The Straits Times, 27 May 1940

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    35 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.) MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MAY 27, 1940 ritlCK RCKNTS The Straits Times 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MAY 27, 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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      105 1 See MIEN CHONG for SMART TAILORING i\m Coleman St: Singapore. —Phone 4816— V sA Br mf itl 1. INTERLOCKING SWITCH PLUS 0 *J?^ W* r^ mm WS SINGAPORE— KUALA LUMPUR BNN*a"a"a"a"B"*Nßß"*NNl IPOH PENANG MALACCA '.V.PA 1-»2A aHM^HHHM^V^ COOLING <&. REFRESHING til T^B^* M B^v /jy<M f=V 4r /wr^ I—^1 r—
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      6 1 SINGAPORE. 140 CECIL ST, ('PHONE 5471)
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      173 1 UP-TO-THE-MINUTE p TAILORING I "f? YOU may not favour this Double fl Breasted Cutaway Coat at w I J^ Illustrated but you cannot deny that JL mm/ Z& ROBINSON'S TAILORING SERVICE ftL% i^J* is right up to date. We are in f|^ touch with all the latest tailoring r^N -I
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      139 1 FINAL EDTN. MADAME PAGE IS. Battery Rwd •ad Ku»l- Lumpur. CASH SALE DAY CVENINQ GOWNS. MAY 25 JUNK 4. KUALA LUMPUR 2i JAVA If IPHONS 3iSS3>. THE SPEED ENAMEL OF THE CENTURY for interior and exterior use. "BRUSELLO" i« a tynthetic enamel embodying all the advantages and none Wm c
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    30 2 The family of the late Mr. Wee Sian Kali wishes to thank all those who sent wreaths, letters of condolence scrolls and those partaking night visits and funeral attendance.
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      563 2 fflw Straits Simca SMALL ADS? Minimum charge $1. for advt not exceeding 4 lines. More than four lines 25 cents per line (Six words). Box No. 25 cents extra. Small Ads. are prepayable REGINATO.— On the 25th May, 1940 at the Maternity Hospital, Singapore to Ottilia, wife of O. B.
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      874 2 FOR SALE BERNARD Petrol Motors and Pumping Sets Hlndhede Co., L'd. FOR HIRE REFRIGERATOR— New or Used Phone 3333 DRIVE YOURSELF and private Hire Cais Ixiw ra'es. General Transport Co. Ltd 'Phone 5484. HOUSES FLATS/TO LET TO LET: 2 Amber Road. Immediate entry Apply Meyer Brothers. 5 ANGULLIA PARK from
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      836 2 BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET TO LET: Store 119-B North Bridge Road. Entry 1st June. Apply Meyer Brothers. OFFICES at l and 4-A Prince 8t. and 22 Raffles Place. Apply Koh Chew See. 129 KUUner Road SHOP PREMISES TO LET To be let as from 1st. July the commodious premises comprising
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      506 2 PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE. The PHILCO Agency has been transferred to Messrs. Wearne Bros. Ltd. whose sole distributors are TECIILAB, 4 Orchard Road. AH receivers sold by TECHLAB carry the makers guarantee of one year on all component parts, excluding Valves. Enquiries for PHILCO Sales and Service should be made to
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      669 2 BUSINESS CARDS Etc MADAME PAGE 13, Battery Road, and Kuala Lumpur. CASH SALE DAY EVENING GOWNS MAY 25 JUNE 4th For The Blood. Veins. Arterie* and Heart And Stop Limping DON'T let Leg Troubles cripple you. Take Elasto. th« Great New Biutuedical Remedy that cures through the blend, and have
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      46 2 MADAME SHEILA Fresh stock and up-to-date styles of AFTERNOON, EVENING COCKTAIL DRESSES. Linen and Raw Silk Costumes and Day Frocks from $6.00. 9, Eu Court. 2nd Flc Hill Street, Telephone 7139. MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mrs. HARU and Mss HANA. 60. WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467.
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      377 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND AFCAR LINE. (Incorporated in England) PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N Co MAIL PASSENGER AND CAROO SERVICES The best possible services are being maintained by the P. O. S. N. Company to their usual ports of call except ports in Japan. Passengers are requested to
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      300 3 (Incoruonced In Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR TO LIVERPOOL Colombo. Art -n. Sum Port SaM. Naples. Marseilles, Gibraltar, Casablanca, Lisbon A Liverpool Sail S Cvn'f HAKONE MARU June 12 IS SUWA MARU June 23 33 Ca!i« Bombay TO LONDON GENOA SERVICE Aden. Port Sudan, Sun. Port Said.
