The Straits Times, 29 May 1940

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    35 1 The Straits Times (ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURr.j MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES )<; PAGE* SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS The Straits Times X, PAfiKS SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1940 PRICE 5 CENTA
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    44 2 Messrs. Lin Eng Wee and Lim Eng Tcck and family wish to thank their relatives, friends and members of the various societies who attended the funeral of the late Mr. Llm Chin Seng, paid night visits, sent wreaths, telegrams and letters of condolence.
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      482 2 Douglas David Rennie of Dunlop Plantations Ltd. to Kathleen Mary (Dinah) Brown, only daughter of Dr. and Mrc. J A. Brown of The White House, Kings Heath, Birmingham. NAPPER-BALFOORT.—At St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sinpapore. quietly, on Monday 27th May. Robert Ptriam Noble Nappt-r Pathologist, Rubber esearch Institute Kuala Lumpur, to Suzanna,
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      875 2 AGENTS WANTED WANTED agents. Salary Allowance 1501rlslng to 500-: Details Samples f-ee. Bonus 25-500. Jlndals Ltd. Silk Cloths Manufacturers. 139 St Lndhlana. India. WANTED WANTED, SIAMESE male and female cat. Please state price. Box No. 1)84, S. Times. ENGLISH GIRL, aged 14 wishes to accompany family returning to Malays from
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      571 2 BOARD RESIDENCE WINDSOR HOTEL 145. Killiney Road Phone 7876. New furnished rooms with ci without private bath. Modern sanitation Tennis Court. Garages, European Cuisine. ON THE SEA.. 'The Grove." 103 acd ICB Meyer Roaa. Katong, near Bwlmmlng Clur> iarge airy rooms, lennte. gardens, gariftes. attractive position Mod terms Phone 5658
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      389 2 BUSINESS CARDS Etc. MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mrs. HARD and Miss HANA. 60. WATERLOO STREET, Telephone 7467. MADAME PAGE 1 3, Battery Road, and Kuala Lumpur. CASH SALE DAY EVENING GOWNS MAY 25 JUNE 4th AUCTION NOTICE IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE of well-kept modern design cross grain pattern wax polished
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      274 2 BORNEO MOTORS "US€D CA* BARGAINS 1939 CHEVROLET DELUXE In Showroom condition has only done a little over a 1,000 miles. DON'T MISS THIS PRICE $1900 1938 CHEVROLET DELUXE A very sound car well suited for fast country driving. It has done 15.000 miles, in first cla^s order thooghoati PRICE $1350
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      379 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. (Incorporated in England) PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL B.N Co_ IdAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES The best possible services ore 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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      576 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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      326 3 Inmmftw&r^ Pi FAST PASSENGER SERVICE. SINGAPORE TO SAN FRANCISCO. VIA MANILA HONG KONG Sail S'Dore Arrive 3 P ss. CITY OF NXWPORT NEWS June 19 Julj 13 ■A CITY OP NORFOLK July 16 Aug. 9 s.s. CITY OP SAN FRANCISCO Aug. 10 Sept. 5 il CITY OF LOB ANGELES Sept.
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      374 3 Broadcasting TODAY SINGAPORE /.ML 1.33 mci i225m.) ZHP 9.69 DCS ,30.98m.) t p.m. Miscellaneous new gramophone records; 1.30 p.m. News and mid-day rubber, tin and copra prices: 1.40 p.m. Miscellaneous new gramophone records (contd.); 2 p.m. Interval; 5 p.m. Hokkien Amoy music t; 5.10 p.m. Hokkien Amoy dramast; 5.30 p.m.
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      399 3 NIROM TDB 9.65 me I (31.20 m.) VDA rod (49.6 m.); PMN 10.26 we J (29.? m.l YDB 11.86 met (25.3 m.l: YDC 15.16 m<- s (1980 m.l. 4.50 p.m. Opening announcement; 4.51 p.m. Programme; 6.50 p.m. News bulletin; t 50 pm. Gramophone music; 9 20 pm. Piano concert; 9.50
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  • Correspondence
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      SEX EQUALITY: DOCTRINE OF MALAYS' BROTHERHOOD
      1042 4 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, I believe I am sufficiently wellinformed ta realize that the course of true religion 'which is synonymous with true love of God) never runs smooth. After all, what is a short string of unfavourable remarks and
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    DIVIDENDS' LIMITATION BILL
    1057 4 Fixing Maximum Distribution IN response to readers' request we publish the full text of the first portion of the Limitation of Dividends Bill: 1. (1) The amount distributed after the commencement of this Act by a company to which this Act applies by way of ordinary dividend
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    127 4 Mails close at the General Post Office as follows:— TO-DAY Java air 10.30 a.m. Philippine Islands air 5 p.m. Sarlkei and Slbu surface 1 p.m. Medan surface 11 a.m. air 11 a.m. Palembang surface 9a.m. air 10.30 a.m. TO-MOBROW Aden surface 1 p.m. Australia air 5
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    INTEREST FREE LOAN IN AUSTRALIA
    90 4 Canberra, May 28. IT Is announced that it has been decided to float a £5,000,000 Commonwealth loan free of interest to enable those desirous of doing so to assist the war effort. A new £20,000,000 loan whico has been approved by the Loan Counc'l will
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    LORD MAYOR'S FUND NOW £1,510,000
    44 4 London. May 29. TTHE Lord Mayor's Red Cross lund i for the sick and wounded has now reached £1,510,000. Latest contrlbu- tions Include a further £2,000 from I the Jamaica War Assistance Com- mlttee, bringing their total £24,500.— Reuter.
