The Straits Times, 1 March 1940
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Title Section36 1940-03-01 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A C2NTUIIY.J MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES Ifi PACKS SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1940 PRICE 5 CENTS. The Straits Times 6 IWCJES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MARCH 1. 1940 PRICE 5 CENTS36 words
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Advertisement323 1940-03-01 1 7rv MIEN CHOtftf TAILORING We only ask for a trial order. OA Colaman St. Singapore. -Phone 4816- KUALA LUMPUR, 25 JAVA ST. ('PHONE 3683>. SINGAPORE, 140 CECIL ST. CPHONE 5471). i L^—^ssSq" K^fX^a Ww H/XClUSlisfi SflOt* StylCS fJTlfi I/I 1)/ I *<f r^ ii d^i x^i j (fi l /9323 words
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Advertisement20 1940-03-01 1 FINAL EDTN. for PERFECT STYLES DRESSMAKING REAOYMAOES Call at MADAME PAGE'S SALONS 13, Battery Road. Singapore HOTEL MAJESTIC Kuala Lumpur.20 words
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DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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Article35 1940-03-01 2 ir, family <>t tl>< late Mr. John PynePennefather wish to express their sincere thanks to all relative? md friends who attended the funeral, as well as those who wreaths, telegrams iuid letters of condolence.35 words
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Advertisement588 1940-03-01 2 SMALL APST 25 cents per line (Six words). Mini mum charge $1. lor advt. not «<**dinr 4 lines. Box No. 25 cents extra. Smali Ads. are prepayable WATSON.— At Batu Gajah HospJUl on February 27 to Peggy, wife of Dr. L. A. Watson of Tcluk Anson, u daughter. KX3AR.- At588 words
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Advertisement848 1940-03-01 2 WANTED WANTED SIAMESE KITTEN under 6 months. Apply Box 362, Straits Times. WANTED TO BUY Radiogram or table J model. Reply with full particulars to Tan. t Ah Hood Rd.. Singapore. WANTED IMMEDIATELY second-hand 1 Field Camera complete with stand must be tn good condition. Box No. 936, Straits Times.848 words
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Advertisement778 1940-03-01 2 BOARD RESIDENCE NEW FLORA VILLE, 130 Grange Road. Veil furnished cool and airy, single and louble rooms, mod. san. excellent cuisine arge grounds. Phone 4229. SANDRINGHAM, 4 Rochalle Drive, minute ranglln Barracks, two nicely furn. rooms 'acant with verandahs and bathrooms ittached, (m.s.). Good cuisine. Phone 6757. i LARGE FURNISHED778 words
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Advertisement662 1940-03-01 2 PUBLIC NOTICES SUNGEI WAY DREDGING LTD. (Incorporated in F.M.S.) i DIVIDEND NO. 38 A Dividend of 7%% has been declared payable on March 21, 1940, to all shareholders on the Register on March 12, 1940. NKIIiL BELL. Secretaries. NOTICE DRESSERS' EXAMINATION An examination for dressers will be held c In662 words
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Advertisement628 1940-03-01 2 AUCTION NOTICES AUCTION SALE of -well-kept real European polished teak household furniture of every description, colourful Indian centre carpets, best English china dinner service, gloss silver-wares, etc., etc. (By Order of Mrs. H. Hitchani (5.H.8.) To be held at No. 385, Telok Blangah Road. On Saturday, March 2, 1940 at628 words
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Advertisement121 1940-03-01 2 BUSINESS CARDS ETC. PLANTERS ENGINEERING CO., LTD. RUBBER ESTATE MACHINERY AND FACTORY EQUIPMENT. ALLIANCE ENGINEERING CO.. LTD. SINGAPORE A KUALA LUMPUR. EDUCATIONAL KINDERGARTEN. European teach-r. Eight thirty A.M. to twelve noon. 126 Orchard Rd. Enquires Phone *****. ADMISSION definitely closes on Mar. l, tor RAPID COURSE for NOV. L.C.C. EXAM.121 words
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Advertisement305 1940-03-01 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LIKE. (loco.-porarea in England) PENINSULAR ANT ORIENTAI S.N Co MAII PASSENCEB AND CAROO SERVTCKTho 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 are perforce305 words
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Advertisement301 1940-03-01 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS incorporated tn lapan> GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR rO CALIFORNIA FROM THE ORIENT VIA HONOLULU mi. KAMAKURA MARU from H'kong Mar. 13 m.s. ASAMA MARU from S*hal. April 8 TO VANCOUVER A SfcATTLE FROM JAPAN m.s. HEIAN MARU leave Kobe Mar 16 m.s. HIKAWA MARU leave301 words
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Advertisement754 1940-03-01 3 i i w i i r ■i \Sj=±JS n> 'i l iii j■ I B^ J If, i- i 77 LUXURIOUS ONE-CLASS MOTORSHIPS Cabins with private bath Excellent Cuisine Moderate Fare* FREQUENT PASSENGER SAILINGS TO .MARSEILLES I K. /COPENHAGEN Passengers paying tbe U.K. rate have the option of proceeding overland,754 words
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Advertisement431 1940-03-01 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. BLUE FUNNEL LINE Frequent Sailings to Unlttd Kingdom and United States of America. Dates are not guaranteed, all cargo bookings subject to Conference War Clauses. WESTKRN AUSTRALIA THE SHORTEST SEA -vUTE AT THE CHEAPEST FARE Regular Services to Fremantle (Perth) via Java by first class passenger ships.431 words
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Article916 1940-03-01 4 Wilkinson Process Benefits From Growing War Demand THE increasing use of Linatex, a product of the Wilkinson Process Rubber Co. Ltd., in the manufacture of aircraft was referred to by the chairman, Mr. J. B. Leask, when addressing shareholders at the annual meeting in916 words
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240 1940-03-01 4 Singapore, Feb 29, 5 p.m. MIMNG Bayer* Seller* Ampats 5/- 5/4 Austral Axaalg 6/1% 6/4% cd Batu Sclangors 1.58 1.62 Hong Fatts 1.26 1.29 Jpkbut 0.88 0.91 Kami/ong Lanjutc 23/- 23/9 K. KamunUng 8/- 8/9xd Kamur.ting II,C 12 6cd Klang Rivers 2.00 2.10 ICramats 11/9240 words
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155 1940-03-01 4 Now Being Tested In Great Britain London, Feb. 29. I 'T'HE strange properties of a Dutch invention called the Bikker Light I were mentioned in the House of j Commons to-day when Sir William Brown asked whether Sir John Anderson, the Home Secretary, was awareReuter - 155 words
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1306 1940-03-01 4 Fraser Co's Singapore Share Quotations THURSDAY. FEB. 29, 1940: 5 P.M. MININO Buyers Sellers Ampat Till (4s) 5s 5s 6d Austral Anial. (ss) Ss 9d 6s 3d c.d. Austral Malay trt aJs ays c.d Ayer Hltam 24s 25s Ayer Weng .70 .75 Bangrtn Tin 21s 9d 22s 9d Batu Selangor1,306 words
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154 1940-03-01 4 London, Feb. 29. PIE Ministry of Supply has made arrangements with the British Aluminium Company and the Aluminium Company of Canada for a substantial increase in the output of aluminium in Britain and Canada. In Canada, for instance, the Increase In output is sufficient toBritish Wireless - 154 words
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Article12 1940-03-01 4 United Malacca Rubber* Estates Ltd. harvested 53,600 n>. of rubber in January.12 words
