Morning Tribune, 11 January 1940

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    11 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE Vo l 4_No. 290. Thurs., Jan. 11, 1940
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    VICEROY MAKES NOTHER APPEAL
    187 1 Bombay, Jan. 10. LakiN(l at a luncheon given here to-day in his honouv. h ithtzow Viceroy of India, made another appeal ♦h°P v.ir'ous parties in India to reach some agreement Llh uu'i'l mPke his task easier in dealing with the En co.K'itut.ynal progress. He pointed out
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    GERMAN AIRMEN ATTACK 4 SHIPS
    108 1 I London. Jan 10. INDER cover of mist, German airmen to-day attacked three small merhantmen, one British and two Danish, imely the Gowrie (British^ 689 tons, he Ivan Koncirup (2.369 ton*" and the eddy (955 Umsi, both Danish. Oiii' was killed by the explosion aboard
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    NEW RECRUITS CALLED UP
    82 1 T HP London, Jan. 10. «E call-up of the first batch of the 22 TW age group beßan to-day. nese men were registered in* Dec emwould hi! wa f stated the cailin 8 U P It tin h n early ln the new y A *r
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    Deathroll Mounts In Turkey
    67 1 NEW .n^, Istanbul, Jan. 10. and avalanches are the d m y la:^ering rescue work in quake lsnckenb y the recent earth wid tod n ack of me <*ical attention, the Shron rvatiGll are addln§ daily to ■ft" ma'rooned 0 111^ 111 S me vUlagM td
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    SHIP ELUDES U-BOATS, MEETS END ON REEF
    105 1 SHIP ELUDES U-BOATS, MEETS END ON REEF London. Jan. 10. IT is learned to-day that the Union Castle liner Rothcsay Castle, 7,000 tons, struck a reef off the west cast of Scotland on last Thursday night and sustained damage. It is feared the liner may break her back. The crew
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    GERMAN ATTACKS REPULSED
    122 1 Paris, Jan. 10. A PALL of thick fog hanging over the Western front has shadowed extensive patrol activity on both sides. Though not going as far as planned raids, these patrols covered a wide range of operations, ind activity wa* particularly marked between the Saar and Moselle
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    FINNSACAIN CUT SOVIET LIFELINE Fighting Stiffens On Sal la Front
    259 1 FINNSACAIN CUT SOVIET LIFELINE Fighting Stiffens On Sal la Front HELSINKI, JAN. I*. HEAVY FIGHTING JS CONTINUING NEAR SALLA, ACCORDING TO REPORTS RECE VED HLIIL. It is underwood that Russian troops to the west of the town are putting up a much stiffer resistance than their comrades dia at Suomussalmi.
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      47 1 On Other Pages World Welcomes Premier's Speech 2 Balkan Entente Conference Motorist Asleep At Wheel Lover's Suicide Pact People Places Shopping Page I leader Page r Women's Page J Cinemas 10 'J Theft Charges }f Sport 13 J* Finance t r 40 Bombs Dropped On Ship I*
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    WORLD WELCOMES PREMIER'S SPEECH
    385 2 FINLAND IS CHEERED London, Jan. 10. MMUMVIDF interest is lu-inij shown in Mr. Chamberlains speech at Mansion lions, wsterday, and his word of confidence tii;tt Britain is ready to lace the trimmer struggle that lies alu :ul has met with warm approval everywhere. I',RIT\I\ London. Jan.
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    AMERICA
    262 2 New York. Jan. 10. Commenting on Mr. Chamberlain', speech, the New York Times says: "Mr. Chamberlain showed plenty of commonsense as well as vision on the .übject of Anglo-French cooperation. "His speech crackled with determination a determination to win the war no matter what the cost. "Nevertheless he was
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    ITALY
    67 2 ITAL Y Home. Jan. 10. Official circles declau that the ecn 1 yjt another proot ol the complete Identity of views between the trench and the British governments. FINLAND HclsinW. Jan. 1(j. u is stated that Finlapa l s deeply (TAbCfiil foi Mr. Chambc-.laii/s words of dilObUltMaent, and his hint,
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    Right Of British Blockade
    421 2 London, Jan. in PRUFKSSOR J. L Briesley. in a broadcast talk, to-day disc the general aspect of the British blockade of German i sports as it affected neutraK. The German violation of the decla*S tion of Paris by the linking >f I allied and neutral merchant
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    Reprisals Scheme Showing Results
    181 2 London, Jan. 19. gMTOm AXIOM reaching official J circles here from all over the world indicate that the effect of British reprisals again&t German exports i\ aiready being felt after the scheme has been in operation onlv »,ne month. Many orders for German gootls <rcm overseas
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    FINLAND'S NEW APPEAL TO WORLD
    227 2 FINLAND'S NEW APPEAL TO WORLD Helsinki, Jan. 10. ANEW appeal to the world against the Russian bombing: of civilian populations was made by President Kullio of Finland when he received representatives of the foreign press at Helsingfors yesterday. President Kallio referred to the excellent air-raid precautions in Finlnni which resulted
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    R.A.F. Flight Over N. W. Germany
    48 2 London, Jan. 10 |T is learned that R.A.F. machines carried out a reconnaissance fligl" over north-western Germany during t night. Security patrols, formed sometim ago to keep watch on German mine--lay ing bases in the Friesan Islaitis, are continuing their activity Reuter
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    BLACK SEA FROZEN
    29 2 Berlin, Jan. 10. A News Agency report from Ms» states that the Black Sea at Odessa a frozen over for the first time for ma years.
