The Straits Times, 15 October 1940

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    50 1 FINAL EDTN. The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY] SINGAPORE, 140 CECIL ST. ('PHONE 5471) MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER—LARGEST NET SALES KUALA LUMPUR 25 JAVA ST. ('PHONE *****. 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS. The Straits Times 16 I'Ad'ES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, OCTOBER IS, 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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      618 2 PERSONAL The Frincipal and staff of Le Mercier's School will be pleased to sec friends and old pupils at their Athletic Sports to be held at the Jalan Besar Stadium on Friday, 18th. Oct. from 2.30 p.m. 6.15 p.m. There will also be open events: Old Boy? Race 880 yds..
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      420 2 "THE CASE FOit AND AGAINST INCOME TAX" READY SHORTLY A reprint in book form of a careful selection of broadcasts, spscial articles, editorial comments and correspondence appearing in tin Malayan Press on the BIGGEST MALAYAN CONTROVERSY OF OUR TIMES Owing to the high cost of paper only a limited number
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      603 3 (In-wrporatwl Id 'a pan, GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS E FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR s LINE. I f > TO EUROPE VIA AMERICA Through fares to North America to Rurope via America and Round Tours in the Pacific quoted in U.S. on ap1 plication J To California from the Orient via Honolulu
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      478 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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      876 3 Broadcasting SINGAPORE ZHL 13.33 me*. (225 m.) ZHP1 9.60 m/cs (30.96 m.) ZBP3 7.25 tn/c* (41.38 m.) ZHL, Z1IP.1 A 7HPJ. 12.10 p.m. European music t; 12.25 pm Peiping dramat; 1.00 p.m. Miscellaneous new gramophone records. (European); 1.3U pjn. Warning to mariners. Programme summary and mid-day tin. copra and rubber
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      974 3 EMPIRE STATION Fixed times for central transmission 9 (replac- Transmissions II and III) (Malayan time I; 6.00 p.m ITorramme an. nouncrments; 6.20 p.m. News; 6.35 Bin. Questions of the hour; 8.20 p.m. News and news commentaries; 9.05 p.m. Dutch ew* (on GSG); 11.20 p.m. News; 11.35 P-nv Questions of the
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    Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1320 4 MONDAY. OCT. 14, 1940: 4 P.M. ■MM Bujert Seller* Ampat Tin (is) 3s 3s M Austral Amtl <5s) Si 5sM Austral Malay J3s 6d 35s 6d Ayer Hltam (Is) 19s 20s Ayer Weng ($1) .90 1.00 Bangrin Tin IS* N 111 9d Batu Selangor ($1)
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    SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE
    114 4 Net Premium Revenue Of £1,752,480 r!E net premium revenue of the South British Insurance Company Ltd. in the year ended August last was £1,752,480 New Zealand currency. Other Items in the accounts which were cabled to Singapore yesterday were reinsurance reserve fund, £956,000: underwriting profit, £183,985; income
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    31 4 Dredge No. 2 of Takuapa Valley Tin Dredging stopped operations on Oct. 10 for repairs to the top tumbler. It was expected that the dredge would res:art operations within three days.
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    List Of Current Dividends
    257 4 Issued by the Malayan Sbarebrokere' Association. Singapore, Oct. 14 Books Company Dividend Clow m Chenderiang ip% final less Ux Hongkong Tin 12V4% Int. less tax Idiis Hyd 2tt% Int. less tax Klang River 7%% No. 49 Oct. 21 K L. Tin Is. No. 38 6d. boos
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    London Stock Exchange
    320 4 Ixxidon, Oct. 14. QN the stock Exchange Far Eastern bonds were stronger on hopes of an Improvement in the International situation. Giltedged were mainly higher, while Home Industrials were narrowly Irregular. Gold minings were quietly steady and elsewhere changes were few and small. Reuter. The following are
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    152 4 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES (.Prom Ou' Own CorresDundenl) London, Oct. 14. pOMMODITY and Exchange markets closed *s follows wliJa previous Quotations In parenthesis:— RlBBtK: Steady Spot 1113 16d 1115!16d ail3|l6d 11 15|16d; Nov. ll'4d 12d (livid 12d.> Dec. llttd 12d (ll)3!16d 1115il6di Jan-Mar. ll?*d 11 15 16d (11 13 16d 11 15'lGd
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    EXCHANGES
    170 4 The following are the exchange rates this mcrnlng according to the dally circular Issued by the Hongkong w) Shanghai Banking Corporation:— SfcXLINO Loiidon T.T. 3/4 1/16 Lordon demand 2/4 1/16 Switzerland demand 202 '-i New York demand 47 1/16 Montreal demand 5113/16 Batevia demand 88 11/1 C Samarang demand
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    FIXED TRUSTS
    112 4 iFrom Our Own Correspondent) London, Oct. 14. The following are to-day'o "bid" quotation* for Fixed Trusts:— I d. British Empire "A" not available British Empire *B" not available British Empire Cumulative not available British Empire C'prehenslve not available British General "A" 14 0 British General "B" 11 6xd
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    344 4 GOOD INQUIRY FOR UNITED ENGINEERS By Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, Oct. 15. T"HE share markets have again enter- ed a dull phase and yesterday aB sections were quieter than they hare been for some time. Most of the email business thai was done occurred in the tin
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    JAPANESE BANKS CLOSE IN LONDON
    162 4 London, Oct. 14. WHILE the London Office of the Yokohama Specie Bank is remaining op*ii. most Japanese commercial banks are closing their London branches when their current bu.s.ness has been completed, although their representatives are remaining As Japans premier exchang? bank and the London agent
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    MANDAI-TEKONG TO PAY 1 1/2 PER CENT.
    76 4 MANDAI-TEKONG RUBBER ESTATES LTD., earned a net profit of $5,720 in the year ended July last. ThLs compares with a loss of $216 in the preceding year. The directors recommend a dividend of 1V 2 per cent, which, if approved, will require $5,625.
