Malaya Tribune, 19 December 1941

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  • 27 1 The Malaya Tribune 12th DAY OF MALAYAN WAR Net Sales Exceed 18,100 Daily SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1941 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune Friday, December 19, 1941.
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  • 1467 1 Transport, Probably Destroyer Also, Sunk MORE TROOPS REACH BURMA Reuter. PHE JAPANESE, WHO ARE SUFFERING HEAVY tl LOSSES ON LAND IN ALL THEATRES OF WAR fONTINUE TO SUFFER ALSO AT SEA. LATE THIS MORNING, A MESSAGE FROM WASHINGTON REPORTS THAT UNITED STATES SUBMARINES Save sunk
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  • 175 1 rTTILIPPINES: Successful counter-at-tacks by Philippine Constabulary lit Weston Luzon (on Monday) have flung Japs back several miles; President Quezon ays situation nnder control; Thursday aminc's communique reports no enemy activity. TIMOR: Portuguese National Assembly ■acts to-day in Lisbon to consider situate. BIRMA Another big convoy
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  • 306 1 I London. Dec. 19. TKINA is now in a position to soldiers for the defence of ■maa and any other position of J Allies in the Far East." said «toassador Wellington Koo in a Wal interview. J[e continued:—"The defence of *»d territory is vital to
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  • 23 1 untitled Dec. 18: The Acting Chairman 25* th. entarv Labour Party and 41m n °PPo6ition. Mr. H. B. Leesn London, to-night, aged 63.
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  • 20 1 Reuter untitle Dec. 18: The death is announced F w He *d Archbishop IW 7 loll owing a motoring accl-
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  • 35 1 Reuter. Washington, Dec. 18: Rear-Admiral Randall Jacobs, on duty with the Atlantic Fleet, has been nominated by President Roosevelt .is the New Chief of the Bureau of Navigation in the Navy Department for four years.—Reuter.
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  • 224 1 Reuter Bat a via. Dec. 19PE Japanese have attacked and machine-gunned, in true Nazi fashion, the entirely undefended village of Tarempa. in the Anamba Archipelago, and 40 natives were killed and 100 seriously wounded. Low-flying Japanese pilots, following the German example, machine-gunned the civilian population
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  • 499 1 Reuter. CHUNGKING, DEC. 19. (CHINESE FORCES IN THE CANTON AREA ARE AT PRESENT EXERTING STRONG PRESSURE ON THE REAR OF THE JAPANESE FORCES NOW ATTACKING HONG KONG AND THE CHINESE ADVANCE GUARDS ARE ONLY TEN MILES FROM THE KOWLOON BORDER, DECLARED THE CHINESE
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  • 457 1 We Must Gain Sea Supremacy Attack On Land Reuter London, Dec. 19. WHILE the landing of Japanese troops in Sarawak does not necessarily or immediately gain the enemy's chief objective which presumably is oil, it does drive home the significance of an even temporary flagging of seapower, says The Times
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  • 425 1 THE R A.F. YESTERDAY CARRIED OUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST BOMBER AND FIGHTER ATTACKS OF THE WAR ON BREST, WHERE THE THREE GERMAN WARSHIPS, THE SCHARNHORST, THE GNEISENAU AND THE PRINCE EUGEN ARE BERTHED. In brilliant weather, with sunlight and astonishingly good visibility,
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  • 82 1 Reuter. Washington, Dec. 19. SEVEN high officers, including Rear-Admiral Chester W. Nimutz, the new Commander of the Pacific Fleet, called at th« White House for a conference on the war strategy. Among those attending were Ernest J. Kin, head of the Atlantic Fleet, MajorGeneral H.
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  • 116 1 Reuter. New York, Dec. 18. THE Army Secretary, Mr. Stimson, told the press to-day that the War Department was planning to expand the army to the greatest strength needed, relying for the increase entirely on active service system subsidies," Mr. Stimson added. The entire Philippines Army
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  • 246 1 Reuter. rPHE RUSSIAN ADVANCE CONTINUES VERY SUCCESSFULLY, IT IS AUTHORITATIVELY STATED IN LONDON. THERE IS NO INDICATION AS TO WHERE THE GERMANS MIGHT PLAN TO STABILISE THEIR LINE—IT MIGHT NOT BE LEFT TO THE GERMANS TO DECIDE. It is difficult to see how the Nazis can support
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  • 20 1 Reuter Sydney, Dec. 19: Rajah Sir Charles Vyner Brooke, who is holidaying in Sydney, is returning to Borneo immediately. —Reuter.
