The Straits Times, 28 September 1940

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    35 1 The Straits Times (ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY] MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER—LARGEST NET SALES 16 TAGES. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS. The Straits Times 16 PAGES, SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1940 PRICE 5 CENTS
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      179 1 MIEN CHONG for SMART TAILORING Just Received Suit Lengths WAIN SMIKI.I.S In Silk and WooL Also AMKRICAN SHARKSKIN In various colours St (airman St., S'poie. Phone 4816 He shows men how to meet Ho is a friend and counsellor their responsibilities to wives to many widows and orphans, and families.
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      6 1 SINGAPORE, 140 CECIL ST. ('PHONE 5471).
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      119 1 FURTHER DEPARTMENTAL SALE WILL BE HELD IN OUR LADIES LADIES SHOE DEPARTMENTS FROM SEPT. 30th TO OCT. 12th SPECIAL CLEARANCE LINES WILL BE SOLD AT SALE PRICES REGARDLESS OF COST WATCH THE BARGAIN COUNTERS IN THESE TWO DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THIS PERIOD. [tl ROBINSON tic CO., LTD. SINGAPORE 35 mW PS
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      90 1 FINAL EDTN. ELSIE MARY SINGAPORE CASH SALE SEPT. 30th TO OCT. sth KUALA LUMPUR 2b JAVA ST. ('PHONE 3683). Drink Delicious OV/ILTINE' SUPREME FOR HEALTH JTRENGTH AND VITALITY I seven savourn I I suggestions that 1 I will help to prevent I I menu monotonn- I your menus get mono-
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      DEATH
      140 2 E J. MA.NA.SoKH «3 viar.-. diicl nt O. H Blngapore, 7)-<)-w, at 4.10 a.m Leavei iH-hlncl :i widow and 12 children. CASHIN. On 2-ith September. 1940, Cyvil 22 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. C B Cashln. The funeral will leave i No. 184. But Coast Road, at 4.33
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      498 2 SMALL APS. M nl mum charge 01. for »ilv« not exceeding < Unea. More than four Una 25 cents per line (Six words). Box No. 25 cents extra. DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES BIRTHS. MARRIAGES, DEATHS, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. ANNOUNCEMENTS P.P.C. CARDS are charged S3 each per Insertion per lach. Over 1 Inch. 2S cti
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      871 2 FOR SALE SHELVADOR KefrUceratoT. Phone mi FOR SALE, long established ami popular Restaurant, good locality. 'Jwner leaving Colony. Apply Box No. 804, Btralts Times. Mounted and framed WATER COLOURS of local Interest on view In showroom of Messrs. Tan Ho Oon Co. Ltd., Market Street FOR SALE, excellent furniture, comprtMrut
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      917 2 EDUCATIONAL CLIFTON PREPARATORY SCHOOL, Durban. South Africa, has vacancies /or boys from six to fourteen years. Full charge taken. Write for prospcrtus. AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLS I-HE IVAHOE GRAMMAR SCHOOL. A Leading Church of England Public School Boys arc prepared for the University and Commercial Careers. The Fees are £Al2O per annum
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      802 2 STAMPS STAMPS FOR SALE, Mala.-an. British Empire and Foreign Countries. Single and Sets. Collectors and Dealeis can apply stamps on approval. City stamp Co. 30, Robinson Road. Singapore. TENDERS SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. TENDERS are Invited for the supply ani delivery during November and December 1940. of 30,000 bags of i-'ortland Cement
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      742 2 AUCTION NOTICES ATTRACTIVE AUCTION SALE Of very well-made Or:- Stained teak household furniture comprising: An excellent toned concert piano by Steinberg (almost new). Sitting, Dining and Bedroom furnitur? of every description: Canton Blackwood Chinese Sitting Room > lte inlaid with M. O.P. shells; large .xmlnster floral pattern carpets; Venetian *all
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      223 2 BUSINESS CARDS ETC. JOIN THE GREEN CIRCLE LENDING LIBRARY Ist 1 1.0011 m-t ■aTtatßl Xl». P.O. BOX 34. SI.\(.AH>KK. Woderatr trrm*: Sprrial rate* OuUUlloa Members h'hs and Me'-sei Open Daily. x.:in A.M to Ii P.M. Saturday*: r, Z9 A.M. to 1 J'.Ai. NAPIER HOUSE Vacant Ist. October hi- double front
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      360 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. i incorporated in fciißiandi PENINSUIiAH AND ORIENTAL B.N CO. JttAH PASSENGER AND CAROO SERVICE The best possible services ara being maintained by the P O S N Coy from the Straits to their usual ports of call in China. India, Ceylon
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      205 3 •In (nn'-rncecl in iHinun GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE. TO EUROPE VIA AMERICA Through fares to North America to Europe via America and Round Tours ?n the Pacific quoted in U.S. on application To California from the Orient via Honolulu ms. ASAMA MARU leave Kobe Oct. i
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      512 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. BLUE FUNNEL LINE Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom. Dates are net guaranteed all cargo bookings subject to Conference War clauses. WESTERN AUSTRALIA THE SHORTEST SEA ROUTE AT THE CHEAPEST FARE Regular Services to Fremantle [Perth] via Java by first class passenger ships. Single fare $192 (A £23)
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      209 3 1 \^y for rli-an disUmt ra- M produrtian for whirh they arr unsurpassed lAeri HOE BOON LEONG I SIN \'MRK r-str'butors: I RADIO GENERAL AGENCY. 1 Kuala Lumpur I THE RADIO SOUND SERVICE I Taipiiiß, Perak, I' Penang, Province Wellesley Alor Star, Kedah KCHOP HUP SOON AU.I Kuala Dungun, Trencganu
