Malaya Tribune, 21 May 1941

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  • 23 1 The Malaya Tribune Net Sales Exceed 16,000 Daily SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1941 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune Wcdnc day. May 21. 1911.
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  • 281 1 MANY DIFFICULTIES FOR THE NAZIS Reuter. Cairn, May 21, THE Herman attack on Crete, which began just before dawn yesterday morning (Tuesday), and which was prefneed by Monday's heavy air bombardment, lias been expected, and the appointment of Gen. Freyberg as Commander-in-Chief, together
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  • 164 1 Reuter. Ferguson, Rcuter's Diplomatic Correspondent > London, May 21. attempt to establish a foothold on Crete itists and air-borne troops is unquestioning and hazardous move. The chances lender. It can be regarded as a big robably intended as a full-dress rehe] invasion plans against
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  • 356 1 Reuter. Washington, May 20. Ig HENRY Haye, the Vichy Ambassador, has protested to '▼i«,\lr. Cordell Hull, the Secretary of State, against what !,< termed an "unfriendly gesture" by the United States in P'aeing French vessels in United States ports under protective surveillance. 11 told
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  • 60 1 Reuter. Melboui ne, M-* v 21. »1 War Cabinet has up all outstanding bus! a ration for the return me Minister. Mr. 17. O. m North America at the will broadcast a mcs nation immediately on a nival. r'adden, the acting Prime f
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  • 157 1 Reuter. Washington. May ?.Q. pRESIDTXT Roosevelt at i pres* conference made a reference to Dakar which is regarded as an Indication that he considers it o», pertanl for I'nited States interests thai tois French West African ha si «1« >m. not fall mt'i Nazi hands. Replying-
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  • 42 1 Reuter. London, May 21. THE! Vichy Minister for Air. Gen \s> rgeret, has arrived at Beirut in oidn to organise thr resistance of the French Air Force In Syrtß against the British, reports the Moscow Radio.—Reuter.
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  • 26 1 Reuter. London. May 20. («ERMAN aircraft were reported I over south-West England last night but there were no reports of bombs dropped. —Reuter.
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  • 167 1 Reuter. Washington, May 20. IN the course of his press conference to-day, President Roosevelt announced the creation of the structure of civilian defence in the United States. He said that he had established, by an executive ordei, <n «»ffu'e of chrfltan defence
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  • 145 1 Reuter. LONDON. MAY 21. THE TENSION IN FRANCE AS A RESIT T OF RECENT EVENTS IS CONSIDERABLE, REPORTS A CORRESPONDENT OF THE INDEPENDENT FRENCH NEWS IGENCY ON THE FRENCH FRONTIER. Tin feeling has been increased by a ban on Swiss newspapers which are no longer permitted
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  • 78 1 Reuter. Washington. May 2';. (PRESIDENT Roosevelt does no. anticipate sending any specia. messagt Congress in the neai future Ho announct d this at his pres conference to day, thus di sappoint Ing more than 100 Journalists present they had Jammed the President 5 office
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  • 393 1 Reuter. London, May 21. CONFLICTING stories of the fa to of the ship, passengers anrl crew of the Zam Zam are causing concern all over tho world, particularly in America and Canada whoso nationals were aboard this ambulance ship. The Zam Zam, which is
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  • 292 1 Reuter. 'By Massey Anderson Reuters Special Correspondent with the Mediterranean Fleet) .Aboard a British cruiser, May 21. J AM being attacked by enemy planes." This dramatic S.O.S. from a defenceless hospi tal ship, the Aba, (7,937 tens), formerly an Elder Dempster ship, has ju
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  • 100 1 Reuter. London, May 21. AIRCRAFT manufactured in the United states bare bern used as bombers in the North Afiican campaten for the first time. They participated In the air bombardment of enemy positions around Fort Capuzzo on Sunday afternoon, it is revealed by
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  • 38 1 Reuter. Washington. May 20. PRESIDENT Ra i h haa asked Congress for relief appropriation foi the year beginning July. i. Thii amount Is n:- ft .000.000 below the estimate In the budget.— Reutei
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  • 611 2 TO-DAY'S MEETING OF PLANTERS (From Our Own Reporter) Johore Bahru, To-day. "INURING the past year we have been gravely concerned with rates <>f pay for estate labourers. We have always held the view that the U.P.A.M. recommendations regarding wagerates should be followed but our policy
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  • 91 2 (Tribune Staff Reporter) JHE latest hatch of the Malayan Flying School cadets, 12 in number, have left Malaya for further training elsewhere in accordance with the Empire' Training Scheme for the Royal Air Force, the Tribune reliably learns. Fourteen cadets enrolled at Ihe beginning
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  • 90 2 Simla, May 20. SIR Ramaswami Mudaliar, Commerce Member of the Viceroy's Council, received a deputation of the Indian Newspaper Owners' Association of Bombay on the subject of the price of newsprint. The Government was urged to control, prices and issue licences for supplies to newspapers.