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  • 241 1 Reuter. Rangoon, Dec. 19. WE are here to defend Burma and more than that we are preparing to take the offensive against the enemies," said the Governor of Burma, Bir Reginald Forman Smith, in a speech on on Wednesday. Warning against thinking that this was going
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  • 71 1 JAPS INACTIVE IN MALAYA A communique issued in Singapore at 12.15 this morning; states: "A very quiet night with nothing to report from either front. There has been marked inactivity on the part of the enemy during the last 24 hours. This is probably due to the very
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  • 258 2 THE Government proposes to register every individual in the SSSKS m be termed traul^ f -fs g for the purpose of identifying everybody, for h* own safety and that of the Settlement ahke. It is hardly necessary to point out how important in these times
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  • 191 2 ST Andrews Cathedral was the setting for the marriage at «0 pm. yesterday .of Miss mizaoem Jean Dyas, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Charles Dyas of Qincmnore and Captain lan «0110 Graem? R A eldest son of Colonel J A Graeme and Mrs. Graeme of Farnborough, Hampshire. The
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  • 168 2 T7OR the purpose of securing the trial and punishment of offenders In any places in the Colony in which, by reason of recent or apprehended the military situation Is such that crl minal justice cannot be administered by toe ordinary courts with sufficient expedition, the
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  • 178 2 THE Malaya War Distress 1 Fund, the intended formation of which was announced by His Excellency the Governor »n his latest broadcast, has now been inaugurated. Mr Edwin A. Brown (whose address is the Film Censor's Office, Maxwell Road Singapore) has been appointed the
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  • 1126 2 WAR welfare work in Malaya has benefitted by $50,000, voted by Wearne Bros. Ltd., at their annual general meeting yesterday. Mr. T. J. B. Wearne, who presided, said that the idea was to request Government to appoint a Committee comprising welfare officers representing
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  • 214 2 TfOR some days now, no donations have been received by th# Tribune for the Christmas Cheer Fund, but totalling $2,787.05 have been received at the headquarters of the Salvation Army in connection with this campaign. A total of $4,098 has, therefore, been raised for Christmas Cheer.
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  • 108 2 IfOLUNTEERS are required for the duty of keeping pecple away from aircraft, whether our own or of the enemy, which have been brought dcwn in or near inhabitea areas in Malaya, until the R.A.F. can examine them. It is most important that nothing should be
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  • 82 2 AN Order has been ma* undeT the Food Cordnji Ordinance to restrict {fee number of courses in in hotels, restaurants, clubs boarding houses, canteens. etc. The main object of the. Order is to conserve oar! supplies of meat, posltfjj and fish, but with fever courses
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  • 57 2 ALL European women in Singapore who are not employed fa work are urgently requested u> register their names and qualifications at the Manpower Bias* Colonial Secretary's Office, at the earliest opportunity. War cr emergency services needing woman-power should apply tc the same Bureau, which still feui
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  • 97 2 Singapore, ThunHhf ••rpHERE will probably be more dates brought against the men." tale %t irosecuting officer when thwe Wix appeared before Mr. Conrad (Mbm. te the second police court on a ttmt/t z: bringing intoxicating liquor late tbt Naval Base. Amar Singh (35)
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 75 2 To-morrow's Radio Programme Special items in to-morrow's radio programme from Singapore include the London relav, "Calling the British Forces in the Par 'East." at 7 p.m.; and the Saturday evening popular concert at 7.30 p.m., and Marie Ney in a Shakespearean programme at 9.15 pjn. Listeners are reminded that News
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  • 343 3 Reuter New Delhi, Dec. 18. divE Japanese are still a long way from over-running Malaya and approaching Singapore, said General Sir Archibald ff e ll at i press conference at his Headquarters here. He jL, however, thai due to the Japanese
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  • 108 3 AN order restricting the slaughter of animals for human consumption in Singapore has been gazetted. By ilTis order, no animal shall be slaughtered for human consumption except in accordance with a nermit issued by the Veterinary Cfficer. Singapore. This order shall not apply to the slaughter
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  • 148 3 rfWK Sea and land Wyytt» Committees announce, with rctcrK. that »t has been decided to mncrl tl« N£J \ear sea sports and L~nd sj*rts which were to be held <mi -lan. 1. 154". The Committees thank rll nrms and members ot the public for
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  • 131 3 H. H. the Sultan of Perak and his Malay Chiefs have lent a sum of $30 500 to the Imperial Government, free of interest, for the duration of the war A similar loan of $25,000 has been made by H. H. the Sultan of Selangor. This.-
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  • 42 3 (By Cable) Batavia, Dec. 17. Lights of cars and motor-cycles though complying with the regulations, are still too strong. A R P authorities have decreed that only Whicles with properly dimmed lights will he allowed on the road.
