Malaya Tribune, 18 February 1941

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    22 1 The Malaya Tribune Net Sales Exceed 16,000 Daily SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1941 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune. Tuesday, February lo, 1941.
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    TURKEY & BULGARIA SIGN NON-AGGRESSION PACT
    653 1 TURKEY BULGARIA SIGN NON-AGGRESSION PACT Nazis Rush Preparations For New Balkan Move Reuter. Berlin, Feb. 18. 4 \ON-A(K;RESSION agreement has been concluded between Bulgaria and Turkey, according to a Sofia despatch to the official German news agency. According to a London message, the declaration by the Turkish and Bulgarian Governments
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    Rumanians Fear Spread Of War
    102 1 Reuter. Istanbul, Feb. 18. T at ion in Rumania is I rave. The populaeking essentials, which lered wholesale by troops who terrorise ians, state travellers ring in Istanbul from The Rumanians are convinced that the Germans are preparing quickly to invade Bulgaria, and ,t is
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    DANUBE BURSTS BANKS
    265 1 Reuter. Vichy, Feb. 18. THE Danube has burst its banks, 1 and 30X00 people have been mauled from their homes after the waters of the swollen river had J>ur,t through the protective dykes H miles below Budapest, says a fcspatea to the official French ■Hi agency. had
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    £800,000 Damage By Gale In Madeira
    77 1 Reuter. p. Lisbon, Feb. 18. M :p A was also struck by the an hour hurricane which Portugal during the week- 'id. ■•age at Madeira was estlbout 80,000 contos, which it £800.000. areV rtuga strrnuous attempts muni V lB made to restore com--1939 i
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    Italians Flee To Jibuti
    60 1 Reuter. S, Aden, Feb. 18. "ERAL thousands of Italian i are attempting to enter v according to informaiching Aden from Jibuti. A ol Italian officers are stated wlth h.3m. French authorities are f i to have refused them °ion to °nter up to the pre--1 'here
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    ANGLO-THAI RELATIONS 'MOST CORDIAL'
    69 1 Reuter. Bangkok. Feb. 18. ANGLO-THAI relations were described as "most cordial" by the British Minister, Sir Josiah Crosby, in an interview. "If anything has been reported to the contrary," he said "it is ridiculous—so ridiculous as scarcely to call for contradiction." Sir Josiah Crosby made this
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    U.S. FEDERAL DEBT LIMIT INCREASED
    30 1 Reuter. Washington, Feb. 18. CONGRESS ha*s sent to the President for signature bills authorising the increase of the Federal Debt limit to $65,000 millions.Reuter. I
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    PACIFIC WAR NOT IMMINENT — CHUNGKING
    180 1 PACIFIC WAR NOT IMMINENT CHUNGKING Reuter. Chungking, Feb. 18. WHILE attaching much significance to the British mining of Malayan waters and the evacuation of Britons in Thailand, wellinformed quarters in Chungking express thy opinion that this does not necessarily mean that war is imminent in the Southern Pacific, but merely
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    Why U.S. Must Fight Hitler
    186 1 Reuter. Washington, Feb. 17. IF Germany won the war, the United States would face not only a hostile Germany but a hostile world, declared Senator Barkley, the Democrat leader, opening the Senate debate on the Lease and Lend Bill to-day (Monday). The Bill has already
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    43 1 London, Feb. 18. SEVEN districts whose Wa Weapons Week has just closed announce figures double or more than double the figure aimed at. Among these is' the district of Windermere and the Lakes which setting out to collect £110,000, collected £300,000 —British Wireless.