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    80 4 T*««Uy, Oct. 15, nooa. Bajen italtan PHr« Kw M*. IX tf.S.S (Spat iowr. UK 3»* N« IX K.S.S f..> J. In cmc« October (Sellers Option) M% 19 G.F.A.Q. R.S.S r.ob. In bale* October (Sellers Option) 37% 38% K.A.Q. R.S.B fob. la bale* October (Sellers Option)
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    75 4 Lorn" 911, Oct. 14. EASTERN bankers ascribe the continued strength of the Shanghai dollar to a more hopeful interpretation ol China's future, .vlth prospects of increasing British and American help. Japan's wisdom in avoiding war with the democracies Is considered f '> be a favourable augury. Although the Shanghai dollar
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      213 4 THE MODERN TREATMENT FOR COLDS IS VAPEX In the early stages of a cold, 'flu or catarrh, the germs are chiefly congregated in the nose and throat, readily accessible to antiseptic treatment. Vapex, being a vapour antiseptic, reaches every part of the respiratory system by the simple act of breathing,
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    U.E.'s PROFITS JUMP
    393 5 LARGE APPROPRIATIONS TO RESERVES SHAREHOLDERS TO GET 12J PER CENT. AS was to be expected a sharp rise in net profit for the year ended Juno last is disclosed in the report t:nd accounts of United Engineers Ltd. which were issued yesterday. After making adequate provision for
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    SIONE TIN'S RESULTS
    44 5 Iti the third quarter of this year the dredge of Sicne Tin Ltd. produced 96 ions cf tin concentrates at a mine cost of £6.600. Tha estimated mine profU on the 96 tool of concentrates sold during the quarter was £7.100.
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    F.M.S. MINES DEPT. OFFICER
    1425 5 FACING INQUIRY Allegedly Received Illegal Gratifications (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 14. ALLEGATIONS of having received illegal gratifications while being a public officer employed by the Mines Department, F.M.S., were made against A. G. Macdonald, of the Mines Department, to-day in the Kuala Lumpur
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    CO-OPERATION OF INDIA & BURMA
    255 5 CO-OPERATION OF INDIA BURMA Should Work Together, Says Rangoon Visitor pO-OPERATION between the peoples of India and Burma for their common good was urged by Mr. U Ba Lwin. president of the Rangoon Rotary Club and leader of the recent Burmese goodwill mission to China, when he addressed mem- bers
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    INCREASED COST OF LIVING ALLOWANCES
    69 5 pOVBRNMENT employees are to receive increased cost of living allowances for Ute month of October. The following rates are payable in respect of this month (figures ln brackets being the "atre paid in September) Classes I (at and n (a) $2.60 ($2.45); Classes I (b)
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    Prison Sentence For Mines Officer Who Took Gifts
    748 5 (.From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 14. IN spite of his being aware that inquiries were being made into the affairs of the F.M.S. Mines Department, he had returned from leave to make what restitution he could, stated A. T. Bennetts,
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      338 6 OPENING TO-DAY PAVILION I 6 15 9 15 PHON€ 6»03 PHONE 6903 ACCLAIMED BY THE ENTIRE BRITISH PRESS I 1 WHAT THE PRESS SAID —5..-.^-"This film will be a tensa- S^ tss^^^s^^^^^^^^^^^^^T ssf^B BBHsff fSMMtt 7 W/^ 'SP l^ drama with more emotional "l^^^^^^t s «g^M J■ W I H
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      209 6 [if STOKOWSKI ■ft Conducting M I PHILADELPHI Lr JBwS^TB orchestra Di^^o 2V tudtM.— %>«CtUllC iWagner) D *****, 64 1812 O'erture (Tschalko^-sky) D ***** 55 Tannhauser— Prelude to Act 3 Dl 576/77 Russian Easter PesUval— Overture (Rimsky-Korsakov) D 1285 Invitation to the Waltz I Wei* DlBO7 Samson and Oelilah Damnation of
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      279 6 "THIS FILM SHOULD BE ON EVERY FILMGOER'S *MUST SEE' LIST!" Sunday Times (Reviewing the Midnight Premiere) I,*, ANOTHER BIG PICTURE at the BIG THEATRE. OPENING TO-DAY 3-15-6.15-9.15 C A P I I U L BOX Office Phone 5261 Where Every Seat's a Ceo! Retreat" FORTY LAUGHS MINUTE^MjjPM V^^^^^^BBBBbV V» 9)\v\
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      15 6 Fill* J &z] 7TO NIGHT 9.30 EDMUND GWENN and MARY MAGUIRE In AN ENGLISHMAN'S HOME
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    R.A.F. CONTINUE POUNDING OF THE CHANNEL PORTS
    238 7 Big Explosions During Raids On Flushing And Zeebrugge London, Oct. 14. HESPITE severe weather conditions, the R.A.F. maintained its nightly offensive against the Channel ports from Ostend to Le Havre last night. Other formations renewed attacks on the naval bases at Kiel and
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    Widespread Nazi Night Raids
    427 7 36 London Districts Are Bombed London, Oct. 14. 'TENEMENT buildings, communal shelters, a convent and houses were among places bombed during widespread attacks on 36 London districts and 20 provincial areas last night. There were some fatal casualties in tenements at Liverpool, and communal shelters in
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    SWIFT PUNISHMENT FOR NAZI RAIDER
    170 7 London, Oct. 14. SWIFT punishment met an enemy bomber which dropped out of the clouds over a south coast town one evening recently and machine-gunned civilians in the streets, says the Air Ministry news service. Its firing was entirely indiscriminate. Nothing was in the view
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    THEFT OF 500 TONS OF COPPER
    79 7 Shanghai. Oct. 14. JJEPREBKNTATIONS In connection with the serving of a warrant for the arrest of I>. A. Widler. a Swiss, who is wanted by the Municipal police on a charge of larceny of 500 tons of copper, have been filed with the Japanese
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    REPAIRING DAMAGE AT HAMBURG
    56 7 London, Oct. 14. f\UTCH workers have been sent to Hamburg to help repair damage done by R.A.P. bombers to docks and harbour works, according to news received in well-informed Dutch circles in London. The German-controlled Dutch radio announces that 4,000 Dutchmen have been sent to Hamburg
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    SUCCESSFUL MEDIATION BY BRAZIL
    91 7 London, Oct. 14. REUTER learns that it was largely due to the mediation of the Brazilian Government that diplomatic relations between Spain and Chile, which were broken off in July, have been resumed on the occasion of the anniversary of the discovery of America. The Spanish
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    FRENCH JEWS BANNED FROM HIGH POSTS
    64 7 Berlin. Oct. 14. THERE are to be no anti-Jewish racial laws in JVance, according to the French Minister of Justice, In an interview, states the German official news agency. Only measures for public security are contemplated. However. Jews are to be excluded from holding
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, OCT. 13, 1940. (408th. Day Of The War.) Budget Speeches
    1232 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, OCT. 13, 1940. (408th. Day Of The War.) Budget Speeches Budget speeches are very tricky affairs. When the finances of a country are in a bad way, the problem which presents itself is one of maintaining confidence and encouraging hope by depicting the situation in
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      TOO SOFT?
