Malaya Tribune, 5 March 1941

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  • 22 1 The Malaya Tribune Net Saks Exceed 16,000 Daily SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1941 FIVE CENTS The Malaya Tribune Wednesday, march 5, 1941.
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  • 72 1 U/J'REPORT i Reuter. Kerlin, Mar. 5. Hi ish naval forces \j J arr t out a raid on "an .,i island of Northern esterday (Tuesday) ,r states the official Ger1 news agency. ;i <hort bombardment, ed several fishing'uts .soldiers landed and took me Germans and -n
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  • 187 1 British Threat To Heart Of Abyssinia I I Reuter. Cairo. Mar. 5. I rations in Italian and are spreading land and threatening of Abyssinia, was military spokesman in arised the campaign. Ik Empire troops are <»[f the inland areas distance," he said in on a G.U.Q. comeporting
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  • 34 1 I Dublin, Mar. 5. X Aiken. Eire Minister for nation of Defensive leaving for the United by air to examine the >f purchasing arms and America, according cial announcement.
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  • 86 1 Reuter. Washington. Mar. 4 PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, at a press conference to-day, said that the crisis now being faced by the Government was, in some ways, far more serious for the future ot the country than that of eight years ago. The President was beginning an
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  • 69 1 Reuter. Washington, Mar. 5. I EGISLATTON that would increase the United States' Navy's' enlisted personnel immediately to 232,000 and authorise the President to acquire 200,000 tons of auxiliary vessels for national defence will be introduced by Mr. Vinson, chairman of the House of Representatives Naval Affairs Committee. The
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  • 674 1 A TMOSPHERE AT SAIGON STILL TENSE; FRENCHFLEET'RETURNS MEDIATION SETBACK Reuter. Tokyo, Mar. 5. N official Japanese quoting authoritative sources says that KM* the Japanese mediation efforts in the Thai Indo China dispute suffered another setback as Vichy has failed to accept the
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  • 136 1 Reuter. London, Mar. 5. AN attempted heavy German air raid on a South Wales town last (Tuesday) night was foiled by firebomb fighters who dealt with the numerous incendiary bombs so promptly that after some hours of considerable enemy activity, no serious attack developed. Flares
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  • 27 1 Reuter. London, Mar. 5. r 1 is officially announced that any parcel despatched from abroad to Britain containing more than two pounds of tea will be confiscated.—Reuter.
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  • 423 1 Reuter. London, Mar. 5. SPIKING evidence of the ever-growing naval expansion of th e great Powers, particularly the United States, and of th of the major part of Mussolini's battle fleet s it, the 1940 edition of Jane's Fighting Ships, which that there are 40
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  • 131 1 Reuter. Berlin, Mar. 5. AN official statement regarding Germany's attitude towards Greece was handed to foreign journalists in Berlin yesterday, stating that "now, as hitherto, diplomatic relations exist between Berlin and Athens, but general relations between the two countries can hardly be described as good, since
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  • 294 1 Reuter. London, Mar. 5. A NEW POLICY of "industrial consolidation" affecting about 50 major industries was announced by the Hon. Capt. Oliver Lyttleton in the House of Com- mons yesterday. In consequence of the need for a severe reduction on civil consumption and the
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  • 40 1 Reuter. London, Mar. 5. P' is officiary announced in Bucharest that the final result cf the Rumanian plebiscite on Gen. Antonescu's, < Prime Minister) policy (says a German wireless message) was as follows: "Yes" 2,018,000; "No," 2,558 votesReuter.
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  • 204 1 Reuter. London, Mar. 5. THE German radio announced last night (Tuesday) that diplomatic relations between Britain and Bulgaria had been severed. The British Minister Mr. Rendel is reported to be leaving Bulgaria as soon as final arrangements for his departure are made. No confirmation of the German
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  • 114 1 Reuter. London, Mar. 5. A SMALL force of British Coastal Command aircraft successfully attacked the docks and railway hidings at Ca'ais on Monday night, ..ays the Air Ministry. Yesterday, an aircraft of the Coastal Command, while on patrol, attacked an aerodrome near Brest and shot
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  • 147 1 Reuter. Nairobi, Mar. 5. LIEUT.-GEN. Cunningham, General Officer Commanding the British Forces in East Africa, has issued a formal proclamation covering the government of the occupied territories. These territories include all those "formerly ruled, claimed or occupied by the Italian Government in Ethiopia and
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  • 71 1 Reuter. Nairobi, Mar. 5. (IEN. Smuts, Premier of South I Africa, who arrived in Nairobi yesterday was met by Lieut.-Gen. Alan Cunningham, General Officer Commanding 4 r» Italian Somaliland front an <y the Governor of Kenya. Gen. Smut j&s accompanied by Gen. Sir P. van
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  • 186 2 Singapore, Tuesday. ON account of the present political situation I have sent about 20 members of my family to India." said a wealthy Indian landed proprietor and contractor. Mr V Suppiah. in the High Court to-day before Mr. Justice Worley in the course of the hearing
