The Straits Times, 3 February 1940

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    35 1 The Straits Times ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES J6 PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS The Straits Times 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1940. i i!j ;>
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      204 1 See MIEN CHONG for SMART TAILORING O« Singapore. V^ Coloman St. -Phone 4816- For Maximum Family Protection at Minimum Cost apply to the b^^«^^— i W.P.S. 92A Consult the LEADING HOUSE of nF^ILVA LTD BY SPECIAL APPOINTMENT Ut OILW, LIM. For aU HIGH-CLASS JEWELLEBT. EN- GAGEMENT RINGS, DIAMONDS Sk£ WATCHES,
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      8 1 SINGAPORE, 140 CECIL ST. f PHONE 547 V
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      232 1 I DIAMOND METAL PRODUCTS CO, LTD. I Ml, KAMPONC BAHRU ROAD, HONG MOTORS SINGAPORE. 1939 FIAT MARVELLETTE, Fixed Top S &00 1939 TRIUMPH MOTOR CYCLE 500 CC «5 1938 AUSTIN 10 SALOON, Slide Top $1,47:; I 1937 MORRIS EIGHT SALOON, 4-door 950 1937 B.S.A. Scout Sports Tourer 850 1936 HUPMOBILE
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      20 1 for PERFECT STYLES M ORESSMAKING ft REAOYMAOES Call at MADAME PAGE'S SALONS 13. Battory Road. Sing.ipoi HOTEL MAJESTIC Kuala Lumpur.
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  • The Straits Times DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENT
      138 2 The family of the late Towkay Leong Sin Nam sincerely thank H.E. the High Commissioner, H.H. the Sultan of Perak, the Hon. the British Resident, members of the Pcnk State Council, Oovernmen Officials, President Lin Sen and Marshal Chiang Kaishek, of the Republic of China, the Chinese Consul-General, the
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      526 2 SITUATIONS VACANT When applying for any position advertised _n these columns send copies of testimonial*. Do not send originals. uANTKI),uANTKl), Nursery governess (European) to give first lessons to boy aged 7in the mornings. Apply Box No. 159, Straits Times. WANTED. Man to take charge of Motor Lubrication Dept. Fitters' training
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      855 2 FOR SALE BUKII DIESEL ENGINES, made in r>enmark, just arrived. Available from 5-15 h.o cold starting. Prices and particulars available upon application to The E_st Asiatic Co. Ltd., Engineering Department. FOR SALE IN ONE BLOCK. Property in Katong District comprising 9 Bungalows, all occupied. Present total rental $825.00 per month.
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      833 2 BOARD RESIDENCE 44 NEWTON ROAD. English BosIm Residenee double and single vacancy cool airy rooms, good service, excellent English food, personal supervision moderate rates. Garages phone 6212, Mrs. Kronln. < MOTOR VEHICLES FORD V8. 30 H.P. 1937 roadster. Minimum price $1,000. Apply Box 158, Straits Times. FOB SALE, Lanchester 10
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      540 2 PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE. The Exchange Banks will be closed on: Thursday. Feb. 8. and Friday, Feb. 9. (Bank Holidays). OLD HAILEYBURIAN SOCIETY* Malayan Branch A dinner will be held on Saturday. Feb. 10, 1940. and those Old Halleyburians who have not yet notified their Intention of being present must advise
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      893 2 TENDERS j GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION TENDERS will be received at the Direc tor of Public Works Ofllce. up to uoon ol the Feb. 26, 1940, for the following work:Erectlon and completion of Administration an* School Block with Tiffin Room and Radlo Shop, Garage and Cycle Shed at the New Trade School,
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      370 2 BUSINESS CARDS ETC. JOIN THE GREEN CIRCLE LENDING LIBRARY Ist H.OOK IK-t- IVUIKKV Kl>-. P.O^BOX 34, SINGArOR*. Moderate terms; Special rates OutsUtioß Members. Hubs and Messes. Open Dally: 8.30 A.M. to P.M. >«<nrdays: 8.3d A.M. to 1 P.M. "massage'halT MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mrs. HARU and Mise HANA 60, WATERLOO STREET.
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      1993 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS LUXURIOUS ONE-CLASS MOTORSHIPS Cabins with Private Bath -Excellent Cuisine PASSENGER FREIGHT SERVICES lOMEWARDS: to Colombo. Aden. Port Said, Palestine. Beyrouth Marseilles Casablanca, London. Antwerp. Rotterdam. Copenhagen and Scandinavia. )UTWARDS: to Bangkok Saigon Manila Hongkong. Shanghai and Japan. For particulars regarding sailings, fares, etc please apply to THE EAST
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    "EURASIAN 100 PER CENT, BRITISH IN EVERYTHING"
    1508 4 Councillor Pledges Fullest 1 Support In War Efforts MR. CLAUDE DA SILVA'S BROADCAST IN "VIEWPOINTS" SERIES THE entirely British outlook of the Eurasian community of 1 Malaya was stressed by Mr. Claude da Silva, the Eurasian member of the Legislative Council, broadcasting last
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    60,000 ALIENS IN U.K.
    61 4 London. Feb. I. OIR John Anderson, Mome Minister in•3 formed, the House of Commons today that 415 aliens were interned at the outbdeak of war and that 554 were interned after examination by tribunals. In reply to a question, Sir John said the number of enemy
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    INDRAPOERA
    36 4 The Inflrapoera is expected to arrive here from Batavia about 8 a.m. on Monday and will berth alongside the wharves. She is due to sail the same day for Belawan, Sabang, Colombo, PortSaid and Genoa.
