Malaya Tribune, 10 December 1940

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    22 1 The Malaya Tribune Net Sales Exceed 16,000 Daily SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1940 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune Tuesday, December 10, 1940.
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    Kinsman Of Queen Weds Laundress
    66 1 (I rem H. •< Hopkin) London, Doc*. 10. ipTAIN Patrick Drummond v ihe West Kent i 21. a kinsman was married yes*l v Miss Jean Crawford, laundress of Largs, a fortnight ago. iooi's mother is the I ngucuil and was first F M. Scott. She
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    WOMAN KILLS THREE OTHERS: APPEAL FAILS
    318 1 i id 11. L, Hopkin) Louden, Dec. 10. ■jff »Pl>eal of Mrs. Florence I I 'in. who had been sentc (it al h at the Old Bailey large of murder, was disrsterdaj. iring the decision, Mrs. collapsed in the dock.— and Wireless. Florence Ransom,
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    Sir John Hay On Rubber Quota
    52 1 (Via Cable and Wireless.) Hum H. L. Hopkin) London. Dec. 10. C': lay, interviewed, said v decision to make the k 100 per cent, for the gave the American ipany an opportunity date a stock of 330.000 laickei than specifically proAugust agreement. Vu (able
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    Former Malayan's New Appointment
    77 1 British Wireless. London. Dfcc. 10. pE Secretary for the Colonies has 'appointed ftr. A. G H. Smart -nodical adviser, succeedirtg "-.i-on Jameson, who relinjMed his post upon appointment Uief Mpdical Adviser in the Ministry i n November. U D Smart served in the Malayan wa;cai Service
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    Finance Talks In Washington
    49 1 Reuter. S Washington, Dec. 10. Frederick Phillips, cancelled appointment at the United Treasury which he had yesterday, apparently, ig to Treas'urv officials, behad not yet'completed the which he wished to present ktinuation of Friday's dis*Vj! < The next conference is *P*cted to be held to-day .—Reuter.
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    PAHANG CONSOLIDATED PAYS 30 PER CENT.
    45 1 'Fr«m H. L. Hopkin) London, Dec. 10. fr of the Pahang Consolidated Co. Ltd. for the year c July 31. was £268,098 Ol UOO.OOO was reserved for The total dividends **ni to 30 per cent x,( 'able and Wireless)
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    Many Nazis Arrested In Denmark
    262 1 Reuter. Stockholm, Dec. 10. Nazis were taken into trr I (Ust °dy when .serious J?™ 6 developed on Sunday f l "'">n between Nazi demonaml the p° lic<e at t a «i>!.v. Denmark, according fcKrT^ from Gothenburg, Joshed in the London papers a quoting the
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    BRITISH ADVANCES IN DESERT OFFENSIVE
    932 1 1,000 PRISONERS TAKEN Italian G. O- C Killed, His Second Captured Reuter. Cairo, Dec. 10. OPERATIONS in the western desert are extending satisfactorily, says a special communique issued by G.H.Q., Cairo, last night (Monday J. Over 400 prisoners have already been captured in one area
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    Quiet In London Last Night
    62 1 British Wireless. London. Dec. 1(L IN contrast to Sunday night, when I the London sky was Tilled incessantly with the flash and crash of A.A. guns, there was no enemy activity reported over the capital last night up to a hue hour, and the same
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    ENGAGED TO BARONETS DAUGHTER. P.C. KILLED
    47 1 (From H. L. Hopkin) London, Dec. 10. DOLICE Constable J. C. Vaughan, •I who was killed on Sunday evening during an air raid, was to have married the only daughteroi Biigadier General Sir Norman orr Ewing, Bt. (Via Cable and Wireless)
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    HUNGARYYUGOSLAV PEACE PACT
    84 1 Reuter. Berlin. Dec. 10. THE Hungary-Yugoslav -pact of eternal friendship" will be signed at Belgrade, possibly on Thursday, states the Yugoslav news agency, according to a Belgrade dispatch to the official German news agency, which says that Count Csaky, the Hungarian Foreign Minister, will arrive in Belgrade
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    PUPPETS TO PRINT OWN NOTES
    67 1 Reuter. Shanghai, Dec. 10. THE Nanking Government, headed by Wang Ching-wei, is issuing its' own currency on Jan. 15, according to a Trans-Ocean report from Nanking but it will continue to recognise the Chungking Government notes for a certain period after which Chungking notes 5
