Morning Tribune, 8 February 1940

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    Masthead
    8 1 The Morning Tribune N Thurs.. Feb., 8, ishu.
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    LIGHTSHIPS WILL HAVE PROTECTION
    87 1 I, I London, Feb. 7. S Lit the first time in the war, r __eeial measures are to be; rhurch.H. First Lord of the Ad- SSty, in the House of Commons th rir a rhTn hin said that lightships) had always been regarded as out- i
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    200 AllSaved When Ship Sinks After Explosion
    201 1 200 All Saved When Ship Sinks After Explosion London rvi:. 7. The ptssenger and cargo steamer Muster, 1,300 t<»ns, has been sunk. Si;rviv»is src >iow being landed, ambulances being used. Reuter. U tatc: Aii t!.. ter's passengers and crew i- afe. Most of those aboard were brought; b tramp steamer.
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    "Defence Solution Before Dominion Status For India"
    155 1 London, Feb. 7. V India to-day, the Devan of Travancore commented on the recent interviews of Mr. Gandhi and Mr. Jinnah with the Viceroy. Without a solution of the problem of defence, fre said, Dominion st *tus of any variety whatsoever could not
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    SOVIET AIRMEN SINK SWEDISH SHIP
    307 1 BARBARITIES AT SEA EXTENDED Crewßombea Gunned Stockholm, Feb. 7. THE small Swedish steamer Wirgo was bombed and sunk by Russian aircraft in the Baltic Sea yesterday. The Wirgo, with a crew of 18, was bound from Abo to Stockholm with five other vessels in a
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    Victory Before Peace
    147 1 London. Feb. 7. A CIK Archibald Sinclair, discussing the question of peace in a address at his installation as Lord Rector of Glasgow University to-day, said that an indispensable condition in obtaining adequate peace was victory. Tne Nazi s/*tem waj: a cancel in the hcuv of Euiopc
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    HEROISM AT SEA
    366 2 London, Feb. 7. TWO stories of courage and seamanship bv British Mercantile Marine officers make front- page news in last night's London Gazette, which announces the award o£ the Order of British Empire to Captain John steward Masger of the Hope Star and Thomas Ward, first mate
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    Further Precautions Taken Against I.R.A. Outrages
    209 2 BARNES AND RICHARDS EXECUTED No Large-Scale Terrorist Acts Believed Contemplated LONDON, FEB. 7. THE NIGHT PATROLS OF POLICE AND DETECTIVES WILL 1 BE REINFORCED TO-NIGHT AS EXTRA PRECAUTION AGAINST FURTHER IRISH REPUBLICAN OUTRAGES. Special attention will be paid to all buildings of national importance,
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    More Wages For War Workers
    81 2 London Feb. 7. ■MANY hours of negotiation in London Yesterday resulted in a war addition' of live snillings weekly to „he wages ci engineering employees, mo.\ of who!/ aiv, engaged in munition ma king. Members 01 nearly 40 Trade Unions aic affected, comprising 3 million
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    BRITAIN'S BUDGET BEING REALISED
    108 2 London, Feb. 7. i CO large was the response made I to the Chancellor's request S for an early payment of taxes that there is no slackening of the i rate at which revenue is coming in. S Nevertheless last week, total v ordinary revenue amounted
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    R.A.F. TRIBUTE TO NAZI VICTIMS
    70 2 London, Feb. 7. THREE German airmen, whose bodies were washed ashore during the weekend, were buried to-day near the scene of Saturday's air battle off the Northum brian coast. The R.A.F. squadron which overcame the raider provided the guard of honour at the funeral. The
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    JAPAN OFFERS COMPENSATION
    51 2 Tokyo. Feb. 7. THE spokesman of the Japanese Foreign Office, referring to the protests from France and the United States at the bombing of the Yunnan railway, said that Japan was prepared to offer some compensation for the damage to life and property after conclusion of its
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    PAID SISO FOR HIS CIGARS
    59 2 Singapore, Wednesday. A fine of $150 or In default three months' rigorous imprisonment was imposed on a middle aged Chinese named Tan Wye Liang, by Mr. Kenneth M. Byrne. Fourth Magistrate, when Tan pleaded guilty to the charge of being in possession of 24 lbs.
