Malaya Tribune, 5 December 1941

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  • 21 1 The Malaya Tribune Net Sales ExceedlB,loo Daily __S|NGAPORE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1941 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune Friday. December 5, 1941
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  • 262 1 Reuter Cairo, Dec. 5. JiHE weather at the Libyan front and thereabouts continues to be atrocious, limiting air and other activities. Meanwhile, the battle is in no sense broken off, but has reached a stage common to most offensives when the machine must but pause. Both
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  • 554 1 Tokio Reply To Washington Expected Any Minute Nomura, Kurusu To See Hull Again Reuter AMERICAN RELATIONS WITH JAPAN ARE LIKEIY TO BE BROKEN OFF TO-DAY AKtj kiKc-Li lO This dramatic news item reached Singapore late this morning from Washington in the following Renter cable:-«It is wholly
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  • 144 1 Central News Chungking, Dec. 5. MR. Hull's statement, made at his press conference, according to official quarters here, shquld have a sobering effect upon the Japanese officials in Tokio who are still cherishing the hope that Washington can be lulled into a sense of
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  • 52 1 Reuter. Poona. Dec. 5: It Is learnt that members of the Defence Consultative Committee of the Central Legislature might shortly visit the theatres of war In the Middle East where a number of Indian troops are serving. The visit will probably come off early in the new
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  • 168 1 Reuter. Washington, Dec. 4. fl U.S. Navy Department announced to-day that the I Mfa tanker Salinas, which was damaged by a torpedo on Oct. jy, in the Norih Atlantic, Ipinter-attacked and apparently ifcattfed one of the submarines iitieta launched five torpedoes at I the Teasel. The
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  • 72 1 Tokio, Dec. 4. J TEMPORARY frontier line be--1 tween Thailand and French iado-China has already been fixed If a joint demarcation commission, wording to a statement to the fas by Phya Suntorn. Underferetary of the Interior, says a PIVt !lews Agency dispatch from He said that the
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  • 321 1 Central News Chungking, Dec. 5. JAPANESE military strength in Indo-China is now estimated atbetv/een 120,000 and 140,000 men, said the Chinese ruliB spokesman at Thursday's press conference. "nue retraining from vento guess whether the 9** would invade ThaiJJ he remarked that the J** had
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  • 353 1 Reuter rpHE Germans are still in full flight along the shores of the Sea of Azov beyond Taganrog; the Soviet troops are advancing in three sectors of the Moscow front, and at Tikhvin, 110 miles south-east of Leningrad, while in the Crimea the Soviet troops
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  • 378 1 Reuter I London, Bee. 5. rpHE Government's National Service J 1 (Number Two) Bill, published i in a White Paper last night, places J the obligation on persons of either i sex to undertake National Service. It makes it clear that women who have been conscripted will
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  • 259 1 JT was officially announced in Moscow last night that a declaration of friendship and mutual assistance has been signed in Moscow by M. Stalin and Gen. Sikorski, the Polish Prime Minister, whereby both countries undertake to give each other full military aid. The pact
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  • 336 1 Reuter London, Dec. 5. JT is understood that the Franco-German agreement for which General Waygand's disposal was a preliminary, was fully prepared and only needed a signature when Marshal Petain met j Goering. W Spanish observers admit the Germans obtained tic right
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  • 117 1 Reuter Chicago. Dec. 4. WITH an edition of a size to make wartime Fleet Street's mouth water—72 pages—the newspaper Chicago Sun, published by Marshal Field ni, made its public bow to-day. It is a direct challenge to the Chicagc Tribune, leading isolation ist organ, which for some
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  • 69 1 Reuter Boirbay. Dec 4: Textile workers in Bombay have been granted a wartime bonus of two annas in the rupee on earnings exclusive of the "increased cost of living" allowance for the year 1941 The Government of Bombay who raised the question during the last textile strike in
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  • 128 1 Reuter. Washington, Dec. s—lt is fully expected in Washington that Britain will formally declare war on Finland before Sunday.—Reuter. London, Oec. 5. Well-informed foreign circles in Istanbul report that an agreement has been reached between the Germans, the Italians and Marshal Petain concerning the use of Tunis territory
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  • 136 1 Central News. Chungking, Dec. 5. JAPAN is not only trying to deceive the United States, but also attempting to intimidate her In order to force latter to come to terms, declared the of» flcial Central Daily News. This may be Judged, the paper explained. by the large-scale Japanese
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  • 65 1 British Wireless London, Dec. 5:—It is stated in informed quarters in London that there is no confirmation of the German claim that Finnish troops have captured Hangoe. It is more than likely, however, that the Russians, with the winter coming on and the sea beginning to freeze, had
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  • 60 1 Reuter. Ottawa, Dec. 4: The Canadian Government is believed to be planning a general mobilisation of manpower to satisfy the needs of industry and agriculture as well as home military service. This would involve a gradual arbitrary transfer of workers from nonessential work to the war industry, and assure crop
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  • 42 1 Reuter. Madras. Dec. 4: A severe gale has swept over Madras, cutting off telegraph and telephone communications and dislocating railway traffic. The heaviest rainfall for the year was recorded. The •xtent of the damage Is not vet known.— Reuter.
