The Straits Times, 8 May 1940

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    37 1 FINAL EDTN. The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEAiIIY A CENTURSf.) MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER—LARGEST NET SALES 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1940 PRICE 5 CENTS. The Straits Times J6 PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1940, PRICE 5 CENTS.
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  • The Straits Times DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
    • Obituary
      DEATH
      45 2 RO7.ARIO.—On May 7, 1940. at No. 1. Flower Road, the death of Mr. Augustine Rozario. nt the age of 43 years. The funeral leave.« residence at 4.30 p.m. to-day for the Church of St. Joseph and thtnee to Bidadarl Cemetery for interment. Deeply regretted.
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
      95 2 Mr. See Bong Hln, Mrs. Helen Gan and Mrs. Lucy Chen and family beg to thank all those friends <nd relatives who attended the funeral of their beloved father, the late Mr. See Tiong Wah, J.P.. and those who sent wreaths, scrolls, teleprams and letters of condolence as well
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      511 2 GRAHAM.—On May 7, 1940 at the Maternity Hospital. Singapore, to May, wife of A. Graham, a daughter. I 1 SITUATIONS VACANT When applying for in* position adveitHed In these column* send copies of testimonial* I)n not send orieinalt BOX NO. "85— Vacancy filled. Applicants thanked WANTED first class salesman for
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      867 2 AGENTS WANTED WANTED agents. Salary Allowance 1501rlslng to 5001- Details samples f-ee. Bonus 25-500. Jindals Ltd. Silk Cloths Manufacturers, 139 St. Ludhlana. India. WANTED GRANITE CRUSHER required to crush size. Apply to P.O. rox No. 530 or Phone 2733 between 9 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. WANTED. Hull, suitable for out-board
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      819 2 MOTOR VEHICLES MORRI6 8 h.p. 2 seater, good running condition, insured, any trial $375 cash. Urn Motor Garage. Phone 6603. TRIUMPH 126 Saloon, good mechanical condition, Insured, demonstrations any time $300. Lim Motor Garage. Phone 6603. FOR SALE 1938 Chevrolet— Master de Luxe Black In excellent condition Only done 17,000
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      398 2 AUCTION NOTICES THE SINGAPORE AUCTIONEERS. ATTRACTIVE AUCTION SALE Of essentially modern Dutch polished teak household furniture of every description. "Philips" Radio Receiver, one "Sparton"' electric Refrigerator, English Dip Bath Carpets, 8-day wall clock, Etc., Etc. (The property of Mr. H. Jansen of Ford Motor Co. of Malaya Ltd.) To be
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      155 2 BUSINESS CARDS Etc MANOR HOUSE CHANCERY LANE DOUBLE AND SINGLE ROOM. ACCOMMODATION AVAILABLE. M.S. TEL. 2965 MRS. GRAHAM HUTCHISON MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mrs. HARD and Miss HANA. 60. WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467. A N N O U N CE mYnT". IN pursuance of our policy of providtnn our
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      271 2 BORNEO MOTORS US€D CAR BA&GAMS PHONE 5088. FOR USED AUSTINS. AUSTIN 10/4 DELUXE SALOON. A privately owned car that has oeen very carefully handled. Well shod and excellent duco. PRICE $1100.1938 AUSTIN SEVEN SALOON $850.193S AUSTIN SEVEN SALOON $750.1937 AUSTIN SEVEN TOURER SBOO.1937 AUSTIN TEN SALOON $1150.1938 AUSTIN TEN SALOON
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      415 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. (Incorporated in England) PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. Co. MAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES THE P. O. S. N. COMPANY WILL HAVE A PASSENGER STEAMER SAILING WESTWARDS IN THE NEAR FUTURE. Ail vessels may call at any port on or off the
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      260 3 i ITKoruuraieO in Japan GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR TO LIVERPOOL Colombo 44-n Su" Port Said Nanles Marseilles, Gibraltar. Casablanca A Liverpool Sal) Sty** HAKONE MARU June 11 12 SUWA MARU June 22 23 4-CaiiS Bombay TO LONDON DURBAN MARU May 24 TO LIVERPOOL Via Soei Genoa Liverpool.
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      543 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. BLUE FUNNEL LINE Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom and United States o« America. Dates are not guaranteed, all cargo bookings subject to Conference War Clauses. WESTERN AUSTRALIA THE SHORTEST SEA ROUTE AT THE CHEAPEST FARE Regular Services to Fre mantle (Perth) via Java by first class passenger
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      329 3 FAST PASSKNGKR SKRVICK. SINGAPORE TO SAN FRANCISCO. VIA MANILA HONG KONG Sail 8-pore Arrive 3 P •A CITY OF LOS ANGELES May 11 June 4 •j. CITY OF NEWPORT NEWB June It July 13 ■A CITY OP NORFOLK July 17 Aug 10 «J. CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO Aug. 10 Bept.
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      351 3 TO-DAY SINGAPORE ZHL 1.33 noes 2Z5m.| ZHP 9.69 met 1 30.96m.) 1.00 p.m. Miscellaneous new gramophone records; 1.30 p.m. News and mid-day rubber, tin and copra prices: 1.40 pm. New gramo- phone records (contd.); 2.00 p.m. Interval; 5.00 p.m. Hokkien Amoy dramast; 531 p.m. Peiping dramast; 5.45 p.m. Miscellaneous music.