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    18 2 London, Jan. 10: Sir William S< British Ambassador in Moscow, arr in London to-day accompanied by La Seeds.
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    Survivors Tell Of Scenes On Mined British Ship
    681 3 London, Jan. 10. Luc uiMii-ton Union Castle liner Dnnbar Castle, outward to the Cape with 200 passengers and crew and sunk south-east coast, was the victim of a Nazi mine. It is believed that all the passengers, numbering about r O t
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    H.L HOPKIN ON THE HORE-BELISHA AFFAIR
    295 3 "Witt Tell His Own Story" ACCORDING to the Tribune's London correspondent, H. L. HOPKIN, Mr. Hore-Belisha will himself tell the full story of his resignation next Tuesday. People in close touch with official circles discount rumours of a quarrel with the generals. (Special Cable
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    New Pact Stops Reds
    91 3 New Pact Stops Reds Ankara, Jan. 10. THE front pages of all Turkish newspapers prominently display the news of the signature of new trade agreements between Britain and France and Turkey. Political circles consider the newly signed agreements constitute a new link considerably strengthening the sincere friendship and close collaboration
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    Balkan Entente Conference
    76 3 Balkan Entente Conference Bucharest, Jan. 10. IT is officially announced in Ku- mania that a meeting ol the Balkan Entente, attended hy the Foreign Ministers of Turkey, Greece, Rumania and Yugoslavia, will be held at Belgrade (Yugoslavia) coimnencing on Feb. 1. The conference is considered in diplomatic circles here lo
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    More Shocks In Turkey
    50 3 Istanbul. Jan. 10. MORE earthquake snooks occurred last night in Western Turkey. No loss of life was reported. Evacuation of injured and other sur* vivors from ether distressed areas in the north continued yesterday and another train carrying 146 critically injured persons arrived at Ankara. Reuter
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    CYPRUS SENDS FIRST BRITISH COLONIAL UNIT TO FRANCE
    499 3 CYPRUS SENDS FIRST BRITISH COLONIAL UNIT TO FRANCE British and French forces, but also among the lower ranks. 4 Anyone at home who feels,'' he continued, "K.!um or fretful about th e War would feel greatly heartened after spending a few hours witn our Army." Reuter Paris, Jan. 9. There
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    Ambulance Unavailable When Urgently Wanted KUALA LUMPUR CRITICISMS
    313 4 Ambulance Unavailable When Urgently Wanted KUALA LUMPUR CRITICISMS (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday. CTRONG criticism at the absence of an accident ambulance in Kuala Lumpur was made by members at this morning's meeting of the Kuala Lumpur Sanitary Board. Mr T. D. Waring said that in ■plte of
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    P. & T. OFFICIALS IGNORE SANITARY BOARD MEMBERS
    127 4 P. T. OFFICIALS IGNORE SANITARY BOARD MEMBERS From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday. THE siting of the telephone boxes which have been installed in various residential areas In Kuala Lumpur recently following some agitation was the butt of crtUdttn at the meeting of the Sanitary Board this morning. Dr.
