Morning Tribune, 8 January 1940

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    14 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE Vol. 4— No. 287. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, January 8, 1940. FIVE CENTS
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    London TO-DAY
    656 1 ILHopkin On H. Sultan Of Johore's Health Improving: War Will Bring Changes London. Dec. 21. Oil Grosvenor House comes to ime a card of greetings for ri :is and the New Year sent His Highness the Sultan of lore On it is a photograph ot Suitan m military
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    ITALIAN WARNING FOR RUSSIA
    393 1 Fascism v. Communism Ciano-Csaky Talks "Satisfactory" ROME, JAN. 7. ITALY WILL TAKE NO INITIATIVE TO FORM OR ENTER ANY "balkan bloc," says sig. gayda in giornale ditalia, W^NG REGARDING THE CIANO-CSAKY CONVERSATIONS. "Italy wants to live m peaceful collaboration with the Danubian and Blakan states, but
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    Quads Reduced To One
    23 1 Cairo, Jan. 7.-Three of the gifgru; pets born to Ismahan died. The fourth is stated to be dying. Reuter
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    SWEDEN MAY JOIN FINLAND AT WAR
    90 1 SWEDEN MAY JOIN FINLAND AT WAR Stockholm, Jan. 7. THE question of Sweden's attitude to Finland will dominate discussions when Parliament reassembles on Monday, though owing to the delicacy of the position it is unlikely that the debates will be made public. The Swedish Government is expected to outline the
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    FURTHER FLOODS IN TURKEY
    73 1 London, Jan. 7. AFTER several days of silence from A Turkey, wMcb gave rise to hopes that the ravages of earthquakes and floods were decreasing, news of fur ther disastrous floods were received vesterday from Smyrna. th Torrents of water poured through the nitv rutting off
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      43 1 On Other Pages 2 Western Front Fighting In Finland J 3 Children Found Dead J Methodist Conference J CS.A. Anniversary Women's Page g Leader Page 9 Picture Page v Cinemas Torpedoed Crew's Ordeal ij Lorry Driver's Licence Suspended 1 China's Women Soldiers 16
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    Siegfried Line Workers Ordered Back From Leave
    364 2 I omlim. Jan. 7. 4 1.1 u..rkiM. on the Sic* fried hnr vfcf are. at present, on leave, fc** Inn warned l»\ a special arnoimcemeni by the German radio to ,«-tnr:i t?) the line on Monday and Tuesday. Special trains are being pro-
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    GERMANS DON'T WANT TO RETURN
    70 2 GERMANS DON'T WANT TO RETURN Rome, Jan. 7. YIOKK than 82,000 persons <jf German origin, living m Italian south Tyrol, havte voted to remain m Italy. Fifty -one per cent, of the (German population of the provinces of Trtnto, Udine and lielluno, comprising nearly 70,000 persons, have declined to return
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    British Press Regrets Belisha's Resignation
    559 2 British Press Regrets Belisha's Resignation London, Jan. 6. jy|H. Leslie Hore-Betisha's drive, energy an d courage are lauded m the London and Provincial I*ress, most of which want to know more about the events leading to his resignation. THE TIMES says: "There Is nothing catastrophic m the principle of frequent
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    RED SUBMARINE ATTACKS SWEDISH SHIP
    114 2 RED SUBMARINE ATTACKS SWEDISH SHIP A Stockholm, Jan. 6. SMALL Swedish coastal steamer "Fenris" has been attacked by fire irom an unknown .submarine In the Gulf of Bothnia. The crew has been saved lhc Swedish Legation In Moscow have been instructed to a.sk the Soviet Government to make an immediate
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    SINO-SOVIET TRADE PACT
    55 2 Moscow, Jan. 7. THE Praesidium of the Supreme Soviet has ratified the Soviet Chinese trad: pact of June 16, 1939. The ratification was prompted by the publication m the Soviet press of a flattering account of the recent Chinese successes over the Japanese. The Soviet-Japanese trade talks-
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    8 2 KING CAROL of Rumania utter> "Hands Off" warning
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      RUMANIA
      156 2 Bucharest, Jan 7 AN impressive demonstration „f Rumania's determination to dofend Bessarabia on her eastern frontier took place at Chisianu on the Soviet-Rumanian frontier, where King Carol to-day attended the traditional epiphany ceremony. In his speech, King Carol declared "When I set foot on th e soil cf Bessa
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      HOLLAND
      156 2 The Hague, Jan 7. AUTHORITATIVE circles state thai Holland does not dream of tolerating any interference by third partie regarding the question ot whether m the present circumstances it is desir tible for her to remain a member o! the League. They add that it is exclu sively Holland's
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    BRITISH SHIPS AWAIT PREY
    75 2 Mexico City, Jan. 7. THE Tampinco port authorities report 1 that they sighted on Saturday what appeared to be a British cruiser thr^e miles from the coast. Two other vessels were seen on Friday further out. It is believed that all three are awaiting the sailing
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      82 2 1-ROFEBBOK 5W FOR A SHORT ILMWDUIN ttgiffl »KABON ONLY <-'<)MI'LETE HATIM ny TION OUARANTEED CHALLKN(iK HY I'ROKESSOR ILMUDUN. Who In BpeclalUt to A»tro-P*lml«UV and Huruitoopa Bcadln« with 35 yeani •tudy m F-RANCiS. ITALY, CQYPT MALTA. WITZEULAND. and vartoii Ol KUItOPB. HE will positively ex*'n you how to *uc«*d In liualneM.
