Sunday Tribune (Singapore), 7 January 1940

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  • 19 1 The Sunday Tribune 5 A.M. EDITI O N VOL. 7— No. at SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, JANUARY 7, 1940. FIVE CENTS.
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  • 511 1 MR. HORE-BELISHA TAKES LEAVE OF WAR OFFICE CHIEFS Persona I Sta temen t To Commons Comment On Mr. Belisha's Resignation In Pajre 10. London, Jan. 6. MIL Leslie Hore-Belisha, who to-day took leave ol the heads of departments at the War Office, intends
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  • 176 1 HOW GERMAN TOOK CABINET CHANGES Jan. <;. l Mi. Ho,, Bel i UK•lutsurpri e in German) .\<- <rii Berlin ted with defend the that it should )e of rii sen (on and i.i confidence irKhin the Britisfa nt." Mr. Noii lisha has been ribed in Germany as the "chief representative
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  • 88 1 n, Jan J. I I.Mr. I in the Man•mmenting cd K<v i hat the EuroWar will n a a turning-point Ulies by Easter an 'l t hi* conflict v. ill end within a n that Kano's ■'ii>m ma U-founded as Europe estimate is Vt
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  • 24 1 hundred :llld i .1 l«rs are the llali n S*\ j sccordpubiished in this morning. ire registered s coin 11. ,.i v .mil Reuter
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  • 163 1 ITALY HUNGAR Y IN ACCORD Venice, Jan. 6 POUNT CIANO, Italian Foreign Minister, told journalists thai he and M. Csaeky had a two hours' conversation. He added, "We had a long and exhaustive talk and thoroughly discussed the Central and Eastern European situation. You can say we are in agreement
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  • 175 1 I in. ns and < 111 ilain, ..I Frcm h .i l i by the British Army. ih of railroad Ih do< 'K^ide nnl ha* also This, hupe ordei irUI vvni British < mi. mm rs horn lnui "I I" build foi overseas mis- lomrs
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  • 543 1 Malaya Wants War Lotteries Now "Matter For Local Decision" m| ILL10NS OF DOLLARS are available in Malaya AWAITINCJ < Ol ii LECTION— for the prosecution of the war. Britain needs every dollar and every cent it can get for the prodigious effort being
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  • 89 1 FRENCH GUNS POUND NAZI VILLAGES I Paris, Jan. G. I REN'CH heavy artillery pound<U Ccrmai dmiM-; activity yesterd::> on the whole of the iiont. atcouiing loCharlea Uttfice, writing in Petit P^risien. The v iipo(s concerned were hil'.etin« quarters «»j Urge (ierman units from which patrols were despatched. Tf.ey were ttn
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  • 31 1 LONDON —Jan. «^-Six members of the crew Uie trawler Kla landed at an Fast (oast port auer the vessel had been sunk by a mine wh eh caught the trawler. Reiltcr
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    • 11 1 C BATTERY ROAD Tel: 4772 Bill ssis kor All On .iisions
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    • 46 1 I BATTERY ROAD. Tel: 4772 lor 1 v^^r Q£X i In'" -"^^^J <r>J Tßntl^p^ At CO CRiSPBREAD CONCERNING y« Nl» valuable mlom (f*"*^**; s< compared with thr -^STV. Ml the PEEK, FREAN &C° L T -> (W BISCUIT MAN'JFAC T UREPS V J LONDON FNGLMiD T>V Of?
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  • 1233 2  -  T. H. TAN TOUR REVEALS EFFICIENCY OF ALL UNITS Intensive Daily Training By (Tribune Staff Reporter) QUIET EFFICIENCY IS THE KEYNOTE OF THE DEFENCE ORGANISATION OF THIS FORTRESS ISLAM) OF OIKS. PART OF WHICH I WAS PRIVILEGED To SEE DURING TWODAY TOUR OF THE
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  • 138 2 AND THIS IS WHY THEY'RE HAPPY ri RTAINBD tharp<»ys. excellent ;iu mmcdation and food make a contented man of every Indinn soldier who is here on active service. Tlv;.- arc plenty of y*ed drinks fresh milk, which «s pail of the daily fare, beer ami ruin! Plenty of recreation, too.
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  • 131 2 Opium Strike Continues Singapore, Saturday. WOMI'N operators, numbering close to 200, who went on strike yesterday at tho Opium Packing Plant at Pasir raniang. Singapore, are still holding out on enquiries made this morning. The women decided not to work after no replies had been received to their demand for
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  • 43 2 Under th«. auspices ol »h<- Literary Department, the Ceylon Tamils' Association. Singapore, Brammhachari Kaiiasam Avarsul will gift a talk en "Ancient Tamils" in Tamil at the association hall, at 6.30 p.m. Mr A S Ponnampalam will preside. All 'arc cordially invited.
