The Straits Times, 12 February 1940

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    35 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.I MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER—LARGEST NET SALES iri i»a(;es SINGAPORE, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS. The Straits Times 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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      331 1 For j Up-to-date TAILORING. MIEN CHONG you art assutt.** of real satisfaction. Oil Coloman St. «|4 Singapore. -Phone 4816- SINGAPORE, 140 CECIL ST, ('PHONE 5471) Hudsou fARO iiudsou RAI LWAY II AXLEB £b 1 fl RAI LWAY II MATERIAL II b|| |||J I MATERIAL II BBaMfiißfiMßii RUBBER SPRING TYPE WSmim^SSmmmamm
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      20 1 for PERFECT STYLES M DRESSMAKING ft READYMACES Call at MADAME PAGE'S SALONS 13. Battery Road. Singapoi MOTEL MAJESTIC Kuala Lumpur.
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
    • Obituary
      DEATH
      50 2 Mrs. Emelina dc Silva, beloved wife of Mr. Max de Silva of 55 Weld Road, Kuala Lumpur, aged 74. On Thursday, February 8 at 9 a.m. Deeply regretted. A Requiem High Mass will be sung in the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd on Thursday, February 15 at 6.30 a.m.
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      287 2 (Pie Straits SEbnes SMALL APS? 25 cents per line (Six words). Minimum charge $1. Box No. 25 cents extra. Small Ads. are prepayable SHIRLEY— At the Maternity Hospital. Singapore, on 10th February, to Vera, wife of squadron Leader T. U. C. Shirley, Royal Air Force a son. The marriage has
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      560 2 FOUND FOUND a homo near the Racecourse for 1 «ent. Apply Box No. 214. Straits Times. dogs" PEDIGREED IMPORTED FROM ENGLAND prize winning, unrelated proved Sire and ***** Gt. Danes. Climatised. never having been 111 during the 2 yrs. resident In Malaya. Golden faun, splendid house and watch dogs, excellent
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      573 2 MOTOR VEHICLES I FOR SALE. Standard "9" 1937 model. Good condition, new set tyres. Tel. *****. FOR SALE Austin 12' Saloon 4 cyl. H.P. 12 (1934) (In tip top condition). Price $500 or nearest offer. Phone 3175. FORD V-8 TOURER 1935/1936. Excellent condition. Taxed. Pot Immediate Sale. $425,'-. Box No.
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      550 2 AUCTION NOTICF CHEONG HOCK CHYE CO.. AUCTION MORTGAGEES' SALE Of valuable freehold, statutory grant and leasehold Singapore properties. To be held at our sale-room. No. 1-A Raffles Place (Corner of Chulia Street) on Thursday, Feb. 15. 1940, at 2.30 p.m. AUCTION SALE Lot 1. Valuable freehold land situate at Kirn
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      370 2 PUBLIC NOTICES McALISTER ANt> COMPANY, LIMITED. Notice is hereby given that an Interim Dividend of t% has been declared payable to the shareholders on the Register at February 22. 1940. Notice is also given that the Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from Monday. February 19 to Thursday,
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      106 2 BUSINESS CARDS ETC. SALON Mme. SHEILA'S FIRST SALE of ■tow FOR ALL OCCASIONS From Feb. 6 to 15. 9 L'L' COURT, '2nd Floor) Hill Strrtt, T>l. 7139 MANOR HOUSE CHANCERY ..AM DOUBIJS AND SINGLE ROOM AVAILABLE PROM MIDDLE FEBRUARY M.S. TEL. 29C5 MRS. GRAHAM HL'TCHISON massageThaliT MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mrs.
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      252 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. (Incorporated in England) PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SJJ Co. MAIL PASBENOER AND CARGO BKR VICES The best possible services are being maintained to the United Kingdom, also to Hong Kong Shanghai Passengers are requested to register their requirements, but under present circum-j stances sailings
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      270 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS (Incorporated In lapant GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR TO CALIFORNIA FROM THE ORIENT VIA HONOLULU mj. ASAMA MARD from Hitong Feb. 14 m mj. TATUTA MARU from H'kong Feb. 28 TO VANCOUVER A SEATTLE FROM JAPAN J m.s. HIE MARU leave Kobe Feb. 24 m.s. HEIAN
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      466 3 LUXURIOUS ONE-GLASS MOTORSHIPS Cabins wl«h private bath— Excellent Calsine— Moderate Fare* t PASSENGER SAILINGS TO MARSEILLES AND LONDON Darin* March/April 1940 Passengers paying the U.K. rate have the option of proceeding overland, tod Claw rail and sleeper. Marseilles /London, at the ship's expense. THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD. (Incorporated to
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      347 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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    Fraser & Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations
    1279 4 Fraser Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations saiuMiai, ran. i«, i»w. i r.i». ■MM Buyers Sdten Ampat Ha < is) &s 5s 6d Austral Anna <5s 6s 6b fid c d. Austral MaJty tt> 37s 39s cA. Aycr Httam 24s 9d 15s 9d Ayer Wens <£) .80 85 Bangrln Tin 21s 9d
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    BRITISH EXPORTS OF TINPLATE
    1133 4 Markets May Be Recaptured From Germany JN selecting the participants in Great Britain's export drive, so essential to strengthen the financial sinews of war, the claims of the tinplate industry command close attention by the appropriate Government Departments. Here is an industry that normally exports more
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    ULU KLANG TIN
    35 4 THE dredge of Ulu Klang Tin Ltd. worked for 646 hours in January; it treated 91.100 cubic yards of material, including ***** cubic yards of tailings and produced 467 piculs of tin-ore.
