Malaya Tribune, 6 May 1941

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    23 1 The Malaya Tribune Net Sales Exceed 16,000 Daily SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1941 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune Tuesday, may 6, 1 911«
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    Gun Tester Downed Nazi Raider
    90 1 London. May 3. n m an planes were shot g daylight yesterday 1: number of enemy ssed the south-east In. B:mbs were dropoint in the south-east bursts of machinethere was little dam- casualties. nc wti destroyed by an xV of who was merely out his
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    Liverpool Carries On
    63 1 Reuter. London May 6. days and nights of A r rpool Ls carrying on. a >pecial meeting of r< ncy Committee, nta were continent was issued pool had passed ial and that the < d its great aphe spirit in which d met the crisis, al inspiration,
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    STRICT WAR ECONOMY IN CANADA
    64 1 Reuter. Ottawa, May 3. EIG c nfldenee in the the sacrifices imx< s. the OpposlM£ R. B. Hanson, debate, warn- vernment of widespread the manner in is being spent, ture must be wfident that tand was for the inspiring leadership v.hi! h Mi Cb irchlll
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    Yugoslavia Will Continue Fight
    64 1 Reuter. Jerusalem. May 5. I Jugoslav Government, in its auihoritativt statement it Belgrade lss ied somelie Middle Fast declares Great Britain. America i, which have recognised ot small nations to a Croats and Slovenes le hunting, continues r;t and will only cease independence has been mder
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    WAR IN THE ANTARCTIC
    115 1 Reuter. Bo*.on. May 6. i THI. Cermans and Japanese lav; beta in the An- J Arctic and British naval ces blew up a Norwegian i r and repairship in Deception Ray to prevent J her use by the Germans. These reports have been brought back to
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    CHIEF OF ALLIED FORCE IN CRETE
    112 1 Reuter. Canea, Crete, May 6. THE Allied forces in Crete are now under the command of the New Zealand genera 1 MajorGeneral V. C. Freyberg. Comman-der-in-Chief of ths New Zealand Expeditionary Force: This was announced in the following Order of the Day by the
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    More U. S. Help For China Soon
    135 1 Reuter. Calcutta, May 8. ON his way from Chungking to Cairo where he and Major Thomas of the United States Marine Ccrps will establish headquarters as military observers, Capt. James Roosevelt, the President's eldest son, arrived at Calcutta, yesterday. He stated that when
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    Huge Increase In Canada's Defences
    123 1 Reuter. Toronto, May 6. fight for freedom will be won "because Canada, as well as Britain and all those associated with her, will stop at nothing which can effectively be done to ensure the overthrow of Naziism," declared the Minister for Defence, Col. Ralston, in
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    'Mosquitoes' From N.E.I. For Dutch Navy
    66 1 Reuter. Batavia, May 6. WITH the objective of Prince Bernhardt amalgamated Netherlands East Indies Spitfire funds in sight ensuring the purchase of a squadron of Rotterdam bombers to avenge the city's destruction efforts are now being made to raise money to purchase a number
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    NO TRACE OF MISSING HEIR
    91 1  -  Special London Cable From H. K. Hopkin London, May 6. A LEGACY of £6,000 will be forfeited unless Mr. Alexander Blair is found this month. His sister, Mrs. Annie Dtummond, widow of Mr. David Drummond. formerly of Singapore, died on Dec. 30, 1940, leaving an
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    24 1 Reuter. Cairo, May 6. ENEMY aircraft flew over Alexandria bstween 9 p.m. to 11.30 o.m. on Sunday night. There were mo casualties or damage.—Reuter.