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    Fraser & Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations
    1288 4 Fraser Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations TUESDAY, MAT 28, 1940: 5 P.M. MININU Bnjen Seller* Ampat Tin (4s) 3s 9d 4s 6d Austral Amal. (5s) 5s 6d 6s Austral Mala; 35s 37s Ayer Hitam (5s) 21s 22s Aycr Weng .60 .65 Bangrln Tin 20s 21s Batu jselangor ($1) 1.37 1.42 Berjuntai
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    LYALL AND EVATT'S DAILY QUOTATIONS
    246 4 Singapore, May 28. 5 p.m WIM.nl, Buyer* Seller* AmpaU 3/10 4,2 Austral Ainalf 5/6 5 9 Batu Selangors 1-S5 1.39 Hong Fatts 1.02 1.05 Jelebu* 0.63 ).6« Kampong LanJuU 21 22K Kamuntlcg 8/3 9'Kundang 13/- 13,6 Kent 2/1 2 4 Kiang Rlveis 1.65 1.75 Kraumts
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    FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
    119 4 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Books Company Dividend Close TIN Hongkong Tin 12V'. int. K.L. Tin Is No. 27 Pahang 10% Int. less tax Apr. 34 Raub 4d. Int. June 8 Tronoh 5% final le^s tax May 9 KUBBEtC Bioga 5% final June 4 Connemara b7o tat May 2.1
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      28 4 CEMENTGUN gjHWJrafg 1 B PROCESS EXCELLENT ADHESION V| EASE OF EXECUTION w; _»y _PECIAL DESCRIPTIVE ILLUSTRATED 20 PAGE HANDBOOK I 3ENT POSI FREE ON REQUEST T0... f f
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      81 4 TIDE TABLES SINGAPORE s To-day H. W. 3.19 a.m. 7.6 ft.; 4.46 o.m. 7.3 ft. L. W. 9.51 a.m. 2.4 ft.; 10.24 p.m. 4.3 It. To-morrow H. W. 4.25 a.m. 7.1 ft.; 5.45 p.m. 7.3 ft. L. W. 10.48 a.m. 2.9 ft.; 11.46 p.m. 4.1 ft. Friday, May 31 B.
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      394 5 Brisk Dealing In Tin Shares Yesterday tVv Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, May 29. ALTHOUGH the markets generally A .suffered a setback as a result ol the news from Belgium yesterday, tin reached higher levels for all positions. In London, tin rose 255. for spot to £268 and
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      JAPANESE SHIPPING
      27 5 Tokio. May 29. JAPANESE shipping to Europe Is being drastically curtailed, 16 released ships being switched to America, India, Australia and the South Pacific. Reuter.
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      Higher Tin Quota Welcomed
      123 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, May 28. FINANCIAL circles welcome the decision of the International Tin Committee in raising the quota for the third quarter to 100 per cent. This indicates, it is said, the Government's determination to heavily augment the United Kingdom's already substantial stocks
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      BIG ARMAMENTS SPEED-UP
      163 5 Magnificent Response To National Appeal London, May 28. IN response to the Government's appeal, a great national speed-up of war material production was launched during the week-end. From every part of the country reports show that the response is wholehearted by fulfilling the promise contained in thousands
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      RAUB AUSTRALIAN'S GOLD OUTPUT
      112 5 THE Raub AustraUan Gold Mining Co. Limited, advise the following gold output for the four weeks ended May 25: Crushing no. 559 battery treated 7,432 tons of ore returning 1,065 ounces of bullion equivalent to 1,015 ounces of fine gold; retreatment plant treated 11,674 tons of
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      London Stock Exchange
      353 5 London. May 2J. AFTER the news from Belgium had been received, quotations widened and were made purely nominal. During the morning trading was a matter of negotiation but, subsequently, dealing In small parcels of securities became easier. allt-ed*ed recovered from the day's lowest level* while Egyptian Bonds
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      89 5 Wednesday. May 28, moii. Boyert Seller* Prieea Price* No IX B.S.S. (Spot lowei ««N 3« T No IX R.B-S- (B May -June Sellers' option 37 37 X C.t A«. B.S.S fab. In ttJM May-June Sellers' option 36 36' i tr A U K.S S lib
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      TIN MARKET
      35 5 I London, May 29. t 'THE tin market yesterday was somes what confused because dealers I sent open bids to the East, anticipating 1 lower prices, but Eastern Smelters quoted £5 higher Reuter.
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      Shipping Losses Last Week
      98 5 London, May 28. TTHE Admiralty announces that mer- cantile ship losses due to enemy action during the week ending midnight on May 19-20 were one British (629 tons), three Allied (29,552 tons), and four neutral (16,120 tons). It is reported that the German tanker Kattegat (6,031
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      German Raiders On S.E. Coast
      75 5 London, May 29 GERMAN planes, which appeared oH the south-east coast of England yesterday bent on bombing shipping, met with the heaviest barrage of antiaircraft gunfire yet heard on that part of the coast. The Air Ministry announces that an air raid warning was sounded
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      Food Situation In Britain Is Good
      116 5 London, May 29. FOOD was not a spectacular weapon, but security depended on giving an adequate supply ol good and nutritious food to the pSple of Britain, said Mr. Robert Boothby. Parliamentary Secretary to the Pood Minister. speaking In London last night. The Ministry
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      "EVANS OF THE BROKE" TO PROTECT FACTORIES
      46 5 EVANS OF THE BROKE TO PROTECT FACTORIES LORD Beaverbrook, Minister for Aircraft Production, has appointed Admiral Sir Edward Evans ("Evans of the Broke") to take charge of local protection and security cf organization of all factories engaged in aeronautical work and aerodromes attached to them— Reuter.
