The Straits Times, 25 March 1940

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    37 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY. J MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MARCH 25, 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS The Straits Times Jfi PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MARCH 25, 1910. PRICK S CriM*
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      189 1 See MIEN CHONG for SMART TAILORING Oil Singapore. Coleman St. -Phone 4816- I "I I I I I I yo* '"I i n*^/- r r VI I B V^ M I W SHIELDED ARC W jA I iH/ ELECTRODES j| 8^ y^i Kj|((l 111 1/ WELDING EQUIPMENT B W*9^\ i
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      115 1 ppPilililß" l-,*lN6€lv TIPS I WITH IHE NEW i KtCfiY SAa sxu J^BP^^^^hh Hfe^^ M fl B > f Ja^ <SW^^ r illlHi B B thai B|jfl^JP\ I WIAI?S LIKf IKON BNPi^r I U^^fl SEE THE SHADES 5 j 1..1 011/ v v IV r I'■ Introducing 3 New 1 Conquest
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      163 1 hr PEfIFECI STYLES in ORESSMAKING ft REAOYMADES Call ut MADAME PAGE'S SALONS 13. Battery Road. Singapore. HOTEL MAJESTIC Kuata Lumpur. p«* re n f the w* raHSg^B^j^JrU- I|B 1 ill :i^r^?"iVJ^^^^Kia TAIKOO SUGAR Refined and packed in the Hong Kong factory of the Taikoo Sugar Refining Co., Ltd., of London.
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
    • Obituary
      DEATH
      29 2 WATTS.—On Mar. 25, suddenly at the General Hospital, Singapore, Ernest Henry Watts, late of Chatham. England. The funeral will be held at Bldadarl Cemetery at 5 o'clock to-day.
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      696 2 SITUATIONS VACANT MALACCA MUNICIPALITY. APPOINTMENT OF DRESSERS Applications are invited for the appointment of two Dressers a Senior Dresser, Grade II and a Junior Dresser, Grade lll— in the Health Department of the Municipality of Malacca. Applications should be addressed to the Municipal Secretary, Malacca, and no applications received later
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      741 2 HOUSES FLATS. TO LET TO LET. 4 Cuscaden Road, partly furnished or furniture can be taken over for $900. Apply 265 Orchard Road. FURNISHED HOUSE to let, quiet location. Paya Lebar Road. Rent $90 from April 1 or later. Apply Box 520, Straits Times or tele. 6042 office hours. FOR
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      670 2 PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE. The Exchange Banks will be closed on: Friday, Mar. 22, Good Friday and Saturday, Mar. 23, Following day. (Public Holiday). Monday, Mar. 25. Easter Monday. (Bank Holiday. THE BASSET RUBBER COMPANY, LIMITED, (Incorporated In the Straits Settlements I NOTICE is hereby givfn that the Twentycecond Annual General
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      310 2 AUCTJON NOTICE VX ORDER OF THE CUSTODIAN OF ENEMY PROPERTY AUCTION SALE Of stock-in-trad 3 and office furniture of N. V. Straits Java Trading Co., Comprising: —Chemicals, Photographic Apparatus. Projectors. Cameras, films. Piece-goods, Dental Fillings, Cosmetics. Teak writing tables almeirahs, Steel Cabinets, Iron safes, adding and calculating machines. Ronco. Imperial,
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      133 2 BUSINESS CARDS ETO MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mrs. HARU end Miss HANA. 60. WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467. lIIKRKS (.HAND OPPORTIMTV not to be mm We offer a Sp:-«ial DJs.-c.int of 10', on DRESSES FOR ALL OCCASIONS for 1 month from 25 S-4i IVires range from $5 to $.10 Tour
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      359 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LIKE. Uncorporateo in England) PENINSULAR ANY ORIKNTAt BJ* Co. tIAXI PASSENGER AND CARGO BERVTCEF The besi possible services are being maintained by the P. O. S N. Company to their usual ports of call except ports in Japan. Passengers are requested to
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      334 3 Uncoroonued in Japan 1 GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR TO LIVERPOOL Colombo. A -in. Sues. Port SaM Naples. Marseilles Gibraltar. LUbon and Liverpool Sail B'Dorc 4 HAKUSAN MARU Apr. 4 5 HARUNA MARU Apr. 22 23 -4- Call* Bombay TO LONDON DBLAGOA MARC Apr. 16 11 ro Liverpool
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      752 3 LUXURIOUS ONE-CLASS MOTORSHIPS Cabins with Private Bath— Excellent Calsine —Moderate Faies PASSENGEK «c FREIGHT SERVICES HOMEWARDS: to Cnlosnbo. Aden. Port Said. Palestine. Beyrouth. Genoa. Marseilles. Casablanca, London, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Copenhagen and Scandinavia. OUTWARDS: to Bangkok Saigon Manila Hongkong. Shanghai and lapan. For particular* regarding callings, rare*. etc.. nlesM «pp!> M>
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      334 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. BLUE FUNNEL LINE Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom and United States of America. Dates ar« not guaranteed, all cargo bookings subject to Conference War Clauses. WESTERN AUSTRALIA THE SHORTEST SEA ROUTE AT THE CHEAPEST FARE Regular Services to Fre mantle (Perth) via Java by first class passenger
