Malaya Tribune, 3 February 1941

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    22 1 The Malaya Tribune Net Sales Exceed 16,000 Daily SINGAPORE, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1941 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune Monday, February 3, 1941.
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    24-HOUR R.A.F. OFFENSIVE ON INVASION BASES
    614 1 Reuter. r> r// lJTrnn London, Feb. 3. MJ l.f. tlbHlbßS crossing the English Channel in several waves, and. joined at once by bombers, carried out offensive sweeps once again by daylight yesterday (Sunday) over German-occupied territory. These and other operations by .single British bombers
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    Nazis May Refute Petain Armistice
    208 1 Reuter. Madrid, Feb. 3. HITLER'S reply to Petain's Christmas message is probably in the form of a short letter couched in cold terms, according to Spanish correspondents in Berlin. drastic action, at least, for the present. In this connection, the Berlin correspondent of the Spanish
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    AUSTRALIA'S REPLY TO JAPAN
    68 1 Reuter. j Melbourne, Feb. 3. j AUSTRALIAN defence preparations must go ahead at full speed, de--1 clared Mr. McEwen, the 1 Commonwealth Air Minister, speaking at a parade in Melbourne yesterday. He added: **A powerful and populous country in the Pacific has joined a military alliance
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    Canada's Big War Increases
    138 1 Reuter. Ottawa, Feb. 3. THERE arc many indications that the enemy, within a very short while, will make a tremendous effort to destroy the British Commonwealth by a series of smashing blows of unprecedented fury," stated Mr. Mackenzie King, Canada's Fremier. in a broadcast yesterday. Part
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    Antonescu Issues Grim Warning
    203 1 Reuter. Rome, Feb. 3. THE band of rebel Iron Guards who massacred 92 people in the forest of Jalava near Bucharest on Jan. 21 has been arrested, sa\s a Bucharest despatch. They will appear before the military tribunal. An orticial communiq r issued in 'Juchorest states
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    New Greek Advance
    239 1 Reuter. London, Feb. 3. A LL the enemy attempts at counter-attack have definitely tailed, stated $he Athens Radio last night, adding that the Greek forces have steadily advanced and have taken up new lines and pinions according to plan. It added that these operations were the beginning
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    ITALIANS MAY LOSE WHOLE OF ABYSSINIA
    441 1 Reuter. (By Gen. S*> Hubert Gough, Reuters military commentator) London. Feb. J. r f HE news cf the capture of Agordat and of the further advance on several fronts in Abyssinia is a notable proof, it such indeed were required, of the British military
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    BRITISH PUSH ON
    180 1 ITALIAN POSITION VERY DESPERATE Reuter. Cairo, Feb. 3. jpOLI,X)WING the capture of Agordal, the British troops were yesterday (Sunday) pressing: on towards Keren, 50 miles further east on the railway to Massawa. Keren is probably less well defended than Agordat, but the tempo of the British advance
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    SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES ENTER ABYSSINIA
    243 1 Reuter. (From Reuter' j special correspon--1 dent, with the South African forces inside Abyssinia) London, Feb. 3. AFTER expelling the Italian invaders from all pans of Kenya, South African troops have entered enemy territory for the first time. These lean brown warriors, hardened to the
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    DUTCH SUSPEND DEBT PAYMENTS
    86 1 Reuter. New York, Feb. 3. Till' Netherlands Government has suspended payment of its interest and redemption on its outiiandinr debt in order to prevent funds fiom passing into German hands In a statement announcing the suspension, the Netherlands Legation here says: "The Government wil 1 consider
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    Luftwaffe Takes Over In Libya
    187 1 Reuter. London, Feb. 3. ITALY'S East African Empire has taken more severe knocks with the fall of Agordat, the strategic Eritrean rail point on the route to the Red Sea, the falling back of the armed advance screen protecting Somaliland and the full retreat of
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    British Air Activity
    146 1 Reuter. Cairo, Feb. 3. DOMBERS of the South African •'Air Force operated on Saturday in support of the British advance in several parts of Italian East Africa. They attacked Assab. Italy's second Eritrean port, where stor»; dumps were hit, concentration of motor transport at Mega and Cavcllo,
