Malaya Tribune, 2 December 1941

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  • 23 1 The Malaya Tribune Net Sales Exceed IS, 100 Daily SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1941 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune Tuesday, December 2, 1941
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  • 815 1 W,se Stat «mansh.p Can Save Situation"-Nomura Reuter. W THK LATEST NEWS DOES NOT SUGGEST THAT THE FAR EAST SITUATION IS NOW LESS CRITICAL THAN EARLIER, THE KEENEST INTEREST IS BEING TAKEN IN THE NEWS THAT PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, ON HIS HURRIED RETURN TO
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  • 15 1 4DHIRAL SIR TOM PHILLIPS w r*ta>C. China «Matio»»—*** pa»:» 1!.
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  • 504 1 Reuter. (MiliU" rommenta-y IV Annalist) London, !>ec. 2. THE Germans are putting up a very stiff fight in Cyrenaica. The main battle area is still in the central region round Sidi Rezegh. centering around the junction of the troops from Egypt and the garrison cf Tobruk.
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  • 189 1 Reuter. fiu Cairo, Dec 1 ft mam battle is contained in Li i angu,ar area of El •«h-Ss nf e 'r e l h Bir E1 Hamedftrhtin! rob ruk, where bitter 6rLS nt ,nued throughout the i soing on. deyesterday spokesman n ornin 8- we beat an
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  • 76 1 Reuter. Washington, Dec. 1. GREATLY strengthened, the United States Navy is ready for any emergency in the Atlantic or the Pacific, writes Colonel Knox, the Navy Secretary, in the "American" magazine to-day (Monday). Col. Knox added that with powerful new additions to the fleet
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  • 161 1 Reuter. ,By Frank Oliver). Washington. Dec. 1. IT is considered in Washington that it will take mere than Mr. suggestion that General Tojo's belligerency is due to a misquotation, to relieve the Pacific tension especially in view of the Jnpa^e c e Foreign Minister's description fcay&fe u
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  • 27 1 Reuter. Washington. Der 1: The British crul5pr Phoe,-," is at New York, and the Corvette Clar.»?a at Mobile. Alabama, accord4nc; to th* United States Navy Department.— Eeutcr.
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  • 296 1 Reuter. TOE RUSSIAN TROOPS, CONTINUING THEIR ADVANCE WEST OF ROSTOV. HAVE CAPTURED 318 TANKS AND VAST QUANTITIES OF GUNS, ARMS AND MILITARY SUPPLIES. This was officially stated in Moscow last night. It was added that during- the seven days of the Rostov battle, Russian planes and
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  • 505 1 Reuter. 'J'HE great Link battle to decide the late of Gen. Rommel's Army is still raging heavily round Sidi Rezegh. Rommel is believed to be leading his men himself. The Germans succeeded in breaking through our positions at one point on Sunday, but they were
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  • 332 1 Reuter. Shanghai, Dec. 2.—Japanese steamers have been withdrawn from the China Coast and from the regular service on the Yangtze River and have been commandeered by the Japanese authorities fcr transportation of troops, according to a local Chinese press report. Out of 12 steamers conducting regular services on
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  • 151 1 Reuter. Shanghai, Dec 2. FOLLOWING a reiteration of the American evacuation advice today, it is revealed that no furthei American President line vessel:* will call at Shanghai. Local agents of the President Lines, however, said they could make arrangements for Americans Lo leave Shanghai for Manila
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  • 115 1 Reuter. Cairo, Dec. 2. ALTHOUGH large numbers of enemy aircraft are now appearing over the. large triangle forming the land battle area in Libya, the Imperial Air Fcrces still hold mastery of the air. Sunday's aerial combat over El Boc;i, 30 to 40 miles dead south
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  • 36 1 Reuter. Rome, Dec 2:-Colonel Giuseppe Casero has been appointed Chlet of Cabinet at the Air Ministry in place of Gmcral Urbani who is to command the Italian Air Force in the battle c'ne. slater the official
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  • 808 2 (Tribune Staff Reporter) STRAIGHT from a tour, lasting a month, of Australia and New Zealand, Mr. A. Duff Cooper (British Minister of State, now in Singapore) told a press conference last night that Australia's attitude in the Far East crisis was the
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  • 358 2 Singapore. Monday. ALLEGING misdirections by the trial judge to the iury, Bakhtava Singh and Blckram Singh, who were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment by Mr. Justice Worley on charges of bribery and corruption, appealed against the conviction and sentence in the S.S. court ol appeal
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  • 25 2 ...Total number of enemy planedestroyed during yesterday on all fronts up to midnight time (excluding Soviet claims):— EIGHTEEN; total score for November, 241.
