Malaya Tribune, 9 May 1941

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  • 22 1 The Malaya Tribune Net Sales Exceed 16,000 Daily SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1941 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune Friday, May 9, 1941.
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  • 135 1 Washington. May 8. Churchill's victory in the Commons which has isiderable satisfaction in Washington discussion centres on what the United States must i :uture. Many feel that the period of debate s rapidly approaching its end. must be taken the possibility ntion or taking rds
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  • 51 1 Reuter. < hungkktg, May 9. hading article in Chinese organ News advocates a a nee, especially beam, the I'nited States ees the United ntre of a world nst the Axis, wing and China nst either wing a tire camp. Hence ncrete three»n joint meaeventua'ity and ative from
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  • 34 1 bourne, May 9. -day conference man-power exof man-power foreshadowed. Commonwealth bour and National ol this possibility, a obtained by the hown that the r was sufficient nt war programme.
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  • 125 1 Special London Cable From H. L. Hopkin Via Cable and Wireless. Countess Of Brecknock London. May 9. COUNTESS Brecknock has been granted a decree nisi on the ground of misconduct of her husjaiui. She is the only child of Col. A. E. Jenkins of Ancover, and
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  • 59 1 London, May 9. Dr. Christabel Nicholson (50), wife ol Admiral Wilmot Nicholson, was acquitted after a fiveday trial at the Old Bailey on charges under the Official Secrets Act The proceedings were in secret. The accused lias been detained in custody since last May. and is still
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  • 59 1 Reuter. DASHII) Ali. leader of the Iraqi coup d'etat, hurriedly left Baghdad after a public demonstration against his movement, according to Egyptian newspaper reports from Baghdad. The former Foreign Minis ter of Iraq, Tewfik Suewidi Bey, is stated to have left Baghdad by air for Amman
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  • 135 1 Reuter. I London, May 0. MANY people at Kristiansund have had to spend the win- 1 ter in tishing--boats because' i German 1 ombers destioyed their homes last summer, says the Norwegian telegraph agency, j The correspondent of the Stcck- j helms Tidnlngen described the;
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  • 197 1 Reuter. Moscow. May 0. '("•HE report of a concentration of large Soviet military forces on the Soviet western frontier and other reports of a similar nature concerning the Soviet are strongly denied by the official news agency Tass, which says that the Japanese newspapers publish
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  • 231 1 Reuter. Cairo, May 9. (i| Niamey, the Deputy Middle East, has sent message to London Weapons Week. have the soldiers ol the Empire been so he declares. "This "'if tc us out of the distresses shared in it each appreciates and effort of the r
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  • 69 1 Reuter. London, .May 9. A GERMAN bomber was shot down by K.A.F. fighters yesterday evening after 12 Nazi fighters had been dis posed of in a s?ries of thrilling combats over Southern England earlier in the day for the loss of a single British plane. These daylight
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  • 41 1 Reuter. Cairo, May 9 CAPT. James Roosevelt, the eldest son of the President, has arrived in Cairo to take up his duties as a United States air observer with the R A F. in the Middle East. -Reuter.
