Malaya Tribune, 24 May 1941

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    Masthead
    22 1 The Malaya Tribune Net Sales Exceed 16,000 Daily SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1941 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune Sa'nrday, May 24, 1941.
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    NAZIS' SEABORNE INVASION PROVED EASY MEAT FOR ROYAL NAVY
    590 1 tilers Full Of Thousands )f Germans Clinging To Wreckage Shouting For Help" "THINGS IN CRETE HAVE GONE WELL-OFFICIAL Reuter. di son, Renter's Special Correspondent with the British Mediterranean Fleet). London, May 24. sank them with four-inch guns and pom poms. Cruisers
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    Col. Knox Urges U.S. To Fight
    101 1 Reuter. Washington, .May 23. j 1 Vmertcans are to Keep self-respect, they lure Iht principle they fought twice, Lm principle of freem <-l Ihe seas." declared lank Knox, Secretary of Navy, in an address in Washington, in the presence of Lord Halifax, the British
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    STOP PRESS
    144 1 JAPANESE THREAT TO EAST INDIES Reuter. Tokyo, May 24. UK Japanese Government is mged to cut off conversations i th»* Netherlands East In- hv t h o Kokumin Sbintbun, ;1 '< Japanese Army organ, in outspoken editorial this »rning as "it is now clear that solution is impossible
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    FOOD FOR THE FISHES
    184 1 XHE Germans have he- S come food for the fishes, and Mr. Churchill's prophecy of some months asp has come true! r In the House of Commons. 1 tie British Piime Minister. speaking of t>'e likelihood aft a (iti man invasion of Bri- tain, said: j
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    Fierce Fighting Still Proceeding
    490 1 Reuter. Cairo, May 24. from Maleme, things have gone well on the whole," said a military spokesman, reviewing the latest position in Crete. The spokesman revealed that Australians are fighting in Crete, and they had paid a tribute to the Greeks and Cretans, saying how proud
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    Great Work Of Royal Navy
    235 1 Reuter. ißy Reuters Naval Correspondent! It is certain that never before has there been such a grim struggle between naval forces and Mr forces and still it'remains true that until last night, the British shins and their crews who undergo such a tremendous ordeal have
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    Greeks Will Continue Fight Until Victory
    81 1 Reuter. Cairo. May 24 THE Greek Minister of the Interior has issued the following message! "To free Greeks, the fight which we have started against the Ger mans two days ago on our hemic island is proceeding satisfactorily. Cur brave allies, the British, closely
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    BRITISH SINK TROOPSHIP, DESTROYER
    125 1 Reuter. London, May 23. BKIIISII submarines have sunk a troopship and a tanker and probably also a destroyer on the line of the enemy s (omnium rations to Libya. An Admiralty communique, announcing these achievements says "Further successes have been reported by our submarines operating against
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    How Amba Alagi Fell To British
    263 1 Reuter iUij Renter s Special Cot respondent) Amba Alagi, May 24. THE British Oificer Commanding th* forces which attacked Amba Alagi, iii a special Older of the Day. outlines the fortnight's operations which were a 1 triumpn Of manoeuvre and individual gallantry in the
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    40 1 Reuter New York, May 23. EX-KING Carol of Rumania and Madame I upe:-:cu have booked passages aboard the new United States liner America, (27,000 toils* having Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands, on May 28 due in Havana on June 1 Reuter.
