Malaya Tribune, 19 February 1941

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    22 1 The Malaya Tribune Net Sales Exceed 16,000 Daily SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1941 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune Wednesday, February 19. 1941.
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    THE DIGGERS ARE HERE
    2008 1 AUSSIES ARRIVE IN THOUSANDS TO DEFEND MALAYA Amazing Scenes At Naval Base Arrival t FOLLOWING the arrival in Malaya 1 recently of a strong Australian air forte, thousands of Australian troops, brotherwarriors of the ail-conquering Army in the Middle East, have just come to Malaya to
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    A Word Of Appreciation
    136 1 fUR report of the arrival of J v this addition to Malaya's 1 ""««3 strength would be incomplete without a quiet j I tr '°ut e hems paid to the offi- j Icm ut the Far Eastern Bureau of th e Ministry of j (nfornatum and
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    H.E. To Broadcast To-night On A.I.F.
    87 1 U E the Governor, Sir Shenton i nomas, will broadcast from the mo up<>re station at 7.30 this even- on the arrival of the A.LF. in ■gttya. The Commander of the Mujor-General H. Gordon- nil it, will also broadcast. i 'me programme there ♦hi
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    25 1 Reuter. London, Feb. 19. J 1 Admiralty announced yester?i 'lV that the mine-sweeper JjaUy had been sunk. The next km have been informed.— m tei
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    MORE FOR COLONIAL WELFARE
    168 1 Reuter. London, Feb. 18. CONSIDERABLE increases in the cost of running certain Government departments appears in the 1942 estimates in the vote on accounts presented in the House of Commons to-day. The Foreign Office estimates are ?834,769, compared with £474,917 fo" the present year. The Dominions
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    CANADA'S HUGE WAR BILL
    67 1 Reuter. Ottawa, Feb. 19. Mr. j. I. Ilsley, Canada's Finance Minister, will ask for $1,300 millions for the prosecution of the war during the fiscal year 1941--1942, compared with $700 millions in the preceding year. This sum, plus $443 million* which Mr. Ilsley estimated would be
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    Darlan To Meet Laval Again
    133 1 Reuter. London, Feb. 19. ADMIRAL Darlan arrived in Paris yesterday afternoon. The object of his visit is being kept secret, but well-informed quarters in Paris say that he will confer once more with M. Laval. Admiral Darlan's first talk on his arrival was with the
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    DENIALS FROM BANGKOK
    68 1 Reuter. Bangkok, Feb. 19. THAI Government issued a communique yesterday declaring that there 's no truth whatever in the rumours that British warships are patrolling Thai territorial waters off Songkhla, and that British troops are massing on the Thai border. The Government, added the communique, had investigated
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    Deeds, Not Words, Are Wanted
    65 1 Reuter. Washington, Feb. 18. THE United States is far more interested in the deeds of other nations than in the statements some of their spokesmen may make. This was the reply of Mr. Sumner Welles, Assistant Secretary of State, at a press conference when questioned
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    32 1 Reuter. Lisbon, Feb. 19. IT is now known that the number 1 of deaths in the cyclone exceed 100. Three hundred fishing vessels I were destroyed in the port of Sesimbra alone.—Reuter.
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    U.S. Seals Areas In The Pacific: Foreign Ships, Planes Warned
    319 1 Washington, Feb. 18. A "KEEP OUT" warning to foreign ships and aircraft was signed by President Roosevelt to-day in the form of an order affecting American naval outposts in the Pacific and the Caribbean. In effect, it warns foreign ships
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    36 1 Reuter. Madrid, Feb. 19. THE fire which devastated Santander is now under control. The first estimates place the damage at £6,250,000. The Bank of Spain building, although in the middle of the fire area, was undamaged.—Reuter.