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  • 63 2 Singapore. Tuesday. pHARGED with fraudulent possession of 109 cigarettes. Tan York Pan. 32. claimed trial before Mr. Conrad Oldham, in the Second Police Court, to-day. Tan was said to have been found in possession of the cigarettes en Mar. 3, at the R. A. Officers' Mess, Changi. The
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  • 162 2 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur. Tuesday. A STRIKING tribute to the magnificent spirit of the British people is contained in the following extract from a letter which a Kuala Lumpur resident has just received from a friend at present in London on leave from Malaya: "What
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  • 225 2 (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh, Tuesday. TPOH was "raided" last night by enemy pianos and incendiaries and explosives were dropped in various parts of the town in the first "incident" practice held in South Perak. Casualties were few and damage little. Rain
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  • 131 2 Singapore, Tuesday. MR. C. H. Whitton imposed a fine of $100, or in default three months' simple imprisonment, on George Gregory Newman, a Probationary Sanitary Inspector of the Municipality in Court to-day, on a charge of negligent driving. Newman was originally charged on three counts* of causing
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  • 57 2 The High Commissioner has appointed m&% Grant Ac »njf Major In The F.M.S.V.F., approved the promotion of Second Lieutenant H. P. o. Malet F.M.6.V.F. to the rank of Lieutenant and granted commissions as Temporary Second Lieutenants in the P.M.S V P to Mr. R. T. Black, Che Abdul Aziz bin
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  • 36 2 The Resident of Belangor has appointed Mr. W. A. D. Wynch a member of the Rubber Supervision Licensing Board tor the district of Uiu Belangor for 1»41 In the place of Mr. J. E. 8. Codner.
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  • 154 2 THE next meeting of the Y.W.C.A. Fortnightly Club will be held on Monday. Mar. in at 9.45 a.m.. when the Yen. Archdeacon Graham White will speak on -Impressions of Australia." Members and friends are invited to attend. On Wednesday, Mar. 12, a be(Tinners' swimming class will commence at
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  • 53 2 Reuter. Shanghai. Mar. 4. THE local foreign Cnambers of Commerce have decided to petition Pan-American Airways 1 to inaugurate a Shanghai-Hongkong passenger service in the near future, according to the Chinese Press. Pan-American Airways, it is reported, is at present planning to extend the Manila-Hongkong
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  • 71 2 Singapore, Tuesday. /CHARGED with having stolen V seven copies of the Picture Book, while being employed as a tamby to Mr. E. M. Akerib, at the office of the Malaya Tribune Press Ltd., Mohamed Isa bin Kadiman, 23, claimed trial before Mr. Conrad Oldham, in the Second
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  • 56 2 Singapore, Tuesday. SAID to have stolen a rain coat belonging to Mr. R. P. E. Niyington Legh, from the Naval Base, some time in 1940, Gian Ah Kwang, 2b, c.'aimed trial when charged before Mr. Conrad Oldham, in the Second Police Court. The case was postponed for mention on Mar.
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  • 34 2 The High Commissioner, with the concurrence of the Chief Justice, has appointed Enche Osman bin Hajl Dahat, Deputy Registrar. Supreme Court Sere nban, to act as Registrar of the Supreme Court, F M S
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  • 1107 2 AMAZING STORY OF RACKETEERING Singapore, Tuesday. CENTENCES totalling two years' rigorous imprisonment and 21 strokes with the rotan were imposed on Rex Alexander Bell in the District Court to-day by Mr. J. L. McFall on three charges of extortion from a European referred
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  • 20 2 Mr. W. R. Coombe. Passed Cadet, Malayan Police Service, has been appointed to act M Assistant Superintendent. Malayan Police Service.
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  • 28 2 Dr. W. Lineban, Director of Education. S S, and Adviser on Education. F.M.S.. ha., been appointed to be an examiner in Malay, in place of Mr. L. Forbes.
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  • 21 2 untitled Lim Cheng Ean, C. C. Stewart and M. Saravnnamuttu have been appointed members of the Visiting Committee. General Hospital. Penang.
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  • 22 2 (Ccnt-A-Plane Fund) .Total number of enemy planes destroyed during yesterday on all fronts up to midnight London time.. THIRTEEN
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  • 83 2 (Tribune Staff fe\ NEXT week Malayan t batch of R a I trained in Flying School niously "pass oul being given a s] of local leave for their next centre which i da, Austral!,, or the Middle E Just as in previous
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  • 109 2 THE death took eral Hospital, Johore yesterday of Dr Siir -h.v' ther. Assistant Medirtached to thi had been ailing ioi w'"*'-,!* period and his death came Si shock lo his many Inend whom did not even I:r r 'l was ill. The deceased who h-' than
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  • 17 2 Mr. D. untitled Williamson. Mr C 1 Home ha; c l cc:: the Hofp. Settlement of S
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  • 194 3 ili.P. Committee's Report Submitted To Government (Tribune Staff Reporter) 'j to be adopted in Johore Bahru during an icj is to be officially announced very shortly Government, the Tribune reliabl'v learns. menuaiioiis oi me cautions Advisory nel recently framed ment, following a week,
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  • 30 3 lurersI urers of the Malaya 1 Fund have received Chinese Secretariat a :}GO. This sum was the Chinese of Pen ►r the Lord Mayor's Fund.