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  • 34 3 His Excellency the Governor has been olcitacd tO approve IhS pWBlOtlnsl or Licit Abrtul Rahmau bin Abdul A/, a S S V F to Hie rank ot Captetn, With eflcct rruin Dec 6. Uichnlvl
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  • 26 3 His Excellency the Governor nas Detu pleased to appoint Capt. H. R. Morrison. S.S.V.F., to the acting rank of Major, with effect from June 12, Inclusive.
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  • 25 3 Mr F.M. Forde said that since the Labour Government took office, there had been a complete overhaul o? Australia's coastal defences, particularly regarding anti-aircraft batteries.
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  • 497 3 War Newsman Back From North Malaya Front (Tribune Staff Reporter) THE British are fighting back strongly in northern Malaya, according to Mr. F. T. Durdin, Correspondent for the New York Times, who has just been to the scene of the fighting in northern Malaya. The Japanese,
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  • 31 3 IT IS NOTIFIED FOR GENE- RAL INFORMATION THAT FROM JANUARY 1, 1942, ONWARDS THE BASIC RATION FOR PRIVATE CARS WILL BE REDUCED BY APPROXIMATELY 50 PER CENT.
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  • 560 3 Singapore, Thursday. THE fact that the hves of others were being endangered by anshaded lights being switched In during ttie hours of was stressed 6y Mr. C. H. Whitton, the district traffic magistrate, when he imposed a fine of J590, in dVfault, five
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  • 330 3 A BRITISH coaster, manned by Chinese, which was bombed and machine-gunned twice by Japanese aircraft, has just arrived safely in Singapore, roriunaiely no damage was done to the ship and there were no casualties, but as one of the ship's company told a special
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  • 200 3 A further $15,000 for the Malaya Patriotic Fund Is acknowledged to-day bringing the total to 13.282.493.51. The latest list of contributions follows: St. Andrews Orthopaedic Hospital (Fete) g Johore Branch llu Kalimutto. Hospital Servant No. 9. General Hospital. Singapore (monthly contribution) 9-m Male Lepers' Settlement. Singapore 4.05
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    • 364 3 SACKACHE (idney Trouble fh i oo0 'as fif as a fiddle" Hr. J. C. tried every known remedy 1 Jt a Sickache and kidney trouble, but ■HKpf^ sai no relief until he gave De Witt's »>Ji a fair trial. He writes: «I m "Mng a sufferer for years from N&k
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  • 187 4  -  (By "Annalist" Reuter. London, Dec. 18. THE occupation of Timor knocks one of the potential stepping stones among the South Sea Islands from under Japan's feet. The Portuguese ae 1 rod JS5 n l lil po Dilli, in Timor, is only 450 miles lrom Port Darwin,
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  • 161 4 Chungking. Dec. 16. THE general session of ninth plenary session of the Kuomlntang s Central Executive and Supervisory Committees opened this morning, with President Chu Cheng of the Judicial Yuan in the chair. Both the morning and afternoon were devoted to the hearing of various reports, including those
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  • 55 4 The committee of the Indian Youth League has decided to throw open the premises of the league at 118, Race Course Road, to people who desire shelter there. The League Is also requisitioning the services of Its social service corps to render every assistance to the people of Singapore in
