Malaya Tribune, 5 August 1941

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  • 22 1 The Malaya Tribune Net Sales Exceed 16,000 Daily SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1941 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune Tuesday, August 5, 1941.
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  • 111 1 Reuter. Washington, Aug. 5. THE House of Representatives on Monday passed a $3 206,000 000 tax bill and sent it to the Senate This is the stiffest tax bill in I American history and is designea to" raUe" about $829.000,000 from I individual incomes, about »1W" 000,000
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  • 50 1 Wellington, Aug. 5. THE NEW ZEALAND Prime Mlnis--1 ter, Mr. Peter Fraser, has cabiea stating that the United Kingdom Government has agreed to buy, 101 the duration of the war and for a year after, the New Zealand linen and flax crop from 25,000 acres.
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  • 285 1 large IS aval Forces Massed Off Petsamo CABLES from London suggesting the possibility of a British invasion in the Arctic are being featured by the New York press. They draw attention to Finnish reports of large British naval forces off Petsamo and a special
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  • 84 1 Reuter. Shanghai, Aug. 5. THE Domei agency reports from Batavia that the oil export licence system will he effected against Japan within few days.. Tokyo. Aug. 5. action freezing Japanese assets, says a Japanese report from Balajaar.i?nese residents in the KJUj wbn are affected by
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  • 83 1 Reuter. IT can now be revealed that it wa «T the Beau fighters which Jde a highly successful, attacY on the aerodromes in Sicily on Juiy 98 when between 30 to 40 enemy aircraft were destroyed on the ground and many others damaged. The
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  • 134 1 Reuter. y inlon, Aug. 5. ,i o\ IKNMFNT spokesman Vichy is reported to v hJe stated yesterday that i Z mUitan concessions such J ouW be given to any u uirie power. la'Mnan explained i UlU 'rr,nco accepted Japans .taw protection of Indo- h a
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  • 158 1 Reuter. Lungking, Aug. 5. CHCH s recaptured Chaoaft irnoon of Aug. mi sc withdrew in the Bwatow according to dispatches from the Kvanjftung t"r:nt ops landed recently Lty of Kwangchowtc have been withtransports and war- 1 g is going on to the ig, t n the north
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  • 35 1 Reuter. Aun 4.—Sir Frederick I Stewart, the Minister for External has announced that arnts are being made for the r e ol the Finnish ConsulFinnish interests will be by the Swedish Consulal —Reuter.
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  • 94 1 Reuter. Washington, Aug. 4. •lirlTH a unity ol purpose and me W maximum effort, the rema'mng SS ?he pl^t«Th«s w J Hull addling his first presscontwo month" "SS d H ull c°a r il?d for ever-increas-m^.l a h ene P v^ra a nd n %he
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  • 49 1 Reuter. New York. Aug. 0- I PHE hoarding of silk stockings by I American women ttftfa Avenue shopkeepers summed in as a "madhouse" Monday's tarr7ede of woman anxious to get S; many pairs, as possible while were obtainable. Sop scenes were extracranwr^ tivity Reuter.
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  • 71 1 Reuter. x Malta, Aug 5- T HERE were two alarms on T Sunday night and a sma l num. ber of raiders dropped bombs, states an official communujue. *a raider was caught in m aearehUghte. Yesterday morning, fn enemy fighter patrol approache"2 Malta* but withdrew
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  • 212 1 Reuter. Washington. Aug. 4. THI. United States has promised all practical and economic help fo Russia with priority in orders, 11 renewing the annual trade menl with the Soviet. Soviet Ambassador, M. di&closed the signing agreements after conwith Mr. Sumner Welles Secretary of State
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  • 41 1 Reuter. Wellington. Aug. 4.-Finland has been declared an enemy countiv by the New Zealand Government for the purposes of enemy property and enemy trading regulations This brings New Zealand into line with other Empire countries *ho have already taken such action.—Reuter.
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  • 156 1 Reuter. Moscow, Aug. 5. ASSERTING that Germany threw A m forces two to three times stionger numerically han the Rea Army stationed on the ™MW*' the Pravda (Communist organ) the Germans 30 divisions (roughly 500.000 meru, 10.000 first line aircraft, and 15 000 tanks,
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  • 220 1 Reuter. Chungking, Aug. 5. W ITH Germany bogged in Russia it is teUeved I» many quarters that Britain and the United State, mav urn their attention to the Far East These jwint to the manv iiuiications .that a showdown ifl being forced
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  • 61 1 Reuter. Jerusalem, Aug. 5. i RECORD pilgrimage, estimated Aat well over 35,000 persons. £,ited the historic Wailing Wall In the Old City of Jerusalem durms Saturday and Sunday in obserIvanie of the anniversary of the jdesTrucUon of the second temple who came from all parts
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  • 33 1 Reuter. London, Aug. 5. IN enormous number of wounded A German soldiers are being dtasaar s e s^g^ra 18 to 20 trains of wounded arrive daily in Germany -Renter.
