Morning Tribune, 20 October 1939

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  • 12 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE Mr7. Si SINC»APORE, FRIDAY, October 20, 1939. FIVE CENTS.
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  • 470 1 RHINE FLOOD THREATENS THE SIEGFRIED LINE NAZIS FIGHTING ANOTHER BATTLE GERMAN OFFENSIVE MAY BE DELAYED INTENSE DIPLOMATIC ACTIVITY REPORTED i Paris, Oct. 19. {EAVV rains falling on the Western front are impeding land operations an have caused a rise of the waters of the Rhine, which is now in flood.
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  • 72 1 BULGARIAN CABINET RESIGNS Sofia, Oct. 19. THE Bulgarian Cabinet resigned t(T-day, and the King has ontrusted the retiring Prime Minister, M. Kiosseivanoflf, with the task of forming a new cabinet. The object of the resignation was to obtain wider powers for the Cabinet, and there is talk that the new
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  • 66 1 London, Oct. 19. RUSSIAN troops crossed into Esthonia yesterday morning in accordance with the recent agreement, and the Tas* Agency from Moscow claims that they were very cordially received. Notwithstanding, the Esthonian Government took groat precautions to prevent disorder, and the routes by which the Red
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  • 36 1 London, Oct. 19. IT is announced by th e Air Ministry that the R.A.F. made a successful reconnaissance flight over north-west-ern Germany last night. All British machines returned safely.- Reuter
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  • 57 1 !EE enabling Frenchwomen to ;(.r nationality lost by and a law enabling sens of born in France to apply for >ch nationality, w re approved by incil oi Ministers to-day, PresiLebrun presiding. Daladier reviewed the military matic situation, with a special 1 to the happy issue to
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  • 541 1 Allies Turkey Sign Pact London, Oct. 19. IT is understood that pacts between Britain, Turkey and France and Turkey were signed this afternoon. The treaty, which is practically in its original shape and has undergone only very slight and unimportant modifications, provides:— Firstly, that the British and French Governments undertake
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  • 27 1 "je, Oct. 19: Ton passengers and e crew were killed when I iner crashed on the mounar Malaea on thp Seville- Reuter
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  • 25 1 The nrmiiiar Co P enha Sen, Oct. 19. Population of Lakeland heard ln r, throughout the day yes- 0f e KiS reCUOrl f Fehmern Reuter
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  • 69 2 anbul. Oct. 19. Most oi the M .a many deput e have left Ankara for ferzerum In Armenia, to attend the openinR of the railroad kx and Braerum. linking Ankara With I I Anatolia via Kayserl and Siva it is considered rlc importance, because it vi!i enable
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  • 188 2 Dukes Of Windsor Gloucester Surprise Troops At The Front >l fORRI SPONDI N l n ..i troops, bml si ~i behind Um l\ i,,,. had .1 big .surprise y( th foun h.t:l Stopped to i theii wvrtu 11,, imon* c Mnmander.in||M Duke u or. and t hi Dnkc «»i <;i»uI!,,
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  • 319 2 Finland's President Says Russian Demands "Serious" SCANDINAVIAN STATES LEND SUPPORT London. Oct. 19. THE heads of the Scandinavian States and Finland broadcast a message to their nations this morning from Hie Royal Palace in Stockholm. King Gustav of Sweden, who spoke first, emphasised the importance of the neutrality of the
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  • 59 2 RATIONING IN BRITAIN SOON London. Oct. 19. Ministry ol Food announce that ments for the introduction of a rationing sen in an advanced •state oi preparation. Ration bocks w; ued to consumers at least ton days before the ■d:\iv (mi which rationing begins, so that they are gtren time for
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  • 132 2 London. Oct. 19. TO-DAY in the Hou>e oi Commons, questioned in regard to the Germai. air raid on the Firth of Forth. Sir Kingsiey Wood said that the problem of Intercepting enemy aircraft moving at .speeds of lour miles a minute and upwards at
