The Straits Times, 29 January 1940

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  • 35 1 The Straits Times. [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.! MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES PAGK3 SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JANUARY 29. 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS. The Straits Times. 16 i»a<;es SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 1940. PRICE 5 CKNTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 350 1 For Up-to-date TAILORING. MIEN CHON6 You art assuri^. of real satisfaction. q-J Coltman St. v*T Singapore -Phone 4816- SINGAPORE. 140 CECIL ST. ('PHONE 547 1K r-i K VVx.V V J I n k m W^'N \^^jm^Lm''*---iimtim\m\m\ m\W J m^r .mmmW ml T T M C* C\ T "M \r J
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  • The Straits Times. DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE.
    • 85 2 TRO BOON GHOON pax cii May pcacffull;; at 20. Duxton Hill, at 8.30 p.rr. on Friduy. January 26. at the n«se of 61. He I behind his beloved wife 4 son*. Teo Kin: i*. Kirn Chuan. Kirn Beng <fc Kirn Choo. one daughter Too Bee Neo Son-in-law Chcan<: Tlam
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    • 567 2 tWfXlUJXD.— At Matfinity Hospital, Singepore on January 2? tt> Mabt-1. wife of Leslie B. Rwi-ttland. A.P.C.. Pulo Bukom. a son. OrCNNELL on Jan. 27 to Lucila OConneU, nifo <>f Basil O'Connell. Colonial Police, nt thn Maternity Hospital, Singapore, ft Bon CDonal Carlos Ron). I I \KRAL NOTH K The f
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    • 871 2 i SITUATIONS VACANT I A l KMNAGE A IKlll:, AVION DEPARTMENT. Applications from candidates for appointment as apprentices under the Department's Technical Appr?ntlce Scheme will be received by the Director, Drainage and Irrigation, Kuala Lumpur, i:p to noon of 12th February, 1940. 2. Applicants must be between the ages of
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    • 842 2 HOUSES FLATS, TO L ET BUNGALOW, fully furnished including refrigerator. Mun. light and water, Tanah Merah Be. r ar Rd. Good bathing beach, from 6 to 10 months, from end of Feb. Rent. $110 Box 108. Straits Times. TO LET. new compound houses wit* garage at Thiam Slew Road off
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    • 781 2 AUCTION NOTICE i Ordinance No. 61 (Pawnbrokers.) i UNREDEEMED PLEDGED GOODS AND JEWELLERY PROM THE FOLLOWING PAWNBROKERS' SHOPS No. 21. New Bridge Road. Chin Chong Pat (Chop Thye Sheng). No. 137. New Bridge Rood. Tan Ah Choot (Chop Wing Hong). No. 189. South Bridge Road. Lam Moey Fong (Chop Sem
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    • 428 2 PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE Order issued by the Chief Police Officer Singapore, under Section 6 (1) of the Minor Offends Ordinance (Chapter 24) as to the letting off of fireworks In celebration of Chinese New Year. The Chief Police Officer. Singapore. Jn exercise of the powers conferred on him. hereby authorises
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    • 206 2 BUSINESS CARDS ETC. 'MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mrs. HARU at\6 Miss HANA 60. WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467. EDUCATIONAL YOUR CHILD'S MUSICAL EDUCATION NEW CLASSICS opening in January. 19I». Kindergarten from ate ft, Practir.il and Theoretiral any age. I AH FASTF.RN Ml SIC SCHOOL I -A. Kirk Terrace. Plionr Sirca-on-.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 600 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. &0. BRITISH INDIA IWJUHIIU ANO APCAR LIKE. IkMfMlmaiklS (incorooruied in iat>ani i incorporaieo in England) psn.nsulahTnT^ntax sn co GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS MAII PASSENCEB AND CAROO SERVICE: p QR CUNARD WHITE STAR Owing to the Company's inability to publish the actual j j I *4' MmA »a TO
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    • 674 3 LUXURIOUS ONE-CLASS MOTORSHIP3 Cabins with private bath- E-crllrnt Cuislnn 4 PASSENGER SAILINGS to MARSEILLES and LONDON During February /March 1940 THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD. (Incorporated In Denmark) SINGAPORE— PENANG— KUALA LUMPUR. No admittance on board except by special permit BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated in P M 8 i i'ELEPHONE:
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    • 445 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. 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 FARE Regular Services to Fre mantle (Perth) via Java by first class passenger
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  • 962 4 WHOLE PROFIT EARNED PAID AS DIVIDEND A DDRESSING shareholders at the annual meeting of Glenealy Plantations. Ltd.. in Singapore, on Saturday, Mr. M. N. Wardell, the chairman, said: The profit for the year ended Oct. 31, 1939 amounted to $46,137.15, to which must be
