Malaya Tribune, 26 May 1941

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  • 53 1 The Malaya Tribune Front Page News Inside J Ausiiauan News Cable 2 Singapore's Food Prices 2 Chinese Education: A Protest 3 Malacca Chinese Ladies Make History 5 R A F. Over Crete 7 Net Sales Exceed 16,000 Daily SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MAY 26, 1941 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune M -day.
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  • 81 1 "We Can Hold Crete"— High British Officer Reuter. Cairo, May 2f>. ran hold Crete," said Major-Gen. He v wood, i.l the Britfeh Military Mission to Greece, on his ihh nto. ithdrawal from Greece, and the Crete righting►nc action, and I hope we have reached the last h< Id out in
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  • 77 1 I niton. May 26. [T.\Ll\.\ forces in \hvssinia, I MO, ha\ c surrendered to patriot troops led 9\ British officers. ml rs of Italians iscaped m m Addis Ababa Ipril were attacked by Sudan** troop* captained by Urihsh (Rk-crs and, after three •tuhiinjj, raptured. lud .-.To
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  • 65 1 Ankara, May 26. Ned thai Rashid i Turkish transit "i' and daughiat Ankara; also Nedji Shawkat. the London, May 26. 'in mr-<- Minister, idi, who went to Iraq "on took his family to Rashid Ah* 'mmunications and 100 has arrived in Iran age stated that, it
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  • 39 1 Reuter. cow. May 26 i er < tovernor-General oi Indo-China, If. Robin, through Mascow early tl route to Tokyo to [reement concerning '-China arrived yesteron his return, was scheduled to leave last nieht Reuter.
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  • 168 1 London, May 26. (jJRRMAN aerial reinforcements yesterday reached Her numbers, and severe fighting is in proj parts of the island. and Canea, where the battle for Crete continued their intensive dive-bombing the day the Imperial troops were in at with the invaders. The latest communique
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  • 86 1 Reuter. London, May 26. BRITISH naval operations in the north Atlantic are still proceedmg with the object of bringing the German forces to cose action. This was announced by the Admiralty yesterday evening. The communique states that alter Saturday's engagement. in which the British battle cruiser
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  • 16 1 London, May 26. The Admiralty announces that H.M. yacht, Viva II has been sunk. British Wireless.
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  • 75 1 Reuter. Wellington, May 26. NEW Zealanders numbering 2,200 are missing as a result of the Greek campaign, stated the acting Prime Minister Mr. Nash, according to a message received from the Premier, Mr. Peter Eraser, from Cairo. These men are not in Crete or in
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  • 48 1 Tokyo, May 26. ANTKTPATINCx closer economic co-opt ration between Japan and French Indo-China as a result of She recent economic agreements between the two countries, the Japanese Government is considering sending a commercial mission to the French colony soon, it is reliably learned.— Eastern News.
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  • 818 1 PARA TR OOPS LANDED ONL V A FEW HUNDRED YARDS AWAY Reuter. Cairo, May 26. THE first German parachutists landing in Crete landed within a few hundred yards of the Greek King's temporary residence. This residence, together with the Prime
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  • 233 1 Reuter. Cairo, May 26. rpHE R.A.F. mnl inued to deliver heavy attacks on German positions and aircraft in Crete on Saturday. Announcing: this, an R.A.F. communique adds that during the night of May 2u, heavy bombers attacked the aerorirc me at Maleme, destroying one large
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  • 142 1 Reuter. Cairo, May 26. ANE of the most ferocious dis- plays of indiscriminate bombing the war has yet produced, eoapursMe to be destruction of Rotterdam, way carried out on Saturday afternoon by German aircraft over Crete. Waves of aircraft rained down heavy bombs on the island's
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  • 263 1 Reuter. T Tokyo, May 26. HE German ship Columbus and other German mercantile craft have fallen victims to the British as a result of the United States North Atlantic patrol, according to Grand Admiral Raeder, Com-mander-in-Chief of the German Navy. Admiral Raeder made this statement
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  • 106 1 Reuter. Chungking May 26. THE Chinese claim successes m the Kwangtung and Chektang provinces. Chinese field despatches repoit tha*, Chinese tvoops recaptured Waiyang, in East Kwang tung province, on Wednesday morning and also Poklo the following day. In Chekiang province, aftei capturing Chuki. the Chinese force* to
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  • 33 1 Reuter. London, Mac.* 25. A FEW German airciaft, operating singly, flew over Britain yesterday. No reports of any bombs beinc dropped had been received up to 5.39 p.m.—Renter.