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    British Policy Towards Bulgaria
    151 1 Reuter. Sofia, Feb. 18. THE British Minister to Bui- j garia, Mr. George Rendel, yesterday outlined British policy towards Bulgaria. I He was replying to ques- j liens raised by Reuters correspondent as a result of the 1 var.-ous statements in the Bulgarian press. •'British policy
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    "Hitler No Longer The Leader Of Germany"
    122 1 Reuter. London, Feb. 18. WHEN Hitler has nothing more to offer the Germans, when he realises he has been cheating the people, he will scuttle himself as he scuttled the Graf Spec. This is the opinion of Sir Neville Henderson, British Ambassador in
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    STOP PRESS
    168 1 Reuter. Berlin, Feb. 18. IF the scope of the Turkish Bulgarian agreement is modest, it is at least proof of the sincere love of peace animating the two countries, declared the Bulgarian Foreign Minister, M. Popoff, according to a Sofia despatch published in Berlin.—Reuter. London, Feb. 18. GERMAN,
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    AUSTRALIAN-NAZI AIR CLASH NEAR BENGHAZI
    409 1 British Tighten Grip: No More Italians In Egypt, Sudan, Kenya Reuter. London, Feb. 18. all-round increase of British pressure on the enemy was revealed in yesterday's war communiques. No Italians now remain in Egypt, the Sudan or Kenya, except as prisoners, and in Italian Somaliland,
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    Former Rumanian Minister Arrested
    55 1 Reuter. Rome, Feb. 18. M. GRECIANTJ, formerly Minister in Berlin, has been arrested for complicity in the January disturbances in Rumania, according to an official announcement in Bucharest, says a despatch to the Italian news agency. M. Grecian v was appointed last December to succeed M.
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    Dodecanese Revolt Brewing
    145 1 Reuter. Athens, Feb. 18 FALIAN air activity Is practically at a standstill, and famine and Italian Incitement of the Greeks to revolt against the Italians are reported from the Dodecanese Islands by a party of 25 Greek refugees who have escaped from Calymos and Simi. They state
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    Malta Raided Ten Times On Sunday
    100 1 Reuter. Malta, Feb. 18. MALTA had ten air raids on Sunday—the largest number yet in a single day, the previous highest number having been in the first days of the war with Italy. There have been 63 raids in the past 11 days, including
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    Failure To Render Aid To Victims Of Accidents
    29 2 S'PORE ROAD SCANDALS FAILURE to render prompt aid to those Singapore road accidents was referred to m iwo court cases yesterday.
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    Strictures On Action Of Motorists
    564 2 Singapore, Monday. The action of three motorists two Europeans and a Chinese— who refvsed to convey to hospital a dying Indian soldier, who was badly injured in a motor accident, was described by Inspector Francis Goodship as "scandalous." Inspector Goodship was conducting an inquiry into
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    "Lost His Head", Says Private
    525 2 Singapore, Monday. James Boyd, a private of the Argyll Sutherland Highlanders, was charged before the Traffic Distrwt Judge, Mr C H. Whitton. in the District Traffic Cow t to-day with causing tr* death of one Bakri bin Noor Sadan by dnving a military lorry negligently.
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    Secret Society Gets Funds By Pistol Threats
    319 2 Singapore, Monday. AN unusable automatic pistol and a large quantity of New Year cards of the "Teng Choan Tan" secret society which were found in a room of a house in New Market Road led to Kwsk Ji Ba, a Chinese, who described
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    Next Time Whipping—Magistrate To Soldiers
    183 2 Singapore, Monday. SEEN in the act of attempting to 1 start a car parked in front of the Corner Bar, in Serangoon Road, Hugh Hamilton and Samuel Smith, soldiers of the Argyll and Sutherland Regiment, who pleaded guilty to a charge of having attempted to
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    Journalist Passes Through
    16 2 MR. J. Percival. or the Sydney Herald, passed through Singapore yesterday from Batavia
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    15 2 Mr. P. H. Bonnet, Deputy Chief Surveyor, has been promoted a Chief Surveyor Grade 11.
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    CO-ORDINATION OF CIVIL DEFENCE
    220 2 Mr. L.H. Gorsuch Head Of New Department OFFICIAL confirmation was made available last r of an exclusive story published in the Tribune last week of the creation of a new Malayan Civil Defence post. The official communique states:— A new Department of Civil Defence lv- beta
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    Boys' Quarrel Leads To Fight Among Parents
    110 2 Singapore, Monday. THE story of how a quarrel between two children led to a fight between their fathers was related before the fifth magistrate, Mr. L. C. Goh, when Tan Oo Lee, a squatter, was sentenced to four months' rigorous imprisonment after being
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    Rotarians To Discuss V.D. Problem
    143 2 A DISCUSSION on the venereal disease problem will be initiated by Dr. Chen Su Lan at the Rotary Club meeting on Wednesday Other Rotarians are expected to express their views on the subject The Community Service Committee is' planning to prepare an illustrated pamphlet on
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    Singapore's Historical £30,000 Portraits To Be Moved If Crisis Comes
    198 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) s KEN valuable portraits, of men whose names associated with Singapore for a Ions* time ri which at present adorn the walls of the Vicrial Hall, will be removed to a place of safety if an! when
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    16 3 Mr. G. C. Stubbs, Surveyor. F.M S.. and S.S.. has been seconded for service m Johore.