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  • 196 4 False Claim That They Were In Allied Convoy London, Jan. 26. AN announcement on the Hamburg radio is taken here as an admission on Germany's part that the Greek ship Ekatontarchos Dracoulis (5.330 tons) and the Danish ship Tekla (1,469 tons) were torpedoed and
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  • 107 4 London, Jan. 26. IN connection with repeated suggestions by Nazi propagandists that the port of Liverpool was closed during the third week of January, the following figures for entrances of foreign-going ships not including coastwise traffic Into that port are interesting: For October the
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  • 79 4 London, Jan. 27. TPEA and dried fruits have been added to the list of goods, the Import of which Is prohibited except under licence. The Ministry of Food emphasizes that the purpose of the order Is to enable the ministry to secure proper control
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  • 1285 4 Fraser Co's Singapore Share Quotations Ord Ti» Sis Consoid ru Sucitei 7% Pref Ms 6d 23s 6d x.d Eastern Realty Co <$D 1J5 1.40 Estate and frust Agencies (*5> J.ftO 4.00 Bastern Onlted ($10) 38.00 29.00 Praser Neave Ord. ($5> 16.70 17.10 Praser a Neave i%t% Prefs. ($5) 9.25 8
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  • 130 4 Amsterdam, Jan. 17. IT is learned the Government has stopped the Import into Holland all coffee except from the Netherlands Indies as part of a campaign to increase consumption of Dutch colonial coffee to 50 per cent, of Holland's total needs. A definite ruling
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  • 290 4 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS nooks Company Dividend Close UN Austral Amal 3d. Austral Malay Bd. and 1 13 bonus Ipoh 2a. int. less tax Jan. 9 Kampong Kamuntlng 3d. and 7'-ld. bonus Feb. 6 Kampong Lonjut 26 Jan. 23 Kamuntlng 5% Int. less tax Jan. 29 Kent 74%
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  • 239 4 Singapore. Jan. 27. 1 p.m. •iLM.Nt. Bayers Srllm Ampats 4/9 5 Austrai Amau 6 '9cd Batu Seianeors 1.60 1.65 Hong Patto 1.24 1.27 Jekbu* 0.89 v.92 Komt-ong lanJuU j4/6 25 6cd K. Kamuntlcff 9/- 9'6ed K&inuatlng 12/6 .< 3rd Kintu Kellas 1i- 7 6 Klang
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  • 430 4 Latest Figures WITH statistics of stocks of roMW not now available to the public it Is difficult to ascertain the world fißure. From the Statistical Bulletin oi the International RuDber Re^ulatloi Committee Issued on Dec. 30 ai approximate total can. bOW* vt r. b< v.orked
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  • 96 4 Ottawa. OCTOLiER trade DgUfM for Canada indicate thgtwith overseas' sources of supply greatly curtailed, countries in Central and South America as well a.> In the Caribbean are looking to Canada to supply many of their requirements. Canadian exports to such countries in October were,
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    • 567 4 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE. Messrs A. Mathleson and M. B. Bel] have been authorised to sign per procuration this firm. KRASER tL CO. LEGAL NOTICE IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS SETTLEMENT OF SINGAPORE Probate N*. Z3l of 1939. In the Sctate of Cornelia Johanna Pranrisca Reek nee Versteegh
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
    • 1177 5 London Optimists Review 1940 Outlook From Our Own Correspondent London. .Fan. 12. ALTHOUGH exceptionally quiet conditions have prevailed on the London rubber market since I he the opening of the new year, optimists continue to claim that tho price has not MOB
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    • 126 5 Ulce quoU-d per kmjtM M steals. Other 1 ram modi ties quoted per picnL except where otherwise stated. Singapore, Jan. 29, noon. Buyers Sellers Oambier $7.80 Hamburg Cube $1400 •lava Cube Sl2 00 °eppey Wh.te Muntok $15.50 White $15.00 Blaclt $850 ?opra Mixed $3.4i> Sun Dried $3
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    • 89 5 Monday. Jan. 29, noon. Bayers Sellers Trices Prices No. IX R.S S. (Spot loose) (Sellers option) 36H 36*4 No. IX R.S.S. fab. In cues Jan.-Keb. (Sellers option) 37 37 i G.F.A.Q. R.S.S f.o.b In bales Jan. -Feb. (Sellers option) 35% 35% FAQ. R.S.S. f.o.b. in
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    • 386 5 RUBBER PRICE STILL SAGGING SHARE SECTIONS QUIET By Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, Jan. 29. MARKETS opened quietly to-day with little interest being displayed In the share sections and with rubber being fractionally easier. Nothing has occurred during the wee)r-end of either pDlitical or trade importance to affect
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    • 83 5 London, Jan. 28. THE money market has experienced a busy week. Heavy withdrawals of cash from various banks for tax payments was responsible for reducing the usual supply of loanable funds, consequently borrowers In some cases paid up to 1% per cent, for overnight loans.
