The Straits Times, 17 October 1940

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    35 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY] MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER-LARGEST NET SALES 24 pa<;es SINCAI'ORi;, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1940 PRICE 5 CENTS. The Straits Times 24 P SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, OCTOBKR 17. 1940 PRICE 5 CENTS.
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      335 1 Fo' Up-to-date TAILORING... MIEN CHONG JaM Krrriret S»K 1. rug t b WAIN SHIF.I.I > In Silk And Wool AUo AMFRICAN -.UXKKSKIV In r%ri on* rotoars. 34 c*l«nan St. S'r»™ Phone 4«l« SINGAPORE, 140 CECIL ST. 'PHONE 5471). jKy^BFHf rjl g^J AUTOMOBILE A%|LUilJl REPLACEMENT SoJ^B BEAR INGS I^b\ nVmm^i -1
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      36 1 FINAL EDTN. ELSIE MARY SINGAPORE mm* KUALA LUMPUR. DRESSES for all OCCASIONS DRESSMAKING MILLINERY. KUALA LUMPUR 25 JAVA ST. ('PHONE 3583). Bjiab S^vA^'^a^s^fll a^a vuL^vi Crape Fruit Cordial Lemon Barley Watery l^|^ >4^^| M\ff«x \\^j sip'"
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      DEATH
      36 2 i' tli, aged 50. passed away after a lone sirkn?ss on October 15, at r^sidenci- Bukit Timah Road. Funeral rook place at 9 a.m. ..t Bldadari Cemetery on Wednesday. Oct. 16. Ceylon and Penan; opy.
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      610 2 m\t Straits limes SMALL ADST Minimum charge $1. for advt not exceeding 4 line* More llutn foot lioe« 25 cents per line (Six words) Box No. 25 cents extra IK'.MI :.IIl. OCtl'tUO-MLS BiKTIIS. MABR1AGES DEATHS ACKNOWLKHGMKNTS. AMNOUNCEBIEMS P.P.C CARDS are charted I* *»cb per inscrtiOD per Inch. Orct < I
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      875 2 I FOR SALE SHELVADOR Refrigerator Phone SS39. FOR SALE, Small Motor Cruiser. Price $CCO. What offers?— Phone 6167. FOR SALE G.E.C. radio 10 valve twin rpeaker 1939 model as new. Telephone Eartlett 3575 during office hours. ALL TYPES of receivers, Amplifiers, and component parts, at ••give away 1 pries.i es.
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      943 2 BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET OFFICES at 1 and 4-A Prince St. and 22 Raffles Place. Apply Kob Chew Kee. 129 ICilliney Road. TO LET SPACIOUS BKlOill AND AIKY OFMCES, Ist Floor corner of Prince and Oe Souza Street Apply N Reuben Co. Ltd EDUCATIONAL BOARDING SCnOOL for girls run on
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      751 2 AUCTION NOTICES THE SINGAPORE AUCTIONEERS AUCTION SALE Of brand new modern electric chandeliers, floor and hanging lamps, chrome plated bir.l cages, fancy pottery, 10 jars coagulating acids, golf clubs in bag, also household furniture. 2 cases Empty perfume bottles Etc. to be held at No. 64, chulia Street on Friday.
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      473 2 BUSINESS CARDS ETC. Tj. 1 SEED FOR SALE From large monoclonal areas each over 500 acres. Price $30 per 1,000 ex Batu Anam. Apply Manager. Paya Lang Estate, Batu Anam. 1947 frOKD "30" SEDAN. The general condition of the engine, bodywork and upholstery could not be excelled. Fitted with ovrrt.be
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      397 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. i Incorporate in tnglandi PENINSUI.AR ANP ORJFNTAI 8 N Co WAIL 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. India
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      221 3 (Incorporated to Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE. TO EUROPK VIA AMERICA Through fares to North America to Europe via America and Round lours in the Pacific quoted in L.S. on application To California from the Orient via Honolulu s.s NTTTA MARU leave H'koni? Oct. 11 ms
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      504 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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      1000 3 Broadcasting TO-DAY EMPIRE STATION m^m* w9 Fixed times for central transmission SINGAFOKt (replacing Transmissions II and III) ro (22S (Malayan time); 6.00 p.m. Programme an- L i«« «-nS« mi nouncements; 6.20 p.m. News; 6.33 *«nZHP1 9.60 m/rt oj.96 m. t j uest ion s of the hour; 8.20 p.m. New,
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    Pilot Held Criminally Liable In Ipoh Plane Crash Inconclusive Evidence Regarding "Influence Of Drink"
    1414 4 Pilot Held Criminally Liable In Ipoh Plane Crash Inconclusive Evidence Regarding "Influence Of Drink" (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Oct. 16. T DO not think I can hold any one save the pilot (Capt. G. A. Bentinck), and technically the Perak Flying Club, as criminally liable said Mr. J. P.
