Malaya Tribune, 18 November 1940

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    27 1 The Malaya Tribune NET SALES EXCEED 16,000 DM. V VOL. XXVII- No. 276. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1940 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune M.m.la>. N.»<t>l« i 1910.
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    Italian Army Almost Cut Off
    516 1 British Wireless. \thens, Nov. 18. Italian armed column 4 been -mashed up by J operating on G*** Zui sects* of the wording to reports j vf t here. J 1 ,Ko n ported, but not I li ''7 irmed. that a large lt i tanks,
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    R.A.F. CAUSE HAVOC 50 TIMES GREATER THAN LUFTWAFFE
    765 1 Nazi Industries Badly Damaged Reuter and British Wireless. London, Nov. 18. (1 ERMANY has suffered fifty times as P much industrial damage from bombing as Britain has, declared Mr. Arthur Greenwood (Minister without Portfolio), speaking at Colchester. He said that serious though
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    "Britain, Allies On Way To Winning War"
    159 1 Reuter. Rio de Janeiro, Nov. 18. gRITAIN and her allies are definitely on their way to winning the war. declared Lord Willingdon when he arrived here 1 Sunday morning aboard the Avila Star, heading the special British economic mission to South American countries,
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    49 1 Chinese Central News. T, Chungking, Nov. 18. HE C hinese residents of Batavia during July. August and Septemdonated nineteen million quinine pill:.* for the Chinese frontdefenders. The shipment is wing sent to China via Rangoon. National Comfort Association Wired it:; thanks to the Chinese T Batavia —Chinese Central News.
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    More Stories Of Atlantic Epic
    346 1 Reuter. London, Nov. 18. FURTHER stories of British heroism, when the German raider attacked the Jervis Bay convoy, was told when the 17 000- ton steamer Rangitiki, the biggest ship of the Convoy and one of the raider's main targets, docked at a west coast
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    MR. GANDHI'S RIGHT-HAND MAN ARRESTED
    102 1 Reuter. Ahmedabad, Nov. 18. T~HE prominent Congress leader, Sardar Vallabhai Patel, has been arrested under the De fer.ee Rules. Sardar Fatel was due to address a meeting yesterday under Mr. Gandhi's decision to individual civil disobedience. The Sardar is Mr. Gandhi's chief lieutenant, and is
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    Vichy 'Guilt' Trial
    131 1 Reuter. Vichy, Nov. 18. M. DALADIER. General Gamelin and M. Blum have been transferred to the Bourrassnl prison, where the former Air Minister, M. La Chambre, is also detained. The Bourrassol prison is a house of detention where accused per-1 sons are placed, pending trial and until
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    EDEN TO SPEAK
    59 1 Reuter. London, Nov. 17. —A statement by Mr. Anthony Eden, War Minister, on his visit to the Middle East is expected to be made in Parliament soon and the debate on this subject is likely to take place in private. Deba'es are also likely shortly on the
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    France Grows More Restive As Nazis Increase Pressure
    465 1 Reuter. London. Mov. 18. new visit of Senor Suner to Berlin appears to be another feverish attempt by Hitler to get a sufficient measure of Spanish agreement to enable him solemnly to announce a general European agreement to the new order, says
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    FIGHTING ON ALL GREEK FRONTS
    85 1 Reuter. A then. Nov. 18 \IL along the front the fighting continues as much in Eplrus as in the mountainous region east of Koritza. says a Greek High Command communique. More prisoners, guns, trenchmortars, and all kinds of material were captured. Some of the heights
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    TURKISH ENVOY LEAVES BERLIN
    70 1 Reuter. Istanbul. Nov. 17. HUSAN Gerede. Turkish Ambassador to Germany, arrived here to-day. en route to Ankara where he will spend several days in conversations with leading Turkish statesmen. Mr Gerede said he had returned at the Turkish Government's request and left Berlin on the day
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    Minesweeper Shoots Down Raider
    46 1 British Wireless. London, Nov. 18 AN Admiralty communique states that the paddle minesweeper HM S. Southsea, shot down an enemy aircraft which attacked her yesterday morning. There were no survivors from the aircraft. H.M.S. Southsea sustained no damage or casualties.— British Wireless.