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    CARS LOANED FOR AMBULANCE WORK
    588 2 Good Response To Dr. MacGregor's Appeal (Tribune Staff Reporter) SATISFACTORY response has been forthcoming to the appeal made last week by Dr. R. B. MacGregor for 100 private cars and drivers to help in the work of the St. John Ambulance Brigade in time of
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    How Control Of Engineering Stores Works
    457 2 COME months before war broke out the Control of Engineering Stores had been thoroughly investigated and the position at the outbreak of war was that the organisation for emergency was complete. A census of stocks of all essential articles had been obtained throughout the
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    Penang Hospital Grows Its Own Vegetables
    352 2 ONE of the most commendable ventures in the "Grow Your Own Food" campaign in Malaya is to be seen at the General Hospital, Penang. This was begun in September, 1940, when it was decided to attempt to grow vegetables in the hospital compound. The
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    Treated Worse Than A Fowl, Says Wife
    206 2 Singapore, Tuesday. WITH tears streaming down her cheeks, Mrs. Sophie M. D Solomon complained that she had been treated worse than a fowl by aer husband. Mr. M. D. Solomon who appeared before Mr. Conrad Oldham to-day in the second court to answer
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    THAILAND REFUTES FOREIGN RUMOURS
    372 2 Bangkok, Feb. 18. rpHE following rs the text of a Thai Government communique dated Feb. 15: "News is now being increasingly circulated regarding war in the Far East, parts of which touch upon Thailand. His Majesty's Government wish to point out that Ihe news has no
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    BARBER FINED ON BLACK-OUT CHARGE
    86 2 Singapore, Tuesday... pj_FADING guilty to a charge of having the lights of his shop on, during the blackout on the night of Jan. 22, an offence under the Defence Regulations, a Chinese barber, An Meng Kwang, was fined $20 or three weeks' rigorous imprisonment by
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    Cinema Manager Defies Police Order, Fined
    391 2 Singapore, i" a (\N pleading guilty to a charge of carrying on a breach of the conditions of the licence, Tom Lo of the Empire Cinema Hall, Tanjong Pagar Road. w; or three months' simple imprisonment by Mr. L. r. <;, fifth court to-day.
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    MALAYA NOW MADE IMPREGNABLE
    117 3 USANDS OF AUSTRALIAN TROOPS, BROTHER-WARRIORS OF THE ALL-CONQUERING ARMY OF THE MOD If QUIPPED DOWN TO THE LAST DETAIL, HAVE LANDED IN SINCAPORE AND HAVE BEEN DISPATCHED TO VAWOU i POWTS, THE COUNTRY. THE ARRIVAL OF THIS VERY FORMIDABLE LAND FORCE WITH THE LATEST ARMS OF
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    AUSTRALIAN TROOPS ARRIVE IN' THOUSANDS
    409 3 .x Brother-Warriors Of Middle st All-Conquering Army iRI I) WAS TOLD OF THE ARRIVAL OF THE AUSTRALIANS IN A PORE IN A BRIEF ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT OMMONWEA LTH. THIS STATED: "A STRONG FORCE OF AI S- TROOPS HAVE ARRIVED AT SINGAPORE TO AUGMENT THE
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    Perfect Organisation Marks Disembarkation
    336 3 features of the disembarkation of the j xperl observer, one of the most .mpressne features of am ,vas the speed and smoothness with w»K>h he teak S 0 the ipment and entraining them for th- war unne cessa,v waste and Dockyard staff had prepared ever) diUil
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    FAREWELL SCENES IN A USTRALIA
    422 3 STRONG EMPHASIS is placed on the part which Australia U playing III the defence of the Empire by the announcement thai irge force at Australian troop* ho i Thcsr troovs W€T€ drawn frorA event State of the Commonwealth A tremendous farewell was given the men
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    Force Is Equipped Down To Last Detail
    409 3 Most Modern Arms Own Nursing Service THE Australian forces which have just arrived m Malaya are completely equipped down to the last detail It is the custom of the A.I.F., whenever a larg€ force ?oes overseas, to see that it is completed independent
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    HOW WE PREPARED FOR THEM
    456 3 Best Possible Conditions IN spite of the speed with which the decision to send Australian troops to Malaya was made, careful preparations have been made by the Malaya Command, and the Civil Government, to see that both transport facilities and accommodation was arranged for the
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    FORMER CHAMPIONS STRIKE FORM
    441 4 A.P.C. BEATEN 6-3 BUSINESS HO USES SOCCER Hongkong and S. Bank 6 A.P.C 3 PHAMPIONS in Hongkong and Shanghai Bank showed glimpses of their old form when they obtained their first lull-points in the Business Houses' League this season with a 6-.°> victory over the A.P.C.