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    Fraser & Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations
    1302 4 Fraser Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations tnii>\Y. FEB. Z. 1940: 5 P.M. MIXING Buyers Seller* Anipat Tin (4s) 5s 5c 6d AustraJ AmaL (5a) 6s Bs 6d c d Austral Malay it) 37s 39s c'd Ayer Hitam 24* 3d 25s 3d Ayer Weng .80 .85 Bangrtn Tin 21s 9d 22s fld
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    BRITISH BAN ON U.S. TOBACCO IMPORTS
    79 4 Washington, Feb. 1. Mr. Cordell Hull, the U.S. Secretary of State announced that every effort would be made to obtain modification of the British policy of stopping imports of American tobacco. Mr. Hull was replying to a letter of protest at the stoppage, from
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    145,000 GERMANS LEAVE ITALY FOR REICH
    71 4 Rome, Feb. 1. IT is officially announced that a total of 145,000 people of German origin from the Upper Adige in northern Italy have returned to the Reich up to Jan. 31 under the agreement whereby Germans In Italy were given the choice of
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    CONDITIONS IN CHINA'S OCCUPIED AREAS
    51 4 Shanghai. Feb. 2. According to a pro-Wang Chingwei news agency, the American Ambassador. Mr. Nelson T. Johnson, has been instructed by the US. State Department to make a thorough inspection of conditions prevailing in the Japanese-occupied areas in China and later to report to Washington.—
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    FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
    192 4 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Books Company Dividend Close Date Singapore, Feh. 2, 5 pjn. Total (or Ex DIt. financial year TIN Austral Amal 3d. Austral Malay 9d. and 1|3 bonus Kampong Kamuntlng 3d. and 7',2d. 'wnus Feb. 6 Kaniuntlng g% int. less tax Jan. 29 Murai 30% Int.
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    LYALL AND EVATT'S DAILY QUOTATIONS
    249 4 pare, Pf 2. 5 pm. U1MAO Buyers Srllrrn AinpaU 5/- 5 4 Austraj Amau 6/4% 6'9cd Batu fielangoiy 1.57 1.62 Hong Fatts, 1.23 1.25 Jel-ibut 0.89 0.W Kampons Laujuts 22;- 23/-xd K Kamuntlng 9/6cd Kamunting.. 12 K) -cd Klang Rivers 2 02«-i 2.12<4xd Kramats 11/9
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    POPULATION SHIFTS PROBLEM
    181 4 London. Feb. 1 THE report cf Urn Royal Commission appointed uv,r two and a half y;>ars ago to consider the prob.e ns raised by concentration of industrial population consists of an exhaustive surrey of the cauvs and social, economic and strategical effects of population movements in the
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      498 4 JHJBLIC NOTICES KIM SKNG LAND CO., LTD. NOTICE Is hereby given that the Roads (excepting Ayer Raja, Buoi a Vista and Reformatory Roads) and tracks In Grant No 108 (now known as Grant No. 8 Class A) Survey No. 1649 known as the Paslr Pan Jang Rubber Estates will be
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      589 4 TIDE TABLES SINGAPORE To-cJcs H. W. 5.35 am. 8.3 ft.: 7.52 p.m. 7 3 It. L.W 12.59 p.m. 2.6 ft. To-morrow H W. 6.57 a.m. 8.3 ft.; 9.12 p.m. 7.6 ft. L W. 1.02 am. 5.4 ft: 2.24 p.m. 2 2 ft Monday. Feb. 3 H. w. 8.14 am. 8.5
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
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      ECONOMIC BATTALIONS WILL WIN THE WAR
      1294 5 Anglo-French Finance Pact An Important Factor WHATEVER may happen in the next few months on land, in the air. or at sea, this war must eventually be decided by the strength of the economic battalions, write Silverston and Co., Stuekbrokers, London, in their fortnljchtly
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      124 5 Singapore, Feb. 2. iuij^i Buyers Sellers (rambler S 7.50 Hamburg Cube 114 00 Java Cube *12 00 Pcpv White Muntok $14.50 White »14-00 8.25 Co,ir.) 0 W.-ta Sun Dried *3 80 SOOO UT tin 1 I mv. i $5.50 Pair $5.50 Jrlotuirj Palercbang 514.00 rtanja $14.00 Bai-awak
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      EXCHANGES
      179 5 Friday, Feb. 3. The following are the exchange rates rola morning according to the daily circular Issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation SELLING London T.T 2/4 1/16 London demand 3/4 1/16 Rate for freight 2-4^i Lyons demand 2057 Switzerland demand 208 Hamburg demand New York demand 46%
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      London Stock Exchange
      343 5 London, Feb. 2. AN the Stock Exchange to-day, Home rails advanced sharply on news of an early announcement regarding compensation terms. Gilt-edged were easier and other sections generally were quiet owing to week-end considerations. Reuter. The following arc to-day's closing ip< a <i<' quotation: Sbarea are- of
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      COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
      170 5 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES i Prom Our Own Correspondent) London, Feb. S. COMMODITY and exchange market* closed v as follows with previous Quotations In parenthesis: KIBBER: Dun. Spot 11 \i U7%& (UTid 12d) Feb.-Mar. llHd ll**d (11 13'16d illSl6d) Apr. -June U 9 16d 11 11 lfid (11 11 16d 11 13'16d)
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      CARE OF REFUGEES IN BRITAIN
      187 5 Large-Scale Emigration Plans Shelved London, Feb. 2. nEPLYING in the House ot Commons yesterday. Sir John Anderson, the Home Secretary, said that although since Sept. 1 last 1.200 refugees had been emigrated from Great Britain and arrangements had been made to send further parties during
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      CODFISH FLOUR FOR BREAD PROPOSED
      54 5 Oslo, Feb. 1. A GOVERNMENT commission, which has been investigating the possibilities of industrial exploitation of large catches of codfish, has proposed to the Government to tun. a large quantity of this fish into fish flour. This flour Ls described as an excellent admixture of
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      367 5 SHARES REMAIN QUIET AND UNINTERESTING RUBBER DULL WITH PRICES UNCHANGED By Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, Feb. 3. WHERE is very little fresh to report I from markets thi* morning which, on the whole, continue rather uninteresting. Rubber In London was slightly easier yesterday, fairing one-eighth of a
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      JANUARY RUBBER SHIPMENTS
      80 5 OCEAN shipments of rubber from all Malayan ports in January totalled 56,214 tons, compared with 41,568 tons in December, and with 43,332 tons in January last year. Of last month's shipments, 37,805 tons were despatched from Singapore; 12.304 tons from Penang; 5,782 from Malacca. The January shipments
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN. Friday, Feb. 2, noon.