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      668 3 Broadc asting TO-DAY nirom blNuArUKt m.»; PMN 10.28 me s (29.2 ml: DM 11.88 me t (25 S ml: VDC .5.1* rat i ZHL 133 mc/i (22&m I (1U.KO «n.». 1.15 p m" P 'MfscTlUnroS'^ramophoac m 2 _*m Opening 7^2 1.40 p.m Interval. 500 p.m. Listeners Mornln deToUons 10 B
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    Fraser & Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations
    1293 4 Fraser Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations THURSDAY, MAR. 21, 1940: 5 P.M. MINING Barer* SeUen Ampat Tin (4s) 4t 10'4d 5s 3d' Austral Amal. (5s) 5s 9d 6s 3d x.d. Austral Malay 35s 37s Ayer Hitara Sis 32s x.d. Ayer Weng .65 .70 Bangrln Tin 32s 23s Batu Selangor ($1) 1.48
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    LYALL AND EVATT'S DAILY QUOTATIONS
    237 4 Singapore, Mar. 21, 5 pjn, MINING B«yer» Selkn AmData 5/- 6/4 Austral Ama*. 5/10% 6/3xd Bata Selangora 1-50 155 Hong Fatta l.W I* 0 Jelebiu 0-80 0.84 Kampong Lanjuts 22/9 23/3 K.. K«muntln« 8/r 8/9 HSLr 61 8 5iS 5* Kuchato if? l.TO Laruts /s
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    225 4 MAILS close at the Oemnl Put Offlcv as follows: MAIL ARRIVALS Mails from Java and Sumatra *air> at 4 p.m. (to boxholders) to-day; general delivery 8.25 a.m. to-morrow. Mails from London and Europe etc. fair) at 7 p.m. (to boxholders) to-day. Mails from Java and Sumatra
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    BRITAIN BUYS INDIAN & CEYLON TEA CROPS
    41 4 BRITAIN BUYS INDIAN CEYLON TEA CROPS Ljnd^n. Mar 24. r[E Ministry of Food announces that the British Government this year has bought the who'c crops of Indian and Ceylon tea and is importing no more Java or ''common" China prade.s. —Renter.
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    ALLIES HAVE AMPLE TIN RESERVES
    1298 4 Smaller Quota Will Not Affect Production REVIEWING the tin market for February, A. Strauss and Co., Ltd., London, write There was a fall in the stocks this month of 2.155 tons, making the total visible supply 32,750 tons. It is rather remarkable that during the
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      230 4 The whole meal cooks MUNICIPAL GAS DEPARTMENT. PMfthir eiAl OR CALL AT THE SHOWROOMS rnUNc. oiux municipal bldg., coleman street. W.P.S. 5A MMHHBaMMHM .i i i CALO R E X HEAT-ABSORBENT GLASS means Sunlight without Discomfort \~alorex" Transmits: 20% of the Sun's Heat 61 °o oi the Sun's Light "Tropical
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      127 4 TIDE TABLES SINGAPORE ro-aay H.W. 11.39 a.m. 9.7 ft.: 11.55 p.m 9.3 It L.W. 524 a.m. 0.9 ft.; 549 p.m. 1.1 ft. Tuesday, Mar 26. H.W. 12.23 p.m. 9.6 ft. L.W. 6.04 am. 1.4 ft: 6.25 pjn. 1.5 ft. Wednesday, Mar. 27. H.W. 00.29 a-m. 9.3 ft.: 1 07 p.m.
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
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      Kuala Sidim Pays 22½ %
      247 5 Kuala Sidim Pays 22½ A TOTAL dividend of 22V* per cent, for the year ended December last will be paid by the Kuala Sidim Rubber Co., Ltd., if the directors' recommendation for a final 121/2 per cent, dividend is approved at the annual meeting of the company nt Penang on
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      KASSETT RUBBER PROFIT SOARS
      201 5 THE Bassett Rubber Company, Ltd., earned a profit of $32,196 for the ended December last and the directors recommend the payment of a dividend of 4 per cent. This dividend, if approved at the company's annual meeting in Penang on Thursday, will absorb $28,000. leaving $80,062
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      10% FOR JERAM KUANTAN
      323 5 10% FOR JERAM KUANTAN A FINAL dividend of 5 per cent, making 10 per cent, for the year ended December last, is proposed by the directors of Jeram Kuantan Rubber Estate, Ltd. The profit for the year was $40 300, to which is added the balance of 562 526 brought
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      First Annual Meeting
      249 5 AT the first annual meeting of Malayan Producers, Ltd., to be held at Changkat Kinding Estate, Tanjong Rambutan, on Saturday, the directors will recommend the payment of a final dividend for the year ended December last of 3 per cent. During the year two interim dividends., totalling
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      POPE ON REMEDY FOR PRESENT TURMOIL
      102 5 Vatican City, Mar. 25. IN a Latin homily during the high mass in St. Peter's yesterday. His Holiness the Pope painted a sombre picture of errors and scourges, especially the war now afflicting the world. He called on all men to conform to the
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      GOOD RUBBER PROSPECTS
      538 5 SIR JOHN HAY ON PRESENT DEMAND SOUNDS NOTE OF CAUTION THAT the rubber industry will, "for a brief period continue this unusual experience of high production and profitable price," was the view expressed by Sir John Hay when presiding at the annual meeting of the Sendayan (F.M.S.)
