The Straits Times, 19 January 1940

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    35 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.) 3/^L.4y^'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES 16 PAGES. SINGAPORE. FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1940. PRICK CKNTS. The Straits Times 16 I'Af.KS SINGAPORE. FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1940. PRICK 5 CKNTS.
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  • The Straits Times DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      20 2 TAYLOR.— At the General Hospital. Malacca on Wednesday. January 17. 1940 to WlnifrcJ (Bobble) and Samn*>l Donald Taylor, a daughter.
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      WEDDING
      40 2 ANDtRSON—BENDIXSEN.—At St. George* Church, Penang, on Wednesday, 17th January. Donald Ernest Jpplatt, elder son ol Mr. taid Mrs. Ernest Anderson, of Baling, IfflHtn. uiui Baaat, recond daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eniil Bcndlxsen, of Copenhagen, and formerly of Singapore.
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      DEATH
      31 2 :ee Mong Lea, otlMnriM kaovn ns Peggy Lee, the eldest daughter of the late Kirn Soo, and Mrs. Lee Kirn Soo, pajsrd away at the General Hospital yefat 11.30 ;..in.
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENT
      29 2 Mr. W. G. Skry and Messrs. Joe and Julius V Lshi r wish to thank all those who so kindly M of .synipathy in their recent sad bereavemmt.
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      392 2 At the Maternity Hospital to Tonl wife of P. F. J. de Kol: a daughter. 18th January 1940. MOIX>NY—GREENWOOD.—On Jan. 18th at Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, Singapore, Denis Brian, elder son of the late Capt. C. A. and Mrs. Grace Molony of Epsom, Surrey, to Francrs. daughter of the
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      776 2 FOR SALE SHELVAOOR Refrigerator. Phone 3333. EARTH LOAM specially prepared Your rardcn or lawn will benefit try a load 4 l 3 cu delivered. Apply Malayan Farms, •arcade. Tele: 2117. FOR HIRE REFRIGERATOR— New or Used. Phone 3333 HOUSES FLATS. TO LET SMALL SEASIDE BUNGALOW to let. furnished. Long or
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      760 2 LOST LOST Wire-haired I terrier "Scrappy" Licence No. M-3597. Flider plrase communicate Kent, 12 Dalvey Road. Reward. DOGS WANTED MALE BULLDOG PUPPY. Replies to Box No. 49, Straits Times. FOR SALE, Well bred Alsatian puppies. 7 weeks old. To good homes only. Apply 44. Straits Times. AUCTION NOTICES ATTRACTIVE AUCTION
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      539 2 BUSINESS CARDS ETC. I WIGGLESWORTH TEXROPE DRIVES ALLIANCE ENGINEERING CO., LTD. SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR. MISCELLANEOUS SINGAPORE LUGGAGE CARRIER CO Baggage I'ransport. Transhipment. Insurance A Forwarding General Cargo (cases, bales A drums only cleared or shipped at the wharves Booking Agents for P.M.S Railways. Tel. Address.— 'LUGGUiE. 1 PHONE 2428 or
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      258 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE, i incorporate! tn England) PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAI S.N Co. MMI PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICE? The P. O. S N. Company will have a passenger stenmer sailing Westwards next r m the latest information apply to The Agent. r O S- N Co 1
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      325 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS (Incorooroted in lapani GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR > TO CALIFORNIA FROM THE ORIENT VIA HONOLULU ms. KAMASURA MARD from Kobe Jan. 23 ids. ASAMA MARU from H'kong Feb. 14 TO VANCOUVER A SEATTLE FROM JAPAN ni.s. HEIAN MARU leave Kobe Jan. 28 m s. HIKAWA
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      450 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. OCEAN BUILDING. COLLYBR QUAY. SINGAPORE tel. 51$1 CHARTERED BANK BUILDING. PENANG Tel. t»6« BLUE FUNNEL LINE. Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom and United States of America. Dates are not guaranteed, all cargo bookings subject to Conference War Clauses. WESTERN AUSTRALIA THE SHORTEST SEA ROUTE AT THE CHEAPEST
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    HOW MUCH WILL THE WAR COST?
    760 4 Nations Spent £55,486,000,000 On The 1914-18 Conflict CIX JOHN SIMON, recently revealed that the war is aliviuiy costing Great Britain alone no less than £6,000,000 a day. As the Expeditionary Force increases, iurther aeroplanes arc purchased, and the Navy acquires more and more ships,
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    LYALL AND EVATT'S DAILY QUOTATIONS
    236 4 Singapore, Jan. 18, 5 p.m. MLMM, Ampats Austral AiDuii Batu Selangors Hong Fatti Jelcou* Kami<oDg LaujulsK KamuatlPg Klnta Kellas Klaug Rivets Krainats Kucnal* i-anits Lui-'its Petaliijcs Fungahs Puteh* Pahincs Raub Gold Renongs Ran'aus Seiayancs Slont Southern Kinta.* Sur^cl Klntas iuriso Luas SU-i?e> Ways Tauuapa Temcb
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    EXPORTS OF TINNED PINEAPPLES
    99 4 DURING the week ending Jan. 6 1940. exports of canned pineapples from Malayan ports amounted to 25,797 cases, of which: 24,762 (96 per cent.) cases were to the United Kingdom, 500 <2 per cent.) cases to the Continent of Europe, nil < per cent.) cases to
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    London Stock Exchange
    409 4 London, Jan. 18. AN outstanding feature of the .Stock Exchange to-day was the sharp appreciation of British funds following the announcement by Sir John Simon. Chancellor of the Exchequer, yesterday, regarding the Conversion Loan offer Qilt-edged moved up sharply In active dealings and profit-taking .ales were quickly
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    175 4 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES London, Jan. 18. COMMODITY unU Exchange markets closed as follow* v.ith pf-.io'j* auotatlons to parenthesis- UIBI5IK: Firmer. Spot: U 7 »d 11 15 lCd Ul%d 11 13 16d) Feb.-M.r. 11 13 16d 11 15 16d (11 11 16d ll a id) Apr.-June- 11 13 16d II 7 d
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    Nazi Gas-Shells Lie Disproved
    111 4 London, Jan. 18. rE captains ol British merchants vessels who were prisoners on board the German battleship Graf Spec at the time of the' action off the River Plate, who have just returned to England, state that after the battle the German dead were laid out
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    POST OFFICE DEPOSITS REACH £552,380,000
    35 4 London, Jan. 18. rE number of depositors in the Post Office Savings Bank at Jan. 4, was approximately 11,750,000 and the aggregate amount of their deposits was £552,380,000.— 8riti5h Wireless.