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      389 3 NIROM VDB 9.65 mcs (31.20 mi VI>A SOI mri (49.6 m.); PMN 10.28 mcs (29.'' ml; VIMI 11.86 mcs 123.3 m.l YDC 5 18 «n s (19 80 m.l 4.50 p.m. Programme preview; 4.53 p.m. Tea concert: 6 50 p.m .News and weath r reports: 7.15 p.. Harry Honick and
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    COMMODITY PRICES TO RISE FURTHER?
    892 4 Inflation May Be Forced A FURTHER rise in the price of tin and rubber is possible in the future If the British Government is forced to a measure of Inflation, predict Fraser and Company in their fortnightly market review. Fraser and Company write: We are
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    160 4 Malls c;ose at tne General rojt Office a? follows: TO-DAY Australia air 5 p.m. Canada surface 5 p.m. China surface 5 p.m. Hcng Kong surface 5 p.m. Java air 9.33 a.m. and 5 p.m. Sumatra: Medan air 10 a.m. Sumatra: Palembang surface 9 ajn. 3umatra: Palcmbarg
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    CHINA'S TIN EXPORT
    203 4 Record Output Last Year Hong Kong, May 7. CHINA'S export of tin, on which the recent $20,000,000 (US. currency) American loan was secured, is encouraging, according to the Foreign Trade Commission. Trade reports show that China exported over HK520,000,000 worth ol tin through Hong Kcmg In 1939,
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    FIXED TRUSTS
    111 4 (From Our Own correspondents London, May 6. The following are to-day's "bid" cuoutlons for Fixed Trusts: British Empire "A" 17 British Empire "B" t 7H British Empire Cumulative 14 C British Empire C'prehensive 13 9 British General "A 18 HK British General "B" 14 7"> British General "C"
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    TIDE TABLES
    103 4 SINGAPORE To-day H. W. 11.27 a.m. 8.2 ft.: 11.09 p.m. a.m. L. W. 5.06 a.m. 0.8 ft.; S.OB p.m. l.t (t. To-morrow H. w. 12.02 noon 8.2 ft.; 11.39 p.m. B.f ft. L. W. 5.36 a.m. 0.5 ft.; 5.37 p.m. 2.1 ft. Friday. May 10 H. W. 12.38
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    Fraser & Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations
    1323 4 Fraser Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations TUESDAY. MAY 7. ISM* 5 P.M. MINING Baran SeUart Ampst Tin (is) 4s 64 4s 104 x.d. Austrtl Amat (ss) il 9H Si 3d Austrct Malay 35s 37s Ayer Hltam 21s 21s 9d Ayer Wcng it) 63 .67 Bangrln Tin (f) 21s 22s Batu Selangor
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    LYALL AND EVATT'S DAILY QUOTATIONS
    249 4 Singapore. May 7. S n ra. MINING Buyeri Srllen Ampats 4/7 V'lOxd Austral Amalj 5 9 6 Batu Selangors 1.42 1.4S Hong Patts 1.07 1.10 Jefcbiu 0.73 0.76 Kampcng Lanjute 22 3 23/K. KamunUnn 8 3 ...9 Kundang 14/1 .4 14/7 .4 Kent 2/3 2/6.
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    FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
    157 4 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Book! Company Dividend Close TIM Ampat Tin 12% tax Apr. 29 Pahang 10% Int. less tax Apr. 24 Petaling 15% Int. 5% bonus Apr. SO Sungel Klnta ..19 Final less tax Apr. 30 Talplng Consld. 7>4% No. 9 May 2 Tekka Talplng 6d. less
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      831 4 AUCTION NOTICES AUCTION SALE Of well made Oak-stained teal: household furniture comprising: Sitting, Dining and Bedroom furnltur* of every description, beautiful oil paintings, folding screens, cutlery, crockery, glassware. Underwood typewriter &c. To be held at the sal* room of Cheong Hock Chye Co., Ltd. No. 1A Raffles Place on Friday.
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
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      AROUND THE MARKETS Commons Debate Quietens All Sections
      306 5 AROUND THE MARKETS Commons Debate Quietens All Sections By Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, May 8. THE London siock marKeis are still Influenced by the House of Commons debate on Norway, which has i occupied all interest. Price changes were negligible when they occurred but were mostly unchanged. Rubber in London
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      MILLINGTONS PAY 10 PER CENT.
      175 5 All Branches Show Profits For 1939 MHXINGTON, Ltd., advertising practitioners at Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore, paid a dividend of 10 per cent, for the year ended December last, having made a profit for the twelve months of Ch.592,343. At the annual meeting of the
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      APRIL RUBBER CROPS
      55 5 RUBBER crops for April are reported as follows: n>. Henrietta 157,800 Sungel Matang 40,000 Duff Development 215,550 Buklt Katll 27.605 Ayer Molsk 18.623 Brocyne 168,500 New York, ffM cts.. up ct. Market Tone: Firm. Gold London, 168s. unchanged. Cross Rate London-New York. 4.0300 (prey. 4.0400). New York-London.