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      568 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. BLUE FUNNEL LINE Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom and United States of 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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      344 3 ■■W I S' Bfe^^Bß^BW A *BW W FAST PASSENGER SERVICE. SINGAPORE TO SAN FRANCISCO. VIA MANILA HONG KONG SaU 3por« Arrive 3 P »j. OTY OP NEWPORT NEWB June 19 July 13 (A CITY OP NORFOLK July 18 Aug. (A CITY OP SAN FRANCISCO Aug. 10 Sept. 5 Uh CITY
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      355 3 Broadcasting TODAY SINGAPORE ZHL 1.31 me f (tZSm.) ZHP 9.69 meli (31.96m.) 1.15 p.m. Miscellaneous gramophone record*; 1.30 p.m. News and mid-day rubber, tin and copra prices: 1.45 p.m. Interval: S p.m. Lagu extra. t (Malay): 5.30 p.m. Tamil music. t; 6 p.m. Cantonese historical dramast; 6. 25 p.m. Cantonese
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      378 3 NIROM TDD 9.65 me (31.20 ml TDA 6.01 mtM (49.6 m.);PMS 10.36 me J (-9.1 m.) YDS 11.86 melt (25.3 m.) VDC 15.16 wit (19.86 mi. 4.50 p.m. Opening announcement 4.51 p.m. Tea concert; 5.50 i).m. Cnlldreu'h programme; 6.20 p.m. Music; 6 50 p.m. News bulletin; 7.15 p.m. The n-ganl.it
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    GAMMON (MALAYA), LTD., IN SOUND FINANCIAL POSITION
    1632 4 Record Volume Of Work In Hand: Dividend Maintained CATISFACTION at the financial position of Gammon (Malaya), Ltd., was expressed by the chairman, Mr. H. Elphick, when presiding at the annual meeting of the company in Singapore on Saturday. The volume of uncompleted work
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    MALARIA ON ESTATES Ayer Hitam Not Affected
    695 4 MALARIA ON ESTATES Ayer Hitam Not Affected SUCCESSFUL YEAR FOR COMPANY AT the annual meeting of the Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate, Ltd., at Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, the chairman, Mr. F. A. Wardell, said: The accounts, and the printed report which accompanies them, are presented In the usual clear manner
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    151 4 Mails close at the General Post Office as follows: TO-DAY China surface 8 a.m. China (South-West) surface 9 a.m. Hong Kong surface 8 a.m. Indo-Chlna surface 9 a.m. Japan surface 8 a.m. Java surface 9 a.m. Sumatra: Medan surface 9 a.m air 1 p.m. Palembang surface
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    Fraser & Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations
    1278 4 Fraser Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations SATURDAY, MAT 25, 1910: 1 P.M. ■MM 0a yer» Seller* Ampat Tin Us) 3s 9d 4s 6d Austral Amal. (5s) 5s 6d 6s Austral Malay It) 35s 37s Ayer Hi tarn (5s) 21s 22s Ayer Weng .60 .65 Bangrin Tin 20s 2Is Batu selangor ($1)
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    LYALL AND EVATT'S DAILY QUOTATIONS
    237 4 Singapore, May 25. 1 pjn. >11M. Mi Buyers Seller* AmpaU 3/10 4'2 Austral Amafc 5/6 6/Batu Selangors 1.35 1.39 Hong Fatts 0.99 1.01 jeUbus 0.63 0.66 Kampong Lanjuts 21/- 22/K. Kamuntlng 8/3 9/Kundang 13/3 13/9 Kent 2/1 2/4 Klang Rivers 1-65 1.75 Kram&ts 10/6 11/3
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    FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
    143 4 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Company Dividend Close TIN longkong Tin 13%% Int. CL. Tin Is No. 37 >ahang 10% Int. less tax Apr. 34 laub 4d. Int. June 8 tawang Cone Is No. 26 May 30 rronoh 5% final less tax May 9 MM Unal Malay 6% tot
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      128 4 TIDE TABLES SINGAPORE To-day H. W. 1.38 a.m. 8.6 ft.; 3.05 p.m. 7.6 ft. L. W. 8.18 a.m. 1.1 ft.; 8.22 p.m. 4.2 ft. To-morrow H. W. 3.24 a.m. 8.1 ft.; 3.54 p.m. 7.4 ft. L. w. 9.02 a.m. 1.7 ft.; 9.18 p.m. 4.3 ft. Wednesday, May 29 H. W.
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      446 5 By Our Financial Correspondent Virtual Full Production Of Rubber In Malaya Singapore, May 27. THE announcement of the Controller of Rubber (reported In this page) virtually places Malaya on full production for the next few months. In spite of existing agreements, it is also fairly safe to
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      Rubber Release For Third Quarter
      144 5 THE Controller of Rubber, Malaya. 1 has fixed the rate of release rr the third quarter. 1940, at 77«/ 2 per cent, of one-quarter of the standard production of all holdings in Malaya. Export credits for the third quarter, 1940, will be released and credited
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      EXCHANGES
      187 5 The following are the sxenange rates this morning according to the dally circular Issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation: SELLING London T.T 2/4 i/16 Loi.don demand 2/4 1/18 Lyons demand 2060 Switzerland demand 208 tt Hamburg demand New York demand 48 15/18 Montreal demand 51 UMB Batavia
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      95 5 Monday, May 27, noon. Buyer* Seller* Price! Price* No l.\ K.SS (Spot loose) 36% 37 i No IX RS S in iw May June Sellers' option 37 H 37% (M AO K.S.S In f> lei May- June Sellers' option 36 !i 36 >i r v
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      MORE ADVERTISING FOR MALAYA ADVOCATED
      988 5 Raffles Hotel Meeting fJREATER advertising for Malaya even in wartime was advocated by Mr. J. A. Clarke when presiding at the annual meeting of Raffles Hotel, Ltd., on Saturday. The outbreak of war, he said, had killed tourist traffic. Mr. Clarke gave the assurance that
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      Rubber Stocks Increase
      117 5 l*ALAYAN rubber stocks lor April show an Increase of 20,841 tons >ver March. The estate stocks arc 1,983 tons lower but dealers' stocks are 14,824 tons higher. Comparative details of stock are liven by the Department of Statistics is follows: Estates over 100 acres: March April F.M.S
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      120 5 ouigupuie, m»jr At, nuuii. Buyers Scllrrj Gambler $.7.7S Hamburg Cube J13.00 Java Cube $12 50 'epper White Muntok $14% White $14H Black lopra Mixed $3.20 Sun Dried $3.60 ■afro Flour No 1 Llngg» S6.00 Fair $6.00 Sarawak $5.85 'elotong Palembang $16.50 Banja 116.00 Sarawak $17.00 'apioca Small
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      MONEY MARKET FIRM
      72 5 London, May 27. 'THE money market has remained Impervious to developments of the war situation. Clearing banks continued good buyers of bills while loans wen? easily obtainable around 1 per rent. The average rate for treasury bills of £1 Os. 4.81d. Is practically the samas last week.