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    B.E.F. COMFOR IN HANDS OF COMMITTEE
    146 2 CIR ERIC FHIPPS, late;. Britl* bassador in Paris, describing speech to journalists the objeSi work of the Anglo-Frenr h solid Committee, said that it not for people in Britain to ine mobilisation means to a countrj France, where one-eighth of the t population wer
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    Mine Wrecks: Pier
    67 2 London, Feb. T. A GERMAN mine exploded under an east coast pier to-day and destroyed "the centre of it. The whole district was shaken by B force of the explosion. Many windows of buildings on the se front wer^ smashed. The coastguard secured another mini washed up
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    FRESH RED TROOPS SENT TO KARELIAN FRONT
    395 2 Helsinki, Feb. 7. ACCORDING to reports reaching here, the Russians have put a new division of fresh troops on the Karelian Isthmus front where the Finnish troops showed amazing physical endurance and refuse to be relieved. Paris, Feb. 7. ARMS equipment from Italy
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    ANNIHILATION OF JEWS IN POLAND ALREADY BEGUN"
    396 3 War On Religion Also In Sovirt'Occupied Area parts CONTINUE QDItUS JN OF PERSi-CuTION TPKLSSION OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN POT_ffiier In a i\-iii.ich magazine makes a frank statement .U- j iwB in Poland must be annihii-ued. The o_ rr there are several millions ia
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    DALADIER URGES HELP FOR FINNS
    48 3 DALADIER URGES HELP FOR FINNS Paris, Feb. 7. A RESOLUTION urging the French iT Government to take all necessary steps to help Finland was passed by the Radical- Socialist group— the party of which Premier Daladier is leader in the Chamber of Deputies last night. The resolution says:
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    RUSSO – GERMAN FRONTIER PACT
    48 3 RUSSO GERMAN FRONTIER PACT LONDON, FEB. 7. THE GERMAN WIRELESS HAS ANNOUNCED THE CONCLUSION OF A RUSSO-GERMAN RAILWAY FRONTIER AGREEMENT, PROVIDING FOR SPECIAL RAILWAY TARIFFS FOR THE TRANSPORT OF WHEAT. OIL. STEEL. MAOANESE ORE, AND OTHER ARTICLES. AND FOR USE BY EITHER PARTY OF FRONTIER RAILWAY STATIONS.— REUTER
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    CHINESE LIBERTY IS AUSTRALIAN LIBERTY
    59 3 Chungking. people do not forget hjneae pecple are fighting iberty as well as for Chitted a message from the of tho International n. •uthor Pea vi s. Buck was age as saying "There tiom China." Hearti also heartening because the Chinese ur freedom as well
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    SIGNIFICANCE OF IT AGAKI'S NEW STATEMENT
    139 3 SIGNIFICANCE OF IT AGAKI'S NEW STATEMENT Shanghai,. SOME significance is attached to a rtatrment issued from Nanking by Lieut -General Seishiro Itagaki. chief -of -staff of the Japanese .Expeditionary forces in China, in which he deplored the mutual slaughter of Japanese and Chinese, who should five side by side in
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    TEN NATIONS CONFER ON ECONOMICS
    260 3 The Hague, Feb. 7. REPRESENTATIVES of ten nations— Britain, France, Australia, Turkey. Portugal, Belfcium, Holland, Norway, Switzerland and Argentina— are meeting to-day at The Hague Palate to establi.sh a new body for co-ordinating the economic and social activities of the League of Nations. THE body
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    "FREEDOM DEBATE" ON MONDAY
    91 3 "FREEDOM DEBATE" ON MONDAY THE B-B.CVs extremely intriesting series called "This Freedom," broadcast at 850 p.m. (local time! every Monaay. is now being relayed bv the 8..V1.8 CIn this series Sir William Beveridge dhtusses, with leading OgettM in British pabkic life, Ihe question of im don, In a n> iiiooatu