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    'U.S. WILL COME IN WAR'
    123 1 Reuter. A Capetown, May 6. ICA will ccme into the war" Gen. Smuts, the Premier t i yesterday "not as a I propaganda but because Pie feel that she should L Pate. y 0 nation which thinks I' ln future can remain out of the
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    TURKEY MEDIATION OFFER REJECTED BY BRITAIN
    213 1 IRAQ REPORTED RESUMED RELATIONSHIP WITH NAZIS Reuter. London, May 6. IT is now confirmed in London that the Turkish Government have offered to mediate between the British and Iraqi Governments, says Reuters' Diplomatic Correspondent. From Vichy it is reported that the Iraq Government is
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    No Germans In Iraq
    145 1 Reuter. Cairo. May 6. THERE is no evidence of the arrival of German aircraft or officers, it was slated in a review of the position in Iraq in military circles in Cairo. A spokesman estimated the total strength of the Iraqi Air Force a*l 120 of
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    Swedish Comment On U.S.-Nazi Relations
    94 1 Reuter. Stockholm, May 6. HITLER'S omission of any reference to Germany's relations with the United States in Sundays speech is singled out for special emphasis by the newspaper Aftonbladet. The omission, says the paper, probably means that the atmosphere la too charged to allow in
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    Dutch Ministers To Visit Australia
    53 1 Reuter. Batavia, May 6. THE Netherlands Ministers Dr. Van Kleffens and Heer Welter have arranged to visit Australia on May 12 for six days. They will go from there to New Zea'and on May 18, after which on May 24 they will proceed by air
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    EGYPT AND IRAQ CLASH
    154 1 Reuter. London, May 6. THE Egyptian Government has decided to send a message to the Iraqi Government, says a statement issued by the Egyptian Frime Minister's office last night, according to the Cairo wireless. The statement adds:—"Egypt, which is tied to Iraq by bonds ol sympathy
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    Belfast Unbowed By Luftwaffe Atrocity
    251 1 Reuter. i (By A Reuter Staff Reporter) Belfast, May 6. pOR the second time in three weeks, the Luftwaffe crossed the Irish Sea on Sunday night to strike indiscriminately at this busy and patriotic Northern Ireland city. Yesterday as thousands picked their way through the
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    U. S. April Plane Production
    46 1 Reuter. Washington, May 5. AIRCRAFT manufacturers delivered 1,427 military planes during Anril, an increase of 211 over March, according to the Office of Productipn Management. The types were not disclosed and officials refused to say how many went to Great Britain.—Reuter.
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    Nuffield Confident Of British Victory
    172 1 Via Cable and Wireless. (From 11. L. Hopkin) London, May 6. T ORD Nuffield, in a special interview with the Malaya Tribune yesterday, expressed the greatest confide ace in Britain's war effort and emphasised the country's huge output of armaments and planes. He recalled his
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    LARGE STOCKS OF TIN BEING BUILT UP
    748 2 Firms Urged ToPressFor Abolition Of System Singapore. Monday. ALTHOUGH the export of tin was large during the last few months, only a part of it was Koing into consumption, and the bmHirer ur> of large stocks carried implications of great moment to the
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    MERCANTILE CO-OPERATIVE THRIFT & LOAN SOCIETY
    351 2 MERCANTILE CO-OPERATIVE THRIFT LOAN SOCIETY Singapore, Monday. AN appeal lor more members was made by Mr. A. Cromarty presiding at the 15th annual general meeting of the Singapore Mercantile Co-opera-tive Thrift and Loan Society. Ltd., held at the office of the Co-operative Societies Department, Fullerton Buildings, this evening. Mr. Cromarty
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    39 2 His Highness the Raja of untitled with the concurrence of the State Council hns been pleased to appoint Sheikh Ahmad bin Mohamed Hashim. Assistant State Auditor Class n to be State Auditor Class IB of the Perils Civil Service.
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    Allegations Against Former Draughtsman
    362 2 Singapore, Monday. that he had stolen between Jan. 23 and Mar. 6, 39 prints of drawings, one slide rule, and 28 periodicals, valued at $409. the property of Hume Pipe Co., Ltd.. were brought against C. H. Balke, an ex-European employee of tho Hume Pipe Co.
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    THRIFT SOCIETY MEETS
    125 2 THE eighth annual general meet--1 ing cf Singapore Government Public Works Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society Limited Was held I at the Mechanical Engineer's Office Kandang Kerbau with Major R. L. Nunn D.5.0., President of the Society in the Chair. The vice-presidents Messrs. W. G Stewart, R.
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    47 2 Mr. R. M. Pr y has been appointed a Hno ut Superintendent of Police Palesthi% w« 1 ort ln aUy appointed to th! Iw 8 P° lto e in 1921. He served in ™.o= Joh °re and Kedah before he was mert cnny boarded out in 1934.
