Malaya Tribune, 23 January 1941

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  • 22 1 The Malaya Tribune Net Sales Exceed 16,000 Daily SINGAPORE^ THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1941 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune Thursday, January 2.;, 1341.
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  • 1196 1 Reuter. London, Jan. 23. I T is officially announced that Tobruk has fallen. A Cairo X communique states that shortly after mid-day yesterday Australian troops entered Tobruk. Mopping up operations in the western section of the perimeter are proceeding. The remainder
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  • 118 1 Reuter. U ndon. Jan. 23. Tl\\ following are some of the bighlifhta of the as- > i n 1« hruk. cabled by I Renter's special correspon- tent near Tobruk. large number of Italian •ans and many thousands of ners, as well as large quantities of ammunition
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  • 324 1 Reuter. airo, Jan. 23. T'l retreai in Eritrea < continuing, according to atest reports received in us righting has British forces ;:,t in close pursuit and harry- the Italian rear. is exacted to ance at Agordat, head s«»nie 80 miles from the frontier where prethey
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  • 164 1 Thai-Indo China Peace Talks Reuter. n Bangkok, Jan. 23. pt At negotiations are under way between the Thai Government and French Indo-China, r ding to the acting French Minister, M. Roger Garreau. N <> meeting point had been round when «he Ti;ai Governducussed cace with M. 'v foßoirinj
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  • 91 1 Reuter. New York, Jan. 23. MR. Wendell Willkie left yesterday in a Yankee Clipper en route for London. Before leaving the airport, Mr. Willkie said: "I believe strongly that the survival of Britain is the best assurance for keeping America out of this war and I think we
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  • 150 1 Reuter. Washington. Jan. 23. THE lifting of the moral embargo on the export of aeroplanes and air equipment to the Soviet Union is unlikely to affect the flow of war supplies to Britain, according to well-informed quarters in Washington. No orders that Russia could place could
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  • 153 1 Reuter. London, Jan. 23. OVER 54.000 prisoners' and many captured tanks in a repairable condition have been taken back to the main British bases by naval units ec-operating with the army in Libya, says an Admiralty communique, describing the fleet's t&are in the recent
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  • 74 1 Reuter. Ankara, Jan. 23. THE warning that "any power that wishes to strike against the immovable rock of Turkey" will find the "steel cf Turkish arms" ready on the frontier was* given on the Ankara Radio last night. Commenting on rumours of troop movements in the
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  • 182 1 Australians In Charge Reuter. 'By Kenneth Anderson, Renter's special correspondent with the Abyssinian forces in the Sudan i London, Jan. 2.2 JHE first contingent of regular troops in the new Abyssinian army was formally entrusted by the Emperor, Haile Selassie, on Wednesday morning to the
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  • 59 1 Reuter. London. Jan. 23. TWO enemy bombers were de- stroyed by RAF. fighters yesterday. An official communique announcing this states that shortly before dawn, bombs were dropped on the Kent coast. Later, a single enemy aircraft dropped bombs in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Little
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  • 125 1 Reuter. New York, Jan. 23. AN emergency appropriation of $313,000,000 for building 200 new cargo ships tc meet the threat of a world shipping shortage was recommended yesterday by the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee. This followed .a statement by Rear-Admiral Land, chairman
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  • 104 1 Reuter. London. Jan. 23. TWO islands in the Bermuda group are to be leased to the United States for 99 years for use fly-ing-boat batfes. They are Morgan and Tucker Islands. The Colonial Office states that when it was announced that agreement had been
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  • 122 1 Reuter. New York. Jan. 23. j THh 59 destroyers which had been I traded to Britain were now I "on the other side" Col. Frank I Knox, Secretary of the Navy, told jr. press conference yesterday. He said that there was one possible exception, namely that
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  • 227 1 Reuter. London, Jan. 23. ]y|R. H. D. LIEM, the London correspondent of the Central News Agency of China, graphically addressed the Chinese Campaign Committee, at a luncheon, on Japan's aims in the Pacific. He showed how Japan's position in Indo-China, Hainan, Bonin,
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  • 105 1 Reuter. London, Jan. 23. IN view of the "privations suffered by the women and children member.- of Palestinian families detained in Germany," the British Government is endeavouring to expedite the interchange of such persons with German women and children at present detained in Palestine. Action had already been
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  • 190 1 Reuter. Washington, Jan. 23. RECENTLY, there has been a net increase of $36,000,000 in the British dollar and gold assets available to pay for war supplies in the United States. Mr. H. Morgenthau. Secretary of the Treasury, notified the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs
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  • 138 1 Reuter. London, Jan. 23. riVELVE attacks have been made on British airmen after they had baled out of their machines. This was disclosed in the House of Commons yesterday when Sir Archibald Sinclair, Secretary for Air, was asked how many British airmen had been shot at
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  • 81 1 Reuter. Washington, Jan. 23. IUDGE Mcßeynolds, of the »United States Supreme Court, has notified President Roosevelt that he will retire on Feb. 1. Judge Mcßeynolds has served on the Court for 26 years, and was me only judge whom the Adminis tration described as "conservative."