      97 5 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN. Friday, Feb. 2, noon. Buyers Sellers Prices Prices No. IX B.S.S. (Sfot Imm) 31 37«4 No. EX B.S.S. foh. In ease* February 37J 8 3854 G.F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. In bales February 36% 36% F.A.Q. E.S.S. f.o.b. in bales February 3«*i 36 FUTURE QUOTATIONS No. IX
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      GABLE & LOMBARD REPORTED FOUND
      113 5 GABLE LOMBARD REPORTED FOUND San Diego, Calif, Feb. 2. THE FILM star Clark Gable, and his wife, Carole Lombard, who were reported to be missing in desolate country is lower California, are now stated to be safe. They had left their ranch yesterday at 8 a.m. by car for a
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      219 5 HAVE YOU MADE YOUR WILL? No prudent man neglects run duty to himself his hard-earned estate and his defenceless heirs If you nare not. you ought to do so at once In fairness to your family. If you have, nave you selected your Trustees with full wisdom? Friends are often
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      181 6 COCKIAIL tSAK OPENS THIS EVENING SPECIAL CONCOCTIONS TRY THE "CORRIGAN FLIP" "A FEW DRINKS AND YOU WON'T KNOW WHERE YOU LAND" TO-DAY TEA DANCE TO-NIGHT SAT. BALL EXTENSION TILL 1 A. M. MALAYA'S ONE ||fl AND ONLY GLAMOUR «^ST^ SENSATION ftJ& MISS '^l \S SITI AMINAH X f Debut To-night
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    "The Sort Of Life That Is Worth Living"
    292 7 11/ HAT sort of life is worth living? What sort of life possesses the characteristics which make it blessed? What sort of life can you congratulate a man thoroughly and heartily upon living? Various answers have been given. Gautama Buddha believed existence
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    PROCESSION OF THE NICHE
    219 7 PRIOR to the celebration of the titular feast of the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, which falls on Sunday week, services are being held daily at 7 a.m and 7 p.m. beginning f'om yesterday. The pr -cession of the Niche containing the statue of Our
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    TO-MORROW'S CHURCH SERVICES
    1563 7 CHURCH OF ENGLAND ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL— Qu'nr ua- gesima Sunday, 6.50 a.m.. Holy Communion; 7.30 a.m.. Matins: 8 a.m.. Choral Eucharist; 10.15 a.m.. Children's service; 5.30 pm., Evensong and sermon. Preacher: The R>sv. J R. J. Thompson. ST. PETERS CHURCH, Naval Base.— Sunday, 9.30 a.m. Matins and
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      248 7 TONIGHT Orchestral Concert 8.15 to 9.15 p.m. DINNER and DANCE (formal) 9.45 .to 1 a.m. Olnn.r $j. 5 0 Moa-«in«M SI.OO EXTENSION TO 1 A.M. Raffles Orchestra directed by Dan Hopkins Tiffin Time Orchestral Concert 12.30 to 2 p.m. RIJSTTAFEL served from 12.30 to 2.30 o.w. SEA VIEW H HOTEL
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    POSTAL ORDERS
    510 8 At the beginning of the year a communique was issued through the Department of Information clarifying the wartime regulations regarding the use of British postal orders. Those regulations have since been modified, but it is still possible to purchase such orders in Malaya and send them to countries
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    FUNNY BIT
    96 8 At different times we have had an awful lot of those polite communications ending I have the honour to be. Sir, your obedient servant." We rather like them. They are so flattering. They make us feel delightfully "smooth." Imagine, then, the feelings a few days ago, when a
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    22 8 Wellington, Feb. 2. The government has decided to contribute £5,000 (New Zealand) towards the cost of Red Cross work in Finland.— Reuter.