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257 1940-03-01 4 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Books Company Dividend Close Date Singapore, Feb. 29, 5 p.m. Total for Ex. Olv. financial year TIN Austral Amal 3d. Austral Malay 9d. and I|3 bonus Mar. 4 Burma Malay 6d. No. 22 Mar. 27 Katu Tin 6d. No. 23 Is. bonus Mar. 6257 words
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Article173 1940-03-01 4 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES Prom Our *d Corre«txindent) London, Feb. 29. /COMMODITY and Exchange markets closed as follows with previous quotations ir parenthesis:— RIRBER: Easy. Spot 12 Hd 13 9 16d (12% d 12"id) March 12 Hd 12 916(1 (12-S.d 12\d) Apr-June 11 13 16d 11 15!16d (11 13|16d ll 7 id)173 words
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Article184 1940-03-01 4 Mails close M the Ctncral Post Office a; follows: TO-DAY Aden (Surface) 5.00 p.m Burma (Surface) 5.00 p.m Egypt (.Surface) 5. 00 p. in Greatl Britain and Europe generally (Surface") 3.00 p.m India (Surface) 5.00 p.n; Java (Surface) 11.30 a. m Sarikel (Surface) 2.00 p.m Sibu184 words
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Advertisement73 1940-03-01 4 Gs4Bi: JsK-'Jf $5£9 uKM^IvJr v^aEi I B\&'. r i mi, m im B fIHH I I I I II I JtfjK Ml W*t 9K- JH Ml MBS*. Bff^W JNHHIBMDSHS J^^ j L RENDERING REPAIRING i '^^li RUCIURES ''wS^-mM Widely used for Reconditioning repairs t0... ■mm Ejjl Outstanding features. SPECIAL OESCRIPTtVK73 words
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Page 4 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous641 1940-03-01 4 TIDE TABLES SINGAPORE ro-day II. W. u.54 a.m. 8.7 ft; 4.01 p.m. 7.4 ft L.W. 9.28 a.m. 1.8 ft.; 9.28 p.m. 4.1 ft To-m'jrrow H.W. 3 43 a.m. 83 ft.; 5.34 p.m. 6 7 ft. L.W. 10.39 a.m. 2.3 ft.; 3032 p.m. 4.9 ft Sunday. Mar. 3. H.W. 4.50 a.m.641 words
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
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Article534 1940-03-01 5 Rubber Firmer But Shares Remain Quiet ll* Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, Mar. 1. ALTHOUGH rubber losl one-sixteenth of a penny in London at 12 9/16d. the market in New York was better and the price at the close showed an advance of one-quarter cent. It is the534 words
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Article197 1940-03-01 5 Guthrie's Report On Past Week IN a weekly report on the rubber market issued yesterday, Guthrie and Co.. Ltd. write There have been periods of moderate activity in the rubber market during the week, but the absence of any marked improvement in demand has resulted in197 words
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29 1940-03-01 5 Paris, Mar. 1. LAST night's French war communique says there was nothing of importance to report. There was. however, renewed aerial activity.— Reuter.Reuter - 29 words
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Article495 1940-03-01 5 Drastic Action To Prevent Inflation IMPORTANCE OF PACT WITH BRITAIN Paris, Feb. 29. FIGURES showing how successfully France's financial problems were being met were given in a broadcast by M. Reynaud. Minister of Finance. M. Reynaud said that France's evil was economic and the country wasReuter - 495 words
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Article116 1940-03-01 5 Rice qnoted per koyan M plcula. Other commodities quoted per picuL except where otherwise vtated Buyers Sellers Gambler 7.50 Hamburg Cube $13.00 Java Cube $12.00 White Muntok $14.25 White- $13.75 Black 8.25 Coma Mixed $3.45 Sun Dried $380 Siapo flour No 1 Lingga $8.57V a Fair $S.57'£116 words
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Article46 1940-03-01 5 Berlin, Mar. 1. A U-BOAT commander named Werner Hartmann has returned frcm a long-distance cruise. In the course of which he c'aims to have sunk 45,000 tons of shipping. Hartmann further claims that In two raids he sank 80,000 tons of shipping.— Reuter.Reuter - 46 words
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Article57 1940-03-01 5 •yHE balance of trade in the United States in January was one of the largest for years. Excess of exports over imports was $126,000,000 compared with $35,000,000 in January last year. One of the largest Increases was shown in cotton shipments, which were near'y four timesReuter - 57 words
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Article358 1940-03-01 5 London, Feb. 2S 1 QN the Stock Exchange to-day, Kalurs v advanced strongly throughout the session as a result of yesterday's statement on the South African budget by which the Government abandoned its rteht to proceeds in excess of 150s. an ounce of gold. Gilt-edged benefited from358 words
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Article180 1940-03-01 5 The following are the exchange rales thU morning according to the dally circular Issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banklnt? Corporation SELLING Londen T.l 2/4 1/16 London demand 3 4 1/16 Rate for freight 2/4M> Lyons demand 2057 Switzerland demand 208 Hamburg demand New York demand 46 vi Montreal180 words
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100 1940-03-01 5 TTiE first aircraft to be built in Canada since war orders were placed arrived in Eng'and yesterday. The plane is a Hurricane Fighter, built to British specifications, and it has already carried out a test flight in Canada which was satisfactory in every way. ThisReuter - 100 words
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Article107 1940-03-01 5 Friday, Mar. 1, noon. Buyers Sellers Price* Prices No. IX RS S (Spot loose) X 8", 38% No. IX B.S.S. t.ab In rases March 39 !4 40 Sellers option O.F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b In hales March 36% 37 Sellers option F.A.Q. K.S.S. 1.0. b In balea107 words
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Advertisement226 1940-03-01 5 FOR EYE AND EAR PLEASURE THE AMERICAN H.M.V. 1940 NEW YORKER RADIO This new American H.M.V. New jjQjw^j-. Yorker special Mociel offers 7 tuning jHKq^SS BPau ~~^fl ranges with BAND SPREAD on 13. 16, «iV|ui 19> 25 and 31-meter bands. No radio tf 1i..-t^S? receiver has heretofore provided such complete226 words
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Advertisement509 1940-03-01 5 19-25. CECIL STREET. SINGAPORE. PIMP FQQPKIf F Telephone Manager's Office 4512 nraC C^CINV^C Excb.nce Dept 4511 rj ATLJ CA I "T"C General Office 4514 DA I rl DAL I J CaMe Address:— PRO* INBANK Head Office SII'CHOW PAID DP CAPITAL (Ch.) 10.000.000 PROMOTES HEALTHFUL reserve funds f n.000.00c r-KUHUIta ntALlrtrUL509 words
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Advertisement280 1940-03-01 6 The Picture You Have Been Waiting To See! TO-DAY 3.15, 6.15 9.15 P.M. The Finest Story Ever Written about Nazi Germany. ~^J -ii *A^l Iy' i I I *^V I^l Hfctr liWtT^^v^^^^i^^^^ Hj Hk*B*jß^*^*Jk*JH*jMH B^^~ t L ||i yi■l j i I I b]£^^M^3m rv PRODUCERS HCTURB CORPORATION Pm«ntj y^|280 words
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Advertisement364 1940-03-01 6 VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL SUN. MAR. 17th at 9.15 P.M. CONCERT IN AID OF THE FINNISH REP CROSS FUND THOSE TAKING PART THE BAND OF THE GORDON HIGHLANDERS THE MALE VOICE CHOIR OF H.M.S. BARBARA GILMAR CILLY HORST -HOROWITZ OTTO JOACHIM MADAME BONENFANT WERNER BAER THE CONCERT OF THE YEAR Under364 words