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    FRENCH CORRESPONDENTS TO VISIT LONDON
    67 4 London, Jan. 18. EIGHT distinguished French war correspondents attached to the British Expeditionary Force in France, including the well-known French writer M. Andre Maurois, will arrive In London on Sunday as guests of the Ministry of Information on a visit which has been arranged to
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    Fraser & Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations
    1301 4 Fraser Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations TIUHSUW. JAN. 18. 1910: S P.M Ampat Tin <4 4s 9d 5s Iftd Austral Amal. (fe) cs 3d 7s c.d Austral Malay <t> 37s 39s cd Aycr Hitam i£) .'4s 6U 25s 6d Ayer Weng .80 .85 Bangrin Tin (f) 22s fid 23s 6d Batu
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    PURCHASES OF U.S. TOBACCO TO CEASE
    127 4 London. Jan. 17. British red aeco manufa nave v 'upptd Importing American tobacco as tbtj already have enough in stock for nonuai two-and-a-half years' demand and it li 'ikt i> tJiat Turkish or Balkan blends will <> mixed with tho.s,» stocks. Mr. Arthur Dorm,
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    TAKUAPA VALLEY TIN OUTPUT
    35 4 TAKUAPA VALLEY TIN OUTPUT TTHE three drcdgis of Takuapa Valley Tin Dredging Ltd. worked ior 911 hours, treated 210.000 cubic yards of material and produced 676 plculs of tin-ore In the first half of January
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    FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
    228 4 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Books Company Dividend Close ILN Austral Anial 3d. Austral Malay 9d. and 13 bonus Ipoh 2s. Int. less tax Jan. I Kampong Kamunting 3d. and 7Vad. bonus Kampong Lonjut 2 6 Jan. 23 Kamunting 5% Int. less tax Jan. 29 Klang River Hf% Jan.
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      604 4 PUBLIC NOTICES NQTM I It* Exchange Bank* will he closed on: Monday. Jan. 22. Hart Raya Haji Public Holld Thursday. Jan. 25. Thuipu.-nm Ban:< Holiday. THE SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF fOM■M RI'UIUCIt ASSOCIATION NOTICE Is hereby rim ii that the Rubber Market will be closed officially on the following dates: Monday,
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      61 4 MTM. DUTCH «M lldll the smooth, silent air line Regular Twic; Weekly Senices from Singapore and Penang to Europe, via Naples; thence to rest of Europe by train. Excellent connexions. Ask for "All Inclusive" Fares with •plane, sletping-car, dining-car and hotel reservations. WITHIN A WEEK TO LONDON! M t+m*m pm*
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      295 4 TIDE TABLES SINGAPORE To-day H. W. 4.35 a.m. 83 ft.; 53 j p.m. t.l ft L. W. 11.11 a.m. 3.9 ft.; IOJS pm. 4 8 ft To-morrow H. W. 5.34 ajn. 81 ft.; 7.1 V p.m 6.7 ft. L. W. 12.35 p.m. 36 ft. Sunday. Jan. 21. IL W. 638
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      680 5 Tins And Rubbers Quiet: Industrials Fairly Active B\ Our Hnjim-ial < orrr-p< ndenl Singap:tr:. Jan. 19. THK .eature cl the comnv dity markets toll naming is fall in the price of tin In I terday. Spot lost 65s >:2L<H «nd forward lost 85s. to l uui New
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      CHINESE BANKS NOTE ISSUE $3,000,000,000
      47 5 CHINESE BANKS NOTE ISSUE $3,000,000,000 Chungking, Jan. 18. IT is officially announced that the ncte issue of the four Chinese Government banks up to the end of 1939 totalled $3 000 000.000 and cash reserves were $1 500.000.000 and securities $1,500 000 000 Chinese national currency. Renter.
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      BRITISH HOLDINGS OF AMERICAN SECURITIES
      42 5 Washington, Jan. 18. MR. H. Morgenthau, Secretary of the U.S. Treasury, stated that as a matter policy he was '■till opposed to using government funds in any way to take over British holdings of American securities.— Reuter.