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    26 4 THE directors of Amherst Estates Rubber Co., Ltd. have postponed the date of repayment of outstanding £4,000 7 per cent. Debenture Stock until Jan. 1, 1941.
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      315 4 McAUSTER CO., LTD. (incorporated ud Straits SeUiemeoU) GUESUAM HOUSE. BATTtlt* KUAII. SIN (MPOKB IMIONfc. 5178 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. COMPANY. (Incorporated in OAA.) (Incorporated Id England) BOSTON NEW fOKR BALTIMORE VIA PANAMA CANAL FOR LONDON, LIVERPOOL, o™ s^ Awn a Acrnw pairfield city in port Feb. 14
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      537 5 Share Sections Have Firmer Tone: Rubber Easier By Our Financial correspondent Singapore. Feb. 12. COMMODITIES show little change this morning. Rubber In New York on Saturday was slightly easier being down one-sixteenth of a cent at 19V4 cents and tin there showed a ris? of one-quarter cent
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      MAIL ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
      144 5 TO-DAY Australia < Air 5.00 p.m. China (Surface! 10.00 a.m. Hons Kong Surface I 10.00 a.m. Indo-Chlna (Surface > 10.00 a.m. Japan (Surface 10.00 a.m. Java Surface > 9.00 a.m. J;iv;t v Air 5.00 p.m. Sumatra. Medan- <Suriace> 9.00 a.m. Sumatra. Mcdan (Air I Noon TO-MOKKOVV
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      100 5 Buyers Seller* Gambler $160 Hamburg Cub* $14.00 Java Cube fia.00 'epper White Muntok $1450 White $14.00 Black $8.25 topra Mixed $3.45 Sun Dried $3.80 'ago Flour No. 1 Ungga $5.60 Fair $5.80 Sarawak $«25 elotong Palembang $14.00 Banja $14.00 Sarawak $14.50 "aptoca Small Flake $10.25 Fair Flake
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      EXCHANGES
      178 5 The following are the exchange rate* tnu morning according to the dally circular Issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation SBLL1NG London T.T 3/4 1/16 London demand 3/4 1/16 Rate for freight 2/4 Vfc Lyons demand 2057 Switzerland demand 308 Hamburg demand New York demand 46% Montreal demand
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      PRICE OF RUBBER NOW TOO HIGH
      332 5 Chairman On Prospects Of Consumption ADDRESSING shareholders at the annual meeting of the Malay Rubber Planters Ltd. In London recently, Mr. A. J. Stevens, the chairman, said: First, we have taken advantage of Improved prices to effect a few forward sales, January to March,
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      LYALL AND EVATT'S DAILY QUOTATIONS
      239 5 oiiiuapure. reu. iu, i p.m. Mi\iN(. Buyers Sellers Ampats hi- 54 Austral Ainalt 6 3 6 6cd Batu Selangors 1.60 1.64 Hong Fatts 1.22 1.25 Jelebub 0.89 0.92 Kampong Lanjuts 22/6 23 R Kamuntlog 9/- 9 6cd Kamuntlog 12/- 13'-cd Klang Rivers 2.05 2.10 Kramata
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      91 5 Monday. Feb. 12. noon. Buyers Sellers Prices Priew No. IX R.S.S. (Spot loos* i 38>i 39 No. IX B.S.S. fob. In cues February 39 'i 39% Sellers option G FAQ. R.S.S. fob in bales February 37 '4 37 Sellers option FAQ. R.S.S. rob. In bain
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      JANUARY RUBBER CROPS
      21 5 The following rubber crops were harvested In January Lb. Malaka Plnda 67,400 Henrietta Rubber 177,600 Sungel Matang 48,000
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    34 5 London, Feb. 11. THE Norwegian tanker Oallta 9,968 A tons) was damaged by a mine on the south-east coast. She was brought Inshore by a lifeboat and anchored.— Reuter. (Nad attack©* oa aUfflag—pace 14)
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      421 5 Why 26 Million Mothers PREFER EXTERNAL f LtlJ-^-J^ f*AJm TREATMENT FOR UHldreilS VOIOS i 9 ***)</* IN 71 CO0NTRIB ■> fV g UP*" </ver 26 million Jan of Vlcks VapoRul. iAfA/J I D~ ut ""d rvf r y y**t. It has been proved j jflfV by 2 generations of mothers.