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    THE KING'S MESSAGE TO H.M. FORCES
    82 3 ng in my forces ear 'r land, or in the id, indeed, to all my ed in the defence .!n. I t ommend the this hook. For the Bible has been ie and strengthenice in our national U bhoves us in entous days to
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    MALAYA'S GIRL GUIDES DO THEIR BIT
    59 3 effort tor air amI vrai aintrd ai hut actually the d was £50.290 3s I tins sum £220. 16s. m .Malaya, mbulances for the provided for £15.000 first two specially aircraft to be used in have also been madr ..pment of quiet rooms y,
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    DEATH OF MRS. A.W. MILLER
    47 3 s apore, Tuesday. t :i red yesterday at 0 nment Hospital Theresa Miller, .4. W. Miller of the D ;ient, Batu Pahat. .ter of the late Mr. Mrs. M. T. Mahon of y. Ireland. will take place at 5 '.Tiling at Malacca.
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    Malaya's First Prize Court Auction Begins
    121 3 (Tribune 'Sta ff Reporter) THERE was a Icrc/t croud present yesterday at Messrs. Chenna Hock Chuc dt Co.. Ltd., when the first auction sale of contraband seizures by order of the Marshal of the Prize Court, began. It was the beginning oi i week's
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    Mines Official Convicted
    384 3 (Prom Our Own Reporter) Ipoh, Monday, I. H. A. TROWELL, Inspector of Machinery, Perak, was this J morning convicted by Mr. P. F. V. Radcliffe, In the Batu Gajah court, on three summons charges of having accepted monetary presents totalling $90, without consideration, from three Chinese-owned mines
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    War Tax Offices In Singapore
    69 3 IT is officially announced that the offices of the War Tax Department are situated in the Victoria Memorial Hall, Singapore. The telephone number is 3841. The offices of the CollectorGeneral and Collector. Singapore, are likewise situated. A'l requests for advice and assistance or for copies
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    Unlawful Society Charge Man And Woman On
    81 3 Singapore, Monday. CHARGED with being members of j the Chinese National Emancipation Vanguard Corps, an unlaw > fuj society. Chong Kian Lin, a man, i and So Giok Hi, a woman, claimed i trial before Mr. J. G. Rappoport.' !in the Third Police
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    24 3 At Saturday, Feb. 22, is an American national holiday (Washington's Birthday), the Singapore American Consulate General will be closed to business on that day.
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    Contravened Finance Rules: Decision In Appeals
    462 3 Singapore, Monday. APPEALING against sentence imposed on them by the Third Magistrate for offences under the Defence (Finance) Regulations, R. S. MacMillan and I. F. Ferguson were partially successful in their appeal which was disposed of by the Chief Justice, Sir Percy MacFlwaine, in
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    Sequel To Soldier's Motor-Cycle Dash
    130 3 Singapore, Monday. BECAUSE he attempted to ride off on a motor-cycle which had been parked at the Capitol parking place, C. Pearce, a soldier of th? R.A., Changi, was fined $100 or, in default, two months' rigorous imprisonment, by Mr. J. G. Rappoport, the Third
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    77 3 Singapore, Monday. CHARGED witn having snatcncd a goM necklace and locket from a woman. Lim Ah Eng, in Baiestier Road, on Feb. 16, Boon Kwan. (alias Lim Hup Kip) and Lee Ah Sen?, claimed tria 1 before Mr. J. G. Rappoport, in the Tnird Tolice Court, to-day. The necklace and
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    MALAYAN NEWS IN BRIEF
    182 3 Kuala Kangsar, Monday. A NEWLY-BORN child was seen lying on the bank of the Kangsar river by an Indian conservancy labourer while en duty early yesterday. The body was I highly decomposed and identification of its nationality was not pojatpje. The matter was re[ported to the
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    Shooting Accident In Car
    116 3 (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh. Monday WHILE travelling by car on Saturday afternoon, with two Europeans, at Taiping. a young Chinese clerk had a miraculous eseao from death when a pistol which one of the Europeans was carrying went oft. The clerk, who was sitting beside