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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  • 166 2 WRITING as Chief Scout for Malaya, H. E. the Governor (Sir Shenton Thomas) sent the following message, datsd Jan. 19 to the Boy Scouts of Malaya: "I have just come back from the Memorial Service at which we paid our last tribute to Lord BadenPowell,
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  • 107 2 NEW operation theatres in connection with the Asiatic wards in the General Hospital were opened on Jan. 13. These theatres are part of the general scheme foi the expansion of the facPities for treatment of the sick and the teaching of medical students. The
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  • 76 2 Singapore, Wednesday. SENTENCE of four weeks' rigorous imprisonment was passed on Abdul Hamid bin Abdullah, a young Malay, in the Second Court, to-day, for theft of various articles of clothing worth $6.85. The accused was stated to have removed the clothing from a clothes line
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  • 21 2 An extraordinary meeting of the Legislative Council will be held in the Council Chamber at 10.30 a.m. on Monday. Feb. 3.
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  • 27 2 Dr. L. E. Vine, Surgeon Seremban is going on leave to Australia. His place In Seremban l s expected to be taken M Dr E. S. Lawrie.
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  • 482 2 Singapore, Wednesday. REFERENCE was made before the Chief Justice, Sir Percy McElwaine, Mr. Justice a'Beckett Terrell and Mr. Justice Pedlow in the high court to-day to the recent death of Mr. L. R. Chandran, advocate and solicitor of Messrs. S. C. Goho and Company.
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  • 550 2 Committee Suggests War-Time Economies (Tribune Staff Reporter) REALISING the desirability of reducing imports of paper during the war, a specially-appointed committee of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association has considered the possibility of manufacturing paper locally, using for this purpose waste paper, rags, and possibly vegetable
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  • 34 2 Advice has been received by cable untitled y. O. V. Thomas, chairman of tffracs4ri of the companies of the Tronoh group gyPgs. and connected with mining ln Malaya for over 40 years, died receat'.v.
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  • 309 2 Singapore, Wednesday. AFTER standing his trial on a charge cf stealing a tin containing 25 cigarettes, James V. Moss, a Eurasian, was acquitted by Mr. J. G Rappoport, the Third Magistrate, to-day. According to the prosecution conducted by Inspector Rodway, Moss was alleged to have
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  • 55 2 Singapore, Wednesday. HARGED with cheating Mr. Lim Kirn Swee by giving him a cheque for $320 when he had no money in the bank to meet the cheque. Goh Chin Chong 35 claimed trial before Mr j g Rappoport, the Third Magistrate to-day. The case was postponed to Jan 30,
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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    • 270 2 ™LDB!RrT CEYLON tea See*** mP j BCTTE THAN MOST I ea «i It bINOAPORE TRA nS BTOPCOU» Kills germs In the note acts Internal,? too Nine timet out often you caa «op.r* and tare yourself day?*? comfort, if you will tackle it at tklUft SSaiß Dr T *^W? Gargle and
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  • 265 3 WILL APPROACH GOVT. AGAIN rp H (Tribune Staff Reporter) Strait Chinese British Association is again to i government on the question of the formation of a local rejnment for local youths. l ne Association originally suggested to the Government that it would be practical and
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  • 65 3 er.nAPORE'S vital statistics for j week ended Jan. 18 show of city's death rate durirlg ee k was 19.53 per mille comwith 19 98 in the preceding id 17.M in the correspondol the previous year, from tuberculosis at 38 drop of one on the
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  • 63 3 Singapore, Wednesday. ■OH CHENG TAP, the bar "boy" I [he Arcade Restaurant, who rated on a charge of breach of trust of 40 ontenced to four weeks' i:r>risonment. by Mr. J. < rt, the Third Mag ist r j i-clay.i Loh Was caught,! to the
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  • 76 3 Singapore, Wednesday. ON the application of Mr. H.. A. K. Paulusz, John Leong, against whom a charge of attempted murder was preferred yesterday, was offered bail in the sum of $1,000 in two sureties, when he appeared before Mr. J. G. Rappoport, the Third Magistrate, to-day. Leong was alleged to