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    How Reds Carry On Nefarious Propaganda
    486 2 Singapore, Monday. PONVICTED on charges of being a member of tw societies—the "Friends of the North-West Sock* h*** 1 the Singapore New Youth Publication Society, a Chin Uml Chew Tiong Lim, was sentenced to six months riwmwT*^ 1 prisonment on each charge, the sentences
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    Bombers From Cents
    20 2 (Cenl-A-Piane Fundi .Total number ofenem? planes destroyed during yesterday on all up to midnight Undo* time.... TWENTY
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    ALLEGED THEFT OF ACTRESS'S JEWELLERY
    182 2 Singapore. Monday I EE CHOI KWANG. an actressin a show at th e Happy World was away from her room in G;vlang for a few hours in the afternoon and when she returned (1 worth of her Jewellery was miaing. A month later, Chung Yaj
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    AMENDMENT OF ESTATE DUTY BILL URGED BY MR. SHOOK LIN
    1399 3 Speech At To-day's Federal Council Meeting (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday, I)! KING the debate on the Estate Duty Bill in the Federal C ouncil to-day, the Hon. Mr. Yong Shook Lin referred to the amendments provided in
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    New Singapore Bishop "Grew Up" In Army
    855 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Hong Kong, Apr. 23. r J*HE appointment of the Very Rev. J. L. Wilson. M.A. (Oxon) as Bishop of Singapore at the present time is a happy coincidence, for De;m Wilson is a former Army man, having served in
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    Swim Gala Raises $400 For Fund
    166 3 proceeds from the Singapore Amateur Swimming Association's championships held at Singapore S.C. on April 26 brought in $400 for the Malayan Patriotic Fund. This is announced in the latest list of donations to the fund, which follows: Mr. L. M. Quinton $50.00 Singapore Amateur
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    LORRY DRIVER CRUSHED TO DEATH
    190 3 Singapore, Monday. A FATAL motor lorry accident occurred at Woodlands yesterday afternoon when a Chinese driver of the vehicle was crushed to death. Another Chinese, the attendant, received a number of injuries. The lorry was coming from Johore loaded with two large logs of wood.
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    Chinese Officers In Malaya
    54 3 THE Chinese military officers wno have recently completed a tour of Burma and India arrived at Penang on May 3. The party will tour Malaya for a period of about 14 days before returning to China. It is expected that they will arrive in Singapore on
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    Party To Indian Journalists
    148 3 MR Edwin Ha ward (Adviser on Indian Affairs, Far Eastern Bureau of Publicity and Information) gave an "At Home" to the visiting Indian journalists at the Adelphi Hotel yesterday evening. A large gathering was present, including leading Indian citizens, representatives of local newspap3rs and officers of
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    16 3 Mr. T. D. Hughes, formerly a magistrate In Singapore, has been appointed acting Legal Adviser, Johore.
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    BUSINESS HOUSES' TRIAL
    174 5 Till; second trial soccer match to select a combined pusinc >s Houses' team to play t ;ist a Division I league team in aid of The War Fund „,|t be held at Farrer Park on Thursday. Colours will oppose Whites and the following players have been re.
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    A.I.F. Boxers Help Charity At Malacca
    200 5 (FROM 01R OWN CORRESPONDENT) MALACCA, MONDAY. THE MALACCA CITY PARK STADIUM WAS FILLED WITH 1 LOCAL BOXING FANS ON SATURDAY NIGHT TO SEE Al l. MEN FIGHT FOR THE INTER-UNIT SHIELD PRESENTED BY MR. TAY SAY GEOK, WHO AfcSO PRESENTED CUPS FOR WINNERS. THE
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    POOR DEFENCE COSTS RECS ANOTHER MATCH
    453 5 Changi Sappers Win 5-1 R.E. (Ckangi) 5 S.R.C 1 WEAK defence, and an indifferent forward line betrayed the S.R.C. yesterday evening, when they went down to the R.E. by five goals to one in a first division league match at thy Anson Read Stadium.
