Morning Tribune, 24 January 1940

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    Masthead
    9 1 The Morning Tribune v, No 301, Wed., Jan. 24,^940.
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    NAVY'S OIL POSITION SATISFACTORY
    154 1 NAVY'S OIL POSITION SATISFACTORY London, Jan. 23. S rrilt Director of Supplies for the 1 Admiralty, Mr. W. J. Jick, to.dav declared that the position J s M regards the Navy's oil and fuel was eminently satisfactory. s No Admiralty tanker had been > lost and there were comparatively few
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    JINNAH REPLIES TO GANDHI
    149 1 JINNAH REPLIES TO GANDHI New Delhi. Jan. 23. I j' I President of the All-India Muslim League, Mr. Jinnali, I to-day declared that the British Government must not yield to I threats and coercion by one I party. H He wa^ referring to Mr. Gandhi's H statement that the Viceroy's
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    TERRIBLE GERMAN PERSECUTION OF CATHOLICS, POLES
    308 1 Revelations By Priest London, Jan. 23. ]HE broadcast from the Vatican Wireless Station yesterday denouncing the German atrocities in Poland has been followed to-day oy the publication of a long report, giving detailed accounts of the persecution. The report was submitted to the Primate
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    M. P. 's Discuss Kilts
    105 1 London, Jan. 23 THE controversy over the withdrawn use of the kilt by Scottish raiments reached the floor of the Commona today when the Secretary of War. Mr. Stanley, questioned, replied that for technical rea^ns largely connected with the potfible iim of gai by the
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    Paderewski Heads Polish Council
    183 1 Paderewski Heads Polish Council N Paris, Jan. 23. i l M. JAN PADEREWSKI, the fam- ous pianist, former Prime Minister of Poland, was to-day < elected Pres.-ent of the National i t Council of he Polish Republic, which held its first meeting at the Polish Embassy in Paris to- jLr
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    FORMER SWEDISH PREMIER'S ESCAPE
    80 1 FORMER SWEDISH PREMIER'S ESCAPE Copenhagen, Jan 23 During a recent visit to Finland the former Swedish Prime Minister M. Sandier had a narrow escape when aW struck the air raid shelter in which he jifrevealed by the National Tidende says that M Sandier Uk* cover with a number of other
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    NO MORE SECRET SESSIONS WANTED
    43 1 London. Jail. 23. The Frime Minister, in a Commons reply to-day, .said that he was not aware that any desire for a iurther secret :«ssion existed, and he was not I prepared to make arrangements for one- B.O.W.
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    26 1 Bucharest. Jan. 23 M Nicola« Titulesco, the former Foreign Minister, has begun divorce proceedings against his wn P Katnerme un grounds of insult*: and cruelty Reuter
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    Japanese Demonstrate At British Embassy
    1039 1 TOKYO, JAN. 23. A HUNDRED PEOPLE TO-DAY DEMONSTRATED IN FRONT OF THE BRITISH EMBASSY AGAINST THE STOPPING OF r HE ASAMA MARU. Embassy gates were locked and heavily guarded J Police allowed a crowd to elect a deputation who entered the ith a resolution demanding
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      41 1 O ii Other P«gM War \t Sea Flfhtini In Finland Singspoje Court Mutti.iJ Women's Pi j* Loader Page J Cinemas 1 ■> <^ *J Iiim -i t Appeal Dismissed Woman Street Death Sport M l J Singapore Assi2fs Jl righting Nazi Cowardice 1*
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    Neutral Ships Sunk Without Warning
    317 2 LOSSES IN WAR AT SEA SINKING'S due to enemy action for the last eight days from Jan. to midnight Jan 21 1940, were comprised of four British ships of 23,843 tons, and 11 neutral ships of 35,245 tons. The British ships sunk were:— Th? tanker