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      MINISTRY OF SUPPLY
      49 5 MR. Herbert Morrison, the Supply Minister, hu appointed Sir Walter Layton to be director-general of programmes in the Supply Ministry and a member of the Supply Council Sir Walter was a member of the Munitions Council in the munitions ministry during ttw last war. British Wireless.
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      104 5 Singapore. May 29, noon. Buyer* Seller* Gambler $-7.75 Hamburg cube $13.00 Java Cube »«50 Pepper White Muntok *I*% White $I*'* Black Copra Mixed $3.10 Sun Dried »3.50 iago Flour «o r lingga $6.15 Fair 16.00 $6.00 Sarawak $5.85 Jelotong Palembang $16.50 Banja *1«00 Sarawak $17.00 Tapioca Small
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      EXCHANGES
      178 5 The following are the ixcnange rates this morning according to the iaily circular Issued by the Hoogkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation:— SELLING London T.T 2/4 1/I6 Loi.don demand 2/4 1 '16 Lyons demand 2060 Switzerland demand 208*4 Hamburg demand New York demand 48 15/18 Montreal demand 61 ll'iß Batavla
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      179 5 AD illlllll 172 Ml Classes Afeents ot usurance ■AajJl^KA^U^fc Throughout Malaya Zhc IRoval Eycbange assurance: Xon&on MEA OFFICE FOR MALAYA 6. CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS SINGAPORE. 2 APB la IRIUM FOR SPARKLING TEETH t^Ckl Jo4f to dean your teeth with Pepaxlenc containing MB wL. IRIUM. The minute it touches your reeth
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      692 5 PUBLIC NOTICES SINGAPORE SWIMMING CLUB. NOTSCE TO MKMBKRS The Astor Trio has been engaged to appeir after dinner on Thursday of this week. TRAFAIXJAR, LIMITED. NOTICE is hereby given that the Thirtieth Ordinary General Meeting of Trafalgar, Limited, will be held at the Registered Office of the Company, No. 2.
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      252 5 OF INTEREST TO MOTORISTS TARZAN'S GRIP for all small running repairs A motorist writes I would not travel without a tube." HANDY for ANYTHING Obtainable everywhere 50 cents per tube Sole Distributors GRAFTON LABORATORIES LTD. Singapore Kuala Lumpur. Hi DM** y I THE RADIO OF THE FUTURE TO-DAY -lSltlW W
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      166 6 6.15 9.15 p.m. ALHAIYiDRA Girl Flyer Crashes In South Seas N Jungle! ,A::, A:: x JPa I^, MHrder in Para- S Pho»o9 rt>p disc 0/ the Paci i-iflC^ I» Act A »wMh- CJO* /W^^ D«00«CT»0*D «00«CT» 0 buckling story 1 «»«Ml* packed with ■<■ m»**"" wl*w 1 '"V, w^u-* tion,
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      378 6 LAST NIGHT 6.15 9.15 SP"^^ l^P^'3!FV9 THE MOST EXCITING, MOST i" J 4fck ffli ENTERTAINING (RIME THRILLER! tLLs^^^^^^JS^^J| ERROL FLYNN In Warner Bros.' Thrilling Hit MURDER at MONTE CARLO with EVE GRAY also PAUL GRAETZ. To-morrow— BETTE DAVIS, ERROL FLYNN. IN THE SECRET ROMANCE OF THE VIRG IN QUEEN THE
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      256 6 TRULY A MEMORABLE EVENT! THANK YOU, SINGAPORE! Yesterday's Opening will b:» remembered long in the history of our city! z| CAPITOL L y^ -rs^--^^--^ DAILY y* 5 and E^H s^W *i*/^ 1A- fi w CLARK GABLE as Rhett Butler VIVIEN LEIGH as 'Scarlett O'Hara' LESLIE HOWARD— OLIVIA de HAVILLAND and
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    R. A. F. IN ONE OF WAR'S MOST SPECTACULAR RAIDS
    245 7 Terrifying Blow On Vital "Special Target" By Waves Of Bombers London, May 28. DEUTER'S special correspondent with the R.A.F. somewhere in France reports that just before dusk yesterday R.A.F. bombers roared away from advance bases in France with racks heavy
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    OUR FIGHTERS' BEST DAY
    244 7 79 German Planes Shot Down London, May 28. IT is officially announced that units of the Fleet Air Arm, co-operating with machines of the R.A.F. Coastal Command, made a series of heavy and effective attacks on the French and Belgian coasts. Transports were destroyed by bombs
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    American's 'Send Planes' Plea To United States
    123 7 New York, May 28. TNSTINTED United States aid for U the Allies, including planes, food and medicine, as immediate needs, are called for in a New York Times despatch from Mr. Hamilton Armstrong, editor of Foreign Affair;, who is now in Paris. He
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    Jinnah's Offer To Britain
    127 7 Bombay, May 28. MR. M. A. Jinnah, president o the All-India Muslim League, made ft. l statement t j-day declaring that It was resistance of the Muslim League to I Congress machinations that compelled Congress leaders to make a virtue of j necessity and declare that
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    TWO TRAWLERS LOST
    36 7 THE Admiralty announces that the trawlers Melbourne and Cape Passaro have been lost !n enemy bombing attacks. Four ratings from Cape Passaro lost their lives. There were no casualties in the Melbourne. —Reuter.
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    Mr. Attlee On German Terror Tactics
    99 7 MR. C. R. ATTLEE, Lorfl Privy Seal, replying to a question in the House of Commons yesterday, said the bombing of hospital ships and ma-chine-gunning of amtoularices in France, taken in conjunction with deliberate attacks by German aircraft on refugees on roads in Belgium
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    fskt <§frrait# Wanes SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1940. (270th Day of the War.) We Shall Triumph!