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
    123 4 Singapore, Oct. 17, noon. Buyers Sellers Gambler $7.75 Hamburg Cube $13.00 Java Cube 112 50 Peujw White Mumofc $1115 White J11.25 Black 6.25 Covra Mixed $2.35 Sun Dried $2SC S<io~ FlotiT No lingga $i.55 Pair $3.30 $3.20 Sarawak $2.90 lelozong Palembang $13.00 Banja $11.50 Sarawak $11.50 1
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    TO-DAY'S WAR FUND LIST
    468 4 THE following donations to The War j Fund are recorded to-day S cte. Automobile Association of Malaya 1.000 Staff, Contractors and labour force of Paya Lang Estate, (3rd. contribution) 800 Transferred from Penang, being 100 th. instalment of contributions made through the Pinang Gazette and Straits
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    RUBBER PRICES ADVANCE
    392 4 Brokers' Reports On Past Week IN a weekly report on the rubber market issued this morning Lewis and Peat (Singapore) Ltd. write An urgent demand for spot and near shipment rubber has at times, during the week, raised prices over a cent, and considerable quantities have been
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    AROUND THE MARKETS Rubber Easier: Industrials And Loans In Demand
    412 4 AROUND THE MARKETS Rubber Easier Industrials And Loans In Demand By Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, Oct. 17. I'HE share markets were again very quiet yesterday and only small business was done in all sections. There were very few price changes. In the local tin share section prices were inclined to
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    84 4 TbDi-sdfeT. Oct. 17, noon. Huyerx >eU«n Prirt* "V!e«r Mi AtA t .S.S (Spot loote) U< v No. IX K.S.S rj j m .-as*-* Oft.-Nov. (Seller* Option) CBS, ::B\, G.F.A.Q. K.S.S r.oD in bain-Oct.-Nov. (Sellers Option) 37-.; 373« fr'.A.O R.S-S r.j.b. m batr* Oct. -Nov. (Sf!lT«;
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    LUKUT AND JELEBU TIN QUARTERLY RESULTS
    157 4 TN the third quarter c» tins ytar Luku; lin Dredging treated 73,908 cubic yards at material and produced 262 plculs of tin-ore. The loss on the quarter's working was $8,000 approximately. Comparative figures for tne preceding quarter arc. 80,874 cubic yards, 400 piculs of
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    EXCHANGES
    189 4 rtie following arc the exchange rates Urn mcrnlng according to the dally circular Issued by the Hongkons and Shanehni Banking Corporation:— -KLLINC London T.I. 2/4 1/16 Lor don demanu 2/4 1/16 Switzerland demand (T.T. only) °02 New York demand 47 1/16 Montreal demand SI 13/lfi JBatavla demand 88 11/1
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    84 4 London, Oct. 16. LONDON tin circles expect that all Bolivia's output will continue to be smelted In Britain for the duration of the war making the United States smelter project an academic question unless the transport from Bolivia to England becomes impossible. London thinks that any advantage to the United
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      166 4 •f* -w*' left rt Pawipj ufll fy*v.4»r*-.V Mi V*^<* K vUSTIC WOCH PLYMOUTH 19 4 0 Now Challenges higher priced fine cars with two treat new cars of low price: PLYMOUTH DE LUXE PLYTMOFTH SIX CYCLE iCARRIACI CO 1926 LTI STRAITS TIMES ANNUAL for 1940 Bik&er and better than ever
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      419 4 PUBLIC NOTICE UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED. (Incorporated In the Straits Settlements') NOTICE Is hereby given that the Transfer Books of the above Company wIU oe cloned from October 18th to October 25th., 1940. both days Inclusive. By Order of the Board HAMILTON CAMPBELL '.ctlng Secretary TENDERS SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. TENDERS are Invited
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    London Stock Exchange
    362 5 London, Oct. 16. ,'THE Stock Exchange to-day was firm in spite of the quietness of trading. Giltedged again advanced under the lead of War .Loan. Industrials were narrowly irregular but gains appeared to outnumber losses. Aiter the recent strength of Argentina bonds, Argentine rails improved while gold
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    153 5 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES (From Out Own Correspondent) London, Oct. 10. COMMODITY and Exchange markets closed as follows vith previous Quotations In parenthesis: New York (opening prices >: Not avallab.? COPRA: P.M.S. Soot: £U Straits S v Rotterdam: £13 2s Od COTTON: 8.05 d (7.92d> TEPFEK: White Muntok: id (sellers) i3d> Whit*
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    128 5 Mail* cloee at the General Poet Office as follows TO-MORBOW Adea air 4p.m. Africa air 4p.m. Australia air 4 p.m. Burma air 4 p.m. Ceylon air 4 p.m. Darwin air 4 p.m. Egypt air 4 p.m. Great Britain etc air 4 p.m. India air 4p.m. Java
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    List Of Current Dividends
    217 5 Issued by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association. Singapore. Oct. 16. Boote Total tot Comoaiif Dividend Close Dac« S» Dit. Ooancial rear TV* Payable D*te to date Chenderiang 10% final less tax Oct. 31 15% Hongkong Tin 12^:% tot. less tax Oct. 24 37 tt% Idris Hyd 2Vz%
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    Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1308 5 WEDNESDAY, OCT. 16. 1940: 4 P.M. MIXING Buyers Seller* Ampat Tin (4s) 3s 3s 6d Austral Amal (5s) Ss 5s 6d Austral Matey 33s 6d 35s 60 Ayer Hi tarn (5s) 19s 20s Ayer Weng ($1) .85 .95 Bangrin Tin (£1 15s 9d 16s 9d