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    British Railways Boom
    163 3 British Railways Boom Londcn, Jan. 6. ao« are being built m Britain, .sections of French railI ,or "T n "ted by the British Army. "W: Jl.:50,000 worth of railroad A k tip eauinment has also itrSS Thi? huge order will b .rcvent British engineers from B, ,S to build for
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    China Will Fight On
    166 3 London, Jan. 6. U J. TIMPERLEY m the Man- Chester Guardian, commenting on Kano's prophecy that the European War will reach a turning-point m favour of the Allies by Easter and the Si no- Japanese conflict will end within a month, says that Kano's optimism may
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    THE MANHATTAN
    57 3 New York. Jan. 7. hlv! v E na<>h Contraband authorities g e ;t r f d the detention of the t, v ate Imer Manhattan, 24,000 cwdint t he arrives at Gibraltar, ac- local shipping officials who traban t^ Will be searche d for conManhattan Irffc -ntpw 01
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    SHANGHAI ARRESTS
    47 3 Shanghai, Jan. 7. t nu res P™sible for the at--^Chav/^^ 6 m Godfr£y r:i^ t^v m k d u etaine <i. If found mcnt a »?i handt d ovjer to the SS2i i r2 off0 ff? > ™c Police are lempt motive for the at- Reuter
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    FINNISH PILOT SHOOTS DOWN 6 RED RAIDERS
    267 3 Helsinki Returning To Normal Helsinki, Jan. 7. 'J^-IE Finnish communique reports increased artillery activity m the Karelian Isthmus, while on the Eastern front, at Suommussalmi lighting is m progress m the direction of Raate. A number of minor engagements and the capture of
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    PREMIERS BIG SPEECH TO-MORROW
    138 3 London, Jan. 7. •THE Prime Minister's speech at I Mansion House on Tuesday afternoon is regarded here as an event of considerable moment. Not only will this meeting be the first of a series of national gatherings to be addressed by War Cabinet members, but it
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    "Society Smugglers" At The Pavilion
    143 3 Oi*J)MKJL— .-^C- PRESTON FOSTER and Irene Hervey have the chief parts m 'Society Smugglers. 1 which opened a .season at the Pavilion Theatre last night. This is a detective story with a difference. Irene Hervey is seen as a girl who is installed by the
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    Another Nazi Falsehood
    140 3 Another Nazi Falsehood London, Jan. 6. THE Times m a leader declares that recent German attempts to show that the north-west frontier of India is extremely disturbed and that there has been a serious outbreak m Waziristan shows that there has been much "wishful thinking." As a matter of fact
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    Allies' New Trade Pacts
    122 3 An economic and financial agreement between Britain, France and Turkey will be signed shortly m Paris, according to the Ankara radio, which states that negotiation? on this subject have been successfully concluded. Reuter. Istanbul, Jan. 7. Official circles confirm that following the economic talks m Parfc>
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    TO-NIGHT'S BROADCAST ON WEST FRONT
    150 3 TO-NIGHT'S BROADCAST ON WEST FRONT ORIGADIER M. D. Gambier-Parry, D If C. AID.C; will broadcast from the 8.M.8.C. on Monday, Jan. 8, at 7.30 p.m., the title of his talk being "More About the Western Front." In this talk Brigadier Gambier-Parry will explain the military significance of the scanty and
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    MAN & THREE CHILDREN FOUND DEAD IN HOUSE
    157 4 MAN THREE CHILDREN FOUND DEAD IN HOUSE Terrible Tragedy In Malacca (From Our Own Reporter) MALACCA SUNDAY. A HOUSE AT THE 27TH MILE ON THE JASIN-ASAHAN KOAI) NEAR CHABAU, WAS THE SCENE OF A HORIMMJ-; STBCTAGLE ON THURSDAY, WHERE AN INDIAN WAS FOUND DEAD HANGING FROM ONE OF THE BEAMS.