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      GOOD DEMAND AT RUBBER AUCTION
      196 5 Market Continues Quietly Steady IN a weskly report on the rubber market, issued at noon yesterday. Guthrie and Co., Ltd. write:— During the earlier part of the week under review there was a definite tendency lor prices to ease, but sellers promptly withdrew at the
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      U.S. RUBBER BARTER AGREEMENT
      65 5 Deliveries Of Cotton Postponed London, Jan. 18. yHE Ministry of Supply announces ■1 that it has been agreed between the British and United States Governments that shipments of cotton under the rubber-for-cotton barter agreement should be postponed during the months of February, March and April. Shipments
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      DECEMBER CROPS
      78 5 THE following crops of rubber, tea 1 coffee, kapok and other products were harvested by the respective estates in December: RUBBER kg. An kola 7,703 Estates Bajoe Kidoel Co. 105i914.6 DJasinga 85 671 Tjikaslnt^e 39 870 Langen 59.185 Donowarle 30 500 TEA hfc Ankola 55.156 Pasir Madang 50
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      BRITISH EXPORT TRADE HIGHER
      152 5 Sea-Borne Traffic Level Maintained London, Jan. 18. DKITISH overseas trade figures for December again illustrate the successful maintenance of normal levels of sea-borne traffic of British Ports. The value of imports was 17 per cent, higher than in December 1938 and the improvement Is authoritatively stated
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      124 5 Singapore. Jan. 19, noon Buyers Seller. Gambler 9 7.50 Hamburg Cube 914 00 Java Cube J12.00 Pepper White Muntok $15.75 White S15.50 Blacl: 8.5-1 Copra Mixed 93.45 Sun Dried S3 80 Sago Flour No 1 Lingga $6.2 v Fair $6.35 Sarawak $7.00 Je.of.o7i0 PalembanR $13.50 Banja S13.50
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      EXCHANGES
      190 5 rhe louowlng are me e\.cuauge rates CUla J morning according to the dally circular lssuea by the Hongkon? and Sbar.Rhni Bankin--Corporatinp SELLING London r.l 3,4 1/16 I London demand 2/4 1/16 Rate for freight 2/4 M, Lyons demand 2057 Switzerland demand 208 Hamburg demand New York demand 46 7
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      95 5 I rid ay, Jan. 19, noon. Bayers Sellers Prices Prices No. IX R.S.S. (Spot loose) 39 39ft No. IX R.S.S. fab. in cases Jan.-Feb. (Sellers option) 39% 39% G.F.A.Q. R.S.S. fob. in bales Jaa-Feb. (Sellers option) 38 ::s\ F.A.Q. R.S.S. fo.b. in bales Jan.-Feb. (Sellers
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      DECEMBER TIN-ORE PRODUCTION
      70 5 THE following particulars of tin-ore production refer to December: Hours Yard- Pic uls age ore Renong Tin (3 dredges 3.361 Katu Tin 622 145,000 874 Renong Consol 682 182,000 720 Ratrut Basin 523 64,000 «!10 Brlsels Consol. 419 68.000 45 tons The estimated cost of the output
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      218 5 1 Ai/;'v 1 'is I'J• T i a*i iN f ri M I 19-25, (E( 11. RMR, SINGAPORE. Telephone Manacer's Office 4513 m EKchanre Dept. 451S m General Office 4514 Cable Address:— PROVINBANK." Head Office SIUCHOW PAID DP CAPITAL (Ch.) 10.060.000 RESERVE FUNDS 13.004.C+0 TOTAL ASSETS (approx t 1108.000.0 M
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      316 6 CORDON HARKER'S most Famous role— Inspector Elk— Recreated in the biggest film thrill of 1910. ;.r:; 15 ALHAMBRA ''''^■IbT B^Bi J II AI%%MW* W% «"^bl il/^ KftENC RAY tCltiXwxwwtifl ~JM ymgm H^hartc6y power W^' \f WHO IS THE MASTER CRIMINAL WHO MENACES THE SECURITY OF LONDON? ALSO A NEW ISSUE
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    WHY BELGIUM AND HOLLAND PREPARED FOR ACTION
    434 7 WHY BELGIUM AND HOLLAND PREPARED FOR ACTION Chance Discovery Of Heavy Troop Movements To Their Frontiers A REMARKABLE story of how the Belgian and Dutch Governments came into possession of Nazi plans which led them to take special defence measures appeared in the London Daily Telegraph yesterday, reports Reuter. It
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    PRESS COMMENT ON ALLIED ECONOMIC WARFARE
    537 7 A SHARP SHOCK has been administered to German economy as a result of the operation of Britain's economic warfare, and revelations of the Minister, Mr. Ronald Cross, in the House of Commons have made it clear that, after four and a half months of
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    RUMANIAN OIL INDUSTRY UNDER STATE CONTROL
    81 7 Paris. Jan. 18. ACCORDING to a Bucharest telegram, the Rumanian Government has decided to establish a national petroleum commissariat for contro) and co-ordination of the whole oil industry. The commissariat will direct oil production and refining and regulate oil sales and exports "according to
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    12 KILLED IN GERMAN RAIL SMASH
    57 7 Berlin, Jan. 18. ACCORDING to the German news agency 12 were killed and 20 injured in a railway smash yesterday lr Saxony. The accident occurred at a level crossing during a snowstorm. A buj filled with people was smashed to pieces. The engine overturned
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    BACON SUPPLIES SATISFACTORY
    79 7 Lcndon, Jan. 18. THE Ministry of Food in a statement issued last night reveals that as a result of the Ministry's policy of conserving the supplies ct bacon since the outbreak of the war, though it recognizes the difficulty of prophesying as to the future flow of
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    FRENCH PRESS OWNERS AS BRITISH GUESTS
    52 7 London, Jan. 18. •THE party of distinguished French newspaper proorietors who are now visiting Britain as guests of the British Council for Cultural Propaganda, visited yesterday an R.A.F. fighter command station and among the other demonstrations witnessed a mock battle between bomb?™ and fighters.—
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    HEAD OF EMPIRE AIR TRAINING SCHEME?
    39 7 HEAD OF EMPIRE AIR TRAINING SCHEME London, Jan. 17. ACCORDING to an Ottawa press report. Air-Vice Marshal O. M. Cruil. Chief of the Canadian Air Staff, Is being appointed s head of the Emplrs air training schemz.— British Wireless.
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    24 7 PIE Australian Government Is doing away with its oil advisory committee and will no longer advance money to assist in the search for oil.
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JAN. 19, 1940. (140th. Day of the War.) Who Is The Enemy?
    1023 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JAN. 19, 1940. (140th. Day of the War.) Who Is The Enemy? In one respect, the British propaganda effort has failed dismally. We refer to the attempt to persuade the nation that war is being waged, not against the German nation, but solely against the
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    WORLD FEDERATION AS BY-ELECTION ISSUE
    139 8 London, Jan. 18. The idea of a world federation will be the issue at the by-election at Cambridge University, caused by the death of the Conservative, Sir John Withers. The well-known lawyer, Mr. Patrick RansDme, who has worked at the International Labour Office at Geneva,
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  • Letters To The Editor
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      NEWS IN MALAY
      479 8 The Purpose Of The Daily Bulletins To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— l shall be obliged If you will allow me to correct a misunderstanding of the purpose of the Malay news bulletin revealed In the letter signed "A.W.J." in your issue of Jan. 16.
