Malaya Tribune, 4 December 1941

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  • 23 1 The Malaya Tribune Net Sales Exceed IS, 100 Daily SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1941 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune Thursday, December 4, 1941.
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  • 110 1 Reuter New D?lh». Dee. 4. Jfl a review of the general military poai- tion both as affecting India and In Its more general aspects, made by the Com ittander-in-Chlei at th'- final MMtOB of the National Defend Council alter 8 full discussion. Sir Akbnr Hydarl. member la
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  • 211 1 AXIS OFFENSIVE WITH TANKS, PLANES, INFANTRY Successful Operations By Royal Yugoslav Forces ANOTHER PAIN IN THE NECK FOR HITLER Reuter. A THIRD WAR FRONT HAS BEEN OPENED UP AGAINST THE AXIS FORCES, THIS TIME IN YUGOSLAVIA, WHERE ROYAL FORCES ARE STRONGLY RESISTING A GENERAL AXIS OFFENSIVE
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  • 69 1 Reuter. Yit hy, Dec. 4. Tfl£ German authorities have given the French intil Dec. 10 to produce the authors of two afacks on Germans— a bomb in a Mcntmartre Cafe last Friday, and shots at a German tffieer in P aris erday. Failing this, most rigorous
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  • 266 1 Reuter. Berne. Dee. 4. fHE German Foreign Office, 1 while stressing the importance tf the Petain-Goering meeting, states thai it ha- had no concrete results except as a prelude to furtfcer negotiations, writes the Berlin corrrspondeMt of the Basler Xachrich'en. The correspondent hints that
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  • 171 1 Reuter. pin,. Washington, Dec. 4. ptLOWiNG President RooseTirJ e,t l announcement that had been brought into J* benefits of the Lease-Lend »ne opinion is expressed in well-informed circles here Turkey has probably given that she is preSIT-, re?ist German aggres5jJ" na lhe means to do so Dec A
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  • 128 1 Reuter. London. Dec. 4. THE 25-year-old "Doctor Stuca of Trieste" is the most notable of 71 persons on trial at Trieste for conspiracy, according to the Rome Radio. The Trieste Military Tribunal, which is hearing the case, sat again on Wednesday. Dr. Stuca, says the
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  • 73 1 Reuter. Shanghai, Dec. 4. THE arrival of the British Fleet in Singapore was splashed in all non-Axis press in Shanghai yesterday. Radio stations interrupted their musical programmes to broadcast the news, causing great excitement. The North China Daily News, the leading British newspaper, says that the
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  • 235 1 Reuter Rangoon, Dec. 4 THE arrival of Britain's most powerful battleship, together with strong sections of the Fleet at Singapore, is Welcome news from Burma's point of view. Illustrating more clearly than ever the übiquitous role of a battle fleet, it is recognised here as imparting tremendous
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  • 37 1 Reuter Washington, Dec. 3 —The Huse of Representatives has tentatively approved far-reaching legislation to control defence production strikes, chiefly through a conv pulsory "cccling off" period and prohibitions against violence and walkouts in certain circumstances.
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  • 352 1 Reuter. London, Dec. 4. TiHE disorderly retreat of the Germans en the Southern front continued throughout Wednesday, and they are withdrawing from Taganrog, 50 miles west of Rostov, according to official circles at Kuibfchev. These circles add that the fighting at the Western approaches to Moscow rages
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  • 285 1 Reuter (By f I. hHMM, Reuters Diplomat ie Correspondent). THIS is a critical week in the relations between Great Britain 1 and Finland, and as the days pas* and Finland has made no step showing any intention to break of Ihe »ar against Russia it i- expected
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  • 175 1 Reuter. Uashiiigton. Dec. 4. IN an 'interview, the Secretarv »i the U.S. Navv. Col. Knox admitted that the Japanese knew how to keep a secret and especially a naval seciet very well indeed. When he was asked how Japan ese warship tonnage compared with the
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  • 76 1 Reuter. Tokio, Dec. 3. THREE hundred Japanese subjects in the United States are applying to the Japanese ConsulGeneral at San Francisco for evacuation in the liner Tatuta Maru which left Yokohama yesterday afternoon for Los Angeles, according to the newspaper Yomiuri's correspondent in San Francisco.
