Morning Tribune, 21 February 1940

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    8 1 The Morning Tribune I Wed. Feb. 21. 1940.
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    NEW COLONIAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY ANNOUNCED
    985 1 NEW COLONIAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY ANNOUNCED "NO DICTATION FROM LONDON' GRANTS RAISED TO 15,000,000 YEARLY FOR TEN YEARS fIFTS OF MONEY INSTEAD OF LOANS ARE TO BE MADE TO COLONIES, PROTECTORATES AND DEPENDENCIES FOR ECONOMIC AND OTHER DEVELOPMENT. This change of policy was announced from London last ni^ht. IT WAS STATED
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    Rumania Bans Export Of Aviation Spirit
    74 1 Rumania Bans Export Of Aviation Spirit Bucharest, Feb. 20. i (illV im nent has prohibited the export to any country of SJh-gride petrol for aeroplane l observed m London that S anian exports of this category 1 1 refined spirit have for i tme been virtually non- ient. and U
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    ATTACKS ON RAWLERS RESSUMED
    131 1 ATTACKS ON RAWLERS RESSUMED London, Feb. 20. is learned that a number of trawlers are believed to been attacked off the h-east coast of Scotland erday. but it is unknown ther any damage was done. nemy aircraft escaped contact A F. fighter planes which were the time. The losses of
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    Cheer Churchill
    14 1 r London, Feb. 20. n Mr Churchill took his seat in Reuter
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    ENGLISHWOMEN TELL OF LIFE IN NAZI PRISONS
    179 1 Amsterdam. Feb. 211. LIFE under the Gestapo m German prisons is described by eight Englishwomen, who with two children are now m a Rotterdam boarding house after four months of captivity m Germany. They arrived at the Dutch frontier last night When war
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    Rubber Quota Unchanged
    136 1 Rubber Quota Unchanged London, Feb. 20. The International Rubber Com- I mittee has fixed the quota for ttie i second quarter at 80 per cent. The decision to maintain the auota at 80 per cent, accorded I generally to the market's expectation and consequently prices are not 'materially affected. The
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    EMERGENCY LAW IN TURKEY
    94 1 Istanbul, Feb. 20. A MESSAGE from Ankara announces that the Cabinet has decided to apply the Emergency Defence Law, "for the protection of the nation." The law which came Into force at the end of January was not to be applied Ull til the Government hud
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    No Friction Between Norway & Germany
    123 2 No Friction Between Norway Germany Zurich, Ml 10. W" 11 t the Altmark incident is *liJl the iik^i discussed affair m Berlin there are no sifiis oi direct compilations aihinit bttuttn Germany ana Norway. The v. hoi, German Press continues Its n.u.t Britain but il i.s careful Ja'oid criticising Norway.
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    CROSS PETITIONS IN ROOSEVELT DIVORCE CASE
    75 2 CROSS PETITIONS IN ROOSEVELT DIVORCE CASE New York. Feb. 20. jy|HS. Betsey Roosevelt has hied a cross petition ajjainst j htr husband, Mr. James Roosevelt, a son of President Roosevelt, asking for divorce on the grounds of cruelty and desertion and for court approval for a previously arranged properly U
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    Mr. Eden's Tribute To Lord Tweedsmuir
    92 2 London. Feb. 20. |N the Common.: to-day, Mr. Eden! inwi^SL. 1 1 a "memorial .service for J? m\ Tweedsmuir was being arranged J? Westminster Abbey, and St. Giles! tJw____! Edln hurgh, on Feb 22 w i_! nerai wiU °p Private. Mr. Eden added that
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    DUKE OF WINDSOR IN LONDON
    46 2 The Duke of Windsor, who is M as a major- genei- ;t with the ll Expeditionary Force, menu,! London or a visit of a t>w d.fifl Duke who not .unimiianirdkl Duchess, stayed at a U<v,tni« Photo shows the Duke \nm\mM hotel.
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    Roosevelt Reviews Panama Defences
    244 2 BtSIDENI Roosevelt, at the first press conference since he left the United States, said that he was m the Pacific conducting I study of the Panama Canal zone, and Central American defence. j This study had special relation to the distant rather than nearby Canal protection.