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    YESTERDAY'S RUBBER AUCTION
    151 5 "Hie Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held it* 1.508 th auction yesterday, and there were catalogued 1460.864 1b.— 616.46 tons; offered 1,323.77j lb.— 590.97 tons; sold 1.176.194 1b.— 525.09 tons. London Spot 11 13 16d. New York Spot! 20V4 cts. PRICES REALIZED Ribbed Smoked Sheet Cento
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    U.S. USES 50,200 TONS OF RUBBER IN SEPTEMBER
    176 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Oct. 16. CONSUMPTION of rubber in the United Sates continues to be maintained at a satisfactory rate. In September consumption was 50.200 tons, compared with 50,500 tons in August and 50,200 in September 1939. Total consumption for
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      225 5 BgW<^fa J It is impos'WE^jijr^' sibfe for an individual to provide for hia valueu possessions the safety that is afforded by our vaults where we have safe boxes of various sizes for hire at moderate rates. HIRERS themselves hold the KEYS and ONLY THEY can have access to these safe
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      100 5 TIDE TABLES SINGAPORE To-day H w. 11.04 a.m. 9.2 ft.; ll.Mp.m. 8.2 r L. W. 5.04 a.m. 2.5 ft.; 5.20 p.m. 1.5 V To-morrow H. W. 11.26 a.m. 9.3 It. L. W. 5.26 a.m. 2.7 ft.; 5.45 p.m. 1.2 f< Saturday. Oct. 19 H. W. 00.10 a.m. 9 ft.; 11.53
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    TURKISH CABINET CONFERS ON NAZI TROOP MOVEMENTS
    138 7 Greece Calls Up Engineering Specialists To The Colours London, Oct. 16. A MEETING of the Turkish Cabinet Council was held yesterday, and it is believed that Turkey's position in view of the events in the Balkans was discussed. German troop movements in Rumania
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    M.P. Urges Blockade Of Rumania
    67 7 M.P. Urges Blockade Of Rumania London, Oct. 16. A MEMBER of Parliament suggested in the House of Commons to-day that Rumania should be included in the Allied blockade, since she is under German control. Mr. R. A. Butler, Under- Secretary for Foreign Affairs, in his reply, agreed that Rumania was
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    British Mission To S. America
    566 7 Strengthening Good Relations Willingdon London, Oct. 16. "fvUR mission is to strengthen and confirm the good relations which have been for so long happily established between the free countries of South America and the British Empire," declared Lord Willingdon to i Reuter before his departure
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    Banished Princesses Back In Portugal
    108 7 Lisbon. Oct. 16. THREE representative! of the banish- ed Portuguese royal house of Braganza are to take part In the forthcoming celebrations which will commemorate Portuguese independence, achieved in 1640. Accommodation is being prepared for them in the Queluz Palace, where they will stay at
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    'Went Through Hell," Says Britons
    90 7 Istanbul. Oct. 16. TTrIE first batch of British refugees from Rumania numbering about 100 arrived here to-day together with 200 refugees of other nationalities. They came in a Rumanian steamer and were nearly eight hours late having been delayed by exhaustive formalities and searches carried
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    BRITISH GESTURE TO SWITZERLAND
    55 7 London, Oct. 18. THE British Government has agreed to grant Navicerts exports licences to enable Switzerland to maintain two months' stock of war materials and will also grant Navicerts export licences for any goods which cannot benefit the enemy. The right is reserved to revise the
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    SHANGHAI KIDNAPPING
    33 7 Shanghai. Oct. 16. A PROMINENT Chinese business man, Mr. Yao Vee-you, manager of the Woo Shing Tobacco Company, was kidnappM yesterday by four armed Chinese gunmen in the International Settlement. Reuter.
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, OCT. 17, 1940 (410 th. Day Of The War.)
    1109 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, OCT. 17, 1940. (410th. Day Of The War.) 'Watch The U.S.A.' A message published in the Singapore Free Press a little over a week ago stated that betting on the result of the United States Presidential Election was three to one in favour of a
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    CHAIRMAN OF CAMMEL LAIRD DIES IN RAID
    64 8 London, Oct. 17. MR. W. L. HICHEM6, aged 66, the chairman of the great shipping firm of Messrs. Cammel Laird and Co., Ltd.. a director of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and other large industrial concerns, has been killed in a London
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    PRAYER FOR SAFETY OF ISLAMIC COUNTRIES
    41 8 Lahore, Oct. 17. ALL branches of the Muslim League throughout the Punjab have been instructed to observe Nov. 1 as a special day of prayer for the safety, integrity and Independence of Islamic countries. —Reuter.
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    22 8 THE West India States Warplane Fund, which totals £0,500. has presented Its ftrat Bplttee to His M*jartys Goverumeot mpgrte Aewtar from Rajkot.
