Malaya Tribune, 27 January 1941

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  • 22 1 The Malaya Tribune Net Sales Exceed 16,000 Daily SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1941 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune Monday, January 27, 1941.
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  • 112 1 Reuter. Mosc«m;, Jan. ill. I,f PHE 1 ans will encounter 1 difficulties if invade Bririter in the rnal, "Red at the powirj machine h ai' enough to .vhich is conmg British Fleet, m< r.ace ot invasion Pi tain resistance is now than in May 1940.
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  • 56 1 Reuter. London, Jan. 27. THE remarkable lull in German air activity over Britain continued yesterday. The only attack throughout the country during daylight yesterday was by a single aircraft, which dropped bombs on a north-east coast and even this cau.>ea no damage or casuaVJes. This was announced In an Air
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  • 28 1 Reuter. London, Jan. 27. LONDON has now had one week J of air raid free nights. No alert was sounded in the capital up to a late hour.—Reuter.
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  • 104 1 Reuter. y, London, Jan. 27. v v confirmation has reached London of the extensive unrest in Italy as reported from certain quarters teide that country, Reuter learnt in London yesterday). In the past few weeks, there have been apparently well substantiated reports of minor trouble n
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  • 63 1 British Wireless. London, Jan. 27. SIX Archibald Carter, lately permanent Secretary to the Adriiralty, has been appointed the British Government's representative of the Eastern Group Supply Council. In accordance with the recommendations of the recent Eastern Group Conference, convened by the Viceroy to co-ordin-ate supp!y arrangements
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  • 616 1 Abyss. mans Kill 200 In Brush With Enemy Reuter. r London, Jan. 27. tit Kb has been no further news of the Imperial and Allied offensive in Africa since it became known early yesterday that Uieir forces have penetrated into Italian Somali land where
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  • 159 1 London. Jan. 27. PRINCESS Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, accompanying the King and Queen, have paid their first visit to an R.A.F. station, and sat a few minutes in the cockpit of an RJV.F. bomber. Princess Elizabeth herself handled the control column while her sister examined and
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  • 325 1 British Wireless. London, Jan. 27. "I HAVE come here to have a look round," said Mr. Wendell Willkie to Reuters representative on his arrival in London. "I am not going to .say anything now and I have not made any arrangements but I expect to meet
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  • 276 1 Reuter. London, Jan. 27. J WOKE up yesterday morning to very heavy artillery bombardment from both tides of the lines in the northern sector of the Albanian battlefront. Yesterday and on Saturday, the fighting here was most active for some time, while overhead British
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  • 96 1 Reuter. Sofia, Jan. 25. THE Rumanian Government today closed the Bulgarian and Soviet frontiers. Other drastic measures to bring the revolt to an end are also reported to have been taken. Insurgents attempting to escapp across the frontiers were arrested although many are said to have been successful
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  • 80 1 Reuter. Berlin, Jan. 27. pOUNT CSAKY, the Hungarian Foreign Minister, is seriously DI and rapidly sinking, according to a Budapest message to the official German news agency. Count Teleki. the Hungarian Prime Minister, and all the members of the Government, have v:sited his sick bed. Count
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  • 582 1 Reuter. <if T m Tokyo, Jan. 27. Ji ib preposterous for the United States to say that it is impudent for Japan to dominate the western Pacific," declared Mr. Matsuoka, Japan's Foreign Minisrw? f 8 tem nt t0 budget committee of the Lower
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  • 166 1 Reuter. Bucharest, Jan. 27. jyjILITARY and police patrols are now engaged in one of the biggest man-hunts in Rumania's history following the collapse of the five-day Iron Guard revolt against the Government of Gen. Antonescu. Rebel leaders still at liberty are being vigorously rounded up and
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  • 201 1 Reuter. Belgrade, Jan. 27. The Government newspaper Vreme published a leading article yesterday (Sunday) on Franco-German relations. The article was signed by the newspaper's director, who is generally regarded as well-informed on Axis plans. He declares that the Nazis will demand the handing over of Tunis, Bizerta and
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  • 255 2 Singapore, Saturday. CONVICTED on a charge of being found loitering at the Singapore Railway Station, Tanjong Pagar, in the early hours of Dec. 28, a 37-year-old Malay was sentenced to two months' rigorous imprisonment in the Fifth Police Court, to-day. The accu.s'ed, Abdul Hamid
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  • 33 2 A free public lecture on "Parallel Lines'' will be delivered by the vice-president of the Theosophical Society, on Thursday, Jan. 30. at 6.30 p.m. at the Singapore Lodge, Theosophical Society. 8 Cairnhill Road.