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  • 283 1 Reuter. Ankara, May 26. PASHID ALI has definitely failed and the days of his rehe! government are numbered. This was the impression in Ankara last night. Rashid Ali's wife and family reached Ankara yesterday as did the family of tho rebel Iraqi War Minister. Shewkat, who
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  • 62 1 Reuter. Bombay, May 26. AFIER a quiet night, communal tension was again intensified in Eombay yesterday afternocn, when two people were stabbed to death and three seriously injured in a thickly populated mixed locality. Attempts to set fire to a shop were stepped by
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  • 23 2 (Cenl-A-Wane Fund} .Total number of enemy plane, destroyed during the week-end on ail fronts up to midnight London time. EIGHTEEN
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  • 207 2 Batavia. May 24. A LETTER 1«. the editor ol the > Algemeen Indisch Dagblad i-i" i posei a scheme for the care ol j wounded Australian and New Zealand '.Ida i from the Middle East battle..elds in older to lessen the strata on allied hospitals.
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  • 115 2 Reuter. M Shanghai. May 25. ASKING a new departure, all I the leading pro-chunskinn i Chinese new papers In Shanghai I rt ii calned special leading I articles and stories of significance i on Empire Day. I Editorials generally emphasised tne strength 0 f the
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  • 294 2 A TRIBUNE REPORTER INVESTIGATES THE FOOD PROBLEM AND FINDS THAT (1 ribuue Staff Reporter) POOD control can be a mixed blessing, I found out when I pursued my elusive quest of potatoes and I
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  • 76 2 rhe Neth< rlands Government has deckled to ensure reasonable living conditions for Netherlands seamen in England who are unfit tor- sei vh because ol old age or health reasons. A fund has been started by the Government and the ship owners, while Queen Wilhelmina has eai
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  • 156 2 From Our own f orrrhpoiidcnl Parit Huntur, Saturday. A6HMEBE boat measuring about 15 fe;«l btfMF, (whit h w3 i presumed sunk and lost about a year ago) was found in the Krian Kiver in perfect condition, by a party oi Chinese in a junk
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  • 213 2 Mrl'xtii, in' Mail 24. MESSAGE from London .mr thai the ifi ua are fighting i>ai<i I rounding up enemy parachute troops m Crete Major-Gen. j burg. General Officer Commanding the Allied Forces in Crtte, has cabled the New Zealand Premier that the Allies arc fighting superbly A
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  • 83 2 Reuter. 3atavia. May lis THE first training period lor til >se male:, between the ages of 18 and 4f> who are liable to be called tip -ii accordance with tlie Compulsory Military Service Act. will be one year in the army and
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  • 208 2 THE Berlin i....... MlMlliui, "'>" M atitf usually i,, 11 l hm Km 1 im i- an extract h 1 rati Hi.hi.i -Uj,. Bl ti"' IS shown discrin lam Thi- Juat run thio bistory and Una i truth Who breaking up (li pile the :>
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  • 40 2 Por the time beii li been chosen as, the the KLM line, Batavia I Lydda an ih< r< tui Bata vla Dew 2 500 uul< vi stretch from Lydda mining 1«; hOUI ill tl to avoid Ea>rah
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  • 382 2 (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh. Saturday. JJOWa Sikh police constable, while on dutj neai a dance hall touched the arm of a dance hostess aa she was passing in a rickshaw, was related in the First Court on Thursday to Mr. F V Radchffe when Jora
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  • 129 3 Ban«*k k, M.i\ 25. fHAI Government (iazeUe orriinan publishes rpn ted :is a i i a u.iinst .he res- »vi meats of a li< M- I-' .he defence M*as y p e tiiore is a I mergency decree thorise* he Goi ernmenl ...i ilii ;i>
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  • 57 3 m Simla, May 24. If by the l| ol the Punjab. m Hyai Khan, the peo•re urged ad unite for I ol India. ould be done he future i [aims of the nded ihe sugTable Confer- Premiers and I legislature. Hal such a confer-
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  • 447 3 Some Are Victimised By Their Employers (Tribune Staff Reporter) 0 VRIKS of teachers in Chinese schools have been d in recent months by managers of aided and inese schools. The average salary of a is $50 a month compared to $25 before fell
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  • 32 3 The results of the campaign on May 10 show that the amount received so far amounts to 500.000 guilders, while expected gifts will continue pouring in for some weeks.