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    • 63 5 THE directors of Taiping Rubber Plantations Ltd. recommend a dividend of 4 per cenC. for the year ended September last, compared with 5 per cent. In the preceding year. The net profit for the year was £14,917, compared with £16.491. The directors have placed £5.650 to
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    • 26 5 Melbourne. Jan. 29. VICTORIA'S gold production last year amounted to 15S ounces. It was the largest output for more than 20 years.— Reuter.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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    • 269 5 I*J■II k f i I i f\ m I j l A fi} L 3 19-25. CECIL STREET. SINGAPORE. Telephone Manager's Oftirn 4512 exchange Dept, 4513 General Office 4514 Cable Address:— "PRO VINBANK." Head Office iIL'CHOW PAID IP CAPITAL (Ch.) 10.000.000 RESERVE FUNDS I 15.000.000 TOTAL ASSETS (approx.) fIM.MO.OOO Board
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 326 6 Positively Last Day a v v| A||||n A :us, 6.15 9.15 AfjfIAJWLJttHA YOU WILL CHEER YOU WILL THRILL YOU WILL REMEMBER FOREVER WHEN YOU SEE GANTRY The Blind Horse Perform the feats that won the reclaim of The World! •Mi IDITH FHIOWS JAMB McCAUION 0,...t.* by WILLIAM MeG ANN o^,*..
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    • 349 6 LAST NIGHT 6.15 9.15 PAVILION Praise from the Press for a Great French Fihn FINE ACTING FIRST CLASS ENTERTAINMENT" Free Press IP YOU WANT SOMETHING UN- *"*fi JSUAL, THIS IS THE FILM TO .SEE 1 MX H Triltune I Mt ACTING OF A VERY HIGH ORDEK "^**3k TINE FILM" Straits
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    • 186 6 LAST NIGHT! M.-G.M.'s side-splitting story of a iowl>o> who crashed the gates of SocietyICAPiTOLj f Metro- Dinnis Xy"^ js TO-MORROW NIGHT- Columbias Exciting Story of the War in the air See a sensational plot lor the use of the DeathRay Exposed. FLIGHT TO FAME with Charles Farrell (famous star of
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  • 423 7 Comment On Decisive Defeat Of "End War" Motion In Assembly PROPAGANDA in South Africa for even a separate peace with Germany has received a blow from which it will never recover, says a Netherlands newspaper, commenting on the decisive rejection of Gen. Hertzog's motion
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  • 96 7 New York. Jan. 28. ACCORDING to a Rio de Janeiro telegram to the New York Times, skippers of coastal trading vessels reaching Dahia, Brazil, have reported sighting. German submarines near Ilheos. Another Rio de Janeiro report says that a r-hoat has been seen near
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  • 296 7 London, Jan. 28. BEHIND the brief Air Ministry reports of reconnaissance flights and "security patrols" lie stories of arduous duties faithfully accomplished, states British Official Wireless. Neither is the word "security" misused. In a very short space of time after the discovery that
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  • 120 7 London, Jan. 28. IT has been noted in London that ihe German High Command communique issued on Saturday claimed that approximately 20.000 tens of shipping were sunk on Thursday. 1 The reference to "shipping" in general without regard to whether Allied or neutral, is
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  • 50 7 Madrid, Jan. 28. SURVIVORS oi the French steamer Toursy. which was torpedoed by a U boat off the Spanish coast on Wednesday, state that another French ship the Alsacien, 3,819 tons, was torpedoed in the same convoy at the same time. The crew's late is unknown.— Reuter.
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  • 83 7 Doom, Jan. 28. THE ex-Kaiser spent his 81st birthda; quietly at his home. Flowers arrive all day long at the new covered castle at Doom. The ex-Kaisei received a present from Princess Julianr and Prince Bernhard. Queen Wilhelmina sent an adjutan to convey her congratulations
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  • 37 7 Paris, Jan. 28. THE FRENCH war communique .states that there is "nothing to re port. 1 This is the fifth time runnln I th\t tbc crmmunlque has consisted o 1 then three words.— Reutcr.
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  • 90 7 London, Jan. 28. TtfE Minister of Inforiration. Sir John Reith. has made arrangements through the Air Ministry for an extra daily service each week day by Imperial Airways and Air France between Britain and Paris which will ensure earlier distribution of British newspapers in neutral
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 146 7 TONIGHT COCKTAIL DANCE 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. DINNER DANCE (informal) 9.45 to midnight NO ADMISSION CHARGE RAFFLES ORCHESTRA directed by DAN HOPKINS EXTENSION TO. 1 A.M EVER? SATURDAY j SEAVIEW HOTEL I WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SPECIAL DINNER-DANCE CABARET SPLENDID FLOOR SHOW BY TRIO GRANADOS DINNER S3.- NON-DINERS 51.SATURDAY
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    • 151 7 ll*ilHf r MYffl T V phone WnAm^mjMoJ^ooißt^l I 3<15 6>15 3400 fLmmmmammmr I 9.is OPENING TODAY JJ^ "THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK" FROM DUMAS' FAMOUS BOOK. Joan Bennett |j x BSf< w/ Louis f^aL^ TURNIP iffi n riii A £mt BRITISH MFIA/C HORE.BELISHA LEAVES THE WAn PARAMOUNT OFFICE. LONDON
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  • 1119 8 The Straits Times. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JAN. 29, 1940. (150th. Day of the War.) The Bore War Nearly five months after the declarations of war, the vast armies of the belligerents remain almost entirely inactive. People are becoming more and more perplexed at the course of what one wit, in an
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  • 30 8 Ankara, Jan. 28. Geld valued at £15,000,000, granted under the recent Anglo-French-xurkish agreement to strengthen Turkey's exchange, arrived here to-day by special train from Syria. Reuter.