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    40 1 Chinese Central News. Hongkong, Nov. 17. FLLOWING the suspension of the Hongkong Indo-C'nin* steamship service. the French Navigation Company inaugurated an Indo-China-Macao line whose first steamer left Saigon for Macao on Nov. 9. arriving at Macao on Wednesday.—Chines* Central News.
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    Brindisi, Libyan Ports Attacked
    237 1 Reuter. Cairo, Nov. 18. j R.A.F. BOMBERS again attacked Brindisi on the night of Nov. 1 15, says an R.A.F. communique. I A railway station, aerodrome and oil tanks near the city, were bombarded, and several fires were caused in the target area, but the full
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    Sir A. S. Barratt's New Post
    97 1 Reuter. London, Nov. 18. AIR Marshal Sir Arthur Sheridan Barratt, who has been appointed Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Army _Co-operaticn Command of the R.A.F., first came into the news 4 in the present war when he was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the British air
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    HUNS 64: WOPS 13: R.A.F. 6
    243 1 Reuter. London. Nov. 18. SIXTY-FOUR German and 13 Italian planes were shot flown over Britain during the week ending midnight Nov. 16. During the same period six British fighters were lost, but the pilots of three are safe. Detailed figures were: Nov. 10: German
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    Egyptian Policy Unchanged
    129 1 Reuter. Cairo, Nov. 18. NO change is likely in Egyptian policy as a result of the death of the late Prime Minister, according to the belief of political «ircles here. The new Cabinet will carry out the policy outlined in the speech from the Throne, the keynote
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    Explosions Continue In U. S. Factories
    51 1 Reuter. Pittsburgh, Nov. 18. THE series of explosions in the United States factories continues. An explosion occurred yesterday at the American Cyanide and Chemical Corporation factory at Bridgeville, near here. Tnis is the third explosion withiin a week at the property owned by this
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    22 1 Eastern News. Tokyo, Nov. 18—Mr. Yasushi a secretary of the China Affairs Board has been appointed Japanese Consul-General in Hanoi. —Eastern News.
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    Trunk Rd. Wash-out
    22 2 This picture shows the recent washout of the main road at the 31st Mile betwe-sn Tapah and Timoh, Perak.
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    Share-Broker's Appeal Fails
    1256 2 JUDGE UPHOLDS $I,6OOFINE (From Our Own Reporter) Penang, Saturday. TJOLDING the view that Government had taken "unusually effective steps to give publicity to its financial legislation/' and that Mr. Syer must have read the regulations relating to foreign securities and foreign currencies, which "are not really difficult
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    Rs. 100,000 SCHEME TO HELP INDIANS OVERSEAS
    268 2 COLONIAL SOCIETY'S JUBILEE NEXT YEAR rpHE Indian' Colonial Society, of which Dr. Rabindrariath Tagbre id the Patron, has drawn up a comprehensive scheme for the benefit of Indians overseas. The Society hopes to raise Rs. 100,000 in 1941, which is Us silver jubilee
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    44 2 Singapore, Monday. FERE were two road deaths last week in Singapore compared with one the previous week.. The total number of road deaths this year has already reached last yeai's grand tota? of 40. Twenty-five persons were injured during the week in road accidents.
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    EUROPEAN ON 3 SUMMONS CHARGES
    111 2 (From Our Own Reporter) Penang. Saturday. A EUROPEAN. A. McKerrel, appeared before Mr. Lim Koon Teck in the Third Court on three summons charges of (1) assaulting a public servant, a constable, Kartar Singh, ln the execution of his duty at the Wembley Cabaret, (2)
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    23 2 As Nov. 21. is an American national holiday (Thanksgiving Day), the American Consulate General, Singapore, will be closed to business on that day.
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    Woman Dies Of Knife Wounds
    89 2 fFrom Our Own Reporter) a young ch» SS2» about 24, who arrived Kampar yesterday with two m was at the Jubilee Park abom n fi p.m., when an English educa J Chinese youth is alleged to W stabbed her in the chest have The youth
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    O.A.G.'s UP-COUNTRY VISIT
    48 2 His Excellency the Officer Ad ministering the Government a c companied by the Aide-de-camD left Singapore by the night ma, on Saturday. The Private Secre tary Joined His Excellency at Kuala Lumpur yesterday The party will return by the nieht mail leaving Kuala Lumpur Friday.
