The Straits Times, 12 May 1940

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  • 38 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES THE LEADING SUNDAY NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA FINAL EDITION No. 438 Sunday, May 12, 1940 Price 10 Cents THE SUNDAY TIMES The Leading Sunday Newspaper In Malaya No. 438 Sunday. May 12. 1940 Price 10 Cents
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  • 805 1 More Than 100 Nazi Planes Shot Down BRITISH AND FRENCH TROOPS ADVANCE ON WIDE FRONT THE effectiveness of measures taken to deal with German air activities in Holland are indicated in a Dutch army communique which announces that "mere than 100 German aeroplanes have been shot
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  • 78 1 Chungking, Saturday. pIIINESE iroons ciaim to be smashing a Japanese army of 150,000 men )n the biggest bailie of the Far Eastern war since the fall of Hankow two years ajo. According to dispatches reaching here seven Japanese divisions advancing in the plains east of Siangyang.
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  • 151 1 "MEDITERRANEAN SITUATION MUST BE CHANGED" Rome, Saturday. •pOKCE alone can modify an existing situation judged to be contrary to one's own interests/ declared Admiral Cavagnari, Under Secretary for the Navy, presenting the Naval Budget in the Senate. "In the Mediterranean the serious disturbance caused to internatlcnal maritime tra.uc by French
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  • 54 1 London, Saturday. ADMIRAL of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes, who led the raid on Zeebrugge in the last war, has been recalled to active service. H3 left London on Friday night for Brussels where he Is to be a naval attache, keeping in close
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  • 37 1 The Hague, Saturday. THE Netherlands Indies have not been slow to show their loyalty to their Queen, and Queen Wilhelmina has received a message assuring her of the loyalty of the Indies.
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  • 48 1 Canton, Saturday. "TTIE newly-formed pro-Japanese 1 Kwangtung provincial government was formally inaugurated to-day. Cheng Yao-cho, brother of Mrs. Wans Ching-wei, was sworn In as acting chairman. Wang Ching wei is the chairman of the Japanese-controlled central government of the occupied areas. Reuter
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  • 32 1 Budapest, Saturday. ana telegraphic com- munications between Hungary and Germany which were interrupted on the German side from midnight until morning have now been re-established and are working normally. Reuter.
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  • 17 1 Vatican City, Saturday. Cardinal Suhard, ArchbLshop of Rhelms. has been appointed Archbishop of Paris.
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  • 57 1 Berlin, Saturday. THE German official news agency refers to reports of anti-German demonstrations In Holland and says if tne reports are true the Dutch must understand that owing to the number of Dutch citizens living in Germany. the latter is in a position to reply
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  • 29 1 Wellington, Saturday. The Minister of Defence has announced the number of men available for the third echelon of the New Zealand division is more than sufficient.—Reuter.
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  • 444 1 Beginning Of First Real Battle Of The Western Front DEPORTS regarding the posl- tion in Luxembourg suggest that the first real battle of the western front is in progress between the Germans and advance units of Allied forces along both banks of Moselle. Military circles in London state that Aelon,
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  • 12 1 A Belgian anti-tank barrier on the German fron for
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  • 151 1 London, Saturday. GERMAN reliance on their espionage system in Holland seems not to have taken account of the measures taken by the Dutch authorities. The Netherlands Foreign Minister, Dr. van Klettens, has declared that the German system of espionage had for a long time been very
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  • 56 1 London, Saturday. THE Admiralty gives notice that mines may be laid without further warning in the vicinity of the Norwegian coast eastward of a line drawn from a point Just south of Bergen northwards as far as the westernmost extremity of Norway where it branches northeastward following the
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  • 140 1 London, Saturday. MR. Winston Churchill, ihe Prime Minister, is expected to announce the names of the members of the new cabinet this evening. Yesterday he worked all day at his desK in the Admiralty and had talks with various ministers, including Mr. Chamberlain, Lord Halifax, and
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  • 34 1 Pans, Saturday. IT Is understood the Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg has arrived safely on French soil. Many Luxembourg citizens were able to escape by car into France this morning.— Reuter.
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  • 118 1 Allied Troops Landed In Netherlands West Indies ALLIED troops have been landed ■f* in the Netherlands West Indies. It is learned in London that the step was taken following consultations with the Netherlands and the Al'ies to prevent possible German attempts at sabotage the oil refineries in th« Netherlands West
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  • 58 1 Melbourne, Saturday. MR. R. G. Menzes, the Australian Prime Minister, stated that he deprecated scares about the Netherlands Indies in relation to Australia." He added, all the relative Powers indicate that they propose to preserve the status quo and there arc weighty
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  • 76 1 Tokio, Saturday. AT an emergency session of the Cabinet Mr. Arita, Foreign Minister, reported on the European situation following the German Invasion of the Low Countries and its possible effects on the Netherlands Indies. The Cabinet decided the attention of the Powers concerned be drawn
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  • 575 2 President Roosevelt On Invasion Of Low Countries Washington, Saturday. PRESIDENT Roosevelt, addressing the Pan-American Scientific Congress last nii?ht, said that he was proud that the Americas were both "shocked and angered" by news of the latest invasion of the neutral states of Holland and Belgium.
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  • 461 2 Hitler Breaks His Most Solemn Pledges ALTHOUGH the latest Nazi ag- gression conforms to wellknown technique, it Is probably true that to no other two countries have assurances of Nazi pacific intentions been more often or more folemnly given than to Holland and Belgium. The very vulnerability of thtir position
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  • 50 2 The Germans lost many planes, including troop-carriers, when the frozen lake at Jonskyannet, which was being used as a landing field, began to thaw. This remarkable picture taken by the R.A.F. shows the German aircraft, some of which were already partially in the water.
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  • 393 2 Sunday Times Writer Sees Nazi Air Raid On B.E.F. Aerodrome F R. Tonkin, London Correspondent of The Sunday Times, who arrived in France on Thursday to visit units of the R.A.F. Advance Air Striking Force, witnessed one of the German air attacks which heralded the opening of the invasion of
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  • 69 2 Berne, Saturday. /GENERAL mobilization started in vl Switzerland at 9 o'clock yesterday morning. The commander-ln-chief of the Swiss forces Issued an order of the day to his troops in which he says, "Our Army is ready to do its duty on each of our frontiers. "With the
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  • 62 2 Bucharest, Saturday. THE Rumanian Government has resigned. King Carol has asked the out-going Premier, M. Tatarescu, to form a new government. This Is interpreted as a prelude to the formation of a government of national unity, comprising representatives of all former parties. It is understood M
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  • 58 2 Kome, Saturday. ORGANIZATION of the scheme for civil mobilization has been entrusted to the Fascist Party. A census of all wr.men and youn;; persons between 14 and 18, capable of being employed, is to be taken. The scheme provides for the establishment of national and
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  • 29 2 Bucharest. Saturday. 'THE Rumanian authorities have ordered 'that no shipte should by allowed to enter the Black* Soa port of Ccnst?nza between sunset and dawn Reuver.