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  • 216 3 Singapore, Tuesday. POR causing a ricksha and a lorry to go off the road on to the grass verge, in order to avoid being involved in an accident, L. A. J. Blaauw, a European, was fined $50, or. In default, six weeks' simple imprisonment, by Mr C. H.
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  • 71 3 Singapore, Tuesday. DECAUSE he was found insane, a charge of causing hurt to a Chinese, brought against Syed tin AM, a 26-year-old Malay, was withdrawn to-day when the case waa mentioned in the Second Police Court, before Mr. Conrad Oldham. Syed was alleged to have stabbed
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  • 188 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Teluk Anson, Monday. FOR the third time, the annual general meeting of the Lower Perak Indian Association held on Saturday, had to be adjourned for want of time. Mr. I. Sivangnanam Pillay, the pre- sident, took the chair. Mr. C.
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  • 208 3 rpHERE will be a parade of all units of the reorganised first aid posts and depots at the times set out below. No uniform will be worn, and the object of the exercise is for the new personnel of the posts to become accustomed to
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  • 365 3 Petrol Rationing Hardships (Tribune Star! Reporter) JNDIVIDUAL taxi owners in Singapore are expected to protest shortly to Government against the rationing rates enforced on them by the recently introduced petrol regulations, the Tribune learns reliably. The "cabbies"' consider the rates impracticable and unfair, and
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  • 55 3 MORE members of the local Military have received awards The M B E. (Military Division) has been awarded to R. S. M. Edward Worsfcld The cf the Military Division, for meritorious service, have been awarded to Sgt. James Frederick Charles Hayward, and to Colour Sergeant
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  • 87 3 DURING the period March 1 to 'JX. both dates inclusive, the weight* cf all mails for despatch by train ore being recorded, and it to. therefore, necessary for the mail: to be cosed somewhat earlier. Ottrtng this period the late.-a ttrna* of posting at
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  • 60 3 Singapore, Wednesday. A EUROPEAN sister of the Alexandra Hospital, who was said to have been injured in a motor car collision, was conveyed to hospital shortly after midnight, .suffering from what is believed to b a fractured wrist. She was said to have been involved in an accident
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  • 68 3 AN exhibition of handwork by members of the 1940 post normal classes in art is being arranged for Friday and Saturday. Mar. 14 and 15 by the Department of Edu- J cation. I The exhibition will be held at the studio of the Art Superintendent, top floor. Raffles
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  • 35 3 Mr. R. G. Ladell. Dr. K. Mohamad Arlff, Mr. Lim Keong Lay, Mr. B. B. Ross and Mr. P. H. Grumit have been appointed members of the Hospital Visiting Committee for the settlement of Penang.
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  • 35 3 The promotions of Messrs. W. N. Clourlay. A. Sleep. W A. Gordon-Hall C. R. Howltt, J D M. Smith and N. Jon?s, officers in Grade 11, Malayan Civil Service, to Grade 18, has been approved.
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  • 193 3 Singapore, Tuesday. WITHOUT hearing the defence, Mr. Justice Worley in the High Court to-day dismissed a suit for damages for malicious prosecution brought by a South Indian Mohammedan, K. Mohamed, at one time a watchman, against Mr. Alexandra de Costa, chief bailiff, District Court. Mohamed, who
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  • 276 3 Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday. IHE new $20.000 wing of the Bukit Eintang Girls' School, Kuala Lumpur, was declared open by the British Resident, the Hon. Major IG. M. Kidd. yesterday evening. Mr. E. Tip.'jn, Secretary of the British and Foreign Bible Society, Singapore, presided at the ceremony
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  • 38 3 The Secretary of State for the Colonies bag approved the following appointments: Mr. N. X Jarrett to be Comptroller of Customs. S.S. and P.M.S.. Class IA. M.C.S.. Mr. E. N. Grifflth-Jones to he a Magistrate. S.S. and F.M.S.
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  • 414 3 Singapore, Tuesday. THE story of how they had fallen in love with each other when they were attending school live years ago, and howafter her lover had been driven from his house by his lather, they lived together and she became his mistress, was related
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  • 1337 4 is the card for to-day's races at Kuaia Lumpur. RACE ONE PONIES—CIass 2—Division 2—s'/ 2 Furlongs. 4 2 0 MARNELL 8y 900 Mr. A. van Tooren S ulliv an 10 0 CHAR 7y 8.13 Mr. Alan Loke Major Fox 02 0 TOMMY 5y 8.11 "W.