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      London Stock Exchange
      346 5 London, May T. /JILT-EDGED were the brightest feature on the stock Exchange to-day. Continued buying orders with a shortage of available stock were responsible for further substantial gains/ In other sections price movements w»re mostly narrowly Irregular. Reuter. The following are to-day's closing middle quotations. Shores are
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      17 5 APRIL tin output is reported as follows Hours Yardage Piculs ore Malayan Tin 2,190 Southern Malayan 5,342
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      PROFIT BELOW EXPECTATIONS
      252 5 Indo-China Steam Navigation Returns EXPECTATIONS that Indo-China Steam Navigation might benefit largely from war-time conditions, as it did in 1914-18, are sadly disappointed by the preliminary figures for 1939, says the Investors Chronicle. The trading profit 'ecords a heavy fall from £286,343 to £131,947, and, although the
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      121 5 Singapore, May 8, noon. Buyers Seller* Gambler $.7.75 Hamburg Cube $1300 Java Cube *12S0 Pepper White Muntok $1475 White $1«.» Black 825 Coprd Mixed $3.40 Sun Dried $3 80 Sago Flour So 1 Llngga $5.90 Fair $5.90 $5.90 Sarawak $5.65 ftotono Palembang $16.50 Banja $16.00 Sarawak $17.00
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      EXCHANGES
      177 5 The following are the axchange rates this morning according to the dally circular Issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation:— SELLING London T.T 2/4 t/16 Loi.don demand 2/4 1/16 Lyons demand 2060 Switzerland demand 208*4 Hamburg demand New York demand 4« 15/16 Montreal demand 51 11/16 Batavla demand
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      80 5 Wednesday, May 8, noon. Bujtn Seller* Prices Price. No. IX B.S.S. (Spot loose) S7 57«4 No. IX B.S.S. f.Abi to cases May 37!4 38 G.F.A.Q. B.S.S. f.o.b. Id fc.ies May MH 36% F.A.Q. B.S.S. f.o.b. Id Date* May 36% 36fc FUTUBE QUOTATIONS No IX B
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      184 5 A.D. *****11 l 172 All Classes 1 Afcents oi Insurance m^^ .i Throughout Malayo Zhe IRo^al Ejcbange assurance: Xonbon HEAD OFFICE FOR MALAYA 6, CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS SNGAPORE. 2 APB la (■■■■■■^■HMa^BHaa^^^^Lf^^La^aa^Laia^Bß^a^H raiZ^fct 'iTJT mA BUHBaBaHHBHaBfc**.* v m -*^^Zftrrf™tyA Wmß&Si^^^^^BMUmm .IRIUM FOR SPARKLING TEETH Hay itQi jOtf to deaa jroux
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      436 5 THE UNIVERSAL FIXER. MENDS ANYTHING. A necessity in every home. 50 cents per tube.Obtainable at Chemists. Stores. Grocers. Dispensaries, etc. Sole Distributors: CRAFTON LABORATORIES., LTD. Singapore and Kuala Lumpur THE BADIOOfTmE FUTURE TO-Di^H I fptf I***")1 KEE HUAT RADIO Co Folding \Bii^P _^J&^ Spectacle* Take up no more room in
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      304 5 PUBLIC NOTiCE PHOENIX AERATED WATER COMPANY, LIMITED. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlement*). NOTICE Is hereby given that the second Vnnual General Meeting of th? Company vill be held at the Registered Office of tha :ompiny. "Phoenix Building." Palmer l.oad. Singapore, on Wednesday, the lath day of Hay 1940 at 2.30
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      319 6 TO DAY 3.15, nT>:i:.l:!'l.l 6.15 9.15 P.M. P^*:^' o *<*3 Warner Bros, present BETTE HENRY DAVIS FONDA Km ±Smmk iL.. /fIKK9Kf".S> ..jl In the Year's Dramatic Screen Performance "THAT CERTAIN WOMAN" with lAN HUNTER, ANITA LOUISE and DONALD CRISP ALSO AIR-MAIL fc PATHE GAZETTE 5 NEXT CHANGE At Last A
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      242 6 LAST NIGHT 6.15 9.15 BP"^P"^P^^P^^K A GRIPPING STORY Oi I X COURAGEOUS HUMANITY STRUGGLING UNDER THE L IRON HEEL OF DESPOTISM t HITLER r BERLIN with ROLAND DREW, STEFFI DI'NA, GRETA GRANDSTEDT, ALLAN LADD, LUCIEN PRIVAL. To-morrow— A CELEBRATED STORY IS NOW A CELEBRATED PICTURE. SUSANNAH S. MOUNTIES with SHIRLEY
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      196 6 POSITIVELY LAST DAY! cahtol |;..ir>.: SEE The Exciting Plane Crash in the Frozen Arctic Wastes SEE The Work of the MEN who protect a Nation's Coast COLUMBIA'S EXCITING ROMANTIC ADVENTURE DRAMA "COAST GUARD With RANDOLPH SCOTT, FRANCES DEE and RALPH BELLAMY ALSO LATEST GAUMONT NEWS with "Tlir BATTLE of NARVIK"
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    GERMANS FORCE 500,000 WOMEN INTO SLAVERY
    515 7 Polish Government's 'Black Book' Of Nazi Terroristic Acts MASSACRE, torture, cold-blooded murder, robbery, and the v systematic enslavement of men, women and children by Germans in Poland, are exposed in a Black Book published in Paris by the Polish Government in France. It is
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    "U.S. Has Plan To Send Troops To Europe"
    92 7 A WITNESS testifying before a hearing of the Inter-State Commerce Commission in New York disclosed that the War Department had perfected plans for the possible transportation of United States troops from New York harbour to Europe or elsewhere. The disclosure was made
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    Plot To Kill King Haakon
    192 7 Plot To Kill King Haakon A German Attache's "Special Mission" INFORMATION has reached London through reliable sources which shows that Germany has for more than two years planned the ultimate annexation of Norway. It appears that a German Service attache, chosen for his agreeable personality and good social standing, was
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    TO FIGHT FOR NORWAY
    59 7 1V E are anxious t0 S e home to join the Allies and flght the Nazis who have invaded our country." This statement was made by the spokesman for 80 officers and men. comprising the crews of three Norwegian steamers at Bombay, when they asked the
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    Nazi Film Shown To Rumanians Dubbed "Hitler's Kiss Of Death"
    68 7 Nazi Film Shown To Rumanians Dubbed "Hitler's Kiss Of Death" ACCORDING to a German shortwave broadcast, the German film Baptism of Fire," which was shown at Oslo shortly before the Nazi invasion, has Just been presented to an audience of high Rumanian officials and a great number of army officers"
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    POLES GET THEIR REVENGE
    122 7 IN addition to the troopship Rio de Janeiro, a German destroyer and three supply ships are believed to have been sunk by the Polish submarine Orael In Norwegian waters. Members of the crew were given an enthusiastic welcome on their return to port. One of the
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    VOLUNTEER WHO IS 63
    44 7 A MAN who Joined the Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps when war started has just been sent home from France because his health was affected by the rigorous weather. The man, who gave his a«e as 49, la, in fact, 63.