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  • Letters To The Editor
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      IF HITLER WON
      274 8 An End To Every Form Of Freedom To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— When war was declared between Germany and Great Britain, several illiterates withdrew their deposits from the F.M.S. Government Savings Bank for fear of loss, and I smiled at their gross ignorance. To
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      RELIGION
      256 8 Varying Beliefs Which Lead To Friction To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, I have read the views expressed by your correspondents "Facts" and "Truth" In your valucble columns with much Interest, but I am afraid that neither has probed into any religion deeply. If anyone would pry
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      HARDSHIP
      221 8 Case Of Government Pensioners To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— As the granting of temporary allowances seems to be the order of the day in many utility undertakings 11 the Colony, may I be permitted to draw the attention of the powers-that-be to the plight of government
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      SUPERSTITION
      1451 8 Another Indian Reply To Thaipusam Critic To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, Your correspondent Mr. Pierpoint has evident" y written with honest and sincere feelings of disgust and anger at what he sa* during the Thaipusam celebrations. I appreciate his feelings and admit his honesty and sincerity,
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      M.R.U. BALL
      349 8 In Defence Of A Popular Fixture To the Editor of the Straits Time* Sir.- 1 wou'd like to suggest that poor "Exciter Lamp" is a sadly di sioned creature who finds the sight of a large number of people gathered together, obviously enjoying themselves tremendously despite the somewhat
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      SCHOOL FEES
      167 8 Parents Pay For Their Children's Playtime To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir. —The reasons advanced by your correspondent "Aseret" for demanding fees without rendering any service in return are no more convincing than that given by your previous correspondent "Lucifer." If Aseret" were willing to accept
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    HOW R.A.F. PICTURES FORESTALL NAZI SURPRISES
    774 9 Aerial Surveys Always Kept Up To Date BRITAIN CAN SEE BEHIND THE GERMAN LINES Courage And Skill Of Men On Camera Flights r pHE conviction that Germany would find it very difficult to prepare any military surprises was expressed in authoritative quarters in London
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    RED 'THREAT' TO INDIA
    196 9 Facts About The Recent Reports London, Feb. 3. pi regard to reports which have appeared from time to time in the British and continental Press of alleged Soviet threats to British Incite, Reuters' diplomatic correspondent is able to state on high authority that at present there
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    Russo-Japanese Talks To Be Resumed
    62 9 Russo-Japanese Talks To Be Resumed Tokio, Feb. 2. SOVIET Russia, Outer Mongolia, Japan and Manchukuo have agreed to the formation of two general boundary commissions. This was revealed by the Foreign Office spokesman today. The first will deal with boundary delimitation questions generally and the second with border disputes. It
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    AUXILIARY AIRMEN IN FRANCE
    210 9 UNITS of Britain s auxiliary air lorce which have nov. arrived in France, are composed of pilots and mechanics who, in peacetime, had civilian occupations and who undertook training in their spare time. The following is the story oi one of these squadrons After the Firth
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    The Eves Of The Royal Air Force
    81 9 There are two main types of aerial cameras being: used by the Royal Air Foree hand-operated machines (such as the one shown in this picture) and "built in" cameras which are mechanically operated. These last are extensively used for mapping, and since the
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    GRIM ORDEAL OF SEAMEN
    589 9 GRIM ORDEAL OF SEAMEN Torpedoing Of Greek Ship London, Feb. 3. TWENTY survivors of the crew of 33 of the Greek steamer Eleni Stathontas, 9,000 tons, which was torpedoed without warning early on Sunday morning last, who were landed in a small Irish fishing village on Thursday, had sufficiently lecovered
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    41 9 London, Feb. 3. TTHE Ministry of Food announces that since imports have come forward with remarkable regularity, it is now possible to supply for the present, most varieties of bacon and ham at considerably reduced prices to take effect on Monday.
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    British Aid For Finns
    246 9 VERY EXTENSIVESIR W. CITRINE "17ERY extensive help is on the way from Britain to Finland, and I am sure it will arrive at a timely moment," Sir Walter Citrine, leader of the British labour delegation, said to pressmen at Helsinki yesterday. After a tour lasting 11
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    Norway Defines Stand To Soviet
    241 9 To Remain Neutral In The Finnish War SI7IIILE expressing sympathy for| Finland, Professor H. Koht, I Norwegian Foreign Minister, emphasized Norway's intention to maintain strict neutrality in an interview with the Oslo correspondent of the Milan newspaper Corriere della Sera, according to the Rome radio.
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    NO INFLATION, SAYS GERMAN MINISTER
    95 9 Berlin, Feb. J. DR. W. Funk, the Reichsbank President, to-day addressed the first meeting of the Reichsbank Advisory Committee established last summer. "We refuse," he said, "to finance the war with rises of prices and wages, namely open Inflation, or with help of extended credit
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    BALKANS' ATTITUDE TO THE BELLIGERENT POWERS
    613 9 Important Results Expected From Belgrade Parley Belgrade, Feb. 3. AUTSIDE the formal sessions of the Balkan Entente conference, which opened here yesterday, the question of the attitude which the Balkan stales should adopt towards the belligerents is being discussed in private talks. 'Member states
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    ALLIED SCIENTISTS AND WAR PROBLEMS
    96 9 London, Feb. 2. AS a preliminary to closer cooperation of British and French scientists on problems connected with the war, a French scientific mission has spent the past week here making a siu vey of such problems and facilites. The Ministry of Supply has announced
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      146 9 for din ner will have an entirely fresh meaning if you have not already eaten some of the delicious ice cream made by the Cold Storage Creameries. Easily the finest, richest, smoothest ice cream you ever tasted, and so digestible too because it's homogenized. There are a dozen superb flavours
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    HARBOUR BOARD DOCK STRIKERS CONVICTED
    1048 10 Crown Counsel Says Case Brought As Example MEN MUST REALIZE THEY ARE COMMITTING OFFENCE "THIS case is largely taken as an example and it is not the intention of the Crown to press for heavy sentences so long: as the accused and their associates in
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    AMUSEMENTS
    182 10 mmuroM BAKFLES HUTU. Orchestral Concert 8.15 to 9.15 p.m. Dinner Dane (Formal) J. 40 to 1 a.m. (.AHUKIi litAlKh. GLYLANG Nights in Cairo (Egyptian Talkie; ut G. 15 9.15 p.m. (iRtAI UUKLI) Cabaret 8 p.m. io Midnight. CJl<;L»e: Broadway Serenade. Sky: Tell No la Ips. Atlr.ntic Theatre: Chinese I'ioiurr.