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  • 398 1 SECRET PACT WITH VICHY Reuter. Ix>ndon, May 9. RADIO Brazzaville, controlled by the F ree French forces, stated that "secret military clauses have been made by Admiral Darlan (Vichy Foreign Minister) in his agreement with Germany by which the Reich will have the
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  • 84 1 Reuter. Chicago, May 9. TIIF. mistake of the last war was that the Allies did not march to Berlin, said Lord Halifax, the British Ambassador, in an Interview yesterday. He indicated, however, that Great Britain.- long-term plan this time included an attack on the
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  • 105 1 Reuter. Canea (Crete), May 9. CRETAN newspapers, commenting yesterday on the reports ol the arrest of members of the former Greek Government, declare that this false act by the puppet Government of Athens constitutes new proof of its total enslavement to German and Italian aggressors "with whom
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  • 62 1 Reuter. Canea, Crete, May 9. GREEK workers, especially those in heavy industry, have been ordered to report to the German Command in Athens, ready to taken against their will far tic their homes and even outside tl Irontiers of Greece. This is revealed in a statemem
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  • 53 1 Reuter. Cairo. May f#. IjOR two hours during Wednesday night enemy aircraft raided the Suez Canal zone, states an Egyptian Ministry for the Interior communique. Seme damage was caused to the s'atp railways, telegraphs and telephones but there were no casualties. Anti-aircraft guns were
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  • 70 1 Reuter. Shanghai. May PIERCE fighting ha.s broken out In the coastal area some 1 r>o miles south of Shanghai where the Chinese are making determined counter-attacks to recarr< the Important town or Chuki 'some 30 miles south of Hungchow). Tile Chinese vanguard, ii is reported has already reached
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  • 89 1 Reuter. Shanghai, May 9. NON-JAPANESE business in Foochow, a treaty port on the I Fukien coast captured by the Japanese last month, is threatened with extinction as the result of a reported Japanese decision to readjust economic conditions in the city to the requirements ol the yen
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  • 60 1 Reuter. New York, May 8. CENTENCE of three years' impri- sonment was passe*.: on Captain Wilson and the chief engineer of the Italian cargo vessel Villa perosa <6,255 tons) for violating the sabotage laws by damaging the ship's engines. Sentence of 18 months' imprisonment each for
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  • 172 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Thursday. W'iß. T. E. Conaghan touched on the question of strikes in general in Malaya at the meeting of the S.S. (Penang) Association yesterday. Mr. Conaghan said that in the course of the President's address, he referred to the question of unrest
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  • 157 2 Singapore, Thursday. GIVING him the benefit of the doubt. Mr. W. D. Carew today acquitted Mansur bin Muswan who was tried on a charge of having attempted to rob Mah Boon Hai. a 15-year-old schoolboy. Mali's story was that as he was
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  • 66 2 Singapore. Thursday. BEFORE Mr. W. D. Carew in the thiid police court to-day, Ng Tian San i29> and Kirn Seng (28) appeared on three charges of possession of materials and instruments for counterfeiting; possession of counterfeit five and ten cent ccins; and with counterfeiting coins. The
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  • 439 2 Singapore, mureu»/. AS a seouel to a sensational fatal stabbing incident which A S a sequel t Kath; Kampong Radin Mm, took place m the done t0 death by m Which a Punjab, J£h-mme shah compatnot on the, «en wjth murder at the Assize
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  • 33 2 The untitled Municipal Commissioners have agreed that Mr. Goh Heng Engineer. -.r Assistant who has been no the maximum of his salary grnde (s2so* for 12 months be promoted to Class A <$275-13A-400>.
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  • 114 2 OWING to \v»r conditions there is a temporary shortage of one-cent and two-cent stamps in Malaya The public are invited to co-operate in combating JM* shortage by using the eishtcent stamp, of which there are ample supplies. foi covers requiring a postage i fee of eii?ht
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  • 126 2 Singapore, Thursday. PHANG AH KIAI, taxi-driver, spoiled an otherwise clean record, by a conviction registered against him in the fifth court today Khen he was fined $8 by Mr L. C. Goh It was alleged that on March 20, Pang drove at excessive
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  • 19 2 Syed untitled Syed Omar Shahabudia, Caaet. baa been promoted tc be an Ofncer ol Class V, Kedah Civil Service.
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  • 324 2 (Tribune Staff Report gEVERAL important points causing doubt businessmen have been clarified by a granted recently by the Collector-Genera] partment to representatives of the Singapore I ber of Commerce. Among the points raised is one concerning the liability of commission agents to ray any war tax
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  • 51 2 the Unfederated Malay state 01 i Trengganu has given a sum o--IEI 000"to th? Home Government, as its eighth contribution to the SpitI fire Fund. The Secretary of State 'or the Colonies has cabled an ex--"ession of the gratitude of His Majesty's Government for this further
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  • 20 2 (Cent-A-:\ it Total number ofenem, planes destroyed durin, yesterday on all foj up to midnitsltt time.... PORTY-TWO