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  • 40 3 Picture taken during unloading at the SiJicap r: decks of war material t Ouild up the defensive strength, of Malaya... Like ether shiprnei.rs from Great Britain this one sailed through the "Battle of the Atlantic" unscathed.
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  • 117 3 Bombay, May 24. SIR Roger Lumley. Governor of Bombay, in a speech made at Ratnagui to-day, gave three reasons for the final victory of !(heat Britain and ncr a'lies. First, because their cause was just and rightec as; secondly, I Great Britain had shown by her
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  • 63 3 The director of a Dutch film company. Mr. J. C. Mol, of -Multifilm", now residing in the Netherlands East Indies, has established a ncv. N.E.I, film company in Batavia which is backed by two of the most important comaiercial firms having at their disposal well-equip-ped studies
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  • 206 3 'I'HAT Penang is still largely dependent on outside sources of supply for slaughter animals is indicated in the annual report of the Municipal Veterinary Department, just issued, which adds that as far as the supply of local bred pigs for slaughter is concerned, Penang is selfsupporting.
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  • 50 3 It is reliably learnt that a wellknown Dutch manufacturer of radio sets in Sourabaya plans an extension. Possibilities exist of the N.E.I acquiring its own factories for building radio receivers for which plans are under discussion. This manufacturer also is ex~ panding factories in Australia and the Argentine.
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  • 374 3 suggestion that Mr. Matsuoka. the Japanese Foreign Minister, should visit Washington to negotiate a nonaggression Pact with the United States is described in diplomatic circles as lacking in says an authoritative Australian writer. So long as Japan is tied to Germany and Italy by the
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  • 307 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) r I*HE Salvation Army will be commemorating the sixth anniversary of its establishment in Malaya this week. The annual meeting, at which the Yen. Archdeacon Graham White will make an address, will be held at the Army Headquarters in Tank
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  • 158 3 Batavia. May 26. I FRIDAY, May 17. was the 25th anniversary of the Bun an for East Asiatic Affairs, which advises the Government on affairs pertaining to Eastern Asia. Originally the Bureau specialised in Chinese affairs only, and this is easy to understand seeing that
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  • 17 3 Mr. E. J. Polglase has been appointed an Assistant Controller of Restrictea Ifik* ports aud Exports, Penang.
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  • 81 4 SOCCER: Div. I—Royal Artillery <Ac-ac.s) vs. S.C.F.A., Anson Road Stadium. Reserve div.—Police vs. Manchesters. Depot; div. 2A V.M.C.A. vs. Biakan Mati. V.M.C.A.; div. 2B R A F. (H.Q.) vs Indian Association, Geylang; Naval Base Corinthians vs. Airport, Naval Base; J.C.S.A. vs. Wanderers, J.C.S.A., Business Houses League— Sime Darby
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  • 146 4 Reuter. London. May 24. FOLLOWING were results of to- day's soccer and rugby ties. LONDON CUP Millwall 2 Arsenal 5. South Regional League Aldershot 0 Crystal 8.3. Brentlord 3 Reading 1. Cardiff C. 4 Portsmouth I. Fulham 8 Southend 2. Tottenham 3 Leicester 0. Walsall 6 Nottingham
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  • 86 4 Reuter. London, May 25. The season's first important cricket match attracted 5.000 people to Lord's where Pelham Warner's XI beat a British Empire XI in a thrilling finish by three runs. Empire v.ere all out for 142. Nichols, one of the eight Test men in the
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  • 802 4 pLAYING before a record crowd of about 20,000, South China beat the Singapore civilians by three goals to nil on Anson Road Stadium yesterday. Everyone of the three goals was well-deserved, there was no chance about them. The tourists gave a scintillating display
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  • 93 4 m PENRICE won the Veterans' championship for the Bagnall Cup at Singapore Swimming Club yesterday for the fourth year in succession. He also won the sealed handicap. The sealed handicap was raced in conjunction with, and in the same race as the championship. In the sealed
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  • 310 4 BASEBALL !|N the major loop of the Singapore Baseball 1 League, the Japanese were f awarded a walk-over by the Chinese. The match was scheZ duled for yesterday but the 5 Chinese' request for a post--5 ponement was refused and 5 the Japanese awarded a Z walk-over.