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    PENANGRACEH'CAPS
    553 5 FOLLOWING are the weights for the first day of the Penan^ Turf Club's Spring meeting on Saturday: Horses: Class 2. Div. 1, 5V 2 furs. Confidence (Late Wyllie) 9.7 Exeve 8.11 Canton 9.4 Trumpeter 8.9 Counsel 8.13 Alanda 8.9 Jest On 8.6 Beano 8.8 Flying Column 8.3 Herbe Folle
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    Sports Diary
    55 5 TO-DAY SOCCER: Reserve Division, Malays v S.C.F.A., Stadium; Dlv. 11 a. Moravia v Navy. Geylang Stadium; R.A.B.C. v R.A.M.C.. Alexandra; R.E. Malays v R.A.0.C., Chafcgl; Dlv. II B. Indian Assn. v Port Canning. 5.H.8.; R.A.F (Kallang) v Post Office, Clerical Union. TENNIS: S.C.R.C. and V.M.C.A. tournaments. CRICKET: Australian
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    King Gains Second Turf Victory
    80 5 Reuter. London, May 5. HIS Majesty the King gained lais second turf victory of the season when his classic candidate Merry Wanderer won the May Handicap at Nottingham amid great enthusiasm. Merry Wanderer, starting at odds of 10-1 and ridden by Peter Maher, on leave
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    SPORT SHORTS
    186 5 IN a soccer match at the Naval Base yesterday H.M.S. Sultan defeated the Corinthians by two goals to nil in a division 2 lb) match. ]HE V.M.C.A. beat the Malay Re--1 giment by one goal to nit Tn a division 2 (a) watch on the V.M.C.A. ground yesterday
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    Publishers In Winning Form
    224 5 PLAYING the Singapore Harbour Board in a Div 2A league match yesterday on the S.H.B. ground, Malaya Publishing House won convincingly by five goals to two. The Publishers played with good understanding throughout, and penetrated with ease the S.H.B. defences. Harbour Board started well and two
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    KRANJI BEATEN IN LAST MINUTE
    226 5 |oN an evenly contested, Wv. II "U" soccer match between the S.C.F.A- "W and Kranji played on the Fraser and Heave ground yesterday the Chinese won by' 2-1, scoring a lastminute goaj. The first goal was scored; in the carry part of the first half,
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    Deeds, Not Words
    176 6 Opinion QtNCfc the outbreak of war, the question of food proi duction in iuaiaya has been accorded more official prominence than formerly. Government has been at some pains to explain why the people should make an effort to grow more of their own staples and it made
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    An Ounce of Practice
    157 6 THE Tribune Group has animadverted on this subject before and its line of argument has been that it is a matter in which the Administration should give a practical lead. It is not sufficient to tell people what to do and how to do it, either
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    Food Production
    154 6 REGARDING departmental work, the machinery is to hand in the Department of Agriculture. It could find the men necessary to supervise the planting up of food crops in the various districts and keep a check on results. Thus the men entrusted with the actual job of production would
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    Distribution Problem
    120 6 ANOTHER aspect of local food production that has not received the attention it deserves is that of distribution of local surpluses. If 100 kattis of beans are produced on an estate where the local population's requirements do not exceed ten kattis, most of the surplus now goes to
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    LET'S JOIN THE NAVIES
    421 6 COMMON BASES FOR ALLIED PACIFIC FLEETS URGED Dutch Island Empire that stretches westward to the Straits of Malaya and eastward to York's Peninsula of Queensland, forms on the one hand a bridge between the mainlands of Asia and Australia and on the other, with her many
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    The Calm
    197 6 ALTHOUGH its violence did not touch the Indies, the firs: World War and its aftermath definitely exercised great influence on their rate of development. It seemed the most natural thing in the world for the Holland ers to quietly continue this development—a blessing not only to the inhabitants
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    The Storm
    240 6 WHEN Hitler's poisoned tentacles began to draw the surrounding states one by one into the ueriv embrace of his Nazi empire, the Netherlands remained neutral. On May 10, 1940, her turn came. Tht overwhelming German superiority in modern war machines and the slight operating depth of the Motherland
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    The Lull
    209 6 Naturally, the events in tne Motherland evoked a violent reaction In her overseas territories. The manner in which this happened gave the best possible demonstration of the vitality and the will to live of tiie Netherlands Empire. For, in contrast to the expectation which Hitler visibly cherished, the
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    Building Up
    291 6 |T is not surprising that the events in Europe directed the attention of the inhabitants of the Indies first of all to their own particular safety. Everywhere voluntary training corps, "stadsen landwachten," were organised. Air defence was energetically taken in hand. People had, in the beginning, no time
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    Singapore Strength
    228 6 FE inhabitants of the Netherlands Archipelago are well aware of the very special position Singapore occupies in this system. However, they realise at the same time that this mighty fleet base of the British Empire in East Asia only derives its importance from the' Fleet which can and