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      1081 3 TODAY SINGAPORE 7.111 US net 'ZSm.l 7.1IP «6<i mra HWal 11.55 p.m. Muslct; 12 noon News in French 12.10 p.m. Musict; 12.25 p.m. Interval. 12.45 p.m. Concert by the Adelphl Hotel orchestra. Relayed from the Adelphl Hotel: 1.30 p.m. Warning to mariners. Programme summary. Mid-day tin, copra and rubber pi
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    London Stock Exchange
    367 4 London, Sept. Zl. THE Stock Exchange opened quietly firm 1 with gilt-edged continuing their recent advance. Trading was comparatively light owing to the Imminence of the week-end. Shortly after midday the announcement of the German-Itallan-Japancsc agreement caused operators to ta_:e up a cautious attitude, pending assessment of
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    90 4 Friday, Sept. 27, noon. Buyer* Sciten FrteM "rice* No. IX H.&.&. (Spot loose) H% 37>. No. IX R.S.S f.*j. IB eaas* Sept -Oct. sellers optio 1 38 38% 0.X.A.0. K.S.S rob. In bales Brpt.-()ct- sellers option 36% 36*k F.A.O. K.S.S rob. 10 bales Sept-Oct. sellers
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    EXCHANGES
    181 4 Singapore, Friday. The following are the exchange rates thl* morning according to the dally circular lssue-J by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation: SELLING LOuCon r.T. 2/4 1/16 London demand 2/4 1/16 Switzerland demand 204 New York demand 47 Montreal demand 51 11/16 Baiavla demand 88% Samarang demand 88*4
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    162 4 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES <From Ou' Own Corrreuondent) London, Sept. 27. COMMODITY and Excmnge markets closed M follows with previous quotations In parenthesis: RUBBER: Dull. Spot 119 16d 11 11.16a '119 lCd ll?;d> Nov. 1111 16d \W& ill ll'l6d ll%d> Dec. ll%d ll\d (ll^d 11\ I) Jan-Mar. 11 916 d ll r
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
    203 4 Singapore, Sept. 27 noon. Buyers sellers Gambler 17.75 Hamburg Cube »13.00 Java Cube ***** Pepper White Muntok $11.15 White $1125 Black 6.25 Covra Mixed 52.25 Sun Dried 52.50 Soon flour No 1 Ungga $3.65 Fair »2.80 Sarawak $2-70 Je'ou.no Palrmbang 119.00 Banta $18.00 Sanwak $1300 I on:oca
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    List Of Current Dividends
    308 4 Issued by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association. Singapore, Sept. 27 Books iotaj (at Compani Dividend Close Date Cx Dl» financial yew KIN Parable Dite tr> date Burma Malay Is. No. 24 Sept. 23 Sept. 30 6ept. 24 12!{1 Kent 5% less tax Oct. 9 5% Mambau Tin
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    UNION INSURANCE INTERIM
    60 4 'THE directors of Union Insurance Society of Canton Ltd. have declared an interim divid?nd of 12s. 6d. a share on account of the year ending December ne..\ This is the same rate of dividend as was paid at the corresponding time last year. The distribution is payable
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    DONATIONS TO THE WAR FUND
    356 4 TPHE following donations to Tlir War Fund arc recorded to-day: Kelantan Club,— Kola ISharu proceeds of a raffle f"r a mine jar :H0 Centre Intellectual FrancaJi de Ma'aisie. Proceeds at an Auction held at the club on Saturday thi- ;im September. J?t>.6« Transferred from Pcnang.
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    493 4 Tins Easier Commodities Advance Sharply By Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, Sept. 28. THIS morning's political |news, the reported Axis-Japanese pact, has not affected local markets and most operators believe that the actual position has undergone no change. New Yorlc, however, seemed to be slightly nervous and the
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      164 4 "TUNNEL" BEST BRITISH PORTLAND CEMENT Obtainable I in four I qualities I rapid/ hardening submarine standard red/ FSED BY THK P.W.D. MILITARY AND CIVIL AUTHORITIES Sole Agents: PATERSON, SIMONS CO., LTD. SINGAPORE K. LUMPUR PENANG. W.P.S. 4 REFRACTING MANUFACTURING OPTICIANS TESTWEFRg^ S%JI What did the Planter say iffl f^ an^
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      501 4 TENDERS TENDERS TENDERS will be received t the Colonial Secretary's Office, up to noon of the Ist November, 1940, for the following services for the Straits Settlements Royal Navil Volunteer Reserve for the year 1941:— 1. Clothing (making ip) 2. Black leather boots, black leather shoes and white canvas shoes
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      405 4 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE. NOTICE Is hereby given that the business, together with the goodwill and fie machl nery, tools and Implements for the man'i facture of tapioca and more particularly the two engines now lying In the said factory an.! two Chevrolet lorries, carried on under the Style Of MDJ
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    CONTROL & INCOME TAX SCHEMES IN MALAYA
    1071 5 CONTROL INCOME TAX SCHEMES IN MALAYA Mr. F. D. Lisseker's Criticism In Penang Chamber Meeting REFERRING to Government controls In Malaya, Mr. F. D. Blsseker at the half-yearly meeting of the Penan^ Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, said:— I sympathize greatly with difficulties which have resulted from these very necessary
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    Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1305 5 FRIDAY, SEPT. 17, 1940: 4 P.M. MIXING Bayer* Seller* Ampat Tin (4s) 3s lHd 3s 7Vid Austral Amal (ss> 5s 3a 5s yd Austral Malay <£, 33s Cd 35* 6d Ayer Hltam (ss) 19s 20s Ayer Weng ($1) .95 1.00 Bangrln Tin (t) ic> 3d
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    174 5 Int. Apr. 15. Oct. 5 69* 101 c.l. Mails close at the General Post Office as follows: TO-DAY Aden surface air 4 p.m. Africa air 4 p.m. Africa (East) surface air 4 p.m. Burma air 4 p.m. Ceylon air 4 p.m. Egypt surface air 4 p.m.