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  • 44 2 Shanghai, Oct. 19. IT la ullicially announced that Blr Victec BafiOfn hBJ made a donation of one million dollars, payable m twelve •iily instalments, to the Central British War Fund (Shaogjiai) on be- nui] hi nit 4 bassoon miere.si.v Reuter
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  • 66 2 London. Oct. 19. N lli< 1 KCHISC Of Commons to-ri;iv. asked by Sir John Wardlaw Milne whether any staAenu tit would be made In regard i crops, the Prime Miniate i replied: ••ifts Maje.sty 1 Government recognise vital importance to E^ypt of th< I ton '-rop now available
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  • 61 2 Hungarian Pro-Nazis Arrested IT was official announced in H. Icn last night that 100 memb I pro-Nazi Black Legion have be I Tested. I A uow rnment statement said thsj the aim of the Legi n \\a> I a new state by violent mea. f I The leader of the
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  • 71 2 London. O I IT is officially announced that two Ori-W I man airmen in a collapsible rubber dinghy drifted ashore at Whitby W day after their bomber had been down In the North Sea on Tue.su ay |i Both aii men were exhau>' I was wounded
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  • 56 2 Washington 0 I IN connection with President R«v I banning of American ports to f geient submarines, those Violatim proclamation can be interned. I I ing to experts. I Trespassing commanders can I under the Neutrality Act. a; victed are liable to five years' I I not
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  • 74 2 London. 0 f Last week, the British cont control detained 23,000 tons ol destined for Germany. ThL total contraband detained d first .six weeks of the war 338.1'"'. Reuter. British seizures of contraband d< ed for Germany for the week i Ort 14 included 5.900 ton- < 2.001)
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    • 89 2 SINGAPORE MINK IP ALU V lenders are Invited f or the rectton an aUn ion at Tiong Bahru. Man, Specification and tender Corn) may be obtained from the Municipal Architect oilier payment of a d i ol Ten ill close at. 12 noon on is: oa. C. H. GCh.LIF Municipal
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  • 83 3 U-BOATS VERY ACTIVE idmiraltj mtssMgt receired in Ifl i (nit between I 0,1 14 and Oct. IS. U-»oats have IBen .tithe, and some 38.564 tons I I*f uiied shipping have been sunk. rticularly high, B^ ut Bhipi of over ■To n tlie iod. two attacks m Oct. 14 i«; appeared
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  • 299 3 SOVIETS MAKE SERIOUS DEMANDS ON CHINA Extension Of Red Menace PRICE FOR CONTINUED HELP AGAINST JAPAN lokyo, Oct. 19. I HE REPORT that the Soviet Union is making "serious demands" on the Chinese Government is contained in Japanese press messages to-day. These reports allege that the position of the Chinese
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  • 56 3 New York, Oct. 19. THE French and British Governments are ready to place additional orders for 5,750 warplanes when the arms embargo ta repealed, Recording to an authoritative source. The com will be $350 million. If the embargo is not lifted. Britain will invite United States factories
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  • 297 3 London. Oct. 19. The deliberate understatement which marked the speech by the Prime Minister in the Commons yesterday; m dealing with enemy air attacks on fleet bases, is welcomed by the press, and attention is drawn to his observation that the "extent of the enemy's disappointment at
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  • 559 4 INQUIRY INTO DEATH OF MINE VICTIM Singapore. Thur-(la>. TOE areaer*! bsgrirj Mo the .hath ai Nonihai l.orent/en. the 21 raaroU Norwegian sattor, who Hied as a result of injuries he ■WlaJaai "hen I mine exploded ai the rear of the life-boat in wfcfcfc he wa.s seated at !M5 p.m. on
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  • 95 4 Singapore, Thursday. A I ORFSTRY officer with about 30 years' service in Malaya, Mr. A. I Kambaut left to-day on retirement. Mr Rambaut came to Malaya in November 1909, when he was appointed Istant Conservator of Forests, F.M.S He served with the Northumberland
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  • 117 4 I Singapore, Thursday. APISH spending more than a quartet ot a cent in v m Malaya, Mr II. C. Aitken Berry senior partner ol Messrs Bwan Maclaren, left Singapore to-day en retirement '■■> England. Mr Aitken Ben v has practised in the led. i;ited Mala..