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  • 428 4 DURING last week s bombing attack on one of ftolW* aerodromes the steadv behaviour of the Special Technical CornsTfhT.Utl.n. it has been revealed, was noticeable T-hey lent valuable assistance in many ways which earned Prai ?h!r?orp" Composed of Chinese, Malays. Euralrans. the
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  • 1151 4 THAT the enemy is paying dearly for every inch he is stealing, was the opinion expressed by an officer, who has just returned to Singapore from the North-West Malayan front, in a talk broadcast from the M.B.C. last night. I am
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  • 152 4 THE attention of the J? drawn to the fact tk* later date enemy p^L?» may attempt to land 1 territory. 00 Members of the civil popuWw remember that the obwTrt.s.*''! chutists is to proceed as fa* JT H to some vital point, and th,t not primarily interested
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  • 27 4 Chungking. Dec. 17 Sir untitled Clark-Kerr, British AmbMiwto, called on the Foreign Tai-chi yesterday and had tw? versation with him. The nS?'*' discussions is not News. ""^"Svi
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  • 169 5 THE population of Singapore is urgently asked to assist in the construction of slit trenches a<? protection against air raids. h size which has already been proved by the R.A.F bo be suitable Is IT feet long, three feet deep, and three feet wide at the bottom,
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  • 23 5 The promotion of Second-Lieut. R.E. Gray. S.S.V.F.. to the rank of Lieutenant, with effect from Sept. 13 has been approved by the Governor.
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  • 996 5 Inside News Of The Sea War! (SPECIAL CABLE TO THE TRIBUNE) tßy H. C. Ferraby) London, Dec. 18. THIS war's record shows that mastery has not passed to the air. The ratio of loss is well below the 1914-18 toll. The student
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  • 304 5 ALL Singapore English Government and aided schools will A open their new school year on January 12, as scheduled, the Tribune learns officially. A decision to this effect was reached following a meeting of all the heads of schools. Every precaution, it is emphasised,
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  • 30 5 The Rt. Hon. A. Duff-Cooper, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, will five a talk from Singapore station of the a* 8.45 p.m. to-day.
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  • 150 5 Singapore, Thursday. HELEN Wong alias Wong Hoi Loon, a former cabaret dancehcstess, was acquitted by Mr. H.E. Kingdon, the third magistrate, this afternoon, on two charges of importing a girl into Col°ny for the purposes of prostitution and with knowingly living on tne earnings of prostitution. It
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  • 89 5 A SPECIAL series of talks on Air Raids P-ecautions procedure in Singapore; and Malaya, entitled 'A.RJ*. %»d Ton will be Inaugurated this evening at pm. by Mr. C. E. Hudson. »n A.R.P Divisional Warden In Singapore and will be continued every Monday. Wednesday and Frldav at the
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  • 314 6 Malaw Battle Fis now becoming clear that Japan's main objective at present is Singapore. Her activities in other spheres m the South Seas serve a two-fold purpose, namely, to cast doubt in the minds of the Allied O mmand as to where the enemy would concentrate a full-dress invasion,
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  • 281 6 AN the rejection of the Japanese ultimatum by the Hong Kong Government to surrender, a big attack on this far-flung British outpost is under way. While heavy fighting is reported to be taking place in the Colony proper, the Japanese have claimed the occupation of Kowloon.
