Morning Tribune, 2 March 1939

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    12 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE 4-No. 26. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, March 2. 1939. FIVE CENTS.
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    FOREIGN INTERVENTION IN CHINA WAR?
    716 1 FOREIGN INTERVENTION IN CHIN A WAR? APANESE THREAT TO MLAYA MENTIONED IN LORDS' DEBATE London, Mar. 1. ANDING the Japanese war against China as one of the "utmost cruelty and bestiality," Lord Strabolgi (who was reitly in Singapore), to-day initiated a debate in the House of Ms on the China
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    SINGAPORE JAPANESE: TOKYO ALARM
    60 1 SINGAPORE JAPANESE: TOKYO ALARM Tokyo. Mar. L THE N ice-Minister for Forcifn APairs is reported to haye made strong representations to the British Ambassador conrtrnw.z the illegal oppre«ion of Japanese residents in Singapore, requesting strict control fcr the prevention of a recurrence of such incidents. Sir Robert Oaifie replied that
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    PALESTINE DISORDERS
    93 1 Haifa. Mar. I. *E situation in Haifa, although tense, continues to be peaceful. There have en minor Arab demonstrations against e employment of Jewish supemumery police and in one case Jews were "Jjed. suffering minor injuries. «>st if the railways workers havereto work, but shops and transport II
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    50 1 £»gKoon Mar. l The police opened le*^ times thi s morning on a relusinH U x tbreakof rioting betweenHinasuaS- Mosl ems. which resulted in 57 ter^r es u ince Feb 25, including two *no succumbed in hospital. An r ro "Wting an assembly of more Persons is being issued.— Reuter
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    Brawl In Dutch Parliament
    65 1 The Hague, Mar. 1. A BRAWL in the Chamber led to suspension of to-day's sitting. Heir van Tonningen (National Socialist) used unparliamentary language and refused to leave when ordered to do so. The Catholic member. Herr Kutyer, then called van Ttfiningen a Van Tonningen rushed at
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    British Anti-Jap Boycott Move
    101 1 British Anti-Jap Boycott Move London, Mar. 1. HUNDREDS of balloons carrying messages of support for China nd appealing to the people to u»e British rayon instead of silk were reeased at a meeting in I>ondon inlugurating a "no silk, no Japanese 'oods" campaign. Viscountess Gladstone presiding •eclared that it was
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    MUSSOLINI SPEAKS
    95 1 Rome, Mar: I. THE order of the day i s always and ever more intensive military prepa-tion-and higher social justice/' declared Mussolini when he received the new directorate of the Fascist party. He added that the first is to guarantee the defence of Italy against oosIml plans of
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    29 1 Tokvo Mar. 1: Many casualties are feared as the result ol an explosion JoUowU a fire, which is'still ragx^ g the military warehouses in Htfaxaia and Osaka prefecture. Reuter
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    DUCE & HITLER TO MEET
    141 1 DUCE HITLER TO MEET London. Mar. 1. WHAT a meetimr of Hcrr Hitler and Signor MusNobni wiK probably T pT^rNoVth Italy, near Brenner, is unofficially forecast by ™r£££^£t« to be the need of a review of the Axis policy in consequence of the recent changes in Europe Germany is said
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    Funeral Of Johore Sultan's Grand-Daughter
    1132 2 Funeral Of Johore Sultan's Grand-Daugh ter (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT) JOHORE BAHRU, WEDNESDAY. •[HE FUNERAL TOOK PLACE THIS EVENING OF HER HIGHNESS TUNGKU ZAHRAH (TUNGKU MOLEK). WHO DIED FROM TYPHOID AT THE GENERAL HOSPITAL, JOHORE BAHRU IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THIS MORNING. Tungka Zahrah. who was 17 years of
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    NAVAL EXERCISES
    40 2 I A notification from the Master Attendant warns the shipping community of Singapore that warship were manofeuvring without iights in the vicinity of the city last night, and will afain do so '>m thp night of Mar 13-14.
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    87 2 I This is the warning sign erected in town, to denote the "silent zones" which came into being yesterday, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., except to prevent an accident The area within which the ban is effective includes the following places: Collyer Quay, Battery Road. Fullerton
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    RURAL BOARD
    22 2 I A meeting of the Rural Board, Singapore, will be held at the Land (Jfltee ;U 10 a.m. on Thursday.
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    CHARITY HELPER
    21 2 Miss Mary Chia, who will be one of the helpers at Saturday's China Relief drive at the local cabarets.