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  • 311 4 cricket match between the S.C.R.C. and the Manat the former's ground yesterday ended in a draw. Going in to bat at 2.15 p.m.. the game being delayed owing to the rain, the Chinese knocked up 143 runs. Thiam Siew contributed 41 runs, while Sv/ee
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  • 205 4 PLAYING at Balestie day, the Medical 1 r2* Union held the [rid draw, both side runs each. in A feature of this maw the bright batting and k 7 performances by Lall Si scored 34 runs wickets for 35. Following werr- I* INDLWs Choor
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  • 321 4 H E Gordon Highlanders scored a decisive victory by 8-1 runs over the Army in a cricket match played at Changi. yesterday. A feature of the game was the fine partnership between Capt. Elsmie and Capt. Moir-Byres who scored 61 and 30 respectively, for
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  • 293 4 POOD bowling by C. Schubert v and R. V. S. Sundram. who took four for 16 and five for 21 runs respectively, and a fine batting performance by C. Seneviratne, who scored 35 when runs were most urgently needed, enabled the Ceylon Sports Club to beat
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  • 306 4 G P rogress was ma de in the Singapore junior badminton championships during the week-end nfl™ no TT fewer than 16 ties were played off on the Clerical Union courts. mot Saturday three singles and two doubles matches were played while the rest were completed yesterday. Following
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  • 39 5 v is becomtiig ions. Or it ought efforts of the c hostesses proesults they are expected to. humble sarong U Id of sports and and now it has stately and gla■•"'ug nov:n. dresses were the (jirls them-
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  • 137 5 I recommending to have their ired for breed- surgically sterid when occasion pres If. >tates the ano£ the Penang Veterinary Department. Tv, animals were ay and with the excel ti two all operations were successful 51 carried out tween the age inths and one ertain that
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  • 39 5 Reuter. Chungking, May 24. yj Gauss, the new I S:ates Ambassador to :h duled to call yes>r Wang Chung-hui. Minister, public bodies, including American Cultural Reflation, are preparing n in honour cf the Amoassador.—Renter.
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  • 12 5 untitled C. L. S. has been appointed Police Magistrate far the 38CStngapor*.
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  • 459 5 AN appeal to the Indian civilian population in Malaya to do all they can to help the war effort was made by Mr. S. Dutt, the new Agent of the Government of India, at the monthly social meeting of the Indian Association held at
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  • 672 5 "NOBODY'S CHILDREN" (At the Pavilion) ANE of the greatest social problems m the world is the cure and unbrlnulng of the thousands of those children who through force of circumstance* arc left homeless, having lost their parents by a stroke of fate. In so complex clvilisation as exists nowadays,
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  • 23 5 Mrs. c. R. Cherry haa been appointed a member of the Hosp:; u i Visiting C (remittee far the Settlement of Slngap w
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  • 232 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, May 25. gEFORE a packed house and a distinguished audience on Friday night, the Malacca Nightingales presented "A Pot-I'ourri Entertainment" at the Stella: Hall, City Park, in aid of The Lord Mayor's Air Raid Distress Fund. History
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  • 32 5 Reuter. London, May 25. SEVERAL earthquakes were registered on Saturday night by the Eucharest Observatory, announced the Bucharest radio. The centre of the earthquake is situated ap proximately 900 kilometres from Eucharest.—Reuter.
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  • 405 5 Singapore, Monday. TN a talk on military preparedness in Malaya, with special reference to the Air Force stationed here—which was broadcast from the Singapore studio yesterday evening—Air Vice-Marshal C. Pulford, Air Officer Commanding, R.A.F., Far East, said that
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  • 49 5 Reuter. Cairo, May 25. A FEW bombs were dropped without causing any casualties or damage in the course of an air raid In the Suez Canal area on the night of May 23-24, states a communique issued by the Egyptian Ministry of the Interior.—Reuter.
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  • 30 5 Reuter. Washington, May 25. THE Yugoslav Minister, M. Constants Fotitch. delivered a note to Mr. Cordell Hull advising him of Yugoslavia's protest against the establishment of the "kingdom of Croatia."—Reuter.
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    • 233 5 Local Radio Highlights Of The Week TO-DAY 745 pm.: For tne Australian n.: Singapore Music Hall. Forces. For the Australian 8.35 p.m.: Haydn Symphony No. 94 (Surprise) in G. major. Eva Clark (contralto* 920 p.m.: London relay O M. Lay at the piano (from Green's Far Eastern Newsletter .thfc idio.).