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  • 36 2 THE monthly untitled the Singapon Ltd.. for the :r< L S26 r 4 .0u0. which i JJ than the returns for ponding month of last Hie aggregate for s*»ven bm is now $1,829,000 than the previo
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  • 297 2 call has gone forth in Malaya for many skilled drivers of motor vehicles, who are wanted for valuable war-time service. Men who offer themselves for this work can feel that they are doing something really useful for the war effort. The increasing mechanisation of warfare
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  • 181 2 Singapore. Thursday. FOR failing to report to the Fort Health Officer on their arrival in Singapore from Penang, two Indians, Hotchand Issandas and Asamal Issandas, who were pason a ship which was inI fected with cholera, were fined $25 or a month's rigorous imprisonment The
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  • 117 3 japore, Thursday, bei n postponed to in the case in which X ng <3t;> was tried tool cheating two dieine dealers of a total d that en Mar. 25 $417 75 worth of from Tang Go him a post-dated h when presented at
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  • 54 3 apore, Thursday, i having made a false ft .ii order to obtain a admission into the explained to Goh when he was prohird police court, tone was alleged to s to the effect thai iident in Singapore red In the sum of case was
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  • 16 3 untitled Friday. tment advises that no United Kingdom etc. re £..->t-bound British ration Flying Boat yesterday
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  • 291 3 Colony Government Welcome Gesture A $4 7 69- 4 8 < 7 -*>o rupees) has been received the (t n, r'T^ 1 of the Straits Settlements from "1h °i Udras as a contribution toward* strengthening the defences of Singapore. in a letter of
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  • 335 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) r inir Penang, Thursday. A Question of representation on the Legislative Council was discussed by the members at yesterday's meeting- of the S.S. (Penang) Association, when opinions were voiced by Messrs. E. A. Staines, and J. P. Souter. Asking the incoming
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  • 47 3 Singapore. Friday. II CHINESE was said to have been held up and robbed of $35C worth of jewellery in a lorong a» Geylang. yesterday. It was reported to the police that he had been held up by three othe Chinese and a Malay.
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  • 161 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Tnursday. ||EUBGATE9 norn all the Ceylon e*e Associations in Malaya v ill congregate at the Taiping Ceylon Association on May 25 when an all-Malayan conference will be held here. It is understood Mr. Saravanamuttu of Penang will preside. The delegates will
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  • 83 3 Singapore. Thursday. jirHAT might have b?en a serious outbreak of fire was checked )y the timely arrival of the fire ngine this morning In a copra golown at Alkaff Quay, oft" Havelock Joad. Th? fire brigade was informed of he fire at 7.50 and two engines
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  • 182 3 (From Our Own Reporter) Penang, Thursday. BABOO bin Uzir «Ut and Zaitun binti Umar, whose trial for the murder of Mairambee, a midwife, at the Waterfall Road on the afternoon of Jan. 8 this year, was heard in the Assize Court for the last seven days, were
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  • 118 3 (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh, Thursday. TAUSE of death wa.s shock from stab wounds, possibly accelerated by an anaesthetic administered In cider to perform an operation on hei was the opiniongginv -n by Dr. Mr T Chelvam, Senior Deputy Medical Officer. Batu Gajah. at
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  • 632 3 Singapore, Thursday. J'HE case in which Ong Joo Chin is charged with causing grievous hurt to an A.R.P. warden while on duty during the blackout night of Jan. 22 came up in the District. Traflit Court to-day when Ong Joo Chin resumed his defence. According
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  • 18 3 The promotion of Sec-Lieut W. O. Rovi. or tlu; S.S.V to th*. muk. ot Llcutciiuut has bctu approved.
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  • 57 4 ATHLETIC SPORTS: Methodist Girls' School Sports. 4 p.m. SOCCKR Div I: S O F\A v s Anson Road Stadium; Reserve Div.. Manchester! vs RA F. Reserves, Tanglin. Div 2\- Royal Navy vs Malay Rest.. Naval Base.'Div. 2B: Wanderers vs Indian Association. S.H.B. ground; RA F i H Q
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  • 197 4 DISPLAYING all-round superiority R.A.F. (Tengah) defeated V.M.C.A. three goals to one in a Div. 2A league soccer match on the V.M.C.A. ground yesterday. V.M.C.A. played with one man short in the forward line. The airmen played with fine understanding and were easily the better side.
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  • 1425 4 Advance Selections For Penang Races (By "Spectator") MY best bets for to-morrow's races, the first day of the Penang Turf Club's Spring Meeting: are Counsel and Beano. Both these horses are reported to be in good form at the moment and should easily find
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  • 61 4 THE Fortress R E scored a creditable victory over the Gorden Highlanders in a Div I League match played at Changi yesterday. The Royal Engineers scored three of their coals during the first half while they netted the fourth goal in the second session.
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  • 25 4 KEPPEL Golf Club's nine-hole stroke competition for May resulted as follows: Mrs. W. P. Douclas 41—9=32: Mrs. F. Starr 48—11=37; Mrs. H. K. Rodgers 52—15=37.