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  • 411 2 Belgians Hold "Lines Of Destruction" Brussels, Saturday. •"THE military position in Bel- gium early yesterday morning: remained unchanged with the Belgians holding the "lines of destruction" which are considerably in advance of the main lines of defence. Belgium, after one day's war stands firmly behind King Leopold, with implicit faith
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  • 35 2 Kunming, Saturday. CEVENTEEN persons were killed and •3 seven houses destroyed when 27 Japanese bombers raided a district Just outside the south city yesterday, according to an official statement Reutcr.
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  • 23 2 A soidier of Belgium, en Iris w;;y to join his unit during: tha recent ialling up of ilasscs ol rcservls s.
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  • 332 2 London. Saturday. IN the face of the opening of the Blitzkrieg, the British Press universally adopts a tone of confidence and even of relief at the endin? of the period of susoense. complete trust, in th* new lsadershin and enhanced unity of the
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  • 512 2 The King s Telegrams To Rulers Of Stricken Countries London, Saturday. KING George has sent telegrams to King Leopold, Queen Wilhelmina and the Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg. The telegram to KLng Leopold says: "German forces are invading your country in flagrant violation of international law and of pacific assurances
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  • 62 2 The Hague, Saturday. QUEEN Wilhelmina has sent a moving app.al to the King of Italy asking "use his Influence In saving the civilian population from th? catastrophe of war. She appeals to the "noble sentiments always shown by the House of Savoy and to
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  • 379 3 Unsuccessful Attempt In Holland Due To Dutch Police Discovery JULIANA'S BABIES ALSO ON HOSTAGE LIST HITLER'S Fifth Columns, at work in neutral countries whose wealth he covets, have hatched plots to kidnap their Royal families and carry them off to Germany, writes the Amsterdam correspondent
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  • 41 3 Cap.ai* W. P. Sidney, an officer in the Grenadiers and now serving in France, whose engagement to the Hon. Jacqueline Vereker, daughter of General Lord Gort, commander -in-chief of the B.E.F. in Franr\ was recently announced.
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  • 139 3 -London, Saturday. CONCERN over certain recent manifestations of Brit'sh policy In the Far East was expressed by Miss Fry when Mr. R. A. Butler, Under-Secre-tary for Foreign Affairs, received a deputation of the China Campaign, Committee at the Foreign Office yesterday. Mr. Butler, replying, re-affirmed
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  • 21 3 The 1939 censu3 in Soviet Russia shows a population of 170.467,186. of whom 31.412,232 are children under seven years of age.
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  • 77 3 London, Saturday. IT Is believed that practically all aircraft of the Sabena Belgian air lines are safe. Six machines got away from the Brussels airport after the first German raid yesterday and are now in England, where they will remain. Two more machines are
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  • 29 3 M. Istvan Horthy, son of the Hungarian Regent, and Countess Ilona Gyulay, niece of Count Telekl, the Premier, flew to Italy for their honeymoon after being married in Budapest.
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  • 63 3 Ottawa, Satui ty. rpHE Canadian Prime MiUiAer, Mr. Mackenzie King, in a broadcast pledged Canada's unwavering support for Belgium and Holland. He added, "Every neutral country must now be persuaded tha 1 there is no limit to the Nazi lust ot conquest, and that there
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  • 151 3 London, Saturday. IN order to ensure that, as a result of the German invasion of neutral territory, Germans shall not benefit from the sales of securities on United Kingdom markets, a new Order-in-Councll has been issued providing stricter control over sales of
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  • 22 3 Officers aboard a British destroyer on patrol duty against German submarines man their stations on the control platform.
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  • 260 3 Washington, Saturday. QUESTIONED regarding Belgium's gold supply, the former Belgian Prime Minister, M. Georges Theunis, who is at present heading an economic mission here, replied, Practically all our gold is here or elsewhere. We moved it out a year ago. We know our
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  • 189 3 King Leopold At Head Of Valiant Belgian Army A PROCLAMATION issued by King Leopold of the Belgians stated. "For the second time in a quarter of a century Belgium, loyal and neutral, has been attacked by the German Reich in spite of her most solemn engagements, but the Belgium of
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  • 49 3 Rome, Saturday. LEADING articles in the Italian Press develop the argument that neutral countries were bound by force of circumstances to become battleIn no newspaper, outside the Vatican organ Osservatore Romano, does one word of sympathy for the Belgians or Netherlander appear— Reuter.
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  • 32 3 MAY. On May 11, 1940, at 367, Telok Blangah Road, Singapore, Michael May, aged 75 years. The funeral cortege will leave his residence at 1 p.m. to-day for the Japanese Crematorium.
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    • 19 3 JOUBERT.— At the General Hospital, Singapore, on May 10, 1940, to Beatrice, wife of R. C. Joubert, a daughter.
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    • 443 3 DRITISH mercantile marine D officers, who were prisoners of the war on board the German pocket battleship Graf Spec while she was battered into Montevideo by British cruisers, are to take part In a new film, For Freedom," In production
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    • 70 3 fOMMENT of the Capitol cinema's head tamby alter seeing the film "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington" "Gamoar 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' yang dl tunjok kan the Capitol cinema, ia-lah suatu gambar menunjok kan Pegawai-Pegawai Keraja'an meshwarat, akan tetapt, keada'an cherita-nya itu sama seperti, Pegawai-Pegawai meshwarat
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  • 1813 6  -  Nathaniel Gubbins By "II7ELL," said The Sweep, "what do you think of little old Itler now "Not much," I said. "There's one thing that's pretty smart about im," said The Sweep. "He always goes for the little uns." '•That's right," I said. "Since he promoted lmself
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    • 761 6 GASTRIC ULCER caused intense suffering Even if your stomach trouble is not an serious as that of Mr. S. A., whose letter is quoted below, remember that his suffering probably began with just a twinge of indigestion. For that is how excess acidity first makes itself felt, and often excess
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  • 231 7 More Applications Invited For Force Which Is Expanding FOLLOWING the report in last week's Sunday Times about the Volunteer Police Reserve's recruiting campaign, it is now understood that 62 new applications have been received, bringing the total number of applications up to 100. But
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  • 140 7 OWN BUILDING FOR SEGAMAT INDO-CEYLONESE (From Our Own Correspondent) Segamat, Saturday. THE Segamat Indo-Ceylonese have bought a plot of land along Jalan Abdullah for the building of their Association building and Tamil school. Thanks largely to hard work by Dr. C. Chelliah, the president of the local association, the community
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  • 70 7 Singapore Man Injured By Python A SINGAPORE animal trainer, Mr. R. L. Nichol, who is an assistant of Frank Buck, noted producer of animal films, has been in hospital in Chicago with severe lee wounds inflicted by a 24-foot python. The snake bit him and four others, when members of
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  • 85 7 HIS case transferred to the Criminal District Court from the Singapore second court, Ignacio Ortls. a wellknown Singapore -lightweight boxer, whose ring name is Ignacio Fernandez, appeared before Mr. J. McFall, Criminal District Judge yesterday. Ortls again claimed trial to a charge alleging that he
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  • 39 7 Dr. E. S. R. Alfred, Assistant Medical Officer, District Hospital, Klang, who was on a short holiday to Java, has returned and Dr. Thlrupad. who had been acting for him, has gone back to the General Hospital, Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 244 7 Turkeys Sale Case Ends In Acquittal "HPHERE seems to have been a x great deal of shady dealing in this matter, but I do not think it amounts to cheating," said Mr. J. G. Rappoport in the third court yesterday, when he acquitted and discharged Harry Goldenberg, on a charge
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  • 193 7 A picture taken on the occasion of the retirement of Mr. Stephen Perelra, from Public Works Department, Architectural Branch, after 36 years' service. Seated (left to right): Messrs. M. Maneck Shah, G. Carlo Perelra, E. A. Green, M. H. Layu. A. Niven. C.
