The Straits Times, 3 March 1940

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    39 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES THE LEADING SUNDAY NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA FINAL EDITION No. 428 Sunday, March 3, 1940 Price 10 Cents THE SUNDAY TIMES The Leading Sunday Newspaper In Malaya I o. 428 Sunday, March 3, 1940 Price 10 Cents
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    R,A.F.'s REGULAR ROUND TRIP
    1025 1 R,A.F.' s REGULAR ROUND TRIP England To Naziland And Then To France Pilots "Find Their Way About In The Dark Pretty Well" COR the fourth time in the last five days Royal Air Force machines have flown over Berlin. Thousands of leaflets were scattered over the city and parachute flares
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    NO ENEMY PLANE OVER THAMES ESTUARY
    42 1 London, Saturday. THE Air Ministry denies that enemy aircraft wpre seen over the Thames estuary yesterday. It Is thought that incidents which gave rise to these reports probably arose from gunfire practice In the vicinity.— Reuter.
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    SEARCH FOR LOST AIR LINER
    115 1 CIX aeroplanes are now search- in? for the missing Imperial Airways liner Hannibal. Five of the machines are Royal Air Force planes ani all ar» reporteJ to hive reached tb.2 area where the Hannibal was last in touch with Karachi by wireless. No news has
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    ITALIAN REACTION TO GERMAN COAL BAN
    64 1 IT is announced in Rome that the Italian government is drawing up a protest against the British decision to intercept German coal destined for Italy. The first effects of the Britlsli decision is that four Italian colliers which left Rotterdam at dawn yesterday with
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    Naval Battle Is Reported Off Uruguay Coast
    166 1 Naval Battle Is Reported Off Uruguay Coast New York, Saturday. THE Montevideo correspondent of the New York Times reports that the bul'e'in board of the newspaper Dia announced last night that a naval battle was in progress 200 mil s east of Cape Polonio, Uruguay. The British legation and other
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    Viipuri Blazes As Finns Make Superhuman Bid To Stem Reds
    407 1 Viipuri Blazes As Finns Make Superhuman Bid To Stem Reds f OINCIDENT with a Helsinki report that Soviet shock troops are probably now enterin? the ruins of Viipurl (Viborg), key town in the Mannerhrim Line, comes a Moscow claim that the Finns are setting the town on Are preparatory to
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    Attitude Of Congress To The War
    185 1 Attitude Of Congress To The War Calcutta, Saturd.-y. MAIIATMA Gandhi, in a state1TI ment to Reuter, declared Congre>* will hot rest until India Li as frej as Great Britain. He declared that Congress had n>t closed the door to compromise or negotiation but it had been closed by Lord Zetland.
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    DANISH FISHERMEN VICTIMS OF NAZIS
    88 1 THREE Danish trawlers are believed to have been sunk r*£nUy by Kail sea warfaro on ll:*; Uoggtr Bank Fsfcing grounds. The rest of the Daabta fishing fleet Ins now returned to Esbjen?, and a Copenhagen n.w.>paper concludes that the remaining three which have failed to
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    CHANCELLOR OF EXCHEQUER'S BROADCAST
    506 2 What Britain Has Done In Past Six Months "SYMPATHY OF DECENT ONLOOKERS" London, Saturday. DROADCASTING to-night Sir John Simon, Chancellor of the Exchequer, referred to the six months' war lull. The Allies, he said, had been able to make good use of the time. Unlike the
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    Japanese Return hControl Of Hongkew
    259 2 Japanese Return h Control Of Hongkew Shanghai, Saturday. THE Japanese consul-general, Mr. Miura. and the chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council, Mr. Cornell Franklin, have signed an agreement providing, inter alia, the resumption of their full functions by Settlement police in Settlement areas north of Soochow Creek, namely., Hongkcw and
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    GERMAN LIE ABOUT JAPANESE SHIP
    64 2 .'-'aturdaj. T Ign Office spokesman denied the official German news agency report that Briti: i. warship had held up the Hakodate Maru 1 5.303 tons), belonging to the Nippon Yusen KuLsha. in Greek territorial waters and ordered her to Malta. He said the reuort was
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    27 2 iThe temporary commission of second lieutenant In the Negri Sembllan battalion of the F.M.S.V.F. granted to Mr. QeofW Alexander Lewis-Hlnde has been confirmed by the High Commissioner.
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    S.M.C. CHAIRMAN HAS HAD "ENOUGH"
    130 2 Shanghai. Saturday. SAYING that he desired a rest from municioal affairs, Mr. Cornell S. Franklin, American chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council for the past three years, announced yesterday that he is not standing as candidate for the Council this year. Mr. Franklin declared "I
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    ALLOWED TO PROCEED
    50 2 T^HE Netherlands steamer Soester- berg, with a cargo of maize consigned to the Netherlands Government, was stopped by a U-boat 300 miles westward of the Scilly Islands on Feb. 17. The German commander examined the ship's papers after which the vessel was allowed to continue her voyage.
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    RED ROAD-BUILDING NEAR N.-W. FRONTIER
    35 2 Moscow, Saturday. CONSIDERABLE road-making ac- tivity is reported from Tadjikistan. which is a Soviet republic immediately north of Afghanistan New roads are being made radiating from the capital, Stalinabad.— Reuter.
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    Red Helmet Picked Up In Finland By MP.
    62 2 Mr. P. J. Noel-Baker, M.P., one of the members of the British Labour delegation to Finland, showing his wife a Russian helmet which he had picked up on the front lines at Lake Ladoga. The delegates say that they are not pessimistic
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    Anti-Nazi Blockade To Include Siberia ?
    232 2 Anti-Nazi Blockade To Include Siberia Tokio, Saturday. CHOULD the British am French blockade of Germany bt extended to the neighbourhood of Vladivostok, a possibility which the Japaneso Foreign Office is now closely watching, says the Nichi Nichi, the Japanese Government would probably make representations to Britain. The newspaper continues. Such
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    INDIA'S TRADE
    51 2 lANUARY trade returns published in New Delhi show how India is supplying orders for valuable commodities in increasing volume. The value of her exports Ls more than twice that of January last year, while exports to the British Empire have shown a progressive rise, especially to Australia and
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    TRADE AGREEMENTS
    33 2 Brussels, Saturday. AGREEMENTS regulatlvg trade be- tween Belgium and Great Britain rmd France for the duration of tne war have been signed in London and Paris, it is announced to-day.— Reuter.
