The Straits Times, 10 October 1940

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    36 1 The Straits Times. [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY] MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES 24 PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS. The Straits Times. 24 PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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      358 1 For Up-to-date TAILORING... MIEN CHONG Just Krrrlvrd Suit Lengths WAIN SHIKLL'fr In Silk an I Wool Also AMFRICAN .SHARKSKIN In various colours. 34 Colrman SL. Spore. Phone 481 SINGAPORE, 140 CECIL ST. ('PHONE 5471) YA L E Wm^M PIS I-1 ICT B^^^H w^ H^ I I i Pi PULLS HORIZONTALLY
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      132 1 FINAL CDTN. KUALA LUMPUR 25 JAVA ST. V PHONE 1683). FINAL REDUCTIONS CLEARANCE OF LADIES SHOES THURSDAY inUZVOUn 1 FRIDAY 1 C H T T T T? T^ S ALL ODDMENTS MUST BE CLEARED REGARDLESS OF COST HALF-PRICE DAYS-FRIDAY SATURDAY OCTOBER 12™ STORES OPEN 8.30 a.m. C^S 0 f 367
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      13 1 ELSIE MARY SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR. DRESSES far all OCCASIONS DR ESC MAKING MILLINERY.
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      DEATHS.
      74 2 TVv n<-\ Sec Ngoo Ngwi passed away on "'•••-day, Oct. 9. 1940 at 8.30 a.m. at the "üm Koh Temple. 398 Dunearn Road C (nation v.-ill take place at Kirn Kiat Read D Friday. Oct. 11. 1940 at 12 noon. SON.—At Bungsar Hospital, Kuala unijur. F.M.S., on October 7th.
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
      90 2 Mr:-. Onj Leng noon and family tender their nfelt thanks to friends and relative; eot wreaths, scrolls, letters, telegrams of condolence, paid night visits and a'?D to those who attended the funeral of th; late Mr. Or.g Leng Hoon. Mrs. W. R. Faulkner Willis expresses her .MiTere thanks to
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      454 2 SMALL ADS? Minimum charge $1. far »«l> m( exetcdlat 4 Hbm. Nwv tbw» foot UMi 25 cents per line (Six words). Box No. 25 cents extra. DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES SIKTHS, MARRIAGES, DKATH& ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. ANNOUNCKMENT6 A P.P.C CARDS arc charted S3 m«b pet iBitrtliB per tech. Ortt I laeto. Udt m tte»
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      731 2 SITUATION WANTED SAWMILL ENGINEER AND JOINERY MANAGER many years experience local and imported timbers open for immediate engagement (anywhere) as Manager of sawmill. Joinery shops or kindred establishment Speaks fluent Malay and Hindustani: used to all classes labour. Been responsible for many big contracts from buying of tlmbe; to final
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      884 2 HOUSES ACCOMMODATION WANTED WANTED TO KENT for six months a house at Cameron Highlands. Apply Box No. 899. Straits Times. WANTED UNFURNISHED FLAT or house. 2 bedrooms preferably sea side. Reply Box No. 923, Straits Times. WANTED IMMEDIATELY, small furnished or unfurnished bungalow, house or fiat, near town. Rent must
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      831 2 PUBLIC NOTICES CHIROPODY AND CARE OF THE FEET We have pleasure in announcing the success of our newly opened Chiropody Section under the direct supervision of Miss D. Raine who is a fully qualified chiropodist with a London Diploma. The charges for this service are reasonable and advice on all
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      735 2 BUSINESS CARDS ETC. Tj. 1 SEED FOR SALE From large monoclonal areas each over 500 acres. Price $30 per 1,000 ex Ilatu Anam. Apply Mana?*r. Paya Lang Estate, Batu Anam. AUCTION NOTICES TWO DAY'S ATTRACTIVE AUCTION SALE o; very well-made stained and Polished teak European household furniture comprising: Lounge, Dining,
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      202 2 1939 CHEVROLET "MASTER" SALOON. Small mileage, taxed and Insured $1,450.00. 1939 HILLMAN "MINX" SPORTSMAN'S DROP HEAD COUPE. An economical and attractive car in very good order $1,450.00. 1938 OPEL KADETT SEDAN 11.9 H.P.— 3B m.p.f good condition $1,259.00 1938 AUSTIN 12.4— Perfect condition, small mileage $1,450.00 1940 FIAT MARVELETTE folding
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      848 3 Broadcasting TO-DAY SINGAPORE 7.RL 13 33 m. oa. (2"!5 m.) iUPl 9.C0 ni <« CO.yii m.) ZIIF3 7.25 m c» (41.38 m.) ZttL AND ZHP1. 5.00 pjn. Cantonese muilc: 6.40 p.m. News In Cantonese: 5.50 p.m. Cantonese musict; 6.10 p.m. News in Hokkicn; 6.20 p.m. News (in English) and questions
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    Nazi Raiders Turned Back Only Few Planes Reach London.
    357 4 Nazi Raiders Turned Back Only Few Planes Reach London. London, Oct. 10. COUR enemy aircraft were destroyed during yesterday's air attacks on England, states an Air Ministry bulletin. One R.AT. fighter is missing, but the pilot is safe. The raids were carried out by small formations of high-flying Fighter bombers,
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    Hungary Expels 850 Rumanians.
    164 4 Hungary Expels 850 Rumanians. Budapest, Oct. 10. A PROTEST against the alleged Rumanian treatment of Hungarians whom they had expelled following the Vienna Award, was made by Count Teleki the Hungarian Prime Minister, in the Chamber yesterday. Since Monday these reprisals had been carried out. Eight hundred and fifty Rumanians
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    TO-DAY'S WAR FUND LIST
    1346 4 THE following donations to T.ie War Fund are recorded to-day its Transferred from Penang, being 95th instalment of contributions made through the Pinang Gazette and Straits Echo. 1,173.88 R. E. Prentis, sth contribution Ml Members of the Malacca Rotary Club, Malacca 165 $30 each: L. A.
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    394 4 Tin Shares Easier: Rubbers Dull And Neglected (By Oar Financial Correspondent) Singapore, Oct. 10. THE London Stock Exchange was rather quieter and inclined to ease yesterday which is attributed to the sterner tone of Mr. Churchill's speech. Gilt-edged securities, however, were well maintaintd and War Loan closed
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    RUBBER MARKET HARDENS
    366 4 More Inquiry For Jan. -March Delivery |N a weekly report on the rubber market issued this morning, Lewis and Peat (Singapore) Ltd. write:— The war is by no means confined to continents and oceans, and this week attention is once more focused on the Far East anxiety
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    84 4 Thursday, Oct. 10, noon. Buyer* Seller Prfe** "»r!e« N*. IX tf.S.S (Spot loose) 3796 3794 No IX B.S.S. f-».J ID case* October 38% 38% G.F.A.Q. R.S.S. r.o.b in bales October 37^ 37^ K.A.Q. K.S.S. f.o.b .n bale* October 37 379i FUTURE QUOTATIONS No. IX R.S.S.
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    EXCHANGES
    171 4 i fie following are che exchange rates thl* rr.crnlng according to the dally circular issueu by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation SBIX1MG UuuQod X.I. 2/4 1/16 London demand 3/4 1/16 Switzerland demand 203% New York demand 47 Montreal demand 51 11/16 Batavia demand 88% Samarang demand 88% Calcutta.
