Morning Tribune, 2 February 1939

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  • 14 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE fOL. 4— No. 2. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, February 2, 1939. FIVE CENTS.
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  • 658 1 U.S WILL FIGHT AGAINST DICTATORSHIPS ■Trance Our Frontier" I Declares Roosevelt LpORTANT NEW YORK I CONFE RENCE I NEW YORK, FEB. 1. LxSATIONAL REPORTS OF a CONFERENCE WHICH PREI SILENT ROOSEVELT HAD WITH MEMBERS OF THE SENATE MILITARY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE YESTERDAY APItAK IX THE PRESS. I The New York Times
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  • 208 1 Berlin, Feb. 1. BIG colonial campaign which is expected to sweep Germany ha? been launched by Boer&en Zeitung which gives prominence to an article declaring thdt Hiller "led the colonial issue back to the point where a reasonable and peaceful solution mav be reached." The British
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  • 102 1 Rome. Feb. 1 HAILED by bursts of machine-gun fire from the roof of the hose exhibition building via Naiionale, Mussolini had a field day to-day with a march past of 25,000 Fascist militia. j The parade included tiny tots, j 1 boys, girls, orphans of legionaries ,<
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  • 130 1 Berlin, Feb. 1. THE recent construction of an air counterpart to the Seigfried Line is disclosed in an article in the weekly paper Hebrmacht, by Kitzinger (commander of the western air defences). > The powerful line of defences runs parallel with the land fortifications on the
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  • 322 2 ATTEMPT TO DERAIL SINGAPORE TRAIN SLEEPERS ACROSS TRACK FOUND (Tribune Staff Reporter) JOHORE BAHRU, WEDNESDAY. JHE DISCOVERY OF A WOODEN SLEEPER PLACED AC- ROSS THE RAILWAY LINE ON A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE RAILWAY STATIONS, SENAI AND KEMPAS, HAS LED TO THE POLICE MAKING INVESTIGATIONS. THE SLEEPER WAS CRUSHED BY THE
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  • 29 2 Miss Mary Au, as she appeared as representative of the Malaya Tribunf. at the Press and Advertising Ball at the New World last ni?ht.- Tribune
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  • 388 2 Dramatic Evidence Of Motor -Cyclist's Fatal Headlong Crash Singapore, Wednesday. QRAMATIC evidence was given to-day by Mr. S. Raja Gopal, a cleric in the employ of Messrs. Braga and Taylour, Solicitors and Advocates, in a case in which Song Kong Hoe, a lorry driver, was charged with causing the death
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  • 186 2 Malaya At The B.I.F. BUYERS in sixty-six countries ha?« already intimated that they are going to the British Industries F»i r which opens on Feb. 20. Advance information received at th* Department of Overseas Trade indicate that the number expected is alreaS :wenty-flve per cent, greater than T his time
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  • 116 2 PRESS ADVERTISING BALL IHE Press and Advertising Ball held at the New World Dance Hall last night was a great success. Novelty and ingenuity characterised some of the costumes worn, and the winners deserve much credit. List of prize-winners:— First— Sin Chew Jit Poh <Liong sisters); Nanyang Siang Pau <Miss
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  • 105 2 THE Czechoslovak Consulate will d*' continue operation in Singapore as from Feb. 28 next, and after this date all official matters concerning British Malaya. British North Horneo, including Sarawak, and Siaw should be referred to the Czech' Slovak Consulate in Calcutta. In connection with tlie necessary liquidation
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  • 28 2 The full-moon day "prnkama wiH J* :elebrated at the Singapore Buddm* Vssoclatlon TempJe, under Jj- u ij[ Cay Cheong's patronage cn Friday, ire cordially Invited to attend unction.
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    • 122 2 1 bi7ktols I FOR DRY CLEANING. INVISIBLE MENDING, j DYEING AND CARPET S CLEANING. J WE COLLECT AND I DELIVER j J Phone 7776 IBurtol Quick! lj Cleaners j i. Kidney Germs Wreck Health Ynur Kidneys Are a marvelous struct nro; Within tt». m nr« V million tiny tubes which
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  • 328 3 Woman's 3.30 a.m. Adventure I parit Buntar, Wednesday. ■siCCUSED found uil ty K an n I A nvicted. Tell him he is bound I he of Rood behaviour and to fc tL peace for a period of |S/ "nths in the sum of 525 in ,si (tv. and he must
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  • 96 3 lip J M Alkou. representative of Jfl California Pure Gold Oranges, eave a dinner last night to prominent fruit dealers ol Singapore at which he also WW a cinema display showing the complicated and fascinating manner in »nich Pure Gold California Oranges arj IWjn, pruned, plucked and
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  • 211 3 FOUR MONTHS' GAOL FOR BANKRUPT DUTCHMAN Singapore. Wednesday. 11. J. Schefelaar. a Dutchman, who pleaded guilty on Jan. 18 be- fore Mr. L. B. Gibson, the District Judge, to a charge of "obtain ing credit to the extent upwards of $100 while an undischarged bankrupt," was sentenced to-day by his
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  • 44 3 To Give Exhibitions For China Relief Mr. Ng Chi Guan (left) and Mr. Ku on Chim Chee, two artists from China, who arrived in Singapore by the Carthage. They will be giving exhibitions of their paintings in aid of the China Relief Fund. Tribune.