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  • 256 1 Reuter WASHINGTON, DEC. 3. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT HAS ANNOUNCED THAT TURKEY WILL BE BROUGHT INTO THE BENEFITS OF THE LEASE-LEND ACT. An official statement issued in Washington says that "the President has announced that he has found the defence ot Turkey vital to tiie defence of
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  • 63 1 Reuter. Washington, Dec. 3. I EASE-LEND funas that will provide fcr a vast increase in the production of tanks and guns lor Britain and Russia are included in the additional $8,243.839,000 defence appropriation approved by the House of Appropriations Committee on Wednesday. This will bring the tctal
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  • 168 1 Reuter. Cairo, Dec. 4. THE greatest feat of mobility in. military history lias been achieved by one British armoured brigade. In two fighting all day and making forced marches almost every night, the brigade coveied nearly a thousand miles. This compares with the 380 mile* covered
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  • 48 1 Reuter Londcn, Dec. 4:—An Air Ministry communique states: 'A ccas r al I command Beaufort an J enemy supply ship off the Nor- weglan c ast ?oon a iter mid-day j yesterday (Wednesday». The was hit and later it was seen to be .afire."—Reuter.
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  • 387 2 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Kangsar, Wednesday. LirSTORY was made in the Royal Town of Perak when Mrs. Raja Hanif Shah addressed a large gathering which included His Highness the Sultan of Perak on the occasion of an exhibition of work by the Kuala
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  • 70 2 Singapore, Wednesday: The c?.se against Sanwan bin Moksin, a young Malay, who appeared in the Singapore Fifth Court this morning on a charge of theft of a motor-car, the property of Dr. J. Heron, from the Singapore race course on Nov. 29, was postponed for mention when
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  • 17 2 Melbourne. Dec. 2: According to the crimes statistics. Ipswitch is Queensland's most temperate and law-abiding city.
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  • 425 2 Singapore, Wednesday. AN imposing array of over 30 types of locally grown vegetables, all yery healthy specimens, adorned the main table instead of the usual flowers, at the weekly luncheon meeting of the Singapore Rotary Club yesterday, when Dr. J. W. Scharff, Health Officer, Singapore,
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  • 129 2 Alor Star, Wednesday. ABOUT 350 Chinese carpenters working in Tanjong Pau went on strise following the refusal of their employer to give them an increase in wages. They were said to have been employed by a contractor without having their wages fixed, it being stated that
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  • 84 2 rPHE Johore Medical Sports Club will 1 hold a dance and concert in aid njf the War Fund, at the Mental Hospital, Johore Bahru, on Saturday. Dec. 6, 1941. from 9 p.m. till 1 a.m. Among other popular variety items, Kathleen Van Someren will sing and dance the
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  • 57 2 Melbourne. Dec. 2: The Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) said that everything possible was being done to speed up Australia's defence and preparedness in view of the international situation. He said "We want to live in peace and harmony with other nations, but Australia will fight
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  • 288 2 (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh, Tuesday. a view to collecting information of profiteering by individuals and to advise on steps which could be taken to combat such profiteering, it has been proposed by local Food Control authorities to form an Anti-Profiteering Advisory Committee for Kinta.
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  • 97 2 (From Our Own Report?r) Seremban, Wednesday. A MEETING of the Negri Sembin lan State Council (Lower Chamber) was held yesterday morning at the Council Chamber. The meeting was a short one, lasting only 15 minutes. In the absence of the British Resident the Hon. Mr.j. V. Cowgill,
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  • 66 2 Hong Kong, Dec. 3. A UTHORITY for the removal of the Head OffiVe of the Hongkong and Shanghai Hank from the Colony has heen granted hy an order from the Governor, published in the Government Gazette Extraordinary. It is unofficially learned that the Head Office will
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  • 169 2 Singapore, Wednesday. BECAUSE of his youth, Ngan All Hock, aged 15, was bound over to be of good behaviour for six months in the sum of $50 by the acting fifth magistrate. Mr. T. L. Tan, this morning, when he pleaded guilty to a charge of criminal
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  • 55 2 Melbourne, Dec. 1: Professor W. K. Hancock, former Professor of Modern History at Adelaide, and now Professor of history at Birmingham, has been appointed to plan a history of the home front in Great Britain during the war Professor Hancock has a brilliant reputation as a scholar,
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  • 472 2 Singapore, Wednesday. JOHN McArthur and H. Anderson, two Scottish privates. were sentenced to two months' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. T. L. Tan in the fifth court to-day. when they were corvicted on a charge of committing robbery of a car rained at $1,200 belonging to
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  • 51 2 Reuter. Wellington, Dec. 3.—Two Royal New Zealand Air Force units are now operating in Malaya, announced the Defence Minister, Mr. Jones. One is engaged on aerodrome construction and the other on flying duties. Both units consist entirely of New Zealanders and are under the control of the R.A.F., Far Eastern