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    GERMAN NAVY AT WORK
    55 2 Berlin, Jan. 23. A communique says that the German j I Navy, hi rece-ru uvt?k.s, has bten ccn- l ducting :.Mcce.Shiul men hunt warfare in r the NoitL Seu tln> Baltic and the Atlanlic I Crtrma»i mil it» weepers and patrol I boat, s «ue continuine:
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    Graf Spee's Crew Were Not 'Seamen'
    412 2 Stockholm, Jan. 23. There is little official information about the Salla fighting but it Ibelieved the Finns are steadll> driving the Russians back. The Russians aro believed to have organised a fresh air base In this area and the attaclt on Port Oulu yesterday
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      206 2 Beginning toj Feel your Age? You need court© of 4 •HYLIOSAN tablets to recharge you with vital force, strengthen your heart and nerves, revitalize your blood, rejuvenate your arteries, and correct your blood pressure. (Doctors not only prescribe Phyllosan tablets but take them themselves. They know that Phyllosan tablets are
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    Death Of Switzerland's Former President
    255 2 Berne, Jan. 23. THE death fc announced ol Switzerland^ the League was 'trying to wed fire and water."— Reuter. Giuseppe lfotta. four times President of the Swiss Confederation, made a name for himself in Europe as a skilful and trusted inventor of compromises In 1920
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    RAWALPINDI MEN IN GERMANY
    129 2 Londou, Jan. 23. rE Admiralty last night issued the names of two officers and :.J ratings of H.M.S, Rawalpindi who ace prisoners of war in Germany. It will be recalled that the Rawal- pindi, a P. O. liner which had been j converted into an armed
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    Italians Arrive
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    London Blackout Very Effective
    200 3 London Blackout Very Effective London, Jan. 23. N UOME OFFICE experts, basing 11 their views on information re. r „,v from six chril pilots who SvTbeen making nights over S ondon after dark regular* since the outbreak of war, state that s the blackoMt is so effective as to S
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    IN DEFENCE OF MR. CHURCHILL
    117 3 IN DEFENCE OF MR. CHURCHILL Paris, Jan. 23 bERTINAX, writing in LOrdre, 1 takes neutral countries to task for their attitude towards Mr. Churchill's broadcast. Ke says that the speech has in no wy lent iUseii to the interpretation k'iven it in certain quarters abroad. "Mr. Chin chill did not
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    Allies Worry The Soviets
    114 3 AJosmw. Jan. 23. IMPRESSIVE Allied troop concen--1 trations" In Egypt, Palestine and form the subject of an article •m the Soviet General Staff organ, Star, which says that such confjtratfoa should not be underfed in pitting: pressure on rtential enemies oi the AngioMeiuh bloc in the
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    16 3 unawa, Jd.ll. co. -madian Government has voted < of $100,000 to enable Finland! obtain Canadian foodstuffs- Reuter
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    Further Red Retreat
    95 3 It \t reported from the Saila ;ront that the Russians are moving back ineir heavy material and troops to a spot which is 18 miles south eait of Maerkijaervi. It was at Maerkijaervi that the Russians retreated when they were driven back 30 miles by the Finns
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    DESPERATE FIGHTING IN FINLAND AS THE SOVIETS LAUNCH NEW ONSLAUGHTS
    681 3 FINNS' SUPPLIES VERY LOW London. lan. 2l>. THE Russians have launched a big new offensive. Intense artillery bombardment has been inflicted on the Mannerheim Line, and attacks on the flank of the Finns on the south shores of Lake Ladoga
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    FINNS RESIST DESPERATELY