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    Deposed Regent Returns To Iraq
    349 1 Reuter London, May 24. REUTER learns authoritatively in London that the Regent of Iraq, Emir Abdul Illah, has returned to Iraq and is now considering the formation of a new government. The Regent's whereabouts are being kept a close secret, and the announcement of his
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    Heroism of Australian Doctors in Greece
    81 1 Reuter Melbourne, May 24. AUSTRALIAN casualties In ureece totalled 3,a«:i men, retorted Gem Btr Thorna- Blarney, deputy comma nde r- in Chief, Middle East, yesterday. Ci this figure, he said, 3,560 killed, missing, prisoners and wounded were left behind hi (■recce after L!ie evacuatwej
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    12-Hour Curfew In Bombay Set Up
    75 1 Reuter Bombay, May 24. RIOTING between Ifae'ema and Hindus wa.s resumed in Bouibay yesterday when the polite were again compelled to lire on the mob. Rioting broke out on Thursday night and 'he police opened lire at one point Up to yesterday morning, nine
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    CRETE A-A'S DOWN 16 NAZI TROOP PLANES
    251 1 Reuter Cairo, May 2J. SINCE the invasion of Crete began, the Germans have lost 1G junkers 52 types oi troop earners, victims oi anti-aircraft tire, announces a communique Of the K.A.F Middle Fast, issued la*, night. The communique details one Junkers f>2 as
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    28 1 Reuter. London, May 24. LT.-GEN. T. J HUTTON has been appointed Chief of Genera' Staff, India. Lt.-Gen. Hut ton be;me deputy Chief of General ah, India, la.st year.—Reuter.
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    Legal Phraseology Will Hold No Terrors In Future!
    355 2 rxr Tribun e Staff Reporter) JN view of the fact that when new defence regulations mJfcEiS** mn c f raits Settlements GovernSS&SSS?* the pU b 1C °J tej l fai] t0 appreciate their n?n w a Ug St o°" has been made
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    PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT IN JAVA ROAD ON FIRE
    53 2 Singapore. Friday. T ITTLE damage wag coused when a a nd advertising establ shment in Java Road caught Are. Two engines ol th e Fir? Brigade w<sre culled out and the Brigade fough: ih* Ore for 35 minutes. It v believed that th*
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    14 2 untitl ed Holsington, Klang, has b-er admitted into th? General Hospital, Singapore, for treatment.
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    Mails Destroyed By Enemy
    76 2 IT has now been established, states a Department of Information communique, that all surface mail addressed to the United Kingdom and posted in Kedah. Kelantan Penang and Province Weliesley. between the approximate date* of Aug. 24 and Aug. 23. 1940. have been lost through enemy action.
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    PRISON TERM FOR CHINESE
    110 2 Singapore. Friday. ARRESTING Yip Lup on informan tion received, the police found saveral articles which they suspected were stolen property. One of the articles was a'thermos flask which had been stolen when a bouse in Chin Chew Street wa burglei, and when charged with ?akiß« by
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    RAFFLES CURATOR RETURNS BY AIR
    101 2 AMONG the Malayans who re«V turned by air yesterday, after a rolicay in Australia, were Mr. T. R. Jones. Mr. and Mrs. M.W. rweedie, Mr. and Mrs. T. Emmett and the Misses J. and P Emmett, Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Wallace and Mrs. E.
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    CROC SEIZES WOMAN IN BOAT
    146 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) Teluk Anson, Friday. YOUNG Malay widow, while fishing with her child in a sampan in the Sungei Rubana was knocked off the boat by a crocodile on Tuesday morning and later the same day her body was found. When the woman
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    CORONER'S FINDING OF MURDER
    170 2 Singapore, Friday. FINDING of culpable, homicide amounting to murder against Ang Quee, Tua Bak, and another unknown Chinese, who were seen coming out of the compound of Koh Kirn Chuan's hut in Kampong Fang Teng, at 5V 2 mile-stone Thomson Road on April 11, shortly before
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    Could Not Explain How He Got Clock
    90 2 Singapore, Friday. nECAUSE he was unable to give a satisfactory explanation as to how he got possession of a wall clock. Ong Ah Ming (18), a Cantonese, was arrested. *v° n *?ad been trying to pledge the cloc.: in a pawn shop in
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    Witness Collapses In Court