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      Conditions For Lasting Peace
      300 5 THE London weekly journal Spec1 tator has some interesting comments under the headine "Conditions of Peace." The Spectator points out that the aims of the Allies are most practical, moderate and well known, but adds that a disinterested third party may well give a more impartial
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      75 5 c^ QUALITY &J~ WITH Ay^W^^^^^^tV THE NEW WOLSELEY TEN This new Wolseley car is in every essential a quality car in true keeping with the characteristics of the famous name it bears. The aim has been to produce a ten horsepower car with all th c running economies of its
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      204 5 fresh as a daisy Once you have used Sanident to clean your dentures you will never go back to old methods. Sanident dissolves tartar and food particles WHILE YOU SLEEP. It is antiseptic and harmless to the plates very economical to use, too. teeth W^^^ every morning Of all Chemists
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      216 5 Remember: If the public buys the same brand of article time and time again, then (he article b worth buying;. "GOLD LEAF" Tea is a case in point. "GOLD LEAF" la a Tea of Taste. t nl,lVii I THE RADIO OF THE FUTURE TO-DAY I Ljpfl 61 110 1 KEE
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      311 6 If you cannot make up your mind about the type of entertainment you would like to see, you cannot KO wrong if you plump for "Gunga Din." It will amuse, entertain and thrill any Cinemagoer —MALAYA TRIBUNE. THE ONE BIG SHOW THAT'S THE TALK OF THE TOWN! I ISr.'VSS ALHAMBRA
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      465 6 TONIGHT 6.15 9.15 PQpWff| A SENSATIONAL STORY I Jl A f OF DAREDEVIL SUICIDE Lwl FLEET THAT WIPED THE MARAUDING U-BOATS Ol< THE BBAB //^^^/dRAMA OF U BOATS! TIMELYI'THRILLING iLirtCra^-^ Ah iiJWW.Ii j|&4t h MORRIS/gN To-day Matinee— 2 P.M. ON BORROWED TIME also PORT OF SEVEN SEAS [•M 1 J
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      247 6 THE BIG EASTER HOLIDAY SHOW That the Whole Town 's Flocking to CAPITOL 'T™ 11 A.M. 3.15 615 9.15 SKE A NKVV "ANDY HARDY" |^WHfe SINGING I>A\U\< ll^&to'li^if PLAYING PIANO and DO! It! 9j» m^l «f -if Co-starred with JOYOUS A JUDY GARLAND HK ff)^ Fresh from ln v r
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    Bridge Blown Up On Western Front
    19 7 A wrecked railway bridge, nhich was blown up somewhere on the Western Front.
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    I.R.A. PRISONERS SET FIRE TO BUILDING IN GAOL
    347 7 Terrorists Are Overpowered And Returned To Cells London, Mar. 24. DOLICE surrounded the walls of Dartmoor gaol yesterday when extremist I.R.A. prisoners set fire to a block of the prison after having overpowered two warders. After two hours the blaze was extinguished
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    BLOCKADE WORKING SMOOTHLY
    115 7 London, Mar. 24. T^HE work of British naval units in the Mediterranean in applying contraband control means arduous duties for British patrols. For example, in one patrol area in the Mediterranean area alone, H.M. ships had 'spoken" to 698 vessels between th~e beginning of 1940 and the
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    KING & QUEEN SPENDING EASTER AT WINDSOR
    36 7 KING QUEEN SPENDING EASTER AT WINDSOR London, Mar. 24. THE King and Queen are spending Easter at Royal Lodge, Windsor, Great Park. Yesterday morning the Queen and the two princesses went shopping in Windsor.— British Wireless.
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    Respite For New French Premier
    174 7 Paris, Mar. 24. M. PAUL REYNAUD, the new French Prime Minister, has ten days' respite until Parliament reassembles in which to strengthen his position. The Government's decision to remain in office has been welcomed in most political circles. It is ielt that the numerous abstentions
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    Hangoe Handed Over To Reds
    137 7 Henlsinki, Mar. 24. HANGOE is now a sealed city. At midnight the Russians formally took it over from a group of Finnish officials in accordance with the terms of the peace treaty and all communication with the rest of Finland was severed. When a group
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    Big Holiday Rush Despite War
    118 7 London, Mar. 24. DESPITE the war there has been a tremendous holiday rush. Traffic on railways hitherto this Easter substantially exceeds that of last Easter and is double that of Easter of 1938. Officials of the London, Midland and Scottish railway declare it was the
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    MORE EASTER WEDDINGS AT HOME THIS YEAR
    47 7 London, Mar. 24. EASTER weddings this year have been more numerous than usual. The London registries worked overtime and the Southampton registry averaged six weddings a day. Many of the men and some of the women wore uni forms.— Reuter.
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      280 7 T UJ PXvM Br >A rJ fe \\M i^l rrr^l L^JB BT ft^^ inß J jfHURSDAY GRAND OPENING NIGHT "GAIETIES OF 1940" With Mr. and Mrs. Vyner Gomez 40 ARTISTS— IO DANCE HOSTESSES GAY GLAMOROUS— ENTERTAINMENT GALORE TICKETS $2.— Admission for diners $1.50 FRIDAY— MATINEE ONLY— 6 P.M.— TICKETS $1.50
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      240 7 CATHAY T0 DAY rm m^m m GoeB utu 315 615 915 SEE THIS BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE! Packed with just the kind of thrills you expect from Gary Another grand picture jj OPENING WEDNESDAY opens the gates of 1 yinnn 0 7TU memory! <^£lfl IflfHiUn Zf 111 r: heres the
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  • The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MAR. 25, 1940.