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  • 4146 8 But No One Is Losing Much Sleep (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 16. COR the past four days, the yellow warnings have been flashed across Great Britain with relentless regularity "Enemy aircraft approaching Humber" "Unidentified aircraft over Thames Estuary" ''Fighters have gone up to
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 383 8 Guaranteed Swiss lever movements Chromium from $26.Stainless steel 49.Rolled gold 29.--14ct. Solid gold 86.GAMMETERS Opposi'e Clifford Pier < lIINESE NEW YEAR CARDS. We have a large selection lor you to choose from. Cards and Verses to suit all tastes. Prices from 35c. to 50c. per dozen, with pint envelopes to
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    • 25 8 In Gold Leaf Tea water bewitched" you absorb iU particular essence or genius, which is serenity. JOHN DUKE Manufacturing Op tician. ij 21. BATTERY ROAD.
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  • 658 9 Joint Parliamentary Orga n iza tion M. YVON DELBOS' SPEECH DURING LONDON VISIT "Absolute Frankness To Exclude Misunderstanding" A FURTHER important step towards perfecting Anglo-French co-operation was made during a three-hour discussion between the French Demities now in London and the Anglo-French Parliamentary Committee, when
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  • 49 9 Melbourne. Jan. 29. TEH Aus rallan wheat harvest for 1938-40 Will approximate 204.000.00" bushes Tli's tatal has only twice b?rn previously exceeded, according to Mr Olive McPherson. chairman of ♦h« He added that *0 000,000 tonj of cargo space would h<> r-'y.'rci ."> handle the exportable
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  • 508 9 London, Jan. 29. r THE R.A.F. has been strengthened by several hundred Polish airmen who are attached to an air station in England and who were inspected yesterday by Sir Kingsley Wood, the Air Minister. The men wear the same uniforms but are distinguished by
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  • 115 9 Embargo Against Japan Unlikely Washington, Jan. 28. pFFORTS to side-track legislation to impose an embargo on exports to Japan but to extend additional financial aid to China are gaining some headway in the Senate, according to current reports. These reports say that Mr. Cordell Hull,
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  • 74 9 Puppets' Parley At Tsingtao A Failure Tsingtao, Jan. 29. THAT the conference here amon; Wang Ching-wei and other puppet leaders on the formation of a new Chinese Central regime has been a failure is indicated by persistent reports being: circulated with reference to another meeting to be held soon. This
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  • 216 9 "Explanations" By The Japanese Military Tientsin. Jan. 29. IN connection with the electrification of the barbed-wire fences surrounding the British and French concessions, which was resumed yesterday, the Japanese military authorities assert that It was not connected with any intention to intensify the blockade of the
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  • 75 9 Street-Fighting In Hsiaoshan Reported Chunking, Jan. 29. IN a determined effort to clear the south bank of the Chlentang River of Japanese forces, Chinese troops In north-east Chekiang Province are advancing on the city of Hsiaoshan, on the south bank of the river. Chinese troops
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  • 116 9 London, Jan. 29. THE German Trans-Ocean news agency on Saturday contained a report relating to the dir missal from service of a wing-corn. and references to what is described as rumours prevalent in London that he had been dismissed from the service "because he faiied to carry
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  • 64 9 Istanbul. Jan. 28. BRIG. -GEN. Sir Wyndham Deedes. chief secretary to the Administration, Palestine, was welcomed by representatives of the Turkish Government and Red cross on his arrival en route to Erzincan where, as the British delegate. Sir Wyndham will participate in the distribution of large quantities of clothing, medicines
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  • 98 9 THE United States Treasury revealed last night that Great Britain and France liquidated during the month of October over $120,000,000 of their assets in America for the purpose of purchasing war supplies and materials. Special figures for the month of November are
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  • 280 9 Red Army Fires 15,000 Shells On Small Area Helsinki, Jan. 29. ATTACKS by the Soviet force massed north-east of Lake Ladoga were weaker yesterday than in the previous seven days, reports last night's Finnish war communique. Some 200,000 Soviet troops have been taking part in the
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  • 184 9 London. Jan. 29. fTHE executive council of the Interna- tlonal Transport Workers' Federation, meeting in London, passed a resolution yesterday expressing abhorrence of the "treacherous attack upon Finland by the Soviet consequent upon the unholy alliance between Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia." The meeting called
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  • 156 9 HITLER has decided to pass over this year's anniversary of the Nazi accession to power on Jan. 30 with as little notice as possible. A report from Amsterdam states that it had been planned that Goebbels should make c world speech on that day
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  • 58 9 A MESSAGE from Rome suggests a reason for the visit of a German trade expert wrrt> arrived there on Friday. It Is believed that he hopes to arrange for the loan of Italian rollingstock to help out the shortage on the German railways. Similar efforts have
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  • 113 9 */"\NE of our friends in the German has told us that the correct figure of U-boats which Germany has lost is 57," said the announcer of the secret anti-Nazi German Freedom Station in a broadcast last night. •"Goebbels," he went on. "has told is that