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    Royal Navy & R.A.F. Join In
    162 1 Royal Navy R.A.F. Join In Reuter. London, Dec. 30. A British force began their attack at dawn yesterday on the Italian positions just south of Sidi Barrani, capturing- their first objective, an Italian armed camp situated near a water well within an hour. The RA F. and Royal Navy assisted
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    NAZIS PLANNING TO PARTITION BELGIUM
    418 1 British Wireless. London, Dec. 10. THE singular inability of the Nazi mind to free itself for a moment, from its obsession with terror and force, or ever to realise that what is achieved that way is sterile, is well illustrated by comments in the Deutsche
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    Nazi-Rumanian Relations
    165 1 Reuter. London, Dec. 9. pERMANY can send unlimited effectives into Rumania since the number of such effectives in Rumania is not limited by any clause in the German-Rumanian pact signed in Berlin during the visit of Gen. Antonescu, the State leader according to the Istanbul correspondent of the
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    American Policy Opposed To Laval
    302 1 Friendly Warning For Vichy Reuter. Washington, Deo. 10. AMERICAN policy towards France is stated by some wellinformed persons to be three-fold t Firstly, to make it widely known that American friendship will be sacrificed in the event of French military collaboration with Germany; secondly, to
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    BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO PORTUGAL
    34 1 British Wireless. London. Dec. 10 A MESSAGE from Lisbon stales that Sir Walford Selby, the retiring British Ambassador to Portugal, took leave of President Carmona yesterday —Brit i sh Wireless.
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    HOW GREEKS CAPTURED ARGYROCASTRO
    175 1 Reuter. (By Maurice Luvcll, one of Reuters Special Correspondents in Greece) Athens, Dec. 10. DETAILS only ju.>t available of the Greek capture of Argyrocastro show that success was achieved only after hard fighting in the suburbs of the town during the night. Finally a bayonet charge
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    HITLER SPEAKS TO-DAY
    25 1 Reuter. Berlin. Dec. 10. -Hitler will speak to-day (Tuesday) at noon to workers from armaments factories, says the German official news agency—Reuter.
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    Penang Member Suggests Expenditure Probe
    902 2 'Singapore, Monday. THOROUGH investigation of the spending departments of the Government with a view to reducing the expenditure of the Colony to the absolute minimum was urged by Lt.-Col. E. A. de Buriatte, Penang unofficial, speaking on the adjournment at to-day's meeting of the Legislative
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    Mr. Bisseker Pleads For Complete Preparedness
    1045 2 Singapore, Monday. U T AM not nervous, neither is my morale at a low ebb. On the contrary, I am convinced of final victory but I believe in being fully prepared for all eventualities," declared Mr. F. D. Bisseker, the senior Unofficial member, speaking
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    GOVERNOR ON AIR RAID SHELTERS
    212 2 Singapore, Monday. OPEAKING on air raid protec- tion and civil defences in the Legislative Council meeting to-day, the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas said that he would not say more than Mr. S. W. Jones had already said. "All I want to say is lhat I
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    59 2 Singapore, Monday. CAID to have drunk a quantity of undiluted iodine, Pottu Mani. a Tamil woman, claimed trial in the Fifth Police Court today, on a charge of attempted suicide. The offence was alleged to have been committed at the Kampong Bahru Railway Quarters on Dec. 7. The case was
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    Couple Fleeing From Nazis, Pass Through
    258 2 (Tribune Staff Reporter) piRST-HAND information of Nazi methods of "protection" brought to Singapore yesterday by a well-known rJJ* and his pretty young wife, who for obvious reasons r 2?T Press not to disclose their names. They have their famil in Rumania and all their
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    19 2 Messrs, P. A. B. untitled V nu H W Watson have h**»n Sapor, U> for Uie S w™-nt of
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    Extra K.N.I.L.M. Flight To N.E.I.
