Morning Tribune, 24 July 1940

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    8 1 The Morning Tribune ,48 Wed, July 24. 1940.
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    TAXES RAISED IN BRITAIN TO MEET £3,467-MILLION BUDGET
    2007 1 TAXES RAISED IN BRITAIN TO MEET £3,467-MILLION BUDGET HE Chancellor of tlte Exchequer last night revealed that Britain 's budget for the present year stood at £3,467 millions, of which £2,Boo millions represented war expenditure. The gap between revenue and expenditure was £2,200 millions. Increases in income tax, surtax, estate
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    KONOYE'S FOREIGN ' POLICY
    131 1 KONOYE'S FOREIGN POLICY U Tokyo, July 23. ■JHE Prime Minister, Prince I Konoye, discussing the Japa- •.cse home and foreign policy ■with the Press to-day, made l".rt-e main points, according to ■the Domei news agency. I (1) Establishment of a new poliI tn.tl structure; I Kepleiushment of national I icf(
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    Malayan Ford Factories Doing War Work
    89 1 New York, July 23. |LTH( >UGH Mr. Henry Ford has declined to manufacture aeroplane engines for Britain at his great Michigan plant, the Ford fad a few .niles across the Canadian border at Windsor, Ontario, is I f M measure work for the Empire's
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    FIGURES AT A GLANCE
    97 1 FIGURES AT A GLANCE Total Expenditure £3,467 millions Total Revenue £1.267 millions Gap between Expenditure Revenue £2,200 millions Total War Expenditure £2.800 millions Income tax up Is. (now Bs. 6d. in the Surtax raised to from between 2 and li.fi. Estate duty op 10% Beer per pint up Id. Tobacco
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    Continental Europe Faces Acute Oil Shortage
    192 2 Ifteuter's Spec.al Commentary) London, July *3. AN \KTICLE in the Petroleum Press Service point* out that the blockade is likely ta cause an acute oil scarcity in continental ur °J*Ihf sap between normal requirement. s cf lQumiUton tow 'P»us tour million Lunker»l and th*
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    VICEROY'S WAR FUND
    42 2 London, July 23. FE Viceroy's War Purpose Fund now exceeds £760,000. Donations are pouring in from all quarters, ranging from a gift of over £11,000 monthly from the Nizam of Hyderabad to four pence from a railway porter.- Reuter
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    BRITAIN'S DESTROYER STRENGTH
    130 2 BRITAIN'S DESTROYER STRENGTH London, July 23. WHILE no official figures ar e obtainable in wartime, the opinion of reliable independent experts is that the destroyer strength of the British Navy is considerably greater now than when war broke out in spite of the fact that the sinking of H.M.S. Brazen,
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    Mercantile Losses
    75 2 London, July 23 THE Admiralty announces that mercantile losses due to enemy action for the week ending July 14-15 amounted to 61,032 tons. These embraced nine British ships, totalling 32,963 tons, four Allied, totalling 7,335 tons, and six neutral totalling 20,734 tons. They were little more than half
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    More Raids On Britain
    102 2 London, July 23. ENEMY aircraft dropped a number of bombs at many coastal points during the flight, including Thames Estuary, South Wales and south-east Scotland, states an An Ministry and Ministry of Home Seen rity communique, which adds: ratal casualties were reported but me Scottish town
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    EGG SHORTAGE IN BRITAIN
    71 2 London. July MR- Robert Soothby (Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food 1 discussing the aspects of the food situa- tion to-day, said that they were taking steps to import eggs (of which then is a shortage at present) from abn>; Some would be coming from
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      113 2 r*" v 1 ACCIDENTS will happen I /rf £fi but there's little risk of infection if you If V) always have PLASTRIP handy. L-— Plastrip is an antiseptic bandage so you do not require any other form of dreiislng. rl^^B Plastrip will not adhere to t»n- hair, \kin. or wound
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    U.S. WARSHIPS ON SECRET MANOE UVRES
    123 3 Honolulu, July 23. a DDITIONAL units of the United States Fleet have left Honolulu harbour for secret lian f V Is e NDERSTOOD THAT SOME VESSELS ARE miv<; TO THE CHRISTMAS ISLANDS IN THE SOUTH PAriFIC WHICH ARE OWNED JOINTLY BY THE BRITISH AND