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  • 193 6 (*<( 11 Going ANOTHER broadcast talk on I vegetable growing was given I the other evening. It was just I ■*> instructive and interesting :>< those which have preceded ii and no doubt some of the seed sown in this manner will fall on fruitful ground. I Jh;t. as
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  • 139 6 me many people in Malaya who understand the art, Mir h as the preparation of the ground, care of the young plains and the best ways of bringing them to maturity, ther- are many thousands more who know nothing about it But there can be no gainsayinp; the
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  • 178 6 INTEREST must fir* kind ted and then kept nourish,.,) »nd sustained before any real !'"«fcs.s can be made in grow ;«<M*»on a scale E will make the country *>W ;< w nearly *"< "''<:'" as il h possible to make it, *fL G t v rnmen< thai .1
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  • 1395 6  -  II v Laurence Hope Writing in TRUTH. Sydney. i IN ENGLAND RECENILV, THE PROBATION OFFICER OF A JUVENILI! COURT SAID SOME HARD THINGS ABOUT ('RIME AND DELINQUENCY AMONG THE YOUTH OF THE NATION. JUVENILE crime, he .said, was increasing. The problems of controlling children between eight and
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  • 338 6 SHIPS-OF-THIvUXK ."jey fw sometimes died, l s the sanction 1 naval These are the battleships and of such strength and grun power thai all the maUer warships musl pre J A < ««e outbreak of war the British <«■..,. o« > c ,1,,,,,,^. Crermany had onlj
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  • 125 6 DKVONn the Burma Road, In the l»vc l rnT]i UU n p v, »<t. British ymauijf. engineers are now going full speed ahead on two of China! vas, new electrical undertakings the bombing of the «oao, Great Britain wa i sendine supplies oi maSrl uito China whose
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  • 518 6 m IT-— »i Q F all the Johore. by o the least a fT< unrest to which greater or lessei jected as an in, menon in the pn structnre. This dors not that Johore lab I docile than any erealures elsewhen are less su influences, nidi neighbouring
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  • 348 7 Nazi Troop-Carriers Shot Down, Destroyed Reuter. Cairo, May 25. SH fighter planes have reappeared in the air over Crete, a distinct new feature as reported here to-day. tish long range fighters are finding easy targets hi if Ju 52*s and troop-carriers. the German troopbeen
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  • 38 7 Reuter. 24. The meet- Australian Prime .R. O Menzies, and Zealand Prime Nash, at Auckland Pnzies' return to irom North America ror further talks Problems common to the 1 and on further between New zeaAustralia.—Renter.
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  • 151 7 Reuter. Apart from the brief statement given earlier, there is little news available in Cairo about the Creti operations. It is clear that the operation* arp focused on Maleme where tns Allied troops are attacking the aerodrome with machine-gun and artillery fire while Ihe Germans are replying
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  • 84 7 Reuter. Simla. May 25. MANY large orders for engineering stores of all descriptions have been received by the supply department for eastern group countries and India. Among other orders received in the last fortnight arc those lor textiles for Singapore, South Africa and India. With
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  • 172 7 Reuter. Moscow, May 25. ALL attempts to penetrate the skulls of these Finnish buffoons are hopeless. What can a paper look like which publishes these delirious absurdities." Pravda carries this fierce rebuke from the pen of its well-known commentator on foreign policy, M. Zaslavski. The
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  • 55 7 Reuter. London, May 24:—Italy commemorates her entry into the last war to-day and flags are flying In Rome and other cities. Newspapers print messages such as "May 24. 1015. was the day of Italy's political and military reawakening," but carefully avoid ali mention of the fact that the delaration of
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  • 200 7 Reuter. Sydney. May 25. IfR- H- G. MENZIES, the Australian Prime Minister, passionately advocated a national government while broadcasting immediately on his arrival. He said: "I return with just one sick feeling in my heart—that i must come back to my own country to
