The Straits Times, 18 October 1940

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    36 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY] MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES 16 pa(;es SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER IS, 1940 PRICE 5 CENTS The Straits Times 16 pa(;es SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1940. PRICiS 5 CENTS.
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      134 1 Iry MIEN CHOStG TAILORING Just Km-Hvw! Suit LfiiKths: WAIN KHItXLS In Silk and Wool- Also AMERICAN SHAtKSKIN in variou< Colours. J4 olrnian St. S pore Phone 4816 \vppui /n n n n LUt LAd t L |W^w fl ip 6eer is a new brew which will be found light i^jH
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      6 1 SINGAPORE, 140 CECIL ST. 'PHONE 5471)
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      100 1 FINAL EDTN. KUALA LUMPUR 25 JAVA ST. (PHONE 3583). lip CHARATAN nl [P I P E S J NATURAL STRAIGHT GRAINED ••EXTRA". 5.50 SUP E R 7.50 "SUPER DE LUXE" 310.50 I MADE IN ENGLAND JBs RAFFLES PLACE SINGAPORE J^\^ M b^bbT swr 304 J| in M£jMffl ALL-WEATHER O I
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      12 1 ELSIE MARY SINGAPORE and KUALA LUMPUR DRESSES for all OCCASIONS DRESSMAKING MILLINERY.
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      629 2 ©Ie Straits Wonts SMALL APS? Minimum charge $1. tar adv* Ml mceedlag < ttMa Mere tfca* f *«r Macs 25 cents per tone (Six words). Box Ho. 25 cents extra. DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES BWTHS. MARRIAGSS. DEATHS, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. ANNOUNCEMENTS A P.P.C. CARDS are efcargad $3 aaek set lascrtton per taeh. Over I
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      690 2 I FOR SALE SHKLVADOR ttef rfcerator Phone MIS. 1 FOR SALE, Small Motor Cruiser. Price $650. What offers?— Phone 6167. FEDIGREE COCKER SPANIEL ***** for sale. 2'.n months. Telephone *****. FOR SALE, Fresh Pueraria Javanica A Calopogonium Mucunoidcs Seeds. Apply to 816. Straits Times. FOR SALE G.E.C. radio 10 valve
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      890 2 J'PARDJ* RESIDENCE WINDSOR HOTEL, Killiney Road. Douo:e and single cooms now available with excellent cuisine, under European Management ON THE SEA. "The Grove," 103 and 109 Meyer Road, Katong, near Swimming Club large airy rooms, tennis, gardens, garages, attractive position Mod. terms. Phone *****. BUSINESS PREMISES WANTED WANTED as early
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      830 2 HOUSES 6c ACCOMMO DATION WANTED WANTED TO RENT, flat or small housi furnished, 2 bed, 1 sit. mod. san. rent $9< or near. Easy reach Centre S*pore. Box No 979. Straits Times. TENDERS TENDERS JOHORE GOVERNMENT TENDERS are invited for the supply oirA Foodstuffs B— Tools and Materials C! Forest
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      661 2 BUSINESS CARDS ETC; PLANTERS ENGINEERING CO., LTD. RUBBER ESTATE MACHINERY AND FACTORY EQUIPMENT. ALLIANCE ENGINEERING CO., LTD. SINGAPORE AND KUALA LUMPUR. FOR A PERMANENT Vl S *J^1>5153* > spf.( iali.;ts fXESiZ* o^^ PERMANENT WAVING Tj. 1 SEED FOR SALE Prom large monoclonal areAK each over 500 acres. Price S3O per
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      408 3 SHIPPING, ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. lncorporatta in England t PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAI 8 N Co MAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICE The boat possible services are being maintained by the P. O S N Coy horn the Straits to their usual ports of call in China India
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      278 3 (lncoruorated In Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE. TO SAN FRANCISCO Hone Ron*. Robe, Yokohama. Honolulu San Francisco and Los Angeles s.s NITTA MARU leave H'kong Oct. 11 dj. TATUTA MARU leave H'kong Oct. 21 s.s. YAWATA MARU leave H'kong Nor. 4 TO SEATTLE Nagoya. Shimldra. Yokohama
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      503 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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      352 3 INSURANCE FIRE- ACCIDENT MOTOR FIDELITY GUARANTEE-MARINE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION THE LONDON ASSURANCE HONO KONQ FIRE INSCE. CO., LTDt PHOENIXASSURANCE CO.. LTD. WESTERN ASSURANCE CO. EAGLE STAR INS. CO.. LTD BRITISH AMERICA ASSURANCE CO GUTHRIE CO., LTD. (Incorporated in S.S.) Foldttf \fl Br Spectacles raise up no more room in OM *akteo<»»
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      642 3 Broadcasting TODAY SINGAPORE ZHL 13.33 mo. (285 m.) ZHP1 9.60 m/»i <30.»« m.) ZHP3 7-25 me* (41.38 m.) ZHL AND ZHP1. 5.00 p.m. Modern Mandarin music*; 5.40 p.m. News In Cantonese; 5.50 p.m. Modern Mandarin music; 6.10 pm. News In Hokkien; 6.20 p.m. The news in English. Relayed from London;
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    COPRA PRICES FLUCTUATE
    1054 4 Mr. Stanton's Views At Selangor Mcc ting CONDITIONS in the copra and coconut oil industry during the past year were reviewed by Mr. W. A. Stanton, chairman, when addressing shareholders of Selangor Coconuts Ltd. at the annual meeting in Kuala Lumpur last week. Proposing the adoption of
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    480 4 London Neglects Tins: Local Shares Quietly Steady B) Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, Oct. 18. ALTHOUGH very little business has been done in the local markets this week the London Stock Exchange seems to have been more active. GUtedged and several of the leading industrials there, particularly Tobaccos,
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
    120 4 Singapore, Oct. 18. noou. Bayers Seller* aamblei 7.76 Hamburg Cube »13 .00 Java Cube «13 5O Pemet White Muntok *11.75 \Vbtte $1155 Black «-25 Covra Mixed $2^te Sun Drted «50 Seffo FlowNo 1 LJngga 13.55 Fair $3.25 Sarawak $2.90 leiotong Paiembang $13.00 Banja $11.40 Sarawak $1150 Tanioca
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    87 4 Friday. Oct. IS. noon. B»yer» Vikn PrtMt "rice* UK H.B.S (Spot kMMd 3i% 35% No IX R.S.S f.a-a Is cue* Or t. -Nov. (Sellers Option) 38 Ss 38 G.F.A.Q. R.S.S t.o.t>. to bale* Oet-Nor. (Sellers Option 1 37*£ 38 K.A.o R.S.S r.o.b. m baiet 0e4.-NoT.