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  • 126 4 WHIN the local ambulant answered a call at 7 p.m. la^i night, it brought two patients to hospital and a strange case of coincidence. The ambulance was first summoned to the Rochore Police station, where a Chinese woman who was involved in a
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  • 320 4 Ex-Sheriff Sentenced For Breach Of Trust Singapore, Thursday. AUGUSTUS Anthony Monteiro, ex-Sheriff of the Supreme Court, Singapore, was this afternoon sentenced to nine months 1 rigorous imprisonment on three charges of criminal breach of trust to the total amount of $3,590, monies belonging to his mother-in-law, Mrs. Elsie Mabel Gomes,
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  • 142 4 Bible Society "The Marvel Of Age" Singapore, Thursday. "THE Bible Society Is the marvel of 1 age; it is 136 years old, and unlik^ people who get old and decline, the Bible Society is stronger to-day tha i ever." .said Mr. Ernest Tipson, the secretary, at the annual general meeting
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  • 152 4 Health Of The East I THE League of Natu.n, He^l Organisation Eastern BureaU Singapore, health bulletin for til week ended Oct. 14 is u tullou v j One case of plague h L tiom Rangoon, after an interval o^H dom from cases since the week end The cholera situation in
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  • 210 4 GUTHRIE'S RUBBER IS REPORT Singapore, Thursday. I IN their weekly rubber rep*t I Guthrie Co.. Ltd.. state: I a Demand from consuming centrt I V improved during the week and there haH i been an increase in values in all mfrHH kets. Reports from New York mdicam 1 that there
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  • 123 4 Singapore, Xtoursdi ACCUSED of committing gang robl of cash $66.60, and a gold valued at $5.40, and that at the time committing the offence, they used a deadly weapen, a knife, six young Hainanese. appeared before Mr. J» Fletcher-Cooke in the Third Court this morning when the
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  • 18 4 Mr. F. Grainger-Brown. Manager of the G.E.C. Radio Department returned to Singapore from Home leave.
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  • 415 5 AN APPEAL TO INDIANS K mm. Mr. B. V" .ful if you will be I me through your "*M -al thousand. I WE t|u. ,::l.s Which i make their stay in 'W -■uiice.s. IT .sands of men fc' Mr Boyle I II idiers u'.umoIpS rti] .far in lane for the
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  • 16 5 h Bridges, superintendent of Ha] l. aad Theatre and Memorial Bridges have returned
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  • 719 5 Appeal From Conviction And Sentence Fails Singapore, Thursday. CTATING that he look sterner view of the appellant's action RUM of the war. Mr. Justice PedloW dismissed the appeal of Omar bin AriAn who was sentenced in the lower court* to <>n< i month's rigorous
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  • 187 5 A RRANGEMENTS are well in hand fo A the collections this year. Poppip will be sold on Friday November 10 u shops and offices, under the directioi of Mrs. A. H. Lickinson. Wreaths making ha s already begun being once again organised by Mi\-\ E Gregory-Jones.
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  • 63 5 Singapore, Thursday. APPEARING before Mr. J. Fletcher- Cooke in the Third Police Court this morning, Ma Tim, a 24-year old Cantonese, claimed trial to a charge of then of a bicycle valued at $87. the property of Abu Nain. The case was fixed for hearing on
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  • 34 5 Mr. Jacob Ephraim, of the Town Cleansing Department, wishes us to state that he Is not the person of the same name who was fined fOC trespass at the Alhambra Theatre.