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  • 327 1 Reuter. Shanghai, Aug. 5. JAPANESE action against Thailand is expected by J informed opinion in Shanghai in three weeks by whkh time it is expected that the Japanes, >jM have consolidated their new holding m Both foreign and pro-unung- king Chinese newspapers in Shanghai
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  • 69 1 Reuter. Canton, Aug. 5. I SHAMEEN, the foreign settlement of Canton, is being blockaded by the Japanese as a sequel to the British "freezing" action. A pontoon has been moored near the landing pier in the British Concession for the k examination of all inward and
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  • 60 1 Reuter. Berlin, Aug. 5. REGARDING Sunday nights air raid on the Suez Canal area, the German official news agency claims that a merchant ship of 10 000 tons and a freighter of 8.000 tons were sunk by direct hits and a passenger ship of at
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  • 666 2 Giving- evidence, Veerappan, fireman at the Rai)ways. Ipoh, s:\Jd that Nagamuthu was his uncle living with Pottu, his wife, at ihe Rntfwav quarters. On May 21, he came to Taiping en duty and went to deceased's louse and saw only Pottu there. The latter
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  • 20 2 Mr. Kok Yoon San has been appointed Chinese representative on the Council of ttfca F M S. Chamber of Mines.
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  • 385 2 Batavia, July 31. IN its report on the 1942 budget, the Peoples' Councils Committee stresses the necessity for more rapid extension of civil air traffic in the N.E.1., especially of inter-island traffic, by extending air lines and impro\yng aerodromes Several members of the committee advised that sea planes
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  • 178 2 THE Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China as honorary treasurers of the Malaya Patriotic Fund announce receipt of the following additional dopations: *,H r G Turner $50. The Rengam Club $300, Singapore Battalion the Boys' Brigade, being collection at Church Parade at the Geylang Methodist
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  • 37 2 Eastern News. Batavia, Aug. 4. Pis understood in Batavia that negotiations for the conclusion of a possible new trade agreement between Japan and the Netherlands East Indies wi?l shortly be started.—Eastern News.
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  • 178 2 S (Tribune Stall Reporter) TRIPLETS have been born to a Singapore ricksha j puller and his wife, who have two other children. All the boys, were baptised j last week by the Rev. Father i S. Lee, Vicar of the Church iof St. Theresa, and were
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  • 108 2 (From Our Own Reporter) Tlpoh, Monday. HIRTEEN Malay boys from the Trade School in Ipoh went out swimming in a disused mining pool off Kuala Krmgsar Road yesterday. Having arrived at the pond, the boys went in and a little later when they came out,
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  • 57 2 (From Our Own Reporter) T_ Taiping. Sunday. HE dead body of a male Chinese was found lying beside the railway line between Ayer Kuning and Bukit Gantang yesterday morning. The body bore some injuries and was seen by a guard on the 6.15 a m.
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  • 114 2 rrHE Band of the Straits Settlemex.ts Police wIU perform in public under RCM eC J V C L.R AM AR.C.M. R.M.S.M.: To-day. at Telok Ayer at 6.00 p.m: march With Swo-d Thl Cc jmW> "ark*; overture The Secret Marriage. D. Cimarosa; wtoo?n?ti P 1 00^ 10 J***h Harline;
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  • 38 2 Hu bert Crei ghton-Kelly, brother of Geoffrey Creighton-Kelly, R.A P has lust SrtJS H c f el Bhton-KeUy. the later Mrs A™ P aS S,»n, h h f r P^ entB Mr xHi mo-mt Pcs ln Kuala Lumpur
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  • 396 2 (From Our Own Reporter) Taiping, Monday. THE story of how an 0.D.0., and a detective had set a trap to arrest a Malay suspected of possessing ganja on his person and how after a hectic struggle for over 15 minutes aided by another 0.D.0. who happened
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  • 306 2 Muar Ladies' Effort T o Aid War Victims (From Our Own Correspondent) Muar, Ifori, gILENTLY but steadily has the Asiatic ladies section' Malaya Patriotic Fund, Muar, been doing fa work last 18 months under the leadership of Mrs p jj A r tlki the wife of the Chief Police Officer,
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  • 174 2 Malacca, Monday. THE Teachers' association of Malacca staged an entertaining concert on Thursday night at the Methodist Girls' School in aid of the Malayan Patriotic Fund, towards which the Association, earlier in the year had contributed $500. The Hon. the Resident Councillor, and Mrs. Fryant, under whose
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  • 22 2 <Cent-A-P!ane Fund, Total number of eneim, „> destroyed during yesterday fronts up to midnight Lonb (excluding Soviet claims, r NONE