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      390 7 TONIGHT DINNER and DANCE (informal) 8 p. m. to midnighl COMPLETE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME by the Popular and Sensational Acrobatic Dancers THE ASTOR TRIO ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL CABARET ACTS EVER TO VISIT SINGAPORE Dinner $3.50 Non-diners $1.00 JUNE 6 7 -ST. ANDREW'S MISSION HOSPITAL BALL SEA VIEW H
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      285 7 ®kT|| AH Wiw TO-DAY II H V y wy 3. 15 6. lr> MALAYA'S CINEMA DE LUXE fio8 Qir BOX OFFICE MPHONE 3400 COME and LAUGH K'ijllh'l||Tr^ COME WHILE AND GORDON HARKER ENJOY AS IPI EVERY TAKES M^fl YOU ON HIS ■OPBM EXCITING MOST AMUSING THRILLING fttrTrtnTnil ROLE AS HOLIDAY
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    SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1940. (249 th. Day of (he War.) Who Will Go?
    545 8 SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1940. (249 th. Day of (he War.) Who Will Go? Mr. Chamberlain's supporters will find little cause for satisfaction in the speech with which he opened the two-days' debate in the House of Commons yesterday on the Government's conduct of the war. It was rightly described
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    Controlled Imports
    476 8 Three weeks ago, the Straits Times gave publicity to dissatisfaction among local merchants at one aspect of the control of imports to this country. The complaint arose out of a notification that quotas were to be issued in respect of certain imports from the United States. Returns were
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    "PIN MONEY WOMEN"
    112 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Some time ago the Man-Power Bureau was opened in Singapore. Since then It has been pointed out several times, without producing the desired result, that numerous wives of people holding lucrative positions are engaged for various government departments, through
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    Our Military Letter
    515 8 Our Military Letter contact with them a good deal. Since the last war the value of staff college training has been fully realized. Officers who qualified at Camberley had further opportunity of going to the R A.F. Staff College at Andover or to the Naval Staff College at Greenwich. Similarly,
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    ITALY'S PLANS
    426 8 Reason For Anti-British Campaign To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, In your leading article of May 4 you said "It may well be that Hitler and Mussolini discussed the Scandinavian venture at their Brenner meetIng, and that they expected one result of it would be a
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    82 YEARS YOUNG
    302 8 A Tribute To Sir David Galloway To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— There are those who are always protesting that it is Impossible to live in Malaya, especially Singapore, unless they can get to Europe at least once In five years, a little earlier if
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    HITLER'S NEXT MOVE AGAINST BRITAIN
    438 8 Danger Of Bombing Open Towns Still Remains FROM OUR MILITARY CORRESPONDENT WATCH out for Hitler's next move. He may hope that our air power, now absorbed in raiding aerodromes across the North Sea, patrolling vast distances of coast line for enemy submarines, escorting convoys, and
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    Correspondence "SEVEN RULES"
    1006 8 Correspondence "SEVEN RULES" A Reply To Mr. Laurence Henderson To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, I am very sorry to have to confess candidly that the only point I am definite about in Mr. Laurence Henderson's correspondence is that his criticism is not constructive. For the rest, I
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      285 8 CHALLEN GRAND UPRIGHT PIANOS AS USED BY THE B. B. C. B. M. B. C. SUPERB TONE QUALITY PERFECT TOUCH ARTISTIC MODERN DESIGNS ROBINSON PIANO Co. (S.S.)Ltd Opposite New Pier THE THREE WHITE RAJAS. By H. H. The Ranee of Sarawak. It 1b the Story of those hundred years and
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      49 8 Have your NEW SUITS -ifc-, made by EXPERT TAILORS Tfe W\ s at Wf MODERATE PRICES Latest Woollen ft Palm j|l| Beach Suiting* i ijL alicays in stock jW TAI HENG CO. i JBjf- 23-5 Coleman St. I *qjr Phone 3375 S'por*. JOHN DUKE Manufacturing Optician. 21, BATTERY ROAD.