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  • 20 2 Mr. E. T. S. King has assumed duty a s Execu-ive Engineer. Perlis, in place of Mr. A. D. Campoell.
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  • 213 2 (Tribune Staff Reporter) J)UE almost entirely to many dealers refusing to sell at the recently gazetted price, Singapore householders are experiencing a "shortage" of eggs for their breakfast tables. The controlled price, gazetted late last week, fixed the rate of 30 cents per ten
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  • 146 2 (From Our Own Reporter) Penang. Saturday. FE application of Mr. Lim Lean 'Peng. J.P., a well-known member of the Penang and Kedah Chinese community, for the ejectment of Lean Pee. Phuah San Kow and Chuah Kee Tin from certain premises in East Jelutong was unanimously approved by
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  • 308 2 THE seventy-ninth birthday of the Sultan of Kedah, which falls to-day, Monday, is marked by a magnificent gift of $1,000,000 for the prosecution of the war. The following resolution moved by His Highness the Regent, has been passed unanimously by the State Council
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  • 72 2 Singapore, Saturday. A CHARGE of having committed housebreaking, with intent to commit theft, was explained to RCordeiro, 25-year-old Eurasian, when he was produced before Mr. J. G Rappoport in the Third Police Court, to-day. Cordeiro was alleged to have broken into a house in Kempas
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  • 21 2 untitled Mohamed Yusof. Senior Inspector of Police has arrived in Seremban In place of lnche Jalil, who has gone on Jeave.
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  • 825 2 TRIPLE INQUEST .(From Our Own Reporter) Seremban, Saturday. JHAT the police were compelled to fire on the mob was the testimony of police officers who gave evidence at the inquest on Wong Choy, Wong Chan and Wong the three men who died
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  • 154 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) Tapah. Saturday. A NUMBER of accidents have "occurred on the Cameron Highland Road but, fortunately, there are no fatalities. An Austin Seven coming down from the Highlands left the road at about the 25 12 mile, it plunged down a valley for
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  • 33 2 Mr. C. Gjertsen from Penang is being posted to Sungei Patani to act as Executive Engineer, P.W.D Central Kedah, in place of Mr. J J Bryan who Is going to Pahang on transfer
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  • 15 2 (Cent-A-Planr Total numU planes destroyed duriS the week-end on all gj SEVEN!
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  • 21 2 Reuter. A UNITED ST A I. arrived Irj Blithe leased bases, announced in L evening.—Re11 i
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  • 11 2 London, Jan. untitled states .^l <-0MlNl,l!N<,i bu« li»'l, Mere l. l!',»!.,
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  • 225 3 Reuter. LONDON, JAN. 26. fill" BATTLE OF 1941 WILL BE 1 BATTLE OF THE SEAS. IT FOR THE UNITED STATES I LONE TO DETERMINE WHAT SPEEDY BRITISH VICTORY Ml INS TO YOU, AND IN WHAT U Ws AND TO WHAT EXTENT YOV MAY WISH TO GIVE US
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  • 223 3 WELL over 120 members and friends—graduates and undergraduates of the College of Medicine—were present at the re-union dinner of the Chinese Medical Students' Union held at the Great World on Saturday night. The Union has been in existence for almost a quarter of a century but yesterday's
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  • 220 3 AUXILIARY SERVICE CORPS TO MEET ANY EMERGENCY mijpi TRiniTTvici (Tribune Staff Reporter) rr* t0 exclusively reveal that, as another step towards the PwStfSSSSTte 8 f Co,ony in an emergency, the Government is at mm J?«!M i t J he I estiofl of forming
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  • 77 3 "Indian Commentary" is the title of a talk to be broadcast from the Singapore station at 7.10 this evening (Monday), by Mr. Edwin Haward. Adviser on Indian Affairs in the Far Eastern Bureau of the Ministry of Information. Mr. Haward, who spent many years
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  • 65 3 The annual general meeting of the Asiatic Club. Carey Island, was held at the club s premises on Jan 18 Mr J M Jecvanandum presided. The following office bearers were elected for the current year: president. Mr. D. M. Fernandez; Hon secretary. Mr J Simon; Hon m^K rer r Z'
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  • 174 3 (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh, Saturday. £OMPI LSORY blackouts will be necessary in future in Ipoh, and practices will shortly he held," declared Mr. B. P. Mariott, Chief Warden of A.R.P Services in Ipoh, when interviewed. Blackout shades of various designs are under consideration, and when
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  • 18 3 Dato Sir David Galloway has been re-appointed a member of the Executive Council of Johore for another year.