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    OPPOSITION TO PLAN FOR U.S. TRUSTEESHIP
    213 3 OPPOSITION TO PLAN FOR U.S. TRUSTEESHIP Flew York, July 23. li apptars that a blot- headed by 1 ineatiMi is unwilling to M aWish a definite trusteeship icheme over European possessions id the western hemisphere such as Mr ordell Hull seemed to envisage, irritM the Havana correspondent of the H€*
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    U.S. PLANES TO STAY AT MARTINIQUE
    48 3 U.S. PLANES TO STAY AT MARTINIQUE New York, July 23. nnounoed by the Fruich Pur- Commission in America that plane* bought by the French r iv.m'ui and now at Martinique !V) f be transferred to Britain the Anglo-French contract fortransfer of materials which ueu States territorial waters. Reuter
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    NAZI FUEL SHORTAGE
    45 3 NAZI FUEL SHORTAGE New York. July 22. tiling to Mr. Max Ball, the oil authority quoted by the N An .-;p|cs Times, Hitler must finish '"tain by Oct. 1, or "?o out of zkrieg business at least for a f«r want of moti»r fuel.'— Reuter
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    Britain Fighting The Whole World's Battle
    383 3 London, July 23. OEALING with Lord Halifax's broadcast, the Yorkshire Post prai the speech more particularly as pointing the way to a fuller demonstration ol the fundamental differences between the aims inspir ing the Nazi war lords and the democracies which challenge their attempt
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    Wedding Anniversary Party At Raffles: Surprises For Cathay War Fund Show
    1036 4 Wedding Anniversary Party At Raffles: Surprises For Cathay War Fund Show VERA ARDMORI TO-DAY: reient |>i' tare <»f v |.uurem-«* Bu r- gess, a tharm- mi; newcomer S to Singapore. t Mrs. Bin«ess. J uho is the for- inrr Miss SuS sail Stabb, has many friends in thr Far I
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      92 4 iSSURE YOUR OWN a FUTURE rl io to *d"V to y^T T *7Flp study lit PlT\f MANS, sinwpore Branrh 'he fumouH London College rstublHu-d 70 ycar» aRo 'ObDtnt at anv time for Shorthand I■. ''k-k^pinß. Commrrriai Correspond- Commerce. Typewriting, and other .incrnul subjectw. Special courses ••Jißed for tralninK for the
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      104 4 B^^^j ACHIEVED BY I^4?W SKIN CLEANLINESS \d r.M Skin c»rt Isn't a matter of happy dabbling* with a mi«cellany of pots and tubes, for beauty is next to sUm cleanliness and first your skin must be cleansed and toned and smoothed and soothed. First, to cleanse your skm way beneath
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    A KITCHEN PLANNED for brightness & efficiency
    496 5 A KITCHEN PLANNED for brightness efficiency THI .imple kitchen *MM ,»l:mned for easy working nuieiuv two essentials. Singapore, since "mems" n( ,u-a-«lavs, more familiar uith lebtmM than they uere in the „i htfgC and competent staffs !\.HItV etcta at top right of page shows m-to-date sink and draining mated beneath
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      337 5 Tips For The WOODWORK, which has become dirty /TT^ W _>• iici cir.MV may be cleaned quickly by m Sit wp 't a soft cloth which JL if'fVr f rfe been damped with a little paraffin. F KEELS OF COTTON no longer go astray if housed in the handy container
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      57 5 PENANG, S.S. l\ TRADE y^^^&ijw^v MARK (I I^^^ REGISTERED try these delicious RlTZSauces Tomato hilly Sauce Black (Worcestershire) SaUCe I Obtainable from all Provision I Merchants. I Sole Distributors for Malaya I Singapore CoW Storage Co., Ltd. I f BUY BRITISH EMPIRE PRODUCE I PHONE 5376 FIVE LINES C.S. 179A
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    SAID FRIEND INSTIGATED HIM TO MURDER WOMAN
    407 6 •She laidth* iu'i- daughter le.t. was wearni" a gold wrist watch, a B old chain a gold ling uold earnnus and a silver belt. daughter w rei returned, said I Kim. 'I learched for her until June when I reported the matter to
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    MILLION DOLLAR ESTATE CASE
    233 6 k CIVIL ACTION in which a Chinese married woman, Wee 800 Lat, is claiming a share as a beneficiary in the estate of Wee Siang Tai deceased, came on for hearing yesterday in the High Court before Mr. Justice A. K. a'Beckett Terrell, Acting Chief Justice.
