Malaya Tribune, 11 January 1941

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  • 22 1 The Malaya Tribune Net Sales Exceed 16,000 Daily SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1941 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune. Saturday, January 11, 1941
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  • 1005 1 BRITISH FIGHTERS BOMBERS STRIKE FIRST BLOW OF 1941 Reuter. w London, Jan. 11. WJROTECTED by an escort of over 100 fighter planes, British MT bombers crossed the French coast in daylight yesterday and bombed aerodromes in Northern France and machine-gunned aircraft on the
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  • 114 1 Reuter. Canberra, Jan. 11. f|NE of four broadcasting which have now ceased to function announced the whereabouts of a number of >hips in Australian waters, stated Mr. Hughes (At-tunt..\-(.eniral) in a press interview. The (Government assumed that the information way given unwittingly. He >aid
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  • 95 1 Reuter. London, Jan. 10. TREAT importance is attached in J London to the United States decision to form an Asiatic Fleet, the Daily Telegraph's diplomatic correspondent. It is seen as clear evidence of Amencan determination to stiffen inee to Japanese depredations m the Far East.
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  • 16 1 THE untitled of Kent yesterday Mcd Broadcasting House and wner premises and inspected the "oniD damage.
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  • 138 1 London. Jan. 11. A HEAVY raid was carried out by bomber aircraft of the R.A.F. on Messina In Sicily during the night of Jan. 9 10, states an R.A.F. Middle East communique. Several tons of bombs were dropped on naval vessels in the harbour and on the
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  • 187 1 NOW TO STAY IN U. S. PRISON Reuter. i I- New York, Jan. 11. A AN d ««ribed as a close friend of such German leaders as nng and Goebbels was sentenced to two years' impriLaza $2 5 00 here y esterda y- He is
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  • 79 1 Reuter. London, Jan. 11. DEFYING THICK CLOUDS WHICH MADE THEIR TASK EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. R.A.F. BOMBERS, ON THURSDAY NIGHT, STRUCK ANOTHER HEAVY BLOW AT GERMAN OIL SUPPLIES. Many fires and explosions were caused at one of Germany's imnortant synthetic oil plants at Gelsenkirchen and the whole
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  • 83 1 Reuter. London, Jan. 11. mROOPS from the Belgian Congo will shortly be taking part in the war in Africa, said the Belgian Minister for the Colonies, M. Dive Schauwer, according to the independent Belgian news agency. The Minister is now on an official
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  • 65 1 Reuter. London, Jan, 11. A COMMUNIQUE issued yesterday evening by the German news agency states that two German bombers, probably out of course, flew over the Bernese Jura region yesterday afternoon. One flew over Zurich and the other over the Lucerne district before leaving Switzerland, the
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  • 30 1 A scene on board a destroyer on escort duty. A Tar fondly embraces a handful, but for Hitler an* Mussolini they are more than just, a handful!
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  • 398 1 Reuter. Cairo. Jan. 11. rpHE iron ring of the British Imperial forces is now closing in on Tobruk, according, to the latest reports received from the front. Very little news is at present available concerning the exact nature of the operations but observers at the front report
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  • 155 1 HELP For Britain Reuter. Washington, Jan. 11. THE important of speedy action to lend or lease war equipment to the democracies was stressed by President Roosevelt at a press conference. He said that the broad powers which the British Aid Bill gave him were needed,
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  • 122 1 Reuter. London, Jan. 11. "ANE of the most glorious chapters in our country's history will be written about the exploits of the R.A.F. in 1940," declared the Air Minister, Sir Archibald Sinclair, broadcasting on th° new air training corps. ''The R A F. saved
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  • 425 1 Reuter. Berlin, Jan. 11. SOVIET-GERMAN economic agreement was signed at Moscow yesterday after the expiration of the German-Soviet treaty of Feb. 11, 1940, and it is stated here that it represents a further step in the carrying out of the economic programme envisaged in 1939.
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  • 67 1 Reuter. New York, Jan. 11. UNITED States exports' to the British Empire in the current year reach $3,500 millions compared with only $2,100 millions in 1940, states a Federal Reserve bulletin. The estimate includes war orders to be completed this year, but does net
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  • 50 1 Reuter. London, Jan. 11. TWO enemy bombers were shot down during Thursday night's raid on north-west England, according to an Air Ministry communique, which alsV) states that British bombers engaged and shot .down an enemy fighter during British operations over Germany on the same night.—Reuter.