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    Powder Factory Explosion Sequel: Bravery Awards
    224 3 London, Feb. 7. \/^ITH the announcement of the award of tho 0.8.E. to three workers in the gunpowder factory at Waltham Abbey, it is revealed that their bravery prevented an extension of the explosion which occurred there recently. All three were working on huge
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    Abrupt Ending To Case At Singapore Assizes
    442 4 Retaining Stolen Property Charge Fails Singapore, Wednesday. THERE was an Abrupt ending to the Assize case in which a youthful Chinese, Lee Chiang Hup, was charged before the Hon. Mr. Justice I'edlow and common jury with dishonestly retaining stolen operty. the proceeds of
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    M.O. Coupons Mistaken For Receipts
    161 4 M.O. Coupons Mistaken For Receipts PERSONS who remit money by post office money orders at present receive a coupon from the post office, which many people take as a receipt for them to keep, with th ft result that the payee neither receives the money nor any intimation from the
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    R.A.F. OFFICERS CAR STOLEN
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    Monday's Council
    175 4 I S i SPATE of important legislation i lies before Monday's meeting 3 of the Legislative Council, there J 1 being 21 bills to come up for con- i Two outstanding bills will be J taken through all stages. They S an the Food Centre) (Amend- i i
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    4 4 DR. LIM BOON KENG
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    R.A.F. OFFICERS CAR STOLEN
    91 4 yj EAcer Ot the R A.F. has reported to t iC Dollc* the loss of his cai, No. *****, rrwr. th. Alhambra Theatre nit. 6. n0 yesteioay c vet-tag h» ha<* no* been inert tnan IS mj Insiu. ih tlicatii v ith his i n l.i jaga c ,i. ii
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    Serious Affray At Local Park
    233 4 Ci VEN Chinese and a member of Ihe Krilish Military Police force were »ii to hospital last night followi a serious disturbance at a local lisement park, between Chinese iihoiip is ami Malays. the Beach Road Police station, a d tachment of about eighty constables
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    SINGAPORE INTERESTS! AMERICANS
    258 4 Singapore, Wednesday. "poTARIAXS in America take great interest in Singapore, ai ing to Mr. W. Allen Kiev who addressed the Singapore Rotar Club on impressions of his tour of the United States. He was a I to address Rotary Cluba in America, and gave the choice ci
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    DR. UM BOON KENG MADE HON. ROTARIAN
    88 4 DR. UM BOON KENG MADE HON. ROTARIAN AN account of his on a*„B v ciation with rotarv and M consideration of his \:ilu a _,|Jß services both to rotary nu>vf!B ment and to Singapore. n r lt M Boon Keng, welLknoun as I scholar throughout Malaya andl China, is being
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    New Malavl Year Beginl To-morrow
    199 4 New Malavl Year Beginl To-morrow TO-MORROW, the Malays will o-lt.B brate their New Year, it bem.^fth e first da y of tne M" h rrM IQ I the Mohammedan year 135M r The festivity this year will I singular significance as there for the first time in th e history
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    LOAN TO FARMERS
    45 4 THE KwangtUllg Provincial G'^nmi™ has appropriated $2,000,000 for *m relief in north Kwangtung ai I provement of agriculture. I A sum of $4,000,000 Witt be uID as loans to farmers on easy I tending over long periods with irt..r.^> Tnto>Miotir\nnl MPVVS AKdlCy.