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      463 5 THE |SI1 REMEDY FOR A *<• i. ill fm W ?< C~r» Uk ».u |ib| ft tv« m i-» »(i([ nub ~§=E COUGHS ri;|g; I and ~^jj~* 1 CHEST 15BlF TROUBLES STOP THAT COUGH!!! 'A GRAFTON PRODUCT* OBTAINABLE AT ALL DISPENSARIES AND STORES. ANNOUNCEMENT EXTRAORDINARY! FOR SALE RUBBER COAGULANT* ("GOLDEN
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      571 6 The Year's Most Exciting Mystery Thriller OPENING TO-DAY A V «V A 11 D A 3.15, 6.15 A 9.15 P.M. J\ JU MM JHi JWI D JL% J\ g. Back From The Grave He Came to destroy his Betrayer! j •rirf***!*'^^ *^M BB^u~<> ■bW"^ y B >'^ *fc IHL '^t^s,.-
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      28 6 £>ektftHvi4f Happy "CONCERT" BANJO MANDOLINS BANJO-UKULELES TENOR-BANJOS PRICE FROM $13.50 AND UPWARDS. S^ ===S^¥LES PLACE T.M.A. MUSIC HOUSE VIENNA MUSIC HOUSE SlSl.tll CYCLE CARRIAGE CD 1926 LTD >2
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    LORD ZETLAND'S APPEAL TO INDIAN CONGRESS LEADERS
    502 7 'Cannot Share Gandhi's Optimism,' Declares India Secretary AN appeal to the leaders of the Indian National Congress to escape from "the tyranny of phrases" and descend "from idealism to realism" was voiced by Lord Zetland, Secretary of State for India, in the course
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    Confidence In M. Daladier
    288 7 Unanimous Vote After Secret Session Paris, Feb. 11. "piE secret session of the Chamber of Deputies ended at 6.25 p.m. yesterday, when the Press and public were admitted for the public session. The Chamber unanimously voted confidence in the Government with 534 votes in favour. Importance
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    Why Allies Are Sure Of Victory
    139 7 New York, Feb. 11. rE New York Sun writes: "France is the one big reason why the Allies are confident of winning the conflict. You do not read stoiles about the French being forced to use substitute materials for textiles, rubber or coffee or
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      252 7 TONIGHT Cocktail Dance 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. DINNER DANCE (informal) 9.45 to midnight NO ADMISSION CHARGE A NEW BIG CHARITY SHOW— MAR. 28, 29 30. "GAIETIES OF 1940" PROCEEDS TO CHILDREN AID SOCIETY, BOOK NOW POPULAR PRICES. SEA VIEW HOTEL] WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SPECIAL DINNER DANCE MUSIC BY
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    The Straits Times. SINGAPORE. MONDAY, FEB. 12, 1940. (164th. Day of the War.) "Blitzkrieg"
    1104 8 The Straits Times. SINGAPORE. MONDAY, FEB. 12, 1940. (164th. Day of the War.) "Blitzkrieg" Wars have a way of adding words to languages. Strafe took its place in English dictionaries after the last war and is now described as a slang term meaning to reprimand, or abuse, or thrash. It
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    WHAT LESLIE HORE-BELISHA DID FOR ARMY
    2698 8 Russia Blunders In Poland: German Attack On Holland By Our Military Correspondent London, Jan. 17. EVERY once in a while a central public figure becomes a man of legend. He creates a popular impression in the minds of his admirers and gradually all the
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      366 8 Stainless steel watch bands from $3.Rolled gold watch bands 5.We fix them to your tcatch while you icait. Opposite Clifford Pier. THE BEST DIET DURING CONVALESCENCE After operations, or wasting and ether diseases, you feel so weak and exhausted that you wonder whether you'll ever feel really well again. Everyone
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      110 8 CIVIL ENGINEERING DESIGN TYPE AND DEVICES. By T. W. Barber. A classified and Illustrated Index of plant constructions. Machines, Materials, Means and Methods In use In civil engineering works of every class. For the use of Civil Engineers, Draughtsmen, Students. Price only $7.50 POSTAGE EXTRA. G. H. KIAT CO., LTD.,
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    KING & QUEEN VISIT AIRCRAFT FACTORIES
    373 9 KING QUEEN VISIT AIRCRAFT FACTORIES New Warplanes For The Royal Air Force TREMENDOUS OUTPUT IN THE WEST COUNTRY Training Pilots To Keep Pace With Expansion London, Feb. 12. A VIVID picture of the smooth efficiency with which the air force expansion is proceeding was gained by the King and Queen
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    Economic Sanity After The War
    338 9 Chief Aim Of New U. S. Diplomatic Moves Washington, Feb. 11. PEACE and economic sanity in the post-war period were emphasized by Mr. Cordell Hull, Secretary of State, at a Press conference yesterday as the objectives being sought in the talks between United States and
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    FRENCH SONGS ANNOY GERMAN SOLDIERS
    93 9 Machine-Guns Used To Drown "Insults" rFFORTs of French soldiers on the Western Front to liven up a dull period are not being appreciated by the Germans. The official German news agency In a statement issued yesterday says severely: "There was renewed' enemy activity with loudspeakers,
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    $6 Per Pound For Butter
    180 9 HOW NAZIS ARE USING POLAND Paris, Feb. 12. D UTTER cost 15s. ($6 Straits) per pound in Warsaw last month, tea was £6 ($5O) per pound and coal £24 ($200) a ton, according to the Polish official journal. The journal states that these prices were
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    BRITISH RATIONING AND AVERAGE FARE IN U.S.