    88 3 Helsinki. Jan. 28. j Amid rocks and thick forest north of 'Lake Ladoga, the Finns ar e desperately lepulslng the repeated Russian onslaughts along a 'front of over 50 miles, employing tactics used at Suomussalmi and elsewhere They adopt the method by which Hannibal defeated the Romans
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    Italian Sympathy With Finns
    72 3 An Italian volunteer in the new Foreign Legion now in Finland had travelled through Germany. He had told inquiring Nazi officials that he was on his way to winter spoio. The attack on Hiland was a great mistake for the Bolshevists, he said on his arrival
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    Foreign Legion
    49 3 Helsinki. Jan. 23. Nearly a dozen nations are represented in the Foreign Legion now organised and ready to proceed to the front. Its present strength is about a battalion &ut reinforcements are expected soon. Foreign volunteers piloted the planes which bombed Kronstadt and Soviet bases in Esthonia.-
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    Red Warships Damaged
    99 3 Several Soviet warships are reported to have been badly damaged during a Finnish air raid on Kronstadt, the main Russian naval base. The warships at Kronstadt are completely icebound Reuter Helsinki, Jan. 23. l ATEST Finnish communique re- ports further defeats of the Russians. Over 1,000 Russians
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    NAVAL ENGINEER TO BE "SEVERELY REPRIMANDED" Found Guilty By Court Martial
    1082 4 NAVAL ENGINEER TO BE "SEVERELY REPRIMANDED" Found Guilty By Court Martial SINGAPORE, TUESDAY. ARRAIGNED ON A CHARGE OF MISCONDUCT BY PREPARING A A DOCUMENT CONTAINING STATISTICS OF THE NUMBERS OF THE ENGINE ROOM DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL LOST IN THE SINKING OF THE H. M. S. "COURAGEOUS DRAWN UP IN SUCH A
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    Alleged Stabbing On Ship
    87 4 Singapore, Tuesday. A CHARGE of voluntarily causm« uirt to Richard Daly with a pocke' -knife was explained to-diy to Boris Evanoff, a 54-year-old Russian, in the Fourth Police Court. Evfcnort is alleged to have stabbed Daly twice in tho rbdomen at 7 pjn. yostejdav, aboard a
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    People & Places
    330 4  - People Places VERA ARDMORE s j ..^W fty KNITTING needles clicked and tt conversation murmured like a J gently running brook at Madame s Pingaud's home Wf*iJjofaklsA yesterday morning v£ \1 the newly form- a <*wm T j^Ajjii ed knitting mor- a- Jp\ /fi nings was held. s^^?VV^^ These knitting
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    THEFT CHARGE AGAINST WOMAN
    127 4 THEFT CHARGE AGAINST WOMAN Singapore, Tuesday. A:2ti-YEAR-OLD woman named Siu Kok Una was to-day charged with theft of a pair of gold bracelets, valued at $160, a pair of jade ruff links, valued at $28, and a gold chain and locket valued at $32. the property of Kwek Kei Chit,
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    Feminine Fashions At The Rugger
    183 4 FEMININE spectators at the rugger f matches seem to be increasing in numbers instead of decreasing now that the season is almost ended. At the "Seven-a-side" matches at the Cricket Club padang on Monday there was a good roll up. Noticed Miss Phyllis MacFarlane looking
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    New Steps At Raffles Ballroom
    248 4 New Steps At Raffles Ballroom NEW steps were aired at Raffles Ballroom on Monday night by two "jirterbugs" who attracted so much attention they might have staged a successful m floor show by them 74$ selves. Af\ Amomj the dancers %^W who enjoyed the rx- _^<^ /**s"jv^ rcllcnt music were
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    APPLICATION FOR RENT INCREASE FROM $40 TO $80