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    SEQUEL TO COLLISION ON NEW YEARS EVE
    248 5 SEQUEL TO COLLISION ON NEW YEARS EVE Car Overturns At Rnnd Junction B Singapore, Wednesday. I ,M< IN between a powerful Jaguar car and a Morris "Eight" ■A' iunction of Lavender Street and Serangoon Road in the I Wew Year's Eve had a sequel in the Traffic Court to--1 h
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    News In Romanised Malay
    483 5 News In Romanised Malay Singapore. Wednesd.v KERAJAAN British, oleh sebab lngln hend« mendapat pernelesaian yang damal barkan; ui dengan perkara kapal Asama Mai I MUM maalum itu. telah memberl tahu kapa« kerajaan Jepun yang n telah menetapkan heudik im lepaa K;m sembilan orang darlpada orang Jerman vang telah dt-ambil dari
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    Bankrupt Charged
    122 5 Singapore, Wednesday. [7ALENTINE Andrew de Silva, a Muni- i cipal employee residing at Hindu J Road, Singapore, claimed trial thio norning in the Criminal District Court xfore Mr. J. L. McFall on a summons ssued against him by Mr. Po Guan Sock, Assistant Official Assignee. Th? defendant was
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    FUNERAL OF MR. GEORGE DICKINSON
    161 5 THE funeral of the late Mr. George Dickinson, a very old European resident in Singapore, took place at the Bidadari Cemetery yesterday. Mr. Dickinson died on Tuesday. The late Mr. Dickinson, who was 53 years of age. ran his own business in Battery Road and
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    THONG NCHEE KOK ASSOCIATION
    110 5 AT the twenty-sixth annual general MMtlngl of the Thong Ngee Kok association, hei i r.n Fridav at Mr Tan Ah Bah's residence. 12.! Rangoon Road, 'he following were elected office j hearers for 1040" Prsident. Mr. Yap Glm Cheng; vice-president.; Mr Tan Ah E ih; hon.
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    POLICE BAIL EXTENDED
    67 5 Singapore, Wednesday. Folice bail of $1,000 was granted extension in the Third Police Court today, when Tan Geok Soo a middle.tged Chinese, claimed trial before Mr. H. Watson on a charged that on Feb. 6 being the occupier of a house in Amoy Street, he allowed the
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    Chinese On Riot Charge
    130 5 Singapore, Wednesday. CIM Eng Seng claimed trial this morning in the criminal district court J. L. McFall on a charge thai on Dec. 14 last, at the Pulau ng Brickworks, Pulau Tekong, he wss a member of an unlawful assembly, and In prosecution of the common
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    TRAFFIC CHARGE
    50 5 Singapore, Wednesday. a motor-car along Orchard 6 last without a Third policy, E. Tmdgill w as fined isio by Mr. C. H. Traffic Court. ond charge of driving a car TTUdgill was fined $5, charge ot failing to Iculars of the lV rson on the day in que.-
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    FUNERAL OF MRS. EASOW
    294 6 FUNERAL OF MRS. EASOW THE death of ISfl Easow, wife of Mr P. K. Easow, of the British Civil Aviation Directorate, took place at the age of forty on Sunday. She leaves a husband, three daught. ers, aged parents and a larg c number of relatives and friends. The funeral
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    People & Places
    385 6 People Places THE pahit party which Major and Mrs. R. G Ray gave at their home at Mount Elizabeth on Tuesday nijrrit was in the nature of a swan son*, as they are moving to "somewhere off Singapore" quite soon. However, they won't be so far away and their friends
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    Fashion Show At Happy World
    194 6 Fashion Show At Happy World rELVE lovely Malay, Chinese 11^ Eurasian girls will mannequin a^Htl collection of evening gowns in Ku'-I lish style at the new Palm (.rove! and the Happy Cabarei. on salur-^B c'av night. I II The parade is described as th(IB" first fashion show of 1040 and
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    New Tunes Popular At Raffles
    161 6 New Tunes Popular At Raffles Al Raffles FNES from "The Wizard of 0x H were popular at Raffles Hotel on Tuesday night and dance enthusiasts seemed to find them just the thing W for trying out new steps. ft Noticed Mr. and Mrs. W H McNeill moving smoothly through some
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    UNKNOWN
    448 7 HITH the temperature steadily s aring and the sun blazing Hitli with a tropic splendour which I more than disconcerting, it is diHcult to retain that "out-of-the-■anobox" freshness which is the Balimark of the smart woman. ■owtvei, it is not impossible especially it you bear in mind these Rn
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    Frocks for Bukit Jimah
    366 7 Frocks for Bukit Jimah and foundations to go with them /JOOD news to those of you who have been waiting for Priscilla's new shipment of Bien Jolie foundations is that these have now arrived and, as is only to be expected, are up to their usual high standard. Among a
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    MORNING TRIBUNE Thursday. February 8. 1940. Another Milestone
    305 8 MORNING TRIBUNE Thursday. February 8. 1940. Another Milestone IN wishing Happy New Year Io Chinese readers we have I once again to express regret I hat their mother country is •Mil suffering from the ravages of an extensive conflict on Chin--000 soil, and to hope that a just peace will
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    Lord Tweedsmuir Hurt In Fall
    112 8 Ottawa, Feb. 7. I OKI) TWEEDSMUIR, Govemori General of Canada, is suffering I from concussion as the lesult of a fall inside Government House. He is at present resting comfortablv. I Lord Tweedsmuir's secretary described the injury as "ordinary concussion He •did not believe there
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    Puppet And Emperor
    45 8 Peiping, Feb. 7. Emperor Kang Teh of Manchoukuo will pay a state Visit to Japan in May, j offering his personal greetings to the Japanese Emperor on the occasion of J the 2.600th anniversarv of the founding of the Japanese Empire.— Reuter.