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Advertisement274 1940-03-01 6 Everybody's raving over HELEN GILBERT Andy Hardy's Teacher in the new M.-G.-M. comedy hit! fj A PITPOV SEE HER TO-DAY AIR-CONDITtONEP 3m%53 m 5 -6.15-9. 1 5 sMr< >* 5^\ ANDY WANTS T0 GET W-A-R-RIE-D! T^ /r^/X I r\r holden \Ulslri\j SEVENTH *^f FAMIIY HIT Special Added Attraction "WHILE AMERICA274 words
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323 1940-03-01 7 British Squadron Assembles Near Mouth Of The Plate River DUMOURS in Montevideo of a pending naval engagement near the South American coast were revived yesterday when it became known that a British south Atlantic squadron has been assembled in the vicinity of the323 words
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Article48 1940-03-01 7 London. Feb. 29. THE Air Ministry issued to-day toe twentieth R.A.P. casualty list, containing the names of 12 officers and 30 men. Of these seven were killed in action, ten are missing and the rest died on active service either from accident or illness. Reuter.Reuter - 48 words
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Article18 1940-03-01 7 Zurich, Feb. 29. MR. SUMNER WELLES, VS. Undersecretary of State, now in Europe, left for Berlin to-day.— Reuter.Reuter - 18 words
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78 1940-03-01 7 London, Feb. 29. AN arrow was shot from a bow through a window of No. 10, Downing Street, home of Mr. Chamberlain, the Prime Minister, to-day. A piece of paper which bore a message was attached to the missile. A man arrested in connectionReuter - 78 words
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Article350 1940-03-01 7 Packages Of Food For People In Germany The Hague, Feb. 29. MEASURES to check the flow of "love gifts" leaving Holland for Germany have been adopted by the Dutch Government. From to-morrow packages of foodstuffs intended for abroad may not weigh more than three kilogrammes andReuter - 350 words
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Article65 1940-03-01 7 AUSTRALIA is well on the way to ■rV becoming a great air power secure from any serious air attack. This claim was made by the Prime Minister, Mr. R. O. Menzies, yesterday. Under the scheme planes of the Royal Australian Air Force were increasing seven-fold.65 words
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Article30 1940-03-01 7 Paris, Feb. 29. r3E veteran Communist orator, M. Marsel Chachin, was expelled from the Senate to-day by a unanimous vote in conformity with the law banning Communists.—Reuter.Reuter - 30 words
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Advertisement226 1940-03-01 7 Tonigbt Cocktail Dance 7 p.m to 9 p.m. DINNER DANCE (informal) 9.45 to midnight NO ADMISSION CHARGE TO-MORROW^ SPECIAL _C ABARET_ATTRACTION ROYAL HAWAIIAN ENTERTAINERS WITH QUEENIE DAVID AND GOGI\ PASHA FOR ONE NIGHT^ONLY-BOOK NOW EXTENSION TO f A.M. SEA VIEW HOTEL TO^N I G H J SPECIAL DINNER-DANCE CABARET ENTERTAINMENT226 words
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Advertisement230 1940-03-01 7 BOX (I v^vV^ia I IVIES OFFICE HRj £j^J 3.15 6.15 9. 1 5 PHONE M^iL/iY^jMoiT Modern L^c™^^ Morning Show 3400 ht^mmMMktmiiMkmitmamur to-morrow WHKKK I >I.U» ISOKV OObS ll A<M SEE THIS TO-DAY! book now wntN TORCH AMD TAMauauii/ ihbi mo Zfi£ VJZ£LH t!t Tarn D D i vvi i nCn230 words
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The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MAR. 1, 1940. (182nd. Day of the War.) A Surprise Move
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Article1145 1940-03-01 8 Since yesterday's leading article was written, further copies of the Hong Kong newspapers have come i to hand, including one of the South China Morning Post of Feb. 19 in which are set forth in detail the recommendations of that Colony's War Revenue Committee. In the same interval, the surprising1,145 words
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Letters To The Editor
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Article362 1940-03-01 8 Fortnightly Training Spells Suggested To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— ln more than one up-country centre the question as to the value of short parades for Volunteers or intensive training In camp for a fortnight is one of the topics of the moment. By some it362 words
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Article460 1940-03-01 8 An Up-Country Visitor's Complaint To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— As a European down from the F.M.S., where I have been resident for 12 years, I am astonished at the extremely bad service of the Singapore Traction Company's buses. As an instance I will submit the460 words
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Article74 1940-03-01 8 The Straits Times receives many more letters than can be published in the space available. Accordinq'v brief concise letters stand a better chance of selection and prompt publication than long ones. Letters exceeding 250 words are unlikely io be published at the present time. When letters are typed, double-spacing will74 words
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Article329 1940-03-01 8 Splendid Example In Clemenceau Ay. To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir. The Municipal Commissioners should be complimented on the efficient street lighting Installation which is now nearing completion in Clemenceau Avenue. I believe that thousands of other motorists will endorse my sentiments in this respect. Apart329 words
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Article250 1940-03-01 8 Sufferers From Drought In Malacca Area To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir. "Baba's"' letter on water shortage at Ayer Salak, published in your j (issue of Feb. 21, provides food for thought. Since the beginning of the drought i men, women, and children are seen [dally250 words
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Article232 1940-03-01 8 Admiration For Those Who Converted Them To the Editor of the Straits Times Kir. I do not wish to start a. controversy with your correspondent "5.0.P." concerning the "harm" done to the "simple Sakais" by "th 2 missionary or the lay preacher who la responsible for the conversion232 words
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Article516 1940-03-01 8 Chinese Merchants Strongly Against It To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— l have Just returned fr im Hong Kong where the subject of war taxation was debated for several weeks by the members of the Legisk tiv» Council of that Colony and by the public, with516 words
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Article165 1940-03-01 8 Are We Being "Led Up The Garden Path"? To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir— lt is obvious that K.E. the Governor has already formed his opinion on the question of income tax, from the title chosen for his forthcoming broadcast. It would be appreciated If, in165 words
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Article190 1940-03-01 8 Banks' Efforts To Control The Market To the Editor of the Siraits Times Sir.— Your correspondent "AntiRinj" has done a public service in fxposlng the- new banking move. Unfortunakly he did not tell you the full Story He did nut reveal details of the elforts to overcome the190 words