      1292 8 Consequences Of "Acting Like Gentlemen" To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— With reference to your leading article of yesterday, I would like to make one or two comments on what may be called the psychological side of the questions it dealt with, and touch a little
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      S.H.B. PASSES
      307 8 Complaint By British Ship's Officers To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, We are ship's officers and we wish to air a grievance about the regulations dealing with entry and exit trom the area surrounding the wharves in Singapore. We realize that this area has become, since
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      "EXCHANGE MUDDLE"
      175 8 When The O.A.G. And High Commissioner Disagree To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, Your leader headed "Another Exchange Muddle" presents interesting reading to those who have nothing to do with Exchange, but to those who have to deal with this type of business it is startling.
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      ANOTHER $2.50!
      74 8 lo the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, I notice in the Municipal Estimates for 1941 for Penang that the President's personal emoluments are anticipated to be $12,900, the same as for 1940. His perquisites are expected to total $6,977 for 1941, as against $6,944 for 1940; most
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      THE CINEMAS
      321 8 A Fifty-Cent Patron Is Dissatisfied To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, The only recent innovation to enhance the comfort of cinema patrons has been the installation of air-condi-tioning in nearly all the flrst-run picture houses. Personally. I find the atmosphere as stuffy as ever, though I
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      A Manager Replies To The Critics
      586 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, In view of the impression that seems to have been created in the minds of some of your correspondents who have complained of the interval I and the screening of advertisement slides at the local theatres,
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    FIERCE RAID ON LONDON Nazis Send Over More Planes
    249 9 FIERCE RAID ON LONDON Nazis Send Over More Planes London, Oct. 15. f ERMAN raids on London started earlier than usual last night and within a short time had developed into one of the fiercest raids yet. More than the normal number of planes flew high over the capital at
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    Interest In Properly Insurance Rill
    167 9 Interest In Properly Insurance Rill London. Oct. 15. GREAT interest is taicen here in the expected publication this week of the Property Insurance Bill which follows on Mr. Winston Churchill's recent statement that "everyone should be assured that compensation for the loss 01 his home or his place of business
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    NAZIS CONFUSED BY HEAVY AIR LOSSES
    123 9 London, Oct. 15. WHILE oflicial R.A.F. figures show that 855 'British machines have been lost since July 1, with 354 pilots safe, German propagandists are finding some difficulty in deciding the particular high figure they themselves fhill announce in reply. The Deutschlandsender broadcast in
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    MECHANIZED PATROL ATTACKS ITALIANS
    78 9 Cairo, Oct. 15. FERE is no change in the situation in Egypt, according to a general headquarters communique issued yeslerday. It adds. "In the Sudan on Sunday, one of our mechanized patrols encountered and inflicted heavy casualties on 120 of the enemy astride a river 20
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    Raid Damage In London
    18 9 A view of one of the houses damaged in a German raid on London
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    PEOPLE NOW LIVING 90 FEET BENEATH BOMBED TOWN
    278 9 London, Oct. 15. TENS of thousands of civilians, chiefly women and children, who are still living along the southeast coast show an unbroken spirit after living for four months closer to the enemy than any others In Britain, writes Reuter's special correspondent
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    TEN NAZI DIVISIONS MAY BE SENT TO RUMANIA SOON
    129 9 Bucharest, Oct. 15. THERE will shortly be ten German divisions in Rumania, »ecordmp to German circles in Bucharest. It is believed in unofficial quarters in Budapest that the German occupation of Rumania will be considerably extended this week. Columns of German
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    Navy And R.A.F. In Fresh Actions
    260 9 Navy And R.A.F. In Fresh Actions Rome Admits Attack On Tobruk Sidi Barrani Cairo, Oct. 15. DAIDS on the Libyan harbour of Tobruk were carried out on the night of Oct. 12-13 by R.AJT. bombers. Bombs fell on the target area but was impossible to ascertain the full extent of
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    PARIS BOURSE PARTLY REOPENED
    29 9 Vichy, Oct. 15. PART of the Bourse in Paris was reopened yesterday for the first time since the city was occupied by the Germans.— Reuter.