    162 4 APPLICATION FOR RENT INCREASE FROM $40 TO $80 Singapore, Tuesday. OTATING that the Board would in. sped the premises themaelve* in Older to say whether the increa of rent applied for would 1* justified or not, Mr. G. L. Howe, chairman of the Rent Assessment Board adjourn^ ed one of
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    MALAY CHARGED WITH HOUSEBREAKING
    83 4 Singapore, Tuesday AHMAT bin Bacha claimed trial this morning in the Criminal District Court before Mr. J. L. McFall -V a charge that between Dec. 28 and Jan. 5. at 12-B. Kim Keat Road; he committed housebreaking by day and took a pair of gold bangles
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    Musicians Play For The Sailors
    235 4 Musicians Play For The Sailors OFFICERS and men at H.M. Naval Base had a thoroughly delightful evening on Monday when Mr. Alex Bershadsky took R **«s/• his entire orchestra rr*\^ *t% to the canteen and f entertained them !^K^L^& with a concert of t*'\mU^a£ls. P°P ular anc! clllVji rff-^V* t
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    MORNING TRIBUNE
    328 6 Wednesday, January 24, 1940. j POWERFUL LEVER WITH two more days to go before the expiration of the Amorican^Japanese Treaty of Commerce and Navigation, there U still no indication of any willIffgMtofl on the part of the United States Government to enter into a new agreement. This aloofness
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    London
    454 6 London, Jan. 6. THERE was sensational news this morning— the news that Mr. Hore-Belisha !iad resigned his post as Minister of War and had declined the Presidency of the Board of Trade, a post outside the Cabinet. But that is old news to you now, and I shall not
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    H.L.Hopkin
    107 6 On j Resignation Of Mr.: jHore-Belisha: Willj jNot Stay Shelvedtj j Lunch With The Sultan: JA Meeting With Mrs.: ["Beck" Meyer: Thej Difficulties Of War-time I Travel: Tea Dance At j Grosvenor House. j for the future. Travel in wartime i«* i difficult, so that even if the Sultan's
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    Sarawak Ruler Deprives Raja Muda Of Title
    263 6 Sarawak Ruler Deprives Raja Muda Of Title APPOINTED Raja Muda of Sarawak last March, Mr. Anthony I Walter Dayrell Brooke is deprived of that title by a proclama- I tion issued by Sir Charles Vyner Brooke and published in a Govern- I ment Gazette Extraordinary. The proclamation appears under the
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    To-Day
    302 6 mates come alike to him H^ .> >■■ hl I greetings to friends in Ma I I I\URING the afternoon I met an I resident of Grosvenor House who is I well-known to you in Malaya Un I "Becky" Meyer, widow of Mr j a(^ I Meyer, of the
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    MORNING TRIBUNE FILM FANFARE
    945 7 MORNING TRIBUNE FILM FANFARE ■JL- DARRYL ZANUCK LEADS WAY WITH 40 PER CENT CUT r III AD" if An HJHJHJ üble-dare you to listen to Alice all-over laugh- and still remcmber what you were worrying Nominated for the best een diction award: Anna beagle, is it because of his small
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    STUNT MAN "ROLLS OVER" ARMY TANK
    216 7 e s VAKI>IA (a mitt, famous j motion picture stunt man, i has been railed <>;'. to do mast I every dangerous trick known to iirink.ud during his 15 years in Z jj Hollywood, but Republic Studios I found a new one for him
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  • Music Plays Big Part In Week's Pictures
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      The Cathay They Shall Have Music
      424 8 The Cathay They Shall Have Music CAMUEL OOLDWYNS new offering, They Shall Have Music" which opens at the Cathay, combines the settinK of "Dead End" and the peerless viohn playing of Jascha Heifetz— which may strike you as a curious Juxtaposition. But th e picture, thanks to the Goldwyn touch,
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      Pavilion L'Alibi