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    GIRL'S BODY IN RIVER
    110 2 GIRL'S BODY IN RIVER (From Our Own Correspondence) Malacca, Tuesday. THE dead body of a seventeen-year- old Chinese girl named Lim Kim Choo was recovered frotn the Malacca Kivei near Newcome Bridge yesterday by the Police. The girl and her three brothers, it Is stated, went boating the previous evening
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    Another Goering Boast
    155 2 Another Goering Boast PERMAXY to-day^ralei J C Force Day. with a flhrht MaW Berlin by the famous RfcfJhSH squadron, a review of air fore* n J B^ and 3 demonstration of ;h e 2LWt balloon barrag» defences Gen. Goering, speaking on the M sion, declared that during the mstaS years
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    "Peace Conference"
    32 2 Washington. Mar. I.— Air U.-j ii^Hfi accepted Mr. Roosevelt s mvi-.au •> to^H peace conference with the Air.eiißß? Federation of Labour which hai fl ready accented the invitation >.;.:, l servation.- Reuter
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    SINGAPORE HEALTH STATEMENT
    100 2 THE Municipal health statement lor I week ending Feb. 25 records ad« rate of 16.57 per mille per pared with 21.02 in the week of last year. Total d^^J« 177. of which 105 were niait M females. hp^ n ]cm Five persons died who had than three
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    65 2 Berlin. Mar. 1: A Central Govern*' Office to facilitate the "i!! ifertinfl Jews has been established UL jir» cording to an official »P* waS rea^i which adds that agreejm ..t v nrm iniJ with the Jewish Cultma JcfSl j (an organisation l*'™"^* 1 purposes of cultural £>* trorTl W whereby
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      115 2 I Kidney farms 1 Wreck Health V/>ur«C»dnrysAteai marvelous «lfucturej VV.IhKi thvni tfre^J hrilllloo tiny tubes win. h ttf t' ifif ftlrtrb foV the blood. When germa ciitui k ttH-rii ynri suffer from Burning. Itching Pastaces. "getting Up Nights." Lc& iii.s our.ui.-ss, liheuraatism, Lumbago.] !\i-i k ir.»-ss. Circles under Ky<>s or
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    JUMPED TO DEATH WHILE TRYING TO EVADE POLICE
    235 3 ImAGEDY STRIKES AMBLERS H Singapore, Wednesday. befel! a party of ei.^ht Hf ]K-opl(> who uere gambling o n of 69, Market Street, on A of Feb. 4. According to a Sambasiva Pathar, a jroldB uho was the chief tenant of a the
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    India's Budget Satisfactory
    101 3 India's Budget Satisfactory New Delhi, Mar. 1. Finance Member, Sir James Wgfc presenting: the Budget that .r.,880 thousand sterling (1 be pent on fk<rV n ce 'H' figure wu the same as the JW year, but he admitted thci •wire did not correspomi with military necessities or the intersituatkm, but
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    Wheaper Civil And Commercial Flying
    78 3 Whea per Civil And Commercial Flying IEUTrr, London, Mar. 1 1 nation,, leains that an inter taectinn < olsve »tion agreement in rcial n lh cne aper civil and comintrie.s n" the various be signed in London n men, threc count ries who havr Wly t( Ul conference agreed knits
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    24 3 Nurses of the Singapore St. John's A mbulance Brigade, photographed at yesterday's inspection by H.E. the Go vernor. See report on page 21. Tribune
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    EURASIANS TO STAND TRIAL AT ASSIZES
    481 3 Singapore, Wednesday. THE first of a series of four preliminary inquiries into charges of alleged cheating, forgery and abetment of forgery which commenced last Monday in the second police court before Mr. Conrad Oldham against three Eurasians, Merle Winston Frugtniet (3i), Christopher Gordon Kodrigo
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    Corpse Weighed Down In Pool
    200 3 Corpse Weighed Down In Pool (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Wednesday. BEFORE Mr. Justice Pedlow and a special jury the trial eominencen this morning in the Malacca High Court of a Chinese, Lim Kim Teck, and a Malay, Seman bin Ngah, who were charged with having committed the murder of
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    OVERSEAS ASSURANCE
    53 3 CORPORATION, LTD. CHINA BUILDING, CIIULIA STREET. TH"NE 5898. SINGAPORE FIRE, MARINE MOTOR, PERSONAL ACCIDENT WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION INSURANCE. AGENTS: SEREMBAN POI BROS., MALACCA -HONGCHYE& CO., K LUMPUR VENG HENG LOONC, NG KON CHEE, KLANG LEE ENG TEH, IPOH LEE AH WENG, PENANG GENERAL PRODUCE AGENCY, LT3). AND BRANCHES: OVERSEA-CHINKSE
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    DEATH
    59 3 YEO— Mr. Yeo Ken* Guan, aged 47, law Chief Clerk of Messrs. Sime, Darby Co., Ltd., Singapore, passed away peacefully at his residence, No. 20, Loroitg 28, Geylang, March 1, 1939 at 9 a.m. He leaves behind him his beloved wife, 2 sons and 5 daughters to mourn his
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      35 3 TITitN CEMENT MADE IN JUGOSLAVIA. U TRADE T^Vfl MARK II USED FOR THE NEW BUILDING OF THE I NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY I SINGAPORE I MONTOR LTD. iiok ii "p° ri rs pti nt m I
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      FOREIGN EXCHANGE
      66 4 London. Wednesday. Previous To-day Change T.T. on Paris (closing selling rate ***** 17JW 16 T T on Amsterdam (closing middle rate> B.Blft 8»J no ifi T.T. on Shanghai (closing selling ratei 85 16 unrhaniied T.T. on Hongkong (closing selling rate) la 231 32 Unchanged T.T. on Japan (closing
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      LONDON COMMODITIES
      143 4 PALM OIL (Malaya) In bulk Feb Mar. shipment COPRA (Straits, F.M.S.) March Shipment SAGO FLOUR (Sarawak) Feb.Mar. Shipment TAPIOCA Seed Pearl Ist quality Singapore) Feb. Shipment PEPPER (F.A.Q.) White Muntok Mar.jMay Shipment Black Lampong Mar.iMay Shipment GAMBIER (Good Mark) Block Feb. Mar. Shipment London, Wednesdi Previous To-day c
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      METAL MARKET
      20 4 London. Wednesday. Previous To-day Change TIN STANDARD flpot (afternoon (closing price* £214*4 g? 4 Forward £214ft 214', 4
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      DEATH OF MR. N. C. L. D'ARANJO
      325 4 DEATH OF MR. N. C. L. D'ARANJO rE death took place last Friday after a very short illness of Mr. Noel Clayton Lucas (Bonny) D'AranIjo, second son of Mr. and Mrs. E.S. Kitto, of Singapore, at the early age of 34 years. Mr. D'Aranjo was at one period employen vith
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      Fraser's Daily Report
      153 4 Singapore. Wednesday. MINING. Tin at middal was $109. up V 2 According to cables received from London to-day tin shares there yesterday were again slightly firmer and several buying orders at improved prices were received this morning. In the local market, although shares were steady, conditions were
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      LONDON SHARE LIST
      136 4 London, Wedr.Mdijft ft Previous To-day JK Distillers 94 6 94 3 -fll Dunlop Rubber 27 9 27 6 IL General Electric 79 9 80- fll Imperial Chemical Industries 32- 32- Imperial Tobacco 140!- 140- Anglo-Dutch 25 6 25 7ft fl Canadian Pacific sft sft m^M London Tin
