The Straits Times, 6 March 1940

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    38 1 FINAL EDTN. The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTUKY.) MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY. MAKf'H 6. 1940. PRICE 5 CKNTS The Straits Times 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1940 PRICE 5 CENTS
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      19 1 tor PERFECT STYLES DRESSMAKING ft READYMADES Call at MADAME PAGE'S SALONS 13. Battery Road, Singapore HOTEL MAJESTIC Kuala Lumpur.
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
    • Obituary
      DEATHS
      149 2 CHOA SIEW JlN.—Aged 25 the son of Mr. Mrs. Choa Eng Wan, the grandson of th<> late Mr. Leo Choon Guan and Mrs. Lee Choon Guan, passed away peacefully at 1 a.m. on Wednesday at his residence No. 37, Kllliney Road. He leaves a wife and one son to
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      481 2 SMALL APST Mini mum charge 1. for advt. not exceeding 4 lines More than four lines 25 cents per line (Six words). Box No. 25 cents extra. Small Ads, are prepayable TYACKE— On March 3. 1940 at Batu Gajah Hospital to Margaret Jessie, wife of John Arthur Tyacke, a son.
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      843 2 AGENTS WANTED WANTED AGENTS for fehirtings. Suitings, etc Salary and Allovance 150/- rising to 300/-; Particulars f»-ee. jindals Ltd., Ludhiana, 113 ST India. WANTED WANTED SIAMESE KITTEN under 6 months. Apply Box 362. Straits Times. WANTED ANGORA KITTEN under two months preferable white. Box No. 403, S. T. LADY, Keppol
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      847 2 BOARD RESIDENCE lIALF-WA7-HOUSI< facing sea. 520 East Coast Rd. Large furnished rooms to let. Terms moderate. Phone 6794 or 4825. YORK LODGE, 64, Uoyd Road. Vacancies, double or single. Well furnished rooms, firstclass table. Inspection Invited. f HOLLAND HUIS. 004 Orchard Rd Roonis available, still at pre-war prices mod. ran.
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      820 2 AUCTION NOTICES ATTRACTIVE AUCTION SALE of a complete suite of essentially modern European dining room furniture, wardrobes, dressing tables, sitting room suite, colourful English centre carpets, etc., etc. (By Order of Royal Swedish Consul-General, Mr. E. Sandberg) To be held at our Saleroom No. 64, Chulia Street. On Friday, March
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      638 2 [552 BORNEO MOTORS Mrs. HARU and Miss HANA. PHONE 5088 60. WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467. WANTED TO RENT j/fCCri/lf Z/Sf For immediate USED CAR entry. Large airy g^Q^^ godown; must be dry. SPORTS CARS RILEY SPORTS SALOON. Ducoed On Monthly tenancy black and silver it is a very sm?rt aml
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      1695 3 I SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS EMMIE! (Inoonx»r&t«d in Taoam GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR rO CALIFORNIA FROM THE OKltNl VIA HONOLULU n.s. KAMAKURA MARU from H'kong Mar. 13 n.s. ASAMA MARU from STial. April 8 rO VANCOUVER SEATTLE FBOM JAPAN n.s. HEIAN MARU leave Kobe Mar. 16 m.s. HIKAWA MARU
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    Winning The War Is First Aim
    85 4 Halifax 'Nova Scotia), Mar. 5. M W INNINQ the war is now our flrst and most important consideration," declared a speech from the throne read by Chief Justice Sir Joseph Chisholm at the openlngof the legislature. He added that many other matters of Interest
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    DR. MANION ON "IF I WERE PREMIER"
    122 4 Ottawa, Mar. 5. IN a broadcast election address today. Dr. Manion, leader of the opposition In the Canadian Parliament, accused the Liberal leaders of having deceived the people of Quebec On the conscription issue. Dr. Manion declared, "Their whole object Is to divide
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    TIDE TABLES SINGAPORE
    122 4 To-day H.W. 8.52 a.m. 8.2 ft.; JO. 18 p.m. 7.9 ft. i*W. 3.23 am. 4.4 ft.: 3.53 p.m. 1.5 ft. Tqjciorrow H.W. 9.48 ft.m. B\6 ft.: 10.47 p.m. 8.3 ft. LtW. 4.05 a.m. 3.7 ft.: 4.29 p.m. 1.3 ft Friday. Mar. 8. H.W. 10.28 a.m. 8.9 ft.;
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    166 4 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES (Prom Our Own Correspondent) London, Mar. 5. /COMMODITY and Exchange markets closed Vas follows with previous Quotations la parenthesis RUBBER: Dull. Spot 12>4d 12% d U2»id 12% d) May U%A 12d (11 15|16d 12 1 16 d) July-Sept ll%d 11 7jl6d (11 sil6d 11 7 16d) Oct-Dec 11
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    108 4 Mails close at the General Post Office as follows: TO-DAY Java air 9.30 ajn. Sumatra: Medan s'face il a.m., air 10 a.m. Palembang s'face 9 ajn., air 9.30 a.m. TO-MORROW Aden surface 1 p.m. Australia air 5 p.m. Burma surface 1 p.m. China Kunming surface 9