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    Swedish Commander Killed At Front
    53 2 Stockholm. Saturday. LIEIT.-Col. Magnus Drysscn. commander o" the first grout of Swedish volunteers in Finlan". was killed during an lnsn tion tx the front lines. Col. Drysscn is the first m.mber of the Swedish vchml«cr t orps to IM killed in the ranks of the
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    Hitler And Welles Talk For 1£ Hours
    320 2 London, Saturday. UR. Sumner Welles, the U.S. l Under Secretary of State, had an Interview with Hitler to-day which lasted one and one quarter hours. The only official statement issued said that they had a fairly long conversation and that Ribbcntrop was present.
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    Rumania Calling Up More Troops
    51 2 Tokio, Mar. 2. A BUCHAREST report says that a large number of Rumanian troops have been concentrated on the Soviet border to strengthen the border defence works. The Rumanian Government yesterday mobilized 200.000 reservists, placing the total Army strength at 1,600.000, the report adds.— Eastern
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    Sailor's 'Oh For A Pint'
    111 2 IN NAZI PRISON PETTY-OFFICER ALBERT WEBSTER, prisoner of the Nazis, is well but longs for "an English pint." Ha said so in a postcard to his brother, a Norwich hotelkeeper. It was the first message from him since the submarine Starfish, in which he served,
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    AUSTRALIA AND AIR TRAINING SCHEME
    60 2 TPHE calling up of Australian pilots for the Empire air training scheme started yesterday, according to a Sydney broadcast in German. During the coming months, the continyents to be called to the colours will increase continually. Some pilots will complete their advance training in Canada,
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    GERMAN SHIP AFIRE
    333 2 HPHE German merchant ship Troja < 2,390 tons) was set on fire by her own crew off Aruba Island, in the Dutch West Indies, on Friday night, on the approach of a British warship. The ship was still burning yesterday. The Troja left Aruba with another German
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    AIR GREETINGS FOR MECCA PILGRIMS
    127 2 AIR GREETINGS FOR MECCA PILGRIMS WITH the assistance of Great Britain's civil aviation organization, several thousand souvenirs from the British Government to Moslems who are making their annual pilgrimage to Mecca have been sent by air to Aden. The souvenirs, which resemble New Year greeting cards, are written entirely in
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    WESTERN FRONT
    19 2 THIS morning's French war cum- munique states that it was a quiet night on the whole. Reuter.
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    29 2 jyj;:. John I Eastwood, K.C., .M.!'.. Recorder of Tentcrden (Kent), has heen ;tnnoint?d a metropolitan police magistrate to fill the vacancy ••.uiscd by the retirement of Bt Rollo Graham-Campbell.
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    U-boats Off Mexico: Ship Is Attacked
    199 2 N N Saturdaj TliK London stea-.rer Southgate 1 1,8(52 tons) has sent i messages that she was being racked by a submarine near Pu Rico (West Indies), accordin the Mackay wireless station. Although foreign submarines an reported to have been seen sevi 1 1
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    JAPANESE BID FOR sOUTH AMERICAN TRADS
    64 2 JAPANESE BID FO R sOUT H AMERICAN TRADS Saturday. The j.,;m..(.v Ocrernmesf wUI make ipeelal 1 efforts to e-.pand Jj^un's trade with Latin American countries as then ims been a considerable decrease in supplies to those countries from Europe since the r>u:bic:il- of the European wa.' Thus Mated the Minister
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    DIES AT AERODROME
    22 2 Mr. ctu riei Westman, 55. a Bwi d born British subject, bound for London, died fallen tn<» •erodroan < en
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      188 2 IN DARKEST HAMPSHIRE Is my bath read), Hawkins well abreast oj modern thought. This bottle of Rose's Lime Juice, Sir, in your Not quite, Sir. They're just dusting it." room A gesture of old world courtesy, no Placed there by His Lofdship's own doubt, but was it really necessary hand,
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    FIVE BANISHED CHINESE LEAVE PENANG FOR SINGAPORE
    74 3 FIVE BANISHED CHINESE LEAVE PENANG FOR SINGAPORE (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Saturday. TPHE five Penang Chinese, against whom banishment orders were taken out last week, left Penang to-day on board a British ship for Singapore on their way to China. As a precautionary measure, a posse of armed Sikh
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    MISADVENTURE VERDICT ON BURNED CHILD
    237 3 MISADVENTURE VERDICT ON BURNED CHILD A VERDICT of death by misadventure was returned by the Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, at the conclusion yesterday of the inquest on a three-yeai-oid child, Won; Kong Cheung, who was burned to death in a house in Upper Pickering Street on Feb. 22.
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    "New Dance To End AU New Dances"
    177 3 A DANCE called the "Singapore Swing." is mentioned in a story in the latest number of the American magazine Cosmopolitan to arrive In Malaya. Read on: "Just then we found out what the Singapore Swing was. The music stopped; the floor cleared; there
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    RUBBER ESTATE STRIKES
    109 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Saturday. ONE hundred and thirty workmen on the contract system on a Japanese rubber estate, Malay Rompin Estate. Bahau, have struck work for an increase in wages. At present their minimum wage is 85 cents a day; they ask for 95 cents
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    MALAYAN DENTAL ASSN. COUNCIL ELECTED
    80 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang. Saturday. THE Ma <ay an Dental Association met this morning at the General Hospital and elected the following council fo' 1940-41: President: Dr. B. K. Yap, president elect, J. M. Coutts, immediate past president. C. F. Mummery; hon. secretary, T.
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    THE ALHAMBRA
    165 3 PAUIi Muni ncain establishes his genius In v«e are Not Alone," a Warner Brothe s' production which had a midnight premiere at the A"hnmbr.i cinema last night. V/ritten by the author of "Goodbye Mr. Chips," James Hilton, and directed by Edmund Goulding, the film is full of drama,
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    GIVEN SCHOLARSHIP
    65 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Saturday. IN pursuance of its policy to assist financially needy but deserving students at local schools, the Rotary Club of Malacca. It was announced at Friday's luncheon meeting, has awarded a scholarship to Tan Thiam Bse, of the High School, to enable him
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    NEGRI INDIAN ASSN.