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      NEW YORK CABLE
      50 4 New York. Feb. 21 RUBBER Previous To-day CM Market Tine Steadv Steadv Spot Buyers 16 7 T6 16 9 16 +J SeUers 16 916 *****6 Forward AprilJune Buyers 16 716 16 916 Sellers 16 916 16 1116 8 TIN Market Tone Steady Quiet Spot I^^ 45^ 46
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      BULLION MARKET
      31 4 London. WedneaJJ Previous To-day GOLD Fine Bar per oz. £7.8.3 £7.8.5 SILVER Spot 20 9 16 20 7 16 J 4 months' forward 19 1316 19 jL___— "H WWWtX
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    STOCKS & SHARES
    670 5 STOCKS SHARES I sued By Fraser Company MINING Singapore, Mar. 1, 5 p.m. Hitam 065 0.70cd E'dangor "TO l 2V2 ■deriang J^ 030 ftn Tin Q67 071 ft F atl IRI- 171- HydranUe 19 9 20i 9 l? an f,„ 0.56 0.61 u Eg 0.25 0.30 King Kamunting M 9
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    LYALL & EVATT'S QUOTATIONS
    204 5 LYALL EVATT'S QUOTATIONS Singapore, Wednesday. MINING Buyers Sellers Ampats 3|6 4|Ayer Wengs 0.66 0.72 Batu Selangors 1-26 1.31 Hong Fatts 0.68 0.71 Hongkong Tin 15|6 166 Jelebus 0.58 0.63 Kamunting Tin 8(3 9|3 Katu Tin 22|9 23|6 Kenis 2|l 2|7 Killinghalls 14|9 15|6 Kramats 9|6 10|6 Kuchais 1.21 125 Laruts
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    DEBENTURES AND LOANS
    250 5 Mayr lttf( i Co. Ltd, $30,000 "it. Apr. 30 Oct. 31 90 100 nom SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY }901 red 1940 $400,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 102ft 103ft nom 4^« 1907 red. 1947 $J.600,000 108 ft IN nom iv cr Int War. 31 Sept. 30 1909 red. 1955
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      232 5 FRASER 8c COMPANY List Of Current Dividends j. Singapore, Mar. 1, 5 p.m. Total foa Company Dividend Books Date Ex Dlv. year. Clone Payable TIN GENERAL Austral Malay 9d. No. 48 Feb. 24 Mar. 3 Feb. 25 5% 3d. bonus Ayer Weng 5% Int. Mar. 6 Mar. 11 Mar. 7
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    More Enemy Troop On Hainan
    63 6 j Kweilin. Feb. 28.-The t^, on Hainan Island were f?,5? ese tr I thened by tre.sh remtorcen^ stre Formosa. Doting the re ce m^ fl the Japanese sustained tawF 1 the hands of Chinese troonl 3" defence corps on the island Japanese have failed to
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      103 6 i SFEN p C A T v N i C L T O 5 N 9 5 RILLS! MYSTERY! I ["PREMIERE PAVU-lON LTD. HUM l'& IP^Pffnir JOHN LODGE j ■hhhhHHhb! &-&W S S If Ss* I\l A f 1 P F" uiiiiiiiiiumiiiMiiiiii ■iiiiiiiiiiiiiiuni^ i I Th<> O^LY SHOW in lO\V\
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      58 6 S Screening Simultaneously j AT THE j SUN TALKIE j (NEW vVORLDi 7-30 P.M. NIGHTLY 9 30 P.M. 2 a j EMPIRE TALKIE 7 P.M. Tanjong Pagar 9 P.M. Chapter I—7 of The Thrilling Serial "THE SECRET |OF TREASURE j ISLAND" -^-■■■a iiiiiuiiiiij i» i am; is ravim; aiioi i
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      289 7 JBheaTRE ROYAL 3 15-6 15-9 15 TO-DAY V POSITIVELY /AST DAY' ■SABLE CICADA' Str f *M HINA'S MOTION PI( rt Rl i^^ >v MASTERPIECE V'4 liH^^l f WITH SUB-TITLES IK KNGMSII) t&IL CHINA'S VIOST FAMOUS STAGI fidm Mk AND SCREE N STARS. I HiiiL^kl lS# As Presented to Record -Houses
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      119 7 "THE SISTERS" IS CERTAINLY A PICTURE TO SEE— TRIBUNE TO-DAY AT A I I I A AA n n A 3 -■■->- us 9i5 p.m. ALHAMBRA TWO GREAT STARS IN AN UNFORGETTABLE PICTURE! f > F a err i JU \^B GREAT STORY! GREAT CAST! GREAT ACTING ALSO LATEST BRITISIS^
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    MALACCA ASSIZES OPEN
    275 8 (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Tuesday. IN accordance with time-honoured custom, the first session of the 1 Malacca High Court was opened this morning with a service at Christ Church taken by the Colonial Chaplain, the Rev. L. St. Petter. Among those attending the service were the
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    History Of The Indian Tea Trade
    369 8 SINGAPORE ROTARY ADDRESS Singapore. Wednesday. "YOU, in Malaya, are more fortunate than we in India, in that your beneficent Government has not yet decreed prohibition. Should this decision ever be made, hc^ ever, you mav console yourselves with the thought that the drinking of
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      306 8 Thank Heaven the world has still got LAUREL and HARDY to LAUGH At! WORLD'S PRESS NEXT CHANGE at the CAPITOL |~3-i5- 6-15-9-15 j jf^ THE FUNNY SEASON STARTS WITH A ROARt iU^L OAAru .-^Bfck^ 1938s happy season begins with a V presents llbJ^bV roar au 9 nter as dead-pan H_Cf
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      50 8 Law Notice For To-day The Chief Justice at Spoil A^ a justice Fedlow at Malacca^ Before Mr. Justice Home m Jia at 11 a.m. a c ul t J Part heard :-Probate 2d2 38 408.38 Re E&>oof Mohamed baiien lia, deceased. 10 a ja Before the Registrar Taxations. J i
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    Defence Play Is Interesting
    878 9  -  Horatius By ■re arc some bridge players, ■ho. although they play the quite well when handling a Bai-t. do not take the same Best and are therefore not so Went, at defence play. Hitching a rubber recently, I sav ■ver throw away three tricks Deft of
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    Steady Gold Shipments From Europe To U. S. TO FORM A RESERVE IN CASE OF WAR
    192 9 Steady Gold Shipments From Europe To U. S. TO FORM A RESERVE IN CASE OF WAR New York. FINANCIAL quarters to-day saw in the new inflow of European gold to the United States, a possibility for Continental nations to form a war reserve, tor the purchase here of raw materials
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    DEANNA DURBIN TO CHANCE HER NAME
    79 9 Los Angeles. DEANNA Durbin, the talented younu film actress, has filed a petition here to have her present Christian names Edna Mae changed to the nam* 1 Deanna. by which she is known all over the world. The petition— field through her parents states
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    MORNING TRIBUNE Thursday, March 2, 1939. NO HOOTING
    343 10 MORNING TRIBUNE Thursday, March 2, 1939. NO HOOTING THE "no hooting" ban came into force in Singapore yesterday, in the business area, where the ban is in force at all times, the sign of a horn with a line through it warns drivers that silence is imposed. In addition they
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    China's Strength Lies In Her Women
    901 10  - China's Strength Lies In Her Women Brigadier B. Morris By of Shanghai Salvation Army THE women of China have shown some remarkable qualities during the present crisis. The strength oi the Republic lies in her wonderful women. Not proud, yet they are self-reliant; not highly educated, yet they display great
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    33 10 Photo shows some of the most modern anti-air raid due-outs In Great Bn am. Concrete and steel structures are being completely earth as extra padding *nd camouflage. Tall £ipes bETKtaSS as au* vents.