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    Chinese Consul-General Makes New Year Appeal
    521 8 !"Refrain From Anti-British j Activities," He Urges I IN appeal to all Chinese in Malaya to refrain from anti-British A activities is issued to-day— Chinese New Year Day— by the Vnsul-General for China, Mr. Kao Ling-Pai. Such aciivities, he says, are against the fixed
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    DEATH PENALTY FOR TRAITORS
    70 8 London, Feb 7 I T is understood that legal n I perts are considering the advisability of instituting the death penalty for serious cases of Irakage" and disclosure of information to the enemy, to which Uh Prime Minister referred in the House of Commons yesterday. When
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    Japanese "Purge" U.S. Mission School
    87 8 Japanese "Purge" U.S. Mission School Tsingtao. Feb. 7. GRAVE fears have been aroused in Taian, in Shantung Province, regarding the fate of some 80 students arrested by the Japanese authorities in the recent "purge" nf Suiying School, operated by the American Methodist Episcopal MitHou in that city, according to reports
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    bed making hints to remember
    224 9 bed making hints to remember t TURN your rm.ttress daily—alternately from head to.j foot and from side to side— and it will last much longer. J If the under-sheet is too short for the bed, see that it reaches right to the foot If ther e is little or none
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    BED-TIME COMFORT
    808 9 ho ted. 11. on the other hand, paterned materials a;e already present ta room, you will do better to a plain toning one for the read. Choose a good quality fat- preferably in i fairly deep tone so will not show the dirt a. id he **e that
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    CANTONESE SEAMAN ON CHANDU CHARGE
    164 11 CANTONESE SEAMAN ON CHANDU CHARGE V/a A- mVM, mmtw •mm Singapore. Wednesday. v, a-t-i a Cantonese, pleaded T lZ this morning, in the Cristrict Court before Mr. J. m "V, il l on a charge of bemg in 1 McF i« f eight tahils of nonn "chandu at the native
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    Singapore Wedding
    119 11 PRETTY wedding took place on Monday at the Cburch of Our I a<l\ i nudes, when Miss Stella Thomas eldest daughter of the late Mr. Sebastian Thomas and Mrs. Ce- ilia Thomas, became the bride of Mr. Malcolm Pereira, eldest son of Mr. Andrew Pereira of Singapore. The
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    ALLEGED GRIEVOUS HURT
    90 11 I 'OH run Singapore. Wednesdty. «AK, Kane: Chhiong. Ong Boor Ir Ng Ui, appeared befon Dun *t Fall in the criminal district Kmlip "joining on charges of beinf )e c an unlawful assembly or ton, the Pulau Tekong. Brick Tekong, used criminal fore e K m Ployed
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      120 11 Traffic Returns l January Rubber Imports The traflic returns of the Singapore Traetlon "o Ltd. for January were $228,000. an lncrea*e >f 127,000 over January lint y»ar The a«re- Foreign imporU of rubber during the mon'.i p-ta for the four months of the financial yaa. lof January this year are
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    MOTORIST FINED $40 FOR NEGLIGENCE
    121 12 Singapore. Wednesday Co.mr- d on a charge of driving^his car negligently at the 14th m ilestone. Woodlands Road on Nov. 24 last, F Woelz. of Messrs. Moutne and Co wab to-day fined $40 by Mr. C. H. Whltton in the Traffic Court. The case was
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    NO LICENCE TO SELL RICE
    78 12 Singapore, v.. PLEADING guilty to chan- ol Rfl. ing rice when not Uceni i d to c 0 so. on three dates last year, nam*:.' Nov. 24. Dec. 4 and Dec. 13, Yeo Mor,g Huat, manager of Chop Kong fined $75 or in default two
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    DECISIVE WIN FOR PRESSMEN AT SOCCER