    55 3 i From Our Cwn Correspondent) remtan, Saturday. AT the anr.u?.l general meeting of Youths' section cf tho Negrl Sembilan IndHn Association the following offler; beirers were elected: President. O. VThaver; hon. secretary. G. Balakrlshnan; committee, M. M. S i clr-m. R. Karupp'ah. I. M. K. Plllav. S.
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    GIRL BOUND OVER
    67 3 MISS Nangsao Nuachave Dhepavalaya a young Thai, was charged In thfSlugapore fifth court before Mr. L. C Goh with falling to report to the Regis trar of Aliens her departure from Sin papcre to Johore. She returned to Singapore on Feb. 4 this year, having l»lt in
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    MAJOR C. C. MEREDITH
    38 3 MV7OR G. C. Meredith. Registrar of V; hie'es. w'.o Is at present on ac:iv^ war service In Europ\ is to receive hal salary following the expiration of h'-; lenve. the Municipal Comrulsslonera have decided.
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    21 3 Mr. J. P. Biddulph, the former Beretnban magistrate, who has returned from l^ave, is now attached to the Chines? Protectorate, Ipoh.
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    17 3 Mr. dan Yoon Lum, of the Seremban police, liaa boon promoted to the ran* l< i ui-i>:ctor.
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    ENGINEER WEDS IN SINGAPORE
    112 3 MR. Joseph Lindsay McCluggage mining engineer of Kuala Lumpur, son of Mrs. J. McCluggage. of Stratford. New Zealand, and the late Mr. McCluggage. was married at the Singapore Presbyterian Church yesterday to Miss Ruth L. Morrison, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. P. Morrison, of
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    WOMEN'S QUARREL
    94 3 'From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Saturday. A QUARREL between two local Eurasian women was settled in the Seremban police court. Mrs. W. Danker was summoned by Mrs. Alice Peter for assaulting her at Bukit Tembok. Mrs. Danker was represented by Mr. C. M. P. Pillav while Mr. E.
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    CHINESE ARRESTED IN BANGKOK
    57 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Saturday. THE Bangkok police have taken into custody a number of merchants, including the proprietor of a dispensary, for examination. A police communique states that Thai and Chinese nationals and Tawan Japanese subjects started a secret society for dishonest activities, to
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    MALACCA LIBRARY
    53 3 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Saturday. AT the annual meeting of the Malacca Library the following officials were elected: President, W S. Ebden, secretary and treasurer, T. A. E. Barker; committee, Mrs. R. C. Gould, Miss M. Lomas, SeymourWilliams, Tan Eng Chye, K. T. Joseph, P. G. Pamadasa
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    POLICE BAND
    24 3 The Police Band will play on Tuesday at Farrcr Park at 5.30 p.m. and on Thursday at Botanic Gardens at 5.30 p.m.
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    "REGULAR 'BAD HAT'"
    105 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Segamat, Saturday. PRESCRIBED as a regular "bad hat" U with four previous convictions for theft and smuggling, Tan Phek, was producad before Inche Rauf bin Mohamed Sa'at. the Segamat magistrate, on a chtrge of house trespass. The man denied criminal intentions when ha
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    NEGRI-MALACCA A.A.M.
    66 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban. AT the annual general meeting of the Negri-Malacca branch of the Automobile Association of Malaya new office-bearers were elected as follows: Chairman, A. S. Woodroffe; vicechairman, S. J. Ludgater; secretary and treasurer. F. Hilton; committee, G. V. Thaver, H. Proctor, N. Coulson. R.
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    1,202 BABIES
    50 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Saturday. ACCORDING to the annual r:port of the Negrl Sembilan Chinese Maternity Association which manages the Negri Sembilan Chinese Maternity Hospital, there were 1,265 admissions and 1,202 babies born in 1939. 619 being males and 583 females. There were six sets of twins.
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    SHOPKEEPER FINED
    46 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban. NADESON, a Tamil shopkeeper of Rahang, pleaded guilty befora the Seremban magistrate to sellin; foodstuffs without a licence and with seMlng ghee above the fixed price. He was fined $10 on the first charge and $1» on the second.
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    34 3 Mr. V Velayutham, chief cleric, Labour Office, Seremban, will be going on transfer to the Customs Office. Port Swettenham on Mar. 15. Mr.. V. Thambiah. cf the Seremban Customs, will succeed Mr. V. Velayutham.
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    28 3 The High Commissioner has approv ed the promotion of Major C. F. H. Riches, of the third battalion, F.M.S.V.F.. to the rank of LieutenantColonel, states our Seremban correspondent.
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    Two Years For Using Parang At Ronggeng
    344 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Muar. 117AHAD bin Khamis, alias Busoh bin Kham:?, a Johore-born Malay, was sentenced to two years' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Justice L. V. J. Laville at the Muar Assizes, when he was convicted m a charge of voluntarily causing
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      337 3 In Singapore To-day CINEMAS ALIJAMBRA: Hitler. Beast of Berlin. 11 a.m., 3.15 6. IS and 9.15. CAPITOL: Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever ll a.m 3.13. 6.15 and 9 15. CATHAY: Drums Along The Mohawk with C'audette Colbert and Henry Fonda 11 a.m., 3.15. ft. 15 and 9.15. PAVILION: Closed for
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      More Of 1939's Best Films
      577 5 More Of 1 939's Best Films Organ Recital PROGRAMME for the organ recital at the Singapore Victoria Memorial Hall to-night at 9.15 with Werner Baer, organist, and Mrs. E. O. L. Haak. soloist, is Marche Solenelle (Borowski»: chorale Prelude on "St. Peter" (Darkei; Benedlctus (Regen; Air from "Iphlgenle in Taurls"
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      Dietrich Awarded D'Orsay Medal
      63 5 MARLENE Dietrich, star of Univer sal's Destry Rides Again," has been selected by a committee of five of Hollywood's leading designers to receive the annual d'Orsay gold medal decoration as the best groomed woman of the year. Only twice before has this coveted award been made
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      Subscription Concert
      133 5 rE Schubert-Schumann concert, the second subscription concert, will be held at the Memorial Hall next Friday at 9.15 p.m. Mme. Bonenfant will be the pianist for the evening and she has chosen the best works to represent each composer. She will end her programme with Schumann's famous Vienna
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      "1417 Broadway"
      19 5 METRO- G OLD WYN-MAYER has acquired motion picture rights to Vlckl Baum's original, unpublished story, "1417 Broadway."