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      BRITISH PEOPLE SAVE £180,000,000
      87 5 BRITISH PEOPLE SAVE £180,000,000 London, May 27. SOME indication of the financial resources and spirit of self-denial of the British people is given by the latest figures issued of the National Savings campaign. Since the campaign opened in November £180,000.000 has been raised by voluntary subscription, an average of £1,000,000
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      NEW E.P.T. APPLIES TO ESSENTIAL CONCERNS
      58 5 London, May 27. F transpires that the 100 per cent, excess profits tax applies only to essential concerns specially controlled by the Government; otherwise It remains 60 per cent. The Stock Exchange and public had understood the general levy to be 100 per cent,
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      SHE PUT ON 2 1/2 POUNDS OF FLESH
      288 5 SHE PUT ON 2 1/ 2 POUNDS OF FLESH Feels Wonderfully Better Nothing is more worrying than loss of weight. To watch the scales anxiously, hoping against hope for an increase of just one ounce to take bottles and bottles of flshy-tasting oil and still feel no better to lie
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      28 5 You'll seldom jL buy lamps 7%^ if you Z/3^ always buy r 33^^^ CROHPTON THE COILED-COIL LAMP OF LASTING BRILLIANCE tunmcAL shcwbocm; branches n IIBAU£i)YRiSI>CM>ORE^LaUUMMJBJBWaBHB^ rTHRDU6HOUTr THRDU6H0UT MALAYA
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      212 5 RED RING RAZOR. BRITISH PRODUCT RETRIEVE YOUR FALLEN BLADE WITH THE ECLIPSE RAZOR MAGNETIC PICK UP. THE MAGNET IN THE HANDLE WILL PICK UP BLADES FROM THE SMOOTHEST SURFACE WITHOUT INJURY TO THE FINGERS OR TO THE KEEN EDGES OF THE BLADE. FIVE DIFFERENT MODELS TO CHOOSE FROM OBTAINABLE FROM
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      146 5 The All-British Imperial "Good Companion It can handle all classei ot typewritten work ordinary correipondenee. stencil cutting, manifolding. It will give you years of good service and the appearance of the work It produce* U outstanding. It b beautifully designed, compact and embodies the latest refinements In typewriter design. Sola
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      199 6 M< FIGHTING 69TH' BEST WAR FILM TO DATE" Singapore Free Press. "IT'S A PICTURE WITH A SOCK IN IT, SO PUT IT ON YOUR 'MUST' LIST." —Malaya Tribune. A PICTURE AS UNRIVALLED, AS UNBEATABLE AS THE REGIMENT WHOSE NAME IT PROUDLY BEARS! POSITIVELY LAST DAY 1 ALHAMBRA-^" Warner Bros. Biggest
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      307 6 SENSATIONAL ADAGIO by FAMOUS ASTOR TRIO Appearing on Wednesday r/*jjF"r /*jjF" I '/'jV^S^S GLAMOROUS HAWAIIAN NIGHT two bands"] Featuring HONOLULU MELODIANS ONLY PARK DANCE HALL WITH FLOOR SHOW JBBI~ "M| SINGAPORE'S ONLY ALL I ttf? EUROPEAN BALLROOM presents the Ml- j FORMATION WALTZ fIU JH BL«4| UIJ Organised by MR.
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      251 6 "SRINATH" BRAND Madras CURRY POWDER l-lb. 45c, V<-n. 30c, »4-lft. 20c PICKLES, Mango or Lime 60 cts. quart bottle. CHUTNEYS, assorted, quart 70 cts. Certified to be excellent quality by the Madras AgriHorticultural Society. CHARI CO., 29, Robinson Road, Singapore. Read these London Rave Reviews on "G.W.T.W," JUST RECEIVED DAILY
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      114 6 LAST DAY of this Cheery, Musical Comedy Show I 3.1S 6.15 -9.IT| CAPITOL Hollywood's new Glamour A& jw LANA TURNER jp p§ in m 'EVERY OTHER /ftf-_ INCH A LADY' With ARTIE SHAW I W^*^ HIS BAND 1 ALSO* A Splendid Picture shown by arrangement with the BRITISH MINISTRY of
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    HIGH BRITISH TRIBUTE TO ROYAL NETHERLANDS NAVY
    451 7 Exploits Of Past Two Weeks Earn Admiration Of The Allies London, May 26. IN less than two weeks of warfare, officers and men under 1 your command have demonstrated that the Royal Netherlands Navy is manned by seamen as brave and expert as
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    French Airmen's Successes Thrilling Stories Of Air Battles
    359 7 French Airmen's Successes Thrilling Stories Of Air Battles London, May 26. DEUTER'S special correspondent 1X with the advanced air arm of the French army heard thrilling stories from tired pilots, who during the past fortnight have worked 16 hours daily attacking the German hordes, when he visited them at their
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    MORE GERMAN RADIO "SINKINGS"
    67 7 London. May 26. I DEUTER is authoritatively informed In London that German claims of British naval losses continue to reach a high imaginative level. Yesterday's German wireless broadcast for example, alleged the loss of Narvik on Friday, of numbers of British cruisers, destroyers, a battleship, an
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    Met Full Force Of Air Offensive
    258 7 London, May 26. T*HE story of two R.A.F. fighter squadrons, which met the full force of the German air attack on the first day of the great offensive which Hitler started on May 10, has just been made public. It is a remarkable and
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    500 ARRESTS IN PARIS
    38 7 Paris, May 26. THE police arrested over 500 people during last week. Of this number, 334 foreigners were Interned. During the same period, the police questioned 02,000 people In streets, cafe* and hotels. Reuter.