    80 9 New York, Feb 12. pOMPARING the consumption of foodstuffs in the United States with those rationed in Britain, tht New York Post says that the American figures allow only one ounce of butter and half a pound of meat per head weekly above
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    FINLAND CAN RESIST REDS Minister Tells Of Foreign Aid
    551 9 FINLAND CAN RESIST REDS Minister Tells Of Foreign Aid "DEACE cannot be dictated to Finland," declared M. Tanner, the Finnish Foreign Minister, in an official announcement in Helsinki last night. The Finnish army has carried on the war successfully for ten weeks. This she had done so far exclusively with
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    I.R.A. DEMONSTRATORS DEFY POLICE
    128 9 London, Feb. 12. THOUSANDS of people stampeded when the police drew batons and charged a meeting at Belfast last night organized by Irish Republican Army sympathizers, following the execution of Peter Barnes and James Richards. Barnes and Richards were sentenced to death at the Birmingham Assizes
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    NEW CHINESE SUCCESS
    205 9 NEW CHINESE SUCCESS Japanese Driven Back In Kwangsi Chungking, Feb. 11. THE Chinese forces claim to have broken the spearhead of the Japanese drive in southern Kwangsi by the recapture of the strategic Chien river. It is stated that in a vigorous coun-ter-attack the Chinese Inflicted 2,000 casualties and drove
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    ROLE OF THE "TWO ROMES"
    116 9 ITALIAN COMMENT Rome, Feb. 12. THE role of the "Two Romes," namely the Fascist Empire and the Roman Catholic church, in the future reestablishment of international order is emphasized in comments to-day on the annual celebrations of the anniversary of the signature of the Lateran
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    Anglo-French Trade Discussions
    104 9 Anglo-French Trade Discussions London, Feb. 12. rE Board of Trade announces that "technical discussions regarding trade between the United Kingdom and France, which have been taking place between representatives of the French Ministry of Commerce and the Board of Trade, have resulted in arrangements being worked out to ensure the
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    SWEDISH PROTEST TO MOSCOW
    27 9 Stockholm, Feb. 11. TTHE GOVERNMENT has protested to the Soviet against the Soviet air attack on the steamer Wlrgo on Feb. 7. --Reuter.
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    I.R.A RAID ON EIRE MILITARY CAMP
    30 9 Dublin, Feb. 12. A party of I.R.A. men In a car raided the military camp at Ballykinlar (County Down) and seized about 30 rifles.—Reuter.
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    Lord Tweedsmuir Dead: Statesman And Author
    666 9 Lord Tweedsmuir Dead Statesman And Author FIRST COMMONER TO BECOME THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF CANADA T ORD Tweedsmuir, Governor-General of Canada, died last night in Montreal. He underwent a third operation yesterday afternoon. Lord Tweedsmuir, who ha( days following a fall .at Goveri as John Buchan, an accomplisl first Commoner to
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    GOVERNOR'S WARNING ON SEDITION IN MALAYA
    962 10 Outspoken Speech Made To Legislative Council ACTION AGAINST MEN WHO CAUSE UNREST THE Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, this morning issued a stern warning to irresponsible youths stirring up trouble among labour in Singapore and circulating what he described as "violently seditious" trash among the
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    AMUSEMENTS
    155 10 SINGAPORE KAFflJCI hoi M Cocktail Dance 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Dinner <v Dance i .Informal; 9.45 to Midnight. lallKH i. HU.ATKK. i.l VIANG Alladln Tin* Wonderful Lamp. A Sup>;r Hindustani Tlirillcr at <V: 9.15 p.m. GKLA1 UOKLl) Cabaret. 9p.m. to Mitii light. Globe: Ca: .Sky Gordon Trip to
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    TWO EDITIONS OF THE STRAITS TIMES
    36 10 THK Straits Times to-day returns to the pre-war practice of p:i!)lishini,' two editions for sale in Singapore. The final edition will contain rubber and tin prices and other later news.
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    At The Cinema DOROTHY LAMOUR DISCARDS SARONG
    125 10 At The Cinema DOROTHY LAMOUR DISCARDS SARONG "Disputed Passage" (Dorothy Lamour. Akitn Tamiroff and John Howard) Paramount. At the Cathay midnight premiere on Saturday. A KIM Tamiroff once acain shows he is a great character actor in this story of t'.ie conflicting loyalties of two brilliant American colleee doctors, one
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    35 10 The customs union between Germany and the protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia will come Into force on Apr. 1. Freedom of tariffs between Slovakia and the protectorate will be maintained for a certain transitional period.—Reuter.