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    MALAYAN UNITY IN TIME OF WAR
    687 8  -  Roland Braddell (By Paramount Duty Of Protecting Power The proposal of Captain Hashim for a Malayan War Council and His Excellency's reply merit careful attention by the public. Captain Hashim proposed the formation of a supreme war council to control and direct Malaya's war
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  • Correspondence
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      RICE CARDS
      346 8 Modification Of System Suggested To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir. The registration of rice consumers recently introduced into the Colony, while having its merits has also certain disadvantages which tne individual person must suffer. Since the aim of the scheme was not to cause inconvenience to
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      ECONOMY
      136 8 Actions Speak Louder Than Words To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, Government is continually urging the people to save in every direction to help the war effort, yet does not practice what it preaches. For Instance, it must annoy the general public to read that almost £100
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      "EXCHANGE MUDDLE"
      280 8 Damaging Business Retards War Effort To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Please accept my best thanks for your leader Another Exchange Muddle." The letter in to-day's Straits Times from Mr. Goh Hoe Kirn. of Kuala Pllah. brings out a most important point that the Officer Administering
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      BICYCLE PLATES
      185 8 Owners Wish To Retain Old Numbers To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, May I comment on the replacement of bicycle plates that is now in operation in the Vehicles Registration Office? Apart from the fact that it is confusing to allot a different number to a
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    GREAT BRITAIN IS UNITED
    903 8 Democracy Maintains All Its Liberties (By R. H. S. Crossman) THE beginning of the second year of war finds the British people more firmly united than at any time since 1918. A recent statistical survey conducted by the British Institute of Public Opinion showed that 88
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      63 8 BOOKS OF THE MOMENT! My Part In Germany's Fight by Dr. Goebbels $4.50. Men Against Hitler by Fritz Max Cahen $5.70. Hitler's Spy Ring by "E. 7" $6.30. POSTAGE EXTRA. G. H KIAT A CO., LTD.. 6-8 Robinson Road, Singapore. Iyou can bookl through tickets FROM ANT RAILWAY STATION TO
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    GERMAN CONVOY OF FIVE VESSELS IS WIPED OUT
    237 9 Fresh Successes Of The Royal Navy SHIPPING AT BREST ALSO POUNDED FROM THE AIR British Cruiser Hit By Aerial Torpedo A GERMAN convoy of three supply ships with two escort vessels accompanying them has been destroyed. The Admiralty communique giving this news
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    London After Heavy Raid
    483 9 life Throbbing As Strongly As Ever London, Oct. 17. ***i a two-hour tour of London on both skies of the Thames yesterday, I found the industrial and private lite throbbing as isirongiy as ever," writes Reuter's special correspondent. The German bombers which raided the capital on
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    Lord Athlone To See President Roosevelt
    147 9 Quebec, Oct. 16. rE Governor- General of Canada, Lord Athlone, and Princess Alice will spend the next week-end as guests of President Roosevelt at his estate at Hyde Park, New York. This was announced from the Citadel tie summer residence of the Athlones when
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    Ajax In Fighting Trim At Alexandria
    56 9 London, Oct. 17. THE Gern«ans claim that the cruiser Ajax, which sank three Italian destroyers and routed five other enemy vessels in single-handed attacks in the Mediterranean on Tuesday, has herself been sunk. Actually, the Ajax is in fighting trim and is among the
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    Mr. Eden To Confer With Gen. Wavell
    119 9 London, Oct. 16. MR. Anthony Eden, Secretary of State for War, has arrived in Egypt. It ls understood that he is to have a conversation there with Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell, Commander in Chief of the armies in the Middle East. He will
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    31 9 Houses were wrecked when Nazi airmen showered bombs on a street in South London, but air raid shelters erected in the street were undamaged. They are here seen covered with wreckage.
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    ITALIAN ARMY THREATENING EGYPT HARASSED BY R.A.F.
    174 9 Cairo, Oct. 17. pURTHER harassing of the Italian army threatening Egypt was carried out by the R.A.F. yesterday. A communique issued last night describes the continuation of the attacks on Benghazi on Tuesday when further direct hits were made on the Mole d'ltalia,
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    U.S. TO STATE HER POLICY
    196 9 Talks With Soviet Being Continued Washington, Oct. 17. UR. Cordell Hull, U.S. Secretary of State, will deliver an address on foreign policy on Oct. 25, it was announced by the State Department to-day. M. Oumansky, the Soviet Ambassador to the United States, conferred for an
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    Russo-Japan 'No-War Pact' Prospects
    58 9 London, Oct. 17. THE possibility of Japan and Russia reaching a non-aggres-sion pact has been discussed widely. A Japanese newspaper says that with a pact would be the natural sequence of Japan's alliance with the Axis. American commentators, mentioning this possibility, think that a non- aggression
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    America Awakes To Her Own Danger
    204 9 London, Oct. 17. •"THE Americans are coming to real- i«e the dangers with which the progress of the dictators threatens their own continent," say« The Times in an editorial, "and with that realization grows the conviction that the moet effective method of preventing aggression
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    R.A.F. Offensive On Reich Steadily Intensified
    381 9 HAVOC CAUSED TO ENEMY BASES AND OIL STORES IN LONG NIGHT RAIDS London, Oct. 17. THE ever-increasing scale of the Royal Air Force offensive A against Germany is shown by further details from the Air Ministry of attacks lasting from Tuesday night until Wednesday
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    More Rumanian Oil For Reich
    131 9 Bucharest, Oct. 17. COINCIDING with the heavier German demands for oil and the dispatch of war materials in return, 65 passenger trains, many of which run on important main lines, are to be suspended from midn: >nt on Wednesday until the end of the month.
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    British Aid For French Colonies
    120 9 London, Oct. 17. BRITAIN is bringing trade to the French colonies that joined Gen. De Gaulle, the leader of the Free French forces. Prom the French Camerooos, Britain ls buying over one-third of the total ooeoa crap, over hall the coffee crop, large Quantities of
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    NAZIS LOSE 71 PLANES
    53 9 TO R.A.F.'s 53 IN the week from Oct. 7 to Oct. 14 the German air force has lost 71 aircraft, including 46 fighters, 22 bombers and three seaplanes. The ™-A F. in the same week lost 45 fighters and eight bombers, seven of the fighter pilots
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    HIMMLER DUE IN MADRID
    22 9 HTMUTJKR, head of the Gestapo (German secret police), is due In Madrid on a visit on Sunday Renter.
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    Soviet On Failure Of Nazi Air War
    42 9 THE Russian radio, drawing attention to the attacks British planes are making on German bases at Antwerp and Le Havre, says that German attacks 'on Britain have no appreciable results on the British Fleet. Renter.