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    OIL BLAZE IN RUMANIA
    148 9 Three Wells Are Destroyed London, Oct. 15. AN unexplained outbreak of Are in a Rumanian oil field i6 reported in a messaf e from Bucharest. Three oil wells were completely destroyed and German oil fire-fighters, who had recently arrived in Rumania, rushed to the scene after
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    NAZIS SAY NO FORCE GOING TO BULGARIA
    141 9 London, Oct. 15. REPORTS persist that German troops are being sent to Bulgaria. These reports were denied, in Berlin yesterday in an inspired statement issued by the German news agency. The German news agency asserts that these reports are attributed to British propaganda,
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    AXIS AND HUNGARORUMANIAN DISPUTE
    59 9 Rome, Oct. 15. A MIXED Italo-German commission is to examine the dispute between Rumania and Hungary, concerning the treatment of minorities following the transfer of Transylvania. This is revealed with an announcement that the Italian delegate has arrived at Budapest to take his place on the
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    HEAVY DAMAGE AT CHERBOURG
    64 9 HEAVY material damage was done at Cherbourg near Dunkirk by the British attack over the week-end, It is learned. British ships sailed close to port in spite of German shore batteries and raked the entire harbour with their fire. Vessels undergoing repair were smashed, and docks
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    "War Weapons Week" Campaign Begins
    161 9 London, Oct. 15. BRITISH cities are Joining in friendly rivalry during the present week which has been called "war weapons week to provide by voluntary effort, the cost of the materials and essentials to assist the armed forces to carry on the war. The City
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    Soviet Reaffirm Their Neutrality Policy
    215 9 MOSCOW REACTION TO AXIS PACT; OFFICIALS SILENT ON RUMANIA Moscow, Oct. 15. THAT neutrality remains the cornerstone of Soviet policy as has been so often asserted by M. Molotov, Soviet Premier and Foreign Commissar, is again affirmed by Moscow Pn MS The Soviet will continue
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    Harsh Nazi Terms To Hungary
    82 9 Budapest, Oct. 15. HPHE equivocal attitude of Germany towards Hungary is considered to be indicated by the disappointment of Hungarian hopes that the remainder of Transylvania would be <. cd to the areas already ceded by Rumania at Axis dictation. The harshness of the terms
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    DAGGER AIMED AT SOVIET New Axis Moves In Balkans
    121 9 DAGGER AIMED AT SOVIET New Axis Moves In Balkans Lstanbul, Oct. 15 "THE Axis Powers have begun 1 large-scale movement the ends of which are still unknown, but the. first phase of which has been devoted to placing a barrier between Russia and the field of events.'* writes the Turkish
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    VICHY'S STATEMENT ON THAI DEMANDS ,
    55 9 VICHY'S STATEMENT ON THAI DEMANDS Vichy, Oct. L5. AFLAT refusal to consider any,. territorial claims put forward byy Thailand is contained in an ofllciaJl statement issued by the Prtnrh Oov- ernment la night. At the s: ie time, an assurance wa», plven that 1 "ranee Is ready to ratify immediately
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    BRUNEI AND LABUAN HELP WAR FUND
    830 10 Further Contribution From Messrs J.A. E.A. Elias READER OFFERS FOR SALE KIPLING FIRST EDITION FI'KTHKK contributions from remote parts of Malaya are responsible for a considerable part of to-day's advance in The War Fund total to $4,240,217, an increase of $6,907 over the total
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    AMUSEMENTS
    176 10 SINGAPORE KAFKLES HOTEL Dinner Dance (Informal) 8 pjn. to Midnight. CABKK'K THKATKE. GEYLANG Kum Sang Lei Moon —Double Feature Cantonese Talkies at 7.45 p.m. GKKAX WORLD Cabaret: 8 30 p.m. to Midnight. Globe: Murder At Monte Carlo. Sky: Million Dollar Legs. UAPPT WORLD Wayangs, Magic Shows, Opera Other Free
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    BONITA AS A PRESS REPORTER
    92 10 At The Cinema "Nancy Drew. Reporter." iKooiU GraarUle, John Utet, Frank Thomas, Jr.) Warner Bros. At the Alhambra. TSONITA Granviile becomes a reporter for a month in her latest picture. i While covering a coroner's inquest, she suspects that the verdict is incorrect. Follow- I
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    EUROPEAN ON P.L SHARE CHARGE
    95 10 EUROPEAN ON P.L SHARE CHARGE ROBERT Scott MacMillan. 39. a European, i j had a charge under the Defence 1 ■Finance) Regulations explained to him In the Singapore third court yesterday. The charge alleged that on Peb. 1. i MacMillan was the owner of 601 Ten-Peso i i Shares In
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    EUROPEAN DRIVER ON CAUSING DEATH CHARGE
    81 10 EUROPEAN DRIVER ON CA USING DEATH CHARGE A I HARGE of causing death by a negligent et not amounting to culpable homicide I was :pl lined to a European prison warder, j F.N..J. Smith, :n the traffic district court yesterday. It m alleged that by driving nis ear negligently. Smith
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    COURT SEQUEL TO ROAD ACCIDENT
    51 10 A EUROPEAN, E. G. Brown, was charged in the traffic court yesterday with driving a motor-car without due regard for the safety of others, and colliding with another car, on Jervois Road on Sept. 26 at 4.30 p.m. The case was postponed a week for
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    Plea For "More Imaginative Policy" In Education
    424 10 "IN view of the changing social conditions and the trend of modern political thought.it behoves Government to think imperially and adopt a constructive and more imaginative policy in education," said the Penang Chinese member, Mr. Khoo Sian Ewe, in the Legislative Council yesterday.