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  • 187 3 Singapore, Wednesday. WHEN she failed to get money from the man who had formerly kept her, a young expectant mother, Goh Wee Noh. drank a solution of caustic soda on Jan. 13. She was removed to the General Hospital where she died of corrosive poisoning from
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  • 83 3 Singapore, Wednesday. BECAUSE Loh Chi, a young ChiP nese, stole a pair of binoculars from a car which had been parked for the night in Klang Lane, and because he had previous convictions, Mr. J. O. Rappoport, the Third Magistrate, sentenced him to six months' rigorous imprisonment,
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  • 221 3 JUST as theatre audiences were leaving the picture houses last night, an air raid a/arm lasting 35 minutes, was sounded in Singapore. "Bombs," both explosive and incendiary, were "dropped" in no fewer than 27 different I places, causing numerous "casualties" and several "fires." Last
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  • 78 3 nAW Par Villa, the home of Mr. Aw Boon Haw. the well-known Chinese millionaire, in Pasir Panjang, will b? cpened to the public for three days during Chinese New Y;aar holidays—January 27, 28 and The hours of opening will be between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m.
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  • 88 3 ;Frcn. Our Own ReporterIpoh. W?dnesday. TuE Kin.a f. indry stri:;-: has bet ii settled and the rr.rn have returned to work &ft«r an absence of nearly a month. The L'-rikc began early last month as the rrsult of a dispute In wages, the d >mands for
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  • 256 3 Singapore, Wednesday. "THE only evidence against the 1 accused is that given by the convicted man. In any case, it is perfectly dear from the evidence of this man that he only gave the name of his alleged accomplice because he was so badly assaulted by
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  • 114 3 Aoc xr^«£ mgapcre Wednesday. 25-YEAR-OLD Boyanese, Ahmat bin Siran, was sentenced to two weeks' rigorous imprisonment by the second magistrate, Mr. Conrad Oldham, to-day, after he had pleaded guilty to a charge of theft of 12 pieces of iron from a housjs in Tanjong Katong Read
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  • 169 3 TOHE following hi a list of further colp„«hCV°"s made for tne Malayan War Fund from members or the South Indian community, which brings the total collections to $12,245.50:— Parathra Rasayana Works $15 Mr A C Suppiah $100. Messrs. Yusuff'Bros'. $5 iSf JJro Bros 10 M r- P
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  • 10 3 Mr. M. Campbell. European untitled Malayan Educational Service has been
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  • 319 3 ROTAN GAOL FOR EURASIAN "PEST" Singapore, Wednesday. "JJE has had five previous convictions in less than two years and he is becoming a pest," remarked Mr. J. G. Rappoport, the Third Magistrate, when he sentenced Benjamin Baptist, 21-year-old Eurasian, to ten strokes with the heavy rotan, a total of 12
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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    • 141 3 Asthma Cause Killed in 24 Hours Thanks to the discovery of an American physician, it now is possible to get rid of those terrible spells of choking, gasping, coupling and wheezing Asthma by killing l the t me cause which is Germs in the blood. No more burning of powders,
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  • 852 4 pERAK racegoers, yesterday, received thrills from several big dividends and from an exhibition of formation flying by the R.A.F. from Singapore, who were thus showing their appreciation of the Perak Turf Club's gesture in running their "Spitfire" meeting the profits of which will
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  • 96 4 RACE I—Hue and Cry $53, $17. reme de Merit he $8. Starlock $18. RACE U—Anton Rogue $27, $8. Young Ginger $7. Miss Labis $10. RACE 3—Juditb Anton $40, $10. Sir Patrick $7. Metro HI. RACE 4—Lady Lustre $50, $16. Last Crusader $18. Gay Prince $16. RACE
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  • 25 4 TO-DAY HOCKEY: Hornets v Indian Association, Balestier. WATER-POLO: Singapore Swimming Club v RAF. (Seletar), S.S.C. 5.15 p.m. RUGBY: S. C.C. Seven-a-side tournament, Padang.