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    OCTOBER TIN-ORE OUTPUT
    33 4 The following output* of tlr-ore reported (or the first half of October:— Hours Yardage Piculs ore Batupulo 230 Takuapa Valley Ige 2 Ige 3 277% IV.OW 73.000 23,000 25: 7i
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    BIG ANGLO-JAVA PROFITS
    281 4 c :i 45,708 Increase To €374,580 1 From Our Own Correspondent) London Sept. 12. A REMARKABLE increase in revenue, by £145,^08 to £374.580. for the year ended Mar. 31 last, is reported by the Anglo- Java Rubber Company. I.td. The net balance was £184.210 < against £77,482).
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    EXCHANGES
    182 4 llit following are 'Me exchange .-ai<» uu« meming according to the dally circular Issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation •»M.I.INC. Ixnition 1.1 Lor don Uemanu 24 l/ie SwHrcrland demand *T.T only 202 >£ New York demand 41 1/lfl Montreal demand 51 13/16 Batavia demand 88 11/1 C
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    ULU KLANG TIN
    38 4 DURING the third quarter Uiu Klang Tin produced 1,367 piculs of tin concentrates. The estimated mine cost was $37,000 and the estimated mine profi; on 1.680 piculs of concentrates sold during th: quarter was $83,000.
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    TO-DAY'S WAR FUND LIST
    703 4 THE following donations to The War Fund are recorded to-day cts. Sai Sic Siong LSee Reok 1,020 $100 each: Heng Lee, Guar Huat Seng, and Ctauan Kee. $50 each: Hoe Thong, ana Cheap Hoc. $40 each: Ang Huat. Yeak Choon. Phuan Keng Thorg. Teck. Mong, Heng
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      282 4 WATCH FM A^ <^y^ FORHAN'S CAR SAVE THEM! Why wait for gums to bleed? Clean teeth and massage gums Forban's^^L *<>*»> w th Forhan's. See your m brand original dentist twice a year and follow m dentifrice con- m hi, advice. Thousands of diem tains a special a< jvise the
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    London Stock Exchange
    347 5 London, Oct. 17. QN the Stock Exchange to-day, gilt-edgoJ closed around the day's be*t after narrow Buctuattooi while there were signs of broadening interest In some gold mining Issues. Industrials were irregular but smail Riii-i^ were scattered about the list. Argentina government bonds and rails were in
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    49 5 London. Oct. 17. Tin opened steady but quiet. Th?> turnover was 25 tons. There was I little interest here and in the United! part from small buying of near.<. but the market ruled steady j lacking any incentive to sell. Aftei official hours a further 25 tons wer<? tr:u:.
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    158 5 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES tfrom Ou* Own Correspondent) Tjondon, Oct. 17. COMMODITY and Exchange markets closed M toilows v/itn previous Quotations in parenthesis:— Itl'BBER: Quiet. Spot ll\d U%4 (ll%d ll%d) Nov. 11 13 16d 1115 16d (ll%d 12d) Dec. 11 13il6d 11 15|16d <H 7 <,d 12d) Jan -Mar. 11 13'lGd 11
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    GUTHRIE'S REPORT ON RUBBER MARKET
    85 5 IN a weekly report on the rubber market issued yesterday, Gtttlvle and Co. Ltd. write: In the local market there has been little business transacted either in nearbys or futures, and in London there has been a lack of interest. The New York market has
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    Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1335 5 THURSDAY, OCT. 17, 1940: 4 P.M. MINING Buyer* Sellers Ampat Tin (4s) 3s 3s 6d Austral Amal (5s) 5s 5s 6d Austral Malay 33s 6d 35s 6d Ayer Hitam (5s) 19s 20s Ayer Weng ($1) .85 .95 Bangrin Tin 15s 9d 16s 9d Batu Selangor
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    205 5 Mails close at the General Post Office as follows: TO-DAY Aden air 4 p.m Africa air 4 p.m. Australia air 4p.m. Burma air 4p.m. Ceylon air 4 p.m. China: Amoy, Canton, Chuan Chow. Kiung Chow and Swatow surface 4 p.m. Darwin air 4 p.m. Egypt surface
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    September Rubber Crops
    35 5 The following crops of rubber ar reported for September: tb. Brunei 34.379 Bukit Timah 6,114 Changkat 26,115 Haytor 14,150 Lunas f. 47.000 Nyalas 57.500 Tapah 78,001 Ulu Pandan 1.824 Indragiri not received.