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  • 304 3 Alleged Murder Of Taxi- Driver At The Wheel (Tribune Staff Reporter) Seremban, Wednesday. THE sensational murder of Joseph Pereira, the well-known taxi owner of Seremban, on a lonely stretch of road at the eighth mile, Coast Road, Port Dickson on Nov. 23 last year, had a sequel in the Supreme
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  • 23 3 A meeting of the Rural Board. Singapore, will be held at the Land Office at 10 a.m. on Thursday. Feb. 16.
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    • 18 3 Overseas Assurance CORPORATION, LIMITED, China Building, Chulia Street, PHONE 5808. SINGAPORE. Fire, Marine, Motor VEHICLES k WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION.
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    • 141 3 POLAROID Glasses are the latest scientific discovery in glare protection. They permit you to actually see 20 to 30 feet below the surface of the water. Now $6.00 See our demonstration of this remarkable new invention. Thompson Optical Co, 4, ARC ADK SINGAPORE, PHONE 3062. SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL 4' ■>% DEBENTURE
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  • REUTER'S COMMERCE SERVICE
    • 174 4 PALM OIL iMalaya) London, Wednesday. In bulk Jan.|Feb. shipment Previous To-* COPRA (Straits, FJMLS.) £14-15-0 value £14-15-0 Feb Mar value Feb. Shipment SAGO FLOUR (Sarawak) £iO-15-0 value £10-15*0 Feb. buyers JanJFeb. Shipment TAPIOCA Seed Pearl lst quality W* value B l* Feb Mar value W^SR e \F!A*ar Pment
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    • 136 4 London. Wednesday. previous To-day < '"^B Distillers 90!--903 +3d. i)unlop Rubber 24|--24j4V 2 -f-4V 2 d. General Electric 73|9 7413 +6d. Imperial Chemical Industrtue 3014V2 30 9 +4y 2 d. Imperial Tobacco 1326 1339 I|3 Anglo-Dutch 23|4V 2 23!---4 Mid. Qw_Ml__M Padne S»/ 2 s*B London Tin
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    • 66 4 London. Wednesdav T.T. on Paris (closing selling rate) Previous 177 00 To-day 176.98 8.6934 Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Change T.T. op Amsterdrm (closing middle rate) 8.67 »/ 2 —.o2 T.T. T.T. T.T. on ,SJ mghai (closing selling rate) on (closing selling rate) on Japan (closing selling rate) 8
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    • 56 4 RUBBER New York, Jan. 31. Market Tone Spot Buyers Previous Steady 15i/i To-day Steady 15 V a Chang. -4-l'o forward AprtllJune Seller.. Buyers 15% 15 V 2 1534 15 11 16 /8 -t-3!16 TW Selleri 15 5 8 15 13 16 316 Market Tone Spot • e
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    • 29 4 GOLD Fine Bar pei SILVER Spot 4 months' fo 01 Previous £7.8.6 20 *****16 London. To-day £7.8.7 V 2 *****16 m_ Wednesday Changi +l^<_. -1.11 -lie rward
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    • 22 4 TIN STANDARD Spot (afternoon (doting price) Forward Previous £2l6" 4 £2ls ltS**' Wedne^v. £2l6i/ 2 Chan W £2l5»/ 2 Jj
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  • 150 4 Fraser 's Daily Report I t*************************m*u****** Singapore, Wednesday. MINING. Tin at midday was $109 3 8 up $1 18. Although a good rise was shown in most Sterling shares most of the local interest to-day was centred in Dollar counters. There were buyers of Taipings at $1.55, Sungei Luas $1.42%
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  • 106 4 > l London, Feb. 1. TN the House of Commons Mr. R. A. Butler replying for the Government announced that the French Government had appealed to Britain to offer help on a onerous scale to feed and shelter the Spanish refugees who crossed the
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  • 88 4 In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Section 14 (1) of the Rubber Regulation Ordinance, the Governor in Council has imposed a cess of ten cents on any consignment of rubber, containing forty pounds or less of dry rubber, grown in the Colony and exported under
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  • 41 4 rJOtL of Statistics reports that shipments of rubber from Malaya last month amounted to 43 332 tons. In the corresponding month of last year the export was 47,986 tons, and the total export last year was 526,911 tons
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    • 90 4 OVERSEA-CHINES! I j BANKING y^Qv^k OORPORATION LIMITED gt/j^ll FRBE yourselves from tht *KAR of BURGLARS by keep- i lng your VALUABLES (jewellery SOl ''l'll cr important documents) in mmm tm,.^. BAFE BOXES in our VAULTS Hill I I SII at CHINA BUILDING, CHULIA insurance pomp*™ •TREETr SINGAPORE. insurance company, ltd.