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  • 269 3 (Tribune Sta!l Reporter) A N w quarantine station for n cattle lias been established at Ayer Rajah Road. It will be selfsupportina. In the near future, several hundred head of Bali cattle ivill be feeding on the new grazing ground. In the development of the land
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  • 176 3 Singapore. Wednesday. J_JOW a woman took her life by drinxinff a solution of caustic soda because she had been insulted in public by another woman was told in the coroner's court this morning at the inquiry into the death of Kung Low Ting, a 27-year-old
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  • 90 3 (From Our Own Reporter) rvuaTa Lumpur, Wednesday. A GANG of robbers, suspected to include Tamils, Chinese and Malaya, is believed to be operating in Kuala Lumpur and to be responsible for four robberies which have taken place quite recently. A reward of $500 is being offered by
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  • 199 3 Reuter. London, Dec. 3. jT is authoritatively learned j I that the Colonial Office 3js decided against permitting Se export of tin-ore from Malaya for the present. Bepiying to a question in the Souse of Commons whether the ante export tax prevents Mala-! juj tin. owners
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  • 161 3 Tort i (™Nbe Staff Reporter) 1 i 'T nK circles say lh 1 «W U tl0 ,hOUKh watched, did not present any unI due anxiety. Their morale, as one big shipper says, la "excellent." News from Shanghai that "no further American President line
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  • 82 3 Melbourne. Dec. 1: The Minister tot Labour <Mr. Ward» said that the Federal Government was "strcam-lininu" arbitration procedure, to enable all claims by workers to be dealt with Immediately Melbourne Dec. 1: The death has occurred ol Dr L. T. Johnston. one of Sydney's leading medical men, and
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  • 164 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) THOUGH smaller than the Raffles Museum in Singapore, and the Perak Museum in Tailing, the Selangor Museum situated just a stone's throw from the railway station is nevertheless a very interesting place to visit. Reuter repoiteu* recently that German propaganda appears to
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  • 335 3 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday. QREATER use of local fertilisers in Malaya, in view of the shortage of imported fertilisers, is forecast in the November issue of the Malayan Agricultural Journal. The use of artificial fertilisers in Malaya has rapidly increased in
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  • 252 3 Singapore, Wednesday. ALLEGING that her father had left her only $10 in his will and that if he had been in his proper senses he would not have assented to the terms of the will, a Chinese wcman. Le e Sok Choo, brought an
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  • 99 3 Singapore. Wednesday gENTENCES of 12 months' and 10 months" rigorous imprisonment respectively, were passed on Lee Eng* Siew and Senh Tong when they were convicted on a charge of assisting in the management of a chap-Jl-kl lottery. Lec an d Scan, who were defended by Mr. p..
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  • 205 3 Singapore, Wednesday. THREE Malays—Mohd. Kassim. Mohd. Yassin and Sjlim bin Ibrahim— and a Chinese named Loh Han Loon, who were arrested by the p:lice in connection with the murder of an Indian Moham medan watchman at Sims Avenue. Geylang, in August this year, appeared before
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  • 114 3 Singapore, Wednesday. WAHID bin Haji Baba, a young Malay driver attached to the Royal Corps of Signals, was acquitted by Mr. T. L. Tan, acting fifth magistrate, without being called upon for his defence, when he appeared this morning to answer a charge of dishonestly
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  • 152 3 A FINE of $20 was imposed by C. H. Whitton on Tan Tcck Bocn yesterday for riding a bicycle in a negligent manner. Major William Rose, the acting registrar of vehicles, reported Tan because the Major felt that it was the worst case he
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  • 34 3 We are informed that the Perak Local Defence Corps has not been called up The Penang L.D.C. and the Selang:r L.D.C., as already reported In UM Tribune, were called up a few days ngo
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  • 33 3 Air mail correspondence for Malaya, posted In the United Kingdom on July 25 and intended for conveyance by surface route to South Africa and thence by air, has been lost by enemy action.
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  • 318 3 MR A McGregor Clark-Walker lfl has been appointed Chief Observer, Singapore, under the Air Observer Corps scheme, accordins to the Straits Settlements Government gazette to-day. The formation of the Ccrps was announced last month. Members of the Corps wi'l be concerned in spotting and reporting
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  • 59 3 yiTITH three previous convictions for theft and several others for extortion and impersonation. Mohamed bin Hajl Abdul Majid <22i was yesterday sentenced to six months' rigorous Imprisonment on a charge of impersonating a food control officer Mohamed went to a sundry goods shop In Serangoon Road and.
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  • 403 4 American Surprised By Former Professional Hong Knag, Nov. 24. VLT. C. CHOY, the Chinese Davis Cup player, and Phillip Hat> man. a leading amateur in the United Slates, opened their series of exhibition tennis matches, to raise funds for war relict in China,
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  • 25 4 TO-DAY HOCKEY: Singapore Colts v Hornets, away; Indian Association v Ceylon Sport.. Club. Indian Association ground; Khalsa Association v Harlt quins. Khalsa pound.
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  • 33 4 mm Taiping Turf Club will be holding a two-day professional meeting on Jan 8. 9. Two runs each will be provided for horses classes three and four and pontflS class two.