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    Dog With Rabies Bites 26 People
    50 4 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Saturday. A DOG suffering from rabies was responsible for the admission into the Pasteur Institute of 26 people whom the animal bit as it ran unharmed through some Bangkok streets to-day. The victims include five boys and four girls.
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    POPULAR MALACCA WEDDING
    137 4 Malacca, Sunday. TT?/- ffeddini took place at St. Peter. J hurch yesterday of Mr. Leo Olive Rupert Diatf, son of Mr. and Mrs. Yin dent E. Dia.s, to MLs.s Ivy Dorothy Mm Joot. daughter of Mrs. Mary Minjoot. Patber Fernandez officiated. Th( bridesmaids were Misses Marie Minjooi
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    RUBBER RETURNS
    39 4 RUBBER RETURNS CPmtr' r i9M Ur S Ule m th f Dc Alor Gajah K9on ih« r now lb Ay i Panas 70 ft nn Buk.: Kubu Tf;?So jgjM Kebun 1O(4 oo 55,000 TWO* Anson 4«7r? Wu B,nut sliooo
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    IPOH CHINESE TO WED IN HOLLAND
    104 4 Tapah, Saturday. MR. Too Jee Lim's third son, Mr. Too lfl Joon Ting, will be married m Amsterdam, Holland, to Dr. (Miss) F. N. Que, who is now practising m a hospital m Amsterdam. Th P bride-to-be was formerly from the Netherlands East Indies.
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    MOTHER & DAUGHTER TOGETHER IN CONCERT
    281 4 MOTHER DAUGHTER TOGETHER IN CONCERT MISS Rosemary Dant, who played the violin cello with fine tech; nique, and Mr. Werner Baer at the organ, provided the audience at the Victoria Memorial Hall last night with splendid musical entertainment. Mr. Baer, who can be ranked as Singapore's cleverest organist, included some
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    Sultan Of Johore
    40 4 (From H. L. Hopkin) London, Jan. r > HAD lunch to-day at Grosvenor House with the Sultan of Johore. His Highness's health has improved, but he expects to stay here for some time yet. (Via Cable and Wireless)
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    ALLEGED ASSAULT BY 20 MEN
    195 4 Singapore, Sunday I BKNGALI jaga was said to have ft been assaulted by twenty coolie on a rubber estate at the loth milestone, Yio Cbu Kang Road, this afternoon at about four o'clock. The jaga was alleged to have bee hit with sticks and spades
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    Scarcity Of Materials Holds Up Building Boom
    361 4 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. p& demand for new buildings m Kuala Lumpur increases but building projects are being postponed and those under construcrTwlrda 081 tWGnty fiVG CCnt mOre t0 com P lete than m The main trouble seems to be
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    WORK OF METHODIST CHURCH IN MALAYA
    602 5 I'RIIHTES to the work of the Methodist Church m Malaya were 1 paid by both the Rev. Stephen S. Band of the Presbysterian Church, ard Lieutenant -Colonel Lord of the Salvation Army, at Saturday morning's session of the Methodist Annual Conference. The former stated
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    Currency Prosecutions
    169 5 Singapore, Saturday. IIOHAMED Salim bin Datoek MarM hoen pleaded guilty this mornM J the Criminal District Court v .1 L. McFall on charges SSJtti to take out of the with railing t Bell an immigration Officer. Chief Court Inspector Ernest H. Turm prosecuted and the accused was "T
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    SINGAPORE WEDDING
    46 5 Singapore, Saturday.— The marriage took place at the Singapore Registry this afternoon before Mr. Conrad Oldham the Registrar of Marriages, of Mr. Quek Mciv Kee, a locaJ bookkeeper, son of Mr. yuefc Teck Seng, to Miss Mary Sinn, the daughter of Mr. Mathais Sinn.
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    Counsel Refers To 17th Century Methods
    416 5 Counsel Refers To 17th Century Methods Singapore, Saturday. I'HE liberties of British subjects are not to be even lightly tampered with, especially m these days when labour problems are occupying the attention of Government," stated Mr. Thampoe-Philips m the Fourth Police Court to-day m the case m which Mr. E.