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    Fraser & Co's Singapore Share Quotations
    1282 4 Fraser Co's Singapore Share Quotations TUESDAY, MAR. 5, 1940: 5 P.M. MIMING Buyers Seller* Ampat Tin (4s>) Ss 5s fd Austral Amal. (5s) 6s 9d 6s 3d c.d. Austral Malay 35s 37s x.d. Ayer Hitam 24s 25s Ayer Weng .60 .70 Bangrin Tin 218 9d 22s 9d Batu Selangor (|1>
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    LYALL AND EVATT'S DAILY QUOTATIONS
    241 4 Singapore. Mar. b, 5 p.m. .«LM.\u Bayers Sellers Ampats 5/2 5/6 Austrai Amalf 6/Pi 6/4'(; Cd Batu Selangors 1.55 1.60 Hong Fatts 1.25 1.27 jeltbui 0.88 0.91 Kampone Lanjuts 23/- 23/9 K. KamuntlDß 8/- 8/9 Kamuntlng 11/- 12/Klang Rivers 2.05 2.10 Knunats 11/3 12/Kuehalf 1.70
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    BURY'S PACIFIST VICAR RESIGNS CURACY
    143 4 London, Mar. 5. TTHE Rev. J. Q. C. Hind, son of the Bishop of Pukien, has resigned his curacy at Bury, St. Edmunds, "because it is in the best Interests of the parish that there should be no divisions." The Rev. Hind is a pacifist
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    VISITS TO SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS
    70 4 HOLIDAY makers will be able to visit the Scottish Highlands as usual this year in spite of the recent order making part of Scotland a prohibited area. This was announced in the House of Commons yesterday when Mr. Oliver Stanley, the Secretary of State for War,
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    SUN LIFE'S GOOD RECORD
    854 4 $90,000,000 Paid Out Last Year WITH assets at an all-time record of $914,000,000 and normal earnings for the year the highest in the company's history, the most significant figure quoted by the president, Mr. Arthur B. Wood, at the 69th annual meeting of the Sun Life
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    23 4 London, Mar. 5. Fthe commodity markets to-day, tin was firm due to covering demand following over night purchases by the United States.— Reuter.
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      173 4 A GREAT LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY In the long established organization o! the Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada founded in 1865 the steady progress maintained over many decades provides a remarkable demonstration of the ever increasing public confidence in the security and strength of Life Assurance. It also affirms the
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      664 4 TENDERS TENDER. TENDERS arc invited from approve* contractors for the erection and completion of a new Club-house at 21, Ambtr Koad. for the Chinese Swimming Club. Plans and specification .'an be seen during office hours In the office of the undersigned. A deposit of $50 will be require'! and will
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      607 5 Shares Remain Neglected Rubber Steadier Ky Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, Mar. 6. THL local share market is still inlluenced by the income tax controversy and, naturally, operators are reluctant to do any business pending the ultimate decision as to whether this tax is to be imposed or
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      119 5 SING A PORE PRODUCE PRICES Rice quoted per Koran— 40 plculs. Other coniini.ititie-. quoted per picuL except where otherwise stated .-HuyaiJUir. Jiai o, 11WMJ. Buyers Seliera ier 7.50 Hamburg Cube $13.00 Java Cake $12.00 fepvei Whir- Muntok $13.75 White $13.25 Black 8.25 Mixed $3.40 Sun Dried S< No I $0.50
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      M.P. QUESTIONS BRAZIL TRADE BALANCE
      103 5 London, Mar. 5. DURING question time in the House of Commons to-day Mr. W. S Liddal (Cons., Lincoln), suggested that when the annual returns disclose that Brazil has bought less from Great Britain than she has sold to her the difference should be paid with
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      MALAYA'S OVERSEAS TRADE JUMPS
      86 5 THE gross value of Malaya's overseas trade in January was the highest for any one month since 1925. Imports were valued at $81,795,000 and exports at $95,064,000, making a total value of $176,859,000. In the preceding month imports were valued at $61,383,000 and exports at $76,295,000
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      TRADE TALKS IN LONDON
      114 5 Allied Co-Operation For War "Enduring Peace" London, Mar. 5. •THE Anglo-French trade talks, spon- sored b> the Federation of British Industries, opened in London to-day when Lord Dudley Gordon, presidentelect of the federation, welcomed the visiting delegates. Among the visitor* are the heads of a wide
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      FEBRUARY RUBBER IMPORTS