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    Sports Diary
    22 4 SOCCER: Business Houses' League Ford S.C. v G.E.C.. Stadium; Guthrie's v Chartered Bank, F. and N. 1 TENNIS: V.M.C.A. tournament
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    European Claims Trial
    67 4 Sing a pore. Tuesday. I VV WRIGHT, a European, apJ peared to-day before the fifth magistrate, Mr. L. c. Goh. on a summons charge of having failed to extinguish four indoor lights In his flat at Meyer Mansions during the black-cut on the night of Jan. 22,
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    BUSMEN SWAMP COLD STORAGE
    231 4 Traction Co 7 Cold Storage 1 JHE Traction Company won by seven goals to one when ihe.. met the Cold Storage at the Anson Road Stadium to-day in a Business Houses' League football match. Pay began with even At half-time, the Busmen were for about live
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    30 4 Mr L H untitled has been appointed l mmissloner of Civil Defence. Mnlava While Mr B A R. Gater has been tppomtrd Dopntv Commissioner Local D»lence Corps. Penang and Malacca
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    JOE LOUIS STILL CHAMPION
    74 4 Reuter. Philadelphia. Feb. 18. JOE LOUIS successfully delenclea his world heavyweight championship when he knocked out Gus Dorazio, the local "hope" in second round of a 15-round contest. About 15.000 peop'e—the largest indoor right crowd in the city's history saw Lou:-. after severely punishing Dorazio. floor
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    Raffles College Union Elections
    129 4 OFFICE-bearers of Raffles College Union for 1941. dieted recently, are as follows: President. Lee Mun Wah: vicepresident. H. D. Lewis: hon. secretary. Ungku Aziz: hon. treasurer. Chin Fung Kee: hon. auditors, Uheong Pak Lo and Junit bin Abdul Rahim; Sports* Secretary, Aziz bin Ali; asst. sports
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    Tempers Spoil Times —Sime Darby Match
    418 4 JX a game that seldom rose above mediocre and which was made further uninteresting by frayed tempers and questionable tactics during the second session of play, Sime Darbv beat the Straits Times by three goals to one in a Business House i Kl 1
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    BRITAIN THANKS PERLIS
    64 5 .mniissioner has reT c following telegram I retary of State for v to His Highness Perils expression of appreciation of His ov< rnment for the tributk» of $150,000 defence expenditure h His Highness has the unanimous assent t te Council. r contribution by His and the State
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    HEAVY FINE ON LOTTERY CHARGE
    37 5 Singapore, Tuesday. r D on a charge of ha" v dm carrying on a tttery, Seah Chit Hu, a ,-as fined $300, or, in demonths' rigorous imby Mr. J. G. RappoThird Magistrate.
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    False Declaration Charge Against P.C.