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    Mother-in-law Turned Her Out Says Wife
    202 3 (From Our Own Reporter) Penang, Saturday. y Til VI she had been driven 1 out of the house by her i mother-in-law was the allenation of a Chinese woman, Yu Koon. before Mr. Lim Koon Teck in the Third l urt when she summoned
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    WAR HALVES TRUST BUILDING VOTE
    374 3 ONLY $1,700,000 FOR NEXT YEAR (Tribune Staff Reporter) THE Singapore Improvement Trust will be spending approximately $1,700,000 on housing improvement plans next year, according to figures in the 1941 draft Budget. This sum is actually more than the amount spent this year, -though it is
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    Brigadier Lord's Appeal For Books For Troops
    424 3 DRKiADIER H. A. Lord. Salvation Army Chief in Malaya, mad« roadcast appeal from the 8.M.8.C. last night for boo] s, table games, gramophone records, etc., for oops stationed in Malaya. -At the request of the Rev. C< thin-Jones, Senior Chaplain to the Forces
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    HIGH Finance In The F.M.S.
    209 3 LTHOVGH the intricacies R C f high finance, especially of Governments, must al»vavs be baffling to all except th se favoured few who have been initiated into their mysteries, we may be pardoned for picking a hole in ihe Federated Malay States naticnal balance-sheet. On
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    Frenchman Weds Australian
    47 3 M. Andre De BaiUeux and his bride, formerly Mrs. Edith Rankir.e of Adelaide, leaving the Singapore Registry after their marriage on Saturday. Mrs. De BaiUeux is a daughter of Mr. Albion Tollej of the wealthy Tolley's brandy family. The couple are on the right.
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    HOUSING RACKET IN KUALA LUMPUR
    428 3 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Sunday., ITU ALA LUMPUR is experiencing a housing shortage which is being most keenly felt by the middle and poorer classes, whom it directly affects. While there has been no marked increase in rentals so far as bungalows are
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    PENANG SWEETS STORE TARRED
    60 3 (From Our Own Reporter) Penang, Saturday. A TARRING incident took place yesterday at a Chinese provisions and sweets store in Prangin Read, when som e Chinese youths made trouble. The sweet bottles were broken and the signboard and the front part of the shop were smeared
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    JINNAH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS
    96 3 At the meeting of the committee elected by the South Indian Muslim League. Singapore, to arrange the 1940 Janab Jinnah birthday celebrations in Singapore, on Dec. 25, on lines similar to the one celebrated last year. Mr. A. M. A. Kader was nominated to be the Chairman
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    Firm Buys Savings Certificates For Asiatic Staff From Provident Scheme
    570 3 fTjHE first big firm in Malaya to buy War Savings Certificates on behalf of its staff is Sime, Darby and Co. This firm nas just bought Certificates to the value of nearly $7,000, and other employers and employees may be
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    Huge Crowds At Grand Prix
    1042 5 Lapßecord Broken Twice, Rain Postpones 4 Events UNEXPECTEDLY huge crowds watched the second day of the Johore Grand Prix yesterday, but rain, which fell after three races were run off, spoilt the day's programme and the organisers had to announce, that further events would be
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    Sports Diary
    41 5 TO-DAY HOCKEY. S.C.C. v. Malay Regiment, S.CC; Post Office v. Hyderaoads. Post Office; d,. v Raffles College, «UKit Timah; S.R.C II v Argylls. S.R.C; C.S.C. y. of- Andrew's 0.8.A., C.S.C; YMc.A. v. Hornets, YMCA; S.C.R.C. v. Mountain Battery, S.C.R.C.
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    November Handicap
    43 5 Reuter. London, Nov. 17. The Manchester November hanloHow yesterd ay resulted as Bemndearg (9 to 1) 1 ao to 1) 2 Be lman <8 to 1) 3 heTri en^ rai Won °y a short rnnH T 2*2 between second and third.—Renter
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    War Fund Screening
    42 5 li** 1 from "All This, and Heaven Too," which is coming to the rtinambra Theatre for general screening on Dec. 3. There will be a special chaiitj performance in aid of the War Fund at 9.15 on Nov. 25.