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    Scandinavil Opinion Changing
    186 2 Scandinavil Opinion Changing London, leb.fl THE unanswerable proof it I British Note of \»rwj>'s nj of her obligations under intfrnitfH law has cnanged .sr.indinawaij nion, declares a Daily Tele™ leader on the Altmark inc.dei.tH It adds that though regret najfl remains that our Navy was comptjß deal with a German
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    Food Prices Soar In Peking
    140 2 Peking, Feb 20 iT^oAon f K floUr hU a new hi S h level kio ?,u- 2 2 a bag da y. compared with 512 which was the official price at th« end of last year. ™*n i.-™« e J" is U x. due to
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    40 2 A few minutes after an express*, had 111 *»»«*<» (Yorks) for Sheffl.Jd EL^SHS tl f med **<* found hiTii-e--g»» unconscious on the footpi at. with !?d iK 88 The nreman-G R l\ aid Faulkener, of Holbeck L *edT '«>d m hospital. Leeds--
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    33 2 *wwu White Russian* and Ukrainians SS»*°JS repatriated to Soviet Russia German occupied Polish „ortne*. according to the Oenn_ u wfteSixty thousand Poles who escanMl tn R_^an occupied Poland Sry." 19 German-Controlled Pol" Reuter
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    GERMAN RAID FAIL
    20 2 Pp* ny F t<m mmti'Auo this i ermaus mac* thai >* r ler cf the n H 1
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    Rumania Fights Hidden Enemies
    119 3 Rumania Fights Hidden Enemies Bucharest. Feb 20 nunianian Government is h n individuals who are i jnibaun- ii its mission t'^H^un'r.fallKuH,( lared the Prime Mm- I fi "sou. m a statement I E___rS issue of a new I Tr ,11 ne he circulation or S'ol unauthorised pabli--1S Tatarescu asserted that
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    UNKNOWN
    23 3 Baghdad, Feb. 20. hme Minister, General Nuri resigned wmation of a new Cabinet dv the ex-Premier Rasnia ah is exacted to-night.- Reuter
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    21 3 I London, Feb. 20. Royal Air Force station to-day, Eaten m training v/ere inspeche commander m chief of the ir Force.
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    "NORWAY'S CASE NOT ACCEPTABLE," SAYS PREMIER
    986 3 "NORWAY'S CASE NOT ACCEPTABLE," SAYS PREMIER nattt r could be properly inve. "abated. This request was refused. The British also asked the Norwegian >fricer to accompany the Enti.sh boardinr party on board th A Altmark but he efused to do that. It would be seen, threforr that on three or
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    Critical Situation At Amoy
    182 3  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh SHANGHAI, FEB. 20. 10,000 JAPANESE TROO?S BOARDED 30 WAMHIPS ESTERDAY AND LEFT CVNTON IN GREAT HAMTC. H DESTINATION IS PRESUMABLY AMOY, WHEKb SITUATION HAS BECOME EXTREMELY TENSE. [here are only two detachments of Japanese troops left inton for garrison purpoS3S. Simultaneously the
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      219 3 Beginning to Feel your Age? You need a course of PHYLLOSAN tablets to recharge you with vital force, strengthen your heart and nerves, revitalize your blood, rejuvenate your arteries, and correct your blood pr«ssurt. Doctors not only prescribe Phyllosan tablets but take them themselves. They know that Phyllosan tablets are
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    Prison For Man "Useful To Nation"
    391 4 grX'AIJSE he thought that Kok Guan Leng was a man "useful to the nation at the present time" the Hon. Mr. Justice Pedlow yesterday suggested that "the matter of his banishment be looked into by the police/ He sentenced Kok to nine months' rigorous
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    Safeguard Against Air "Bends" Revealed
    50 4 •)in£ a R dolph Lovelm^^' of the last three months in C the Mayo a 30-mini.ti' walking 6 exerS?> |J European nation.s now at war' th a e V^^alth d of' de S f UltS rJnT? to ri "^P^H^aThi^as •0.000 imH to combat aerial invaders
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    rNetherlands Strengthen Air Defences
    47 4 r Netherlands Strengthen Air Defences I The Hamie ryh or -t-i Jvernmei timing 2? Nt ,h^ands r ls introduced ab 11 nmviri 'rISLiST bUildlne of mmeswee liter Th» S" 1 r VCSsel lost S SSSSPsSS c sum of 13,000,000 guilders Ls renii^f for aircraft reinforcement. cuuesi Reuter
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    WAR EFFORT HUSH HUSH
    265 4 >•.„_ London, Feb. 20. piE Treasury has decided that for 1940 and the duration of the war tne provision for armed forces the Ministry of Supply and certain ssssjsr ed with the war shau be Lde l Se r o ntln? i Ur p m nUte