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  • 57 1 London. Jan. 11. SIR JOHN LAVERY, the famous portrait painter and Royal Academician, died yesterday at Kilmoganny, Kilkenny, aged 84.--Reuter. Sir John Lavcry, whose works wer° accepted in the great galleries of the world, was commissioned in li>l3 to paint a portrait group of the British
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  • 117 1 Reuter. New Delhi, Jan. 11. GENERAL acceptance of the unanimous resolutions of the Eastern Group War Supplies Conference is believed to have been expressed by the countries represented at the Conference. When replies from the Empire countries participating are complete, an announcement is expected to
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  • 122 1 Reuter. London, Jan. 10. WITH the improvement in the wepther conditions, the German air force was very active last light. An Air Ministry communique summing up the raids says that there was considerable enemy activity over this country last night. Bombs were dropped over widely separated districts
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  • 29 1 Reuter. London, Jan. 11. THE usual evening communique on the enemy's air activities against Britain during daylight was very brief last night. It says "There is nothing to report."—Reuter.
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  • 656 1 Bangkok, Jan. 11. AS a reprisal to the attempted attacks by French planes, Thai (Siamese) planes are to raid Saigon, Dalat and Pnompenh in French Indo-China, according to an announcement of the Thai Supreme Command. The French attempts weie made on Wednesday
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  • 251 2 Singapore, Friday. PAID to have used a toiie to comS ra it a robbery at the night of Jan. 8, iour v were produced before: Mr- J. OS P toVa n y. Teo Ah Sin. 15, Wee Ah_Hen£ 15. Lim Lee Siang, 28 and. Sin Chwee Sen?
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  • 633 2 Singapore, Friday. ALLEGED to have kept a brothel, Tustaye 3 A Japanese woman, and Goh Ah Koh, a "boy was charged With assisting in stood their trial before Mr. J. G. Rappoport the Tlnrd Magis S to!dav Mr. T. W. Ong defended both accused. The allegation
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  • 756 2 Farewell Interview FXPRESSION^Ss 6 hearty re gXPRESSION oi b> 8 Chinese to the goodwill of sponse given by Malay-.* v chinese Genera hssimo Chiang Kai-sneK .t, ne ople nation, and at the calmness c °nfidence of t h e peop in Malaya in
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  • 22 2 (Cent-A-Plane Fund) Total number of enemy planes destroyed during yesterday on all fronts up to midnight London time TWENTY-FIVE
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  • 85 2 Singapore, Friday. nICTURES valued at about $8,000 r were on display at the Lingnan Branch School, Orchard Road when Mr. Yang Sin art exhibition opened there The exhibition is opened to the public and will close at 6 p.m. on of birds, reptiles, animals and insects formed a
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  • 18 2 A meeting of the Bora! Board will be held at the Land Office at 10 a.m. on Thursday.
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  • 16 2 Mr Justice Manning, Johore Judge, has returned to duty after spending a holiday at Eraser's Hill.
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  • 84 2 THE Hon. Mr. Percy Spender, Australian War Minis-er, will broadcast from the Singaocr* E M.B.C. nation at 7.10 to-oigbi on "The Middle East Campaign: Mr. Spender has just toured the Middle East fronts, and in a oreadcast following the assault on Bardia ty
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  • 60 2 Reuter. Shanghai, Jan. 10. IN an editorial on President Roosevelt's message to Congress, the American Morning Post declares that Congress will certainly approve the programme of manufacture of arms for the democracies. "When the United States helps to withstand aggression, she is pointing a
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  • 33 2 The President of the untitled Council has appointed Mr. C. O Tyndalr Powell to be Vice-Chairman of the Assess ment Committee under the Rubber Regulation Enactment in place of Mr. R Heywood, resigned.
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  • 310 2 Singapore, Friday. "MAY I be given a whipping and my sentence reduced?" asked M Q U ek Quee Hoe, a young cooly formerly employed by Messrs. Boustead and Co., when he was sentenced to 11 months rigorous imprisonment by Mr. J. L. McFall, the District Judge,
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    • 284 2 SCHOOL TEACHER NEARLY FAILS HIS CLASS w hat's IT'S PARTLY FAULT. V ~V > < T£CU3Lf IS THE GOVS will NEED) wit. 1 JUST CONCENTRATE fcg i NIGHT STARVATION A LOT MORE COACH-/ WKUNb with 0 N MY WORK, BUT J MUST JFv3/EVEN you SEE WHILE VO_y ING IF THEY
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  • 170 3 Improvement Of Local Broadcast Programmes (Tribune Staff Reporter) fX)NI ERENCESwith delegates of the various cornunities in the Colony, in order to obtain suggesfor improvements to the Colony's broadcasting mmes, have been held by the Director-General of isting, Malaya, for some time past, it is reliably
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  • 57 3 Singapore, Friday. U7HILF. a, Chinese clerk and his wife were walking along Geyiang Read, near the Happy World, last night, three Chinese stopped them. Two of the Chinese were armed with knives and they took away 60 cenr.s and a goM ring, from the couple.