      69 5 rOREIGN imports of rubber during 1 February totalled 16,598 tons, compared with 30,141 tons in January- Of the February imports. 8,424 tons came from the Netherlands Indies; 3,887 tins from Thailand: 2,656 tons from Sarawak; 726 tons from French IndoCVna: 496 tons from North Borneo; 254 tons
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      FEMALE WORKERS IN EUROPE
      137 5 Paris, Mar. 5 "THE French Ministry of Labour announced yesterday that certain categories of industrial work will be reserved for women. In order to ensure food production, men farm workers must be prevented from leaving agriculture to seek work in industry, and therefore certain jobs will
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      London Stock Exchange
      334 5 London, Mar. 5. THE Stock Exchange to-day was generally quiet. Gilt-edged securities after being steadily supported met a rush of buying orders in the closing stages. Reuter. The following are to-day's closing middle quotations. Sharr are of £1 denomination unless otherwise stated: <jon. lxtan ovo im-n* 111
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      NO COMPULSORY SAVING SCHEME IN BRITAIN
      146 5 London. Mar. 5. AN assurance that no scheme will be introduced which will deprive individuals, after claims of taxation have been met. of the full use of their savngs, wp.s sought in the House of Commons to-day. The questioner was referring to the scheme
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      EXCHANGES
      177 5 The foUowlng are me exchange rates tnli morning according to the dally circular Issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation SELLING London T.T 2/4 1/16 London demand a/4 1/16 Rate for freight 2/4 I Lyons demand 2057 Switzerland demand 208 Hamburg demand New York demand 46"4 Montreal demand
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      90 5 Wednesday, Mar. 6, noon. Buyers Seller* Price* Prices No. IX R.S.S. (Spot loose) SB?i X9J4 No. IX ESS. f.o-b. In cases March 39% 4<M/i Sellers option G.F.A.Q. K.B.S. t.o b In bales March 37 37 X Sellers option F.A.Q. K.B.S. fob In bales March 36
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      143 5 AD. I I l I I l I I 17J0 All Classes Afeent3 of Insurance Throughout Malaya Che IRoval Ejcfoange assurance: Xon&on HEAD OFFICE FOR MALAYA 6, CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS: SINGAPORE. IRIUM THRILLS MILLIONS +^dtk K% 9*UUH in, Pfliodwit Tooth Paste is thrilling 'mi millions morning after morning, by the
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      177 5 NO MODERN HOME CAN AFFORD TO BE WITHOUT AGR AFTON CLOUDY HOUSEHOLD AMMONIA Invaluable in the Kitchen, Scullery Useful in 100 i» cLowt |»J different ways. AMMONIA. 1. m Z 50 rents V I Per quart bottle "Tl?t§^ 3 Obtiimble at rj J^L« -z ill leading Stores i^BQQBF Product ot
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      196 5 I'J' 1 I i'J ft v f fti r 1 4f 19-25. C'tC'll tnUM SINGAPORE Telephone Manager's Office 4519 Exchange Dept. 4513 General Office 4514 Cable Addren:— PROVINBANK." Head Office SIUCHOW PAID UP CAPITAL (Ch.) 10.000.00 d RESERVE FUNDS S 13.000.00 C TOTAL ASSETS (approt.) 5105.000.006 Board of Directori T.
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      488 6 One of the most moving film documents I have ever seen. We Are Not Alone Is outstanding because of Jane Bryan's brilliant acting, Paul Muni's moving interpretation, ace performances by Flora Robson and Una O'Connor, and exquisite direction by Edmund Goulding. J. Maurice Ruddy. FILM PICTORIAL. gny& alhambra| t *ij
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      464 6 LAST NIGHT 6.15 9.15 ■■■VMPH A FAST-MOVING DRAMA OF I J[ DASHING ROMANCE, JOYOUS FUN! ANN SHERIDAN In United Artiste' Greatest Film Spectacle! WINTER CARNIVAL with RICHARD CARLSON, HELEN PARRISH. TO-MORROW— A BAFFLING M1STERY THAT STUNNED ALL ENGLAND. 'THE SAINT IN LONDON 9 with GEORGE SANDERS, SALLY GRAY, DAVID BURNS
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      313 6 TO-DAY M6, 6.15 0.15 Daring, Gay, Spectacle of v Lfr\ l PARISIAN NIGHT LIFE! at the Exotic Glamorous Love-Nights AIR-CONDITIONED CAPITOL HORROR of TROPIC PENAL prisons! Reminiscent Box Office Phone 5261 of all the Thrills of "PRISONER of SHARK INLAND" in Unlversal's Sensational Adventure StoryRIO' Qk BASIL RATHBONE \H _^j/f
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    3 PER CENT. £300,000,000 WAR LOAN ANNOUNCED
    585 7 3 PER CENT. £300,000,000 WAR LOAN ANNOUNCED Tendon, Mar. 5. IX the House of Commons to-day Sir John Simon, Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced a new war loan. li will be known as the 3 per cent. War Loan and will bo limited to t300,000,000. Subscriptions will he opened next
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    A Tonic Effect On Prices?