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      "The Constant Nymph"
      63 5 fIjERLE Oberon will star in "The Constant Nymph" for Warner Bros, after completing her present work in "We Shall Meet Again." Her co-stars in the latter picture are Pat O'Brien, George Brent, Geraldine Fitzgerald and Binnie Barnes. "The Constant Nymph" was filmed In England several years ago,
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      Hawaiians Here Again
      58 5 r.E Royal Hawaiian Entertainers will begin a short season at the Victoria Theatre to-morrow. There are 22 members of the company, including Queenie and David who have been ln Singapore before. Another member of note is Gogla Pasha, an Egyptian comedian illusionist. The company's engagement at the
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    Sitting On The Fence
    1721 6 By Nathaniel Gubbins "11/ HAT, worms again!" shouted The Sparrow. "I'm sick and tired of these everlasting worms." "You said you liked them." said his wife. "I know I did. And I do," shouted The Sparrow, "but I don't want them every day of my life."
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    Two Mysteries
    295 6 BOOKS One Funny, One Very Serious I Spy! or, Europe without Tears. By Maurice Bethel Jones. Allen and I nw in. 7s. 6d. The Smiler with the Knife. By Nicholas Blake.. The Crime Club. 7s. 6d. SPY!" is most definitely not meant to b 2 taken seriously but
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    FOR PEOPLE WITH STRONG NERVES
    126 6 The Clock Strikes Twelve. By H. Knssell Wakefleld. Herbert Jenkins. 7s. 6d. 'THIS is a book for those with strong nerves, for some of Russell Wakefield's tales of the supernatural are eerie in the extreme. He also has a pretty turn of invective which makes
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    8.M.8.C. Shareholder Complains Of Unfair Treatment By Government
    583 7 Comment At Meeting Which Approved Sale Of Entire Undertaking Following the unanimous adoption of the resolution, Mr. Bateman expressed gratitude to the whole of the staff employed by the corporation. "The emoluments they have received have. I regret to say, been kept
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    300 Proposals From The Troops
    78 7 'P r i -,n ro s c," the 19-year-old crooner Miss Primrose Orrock, who appears with Sid Millward and his "Ni f uits" the weV.-knoicn stage and tioadcatting band, has just arrived home froyn a tour in Fra?ia: entertaining the troops. On arrival she received
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    COURT SEQUEL TO FIGHT AT BANGLE CEREMONY
    105 7 Prom Our Ov/n Correspondent) Muar. AS resu! 1 ol d light following a bangle wearing ceremony held by Raniasamy, a rubber tapper of Eng Kec Estate, Tangkak. on th; night of Dec. 8. in which Sinaiah received a stab wound in his chest
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    26 7 Mr. S. Appadurai has been appointed honorary secretary of the Negrl Sembilan Government Servants' Cooperative Thrift and Loan Society Ltd. in placv of Mr. V. Velayutham.
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    ACUTE DROUGHT IN KUALA PILAH
    66 7 (From Our Own Correspondent; Seremban, Saturday. ""THERE is an acute shortage of wate in Kuala Pllah. the second largest town in Negrl, owing to no rain foi several days. Residents receive one hour's supply In the morning and one hour in the afternoon, while water
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    Airman Wrote To Girls In Code
    58 7 AN officer in the R.AJ> censori ing letters, noticed that an aircraftsman, writing to two girls in England, had used a code. The Intelligence Department, on deciphering them, found that he was merely expressing the extent of his devotion. Amid general relief the aircraftsman
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    EX-SERVICES MEN AND WORK IN EMERGENCY
    196 7 EX-SERVICES MEN AND WORK IN EMERGENCY (From Our Own Correspondent) Penani?, Saturday. Al a meeting of the Penang branch of the Ex-Services Association of M: lava last nigh 4 questions were asked as to how exservicemen could most usefully be employed in case of an emergency. Mr. Gordon Lawes said
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    Mainly About Malayans
    1004 8  -  -By The Onlooker By CEW schools in the British Isles can have more former pupils in Malaya than Aberdeen Grammar School, whose foundation dates back previous to 1256. Recently 52 old boys in this country subscribed towards the presentation of a clock which has been erected in
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    CONTRACT BRIDGE
    385 8 TO-DAYS hand, played In a Duplicate 1 game at the Harmonic Club in New York City, produced some Interesting results. While at most tables East became Declarer at some partial score contract in diamonds, one unusually bold player actually contracted for five diamonds. This player then got the
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    TOBACCO MAY BE GROWN ON ISLAND
    253 9 Chinese Plan To Feed Cigarette Factory DLANS are afoot in Singapore for the planting of tobacco to feed a new cigarette factory. This is the scheme of a Chine -e tobacco company which, although it has not yet selected the site of the proposed
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    Murders Follow Secret Society Quarrels
    250 9 Murders Follow Secret Society Quarrels /■AMBLING and secret society disputes were among the principal causes of 13 murders committed in Singapore last year. This figure shows an increase of one over the number of murders in 1938. Guns were used in several cases, and one man is now paralyzed for
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    WOMAN FINED ON CHANDU CHARGE
    162 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Muar. NGUI YAP KIM, a Chinese woman, was s-snter.ced to one days simple imphisonment and fined $150, or, in dafault. a further four months imprisonment when she was convicted by Sheikh Abu Baker. First Magistrate, on a charge of being in
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    GOVERNORS' PORTRAITS TO BE RESTORED
    90 9 AN estimated 51, 400 is to be spsnt by Singapore Municipal Commlssoners for the restoration and renovation of two portraits of former Governors of the Colony. The Commissioners have confirmed a decision accepting the offer of Mr. H. Ruhemann to comrjlete the restora^ tion of
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    150 DAYS OR S3OO FINE FOR SAMSU OFFENCE
    147 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Se^amat, Saturday. nTATINO tb»t the accused had »J g'ven th? Customs ofneia's a busy ♦irr>e before ben«» brought to book and that the nan h a«l be n u p'wavs eva/'--«r..r prrp^t. TTn" 1 ***'M b'n A"l Rv.nT'wterd'mt
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    CAUGHT POCKETING PENS & PENCILS
    88 9 CAUGHT POCKETING PENS PENCILS (From Our Own Correspondent) Klang. MAT, a Malay, and two Chinese walked into the Caxton Press last week and asked the manager for picture postcards. White the two Chinese were talking to the manager Mat opened a show case and took seven fountain pens and three
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    A.K. ISAAC SAILS FOR AMERICA
    45 9 Mft. A K. Isaac, Urban Co-operative Officer. Singapore, who has been elected Malaysian delegate to the World Method'?t Conference to be held in Atlantic City, sailed for America yesterday afternoon. Mr. Isaac is expected to return to Malaya in July.