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    CLAIM FOR DAMAGES IN HIGH COURT
    178 6 CLAIM FOR DAMAGES IN HIGH COURT kfS action for damages in respect of 8.500 shares in Edgar Brothers, Ltd., began in the High Court yesterday before Mr. Justice Pedlow, the parties to the suit being the Official Assignee of the property of George Edgar, bankrupt, and Martin Edgar who is
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    Noted Pianist Dies
    22 6 London, July 23.— The noted Russia pianist, Vladimir Cernukoff, died in London to-day at the age of sixty.— Reuter
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      72 6 THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS LEGAL SERVICE FORMATION of the new Malta I 1 Settlements Legal Servic- f ore cast recently in the Tribune ls now been officially confirmed. The rules of the new service arr similar to the rules governing u 1( Straits Settlements Civil Service It is proposed that the
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    PLAIN TALK FOR HITLER BY HULL AND HALIFAX
    841 7 New York, July 23. I^ORD Halifax's speech is fully reported and favourably commented on in the New York newspapers, all of which stress the point that Lord Halifax rejected Hitler's spurious peace offensive in terms which leave no doubt of t<he British
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    Rumanian Approach To The Soviet
    145 7 Bucharest. July 23. kS agrement m being sought by J A Rumania from the U.S.S.R. to the appointment of M. Gafencu, the, former Foreign Minister, as Amador to Moscow. There »> no confirmation here of report that the U.S.S.R. has presented i note to Rumania
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    MISSING MEN TURN UP
    52 7 Saint Thomas. July 22. Two missing lifeboats of the BritN« hips King: John and Davisian. by a Nazi raklcr in West Indies waters last week, have been accounted far. A Norwi'oian ship has rescued the survivors from one and the other has reached the island of
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    Men Made Younger By Treating Gland
    110 7 (letting uj> nights, burning sensation of organs, whitish discharge, dull a< In- fli i>;u«of spine, groin and leg pains, nervousness, weuKiiesK and lons of nutnly \iu(>itr' an- tausod by a disease of th<> Prostate Gland (a j>:ost }jnpo:*iant Bf»x k!;i"<1 in i.;i n). To
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    Second Meeting Of Konoye Cabinet
    96 7 Tokyo, July 23. THE second Konoye Calxiet had m fiisr meeting last nißht fol'owinf ihe inve.^t.itiuo of Cabinet members. It vas decider; t teat rrteht*a CaIbinet meeting that the platiotm and pohrios of tho rjeV Cabin: l hv m:id( rub'ic at an opportune inw. The
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    Morning Tribune Prelude To Raids On Open Towns
    298 7 Morning Tribune Prelude To Raids On Open Towns WEDNESDAY. JULY ti, !940. ftEPOfiE September 191)9, the Nazis' propaganda was systematically built on lie*. They used propaganda to conceal their intention up to the last moment. When Hitler absorbed Sudetenland into the Greater Reich, he told the world that he had
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      88 7 MORE EVACUEES LEAVE H.K. ||nrt£ki»mr, July 23. nNOI'GH shipping is now avail- to take evacuee* from ,ng at nrsent at Manila vi'lralia. \nother v^ss?l feavshortly wOl bear 400 furviuuers d-'rect to Australii. IU liter. DO YOU NEED GLASSES? '""iP s o n Certified iggTlTfci 1 nifs and Mountings A :tre
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    "Mutiara," First Singapore-Made Malay Talkie
    74 8 CINGAPOM hlmgoers hud &bc distinction of being the first to see a film made in Singapore on Saturday midnight ;md last ni«ht at the Alhambra, uhen Shaw Hros.' first Singapore madr l.ilkie, "Mutinni. was shown to a crowded house. The film had Miss Tina, wellknown
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    SUCCESS— THE HARD WAY
    278 8 SUCCESS— THE HARD WAY Hollywood, they call her "Luck> Penny," which is a triumph in w i \renre sent at ion. If anyone earn 'd Neoeti the hard tmjt it is Penny Singleton. is the girl who came to Hollywood finr the N»vv York ftafe, where she had liivc considerable
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    KARLOFF, MASTER OF MAKE-UP
    187 8 KARLOFF, MASTER OF MAKE-UP DORIS KARLOFF, who plays the D newest screen sleuth in "Mr. Wong, Detective," coming to the Alhambra to-morrow, believes In the Paul Muni theory of acting That is, he prefers to be recognized as the character he portrays, rather than as a personality, always the same.