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  • 299 3 Singapore, Friday, teak chest, containing I A concealed secret I ich could only be openpressing of a secret u-h again was hidden at another drawer, was i case in the second when Patee, a midI Indian, appeared on a iefl of cash and jewelI value of
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  • 27 3 1 1 TTE notification issued tatea that Mr. A. been appointed a 1 oinmisskmer for Singathe place of Mr. M. N. J P.. resigned.
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  • 409 3 Singapore, Friday. APPLICATIONS for exemption from continuous training beginning next month were considered to-day at the old Supreme Court by the Singapore Local Tribunal consisting of Mr. J. C. Cobbett (Chairman), Mr. R. E. Prentis and Bfr J. Jeff. Leave was granted to Mr. Moray McLaren
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  • 206 3 FIFTY-NINE per cent, increase in quantity is shown by r Malaya's exports of tin in 1940, as compared with the previous year, according to full figures of tin exports published in the Government Gazette last night. The total export of tin in 1940
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  • 86 3 MR. De Vries, cf the N.E.I. Government Railways, is leaving for Australia this month to inquire into the possibilities of buying equipment for a L\eelworks in Java. Nirom radio explains that this wcrks. if bnilt, wiil be limited to wcrkmq; up scrap Iron for wire
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  • 163 3 (From Our Own Reporter) Penang. Friday. AFTER a two-day stay in Penang, during which time he conferred with local leaders on passive defence measures and inspected the civil defence units of this island, His Excellency the Governor, accompanied by Lady Thomas and Cant. Staveley, left here
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  • 31 3 IBK appointment of Mr. B. F. Briuge as President of the local Rent Assessment Board, in the place of Mr. Murray M. Jack, W gazetted last ni-^ht.
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  • 152 3 Singapore, Thursday. ILL Scouts and Guides of Singapore have learned with profound regret of the passing of the Chief Scout of All the World, Lord-Baden Powell of Gilwell, on Wednesday, Jan. 8. The District Commissioners for Scouts and Guides ask that all Scouts and Guides, and
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  • 128 3 Singapore, Friday. ARRESTED two days after he had stolen 35 yards of poplin from a shop in South Bridge Road, Lim Meng Aik, a 26-year-old Chinese, pleaded guilty to a charge of theft before Mr. J. G. Rappoport, the Third Magistrate, to-day. Court Inspector
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  • 108 3 Singapore. Friday. S. A. BALAM, 26-year-old Englishspeaking Indian, appeared bete re the acting second magistrate, I Mr. Cheah Soon Hock, in th? sec- ond court to-day on a charge of extortion of $100 from a convicted prisoner at Chanpi prison. It was alleged that
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  • 947 3 Last Night's Radio Talk THE early history oi" the Royal Engineers and the vital role they play in the operations of the British Army described in an interesting talk from the Singapore station last night by an officer of the Royal Engineers.
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  • 136 4 niCTURED here is Josh Joshua, Hebrew lightweight and T Mohamed Fahmy's protege, who starts his Malayan campaign in Penang on Jan. 17 with a fight against Boy Nara. Mohamed Fahmy believe, he has a winner in his new im- portation, who recently arrived in Singapore after a successful
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  • 414 4 SPECTATORS were given a fine 0 exhibition of Australian foot- ball when teams representing t Aussie airmen from Sembawang l and Seletar met on the BaJestier Polo ground yesterday in an exhibition game which collected a I gate of $298.10. The Reds, the team
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  • 53 4 A challenge to Singapore baseball teams comes from the Australian aiimen stationed it Senibawang. Pa!»l all popular in Australia, has some c: pert exponents among the Aussies here. a;ic'. they have Just fixed up a team which will play its first match to-moirow against the Loyals
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  • 83 4 Manila. Jan. iv. -ifH TOSHIO HOMMA. a member 111 oi -he visiting Japanese Rikkyo University's swimming team, easily wen a lioo-metres -cc style preliminary on the first day of the AllPhilippine Championships Mcd on Thursday by breaking the Phihppin° record. Mr Homma'y time was 19
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  • 287 4 ApprovaI Sou&ht Fov Singapore As CJcntvc roil the first time in the history of amateur box.ng m Malaja F a Malayan championship tournament wtU shortly be held in Singapore if the necessary approval and eo-operation of amateur bovins bodies in Perak and Selangor are forthcoming.