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    • 9 4 SIME DARBY &Cm Lm •««■»>•« m **m9*wW*Wm ST ami itoMtf^
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  • 1030 5 STOCK SHARES Issued By Fraser j Company j mining j DEBENTURES AND LOANS S.M. Trustee 6.75 7.50 Con T.S. 7% Prel. 201--21 3 x.i Con. T. S. Ord. 1913 20|6 Eastern Realty 1.37% 1.45 Est. Trust Ag. 3.75 4.25 1 Eastern United 30.00 32.00 F. and N. Ord. 13.40 13,85
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  • 206 5 LYALL EVATT'S QUOTATIONS Singapore, Wednesday. MIXING Buyers Sellers Ampats 36 4.- _tC Batu Selangors Hong Fatts 1.30 0.67 1.35 0.70 Hongkong Tin Jelebus 166 0.57 17 16 0.62 Kamunting Tin B|--819 Katu Tin 22!--23i6 Killinghalls 15 6 169 ml Kramats 93 101Kuchais 1.26 1.30 Laruts 4 5 Linguis 1.50 1.60
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    • 232 5 FRASER COMPANY List Of Current Dividends Singapore, Feb. 1. 5 p.m. rotai rot Company Dividend Books Date Ex Div. year. Clone KHvnble TtN GENERAL *<» K. Kamunting 3d. Jan. 27 Feb. 3 Jan 28 Kuaia Lumpur Tin II- Feb. 6 Feb. 17 Petaling 5% final 5% int. Jan. 24 Feb.
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    • 472 6 99twl^A^m Mm mm mmm m **m**^^^ I Law Notice For Thursd 5 3 TIMES TO-DAY 3-15 6-15 9-15 I FOUR SHOWS TO-MORROW: BeforeMr Justice 2 -m*- mi m I m.mm %\*-*ll a.m. m 3r d Co U PAVILION |II AM. 3-15 6-15 9-»5 j j Thereafter:— I gj j I
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    • 236 7 B mnjmmmmmm I T !r i "Z: ,>i,turo °'j ALHAMBRA I simultaneous Screening COMING SHOR TL Y I M TALKIE j B nl Screened!" r***m 1 I &m BjfeiJSk o>j»c0 >j»cO V<rf 0+ J K *2? -.Ak '''mm**--- -A I m\\. sly m flW* r Jr BORRO Lf^W [rides mm
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    • 468 7 j The Most Timely Picture of The Day! j Daily AT 11 A.M. 3-15, 6-15 9-15 P.M. f 1 I A LIIA M I Blt A I 20th Century-Fox Greatest Entertainment Achievement! I C||C7' tMM OUI .J. B* _^^HI **mW*mW***Mm*Mm -^M WmW mwlm***** m**^*\ \\^mmm%m^WWm\ TYRONE POWER f JLJiM I
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  • 615 8 Trolley Bus Driver Not To Blame Singapore, Wednesday. 'THE enquiry into the death of a male Chinese, Chua Ban Ann, aged 82, came up for hearing at the Coroner's Court this morning. Deceased was knocked down by a Singapore Traction Company's trolley bus No.
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  • Article, Illustration
    36 8 Map shows Jewish emigration from Germanv sine* n*i —the figures are estimates by the American jTL.k Jf Hltler took P° w r indicated as possible 'ocationsWor^r^ such by various officials and Jewish leaders mw >«°A*l as
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  • 65 8 SYDNEY HORLER WRITES FOR THE SUNDAY TRIBUNE SYDNEY Horler, hailed by critics as the successor to the mantle of Edgar Wallace, writes next week's short story for the Sunday Tribune. In Horlers inimitable style, it is a first-rate thriller, complete with foreign spies, traitors, and secret service men. Do not
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  • 221 8 Salesman Acquitted On Breach Charge [From Our Own Reporter} Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday. VAP Swee Peng, ex-van salesman 1 of Nestle and Anglo-Swiss Milk Products, Limited was acquitted and discharged by Mr. A. J. Grattan Bellew. the First Magistrate, on three charges of criminal breach of trust of cases of milk,
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  • 123 8 FORMER MALAYAN COUPLE DIVORCED [From Our Oum Correspondent] London, Jan. 2i Fthe Divorce Court, Mr. Justice Hei Collins granted a decree nisi and the custody of the child of the ni fiage, to Mrs. Iris Enid Ferris, living Chingford, whose husband, Mr b i Ferris, did not contest a charge
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  • 435 8 London, Jan. 31. QIR John Simon made t statement to-day in the Commons on war risks. He said that the Government's conclusion on the principles which should be applied respecting war risks was that such loss or injury ought not to be treated as merely
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  • 288 9 Siamese Art On Display At San Francisco Exhibition (TONE axe heads made 5,000 years J ago are a part of the first complete shipment of art objects to arrive at the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition for the $20,000,000 Fine Arts Exhibit. Thev are part of an extensive shipment from
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  • 54 9 Hec ted m q J? sh °kman has been li me bv i? y r of Colo mbo for the second ln of th- e to 11 at a special meet- i Mr m **uwcipal Council recently. Ma yor f übb,a h was elected Deputy at
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    26 9 Peter Bite, of XYe Tnited States, who is 7 feet 10 inches in height, sets his tailor a problem, the solution of which is a step-ladder.