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      Summing Up—I
      1106 8 Summing Up I If strategy may be defined as being the art of combing and employing all the resources of the fighting forces, and if one obeys the dictum Use Large Maps," even amateur strategists like ourselves may arrive at certain obtrusive strategical conceptions applicable, or apparently so, to present
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      MORE WRITERS BANNED BY THE NAZIS
      49 8 A DECREE published in Berlin an- nounces that all books written by Sir George Frankenstein, formerly Baron von Franckenstein, Austrian Ambassador in London, are forbidden in the Reich. A similar ban applies to the books of Herr Oto Braun, former Premier of Prussia.
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    London Feels Fateful Weeks Are At Hand
    2582 8 Our London Letter (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Mar. 11. gOMEWHERE in Malaya is an exceedingly interesting human being. He is the writer, you may perhaps remember, of the letter signed "L. H. Trueman and printed in the Straits Times of Feb. 20,
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      143 8 /7 ,6&&U£*. Q-W2XI For That Headache! A good idea, perhaps, some mornings —a block of ice on the head— though hardly practicable. u_^ The simpler and jJ I Vj more effective way 11 to rid yourself cf jf£ l" 1/ Bick headache is to {-i\ I* take a dose of
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      90 8 THE WAY TO LIVE In Health and Physical Fitness, by George Hackenschmldt, Revised edition, with Illustrations. Price $1.50 Postage Extra. O. H. KIAT A CO., LTD. •-8 Robinson Road Singapore. 'Phone 6506. LATEST NOVELS NO ARMS NO ARMOUR (£3,000 Prizewinner) by R.D.Q. Henriques, Third Edit. $4.50 RUE DE PARIS, by
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    BELISHA ON SOVIET RUSSIA AND THE ALLIES
    1420 9  -  Rt. Hon. Anglo-French Plans Wartime Strategy By the "NAZIS MUST BE MADE TO EXPEND MATERIAL" Singapore's Inclusion In The German "Peace Terms" RUSSIA'S position in relation to the war between the Allies and Germany is discussed in the following striking article one of
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    STILL HOPE FOR FINNS
    223 9 STILL HOPE FOR FINNS Lord Halifax" On The Future "IF others had shared Finland's determination to resist evil and barbarism in the only possible way mow left to civilization by force of firms citizens of our two countries would now have been fighting sido by side in a common cause."
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    Rome Comment On Pact Rumours
    106 9 Rome, Mar. 25. THE suggestion that the Italian and German governments are to form a triumvirate with Moscow to divide the Balkans and Danube basin into lespective spheres of influence is described in Italian political circles as sensational propaganda by the pseudodemocracies aimed at spreading
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    Swedish War Measures
    198 9 DEFENCE CHIEFS STATEMENT Stockholm, Mar. 25. SPEAKING at Malmoe yesterday, M. P. E. Skold. the Swedish Defence Minister, after saying that, despite difficulties the good-will to reach a conclusion would surely carry the proposed defensive alliance among Sweden, Norway and Finland through, urged them to be prudent
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    Extensive Areas Are Flooded In Germany
    207 9 London, Mar. 24. j£i(XORDING to the German wireless, extensive areas in the River Oder basin were flooded when a dam burst near Mederbrutzen yesterday. No details as to the causes and consequences are given by the wireless, but judging from the fact that Field-Marshal
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    CHINESE CLAIM NEW SUCCESS
    138 9 CHINESE CLAIM NEW SUCCESS Chungking, Mar. 25. CIELD dispatches state that fol- lowing a big battle, in which the Japanese suffered 5,000 casualties, the Chinese troops have retaken Lingshan, near the Japan-ese-occupied town of Nannlng on the Indo-China trade route. The Japanese captured Lingshan last week in an effort to
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    New R.A.F. Flights Over Germany
    130 9 London, Mar. 24. AN Air Ministry announcement states that on Saturday night aircraft of the R.A.F. carried out reconnaissance flights over extensive areas of north-west Germany. One of our aircraft failed to return. Despite very unfavourable weather, says a Berlin High Command communique, the German
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    NAZIS AFTER GIANT SHIP?
    109 9 Story Of Hunt In West Atlantic London, Mar. 24. ACCORDING to the Rome radio, a denial has been issued in Berlin of reports that the German 10,000-ton ''pocket battleship" Deutschland is searching the western Atlantic for the giant new British liner Queen Mary, reports Reuter. The
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    N.Z. Premier In Grave Condition
    49 9 Wellington. Mir. 24. FE condition of Mr. M. J. Savage, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, who is critically ill, is causing the gravest anxiety. Mr. Savage has grown much weaker, and the latest bulletin states that his condition is now more critical. Reuter.