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  • 108 9 Mr. Churchill's Speech Well Received Apart from Germany where It is described as a climax to the systematic spreading of atrocity stories. Mr. Winston Churchill's speech at Manchester, on Saturday has been well received abroad. France welcomes it as an expression of Frimch, as well as British opinion, and the
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  • 235 9 GEN. HERTZOG NEW PARTY Republican Form Of Government Cape Town, Jan. 20. T*HE Parliamentary groups led by Gen. Hertzog and Dr. Malan have reached agreement for mutual co-operation. The ftfreement is subject to th-j approval of the congresses of both groups. A statement issued last night says that both parties
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  • 62 9 Rome, Jan. 29. M. TSVETKOVITCH. the Yugoslav Prime Minister, was Injured In a rail smash near Kraljevzi, according to a Belgrade message. The Premier was going to Belgrade with several members of his cabinet when his train collided with a goods train. A piece of
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    • 11 9 OTHER CABLES in pages 4, 5, 7, 12, 13 and 14
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    • 49 9 CEMENT PAINT 'pHIS modern, scientific formulation is in Powder Form and needs only to be mixed with water For EXTERIOR DECORATION and the PROTECTION of CONCRETE PLASTER WALLS. McALISTER CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Straitt Settlements/ SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR IPOH PENANO aM^ MM l_ a BMßM B M w.p.s. in
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  • 375 10 Desperate Efforts To Secure Economic Preferences BRITISH DIPLOMACY WINS OVER COLONIAL ISSUE (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 28. GERMANY'S desperate diplomatic efforts to secure important economic preferences in the purchase of raw materials produced by the Netherlands Indies have utterly failed. This
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  • 64 10 NAVAL RATINGS ON TRIP TO JOHORE FOURTY-FOUK naval ratings were taken en a sishtswing t_/ur through ..ohore on Saturday under the auspice* ol the Missions to Seamen. Singapore. They visited the mosque, a pinetpple factory, where they were presented with case of pineapples, the Ocnons Pulai v.ater v:ork? and Pontlan
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  • 36 10 From Our Own Correspond^:'. r Bahru. Jan. 28. THE ntsl J **ow Bahru :i to-day with Mr. Justice presiding. The judge on arrival was received by a suard of honour oi the Johore Police.
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  • 24 10 A MALAY is reported to bat <^- bbed In the shoulder by a cr.mstation at K&m- «hru thi> morning. Ho wis t hospital.
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  • 27 10 The thirty-second annual meftins ol the Singapore Shorthand Writers' Assx-iati'.-n wi'l be he'd at the associa■s Mo. 10 Rango m Road. OO Feb. 4, at 11.30 a.m.
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  • 104 10 K\Mlh DO) I I I p.m. ■in;il< 9.45 o.\Kl:if i mi sir.t «.i u\\(. I tptenj I 15. (.Kill MOKI.I* Globe: I to 6. Atlantic ure HAPTI uoki-I) Back y J'iwalrf Rcvcn .ibaret B—l28 —12 M U V. I IBM. fttaict, Danciug. ul I N- «.l M \N«, Pta
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  • 510 10 Britain's War-Time Opportunity (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 18. "THIS canalisation of imports pro--1 vides a great opportunity for I>itLsh manufacturers," writes Mr. E. .Tago, Deputy Agent, Malayan Information Agency, commenting on Malayan wartime trade regulations, iii an article in the new issue of the Asiatic
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  • 114 10 Annual Meeting In Singapore THE eleventh annual conference of the 80th district of Rotary International comprising Malaya, Siam and Sarawak, will be held in Singapore during Easter from Friday. Mar. 22 to Monday, Mar. 25. The delegates will meet at an informal dance at the Cathay Cafe
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  • 106 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Jan. 28. WE necessarily make the course at the Penang F~rm School a hard one because ws stress particularly the practical aspect of agriculture, and we hope ycu will pay more attention tc the practice rather than the th2ory of
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  • 90 10 (From Our Own Correspondent* Segamat, Jan. 28. MEMBERS of the royal house of Johore were present at a wedding at Segamat, over the week-end, when Inche Hassan bin Hajl Din. of the Muar P.W.D.. was married to Inche Haftsah binte Hajl Omar, a daughter of Haji
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  • 72 10 NO case of hardship has been found under the present hire purchas? system, says the interim repcrt of a sub-committee of the European Association of Malaya. It has been reported, states the association, that Government has admitted that the hire purchase system has increased transport
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  • 228 10 "ELIZABETH AND ESSEX At The Cinema "The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex." (Bette Davis. Errol Flynn, Donald Crisp and Olivia de Ilavillznd) Warner Brothers. M'dnisht premiere at the Alhambra. BETTE Davis goes from triumph to triumph and her re-creation of the Great Tudor Queen is a masterpiece. Errol Flynn,
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  • 196 10 £ONTROL of the Fire Department and the Accident Ambulance Service In Singapore has been transferred from one Municipal committee to another. The former controlling committee wej No. 4. which wi'i henceforth be I v with trie work of ;h* irchitect'a and building surveyors deli
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  • 23 10 British Canadian Generals The General Officer Commanding the Canadian Forces, General A. G. L. MacNaughton with Lord Gort, the British Commander-in-Chief in France.