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES.
    120 4 Singapore, Oct. 10. ioon Buyers Seller Gambler 7.75 Hamburg Cube $13.00 Java Cube $12 50 Peeper White MUDtofc 111.18 White $11.25 Bl*ck 6.25 Covra Mixed $2.25 Sun Dried $2.50 Saac Flour No 1 LffigKa $3.50 Fair $2.85 $2.85 Sarawak $2.75 Jelot>mo Palembang $14.50 Banja $13.50 Sarawak $13.50
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    NEW MAGIC CIRCLE SHOW ON SATURDAY
    218 4 DUN, music and mystery in abund- ance are the keynotes of "Lumiere Noire," the most recent of the Malayan Magic Circle's show which opens at the Victoria Theatre on Saturday, and will be repeated on Friday. Oct 18, and Saturday, Oct. 19. The programme
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    JAPANESE RELEASE INDO-CHINA TROOPS.
    78 4 Canton. Oct. 9. A TOTAL of 1,052 French Indo-China troops led by Major-Gen. Menoullat, who surrendered to the Japanese troopa following the recent clashes near the French Indo-Chlna border, have '^een handed over to the French author ues. It is understood that 20 tanks, six guns,
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    MR. S. M. TAMBY DEAD
    55 4 'From Our Own Corresponded > Penang, Oct. 10. THERE was large gathering; at UM funeral yesterday or Mr. 8. Mohamed Tamby, the chief clerk and the Commissioner of Oaihs. Supreme Court, Penang. He died yesterday morning at the age of 53. sutler a oiSef. illness,
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    40 4 Ottawa, Get 9 The War Cabinet has decided to refuse further permits for the export of Canadian copper except to the Empire and possibly to the United Statea where the copper may be needed for completing Allied munitions contract* —Reuter.
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    London Stock Exchange
    325 5 London. Oct. 9. ,TKK Stock Exchange to-day was quieter and rather Irregular to-day. Some profit-tnking among industrials reduced recent gains. Rails, however, continued to strengthen and rubbers and oils were flnniv maintained. Rcuter. The following are to-days closing middle notations. Shares are ot £1 tipnoiuintticn tinleas otherwise
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    MAIL ARRIVALS & DISPATCHES
    199 5 MAIL ARRIVALS DISPATCHES MAIL ARRIVALS irom Sumatra (air) general delivery I M p.ni. to-c;.iy. .Mails Iron) Great Britain. South and Bast Afnia lain boxholders 5 p.m to-day, general delivery 8 1"> a.m. to-morrow. MaiLs fr^in Australia and Java (air genvery 3 30 p.m. to-morrow. Mails close at the Genera! Post
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    19 5 London. Oct. 7. The Question or raising the controlled prices of iron and steel Is now under discus:icn. Reu:er.
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    Rothiemay Rubber Dividend Policy
    343 5 Distributions As Funds Become. Available ADDRESSING shareholders at the annual meeting of Rothlemay Rubber Estates Ltd. in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, Mr. J. Murray, the chairman, said: The price realized for R.S.S. rubber sold with rights during the last financial year averaged 33.92 cents per pound
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    SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTION 795 Tons SoW Yesterday
    155 5 SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTION 795 Tons SoW Yesterday THE Suigapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1,507th auction >est«rday wben there was catalogued 2.615,151 lbs. 1.167.48 tons; offered 2.424,162 lbs, 1.062.22 tons: sold 1.781,457 lbs, 795.29 tons. SPOT London ll'gd New York 19% cents PRICE& REALIZED Ribbed Smoked She«4 Cento
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    TIDE TABLES
    100 5 simiAruKe; To-day 1. W 6.20 a.m. 7.1 ft.; 5.26 p.m. 7.5 ft W 11.40 a.m. 5.3 ft. To-morrow 3. W. 7.29 a.m. 7.4 ft.; 7.06 p.m. 7.5 ft W 00.50 a.m. 2.8 ft.; 1.40 p.m. 4.9 ft Saturday, Oct. 12 H. W. 8.33 a.m. 7.8 ft.; 8.21 p.m.
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    Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1336 5 WEDNESDAY/, OCT. t, 1M«: 12.M p. H MMN Bu»rrs Sellers Ampat Tin (4«) 3s 3d 3s 9d Austral Amal (5s i 5s 5s 6d Austral Malay 33s 6d 35a 6d Ayer Hltam (Es) 19s 20e Ay«r Weng ($1) .90 1.00 Bangrln Tin 15s 9d 16s
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    OSBORNE AND CHAPPEL MINING GROUP.
    112 5 Output Returns For Third Quarter Of This Year THE following outputs of tin-ore for the third quarter of Uiis year are reported from companies in the Osborne and Chappel group: Piculs. Gopeng Consolidated 3.586 Tekka Limited LM Rambutan Limited M6 Klnta Tin Mines 1.563 Idrte
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    List Of Current Dividends
    239 5 Issued by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association. Books Oomwny DtTtdead Otaa* CUeuder iaug 10% fi "ai less tax Hongkong Tin 12%% Int. less tax Idria Hyd. 3%% Int. less Ux Klang River 7H% No. 49 Oct. 21 K. L. Tin U. No. 3S 6d. bons Larnt 6d.
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    HEAVY CASUALTIES AMONG NAZIS AT INVASION PORTS
    559 7 Why Units Of Crack "Panzer Korps" Are Being Sent To Rumania London, Oct. 9. THE military situation in Rumania to-day is due to 1 several factors, writes Reuter's military correspondent. Her geographical position, the richness of her land and natural resources, particularly oil.
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    Better Fighters Than Nazis
    169 7 London, Oct. 9. U T*HE superiority of the Italiau fleet does not allow it to go ta 3ea.'' said Lord Chatfield, Admiral of the Fleet, in a speech to the Rotary Club in London to-day, referring t^ the situation in the Mediterranean. He declared: "I doubt
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    Britons Advised To Leave Rumania.
    230 7 Bucharest, Oct. 9. T*HE British Minister in Bucharest Sir Robert Hoare, has advised j all British subjects connected with the Rumanian oil industry to leave the country immediately. All those affected have already moved out of the central oil region. I Six of 12 oil
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    Britain To Have 400 m.p.h. Fighter
    46 7 London, Oct 9. f\NE of the latest types of United States' fighter planes is ready for delivery for Britain. The plane* arc capable of a speed of 400 miles an hour, and carry one cannon and four ma-chine-guns each. Reuter.
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    H. G. WELLS CENSURED FOR CRITICIZING BRITAIN
    81 7 Washington. Oct. 9. A RESOLUTION censuring Mr. H. G Wells for criticizing the British Government and certain British officials during his present visit to the United States was Introduced into Congress by Mr. John Delaney, Nev York member of the House of Repre
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    INCREASE IN ALLOWANCE TO SERVICES
    85 7 London, Oct. 9. A GENERAL increase in the rate of allowances to families and dependents of men in the three fighting services, with effect from* the first payment in November, was announced by Mr. Anthony Eden, the War Minister, in the House of Commons to-day.