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  • 195 2 Alleged Currency Offences Singapore, Saturday. [yjoiiAMKD Salim bin Datoek Marhoen pleaded guilty this morning in the Criminal District Court before Mr. J. L. McFall on charges of attempting to take out of the Colony 2:)r, Guilders. He was also charged with failing to declare the foreign currency in his possession
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  • 56 2 ALLEGED TRESPASS AT BRICK WORKS Singapore. Saturday WHEN Tan Hual was charged to-day witn committed criminal trespass With lu**-*nl to harm the in.mngpr of the Jurong Brirfc v the prosecuting nfiicer aaked Mr. i I <■•!'! M trate, for ;> week's postponement In order thai Tan Huat might ton observation,
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  • 54 2 re. Saturday. --Pleading guilty to the charg< b«!ng In possession of 30 lbs. cf Dutch ch< North Bridge Road cm Dec. 00. op] the CapttDi Theatre, Tan Ah w.i> to-day sentenced to a fine of $180 or m default tu undergo three months" rlgOtOUfl imprisonment by Mr. Kenneth
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  • 131 2 T__ Singapore, Saturday HL action ot a young Straits-born Chinese Mr Tan Poh Lee. in apprehending a b-cvvle thief was to-day complimented by Mr. H. Watson In the Third Police Court, when Uan Ah Choon. a 22-year old Cantonese, pleaded puilty to a charge of theft of
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  • 134 2 Governor Receives Journalists (Tribune Staff Reporter) IyiKMBERS of the party of journalists who made a twoday tour of i he Indian units stationed in Singapore were received by Sir Shenton Thomas at Government House, and the freedom of speech which nianifested itself at this meeting is eloqueni testimony to democracy
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  • 72 2 (From Our Own Reporter) Tlpoh. Saturday. HE death occurred this morning at his residence of Mr. F. E. Winters workshop manager of Borneo Motors' Ipoh. after a short illness. The late Mr. Winters was 34 years old and was born at Falmouth. He was tht son
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  • 315 2 (Tribune Staff Reporter) VL r HILE officers and men on home garrisons and members of the B.E.F. will be permitted to wear mufti while on leave, local troops in Malaya will not be granted the same concession like it or not. We will still
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  • 34 2 Tho crop of Bukil KatU for December was 39,495 lb a total for ri<rht months of 233.7T7 lb. Ayer Molek produced 28.444 lb.. a total f< r two months Ol 49.147 lb.
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  • 34 2 A public talk on -The Secret of Sucm Lift 1 will be delivered to-mor-row (Monday) at the premises of the All-Malaya Muslim Missionary Society by the Hen. Capt. N. m. Ha.shim. 1 o. O
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  • 357 2 THIS WAS NEWS LAST YEAR (Tribanc SiafT Reporter) you receive new pear ngs from Home bej mas ones, don't stop to puzzle it out— for the puzzle, so far a\ i can understands has n<> \V< have had air-wad mix-ups in the pa*t.. Doubtless we shall have them in the
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  • 39 2 Singapore. Saturday The marriage took place at the Singapore t this a a be!' Conrad Oldham. the i of Mr. Quek KC€, li Okkeeper, ron <>f Mr. yuek Tec] to Mary Sinn, the daughter .if Mr. tin.
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  • 59 3 i *i v Vn Caktee^i, K < m(; cB E Governor of V a former Colonial SecreUrj of W»Uya l)V Mudalivar v I*l .Kara. OB B it included in the exhibition V b 3 Mudaliyar Amarasekara and his son hjW U^t month nnder the au^ices of
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  • 160 3 mi inlay. REMARKING that he was satisfied thai tin used did signal his turn, but only when it was too late, Mr. C. 11. to-clay imposed a fine of $50 on Lee Keok (IIKI Chinese lorry driver, when he convicted him on a driving
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  • 811 3 WjLJAKE YOU INTO THE INTERNEES' CAMP AND THEY'RE SICK OF THE WAR (Tribune Staff Re>orter) THIRTY-SEVEN GERMANS IN SINGAPORE ARE WELL AM) TRULY SICK OF THE WAR BUT THEY DON'T BLAME ANYONE FOR IT, EXCEPT THE FUEHRER. AND WHILE IHLY ARE WAITING FOR
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  • 58 3 Thp Brmd cf the Straits Settlements Police will play to morrow Monday > at the Botanic Gardens at 5.30 p.m. under the direction of Mr. J. C. Hitch, L RAM., A.R.C.M.. R.M.S.M. March Florentiner" Julis Fucik; overture "MariuareUa" Julis Fucik; selection -Famous Melodies' Paul A. Rubens: gipsy caprice
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  • 46 3 The Conte Verde is due in Singapore at J a.m. on Tuesday from Trieste Venice. Brindisi Port Said. Aden, Bombay and Colombo. She will berth at the S.H.B. wharf and la expected to sail again at :*o p.m. the .same day for Manila. Hongkong ani Shanghai.