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  • 222 9 Red Indians On Warpath Against "Palefaces" I Montreal. j DED Indians on the reservation at Caughnawaga, Quebec, are on 'he "warpath" against the "Pale- faces." The tribal chiefs are Gemanding that the Canadian Government evict from the reservation all white men and their adherents, whom they blame for the bad
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  • 284 9 Berlin. |N the Berlin newspaper world far-reaching changes wil! be made on February 1 The 'Berliner Tageblatt" will cease publication on that date. The "Deutsche Allegemeine Zeitung" will amalgamate with the 'Deutscher Verlag" (formerly "Ullstein") which already publishes a number of popular newspapers with
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  • 138 9 Japan Will See Internal Differences Chungking. IN a press interview regarding Japan's new cabinet, Mr. Kno MMjo, secretary-general of the Political Training Department of the National Military Council, predicted that there would be greater friction between Japan's militarists and financiers in the future, resulting from the tightening of the control
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  • 301 10 MORNING TRIBUNE Thursday, February 2, 1939. BUYING BRITISH j^T the last meeting of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners a resolution by Mr. S. B. Tan stipulating that as a general principle the Commissioners should purchase goods produced or manufactured within the British Empire was carried by a large majority. Mr. W.
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  • 473 10 Madame Tabouis' Prophecy THIS British Ministers' trip to Rome has shattered years of illusions for England, writes Madame Tabouis, noted French woman journalist. For the first time it has been seen that Italy is resolved not to negotiate at any cost on small matters, contenting her- j self with asking
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  • 628 10 Italian ULTIMATUM On Saturday? Italy's intentions about Spain, intention.-. which the opposition parties in Frar.<»' and Britain have vainly tried to make their Governments realise for years. Count Ciano said that even after Franco's victory. Italy would stay In Spain. And for the first time a British Foreign Minister has
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  • 327 11 Scandalous Arrangements To commodate The Royal Couple nu NATION IS BEING VOICED ALL OVER AUSTRALIA AT thf DECISION OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT OF VICTORIA n MAKE DRASTIC CUTS IN THE VOTE FOR ACCOMMODAT r Ivn FNTERTAINING THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF KENT 'HEN THE
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  • 30 11 Cev?on T^ ail iwenty-six students ot NSSbHK Colle 8 e Passed the final last whii P roctors held in Decem,n advocates" 6 QUalifled f r &6miS
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  • 316 11 AMERICAN radio programmes are expected to be heard in the Orient at the end of this month. At that time, according to an announcement by Miss A. Viola Smith, United States Trade Commissioner at Shanghai, a General Electric 20 kilowatt short wave
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  • 368 11 Hongkong. AN interesting account of a movement for the development of industrial co-operatives now being pushed ahead in the interior was given by Miss Ida Pruitt, who is connected with the International Promotion Section of the movement, to a Central News representative. Miss Pruitt, who arrived
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  • 181 11 Skiing Tragedy In France Grenoble, France. UE' D up all night by intense cold and d u-kness, a rescue party sel out to leek thi bodies of seven skiers -Ave men md 'wo women, who are buried in an •vn' nche at Galibier Pass ln the Alps. This is the
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    • 21 11 To ENJOY GOOD FOOD F() K VOUR CONVENIENCE ■Wore or Afttr the Show U 'NE WINE mm AT THE CAPITOL RESTAURANT
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    • 99 11 CHANGI ROAD TRAFFIC Take notice that owing to works in progress on the Changi Road, general traffic between the 10th and llth milestones, will be discontinued for a period of approximately 7 weeks from Saturday 4th February, 1939. General traffic will be diverted along Upper Serangoon and Tampines Roads. Traffic
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    • 259 11 I THE TRUI TONIC POOD I I Obu-itutkl* mf mM Cfc— lrtt 4 Smrm j SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY Water Department Vacancies for Shift Engineers Applications are invited for the following appointments: TWO— Grade I Shift Engineers. Salary Scale $190 per month tor the first year, rising by increments of $10 per
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  • 320 12 PARIS TAKES SERIOUSLY Realistic exercises in "passive defence" the French equivalent of Air Raid Precautions took place in Paris. Ughts were dimmed in several districts and the explosion of gas incendiary bombs was simulated. Decontamination squads and ambulances were kept busy, and the evacuation by train under "aerial bombardment" of
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  • 1952 14 THIS BUSINESS OF SHOPPING CLOTHS I A SALE is alwavs an EXCITING EVENT for daughters of Eve. but it oecomes I DOUBLY SO when it is held by a shop like Przstige, (Capitol Buildings) whose has an acknowledged reputation for smart styles and lovely fabrics. We looked in there the
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    • 113 14 SALE NOW ON Stocks Must Be Cleared. 1 Special bargains in all dark cloths for home leave. CAPITOL BLDG* PHONE SINGAPORE. 3838. LOCKS The whole world trusts "MASTERLAMINATED PADLOCKS "SECRET SERVICE" World's greatest combination of protective features. Higher quality, Greater key security, Quicker Service, Rust-proofing and Economic cost. Write for
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    • 47 14 €ft C. T. N. v —^J The basis of all Elizabeth Arden Home SSr Salon Tieatments is >^ CLEANSE TONE NOURISH. M I The C TN. Beauty Box. which Ls only I y^5P 55 contains all you will require fjf ~**UMfc» MA YNA RD Co., Ltd. Phone 6115
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    • 132 14 wp m\ ii JTr •~jm*rm IW.A 11 ll* >£m m*m rmWA^*AmmmlF^m mwk km*.- BC. JL**^^^L2&pO W—^*t—im j Double Clip Brooch. t These useful ornaments can be worn as a brooch or as two separate dips. Executed in Ciro's famous I platinette, lavishly studded with r lasting Ciro diamonds, thev will
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    • 33 15 SHOES "BALLY" SANDAL SMAKl SIZE 3TO 7. See S'^o .Tncorpori-"" 1 England i new ARRIVALS Marvellous Collections Rose quartzs, Jades, Ivory figures RACHEL'S "affles Hotel. du^*.*. QQ7' v Bras Ba^ah Rd. rnone ***il
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    • 30 15 The Smart Shop, has the pleasure to offer you the latest spring models, in linen morning frocks, afternoon, pahit and formal gowns. THE SMART SHOP Capitol Buildings 1? Stamford Road.