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  • 353 4 TENNIS THREE semi-final ties in th* 1 S C.R.C. tennis tournament t were played off yesterday. In the continuation of a previous days Play in the semi-final of the championship doubles, Low Kee Pow and Pang Chiap Yong beat, C. Y. Koh and E. L. Wee 8—6,1 10—12.
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  • 130 4 (From Our Own Reporter) Penang. To-day. ALTHOUGH to-day was for slow work some of the candidates exercised this morning were given fast gallops. Major Fox's string has arrived, and his candidates were put to work to-day. The going was good. Those who impressed were Pur? Gold,
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  • 36 4 THE Chinese Swimming Club will hold a dance on Saturday. May 17. Two spot dances will be included in the evening's programme. Bookings tor buffet will have to be made before May 15.
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  • 314 4 second trial of Business Houses' League teams to select a combination to meet a Div. I team in a War Fund match was held at Fairer Park yesterday. The standard of play though commendable, taking into consideration the slippery nature of the ground, was
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  • 242 4 Fa one-innings cricket match played at Tanglin, yesterday, the A.I.F. defeated the Army by four wickets. Highlights of the game were Kalberer's batting for the Army and both Mules and Collins' bowling for the Australians. The Army taking first lease of the wicket compiled the
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  • 136 4 FOLLOWING are the scratchings and orders of running tor tomorrow's Penang races: Race I—Horses Class 4, Div. 2. 6 furs.: Jesaime, Sacrifice (all engagements). Race 2—Horses Class 4, Div. 1, 6 furs.: Cel|ofort. Walt Disney (all engagements), Highland Beacon. K at e 3—Ponies Class 1, Div. 2.
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  • 63 4 ENTERTAINMENT (At the Cathay) MUSIC and laughter are the highlights ol Love Thy Nei-hbour" which opened at the Cathay, last night. Two ol America's most tamous radio stars. Jack Benny and Fred Allen, start the him with a rare leud In a hilatlous tingle. Jacks niece, Mary
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  • 51 4 Dr. E. A. Elder and Dr. R. D. Gross been nominated by the Malayin Branca of the British Medical association < as members of the local Medical Council j from' the Strait- Settlements and Dr. B. j Barrowman and Dr J. 0) Reed have bee i nominated from the Federated
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  • 1245 5 (From Our Own Reporter) Penang, Thursday gPEAKING at the annual general meeting of* the Straits Settlements (Penang) Association yesterday veiling, Mr. P. N. Knight, the President, revealed that although there was undue delay in Malaya's effort for the prosecution of the war, much was being
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  • 114 5 REPRESENTATIVES of cer- tain Indian organisations met recently under the auspices of the Tamil Brotherhood Association, Singapore, and passed a resolution condemning in general terms the formation of the All-Malaya Tamils' Association. The formation of such an association, it was stated, would prove disastrous to the
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  • 102 5 TO-NIGHT at 8.45 p.m. the Singapore broadcasting station will present a special programme to mark the anniversary of the Nazi invasion of Holland. The programme will consist of three main parts. First, the Dutch Choir will sing a cantata specially composed for the occasion by Mr.
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  • 40 5 The following persons have been elected members of the Bar Committee for the Settlement of Penang; Mr. C. D. D. Hogan. president: Mr. Lim Cheng Ban vice-president; Messrs. On? Huck Lim, N Raghavan, F. G. Pooley and Gurcharan Singh, members.