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  • 206 4 A TWO-ALL draw was registered in the Div. II (A) match between the Malay Regiment and the Moravians, at Farrer Park, yesterday. The play throughout was excellent. Outstanding players on the field were the two goalkeepers, Osman, the former Negri state player,
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  • 290 4 Van Cuylenberg's Fine Play In Losers' Goal pLAYING a more spirited game than their opponents, Ford Motors defeated Wearne's by three goals to nil in a Business Houses League fixture on the Clerical Union ground yesterday. In spite of the sodden ground, the match
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  • 122 4 FOLLOWING are Spectator's selections for to-day's races at Kuala Lumpur: Race 1: SHOOT UP Stenella Race 2: MISS ROD Sheila II Race 3: GOLDEN BRONZE Hue and Cry Race 4: YOUNG GINGER Anton Rogue Race 5: JAGUAR Bo y Cullen Race 6: BLUE WHITE Pay Out J Race
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  • 247 4 gIXGAPORE will have the opportunity of watching a Burmese soccer team—the Burma Chinese A.A.—in action soon, when the team comes here on tour. These Burmese footballers will play only two matches, one against the Chinese Recreation Club of Penang and one in Singapore, while on their
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  • 118 4 THE qualifiers and draw of the 1 Meyer Cup competition at the Island Club over the week-end are: C. A. R. Bateman 71 Y. Nakayama 77 W. McMullan 77 F. T. Pope 80 M. C. V. Martia 82 S. I. M. Ibrahim 82 Yong
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  • 55 4 FOLLOWING were results of other league matches played yesterday: The Royal Navy defeated the R.A.S.C. by seven goals to nil, in a Div. 11 (A) league match played at the Naval Base. The Loyals* defeated the Gordon Highlanders by the cnly goal scored in their Reserve
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  • 39 4 The Straits Times failed to turn up for their Business* Houses* League football match against the Traction Compahy at Serangoon Road yesterday. It was later announced that the Traction Company were conceded a walk-over.
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  • 45 4 TO-DAY SOCCER: S.AF V Chinese Athletic Anson Road si idiun? c* (A), R.A.F (Kai i S.C., Geylang s Div. R.A.F. ness Bouses Le; i B Bank v Cold S! Harper Gil:.. N. UEC F i j CRICKET: Regiment, v TENNIS: V v f
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous

  • 951 5 Mr. Eugene Chen On Japan's Policy .Hongkong, Feb. 23. ajk Eugene Chen, former Chinese Minister for Foreign Affairs, in an interview here to-day stated that, hi- opinion, the present phase of the Far Eastern situation was largely a product of the German brain working
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  • 207 5 Saigon, Feb. 4. FIFTEEN hundred Japanese soldien wer? landed en Monday at Haipheng, bringing the total number of Japanese troops In Tongking Province to between 10,000 and 11.000 men, a reliable source said here to-day. Warships which brought the troops in Haiphong yesterday sailed away
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  • 497 5 (Tribune Staff Reporter) IHE most intensive and comprehensive defence practice exercise in Malaya since the outbreak of war will start to-morrow and will continue for a week. The lighting Services, the Government Departments concerned, and also the Civil Defence Services, will participate.
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  • 116 5 (At The Capitol) FE Australian attack and capture of Tobruk included incidentally with a newsreel which shows the fall of Sidi Barrani earlier is outstanding in the Capitol's change of programme last night. The dawn preparations for the capture of Tobruk followed by shots of tanks' and infantry
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  • 155 5 (At the Cathay) THOUGH lacking the verve and athletic prowess that marked all Douglas Fairbanks films, the new version of The Mark of Zorro" Offers all adventure-lovers a ful 1 share of thrills. Here is life in old Los Angeles, the poor peasants oppressed by a
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  • 125 5 (At The Alhambra) AVERY TIMELY March of Time picture, dealing with the Netherlands East Indies and her preparedness against aggression and her rich resources, and the newsreel showing the victorious return home of H.M.A.S. Sydney, and the Victory at Tobruk. arc now being shown at the Alhambra
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  • 145 6 Opinion ALTHOUGH it was merely a fortuitous coincidence that Mr. L. S. Amery's broadcast on Monday night, in which he referred to the strategic importance of Burma, was made a few hours after a Japanese army spokesman had uttered an absolutely gratuitous threat to "trap said destroy the
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  • 135 6 CIXCE then Burma's defences have been thoroughly overI hauled and modernised in keep- ing with the change in policy I which recognised that, geograj phically and culturally, Burma was part of Malaysia and not of the Indian sub-continent of which it formed part before 1937. The Thai-Indo-China border dispute
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  • 127 6 JHE persistence with which the Japanese Press continues to allege that a secret military alliance has been com eluded between Chungking and Britain leads most observers to the conclusion that Japan will concentrate her diplomacy on trying to play up Thailand against us. Such attempts are foredoomed to