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    European Motorist Asleep At Wheel
    158 4 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday. PLEADING guilty to a charge of negligent driving Mr. D. MeBride, the, well-known rugby player, was this morning fined 565 or a month's rigorous imprison, ment in default, by Raja Ayoub in the third court. The fine was
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    NO REDUCTION OF PENANG BUSES
    357 4 (From Our Own Reporter) Penang, Wednesday. mo rediu lion in the number of buses to be registered in 1940 will be effected, and the owner of any bus at present registered will be allowed o replace such bus by a new one. This was an
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    Burnt On Face & Chest
    92 4 Burnt On Face Chest Singapore, Thursday. FUND in an extremely shocked condition and covered with multiple injuries in Telok Ayer Street at 11 .53 a.m. yesterday, a male Chinese, when asked how he came by his injuries, said he picked up a bottle containing some hot liquid which exploded when
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    OFFERED FIVE CENTS TO CONSTABLE
    161 4 Singapore, Wednesday. f ONVICTED on a charge of offering a bribe of five cents to a police constable, at River Valley Road yesterday, Quek Yong Hoe, a 26--year-old Teoohew was to-day sentenced to two weeks' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. H. Watson in the Third Police
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    1ST. VICTORY OF THE YEAR
    112 4 1 Loyang. THE first victory of this year in 1 Shanghai was scored by the Chinese troops at the Chaiigtze sector as they killed over 3,000 Japanese in a four-day engagement and repulsed the enemy advance on Hsinwangmiao, south-west of Changtze. Under the cover of
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    WOMEN'S FIGHT DESCRIBED IN COURT
    127 4 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday. A "BATTLE" between two groups of Chinese women rubber tappers armed with tapping knives was described at the Kuala Kubu Bahru Police court when two women, Law Kim and Ong Loh. mother and daughter, were charged with causing
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    LCOVERS' SUICIDE PACT A "SORDID AFFAIR"
    577 5 FOUND DYING BY MAN'S WIFE i Singapore, Wednesday. I AM BatisW that they both took poison with the intention of tkinir their lives," said Mr. W.G. Porter, the Singapore Coroner, -hen he returned a verdict of suicide by caustic soda poisoning at the idusion
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    FINED $15 FOR NEGLIGENT DRIVING
    112 5 FINED $15 FOR NEGLIGENT DRIVING Singapore, Wednesday. LEADING guilty to a charge of negligent driving at Bencoolen trer»i on Dec. 10, Mr. James AnderW ot the 8.M.8.C. was to-day fined Li by Mr. C. H. Whitton in the flffic Court. 4 ft was alleged that while driving his u" along
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    CHANDU OFFENCE
    71 5 I^qapore, Wednesday -Lu Chian mnip mornln ß sentenced to a day's m mpri3criment ai -d a fiiue of ZZ> n default t0 undergo four i x/ l i orous im Prisonment by Mr. o U rt V? C Fal ln th e Criminal District on a charge that
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    EUROPEAN ON HOUSEBREAKING CHARGE
    127 5 EUROPEAN ON HOUSEBREAKING CHARGE Singapore, Wednesday ROBIN Aylmer Elliott, a European (23), who stands charged with housebreaking into the premises of the local branch of the Mercantile Bank Building, Raffles Place, on Dec. 27 at 630 p.m. with intent to commit theft, appeared again this morning in the Criminal District
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    MILITARY AMBULANCE COLLISION
    109 5 MILITARY AMBULANCE COLLISION Singapore, Wednesday. TOUKP guilty on the charge of driving without due regard foi the safety of others, Lt. H. J. How hind, a European officer, was to-day fined 820 or twenty days' simple imprisonment by Mr. C. H. Whitton in the Traffic Court. The prosecution allegea that
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    Snatched . Chain From Woman
    162 5 Snatched Chain From Woman Singapore. Wednesday. QSC, Chai Leong (26), a Hnkkien, pleaded guilty this morning in the second police court before Mr. Conrad Oldham, on a charge of stealing a gold locket and chain valued at $2:], the property of Ng Yock Eng, a woman and alternatively with dishonestly