    1051 8 fskt &lt;§frrait# Wanes SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1940. (270th Day of the War.) We Shall Triumph! King Leopold's capitulation to the Germans after less than three weeks of fighting provides a pathetic illustration of the demoralizing effects that can be produced by totalitarian warfare. This ruler ol a nation with
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  • Letters To The Editor
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      ALLOWANCES
      173 8 Where New Taxation Presses To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— There are many who will endorse what Mr. Theodore Hubback has to say about allowances in his letter published on May 25. If this country can still afford to pay these luxury allowances why introduce taxation Recent
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      GIVE US A CHANCE!
      408 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Malayans Are Anxious To Serve Sir,— The Press and the public have recently agitated for prompt action by our governments to enable us to be in a better state of preparedness for any emergency that may arise. As staunch
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      UNEMPLOYMENT
      134 8 Immigrants And The Local Born To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, There was a letter in a recent Issue of your paper written by S.T.D." who complains of immigrants usurping his rights of employment as a localborn. My friend forgets that the whole business and prosperity of
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      Employment In Government Positions
      143 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, I have been watching your correspondence page for several days now, waiting "to see what effect a letter signed Falrplay, dated May 6 and headed Unemployment," would have on the Eurasian community. The response so far has been
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      PROPAGANDA!
      94 8 PROPAGANDA Pictures Of Havoc In Holland To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, I saw your paper to-day with pictures from Holland bombed by the Germans. Is not it a shame to publish such pictures in a paper like yours, which is the leading paper of Malaya? I should
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      THE FIFTH COLUMN
      699 8 The Problem Of Alien Settlers To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Since your leader on "Fifth Column Activity" appeared, there has been much talk of the disastrous consequences such an element may have 1 in this country, examples being cited i of the" treacherous activity
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      AGONY TO ORDER
      227 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Your correspondent "Two Decades In Malaya" suggests that petrol, and even foodstuffs be rationed so that we may share the hardships whicn less fortunate people in England have to endure. I would go much further, and sugest nightly black-outs,
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      LOCAL RACING
      391 8 The Man Who Makes The Sport Possible To the Editor of the Straits Time* Sir,- In support of Watchem and "Verb Sap's" letters on the present state of local racing, something should certainly be done by 'lie powers that be to see that those who support racing, and
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      Heavily Backed, But "Down The Course"
      153 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— After havini? read the letters o; Watchem and Verb Sap which appeared in your esteemed paper I cannot refrain from expressing concurrence with their views. I have been a lollowcr of horse-racing .in Malaya for over
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      OUR BACHELORS
      232 8 Do INot Like Being Patronized To the Editor of the Straits TimeSir, Your contributor, Freda Mitchell" in A Malayan Bungalow,' is as illogical as most women. First she states that bachelors complain that they are left out, then she states that in her experience they are unwilling to
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      8 8 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR AT.SO IN PACE 4
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    NEW ALLIED DISPOSITIONS IN NORTH FRANCE
    277 9 Massive Intervention Of Royal Air Force BRITISH FRENCH TROOPS MEET THREATENED DANGER Important Operations Now In Progress On The Somme W/ITH its left wing uncovered through the capi- tulation of the Belgian army, new dispositions have been taken by the British and French forces
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    B.E.F. IS NOT DEFEATED
    380 9 British Army To Go On Fighting London, May 29. THERK is no disposition in wellinformed quarters in London to minimize the critical situation in which the B.E.F. finds itself as a result of the defection of King Leopold. It is emphasized that the B.E.F. is not
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    Goering's Threat To Shoot War Prisoners
    128 9 London, May 39. ON the orders of Field-Marshal Hermann Goering, the German Air Minister, all French air force prisoners of war are to be shackled immediately on capture and kept in separate camps, according to a German news agency announcement. They will also be
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    Children Moved From The East Coast
    74 9 London, May 29. HPHE Government has decided to re- move evacuated children from areas whether rural or urban within j approximately ten miles of the coasts iof SufTo'k. Essex, and Kent and part of Norfolk. No more children will be evacuated to these areas.
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    BUCHAREST PARADE
    53 9 The immediate construction of additional petrol depots at v, rious s rategic points throughout Rumania has been decided upon in order to ensure that the army always gets supplies, reports Reuter. Picture shows small tanks and armoured cars passing the statue of the late King Charles during a
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    BELGIANS IN PARIS IN ANTILEOPOLD DEMONSTRATION
    266 9 Paris, May 29. jy| PIERLOT, the Belgian Prime .Minister, who had earlier in the evening denounced King Leopold for surrendering to the Germans, and members of the Belgian Government participated in a big demonstration before the statue of King Albert here last evening. Black
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    R.A.F. IN MANY HEAVY RAIDS
    487 9 Easing Pressure On The Armies London, May 29. THE Air Ministry stated that R.A.F. fighters, bombers and reconnaissance aircraft have been doing their utmost to relieve enemy pressure on the Allied armies In north-eastern France. On Monday waves of medium bombers repeatedly attacked road and
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    MANY CASUALTIES IN NEW CHUNGKING RAID
    119 9 Chungking, May 29. SOME 144 Japanese planes bombed Chungking yesterday for the fifth time in three days. Casualties are estimated in hundreds. For the first time since last summer, crowded districts of the old city were bombed Two flights bombed the residential districts of
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    7,000 Parachute Men Killed By Dutch
    88 9 London, May 29. THE number of German parachutists landing in Holland was probably 10,000, of whom 7,000 were shot or killed in other ways, acrordine to two Dutchmen who visited the House of Commons at the' imitation of Lieut.-Col. Sir Walter Smiles, Conservative member
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    Italy's Attitude To The Conflict Rome Reaction To The Belgian Surrender
    201 9 Italy's Attitude To The Conflict Rome Reaction To The Belgian Surrender Rome, May 29. I£ING LEOPOLD'S surrender, it is felt here, may be a determining factor in Italy's attitude to the war. The evening newspapers assert that the Belgian surrender entails serious consequences for the Allied army. The surrender is
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    URGENT DEFENCE MOVES IN EIRE
    181 9 Call For Unity In Face Of Danger Dublin, May 29. MR. DE VALERA, the Prime Minister of Eire, announced in the Dail last night that in view of the danger threatening the country the Cosgrave party and Labour party had agreed to Join a conference
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    CENTRALIZING AGENCIES FOR PROPAGANDA
    79 9 UK A. Duff Cooper, Minister of Informa- tlon, said In the House of Commons last night that as Minister of Information he would attend the meetings of the War Cabinet and so be well informed on the events at the front. He agreed with the view
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    41 9 Mr. Ronald Cross, the Shipping Minister. in a House of Commons reply stated that deaths In the British merchant navy due to enemy action numbered 1,082 officers and men and 116 passengers. Deaths of members of fishing fleet were 144.—British Wireless
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    DEFENCE COMMISSION
    31 9 Washington, May 28. PRESIDENT Roo evelt has announced the format!. m of a special national defence commission, composed of seven prominent men, who wiil supervise a £250,000.000 programme. Rcu-er.