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    • 445 2 faffte Hotel; MALAYA? MtMHB HOT It J NEXT SATURDAY AUG. 9TH SPECIAL CABARET 6-BALL (fo mal) FROM 9.45 PM. I in aid of THE LORD MAYOR OF LONDON'S AIR RAID RELIEF FUND EXTENSION TO 2 A.M. ADMISSION $2.00 The Cabaret will be a Repeat Performance of the Children's Aid Society's
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    • 278 2 Hair styles of today make cat* ful washing a necessity. Ordinary soaps should be avoided. The free alkali they contain soon dries the scalp, makes the haw brittle and ruins it under the frequent shampooing* necessary to keep the hair beautiful. Discriminating women everywhere use Mulsifted because its pure, aa»
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  • 265 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) kl SPECIAL first aid and nursing unit to serve in emergency is being formed < Raffles College for girl students. Kaffle* College, the Tribune understands, is to be I the "shadow" hospitals in the Colony in time of 1M here with
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  • 86 3 Batavia, July 28. THE Sultan of Langkat was pre--1 sent when the latest batch of coupons was distributed to naUve rubber producers at Langkat, on Presents, is deeply devoted to the Dutch Royal Family.. h t0 rof duty to dcs troy the enemies ot
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  • 36 3 k TRAVEL talk on the rivers of Rnrneo and the inhabitants of t n in ?trVu to be broadcast by gr at H B Amstutz from Singapore 6 from a journey to Borneo.
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  • 145 3 Batavia. July 28. idently imagines that v ill tolerate her new 1 p at least Tokyo dne that the earners be unduly strained ,re straw, says the H mdelsblad in a cornpan's latest activities, c hand she is betting •ion still being shown partly due
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  • 27 3 fficlaUy intormed that thi* Vl -.-.ment has not considered the Colony scheme to course» for teachers in md :or teachers of English la CUtBMC -thooLs.
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  • 46 3 tmerican 'Clipper" from Sar i" now expected to arrive in ktey Aug 7. and to depart or. SttuitteJ time of posting at the Gene- Office Singapore, to connect with tcfa by the return flight for Islands. Pacific Islands Europe, will be 4 p.m. on
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  • 33 3 untitled in Rubber Grow-untitled title of the third ta Singapore broadcasting n s on 'Rubber Growbe given by Mr. H. JDirector of the Rubber Re- stitute, at 9.15 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 6.
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  • 13 3 untitled Assistant Land Officer, has in ted a« Inspector of the s>pePorce, Kulim.
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  • 104 3 A.O.C. Gives Advice Singapore, Monday. THE Air Officer Commanding. Far East, Air Vice Marshal C. W. 11. Pulford, C.8., O B E., A.F.C.. today reviewed a party of members of the Malayan Air Force Volunteer Reserve who recently completed their elementary flying training and who will
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  • 76 3 Batu Pahat. Monday. QOME school boys now carry "JT +P» about the present war Thcv are now interest in tne v campaign. because they believe that Sy lor the Allies is now fast on HjnSStl of the letter 'V ot. school SLiFSUSF that a drive of this
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  • 19 3 Mr. Stuart Simpson will address the DM.r» riiih on "A Commercial Coofc ?oS y^t^th b elr weekjy luncheon to-morrow.
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  • 232 3 Melbourne, Aug-. 1. MR. A. J. Leckie, brother-in-law to the Prime Minister (Mr Menzies) has been admitted to the Victorian Bar. Mr. Menzies is himsell a distinguished barrister. a rfooL.ment captured from the remans b he Desert Australian is unquestionably superior to the German soldier." Cabinet. was
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  • 183 3 Reuter. Sydney, Aug. 4. MR. P. C. Spender, the Minister for War, in a speech to-day said that Australia is looking at ithe rising tension in the Far East with calm but determined eyes. "Our most earnest endeavour is to preserve peace in the Pacific, but we
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  • 380 3 Hong Kong. July ;)0. A FORCE of 3,000 special constables will be required to assist A the regular police in maintaining law and order in case of emergency, according to an announcement made by the < ommissioner of Police, Mr. J. P. Pennefather-Evans. This auxiliary
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  • 249 3 1 Simla, July 30. A 1 s a result of the recent announcement of the expansion 'of the Viceroy's Council, Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan, retiring Member for Lav; and Supply, in the absence of the Viceroy, as Vice-President of the Viceroys Executive Council, presided to-day
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  • 54 3 rpHE Indian Youth League hay. formed A r special sub-committee in aid of the K. Arjunan. K. M. Renga Rajoo and H. Moblnder Singh. h Contributions are invited a 2gJf, Kont to the Treasurer or seen iar,. iSlabJ? Flood Relief Fund o«nUt£». the Indian Youth League.