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  • 121 2 THE Kallang airport, Singapore, including the buildings there and the boomed seaplane anchorage, will be closed to unauthorised per- sons. Passengers and crew of any aircraft "which has lawfully landed at, or is lawfully about to depart" from the airport will have access to the airport.
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  • 119 2 |N connection with the special 1 Scrap Drive in Singapore from Dec 5 to 9. the Controller. Salvage Collection and Disposal Depot, ha.s decided to serfd round,a lorry to houses whose occupants have collected useful and clean scrap but do not own cars to transport it
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  • 56 2 THE next "Clipper" with mails from Europe, America, the Pacific and the Philippine Islands is expected to arrive in Singapore on Saturday. Dec. 6. The latest time of posting at the General Post Office, Singapore, to connect with mails for tne above-mentioned places on the return flight, will
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  • 52 2 HPHE death" took .place yesterday .it his 1 residence at No. 212—X, Rangoon Road, of Mr. K Vena6itamby (formerly technical assistant, Public Works Department, F.M.S.. and contractor), father of Mr. K. V. Thuralslngam. of the Malayan Establishment Office. The funeral will take place tfo-day at
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  • 365 2 Reuter. (By Alaric Jacob, Reutcr's Correspcndent with the Eighth Army in the Desert) Dec. i. VHE Commander of the 21st German Panzer division, General yon Ravenstein, whose capture was accomplished by British armoured flying columns, has been sent to Tobruk. He commanded
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  • 220 2 Singapore, Monday. ARMED with what was described by the prosecuting officer as "good" housebreaking implements. Teng Ah Kiew t36 who paid a call at 4.30 this morning at a vacant flat in Banda Street and came away with five iron window hcoks. was sentenced to
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  • 96 2 TXTITH an increase in pay ranging from $2 to $3. Chettlars' cooks. In Market Street. Singapore, have called their strike off. The strikers, over 80 in number, returned to work yesterday as the result of their demands being met. These men, who were paid wages ranging from
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  • 61 2 A BURGLAR robbed Lady Diana Cooper, wife of the British Minuter o: State now in Singapore, a few dnvs ago of some money she had placed in a'nandbag. It is understood that she placed the money In a bag in her bedroom, arid it was later discovered
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  • 102 2 •pHE SS court of appeal yesterday made A an order raising from $2,000 to $3,000 the deposit for security of costs, guaranteeing the costs of appeal to the Privy Council, of a claim by a married woman lii a $1,000.000 estate. The claim concerned the
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  • 78 2 Singapore, Monday. I I£EH Tiang, a hawker, was sentenced to six weeks' rigorous imprisonment by the fifth magistrate, Mr. L. C. Goh. th's morning, when he was convicted on charge of offering an illegal gratification of 40 cent s to a police constable at Tiong
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  • 44 2 A CHINESE boatman was flound sufferring from the effects of corrosive poisoning in a 'twakow" at Boat Quay yesterday evening He was conscious but was unable to speak, his mouth, tongue and Hps belnu burnt. He was taken by ambulance to the General Hospital.
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  • 208 2 rpIIREE important talks i r* Included In to-ir.orrow's radio mnm l 'om the Singapore station of the M.B.C. At 12.45 p.m. Mr. G. H. Addison it the Uot iiiical Gardens, will give the second I his talks in the series on "Gardening.' /.i 8 p.m. Mr. E. E.