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  • 117 7 Reuter. Sydney. May 24. ALTHOUGH it is not six months since the I'Vderal Government issued an order that merchant ships of more than 800 tons should be fitted with paravanes for defence against mines, every large ship o F the Australian register and ;>
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  • 362 7 Reuter. hington, May 25. "I'nt Roosevelt pre- pend most of th-; l*>!i thing up his fire--Ihe demand in sonic '»1 I and in the f *r revision of Mm Act goes into hitih indicates what many he r when the Presid- •> I he air on
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  • 332 7  -  {By lan Munro Reuters Special Correspondent in Iraq.) Reuter. London, May 25. r J*HE Regent of Iraq has arrived in his own country accompanied by a number of Iraqi notables. The Emir Abdul Ulah, who was wearing the uniform of a general of the Iraqi
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  • 128 7 Reuter. Shanghai, May 2b. AFTER I ring detained by the Japanese at Tinghai, in th Yangtze Delta for over five months, ♦he Italian steamer Amalia returned to Shanghai on Saturday but with the entire cargo missing Including goods belonging to Italian and American consignees. The American it
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  • 238 7  -  (By Patrick Crosse. Ilcuter's spocial correspondent with the advanced British forces in the Western Dose rt) Reuter. London. May 25. JMIE Germans, yesterday, suffered the heaviest tank losses since their appearance in Libya when they tried to advance in two columns on Hell-Fire Pass,
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  • 156 7  -  (By Desmond Tighe, Renter's Correspondent Somewhere on the Syrian-Palestinian frontier) Reuter. London, May 25. "I CHATTED on Saturday with I officers of Colonel Collet's Circassians who risked their lives to cross the frontier and join up with the British. "They all expressed their disgust at the
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  • 31 7 Reuter. Bombay, May 25. Communal tension in Bombay continues and stray cases of assault and stabbing occurred on Saturday. The police fired twice. The total casualties now are 31 injured.— Reuter.
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    • 629 8 7th DAY of EXTENDED SEASON 1 We don tdo t h,s t.h«M,i Good Reason! j MOTHER TRIUMPH FOR DOUBLE I lAW A RD WINNER SPENCER TRA CV' "Where you always know there's a Dan, Good Show" j Latest mammmm mm**.** 3 > u with first I PK Tl RKS of
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    • 172 9 AY "*Ou bri„ 9 home Rembrandt when the *P only picture tny girl lv re Everybody Goes, wantt to see is 'THE J GREAT PROFILE'I" IV*/ faugh a nil scream 7 I John Also latest I k one News I Q^AT I all. I fßoßl£'l Morv R I Documentary I
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    • 647 9 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Matrimonial RESPECTABLE AIRMAN, R.A.F. age ?3. I would be gliid to meet a Eurasian young I view companionship. Photo apDr**i elated. Returnable. Box 753 c,o Milava Tribune, Singapore. <No. 725H) Public Notices SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST TENDERS are invited for the reconstruction of five houses and the erection of
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    • 206 9 OUR AIR-CONDITIONED CABARET (THE BEST IN THE EAST) IS THE MOST FREQUENTED AND GAYEST \H„BiT SPOT IN TOWN' —THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT IT— 1-100% PERFECT ENJOYMENT ASSURED-TO-NICHT to 12 p.m. THE MOST MODERN MOST ==5 LUXURIOUSLY APPOINTED CABARET IN THE EAST ,i. I. Tonight Last Night GARRICK THEATRE 2nd
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  • 64 10 Mrs. Wong Siew Nam. passed away peacefully on Tuesday. 20th May 1941, at Hong Kong, leaving behind to mourn her loss 'oir sons. Wong Peng Chiu, Wong Peng Shing. Wong Peng Cheong and Wong Peng Wah. three daughters, Madam Wong Peng Lai, Mrs. Kwan Ying Hong and Mrs. Wong
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    • 629 10 CLASSIFIED-ADS Domestic Occurrences ENGAGEMENT. sJie engagement of Mr. H. G. Peter, _f Posts Telegraphs (nephew _f Mr. W. L. James of Lanka House, 67, Wilkie Road, Singapore) with Miss Maltida Ranatunga. youngest daughter of Mr. F Ranatunga of Taiping, took place at Ipoh, at 7.30 a.m. on 21st May, 1941.