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    Says He Stole Bulb
    94 3 Singapore, Monday. THREE electric bulbs were found In the possession of Tan Seng Kee. (45>, when he was arrested fey a detective. Police inquiries revealed that Tan had stolen one of the bulbs from the flve-foot-way of a coffee shop in South Bridge Road. Charged before
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    55 TEAMS ENTERED FOR S.A.F.A. LEAGUE
    427 4 Singapore's Soccer Boom FIFTY-FIVE teams have entered for four divisions of the S.A.F.A. football league, which starts in the first week of next month. The number of teams entering this year is 11 more than that of last year, and together with the Business
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    Harper's Win With Better Forwards
    293 4 Harper Gilfillan 3; N.A.A.F.I. 1. POSSESSING a more enterpris- ing forward line, Harper Gilfillan defeated the N.A.A.F.I: by three goals to one in a Business Houses' league soccer match on the Clerical Union ground, yesterday. The N.A.A.F I. led by scoring the only goal in
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    HAINES WINS ISLAND CLUB GOLD MEDAL
    98 4 C. J. A. Haines won the final ol the Island Club Gold Medal competition by beating Dr. T. V Chia 5 and 3. In the first round C.J. A Haines beat M. Sum! 2 and 1. S. Okamoto beat M. Matumoto 3 and 2,
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    JACK DUVAL TO TRAIN HIS OWN HORSES
    165 4 A FAMILIAR figure of the Malayan Turf was missed at the Singapore Spring Meeting just concluded. Jack Duval, the popular trainer, was not present but remained »n Kuala Lumpur. Duval used to train exclusively for Mr. A. van Tooren, who owns the biggest
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    Sports Diary
    31 4 TO-DAY SOCCER: Business Houses League. Cold Storage v Traction Co.; Stadium: AP C. v Hongkong and Shanghai Bank. 5.H.8.: Straits Times v Sime Darby J.C.S.A. LAWN TENNIS: V.M.C.A. tournament.
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    Bankers Overwhelm Brinkmann's Six-Nil
    199 4 0.C.8 <; Brinkmanns 0. AFTTSB remaining an level terms (hiring the first half, the Oversea Chinese Bank overwhelmed the Bnnkmann's by six goals to nil in a Business Houses League soccer match played on the Fraser Keave ground yesterday. The game was an entirely onesided affair
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    Wei-Hai-Wei Cup Won By R.S.G.C.
    101 4 THE final of the Wei-Hai-Wei Cup 1 was played at the Island Club on Sunday morning and ended in B win for the Royal Singapore Goii Club over the Island Club 4 and 3. Details of the matches were a-, follows: M M. Patterson 1
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    Y.M.C.A. TENNIS RESULTS
    104 4 pE SUITS of two ties of t'r(. V.M.C.A. lawn tennis tournament played yesterday were; Men's singles «Knowles Cup,: M. I. Reshtv oeat I. AlsagoiT 7—5. 2—6. 6—l Men's A Class Singles: C. V Koh beat A S. B Pakir 9—7 6—2. Ties for Wednesday and Thursday are:
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    MERRY UNION B.P. FIXTURE LIST
    179 4 THE following have been selected 1 to represent the Merry Union D P. against Heptarchians B P. in a friendly match ot five singles and two doubles, on Thursday nit lit at the Clerical Union Hall, at 7.30 p.m. Richard Tan. Henry Ooi, The Tjiong
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    73 4 The following players have been selected to represent the Singapore Shorthand Writers' Association i Pitman's> in a friendly game of tabic tennis against the Great Eastern Life Sports Club at the la iter's premises on Saturday, at 2.30 pm Llm Choo Ann. Tan Wee Kim, Young Hai Wah. Seah Kim
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    MORE NEW HORSES FOR MALAYAN TURF
    174 4 *FEN new horses, and the promotion of Annie Rooney to the top class with Rose Quilt and Shipley, the advance of the pony Soho to class fr>ur of the horses and the deletions of several familiar names are outstanding features of the latest list
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    Wearne's Get Two Points Off Bramtoco
    204 4 Wearne's 2; Bramtoco 1 WEARNE'S scored a narrow 2—l victory over Bramtoco in a, closely contested Business Houses league soccer match at Anson Road Stadium yesterday. There was little to choose between the two teams and exchanges' were even 1 throughout. Wearne's opened their