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      71 5 '^^tf jT a^g brilliant B) W^ I I I HB M ha s come to stand M k A /or many desiTable LONG LIFE M C\ „ff? The 12 H.P. Touring Saloon V cn %S£ T M J!^ CYCLE CARRIAGE CO 192 6 LTD MALACCA SINGAPORE BATU PAHAT I MIKD
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      956 5 PUBLIC NOTICES TRONOH MINES LOOTED. ilncorpctattd in Lag 1 1 J' DIVIDEND NO. 124 The Board has declared an Interim Dividend of 12 'i per cent, less Income Tax, payable in London on 31st. October, 1940 to all shareholders on the Register on the 19lh lnst. which will be paid
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      812 5 UGLY FAT GOES QUICK NewScieitificßHnaJyendofsrt by Doctors. Nurses and Public licmuaedbTidbcrdurdcs* ■r^k^KV ditioo of tbm body vtKrcb* W W Wm vac paiaooa ire tbtorbai ,1 \W VI Into tfitl Mood, th-a KCdas *Jk^k% ',^k\ OP IWptd MM BJOftold COO* ft m m dfdm which muh la tha M M bod»
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      197 6 LAST 4 PERFORMANCES 6.15 9.15 p.m. HELnMEYIPifCM "jJ^ »"&&*»•>"- 1 PROCEEDS IN t AID 0 F TOONE V^J Jo^% FUND ~s- GRAV:SJP>|H Patrons Holding Y.W.C.A. jJr \ks c^ e^ are advised to pay tFL. 9'- DOROTHT I the entertainment tax at Jf DICKSON* '^K^fc dowmo I tne »ox-Omce MIDNIGHT PREMIERE
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      257 6 POSITIVELY LAST DAY SpavTlTon 3 SHOWS TO-DAY 3.15, 6.15 9.15 F. L. GREEN'S BEST-SELLER NOW A SCREEN TRIUMPH! YOU WILL ENJOY THIS OUT OF THE ORDINARY MURDER THRILLER! WITH AN INTERESTING SUPPORTING PROGRAMME 'BRITAIN'S FAR EASTERN STRONGHOLD— vIHUHrUIIL Box Office Phone 6903 BVfmn pening t mqrrow IB 5 SHOWS 3.15,
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      308 6 YOUR BEST 'BET' FOR WEEK-END ENTERTAINMENT! A ft T/^l TO-DAY UA"ITUL| 3.15 6.15—9.15 "TMt.ugh.sHXOl^K-' Produced by gongst.r of VICTOR SAVILLE lhi !15 ll "h y f \m (who matlc MR CHIPS rorofins"! \flk and The CITADEL") but...h# lovtd m. tHk stockings! jft^ Latest METROTONE mk News-of-the-Day Wittf* dm\ W With
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    Empire's Spiritual Ideal
    599 7 Will Certainly Triumph CONFIDENCE IN OUR CAUSE CUNDAY is the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels generally spoken of as Michaelmass. It awakens in our minds tne thought of the Ministry of Angels a very real ministry too. In tne second lesson at Matins there Is
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    CHURCH SERVICES FOR THIS WEEK-END
    1192 7 CHI KC II OF ENGLAND ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL— Trinity XIX. 6.50 a.m. Holy communion; 7.30 a.m. Matins; 8 a.m. Ordination and Holy Eucharist; 11 a.m. Chinese service; 5.30 p.m. Evensong and sermon. Preacher: The Rev. Mr. J. G. Hall. ST. PAULS CHURCH. Upper Serangoon Sunday.
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      341 7 RAFFLES HOTEL TO-NIGHT SPECIAL DINNER DANCE (formal) from 8 p.m. COMPLETE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME MIMI JOSE MEXICAN DANCERS OF INTERNATIONAL FAME BOOK YOUR TABLE uJtSLnm EXTENSION TO 1 A. M. pikttafpi WEDNESDAY— "WEAR A SMILE i. us i i nil BALL" SPECIAL CABARET. DANCE Served to-day from HOSTESSES. EXTENSION TO
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      285 7 TO-DAY ffcii "wkre jirss. OIhTHIIv huym., BOX OFFICE uauya s OHiMA M lU|| GOES" 'Phone 3400 Everyone is Njrftsg "DON'T MISS IT". Thoosandi have seen it thousand.; have acclaimed it. Many are seeing it twice and thrice. I THE BLUE BIRDII Wt___ in TECHNICOLOR )f *j,^^A 20th Century- Fox Picture
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, SEPT. 23, 1940. (391 st Day Of The War.) Unity
    616 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, SEPT. 23, 1940. (391 st Day Of The War.) Unity war which need constant watching. It would obviously be disastrous, for instance, if the several Dominions and the United Kingdom competed with each other for supplies of munitions or raw materials from the United States
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    SAVINGS
    422 8 A Europsan employer of labour In Malaya who has attempted to follow out the suggestions contained in a leading article published In the Straits Times on Monday last, on the subject of War Savings Certificates, has encountered a peculiar difficulty. He sought to interest his Asiatic errri'oyees In a
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    CRUELTY
    270 8 A Ghoulish Trick Of Poultry Dealers To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, Deun Inge has remarked in one of his writings that: "We treat our distant cousins in fur and feather so shockingly that, if they could express an idea of the Evil One, he would bear
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  • Letters To The Editor
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      REPRISALS
      239 8 Now Become "Absolutely Necessary" To the Efli'.or of the Straits Tones Sir— In the letter headed "Reprisals", which appeared In your paper yesterday ycur correspondent, West Lavingtcn, has expressed, on the matter of what we should do to stop Nazi raids on civilians, what most people who are not
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      HOUSING
      379 8 Government Policy Resented To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Considerable dissatisfaction prevails pmong government subordinates over the rents of the Haig Road houses and the recently issued circular on "Regradlng." It would appear that the rent of the recently erected houses has been fixed on an economic
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      INCOME TAX
      420 8 Everything Is Now Cut And Dried To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— The authorities have been carefully trying to conceal from the general public the fact that a lull investigation into the ownership of property titles, share scrip and bank balances has been in progress over
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      FOOD CONTROL
      296 8 Necessary, Simple And Effective To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— "R. V. C." cannot have gone through the dally sales books, ledgers, monthly accounts, pamphlets, etc., (supplied by Food Control Department to the dealers. If he had, he could not have said that the dealers engage
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      DRINK MORE GIN!