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  • 138 2 DONATIONS ARE STARTING TO GW« This, on the second day oi the launching of the Fund, ■is j very gratifying, but more donations are wanted if the object of raising $5,000 is to be aC ll ie lSf be remembered the Fund is launched to
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  • 58 2 Singapore. Thursday. THE following communique was issued from the office of H E. the Governor and High Commissioner to »The""international situation has made it necessary to mobilise the Volm^rs "It is fully realised that mobilisation must cause incheerfully accepted in me circumstances. f ta XĔ S they can
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  • 182 2 ■JAPAN'S next step is SSTt. J said sln S a P° r ffpc f s a of the arrival in But the salutary t effects or t> ffiSTSe °a f nn P ounce°r f are already unmisat reports that the fleet wa > amlnlng na This morning
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  • 65 2 Chungking, Dec. 4. T HE Central Daily News reported I exclusively that the Finance Ministry is inaugurating a govern ment monopoly division to handle the government sale of roliea tobacco, tea, salt, matches and SU f he paper said that the Government monopoly policy is to
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  • 76 2 SPECIAL items In to-morrows proO gramrfib include a talk in the series -The Kitchen Front", giving advice on marketing, together with food prices and food control announcements, at 7 55 a m Calling the British Forces in the Far East, relayed from London at 7 p.m.. Ipoh race
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  • 59 2 Singapore. Thursaay. ADMITTING a charge of navlng m r d A tuned for immoral Purposes atSjed Alwl Road, four men, Tan Ah TOO. cnong H? Tan A„ Koo and Tan Slew KUn were each sentenced to three montns case was postponed for mention on Dec. U The men
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  • 169 2 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Thursday. IN ingenious system used by a A derk in the Deputy Food Controller's Office, Kuala Lumpur, to $1,175.31 is reported m the 1940 annual report of the Auditor, S.S. and F.M.S_ A temporary clerk, who had pre vious
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  • 80 2 Singapore. Tnursaay. ALLEGED to have cheated Mrs N. Hayward of $10. an elderly Chinese. Gon Jim Kwee. was charged before Mr. Conrad Oldham, the second magistrate, this morning It was alleged that the accused falsely represented to Mrs. Hayward that he would purchase a second hand wasn basin
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  • 53 2 Singapore, Thursday: —Described as a person in charge of some Municipal engines, Ahmad bin Hassan (46) was sentenced to two months' rigorous imprisonment. He was convicted by Mr. H. E. Kingdon, the third magistrate, on a charge of dishonest retention of three gallons of oil belonging to
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  • 122 2 rpHERE was a considerable decrease m J- the number of deaths due to tuberrulosls in Singapore for the week ending N °The total number of deaths for the week was 28 as compared with 43 In the previous week. The number of cases reported for the week was
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  • 65 2 cts r«, a d o 8 vcece d r IS Barbara 1000 Mr. L. S. Day l l QQ Mr. L. C. Hoffman Mrs. F. Retz 5 00 Mr. K. H. Lim 300 Mr. S. Subramaniam JJJ Mr. Koh Liang Seah Mr. K. CJ. MacKelvie 2.00
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  • 281 2 I»HE Sailor's Fund which Mrs T. B. L Drew organised duringi to Singapore, is going on with its *ood work under the guidance 01 the new Admiral's wife, Mrs. E. J. Spooner. On Sunday at 9 p.m. a ctaema show is being held at the Naval Base cinema,
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  • 273 2 (From Our Own Ke^, sday «ffT is hardly necessary to emlphasise that-we are in this jar and that we ne?d men to cope with any emergency that ma* ripelared Mr. Cheah Ghim Leng oB E at Tuesday's meeting of the Perak State Council in Kuala K ?he
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  • 185 2 THE concern of Malayan Muslims 1 over the fate of air raid victims in Egypt and their at the frr-sponsible Nazi bombing of non-combatants and Places of worship was recently expressed in a telegram sent to the Egyptian Prime Minister. This telegram, forwarded by E the
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  • 406 2 Singapore, Thursday. THE story of how a Malay, who allegedly bore a police con--1 stable an old grudge, was said to have stabbed him on both arms and in the stomach, when he met him one evening m Bernam Street, was told in the Singapore
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  • 78 2 Shiukwan, Dec. 4. ONE Japanese naval plane was shot down and another was forced down by Chinese antiaircraft and machine-gun fire at Wuchuan in Leichow Peninsula opposite Hainan Island on Nov. 26. according to a belated report. Members of the crew of the first
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  • 67 2 Singapore, Thursday. IN what was described as an uncommon case. Tang Chu Yang, the manager of the Kwong Hock Cheong sawmill, Padang Jeringau. was fined $15 by Mr. H. A. Forrer in the fifth court this morning, when he appeared on a summons and pleaded guilty to a
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  • 15 2 I The R A P. (Tengah) dance, arranged for Saturday night, has been postponed Indefinitely.