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    NEW BRITISH EXPLOIT
    316 9 Sinking Of Nazi Steamer ACCORDING to the German wireless, the Nazi steamer Edmund Hugo Stinnes was sunk by a British submarine "near the Danish port of Esbgcrg." The announcer also alleged that two British destroyers '•challenged and molestrd" the German steamer Nordland In Norwegian territorial waters. Ie
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    "GROSS OVERCROWDING" IN JOHORE BAHRU
    391 10 Government Now Considering Rebuilding Schemes "INSANITARY CONDITIONS" IN SHOPHOUSE AREA COLLOWING a survey of housing conditions in the town of Johore Bahru an investigation which revealed that, to quote the official report, drastic action was needed to relieve the gross overcrowding the Government of Johore
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    BIG CHINESE FUNERAL IN IPOH
    79 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Mar. 24. MORE than 1.000 Chinese and prominent persons of Perak and Selangor attended the funeral here to-day of Madame Chew Yoke Chee, mother of Mr. Lee Ah Weng, managing director of the Perak Trust and Investment Co.. Ltd. The
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    POSED AS OFFICERS AND TOOK JEWELLERY
    105 10 FOUR Chinese, who are alleged to have represented themselves as revenue officers, are reported to have entered a hous2 on a rubber plantation in Yio Chu Kan-? Road and robbed the occupants of cash and jewellery to the value of 52.000 yesterday morning. They
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    SUMATRA BRITONS' £2,000 GIFT
    49 10 THE British community in Sumatra has contributed £1,900 to the British War Relief Fund. Of this sum 60 per cent, has been made available for the British Red Cross, and the balance will be used to provide comforts for His Majesty's Forces on active service.
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    DEATH OF MR. E. H. WATTS
    136 10 Naval Man Who Was In Last War THE death occurred suddenly at 1 the General Hospital early this morning of Mr. Ernest Henry Watts. Fort Canning. Mr. Watts, who was 41 years of age came from Chatham, England, and had been in Singapore for
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    JOHORE FACTORY COOLIES BOUND OVER
    135 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Mar. 24. AFTER protracted trial, ten Chinese pineapple factory coolies of Plenthong were found guilty to-day on a charge of rioting by Tuan Haji Nassir. the second magistrate. Each of the men was bound over In the sura of
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    WOMAN CHEMIST ENTERTAINED
    75 10 |I*ADAM X. Astrova, chemist of the ITI Globe Trading Limited which manufactures the Astrova beauty products, was entertained by the company to a Chinese dinner at the Great World on Saturday. Madam Astrova is shortly leaving for America on a business trip. More than 25 people of
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    24 10 Rear Admiral T. B. Drew will give an address at Wednesday's meeting of the Singapore Rotary Ciub. His subject has not been announced yet.
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    EASTER MONDAY WEDDINGS
    58 10 Mr. and Mrs. C. P. T. Burke alter their loedding at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd this morning. Straits Times picture. Inspector and Mrs. John Le Cain after their marriage this morning at the Church of St. Theresa.— Straits Times picture. Mr. and Mrs. Noel Pereira
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    Governor's Volunteer A. D. C. Married This Morning
    665 10 THERE are five Easter Monday weddings in Singapore to- day four of them being at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd. Three of them were solemnized this morning, including that of Mr. Charles Patrick Towers Burke, advocate and solicitor and Volunteer aide-de-camp
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    BIG GIFT TO POPPY FUND
    206 10 Total Is Highest Since 1930 FIGURES for the Poppy Day Fund collection in Malaya last year, which have just been issued, show that this country has sent to Earl Haig's Fund the largest annual amount since 1930 in spite of the fact that in 1939
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    EUROPEAN INJURED IN CAR ACCIDENT
    61 10 A EUROPEAN, Mr. T. H. Armstrong, was early this morning injured in a car accident In Serangoon Road. The car in which he was a passenger, came into collision with a trolley-bus cable post. Mr. Armstrong received a wound in the centre of the forehead,
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    Seletar Indians To Form Youth Organization
    258 10 HTHE real standard by which the 1 improvement and progress of the Indian community in this country could be measured was from the welfare and prosperity of Indian labourers in Malaya, said speakers at the inaugural meeting of an Indian youth organization at Seletar
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    CO-OPERATION IN COLONIES
    180 10 Anglo-French Plan Praised TWO EMPIRES NOW TO WORK AS ONE yL/ELCOMING the recent visit of the Secretary of State for the Colonies to Paris, the weekly journal The Economist writes "It is excellent news that permanent liaison offices will be established In the two capitals to promote
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    FINE ACTING IN "THE WOMEN"
    267 10 At The Cinema "The Women." (Rosalind Russell. Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford and Paulette Goddard.) 20th Cen-tury-Fox. At the Cr.pitcl. (Midnight premiere.) THIS is rather unique entertainment as well as being very diverting. It deals perhaps a little too harshly^ with the private lives of women
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    CARE OF BLIND IN SINGAPORE
    387 11 Special Hospital Wing Suggested rIE building of a new wing at the Singapore General Hospital for the treatment of the blind was suggested by Mr. T. H. Stone in a paper, "What Can Rotary do for the Blind," which was read at the conference of
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    SAVING STREET BOYS FROM THE AGITATOR
    1501 11 Special Rotary Committee To Tackle Big Problem HELPERS ARE NEEDED FROM LOCAL COMMUNITIES "WE should leave no stone unturned to do something at once to save the youths of the city who roam through our streets from being the prey of unscrupulous agitators and
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    Death Of Mrs. Nelson Leicester
    775 11 'THE death took place early yesterday morning at her residence in Palm Road, Singapore, of Mrs. Frances Clotiide Leicester, wife of Mr. Nelson Leicester, at the age of 67 years. Besides her husband, she is survived by two sons and three daughters. Mr. N. N.