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  • 163 2 Singapore. Wednesday. AN Order made yesterday cancels the Regulated Foods (Registration of Sales by Wholesale) (Singapore Order. 1941, published as S.S. Gazette Notification No. 5302 on May 12. 1941, since it has been found that this Order would involve considerable duplication of work for many firms,
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  • 73 2 Reuter. London, May 21. MAJOR-GEN. Sir William George Shedden Dobbie, known as the "modern Gordon" owing to his religious fervour, has, the Colonial Office announces, been appointed Governor of Malta. Sir William has been administering the Government of Malta since he assumed command of the troops
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  • 16 2 Mr. F. A. S. Caldwell. O.C.P.D., Kuain Pilah. is at present an inmate of Berwuban Hospital.
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  • 43 2 Pretty Miss Tan Keng Choo, who will be one of the helpers during the big drive, at the three local cabarets on the night of Saturday. May 31, for funds in aid of St. Andrew s Mission Hospital.
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  • 191 2 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday. THE strike of estate labourers in Selangor, which had threatened to reach serious proportions last week, is virtually over. Inquiries made in the Kuala Lumuur and Klang and Coast districts to-day reveal that while all labourers In the Klang
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  • 88 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) Batavia, May 19. RESTRICTIONS have been enforced on several import articles in order to conserve foreign exchange and enabling large defence purchases and the maintenance of a strong financial position, in addition to saving shipping space. Among the restricted imports are food
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  • 52 2 (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh, Tuesday. FOLLOWING yesterday's special meeting of the local Chinese community, it is reported that Mr. Foong Seong, the local miner, who has promised $2,000 towards the war relief fund, has now promised the gift of a mobile canteen for the
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  • 22 2 (Cent-A-Plane Fund) Total number of enemy planes destroyed during yesterday on all fronts up to midnight London time. THIRTEEN
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  • 133 2 (From Our Own Reporter) Penang. Tuesday. AN application for exemption under Section 9 of the Advocates and Solicitors' Ordinance, was made by Mr. C. D. D. Hogan, on behalf of C. Alma Phip;.s, an articled clerk, before Mr. Justice C. W. V. Carey in the
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  • 97 2 Singapore, Tuesday. OAID to have robbed Hai Ah Lim. a woman In charge of tickets at the Palace Theatre ol $58 4u and also two books ot admission ti<k< j t s ol the theatre, a charge oi robbery was explained to Ong Kirn
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  • 39 3 ;imon 4 Malay, Inn. Indian drivi i s and mechanics is »>ne of the most popular avenues of employment in lfal;i but it needs more recruits. Applicants should (.11 at iliii!.' Camp, \k\andra Road.
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  • 342 3 (From Our Own Reporter) Ita iv„ Penang, Tuesday. W the course of hu evidence in a divorce suit which was oncontested, George James Ford. Controller of Posts. Penang and Provmce Wellesley, (petitioner) told Mr. Justice C W V Whe I" 6 retl ned
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  • 64 3 -From Our Own Reporter* Penang. I uesdav. TWO ambulance cars which are to be c ont to China by the Penang Chinese Ladies' Association arrived in Penang yesterday Each of them costs $2 300. It Is expected that they will b* sent to China shortly, fhn
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  • 31 3 Inspector Abdul Rauf of the Taiping Police Station, has gene ion long leav». Inspector Jan Singh ol the Criminal Intelligence Department, Kuala Lunipur has taken over the duties of Inspector Rauf.