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  • 553 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) REPRESENTATIONS have been made to tb* r R the Singapore and Clangor Chinese against the proposed reduction in the mining 11 v from Ujm to WOO per annum as ouZZZ tal nation (1942) Enactment, 1941. c Urdft thk nit?
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  • 30 3 The Postal Department advises that no air mails from the United Kingdom etc.. were received by the east-bound British Overseas Airways Comoration flyinsr boat wriich arrived in Singapore yesterday afternoon.
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  • 195 3 J (From Our Own Reporter) J Kuala Lumpur, Thursday. A °f commercial lorries and private can were commandeered this morning by the authorities and they were lined up along J Lornie Road. Inquiries at the Transport t Board Office indicate that J these lorries will be used
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  • 35 3 Lee Hoe. who stood his trial yesterday on a charge of fraudulent possession of 36 empty oil drums, was acquitted by Mr. H. E. Kingdon. the third magistrate. He was defended by Mr. H. Namazle.
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  • 339 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) fJSAYWG Singapore to-day for Bangkok, on It is believed ship owned by the Thai Steam Navigation Company, are about 20 Japanese nationals, mostly businessmen. 25 years in the Colony. The Ea-st em News is therefore the secon< Japanese news service to closi down.
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  • 275 3 Singapore, Thursday. glX Chinese women, who were acquitted in the lower courts on charges of assisting in the management of a brothel and living wholly or partly on the earnings of prostitution, will go before another magistrate for their retrial on these charges as the
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  • 107 3 (From Our Own Reporter) Penang. Thursday. I7XCEPT for a few finishing touches, reconsmiction of the Chinese Town Hall in Pitt Street has now been completed. Very much modernised, there Is a spacious new stage for theatrical performances on the first floor, while on the ground floor tnere
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  • 85 3 A 1 an extraordinary general J meeting of the Singapore Government Servants' Co- operative Thrift and Loan Society, Limited, held on i Wednesday at the offices of the Co-operative Officer, Singapore, with Mr. G. Carlo Percira, Chairman of the I society, presiding. amendI ments to
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  • 207 3 j IJNDER the Vehicular Traffic <Restriclion) Order of Kedah. which will be enforced during periods of emergency all cessation of vehicular traffic will be effected during the hours of darkness. Those who require the use of any vehicular traffic must have the written permission of the
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  • 42 3 ON his pleading guilty to a summons charge of failing to report an accident at Kwong Hock Cheong sawmill. Padang Jeringau, to the Commissioner of Workmen's Compensation. Tang Chu Yang, the manager, was yesterday fined $15.