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    • 131 3 NoAslhma Two rm ago J. Richards. Hamilton. Ida.' was in -bed with Asthma. Had lost 40 pounds weight, suffered cougnhg, choking and strangling every nignt— sleep—expected to die. M« na B first night and he nas nd.v 1 iVER TWO YEARS Mendaco ssful it is guaranteed to easy breathing in
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    • 198 3 try a PIE J| a/way* fresh, J C ool meals If you have not tried one of I >^ our famous S.C.S. Pies you ye /P^^^ missed a treat. They are really \l > scrumptious because only the m± tenderest meat, poultry and wtm i game are used to make
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  • 700 4 Annual Malayan Cricket "Test" Rowley's Fine Bowling (From Our Own Reporter) Penang, Aug. 4. PIE Colony defeated the Malay States by 10 wickets to-day when the game finished at 3.30 The Colony batting yesterday, compiled 221 for nine wickets and declared the innings closed after
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  • 45 4 TO-DAY SOCCER: Div. I. R.A. (Hy.). Gillman; S.R.C. v Manchesters. Stadium; Div. lIA. R.A <8.M.) v R.E. (P. 8.). Blakan Mati; R.E. (Malays) v Signals. Changi; Div. 118. RAF. (H Q.) v Customs. Gevlang Stadium; Post Office v R.A.F. (Kallangi, Post Office ground.
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  • 295 4 THE second day's play completely washed out by rain, the threeday cricket match between the Combined Services and the Rest of Singapore ended in i tame draw en the Padang yesterday. Relying to the total of 160 the Services put up in their first innings
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  • 62 4 THE T.P.C.A. beat the C.S.C. by 17 runs in their holiday cricket match at Kuala Lumpur which ended yesterday. The scores were: T.P.C.A., first innings, 174: C.S.C.. first innings, 144 (Thuraisingham 38. Ponnambalam 38, Samanther, seven for 27 >. T.P.C.A 2nd innings, 85 (Jayatilake SO, Sundram five for 45, Vijeratnam
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  • 688 4 (From Our Own Reporter) Penang, Monday. large holiday crowd was present at the second day of the Penang Turf Club August meeting to-da,v. TT* 1 ii ravoured by sunny weather, I racing provided good sport. The going was good. Winning the fourth race. Lady Lustre completed her
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  • 39 4 IN a Reserve Division match played at Tanglin yesterday Manchester beat the Argylls by two goals to one. THE Royal Engineers beat the 1 Argylls in a Div. I match played at Changi yesterday by three goals to one.
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  • 462 4 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 4. OUTPLACING and outsmashing his opponent, Kho Sin Kie retained his Malayan singles title for the second successive year when he defeated Chin Kee Onn, the Singapore champion, 6-0, 6-2 yesterday, the last day of the All-Malayan championships. Kho Sin
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  • 127 4 Loyals 5, Police 1. IN a Reserve Division soccer fix- ture played at the Anson Road Stadium yesterday, where the excellence of one team stood out in marked contrast to the mediocrity of the other, the Loyals trounced the Police by five goals to one. The Loyals'
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  • 119 4 EASILY the better team. X A V (Tengah) beat Moravia by five goals to nil in a Div. lIA sacccr match at the Fraser and Neave ground yesterday. Moravia were a disjointed lot. with no understanding among the forwards, while the Rafs on the other hand, combined well
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  • 1356 5 UNIQUE CEREMONY ■i -w ww m i Hong Kong, July Z6. of the Very Rev. John Leonard T 1 Dean of St. John's Cathedral, as Bishop of took place in the Cathedral yesterday, when service, accompanied by traditional was held before a large congregation.