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    24 9 At the last annual general meeting of the Singapore Family B3neflt Socl-ty it was d"cided to extend the meii.jership of the Society throughout Malaya.
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    Indian Ex-Corporal To Appeal To Privy Council
    302 9 T.li: appeal of a man sentenced to death for murder in Fingapcrt will soon be heard by the Privy Council, in London. The condemned man is Adalat Khan, former corporal in the 10th Hong Kong and Singapore AntiAircraft Battery, Royal Artillery, who in
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    Egyptian Envoy A Fencer
    61 9 At seven o'clock every morning, the Egyptian Ambassador to London, Hassan Nashat Pasha, indulges in his favourite keep-fit exercise, fencing, at which he is an expert. He practises with a professional trainer in the hall of the Embassy, and sometimes goes to a fencing club, where
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    Professors To Broadcast Series Of Talks
    115 9 Professors To Broadcast Series Of Talks DROFESSOR H. Amon, of Raffles College, will broadcast on "Scandinavia" from the 8.M.8.C. at 7.30 p.m. to-morrow. Professor Amon will not discuss current events or strateg'cal questions but will give the background necessary for an understanding of the problems facing Norway and Sweden to-^ay.
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      109 9 WHY DO THOUGHTFUL 2mu PARENTS send mjf^&Z^, THEIR SONS AND DAUGHTERS TO PITMAN'S? It is because the College's system of rapid speciali cd training has been extraordinarily successful In assisting young people to well-paid and progressive posts in all branches of Commercial and B«rret*rial worV, Accountancy and •he Civil Service.
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    Opinion
    680 10 A Regrettable Decision JHE rejection' of the proposal "that this Council does not wish consideration of the relighting of the streets of Singapore by electricity to be deferred by the war" by the Singapore Municipal Commissioners on Friday is to be regretted. Mr. fc H. Stone, the mover of
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    DUTCH BUILDING HUGE NEW DEFENCES
    297 10 DUTCH BUILDING HUGE NEW DEFENCES Pretty Villas Now Fortresses MACHINE-GUN NESTS IN RABBIT HUTCHES The Hague. NEAT little shoemaker's shop with gaily-coloured curtains near one of Holland's frontiers may well conceal a heavily-armed casement. A villa with tulips in the window may bristie with powerful guns. A rabbit hutch may
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    NELSON'S HEIRS RECEIVE £770,000
    111 10 London. THE heirs of Lord Nelson, Great Britain's greatest admiral, have received £770,000 since 1806 from a perpetual pension granted to the family by the Government. This was revealed In the House of Commons by Mr. Davidson (Lab.). Mr. Davidson declared that the present Lord Nelson,
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    MARRIED UNDER POLICE ESCORT
    80 10 London. HplE magistrates at Lancaster City Police Court ordered detectives to escort a soldier and his girl to a Registry Office. The soldier had been charged with having deserted from his regiment "somewhere In England." He told the court that he loved a girl of 18.
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    German Airmen's Slang
    252 10 German Airmen's Slang TTHE German Airman also has his slang some of it quite incomprehensible even to the most orthodox Nazi layman, and some of it so cynical that it must cause the authorities a little anxiety. The term "flying brick" to describe a Messerschmitt is already well known. Here
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    Egypt Airline Halved
    129 10 I Ai'K of replacements for two Lockheed air liners which have crashed in the last few months is compelling Imperial Airways to make a further cut in its services at the cost of one of the most important of its Empire links. Beginning last month the LondonAlexandria
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    Can Go To War In Spectacles
    125 10 Can Go To War In Spectacles Wellington. N.Z. TPHE wearing of glasses no longer debars recruits from acceptance for active service. Mr. Brooke Taylor, president of the New Zealand Institute of Opticians, told the annual conference that the number of men wearing spectacles In New Zealand's first contingent of troops
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    Two Mongol Princesses Lead Fight Against Japanese
    187 11 ONE "PERFECT JOAN OF ARC SEATED ON A CHARGER" Assisted By Chinese Moslem Troops Chun^king. fMUNESE Moslem and Mougolian troops are jointly resisting the Japanese advance into West Suiyuan under the command of General Fu Tso-vl, Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese forces in Suiyuan,
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    Now In London
    16 11 Sir William S?ed>. British Ambassador in Moscow, who is at present visiting London.