      95 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Is it not more patriotic to drink more gin than to lend money to Government free of interest Example: "A." saves $1,000, lends It to Government free of interest. Government receives, on a three per cent, basis, $30. "B"
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      ANTI-WASTE
      181 8 Propaganda Posters From England To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, We are asked to economize and to subscribe to war funds etc. How is It, then, that the Minister of Information at Home does not help this policy Recently the local Director of Information has sent out,
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      CINEMA SLIDES
      284 8 Patron Would Pay To Be Rid Of Them To the Editor of the ttfttil Times Sir, Why is it necessary to interrupt a cinema programme at every performance for approximately ten minutes l^ show us a series of advertisements' This is a practice which has now died out
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      "The Puerility Of The Promises"
      341 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— Though not absolutely opposed to income tax, I cann t but i puerility of the promises that ln<vi!u» tax would bo imposed only lor the duration of the war and not be inquisitorial. Supposing peace wore declared
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      WAR PROFITS
      192 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir. How money can be made out of war is shown by the trebled net profits of an important local mercantile company published In your Wednesday's issue. After 12 montr.s of war, with conscription of man-power, but only pleadings and exhortations
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      A FINE SHOW
      120 8 Praise For Services* Entertainers To the Editor of thr Straits lime* Sir,— Could I. through the help of your paper, appeal to the leader or manager of the Services show "Footlights Parade" for another performance? Having seen the show once, and meaning to see i. again, imr.g.na
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      239 8 COLUMBIA PORTABLE A Distinctive Gramophone Prices from $27/- upwards THE ROBINSON PIANO CO., (S.S.) LTD. Opposite New Pier. Singapore. 4KM*e»msn*Ut% m-^-p^rm m T«t SUITAK Of ttLANQOR Enaaoement (Tug* tet Dlame*4i, Rubies, Imer.ld.. Sapphires. All Ha pkkeet qaelltf. m& Single Hone kings In ell ,'j Fancy and Cluiler «>ngs c spactefity.
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    1,000 NAZI PLANES SHOT DOWN THIS MONTH
    507 9 130 Bagged In Battles Fought Yesterday BRILLIANT INTERCEPTION BY BRITISH FIGHTERS Germans Send Big Escorts With Raiding Bombers YESTERDAY the German air force launched the largest attack on Britain for nearly a fortnight and in doing so it lost the largest number of
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    Canadians And Poles To Fore
    213 9 AMONG other fighter patrols which fought the enemy south of London yesterday were one of the R.A.F. Polish squadrons and the No. 1 S(|iiadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force, who attacked tog< '.her. The Canadlani shot down six an '.he Poles ten. I' describe
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    King And Queen See Air Battle
    123 9 i.niiiiun, sept. n. THE King and Queen— who had earlier toured St. Thomas Hospital, which uas recently bombed were among the crouds which raptly followed this afternoon's exciting air battle over London. Their Majesties were touring the bombed areas and standing on a huge
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    Super Barrage Turns Back Big Night Attacks
    161 9 Super Barrage Turns Back Big Night Attacks London, Sept. 27. AFTER suffering their third crushing defeat in three mass day raids in three weeks, the German air force were met by the super anti-aircraft barrage as night raiders approached the London area from all directions to-night. The defences on the
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    BRITISH TRAWLER IS PRESUMED LOST
    24 9 London, Sept. 1.7. AN Admiralty communique states that the trawler Lochimvar Is overdue and must be considered lost. Reutcr.
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    PLEA FOR U.S. ARMS SPEED-UP
    150 9 British Envoy Sees Roosevelt London, Sept. 27. THE British Ambassador, Lord Lothian, accompanied by Sir Walter Layton, the economist, called on President Roosevelt and, as Lord Lothian told reporters afterwards, he told the President that Britain's supply needs were more of everything and quickly." A<ked
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    CHANGES IN HOME GUARD COMMAND
    203 9 London. Sept. 28. IMPORTANT army changes were anI ncuncod by the War Office last night Lieut.-Gen. Sir H. R. Pownall. In-spector-General of the Hcme Guard, has been appointed to command the Eiitisli troops in Northern li eland. Lieut.-Gen. Pownall served as Chief Of General Start
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    DURBAN'S LATEST GIFT TO RAID RELIEF FUND
    76 9 London, Sept. 28. THE Lord Mayor of Lond-n stated yesterday that £160,000 of the money contributed to his air raid distress fun*', has already oeen distributed. Th:> fund Is now In the neighbourhood of £750.000. The city of Durban In South Africa has
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    SPAIN REFUSES ENTRY TO HIGH LEAGUE OFFICIALS
    66 9 Geneva, Sept. 27. CF.VERAL League of Nations' officials, In- eluding Mr. Sean Lester, the interim secretary-general and Senor Guerrero, president of the Permanent Court of International Justice, have been refused cntrj into Spain. They arrived at a Spanirh frontier some days aeo duly
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    EVACUEE CHILDREN ARRIVE IN N.Z.
    24 9 Wellington, Sept. 27. THE first party of British children numbering 1 84 evacuated from Britain arrived h:re to-day.— Reuter.