    165 7 London, Mar. 5. SIR John Simon's war loan announcement Is welcomed enthusiastically in the City, says Reuter s City Editor. It Is expected to constitute n. stabilising influence in the market f r Government securities Some circles even suggest it may have a tonic effect
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      251 7 HOTELS TONIGHT MARCH 28t», 29th 30th Cocktail Dance "GAIETIES 7p.m.to 9 p m. Qp 1940" DINNER a DANCE 40 ARTISTS 4 (informal) 40 DANCE HOSTESSES 9-45 to midnight TICKETS $2.00 Mh NO ADMISSION CHARGE ADMISSION FOR DINERS 51.50 RAFFLES ORCHESTRA UmlH I'^n Hopkins. BOOK INOW I I i SEAVIEW HOTEL
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      149 7 box dBTSWBfHHFWI times office I^ShKIXUmJ 3is PHONE M/UdY4JMOJT m —CINEMA— a mm- A«F 3400 wmmmmmmmmmmr 6.15-9.15 LAST THREE SHOWS TODAY THE STORY OF ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL with DON AMECHE and LORETTA YOUNG THE DRAMATIC ROMANCE OF ONE WHO DREAMED AND STRUGGLED, LOVED AND ACHIEVED "opeUinT" TWOWOMENANDAFAMOUSMAN tomorrow jA___M__. -one spea&s
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      473 7 Broadcasting TO-DAY SINGAPORE 7HL 1 33 sir! (??5m ZHP '»«9 met (3»9fim.l 1.00 p.m. Miscellaneous programme ot new gramophone reconto; 1 90 p.m. New:?; mid-day rubber, tin and ccpra prices; 1 47 p.m. Miscellaneous programme of new qramophone records (f-ontd.): 2.03 p.m Interval; 5. 00 p.m. Hokkien Chiang-Che v tnostet;
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      412 7 NIROM TDB 9.85 me/9 (31.28 rr i f»A 8.01 me i M<».8 tn>; PMN 18.5(5 me s (19 5 m.): fOB 11.88 met <«S TDC !5 18 me t (I9.?9 tn.) 4.50 p.m. Programme prpvfp-r; 4 53 p.m. Studio orchestra; 5-50 p rrt. Meditation t Father T?rhell>; 6.35 p.m. The
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAR. 6, 1940. (186th. Day of the War.) Loyalty & Taxes- III
    1159 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAR. 6, 1940. (186th. Day of the War.) Loyalty Taxes- III A great deal has been said and written during the income tax controversy on what happened last time." Although His Excellency stated on Sunday that there was not an atom of evidence in support
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    TWO BRITISH SOLDIERS INTERNED
    33 8 Brussels, Mar. 5. Two English soldiers crossed the Franco-Belgian frontier by mistake and visited an estamlnet where they learnt their error. They were taken to Brussels and Interned.— Router.
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  • Letters To The Editor
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      MORE VIEWS ON TAXES
      1382 8 A Few "Buts" Based On Local Experience To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— His Excellency the Governor is a gentleman who knows his own mind and is not ashamed of letting other people know his opinions. For that reason, if for no other, he
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      Demand For Franchise As A Quid Pro Quo
      182 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, Having read H.E. the Governor's speech, it would appear that the imposition of income tax is a foregone conclusion. To those that can afford It, there is no doubt that It will be paid
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      Servants Will Be Dismissed
      237 8 To Reduce Expenses To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— May I crave space to add Just one more letter to the many you will receive on Income tax, not in protest, but in mitigation. The estimated revenue for the first year, as Indicated by
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      SALE OF STAMPS
      148 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Last Friday I went to the Seremban Post Office to buy 35 stamps of the value of 50 cents each. I was told by the clerk that he had only 10 stamps of that value left. I agreed to
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      A Squeal, A Whine And A Wriggle!
      645 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— l read your leading article of yesterday's date with tingling sham© and disgust. I read some of the opinions expressed by so-called leading citizens with the same feeling. As I see it, the position is
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      Support By One Who Would Be Exempt
      194 8 To the Editor of the Straits Time* Sir, With reference to the broadcast speech on income tax by His Excellency the Governor, in which he sui^ested that those earning $5,000 or more be liable to a small income tax. this certainly would be
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      Tax On Admission To All Entertainments
      80 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— With reference to proposed taxation In the Colony for war purposes, may I suggest an entertainment tax to Include amusement parks, theatres, cinemas, circuses etc. The tax should be in proportion to thcharge for admission, thus:
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      356 8 CHEAP SALE OF GRAMOPHONE RECORDS. CELEBRITY. CLASSIC, POPULAR DANCE FROM 35 ctl. TO 51. 50 ROBINSON PIANO CO. (S.S.) LTD. OPPOSITE CLIFFORD PIER THE AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY PROVIDES TROUBLE FREE TRAVEL OUR WORLD WIDE TRAVEL AND BANKING FACILITIES COMBINE TO ELIMINATE ALL TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES No Booking Fee. 84 Robinson Road
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      37 8 v» Have your *T NEW SUITS made by EXPERT TAILORS t moderate" prices Latest Woollen Palm Beach Suitings always m stock TAI HENG CO. 23-5 Coleman St. Phone 3375 Spore JOHN DUKE Manufacturing Optician. 21. BATTERY ROAD.