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  • 216 3 4. Tr 'bune Staff Reporter) A i\ attempt to make the Straits Settlements (SinKapore) Association more "democratic" will be made at the annual .general meeting of the Association May 27, when a member, Mr. D. Robertson, will propose ,an amendment to the rules
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  • 150 3 (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh. Tuesday. AT a public meeting of the Chinese community held at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce yesterday, a fund for providing clothing, food and shelter for the masses of the community who might bombed out of their j houses, was
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  • 57 3 Singapore. TiiPi.ri->v IA 35-YEAR-OLD Hokkien an Yew I appeared in the traffic court to-day on charge of causing grievous hurt woman. Ng Koh Tec. while dnvine I motor lorry along Havelock Ro i( !a 19 In a rash manner. The charge wa* explained and the
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  • 232 3 F Singapore, Tuesday. OUND guilty on a charge of rcobery with violence, a well built young Chinese. Cher Ttang was sentenced to five years' rigoious imprisonment by Mr. Justice Worley In the Assize Court to-day. It was alleged that the accused, with two others
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  • 119 3 Singapore, Tuesday PTVE strokes oi the light rotan and riv c months' in the Salvation. Army Remand Horn:, was th' punishment meted out to 12-year-olci Foo Sian Swan by Mr. Conrad Oldham, the serond magistrate before whom he appeared yesterday for sentence on a
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  • 408 3 m (Tribune Staff Reporter) |!HE amalgamation of the British Red Cross and the Australian Ked Cross in Malaya, which was exclusively reported in yesterday's Tribune, will mean a very great expansion of the work and also the establishment of two extra bases, one in
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  • 312 4 I*HE Malays scored a convincing five-two victory over the R.A. (Ac-Ac) in a Div. 1 league match at Anson Road Stadium, yesterday. Awang Gabus was outstanding and, showing excellent opportunism, scored three of the Malays' goals. D'Rozario and Beech worked hard in the Ac-Ac defence but
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  • 249 4 Wanderers 1 Customs 1 TS a Div. 2B match played on the Singapore Harbour Board ground yesterday evening Wanderers shared honours with the Customs, both teams scoring one goal each. The game was keenly fought out during both halves. In the first half Wanderers had
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  • 34 4 SOCCER: Business BOUM*' Lea-ue. Ford nn ?m WV9 lln J? ,< Bank Stadium: F Pv? B v HMS Sultan. JCSA JCSA Fort Cannii.::. TENN IS SCR C SC C and VII C tournaments.
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  • 67 4 The following have been selected to play soccer in a league match tor the V.M.C.A. apainst R.A. I B Mati) on Monday at o.xO p.m on the Anson 'Road ?n und: Lim Kah Tens: V. N Pil!ay, Koh Hor Khooh. J. Shepherd. O L. Day. V. R Sabapathv. S. Oiton.
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  • 42 4 THE South China F.C., winners of the Hongkong League, who will be arriving here to-day to play a -cries of matches against Mr.layan sides. Their first game in Singapore will be against Combined Chinese Io nm at Anson Road Madium.
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  • 158 4 THE following will represent the Malay Sports Association (badminton section* against the Lovelight Badminton Party on Sunday at 3 p.m. at the latters' court: Rahman bte. Hassan Yusoff bin Mahmood. Dinah bte. Akib and Hassan Rahman. Rahimah bte. Rahman and Salimin b. Siraj and Salleha bte. Ibrahim and
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  • 830 4 (From Our Own Reporter* Ipoh, Tuesday. r P" E following are the entries for "the June meeting of the Perak Turf Club commencing May 31 and continued on June 2. 4 and 7. Horses, class one. divisions three. two and one. 6F. 5' 2 F 5
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  • 433 4 A FTER his successful partnership with Miss Margaret Stokes on Monday evening, when they won the doable* championship of the S.C.C. Spring lawn tennis tournament. Paul Clerc secured the added distinction of winning the fin;e of the championship singles from Roy F.