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      RADIO TRANSMISSION
      174 8 Up-Country Critic Of The 8.M.8.C. To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Your leading article of Jan. 15 may excite much sympathy for the 8.M.8.C, even though the comparisons which you draw are somewhat extravagant. I am afraid that the 8.M.8.C. will continue to lack public support
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      DANGEROUS PRACTICE
      147 8 Careless Pedestrians Should Be Warned To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, I wish to call the attention of the traffic authorities to what I consider to be an extremely dangerous practice. On two occasions recently In Singapore an accident has been narrowly averted by careful driving,
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      "CURRY TIFFIN"
      197 8 Reply To Complaint About Dollar Seats To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— With reference to the letter appearing In the Straits Times. "Dollar Seat" ls right when he (or she) says that we have always advertised six weeks before the show, as to when the booking
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      TEACHERS' PAY
      226 8 $40 A Month Offered By A Private School To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— l shall be obliged if you will allow me to write a few words abou^ the teachers in private schools. The plight of these people is deplorable, out nobody seems to be
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      "WORKERS' PROTECTOR"
      295 8 Suggestion For Avoiding Labour Troubles To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— l read your leading article of yesterday with a great deal of Interest, and from the standpoint of one who belongs to no party in local politics, though very susceptible to the inactivity as well
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      STRIKES
      71 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— The Chiaa Relief Fund Committee of Singapore would have added grace to its notification denying association with local labour troubles if only it had also appealed to the people, (specially those in public utility concerns and the like, not to strike
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      THE LAND OF 1,000 LAKES
      692 8 Finland; Ancient And Modern TPO a. great majority of British people Finland has always been one of those lands which one regards with a sense of mystery. People were long content to accept it as part of the Russian Empire, and leavo it at that.
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      TIMELY REPLY
      127 8 8.M.8.C. "Criticized, And Even Slandered To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— l was very p'.eased to read Mr. Bateman's not untimely reply to the various criticisms of the 8.M.8C pearing from time to time in you* columns. Many people think that for their dollar p?r month,
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      74 8 The Straits Times receives mam/ more letters than can be published in the space available. Accordingly brief, concise letters stand a better chance of selection and prompt publication than long ones. Letters exceeding '.'JO words are unlikely /j be published at the present time. When letters art typed, doub!e-spacing icilt
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      45 8 Have your jg\ NEW SUITS Vlk EXPERT^ TAILORS [tj MODERATE PRICES 1 I Latest Woollen ft Palm Beach Suitings always in ttock jW TAI HENG CO. i 23-5 Coleman St. J *Qr Phone 3375 Spore. JOHN DUKE Ma n ufact uring Optician. 21, BATTERY ROAD.
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    Heavy A.-A. Fire From Island Of Sylt
    286 9 FIFTEEN NAZI PLANES GO UP FROM AERODROMES Five Explosions Heard And Gunfire From Warships Copenhagen, Jan. 19. JJKA\> anti-aircraft lire from the southern part of Sylt, the (ierman seaplane base, began at 6 p.m. last night, it is reported from Toender. At the
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    WAR CABINET REFORMS?
    286 9 Labour Pressing For Statement London, Jan. 10. *riIK Labour Party is pressing the Government for a statement to be made soon by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on economic coordination and it is expected N -tatcmtnt will he made the week, after ne\t when there will be
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    Air Training Scheme Aim
    202 9 Air Training Scheme Aim stronger Defences For The Empire lon, Jan. i;». TM!. Imperial air training fcheine will undoubtedly [wove an outstanding Feature of the war. de< rlarod Sir Kingsley Wood, the Air Minister, in a speech to tin- Over i.'-:ij.'ii<'. last i'k r ht. "It is being carried out
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    30 MEN RESCUED FROM LOST SUBMARINES
    38 9 Ii la aled uv cfflcial sources in Berlin that foot o nrers and 26 men of the lost Hr t sh .übmarines Sea Horse. Undine and St-.irftsh have ro tar been Reuter.
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    Effective Reply To Challenge
    228 9 London. Jan. 19. THE view is held by competent critics in London that Germany's latest challenge to Britain's command of the sea indiscriminate bombing and machine-gunning of merchant and fishing ships— has had. and will have, no greater success than the Nazis' earlier campaign, first with
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    NEW RESPONSIBILITY FOR R.A.F. PILOTS
    106 9 London. Jan. 19. PILOTS of the Royal Air Force have assumed a new responsibility since leave lor the B.E.F. in France began. They escort across the English Channel all leave ships bringing troops home or taking them back to the front. Troopships from Australia and
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    FIVE DEAD IN EXPLOSION
    223 9 At Big London Gunpowder Works IT is officially stated that five were killed and a number slightly injured in two terrific explosions which occurred yesterday at the Royal Gunpowder Factory, Waltham Abbey, in the northern outi Kirts of London. The cause of the explosion is at
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    DUTCH PROTEST TO REICH LIKELY
    112 9 Torpedoing Of Steamer The Hague. Jan. 19. A SPECIAL meeting of the Dutch rk Cabinet was held unexpectedly yesterday. It is believed the dispatch of a protest to Germany concerning the sinking of the Dutch steamer Arendskerk by a German submarine may be discussed. The
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    Special Ships To Cope With Floating Mines
    81 9 London. Jan. 19. MR. G. H. SHAKESPEARE. Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty, announced in the House of Commons that special ships are being fitted for exploding floating mines and these ships will work in areas where most of the floating mines
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    MOSCOW'S APOLOGY TO SWEDEN
    64 9 Stockholm, Jan. 19. THE Soviet Government, replying to 1 the Swedish protest of Jan. 15 against the violation of Swedish territory by Soviet planes, expressed regret for the incident. A note handed to the Swedish charge d'affaires in Moscow declares that two Soviet planes flew over
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    VOLUNTARY MILITARY TRAINING IN NORWAY
    38 9 Oslo, Jan. 18. A VOLUNTARY military training system is to be started shortly throughout Norway under the leadership of Crown Prince Olav. Even instructors will be asked to give their services voluntarily.— Reuter.
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    BRITAIN AND U.S. MAILS TO GERMANY
    67 9 Washington, Jan. 19. THE U.S. State Department is reported to be disappointed with Britain's reply to the United States protest against the opening of American mails to Germany. It is said to regard the reply as a rejection of the protest and is reported
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    27 9 Major-Gen. A. C. L. McNaughton (extreme left), head of the Canadian forces in England, talking; to staff officers when he visited a military depot somewhere in England.