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    Mr. S. W. Jones' First Meeting
    56 10 The new Colonial Secretary, Mr. S W. Jones, with the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, before this morning's meeting of the Legislative Council. It is the first meeting of the Council that Mr. Jones has attended. The Governor's A.D.C., Capt. R. A. Gwynn is seen
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    EMPLOYERS WELCOME TRADE UNION LAW.
    630 10 UR. E. C. H. Charlwood said that the majority of employ- ers welcomed the new trad c union and industrial courts legislation when he spoke in the Legislative Council to-day. Both the Trade Unions and Industrial Courts Bills were carried through their final stages at
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    Colony's $46,700 For Display At Empire Exhibition
    272 10 THE cost of the Straits Settlements' participation in the Empire Exhibition at Glasgow in 1938 Is $46,737.37, states the S. S. Finance Committee's report laid on the table at to-day's Legislative Council meeting. Other items from the report are as follows Provision of
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    NIGHT CLOSING OF FRONTIER
    84 10 IT is announced that the KedahA Thailand frontier will in future be closed to "hrough international traffic between the hours of 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. each night. This is to facilitate the wartime regulations regarding imports and exports. Since there Is a very small amount
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    50 CENTS WINDFALL TO MALACCA FISHERMEN
    557 10 Councillor's Plea For Poor Descendants Of Pioneers CHALL we suffer the descendants of the pioneers of European history in this country to endure want and distress if we can help them asked Mr. Claude da Silva, making a plea in the Legislative Council to-day
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    $250,000 For Slum Clearance
    109 10 AS part of the SlO.OOO 000 promised by the Government to the Singapore Improvement Trust towards the cost of slum improvement schemes, a sum of S.V.?, 8S". V. L> being p?.id to the Trust. This provision is contained in the report of the Finance Committee which
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    JAPANESE MINISTER & PACT WITH N.I.
    66 10 JAPANESE MINISTER PACT WITH N.I. Tokio. Feb. 12 THE Japan ac Government has no objection to concluding a non-ag-gression pact with the Netherlands Government in connection with fluNetherlands Indies, if the latter is inclined to do so. This clear-cut reply was given by Mr. Hachiro Arita, Foreign Minister, in reply
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      78 10 I^W^A THAT WAR MAKES NO r »^^fe DIFFERENCE TO MALAYA'S .^m^M supplies of COW GATE i^L-L SXs, I Fortunately for Wise Mothers who use COW £^Z- J GATE, good stocks are available and regular supplies are coming forward. jgS|3r Owing to larger stocks of 1 lb. tins; until further yflfi/^S^
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    Japanese Go To Thomson Road Shrine
    213 11 Japanese Go To Thomson Road Shrine ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS THERE were great festivities among the Japanese population in Malaya yesterday when they celebrated the 2,600 th anniversary of the founding of Japan. The foundations of the Japanese Empire were laid in the seventh century before Christ, and Feb. 11, according to
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    N.I. COMPANIES AND NAZI INVASION FEAR
    119 11 DUTCH companies operating in the Netherlands Indies are talking of changing their domicile to that territory, according to news from Amsterdam published in the Daily Express London The Amsterdam Rubber Company, for instance— one of the largest '"onterns—'<ould easily do so almost overnight In
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    PENANG GLIMPSES HILLSIDE FIRE
    102 11 ■Fi- :n Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Feb. 11 A MYSTERIOUS re'J slov/ which was seen late on Friday night on the slopes of Pcnr.ng Hill Just above the new racecourse at Batu Gantong has been explained by the return of a party Oi police to town.