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  • 155 4 THRILLS should be anient; at the Stadium to-day, J when the Oversea Chinese j Bank S.C. and Ford SI J leading contenders for the Business Houses' Leagee championship meet in a league encounter. Both sides have stii! to be featen, although the Banker; are in a
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  • 305 4 R.A.M.C 4 Moravia pORCING the play right from the start, R.A.M.C. scored convincing win by four goals to two over Moravia in Div. 2A soccer fixture on the Clerical Union ground yeslerda}. The result was not a true indication of the play as the
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  • 52 4 THE Bingap* n I play Against th* Sou i Soccer XI on Sunday Road Stadium, will from the foUowina v J v man. Ah Poon. Ah Awpng Gabus. A v Yooi. Harith. John t« r* Chuan. Ouan Chong r Sian*. Wai Mun,
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous

  • 124 5 members of the Commission <>f Inquiry appointthe Government to coninquiry into the existure and extent of coruttaching to the carryoi contracts for the materials, services and of buildings for ices and civil have just been an--t ol Messrs. M. ifn hairman), R. F. X
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  • 94 5 Ip re, Tuesday. BLi r. a major's car two English d al Gilunan Bar--261 and Victor ach tined $U»0 r« is unprlson- Carew, the [t a] Hill, who was i character in I I. who wa.s haracter, to~k which had' r ol the Capitol flat on May
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  • 46 5 m ngapore, Tuesday. I stealing a bicycle Osman bin Moth causing hurt to v '18». claimed (s before Mr. in the third police were said to have l day afternoon past, oned for 27, and bail was he sum $250.
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  • 272 5 Singapore, Tuesday. I JJESCRIBED by the prosecuting officer as being the "English" secretary of the central executive commit Lee of the Malayan Communist Party, a university man. an ox-editor and ex-headmaster known to the authorities in Burma. Ng la Lo, alias Ng Koh
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  • 93 5 Singapore, Tuesday. M(> CHIN POH. a lorry-driver, who II was charged i n the trallic court on three traffic offences, one of causing death and two of causing hurt, was acquitted to-day without being called upon lor his defence. This was the sequel to an accident which
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  • 25 5 Mr. R. L. Akers. Assistant Drainage untitled Irrigation Engineer. Malay States has been .seconded for service in Johore i,s Assistant Drainage and Irrigation Engineer, Klnang.
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  • 15 5 Visit To Army Bakery Hospital ■ffitar, hosp,t a (above) and to an Army bakery (below).
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  • 26 5 THE Competent Authority for oil 1 Fuel ami Lubricants, s.S. and P. If.B. advises (hat the basic petrol ration lor June will t> unchanged.
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  • 212 5 IN case Malaya should become 1 involved in hostilities resulting in deaths of, or serious injuries to members of her civilian population those people who wish to facilitate their identification in ?hJ: t-? n f vent should get melal identification discs made. A committee
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  • 408 5 «u,- Singapore, Tuesday. I'HE story oi how for half an hour a Chinese, a chopper in his right hand, held the inhabitants in the vicinity of Hokkien Street, China Street, and Pickering Street at bay, while he stacked and injured four people, one of them
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  • 173 5 (From Our Own Reporter Tlpoh. Tuesday. HE great efforts made towards volunteering and the Perak Patriotic Fund stand out as shining examples of what a small community such as ours is capable of doing." stated Dr. M F de Silva presiding a t the
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  • 41 5 Ahmedabad, May 20. AS a result of renewed communal n tension, minor disturbances broke out here yesterday. Three people were injured. In the afternoon several mills closed down and others were working with reduced staff. Police patrols in the city continued.