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    SCHOOLBOY'S TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE
    168 4 I 10- YEAR-OLD schoolboy nameci I.achimanan had a terrifying j experience on Monday morning when he was accosted by two 1 Noitnern Indians, given a pill to i swallow which rendered him unconscious, and finally woke up m a held beside Norfolk Road to find that his
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    Government House Log
    443 4 I Excellency presided at Native Council held at the Council Cham Government Offices, this morning H™ an f. di em,an Besar ot Negri SemHon^ Mr. G. Wiseman. Hon Lt Co ,h i e u kxtte Mr R Scott and Tenek, oHn°\t^Co0 H n°\t^Col G E L A
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    UNKNOWN
    345 4 First Of Its Kj RELIEVED to bethefj of its kind was the suit tore Mr. Justice Mannin, terday when enemy aliens k a Singapore internment appeared as plaintiff partifs an action for breac h of tract. The internees were Mr. Robert Curt Barth. a diplomaed engineer of th. fi
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      123 4 Public Notice THK KAI B AI aSTKALIAN GOLD~^ MINING COMPANY LIMITED. 'Incorporated m Queensland) NOTICE OF DECLARATION OF FOURTH INTERIM DIVIDEND. NOTICE Is hereby given that a Fourth nunm Dividend of six pence per share J nrine financial year ending 31st March ;»w. has been declared by the Directors ".""'Company
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    THEY FLIRT WITH DEATH EVERY DAY
    935 5  - THEY FLIRT WITH DEATH EVERY DAY L. K. H. Singapore s Unsung Heroes set out one day last week-Te-ntative* of the local Engand Malay Press- -to spend a at sou with the auxiliary mineL ing flotilla ior Singapore harr that gallant combination ot ships and some 200 men, whose it
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    ALTMARK CAPTAIN INTERVIEWED
    71 5 I HAT NeW YOrk Fel> 20 I HAD given orders to my crew to no resistance. One of my a .single shot," declared Capch Dau of the Altmark m at Stavanger. and broadf America said that he was deterrespect Norwegian neutrality and the Altmark had no i
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    NAZI PROPAGANDA BORING GERMANS
    851 6 REACTIONS IN PRAGUE AND VIENNA TIIK German people are intensely bored by the interminable floods of propaganda which the Nazis are pouring out. The people would much sooner have music or light entertainment. The wireless has fallen into disrepute. Although there are terrible penalties for listening-in
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    SWISS WINTER SPORTSRESORTS CARRY ON
    136 6 SWISS WINTER SPORTSRESORTS CARRY ON UOPE springs eternal. hk, h S- constancy of the Swiss sno w s ;nd even m wartime th. W(|lU r sports centres of Switzerland „x ptat to carry on to some extent In the last war, members ©i S foreign diplomatic corps qiuit Pr ed
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    Man Of 74 Claims Gems From Girl Secretary
    674 6 "ADOPTED" HER AS DAUGHTER London, Jan. 31. I 74-YEAK-OLD retired solicitor. 1 Mr. Arthur Peel Nash, brought an action m the King's Bench Division to-day against his giri private secretary, whom, it was said, he adopted" after she had refused to marry
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    London To-day
    838 7  -  H.L. Hopkin On Father Thames Frozen Over First Time In j 126 Years: Mr. Kho Sin Kie To Play Exhibition LTennis In Singapore: Winston Churchill A Fine Tonic London. Feb. 1. VOW released for publication N Ls news of the weather which prevailed m Britain during the first
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    The Morning Tribune Wednesday, February 21, 1940. WE ARE NOT EXCITED
    334 7 The Morning Tribune Wednesday, February 21, 1940. WE ARE NOT EXCITED INSTEAD of lending money out of the Colonial Devebj 1 meat Fund, to any Colony or Protectorate m need of il the Colonial Office is to make free grants, with no condition, as to repayment or the specific uses
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    A Dress Designer Aged 16, Yesterdays Wedding And An Amusing Pahits Party
    927 8 I Vera Ardmore Tells To-day Of j This Girl" I LTHOUGH she ts only sixteen and still a schoolgirl, petite, brunette Miss Nelly Perry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Perry, of Singapore, is an accomplished fashion artist
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    PEOPLE PLACES