    63 2 TO meet the heavy bookings bet--1 ween Batavia, Singapore and Vledan, K.N.I.L.M. have organised a special flight It is hoped that this extra light will develop into a regular service, bringing the number of •onnections bety/een Batavia and Singapore up to 4 a week (in
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    DR. CULLIS TO SPEAK AT ROTARY TIFFIN
    66 2 Singapore, Monday TiR. Winifred Cullis, C.8.E., who is v en a goodwill visit under the auspices of <h 3 Ministry of Inform\tion, will speak at th e Rotary unchcon on Wednesday on "Industrial Fatigue." It hr.s been decided to hold an Inter-city Rotary
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    52 2 Singapore, Monday. HARGED with catching seven fish from a lake in the Botanical Gardens, an offence under the Gardens* by-laws Ng Jue Cheng, a 16-year-old Chinese claimed trial in the Fifth Police Court to-day. Ng wa s arrested yesterday morning. The case was postponed until Dec. 13. and police bail
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    Bombers From Cents
    23 2 (Cent-A-Plane Fund) Total number of enemy planes shot down during yesterday on all fronts up to midnight London time FOUR
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    TRIBUNE OPENS FUND TO HELP SINGAPORE'S POOR
    719 3 X'mas Cheer For 4,000 Unfortunates: Initial Donations Total $704.05 THEY NEED YOUR HELP R the secon:! year in succession, the Malaya Tribune has been asikedl by the 1 Salvation Army, which does charitable work throughout Malaya, to assist the of Singapore. While you
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    Objects Of The Appeal
    85 3 rESE are the objects of the 1 appeal:— Cash grants to 1,000 reci- pients of Relief from Jubilee Fund. Extra parcels of food to the most needy of these. Christmas hampers to, needy families. Europeans j and others. Christmas treats to poor < children in various
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    31 3 Donations may be sent to the Tribure Head Office. Anson Road, Singapore, or to the Tribune Town Office. 9 and 11, The Arcade. SingEvery donation will be acknowledged in our columns.
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    GANG ROBBERY CHARGE
    284 3 Singapore, Monday. rIVE Chinese youths appeared F before Mr. Justice Pedlow at.the rnhhprv their haul including a /wristlet andtt cents belonging to one Chan Ah Kee. also known as Chan Kay. Th(l accused are Wong Ah bah, wine Teng Lock. Goh Joon Pong. Wan! Ten| Tiang and
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    R.A.F. TRAINING IN PENANG
    43 3 THE Penang Trade School has been requested to train 100 boys for service with the R-A.F. The RAF. have agreed to moot, the cost or some tools. A sum ot $1 000 has been recommended to, meet this expenditure.
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    First List Of Donations
    378 3 rpHE following is the first list 1 of donations to the fun^: cts The Malaya Tribune JEti A.'and E. A Elias 200.00 Hen. Dato S. Q. Wong jO.OO Mr. F M Edmonds JMJ Mr E B Manasseh "i? Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Glover 25.00 Mr
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    NEW CONDENSED MILK REGULATION
    84 3 Singapore. Monday. A GAZETTE notification issued to-day states that from Dec. 15 every importer at his own expense shall remove every consignment Ox sweetened condensed milk imported by him into a customs warehouse or an importer's warehouse, at his P Every consignment thus removed, shall be
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    15 3 Mr untitled Mayger has been appointed Senior Commissioner end Commandant Ol tue Volunteer Police Reserve.
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      124 3 Sausages > tne finest tnat 'ever went into a C a 201 A JM. o/ Singapon Cold Storage Co, Ltd. JUST THAT! 4 Like all great inventions, the Gillette gjflF system of shaving is simplicity itself. fjjgj uKI Put a Blue Gillette blade into a Gillette BBL JW razor—and yon
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    MERRY WIDOW, EXEVE, BEANO IN FINE FORM
    414 4 This Morning's Track Work' At Kuala Lumpur (From Our Own Reporter) KUALA LUMPUR, TUESDAY. OELANGOR 11, MERRY WIDOW «J TINKURRIN, MARNELL AND SILVERLAW MADE THE BEST GALLOPS WHEN TRAINING WAS RESUMED THIS MORNING Exeve, and Clifton Lad were two the earliest out. The
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    Second Day Of Selangor Race Meet
    315 4 pi LL programme for to-morrow's races at Kuala Lumpur is Horses: Class 2. Div. 3. 5' i furs *Y%££' Turn ver 9 O.HarJowe Where Am I 3.12. Lord Tomnoddy 8.12. Golden Plat £v 8 9 Baffler 8.8. Just My Luck Danger Zon c 8.6.