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    MR. LEONG SIN NAM'S GIFT TO CHINA
    61 11 TAE National Government has issued B mandate posthumously commending the late Mr. Leong Sin Nam, Perak tin miner and business man, for his t'cnerous donation to the wr.r chest, particularly pointing out that Mr. Lcontj set aside In his will $20,000 'Straitsi out
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    GROW VEGETABLES IN YOUR OWN GARDEN
    629 11 Agricultural Department On How All Can Help In Malaya BEST TO BEGIN IN SMALL WAY AND IT IS NOT A SIMPLE MATTER U |F everyone owning a garden in Malaya would devote only a small section of it to vegetable growing, our dependence on
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    To-night's Broadcast On French Navy
    108 11 LIEUT.COMMANDER B. M. Douglas. R.N., will broadcast from the 8.M.8.C. at 7.30 p.m. to-night in the fourth of the series of talks called "The Naval Situation." The main topic of this talk will be the French Navy and listeners may be surprised to learn that
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    Musical Show For Children's Aid Society "1940 GAIETIES"
    202 11 Musical Show For Children 's Aid Society "1940 GAIETIES" A CHARITY show, "1940 Gaieties,' is to be produced by Mrs. L. W. (ieddes in aid of the Children's Aid Society at Raffles Hotel on Mar. 28. 29. 30 To be presented on the same 'Ines us the successful charity show,
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    CHINESE ISLAMIC DELEGATION
    59 11 Prom Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Feb. 10. OTHMAN Woo Kien Hsun, of the Chinese Islamic Delegation, was entertained by Negri Chinese to a tea party at the Negrl Sembllan Club today. There was a large gathering, and Dato Wong Yick Tcng presided. The other two members of
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    Johore Motor-Cycle Hits Car Then Lorry
    180 11 Johore MotorCycle Hits Car Then Lorry CLERK DIES, MAN ON PILLION HURT (From Our Own Correspondent) Joftore Bahru, Feb. 11. 117HILE motor-cycling to office with a pillion rider, Inche Mohamed, aged 25, a clerk in the Chandu Department, was in collision with a car and a lorry and was killed
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    RUBBER INDUSTRY & LORD MAYOR'S FUND
    302 11 RUBBER INDUSTRY LORD MAYOR'S FUND £2,500 Already Given To War Charity MR. James Falrbalrn (chairman) and Sir Walrond Sinclair (hon. treasurer), of the Rubber industry appeal sub-committee, have addressed an appeal to the whole of the rubber industry, including producers, manufacturers, brokers, and wharfingers on behalf of the Lord Mayor's
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    PENANG MUSLIMS AID TURKISH SUFFERERS
    71 11 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Feb. 11. PENANG Muslims are collecting funds for transmission to the British Minister at Ankara for the relief of sufferers of the recent earthquake in Anatolia. The decision was taken at a meetIng of the Penang Muslim Merchants' Society' which
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    FOUND HANGING
    54 11 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Feb. 10. THE proprietor of a lime' kiln at Seremban discovered the body of a Tamil hanging from a beam in a vacant room on the premises. The matter was reported to the Seremban Police. Inspector Arjan Singh proceeded to the scene and
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    MALAYA HEARS INDIAN TROOPS IN FRANCE
    394 11 MALAYAN listeners last night heard a 8.8.C. broadcast from the camp on the Western Front of the Indian troops Punjabi Muslims who are serving In France. They form a mule transport unit. Richard* Dimbleby, the 8.8.C. special correspondent with the B.E.F. took the microphone
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    GOVERNOR'S TRIBUTE TO SIR ALEXANDER SMALL
    911 12 "Easy Transition From Peace To War Footing Due To Him" NEVER LOST "QUIET SENSE OF HUMOUR," SAYS MR. CHERRY CIR Alexander Small was a most worthy representative of a great service, a high-minded and sincere man whom success could not spoil and who retained
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    SPANISH COUNCIL OF STATE REVIVED
    49 12 Madrid, Saturday. GEN. FRANCO'S Cabinet has approved a law restoring the Council of State which existed up to the outbreak of the civil war. The council is an advisory body principally concerned with the examination of bills before they are passed into law. Reuter.
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    DUTCH AIR LINERS
    49 12 London, Feb. 11. ris authoritatively stated that the order to Netherlands air liners approaching the British coast to return to Holland. Issued on Friday, was not issued by the Air Ministry. It Is understood the pilots were radioed to return at the Instance of the owners.—
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    IMPROVEMENTS IN HEALTH
    310 12 Dr.R.D. Fitzgerald's Work Praised THAT Dr. R. D. Fitzgerald, former Director of Medical Services who had retired, was responsible for the. marked improvement and expansion of the medical services in Malaya during his period of service was the tribute paid to him by Mr. C. R. Cherry
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    JAPANESE ANNIVERSARY AMNESTY
    55 12 TPHE Emperor of Japan yesterday granted an amnesty to celebrate the 2,600 th anniversary of the founding of the Japanese Empire. It is understood that about 40,000 prisoners are affected. Celebrations are being held through out Japan, and in Tokio, crowds paraded in front of the Imperial
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    DEVELOPMENT OF PADI AREAS IN COLONY
    294 12 Funds To Accelerate Plans In Penang Malacca IN order to accelerate plans for the development of padi areas, in accordance with the Governor's recent circular, the Finance Committee has made a provision of $1,700 for surveys and investigations in Penang and Province Wellesley. This
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    C.I.A.M.'s 1940 COMMITTEE
    215 12 C.I. A. M.'s 1940 COMMITTEE (From Our Own Correspondent > Penang, Feb. 9 THE Central Indian Association of Malaya meeting to-day at the Penang Indian Association was attended by delegates from all parts of Malaya The election of officers for iy4o was as follows: Mr. N. Raghavsui. president. re-elected; vice-presidents,
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    BERLIN & MOSCOW SILENT ON MR. SUMNER WELLES' MISSION