    68 2 Singapore, Friday. THERE Wis a mild stir in the fifth court this afterneon, when, during the hearing of a case in which two Ch:nese were charged with selling milk above the scheduled price, a temporary revenue officer, Ramasamv by name, collapsed and lost consciousness while giving
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    Accused Bound Over On Profiteering Charge
    337 2 Singapon v\ ui CANNOT hold that the accused really intend, in this case. If there was any offence, ii one," commented Mr. L. C. Goh in the fifth coi he cautioned and bound over K. M. V R P c Chettiar for six months
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    Jewellery Thief
    70 2 Batt m Singapore. Friday. AIL In the sum of $500 was offe-. Ed to a Chinese. Lee Choo How by Mr. Conrad Oldham, the second magistrate, this morning when he pleaded guilty to a charee of theft cf jewellery valued at $361 89 from a house In Lorong
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    Ex-Broker Asks For Discharge
    364 2 Singapore, Friday. ADJUDICATED a bankrupt in March, 1939, with liabilities amounting to $91,583.60, Mr. I. A. Elias, formerly a broker, applied for his discharge in the High Court to-day before Sir Percy McElwaine. Appearing lor the Official Assignee, Mr. T. L. Tan told the court that
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    HONG KONG CONSECRATION FOR SINGAPORE BISHOP
    259 2 A cAmw J* on S Kong, May H. 1 A as been reived by f 1 Blahcp Hall, of Hong Rons from the Archbishop of Canter? bury, authorising the consecution 1 in Hon- Kong b th Bisho 5 J l Very P ßev° *U»n
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    $1,000 GIFT FOR I.S.P. FUND
    31 2 JHE I.s.P. Fighter Fund collecFmiH nCW is $27.406. The fc7ncl*J d<i recclvcd a ehe Q«e ST'ifSS frcm on of its members Who prefers to remain anonymous"
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      23 2 'Cent-A-Ptane Fun it .Tot:i] number of enemy pianos destroyed during 1 yesterday on all fronts i up to midnight London i time. TWENTY-TWO
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    Chinese Support For volunteering: Seek Another Company
    185 3 Protest At G.O.C/s itĕmehts 1 iti KcfMHri! r) < 1 British is K*tl al !he moment ion I data Io re--1 nl made by the 1 C< mm ending, V. Bond, lack of* tnthusi--Ilocal Chinese volunteering. the retiring he leaves to take »ntmenl
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    Will Help In Charity Effort
    18 3 WO MORE p rt .„v ,him..e riffa ui u K SI ?KL"£.£^ hw0n
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    F. M. S. TO ENFORCE TRADE UNION LAWS
    1043 3 (From Our Own Reporter) Government is anxious tlv, t^!f a 111 Friday. unreasoning and un easona X? .V* Sh Uld be no ore pared to do eveiytotag ta^£« and that is P»be evenly administered be ween 10 shall statements contained in an
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    Strike Recrudescence: Tension In Carey Island
    82 3 (rrom Our Own Correspondent) Some tension is renorfpJ ft,; -r* ment.s were sent there [h? P ,Cc "*>*>«*- .'measure. as a Precautionary Banmsamy Rengasamy, Perumal, Kuppusamv, and Vem- "Z° atm 0f Panjong Estate. Jeran, were char™) esterday mormng ,n the Court of the Magistrate,
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    Colony To Raise Another Big War Loan
    192 3 PLICATION' to authorise a fnr ,urtn *r loan of .510,000,000 lor the purpose of making a mini r ?u ,mperial (i "vernw? ul l ke of the war uilJ he made hv H.E. the governor at the next meeting of the Legislative Council.
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    TO SUPPRESS INDECENT ADVERTISING
    65 3 T n it ,,Jduml al the rent 5 Ll- blll f SU PP re tade- t0 the treatment ox venerea] diseases scope will include the postDktnrHl 11 i, a PUbli Pa Ce °f any Ps ISdtenT PnmCd matter whl(>h It is felt that restriction udoh advertising
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    BLACK-OUT ON MINES
    110 3 (From Our Own Reporter) THE Rrei Ipoh Fl 'iday. H« oral black-out and brownout practices on several mine Wednesday between 6 pm and midnight. p (From Our Own Reporter) MMAvn i- Penang, Friday. ipENANQ will have a black-jut practice next month, but the practice will be different
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    JOHORE HOSPITAL WARD OPENING CANCELLED
    81 3 tTrirv Singapore. M I:<v j nt. evening ceremony of the $2,000 tm ikw ward. Johore Bahru Hospital Which was to have been h.ld on May 29 when mghnens the BulUn ot Johore wa.s expected to have declared the ward j L,p«n. Jiac been cancelled. The
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    KEDAH (1940 FINALISTS) LOSE TO PENANG
    221 4 Malaya Cup Season Starts (From Our Own Reporter) X Penang, Friday. DLAYING in tip-top form, Penang Kedah by four omis tn one in the first of the series of Malaya Cup soccer over 8,000 including the Regent of Kedah on the Victoria Green to-day.