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  • 353 3 Singapore, Satutday. OEVEN applications for exemption g from continuous military training for the period February! March, 1941, were heard to-day at the High Court by the local Appellate Tribunal consisting of Mr. Justice Gordon Smith, Mr. H D. Mundell and Major R. L. Nunn. 1 When application
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  • 408 3 Singapore, Saturday. IHE sequel to an accident in Serangoon Road on Dec. 7 last in which a Chinese gardener met his death, took place to-day when Sgt. Frank Robert Knight, of the Gordon Highlanders, Changi, was charged before Mr. C. H. Whitton in the
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  • 64 3 Singapore, Saturday. PAID to have dishonestly induced Ng Kirn Kok to deliver to him $30, at a house in Pasir Panjong Road, between Jan. 20 and Jan. 23, Urn Thiam Soon, a 20-year-old, Chinese, appeared in the fifth police court, to-day. Lim claimed trial to a charge oi
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  • 23 3 Messrs. B. J. R. Barton and Cheok Huan Cheong have been re-appointed to serve on the Johore State Council for another two years.
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  • 38 3 Messrs. A. G. Boyd and F. C. Cox have been anoointed members of the Local Tribunal for the districts of Johore Bahru, Kota Tinggl and Kluang in place of Messrs. H. V. H. Pery and R. O Roden.
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  • 132 4 Hockey SINGAPORE INDIANS 9; SELANGOR INDIANS 0. IN a very one-sided game of hockey I at Balestier Plain, yesterday, the Singapore I.A. trounced the Selangor Indians by nine goals to nil. The winners were well served in the forward line, where Lt. Tiwary and
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  • 310 4 RAIN CURTAILS S.C.C. TENNIS TOURNEY SIXTEEN further ties were completed in the Singapore Cricket Club's Chinese New Year tennis tournament which was resumed yesterday. Rain in the evening made further matches impossible and the tournament will continue this morning, commencing at 9 o'clock. Yesterday's results were:—
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  • 114 4 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Sunday. pERAK Colts, showing better op- portunism, defeated Penang Colts by the odd goal in three in the opening match of the inter-state Colts hockey tournament on the Railway Institute ground this evening. Penang dominated play in the
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  • 273 4 Cricket IN a three-day cricket match opened on the Indian Association ground yesterday morning in the series of games which the Selangor Indian Association is against the local Indian Association, the latter batted first and knocked up 78 runs. The Selangor Indians, who began their batting
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  • 212 4 pOPLLAR Pablo Nerva, who will be remembered for his fights W JT S ve 7 man > years ago, and who retired when the New Z l* h the r pro^ to build their new arena, will be rnak.ng a comeback on Feb. 7
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  • 88 4 th^^Ll hiTd *J? nuad meeting of tne Endeavour B.P. the following ve e ar c iKS office-bearers f or t h e Yea President: Mr. Ong Kone Sr Tr (r K e t ,ected) vice-presiS, and Hood P h: hon secretary and treasurer, Mr. Yeo Thiam? Kp^t/ 11
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  • 45 4 The Kuala Lumpur P. and T. X° m v Vil 5°^ ke y €leven will meet the Y.W.C.A. on the PW D ground this evening. To-morrow q™ K L tors P la y the Gins' Sports Clubs in the latter's ground.
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  • 44 4 HOCKEY: Ceylonese vs Mountain Regt., Balestier: Chinese vs Fort Canning, S.C.R.C.; Post Office vs Hornets, Post Office ground.. TENNIS: S.C.C. Chinese New Year tournament; Muslim tournament, V.M.C.A. courts; Selangor Indians vs Singapore Indians. Farrer Park. FOOTBALL: Selangor Indians vs Singapore Indians, Balestier.