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  • 395 6 RUMOURS OF EXTRA RUBBER RELEASE -;iu.i::iirc. Ihurxlav. S \wtk IHH ««n Uk- httawftcatiOD tl \ks W*l tm land and sva. tncl uilh it ererywhCfi I rWn| Un«Urr> in Iht lluiri and com- (> m;iiki K. M.duHinu iuljlkt. write NCSSIY. SUntop Nelson and o. in th( ir
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  • 98 6 Singapore. Thvr^d;ty r\VO Engi^h-srwaking Chm<- I Of Llni CbqOC I Tons Seng, employed bf Messrs. Optorg Company Ltd •an; delivery clerk charged in the Criminal Dlstnc: ■i criminal breach of trust of 64 cas >f milk valued at $448. Chief Court 3 H Tunn r the
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  • 198 6 INCIDENT IN A BEER GARDEN Singapore, Thursday. MR. Kenneth M. Byrne. Fourth Police Magistrate, to-day acquitted Matheson Sinn who was charged with using criminal force on Kuah Sia Chwee in the Happy W >rld on July 12 without calling upon his defence. The charge was a sequel to an incident
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  • 118 6 m Singapore. Thursday. V C. JOSEPH, a Tamil motor car driver, who was charged with causI Ing the death of a Tamil coolie, Divakaran, by driving his car in a negligent manner at Admiralty Road East on Aug. 16, was this afternoon convicted on an I r.mended charge
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  • 117 6 WITNESS DESCRIBES STABBING (From Our Own ;j nd J j Johore Bahru. ThurJaiW j A KNIFE attack on a coo: I j outside a toddy si fw tian Besar estate, Pom. I vvihvd at the Assize Couri J when two Tamils, Veil: f and Karuppusamy I before Mr. Justice Mills
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  • 574 6 Singapore, Thursday. I A STORY of how while cycling home, he was stopped by two men, I also on bicycles, and robbed of his wristwatch and a belt con- I taining cash was related to the Third Police Court by a Teoche* I
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  • 639 7 A wonderful word picture of war-time England by our own correspondent. ■p,I. 1., the worst has happened and ore at war. TheH, and I'inemas are closed, shop Bidows arc pasted over with strips gummed paper, sandbags aie Htd uj) a^iinst the entrances to all tti ngs,
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  • 206 7 MISS Helen Temple Thurston. niece of the famous novelist J S and a relation of Lord Selton. S S reaciud England from Switzrr- land in the nick of lime before t I war began. S She wanted to fly home but Z was told that there was
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  • 290 8 MORNING TRIBUNE Friday, October 20, 1939. PEACE IN CHINA? SUGGESTIONS that Japan's rearkable Inability to continue the struggle for Changsha a few dayj ago may mean that she has .shot her bolt in China are contained in comments in the China newspapers. Japan, it is believed, had planned to celebrate
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  • 597 8 TURKEY'S STAND %NV AGGRESSIVE MOVE GAINST RUJJANIA OK GREECE WILL, IT IS BELIEVED [N P\ms, BRING TURKEY INTO THE WAR ON THE SIDE OF THE ALLIES. Von Ribbentrop is said to have inspired the new Soviet demands rej by Turkey, with the object of
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  • 40 8 HITLER READY TO SACRIFICE MILLION MEN Pans Q u j "U7K leam from Berlin ih U I Hitler has ieclared I prepared to sacrific- nii |,j, n f nun to break the French front" II Kadio Paris declares. Renter. I
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  • 212 8 ft A Statement In Lords m London, Oct. 19. I AN explanation as to why external I defence troops were Kilt some I weeks ago from India io Btnfipwi, I Egypt and Aden was given by Lord Zetland. Secretary for India, in the I House of
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  • 72 8 London, Oct. I* THE Soviet Government is urs< ly requesting M. Passiviki. of the Finnish mission, to retun to Moscow, according to the K<»" e fi Radio. w Moscow, Oct. W- I Threefold expansion of Sovi I vian trade is provided for in th- 1 W treaty
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  • 55 8 Ankara, Oct. 19. British and French military experts. General Wavell and General Weygand, have arrived by air to exchange visits with the chief of the Turkish general staff and Defence Minister. The two generals will commence staff talks to-day. General Wavell is commander of the British land forces
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  • 90 8 PRO-NAZI SENATORS IN U.S. New Yoik, Oct. 19. TOMMENTING on the fact that twenty Senators opposing the r peal of \he arms embargo here notified their intention to speak, thereby prolonging the debate, the New York Post says: "By whatever name th,°y care to call lht*e .speeches th?y will still