    1055 13 BERLIN MOSCOW SILENT ON MR. SUMNER WELLES' MISSION Allies' Hardening Attitude To Nazis Seen In Press Reaction THL countries to be visited by the United States Under- Secretary of State, Mr. Sunnier Welles, who is being sent ro Europe to make a personal survey of conditions in Italy, France, Germany
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    Big Plane Order For Canada
    91 13 Big Plane Order For Canada Ottawa, Feb. 11. T.1E British Government's nar plane order for $3A,(MM),000, announced by Sir Kinrsley Wood, British Air Minister, in a speech at Bristol yesterday, is the largest order of its kind ever riven that Dominion. A statement issued here say* that these further orders
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    BOMBER DROPS BREAD FOR MAROONED MEN
    136 13 London, Feb. 11. DURING the severe weather of last month an army service corps unit, consisting of 400 officers and men, was completely cut off by snowdrifts for four days. Unable to reach road or rail they had only enough bread and meat for
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    PANDIT NEHRU CONDEMNS SOVIET RUSSIA
    594 13 Lucknow. CRANK condemnation of the Soviet Government was made 1 by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in the National Herald recently. It was he who had thrown light on Soviet rule to his followers in his book on Russia and now he asks the question "What of
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      250 13 TO-DAY SINGAPORE ZHL 1.S3 mc/t («5m ZBP fl.OT mc/i IM.Mn.l 1.15 p.m. Miscellaneous programme of gramophone records; 1.30 p.m. News, midday rubber, tin and copra prices; 1.40 p.m. Interval; 5.00 p.m. "listeners' favourites" (Malay)t; 5.30 p.m. Tamil musict; 6.00 p.m. Cantonese tragic dramast; 6.25 p.m. Cantonese selection**; 7.00 p.m. Children
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      584 13 PENANG ZHJ H.M flic/i (4»S0 m.: 5.30 p.m. Indian programme; 6.45 p.m. News In Tamil; 6.55 p.m. Malay programme; 6.10 p.m. News In Malay; 6.20 p.m. Chinese programme; 6.40 p.m. News In. Hokklen; 6.60 p.m. B.B.C. full news bulletin (relayed); 7.10 p.m. <approx.) Orchestral and vocal concert: 8.20 p.m. Music
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    MR. ROOSEVELT CONDEMNS SOVIET AGGRESSION
    584 14 Hopes About Russia Shattered By Invasion Of Finland" Washington, Feb. 11. "A DICTATORSHIP as absolute as any other dictatorship in the world" was how President Roosevelt described Soviet Russia in a speech to members of the American Youth Citizenship Institute yesterday. His hopes that Russia
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    REDS ROUNDED UP IN SWEDEN
    247 14 Series Of Raids Carried Out In Various Towns Str.kholm, Feb. 11. THE widespread police raids on Communist centres in Stockholm and various other Swedish towns yesterday are stated to have been the biggest raids by the authorities against any political party for many years About
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    RUMANIA TO PLACE TAX ON EXPORTED OIL
    72 14 Bucharest, Feb. 11. THE Ministry of National Economy 1 has decided to place a 10 to 15 per cent, ad valorem tax on exported oil and numerous other products previously exempt. Refined crude oil and also oil bearing seeds and their plants which
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    BALKAN ENTENTE TO MEET AGAIN
    33 14 Rome. Feb. 11. A CCORDING to a Belgrade dispatch economic conference of the Balkan Entente powers will be held in Belgrade or another Yugoslav city in May —Reuter
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    JUTE GROWTH CONTROL
    35 14 Calcutta, Feb. 11. *T*UE Government of Bengal issued an ordinance yesterday regulating th° growth of jute in 1940. The result of this ordinance is likely to raise the price ot jute.— Reuter.
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    All Quiet Again On N. W. Frontier
    82 14 All Quiet Again On N. W. Frontier New Delhi, Feb. 11. THE Shall Khel, the only 1 remaining trans-border tribe to remain hostile to the Government of India, has now made peace with the Government and furnished cash securities for good behaviour. Other parts of the frontier remain quiet. Throughout
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    How Nazis Treat War Prisoners
    373 14 Men, Packed In Cattle Trucks, Go Mad Paris, Feb. 11. ACCOUNTS of "odious treatmc.it" oi Polish prisoners of war by inth Germans and Russians have been received from reliable quarters, says the Polish Government's information service. Early in January, it is stated, 2,000 Polish soldiers
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    ADDITIONAL TAXES IN THE NETHERLANDS
    59 14 The Hague, Feb. 11. THE Government has introduced a 1 bill imposing additional taxation to meet the cost of mobilization. Death duties will be raised by 15 per cent., petrol duty by about 2V 2 d per gallon, sugar excise by 10 Dec cent, and
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    TRAWLER'S GALLANT FIGHT WITH GERMAN RAIDERS
    401 14 Nazis Lose Three Planes In New Attacks On Shipping London, Feb. 11. THE Admiralty announces that as a result of enemy aircraft 1 attacks in the North Sea on Friday, H.M. trawlers Robert Bowen, 290 tons, and Fort Royal, 351 tons, were sunk, with
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    Disabled Ship Meets U-Boat
    116 14 London, Feb. 11. A U-BOAT intercepted the disabled n British steamer Oregon, 6,008 tons. off Cape Flnisterre, but, taking no action, left the steamer to her fate. The Oregon, bound for West Africa, developed boiler trouble and drifted for three days out of control before the
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    Mystery Raids On German Bases
    258 14 D Copenhagen, Feb. 11. ANISH frontier guards and other inhabitants along the coast of south Jutland yesterday morning saw a foreign plane from the south fly over the German base of Sylt. It dropped two bombs over Hiernum and two over Rantum. Six German machines
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    More Propaganda Lies By The Nazis
    140 14 ALondcr Feb. 11. N exaggerated version Oi a. story published in a New York newspaper on Feb. 9 about damage to the Forth bridge and British war vessels in the early days of the war has been spread by German propaganda in other countries,
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    TORNADO HITS U.S. TOWN
    30 14 Albany (Georgia), Feb. 11. BETWEEN 12 and 15 were killed «vii several hundred injured when a tornado swept this industrial centre yesterday, causing widespread damage. —Reuter.