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  • 144 4 "THIS MAN IS NEWS" At The Pavilion "THIS MAN IS NEWS," which opened a season at the Pavilion yesterday, is a very fine detective thriller of a newspaper reporter who becomes involved in a series of mysterious crimes and ends up by helping Scotland Yard solve the puzzle. There
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous

  • 74 5 In 1920, was senA death for lolling a wardt] institution, was. at ent to jail for I derick J. Cullender, 39- i]d carpenter. uth he was reen a life sentence. I fIV,9 years ago. nitty to stealing 59 from premises' ,on Ol enemy at- thai Cullender
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  • 115 5 H A YEAR OLD girl A amazing evidence at whi n two married ii %iil v. itJi an offence rlKlt h"T. Stanley G. Johnnine, ol Elston Hailmpton, and Lionel hirty-one, of St. Hiid.i, ChrLstchu'ch, transport workers, she first met Johnr, 1938. when she and
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  • 11 5 untitled of untitled has one of the Visitors to Port Swettenham,
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  • 1047 5 Trapped By Brilliant Detective Work pOR the next two years ex-public school boy Harold Smest Shapley, "rogue, robber, and moral degenerate," as counsel described him at his trial at Hertford Quarter Sessions, will not trouble the community. Thirty-five-year-old Shapley, one of the most extraordinary characters
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  • 310 5 IN the last war Private Sidney King, of the Royal Engineers, helped to lay the vital double-track railway from Suez to Damascus through months of desert heat and sandstorms, enemy shelling and sudden attacks. In this war, 56-year-old Ganger King, veteran railwayman, has as
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  • 14 5 Mr. H. S. Brar. of Kuala Lumpur. Is shortly proceeding to India ou leave.
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  • 141 5 CO-OPERATION... JN the £6,000-a-year showrooms of a leading furnishing firm the priests of one of London's most famous Roman Catholic Churches—Our Lady of Victories, Kensington—held service. They were able to do so thanks to the united efforts of a Jew, an Anglican and a Catholic priest.
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  • 94 6 Merely A War Measure? JT is quite obvious that the Colony Government, supported by the "Yes-men" on the Unofficial side of the House, is determined to push through the War Tax on Incomes Bill with the minimum of delay, notwithstanding the fact that petitions against such legislation have been
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  • 114 6 THE assurance has been given that the Bill will be enforced for the duration of the war and for one year after. But such assurances are easily given. There is often little likelihood of those who give the assurances being called upon to make good their promise. Their
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  • 138 6 point is that no provision appears to have been made for rebate. The bachelor will pay exactly the same in proportion to his salary as the married man with two, three or more children at school. The matter does not really give civil servants any cause
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  • 101 6 PROFESSIONAL and commercial men have no such privileges. They must grin and bear the burden. They were told quite recently that this war would not be won by such expedients as war lotteries but by blood and sacrifice. As far as Malaya is concerned that is true
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  • 123 6 THERE could be no real objection to the war tax on incomes, provided that it were possible to levy it on a strictly equitable basis and, more important still, that a concrete guarantee could be Riven that it would remain in force for precisely th e period for
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  • 467 6 A >FEW years ago certain interests in the British film industry were attracted to the prospect of elevating the penny peep-show to a more sophisticated level by substituting shots of "What the Butler Saw" or "A Night in Paris" by miniature movies. Most slot machines are
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  • 265 6 A PERENNIAL problem for grownups is how to tell the children. Recently two lively ways of telling the children were produced a new book on sex, and an animated cartoon on tuberculosis. At Manhattan's City and Country School, Dr. Milton Isra Levine tells children how babies come.