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  • 223 6 Opinion IN the light of opinions ex- pressed by quarto ra affected by the Government's recent revision of the estate duty rate-, Ihe first expressed presu option that the reduction of the maximum rate from 60 to 40 per cent, would satisfy in part the Colony property
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  • 154 6 ALTHOUGH nobody in this counti y desire. to shirk bearing a due share ol the additional tax burden which 1 must be borne in order to yield the extra revenue that is needed to meet war expenditure, if is generally felt that in the larger
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  • 188 6 THE smaller the estate the greater the need for relief from the present heavy burden. A further revision is clearly called for SO as to make the levy less harsh to smaller estates. Jn any case no adequate reason has yet been given for the great disparity
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  • 1011 6  -  His Beat Is A Battlefield By IRIS CARPENTER THE BRITISH 'BOBBY HAS LONG BEEN BRITAIN'S PRIDE. BUT SINCE THE WAR BEGAN, THE [OLICE1\IAN. REPLACING HIS TALL HELMET WITH A STEEL ONE, HAS ADDED NEU GLORY TO HIS RECORD T*HE Biitish Police Force began preparing for possible
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  • 513 6 pOOD is so scarce in Belgium thai "children are fainting in the schools," according to Dr. Paul Van Zeeland, former Belgian Premier "The need is not just for this or that, type pi food, but for everything." he said in an interview
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  • 206 6 -STINGING nettles, bane of British farmers, are to be converted from a national liability into a source of war fund;!. During the coming summer, about 100 tons of the common stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) will be required for the production of
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  • 549 6 R. B. ()<"• THE other clay I short story v.inch c. the dream of every < in; hero, an underpaid could see the flaws at the ment but could not about, them, found 1 i dollar note. This sudden ;ic-«|iii j! changed him Iron nervous fellow into
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  • 606 7 Troops Dressed In N.Z. Battledress Reuter. LONDON, MAY 211 T HE FIRST OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE GERMANS HAVE RECENTLY CONCEN IRATED AIRCRAFT IN SOUTHERN GREECE AND HAVE NOW LAUNCHED A FORMIDABLE ATTACK CRETE WAS MADE BY MR WJNSTOV 11l K( HILL. THE PRIME
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  • 137 7 Reuter. llaifa, May 20. THE British Consul-General in i 1 Beirut. Mr. (1. T. Ilavard, has been recalled and will leave Beirut as soon as possible, it is learned from the Palestine-Sy-rian frontier. Commenting on a statement in which the French Consul, M. Lanoial, deprecated
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  • 337 7 Reuter. I n, May 20. f PALL I Imq. was British it is learnt occupied '.:ied air After on the wa.s ol pamI from ait. i forces en- at 2 p m and were suffered by the RAF. is on the Euphra- east of Habbaniroad
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  • 191 7 Reuter. Cairo, May 20. 50 German plant's so far have crossed Syria, according to a usually reliable source in Cairo. According- to other reports* there is a possibility of an internal uprising- in Iraq against Rashid Ali. f '"The French in Syria .&gt;eem
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  • 113 7 Reuter. San Francisco. May 20. DECAUSE Princess (Stephanie Ho- henlohe has co-operated with 'he United States Government and furnished interesting information and because it wa.s difficult t&lt;&gt; obtain a passport for her. she may be released from detention, according to the chief of the United ates
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  • 49 7 New York. May 17: The wage increase will cost General Motors about 550.000.n00 annually. The Southern coal negotiations have resulted in a deadlock. The railway unions are expected to formulate their wage demands to day. The railways' gross April revenues were 15 per cent, above that Of last year.
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  • 42 7 Eastern News. Rsinking, May 20. THE Manchoukuo Government yesterday received an official telegram from the Bulgarian Government to the effect that the Bulgarian Government on May 10 formally recognised Manchoukuo according to an announcement by the Government -Eastern News.
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  • 23 7 London. May 17:— The May Diamond sights just concluded disclosed a rather less strong demand. Sales are estimated at around J250.000. including gems
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  • 339 7 C Washin&ton, May 20. ONGRESS is more than likely to receive a document of some gravity on the "state of the nation" from the President's hand this week. It may even be sensational. Washington, swamped with rumours and the wildest reports,
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  • 66 7 Washington, May 20. 'THE Washington Star reports that j evidence is accumulating regard- ing startling political and diplomatic changes which will shortly occur in the Far Eatt. These will bring nbout a dra alteration in Sino-Soviet-Japanr s&lt; relations in China, the paper say.