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  • 211 5 (From Our Own Reporter) v Ipoh, Monday. I performance. Opportunity will be taken at the same time to present to the local a r P. headquarters the nrsi mobile canteen presented by an Individual in the State Mr. Chin Th Mr Y p B. Marriott,
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  • 69 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Monday. rpHE Government Dressers' held their first annual general meeting on Saturday. Dr. A. eearu Pf^f "ohowing were elected <*fice-bear-"prSdint Cheng Leong elected); Vice-President Mr. Low s Men*. Hon. W. B. (re-elected): Hon. «r Lopez (re-elected); Hou! Mr. Hussein b Aman
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  • 288 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) Muar, Monday. nOMINATING the house-tops oi the Muar town are the D newly-built four-storeyed premises of the Chum Chuan Association. Muar. which were officially opened by Mr. Kao Lmg Pai. the Chinese uonßui-ucuw Among those who Hon eiven on the
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  • 73 5 (From Our Own Reporter) j (rrom Ipon Monday. OF Interest to Malayans is the news that the mobile canteen presented by this country U ßr I tain some time ago is attracting !Mr Towe:s. son of Mr. A. 1,. Towers, J.P.. and Mrs. Towers o* loon
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  • 162 5 (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh, Monday. CPEAKING at the official dinner S held in the **fd£^\- t IJJ" nmes in Connolly Road on Saturd v night, Mr. S. Rajaratnam, President cf the Perak Ceylon Association, in proP«smg the toast to the visitors, stressed the need for
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  • 157 5 A WELL-KNOWN local Chinese has made the foUowing suggestions to commemorate, the war anniversary by galvanising Malayan determination in the war (1) The Press solicit from all sources expressions with a view to formulating a comprehensive lesoluticn. which may be worded in the form of a pledge.
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    • 28 5 quality &2SSg3r^\SSkm Ku-h in tone IttllßplKa B ct in finish. <v,SUN CO.. LTD- 115. Bridge RoadI Mm Oxmt'. M>reml*n. r nang M»tor». I 0 G Motors. Ka»U 1-unipW-
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    • 260 5 MONEY THE MOST VITAL 1| NUD IN BRITAIN'S FIGHT y FOR FREEDOM Because Malaya is "the dollar arsenal" KA i of the Empire, most people who live in RsV this peaceful country are better off. VZJ But this peace and prosperity depends W\ l£bl solely on Britain's strength outlasting I<o>l
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  • 159 6 I j['HE right of appeal is one of the elementary rights of man unreservedly recognised by Democracy and incorporated in every enactment based on the well-known principles of British jurisprudence, j But, whether by accident or t design, neither the official draftsman of the Increase of
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  • 164 6 me nent rioara Deen designed to dispense justice in a cut and dried, inelastic manner—which was by no means the intentionthen appeals would have been unnecessary. An examination of the cases dealt with by the Board shows that its decisions have called for the exercise of the Board's
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  • 159 6 I'i-itL Katepayers' and the S.S. (S) Associations have made representations to the Government urging the need for amendment of the Ordinance so as to provide for appeals against the Rent Board's decisions, as well as to clarify the procedure as regards recovery of possession in the light
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  • 2040 6 DECLARES V. E. JACOB Towards Government Reform TT is generally taken foi granted that the democratic form of Government, more especially of the British Parliamentary type, is the best suited for Malaya. Our long association with British rule has enabled us to appreciate in
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  • 571 6 LAN elaborate list of tions was compiled bj yan authorities some Ui control the wartime c of paper and paper boa country. From the nature of th recommendations can be o'l the seriousness of the situation the improvement of which economy is urgently called I Newspapers accordingly
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    • 300 6 F. M. S. RAILWAYS CASH--ON--DELIVERY SERVICE. ASK YOUR NEAREST STATION MASTER FOR PARTICULARS. WAKEUPYOUR LIVER BILEWithout Calomel And You'll Jump out ol Bed is the Morning Full of Vim. The liver should pour out two pounds of liquid bile into your bowels daily. If this bile ia not flowing freely,
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    • 124 6 GROW YOUR OWi\ MALAYAN VEGETARLES and HELP WIN THE WAR BY CONSERVING SHIPPING SPACE FRESH STOCKS LOCAL SEEDS Chinese Cabbage Mustard Jndian Svinach Young Wax Gourd Long Beans Small Chinese. Mustard Broad Bitter Cucumber French flea;)s Ladies Fingers y m Beans Pumpkin Maize CuCum! er Brtnjal Beet, Early Ext, a
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  • 480 7 Heavy Pressure Reported Reuter. LONDON, AUG. 4. v um OK HEAVY JAPANESE PRESSURE ON THAILAND T 111 .Vk\ I\ THE LATEST REPORTS FROM THE FAR EAST. i ,'i> \\i' SE \RE SUPPORTING THEIR DEMANDS WITH 1111 I I'm OF A LARGE FORCE IN INDO-CHINA
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  • 279 7 Reuter. Saigon, Aug. i swing, the general j ,n fti,! movements in the [nrv Lfs b now clearer. fLI troops began A lul i at Nhatrang on /a fir.tmass incurSaigon area began n although Major- i c„ m ita arrived from Kith Japanese trans- J freighted and
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  • 156 7 Reuter. London, Aug. 4. 1 A BRIEF Air Ministry communique states that las despite unfavourable v. at her, aircraft of the Bornoc Command attacked industncs and communications at Hanover and Frankfurt-on-Main. The docks at Calais VvTrf also bombed. One British aircraft is missing. H A
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  • 39 7 Tobruk, Aug. U continued iheir enemy tactics on Monday dv apparently retoed S Pa and destroying hoatile t ls In uritish mechanised units from Bnwß h enemy, by arUuerV Are, says |£wK2 East c.mmun.,ue.