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  • 87 4 THRILLING rugby should be witnessed when the Royal Air Foice (Reds) meet the Royal Air Forte (Reds) in a match far WW war fund at the Jalan Besar Stadium this afternoon. The Reds will be repi rented by the following: A C Gocde; F-O Lampe, A.C.
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  • 28 4 A friendly match of soccer will be played between the Kota Ra\ a Raja football XI and Chinese Sports Association on to-morrow, at Farrei Park at 5.15 p.m.
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  • 25 4 TO-DAY HOCKEY: Singapore v. Negri. Sembilan. Padanp,; Post Office Sembilan, Padang; Hoi Mountain Battery. Nay, RUGBY: R.A.F. <Peds> v. I (Bluest, Jalan Besai
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  • 200 4 Inter-State Hockey WITHOUT bad weather interfering, good hockey should witnessed on the S.C.C. padang to-day when Singapore play their fifth inter-State hockey match this season, with Negri. Sembilan as their opponents. This is the first meeting of the two teams this season, and as
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  • 42 4 The rugby match between the SCC -B- and the R AF. (Septan "which was to have been olayed on the Padang yesterday was cancelled. Also cancelled wa* 'the hockey match between the i Indian Association and the R.A.u.u. jat Balestier.
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  • 242 4 S.R.C. 4; R.A.F. (HQ.)!. OLAYED on the S.R.C. ground yesterday evening the hockey match between the Ret>. second eleven and the R.A.F. (H.Q.) resulted in a victory- for the Recs by the narrow margin of four goais to three. The game was scrappy and
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    • 33 4 TIDE TABLE High Tides: TO-DAY: 8.48 a.m., 8.8 ft.; 10.26 p.m., 8.2 ft. Next week's: SUNDAY: 9.32 a.m., 9.2 ft.; 11.02 p.m.. 8.5 ft. MONDAY: 10.11 a.m.. 9.6 ft.; 11.30 p.m.. 8.9 ft.
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  • 393 5 'Late Doctor Was Not Under Influence Of Drink' Singapore, Friday, the conclusion of the inquiry into the death of Dr. Ernest Walter Martindell, whose charred body was found in a burnt car in the early hours of Dec. 20 at the 13 Vz
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  • 98 5 CHINESE and Indonesians are now admitted into the Local Defence Volunteers m I Batavia. I The first squad of the new volunteers was sworn in at a ceremony held o n the drill ground on the famous Koenigsplein. when th* commander of the corps address-
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  • 86 5 (Fran Our Own Reporter) Penans, Friday. A YOUNG Malay, said to have conn from Tapah* Road, was kicked on the right thigh by a race horse in front of the F.M.S. Railway Station yesterday evening. The passengers from the mail had just arrived at the time
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  • 530 5 Singapore, Friday. rpHK itluctance of a Chinese bankrupt to part with his share in a rubber estate in the Netherlands East Indies for the benefit of his creditors was revealed at the High Court to-day when an application for his committal to civil prison
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  • 100 5 Reuter. Malta, Jan. 10. FIVE enemy aircraft were shot down during an attack on an aerodrome here on Thursday. Twelve to 15 enemy fighters participated in the attack. One was brought down by antiaircraft fire and four by British fighters, the British planes* were undamaged.
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  • 63 5 Singapore, Friday. INFORMATION has been received by the Automobile Association that the trunk road 1* miles from Kluan? \l flooded to the depth of one foot. But water appears to be going down. The A.A. state that the roads are, however, clear for light cars but
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  • 44 5 LAST night's Government Gazette notifies the appointment of Mr. Tan Ah Tah, of the Straits Settlements Legal Service, as an Assistant Registrar of Companies under the Companies Enactment. Mr. Tan has also been appointed a Deputy Commissioner of Estate Duties.