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  • 345 7 A VERDICT of death by mlsad- venture was returned by the Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. MacQuarrie, yesterday at the resumed hearing into the death of Ernest Karl Yzelman, the young Assistant Superintendent of the. Singapore Municipal Abattoir, who was found lying on
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  • 125 7 BEGINNING to-morrow the Singapore broadcasting station will relay the full news bulletin of the 8.8.C. at 6.50 p.m. and cease the local news bulletin hitherto broadcast at 7.15 p.m. This temporary re-arrangement of programmes has been made owing to the sudden change in the war situation
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  • 101 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) Segamat, Saturday. A MOTOR accident In which a Chinese cyclist lost his life had Its sequel In the Segamat police court gefore Mr. K. G. A. Dohoo, the Assistant British Adviser, when Nadeson, a taxi driver of Batu Anam, was acquitted and discharged on
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  • 83 7 AT the annual general meeting of the Singapore Ladles' Union held on Friday the following new office-bearers were elected: President, Mrs. Jayaratne; vice-pre-sidents. Mrs. A. O. Menon and Mrs. Chelvanathan; secretary, Mrs. K. S. Ptllal; joint secretary, Mrs. A. M. Ma thews; treasurer, Mrs. T. O. Thomas; sports
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  • 38 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) Port Swettenham. The death took place last week at Port Swettenham of Mrs. Lim Jit Seng. at the age of 80. She leaves two sons, two daughters and eleven grandchildren.
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  • 1120 8 -By The Onlooker THE newly appointed Com-mander-in-Chief of the China Station, Vice-Admir?) Geoffrey Layton, was the hero of a remarkable exploit during the last war. In September, 1915, he was in command of the submarine El 3 when his boat, which was making for the Baltic, ran
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  • 179 8 Chungking, Apr. 27. MR. Li Ching-fang, 62, a wellknown scholar and philanthropist in Shansi, died in detention after he was captured by the Japanese, according to a report received here by the Chinese CenNews. Upon the tail of Taiyuan, Mr. LI returned to his
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    • 422 8 ASHAMED OF HER FIGURE Husband Persuaded Her To Take Kruschen By following her husband's advice, this woman took off 32 lbs. of her excess fat. Telling of her experience, she writes A year ago I was troubled with rheumatism, nervousness and other complaints. And I got so fat that I
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    • 382 8 CONTRACT BRIDGE RECENTLY an earnest student In- r»__ nptri? 1TOTT1? Af^lTC quired of us: When you are on a Y ltl]i *UUK A^Lb defence and wish your partner to lead then decided to play safe by leading a certain suit, how high a card do you a trump. As the
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  • 246 9 Police Keep Watch On Hooliganism Of "Arrow Party" THE police are keeping a close watch upon a number of Eurasian unemployed men and youths, which calls itself the "Arrow Party" and which is aping the methods of the Chinese Triad societies. The party is not at
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  • 63 9 SULTAN'S $1,000 FOR EARTHQUAKE RELIEF FUND (From On- Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Saturday. A DONATION of $1,000 by the Sultan >f Perak heads the list of contrib itions, made through the secretary to the Sultan towards the Turkiih Earthquate Relief Fund. The total amount of donations received to date is $1,806.84.
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  • 180 9 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat, Saturday. f\FF£RING gratification to publie servants is a very serious offence and you should take this as a lesson for the future,' 1 remarked Inche Ruuf bin Mohamed Sa'at, the Segamat magistrate, when he fined Lem Yuak, 530 for offering $9
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  • 70 9 MR. Harold Curwen Willan, who was acting Deputy Legal Adviser, F.M.S., before golnp to Kenya as Soli-citor-General in 1936, has been appointed Attorney-General, Zanzibar. Mr. Willan, who is 44 served in the Royal Garrison Artillery in the last war and was awarded the
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  • 98 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Saturday. ARRANGEMENTS are well In hand to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the founding of the Anglo-Chinese School, Ipoh, on June 21. All old boys and well-wishers of the school will be invited to a tea party which will
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  • 72 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) ipoh, Saturday. MR. M. LI. Wynne, Chief Police Officer, Perak, is spending a holiday at the Cameron Highlands, accompanied by his family, before going to Singapore to take up the recently created post or Deputy Inspector General of Police, S.S. (Crime and
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  • 41 9 Mr. and Mrs. J. C Parsons after their wedding at St. Andrew's Cathedral on Friday. The bride was formerly Miss Charity Harrison, of Neath, South Wales. Mr. Parsons is with Nestle and Anglo-Swiss Milk Products, Ltd. Sunday Times picture.
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  • 283 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Saturday. 'I "HE wedding took place at Christ Church, Malacca, yesterday of Mr. Isaac Ratniah Ariyaratnam, ol St. Thomas' College, Matara, Ceylon, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Ariya- ratnam of Galle, Ceylon, and Miss Harriet Christina
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    23 9 Mr. S. H. Sih, the new Chinese Consul at Kuala Lumpur, with his wife. Mr. Sih was formerly stationed in Calcutta.
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  • 233 9 LONG SERVICE MEDALS FOR NEGRI POLICE iFrom Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Saturday. A GUARD of honour was provided by 100 Malay and Indian policemen under Mr. L. D. E. Cullen, O.C.P.D. Seremban, when the Inspector-General of Police, F.M.S., Mr. E. Bagot, presented Colonial Police Long Service Medalr to five local
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  • 293 9 MALACCA PLANS FOR KING'S BIRTHDAY THE Kings Birthday, which will t>c observed this year on June 13, will be celebrated in Malacca with a route march of volun.eers, police and cadets, at the conclusion of which the Realdent Councillor will present Efficiency Medals to 19 recipients. Details of the route
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  • 66 9 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Saturday. 117ITH the object of developing as a scout camp the site along the Kur.dor sea -front, ten miles fr^m Malacca Town, presented to the Malacca Boy Scouts Local Association by Mrs. Tan Chay Van, a scout concert has been
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  • 20 9 There was a large attendance at the first women's day of the Negri Sembilan Indian Association. Mr. O. VThaver presided.