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  • 32 4 ALTHOUGH both teams have been selected, the women's hockey match between Singapore and Selansor, to be played on the Girls' Sports Club ground on Saturday, has been postponed indefinitely.
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  • 176 4 NO lies were played yesterday in the S.i'.R.C. open invitation lawn tennis tournament. The following are ties for to-morrow and Saturday: TO-MORROW Mixed doubles h'cap (semi-final): Elsie Chla and Tan Huck Thoe (—4O» vs. Mr. and Mrs. C. J.R. Bembroke (—l5). Open doubles (semi-final): C. Y. Ko'i and
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  • 55 4 Queensland defeated New South Wales outright in the Inter-State cricket match at Brisbane. Queensland scored 249 in its second innings. (Brown 69. Raymer 77. O'Reillv 6 wickets for 89 runs, Lindwall 3 for 36). New South Wales in its stcond innings scored 254 (James 46. Ellis 3 wickets for 61
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  • 16 4 512 entries for minor races at the West Australian Trotting Club annual carnival have been received.
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  • 291 4 THE Singapore amateur boxing championship, arran start on Dec. 13, and the first all-Malayan tourney Ell ally fixed to be held some time in January next year postponed indefinitely by a decision reached meeting of the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association* l 4 It was stated
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  • 349 4 THE following is the card for the 1 second day of the Perak Turf Club winter (Aircraft for China and tanks for Russia) meet, to be run at Ipoh on Tuesday, Dec. 9: Horses class 4. div. I—61 —6 furs. Btwa y.OO Silent Court 810 Radasca 8.10
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  • 131 4 A FRIENDLY baamlnton match playci between the Pulau Bn-nl Party and members of the Singapore Harbour Board iecently resulted in a win for the Pulau Brani B P by 7 games to nil. Results, with Pulau Brani players mentioned first, were: Singles: Lee Ah Wee beat Milton
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  • 425 4 Sima, Phol To Afe, Again Next SINGAPORE* boxing tide, won by p» pino Hatlling Sima last by a rather unpopular *j& over youthful Nai phot promising Thailander, will bes stake on Friday, r>c. 12, Sima defends it, for the m time, against the dissalisfo Thailander.
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  • 12 4 TO-DAY: 10 46 am. 9 4 ft TO-MORROW: 11.15 m
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  • 622 5 Reuter. m sit a ion c nt j««es; to be a source of grave anxiety in Far Eastern conn--1 fries though the arrival in Singapore of tho F ac <„,„ ci 1 1 I a suitable rebuff to Japan. hC EaStern 18 ««laim- A Bangkok
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  • 190 5 Reuter. Bangkok, Dec. 3. JjAISGKOK is on its tip-toes waiting for the latest news of the fate of the Washington talks, and at the same time it is following with the keenest interest the military preparations in iMalaya, Burma and other Far Eastern countries. Watchful waiting characterises
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  • 52 5 Reuter. Bangkok, Dec. 2. THE Thai Government is consider- ing legislation requiring aliens in Thailand to transfer their lands back to the State, reveals the Vernacular paper, Varasab. The Government's intention is to prevent ownership of lands by aliens, but will be allowed to work concessions, adds the
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  • 90 5 Reuter. Bangkok, Dec. 2. k JAPANESE Bank In Bangkok A has received another 10,000,000 Baht (£1,000,000) this time from the Thai Banking Syndicate in exchange for gold sold to the Syndicate, and the gold is at present en route to Bangkok, Reuter learns in banking circles. Thus
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  • 20 5 Melbourne, Nov. 28:—The death has occurred of Mr. P. M. Lowry. General Secretary of the Collie (West Australia> Miners' Union.