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  • 484 5 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Friday. SENTENCE of four months' simple imprisonment was imposed on Mr. A. E. Carey Foster, when he was convicted by Mr. G. L. Howe, first magistrate, yesterday, on a charge of causing the death of Mr. J. J. Spall, a mining
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  • 375 5 Singapore, Friday. £JHARGED with an offence under the Defence Regulations, Isamu Masamoto, a Japanese clerk employed in the local office of Messrs. Osaka Syosen Kaisha, Ltd., was fined $50, or two weeks' rigorous imprisonment, when he pleaded guilty in the Fifth Police Court, to-day. The
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  • 189 5 Singapore, Friday. RESOLUTIONS expressing gratification at the British victory at Bardia, and thanks to the British forces in Egypt in general and Gen. Wavell in particular, were passed at a Muslim meeting held at the Sultan Mosque yesterday. Held under the suspices of the
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  • 40 5 A TELEGRAM dispatched from Batavia to the British Com-mander-in-Chief, Middle East, General Sir Archibald Wavell, last Monday read as follows:— "Netherlands East Indies regard Battle of Bardia as milestone on road to victory, freedom and justice."
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  • 61 5 Kobe, Jan, 10. THE President Pierce left Kobe last night for the United States with more than 260 American nationals evacuating the Far East aboard The majority of the evacuees were women and children from Manila, Hongkong and Shanghai. I Amcng them were families of
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  • 32 5 Reuter. London, Jan. 10:—Mr. Menzies, the Australian Prime Minister, announced yesterday that the Australian War Cabinet had decided to offer Britain another army cooperation air squadron for service in the Middle East.—Reuter.
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  • 201 6 Indian Labour ALTHOUGH the general conditions of Indian labourers in Malaya have improved considerably in the last few years, despite the pre-war difficulties of the rubber industry, much still remains to be done to rehabilitate them as a healthy unit of our economy. The report of the Agent of
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  • 175 6 SAD commentary on estate schools is Mr. Venkatachar's following remark: 'Trained teachers are still not attracted to estate schools due to several causes. The result is that estate school teachers find partial employment in the estate office. In other places, clerks, dressers, conductors and even kanganies with some
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  • 206 6 JHAT, despite this fall in Indian arrivals, the rubber industry, i n which nearly seven-tenths of the labour force are Indians, has been able to fulfil the increased quota requirements since the outbreak of war, and promises to meet the still growing demand this year, is in no
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  • 820 6 IN RICE THERE IS A REPRINTED here is an extract from an article appearing in The New York Times. The importance ot this article, which records the discovery of 'vitality vitamin,' the latest addition to the B family of vitamins, in rice puddings, cannot be over emphasised. rjiflE
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  • 717 6  -  By Dr. Mary Anthony jN wars of the past typhoid and tetanus have been responsible for countless deaths. But never again will this be the case. The stealthy power of both has been scotched for all time by improved field and emergency sanitary conditions
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  • 264 6 YOUR bones can be patched with silver, your face repaired with a cut from your calf. But when an accident severs one of the body's "telegraphs"—a nerve—hopes of connecting up again are slimTrying to cure facial paralysis, scientists eight years ago grafted in a section of the
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  • 621 6 THE problem of prostitution is exercising the minds ol persons. Much has been .said and written about it. yet suggestioni advanced for tackling this evfj are :n *he main encrusted with impractical idealism and disregard of human nature. Like the ostrich, the hide their heads in the
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  • 514 7 Strategic Move By Hitler? (By General Sir Hubert Gough, Renter's military commentator) London, Jan. 10. JHE after-effects of Bardia are rapidly becoming evident in Africa itself. The British air arm is stretching out as far as Benghazi and paralysing the much-vaunted Italian air service
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  • 18 7 Capt. Kenny. Adjutant of the Perak Battalion. F.M.S.V.P.. is an inmate of I the Batu Gajah Hospital I
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  • 298 7 Reuter. Ankara, Jan. 10. ETWEEN ten and twelve divisions of German troops have already reached Rumania or are on the way. By the middle of February, the total garrison of German troops in that country is expected to reach fifteen or sixteen divisions. To
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  • 170 7 Reuter. Athens, Jan. 10. TIIK Greeks have occupied klissura, a keytown to Valona and the main objective el the recent fighting, it was announced here. light Greek advance, reported yesterday in which the Greeks took 3uo prisoners was on a nine netre front south of the River
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  • 39 7 Reuter. New York, Jan. 10. MX Ernest W. Gibson, the former Vermont Republican Senator, has oeen appointed chairman of the Committee to Defend America by aiding the Allies in succession to Mr. William AJlen White who resigned last week.—Reuter.
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  • 62 7 Reuter. New York. Jan. 10. PRESIDENT Roosevelt has offered Mayor La Guardia of New York a key defence post. According to the New York Times, the post is that, of executive assistant to the President in which capacity he would be a link between
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  • 30 7 Reuter. Washington, Jan. 10. The Ranger engineering division of the Fairchild Corporation has announced that "pending further negotiations," those employees who had threatened to strike would remain at work.— Reuter.