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    • 652 10 r Vegetable Seeds BEST VEGETABLE SEEDS 10 pack-tl different $2|-. 127 Formulas for making various local products 50 cents. Post Free Salam. 113, Marine Parade. Singapore (No. 664H) Lost And Found FOUND A hmall rough haired terrier dog bearing F.M.S licence. Phone 6819. (No. 723H) Motor Vehicles IL> YOU WAN
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    • 700 10 Situations Wanted EXPERT BAKER (seven years with Messrs. John Little Co.). experienced 'n wedding and other varieties of cakes, seeks employment. Please write Box 734 c,o Malaya Tribune, Singapore (No. 688H) EXPERIENCED CONDUCTOR and factory clerk—Young Indian family man—experienced In all kinds of Field Work and Factory—willing to work anywhere
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    • 812 10 Property For Sale FIVE HOUSE LOTS facing Main Road, Ampang Town, for sale enquiries to Lee. 41, Kamunting Street. Kuala LumPur. (No. «58H) TO LET OR FOR SALE newly built 4roomed attap bouses Simon Road and Jalan Eunos. Excellent for emergency purposes. Box 738. Malaya Tribune. Singapore. (No. 585H) FOR
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    • 662 10 Public Notices Mortgagee's Sale of One Ford Motor Car No. S-2060 to b e sold by public auction at Bonham Street on Tuesday, 27th May, 1941 at 10.30 a.m. On view on day of sale. CHECNG KOON SENG CO., LTD.. Auctioneers Valuers. Singapore, 25th May, 1941. PETROL CONTROL ORDER 1941.
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    • 377 10 IN THE HIGH COURT SINGAPORE. Originating Summons No. 124 1940. In the Matter of the Estate of Tay Yam Kanq, Deceased. And In the Matter of Order 48 Rule 2 of the Rules of the Supreme Court 1934. And In the Matter of S(i\ 35 '2. of the Conveyancing Law
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    • 208 10 THE BANKRUPTCY ORDLN (CHAPTER 4:> In the High Court of the Straits Settlements. Settlement of Sun a In Bankru >tcy M m Re TAN KWANG LEE ol N M Nailer i;«.a j oj, Ead Biagaftore, Jerk lh< G< icral ■•si Office, ftacapcre. NOTICE IS HIJtBBY I a First Dividend is
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    • 671 10 SINGAPORE ZHL 225 m. 1333 k|cs. ''»Mlf|\ ZHP.l. 30 96 m. 9 69 m\cs rsv STERN J' ZHP.2 48.58 m. 6175 mcs. Sf* r»< J' ZHP.3. 41.38 m. 7.25 mcs S J to, ZHL, ZHP1. ZHP2 ZHP3 6 13 P M i, M ZHL, ZHP1, ZHP2 ZHP3 S|> Il 75
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  • 278 11  -  nch Colonial Trade To Benefit From Pact By REUTER Cable I London, May 2<J I ~;,,m kon,Hs and groundnuts benefit is *>en Tr Kconorn Agreement as -al African producers will receive higher prices ~,Ce the French C( > are rather more re price will be aligfcUy
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  • 141 11 iFrom Our Financial Correspondent». T T Stngajxuf, Monday Bna, wer«- dun on Saturday with quotation* moving irregularly Hong j-atts improved slightly to 132.,, W )l)e v wwe bualneafl wo* none in Banfeaua and Mural Apart from n transaction in Pajain wa little to record in
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  • 31 11 f| Singapore, Monday. S I'rices of tin and rubber j in Singapore at noon to- j day were:— TIN j RUBBER J J Buyers 40\ t Seller;, 40%. J
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  • 136 11 London, Mar. 26. THE fifteenth annual general meeting of the Singapore Traction Co., Ltd., was held m London to-day. Sir Thomas .J. Strangman, XC presided and formally moved the adoption of ihe report and balance .sheet. The retiring directors, Mr i. W Elawkins and Mr. James
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  • 28 11 New York. May 24: The weekly automobile production totalled 133,569 units, which is the highest In 4 years. A further rise in crude prices aided oils.
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  • 30 11 Washington, May 24: Mr Knud a 'ii indicates that the West coast steel plans have been chelved for the present in favour of the expansion of existim'. facilities.