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    LOBBY REACTION TO CHAMBERLAIN'S SPEECH
    753 9 No Immediate Crisis Considered Likely M.P.s OF ALL PARTIES CRITICAL OF SITUATION Mr. Oliver Stanley Winds Up First Day's Debate THE present reaction to the statement on the Norwegian campaign and the war situation generally made by the Prime Minister in the House of Commons
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    FIELD DAY FOR CRITICS
    234 9 "'["HE first day of the two-day debate on the Norwegian campaign has been something of a field day for government critics," declared a Parliamentary lobby correspondent broadcasting from London to-day. He remarked that there was no desire in Parliament to revert at this stage to party
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    GOVERNMENT ATTACKED
    1274 9 Vigorous Speech By Sir A. Sinclair SIR Archibald Sinclair, the Liberal Opposition leader, speaking after Mr. Chamberlain and Mr. C. R. Attlee in the House of Commons yesterday, associated himself with the tributes to the courage of all the Allied fighting forces in Norway and said he was
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    Mr. George Lansbury Dead: His Work For Labour And Pacifism
    577 9 !\flß. GEORGE LANSBURY, the ITI Labour M.P., died last night in London at the age of 81. He had spent most of his life in East London. In recent years, he had worked for peace. He made a peace mission
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    Sharp Watch On The Western Front
    29 9 A sharp lock-out Is kept by these French soldiers, In a barn a short distance from the enemy positions on the Western Front.
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    Captain's Story Of British Courage
    440 9 London, May 7. THE great courage and tenacity of the British troops in Norway and the paralysing effect of air superiority which the Germans possessed are two most striking features revealed in stories told by returned British soldiers. The incredible difficulties undei which troops were
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    NO DEMARCHE TO ITALY
    133 9 Denial In London And Rome DEPORTS that the British GovrXb eminent has asked the Italian Government for a definition of Italy's attitude towards the war before May 16 are denied both in Rome and London. In Rome a high Fascist official described the story as ridiculous.
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    42 9 London, May 7. DEPORTS in to-day's Berlin news- papers of a telephone call between Mr. Chamberlain and M. Reynaud, the French Premier, on Apr. 30, which is alleged to have been tapped, are described in official circles in London as fantastic. —Reuter.
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    STATEMENT TO NORWAY
    172 9 King's Message His People ALTHOUGH British and French troops have been withdrawn from south Norway, the campaign is by no means finished. Last night, King Haakon issu:d a proclamation to the Norwegian people. In northern Norway." he said, we still occupy strong positions and from here we
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    French Comment On "Munich Ideas"
    91 9 Paris. May 7. THE public and official circles in Paris are eagerly awaiting the outcome of the debate in the British House of Commons, which Is expected to have repercussions on the French Government's position. L'Auto writes: "Mr. Chamberlain is Imbued with Munich ideas. M.
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      173 9 OTHER CABLES in pages 10, 12, 13 and 14 COMPETITION ENTRY FREE The Agents for Tooth Co., Ltd. of Kent Brewery, (hence the "X.8.") Sydney, Australia, are on the look out for new sketches, photos, slogans or verse, to advertise the exceptional qualities of "X.8." Lager Beer. We will pay
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    BROADCASTING FOR MALAYAN SCHOOLS
    334 10 Scheme Under Consideration By Authorities REPORT BY OFFICER ON WHAT IS BEING DONE IN BRITAIN FOLLOWING the acquisition of the Singapore broadcast- ing station by the Government, it is understood that the authorities are now giving consideration to questions concerning the use of radio for education
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    NEW FEARS OF INVASION
    119 10 Holland Stops Military Leave The Hague, May 7. Fis officially announced that army and navy leave' has been cancelled. The leave cancellation also applies to workers in war industry and antiairrraft. tir force and searchlight sections. Nothing is known definitely of the reasons which have prompted
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    STOP PRESS
    239 10 The Hague, May 8. TO-DAY'S German newspapers speak in huge headlines of the imminence of new events. The Hamburger Fremdenblatt says, Great decisions are in sight." The intensity of German propaganda seems clearly to indicate that the Germans are planning fresh action to forestall the Allies. While tension
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    165 10 SINGAPORE RAFFLES HOTEL Dinner Dance (Informal) 8 p.m. to Mldnlgh' CARKICK THEATRE. GEY LANG Prairie Justice For Love or Money. 7 p.m. 9.30 p.m. GREAT WORLD Cabaret To-day Tea Night Dances Non-stop 7.30 to 9 9 p.m. to Midnight. Globe: The Man In the Iron Mask. Sky: Tallspin. HAPPY
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    NORWEGIAN SHIPPING IN FAR EAST
    51 10 Hong Kong, May 6. IT IS learned from the Norwegian Legation in Shanghai that Norwegian shipping in Chinese waters will continue as usual. Norwegian steamers in the Far East will be under the protection of the British and French Navies, it is understood. Central News.
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    CHAMBER OF MINES
    41 10 i From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, May 7. ■"PHE thirty-third annual meeting of the F.M.S. Chamber of Mines will take place at the office of the Chamber at I, Post Offlce Road, Ipoh, on May 25 at noon.