    514 13 DECISIVE WIN FOR PRESSMEN A T SOCCER FAST GAME AT ANSON ROAD vilie cut in nicely. His low drive na:lowiy misses an uptight. Maintaining pressure the pressmen were soon un by another goal again through Kauu who first timed a coiner kick from Husceln. This fresh re/erse appeared to spur
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    Tennis Washed Out
    38 13 Singapore. Wednesday. Rain washed out the various ties In the Singapore Cricket Club's Chinese New Year tennis tournament which was scheduled to commence this evening J The ties will be played off to-morrow, weather permitting.
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    February Medal At Royal Golf Club
    157 13 February Medal At Royal Golf Club THE Women's February me_a_ competition wiv; played ;it Bukit Timah o n Monday and resulted in a win for Mrs R Wakeford u "A" Division with a nett score ot 36. ln a ti»' ln ''B" Division between Mrs F. T. Wyckorf and Miss
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    WOMEN AT LOGGERHEAD
    289 13 WOMEN AT LOGGERHEAD i < iras mi to been struck on the head with a wooden ada] oy aaothei woman a*, the 'tmct'on of Victoria Street and Fochore Poad at ab-.ii .'> .>u »> m. Brv suffer vd ited around over her .calp. A. ma»e 10-iian employed I the Muuclpaiity
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      26 13 TIDE TABLE TO-DAY High W r ater: 10.41 AM 11.47 P.M. TO-MORROW Hiffh Water: 11.17 A.M. SI'O-ITS IHAItY TO-DAV TENNIS: S.C.C. Chinese New Year tournament, S.C.C.
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    ARMY AND AIRMEN PLAY HOCKEY DRAW
    413 14 ARMY AND AIRMEN PLA Y HOCKEY DRA W RAIN INTERFERES WITH MATCH AT DEPOT The Army 0; R.A.F. (Malaya) 0. THANKS to i powerful defence, the Royal Air Force (Malaya) were able to hold the Army to a goalless draw in a hockey match played af the Police Depot The
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    Items From The Courts
    250 14 Singapore. Wednesday. c_ED bin A_.-_.ad, a Mala>. aged 2\ yean,, came up before Mi Conrad Oluham in the second police ewurt th'.* morning on n charge of intending to take dishonesliv $22.05 out of the po_> of Haji Salleh withou. his consent. Cour* Inspector Churles W.
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    Bukit Timah Track Notes
    157 14 Singapore, Wednesday. THERE were only a few horses out for training this morning when slow work was indulged in at the Bukit Timah race course. Both tracks Were used, the valley track being monopolised by Fox's and Marland's strings. Bowden's horses were seen on the second
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    TURF CLUB'S GIFT TO PATRIOTIC FUND
    32 14 Singapore, Wednesday. TIJE Singapore Turf Club has made another magnificent contribution towards the Malaya Patriotic Fund, their cheque for $7,500 to-day making their total contribution $12,500.
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    Tinned Pineapple Exports
    79 14 During the week ending Jan. 27. exports of tinned pineapples from Malayan ports amounted to 15,750 cases, of which 14.567 (92 per cent cases were to the United Kingdom. 1.183 (8 per cent.) cases elsewhere. Total exports for the period Dec. 31 to Jan. 27 were 173.845
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    NO RESTRICTION ON M.O. TO STERLING GROUP
    313 14 NO RESTRICTION ON M.O. TO STERLING GROUP THE attention of the public is invited to the Export of Currency etc.. (Exemption) (No 2 1 Order 1040. which i< pubhshcd in the Straits Settlement. C \ern*n<nt e.a/Ute ol Feb. li. -jicre is id i(_-ti_ct-o:i on sending postal orders or money orders
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    Bangkok Scandinavians' Gift
    21 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Feb. 7. Scandinavians in Bangkok have remitted €2,400 towards the Finnish Red Cross.