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  • 762 3 Own (nrospoiHlcJit I melon, I ><"-. 2'\. i ;n news, the mm Higher EducaB ed almost unThe Times', up] mi i.i contains < i 1 1 mission/' i« says, "suf1a i vi ss i,x being deprived i Ih K \V M n, M P
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    49 3 Above is Miss .loan Richardson of Bermesyde who wanted to fly out to Singapore to many Lieut. I). E. D. MorrK of the Malay Regiment Mett Mr. Hoic KeUsha, the War Minister, intervened. NV.u with his resißiiatio.i a new complexion might be put <>n the affair.
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  • 184 3 "CASH AND CARRY" RUBBER (From Our Own Correspondent) Loud n, Doc 20. rkISCUSSING the outlook for rubber, A. Strauss and Co. Ltd., says, in its circular, that producers appear to consider the ruling price level attractive enough t i make liberal sales of next year's crop, but they are (ioinyr
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  • 295 3 Valerie Dare, an Kn^lish woman, passed through Singapore this week. She told a Tribune reporter: (Tribune S1 ill po lei OLUE-EYED; vivacious Va Dare, barely 2.°. and English who passed through Singap re this week ia one girl who likes Parisians an awful M.
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  • 53 3 Sing Saturday. Mr. Justice A K a 1 Eft ;ketl Terrell, lormer Chief Justice, Federated Malay states, returned tiv.s rrorning after having spent several months at Home on leave. He wa.s accompanied by hia wile. His duties in Sin will be to sit as Judge ol
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    • 166 3 //.0 I lifu VERY DARK BLOOZE Kindly rest on your oars, proves that the Devil lookl after Timothy. That contraption is his own." getting you nowhere. And it look afrcr „n ()/</ squeaks. And the Eton Boating Last night 1 took A ig „'f Song is not in the key
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    • 284 4 FAMOUS MAGICIAN Tl'RNs HIS AMAZING TALENTS IX) SMUGGLING WITH MORE THAN AMAZING RESULTS. EX( ITIN( THRU I IN»i BNTFRTAINMENT STARTS TO-DAY 3.15 6.15 9.15 PAVILION U Mpa i "1 1 1 gc^, >« ■kJIF JV Bjr J^B^^P^^S l^r Jk *^BBs llr^lHiVUfV*** flH f JlVfl A Jfc w 9****- mtl^H^l^H S
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    • 226 4 I PACKED OUT AGAIN! Acclaimed hy Thousands as Charles Laughton's Greatest Picture Since "MUTINY on the BOUNTY" TO-DAY tic Daphne du Manrier'i world famous story and pUy I L ni^ L tO BfL3> Jm^tSßl^ rfty^^iP MORE SENSATIONAL THAN MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY' MORE ACTION T HAN IN ANY ADVENTURE FILM
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    • 235 4 HAILED BV THE CRITICS AS ONE OF THE MIGHTIEST HITMAN DRAMAS EVER PRODUCED f liliim u am. 315, 6-15 9-15 P.M. The Story That Shocked The WoHd! IRON FIST OF jk fe-^U^f^ i£E^Bs£^ no» fC'l<» the screen! Secft. S \^BKfr *&V'' r arP0 jS Cavell "mufder" JP^K wedlcJ' Sensational I
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  • 28 5 alk a ov I re tots. By concentrating <>n the lines arawn on the floor lh< l( m heir legs obey their imoulse.
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  • 683 5 TO 30 MEN— HOPE IN 1940 Life Begins Anew For Them LEARNING TO FACE OUTSIDE WORLD (TRIBUNE STAFF REPORTER) rpRIS 1^ A STORY OF HOPE—AND THE M > MIL! lONS OF PEOPLE IN MALAYA, IN THE WORLD, V WADE GOOD RESOLUTIONS AND INTEND TO KEEP V OF THEM THE NEW
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  • 953 5 H. L HOPKiN IN LONDON I i I ur luxi well-known 1 WOUl( ter oil lid pi id 1 Ld< ies. 1 i' this partan faj I don't know, bu a fact that thi been an eight, i I lT.iu > n And then
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  • 122 5 I J WAS ,;i and I ridden lor v t. h< bhle aoodt \>«im I I diffl( .i.i> tot th;' licxi r% ment h f lit to the lan I i) use m i my \.;I), which tl>' i tu do. nent In < hai
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    • 62 5 i 6 Ener sy a 1 joy to behold > \'n >i and alcrl from sun 1 ~\\-1~ to sunset. Illnesses are less frequent with the children v. > x w 1 have the protection of this i I delirious vitamin -food KEPLER 1 COD LIV th Ol MALT Ex.ract
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    • 87 5 jS»USH AUSTRALIAN t CONTINENT^ 1 fy /i t V 1 te&e /»icA from 9wr fi«e selection Ivvery lard has been carefully ..< \^V*^4 telccted ironi the linest Knglisli, J^f Australian ami Continental broods /L-» and represents the host value j >^-— x 0a poultry that ran be obtained. v Always