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    TROUBLE ON MAY DAY
    218 10 Coroner's Inquiry Into Two Deaths T*HE circumstances leading to the death of two Chinese, who were fatally wounded during a conflict be;ween police and Chinese demonstrators on May Day were inquired into this morning by the acting Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. McQuarrle. The deceased were Neo
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    FELLOWSHIPS FOR LOCAL GRADUATES
    241 10 First Awards To be Made This Year COR the first time in the history r of Raffles College and the Medical College Fellowships are to be awarded each year, beginning from this yea/, to graduates of high academic attainment who have shown considerable promise in their
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    MECHANIZED COLUMN IN BIRTHDAY PARADE
    528 10 UOR the first time in Singapore's history, a mechanized column with guns from the fixed defences, other artillery, Bren carriers and armoured cars will participate in a big parade through the streets in celebration of the King's Birthday on June 13, this year. There will
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    FINDING JOBS FOR BOYS
    295 10 Education Dept's. Special Bureau BUSINESS HOUSES' APPRECIATION rpHE attention of leading employ- ers in Singapore is being called to the work of the Department of Education Employment Bureau, which keeps a register of recommended ex-pupils of Government and aided schools, and endeavours to start them in
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    INTERNAL AIR SERVICK CURTAILED
    81 10 11/EARNE'S Air Services have decided to maintain the Internal airways service from next Saturday on a basis of three return flights each week. This will be on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. Inquiries are being made to obtain a new aircraft to take the p'.ace of that
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    JAPANESE DOCTOR IN DISTRICT COURT
    965 11 Alleged Offence Concerning Notification Of Disease PROFESSOR GIVES EVIDENCE REGARDING SCARLET FEVER DROFESSOR Richard B. Hawes, Government consulting physician, and Dr. C. C. L. Gilmour, superintendent of the Middleton Hospital, Singapore, and lecturer on infectious diseases, gave expert evidence on scarlet fever in the Singapore
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    21 11 The monthly general meeting of the Eurasian Women's Association will be held at the Girls' Sports Club at 5.30 p.m. to-morrow.
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    PRIZE COURT MOTION
    218 11 First Of Its Kind In The Colony WHAT is believed to be the first motion of its kind in the Colony since the outbreak of the war, was mentioned before the Chief Justice, Sir Percy McElwaine, yesterday, when a motion, under Prize Court Rules for the requisition
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    AUSTRIAN REFUGEE'S CIVIL ACTION
    145 11 OWING to the absence of a witness, Dr. Landor, who is away on leave, the civil suit for $294 brought by an Austrian refugee, Wilhem Sonntag, against his former employers, Imports and Experts "Impanex", was again postponed in the Civil District Court, yesterday. The plaintiff, who
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    MAINTENANCE CLAIM AGAINST CHINESE
    144 11 rURTHER evidence was yesterday r recorded in the case in which a wealthy Chinese business man, Tay Tian Guan, is defendant in a maintenance action in the Singapore second court. At a previous hearing, the plaintiff, Ang Joo Yeang, a 23-year-old Teochew woman, alleged that she
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    FUTURE OF THE COLLEGES
    465 11 McLean Plan To Be Considered DELAY OWING TO WAR VACATIONS MORE than four months have 1U elapsed since the McLean Commission's report on higher education was published, but owing to the war and to end-of-term vacations, the consideration of the most outstanding recommendation of the report
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    "MARCH OF TIME" CAMERAMAN
    95 11 In Singapore to-aay is Mrs. v. J. Jurgens, wife of the famous cameraman Jurgens, whose work for the "March of Time" series of films on current topics has gained the series an important place in the cinema world. To a reporter, Mrs. Jurgens said that they
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    "GONE WITH WIND"
    88 11 WHEN the film "Gone With The Wind is screened at the Capitol at the end of this month, the first house each day will open at 4.15 p.m. instead of 3.15 p.m. As the film lasts 3% hours, the first house will be over by 8 p.m.
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    Men Charged With Rioting At Biscuit Factory
    311 11 'THAT a strike which lasted a 1 month in the Gold Cup Biscuit Factory would have lasted only one day had he not refused the strikers permission to resume work, was the evidence given in the third court yesterday by Gan Keng Cheok,
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    PREMIER REPLIES TO HIS CRITICS
    2240 12 Why Trondheim Forces Were Withdrawn RESPECT FOR NEUTRALITY PUT ALLIES AT DISADVANTAGE "WHATEVER forces we had at our disposal, we could not have forestalled the Germans unless Norway had invited us or allowed us to go in," declared Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the Prime Minister, making;
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    CHAMBERLAIN'S PLEA TO HOUSE TO CLOSE UP RANKS
    906 13 "Change In Form Of Cabinet Will Not Make Any Difference" **T ET us beware of dissensions among ourselves. This is the time for closing our ranks, setting our teeth and endeavouring to mobilize every ounce of our energy and our resources," said
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    German Marines Found In Belgium
    169 13 Brussels Is Certain Of Gestapo Plot rEre can no longer be any doubt of the existence in Belgium of a branch of the Gestapo, writes the I Daily Telegraph Brussels correspondent. The authorities have discovered mere than 50 German marine officers in the vicinity of
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    TURKISH MILITARY GIVEN MORE POWER
    43 13 Istanbul, May 7. WIDER powers for the military authorities In exceptional circumstances, including the right to requisition public and private property and services, are provided in a bill adopted by the National Assembly, states an Ankara dispatch.— Reuter.