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    To-day's Malaya Cup Match
    334 4 AUSTRALIA will be represented tor me first time ever in a Malaya cup match when Negri take the field I .his evening against the I Army at Anson Koad stadium. I Thre e Diggers are in Negri's team, which, if it jis not the strongest that
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    S.C.C. CRICKET
    60 4 THE following have accepted to play for S.C.C. against the R.N. (Malaya) to-morrow at 11 am. at Naval Base: j. T. Rea icapt D. Brennan, P. Bartram, Lt. R. J. F. Kalberer. A. C. Simmons. W. R. King. L. G. Robertson. J H. Wheeler. Capt. E. A. de
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    SPORTS DIARY
    138 4 TO-DAY SOCCER: Malaya Cup. Army vs. Negri Semoilan, Anson Road stadium: S A F A league, first division. Loyals vs. R X Gill man; second division (a), R.E. <P B. > vs Moravia. Pulau Brani; R.A.O.C I vs.. R.A.S.C, Gillman Barracks second division (b). Kranji v» Naval Base
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    Poor Defence Costs Naafi Game Against Guthrie's
    196 4 A SCATTERED defence cost Naafi several goals in their Business Houses' League match again.. t Guthrie's played on the Clerical Union ground yesterday, which resulted in a four goals to two victory for Guthrie's. Guthrie's forwards combined well and Sultan proved a good
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    Bramtoco Beaten
    228 4 WHEN the referee failed to appear for the Business Houses' League match between the Chartered Bank and Bramtoco at Farrer Park yesterday, the captains of both sides called in a substitute referee and played their game, which resulted in a 3-1 victory for the Chartered Bank. The game
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    To-Morrow's Baseball
    393 4  -  (By Birtulfo J'WO baseball league games that should provide plenty of action and excitement are booked for to-morrow afternoon when the Chinese Athletes of the CCA.A. tangle with the Japanese Tossers at St. George's ground in the major loop at 3.30 p.m., and a determined nine from the
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    Handicaps For First Day Of Ipoh Races
    339 4 FOLLOWING, are the handicaps for the first day of the Ipoh races to be run on May 31. Horses: Class I, Div. I—6 fuis. Bay Dragon 9 8 National 8 13 Kaolin 8.12 Faststep 8 7 Lord Bur-. 8.9 Bridgelaw 8.3 Jack Druce
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    64 4 SINGAPORE Cricket Cub's cricket team for to-day's match against the Indian Association at 2 p.m., at Balestier Road will be: H. L. Ward (capt.». T. V. H. Anderson. X H. Cantrell. Maior B. H. Castor 2Lt. P. B. Leckie, Lt. C. B. Long. C. Milton, Lt D. V. C. Walker.