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  • 347 6 RLE beautiful crown of antlers, which earns for a stag the title of "Monarch of the Forest," is named "a head." Every year, towards the end of April or the beginning of May, these antlers are shed. Gradually they loosen, and are rubbed off by low
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  • 968 6  -  B> Leo Fuller "WE must show if we are worthy of our ancestry of freedom, the heritage of our forefathers, and fight to the death." On October 28, 1940. Greeks rallied to these stirring words of General Metaxas and prepared to throw back the
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  • 572 6 fpAITH in the triumph over might Bnderljj year messages given bj the Penang Chinese In these uncertain oa heartening to know men are facing the hope and with a deterrni give their fullest co-< those who have authoto prevent the spread these shores. "To few people the
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    • 327 6 WlJ»l9 4l fm fI H The Diary with ■i 4 the Index makes j& it possible to find any date with two "S motions only. Saves time and annoyance R°NE9 i to., Singapore fMONC 62TS Pains in Back! Nervous, Rheumatic} Wrong foods and drinks, worry, overwork and frequent colds often
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    • 10 6 WV* p o? K LTDv JOSEPH TRAVEW SOUS LTD. I
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  • 559 7 Horrible Deeds Reported From Many Cities Reuter. Bucharest, l! 5. rp\\E first reports from the i rovincea indicate that and pillaging by rehave been very severe, in s thousands of Jewish having suffered at mds. The most horrilacres are stated to taken place at Brasov,
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  • 245 7 Reuter. Washington, Jan. 25. rpHAT "the United States will A not declare war, and she will not initiate either military or naval hostilities," was how Mr. William Bullitt, until recently United States Ambassador to France described two limits to American aid for Britain, in evidence
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  • 159 7 Reuter. Chungking, Jan. 26. THROUGH motor traffic over the Burma Road is said to be one of the major problems settled at conferences between members of the Burmese Government mission and the Chinese Government authorities, which have just been concluded. The usually well-informed China Times states
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  • 52 7 Reuter. Lisbon. Jan. 25. MR. WENDELL WILLKIE. who is on his way to England to study the country under war conditions hopes to leave for London "as scon as possible." He is carrying a personal message from President Roosevelt to Mr Winston Churchill, the
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  • 114 7 Libya Fighting (From Reuters Special Correspondent with the British Army in Libya». London, Jan. 26. British forces are now within a few miles of the first adequate water supply in the Libyan desert, situated to the west of Derna not far from the point where British
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  • 178 7 Reuter. Aden. Jan. 26. THE Abyssinian capital Addis Ababa, with its garrison reduced to a minimum by the despatch of troops to the frontiers and by many of the remaining troops deserting to the Abyssinian patriots, must now be in a state bordering on siege.
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  • 239 7 Reuter. Washington, Jan. 25. IFTER talking to Mr. Cordell Hull, Secretary of State, over an hour, Lord Halifax reporters: "We see things much alike." 1 cussing the «mr, Lord Halifax he thought "when history to be written, Hitler will be l to have lost the
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  • 470 7 Reuter. (By Kenneth Anderson. Reuters Special Correspondent with Ethiopian Patriot Army somewhere in Abyssinia I. London, Jan. 26. FN company with a Cornish- man. a Tanganyika n civil servant, a New Zealander, formerly a missionary in Abyssinia, and three Abyssinian soldiers, I have just returned to
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  • 99 7 Reuter. Annapolis. Jan. 25. THE British battleship King George Fifth, which took Lord Halifax, Britain's Ambassador designate to the United States, sailed in the direction of the Atlantic on Saturday morning, at 11.30, Eastern standard time. The 24 'hours, that under international law applies
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  • 160 7 Reuter. Shanghai, Jan. 26. MR. W. J. Keswick who was shot at a meeting of Shanghai ratepayers here, during the week, left hospital this evening and returned home. The Shanghai Nichi reported this evening that Mr. Hayashi is likely to be prosecuted on a charge of attempted