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  • 154 6 JHANKS to the active policy of army reorganisation pursued by the former Governor of Burma, Sir Archibald Cochrane (he was succeeded in December last by Sir Reginald Hugh Dorman-Smith), the defences of Burma are to-day adequate to meet any threat to her security. In addition to the Burma
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  • 1846 6  -  By Itolicrl Desmond pRESIDEXT Roosevelt. seated at his massive desk in the White House, resembles a cartoon of President Roosevelt. Most caricatures magnify the Presidents firm jaw and uptilted cigarette holder. Sitting back in his chair at one of his semi-weekly press conferences, Mr. Roosevelt grips
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  • 208 6 London. THE will of the late Mrs. Patrick 1 Campbell, hnpudent idol of two continents and peeress of the withering retort, recently asked that the world be given the lowdown on George Bernard Shaw's age-yellowed love letters to her. But the
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  • 572 6 A tribune reader n Singapore .sub.;:- a to put into pracl more-food slogan, finds L| cackling and crowing 0 f h c of turkeys and cocks are the beauty sleep neighbour. Being a con.sk!. rat trying to find reducing this farm] he appeals for help' '50 "I
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  • 236 7 LONDON. MAR. 4. fUOI SANDS MORE CANADIAN 1 [ROOPS HAVE JCST LANDII, is BRITAIN AFTER A TRANSATLANTIC VOYAGE WHICH IGAIN i)F MONSTRATED THE WORLD-FAMED EFFICIENCY |ND POWER OF THE ROYAL NI U WRITES REUTERS SPE- CORRESPONDENT WITH UP HOME FLEET. I «tl liners,
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  • 80 7 Shanghai, Mar. 4. inced that up to to- 20.000 signatures have d to the t?legram American registered uag3 daily, the Chin Daily News, is sendWinston Churchill pay;ts and giving moral sup British Prime Minister. must be considered to the degree of ■.wailing among the and the
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  • 428 7 me decision to compel all vessels using the Straits to be piloted by Turkish pilots was taken in accordance with the provisions of the Montreux Convention which ordains that "should Turkey consider herself threatened with imminent danger of war" she is entitled to insist
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  • 58 7 Batavia, Mar. 4.—At the opening of the annual congress of N E.I. planters league, the Plantersbond. the chairman, Mr. Schotman. paid homage to Britain. He stressed that the sole purpose of every Dutchman is to gain victory ana liberate the mother country. Therefore, the Plantersbond is ready
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  • 205 7 Reuter. London, Mar. 4. I X K—:m essential link between Germany and the npied countries of the west—received another batter'nS by the R.A.F. on Monday night. A large number of fires was started, following the heavy bombing, especially on the east bank of the Rhine.
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  • 101 7 Reuter. M Athens, Mar. 4. ifj' hony Eden, British Foreign and Sir John f oi Imperial Staff, are Pd to spend several days in Talk,- with the Greek lasting several hours on Sunday night. yesterday (Monday) c guest at a luncheon of the Premier, M.
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  • 124 7 Reuter. Washington, Mar. 4. A t THORITAII E quarters here reported to-day that Administration leaders were prepared to accept an amendment to the Lease and Lend Bill which the Democrat Senator O'Mahoney proposes to introduce, providing that war supplies to Biitain "shall not be delivered
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  • 21 7 Batavia. Mar. 4.—N.E.I. mothers who undertake war services* will br enabled to have their children taken care of in day nurseri?s.
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  • 207 7 Reuter. Tokyo, Mar. 4. ALLEGATIONS in the Japanese Press that 20,000 Chungking troops had been moved into Burma recently to strengthen the British defence.* there, in accordance with an alleged secret Anglo-Chinese military agreement, were categorically denied by the British Ambassador, Sir Robert Craigie, in
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  • 44 7 Batavia. Mar. 4 THE Sumatra East Coast Planta- tion Council has presented 150.000 guilders to the N.E.I. Government for defence; the Western Java Provincial Council has presented 655.000 guilders for tre same purpose. This represents the savings from last year's budget.
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  • 402 7 Reuter. UA«» London, Mar. 4. QNE of the greatest fire raids of the war" was the descrip tion given by public officials this morning to last nieht's intensive raid on Cardiff. s "I doubt if any town had more incendiaries showered on it in one
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  • 192 7 Reuter. Rome, Mar. 4. ITALIAN newspapers again de- voted pages to-day to movements of German troops in Bulgaria. "The present situation, however, is only transitory," writes the Corriere Delia Sera. "Along with the necessity for protection, there is a complex strategical problem which the Axis
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  • 35 7 Batavia, Mar. 4.—The Oranje which has been offered to the British Government to work as a hospital ship in the Near East was inspected by doctors in order that the necessary changes might be made.
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  • 20 7 Batavia Mar. 4.—N.E.I. employees, reading in Jaoan have sent their wivs and children to the N.E.I. on their own initiative.
