The Straits Times, 14 October 1940

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    52 1 FINAL EDTN. The Straits Times. [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY] SINGAPORE, 140 CECIL ST. ('PHONE 5471) MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES KVALA LVMPUR 25 JAVA ST. I "PHONE 1683). 12 FACES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS The Straits Times. 12 PAGES. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1940. PRICE
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      DEATH
      75 2 YEO. —Madame Tan Jee Neo (wife of the late Mr. Yro Chim Siang) aged 85. passed away peacefully at her residence 115 Jco Chiat Place on Saturday, Oct. 12, leaving behind 2 sons. Yeo Chong Boh and Yeo Chong Sian, 1 daughter Yeo Geok Wee, 1 son-in-law Tan Kirn
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      402 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. < Incorporated in England i PKNINSI'IAH AM ORIKNTAI 8 N Co MAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICE The best possible services are being maintained by the P O S N Coy from the Straits to their usual ports of call in China.
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      281 3 (Incorporated In Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR GUNARD WHITE STAR LINE. TO SAN FRANCISCO Hone Kong. Kobe. Yokohama. Honolulu San Francbeo and Los Angele* ss NITTA MARO leave H'kong Oct. 11 m a. TATUTA MARD leave H'kong Oct. 21 s.B YAWATA MARU leave H'kong Nov. 4 TO SEATTLE Naroya. Slilmldxu.
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      547 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. BLUE FUNNEL LINE Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom. Dates are not guaranteed all, cargo bookings subject to Conference War clauses. WESTERN AUSTRALIA THE SHORTEST SEA ROUTE AT THE CHEAPEST FARE Regular Services to Fremantle [Perth] via Java by first class passenger ships. Single fare $192 (A £28)
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    COLONY TO SEEK NEW SOURCES OF REVENUE
    1804 4 Deficit Of $11,000,000 In 1941 Draft Estimates INTRODUCING the draft estimates of revenue and expenA diture for 1941 in. the Legislative Council this morning, Mr. L. G. Corney, Financial Secretary, appealed for a mandate to collect the revenue which he said was available
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    DONATIONS TO THE WAR FUND
    198 4 THE following Oooauona to The Wai Fund arr recorded to-day cts Members of the J. here Medical Department in honour of Dato (Dr.) G. H. Garliek on the eve of his retirement 1,000 J. A. Pierson Strachau. 3rd contribution 1,090 Transferred from Pcnang, being: 98th
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    80 4 Monday, Oct. 14, noon. Buyer* KeUen Pric«« 'Vlr*. \u l.X if.S.S (Spot loom) 38% 38% No IX B.S.S f.^J. in case* October 38% 38% O.F.A.Q. R.S.S r.o.b in bales October $7% 38*4 K.A.I) R.S.S f.o.b. in bale* October $7*6 S7% FUTURli QUOTATIONS No. IX R.S.S.
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    343 4 QUIET BUT STEADY TONE AT OPENING By Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, Oct. 14. PIE share markets open very quietly this morning and very few inquiries were listed at 10 o'clock. On Saturday the market, generally, was quiet but there was rather a better inquiry fcr dollar tin
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      26 4 MOTOR VEHICLES FOR SALE. 1939 AUSTIN 19 SALOON I 14,000 miles, four brand new tyres perfect I condition Immediate po— cmIoq $1,400 Box 953, Straits Timee
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      246 4 PUBLIC NOTICES MALAYSIAN TRADERS LIMITED. Our customers are nereby informed thai Tr Ong Fot Joon has ieft our company and hat he is no longer authorised to negotiau ;iv business whatsoever on our behalf Payments of bills will be valid only rfcan they are acknowledged by our official re•eipts bearing
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      385 4 AN ACCREDITED FACT SKETOLENE \kk* I k PREVENTS 75 cents and $125 Stocked by all Chemists and Stores Sole Distributors GRAFTON LABORATORIES Ltd. Singapore, Kuala -.nmpur and Prnang. BBS"** iSA AUJTDR CYCLE CYCLE* CARRIAGE CO 1926 LTD ■■MMMMMMi "B 2" Hi TENDERS SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. TENDERS are invited for the supply
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      70 5 Small Ads. if desired for insertion in the Classified Columns on day of receipt should reach the office NOT LATER THAN 9AM Small ads. can be accepted for insertion up to 9.30 a.m. but these will be too late for classification. All Small Ads. Must Be Prepaid. PHOTOGRAPHS COPIES Ot
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      305 5 ALL WEEK-END SHOWS PACKED OUT LAST FEW SCREENINGS. DON'T MISS THEM. CAPITOL TO-DAY.. 3.15 -6.15 -9.15 TWO GREAT STARS TOGETHER IN A THRILLING NEW STORY BY JOHN GALSWORTHY VIVIEN LEIGH ILfr j| LAURENCE OLIVIER JK "21 DAYS b^W TOGETHER" U- with LE SLIE BANKS With a Splendid 2-REEL BRITISH Official
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    The Straits Times.