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  • 189 7 Reuter. Rome, Aug. 4"rpHE struggle between jMll-J A and Bolshevism has at last ar rived, it is an honour and Priv»ege for you to take part in »1 ,M"" of giants," declared Mussolini at Mantua 'in a farewell address to the Blackshirt legion which is cc ins
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  • 242 7 Reuter. TOKYO, AUG. 4. TT IS UNDERSTOOD FROM USUALLY YE delays s \ttthoriTlFS REMAIN SILENT ON THE SUBJLLI. A^T^J a Maru (16,975 tons), which The Ja P a V e 7/"^ pr t iHitv about her future followinjr the, endured a «^<{™s*2ljLwieae assets, has now secured
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  • 164 7 Reuter. London, Aug. 4. I FOUR cannon guns and six machine-guns comprise which are released. < This is the most foymidable armament known to have been fitted to any waiplane. German blitx bombers hit by j these cannon fitted in me i uselage and by
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  • 28 7 Simla, July 20. announcement has been rn?te f d° r st» re e^vernmTn y t e o C fn S dS qU unae? y the and Lend Act.
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  • 208 7 Reuter. Cairo, Aug. 4. the Tobruk area when East. v During Saturday f ni^ eavy bomformation of p rt harDO ur at Bengbers attacked the haroo ng hazi. In a^A 1 fires a direct hit large number of fires a was registered on an t
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  • 450 7 Reuter. London, Aug. 4. THE main fighting on the Eastern battle front 1 is taking place in the Ukraine to the south and Estonia to the north The Russian communique says that the 9 e nS K^ ce b ut newed their thrust to Ukraine
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  • 282 7 Reuter. Shanghai, Aug. 1BRITAIN and especially the United States were criticised X by the American-owned Sunday Mercury for talfwM measures" to check Japan's southward expansion. In an editorial headed "Japan's Drang Nach Suden Mercury says that Japan passes from one piece of To another
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    • 184 8 Acclaimed by The Press Public! Read What The Pfess Say:— in ill ii i n hi 1 1 "A picture which should have special appeal to all cinema-goers is "THE SEA WOLF." Based mv story by Jack London the filtv is packed with thrills and provides exciting entertainment" STRAITS TIMES.
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  • 45 9 Madras July 30. wa supples amounttfPE£ s ha ii a million f laced in Soutn ,he lust month, ac- ment issued by I Supplies for tne Madras War >- Committee yes-two-thirds refor textiles and the applied to the eering and tner
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  • 29 9 H R HV-oon. July 30 -1 -islature starts i-s T n on Monday 'Vovernor, Sir Reginald (It address a ?oint Dorffl 1 House on the openmeetinc w l
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  • 615 9 Balavia. July 19. Ifi DUSTRIES are springing up in this country like mushrooms, their number increasing day by day. The spirit of enterprise seems contagious. The latest instance is a scheme for a large dockyard at S'emarang, where 10,000-ton ships will be built. The scheme originated
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  • 115 9 Reuter. Shanghai, Aug. 4. FOREIGN and Chinese firms alike, whether situated in foreign or Japanese controlled areas In Shanghai have received notices from the Nanking Ministry ot Finance, concerning payment ol income tax. Q According to the notification, a tax will be levied according
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  • 68 9 Nagpur, July 30. Viceroy, Lord Linlithgow, in tne course ot his journey to Madras stopped at Nagpur and toscccted the Civic Guards. Afteiwards His Excellency sent a letter to the Commanding Officer ex pressing his appreciation, of the mannef in which the Civic Guards lined
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    • 158 9 BHOPAL FORCES INSPECTED Bhopal. July 30. MAJOR Gen. Frederick Military Adviser of the Indian State Forces, inspected unite of the Bhopal Army to-day. Hel» accompanied by the Chiei Officer of the Bhopal State Forces. He left Bhopal this morning. I m ßn i I_ VISITORS RETURNED LAST NIGHT WITH FULL
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    • 469 10 SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST TENDERS are invited for the reconstruction of eleven houses at Johore Road and Queen Street. Plans, Specification and Form of Tender may be obtained at the Office of the Singapore Improvement Trust on payment of a deposit of $50|- which will be refunded if a bona fide
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    • 557 10 _j SINGAPORE ZHL. 225 m 1332 k|cs. EASTppv I U^N' ZHP.I. 3«.96 m. »69 m|c». CSV i7u S£ RVlce ZHP.2. 48 58 m. 6.175 m|c«. GSF —15 4 J^ s; to ZHP.3. 41.38 m. 725 mics. GSD 11.75 n^. 1 »52? KUALA LUMPUK 610 p m."L*i,*_» 3£ ZGE 5 mr