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    COMMENDED BY MAGISTRATE
    130 5 Singapore, oaiuruay. THE action of a young Straits-born Chinese Mr. Tan Poh Lee, m apprehending a bicyrle thief was to-day complimented by Mr. H. Watson m the Third Police Court, when Uan Ah Choon, a 22-year old Cantonese, pleaded puilty to a charge of theft of a
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    MALAYAN JUDGE BACK FROM LEAVE
    51 5 Singapore. Saturday. Mr. Justice A. K. a' Beckett Terrell former Chief Justice, Federated Malay States, returned this irorning after having spent several months at Home on leave. He was accompanied by his wife. His duties m Singapore will be to sit as Judge of Appeal,
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    NEW SCUDAI, LTD.
    39 5 The output of the estate of New Scuriai Ltd., foi the month of December amounted to 27,100 pounds, making a (total of 205,240 pounds for the nine months of the year, ending Mar. 31. I 1940.
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    Colonial Secretary On "The Civil Servant"
    305 6 Colonial Secretary On "The Civil Servant" Singapore, Sunday. HICU tribute to th<- Colonial S<-< -n-tary, Sir Alexander Smail, for th»- interest hr hiuJ taken m the affair* of the Association was \>ku\ by Mr. Lim S<*nK Kian^. prcajdent of the Junior Civil Service A»*soci*tion, at the 14th anniveraary of the
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    People & Places
    973 6  - People Places Vera Ardmore OFFICIALLY listed as a cocktail U party was the "do" which Lieut. Cumtn. and Mrs. Beach -Thomas gave <mi Friday »%ht. The hostess saw that everyone watt well supplied with cocktails and 'eats' wearing something super m t »nktai| frock with a black and while printed
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    OPIUM PACKERS ON STRIKE
    132 6 Singapore, Saturday. WOMKN operators, numbering clot* U> ><mi who went on strike ye§t'rday at the Opjum !**< kin^ Plant at I'.iMr Panjaii^. Singapore, are still holding out on enquiries made this morning. The women decided not to work after no replies had been received to their
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    CHINESE ON BREACH CHARGE
    82 6 Singapore, Saturday. IPPEARING before Mr. H. Watson m n Third Police Court tliis morning See Swee Ton, a 28-year old Straits-born Chinese, claimed tiial to a charge of criminal breach of trust as a servant In respect of liquors to a total value of $95, while
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    Contraband Cheroots
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    Ambulance Had Busy Day On Saturday
    281 6 Ambulance Had Busy Day On Saturday Singapore, Saturday. fewer than five children met with accidents to-day. Among them Wtm a three-year-old girl who was gored by an enraged bull and R traffic police constable's daughter who was said to have been knocked down by a motor-car driven by a Chinese.
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    Your Child's First Days AT School
    1021 7 Your Child's First Days AT School see that the new term starts happily \NLY a week more and most of our children will be going back to school; some With eagerness ajid >thers with regret, according to their various mentalities. In addition, with the new year, there will be many
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    MORNING TRIBUNE Monday, January H, HMO. FINLAND'S STRUGGLE
    381 8 MORNING TRIBUNE Monday, January H, HMO. FINLAND'S STRUGGLE OMHTING on no fewer than eight fronts, exclusive of the coast and nir, Finland has proved that she is vrell Wjle to put up a stiff resistance atfainM, the Russian onslaught. Th'j that rilio has even carried the war into Soviet territory
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    HALIFAX VISITS THE R. A. F.
    56 8 London, Jan. 7. Vi.srount Halifax, accompanied by Air Chief Marshall Sir Cyril Newa chief of .staff, visited the headquarter of a fighter command of the Royal Air Force on Saturday afternoon. They were received by Air Chief Marshal Sir Huuh Dowding, Air Officer Com-mandine-in--Chief
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    NON-BRITISHERS PAY TRIBUTE
    61 8 A London. Jan 7 SUM of £758 has been presented to the British Red Cross Societies frotr Lebano Syrians, a .small non-British community m Sierra Leone In forwarding the cheque, the contributors say that no sacrifice can suffly H ma ifest the latitude felt torn. J ft
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    BRITAIN CONSIDERS U.S. PROTEST
    435 8 CONTRABAND CONTROL London, Jan. 7. JHE representations recently made by the United States Government regarding the delay to mails addressed to other neutral countries arising out of the British search for contraband are still the subject of investigation by the appropriate authorities. When the investigation is
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    RATIONING IN FORCE TO-DAY
    255 8 London, Jan. 7. J^TIONING of butter, bacon, ham and sugar comes into operation to-morrow (Monday), and will cause changes m many British breakfast tables where bacon and eggs are the favourite dish. Some relief m national habits has been afforded by the decision to exempt from
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    WORKERSSTAND IN THE WAR
    260 8 London, Jan. 7 OIR WALTER CITRINE, Secretary d of the Trades Union Congress, speaking: m Manchester, said that the purpose of the T.U.C., namely to extend the principle of collective negotiation and discussion m all spheres where interests of the workers were directly concerned, was imperfectly
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    R.A.F. FLIGHT OVER GERMANY
    43 8 London, Jan. 7. R.A.F. aircraft carried out a reconnaissance flight last night over northwest Germany. AH aircraft returned safely. This flight, it is 1 pointed out. wna m addition to the regular security patrols over German seaplanes bases.— B.O.W.