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  • 659 5 Singapore, Thursday. jpURTHER hearing of the defamation case in which Syed Taha bin Abu Baker Alsagoff. editor of the Saut-Hadramaut, and two associate editors of the same paper, Ahmad bin Omar Befageeh and Syed Abdullah bin Yahaya, are charged with publishing matter intending to
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  • 185 6 Opinion WHILE tin re can be no aouDi cl the unanimity of the Bri- tish people as to the necessity for prosecuting the war with ever-increasing vigour, it is a pity that certain members ol Parliament who ought to know better —should continue to badger the Prime Minister
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  • 149 6 THAT job is not by any means beyond the capacity of the British Empire, with American resources behind it, but Hitlei has had a long start and, while he is being overtaken, the fact remains, as the nautical saying has it, that a stern chase is a
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  • 133 6 THE difficulties of rehabilitating discharged prisoners, particularly those who had occupied positions of trust and responsibility before their fall, to which pointed attention was drawn by Lieut.-Col. H. A. Lord, head of the Salvation Army, at the annual meeting of the Singapore After-Care Association, is one that cannot
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  • 121 6 THE problem had been so 1 baffling, said Lt.-Col. Lord, that he did not know what the solution was except that business men should give such men a chance to make good in some lowly position, and assist in their rise up the social ladder until they
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  • 1164 6  -  By -r E. T. Ilnnii» S rrHE battle of the Atlantic, according to Mr. Winston Churchill, will be the decisive factor in determining the outcome of the war. The varied fortunes of the struggle in the Balkans and Africa, therefore, are considered to
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  • 211 6 LANCASHIRE is now steadily fulfilling the cotton orders which have been coming in from j the Dutch East Indies following j the visit to Java of the represen- tative of the Cotton Board. When the Nazis seized the cotton mills of Holland, it
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  • 78 6 [WR. Tlerwald Ramsbotham, Board Wof Education President, told Surrey teachers at Surbiton that all German teachers had to swear this oath: "Adolf Hitler, we swear that we will train the youth of Germany that they grow up in your ideology, for your aims and
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  • 601 6 R. B. Ooi. MEN'S thoughts turn when their m by cataclysmic events v<- i among the debris of hopes, desires, and pla fc thing more endurinf they can shelter. In the series of an the title "What My Rel to Me" several writers -V, a religious persuasions
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  • 49 7 TANKS a n d super tanks be em<<l in moH v aria re i ten these 111 bene here. ava'--till used i certain ot rough .i' sack as tretch seen i c v. here .1 the ih force* estern t find the nag still lul
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  • 480 7 Paratroop Raid Threat Reuter. M.KAI. DENTZ (FRENCH HIGH COMMISSIOxtK 8 IN sVKIA) HAS RECEIVED A DEMAND FROM THE GERX\S FOR PERMISSION TO LAND FORCES IN SYRIA FOR liliivi: \GAINST THE SUEZ. SAYS THE BERNE CORRESPONDENT OF THE NEW YORK TIMES I I»- correspondent adds
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  • 80 7 London, May 3. ■ata has occurred at Camuf Sir James Frazer, .id Lady Frazer. within a > of each other. aes. aged 87, was the emi>r of works dealing with kingship and magic, inclui:.e Golden Bough," which d- scribed as a masterpiece .ship, which has
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  • 85 7 Reuter. Shanghai. May 8. ALTHOUGH there are still eight more days before the monthly remittance is sent to the London Treasury. subscriptions to the Voluntary War Contribution Fund <for the purchase of aircraft for the Royal Air Forced for the month ending May 15
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  • 21 7 Dr. (Miss) C. D. Williams, Lady Medical Oflioer. Malayan Medical Service, h:is been .seconded for service under the Government o! Trengganu.
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  • 243 7 Reuter. London, May 8. comment on the dramatic change in the U.S.S.R. which has brought M. Stalin, for the first time, into the public eye in the official capacity as chairman of the Council of the People's Commissars, has been confused and uninformative, says