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    What's On To-night
    66 8 CAPITOL: "Fast and Furious," Franchot Tone, Ann Sothern CATHAY: "Slightly Honorable,' Pat O'Brien, Edward Arnold, Ruth Terrv. ALHAMBRA: "Mutiara," Tina, Haron. PAVILION: "The Four Just Men,' Hugh Sinclair, Griffith Jones, Francis L. Sullivan, Frank Lawton. STARK REALISM A scene from John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath," a
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    UNKNOWN ED THE FAMOUS...
    1066 8 UNKNOWN ED THE FAMOUS... There are also a number of sons and daughters of famous stars. Tim Holt, son of veteran Jack, is one of the mast promising of to-day's younger film heroes. Tim, although only in his early twenties, is already married, and has a young son. While Tim
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    Romance In The Air
    283 9 Romance In The Air (Tribune Film Reporter) yyiliLK i!>:w in Hollywood was notable for the number of filmstar marriages, HMO b already proving a year of surprise romances. Each day brings a fresh love affair, a reshuffle of twosc mes into the gossip columns. Take Bette Davis, for instance. In
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      144 10 i DOES A WOMAN TELL HER DOCTOR EVERYTHING |fi th. \tisw«r l«. i«;il <|iMstion in W.Ci.M's rtfci n« w sirlvt-iitiiii i:i p'tpi'liir DJi KILDAT^K sriies Wn 1 mm, WSB*£ W V Ji "THE SECRET OF DR. KILDARE" With »,RV AVKfIS IJO\FI, RARRVMORf! L\R\(Ni; DAT nui HELEN GILBERT Olitkej R<»oiM'y's I'itUv
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      27 10 TOPPING THE RECORD OF 'DODcT7r"7| WHEREEVER IT IS SHOWN I \i \mr\i4.ii i i>ni >in i M I SAT. JULY 27-ALIIA^IIIIt\| x- I Filmed in SEPIA COLOUR
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      337 11 hfghf lor A kmi red Ursula I <«»nd your small I \dvert to the I iiiimxE I insertions for the Price of 1 I Domestic Occurrence ■rth ASMUS, AT the Maternity Hob■pi it, Rita, wife of E. J Asmus, a ■Sauuhter. Rosemane Anne. Kjfi<dfion« Vacant ■^TT^pable Chinese outdoor salesmen Mt
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      440 11 Wanted WANTED To Buy second-hand bicycles hntish make pn-ferable. Apply 2, Lurong 4. Cleylang. Singapore. (No. 184E) WANTED: S4 Sewing Machine Handle) Oood order. Particulars to Box 205. f.o Malaya Tribune. Singapore. (No. IME> WANTED SUPER Ikonta's. Contax's Contaflex Kod&Jt Cine Special Cheap, Letteis only. Pugh. Pint 2. Capitol Buildings.
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      663 11 Educational i LE.SSONS n n Reinforced Concrete Designer. 176. Rcice OOUTM Road, Sing-pore. (No. 14E; EVENING CLASS for Draughtsmen New session from August. Terms made easier. Architect. 176, Race Course Road. Singapore. (No. 13E> MATHEMATICS Tuition Std. VIII and Seni'n undertaken by Rafflen College underyrnduair. 3ox 215. co Malaya Tribune.