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    Turkey Prepares For War Emergency
    75 9 Ankara, Jan. 19. TIIK National Assembly ha unanimously passed the law {ranting the Government special powers with a view to assuring national defence and protection of national economy in case of extraordinary circumstances. The law confers on the Go\ernment extra-parliamentary powers with regard to such
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    SCIENTISTS & THE WAR
    186 9 SCIENTISTS THE WAR Fully Mobilized In Britain London, Jan. 19. I ORD CHATFIELD, the Minister 1-1 for the Co-ordination of Defence, dealing in the House of Lords with the work of scientists in relation to the war, said the scientific research which Britain had before was entirely different to the
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    ITALIAN EMPIRE IN AFRICA
    80 9 Independent Life To Begin, Says Dnce Rome. Jan. 19. THE Itaiian Empire in Africa has 1 concluded a phase of complete dependence on the mother country, declared Signor Mussolini in a speech yesterday, presiding over the first meeting of the newly-created General Council of Corp->rative and
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    SENATOR BORAH IN GRAVE CONDITION
    115 9 Washington. Jan. 18. CEXATOR Borah is critically ill, suf- fering from cerebral haemorrhage as a result of an accidental fall, reports Reuter. He is in a deep coma wi:h high fever, and is given only an outside chance to live. His doctor says that a
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    IRAK MINISTER SHOT IN HIS OFFICE
    80 9 Baghdad, Jan. 19. THE Finance Minister, Rustam Haldar, was shot in his office allegedly by a former inspector who had asked to speak to him. The bullet entered his left side and passed right through the abdomen. Haidar has been taken to hospital. The
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    MORE GERMANS TAKEN PRISONER
    36 9 Paris, Jan. 19. LAST night's French war communique states that in the Vosges one of the French outposts repulsed an attack made by an enemy detachment, and made a few prisoners. Reuter.
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    65 M.Ps. ARE SERVING IN THE ARMY
    43 9 London. Jan. 19. Fwas disclosed in a Parliamentary answer yesterday that 65 members oi Parliament are serving in the army apart from those holding honorary positions. Several members of the Upper House are also serving.— Reuter.
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    Britons Badly Treated
    187 9 Britons Badly Treated Plight Of Prisoners In German Tanker London, Jan. 19. VICIOUS treatmen' of British seamen imprisoned in the tanker which acted as supply ship to the German "pocket- battleship" Admiral Graf Spec is now revealed. The tanker was little more than a floating Nazi concentration camp. Several hundred
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    ARROW HEAD BLUNTED
    336 9 Finns' Success On Salla Front Helsinki, Jan. 10. THE announcement that the Finns have advanced 28 miles on th" Salla front appears to indicate that the Russian drive westward to cut Finland's "waist" has again bern stemmed. The Russian advance was made in the formation of an
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    Jack Tar Steps Out
    30 10 k Tar trp* out io do the Lambeth Walk." at the Services "all ranks." dance at Government House yesterday. There ycerc 700 (jucsts.— Straits Times picture.
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    LOCAL-BORN MEN AND GOVERNMENT SERVICE
    967 10 "Prospects Favourable," Says Retiring Colonial Secretary SIR ALEXANDER SMALL LOOKS BACK ON 29 YEARS' SERVICE "THE Straits Settlements Government never fills any post without first considering very carefully whether a localIwrn man is qualified to occupy it or can be trained to do so/ said
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    GOVERNMENT HOUSE DANCE
    141 10 Services Men And Their Wives HUNDREDS of autographs were by the Governor. Sir Shenton Thomas, when he acted as host last night to more than 500 men of the fighting services in Singapore who had supper and danced at Government Hou.'o. ite informality prevailed aout the evening,
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    FAREWELL GIFT TO REV. D. B. J. HODGE
    134 10 U\i;;. HODGE ha., won the j W*ol very many ..nd the respect of all, and ure.it. thing: one cannot really do much more than .;id Archd?acon Graham White iy when a presentation was mack- to the Rev. D. E. J. Hodge at
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    FOREIGN EXCHANGE CONTROL OFFICE
    29 10 7 atrol Oiliee. S cgaptre. v.ill be transferred as a 23 to I ullerton Building (3rd. As ;n m that date the teleam ■,vl' 1)2
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    AMUSEMENTS
    145 10 *>l.\l. tfOKI H\l I I IHHI I to 9 p.m. Informal) 9.49 t«i Mldnk < iMJI, IHI UKr 1.1 .1 \M. roll Lee Chung Clio"!) at Si' v. Toll Hung. D'H.blf F<?a: Cat mcce ..in GKI \i uiiiiLl) to 8.45 6z 9.3) p.m. .dn.Blit. Globe: Kentucky. .v.. of the
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    CHAMBER'S CONCERN OVER STRIKES
    163 10 THE Committee ot the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce have felt great concern ovei the recent labour troubles." stated the secretary In a letter to the Straits Time.- last night. "In a recent statement published in the press, they appealed for cooperation between labour and capital
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    AUSTRALIAN PILOT TO BROADCAST TO-DAY
    60 10 AN Australian view of the war will be presented from the 8.M.8.C. station, Singapore, at 7.30 this evening in the series "The War From Various Viewpoints." The speaker will be Pilot Officer H. C. Stumm, who five months ago was a barrister In Brisbane and
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    Singapore Officers For Indo-China
    77 10 THE Straits Times understands that Brigadier A. C. M. Paris, Officer Commanding Indian troops in Malaya, and Lt.-Col. J. DallasEdge, of the Royal Artillery, are attending the Army manoeuvres in French Indo-China, which begin within the next few days. A Reuter message states that for the
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    CATHEDRAL WEDDING
    194 10 i|UK. DENIS BRIAN MOLONY. son oil IVi tile late Capt. C. A. Molony and Mrs. Grace Molony, of Epsom Downs, Surrey. England, waj married at the Cathedra] of the Good Shr^ierd yesii rday to Miis Fnur.-r, urv'enwood, hter ol the late Mr. and Mrs. J Y. Greenwood of
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    Fine Film About Hollywood
    191 10 Fine Film A bout Hollywood At The Cinema "Hollywood Cavalcade" (Alice Faye and Don Ameche) 10th Century-Fox. At the Cathay. DEAUTIFULLY photographed in technicolour and with a cast containing many old-time favourites of the silent picture days, this story of the growth of Hollywood and the film industry is first-rate
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    Judge Hears Case On Leper Island
    75 10 THE Pcnang district judge crossed to the leper island oft" Penang. Pulau Jerejak, to hear a case in which a Chinese leper was charged with voluntarily causing grievou* hurt to an Indian by means of an axe. The alleged offence occurred at the leper
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    Rear-Admiral, Malaya
    95 10 THE Naval authorities at Singapore announce, "The Lcrds Commissioners of the Admiralty have directed that, in view of the growih In importance of the Singapore Base, the title of Senior Naval Officer is in future to be Rear-Admiral. Malaya, when the officer holding this appointment is of this
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    32 10 Mr. S. Kandiah, steward of the Seremban general hospital, is being transferred shortly to the Prisons Department. Taiping. Mr. Hor Kam Chong of the Prisons Department, Taiping, will succeed him at Seremban.