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    HITLER'S PLANS BELIEVED TO HAVE GONE ASTRAY
    213 12 Promised Sensation At Week-end Has Not Materialized Amsterdam, Mar. 24. THE suspicion that Hitler's diplomatic plans have gone astray is gaining ground in political circles in Berlin. When the Fuehrer returned from the frontier town of Brenner, after his talks with Signor Mussolini,
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    POLISH TRAWLERS AID ALLIES
    92 12 Six Vessels To Join Mine-Sweepers Fwas announced in London yesterday that six Polish trawlers will take their place alongside British minesweepers within the next few days. When the Germans seized their home port of Gdynia the Poles decided to risk their lives rather than fall into
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    Sylt Damage Not Exaggerated
    132 12 London, Mar. 24. THE British authorities declare themselves to be satisfied that the claims about the damage on Sylt during the R.A.F. raid have not been exaggerated. These claims are damage to two hangars, the railway connecting HorI num with List, the land entrance to j
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    Allied Commission's Talks In U.S.
    68 12 London, Mar. 24. THE Anglo-French purchasing commission in New York has issued a statement that preliminary talks with members oi the American aircraft industry are going on satisfactorily. Experience of flying conditions in the war has suggested a number of improvements in the aircraft and
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    FOREIGN PLANE FIRES ON DANISH CIVILIANS
    67 12 Copenhagen, Mar. 24. A FOREIGN plane flew low over coastal territory near Jutland this afternoon and is alleged to have opened machine-gun fire on five civilians in the fields but no one was injured. The British Air Ministry declares there is no truth in
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    GIBRALTAR SEARCH MYSTERY
    71 12 London, Mar. 23. THERE Ls no confirmation in official circles in London, Reuter states, that the search on board the Italian liner Conte di Savoia at Gibraltar was carried out for the purpose of finding Dr. Schacht, the German financial expert, or any other specifically named individual.
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    54 12 When the day's work is over Tommy's leisure hours are usually spent in one of the many recreation huts in the British zone in France. Here a party is having a sing-song round a piano. Their vocal efforts do not seem to disturb the card-players. Note the cartoon over the
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    Crusade Against Hitler's Sway
    177 12 Primate Condemns The Keich's Evil Leaders London, Mar. 24. BROADCASTING to-day from Canterbury Cathedral the Archbishop of Canterbury said it was probably no exaggeration to say that at no time within the last 1,700 years had the powers of c v i 1 been more active.
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    Germany Appeals For Air Force Volunteers
    71 12 London, Mar. 24. MEWSPAPERS in Berlin this morning published an appeal fol* volunteers to make naval armaments and for air force men from the age of 17. The appeal for airmen says that volunteers will be accepted for the duration of the war or
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    MYSTERY PLANES NEAR SCOTTISH COAST
    44 12 London, Mar. 24. AEROPLANES, believed to be hostile, apparently reconnoitring for shipping, are reported for the third day in succession to have approached the east coast of Scotland yesterday. The Air Ministry has no confirmation of this report.— Reuter.
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    LONDON LETTER....Contd.
    637 12 and some fantastic stories are in circulation. The least sensational of them declares that a secret weapon of fearful potentialities is being tried out in the glens. But I am inclined to accept Professor A. M. Low's opinion, vigorously expressed in his new book, "Modern Armaments." that nothing
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    NORWAY AND SWEDEN ARE PREPARING FOR WAR
    674 13 Both Hastily Arming But Silent On Intensive Defence Moves IVORWAY and Sweden are preparing for war. They are at pains to say little aboi.t it, for they cling to the hope that their peace will be maintain:d. but the effort to make themselves
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    NEW RELAXATION IN RATIONING
    78 13 London, Mar. 23. CURTHER relaxation In meat rationing is the subject of a statement by the Ministry of Fcod. which deals also with the doubUEK of the butter ration as from to-morrow. From Tuesday onwards sausages, musage meat pastes, meat pasties, meat puddings and all other
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    JAPAN-FRENCH TRADE PACT EXTENDED
    86 13 Tokio, Mar. 23. THE extension of the trade understanding between Japan and France for one month and promotion of conversations between the two countries for the adjustment of trade relatlor > is announced by the Foreign Office. The Franco-Japanese trade understanding, concluded on June IS, last
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    Chinese Tribute To British Navy
    80 13 Chungking, Mar. 24. A WARM tribute to the work of officers and men attached to the British gunboats Falcon and Gannet in the rescue of victims of the bombing of the French-own-ed Yunnan railway on Feb. 1 by Japanese planes is expressed in a letter
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    Higher Salaries For Italians
    62 13 Rome, Mar. 24. AN immediate rise of 10 to 15 per cent, in all wages and salaries '.s the welcome Easter gift received by Italians. The rise was decided by the central committee of the Fasci and Corporations, at a meeting of which it was revealed
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    Attempt On Life Of Sind Ex-Premier
    72 13 Attempt On Life Of Sind Ex-Premier Lucknow, Mar. 24. ACCORDING to the Hardoi (United Provinces) correspondent of the Pioneer, an attempt was made to assassinate Khan Bahadur Allah Bux, former premier of Sind, while he was returning to Sind by train from Ramgarh yesterday. When he was passing Hardoi a
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    Puppets' "Moderate" Foreign Policy
    84 13 Shanghai, Mar. 24. 'THE belief that the legitimate rights and interests of foreign powers in China will be respected by the new central government which is being inaugurated on Mar. 30 was expressed by Lieut.-General S. Itagaki, chief of staff of the Japanese expeditionary lorces in
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    TURKEY TO DEFEND THE BALKANS
    95 13 "HTURKEY will march immediately If any Balkan country is attacked," the authoritative Istanbul newspaper Venl Sabah states. It added that Turkey had no reason to make war on anyone and had signed no agreement which might provoke Russian action. Discussing the chances of Turkey being
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    24 13 Curt George Richtenburg, ex-lieut£-nant of the Swedish Navy, was sentenced at Oslo to two years' Imprisonment for espionage on behalf of a foreign Power.