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  • 155 5 Reuter. Bangkok. Dec 1. THE Japanese have Mart; v weekly press conferences here for the vernacu'ar press. At the first of such conferences, yesterday, the Japanese Embassy spokesman, Mr. S. Iwata, presided, and cocktails were served. Mr. Iwata described the conference as Intended to promote Rood
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  • 162 5 Reuter. New York. Dec. i. "THE arrival of the British war- ships at Singapore, headed by the battleship Prince of Wales, transforms the whole strategic position in the Far East and the political situation," declares the New* York Herald Tribune, editorially to-day. "We are no
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  • 205 5 Singapore, Wednesday. MOBILISATION will shortly affect judicial proceedings by causing them to be delayed. This was revealed when Mr. H. E. Kingdon, the third magistrate, informed the court inspector that he had a letter from a firm of lawyers requesting a postponement in a case in which
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  • 95 5 "TOM. DICK HARRY" (At the Alhambra) A HIGHLY romantic girl, who Ls engaged to three men of an entirely different '•!;i»„ and can't make up her mind, is the story of a jolly entertaining comedy, "Tom, Dick Harry," now on at the Alhambra. Don't miss this il you want
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  • 159 5 (At the Cathay) "lyiTH the American Civil War as a back- ground. "Belle Starr." which opened at the Cathay yesterday is a powerful drama. It is a moving human story with Gene Tierney stealing the acting honours by an excellent portrayal of a difficult role. Cast as Belle
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  • 28 5 Melbourne, Dec 1 The Australian military hospital at Concord, New South Wales, has been provided by the Red Proton v/lth wlreleM equtpOMOl for every bed
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  • 164 6 Propaganda Boom TOR over two years we have remained silent about one of the biggest stupidities of the war as it affects Malaya. We remained silent because we thought that those responsible lor the conduct of this particular branch of the war would do something about it. But we
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  • 219 6 THIS week, while Japanese militarists waved their swords in the air and shouted defiance at a troubled world, Britain scored one of the biggest bulls-eyes of the war. Steaming into Singapore harbour came her Eastern Fleet. No single event in the whole history of the war has so
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  • 109 6 llfE are truly fighting a democratic war. Chinese, Indians, Malays and Eurasians are god enough for the Services, but Asiatic newspaper men are net permitted to report events which might be called "important" at places which might be called "secret." Lord Moyne tld us the other day that there
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  • 1608 6  -  Impressions Of Leave In War-Time England The full extent of the changes that the war has wrought in the peaceful English countryside and in the life of the country folk can hardly be realised by those who have not seen them. Mr. Shenpard recently returned from England,
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  • 271 6 picturesque speech patter Fewer wrinkles than a grane (Rex Beach).. .A moustache like the shadow of a coming event (C. N. and A. M. Williamson).. .As upright as an old-fashioned piano... A face as long as an after-dinner speech. (Faith Baldwin) The captain dropped his voice to half a gale
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  • 30 6 TWO p:pubr British magaz ne r 1 "London Life" and "The Na urst," have been b?nned by the Governor because of the desirabl? nature of their contents.—Singapore Free Pre?s.
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  • 525 6 THE likelihood of a war in the Pacific is being discus everywhere in view of the hjth tension arising out of Jap,,..,, latest moves, in her aerhi attack on the Burma Roa'l, seccnd ly, in her threatened ton*, j Thailand, and thirdly, in *h« reported concentration of
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous

  • 894 7 Reuter. Moscow, Dec. 3. a\ the southern front the Soviet troops continue f the pursuit of the "panic-stricken enemy," according ■j the Pravda's correspondent, quoted by the Moscow Radio. According to incomplete data concerning the battles near Rostov, the Germans have lost 21,000
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  • 66 7 Reuter. London, Dec. 3. rfO raiders were destroyed last night. The Air Mnistry and Ministry of Heme Security communique this morning state?: "A small number of enemy aircraft flew over south-west Eng'and during the. early part of last night Bombs which were dropped at
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  • 60 7 Reuter. Whitby (Ontario), Dec. 3. —Gottfried Treviranus, one of the leading public men of pre-Hitler Germany, was recommended to-day for Canadian citizenship. Now operating from a farm in Ontario County, Treviranus has offered his services in an advisory capacity to the Canadian Government, while his
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  • 177 7 Reuter. London, Dec. 3. THE German demands upon Vichy, "at a time when the British challenge in Libya and the victorious Russian counter-thrust from Rostov would force the Germans to continue the process of whittling down their occupying forces in Western Europe," are thought by The
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  • 224 7 Reuter. London, Dec. 3. P reference to the German High Command claim to have •circled and annihilated British and New Zealand troops jwh-east of Tobruk, it is authoritatively pointed out in Lonthat the state of the battle in North Africa is so fluid as "fcke any talk
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  • 140 7 Reuter. Norfolk (Virginia), Dec. 3. T"HE imminent danger of an explosion 1 in the Pacific wi'h the United State already in action in the Atlantic was stated by Mr. Ralph Bard Assistant Secretary of the Navy, to be "the prime reason for our naval defence programme being rushed
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  • 251 7 Reuter. Moscow, Dec. 3. THE Pravda's correspondent reports that the Germans have brought up their second echelons, concentrating their infantry and tank divisions along the main directions leading to Moscow. The Germans have become active along the entire Moscow front, using infantry tanks, artillery and automatic rifle
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  • 737 7 Reuter. Melbourne, Dec. 3. IT is revealed from Carnarvon, Western Australia, that two boat-loads of survivors from the German raider, Kormoran. landed on Nov. 24. It is stated that the Kormoran engaged the cruiser Sydney on Nov. 19 and scored a hit with the first salvo.