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    • 136 15 NOVELTIES FABRICS 1 p <^/FRESH STOCK j I WOVEN TRIPLE GEORGETTE j (I j IN LATEST DESIGNS 1 j Also 1 Large shipment of lovely S EVENING DRESS FABRICS I 31 33. HIGH STREET PHONE 7144 1 EXPERT DESIGNER M MADAME PAGE j 1 Late 92. Piccadilly I LONDON I
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    • 509 16 i■■ M m mM i tt M ff r -J -s^-VYtY T 1 li 1 l i l I r 'J^JtJ \T_J^-*--* 4^^!z^^ I Mm *mmm I BY P&Oa^dBRITISH INDIA.LINES (OICOKPORATED Of ENQLAWD) Outwards Dao D" I Peonage S'pore Tonnage S'pore 1939 1939 RAWALPINDI 17,000 Feb. 10 I BANGALORE 6,000
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    • 354 16 k TO FRENCH PORtII CHARCEURS REUNIS I HOMEWARDS. fl TO SAIGON INDOCHINaI tap TOURANE For Saigon, Tourane and Haiphong Feb M CAPT ST. JACQUES For Saigon, Tourane and Haiphong Um M S. A. M. I. (from Saigon) 1 GG PASQUIER For fcaigon |Jf Feb eB 1 G.G. MAURICE LONG Peb
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  • 343 17 Local Lawyer Recalls History Of "The Temple" In Rotary Speech Singapore. Wednesday. 4 N interesting historical acA CO unt of "The Temple" and its origin was ifiven by Mr. R. I Eber when he addressed the Singapore Rotary Club this afternoon. Delving into history. Mr. Eber took Shearers back to
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  • 80 17 After the decline of the Knight Templars came the Knight Hospitallers who devoted their lives to the health of Christian pilgrims. The church that was built by their predecessors was taken over by the knights of the new order, and they too invited lawyers to occupy the building.
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  • 123 17 DANGER OF WAR DIES WITH HITLER London, Jan. 31. MR. Arthur Greenwood, winding up for the opposition, declared that 130 British ships had been attacked by Francois forces and British protests had been received with contempt. Intervention had been intensified and the British Government took the extraordinary position that the
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  • 84 17 R.A.F. PLANES LAND AT IPOH Ipoh, Tuesday. rpEN R.A.F. planes belonging to the 36 Squadron stationed at Singapore landed at the Ipoh Aerodrome yesterday morning on their return flight from Burma. They were under the command of Squadron Leader Wallace. Officer Commanding the 36 Squadron, Signapore. Up to Sept. 30,
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  • 29 17 CHARGEURS REUNIS:— s.s. "Cap Fadaran" is due here this afternoon from Saigon, and will sail to-morrow at 6 a.m. for Colombo, Port-Said, Marseilles, Nantes and Bordeaux.
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  • 256 17 Berlin, Jan. 31. JJITLER'S references to "a long peace*' have made a very good impression here. Political circles are glad that Britain has apparently taken ttte speech so well but wcnder whether she has drawn the right conclusions from it. It is pointed out that
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  • 78 17 Parit Buntar, Tuesday. An Indian named Seenivasan, who was a passenger by train from Bagan Serai, arrived here about 11.30 a.m. As he was seen to be ill, he was sent to the District Hospital, Parit Buntar, where he is said to have died within
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    • 318 17 BIR\S PHILP LIIVE. (Incorporated ln Australia). NEXT SAILINGS Dne SaUs. MARELLA IN PORT Feb. J MERKUR Feb. 27 IJlzt. i SDecial cheap round trip tickets from Singapore to Australia issued at the following rates. First Class passengers may transfer at Singapore, Brisbane. Sydney or Melbourne to the connecting K.P.M. Vessel.