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    3 Night Raiders Shot Down
    180 9 3 Night Raiders Shot Down London A.- A. Fire Keeps Enemy Flying High London, Oct. 17. •THREE enemy bombers were shot down during last night's raids on Britain. An intense and constant hail of shells by anti-aircraft guns kept the enemy flying high and vainly over London. In a raid
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    ARMS FLOW TO CHUNGKING
    239 9 Reopening Of The Burma Highway Rangoon, Oct. 17. UUNDREDS of high-powered trucks are waiting, ready to start along the Burma road when the ban on the transport of arms» into China, is lifted to-morrow, according to reports received from Lashio. near the Burma-China border. Transport workers
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    SWEDES OPEN FIRE ON R.A.F. PLANE
    115 9 Stockholm. Oct. 17. A BRITISH plane landed near the iron-ore mines at Gaellivare i Northern Sweden yesterday morni.ig after being fired at by Swedish antiaircraft guns. I A communique from the Swedish General Staff, announcing this, says that the plane and Its crew of
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    FURTHER FOUR-FIGURE GIFT TO WAR FUND
    658 10 $1,000 Acknowledged From Automobile Association ORCHARD ROAD FLOWER SHOPS' EFFORT rIKRK is another four figure contribution to The War Fund acknowledged today. At a recent meeting of the Executive Council of the Automobile Association of Malaya, it was decided to give $1,000 to the
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    AMUSEMENTS
    173 10 SINGAPORE KATTULS lIOTKI Dinner Dance i Informal 8 p.m. tn Midnight. C*ftltl('K THEATIIE. GKYLANG Mandrake The MtwrU-iai. Whole Serial 7.45 p tn GBLM.AI WORLD Cabaret: 9 pm. u> Midnight. Olobo: The Fighting 69. Sky: MUUon Dollar Legs H4PPY WOW I) Wayangs. Magic Show.- Opera V Other Free Attractions. Happy
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    Gen. Dobbie Sees Turn Of Tide
    135 10 (From Our Own Correspondent.* London, Sept. 16. LT.-GEN. W. G. S. Dobbie, who relinquished the Malaya Command to take over one of the war's "hot spots" as acting Governor of Malta, has earned high praise from London for the courage and success with which
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    VOLUNTEERS FROM CHINA
    219 10 I May Be Trained As Officers Here TtHRRE are to be further auditions! 1 to the number of Britons who' have come to Malaya from the Far East to join mflMtry unHs .^rvlTrg' in Malaya. A Reutcr mes*a«e frca Shanghai announcas 'h&X a third contingent of volunteers
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    MISS STELLA EBDEN TO WED NEXT MONTH
    50 10 fFrom Our Own Correspondent > Malacca, Oct. 16. THE marriage of Miss Stella Ruth Ebden, daughter of the Resident Councilor, Malacca, and Mrs. W. S. Ebden, and Mr. Kenneth Hardaker will take place at Christ Church, Malacca, at 4.30 p.m. on Saturday. Nov.
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    Main Items Of S.S. Revenue And Expenditure In 1941
    250 10 CPECIAL .defence expenditure in Malaya during the coming year is provided for in the Straits Settlements estimates published this week. The biggest hem is $700,000 for me Censorship Department compftred with 10,000 provided fur the present year. The Department of Information
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    37 10 ajo provision has been made In the 1941 n estimates for the Government yacht He* Ht-lle 11. as the yacht has been requuiuuuad it is jtatcd in the draft estimate* pru&ented to th« legislative Council tin* wwil
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    $350 FINE FOR MALAY J. P.
    264 10 Admits Giving False Information rvATO Mohameci Ghazaly bin Mohamed Arifflu, J.P.. a Municipal Commissioner, pleaded guilty j in the fifth court to-day to three charges of giving false information to the Passport Officer, Singapore, and was fined a total sum of $350. or, in
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      MR. K. L. WOODHOUSE
      133 10 MR. Kenneth L. Woodhouse. who died at his home in Bukit Timab Road on Tuesday, aged of 50, was a well-known Malayan rubber planter and tennis player. He was for many years manager of Uie Pantai Estate at Seremban. When Panto! was taken over by Pajam
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      MR. R. L. NAISH
      64 10 (Prom Our Own Correspondent/ London, Sepr. 13. MANY Malayans will regret to hear of the m talk frf Mr. Roy Lancelot Nalah, formerly of Kamunting, at 11, :~tng3- gardens. Hove, Sussex, on Sept. 10. Mr. Naish leaves a widow. Mrs. Eunice Nofch. He was the eldest
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      MR. J. L. RAE
      38 10 I Prom Our Own Correspondents Penang. Oct. IT. THE de&^h occurred yesterday Butterwortti Hospital of Mr. James Lindsay R*e, a Butterwortfc plainer, afttrr brief illness. Be wm 9« t«m» oid and learn tiro aoos.
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    At The Cinema "FLIGHT ANGELS"
    151 10 "FLIGHT ANGELS" At The Cinenut "Flight Anfeis." (Virginia Bruc«, Denote Morgan and Wayne Mcrrla.; Warner Brothers. At th« AthMabr*. A STORY of commercial air lines, the picture avoids stereotyped "thrills" and give* an entertaining twist to its picturizatlon of the lives o* air stewardesses and pilots. The fine acting of
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    On Manoeuvres In Britain
    114 10 Major-Gen. A. E. Percival, who at one time served on the staff of the Malaya Command, is seen on the ectremc left of this picture, which was taken during a visit paid by the Commander -in -Chief of the Home Forces. Sir Alan Brooke, to the
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    RICE REGISTRATION SCHEME SUCCESS
    295 10 250,000 Cards Issued By Chandu Shop Clerks THE registration of rice consumers, which concluded on Tues- day, has been even more successful than was expected. Although little trouble was expected as the scheme was very simple and easy to understand, the smooth way in which difficulties
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    $1,000,000F0r Local Forces In 1941
    70 10 $1,000,000 For Local Forces In 1941 MILITARY expenditure in 1941 allowed for in the Straits Settlements Budget includes $4,000,000 for the defence contribution, $2,000,000, the special defence contribution which was voted in 1938, and $1,151,2*5 to be spent on local forces (S.S.V.F., S.S.R.NV.K and S.S. Volunteer Air Force). Estimated expenditure
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    CHRISTMAS CARDS FOR NEUTRALS
    90 10 rIE United States is not included in the list of neutral countries to which Christmas cards, newspapers, newspaper cuttings and books must not be sent by individual residents of Malaya, says a Department of Information communique. The countries in this list include China, Japan, Indo-China, Thailand.