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  • 106 7 Reuter. Shanghai, Jan 26. TERRORISTIC activities flared up to-day at the commencement of the Chinese New Year hcliday celebrations, i Starting early In the evening and .continuing throughout the next 1 few hours, bombs were hurled at six well-known Chinese-owned cabarets in Shanghai, wounding j eight Chinese,
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  • 95 7 Reuter. Rio de Janeiro, Jan. 26. BRAZIL'S attitude in interning belligerents is explained in a decree signed by Dr. Vargas, the President, to-day. The entire crews of warships, planes, or auxiliaries, that, for any reason, remain In Brazilian territory will be interned under conditions and in places
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  • 62 7 Messrs. M LI Wynne, D. Sunderam, M. R Menon. Jamnada Purshotam, Dhanpat Rai. Ram Raj Tiwari, P. R. A. M Aiagappa Chettiar. M. K. Chidambaram. B Govindasamv Chettiar J.P., M T Assomull. J.P.. M V. Pillai. M. N Samadar. O Ramasamy Nadar. J.P.. and Dr. V. X Samy have been
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  • 188 7 Reuter. London, Jan. 26. 'pHE biggest joint capital and labour conference under Government auspices ever held in Britain will take place here next Wednesday when the Labour Minister, Mr. E. Bevin, who is a member of the War Cabinet will give details to representatives of employers and
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  • 94 8 British Wireless. London, Jan. 25. UISCOUNT Cranborne, who was recently created a baron, has taken the title of Lord Cecil—one of the titles of his father, Lord Salisbury, to whom he is heir. He will be Lord Cecil of Essendon and will thus be distinguished from
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    • 134 8 A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OUR CHINESE PATRONS The BIGGEST ALL-STAR AA.G.M EPIC of the PAST 10 YEARS! rzjr 4 shows APITOL DAILY (Until TUESDAY NEXT) II A. M. 3.15 6.15 9.15 COME EARLY LENGTH 10,000 FEET PRESENTED AT OUR USUAL PRICES A Grand Midnight Attraction for our j
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    • 407 8 IBE AMONG THE FIRST TO SEE IT BOOK WITHOUT DELAY| FISHERS LTD. proudly annoupce the greatest screen Event of the Decade if APITOL Gala Far Eastern I 11 Premiere: j TUESDAY FEB. 4th I 4 SHOWS Daily 10.30 a.m. 3.15 6.15 and 9.30 j j CHAPLIN I^^^^!' I FOR THE
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  • 562 9 British Wireless. London, Jan. 25. yyARNING wage earners in particular that Germany had gone back to the Middle Ages in its method of waging war and that it would not be a twentieth century peace Hitler would give Britain if he won the war,
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    • 434 9 A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OUrI CHINESE PATRONS CATHAY C SH OWS DAILY \l7/*7* Everybody Loes 4.15 p m 6 .30 p.m. PHONE 3400 9 30 pm V TBI 1 file*aider Kordfl presents! f|| IKE lIP I h,, gr«otest scrMn triumph... j Iff lEI STARRING SA3U CONRAD VEIDT JUNE
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    • 165 9 LIBIO'S HAPPY lI A \II WILL GREET THE PUBLIC TO-NIGHT IN THEIR SPECIAL C.N.Y. BROADCAST THE TALK EVERYWHERE JHn| CHINESE NEW YEAR FREE ADMISSION 140 HAPPY GIRLS WAITING TO BRING IN THE CHINESE NEW YEAR WITH YOU The Lovely Princess will Dance with You for One Yf CaL/« *m*f 11l
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    • 56 9 HAPPY Theatre (GEYLANG) To-nitrht at Midnight General Screening Commencing Frcm Friday, 31st January, 1941. SENVITAL CREAM A beautiful bust can be acquired by everyone. You can obtain fascinating curves, rich, lovely lines with Senvital. the surest method to nourish and develop the bust. $2.50 per jar. Postage 30 cts. Distributors:
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    • 129 9 |i W| I^I()\ T To "day 3.15 6.15 9.15 I Matinee: To-morrow 3.15 YOU'LL LAUGH WITH IT, THRILL WITH IT, THOROUGHLY ENJOY IT! IHe forecastf murder with f. I uncanny accuracy.' Th* fall 4M jji oowen of gangland tried to gel *j!$S /C M h,m ird la.led! He IT "IS
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  • 48 10 ENGAGEMENT The engagement is announced between TAN SENG HUAT, second son of Mr. and Mrs. Tan Chee Siong of Wijkmesster Der Chineezen of West Banguran, NJU., to MISS NELLIE TOE, the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Toe Seng Kirn of Singapore. (NJJ.I. papers please copy).
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  • 48 10 ©ORDEIRO.—On 26th January, 1M1, at No. 40 East Coast Road, Singapore, Julia Cecilia Cordeiro, 83 years. The funeral cortege will leave her residence at 7.00 a.m. on 28th January, 1941, for the church of the Holy Family, Katong, and thence to Bidadari Cemetery for interment. Deeply regretted.