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      318 5 TENDERS INVITED Supply of cooked rations to Sungci Pinang Depot Fcnang Tenders are invited by the Indian immigration Committee lor the supply ot cooked rations for the Sungei Pinang Depot. Penan* for the period of ;welve -nontha from 1st January to 31st December 1941 2. The terms of contract may
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      443 5 29 IBS UGLY FAT GOES IN 6 WEEKS New,Safe Slimming Method praised by all f I *-|Tt« following b one of I wEV>, enreme cases of fatneas whidl l^k X pff, proves beyond t shadow of doubt ■R| AkMi that BonKor» will reduce yoa» *VjVVT-»nr*l weight tnd bulk to normal
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      233 5 _afl Han a^^^J^^^^^^^r ■MMaM! ill 111 in 19-25 UWIt STKr.M MMUATOKa*. Telephone Manager's Office <'I 3 Sub-Man* ;ers Office *r>i:t a Exchange Itrpt 1">1» General Office 476; Cable Address: I'KO IMl\ N X Head Office Sluchow. Kwanctung PAID UP t'APITAI (Ch.) 10,'IOit.HOO RESERVE FUNDS I 13.000.00fl TOTAI ASSETS (approvi t\
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      151 5 TIDE TABLES SINGAPORE To-day H. W. 11.26 a.m. 9.3 ft. L. W. 5.26 a.m. 2.7 ft.; 5.45 p.ir.. 1.2 ft To-morrow H. W. 00.10 a.m. 9 ft.; 11.53 a.m. 9.3 ft L. W. 5.50 a.m. 3 ft.; 6.15 p.m. 1.1 ft. Sunday, Oct. 20 H. W. 00.41 a.m. 8.9 ft.;
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      174 6 HAVE YOU SEEN WILFRID LAWSON GIVING ONE OF THE GREATEST PORTRAYAL EVER SEEN ON THE SCREEN? TO-DAY AT 6.15 9.15 MATINEE SATURDAY 3.15 IN THE SENSATIONAL FILM OF OUR TIME AND FOR OUR TIME I i r f 11 n all WL M A GRAND NATIONAL PICTURE. B^^sSß SiR SE¥MOBR
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      42 6 Ahoy There! IN AID OF* Mrs. T.B. DREW S Sailors' Fund The Repertory Players Club PRESENTS FIFTY-FIFTY by CLIFTON LORNE AT THE NEW LITTLE THEATRE 55, CUPPAGE ROAD (BEHIND THE COLD STORAGE) on October 22nd t 23rd 24th. BOOKING LITTLE'S Admission $2/-
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      366 6 4 0 Little Mothers Continue Their Triumphant Laugh Parade The ONE and ONLY BIG LAUGH-SHOW IN TOWN Eddie's BEST yet h^h^h^^b 4 SHOWS To-merrow CAPITOL 3 .s^^S 15 AT NOON A DACKELOR! f^^^^^^^^^W. At Midnight... Ho H^d A Laby! /j^ FUN! HeartWr/^^yy **> ViU warming adventure with 40 [Ck lIM
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    STORY OF UNSUCCESSFUL INVASION ATTEMPT
    381 7 "Channel Filled With Bodies Of Troops And Wreckage" A GERMAN attempt to land troops on the south-east oast of England, which resulted in "failure and terrific carnage," is described in a report published by the New York Sun, writes the Sydney Daily Telegraph. The New
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    Short Life In Nazi U-boats
    256 7 (Average Estimated At Only 62 Days THE average life of officers and men in a U-boat is worked out by German insurance companies at 62 days. This information is given by the Admiralty in emphasising the success it has had recently in its anti-sub-marine campaign.
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    Swiss Not Allowed To Enter Spain
    82 7 Zurich, Oct. 18. THE Swiss legation in Madrid has been instructed to inquire into the ish Government's reasons lor prohibiting the entry into Spain of Swiss i Itlzena between the ages of 18 acd 40 travelling to Anglo-Saxon; countries, especially Canada, states th.^ Baslcr
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    Heavy Cross-Channel Bombardment
    85 7 Heavy Cross-Channel Bombardment DRITISH and German long-range guns were engaged in a 20-hour cross-Channel duel which ended in the early hours of the morning of Aug. 25. Renewed shelling from the French coast was reported on Aug. 26. At the end of last month it was reported that stories of
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    HOME GUARD TRAINING GOES AHEAD IN N.I.
    67 7 London, Oct. 17. T"HE training of Home Guards is going ahead in the Netherlands Indies, according to tho Batavia radio. Everyone connected with big plantations was co-operating and within a short time there would be companies of Home Guards for even remote parts
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      400 7 TO NIGHT DINNER DANCE (informal) 8 p.m. to midnight CABARKT ATTRACTION MINI 6c JOSE POPULAR MEXICAN DANCERS Dinner $3.00 Non-fiiners $1.00 RAFFLES ORCHESTRA directed by DAN HOPKINS SEAVIEW H HOTEL BALL-K1»OM PERFECTLY AIK CONDITIONED DT SEABREEZES TO-NIGHX ROMANTIC NIGHT DINNER SERVED ON THE MOONLIT LAWN DANCING IN THE BALL-ROOM DINNER
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      211 7 TWO ARRIVALS WEEKLY AGAIN! qJ^/^^ and Fndl| y« SINGAPORE AIRPORT HOTEL LTD^ SINGAPORE MUSICAL SOCIETY VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL POPULAR CONCERT SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27th at 9.15 P .m7 THE CHORUS IDA KINLOCH Conductor MME. HAMAKER Soprano JOHN MACNEISH Cello Seats (Including Tai) $2.30, $1.20 50 cts. Book at JOHN LITTLE'S M^^SS
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, OCT. 18, 1940. (411th, Day Of The War.) Good Neighbours
    1159 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, OCT. 18, 1940. (411th, Day Of The War.) Good Neighbours After a highly successful trip to India, a goodwill mission from Thailand is to make a brief stay in Singapore. A number of functions have been arranged for the guests, and they will be entertained
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    FOUR TRAWLERS SUNK
    35 8 London, Oct. 18. r!E Admiralty announces that four small auxiliary craft were recently sunk by enemy action. They were the trawlers Resolve, Listrac, Warwick and Deeping, and the drifter Summer Rose.- Rculer.
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    GERMANY'S TRADE METHODS EXPLAINED
    1689 8  -  Donald Tyerman, By Assistant Editor Of The Economist Ingenious System Of Purchases Without Payment •THE Germans have been spreading what they call good news in neutral countries, both in Europe and America. In future, the Nazis say, Europe "ill be able to trade as a .sirgle
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      SILENT CHARLIE
      46 8 To the EdKor of the Slraits Times Sir,— I shall b3 very much obliged if you will kindly tell me the nationality of the fsmcus actor Mr. Charles Chaplin, and why dent he talk in the Talking Picture?— Yours, etc., INTERESTED. Poni-ianak, Oct. 4.