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  • 155 4 THE Royal Singapore Yacht Club will hold their usual races for all classes to-morrow, starting at 5.23 p.m. for the "A" class, and at 5.25 p.m. for the other classes. On Saturday, the bi-annual regatta, the "C" class will sail the final race for the Caprice challenge cup,
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  • 62 4 The monthly mixed foursomes competition at the Garrison Golf Ciub on Sunday resulted in a win for Brigadier Paris and Mrs. Elliot with a net score of 72. The following were the best returns: Brig. A.C.M. Paris' and Mrs. Elliot 88—16=72; E. V. Smith and Mrs. Holohan
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  • 255 4 OELANGOR Golf Club caddies took over trie lourtn course on Sunday for a tournament organised by the Senior Golfers Society. There were 34 competitors and the scoring was good; some wore equipped with a glove and full set of clubs, some borrowed
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  • 85 4 CPORTS members of the Selangor Indian Association will be guests of the Indian Association, Singapore, during the Chinese New Year holidays and the programme of sports events will be: SUNDAY 11 a.m. to 3 p m cricket, 4.30 p.m. tennis, 5.00 p.m. hockey. MONDAY: 7 a.m. ,and
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  • 637 4 7 Dwarfs Lose To R. A. Heavies rpHE initial match in Ihe seven-a-side rugby knock-out tournament was suspended for half-an-hour yesterday evening on the Padang, when the warning notes of the air-raid siren sent both players and spectators hurrying for *shel(er. The first
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  • 101 4 Brinkman Bramtoco Meet At Table Tennis IN a friendly table tennis 1 played before a large crowd on Monday, .he Bramtocc Sporti Club narrowly beat Brinkmann Sports Club by the odd im f seven. Result? (Bra int.. ers mentioned first) were Hee Swee Ngian lost to I Soon 0-3. Ong
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous

  • 728 5 May Establish Remand Home (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday, i ;ILE ci ime in Malaya is definitely on the inparticularly in Singapore, where, of the of youthful offenders against the law about of the total number in Malaya are instituted, is the
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  • 34 5 A preliminary meeting to start a clasf in first aid for men will be held at the General Hospital. Johcre Bahru. on Saturday, Feb. 1. at 5.30 p.m. All interested are invited to attend.
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  • 362 5 y Singapore, Wednesday. him I sent two witnesses to prison yesterday for telling lies. I have got before me his evidence recorded by the magistrate. Thus spoke Mr. Justice Gordon Smith to-day at the Assizes, warning Salleh bin Ousof, another prosecution witness in the
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  • 19 5 The appointment of Mr. A. S. H. Kemp as a Cadet in the Malayan Civil Service has been approved.
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  • 260 5 Singapore. Wednesday. IVLSCRIBED as a "combination of I* crooks." by Mr. J. L. McFall, the District Judge, N. Nawab Din, Marican Thamby, Naina Marican, and Abdullah bin Ghouse, tour men who were alleged to belong to the Commercial Corporation Company, were sentenced to
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  • 214 5 Singapore, Wednesday. AFECREE nisi granted to Kathleen rennefather on Oct. 16 I last on her application seeking the dissolution of her marriage with Cecil fennefather was made ab--1 solute Rt the High Court to-day by J the Chief Justice, Sir Percy McElwaine. Kathleen Pennefather had
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  • 81 5 Singapore, Wednesday. RECOLLECTIONS of his tour of New Zealand before the outbreak of war were made by Mr. t!. Watson in an interesting addres-, to Singapore Rotarians at 'heir weekly luncheon to-day. Creaking after Mr. Watson's talk, Rotarian T. W. Ong referred to the coming
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  • 72 5 Mrs. C. W. Dawson, Mrs R. E. untitled r um, Mrs. Dm En«r Hae. Mrs Loh Poon Lip. Mrs. Ng Sen Choy, Mrs R. E Prentis Mrs. J. B. Ross, Mrs. Tay Lian Teck. Mrs F. D Thompson Mrs. A v. Wardle. Mrs. 8. K. Wong, M B E. and
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 325 5 HOW TO RALLY AFTER ILLNESS ..ill business getting th back after serious ration. There's only hat can help you— plenty of it. But h is as weak as your bate the thought and the situation time giving the convalesHorlicks. It is food hich places no strain -led digestion—and flavour restores
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    • 91 5 BOH TEA A CAMERON HIGHLANDS PRODUCT REASONS FOR BUYING THIS EXCELLENT TEA No price increase since commencement of hostilities It is still $0 7."» per lb. Compar? this price with imported teas to* day. An All-Malayan product the elimination of overseas freight and charges allows this pure quality tea to
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  • 129 6 Not Representation IflE have fought and so far lost on the issue of war lotteries, not because we have not done our best to represent public opinion, but because public opinion is still, to all intents and purposes, completely unrepresented in the Malayan Administration. With an official majority of
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  • 141 6 JT is true that if all had voted for lotteries, the ultimate issue would not have been altered in view of the official majority, but the question is did they truly perform their duty as representatives of the public? We say not. Dr. Lim Han Hoe,