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    IMPERIAL FORCES PRESS ON
    177 1 Reuter. (By Desmond Tight, Renter's special correspondent in Libyi) Derna, Feb. 3. THE Italians are now offering stubborn resistance to Gen. WavellVi army in the mountains some miles west of Derna. British troops are engaged in probing the Italian lines and fcarching for indications' of their
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    "Un-British, Incomprehensible, Bad Legislation"
    300 2 I 1 second reading of the War Tax Bill was moved this morning in the Legislative Council by Mr. H. Weisberg, the Financial Secretary. Mr. F. D. Bisseker, senior Unofficial, criticised the measure. He said that he was not against income tax but he was opposed
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    TOBACCO AND DRINKS TO COST MORE
    183 2 Singapore, Monday. N CREASED duties on tobacco and alcohol were passed at the Legislative Council Meeting to-day Preferential rates for tobacco produced in the British Empire have been increased from $1.25 per lb. to $1.50. Mr. N. A. Worley stated that the increase in
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    DEATH OF MR. C. G. PESTANA
    98 2 T___ Singapore, Monday. HE death occurred at his residence in the early hours of this morning of Mr. C. G. (Charlie) Pestana, a well-known Government pensioner. Mr. Pestana was aged 54 and leaves behind a widow and eight children. The funeral will take place
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    Planes For Chinese Air Force
    58 2 Changsha. f P'SSS 1 chin ese have contributed $6,500,000 for the purchase of warplanes to strengthen the air force. Spurred by this movement 4he &ft People s ATlati °n Hecor? struction Association has organised a special committee to raise fund for the purchase of thirty
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    EUROPEAN COUNCILLOR FLAYS WAR TAX BILL
    1791 2 sfsfs f N the course of his speech in the Legislative Council this morning, Mr. Tay Lian Teck declared that he had learnt from a reliable source that the Government had received cabled instructions from the Secretary of State for the Colonies to introduce
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    20 2 There will be a blackout in Kuala Muda, Kedah, between the hours of 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. on Wednesday.
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    Bombers From Cents
    20 2 (Cent-A-Plane fund) Total number of cnem planes destroyed d, lr the week-end on ail f ron fifteen
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    S.S.V.F. WANTS EURASIAN DRIVERS
    81 2 EURASIANS who are mechanic inclined and who cars and lorries are reouireri I! the Straits Settlement. ESuntaS Force on a four-years' I Applications for enli volunteer motor-car If drivers, whose duties wiU lnchS driving and also taking re £S maintenance of the vehicles invited from Eurasians
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    Police Knocked Down While On Duty
    60 2 W Singapore, Monday HILF. two Malay consSL, were on round. a t 5.59 am this morning, at the 4' 2 milestone Thomson Road, they mm said to have been knocked down by a lorry. Both oi' them were shocked bd conscious when the arnbulai
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    3 Thousand Malayans Help China's "Back Door" Traffic
    205 3 IT to Kunming, where 3,000 n Chinese mechanics are d at the South-West TransBureau which handles i china s "back-door" traffic, rally important, and a description of Gen. Shck when in Chungamong the highlights of ss given by Mr. Tan Kok at
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    Malayans In Malta
    198 3 Nl Malayans in Malta, of Lt.-Gcn. Dobbie, formerly Officer Commanding, the military chief, and lb C H Samson, formerly of the Mad.v lice, is A.R.P. Officer, mcd in the following Li n an article the latest Malayan Police Magam their Malta corresYbu wffl know that we have
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    $150,200 Repairs To Government House
    180 3 A TlS'r f 22 ,6 SoU ht in con with ernment House reCCnStrUCt on "V™ decoration of Govnl I Provision has already been made of a sum of $108,6t)0, and the $41,000 now sought will bring: the total expenditure on the house to date to
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    MALAYANS TO TELL US "HOW BRITAIN DOES IT'
    91 3 A NUMBER of Malayans who have recently returned from Home leave will take part in a >rogramme entitled "How Britain Ooes It" which will be broadcast Tom the Singapore station at 7.10 his evening (Monday). Malaya is still discussing A.R.P. md war
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    MALAYAN'S SELECTION SHOCKS H.K. POLICE