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      177 11 Public Notices NOTICE. DRFSSERS' EXAMINATION An examination for dressers will be held in Singapore, Penang and Malacca, on the 2nd September, 1940, and following days. Estate dressers who have had the necessary training may enter for this examination. further particulars mav be obtained on application to tnc Chief Medical Officer
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      352 12 JTCTDAY at the CAPjTOL|j£ Uhilt- Hubby jucl^ed Bathing Beauties, Hifi^u as tracking down a nasty criminal What fun ACCLAIMED BY THE PRESS PUBLIC \UII\K\ was a great success." —STRAITS TIMES. I CAN BE RECOMMENDED TO PEOPLE OF ALI I NATIONALITIES" -SINGAPORE FREE PRESS I SHAW BROS.' FIRST AMBITIOUS SINGAPORE-MADE MALAY
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      73 12 Plank Falls On Work man I While workinp in a I Budge Road a Chinese r I injuries yesteiday afternoon I I plank lulling on him I peoted of having intern; I StartlinK American disco\erv R j Tp tnn I f fresh, dazzling velvety, ivory.; hll l I pearin K
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    SINGAPORE-MADE FILM AT THE ALHAMBRA
    385 13 SINGAPORE-MADE FILM AT THE ALHAMBRA ~'Kj/. '^c^^ rm POSSIBILITIES of films made ntir elv with local talent and entirely local backu are effectively demonstrat--8 n Shaw Brothers' 'Mutiara* nn i «l>e"ed last niffht for a sea- "t the Alhambra Theatre. (11 en and director have made ■ntertainment, which should „1
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    "FAST & FURIOUS" AT THE CAPITOL
    141 13 "FAST FURIOUS" AT THE CAPITOL FAST AND FURIOUS" is the fun a' the Capitol. Franchot Tone and \nn Southern give a delightful perormance. with Lee Bowman and Rutn iussey. In the story of a detective who nvest. l > money in a beauty show, takes i holiday with his wife
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    SPOUTS DIARY
    22 13 TO-DAY BOCCF.K: Sing Tao Footballers v. C«:mblnrd Services, Stadium; S.AI.A. LeatM, Div. II (B). J.f'.S.A. v. Customs. J.C.S.A. I m
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    Y.M.C.A. WIN AT WATER POLO
    43 13 r i h v MjC a Junior I tho n a ICC. by 13 n U oil one-^ki<d water pi lo match yesterday In a ekMe competition, Poof KJm Cboon poo the £.r John Bagnall L.: Saving Trophy.
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    NAVY DOWNED BY TADS
    38 13 Munch Wmvy by foul r nil In I H» tnt Divisoccer Oxtuw ui ihv Naval i The Tad.s mow top IIM leftfW with 25 polnti out oi H being nt ahrnd cf tin* Chineae.
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      98 13 OPENiNG TO-DAY AT THE J YOU HAVE READ THE BOOK NOW YOU WILL BEjj THRILLED WITil THE PICTURE jjl I IKpAH WALLACES I EXCITING AND INTRI3UING MODERN THRILLErII jm B^^ v '1 A.B.F.D. PRODUCTION. j| WITH I HUGH SINCLAIR— GRIFFITH JONES-- nL ii^lll.t 4 FRANCIS L. SULLIVAN— FRANK LAW- I
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    RECS EASY VICTIMS TO ARTILLERY, BEATEN 6-2
    493 14 THE A. (9th Hwiv) Reft) *Uged fine rally after bring two 1 dmm -1 thr interval to baal the s.K.r. $-2 In Division I me ;it Anaon Road Stadium lad evwdn Well >«iv»'d ;n 1 1 i forward line, the unnen < id
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      205 14 BRANCHES AGENCIES THROUGHOUT TtflE f WORLD I South British Insurance Co., Ltd. 1 Tel. 5526 2. Fin!ayson Grwn. a tic «\s piiilp mm:. 1 1 (Incorporated in Australia i i MONTHLY SAILINGS TO BRISBANE, I! SYDNEY, MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND if THURSDAY ISLAND I; For ini'ormatlon regarding freight and
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    Reuter's COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    276 15 Reuter's COMMERCIAL SERVICE m TIN London, July 23. <**-«"> Sf, 4 SKS ialPricel 3,K RUBBER London, July 23. 1 BIJLK Buyers Sellers gtt Tone «6 St^ e V August 12 518 12^ i /Forward, Sept. 12 3^6 12 516 ijrd Forward) OctiDec. 11 'a U 1510 IONDON STOCK EXCHANGE London,
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    RICE POOL TO OPERATE FROM AUGUST FIRST
    129 15 rE Government Rice Pool will come into operation in Singapore on Aug. 1, from which date all rice imported for Malayan consumption will be deposited on arrival at the Rice Transit Sheds at Empire Dock. As soon as rice deposited at the Transit
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    CONSTABLE WHO TOOK BRIBES GAOLED
    71 15 A MARINE police constable, 26-year-old Abdul Hamid bin Haji Mohamed, attached to the Naval Base police force, Singapore, who admitted having accepted three bribes amounting to $23, uas sentenced to a year's rigorous im- prUonment yesterday. Abdul Hamid accepted money from Nr l.eiig Teck, In