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  • 1256 6  -  A young British mother describes the difficulties of bringing up a baby in wartime By Marion Slater PHRISTOPHER is three years old this week. It seems more than three years since we lived in London, and had a baby, and recklessly promised him
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  • 94 6 The proprietor of a highly successful optical shop was instructing his son as to how to charee a customer. "Son," he said, "after you have fitted the classes, and he asks what the ehr will be, you say: 'The charge is $10.' Then paus3 and wait
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  • 683 6 Reuter. London. Dec. 19 "IL'ORLD events have brought into increasing prominent possibility of an invasion of this island and our defer* must he brought to a high stale of readiness," British War Secretary, Captain Margesson, in the Commons yesterday, explaining the modifications !n
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  • 204 6 Reuter London, Dec. 19. rpHE changed war situation. involving A the British Empire in operations on a world-wide scale, prompted Mr. Granville (Liberal) to ask the House of Commons yesterday whether the Government would now consider the formation of an Empire War Cabinet "for the purpose
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  • 101 6 Reuter London. Dec 19 IN lift Boon of Commons, yesterday. Mr. R. Law, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, In rcpiy to a question, said that, full Information had not yet been received regarding the scope of the agreement whicn was reported to have been concluded between Japan and
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  • 273 6 Reuter. London, Dee. 19. THE following announcement wa; issued from St. James Pake last night (Thursday): "Her Royal Higtmess, theDuches of Gloucester, was safely deliTerec of a son at 4.15 p.m. (G MT this evening. The condition i Her ROyal Highness and
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  • 84 6 IF the Japanese are u*w I the American a*jffij in f will be no comtorc for u appointment of His first command in w submarine notilla_ consider** He has since seen submarine servtetjwoJ combat conditions J8rg War. He is qui*jofggjj not easily ruffled, sav
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  • 68 6 Reuter MATTERS "of t v h e f 0 ther interest on the ljjC „ctfd the Pacific' 6l rd>J*&' Washington on 5 i; n Richard Casey. AU pres* in Washington Roosevelt. r pooH* r VkV' Mr. toWI r ..qucMJ, P av/the P**2Jw i rwv of it
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  • 1478 7 Reuter LONDON, DEC 18 jjUTt'H AND AUSTRALIAN FORCES HAVE ENTERED THE [PORTUGUESE ISLAND OF TIMOR. THE GER MAN RADIO QUOTES A LISBON MESSAGE AS SPYING THAT AUSTRALIAN AND INDIAN TROOPS HAVE EN TERFD TIMOK. THE NEWS OF ALLIED LANDING IN TIMOR IS CONFIRMED
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  • 82 7 Manila, Dec. 18. PI police here have tightened their watch for subversive activities. They have warned nationals of Axis countries who have not been taken into custody to avoid suspicious activities. These people include Spaniards, Hungarians, some Frenchmen, Austrians and Chinese of the Wang
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  • 102 7 Reuter. Pretoria, Dec. IBGENERAL Smuts, the South African Frime Minister, in a Christmas message to the. South African p:rces, says the coming year will call for sacrifices and a great devotion to duty. The men and women of Soutn Africa had faced the trying situation
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  • 29 7 Reuter Batavia. Dec. 18: —Chinese residents in 3atavia have decided to establish an -Overseas Chinese War Auxiliary of Batavia," which will occupy itself with intensifying thp wnr effort Renter
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  • 169 7 Reuter. London, Dec. 18. THERE is increasing advocacy among British circles for the formation of a Supreme Allied War Council, which will be the most powerful alliance of World Powers in history. Simultaneous consultations are being carried on in London, Washington and Moscow and the possibilities
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  • 77 7 Reuter Canberra, Dec. 18. TUTAJOR-GENERAL Henry Douglas Wyuter will replace Lieutenant-General Miles as General Officer Commanding the Australian Eastern Command with the temporary rank of Lieutenant-General. This was announced by the Army Minister, Mr. Forde to-day. The change is operative from to-morrow. It Is In
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  • 91 7 Reuter. Washington. Dec. 18 rpHE House of Representatives sent to A President Roosevelt for his Flgnaturc to-day the legislation giving President Roosevelt censorship and other broad powers. "We have got greatly to increase our production programme. We are still in sense* —whether you like it or not —the
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  • 31 7 Reuter. Rio de Janerio, Dec. 18.—Brazilian neutrality "in the war of Japan, Finland, Hungary and Rumania against the British Empire and Holland' is announced in decrees issued by President Vargis. —Reuter.