      207 8 Pavilion L'Alibi s su ■■■■■■•■■■■•■■■■■■■■■■■■■••■■■■■■■■>«• FOLLOWING upon the great success achieved by the French film, "L'n CARNET DE BAL," screened recently at The Pavilion Theatre, w e now bring to Singapore audiences another masterpiece of French cinema craft, "L' ALIBI,' is the title of the forthcoming production, which has been
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      Alhambra Elizabeth & Essex
      294 8 Alhambra Elizabeth Essex IMaMa< a "THE Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex," the new Warner Bros Technicofour production starring Bette Davis and Errol Flynn has its first local showing soon at the Alhambra, carrying to still greater heights their parade of new show season hits which has included such memorable
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      218 10 OPENING L Va P|TOL TO-DAY V-Arl lUL A craml thrilling Adventure Story set W a Background of Rousing Songs Inspiring Music! "SWEETHEARTS" A^ I 1 f ROUSING SONG B I EXCITING ADVEN i i TURES OF A "SING- W I 1 i ING ROBIN HOOD"' MIF I Mj Nelson Eddy
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    JUDGE DISMISSES INSPECTORS APPEAL
    513 11 STRUCK TAXI-DRIVER DURING QUESTIONING Singapore, Tuesday. UQ] DING the view that the points brought forward in the appeal H mugt have been taken into consideration by the learned Magis- ate his lordship Mr. Justice Manning dismissed the appeal of Pnspecjbrahim bin Omar when it was heard
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    PRISON ON D. R. S. P. CHARGE
    194 11 PRISON ON D. R. S. P. CHARGE Singapore, Tuesday. T\\ \n QtEE and Ng Kan Kia apI pcared before Mr. J. L. McFali in the Criminal District Court this morning on three charges of housebreaking. Court Inspector F. Patton informed Mr McFali that he would offer no evidence against the
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    DEATH OF MRS. NG PAK TONG
    82 11 DEATH OF MRS. NG PAK TONG (From Our Own Reporter) Johore, Tuesday. THE death took place at 29 18 Jalan Sultan, Segamat, on Sunday, of Mrs. ak Tong, at the age of 56. The takes place to-morrow, Wednesda y< at 2 p.m. was the mother of ten sons, eluding Mr.
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    Rotan For Robbing Sister
    114 11 Rotan For Robbing Sister Singapore, Tuesday. I PIFTEEK- YEAR -OLD Loh Kwai J Kai, who last week pleaded guilty to theft of jewellery belonging to his sister, was to-day sentenced to four strokes of the rot an by Mr. It. Watson in the Third Police Court. It was alleged that
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    London Stage Star Makes Screen Debut
    108 11 HJHJ DEREK OLDHAM, the popular London theatre star, sings a number oi delightful songs nY "The Broken Rosary,' which opened at the Pavilion last night. The star makes his screen debut in this film, which gives him an opportunity of singing a number of
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    U-Boat Sinks Greek Ship
    133 11 London, Jan. 23. A GREEK steamer of 5,000 tons has been sunk by a (ierman submarine. ISO iriftr* off the Portuguese coast. Six of the crew were killed and two others were rescued by an Italian steamer. Two Portuguese naval vessels are srajrchine for a lifeboat
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    EARRINGS TORN OFF WOMAN
    174 11 EARRINGS TORN OFF WOMAN Singapore, Tuesday SIX strokes of Lne rotan in addition to a prwon sentence oi three week>' hard labour T/as the sentence passed th:morning on Leong Toh, a young wel'buili Ca!it( nese snatch-thief, who pleaded guilty before Mr. H. Watson hi the Third Policr Court to a
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    Local Court Shorts
    196 11 i Sinrrapore, Tuesday WONG Tuck claimed trial this morii in* rh the Criminal District Court b fore Mr J. L. McFall, on a char^<' that or. Jan. 21, at POton^ Pasir, ne .had in his possession 12 taiuls or opium. o On the application of Mr. C.