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  • 107 11 rtaaadal Correspondent) rr( Tm t)oi |,nanr Singap ore. Tuesday. a the market at the AOOTA morntac were little M of last week with c,. Budget Luas as llan action there were K.imuntings at 11 •«a. r I'; K r..mats at 13 3 and 0 14
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  • 24 11 Singapore, Tuesday. J prices of tin and rubber in Singapore at noon tot Hay were: t TIN I RUBBER g: Sellers :>0»
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  • 17 11 James Hinwidow Rosanna ntv-six. they live Maynard-road. e 3 were married register office recently.
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  • 649 11 New Delhi, July 26. I jyjAJOR Rajkumar Shri Rajendrasinhji, of the Roya! 1 Lancers, who is a nephew of the late Jamsahib of Nawanagar ("Ranji" of cricketing fame), has been awarded the Distinguished Service Order. The official account of the action which gained this award
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  • 160 11 iNTONIO CASTELLINI, 53-year-A old anti-Fascist Italian interned at Douglas, Isle of Man, toia magistrates that three young internees, wearing white hoods, entered his bedroom and battered him into unconsciousness. The assault occurred on the anniversary of Italy's entry into hT war and Castellini was m hospital
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  • 107 11 Reuter. London, Aug. 4. S rpHE two days' week-end cricket match, in which a British Empire XI beat the J Metropolitan Police by 15a J S runs was featured by some i remarkable bowling. 1 T Oliver of the Police took j S six
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  • 421 11 Calcutta, July U* MORE than 1.200 Civic Guards are on patrol every night in Calcutta between 8 p.m. ami midnight. The total strength of the Guard in Calcutta and suburbs was 261 officers and 5*39 guards on June 1. These are divided into 208 groups
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  • 140 11 SINGAPORE Cricket Club, the holders, won the annual Trophy match against Selangor Club yesterday, dominating exchanges throughout and leaving the field winners by 5 goals to nothing. i-i L l i The homesters fielded a fast s de who combined well and I whose forwards made
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  • 158 11 Track Notes (From Our Own Reporter) (tr Penang, To-day. lACK DRUCE, Mediation, BookJ law Inventory, Rumination o„J Farnlev were the most imP?elsiveTnThe track this morning Jack Druce moved with easy stddes and finished the work-out with plenty to spare, while Mediation was put on the easy-list
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  • 145 11 Chungking, July 15. A"SAVE-PETRQL" campaign, aiming at reducing the monthly consumption of the vital fuel, has been in Chungking, according to a circular issued by the Chungking Ma?s Mobilisation Committee. The present monthly consumption of petrol is estimated at over 400 tens. j In its circular the
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  • 65 11 The following is the draw for the first round of the Governor's. Gup, to be played at Garrison jGolf Club by Sundav next. Capt. A. F. Chapman v L H- Chater. Major L. E. j C Davies v E. V. Smith. Lieut, j K. I. McLeod v
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  • 111 11 rE following are the final results in the All-Malayan Indian tennis tournament which concluded at Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Men's singles: J. A. Thivy beat H. S, V. Ramiah, 10—«, 2—6, 7—5; Doubles, Major S. K. Ghose and Capt J. K. Bhonsle beat J. A. Thivy and
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  • 83 11 Results of the children's novelty races held at the t-ngapore Swimming Club yesterday were: Three-legged race for girls: Ist Lydia Albert and Diana Lucas, 2nd Pamela Harrison and Beatrice Baigent. Blindfold race for juniors: Ist Albert Baigent. 2nd Donald Franklin. 3rd Beatrice Baigent. Blindfold race for seniors:* Ist
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  • 133 11 Reuter. London, Aug. 5. WITH the majority of the leading players in action, cricket was the main holiday attraation. A crowd of 20.000 saw a combined Middlesex and Essex side score 412 for six (declared* against a com-, bined Kent and Surrey at Lord's, the outstanding feature being
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  • 70 11 THE Combined Colleges will play two cricket matches this weekend. The following is the team to meet the S. R. C. (on Saturday) and the C. S. C. (on Sunday), both away games: R. Thoy (Raffles), Schubert (Raffles). Sivagnanam (Raffles), Aziz (Raffles). Kuldip Singh (Medicals*, Ho Lian Kee < Medicate
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  • 21 11 THE Indian Association beat Fort Canning in a Div. 118 match played at Farrer Park yesterday by six goals to two.