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    100 KILLED BY BOMBS
    192 10 Japanese Raid On French Railway FOREIGNERS ARE AMONG DEAD Kunming, Feb. 3. MORE that 100 persons, including iTI about ten foreigners, were killed or injured when 27 Japanese aircraft yesterday bombed a bridge of the French railway connecting Haiphong with Kunming, it is lerrned. The bridge
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    DICTATORS "ENEMIES OF MANKIND"
    140 10 American Labour On Hitler And Stalin Miami, Feb. 2. IJITLER and Stalin are described as J* "enemies of mankind" in a statement issued at the convention of the American Federation of Labour, which says "as long as their creed of totalitarianism rules Germany and Russia the
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    INTER-ALLIED WOMEN'S WORK FOR TROOPS
    63 10 A FURTHER shipment of woollen garments for troops serving on the Western Front has been forwarded by the Inter-Allied Women's Association of Malaya. The shipment includes 250 pullovers, 115 pairs of socks, 45 scarves. 10 pairs of gloves. The association has received a letter of
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    SYNTHETIC RUBBER RIGHTS FOR U.S.
    53 10 Ksm York, Feb. 2. THE Standard Oil Company of 1 New jersey announces that it has acquired rights for the production of synthetic rubber from I. G. Karben- Industrie in Germany «»d has offered to license rubber companies here to utilize this material for their
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    Gaol Sentences For Two Men Who Urged Stoppage
    487 10 I IM AH KEI and Fok Man Chi, two others of the 11 strikers of the Singapore Harbour Board who were convicted, were also convicted on two other charges. They were sentenced by Mr. L. C. Goh to three weeks' rigorous imprisonment
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    At A Finnish Field Hospital
    29 10 A nnrr? be^rging to the "Lotta Svjrd" organization tidying up the bed of a toouTided Finnish soldier, at a field hospital in southern Finland.
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    PENANG POLICE CHARGE DEMONSTRATING MOB
    311 10 Sequel To Arrest Of Four Who Distributed Pamphlets (From Our Own Correspondent) TPenang, Feb. 2. HE arrival of the Wuhan Songsters was taken as an opportunity by several Chinese to distribute pamphlets among a large crowd, numbering nearly 5,000, vvhch had gathered at the Church
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    AUXILIARY FIREMEN GO TO SEA
    100 10 London, Feb 2 ANEW departure was made by the auxiliary fire service to-day when cuxiliary firemen put to sea in i fishing boat which had been converted into a firefloat for the occasion by the installation of their trailer pumps and gear, and voyaged several
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    JOHORE MALAY WEDDINGS
    104 10 (Prom Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Feb. 2 THE marriage took place quietly last night of the only daughter of lnchc Ahmed Keppel bin Ja'afar, Personal Assistant to the Johore General Adviser, to Inche Mohamed bin Ja'afar, a nephew of Dato Mohamed Salleh, CJ3.E., the State Secretary,
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    500 RADIO SETS FOR CANADIAN FORCES
    76 10 London. Feb. 2. MR. GARFIELD WESTON. the Canadian manufacturer who recently became a member of the British House of Commons, made a special visit to the Canadian division headquarters yesterday to present his gift of 500 radio sets to officers, N.C.O.'s and men. In
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    Says He Swerved To Avoid Dog
    185 10 A FINE of $100 was imposed by the Singapore traffic district judge. Mr. C. H. Whitton, yesterday on William James Clamp, who was convicted on a charge of negligent driving along Yeo Chu Kang Road on Dec. 11. Accused, who was defended by Mr.
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    RICKSHA MEN'S "ARMISTICE"
    331 10 Peace Efforts Of Leaders CLASHES AGAIN LAST NIGHT I ALTHOUGH an "armistice in ih« Hockchia and Hengwha feud is stated to have been signed early j this morning, there were few pullers of both clans on the streets I to-day. Police patrols are being continued v a
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    FATAL ACCIDENT AT JOHORE QUARRY
    57 10 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru, Feb. 2. WHILE quarrying granite at Gunong Pulai water works a Chinese, aged about 20, .fell from a height of 60 feet, sustaining a fracture of the skull. He was immediately removed to the Johore Bahru General Hospital, where
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    SOCIETY CHARGE
    48 10 BAIL of $100 was allowed Tan Chhentf Choan when he claimed trial In the Singapore second court yesterday to a charge of being a member of an unlawful society. The society's name was stated to be "Gl Hap Hin." The case was postponed until Feb. 10.
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    KENT BOARD CHAIRMAN AND POLICY ON INCREASES
    663 11 "Fact That Tenant Agrees Has No Weight With Us" POSITION OF FUTURE OCCUPANTS HAS TO BE CONSIDERED I WISH it to be known once and for all," declared Mr. G. L. Howe, chairman, at a meeting of the Rent Assessment Board yesterday, v
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    Religious Address In Malay
    386 11 A NOTEWORTHY feature of the K.M.B.C- programme this evening will be an address under the official auspices of the Reli?ious department of Johore. The address has been written by the head of the department, Dato li.hi Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman and will be read by the
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    ALLEGED THEFT OF RADIO SET
    67 11 pLAIMING trial to a charge of stealV/ ing a radio set and implements worth $100 while employed as a servant by R. M. Brown, of the Radio Service Company in Orchard Road, and to an alternative charge of retaining stolen property, an Indian, Kannu, had
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    TRIPLETS IN JOHORE
    48 11 'From Our Own Correspondent) Jor'ore Bahru, Feb. 2. TRIPLETS— a girl and two boyshave been born to a Tamil woman at the Johore Bahru maternity hospital. The girl was born first, 20 minutes later one boy and the other after an interval of 15 minutes.