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    GOVERNOR'S THANKS
    100 5 Singapore, Wednesday. IN a letter to the Editor of the Malaya Tribune? received this morning, H. E. the Governor, Sir Shenton 'HicmaF, writes: "As chairman of the Malaya Patriotic Fund I shall be grateful if you will allow me to express, through your columns, my sincere thanks to
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    America Will Join League, Says Singapore Bishop
    440 6 Singapore, Wednesday. •TW Mm is coming when America will join the Lwwie 01 Nations 1 and will hH,. t- rtrim It and put it on a BOW s,l,d foundatio,,.- Mid tbe Hev. Bfahop Edwin K. IM in his Wkto the bintjapore l:,,!ary Hubthu
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    INDIAN YOUTH GAOLED
    172 6 INDIAN YOUTH GAOLED Singapore, Wednesday. nESCRIBED by the prosecuting officer as an "incorrigible rogue," Abdul Salam bin Syed Dawood, a 21-year-old Indian with right previous convictions, was to- day sentenced by Mr. H. Watson in the Third Police Court to one month's rigorous imprisonment and six strokes of the rotan,
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    WHY JAPANESE BURNT HOSPITAL
    56 6 TsiMKiao. Jail. 10. The alleged adieu of < himii authorities in (iviui "an advantageous petition to Kiieirillas." was i itrd today by an oft'tcial of tlu* J.i|Mii'.m: €ontuUlC'(iraeral here as a rrax;ii for the hunUiif by Japanese troopt» of the liiKli-Jfi Metln-Uist Minion tuwpiUl at rhuchia,
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    People & Places
    768 6 People Places 1 HE ALLY deft lightful programme of music. Shakespeare and dancing: was arranged by Lady Small for her last 'musical morning' befcre leaving Singapore, which took place at her home yesteiday. Over a hundred guests were tliere ....the laigest number to attend the musical mornings since their inauguration,
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    Mystery Of Shanghai Assassins
    116 6 Mystery Of Shanghai Assassins Shanghai, j An u I A STATEMENT issued las, r .i &i I the Municipal Council on the. I tempted assassination of Mi /vl frey Phillips, Municipal v i\retanß reveals that Mr. F u Sia Oen -n^M pet" Mayor of the Great* shanTß hai Municipality, when
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    Gambling Charges
    226 6 Singapore, Wednesday. I A FINE of $400, in default M weeks' rigorous imprisonmenß was the fine imposed on a 38-yeafl old Hokkien, Neo Chin, whenhß was convicted by Mr. H. Watson m the Third Police Court this monß ing on a charge of being the occaß pier of
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    Home To-day From Fraser's Hill
    56 6  - Home To-day F rom Fraser's Hill Vera Ardmore MRS. Kenneth S. Patton rettf* I this morning from Frascr s h I where she has been spending a"" I day with Dato and Datin Wong at Johore Bungalow. I Dato and Datin Won* are returning to-diy by car, after >P B
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      Street-Length Frocks For Pahits
      395 7 rwas not untU we visited Preestige of Capitol Buildings the other day that we realised the full beauty of the new mauves and purplish wine shades Which are to be seen here to Jheir best advantage in a fine collection cf street-length pahit or afternoon frock*.
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      Gay Prints For Daytime Wear
      393 7 Gay Prints For Daytime Wear TOR hard-wearing printed cotton frocks which will face the wash-tub with supreme unconcern, however often they may be immersed, commend us to Prisc.illa's of Eu Court. Her models have without exception that note of chic more often asscciated with afternoon and evening creations and yet
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      43 7 "To look radiantly lovely when your mirror shows pallor and fatigue, just spread my Velva Cream Masque over I your cleansed skin and in 15 1 minutes you will have a look cf radiant I freshness." MAYNARD'S (~j. a O BATTERY ROAD. Cj^/XSl^jL
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    MORNING TRIBUNE Thursday, January 11, 1040. NAZI STRATEGY
    324 8 MORNING TRIBUNE Thursday, January 11, 1040. NAZI STRATEGY |>i';\U)UKS of a German threat to Holland have been la circulation siM<c last. November, but so far that threat has not taken any concrete form. It is now staled u: Amsterdam that new German Army Headquarters have already been established at Reckiinghiaaon.