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  • 973 6  - A Woman Peeps At Singapore VERA ARDMORE MM ■■■■-JL BY I 33ii nmmm iu.ci cui sans •■.■■■■■■J| a .^<'« li'csir I'icsi j A< Raffles I df j Last Wedding Of IMM Waller MonerasinKhe and his »»rldc, formerly .Mi>s Florence Goon- etilleke who were mairied at the 7th Day Adventist Church
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    • 789 6 1..r >""<"'- frtMß rhr.,,,i. *«Cal o.nr. K instantl> sm« II from .vr.ss.v,. jwrsmrat i..n M K,r» to MiVcrvn hxmjf in th«- ttmpin i> M> i«||j Savm rrrquent an,! in. „n>. ni.nt han^r „f sw.at ,1.,,n«d .lofh.ne. It M%- fri. rw! Nno« Whit,. Powder M M niarx.llMusK „r..t,,, (b,, it r
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    • 18 6 3i <♦ hi:\ 1 b: s COUCH MIXTURE LUNC TONIC pioved i«in«-(l\ lor Coughs, Colds, Rromhitis, ;> Prepared i D
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  • 296 7 For he Smart Woman yjIISON VOGUE, Stre< [Vi for every i modeU I not! tl4il alui slender and to th 'into the lattei de! print* d 1>!1 imlines Th< Wch .n Q t und as, I < thou m m ciushal hli)tncks provided tl ;lwhile bli m ihc
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  • 156 7 Impromptu Costume Wins First Prize MRS. J. N. Parker, wife of Col. Parker, won the first prlz* for th(>)s--best dressed woman at the Cathay Caff's Gay Nineties niylit. s N sin- wore a frock of strawberry taffeta with a Bfold coin spot, a black S S boater hal laden with
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  • 260 7 GAY 'NINETIES NIGHT AT CATHAY |>RIGHT tablt- decorations and paper streamers provided gay and colourlul notes at the Cathay Cafe on New Years Eve when many people dined danced and toasted each other. Among a number oi parties was one consisting of visitors from Hon^ Kong, these being Mr E.
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  • 121 7 |JHOO6ING Ns v Y ai f s Day for their matrin 1 1 pti Lucas Shains .i Ml Q rn'.CC Juthie were married on Jan I St. Andrew's Catl deacon Grs hin Mr. SI Cap! E. Port S I daug I Silverv.ni id. Alberta Canada. Mr. and Mrs.
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    • 35 7 HAPRI ET HUBBARD AYER HOME BEAUTY TREATMENT 1 I I ~~~(y~ M \v A R===^m gs^ j? Ml CHAM M Luxuria Cream Slun Tissue Cream— Boauhfy tain— Skin Tonic Medical Hall Ltd. 5, Boltery Roaci.
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    • 179 7 *^~§M&mm\mv £^>^">, /ZxtZ^ ts- /aw /jec/i/A/ie/ 4 to retain /our beautiful complexib'n j*™" a m— ■_____v_M^mflK^il V M «MMffßfgf < Wl i lliJJilJJtWfflJff'ffrrMl 2 M 1 1 FOR A FEW DAYS ONLY SI LI J I l»!M s< MATERIALS REMNANTS i SAVE Mor*>iii]; Frock H If "w^ rnoon > i<><k
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    • 469 7 Amami lovely...^Sgy w;v Friday with A KU Amami. Thiswoi ury duunpooia h 3i»Li..n t.iiriu ihe secret of hei K bait. you can do it yourself Million! x Mmi. Why not you? Amami No. x for Brunettes. Amami No. F. rth. who prefer a Uquid sharopo Liquid Shampoo is the the
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  • 398 8 SUNDAY TRIBUNE Sunday, January 7, 1940. Petty Profiteering pROMPT intervention by Government at the outbreak of war in natt< of control of food prices und >übtedly saved the people of this country from a great deal of victimisation and for thai they are thai kful. But it is a pity
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  • 1588 8  -  C. H. Stanley Jones TELLING THE i Bv 1 BRING IT HOME TO MA L A YA WEEK of the New Year ha^ passed without any news of a major struggle in the European War and the question is naturally being asked again: "What kind of
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    • 600 8 For The Blcod Veins, Arteries and Heart r T*ke And Stop Limping DON T let Leg Troobess cripple yxm TaJee "hill. «e» Geve* New ii i i l Kam^dy that cures through Ae bimd. aa4 ha*» 6«mm witfb eolt>r^l not v I ing and expense. Leg aches and pains soon
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    • 116 8 ENGINEERS ffiT,2 SIT DOWN AN* goo; THINKTHISOVER »oS r# lly thouiandi of fON 5 •PPo*un,t,«i around you but onLcmrrl."/ a nd how «o pr.par* for th.m th. ehanew or. that your opporW rtlNnTix.. b ok ENGINEERING OPPOH--S« i r Plams Cl#afly and d.fin.UlV man, rUbr E and w.thout any obl.qation.