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    GERMAN ATTACK ON BRITISH OUTPOST
    578 9 Prisoners Taken But Position Recaptured 2 BRITISH SOLDIERS KILLED AND ONE WOUNDED Nazi Troops Are Less Sheeplike Than In 1914 \EWS of a German raid on an outpost of the British Maginot Line force is contained in an official communique issued at British general headquarters
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    "Peace Needles In Haystack"
    129 9 Washington, Mar. 5. •THE State Department and White House arc maintaining the strictest secrecy about Mr. Sumner Welles' visit to Berlin, but the general feeling in well-informed circles is that Hitler may not have been so adamant as American reports from Berlin Indicated last Saturday. These
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    Weather To Save The Finns?
    222 9 Blizzards Reported In Many Parts Of Country Stockholm, Mar. 5. HPHERE was a heavy snowstorm in 1 Helsinki last night and this together with reports of blizzards raging in many places have raised the hope of the Finns that weather may yet come to their
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    20 9 President Lebrun recently visited the British sector in France. He is seen here with a mechanized unit.— British official photograph.
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    UNEMPLOYED IN BRITAIN
    500 9 Explanation In House Of Lords THE question why there are so many unemployed in Great Briain was answered by Lord Stanhope, Lord President of the Council, in the House of Lords, replying to a debate initiated by Lord Strabolgi. Lord Stanhcpe's explanation was that vo had not
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    82 9 Reuter reports to-day from Budapest that the ice on the Danube has begun to break up and if the present warm weather holds and no considerable flooding occurs shipping traffic will be resumed In about a fortnight. Since the Danube was froicn two months ago some 1,200 ships, mostly bound
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    ALLIED BID TO SEAL LEAKS IN BLOCKADE OF REICH
    344 9 Washington, Mar. 5. MR. P. Ashton-Gwatkin, of the British Ministry of Economic Warfare, and M. Charles Rist, economic adviser to the French Blockade Ministry, have arrived here li. order to provide the American departments concerned with details in regard to the
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    Nazis Condemned By Dutch Press
    729 9 Amsterdam, Mar. 6. DUTCH newspaper correspondents in Berlin who inquired at Wllhemstrasse yesterday in regard to the attacks by German planes, on Dutch ships In the North Sea were informed that full reports had not yet been received from the Nazi pilots concerned but it
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    Indian Anger At Domala Outrage
    146 9 Bombay, Mar. 6. DETAILS of the Nazi air attack on the British India liner Domala are prominently displayed in the Indian newspapers, and the headlines reflect the horror and indignation felt at the Nazi outrage which has claimed a heavy toll of Indian lives. The
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    Japan To Announce Her Peace Terms
    50 9 Tokio, Mar. 6. IT is understood the Japanese Government will issue a statement, probably in the middle of this month, setting forth Japan's tentative peace terms or what is called in official circles here a "formula for the disposal of the China incident." Reuter.
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    NAZI ANNOUNCER TELLS NEW LIE
    85 9 A GERMAN assertion in a broadcast talk for Continental and also British listeners to the effect that Italian subjects resident In Malta are being recruited by the Governor under instructions from London for service In the British forces is totally untrue. The Governor of Malta
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    MEXICAN SETTLEMENT WITH OIL COMPANY
    74 9 Mexico City, Mar. 6. SENOR Castillo Najera, Mexican Ambassador in Washington, who returned here to-day, declared that he has brought the bases for a general settlement with the Sinclair oil interests and for settlement of their claim* for properties which were expropriated. The agreement would
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    Submarine Attack On British Steamer
    58 9 New York, Mar. 5. THE Mackay Radio and coast- guard headquarters in Washington have picked up a wireless message from the British steamer El Ciervo (5,840 tons) statin* that she was being chased by a submarine. The position given was in the Atlantic some hundreds
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    Japanese Drive Near Macao
    65 9 Japanese Drive Near Macao Macao, Mar. 6. TAKING advantage of a heavy fog, Japanese forces yesterday succeeded In ellecting a landing at Tongka and Heungchau, In the province of Kwangtung. Last night the Japanese succ?cded in advancing in two columns about four miles inland. Chinese troops are stoutly resisting the
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    Confessions Made In DUtch Spy Case
    51 9 Amsterdam, Mar. G. CONFESSIONS, it is stated, have been v» made by six of the people arrested in connection with a big spying organization discovered by the Dutch police a fortnight ago. Another arrest was mad* to-day, namely a woman living in The BlftM.