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    THAILAND DENIAL Not Associated With Axis
    264 10 THAILAND DENIAL Not Associated With Axis i SEQUEL TO REPORT FROM MANILA v rom Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Oct. 16. A denial that Thailand is associate ed with the tripartite Powers, j Germany, Italy and Japan, or affected in any way by the British decision to reopen the Burma Road
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    BISHOP ROBERTS TO LAY FOUNDATION STONES
    99 10 THE laying of tbe foundation stones of twft Church of England churches by Utf Bi&bop of Singapore, tbe Kt. Her. B. <*. Robert*, will take place to-morrow. Tbe two churches, will be for the congregation of St. Peter's Church which will ctfM down when
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    EURASIAN WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION
    43 10 rX Ar*t annual general meeting oJ the Singapore Eurasian Womeirt| Association will be held at the home ot Mrs. E. A. Reutens, at 34, St. Mlchaefl Road, on .Saturday, Oct 19, at 4.30 pj&t A social will follow the meeting..
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    41 10 Second-Lieut. H&mish Murray, Gordon Highlanders, only son of Mr. James Mumas the founder of Seliar. MVrray and Co.. nwr' Stone, Darby and Co.. Ltd.. PenM«. been missing since May He waa last saetf engaged In tne heavy Qgnc ng In Flanders.
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    WHY MALAYANS MAY NOT JOIN THE FORCES
    470 11 Need To Conserve Man-Power Again Emphasized RELEASE OF MEN FOR R. A. F. ONLY EXCEPTION TO RULE U7HY Malayans who are anxious to join the fighting services cannot for the present be allowed to do so is explained in a further communique on
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    DEBTS DUE IN COLONY BY ENEMY SUBJECTS
    37 11 A REGISTER of debts due to persons resident in the Straits Settlements by enemy subjects Is to be established. Details are given in a notice published in Page 2 k>-d«y
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    $1,000 Sindhi Gift To War Fund
    93 11 A GIFT of $1,000 to The War Fund by the Sindhi Merchants' Association was announced by the president, Mr. M. T. Assomull, at the reception given yesterday to Mr. H. North-Hunt, M.C.S., RegistrarGeneral of Statistics, who leads the Malayan delegation to the Eastern Group
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    SLAPPED HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW
    210 11 1 COR slapping his mother-in-law, an Indian was bound over to be of good behaviour for six months by the third magistrate, Mr. J. G. Rappoport, yesterday. He was SeobalaK Frasad, and he was charged with voluntarily causing hurt to his mother-in-law, Malayammal, by slapping her at
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    ARMY MOTOR CYCLIST DIES
    268 11 Learner's Crash At Bedok IJOW Private Mark Roberts, of the Loyal Regiment, was fatally injured while learning to ride a motor-cycle, was related in the coroner's court yesterday, at an inquiry held by Mr. W. G. Porter. Second-Lieut. D. W. Nonneley, of the Gordon Highlanders, an
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    PLAY TO AID SAILORS' ENTERTAINMENT FUND
    150 11 MR. Carl Lawson's three-act play "Fifty-Fifty,"' a skit on capital and labour, is to be presented at the Repertory Players' Club, 55, Cuppage Road, for three nights next week in aid of Mrs. T. B. Drew's fund for the entertainment of sailors. The dates
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    TAN KAH-KEE & FUKIEN RECLAMATION PLAN
    46 11 TAN KAH-KEE FUKIEN RECLAMATION PLAN Foochow, Oct. 15. MR. TAN KAH-KEE, Singapore Chinese ind-ustrialist. who arrived here on Oct. 6, declared to-day that he plans to invest $200 000 in the Fukien wasteland reclamation project. Mr. Tan is a native of Fukien Province.— Chinese Central News.