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    • 54 8 Mb*' v: ''jfrvj I Me cant resist delicious OVALTINE\%jfo OV;iU1 I; «»d uri -> nrlp In teething. nrn P i 1 t() Utt f e Urth coml them lOUB4 ami 1 1 in i OV/3LTIINE' r lilod uu uo O\ T SALE AT ALL < F^cai office I WASDEM LTD
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  • 290 9 THEY'LL CHEW THE CUD IN PEACE Air Conditioned Dairy Farm (Tribune Staff Reporter) p'REATLY extended use of air conditioning will be made by the Singapore Dairy Farm in Bukit Timah Road, following excellent results obtained fri m tl e firsi < xn-riment undertaken some years
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  • 134 9 INDIAN SOLDIER GETS O.B.E. MEDAL FOR GALLANTRY London, Jan. G. THE War OHice announces that the Kint^ has been pleased to approve the award *>t a medal m the military division of the Order of the British Empire, for meritorious service to Lance-Naik liathura Lai Sah, of the Royal Indian
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  • 144 9 COCOS ISLAND TREASURE FOUND -.:!<».». Jail. <». r i m: ;.(<»s Islam! iratcs' treasure, believed to in wcrth ;0.«)00.000 id. whiti, u\ n of all nations ha\< sea ctl d for ver a century iiav been located, according to a cable receii d by the Costa Kit;- Consul in Los
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  • 94 9 I oncton, Jan 6 THE Union Government is doing its utmost to ensure that Bouth African trade and commerce should sufter the least possible dislocation from thi* effects of the war In view of the concentration of overcountrtes on essential war activities it has become
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  • 46 9 London. Jan 6 M. VAN Z EEL AND. the Belgian Premier and economic expert, accompanied by M. Cracaw President the Ban of Belgium, arrived In London yesterday and. according to present arrangements v. ill return to Brussels on Tuesdi British Wireless
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    • 247 9 !n troublh com: in a week. 'A my arn: unt kga Wi i ■ii spots t hc« Itched »usly. 1 tried ointment, mi :>!>(! pills. .at last 1 Salt. WITH IN A W < solutely dear. From 1 shall nevei be withoi 3 (Mr J.F.M.). Sail I this man because
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    • 311 9 against substitution THE PERFECT HAIR DRESSING NOW IN METAL-CAPPED BOTTLES /AfTXis^^ VWHENyoubuy ßrylcrecm look &^3M^\ at thc sto PP^ r Refuse m /•^^ff^^te^^^X accept any bottle on which the J*3^ n^'^//}'} t^~£jjJ y° u can^ c surc tnat > ou ar vc ff< f^^^^i^^ W ccivin^ thc Perfect Hair Di
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  • 699 10 "TOO GOODTO BE THROWN AWAY" Energy, Courage jLtnp nasised 9 HK Cabinet's go-getter member has not been getting on well with the Generals and he goes/' is the Daily Mail's peremptory I summing-up of the resignation of Mr. I^eslie j Hore-Belisha from
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  • 655 10 5N connection with the Cabinet change: an exchange of letters between the retiring Ministers and the Frime IVinister is published, all bearing Friday's cV.te. Mr. Hore Belishr., in his communication, savs: "Mv Dear Prime Minister, I wish 7 had felt able to accept the Important office
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  • 199 10 ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE MUNICIPAL SECRETARY Shanghai, Jan. <>. AN unsuccessful attempt to assassinate a Briton, Mr. Godfrey Phillips, Secre-tary-Cieneral of the Shanghai Municipal Council was staged shortly before 0 a.m. to-day. Mr. Phillips was driving to his office in his car when two Chinese in rickshas, waiting on the side
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  • 45 10 London. Jan. 6. I HE number of voluntary recruits for the Army since the outbreak of war now easily exceeds 100,000. In .spite of the numbers called up under the National Service Act and the system of reserved occupations.- Reuter
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  • 40 10 Buenos Aires. Jan. 6. It is officially announced that negotiations; for a trade agreement between Argentina and the United States have broken down following an imposition by the Ui ited States of restrictions on Argentine 'jrociucts.- Reuter
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  • 50 10 A Copenhagen message states that, newspapers welcome the appointment of Mr. Oliver Stanley a,s War Minister and point out that he is well-known in Copenhagen- The National Tidende calls Mr Stanley a good friend of Denmaik and refers to his diplomatic tact during his dealings with labour in Britain.— Reuter
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  • 109 10 Air Blockade Defeats Minelayers Front W'iinns I From H. L. HOPKIN London, Jan. 6. VICTORY over the German campfUgn to destroy Allied trade and communications is acclaimed everyThe British air blockade has beaten murder by minelayers. For four weeks, with quiet thoroughness, the security patrols of the Air Force have
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  • 98 10 War Office Makes New Promotions T^HE War Office announces that the following appointments have been approved for the year 1940: Major- General C. M. Lindsay, Colonel Commandant of the Roy.il Tank Regiment. Lieutenant-Gencral Sir Henry Karslake, Colonel Commandant of Royal Artillery-. Major-General S. H. Sheppard, Colonel Commandant of Royal Engineers.