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    Cream Of British Imperial Army Ready For Italians
    324 9 Cairo. Sept. 27. j TiHE cream of the British Imperial i Army lies athwart the Western Desert from the sea southwards in pre-arranged strategic positions, waiting and watching as Marshal i Graziani's men pause i to recuper- ate from the punishment they
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    TO MINIMIZE AIR RAID SUFFERING
    133 9 London, Sept. 28. I TWO new commissioners were appointed in i London last night to minimize suffering i and dislocation due to air raids. The Ministry of Health has appointed Mr. Henry Willlnk to supervise arrangements io: the care and re-housing of people rendered homeless
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    PLUCKY BOY AIDS IN FLYING-BOAT RESCUE
    141 9 London, Sept. 28. A YOUNG boy's pluck and knowledge of signals told the pilot of the Sunderland flying-boat that found 4<S additional survivors of the City of Benares all he wanted to know about the lifeboat below him. The captain of the Sunderland, telling
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    Terrific Fires Follow Bombing Of Kiel Docks
    162 9 Terrific Fires Follow Bombing Of Kiel Docks London, Sept. 27. O A.F. attacks on the dockyards at i Kiel last night began at 8 p.m. and lasted until shortly after 11 p.m., states the Air Ministry news service. One raider described the scene as follows: Fires started in the dock
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    SPANISH PRESS & SUNER'S VISIT TO BERLIN
    86 9 SPANISH PRESS SUNER'S VISIT TO BERLIN Madrid. Pit. 27. UIS interview with Count Ciano i Italia t Foreign Minister, to-day may iciMtetm business In Berlin of Senor Suner, Uie Spanish Minister of the Interior. There are indications that the outcome of the visit may be closer collaboration with the Axis,
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    Nothing New In japan's Pact With Axis, Says Hull
    275 9 TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN FRAMING U. S. POLICY THE United States Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hi:!!, at A his Press conference yesterday, made a formal statement on Japan's new political, economic and military alliance Avith the Axis Powers. The alliance
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    Not To Enter War, Says Matsuoka
    132 9 Tokio, Sept. 27. ■'FHE Japanese Foreign Minister. Mr. Matsuoka. in a broadcast from Tokio on the new Tokio-Berlin-Rome alliance, declared that the pact did not mean Japan's early entry into the war. The Premier, Prince Konoye. has meanwhile urged the nation to one more
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    A BLESSING IN DISGUISE. SAYS CHUNGKING
    61 9 A BLESSING IN DISGUI SE. SAYS CHUNGKING Chungking, Sept. 27. AN alliance between Germany and Japan might b<" a blessing in dtgu: Britain would have no alternative but to support China once Japan had J"iir-d tho war on the Ge- 1 an side, is the feeling in some circles hf
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    "Shock Troops" In Factories
    171 9 "Shock Troops" In Factories London, Sept. 2". IN a message to workers in arms factories, the Minister of Supply, .Mr. Herbert Morrison, says One of the greatest battles In the world's history is now being fought not only between our own air forces but between the German air force and
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    MING JAR SOLD TO AID WAR FUND
    404 10 Raised $370 Donation From Kuantan Residents TO-DAY'S TOTAL: $4,092,293: $1,833 IN NEW LIST THE War Fund to-day totals .S 1,092,293, the donations acknowledged below amounting to $1,833. Monthly contributions from staffs figure prominently in to-day's list of acknowledgements of donations to The War
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    34 10 This pictures taken on a typical strctor of English country shows a body of troops practicing with an improvised armoured cat as the "enemy." A British ambush party is seen storming the 'enemy' 'ank.
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    Empire Publicity In Britain
    123 10 ;.ondon. Sept. 23. T!IK Ministry of Information b sh.-jrll;- initiating an Empire publicity campaign in Britain -*ith Dip aim of bringing hor.ic to the p otlc th.it the war is not a light between Britain and Northern Europe hut som?lhins of vital concern to the Empire
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    REFORMATORY FOR BOY Stole Clothes & Milk Bottle
    317 10 REFORMATORY FOR BOY Stole Clothes Milk Bottle A CHINESE youth who was s.a.ed -to liavo once absconded frcm the j Salvation Army Boys' Industrial Hcmj wbere he was under de.en.icn. was ordered to spond tv.-y years in chs Rs- j forma. ory wh?n he pleaded guilty to a charge of
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    HOW MALAY LANGUAGE IS ENRICHED
    84 10 IJOvV the Malay language is o:casicnally i irlched in the process of trans'.. I ng from h Is referred to in the 1939 report of Hi:' State cf Kelar.lan. DOB is drafted first in English Emitted for approval of the Government, it i.s explained. When
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    AMUSEMENTS
    157 10 SINCArORE li.U 1 lIS HOTEL Special Di:>.nor Dance (Formal) 8 p.m. to l a.m. OABKICR THSATKfc. UEYLANG 8.0.8. Coast Guard —Comple'e in be screened at 7.45 p.m. OKI AT WORLD Cabaret: 7.30 to 9 9 p.m. to Midnight. O.abe: Another Thin Man. u::y: Wives Under Suspicion. lIUTt WOKU) I
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    CO-OPERATION WITH N.I.
    179 10 Japan Wants Trade Ties Strengthened (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia, Sept. 26. "IT is Japan's wish to co-operate with the Netherlands Indies to prevent a spread of the European conflict to the Far East." said Mr. I. Kobayashi, the Japanese Trade Minister and leader of the Japanese
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    ASSIZE DEATH VERDICT UPHELD
    198 10 AN appeal against a sentence of dcatn passed at the Malacca Assizes recently on a Tamil estate labourer named Ramasamy was upheld by Mr. Justice a 'Beckett Terrell. Mr. Justice Poyser and Mr. Justice Pedkr* in the full court of appeal yesterday. Rsmasamy, it was stated,
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    CHURCHILL'S VISIT TO LONDON DOCKS
    50 10 T London. Sept. 27. HE Lond-.-n docks gave Mr. Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister a warm welcome when he visited them yesterday, Mr. Churchill made his journey in a naval auxiliary patrol vessel accompanied by General Ismav, military secretary to the War Cabinet. —British Wireless
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    French Concert A Great Success
    606 10 TZIE Cesar-Auguste Franck Concert la.r;t night drew a full house to the Victoria Memorial Hall, and was distinguished by the e'ata of the city. Franck is usually called the Father of Modern French Music (usins the term "modern" in the everyday sense of th 3
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    Polish Singer For Singapore
    55 10 IT is announced that the f.imous 1 l'olish finger. Doda Conrad, wrto has just completed a tour of the Indies, xvill pobahlv Rive a recital in Singapore t<>u;m!s the end of next month. The probable date is Oct. 29, and Mme. I'.unnenfaut hn consented to be
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    Recruits Flock To Defend Bengal
    17 10 Bengalee recruits being examined bzfore being accepted for the defence of Bengal.