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    NEW EXPORT DRIVE
    414 9 Statement Issued Tu London London, Mar. 6. THE Export Council, established by the Government to direct 11k* British export trade drive, which is regarded us a vital factor in the Allied war effort, has already been assured the vigorous co-operation of all the ministers and departments concerned,
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    S.H.B. STRIKERS MUST QUIT THEIR QUARTERS
    555 10 S. H.B. STRIKERS MUST QUIT THEIR QUARTERS Action By Board Following Two Months' Stoppage 200 MEN SPEND NIGHT AT CHINESE PROTECTORATE FOLLOWING tKe statement by the Singapore Harbour Board that their 1,500 dockyard artisan strikers must quit their quarters by Tuesday, 200 strikers spent last night sitting outside the Chinese
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    ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO STIR UP TROUBLE
    87 10 W'lAl i<* believed to be au attrmpt tc stir up trouble among Singapore ricksha-pullers was mad 2 yesterday by some unknown person who sent a letter to the MiiKapore Ricksha-Owners' Association setting out a number of demands purporting to come from ru ksha-pullers. Investigations
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    MUNI OUTSTANDING IN FINE DRAMA
    330 10 At The Cinema We Are Not Alone." (Paul Muni, Flora Robson, Raymond Severn ani Jane Bryan) Warner Bros. Alhambra. SOME film. 1 rise above mare entertainment and Join the limited category cf great dramas. Such a film Is "We Are Not Alone." x The story,
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    AMUSEMENTS
    94 10 MNOAPOM i v hoti i Cocktail Dance 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Dinner Dance tlnformal) 9.45 io Midnight CAUKif MfcATKE. GtVLANG •s—Parbagu p.m. IVORI.I IC to 8 4i& V.30 p.m. Bo Tnls Ii .vi Before iitrc: ChlHAF#M WOHLI) Hiird of a Natlo Utfhtnint; Mr Yang Wu. Caterot: Tea Dance
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    RESTRICTION OF IMPORTS
    288 10 Purging Of Dead Or Moribund Items A PURGE of "all these dead, moribund or unlikely items" from the pre-order list is necessary in the interest of trade generally, states an explanatory note on Monday's communique from the Controller of Restricted Imports, Straits Settlements. The intention, it states,
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    TOLD SCHOOL FRIEND HE WAS A DETECTIVE
    191 10 PETER GOONETTLLEKE, a 24-year-old Ceylonese salesman, was charged in the third court yesterday afternoon with impersonating a detective. It was alleged that at 11 a.m. on Dec. 14, last year, he called on an old school friend, Alfred Libio. and told him he
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    INCOME TAX: K.L. BROADCAST
    31 10 Mr. C. Ward Jackson will broadcast from Kuala Lumpur— through Singapore and Penang— on "Why I oppose an Income Tax in Malaya' on Sunday at 7.30 p.m.
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    Malacca Chinese Attacks Income Tax Plan
    587 10 (Frr/n Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Mar. 5. AN "inherently inquisitorial method of obtaining revenue," is hc»v Mr. Tan Cheng Lock, former Legislative Councillor, describes income tax. "The stand taken by the Governor in his broadcast spsech on Sunday Is that however large and whatever
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    Sailor Weds At Cathedral
    55 10 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thornton after their wedding at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday. Mr. Thornton, wiio is with the Royal Navy, comes from Durham, England and his bride i>zs formerly Miss Elsie Berhman, youngest daughter of Mrs. M Berriman and the late Mr. G. H. Berriman,
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    DETECTIVE'S STORY OF "BATTLE" WITH GUNMEN
    370 10 THE story of what he described "as a regular gun battle between five Chinese gunmen and himself, was told by a young Singapor? detective, Tan Cheng Quee, at a preliminary inquiry in the Singapore fifth court yesterday, into charges of armed robbery and attempted
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    SIR SHENTON'S BROADCASTS
    139 10 London Praise For Speeches MAY GO TO 8.8.C. MICROPHONE 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Feb. 22. MALAYANS in London have been ITI delighted to hear that the Secretary of State for the Colonies has requested Sir Shenton Thomas to continue in office, as Governor of the
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    NEGRI COUNCIL
    33 10 A meeting of the Lower Chamber of the Negri Sembilan State Council will take place at Seremban on Tuesday while a meeting of the Upper Clumber will be held on Wednesday.
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    19 10 Mrs. G. P. R. Richard has now returned to Singapore after spending on« month's holiday at thn Cameron Highlands.
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    STOP PRESS
    134 10 < liiingklng, .Mar. 0. REPORTS that Chinese mobil* artillery units have been ar'.iv* along the lower Yangtze shellin* Japanese tran psrts and warsh ps proceeding up and down river ar» confirmed by Chinese and foreign sources it is learned here to-day. A Chinese field dispatch front the lower
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    DETAILS OF INCOME TAX SCHEME
    7526 11 Official Explanatory Memorandum DRAFT BILL WHICH IS NOW BEING PREPARED AN explanatory memorandum on the proposed income tax law in Malaya, and a note on secrecy 'n connection with the assessment of income tax, were published last night. The memorandum refers to a draft bill
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    CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION
    264 14 New Regulations Issued DEFENCE (Compensation) Regulations for the payment of compensation in respect of the taking of possession of land, requisition or acquisition of property, the doing of work, or requisition of services were published in last night's Government Gazette. The new regulations come under the Emergency
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    Tommies Thank Malayans
    188 14 EXPRESSIONS of thanks direct from the Western Front are now being received at the headquarters of the Malaya Patriotic Fund tn Singapore. They are sequels to the gift of £1,000 from Malaya to the Overseas League Cigarette Fund which was one of the allocations in the last
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    CURRENCY OFFENCE
    53 14 FINES totalling $30 were imposed on Liang Jiu Quan when he was convicted in the Singapore criminal district court yesterday, on a charge of attempting to take out of the Colony foreign currency in excess of the equivalent of $500 Straits, and also with failing to declare possession
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    CHINESE FEARS ABOUT TAX INVESTIGATION
    552 14 Absolute Secrecy Promised In Official Assurance IT has been represented, says an oficial statement, that opposition by Chinese traders to income tax is based partly on fears that examination of their books for assessment of the tax would reveal trade secrets or irregularities, such as
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    MR. A. E. JOHNSON
    66 14 MR. A. E. JOHNSON, technical assistant in the Central branch of the Public Works Department, Singapore, left by the Conte Biancamano for England via Italy and France, yesterday, on long leave. Mr. Johnson who Is on a world tour, is visiting his brother, Mr. P. J.