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    Eurasian Pilots Who Won V.C. In Last War
    238 11 Eurasian Pilots Who Won V.C. In Last War BROUGHT DOWN ZEPPELINS U7HEN the authorities took up the question of recruitment to the Royal Air Force to enable local men to serve, Mr. Claude da Silva, Eurasian member of the Legislative Council, said last night that he hoped the great achievements
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    PICKPOCKET'S THEFT IN TROLLEY BUS
    197 11 6 Weeks' Gaol For Taking Hawker's 40 Cents r |"KE man is a rat to have robbed a poor vegetable hawker of his wallet," declared Singapore third court inspector D. R. Cowie yesterday, when he aslied the magistrate, Mr. H. Watson, to order Sew Fook
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    BANKRUPT AND COST OF LIVING
    96 11 THAT he could not afford to pay more than $1 a month for the benefit of his creditors because of the increased cost of living was the explanation given by a clerk, Tan Song Poh, when he appeared before Mr. Justice Manning yesterday for his
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    BRITISH AIRMAIL
    44 11 THE date of arrival of the next airmail from Great Britain is now i uncertain, the delay is due mainly to the bad weathar being experienced all i over Europe. The last airmail to ari rive in Singapore came in last Saturday.
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    Admiral Jellicoe's Son In Army
    27 11 Earl Jelllcoe (left) son of the late Admiral Lord Jellicoe, receiving instruction from a sergeant-major, at a military instructional college in England.
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    EURASIAN LEADER ON RISE IN COST OF LIVING
    475 11 Nothing Compared With Britain's Tremendous Sacrifices A RISE in the local cost of living: is nothing compared to the tremendous sacrifices that are being made and the hardships undergone in the Mother Country. We still have all the necessaries and facilities we
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    SHIPBUILDING TASK FOR ADMIRALTY
    193 11 London, Feb. 3. TPHE weekly journal Economist, com- menting on the co-ordination by the Admiralty of the construction and repair of both merchant and naval vessels as from Feb. 1, reviews Britain's present building capacity of merchant The' journal says; "At the outbreak of war our
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    INCREASE IN PLAGUE CASES IN THAILAND
    81 11 AN increase in the number of plague cases is reported from Thailand according to the League of Nations Eastern Bureau health statement for the week ending Jan. 27. There were 10 more cases noted during the week. While there was an Increase of 15
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    Dutch Mail Ships Calling Again
    63 11 *|*HE first Dutch mail and passenger vessel of the Rotterdam Lloyd to call a^ Singapore since November expected to arrive at Singapore en Monday. She is the m.v. Indrapoera, which is hcaicward bound from Batavia. The vessel is expected at 8 a.m. and Js due
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    BILL RELATING TO WARTIME TRADE
    94 11 A BILL designed to "give sach control of the importation, exportation, carriage coastwise or in transit, shipment as ships' stores, and transhipment, of goods as is necessary for the effective prosecution of trie pr3sent war snd to supplement the law rt Wing to trading with
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    Opening Of New Seletar School
    307 11 Building PROGRESS MADE IN FIVE YEARS MRS. Babington, wife of Air Vice1W Marshal J. T. Babington, Air Officer .Commanding, R.A.F., Far East, opened a newly erected school for children at Seletar yesterday. Prior to making the official opening, Mrs. Babington, with Air ViceMarshal Babington, had
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    SULTAN'S DESCENDANT IN BANKRUPTCY COURT
    134 11 AN order to pay $75 a month to t*» Official Assignee for the benefi f of his creditors was made against Tungku Hussein bin Tungku Hajl All, who appeared before Mr. Justice Manning in the Hi^h Court yesterday A descendant of the late Sultan Hussein
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    Sweden May Form Militia Corps
    99 12 Stockholm, Feb. 2. 'THE newspaper Social Demokraten announces that the commander-in-chlef of the Swedish army has recommended that the government should take preparatory measures for the organization of voluntary defence which would be controlled by the military. The Social Demokraten believes that the propped organization
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    ITALY TO CURTAIL TRAIN SERVICES
    72 12 Rome, Feb. 2. BEGINNING on Feb. 12 some 130 trains will be discontinued in Italy in order to save coaL Some of the trains will be replaced by electric cars. The trains to be discontinued include some express trains from Milan to Rome and from
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    RABBIT PEST IN DANISH PROVINCE
    67 12 Copenhagen, Feb. 1. A RABBIT pest is reported from the Danish province of Jutland, according to the German news agency. Never before in living memory have such swarms of rabbits been seen. thousands upon thousands having been driven out their holes by the Intense cold.
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    NEW ELECTION OF CARDINALS
    38 12 Vatican City, Feb. 2. ANEW consistory is expected to meet shortly to appoint new cardinals as the Sacred College now consists only of 57 instead of 70 members, reports the German news agency. —Aneta.
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    GERMAN COUNT DIES ON WESTERN FRONT
    117 12 Berlin, Feb. 2. POUNT Carl Henckel ron Donnersmart has died from wounds which he received In an accident on the Western Front as captalr. of an armoured car regiment, according to an obituary notice published In the Berliner Boersenzeltunf, says the German news agency.
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    YUGOSLAVIA STRENGTHENS HER ARMED FORCES
    53 12 Belgrade. Feb. 2. A SUPREME military authority for control of training of officers and men has been established as part of a programme for strengthening and modernizing the Yugoslav armed forces. This new organ will be headed by the Regent, Prince Paul, says the German
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    Raeder The Raider
    23 12 Admiral Raeder, German Navy chief (centre) on the conning tower of a Nazi submarine during U-boat manoeuvres in the Baltic
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    Flare-Up In The Rhine Sector
    85 12 Paris, Feb. 2. rE RHINE sector of the Vftstcn Front, which for months has been the quietest sector of the line, awakened into activity r—ently and has oeen the main centre of operations in the past 24 hours. Casemates on both sides of the river
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    ITALIAN WARPLANES FOR NORWAY
    58 12 ACCORDING to a German news agency report from Oslo, a barter agreement has been concluded between Norway and Italy to the total value of 1,900,000 Norwegian kroner. Norway will supply dried fish valued at 1,000,000 kroner and pay the remaining 900,000 kroner in uncontrolled foreign currencies.