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  • 227 7 Reuter. London, Mar. 20. jyjß. Winston Churchill refuse to be drawn vet on the subject of Rudolf* Hess when questioners bombarded him in the House of Common Major Yyvyan Adams askcri whether it had been established whether Hess's visit was planned with the German Government's connivance.
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  • 96 7 Reuter. Chungking, May 20. THE committee of the Chinese Currency Stabilisation Fund, which comprises three Chinese members, one Br icon and one American, will shortly establish its headquarters at Chungking, according to the China Times which is generally rcuardcd a-; beinu clos to Chinese financial circles. The
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  • 53 7 Reuter. Chungking, May 20. appointment of Mr. Hsu-kan, the Vice-Minister of Finance, as the Minister for Fond, will be announced at a meeting of the Executive Yuan to-day. it is learned in authoritative quarters. Mr. Tsou-lin. the Finance Commissioner in Kwangtung. will bpppointed Vice-Minister
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  • 673 9 Reuter. I STORIES of the Bjrhtinff arr.ll, i Ix) ,don M»y 20. are described ta a sLfaX dlS m &gt; Cap T° a (l Hardia Reuters correspondentatHtaU~S.- h m o f,? tri&lt; Croese, he says that tanks a," in been
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    • 214 9 UNFORGETTABLE' ERICH MARIA REMARQUE who wrote "AU Quiet oT The Western I ron." cren.es this K rcat ff .„wi„ B draMa of nted hearts K ay and jfallant laughter, niumphanl love. Proa the novel "FLOTSAM" PHONE CATHAY JfZ K UNITED &lt;1 ARTISTS" 4 FREDRIC MARCtt MARGARET JULLAVAN FRANCf J DC€
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    • 502 9 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Situations Vacant UNEMPLOYED consult Employment Service Agency. 243. Middle Road. Singare iNo. C73H) WANTED A junior Lady Clerk-TypL,t for P«»«eutan to Box no. 729. Malaya Tribune, Singapore. (No. 669H) WANTED SALESGIRLS, any nationally M o i Ut door canvils *ing In Singapore A n n.^, ace! good salar
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    • 261 9 Amazing Cure of Piies and Fistula. Performed .v&gt; on local sufferers,. «T Rea d below: mt Wha t the peon 1 p,e have to say or themselves"? &lt;: |flll& To those who are suffering fit cr- i film'XyTJwM Uf y that I ha?e w \xr&gt;jj?jjSF been suffering 31 a* l|
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    • 105 9 9~r15% SEASON Afl AGAIN ASg I/ EXTENDED, j TO-DAY PAVILION I TRULY I A PYRAMIDIC ENTERTAINMENT. Columbia's "THIS THING CALLED LOVE" Bm. IIIISSE LL-Mel. 4.1 \S HAVE YOU SEEN IT YET? 4 A THRILLING JOURNEY! LONDON.... ISTANBUL.. BUDAPEST.. Ji^-— with THOSE INIMITABLE SILLY ENGLISHMEN SS.lSil. KADFOKI) «V NAIXTOX WAYNE and
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    • 3113 10 ilHSHIIiP-HPSaaiSkal Situations Vacant PAPER DELIVERING Tamil boys needVri. Apply personally 45. Malay Street, Kuala, Lumpur. (No. 636H) WANTED male and female teachers with Senior Cambridge Certittcate w:th Oral to teach Primary Clashes. Apply Box No. 722 co Malaya Tribune, Ipoh. (No. 6COH; WANTED TEACHERS for an English School. Apply stating
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    • 449 10 NOTICE As of this date, Mr. Alexander Mclver W no longer connected with KKO Radio Pictures (Malaya) Inc. By Its Attorney. SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST TENDERS are invited for the reconstruction of five houses and ihe erection of back lane enclosing walls In the Madras Street area. Plans, Specification and Form
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    • 93 10 FRIENDLESS AMONG FRIENDS! A f G/W/VD PLACEJHIS. \wßm\*\ FULL Of CHARMING r iW%\ STANDOFFISH f^SS^U RIGHT 1 f jitfr WW 1 B WHENyou jg ft CANT do! EVERY *M WJ GET 70 KNOW I I; O/fltS fiOOKEO w! X MAN when I m m ROUND mijjm(LOOK HERE.OLD MAnA f I'LL
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    • 846 10 I TO-DAY'S H AIM &lt;&gt; SINGAPORE LONDON ZHL 225 m. 1333 kcs. EASTERN lt&lt;\k I ZHP2 30 96 m. 969 mcs. Gsv 1n N vmi SSIOS ZHP l. 30.96 m. 9.69 mcs. GSF —is ii M ZHP.2. 48 58 m. 6175 mcs. 6 15 s "HI ZHP.3. 4138 m. 7.25
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  • 840 11 Singapore, May 20. Buytis. Sellers HONING. 3i- 3 6 15s) 7 3 7 [G &lt; Jt) 33 6 34 6 17.- 181- 0 70 0 75 £1 12 6 14--1 $1) 1.34 1.41 9 6 &gt; 17 6 181&gt; t) 12!- 13--0 U'a 0 16 1
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  • 23 11 5 ednesday. id ;in and rubber 1 i»re »J nnoa to- S i IN i &lt; p St I It? )"s 40.