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  • 353 7 Reuter. NEW YORK, JAN. 10. FE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS IN ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY CONSIDER IT MORE IMPORTANT TO HELP BRITAIN TO WIN THE WAR IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCES THAN TO WORRY ABOUT KEEPING OUT OF THE WAR THEMSELVES. The latest Gallup
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  • 180 7 Reuter. New York, Jan. 10. i Till false report that Hitler and Goering were dead J j and that Germany had re- quested an armistice sent j passengers aboard the Portu- I guese liner Serpapinto into i ecstacies, according to the I New
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  • 381 7 Reuter. Washington, Jan. 10. PRESIDENT Roosevelt summoned the Democratic leaders in the Senate and the House of Representatives to a conference yesterday afternoon on legislation to give him virtually unlimited authority to lend and lease war material to Britain and the other nations warring against the
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    • 122 8 POSITIVELY LAST 4 PERFORMANCES rgULHAMBBA The brightest comedy of Its kind fMARJORIE RAMBEAU ALAN HALE JANE WYMAft-RONALD REAGAN Directed kr LEWIS SCJLiI A WARNER BROS. First NatiMil Pictirt Mwk fey Max Stabwr Ordinal Seri«« Hoy by Wolt.r O.UOO »0..d Upon Ooroct.n Cr«ot.« by Normon y -KSfi PATHE GAZETTE •VOI'XG AMERICA
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    • 180 9 LaSt 4 Shows T °-day j /v C o II a.m. 111 11 INTEREST IfflW OUTSTANDING IN ITS APPEAL. RATHBONE hi d ■<) 20th Century Fox Movietone News WLM wonder film of all time! B^-"' 5 THIEF OF m BAGDAD 1 BBm""" STARRING mm CONRAD VEIDT JUNE DUPREZ Bl 1
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    • 369 9 BUDGET ESTIMATES OF JAPANESE COLONIES Tokyo, Jan. 10. AF the 1,440,000,000 yen budget estimates of th? Japanese colonies for the fiscal year 1941-42, Korea accounts for 996,700,000 yen, Formosa for 315,000,000 yen, Saghalien for 11.',000,000 yen, and the South Seas Islands for 15,000,000 yen.—Eastern News. Public Notices Notice of Removal
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    • 235 9 SWEET MUSIC HOT NEWS JOINTLY INVITE YOU TO ATTEND 'ONE OLDE FASHIONED GRAMOPHONE NIGHTE" FROM B—l2 P.M. ON MONDAY 13th RE <-«>RBS the records. AT THE HAPPY CABARET B—9 P.M. 10% RECORD SPECIAL DISCOUNT CONCERT ALL ORDERS c ATrfT RECEIVED ON OF LATEST TH.S NIGHT. DANCE HITS SOME NEW ARRIVALS!
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    • 223 9 "ONE OF THE BEST AND MOST FASCINATING THRILLERS WITH A MOST UNUSUAL THEME." STRAITS TIMES. pavilionl l FROM THE FAMOUS STAGE PLAY BY PATRICK HAMILTON ANTON WALBROOK DIANA WYNYARD "VICTORIA THE GREAT" "CAVALCADE* IB T'TuWBI iitT TP II feJl i a 1 ft II i* I I rTTT %J I
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    • 871 10 n« HMM Situations Vacant BOX 910—Liquor Salesman, Position filled. Applicants thanked. WANTED Lady Shorthand Typist, abl"! correspond, a recommendation. Apply P.O. Box 516. Singapore. (No. 108O> WANTED a lady teacher. Apply personally. Premier Institution, 44, Orchard Road Singapore. (No. 77G) WANTED teachers who passed ln Oral English Exam. Apply Box
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    • 776 10 WANTED. A piece of land with a email in Katong district Full detaihTand particulars with price to Box No. 994, Malay* Tribune. Singapore.^ LONELY "respectable Chinese Gentleman, 25? desires Chinese girl friend 20-25 Mu* possess good manners andkbllity of speaking English Please apply with Photo which will be returned. Box
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    • 730 10 Vegetable Seeds ,ONE DOLLAR for ten kinds (Bean and Leaf Vegetables). Enough for large garden. Send remittance. E*t«ge free Malayan Vegetable Seed*. 7». £j»Jg: mah RoaU. Singapore. (Wo. 26Q) Motor Vehicles FIAT MARVELETTB. 1928. Engine excellent. Insured to November. Box WJ Malaya Tribune, Singapore. (No. 3iuj FORD SALOON, 8 H.P.