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    BRANCKER WINS CAPTAIN'S PRIZE
    114 4 jD. L. Brancker won the Captain's 1 Prize at the Island Club, with a score of on Saturday. Sixtvthree cards were taken out and the toilowing were some of the best ones returned:— P. L. Brancker 23 15. 3/ 4 =38 X H G Cooper 18
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    Boy Quee Loses To "Baby" Mendiola
    89 4 •From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Dec. 9. A T c t I ie J City Park Malacca, on bout notable for its hard punchFive fights made up the interesting programme. One knock-out r 9 a re S red When Mohd OC Zaine kvo of
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    SINGAPORE'S HOCKEYTEAM
    51 4 THE Singapore hockey team to meet Selangor this week-end at Singapore will be:— Yee Cheok Wah, R h Baith, P F de Souza; LNaik Bhupalan, Sgt. Cronin, L S. Reutens (captain); Haviidar Manicam, N H Sullivan, Spr. Arokiasamy, Havi'dar Ghulam Nabi, Ibrahim Isa. Cmpire, Mr D V Hill.
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    Scratchings And Order Of Races
    133 4 FOLLOWING are the scratchings and order of running for tomorrow 's races at Kuala LumpurRace 1-Ponies, Clas s 2, Div. 2—6 furs.:Scratchings, nil. Race 2—Ponies, Class 2, Div I—6 furs.: Scratchings, nil Race 3—Horses, Class 4. Div. 5—5' 2 furs.: Scratchings, nil. Race 4- Hoises,
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    "Dalvey" Cup Won By F.&N.
    200 4 I Fra»er Xeaves 3 Cold Storage 1 who gave a P oi ished dis playthroughout the game, enabled Fraser and Neaves to wm the DaJvey Cup from the Singapore Cold Storage when tne teams met at soccer at Anson Road Stadium yesterday. The final score
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    Sports Diary
    29 4 HOCKEY: AY Regiment, C 8 P 1 V.M.C.A. v. Eur. Balmier; V ffl Anson Road pi, Police II v Ha RLGBY: St AnHr! Andrew-, s oK A
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    Dr. Cullis' Tour Programme
    188 5 HERE la the Itinerary of Dr Winifred (who is now on a tour of i at the instance of the Ministry mat ion) for the next eight days: ~SIv\Y, Dec. 11—9.30 a.m. Visit L College. 1.15 p.m. Rotary Tif--0 p m. Teachers Assoc. at Raffles 0
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    Treat Overseas Trodps Scheme
    215 5 HOLLOWING the Tribune campaign to treat the troops locally, under which hundreds of men of the fighting forces have been »iv€n a taste of home life which is otherwise denied tO| them, it is now possible for Malayans, if they so desire, to send gifts to
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    53 5 MR. W. H. HIPWELL, Senior Executive Engineer, Malayan Pub:ic Works Service, has been granted 147 days' leave prior to retirement with effect from Oct. 1, 1940. Mr. W. W. Davidson, State Engineer, Grade 11, Malayan Public Works Service, has also been granted 101 days' leave prior to retirement with effect
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    Gen. Wu's Tribute To Gandhi
    183 5 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Monday. TANDHI is the noblest v among men." This tribute to the Indian leader was paid by His Excellency General Wu Te-chen in an interview with the Tamil Nesan. ','We welcome Indians to China," His Excellency said. "We want
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    SMALL GIRL TELLS GRAPHIC STORY
    853 5 Triple Killing A NINE-YEAR-OLD girl, Liew Wai Cheng, whose mother, 11-year-old brother and grand aunt were battered to death in their sleep in a hut at Henderson Road, Tkmg Bahru village, graphically described to the Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, at the inquiry yesterday,
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    Local-Born And Higher Posts: Govt Statement
    269 5 Singapore, Monday. REPLYING to Capt. N. M. Hashim who urged at to-day's meeting of the Legislative Council that the fullest possible use should be made of the Raffles College for recruitment to the various branches of the higher service, the Director of Education (Dr
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO DEBATE WAR LOTTERIES
    291 5 GOVERNOR SAYS HE EXPECTED IT SINGAPORE, MONDAY. THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF THE COLONY IS TO DEBATE WAR LOTTERIES. Following the comment of His Excellency the Governor at the press interview he gave on the day of his return that if there were a public
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    Arabs Of Singapore
    47 5 Singapore, Monday. r;E Arabs of Singapore" is the title of the talk to be broadcast to-night from the Singapore Station by Mr. A. M. Alsagoff. This is the eleventh talk in the series "Presenting Singapore" which is being arranged by the Friends of Singapore.