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      350 7 RAFFLES HOTEL To-night DINNER DANCE (informal) 8 p.m. to midnight DOUBLE FEATURE CABARET ATTRACTION THE DUO PALOTAI CHANGE OF PROGRAMME, VERSATILE 'DANCERS. FINAL APPEARANCES LAST 2 NIGHTS THE ASTOR TRIO SENSATIONAL ACROBATIC DANCERS Dinner S3.50 Non-diners S1.00 BOOK YOUR TABLE NOW FOR THE SOCIAL EVENT OF THE SEASON— ST. ANDREW'S
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      250 7 ®IVUHIf hera OPENING T0 DAY HH |f EvByb dy 3-15-6.15 Goes q .j v tUUYA SjUNiIU M UUI SJ.AO Box Office 'Phone 3400 "Best film of the week is '20,000 Men a Year,'" says the London Sunday Express. THOUSANDS STRONG! WINGING INTO THE SKY FOR GLORY AND ROMANCE 20th Century
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MAY 27, 1940. (268th. Day of the War.) Potted History
    1126 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MAY 27, 1940. (268th. Day of the War.) Potted History Many thousands of words have been written on the subject of Hitler's sudden change of attitude toward Soviet Russia, in flagrant violation of the principles if that word may be used in such a connection
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    LONDON WAITS CALMLY FOR NAZI AIR ATTACKS
    2310 8 Our London Letter From Our Own Correspondent London, May 14. THE word "CRISIS" has been in every newspaper since last I wrote to you. I suppose there has been some sort of a crisis but it did not affect life, even in London,
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  • Correspondence
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      RENT CONTROL
      413 8 Should The Board State Reasons For Decisions? To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— lt is all very well having a board to control increases of rent 1 an-i to regulate the ejectment of ten- ants. But surely, sir, the public in general, and landlords and prospective
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      198 8 XlO^E dk OYSTER Tudor Oyster 52. Royal 75. Chronometer 101. Perpetual 116.— THE 1940 BOOK OF SMALL HOUSES By the Editors of The Architectural Forum: New York. CONTAINING: Plans. Photographs, Specifications. Interiors, and Actual Costs of 144 Small Houses (Including the Famous "Life" Houses 1 Slie: 9!i" x tM%" Price
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    FIRM FRENCH HOLD ON CHANNEL PORTS
    733 9 Boulogne Captured Other Towns Safe FIERCE BATTLES RAGING IN VALENCIENNES REGION Enemy Attacks Repulsed With Heavy Losses ACCORDING to military circles in Paris, French troops are firmly holding the ports of Calais, Dunkirk, Ostend and Zeebrugge. Only Boulogne is in German hands. Fierce battles
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    Admiralty Reports Loss Of Destroyer
    85 9 T"HE Admiralty announces that the destroyer Wessex has been lost as a result of damage from enemy air attacks. The casualties were six ratings killed and 15 wounded. Wessex, with other naval units, was i engaged in operations off the French coast. The German wireless
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    S.E. COAST TOWNS AS EVACUATION AREAS
    88 9 II London, May 27. T is announced that the Government has decided that as Holland and parts of Belgium and Northern France are lin enemy occupation the following towns on the south-east coast will become evacuation areas: Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft, Felixstowe, Harwich, Clacton, Frinton
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    R.A.F. IN DAY & NIGHT RAIDS
    586 9 R.A.F. IN DAY NIGHT RAIDS Fresh Details Of Air Operations London, May 26. THE Air Ministry announces that heavy bomber aircraft of the Royal Air Force carried out further extensive operations against the enemy throughout last night. Targets successfully attacked in the Rhineland included railway junctions, sidings and marshalling yards.
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    Holding Up German Tanks
    24 9 British anti-tank (runners have wreaked havoc among German armoured fithtin* vehicle. In Flanders. Picture shows an anti-tank crew ta action.
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    Germans Destroyed Their Home
    39 9 This poignant picture taken in Belgium shows a Belgian peasant and his wife and daughter carrying what little possessions they could take away before German airmen destroyed their home. (Other pictures in pares 14 16)
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    Duff Cooper's Speech To French People
    110 9 London, May 27. AMR. Duff Cooper, Minister for Information, speaking in French In a broadcast to France, said: "Having been compelled to take up the challenge (of Germany) we shall never surrender because we know that death Is a happier prospect than life as
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    GERMAN ATTACKS ON U.S. AMBULANCES
    77 9 Paris May 26 BED CROSSES painted on the roofs of American ambulances operating in the war zone have been removed The American ambulance committee states, All our drivers agree that these red crosses only excite the malevolent attention of the German flyers "During the last
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    MRS. ROOSEVELT AND RED CROSS APPEAL
    83 9 B Washington, May 27 ROADCASTING a nation-wide appeal on behalf of the Red Cross War Relief Fund, Mrs. Roosevelt said: "If we turn away from the need of others, we align ourselves with those forces which are bringing abQut this suffering and which we
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    1,500 German Planes Destroyed
    53 9 The Allies have destroyed more than 1,500 German planes since the I German invasion of the Low Countries. Pictures show (Top), the I wreckage of a Helnkel bomber brou rht down by a British AJI. battery in Belgium, and (above) wreckage of a Helnkel shot down
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    JAPAN HIT BY U.S. MOVE
    70 9 JAPAN HIT BY U.S. MOVE War Supplies To Be Cut Off Washington, May 26. riEFENCE requirements of the United States threaten to cut off supplies of war material from Japan, including scrap metal. The House of Representatives has already agreed to amend the military defence bill authorizing curtailment of exports
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    FRESH ROME OUTBURST
    173 9 Talk Of Blow In Mediterranean Rome, May 27. J^HE question of peace or war for Italy remains the present preoccupaton for everyone in Rome. "For every blow that Hitler strikes against The Allies, we shall strike a corresponding blow in our natural sphere of action in the
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    Anglo-Italian Discussions
    89 9 Agreement Likely On Blockade Question London, May 26. T'HE Ministry of Economic Warfare announces that the Master of the Rolls, Sir Alfred Greene, who had been attending a meeting at Rome of the Angle-Italian joint standing committee on matters relating to contraband control ts due to return to
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    German Bombs Fall Near Hospital Ship
    87 9 London. May 27. ■yHREE hospital ships arrived at a 1 south coast port yesterday with several hundred wounded from France. Fourteen died on the way across. Seamen on one of the ships said that the Germans severely bombed the harbour from which they sailed
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    MORE VEGETABLES FROM THE HIGHLANDS
    275 10 Syndicate Plans Production On Large Scale HILL AREA HAS ALREADY SHOWN POTENTIALITIES (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, May 25. A PROJECT is on foot to form a syndicate with considerable capital to produce vegetables at Cameron Highlands on a large scale and on up to
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    Cocos Coins
    35 10 These are some of the bone coins in circulation in the Cccos Islands, and were sent by Mr. J. Clunies Ross, the "uncrotcned King of Cocos," as payment for the 8.8.C. overseas journal.