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    BRITISH ORGANIZATIONS CONDEMN RUSSIA
    293 13 London, Mar. 24. IN Great Britain a number of organisations are holding their Easter conferences and the discussions are mainly centred on subjects connected with the war. At Nottingham where the Independent Labour Party Is meeting, the main topic Is Russia. The president, Dr. C. A.
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    "Roving Songster" In France
    31 13 The "Roving Songster," a broadcast item in peace-time, now a lorry driver with the RAF. in France, entertains Trench school-children in the airmen's billets.— British official photograph.
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    Nazi Peace Drive On West Front
    94 13 Paris, Mar. 24. rE Germans have launched a big "peace offensive" along the Rhine. Appeals to the French to stop righting have blared across the river from loudspeakers, blazoned on giant banners or dropped from planes in leaflets. The French gave one reply— to
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    Military Map "Leakage" In Prague
    151 13 r\R. Germat, director of the Military U Georgraphical Institute in Prague, has been arrested, apparently because of a recent leakage of information from the institute's map-making department. In mid-January the news reached Balkan capitals that large numbers of military maps of Slovakia, Hungary, and Rumania
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    WAR PERSONALITIES' LINK WITH INDIA
    173 13 rIE New Delhi of a few years ago has proved a remarkable breeding ground for eminent military personalities in this war. The present Chief of the Imperial General Staff. General Sir Edmund Ironside, Quartermaster-General there between 1933 and 1936. At about the same period Gen.
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    WRINGING OUT SAVINGS IN GERMANY
    42 13 T^HE present issue of two,-mark and one-mark pieces has withdrawn from circulation in Germany. Owners of savings boxes have been warned to extract all such coins, exchange them and then deposit the proceeds at a savings bank.
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    Muslim League To Embrace States
    163 13 Muslim League To Embrace States Lahore, Mar. 24. r\ELEGATES from 40 Indian states were present at the inaugural meeting of the All-India States Muslim League, which has been formed to embrace subjects of Indian states (areas other than British provinces ruled by Indian Princes). The latter are not included in
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    ESSEN STEEL WORKS' HUGE PROFITS
    50 13 nEVELATION of the Nazis' intensive preparations for the present struggle is disclosed by the official German News Agency announcement that the United Steel Works of Essen made a profit of £20.000,000 during the year ended September 30. A dividend of 6 per cent. Is proposed.
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    SELECTIONS FOR TO-DAY
    143 14 CELECTIONS for to-day's Ipoh races are: STRAITS TIMES Race 1. Fighting Finish, Strathpeffer. Race 2. Night Empress, Harriford. Race S. Pratique, Silver Lac*. Race 4. The Poacher. Grofme. Race 5. Constant Light, Salmon Par. Race 6. Lord Bur, Miss Zipp. Race 7. Empress, The Annan. Race 8.
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    Card Of Events At Ipoh Races
    345 14 FINAL DAY OF EASTER MEET THE full card of events for to-day's races at Ipch in the final day of the Perak Turf Clubs Easter meeting is: RACE 1 Horses. Class 3, 5 Furs. Straight Jacatra 9.04 St. Marcel 8.08 The Emperor 9.03 Vedas
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    POLICE BEAT S.C.C. IN CRICKET AT DEPOT
    150 14 IN a cricket match played at the Police Depot yesterday, the Police beat a Singapore Cricket Club side by eight wickets. Batting first the club were all out for a mere 90 runs, W. H. Davles and Major D. V. Hill top-scoring for
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    INTER-SCHOOL SOCCER FINAL DRAWN
    85 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) Muar. IN a thrilling soccer game the Government English School and the St. Andrew's School played a goalless draw when the sides met In the final of the Muar Junior Inter-School competition for the challenge cup presented by Mrs. Milne. The match
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    PENG SOON QUALIFIES FOR SINGLES FINAL
    511 14 Yesterday's Results In Badminton Championships (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Mar. 24. DLAYING in his best form, Wong Peng Soon, the Singa1 pore champion, swept Teoh Seng Khoon off his feet in the semi-finals of the Malayan badminton championships played at the town hall
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    Klang Tennis Results
    702 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) Klang, Mar. 24. WITH Mrs. E. K. Allin not competing in the Women's Open Singles, Mrs. R. R. C. Carter who defeated Mrs Chalmers in the semi-final, will undoubtedly become the women's champion. She will meet Miss C. O. Ansell in the final
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    412 14 Singapore Drivers' Successes (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Mar. 24. .rVRIVING his latest L. A. Special, Lint Peng Han, the Singapore motor ace set up a new record of 35.9 sees, against his previous one cf 38 8 sees, at the Gopeng hill climb to-day. A large
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    ROSE BOWL FINAL
    34 14 IN the final of the Rose Bowl compe1 titicn at the Garrison Golf Cluft Majcr and Mrs. F. G. Brittorous beat Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. J. W. Pinhey 4 and 3.