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    Opinion Religion And War
    135 6 WHILE it would be imprudent to subscribe to the view gaining hold in certain quarters that the world's ills to-day are primarily due to fundamental weaknesses in religion, thoughtful people everywhere will find sufficient basis for the contention that the present age of international feuds and
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    Challenging Article
    158 6 THE deterioration in the religious life of Britain has been causing acute anxiety in church circles. In a most challenging article on indifference to religion, particularly in urban areas, the Times cited an instance where 19 out of 31 children (with an average age of 12) evacuated from
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    Gospel In Malaya
    151 6 DE that as it may, the seeds of the Gospel sown in Malaya have been bearing excellent fruit. A most interesting pamphlet entitled "Every Man's Book," issued by the British and Foreign Bible Society, which is well worth study by all interested in church life, says that
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    The Leaven Is Spreading
    153 6 WHETHER proselytisation is desirable or not, only time can tell. But the leaven is spreading. And a truly missionary spirit is required to tackle the numerous human problems the establishment of new congregations of Asiatic and African peoples is giving rise to—class or colour distinctions in
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    JAPAN HAS TO TAKE IT
    1264 6  -  By RICHARD HUGHES *JH) what extent has the expensive, dead-slow China affair drained the resources of the Japanese Treasury and weakened the spirit of the Japanese people? An absurd extravagance of wishful thinking has coloured most speculation on this twofold question, the key to which
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    NORWAY IS SEETHING
    631 6 VTNETY-EIGHT out of every hundred Norwegians listen-in to the B.B.C. and are confident Britain will win. Few of the 300,000 Nazi troops in Norway are happy firearms are banned to civilians, but Germans are always being found mysteriously drowned. Many Austrian soldiers have committed suicide, and they
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    Oldest Woman Left $3,000
    40 6 jtflSS MARY DA\EY, of Brighton, who died last October at 108—Britain's oldest woman—left $3,000. For more than seventy years she was associated with a local confectionery business. She joined as an assistant when in her twenties.
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    DESERTION BY AIRWOMAN
    35 6 A decree nisi of divorce was granted against Mrs. Victor Bruce, the airwoman and racing motorist, in the Divorce Court. Her husband, Mr. Victor Austin Bruce, of Inglenook, Cobham, Surrey, alleged desertion.
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    THROUGH CHINESE EYES
    574 6 I AST week the Tribune minence to the the abolition of the the Empire launched lish churches. It i the people of ||a] these words: "It is not sufficie by British people hi British Empire Is a pire; the unity nee survival in the lor secured only
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    JAPAN MUST SEEK NAZI HELP, SAYS MATSUOKA
    216 7 Reuter. Tokyo, Feb. 17. iSUKE MATSUOKA to-day told members of the Diet was imperative for Japan to invite the aid of Germans and economic experts. With this end in view rming advisory commissions made up of experts in two fields. policy was defined
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    TURKEY CALM IN FACE OF NAZI MOVES
    151 7 Reuter. ANKARA. FEB. 17. mi;MAN MILITARY PREPARA (l HONS INSIDE BULGARIA IN( iI Di THE STRENGTHEN. < HIE RAIL BRIDGES INI] KOADS AND THE LAYING DOWN <»l PETROL DUMPS, IHORDING TO RELIABLE so, i; I A GERMAN MOVE IHAT COUNTRY, HOWEVER NOT REGARDED
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    untitled HOPES OF PEACE
    74 7 Saigon, Feb. 17. j T ncluskaa of peace ad under satisfaeh Japanese medised by Vice-Ad-D< coux. Governor-Indo-China, in on Friday, il Indo-China was preparMekong River tiers to Thailand, Decoux said the veen Thailand and June, 1940. stipulated ng River formed the I therefore the islands Seep
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    Death Of Hitler's Supporter.