    147 5 Singapore, Tuesday. Sw: have made a false s'cadeclaration while on ith before tne Second Magistrate.: on Feb. 25. 1937, Nahar Singh, 25,1 istable, appeared before, ||r. J G Rappoport, in the third police court, to-day. The charge cf having made a false declaration by mating
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    All Singapore Cadets Cain Their "Wings"
    509 5 Squad No. 3 Now Under Training brilliant achievements of the first R.A.F. cadets sent from the Government Training School in Singapore for advanced training in Canada are reported in a telegram received from Canada. All the 14 cadets have received their wings and will
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    ENTERTAINMENT "THE BISCUIT EATER"
    105 5 At The Cathay A DOG is the hero of "The Biscuit Eater," the current attraction at the Cathay. It is a moving picture of the love and faith two small boys have for a dog that was supposed to be the "ugly duckling" but who turned
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    ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR DEFENCE
    87 5 a N advisory committee on deA fence matters for Singapore, consisting of 12 members, with the Colonial Secretary as Chairman, has bee.i appointed The committee consists of the following: The Colonial Secretary, (Chairman)' Mr. L. Rayman. M.C.S.. (Vice-chairman); The Hon Capt. N M Hashim; The Deputy
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    YOUTH FINED ON GAMING CHARGE
    55 5 Singapore, Tuesday. CAUGHT among gamblers on a vacant ground at the 9th mile, Tampenis Road. Pek Poon (18) was fined $100. or. in default, te weeks' rigorous imprisonment oy Mi. j G Rappoport, the Third Magistrate, on a charge of having assisted in the management
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    A COSTLY BUS RIDE
    143 5 Singapore, Tuesday. ON the afternoon of Dec. 22 last year, Yasin bin Abdullah wanted to go to the pictures at the Gar rick Theatre. At Joo Chiat Road, about 225 D.m., he boarded a crowded omnibus coming from Katong, and when the conductor came round, he
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    R.A.F. COOLIES ON ASSAULT CHARGE
    106 5 Singapore, Tuesday. ALLEGED to have taken part in an assault on a compatriot at the R.A.F. coolie lines, Seletar, Perinbanayagan, Gopal and Periasamy, appeared before Mr. J. G. Rappoport, in the third police ccurt, to-day. The assault was said to have taken place on Jan.
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    PERAK APPEAL FOR L.D.C. RECRUITS
    314 5 (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh, Monday. "CITUATED as she is, Perak has an important job to do and it is up to both Europeans and Asiatics to enrol right now in the L.D.C. and start their training," declared Capt. J. W eekley. Commandant of the
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    Courting Couple's Story Of Armed Threat
    432 5 Singapore, Tuesday. rpHE story of how four Chinese walked up to a young Eurasian couple sitting in the moonlight at Mount Emily and demanded "coffee money" from them, and how one of the men produced a knife before they extorted from the couple 41
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    Opinion Australian Troops Arrive
    136 6 r TUE ;ui*i\al in Singapore ot powerful reinforcements of the Australian Imperial Forces, preceded by several scfiiadrons of fighter planes, is a further concrete expression ot \he Imperial Government'?" policy <»i according the fulle.nl protection lor such units of the Kinpi re as need it. Situated
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    Threatens None
    137 6 T*o use His Majesty the King's words, in a message he sent on the occasion of the opening of the King Edward VII Graving Docks in Singapore in February, 1938, these reinforcement:: are a further "powerful resolve for peace." Empire statesmen have often stressed that the Singapore Naval
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    A Pacifist Axis
    112 6 WHETHER this pacifist axis will be challenged and the Far East plunged into yet another war is, in the circumstances, a matter solely for Japan to decide. At the opening of the floating dock, the largest of its kind in the world, in August. 1929, Sir Hugh
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    To Ensure Peace
    178 6 VTEVER before in Malaya's history has such a large body ol troops been landed here, it is a heavy insurance for peace in these parts. The safe arrival of these troops here is a tribute to the vigil of the British Navy that enables the movement of
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    HOW A SUBMARINE ATTACKED NAZI BATTLE FLEET
    1403 6 DEAD MAN'S TALE THESE are passages from a private letter to his sister by a Petty Officer, member of the crew of H.M. submarine Salmon, now presumed lost, which in the winter months of the war attacked a German battle fleet, sank two
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    TWO WORLDS
    464 6 1. In the summer of 1926 James Cooper, a small Scotsman with large ears and a canny grin, was half-way on his way round the world. He had decided to stop off in New York for a brief look around that fabulous city, and to keep himself from
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    Food Prices In Szechuan Stabilised
    197 6 Chungking. drastic steps are being taken to check hoarding and speculation in goods in interior China, the Executive Yuan has decided to appropriate $70,000,000 to help the price stabilisation authorities 4n the discharge of their duties. Of the total, $50,000,000 is to be used by
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    Said To Have Posed As R.A.F. Officer
    229 6 A WELL-DRESSED man, Lewis Henry Dew, 45, described as a company director, and giving- an address at Por-chester-place, Bayswater, was remanded in custody at Marl-borough-street, under the Defence Regulations, the police stating that there were many inquiries to be made respecting him. Dew
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    THROUGH CHINESE EYES
    540 6 PROM up-countr breeze wafted these words: "We joy and in sorr incomplete were days all along.'' The person v.: thus is none "Fu," who about a cades ago used to v column of note. s for A man of many been constantly on I he left Singapore.