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    KING THANKS POPE
    66 7 London, Oct. 9. '■"HE message of warm congratulation* from the Pope to the King and Queen on the occasion of the bombing of Buckingham Palace, now published, conveys Hia Holmess 1 "felicitations on the dt liverano* at your Royal persons from danger." In reply, their Majesties sent
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    The Straits Times. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, OCT. 10, 1940. (403 rd. Day Of The War.) ANOTHER EXCHANGE MUDDLE
    1155 8 The Straits Times. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, OCT. 10, 1940. (403 rd. Day Of The War.) ANOTHER EXCHANGE MUDDLE About six weeks ago we published two articles criticizing certain aspects of exchange control in the Colony. Complaints had been made by brokers and others that normal business activities were being restricted unnecessarily
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      WAR SAVINGS.
      319 8 The Labourer And His $15 A Month To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir— ln "K.S.V.N*" letter on war savings, suggesting that estate labourers should be encouraged to invest in War Savings Certificates, he says very pertinently that the average adult male labourer earns $15 and that
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      Limit On Holdings Of Certificates.
      189 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, It is quite true, as~your corresIpondent of Sept. 27 states, that the limit imposed on the value of War Savings Certificates that may be pur- chased by any one person is $15,000. I This limit compares very
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      A PETITION
      203 8 Invitation To Students Of Accountancy To the Editor of th« Straits Times Sir,—Registered students of the Association of Certified and Corporate Accountants, London, will have already learned from a notice in the August issue of the Certified Accountants' Journal that the Association's examinations have been suspended, so far
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      WAR STAMPS
      93 8 Should Be Cancelled As A Precaution To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, Many private individuals and firms use War Stamps of the Malaya Patriotic Fund, but knowing with what avidity tambies and others collect every stamp from the w.p.b. it seems to open a wide field
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      TAX DEDUCTIONS
      468 8 Allowance In Respect Of Life Assurance To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, The Explanatory Memorandum on Income Tax, which was published last March, contained no reference to any allowable deduction from assessable income in respect of sums paid as life assurance premiums. This omission has naturally
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      SNAILS
      187 8 How Planters Destroy Them To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, —Gander's method of dealing with sna.is by putting salt on their tails is amusing; why not crush them underfoot If, however, he is determined to use salt, a better way is to drop them into a bucket
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      BEYOND SANITY.
      166 8 Permission Required To Receive Money To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, To-day I received a cheque from Hong Kong. I assume (and it is reasonable) that in order to get a draft from Hong Kong to Singapore the sender must get permission in Hong Kong, but
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      POKER-MAH-JONG.
      545 8 Two Popular Games Combined To the Editor of the Straits TiitM* Sir, You are, of course, aware that poker and mah-jong are very popular games among the leisured classes in Malaya. Since its introduction here, mah-jong has undergone considerable local developments which add to the complication and 'fascination of
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      GREAT SNAKES!
      292 8 A Cobra Which Struck Trouble To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,—A good deal of interest is roused when some one tells about what he has seen of a serpent, and especially of a cobra. As it is sometimes very hard to distinguish between true stories and
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    75 8 The Straits Times receives rnanp more letters than can be publisted in the space available. Accordingly brief concise letters stand a better chance of selection and prompt publication than long ones. Letters exceeding 250 words are unlikely to be published at the present time. When letters are typed, double-spacing will
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    NO REPRISALS FOR BURMA ROAD, AVERS TOKIO
    574 9 U.S. Pacific Fleet At Full Strength NAVY SECRETARY'S VIEWS ON WAR POSSIBILITY How Democracies May Deliver Heavy Blow ]V[O Japanese counter-action whatever is planned in retaliation for Great Britain's decision to reopen the Burma road on Oct. 17, declared the Japanese Foreigrn Office
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    Anglo-Rumanian Split Possible
    151 9 Bucharest, Oct. 10. SIR Reginald Hoare, British Minister .to Rumania, was received last night by the Rumanian Prime Minister, Gen. Antonescu. It was hoped the ■conversation would result in a clarification of the British position in Rumania m lace of the threat of parti il occupation of
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    Turkish Gesture To The Soviet
    120 9 Istanbul, Oct. 10. THE importance cf maintaining exist- ing friendly relations between Turkey and the U.S S.R. was emphasized by Haydar Aktay, the Turkish Ambassador to Russia, in a statement before leaving for Moscow yesterday. Considerable importance is attached to his statement, both in Turkish
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    THE QUEEN ELIZABETH FOR AUSTRALIA ?
    61 9 THE QUEEN ELIZABETH FOR AUSTRALIA New York, Oct. 10. THE arrival cf 190 British seamen in New York has evoked waterfront reports that the liner the Quesn Elizabeth, will soon leave New York in order to transport Australian troops to Egypt. The vessel which has b«en tied up in New
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    DELHI PARLEY
    43 9 Jerusalem, Oct. 10. IT is announced that Palestine will be represented at the Eastern Group Conference at New Delhi on Oct. 25 which was convened to devise measures for the co-oidination war supplies in the British Commonwealth east ol Suez. Reuter.
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    Bid To Free Nazis In Netherlands Indies
    65 9 Rome, Oct. 10. A NUMBER of leading Dutchmen have been arrested and transferred to Germany as a reprisal against the treatment meted out to Germany residents in the Netherlands Indies, according to a Hague telegram to lh- Italian Stefani agency. The message adds
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    EXCITEMENT AT SHANGHAI
    269 9 Americans And Evacuation Plan Shanghai, Oct. 10. A TENSE air of suppressed excitement hung over Shanghai yesterday as local American residents discussed the possible evacuation of the city. This was due to the dramatic announcement from Washington on Tuesday that the American consulate in Shanghai would shortly
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    BRITISH SEIZE VALUABLE FRENCH PAINTINGS
    76 9 London, Oct. 10. FIVE-HUNDRED French paintings and drawings worth several hundred thousand pounds despatched from Lisbon to the United States by a man suspected of being a German agent, have been seized by the British authorities at Bermuda, according to a report received in London
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    OTHER CABLES
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    WAR ENTERING NEW PHASE
    655 9 Next Axis Move In Middle East? London, Oct. 10. THERE is a strong feeling in Madrid as elsewhere that the war is on the verge of a new phase, but most people still cling to the idea (hat Spain will not be affected and that the
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    Britain Under No Obligation To Keep The Hong Kong Arms Route Closed
    774 9 j-,onaon, uct. w. THE spotlight of publicity has momentarily turned to the Far East, writes Reuter's Diplomatic Correspondent, and the Japanese reactions to the decision of Great Britain to re-open the Burma Road are being watched with interest.
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    Fighting On Border Of Indo-China
    38 9 Chungking, Oct. 10. CEVERE fighting between Chinese and Japanese forces is said to be going on in the vicinity of Chengnankwan, a strategic highway pass on the border of IndoChina and Kwangsi. Reuter.
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    RAIDS SHAKE NAZI MORALE Shattering R.A.F. Offensive
    254 9 RAIDS SHAKE NAZI MORALE Shattering R.A.F. Offensive London, Oct. 10. PVIDENCE of the shattering effects of the British air raids on Germany is contained in letters from Helsingfors, Sweden. These relate, according to a Ministry of Information bulletin, that whole blocks of buildings have been razed in Hamburg, ships cannot
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    CHINA BLOCKS JAPAN'S AIMS
    253 9 "Will Fight On," Says Chiang Chungking, Oct. 10. "AS long as China's resistance continues, Japan's hope of making use of the tripartite alliance will be completely frustrated," declared Gen. Chiang Kai-shek in a message yesterday to the Chinese army and people on the eve of the
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    No Canadian Troop Transport Bombed
    41 9 New York. Oct. 9. IT is officially denied thai any Canadian troop transports have been bombed as was claimed to-day by the German Higl Command, says a Dow Jones Ottawa Telegr.tm—Reuter. (Nazi lie disproved —page IS)
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    SEVRES PORCELAIN TO HELP WAR FUND.