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  • 522 7 Reuter. Of Patrick Crone, Beutcr'a «paetal m pmxfenl a-tth aa Aiaaaond Corps in Libya). Cairo, Dec. 3. go closely entangled are the opposing forces in the vitally important battle BO'ith-eaat of Tobruk that the Hij/h Commanders on both sides have been themselves leading their
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  • 141 7 Reuter. Berlin, Dec. 1. CIVIATV-ONK per—ai were accusefl "i seditious ;>nd antinational a«tivit\ .it a trial which began at Trieste yesterday. A dispatch to the German official news agencv states that the trial began with the examination ol Sossis.. the leader of the students' revolutionary movement and
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  • 186 7 Reuter. London, Dec. 3. IT appears that after heavy fighting which has been going on for the last few days, both sides in the Libyan campaign are having a slight pause in order to refit themselves, was the comment made in authoritative quarters in London. Enemy
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  • 74 7 Reuter. Yokio, Dec. 3. Tightening the ABCD encirclement against Japan, the United States and Britain, are now casting covetous eyes at the Soviet Fleet In the Far East which thev want to draw into the ABCD camp, says the editor of the Yomiuri Shimbun. He adds that it
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  • 662 9 JJOYV two young pirh. one 1G and the other 21, deliberately assisted in getting a man drunk so that he could be attacked and robbed while the girls were making advances to him was described at Leicester Assizes. In the dock, admitting
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  • 190 9 XJOT much more than a year ago Joan Fieldgate lived with her parents at West Drayton, Middlesex. From time to time ;;he read how yet another shipload of children had reached safety abroad from Nazi oombs en Britain. And Joan Fieldgate decided to do her
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  • 44 9 Melbourne. Dec 1: Tasmanian unionists have made history by voluntarily placing on themselves a levy for education. It was reported at the annual conference of the Workers' Educational Association at Hobart that 18 unions would pay contributions on a sliding scale.
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  • 112 9 pntSOMS wishing to send fhrlrtmai cards, calendars etc .to friends In Thailand. Endo-Cblna, China nnd Jnp*u arc ronlnded thft under the DefrncRegulations they cannot ao so except under permit, nays an announcement by the Chief Censor. Mala?*. Individual permits will not ordinarily be Issued and all
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  • 49 9 Melbourne. Her l Flying Officer Michael Wood, of Adelaide, has been chosen to take part In the new British film The Flying Fortress." He captains a giant flying fortress, and with eo-ptlct Sgt. Dennis Wallace, of Melbourne, was the first Australian to fly a stratosphere bomber.
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    • 700 10 CIHSSIHEP-PPS J Domestic Occurrences MARRIAGE. The wedding of Mr. H. Chan Ah Liang of the Ipoh Malaya Tribune staff and son of the rate Mr and Mrs. Chan Choon Sertg (Singapore), with Mi.*s Chang Sow Chan, daughter of Mr. Chang Yf w Pong of Ipoh, will takf; place en December,
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    • 886 10 BOX NO. 948—Vacancy for Junior Clerk by legal firm filled. Applicants thanked. (No. 212 M; WANTED Distributors Throughout Malaya for CROWN CORKS. Apply Box 20 c!o Malaya Tribune, Singapore. (No. 206 M) Teacher required during holidays for boy, 9 years, morning 9—12, School Standard ll—in. Box No. 14, Malaya Tribune,
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    • 866 10 Educational BALLROOM DANCING Gentlemen have you ever thought of all the Joys In life you miss. If you don't dance, as uanclng's taught at such a popular school as this? j "The Aristocrat" School of Ballroom Dancing 302 A, Lavender Street. Singapore. (No. 135 M) PREMIER INSTITUTION. 44. Orchard Road.
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    • 796 10 For Sale FOR Baldness, Hair-Fall use Caplllogena, 80 cts. Chart St Co. 29. Robinson Bead. Singapore. (No. 238Mj CBAT "BATOK-KERING" (Tuberculosis Medicine) from the Batak Hills. Del;, price $4 k two hundred grains, ten days' consumption obtainable from CH'EN" KEW-SENG. Kampong Paya. 117-c. Batu Lanchang Road, Penang. (No. 233 M)
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    • 787 10 Motor Vehicles AUSTIN 12 H.P. 4 cylinder 1935, De Lux? Saloon. Excellent Condition appearance 30 Miles gallon. Insured, comprehensive June 1942. $1,550 Apply Box No. 28 c(0 Malaya Tribune, Kuala Lumpur. (No. 235M1 IN Faultless Condition —M.G. Two Litre Bunshine-Roof Saloon. Motor and i Recently Overhauled, 20 miles per gallon
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    • 208 10 SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY TENDERS TENDERS are now invited for the following materials or service. For particulars see Municipal Tender Room. Construction of drains, carriageway, sidetables, etc. at Martaban Road. (Deposit $50-). 12 noon, 11 December, 1P41. Transportation of goods from S.H.B. premises for Electricity Dept. during 1942. (Deposit $25'-). 12 noon.