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    JAPAN BOWS TO U.S.- BRITISH PRESSURE
    358 7 JAPAN BOWS TO U.S.BRITISH PRESSURE CHUNGKING VIEW Reuter. CHUNGKING, FEB. 18. RED BALL IN THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC —THE 1 D BALL GOES UP IN CHUNGKING AS A PREU V AIR RAID ALARM—IS THE TITLE A LE*D ARTICLE IN TO-DAY'S OFFICIAL CHINESE NEYVSCENTRAL DAILY NEWS, nting on the latest developments in
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    Burma's Army Increased
    107 7 Reuter. Rangoon, Feb. 18. RM.VS confidence in ber p OWn preparations, backed y might of the Empive, any attack, was ex- by Sir Archibald tne, the Governor, in a v ti 'i to-day. attack on Burma would an attack on the whole of the Empire and its
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    Third Of Santander Destroyed
    157 7 Reuter. Viohv Feb. H;. A THIRD of has beer. completely destroyed in the fire which raged throughout Sunday, according to a Madrid dispatch received in Vichy late last night. Th* number of casualties is however small only two people being reported dead, and 111 injured, but
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    Italians Willing To Sell Ships To U.S.
    96 7 Reuter. New York, Feb. 18 AMERICAN interests are negotiating for the purchase of 27 Italian vessels interned in United States ports, including the 23 003--ton liner Conte Biancamano, according to the Washington eorrespendent of the Herald Tribune. The transfer of these ships, valued
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    20 7 Reuter. New Delhi. Feb. 18.—According to official information, 620 Indian lascars have been killed as a resMlt jf enemy action.—Reuter.
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    NAZI INVASION ARMY WILL BE ARMY OF THE DOOMED
    396 7 London, Feb. 19. T heart of our struggle is in keeping open our life the world and especially to the United States," der A V Alexander, the First Lord of the Admiralty, asl review yesterday of the Navy's work. tion of
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    Singapore Wedding
    45 7 *,7r. Harold North-Hunt. Reqistrar-Generil of Statistics and Director of Supplies, S.S. and F.M.S.. was married last evening to Mrs Gwendolene Patricia Ariderson. a reception was held at 6 Satan Close, where Mrs. A. W. Spmtt and Miss Pameli North-Hunt receive l the guests.
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    JAPAN DEPENDENT ON GERMANY
    262 7 Reuter. London, Feb. 18. NOW Germany is moving into Japan, says the Daily Herald. The Japanese Foreign Minister, Mr. Y. Matsuoka, is obliged to announce the arrival of German technicians and ask public support for the step. This, remember, is a public which has been fed
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    Italian Prisoners
    17 7 Reuter. Bomoay, reD. ia. FURTHER batch of 3.600 Italian prisoners have arrived in Bombay.—Reuter. I
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    16 7 Mr. W. A. Ward has boon Appointed Socrotarv tc the High Commissioner t the Malay States.