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    Constable Convicted
    185 5 Singapore, Monday. CONVICTED on three charges of theft of two fountain pens belonging to two Dutch sailors, and tea spoons and table knives belonging to the Naval Base, Sadhu Singh, an Indian police constable attached to the Naval Base police force, was sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment
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    77ie Scourge Of Tuberculosis
    113 6 Opinion IF, as Dr. Chen Su Lan, the well-known anti-op i v m worker of Singapore, declared in an interview with a Tribune representative, one in every seven of the population of Singapore is afflicted with tuberculosis, there is little doubt that this fell scourge will
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    Survey Needed
    129 6 FOLLOWING the sensational r disclosures made as a result of medical examination of school children in the F.M.S., the authorities there have decided to make an inquiry into the position. As all available statistics show that the incidence of the disease is, if anything, heavier in the Colony
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    More Dispensaries
    109 6 better housing should still be the main weapon in our armoury, we would suggest that the gravity of the problem demands the establishment of a chain of special dispensaries where suspected cases and contacts can be examined and the advanced cases isolated to a sanatorium of the kind
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    Law Ignored
    90 6 CEVERAL years ago a law was passed in the Colony to prohibit spitting in public places. Although it is still in force to-day, it is unfortunately more honoured in its breach than its observance. The danger of this habit will be apparent when it is emphasised that the
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    Isolation
    110 6 AS most opium addicts are consumptives, and vice versa, the practice of passing round the opium pipe to friends or visitors or of drinking or eating from a common bowl is virtually a certain method of serving T.B. bacilli to all comers. Apart from the medical problem involved, to
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    INDOMITABLE SPIRIT OF THE GREEKS
    403 6  -  We Get An Example Of That By ml Edward Ellis world has been amazed in recent weeks by the striking successes of the Greek Army against the Italians. What is the secret of it? How has this small country with its limited material resources and
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    Self-Preservation
    302 6 THE instinct of self-preservation is only part of the desire for oevelopment. Thus, he would fight for freedom, for without it there is no hope of development—only a bleak future as a vassel, a moron, but slightly removed from the animal world, *he type of human being that Hitler
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    Again Triumphant
    313 6 ANCE again freedom triumphed M when the Armada was shattered and wrecked on the English coast. The English example of government by parliament, slowly evolved since Magna Carta, spread over the world. It crossed the Channel into the Continent and in due course penetrated even into the farthest
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    Australia's Flying Doctors
    522 6 OICK and injured in Austra- lia's wilds used often to die before they could be taken to hospitals hundreds of miles away. Their only hope was a visit from the bush padre, who toured his 250,000 square miles of parish on horseback. The Rev. John Flynn spent
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    Thanks For The Buggy Ride!
    76 6 Latest in sit-down strikes (from America, of course): Mrs. Nellie Kaminsky, of Philadelphia, parked herself in her husband's car and would not get out till, he had promised to pay her £2 10s a week. Fhe took her six-months-old son John along with her. Neighbours
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    THROUGH CHINESE EYES
    649 6 "Ere long it may be hoperj that a new generation of youths will ris e in this country—youths who will rather rear stock on a farm at Cameron Highlands and live close i.» nature than parade a collar and tie. do a clerk's job, ;J n,| live
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    JAPAN HAS "IMPORTED SOME GREEDY NOTIONS"
    713 7 War In Far East If U.S. Moves Against Germany Reuter. JAPAN WOULD CERTAINLY HAVE TO F ?gSt IF J THE UNITED STATES WENT TO WAR WITH GERMANY. JAPAN'S FOREIGN POLICY Wi™ HENCEFORTH REVOLVE ROUND THE THRFF POWER PACT JUST AS IT USED REVOLVE ROUND
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    THAI PREMIER ON FRONTIER PROBLEM
    173 7 Eastern News. Bangkok, Dec. 9. AN assurance that the Thai- land plan to regain lost territory from French IndoChina will be realised "as soon as possible was given by the Prime Minister I uang B. Songgram, in a speech on Friday at the special session
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    AUSTRALIAN NAVY IS READY
    49 7 Reuter. Tuip xt Canberra, Dec. 9. HE Navy is ready to destroy enemy raiders in Australian waters, the naval Minister, Mr R M. Hughes announced in a statement at Canberra that the construction of over 50.000 tons of naval vessels is in hand or orolected.—Reuter.