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    • 55 17 BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. 1 (APCAR LINE J J FOR HONG KONG, MOJI, KOBE AND OSAKA il s.s. T A XL M A 1 10,000 TONS fl SAILING FEBRUARY 9, AT 3 P.M. ■JSmS Xeng^ C3[Cellent modern an* j P. -STJS^ tt.ESM r^ ft JaPftD n^-geable with HARPER,
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    • 263 18 ON THE AIR TO-DAY fr TO-MORROW FEB. 2 SINGAPORE ZHL 225 metrea (1.33 mcis) ZHP 30.96 metres (9.69 mc's) p.m. 5 oo Cantonese musict 6 15 Mandarin children'*? programme 6 30 "Popular Singers- 1 Butterfly Wu" Mandarin )t 7 00 Overture from "Tannhauser 7 15 "Sketches from Great Operas"— 3—
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    • 260 18 LONDON TRANSMISSION 5. GSB 9.51 Mos (31.55 m a.m. 6.40 World Affairs'* talk by H. V Hodson. 6.55 Airs of Ulster.' BBC Northern Ireland Orchestra; leader, PhiliiWhiteway; conductor, Walton O'Donnell. 725 Shipwreck'* newspaper play for broadcasting, by Robert Barr, produced by Laurence Gilliam. 8.00 The news and announcements. [Time signal
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    • 410 18 ketts Director of Music, Royal Marines. Geoffrey Dunn (Tenin m iLkv Dip' (Second Edition) Jlusic under the direct on o lack Clarke. Including. Listeners' Corner' (edited by Adrian Thomas)— songs, anecdotes, anc verses contributed by listeners; ynd 'Enter Sexton Blake' (Episode 2)— an adventure of the famous detective (not forgetting
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    • 460 18 1 LONDON TRANSMISSION 5. GSB 9.51 Mcs (31.55 m > I a.m. 6.40 Chamber Music terta u Brahms. Kamaran Trio; \£_73 > Hayward (Violin.; Antonia 1 3 1 ter Violoncello J TtiS Markwell (Pianoforte) 'X? Forbes (Viola). atsoc i 7.20 'Empire Variety Theatre'* nr sented by F. H. C. Piffarci
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  • 27 19 Additional cabins are being erected on the upper-deck of H.M.S. Repulse, preparatory to taking the King and Queen to Canada in May.
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  • 181 19 MALAYAN PINEAPPLE LANDS TO BECOME RUBBER ESTATES? AF the fourteen pineapple factories in Malaya only seven were in regular production during the quarter September November m 1938 Most of the factories are in Singapore and Johore, but Sehngor boast* three of which only one was in operation during that period.
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  • 163 19 Legal Changes In Perak? [From Our Own Reporter] Ipoh, Monday. EMANATING from Kuala Lumpur a rumour has spread in local legal circles that the post of the Assistant Legal Adviser in Perak will be abolished soon and that the officer concerned will conduct his work from the Federal Capital. At
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  • 374 19 Germany's Internal Situation Far From Good Washington. MR William Philip Sims, foreign editor of the Scripps-Howard newspaper combine, in a signed article which ir published in Washington asserts: "Private and 'rank correspondence from diplomatic sources in London and Paris reveals that the situation inside Germany is far from good." "Even
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  • 152 19 Foreign Workers In Germany Berlin. ALMOST 1,500,000 foreign workers are engaged in Germany as a result of labour shortage, states Dr. Friedrich Syrup, of the Reich Ministry of Labour, in the January number of the magazine "Four-Year Plan." Dr. Syrup also announced a new system that will be introduced into
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 363 19 ON THE RADIO Contd. from previous page NIROM VDC 15.15 Mci» (UU m) a.m !-2 Sews ir ifulletln. Wo- Gymnastics. 12 L^ht gramophone music. lf Q Time signal. Gramophone music -20 News bulletin. JS SS opemng. Orcae* tral selections. _'W instrumental soli (recorded). 2jo Matinee concert by Omroep Orchestra. 1
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    • 135 19 SHIPS IN DOCK SHIPS ALONGSIDE THE WHARVES OR EXPECTED TO ARRIVE Entrance Exit Ship Godown Gate Gate Anhui, Shirala. Yuensang y -2 1 j Cremer -jj J Gewang 1 Mata Hari 17 2 Benlomond Mj Bhutan "8 5 Kamuning Montoro J f Karapara 30 J City of Mandalay 32 2
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  • 1191 20 Regiment Caliph Dead Heat In The Last Event (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Wednesday. PUNTERS had a better day this afternoon in the second day's racing at Ipoh in the Jan.-Feb. meeting of the Perak Turf Club, which was run in going that was on
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  • 87 20 Race I—Stroll Along $19 S8 Young Ginger $8 Patience $10 Race 2—Cosmetic $50 $10 Pretty Quiet $9 Princess Prim $10 Race 3—Pantoi $45 $13 Saratoga $9 Glenarrow $14 Race 4— Miss Rod $23 $7 Danse Du Ventre $6 Kit $7 Race s—Newzy5 —Newzy 523 S9 Blossom
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  • 67 20 Singapore, Wednesday. BEARING was continued this 11 > morning at the Assizes before a special iury in the case in which Ong Mah Chi. an elderly Hokkien rice merchant, stands charged with cheating by inducing a chashier of a Chinese commission agent's firm to deliver to him $1,000
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  • 216 20 Shanghai Girl To Represent America At Olympic MISS Diana Cannon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Cannon of the China Import and Export Lumber Company, is being trained for the American Olympic Swimming teaa states the China Press, according to letters recently received from hn Angeles. Until further develop.