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    HEAVY COST OF U. S. ARMS PROGRAMME
    99 9 HEAVY COST OF U. S. ARMS PROGRAMME $3,000,000, 000 In New Taxes To Be Raised Washington, May 28. THE Administration and Congrtssion1 al leaders have agreed to raise $3,000,000,000 In new taxes durin? the next five years to defray the costs of national defence. Meanwhile, President Roosevelt ha« ratified the
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    Duff Cooper's Broadcast & Allies' Rising Courage
    668 9 Duff Cooper's Broadcast Allies' Rising Courage ARMY'S BURNING DESIRE TO MEET ENEMY IN COMBAT London, May 29. THE enemy has succeeded in forcing his way through the Allied lines and in reaching the sea, but the Allied armies have not been defeated, said Mr. A. Duff Cooper, Minister of Information,
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    INDIES LOOK FOR NEW EXPORT MARKETS
    480 10 Clarification Of Trade Outlook Expected Shortly ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION WITH HOLLAND'S ALLIES (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia, May 28. DUSINESS circles in the Netherlands Indies are looking for an early clarification of the position in regard to the export trade of Holland's empire in the
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    New Governor Of Indo-China
    96 10 THE French Council of Ministers has confirmed the appointment of General Georges Catroux a&gt; Governor-General of Indo-China following his nomination by the Minister of Colonies, M. Louis Rollin. General Catroux has acted as Governor-General since the end oi last August when M. Jules Brevie returned to
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    AMUSEMEN TS ' ■
    185 10 AMUSEMEN TS SINGAPORE. KAIILtS HOTEL Dinner Sc Dance (Informal) 8 I&gt; in. to Midnight. CARKK X IHtATKL. GEYLING Buck Rogers I Chaps —61 Sc Vlclutia The Great at 7.45 p.m. GKLAI IVOlH.l) Cabaret 7.30 to 9 9 p.m. to Midnight. Globe: Three Sons. Sky: Hull is uf the Sea. HAI'PV
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    Guilder Linked To Pound
    86 10 Batavia, May 29. THE Minister of Economic Affairs, 1 Mr. H. V. Van Mook, in a broadcast, has announced that satisfactory readjustments regarding the linking of the guilder with the pound sterling were completed at a conference in Singapore on Saturday. Representatives of the Netherlands Indies,
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    WHITE GLOVES AT MALACCA
    204 10 Tribute To Citizens Of Settlement (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca. May 28. R/IR. Justice Gordon Smith, who presided at the second session of the Malacca Assizes which commenced to-day, was the recipient of a pair of white gloves from Mr. R. F. Mallard. Chief Police Officer,
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    BRITAIN REAFFIRMS N.I. STATUS QUO
    71 10 Fthe Hcuse of Commons yesterday, Capt. Plugge asked whether the policy of the Government in the Far East is under all circumstances to maintain Dutch ownership of their East Indian colonies. The Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Mr. R. A. But'rr, replied that tha policy
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    THE TRUTH FOR BRITAIN
    521 10 Mr. Duff Cooper On His Task IMPORTANCE OF INFORMATION DEPLYING on the debate on the Ministry of Information estimates in the House of Commons last night, Mr. A. Duff Cooper, Minister of Information, said: "The duty of the Ministry of Information is. first and foremost, that
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    IF RADIO BREAKS DOWN IN GREAT BRITAIN
    61 10 A/fR Harold Nicholson, parliament- ary secretary of the Ministry ol Information, revealed yesterday that the Ministry was endeavouring to devise a system in which every village and every street would have some recogui m 1 person to whom the public could .ook for
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    Indian Troops Found Old Friends On Arrival Here
    438 10 I*IIE men of the sth/2nd Punjab Regiment now serving with the Malaya Command, have found old friends in Singapore. A large proportion of the men of the Hong Kong-Singapore Royal Artillery permanently stationed here have been recruited from the Punjab, and both
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    SUPERB ACTING IN "GONE WITH THE WIND"
    536 10 THE Capitol Theatre and Metro-Gold wyn-Mayer, tha local 1 distributors, can justly claim that the snowing last night of the Selznick International production "Gone With The Wind," was eminently compatible with the dual occasion the Far Eastern premiere of a great film which
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    COMMUNISTS & STRIKES
    361 10 COMMUNISTS STRIKES Official View Of Labour Troubles PROPAGANDA SQUAD IN ACTION THE ramifications of Communist organizations which fostered the labour troubles in Singapore, are briefly outlined in the report of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs. Mr. A. B. Jordan, who remarks that in spite of the difficulties, the good temper
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    MUI-TSAI SYSTEM TO END IN TEN YEARS
    373 11 300 Less Girls Registered At End Of Last Year IN about ten years, the whole system of mui-tsai a Chinese girl brought up in a strange household where she is regarded if not as a daughter at any rate as a quasi-daughter will
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    SUCCESSFUL ESSAYS
    147 11 Singapore Boy Ipoh Girl A SINGAPORE boy and an Ipoh girl have wen prizes in the Empire-wide essay competition sponsored by the Council of the Royal Empire Society last year. Ding Lik Kin, of the Anglo-Cliinese Secondary School in Singapore was commenced for his ersay on "The Problem
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    24 11 The French Colonial Minister 'M. G. Mandel) and th? French Ambassador in London iM. C. Ccrbin) have become vice-presidents of the Royal African Society.