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    L.S. ENVOY IN PARIS TO REPORT TO WASHINGTON
    68 12 M Washington, Feb. 1. R. Cordell Hull announced to-day that Mr. William Bullitt. Ambassador in Paris, has been summoned home for consultation. Mr. Bullitt is leaving Paris on Saturday. His visit to Washington will be short as he has no special mission.
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    NAZIS PLANNING DRIVE INTO HUNGARY OR RUMANIA?
    253 12 Fresh Reports Of Gentian Troop Movements In The South-East Paris, Feb. 2. WELI^INFORMED circles believe that Germany, encircled ff by the Allied blockade and badly needing raw materials, may attempt to seize the fertile Hungarian plain, using Slovakia as the starting point. In
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      1191 12 Broadcasting SINGAPORE TO-DAY ZHL 1.3J bc/i (225m.; ZUP n.69 me/a (M.M<a.> 12.45 p.m. Light orchestral concert. Relayed from the Adelphi Hotel; 1.30 p.m. The news and mid-day rubber, tin and copra prices; 1.40 p.m. Light orchestral concert. Relayed from the Adelphi Hotel (contd.); 2.00 p.m. Interval; 5.00 p.m. "Listeners' favourites".
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    BRITISH PRESS REACTION TO ECONOMIC WAR DEBATE
    438 13 Premier's Reply Held To Be "Not Altogether Coiiviiieing" London, Feb. 2. EDITORIAL comment on the economic warfare debate in the House of Commons yesterday fully recognizes th'» non-party atmosphere in which the discussion proceeded. Fpeaking of the institution of the Export Council, The
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    OUTRAGES IN DISTRICTS BORDERING WAZIRISTAN
    58 13 N T Delhi, Feb. 2. 'FliE it... >vement in districts bordezins Wi siristan lias not been inrintaine There have been several outrages in th? pa^t week: A village was raided and six villagers were killed, a rm.il lorry was ambushed and looted wrhils a police
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    COAL SHORTAGE IN DENMARK
    82 13 Copeniiagfcn, Feb. 2. ICE DIFFICULTIES arc causin? a serious shortage of coal and coke in Denmark -.md 500 Danish railway tru?caro stsjiding empty in Germany; the Germans being unable t:> deliver ?c?.l supDlics betanst of icebourvd rivers All ferryboat traffic between Zealand Island, en which Copenhagen
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    RUSSO-GERMAN TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
    72 13 London, Peb. 2. fiHE GER:JAN wireless annotircetl 1 that Russia has decided to parti r**oats m a grand scale in the forthcoming Koenigsberg fair. It was said that by August, when the fair is scheduled to open GermanRussian trade will have attained *.*~.e Jevel fixed. Negotiations are
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    Japan- Rumania Barter Pact Reported
    77 13 Tokio, Feb. 2. A COMMERCIAL understanding has been reached between Rumania and Japan, says the Doniei (Japanese) Agency. According to reliable information, says the agency, the Japanese Foreign Office since last year has been conducting negotiations for the furtherance of trade and it is declared
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    AMERICAN NEWSMAN CHARGED IN TOKIO
    74 13 Tokio, Feb. 2. Fis officially announced that Mr. James Russell Young, Far Eastern representative of the American International News Service, who was arrested en Jan. 1 in Tokio, has been charged with violating three articles of the yrmy criminal code, one of which provides that
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    COMPANIONSHIP OF BATH FOR AJAX COMMANDER
    84 13 London, Feb. 2. IT IS officially stated at Buckingham 1 Palace that the King has almost entirely recovered from the slight cold he contracted and is able to carry out normal official duties at the Palace. The King to-day received a number of visitors
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    Police Wounded In Gun Battle
    106 13 Two Gangsters Killed In Shanghai Shanghai, Feb. 2. TvVO Britiih members of the Shanghai municipal police. Sub-Inspector R. M. Moir, and Sergeant O. E. A. Cooke, were wounded In a gun battle with a party <Jf armed Chinese robbers in the heart at the International
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    Red Cross Fund Over £1,000,000
    125 13 London, Feb. 2. THE Lord Mayor s Red Cross and St. John's Fund for the sick and wounded in the war, which stood at £99»,000 yesterday morning, reached and substantially exceeded the .£1,000,000 total to-day. Among the contributions which helped the fund to reach the
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    NOTED RESEARCH CHEMIST
    19 13 London, Feb. 2. fFHE DEATH has occurred of the ?Wi'. research chemist, Sir Gilbert "Morgan. Reuter.
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    New Fords Are Distinctive
    360 13 'THE Standard Ford V-8 and Deluxe Ford V-8 cars for 1940 present notable advances in styling, comfort, convenience and safety. The new cars are big. substantial and powerful. Bodies are pleasingly streamlined. Front end designs are distinctively modelled, with low radiator grilles, long bonnets and deeply
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    GREAT FIRE SEEN IN GERMAN TERRITORY
    41 13 Berne, Feb. 2. ALOUD EXPLOSION In German teiritory about ten miles from l\v Swiss iron tier was heard in Basle thlj morning- Swiss watchers 'ater siw a preet fire accompanied by several further explosions. Renter.