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    CYCLE RACING
    287 5 y COR the first time in the history of cycling sports in Malaya, the All-Mala.van S Cycling Championships was held at the Anson Road Sta- dium yesterday. This, the first All-Malayan Cycling Carnival yet organised, began i at 9 a.m., and ended late in J the evening at
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    50 5 Two popular instructors of the F.M.S. V.F.. S.M. (I.O.) F.S.J. Norrls and C. S. M. I. W. Swlnfleld were recently awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. S. M. Norrls, who Is ln the Royal Artillery, came to Malaya seven years ago. C.S.M. Swlnfleld Is from the Coldstream Guards.
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    30 5 Captain H. C. Downer, late of Penang and Malaya, Is a German prisoner of war. Captain Downer served ln Prance during the last War with the 9th Battalion Royal Scots.
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    KENTUCKY'S FINE GALLOP AT B. TIMAH
    191 5 qpHOUGH slow work was the A programme for this morning, trainees at Bukit Timah did several fast gallops while medium paoe work was done by most of the others that came out for exercise. Kentucky put up one of the fastest gallops, while equally
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    DIEHARD B.P. GIRL WINS S'PORE TITLE
    466 5 Sunday's Badminton blending his play with accurate smashes and neatly executed drop shots. Singapore's 1936 champion, Tan Chong- Tee of the Marigold B.P. regained his title when he defeated an old opponent, Yap Chin Tee in the men's open singles badminton final at the
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    Selangor Turf Club To Build New Grandstand
    88 5 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Monday. AT the Autumn Meeting of the -tl. Selangor Turf Club, a of the proposed new layout and buildings wa s on show at the race course. When conditions are more settled, the Selangor Turf Club will
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    Opinion A Hollow Myth
    130 6 ALMOST at the same time the 11 Hon. apt N. M. Hashim w is addressing tho Singapore Rotary Club tm camera) on a subject which will doubtless be described in certain quarters as "unpleasant," we met a European visitor to this country who expressed himself in
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    Races Segregated
    132 6 EXCEPT for a measure of superficial cordiality manifest at Rotary meetings once a week, and in one or two small Hubs, the segregation of the races in every sphere of life and activity in this country is complete. It is a sort of enforcedvoluntary segregation which everybody seems
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    Class Snobbery
    86 6 U7E were compelled, though reluctantly, to assure our visitor that the present state of affairs suited the so-called "classes" of this country so well that they fostered the spirit. His reply was a scathing indictment: "If the plain truth be told," h e said, "this country needs to
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    No Little Bitterness
    92 6 THE easy-going, pre-war men--1 tality might have tolerated and taken it all in a spirit of unavoidable resignation, but with the changing conditions that outlook is quickly evaporating. The apparent communal harmony in Malaya is largely superficial. Deep down theve is no little bitterness. How can it
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    Goodwill Needed
    103 6 IT is because we know tnese things and realise the danger that we have expressed ourselves strongly on the subject in the hope that the old colonial mentality will give place to greater liberality and generosity in these anxious times, w'.ien the goodwill and cooperation of every subject
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    Singapore Slum Clearance Problem Must Be Tackled
    913 6  -  By A.S. Rajah writing His sixth article on health improvements in Singapore HOUSING of a large arid industrious population w healthy homes with healthy surroundings forms one of the major activities of any health department. The economic value of the people is largely
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    Stimulating The Spirit Of The Germans
    471 6 GERMAN propaganda for home consumption is being concentrated on the maintenance of a spirit of victory and optimism and there is much boasting of the military and diplomatic successes achieved By means of generalisations, exaggeration, and the suppression of Sets the German people are
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    Cosmopolitan Doctor Tells Of Serf-Eating Russian Ancestor
    589 6 Exciting Record From Orient to Occident. By Dr. Weber-Bauler. (Allen and Unwin. 12s. 6d.) Weber-Bauler is a Russian, naturalised a Frenchman, practising- in Switzerland. He is an offspring of mixed ancestry Finnish, Tartar, Russian, Swiss, French. Near the end of the eighteenth century
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    Italian Lies About Hadramaut Exposed
    555 6 (From Our Own Correspondent) Aden. Oct. 17. A CHIEFTAIN of the famous Alkaff family, well-known in Singapore and Java as well as in its homeland, is one of three prominent personages in the Hadramaut who have issued categorical and indignant contradiction of Italian allegations that
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    THROUGH CHINESE EYES
    541 6 THERE are sacred cows in Mala; a to which the average Malayan kowtows without daring or cari to see whether they stand on feet of clay. Rotary is one of the most ballyhooed cows in the bovine pantheon. It originated in the land of conventions—the United States.