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  • 211 9 EVENTS In EUROPE I bow pfctnw "i Kins? Peter of Jugoslavia taken on his [i birthckn at Boka Kotorska in Southern Dalmatia, tor* he ha- been ipinihll his vacation. He is seen in ,11, .M with an officer. (Planet News). |i;i -|.t- In air line* of the K.L.M. Royal Dutch
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    • 441 10 J ™«HM -i BHOU in "ms hi f» I- '< ■'•"> 9|:> Mh «CJ J ih,- turn mum f^-i '".yj 1 1^, N j \C'^O^ u;v nreviou^ performances" J VjgrjL "surpasses his prev. TfMF> l_— hV^V BB» *^m^m^ (.M MOV, NMVS SPECIAL! 11l Aft H^A^ANnAUAN^., HANGING OITT THE WASHING ON
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    • 102 10 I MARLBOROUGH 1 (Next To Alhambra). I 6-15 TO-NIGHT I Special Double Action Features I JOHN WAYNE I 'NEW FRONTIER' I and R The Three Musketeers I in k "GUNSMOKE I RANCH" I EMPIRE TALKIE I 7 P.M. TO-NIGHT 9-15 I CHINESE PICTURES I s Alatinees Saturday Sunclav White Hunter
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  • 23 11 f|X trip u«if ftfhtiM 3 pUn« over the North ng ?o reports from [and of Schirrmonnationalitv of the own.— Reuter
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  • 127 11 Bulgaria Holding Off From Entente mirnart'M. uti. iv. [tHI plir.iM "sublime calm of the I' lurks" I s frequently heard in I circles I where it is stated the Turks are I [capable of talking and listening all I [day and finally sdying simply 'no!' 1} nement of the meeting
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  • 69 11 I Washington, Oct. 18. MRESIDFNT Roosevelt has barred ates ports and territorial •aters to belligerent submarines. Mr. Roosevelt stated that under the Neutrality Act, .action eight, he had ijanneri An i ports and territorial ■J'aters to belligerent submarines because he found it would "serve to
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  • 39 11 Tokyo, Oct. 19. hine of the monoplane rini the last lap of its Kht are behaving wonderto Mr. Sumltoshi Nak.-o. oational radio-telephone ichi-Nichi Shimbun from Ban sofl from Bangkok this morning will be covered to-
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  • 41 11 A" RI VAL of a Shan e h ai, Oct. 19. Soviet military mission T" .'^Kking yesterday was ke neeot-ti* the mission will -< ■.:..i u^^ the ChunßkUiu A7pa ct °n the conclusion of a mill-
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  • 726 11 REPLANTING PROGRAMME Singapore, Thursday. JIMAH Rubber Lstates Ltd. had decided to replant the whole of their 1906 <:m\ 10Jl rubber and by 1041 it is hoped that OV6T 220 acres will have been completed, but owing to the advent of the war it may rmt be
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  • 60 11 >nn' to thnv p« i 11 Dan;-!, mannr insurance ioods destined for Britain and Prai n D. tboteof twelve oK leutrals. Denmark pmed the export mncultural produce to Great Brit \hich W( rupted owinf to the h< ip of sh. Exports to Britain Lftft week includr-d n
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    • 113 11 MIDNIGHT «.is I PREMIERE I Oclock I TO-MORROW AlhambrA ip m 1, i WARNER BAXTER riding to greater glory ai the O. Henry caballero he brought to life so thritfingly I IYNN lARI (ESAI ROMEIO NINRY HUU KANE RICHMOND C HENRY GORDON ROIERT lARRAT t '«(<«d bv Herbert I U«di
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    • 40 11 A Grand Show to Cheer You Up Sunday at the CAPITOL I V JM^»: M 1 ii WiS&*Sr See JOE in his first M.G.M. comedy triumph fighting BULLS and Bandits in South America and being "Slain" by the Lovely Scnoritas
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    • 64 11 Law Notice For To -Day Be/on the Chfei Justice. Sir Pt McElwaine in Court No. l at 11 a.m. 6.***** EWO Fernando vs. Chia Lay Phor. Before Mr. Justice Pedlow in Com No. 3 at 11 am. Bankruptcy Before Mr. Justice Manning in Com' No. 2 at 11 a.m. Summon.ses-in-Chamber.s,
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  • 84 12 Kaunas, Oct. 18. 1'HE repatriation of the German minority in Lithuania has been postponed by the German Government who give i the reason that they wish to study the experiences gained from evacuations of Esthonia and Latvia. It is pointed out here that the lower social and
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  • 46 12 Tokyo. O AS a result of negotiations be I A Australian Government Akiyama. Consul-Gen, in i Sydn M will be allowed to bu V 250.000 M bates of wool from Australia M son, according to an official rep ching the Foreign Office.