    236 3 I Hongkong. THE respect and esteem in 1 which the Hon. Mr. C. G. Perdue, Acting Commission!er of Police, is held by all members of the local Police j Force is clearly demonstrat- ed by the dissatisfaction of 5 the members over the ap- point
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    GOVT. TO PAY $326,953 FOR SLUM CLEARANCE
    113 3 GOVERNMENT is to redeem part of its promise to the Singapore Improvement Trust to contribute towards the cost of slum improvement schemes A vote of $326,953.96 is being: asked for by the Financial Committee of the Colony Government. The paper was tabled at
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  • Obituary
    Death Of Old S'pore Resident
    164 3 Singapore, Sunday. death occurred yesterday, at the residence of her nephew in Ruona Vista Road, Singapore, of Maria Josephine Boswell, an old Singapore resident, at the age of seventy-four years. She was the widow of the late Mr. R. V. Boswell, at one time Assistant
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    Well-known Police Officer Retiring
    298 3 T HE Malayan Police will be losing- one of its oldest members by the departure on retirement of Mr. L H. Hart states the latest issue of the Malayan Police Magazine. Mr. Hart was appointed Probationer in 1912, and is the Senior Assistant Superintendent in the
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    18 3 A meeting of the Rural Board Singapore will be held at the Land &b C( i3 am 011
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    Robbed Aged Woman, Gaoled 10 Months
    374 3 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. REMARKING that he considered the offence of theft from an elderly woman a serious one, Mr. G. L. Howe, First Magistrate, sentenced a middle-aged Tamil lorry-driver, Manikam, who admitted four previous convictions, to 10 months' rigorous imprisonment
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    Weygand On "Immense Work"
    150 3 Reuter. London, Feb. 1. THE full version of Gen. Weygand's broadcast shows that he urged his hearers to "trust your leaders" saying: "They are fully aware ot your difficulties. Responsible for the future of our country, they have the task of smoothing them out." Referring to
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    CRICKET ASSOCIATION FOR MALAYA?
    1201 4 S. C. C. Should Lead The Way (By Our Cricket Correspondent) £RICKET will soon be here and in the following article, the Morning Tribune s special cricket correspondent discusses a question which U fast becoming a hardy annual, "Should Malaya have an All-Malayan Cricket Associalu.nV" and.
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    Sports Diary
    16 4 TO-DAY HOCKEY: C.S.C. v A.P.C, Paya Lebar; Post Office v Mountain Regiment, Post Office.
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    CUP SOCCER FOR CHINESE CLUBS STARTS
    181 4 START has been made in the 1941 challenge cup competition of the Straits Chinese Football Association, in which ten teams are competing. Ali the matches will be played ai the Jalan Besar Stadium, and charges of 10 cents ana 2j cents made. The proceeds
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    TRIPLE CROWN FOR BAGLAVA
    100 4 Reuter. Bombay, Feb. 1. Eclipse Stakes of India was run to-day and resulted as follows:— BAGLAVA (4 to 6) 1 PASSE PASSE B (10 to 1) 2 PIERROT (5 to 1) 3 CHANAK (8 to 1) 4 Won by a neck; 4 length between second and
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    WEEK-END WEDDING
    51 4 Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hogan who were married at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd on Saturday. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hogan. The bride ivas formerly Miss Majorie Stanley, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Stanley. The Rev. Father Maury
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    JAPANESE ATTACKS FAIL
    112 4 Chungking, Feb. 2. THE fighting in Southern Honau and Northern Hupeh provinces was reviewed by the Chinese military spokesman to-day who stated that Japanese forces in Southern Honan launched an attack on Jan. 24 for the purpose of completing the occupation of the entire length of the
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    BRAMTOCO BEAT SIME DARBY
    71 4 IN a return table tennis match, the 1 Bramtoco Sports Club again beat Sime Darby Sports Club by four games to one. Results < Bramtoco players mentioned first) Young Hai Wah beat Lawrence Chan 3—l. One Cheng Kiat beat Cheong Hoy Foh 3—o. foh Chve Liat
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    NO TRAINING
    17 4 There was no training this morning at Bukit Timah race track, owing to the rain.