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  • 64 11 Boston, May 17: United States woo] is firm. Demand continues fair for foreigns and scoured doms but mills cannot pay the i demanded premiums for domestic winnings, except for war orders. The announcement that the Gov- irnment's probable requirements in the next lineal year will be 250 million
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  • 185 11 (From Our Financial Correspondent Singapore. Wednesd.i f. T/ HE tin share market continued firm yesterday with an Improvement In frVSnl shares. Batu Selangor rose iuruig the day from 1 35 to 1 40 and Hong Patts were better at 1 34. Other business Incjudm Je,ebt,s
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  • 186 11 M (At the Cathay) E ■*aru Remarque's powerful novel Klo,stim ceases to tne screen in one 01 the best pictures ol tne year "So Ends our Night." which opened at the Cathay yesterday. It is the story of Germain's arm* of Jewish refugees, hunted from'
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  • 163 11 (At the Capital) gPI-.NTER TRACY, twice winner of the Academy award, is in |ins for the third one witti his brdiiant acting In "Edison the Man." Here he portrays the life ol one who within our lifetime hat given to clvlUsatloa Innumerable benefits- the talkin;: machine, the
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  • 27 11 Now York. May 19:—Fallowing the tentative agreement between owners and work &gt;rs to-day's anthracite ec al strike, it is hoped, vuli last only one day.
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  • 89 11 THE following is a list of estate outputs the month of April 1M1: Output for Total to date of Output for Name April, current financial April. 1941. year for— 1940! Brunei 2ii.fi2i lbs. 10 rnths. 316.10;] lbs ***** lbs Bukit Timah 5.071 4 22 350 7 070 Changkat
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  • 264 11  -  OUR SPECIAL FINANCIAL SERVICE Bu REVTER Cable London, May 20. jl\ opened quiet. The turnover was 100 tons. The market was depressed, anticipating continued curtailment of exports to the I nited States. After official hours a further 5 tons were traded at unchanged prices.
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  • 62 11 Reuter. London, May 21. TOHE International Rubber Regulation Committee has fixed Ihe quota for the third quarter at 100 percent. There is no change.—Reuter. Under the scheme of regulation. M is open to the Committee to revise their decision from time to Mine if for any
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  • 100 11 (Tribune Staff Reporter) The Int ;rnationai Rubber RegulI ation Committee's decision was received by the local market with Ino surprise whatever. Sei n by a Tribune reporter, a well-known share broker said that the decision had been anticipated by the local market and "there is unlikely to be
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  • 34 11 New York. May 19:—There was more hedging. It is believed that the market needs a corrective reaction after a sustained climb. The weather has unproved, apart frcm cool nights in tne East.