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  • 107 7 Reuter. Athens, Mar. 4. ALL ihe Italian planes that participated in Monday's raid on LarLssa are reported to have been brought down, says the A hens radio. The raid occurred while relief work among people stricken In Saturday's earthquake was still going on. The Italian army in
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  • 78 7 Reuter. New York, Mar. 1. WARNED by conference speakers that the Americans of German descent, especially in the Midd'e West, are being duped by the Nazi propaganda, the German American Congress for Democracy has endorsed a programme ol counter-propaganda designed to reduce un-American influence,' says the
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  • 48 7 Reuter. Stockholm. Mar. 4. THE Berlin talk of German mediation between Greece and Italy is reflected in a message to the Aftonbladet from its Berlin correspondent. He writes:—"Germany hopes to score a moral and political triumph by mediating peace between Greece and Italy."—Reuter
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  • 93 7 Batavia, Mar. 4.—Opinion in the N.E.I, dai'y press on the air raid i practices held throughout the whole of Java states that they were satisfactory. There were some diamatic incidents on the first night. A miliary plane crashed while landing, kiliing the pilot and injuring
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 425 7 fA REVOLUTION THE PATENT DYNOHUB am^miamm^m mmm^^^^_m «12 or 8 volt.i is completely revolutionary in design. It provides electric ABSOLUTELY lighting from a dynamo mounted in the front hub WATERPROOF It consists of the usual cycle hub with th e addition 1 I f}|| of drum at one end, to
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    • 310 8 Comedy! Riotous iumuMly I proarious Coi«*4^s JUST WHAT EVERYBODY NEEDS!! CAPITOL TO-DAY 315-6.5-915 Come and YELL at Roland Young, lan Hunter and Reginald Gardiner aiding and abetting ANN SOTHERN in this new Laugh Show— U ith Added Till: BATTLE OF TO It XI X and H.M.A.S. "SYDNEY'S" WELCOME HOME A
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    • 413 8 THIS EVENING'S EXCEPTIONAL PROGRAMME I MAGIC LANTERN NIGHT j HHHBHMH C. 8. SEE PRESENTS Ekw* daily life. It s a lUt-i olMjl YOUR DANCE 1 CAMERAS COLOUR FAVOURITES IN COLOUR FILMS FILMS G,VEN AWAY By Special Arrangement with si.\<> i*>om: PHOTO co. Old Favourite CfC 'W, I /#I I irit
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    • 191 8 Victoria Theatre j SATURDAY, MAR. 8 at 9.30 p.m. A. STROK presents Hilary Napier Brilliant English. Dancer In a farewell recital By kind consent at the piano Mmc M. Bonenfant Booking at Little's Prices:—s3, $2 $1. EXCLUDING DUTY Services and School Children Half Price THE GREAT EASTERN OPTICAL CO., Manufacturing
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    • 183 8 3 Grand Attractions for the price of one admission! TO-DAY 3-15, 6-15 9-15 P. M At The ALHAMBirij^ Special Added Attractions— Official Motion Picture Record of the TOBRUK VICTORY with Scenes of Thrilling Artillery and Tank Battles. The sinking of Italian cruisers by R.A.F. and British Naval Bombardment. H.M.A.S. SYDNEY
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  • 148 9 Reuter. Tokyo, Mar. 4. THE Miyako newspaper, in a com--1 ment on Feb. 27, asks: "How is it that Britain who lost on the continent and faces an avalanche of German armies is able to stand firm in this way? We know the lofty spiritual fortitude of
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  • 80 9 Reuter. Manila, Mar. 4. THE French Community in Manila has organised a Philippine ■nanch of the Free French movement to help the cause of Britain. The chairman of the new committee is M. August Vabre, who was decorated in the first world war with the Legion of
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  • 64 9 International News Agency. Shanghai, Mar. 4. AN account of Japanese pressure, the Vichy government has cancelled the license system concerning the admission of Japanese goods to French colonies in the Far East introduced in July, 1939. In the past, Japanese exporters had to secure a
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  • 40 9 It is hereby notified for general information that the Controller of Rubber, Malaya, is arranging to make valid during the second quarter 1941 any first quarter 1941 coupons and credits not made use of during the first quarter.