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      LOTTERIES
      483 8 Government Revenue From "Evil" Sources To the Editor of the Straits Timrs Sir,— Through Mr. L. G. Corney. acting Financial Secretary, we are told that the Government is epposed to war lotteries, owing tJ "the overwhelming evidence which had been found of th 3 many serious evils to which
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      TAXATION
      348 8 An Idea That Is Worth Investigating To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— As en alterna.ive to inccme tax. may I suggest ?n ad valorem tax on every paymen; mad? by ch?que? Tho rate could be made suitable to revenue rca.uir?mon.<\ bu_ en the basis of cne-half per
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      49 8 BOOKS OF THE MOMENT: My Part In Germany's Fight by Dr. Goebbels $4.50. Men Against Hitler by Frits Max Cahcn $5.70. Hitler's Spy Ring by "E 7 $6.30. ;9 PO6TAGE EXTRA. G. 11. KIAT A CO.. LTD, C-8 Robinson Road. Singapore. i JOHN DUKE Manufacturing Optician. 21, BATTERY ROAD.
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    BALKAN FLARE-UP AT ANY MOMENT IS POSSIBLE
    434 9 Coming Rains May Yet Foil Germans SIMULTANEOUS OFFENSIVE IN N. AFRICA LIKELY Significance Of Mr. Eden's Visit To Egypt AT any moment the Nazi legions in the Balkans may march. Indeed, if they do not do so soon, the opportunity may well be
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    AXIS POWERS' HESITANCY
    397 9 Pincers Move On Egypt Planned? London, Oct. 18. WHATEVER the meaning of the new Axis movements in the Balkans, they argue an interesting diffidence in proceeding with the problem as it is. The movements appear to have no immediate, though they may have a remote, bearing upon
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    American Offer To Gen. De Gaulle
    155 9 London, O«t. 18. AN oiler to provide ambulances and volunteer driven to serve with the French Army has been received at the headquarters of the Free French forces in London from the American Field Service in New York, states a I communique issued by
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    Rome Claims Fresh Advance In Egypt
    135 9 Rome Claims Fresh Advance In Egypt THE claim thai the !<U*un forces in 'Egypt have now advanced to a point 45 miles east of Sidi Barrani is made by the Rome wirel?ss, repcr.s Renter. Sidi Barrani is a coaslal town approximately 50 miles east of the Libyan border. A Cairo
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    DEMOCRACIES CAN OUTLAST REICH & HER SATELLITES
    338 9 DEMOCRACIES CAN OUTLAST REICH HER SATELLITES Massachusetts, Oct. 17. rpHERE is no doubt that if the war potential of America is organized and thrown into the scale, the combined strength of America and the British Empire can certainly surpass and outlast that of Germany and her satellites. But both nations
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    France Must Pay All, Rome Reminds Vichy
    145 9 Rome Oct. 18. THE Popolo d'ltalia, Mussolini's organ, commenting on Marshal 1 Petain's recent message to the French people, declares that the Vichy Government seems, in effect, to say that France would be willing to transform herself, but that the Axis in its
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    Italian Ships Hit By Bombs
    138 9 Fresh R.A.F. Blows On Enemy Bases Cairo, Oct. 18. FRESH R.A.F. blows on Tobruk, Bardia and the fort of Salum were announced last night. One salvo of bombs dropped on Tobruk fell across three ships. Another started a fire near the naval barracks. Other bombs
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    Bombs Fall Near Cathedral
    145 9 London, Oct. 18. CANTERBURY Cathedral had a narrow escape in an air raid yesterday afternoon. A formation of Messerschmitt fighter bombers diving out of the clouds dropped 20 high explosive and incendiary bombs in the town, three falling in the precincts of the cathedral: The Ministry
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    REFUGEES FLOCK TO AMERICAS
    149 9 Washington, Oct. 17. MR. CORDELL HULL, the Secretary of State, and Mr. Sumner Welles, assistant Secretary of State, and Mr. Norman. Davis, of the United States Red Cross tc-1ay conferred with President Roosevelt on the foreign refugee situation. No announcement Is immediately forthcoming. A Lisbon message
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    SOVIET ON AIR WAR
    320 9 Nazi Failure To Cripple R.A.F. Moscow, Oct. 18. J^EASI RES taken by Britain to protect her aircraft against surprise attacks have influenced the entire future development of the Anjrlo-Gerraan battle for air supremacy, declares the newspaper Red Star organ of the Red Army. "Air supremacy at
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    Swedish A.-A. Gunners Drive Off Nazis
    57 9 Stockholm, Oct. 19. SWEDISH anti-aircraft batteries yes- j terday drove off German planes which flew over Swedish territorial waters, states a defence headquarters communique. It adds that foreign planes also flew I over Swedish waters off the coast of j Bohuslaen and the West
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    EXPANSION OF U.S. ARMY BEGINS
    82 9 Washington Oct. 17. THE Secretary for War, Mr. H L. Stirr.&on, announced to-day that the first 30,000 selective service troops will be inducted into the United States army on or about Nov. 18. Another 600,000 will be calied up between then and March 3, 1941.
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    R.A.F. OFFICER'S BAG OF 18 GERMAN PLANES
    65 9 London, Oct. 18. AMONG RA J\ awards announced yesterday is a bar to the Distinguished Flying Cross to Pilot Officer A. G Lewis bota at Kimberley, South Africa, who, according to the official account, "on Sept. 27 destroyed six enemy aircraft. This makes
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    GREEK ABDICATION STORY DENIED
    56 9 Athens, Oct. 18. NEWS from an American source, reproduced by certain Spanish and French newspapers to the effect that King George of Greece will abdicate in favour of Crown Prince Paul, Is emphatically denied by the semi-official news agency, which adds that the situation in Greece
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    TOKIO BLAMED FOR FAILURE OF NAZI PLANS IN EAST
    356 9 Ribbentrop Said To Be Dismayed At Japan's Cautious Attitude London, Oct. 18. DIBBENTROP, the German Foreign Minister, is angered by Japan's attitude which has caused his calculations in i' East sadly to misfire, according to Dutch sources in London quoted by
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    CANADA'S VAST WAR EXPENDITURE
    55 9 Dartford rOntario\ Oct. 17. THE production of shells in Canada wili soc-i j 1 reach 1.000,000 a menih. This was dis- j closed by Mr. Gibson, the Minister cf Revenue, reviewing Canada's war expenditure. The annual expenditure of government has increased from a normal peace-time budget
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    Daylight Air Raid On German Base
    46 9 Daylight Air Raid On German Base London, Oct. 18. ADAYLIGHX attack was made yesterday on a power station of the German-occupied naval base at Brest by Coastal Command aircraft, states an Air Ministry communique. A number of bombs were dropped and extensive damage was caused. Reuter.