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    TROOPS AT HAADYAI
    35 11 OFFICERS and awn of the fifth Infantry Battalion have left Bangkok by a special train for their new quarters at Haadyal. The barracks and other buildings were built a few months ago
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    Electric Car Demonstrated
    63 11 < apt. Euan Wallai Minister of Transport, and Mr. Geoffrey Lloyd Secrelary for Mines, recently inspected electric-battery propelled vehicles in Palace Yard, Westminster. The shortage of petrol supples has focuss?d considerable public attention upon this substitute me: hod of transport. In the picture ('apt. Euin Wallace is
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    INCOME TAX IN MALAYA
    1100 11 INCOME TAX IN MALAYA To the Edi'.or of The Sunday Times WHEN he broadcasts from Singapore this evening Sir Shenton Thomas is likely to have the biggest radio audience that any speaker has had from that broadcasting station. His subject, "Income Tax As I See It," is one which has
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    Selangor Chinese View
    62 11 Selangor Chinese View 'From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. riE Selangor Chinese Chamber of Commerce has passed the following resolution It is resolved that the members of this Chamber desire to reaffirm their loyalty to the British Government and support the principle of further taxation for the prosecution of the
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    Governor On Income Tax
    91 11 ALL three broadcasting stations in Malaya will broadcast the address by the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, at 7.25 p.m. today on The Case For Income Tax As I See It." Sir Shenton will speak in the 8.M.8.C. studio and his address will be conveyed by land-line
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      529 11 UloftfeiJlMty is a symptom of. NiRVi EXHAUST/ON a sign that you are losing the capacity to cope with circumstances, that your grip is going in short, that you arc losing your nerve ■jpjt It's worry that destroys is an old ijrilf raying, and a true. Worrying drains away all the
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      371 11 CIGARETTES TOBACCO for H. M. FORCES in FRANCE (Prices also apply to certain ships of H.M. Navy.) Even if he's missing home comforts, see that ht doesn't miss his favourite smoke. Maybe it's a cigarette, maybe it's his pipe or perhaps he enjoys both. Then send him riRARFTTF* one of
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    Fraser & Co/s Singapore Share Quotations
    1337 12 Fraser Co/s Singapore Share Quotations Runnymede <$1> 62 66 S'fxire Cold Storage <S2t 595 610 Spore Traction Ord. 21s. 225. x.d. Spoie ITaction Prcl. U) als s South British (108) 16.00 17 00 St Steamship ($10) 17.75 18.25 Straits Traders <$1) 31.75 32.25 rhoinvcroft Pref Ord ($5) 3.35 350 Trust
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
    77 12 BWKBUuir, ram. iiuu". Buyert Sellun Gambler 7 50 Hamburß Cube $13.00 Java Cube Sl2 00 u emr> White Muntok $1425 White H375 Black *825 Covra Mixed *3.45 Sun Dried 53.80 Mm 81am West Coast Mo 1 No Stock Siam West Coast No 2 No Stock Slam West
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    EXCHANGES
    190 12 Singapore, Saturday. The following are me .hmmww ate- nu morning according to the dally circular Issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banlcinp Corporation SELLING London IM *'4 1^1» London demand 2 4 l 16 Rate for freight 2/4% Lyons demand 2057 Switzerland demand 208 Hamburg demand New York demand
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    105 12 saiurosy, mar. s, «wn. Buyer* Sellers Prices Prices No. IX 8.8.S (Spot loose) 38 !6 38% No. IX E.S.S. t.ao in cases March 3»W 33% Sellers option G.F..VQ. BSA r.ab In bales March 36V S«% Sellers option F.A.Q. R.S.S. t.o.b In bales March ZS% 36«,
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    BREWERIES MAKE RECORD PROFIT
    243 12 Shareholders To Get 15 Per Cent. SHAREHOLDERS in Malayan Breweries Ltd. are to get a total of 15 per cent, for the year 1939 if the directors' recommendations ire aoDroved at the annual meeting on Mar. 16. This is 6 ncr cent, more ♦nan they got
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      574 12 only 1 5 H can give if oh a selection Hkethisj^^^^ Ser Beer. Ton, Devon Odro slid Dry Ginger** popple I I atroen Lemon«dt ChocoUte 1 1 temonvie m.f**~~ Dn n k I j ft WANUMCIURED BY F«AS 68 H l AV i Uft, Dissolve Ugly Fat The New Cinema
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      72 12 o seSsSii' /If 3^^ Colour and gaiety. That is just what you have with Pyramid handkerchiefs. The colours and designs have been chosen for their brightness and harmony. And what is more Pyramids come up soft and smiling after hard washing. There is a wide selection of designs from which
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    What The Stars Foretell
    1472 13  -  R. H. Naylor By THIS WEEK'S GOOD DAYS FOB: BUYING: Business deals: To-day 3 Wed. 6 Sat. 9. Personal shopping: Wed. 6 Thurs. 7— Sat. 9. SELLING: Wed. 6— Prl. B— Sat. B ENTERTAINING: Thurs. 7. SPORT: To-day 3— Prl. 8. TO-DAY. Mar. 3. For Most
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    THIS WEEK FOR YOU
    318 13 HERE, grouped according middle-aged, one elderly- sway cvcnti. to month of birth Vi«rs from relatives. .irrespective of year), is a JULY (June 28-July 23) statement of probabilities to *SS«S i. Z be expected this week. thrcugh friends. Important business ,ccaJANUARY. (Dec. 21— Jan. 20) """i i^^S™
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    Snapshot Guild
    397 13 ACTION shooting is one of the most Interesting phases of amateur photography and good action pictures can be obtained with any camera, If you know how. To "stop" true fast action, and get sharp pictures, you need a fast shutter one that can be adjusted to 1400 or
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      364 13 Yardley English Lavender m »»»»>T»l| j^^ iMvndcr Toilet Soap— I dtffej I >^ TU Luxury Soap of th* World I „*R. I C^^v Uvi -xAn Fact, Potcder ■^~~^l hn^i,h <*mpUxU.n Crtam The beauty of fragrance of the Yardley Lavender long the most widely used Perfume in England has made it
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    Care In Buying Your Make-up
    493 14 Care In Buying Your Make-up Max Factor's Advice THE art of make-up, as well as the science of medicine, has its quota of hypochondriacs those who are suffering from purely imaginary ailments, nd who eagerly turn to almt t any new and theoretically curative nostrum to overcome these non-existent illnesses.
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      601 14 K. m 8 m PROTECT YOUR SKIN the ELIZABETH ARDEN WAY If you would keep your complexion clear in colour, and fine in texture, remember the importance of protecting it against the effect of a tropical climate. Always use an Elizabeth Arden powder foundation, not only to safeguard your skin
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    Flower Essences For The Bath
    590 15 DATH essence is always economical in use though it appears expensive at first sight because you need to shake only about twenty drops in the water to get a really fragrant bath. The lingering perfume after such a bath is beautifully fresh, though faint and
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    Beauty In A Hurry
    358 15 FEW women are able to spend much time on their beauty treatments nowadays, yet many of us are anxious to put as good a face upon things as is possible. To this end, it is first necessary to make use of as many timesavors as possible.