    969 6 SINGAPORE, MONDAY, OCT. 14. 1940. (407th. Day Of The War.) MALAYA'S HOME GUARD Ex-Service men in Malaya have heard with special satisfaction that 1 recruiting for the Local Defence J Corps has opened in Singapore, t Penang, Selangor and Negri Sembi- Ian, and will open shortly in the other States
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    SUMMER DAYS
    308 6 An Adventure In The Australian Bush To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, People in general are complaining about the heat, but I suppose most of them do not realize that those who lire on the Equator experience two summers each year. About March 31 the sun
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    LONDONERS STILL CHEERFUL DESPITE TRAGEDY & DAMAGE
    1592 6 LONDONERS STILL CHEERFUL DESPITE TRAGEDY DAMAGE London Letter By Cable All Sacrifices Worth Bearing For Certain Victory From Our Own Correspondent London, Oct. 12. A NOTHER week of the very heavy night bombing, accompanied by several daylight raids, one attack during the morning rush hour with many terrible tragedies, damage
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    STRANGE PATRIOTISM
    132 6 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir. —I have read the letters of "Serving Volunteer" and Mr. S. J. Vincent in the Straits Times of Oct. 8, consisting mostly of abuse of Mr. Ward- Jackson. Do they not know that abuse is no argument Only la»t night
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      TOO MANY "ISMS"
      286 6 Just And Reasons ble To Tax The Rich To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— I do not understand why the wealthy in Malaya are protesting against the introduction of incom° tax. The wealthy classes sh:u!d realize the fast changing world and should wMliugly adjust themselves
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      RACING PROBLEMS
      309 6 Good Example Set At Kuala Lumpur To tlit Editor of the Straits Times Sir, The Kuala Lumpur race secretary has set an example to the rest of Malaya about how the betting and times of ctarting races should be, and I hope the S.R.A. will follow the Kuala
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      "USUAL CHANNELS'
      134 6 Accountancy Students And A Petition To the Editor of the Straits Time* Sir,— Regarding Mr. Leong's move ;o petition the Association of Certilieti and Corporate Accountants about the suspension of its examinations overseas, I .would strongly advise him lot to forward the petition direct, but through the proper
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      WAR SAVINGS
      56 6 To the Editor of the S.rahs Tm-s Sir.— Provideiu funds may be utilised in buying War Savings Certificates, should it be so desired by both employers and employees The money helps the British war effort, and at the same time earns interest at three per cent. Yours, e'.c.