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  • 485 9 Correspondence (To the Editor of the Malaya Tribune) Sir, —There seems to be some complaint in regard to petrol rationing. It is difficult to understand why. as the whole affair has been carried out according to the best traditions of local officialdom That is, in such
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 227 9 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS "Full. blooded thrills, romance and humour" CATHAY 3.15 p.m. 6.15 p.m. 9.15 p.m. RATHBONE I™g MARK 20th Century-Fox SPECIAL \rrang*»ment with the Ministry of Information 'THE BATTLE of TOBRUK" VND THE AUSSIES IN ACTION AND FINAL MARCH TO VICTORY. ALSO STIRRING WELCOME HOME of H.M.A.S. "SYDNEY" M
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    • 559 9 LATEST 1 ADVERTISEMENTS Situations Vacant A number of capable fitters with experience on Motor Vehicles repairs are required to undertake minor repairs and adjustments to a number of Motor Vehicles consisting chiefly of Scammell and Chevrolet Lorries, Norton Motor Cycles and also Guns. Applicants must possess some knowledge of the
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    • 218 9 THE BANKRUPTCY ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 45) In the High Court of the Straits Settlements. Settlement of Singapore. Wage Earner's Administration Order. In Bankruptcy. No 75 of 1937 Re QUEK SONG QUEE of No. 124, Towner Road, Singapore, Clerk. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a First Dividend is intended to be declared
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    • 135 9 SILVER PLATING by The Singapore Electroplating Works 221, Orchard Road, (opp. Cavenagh Road) Tel. No. 4351. YOUNG MYNAH BIRDS COULD SOON be TAMED. TALK. etc. Apply See EARLY to AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT. LIMITED STOCK. BASIC PRICES at "BIROSHOP", ipoh. Phone 290. Estd. 1902. Kee Huat Radio Co. 122-174. OtCMttO «0»* VITAETONE
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    • 311 9 Swift OPENING TO-DAY J Then There's every-minute-a-laugh J ĔĔ^ m T COMEDY! BRILLIANT CAST f|Ks3r FAVOURITE stars V ROSALIND tttISSELL 4 special added attraction J PATRIC KNOWLES: jf XHE official motion I the battle 0F TOBRUK" I I SHOWN BY ARRANGEMENT j w,th c min,stry °i I mtkm bi HiMMt
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    • 3196 10 BUY SELL LOST FOUND CLASSIFIED-ADS RENT AUCTION HIRE SERVICE To Lei TO LET unfurnished or furnished roomcentral—Apply 4. Eber Road, Singapore. (No. 724G) •CORNER HOUSE", 332. River Valley Road. Large furnished room vacant. Mrs. Marie H. Lancaster, Phone 6794 or 6980. (No. 730G) TO LET Bungalow. 101, Hal* Road. Apply
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    • 629 10 APPLICATIONS FOR BUS ROUTES IN JOHORE The Chairman of the Transport Board hereby cancells all applications for Bus Routes received by the Government prior to 20—2—41 —and announces that Bus Service are required on the following routes and applications addressed to me should be received not later than 31_3_41. ROUTES.
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    • 277 10 Second-Hand Kf Cameras of AI LFICA lIIA F2 LFICA IHA F3.5 CONTAX II V KORELLE-REFLEX Leitz Telephoto Lenses AVAILABLE Amateur Photo Store, 109, North Bridge Road, Meyer .Mansion. Tel. 6550. I Highßlood Pressure Kills Men Women Twice as many women as men suffer from High Blood Pressure, which is a
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    • 144 10 CHINA STATIONS CHUNGKING XGOX 19.7 metres 8.50 a.m News Speeches in Mngm XGOY 316 metres 2.20 a.m. News for the press In cmn«» XGOY 25 2 metres From 12.05 p.m. to 10 20 p.m. KUNMING XGOY 25 21 metrei (UJ 11 From 8.20 p. m. HONGKONG ZBW 9 52 mcs
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 766 10 JO-DAY'S RADIO SINGAPORE LOViifiv ZHL 225 m. 1333 k|CS. F4siriiv ZHP.I. 30.96 m. 9.69 m|cs. GSF— it i *•> 'i ZHP3. 41.38 m. 7.25 m|c». GSG-lf"2 ZHL. ZHPI ZHP3. -2S a.m. GSB—3I Pn 10.00 Lagu Gambos. GSD-24 10.30 Malay Folk Songs. 9 VL lv N 11.03 Indian Music. p m
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  • 956 11 bingapore. Mar. 4. Buyers. Belle™. MINING. 3.3 3!7ft I 3 6,9 cd 35'- 36|-cd 19 6 20,6 0 72 ft 0.77 ft 136 1416 IIJ 1.27 ft 1.32 ft 9llft 9 7ft El 18 9 19 6cd tl) 12 i- 131--|1 0.17 0.2 C I 0.38 0.41
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  • 18 11 re, Wednesday. «»t tin and rubber pore at noon lure RUBBfiR t' Sellers 36 7 UN
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  • 130 11 From Our Financial Correspondent Sln g a Pore. Wednesday here was a marked disinclination to deal in the market yesterday. Small business was done m Hong Fatts at $1.22. Some interest was shown in Raubs which again found takers at $4. The lower prices obtained in
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  • 132 11 A PROFIT of $63,261.10 was made n by the Ulu Be-nut Consolidated Rubber Company last year. With an intcnm dividend of 3 per cent, paid in October and a final dividend of 4 J o p?r cent., the year's dividend is 7' 2 P*r cent., states the
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  • 55 11 Batavia, Mar. 4. A RUBBER factory in Sumatra has been started to produce, inter alia, bicycle tyres, with B oo*sib'e monthly capacity of 50.000. Besides this factory, the Goodyear plant at Buitenzorg in Java, produces the car tyre needs of the whole of the N.E.T. and
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  • 26 11 The Raub Australian Geld Mining Company. Limited, advise that 1,460 ounces of fine gold were produced for the four weeks ended Mar. 1. i
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  • 32 11 Batavia, Mar. 4.—It is reported from London that th? cigars sent to Ire British Prime Minister. Mr. Churchill, by the four leaders of th? Volki>vaad were received with pratiuid? by the Premier.