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  • 39 11 New York. May 24: United States refined lead production in April totalled 56,100 tons; deliveries tmounted to 59.200 and stocks were at 42, jOO tons, compared with the March figures of 61,500, 02.100 and 46,000 tons, respectively
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    • 154 11 SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD. (Incorporated In New Zealand.) M A hi ft i: i nr S H It A ft < E W. G. DOVE, Manager, Tel. 5926 2. Finlayson Green 1 GREAT WORLD CABARET f J AIR RAM) DANCE TO !l 9 P.M. TO MIDNIGHT H'RK: 'OF MICE
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    • 462 11 Public Notices BY ORDER OF THE CONTROLLER OF RESTRICTED IMPORTS, S.S. AUCTION SALE Comprising: —CHINESE SII VER BANGLES, ARMLETS. CHAINS CHARM HOLDERS. ANKLETS 'JONGUE SCRAPERS. ETC. Chinese mrdicme, Chinese calenders GINSENG, COL! SOM, Wooden elephants, Bali heads, Ptfeter tea pots, Clotii umbrellas, cotton belts Torchlights, JADE BANGLES t rin ting
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    • 349 11 STEAMER SAILINGS =1 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
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    • 359 11 1 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 irom the Straits to their usual ports of call in China, India, Ceylon and the
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  • 55 12 Reuter. Halifax, 'Nova Scotia' a May 24. DORNIER planes have recently been Showing some activity over leeland, arrording to a representative R ykjavik importers who iefl Iceland a few weeks ago, who added, however, that no bombs were dropped. He also reported that submarine had greatly
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  • 482 12 Reuter British Wireless. Washington, May 25. AMERICANS are anxiously awaiting further news of the naval action in which H.M.S. Hood was lost. The press stresses that the Bismarck was operating at least 10 hours from her home base, implying that she has a hazardous journey
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  • 34 12 A picture taktn after a recent t\vo-ni«»hl attack on Plymouth when Nazi bombers rained high explosives and incendiaries. Ii re men, weary but undaunted, bang a Union Jack on a lamp-post.
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  • 137 12 'Still General To My Friends', Says Smuts Reuter. Johannesburg, May 24. lAMI AM still General Smuts to my friends in Africa." Field-Marshal Smuts told Reuter to-day. While officially 1 have the rank of Field-Marshal as from to-day. I trust my friends and those who know me as Genera! Smuts for
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  • 120 12 Reuter. Tokyo, May 25. JAPAN'S role as a member of the Tripartite Pact is reaffirmed by I the Kokumin. reputed to be the Japanese Army organ, in an edij torial to-day which said that in the event of the United States entering the war
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  • 93 12 Reuter. Tokyo. May 24. JAPAN, like Germany, is turning J particular attention to submarines with a view to making up for inferiority in battleships. Vice-Admiral Toyochi Wanami retired- in a discussion with a representative of the Asahi S'himbun said that both the constructors and crews o;
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  • 25 12 Reuter. London, May 25. The frontier between Syria and Palestine has been closed, according to a message from Beirut quoted by the Ankara radio —Reuter.
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  • 19 12 Reuter. Simla, May 24. JT is learned that the number of Italian prisoners in India is appi ximately 32.500.—Renter.
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  • 240 12 Reuter. Chungking, May 25. CHINESE troops counter-attack-ing In Chekiang province, s.>uth of Shanghai, claim to be I threat:ning the port of Ningpo j which the Japanese captured a few weeks ago. In South China, the fall of Poklo, in Kwangtung province, as the result of a successful
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  • 81 12 London. May 26. JAPAN'S Ambassador in London. J Mr. Mamoru Shigemitsu. will leave for Tokyo as soon as air passage to Lisbon is available, it was learned In London yesterday The Japanese Ambassador has received instructions from Tokyo to return home to report on
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  • 86 12 Bangkok. May 26. THE Thai Government has de- cided to convene a special session of the Peoples' Assemb.'y for two days beginning on June 9, authoritative circles disclosed in Bangkok to-day. The special session will deal with th e Thai-Indo-China peace treaty
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  • 20 12 THE Legislative Council of the Straits BHti ments will meet at the Council Chamber. Singapore, on June 9.
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  • 11 12 Mr. F. H. Curts has been appointed Secretary. Ric e Monopoly.
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  • 321 12 Reuter. I 1 Uut hundred, of |w crossed into Palestin, ferday Many otn in Syria are i r M <, Fr-» French forces The French General in lerosalem been closed and the fJ? General has been inviti leave. British planer to-d», < over Syria
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  • 123 12 Reuter. Ankara. Maj I ME! ALRS of Rashid m U vrnmcnt are Birl.dad to Mosul and Tmi key, state the latest k. in Ankara while Brit is] tions in Iraq arc meeting ever-decreasing resistance desrrtions among the vwmis* Iraqi rebel troops art frequent.—Fieutrr. Ckongki ng, THE United States
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  • 162 12 Bombay, May 2,v yyHEX Mussolini's forces last August occupied British Somaliland, says a Press note, they used at least two heavily I equipped divisions against the j small lightly armed imperial .garrison; it cost the invaders nearly 2,000 casualties and a fortnight's hard fighting before
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