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  • 26 7 Reuter Buenos Aires. May 7. SURVIVORS of the Dutch vessel Prins Willem 11. which was' torpedoed, hay? ainved in Movie! Video on a British *hip.—Reuter I
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  • 584 7 Reuter. New York, May 8. MR. Wendell Willkie, speaking at a freedom rally in New York last night said that the philosophy of Totalitarianism was a threat to the freedom enjoyed by the Americ an people. "We cannot make peace with those
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    • 209 9 1114. ONES don't come any IIIM.LIt! MIDNIGHT P REMIiRLTTO^ORROW (Show Starts 12.15 O'clock) at THE CATHAY Roaring on to the Screen in BRILLIANT TECHNICOLOUR! i EES:" 1 W^fTfS? r^ tL c RANDOLPH SCOTT 1_ JU Mnrr fe/W have you seen such action or such excitement! A 20th Century-Fo\ Picture The
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    • 285 9 YOU'LL GET THE BIGGEST LAUGH OF YOUR LIFE WHEN YOU MEET THE 11]| THEIR BEST FILM EVER?! I mg BRITISH LION r y_T___ JACK HUBERT r CCURTNEIDGt rr^r^^r^"^^r^'* ?^"ir^r^"^^^r^^^"ffr^"f""r^i AUSTIN TREVOR LEONORA CORBETT M CECIL PARKER V-^T j MAURICE f V with SPECIAL ADDED ATTRACTION "COOEE SINGAPORE" Ministry Of Information
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  • 52 10 A service in memory of the late Darley Naesapooshanam (wife of J. A. P. Oswald of the Methodist Boys' School, Kuala 'Lumpur;, will be held at the Methodist Tamil Church, Malacca Street. Kuala Lumpur, on Sunday, lirh May. 1941, at 930 a.m. All relatives and friends
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 697 10 «^M^»^»,»^l^M Situations Vacant WANTED rtllnnOT kidy btenogruphtr. Must be good at shorthand. Apply stating salary required to Box 652, Mdaya Tribune, Singapore. (No. 433H) EXPERIENCED TAILORESS WANTED for girl's workroom. Apply Box No. G4l. Malaya Tribune, Singapore. (No. 480H) WANTED A LADY TEACHER for Primary Class, Eton High School. Apply
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    • 899 10 TWO EUROPEAN GENTLEMEN desire the acquaintance of two girls. Eurasians preferred. Mew friendship (photo appreciated). Box No. 623, Malaya Tribune. Singapore. (No. 445H) MUSIC Wanted to buy secondhand music and text books. 1939. 1940. T.C.L. Syllabus ten cent* to shilling upward according to quality. Penansr School of Music, 9n, Burmah
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    • 734 10 SALE Super Ikonta Tessar F3.5. Compur 1 500 Sec: takes 16 pictures. Leather case, new good condition. What offers. Apply Box'No 619, Malaya Tribune, Singapore. (No. 441H) 2 CASES steel window frames assorted sizes. Any reasonable offer. Apply Box 631, Malaya Tribune. Singapore. (No. 463H) FOR SALE 60 secondhand school
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    • 731 10 To Let MODERN BUNOALOW. lOC. Road, off Arthur Road. 3 baths attached, rent f?'''^ 9 possession. 'Phone Akerib. 5811 or afte r office hours. (No. oQ7H) TO LET 103. Halg Road. Katong. A Edwards Si Co.. Malacca S "?B?. pore. No. 467H) TO LET—Airy unfurnished water, kitchen, bath. $20-. Central,
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    • 403 10 NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that I, John Gludovatz, the present holder of a Ist class liquor licence m connection with the Pavilion Restaurant propose to transfer same to V R A. Thaver of No. 145 Pnnsep Street, Singapore, subject to the approval of the Licensing Justices to sit in
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 690 10 TO-DAY'S RAllTo! SINGAPORE LONiw.v ZHL 225 m 1333 kci Gsv -17 IT >N KBP.I. 3«.9« m. 99» mica. c;sf 15 j! tt v ZfcP.2. 48-58 m. 8.175 mcj. (Kro J 11 s; l». tl 2? ZHP3. 41.38 m. 7.25 mica. GS D 1 |,s l ZHL, ZHPI, ZHP2 ZHF3. (From
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  • 891 11 Singapore May 8 BuyCiS. Sellers MINING. 4s) 3,- 3;6 al <ss) 64i/a 619 Sai Malay <*) 33i6 34 6 A (ss) 17- 18$1 1 0.70 0.30 12 6 14 r ($1) 130 1.33xd ss) 9!3 919 17|6 18;6 <£) 121- 13--sl,' 0.131,4 0.16 0 cts.) 0.38
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  • 21 11 Singapore, Friday. Pries of tin and rubber -in apore at noon toej a \,ere: TIN HI UlirJß Sellers 40'n.
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  • 37 11 FE output of the Malaka Pinda Rubber Estates, Ltd.. amounts io 79.000 pounds for the month of April, 1941, making a total ot 662,620 pounds for the eight months of the current financial year.
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  • 30 11 Bcmbay, May 7: -Despite the higher Indian crop estimate, some expect a further Broach squeeze in Bombay owing to the over-sold position and the insufficiency of tenderable cotton.