    602 10 Reader Offers To Sell Valuable Jug Platter TOTAL NOW AT $4,216,536: DAYS INCREASE OF $2,606 A SEVRES jug and platter, specially made for the First Paris Exhibition, is being offered for sale on behalf of war charities. The owner descrites the set as a
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    UNIONS IN THE COLONIES.
    166 10 Experts To Ensure Orderly Progress THE Colonial development scheme is to go ahead In spite or preoccupations created by the war. Educational and social services in the Colonies are still being developed and experts from the Ministry of Labour are being sent out to ensure the
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    No One To Blame For Canberra Air Crash.
    161 10 Melbourne. Oct. 10. BOTH the machine and the pilot were exonerated at a Court of Inquiry into the Canberra air disaster of Aug. 13. when three Australian Cabinet members and the chief of the Australian general staff were killed. The most probable
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    BURMA-THAI BORDER ADJUSTMENT
    109 10 A COMMUNIQUE which n«u> been issued in Bangkok states that the Thai Government has now come to terms with the British Government, regarding the Thai-Burma frontier. H has been decided to hold the new deep channel (thalweg) of the Mac Sai stream to be the demarcation line
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    AMUSEMENTS
    169 10 B\l HIS MOTEL Dinner <Se Dance 8 p.m. to Mtonlght. <..4KKI( X THKATEIC. GEYLANG The Flaming frontiers (Whole Serial to be Screened* at 7.45 p.m. i.X» \l WOULD Cabaret: 7.30 lo 9 Sc 9 p ni. to Midnight. Globe: Let Freedom Ring. Sky: Gullivers Travel. HAIMM WORM) ID aid
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    FATHER OUILLON
    21 10 THF Rev. Fath or J. M. Ouillon. Procurator of the Missions Etrangare.?. is a patient at the General Hospital.
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    Offenders Against Johore Black-out Fined
    485 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Oct. 9. "D LACK-OUT lighting regulations are enacted by the Sultan and they should be observed by the public as any other law," said Mr. I. S. Wylie, the Chief Police Officer, in the police court to-day, prosecuting before
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    G.O.C., MALAYA, PROMOTED
    463 10 Raised To Rank Of Lieut.-General DISTINGUISHED ARMY CAREER ILIAJO L. V. Bond, the General Officer Commanding, Malaya, has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant-general. Lieut. -Gen. Bond came to Singapore in July last year to Succeed Major-Gen. W. G. S. Dobbie, who received promotion to lieutenantgeneral
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    ERITREA RAIDED THREE TIMES.
    152 10 Buildings Jetties Hit By Bombers Cairo, Oct. 10. THREE attacks were made by the R.A.F. on Assab, on the Eritrean coast on Tuesday, states an R.A.F. communique. Direct hits were registered in the harbour, jetties, barracks and workshops. When the third raid was made the fire
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    DEFENCE ENTERPRISES ENCOURAGED.
    36 10 New York, Oct. 9. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT has signed an excess profits legislation which will be a barrier against profiteering on military contracts. It is at the same time designed to encourage defence enterprises.
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    $60,000 FOR RELIEF FUND.
    176 10 WELL over $60,000 should be raised by the Hoi Thin Amateur Dramatic Association from the two stage performances which they are staging at the Palace Theatre, Eu Tong Sen Road, in aid of the Kwangtung section of the China Relief Fund. At the first performance last
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    "DOUBLE TENTH" DRIVE FOR RELIEF FUND.
    385 10 Many Chinese Shops And Stalls Contributing WITH the Chinese national masts, Singapore Chinese Independence Day, locally ca As a fitting commemoration of the anniversary of the Chinese Republic, lorries are taking hundreds of Chinese women and men to various parts of the island to
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    THOUSANDS AT FESTIVAL.
    278 10 Ceremony After Nine-Day Fast THOUSANDS of Chinese devote** lined the road from Alkali Gar* dens to Paya Lebar last night when one of Singapore's biggest Chines* religious festivals, the Kew Leong Yah festival, was brought to close with a grand procession. Men, women and children in lorrlea
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    New Zealanders Married
    127 11 MR. Harold John Service, of the Geological Survey Department, Kuala Lipis. son of Mr. and Mrs. EC. Service of Dunedin, New Zealand, was married yesterday to Miss Tephany Ross, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Ross, also of Dunedin, New Zealand, at the Presbyterian Church
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    RECRUITING FOR LOCAL DEFENCE CORPS.
    107 11 '"WER 500 application forms have v^ been sent out firm the recruiting cflke of the Locai Defence Corps in Sir.pupore. man?/ 01 them as a re:-.ult of .applications received About 150 forms have already been fi.'ed up and re.tivtd since recruiting ojened. There are a
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    DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.
    142 11 "I had no food to eat throughout that day and after I had a few drinks with friends on an empty stomach, I knew no.h ng el.se until I woke up the next* morning," said C. V. Pennefather. a 40-year-old Irishman, who was charged in the third
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    SENIOR INSPECTOR OF MINES. GIVES EVIDENCE.
    1251 11 Admission Of Having Received Presents QUESTIONED ON BANK ACCOUNT AND SHARES (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 9. A FTER meeting yesterday in camera to consider a statement by A. G. Macdonald, the Commission of Inquiry appointed to investigate the affairs of the
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    PRISON SENTENCE FOR EUROPEAN.
    329 11 Drove Car While Under Influence Of Alcohol (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Oct. 9. E CURTIS a European, was to-day convicted by the Seremban Magistrate, Mr. J. A. A. Faith, and sentenced to a term of imprisonment for motoring offences. Curtis was summoned firstly for driving
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    NAVAL BASE EMPLOYEE FINED ON THEFT CHARGE.
    127 11 WILLIAM Spence/ Jones, chargeman of drivers at the Naval Ba^e. was convict»c of theft as a servant by the I Third Magistrate, Mr. J. G. Rappoport, yesterday, and sentenced to on? day s I simple imprisonment and a fine of I $40, or
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    European Appeals Against Gaol & Whipping Sentence.
    310 11 European Appeals Against Gaol Whipping Sentence. "IF there is any real doubt in the 1 case it would be a dreadful thing If the sentence is carried out," said Dr. C. H. Withers Payne in the High Court yesterday, before the acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justice a'Beckett Terrell. Dr. Withers
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    MORE CIVILIAN BLOOD. DONORS WANTED
    556 11 MORE CIVILIAN BLOOD. DONORS WANTED Lieut-Gen. Bond Appeals For Fullest Support "THE soldier is quite prepared to give his blood for his country, but he wants his country to give its blood to him too," declared Lieut. -Gen. L. V. Bond, the G.O.C. Malaya, at the College of Medicine last
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    £1,000 DONATION TO AIR RAID FUND
    65 11 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Oct. 9. •THE Perak Turf Club has mad» donation of fi.OOO to the Lord Mayor of iLonilori's air raid relief luni. This is the latest tontrihution of the Club to Wi": r!iarities. The Club previously m:»de l\vn donations of
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    CO-OPERATORS' VARIETY CONCERT FOR WAR FUND
    103 11 raid The War Fund, the Sint;a:jore Urban Co-operative Union Ltd., will give a variety concert at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Nov. 18. The programme, which is being arranged lr. collaboration with the Co-operative Department, will comprise 14 items, including two jne-act plays, four
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    WOMEN FROM BRITAIN
    366 12 New Restrictions On Entry AMPLIFICATION OF NOTIFICATION WITH reference to the recent notification in the S.S. Government Gazette, it is notified for public information that the limita- tions on entry into the Colony of i European women and children have j been imposed in pursuance of a
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    ALLEGED POSSESSION OF COUNTERFEIT NOTES
    124 12 Acoiiclu.ion ol u preliminary inquiry In the third court yesterday, a young Chine.se, Lim Tian Seng, was committed to stand his trial in the next Assizes on a charge of beins in posse.-iion of 26 counterfeit S10 notes in Kampor.g Kapor Road on Sept. 19.