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    HEAVY BLOWS AT REICH BY R.A.F. AND NAVY
    468 7 3,000 Nazis Killed In Lorient Raid MANY GERMAN SHIPS SUNK BY BOTH SERVICES Damaging Raids On Berlin Krupps Arms Works rpWO large ship? were sunk during an R.A.F. raid on Lorieni, according to a neutral source. Both ships carried troops and it
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    German Warships Damaged
    166 7 London, Oct. 13. <* AN air reconnaissance has been 1 carried out at Cherbourg which, I U previously announced, was heavily bombarded by both heavy and light forces of the Royal Navy, in co-opera- i t:on wth the Air Torce on Thursday j night." states a communique
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    Nazi Ship On Fire Off Prondheim
    135 7 Nazi Ship On Fire Off Prondheim London, Oct. 14. DESCRIBING ihe activities of two Blenheim bombers near the Trondhe:m area on Saturday, an Air Ministry c; mmun.que states that while patro'.ling :he coas* of northern Norway, the pilots saw two supply ships of beiween 2.000 and 3,000 tons, which b
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    NAZI NAVAL BASE BADLY DAMAGED
    110 7 London, Oct. 14. SWEDISH seaman, interdew- ed by a Swedish newspaper, said, "My impression of Bremen is one of continual bombardment by the R.A.F. The night before we arrived, immense warehouses on the harbour was practically levelled. "Damage to the city of Bremen itself is
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    Raid On Krupps Described
    166 7 Raid On Krupps Described Direct Hits On Machine Shop Power Plant London, Oct. 14. PARACHUTE flares were used by' British raiders to light up the vast target of the Krupps munition works on Saturday night. Describing the raid, the navigator of :>ne aircraft said that the factory seemed to be
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    ITALIAN RAID ON ADEN IS UNSUCCESSFUL
    32 7 Aden, Oct. 14. LONE Italian plane yesterday morning carried out the eighteenth raid on Aden since the war started. There were neither casualties nor damage. Reuter.
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    FASTER PLANES BEING USED IN RAIDS ON BRITAIN?
    378 7 London, Oct. 14. i THOUSANDS o; people lining London streets witnessed the rout of German planes in several attempted ati tacks on the Capital yesterday. The spectators saw four or five bombers chased from cloud to cloud before they finally fled. Th«
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    TENSE MOMENT IN NAZI RAID ON SOUTHEAST PORT
    27 7 Four bombs exploding harmlessly near harbour control vessels during a German air attack on a port in south-east England.
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    High Officials In Syria Arrested
    301 7 Uneasy Lull Follows New Vichy Move London, Oct. 14. A TEMPORARY but possibly pre- carious equilibrium has apparently been secured in Syria as a result of the arrest or the retirement of a number of high officials, writes Reuter's special correspondent in Cairo. The majority
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    Rumanian Accounts In Britain Blocked
    60 7 London, Oc:. 14. THE blc^kinp; of Rumanian accounts in Britain as a result of the entry of German t'.oops Into Rumanian territory will doubtless be followed by such further steps as the situation requires, says Reuter's diplomatic correspondent. These may include the rupture of diplomatic
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    PEIPING AMERICANS EVACUATE
    104 7 Peiping, Oct. 14. THE United States Navy Department 1 has ordered the withdrawal from Peiping of dependents of the American Embassy guard numbering 40 women and children. Of the remaining 540 American civilian;. In Peiping, seventy have requested evacuation at the earliest possible date, while 100 others
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    NAZI MENACE RECEDING
    402 7 Invasion Danger Lessening London, Oct. 14. CTRANGKLY enough it is on bril- liant moonlit nights of this "second summer" that the belief is firmest that Hitler cannot repeat William the Conqueror's successful invasion of England 874 years ago yesterday, writes Reuter's special j correspondent from the British
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    Shanghai Hunt For Slayer Of Mayor
    163 7 Shanghai, Oct. 14. ACITYWIDE hunt for the slayer of Mr. Pu Siao-en, the puppet mayor of Greater Shanghai, was inaugurated yesterday as detectives In the two foreign areas and the Japanesesponsored .special municipality were given pictures of the wanted killer and told to keep
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    Japanese Release Two British Ships
    46 7 Shanghai, Oct. 14. f FHF BnU.sii ships Kongso and the Jessie Moller, which were detained by the Japanese in Chinse ports last month, have been released. Three other British ships are still being held in spite of rem-wn tat Jons. Reuter.
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    INDIA'S FUTURE DEPENDS ON SUCCESS OF BRITAIN
    53 7 Delhi, Oct. 14. I*H£ working committee of the All- India Hindu League, in a resolution criticising the Attitude :%i the Conarress, states that the whole •uture A the political emancipation cf India depends on the success of Britain with whom India's fate Is
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    British Position Improving
    125 7 British Position Improving B.E.F. Re-equipped New Forces Armed London. Oct 14. /^•OMFLETF. confidence in British victory was expressed by Mr. A. V. Alexander, the First Lord of the Admiralty sneaking at Sheffield yesterday. Mr. Alexander said, "We have been in tight places but we have seen the situation i'ra<1ually improve.