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Advertisement289 1940-03-01 8 Battery Rd. Tele 4772, DRESSES FOR ALL OCCASIONS $5 to $30 SEX LORE A J'rlmer en Courtship, MarrUfe and Parenthood, by Mrs. S. Herbert. Price only $3.00. POST FKEE. G. H. KIAT CO., LTD. 6-8, Robinson Road— Slnfapore. Phones 6506 A C 505. THE BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY ALMANAC. (For289 words
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Advertisement25 1940-03-01 8 I* I PRISMATIC COMPASSES J Theodolites Levels F. ROSENTHAL J P. O. Box 486. Singapore. I Phone 6191. JOHN DUKE Manufacturing Optician. 21. BATTERY ROAD.25 words
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Article269 1940-03-01 9 Stockholm, Feb. 29. DIFFICULTIES have arisen in the discussions between M. Molotov, Soviet Premier and Foreign Commissar, and the German Ambassador in Moscow regarding the German offer of mediation in the Finnish war, states the Kovno correspondent of th a newspaper Tidningen. The correspondent adds that theReuter - 269 words
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Article219 1940-03-01 9 The Hague, Feb. 29. A WARNING to neutrals not to accept the British "navicerts" was issued by the German Legation to-day. The statement runs: •'Through the system of navicerts, the Allies are trying to involve the neutrals in war. Some neutrals seem to be toying219 words
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Article42 1940-03-01 9 A HOSPITAL train arrived in Lancashire yesterday with more than 200 sick andl injured men from the British Expeditionary Force in France. Most of the men were ab'.e to walk to the ambulances assisted by soldiers and police. Reuter.Reuter - 42 words
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Article, Illustration53 1940-03-01 9 The Nazi prison ship Altmark, from which 314 British merchant sailors were rescued by the British destroyer Cossack, photographed aground in Josing Fjord, on the west coast o/ Norway. The Altmark, which went aground after trying to ram the Cossack, has since been reported to53 words
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Article, Illustration42 1940-03-01 9 This is an actual order posted in the prisoners' quarters on board the Altmark one day after they had attempted to break out. It was their final punishment. The next day the Cossack saved them. One of them brought the notice away.42 words
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Article, Illustration11 1940-03-01 9 An injured prisoner from the Altmark being: brought ashore at Leith11 words
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Article81 1940-03-01 9 The Hague, Feb. 29. REPEATED German reports about flights by British aeroplanes over Holland at night are challenged in a semi official statement. This refers to the difficulties of Identifying foreign planes at night, and continues If, as the Germans suggest, we are to excludeReuter - 81 words
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Article21 1940-03-01 9 Moscow, Mar. 1. A Soviet communique claims that the Russians are now only two kilometres south of Viipuri. Reuter.Reuter - 21 words
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Article81 1940-03-01 9 Paris. Mar. 1. ACCORDING to a message from Ljubljana, a vast German military and political spy ring organized in Yugoslavia since the outbreak of the war has been discovered at Ljubljana. The organization is stated to have been directed by Reich Germans, but the workReuter - 81 words
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Article101 1940-03-01 9 Bengal Congress Recalcitrant Serious Disciplinary Action Taken Patna, Feb. 29. THE Working Committee of the A Indian National Congress which is meeting here on the eve of the annual Congress session at Ramgarh, in which Mahatma Gandhi is participating, has suspended the Bengal Provincial Congress Committee. One charge against theReuter - 101 words
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Article52 1940-03-01 9 PRESIDENT Roosevelt yesterday asked Congress for about £4,000,000 to speed up the U.S. air defence programme. This is in addition to the sums already asked for in the budget. President Roosevelt has just completed a tour of inspection of the defences on the Pacific side of theReuter - 52 words
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248 1940-03-01 9 London, Mar. 1. ACCORDING to reports current In London, "peace proposals" were recently brought to the Foreign Secretary (Lord Halifax) by Lord Tavistock and are said to emanate from the German Legation in Dublin. It was confirmed on Thursday night that Lord HalifaxBritish Wireless - 248 words
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147 1940-03-01 9 Rome Story Of New Allied Move In The Near East Rome, Mar. 1. AN obviously inspired statement has been circulated here saying that Italy may claim for herself the full application of the Montreux Convention of 1936 which, subject to Turkish consent, allowsReuter - 147 words
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Article316 1940-03-01 9 Declaration By The Premier "AFTER preparing intensively for the past twelve months, Turkey is now ready for whatever comes," declared Dr. Refik Saydam, the Turkish Prime Minister, broadcasting from Ankara last night. Stating that Turkey had spent £30,000,000 sterling on the army in the past year, Dr.316 words
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43 1940-03-01 9 Zurich, Mar. 1. IT is revealed that the United States ambassador to Belgium arrived here on Wednesday and conferred with Mr. Sumner Welles, U.S. Under-Secre-tary of State who is on an observation tour of Europe.— ReuLcr.43 words
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Advertisement10 1940-03-01 9 OTHER CABLES in pages 5, 7. 12, 13 and 1410 words
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Advertisement35 1940-03-01 9 Here's Something JQiw/''' ~^f\ NT* WJ to Malaya I in Fine Beer mL^ J !y^^H TP Of H I 91 m 1 llfißfi L n 9 Bf ■MW Wm Hrn BRITISH EMPIRE PRODUCT Sole Agents:35 words
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1229 1940-03-01 10 G. R. TONKIN - G. R. TONKIN By Malayan Goes To Vimy Ridge With Canadian Colleagues ONE MAN FINDS CRATER WHERE HE WAS MACHINE-GUNNED MANY yountf men serving in France have during 1 periods of leave taken the opportunity to visit the graves of fathers or1,229 words
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Article188 1940-03-01 10 xiMOAMMM ■AJ I i »s HOTEL Cocktail 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Dinner •ice (Informal) 9.45 to Midnijjht. '.\Ki;i(h ill mil GfcYLANG Bolero Opera presents NodaDunia 8.30 p.m. GRt.U VVOKIIi Cabaret 6.30 to 8.45 9.30 to Midnight Globe: You're Only Young Once. Sky: Angel ou the Road (Chinese Pictured.188 words
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Article145 1940-03-01 10 Jewellery Taken From Houses $2,000 LOSSES IN PAST WEEK A DARING jewel thief is believed to be operating in European residential areas in Singapore. Several houses have been broken into during the past week and Jewellery to the value of more than $2,000 has been stolen.145 words
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Article66 1940-03-01 10 f\WNERS of coffee-shops and sundry goods dealers are bsing requested to co-operate with the Singapore police, who are endeavouring to trace a gang of Chinese who have been going around and demanding money from shop-owners. Within the last three days four such reports have been received66 words