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    END OF STRIKE AT HOSPITAL Chinese Workers Back To-day
    278 10 END OF STRIKE AT HOSPITAL Chinese Workers Back To-day i APPEAL BY CONSULGENERAL ALL the Chinese totie.>. attendants and amahs of the Singapore General Hospital, who have been on strike since Wednesday and who stayed out after most of the Tamil strikers had returned, reported back for work this morning.
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    NO CHANGE IN STRIKE AT DOCKYARD
    46 10 THERE is no change in the situation in regard to the Singapore Harbour Board dockyard strike," says a communique issued by the Department of Information this morning. The India Ceylon Association. Johore Bahru. celebrates its seventh anniversary on Jan. 24.
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    Thailand No. 2 White Rice Over 5 Cents
    198 11 Thailand No. 2 White Rice Over 5 Cents FOREIGN BUYING IN BANGKOK A COMMUNIQUE frcm the Food Controller, Malsya. states that prices in Bangkok have advanced steeply as a result of heavy [oreign buying, and in order to maintain adequate 'lAKis market, it has t y to laise the ny
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    MUSICAL SOCIETY TO DO "MERRIE ENGLAND"
    109 11 MUSICAL SOCIETY TO DO "MERRIE ENGLAND" Practices an Btartlng next week for the Singapore Musical Society's next production, which is to be the rt version of Edward German's Metric England. In response t > many requests, rehearsal nights have been changed and will now be: Chorus, Mondays at 5.15 j
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    15 11 The annual mcetine of St. ICark'l Church, Seremban. will be h'ld after :>•-- on February 11.
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    STABBING INCIDENT IN HOTEL DINING ROOM
    514 11 Army Doctor Tells How He Gave {Medical Aid To Victim lIAINANESE BOY" FACES CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED MURDER AX army medical i *ficer who was an eye-witness to a stabbing; incident in a Singapore hotel dining room ga\e an account of how he rendered first
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    POLICE INTERPRETER ACQUITTED
    100 11 TAN Yong Fook. a clerk and interpreter at the Kandang Kerbau Police station, who was recently charged in the Singapore third court, with cheating a corporal. Goriman bin Abdullah, of money, was acquitted yesterday without his defence being called upon. He was alleged to have "represented" to
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    Soldier Sent To Prison For Stabbing Fireman With Broken Tumbler
    758 11 DKIY.Vn: William Tommy, of (lie Argyll and Sutherland Highlandcis. v o was described by an officer as a good soldier and 'a type of man who is useful in the Army." was sentenced to 10 weeks' rigorous imprisonment in the
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    Charged Under The Defence Regulations
    258 11 Charged Under The Defence Regulations 11 S.H.B. EMPLOYEES IN COURT ELEVEN alleged strikers from the Singapore Harbour Board were yesterday afternoon produced in the Singapore fifth court and charged under the Defence Regulations. The men were Liv Ah Kei. Fok Man Chi. Mak Ka Luk. Kan Chhuen. Sin Ah Kau.
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    STRIKERS TRY TO ST. DEMONSTRATION
    199 11 CLAMOURING for the release of some of their number who were arrested on the accusation of being their i ingleaders, several hundred of the artisan strikers from the Singapore Harbour Board attempted a demonstration march Into town yesterday. The procession was formed at Keppel Harbour
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    WOMAN CHARGED
    67 11 A CHINESE WOMAN, Yit Thoh Beng. yesterday appeared in the Singapore fifth court, charged with wrongfully confining two Europeans, E. Hiltermann and O. O. Ritchie, at the cane factory of Brinkmann and Co., Bukit Timah Road, on Jan. 16. The woman is one of five charged following an
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    WAR SHOULD HELP INDIAN TRADE WITH PENINSULA
    1086 12 Local Market Is Taking More More Piece-Goods By The Straits Times Indian Correspondent THM combined effect of the boycott of Japanese p;oods ami some difficulty in obtaining: prompt deliveries from Lancashire owing to the war should benefit the Indian textile industry substantially, as
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    90 Passengers Taken Off The Merkur
    76 12 90 Passengers Taken Off The Merkur Darwin. Jan. 18. NINETY PASSENGERS of the Burns Philp vessel. Merkur, which went aground on a coral reef off the North Australian coast en Tuesday on her way lr>m Singapore to Sydney, have been taken off and brought to Darwin. The steamer has not
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    DR. V. K. SAMY ON SPECIAL HEALTH COMMITTEE
    76 12 DR. V. K. SAMY has been nominated to serve on the committee appointed by Government to investigate the question of the provision of hospital accommodation for dangerous and infectious diseases in Singapore, and to i.dvise on the division of responsibility as between
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    NO REDUCTION OF HAWKERS
    79 12 IN view of present condition.*, no action is to be taken in 1940 for the reduction annually by ten per cent, of licences for all kinds of hawkers. This decision has been made by a committee of Singapore Municipal Commissioners. It has been agreed that the
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    "TOO EXPENSIVE AND PRETENTIOUS"
    63 12 THE view that the houses to be built for senior members of the staff are "too expensive and too pretentious" was expressed by Mr. C. Reuben at a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Singapore Improvement Trust. The houses are to be built at
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    GERMAN SUBMARINE SINKS NORWEGIAN STEAMER
    328 13 Fresh Outrage Against Neutral Vessel Off Scotland London, Jan. 18. THK Norwegian steamer Enid, 1,140 tons, was torpedoed :»nd shells by a U-boat off the north-east coast of Scotland, reports Reuter. Eight of thi crew reached an Island in their small boat and the remaining
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    Allied Supply Co-ordination
    214 13 Allied Supply Co-ordination Statement After Talks In London London, Jan. 18. MR. Leslie Bui-^in, Minister of Supply, receiving journalists on the eve of the return to Paris of M. Dautry. French Minister of Supply, said: "We are making a pool not only of raw materials of both our Empires but
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    MANUFACTURERS AND WAR EFFORTS