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  • 91 10 Fewer Drunks In Britain LICENSING statistics recently published by the Stationary Office reveal a remarkable decline both in consumption of drink and convictions for drunkenness in Britain over the la.st quarter of a century. Convictions for drunkenness per 10.000 of the population In 1913 were 15.16, and in 1938 wern
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  • 76 10 Geneva, Jan. 6. /GERMAN pressure on neutral countries vf alleging that their membership of the League is incompatible with neutrality, is regarded in League circles as due to uermany's wish to prevent the neutrals irom meeting one another and the great powers on a common platform.
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    • 725 10 X-RAYEO 14 TIMES for v STOMACH TROUBLE Despair fixed its cruel grip firmly la the hfe of Mr. G. E. L. Fax worse thaa the stomach pain he suffered was the fearful uncertainty as to what was wrong, and whether even neatev suffering would follow. Happily lot him he took
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    • 140 10 WATCHES OMEGA, TAVANNES JEWELLED LEVER MOVEMENTS. NICKEL POCKET from 8.50 WRIST 12.00 SILVER POCKET 17.00 WRIST H 20.00 DUST WATER PROOF n 28.50 GOLD POCKET 40.00 WRIST 18.60 m WRIST 18 ct m 75.00 m DUST AND L WATERPROOF 14 ct. 65.00 STOP-WATCHES from $15.00 EVERY WATCH GUARANTEED, REPAIRS. PRECISION
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  • 75 11 London, Jan. 6. jjj/ IMi sin a leader declares that 1 recent I German att<mpt t.> show the frontier of India disturbed and that then- has be i ions outbreak in u/aziristan -hows that there has muc h -wishful thinking y a ma tu r n
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  • 57 11 GERMANY WANTS BADLY Amsterdam, Jan. (>. THE newsp r writes, r than 15 of Berlin's largest clothing lishments will be pui <!■ on F< b. I. Even Germany .'■•■nail si v those textile compelled to close hopglrla are vk. The fficulties of house- 1 and ar< becoming harde r and
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  • 44 11 DRIVING FAULTS No. 3 Here is another picture in our scries of common driving faults which we are i mining in conjunction with the A. A.M. The picture illustrates rather pointedly the dictum that the smaller the car. the more space it apparently requires.
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  • 264 11 H mfifkong, Jan. 6. \\w result of the Japanese defeat in North Kwangtung, the inhabitants in Canton are in a state of panic. The situation is further aggravated by banditry and guerrilla activities. It is now revealed that the quantities of war supplies seized by the
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  • 58 11 London. Jan. 6. yiR. Air.bro.se Hiphos. UnderJSecretsxy 4TB of State for tho Qreek Mercantile Marino has arrived L ndon on a short visit to this country. He came hero in connection with the now Greek ia". concerning war ind v.i hed personally to study
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  • 233 11 Matter Under Consideration, Savs P rosi d pti t IJKFKRKNCK Id a letter which had been sent to Government on the subject ot the cast of living allowances was made by Mr. Urn Seng Kiang, President of the Junior Civil Service Association, at a tea
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  • 105 11 Phantom Car Shoots At Troops Dublin, Jan. 6. LWKLY this morning a car broke through a military patrol holding the road leading into Dublin. A number of men in the car fired on the patrol which comprised three men and a corporal. None of the soldiery was hit. Troops fired
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  • 29 11 STOCKHOLM, Jan. 6.—Contins-e-its cf Swedish volunteers. Including a Danish group, left fo r Finland Norwegian party volunteers will .join the samp tr;iin mi it« niv to tlie north.— Reuter
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    223 11 LONDON, Jan. ti. T! u British battleship recently ftmck by torpedo off the irest toasi »f Scotland is being quickly repn red and will soon be at sea again. The lainage done to her was not serious. British Official Wireless. THE HAGUE, Jan. The Government has officially announced
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  • 131 11 DATROLS and reconnaissances have beea active on the Western Front. with some artil!er.\ (ire at various points, especially east of Apach. The only real incident reported, however, is an attack by a German patrol on a French ration party bringing up supplies to first line
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  • 81 11 London, Jan. 6. IT is believed that enemy aircraft were seen ov. i the Shetland.s this morning. British lighters went up. No air raid warning vas sounded A later message states that no enemy planes flew over the Shetland*. The alarm was a false one.