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    Greeks Take Impregnable Positions'
    121 7 Reuter. London, Feb. 18. OVERCOMING violent Italian resistance, Greek troops havt made new advances on the cen trai sector of the Albanian front An Italian stronghold on a 5,000-foot height has fallen intc Greek hands and the Italians have suffered heavily during their retreat. The Athens
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    EASTERN GROUP SUPPLY COUNCIL
    56 7 Reuter. New Delhi, Feb. 18. SIR Archibald Carter has assumed charge of the Eastern Group I Supply Council as its chairman. Pending the arrival of the repre--1 sentatives of Australia, South Africa j and New Zealand, the secretary of the council, Mr. Whyatt, has 1 I
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    Turkish Obligations To Britain Unaffected
    422 7 Reuter. London, Feb. 18. TPHE timing of the Turko-Bulgarian agreement supplies th Nazis with an opportunity for propaganda of which they are already making full use, says Mr. Vernon Bartlett, writing in thejfews Chronicle. It is, therefore, important to insist that the Turks have emphasised
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      106 8 SILVER PLATING by The Singapore ElectroPlating Works 221, Orchard Road, fopp. Cavenagh Road) j Tel. No. 4351. I Oil ALIN for DIABETES Highly Recommended by Ptctafl. literature free on application to Agents,' THE MEDICAL HALL, SEREMBAN. Stocked by M. S. ALLY CO., Kuala Lumpur, Singapore Branches. Bengal Immunity, Calcutta. TIM
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      317 8 AIR QUEEN CONTEST FREE TICKET ttf^ftiy Singapore to Batavia Return K.K.I.L.M. old bt MEEEHBS OXTHE FAVOURITE LL Esj SCREEN TUNE NIGHT g| TO-NIGHT TEA DANCE PRESENTS THE _f> S\HO\<. JPJIr i»\ic\ih: If /IV Supported by 41 /M A FILM OF THE DANCE TAKEN 1 AT THE CABARET LAST WEEK BY
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      187 8 LAST TWO EVENING PERFORMANCES ALMA Mb uk FROM TO-MORROW DAILY AT 3-15 P. M. SATURDAY Sc SUNDAY AT 11 A.M. ONLY. Acclaimed by London Film Critic As The Funniest Comedy of The Year: TO-MORROW at 6.15 9.15 P.M. I'SSS ALHAMBRA j Ol l\ i X \KI VIILD \()l I MOW
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    39 9 Miss K. D. Ariyawathic (Noon) daughter of Mrs. N. B. Leelawathy, midwife of the General Hospital, Muar passed away after a short illness on the 15th instant. Cremation took place on Sunday, February, 16th at Muar.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
    63 9 Mr. Chee Swee Chiang and family wish to express their heartfelt thanks to all relatives and friends who attended the funeral of Mrs. Chee Swee Chiang, (Nee Madam Tan Chonj Yam Neo>, as well as these who paid visits, lent cars, sent cakes, joss papers, caskets, wreaths, scrolls, telegrams
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      214 9 fATHAY LAST THREH S]lows raDAY! 3.15 p.m. 6.15 p.m. 9.15 p.m. Where Everybody Goes Box Office Phone It 104). mount Present THE BISCUIT BATRMT with Lee Cordcll Hiekman Hclcnc Millard Bichard Lane Lester Matthews. A 'doggie' drama for all dog-lovers! Also 20 th. Century For Movietone Latest Newsrccl! "opening to-morrow.
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      466 9 LATEST Ij ADVERTISEMENTS Situation Vacant WANTED- Asiatic Surveyor. Position filled. Applicants thanked. Post Eox 331. Kuala Lumpur. Public Notices The Central Depot of the Malaya Patriotic Fund will not be opened I on Thursday morning the 20th and I On Thursday morning the 27th owing to the loom at Government
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      286 9 Borneo Ports Closed To Foreign Ships Singrr>ore, Wednesday. ILL the ports in North Borneo, except Sandakan and Jesselton, lave been closed from Feb. 17 to ill shipping other than to vessels i British owned or chartered, aHied, forth Borneo registered or owned i ay a North Borneo fishing com- >any
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      256 9 OPENING 6.15 TO-DAY PAVILION 9 5 FIX! SONGS! LAFGHTER! SEVENTY MINUTES OF THE FUNNIEST FOOLING YOU'VE EVER SEEN! GRAND X <3ina Malo I BRITISH LION—TOM ARNOLD PRODUCTION ALSO IN THE PROGRAMME TWO INTERESTING SHORTS "FIVE FACES" "WAR COMES TO LONDON" BOOKS ON ART EDUCATION. How Crm I Braw It? Thi
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    Domestic Occurrence DEATH.