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    Woman's Street Death: Coroner's Verdict
    143 12 Singapore, Tuesday. "THESE is no evidence which would justify taking any proceedings against the motor-cyclist in connection with the circumstance of deceased's death," remarked Mr. W. G. Porter, the Singapore Coroner, on returning a verdict of death by misadventure at the conclusion of the inquiry
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    JAPAN'S ELDER STATESMAN ILL
    25 12 JAPAN'S ELDER STATESMAN ILL Tokyo, Jan. 2J. DKINCE SAIONJI, elder statesman, is in a very critical condition, suffering from complications and an intestinal cold.- Reuter
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    S.CC'A" & FORTRESS CO. QUALIFY FOR SEMI-FINALS
    681 13 S.CC'A" FORTRESS CO. QUALIFY FOR SEMI-FINALS Yesterday's Ties In Seven- A -Sides SECURING a goal and two tries, the S.C.C. "A" yesterday beat the R.A.F. Tengah "A", to enter the semi-final of the S.C.C. sevena side rugby tournament. The game was a thrilling affair and the Club side only took
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    SELECTIONS AND CARD FOR TO-DAY'S RACES
    433 14 FOLLOWING ARE SELECTIONS AND WEIGHTS FOR TO-DAY'S RACES AT IPOH:— RACE ONE PONIES lass 2— Div. 2-6 Furs. Spring Girl 9.2 Explode 8.9 Mabel Smith 8 8 Char 8.8 East Lvnne 8.2 Bali Gnl Carman a White Gardenia 7.2 Ca.sh 7.0 Bay Rasp 7.0
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    SELECTIONS
    55 14 (BY SPECTATOR') Hmct 1: EAST LYNNL Explode Race 2: PRIDE Beacon Race 3: SIR PATRICK Miss Rod Rate 4: JARRAIIWOOD Brass Bullet Rare 5: NEVKR SET The P«>a€h*r Race 6: NONIA MAN In Celtic Baid Race 7: DRIFr ON Just My Luck Race 8: ABBOTS TEMPTATION Clifton Lad Race
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    VICE-VERSA MATCH
    122 14 A vice versa mutch among a*emben: of the 5.A.0.8.A. will be held <*t Farrtr Park at 3 00 p.m. on Thursday. The following are requested to turn up with and white jerseys F Thcinas, R. Eu. Fam Choo Beng, W. Ponniah, J. Ferguson, W Ferguson, P. Ferguson, W.
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    SINGAPORE HOCKEY TEAMS FOR WEEK-END
    139 14 SINGAPORE HOCKEY TEAMS FOR WEEK- END THE following will represent Sin I r a pore against Johore it I hockey on Friday at the SR( ground:— V. N. Pillay. k M UUII cam&ru, R. A. U. I odd, Clarke, W. J Pell (Ctft) pi <iupla; S. K. Sundram. K Uomi
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    Appeal Dismissed
    122 14 Appeal Dismissed Singapore, Tuesday. Hi MR. Justice Manning allowed til appeal of two Chinese who wtfl convicted in the lower courts of M tuntarily causing hurt to a rompH riot on Sept. 7 when theii appoH was argued by Mr. B. H. Chia in m Hig>h Court this morning. R
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    S.C.R.C.CRICKET
    86 14 At a meeting of the cricket sect;/iB the B .C R C the following were el?c:e« Captain: Seah Kens Slew; ViceiM tain: Eu Cheow Chye; Convenor Fvj Wong; Clarke Cup Representative Kee Choe. M Net practices will be held on TuesiiM and Thursday of each week, cowyencu on Thursday.
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    ROTARY MEETING
    58 14 Mrs. A.M. Sellers, who speak at to-dav's Rotary Club II is indisposed and will not be m address the meeting. The JB will therefore be a mens .nee u« Speaker will be Rotarian G a jm of Shanghai. secretary oi trie national Committee of the ym p >.vho
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    PUBLIC NOTICE
    41 14 Notice is hereby given th< Grzymala-Siedlecki, of- M Road, Singapore is apP l >- Governor for naturalization any person who knows a»> naturalization should not should send a written and M mentor the facts to the Cokn tary, Straits Settlements.