    108 7 Reuter. Berlin, Feb. 17. HERMAN KRIEBEL, who marched at Hitler's side during ihe Munich beer cellar Putsch in No- 1 vember, 1923. and subsequently shared his fortress prison at Lands- i berg for five years, died to-day, aged 65, according to the official i German news
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    QUIET ON THE THAI BORDER
    54 7 Reuter. Bangkok, Feb. 16. RESPITE alarmist reports from outside, hinting at an imminent Far Eastern flare-up and the possibility of a British invasion across the Malayan border, the situation is very quiet. The Government has already made it clear that there is no danger whatever
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    Big Dublin Evacuation Plan Ready
    93 7 Reuter. Dublin. Feb. 17. HALF the population of Dublin and Port Kingston is ready to evacuate into the interior should the need arise. It was estimated that when the registered centres closed on Saturday night, over .150.000 peopb had signed. The Eireann Government's scheme covered
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    17 7 Mr. V. S. Kelly has been appointed to be a Deputy Accountant-General for ♦■.he Supreme Court, Penang.
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    U.S. PLAN TO FEED OCCUPIED STATES
    216 7 Reuter. New York, Feb. 17. SIX-POINT plan for the feeding of Nazi-occupied countries in Europe was outlined by Mr. Herbert Hoover in a broadcast speech last night. The plan, he said, had been submitted to the British and French Governments and provides for: (1)
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    Roosevelt To Create New Defence Body When Aid Bill Passed
    205 7 New York, Feb. 17. fHE passage of the Lease and Lend Bill is expected to be followed by the creation by President Roosevelt of an "overall defence administration" to plan, co-ordinate and supervise the obtaining of supplies in the United
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    U.S. Produced 1.046 Planes In January ;
    104 7 U.S. Produced 1.046 Planes In January AUTHORITATIVE sources close to the National Defence Commission revealed that the total plane production for January in America comprised 1.020 military planes ana 26 commercial planes, reports the New York Herald Tribune from Washington. It is understood that under the present system che United
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    No Return To Pre-War World
    179 7 London, Feb. 17. IN the course of a speech at Tonypandy yesterday, Mr. Clement Attlee. Lord Privy Seal, stressed to his audience that there could be no return to the pre-war wcrld and the new world would have to be planned for. In spite of
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    British Empire's Big Resources In Pacific
    226 7 Reuter. London, Feb. 17. 'JHE official advice to British citizens that they should leave Thailand must be read as a wise precaution, not as proof of imminent danger, declares the Daily Telegraph in an editorial. It adds:—"When Hitler boasts of the number of people
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    Quisling's Days Numbered
    93 7 Reuter. Stockholm, Feb. 17. AN indication that the days of the Quisling regime in Norway are numbered is given in the impressions gained by observers who have just returned from that country, says the Dagens Nyheter. A rumour that the Germans have given Quisling a time limit
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    U. S. ITALIANS CONDEMN FASCISM
    144 7 Reuter. New York, Feb. 17. J*WQ thousand Italians and Italian-Americans—80 per cent, of them men—attended a big anti-Fascist meeting organised by the Mazzini Society at Cooper Union Hall. Professor Salvemini, after paying a tribute to President Roosevelt. said:—"If Hitler wins, Italy becomes a German colony.
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    BORDER TRUCE ENDS ON FEB. 25
    37 7 Bangkok, Feb. 17. Jtlß. Yosuke Matsuoka, the Japanese Foreign Minister, has informed the Thai Government that the extension of the Thai-Indo-China truce ends at 10 a.m. on Feb. 25 (Bangkok time).