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    ENTERTAINING FILM AT CAPITOL
    159 10 At The Cinema "Every Other Inch A Lady." (Lana Turner, Richard Carlson, Ann Rutherford, Artie Shaw and his band.) M.G.M. At the Capital. fpHIS picture, which opened at the Capitol on Saturday, is an entertaining musical ccmedy without a dull mament. The story concerns the adventures
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    THE CHIEF JUSTICE
    54 10 1 II 1J lllljl ilUUllVU MR. Juslke aBeckett Terrell, the acting Chief Justice, will continue for the nrerent to reside at No. 176 Mount Pleasant, but for the purposes of convenience to the public the acting Chief Justice's calling bcok will be at the Chief Justices residence,
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    AMUSEMEN T S
    170 10 SINGAPORE. RAFFLES HOTEL Dinner Dance (Informal) 8 p.m. to Midnight. GARRICK rilk.Vrith. GEYLANG Meer Lall. Hindustani Talkie at 6. ID At 9.15 p.m. GREAT WORLD Cabaret 9 p.m. to Midnight. Globe: The Return of the Cisco Kid. Sky: Rulers of the Sea. HAPPY WORLD Happy Theatre: The
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    SILVER WEDDING GIFT TO WAR CHARITY
    103 10 MR. and Mrs. H. T. Hackworthy, of Johore Bahru. who celebrated their silver wedding last week, have sent to the Straits Times the S2O which they intended to spend on the celebration. They have asked that the sum shall b; sent to the Malaya
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    RECOGNIZED REFUGEE AS RELATIVE
    39 10 A SINGAPORE Hollander has recognized one of his relations in a picture of refugees from the Low Countries published recently in a Singapore newspaper He thought previously that his relation was in German occupied Holland.
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    VICEROY ON THE WAR
    182 10 Unity, Courage And Faith "KJO difficulty, loss or disappointA^ ment at this initial phase of an active campaign will turn us from our purpose of waging war against the enemy until the objects for which we drew the sword are secured," said Lord Linlithgow, the Viceroy
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    SOVIET ASSURANCE TO HUNGARY
    59 10 Budapest, May 27. •"THE Hungarian Minister in Moscow has been officially notified by the Soviet Government that the Soviet will in any case respect Hungarian neutrality. More men were called up In Hungary over ths week-end in order, it is understood, to prepars the country for
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    PRAYERS FOR ALLIES AT HINDU TEMPLES
    50 10 SPECIAL prayers for an early Allied victory and world peace were yesterday said at the Mariamman Temple in South Bridge Road, Perumal Temple, Serangoon Road, Sivan Tem.ple. Orchard Road, Kaliamman Temple, Somerset Road. Krishnan Temple, Waterloo Street and the Manmathakaruneshwarar Temple at Kallang Road.
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    £1,000 GIFT TO WAR CHARITY APPROVED
    45 10 A CONTRIBUTION of £1.000 to the Malaya Patriotic Fund was approved of at the meeting of Gammon 'Malaya) Ltd., on Saturday, when the chairman Mr. H. Elphick. suggested the contribution in view of very satisfactory results during the year.
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    Inquiry Into Air Crash At Rawang
    79 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, May 27. THE Federal Secretariat has issued a communique stating that the High Commissioner has ordered an inquiry' to be made into the causes and circumstances of the air crash on May 3 at Rawang, when three people,
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    Malaya's Special Interest In Madras Sappers
    720 10 (From A Special Correspondent.) Jl/IALAYA has a special interest in 1V1 the fact that Force Emu of the Indian Army at present serving in this country includes a field company of Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners, for it is in Madras and
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    Pulling Up Frontier Posts
    19 10 Sappers pulling up frontier posts during the march of the Allied Armies r in Belgium.
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    MALAYAN GIFTS TO MEN OF MINESWEEPERS
    224 10 MALA YAN GIFTS TO MEN OF MINESWEEPERS Thanks For Cigarettes For Fighting Services I ARGE consignments of cigarettes donated by Malayans through the Malaya Patriotic Fund have been sent to men on minesweepers and other small comfortless craft who are carrying out such difficult and dangerous work in the North
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    19 10 Mr. F. P. Elwell will address the Singapore Rotary Club on Wednesday on "Radio In the service of mankind."
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    NO RATE YET FOR GUILDER
    122 10 Negotiations Are Proceeding By Our Financial Correspondent ALTHOUGH there is still no offlcial quotation for the Java guilder in Singapore well informed quarters believe that a rate will be fixed within the next few days. The authorities concerned, it is understood, are anxious for an
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    HARD WORK EXPERIMENTS Special Study Of Local Aspects
    400 10 HARD WORK EXPERIMENTS Special Study Of Local Aspects LINKED UP WITH DIET PROBLEM EXPERIMENTS to discover tha effect hard work has on men of various races and ages are at present being carried out by Dr. C. J. Oliveiro. of the biochemistry department of the King Edward VII College of
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    23 10 Mr. L. P. Joubert, Assistant Trade Commissioner for South Africa, arrived in Singapore from Batavla this morning. He is on a short holiday.