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  • 85 2 'PHE annnal Speech Day of the Choon Gunn English School* wa.-. held on Thursday. Mr. J. B. Ross. Chairman of the Board of Managers, presided. In his address he referred to the good reputation enjoyed by boys who had been in the school, and also
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  • 521 3 Local Residents See The Situation (Tribune Staff Reporter) grtEGEXT views on the Far Eastern situation were offerK various leaders of public opinion in Singapore when iLti by the Tribune. Immediate action was prophesied E while others held the opinion that the Japanese
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  • 83 3 M( Tribune Staff Reporter) L W. Gorsuch, the Commissioner of Local Defence, told the Tribune that members of the Local uetencc- i,orps were not being called up. 6 Members of the L D C in Selangor and Perak, it is understood, have already been called
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  • 101 3 Singapore, Monday. SEQUF.L to the fatal shooting incident, which occurred at Pulo Bukom vesteio>., w.ifc., a Sikh watchman met vith n death, was heard in the second nolice roujt before Mr. Conrad Oldnam, when Christopher Hickey. of the RAF appeared on a tentative charge of causing ueatri b.v
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  • 763 3 Japanese Government can't climb down, at least not obviously so, without a long interval in which the public can be prepared for the chai.ge of policv/' said Richard Allington, in a news commentary from the Singapore station last ni«*ht. rie stressed trie possibility of action by
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  • 218 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) mobilisation of members of the Straits Settlements Volunteer Force in Singapore began yesterday when His Excellency the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, issued proclamations at noon indicating that the whole of Malaya was in a state of emergency. It is understood that the
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  • 196 3 Singapore, Monday. AN unsuccessful claim by a married woman for a share in an estate valued at over $1,000,000 was recalled in the SJS. court of appeal to-day when an applicaiton to increase the deposit for security of costs, guaranteeing the costs of appeal to thĕ
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  • 355 3 Singapore, Monday. STUDENTS of the Nanyan'4 Girls' School, Singapore, testi fied in the Singapore fifth court this afternoon when Lily Huan alias Liby Lee, who gave her age as 16, appeared before Mr. L. C. Goh, on a charge of theft °t clothes and miscellaneous
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  • 77 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca. Monday. MR A. E. MILLS, the coroner. recorded a finding of suicide to-day at the inquiry into the death of Khoo Swee Hin, a 24--year-old Hokkien. On Nov. 19, the deceased, who had been suffering from insomnia for about 20 told
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  • 34 3 Melbourne. Nov. 28:—The Premier of Tasmania (Mr. Cosgrovel officially set in motion at Launceston a line of machines in Tasmania's first munitions annexe The annexe is producing steel shells ready for filling
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  • 214 3 HIS Highness the Maharaja of Tehri-Garhwal arrived in Singapore yesterday evening from India, for a short visit to Indian troops on active service in Malaya. He is the third Indian Prince so far to visit this country in wartime. The other two were the Maharajas of Patiala
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  • 47 3 Melbourne. Nov. 36:—The House of Representatives has fixed the standard r*te of profit on which the wartime profits tax will operate at five per cent whlrii means a low of ££00.600 In the umnuti' sought in the Budget proposal tor a Tonr per cent rate.
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  • 109 4 Australian Cricket Reuter. Brisbane, Dec. 1. AUSTRALIA'S brighter cricket movement, comprising the award of special bonus points f°r the best batting and bowling, has resulted in an exciting finish to the first inter-Siate match when Queensland beat Ne»v South Wales by 19 runs. W.J. O'Reilly, the
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  • 770 4 Four-Day Meet Attracts 188 Horses And Ponies A TOTAL of 88 entries has been received for the Ipoh Turf Club (Aircraft for China and Tanks for Russia) winter meet, which starts on Saturday, and is continued on Tuesday, Dec. 9. Thursday, Dec.
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  • 24 4 The Singapore Civilians v Indian Army hockey match, arranged for to-day in aid of the War Fund, has been cancelled indefinitely.
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  • 58 4 Reuter. Bombav. Nov. 30. -PHE following are the scores at the end of the second day s play in the Ranjl '"rophy (3-davi tournament: Mvsore !*9 and 301 for 8. Hyderabad .69. The Central Province and Berar 192 nd 84 for 5. Madras 217. In the Western zone
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  • 20 4 TO-DAY: 9.46 a.m., 9 ft.; 10.46 p.m., 8.5 ft. TO-MORROW: 10.16 a.m., 9.2 ft.; 11.21 p.m., 8.6 ft.
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  • 262 4 THE men's open singles final in the Straits Chinese Recreation Club open invitation lawn tennis tournament, between Yong JLoon Chong, one time Singapore champion, and Lim Hee Chin, fast-rising youngster, who defeated the Malayan runner-up and Singapore champion. Chin Kee Onn, in the
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  • 323 4 rpHE final trial to select the Singapore women's team to meet Selangor was held yesterday evening at the Girls' Sports Club, and resulted in a win for Whites, who played with the probable forward line to represent Singapore, by one goal to nil,
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  • 41 4 The Singapore Team for Saturday will ie: Betty Archdale; Miss N. Still, Mrs. M. pennefather (rapt.); Miss M. d'Sylva Miss P. Owen, Mrs. Le Mare; vlrs. Fonin. Mrs. Carslaw. Mrs. Finlay- on, M»s» F. Wilson. Miss S. Still.