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    Trade Junction
    161 6 NOTHING stands in the way of this co-operation and joint preparation except a certain inert* a stubborn clinging to the principles of neutrality, which already long ago proved their impotence. For more than a century Singapore has been the most important junction on the sea trade routes of
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    Let's Join The Navies
    123 6 ONLY the joint use and the efficient co-operation of the allied forces and their completely free access to each others b«ses supplies, and equipment can make it possible to safeguard and actually exercise the mastery ol th.% seas in this part of tns world ■> I<
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    Iraq's First Cement Works
    107 6 THE first cement works to be built in Iraq has been shipped out there complete from a famous British steel works. It includes a large plant for crushing the limestone, large mills for grinding the limestone and clay to the necessary degree of fineness, a rotary
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    THROUGH CHINESE EYES
    617 6 R. B. Ooi. "THE Municipality's reputation the matter of handling it s J? lie labour cannot be too jealou?" guarded. It is upon the loopholethat the petition writing fraternity flourish and find a ready market their mis-spelt efforts at piJT rism. usually ludicrous in the* selves but
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    Hongkong Govt. Rice Monopoly
    105 7 Reuter. Hong Kong, May 5. TIU: Hong Kong Government is assuming a monopoly of all rice imports and exports on June 1. as a war-time measure. This decision was taken following an emergency nutting of the Executive i until held on Saturday. The monopoly will be
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    Ashamed Of Company's Apathy To War Fund
    390 7 Singapore, Monday. AN you tell us how much the company has subscribed to the F.M.S. or S.S. War Loan last year"? asked Mr R E shareholder, of Sir John Bagnall, the chairman, at general meeting of the Straits Trading Co., Ltd "We have
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    Indian Troops Successes In Abyssinia
    137 7 Reuter. Cairo, May 5. 4-V official communique issued from British G.H.Q. states:— ti ter attacking an unarmed construction party which *as in the vicinity, Iraqi forces on May 2 occupied Rutbah. "In Basra area, our troops remain in occupation without interference. 'In the Debub sector,
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    TOKYO OPINION ON IRAQ CRISIS
    69 7 Eastern News. Tokyo, May 5. OMPETENT Japanese military experts see in the reported Irac t developments a German-Italian Soviet movement aiming at the complete encirclement of Turkey and a gigantic pincer movement to cut off the British Mediterranean Fleet from access to oil supplies in
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    Reds Mass On Iran Border
    105 7 "Squeeze Play' Between Nazis, Soviet Suggestion Eastern News. New York, May 5. gTRONG units of the Red Army have been concentrated on the Iranian frontier, a New York Times correspondent reports from Ankara suggesting an ominous squeeze-play between the Nazis and the Soviet. The correspondent
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    NAZI WOOING OF TURKEY
    64 7 Reuter. New York, May 5. IIITLER'S omission of any prediction of an early peace is regarded as significant by observers in New York. It is considered that he has reached the conclusion that the war will be a long one. Some quarters here regard th? speech
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    5 Killed In Severe Raid On Chungking
    66 7 Reuter. I Chungking, May 5. FIVE persons were killed, 11 in- jured and 50 houses demo- lished in Saturday's raid on Chungking, when six fires were started but were quickly brought under control, states an official communique. Sixty-three Japanese aircraft in two groups
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    INDIAN PRESS CONDEMNS IRAQ ACTION
    265 7 Reuter. Bombay, May 5. JHE importance of the Iraq developments to India is stressed throughout the press, condemning the Rashid Ali cliques and intrigues with the enemy. The leading Muslim daily Star of India (Calcutta) says that the new deve. lopment throws Hitler's origlr.al programme
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    GREEKS SEND THANKS FOR BRITISH AID
    116 7 Reuter. Canea, May 5. A MESSAGE has been sent to the Greek Prime Minister, M. Tscuderos, expressing Britain's gratitude and praise on the magnificent courage and endurance which the Greek Army had shown and for their loyalty as allies. M. Tsouderos replied:—"We will never
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    Darlan Reports On Trip To Paris
    62 7 Reuter. London, May 5. ADMIRAL Darlan, Vice-Minister in Vichy, has returned to Vichy from Paris, according to the Swiss Radio and immediately reported to the people on his talk with the German Ambassador, Abetz. No immediate fruits are expected to follow and a further
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    Large Scale Raid On Merseyside
    60 7 Reuter. London, May 5. THOUGH on a large scale yester- day's raid on the Merseyside did not appear in its early stage to be as heavy as that on Saturday night. The alert had been in force for some time before gunfire was heard in
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    RETURN TO TOKYO
    40 7 Reuter. Tokyo, May 5. r»R Kumataro Honka, the Japanes2 Ambassador to Nanking, will return to Tokyo within a few days to confer with high Japanese officials, it is officially announced by the Japanese Embassy at Nanking —Reuter.