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  • 295 9 Destroyed. Eye By Throwing Formic Acid MALAY WOMAN TO GO TO GAOL (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Saturday. CARISH binti Ahmad, a married Malay woman, was found guilty by Mr. Justice Laville at the Johore Assizes on a charge of voluntarily causing grievous hurt to a middle-aged Javanese, Omar
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  • 44 9 Mrs. A. M. Moses, a very old resident of Seremban, left for Bangalore, Itidla, recently. Mr. V. Thambiah. Postmaster, Seremban, who has retired from the F.M.S. Postal Service, was entertained to a dinner by his staff. Mr. S. Slnnathamby presided over a large gathering.
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  • 431 10 The Spinning Wheel. By Angela dv Maurier. Michael Joseph. Bs. 3d. Charity Racket. By Margaret d'Arcy. Murray's Imperial Library. A NGELA dv Maurier traces the life story of a girl who grew up Just before the last war, married and lost her husband In 1917, lived
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  • 238 10 What's Mine I Hold. By Harold Bindloss. Good Grief. By Kit Hift-son. Much Abides. By Valentine. All from Ward Lock's Colonial Library. A FAMILY feud among the farming community In Cumberland affords a sombre background to Harold Bindloss's new novel cf character. It is only pure cussedness which
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  • 554 10 Three Far- Above-Average Tales Of Crime And Detection Books Of The Week Sad Cypress. By Agatha Christie. Collins, (for the Crime Club.) Bs. 3d. The Norths Meet Murder. By Frances and Richard Lockridge. Michael Joseph. 7s. 6d. The Golden Swan Murder. By Dorothy Cameron Disney. Robert Hale. 7s. 6d. HERE
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  • 487 10 Music for the Multitude. By Sidney Harrison Michael Joseph Bs. 6d. •TTHIS Is a very fascinating book It is, In fact, not quite fair to call It a book, because It is actually three books in one. And it is also not quite right to designate it as
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  • 276 10 Four Books Of The Type Humorous What a Picture. By A. A. Thomson. Plain SaiUn'. By Diana Rolfe. Mixed Infant. By John Glyder. All from Jenkins' Colonial Library-Good-Bye George. By W. H. Lane Crauford. Ward Lock's Colonial Library. HERE are four books of the type known as humorous. The first
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  • 442 11 Latest Tanks, Guns, Aeroplanes And Munitions New York. MANY weeks of hard work by Lord Lothian, British Ambassador in Washington, by Mr. Frank Ashton-Gwatkin and M. Charles Rist, of the Anglo-French Trade Mission, and by members of the Allied Purchasing Board, appear now to have
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  • 24 11 Mr. Rudolph Block, better known as "Bruno Lesslng," Journalist and author, has died at the age of 69, states a message from San Francisco.
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    72 11 r'ORPORAT, W. G. Lillie, of Sudbury, Suffolk, who has bom awarded the Dlsting Jished Flying Medal for the part he played as rear- gunner in a recent successful Coastal Command flying-boat action against six Junkers 88 aircraft. In the encounter the British aircraft, a Short "Sunderland," shot down
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  • 88 11 THE Hon. Arthur Algernon Capell, son 1 of the sixth Earl of Essex, who lived at The Doll's House, Chorley Wood, Herts, said In his will published recently: "I am grateful to Almighty God that my eyesight has lasted during my lifetime, and I
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  • 42 11 AN open-air religious service conducted by the Rev. J. B. Appleyard. RAF., in progress in the beaut- ll grounds of a French chateau. It was one of the first open-air services held for the R-A.F. in France.
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  • 90 11 HUSBAND MAY "RESTRAIN" HIS WIFE But Is Not Allowed To Spank Her says Magistrate AN Ontario magistrate, Mr. James McEwen, has ruled that the law does not allow a man to spank his wife, but may restrain her, even by sitting on her, re orts the Montreal cor. espon dent
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  • 35 11 Mexico City. "TEN people were killed, six seriously injured when a wedding party at Guadalajara, Mexico, developed Into a "free-for-all" fight. The fighters avoided harming the newly-married couple.
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  • 207 11 Former Europa Commander A Prisoner QNE of three Nazi naval officers taken prisoner off Narvik and landed at a North Scottish port, is Capt. Scharf, who was formerly in command of the crack C man liner Europa, a 50,000-ton sister ship to the Bremen. Capt. Scharf had been In command
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  • 82 11 •yHE largest railway station In Europe Is being built in Rome. The new building Is designed to replace the present termini station, and Is scheduled for completion in time to help handle the expected influx of tens of thousands of visitors to the "Universal Exposition
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  • 505 12 Dauntless Spirit Opinion WESTERN civilization is in the most critical week of its history. Hitler has struck again. One tiny, harmless neutral Is already, apparently, laid low; two others are hard hit by his savage onslaught. They are fighting back with grim courage and, though they must inevitably face untold
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  • 103 12 IT is a tribute to true democracy 1 that the man at the helm in Great Britain has been changed, not merely in mid-stream but at the very point where the current has swiftly gained momentum and ugly rocks threaten disaster. But this ship sails proudly on, the
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  • 898 12 Round-Up Included 'Dangerous Elements' HOW HOLLANDERS GOT WAR NEWS By The Sunday Times Special Correspondents in the Netherlands Indies Batavia, Saturday. IUOT a single German escaped the round-up ordered by the A Netherlands Indies Government on the news that Holland had been invaded by Germany,
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  • 168 12 Three 'Over 100's' Join The Tanks 'THE Tanks have signed on three x recruits who are more than a hundred years old— Amelia, Aggie and Ermyntrude, giant tortoises at the London Zoo. They have been recruited, under the wartime animal adoption scheme, by the officers of the Royal Tank Regiment.