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  • 291 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) f pHE first Chinese College in Malaya will come into existence late in January or early in February, 1912. It will be called the Nanyang College, and the venture has been sponsored by the Chiang Kai Shek High School of
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  • 138 3 PIE Singapore American community has lost cne of its most popular members by the death, which occurred at the General Hos pital yesterday, of Mr. ...P. Donnel ly, managing directo. cf the local offices of the Goodyear Orient Co. Ltd. The late Mr. Donnelly. who> came
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  • 1308 4 Pockets And Shoot Up Will Be Day's Safest Bets (By "Spectator") TRAINERS Form and Logue are likely to "g^uMes looks a certainly to-morrow and, together wtth Shoot Up, is one of my best bets for the day. and Comments and selections, subject to scratching, are as
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  • 127 4 A SPLENDID game should be j witnessed on the S.B.C. j ground to-day, when the home club meet R**"* s College in a return hockey match. The Club suffered their first defeat of the season at the hands of the Collegians, and can be expected to go
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  • 408 4 CLUB FORWARDS IN FINE FORM N a match where the mediocrity of one team was pramr> sno»» 1 up bv the fine play of the other, the Singapore Cr.eket Club defeated the Y.M.C.A. by seven goals to nil on the Padang >esterdav The Club
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  • 96 4 I rpm; Red Ro*c B P. team to meet tho I 1 Merry Uni<:n BP. on Saturday at the latter's court, Loron K 28, Geylang, commencing at 6.45 p.m.. will M seleclert from following: Syed Salim. M A Lanee <capt. i G A Theseiri. C. P. Lange.
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  • 47 4 THE Merryt me Badminton Party reiebra'ed first anniversary at Punggol R weefc-end Speeches wrre maCe by the or dent Mr Andrew CWi thanking the members and gueste for ih#»ir attendance and also by the Imn I secretary. Mr. B. C. Mah. who Uptime of the party's activity.
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  • 222 4 (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh, To-day. SLOW work was the order of the day at this morning's training in preparation for to-morrow's races. MagilTs and Silley's charges were tried out for the first time. The track was heavy, and most of the work had to be
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  • 142 4 r[ERE were no ties played in the S.C.R.C. open invitation lawn tennis tournament yesterday evening. The fcUowing are the revised ties for the week-end: Ties for To-day Mixed doubles handicap (semifinal*: Elsie Chia and Tan Huck Toe (-40) v. Mr. and Mrs. C.J.RBembroke (-15). 'B" doubles handicap (semifinal)
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  • 145 4 THE following are the scratching and order of running for to. morrow's Ipoh races: Race 1: Ponies class 2, dh. furs. Nil Race 2 Horses class 3, div. 5' furs. Grofmo, Marcheta n Race 3: Horses class 3, dir. v 5V£ furs str. July the
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  • 26 4 TO-DAY HOCKEY: SRC. v Raffle* Colleft, SRC; S R C. 11 v Post Oftet, totals' ground; S.C.R.C. t I.GJL, SC. R C S.C.R.C. tournament.
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  • 1043 5 Inside News Of The Sea War (SPECIAL CABLE TO THE TRIBUNE) (By H. C. Ferraby. well-knewn authority on naval affairs). London. Dec. 4. fHE Axis has made it clear that the month of November has brought no more measure of success to their campaign of commerce
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  • 101 5 Reuter. Moscow. Dec. 4. REBUILDING work is al/eady in full swing in Rostov, according to the Moscow Radio. "The day after the city was cleared of Germans, the city and regional organisations began working. Electricity telegraph, telephone and transport systems are being restored. Factories required
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  • 469 5 IT would be interesting r (writes Major Fielding Elliot in the New York Tribune) to have, were such a thing obtainable, an accurate estimate of the effect on the morale of the German people of the German failures in Russia. These faftures can hardly longer be disguised.
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  • 130 5 British Wireless. London, Dec. 4. ACCORDING to agency messages from Washington, the Appropriations Oomm.ttee of the US. House of Representatives has approved the $8,243,000,000 (£1,650--million) supplemental defence appropriation bill. It includes funds for the immediate expansion cf the Army to 2,000,000 men and $1 556,000 000
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  • 264 6 Food Production 'I HE other day we reierrea w 1 the desirability of developing the hill stations in Malaya not only from the point ol view of residential areas but in order that the agricultural resources of this country may be expanded to a degree which will nearer approximate
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  • 166 6 I*HE land available in anu A around the towns and cities of Malaya might well be given over, at nominal rental, in this way. We realise that a Grow More Food campaign is under way and that in some schools gardening is in a modest way being undertaken.
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  • 145 6 IN temperate climates almost anybody, however unskilled in horticultural matters, can achieve some worth-while results merely by the expenditure of enthusiasm and energy. This is not necessarily true of tropical horticulture, and it is here that Government could give a lead in advising gardeners how to prepare their
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  • 1703 6  -  By Ralph Ingersoll Editor of P-M. ONE mornimr in a wwn in front of SntfKeiHk a llufi<ian battery of 75s moved into position and began firing. Shortly after noon the German batteries located them and after the German batteries had trot the
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  • 294 6 NORWEGIAN patriots crossing the North Sea in rowing boats to fight for their country's freedom have helped British scientists to make important experiments ro X-ray photography. London radiologists (in the Ilford Radiographic Technical and Demonstration Department) riaje been developing what might oe called mass miniature radiography
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  • 20 6 An expert is a man who avoids the small errors as he sweeps on to the grand fallacy—Benjamin Stolberp
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  • 483 6 rpHE Kurusu mission has failed and the world is waiting for' Japan to make the next move. That Japan is feeling the pinch of the Allied economic restrictions is undoubted and particularly in the commodity for which she has to depend so much on outside sources —Oil.