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    Y.M.C.A. SWIM CARNIVAL TO-DAY
    171 4 THE sixteenth annual V.M.C.A. 1 members swimming carnival will be held at the V.M.C.A Pool, Fort Canning, to-morrow, starting at 415p m. Admission wi'l oe by programme obtainable at the V.M.C.A. office until 3 p.m. to-morrow and thereafter at the entrance to the swimming pool. The
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    EMPIRE SOLIDARITY UNQUESTIONED FACT
    603 5 ital Issues At Stake Singapore, Friday. war has proved, as nothing else has, that the British .mmonwcalth cf Nations is very real, and that it is n! I only in common allegiance to thu Crown, but united paihy and sentiment," said Mr. T. W. Ong this
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    DRIVER FINED FOR CAUSING HURT
    79 5 Singapore, Friday. L. G. REEVES pleaded guilty to three offences of causing hurt and was fined a total of $150, or In default thrc? months' simple imprisonment, by Mr. C. H. Whitton In the Traffic District Court today. It was alleged that the accused drove
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    19 5 Mr. L. A. Goodall has been appointed to be a Junior Assistant Immigration Officer for the Settlement of Singapore
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    Bankrupt Guilty Of False Statement
    223 5 Singapore, Friday. gIM KIM CHUAN, a mercantile clerk who was adjudicated a bankrupt in 1933, was fined $300, or in default three months' imprisonment, by Sir Percy McElwaine, Chief Justice, in the High Court to-day for making false statements to thd Official Assignee. Appearing for
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    Unquenchable Spirit Of British Empire
    644 5 r J*HE following is the Empire Day Message from Viscount Bledisloe, P.C., G.C.M.G., K.8.E., President of the Empire Day Movement: g'e will have been in vain, unless are determined that when viccomes \v e will to the best of our power strive to remedy those
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    Empire's Influence On Destiny Of The Human Race
    413 5 Singapore, Friday. "VV X all kn<nv that VVC! ale a palt ot the Britisn Empire, but perhaps not all of us know what a vital part of the Empire we are," said Mr. Yap Pheng Geek in his Empire Day address to
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    Alleged Theft Of 37 Cents
    51 5 Singapore. Friday. SAID to have stolen 37 cents from Kiang Tong 800, at Owen Road, yesterday, Lim Thiam Poh <26»: a Hokki?n, claimed trial when he appeared in the third police court before Mr. W. D. Carew. The case was postponed for mention on May
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    YOUNG CHINESE ON FORGERY CHARGE
    80 5 Singapore, Friday. A CHARGE cf handing over to a compatriot 13 forged $5 notes as genuine was explained to Tan Kirn Ann, <26) a Teochew, when he appeared before Mr. W. D. Carew, the third magistrate, to-day. He was said to have given the forged
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    Case Fails For Lack Of Identification
    107 5 Singapore, Friday.. WITHOUT being called on to make j their defence, two Chinese, i Teo Kai Hock and Loo Kar Siew, I were acquitted by Mr. Conrad j Oldham, the second magistrate, today on charges of cheating three compatriots of $13 by falsely representing
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    WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES
    36 5 CALES of War Savings Certificates if in Malaya are rapidly approaching the ?5 2 million mark. The total on May 22 was $5.477,109—an increase jjf $137,598 ln the two weeks from May 8.
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    Opinion
    206 6 Economic Abnormality JHK per capita consumption of imported poods is higher ill Mllaya than perhaps in any other part of the Colonial Empire. As capital and industrial enterprise have mainly been devoted to the development of tin and rubber almost to the exclusion of such vital, though minor, industries
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    Utilising Waste
    157 6 JHh war has taught us many lessons, not the least of which is the need to produce as much as possible of our food and other supplies. it has been the subject of anxious consideration both by the authorities and by the people. Allied to this problem is
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    Need For Thrift
    206 6 JI must be apparent to the most casual observer that there is considerable scope for thrift in public and private expenditure In a memorandum on war-time expenditure and economy submitted to the S.S (S.) A., Mr. T. H. SiJcock, Professor of Economics at Raffles College, says that
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    THE MATURE, STURDY WARRIOR CHAKMAK