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  • 115 6 }ffE understand that some of the unofficial members favour the war tax on incomes. Do they favour it just because they are aware of a public demand for it? The answer must be In the negative because there is no public demand for it. Even the leading European-owned and
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  • 206 6 does Government insist on income-tax in preference to "State lotteries? Can jt be that the former is really intended to be permanent, while the public s request for th e latter is only intended as a temporary war measure? If both income-tax and State lotteries wer e
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  • 1274 6 one of the airdromes near the Channel there was a squadron of 12 Spitfires. It was six in the morning, the kind of morning when it feels good to be alive. The pilots were in their tent listening to a portable radio and the ground crew
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  • 111 6 Collier's sent Quentin Rey- j nolds to Europe and he arrived just as the fireworks started. He saw the French front lines dissolve, the French armies and people flee. At Bordeaux he burazt a freighter for England, and found himself in the
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  • 268 6 jyjORE than 200 Brazilian glamour girls, including famous Rio de Janeiro society beauties, are working for the German Fifth Column in South America. Victor Sch'eiff, head of Goebbels' Brazilian office at Blumenau employs them. He sets his beautiful spies to work, aimost along the
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  • 553 6 WE shall have our problems in v will be seen that these V parcel of the whol, post-war reconstruct] wegcingtodoabo.il atar we cannot say off-hand k** 1 least, we can think about W matters and resolvi as opportunity ol "Some of our form* have to go. The
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous

  • 1038 7 4 Million Men Defend Britain Reuter. LONDON, JAN. 22. ii,' WINSTON CHURCHILL, Irl till BRITISH PREMIER, h, p\V IN THE HOUSE OF MIMMONS SUBMITTED BRIEF- j i ;ii M AIN IDEAS I HAVE I I) WITH MUCH THOrGHT AND SOME EXPERU m i I
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  • 89 7 Reuter. London, Jan. 22. THE Food Ministry will be the sole purchaser of rice for importation into the Uniteu Kingdom Horn Feb. 1. No allocations of Ireight tor shipment of private accounts will therefore be made after that date. Contracts for shipments on vessels allocated for
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  • 97 7 Reuter. Sydney, Jan. 22. MR. P. G. Spender, the Australian Army Minister, was "bombed" in his car by skylarking soldiers here to-day. The "bomb", which was made of a mixture of flour and chalk exploded" over Mr. Spender's chauffeur. The soldiers, who were in a military
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  • 138 7 Reuter. Tokyo, Jan. 22. THE Japanese party-less Diet reconvened this morning with an addr?ss to the House of Peers by Prince Konoye, the Prime Minister, who renewed his appeal for national unity and solidarity and declared:— Our Empire to-day faces the gravest emergency of its histcry.—Reuter. "Britain
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  • 65 7 Reuter. London, Jan. 22. THERE has been considerable enemy air activity over the eastern part of England during daylight yesterday but no important attack developed. It it? officially stated that a few bombs fell on the outskirts of London and at points in the Home and
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  • 26 7 Reuter. London, Jan. 22. For the second night in succession, no enemy air activity was reported over Great Britain up to a late hour last night.—Reuter
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  • 856 7 Reuter. f ONFIRMATION THAT A FACTION OP TOEJBOBr GUARDS b IN OPPOSITION ANTONESCU HAVE SEIZED CERTAIN IMPORTANT BUILDINGS IN BUCHAREST HAS NOW REACHED LONDON, STATES REUTERS DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENT. THESE MEMBERS OF THE I IRON GUARD WERE SUBSEQUENTLY EJECTED BY THE RUMANIAN ARMY AND IT WOULD APPEAR
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  • 106 7 Reuter. Chungking, Jan. 22. APOLITICAL sensation was provided by an editorial in the Ta Kung Pao, the leading Chungking journal, when it made a fervent appeal to the Government to be cautious and lenient in settling the trouble with the Communists for fear of endangering China's hardwon national
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  • 30 7 Reuter. Chungking, Jan. 22. IN preparation for air raids, all residents in Chungking, whose bus»ness necessitates their remaining in the capital, must secure residence permits, it is officially announced. —Reuter.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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    • 79 8 .:ii:::::::::ri»n«H:»HH::S^^ PIAE, \VL\E and D Y\Ci: if I i 1 SINGAPORE'S GAYEST I, j j MGIIT SVO I j j TEA DANCE TO-NIGHT DANCE TO-DAY AT 6 30 P.M. 9.30 12 P.M. FREE ADMISSION TO MEN OF SERVICES IN UNIFORMS. WATCH FOR OUR Waml C hinese Xew Year Hall Special
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  • 43 9 Dictator Adenoid Hynkel prepares, his throat for yodelling in the Alps. Charlie Chaplin in a scene from "The Great Dictator" tchich is being given a special pre-release screening at the Capitol at. midnight on Saturday. The generci screening begins on Tuesday, Feb. 4.