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  • 293 20 EGYPT FOR THE EGYPTIANS Alexandria THE Nationalist policy of *'Eg)P> for the Egyptians" is last becoming a reality, and the scope for foreign enterprise is being narrowed down by direct State-aided coi* petition. One great difficulty in the way of tH Nationalist politicians is that cotton remains the basis of
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  • 721 21 YOUNG WOMEN ARE I AlmSO GOING ADRtTT MEMORIAL HALL MEETING THERE W as a large gathering at the Vietoria Memorial Hall last night to hear the report «f the Malayan de.e.a tes to Z re^lntern.ional Missionary Conference U The meeting was held under
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  • 109 21 I ndon. Feb. I.— Reinforcing Mr. mberlain's appeal for national serthc Archbishop cf Canterbury lng in the Canterbury Diocesan »tte said that it would wholly be ig to regard it as implying that was imminent, "but in the present ess and even dangerous state of ipe
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  • 82 21 IChur«rkinjr, Feb. 1. ■Japanese ger -planes bombed Cbengcho* on Jan. 28 accord- a semi-oflicial Chinese desJ just received from Honan. aty-four bombs were dropped in vicinit >\ of British-owned YuM Picking Company. L e fi despatch alleged that the lon tfH M L the
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  • 127 21 tt l]un f^hai, Feb. 1. mflux of T lcr ommor *ate the Jeui i V 'r" h refu £ees the ir^ ,'.T,, u ,m;f,in^ l>laced at ai; t w f) y thc Shanghai Muni"Jiierjv JfflSS? primar y s^ 00 > J^JJ an accommoda°n *ork
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  • 53 21 R fsttttq r,f f a fondon. Feb. l. ESULTS of to-day's soccer matches: First Division Arsenal 0 Wolverhampton 0 Derby 4 Grimsby 1 Portsmouth 0 Everton 1 Second Division West Bromwich 1 Burnley 2 Third Division (Southern) Reading 0 Cardiff 0 Scottish Cup 2nd Round Edinburgh 1 St.
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  • 76 21 Moscow, Feb. I.— M. Salo Flohr, Czechoslovak chess master, has won the inernational chess tournament here with owelve points. Samuel Reshevsky, United states, is second with ten and a half points. V. Ragozin U.S.S.R. third, with fen points. One game was adjourned The tournament started
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  • 305 21 THE official version of the reported insurrection in Siam is contained in a communique issued by the Siam publicity bureau. It is as follows: On Sunday morning at 4.30 an official order was issued for certain individuals to be tak^n into custody for intriguing to create
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  • 83 21 FASTEST WARPLANE FOR BRITAIN London, Feb. 1. il NEW low wing two-seater fighter n menoplane, believed to b* the fastest warplane of its category, is now being manufactured in large numbers for the Royal Air Force. Details of ihe trial flights are a secret. The plane which has a very
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  • 107 21 SINGAPORE A. A. M. RALLY THE Singapore branch of the Auto- mobile Association of Malaya will be holding their Rally on Sunday and v.° Q nd H y ;J eb 19 and 20 Chinese New Zltl lida y s) ??d the programme consists of a gymkhana, treasure hunt, c d^ancr
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  • 282 22 LOY ALS DRAW WITH CEYLON SPORTS CLUB RAIN MARS FINE GAME THE Loyals drew one goal all with the Ceylon Sports Club in a hockey match played on the latter's ground yesterday evening. Slippery conditions did not help the players at all and during some phases of the game, players
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  • 224 22 Annual Match At Hospital Club (From Our Own Correspondent) Muar, Wednesday IN an even and keenly contested hockey match the married members of the Muar Hospital Sports (^lub beat the ♦'Singles" by three goals to one in a return match played at the Hospital Club padang yesterday evening. In the
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  • 16 22 An incident in yesterday's hockey between the Recreation Club and the Gunners. Tribune.
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  • 292 22 COLTS 1. S.C.R.C 0 THE Colts, playing with a man short, defeated an S.C.R.C. hockey eleven by. I—o at Hong Lim Green last night. The encounter was very even and a good pace was struck right from the beginning On the Chinese side, too much
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  • 161 22 Teams For Wei-Hai-Wei Cup THE following are the leaaM 1 starting times in the match between the Keppel Golf Club thc Island Club to be played on Sur day at Hm Ivland Club: 845: C. W. Watson 6 vs. C A Bateman hirt 8.45: O. Edmund 7 vs. S. I.
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  • Article, Illustration
    19 23 y The teams in the women's hockey match yesterday between the Girls' Sports Club tleft) and the Europeans.— Tribune.