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    • 20 11 CHINA BUILDING, Overseas U Tdegrem*: CENTENARY Hesurance OMEN'S corporation, nsationU ltdi U ONAL ACCIDENT AGENTS TTTROTTOTTOTTT MALAYA RATES LIBERAL SETTLEMENTS
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    • 802 11 RHEUMATISM BACKACHE now known Io be caused by r&lt;jr BAD KIDNEY ACTION Few medical discoveries clean raw. sore, sick kidneys and bladder and tc \ot recent years can have PF j remove acids and poisons from your svsterr a more far-reaching effect JfcX safel y. I" 1 1 nd B
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    • 276 11 SUNSHINE ton ijvi is oil TABL E T S Superior »rade. Each tablet is equivalent in Vitamin potency to one teaspooninl of Cod Liver oil U.S.P. Contains Vitamin A which is growth promuting and increases resistance t«.i respiratory infections and Vitamin I) which is rickets preventing and a valuable aid
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    • 257 11 STEAMER SAILINGS BRITISH INDIA S. N. CO. SERVICES Bangkok. Penang, 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 Freight.
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    • 364 11 SSE3S3SB BBBBBBBBBBSBI B^ 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 bein&lt;» maintained by the P. o. s. N. Co norn the Straits to their usual ports of call in China, India. Ceylon
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  • 25 12 Dr and Mrs. Wee Ho Sclji, pictured after their wedding at the Registry, bingapoTt The bride was formerly Dr. Wee Phek Nec
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  • 38 12 Reuter. Wa.-hington. May 20. THE House of Representatives to-day and sent to the Senate a bill giving the Maritime Commission &lt;; rsuasive authority to control shipping rates, cargoes and voyages in the interests ol national defence Reuter
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  • 39 12 Reuter. Nassau. May 20. THE dicta! rot the Dominican Republic. Mr R tfael Trujillo, arrived' at Nassau from New York touay. He is to meet the Governor, the Duk« of Windsor and the Duchess at Government House.—
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  • 1235 12 Confidence In Our Defence Strength (Tribune Stafl Reporter) Singapore, To-day. «T 1 ACH recruit Malaya can get for the Jl regular British army here is one less to be sent out from home, considering the dangers existing at the present moment,
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  • 486 12 Lt. Gen. Bond's Order Of The Day To Troops Volunteers gJMULTANEOUSLI with the issue of the special Order of the Day to the Australian Forces, similar farewell messages Io the British, Indian and Malax Unite, md the S.S. Volunteer Forces were also made by Lt.-Gen. L. V. Bond, C.R, the
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  • 65 12 Singapore note Club. This is prima) efforts of a nkmbei residents in Singa p members of the At New Zealand \&lt; R.A.A.F to hat c a go to fo r rest, r&lt; tne rubers of the c;: and obtaining lighi Picture shows son sent at the
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  • 105 12 Reuter. Washington, May 20. DECLARING that a shortage of facilities for the transportai tion of cil -makes the restriction ;of oil consumption to essential uses a distinct possibility within a few months.'* President Roosevelt i has sent a letter to the speaker, Mr. Rayburn. urging Congres.s
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  • 34 12 'THE rollowing la the for the Bt&gap I to-day: S.H.A —Wcap d h quarters. S R E. I v I —Bomb lis] Headquarters. 2nd Bn S S V F training, at Headquarter-
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  • 22 12 Mr P. P. untitled (LOCMI), Will dohYe: "Zoroastn ani«m" at Mission. 9 Rorria B Saturday at 7 00 p m If] preside.
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    • 51 12 j Smoke as much as you like/ *J M keep tofotiffl 'm \e»! (a'a\(ii \V are alua^s In patent *TRU-VAC' tins of 50 and two mam v ,u lo 1,,e throat, •Cellophane' wrapped PACKETS of 10 :»«&gt;«l Hir nulmah ork-tip is ail LONDON MADE BY CARRCRAS LTD. '«&gt; '»&gt; lips.
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    • 73 12 Women who take pride iiv their, snow clothes always use Sunlight\They*knovv from experience that' they' are' suit with Sunlight, because. it|istabsolutely pure. The whiteness it gives clothes is natural whiteness. Sunlight's rich abundant lather removes all dirt and grease thoroughly and completely without the need for^harmfulJrubbin:&gt;; that's why clothes last
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