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    London Jo-Day
    529 8 HI. Hopkin On Listening- In To A Grade Field's Concert For The Troops "Somewhere In France": A Thrill Forj Relatives At Home: Virtual Collapse Of Government j Evacuation Scheme A J Million Mothers And j Children Back Home- Again. i London, Dee. 26. I HAVE mentioned that the
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    An Orchestra Which Cot Lost
    164 8 WONDERFUL woman ll Gracie Fie'ds, a wonderful woman and a great artiste. Don't think that it is any picnic to give concerts behind the line in France in the depth of winter. It was announced last night that a well-known orchestra which .should have appeared
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    U-Boat Said Sunk
    58 8 Rio de Janeiro, Jan. 16. THE U-boat which attacked the steamer Highland Patriot yesterday is reported to have baen sunk after a twohour fight, according to the newspaper O. Globo, which says that its information was supplied by members of the Highland Patriot's crew. The British Embassy
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    31 8 Copenhagen, Jan. 10. IT Is officially announced that an unidentified plane dropped two bombs on the Danish island of Romoe yesterday. No damage was done and no casualties are reported. Reuter
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    Evacuation Could Not Possibly Work
    156 8 Evacuation Could Not Possibly Work SAID Dr. Edith Summerskill, M.P, in a statement on the matter: "The scheme could not possib'y work. It is obviously unfair to expect women to open their homes and keep other people's children in them for three or four years. We need a new scheme,
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    Columbus Crew's Fate
    109 8 New York, Jan. 10. OVER 400 members of the crew of the scuttled German liner Oolumbus wno are of military age wiil be releas ea from Ellis Island an Sunday, according to the New York Herald- Tribune, ana taken under guard to San Francisco and other Pacific
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    KITCHEN CUTLERY
    1073 9 FOE OUR WOMEN READERS. plays an important part; see therefore, that yours is well chosen and well cared for. s the feitdMO there is always something io be cut, sliced, pared or inced cutlery, therefore, becomes pong the most valuable of ones fchen equipment. In spite of this,
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    FAILED TO WAIT
    73 10 Singapore, Wednesday R w P van Pedkel, of the N.T.C Bank' was to-day fined $3 or one day's Simple hnrni S n^m by n Mr C H Whitt in iniitv t fflo u° Urt when h P lea ded feuilty to a charge of failing to wait
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    America's Super Dreadnoughts
    235 10 America's Super Dreadnoughts Washington, Jar. 9. ADMIRAL Stark, addressing the House of Representatives Naval Committee. revea-'ed that the two battleships w which President Roosevelt last v.w asked initial funds will be "practicaLJ sister ships of the fcvo '4s,ooo-tor. -w for which Congress in 1990 voted fmw with which to begin
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    32 10 Shanghai Jan. It is learned from normal! liable sources that Japanese ing activities along: Yunnan of the French Hanoi-Kunnn^ way are so serious that the be interrupted for a consul period.- Reuter
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      238 10 s Thrills! Action A jQJjjf& Grand Dramatic d&SHTJT Story of a Great i 1 TO-NIGHT < AIMTOL 6.15 9.15 SEE a handful of BRITISHERS Save a Colonial Outpost irojn a murderous Onslaught! See The attempts of German Agents foiled! Villages Mown Sky Hi^h.' See Thousands of Natives in hand- to-hand
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      90 10 GRAND, ENTHRALLING TjVLE OF ADVENTURE IN Til? NORTHLAND LAST NICHT 6.15 9.15 PAVILION SUN TALKIE I 7.30 TO-NIGHT 9.30 H SHIRLEY TEMPLE in •OTTfj: >iissH «W4»\im\v EMPIRE TALKIE I 7 P.M. TO-NIGHT 9.30 P.M. H 'CAPTAIN BLOOD' ERROL FLYNN I Ik HUMAN! LOVABLE! I; IF YOltft HEART WENT OUT TO
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    NEW R.A.F. COMMAND CREATED IN FRANCE
    244 11 London, Jan. 10. IT is officially announced that an Air Force Command to include all I uni(s o| the Air Fore* in France will be formed. It will be donated tne k Krili Air Force in France and wil b und *r h" -nrnmand
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    Commanded From Home
    140 11 I The new Air Command will not be Binder the control of Gen. Ix>rd Gort, Commanding the British troops in ■"ranee, but will be responsible to the m\: staffs at Home. I This War Cabinet decision to create m new Command was announced from ■0 Downing Street,
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    ALLEGED CHEATING
    315 11 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday. ALLE(i\iIONS that two Chinese n borrowed $20 from an under- 1 taker on the pretext that the money was needed to buij a man, who, it was later discovered, died two years ago, were made yesterday in the First Magistrate's Court.