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    F.M.S. Estate Duty Petition Presented
    2181 7 A PETITION has been presented to the High Commissioner of the Malay States, Sir Shenton Thomas, by individual persons and associations representing interests affected, or likely to be affected by the incidence of estate duty. It is directed to three matters in connection with estate
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    HAD STOLEN CIGARETTES ON PERSON
    157 8 Singapore, Monday. BECAUSE petty thefts were frequent in the Singapore Harbour Beard area the chairman of tne Harbour Board requested the magistrate to take a serious view of such cases. This was what a s ngapore Harbour Board inspector told Mr. Conrad Oldham, the second
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    Singapore Buddhists
    94 8 t'NGLISH section of the Singapore Buddhist Association will celebrate '•Vesak", the anniversary of the birth of Buddha, on Saturday at the Section Hall. No. 731. Geylang Road. At 4.30 p.m. there will be chanting of Suttas (religious services) wh*ch will be followed by a reception at 6 pm.
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    13 8 Mr. N. King has been appointed acting Deputy Financial Secretary. Pedenate.i Malay States.
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      125 8 The laugh event of F\oJ the year The picture for 1941. directed by ALFRED HITCHCOCK 7 honoured his direction <;t Xwo of ne best ten pictures of 1940— W "REBECCA"' and "FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT" comevg Al II V>lltitA Th« daringly delightful (lory of S^JwR^P^S a bride who couldn't tray modi 'V
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    Fraudulent Possession Of Rice Alleged
    127 9 Singapore, Monday. CHARGED with fraudulent possession of 24 bags of rice worth $220, Kuck Peng Hong, a Chinese, claimed trial before Mr. Conrad Oldham, in the second police court, to-day. He was arrested on board a twakow in Singapore River at 2.30 this morning. The
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    Cracker Firing Ban In War
    183 9 T*HE noise of exploding crackers can easily be mistaken for the sound of rifle fire or even of gun fire. Moreover, the noise of cracker firing can be used as a cover for the advance of troops and has been so used on more than
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    SAW THEIR MOTHER CUT WITH PARANG
    406 9 Singapore, Monday. ALLEGATIONS that the father had agreed to give his daughter in marriage to the accused and later declined to allow the marriage and that the accused took this to heart were made by the Crown at the trial of a young Indian
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    DEATH
    77 10 Domestic Occurrence MRS SOON KIAN HEAN, nee Lee Yeo Neo, age 62, passed away peacefully on Saturday, 3-5-41, at 234 Sims Avenue, leaving behind to mourn her loss, 4 sons; Soon Kay Beng, Kay Kee, Kay Pbh and Kay Lin; 4 daughters: Mrs. Lee Lian Quee, Mrs. Ang Bee
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      2869 10 iW^^^^N«»«ll-N02^^^^ Public Notices LN THE SUPREME COURT OP JOHORE. DISTRICT OF MUAR. Notice of Wage-earners Administration Order and ..Jttrst Meeting of Creditors Name of Debtor: UNGKU AHMAD BIN IBRAHIM. ollrti Address: 20-1 Jalan Khalidi, Muarl Description: Clerk, State Commissioner's Office, Muar. Number of Proceedings: Muar Bankruptcy No. 20 of 1938.