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    RUBBER INDUSTRY MORE ACTIVE LAST YEAR
    1845 14 No Likelihood Of Shortage Of Crude Supplies TTHE rubber manufacturing industry operated at a rate about 30 per cent, higher, in 1939 than in the preceding year. The industry has employed more men than in 1988 they have had practically full rime employment throughout
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    Santobrite As Preservative For Liquid Latex
    1201 14 Planting Topics Experiments With Other Substances Now Being Made By Our Planting Correspondent WHETHER "Santobrite" will eventually almost entirely replace Ammonia as a latex preservative? is a question that I learn, from reliable sources, cannot be answered in Malaya to-day and some time will
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    AMATEUR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS
    539 15 North Malayan Meet This Month (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh. THE Northern Malayan Amateur Golf Championship meeting, open only to members of recognised jolf clubs in Penanr, Province Wellpsley, Kedah. Perak and SelanK«>r, will be held at Ipoh on Feb. 8, 9, 10 and 11 under the
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    Y. M. C. A. SCORE 5—l VICTORY
    258 15 Mook Kirn Gets Four Goals A HAT-TRICK by Mook Kirn t-nabled the Y.M.C_A. hockey team to beat a side from H. M. Submarines by five Reals to one at Anson Road yesterday in a game which, though marred by a heavy shower, was
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    Impressed To-day
    16 15 Cambalong and Kabinda, who showed good lorm in trraining at Bukit Timah this morning.
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    OFFICIAL SOCCER SEASON STARTS ON MONDAY
    491 15 First Games Will Be Played In Business Houses 9 League THE official Singapore soccer season will be ushered in on Monday when the Business Houses' League will get under way with two matches and continue right up to the end of May. Sixteen teams
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    DUTCHMEN WIN AGAIN
    86 15 FIELDING a scratch team on their own (round yesterday, the S.R.C. were beaten by three goals to one by the Dutch Club. Play was very keen in spite of the rain and there was no doubt that the better side won. At half-time the Dutchmen had scored
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    Selangor—Perak Hockey To-day
    272 15 Selangor— Perak Hockey To-day NORTH XI TO BE CHOSEN AFTER THE GAME From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 2. Below are the teams in the SelangorPerak return hockey fixture to be played at Kuala Lumpur to-morrow. The first match resulted in Selangor winning narrowly by one goal, but Perak
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    OLD RAFFLESIANS WIN ANNUAL HOCKEY
    281 15 THE Old Rafflesians proved too good for the Present Boys when the teams met in the annual hockey match on the school ground yesterday. Apurt from displaying a better knowledge of the game, the "veterans" also displayed better stamina, and there vras a suspicion that
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    VAN BREUKELEN'S HORSES EXERCISED TO-DAY
    790 15 Best Gallops Done By Servus, Waetere Nieuwsgierig THERE was considerable activity on the second track at Bukit Timah this morning: when a number of horses were put through their paces. The going was rather on the soft side. In addition to horses from the local
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    WEEK-END SPORTS EVENTS
    34 15 TO-DAY Hockey Negri Sembilan vs. Malacca, at Malacca; Selangor vs. Perak, at Kuala Lumpur. TO-MORROW Hocky: Malacca vs. Singapore, Malacca. Tennis Inter-college match, Raffles College vs. Medical College, Medical College ground.
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    STATE HOCKEY GAMES TO-DAY
    285 15 Selection Of North South Sides THREE State hockey matches will be 1 played away from Singapore this week-end. To-day, at Malacca, Negrl Sembilan meet Malacca, Selangor and Perak will have it out at Kuala Lumpur, while Singapore meet Malacca tomorrow. All the games will be return
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    PERAK FOLLOWS SINGAPORE
    298 15 8-Ball Over To Be Given Trial (Rom Our Own CorrespondentIpoh, Feb. I. FALLING in line with Singa;x>re '.ie Perak Cricket Association decided at its annual general meeting last night to try out eight-ball overs in all clilb matches this season. Mr J. Ferguson, in moving the iv-c
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    BERLIN WATCHING BALKAN PARLEY WITH CONCERN
    366 16 REDS USE 'SURPRISE WEAPON' IN NEW BIG OFFENSIVE Sledges Armed With Machine-guns Precede Fleet Of Tanks Viborg, Feb. 2. THE largest Russian offensive made, for many weeks in the Karelian Isthmus is now in progress and fighting proceeded throughout the night. The Russians are
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    Russian Morale Disintegrating
    135 16 New York, Feb. 2. ACCORDING to the Herald Tribune evidence of disintegration of Soviet morale is seen in diplomatic quarters in Washington from reports reaching them regarding treatment of wounded Russian soldiers. The newspaper states that about 4 000 wounded recently were sent to an industrial town
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    BRITISH & U.S. PLANES USED AGAINST RED INVADERS
    373 16 BRITISH U.S. PLANES USED AGAINST RED INVADERS Individual Superiority Over The Soviet Machines Established London, Feb. 2. THE morning newspapers re veal that a number of British as well as American aeroplanes have arrived in Finland and many have already been in action. The British planes are mostly Gloster Gladiators
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    safe From Further Attacks
    124 16 saf e From Further Attacks Chungking, Feb. 2. MAKING another achievement in the Improvement of China's south-west communications, the Chinese authorities officially opened traffic to-day on China's newest highway running from Chungking to Kunming, thereby cutting two days from the normal six days' travelling time between the two centres via
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    Ex-Kaiser Attacks Bolshevism
    87 16 New York, Feb. 2. THE belligerents should stop fighting; and join forces to help the Finns and rid the world and civilization of Bolshevism." The ex- Kaiser is reported to have written the foregoing in an uncensored letter mailed on Jan. 16 to his biographer and close
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    U.S. Indecision On Loan Question Attacked
    169 16 Washington, Feb. 2. ME\iBERS of the State Department are reported to express the opinion that a non-military loan to Finland would not violate International law and therefore consider it probable that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will vote the proposed increase in the capital
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    Britain's Sympathetic Interest In Meeting Of Balkan States
    512 16 London, Feb. 2. THE assembly in Belgrade to-day of the foreign ministers of Turkey Greece, Rumania and Yugoslavia for the conference of the Balkan Entente is watched from London with symDatlretic interest. In war as in peace British policy is favourable to
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    Precedent Of The Great War
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