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    Food Ship Leaves U.S. For France
    75 4 Baltimore Feh o TARRYING a cargo off« clothing and medicine fo- 1 victims in Spain and unoccnS France, worth about million sterling, t he five ton U.S. freighter sailed at noon with crosses painted on her Britain has given the •> n mission to
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    65 4 Thai Smit. a Bangkok utitled ports that two Europeans in who have been known v 1 dhist priests are under de entim 1 deng police in connection that torchlights have been fl ing air raid alarms at night t d that lights were shone from of the Lumbini Park clock
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    Former Mines Warden Says Police Made Mis-Statement
    1108 5 (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER) KUALA LUMPUR, SATURDAY. ALLEGATIONS THAT THE POLICE HAD MADE A MISSTATEMENT WHEN THEY SAID HE HAD RAFFLED HIS CAR AND GOT $8,000 FOR IT, WERE MADE BY A FORMER SENIOR WARDEN OF MINES AT A FURTHER SESSION OF THE
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    28 5 Mr. S. M Kandiah. Marine Officer, Port Swettenham. is transferred to the office of Transport Board. F.M.S.. Kuala Lumpur. Mr. N Ponn/ampalam of Marine Office, succeeded Mr. Kandiah.
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    20 5 Che Shabdin bin Mohamed Hashlm acting as Assistant Land Officer. Kota Star, vice Syed Osman Barakbah who »s on leave.
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    Profiteering In Eggs
    128 5 Order made recently \iniurn prices are the sale of fowls' .tl tents for t?n, onions at 8 cents and Thailand small v it 9 cento per katty. c has been a coniiuount of profiin onions recently as importers. finding i v were able to make profits by
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    INDIAN MUSICAL TREAT
    273 5 Singapore, Sunday. THE Victoria Theatre was filled to capacity last night when the Indian Association Musical and Dramatic Section gave a highly interesting variety entertainment in aid of the Association Building Fund. The entertainment, which was held under the patronage of Mr C. S\ Venkatachar. 1.C.5., Agent
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    Afghan Delegation For Japan
    35 5 Reuter. Pethawar. Feb. 2. THE Afghan trade delegation under Ghulam Ghous Khan, of the Afghan Ministry of National Economy, will shortly leave for Tokyo for a trade pact with Japan. —Reuter.
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    GERMAN ULTIMATUM TO VICHY?