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  • 67 10 MR LIM KIM F/JVHLY and MR. TEO YEW SAN express their heartfelt thanks to Ek Iu Club, Gout Yew Sia, Sae Hoe Plat Sui, Sing Iu Sia, Yew Yew Assn., Hua Bian Assn. and members of "Hua Bian" who contributed a Chinese Band, and also to those who sent
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    • 560 10 WW MM MM W» M» Situations Vacant BOX 877—Vacancy for Lady teacher filled Thanks applicants. (No. 213G) TAP DANCING TEACHER required. Phone *****. Singapore. (No. 231G) INSTRUCTOR for Theoretical Chemistry— Apply Box No. 84. Malaya Tribune, Singapore. (No. 240G) WANTED agents, salesmen, salesgirls for saleable perfumeries. Apply Manufacturer 274, Jalan
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    • 794 10 SEEK AGENCIES on Commission terms. Handle all kino's of goods; bill collecting; house agencies; auctioneering and appraising. Write to Hup Hin Company. Ipoh. (No. 277Q) EUROPEAN PHOTOGRAPHER requires suitable models for photographic studies for reproduction in new publication. Fee 3 paid. Apply Box 86 Malaya Tribune. Singapore. (No. 238G) For
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    • 809 10 Vegetable Seeds SEEDS: Reliable, germination-guaran-teed, flower, vegetable and grass seeds at 13 cts. per good-slaed packet. Write lor full lists from Po Gardens, Ipoh. (No 2540) Professional WHY SUFFER SILENTLY from Chronic diseases when you can be cured by correspondence by Sri At ma-Chin tan, renowned Chronic case specialist. Rend
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    • 633 10 Photography TOUR PHOTOS painted by qualified artm in Lllywhlte Studio Singapore, Telej pi-one 6601. (No. 1290) Stamps STAMPS COLLECTION Apply to The Continental Stamp Mart. 79. North Bridge R-wd. Singapore. (Ho. 127 G) Board And Residence BOARD. LODOING with Chinese Family. 88. Sophia Road. Modern Sanitation. Terms Moderate. (No. 2750)
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    • 593 10 NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given by J. N. Dadlani, Sole proprietor of '•Dadlani's modern silk store," 43, Station Road, Ipoh, that he has sold the said business to P. J. Doshi and J, J. Sheth, trading as P. S. Jamnadas Co., of Ipoh on 17.1.1941. 2. All creditors of the
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    • 219 10 TENDERS INVITED. Tenders are invited for the supply of rations (excluding rice) and of firewood to the Po Leung Kuk, York Hill, from the Ist March, 1941, to the 28th February, 1942, Inclusive. Particulars of the quantities of rations and firewood to be supplied may be obtained on application to
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    • 128 10 /Jp» JUST ARRIVED Amateur Photo Store, 109 North Bridge Road. Meyer Mansion. Tel. 6550. PILES GUARANTEED CURf WITHOUT OPERA! H» Piles is a dangerous and disease. Early treatment. Is advisable. Messrs. Lav and Lav Ping- Hsiang have spt> many years in a very cart !ui of this disease. f nrf
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 952 10 !to-dafs RadTol SINGAPORE LONDON ZHL 225 m. IJJ3 k|cs. GSG~If 8^ I m«^e«^n^ M,SS,oN ZHP.I. 3» 96 m 969 mice, p.m. GSP—I9.82 metrW rv ff» to ZH*3. irMB. 7 l£j n l c 8.65 p.m. GSD-25 53 met 1 S «HL, ZHPI H«n. from 7.50 p.m. GSB-?si a.m. m|cs) from
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  • 792 11 I.S.P/S YEAR OF ACHIEVEMENT (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. 4 oJ achievement was reported by the chairman, Mr. 3 VI. Allen, at the annual general meeting, held to-day, rated Society of Planters. He declared also that een a great change in
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  • 25 11 Reuter. London, Jan. 24: Despite unprecedented disbursements. the Treasury is not inviting the sixmonthly deposit next week as nromnt tax payments have glutted the Exchequer.—Reuter.
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  • 228 11 London, Dec. 4. THE directors of Majedie (Johore) 1 Rubber Estates announce that they have tentatively accepted an offer of $220,000 from the Johore Government for the Majedie estate, equal to £25,666 or £31 per planted acre. Having regard to the fact that the Majedie
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  • 57 11 THE Central Depot of the Women's Section of the Malaya Patriotic Fund is being moved back to Government House, Singapore. The Depot will be open .is nana): On Wednesdays, from sto 6 r. m.. for the issuing of wool to those who are unable to attend on Ihursdfoy mornings; and
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  • 45 11 Reuter. Vichy, Jan. 25 COL. DONOVAN, President Roosevelt's special envoy to Europe is leaving Belgrade to-day for Athens, says a telegram from the Yugoslav capital. Col. Donovan had talks yesterday with the Minister of War Gen. Pechitch and three service chiefs.—Reuter.
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  • 20 11 Reuter. London, January 24: Freights were strong. There was a fixture for Calcutta ore to the United States at $20—Reuter.
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  • 71 11 Central News. Th« v Kunming. Yu nan Provincial Government decided at its 735th meeting cifi?«2! Cen V y P rohibit the circulation of French Indo-China currency ln the Yunnan border adjoining the French i' Hereafter such currency cated m culation wiu be confisGeneralissimo's Provisional
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  • 27 11 Mr. R. C. Edyvean who has been In tne Savings Bank Department of the hi^n m PUr fflce ior ten years shouiif h- U accon >Plished pianist.
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  • 46 11 m ,,n n London, Jan. 25. THE Portugese Government has approached the British author,he, With a view to securing relaxation of the export rostr,et,on.s on ttoplate.. j t undel stoo(i th J may agree, provided the importers are reliable.