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    CITY'S HEALTH BETTER THAN IN LAST WAR
    508 12 Freedom From Infection Due To Improved Services 'A WARRING nation must be fit, otherwise it cannot win. History has proved that the deriding factor in most campaigns, and battles 'ws been the manner in which casualties and diseases have been handled," said Dr.
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    26 12 Two Russians. A. Prolchorov and A. S?rcbriakov, who had been to Saigon to attend to business, arrived In Singapore yesterday on their way back to Chungking.
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    EXONERATED FROM BLAME
    181 12 THREE hours after he was knocked down by a motor-car in Paya Lebar Road at 7.45 p.m. on Oct. 5, a 70-year-old Javanese, Haji Osman bin Rijoh, died in Tan Tock Seng's hospital of shock and haemorrhage from multiple injuries. Yesterday, the Singapore ccroner, Mr. W. G.
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    NEWS BULLETIN FOR NORTHERN INDIANS
    83 12 A DAILY news bulletin is now being published for Northern Indians in Malaya who are unable to read the English newspapers. The daily news bulletin is printed in Urdu on one side and in Gunnukhi on the other. Thus it can be read by all
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    "GROW YOUR OWN FOOD" EXHIBITED AT MUSEUM
    43 12 A "Grow Your Own Pood" exhibit has been opened in Raffles Museum, Singapore. This displays all kinds of local vegetables, together with printed information about methods of cultivation. The museum is open on Sunday morning 1
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    MR. E. HAWARD'S NEW POST
    179 12 Joins Information Ministry Staff ADVISER ON INDIAN AFFAIRS KMR- EDWIN HA WARD has arrived from London in Singapore to take up the post of Adviser on Indian Affairs and D3puty Director of the Far Eastern Bureau of the British Ministry of Information here. Mr. Haward
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    TAMIL GARDENER GETS ONE MONTH FOR THEFT
    112 12 KADIRVELL, an elderly Tamil gardener, formerly employed by N. R. Sheridan, of Grove Road, wsu sentenced yesterday to one month's rigorous imprisonment by the second i magistrate, Mr Conrad Oldham, for paling a Service cap, a pair of ear- rings, and a fountain
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    CHARGED WITH GIVING FALSE INFORMATION
    106 12 ABDUL Mutalib, a Tamil, faced in the third court yesterday a charge of giving false information to Corpl. Abdul Jalil, of the Central Police Station, on the morning of Sept. 19. It was aUeged that Abdul told the cor- poral that that same morning $1.20
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    Chinese View Of Japanese Southward Expansion Policy.
    770 12 (From A Correspondent) Chungking, Oct. 4. T?EAR of co-operation between the 1 British and American navies in the Far East and the probable lease of Singapore to the United States, in the opinion of Dr. Lo Chia-luen, chancellor of the Chinese National Central
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    WHY GERMAN COMMUNIQUES CANNOT BE TRUSTED.
    604 13 Nazi High Command Lie Disproved By British Air Ministry London, Oct. 10. THE Air Ministry broke a hitherto stringent rule last night. It issued full details of six German aircraft and \hr\r markings, numbers and names of crew where identifiable, together with the places
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    SHANGHAI AMERICANS TO REJOIN NAVY.
    80 13 Shanghai, Oct. 9. rpiiK uriie.- calling out all reserves of the United State* Navy and Marine Corps, announced in Wa-'hington by the Secretary of tli" Nv.-y. Col. Prank Knox. will affect ov<T 70 Shanghai Americans. The famous "B'.ood Alley" in the French Concession, noted for
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    NAZI BID TO GAG U. S. PRESSMEN
    82 13 INew York, Oct. 9. AMERICAN correspondents in Berlin have been notified that they will no longer be allowed to report the duration of R.A.F. i raids, the time they ended or what approximate military objectives were hit, according to a Berlin message to
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    Lupescu's Villa Open To Public
    155 13 Story Of 4,000,000 Lei Gift To Brother Bucharest, Oct. 10. MADAME M Lupescu's luxurious villa in Bucharest's most fashionable suburb has become a show place under Iron Guard supervision. Legionaries act as conductors and show curious crowds over the villa at a bom 6d. a
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    US. FIRMS HIT BY NEW JAPANESE MEASURES
    67 13 Tientsin, Oct. 9. <2>H£ United States Chamber of Commerce is sending a cable to the State Department in Washington drawing attention to the latest Japanese trade restrictions against American firms. The Chamber seeks the safeguarding and continuation of long established businesses in China.