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  • 185 11 (From Our Financial Corresponqent.) Singapore, Friday. «E tin share market was stagnant yesterday with little inclination on the deal f bUyPrs or sellers to attempt to Exceptions were Sungei Luas with small enquiries at 152tt Hong Fatts at about 127 and Larut at 5 4i/ 2
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  • 380 11 Singapore. Thursday. WEEK brim full of sensational speech and nction on the domestic a 8 well as the political stage has left the Singapore market a trifle bewildered and out of breath. Mincing Lane has been lnmobilised whilst it s fate was
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  • 63 11 Washington, May 7:—Moving to provide a 85 per cent, crop loan, the Senate rejected the House's 75 per cent, bill and has sent the measure to the Conference Committee of which Senator Bankhead is chairman. Meanwhile the Bill's sponsor. Chairman Fulmer of the House Agriculture Committee, announces that
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  • 31 11 New York. May 7:—There was heavy buying cf cotton and textiles on the prospect of 85 per cent, loans. Further excessive rains in South Texas accentuate the bullish sentiment.
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  • 234 11 IT would be unwise to jump to conclusions with regard to the ultimate effect of the appointment of a Rubber Controller in London. His function will be to regulate the purchases cf manufacturers in the U.K. so that they will not conflict with Government policy and the
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  • 66 11 Singapore. May 8. i Gambier 7.50j Java Cube 12.00 Hamburg Cube 12.50 White Pepper 14.00 Muntok White Pepper 14.50 Black Pepper 7.25 Mixed Copra 2.25 Sundried Copra 2.50 Medium Pearl Tapioca 8.25 Small Pearl Tapioca 8.25 Small Flake Tapioca 7.50 Fair Flake Tapioca 7.00 Fair Sago Flour 5.10 Lingga
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  • 65 11 London. May 7:—Freight inquiries include a keen demand to Eastern Tndia and the United! States at 70 cents per cubic loot bale and also $55 on berth terms for gunnies to the United States, with offers invited to Havana, the; Persian Gulf, asphalt to India and South Africa:
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  • 53 11 New York. May 7:—The Commodity Exchange created a newcopper contract, effective with a maximum price of 11.50 cents Trading in the Old Contract will be confined to liquidation and will not be subject to price limitation, except that daily fluctuations are restricted to half a cent from
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  • 345 11 Singapore, Thursday. JJOLDING that Jalan Kayu is a public thoroughfare the Chief Justice, Sir Percy McElwaine, upheld an appeal by the Deputy Public Prosecutor against a magistrate's Court decision in which the magistrate had dismissed a charge of driving a motor car negligently on Jalan
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 81 11 FOR THE MILITARY WE HAVE ON DISPLAY!! J V OFFICERS' SAM BROWNE KHAKI SOLA HATS, J| OFFICERS' DRAB BARATHEA V V SERVICE CAPS. V #1 -W MAJORS' GILTED CROWNS, 1 «jy Full Mess Size. 1 OFFICERS' PLAIN GOLD PLATI 4fflj&fe OFFICERS'GILT ENAMELLED MEDAL j JEmls OFFICERS' BLACK CROWNS. RIBBONS: 1
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    • 442 11 I for Romance came when her i skin was WHITER I YOU, TOO, CAN KNOW IKIS AMAZING SECRET 9aa*t tot ugly sun-tan spoil ym aarhancs. No longer need it mar that I pale loveliness that men admire. Fat WTIITEX, this amazing new ikio lotion, makes ugly sun-tan disappear ĕmuJiattly —reveals
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    • 315 11 STEAMER SAILINGS I BRITISH INDIA S. N. CO. SERVICES Bangkok. Penan?;, Rangoon and Calcutta. Port Swettenham, Penang, Negapatam, Porto Novo, Cuddalore, Madras. Sailings will be maintained as regularly as circumstances permit. For information regarding freight and passenger accommodation apply to: BOUSTEAD CO.. LTD. (Incorporated in F.M.S.) Tel: 5431 for Passage
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    • 437 11 P. o. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE (Incorporated In England* PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. CO. MAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICE. The best possible services are being maintained by the P. o. S. N. Co, from the Straits to their usual ports of call in China. India. Ceylon and the United
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  • 30 12 The engagement is announced between Miss Lau Geok Soon, eldest daughter cf Mr. and Mrs. Lau Thau Ann and Mr. Tan Beng Hah of the Malacca Treasury.