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  • 58 9 Except with the consent of the untitled «rlul 0ammb«ilonos »nl! ln »<7Ql»ni«,,'-^ »l» n«o> r«lll»nr ln rne «tg»« «l «nall tr»n«les »nv tr»cl» du»l' n««> or «Hst-lea on nzs l> person not se,M«»nt ln tno :iU»l<> «l tlinnles out. ol ene »t»te tno c«»n<r:U «s «»utr»l os tu<» t,u»ll»o«u» ar
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  • 33 9 untitled J. M. Jansen. T. E. Andrews. C Reuben. J.P.. Wee Kah Klat. J.P Inche Daud bin Mohamed Shah. J.P. and M J. Namazle have been appointed members of the Rural Board. Singapore.
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  • 112 9 "JOE AND ETHEL TURP" (At The Capitol) 4 small town couple who go to Washington to see the US President about the arrest of the town's most famous man, the mail deliverer, are excellently played by Ann Sol(hern, as the wife, and William Oargan, the husband in the new
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  • 14 9 Dr. V. K. Thamby Pillay has been untitled last' few 81 HoBPltal f r
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    • 376 9 I (CATHAY C SH ,?ws?^v Him £myhJy Gees mt "^f^ I PHONE 3400 STARRING SABU* CONRAD VEIDT JUNE DUPREZ ie World's Mightiest Screen Triumph united artists JAN. AT MIDNIGHT I (SHOWS START 12.15 O'CLOCK SHARP). I i wfffifW DOROTHY I LAMOUR I B'V 1 illfliß Is back again I: Iff
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    • 465 9 Public Notices THE BANKRUPTCY ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 45) In the High Court of the Straits Settlements. Settlement of Singapore. Wage Earner's Administration Order. In Bankruptcy. No. 585 of 1936. Re OSMAN BIN FARAJ of No. 5. Palembang Road, Singapore, Clerk. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Second and Final dividend is
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    • 205 9 —J GRAND OPENING MONDAY, 27th i A LA CARTE MENU DINNER I i^^^F^I EvEmm tea from p.m. 1 I COFFEE, CAKES, CURRY PUFFS RATES TO MM FORCES DANCE 9—12 BEf .1 COML riND UT IBBIH WHICH HAPPYCIRL "PRINCESS KAMONING" SHE WILL SIT OUT WITH YOU OR DANCE WITH YOUR FRIENDS
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    • 305 9 TO-DAY PAVILION 615 I I, AMUSING DIALOGUE AND PIQUANT SITUATIONS MAKE THIS LIGHT COMEDY A SHEER JOY FROM START TO FINISH I [jeaTTmuibuT DIANA CHURCHILL fANE WAS A CHA«tM!MfS J lEBEL. AND WMFN SHE I sti pprn out thf pFN fredlmney J^^^i^ PETER MURRAY HILL T ATHENE SEYLER ASSOCIATfD I'm
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  • 154 10 DEATHS. SNG—Mrs. Sng Bock Kuay (madam Hoe Ah Low), aged 64 years, pa&sed away at her residence, 8 Madras Street (formerly known J as Campbell Lane) on 21-1-41, leaving her beloved husband, 3 sons, Messrs. Sng Jee Huat, Sng Seng Heng and Sng Seng Huat, 3 sons-in-law,
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  • 94 10 Mr. Quah Seng Cheow and family and Mr. Tan Keng Lock beg to tender their sincere and heartfelt thanks to the members of the English Section, Singapore Buddhist Association for nightly chanting of Suttas and to the staffs of Messrs. Henry Waugh Co., Ltd., Friendly Sporting Association, friends and
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    • 2695 10 'iUi^^,W Financial WANTED immediately Financier for sacured Government Contract. Sure prospect*. No risk. For particulars apply Box 81. Malaya Tribune, Singapore 223Q) Educational TEACHER, near St. George's Road, g'ves tuition. Mandarin or English. Apply Box 34, Malaya Tribune. Singapore. (No. 260G) LE MERCTERB SCHOOL. 218, Queen Street, Singapore. Night classes
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    • 605 10 Property For Sale FOB SALE building site, sandy ground about 8,000 sq. ft. each lot, freehold, price cheap. Apply 525, Bales tier Road, Singapore. (No. 253G) FOR SALE new bungalow. 2 rooms with bath room attached, servants' quarters, garage and compound, area about 12.000 sq. ft freehold monthly rent $80|-.