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133 1940-03-01 10 IN THE BEST REDSKIN SETTLER TRADITION At The Cinema "Drums Along the Mohawk" (Claudette Colbert and Henry Fonda) 20th Century-Fox. At the Cathay. PACKED with action, this story of the American colonist's battle with nature and the Redskins is a thrilling picture, noteworthy for some fine acting by the principal133 words
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116 1940-03-01 10 DEFERENCE to the memory of IV Bishop W. H. Oldham, founder of the Methodist Mission in Malaya and the Anglo-Chinese School in Singapore was made this morning by Mr. Yap Pheng Geek in an address to the boys of the Anglo-Chinese School. Pupils of the school116 words
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68 1940-03-01 10 T.iE Singapore Ceylonese Women's War- Workers' Party which was organized in November, 1939, has been able to raise sufficient funds to send a parcel of articles every month to the central depot at Government Hous3 The committee has drawn up a list of members of the68 words
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Article50 1940-03-01 10 A PUBLIC meeting will be held under the auspices of the Vivekananda Sanmarkha Sangham, Singapore, tomorrow at 5 p.m. at the Sangham playground in Enggor Street. Mr. L. Raiamanickam will speak in Taml on "Education and Motherland" and Mr. R. P. Ramasamy will speak on "Upliftment of the Harijans.' 150 words
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Article, Illustration52 1940-03-01 10 H. M. S. Cossack Safely Home H.W.5. Cossack arriving at Leith with more than 300 vierchant sailors, icho had been taken from the Nazi "hell S h:p-' Altmark, by the Cossack off I*?* o o'*0 1 ™rs capitiveson board, hvving been tc.cn from snips sunk by the scuttled Nazi "pocket-battleship"52 words
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Article, Illustration64 1940-03-01 10 In a convoy of luxury liners, escorted by British, French, Australian and New Zealand warships, the Second Australian Imperial Force and the New Zealand Expeditionary Force arrived at Suez and were welcomed by Mr Anthony Eden. Dominions Secretary, xcho had flown from Britain with a64 words
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437 1940-03-01 10 BUILDING IN SUBURBS AFTER SER VICES INFL UX rONSIDERABLE building activity took place in Singapore last year and is continuing this year, but the war and difficulties of getting material will probably prevent 1940 from becoming one of the beat building years since the boom periods of 1927 to 1929.437 words
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Article359 1940-03-01 10 Municipal Depot Beseiged HUNDREDS SEEK NEW LICENCES EXTRAORDINARY scenes were witnessed at the Municipal town cleansing and hawkers depot In Havelock Road last night and this morning when several hundred Chinese and Indian men and women beseiged the depot to apply for itinerant hawkers' licences. New359 words
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Advertisement60 1940-03-01 10 Liqht up-and smile! Don't let darkness creep into the house, for dim lights mean low spirits turn up the lights then in your rooms and in your hearts. Change over to Osram Lamps and make your home a bright and cheery haven. Made in England THE WONDERFUL LAMP (Advertisement of60 words
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391 1940-03-01 11 Maximum To Be Fixed According To Local Circumstances QUOTA SYSTEM FOR IMPORTS Ol PROVISIONS FROM U.K. THE Food Controller, Malaya, yesterday published two important measures in the Colony and F.M.S. Government Gazettes. One is an order empowering him to direct the fixing of maximum391 words
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183 1940-03-01 11 Rabies Warning By Loudspeaker In Malacca (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca. Feb. 29. FOR the first time in Malaya, loudspeaker vans and the fixed public address system broadcast to Malacca town and countryside the news that because a case of rabies has been detected dog owners must comply with special183 words
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84 1940-03-01 11 HUNDREDS of young people attended the Leap Year Day dance organized by the Business and Professional Girls' Club iY.W.CA.) at the Victoria Memorial Hall last night. Dance music was supplied by the Cambodians Dance Band and there were cabaret ite.. r while more than84 words
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82 1940-03-01 11 THE hostile feeling against Germany has received an impetus among Malays by the revelation in Warta Malaya of the unscrupulous hypocrisy of German trade methods. Before war broke out a consignment ol German tooth-brushes was adver- j tised in Malaya as being epecially manufactured for82 words
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64 1940-03-01 11 London, Feb. 29. IT WAS rc\ealed at the annual meeting today of the Bradford Dyers Association that whereas in 1914 Britain imported over 80 per cent, of colours required for the textile trade, to-day owing to achievements of the British organic chemical Industry British makersBritish Wireless - 64 words
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Article50 1940-03-01 11 PR allegedly allowing a ferocious wah-wah monkey to be at large without a muzzle, a European woman, Mrs. J. Palomar, yesterday appeared in the Singapore fifth court. Mrs. Palomar stated that the wahwah had broken loose without her knowledge. The animal had since been destroyed. She was discharged.50 words
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Article, Illustration20 1940-03-01 11 Mr. Laurence Collier, who has been appointed new British Minister at Oslo, photographed at his home in London.20 words
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Article221 1940-03-01 11 ISLAND RIOTERS SENTENCED "IT was iucky no one was killed 1 in this affair. Tell the accused they need not have taken the law into their own hands in those faroff parts," said Mr. J. L. McFall, Singapore criminal district judge, yesterday to a court221 words
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Article129 1940-03-01 11 To Be Used By The Java-U.S. Line HOLLAND- AMERICA Line vessels are to be used again on the JavaNew York Line run shortly. These are the twin-screw motorfreighters, Sommelsdijk and Solterdijk and two passenger ships Noordam and Zaandam. The Sommelsdijk is due at Singapore129 words
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Article92 1940-03-01 11 TTIE following new office-bearers were elected at the ninth annual general meeting of the Lotus Club. Singapore, held recently with Mrs. S. A. H. Shirazee in the chair:— President: Mrs. K. M. R. Menon; vicepresidents: Mrs M.R. Dana and Mrs. A. A. Sandosham; hon. secretary: Mrs. Gourie Sen:92 words
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327 1940-03-01 11 Judge On Delay In Forwarding Court Record •UNFAIR TO THE ACCUSED" HELAY in forwarding the record of a police court case to Crown Counsel after the convicted man had lodged an appeal, was commented upon by Mr. Justice Pedlow In the High Court yesterday. The judge was hearing an appeal327 words