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    THE WESTERN FRONT
    34 13 Paris, May T. A FRENCH war communique Issued last night states there was nothing of Importance to report except that there was some artillery fire in the Lawer Alsace.— Reuter. 1
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    KOHT'S STATEMENT CAUSES SURPRISE
    123 13 London, May 7. SOME surprise has been caused by the statement of the Norwegian Foreign Minister, Professor Koht in an interview yesterday on the non-exist-ence of treachery in Norway. Professor Koht said he did not agree that there was widespread treachery In Norway at the beginning
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    She Silenced German Land Batteries
    38 13 The British battleship Warspite leaving Narvik fjord after silencing the Nazi shore batteries during the second naval encounter in the fjord when nine German destroyers and numerous transports and supply ships were destroyed.
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    BATTLE AT NARVIK
    138 13 Fighting Likely To Be Intensified London, May 7. IT SEEMS probable that fighting on a far larger scale than at first anticipated will soon start at Narvik, writes Router's military correspondent. At this time of the year, the corn»spnndent states, the weather improves in northern Norway and
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    Allied Mission See U.S. Robot Bomber
    128 13 A ROBOT device which enables warplanes flying blind to bomb an objective with deadly accuracy despite utter darkness or impenetrable fog was demonstrated to the Allied milltarv mission at Dayton, Ohio. William Lear, 38-year-old wlrelers expert, developed the invention, which j utilizes a radio
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    GIFT TO PRINCESS ELIZABETH
    45 13 THE children of Jamaica have sent a message to Princess Elizabeth wishing her many happy returns of her birthday last Sunday, and have transmitted a draft for £100, collected in pennies, which they hope she will give to her favourite charity.
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    MR. ATTLEE IN VIGOROUS ATTACK ON GOVERNMENT
    1585 14 'We Need Different People At The Helm To Win The War' MR. C. R. Attlee, the Labour Opposition Leader, rising after Mr. Chamberlain had spoken in the House of Commons on Norway, initiated the debate by a vigorous attack on the Government. He
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    Norwegians Delay German Advance
    534 14 very great difficulties and it is not fair to put him in that impossib c posttion. Mr. Attlee continued "Our *«ends Have been disheartened. We have had a reverse, but we have had reverses before and none of us is in the .slightest degree shaken in
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    CONCERT AT FRENCH SOCIETY CLUB
    227 14 THE members of the Centre Intellectuel Francals de Malaisle were At Home at their clubhouse at Mount Elizabeth on Wednesday night, when they were entertained by Madame Dletz, pianist, Mrs. Hamaker, cellist and soprsno, M. Pierre urimbert, violinist. The programme of light music and popular
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    50 15 SOCCER: Charity match, Royal Air Force vs. the Army, stadium; first division league, S.C.C. vs. Fortress R.E., S.C.C; second division (b) J.C.S.A. vs. R.N.W.T., J.C.S.A.; 8i11,., Harper GilfUlan vs. Straits Times, 5.H.8., Katong Parish Assn. vs. Oversea Chinese Bank, Anson Road. Tennis S.C.R.C, S.R.C. and V.M.C.A. tournaments.
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    Points Shared On Padang
    249 15 SRC. Res. 3. R.E. Res. 3. AN exciting end was provided in yesterday's reserve division sccer match on the padang between the S.H.C. and the Sappers, which ended in a draw, each side netting three times. The Sappers opened the scoring through Wright who took the
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    LATEST CALL-OVER FOR THE DERBY
    98 15 London, May 7. I FE c?.:!-over for the New Derby at "New- I bury on June 12 i_ 6—l6 1 Djebel offered, 7 taken; 10—1 Stardust offered: 10 1 Lightiiouse offered. I 10C— 8 taken: 100—8 Tantmieux and Fair! T«t; lOC— 7 King Of Trumps
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    To-day's Charity Soccer Game
    234 15 IN view of the fact that the Army and the Roys. Air Force have entered for the Malaya Cup competition as separate units, plenty of interest is being taken in to-day's friendly match at the stadium between the two teams. In previous seasons R.A.F. players were
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    TENNIS RESULTS AND TIES
    407 15 ISESULTS of matches played yester- I day In the tennis tournaments at I the Straits Chinese Recreation Club and the V.M.C A. are given below. There were no ties played at the Singapore Recreation Club. AT THE S.C.R.C. Results of tics played yesterday In the S.C.R.C.
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    V.M.C.A. SOCCER
    57 15 THE following nave Deen selected to play soccer for the V.M.C.A. against the M.P.H. to-day, at 5.10 p.m. on the Anson Road ground: S. K. Sundram, M. Swyny, C. dc Eouza, G. J. Moxon, Tan Hock Leong, Feegan, A. G. Ralph, E. Le Mercler. Exeyama, A. C. Galstaun,
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    POLICE BEAT NAVY IN FIRST DIVISION SOCCER
    425 15 Winners Move Up To Second Place In League Table Police 1 Royal Navy 0. GAINING full points from the Royal Navy at the yesterday in a first division match in which only one goal was scored, the Police improved their position, moving up
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    CHAMPION FOR EIGHTH TIME
    87 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, May 6. FOR the eighth time W. H. Elkin became the Selangor Golf Club champion yesterday, when he beat Justice Gordon Smith by one up. The final was played over 36 holes and at the end of the first round
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    Malays And Loyals At Stadium
    40 15 Ellis, the Loyals' goalkeeper, gathers the ball before Madon can turn Mat Noor's centre to advantage— an mci dent at the stadium on Monday when the Malays beat the Loyals five two.— Straits Times picture.