    195 8 PEOPLE PLACES huge ball m aid of the Red Cross to be held at the ballroom of Government House, which has been lent by Lady Wakehurst for the occasion. W'm Homeward bound from Bangkok, where he has been Charge d Affaires In the absence of th P Minister to Siam,
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    Designed This Dress
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    FOR A SMALL DINNER PARTY
    447 9 I We Suggest j Split Pea Soup Lamb Kidneys m Rice Ring I j Creamed Spinach French Beans j Coffee Mousse j j Cheese Biscuits Fruil Coffee I THE fashion for simple three-course dinners, rounded off with cheese and biscuits, fruit and coffee, is growing
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    Cut-And-Keep Recipes
    175 9 UAMIETTI POLONAISE 1 02 > spaghetti poons salt k grated parmesan cheese Poons melted butter 0/ butter stale breadcrumbs s boiling- water ;,rf 'tf '-'Tuyere cheese a.sto Wghettl into the boiling and pepper. Boil Drain. P i acP m a dry *U. butter. Parmesan and on a hot
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    7 CAN ACT
    296 10 -SAYS SHE (Tribune Film Correspondent) ALMOST every day .some screen struck youngster writes to our office to pose the shop- worn question, "How can I get into pictures?" To-day's visitor was typical— a girl of 17 or 18, very pretty, obviously vain, exceedingly ambiti(,u* and totally lacking
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    They're Friends Again
    164 10 REMEMBER Joan Crawford and Franchot Tone? They used to be one of Hollywood's most popular couples m the pre-divorce days. Suddenly out of the blue came the story which took everyone by surprise. Seems they couldn't live together for fear that their careers might be spoilt. Well
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    STAR LIKES TO BECOME A DIRECTOR
    471 10 STAR LIKES TO BECOME A DIRECTOR LJERE'S NEWS THAT WILL SURPRISE 101.11 11 MOVIE FANS. CLARKE GABLE, HE-MAN I STAR OF -GONE WITH THE WIND/ LS TRYINt; Rj TO INDUCE METRO EXECS TO LET HIM 11 DIRECT Ii Gable, happy faced, hard-hitting star ot many 1 1 pictures, has been
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    Grand Hitler Films
    178 10 A SPECIAL show m aid of the f? Malaya Patriotic Fund will be the highlight of next week's films. The .showing will be at the Alhambra Theatre when "Hitler— Beast of Berlin" will be the main attraction. Messrs. Shaw (Brothers, the owners of the Alhambra and a
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    HOLLYWOOD'S ALL WRONG
    328 11 IJOLLYWOOD publicity men spend the silly season spinning out silly stories for the consumption of the moviemad public. Something they never tire of is to talk about beauty. Now beauty is always a welcome subject, but off-hand I can't think of anything sillier than the Hollywood yen
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    Deanna And Gloria Jean
    234 11 Deanna And Gloria Jean rIRST visitor and also the last visir tor to the set of eleven-year-old Gloria Jean's first picture, 'The Under-Pup," coming to the Capitol theatre, was not only one of Hollywood's most illustrious personages but an example and a good-luck omen for Gloria as well. Three years
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    BEAUTY
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    FUN IS FUN WITH JOE
    142 11 FUN IS FUN WITH JOE JpUN i.s fun and Joe B:. Brown will soon be demonstrating at the Capital Theatre that he i.s OM <>f the world's funniest. As an officer of the law m "Colambia's "Beware Spook**, the mammoth-mawed mountebank provides an outstanding performance m an exceptionally wellwritten story.
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    $4,409.90 To Pay Dato's Debts
    157 14 $4,409.90 To Pay Dato's Debts (from Our Own Reporter i Kuala Lumpur. Tuesda. pROVISION for a loan of $4,409.91 to Dato Madon bin Vahya (D t to M?haraja Lela Stia Padukai l 0 settle his debts is mad j n lbf Selangor Estimates according to the proceedings of the Finance
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      126 14 To-night Simultaneously MARLBOROUGH AT 6-45 and 9 P.M. To-morrow Midnight At 12 P.M. EMPIRE TALKIE At 7-15 Jk 9-30 P.M. To-morrow Moment At 12.15 P.M. The Thrilling Chinese Historical production •O.\E SWORD AGAIMST The with FULL ENGLISH SUB-TITLES mmmwmmnmmmmmmnmmnß d ,m i _m_ii m ii ii uu p— WW i:!—
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    DEATH OF MR. D. J. BARRETT
    324 15 T M, t |._th occurred m thr Singapore I* V literal Hospital yesterday of V mond Jo^ph Barrett of f (.eneral Transport Co. Ltd., age of 24 years ,1, a is unmarried. a which* took place at the tny m the alternoon wus -ended.