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  • 568 13 LOYALS BEAT R.A.F. IN CHALLENGE CUP HARD STRUGGLE IN SECOND ROUND Loyals 2; |N a dour second round S.A.F.A. Stadium yesterday the Loyals two clear goals. The R.A.F. had won their first round clash against the Gordons but in a great game to-da> lost to deserving winners. The game was
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  • 54 13 Weight Lifting Records Iw.Mßht-liftins records, Malayan •rtfht-lllttna Happy World on Au*. cJSiSSI bf the British tion. d, d,an and press 8 stone record 153> 2 lb hands snatch 165V, Ho LS6 lb.). re. rd 220 lb). :.ds snatch IS7' 4 pretwo hands clean MMI 170^4 lb). ■■:>,,■ to >tage a
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  • 125 13 K: accepted to play V -< c vs. The Manchestei' M "S.A.F.A. Challenge Cup» at i" t'herrinuton; W. FA McCaffcry: J. Welsh, F.K Hutchlnson; H. Milton. J.B. Stoddart. w Prescott. A F. Johnson. E' following have accepted to play A v.s Royal Navy on N Base:- G.W. b3[
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  • 43 13 RAFFLES COLLEGE RUGGER I ma] Raffles College Graduates rugby match wij] I on the Raffles College ground luates team will b^ Kwong Sea Khoon. ChanShim Kah Foo, un Hon Kun Cheiw Chye. Yapp 8«n Louis Seah Abdul Ghani, Chong Hock and Timothy Chew.
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  • 183 13 S.C.C. TENNIS TOURNEY CONCLUDED I'^ 1 t sunshine yesterday, the S.C.C. autumn tennis tournament icimLh° ncluded when Mai r More and Ca P l Hi P kin beat Gurr and 4 6—3. In the mixed doubles final Bedford and Mrs. 61 beat Anderson and Duff 6-4, 6-4. I NM. Warden
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  • 153 13 WINSOME BADMINTON rAYINCi Imi Wedne^<2.>> night, .1 large o! t lUU, thr 'A I minton Party narrow to the uton Party by 4 games to 3. mentions! I Bteflei M M. Alkiulr.-e beat A. K. u> Ue Kin. 12.15; B C. Mah lost to Andrew Lo*. b 515 7 IS:
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  • 40 13 London, Oct 19 It is officially announced that tin n will be National Hunt racing at L'. tsto t on November 20 and 21, also meetings at Windsor. Cheltenham, Haydock Par*, Newbury, Wetherby. Gatwick and Hi ton Reuter
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  • 107 13 The following are ties in the 8 C tournament:— Open Doubles Championship: Yad! v.ncl G H. Kam TS. B.A. DawoocJ I Kamis. Handicap Singles: Tun Huck (_lBi vs. Wong Thian Teck < ;8). Veteran H'cap Singles -J.H. Pn''"W i plus 9) vs. Chia Keng Tye (scr.i The following
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    • 60 13 Sport* Diary TO-DAY SOCCER: S.A.F.A. Cup, 2nd rounc S.C.C. vs. Manchester, Sta dium. HOCKEY: Police vs. Colts, Depot. Colts H. C. vs. Y.M.C.A. Y.M.C.A. SRC vs. RAM C, SRC St. Josephs vs. A.P.C. Sport Club. A.F.C. S C.C. vs. Khalsa. S.C.C. RUGBY: R A.O.C. vs. R.A.F. <H.Q.> Alexandra. S.C.C. "B"
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    • 24 13 TIDE TABLES TODAY High Water: 3.40 am. 7.3 ft. 2.56 p.m. 8.0 ft. TO-MOKKOW High Water: 4JUS a.m. 6.9 ft 4.06 p.m. 7.4 ft
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  • 529 14 S.R. C. BEAT S. C. C. AT HOCKEY ISLR.C I: L pEI I feated the and I ed t heir com incing Ictoi the it Th« anded the plaj throughout tl ame and a in real danger of defeat, although 01 their ton. for H thp went pa: t bJm
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  • 88 14 Cough Pills Contained Morphine (From Our Own Reporter) Tfeiping, Wednesday. Summoned on the charge of possesdon of deJetefious dniflps, namely one box and fivr pillfl of Chinese cough core pills containing morphine, a Chinese druggist named Yew Chum Poey of Chop Bftn Aii!) Hoe claimed trial before Utt Taiping Magistrate.