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  • 377 7 Reuter. London, Dec. 18. WITH the evacuation of the Kowloon Peninsula on the Chinese mainland, the siege of Hong Kong was begun, states The Times in an editorial, which adds that although the Colony has always beer regarded as one of the
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  • 306 8 Washington, Dec, 18. THE War Secretary, Mr. Stimson, who announced the appointment of Lieutenant-Genera. Delos C Emmons to command tne Hawaiian Department, relieving Lieutenant-General Walter Short, also announced that Geneial E L. Tinker of the Air Corps was en route to Hawaii to take command of the
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  • 99 8 Central News Chungking. Dec. 16. rtN the occasion of the birthday anni--0 'arv of Htt Majesty King nJSgt'v* Sen of tho National Government of China sent reads. "'On this Your Maje&wy ttrtSE'. I tender you my warmest fellcitaK and most sincere wishes
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  • 507 8 Batavia, Dec. 18. na ff nrpes the immediate institution ot THE Nieuws van Den Dag urges W im and a War Council in which staffs of t e A.BXs.u p Russia will be represented. The paper says: "To with all isolated attempteto defeat the enemy.
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  • 99 8 Central News Lo-tdo'v Dec. 13. TF arms cannot go up the Burma 1? »'d. 1 9iiUM'i braxe men can cmc down to Burma to fetch and us«» the arms for common defence there." is a view poptilarlv e::-» r '?scd In London. Gen
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    • 247 8 D??L?]iE alhambra! 111 a.m., 2.30 0.30 p.m. j Sat. Sunday Extra Evening Show 8.30 p.m. I I ■UIV MAUREEN O'HARA JAMES ELLISON I AilV f M ALBERTO VILA mfcA MET W 1 BUDDY EBSEN 1 1 DIOSA COSTELL^ 1 Produced b. iOU 6»00 D.r.C.o by ItSl.t GOOOwfINJ I on<3 JAC*
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  • 430 9 Reuter. rpHE Axis forces in Eastern Cyrenaica n Cairo, Dee. 18. 1 After five clays of intensive fightin I. TV" f"" retreal, an official communique, had been thrown into the battle to try VVi remainin German and Italian resources W here been
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  • 123 9 Reuter. Washington. Dec. 18 THE House of Representatives has Passed and sent to the Seriate the legislation for the registration of all men from 18 to 64 inclusive and making those from 21 to 44 inclusive subject to military service. The House, by 173 votes to 113, defeated
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  • 179 9 Central News. Chungking:, Dec. 18. "THE Government's food udminis- tration has been registermg satisfactory progress," .'-aid Dr. Wang Shih-chieh, Government spokesman, at a press conference. "Of the 12,000,000 shih tan (standard piculs) of paddy rice to be collected from Szechir.m this year, nearly 10,000,000 shih tan have
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  • 86 9 Central News QEN. LIU CHTEN-HSU, the Governor of Fuklen Province, feels concern lor the safety of the Malayan Chinese who are doing their bit ln this war against uggresslon. In a cable addressed to the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Gen. Liv said: "Since
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  • 507 9 Melbourne, Dec. 17. emergency war taxes to be applied by the Government immediately will lap a new Held of income, embracing hundreds of thousands of small wage earners. Commencing at sixpence in the pound on incomes of £156, the supertax on incomes will rise by a
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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  • 50 10 MARRIAGE MR TAN CHEOK SUA and MISS CHIAKEOK NEO (alia* Doro hy Chla) were married at mm Singapore Registry, on Dec. 15 The bridegroom is to son of Mr. Tan Yew Siah, ana the brtde is the seventh daughter of the late Mr. n.nd Mrs. cnia Toon Whatt.