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    The Legislative Council Of The Colony
    199 10 The Legislative Council, photographed before yesterday's Budge: meeting: (Left to right sitting): Mr. L. G. Corney (acting Financial Secretary), Mr. A. M. Goodman (Resident Councillor, Penang), Mr. F. D. Bisseker (Penang), Lieut. -Gen. L. V. Bond (G.O.CJ, Mr. S. W. Jones (Officer Administering the
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    PLAN FOR A MALAYAN WAR COUNCIL REJECTED
    498 10 "Would Be Dictatorship, Says Mr. Jones THE formation of a war council to control and direct the war effort of the various States and Settlements in Malaya, so far as finance was concerned, would "involve the tearing: up of treaties and the destruction
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    SUBVERSIVE PROPAGANDA
    234 10 Officer's Survey Of Problem REPLYING to a speech at the Coun- cil meeting yesterday by Mr. F. D. Bisseker emphasizing the need for steps to be taken to combat subver- < sive propaganda, Mr. H. Weisberg, the acting Colonial Secretary, disclosed j that an officer of the Malayan
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    30 10 Under the ausplcies of the Tamil Epworth League there will be an oratorical contest on Thursday at 6.15 p.m. In the Social Hall. Mi. T. R. Doralsainy will preside. i
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    THAI DEMANDS TO FRANCE
    202 10 Bangkok Handbills Urge Ultimatum DEMONSTRATIONS IN THE CAPITAL (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok. Oct. 14. r"vURlNG demonstrations in Bang' kok at the week-end over Thai demands to France for the return of Thai territory incorporated in Indo-China, there were en:husiastic scenes but no incidents and the
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    JOHORE'S BALANCED DRAFT BUDGET
    92 10 SPEAKING at to-day's budget meeting of the Johore State Council, Mr. Arthur Sleep, Financial Commissioner, said that next year, for the first time for several years, the Government was presented with a balanceed draft budget. Ordinary revenue was estimated at $19,788,000 with 52,000,000 from war taxation.
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    COUNCILLOR URGES MALAYAN INCOME TAX
    939 11 Country Could Ought To Shoulder Heavier Burden PLEA FOR FAIR TRIAL FOR DIRECT TAXATION CTRONG support for the introduction of income tax kJ in Malaya was expressed by Mr. E. C. H. Charlwood, in a speech in the Legislative Council yesterday, when he replied critics
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    PAYMENT OF COURT FINES
    258 11 Instalment Plan Suggested AN amendment is being made to the Criminal Procedure Code to permit courts to make orders for the delayed payment of fines conditional upon the convicted providing security, according to Mr. N. A. Worley, acting Attorney General, in a reply to a suggestion
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    "OILY MAN" QUESTIONS DETECTIVE
    130 11 HAIION bin Hamid. better known as tte "Oily Man," cross-examined the detective who arrested him on the question of his identity m the third court yesterday, during the Inquiry Into the allegation that he had unlawfully returned from banishment. -How do too know I am the
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    FROM MUNSHI ABDULLAH TO ANAK SINGAPURA
    123 11 "MUNSHI Abdullah to An&_ Stagapura— (Word GlimpcAs of M_»ya by Malayans) k the title of a book which Mr. S. Dural Raja Sin— Jn, F.R.Q.S.. a R&Utj schoolmaster, has edited. The entire proceeds from the sale or Oils book are for the Malaya Patriotic
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    BLOOD TRANSFUSION IN JOHORE
    26 11 COME 73 members of the Jofaore Te&cnen Association hare volunteered to form Uie nucleus of a Wood transfusion ■erriee to Job ore.
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    Adequate Quarters For The Control Departments
    427 11 A $250,000 building, amply de- signed to house the whole of the Department of Statistics, and such control departments as the exchange, oil and shipping, was suggested by Mr. J. I. Dawson in the Legislative Council yesterday. This building should stand either at Teluk
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    GROWING MORE FOOD IN S.S.
    265 11 Some Compulsion Advocated "JOHN COMPANY'S" EXAMPLE pOMPULSORY measures to make people grow their own vegetables were suggested by Mr. E. A. de Buriatte in the Legislative Council yesterday. He said that if the response to the Governments "Grow More Food" campaign proved unsatisfactory, compulsory steps
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    BILLS BEFORE S.S. COUNCIL
    226 11 THE Filial Supply Bill, moved by the 1 acting Financial Secretary, Mr. L. G. Corney. went through the second reading anu committee, and was passed in the Legislative Council yesterday. The acting Atttomey-General Mr. N. A. Worley, moved the second reading and committee of the following
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    MILITARY FUNERAL FOR K.L. CRASH VICTIM
    151 11 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 14. THE funeral of Mr. J. J. Spall, a 1 young mining engineer of Anglo Oriental (Malaya), Ltd., who was killed yesterday morning In a car accident in Batu Road, took place this morning at the Cheras
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    GOVERNMENT OPPOSES WAR LOTTERIES
    505 11 "Abundant Evidence Of Undesirability" Mr. Corney THE overwhelming evidence which had been found of the many serious evils to which lotteries gave rise had deterred the Government from introducing lotteries as a means of raising war funds, said Mr. L. G. Corney, acting Financial Secretary, at
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    RADIO TALKS ON SINGAPORE
    186 11 JUIR. E. H. G. DOBBY, will broad- cast to-night from the Singapore statioifat 7.10 p.m.. a talk entitled "Singapore Island." Mr. Dobby, who is a lecturer ia geography at Raffles College, will explain in his talk to-night many interesting geographical features of Singapore Island. This is
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    FOOTLIGHTS PARADE RAISES $5,369
    89 11 AS a r>-sult of the four performances of "Footlights Parade" at the Victoria Theatre a sum of $"2,164 Is being sent to the British Red Cross Society. $1,102.50 Is going to the Lord Mayor rf London's Fund for uin Relief of Air Raid victims and $1,*****
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    29 11 Mr J. L. Knott, of the Commonwealth Suppiy Department, who is one of the Australian delegates to the forthcoming Eastern group conference at New Delhi, passed through Singapore yesterday.