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  • 172 4 INTENDING competitors for the Singapore (open) amateur boxing championships, organised by the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association, are reminded that entries close on Dec. 6. Entries should be forwarded to the hon. secretary (Mr. W. Mitchell) c o the Prison Dept., Sepoy Lines, Singapore. No entrance fee
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  • 10 4 TENNIS: S.C.R.C. open in vita'tion tournament, S.C.R.C.
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  • 113 5 Reuter. |0B9 i (Florida). Dec l. Americans first and f l *£rs of our Uinon second," Mr William Green, rt fthe American Federa5* t( lur in a nation-wide of S££f the Convention of Bankers Association of 5** in which he pledged «hare in the defence
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  • 14 5 Singapore Monday 0&rit i»u>' Win... l^ va» "ii:. n r Vfttgm imv fifte «iPer*l«i.'n
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  • 701 5 Volunteer Forces Called Out AST ATI? <• Singapore, Monday. ZT emergency was proclaimed in the Colony of the Straits Settlements to-day, by a proclamation by H.E. the Irovernor, Sir Shenton Thomas, issued under the name of Mr. S. W. Jones, Colonial Secretary. It reads:—
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  • 118 5 Singapore, Monday. SENTENCE of nine months' rigorous imprisonment was passed on Tan Ah San (18 when he was convicted on a "harge ot assisting in the management of chap-ji-kl lottery. According to the evidence. Tan, who was defendec'. by Mr. M. Mltter, was arrested hv detectives 111
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  • 69 5 Singapore. Monday. pHARCLD with steeling »-W0 I rom a houv in Jalan Besar, Syed Hussain bin Abu Bakar (43). an Arab, claimed trial before Mr. Conrad Oldham in the second oollce court. The money. belonging to Syed Abdullah Hadi Alsagoif. was stated to have been stolen in
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  • 122 5 Reuter. Hone; Kong, Dec. 1. FOLLOWING two days of inten.se defence exercises in which 20,000 civil and defence workers were given their first realistic taste of war-time conditions in the Colony, all troops were called back to the barracks and all naval personnel were ordered to
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  • 96 5 Singapore. Monday. A POLICE constable, victim of a group of 17 urchins who gathered round him anci commenced baiting him first w'th -ts. and finally, it was alleged, resorted tc abuse, at Anson Road yesterday, managed to arrest one of them. The others took to their heels In
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  • 127 5 Reuter. Tokyo, Dec. 1. THAILAND'S position in the Pacific is like that of Belgium in the European War, according to the Domei news agency in a diplomatic review issued to-day. The Domei agency says Thailand and the Soviet are the only two nations seeking to maintain strict
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  • 145 5 Reuter. Bangkok, Dec. 1. THAILAND stands unpertuib--1 ed in the face of the unfounded foreign reports that Japan had invaded this country. This calm confidence is, in no small measure, due to the Thais' own preparedness to resist aggression and their firm belief that prompt aid is
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  • 105 5 Singapore. Monday. A VEPUTCT of death by misadventure v.'.t i t corded by the Singapore coroner, M-W. O. Porter, at the inquiry thi<= morning into the death of Moharrud Abdulla! a 34-year-old Ma!abari serang. Who V 784 found dead at the bottom of vhe hat'-l; of
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  • 202 5 Reuter. Manila, Dec. 1. r JpHE populace appears to be anxiously awaiting Japan's reply to Mr. Cordell Hull's note. Some uneasiness has been caused by President Quezon's statement on Friday that the Philippines are not prepared for war. In his speech, President Quezon said that "American imperialists
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  • 63 5 Reuter. Sydney, Dec. 1. !T is learnt that a deputation of Kong evacuees interviewed Mr. Duff Cooper on Nov. 17; he expressect sympathy with thei" views and promised that *f and when he visited Hone Kong, he would place them before the Governor, and
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  • 106 5 Singapore, Monday. DET.:-.TIVE k»w three passengers In h t-o:i?y bus hit the conductor after rhe la tie' and one of the passengers had ;.n argument. As a result the conductor. Ten Kc:\ Heng (26), and See Toh Bam 30). th: passenger with whom Teo had •n arg. ment,
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  • 523 6 The Emergency THE proclamation issued by the Governor and High Commissioner, declaring a state of emergency and calling up Malaya's volunteer forces is unlikely to cause any surprise in this country. Recent events have clearly shown that sooner or later the local defence authorities would he o mpeUed to
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  • 2030 6  - II -SHOPPING IN A PROVINCIAL TOWN Impressions Of Leave In War-Time England I* M.C. ff SHEPPARD, M.C.S. TONDON, Coventry, Bristol. Plymouth, Portsmouth and Liverpool have been singled out tor particularly heavy and concentrated aerial attacks, but there are many towns in England, some of them of considerable industrial importance, which
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  • 59 6 YOU have heard snake stories You have heard mosquitoe stories. Here is one from Bangkok which combines just the re quisite degree of veracity with both the menaces. A man was bitten by a poisonous snake at sundown and fell into a coma. He awakened at dawn, feeling little