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 841 10 TO-DAY'S RA»T^ SINGAPORE IONtC^^^ ZHL 1333 kcs EAsiVot; 1^ ZHP1 9690 k.cs EA 1 T ER SltTtr* ZHP2 6175 k cs SS? Z J -'«nT? 12.00 ;Do You Remember-Oid favour- flu L" m 25 5?? L tes on g ra mophone recoras. NOh' n 4 Mr^J 1 »5% 1.00 Singapore
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  • 757 11 <Ii£SDAV. UEC 3rd. 1941: 4 Eg (5») 35 9 36 6 «tf> °i!°6 1« is? Pig* <*> 11'6 «6 #5l<*> 0 22 0.24 ■f£ 1.34 1 37cd F2t» L IT- 17 6 fji Tin (W 51iJT<»» 28 3 29 3 •!f(i68) JK 21 -cd P*" 0 76
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  • 13 11 Singapore, Thursday. of tin and rubber in JJjrt at noon to-day were:-
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  • 155 11 (From Our Financial Correspondent) Singapore, Thursday. HTHE proposed Increases in the War Exports Tax for tin and rubber in the F.M.S. have had little effect on the markets, as these increases are as much a; have been expected by many shareholdc n There was little to report in
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  • 64 11 Singapore, Dec. 3. Gambler 7 Java Cube 11.75; 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 9.25 Fair Flake Tapioca 9 00 Medium Pearl Tapioca 9-75 Small Flake Tapioca 9.25 Lingga Sago Flour Fair Sago
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  • 132 11 Siingapore, Wednesday, 4.15 p.m. nnHE market again opened very quietly though in one or two instances tin shares responded (reports the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association). Hong Fatts alter business yesterday at $1.38 had dealings to-day at $1.35 with buyers over. Ulu Klangs offered at 97 tents, Sungei Luas was
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  • 25 11 Melbourne. Dec. 2: Road accidents in New South Wales show the biggest decrease on record. This is due largeiy to the petrol rationing.
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  • 123 11 Central News. Hong Kong, Dec. 3. £JHINESE circles here greeted with enthusiasm the news of the arrival at Singapore of the units of the newly-organised Eastern Fleet including the Prince of Wales. They regarded the move as greatly strengthening the antiaggression forces in the Far East. Representative
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  • 229 11 (Irom Our Own Reporter) Ipoh, Wednesday. AT a meeting of the residents of Changkat in Batu Gajah which was held under vie chairmanship of Dr. M. E. Tiruchelvam, it was unanimously decided to form the Changkat War Savings Group. Capt. M. C. ff
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  • 50 11 Central News. Chungking. Dec. 2:—Baron van Biuegrl Douglas, the newly-ap pointed Netherlands Minister to China, is expected to arrive at Chungking on Dec. 7 via Rangoon. At present the Netherlands Government is maintaining a legation m Chungking, whose representative is Mr. Jan van den Berg.—Central News.
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  • 428 11 if r Official War Correspondent with the A.I.F. in the Middle East) Cairo, Nov. 21. i T ITH the news of the recent replacement of the bulk of its Australian garrison and the closing of another chapter in the gallant history of
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  • 171 11 Central News. Chungking. Dec. 3. MR. O.K. Yui, Political Vice. Minister for Finance, delivering a goodwill broadcast to Malaya, exhorted Malayan Chinese t 0 con tinue to support the National Government's dual policy of resistance and reconstruction, as well as the wartime measures instituted by th°
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    • 324 11 InOW WE GIVE YOU 12 INSERTIONS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE f* the Malaya TRIBUNE 6 in the Morning TRIBUNE j fte Small Advertisement Page of the Malaya Tribune Is Read By 100,000 b People j |*Wfy Six Days, and by 25,500 in the case of the Morning Tribune—making 125,500
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    • 311 11 PROPERTY SALE To be sold by Public Auction at the Sale-room of A. T. EDWARDS CO LTD.. No. 11, Malacca Street, ON 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
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    • 606 11 Public Notices NOTICE. With reference to a recent notice published by the Director-General of Supply relating to the procedure to be followed in connection with exports from the United States cf America, the public is informed I that the addre&fl Of the Colonial -5 apply Liaison Officer is now: 907.