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    Eagle Squadron Ready Soon
    145 7 London, Oct. 14. THE newly-formed American Eagle 1 Squadron of the R.A.F. Is now completing Its training in England and will be taking to the air as a crack unit against »he enemy befon the end of the year, writes Reuter's special correspondent somewhere ih England.
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    NAZI MISSION TO MOSCOW
    352 7 Prelude To Drive In Balkans? Tokio, Oct. U. THE German Foreign Office has sent a mission to Moscow to try and cheek the tendency towards improvement of Anglo- Soviet relations, according to a Berlin message to the Japanese Domei agency, reports Renter from Tokio. The Berlin
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    S. AMERICAN TROOP MOVES DENIED
    90 7 Londoii. I THE Peruvian legation in London has issued an emphatic denial that Peru has concentrated troops on the southern Ecuadorian bnrdrr in preparation for an invasion. The legation describes tlie re-port effect as "fantastic." ciA adds that in Uie Peruvian capital it is authoritatively
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    COLONY BUDGETS FOR $11,000,000 DEFICIT
    856 8 Standard' Of Social Services Is To Be Maintained APPROXIMATE COST OF S. S. WAR EFFORT IS $41,000,000 THK Colony is budgeting for a deficit of $11,000,000 in 1941, 1 with revenue estimated at $46,200,000 and expenditure at $57,300,000, it was stated by the Officer Administering
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    AMUSEMENTS
    177 8 BAFFLES MOTH Dinner Dance 'Informal) 8 p.m. to Midnight. O4KICKK TI1KA1KK. CIVLANG Do Gliadi Ki Moaj 4: Karma Veer -Double Feature Hindustani TklklM at 7.15 p.m. CRKA1 WOULD Cabaret: 7.30 to 8 9 p.m. to Midnight. Globe: Murder At Monte Carlo Sky Gullivers Ttmtti B\PP\ WORLD ...gb. Opera, Magic
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    Bill To Control Shop Hours
    101 8 rll results of the investigation into hours and conditions of employment in shops have been collected and a Bill will soon be drafted which it is hoped will be thoughtfully scrutinised by all sections of the public, said the Officer Administering the Government, Mr. S.
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    PUBLIC HEALTH IS GOOD
    286 8 Work Continues On Hosoital PUBLIC health measures In the Colony continue to be carried out with good effect. Malaria has been well controlled and apar; from a small epidemic of typhoid fever which caused some concern in Penang a year ago and which was successfully dealt
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    WAR FUND'S WEEK END INCREASE OF $3,883
    315 8 THERE are two four-figure donations to The War Fund acknowledged to-day, and one of them is particularly noteworthy. It is a gift of $1,000 from members of the Johore Medical Department made in honour of Dato (Dr.) G. H. Garlick on the eve
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    THAI PREMIER A DEMOCRAT
    204 8 Says He Did Not Give Fascist Salute (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok. Oct. 13. THAT the Thai Premier, Luang 1 Pibul Songgram, is strong for democracy is indicated by an explanation given under a photograph published in the press, snowing him making a totalitarian salute. The
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    CHILDREN ORDINANCE Operation Delayed Until
    170 8 After War T^HE operation of the Children Ordin- ance. which was enacted by the Legislative Council during 1939, and which it had been hoped would be brought into force on Jan. 1, 1940, has been delayed until after the war. This is revealed in the
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    EXTRA CLERICAL ASSISTANCE
    75 8 CXTRA clerical assistance and office equipment in connection with estate duty and the new registration of business names will require special expenditure of $18,745 and provision has been made for this item by the Colony Finance Committee. This expenditure will be partially offset by a new revenue
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    MALAYA IS PLAYING VITAL PART IN THE EMPIRE'S WAR EFFORT