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    ELECTRICITY IN MALACCA
    298 11 Municipal Report On Position COR reasons that are termed 1 "political," the Malacca Municipality has found It impossible to say much for the information of the public In regard to the Malacca electricity supply, states the Malacca Municipal Administration report for 1939. It was decided in June,
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    W.A.T.S. COMMANDANT ON VISIT
    83 11 MRS. AUDREY PAPE, senior com- mandant of the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service in England, passed through Singapore yesterday on her way back to England after visiting relatives in Australia. She told a Straits Times reporter that all tne girls who had Joined the W.A.T.S. now numbering
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    BELGIANS IN MALAYA
    206 11 SEVERAL WAITING TO JOIN UP DELGIANS in many parts of Malaya who had been standing by since the invasion of Belgium 18 days ago, ready to leave i for Flanders at a moment's notice, 1 yesterday muttered "Incredible at the news that King Leopold II had capitulated
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    "DANCING TIME" TO-DAY AND FRIDAY
    127 11 "rjANCING TIME," a dancing extra- vaganza in aid of Hospital Week, will be presented by the pupils of Fay Hamilton's School of Dancing at the Victoria Theatre at 5.30 p.m. tc-day and on Friday. Booking plans are with Robinson and Co., Ltd. and members of
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    NEW MUNICIPAL
    70 11 COMMISSIONER APPOINTED a Singapore Municipal Commissioner a second time, Mr. R. E. Prentis, managing director of Dupire, Marrell and Co., Ltd., is the Governor's nominee to take the place of Mr. A. Dobson. who resigned on his retirement from Malaya. Mr. Prentis wis a Commissioner early last year,
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    RICKSHA PULLERS DONATE TO FUND
    68 11 MUCH might be written, says Mr. A. B. Jordan, Secretary for Chinese Affairs, in his annual report, of the way the Chinese took the cause of the Malaya Patriotic Fund to heart. It will suffice to record, he adds, that subscriptions were received from ricksha
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    "A MALAY" DEFINED
    75 11 THE following definition of a Malay is given in The Modern Light, a newly started monthly published in Johore Bahru: "A Mrlry is a person born in British Malaya of at least one parent who belongs to the Malay race. It is essential that he knows and
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    NAZIS STRIP LIBRARY
    30 11 NAZI invaders have stripped the fa11 mous Charles University library in Prague, taking to Germany all valuable old manuscripts and burning all volumes in the Czech language.
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    Acquittal For European On False Information Charge
    416 11 I. A. WILKINS, a European, was acquitted in the fifth court yesterday on a charge of giving false information at the Orchard Road police station on Jan. 1, 1940. by Mr. L. C. Goh. Sergeant A. N. Banarjee said that he was on
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    LIMITED COMPETITION IN PUBLIC TRANSPORT?
    192 11 Commissioners To Consider Report On Friday HEFERRED from the meeting held early in March to allow v Commissioners to go through the evidence and papers relating to the subject, the report of a sub-committee appointed to go into the pros and cons of limited competition
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    36 11 The Minister of Supply has appointed Mr. E. H. Clifford, consulting mining engineer, British South Africa Company, as an additional member of the Departmental Committee on the production of non-ferrous metallic ores ia the United Kingdom.
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    NEW LIFT FOR THE MAILS
    171 11 rE new electric lift to deal with mall at the Master Attendant's Pier, Is now installed and if tests which are to be carried out in a few days are successful, it will be put Into immediate use. The lift has been installed to replace
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    MAGISTRATE'S PLEA FOR UNEMPLOYED MAN
    374 12 Alleged Failure To Comply With Maintenance Order "THE court is considerably concerned about this case, because Mrs. Wheatley has had a very hard time, and anybody who will help her husband will be doing something very worth while," said Mr. Conrad Oldham, the second magistrate,
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    MUSIC COURSE AT Y.W.C.A.