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  • 75 12 ACCORDING to the South China Morning Post a member of the Forces was the subject of an excitinr episode in Honr Kong waters recently. Transferred to Singapore, the man sailed from Hong Kong aboard a British ship. The vessel had scarcely cleared
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  • 168 13 'Emergency' Vessels, But Built To Last GREAT BRITAIN is starting a race to break all shipbuilding records. Mr. William Westwood, genera* secretary of the Ship Constructors' and Shipwrights' Association, in his annual report, says: "It will be the nearest thing to mass
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  • 145 13 Detroit. KID McCOY, former middle weight champion of the world. has been found dead in a Detroit hotel. He had taken an over-dose of sleeping tablets, said the coroner. McCoy's 66 years of life alternated between blazing limelight and deep obscurity. By the age
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  • 72 13 i- HINDU hermit has appeared near Dholpur with two vultures as "pels." Each day at noon the man takes his seat on the bank of the River Chambal and blows a horn. The vultures then swoop down and alight by his side. Having been fed
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  • 59 13 New York. MRS. James Cromwell, wife of the United States Minister to Canada, who before her marriage was Miss Doris Duke— "the richest girl in the world is expecting a child some time in August, It is announced by Mr. Cromwell. Mrs. Cromwell inherited £30.000,000
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  • 132 13 U.S. SENATOR WANTS TO INSPECT JAPAN'S ISLES New York. SENATOR Allen Allender, of Louisiana, who is a member of the Senate Naval Committee, has proposed in Washington that Japan should be asked to let the United States navy inspect islands under Japanese mandate in the Pacific to discover whether they
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  • 311 13 Origin Of The Word "Phoney" KM PAUL Reynaud Is almost cerITl# tainly the first Prime Minister to have used the word phoney in a public speech. When he broadcast to America recently, denying that there would be any phoney peace, he supposed that this word, which he had not known
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  • 104 13 PRESS AND POLICE Presentation To Reporter At Shanghai f\S behalf of the senior officers of U the Shanghai Municipal Police a presentation was made by Major K. M. Bourne, Commissioner of Police, to Mr. V. Melsling. crime reporter of the North-China Dally News, who is leaving Shanghai for another Journalistic
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  • 229 13 Stars Return To Radio After "7 Years' War" 17OICES of fr.mous stars who, from time to time have been banned by theatre contracts from giving individual broadcasts are to be heard on the radio again— after a seven-year's dispute. B B.C. chiefs have put the names of Flanagan and Allen,
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    • 611 13 Hoi Flushes and Change of Life Overcome for Women New Discovery Brings 24- M D Nervy (-^^^HHeadaches Hour Relief From Nervousness, Giddiness, Heart Palpi- Hot Flushesjjl fatten, fear, Loss of Energy, fl Hi Night Sweats, Numbness of Giddinessvßß H Hear Hands and Feet, Etc. ffVjßwPblpitation Women Feel 70 Years Younger
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    • 368 13 INVISIBLE IMPORTS Anything to declare, Sit obtained outside territorial waters." m No," I wish there was. I'd refuse to pay No cherooti and then you'd have to confiscate it." I'm sorry we can't help you. Sit. No silk or rubies But might I suggest for the future the js/o." advantage
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  • 733 14 Spectacular Rises In Commodity Prices Singapore, Saturday. OEACTIONS this morning to the German invasion of Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg naturally overshadow the market news for the rest of the week. The most striking result has been the sharp rise in commodity prices. Rubber rose flve-eighths in
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  • 1499 14 Fraser Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations SATURDAY, MAT 11. 194* 1 P.M. EXCHANGES Singapore, Saturday. The following are the exchange rates this morning according to the iaUy circular Issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation:— SELLING London T.T 2/4 i/lfl Loi.don demand 2/4 1/16 Lyons demand 2060 Switzerland demand. 208^4
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  • 152 14 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Books Company Dividend Close TIM Data Payable Singapore, May 11. l pan. TOUi far Ex Dtt. OnaneiaJ rear Data to data Ampat Tin 12% ess tax Apr. 29 Ayer Hltam May 17 Pahang 10% int. ten tax Apr. 24 Rawang Cone Is No. 26
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  • 120 14 Singapore, May 11, noon. Buyers Seller* Gambler *-7-75 Hamburg cube »i3.iw Java Cube $12.50 Pepper White Muntok 814.75 White $14-25 Black 8.25 Copra Mixed $3.40 Sun Dried $3.80 Sago Flour No 1 Lingga $6.00 $6.00 Pair $595 Sarawak $575 Jelotong Palembang $16.50 Banja $16.00 Sarawak $1700 Tapioca
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    • 226 14 1 You too can have Husky) f New Strength, Calm Nerves 1 and New Found Energy.. < \^^^J^ Make this Test!) Thousands of Thin, Weak, Ailing, Nervous Men Women, Once Discouraged, Say "VIKELP" Tablets Brought These Results* Where All Else Failed! i mp ,o««d A^.Mt.. coocentratcd^d comes to you m
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  • 234 15 Stamps Bomb Into Mud Before It Explodes AWARDED MILITARY MEDAL GH.Q. in France has unnoun- ced: "The Commander-In-Chief has made the following immediate award: Military Medal to Lance-Corporal J. Gallagher, of the Lancashire Fusiliers. The decoration was given for an act of unusual bravery and
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  • 267 15 The Second Year THEME OF "PEACE AND FREEDOM" New York. A BUILDING dedicated to Demo- cracy will take the place of the Russian pavilion in the New York World Fair this year. The Russian building has been torn down. This action has been taken, according to
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  • 47 15 The Hammersmith Borough Council is making determined efforts to collect all the >crap iron and other articles in the district to assist in the Nation il War Effort— They have started Scrap-Iron-Week." In the picture a child adds her old fairy-cycle to the collection.
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  • 110 15 5 DAY TREATMENT FOR SYPHILIS IS ANNOUNCED IN NEW YORK New York. A FIVE-DA y; treatment for syphilis rendering the disease incommunicable, after which the patient requites no further attention was described at a meeting of 200 membeis of the public health service at Mount Sinai Hospital. An arsenic compound
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  • 149 15 A PROGRAMME for helping the middle-aged to grow old gracefully has been drawn up in a series of public lectures given In Boston by Dr Willlam B. Breed, of Harvard Medical School. These are some of the points. "Don't try to treat yourself medically, or
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  • 169 15 Listening To News From Abroad SAVAGE SENTENCES IN GERMANY Rotterdam. THE German Press is still anxious to remind the world of the terror in which Nazi Germany stands of news from abroad. Accordingly German newspapers published another short selection of five sentences passed in the Reich for the "crime" of
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  • 23 15 tiger beinr put through his pacs <*urinp preparations for Bertram Mills' circus which is opening in England this month.
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  • 23 15 An RAF signaller somewhere in England using a lamp to give the pilot of an approaching aircraft landing instructions.