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    NO AMERICAN WHEAT FOR FAR EASTERN PORTS
    54 13 Washington, Oct. 9. THE UNITED STATES is suspending the export of subsidised wheat to all Far Eastern ports except the Philippines. No official interpretation is placed on this move but it is generally looked on m another link In America's lengthening chain of
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    BELGIAN CONGO BACKS ALLIED CAUSE
    73 13 London, Oct. 9. GEN. dc Larniinat, who was recently appointed by Gen. de Gaulle to supreme < x'-cutive control of the free French colonies, paid an official visit on Monday '.o the Go.ernor-General of the Belgian Congo. i They exchanged friendly speeches expressing determination of
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    New French Regime
    453 13 PETAIN OUTLINES H[S OBJECTIVES Vichy, Oct. 10. fPHE character of the new A French regime was defined in a broadcast by Marshal Petain last night as being "national in foreign j policy, hierarchical in internal policy, controlled in economy and social in its spirit and institutions." If
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    SPAIN SILENT ON VISITS OF AXIS LEADERS
    71 13 Madrid, Oct. 9. CLOSE .socrecy is being observed here re^ardin? the forthcoming visit of Himmler, Nazi Gestapo chief, and Gen. D<? Bono, the Italian Inspector-General of overseas troops, which was announced inconspicuously In the Spanish PreTS. No comment on the visit is forthcoming
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    JAPANESE REPLIES TO U.S. PROTEST
    124 13 JAPANESE REPLIES TO U.S. PROTEST Snangiiai, Oct. t. 'THE Japanese naval and gendarmerie authorities in Shanghai have forwarded separate replies to Admiral Thomas .Hart, Com-mander-in-Chief, the United States Asiatic Fleet, in connection with the incident involving an alleged assault of a member o! the U.S.S. Augusta crew by Japanese gen
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    BLENHEIM CREW'S GALLANTRY
    362 13 London, Oct. 9. ALTHOUGH wounded ana manning a useless turret, the gunner of a coastal command Blenheim bomber on Tuesday night shot down one of three Messerschmitts in flames over the Channel. The Blenheim was on patrol, an Air Ministry bulletin s:ates. when three Messerschmitts 109s attacked
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    Churchill Leads Conservatives
    366 14 Unanimously Elected By Members London, Oct. 9. l^fß. WINSTON CHURCHILL, the ivi prime Minister, was to-day unanimously elected leader of the Conservative party. The reasons which induced Mr. Churchill to accept the chairmanship of the Conservative party solemnly but also buoyantly were eloquently stated by the Prime
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    Indian Pilots Welcomed By Air Minister
    67 14 London, Oct. 9. WHEN a part? of 24 Indian pilots arrived in London yesterday, each man was hanJ.-d a message from Sir Archibald Sinclair, the Air Minister. The messages were addressed individually and they ended by saying: "We shall be proud to have you
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    TONS OF HIGH EXPLOSIVES DROPPED ON BREMEN
    474 14 Naval Bases. Industrial Plants Aerodromes Damaged London, Oct. 9. PONS of high explosive bombs and hundreds of incendiary L bombs were dropped on Bremen and fires and explosions were seen in all parts of the target area when heavy R.A.F. bombers attacked naval
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    Over 10,000 Homeless In London Now
    101 14 Over 10,000 Homeless In London Now London, Oct. 9. MENUS served to Londoners rendered home.ess by mr raids have in- eluded soup, gausag?B, potatoes, Dr no d, cheese, butter and ri—uMs and, alternatively, st?w, poi^t"s cabbage, p^ars cus'ard, coffee and biscuits. This was revc.l'.'d by Mr. Malcolm Mar Donald. the
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    British Liberties At Stake-Bevin
    266 14 London, Oct. 9. WE will hit back— bomb the enemy but if we are to do it, we must have bombers," said Mr. Ernest Bevin, Minister of Labour, speaking at the Trade Union Congress at Southport to-day. He said that the issue was so great that
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    Pilot Saves Life Of Airgunner
    168 14 London, Oct. 9. UOW by a superhuman effort Flight-Sergeant Bertram James Thomas, of the Middle East Command, saved not only his aircraft but the life of the airgunner, is related in an Ah- Ministry bulletin. Flight-Sergeant Thomas who was recently awan^d the D.F.M., was the
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    OVER 80 DISTRICTS RAIDED BY GERMAN PLANES
    400 14 London, Oct. 9. GERMAN n'eht raids last ni^ht fcRMAN rugnt raias last nigni were over a wider area of south*Ast England than ever and includled also one or two districts in the I -^"th-west. By early this morning reports of bombing, although slight
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    No Appeasement Of Dictators
    204 14 No Appeasement Of Dictators Wendell WiNkie On Aid To Britain New York, Oct. 9. 1 THINK it is in the interests of the United States to aid Great Britain because Great Britain is our first line of defence," declared Mr. Wendell Willkie, Republican candidate for the Presidency, broadcasting a statement
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    Failure Of Hitler's Plan Predicted
    272 14 New York, Oct. 9. "(XUT of town" newspapers, in- eluding some who never before advocated help, are coming Into line with the New York Press in demanding the dispatch immediately of arms and supplies to Britain in reply to the Axis pact with Japan. For
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    SIR HENRY HEAD DEAD
    32 14 London, Oct. 9. SIR Henry Head, the eminent neurologist, died to-day at the a?e o» 79 from Parkinson's disease trembling paralysis which he fought throughout his career. Reuter.
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    S.C.C.Outplayed By Mountain Regiment
    382 15 Hockey Mountain Regt. 6; S.C.C. 1. DISPLAYING remarkably good understanding, pretty stickHork and amaring sperd. thr Mountain Regiment beat the S.C.C. by six goal;* to one in a hotkey match on thr padang yesterday. While it must be admitted that the "winners were superior in all
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    Miss J. Murray Wins Second Race
    358 15 dementi Cup Sailing WINNING the second race In the women's dementi challenge cup competition at the Royal Singapore Yacht Club last Saturday, Miss J. Murray, who won the first race the previous Saturday, is now well ahnad of the other competitors on points. The
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    S.R.C. ONE GOAL BETTER THAN I. A. AT HOCKEY
    279 15 SRC. 1; LA IT was only the magnificent goalkeeping of Aeria. and lack, that prevented the Indian Association from scoring at least once to equalize, in their hockey match against the Singapore Recreation Club on the patiang yesterday. The first ten
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    BIG UPSETS ON SECOND DAY AT KUALA LUMPUR Major Fox Saddles First Three Winners Off The Reel
    1825 15 BIG UPSETS ON SECOND DAY AT KUALA LUMPUR Major Fox Saddles First Three Winners Off The Reel (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 9. CADDLING the winners of the first three races, Dansc Di! Venire, Codellus and Rosalie, and again the winner of the sixth race. Cambalong. Major T.
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    TODAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    35 15 HOCKEY: S.R.C. vs. Loyal*, S.K.C Malaya Signals vs. V.M.C.A.. T.M.C.A. TENNIS: V.M.C.A. and S.C.R.C. tournaments. BOXING: St. Andrew's School finals. 4 n.m. SWIMMING: Opening of HawPar Swimming Pool, Pasir Panjang, 5 p.m.
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    TEAMS FOR WOMEN'S GOLF TO-MORROW
    149 15 THE following are the teams and starting times for ihe women's match between the Royal Singapore Qolf Club and the Island Club at the Island Club to-morrow afternoon 3.40. Mrs. S. N. Kelly (11) vs. Mrs. J. A. Allan (13): 3.45, Lady Bagnall (14) vs
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    S.C.C. HOCKEY
    66 15 '■"HE following have accepted to play hockey for the S.C.C. II vs P.W.D. at the S.C.C. to-morrow: Dr. B. D. Molesworth; D. Brennan, Lt. P. Tomlinson; P. H. Harrison, F. E. Hutchlnson, Lt. M. P. Francis; R. J. Forbes, R. W. F. von Pestel, Capt P V S.
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    Y.M.C.A. HOCKEY
    65 15 TTIE following have been selected to play hockey for the Y.M C.A. against the Mountain Battery on the Anson Road ground at 5.10 p.m. tomorrow V. N. Pillay; A. Feegan, V. Xavier; Goh Chin Chye, Lee Fong Lim (Capt.», P Swyny: I. van Geyzel. S. M. Hope, Yeow
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    HOME RACING
    27 15 London, Oct. 9. THE Newmarket race meeting on Oct. 16 and Oct. 17, Including the Cambridgeshire •nd the vibstltute St. Leger, have been cancelled. Rrtiter.