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    MALA YA N POPULA TION NOW 5,396,706
    483 10 Official Figures Issued (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 27. THE population of Malaya on Dec. 31 last was 5,396,700 1 according to figures published in yesterday's issue of the F.M.S. Government Gazette. i The total population of the Straits Settlements at
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    43 10 The Singapore Municipal Commissioners are makin- representations to Government on the subject of the financial responsibi.ity for the proposed reconstruction of the animal infirmary in Kamnong Java Road. A decision to make these representations wis confirmed by the full board of Commissioners yesterday.
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    O.A.G. To Inspect R.A.F. Cadets
    81 10 RfIALAYA'S first contingent of ITI R.A.F. cadets to be sent to an advanced It.A.V. training- centre before being placed on active service, will he inspected by the Officer Administering the Government, Mr. S. W. Jones, on Friday next. Also on parade will be tne Volunteers
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    DUTCH GIFTS TO BRITAIN 5,000,000 Guilders To Buy Aircraft
    160 10 DUTCH GIFTS TO BRITAIN 5,000,000 Guilders To Buy Aircraft (From Our Own Correspondent.) Hatavia. Sept. 2G. QNLY two days after the opening of a Netherlands Indies Spitfire fund, the organizing commit tea was able to remit £"5,000 to Britain. The committee has made a requ ist that the planes bought
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    POLICE ESCORT HIT BY WOMAN
    188 10 PIVE minutes after her case had been decided by the second magistrate, Mr. Conrad O'dham, a young Chin:se woman named Goh Ah Kiam came running back into the court, pointing to a cut on her lips and shouting that her mother-in-law had hit her. Mr.
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    STRAITS TIMES LONDON OFFICE BOMBED
    85 10 /%UR London correspondent, G R Tonkin, reports that the Straita Times office :n: n the Fleet Street area has b?en bom'ied but not seriously 1 damaged. Singapore colleagues of our London 1 corresDondent feel almost flattered 1 that the Germans should pay so much i
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    23 10 The fea-borne mails dispatched from Singapore on July 24 were delivered jin London on Sept. 11, states the I General Post Office, Singapore
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    MUNICIPAL MEASURES AGAINST CORRUPTION
    199 11 Officers Forbidden To Take Presents From Public CTEPS to prevent any form of corruption among the staff are being taken by the Singapore Municipality. The Municipal Service Regulations are being amended to forbid any officer to give to or receive from his subordinates or the public
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    47 11 The discontinuance and stopping up of pait of Buffalo Road, part of Rutland Road ond part of Buckingham Road as public fireets—a measure which is found necessary in connection with the future extension of the Kandang Kerbau Maternity Hospital has been agreed to by the Municipal Commissioners.
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    Regulations For Local Defence Corps
    206 11 THE Officer Administering the Government has appointed Mr. L. H. Gorsuch, of the Malayan Civil Service, to be Commissioner of the Local Delence Corps which is to be formed in every Settlement and State of Malaya. Mr. B. A. R. Gater, professor of biology at
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    THAILAND'S RICE EXPORTS
    189 11 Large Increases Due To War T^HE war has considerably beneflt- ed the rice trade of Thailand, and a shortage of commercial rice maj ensue if the exports are maintained at the present level, said Mr. S. K. M. S. Marican, a prominent South Indian merchant of Bangkok,
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    "MONEY WILL GO TO ANOTHER MAN"
    127 11 SHAIK Abdul Karim bin Shaikh Mohamed, chief clerk in the Singapore Stamp 1 Offic?. was ordered to pay his wife $9 monthly for the maintenance of his ten-month-old child. Jorabl, by Mr. Conrad Old- I ham, the second magistrate, j ?sterday. I am forced
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    CONSTABLE ASSAULTED BY INDIANS
    86 11 FOR assaulting a police constable on duty r.t the Junction of Short Street and Albert Street on Sunday, two Indians. An- theny Maria Soosal and Ernest Woodford Raiagopal. were each sentenced to six weeks' rigorous Imprisonment in the Singa- pore third court yesterday. On an addltlor.al
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    DIRECT ROUTE TO MANILA
    113 11 Regular Service By K.N.I.L.M. Planned DEALIZING the Importance of a short, direct route to Manila so that the U.S.A. and Europe may be brought nearer to Singapore and the Netherlands Indies, the K.N.I.L.M. air line Is organizing two charter flights from Batavia to Manila next Monday
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    'Key' Men Granted Total Exemption From Training
    213 11 'Key' Men Granted Total Exemption From Training prvE more applications for exemptions of depot recruits and Volunteers from continuous training during the October-Novem-ber period were heard by the II cal Tribunal yesterday. On« application, that of Mr-. A. O. Dobb who applied for the renewal of a postponement certificate for
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    COMMISSIONERS TOO EARLY FOR TEA
    92 11 SINGAPORE Municipal Commis- 1 sioners held another "blitz" meeting yesterday when they met for their usual mtnthly business. The meeting, which included a i special meeting, lasted 12 m'.nutes. It was the shortest the Commissioners had held for a long time. During the meeting the
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    ELECTRIC PETROL PUMPS