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  • 225 14  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh POLLOWING the Chinese general Southern Hopei are on the verj fcrce of the enemy is now reported western Shantung. Sin Chew Jit P< offensivo, the Japanese positions in are of complete collapse. The main to he retreating in the direction of
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  • 110 14 London, Oct. 18. DEPRESENTATIVES of the British Employers' Confederation and thf> Trades Union Congress General Council met to-day at the Ministry of Latour if> consider the establishment of machinery for the joint discussion of problem^ which confront the government and industry In wartime. It w is
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  • 76 14 I Sinßapore. Thuixday. When tiir i M Un hihk was called I moralni in the Criminal District Court before Mi J i, McPftU, on n chrtrne o( poueaslon Mbtli of opium at the Singapore Harboir used was not to bo sern IST 0 B Mm. Assistant, Supervisor
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  • 96 14 CO-OPERATIVE SCHOLARSHIPS ,A CIRCULAR from the Singapore Mercantile Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society. Ltd., states that the Singapore Co-operators' Scholarship Fund v ill award two scholarships for the year 1940: ,a» Trade School scholarship, Unable for three years, open to tpnfh,° ny bl Solidary Scholarship, tenable lor two years, open
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  • 245 14 Washington. Oct. 18. PRESIDENT Roosevelt has receivd a message from President* Kallii of Finland expressing gratitude for the sympathy ani moral support shown by him and tb people of the United States the present crisis. "Your valuablr p«* sonal assistance and interest i Finland's fate and her
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  • 385 14 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur. Thui ALLEGED to have committed criminal breach oi trust I Ing to a hospital patient or, alternately, dishonestly misappro] the money, Goh Boon Bwee, a dresser attached to I Lumpur General Hospital, stood his trial in the police court to-day.
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  • 24 14 Mr. P H. Steed. General M M the General Electric Co., Ltd.. m 1 ha* returned to Singapore rron leave.
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  • REUTER'S COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    • 74 15 London. Thursday. Previous To-day Change 913 90- —13 m 27 G 3.i K 723 3d 1; 6 8W -liiS K C0 25 0 26. 6d B/ i 7 3G 3 5 —1 I ..antatio:. I: t Trust MJWVi B foe 6 "13 6 Kintas 15 153 m
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    • 74 15 I London, imirsaay. I Previous to-aa> fcukAuiS? y ilupmer.t £15.10.0 Nominal Not give:, B A iS' £11.0.0 Se.iers Unchanged fc; l Seir wak) lessens isaseners Bint M>ed Pearl, Ist quality IB October shipment 24'- Sellers 25 6 Paid Sellers Ipll'PEß (F.A.Q.) IB^Muntok Sept Oct. shipment V 2 Sellers 4
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    • 39 15 li3. KIBftER pr Tr) Steady Steady ancet Tone 20 20' 2 2 X)t «2g2 20', 20* rare! janMarcn Buyers ig3g Quiet cc o^-j TIN 4 9 i 4 to 4<M 2 55 Paid ariret Tone November
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    • 62 15 I London. Thursday. Previous To-day Chang* on Paris (closing middle rate> 176.00 176.00* 177.00** on Amsterdam (closing middle rate) 7.50 Unchanged on Bhanghai (closing selling rate) 5 Unofficial Unchanged en Hongkong (closing selling rate) Is. 3 1.32d. Unchanged on Japan (closing selling rate) Is. 2 1 32ti. Unchanged
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    • 81 15 I London. Thursday. nrßßt D Previous To-day Change ■v IBBtR Firm Very Steady r- Dot Buyers jq^ 10% L, Sellers 10 9;16 10 11 16 W Forward i November Buyers iov 2 10 916 +116 Sellers 10 916 10 5 8 IJI6 Forward i December Buyers io 9
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    • 18 15 I London, Thursday. B, Previous To-day Change JBVER ld FiPG P 2, £B 8 £8 8
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  • 68 15 CIR Arnold Wil. >n. 55-year-oid memlM of the Hoius of Commons who oi Oct. 10 advocald an armistice. If I convinced that war with Germany mus finish. d his determination to "do his bit" and announced that he hue medically fit and wtl K>lning ih R A.F.