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    PERSONALITIES
    88 10 Mr. C R. Hammerton, Manager. Ha>tor Estate, Kapar, has gone on long leave A Dr. E. J. Emery will be arrivin Scotland shortly to join Doctor, tami ron. Mackintosh and Hardie. A A Court Chief Inspector S. t many years attached to the First Mas trap's" Court, Kuala Lumpur.
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    Recognising Reality In Spain
    939 11 Recognising Reality In Spain London, Feb. 28. rv\il Prime Minister, replying to I the Leader of the Opposition, who moved a motion of censure in the House of Commons, began by repudiating Mr. Attlee's accusations Kt he had attempted to mislead the Hcuse and evade debate on the issue of
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    WHEAT CONTROL QUOTA SCHEME
    92 11 London. Feb. 28. The secretary of the World International Wheat Conference states that on April 13 the preparatory committee will reconsider the draft agreement for an international wheat scheme in view of the instructions received from various governments. The representatives of exporting countries are asking their
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    Lord Halifax Ill
    63 11 London, Feb. 23. The Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Lord Halifax, is confined to his house with an attack of influenza. He was not able to take his seat in the House of Lords today and Lord Strabolgi, for the opposition wished him a spetdy recovery. Lord Halifax
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    34 11 Mr T Malley, Deputy Chief Accountant Posts and Telegraphs, Malaya, has been nominated to officiate as Vice-Pre-sident (Finance) of the F.M.B. Posts and Telegraphs Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society, Limited, vice Mr. L. Isaacs.
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    "Window-box" Sugar Plant
    208 11 Richmond. GRANULATED sugar, all ready for the bowl, can now be grown on small plants of window box size, or even in a pot on the dining room table. The sugar tastes like cane, but the plant is not sugar cane. It is a tropical plant, impatiens
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    ST. HELENA AS HOLIDAY RESORT
    140 11 I Johannesburg. §T. Helena, the famous island in the South Atlantic, immortalised in history as the prison of Napoleon, is south Africa's latest holiday resort. Several dozen tourists from the Union are arranging to make the five-day trip to the island within the next few
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    New Airport For U.S. Capital
    101 11 Washington. CONSTRUCTION of a new airport v for the capital of the United States has started here. It i.s believed that it will be a model for others throughout the country. Ir, wili cover 750 acres, with facilities for land and seaplanes. The airport at
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    Revenue Jumps
    97 11 Revenue Jumps London, Feb. 28 New capital issues in February amounted to £8,132,058 as against £13.858,3711 in January and £19,248,438 in February last year. The Exchequer returns show that the total of ordinary revenue amounts to £800,165,337 against £762.570,464 at the corresponding date last year Income tax and surtax have
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    BARON'S WILL
    41 11 London, Feb. LB. The total estate of the late Baron Harlech, upon whose death last May the then Colonial Secretary. Mr. OrmsbyQore, succeeded to the Peerage and subsequently retired from political activity, has been proved at $286,913.— British Wireless
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      13 11 S n *EY ROCK OYSTERS nA M>o KNG STRAWBERRIES TO-NIGHT AT THE "KSTAURANT
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      289 11 I THI TIIUI TONIC POOD I Singapore Municipality Tenders are invited for the driving only of approximately 10,000—20 foot Bakau Piles at the Gasworks, Kail any, Plan, Specification and tender form may be obtained at the Architect's Office on payment of a deposit of $50. Tenders close at 12 noon
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    239 12 Bundle over her back and son by her side, a woman of Aran watches anxiously M* the Atlantic. The sea is calm now bal a wle may soon wh.p up- a nd th e man WJ e r existence. Several years Islands he forty miles of! the coasc of Galway.
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    AMERICAN OF ARAN
    236 13 r kMtn with the aid of the teacher. Planet News Girls and boys between the ages of 14 and 16 who are employed, at Boots' factory. Beeston near Nottingham, have to attend school there for half a day each week. The factory is equipped with a day
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    THIS BUSINESS OF SHOPPING
    691 14 THIS BUSINESS OF SHOPPING UOWEVER many WASH ABLE -J *-^J^jT -f y larkspur blue on a white g j™«* 'Tthe bodfee sMrred slightly on the WHITE Cl.lP.emphasi«d the GRACE of the Doaic ong en^ U 'w d :"t. W g h .ve 'a^hO^'m^S France above the wide flared ddll k
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      77 14 LET ts DEMONSTRATE HOW WELL Ciro Pearls SUIT YOU APART FROM OUR LARGE COLLECTION OF NECKLACES IN SINGLE, DOUBLE AND TRIPLE ROWS, WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A COLLECTION OF PEARL BRACELETS. HAMLEYS RODNEY HOUSE 1G BATTERY RD. SINGAPORE. P.O. BOX 269 TEL 2500 Elsie Mary RODNEY HOI'SE, BATTERY ROAD. Dresses
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    1084 15 AT HAMLEY'S (agents for Giro in Rodney House, Battery Road,) we were Shown something QUITE UNIQUE this week some dainty pearl bracelets m various designs One that we saw was a THREE STRAND design, with 9 large diamond and sapphire fastening. Others had four or five strands. •s?cr™ varieties bein<*
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      46 15 PINK RAW LINEN SHOE. p; ir form soles wedge heels trimmed Blue Linen. Blue Binding and Lacei. Size: 2to 7. Price 56.95 I i incorporated in England.) I Wedding and Birthday presents Visit RACHEL'S Raffles Hotel. 00 0 i Bra> Basah Rd. Phone Jo7J wk REFRESHING
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      22 15 A shipment of the latest formal and dinner Gowns just unpacked. also Hollywood Brassieres! THE SMART SHOP Capitol Buildings 1? Stamford Road.