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    NEW BILLS FOR COUNCIL
    390 14 THREK new bills are to be introduced at the next meeting of the Legis. lative Council. They are the Food Control (Amendment) Bill, the Estate Duty (Amendment) Bill, and the Reformatory and Industrial Schools (Amendment) Bill. The objects and reasons of the Food Control Bill .state:
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    PLEA FOR 8-BALL OVERS
    183 14 Singapore, Wednesday PLEA that the eight-ball „^r be experimented with b> all pi a ing clubs this aeason waa madf by Mr. McNeil, cricket convener ol the S.C.C., who presided at a meeting attended by approximately iru ket members of the various ticket! playing clubs in
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    POSTAL INTELLIGENCE
    114 14 TO-DAY Latest time Mails foi of posting CEYLON (Steamer* noon CHINA (Steamer) 5.00 p.* FRANCE Steamer noon HONGKONG (Steamen 5.00 p.m. INDIA (South* (Steamers 900 a.m. INDIA (South) (Supplementary mails) (Steamer) 5.00 p.m. JAVA (Air i 10.00 am. PHILIPPINE ISLANDS (Steamer 5.00 urn SUMATRA Medan (AhJ noon Palembang
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      27 15 New York, Feb. 6. Rl-BB- I B S. mn_ DuU lt)ne 18 5 8 18 3 4 TIN Dull iCarfcei Tone 45 l 8 Six'*
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      7 15 London, Wednesday. (OfflcUl Price, g«%»S^
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      23 15 Lundon, Wednesday. Buyers Sellers Ma*' 1-no 12b F™ lj FT-.vard.Mar.il 11,16b 1113 16* "Sir"' 8"" *****s dfervoMM) Juiy n n6b n3l6s
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      LONDON SHARE LIST
      106 15 London. Wednesday. Distillers Dimlop Rubber -f%£# General Electric 3}<\Y 2 Imperial Chemical Industries 30/lOV2 Imperial Tobacco 120/-AllulO-DlltCh 24/ "n/ Canadian Pacific 6Jj_ London Tin 4/1. 2 Rubber Pl In Trust 33/- Linggis 1/10% Ayer Hitarns 25/H Southern Kintas 15/I Panangs 16 3 I London Asiatics 3/7!_ •^1
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      PRODUCE
      70 15 I London, WVdnesdav. tl Pa;m Oil Malay) ui bulk ■ugsppt. Sment. Not Quoted II Crpra 'Straits F M.S.) ■Member Sment. Not Quoted -Sarawak) ■'•bMarch Sment. 13 Sellers I Tapioca Seed Pear!. Quality 'Singapore) »b-uary S'ment. 30, Sellers Pepper «FAQ) White Hi'.ntok Feb. Mai :h Sment. 4J 4 Sellers I
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      17 15 H 8 London, Wednesday. I 911' Siiur .ward §2 BAR GOLD. Fine per oz. £8.8.0
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    SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTION
    168 15 SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTION Singapore, Wednesday. The Singapore Chamber oi Commerce Rubber Association held its* 1472nd auction to-day, when of 2.318,673 lb (1.035.12 tons) catalogued, 2,209,502 lb 1 986 38 tons) were offered and 1.786.748 lo 797. 65 tons) were sold. London— Spot 11 13 16d. New York— Spot 18 5
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    No Soviet Influence In North-west
    173 15 No Soviet Influence In North-west Chungking. COMMENTING on reports of the communist Soviet influence in Chinas northwest provinces, a recent traveller from the north-west recently declared: "I traveled from Lanchow all the wa? to Tienshui, Paochi, Shwangcmhoo Hanchung and then back to Chung king. Throughout my trip I did no
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    FOREIGN EXCHANGE
    41 15 London, Wednesday. T/T London on Paris 176.50 TV T London on Amsterdam 7.53 T/T London on Shanghai 4^ T/T London on Hongkong Is. 2 1o;16a T/T London on Japan Is. 2 7-321 T/T London on New York 4.02y 2t*
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    61/2 Million French Soldiers Ready For Any Nazi Attack
    399 15 DISCUSSING the reasons for the inaction of the German Army on the West Front, one authority of the French Military mission in .London thought that possibly Hitler, whilst avoiding heavy losses in a frontal attack, might be hoping to even the
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    Fraser's Daily Report
    138 15 Singapore, Wednesday. PRACTICALLY the only feature of in- terest In the market to-day was the tieavy buying of Straits Traders and Consolidated Tin Smelters. On persistent buying the former jumped to $31.25 with sellers asking $32 00. while Consolidated Tin Smelters Ordinaries spurted to 26'-. Straits Steamships
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    31 15 The Bremen will be something of a liability to the German- authorities in that costs of maintenance and depreciation charges will continue to accumulate although the ship will be earning nothing.