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    District Officer Transferred
    55 7 -'Mr. A. N. Goode. M.C.S.. District Offl. ,I U u„| u Majid bin Lassim «iAST*.»"!™- B«a__ng fr—. left to rit-t:—HHiin. __U_rl. ,h. Ma. sir Raja Arff K^ w S S ung Chew Sls Phin Z«<*»riah bin i'Jit —Mr. G. J. O Gradv. Mr" J FlefchJr cioke Mr
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    King Tours Stricken Areas Of Coventry
    257 7 Reuter. London, Nov. 16. rOl R by the King greatly heartened the stricken citizens I .ventry and the work for the alleviation of distress carried on with redoubled vigour under the leadership Dudley, Regional Commissioner. Herbert Morrison to-day said the progress made coilreal triumph
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    FRENCH EXPELLED FROM LORRAINE
    77 7 Reuter. Vichy, Nov. 17. FIVE trainloads of persons ex- pelled from Lorraine. by the Germans are passing through Lyons daily. The Havas agency says that Monsignor Heintz, Bishop* of Metz. meets each train and goes from carriage to carriage speaking words of comfort and hope. The
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    34 7 Reuter. Cairo, Nov. 16. Seven civilians injured and slight damage to private property was the result of Italians dropping bombs on the Alexandria area on the night of Nov. 15. says an official communique.—Reuter.
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    WAVELL VISITS CRETE
    126 7 Reuter. Crete, Nov. 16. GENERAL Sir Archibald Wa- i veil. Commander in Chief in EgypV, returned to 1 Egypt on Thursday after in- spectir.g troops in Crete which is now heavily de- J fended. t General Wavell was greet- ed enthusiastically by the i Cretans who interpret
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    ANTONESCU LEAVES ROME
    42 7 Reuter. London, Nov. 16. GENERAL Antonescu, the Rumanian Prime Minister, left Rome to-night (Saturday), according to the German radio report from Rome. Mussolini, Ciano and other Italian dignitaries and the German Charge d'Affaires, Prince Bismarck, were at the s'tation.—Reuter.
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    SZECHUEN BONDS TO BE ISSUED
    46 7 Reuter. Chungking. Nov. 16. The Chinese Government to-day officially announced the flotation of seven and half million dollars worth of Szcchuen reconstruction bonds secured on the Szechuen land tax at six per cent, interest per annum redeemable on Sept. 30, 1955—Reuter.
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    £25,000 Gift To Britain
    48 7 Reuter. Buenos Aires, Nov. 17. Twenty-five thousand pounds sterling has been voted to the Exchequer by the British community council here. The money is to be used in connection with the fleet air arm to mark the counciTs appreciation of its action at Taranto.—Reuter.