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    Yugoslav Ministers Explain
    282 8 London, Feb. 17. THE visit of two Yugoslav 1 Ministers to Berlin on Friday is the subject of the usual crop of unconfirmed reports and rumours of German origin, of which the intention is designed to increase tension and cloak possible Nazi moves. On their return to
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    QUEEN'S TRIBUTE TO SALVATION ARMY
    215 9 Singapore, Monday. juVATION Army headquarters in Britain have cabled to b \-h idquarters thanking the Malaya Patriotic Fund for ,:t of £5,000. The cable also tells of the work Salvation Army is doing among the troops in Britain raid victims. The cable states:— ■iiiti I"
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    $30,000 Mentioned In Tontine Case
    641 9 allegation that $30,000 was involved in the tontine case in which Madam Ee Tiow Leng, alias Suay Niah, stood her trial before Mr. J. L. McFall, the District Judge, on three charges of criminal breach of trust, was made during *he hearing, yesterday. She was
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    U.S. MAY ALSO SUPPLY FOOD TO BRITAIN
    183 9 Reuter. Washington, Feb. 17. MR. Harry Hopkins, recently President Roosevelt's special envoy in Britain, was present at a White House conference to-day on the subject of the Lease and Lend Bill. Also present were the War Secretary, Mr. Henry Stimson, the Treasury Secretary,
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    BRITISH MISSION IN VENEZUELA
    94 9 Reuter. Caracas (Venezuela), Feb. 17. THE British Mission, which has been visiting Latin America under the leadership of Lord Will ingdon. concluded a five-day visit to Venezuela during which its members were the guests of the Government and lavishly entertained by many friends of Britain's caus'3,
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    45 9 I WFE-LIM—The Engagement is announced between Mr. Wee Gim Chuan, only son of Madam Koh Geok Lan, and the late Mr. Wee Tion7 Kiat to Miss Lim Boon N?o, youngest daughter of Mr. Mrs. Lim Huat Phuat, Kuala Lumpur paper jjlease copy.
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    DEATHS.
    61 9 TAN—Mrs. Tan Kang Whye, nee Chua Poh Neo, aged 75, the mother of Tan Peck Jim (of the Overseas Assurance Corpn Ltd.), Tan Peck Hoe and Mrs. Koh Kim I.iatn, on Monday, 17th February, 1941. at hor residence, No. 25, CrtflCCIlt Road, Singapore. The funeral will take place on
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    48 9 MILLER: On Feb. 17, 1941. at Muar Government Hospital, Maiieline Theresa, beloved wife of A W. Miller, Batu Pahat. and daughter of the late Mr. Mahon and Mrs. M. T. Mahon of Eyrecourt, Co. Galway, Ireland. Interment in Malacca, at 5 p.m. on Feb. 18, 1941. R.I P.
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    882 11 Dt*pore, Feb. 17. Buyers. Sellers. MINING. 3 3 3'7ft 6'- 6|6cd 35!- 36|-Cd V 20- 211--13 6 14(6 ■Mriß 1 ;<o 1.35 9 9|6 18,9 19i6 12 13|--0 17 0.20 raw 0 38 0.41 1.45 1 48cd ss) 181- l»f--5 3 59 23,6 24|6 ft fin
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    27 11 1 >in g a pore, Tuesday. Pi t 3 of (in and rubber ire at noon tofcj were:— RUBBER Sellers: 36' >. riN si 1 Up
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    Tin, Rubber Quiet
    141 11 From Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, Tuesday. WITH buyers still holding off, the tin share market was extremely quiet yesterday. Hong Fatts were done at $1.45 and a few Putehs and Jelebus changed hands. Raubs, despite the declaration of dividend, were no better and a few shares changed
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    RIM ESTATES' BIG PROFIT OF £20,241
    163 11 London. Dec. 10. MR. E. G. Estall, presiding at the thirtieth ordinary general meeting of the Rim (Malacca) Rubber Estates*, Ltd.. held in London today, said the year had been a very successful one, the yields being good and the costs reasonable. After making
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    Produce
    127 11 Singapore, Feb. 17. Siam Rice (Special) Per bag $14.70 No. 1 $13.80 No. 2 $13.35 No. 3 $12.45 Siam Rice (Broken) Per Bag No. 1 $11.55 No. 2 $11.10 No. 3 $10.65 Rice Saigon Al Rice Saigon 1 Rice Saigon 2 R. Rangoon "S.Q." Meedon Singhway "Small Mill Rangoon
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    MALAKA PINDA OUTPUT
    38 11 Singapore, Monday. THE output of the Malaka Pinda Rubber Estates amounted to 89,250 lbs. for the month of January, 1941, making a total of 410.680 pounds for the five months of the current financial year.