    456 5 Reuter. London, Feb. 2. THE crisis at Vichy is widely 1 commented on in the Sunday Press. A sudden move by the Germans to overrun the whole of France in order to threaten Britain in the Western Meditciranean is a possibility, writes the Sunday Express, whose
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    Serious Riots In Johannesburg
    366 5 Reuter. Johannesburg, Feb. 2. WILD scenes were witnessed in Johannesburg during the week end when thousands of police, civilians and soldiers involved in serious riots. One hundred and 40 people, mostly soldiers, have been admitted to hospital up to the present. Armoured cars toured streets this
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    74 5 Mr O. A Baxendale of the Corps of Accountants, who was recently stationed at Port Dickson, left Malaya early in Jaru'r.ry on a stetamer trip to Sydney. He wag taken IU on Jan. 14 and n«xt Unv was operated on by a Naval Surgeon, who had Joined the ship at
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    Opinion
    140 6 Malaria Control ALTHOUGH it is generally conceded that in no country in the world have malaria control measures achieved such convincing results in so short a period as in Malaya, the fact remains that progress in this direction has not been so striking in the Malay States as in
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    In Singapore
    94 6 JX the case of Singapore, malaria-bearing mosquitoes have been almost exterminated, though the "nuisance" mosquito will always be with us. Considering the fact that the whole island was once one vast stretch of swamp, than which no more suitable habitat for mosquitoes can be conceived, this is an
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    Serious Handicap
    101 6 jrib authorities have urged major employers of labour to conserve and build up stocks of anti-malarial drugs. In combating malaria. Malava is seriously handicapped by its inability to grow cinchona and produce quinine to meet our own requirements. The experiments carried out at Cameron Ifighlands show that it
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    Organised Labour
    215 6 gY placing the trade union legislation on the Statute i5ook, the Government have taken the first and the easiest step in organising and strengthening labour by arming them with the weapon of collective bargaining. Immense difficulties lie ahead, in tackling which the employers will have to unbend a
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    Request For A SQUARE DEAL
    1436 6  -  Behind These Medical Graduates' 'Hush-Hush" Petition Is A By A. S. Rajah I or nothing has been heard of (he Alumni Association of King Edward VII College of Medicine's "hushhush" petition to the Colonial Secretary which, it is believed, outlines the unsatisfactory conditions under which
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    This Land Of Clerks
    713 6  -  By Lee Cheng Huat MALAYA can be rightly called the lfl land of clerks. Each mornina we see them In thousands as neat-ly-dressed and sVnart, they pour into their offices, where hidden from the sun and hemmed in by four wail-, they toil for an average
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    22 Of His Family Buried
    201 6 A MAN went to the funeral of twenty-two relatives. They included his parents, brothers, and sisters. They were buried in one grave. The man. Mr. John Blake, was the sole survivor of a London family wiped out by a bomb. You may remember the tragic
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    THROUGH CHINESE EYES
    485 6 THROUGH this co interpreting tin average Chinese His Excellency 5 on those who oppos i Tax Bill in the Council Meeting fi s !l ir\ givings. i His Excellency '> exasperation that official Members si spoken in their Bill, and the san the public has not t>
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    ON THE MARCH!
    29 7 hardy sons of France, ignoring the Armistice, loliowed de (.aulles iree French movement and are now akiw an Fart in driving the Italians out of Africa
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    NAZIS FORMING NEW FRENCH GOVT.?
    378 7 Reuter. London, Feb. 1. ■< relations appear to be moving swiftly to a climax. >c events were announced yesterday which appear 1 Tne announcement from official Berlin sources of the formation, in Paris, under the leadership of pro-Nazi Frenchmen, of the "National Popular Party" lull
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    LONDON'S 458 ALERTS
    54 7 Reuter. London. Feb. 2. FOLLOWING a raid-free night 1 enemy aircraft left London alone during daylight on Saturday but some bombs were dropped in East Anglia where a few casualties were reported. London had 18 raid-free nights during January. Since the war be- I gan. London sirens
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    After Forty— How To Maintain Health?
    117 7 people find their health the approach of middle ose their vitality and tired. Particularly is of trial for women, who uffer from back pains, Wes, vague fears and forty and feeling your >uld take a course of Dr. Pmk Pills. These pills <i and
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    Nazi Air Force Help In Libya
    221 7 Reuter. LONDON, FEB. 2. PERM AN AIR FORCE UNITS HAVE BEEN IN ACTION FOR THE U FIRST TIME AGAINST BRITISH IMPERIAL FORCES IN THE WESTERN DESERT, CLAIM BOTH THE ITALIAN AND GERMAN COMMUNIQUES, THE FORMER CLAIMING THAT THE COASTAL AREAS OF SOLLUM AND BARDIA
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    GREEKS SINK WOP VESSEL
    83 7 Reuter. Athens, Feb. 2. IT is officially stated that a 10,000 'ton Italian vessel was torpedoed and sunk on Jan. 28 off Brindisi by the Greek submarine Papnicolis which had already torpedoed three Italian troopships in the Adriatic on Christmas F.vc. A Greek High Command communique
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    19 7 Che Samsuddin Deputy Assistant District Officer. Kuala Kangsar. will shortly be proceeding on transfer to Ipoh a* Mecond Magistrate
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    ANOTHER GREAT GREEK VICTORY: ITALIANS RUN
    634 7 FIERCE INFANTRY CHARGES CONTINUE Reuter. Athens, Feb. 2. ALL news from the Albanian front is very satisfactory and the Army is continuing to carry out the plans arranged before the rleath of Gen. Metaxas, said the Press Ministry spokesman on Saturday. During the last
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    LORD LLOYD REPORTED VERY ILL
    48 7 Reuter. London, Feb. L IT is stated in London tha* the condition of Lord Lloyd, the Colonial Secretary, gives rise to some anxiety, and he has been taken to a London nursing home for examination and treatment under the supervision of Lord Horder.—Reuter.