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  • 1127 7 Reuter. Moscow, Dec. 4. 41GHTING in the Tula direction is growing in violence/ 'lence/' according to the Pravda's correspondent. Germans are trying to take Tula at any cost. On Tuesday morning, large tank, artillery and motorised foiitry forces were massed b y the enemy and violent Sties
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  • 228 7 Reuter. London, Dec. 4. THE Germans have raced up r reinforcements from two j parts of the front—including the Crimea—in an attempt to stem Marshal Timoshenko's j non-stop drive against their right flank in South Russia. Two Italian divisions, named Unio and Tuscana, have reached
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  • 105 7 Reuter. Moscow, Dec. 4. TOURING Dec. 2, the Soviet air force destroyed or put out of commission 154 German tanks, says a supplement to the Soviet midnight communique. It also destroyed or damaged 1414 lorries with troops and supplies, 50 field and anti-aircraft guns
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  • 23 7 Reuter. Rangoon, Dec. 4. Two sharp earthquake shocks of considerable intensity were felt here at about 10 p.m. (Local time) on Wednesday night.—Reuter.
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  • 523 7 “U nprecedented Crisis”—Togo Tokio, Dec. 4. AS a result of recent developments which are becoming increasingly serious. East Asia is confronted with an unprecedented crisis, the Foreign Minister. Mr. S. Togo, declared at the opening of the three-day East Asia economic conference this morning, says the Japanese news agency. "Britain,
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  • 858 7 Bangkok, Dec. 3. might not be able to escape war, warned the official Bangkok radio commentator to-night and added that an attack might come without warning. Thais must, therefore, exercise unrelaxing vigilance. Guerilla tactics and scorched earth policy must be adopted to beat the invader. The
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  • 171 7 Reuter. Shanghai, Dec. 4. THE prevailing tension in local shipping circles fur- ther mounted to-day when, following closely on the heels of the sudden departure cf the last Japan-China-Java Line ship from China waters, j practically all vessels operat- j ed by British shipping com- J
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  • 118 7 Reuter Sydney, Dec. 4. OVERNIGHT, the naval balance of power'in the Pacific and the whole strategic situation is dramatically changed, says the Sydney Daily Telegraph, in a leader on the arrival of the Battle Fleet in Singapore The paper says that it will close the dangerous
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  • 374 7 Reuter. Washington, Dec. 4. GOVERNMENT officials admitted to-night that the LendLease shipments to Russia, arranged for under the 90,000 tons monthly programme fixed in October, had so far been disaDDointine. Lend Act has reached enormous propoi lions, it was stated in Government circles
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  • 77 7 Reuter Shanghai, Dec. 4. AMONG the 450 evacuees who iailed from Shanghai yesterday aboard the grey pamted steamer Anhui, there were at least 100 Indian women and children, and about 70 British from Tientsn. The remainder were all from Shanghai. Many are expected to disembark at Hong
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  • 390 9 ■piLAT a person employed as a servant by a club or an association was not a member of either the club or the association was a submission made by Mr. Aubrey Davios in high court to-day when Gan Chi Chiong, 14, appealed agminat the conviction and
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  • 300 9 Reuter. London, Dec. 4. MR. CHURCHILL'S speech in the House of Commons on the Government's sweeping plans for organisation of man-power and woman-power in Britain is hailed as a great, statesmanlike contribution to the conduct of the war, and it is .generally agreed that he accurately summed
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    • 264 9 MivZi 20th entur y Fox Presents 4fi The daring, JreSßaĔrS a m az ing, romantic exploits of *jjIELLE STARR/QUEEN (IN TECHNICOLOUR) She captured an arsenal -in f\ Id —Q 10 Beized government property 3,10— OJU .-routed U.S troops in battll \EW STARTING TIMES after battle' And 20th Century Fox Movietone
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    • 451 9 PROPERTY SALE To be sold by Public Auction at the Sale-room of A. T. EDWARDS CO., LTD., No. 11, Malacca Street, ON THURSDAY, llth DECEMBER, 1941, at 2.30 p.m. MORTGAGEESALE LOT I. Freehold land and houses Nos. 54 56, 58, 60 62 Kerbau Road and No. 1 Chander Road, Singapore,
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    • 114 9 OPENS 3.15 w-yp, 'T.'Vv.'^VfI SECRETS BLASTED I FROM DUNGEONS! ĔM*9& THRILLS FLAMING FROM TERROR! f% 0/V VEI//& SALLY EiLERS-DONALD WOODS EDWARD CIANNEUT^ fx.**/, plo, by Korl Brown 0«/«CT«d by IfW lANDCAS jJhIHhSBL" 4 COLUMBIA PICTURE Real lasting beauty comes to every woman with the aid of VENUS. Its regular use
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    • 148 9 THE SALE IS OX! AND MORE RECORDS ARE BEING ADDED I Dnnudi Bnßomn Counwt IT? P »U —I Ll 1 TM» Fach day, U the records are sold, new lots are oeing added. To-day, you could get many numbf !rt of records by the following artistes from our Bargain Ckmnters.