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175 1940-03-01 11 Hundreds Of Suggestions Sent To Management HUNDREDS of suggestions from cinemagoers in Singapore and Johore to eliminate the "ticket racketeer." were received by thf Cathay Cinema In response to an offer of free circle seats during the showing of the current film, "Drums Along the Mohawk,"175 words
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Article115 1940-03-01 11 AFTER a preliminary inquiry in the Singapore third court yesterday, Ng Siong Toh and Ng Cheok were committed for trial at the next Assizes on a charge of possessing counterfeit trade marks of beer labels and crown corks in a house in Kitchener Road115 words
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297 1940-03-01 11 HTHAT he found a betting schedule and a chit pad with a list of horses, among other things, was part of the evidence given by Mr. H. Armstrong, A.S.P. in charge of gambling suppression branch, during a case in the Singapore third court297 words
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Advertisement81 1940-03-01 11 IT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED! ANNOUNCING THE INTRODUCTION TO MALAYA OF AN EMPIRE SHERRY FULFILLING ALL THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A PERFECT WINE. "OLD fwW SHIP" TH»Ol HAM IS A PALE DRY SHERRY POSSESSING AN APPETIZING BOUQUET AND FLAVOUR, PRODUCED, MATURED AND BOTTLED IN CAPE PROVINCE, THAT IDEAL LAND OF SUN-SHINE AND81 words
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Advertisement325 1940-03-01 11 the COLD STORAGE SECTION OFFERS YOU A WELL CHOSEN VARIETY OF ENGLISH CHEDDAR 70 ctt. per Ib. W^M 1i 1 1 CHESHIRE 74 V gII I y; AUSTRALIAN j'l^ \M\ GORGONZOLA SI. OO pE^*" KRAFT 75 cts. CARTONS OF BLUE MOON ROQUEFORT PIMIENTO CHESWICK CAMEMBERT, TELEPHONE GRUYERE q -I J325 words
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250 1940-03-01 12 Praise For Cool Courage Of Merchant Navy 0 MAINTAINING THE SAFETY OF NATION London, Feb. 29. "AN behall of owners of every class of vessel, I take this opportunity of expressing our admiration of masters, officers and seamen who to-day are serving in the real forefront of the war andBritish Wireless - 250 words
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Article183 1940-03-01 12 Olso, Feb. 29. PROFESSOR KOHT, the Norwegian Foreign Minister, announced to-day that Norway would make new repre- sentations to Berlin shortly against the sinking of Norwegian steamers. i The northern countries would support the protests and he hoped other neutrals would do the same. ProfessorReuter - 183 words
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Article102 1940-03-01 12 London, Feb. 29. TTHE British Government has agreed tn recommend to Parliament that assistance amounting to £34,000,000 .should be made to meet the capital cost of modernizing the defence forces of India over five years. One-quarter of this will be treated as a loan to India.Reuter - 102 words
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Article106 1940-03-01 12 New Delhi, Mar. 1. INDIA'S first wartime budget was Introduced by the Finance Member, Sir Jeremy Ralsman yesterday. He announced an increase of 50 per cent, in the excise duty on sugar and 20 per cent, on the petrol tax. Both increases are to takeReuter - 106 words
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221 1940-03-01 12 ACCORDING to the Petit Parisien correspondent on the German frontier. Hitler has been told by the German Admiralty that Germany ha.s lost 50 U-boats, of which three were used as supply ships. Eleven were stated to have returned to their bases seriously damagedReuter; British Wireless - 221 words
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Article, Illustration73 1940-03-01 12 In the Service section at the Grimsby cemetery, among British soldiers and sailors, there now lies the body of a German airman who was fatally wounded in an air battle off the Tyne. Picture shows the Rev. J. S. Gamon. naval chaplain, conducting the73 words
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199 1940-03-01 12 Compromise With Brute Force Would Mean Dark Age London, Feb. 29. "THERE is in that no cause for complacency but even 1 danger if we forget the vital lesson that in war victory in the last phase means defeat of the enemy/ said theReuter - 199 words
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Article194 1940-03-01 12 Malay News Bulletin SUATU kenyataan keraiaan yang penting berkenaan dengan negeri2 Arab telah dlkeluarkan sa-malam. Suatu surat "Kertas Puteh" 'ya'ani perma'aluman kerajaan British) yang di-siarkan dari hal mi diLondon sa-malam berkata bahawa Kerajaan British telah yakin tidak boleh lagi dldiamkan peringatan2 yang di-berl olch lembaga2 peuyiasat yang adil mengatakan pada194 words
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Article34 1940-03-01 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh Feb. 29. TTJE PERAK State Council to-day approved ths excision of 14 acres from the Kuala Slim Malay Reservation for the purpose of an aeroplane landing ground.34 words
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Article110 1940-03-01 12 Tokio, Feb. 29. "T]UE arc not afraid of American opposition to our alms in China," said Mr. Hach'ra Arita. Foreign Minister, replying to a question in the House of Representatives to-day. He added: "Fortunately, the situation has not yet reached a stage at wh:chReuter - 110 words
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Article90 1940-03-01 12 Chungking's New Evacuation Plan Chungking, Feb. 29. C. KING garrison headquarters officially announce that compulsory evacuation of those residents in Chungkin? without proper residence permits will begin to-morrow when a house-to-house investigation will be conducted. Rains during the past two days have eased the anxiety of the populace somewhat asReuter - 90 words
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Article98 1940-03-01 12 Chungking, Feb. 29. THE FULL TEXTS of the numerous alleged secret agreements signed between the Japanese and the Japan-ese-fostered reformed government were released yesterday by Kao Tsung Wu and Taoh SI Sheng through the Chinese official Central News agency Kao and Tao are the same people who releasedReuter - 98 words
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105 1940-03-01 12 London, Feb. 29. ANOTHER £1,000 is being cabled to the London headquarters of the British Red Cross SDciety from the Trinidad and Tobago branch. This is the colony's third contribution of 1 000 apart from considerable sums spent in buying material for working parties to105 words
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Advertisement237 1940-03-01 12 DO YOU NEED GLASSES? Thompson Certified Frames and Mountings A Are priced 5.1.00 55.00 ip7jjS*~ and 57.00 The cost of tt the lenses depends on Js^^ your eyesight needs. THOMPSON OPTICAL CO. qualified Eyesight Specialists. 4. ARCADK 81.1 Hi., PHONE 3002. R. A. Thompson, Dr. of Ocu'ar Science 35 years'237 words
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Advertisement593 1940-03-01 12 is so reliable— they are always throat-smooth f know from experience 1 JB^^ iiiitfi^^BP^^ that Craven 'A* are world famews. In VmP my opinion they arc definitely superior. l^tffl fi I noticed the difference the very firsr ■b time I tried them a touch cf quality XL J I that593 words