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  • 287 10 Brisk Demand For Crackers And Joss Sticks CHINESE in Malaya are already preparing for new year celebrations next week. The ancient custom of handing round red packets containing money will be observed. Although it is some years since the Chinese National Government abolished the
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  • 66 10 •THOSE who have been puzzled about political events in Canada during the past week will be Interested in a talk to be given from the 8.8.C. at 10.20 p.m. to-day on the Canadian general election. Earlier in the programme, at 8.50 p.m.. there will be a talk
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  • 226 10 Ships' Engineers Offer Services OFFICERS TO RUN POWER STATION DRITISH engineers from ships In port have volunteered to augment the European dockyard staff of the Singapore Harbour Board to carry on ship repairs while some 1,500 Chinese artisans are entering on tho .sixteenth day of their
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  • 110 10 ABOUT 300 machine shop mi-is, turners and moulders employed by United Engineers. Ltd.. who have* been on strike since Deremfccr. return work yesterday. The conclusion of a settlement was due largely to the untiring efforts of Mr. Ching Kee Sun. who was responsible for arranging the
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    • 221 10 BOX OFFICE 1 IFfffßß^ffWl TIMES PHONE m^MiiiliTiiiiiLf MAiAYa'jMon Modern 340 0 Bbill^Mss^^BMrfsM fi~ 3.15 6.15 9.15 OPENING TO-DAY wmfo artists production IJ I charged narrative thai I M Mm J made the world acclaim DUMAS' INTRIGUING (HL ALEXANDER DUMAS V l^^gs^kX the greatest story-teller LOVE MYSTERY! VV^Mi^P^^m'Y of all time
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  • 208 11 Soviet Vessel Taken Into Hong Kong by navy i»\in OF CARGO FOR REICH] P3OTCBTS fcsainst the Royal Navy's action in taking the iteamer Sclensa to Hong Kong for detention have been sent to Moscow and the Soviet Ambassador in London, the master of the iln Yarchevtteh, re- in Hong Kong.
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  • 38 11 rr Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Jan. 27. A TALK on crocodiles, their history and habits, was t,iven by Mr. L A. S. Jcrmyn. president of the Malacca Rotary Club, at a luncheon meeting held yestfrday.
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  • 897 11 Committee's Aid For Victims Of Nazi Persecution ABOUT 200 NOW HAVE JOBS FOUR WITH GOVERNMENT POSTS ABOUT 200 refugees from Nazi persecution are now earning a living in Malaya as a result of their own courage and determination and assistance given by the
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  • 205 11 Singapore Tribute To Authorities "A RIGID enforcement of the latest regulations might well bring about an impasse in the local supply of medicines," said Mr. R. Renton, presiding at the annual meeting of Maynard and Co., Ltd., druggists, in Singapore on Saturday. '•As
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  • 374 11 European Vie w Of Trades Unions For Malaya ASSOCIATION AND NEW BILLS THE opinion that labour will not always be illiterate in Malaya and consequently some form of trade union legislation should be Introduced was expressed by the committee of the European Association of Malaya discussing an interim report of
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  • 144 11 A TALK of special interest and im- portance to the business community of Malaya will be broadcast from the 8.M.8.C at 7 30 p.m. this evening. The speaker will be Dr. T.H. Silcock, P r ofessor of Economics at Raffles College, and his subject will
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  • 95 11 (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Jan. 28. A CAMPAIGN to stimulate the cultivation of food crops among Malay kampong dwellers and padi-grcwers is in progress in Malacca. Over 3,000 pamphlets In Jawi relating to the methods of planting food crops have been received and
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  • 289 11 AN investigation of the value -of parboiled rice as compared with under-milled raw rice recently carried out by the Institute for Medical Research in Kuala Lumpur is the subject of a report by Dr. I. A. Simpson. Parboiled rice is mainly consumed by
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  • 3937 12 Failure To Launch Great Offensive In September MR. CHURCHILL REVIEWS FIVE MONTHS OF WAR Mr. Churchill, opening his speech, said: We have been for five months at war at war against the world's greatest military power and the worlds greatest air power. When the
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    • 285 12 STOMACH PAIN Eased at Once After weeks on milk and soda Have yon ever had to choose between semi-starvation and sickness? How depressing it is, for week after week, to have barely enough nourishment to keep life together. What Joy when this nightmaro is suddenly banished, and healthy, happy enjoyment
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  • 487 13 Red Army Offensive With 200,000 Troops Reported Stemmed LATEST agency reports from Helsinki say that the Finns claim to have inflicted a heavy defeat on four Soviet divisions attacking their lines north-east of Lake Ladoga. The Russians have launched repeated attacks on this
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  • 55 13 Ottawa, Jan. 28. A MEMORANDUM advocating nationalization of ail munitions factories, submitted to the Government by the All-Canadian Congress of Labour states: "II there is any one Industry more than another which should be nationalized, it is the munitions industry since intolerable profits would be made