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  • 70 15 MR. H. T. Lane, an English member of the Indian Civil Service, rescued an Indian woman from a fire which devastated a village near Lucknow. He had to dig his way through a six-foot mud wall to reach the trapped woman. Almost suffocated by
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  • 195 15 FAROUK FINDS A PHARAOH Massive Gold Vase In Tanis Tomb Cairo. COR the third time in the modern history of archaeology an intact tomb of an early Egyptian King has been found. The discovery was made at San el Hager when, with the assistance of King Farouk, Prof. Montet, the
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  • 231 15 AMERICAN IS FIGHTING IN HIS FIFTH WAR A CITIZEN of the United States who has fought in most of the major wars of the last 25 years, and is now taking part in the present struggle, is among the visitors to the Canadian Legion Club, in Gower Street, London, reports
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  • 1864 16  -  R.H. Naylor By BUYING: (Business deals) Wed. 15th. (Personal shopping) Wed. 15th. SELLING: Wed. 15th. KMLiii.MNMENT: To-day, 12th. Wed. 15th. SPORT: To-day 12th. Wed. 15th. IF you were born between July 6 and Oct. 1 of any year during the next seven days the Sun will
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  • 509 16 HERE, grouped according to month of birth (irrespective of year), is a statement of probabilities to be expected this week. JANUARY (Dec 23— Jan. 19)— Personal affairs still predominate; but a spot of worry in connection with (A) Work (B) health now fades away. More notable
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    386 16 EVERYONE, of course, knows that the lens of a fine camera Is "faster" than the lens of an inexpensive model. But the question sometimes arises: Just how much faster and what is the main value of this extra speed? Here, then, are the major advantages of a fast
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    • 246 16 SAVE YOUR VISION SAVE YOUR JOB Efficiency is the prime requisite in holding a job- Mental and physical efficiency, both, depend on visual efficiency. Clear, keen siijht enables a worker to do his job quickly and well prevents errors* waste, accidents, time loss, premature fatigue Be sure your sight is
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  • 231 17 Milady Is O. C— Titles Only In A.T.S. "TUOBODY who did not employ a maid in civil life can get a commission in the A.T.S." That is what the girls are saying in their camps in England. Many of them have taken their complaints to M.P.S, and, as a result,
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  • 543 17 This Season's Fashionable And Flattering Day Dresses By Sunday Times London Woman Correspondent London. IT seems that aubergine, that soft dark purple colour, shares the honours with black as the most flattering of fashionable day dresses this season. An aubergine wool frock of a sheer quality, inset with snakeskin on
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    83 17 lANE Cry an, Warner Bros., film player, models a becoming playrait with a nautical theme given a French flavour. The navy blue shorts which have stitched pleats at the front are topped with a middle blouse of white crossbarred pique trimmed with a navy blue braid and the French
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  • 99 17 COME folks are notoriously careless about corks and lids and similar covers. That's why we have periodically the annoying experience of finding a tin of shoe polish hard and useless. It can be rejuvenated if first kneaded with a spoon to make it as soft as
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    • 291 17 A THE LEADING HOUSE •fsim* Linen Embroidery J Ui Novelties. Now In Commodious Premises 241, River Valley Road, Singapore. A large and varied display of useful and readily avpredated gifts fqjr all occasions that are sure to please Linen table-cloths, Luncheonsets, Ladies' underwear, Handkerchiefs, Teak and Camphorwood Chests, etc., etc.
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    • 425 17 flow I Got Rid of Winkles *»and made myself look 10 years younger Read this amimng letter from Miss C "One day, looking into my mirror, I In about 6 weeks the result was really Mid to mrtclf 'My itmx, you are b«guv miraculous. Every line and wrinkle nine to
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  • 624 18 Max Factor's Advice Beauty On The Square U/OMEN, in their analysis of their own facial features, often confuse the round and the square types of faces. Consequently, those who should be following the m?ke-up principles for the square face sometimes mistakenly effect those which are only correct on the roundish
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    • 555 18 IVLJTV tJIIMM ITILJII M Just Unpacked CHINESE CARPETS STRAW MATTING THE PEKING CO. No. Bl, High St., Singapore. Gelling Up Nights Makes Men Old Gettlns up nights, burning: sensation ofl organs, whitish discharge, dull ache at bas* 1 of spine, groin snd leg pains, nervousness. l weakness and loss of
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  • 382 19  - "Magic" On The Carpet Ways To Restore Colour Freshness Madge Ames By INHERE are days when one longs for a magic touch to restore to a favourite carpet its original freshness of colour. It is, therefore, useful to know that you can freshen it considerably and effectively by a simple
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  • 105 19 THIS may not be the time for buying many new devices for the kitchen, unless tney are really useful as well as attractive, but a salad tray is certainly both useful and attractive. It is not for serving salad, but is for the connoisseur who takes a
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  • 74 19 ON trim and nicely waved hair it is the fashion Just now to wear a decorative comb. Those made in tortoiseshell which are not over long, but attractively adorned with small fruits, such as "cherries" in coloured glass, and and with leaves of shiny metal, are very
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  • 88 19 IN rooms where many restless feet cross It continuously, linoleum may be the best floor covering, and polishing it the best treatment for Its beauty and its long life. If you use wax polish this will certainly preserve It wonderfully. And you will do well to remove very
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  • 181 19 War Will Not Spoil Women's Figures DRITISH women have taken to corsets in a firm resolve to keep their figures despite the war. In the world war, the rule was to discard corsets, and the armistice found the mannish figure stylish. It took more than 15 years of dieting and
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  • 95 19 IN a frivolous mood, you may be tempted to trim the curtains, the cushions, or bed head in your bedroom, quaintly, for it Is the fashion to go Victorian in such matters, with the most unexpected results. Galloon trimmings of the thick, heavy furnishing kind around the
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    • 294 19 New POWDER SHADES FROM PARIS "to go with LATEST FASHIONS K. shows reveal l (rt\l^O^ that this season's Pv^ 13** clothes demand new complexion tones. Blended by a French Beauty Expert these very latest powder shades have beea rushed to Malaya. You can obtain them here only n the new
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    • 297 19 ttW^ i i Men thrill to the tempting softness of Invite romance, let Tangee keep your Tangee lips. They hate harsh, greasy, lips soft, natural, youthful looking, painted lips! p or radiant natural color in cheeks Tangee is the lipstick that can't give use Tangee Rouge (Creme or Coma painted
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    • 532 20 FEET feel blazing The skin-porea of your feet should b« constantly eliminating acid impurities. When your feet feel blazing hot, when they ache and swell, 16 is because those pores have become, choked, and acid is piling up insida them. Then you suffer foot agony. Corns and callouses begin to
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 2325 20 Wireless Programmes TO-DAY EMPIRE STATION I NIROM SINGAPORE &£*tJ&&ls? S ZHL 1.33 me s (S2Sm.) 6.05 p.m. Orchestral mu.slc: 6.50 p.m. Pull (19.M m.). znP 9.69 me s (30.96 m.) news bulletin; 7.20 p.m. The week's pro- 7.30 a.m. Opening announcement; 7.21 am. 1100 ftjn Mllitarv band muslr nUved hv
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  • 705 21 Singapore Standard Of Badminton Is Falling (By Our Badminton Correspondent) fTHE poor standard of p'.?y produced 1 in the annual Married vs. Single match played last week confirms the views held out by me in these columns es recently as a fortnight aso that while the up-country players lrave rmde
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  • 224 21 PERAK AND PENANG START WELL IN BADMINTON TOURNEY (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Saturday. RESULTS of to-day's games in the sixth annual triangular badminton tournament between Perak, Penang ar.d Selangor are: First women's doubles, Helen Khcng and Julip Wong (Perak) beat Chuns Siew Yee and Chung Kon Yoong (Se'.angor) 15—12.