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    BGBBY BREEN AT THE ALHAMBRA
    233 11 a^^^A,^^. BRINGING to the screen a segment I> 1 of lit* in the pre-Cml War era in Louisiana a condition little known to present-day audiences— "Way Down South," with Bobby Breen in the leading role, opened at the Alhambra Theatre last night. It can be
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    "The Sun Never Sets" At The Capitol
    203 11 XIERE'S a real thriller-in "The 11 Sun Never SeW at the Capitol. No petty crime in this, but a worldshaking plot, with a mystery radio, revolt, sabotage, dynamite, heroic sacrifice and heroic love. No smart detectives— only a few British colonial officers who
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    FINED $10 FOR CARRYING LETTERS
    97 11 Singapore, .Vtdnesday. WONG CHBONO. aged M years, was to-day rined $10 or In default tc undent- 10 days' rigoroui Impris* nment by Mr. Kenneth M Byrne. Fourth Mafcisti :ite, en a charge of convt /in;2 41 let ers iiom Hongkong to Singap m r..*t».ad "t
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    Theft Charges Against Man And Boy
    210 12 Singapore, Wednesday. TAN Oh Quee and a 12-year-old juvenile. Kau Kia, claimed trial on tiim Chanel of housebreaking preferred against them in the Criminal District Court before Mr. J. L. McFall this morning. Chfef Court bisptettr Krm«st 11 Vunn. appeared for the prosecution The
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    SOCIAL GOLF MATCH
    239 13 SOCIAL GOLF MATCH i ,t;uting times for the so--1 between Sepoy Lines KunTciub to be played at the on Sunday morning Jan. ollows (Players are to tee m "botHhe first and tenth tees Ji schedule. The course will to non-participants between am and 9.30 a.m. Players of ititinu U am
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    M.C.A. HOCKEY
    106 13 following have been selected to ■ockey for the Y.M.C.A. against on Friday. Jan. 12 at 5.10 p.m. Anson Road Ground: V. N. A C Wilton, A.C. Edgar; Goh ■%e, G.L. Day. F. Hutchinson; ■ee Tian. Mok Kim, Lee Fong Lim, ■aMaun, 1.8. Suratta. Reserves: ■Ching r. Lawerence. Umpire:
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    MANCHESTERS TROUNCED IN PADANG HOCKEY
    568 13 Recs Register 6-1 Victory S.R.C 6; Manchester Regt 1. riELDIMG their full side, the Singapore Recreation Club scored a runaway victory over the Manchester Regiment yesterday afternoon on the S.R.C. ground by six goals to one. The home forwards combined well and were attackers almost
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    PLAYFAIR PARTY
    81 13 At the seventh annual general meeting of the Play fair Badminton Party the following were elected officebearers of the Party for the year 1940: President, Mr. Lim Ah Chiang; VicePresident, Mr. Low Seah Liang; Hon. Secretary, Mr. Leow Kim Lee; Hon. Treasurer, Mr. Lim Lian Seng; Hon. Auditor,
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      40 13 Sports Diary TO-DAY HOCKEY: S.C.R.C. vs. S.C.C, S.C.C Colts vs. Y.M.C.A. Juniors, I Y.M.C.A. J Tide Table TO-DAY High Water: 00.14 A.M. 9. 1 ft. 11.27 P.M. 9.9 ft TO-MORROW High Water: 00.44 A.M. 9.1 ft. 12.01 P.M. 9.9 ft.
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    YEAR'S LOCAL BOXING UNDER REVIEW
    637 14 21 PROFESSIONAL CARDS DOXING activities for the year 1939 were successfully crowned by the B last promotion, when Young Frisco and Mohamed Fahrny fought one of the most thrilling and memorable battles yet witnessed in any Malayan ring. It was a fitting finale to the
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    PERAK RACE ENTRIES
    288 14 PERAK RACE ENTRIES (From Our Own Importer) Ipoh. Jan, Id. EM Hits for the Perak Turf Club i racrs commencing on Jan. 20:PONIES. CLASS ONE Aimam. Applewood, Bu. Dancing Foam, Empress, Funny Lad, Inventor, Kussm. Cup, Lisheen, Mallanuit, Murray Court, Night-shade, Pratique. Phariol, Pinafore, Pymble. QuLs*ana, Shoot Up, St. Charles,
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    FORDS XI WIN 8-1
    43 14 The Ford Motor Company soccer team trounced the Harper and Gilfillau team by eight goals to one in a return encounter played yesterday afternoon at the Municipal Recreation Ground at Lorong 12 Gaylang Road. Mr. Neo Eng Bee refereed
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    CHINA WAR RELIEF
    57 14 Chungking —The West China Coordinating Commits which is handling nmds raised in America for the China war relief, has distributed $225,726 from June 8 to Novrmber 17, 3939. A larg^ part of the fund is designated for airraid relief work. Sums ar* n!so handed out for the
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    MALAYAN CHAMPION! JOCKEY SUSPENDED
    234 14 (From Our Own Reporter) Penang, Wednesday. FOLLOWING a meeting of the Straits Racing Association held on Sunday in Penang, J. Donnelly, the champion Malayan jockey, had his licence suspended until Jan. 31, 1940, when his current licence for 1939 will expire. Donnelly has been asked, at
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    Weekend Yachting
    98 14 QN Friday, Jan. 12, there will be the usual afternoon races for all classes, starting at 5.25 p.m., at the Royal Singapore Yacht Club. On Sunday, Jan. 14, the "C" Class v. ill sail the second race for lenge Cup, starting at 9.50 1 a 0 The "A"
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    LATEST S.R.A. LIST
    157 14 LATEST S.R.A. LIST Singapore, W I THE following is a list of cla and transfers just issued B Straits Racing Association:— HORSES. I TRANSFERS:— H FROM CLASS 3 TO CLASS 2 I Esquire. H FROM CLASS 4 TO CLASS 3 -Jaflß Lady, Lay Off. Resistance. Sacrifice FROM CLASSY 3 TO
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    MIDSEA TRAGEDY
    101 14 (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh, Wednesday A YOUNG Malay has been appr hended by the police in vw nection with the death ot uncle, who was reported to na been stabbed on the chest It appears that the two were i a Fishing party, catching fish Sungei Kurau.