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    BRITAIN GETS THINGS DONE DESPITE WAR
    162 7 Reuter. Baghdad, Nov. 16. J HF lor increasing Baghdad 1S JJ ow lieann g completion. rides for 10.000 s ana crives Inter long distance telephony. Calenders Cable Company of J-onfl n were awarded the conr A thou?h the cable s were victory in the
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    Molotov Unmoved By Hitler's Proposals
    257 7 Reuter. London, Nov. 16. OEUTER'S diplomatic correspondent writes that the feverish diplomatic activity in which Germany has been indulging suggests that she is desparately anxious to proclaim a success in the international sphere that will revive the waning prestige of the Axis among neutrals. It
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    LOSSES DUE TO SINKINGS NEGLIGIBLE
    97 7 Reuter. NM» NeW York Nov 1? T,ip ,os s of war material through sinkings and bombings is negligible, Mr. urv s head of the British I Purchas «ng Commission, told reporters as he left in the 1 r n<? Atlantic clipper for to-day (Saturday). American
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    GREECE INVADES ALBANIA IN ALMOST ALL SECTORS
    842 7 "DEVILS" LIVE UP TO THEIR REPUTATION Reuter. IN the most ignominious defeat that the Italians have yet suffered in modern warfare, the saw-dust Caesar's troops are fleeing heller skelter in the face of Greek bayonets. The "Evzones" (reputed "devils" of the Balkans) have
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      201 8 "One of the most remarkable contributions to the Screen" Malaya Tribune A Thrilling Authentic Screen Record of 27 years' Adventures in the Jungle Wilds CAPITOLIK 1 OSA JOHNSONSj^IL A COLUMBIA PICTURE Priced by OSA JOHNSON fl h I STIRRING, TO-DAY WHO WILL BE A NATION'S DEFENDLKb TO-MORROW To-morrow at The
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      405 8 Public Notices IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JOHORE. District Of Johore Bahru. Notice of Wage-earners Administration First Meeting of Creditors Name of Debtor: Esa bin Haji A ldd?css: 19, Jalan Ngee Heng, J °C°scriptio™ Customs Out-docr-0<Number of 0{ l e e^if S J B B mt™ ofwage^m'er'sAdmm.straUon Order made: 27th
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      1033 9 Public Notices SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST. Tenders are invited for the Private Lighting and Wiring and the installation of Lightning Protective System for (a) sixteen timber dwellings and (b) seventeen brick dwellings at the Old Race Course. Plans, Specifications and Forms of Tender may be obtained at the Office of the
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      616 9 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JOHORE. District of Johore Bahru. Notice of Wage-earner s Administration Order and First Meeting of Creditors Name of Debtor: K. Chidambaram. Address: No. 500, P.W.D. Quarters, Bukit Chargar, Johore Bahru. Description: Mason. Number of Proceedings: J.B Bankruptcy No. 13 of 1939. Date of Wage-Earner's Administration
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    78 10 MR. TAY BOO SIEW, aged 73, passed away peacefully at his residence "Appleton," Klebang Besar, Malacca on Friday 15-11-40, at 9 p.m. He left behind 2 sons, Messrs. Tay Kim Chuan, Tay Kim Yong, 3 daughters, 1 adopted daughter, 3 sons-in-law, Messrs. Tan Boon Koon, Lee Teck
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    REQUIEM MASS
    73 10 There will be a Requiem High Mass at 6.30 a.m. on Tuesday, the 19th November, 1940, at the Church of St. Joseph for the repose of the soul of the late JANET JUANA LAZAROO. The attendance and prayers of friends and relatives are earnestly solicited. The family also
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      577 10 CLASSIFIED-ADS Situations Vacant ENERGETIC English. Malay speaking halesgirl for silk store. Apply personally 38 Bras Basah Road. Singapore. (No. 3o4r I WANTED, Experienced Salesgirls. State Salary required with full particulars of knowledge and experience. Apply Box 710. Malaya Tribune. Singapore^ (No. 387r) WANTED IMMEDIATELY a General Foreman with a sound
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      770 10 R.A.F. SPECIAL TECHNICAL CORPS. MEDICAL BRANCH. Applications are invited from Grade HI. enlistment in the Medical Branch of the Royal Air Force Special Technical Corps for service in case of emergency. Applicants must be between the ages of eighteen and forty and be in possession of a Grade m. Dressers
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      708 10 Miscellaneous HAVE YOU ever visited OW&MjAjNiJJg rant. 38. Orchard Road for good godj PESTIFIX FERTILISER— offers Invited for 65 with basket carrier Hygienic Co.. a*. Road. Singapore. No Wlt FOR The Singapore Race*-Buy Tlc-Tac-s Racegulde, better and brighter.^ Novem ber Issue, now on sale everywhere. SERVICE and comfort a Rt
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      738 10 Property For Sale SALE 5«. Joo Ohlat Lane, freehold *2.»* V». Apply 285. Elver Vailey Road. PROGRESSIVE Radio Shop For Sale as a going concern Including goodwill nooKdebts, furniture and stocks-in -traae. $2,000 or nearest offer. Apply Box wo. 715. Malaya Tribune. Singapore.^ FOR S/ uE: Reputed long established Govt,
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      1150 10 iTO-UAY'S RADIO; SINGAPORE LONDON wyru. Ss§ sss mo SS? B) ZKPi a ZHP3. 5 20 0011 Mvino Bard ZHL, ZHPI 5 35 Epilogue a.m. 6.05 News bulletin as arsu?- saws?- 10.40 Indian Music. 8 05 interlude 11.20 Hokklen Music. o KJ? Bulletin 11.50 Chinese Programme Summary. }-g B *L.n S
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    MARKET REPORTS Consumers Reluctant To Release Rubber Stocks
    35 11  -  B y Reuter London, Nov. 16. Tli gets of more intense sea, but less intense air, iring the winter, consumers are more willing to tool rubber, etc.