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66 1940-03-01 13 Martial Law Proclaimed In Region Along Finnish Frontier London, Feb. 29. THE Finnish wireless reports that owing to disorders, martial law has been introduced at Murmansk and other Russian towns near the Finnish frontier. The bulletin adds that special detachments of the Ogpu (t-.cret police)66 words
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Article466 1940-03-01 13 Position Outlined By Mr. R. 8. Butler London, Mar. 1. r IN the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. Robert Morgan 'Cons., Stourbridge; asked whether the Yangtze <; and Pearl rivers have yet been opened to general trade as promised by the Japanese Prime Minister (Gen.466 words
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Article59 1940-03-01 13 Paris, Feb. 29. 'THE Western Front is quiet except for i patrol activity to the east of the Vosges and occasional bursts cf machine-gun fire across the Rhine. The bad weather has mace flying almo.<: impossible. It has been announced that British troops In France are to59 words
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436 1940-03-01 13 Yokohama, Feb. 29. NINE vi the 21 Germans taken off the Asama Maru were handed over to Japan from a British auxiliary cruiser off Yokohama this morning. It is understood that the Germans will be handed to the German Consul-Gen-eral later to-day. A436 words
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Article145 1940-03-01 13 TTHE Finnish war Is already having v. serious effect on life in Russia, according to reliable information reaching Bucharest. It is stated that food prices have soared in Moscow and queues outside shops are reported to be the largest seen for many years. ItReuter - 145 words
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112 1940-03-01 13 London, Feb. 29. IT is understood that several British I airmen whose planes were forced o land in Belgium and who had been nterned by the Belgian au horities lave succeeded in escaping and reachng England and are now back at duties pith the RAF.Reuter - 112 words
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Article, Illustration32 1940-03-01 13 A French soldier (right) on guard duty on the Franco-Swi^ frcntier. with a Swiss soldiei on the other side of the frontier, and a Swiss Customs official (left).32 words
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31 1940-03-01 13 London, Feb. 29. FE death has occurred of the musician and maker of old-time instruments, M. Arnold Dolmetsch, founder of the Haslemere festival, aged 82.— Reuter.Reuter - 31 words
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86 1940-03-01 13 Goering's Weapon Of Destruction" Berlin, Mar. 1. IN a general order on the occa- sion of the anniversary of the foundation of the Nazi air force to-day, Field-Marshal Goering states that the German air force would not swerve from its course until final victory had been won. The German nationReuter - 86 words
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192 1940-03-01 13 Issue Between London Oslo Loses Acuteness London, Mar. 1. REUTERS diplomatic correspondent learns that in well-informed quarters in London the diplomatic issues between Britain and Norway over the case of the Nazi "hell ship" Altmark are considered to have lost their acuteness. Britain IsReuter - 192 words
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116 1940-03-01 13 FROM all parts of the Empire messages are stlil reaching London welcoming the I British Government's plan to aid Colonial I development and the introduction of lm- portanc measures for the West Indies. Interest has also been aroused outside tho Empire and the Syrian newspaper Nahar.116 words
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Article, Illustration241 1940-03-01 13 "I do not doubt that the whole of Europe will be a starvation spot after the war," said ex-President Hoover testifying before the House of Representatives foreign affairs committee on behalf of a scheme for providing funds for relief purposes in Europe, saysReuter - 241 words
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Article63 1940-03-01 13 London, Feb. 29. •THE cost of civil defence is well ova 1 £100,000 000, declared Sir John Anderson, Home Secretary and Minister of Home Security, In a special inter view with Reuter's correspondent. Civil defence forces, he said, number 1,250,000 mc.i and women of all agesReuter - 63 words
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Article88 1940-03-01 13 \§HS. HENEY ISAACS has set ttf a new record of some sort. Having been granted a divorce at Las Vegas, California, she turned rushed to the country clerk's ojjict for a marriage licence, spun round again, ran down a flight of stain to a Justice of88 words
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Advertisement349 1940-03-01 13 STOMACH PAIN Eased at Once After weeks on milk and soda Have you ever had to choose betwr'n si-mi-starvation and sickness? How depressing it is, for v.-.-k alter colt, to liave barely enough nourishment to keep life together. What a joy when this nightmare is suddenly banishrd, and healthy, happy349 words
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Advertisement159 1940-03-01 13 i Comfort olus 1 f (i Protection M tf lIP ■„>■> ,\U IIV 11 A il ~i~& \(4 M M W, SUNPROOF HELMETS, made of Indian Pith. \M vv, covered gabolite, self pugaree, 4 large rubber '1 H \M side vents, overhead chin strap, lined red satin i "if/. \Yti'159 words
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Article234 1940-03-01 14 French Envoy's Speech Displeases Japan Shanghai, Feb. 29. THE Japanese Embassy spokesman revealed at his Press conference to-day that the Japanese Consul-General Mr. Miura. has sent a note to the French ConsulGeneral, M. Baudez. drawing attention to two declarations purported tc have been made by the FrenchReuter - 234 words
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Article279 1940-03-01 14 Mexico City, Feb. 29. A DRASTfC change in exisfccondltiDiis in the Mexican oil industry is inevitable otherwise Mexico will not be able to meet indemnities to expropriated foreign oil companies." announced President Cardenas at a conference with delegates of all sections of the industry to-day. PresidentReuter - 279 words
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Article25 1940-03-01 14 Rome, Feb. 29. T[3 hr.own cloa'h roll in the colliery > r u\s:a is now 46. 40 t i 50 miners are feared e1... R i.25 words
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Article, Illustration730 1940-03-01 14 Reds Lose 1,300 Tanks Soviet Suffer Heavy Losses As Offensive Is Intensified Stockholm, Feb. 29. THE Russians have still not succeeded in penetrating: A the Finnish defences around Viipuri, key town in the Mannerheim Line and objective of the present large-scale Russian offensive, accordingReuter - 730 words
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39 1940-03-01 14 Moscow, Feb. 29. M. Molotov, the Soviet Premier and Foreign Commissar, gave a luncheon yesterday to the American ambass? 'jr. The guests included the Commissar for foreign trade and Vice-Commissar for foreign affairs. Iteutcr.39 words
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Article, Illustration66 1940-03-01 14 This picture taken during a visit to France of Mr. Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty fsecoii from left), shows (from left to right) General Sir Edmund Ironside, chief of the Imperial General Staff; Gen. Gamelin, supreme commander of the Allied forces; General66 words