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      104 14 PUBLIC NOTICES KUCHAI TIN, LIMITED. (Incorporated in the Stiaits Settlements) DIVIDEND NO. 15. NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN that a »d Interim Dividend at the rate of 0 per cent, has been declared on- account of the year ending 30th September, 1940, and will bo paid to Shareholders on tho Resistor
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      14 15 I New York. Tuesday. Firm A^lJune 19 116 19 5116 50', Sated
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      FOREICN EXCHANGE
      41 15 London. Wednesday. n indon on Paris 176.50* 176.75** don on Amsterdam 7.52* 7.57** •London on Shanghai 5 1116 •London iiii Hongkong Is. 2 3132d r m on Japan Is. 2£32d. ndononNtw York 4.02»/2to 4 03 l b Sellers Buyers
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      18 15 I London. Wednesday. er Spol 22 Forward 21 15 13 I GOLD. Fine per oz. £8.8.0
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      LONDON SHARE LIST
      95 15 I London. Wednesday. it!: 67 Biop Rubber 29/0 Beral Electric 74/10 V2 Benal Chemical Industries 30/1 1 /2 Aerial Tobacco 117/6 Bio Dutch 26/3 Radian Pacific l l 2 Bdon Tin 4/6 Bber PI. In. Trust 34/6 ■f-- i/ioy 2 Br Hitams 25/Bthern Kintas "15/6 Bangs 17/6
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      LONDON TIN
      24 15 I London. Wednesday. h 'Official Price; £248 5116 Buyers van mm ■,r> £2481/ 2 SeUets *ard (Official Price) £2*6% Buyers £247 Seller*
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      16 15 London, Wednesday. t kel Tonf Steady ftßgitt b "»ii6. U 7 8 b 1115|16s
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    SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTION
    159 15 Singapore. Wednesday. The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1468th meeting to-day, when of 1.581,404 lbs j (705.98 tons> catalogued, 900 452 lbs < 401. 98 Ums) were offered and 460 08 > lbs (^05.39 tons i > sold. London— Spot 11 13 16d. New
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    Fraser's DaHy Report
    202 15 Singapore. Wednesday. JJEAVY buying of Industrials was the feature In the market to-day although tins and rubbers were by no means negAlexandra Brick Ordinaries were bid for at $2.10. Gammons were bid for at $2.27^2 and business was done in Mala>an Collieries at $3.42 with sellers nov
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    PRODUCE
    62 15 •London, Wednesday. Palm Oil (Malay) In bulk uigjbept. S'ment Not given Copra (Straits F.M.S.) September S'ment. Not Quoted Sago Flour (Sarawak *an/Feb. S'ment. 21/- Sellers Tapioca, Seed Pearl, Ist Quality (Singapore) January S'ment. 32/- Sellers Pepper (FAQ) White Muntok Dec 1 Jan. S'ment. 4% Sellers Pepper (FAQ) Black fcampong
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    Magistrate On Soil Erosion Danger
    234 15 (From Our Own Reporter) Balik Pulau, Wednesday. IN imposing a fine of $75 on an elderly Chinese named Chong Man. a landed proprietor of Penara Bukit Hill, who was summoned to appoar at the Police Court, Balik Pulau, yesterday, on a charge of weeding about
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    Attacks On Churches
    78 15 London, Jan. 10. ACCORDING to the Vatican radio the Gestapo has dissolved and prohibited two Roman Catholic Women's organisations in Germany The funds of the Central office of one of these organisations at Dues seidorf have been confiscated. The Vatican radio furthermore reports that by a decree
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    Love Plays Hie Strangest Tricks
    186 15 Love Plays Hie Strangest Tricks London, Dec. 23. jyjAHGARKTTA STEFFEN, a pretty twenty-four-year-old Swiss girl, in a train between Sandown and Ventnor, Isle of Wight, showed a woman a photograph she had taken of a fort on the island. On the back, in German, was a word meaning fortress. In
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      19 15 I RANCI^S AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE I WORLD I on British~h^ance Co., Ltd. 1 T^ 5526 J^^^ 2, Finlayson Green.