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    Clearing Of Shanghai's Bad Lands
    74 7 Reuter. Shanghai, Feb. 2. THE notorious "bad lands" of Shanghai will be thoroughly cleaned up under an agreement signed yesterday morning (Saturday* between the Municipal Council and the Japanese- sponsored Chinese Municipality which settles the vexed question of jurisdiction on 3he outside roads of the
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    NEW IRAQ CABINET UNDERGEN HASHIMI
    49 7 Reuter. Bagdad, Feb. 1. THE new Iraq Cabinet was formed to-day (Saturday* following the resignation of individual ministers In the course of the past fortnight. The new Cabinet has been formed under General Taha Hashimi who is also acting as Finance and Defence Minister.—Reuter
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    193 7 Reuter. Tmvv d Berlin, Feb. 2. UKhh Kuman>an officers, one of them a lieutenant-colonel, were shot by an unknown woman in the Rumanian capital, capital. I A Bucharest message states that summary execution in future for all persons found carrying unauthorised firearms has been ordered
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    22 7 Reuter. Ankara, Feb. 1. Colonel Donovan, President Roosevelt's special envoy to Europe arrived here from Istanbul tc-day (Saturday).—Reuter.
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    229 7 Reuter. London, Feb. 2. lAMBETII Walk—home of the London coster and birthplace of the famous dance—was the scene on Saturday of Mr. Wendell Willkie's pilgrimage. As soon as the big American appeared there, lie was recognised and sin rounded by hundreds of singing, cheering people. Declining
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    94 7 Reuter. Vichy, Feb. 2. lAPFICIAL confirmation has been l v given here that the armistice I relative to the cessation of host ilities between Indo-China and Thailand has been sisned at Saigon. The agreement, says the Havas agency, provides fcr simultaneous withdrawal from their present
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    25 7 Reuter. Shanghai. Feb. 1. THF Japanese Ratepayers' Association has decided that Japanese ratepayers will not attend the ratepayers' meeting on Feb. s.—Reuter
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    377 8 Reuter. Ottawa, Feb. 2. ANOTHER warning voice was raised in North America with regard is the imminence of a crisis in <he war when Mr. Mackenzie t King, irime Minister of Canada, appealed for subscriptions to War Savings Certificates to-day. The Premier predicted that "within a
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    234 8 ARRANGEMENTS for the next annual session of the Muslim League which will be held in Madras during Easter week, April 10 to 16 are in full progress. Under the Chairmanship of Mr. Abdul Hameed Khan, M.L.A., and with Mr. Malang Ahmed Badsha, M.L.A as the
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    527 9 ]y|YSTERIOUS circumstances associated with the death, in a Portsmouth hospital, of the divorced wife of a prominent figure in the financial world were not completely cleared up at the inquest. The woman, Mrs. Sydney Patrick Cunliffe, 42, was serving in the A.T.S. as
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    114 9 The death occurred In England early' last month of Dr. J. M. K. O'Byrne *ho came to North Borneo in 1920 He 1 er.tered Government Service two v*™ K?v. belng a PP° lnt ed a Disrlct Surgeon I which post he held tftth Interruption! °o T leave until 1933. when
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    31 9 His Excellency the High Commissioner £nt A PI S mtecl Tuftn Ahmad bin Sheikh Mustapha. J.P.. to be an unofficial member of the Federal OoSLT te further period of three years.