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      91 15 r a n v its 1 I S New designs i New Colours in S CHINESE INDIAN H NOW ON DISPLAY AT I OUR SHOW ROOM S PHONE l 31-33. HIGH STREET. 7144 A W MADAME PAGEI I Late 92, Piccadilly LONDON Dressmaker Designer Tailormades:-Gowns FOR ALL OCCASIONS i IN
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      358 16 I n |ll jj TUiiiii^^^B- BY P&OandBRITISH INDIA.LINES (HICOHPORATID Of SNOLAUD) Outward* oms •WL EW l Ek» EM i u^P^nRF 6 000 Apr 8 SOUDAN 6,500 June 2 la^TANA 17 000 A?r 21 CANTON 15.000 June 16 SSSS It3» May 5 CORFU 15.000 June 30 X Curgo onl? 1139 TOOTFU
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      327 16 v TO FRENCH PORTsI I*Tsm I CHARCEURS REUNIs HOMEWARDS. CAP TOURANE For Marseilles, Nantes, St. Nazaric Bordeaux Mar 3 j DESIRADE Marseilles, Harve.. Antwerp, Dunkirk Mar 1Q I TO SAIGON INDOCHINA CAP ST JACQUES For Saigon. Tourane and Haiphong Mar 8 CAP VARELLA For Saigon, Tourane and Haiphong April 5
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      38 17 Karapara Mar. 2 3 p.m. len Karapara 2 3 p.m. £Llk F clr Kock. Padang, P. Zo\ Siak and Selat Pandjang Tidore 2 4 p.m. J^j K.L_M. 2 2 p.m. f^ r an Kedah 2 10 a.m.
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      121 17 p "Imperial" 3 2 p.m. •ca South "Imperial" 3 2 pjn. !in.li_i Southern and Western Johan de Witt 3 8.30 a.m. E^ "Imperial^ 3 2 p.m. Kt Budan and Palestine "Imperial" 3 2 p.m. eat Britain and Ireland "Imperial" „3 2 p.m. trope except Gieat Britain End Ireland x
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    Sailor Alleges Hawker Sold Him 'Dud' Coins
    320 17 Sailor Alleges Hawker Sold Him 'Dud' Coins BfampotQ, Wednesday. YOUNG European seaman, Allan Williams, of the s.s. "Titan," was complainant in the Third Police Court to-day when evidence In the absence of the accused person was recorded. Williams told the Magistrate (Mr. G. S. Rawlings) that a hawker who came
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    SHIPS IN DOCK
    154 17 SHIPS ALONGSIDE THE WHARVES OR EXPECTED TO ARRIVE Entrance Exit KEPPEL HARBOUR Main Wharf: Lch. Molek, Cremer. Poseidon, Belawan, Silverbeech. Milo, Kamuning. Oil Wharf: Nil. Coal Wharf: Nil. VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS Tanjong Pagar: Albert Dock Frances, Crane Lighter F, Lighter L. Victoria Donck: Camphuijs. Lch. Moonstone.
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    HANDY RUBBER QUOTA TABLE
    99 17 MESSRS. Dupire. Morel], Ltd., have pubif* h.shed a very handy table which shows at a glance the basic quotas and monthly production of rubber for the years 1939 to 1943. The basic quota* are set out in tabular form for Malaya. Netherlands East Indies, Ceylon, India,
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      274 17 111 RXS PIIILP lIMK. (Incorporated In Australia). NEXT SAILINGS Doe Sails. ;UR IN PORT Mar. 4 MARELLA Mar. 31 Apr 4 1 rhean round trip tickets from Singapore to Australia issued at the wing rates. passengers may transfer at Singapore, Brisbane. Sydney or Melbourne to the connecting K.P.M. Vessel. BRISBANE
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      99 17 NOTICE I The air mails for Australia, Java &c. previously announced as closing at 7.45 a.m. to-day were closed at 7.45 a.m. yesI terday I BRITISH INDIA STtAM NAVIGAIIUN CO., LIU (APCAR LINE) 9 lOK ll<)\(. KONG, MOJI, KOBE \\l> OSAKA fl -S II I IC A I, A I
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      135 17 MAILS EXPECTED Mails expected from Netherlands Indies by Air (K.L.M.i to-day. Deliveries of b Aiholder.s' letters only 4 p.m. and genei'l deliveries of letters and parcels -t.05 p.m respectively on the same day. Mails expected from Europe etc. Amsterdam) by Air (K.L.M.) to-day. Deliveries cf boxholders' letters 7.30 p.m. to-day
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      23 17 DEFERRED DEPARTURE The gj .Suddhadib fov Kfrteh. Mails previously announced as closing at 2 p.m. yesterday will now close at 10 a.n.. to-day.
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    DOLLAR DEVALUATION COMING?
    296 18 DOLLAR DEVALUATION COMING? Washington, Mar. /\N amendment to the Treasury Appropriation Bill designed to limit silver buying by the Treasury to newly. mined domestic silver was defeated in the House of Representatives yesterday by 155 votes to 135. It had been approved earlier by .standing vote of 130 to 128.