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    RIOTING CHARGE
    87 15 Singa]K>re, Tuesday. ANOTHER striker, Hassan bin f cidali, an employee of the Singapore Rubl>er Works appeared j m the Fifth Police Court to-day, j under a charge of rioting It is alleged that accused with n?e, era and more with the common object of intim.r.atinr. pernor.* from wortling
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      302 15 MIDNIGHT PREMIERE SAT. 24th B SANDY POWELL Produced with the fall co. operation of Featuring the first great Naval War-time Song, "Oh Ain't It Grand To Be In The Navy written by JIMMY KENNEDY MICHAEL CARR Composers of "We're Going To Hang out the washing on The Siegfried Line" IN
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    Cleopatra's Roman Home Believed Founds
    250 16 RUINS of what archaeologists believe mas the home Julius Caesar provided for Cleopatra when the Egyptian Queen came to Rome nearly 2.000 years a*o have been found by workmen grading banks of the River Tiber. Elaborate frescoe.s and mosaics, stucco drains pieces of marble, foundations
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    55 16 I mmt -mmmm. Motorists m Worcester have had thfj blackout troubles lightened J type of lamp installed on a number! street corners is lessening the dana of accidents. It is constructed so thi it is invisible from the air while UuS ing sufficient light on the grourd enable padestrians and
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    He Wants Too Much Money
    7 17 He Wants Too Much Money JACK DOYLE
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    NEW RANKINGS FOR HORSES AND PONIES
    153 17 'HE following are classifications of horses and ponies just issued v the Straits Racing Association:— IORSES TRANSFERS: -From Clas s 1 to Class -Harlequin, Safariland. From Cla^s t) 2.-Grafmond, Sweet Cow. From Class 3 t 0 w c mazon Chance, Drummer jy. li.l.G Montp
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    JACK DOYLE IS STILL A 'BIG NOISE
    377 17 Boxing In Britain (From H. L. Hopkin.) London, Feb. 1. gBTOU the contest for the British featherweight championship between Nel Tarleton former champion, and Johnny Cusick, the holder, the critics were practically unanimous m saying that Tarleton could not possibly win. They admitted
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    INDO-CEYLONESE TENNIS
    71 17 TTHE fourth all-Malayan Indo-Ceylon-j cv tennis championship tournament will be held during the Easter I holidays. March 22-25. at Kuala Lum- Events are as follows: Men's open singles, men's handicap singles. men's open doubles, men*..: handicap doubles, I mixed doubles, ladies singles, and lnidies handicap singles. Entries clo.:o
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    FIGHT OFF
    95 17 possible opponent! for Parr— one at t:me. of course, not both m the same Talk of a contest between Farr and Jack Doyle has died down, both apparently wanting too much money. As Doyle has been beaten by Eddie Phillips and others, it is amazing that he still
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    S.C.C. TENNIS
    55 17 totriej for the sec. spring lawn nil tournament which commences on r. 18 close on Wednesday. Mar 13 The following are the event.*: Championship singles, championship doubl ladies singles, ladic #s doubles and mixed doubles. The list three events will only be run il not lefty than eight
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    Chinese Swimming Club
    42 17 Members of the Chinese Swimmin Club are reminded of the Kronchon' Night on Feb. 24, fiom 8 p.m. Dinner reservations will clo.se on the 22n*-' instant. Talkie films (including the New York Trade Fair, etc I will be shown