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  • 397 6 P'HINESE women who have been supplying their fijrhting men with blankets laboriously made on spinning wheels of medieval pattern are to have up-to-date machinery from Britain. The new looms will be based on i. design not used since the eighteenth century, and on a
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  • 130 6 MR. LAWSON has had political experience in both State and Federal Parliaments. He was a member of the L e g i s lative Council i n Queen land until the abolition of that body in 1922. Since 1931 he has been Labour member
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  • 570 7 THE concern with which countries in *k~ London, Dec. 1. somewhat tardy progress made by th. r aC,f,C the A B CJ>. Powers-view the ton is reflected in the vigorous precautiin»r! aPaneSe A,nerican talks in Washin Soncerned. These talks Ire deserTbed L aSUre ake by
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  • 76 7 Reuter. Vatican City, Dc C 1 THE POPE attended the inauguration of the acidemia year of the Papal Academy of Sciences m Sunday. Twelve Cardinals, the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See, and many personalities in the cultural and scientific spheres heard the Ppe deliver
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  • 228 7 Reuter. Monroe, (North Carolina), Dec. L ANSWERING his own ques- tion, "Are the United States j troops ready for war after three months of field manoeuvres?" Lieut. Gen. Lesley J. McNair, Chief of r Staff of the Army General I Headquarters, said in a critiI que,
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  • 27 7 Melbourne, n o 29: The Victorian Amat< ur Turf Club has contributed vestordav flo.ooo to the Rod Cross, the Comforts Fund, .-met other war organisations.
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  • 369 7 Moscow, Dec. I. A Stockholm message states that the Germans have apparently made no progress on the Moscow front during the past 24 hours and it seems that the Russians are effectively preventing the completion of the Nazi pincer movement. The siege of Sebastopol in
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  • 58 7 Reuter. Shanghai, Dec. 1.—Following the Shanghai Municipal Council's announcement cf the appointment of Mr. \Vatarsie as joint chief deputy commissicner of the International Settlement Police with the Briton, Cap'am H.M. Smyth, 11 lit. r learns reliably that the Ifcngkew area—the Japanese occupied Section cf the Settlement—will shortly be
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  • 447 7 Reuter. Russia still remains the main held of battle, and here the sue cesaful strategical blow which Mar- (By Sir Hubert Gough. Reuter s Military Commentator) London. Dec. 1. JJURING the last fortnight, events in the two active theatres of war, Russia and Libya,
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  • 48 7 Reuter. London, Deo. 1. British give prominence to repor's from the United States that a powerful force of the Japanese Navy has been sighted off file Japanese Mandated Islands mar British Borneo. There is no authoritative confirmation in London of these i epoits.
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  • 392 9 Reuter. Cairo, Dec. 1. |N the Western Desert British troops have throw* out the Orman forces which yesterday penetrated British defences at Sidi Rezegh and re-established positions there. Hall the n maining tanks of an Italian division have been destroyed. It was authoritatively stated
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  • 256 9 Reuter. Cairo, Deo. 1. I VISIBLE confidence In the success of the Libyan campaign is unanimously .shown by the arrivals in Cairo irom the fiuui, including observe! s, correspondents and wounded officers. They Lelitve I hat General Rommel's last tanks have been held east of
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    • 3370 10 E^S^ClHSSItllP-HPS V^I^^i For Sale SULPHURIC Cylinder fur making carbonic iuid gas standard size new. JCompany. 523 Serangoon 20M*J CELLOPHANE Paper, whfte 35" .stock. English make. J. Lea.& Company. 523 Serangoon Road. sln «*P°[^ 0 204 M) LADIES! Our Clearance Sale Starts 412 41. American Cotton Frocks $175. Afternoon Cocktail ™*^J
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    • 478 10 NEW SEMI-DETACHED Tembellng Road. Rent $30,- App l6 M) Pulasan Road. v HOUSE Blangah *™£r oDDOalte S.H.B. Gate No. 8-Rent $40KTtOA particular, phone Jg». Singapore. AIRY ROOM To Let Prom Ist SmL&wSZE* tm Biogle people. SST S Klang Road. TO"l£T—New R. Concrete Shop Houses suitable for shops or stores Tanjonrj
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    • 308 10 NOTICE. In the High Court of the Straits Settlements Settlement of Malacca. In Bankruptcy. No. 3 of 19«. Goh Nam Mong trading under the style of Chop Wah Guan Creditor. Tan Hcon Chong lately trading under the style of Chop Tan Hiap Choon at No. 26, Bunga Ray a Poad,
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    • 653 10 jTO-DAY S R^ I SINGAPORE LONDON ZHP2 6175 Kcs Z SS Eg? I P :S, Orchestral Concert Including Syrn- GSD 11.75 phony No. 9in 0 Major by s<»Kl H\'il.Kl < \n s£rticil Schubert. PrnmmmP GSD: (25 metre band) an« 00 M« C ,«I" B prices Pr S m An- <«
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  • 803 11 MONUAY, DKC. 1st, 1*41tflB**//* 0 80 0 S5 g Wrt* fL 136 "6 Tin (*>. i 42 1 -4bcd PfL$aS° T ,$U il 1 116 "J 0.22 O-M %&sr» 'v. Slk 28 3 2'.» 3 2S(lf> 20- 21&af 0 76 0.80 r 0.27 0 29 fcSSS.'