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  • 110 12 Eastern News. Tokyo, Aug. 5. IN a most pessimistic editorial, the Tokyo Asahi says that in view of the United States' increasingly hostile attitude towards Japan, there is nc room left for the two ccuntries to attempt to readjust their relations. "It is now
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  • 34 12 The Duke of Gloucester had just ended an unofficial visit to an east coast town when Nazi aircraft came over and dropped many incendiary bombs, which caused damage to industrial premises.
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  • 250 12 Reuter. Bombay. Aug. 5 JAM Saheb, Chancellor of the Chamber of Princes, speaking at a luncheon in honour of Sir Akbar Hydari. who is relinquishing the premiership of the Hyderabad State 'n order to take up a Vie?roys Executive Oounciliorship, hoped (bat the expanded
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  • 453 12 London, Aug. 5. BROADCASTING last night on the occasion of the twentyseventh anniversary of the first world war invasion of Belgium by Germany, the Belgian Finance Minister, M. Gutt, said: "The Germans are a strange people. They are apt to believe a lot of rubbish and they
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  • 100 12 THE annual report of the directors of Punggor Rubber Estates. Limited, to be presented at the 31st annual general meeting of shareholders to be held at Fullerton Building, to-day. Aug. 5, states that the accounts for the year show a net profit of $26,652.81 to which
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  • 390 12 Reuter. London, Aug. 5. THE Victoria Cross has been conferred on Sergeant James Allen Ward, of the Roval New Zealand Air Force No. 75 Squadron, in recognition of "the most conspicuous bravery." On tne night of July 7, Sergeant Ward was the second pilot
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  • 43 12 Reuter. Ankara. Aug 1. IT is repoited that the Vichy Am- bassador at Ankara has been informed that French ships at Turkish ptrts will not be released until the end of the war —Reuter.
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  • 220 12 (From H. L. Hopkin) Aug. 4. ROBERT MONTGOMERY, the well-known film star, arrived in London on Saturday. He was not recognised when he entered a famous restaurant. He has come to join the staff of the American Embassy as an assistant naval attache. He said
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  • 67 12 Reuter. Ottawa, Aug. 4. rIE Duke of Kent and his party left Ottawa yesterday in three R A.F. aircraft for Winnipeg where they will make their first halt in their tour of Canada. At the end of the tour the Duke will visit President Roosevelt
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  • 13 12 Mr J. L. Grieg has been appointed State' Agricultural Officer for Negri iSembllan.
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  • 243 12 Reuter. Stockholm, .\u2 < R E ,h° R B TS r,,n e Russian war rnntin it. i to announce the of Russian pockets of resiu > ance on the two main w I of Smolensk and Kiev. Hhl u it is claimed that the advan I eastward
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  • 125 12 (From Our Own Reporter) Penang. (<EE KOK WENG, former lator and interpreter ol Penang Chinese Protectorate, v.h.-r trial before Mr. B. F. Br:. the district court aroused considerable interest among fne Chines community, was given the beneS of the doubt by the judge and acquitted.
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    • 118 12 SINGAPORE WEEKLY RADIO HIGHLIGHTS TO-DAY 7.15 p.m.: Travel talk on Borneo by Dr H. B. Amstutz. 8.45 p.m.: Puzzle Corner, by James Mudie. 9.30 p.m.: F. Marcial and his I Swing Band, relayed from the Great World cabaret. WEDNESDAY. 7.15 p.m.: Rubber Growing, talk in the series. 7.25 p.m.: Penang
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    • 74 12 FRIDAY. 7.45 p.m.: For the Australian forces. 10 20 p.m.: London relay, World Affairs by Wickham Steed. SATURDAY. 650 p.m.: Calling the British forces in the Far East. 7.20 p.m.: Penang racing results. 9.30 p.m.: Short story. 10 20 p.m.: London relay, The Commonwealth Of Man. SUNDAY. 8.45 a.m.: Children's
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