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    REEN DEMAND FOR JUTE
    88 11 Dundee. Nov. 16. ire still feverishly 3 despite the re- < by fully £C to sed by freight scarp per ww, Calcutta are being .ms when freight is A hough it is believed entity of "spot" jute v from the French sion, the British be nursing
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    32 11 Boston, Nov. 16. Wool Market I its domestic ana A little domestic L rm rates, while r°. American fmer wools were There wao in the West, but inclined to offer.
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    OILAND FATS
    17 11 I ndon, Nov. 16. MNTROLLED supplies cf oils and meet all de- :.ufacturing record Quantities.
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    U.S. CAR OUTPUT
    64 11 New York, Nov. 16. THIS week's production of cars and trucks in the United States and Canada of 121,943, compared with last week's production of 120,948. is considered to be very satisfactory. The Goodrich Company has obtained a $5,525,000 contract for rubber for scout cars which is
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    WEIGHTS FOR SECOND DAY S'PORE RACES
    341 11 WEIGHTS for the second day Singapore races are: HORSES, CLASS 1, Div. 2—6 furs. Harpo 9.4, Artful Sailor 8.13, The Fox 8.13, Double Esso 8.13, Esquire 8.11, Athboy 8.10, Bombus 8.10, Ganderdown 8.3, On Approval 8.1, Mercury 7.11, Hculichan 7.9. Horses, Class 2, Div.
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    Continued Firmness Of Tin & Rubber
    165 11 Continued Firmness Of Tin Rubber From Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, Monday. THE tin share market remained 1 firm on Saturday, and there was absorption of all shares at the higher prices now ruling. Petalings have good buyers, with shares very hard to rind. Austral Amalgamateds continue to be a good
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    Mid-Day Prices
    23 11 Singapore, Monday. Prices of tin and mhjber in Singapore at noon today were:— RUBBER Buyers 38%, Sellers 39. TIN $132*/£, unchanged.
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    British Ship Sunk
    83 11 Reuter. London, Nov. 17. The entire ship's company of 30 officers and men of the small Bri- tish cargo vessel, Empire Wind. 4,900 tons, arrived safely at a Scottish port on Saturday without a single casualty despite the fact that their ship had been machinegunned, bombed, set
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    Company To Leave Britain: Avoiding Double Taxation
    329 11 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Sept. 21. rpHE directors of the Great Boulder Proprietary Gold Mines, .Ltd., have put forward a scheme for the transference of the company to Western Australia in order to avoid double taxation. 1 At a special meeting held
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    134 11 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Sept. 23. rOR. several years (says the Fi- nancial Times), the important export business cf Linotype and Machinery has suffered cumulative restriction owing to political and economic conditions, and the outbreak of war has virtually brought it to an end. The situation
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    MALACCA AUCTION
    57 11 At the sale by public auction held nt the saleroom of Khoo Chee Guan Sons., No. 298 Jonker Street, Malacca, on Thursday, the rubber lands and fruit plantation at Machap. Malacca, were sold to Mr. Chng Eng Choo of No. 146, Jalan Marlam. Muar. for $56,500 subject to
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      248 11 Public Notices SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY TENDERS TENDERS *re now Invited lor th« follow', tir or «*-rvlce. Por psrtleftptl Ttadar Room. Supply or 3.001 E r.?> Phase A C. Meters. 10 Amperes. 230 Vote 50 Cycles. 4 p.m. 17 Jan. 1941. Supply of Freid and E.-gs to Mlddleton HospltAl durinp 1941 12
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      129 11 SOI I II BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD. (Incorporated in New Zealand.) MARINE INSURANCE W. G. DOVE, Manager, Tel. 5926. 2, Flnlayson Green. THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA (TRUSTEES) LIMITED Guaranteed and Controlled by THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED. The Company, which Is incorporated in the S.S. and registered as
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      87 11 NEW DICTIONARIES. The Modern University Dictionary World Atlas 53.00 Webster's Daily Use Dictionary (Revised Ed.) $3 50 The Modern Home Office Dictionary by P. H. Vizetelly $4.50 Webster's Practical Dictionary by Noah Webster $4.150 Routledge's Universal Encyclopaedia $4 50 POSTAGE FREE. G. H. KIAT CO.. LTD.. 6 8, Robinson Road—Singapore.