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    British Humanity To Stricken Foe
    196 9 Helps Rescue Of Enemy In Mediterranean Cairo, Ojt. IS. ASUNDERLAND flying boat. an natrol In the Mediterranean yesterday, guiced an Italian hospital ship to an ;;iei where there was a mass of wreckage of boats and rafts and pos tibly survivors. After signalling to the
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    25 9 Dr. G. Hutchinson Cockburn. the minster of Dunblane Cathedral, has been nominated as Moderator of the next germral assembly of the Church of Scotland.—British Wireless.
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    WAR FUND PASSES $4 1/4 MILLION MARK
    436 10 More Chinese Contributions Amount To $4,600 VISITORS TO PULAU KUSU TO HELP CHARITIES THE War Fund is carried well beyond the four-and-a-quarlcr-million dollar mark tc-day, thanks largely to a further remittance from the Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd., representing the proceeds of additional contributions
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    MISAPPROPRIATION OF BICYCLE IN MALACCA
    79 10 iProm Our Own Correspondent > Malacca, Oc;. 17. PLEADING guiliy to dishonest m sappr priation of a bicycle, a 22-year-old Hokkien, Sim Bek En? was fined S30, ;n default 30 days' rigorous impnscnmon*. in the pcKce cour: today d :o the accuswi.li whom he lived.
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    THAI-INDO-CHINA TALKS TO CONTINUE
    50 10 THAI-INDO-CHINA TALKS TO CONTINUE 'From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Oct. 18. THAI Pr mment in regard to the •11 :h Indo-China is uel to the decithe Thai Cab.net to continue her nos" ns with the French 1 Icok in respect of Thai claims turn of former Thai .rod in IndoCh
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    AMUSEMENTS
    103 10 SINGAFORI HOTEL Dance Informal: 8 p.m. c-\k::i( k theatre, geylang mil Whole 7.45 p m r vvoblu 9 p.m. to :i-hting n Dollar i»'gs>. i it AS Happj Glory SeaCaptain Blood. ii :>'!-:ht 7—12. .VH\ IVOBI.U ana Cinemas. ■ijarc't Uancing. Qln-.;.v o i.\ i (l I'll. :i.3O p.m. KOXl
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    WAR FUND DIARY
    131 10 THIS Diary is intended to call attention to functions which are being held in aid of The War Fund. Organizers of such functions are invited to submit details for inclusion in this feature. To-morrow Chinese motor boat owners' Pulau Kusu day for The War Fund. Oct. 24:
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    RICE SHORTAGE IN SHANGHAI
    99 10 Shanghai, Oct 18. THE rice ihor.age in Shanghai is as- suming serious prop:rtions. Hundreds of thousands of poor Chines? face slow starvation this winter unless scm« speedy solution is round for ths problem. Those people can only afford to buy d^mss.ic rice— nee produced in China
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    250 APPLY TO JOIN L.D.C.
    307 10 Progress Made In Singapore ABOUT 250 application forms I have been received by the Local Defence Corps from Europeans and non-Muropeans in Singapore. Most of the applicants saw service In the last war and ex-Service men from almost every campaign and all front* are represented.
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    MANAGER GRANTED EXEMPTION
    145 10 THE appeal of C. HUtermann. general manager of Brinkmann and Co., Singapore lor exemption from continuous traning with the Volunteers during the current period. Oct. 5 to Nov. 3. was allowed by tn^ Appellate Tribunal this morning. The decision of Mr. Justice Cordon Smin, Mr H. D.
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    RIVER PLATE HERO IS PROMOTED
    116 10 DEAR-ADM. Sir Henry Harwood becomes a Lord Commissioner of the Admiral*./ and assistant Chief of Naval Staff, according to the latest Admiralty orders. Rear-Adm. Harwood as Commodore in H.M.S. Ajax was in command of the squadron which sank che German "pocket battleship" Graf Spee in
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    SECRET DEBATE ON AIR ATTACKS URGED
    92 10 TN reply to a request in ihe House of Commons yesterday for debate In secret on the air attacks on Britain. Mr. Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister, replied that if there was a general desire for such a debate it would take place, v
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    38 10 Toklo, Oct. 18. poSTHUMOUS honours have bec-n conferred upon 11.187 war .lead forming the twenty I seventh group of military awards since th<! outbreak of the China conflict on July 7. 1937. it Is officially announced —Eastern News.
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    Perak Chinese Opposed To Income Tax In F.M.S.
    548 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Oct. 17. "THE Chinese community in Perak, while .strongly supporting other suitable measures for raising fun :ls in the F.M.S. for the prosecution of the war, ii of the unanimous opinion that the introduction of income tax
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    21-Knot Launch Built Here
    45 10 21 -Knot Launch Built Here Seen above at full speed, the motor launch Brani, built for an F.M.S. Government Department for patrol purposes, was constructed in the Singapore shipyards of United Engineers. The 48-foot launch reached almost 21 knots on her trials in Singapore waters.