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      234 9 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Domestic Occurrence DEATH Pestana, Charles Gregory (late j usher of the Second Court. Singa--1 pore), at 1 ajn. to-day, aged 54 years, at his residence 70 Lorong X, Telok Kurau Road. Burial this evening at 5 o'clock to the Church of St. Joseph's and thence to Bidadari Cemetery.
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    46 10 ACKNOWLEDGMENT MR. AND MRS. WONG YUK HONG AND FAMILY wish to express their heartfelt thanks to all relatives and friends who attended the funeral of the late Mr Wong Chee Wing, as well as those who sent wreaths, scrolls telegrams and letters of condolence.
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    155 11 I d; pair 70 H milledged; I 1 KESH mfret); kati 1.20 H v small lish); I I mackerel); >i) SALTED I lity; kati 46 lity; kati 36 I (Chinese); H I r IBLES I eh) kati 03 I se; kati H kati I nerah) kati 03
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    7 11 Haji Harun. tppotntod to act M Krian.
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    Fair Interest In Rubber Shares
    106 11 'From our Financial Correspondent > At tuatipu Singapore, Monday. LTHOUGH there was a tendency tor tin shares to ease on Saturday, there was fair absorption of any offerings which appeared to be cneap. Business included Rantaus Mambaus, Putehs and Kuala Ka'mpars Hong Fatts were dealt
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    21 11 Singapore, Monday. Prices of tin and rubber in Singapore at noon today were:— RUBBER Buyers 3G%, Sellers 36% TIN
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    K. M. S. RUBBER'S BIG PROFIT
    65 11 London, Nov. 29. RESULTS of th? X.M.S. (Malay States) Rubber Plantations, a member of the Guthrie group, show that the net profit is more than doubled at £27.000 and the dividend is' ten per cent., compared with five per cent, for the previous year.
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    198 11 Singapore, Feb. 3. The following are the exchange stock quotations this morning according to the daily circular Issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. SEIXING London T.T. 2 4 1j 16 London demand 2 4 ljl6 Switzerland demand iT.T. only) 202 ft New York demand 47 3|32 Montreal
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    59 11 Sheikh Abu Bakar bin Yahya and Inche Mohamed Seth bin Mohamed Said h:ive been appointed visiting Justices for Johore Bahru in place of Dato Abdul Rahman and Wan Idris bin Ibrahim. Dato Abdul Rahman find Wan Idris have lefr the district on transfer. Sheikh Ab.i Bakar is the Deputy State
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    51 11 Mr. D. F. Thompson, Divisional untitled Carey Island, Port Swettenham, and Mrs. Thompson were entertlined at a farewell tea party by the staff of Division No. 4, Carey Island, on the eve of Mr. Thompson's departure to take up the post of manager of the R.R.I. Experimental Station at Sungei
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    "CAPITAL ASSETS IN TIN WASTEFUL"
    293 11 London, Nov. 29. PRESIDING at the twenty-seventh annual meeting of Kamunting Tin Dredging, Ltd.. the chairman. Sir Archibald Mitchelson, said the profit for the year was £210,397, and the total available was £253,758. The following allocations had ?foPc^ ad To taxation reserve. 1120,500; directors' additional
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    U.S. TO BUY 180,000 TONS OF RUBBER IN 1941
    288 11 Loudon, Dec. 2. MEITHER Mincing Lane nor the W Stock Exchange has concerned i:selt veiy much with the fixing oi the rubber quota til 100 per cent., says the Financial Times. There ■'s very iittle market in the commodity these days,
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    New Cars—But Not For Use Of Civilians
    105 11 New Cars —But Not For Use Of Civilians THEPE was no motor show fc: Britain, and few have heard much about the new models ot 1941—but many of them already are on the road, undergoing makers' tests. No cars are being made for civilian use, of course, but the export