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  • 76 21 The following have been selected to play badminton for the Makepeace B.P. against the Sykes B.P. of Katcng to-day on the Sphinx B.P. court beginning at 2.30 p.m.: M. A. lAnge, W. Dana, C. P. Lange, George rneselra and V.K. Dana. K. C. Cherl&n and A. R. de
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  • 1365 21  -  Doc." IN \.sm of th- forthcoming H.M.S. Malaya Cv football matches the Arm.. 1 selectors nee- hr.ye no qualrr.s a.s to the Quality of their team. The Army team's display against the R.A.F. ma quite good, but the team ttill requires a little polish especially in the
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    79 21 Negri Scmbilan Chinese Recreation Club, Seremban, winners of the Chan? Seng Loong Cup Standing Left to right, Kwok Ah Keng, (sports secretary), Chcah Kirn Han, Yong Nyuk Lin, Lim Kee Seonff, Tan Chin Beng, (tennis member), Tsen Chow Choy, Tan Meng San, Chew Toh Senf, (hon. secretary). Seated: Han Hui
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  • 91 21 Results up to last Tuesday of McEwans billiards and darts competition for garrison messes: ilexandra vs. Loyals. 2 4 7— 2 ilexandra vs. R.A. Changl o—60 6 5—4 t.E. Changl vs. R.A. Changl s—l s—»5 l. S. H. vs. Manchesters o—60 6 I—B1 8 l. S. H.
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  • 1069 21 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban. AT Seremban to-day (Sunday) motorists from all parts of Malaya wili be competing in the Half Mile Standing Start Speed Trial which is being held by the N.S.-Malacca branch of the Automobile Association of Malaya. The profits from this meeting
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  • 124 21 tenchesters t.A., B. Matl 1.E., Changl x,yals t.A., Changl Alexandra >& S H t.A.. N.C 'on Canning DARTS P. W. D L. Pts 9 7 0 2 14 8 5 2 1 12 7 3 4 0 10 7 3 3 19 740 3 8 10 2 2
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  • 558 21 THE Anglo-Chinese School opened the athletic sports season of the Singapore schools yesterday when they held their 31st. annual athletic sports at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. There were no records broken but a notable feature of the meeting was the announcement that the boys had decided tha
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  • 93 21 At the second annual general meeting of the May 8.P., the following were elected office-bearers: Patron, Abdulrahman b. Abdullah; president. Lawrence Edwards: vicepresident, Mohamed Jaafar b. H. Ismail, hon. secretary. Tan Eng Guan; hon. asst. secretary. Hassan b All; hon. treasurer, Abu Baicar D. M. Aljaru; asst. Hon.
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  • 96 21 (From Our Ownn Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Saturday. TWO matches were completed in the Johore Bahru Malays badminton tournament at the Ayer Molek courts yesterday. Both were quarter-finals. In the Junior singles Abdullah bin Mohamcd Seth beat Ahmad bin Aodui Rahman 15 8. 13—13 (5— 3K The winner will,
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  • 87 21 In a friendly table tennis match the Eorneo Company beat the Jacks Sports Club by four games to three. Results (Borneo first) Khor Tian Hock beat Llm Choo Ann 3— o. Charlie Kaiig beat Tan Hoay Djin 3—o, Robert Kang beat Teo Sin Kong 3 o, Yap Tian
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    • 703 21 Offers a new Evening Sessional Class in SHORTHAND In addition to the usual classes. Students enrolling for the new Class will be specially coached lor the November, 1940, London Chamber of Commerce and Pitman Certificate Examinations. ENROL NOW There are still a few vacancies also In the Shorthand Speed Classes
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  • 340 22 Europeans Do Well In First Innings Against The Rest HTHE Europeans are in a strong position in the annual cricket fixture against the Rest for the Clarke Cup, which began on the S.C.C. padang yesterday. The game, which was scheduled to start at 2.15 p.m., did not begin until nearly
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  • 175 22 Selangor And Negri Draw At Soccer (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. GIVING a better account of themselves In the second half after being outplayed by Selangor in the first fifteen minutes, Negri Sembilan shared six goals with Selangor In the InterState soccer match on the T.P.C.A. grnuno to-day.
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  • 196 22 School second team beai Rafflej, Institution second team at cricket yesterday. RAFFLES INSTITUTION II G. Paul lbw. Chan Ah Kow 9 Kirn Poon c Chew Thye b Chan Ah Kow 0 C. R. Dars b S. Madon 11 Santock Singh run out 3 N. Barker
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  • 197 22 ■THE Manchester Regiment beat the 1 Force Emu at cricket at Olllman Barracks yesterday by 26 runs. High scoring by both sides was the feature, Force Emu declaring at 141 for three, and the Manchesters replying with 167 for three when stumps were drawn. FORCE EMU
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  • 196 22 (Frcm Our Own Correspondent.) Joh;re Bahru, Saturday C3RT CANNING beat the Jchore 4 Cricket Club at the Jornre Civil Service Club ground yesterday. JOHORE C.C. Ahmad Ful2iman c B:es on j Dowling 3 Khoo Pong Hock c Marshall b Dowlins 8 Morgan c Marshall b
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  • 263 22 A CENTURY by J. Anchant was the feature of a cricket match played at St. Andrew's School yesterday, when the School beat ths Katong Casuals by 203 runs. KATONG CASUALS J. Bird run out 15 C. da Silva c Som Quee b Ross 0 D. Ashe c Meyer
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  • 289 22 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Saturday. THE lnter-Y.M.C.A. cricket match between Ipoh and Kuala Lumpur began to-day and will be continued on Whit Monday. Kuala Lumpur had scored 14fi In the first innings, of which I. Row contributed 30, C. Leembruggen 25 and G. H. Foenander 34.
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  • 201 22 IHE V.M.C.A. beat the S.C.R.C. by six runs at cricket on the V.M.C.A. ground yesterday. SC R C Evan Wong st. Surratta b Chrysostom 6? Kam Gim Lock b Xavler 5» Cecil Wong c Nathaniels b Xavler 10 Ong Swee Law b Chrysostom 3 Seah Keng
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  • 243 22 (From Our Own Correspondent) Sereriiban. A GOOD innings of 75 by T. K Sukumaren enabled the Negri Sembilar. Club to beat the Malay Regiment at Port Dlckson. NEGRI SEMBILAN CLUB W. Senevlratne by Braithwalte ft Lee Moh Hon b Braithwalte 19 A. Kunaretnam b Gudgeon 3 T. K.