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    • 875 10 NOTICE. An Air Raid ShelteT in the Far Jc^ and re-opens; on the 12th Januarj^J^^^^ 1 know the temperature; and now" come. ROTOTHERM! NEW Thermometer, with its clearly marked dial, ite needle scientifically accurate but extremely robust "movement" and its Wide from THE SC ™2 Finlayson MENT CO., LTD., A
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 929 10 i TO-DAY'S RADIO"] ic I SINGAPORE JS^ zhl 1333 kics z \IM ssi 15:8 SBt /HIM GSD 1175 met 25 53 5S5 I ZHP2 6175 k.cs i.Jf -il^iiT 1, I TRANSMISSION A NOB\H AMERICAN SERVICE. I d m. con- GSD: (25 metre but) tad I U Orchestral Concert by OEY
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  • 709 11 Ucc. 18th, 1941. MIVINO fl% 3**t !SS) i (ss) IE 6 i" m»"' r "V> 15« 16 6 am 0 80 0.85 ill) 125 135 S*W,< no 12|6 022 024 cts 0.40 0.42 **sang Tin l 3ji s jl 2 28 3 29,3 St» V*' 19-
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  • 139 11 London, Dec. 17. MR. J.G. Winant, American Am-| bassador in London, addressed a private meeting of about 200 members of all parties of Parliament in the House of Commons. The following statement was issued: "The American Ambassador this afternoon addressed a large representative gathering -cf members of
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  • 95 11 Reuter. London, Dec. 18. THERE is no reason to believe, it is stated in London, that the sinking of the Prince of Wales and the Repulse will mean that in future British warships will be immobilised if they are without fighter protection in waters
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  • 323 11 (By Cable) London. Dec. 17. "yHERE were many who doubted whether A full American participation ln the war would really help the Allies, Bays The Times ln a leading article. It was argued that the needs of the American Army and Navy would take
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  • 53 11 Reuter. Batavia, Dec. 18:—The Governor-General of the Netherlands East Indies has received a telegram from the Netherlanders in Argentina, expressing confidence in his leadership and victory for N.E.I, forces. An uninterrupted stream of loyal expressions continue to reach His Excellency, showing that the entire N.E.I, population is behind him in
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  • 200 11 (By Cable) London, Dec. 17. JAPAN will lose the war if she loses her fleet, says the ManJ Chester Guardian in a leading article on Singapore. Even if she kept her fleet should she fail to break the Allied blockade she will lose
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  • 273 11 STEPS to prevent the exodus of skilled artisans, such as fitters, engine drivers, turners, moulders and blacksmiths, who are employed in established industries, are being taken by the Government of North Borneo. In a letter to the North Borneo Chamber of Commerce,
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  • 105 11 Reuter. Washington, Dec 18. THE State Department announced that German diplomats would be lodged in a "comfonablo hotel until exchange arrangements could be made. Members ot the Hungarian legation are being placed in another hotel in the same undisclcsed locality, and Japanese consular offcials
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    • 267 11 UNITED CHINESE BANK, LIMITED. (Incorporated in S.S.) NO. 2, CHULIA STREET. IBONHAM BUILDING) Singapore. Authorised Capital $4,000,000.00 Issued, Subscribed and Paid Up $1.000 000.00 General Reserve 400,000.00 Telegraphic Address; "TYEHUABANK" Telephone Nos—slB2, 5183. 5184. 5185 5187. BOARD OF DIRECTORS:— Wee Kheng Chiang. Esq.. Chairman. Khoo Beng Cheang. Esq., Deputy Chairman.
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  • 552 12 ROMMEL RETREATING TO DERNA Reuter. AUTHENTIC INFORMATION CONCERNING BLOODSHED MTWE EN THE AXIS PARTNERS. ONE ITALIAN nrpfrFß TEN OTHER RANKS AND ONE GERMAN SOLdTeR™Ve JUsJ BEeJ CAPTURED HERE BY BRITISH RTIMERY MEN WHILE THE PRISONERS WERE BeSg ROUNDED UP. THE ITALIANS FIRED ON THE GERMAN
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  • 187 12 Reuter. Stockholm, Dec. 18. THE Germans have finally abandoned all mobile righting on the Eastern Front during the Winter. A Berlin spokesman yesterday admitted that the German troops are digging themselves in along the entire front and do not intend to launch offensive operations of
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    • 241 12 is not a Wartime Bread, but an all time Bread Adrf. of Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd. Lorries for Hire, and Sand for Sale. CHOP «I AX SOOX 195, New Market Road, Singapore. I Telephone No. 4378 Lorries are available for hire after 4.00 p.m daily for transporting and removing
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