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      LONDON TIN
      9 15 I London. Tuesday. ...a.on^l Price. £232 Buyers
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      LONDON RUBBER
      25 15 I London. Tuesday. L Tun.! ub Q 12 e iil63 forward i Feb. 11% Jl Forward' Mar. ll'eb 12s I*** AP iTl3!l6b ll»|ie*
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      PRODUCE
      51 15 I London. Tuesday, Not Quoted SWtl 1 1 Not Quoted 19 6 Se.lers lioca. Seed Pearl, *fr*g»>* 31/- Seller* ,uer (FAQ> White ■>k Jan Feb. S'ment. 4 V 2 Sellers per i FAQ) Black ong Afloat S'ment. Z l 2 Sellers nbier (Good Mark) Jan., Feb. S'ment. 30|- Nominal
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      OREIGN EXCHANGE
      42 15 I London, Tuesday. London on Paris 176.50 Lor. don on Amsterdam 7 53 London on Shanghai 4 7 s London on Hongkong 15.2 3 1 |32d. London on Japan Is. 2 9|32d. London on New York 4.02V 2 to 4.03V2
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      LONDON SHARE LIST
      93 15 London, Tuesday. .tillers 66/--nlop Rubber 28/9 neral Fllectric 75/7^ perial Chemical In. 30/4*/ 2 penal Tobacco 120/7 V2 ißlo-Dutch 24/4 V2 nadian Pacific 6% ndon Tin 4/1 ife bbtr PL In. Trust 33/3 1/10^ er Hitams 24/4Vi uthern Kintas 15/--hangs 17/_ noon Asiatics 3/9 ist Witwatersrand Areas
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      BULLION MARKET
      14 15 IL Sn:i London, Tuesday. liver Forward 22 -I), Fine per 02. £8.8.0
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      NEW YORK
      25 15 ■pri-t> Nc Yoi Jan. 22. ft B S I Stagnant inrior. 1815,16 19 116 ■J*Wart Adit June 18*4 18% fef 1 Tone Easier
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      Mrs. L. Rayman
      39 15 Mrs r Singapore, Tuesday. afcnt a y man the wife of the i ,v he sin Kapore Municipa*£rri if 0 5 admitted into *'atu>n ou Hoa D ltal to undergo an She is reported to be
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    GANG ROBBERY CHARGE HEARD AT ASSIZES
    606 15 GANG R OBBER Y CHAR GE HEARD AT ASSIZES COOLIE TELLS HOW FIVE MEN HELD HIM Singapore, Tuesday. account of how a sawmill coolie was relieved of part of his wages which were taken away from him by a group of Chinese who held him up in a lonely part
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    RAUB AUSTRALIAN GOLD STATEMENT
    104 15 THE following statement showing tonnage o< ore crushed, etc.. is issued by the Rauc Australian Gold Mining Co., Lid., for tkt quarter ended Dec. 2 Battery Tonn»Ke of ore raised 18.614 tons. Nnmhßi of ounces of bullion produced 5.90a ounces Number of ounces of fine gold
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    News In Romanised Malay
    405 15 News In Romanised Malay Singapore. Tuesday. LEBFH dnriparln 6.600 btitir bom teitih d»-*u-«<>rknn oleh K ip-iIJ 'erban«- RusMan drtf»"i Finland pada mlnggu yung- lalu. Tetapl on«ng3 yang nuitl oleh-nya tti' banyak. keran i T-uni?2 semua. inri berlindong ka-dalam tempa»2 l>erliiulongan dl-buwuii tanah upabila k«d«nßit« rnn kw.pi'l2 terbflng bom mi da
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    Fraser's Daily Report
    153 15 Singapore, Tuesday. k FURTHER fall in the price of Tin n in London to £231. 150. Oft. and $119*4 locally had a dampening effect on the market in tin shares to-day, and practically all prices were marked down. Hong Fatts declined to $1.18 /Alers with buyers at
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    Fighting German Cowardice
    435 16 Fighting German Cowa rdice REPKISALS M-strictrng German commerce, a step Government ha> tak-i as a result of the wanton destruction of non-combatant Me. British, Allied and neutral, in contravention of the obligations of humanity and the provision* of the Hague Convention, to which Germany is a party, are published in
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    ORAZIO PASSENGERS ALL SAFE
    19 16 The Orazio's two DiUelng lifeboats have been found. All pusengen arei :U)v* itillb. Re uter
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    I. R. A. PLOTS NIPPED IN BUD London. Jan. 23.
