Strengthened "OUR ENEMY IS NOT ASLEEP" Reuter. Moscow, Nov. 5. TP HE neutrality of the Soviet, and its M determination to strengthen its defences, are re-affirmed in the official newspaper Pravda. It declares:—"The imperialist war is growing in scope. It has spread to
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  • 535 12 AT the Legislative Council meeting this morning, a categorical reply to the series cf questions, put by Capt. N. M. Hashim regarding Rattles College, was placed on the table of the House, which revealed that the appointment of a Board of Studies in Education was under consideration by
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  • 175 12 ST. Andrew's Presbyterian Church was the setting for a quiet wedding yesterday when JVlr Edgar McDonald Barnwell marriec Miss Edith May Ramage. The Rev. Stephen Band officiat ed at the ceremony. Both bride and groom are Aus I tralians. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.
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  • 46 12 Reuter. Shanghai. Nov. 5. MORE than 20 persons have died during the past few days* as a iesult of the outbreak of bubonic plague within the city of Ningpo in Chekiang. according to a Chinese report. The authorities have segregated the effected areas.— Reuter.
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  • 129 12 Reuter. Washington Nov Petain is believed, in well-informed to have formally assured the United States Go* ment that France does not intend to give the any part of the control it exercises over her colo It is unlikely that the United States will mak move
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  • 80 12 Rome, Nov. 5. THE inaugural meeting of the "Rcma Nippon Club" was held at the Japanese Embassy on Suniay morning on the occasion of the Meiji Setsu. the birthday anniversary of Emperor Meiji. Eighty of the ISO Japanese residents in Rome attended, the meeting following the
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  • 57 12 (From H. L. Hopkin) London, Nov. G. /V3LONEL W. E. Gordon. VC C.8.E., was seriously injured during a recent night raid. Cclonel Gordon is 74 years old. He was A DC. to the King in 1913. and won the V.C. In the Boer War. He also served
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  • 30 12 Reuter. Chungking, Nov. 5. THE Chinese claim that the Japanese forces on Waichow Island, south of Pakhoi. have been completely withdrawn after setting fire to villages in that district.— Reuter.
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  • 27 12 Reuter. Athens, Nov. 6: The Greek Highlanders (Evzones) are relentlessly closing in on the Italian base of Koritza, according to latest reports from the northern front. —Reuter.
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  • 95 12 Guam. ov 5 JHE most violent ty phoon the past 30 years gJ Guam, island at 4 Sunday morning. No casualties are mmrfJ but the terrific typhoon™ ?J city ot which reached metres per second at iti hi! blew off the roof, 0 I ZtSSt ings. aiH
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  • 106 12 STOP PRESS Kuala Lumpur, To-day. A- G. Mac Donald. retired offkal "of the Mines Department, if peared in the Assize Court today. Two charges were read nt to him: (1) On Oct. 8, 1934. he obtained, gratification of $1,000 in currency notes, without con
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