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    H.M. The King On Duty Ond Off
    193 9 H.M. The King On Duty Ond Off Kial and Queen Elizabeth with Princess Elizabeth left» and Princess Margaret Rose as they drove away from Buckingham Palace to spend Christmas with other members of the lioyal Family in the country. (Planet News). King George decorated officers and men of the Royal
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    EVEN DAYS IN OPEN BOAT
    564 11 Terrible Privations bf Torpedoed Crew I London, Jan. 6. (ALCOJ M MORRISON, 18-year-old seaman of the S.S. Arlington Court, which was sunk by a submarine more than six weeks: go, who has only just been able to return to London from his home the Hebrides
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    KILLED BY TRAIN
    85 11 (From Our Own Reporter) Johore Bahru, Satunfcjj. ©ETNAM, a mason employed tbe Public Works Department, Johore Bahru, was killed when W was knocked down by an on-eo«i«r train from Singapore at the Qw**v.ay at about 4.150 p.m. yesterday He sustained a fracture of the skull. Death was
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    Lorry Driver's Licence Suspended For Month
    210 12 Singai>ore, Saturday. DOfAUONG tbafhi ill satisfied that the accused did signal hi* R intention to turn, but only when ii was too ate, Mr. C. n Whitton. Trmfflc Jodgfc. UHhy imposed a fine of $50 on Lee K< Chian,'. a young Chine* lorry driver,
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    ARMY WARM UP FOR CUP FINAL
    733 13 Singapore, Saturday. m their final try-out before their Malaya Cup final with Penang next Saturday, the Army to-day defeated the Seletar men' (Navy rind Air Force) by a decisive margin, though the opposition was keen jmd the losers had a certain amount ofi bad
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    WOMEN'S HOCKEY
    108 13 In preparation for the Women's Inter- State Hockey between Selangor and Singapore, which will take place on Saturday, Jan. 13, at Girl's Sports Club ground, the following have been selected to play m a final trial on Tuesday, at G.S.C. ground: WHITES: E. Frugtniet; Mrs. G. Hunter, A.
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    Singapore Held By Johore
    395 13 (From Our Own Reporter) Johore Bahru, Saturday. QTAGING a magnificent recovery after being- led 5-nil at the interval, Johore held Singapore to a 5-all draw m an inter-State rugger match at Johore Bahru this evening. Each side scored a goal. Johore could have won had McKenzie
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    EASY FOR THE ARMY XI
    455 13 Singapore, Sunday. BRITISH ARMY 3; INDIAN ASSOCIATION .0. SJUPERIOR m all departments, the British Army scored a comfortable victory over the Indian Association m a fast and keenly contested hockey match at Balestier plain yesterday winning by three goals to nil. In their first encounter,
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    Malacca Holds Selangor To Hockey Draw
    462 14 Malacca Holds Selangor To Hockey Draw (From Our Own Reported) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. IN a thrilling intor-state friendly hockey on the Padang this evening 1 Malacca held Selangor to a draw. A feature of the game was the brilliant goalkeeping of both the custodians. Thiam Hong, the visitors' keeper, was
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    MONEY MARKET
    41 14 Loru'on. Jan WITH the rapid return of currency notes from Christmas circulation hinds available m the money market for lending purposes exceeded requirem Sixty-five millions sterling of Treasury bil's offered were allolt £J ed at wi ul [irregular. Reuter
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    ENGLISH SOCCER & RUGGER
    358 14 ENGLISH SOCCER RUGGER London, Ja THE following arc results o: r tchei played to-day SOUTH "A v Crystal P. I Clapton 0* I. Millwall 1. Watford 1. Norv/ich 1, Charlton 0 u/andoned>. Tottenham vs. Arsenal (postponed' West Kam 4, Southend 0. SOUTH "B Aldcrshot 1, QJP.R. 3. Brighton 3, Brentford
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    53 14 RERUN, Jan. 6.— Forty-two PdJ] of military age, travelling to I land, were taken off the Sw«ii>« steamer Konuns Oskar when ship was stopped m the Baltic sa the- official German News A&eno The Poles were brought to a Germ harbour together wHh the we<]l steamer which is heinf further