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  • 149 11 London, Dec. 4 MR. STOKES <Lab. Ipswich) asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Kingsley Wood, in the House of Commons whether his attention had been called to the jump in profits of the Kamunting Tin Dredging Company from £37,314 to £210,397; and whether
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  • 103 11 British Wireless. rT,— Lonaon, Jan. 25. HE legislature of Bermuda has authorised the raising of a local °an of £200,000. the entire proceeds to be lent free of interest to the British Government repayable fifteen years from the date of issue. Other Colonial gifts received for
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    • 114 11 I LADIES!! I J/05 i (;a.v YEAST-VITAMIN Z J i£ BLE TS CLEARS THE 3 OFF UNSIGHTLY lAD BLEMISHES j i'?a7rzp /or rriaZ fo T Box 433 Singapore. THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA (TRUSTEES) LIMITED and Controlled by n MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED. which is incorporat<uid registered as a
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    • 62 11 SOUTH BRITISH I INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD. (Incorporated in New Zealand.) Unimpeachable Security W. G. DOVE, Manager. Tel. 5926. 2, Finlayson Green. LEE KIM SOO LTD. 89, HIGH STREET. 'PHONE 2063. EARTHENWARE. M AGRICULTURAL f\ AND SUB-SOIL PIPES for drain- 1 age and Anti- malarial Worts. *V As supplied to the
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    • 44 11 "STAR BRAND" DELICIOUS WHOLESOME PURE VEGETABLE MARGARINE— A REAL SUBSTITUTE FOR BUTTER. ADD FLAVOUR TO YOUR COOKING! SWITCH TO "STAR BRAND" VEGETARLE MARGARINE Sales Agents: CONNELL BROS. CO. (MALAYA) LTD. Incorporated vi the Straits Settlements) (P. O. BOX 118) 161, CECIL STREET, SINCAPORE J
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    • 301 11 STEAMER SAILINGS P.O I 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 CALCUITA. Regular Sailings:
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    • 357 11 BRITISH INDIA The best possible servicc3 are being maintained h: The P. O. S. N. Coy. frou the Straits to their usual ports of call in China, India Ceylon and the United Kingdom. Passeng ers are requested to register their requirements bu; under present circumstance; sailings are perforce res t
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  • 212 12 Johore Restricts Entry Of European Women Children CALLING in line with the restrictions obtaining in the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States, Johore has now forbidden any European woman or child to enter the state unless in Dossession of an exit permit valid for Malaya issued by the United Kingdom
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  • 47 12 The Straits Settlements Police Nuns will perlolm il» public, unser Mr ol .Vlr. Mtcb. on 4 ans 13 at I'eluK on k'eb 6 2ns l'eb l8 2t Katon» park, un ?eb 9 k'eb 2U. at Mr vutanic clurslenii ans nt ?:<rx on r'eb II ans k'eU» 25
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  • 1735 12 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Sunday. REFERENCE to the claims of the Indian community in Malaya was made by Mr. N. Raghavan, in the course of his presidential address at the annual meeting of the Central Indian Association of Malaya to-day. After referring
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  • 240 12 London, J m rjpHE proclamation of British sovereignty over HongKon* j proved a decisive factor in the relation betwee* western and the far eastern worlds. The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Coloni G. H. Hall, emphasised this in a broadcast to Hoagfcom nection with the
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    • 261 12 The Management' of the HAPPY WORLD Extend Greetings for A HAPPY NEW YEAR to Our Chinese Patrons and an enjoyable Holiday to all. NEW YEAR ATTRACTIONS IN THE PARK COVERED STADIUM: LOW SAJ TOO TEOCHEW WAYANGS. PRICES OF ADMISSION: 80 cts., 43 cts., 35 cts. 25 cts. including Ent. Duty—Park
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    • 208 12 PROF. ILMUDDLN f (PSYCHOLOGIST) Over 37 I VV5| Z? ars ot study in East an* West> so y° u wlu receive rellable an d Instructive advice co all who are In trouble regard•ng. Business, Domestic. Financial, Health Travelling Marriage and love affairs etc 9 00 CU o 7 confidentlal Consultation
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    • 116 12 A London Lady's Severe Indigestion Corrected By Dr. William's Pinl Pfc '.'Some time ago 1 from severe indij J. Ward. of 73. Th. London. "I had ten the chest and cou irritable and depn t felt tired, lost v i the verge of a nei Then on my siste; taking
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