    1106 6  -  I HEADING TURKISH ARMY IS j I J t-luiknkak. *ij«isliai Of Turkey. Ha* .>ljin> Hilary Feats To ISi« t'vvtlitz Kefformetl fSi* A U tgj r f o 1 Aggressor*: BY EUGENE LENNOFF JWRKEY, like her Greek neighbour, is (he fortunate Possessor of exceptionally able military
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    KING GROWS MORE FLAX
    402 6 King has ordered a further supply of the best Canadian pedigree seed for several score of acres at Sandringham which he has decided to bring under the plough to STOW more flax for the new Norfolk industry begun by his lather a few years ago. To-day
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    Munition Ship's Dresses
    90 6 A SHIP carrying munitions from the United States is goiim '2 fr °m England laden with 2.000 models of autumn sports wear and woollen dress fashions York 't0 St re buyers in New The collection will b? taken across the Atlantic by six sales delegates led by
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    Christmas Cards Are Already Being Made
    218 6 r THK CHRISTMAS CARDS WHICH THE PEOPLES OF THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH WILL SEND TO ONE ANOTHER NEXT DECEMBER ARE ALREADY KEEPING HUNDREDS OF ARTISTS AND DESIGNERS BUSY IN BRITAIN AMIDST THE BOMBS. The first order for them arrived in England on December 29 It
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    THROUGH CHINESE EYES
    511 6 r lie is one 01 the habits among Asiatic the lower strata and Indian com muni them the world is but spittoon, created soleh convenience Cor. f spit here, they gpj they spit everywhere. In public convey... buses and trains, the? consideration for their sengers. in public
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    ROYAL NAVY DEALS ANOTHER DEVASTATING BLOW AT NAZIS
    835 7 great battle for CRETE RACING Reuter. FATE OF CRETE DEPENDS VERY LARGELY u\ THE RESULT OF THE GREAT BATTLE FOR !'I;I:MACY BETWEEN THE AIR AND NAVAL U< KS NOW BEING FOUGHT IN THE CONFINED W \iS BETWEEN CAPE MATAPAN AND SUDA FOR
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    untitled CO-WORKER ON VISIT TO JAPAN
    66 7 Eastern News. Yokohama, May 23. M -)\M Kamala Dcvi, ex-Presi--1 nl of Indian Women's 'ion and a co-worker of a Gandhi, arrived in Yokoon Wednesday morning. She wa.s greeted by more than Indian residents of the Yokoi and Tokyo area. Madam Dcvi spoke to
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    GERMANY'S LOW OIL STOCKS
    330 7 Reuter. London, May 23. THE authoritative view of Germany's oil position Reuters lobby correspondent learns, is that at present her stocks are not high and it is quite clear that her war of strategy has been dictated by nothing more strongly than the fact that she
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    VICHY ASSURANCE FOR UNITED STATES
    525 7 Reuter. Washington, May 23. |T is learned that the United States has received specific offi cial assurances from Vichy that French co-operation with Germany will not extend into the Western Hemisphere. No declaration has been received, however, providing adequate assurances that France will confine future
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    "FRENCH FLEET NOT FOR GERMANS" SAYS DARLAN
    439 7 "THE GERMAN CHANCELLOR HAS NOT ASKED ME TO DELIVER OUR FLEET EVFRY ONE KNOWS, AND THE BRITISH BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE THAT I WILL HAND IT TO NOBODY. SO DECLARED ADMIRAL DARLAN, BROADCASTING TO T H F FRENCH PEOPLE THROUGH ALL FRENCH RADIO
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    Will Japan Be Hitler's Pawn?
    909 7 (By Lord Strabolgi) JT has for long been obvious that the German and Italian Governments would use all possible means to induce Japan to intervene on their side. Berlin and Rome would rely on serious trouble in the Pacific to draw British naval strength from
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      292 9 Public Notices PETROL CONTROL ORDER 1941. The public is informed that Petrol Coupons for June 'will be available from the 26th of May. onwards. WILLIAM ROSE. Petrol Rationing Officer, Singapore. j SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY TENDERS. TENDERS are now invited for I the following materials or service. For particulars sec Municipal Tender
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    "SEE YOURSELF" SCORES AGAIN
    58 11 -mt tee scored again last 10 their repeat performance See Yourself" at the j «riei' v s well executed and the use convulsed with Inning to end. Harold Bracegirdle. J aid Terry Morris were stately Homes of Eng- i tei ID Torquay" and 1 were two
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    Welcome Turn In New York Market
    248 11 T EWls Peat (Singapore) Ltd. in th°ir weekly rubber report dated' May i>2, I After three or four weeks of unusually < high prices in New York, the market ha* lat last taken a turn downwards and this movement Is welcomed as being a