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    MR. BELISHA'S STATEMENT ON THE ARMY'S DRASTIC REORGANISATION
    480 15 London, Jan. 6. n[{. Leslie Hore-Belisha, who to-day took leave of the heads of departments at the War Office, ncte for the present to make no statement other than a message to his constituents m which he said: "Whatever task may fall
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    REACTIONS IN BERLIN AND PARIS
    227 15 Amsterdam. Jan. 6. THE resignation of Mr. Hare 1 Belisha has caused tremendous surprise m Germany. According to messages from Berlin the news was greeted with delight m official circles and the press asserted that it should be "an example of dissension and lack of
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    BATTLESHIP REPAIRED
    62 15 London, Jan. 6. IT is learned that the battleship which was struck by a torpedo off the west coast of Scotland on Dec. 18 is being quickly repaired and will soon be -at sea again. The damage done was not serious It is stated that Germany continues to
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    REUTER'S COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    34 15 REUTER'S COMMERCIAL SERVICE NEW YORK Marker Tonp New York, Saturday. I Spot ne iA Dull p onvard Anrii/t N 1,16 b *****5; lme 387/ sb 19s Quiet F OREICN EXCHANGE -ate 404.00 Seilers, -Buyers
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    S.C.C. TENNIS TOURNEY
    224 15 S.C.C. TENNIS TOURNEY npEXXIS enthusiasts will be seen m action once again at the S.C.C. Open Invitation Lawn Tennis tournament which will be held at the Singapore Cricket Club courts during the forthcoming Chinese New Year holidays. The Tournament has been sanctioned by the Lawn Tennis Association of Malaya, and
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    SATURDAY'S RACES
    187 15 FOLLOWING are results 3a*«r- day's races at Penan?, the U.H day of the Xmas.New Year «<«*■. lUve I— MISS LABIS S7 l $13 Wai tn bit $7 Sea Maiden £12 Race 2— RAWANG $15 $7 Fay Out $10 Race 3— JAi)E LADY 522 $0 Prunella $11 Selangor 2nd
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    China's Women Soldiers Are Good Fighters
    640 16 Taiping Sikh Relates Experiences In China Taiping, Saturday. A MNING Taiping Sikh. Dara Singh, who was one of the first A la,,h If Taipi'g vo.unu.rs for the China -M^^ to me to-day some of his thrilling expcr.ences. H had been cha sed and nJchine-gunned
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    £20 Million Treasure Located
    140 16 £20 Million Treasure Located London, Jan. 6. t T HE Cocos Island P*™ I**1 I treasure, believed to be worth H0.000.000 foi- which men 01 ail nations have searched foi c er a century has been ocated Jccoidins to a cable received by ?he Costa Rica Consul m Angles from
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    RUBBER PRICE & SUPPLIES
    364 16 RUBBER PRICE SUPPLIES London. D:c. 12. f>UBBER quotations dwindled last week. That was not surprising, as the advance had been continuous since I Oct. 6. when the spot quotation was t£ S l l6d* p:r pound. The peak level of recsnt weeks was 11 Ilil6d per pound bid on 28th
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    Secrets Of Pact Failure To Be Revealed
    394 16 Secrets Of Pact Failure To Be Revealed London, Dec. 15. BOTH the British and Polish Governments are considering publication of the full story of the events that led to the breakdown o( the Anglo-Franco-Soviet pact negotiations last August, writes a reporier. If they do so there will be sensational revelations
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    FRENCH PATROL BOAT IN COLLISION
    34 16 Ostend, Jan. 7.— The mail steamer. Prince Charles, collided with a Frencn patrol boat off Dunkirk. The patroi boat was seriously damaged. Prince Charles has returned to Ostena. Reuter
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    30 16 Brussels, Jan. 7:— The new Cabin"imet for the first time yesterday, smaller and stronger than the old C net, and is considered to be more UNto act m an .emergency.
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    23 16 London, Jan. 7: The Financial retary to the British War Office is spe«£ ing a few days at British headQiiai 1 m France.
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