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  • 301 22 (From Our Own Correspondent) Muar, Saturday. lOHORE held her first soccer trial match yesterday evening when a Johora Bahru team met a Muar selected team at the Muar Club padang. In an evenly contested match Muar Selected won by the odd goal in three. As a
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  • 223 22 (From Our Own Corresponcenu Seremoan. THE Negri Sembilan Ceylon Tamils' Association beat Tampln District team at Seremban by 28 runs. R. H. V. Rintoul got a hat trie*. TAMPIN XI H. T. Stlven b A. V. Rajah 19 F A. S. Caldwell
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  • 253 22 (From Our Own Correspondent.) F*tttm« i. Muar, Saturday. AILING light resulted in the cricket match between the Muar Cricket Club and the Segamat Cricket Club ending in a draw. SEGAMAT CRICKET CLUB M. Singh c Brian van Schoonbeck b Hannay 2 V. N. Woodhull run out
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  • 39 22 New York, Saturday. lEW JENKINS, of Swcetwater, Texas, won the world lightweight championship, according to the New York Commission, beating the holder, Lou Ambers, on a technical knockout in the third round after four knock-downs. Reuter.
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  • 315 22 (From Our Own Correspondent) Se?amat, Friday. IN a cricket match at Genuang the Women met the Men and lost by 21 runs. The men bntted and bowled left hand. WOMEN— IST. INNINGS Mrs. Ansell run out 10; Mrs Matthews Dohoo b Jerram 3; Miss C.
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  • 561 22 (From Our Own Correspondent) Muar, Saturday. THHE annual Johore State lawn tennla championship meeting will begin next week and the preliminary rounds in the various events will be played In the districts. From the entries received only Muar and Johore Bahru will see matches in the earlier
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  • 209 22 Selangor's 138 Against Penang (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Saturday. SELANGOR fared badly on the open- ing day of the inter-State cricket match with Penang at Pennng to-day, being dismissed for 138 runs. There was no play In the morning owing to rain but when play was besun shortly Mter
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  • 255 22 (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Saturday. A SURPRISE was caused in thft Johore Bahru football leagua when the Education, who were beaten by the Customs 4—l, defeated th 3 Prisons by the odd goal in seven. The Prisons were unable to field their regular side, two
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  • 254 22 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Saturday. GOOD progress is being made In tho inter-club tennis competition for the Chang Seng Long cup at Ssremban. The results of earlier matches in the competition were published last Sumday and lurther matches have been played since. The Ulu
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  • 61 22 The following have been selected to play for the V.M.C.A. Junior Department against the Police on Wednesday en the Bras Basah Road ground Chla Soo Hiang, Vow Wah Sung. Llm Nllt Slong. Fe Thlan Han. Koh Chit Men?, Lim C» lg Siong, Fong Kirn Choon. B. Fones. Chow
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  • 35 22 The cricket match between the R.A.F. (H.Q> and R.A. (Blakan Matl>, played at Blakan Matl yesterday, was Interrupted by rain after the Airmen had scored 62 for four wickets. Tn» match was abandoned.
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  • 1427 23 Amazon Pays Backers $92 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penan?, Saturday. 'THE going was good to-day on the first day of the Penang Turf Club's extra meeting. It rained slightly this morning. There was a large attendance and the dividends were good, Codellus paying $63 for win
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  • 54 23 (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca. RfIRS Beatty was the winner of the women's May medal played at the Malacca Golf Club. Scores: Mrs. Beatt.y 52—13=34; Mrs. E<?a n 39-4 35; Mrs. Blngham 55—18=37; Mrs. Russell 47—10=37: Mrs. Bridge 56—18 38; Mrs. Jackson 54—15=39; Mrs. Todman 56—17 39;
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  • 64 23 The following have been selected to play for the Y.M.CA. "B" team against the 7th Heavy Battery on Tuesday on the Anson R:ad ground at 5 p.m B Fones, Low Huck Yang, Chin Sun gwee Chua Teck Chin, K. Charen, P. K Satyapal. Koh Chit Ment George Focng,
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  • 356 23 SECOND round results in the Football League Cup competition played yesterday are NOBTH A Rochdale 4Bverton 2 Blackpool 3 Burnley 1 Manchester U. 1 Blackburn 3 Stoke 6 Barrow 1 NORTH B Hull 0 Huddersfield 1 Leeds 0 Suiiderland 1 Sheffield U 1 Barnsley 0 Newcastle 2 Mlddleborough 1
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  • 794 23 A MATTER of immense satisfaction to officials and local followers of trie game generally is the announcement that Victoria Institution hall w.ll be utilized for the Fcong Seong cup fixture between Selangor and Johore on May 2C. This was made possible through the permission
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  • 295 23 CHINESE IMPROVE THEIR POSITION IN LEAGUE fTAKrNG full points from the Police at the stadium yesterday by a victory of three goals to one, the Chinese improved their position in the first division of the league. Each side scored once in the first half, after which the Chinese put on
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  • 25 23 THE Fortress RE. beat the Gordon Highlanders by four goals to nil in a first division match played at Char.gi yesterday.
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  • 546 23 P. W. L. I.A.F 9 7 0 x)yals 11 6 4 ;h'lnese 9 5 2 "ortress R.E 11 5 4 «oUce 11 5 4 ugylls 7 5 2 I.A. (9th Reg.) 10 3 3 /Inlays 8 2 2 (anchesters 8 3 3 loyal Navy 10 4 6
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  • 262 23 THE eleventh annual general meeting of the Singapore Badminton Association was held at the Clerical Union Hall yesterday, with the President, Mr. G. H. Klat, in the chair. After the minutes of the last annual general meeting has been read and confirmed, the chairman referred to
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    20 23 ISMAIL: Selangor footballer. In-side-right fur the State team for several years. A fast, tireless forward and a prolific goal scorer.
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  • 166 23 THE women's golf match between the 1 Krppel Golf Club and the Garrison Golf Club, at Tanglin resulted in a win for the visitors by 28. points lo 26. Results (Keppel first) Mrs. E. A. Elder 1 Mrs. R. H. H. Stewart 2, Mrs. W. J. Holohan
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  • 30 23 Best cards returned in the women's monthly medal, stroke competition, at Sepoy Lints Golf CiUb were Miss H. G. Lacey 42—11 31; Miss M. L. Evans 4J>_lo=3s.
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    43 23 W. H. KLKINS Famoin ;.n golfer. Last week-end won ihe Selangor Golf Club championship for the eighth time, the first being: as long: ago as 1913. Has twice held the Malayan golf championship and has done well in first class eof in Europe.
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  • 238 23 Ties in the Y.M.CA. lawn 4 er.nis tournament are: Monday: Men's Doubles. A. I. Periera and I. A. Alsagoff w. S. A. Dawo'jd and R. Nathan. "C" class singles (semi-flnal), Lee Kirn Ek vs. H. L. Wee, Teo Guan Yang vs. Khoo Kirn. Swee. "B" class singles (final),
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