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    ALL RACES PRAY FOR THE ALLIED CAUSE
    905 11 Impressive Services Held By Many Faiths IN company with the rest of the British Empire, and with thoughts turning to London, where the King and Queen led the nation, people prayed in Malaya yesterday for national salvation prayed "that those evils which the
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    Service For Dutch War Dead
    115 11 'THE memorial service for those who sacrificed their lives for the defence of Holland was largely attended by members of the Singapore Dutch community in the Wesley Church last night. The Rev. John G. Breman delivered a sermon "War and Peace" in Dutch, after which
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    "PICK-A-BACK" PILOT
    183 11 Noted Airman In Singapore pAPTAIN Donald C. T. Bennett, pilot of Mercury, upper component of the Short Mayo composite aircraft, which established five records during her double Atlantic crossings in July, 1938, is in Singapore on his first visit. Capt. Bennett stated that the Short Mayo composite aircraft
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    MR. TAN KAH KEE
    57 11 Lanchow, May 24. KHR. TAN KAH KEE, chairman of the Malaysian Comfort Mission, has returned here after a trip to Chinghai (Kokonor), and is leaving for Shensi Province to-mcirow. Mr. Tan has been Invited by public bodies in the southwestern province:, to insoect the Southwest after
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    BRIGADIER BROADCASTS TO-NIGHT
    22 11 DRIGADIER M. Gambier-Parry will broadcast on "The Present Military Situation" from the Singapore station at 7.45 p m. to-day.
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    PRIZE COURT WRITS
    161 11 ACTIONS which have been Instituted in the Singapore Prize Court are published in a list appearing in the Government Gazette. It is the first list to be published, and sets out writs issued and served on various dates during the past weeks, from Apr. 2 to May
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    Doctor Acquitted On Two Charges At Tampin
    1208 11 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, May 25. i QR. I- P. L. Sabapathy, until recently Assistant Medical Officer I lampin, was this afternoon fount. not guilty by the Tampin magistrate, Mr. L. C. Simpson Gray, of two charges using criminal force on a
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    MINERS' TRIBUTE TO FERMOR REPORT
    350 11 Industry Ready To Discuss Points With Government (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, May 25. DEFERENCE to Sir Lewis Fermor's report on the mining 1V industry in this country was made by Lieut.-Col. G. M. P. Hornidge, presiding at the thirty-third annual general meeting of the
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    NAZI ONRUSH PRACTICALLY STEMMED EVERYWHERE
    734 12 Powerful Allied Armies On Enemy Flanks Ready To Strike "THE German onrush is practically stemmed everywhere." 1 writes M. Charles Morice, the noted French military correspondent, in Le Petit Parisien. He adds "We are still far from recovery but since last Wednesday a real change
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    Men Of 60 Called Up In Austria
    62 12 Paris, May 26. ACCORDING to a report from the Austrian frontier, men aged between 40 and 60 are now being called up in Austria. It is also reported that women are to be trained to replace men In public services. Lack of food,
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    Iron Shortage In Germany
    55 12 The Nazis are finding that the shortage of Iron Is becoming more and more acute every day, and this picture shows a lorry travelling through the streets of Berlin with members of the Hitler Youth movement, calling from door to door, demanding that all available metal
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    MANY WEAKNESSES IN THE GERMAN SHOCK TACTICS
    458 12 London, May 26. ACCORDING to reliable authorities in tactics employed by the Germans In their present campaign, bombing aircraft take the place of the artillery barrage with which an attack on an enemy position was generally opened in the last war. The assault
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    Tommy's Encounter With Parachutists
    194 12 London, May 26. THE iollowing story is told by a British officer who has just returned from France: "I was standing on a road near the French coast two days ago when a German aeroplane came over and out of it jumped five parachutists. I suddenly
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    "Whistling Bomb" And "Siren Plane"
    83 12 "Whistling Bomb" And "Siren Plane" Paris, May 26. THE latest German "noise terror" methods include a "siren plane," which when diving makes a din like a large number of air raid sirens in full blast. Another example is a "whistling bomb," fitted with a cardboard contraption drilled with holes, causing
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    King Leopold Is With His Army
    137 12 Paris, May 29. ••THE King of the Belgians is In the 1 midst of his troops and the Government Is remaining with its sovereign," declared M. Hymans, former BelgUn Foreign Minister, In a statement to the Belgian news agency to-day. M. Hymans added that
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    IRONSIDE PUT IN COMMAND OF HOME FORCES
    471 13 Steps Being Taken To Cope With Invasion By Air Or Sea IMPORTANT changes in the British High Command— 1 brought about by the development of the military situation and the necessity of placing the defence of Britain against a possible invasion in the
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    EIRE ALSO TAKING PRECAUTIONS
    79 13 THE Prime Minister of Eire, Mr. de Valera, announced last night the formation Of a new volunteer force for national security. The armed force? of Eire are now on a war footing, in addition to the regular army the volunteer force is needed to help the
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    Woman Charged In Eire Case
    159 13 Woman Charged In Eire Case London, May 26. A WOMAN named Mrs. Iseult Stuart, of Laragh Castle, County Wicklow, whose husband the prosecution alleged was believed to be in Germany, was remanded by a Dublin special military court yesterday on charges under the Emergency Powers Act. The prosecution described the
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    Changes In French High Command
    83 13 Paris. May 26. AN ANNOUNCEMENT made from the French Prime Minister's Office declares "In consequence of the military operations now proceeding, which have already resuited in the appointment of General Weycand as Allied Command-er-in-chief Id all theatres of operations, important changes have been made in
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    Arms Speed-Up Drive Begins
    200 13 London, May 25. MR. Ernest Bevin's "national service column" began its big drive today when munition factories worked at full blast. Transport authorities cooperated, enabling thousands of men accustomed to stay in bed a little longer on the Sabbath to travel to work. They rose as
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    PRAYERS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF EMPIRE
    128 13 London, May 26. ALREADY reports are being received from all parts of the Empire showing how the people of all creeds and faiths have answered the King's appeal. In Australia churches of all denominations had full congregations. In Cyprus services were held in churches,
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    NEWS OF B.E.F.—NATION MUST BE PATIENT
    94 13 NEWS OF B.E.F.— NATION MUST BE PATIENT London, May 26. 'T'HE Ministry of Information has authorized the following statement: "Everyone in this country is waiting— many waiting with great personal anxiety— for news of our men in France. So is the enemy and the giving of news at this moment
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    British Home Defence Forces Expanded
    294 13 London, May 26. yHE War Office announces that it has been decided to form additional companies ior certain home defence battalions for special duties in Britain. The age limits will be 18 to 19'/ 2 It is intended to transfer the men when they reached
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    Air Raid Alarms In Kent Towns
    133 13 London, May 26. 'THE Air Ministry announces that an air raid warning was sounded in east Kent early yesterday morning. It is learned that wardens hurried through the streets blowing "whistles but up to half an hour afterwards there was no sound of planes
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    WOUNDED BRITONS' TALES OF BATTLE
    151 13 Anger At Nazi Outrages In Belgium WOUNDED British soldiers Just ar- rived in Britain from France tell of hand-to-hand fighting in Belgium, parachute troops dropping from the clouds the German machine-gunning of children and the bombing of a hospital train. One soldier said they saw
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    Day Of Prayer In The Empire
    356 13 King And Queen Attend Abbey Service London, May 26. P cathedrals and churches in big cities and in tiny village churches, mission halls, chapels and homes oi people, to-day was observed as a day of national prayer. It was the nation's response to the
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    NAVAL TRAWLER LOST
    43 13 London, May 26. 'THE Admiralty announces that the minesweeper trawler Charles Boyes has been sunk by an enemy mine. The commanding officer, one officer and 13 ratings are missing and it Is feared that they have lost their lives. —Reuter.