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    • 201 10 BEAUTY ATTRACTS NOTICE OUR SERVICE POOD ALWAYS ATTRACT DINERS. We also cater for Dinner Parties— MARYLAND, CAFE RESTAURANT. 264, Middle Road, THE BANKRUPTCY ORDINANCE (CHAPTER Ifiri In the High Court of the Straits Settlements. Settlement of Singapore. In Bankruptcy. No. 474 of 1930. Re K. RATNAM of No. 431-0. Tampenis
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    • 75 10 Why you should buy i RED MENTHOL COM EAGLE-BRAND Years of Experiment has bjg I spent for the perfection of m Product. No other menthol is W jas good. Nice to look at, ple*s»» jto use, guaranteed to last m" 0 'onger. MADE BY THE OF THE FAMOUS' USaWM DRAUGHT.
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 1036 10 TO-DAY'S »AdTo| SINGAPORE LONDoT^I ZHL 225 m. 1333 k cj, j J CE STR AT «rt> S'\' 41 38 m- ?'S *SG^lS T me [;J R I ZHP.3 41.38 m. 7.Z5 men. p. m GSF Ii »■> _V < 79 hr,.' I ZHL, ZHPI A ZHP3. i.*V« GSD^^<ff.U»£^ IS:S Tan.cc
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  • 944 11 I port, Jan. 22. Buyers. Sellers. MINING. T (Sa) 33 3 i 7 'i Air.P-' I I 7!-cd 35 361Auntrs. ni- 22 6 A? f- 0 82 0.86 sr- ii- W' UM 1.40 1.45 B»* v 0 6 10!--1- 20|tm 12- lar V if) 1 017
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  • 130 11 From Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, Thursday. THE tin share market was irregu- lar yesterday, with onlv moderate business. Hong Fatts were dealt in at $1 37. while Jelebus rose to 80c, and Putehs to $1 32»/ 2 Kuala Kampars were better at, Hs 3d, and Kramats at
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  • 22 11 Singapore, Thursday. Prices of tin and rubber in Singapore at noon today were:— RUBBER Buyers 36, Sellers 86" i TIN
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  • 178 11 (Fiom Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Tuesday. THE death occurred in the early hours this morning of the well- known Chinese merchant, Mr. Yong Fatt Choon, managing proprietor of Messrs. Yong Ban Kit. at the age of 63. He leaves behind his wife, two sons, Messrs. Yong
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  • 145 11  -  Japanese Bonds In Slough Of Despondency (By Reuter. London, Jan. 22. >£HE Stock Exchange opened rather more cheerful, with GiltEdged issues firmer and buyers appearing for Kaffirs Otti were fractionally harder, while Industrials' recent downward trend was checked. Japanese bonds were as disfavoured B3 ever they have been
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  • 112 11 London. Jan. 22 FREIGHTS were strong. Recent fixtr.res include Manganes'e ore. Durban to Baltimore, at $15 compared with $9 last October; Coal, Calcutta to Colombo, at 20 rupees and a net charter, New York to Vladivostok, of an American steamer at 55 cents per cubic foot. Orders include
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  • 59 11 Reuter. London, Jan. 22. THE Food Ministry has revoked the open general licence for the import of pepper, effective on Dec. 2. 1940. exempting only goods despatched before Dec. 2 and arriving before Ftb. 2. All further imports of Empire and foreign peppers will require a licence which
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  • 56 11 T London, Jan. 22. IN opened easy. The turnover was 325 tons. After official hours a further 50 tons were traded. There wa s further deterioration In "spot" but "forward' was steady. The heavier turnover is ascribed to liquidation of maturing speculative positions which were
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  • 57 11 New York, Jan. 22. THE Steel Corporation's fourth quarter net profit, it is estimated. will be at least $3.65 per common shares, against last year's $2.58. It i s reported that the nigh rate of motor production is increasing the stocks of used cars. Consumer demand for