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    Bishop Replies To Critics Of Income Tax Plan
    989 11 IS the objection to income-tax on r the grounds of danger of evasion a reflection on the good faith and patriotism of the community which the community is going to stand? This was one of a number of questions asked by the
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    DECREE NISI GRANTED TO DOCTOR'S WIFE
    644 11 F\R. CHARLES JOSEPH PAGLAR, who was formerly medical adviser to the Sultan of Johore, was respondent in a divorce petition brought by his wife, Marie Kathleen Paglar, in the High Court yesterday, before Mr. Justice Manning. Mrs. Paglar, who made the petition on the
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    'POOLING OF BRAINS"
    339 11 Delegate On New Delhi Conference INDIANS ENTERTAIN MR. H. NORTH-HUNT "THERE is no secret about the pur1 pose of the Eastern Group Conference to be held soon at New Delhi," said Mr. H. North-Hunt. M.C.S., Registrar-General of Statistics and leader of the Malayar delegation to the Conference,
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    GEN. WU TEH-CHEN TO BE ENTERTAINED
    96 11 PREPARATIONS for the reception of Gen. Wu Tab-Chan, China's Minister for Overseas Affairs, who is expected in Singapore shortly are being made by the Chinese j Chamber of Commerce. It has be-n decided to give a tea party in his honour, and Chinese clubs
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    NAVAL BASES AT KIEL AND HAMBURG HEAVILY BOMBED
    441 12 Munition And Aircraft Factories, Power Stations Raided By R.A.F. London, Oct. 16. DOYAL Air Force bombers carried out attacks last night "on a naval dockyard in northern Germany and on communications and oil targets in western and central Germany, as well as
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    Tribute To Colonies' War Effort
    181 12 London, Oct. 16. i LORD Li^OYD, Secretary of State for the Colonies, in a broadcast .;ieech paying tribute to the war effort ot the British Colonial Empire, made special reference to tlio lease o bases in the West Indies (o t?i? Ui States. He said:
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    "Unlikely To Be In The War Zone"
    139 12 "Unlikely To Be In The War Zone" Manila, Oct. 16. PRESIDENT QUEZON expressed the< belief at his Press conference to- t i day that the Philippine* would not be < involved in war in the near future. While admitting that rumours that I Japanese-American war was imm: were being spread
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    Good Outlook For British Cotton
    125 12 New York, Oct. 16. BUSINESS as usual and more so iru spite of the war." This assure ance was ghen by Mr. Raymond^ Street, chairman of the Cotton Board.* speaking personally from Manchester" in the first unofficial commercial telephone conversation between Englrnd* and America which
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    Nazi Prisoners Better Fed Than German Army
    124 12 London, Oct. 16. A3KGD in the House of Commons yesterday I how the quality and quantity of food supplies to British prisoners of war In Geri many compared with those of supplies to German prisoners of war in Britain, Sir Edward Grigs. Under-Secretary
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    BRITISH SOLDIERS IN BELGIUM ARRESTED
    53 12 London, Oct. *5. NUMEROUS British soldiers who had been hiding in Belgium recently have been arrested, according to the German radio. The announcer added that Belgian people have been ordered to report the presence of British soldiers still at large to the German military authorities
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    NAVIGATION ON DANUBE
    57 12 London. Oct. 17. A COMMITTEE, on which the Com-iiianrter-in-Chier of the Yugoslav forces will b« represented, to take the necexwy DM ki ures to protect navigation on the Yugoslav section of the Danube, has been formed states fie Belgrade radio. These measures arc authorised by a decree
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    New Bomber For Raids On Enemy Capital
    95 12 "POWERFUL new bombers, which are being produced in great numbers, and an amazing new long-range fighter are likely to be used in the immediate future for a greatly intensified offensive against Germany,", says the Aeronautical correspondent of the London Daily Mail. "The range
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    Canada-U. S. Aircraft Production Doubled
    91 12 London, Oct. 16. '"HE Canadian Air Minister, said las* nignt that Canada and the United oiates were doubling their output ol aircraft to allow Britain to concentrate on other types of producMon n"^d v for defence. He said that Canada had entered so completely into
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    £9,000,000 A Day For The War
    165 12 Bill For Fighting Services Doubled London. Oct. 16. BRITAIN is now spending £9,000,000 daily on war purposes, an increase since July of £1,500,000 dally. This fact was revealed by Sir Kingsley Wood, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in a statement given to the House
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    MANUFACTURE OF WAR MATERIALS FORBIDDEN
    33 12 Vichy. Oct. 16. 10-ciay and for the duration of the armistice the manufacture. nport and export of war Materials re I'iirbidden in Prance, states the ■-•vas agency. Reuter.
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    3 SHIPS AMONG TARGETS HIT IN LIBYAN BASE RAID
    263 12 An ti- Aircraft Fire Foils Enemy Attack On Mediterranean Fleet Cairo, Oct. 16. TO-D/VY'S R.A.F. communique siatee ihai the R.A.F. carried out a most successful raid on Benghazi, scoring direct hits on the main mole, three ships in the harbour, main
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    BRITAIN WILL HAVE ENOUGH TO EAT
    72 12 LoQCioa, Oct. 15. BRITAIN had secured enough, and paid for enough, food to place the i people in a very good position for the earning year, stated Lord Woolton. the I Food Minister, speaking in London to-day. Selection might suffer, he said, but quantity
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    Parties Fail To Co-operate
    256 13 Political Deadlock In Australia Canberra, Oct. 16. TTHE Australian Prime Minister, Mr. R. G. Menzies, has summoned a conference of party managers to discuss methods of achieving a stable government. This follows the general elections, which gave the Government a majority of two only over the
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    Disobedience Drive Begins
    75 13 Disobedience Drive Begins Anti-War Speech Will Start Civil Movement Wardha, Oct. 16. THE individual civil disobedience campaign decided on by Congress will c inaugurated to-morrow, it is underood. Mr. Gandhi is understood to i intimating to the district magis\,te at Nagpur that Vindba a .;mble member of the Mahatma's Ashram
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    Frontier Muslims To Aid In Defence
    58 13 Peshawar, Oct. 16. THE wholehearted support of the frontier branch of the Muslim v,iue in all defence measures was dged at a meeting of the Peshawar nmittec by Sardar Aurangzeb Khan, no is a member. of the All-India .uslim League working committee and eader
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    Bombay Struck By Terrible Storm
    108 13 Bombay. Oct. 16. *T*HE worst storm within living memory struck Bombay in the early hours of this morning. At 3 p.m., local time, the streets were still comparatively deserted and many of the most important streets closed to traffic. Dwellings facing the sea have been
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    FRENCH NATIONAL COMMITTEES
    99 13 London, Oct. 16. SKAZIL. the Argentine. Uruguay, Chile and Mexico already have established national committees acting in close co-operation with the free French forces, stated Mr. R. A. Butler Foreign Under-Secretary, replying to a fiuestion in the House of Commons today. He ridded that such committees had
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    SPANISH REFUGEES IN FRANCE FOR MEXICO
    48 13 Berlin, Oct. IC. FiVE tnou>and Spanish Republican refugees are leaving France for Mexico under the recent agreement between the French and Mexican Governments, according to a Vichy dispatch to the official news agency. The first transport will leave France 10- morrow.- -Reuter.