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    OPPOSITION TO U.S. REARMAMENT
    372 18 Washington, Mar. 1. 17IOLENT opposition to the Air Force and Army Rearmament Bill was voiced by Mr. Worth Clark when the debate was continued in the Senate. Mr. Clark stated that the I nited States was in no danger and he denounced the "hysteria" in which
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      421 18 ON THE RADIO) MARCH 2 r SINGAPORE WML tU metres (1-33 Bae|S) ZI|[> 30.9G metres (H.«9 mc s) p.m. 5.00 Cantonese muslct rnr i. 6.15 Children's programme (attlMa6 30 "Popular Singers— 5— Leiss Kong Chiew Shai" 'Mandarin). 7 00 New Queen's Hall light Orchestra' 1 i. t 7 15 -Behold
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      502 18 LONDON TRANSMISSION "> (iSB 9.51 Mcs (31.55 in.) '1 111 6 40 'World Affairs'* talk by H V. Hodson. 6 55 I Remember.'* presented by Percy Edgar. 7 40 Welsh folk-songs, with Harp. Elizabeth Evans (Soprano) an J Rkiannon James (Harp). 8 00 The news and announcement 5 'Time Signal
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      91 18 NIROM IDC 15.15 Mcs (10 8 m.) a.m. 6.20 Opening. News bulletin. 6.25 Gymnastics. 6.35 Light gramophone music. 6.50 Time signal. Gramophone music 7.20 News bulletin. 7.23 Gramophone music. 7.50 Close down. 10.50 Time signal. Opening. Orchestral selections. 11.30 Morning devotions. 11.50 Primo Scala's Accordeon Banu p.m. 12.20 Richard ilchmidberger
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      94 18 6 50 News md weather reuoits 7.40 Weekly review. 8.35 Saxophone solo. nnir0€ gff8.50 Claislnai concert by Omroep chestra. 9.48 Exchange rates. B 9.50 Time signal Dance Plkler's Band. 10.20 Selections from O^n 10.50 Close down HOLLAND PC.I 15.22 M* (19 7 m) $Z National anthem *H announcement. Gaumo* 1
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    Further Hearing In Will Case
    89 19 Further Hearing In Will Case Singapore, Wednesday M l!lP hearing of the Anguallia will case being resumed to-day 'before Mr. Justice Home, Rahimabee, widow of the deceased oof bm Mohammed Salleh Angullia gave further evidence as to husband's peculiarities. are seeking probata of Rahimaboo,! the the P^l the the the
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    FOUNDER'S DAY AT A. C. S. S.
    172 19 FOUNDER'S DAY AT A. C. S. S. Singapore, Wednesday. TOUNDERS DAY of the Anglo-Chinese :T (Secondary) School was celebrated this morning in a fitting manner when all the school students assembled in the hall to hear an address given by the Rev. P. B. Means. Ph.D., the Religious Education Secretary
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    SERVANTS THEFT
    128 19 SE RVANTS THEFT rue s.rvants of the house, sue kid not ii i"d his strangeness, and CkM asked by them for an explanlllin the told them what was the litter with her husband. The serUnti bearing this left the house. abee who had married Essoof En she was sixteen, had
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    STRANGE HABITS
    227 19 lUlumabie had previously desil i >ome strange habits of ISsio! in camera, and she explained u i n> wire the result of the seriih> bitiiining: frightened of him nc having. the 11 years I was with him hree occasions when he i rv mad", she said, "and true
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    FINED ON TRAFFIC CHARGE
    46 19 I Wednesday .—Mr. J. Forresiv fined $3 by Mr. C. H. Traffic District Judge and Math- charge of failing to signal on January 5, at the i Chulia Btftft and Market "di Ke- who appeared for •>nt pleaded guilty in his ab-
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    Sino-British Air Mail Service
    66 19 Chungking. Feb. 28. ITHOUGH the Sino-American China National Aviation Corporations small Beechoraft plane .successfully completed the test flight from Chungking to Rangoon, it is understood that the Sino-BritLsh air-mail passenger .service originally scheduled to be inaugurated to-day, baa been indefinitely postponed due. to the preparations being
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    Guerrillas Tear Up Railway Tracks
    73 19 Loyang. Feb. 28. PETTING cmi simultaneously on th." night of Feb. 18 Chinese guerrilla* operating In B vast aren in North China tore HP 1 sections of railway tracks, the MCfmcatt length measuring about 25 kilometers. Along all the destroyed sections of the five railways.--Peiping-Hankow,
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      388 19 I HELP A GOOD CAUSE lIFIP THE REFUGEES j IN AID OF THE CHINA RELIEF FUND .(Under the auspices of the China Relief Fund Committee of Singapore) GALA BANCE ON THE SAME NIGHT AT THE NEW WORLD i GREAT WORLD CABARETS HAPPY WORLD ON SATURDAY, 4th MARCH, 1939 at 9
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    "CHINA CAN NEVER BE SUBDUED."
    349 20 Dean Of Canterbury PROFOUND British sympathy with China in her present struggle is evident, in a score of messages brought back by Professor Shelley Wang who has just come back from London. The messages of sympathy came from prominent British writers sinologists, social leaders and
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    JAPANESE "MOPPING-UP" CAMPAIGN FAILS AGAIN
    171 20 JAPANESE "MOPPING-UP" CAMPAIGN FAILS AGAIN Hongkong, Feb. 27. HOW the recently much-taunted Japanese '"mopping up" campaign against Chinese troops and guerrillas in south Hopei province in north China once again ended in failure is explained in a Tientsin dispatch, which says that the Japanese drive was directed against Nankung, Chihsien
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    Blockade Of Foreign Concessions In Tientsin
    70 20 Hongkong, Feb. 27.—Regarding the Japanese decision to enforce a second blockade of the British and French Concessions in Tientsin, a message from Tientsin says that on Feb. 24, the Japanese Army summoned a conference of the puppet government officials, at which the latter were
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    TRIAL FIGHT TO RANGOON
    80 20 Kunming, Feb. 27. »TMiE Sino-BritLsh airline test flight was x very i-mooth, weather changes being not severe, reported Joy Thorn, No. 1 Chinese pilot of the Slno-American China National Aviation Corporation who successfully completed the return lourney to Kunming from Rangoon yesterday afternoon In Beechcraft plane.
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    STILL UNDER DETENTION
    74 20 Hongkong, Feb. 27. THE four Chinese passengers whom the 1 Japanese detained after searching tne German vessel belonging to the Reuter Brockehnann Company of Woosung, a point north-east of Shanghai, have not been released. The Shanghai German Consul-General protested to the Japanese but the latter alleged that
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    JAPS EFFORTS FAIL BADLY
    90 20 Tsinpkiangpu, Feb. 28. ALMOST ten months, the incessant Japanese efforts to clear up the east section of th? horizontal Lunghai Railway in North Kiangsu province in order to pnablf them to maintain close contact with a Japanese transport anchored off Lienyun harbour at the eastern terminal
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    RELIEF WORKER
    21 20 RELIEF WORKER Miss Mabel Lim. another of the charity workers who will assist in Saturday's China Relief drive at the cabarets.