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  • 41 10 At the Singapore Registry on 10-12-41, Hock Tian, elder son of Mr. Lim Peng Seng of Penang, and the late Madam Lee Loon Yeon-, to Miss Soi Chin, second daughter of Mr. Mrs. Chla Joo Fook of Singapore.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 629 10 Situations Vacant WANTED URGENTLY: Expert Hairdresser»; Must be good In Hair Setting. 8alary Xrom $«0|- to $120|- per month according to qualifications. Permanent position guaranteed Please apply by letter with Photo to The London Beauty Parlour and Cosmetic Dept.. 1st. floor, 27, Foch Avenue, Kuala Lumpur. (No. 250M) WANTED Distributors
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    • 860 10 LADY wants Lady Teacher to teach Man- j I dorln In house. Upper Serangoon District; I I lessons preferably twice or thrice hourly -'each week. Apply G.P.O. Box 313, Singapore. (No. 177 M) f SINGAPORE! MUNICIPALITY. j Vacancy for a Dresser. Applications are invited for fil/ ing the vacancy for
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    • 894 10 I Educational ARMY MEN, Naval Men, Men of all the Forces! Utilise your leisure hours In learning, you can dance like experts If you take our courses, and AH the ladies hearts j with soulful yearning. "The Aristocrat" School of Ballroom Dancing. 302 A. Lavender Street, Singapore. (No. 245 M)
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    • 900 10 For Sale FOR SALE Smooth Haired Fox Terrier *****, Excellent Pedigree, Good House- Dog. Box 47, Malaya Tribune. Singapore I (No. 258 M) 'r KHATENA. 36. Mill Road, Malacca. I Has received a big shipment of ladies- children's hats. (No. 242 M) DRINK "EOHEA TEA" the finest Chinese Tea. Obtainable
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    • 895 10 Motor Vehicles STANDARD-NINE. Very good condition. Owner driven. Insurance March. Apply 'phone 7406. (No. 248 M) AUSTIN 12 H P. 4 cylinder 1936. De Luxe Saloon Excellent Condition ft appearance 30 Miles gallon. Insured, comprehensive June 1942. $1.550|-. Apply Box No. 28 cio Malaya Tribune, Kuala Lumpur. (No. 235 M)
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    • 400 10 Know the temperatu»; flow ccmes ROTOTHERII! tht NEW Thermometer, with its ckarh marked dial, its needle pointer, scientifically accurate but txtm&. ly robust "movement" and its wft variety of handsome de% Obtainable in 3 different masi from THE SCIENTIFIC INSTKMENT CO., LTD., 2, Unlays® Green, Singapore. «B THE SINGAPORE AUCTIONEERS
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    • 846 10 [TO-DAY'S RADlo] 1 /HI. 1333 klcs ZHP1 9690 k Cs EASTERN ZHP2 6175 kcs OSV 17. ti m uS 1 p m. 15.14 Meg! t!*» s*^ 12.00 Orchestral Concert—'All the Mas- GSD n.75 mi(i *»D jjg* ters'. p in ii^' 12 45 "WAR-TIME COOK": by Mrs. Es- N i??£ H
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  • 739 11 2 1 2 a1 40 6 1.44 cd i£ma,iV ire 12,6 fifil'W 28 3 29 3 ftjg <*> 076 0.80 II) o 07 0 29 SS (2 °S 12 3 12 9 19 7»' a ffi 15- 15 6 cfs) 164 168 I I** '"J.. 0
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  • 20 11 Singapore, Friday M*. of tin and rubber in jJ|pre at noon to-day icere:— Buyers 38 i Sellers 38%
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  • 126 11 LEWIS Peat (Singapore) Ltd.. in their rubber report dated Dec 4. St The IRR C. has now met and decided that the quota for the first quarter «I 1942 shall remain unchanged at 120 per cent To all intents and purposes this means that exports are
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  • 85 11 Singapore, Thursday, 4.15 p.m. THE Malayan Shareholders' Association report as follows on the local markets: Quiet—little buying but no selling pressure. Tins. Hong Fatts done at »1.36 a firm market other deals include Ulu Klangs at 96 cents, Sungei Luas at $165, Lukuts at 46> 2 cents. Laruts
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  • 91 11 (From Our Own Correspondent) Muar, Thursday. CHETTIARS from many parts of Malaya joined their brethren in Muar and celebrated on a grand scale their annual Karthigai Festival (the Festival of Lamps) at their temple in Jalan Meriam. The day was spent in pujas and prayers, and in
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  • 35 11 All members of the Young Men’s Muslim Associntion Singapore. are invited to i «eial Teranr BuUn gnlhmtnr to be neld ar Se AWtation's premise* on Frlduv nieltt at 6 o'clock. Light refr«*brr«ut« will be wrved.