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    GOVERNMENT TO BUILD CITY TENEMENTS
    937 12 Mr. Dawson Urges Adoption Of Experimental Block Plan GOVERNMENT intends to build tenement houses for "Singapore workers, said Mr. L. G. Corney, acting Financial Secretary, in the Legislative uncil yesterday, answering a suggestion by a Singapore unofficial member, Mr. J. I. Dawson, that the recommendation
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    SCHEME TO IMPROVE GOAT BREEDING
    277 12 Councillor's Plea For Smallholders lIIfDER the consideration of Govw eminent at the moment Is a scheme for improving the breed of goats in Malacca. This was disclosed by Mr. H. Weisberg, the acting Colonial Secretary, when he replied, at yesterday's meeting of the Legislative Council,
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    L.D.C. AGE LIMIT MAY BE ABOLISHED
    107 12 A SUGGESTION lhat the age limit of 55 for Europeans who were eligible for service in the Local Defence Corps be abolished, was made by Mr. O. V'iscman, the planting member fror 1 Malacca, in the Legislative Counci' yesterday. Fitness should be the deciding
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    Malay Councillor Praises Government Food Policy
    306 12 A TRIBUTE to the steps taken by Government to ensure not only food in abundance but also reasonably low prices made known to all by a system of keeping the public informed of the latest fluctuations was paid by Capt. N. M. Hashim in
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    More Destroyers Arrive In U.K.
    160 13 More Destroyers Arrive In U.K. Will Be Id Service In A Few Day* London, Oct. 14. A FURTHER group of over-age United States destroyers arrived at a British port recently. The captain of one ship said that they had a good trip, with no incidents, and added that they had
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    VS. SHIP TO EVACUATE AMERICANS IN BRITAIN
    78 13 London, Oct. 14. AMERICANS who had ties in Britain preventing them from leaving the country before May will be afforded another opportunity of travelling home. Mr. J. P. Kennedy, the United States Ambassador in London, has asked the Maritime Commission to review the
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    BUBONIC PLAGUE UN MANCHUKUO
    84 13 Toltio. Oct. 15. I\IIASTIC sttps have been taken at Hsingking. capital of Manchukuo, to check an outbreak of bubonic plague which has already claimed 18 lives in three weeks. All theatres and public halls have been closed. People going out must wear masks covering the nose
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    UNARMED SHIP BOMBED BY UNKNOWN PLANE
    61 13 Madrid. Oct. 14 THE BriUsii merchant steamer Starling 1 < 1.320 tons) has entered Cadis after being bombed by unknown plane outside Spanish waters. Pour members of the crew were killed and seven woundec. The plane dived on the steamer suddenly ouc of a
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    MADRID ON WHY R.A.F. MAY BOMB RUMANIAN OIL WELLS
    723 13 Occupation Of Country Will Be To Germany's Disadvantage DASED on the belief that Britain will lose no time in bombing the Rumanian oil wells, the view is freely expressed in Madrid, reports Reuter, that unless the Axis powers can quickly and
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    British Colony Leave Rumania
    105 13 British Colony Leave Rumania Bucharest, Oct. 14. TTHE military and naval attaches of the British legation here, with their staffs, have left Bucharest. The British legation will remain for the time being under Sir Reginald Hoare, the British Minister. It is expected thai, a legation staff of about 20 will
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    Speech Annoys Axis Envoys To Mexico
    118 13 Mexico City, Oct. 14. rvESPITE the face that they received special invitations, the German and Italian ministers here did not a> tend the Chamber of -Deputies' celebration en Columbus Day. The reasons are reported to be that when th?y at:ended the ope ling of
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    VICHY TO PAY FOR COTTON PURCHASES
    74 13 Cairo, Oct. 15. rE negotiations between the Egyptian and French Governments concerning the question of debts of Egypt for cotton and other products appear to be coming to a satisfactory conclusion. It is learned from an authoritative source that the Vichy Government has agreed
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    ROOSEVELT ON SPIRITUAL FORTIFICATION IN U.S.
    66 13 ROOSEVELT ON SPIRITUAL FORTIFICATION IN U.S Washington, Oct. 14. PRESIDENT Roosevelt warned aggressor nations that the United States "does not have to be cruel to be tough" In a radio speech last night on behalf of the drive for "1940 mobilization for human needs." The President warned aggressors not to
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    45 13 JN the quadrangle of the Colonial Office yesterday afternoon. Lord Lloyd, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Inspected the Kenya unit of the Mechanised Transport Corps, numbering about 60 women some of whom were weeing decorations for service In the last war. British Wireless.
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    HUSSAR OFFICER'S THREE ESCAPES FROM NAZIS
    352 13 London, Oct. 14. /RAPTURED on three occasions by the Germans and escaping each time, cycling through a battle between the French and Germans, and finally attempting a crossing of the Channel alone in a rowing boat, the story of the courage and ingenuity of
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    AMERICA'S ANSWER TO THE AXIS-JAPAN ALLIANCE
    394 14 Roosevelt's "Remarkable" Speech Praised By British Press DRESIDENT ROOSEVELT 7 S broadcast on Saturday night pledging continued aid to Britain and total defence of the Western hemisphere, is heralded by the British Press as the most outright answer yet given to *he triumphant announcement
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    YUNNAN CITY IN FLAMES
    74 14 Terrific Damage In Japanese Raid Kunming, Oct. 14. THE United States consulate was slightly damaged and the windows of the English and German consulates were shattered when Japanese yesterday mercilessly divebombed Kunming, capital of Yunnan Province. Flying low, the aircraft systematically raked the city to the
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    Enemy Bomb Splinters As Souvenirs
    182 14 Enemy Bomb Splinters As Souvenirs Aden, Oct. 14. ""THE claims regarding air raids on Aden which the Italians are putting out from Bari radio are no less fantastic than the nonsense they are talking about the Hadramaut. In the raid en Aden on Oct. 8, when according to the flamboyant
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    BASES IN S. AMERICA FOR UNITED STATES Statement By Mr. Hull
    241 14 Washington, Oct. 14. THE mutual use of navai and air base j facilities has been discussed beiween the United States and various South American countries This was indicated by Mr. CordeU Hull, the Secretary of State at his press
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    Mexican Attitude To Japan Unchanged
    60 14 Mexico City, Oct. 14. THE Mexican attitude towards Japan will not be changed by tension In JapaneseAmerican relations, the Mexican Foreign Office declared in a statement denying reports that Mexico was increasing pressure against Japan. "There cannot be any change In our attitude oecause of
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    "ENSURES PEACE IN THE BALTIC "
    57 14 "ENSURES PEACE IN THE BALTIC Moscow, Oct. 14. 'THE Soviet-Finnish Agreement with regard to the demilitarization of the Aland islands, at the entrance to the Gulf of Eothnla, ensures peace In the Baltic and It the logical outcome of the peace treaty signed in March, says t>^e npv-Fppper Red Fleet,
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    "SYRIA COULD BE WON OVER TO ALLIES"
    171 14 Strong Pro-British Sympathies Cairo, Oct. 14. A REAL leader could sway Syria over f* to the cause of Free France mere iy by a show of strength and decisivtness that the present government obviously lacks, according to a wellinformed traveller who has just
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    ANGER AT BOMBING OF CATHEDRAL
    120 14 London, Oct. 14. FURTHER evidence of the universal horror at the damage recently done to St. Paul's Cathedral, when a Na^i bomb penetrated the roof at the eastern end and brought tons of masonry crashing down on the high altar is contained in many telegrams
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    NAZIS LOSE 8 PILOTS TO EACH R.A.F. MAN
    111 14 D London, Oct. 14. ESPITE the Increased German use of fighters as light bombers, with the object of reducing the heavy losses they had been suffering In their attack on Britain, the number of German aircraft destroyed in battles over Britain during
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    18 14 Cape Town, Oct. 14. rORTY-flve child "evacuaces" from Scotland arrived at Cap* Town yesterday. All we well.— neuter.