    127 12 First Talk Of Series On "Song" fIE Y.W.CJV. began their short course in Musical Appreciation last night at their headquarters in Raffles Quay. This course consists of three talks, the first of which, on "Song," was delivered by Mrs. Anne Campbell last night, to be followed
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    JOURNALIST GOING TO ENGLAND
    101 12 MR. Eric Francis McAlpin, former editor of the Sydney Daily Telegraph, and late of Melbourne Truth, arrived in Singapore yesterday and is on his way to London to prepare a cable news service for a new Sydney newspaper, the Daily Mirror, organized by Truth. It is
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    $10 FOR LOBE OF EAR
    226 12 Woman To Pay Compensation TPHE lobe' of a human ear preserved in a jar of spirits was an exhibit In the Singapore third court yesterday during the hearing of a case in which a Hokkien woman was alleged to have bitten off the lobe of
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    SUB-TENANT MUST QUIT HOUSE
    296 12 Woman Who Awoke Shop Employees "I£IM HYE!" called Mr. Murray M. *^Jack\ chairman of the Rent Assessment Board yesterday, when the Khoo Meng Kongsi, represented by a partner, Goh Chor, applied for ejectment proceedings against a sub-tenant by the name of Kirn Hye. Kirn Hye occupied
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    GAOL FOR POSSESSING FORGED N.I. NOTES
    147 12 CONVICTED en two counts of fraudulent possession on some 3,000 forged N.I. currency notes and coins, Lee Toh Beo was sentenced to two years' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Justice Pedlow at the Assizes yesterday. The Jury were unanimous in the verLee was arrested in
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    APRIL WAS A WET MONTH IN MALAYA
    107 12 APRIL was a wet month in Malaya In general, an average of about eight inches of rainfall being recorded throughout the peninsula. Taiping, with 18.24 inches, recorded the highest quantity of rain, and Kota Bahru, with 2.33 Inches, the .lowest Singapore had slightly
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    NO BAIL ALLOWED
    54 12 BAIL was opposed when four Hamanese, Chan Ah Chek, 20, Goh Young Lian, 25, Lim Kong, 31, and Tan An Eng, 32, charged with acting as members of an unlawful society, "The Malayan Communist Party," claimed trial in the Singapore third court yesterday. The case was postponed
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    KING LEOPOLD DID NOT WARN ALLIES OF HIS DECISION
    739 13 Armies Aiding Belgium Menaced By Unprecedented Act AjN act without precedent in history" was how M. Paul Reynaud, the French Prime Minister, described Ih&gt; rlecision of King Leopold of the Belgians to give up 1h» struggle against Germany. M. Reynaud, who
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    Capitulation Came At A Time Of Local Successes
    164 13 Capitulation Came At A Time Of Local Successes Paris, May 29. THE Belgian colony and members of the Belgian Govcrn1 ment here are displaying: great indignation against King Leopold, according to information from authoritative French quarters. A Belgian senator is quoted as saying that the King's act deciding on surrender
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    Nazis Surprised By Surrender
    146 13 King Now Held Prisoner By The Invaders Berlin, May 28. I •■pHE foiiowing communique was is- sued from the Fuehrer's headQuarters "The King of the Belgians, impressed by the destructive effect of German arms, has decided to give up further senseless resistance. He has complied with
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    MACHINE TOOLS FROM THE UNITED STATES
    100 13 Londen, May 28. i VJIfITH the object of obtalnli.R the maximum possible deliveries of machine tools 1 from the United States with a minimus* possible upset of prices and delivery dates, the controller of these goods at the Supply Ministry has made arrangements, coming
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    CRIPPS' MISSION TO MOSCOW
    103 13 Times On Vital Point To Be Cleared Up London, May 28. r»OMMENIING on Sir Stafford Cripps' visit to Moscow, The Times writes that if Russia is committed to assist Germany to circumvent the Allied blockade, then little or nothing could be expected from friendly negotiations If
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    DUTCH CONFIDENCE IN ALLIED VICTORY
    104 13 Zurich, May 29. DUTCH diplomats passing through Berne on their way from Berlin showed *lie greatest confidence, it is stated. In ultimate Allied victory owing to German reluctance to face a second war winter. They are said to have expressed the belief that if Hitler's
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    32 13 London, May 28. THE Admiralty has made an ordei transferring from the Ministry oi Shipping to the Admiralty the management and control of His Majesty 1! coast guard. The order came operatior
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    ALLIES FIGHT ON IN NORTH
    232 13 ALLIES FIGHT ON IN NORTH B.E.F. French Not Beaten Force ALTHOUGH the British and French troops in Flanders have had their left flank laid open by the surrender of the Belgian troops, they are fighting on. This is confirmed in a French communique. Tt said that the military situation had
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    MR. HOOVER ON U.S. DEFENCE
    80 13 New York, May 27. MR. Herbert Hoover, former President of the United States, in a nation-wide broadcast last night proposed that a United States munitions administration should be created at Washington. A single-headed administration with assistant heads for labour, agriculture, and industry should direct the
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    CABINET MEETING
    35 13 ix)naon, May zb. THERE was a Cabinet meeting at No. 10, Downing Street, which iasted one and three-quarter hours. It was attended by the heads of Service departments as well as by ministers.—Reuter.
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    ANTI-PAIUCHUTE VOLUNTEERS
    33 14 A volunteer armed with a sporting rifle leaving after enlisting in the new special local defence force, which will assist the regular force in defending Britain from invasion by parachute troops.
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    EVACUATION OF BOULOGNE UNDER "HELLISH FIRE"
    813 14 Courage And Daring Of Britons Under Terrific Attacks London, May 28. HOW destroyers evacuated British troops from Boulogne "under hellish fire" was described in detail by a naval eye-witness to-day. He explained how a demolition party was detailed to be ready to nuve at
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    B.E.F. Casualties Arrive In Britain
    19 14 Casualties being tak.en from a train on arrival at a countryside rtatlM in Britain.
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    BAD NEWS STOICALLY AND CALMLY RECEIVED IN U.K.
    325 14 London, May 29. THE immediate reaction in military quarters in London to the grave turn in the situation in northern France and Belgium was a renewed determination to continue the struggle at all costs alongside the French forces in Flanders. Hold on
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    German Mines In South African Waters ?