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      500 15 Became Beautiful in a week WRINKLES CONE SOFT SMOOTH SKIN -LOVELY COMPLEXION Miss Orouet trade this amazing change in her appearance in 8 days. Read below her personal letter in which she explains exactly how she did it and how any woman can do the same. I can hardly believe
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    Mynah Bird Named "Haw-Haw"
    188 16 BUTTONHOLE BADGE FOR 8.8.C. MEN SOON every member of the 8.8.C. staff, from Mr. F. W. Ogilvie. the Director-General, to the most junior office boy, will be required to wear a little button-hole badge made of bright nickel. It bears the letters 8.8.C, with two wines
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      389 16 DO YOU FEEL SLEEPY jJSfc AFTER LUNCH 4^^ IF you feel exhausted after a few Suit taking Wincarnla at one* hours' work in the morning and and regain whole-day energy— lunch leave* you drowsy and energy that enables you to work lethargic, It can mean only on* hard and to
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      941 16 To-day's Wireless Programmes SINGAPORE ZHL 1.33 me/1 (225m. I ZllP 0.69 ac/i (M.96m.) 11.00 a.m. Military band music played by the Regimental Band of H.M. Coldstream < Guards, t 11.15 a.m. Light orchestral con- cert. Relayed from the Sea View Hotel: 12.10 p.m. Grace Moore (sopranor); 12.25 L p.m. Light
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      595 16 PENArfG ZBJ SOI mc'i 1*9 M m.' 7.30 ajn. Light .nusic: -.50 a.m. B.B.O. full n?ws bulletin i relayed); 8.10 a.m. I approx close down. 12.00 noon Midday concert; 1.00 p.m. Close down. 8.00 p.m. Light classical music; 8.3 3 p.m B.B.C. news summary (relayed); 8.4S p.m (approx i Light
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    Singapore Entries For Malayan Badminton Titles
    646 17 Singapore Entries For Malayan Badminton Titles fßy Our Badminton Correspondent) •THE total number of local entries for the Malayan championship tournaments falls far short of expectations, with the result that the chances of the Colony winning several of the events are not too bright. A prominent non-starter Is the holder
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    Garrison Sport
    874 17  -  "Doc" By LAST week saw the end of competitive hockey for the season. The last few games in the Command small units competition saw some really high class play. The two Sappers and Miners teams played together in on s area final and. rather surprisingly, thi "B team
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    MUAR "MARRIED" vs. ' "SINGLES" HOCKEY
    110 17 MUAR "MARRIED" vs. "SINGLES" HOCKEY (From Our Own Correspondent) j Muar. •THE Muar Chinese hockey team 1 bring their season to a. close with the annual match between the '"Married" and "Singles" to-day (Sunday* on the Hospital padang. The teams are "Married":—A. N. Other; Lee Hong X*?. Khoo Hong Khlm;
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    VETERANS' HOCKEY TOURNAMENT
    76 17 From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Saturday. A MEETING of the committe3 of the Malacca Hockey Association has been convened for Thursday to decide whether Malacca shall take part in a quadrangular inter-State veterans' tournament which has been proposed for Easter. States which have been invited to take
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    ANNUAL CYCLE RACE
    87 17 •yHE third annual bicycle races tot the open championships of Malaya will be held at the Jalan Bssar Stadium on Sunday. Mar. 24. Events are 1 mile. 3 miles and 5 miles open championships for men; 4 miles inter-club relay: 2 miles schoolboys' open championship; 100 yards
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    MALACCA B.A.
    38 17 The election of office-bearers at the aiinual meeting of the Malacca Badminton Association resulted :—President, Tarn Sect Wah; vice-presidents, Mrs. Tan Pan Tal, Yong Yoong Nam; hon. secretary, Tong Hon Kone; hon. treasurer. Tan Kirn Swee.
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    MUAR CRICKET
    176 17 From Our Own Correspondent. Mu;ir. THE annual general meeting of the Muar Cricket Association will bo held at the Government English School on Monday at 7.00 p.m It is understood that league matches will be played in the evenings after crEce hours and a match will spread over
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      183 17 Picture sftotrs thit year's champion. Gurdial Singh of Singapore, mjoyin" -Ovalttne" after the race. Competitors in ROUND-THE-ISLAND CYCLE RACE train on delicious 'OVALTINE 1 In connection with the Second Bicycle Road Race Round the Island held on Sunday. February, 25th., the serving squad or A. Wander Ltd., Proprietors of "Ovaltine".
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    GOOD DIVIDENDS AT KUALA LUMPUR
    1779 18 FirstDayOfThe Gold Cup Meet (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. GOOD dividends were paid to-day on the first day of the Selangor Turf Club's Gold Cup Meeting. The results were as follows RACE 1 Ponies, Class 2. Dlv. 3. 8 Furs. Mrs. S.E. Sherlda's
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    CHINESE BEAT SCHOOLBOYS
    241 18 •THERE was low scoring in the cricket 1 %itch played at Hong Lim Green yesterday between the S.C.R.C. and the Anglo -Chinese School. The Club won by 29 runs. ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL Un Hon Wing run out 3 Lav Hock Chye c Wong b A. Tan 18 Au
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    188 18 "W.yi.CA. lawn tennis tournament fixtures, revised, lor Monday are: Men's singles championship: A. I Perelra vs. Lim Hee Chin. Wen's handicap singles: Wee Eng Lock (—l5 3) vs. Ang Whatt Kirn <— 15), Tan Puay Choo (—15.3) vs. Tan Huck Toe (—30.3). Men's handicap doubles: N. V. del
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    McKENZIE SCORES UNBEATEN 100
    211 18 SCORING an undefeated century Cpl. R. McKenzie of the R.A.F. Seletar greatly added to his side's score of 278 runs for six wickets when they drew with St. Joseph's Institution at cricket yesterday, time intervening. F.A.F. SELETAR v:t. Noble lbw. G. Webb 1 Peters b Galistan
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    BLAKAN MATI CRICKET
    43 18 rE 7th Heavy. R.A., beat the R.A.M.C. at cricket at Blakan Mati yesterday. The gunners scored 168 for nine declared and the R.A.M.C. were all out for 53 L Bdr. Gardner took five for 27 and Gnr. Constable scored 44.