    107 13 Loncon, Jan. 18. THE full utilization of the manufacturing resources of the ccuniry for war purposes which is the aim of i the Government and of the industrial and labour rhiefs is being vigorously pursued and the o>. .a: 'zations of both! employers and the employed
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    30 Reported Killed In New Turkish Quakes
    131 13 rVO VIOLENT earthquake shocks occurred in the Nigde district of southern Anatolia during Wednesday night, according to a Reuter message I from Ankara, which adds that 50 persons are reported to h-r.-r Vrn !:!!led and 160 injured. Over 400 houses are rij/.jrted to
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    Australian Munitions For Great Britain
    61 13 Melbourne, Jan. 18. THE Australian war cabinet has approved the supply of various munitions to the value of £2,750,000 to Britain as well as additional expenditure of £500,000 on expansion of local resources for production of new guns and explosives. Negotiations arc proceeding for other
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    INSTALLATION OF THE DALAI LAMA
    35 13 New Delhi, Jan. 18. MR. B. J. Gould, political agent in Slkkim. is going to Lhasa to represent the British Government at the forthcoming installation of the Dalai Lama.— Reuter.
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    SIR JOHN REITH ASSURED OF COMMONS SEAT
    41 13 IT IS OFFICIALLY stated at Southamption that Sir Charles Barrle, M.P. for Southampton, is prepared to put his seat, Southampton East, at the disposal of Sir John Reith, the new Minister of Information.— Reuter
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    U. S. Naval Expansion Scheme To Be Cut?
    114 13 Washington, Jan. 18. A CUT of $500,000,000 in the United States $1,300,000,000 fleet expansion programme was proposed by .Mr. Carl Vinson. (he chairman of the House of Representatives naval committee, at to-day's session of the committee. This would reduce total >c.nnage fr
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    War May Extend To Africa
    105 13 Cape Town, Jan. 18. TPHE BELIEF that "it is by no means certain that the African continent will not become a theatre possibly of the most severe fighting the war would produce." was expressed to-day by the Minister of Mines. Colonel Stallard. addressing a meeting
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    SEVERE EPIDEMICS IN WARSAW
    46 13 Berlin, Jan. 17. THAT severe epidemics arc raging In Warsaw is Implied ii. a dispatch from Warsaw. It says that hitherto 700.000 people have been Inoculated against typhus, and the German municipal and military authorities are co-operating to fight the disease. Reuter.
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    Patrols Active Despite Cold.
    145 13 4-1 Jour Artillery Duel On Vi estern Front Paris, Jan. 13. PRENCH and British troops on the Western Front have resumed full activity in patrols and reconnaissances despite intense cold. However, they have shown practically n-j signs of infantry activity and consequently no encounters or incidents
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    Warships waiting For Columbus Crew?
    85 13 Warships waiting For Columbus Crew Ban Francisco, Jan. 18. ll' is reported that two Australian cruisers and one Canadian gunboat are lying ofl San Francisco hart >ur spread fanwlsc 100 miles out. This has prompted the immiuration authorities to change their plans to ship the crew of the scuttled German
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    KING & QUEEN VISIT ALDERSHOT DIVISION
    37 13 KING QUEEN VISIT ALDERSHOT DIVISION London, Jan. 18. fTHEIR MAJESTIES to-day inspected a division in the Aldershot command. During the tour the King covered nearly eight miles and the Queen about half that distance on foot. -Reuter
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    Germans Sealing West Frontier
    156 14 Huge Barbed-Wire Line Being Rushed Amsterdam, Jan. 18. THE Germans are busy hermetically sealing their frontier and erecting a tremendous barbed-wire barrW. It appears that persons wishing to enter or leave Germany, will be only allowed to do so at certain restricted points with great difficulty.
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    FINNS MEETING SOVIET'S FRESH ONSLAUGHT
    265 14 FINNS MEETING SOVIET'S FRESH ONSLAUGHT Attacks On Two Fronts Checked: Brilliant "Nursery Tricks" Helsinki, Jan. 18. LIGHTING in the worst cold Finland has experienced for the last 35 years, the Finns are facing a new Russian onslaught on the Salle front The Russians launched three new attacks in their drive
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    Allies May Triple Plane Orders In U.S.
    74 14 Washington, Jan. 13. A CCORDING to reliable reports, proposals by Great Britain and France for tripling their present orders for American warplanes were discussed yesterday by President Roosevelt, Mr. Henrj Morgenth.ui, Secretary to the Treasury, and army and navy officials. Britain and France
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    MILITARY ALLIANCE AMONG NORTHERN STATES URGED
    126 14 THE former Swedish Foreign Minister, Vlr. Sandier, urged immediate military co-operation between the Scandinavian countries in the resumed budget debate in the Riksdag yesterday. Last week's events had convinced him that the collaboration of the Northern Countries should not be limited to the Aaland
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    ANONYMOUS DONOR'S GESTURE TO FINNS
    63 14 London, Jan. 18. AN elderly man, described by a member of the Finnish Legation staff as "obviously British" called yesterday on the Finnish Minister in London and, after expressing sympathy with the Finns in their present conflict and admiration for their courage and successes, handed
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    Tokio On Chungking's Attitude
    137 14 Tokio On Chungking's Attitude Shanghai, Jan. 18. 'THE evacuation of Japanese troops from China will be impossible so long as the Chungking regime continues resistance against Japan by taking an offensive In military action." a spokesman of the Japanese Embassy declared. The question of evacuation rests wholly upon Chinese ability
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    "U. S. Should Have Swarm Of Destroyers"
    118 14 Washington, Jan. 17. rtE United Slates shou'd have a swarm of destroyers *\o control the reas' in the event of war, declared Rear-Adm. S. M. Robinson, chief of naval engineering, tes ifying before the Naval Affairs Committee of the Hdus; of Representatives. Rear-Adm.