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    • 42 11 j<iitniifMiiiHiiiuiii iaMl lp rnVES? I win B content MIOZTGI 'T-VITA MIN I S i mplainU •to 9 for trial to j G PO. Box 439 Singapore. ''■WMMM IHIIINIIIMMttMIkI When they're ARNOTOSI iou know they're excellent! Oven fresh stocks arrived regularly from Australia
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    • 131 11 PILES GUARANTEED CURE WITHOUT OPERATION Piles is a dangerous and painful uisease. Early treatment always It advisable. Messrs. Lav Kirn Ping and Lav Ping Hsiang have spent many years in a very careful study of this disease. Fees will be refunded if no cure is effected. Have a visit t>
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    • 401 11 STEAMER SAILINGS BRITISH INDIA PASSENGER FREIGHT SERVICES For all information apply to: P. O. S. N. Co., The Agent, Collyer Quay, Tel. 5961. 8.1.5. N. CO., BOUSTEAD CO., LTD., Tel. 5497 8.1.5. N. CO. (APCAR LINE) For HONGKONG, SHANGHAI, MOJI, KOBE, OSAKA For PENANG, RANGOON CALCUTTA. Regular Sailings: Special Holiday
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    • 357 11 BRITISH INDIA The best possible services are being maintained b? The P. O. S. N. Coy. f roi l the Straits to their usual ports of call in China. India Ceylon and tho United Kingdom. Passeng ers are requested to register their requirements bu) under present circumstance: sailings are perforce
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  • 200 12 Reuter. (By General Sir Hubert Gouqh, Reuters military commentator> London, Jan. 22. THE news of the fall of Tobruk, and that is what the latest Cairo report amounts to, as well as news of all other operations against the Italians is most encouraging. We have evidently
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  • 323 12 Gordon Ycung, Reute: s special respondent, cables from Bdt&h ;Hm2S arters l n Cairc: As the dust/hhsk't Unshaven tro °P s of the imperial Army charged in f M S e tney cut ofT thousands 01 defenders inside their carefully instructed defence posts rouna ne perimeter.
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  • 345 12 Reuter. London, Jan 22. f THE suppression of the Communist newspaper, Daily Worker, provoked a miniature debate at question time in the House of Commons to-day. Th? Home Secretary, Mr. Herbert Morrison, said that the authorities' action was taken not because of any recent
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  • 151 12 Reuter. PERMAN efforts°U)°r, v workers in Not the figure mentioned" according to Infom fa i!e<j London. An official of th< Economic Warfai c day that the Germans htS If B the transfer of workers vl Appeals made by authorities had met with little success
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  • 43 12 Reuter. Washington. Jan. 23 THE House of Representath 1 passed a bill author: penditure of £227,000,000 foT£ building of 400 submai other small craft and the ci* sion of shipbuilding facility measure now goes to the Route-.
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  • 78 12 Reuter. untitled IN November, war supply orde 1 totalling 15.000.000 rupees we placed in Bombay Province vast munition programme is under way 4.5-inch gam bei* produced while the tnannfaS of hand grenades has reached n full expansion as well tools and small arms. An experimental order for ha mines was
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    • 234 12 FOR GREY HAIR USE "NIGRIS COMB' Gives Immediate, natural, lasting colour black, brown, chestnut, or blonde by Just combing your grey o r white hair You can wash, use lotions, etc.. the colour will remain indelible. Will not stain or Interfere well colffed heads, State colour required when ordering $6.50
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    • 29 12 —I THE SECRET OF 1 'JZZ B"« I federated motors 1 L.M.TED smootMV economy ra ORCHARD ROAD, SINGAPORE I ir—' Represented throughout Malaya by: I WEARNE BROTHERS, LTD. A
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