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  • 142 12 Reuter. London, May 9. ONLY one person fears the futuie and that is Hitler," declared the Dutch Premier. Prole: ser Genbr.ndy, in a message t<; Ihe Netherlands through the Free Dutch newspaper, Vrij Neutiland. mmm The message on the anniversary Cf the invasion of Holland on
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  • 158 12 Reuter. Vichy. May 9- j THOUGH claiming that Iraqi air-j craft had continued bombing Habbania. an Iraqi High Command communique admits that Iraqi troops which had been "besieging the British camp had been forced to retire to better strategic positions by the intense British
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  • 151 12 Reuter. Stockholm. May 9. COMMENTING that the British do not lose courage under reverses but fight just th? same, whether experiencing success or setbacks, the newspaper Handelstidning says that the Commons debate shewea that the British were not lulled by the assurances of American
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  • 104 12 Reuter. London. May 9. A THIRTY EIGHT YEAR OLD engineer. George Johnston Armstrong, was sentenced to death at the Central Criminal Court. Old Bailey, for an offence under the Treachery Act. This is the fifth sentence of death passed under the 1940 Treachery Act. The first
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  • 104 12 Reuter. New York. Mnv 9. SIXTY-THREE per cent ot Americans who are familiar with Col. Lindbergh's views--and these are th::. |n every five —disagree wiih tl em but even so 60 per cent. a* these think that America should -tav out of the war. Cf those
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  • 92 12 Reuter. Peshawar. May 9. THE tribes of the Mohmand border have telegraphed Rashid Ali Gillani. the leader of the coup d'etat in Iraq: "We. as representatives of the Mohmand tribes have heard with great sorrow in these days, when the whole Islamic Is in
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  • 53 12 Reuter. London. May 9. THE Air Minister. Sir Archibald Sinclair, has sent th? following telegram to Air Marshal Douglas. Commander-in-Chief, Fighter Com mand:—"l am charged by the War Cabinet to convey to you and your squadrons engaged in last night's cDerations their congratulations on
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  • 672 12 Luftwaffe Loses 100 Men In One Night Reuter. <Bv Ralph Walling, Reuter's Air Correspondent) London, May 9. THE German Air Force lost 24 bombers in the moonlight of Wednesday night to achieve "extensive" damage in several east and west coast areas
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  • 102 12 Reuter. London, May 7. THF German Air Force lost 12 fighters yesterday following the record loss of 24 blitz bombers ou Wednesday night. An Air Mhvstry communique issued last night states that there has been considerable air activity off the south and south-east coasts and
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  • 36 12 Reuter. Tokyo, May 9. THE Chinese terminus of the Burma Road. Kunming, was 1 1aided by Jaranese planes for the I fcurth time this year yesterday. A j communique says that military tareets were hit. —Reuter.
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  • 99 12 Reuter. j London. May 9. I/GERMAN soldiers stationed in »VJ Holland are dispirited and disillusioned, according to authentic information leaching the Free Dutch newspaper. Vrij Nederland. Holland's weapon of ridicule, of j contempt and of faith in an Allied 'victory is haying remarkable reI suits and
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  • 125 12 Reuter. WashinstfM DEAR-ADMIRAI man of th.. n Maritime Comn day, that there was rea < n** to. that the actual losses n't I**1 route for Great' B-it •'substantially gre ported losses He listed the I. Senator Vandenbui question regard:; J vessels clearing from ports.
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  • 65 12 London II» I THE German air atl on (fag Britain last night chiefly on an area X rth-as Engla.nd where th ed in some force. Bombs were dropped in London for the three weeks. German planes were also rented ever Northern In one raider has
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 381 12 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS i r Situations Vacant TEACHER for Std. II. Apply personally Le M rcier School, 218, Queen Street, Singapore. (No. 510H> TWO JUNIOR CONDUCTORS wanted. Good prospects. £ox o62 co Malaya 'Iribune, S ngapore. Situation Wanted POSITION as Housekeeper, Companion wanted bv attractive, educated, experienced Anglo Indian ltidy with
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    • 298 12 SUNGEI BAGAN RUBBER COMPANY, LIMITED I (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Second Interim Dividend of five per cent, in respect of the financial year ending 30th June, 1941, has been declared by the Directors of Ithe Company payable to Shareholders on the Register on
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    • 347 12 Don't Let LJ\Mi LEG A sop.es W mkrikmrn Cri PP |e ZAM-BIK Heals Likt yta k YOU'LL be astonished how Zam-Buk soothes pain /J^f^^^^^V and dnes up secretion in cases of abscesses. /J&rl''? >l 'ff JWIV?( ulcers and leg sores. All you have to do is smear /Ĕw 'M*'\ljsjm Zam-Buk
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