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    THE ROYAL AIR FORCE OVER NETHERLANDS R. A. F. STRIKING NEW HAMMER BLOWS AGAINST ENEMY
    781 14 THE ROYAL AIR FORCE OVER NETHERLANDS R. A. F. STRIKING NEW HAMMER BLOWS AGAINST ENEMY Heavy Toll Of Scattered Units Of The Invading Armies THE nightly havoc inflicted by the R.A.F. on the enemy s scattered army is taking an ever-increasing toll of units which are out of touch with
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    Queen Mary Is 73
    11 14 Queen Mary celebrated her seventythird birthday yesterday.
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    2,000,000 Britons Have Enrolled
    102 14 London, May 26. IT IS OFFICIALLY announced that 326 000 men of the 1912 class and those reaching the age of 20 since Apr. 28 last registered yesterday under the National Service (Armed forces) Act. They are the largest numbers so far registered in one day
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    HOW AMERICA MAY SAVE 1,000,000 CITIZENS
    65 14 Washington, May 26. MR. Robert Hale. Republican candidate for Congress, declared in a speech yesterday "Ten thousand American aeroplanes fighting in France to-day could save 1,000,000 American lives. "Adequate protection for the United States entails the destruction of Hitler, and all he stands for,
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    200 DEAD AND 5,000 INJURED IN QUAKE
    36 14 Lima (Peru), May 26. Pis stated that 200 were killed and 5 000 injured during an earthquake at Lima and Callao, while 2,000 houses were destroyed or damaged.— Reuter.
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    Italian Assurances To Balkan States
    235 14 Belgrade, May 26. FRESH assurances that Italy does not contemplate r action in the Balkans are understood to have been handed to the Governments of the Balkan countries. The newspaper Vreme, under a Rome dateline, publishes the statement that it Is learned from a very
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    VATICAN OFFER TO DIPLOMATS
    70 14 Rome, May 26. CARDINAL Magrllone, Papal Secretary of State, has circulated all diplomatic representatives askinr whether they desire accommodation in the Vatican City in the event of their countries being involved In war with Italy or whether they are returning home. The circular, which asks for
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    'CRISIS DRAWING TO END'—GEN DUVAL
    112 14 'CRISIS DRAWING TO END'— GEN DUVAL Paris, May 26. GEN. DUVAL, the noted military commentator, writing in Le Journal des Debats, says: "There is no reason why we should not have confidence In the future. "The crisis caused by bad dlsposli tions at the start is drawing to an end.
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    Dutch-Nazi Friction In Peiping
    137 14 Peiplng, May 26. AS the Legation Quarter is In the special area administered by an international body selected from members of the various embassies, the growing number of countries involved in the European hostilities Is expected to cause local complications. Following the Invasion of the Low
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    FINGER-PRINTS OF ALL ALIENS IN AMERICA
    52 14 Washington, May 26. LEGISLATION requiring the registration and nnger-pirstlng of all aliens in the United States has been approved by the Senate Judiciary subcommittee. This legislation is described as a move to protect America from mm columns or similar groups. Some 3300,000 aliens are
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    Scored 69 Runs CHINESE BEAT FORCE EMU
    310 15 Scored 69 Runs CHINESE BEAT FORCE EMU Cheow Chye Bats Well For 69 Runs HTUE S.C.R.C. beat the Force Emu by G9 runs in a cricket match played at Hone Lim Green yesterday. Cheow Chye (S.C.R.C.) again struck form and contributed 69 runs to his 6ide's total of 155 runs.
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    MRS. HOLOHAN WINS ROBINSON CUP
    53 15 •THE women's 16 hale bogey cimpetix tion for the Robinson Cup was played at the Garrison Gclf Club this month and resulted in a tie between Mrs. W. J. Holohan and Mrs J F Elliot with scores of one down Mrs. Holohan won the Cup
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    S.R.C. TENNIS TIES
    78 15 TIES In the Singapore Recreation Club's tennis tournament are' To-day, Sincles handicap "A~ flnal: B CRczario (-3) vs. Dr. G. de Scuza 30). Handicap douhlrs semi-final: M G Eber and A. Leicester 15.3) vs. P. D-Almelda •nd J. A. Milne (scr... To-morrow. Veterans' handicap singles ■emi-final: C.