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    PINEAPPLE CANNING REVIVAL EXPECTED
    443 10 Food Ministry To Buy 360,000 Cases Of Existing Stocks THE long hoped-for revival o industry, which suffered a s ago, may begin with the new The Ministry oi Food in London, it is reliably learnt, has agreed to buy out of existing stocks in Malaya 361,000
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    140 SPITFIRES FROM INDIES
    129 10 Dutch Gift To Royal Air Force 18 BOMBERS ALSO PRESENTED DRINCE Bernhard of the Netherlands, on behalf of inhabitants of the Netherlands Indies, yesterday handed to Lord Beaverbrook, Minister for Aircraft Production, a cheque to purchase 40 Spitfires and !18 bombers for .he R.A.F. Acknowledging the
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    SHANGHAI'S £62,000 FOR WARPLANES
    93 10 Shanghai, Oct. 18. QNCE again donations by Britons in China to the Voluntary war Contributions Fund have passed the £10.000 mark in a month in spite of the unfavourable rate of exchange of the Chinese dollar. The sum is being remitted to England soon for the
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    MECCA PILGRIMAGE AS USUAL
    115 10 (From Our Own Correspondent; London, Sept. lG. MALAYAN Moslems will be pleased to hear lfl that the pilgrimage to Mecca will taice place this year as usual. An announcement Issued In Cairo yesterday states that all Egyptians making thj pilgrimage will travel by 'iie normal Red
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    23 10 Dr. J. A. N. Saldanha. who flew to India to see his brother who died recently, is due back in Singapore this afternoon.
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    CHANGI ROAD WIDENING
    178 11 TME Singapore Rural Boird approved yesterday at a meetfng o! the V* :tid, Ihe widening of Changi Road Tirm Tampenis junction to the 14% milestone, tlie modification of bound-:->et— e?n the Municipality and Rural Board at Jalan Lapang, and amendments to the Singapore Rural Board <rvan:y T
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    INDIAN OPPOSITION TO INCOME TAX
    752 11 Chamber Of Commerce Half-Yearly Meeting CONTROL OF SHOP HOURS WELCOMED BY PRESIDENT I JNANIMOUS opposition to the introduction of an income tax in the Colony was expressed by members at (he half-yearly general meeting of the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce yesterday. Referring to the
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    INDIAN INTEREST IN AIR RAID SHELTERS
    97 11 fONCERN at the absence of ihe prorlslo of air raid shelters In Singapore was ex pr K Med^ Mr R •*«»W>oy. prertdent. when addressing the half-yearly meeting o' members of the Singapore Indian Chamber '01 Commerce yesterday. He said that the indUn mercantile community
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    S.S. AND CHARITABLE ALLOWANCES
    109 11 which it is proposed to pay are the same as those paid this year with the exception that the grant to the Salvation Army Boys' Home is being increased from $6,500 to J3.C80 and there is a new Item of $3,500 to 'he Salvation Army Children's
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    Straits Times Annual
    95 11 THE 1940 Straits Times Annual will be published on Wednesday next, Oct. 23. All previous editions of the Annual have been sold out almost immediately after publication. We advise those who require copies to reserve them without further delay. The cost is $1.50 a copy for local
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    BARBED WIRE & MALARIA Rural Board Comment
    233 11 BARBED WIRE MALARIA Rural Board Comment sPINCAPORES barbed wire de- fences at Pasir Panjang are Indirectly increasing the incidence of malaria in that area, and Dr. D. W. G. Faris. acting Chief Health j Officer, will be taking the matter up j with the military authorities. The covering of the
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    ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO COMMIT EXTORTION
    78 11 TTWO young Can.cnese, Cherng Yoh Lim and Lip Teng Sam, claimed trial in the Singapore third court yesterday to a charge that they put Chan Cheong in fear of police arrest in an attempt to commit extcrtion. The incident was alleged to have occurred en
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    BUSINESS NAMES LAW WELCOMED
    45 11 Ml! R. JUMABHOY, president of th. Indian Chamber of Commerce. t:l 1 members at the half-yearly meeting yesterday that the Registration of Business 'Names Bill would be a great help to aM and esp'.rially to Importers who were ireustomed grant credits.
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    ECCLESIASTICAL GRANTS
    98 11 THE following are other items of expenditure provided for in the Straits Sett:e$600 to be spent on the preservation of historical buildings In Malacca. $500 on wild life conservation methods. $5,420 contribution to the Boy Scouts Assoclation Headquarters expenditure. $400 to the Children's Concert Fund $1,000 as contribution
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    $2,400 Damages For Ex-P.C. Injured In Car Accident
    462 11 It 23-year-old Chinese ex-police constable who has been lying in hospital with a fractured spine for the past 14 months, was awarded damages in the sum of $2,400 in the High Court yesterday by the acting Chief Justice. It was stated that
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    BOUSTEAD DIRECTOR GIVES EVIDENCE
    392 11 U7ILLIAM Thomas Crosley, a direc- tor of Boustead and Co., Ltd.. i and joint manager of their ship- ning department, was ptit through a lengthy cross-examination by coun- scl for the defence in the third court yesterday, at the continuation of the preliminary inquiry into allegations
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    28 11 When Miss Joan Sanders ir.arrlrtl Tt :iantcborn Flight-Iieut. Peter Powell. D.F.C.. a.i Sept. 14 at Westminster Cathedral, ihi given away by another D.F.C.. her broi thcr. Fllght-TJeut. Eandei-!.
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    DISEASED PORK SAID TO HAVE BEEN SOLD
    313 12 Board Member Criticizes Rural Slaughter Houses QTATING that the lack of supervision of Singapore's ruralrislaughter houses had led to the sale of diseased pork and to other abuses detrimental to public health, Mr. J. M. Janseii suggested at the meeting of the Rural
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    NEW B.B.C. FEATURE
    78 12 LONDON News Letter" is the title of a new 8.8.C. feature which b*jgan on Wednesday night. This will be a personal commentary on life in London to-day by Sir Frederick Whyte, who is well-known in the Far East, and it will be -»iven at 10.30 p.m. (local
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    BRUNEI'S WAR GIFT
    65 12 A TELEGRAM has been resaived from Lord Lloyd, the Secretary of Stats for the Colonies, expressing the deep gratitude with which His Majesty's Government has accepted the generous gift of $30,000 made from the proceeds of the special war taxation in Brunei. The High Commissioner, Mr. S.