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    MALAYAN GRAND PRIX IN AID OF WAR FUND
    648 15 Entry Will Be By Invitation AN event unique in the annals of Mala>an Motoring will take place on Nov. 16 and Nov. 17 when the Automobile Association of Malaya will stage, under the patronage of the Regent of Johore, ihe Johore Grand
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    J. Lim & Miss Stokes Spring Surprise
    309 15 J. Lim Miss Stokes Spring Surprise THERE was a big surprise in the S.C.K.C. open Invitation lawn tennis tournament at Hong Urn Oreen yesterday, when John, LJm and Miss M. I. 8tokes plnyed maRtiiflcent tennis to beat Tan Huck Toe and Mrs. L. M. I'emefa'.her in the semi-finals of the
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      137 15 *^B H7 A^R»\ M "BILL" TILDEN i^^g £E^ r JjutsUndinjj amongst tennis pl-yers for many yturs, ii».l Tilden p? j-Tl-r-i achieved his phenomenal success by his perfect control and /Ql -Ss co-ordination of mind, muscle and nerve. tj IHF" From the moment he broke into the ranks of in Ier
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    TOKIO REACTION TO BURMA ROAD DECISION BY BRITAIN
    573 16 Foreign Office Evasive But Press Indignant •'THE fact i& too strong for any comment," declared the Japanese Foreign Office spokesman in Tokio yesterday, when questioned concerning the reopening on Oct. 17 of the Burma road. Asked whether the Japanese Government would take
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    Britain's Rights In Weihaiwei
    163 16 Representations Made To Tokio Governmci. London, Oct. 9. DEUTER'S diplomatic correspon- dent writes, regarding the Japanese occupation of the island of Liukang, in the bay of Weihaiwei, that the British Government has now placed on record in writing with the Japanese Government its reservation of British
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    AUSTRALIAN AIRMEN AWAIT CALL-UP
    57 16 L. aney, Oct. 9. "YOUR turn is coming," declared Mr. R. G. Menzies, the Australian Prime Minister, in a message to-day to a rally of 2,000 air recruits waiting to be called up. Air Marshal Sir Charles Burnett told the men he expected that 1,200 recruits
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    MORE BRITISH CHILDREN ARRIVE IN CANADA
    27 16 Ottawa, Oct. 9. MINETY-FTVE children from th*» United Kingdom have arrived in a Canadian liner at an east Canadian port. —Reuter.
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    VICHY HONOUR FOR KING LEOPOLD OF BELGIUM
    33 16 Berlin, Oct. 9. rs Vichy Government has decided to confer the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour upon Leopold, according to a radio annovaicement. Reuter.
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    British Subjects In The Orient
    48 16 London, Oct. 9. IT is learned in authoritative circles in London that the question of whether British subjects in the Far East who have no urgent business shou.' 1 be advised to leave is now under review, says Reuter s diplomatic correspondent. Reuter.
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    230 16 Cairo, Oct. 9. DRITISH aircraft are standing up magnificently to harsh desert conditions, their performance being a fine tribute to the manufacturers, and personnel are exceedingly fit, declared an R.A.F. spokesman who recently returned from Kenya. He added that a number of German Junkers 86
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    U.S. WARNED NOT TO WEAKEN HAND IN EUROPE
    422 16 "Real Battle Not In Far East But Between Britain And Germany" New York, Oct. 9. IT is one of Mr. Churchill's supreme gifts to democracy that *he has put furtiveness and concealment behind, says the New York Times, commenting on the Prime
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    CANADA'S MILLION SHELLS A MONTH
    38 16 London. Oct. 9. CANADA is making at least 1,000,000 shells a month. One arsenal haa multiplied its output of small anna ammunition six times, and is producing over 500,000,000 rounds a year.— > Reuter.
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      17 1 in A Malayan Bungalow STRAITS TIMES WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT EIGHT PACES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1940. No. 24R.
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      Sheer
      95 1 lUHY not go feminine in a sheer afternoon dress The first dress shown above is made of fine black organza. It has a flattening draped bodice and features an enormous taffetas pocket in the shape of a heart, appliqued on to the skirt. The other dress is of heavy
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      Salad Tips
      79 1 IF you cannot think of any new salad concoctions, here are some easily prepaxed suggestions which men enjoy very much. Cubes of tomatoes with cucumber, and a smear of dressing to which minced onion is added, is especially tasty. Potato salad is delicious with chopped radishes, minced onion
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      Sun-Printed "V"
      65 1 THAT reddened V-shaped mark which may appear on your neck can be mitigated if you care to take a little trouble ever it. You cut a chunk from a cucumber, slice it up, and pour over a dessertspoon of boiling milk. Then, when cold, bathe your neck with
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      I Was A Housewife With Two Children
      997 1  -  Helen Gillespie By In A Broadcast In Australia —Now I Work In An Engineering Shop Vt^HEJN war began in September last year I wondered, as lots of other women must have done at the time, what one could do to help the general
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      Frilly
      51 1 For the Ingenue, designers have created a storm of cool, crisp wash batiste blouses, each elaborately trimmed with ruffles, tucks, lace. Gale Storm, RKO Radio player, wears hers with a pleated skirt of black silk jersey. These blouses are alao effective with colourful peasant skirts made with high, fitted
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        14 1 X LARGE SELECTION OP ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS JUST RECEIVED at C«|mW>4 BUM*: »'9on. eb«M MM.
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        119 1 For the woman who prefers simplicity and perfect fit. Exclusive to GORDON'S LTD, Kelly Walsh Bldgt. Hl% I BV I JLj^ w Wherever yon find lovrlines* there also you Mm wiU thc Yar(lle y L«vender. The Lovabh* SI Fragrance is so gay bo fresi: so youthful- H 'Hfc^g «B so
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      Problems Of Babies
      3872 2  -  Nurse Elizabeth By MURSE Elizabeth has had ex- pert training in the care of infants and young children. If you have any problems connected with babies or young children and would like her help write to Nurse Elizabeth, c/o Women* Supplement, Straits Times, Cecil Street, Singapore. Attach
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        253 2 9##9 Ladies! ,We can offer you distinctive tailoring something far from the common place. HAVE A CHAT WITH Miss YUN WHO UNDERSTANDS LINE GIVES CHARACTER TO YOUR GCWNS 41-43, HIGH STREET CJ V>'im,"" ■»< jflHPj^^^"^^ Whenever the body Is being put to unusual strain. Brands Essence of Chicken should be
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        143 2 A NEW y/£ SHIPMENT C% of y^Q^ >^dt /NOW ARRIVED AT P^pARMANANDC >^ I HIGH ST. I EXPERIMENTS ,jj,l^ When vou pay $2. ct BF&SSjP A arc really letting the flnQJ^^^ halrdressers cxpert- oS^nS J ment on your hair. > it KAYES and oe safe! Make your jppolntmont now. Rates:
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      In Yellow Satin
      29 3 Virginia Grey, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer actress, wears a yellow satin swim suit accented by fagoting in a matching shade. A ye How bag in satin matches the suit
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      Matt Surface
      92 3 r'"»OPPER, no less than silver, needs careful frequent polishing But some people prefer to leave It with a dull finish, so that only a wipe v;ith a cloth is needed to keep it spruce. This convenient condition is eflected by first washing the copper in hot soda water
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      For Supper
      92 3 MEAL of salt herring with pota- t°es and onions is nourishing and inexpensive. But to appear at its best it must be prepared^n part, overnight. Herrings must be thoroughly soaked, and boned before being skinned and cut in strips. Next day 3^^ a fireproof dish, n,,f j n
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      American Angles To The Pineapple
      831 3  -  Lou Gray By IN an effort to make Americans more pineapple conscious, new ways of preparing the fruit are being constantly devised. Malayans would do well to copy them as not enough is made in the daily diet of this cheap and rich-in- vitamin fruit.