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    Railway Juniors Beat Casuals
    200 15 THE Railway Juniors beat tl.- Katong Casuals by 38 runs in a cricket played on the Railway ground yesterday. The scores were: RAILWAY JUNIORS Thamotharam b Ashe 27 A. P. Victor c Leembruggen b Ashe 2 S. Singh c Aeria b Ashe 8 K. Rajah b
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    TENNIS AT MUAR
    109 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Muar. IN a friendly inter-club tennis match the Muar Hospital Club beat a tennis party from Batu Pahat by three matches to two. Scores (Hospital first): Yon bin Mian and Ng Bah Chee beat Ng Bak Tee and H. S. V. Ramaiya 6—3;6
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    CEYLONESE BEAT PRESS TEAM BY 2 WICKETS
    293 15 TN a game of cricket played at Anson Road yesterday, the Ceylon Sports Club beat a Press XI by two wickets. A feature of the game was the forceful batting and good bowling of Growder. who scored 44 and took five Wickets for
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    MAJOR HILL BOWLS WELL IN TOURNAMENT CRICKET
    254 15 Army (Changi) Beat Public Services By Wide Margin THE Army (Changi) scored an easy victory over the 1 Public Services in a tournament cricket match played on the S.C.C. ground yesterday, winning the game by eight wickets. Batting first the Public Services were
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    50 15 Soccer: first division, Loyal* vs. Argylls, Gillman Barracks; reserve division, Royal Navy vs. Chinese, stadium; Police vs. S.C.C., S.C.C.; second division (b), Fort Canning: vs. R.A.F. fH.Q.), S.H.B.; Customs vs. R.N.W.T.. Farrer Park; B.H.L., Harper Gilflllin vs. Slme Darby, Y.M.C.A. Tennis: Singapore championships: S.C.R.C. and SRC. tournaments.
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    Retnam's Good Form Against Ceylonese
    231 15 Retnam's Good Form Against Ceylonese jT'HE Singapore Teachers defeated 1 i the Ceylon Sports Club "A" team by right wickets In a game of cricket > played at Balestier yesterday. I Thuraisingham, who scored 55 Tor I the Ceyloness. batted well for his runs. but T. E. X Retnam fared
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    MUAR LEAGUE SOCCER ENDS IN DRAW
    176 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Muar, May 26. IN an evenly contested first division 1 soccer match the Gubahan Stia Club and the Fountain Football team shared points each sids scoring a goal. Both teams missed several easy scoring chances. The Fountain forward line showed
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    YESTERDAY'S GOLF AT BUKIT TIMAH
    80 15 THE Royal Singapore Golf Club's mixed foursomes competition played at Buklt Timah yesterday resulted in a tie between Miss M. Clements and G. L. Gibson and Mr. and Mrs. J. V. West, who each returned cards of 35'/ 2 but, ln accordance with the conditions,
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    BATU PAHAT TENNIS
    107 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Batu Pahat. rpHE annual district lawn tennis tournament is to be held early next month. There will be two handlcan events, a singles and doubles. There will be no events for women. The other events are the open singles and doubles, and the
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    Annual Rotary Club's Sports
    33 15 One of the 220 yards races In progress in the annual Rotary Club's Empire Day sports meeting, which was held at Jalan Besar stadium on Saturday.— Straits Times picture.
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    THOY TAKES SIX R.A.F. WICKETS FOR 28 RUNS
    227 15 C^T. Andrew's Old Boys beat the R.A.F. (Seletar) by 20 runs in a game of cricket played at Seletar yesterday. A feature of the match was the good bowling of Thoy, who took six RAF. wickets for 28 run?. The sccrcs were:
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    MALAYA CUP SOCCER
    79 15 THE first matches In the H.M.S. Malaya Cup soccer competition this season were played on S:ilurriav, when in the southern section the Army met Negri Sembilan and in the northern section Penang met Kedah. In the matrh played at Seremban, the Army, who were making their debut
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    Selangor In Foong Seong Final
    105 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, May 26. SELANGOR qualified to-day to meet Penang in the final of the Foong Seong Cup competition by winning all five ties against Johore. Johore's standard was not up to that of Selangor. and all the matches were won
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    BOXING MEETING
    40 15 A meeting of the Singapore Amateur Boxing Club will be held at the Happy World at 6 p.m. to-morrow. In view of the appr caching Singapore j championships, lt Is hoped that all members will attend the meeting.
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    S.C.C. CRICKET
    51 15 The following have accepted to play for Merchants vs. Public Services on Sunday June 2 at S.C.C: N. C. Brown, A. M Carbery, A. D. Dant, H. F. Foulds, A. C Growder, K. C. Johnson-HM. J. McLcod. N. Poyntz Roberts. A. C. Simmons, G. K. Stein. J. H.
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    INDIANS BEAT MANCHESTERS
    205 15 I Hera Singh Scores Unbeaten 65 T*HE Indian Association scored a good cricket win yesterdny at 'alestier when they defeated the j/lnnchester Regiment by 32 runs. The seres were INDIAN ASSOCIATION D. K. Samy b Oldham 22 Hrra Singh retired 65 Wazir Singh c and b Pickles
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    NEGRI CRICKET TEAM TO MEET MALACCA (From Our Own Correspondent)
    90 15 NEGRI CRICKET TEAM TO MEET MALACCA Seremban. ■|"HE following have oeen selected to play for Negri Sembilan in a State cricket match against Malacca at Malacca on June 1 and 2 Dr. J. H. Strahan (captain) H. T. Stiven, L. V. Strivens, Yaacob bin Latitt. T. K. Sukumaren, B. J.
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    JOHORE TENNIS
    96 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Muar, May 26. TTWO preliminary ties ln the Johore State annual tennis championships ln Muar district were played off during the weekend and resulted in easy wins. Both matches were in the novices singles. In the first match Smith proved much too goad for
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    HAVOG OF NAZI BOMBS IN HOLLAND AND BELGIUM
    78 16 These devastated houses, on the hook of the Heerengracht and the Blaburgwal, in Amsterdam, give an indication of the horror which the Nail bombers inflicted on Holland. Tommv l« «-«-n leadine away an old woman who has been searchin-j ImonTthe of her
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    Arrested Nazi Plane Crew
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