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    • 582 10 Financial i WANTED partner with $600.00. Apply personally 22C. vviu House. Singapore. v Personal ATTENTION Upcountry A Home awaits you when in Q^ lttyft Apply in first Instance to Box i*. Tribune. Singapore. AUSTRALIAN would like to S^SSf speaking youngJ^^SSlJr?W^ Write. Box No. »6 c|o MWay o 36G) Kuala Lumpur.
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    • 631 10 PW D Mm* NOTICE the Tenders will be office of «}e STjAj» to No on of Ptmg.etc near Mantin on the near Kuala ur J£ s a d Anaps. mb H r Stone wllfoe supplied Engineer at erei^^ s 0 f 9.30 a.m. rd^m^BatuSsamand c mad*! Tfh" e tcn b
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    • 34 10 SPECIALLY SELECTED FOR CHINESE NEW YEAR WIDE RANGE OF— BRASS. WOODEN ALUMINIUM CAR* MOULDS. LATEST wATAVIA BANDOENG SARONGS. BEST BATAVIA JELLY SEA-WEED, etc etc ALL at PRE-WAR PRICES at "BIKDSHOP" Ipoh. Phone z»«Estd. 1902.
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    • 39 10 103 North W«J! G5: ,0. Meyer Mansion. _3f!^-^ .Sport We are not more cycles, m clearing them at n price. P» nt n,,s> opportunity. $35- N ett cas Only a'few leftj. LEA A Jr 5*3 5 Serangoon _L Singapore.
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 1326 10 TO-DAY'S RADIO SINGAPORE LONDON nai »25 metres (l-33s «|CS) CENTRAL TRANSMISSION -*p, 30 96 metres <»69 mlcO GSB 9.51 mcs (31.55 m); GSC 9 51 mm SEX 4138 metres (7 25 m|cs> (31.32 m.); GSD 11.75 mcis (25.53 m.) s o. Z rr, NewaT in English (every 11.86 mcs (25.29
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  • 291 11 .1 uneasy feeling that ;rI "r l d Spments of the iticaJ ay be irapen--1 :!11P ;S Contributed to *ff i; 2nes.s of the rub,nff vs the rubber mar- StanP )f i Co., Ltd. 1 itv is reported from the Ministry ot J un in the market
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  • 120 11 :apore. Jan. 10. Rice (Special) Per bag $14.70 No. 1 $13.80 No. 2 $13.35 No. 3 $12.45; ii Rice 'Broken) Per Bag No. 1 $11.55 No. 2 $11.10 No. 3 $10.65 t Saigon Ai p Saigon 1 t Saigon 2 fcangoon "S.Q." Mecdon Rhway "Small Mill" igoon "Meedon" c
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  • 1035 11 Singapore, Jen. 10. Buyers. Sellers. MINING. Ampat Tin (ss) 3'4>'a 3 9 Austral Amal (ss) g 9 7'Austral Malay 351- 3o|Ayer Hltam (ss) 21|- 226 Ayer Weng ($1) 0.85 0.90 ftancrln Tin 151- iB--tserjuntal (Ss) 9 BIS Batu Selangor ($1) 1.50 1.55 Burma Malay 19[3 20|3
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  • 36 11 JAPAN— N.E.I. TRADE TALKS NEXT WEEK Reuter. Batavia, Jan. 10. TRADE talks between Japan and the N.E.I. delegates are expected to commence next week. The Japanese mission has completed a draft agenda for the conference.— Reuter.
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  • 22 11 Reuter. New York, Jan. 9.—There are reports that Brazil will fix the minimum coffee prices at above the present levels.—Reuter.
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  • 364 11 THE Raub Australian Gold Mining Co., Ltd report lor the X°ur week* ended i*n 4 D erlod 567) is as follows footage for the period 1SSS%£ 9 &U&-201 1 T development The workings have been dewatered To within six feet of the No. 4 level plat. &ve
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  • 79 11 Reuter. Bombay, Jan. 9.—The Weekly Cotton report states that the persistently vague Eastern outlook caused the weekend set-back. Lacking confidence, operators follow the bigger professionals, despite Bcmbay shipments exceeding last year and the steady mill offjtake. Professional covering outweighs accumulated hedging. The biggest problem is the marketing
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  • 16 11 New Scudai, Ltd., output for the month cf December, 1940, amount>d to 34,051 pounds.