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      Sweet Courses, Quickly Made
      345 3  -  Joan Dunford By Some Favourites Some Delicious Novelties CIMPLE cold sweets are always appreciated. Here are some recipes for a few of them. If you have any preserved ginger in your pantry, try chopping some up quite small, and put about an inch deep of it
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        159 3 The Way of Loveliness Constant care of the complexion is Bt~ beauty's insistent demand. -4fl£ Jp^P^^ "'Hazeline' Snow" is the V^^***^ choice of women who require a toilet preparation which is kind to r &z^Lw the skin. '"Ha/eline* Snow" keeps the complexion clear and V Yll >^^3 w giv s
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        248 3 PRINTS 90% OF OUR PRINTS ARE AFTER-WAR ARRIVALS. AN UNEQUALLED AND UNSURPASSED STOCK OF TAFFETAS, SATINS. SILKS AND COTTONS IS NOW ON DISPLAY. THE ORIGINALITY OF THE DESIGNS IS NOTICEABLE AT A GLANCE QUALITY AND QUANTITY ARE BOTH PRESENT. CONSIDERING THE TIMES THE PRICED ARE MODERATE. YOU WONT FIND A
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      Susan And Bungo Go Flying
      660 4 Susan And Bungo Go Flying Winkleday Adventures "CUSAN," said Bungo last Winkleday, we haven't called on Popsy Pelican yet and she'll be getting offended. She's that kind ot a bird "Then we'll go this very day," said I. Popsy was a pretty bird and tcok great care of her appearance.
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      Instructions For Knitting This Bed Jacket
      421 4 Y ou need seven ounces of 4-ply wool for a bed jacket like the one sketched. Oddments of coloured wools will be needed for the embroidery and one and a« quarter yards of ribbon for the tie. A pair of No. 6 needles completes
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        7 4 Special Feature For Children By Barbara Murray
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        330 4 pipi H IP! Hi* bT f^^ < >^ *^k\ BM Ufa*/? Jtl B^K 4Jjjw\ Jfr- .^BtS IN TREATING A BABY'S BLEMISHED SKIN Whatever remedy you may think of using ask yourself is it sate is it fit tor a baby's sensitive skin Strong preparations should never be used except by
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      Work Of Women's Voluntary Service In India
      1027 5 Work O f Women's Voluntary Service In India TJERE is the text of a talk broadcast from Simla by the Vicereine of India, Her Excellency the Marchioness of Linlithgow. I HAVE been aware for some time of a feeling among the in this part cf the cour.try ihat they were
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      For Beach And Pool
      56 5 Disiinc ive and smart is this very comfortable knit-in design suit. The cut of the garment and the vertical stripes give a nipped-in effect which is a nigh fashion note. The other costume is a hiehly-styled two-piece in the soft ana glamorous printed satin-knit fabric. Quarterskirt
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      Designs For Every Figure
      180 5 Bathing costumes no longer just rover your body while you dip it, they beautify, glorify, nlmstarify. Jantzens have analysed all the body faults women are prone to, then designed a series of bathing costumes to deal with them. There are special designs for the Hat-chested and
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      Dress For The Home Working Clothes That Need No Apology
      284 5  - Dress For The Home Working Clothes That Need No Apology Mollie Little By UOW to look attractive when we are doing our share of housework is something of a problem especially where one's share of the work is much heavier than it used to be! Old clothes may be good
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      Vegetable Which Should Be Better Known
      295 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. "TO the European housewife, however, the keladi is, like many other excellent local vegetables entirely unknown," states the editorial of the latest issue of the Malayan Agricultural Journal, dealing with locally-grown vegetables. The article continues that the Asiatic
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        142 5 AT 11 A.M. DRINK MORE MILK FOR THOSE AT HOME V j—nttt *V^> FOR THE BUSINESS MAN V A-^ajU^^\ '^T'OU know how it is some mornings. ««nj^^^^^^^' A The tea seems too weak to run out H|/^~" o f tne p Ot tne toaBt j s bunrt the eggs FOR
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      What The Stars Are Wearing In The New Films
      709 6  - What The Stars Are Wearing In The New Films Sheilah Graham Hollywood Fashions By •piE M new Madeleine Carroll, meaning the slender Madeleine, goes in for inexpensive summer cottons that look extremely good against a garden party, or country dinner background. She has a fragile white embroidered organdie gown with
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        325 6 j^VT GREAT Tt^° ff^'r^^^ AMKUAL ij^^ Mz SALE r_~ NOW ON DQULAT&AMS 46-50, HIGH STREET, SINGAPORE. TEL. 7846. How I Got RidoiWrinkies —and made myself look 10 years younger ■■B flB ▼V'* i Read this amaring letter from Miss C "Om» iaf, loohan into my mirror, I In about 8
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        360 6 THE RULES OF HEALTH 'V3?^^^^v JB^^nannK lH^^^nw "'•'ifffTi V^ffl 'V nnnnV JH [unless the bloodstream is purified of all poisons I which collea through modern conditions of living I le^BIBI you cannot expect to look or feel well. I Andrews Hk_lS! Liver Salt purifies the blood. 3 B (Andrews gives
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      MAISON MARTIN
      99 7 HAIRDRESSERS—LADIES GENTLEMEN. 11-19 Orchard Road, Amber Mansions, Singapore. Phone 3450. riofrssur De I.'Academic Des Coiffeurs De France. Prrmanent Waving essentially a product r-f this generation still depends for Its perfect expression on traditional craftmanshlp only the experts knowledge of hair In different variety can ensure you. Only the
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      Weddings
      386 7 Mr. Ho Tee Chim, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ho Lian Tlan, of Kuala Lumpur, and Miss N« Poh Kui, third daughter of the late Mr. Ng Khoan Jin and Mrs. Ng Khoan Jin, of Malacca, were married at the Se!anp>r Chinese Assembly Hall, Kuala Lumpur. Mr Goh En;
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      Ringing The Changes On A Paper Pattern
      459 7 Ringing The Changes On A Paper Pattern y^HEN your buy a paper pattern, consider how you may ring the changes on it. A princesse dress is typical of the very different results you can get from the same design. Short and in white cotton repp, it is a serviceable tennis
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        212 7 w^^y. Aa) inspection *8 INVITED I *> -^^L^Smi?^^ Wt afer^^ l%r^*v4li^Ml^' j£fQ£x&^^J&&£i!!9sM? ■0m <?J> Pnvp/y natural "fagl m 11. foi£&V m \hV£ fnriWliV *****1^ "WIfOUJ .QTvr t~ Til fTTTK'^I V^ *^*C-Sr«iWf|sl, \3 fflfe' W *^>- "^4^ */s»T"*^ f^<v»^*7 f^'^Qt^ X<)Xf fs TJf*r 5. Bea-Ug. Hjjr^ Curly T °P helps nature
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      Porcelain — Ultimate Outcome Of The Potter's Craft In China
      1691 8  - Porcelain Ultimate Outcome Of The Potter's Craft In China Joan Grigsby In A Chinese Curio Shop IV By CROM the beginning of time men of every race have worked with clay taking it and forming it into roughly shaped pots and bowls, baking them in the sun or by fire
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      Stop Clogging
      62 8 IJOWEVEr scrupulous you may be about keeping the table utensils perfectly clean, your salt and pepper containers, whether made of china, pottery, or glass, may become clogged In a mest annoying way. A simple remedy is to place a dried pea inside the pots. It absorbs the moisture
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      All Shoes Need
      71 8 PVEN with fewer shoes in your f he- a s rr e dd er^^ cce c used to be. Failure to keep the shoes fresh may mean you have net taken off all the dirt before applying the polish. So sponge the shoes gently with soap and
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