    134 16 I. R. A. PLOTS NIPPED IN BUD London. Jan. 23. BOTH the IRA appeals against death sentences for the Coventry bomb outrage, heajin* of which be can yesterday, were dismissed to-day. With the dismissal of the appeals it Is revealed that but for the vigilance of the police there would
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    NO R.A.F. PLANES OVER HOLLAND
    62 16 London, Jan. 2J I The Air Ministry announces that "it was officially stated i i Monday evening in Holland that aircraft of the Royal Air Force flew over South Holland during the afternoon and was fired on "Full enquiries have been made, whtch 'established that
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    PLOT'ON HITLER'S LIFE REMAINS MYSTERY
    93 16 PLOT' ON HITLER'S LIFE REMAINS MYSTERY London. Ja". i THE idea of holding .1 puWic trial 1 in Germany as a retail or mr Munich bomb explosion has apparently been dropped— probably for food. It is now ten we&s since the explosion took place in ihe beer eel ar, in
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    BRITAIN'S FOOD POSITION
    220 16 BRITAIN'S FOOD POSITION London. Jn. WITH the war in its fifth moiuh ai rationing in its third week a sum of food supplies and prices shows tj many foods are as chea^ and pientj as before the war and some prices actuary lower. Butter is rationed and meat suppljj are
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    BURIAL AT SEA
    292 16 'THE burial at sea of the late Mr, Alexander Rennie Reid, vb passed away at the General Hospita on Monday, took place yesterdaj afternoon and was attended by th family and close friends. The launch conveying the remaa left the Masi-er Attendant's pier at p.m. and took
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    ALIENS CAN JOIN BRITISH ARMY
    74 16 London, Jan. 23. The War Minister was asked in the Commons to-day whether he was prepared to allow enlistment in the British Army of friendly Czech citizens. He said that any alien could hold a commission or be entered for enlistment in any of His
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    MATCH PLAYED AT ISLAND CLUB
    89 16 The 36 holes competition for the Aku zawa Cup at the Island Club over the week end was won byW.H. Walker with a net score of 143. Some of the best cards are as follows:— W H. Walker 94—24=70 97—24=73 143, R.R.G. Hoare 90—17=73 88—17=71
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    Y.M.C.A. HOCKEY
    63 16 i The following have been selected toi play hockey for the Y.M.C.A. against Indian Association to-day at 5.10 p.m. on the Anson Road ground: V.N. Pillay; AC. Wilton, A.C. Edgar; Goh Chin Chye, G.L. Day, F. Hutchinson; Mok Kim, Lee Fong Lim, Gan Kee Tian, A.C. Galstaun, I.
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    S.C.C. HOCKEY
    50 16 The following have accepted to play hockey for the S.C.C. against the R.A.F. (Tengah) to-day at S.C.C. Major F. E. Robertson; Rev. A. B. Giles, WjComdr. F.E. Watts; D.H. Tudor, R.N. Elliot, DAP. Koning; C.P. Ldston, F. L. Lane, M.W Cole, B.H. Lee, A. Fraser Umpire: EC. Watson.
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    CONSOLATION PRIZE
    37 16 Seventeen cards were taken out for the Consolation Prize competition and the following were the scores returned: W. Gunstone 83—14-69. D. Henderson 84—14=70. E. Bolton 95— 18=75. G. V. Andrews 90—15-75. J G.M. Millar 93---18=75
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    23 16 Paris, Jan. 23. Tho communique states that west of the Vosgea the enemy suffered losses when a mid they had launched was epulscd
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    51 16 City of London Conservative* have decided to invite Sir Andrew Duncan, the new President of the Board of Trade, to meet them with a view to his adoption as candidate for Parliament and his unopiw^ed return as Member to replace Sir Alan Anderson, whose willingness to retire is anticipated. British
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