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  • 77 15 London. Oct. 19. THE Stock Exchange moved irregularly within narrow limits, but the undertone was admittedly dull, owing to operatprs' disinclination to enter into fresh commitments, pending r °ceipt of more constructive news. No sections however met serious selling pressure, consequently the declines were only very slight. The
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  • 175 15 Singapore. Thursday. VHKR] In no change in th* price Dl tin :it midday, while the price of rubber at four o*ckx k buyer Spot :v, bei I)e< bei .'.>>' j cenl January i March 34 j ind Api.l June M! i ttaA I, market Bids from London
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    • 10 15 PASSENGER'S BAGGAGE South British Insurance Co., Ltd. Z, Finlayson Green.
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    • 104 15 NEDERLANDSCHE HANDELMAATSCHAPPIJ. N. V. Established by Royal Charter A.D. IEB4. Incorporated in the Netherlands. (Netherlands Trading Society) BANKERS AMSTERDAM Paid Up Capital f.40,030.000,Reserve Fund 10,500,00,London Correspondents NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK LIMITED. Head Office: AMSTERDAM Branches: Holland:— Rotterdam, The Hague, and 64 branches and sub-branches at smaller places. Netherlands East Indies:— Batavia.
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  • 436 16 An Admirer Of Voluntary Institutions (From Our Own Reporter) Seremban. Wednesday. •II will l>i- mint pity if (he voluntary hospitals have Iff R<> over to the Male, for it is a well-known matter of observation that MM BOM M M enterprise or an institution,
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  • 83 16 Hard Task For German Evacuees don, 0 A-'ER 2 000 (< from I arrive til plan < unplete I tor m in th( P"lish Con the D natlk Com thai the asked I I, mtj acrince by leaving their i id settli in Poland. iper went i n to aay
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  • 53 16 Peiping, Oct. 19 E •HT of the few remaining British missionaries in North China have arrived here from Honan, whence were driven by the anti-British meat. All belong to the United (■i arch of Canada. Jin Peiping there is no sign of a i nation of the anti-British
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  • 47 16 Pcnang, Thursday. U e'.derly woman was crushed to I -li this morning at a quarry at Bungah. She was carrying two baskets of granite when she fell pit. She was picked up with iiiju i the 1, ad. to which she succumb- i later.
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  • 70 16 (From Our Own Reporter) Penang, Wednesday. A TAMIL stowaway on the M. "Rajula" from Negapatam was to-day produced In the Middle Court before Mr. Lim Koon Teck by the Marine Police and charged with the offence. The accused said that he did buy a ticket
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  • 69 16 i From Our Own Reporter" Penang, Wednesday. MR. J. F. Adams a European, was tc-day fined $20 on a charge of negligent driving when he appeared on a summon > in the Middle Court before Mr. Lim Koon Teck. The Magistrate, said that defendant was
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  • 71 16 London, Oct. 19. A Washington message to-day announces a scheme for the settlement of German refugee Jews hi the PhiVppines A start will be made in a small wa and preference will be given in the firsi place to Jews from Belgium, Holland and Switzerland. A Rome
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  • 86 16 Penang, Thursday UNDER the auspices of the Modern Daily News, the Modern Weekly, the Kwoiik Wah Yit Poh and the Penang Sin Poh, a memorial service to the lat? Mr. Liu Shin, the noted Chinese author, was held at the Royal Theatre at 3 o'clock this
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  • 476 16 PREMIER ON I TURKISH PACII London, Oct 11 I IN the Commons to-dav m a state 1 ment in regard to the .\nrlo! I Franco-Turkish Treaty, the htftjZ I said that though the negotioaiouj which had been proceeding Slnce he made his statement of May u had been
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  • 100 16 Bombay, Oct.^ COMMENTING on the rtl *V^ t ernment's announcement ii gard to the future of the c.oj ment of India, the Nawab of 0™ b said that it would be a satisfaction by the Indian m- d large number of wliom f ooB^ the federal scheme unsat^
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