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    SECONDARY WIFE AND MAINTENANCE PROBLEM
    283 15 SECOND AR Y WIFE AND MAINTENANCE PR OBLEM THE question whether the secondary wife of a Chinese is entitled to maintenance during the lifetime of her husband, came on for argument before the Acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justin- A. K. a'Beckett Terrell, in the High Court yesterday. This question was
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    Pencil Gave Thief Away
    133 15 HAD it not been for the falling of a pencil, Urn Beng Ek f 25-year. old Hainancse, uoold have got away with a purse belonging to Mohamed Syed bin Abdullah, driver of the acting Coroner, Mr. MacQuarrie. The pencil was in the purse lying in the
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    FUNERAL OF MR. T. F. GUTHRIE
    301 15 FUNERAL OF MR. T. F. GUTHRIE DONATIONS to the War Fund by several friends were included among the tokens of esteem in which the late Mr. Thomas F. Guthrie, whose funeral took place yesterday, was held. Mr Guthrie, of the firm of Thomas F. Guthrie and Co., of Bishopsgate, London,
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    Coconut Falls On Woman
    51 15 A YOUNG Tamil woman living in a lane off Thompson Road was hit on the chest by a falling coconut yesterday evening while sitting outside he she U complained of ,evere pain! .ln her chest, and was unable to walk. She was removed to the General
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    211 16 .don. July 8. W- Aid' I mi d the I'alcst.inian Auxili try Mllil u I ion i I '■>'< on *neii fine bearing i i Ipllne L.wd Lloyd who '*a on hi arrival bf Maj »i General B.C Johnson V c ii 'he lines
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    BULGARIAN MINISTERS INVITED TO BERLIN
    54 16 Berlin. July 23. •WIF Prime Minister and Foreign Min- Lster of Bulgaria have been invited to Berlin by the German Government, .states the German News Agency which reminds [it public that the Prime Minteter aud Foreign Minister of Rumania will be in Germany for a
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    No Self-Determination For The Baltic States
    181 16 London, July 23. DKUTKK'S diplomatic correspon- dent learns that the Estonian Minister in London has informed the Foreign Office that he is unable to recognise the surrender of the independence of his country as a free and genuine expression of the will of the
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    Australia Suspends Recruiting
    107 16 Melbourne, July 23. i rilK temporary suspension of rec rililt for the Australian Imperial Force is announced bv the Army Minister, Brigadier Street, the initial objective of 80.000 men having been reached. Brigadier Street added that Australia would concentrate on intensive training of members of the A.I.
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    CAPT. RAMSAY TO REMAIN DETAINED
    76 16 London, July 23. DRIOR to Sir Kingsley Wood's speech, 1 Sir John Anderson, Home Secretary, announced that the Advisory Committee had considered the case of ft member of Parliament, Capt. Ramsay, and had recommended his continued detention. He had decided to give directions, therefore, that
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    The Morning Tribune
    83 16 Wednesday, July 24. 1940 Home Guard! Now Numbers I 1.300,0()(i I London. July m B IN the House of Commons to di» P* Mr Anthony Eden. War Mini^rH stated that the local defence volun teers, hereafter to be called th e Hom»~H Guards. now exceeded 1300MnH cheers
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    NAZI AC-AC SHIP SUNK AT BERGESM
    70 16 London, July tX. |H AN Admiralty communique stute> ih it early yesterday mornini- |H Skua aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm made an attack on Bergen. wm Owing to low visibility and umav.^B >urable weather conditions, the maiaßß >bjectives were not in all cases
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    New CALEDONIA SENDS ENVOY TO AUSTRALIA
    102 16 New CALEDONIA SENDS ENVOY TO AUSTRALIA Sydney, July 23 SH k SPECIAL envoy from the Government II of New Caledonia, a French Island I 111 11 the Pacific, has arrived here to consult I F \ith the Australian Government regal* I ng the economic future of his country The envoy,
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    STOP PRESS
    143 16 Cairo, July 23. J The British Government has placed p a house in Khartoum at the disposal F <>i Haile Selassie. Hub It is stated that the Emperor rea- lises that the time is not yet ripe |I for him to enter Abyssinia, but ht 1* had expressed
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