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  • 102 13 Mcscow, Jan. 28. THE termination of the Japanese American trade agreement and thf refusal of the United States to conclude a temporary agreement Ls part of United States' policy of "untying her hands in order to exert Increasing pressure on Japan," states the newspaper
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  • 84 13 Rangoon, Jan. 28. OIXTY-ONE ARRESTS have been *J made here as a result of HinduMuslim rioting yesterday, in which one person was killed and three died later of their injuries. Eighty are reported to have been injured. The riot occurred during a Hindu procession. The Commissioner
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  • 98 13 London, Jan. 28. PART of a new scheme which is to be put into operation by the Admiralty provides that all future temporary wartime officers in the Royal Navy will be drawn from the lower deck. Ratings in the Royal Naval Reserve and the Royal
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  • 127 13 Ottawa, Jan. 28 MR. W. L. MACKENZIE-KING, Canadian Prime Minister, announced yesterday that the general election would be held on Mar. 26. Nomination day for all constituencies will be March 10. A special returning officer will be appointed to supervise voting of
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    • 346 13 f^^\ My father it having •A^Kk (>r i gHd j«b" Your faiher has made a vi&o decision in sending you to Pitman's for there you can study for your matriculation or Senior Cambridge free from air-raid warnings and blackouts that prevent studious concentration, and after warda you can choose one
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    • 689 13 Broadcasting TO-DAY nirom CIliriDAOC VD 9.S5 me s (31.2* M.) IDA CM lac't MflisArUKL («9.« m.); FBfM 10.2« mc/s (29.2 na.); YDB 11.M mc/t (25.3 BL); VDC 15.16 mc;i /.HL 1.33 me-'* <225n> (19.80 m.). ZHP 9.C9 mc/t (3O.D«tb-i 4.50 p.m. Programme preview; 4.53 Tea con1 15 p m Miscellaneous
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  • 425 14 Diplomatic Drive To End British Influence A HIGH-POWERED 'diplomatic counter-offensive" is likely to be launched by Hitler in the Balkans during: this week, according to neutral sources in Berlin, reports Reuter from Amsterdam. Full instructions are reported to have been given to the
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  • 171 14 London, Jan. 28. MISS UNITY MITFORD, daughter of Lord Kedesdale and former friend of Hitler, who recently returned to England from Germany, is now in an Oxford infirmary. It Is understood that she is suffering from two bullet wounds in the head, one of
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  • 79 14 Eupen (Belgium), Jan. 28. THE German- Belgian frontier has been re-opened at the frontier post at Hauset as from yesterday. Tramcars from Eupen and Lpepfchen, on the German frontier, will run as soon as snowdrifts have been removed and pedestrian traffic over the frontier will
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  • 19 14 M. Moscicki, last President of Poland, photographed with his wife at Fribourg, Switzerland, where they arrived recently.
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  • 62 14 Madrid. Jan. 28. DRISONERS serving terms under 12 years' imprisonment for political offences against the Nationalist movement and who were tried by court martial are to be released on April 1 next year. A decree published In the official bulletin formally restores the
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  • 151 14 Japanese To Revive Anti-British Movement In China THE Domei Agency understands that Japan is likely to make a further protest against Britain's action in removing 21 Germans from the Asama Maru and will attempt to refute the legality of the British case.
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  • 142 14 Tientsin, Jan. 29. ALTHOUGH the Japanese military authorities have denied that a tightening of the blockade of the British and French concessions had been ordered, the fences around the two concessions have again been resumed after several weeks, while drastic control of foodstuffs has suddenly been
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  • 57 14 V*\'s, Jan. 28. THE Suvet and >-ier Mongolian delegations have left Harbin without reaching agreement with the Jioare.se ard Manchukuo representatives on the ManchukuoOuter Mongolian boundary problem, according to a report received in diplomatic circles hers, reports Reuter. The heavy fighting between Japanese and Soviet forces
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  • 47 14 Lisbon, Jan. 23. TIE Portuguese liner Quanza, returning from East and West Africa, was stopped by a British warship olf Sierra Leone and two German passengers were removed. Later a French warship stopped lite liner and removed three more Herman passengers.— Reuter.
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  • 497 15 Negri Give Singapore Hard Fight ALTHOUGH beaten, Nerri Sembi- Ian put up a very good showing against Singapore when the two teams met in the return State hockey fixture on the S.C.C. padan* on Saturday. Singapore won by two goals to nil, netllng both goals in
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  • 122 15 r[E curtain was rung down on the local Inter-club badminton championships on Friday last when the Mayflower "B" team and the Useful Badminton Party contested the last match of the league, the match resulted in a win for the former by three games to two.