    646 8 THE main contribution the Colony had been asked to make to the prosecution of the war was, in the midst of preparations for its own defence, to supply raw materials essential to it and, incidentally but most importantly, the provision
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    Tribute To People Of The Colony
    123 8 "TkVRING the first year of the war the people of the Colony have shown -by their loyalty, their generosity in financial support. their fidelity in the discharge of the duties assigned to them and their disciplined acceptance of many inconveniences and restrictions their determination
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    Public Co-operation With War-time Departments
    542 8 Following references to the activities of the local forces, Mr. Jones said that however admirable they might be, these I covered only a comparatively smai! j part of the community. The great majority of Malaya's pecples were affected in a different manner and in the
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    EX-MINES OFFICIAL SENTENCED
    80 8 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 14. PLEADING guilty to summonses al- lsging that he had received in his official capacity, as an officer ot the P.M.S Mines Department, three separate gifts of money. A. T. Bennetts, a formsr Inspector of Mines, was sentenced by the
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    PRO-WANG TERRORISTS BEHIND STRIKE
    69 8 Shanghai. Oct. 14. 'J'HE French Concession passed another day without tram or bus services as the strike .situation remained unchanged. M anwhile. the water and electricity services are being run on a sKeleton basis with tomporarily-engaged Russian and German refugees and volunteers. The majority of the
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    COTTON GROWERS TOLD TO LIMIT ACREAGE
    54 8 Cairo, Oct. 14. A COMMUNIQUE issued last night sta'ej that while the Government sees no need f or special legislation, cotton growers are advisee, in thedr own interest, to limit their acreage for next year because of the "possibility of rifflculties" In the disposal
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      80 8 The Budget speech of the acting Financial Secretary. Mr. L. G. Corney, is published in Page FOUR. flktivX the AUSTIIIIO The 10 H.P. 4-cyhnder engine provides more tnan enough power ior the large and roomy body. Powerful Girling Brakes give maximum safety under the most severe conditions. Long, wide leaf
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    $500,000 FOR TRAINING & EMBODIMENT OF S.S.V.F. Provision Of $127,000 For Flying Training School
    273 9 $500,000 FOR TRAINING EMBODIMENT OF S.S.V.F. Provision Of $127,000 For Flying Training School THE embodiment of the Straits Settlements Volunteer Force and its training: required the special expenditure of $600,090, and this provision is made in the report of the Finance Committee which was tabled in the Legislative Council this
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    DREDGING IN SINGAPORE
    279 9 Mud From Harbour JFor Reclamation IK view of the state of the river mouths, inner harbour and the seaplane anchorage In Singapore, dri'dping will ho necessary to keep them in a .satisfactory condition. Provision ci" $50,000 for the disposal *n dredgin^s is made in the report of
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    MAGIC CIRCLE SCORES WITH NEW SHOW
    197 9 vKnitlAjrQ üm ii.o^t beautiful of fail scenes to be Ltagcd in a magical show in SingaI>or>. v.as presented by the Magic Circle as the finale to their newest production. TiWlliwig Noire," which opened at the Victoria Theatre on Saturday. With the strlkinc use ol
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    U.S. REPRESENTATIONS TO THAILAND?
    49 9 Tokio, Oct. 13. THfc: United States Minister in Banghas called the attention of the- Thaiiand Government to the an pronouncement for the iunce of the Far Eastern status quo in connection with Thailand's reTritorial demands on IndoChir.a." according to a Bangkok mesthe Domei agency. Reuter.