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    Women's Golf At Bukit Timah
    141 17 Women's Golf At Bukit Timah •THE Women a U-hole competition wai played I at Bukit Timah on Monday and result t m n tie m A Division between Mm X |A. Elder ;md Ml<w S Lucas with a aoorr d mi win lot Mrs C E Winter In I Division
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    SIX-A-SIDE SOCCER TOURNEY ON PADANG
    517 18 SIX- A -SIDE SOCCER TOURNEY ON PADANG S. C. C. FOOTBALL SEASON OPENS f OMMENCINO the S.C.C.'s soccer season, two ties were played m the Club's six-a-side tournament on the padang yesterday. In the first tie, Webster's team, whites, beat Oherrington's team, colours, by a corner, the sides sharing six
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    ROMANCES? DRAMA AT CATHAY
    132 18 ROMANCES? DRAMA AT CATHAY £<XvAuO^^^ I "THE Rebel Son." featuring Harry 1 Baur, opened at the. Cathay yesterday. This is a story of life among the Cossacks, of a father and his two sons who live to fight. One of the soils fights for the sake of fighting alone. The
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    LAUREL & HARDY AT THE ALHAMBRA
    113 18 LAUREL HARDY AT THE ALHAMBRA STAN Laurel and Oliver Hardy score another hit m "The Flying Deuces," RKO picture now on at the Alhambra. 1 They are a s silly as ever m th& pic- ture In fact, they seem to be sillier j than ever. I The fun starts
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    LEAGUE TABLE
    129 18 TABLE.S in the Business Houses' 1 League to-date aacr c as follows: Goals Teams P. W. L. D. F. A. Ps. Overseas C. Bank 4 3 1 10 4 8 H. and S. Bank 2 2 -13 2 4 Nestanglo 3 2 111 11 7 4 Spore T'tion
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    Singapore Amateur Sports
    107 18 At the eleventh annual kciht.-iI meeting of t.,. Singapore Amateui .sport, Union, iht following were elected us ottot-bawtn for th PatroiiK. Messrs. Yeo Slew ChUftU, Una Chung Swee Mid Obue Hong Kay. President Mr. Et» Cheng Leung (re-elected). VicePresidents: Meears. Yap Hock Cheng, in'elected), E Tian Cheng
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    UNITEERS WIN IN BUSINESS LEAGUE
    347 18 UNITEERS WIN IN BUSINESS LEAGUE Uniteers: 3; Thornycrofts: 0. THE Uniteers scored a decisive victory over Thornycrofts m the Business Houses League fixture yesterday at the Anson Road Stadium, when they scored a runaway victor y of three goals to nil. Although Thornycroft'* wer ft the losers technically they could
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    DR. MOONJE ANSWERS MR. JINNAH
    172 18 DR. MOONJE ANSWERS MR. JINNAH Patna. Feb. 9. DR. Moonje m a statement draws attention to one of Mr. Jinnah s conditions m the correspondence be tween Lord Linlithgow and Mr. Jinnah recently published. Dr. Mocnje says, "One of the conations of Mr. Jinnah without whicn perhaps he may not
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    Y.M.C.A. FOOTBALL
    59 18 The following hare been sel s°j£L vl on football for the Y.M.CA. against "J""^ Friday, Feb. 23 at 5.10 p.m. on tne w Road Ground: Wee Aik Chan: M Hucr H. Chambers. G. J. Moxon: Joo HocKt Yang. B. Opton: A. C. Galsbaun. Sw« R. Lawerence. V. R.
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    BANKA TEAMS
    139 18 .he I The Banka Sports Club will mcc Air Force (Kallang) In a frlen soccer on Wednesday at Fnrrer iw- ,l to represent the Banka boys wm ?9m t.ron> the following players: T oon Tong; Soon San. Chit Lim. Ah v Seng Quee. Chwee Chua. Boon k- Leng.
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      29 18 Spoils Diary TO-DAY SOCCER: Business Houses' League, Harper, Giliillan vs Singapore Traction Co., Stadium; H :«nd Shanghai Bank vs Straits Times Press, 5.H.8.. s c.C. Six a-side tournament sec.