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    S.R.C. Cricket
    265 18 THE Singspcre Recreation Club had a home and honi2 match yesterday. P. D'ALMEIDAS TEAM N. Aeria b Dr. Silva 10 E. Le Mericisr b de Souza 19 A. Watts b Dr. Ess 13 L. D'Almeida run out 10 N. Si3bel b da Souza 0 P. D'Almeida c and
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    UNITEERS WIN
    244 18 BEATING Wearnes by the only goal of the match at the Anson Road Stadium yesterday, Uniteers top the table In the Business Houses League with four wins nut of four games. Wearnes made Uniteers fight every Inch, but the latter, after a bad start, lorged ahead towards the
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    POLICE BEAT YOUNGSTERS
    29 18 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Saturday. The Negri Sembilan police team of Seremban beat the Rahang Youngsters football team by two goals to nil at Seremban.
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    185 18 A Quick Way To Put On Flesh If you are worded about loss of weight and feat that something wocm is on the way. do as so many hundreds of men and women throughout Malaya are doing to-dcj Take C'ti tabs, the tiny, tasteless.
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    Bright S.C.C. Batting
    233 19 Some bright battin? was seen in the S.C.C. cricket trial yesterday when J. W. Jackson's eleven and H. L. Ward's eleven drew, time intervening. J. W. JACKSON'S XI A. D. Dant c and b Hill 31 B. H Lee c Watts b Evans 7 R. H. Harsley
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    MIDDLEWEIGHT FIGHT OFF
    188 19 YOUNG Frisco, middleweight belt holder, will probably have a long: rest before he boxes again. His iK'hi with Flashy Sebastian for the middleweight belt, fixed for Friday next at the Happy World covered stadium, has been cancelled. This was decided at a meeting of th» Board of
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    SEREMBAN RANGERS
    71 19 SEREMBAN RANGERS (From Our Own Correspondent.* Seremban, Saturday. THE Seremban Hill Rangers cricket team led by E. J. Ponniah played their first match of the season defeating the Rahang Youngsters by 38 runs. The Rangers scored 148 for 8 wickets and the Youngsters repl.ed with 110. Lee Moh
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    MALACCA CRICKET
    66 19 (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Saturday. rE Malacca Club drew with the Malacca Chinese Recreation Club at cricket to-day. The Malacca Club scoied 156 (Hills 74, Rappoport 31, Tan Kong Yin four for 49 Lee Kirn Tee three for 3D. The Chinese scored 147 for nine (Leon 40.
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    Cambridge Win Boat Race
    137 19 Cambridge Win Boat Race THE war-time boat race between Oxford and Cambridge was rowed yesterday not on the usual Putney to Mortlake course but at Henley. It was won by Cambridge easily by four lengths in the time of 9 mm. 28 sec, which was a good deal faster than
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    SUNDRUM GETS A CENTURY
    208 19 A BRIGHT century by S. K. Sundrum, and an equally bright 77 runs by C. Thuraisingham enabled the Ceylon Sports Club to beat St Anderw's Old Boys easily at cricket at Balestier yesterday. CEYLON SPORTS CLUB C. Thuraisingham c Joseph b Adam 77 S. K. Sundrum
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    NAVY BEAT M.V.C. AT SHOOTING
    135 19 From Our Own Correspondent; Malacca. A SHOOTING match between the Malacca Volunteer Corps and a *cam from the Navy resulted in a win for the latter by 251 points to 242. Ranges were 200, 300 and 500 yards. Naval team L'Sig. Burns, 17 16 15
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    S.C.C. SOCCER
    51 19 The following have accepted to play soccer for S.C.C. Reser.cs vs. Royal Navy Reserves (Reserve Div.) to-mor-row at S.C.C: Lt. E A. de L. Young; M. L. Durrant, M. Roberts; R. H. Pickard, A. Morgan, A. Donald; B H. Lee, C. Fitton, W. Mcbeath, M. C. Elliott, K.
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    29 19 R. HUSSEIN Promising' young Kuala Lumpur cricketer. A powerful batsman who opened the season last week-end with a score of 117. Plays for Postal Union at cricket and hockey.
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    Garcia Keeps His Tide
    37 19 Los Angeles, Saturday. f*EFERINO Garcia retained his world middleweight championship (arc or ding to the New York California Boxing Commissions) fighting a draw over ten rounds with Henry Armstrong, the welterweight champion. Reuter.
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    420 19 London, Saturday. poOTBALL xxmts played to-day resulted: SCOTTISH CUP SECOND round results in the Scottish war emergency cup are:* -t.> m rwuiiiii nuts < Third Lanark 3 Dundee 1 Hearts 4 St. Johnstone 0 Ralth 3 Celtic 0 Morton 5 St Bernards 0 Rangers 2 Alloa 2 Arbroath 0
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    Ship Stood On End, But "Sparks" Continued SOS
    611 20 lyiTH the 12,306-ton cargoliner Sultan Star standing upright on end and sinking steadily under him, 50-year-old Chief Wireless Operator P. G. Winsor refused to leave his post until he had received an answer to his SOS calls. Water was pourinjr into the
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    THROAT BURNT BY STOMACH ACID
    177 20 THROAT BURNT BY STOMACH ACID Heartburn Yields To New Treatment This woman's account of her sufferings would be harrowing—but for its happy ending. This Is what sh© writes: "I suffered from heartburn and acidity for years. Night after nighc I lay awake, 'water' running fiom my mouth, burning pains in
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    Princess Pat Inspects Her Own Regiment
    212 20 LADY PATRICIA RAMSAY inspected her own regiment. Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, at a military camp near Aldersbot. She was actompaned by her husband. Admiral Alexander Ramsay, and their son, Second Lieut. Alexander Ramsay, of the Grenadier Guards. Mr. Vincent Masscy. High Commissioner for
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    LARGE COMPANIES ADDING NEW MEN
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