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  • 14 11 Singapore, Tuesday of tin and rubber in ffrt at noon to-day were:-
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  • 305 11 Massy Anderson, Reuter's special correspondent with Eastern Mediterranean Fleet). Alexandria, Dec. 1. 1 DESCRIPTION of the most gallant conduct which earned 1 the first Victoria Cross for the Mediterranean Fleet on Hay 18 is just released. The decoration was awarded posthumously to Petty Officer
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  • 39 11 Reuter. untitle d, Dec. 1:-Malta's thou-untitled 2?*y >~n. Wa sounded cre orp two aV*Ki v m °rnh,g." says w>t *Zy m llli iiC which a?* 1 «mSf te u aircraft on each £**ut«n^. 1 ur rtuht.r. v mtercepUon, WMC
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  • 160 11 Reuter. Washington, Dec. 1. THE Japanese envoys to-day resumed their conversations with the Secretary of j State. Mr. Cordell Hull. Mr. Kurusu told reporters that he brought no final answers to Mr. Cordell Hull's document. When referred to the statement of the Japanese Prime Minister, General
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  • 75 11 rpHE Board of. the Lambak Ruwer, 1 .commend firsthand final dividend On Stock 7', per cent (one shilling pence pe r £1 unit) less Income TB l* 10s m the pound, in respect of the yea ended March 31. 1914- djr Net profit for the year subject to
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  • 155 11 (From Our Financial (NHTt»£Pl)iltMt) Sing-in 11 T*Jt»4 lj■ "yVTHILE there was no Utld W sellin,, pr<--sure yesterday, yet the tend t ease was noticeable in the tin elUtf* murket. Hong Fatts which opened ft 136 Were later done at 135 closing ;ell s the price. Lukuts
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  • 196 11 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Nov. 7. PRESIDING at the 31st annual meeting A of Rim (Malacca) Rubber Estates, Ltd Mr. E. G. Estall, said the results for th? year were satisfactory, but taxation took very large portion cf their profits. Excess Profits Tax at 100 pe
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  • 101 11 Singapore. Monday. 4.15 p.m. THE market to-day struck a hesitant note for the first time for many weeks, but so far share values for the most part were unchanged (reports the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association). In th* Mining Section Hon« Fatts are fraction easier with business done down to
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  • 72 11 Singapore. Dec. 1. Gambier 7.50 Java Cube U .Tjj Hamburg Cube 12 00 Muntok White Pepper 17.75 White Pepper 17 .25 Black Pepper 7.75 Sundried Copra 3.00 Mixed Copra 2.75 Small Pearl Tapioca 9.2;> Fair Fiake Tapioca 0.00 Medium Pearl Tapioca 9.75 Small Flake Tapioca 9.2;> Lingga Sag 3
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  • 115 11 PROFIT of $450,683.14 was made by Pajam. Ltd., In the year ended Sept. 30. 1941. according to the Directorsreport to be presented at the Company's annual meeting on Dec. 9 at the Hongkong Bank Chambers. This together with the balance brought forward from last year of $160,951.79 (less
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  • 99 11 THE report of the Directors of the Alor Gajah Rutber Estate, Ltu., which to be presented at the Company's anninl meeting on Dec. 9 at the Hongkong Ban-: Chambers, Collyer Quay, shows that the profit for the year amounts to $40,688 8-. which together with the balance
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  • 832 11 Reuter. London. Dec. I. fOMMENTING on the Far Eastern situation, The] Times to-day says "Mr. Cordell Hull has made it clear that the United States will enter into no arrangement with Japan which does not conform with the principles laid down by successive American Secretaries of
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  • 88 11 Reuter. Washington, Dec. 1. STARTING December first, new regulations require non-citizens leaving the United States to oblain special permits from the State Department. The regulations exempt persons holding Identification cards for the Mexican and Canadian borders as well as aliens living in the Western Hemisphere,
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  • 98 11 Reuter. London. Dec. 1. THE Block Exchange was very quiet J- thro tghOUt but there was a firm undertone and uaeful gains were recorded in ilt-cd-ed securities which were influenced by dividend disbursements in industrials especially tobaccos. breweries, 'stores and oils." where She'ls. Burmah. ■and An-to-Iranian were the