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  • 161 11 London, Jan. 10. ARRANGEMENTS have been cono eluded between the Treasury Board of Trade and the chief American film companies to continue restriction on the remittance abroad of the latter's revenues arising from the showing of films in the United Kingdom, states 4 a Treasury
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  • 142 11 Reuter. London, Jan. lv. MESSRS. Strauss's monthly tin review mentions: Firstly, that the reduction in American December deliveries only means that consumers have deferred taking fresh supplies before th* balance sheet, or more likely coincidence arrivals have temporarily reduced delveries to the Reserve Company; Secondly, 1940
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  • 13 11 Reuter. London, Jan. 9.—As from Jan. 23, cotton yarns exports require licences. —Reuter.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 67 11 1 1L is M ARANTEED CURE WITHOUT OPERATION LI??Z2X"* p«tafui adv;.sab'e li treat men t always my v" t ,Islan nave spent th very careful study eflecSd be ii no cure n,,v and irV 1 hay, »>een i aft^Ve a te; e,,,V n treatn «nt v 1 v convince Y
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    • 31 11 ijE SMALL 1 /SiX BOTTLE '|JHK\ with A LOT I Identical 1 with the natural water in taste and mcdiW' cinal properties WjXfa&ttt as recommended H by doctors PHONES'. 5700-3709 I
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    • 307 11 NOW WE GIVE YOU 12 INSERTIONS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE 6 in the Malaya TRIBUNE 6 in the Morning TRIBUNE The Small Advertisement Page of the Malaya Tribune Is Read By 100,000 People lEveryI Every Six Days, and by 25,500 in the case of the Morning Tribune—making 125,500 in
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    • 402 11 STEAMER SAIIJM.S BRITISH INDIA PASSENGER FREIGHT SERVICES For all information apply to: P. O. S. N. Co., The Agent, Collyer Quay, Tel. 5961. 8.1.5. N. CO., BOUSTEAD CO., LTD., Tel. 5497. 8.1.5. N. CO. (APCAR LINE) For HONGKONG, SHANGHAI, MOOT, KOBE, OSAKA. For PENANG, RANGOON CALCUTTA. Regular Sailings: Special Holiday
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    • 355 11 BRITISH INDIA The best possible services are being maintained by The P. O. S. N. Coy. from the Straits to their usual ports of call in China. India Ceylon and tho United Kingdom. Passengers are requested to register their requirements bul under present circumstances sailings are perforce restricted. Special Holiday
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  • 75 12 A picture taken of a window display at the British Dispensary, Raffles Place, to help the sale of the special A.A.M. Fignter Fund badges. The display was arranged by Mrs. G. M. Coltart, wife of the President of the Automobile Association. The badges are at $5 and
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  • 134 12 London, Jan. 11. THE Ministry of Labour is to make the best use of the services and labour of allied and other friendly aliens in Bntair. and for that purpose has set up a central agency. The Ministry feels that these people can make substantial
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  • 36 12 Mr. G.L. Carson, District Forest Officer cer Kinta. Batu Gajnh. has gone on transfer to. Kuala Kangsar. Mr. Marshall who returned from leave has assumed duties as District Forest Officer Kinta. in place of Mr. Carson.
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  • 69 12 Reuter. London, Jan. 11. MAJOR-GEN. Sir Douglas Brown"l rigg who commanded the Shanghai defence force in 1927 31 has been appointed colonel of the Sherwood Foresters with effect from Jan. 19, in succession to Major-Gen. Sir Frederick Maurice who has completed his tenure of the appointment.
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  • 24 12 Messrs, E.C. Whitley, A.I.H West and E A del Young and Mr. and Mrs E L Watson have gone up country on a holiday.
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  • 95 12 Reuter. INQUIRIES hav 0 e n ten ,in J in throughout response to yesterday,, SI cement of the inau KU the vs new air *a£?3gl Air Commodore Cha™; mandant of the Corp ,1 that he hoped to get\nJ°l squadrons for Lancashire London required 72 of which
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  • 91 12 London Ja>- DEYOND the Burma v fczechuan Province hydraulic engineers are b" work on two of China's vast J electrical undertakings Throughout the bombim- road, Britain was sending a nuous supplies of machinen a China whose water supply v o» the most abundant
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    • 160 12 *LLr a DlO short-wave stations the world over that come in too close together for nary reception. Never before has this been possible: now it is an accomplished fact, with Short-wave reception for the first time, a practical really. This "Miracle" radio expands your radio horizon not 20 times hut
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