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    Reds Mass Forces
    125 14 EXPECT NEW NAZI DRIVE IN SOUTH Bucharest, Oct. 14. A TRAVELLER who has just arriv- ed from a Russian Black Sea port says that official circles there believe the Cormans are preparing to pass troops through Rumania for an attack against Greece. Soviet preparednsfs for all eventualities
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    British Exports Increasing
    191 14 London, Oct. 14. f\NE of the export industries which is maintaining its trade despite the loss ol continental markets, and is thus contributing to Britain's wartime effort, is paint manufacture. Firms in this industry ship oversea paints, varnishes and enamels to the value of about £5,000,000 yearly.
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    "U.K. CAN DELIVER THE GOODS"
    196 14 London, Oct. 14. "THERE is no need for buyers abroad to have any doubt about our ability to make, sell and deliver the goods they want," declared Sir Cecil Weir, a member of the Export Council for the Board of Trade, speaking at a luncheon
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    TRADE BETWEEN BRITAIN AND GREECE
    55 14 Athens, Oct. 14. DISCUSSIONS are in progress for the j purchase by Britain from Greece of 50,000 cens of currants and 10 000 tons of sultanas. The deal is part of a general plan i Tor placing on a working basis trade between the two
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    AMATEUR BOXING CLUB'S ANNUAL MEETING
    469 15 War Fund Programme To Be Held In December ANOTHER amateur boxing programme in aid of The War Fund will be staged, this time by the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association and Club, at the Happy World in December, and not in November as previously announced. This
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    S.A.F.A. CHALLENGE CUP COMPETITION
    182 15 Corresponutnrv Walk-Over Has Created Hard Feeling To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— The decision of the Malays to concede a walk-over to the Airmen in their second round tie in the S.AJJI Challenge Cup compedtion did not surprise me, for I have been aware
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    SINGAPORE CHINESE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION
    128 15 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, Will you kindly insert in your paper the following questions, in the hope that they wJI be read by those gentlemen who are in the official position of being able to help the Chinese community. 1. Where are
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    SINGAPORE HORNETS BEAT CRICKET CLUB 5-1
    753 15 Aveling's Fine Goalkeeping Hornets 5; S.C.C. "A" 1 pi a game that began slowly and gradually livened up into in- teresting and, at times, exciting hockey, the Singapore Hornets beat the Singapore Cricket Club's A team by five goals to one on the padang
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    GOOD WINS GOLD MEDAL AT KEPPEL GOLF CLUB
    112 15 WINNING the October Medal at the Keppel Golf Club with a net score oi 83 15=68, A. C. Good also won the Club's Gold Medal for 1939-40. Tie lull scores in the October Medal were: A. C. Good 83—15=68: H. Irving Jones
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    DOBSON CUP TO W. A. WILSON
    77 15 THE Dobson Cup for golf, which is competed for annually by members of the Society of Yorkshiremen in Malaya, was played for on Sunday at the Royal Singapore Golf Club, the winner being W. A. Wilson with a score of 85 21 MM. O.her
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    STATE HOCKEY IN NEGRI
    169 15 Decision To Play "Away" Matches (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban. AT a meeting of the committee of the Negri Sembilan Hotkey Association held at the Negri Sembilan Club, it was decided to play inter-state matches with Singapore, Selangor, Perak and Malacca, provided funds were available for
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    WOMEN'S OCTOBER MEDAL AT SEPOY LINES
    79 15 rpHE Sepoy Lines Golf Club's women's A October Medal competition, Stapleford scoring, resulted: Mrs. A. D. Williamson 10+9=19; Miss E. MacArther 5+l3JA=lBy 2 Miss M. A. Walsh 4+13 1 2 ny 2 Mrs. J. M. Crombie 4+1234=163,4; Miss V. V. Blake 7+9=16; Mrs. M.
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    Y.W.C.A. HOCKEY
    54 15 I^HE following have been selected to play hockey for the Y.W.C.A. first eleven against the GJS.C. first eleven on the G.S.C. ground at 5.15 p.m. tomorrow. E. Fruigneigt; P. Wilson, S. Armstrong; A. Edgar, Z. Short, P. Koh; Joy Ross, P. Elliott, Maureen Clark, O. Wheatley, Audrey Valberg.