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    58 15 SINGAPORE StHTKR: Second Division (A), R.A.M.( vs. R.A.O.C, Tanglin. CUCUCT: T.P.C.A. vs. C.S.C., 11 a.m., Baleslicr; St. Joseph's vs. I'.W.D. Spcrts Club. Bt Joseph's; St. Andrew's Old Boys vs. Malays, St. Andrew's. iron CRICKET: Penang vs. Perak. RACES: Perak KaUer Meetiiiß, third day. BADMINTON Malayan Champi<n hips,
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    Ceylonese In Winning Way At Balestier
    615 15 Ceylonese In Winning Way At Balestier ONLY 38 more runs are needed by the Ceylon Sports Club to beat the Tamillans Physical Culture Association Of Kuala Lumpur in their annual three-day cricket fixture at Balesticr, which will conclude to-day. On Saturday the T.P.C.A.. who took first lease of the wicket,
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    SYKES CUP FOOTBALL WON BY MUAR CUSTOMS
    343 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Saturday. AFTER playing lire a winning side and obtaining 2—o lead, the Johore Bahru Customs were beateu at the Istana padang yesterday by three goals to two in the Sykcs football c lp competition. Although Muar showed
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    MALAYS' HOCKEY
    41 15 i From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Mar. 23. ■THE Malacca Malays lost to the Negri A Sembilan Malays I—3 in a game of hockey played at Seremban yesterday. The Negrl Sembilan team included Sheik Hussein, the former Singapore player.
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    SINGAPORE BEATEN IN STATE CRICKET MATCH
    1363 15 Selangor's Improved Form In Yesterday's Play TWO days proved to be sufficient for the Selangor cricket side who, although 19 runs behind Singapore on the first innings of the inter-state fixture on the S.C.C. padang, batted and bowled excellently in the second innings to
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    GIBB AND HALLIDAY TO CONTEST GOLF FINAL
    201 15 Malayan Championship Meet At Kuala Lumpur (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 24. THE ex-Malayan golf champion, W. J. Gibb, will meet G. Halliday to-morrow morning at 9 a.m. in the final of the Malayan golf championship this year. The first round
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    SINGAPORE SOCCER TEAM AT PENANG
    85 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Mar. 23. TTHE Singapore Chinese Sports Asso- elation beat the Darul Alshan Football Club in a fast and interesting game of soccer on St. Xavler's Institution ground this evening by four goals to one. The match was in aid of
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    RED CROSS GOLF
    52 15 London, Mar. 23. •TWO old-timers, James Braid and Alex Herd, playing with the modern rubber-cored golf ball, finished all-square against Henry Cotton and Arthur Havers, using the old-time gutty ball, over 18 holes at the Sandy Lodge course to-day in a match in aid of the Red
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    Penang-Perak State Cricket
    277 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Mar. 24. CLOSE of play scores in the interState cricket match between Penang and Ferak continued here to-day are given below. The match will be resumed to-day. Penan*, first Inns: 247 (Willians 128 not out, Stewart 23, Cheow Teik 24, R. N.
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    R.A.F. (TENGAH) AND R.N. AT NAVAL BASE
    33 15 IN a cricket match played at the Naval Base yesterday the Royal Navy scored 125 runs, the R.A.F. (Tengah) 148 runs. E. Grenfell tR-N.'t hit 66.
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    BILLIARDS
    39 15 RESLLTS in the billiard matches between the CSC. and the T.P.C A. of Kuala Lumpur are: Singles: J. N. Fernando 'CSC beat Robert Rajasingham (T.P.C.A.) Doubles: Bend Dudley and V.Paramsothy tCS.C.) beat Alex Mcln\vrc and Kamal (T.P.C .A.)
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    SATURDAY'S SOCCER
    42 15 Pi a soccer game at Gillman Barracks on Saturday the Loyals beat the 7th Heavy Regt. by one goal to nil. On the Singapore Harbour Board ground the 7th Heavy Regt. second team drew 3—3 with the Amicable Athlotlc Association.
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    77 16 (Above) New racing motor torpedo boats capable of a very high speed, are now being used by the Royal Navy for coastal work. The boats carry torpedoes and depth charge* for use against submarines and are proted>d against aircraft. (Below) Manning the anti-aircraft
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    Scuttling Of A German Freighter
    170 16 (Right) The end of a German cargo steamer, trapped by the Allied blockade. She was sighted by a British cruiser and when a plane from tho warship flew over the cargo ship to identify her the crew opened the sea-cocks to scuttlo their ship and
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