    133 14 German Mines In South African Waters London, May 28. NAVAL experts ccmmcnling on the German Admiral Lutzow's claim Lhat mines have been laid oft the :cas: of South Africa by a commerce raider, while dismissing the further claim that eight slips and two minesweepers had been lost in this area
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    VATICAN AGREEMENT WITH ROME
    91 14 Rome, May 28. i THE Vatican newspaper Osservatore i Romano, the sale of which was prohibited some time ago. Is again or. rate In Rome and throughout Italy. The raising of the ban follows, the conclusion of an agreement between Die Government and the Vatican concerning
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    BRITISH INDUSTRIAL MOBILIZATION
    81 14 London, May 27. BRITAIN'S industrial mobilization is headed by the Production Counci' chairman, Mr. Arthur Greenwood, who is a member of the War Cabinet. The War Cabinet makes known its requirements to the new Labour Supply Board, whose chairman is M~ Ernest Bevin, Minister of Labour. The
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    High Scoring In Malacca Cricket
    278 15 High Scoring In Malacca Cricket From Our Own Correspondent j Malacca, May 27. PLAYING in a one -day match on the Malacca Club padang on Sunday the Malay Regiment from Port Dickson were beaten by a Malacca XI by 54 runs. Batting first the home ter.m knocked up the creditable
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    Singapore R.E. Win In Penang
    104 15 TiIIE Singtpcre Fortress Royal j Engineers, who are now In Penang playing a series of friendly football matches, beat the Penang Garruon Fcoiball Asjoeiatrn by three goals to one on Monday evening on the Glugor ground. Scorers Tor the winners were Sanl, who was playing
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    C.S.A. WIN
    30 15 PLAYING at Tengah on Sunday the Chinese Sports Association beat the R.A.F. (Tengah) at table-tennis by six games to one and at soccer by nve goals to three.
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    CHIN KEE ONN MEETS WITH LITTLE OPPOSITION Won Easily
    426 15 CHIN KEE ONN MEETS WITH LITTLE OPPOSITION Won Easily Seeded Veteran Beaten In Tennis Championships POSTPONED for two days because of adverse weather conditions, the Singapore lawn tennis championship tournament continued yesterday when seven ties were played off. Surprise result of the day was the] lefeat of the seeded veteran
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    37 15 Soccer: first division, S.C.C. vs. Malays S.C.C; second division (b), R.A.F. Killing vs. Chinese, stadium: Indian Assn. vs. V.M.C.A., J.C.S.A.; 8.H.L.. Chartered Bank vs. G.E.C., S.H.B. (round. Tennis: Singapore championships. S.C.R.C. and S.R.C. tournament.
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    Sir Theobald & Inez Most Impressive
    113 15 Sir Theobald Inez Most Impressive 'From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoli, May 29. INEZ and Sir Theobald were impressive i at this morning's training gallops iH preparation for Saturday's races here. Most of the horses out were confined to slow work on the sand track, but O'Neill's charges, however, were given
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    S.C.C. CRICKET TEAMS FOR WEEK-END
    181 15 SINGAPORE Cricket Club teams for week-end cricket games are Against the Loyal Reft, on Saturday at 2 p.m. at SC.C: W. K. Jagger (capt.), J. W. Ewart, G. K. Stein, J. W. Stogden, G. W. S. Waites, S.-Ldr. R. A. R. Rae. L. O. Robertson.
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    MIXED FOURSOMES AT KEPPEL GOLF CLUB
    91 15 TvIE following were the cards return1 ed for the Keppel Golf Club's May mixed foursomes competition played on Sunday Mrs. E. R. Lubbock and J. Guy 44— 9&gt;. 34i0; Miss M. Brown and M. G. Harvey 45—9=36; Mrs. S. R. Burstall and B. la
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    WOMEN'S GOLF AT BUKIT TIMAH
    85 15 THE Royal Singapore Golf Club's women's 18 hole competition was played on Monday and resulted in a win for Mrs. R. L. Nunn in "A" division with a net score of 73 and In a win for Mrs. T. M. Stevens in "B" division with
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    WEEK-END EVENTS AT YACHT CLUB
    100 15 ON Friday at the Royal Singapore Yacht Club there will be the usual races for all classes, starting at 5.25 p.m. On Sunday the "C" class will sail the j second race for the Lemberger Challenge Cup starting at 9.50 ajn. The "A" class will
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    LAST NIGHT'S BOXING MEETING
    125 15 CINAL preparations for the staging of the Singapore Amateur Boxing championships at the Happy World stadium on Monday were discussed at a meeting of the local club yesterday. It was decided that for the preliminary weigh-in at the Happy World on Friday at 5.30 p.m. it
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    Y.M.C.A. SOCCER
    64 15 T^HE following have been selected to play soccer for the V.M.C.A. In a league game against the Indian association on the J.C.S.A. ground at "i.lO p.m. to-day Wee Ail: Chan V. N. Pillay. M. c wyny. J. G. Moxon, G. L. Day, V. R. Pabapathy, S. Oxton, R.
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    WOMEN'S GOLF
    58 15 TIE women's monthly medal bogey competition of the Garrison Golf Club played at Tanglin. resulted in a win fcr Mrs. J. A. Allen with a score of one up. Other returns were: Mrs. J. F. Elliot three down; Mrs. W. J. Holohan four down; Mrs. H. K. Watkins
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    S.C.R.C. TENNIS TIES
    32 15 FRTHER S.C.R.C. tennis ties are: TO-MORROW Veterans' handicap sinjlcs: Tan Ec Leong (—6) vs. Pang Chiap Song (—15): Khoo Kirn Swee (—9) vs. Low Peng Cer iscr.) to finish
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