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    MANCHESTERS BEAT R.A.F. IN RESERVE DIVISION
    354 15 Manchester Res 5; R.A.F. Res 2. THE Manchester Reserves, who scored a creditable victory lon Sunday over the Loyals, last year's champions of the reserve division, won again at Tanglin yesterday when they beat the R.A.F. Reserves by five goals to two. i The
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    PASIR PANJANG ROVERS
    59 15 THE Pasir Panjang Rovers soccer team < vs. the S.R.C. to-day on the padang will be selected from the followingOng Eng Hoe. Cheng Chee Fong, Loh Kwonc Sung, Leong Foon Chew, John Tan, Lai Chuan, Wong Tong Seng. Ahmad. Sin Slew Kee, Ong Leng Hoo, K. F.
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    SIGNALS WIN I—o
    29 15 IN a second division (a) league match played at Alexandra Road yesterday, I Malaya Signals beat R.A.F. Torpedo by j only goal of the game. I
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    MAY MEDAL AT R.S.G.C.
    436 15 THE Royal Singapore Golf Club's May medal competition was played at Buklt Timah on Saturday and Sunday and resulted in a tie In "A 1 division between W Eldred and SLdr. R. N. McKcrin with a score of three up. In a win for H. Jackson
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    NET PRACTICE FOR REST , CRICKET TEAM
    28 15 NET PRACTICE FOR REST CRICKET TEAM INHERE will be net prastlce to-day, to-morrow and on Friday at the i Singapore Recreation Club for the Rest cricket team. i
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    PENANG RACE TRAINING
    319 15 Many Good Gallops Recorded (From Our Own ConesoondtniU Penang, May 7. IN fast gallopi held this morning, The 1 Annan, Pharlol, Huneypufs. Princess Prim Flying Scotsman. Tin Pocket, Moonlight Sonata, Pat Burk?, Hacksaw, Authentic, Aubnss, Wickicw Bay were impressive. Billet took Ewift Arrow out for a half
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    WOMEN'S GOLF MATCH TO-MORROW
    136 15 •T*HE following are the teams and starting times for the women's golf match between the Keppel Golf Club and the Garrison Golf Club, to be played at Tanglin tomorrow. Ktppel names are given first. 3.30 p.m., Mrs. E. Ji. Elder (16) vs. Mrs. R. H. H.
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    MAXFLI BADMINTON PARTY
    147 15 'TIES fixed to be played off last Saturday In the second annual tournament of the Maxfli Badminton Party were put oft to a later date as most of the members, as a mark of respect, attended the funeral of the father of Ang Ghor Yong, a member
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    WEEK-END EVENTS AT YACHT CLUB
    54 15 ON Friday, at the R;yal Singapore Yacht Club there will be the usual races fcr all classes, starting at 5.25 a.m. On Sunday morning there will be sweepstake races fcr Ul clasres, startng time as follows:— "C" class, 9.50; "A" class 10; "B" ilass 10.10;
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    300,000 TONS OF NAZI SHIPS SUNK OFF NORWAY
    421 16 German Losses In Adventure Includes Liner Robert Ley ACCORDING to Rotterdam reports, the famous German "strength through joy" motjrship Robert Ley, 27,288 tons, was sunk in the Skagerrak on the night of Apr. 12. This announcement is made in. an Admiralty announcement
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    British Reprisals; Strongly Urged
    383 16 British Reprisals Strongly Urged Ending Of Trade Pact As The First Step London, May 7. '•THE China Association Committee is convinced that reprisals in the form, to begin with, of denunciation of our commercial treaty with Japan would be the most suitable method of putting a sfop to the indignities
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    TIENTSIN QUESTION
    71 16 London, May 7. OEUTER'S diplomatic correspondent says it is confirmed in London that the Tientsin question remains as much as it was before the recent visit of Sir Robert Craigie, the British Amb.assa- 1 dor. to the Japanese Vice-Minister of j Foreign Affairs, Mr. Tani. There are still
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    AFRIDI COMMANDER AMONG SURVIVORS
    51 16 London, May, 7. IT IS confirmed in London that Captain P. L. Vian, Commander of the destroyer Airidi which sank oft* Norway alter being attacked by German oomber.s, is among the Afridi survivors, a number of whom left a Scottish port last night lor the south.
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    GERMANS BOMB RED CROSS SHIP
    46 16 London, May 7. IT IS stated that 29 were killed. Including a doctor and a nurse, when German bombers attacked and wrecked the steamer Queen Maud anchored near Gratangen. The Queen Maud was marked all ever with large red crosses. Reuter.
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    SWEDEN APPROACHED GERMANY
    73 16 Stockholm, May 7. IT Is believed that King Gustav of 1 Sweden took the Initiative in the exchange of views with Hitler regarding Sweden's neutrality. The text of the letters exchanged is unlikely to be divulged. It was announced by the German official news agency earlier that
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    R.A.F. MEN HONOURED
    46 16 London, May 7. A NUMBER of R_A.F. officers received awards from the King for their work in the Norwegian campaign when His Majesty held an investiture at Buckinghm Palace this morning. Altogether 26 members of the three services attended the investure. British Wireless.
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    FIERCE dublin gunfight
    189 16 London, May 7. k REPORT from Dublin states that a 'i i\r encounter with sub-riachine-guns and revolvers took place n the centre of Dublin tnis morning x'tween detective officers and a group it armed men. Two detectives were dangerously d by machine-gun bullets while nts was hit.
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