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    New Japanese Chief For C. China Fleet
    50 7 Eastern News. Tokyo Dec 9 VICE-ADMIRAL Boshiro Hosokawa has been appointed Com-mander-in-Chief of the Japanese fleet in Central China waters, in place of Vice-Admiral Umataro Tammoto who has been seconded to the General Staff of the Navy according to an official announcement.—Eastern News.
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    U.S.-Mexico Destroyer Deal Denied!
    109 7 I Mexico City, Dec. 9. QFFICTAL quarters deny the v reports that the United States and Mexico were carrying on negotiations to exchange Mexican naval bases for American aged destroyers. They point out that Gen. Camacho's speech of Dec. 1 stressed the necessity of strengthening the
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    New Army Post
    137 7 Reuter. London, Dec, 9. THE attainment of a definite 1 stage in the policy of rapidly increasing the armoured strength of the British Army i s marked by a new appointment, namely, Commander of the Royal Armoured Corps. The first occupant of the post will be Major-general
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    FRENCH ECONOMIC MISSION TO JAPAN
    34 7 Eastern News. Manila, Dec. 9. THE French Indo-China Economic 1 mission left Manila on Friday night for Shanghai en route to JaDan aboard the French ship D'Artagnan Eastern News.
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    Battle In South Atlantic Reported
    302 7 Reuter British Wireless. xMonte Video, Dec. 9. unidentified wireless message states that a battle is taking place in the south Atlantic between the British cruiser Enterprise and the German raider which fought the Carnarvon Castle. Well-informed quarters in Buenos Aires, however, have no confirmation of
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    31 7 Reuter. Madrid. Dec. 8.—It is reported that the American Red Cross has arranged to make a shipment of 10.000 tons of wheat to Spain in order to relieve the wheat shortage.—Reuter.
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    Governor's Council Speech
    1132 7 w Singapore, Monday. JX the course of his speech in the Legislative Council to-day, H.E. the Governor emphasised the urgent necessity of people in Malaya realising the fact that the Empire was facing the most terrible ordeal in all its history, His Excellency drew a very vivid
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    Greeks Take Key Point In North
    421 9 Renter. n London, Dec. 9. THE village of Rad„ kate which fc lhe J s.stance before Lin and one of the key points in the northern sector fell to the Greek, yesterday after bitter fighting over h.lls wh.ch were swept by heavy rainstorms, write;
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    164 9 A TripeArtite Joke [IN their usual weekly news com- mentary broadcast by the Singapore Ration, last night Y "Box a g nd Pac? Jf f H rr ?2 t0 the Tripartite the f lloWing bit of The Japanese, to make a show, Have recognised Nanking. For Chiang it's meant to
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    41 9 Reuter. Cairo. Dec. B.—King Farouk has given £3.000 for comforts for British and Egyptian troops on the occasion of the holidays of Christmas and the Mohammedan festival ot Corban Bairam. The amount will be equally divided between British and Egyptians.— Reutftr.
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    Malayan Sharebrokers' Asso. Report
    933 11 Singapore, Dec. 9. MINING Buyers. Sellers. Tm (4s) SplVa 3,9 "!?mSm (ss) 19!- 211Ayer 0.65 0.75 Malay 1»I9 20{9cd if,' 9 rin *S S 171- 18)6 a? sc* r I* s 24 6 25j6cd 0.64 0 68 ,20 cts). 0.27 0.30 ,r > (ss) 101- 10;6
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    Renewed Buying Of Rubber Shares
    190 11 From Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, Tuesday. THERE was little interest yesterday in dollar tins, and with the exception of *some buying in Hong Fatts, business was concentrated in Australians. La ruts* were well supported, closing buyers at 6s. 4%d. Kampong Kamuntings improved further, and lair
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    Mid-Day Prices
    22 11 Singapore, Tuesday. Prices of tin and rubber in Singapore at noon today were:— RUBBER Buyers 38 7 Sellers 39. TIN
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    RENONG TIN OUTPUT
    33 11 THE Renong Tin Dredging CO., Ltd., output figures for last month were as follows: No. 2 Dredge 458.48 Pels. No. 3 Dredge 352.43 Pels. Gombak Dredge 552.31 Pels. 1,363.22 Pels.