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  • 59 15 SINGAPORE'S hockey team to meet Malacca at Malacca on Sunday, Feb. 4. Is as follows: Yee Cheok Wan: Lieut. Fortin. Fit. Fgt. Shorey: L. S. Reutens. Sgt Cronin P. K. Bhaskaran (Capt.) D. Ross, T. A. D. Hewan, Sapper Arokiasamv. havlldar Gulam Nabi, Salleh
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  • 111 15 The b'g problem with suilerers from gastritis or other digestive disturbances is how to avoid pain and discomfort when eating The lnllamed stomach vails are so sensitive that solid roodtran't be retained. Even liquid foods are often vomited Yet the patient must get quick new
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  • 378 15 United Services Officers Win By Odd Goal In Five PLAYING at Tanglin Barracks yesterday, the United Services Officers beat the Selangor Club by three goals to two in a hard and fast game of hockey. The exchanges were slightly more in favour of the
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  • 47 15 THE Singapore Rifle Association Pis- tol competition, which was to have been held lart Friday, has been posted to Thursday. The S.R.A. will hold a dinner In the main hall. 8.V.C. Headquarters, on Sunday. Feb. 18 at 8 p. m Guests may be Invited.
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  • 43 15 TWELVE cards were taken out in the Keppel Golf Club's women's foursomes and the following were the best returned: Mrs. Douglas and Mrs. Hirst 44-llV 2 32'/ 2 Mrs. Flett and Mrs. Holohan 45— ll'/ 2 =33Vi. Mrs. Gunstone and Mrs. Fennle 50—15=35.
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  • 30 15 HOTKEY: Sappers and Miners v*. Punjabis, Tan din Barracks; S.C.C. vs. R.A. (Chan*i), S.C.C. BOXING S.A.B.C. mre'.inr, Happy World, 5.30 p.m. CRICKET: 5.A.0.8. meeting. St. Andrew's Hall.
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  • 169 15 FOLLOWING were Saturday's race results at Ipoh in brief: Race 1: RAWANG $20 $8 Auboss S7 Wait -A -Bit $9 Race 2: SALMON PAR $26 $9 Authentic Sll Danse dv Ventre $13 Race 3: PRATIQUE $15 $9 Nightshade Sl7. Winsome $19. Race 4: ADELE $38 SlO Constant
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  • 98 15 London, Jan. 27. r.E Red Cross steeplechase run at Leopardstown to-day resulted: Jack Chaucer (Brogan) 1 Sterling Duke (Hyde) 2 Knockadroleen (Magee) 3 Twenty-two ran. Won by two lengths, eight lengths between second and third. Betting: 4—l: 12—1; 20—1. Also ran: Royal Danlelli (Moore),
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  • 41 15 "THE second bi-monthly medal com- petition of the Royal Singapore Golf Club was played yesterday at Bukit Timah and resulted In a win for Major end Mrs. F. G. R. Brittorous with a net score of 32"/ 2
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  • 41 15 IN a hockey match played at the Police Depot yesterday, the Malaya Signals beat the Sikh Detachment by three goals to one, Twiddy scoring all the winners' goa's. The Signals were superior in every department of the game.
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  • 248 15 TTHE Gold Medal competition ol the Royal Singapore Golf Club for 1939 will be played on Saturday and Sunday, simultaneously with the February Medal competition, at Bulcit Tlmah. The following are qualified to compete H. B. Sym, D. M. Henderson, J. Crlchton. H. H.
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  • 743 15 Losers Set The Pace, Bui Failed In Second Half 'THIRTEEN was a lucky number for the South side on Saturday, for they defeated the North in the thirteenth Malayan Rugby Union match by thirteen points (a drop goal, a try and two
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  • 93 15 Sydney, Jan. 27. FF the Australian lawn tennis championship semi-finals to-day. Jack Crawford beat John Bromwlch, the holder. 6—4, 6—l. 9—7; Adrian Quls: beat Vivian MeUrath 6—4. 10—8. 6—3. In the women's semi-finals Thelroa Coyne beat Mrs. Hopman 4 2 B, 6—3: Mancy Wynne beat Joan Hartigan
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  • 109 15 ANNUAL RUGBY DINNER DANCE MALAYAN rugby players were in IT high spirits on Saturday night when they attended the end-of-the-season Malayan Rugby I'nion dinner and ball at Raffles Hotel. Besides the North and South fifteens, there were about 30 other present and past players at the dinner. In the chair
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  • 81 15 London Jan. 21 Owing to b-d weather few game* were played in the English and Scottish soccer leagues to-day. All Rugby Union and Rugby League games were postponed. Soccer games played (the others being postponed) resulted: SOUTH A Clapton 1 Millwall 2 SOUTH B Bournemouth 2 Brentford 2
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  • 93 16 Capt. Harold Balfour, Inder-Seoretary of State for Air. inspecting bombs during a visit to the R.A.F. in France. R.A.F. mechanics overhauling a tractor In the snow. (Above). Here is a French detachment in the wintry conditions being experienced on the Western Front,
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