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    MYSTERIOUS FIRE IN ORDNANCE FACTORY
    33 13 Camden, Now Jersey, Oct. 16. Amyaierlou* lire swept the plant of the Camden ordnance company early to-day. The company was engaged in manufacturing ordnance supplies for warships. Reutsr.
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    Present Position Not Pleasant For Japan
    73 13 Present Position Not Pleasant For Japan London, Oct. 15. THE Swiss newspaper Gothenburg Posten comments that just now it is unpleasant for Japan, when the United States supports words with deeds and gives signs of backing up Britain. Japan knows that the United States urged Britain not to give way
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    FAR EAST SITUATION NOT SO CRITICAL NOW, IS U.S. VIEW
    263 13 British Ambassador Returns To Britain Aboard Clipper New York, Oct. IG. |N spite of the imminent re-opening of the Burma Road (Oct. 18), Washington observers think that the Far Eastern situation is now not so critical. This was due to
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    VICAR OF ST. MARTIN'S IN THE FIELDS DEAD
    29 13 London, Oct. 16. •T*HE death has occurred of the Rev Pat McCormick, vicar of St. Mai tin's in the Fields.— Reuter.
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    200 TONS OF BOMBS DROPPED IN HEAVY NIGHT RAID ON LONDON
    700 14 All Utility Services Still Functioning In Capital London, Oct. 16. r' is unofficially estimated that London absorbed about I 200 tons of bombs last night in what was one of the I worst raids yet experienced. As usual, bombs
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    DUTY-FREE TOBACCO FOR BRITISH FORCES ABROAD
    43 14 London, Oct. 16. rBACCO free of United Kingdom duty can now be sent to members of the Brit sh forces anywhere abroad (except India and Burma) under an extension of the arrangement announced by the Treasury. Reuter.
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    CHILD EVACUEES ARRIVE IN AUSTRALIA
    43 14 Canberra, Oct. 16. TiHE first contingent of children 1 evacuated to Australia from Britain arrived safely to-day. Crowds lining the foreshore and on small craft as the liner entered the harbour gave the children a stirring reception. Reuter.
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    200,000 Men Guard The British Railways
    38 14 A volunteer force of 200,000 armed railwaymen now patrol the 20,000 m.I n of main and branch lines in Britain. Picture shows a railway guard challenging a man found on the track.
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    Registration Of 16,500,000 Men
    356 14 Step Forward In U. S. Conscription Scheme New York, Oct. 15. WITH the gigantic task of organizing finished 1.000,000 officials are pre- paring to man thousands of registrat- tion offices throughout the country today to register, for conscription, 16.'500,000 men between 21 and 36 years old,
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    Russia A Friendly Power—Roosevelt
    71 14 Russia A Friendly Power R oosevelt Bi La iN< v York), Oct. 15. PRESIDENT Roosevelt specifically mentioned Russia as one of the >"dlv powers to whom would be do available surplus war materials ■"v American requircmenta have be"i« tie materials may be requisitioned From those ordered in the United States
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    WILLKIE'S CALL FOR NEW U.S. ADMINISTRATION
    73 14 Buffalc (New York), Oct. 15. APPEALING to Americans to change their government on election day. Mr. Wendell Willkie, the Republican nominee for the presidency, said: "The needs of cur coun ry d?m.ind chat we ohange our administration for one that ran be entrusted with
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    "Lancashire Is In Fine Fettle"
    195 14 Nazi Bombings Cannot Cripple Industry London, Oct. 16. MAKING a broadcast speech from Britain to a "Lancashire Carries On" party being held in New York and attended by United States Government officials and leading textile buyers, Sir Percy Ashley, the chairman of the British Cotton
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    Arms Supplies For Chungking
    151 14 Shanghai, Oct. 16. IN spite of the heightening feeling and the uncertainty of the general situation as the date of the re-opening of the Burma Road nears, some shipping and business quarters in Shanghai and Hong Kong are anticipat'ng the resumption of traffic on this route
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    108 15 'pO-MORROW. at the Royal Singapore i Yacht Club, there will be the usual races lor all classes, starting at 5.23 p.m. for "A" class, and 5.25 p.m. for the other classes. On Sunday the "C" class will sail the second race for the Ovans
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    229 15 18 Horses In Event For 3- Year-Olds EIGHTEEN horses have been handicapped to run in the Singapore Turf Club's three-year-old Free Handi- cap race over seven furlongs at Bukit Timah on Nov. 16, the first day of the three-day winter meeting. The race will carry, in addition
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      57 5 LJAIR must be neat these busy days. If stray ends come out of place during the day, try setting them with a thick, plastic setting lotion at night. Don't forget that a couple of tiny combs can keep your hair neat as well as attractive. Plain ones, coloured
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