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    M.P.F. NEED IS GREATER
    308 12 Mr. S. W. Jones On War .Charities '*T»HE need is greater now, not less." says Mr. S. W. Jones, the High Commissioner, writing about war charities, in a message published in the programme of a concert held in Kuala Lumpur in aid of the Malaya Patriotic
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    OPEN TYPEWRITING CHAMPIONSHIP
    225 12 To Be Held In Ipoh At Christmas UNDER the aegis of the Perak Stenographers' Association, the first Malayan Open Typewriting Championship will be held during the Christmas Holidays in ipoh. Mr. Lam Weng Yoon, one of the patrons of the Association, has donated a challenge cup for
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    ALLEGED CHEATING BY CHINESE
    120 12 A CHINESE l.amed Hong Eng who was alleged to have cheated another man, Teng Ec Chek cf $3 at the Tan Jong Pagar wharves on Sept 9 by falsely representing to his "victim" that he was a collector of the China Relief Fund, was charged with
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    BRUNEI MURDER APPEAL TO BE HEARD HERE
    91 12 A CHINESE who had been convicted ona charge of murdering a compatriot in Brunei is to appeal before three judges in Singapore. This was disclosed in the High Court yesterday before the acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justice a'Beckett Terrell, when the DP P.,
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    HONG KONG MAY LIFT BAN ON ARMS SHIPMENTS TO CHINA
    327 13 Japanese Throat To Begin Bombing Of Burma Route To-day TIIK Hong Kong route to China, which was closed by order of the Governor of Hong Kong in January, 1930, f«»r reasons of security, may bo reopened following the opening of
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    REMOVING YUNNAN RAILWAY TRACKS
    161 13 Trains Now Slop 21 Miles From Indo-China Border Chungking, Oct. 17 t.' [ING, capital ol Yunnan Pro nnce. \v.\v :!n;iin raided by Jnpanrcraft yesterday, according to .•.on reaching here, n<\ no ivailable. Inese Press dispafc ii !r- m Kun•ns on tlu < 'liin Ion <>i tn
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    U.S. SCRAP EMBARGO AGAINST JAPAN
    109 13 No Hint Of Reprisal Fn The ToUo Press i, Oct. 17. Iiiiv .-\:i r ran do not desire war but no doubt their sentiment favours tnr maximum aid shrrt or war for Britain ami China in ttas opinion [jyak r Pokio dally to comment on
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    SITUATION IN INDOCHINA UNCHANGED
    85 13 Tokio, Oct. 17. •TTM.H .s'uj.tini in French Indo-China r. unchanged, the Japanese Foreign < >fTirc spokesman .:n t.*-ri today No m w Lncideni inrolTing J.ii anew f trees which entered todo China in accordance witii th" Pranco-Japanese lini Uiry igreemen; in September has i ted, the
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    AMERICAN HOSPITAL DAMAGED IN RAID
    45 13 Chungking, Oct. 17. "Tuk American Methodist mission j h ispitui here was badly damaged i moonlight raid by three Japanese plane" <m < :iiuri"kliiK l'ist night E ghteen Japanese aircraft bombed tin \n--t. rn suburbs of Chungking at noon to-day Renter.
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    CANADA BANNING LEAD EXPORTS TO JAPAN
    27 13 Ottawa. Oct. 17. IT is learned authoritatively that a Canadian ban on the export of tawl to Japan is probable.— Rruter.
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    U.S. Plane Production Is Increasing Swiftly
    199 13 New York. Oct. 17. "ll[E ire not unprepared for action and, in rearming, we can do in two years more than Germany did in seven \t-;;rs." declared Mr. Louis Johnson, former assistant Secretary of the War, in a broadcast to-day. Mr. .lol nson added:
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    16,000,000 Men Register In U.S.
    147 13 London. Oct. 17. C1XTLEN million men registered yesterday in the United States for military service under the New Conscription Act. Rich and jx>or of all classes, toj nether with cowboys, Indians and I Negroes, marched to the registration offices all over the United States. Hollywood
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    Tried To Rescue Airmen From Sea
    188 13 Soldiers X ♦'commended For Kt'copiition THE amazing exploits of two British .soldiers, who attempted to rescue airmen from a plane forced down in the sea and surrounded by blazing petrol, have received official recognition. Thrir bravery has been recommended to the Commander-in-Chief of the
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    Suner As Spain's New Foreign Minister
    47 13 Berlin, Oct. 17. SKNOK Serrano Suner, the Spanish Minister of the Interior and leader of the Falangists, has been appointed Foreign Minister according to the official <ierman radto. Senor Saner, who is Gen. Franco's brother-in-law, recently yMted Berlin and Rome. Reuter.
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    Britain Takes Over Two More Liners
    73 13 New York, Oct. 17. IT Is unofficially reported here thai Britain has taken over two Norwegian liners now In New York harbour rhey are the Oslo Fjord (16,500 tons; Norway's largest and most luxurious liner which was put into service a! recently as 1938
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    ENCIRCLEMENT OF TROOPS CLAIMED
    81 13 ENCIRCLEMENT OF TROOPS CLAIMED Toklo, Oct. 18. TIHKfcE Japanese columns, advancing from different directions, established contact early on Wednesday morning, completing the encirclement jf 20 Chungking and Communist divisions, states a Domei agency message rrom "Somewhere in China." The message adds that this was the culmination of an intensive five-day
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    LORD LOTHIAN IN LISBON
    42 13 Lisbon, Oct. 18. LORD LOTHIAN, the British Ambassador in Washington, arrived at Lisbon by American Clipper yesterday. He declined to make any statement to the Press, says that he was ?olng to confer with the British Government.-- Reuter.
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    AXIS MENACE IN BALKANS
    164 13 Russo-Turkish Pact Talks? Istanbul, Oct. 17. COMPETENT circles In Ankara dcv scribe reports that the Soviet and Turkey are negotiating a pact of mutual assistance as being devoid of any foundation. The British Ambassador who travelled to Ankara, where he had an interview with the Foreign
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    MUST LEARN GREEK & TURKISH LANGUAGES
    61 13 MUST LEARN GREEK TURKISH LANGUAGES AoIGNIKICANT pointer to Oermany'3 ambitions is contained in the Berlin newspaper, Nation&le Zeitung. whim de- < lares that the Germans arc zealously learning forpijrn lamrimßcs in the hope of fitting good Job>s. Soldiers and civilians ire learning the African languages, and staffs of big German
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    NAZI NAVAL EXPERTS IN BUCHAREST
    36 13 London, Oct. 17. CEVERAL Gfrman naval experts have now arrived in Bucharest. It Is reported that Jews living in the oil districts of Rumania have be-n told to leave immediately.- Router.