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      106 15 NEDERLANDSCHE HANDELMAATSCHAPPIJ, N. V. Established by Royal Charter A.D. 1821 Incorporated in the Netherlands. (Netherlands Trading Society) BANKERS AMSTEKi> M Paid Up Capital f. 40.030 000Reserve Fund 10,500,00.London Correspondents NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK LIMITED. Head Office: j AMSTERDAM Branches: Holland:— Rotterdam, The Hague, and 64 branches and sub-branches at smaller places
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      76 15 Safeguard. YOUR VALUABLES Our Strong Rooms are your Protection. It Is Impossible tor an Individual to provide for his valued possessions the safety that Is afforded by our vaults where we have safe boxes of various sizes for nire at moderate rates. HIRERS themselves hold the KEYS and ONLY THEY
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    German Planes Waste 40 Bombs In Attack On British Vessel
    110 16 Machineguns Also Used Without Any Effect LONDON, JAN. 1«. 'PWO GERMAN BOMBERS WHICH ATTACKED BRITISH SHIPPING OFF THE EAST COAST YESTERDAY, AIMED 40 BOMBS AT THE BRITISH STEAMER NORTHWOOD, 1.146 TONS, BUT ALL MISSED THE MARK. There were no casualties
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    More Help For Finns
    144 16 Geneva, Jan. 10. REPLYING to the League Assembly's appeal for assistance lor Finland. the Australian Minister for External Affairs says that the Commonwealth Government is prepared to render such assistance as is practicable. It hat decided to donate £10,000 Australian pounds to the Finnish Government foi
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    Countess Of Athlone
    21 16 London, Jan. 10: The OMtntesft of Afthlone hiu> Uhmi appointee! com-mandei'-in-chief of the women's iians-| port services. Reuter
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    17 16 London, Jan. IU. According to the passenger*, the Dunbar Castle was ml an outward bound tonvoj Reuter
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    HUNGARY WILL "WORK FOR PEACE"
    157 16 Rome. Jan. 10. i REPORT fnun Budapest that Count Csaky (Hungarian Foreign Minister) is flying to Rome to-day to confer again with Count Ciano and probably 11 Duce has convinced political observers here that definite proposals must have betn submitted by the Italian Foreign Minis
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    Brother Of S'pore Woman Shot In Shanghai
    85 16 Brother Of S' pore Woman Shot In Shanghai Shanghai. Jan. 10. niJNCAN CRANK aged 21, a Probationary sergeant in the municipal Police, is lying in hospital suffering from a serious gunshot wound on the chest, received while trying to settle a quarrel at the General Post Office to-day. One man
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    TROOP COMFORT MOVEMENT
    65 16 TROOP COMFOR T MOVEMENT Chungking. A NATIONWIDE troop comfort moven ment will be launched by the National Association fof the Comfort of Troops on February 10, the third day of the first moon according to the defunct lunar calendar. It is held that money for the purcl as t of
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    News In Romanised Malay
    697 16 News In Romanised Malay Singapore, Wetfne^^B TUAN Perdana Meti'eri Chamberlain trfefc J beri suatu uchapan yang dl-siai-kin radio dart London sa-malam. 1 .;mi u*!2M itu >a telah berkata bahawa tahun l^o akan Jadi tahun yang sa-habis t*-sa' m^^B oya dan kesan-nye daiam chertera tn!l duniH. Tahun tut telah muUi <w-.?
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    Centenary Of Stamps
    36 16 London. Jan. 10: The Post m /J General announced to-day that proceed with the proposal to 1 sM: the Army a special series of VtjM itanip^ to commemorate the ce*.**^ of stamps. Reuter
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    Olympiad Secretary Deal
    26 16 Lausanne, Jan. 10: The i 1 red to-day of M. Andre Beww^j ictary of the International committee, at the age of o&- Reuter
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