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187 1940-03-01 14 TRADE RETWEEN THE ALLIED EMPIRES Restrictions Lifted .By Roth Governments Paris, Feb. 29. A GOVERNMENT order published yesterday virtually re-establishes from tomorrow the same liberty for the importation of goods from British territories as existed before the war. This results from the recent FrancoBritish agreement and is a counterpart toReuter - 187 words
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41 1940-03-01 14 TPHE German radio announces that the removal of the customs frontier between Germany and the Czech Protectorate, announced for April 1, has been postponed until further notice because "necessary preparations are not yet concluded." Reuter.Reuter - 41 words
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45 1940-03-01 14 Rome, Feb. 29. P"R()M to-morrow Jews will be excluded from most professions. Those affected include journalists, doctors, chemists, lawyers, accountants and engineers. Some are exempted, but they may offer their services solely to members of their own race. Reuter.Reuter - 45 words
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162 1940-03-01 14 Jerusalem, Feb. 29. THE Jewish Agency for Palestine has 1 issued a statement protesting against the new land regulations ana urging that the whole issue should be submitted to The Hague Court. A manifesto issued by the Jewish National Council describes the regulations as162 words
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97 1940-03-01 14 BATTLESHIPS OF 45,000-TON Being Built By United States New York. Feb. 29. THE Unit 1 States is proceeding with preparations to build four 45,000-ton battleships. Mr. Charles Edison, acting Secretary of the Navy, announcing this decision at his Press conference, said it was taken despite suggestions for larger vessels. Mr.Reuter - 97 words
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Article129 1940-03-01 14 Canadians Recruited To Man Tankers Montreal, Feb. 29. COME 120 Canadian ship's officers and seamen are being recruited by two United States oil companies to sail their tankers through belligerent waters, reports the Montreal Herald. This recruiting is said to have been revealed when officialsReuter - 129 words
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73 1940-03-01 14 TEAR gas bombs, thrown In two Londonderry cinemas on Wednesday brought members of the audiences rushing choking and half blinded into the street. The bomb throwing followed an I.R.A. warning to the cinemas not to show any more British newsreels. Three Londonderry cinemas were attackedReuter - 73 words
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Article53 1940-03-01 14 London, Feb. 28. IN the House of Commons to-day, Mr. R. A. Butler, Foreign Under-Secre-tary, announced it had been agreed that a Polish officer should be appointed to collaborate with the appropriate British and French military authorities when questions affecting employment of Polish forces wereReuter - 53 words
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Advertisement52 1940-03-01 14 FOOTBALLS ...Footballs of repute...chosen by leading Teams for the Big Mate h e s Ne w Stocks in. Balls sold complete with bladders. Spare Bladders in stock. Sykes "ZIG-ZAG" Super Tomllnson's Improved "T" $13.50 $13.50 Complete with Bladder Complete with Bladder Special Prices to Clubs and Institutions .SPORTS DEPARTMENT ROBINSON52 words
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Miscellaneous855 1940-03-01 14 Broadcasting TO-DAY nirom fiwrinnnc VOB I- 15 mc <31.Z« w.i: TOA 6.64 met blllUArUKt (49.6 m.): PMN 10.26 me s (292 ml; 1 DB iHL l.ii rac (ZZim.1 mo en ml ZHP 0.89 mc/t {J8.96m.) U9 80 ml p.m. Recitation of the Koran, from the 5 'SSj^ELJX studio; 5.30 p.m.855 words
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741 1940-03-01 15 ROYAL HAMPTON K.C.G. BEST BETS TO-MORROW First Day Of Selangor Gold Cup Race Meeting /^OOl) fields will face the starter in most events to-morrow, the opening day of the Selangor Turf Cl'ib's Gold Cup meeting. Form in the last Singapore meeting cannot be taken as too reliable, on account of741 words
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Article658 1940-03-01 15 SOCCER: Business Houses League, G.EC. vs. Nestanglo, Stadium; (iuthrie.s vs. Spore Traction Co., S.H.B. ground; A.P.C. vs. Straits Times Press. Clerical I num ground. CRICKET: V.M.C.A. vs. A.P.C., Prince Edward Road. RACE 51X— 1.45 P.M. Horses, Class 1. Div. 2, 514 'urs. Flying Column 9.00 Saladin 8.08658 words
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246 1940-03-01 15 fFrom Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 29. SOME excellent gallops were done by horses entered for the Selangor Turf Club's Gold Cup meeting at the training to-day. Freedom was given half pace work and. Flying Column riding boy) and Monte Video (Dragon)246 words
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Article, Illustration80 1940-03-01 15 Cambridge are warm favourites for the unofficial inter-Varsity boat race to-morrow, which is shorn of much of its usual significance as it will be rowed over one-and-a-half miles over the Olympic course at Henley, where there was only one previous boat race, which was the first in80 words
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496 1940-03-01 15 League Champions Make Good Start, But Fall Off A VERY large crowd saw the Chinese, the cup-holders, and the Malays, league champions, play a draw in a friendly soccer match at the Anson Road Stadium yesterday, each side scoring once. Although both teams496 words
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Article201 1940-03-01 15 THE Singapore Amateur Football Association's league competitions for this year will start on M mday when three first division games, one reserve division game and a second division (b) game will be played. Monday's programme of matches is a particularly heavy one as, in addition to201 words
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Article124 1940-03-01 15 T*HE Island Golf Club's championships for the Meyer Cup will commence on Saturday, when the first tee of the links will be closed to non-partici-pants between 2.20 p.m. and 3.20 p.m. The draw and starting times for the qualifying round of the competition are:124 words
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Article575 1940-03-01 15 Brilliant Play In Open Singles Tie A BRILLIANTLY played men's s;ngle» tie was a feature of yesterday's play in the V.M.C.A. open invitation lawn tennis tournament. The match was between Lim Hee Chin and Pang Chiap Yons. No result was reached until 40 rames had been played,575 words
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Article, Illustration162 1940-03-01 16 A General does the Palais Glide at th c Ladysmith Ball of the Sergeant's Mess of the Ist. Bn., The Manchester Regiment: The G.O.C, Major-General L. V. Bond (second from right) accompanied by (left to right), Lieut. Spanton, Miss Elder, Lieut. Hallmark, Mrs. McKevitt162 words
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Advertisement12 1940-03-01 16 ELLISON S. EZEKItL CO. OPTOMETKISTS S^ess 3, CAPITOL BUILDING, E«td. 1931 SINGAPORE12 words
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