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    RADIOPHONE SERVICE
    37 20 Chungking. Feb. 28— Further linking China's war-time capital with a metropolis in south-west China, the Ministry of Communications announced the inauguration of radiophone services between Chungking and Kunming to-morrow (Mar. I».— Chinese Central News Agency.
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    Gen & Mme. Chiang Give $16,500 To The State
    123 20 Gen Mme. Chiang Give $16,500 To The State T Chungking Feb HE impetus to offer cash to u. state in a contest launched b the national New Life Movemen headquarters in connection with tl fifth anniversary celebrations Z given by Generalissimo and Madai Chiang Kal Shek *ho have conK buted
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    Guerrillas Very Active In North China
    138 20 Guerrillas Very Active In North China Chungking. Feb. 27. PHINESL guerrillas are most active I* in southwest Shantung province in North China, destroying the railway line and telegraph communications in the Japanese-occupied arm Meanwhile. according to a bela Shanghai dispatch. Chinese guem along the Shanghai-Nanking Raili concertedly attacked Soochow. "Vei
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    AMERICAN AVIATION HELP FOR JAPAN?
    244 20 Chinese To Protest To United States Chungking, Feb. 28 JHE Chinese people are surprised at the United Press Tokyo message. stating: To cut off supplies of American planes through wjj usual channels, Japan is employing American skill and engineer^ experience to hurry up her efforts
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    SHIPYARDS SEIZED
    45 20 ship Hongkong, Feb. B yards in Pootung opposite bn.^ mple td seized by the Japanese wW^ removed the machinery! n■ l he ne wf and transplanted them {I 1 ha s dodJ established Nippon Yusen Kajsn^, yard in Pootung.— Chun> Agency. t J
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    33 20 Chungking, Feb. 28.^^ the 20 Uonaries to-day co^emc»ra d^ anniversary of the Korean in at Movement by holding n dfr s*3 p.m. A number of tn^ invited to participate Chinese Central News Agency
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    7 21 FIRST-AID WORKERS A unit of the Brigade.
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    GOVERNOR INSPECTS ST. JOHN'S BRIGADE
    727 21 Smart Turnout At Jalan Besar Singapore, Wednesday. STAGING their biggest and most impressive parade since their inception, the St. John's Ambulance Brigade, consisting of field units, nurses and cadets, were inspected by H.E. the Governor this evening at the Jalan Besar Stadium. Europeans, Chinese, Malays,
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    CENSURE MOTION DEFEATED
    211 21 Attlee Again Alleges Untruth London, Mar. 1. [HE Labour motion of censure? was defeated by 344 to 137 votes. Sir Thomas Inskip replying to the debate said that it was undertood that Mr. Attlee accused Mr. Chamberlain of depriving the rtouse of the opportunity of expressing its
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    Singapore Welshmen Hold Annual Dinner
    160 21 Singapore Welshmen Hold Annual Dinner y •ID was no mythical personage. t -lourished in the sixth century, said to have died at the age of ::(1 Mr. D. G. Osborne- Jones when malM a toast to the St. David's the annual dinner last night l Th Acielphi Hotel. *M a
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    'Who Disturbs Peace And Order In Shanghai?'
    97 21 'Who Disturbs Peace And Order In Shanghai?' Chungking, Mar. 1. UNDER the heading "Who disturbs peace and order in Shanghai?" the influential Chinese daily, the China Times, this morning in a leading article, declared, 'The Japanese are only using terrorism as a pretext for taking over the administration of the
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    Subversive Propaganda In U. S. Army
    63 21 Washington. Mar. I.— Declaring that subversive literature had been distributed among the military forces, apparently by Communist organisations, Acting Secretary of the Navy Mr. Edison asked Congress, to enact legislation to punish the offenders. Edison's biJl introduced into the House of Representatives, provides for
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    Johore Fourth In Empire Bisley
    94 21 Johore Fourth In Empire Bisley London, Feb. 20. MALAYAN teams secured creditable placings in the latest rifle shooting contests to be announced from Bisley. Kenya, with a score of 1,114 were winners of the Duke of Gloucester's Cup for teams using SR. rifles. Southern Rhodesia < 1,107) were second. Falkland
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    Chinese Draw With S. C. C. At Soccer Keng Hock Too Well Marked
    534 22 Chinese Draw With S. C. C. At Soccer Keng Hock Too Well Marked S.C.F.A 0, S.CC 0. I AST night's drawn game on the Padang between the S.C.F.A. and the o.C.C. served to illustrate once again the value of selection as tc players who man the defence Last night's performance
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    SIONG BOO ATHLETIC
    54 22 The Siong 800 Athletic Association will celebrate their thirteenth anniversary on Saturday. Mar. 4, Their programme for that day includes the general meeting at 2 30 urn. a group photograph at 4 pm,, t<a and prize distribution at 4.15 and dinner at Wing Choon Yuen Restaurant. Great
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    Football Match In Aid Of Charity
    155 22 Football Match In Aid Of Charity A FOOTBALL match in aid of the China Relief Fond will be played on Saturday, Mar. 4 at the An son oad Stadium when the Siong 800 Athletic Association (S.CF.A. League Champions) will be opposed to a team chosen from the rest of the
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    R. A. F. BEAT S. R. C
    181 22 R. A. F. BEAT S. R. C R.A.F....2, 5.R.C....1. DRIGHT soccer was served up yesterday in a friendly game on the padang when the RAF. 'Town Office) defeated the S.R.C. by two goals to one. The Rafs were the Hotter jalanced side and their tormurcu were opportunists. The Kces on
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    GREEN HILL B. P.