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    25 11 The untitled Commissioner has been pleased 10 appoint Mr. D. Farquharson as Second Lieutenant in the Local Defence Corps |n the State of Negri Sembilan
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    WILLKIE VISITS COVENTRY AND BIRMINGHAM
    259 11 Reuter. I London, Feb. 2. J]R. WENDELL WILLKIE started his tour of bombed provincial cities in England to-day with visits to Coventry and Birmingham. He was first conducted through the rmn.s of Coventry Cathedral by the iPishop. The rest of the tour was made by
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    Actor In Same Play For More Than Six Years
    119 11 "Tobacco Road," the play that has been running on Eroadway for more than six years, is to continue. It was scheduled to end its record run recently but attendances jumped so much sine? a closine date was announced that the manag?ment
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    656 12 (REUTER S SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT IN KHARTOUM). KHARTOUM, FEB. 2. BRITISH INVADING FORCES HAVE SMASHED HEAVY ITALIAN COUN-TER-ATTACKS AND DESTROYED 11 TANKS AND 15 GUNS IN A FIERCE BATTLE NOW IN PROGRESS BEFORE THE KEY TOWNS OF BARENTU AND AGORDAT, 80 MILES FROM THE SUDAN BORDER
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    All Aid To Britain, Even Gratis—Knox
    305 12 Reuter. Washington, Feb. 2. fjOLONEL FRANK KNOX, Secretary of the U.S. Navy, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday that he was greatly worried as to whether sufficient American help could reach Great Britain in time. Urging the immediate enactment of the Lease and
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    NO MAJOR CHANGE IN LEND BILL
    50 12 Reuter. Washington, Feb. 2. MR. SOL BLOOM, Chairman of the House of Representatives' Foreign Relations Committee, disclosed after an interview with Lord Halifax to-day, that he had assured the British Ambassador that the Lease and Lend Bill would be passed without a major change.—Reuter.
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    ANGLO-CHINESE BARTER SCHEME?
    63 12 Shanghai. me Anglo-Chinese negotiations to conclude a barter agreement are proceeding favourably. and an agreement may be .signed shortly Ihe amount of goods under the agreement is said to be exceeding that of the Anglo-Soviet barter agreement. Similar negotiations are in progress with the United States. These
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    60 12 Shanghai. Wnile figures are not yet available the Shanghai customs reveal--3d that during the past year the United States led other countries in export and import trade with Japan and India as runners-up Increase of American import trade ranged from 20 per cent, to 33 per cent., while
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    DERNA TAKEN BY DIRECT ASSAULT
    373 12 Reuter. (By Desmond Tighe, Reuler's special correspondent with the British Army in Libya) Derna, Feb. 2. THE capture of Derna—the little seaport town of clean white-walled houses gleaming in the African sun where I am writing this—was tarried out by direct assault in the face
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    39 12 Reuter. Ottawa. Feb. 3. jt c i army of airmen, infan- try and armoured units ts going oversea, this year, declared Mr. Mackenzie King the Canadian Premier in a broadcast yesterday —Reuter.
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    39 12 Sub-Inspector Mrricnn bin Md. Sultan n us boon appointed to carry on thr ritiI rf 8 °J omcr r-in-Charge of Traffic Branch Alor Star, in place of H.H Tunlcu Yahay.v 1 Malay A C.p.. who Is on four months'
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    70 12 J ghs ghai l TilE Irish chip Bl t hai. Tientsin and Hankow telegraphed Mr. Winston QuBP saying that. In this hour of dagger, they are anxious it should k Rnown that their loyalty I ideals for which Britain fighting is staunch and steada*
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    252 12 Reuter. B 'PORTA CAPTURED THE TOWN OF AGORDAt! 2 IN(J TO THE REh ZS'I^ 1 P INT ,N ERITRE ON THE RAH MIIM U> 1U KtD sea port of massawa CCeSS 8 communique from British Hi IquarW many troo P s ca P tured «»e
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