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    CHINESE GIRLS' SCHOOL PRIZE DAY
    418 11 I HE importance ot finding the truth—and to act upon it and live up to it—was emphasised by Professoi Winifred Cullis when b peaking on the objects of education at the annual prize-giving day of the Singapore Chinese Girls' School yesterday afternoon. "The present unhappy
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    Gilt-Edgeds Rally On London Stock Exchange
    118 11  -  MARKET REPORTS (By Reuter) London, Dec. 9. JN the afternoon the Stock Exchange was heavy. Gilt-Edgeds and Kaffirs made a late recovery. Chinese customs loans became harder. The Financial News thinks that Kaffirs are unjustifiably cheap, considering the unlimited market at the fixed dollar
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    U.S. Cotton
    26 11 New York, Dec. 9. AFTER being a persistent buyer of distant cottons Bombay is inclining to turn seller. Latest loan cottons total 2,276,000 bales.
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    U.S. Sugar Quota
    27 11 Washington, Dec. 9. THE Department ol Agriculture announces the 1941 sugar quotas at 6 617,000 short tons compared with the 1940 quotas of 6,471,000.
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    U.K. Tin Stocks
    33 11 London. Dec. 9. UNITED Kingdom weekly stocks ol tin total 4,454 tons, an increase of 419 tons which reflects regular arrivals of Bolivian ores and the scarcity of export permits.
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    IMPORTANT LOCAL CURRENCY DECISION
    217 12 Sterling Rates Singapore, Tuesday. THE Controller of Foreign Exchange has informed the Tribune that as from to-day, Bank of England notes will be $8.17 Bank buying rate, and $8.22 Bank selling rate. The previous Bank buying rate was $7.42, the great difference being accounted for by
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    POLICE CHIEF ENTERTAINS
    58 12 A group of guests at a party given by the Inspector General of Polic- Mr a h Dkklnson, at their home last night. From left to right. Mr. S. A. H Shi aJe, Mr M r a J* Winifred Cullis, Mr. E. V. Davis, Mr. S. I.
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    CHINESE GIRLS' SCHOOL EVENT
    24 12 Professor Winifred Cullis giving awtu/ the prizes at the annual prize-giving day of 4 .he Singapore Chinese GirW School yesterday.
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    BRITAIN HAS NOT ASKED FOR HELP
    95 12 Reuter. Washington, Dec. 10. THE Administration has not "made up its mind yet" on the question of financial aid to Britain, Mr. Morganthau, the Secretary of tho Treasury, told a press conference yesterday lastinjr over an hour and a half. He added "there will
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    ROOSEVELT TALKS WITH W. INDIES OFFICIALS
    64 12 Reuter. New York. Dec. 10. CONTINUING his 15-day tour of the United States defence bases in the Carribean aboard the light cruiser Tuscaloosa President Roosevelt yesterday had a conference with Sir Gordon Letham, Governor of the Leeward Islands and Mr. Herbert Bcon, the Administrator,
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    38 12 British Wireless. It ig clearly an operation. Gf impcrtanee. but competent circles hi London do not encourage uny tendency to associate this initiative with speculations on a general effensive by the British forces m the western des'ert.—British Wireless.
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    Bordeaux Raided By RAF
    425 12 British Wireless. London, Dec. 10. night's raid on Bordeaux, the chief French port in the Bay of Biscay, was carried ou* by a strong force of heavy bombers which flew right across the plains of Western France. As part of the new phase of the war,"
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    Malays To Discuss War Effort
    153 12 (Tribune Staff Reporter) find out ways and means of increasing the war t) < the Malays, eleven Malay associations of Malaya will meet at Singapore for the second All-Malaya Malay Association Conference on Dee. 25 and Dee. 26. Among the associations taking part will be
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    23 12 Mr. S. G. Pragasam, of the tutorial staff of the Clifford School, Kuala Kancsar. has been appointed Assistant Inspector of Tamil Schools. Perak.
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    Death Of Madam Chan Teck Neo
    106 12 (From Our Correspondent) Malacca. Tuesday THE death occurred on Saturday night at her residence No. 16, Tranquerah. of Madam Chan Teck Neo, at the age of 75 She was the wife of the late Mr. Yeo Tin Hye, who was the President of the
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