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    VADE CUP COMPETITION AT BUKIT TIMAH
    471 15 THE following is the draw (or the first round of the Royal Singapore Golf Club's Vade Cup competition to be played at Bukit Tlmah by Sunday, Oct. 27. J. F. Eber vs. J. E. MacCallum; H. Campbell vs. T. M. Stevens; J. H. Wichers
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    S.R.C. "A" & FORT IN 1-1 DRAW
    300 15 S.R.C. "A" FORT IN 1-1 DRAW Stout Defenders Save The Club Fort Canning 1; S.R.C. "A" 1. COMMENDABLE goalkeeping by Campbell and good work by Pat de Souza and Neubronner saved the S.R.C. (A) from defeat on the padang yesterday when they met Fort Canning, the game ending in a
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    ONG CHEW BEE WINS HANDICAP FINAL
    127 15 ONG CHEW BEE won the men's singles handicap final in the S.C.R.C. open invitation lawn tennis tournament at Hong Liin Green yesterday, when he beat Chew Poh Kuo 8—6, 6—1. After a grim struggle in the first set, which Chew Bee just managed to
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    WINNERS IN VARIOUS DIVISIONS OF LEAGUE
    70 15 T*HE Singapore Amateur Football As- sociation's list of winners and run-ners-up in the various divisions of the league competition are: Division 1: winners, Royal Air Force (Seletar) runners-up,— M.F.A. Reserve Division: winners,—Manchester Regiment Rs.; runners-up,— S.C.F.A. Rs. Second Division (A): winners, R_A.; runners-up, R.E.
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    COLLEGE AND AIRMEN DRAW AT HOCKEY
    54 15 "THE hockey match between the R.A.F. 1 (Malaya) and Raffles College, played at Bukit Timah yesterday, ended in a draw, neither side scoring. The ga-me did not produce a very good standard of hocksy, and rorolved into a battle be. ween the College forwards
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    45 15 TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS Soccer: Manchester* vs. Loyals, stadium at 5 pan. Hockey: Loyals vs. R.A.F., Gillman Barracks; CSC. vs. Police, Depot; YM.CA vs. Raffles College, V.M.C.A. Rugger: St. Andrew's Old Boys vs. Police, Woodsville; RE. vs R.A.A.F., Farrsr Park; S.C.C. "A" vs. R.A. (A.A.), S.C.C.
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    DAKAR REPORTED TO BE NOW IN GERMAN HAINDS
    119 16 Disclosure By Officer Of Polish Ship Which Escaped To U.S. Boston (Mass.), Oct. 14. HAKAR has been in German hands since early July, declared f** the chief engineer of the Polish steamer Rozewie when the j vessel arrived here to-day. Dakar, he
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    Nazi Propaganda In North China
    135 16 Handbills Believed Dropped By Japanese Peiping, Oct. 15. A S an example of the way German propaganda is encouraged hi Peiping, Chinese handbills, were dropped, presumably by Japanese planes, on Saturday with a lurid picture headed T-n-msn planes bomb English Capital." picture shows a highly
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    £1.500.370 RAISED IN TWO DAYS
    36 16 London, Oct. 14. BRADFORD, which aimed at raising £1,250,000 during the war weapons week which began on Saturday, has after two days already received In '•ash and promises £1,509,370. British Wireless.
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    Norwegians Aid Local Defences
    114 16 Norwegians Aid Local Defences London, Oct. 15. HPHE silk flag which he had received recently as a gift from Norwegian women in England on his sixty eighth birthday, was presented by King Haakon of Norway to the Norwegian forces yesterday when he visited their training camp somewhere in Great I
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    40 16 London, Oct. 14. GIFTS for the purchase of aircraft acknowledged to-day include i £1,000 sent by a Mrs. Ravescroft from I Buenos Aires as well as a contribution ;Of £6.000 from the town of Lewes, In I Sussex. —BriMsh Wirelers.
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    Bombing Of Buckingham Palace
    26 16 The King and Queen chat with rescue workers who are clearing away the debris after a Nazi bombing attack on Buckingham Palace.
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    German Liberals Saved From Grip Of Gestapo
    120 16 New York, Oct. 14. CNATCHED from the grip of the Gestapo and smuggled out of France, a number of liberal German writers and their families, including Heinrich Gottfried Mann and Franz Werfel, arrived here in a Greek liner to-day. The organization responsible for
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    £250,000 MORE FROM INDIA FOR AIRCRAFT
    37 16 New Delhi, Oct 14. THE sum of £250,000 has been cabled to the Air Ministry in London by the East India fund for the purchase of Spitfires fc>r the BX*i— ftfeoter.
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    PARENTS TO BROADCAST TO CHILDREN IN CANADA
    122 16 London, Oct. 15. DARENT S whose children have been sent to Canada under the Children's Overseas Reception Board scheme, are to be given an opportunity of speaking direct to their gir.'» r.nd boys in that Dominion. Princess Elizabeth's message inaugurated ct the week-end
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    "LONDON CAN TAKE IT" FILM ON AERIAL BOMBARDMENT
    194 16 To Be Shown In United States, Latin America And Canada London, Oct. 14. I ONDON can take it is the title of a realistic film depicting t the aerial bombardment of London which arrived to-day; in America by Clipper. Night after night,
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    Italian Air Base Bombed
    66 16 Cairc, Oct. 14. THE South African Air Force admin1 is-ered its seventh pounding to Yavelie aerodrome, in Abyssinia, on Saturday night. A communique issued to-day states that heavy and incendiary bombs fell among hangars and aerodrome buildings, and a machine-gun post was quickly silenced. Other Sou^h
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    NAZI BOMBER IS SHOT DOWN Daylight Raids On London Outskirts
    224 16 NAZI BOMBER IS SHOT DOWN Daylight Raids On London Outskirts London, Oct. 14. A LARGE four-engined German bomber was shot down on open ground on the outskirts of London today. According to a reliable report, antiaircraft batteries opened fire when the aeroplane was flying over the suburb at over 5,000
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