    62 22 The following will represent the "B" tenm of the Green Hill B.P. in a friendly badminton match with the St. Jo. seph's Church Brigade at their court (St. Anthony's Boys school's compound) on Saturday at 3 p.m.: Tay Eoo Hye, Tan Ah Peng, Quan Wee Khiam,
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    Cold Storage Score Good Win Over A. P. C
    425 22 Cold Storage Score Good Win Over A. P. C Cold Storage 3, A.P.C 1. THE Singapore Cold Storage Football Club beat the Asiatic Petroleum Co's Sports Club by three goals to one yesterday at the Singapore Harbour Board Junior Services' Club ground in an S.A.F.A. Business Houses Soccer League. The
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    Selangor Race Entries
    350 22 Selangor Race Entries KUALA LUMPUR. WEDNESDAY ENTRIES FOR THE SELANGOR TCB CLUB GOLD CUP MEETING 3 MAR. 11, 15 AND 18 ARE AS Ft? LOWS— UL HORSES. CLASS 1. FIRST AND S? COND RUN. 6 FURS AND V/ 4 MILE Aerial Post, Beaudekin Burrante Celestial. Emperic. Gold Point Jad Druce.
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    Victoria School Defeat St Andrew's
    102 22 Victoria School Defeat St Andrew's IN a friendly game of lat the Victoria School ground)^ tcrday, the school's first tram feaUd the first string of r oaL v Andrew's School by four clev In the first half of the game vi by School led by the only goal. *< Shegaran.
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    BOOK-KEEPER FOR TRIAL
    1045 23 I Alleged Forgery 1 Of 3 Cheques &ADMISTRESS OF METHODIST I GIRLS' SCHOOL COMPLAINANT Singapore, Wednesday. lIHEI IHE fourth police court this morning before Mr. Kenneth ■a. iilacker, the preliminary inquiry into charges of forgery of E\m cheques preferred against Ang Cheng Hoon was com- Hurt Inspector
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    RUBBER EXPORTS
    27 23 Gross exports of rubber from Malaya In February amounted to 43,497 tons, a total of 86.829 tons for the two months of the current year.
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    EUROPEAN ON SERIOUS CHARGE
    100 23 EUROPEAN ON SERIOUS CHARGE Singapore, Wednesday FRANK MOSS, a European aged 41 years, appeared before Mr. Kenneth A. Blacker in the fourth police court this morning when a charge of committing an act of sross indecency wiln another male person last night was explained to him, after which Court Inspector
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    "THE LITTLE SPECTATOR"
    72 23 "THE LITTLE SPECTATOR WE have received a copy of a new publication entitled "The Little Spectator." Well printed and of convenient size and shape, the object of this periodical is to encourage Malayan writers to contribute and to help develop latent talent, of which, states the Editorial, there is abundance
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    ACCIDENT CALLS
    63 23 The accident ambulance service of the Singapore Fire Department attended 259 calls during February, and of these 2 J were to cases outside the Municipal limits. The cases are classified as follows: Motor-car accidents 40; motor lorry accidents J; motor bus accidents 1; trolley car accidents 7; c(
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    LABOURERS' ARRIVALS
    40 23 Information has been received by telegraph that 17 state-aided labourers will arrive to-morrow by i.s. "Hujula It i.s expected that 15 will be sent to Pulau Jerejak and the balance will proceed to Port Swettenham for quarantine there.
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    S.C.C. vs. CHINESE
    24 23 S.C.C. vs. CHINESE The S.C.C. goalkeeper and McCaffery both go for the ball an incident in yesterday's soccer between the S.C.C. and the Tribune
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    BRITISH ARMY TO BE STRENGTHENED MORE MONEY VOTED
    334 24 BRITISH ARMY TO BE STRENGTHENED MORE MONEY VOTED London, Mar. 1. JHE gross army estimates for 1939 just issued amount to I £161,133,000, an increase of £46,714,000 compared with 1938. Meantime the strength of the army is to be increased by 15,700 to a total of 185,700, spread over all
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    RESIDENTS URGED TO LEAVE CHUNGKING
    123 24 RESIDENTS URGED TO LEAVE CHUNGKING Chungking, Feb. 28. F order to avoid unnecessary l»>vof lives and property in air raids, Chungking authorities are enforcing compulsory evacuation of civilians, beginning on Mar. 10. Civilians, having no particular erason to remain in Chunking are urged to evacuate. The authorities also working out
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    Jewish Threat Of Non – Co – Operation
    118 24 Jewish Threat Of Non Co Operation Jerusalem, Mar. 1. A THREAT to withdraw Jewish co-operation from the British Government if ihe plan to make Palestine an independent state is put into force is made in a manifesto issued after a specially summoned conference of Palestine Jewry. The manifesto rejects any
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    SHANGHAI EXPLOSIONS
    35 24 Shanghai: Mar. 1: Four bombs exploded in Nanking Road in the heart of the Settlement within an hour, starting at 9 30 p.m. There was only one casualty, a Chinese being wounded.—Reute Reuter
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    28 24 Sydney, March I—Death has occurred of Sir Ernest Cooper Riddle, Governor of the Commonwealth Bank from 1927-28.—Reuter. London March I—Death is announced of Lord Colebrook, famous Courtier. Reuter
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    Conclave Session Begins
    139 24 Vatican City Mar l WITH the arrival of three Ameri Cardinals early this morning the sixty-two Cardinals asJS for the Conclave opening thisiJ noon. Wl A solemn entry to the ConCaw gins at 4 o'clock when the <£* will proceed to the sound of th^S Vem Creator
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    SOLDIERS DROWNED
    53 24  -  Hongkong. Mar ris belatedly revealed that 150 J nese launches loaded with sol while sailing from Keelung. met a severe storm. Most of the lam capsized many soldiers being drow This news was strictly censor! the Japanese authorities and it only revealed recently by some of survivors.- Sin
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    Eradicating Terrorism Shanghai
    340 24 Eradicating Terrorism Shanghai Powers Urged To Make il Pirm Stand I Chungking. Feb. gRITAIN, United States and Fvance are urged to stand firm in tl face of Japanese intimidation in Shanghai by the Chinese pra The consensus of opinion is that only by joint action on the part these powers
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    JAPANESE RE-OPEN PEARL RIVER
    51 24  - JAPANESE RE-OPEN PEARL RIVER Hone-kenr. Mar i ACCORDING to a foreign re^ A the British Consul a t j has reached an agreement «t tish steamer will be allied t J between Hongkong and Can fortnightly, but the sj« n r alld allowed to c jm ise Sin Chew Jit
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