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  • 78 11 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Nov. 7. A dividend of 5 per cent, was declared at the annual meeting of Gadjah Rubber Estates *****). Ltd. The chairman. Mr. F. J• Burgess, said the results showed a very satisfactory balance of profit of £10,504 before providing for taxation. This
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  • 40 11 Melbourne. Nov 29: Further awards "or gallan rv at Tobruk have been made The recipients are: Capt. F. L. Bode Infantry. (Military Cross); Warrant Officer v J Harilson. Victorian Infantry. Sgt R. A. P.'*-ick, Queensland Infantry. tMiitary Medal).
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  • 362 11 Reuter. (Bv Alaric Jacob, Renter's special correspondent with the British (B> troops near Fort Capuzzo) mplav d Near Fort Capuzzo. Nov. 26 (Delay, a OVER the horizon to-night, approaching the position v>nere U Indian ?nd British troops have been having a hard time lor the last
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  • 125 11 Reuter. Moscow, Dec. 1. DURING daylight on Sunday, 22 German planes were shot down In attempts to raid Moscow. The Soviet News Agency Bays tnat numerous engagements between Soviet lighter planes and enemy aircraft took place at the approaches to Moscow. The Russians lost six
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  • 25 11 London, Dec. 1.—Denmark has refused to allow the mobilisation of her forces for service on the Eastern front. Germany found it wiser to give in.
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    • 311 11 PROPERTY SALE To be sold by PubhY Sale-room of A. T. EDWARDS CO ITD., No. 11, Malacca Street, oV THURSDAY. 4th DECEMBER. 1941. AT 2.30 P.M. MORTGAGEE'S SALE LOT 1 Freehold land and godowns Nos. 317 D.. E. and F.. River Valley Road, Singapore, with vacant land adjoining, area 90.236
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    • 547 11 Public Notices THE S.S.V.F. Mobilisation of the S.S.V.F. has been ordered. Ail members of the S.S.V.F. on the Active List, other than those holding certificates cf exemption from mobilisation, will hold themselves in readiness to report «for duty in accordance with instructions which they will receive from their Unit Commander.'-.
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    • 305 11 STEAMER SAILINGS IN DO-CHIN A STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD (Incorporated in England) DIRECT SERVICE TO JAPAN via HONGKONG CALCUTTA via PENANG. Taking carso on through Bill of Lading for Canton, Macao, Swatow, Amoy, Chefo, Tientsin, Newchwang, Yangtse ports, Formosa, the Philippines, etc. The steamers have superior accommodation for saloon passengers
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  • 589 12 Reuter. Moscow, Nov. SO. MARSHAL TIMOSHENKCS armies are continuing to drive the Germans back in the Southern Ukraine, following the recapture of Rostov-on-Don. In one sector of this front, the Russian troops routed the 207th German infantry division, killing more than 1,000 German officers and
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  • 588 12 Chungking, Nov. 30. I PRECEDING the long-belat- j I e d military phase of her I southward expansion, Jap- j anese economic aggression in i Thailand and Indo-China to j bring about her "East Asia Co-prosperity" has been on i the increase, according to the >
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  • 302 12 Reuter. <Hv Desmond Tlgbe, Renter's Correspondent with the Tobruk Forces) Friday (Delayed). I'HE eighth day of the break cv* from Tobruk—very fierce lighting has continued outside the lortress under leaden skies a.id in driving rain and slough cf mud. I was able to watch Aye separate actions
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  • 57 12 Reuter. Wn.-hi-.i ton, Df-c. 1: As the House of tlvw b**gan consideration of :.:e BMIWIIM intended to prevent strikes ••1 Defence Industrie*, representatives of '1 unions and orgar.i*lug committees of fhc CongrCM of Industrial Organisations adopted a resolution pledging co-opera-I Ion in the solution of labour disputes by
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  • 103 12 Reuter. Belfast. Dec. 1. Efc: TER understanding of the So- vict Union Is not only important d irtng ttu war. but will also be essen•.»»1 when we and our Alius turn to the •a<:k of making peace." writes the Foreign 8 CM uty. Mr. Anthoney
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  • 43 12 Melbourne. Nov. 29: The A.I.F. in Syria are now training in heavy winter garb, weanng greatcoats. mufflers and loves as protection against the bittei weather. r i, ey are spending their time mproving themselves in training and in Physical toughness.