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    SELECTIONS FOR TO-DAY
    97 15 Selections for to-day's races at Koala Lumpur are Straits Times Race 1. Faith. Ladolet. Race 2. Marnell, Sprint Girl. Race 3. Miss Rod, Sir Patrick. Rare 4. Light Supper, Miss Sardis. Race 5. Judith Anton. Amazon. Rare 6. Fair King, Distinguished. Rare 7. Quick Money, Princess Prim
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    Racing Card At Kuala Lumpur
    359 15 FAIR King ami Grafmond should make the best bets this afternoon at Kuala Lumpur in the second day's i racing In the Selangor Turf Club's Gold Cup meeting. Double totes will be on races four and five and seven and eight, and the big sweep
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    MANCHESTER RESERVES BEAT MALAYS 5-3
    399 15 Winners Will Be Hard Side To Beat This Season MAKING their first appearance in the Reserve Division of the S.A.F.A. league this year, the Manchesters played good football to beat the Malays by five goals to three at the stadium yesterday. Play was keen and
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    NOVICES WEIGHT-LIFTING AT HAPPY WORLD
    123 15 ARRANGEMENTS have bee nmade by the Singapore Amateur WeightLifting Federation to stage the 1940 Novices Weight-Lifting Championships open to all lifters in this country, at the Happy World on Saturday, Apr. 27, at 7 30 p.m. The lifts to decide the championships will be two
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    WEEK-END EVENTS AT YACHT CLUB
    115 15 ON Friday at the Royal Singapore Yacht Club there will be the usual afternoon races for all classes, starting at 5.25 pjn. On Sunday, the "C" class will sail the third race for Ovans Challenge Cup, starting at 9.50 a.m. The "A" class will sail
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    68 15 SOCCER: S.A.F.A. League. Reserve Division. Police vs. R.A.F., Depot; Second Division (A), R.A. (8.M.) vs. R.A.M.C., Blakan Mati; Second Division B. Indian Association vs. J.C.S.A., J.C.S.A. ground; Business Houses League, Wearnes vs. G.E.C.. S.H.B. ground; V.M.C.A. vs. M.P.H. (friendly) Prince Edward Road. CRICKET: Fort Canning vs. Indian
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    GOOD PERFORMANCE BY SEGAMAT PLAYER
    256 15 Bowls Unchanged To Take Nine For 21 From Our Own Correspondent) Segamat, Mar. 4. THE Segamat Cricket Ciub opened their season with a home and home match on the Batu Hampar padang over the weekend. Dr. Woodhull's XI met M. Singh's XI and lost by
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    TO-DAY'S TENNIS ON THE PADANG
    45 15 THE following will represent the 4/19 th Hyderabad Regt. vs. S.C.C. to-day at 4.45 pm. at S.C.C. Capt. Majid and Capt. Thimayya Col. McDonald, Capt. Mohd. Azam Khan; Lt. Randhir Singh, and Lt. Juneja; Capt. Bahadur Singh and Capt. Klrkwood.
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    RESULTS OF LEAGUE SOCCER FIXTURES
    41 15 RESULTS of three "away" fixtures of the S.A.F.A. soccer competition yesterday were: Reserve Division: Loyals beat R.E... 4—l. Div. 2A: R.A.F. Torpedo (No. 2 area) beat R.A.F. Tengah, 3—l; Malaya Signals drew with Naval Police, 2—2.