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    27 15 A inc. which broke out in an Eas4, Anglian mansion in Allien members of the A.TS. arc billeted, destroyed all the women's clothing. Soldiers' uniforms were borrowed.
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    MORE NAZI FLIGHTS OF FANCY
    194 16 MORE NAZI FLIGHTS OF FANCY London, Feb. 7. CORROBORATION of the view that the exaggerated Ciernian claims as to the successes obtained in the air raid on shipping last Saturday was designed to obtain specific denials from the British Admiralty comes from a publication in the Danish newspaper "BerliniH<e Tidende."
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    63 16 Ottawa, Feb 7: The failure of the Nazi effort to Interfere with British shipping Is shown In the figures Ol import ol Canada in December. The total value $72 millions compared with $44 mil- I lions In the same month ol 1938. Im- 1 ports from Britain were $1' 2
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    Asama Maru Settlement Triumph For Commonsense.
    426 16 London. I eb. 7. COHMENSENSE, a good diplomatic com promise and as satisfactory a settlement as poss.ble," says the 'limes in a leader on the AngloJapanese dispute over the removal of German seamen from the Asama Main. "Emphasis in the British Governments (-rmal expression
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    UNIFIED CONTROL FOR BRITISH RAILWAYS
    209 16 transport Minister Announces Agreement Tin Minister oi Transport, r-uau wana-c, _-~__,v._. that agreement had been reached with railway companies as to the financial arrangements for the period during which they were under Government control. The general principle was that undertakings should be operated under unified
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    School Attendance To Be Compulsory
    182 16 School Attendance To Be Compulsory London, Feb. 7. SCHOOL attendance in evacuation areas is to be made compulsory, to save chnuren from growing demoralisation. This was ri;nounctd in the House of i LOxCiS to-day by Earl de la Warr. president oi the Board of Education, repiv_ng to a motion bv
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    FINNS CLAIMING MORE SUCCESSES
    116 16 FINNS CLAIMING MORE SUCCESSES Helsinki, Feb. 7. IN Finland, the battle for the ♦lannerheim Line is still s;oing on. The latest Finnish communique ports that Russian attacks at several places failed with heavy losses and about 20 Russian tanks have been put out of action during the days fighting. Fighting
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    THA WSETS IN AT THE FRONT
    199 16 THA WSETS IN AT THE FRONT PARIS. FEB. 7. THAW HAS SET IN IN EARNEST ON THE WESTERN FRONT. This' has enabled patrols to resumi much of their normal activity. West of the Sarre a number oi Frencii patrols penetrated deep into Geiman territory and brought back much useful Information.
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    Contraband Control
    95 16 London F< I ftN Feb. 6. there were 30 neutr in the Unwd Kingdom contr: rontrol oa^e' of which 2i S-.ed there five davs or less. I During th P week ended I" I contraband committee u*i c iden WCS of j 14 :;r ife whi^j i*sd ilnee
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