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      271 11 STEAMER SAILINGS BRITISH INDIA PASSENGER FREIGHT SERVICES For all information apply to: P. O. S. N. Co., The Agent, Collyer Quay, TeL 5961. BXS.N. CO., BOUSTEAD CO., LTD., Tel. 5497. 81.5. N. CO. (APCAR LINE) For HONGKONG, SHANGHAI, MOJI, KOBE, OSAKA. For PENANG, RANGOON CALCUTTA. Regular Sailings: Special Holiday Return
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      345 11 BRITISH INDIA The best possible service* are being maintained by The P. O.S.N. Coy. from the Straits to their usual ports of call in Chini India, Ceylon and the United Kingdom. Passengers are requested to registei their requirements but under present circumstance* sailings are perforce restricted. Special Holiday Return ticket!
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    Yunnan University Damaged In Air Raid
    93 12 Chinese Central News. Kunming, Nov. 18. THE National Yunnan University loss of over -i,<uo,ooo as a result of the deliir2S ution atta 011 th national institution on Oct. 13 by 30 Jan Thlrt Pl T 3 revea?e y d JaP audited bUUdingS S t5
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    SHINOZAKI TRIAL OPENS TO-DAY CROWDED SCENE IN ASSIZE COURT
    331 12 Singapore, Monday. EXCEPTIONAL interest centred in the Assize Court to-day, where the trial cf the Japanese, Mamoru Shinozaki, o n three charges under the Official Secrets Ordinance, began before Mr. Justice Pedlow and a special European jury. The Court was crowded
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    All Gabon Now Free French
    151 12 Reuter. T London, Nov. 18. HE whole of Gabon (French Equatorial Africa) is now part of the Free French Empire, stated a communique issued last night (Sunday) from the London headquarters of the French Free Forces. The communique states that the town of Port Gentil.
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    HUNGARIAN REGENT NOW BETTER
    38 12 Reuter. Vichy, Nov. 17. Admiral Horthy. Regent of Hungary who has been unwell is now reported from Budapest to be considerably better, it is expected lie WU be getting out of bed to-day Sunday).—Renter.
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    3-HOUR CHANNEL GUN DUEL
    71 12 Reuter. London, Nov. 18. TOWNS on the English Channel 1 coast heard, last night, tne ioar of British and German longrange guns in a three-hour duel across the Straits of Dover. This cannonade followed largescale attacks by R.A.F. bombers in the evening on German invasion ports
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    STOP PRESS
    219 12 Reuter. Chungking, Nov. 18. Th: appointment of the British C.-in-C. Far East, the Soviet denial of an agreement with Japan and Col. Knox's speecn promising greater assistance to hina, are hailed by the official Central Daily News in a leader yesterday morning as "guaranteeing a Chinese victory." These
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    Big A.R.P. Test For Johore Bahru
    451 12 EXTENSIVE A.R.P. tests will be 25?** on the nights of Saturday and Sunday The orders will apply to the town of Johor* iL and aiea within ten miles of the Central P 0 1W and the Bahru. Uce i. L Between p m. Nov.
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    56 12 Chinese Central News. c o l^^ s^ on HeS '"the USh repeated peace offensives' constitufa? f barometo whereby st J^ dUn military prowess and dpni^il a "W?th Chin th ma f V )udged cnina continuing to pxSlv ?nri n m litar and econoMm J nl
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