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    Peters To Serve Imprisonment
    91 11 Reuter. Tokyo. May 23. THE Japanese Supreme Court has 1 confirmed the sentence of five years' penal servitude passed on Vincent Peters, described as a British naval lieutenant, accused of violating the Military Secrets Act. Peters was arrested at Kobe 16 months ago and was charged
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    COTTON SPECULATORS
    53 11 New York, May 22:—Cotton speculators continue optimistic about the parity loan outcome. Senatcr Smith is preparing a cill to freeze all Government stocks of loan cotton. The market acts well, with little selling pressure, despite buyers abstaining on the textile confusion and better weather, and the awaiting on
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    Britain's New Economic Agreement
    154 11 Reuter. London, May 23. THE British Government and 1 General de Gaulle's Council of Defence have just concluded an economic agreement relating to French Equatorial Africa. Under the agreement, the British Government will purchase the total output of palm kernel, palm oil, ground nuts and oil
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    "INSPIRED" STORIES IN BANGKOK
    95 11 Reuter. Bangkok, May 23. A GOVERNMENT spokesman told n Reuter that there was no truth whatever in the report that the Government was contemplating the transfer of Thailand's gold reserves from the United States. Authoritative quarters strongly deprecate what they describe as "inspired"' reports appearing in
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    FREIGHT ORDERS
    34 11 London, May 22:—Many orders were received but there was little change of fixtures. New enquiries include Free Town chrome to New York at $15 and Huelva ore to New York at $4.75.
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    1064 11 Singapore, May 23. Buyus. Sellers MINING. 1 *mpat Tin (4s) 31- 3|6 Austral Amal. (ss) 7.1 1» 7,4»4 Austral Malay 33i6 34i6 Ayer Hitam (ss) 171- 181Ayer Weng ($1) 0.70 0.75 Bangnn Tin 1216 141Batu Selangor ($1) 1-35 1.39 Berjuntal (ss) fjr 9 6 Burma Malay
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    55 12 Reuter. Lo ndon, May 24. ROME radio rerorts that according to a Cairo message, King George <>' Greece has arrived by air in the Egyptian capital. Prince Paul and other members of the Greek royal family are reported to have been In aim for .some day.> a also the Greek
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    356 12 (Tribune Staff Reporter) fT is anticipated that the response to the second Straits Settlements War Loan for ten million dollars, which will be floated shortly, will be as encouraging- as the first. lt was announced last night that an ordinance to authorise the raising
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    Japanese Admit Chinese Success
    79 12 Reuter. Shanghai, May 24. THE Japanese Army .spokesman, Bukiyama, admitted the recapture by Chinese troops of Chuki, a strategic city in Chekiang about 125 miles to the south v. est of Shanghai, which was announced in Chungking yesterday. Ihe spokesman asserted however that the Chinee only
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    101 12 Reuter. Dublin, May 24. THE Eire Government Information Bureau issued th? following statement last night: "Mr. de Valera, th? Premier, accompanied by other members uf the Government, had a conference today with members of the chief opposition and labour parties to consider the position arising
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    CHINA REDS RESUME OPERATIONS AGAINST JAPANESE
    239 12 "Will Never Co-Operate With Wang Ching-Wei" Reuter. Chungking, May 24. DECLARING that the Communists will never co-operate with Wang Ching-wei, Mr. Chouw En-lai, the prominent Communist leader who represents the Communist Party in Chungking, stated that the Chinese Communist Army had already started operations
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    27 12 MAJGR-GEN. Keith Simmons will give an address over the Singapore Radio at C.35 p.m. on Monday in connection with St Andrew's Mission Hospital week.
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    Appeal Court Grants Divorce To Mr. Willis
    248 12 Singapore, Friday. pJOLDIXG that their last place of residence was Singapore and that there had been no severance in their marital relation, the Court of Appeal, consisting 0 f Mr. Justice A. K. a'Beckett Terrell and Mr. Justice Aitken, set aside the order
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    213 12 »*X i? 'J Strati .Re uter. *«N 1 Thus proa., a death of one oj tic and ma I ists in the R>;• Lord Au in .shearer sa.'esmaj to Australia al I 17, making ion, of back-of-be\- Returning to control produi le v Sheep Sheu!.
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