    64 10 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 Kirn Liam, on Monday. 17th February, 1941, at her residence, No. 25, Crescent Road, Singapore. The funeral will
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      3035 10 sfs Financial WANTED Partner or FtaanclTTfor able business. Apply Box rrlbune, Singapore. Lost And Found LOST-Morrl. 8 Tourer No *****, Blue, 4-Seater. Reward. Please Th e lQ) Vegetable Seeds RELIABLE local vegetable -a* mOW W* had at 10 cents per packet irom 35. Orchard Road. Singapore. («<>• SEEDS:- Reliable. teed,
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      654 10 NOTICE Mv wife KOH SWEE NEO having left my house and on rhp 27th January, 1940, 1 nereoy □eclare that she is no longer my *Dated this 13th day of February, 1941 Sd. ONG TIAN HOCK. THE SINGAPORE AUCTIONEERS. IHfc SALE Of modern European polished HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, engraved brass trays
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      204 10 YONG PENG—PARIT SULONG MUAR ROAD. The bridge across Sungei Bekok in Yong Peng village will be closed from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and from 2 pm to 4 p.m. on 13th February and daily thereafter until 31st March. A. L. McCLURE, Executive Engineer, P.W.D. C.J Kluang. ROYAL AIR FORCE.
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      85 10 VESTEI BOX 'gHpiL Daylight <h vtloping 120 sizf \mateur Photo Store, 109 North Bridpe R° ad Meyer Th e Oriental Optical MANUFACTURE uth °Seßj Head Office: "2 foul n Br ,rige MBran ch FREE TESTIS Pure Deep Sea Oyster C*«e*« tr w For Anaemia. Debility. Disorder Ruilds Good Blood Liv
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      814 10 TO-DAY'S RAllltjj SINGAPORE LONDON ZHL IBS MM «I*»- EASTERN TRANSMI^m>i ZHP.I. 30 96 m. 969 BttiCS. GSF—I9 82 metres (15.15 ZHP.3 41.3« m. 7.25 m'cs. pm. GSG—I6.B6 metres ZHL. ZHPI ZHP3 850p m. GSB—3I S3 I Pr t» a.m. irom 9.05 p.m GSD--: 10 00 Lagu Rongeng. mcs) from 9
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    Malayan Sharebrokers Asso. Report
    753 11 pore, Fob. 18. Buyers. Sellers. MNG -3 3 1 6'6cd |9 36|-cd 20- 211- 070 0.75 13 6 1416 1.28 132 9 916 18.9 19i« 121- 131--0.17 0.20 0 38 0.41 1 44 148 cd Mf 18'- 191--i>3 5 9 236 2«!6 24 25 0 72
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    14 11 ore, Wednesday. .1 tin and rubber re at noon toRUBBEB j TIN
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    U. S. STEEL DEFENCE NEEDS HINDERED
    197 11 Reuter. New York, Feb. 18. THE rush virtually of all steel con--1 sumers to extend their forward coverage it? hindering producers* provision for genuine emergency needs. Mills are already postnoning many commercial orders and compulsory priorities may soon be necessary. Scrap was more active
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    JANUARY CROPS
    102 11 Singapore. Tuesc'l v. THE rubber returns for January of the under-mentioned estates are as follows: The Ayer Kuning <F.M.S. 1 Rubber Co., Ltd., 106.000 lbs; The Badtk Rubber Estate Ltd. (Stairield Estate*. 22.700 lbs; The Braawali (F.M.S.) Rubber Estate Ltd., 55.000 lbs; The Chersonese <F.M.S.> Estates Ltd.. 77,000
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    MARKET REPORTS
    314 11  -  t(By Reuter. Cotton Market Manchester, Feb. 17: The Cotton industry curtailment reach 50 s per cent. Some home trade producers probably must quit business for the duration of the war, receiving compensation from the remainder of the industry by a levy on turnover, as Government does not provide
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      87 11 MERCANTILE B OF INDIA (TRUSTEES) LIMITED i and Controlled by RCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED, any, which is incorporat--85. and registered as a any, undertakes the duties:— OR TRUSTEE OF A ADMINISTRATOR OF DECEASED PERSON, OF A SETTLEMENT OR :ON OF TRUST, AND FORMS OF TRUSTEE BUSINESS. tag* of appointing
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      20 11 appreciates I Shaven A I l"„d p!u«"« •TRU-VAC* uns of 50 poking a continuous pleasure. LONDON MADE BY CARRERAS LTD.