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    • 290 11 STEAMER {SAILINGS INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD (Incorporated in En^***^ 1 DIRECT SERVICE TO JAPE--via HONGKONG CALCUTTA via PENANG. Taking cargo on through Bill ot Lading for Canton, Macao. Swatow, Amoy Chefo. Tientsin, Newchwang, Yangtze ports, Formosa, th€ Philippines, etc. The steamers have superior accommodation for saloon passengers amidships. They
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  • 204 12 (From Ow OWH < «>i »r>p"r)dVnf) Malacca. Wednesday. Contrasting the happy settlement of the chettiars' cocks strike in Singapore, ihe situation of the Malacca strike la ui.f rtunate. Tcstcrday, the Malacca chetCars, after refusing offi rs of arbitration made by the Malacca Ind
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  • 422 12 H.I I T of submarines that may prove of vital importance in keeping the Atlantic Ocean open to American merchantmen is being added to the I.S. Navy swiftly and efficiently. An indication of how American submarine forces are being expanded is given by a comparison of
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  • 170 12 London, Dec. 2. THE fatuous Vichy press comment on yesterday's meeting between Marshal Petain and Goering has I been received here with scorn. 1 especially as to "co-operation ardently desired by Marshal petain" and "the meeting enabled France to envisage the future with increased cenffdence."
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  • 245 12 Reuter. New Delhi, Dee. 3. The second session of the National Defence Council was opened yesterday at the Viceroy's House with the Viceroy presiding. The "morning session was devoted to exhaustive reviews of the air and naval situation in relation to India. The Air Officer Commanding-in-Chlef
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  • 86 12 (Frn Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday. ON the occasion cf the? meetinj of the Federal Council without ceremonial opening, on Thursday Dec. 11. the road in front of the Government Office'; v ill bo el' ed at 9 a.m. and will remain closed during the session. At
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  • 535 12 (Tribune Slafl Reporter) "DEPEAL of the tax would not be in the interests of Malaya, said Sir John Bagnall, chairman of the Straits Trading Co., when interviewed by the Tribune this morning in connection with the question raised in the House of Commons
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  • 197 12 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday. DISCUSSING the conditions of I rubber small holdings, the I Malayan Agricultural Journal writes that the increase of tapping ha* led not only to a shortage cf labour but also to an aggravation cf the shortage of coagulants. The
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  • 251 12 Singapore, Wednesday. MOHAMEP bin Haji Abdul Majid (221 a Malay who started his criminal career three years apo and who has been spending most cf his time in gaol e\er since, was sentenced to six months" rigorous Imprisonment to-day. It was rewaled that on his previous
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  • 27 12 ..Total number of enemy plane, destroyed during yesterday on all fronts up to midnight. London tvr.c 'excluding Soviet claims):— TWO; total score for November, 241.
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  • 248 12 This Morning's Training (From Our Own Reporter) looh, To-day. VKWCOMERS provided the outstanding gallops at this morning's work-oats for Saturday's races. The most impressive of this morning's trainees were Woomera, Hullaballang, Gentian .and Pockets. The track wis soft, and only the sand track allowed fast work.
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  • 139 12 AN Order under the Kedah Emergency Regulations published In the Kedah Government Gazette dated Dec. 2. imposes certain restrictions on the sale of motor vehicles and spare parts and accessories No person is allowed to sell or otherwise deal in any of the articles by
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  • 173 12 rpHE Singapore' Musical Society looks like being fully occupied during the coming weeks. In addition to the orchestral concert on Sunday next there 1; the children's performance on Friday ami at the same time the ch-ral section Is practising carols. The idea of presenting a selected
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  • 130 12 Singapore, Wednesday. 'THREE charges of causing the deaths of A three pedestrians by negligent driving were reduced to a charge of negligent driving, by Mr. C. H. Whitton, th-* district traffic judge, when the prosecution closed its case against Lim Boon Leng, at the continued hearing of
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  • 77 12 (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh. Wednesday. IT is understood that the Hon. Mr. H. Weisberg will take over duties in Perak as British Resident in succession to the Hon. MiMarcus Rex, C.M.G.. who is expected to go shortly en leave prior to retirement.. Mr. Weisburg is
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  • 63 12 Reuter. Shanghai, Dec. 3. U P\. s P ecuI ation and dissatisfaction has arisen among Shanghai's car cwners, following the anexpected announcement by the leading oil companies instituting a drastic 50 per cent. reduction on gasoline ration caids "effective immediately." The qucta card system was first introduced here last October
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  • 104 12 central News. MR. Tan m firm Chicago C visiting Chungking fortnight, was g iv n 0r thej welcome by th e ChlijS a a mass downtown area yesui? 4 M the Social Welfare L?* tended by hundreds i?? tives of public and wj&S Chungking, Mr. that although
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  • 56 12 Reuter. THE matta, a 1,060 ton been torpedoed and s unPJ* performing escort d 22 nounced Mr. Curtin the pL* One hundred and forty one Si I"? men are killed. The total comp]^ It is not stated where sh# sunk, but it is officially anXS that she
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  • 94 12 P"les is a very dangerous painful disease. Early treatao: la always advisable. Mr. Leickn I !*tns: of the above-named Chut had spent many years in a earth: I study of this disease. He hs« dkcovered a sure remedy for IV He ooeration is necessary. Certis cure is guaranteed
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