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    $6,28:. FOR STUDY OF SOCIAL PROBLEM
    169 9 rii.fi t expenditure for the appointment of Miss S. E. Nicoll Jones, who came to Malaya, recently to advise Government on the problem of prostitution in Singapore, the Finance j Committee has made a provision of $6,283. The Committee's report was tabled 'n the
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    GEN. WU TEH-CHEN IS COMING TO MALAYA
    80 9 GEN. WU TEH-CHEN, China's Mm-! ister of Overseas Affairs, who was j recently in Manila, is expected to arrive ir Singapore shortly. The general has left Manila for the Netherlands Indies. He is on a goodwill visit to the Chinese community in the
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    BICYCLE TRIP TO INDIA
    82 9 *T*HE Indian community of 14th mile, Seletar held a mass meeting re- cently to cek-brate Mahatma Gandhi's I birthday. Mr. V. M. Alagirisamy presided and Mr. G. Parthasarathy. editor of the Tamil Nesan. spoke on the life and j teachings of Mr. Gandhi. Mr. M. Nara-
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    GOVERNMENT HOUSE ROOF Was In Urgent Need Of Repair
    230 9 GOVERNMENT HOUSE ROOF Was In Urgent Need Of Repair IIfHEN the roof of Government House was opened up, the investigation revealed a very serious state of affairs and it is fortunate that no serious accident has occurred in consequence of the weakening of the structure," states the report of the
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    SCHOOL FOR LEPER CHILDREN
    52 9 SCHOOL, for leper children in the Leper Settlement, Singapore, is to be constructed at a cost of $3,500 and Its equipment will cost $700. A total provision of $4,200 is made in the report of the Finance Committee which was tabled In the l ofrfslatlve Council
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    S.S. POLICE BAND
    101 9 THE band of the Strait* Settlements Police will perform m public during the week as follows, under the direction of Mr. J. O. Hitch To-morrow at Katong Park at 5.30 pjn. March "Juarez" Schettlng: Overture "Poet and Peasant" Suppc; Selection "Madam Pompdour" Leo Fall; Valse "Gold and
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    18 9 Dr. R. D. Gross, Health Officer, Johore South, has left on transfer to Penang a.s Senior Health Otncer.
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    Dance Committee Aids War Fund
    80 9 The ifcrmal Class Students' War Fund Dance Committee. w>h4 organized a dance for the Fund, raising $1,000: Standing (left to to right) Miss S. Kcnlay, Miss Chua Sock Liang, Miss K.O. Knapp, Mr. P. Samuel, Miss O. Trcnsin, Miss him Ah Eng, Miss D. Lange.
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    Stocks Of Foodstuffs At Satisfactorily High Level
    518 9 CTOCKS of essential foodstuffs, whether held by the Government or in private hands, were being maintained by a variety of means at a satisfactorily high level, stated the Officer Administering the Government, Mr. S. W. Jones, referring to the work of the Food
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    EUROPEAN KILLED IN K.L. MOTOR ACCIDENT
    239 9 Car Causes Considerable Damage To House (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 13. 7i/IR. J. J. SPALL, who lived in Rawan?. wa.s killed 1Vi when the car in which he was travelling with Mr. A. E. Carey Foster, a veterinary surgeon, crashed into
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    DEATH OF MISS LYDIA HILL
    117 9 Sultan On "My One Great Grief" 1*HE Sult:i.i of Johore, \v;is inloru viewed in London yesterday following 1 the death <>f Miss Lydia Hill in a bombing raid. He declared "The fact thai we never married was the one. great grief of my life. W<
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    TRADE SCHOOL PROGRESS
    208 9 Work To Continue On New Building A SUM of $200,000 is to be :>p. nt rx this year on the new building of Singapore's Government Trade School, which i.,- estimate] to cost $502,000. Of this .sum. 510.000 has lv ;i prov ded in tin- estimates, and an
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    HIGHLY-STRUNG CHILDREN are the most gifted
    294 10 HIGHLY-STRUNG CHILDREN are the most gifted should be specially proud if your child is the highly strung, sensitive type. She is so much quicker, more .vivid in her reactions than other children. Even when she's very young, you can see that she has exceptional qualities qualities that mark her out
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    Berlin Is Heavily Raided By R.A.F.