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    FORT CANNING CRICKET
    58 15 THE following have been selected to represent Fort Canning at cricket vs. the Indian Army Officers at Tanglin to-day at 2 p.m. Sqdn Leader Marchbank (capt.), Capt. Ewens, Sergt.-Major Wilton, Sergt. Dowling, Major Green, Sergt. Long, Lieut. Mercer, Sergt. Baker, Cpl. Turner Pte. Whlteman, Cpl. Beeston. Reserve:
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    CHINESE BEAT S.R.C. IN RESERVE DIVISION
    442 15 THE S.C.F.A. registered thei when, in their first outing i defeated the S.R.C. by three g The result was a fair indication of tahe run of play, for the Chinese were aggressors for the greater portion of the game and would have scored more
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    Y.M.C.A. TENNIS RESULTS AND FURTHER TIES
    392 15 DISPLAYING better placing than his I opponent, Kamis eliminated T. Kobayashi in the open singles championship tie of the V M. C. A.«ppen invitation lawn tennis tournament yesterday, winning 6—3,6 3, 6—2.6 2. Kobayshi was the first to settle down, however, and led by
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    ARMY AND R.A.F. SEPARATED
    188 15 Malaya Cup Soccer TPHE fact that the Army and the Royal Air Force have entered for the Malaya Cup soccer copetition as separate units is going to make the present season all the more interesting;. Ever since the Services cam? into the competition, they did so
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    Sultana Heads Gold Cup Race Weights
    186 15 SULTANA has been given pridr of place in the weights for the Selangor Turf Club's Gold Cup race on Saturday. Cooltipt, the winner of the Singapore Gold Cup, has been set 9.1 to carry while Measure, the winner of the Selangor Gold Cup last
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    British Liner Is Sunk By Enemy
    159 16 British Liner Is Sunk By Enemy London, Mar. 5. A ROYAL Air Force plane guided the crew of 53 to safety when the liner Pacific Reliance, 6,700 tons, was sunk by enem, action off the west coast of Britain. Although badly holed, the ship remained afloat for a considerable time,
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    Shipping Losses Being Replaced
    155 16 London, Mar. 5. IT is officially stated that British mercantile tonnage sunk to date as a result of enemy attacks on shipping totals approximately 620.000 tons, of which ever two-thirds have already been replaced by new construction, captures from the enemy, etcetera, leaving a net loss
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    Canadian Volunteers In Finland
    29 16 Canadian volunteers who are serving xmth the Finnish forces in their great fight against the Russians, having a rest in a canteen behind the lines.
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    MORE WARPLANES ARRIVE FOR FINNISH FORCES
    390 16 Stockholm, Mar. 5. IT is learned authoritatively that Gloucester Gauntlet fighting planes, released by South Africa for the Finns, have arrived in Finland. There has recently been a great speed-up in delivery of foreign aircraft and there are now more than 100 planes from
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    U.S. Reaction To Nazi Demands
    92 16 New York, Mar. 5. REPORTS of extreme demands by Rlbbentrop, the Nazi Foreign Minister, in his talk with Mr. Sumner Welles, UJS. Under-Secretary of State, are generally accepted as authentic by the newspapers reaching here from all parts of the country. They deplore what they
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    Hitler Still Hopes For Bloodless Victory
    114 16 A SUGGESTION as to the possible moves of Germany Is made by Lord Riverdale, former chairman of the British air mission to Canada. In a speech In Britain, he said that Httlffr was now pursuing: a waiting policy In the hope that he could
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    MUNITIONS MISSING FROM BARRACKS
    55 16 London, Mar. 4. SCOTLAND YARD and the Army authorities are inquiring into the disappearance of a quantity •of small arms ammunition from a west London barracks. An anonymous letter resulted in an inventory being made of the ammunition in the depot and U was discovered that
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    BRITISH MINISTER AT SANTIAGO
    50 16 London, Mar. 4. THE King has apDroved the appointment of Mr. Charles William Orde, His Majesty's Minister and Plenipotentiary at Riga, Tallinn and Kovno to be H%5 Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Santiago in succession to Sir Charles Bentlnck who is shortly retiring.— British Wireless.
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    BRITAIN TO HALT ALL SHIPS CARRYING NAZI COAL
    956 16 Italian Colliers' Attempt To Run The Allied Blockade London, Mar. 5. A NY ships which now sail as neutral vessels carrying Ger- man coal from Rotterdam will be detained and already to-day two vessels have been detained," stated Mr. R. H. Cross,
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    Workers Decorated For Gallantry
    130 16 •THREE civilians, with officers of the 1 fighting services, received decorations for gallantry from the King at Buckingham Palace yesterday. They were awarded the me^al of th"> Order of the British Empire tor the part they played after the explosuv in Waitham Abbey in the middle
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    "Only Nazis Have This Brutal And Lawless Attitude To Life"
    251 16 London, Mar. 5. r[" is now revealed that the bombing of the British India liner Domala in the English Channel early on Saturday occurred in circumstances which are unlikely to recur. The ruse adopted by the enemy bomber of approaching
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    Muslim Quits Congress Party In Punjab
    68 16 Lahore, Mar. 5. DR. Mahomed Alam, Muslim deputy leader of the Congress party In the Punjab Letlslative Assembly, has resigned membership of the party. He said it was the duty of every Muslim to rally under one banner to consolidate the position cf the
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    GINGER ROGERS SEEKS DIVORCE
    33 16 Los Angeles (Cal.), Mar. 5. pINGER ROGERS, the film star, lia» >* filed a suit for divone against Lew Ayres, charging desertion. The eoupl* have been separated since 1936. Reuter.
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