    55 11 ELECTRICALLY- OPERATED petrol j pumps will soon come into use in Singapore. The Municipal Commissioners yesterday approved of the substitution of I existing hand-operated petrol pumps !by e!ectrically-operated pumps at I Borneo Motors, Federated Motors, Lyons Motor 3. Malayan Motors. Thomycrofts, Univcisal Cars, and two j other
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    NO CHANGES NEEDED IN TRAFFIC COMMITTEE
    259 11 A PERMANENT traffic advis as proposed by the Trimme to be necessary, the Straits Ti The Singapore Traffic Advisory Com- r mittee will therefore remain an informal body with powers limited toj the collecting of and calling for information required to advise the Government
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    Lord Mayor Thanks Turf Club For Gift
    100 11 TPIIE Singapore Turf Club have received the following: message from th' Lord Mayor of London: "Vary many thanks for your kind gift which will d> much to help relieve sulTerng now being bravely endured by Londoners." The Club sent £2,500 la the Lord
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    CARBIDE STORAGE
    84 11 CEVEN Chinese retail i calers were charg- ed in the Singapore criminal district crurt yesterday with storing larger amount* ot calcium carbide in their shops than Is permitted by law. The quantities Involved ranged from 110 In. to 1.780 lb. Mr. A. M. L. Soares, who appeared foe
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    Praise For Youngest Branch Of Royal Navy
    849 11 "THE scheme for training Malays for; naval service in local waters was prempied by the needs of tha Singapore Naval Base," writes Jchn Hockin in an article on Royil Naval Reserves in every quarter of the Em-| pire, in which he compliments the
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    MOSCOW UNDERMINING AXIS INFLUENCE IN BALKANS
    115 12 Marked Change In Communist Propaganda Noticeable Istanbul. Sept. 2b. A MARKED change in Communist propaganda circulating in the Balkans has become noiiceable recently. Manifestoes printed under the inspiration of Moscow which were formerly largely anti-British, have now assumed an exclusively anti-Axis tendency. i The
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    CEYLON BUDGET ESTIMATES
    341 12 Increased Defence Expenditure INCREASED expenditure on defence was mentioned by Sir Baron Jayat'laka when introduces \vs ninth budget in the Ceylon State Council recently. Total expenditure under all heads in the next financial year is estimated at Rs. 127,364,8r>7. This is an increase of Rs. 7,f10«,<M)0 over
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    CEYLON VOTES FOR WAR FUND
    84 12 IN the Ceylon State Council recenily. Sir Baron Jayatilaka, Leader of the House, moved that Rs. 5,000,000 should be voted as a contribution from Ceylon for war purposes. The motion was unanimously passed. Sir Baron said that Great Britain was fighting for its life and
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    ST. PAUL'S TABLET FOR TIME BOMB
    70 12 London, Sept. 27. '[•HE Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's 1 Cathedral have decided to place a tablet near the spct from which a time bomb was removed on Sepc. 15 by Lieut. Davies and his bomb disposal section of the Royal Engineers. The
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    BURMA-YUNNAN HIGHWAY
    90 12 A PROFUSELY illustrated book on the Burma-Yunnan highway, "China's Backdoor," has been published by the Nanyang Press Ltd., publishers of the Chinese daily newspaper, the Nanyang Slang Pau. The book contains more than 200 pictures taken by a staS cameraman, and can be obtained either from any book
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    U.S. COMMENT ON BERLIN RAIDS
    43 12 New York, Sept. 27. "¥T Is Goebbels' prastige which has J- been bombed as well as, and perhaps more severely than, any aggregation of German military objectives." writss the Miami News, commenting on the R.A.F. raids over Germany.
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    R.A.F. Raids On Berlin Very Effective
    63 12 London, Sept. 27. FOLLOWING repeated R.A.F. at tacks on Berlin, cellars if ordinary buildings have been converted into air raid shelters, according to the Berlin correspondent of the National Zeitung, who says that during Wednesday night's (ivrhour K.A.fr'. raid on the German capital the
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    ENEMY SUBJECTS' PROPERTY
    25 12 A NOTICE warning persons fan Malaya who hold or manage property on behalf of enemy subjects appears lr. Pags of this Issue.
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    AMERICAN SIX-POINT PLAN TO AID BRITAIN
    720 12 Transfer Of Planes, Tanks Torpedo Boats Suggested New York. THE powerful and widely publicised Committee to Defend America by Aiding Britain is promoting a six-point plan of specific acid. This plan urges:— 1. Transfer of at least a score of motor torpedo boats to
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    Italy Resumes Anti-Greek Campaign
    103 12 ALLEGE D MURDER OF THREE ALBANIANS Rome, Sept. 27. ITALY has reopened her anti-Greek campaign. Allegations of Greek atrocities in the Albanian province of C)arr:uria were renewed to-day by the Fascist-eontrolbd newspaper Tomorl, of Tirana, which records the murders of three Albanians, one of whom was
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    JAPAN LIKELY TO FEEL EFFECT OF U.S. EMBARGO
    96 12 Washington, Sept. 27. DRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S embargo on the export of Iron and steel scrap to Japan end loan to China In exchange for tungsten follows his Administration's policy. It Is stated. The scrap embargo applies to all countries and excei* the Western
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    NAZIS TO PAVE WAY FOR AN ATTACK ON GIBRALTAR?