    477 10 Krupps Works, Oil Plants Docks Bombed London, Oct. 13. DRITISH raids over Germany and German-occupied territories during the week ending at dawn on Friday were on the same heavy scale as those during the preceding week. From authoritative sources in London it is learned
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    U.S. HELP TO GREAT BRITAIN TO CONTINUE—ROOSEVELT
    533 10 U.S. HELP TO GREAT BRITAIN TO CONTINUE— ROOSEVELT War Now Definitely Shifting From Blitzkrieg Phase Dayton, Ohio, Oct. 13. HEFENCE of all the western hemisphere by the United States navy and air force and a continuance of all aid short of war to Great Britain were pledged by President I
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    'Uncanny Precision' Of British Bombers
    101 10 Istanbul, Oct. 13. 'TRAVELLERS reaching here who describe the havoc caused by the R.A.F. bombings in Germany comment particularly on the "uncanny precision" with which British bombs find their targets. It is declared that following one attack on Hamburg five merchant. ships were sunk in
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    Heavy Damage To Libyan Ports
    177 10 Cairo, Oct. 13. T*HE R.A.P. are continuing their raids on the Libyan ports of Benghazi and Tobruk and causing great damage, according to an R.A.F. communique issued here. It says that a number of raids were carried out over Benghazi by R.A.F. bombers on Friday.
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    BLUES AND CRUSADERS IN THRILLING RUGBY GAME
    883 11 Airmen Win By 12 Points To 3 DV 12 points (a goal, a drop-^oal and a try) to three v (a try), the R.A.F. (Blues) beat the Army Crusaders in the second of the Malayan Ru£by Union's games in aid of war charities
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    CRICKET CLUB BEAT OLD BOYS B—3
    148 11 THANKS to J. B. Potter, the S.C.C. beat St. Andrew's Old Boys by eight points (a goal and a penalty goal) to throe (a penalty) in an extremely hard fought game of rugby at Woodsville on Saturday. J. B. Potter scored the Club's first
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    JOHORE SIDE BEAT SINGAPORE POLICE
    80 11 'Prom Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Oct. 12. y^FTER opening the score early In the first half, Singapore Police were beaten by a Johore side by 19 points (two goals, two tries and one penalty) to three points (a try) m a rugby match played
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    USEFUL B.P.
    44 11 The draw of the Useful B.P.'s open, JunU>r and novice singles championships (league s>-stem) will be held at the Race Course Road branch court on Saturday, Oct. 19, at 5.4!) p.m. and a start in the "tournament win made early next month.
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    Race Results On Saturday
    184 11 rpHE results in brief at Kuala 1 urn pur on Saturday, the final day of the Selanuor Turf Club's autumn meeting, are: Race I— Stormy Night SlB. S7 High Life 57 Golden Arrow Sll Race 2—lnez2 Inez SlO. S6 Furious $9 Four O'Clock Sl3 Race 3
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    Champions Beaten In Commercial Houses' Badminton
    705 11 CRASER NEAVK Limited and Chop Ban Teok Hup qualified for the final of the Commercial Houses' badminton tournament, when they beat Mansfield Co., Ltd. and lioustead Co., Ltd., respectively, in the semi-final ties played at the Clerical Union Hall yesterday. The margin of victory
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    Y.W.C.A. TENNIS RESULTS I
    68 11 RESULTS of ties in the Y.W.C.A. lawn tennis tournament: Handicap Singles: E. Smith beat P. Eber 4 6, 8-~6, ft— 3; Mrs. Koh beat D. Foston ft— 4, 7—5. Championship Singles: Mr*. Koh beat P. Eber w.o. "B" Singles: F. A. Knigm beat Mrs. Atnoiavagar w.o.;
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    S.C.C. HOCKEY TEAM
    63 11 I following have accepted to play Hockey for S.C.C. second team vs. Singapore i>,rnet« at the S.C.C. to-day: Dr. B. D. [olecwortb; PayUeut. O. C. Ftortln. P. P. -Ilmey; J. Pletcher-Co.lce W. J PeeV r.tart. M. P. Francis: M. W. Cole, lieut B. Huleatt, B. H. I^ee.
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    40 11 HOCKEY S.C.C. (A) vs. Singapore Hornets. S.C.C. Indian -Assn. vs. Police, BalOsiier; S.R.C. vs. Port Cumin*. S.R.C; S.C.R.C. vs. Heavy Battery (R.A.), S.C.R.C.; Malaya Signals vs. Indian General IlospitaJ. Tyersall Park. TENNIS S.C.R.C and YM.CA. tournnnv nts.