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      536 14 Broadcasting TO-DAY SINGAPORE /.111. 1.33 me/i (2S5m) ZHP 9.69 DC/I 1 30.96m. 1 p.m. 1.15 Miscellaneous pn\iramme of gramophone records. 1.39 The rews and mid-day rubber, tin and copra prices. 1.40 Interval. 5.00 Laffu Melayu jati.t 6.00 Teochew selections from "Cheng Moh Yam." sung by the Diong Yih Kee Hlang
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    TRAINING HONOURS SHOULD BE EVENLY DISTRIBUTED
    1795 15 Beano Good Bet For Ipoh Races To-morrow TRAIN IN honours should be evenly distributed at to-morrow's racing at Ipoh in the first day of the Perak Turf Club's January meeting. In the selections given below van Breukelen, Hobbs, Turley and Duval have each been
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    37 15 BOXING: Fahmy vs. Sebastian, Happy World Stadium. RUGBY S.C.C. Seven -A-Side tournament. HOCKEY: S.C.C. vs. A.P.C.. S.C.C. padang; S.R.C. vs. Manchesters, S.R.C; S.C.R.C. vs. Punjab Regiment, 5.C.8.C.; Y.M.CA. vs. Hyderabad Regiment, Prince Edward Road.
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    Singapore Racing's Contribution To Government REPORT FOR 1939
    467 15 Singapore Racing's Contribution To Government REPORT FOR 1939 CINGAPORE racing contributed a sum of $296,187.35 to Government revenu* in tax on totalisator betting and sweeps during the past year This was revealed in the Singapore Turf Club's report for 1939, which is to be presented at the annual general meeting
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    TEAMS FOR SOUTH vs. REST RUGBY
    81 15 XHE following are the sides for the i Rugby ma'ch between the South XV j and The Rest of the South to bep'ayed i at the S.C.C. to-morrow. South (In Red): Mabin: Christy. I Peirce. Alexandra »for Scott), Seward; Ewert Simpson <cap Roberts. McLennan.
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    ANNUAL BOAT RACE
    28 15 London, Jan. 19. CAMBRIDGE has formally accepted Oxford's challenge to an unofficial boat race on Mar. 2. The venue has not yet been decided.— Router.
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    HOME RACING
    30 15 Leopardstown, Jan. 19. THE Races at which the Red Cross steeplechase was to be run, has been postponed to Jan. 27. The race was originally fixed for to-morrow.
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    CRICKET CLUB & MANCHESTERS JUST WIN
    433 15 CRICKET CLUB MANCHESTERS JUST WIN Further Results In Rugby Tournament 'TWO further matches were played off yesterday on the padang in the seven-a-side rugby tournament. In the third game, the R..\.*\ (Kalians) "A" were conceded a walk-over from the R.A. (Changl) "A" who failed to turn up. In the first
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    TO-NIGHT'S BIG FIGHT AT HAPPY WORLD
    88 15 /^PINION 5s divided as to who will win to-night's big fight between Mohamed Fahmy and Flashy Sebastian. While the Filipino has made an excellent impression in the gymnasium, and is favoured by not a few to win, Fahmy has already proved to be a
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    S.C.C. HOCKEY
    54 15 THE following have accepted to play hockey for the S.C.C. vs. the A.P.C. to-day at the S.C.C: Major F. E. Robertson; F/Offr. D. J. G. Jackson, F/Lt. S. M. Maclldowie; B. H. Lee, R. N. Elliot, J. FletcherCooke; G. W. S. Waites, D. Brennan, Lt. H. Huleatt, F.
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    UNITEERS SOCCER
    61 15 THE following have been selected to represent Uniteers Sports Club against Singapore Traction Co. at soccer at Farrer Park to-day: Brown; Curtles, An Tim: Thompson, Puteh. Smith: Hartley, P. Davis, Ah Fun, Ah Soo, Aron Pekak. In a game of hockey at Seletar yesterday the RA.F. Seletar eleven
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    SULLIVAN SCORES TWICE WHEN S.R.C. BEAT S.C.C.
    323 15 FAIRLY Inters (ting hockey resulted in i the third hockey encounter this season between the S.C.C. and the S.R.C. on the padang yesterday. In the first match the S.R.C. beat the S.C.C. by four goals to one, while the second match ended in
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      612 15 BOXING TO-NIGHT Jfe^ CAESAR M. 0k V HOUGHTON Ms'"'jk PRESENTS <^'\ HAppY WORLD g» Ij" Mohd. FAHMY SEBASTIAN The stage is all set for the 1940 boxing card riwiouikcU for this evening at thr Happy World Covered Stadium, with Mohamed Pahmy and Flashy Sebastian In the stellar attraction. These boys
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    ELLIOTT EXPLAINS WHY HE WENT TO BANK BUILDING
    3671 16 Wanted To Obtain His Own Property ACQUITTED IN CASE IN DISTRICT COURT Tells Judge That He Is Writing A Detective Story u 1)0 not see evidence of intent to rob the vaults of the bank, and I cannot see any other intent
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    EUROPEAN FINED $85 ON FOUR TRAFFIC CHARGES
    381 16 ALFRED JOHN FRIEND, a European employee at the Singapore Naval Base, was yesterday fined a total of $85 when he pleaded guilty to four traffic charges In the traffic district court before Mr. Conrad Oldham. He was fined $30 en a char?o driving
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