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  • 206 23 HOEDEN WINS JANUAR Y MEDAL E Island Club January Medal j played during the week-end re- 1 ted in a win for H. Hoeden with j lett 70. in the 'A' Division. Inj I 'B' Division. Lim Siew Jin won ha nett 69. ht following are detail results:— I 'A'
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  • 181 23 (By "PETE".) A n!L Crovvd is "pected at to-iggi-N at the Happr O d m S HemehS I very con fident of beatfechitTil y the route, but EiSln i° holds the same view A F «Wri S J X P ect ed. I huf has been in serious
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  • 430 23 R.A 2, Defence Outstanding The others in the defence who stood out were Hccden at right back and Mor-! eira at left half. These two worked untiringly and helped to relieve pressure with hetty clearances. In the forward division Ebert, Hughes ai»d
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  • 171 23 THIS week's Morning Tribune Sports Supplement (presented free with Saturday morning's issue of the paper; will incorporate a specially compiled review of Malayan Rugby in 19J8-39. It will contain notes on each of the State sides in the season just endtd and details of inter- stale matches
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  • 68 23 AT a meeting held on the Clubs premises last night, the following were elected officials in charge of the S.C.R.C. cricket for the coming season. Mr. Evan Wong (Captain, re-elected): Mr. Seah Keng Siew (Vice-Captain); Mr. Chua Boon Unn (Convenor). By a unanimous vote Mr. Law Kee
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  • 294 23 DLAYINC3 under the worst possible conditions, with a ground soft and oozy, the Girls' Sports Club, today defeated the European women by the odd goal in three, in a game of hockey which had its thrills if not its technical points. Goals did not
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
    • 28 23 SPORTS KVE.XTS TO-DAY High Tide 8.13 am. (8.6 feet», 10.17 p.m. <8 feet). Hockey: Y M.C. A. vs. Fort Canning —Anson Road. Soccer: Seven-a-side final. Boxing: Happy World.
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  • 270 24 Berlin, Fcb. 1. QURPRISE is expressed here at Mr. Chamberlain's reference to eoi;- ditions of Britain's readiness to discuss a final settlement. Political circles declare if Mr. Chamberlain demands preliminary conditions for the promotion of negotiations that are not found m HenHitler's speech and asks for
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  • 83 24 London. Feb. 1. 7ERO hour is approaching in the lowlying areas and fens, where it .is possible that thousands of tons oi flood water may burst through the hastilybuilt defences and inundate farms ana v mages After a night of ceaseless preparations, during which hundreds
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  • 27 24 Chungking Sinkiang Radio Link Chungking, Feb. I— A radio-telephone) bervice has been inaugurated between Ummuchi capital of Sinkiaiig pro- i yince (Chinese Turkistan* and Chung-' ting— Reuter.
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  • 30 24 Londcn. Feb. I.— Demonstrators walked round Piccadilly for an hour crying i or arms for Spain. Traffic was suspen- i<d and a number of arrests made.— i
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  • 155 24 American Interpretation Washington, Feb. 1. UR. Chamberlain's request for evidence of willfngness to HmH armaments before Britain can enter into a final settlement is interpreted in well-informed quarters here to mean that he still contemplates material concessions to Germany. It is supposed that the Premier has in mind the access
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  • 27 24 Conscription In France Faris, Feb. I.— The Chamber has pro- 1 cnged for an unspecific period the law iroviding a two-year conscription in-i >ead ot one— Reuter.
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  • 72 24 New York, Feb. 1. NEARLY a quarter million workers in the fur and garment manufacturing area had to climb stairs this morning in consequence of a strike of 8,000 liftmen and other workers in six hundreds buildings in Central Manhattan. The strikers are demansng
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  • 267 24 London. Feb. I. THE conclusion tff Mr. Chamberlain's speech laying down the conditions under which Britain was ready to enter a full settlement is gfoll prominence in the press. The Daily Tvlegraph. referring to the Premier's request as evidence of willingness to enter into arrangements to
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  • 150 24 London, Feb t REFERRING to Mussolini ZJi tion of qualitative limiutioni armaments The Times savs that it safe to say that the British GaJ ment will reject no means that oi any prospect of attaining that m desirable end. There can be no
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  • 150 24 Salamanca, Feb. 1. THE Nationalists have entered Gerona Province capturing Blares, 40 miles from Barcelona, accordiag to a communique which claims big advances in the northern (Pyreenes> and central sectors of the Catalan front. Rain and snowstorms are stated to have hampered operations in north. boi are
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  • 43 24 London, Feb. 1: In the Commons, a question time to-day, Captain Balfotf (Under Secretary for Air> said it m hoped Imperial Airways would start a scheduled seasonal service of an experimental character to the UniW States on June I— Reuter. I lllllllllilMlill 1
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  • 137 24 Berne, Feb. I LOLD cheers punctuated tne speech in the Chamber by Minger (chief of the Military oepartment) declaring that -*>* country is prepared to resist armea invasion if necessary. The array had been considerably strengthen** in the past few years. "J? country was attacked by a P"**
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