    206 13 I noccupied Area Of France Will Be Eninilfecl Soon, Says U.S. Report New York, Sept. 27. CKR.MANY will soon turn from the attack on (ireat Britain to seize all France and mass on the Spanish frontier to pave the way for
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    R.A.F. ATTACKS ON CMP GRIS NEZ GUNS
    113 13 L mdon, S?pt. 26 A;ii,cr b largo format! n of Oerman l> mbers had made a strong r.nd bit,- raid on Southampton. K.A.F. bombers swooped OUO of a low iud on ihe ctlior tide of the Channel to resume iheir nightly hamin -r:ne
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    FAKIR OF IPI URGES EGYPT TO FIGHT
    82 13 Peshawar, Sept. 27. Till Fakir of Ipi, according to reliable reports, has expressed to his associates his astonishment at Egypt's failure to declare war as a result of the Italian invasion of Egyptian territory. He expressed the opinion that such a declaration should
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    Heavy Damage In Tobruk Raid
    354 13 Heavy Damage In Tobruk Raid Shipping In Libyan BaM Utacked London, Sept. 27. AN R.A.F. communique issued in j Cairo states: "The harbour and foreshores of Tobruk were successfully attacked by a large force of R.A.F. bombing aircraft on WednesI day and severe damage was done. During three raids direct
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    Artillery Duel Across Dover
    102 13 Artillery Duel Across Dover London, Sept. 27. AN artillery duel was fought across n the Slrai.s cf Dcvar 10-day, British l'.ng-range guns replying to the bombaidment of the Dover area by German pmz mounted on the French coas;. T':i3 cannonade began at 12.30 p.m 0.M.T., when a single German .shell
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    Tanks Important For Campaign
    288 13 In The Desert WATCH EGYPT, SAYS GENERAL KIRKE London, Sept. 27. QEN. Sir Walter Kirke, broadcasting on the progress of the war said that Napoleon's fifth element mud will soon be taking comi mand in western Europe. But the sun will still be shining on the
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    FRENCH PROTEST AT JAPANESE BOMBING
    169 13 Haiphong. Sept THE French authorities have lodged a strong protest with the Japanese regarding the bombing cf Halphong yesterday when Japanese planes cropped a few bomb? just befor.! landing. The Chinese military authorities have decinred martial law along the Indo-China border. Peopie passing the border
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    Civil Servants To fgnore Alarms
    113 13 Civil Servants To fgnore Alarms London, Sept. 27. A SCHEME to circumvent stoppages or delay due to air raids will henceforth apply to civil servants in London Government departments. Except In the most exposed offices, civil servants will ignore the ordinary alert signal and carry on until the second emergency
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    NECK BROKEN BY CABLE FROM BALLOON
    44 13 FVANIEL DUNSDEN, railwayman, was klUed by the trailing cable of a balloon which had broken away from a barrage. The cable wrapped itself round Dunsden's waist and swept him headon against a telephone booth. Dunsden's neck was broken.
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    Selfless Fight That Won V.C. For 18-Year-OLD R.A.F. Sergeant
    220 13 London. Sept. 27. THE narrative of a selfless nsht with a tire aboard a flaming aeroplane i tehlnd the announcement to-day that ths Kins has awarded the Victoria Cross to an 18-year-old R.A.F. sergeant, i John Hannah, of Paisley. Hannah was
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    PRANG BESAR'S FOR PAST YEAR
    1826 14 Planters Now Prefer Clonal Seeds To Budgrafts (By Our Planting Correspondent) I7EW company annual reports and chairmen's speeches are read In Malaya with greater interest than those relating to Prang Besar Rubber Estate Ltd. This company circulates both together, and this desirable practice enables one
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    BIG TRANSPORT STRIKE
    191 14 Shanghai, Sept. 27. "THREE more Chinese were wound 3d yesterday in a fight during the strike when pickets tried to prevent a tram from being worked. The police fired in the air tD quell the disturbance. The strike has spread to a number of pr.vate concerns but
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    RESULTS
    208 14 carried out by Pataiing Rubber Estates Lti the results of which we publish from time to time in the East, offers a means of comparing areas grown from healthy ordinary seed, from Prang Besar natur.-U s?ed. and from Dr. Chlttenden's seed and the results (over the first ton months
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    136 14 programme of selection and breeding Is unassailable. Is more attractive to specialist^ like ourselves than to estates tacklln; programmes of replanting. The popularity of Prang Besar isolation garden seed at any rate continues to grow, as Is evidenced by our sale of over 3,000.000 seeds in the year
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    PROGRAMME OF EVENTS AT IPOH TO-DAY
    940 15 Final Day Of Perak Turf Club's Extra Professional Meeting THE following is the J"ull cards of events at Ipoh to-day, the final day of the Perak Turf Club's extra professional meeting. Double totes will be on races two and four, and six and tight
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    S. C. Woolmer Wins Singles Final
    180 15 IN a keenly contested game in the autumn lawn tennis tournament at the S.C.C. yesterday. S. C. Woolmer beat C. J. Eembroke to become the singles handicap champion of the Club. Bembroke. playing at scratch, had to give 15 points away to his opponent,
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    At The S.C.R.C.
    96 15 RESULTS of t.u played yesterday In the SCR C. open invitation tournament i ri' Opon doubles: C. K. Pans and J Lim beat V P. Wee and L;m Khay Guan, 6—4.6 4. 6—3. Men's singles handicap: Chew Poh Kuo i K. Llm (+S), 6—3.6 3. 9—7;9 7;
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    WALK-OVER TO CHINESE
    31 15 WA LK-OVER TO CHINESE TIE ont divirion S.A.P'.A. league match .'•.C.r.A. and the P. A. (A A.), d for to-day at the stadium, i] mi be i>h:vd, the latter having con-
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    DEPOT POLICE WIN C.P.O.S CUP
    37 15 THE cup presented by the Chief Police Officer for annual football competition was won by the Depot team, who beat the Singapore team by three goals to two at Thomson Road yesterday.
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    Y.W.C.A. HOCKEY
    49 15 THE following players will represent th* 1 Y.W.C.A. first team aeainst the G-S.C first team on the Q.S.C. ground at 5.15 p.m on Monday. E. Frugtnelt- P. Wilson, S. Armstroni!. S. Nathan, M. Leicester. Mr*. Koh; M. Vaithllingam, P. Eber, M. Clarke, O. Wheatlev, ana P. Elliott.
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    SELECTIONS FOR TO-DAY
    153 15 SELECTIONS for to-day's races at Ipoh are: STRAITS TIMES Rare 1. Sir Patrick, M.G.M. Race 2. I)an;s Dv Ven'.rj, Glamour. Race 3. Quirk Money, Velo:i;y. Rice 4. Char, Myanse. Rare 5. Has, Benedict. Race 6. Clarissa the Flea, New Life. Race 7. Hazmore, K.C.G. Rare 8. Slverlaw,
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    Honours Even In Padang Hockey
    536 15 Honours Even In Padang Hockey Singapore Colts.. 2; S.R.C. 11.. t. I THE S.R.C. second team did well to hold the Singapore Colts to a draw of two poals-all in a fast game of hockey played on the padang yesterday. The Colts were without the services of the Reutens brothers,
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    SINGAPORE COLTS
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