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  • 183 11 Reuter. Shanghai, Dec. 4. AN appeal for still stricter economy in gasoline usage to help the city through the present "temporary shortage" was pub-' lhhed this morning by the oil companies here. Explaining that "circumstances beyond their control" were the motive behind the further 50 per
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  • 147 11 (From Our Financial Correspondent) Singapore. Friday. rpHERE was slight improvement in tone 1 in the tin share market yesterday. Hong Fatts improved to 136 and Lukuts to -|47. while Ulu Klangs eased a little to 96 cum div. Among Australians, Thabawleiks Changed hands at 30s.
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  • 26 11 Melbourne. Nov. 28:—Manufacture 01 six-pounder anti-tank guns by Gener.il Motors-Holders Ltd.. and 40 sub-con-tractors throughout the State is shortly to begin In South Australia.
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  • 317 11 TO-DAY begins the special scrap drive in Singapore. It will continue until Monday next. Singapore householders should collect the scrap which they have been accumulating during the past few days, and deliver it either at the Salvage Collection and Disposal Depot, Government Printing
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  • 84 11 British Wireless. London. Dec. 4. MRS. Ellen Fletcher, the oldest woman in the British Isles, died last night, at Croydon, London; at the age of 108. She would have 109 next April. Mrs. Fletcher remembered the Coronation of Queen Victoria. When her home was struck
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  • 329 11 Singapore, Thursday. "T SHOULD have appreciated the courtesy of the court being 1 informed that it would have been difficult for the accused to attend," remarked Mr. C. H. Whitton, the district traffic judge, when a soldier who was to face two charges of
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  • 68 11 The Government English Scnooi. heTd its nrst arts exhibition Mr a Hi nor°t f raiTs US %aSgs a £SU? e?c The exhibition which attracted many visitors was clarCl by Mr The folwas judged Mr m« Co iour design lowing are win £*:r Fong pencil (Blue bells) Chen ad
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  • 296 11 Reuter. London, Dec. 4. THE secretary of fctate for India, Mr. L. S. Amery, was asked by the Labour member, Mr. Sorensen, at question time in the House of Commons to-day whether "he intends to indicate to the people of India upon what democratic basis His Majesty's
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  • 82 11 (From Our Own Reporter) K. Lumpur, Thursday. THE marriage took place on Tuesday at St. Andrew's Church. Weld Road, of Mr. Geoffrey Franklin Lloyd, of the Planters' Stores and Agency Co.. Ltd.. Kuala Lumpur to Miss J. Michie Adam, nursing sister, Bungsar Hospital. The bridegroom is the
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    • 32 11 i\ U CHINA BUILDING, SINGAPORE Overseas Tdeqrams: U CENTENARY \v 5808 10T0R Chicles U assurance >\ Workmen's U Corporation, >\ COMPENSATION ltP P£ RSONAL ACCIDENT AGENT? TIfROUOHOUT MALAYA 2* P <ST RATES LIBERAL SETTLEMENTS
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    • 63 11 THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA (TRUSTEES) LIMITED Guaranteed and Controlled by ALL, BU&INESS The advantage of appointing the Company as Trustee and or Exe"u H cutor are:— CONTINUITY OF EXISTENCE, SSmunity from loss by 1 FRAUD, SECRECY MODERATE FIXED FEES. ADDIv for booklet from any Branch or Agency of the
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    • 334 11 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Situations Vacant AMERICAN FIRM has vacancy for young and Intelligent Chinese office assistant. Know If duo of shorthand and typewriting preferred but not esssential. Apply Box No. 49. c o Malaya Tribune, Singapore. FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS. APPLICATIONS are invited for Locomotive Cleaners at a starting rate of
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    • 306 11 STEAMER SAILINGS INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD (Incorporated in Er,;;—*-*» DIRECT SERVICE TO JAPfLvia HONGKONG CALCUTTA via PENANG. Taking cargo 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 amidships. They carry
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  • 165 12  -  'By Brian R. Cannell Reuter. Hanoi, Dec. 4. f |lHE highest tension continues to reign in Indo-China. Rational considerations point to a solution of the present impasse whereby a conflict will be avoided but the possibility of a sudden coup towards Thailand is an ever-present danger.