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  • 53 12 Melbourne, Nov. 29:-Eleven cargo ships being bull' in Australia for the Federa f Government, and of 9.000 tons dead weight, will be named after Australian nvers. They will be known as the Rlvei f'l.iss." and named the Clarence. Hunter. .'Tun i;nbid -cc. Murray. Burdekin. Fitzroy. oddo'i. Mit'.a. Glenelg. Murchison and
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  • 32 12 Dun he h: short s/av in Sh,<,u,>..>i' Ut\ A^'htr,sadnr'to the United Stores/ u it the oaf*/ Su </ {-«tfj JTiomoy. /Vio/n ifeows fl/. Lttvmoff with Sir »f*d Lotfj/ 7 fromtur.
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  • 88 12 Wit» the contfl rival ol Intericaa-littClt Brrv icr Bnttnto*, the tU". v.sivc «1rr\. t i i* lie'itu* Unlit J. niio'-iMi.»!:- y.i"- ''",i- .'m i. in lh< tattle nf ftrttsln war. 1 i (lavuut of tho Air ii i it I .ii', are »u-li-li. lu« I'll I I flri
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  • 257 12 Reuter. Lcndcn, Dec. 2. AN A'::- Ministry communique, issued last night, announcing heavy R.A.F. raids on German porta and shipping from which altogether 20 planes are missing, states that "strong forces of the Bcmber Command attacked enemy pcrts In North-West Germany last night. "The main attack was
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  • 181 12 DEAR-ADMIRAL S i r To*** 11 has been appointed rwj* dcr-in-Chief Eastern rank of Admiral i„ CommL"* H.M. ships and Naval i?? t ments on China Station iSi?' of Staff is Rear-Admiral Palliser. I Vice-Admiral Sir Geoffrey t ton, on transferring his »ZJ* to Admiral
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  • 107 12 Reuter. Chungking, Det: THE machinery for the China Government's moncpoliei ij ready completed, it is reportedb with the formation of a sp*: bureau fcr sugar and salt, rs special corporations for tea ti matches. Dr. Liang Ching-shun is i charge cf the preparations far ft sugar
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  • 104 12 Reuter. Lono». Dk THK Inherent soundness of ■»< financial position, by no aaasjlsl Important i f the fruits of tat Id* p.j-'t'lsh connection. Is au wsental i-nent in tht confidence about i'h- immediate war future raaj Wd* Tndi-,. the "Statist" to a .rdia s wartime trade and AaanoiB»
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  • 221 12 Reuter. Moscow. Dec. 2. FIGHTING over the week-end brought no essential changes in 'he Kalinin sector of the Moscow front, where the Soviet forces continue to hold their lines in the direction oi Klin, says Pravda's p rial correspondent, quoted by the official Soviet Nev.o Agency on
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  • 142 12 Reuter. Berne, Dec. 2. FOLLOWING the loss of Rostov, the G El mans are increasingly pre-occupied as to how the Eastern Army la to pan the Russian winter reports the Berlin correspondent of the Bailer Kach Richten. TtU Rovno (Polish) press has published an appeal from
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  • 89 12 Reuter. Wash'ngt'n, Dec I THE War Department 1 on Sunday tha t I headquarters in! i Guiana, would be the new 5, 'of the United States j guarding the bauxite »W colony. fwjic 5 An official dispatch 1 maribo states that Jg found much propa^J
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  • 23 12 Reuter. he flrst Tternal torv of nxcdcrn t«P 6y JJ* om pr-ent an B ul &e ial circle expert ver-^ub^-ibed
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    • 332 12 i the lew Vitamin IS| i llrrail baked liy <!««' i ROYAL lIAKI ItV WO W ON SALE throughout Malaya ai all II ranches ok* the tout storage i i Adi;7. o/ Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd. C S. 202 A ——Will IWĔ ill i ill 'I H fH^— ,ÜBP
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