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      417 10 THE MALAKA PINDA RUBBER ESTATES* LIMITED. (Incorporated in trie Straits Settlements). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a First Interim Dividend at the rate of 5 per cent, has been declared on account of the year ending 31st August. 1941 and will be paid to Shareholders on the register on 17th
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      130 10 GOT A COUGH? T QUICKLY 1 Coughs are difficult to avoid in change- C'"' A able weather. They come on suddenly, I r irritate your throat, keep you awake *?Y%T eights, and run you down physically. I [J\ J. When you begin to cough take V J j \^OV/i^, y
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      795 10 jItf.HAY'S RADlof SINGAPORE LONDON ZHL. 225 m. 1333 »1«. CSV 17 81 mc i; lc M zfcp.i. m. 9-» m«t. gsf 15.14 m«s SSI met ZHP 2 48.58 m. 6.1W m et. (From 6 15 p m to 11 i," I ZHP.3. 41.38 m. 723 m£s. GSb ll 75 ■eh;
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    Malayan Sharebrokers' Asso. Report
    967 11 Singapore. May 5. Buf.jS. Sellers MINING. tmmi Tia (4s) 31- 316 Amal. (ss) 6[4% 6,9 Malay 3316 34 6 f !i:am (ss) 1714% 1811% ($1) 0.75 0.80 Tin «!8 14|ofof (ID 130 1.33xd I ,ss) 913 9|o a 6 ii 6 Mff 0%, is jVta nn
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    Mid-Day Prices
    21 11 Siniiapore, Tuesday. Prices ol tin and rubber in Sing-apore at noon today were:— TIN RUBBER ra M)? 4, (Nominal).
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    Little Business In Rubber Shares
    199 11 (From Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore. Tuesday, yy HILE the market In dollar tin shares was Quiet yesterday, there Was fair lutcrest in the Australian section. La ruts wtrf taken at 513 closing with buyers all round at the figure Other Australians dealt In including Kuala
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    Changkat Serdang's $67,441 Profit
    132 11 Singapore, Monday. A PROFIT of 867,441.08 was made for 2 the ended Jan. 31. 1941, by the Changkat Serdang Estates Ltd., according to the report of the directors of the company tabled at the annual general meeting held at the NT S. building •*>- day. In
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    Tin Restriction Plan To Be Drafted Soon
    278 11  -  OUR SPECIAL FINANCIAL SERVICE REVTER C'ible g London, May 5. I IN opened easier. The turnover was 150 tons. The Ministry's cash selling limit is £269.50. The Ministry finally sold as the broader forward demand stiffened the market generally. After official hours, a
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    NAZIS WANT SYRIA AS ARMY BASE
    60 11 Reuter. Zurich, May 5. POLITICAL circles in Zurich assume that Germany is anxious to have permission to use Syria as a military base. No authoritative information however is available in connection with Germany's proposals to Vichy, which were handed by Otto Abetz (Nazi Commissioner
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    Sir Reginald Hoare's New Appointment
    57 11 Reuter. Somewhere in the Middle East. May 3. DEUTER learns that Sir Reginald Hoare. formerly British Minister at Bucharest, has been appointed British Minister to the Royal Yugoslav Government while its seat is somewhere in the Middle East. Sir Reginald Hoare, who is at present
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    RADIO TALK
    36 11 Singapore, Tuesday. A special talk is to be given from Singapore to-night on ZHP3 (41.38 metres» by Waqar Ambaldi, Editor of the Daily Ehsam, Lahore. The talk will last from 5.50 to 6.05 p.m
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    25 11 THE Lotus Club annual dinner which was fixed for May 10 has been postponed sometime towards the end of this year owing to unavoidable circumstances.
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    Nazi Battle Cruisers Crippled?
    156 12 Reuter. London. Ma\ 6. A GREAT load of heavy armourpiercing bombs was carried to Brest on Sunday night by the RAF. to drop on the two Nazi battle-cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, states the Air Ministry News Service. The continued presence of these battle-cruisers at Brest after
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    Japanese Discount Chinese Currency
    85 12 Reuter. Peiping. May 6. THE North- Chnia Political Commission has declared that the fapi -Chinese legal tender) will hereaiter be accepted at 40 per cent, discount, according to the local Chinese press. The circulation of fapi in Norm China was forbidden by the former provisional government.
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    82 12 Mr F. L. Shaw, Senior Education Officer, who wa s formerly Superintendent of Education. Johore. has been appointed Headmaste r of the Penang Free School, and is expected to tak e up duties in a few days. He is relieving Mr. L. W. Arnold, who is proceeding on furlough. Mr.