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  • REUTER'S COMMERCIAL SERVICE
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      LONDON TIN
      10 19 London. Tuesday. p ce gagas omcl.lPr.ce, |244;,8uve r
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      LONDON RUBBER
      45 19 London. Tuesday. KIBBI.K b s Market TOH€ Q"^ 1 13' 8 b 13 3 4 s fist Fji ward) Mar. 13 116 b 13 316 s Foiward) Apr. 12^ 2 b 12 S s i Forward) May 12 118 b 12 316 .s
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      LONDON SHARE LIST
      91 19 London. Tuesday. D itill C 6/6 Dunlop Rubber 31. 9 General Electric W/7% [mperial Chemical In. 31/10V 2 Imperial Tobacco 121/8 Anglo-Dutch 26/3 Canadian Pacific 6-8 London Tin V4jii Rubber Pi In Trust 34/6 Linggis 2/Aver Hitams 23/0 Southern Kintas 15/Pabanga 16/Lundon Asiatics 3/10 We.st Witwatersrand Area
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      BULLION MARKET
      17 19 London, Tuesday. BUyer Spot 20y 8 Silver Forward 20% BAR GOLD. Fine oar oz. £8.8.0
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      FOREIGN EXCHANGE
      50 19 London, Tuesday. T/T London on Paris 176.50 r T London on Amsterdam 7 53 T T London on Shanghai 4 7/16 r T London on Hongkong ls. 2 151 16 d. T T London on Japan ls. 2 9!32d T/T London on New York 448* to 4. 03^
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      NEW YORK
      27 19 New York. Feb. 19. It I BBI.K B S jjjfket Tone 'Quiet 18 1516 19 116 jjjrward, Apri'June 10% 18% JJ*** Tone Quiet Spot 45%
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      PRODUCE
      60 19 London. Tuesday. Au^'? 11 Walay) m bulk pt S'ment. Not Quoted djember Sment. Not Quoted f) Hour (Sarawak--8 ment 18 Valu J^a. Seed Pearl to£2 nt 31/- Sellers PPei (FAQ) White />,; f t F fbMar. S'ment. 4 3 16 Sellers ppcr i FAQ) Black SSS? Afloat s me
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    GERMAN COAL FOR ITALY
    127 19 GERMAN COAL FOR ITALY London, Feb. 20. ASKED m the Commons to-day whether he was aware that some 16 Italian ships, during the last three weeks, had been loading German coal m Rotterdam for shipment to Italy, the Minister of Economic Warfare said that he was aware of the fact,
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    Fraser's Daily Report
    186 19 Singapore, Tuesday. THERE was nothing to relieve the dullness of markets to-day m spiti of a further rise m the local price of tin to $124, up IV4. The price of rubber at four o'clock wa:; buyers Spot 38Vfe cents, April June 36^« cents, JulylSeptember 34% cents,
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    COMMITTEE TO DRAFT INDIA'S CONSTITUTION
    144 19 i I Hem Delhi. Feb. 14. I OBBV interest was aroused by two i r« volutions tabled by Sardar Sant Singh. Secretary of the OM_fNM Nationalist Party, for the next ballot. 0.-.c 'recommend.*- th* appointment! immediately of a joint commit t'-c of b~th Houses of
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    S.N.D.P YOGAM TO CONTINUE DISSOCIATION
    109 19 Allepy. Feb. 2. AN informal conference of .some of the Fzhava leaders, who had participated m the State Congress agitation, was held m the office of the S. N. D. P. Yf gam, to consider the situation arising from th.? decision of the S. N.
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    Allah Bux May Co Out
    84 19 Karachi, Feb. 12. WHILE extending support to the Sind Assembly Hindu Independent Party's move to overthrew the Allah Bux Ministry, the Congress Assembly members have made it very clear, through a re;solution that they will neither form a ministry, nor help any other group In
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  • The Morning Tribune
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      7 20 The Morning Tribune Wednesday, Feb. 21, 1940.
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      FINNS TRAP 2 MORE SOVIET DIVISIONS
      626 20 Reported Capture Of High Officer I HELSINKI, FEB. 2#. JWO MORE RUSSIAN DIVISIONS ARE REPORTED TO BE IN DIFFICULTIES. ONE IS THE 164 TH. SITUATED IN THE SECTOR NORTHFASI OF LAKE LADOGA AND THE OTHER IS THE 54TH. WHICH IS REPORTED TO BE CUT
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      Soviet Ambitions
      77 20 Soviet Ambitions Helsinki. Feb 20 v SPECIAL interest is attached by the Finns to the capture of th? s S standard of the 18th division L which portrays the town of Joros- i lavl on the Volga, transfixed with a Russian bayonet, which cover, i i the map of the
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      NAZI LOSS OF FACE
      451 20 London. Feb. 20. rE statement yesterday by the Norwegian Foreign Secretary, m which although admitting that the Altmark must be considered as a warship he maintained that it was no part of international law for a neutral country to inspect a belligerent warship, and stated that
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      STOP PRESS
      132 20 London, Feb. 20. Ships were attacked this afternoon by enemy planes off the Nortbumberland, Norfolk, Lincolnshire and Suffolk coasts. The sos. from the attacked ship* were heard by wireless listeners on the Norfolk coast. Air raid warnings and gunfire were heard m southeast F.ssex.— Reu"r. Paris, Feb. 20.
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