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    • 146 11 Kruschen Has Transformed Me r'V began ro feel In u< gro-a-ing old. had pains in ni\ joints. I couldn't bend 9y knees. I was really crippled. At last, 1 turned to Kruschen Salts. In eight MMS, Kruschen had transformed me. i /am bark on tin- road to-dav, selling as i
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  • 454 12 SINGAPORE ASKING FOR REVISION OF "FOONG SEONG RULES Aligning Them With LB.F. Regulations Bj "Phoenix" Singapore) '"TIIK question of the Poong Seong Cup tournament will, once again, figure prominently in discussions at the forthcoming annual general meeting of Hi<> Badminton Association of Malaya which is due to take place shortly
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  • 378 12 (By -Cess'"— Penaru) IV\I>MI\TOX enthusiasts in the Settleaient are now looking forward to the coaiag Penaag junior championships, which, it is expected, will cimimcnrr early this year. Already a good nuiiil.tr <;i" parties ha>e Ix'gun seri(»us practice, and the various events in (lit- l<uii r.anienl are,
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  • 195 12 Perak "Sheppard" Cup Games (By "(.:iv Reveller"- Terak). ALTOGETHER 13 entries have been ie< rived by the newly-formed Taiping and Divtrict ASSOI tion for intti-dub doubles competition for the "Shcppard" (up. and this magnificent response indicates that Taipiitf is in for a badminton born,. The lourney will start shortly and
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  • 37 12 CHARITY MATCH PLAYERS Group photograph of those who took part In the match played in Singapore last Sundaj in aid of Uu* Malaya Patriotic Fund. "Phoenix* 1 pays a tribute to them in his article this week.
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  • 408 12 TI!L annual report of the Badmin--1: n Association of Malaya makes interesting reading. It discloses a sound financial position. The report :ead<. inter alia: The management of the Association during the year was in the hands of the standing committee which met onc^
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    • 424 12 SAFETY FIRST! ■gß^^S Don! let that I^l I 9 v 1 jso£y The slightesi scratch may X < Ointment at otice. It is the i.. -^NNN finest possible safeguard W M againsi festering .mtl blood- \a\\\ poUtmin^ 1 1 k quickest. surest lifcilri (»i eruptions and injuri< Cuticura Ointment kill-
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    • 6 12 SPECIAL BADMINTON FEATURE Edited By •PHOENIX"
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    • 183 12 I and with it <.An European l rcDara;ion) As time flies you get older and weaker. You may not feel i f because the change i.s .slow and gradual. The fact, however, remains that with eve^y year as it passe?, you grow older and weaker. iSome get heart troubles; others
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  • 581 13  -  Vera Ardmore Big Gathering Attend Annual Function (By FUN AT INSPECTORS' ANNUAL BALL m m T 111 GE silver »<»f>ot policeman with a streak of lightning as a baton directed the dancing traffic at the Adelphj Roof Garden last night wh< /i the European Inspectorate
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  • 50 13 muv W York. Jan 6 jnh British Ministry of shipping ha.s arranged it* m.st purchnso of American carso.ships by buying .six ships X? n tV Hawaiian Line and Lykes Brothers Company, the sale being subject to approval of the United Bt maritime Commission, which is likely •o br forthcoming Reuter
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  • 96 13 Strikers Coming Back Singapore, Sunday. AFTER a strike of .six weeks, the fitters and boiler-makers of the United Metal Works have reached a settlement with their employers and will resume work on Monday. In all there were over two hundred men. composed mostly of Chinese and a sprinkling of Malay
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  • 427 13 Singapore, Saturday. "TilE liberi ies of Uritish subjects arc not to be even lightly tampered with, •■specially in these days when labour problems are Occupying the attention of (Government," stated Mr. Thampoe-Philips in the Fourth Police Court to-day in the case in which
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  • 54 13 Re-opening Of Yangtse On Feb. 1 Shanghai, Jan. 6. TMIK Japanese have selected Feb. I as the date for re-opening the lower Yangtse River from Nanking to the sea, according to Chinese newspaper reports. The question of foreign shipping being allowed to navigate up to Wuhti is being left in
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  • 1363 13 SINGAPORE I WEDDINGS "gATURDAY'S the best day of all" runs the old wedding rhyme and yesterday's brides evidently thought so. There wore three weddings at St. Andrews Cathedral, Singapore.... one at 4 p.m., one at 5 p.m., and the third an hour later, and a fourth at
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  • 360 14 London, Jan. 6. THE following an.- results oJ matches -laved to-day: SOUTH A v Crystal p. l Clapton O. l. Mill-vail 1. Watford 1. Norwich 1. Charlton 0 (abandoned 1 Tottenham vs. Arsenal < postponed >. West Ham 4. Southend 0. SOUTH u fT Aldershot
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  • 188 14 TUESDA Y'S CAPITOL WAR SHOW IN connection with the .showing of the war films at the Capitol Theatre on Tuesday evening in aid of the Malaya Patriotic Fund, the following ladies have kindly offered to assist with the sale of programmes, refreshments, etc. Mrs. Joan Charteris, Mrs. T. P. Jones.