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    Home Football Results
    278 11 London, Oct. 13. Yesterday's Home Football W«-:we games resulted: NORTH Bradford 0; Middlesbrough 2. Burnley 0; Manchester United I. Bury 0; IJverpool 3. Chester 4; Trantnere 5. Doncsvtrr 4; Hull 2. Evert on 4; Stockport 2. Orimsby 3; Sheffield United 1. Halifax 5; Bradford City 1. Lincoln
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    BRITAIN'S NEW ARMY IS NOW COMPLETELY MECHANIZED
    591 12 Men Are Eager For Counter- Attack On The Continent TREAT Britain's new Imperial Army will be equipped with bigger and better tanks, writes Reuter's military correspondent, who adds that factories are now turning them out, together v.ilh mobile guns of various calibres, light
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    Pandit Nehru May Court Arrest Under Gandhi's Plan
    192 12 Wardha, Oct. 13. I\*R. GANDHI'S plan for individual civil disobedience, which he has confined to a limited number of persons, has been approved by the Congress working committee. It is understood that Mr. Gandhi proposes that In the first instance only two
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    CHINESE RETAKE STRATEGIC TOWN ON THE YANGTZE
    180 12 Chungking, Oct. 14. THE recapture of the strategic town of Matang, on the Yangtze River, about halfway between Shanghai and Hankow has been announced as a result of a successful six-day battle on the south bank of the Yangtze. Chungking, Oct. 14. THE
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    U.S. Leader Supports British Blockade
    98 12 New York, Oct. 13. MR. William Green, president of the American Federation of Labour has telegraphed Mr. Herbert Hoover saying that he is opposed to the lifting of the British blockade to feed people in Europe. "It is asking too much of Britain In her
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    Japanese Starts New Offensive
    364 12 Tokio, Oct. 13. ANEW Japanese general offensive began this morning along a 180mile front, according to a despatch to the Domei agency from "somewhere in Central China." Straddling the borders of tne provinces of Anwhei and Chekiang from the Yangtze to the Chientang rivers, the Japanese
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    "Japan Must Be Ready To Aid Axis"
    40 12 Cairo, Oct. 13. A clash between a British mechanized patrol and Italians is revealed in a communique issued here. It occurred en Oct. 9 at Gebelgamal. Eighteen of the enemy were killed and one British killed and one wounded.— Reuter.
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    Princess Broadcasts Message Of Sympathy To Young Evacuees
    346 12 **1I/HEN peace comes remember that it wiU be the lot of children of to-day to make the world of to-morrow a better and happier place," declared > rincess Elizabeth in a broadcast message last night, inaugurating the B.B.C. weekly programme for British
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    TURKISH WARNING AGAINST AXIS AGGRESSION
    583 12 TURKISH WARNING AGAINST AXIS AG11ESSION 2,000,000 Men Block Path To The Bosphorous Middle East London, Oct. 13. IFHILE the situation in the Balkans is gradually assuming: shape with the German invasion of Rumania, Turkey has pronounced herself in a strong declaration which will give the Germans and Italians food for
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    20,000 Nazis Now In Rumania
    322 12 Leaders Of Military Mission Welcomed Bucharest, Oct 13. T*HE first German troops which have been sent to "instruct the Rumanian army" arrived here yesterday morning, according to an official communique. The troops, who are stated to ba fully equipped, were accompanied by j an army
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    Underground Station Struck By Bomb
    206 12 London, Oct. 13. AN underground station was struck by a bomb and some damage caused during last night's air raids on London. A number of houses and other bi 'Idings were destroyed or damaged, but throughout the London area casualties, although including a number of
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    BELGIAN MINISTERS ARE GERMAN PRISONERS
    46 12 London, Oct. 13. "THE Belgian Prime Minister, M. Pierlot, and Foreign Minister, M. Spaak, are now prisoners, states a New York Herald-Tribune report. It is stated that they were arrested on German orders when attempting to reach London from Spain. Reuter.
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    US. OBSERVERS TO STUDY, BRITISH AIR DEFENCES
    38 12 London. Oct. 13. TWO United States official obs°rvera of Great Britain's air defence* have arrived in England. They are also studying problems relating to the German bombing of civilian population.— Renter.
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