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  • 125 12 Reuter Bloemfontein, Dec. 4. THE Free State congress of the Afrikander Party has unanimously endorsed the democratic policy of Mr. Havenga and elected Mr. Havenga Leader-in-Chief of the Party. Gen. Hertzog remains an Honorary Leader. The congress adopted the statement issued by Mr. Havenga in
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  • 1085 12 Manpower Debate London, Dec. 4. WHEN the man and woman power debate was resumed to-day, there was a full discussion on the Labour amendment to the Prime Minister's motion, suggesting public ownership and control of industries vital to the successful prosecution of the war, especially transport and
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  • 251 12 Reuter. London, Dec. 3. "\IOW that religion everywhere is ll being brutally attacked, we Iook to India, the very home of religion, for a sign," was an appeal n.ade by Sir Francis Younghusband, at the annual meeting of the World Congress of Faiths, held to-day (Wednesday».
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  • 27 12 ...Total number of enemy plant destroyed during yesterday on all fronts up to midnight London time (excluding Soviet claims):— NIL; total score for November, 241.
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  • 141 12 Reuter. Melbourne. Dec. 4. THE Australian War Cabinet met here to-day. Although it is understood that early this week defence authorities were instructed to prepare for the possibility of action within a matter of hours, despatches showing <a slight easing off in the Pacific tension were
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  • 341 12 Central News. Chungking. Dec. 3. THE official Central Daily News in an editorial under the title "Will Japan 'bend her knees in submission' or 'commit harakiri?" said Japan's reply to the United States proposals will have to be either accepted or entirely refused.
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  • 82 12 Reuter. London, Dec. 4. I/GENERAL De Gaulle, in a broadvJ cast to the French nation last night, denounced the treachery of the Vichy leaders and forecast that as a result of the Petain-Goering meeting they would throw open North Africa to the Nazis. He said: "It is
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  • 478 12 Singapore, Thursday. yyHEN Salib bin Ahmad, a Javanese, appeared before Mr. K. ML Byrne in the Singapore fourth court to-day, at a preliminary inquiry into a provisional charge of murder and I second change of attempted suicide, evidence was given that Salib made a confession,
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  • 253 12 Reuter. Bangkok, THE minatory tone of the i News Agency? I?.**% patch speculating' 1 after a 1 Thailand. J** Belgium's fate has notJSjZ noticed in authoritati J^** ly meeting on is believed all n? THE C g£ A »0» t WHICH THE MENT VIEWS
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  • 152 12 British Official Wireless. London, Dec i IN authoritative summary of fc latest Australian progress te war production states that, foik*ine the Owen gun, which is to be put into production without defy another Australian war-time Invention, the Kirby gun, is to be officially tested. It is
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    • 153 12 place a Mantling order for1 11 I TO-DAY »■1 *al«' a I all Branc*lies of the ("old Storage throughout* Malaga Advt. of Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd. C.S. 264 A THE NAN YANG SINGAPORE-MALACCA MAIL CAR SERVICE. We hare removed from our former office at 35, Beach Road, Singapore, to
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    • 66 12 KLIM give* m* the wholesome lg ishment of fresh, pnre^ That is because KjjJ 15 fresh, It is powdered and J**£ by an exc/«s£ sa*t*J process so that keep indefinitely JJ*J refrigeration. Only wate? has been rejwj from the finest. cowr nothing added-JJJ simply mix Kbmwrtb* to make fresh mil*
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