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      483 11 NOTICE. DEFENCE REGULATIONS (REQUISITION OF TRANSPORT) ORDER 1939. The undermentioned motor lorries have been requisitioned by mp under provisions of the above order. mjm Any claims under hire purchase agreements should be made to the undersigned not later than 12 noon on Friday 21st 1941 after which date no claims
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      297 11 STEAMER SAILINGS BRITISH INDIA PASSENGER FREIGHT SERVICES For all information apply to: P. O. S. N. Co.. The Agent, CoHyer <*uay, Tel. 5961. 8.1.5. N. CO., BOUSTEAD CO., LTD., Tel. 5497. 8.1.5. N. CO. (APCAR LINE) For HONGKONG, SHANGHAI, MaTI, KOBE, OSAKA. For PENANG, RANGOON CALCUTTA. Regular Sailings: Special Holiday
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      329 11 BRITISH INDIA The best possiblo service* are being maintained by The P. O. S. N. Coy. from the Straits to their usual ports of call in Chint, India Ceylon and the United Kingdom. Passeng» ers are requested to register their requirements bctf under present circumstance sailings are perforce re* tricted.
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    Nanking Regime Still Unrecognised By Axis
    71 12 Reuter. Tokyo, Feb. 19. MR. Oasashi, the Japanese ViceMinister ot Foreign Affairs, told the Committee oi the Lower House yesterday that the reason the Axis powers had not recognised the Japanese "puppet" Government at Nanking was that domestic problems in Germany and Italy had
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    22 12 Mr. J Ci BUck MCS. lias been \ppointed to be Director of Pxsslve Defence for the districts of Seremban and Pod Dukson
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    AID BILL MAY BE PASSED "IN A FEW DAYS"
    234 12 Reuter. Washington. Feb. 13 OPENING the Opposition's attack in the Senate on the Lease and Eend Lill to-day (Tuesday). Senator Clark iMissouri) said that he saw the Bill as a gamble "upon the one card of complete British victory." taxing the
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    17 12 Dr. E. S. Lawrie, Surgeen, Malavan Medical Service, has been appointed «0 ofticiate as Surgeon, Negri Sembi'an.
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    FROM AMBASSADOR TO PRIVATE
    426 12 Reuter. London, Feb. 19. "IIERE te a wholesome change from the language of Nazi diplomacy," declared Ambassador Lipski, late of the Polish Embassy in Berlin at the outbreak of war. describing, for the first time, at a London luncheon, his metamorphosis from an Ambassador to a
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    U.S FINANCIER FOR BRITAIN
    57 12 Reuter. Washington. Feb 1. JHE financier, Mr. Avereii 1 man, will proceed to within a fortnight to expediu a! defence arrangements, p Roosevelt announced this al conference and indicated" Harriman will hand! tions as British defei priorities and contracl Mr. Harriman 1 attached to th e
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      172 12 Um.lt LEAF PURE CEYLON TEA In the homes of people who know what is really good and insist on having it. you will find that "GOLD LEAF" Tea is established as the inevitable choice. When in Kuala Lumpur STAY AT THE SOITIIERX II O T E E 118 120, Batu
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