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    Axis Suffers In British Tobruk Counter Attack
    423 12 Advance Plans Checked LONDON, MAY >. THE LATEST COMMUNIQUE FROM HEADQUARTERS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, SAYS THAT THE FAILURE OF THE ENEMY S LATEST ATTEMPT TO CAPTURE TOBRUK, IN WHICH 3,000 PRISONERS WERE TAKEN AND ABOUT 50 TANKS SMASHED, HAS BEEN QUICKLY FOLLOWED
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    Darlan Returns To Paris For Talks
    57 12 Reuter. London, May 6. THE Swiss Radio reports from Vichy that Admiral Darlan, the Vice-Premier, who left yesterday afternoon fcr Paris is accompanied by two diplomatic advisers. The announcer said that the diplomatic negotiations which Admiral Darlan will conduct in Paris are of far-reaching
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    GIB EVACUATIONS
    31 12 Reuter. Gibraltar May 6. rr was officially announced in Gibraltar that further evacuations of civilians will be taking place shortly. Lists numuering over 1.000 yesterday included many Spanish refugees.—Reuter
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    German Setback In Egypt
    201 12 Reuter. (By A. P. Crosse. Reuters Special Correspondent with advanced forces in the Wes- tern Desert). i London, May 5. ALTOGETHER, 3,000 prisoners have been captured by British forces at Tobruk. and the latest returns show that a large number of enemy tanks were destroyed on
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    CROATS NOT PLEASED WITH NEW ORDER
    102 12 Reuter. Somewhere in the Middle East. May 6. INFORMATION reaching authontaA tive Yugoslav circles here declares that considerable dissatisfaction is rife among the Croat supporters cf Hitler's new order in view of the action of Italy and Hungary in seizing large slices of Croatia,
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    ENEMY RAIDERS OVER NORTH-WEST ENGLAND
    47 12 Reuter. London, May 6. ENEMY aircraft were believed to have over North-w?st England last night. The raiders flew in singly over the M?rseyside area. The alert was sounded in the Lcndon area late last night, followed soon after by the all-clear.— Reut=r.
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    Huge Enemy Tank Losses At Tobruk
    161 12 Reuter. Cairo, May 6. A MILITARY spokesman described the position at Tobruk yesterday as "both sides still licking their wounds/ On the first day of this attack, he added, the enemy made a breach of 2,000 yards Uke a blister in the south-west part
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    Indo-China Pact With Japanese
    76 12 Reuter. Tokyo, May 5. TWO economic agreements between Japan and France concerning Indo-China will be signed to-mor-row (Tuesday > at the residence of the Foreign Minister Mr. Matsuoka. An official announcement in Tokyo states that economic discussion en this subject, which was initiated last December, has
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    Queen Wilhemina To Broadcast
    35 12 Reuter London. May 6. QITSEN Wilhemina cf the Netherlands will speak in the Radio Orange prcgramme at 6.45 (Greenwich time) in the evening transmission ot the BBC's European service on Saturday.—Reuter.
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    America Favouring U.S. War Action
    206 12 Reuter. New York, May 5. a GREAT stimulus to the movement for more active United States' participation in the war appears to have been given by President Roosevelt's speech on Sunday, and, by the speech of Mr. Wendell Willkie and Mr. Conant, while the statement
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    Destroyer Downs Nazi Bomber
    101 12 Reuter. London, May 6. rIE German Air Force lost at least eight bombers on Sunday night to the fire of British night fighters, anti-aircraft guns~ and a destroyer when the principal targets were Northern Ireland and North-west England, including—for the fourth night in succession—the Merseyside. The
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    34 12 Reuter. London, May 6. THE French Ambassador to Spain, I M. M. Pietri, has left Vichy for a short stay in Corsica before proceeding direct to Spain, according to the official German News Agency.—Reuter.
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    Tokyo Still Wants Peace With U.S.
    291 12 Tokyo Mav THE Foreign Minister. Mr Mat. I -ka, to-day reiterated his r policy towards America. Mv n* policy towards the United £5 remains unaltered since it enunciated at the last session the Imperial Diet. on 01 "My motto is 'sincerity m(WA everything—even heaven
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    Inter-Allied Federation Formed In Shanghai
    54 12 Inter A llied Federation Formed In Shanghai Reuter. Shanghai. May 5. rOR the purpose cf develcpin? I* inter-Allied propaganda anfi closer Allied contacts, the InterAllied Federation was formed i Shanghai yesterday. The inaugural meeting son message to the British Ambasssar, Sir Archibald Clark Kerr, expr* ing complete faith In the
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    Hitler Not Favoured In Arab World
    223 12 Brithish Wireless. London. May 5. "lINDER Hitler, there can be no future for the Arab world, U stated De Faudi Shatera, president of the Aral, National League in the United States, in a statement on the P«*» struggle in Iraq. He stated: "We are
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