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    Tins Unresponsive Despite Big Dividends
    241 11 MARKET REPORTS (By Reuter) Reuter. London, Feb. 17. Stock Exchange opened dull, with Giltedgeds firm and Rails higher. Kaffirs were occasionally lower while Japanese bonds were better on the abatement of rumours but Tins are still unresponsive to the recent excellent dividends, for instance in
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    Nazi Idea Of A Joke
    94 12 Reuter. London, Feb. 17. 1 "THE greatest infringement M I patent rights in history," i is how the Nazi organ Voel- j ki«cher Beobachter describes the landing of British parachute troops, says the official j German news agency. But whose patent—whether I Soviet Russia's or
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    Requisition Of Lorries In S'pore
    101 12 UNDER the provisions of the Defence Regulations (Requisition lof Transport) Order, 1939, the Re- eistrar of Motor Vehicles, who is i the competent Land Transport Authority for Singapore, has requisitioned 100 motor lorries for the use of the Government. This is the first time since
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    PETROL RATIONING IN SINGAPORE FROM NEXT MONTH?
    229 12 (Tribune Staff Reporter) RATIONING of petrol for road users in Singapore ma> X X introduced shortly, probably from next month onwards, it is reliably learned. Consideration of tne scneinc has been given by the authorities for many months, and it is understood that
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    GREEKS CONTINUE ADVANCE
    202 12 Reuter. London, Feb. 18. THE Greek advance is continuing 1 along the whole of the northern part of the Albanian front except in the Pogradetz sector, where a lull has developed. Heavy artillerv fire has been proceeding all day long. The Greeks stih hola the initiative, both
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    NAZIS SACK FORMER DUTCH PREMIER
    123 12 Reuter. London, Feb. 18 DR Hendrik Colijn. the 71-year-Old former Dutch Prime; Minister, has been dismissed by the Germans from his post as editor of the Conservative newspaper De Standaard, it is learned in London. Dr. Coliin, say the Germans,; i -will not adapt himself
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    AXIS NAVAL CHIEFS CONFER
    75 12 Reuter. Berlin, Feb. 18. IT was announced here yesterday that Admiral Raeder. Com-mander-in-Chief of the German Navy and Admiral Riceardi. Secretary' of State for the Italian Navy, conferred at Merano, Italy, on Thursday and Friday last week. The official German news agency Ays:—"There was a thorough
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    FIRST BURMESE IN R.A.F.
    133 12 London, Feb. 18. A RANGOON University student, who abandoned his iaw studies in favour ot aeronautical engineering, is the first Burmese to be granted a R.A.F. commission Literally translated, his name to "Sacrificial Hawk" and he obtained a scholarship which brought him to England where, for
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    NAZI PLANE DOWN OFF NORFOLK
    75 12 Reuter. London, Feb. 18. ONLY a small number of German aircraft crossed Britain's coasts durng daylight yesterday and none of these came very far inland, according to an Air Ministry communique A few bombs were dropped In east and south-east England and north Scotland, causing
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    Pahang Sultan Visits Singapore School
    54 12 Singapore Monday:—His Highness the Sultan 0 j p a h OVn extreme left) photographed when he paid a visit to the 4 Muslim school off Victoria Street, Singapore, to-day H a icas taken rouv.a the school by the principal, and Q( j j the students.
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    N.E.I. CHEERED BY PREMIER'S SPEECH
    376 12 Batavia. Feb. II MR. Churchill's magnificent address was received in this country with great satisfaction as showing the statesman's unshakable faith and the stubborn si the British people. Nirom was able to record the whole ol Mr. Chui speech, and it was relayed to listeners
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    257 12 Reuter. Cairo, Feb. 17. NO Italians remain on the soil of Egypt, the Sudan or Kenya, except as prisoners, according to a General Headquarters official communique which states, *"bk Libya and Eritrea the situation remains unchanged. "In Abyssinia: With tlie fall of Kurmuk on Feb
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    117 12 London. fl*-JJ\ PUBLIC reaction in the "lands East Indiesto -U* rumours of the last two bern an attitude ol calm mination. state. -There can be no as to the attitud mentlands East Indi rj do said the announcer all in their pow peace in the
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