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    38 15 SOCCER Business Houses League, H. and S. Bank vs. G.E.C, Stadium Harper (iilnllan vs. Nestanglo, S.H.B. ground. HOCKEY Command inter-unit final, Mountain Regiment vs. Pun- jab Regiment, Tanglin. S.C.F.A. meeting, China Building, I 5.15 p.m.
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    SINGAPORE RACE WEIGHTS
    260 15 11/LIGHTS lor four races on Wednes- day, the second day of the Singapore races, are as follows Horses, Class 3, Div. 2 6 furs. Wlcklow Bay.. 9.00 Blue and White 8.02 Straight Flight 8.09 July the Seventh 8.02 Merry Widow .8.09 Santa Anita 8.01 fctrathpeffer 8.08 Vergros
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    This Morning's Track Work
    201 15 A FEW gallops done on the second track at Bukit Timah this morning when horses from the stables of Duval, Bowden and van Breukelen were exercised. Duval's best to-day were Antrum Erawny Lad, Monte Video and Flyinr, who were all put through Jialf pace exercises. Antrum
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    [I MIXED FOURSOMES AT BUKIT TIMAH
    32 15 I*HE mixed foursomes at the Royal Singapore Golf Club yesterday refculted in a win for Mr. and Mrs. W. jadred with a net score of 31.
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    SINGAPORE INDIANS LOSE ANNUAL CRICKET MATCH
    324 15 Last Seven Wickets Fall For Only 28 Runs (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 11. THE Selangor Indian Association won their annual cricket match against the Singapore Indians by the wide margin of 168 runs to-day, when Singapore collapsed badly in the second
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    WOMEN'S STATE HOCKEY
    222 15 Singapore Win Again (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 11. |>V their decided superiority over Penang this evening in the last of the women's inter-State hockey fixtures played here during the holidays, Singapore proved they have the best hockey team in the country when they beat
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    MOIR WINS OPEN SINGLES EVENT IN S.C.C. TENNIS
    770 15 Chinese New Year Tournament Concluded Yesterday VERY strenuous tennis marked the close of the 3.C.C. Chinese New Year open tennis tournament yesterday. Starting in the morning, the competitors braved a blazing sun, playing off the quarter finals and semi-finals, and after an
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    BOON MAH BEATS DHARMARAJ
    66 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Feb. 12. THRILLING fights were seen at 1 the Fun and Frolic stadium here last night when Boon Mah outpointed David Dharmaraj over a 12 two-minute rounds fight to gain the light and welterweight crowns of Penang. In another fight Al
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    RACE RESULTS ON SATURDAY
    161 15 CATURDAY'S race results at Bukit Timah in brief are: Race I:— HIGH LIFE $43 Sl.l First Ra $14 New Moon S9 Race 2:— JULY THE SEVENTH S4<l $10 Sacrifice $12 Lay Off $10 Race 3:— CAMBALONG S3O $11 Sunbeam Sl7 Straight Flight Sit Race 4:— HONEYPUSS
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    SOLDIERS WATCH START OF HOLY CARPET PILGRIMAGE
    116 16 The howdah in the procession from the parade ground at Abbsssia. The ceremony revived in 1937 of the departure of the Kiswa and the Mahmal (the holy carpet used to cover the Kaaba at Mecca for the ensuing year and the decorated howdah,
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    NEW WARPLANES FOR EGYPT
    37 16 Saleh Harb Pasha, the Egyptian Minister of National Defence, recently inspected a new consignment of war planes for the Egyptian Air Fcr:e. and also inspected newly-qualified flying officers, to whom he presented certificates.
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    RADIO SETS FOR FRONT LINE TROOPS
    49 16 Of the £50,000 offered by Lord Nuflleld to supply amenities for men of the three Fightinr Services, he specially desired that £15,000 should be spent on providing wireless sets for the forces in France. The first of these Nu.Tleld" sets has now arrived.
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