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  • 144 14 Singapore. Saturday. APPEARING before Mr. H. Watson in A Third Police Court this morning. Sco Sv.ee Toh. a 28-year old Straits- born Chinese, claimed trial to a charge of criminal breach of trust a.s a servant In respect of liquors to a total value of
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  • 99 14 (Tribune StaiT ReptrtfT) lohore Bahra, Saturday WEW barracka tor CntUm Offi. n een and Marine Oflßcers will s< on be erec'.ed at Batu Pahat. The estimate ro«t of the building is |54,4M. The barracks, which will bouse a canteen, will have "^nmifc tion t« r :l)
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  • 151 14 Western Front Broadcast From B.M.B.C. DRIGADIER M. I). Gambier-Panj 13 M.C., A.D.C., will broadcast fiqi the 8.M.8.C. on Monday, Jan. 8, at 7.30 p.m., the title of his talk befaq "More About the Western Front" In this talk 1 r Gainbier-Parry will explain the military .significance o( the scanty and
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  • 61 14 Dublin, Jan. t>. Ti:\ prisoners were remanded in Cork last nieht charged under ihe Offences against the State Act. Armed soldiers surrounded the covrl nnd guarded the corridors. Similar cases camp hefore the KMirts in other pails ol the country. Reuter. The arrests In Cork
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  • 838 15 MISS LABIS PAYS $74 IN THE FIRST RACE Last Day Of Penang Meet (From Our Own Reporter) Penan?, Saturday. pal by Miss Labis, th > winner of the first race was a feature of thr earlier events at Penang races held this afternoon. There was a good attendance and the
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  • 93 15 Dividends At a Glance Race I—MISS LABIS $74 Sli Waitahit S7 Sea Maiden $12 Race >— RAWANCi Sl5 S7 IVy Out SlO RAM I— JAM LADY i>22 *'J Prunella SH Selangnr 2nd 89 Race I:— QUICK MONET 533 sii .Moonlight Sonata Si") Pretty Quiet $13 Raci S— GOLDEN QUMPBI s:w
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  • 410 15 Johore Hold Singapore To 5-5 Draw INTER-STATE RUGBY (From Our Own Krportm Johoic liunrii, Saturdav. QTAGING a magnificent recovery after being led 5-nil at the interval, Johore held Singapore to a 5-all draw in an inter-State rugger match at Johore Bahru this evening. Fnrh Side .scoiod a R oal. Johore
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  • 255 15 The following have accepted to play for S.C.C v. Selangor Club on Saturday. Jan. 13, bully <">8 .U 4 p.m.. a- Kuala Lumpur. Major F. E. R^n: Capt. J R. Kellett, G. A. Wood: P Wood. Lt. D E. D. Iforria. R. N Elliot: O. W. S. W..ites.
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  • 822 15 Keen Rugby On The Padang STIFF OPPOSITION BY NAVY AIR FORCE Singapore, Saturday. |N (heir final try-out before their Malaya Cup final with Penan* next Saturday, the Army (o-day defeated the Selelar men' (Na\\ and Air Forte) by a decisive margin, though the opposition
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  • 224 15 S.C.C. ANNUAL TOURNEY TPKXXIS enthusiasts will he seen in action once again at the S.C.C. Open Invitation Lawn Tennis tournament which will be held at the Singapore Cricket Club courts during the forthcoming- Chinese New Year holidays. The Tournament has been sanctioned by the Lawn Tennis Association of Malaya, and
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  • 450 15 British Army Beat Indians lii their first encounter, the Army were also victorious by three goals to one. Though the game had its thiilling episodes, play fell far below standard. The Army combined well together, and though the forwards were rather weak in their finishing, they mad? this tip with
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  • 84 15 TAMIL KILLED BY TRAIN (From Our Own Reporter) Johore Bahru, Saturday. OETXAM, a mason employed by the Public Works Deportment, Johore Bahru. was killed when h< was knocked down by an on-coming train from Singapore at the Causeway at about 4.30 p.m. yesterday. He sustained a fracture of the skull.
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  • 115 15 RUSSIAN SUBMARINE IN GULF OF BOTHNIA Stockholm, Jan. 6. A SMALL Swedish coastal steamer n "Fenris" has been attacked by fire from an unknown submarine in the Gulf of Bothnia. The crew has been saved. The Swedish Legation in Moscow have been instructed to ask the Soviet Government to make
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  • 59 15 Twenty-one cards were taken out for the January Spoon (stroke) at the Keppel Golf Club and the following were the cards returned: Mrs. F. Starr 46— 12 34 and Mrs H. E. Pike 51— 17 34, tie— rfeplav: Mrs. A. B. Menzies 44— 9 35; Mrs. W. Gunstone
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    • 114 15 PERAK TURF CLUB January 1940 Meeting SATURDAY, 20TII JANUARY, IMS. WEDNESDAY. 24TH JAM ARY 1940. SATURDAY, 27TH JAM ARY,' 1940. Subscriptions for Visiting Members shall be: MEN $5.— LADIES $2.— for thf Meeting or any day thereof. VISITING MEMBERS' must b c intlO. duced by Members and MUST APPLY TC
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  • 341 16 They're Happy, (Tribune Staff Hi porter) pLIMPSES of army life in war time wire afforded to a party of Malayan journalists when they made a two-day tour of the Indian units stationed in Singapore. All that they wanted to see was sh.wn to them; nothing
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