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  • 429 11 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Dec. 18. pRESIDING at the thirty-second ordinary general meeting of the Malaya General Co., Ltd., the chairman, Mr. Thomas H. Graham, said the excess profits tax bore very harshly indeed on plantation companies and at 100 per cent,
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  • 19 11 Mr. D. H. N. Duthle has been appointed a Deputy Controller of Restricted Exports for the Settlement ot Singapore.
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  • 211 11 Singapore, Mar. 5. T*te following are the exchange stock quotations this morning according to the daily circular issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. SELLING London T.T. 2 4 3 32 London demand 2 4 3 32 Switzerland demand (T.T. only) 202.46 New York demand 47.10 Montreal demand
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    • 115 11 OMFORT, ECONOMY, ConavH XTAL OPTICAL CO.. NG OPTICIANS 162, South Bridge Rd 348, N. Bridge Rd., APORE. REE TESTING THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA (TRUSTEES) LIMITED and Controlled by MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED. which is 'ncorporatS. and registered as a .v, undertakes the, (iuties:— OR TRUSTEE OF A ADMINISTRATOR
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    • 48 11 Oil A LI N for DIABETES Highly Recommended by Doctors. Literature free on application to Agents, THE MEDICAL HALL, SEREMBAN. Stocked by M. S. ALLY CO., Kuala Lumpur, Singapore branches. Bengal Immunity, Calcutta. For the discerning 1^ p a late Em?s3 Vintage wine well matured in wood. i
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    • 652 11 STEAMER SAILINGS BRITISH INDIA The best poss?bto services are being maintained by The P. O. S. N. Coy. froia the Straits to their usual ports of call in China India Ceylon and thf United Kingdom. Passengers are requested to registe their requirements bo 1 under present circumstance sailings are perforce
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  • 113 12 Reuter. London, Mar. o. "THE German occupation of Bul- garia cannot affect the final isJae nor change the course of events." the Ankara wireless stated last night. It adcl^d:—"The Axis move in the Balkans has conclusively proved the contention that the Axis powers have not
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  • 16 12 Mrs. B. P. Walker-Taylor Is convalescing In Alor Star Hospital after a successful operation for appendicitis.
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  • 922 12 Malaya's Strength Best Argument For Continuation Of Peace British Wireless. London, Mar. 5. DE VIE WING the progress of the war in a speech in London. the Secretary of State for India, Mr. L. S. Amery, emphasised the importance of the developments in the
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  • 125 12 Reuter. Sydney, Mar. 4. "T wish Australia and Japan 1 oould reach an understanding based on mutual respect and friendship," declared Mr. Akiyama, the Japanese Con-sul-General in Sydney, commenting on the speech of Mr. I R. G. Menzies to the Foreign j Press Association in London. He suggested
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  • 152 12 Reuter. London. Mar. 4. GEN. Sir Archibald Wavell and Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham have been made Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and Major-General Richard Nugent O'Connor becomes a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, states to-night's London Gazette. Air
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  • 180 12 Reuter. London. Mar. 5. LARGE numbers of Dutch Jews are to be deported to Poland, according to a Stockholm report. They will be confined to the Jewish reservation established by the German authorities around Lublin in central Poland. No confirmation of this drastic step has yet
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  • 88 12 Via Cable and Wireless. (From H. L. Hopkin). London, Mar. 5. RECEIVING a telephone message from a West End hotel which stated that the caller was going to commit, suicide, the police went there immediately. There they found Lieut. J. S. Rhodes with a revolver in
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  • 94 12 Reuter. THE tt*M W 5. under a n by the State begun talks for E° arrangements against amounting virtuallytaP I air pact. w a mutual Thu: is the first kind to be negotiated by States with any Latin T Dnit nation under a resoh tL merica
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  • 121 12 via Cable and Wireless (From H. L. Hopkin). London \fa r c JOHN McKERR, while m seL J duty at Stratford, saw i|,2 approaching in the darkness shouted:--Who goes ftee* There was no reply and the (tarcame nearer. He challenged a'S, There was still no reply
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
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    • 42 12 NUMONT FUL-VUE in LOXIT (Screwless) Construction Fashion's latest, featuring an entirely now principle of eyewear design and possessing numerous advantages not found in other types. Everbright Optical Co. QUALIFIED EYESIGHT SPECIALISTS 19, Chulia Street. Phone 4435. C 8. CUONG. Dr. of Optometry.
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    • 56 12 mwzsm PROF. ILMUDDIN (PSYCHOLOGIST). Ove r If I yenrs of study in East and West, so you will receive reliiible and advice to all who are In trouble regariing. Business Domestic, Financial, Health Travelling, Marriage and love affairs etc' Strictly confidential. Consultation Da.lv 9.00 to 7.00 P.M. y REX HOTEL
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    • 60 12 v 1 their excellent their siuooliiii^ss. Craven c A' are V CO(I [»I MHI mild yet always 11 fc^Marf satisfying. Smoke V /aifforaf tjw them day in, day J vlQll CUI jtj out —they never j S affect the throat. J$ /J^^mm^B In 'Cellophane' wrapped PACKETS of 10 and in
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