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    GREECE TO PURCHASE WHEAT FROM SOVIET
    65 13 Athens, Oct. 17. AN agreement has been reached between Greece and tho Soviet for Greek purchase of 100.000 tons of wheat at $57 per ton It is understood that Greece may later require the purchase of further quantities. Negotiations have also been completed regarding
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    Roosevelt Confers With Australian Minister
    99 14 Washington, Oct. 17. DOTH President Roosevelt and Mr. Cordcll Hull, the Secretary of State, had conversations yesterday with Mr. R. G, Casey, the Australian Minister at Washington, on the Australian reaction to recent developments in the Far Eastern situation. Mr. Casey later told Press representatives
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    4 U.S. Ships For Evacuation
    129 14 4 U.S. Ships For Evacuation First Vessel Is Due In Shanghai On Oct. 30 Shanghai, Oct. 17. rpHE first American evacuee ship to 1 reach the Far East will be the Matson liner Monterey which Is due to dock here on Oct. 30, according to local shipping circles. The Matson
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    Air Support For British Army
    257 14 War Chiefs' 'No' To Call For Separate Force L London, Oct. 17. ORD SNELL, speaking for the Government, informed Lord Trenchard in the House of Lords when he raised the question that, though air support for a modem army was vital and opi- j r.ion
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    Launch Of New Cruiser
    233 14 London, Oct. 17. rE air raid sirens had K&rcel? finished wailing the all clear pad the steel-helmeted soldiers mar lA.-A. defences at a big British ship yard had hardly relaxed beside fch -ir batteries one day recently when a bottle of champagne broke on the lean
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    CHUNGKING RESUMING RAILWAY WORK
    53 14 Tokio, Oct. 17. In anticipation of supplies of railway materials following the re-open-ing of the Burma route, the Chungking authorities have decided to resume work on the construction of a new railway linking Suchow. in Szechuan Province, with Kunming, In Yunnan Province, according to a Kunming
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    DEATH OF KASHMIR RULER'S MOTHER
    40 14 Sriuagar, Oct. 17. pOLLOWINO the death of the mother of the Maharaja of Kashmir yesterday the Viceroy, Lord I.lnllthgow. and Lady Llnlitligow are cutting short their visit to Kashmir and returning to Delhi soon. Reuter.
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    NEW TURBINES IN U.S. WARSHIPS
    43 14 Philadelphia, Oct. 17. COL. F. Knox, Secretary of the Navy, claimed in a speech that a new turbine development installed in United States warships gave them an advantage over other navies in cruising range, speed and economy. Reuter.
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    Japan Tells N.I Of Axis Pact
    211 14 Japan Tells N.I Of Axis Pact Joint Communique On Opening Talks Batavia, Oct. 17. rE Netherlands Indies and Japanese delegations to the economic talks have issued a Joint communique, as follows:— "The delegations met at Selabintanah, near Sukaboemi, from Monday until Wednesday. "During several meetings and personal talks, general Japanese
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    WAR CHARITIES RUGBY
    286 15 To-morrow's Game On The Padang SINGAPORE play their second came in the series of MR I 7 fixtures in aid of war charities on the padang to-morrow when they meet the Army Wanderers, who will be making their first appearance. It will be the third game in
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    49 15 'From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Oct. 16. •THE hockey season has begun in Ncgii Sembilan, and matches are being played to a schedule arranged by the Negri Sembilan Hockey Association. Inter-State games will be played shortly, and the first trial is expected to take place this month.
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    602 15 Entries For Perak Turf Club's October-November Meeting ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN entries, comprising 32 horses in class one, 71 horses in class three and 24 ponies in class one, have been entered for the Perak Turf Club's October-November meeting on Oct. 26.
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    62 15 Soccer: Challenge Cup, Chinese vs. Royal Artillery Heavy Regiment, stadium. Hockey: SRC. vs. Man" hosiers, SRC: S.CR.C. vs. Mountain R:*iment, S.C.R.C: S.C.C. II XI vs. A.P.C., S.CC; Malaya Signals vs. Medical Collere Union, College ground. Rugger: Si. Andrew's Old Boys vs. Yacht Club, Woodsville; S.C.C. vs. S.C.R.C,
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    State Hockey In Singapore
    303 15 FULL PROGRAMME OF GAMES WITH the hockey season in fall swing interest is being focussed on the forthcoming War Fund and State matches. There is much speculation as to whether Singapore will run two State teams, but, while there is plenty of material, it is proposed
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    SPHINX BADMINTON PARTY WIN
    192 15 IN a friendly badminton match played on the Sphinx court on Sunday, the Merridale BP. went down to the Sphinx B.P. by six games to four. Results, (Sphinx players mentioned first): Singles: Martin Roz&rio lost to Lim Cheng Kwee, 12 15, 5—15:5 15: Julian de Souza
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    GOLF IN AID OF WAR FUND
    56 15 From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Oct. 16. "THE Sepang Golf Club will hold a "Golf for a Spitfire" gymkhana on Saturday and Sunday. Oct. 26 and Oct. 27. The gymkhana is being organized by the residents of Sepang and Nilai districts. The entire profits
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    SEREMBAN GOLF CLUB
    30 15 "TtHE following are the results of Sep- tember competitions at the S^remban Golf Club: Mixed Foursomes: Mrs. Strugnell and L. D E. Cullen. Women's Medal: Mrs. Lilly.
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    RECS BEAT S.C.R.C. 5-0 AT HOCKEY
    711 15 Sullivan Scores Three Times S.R.C 5; S.C.R.C 0. THE Singapore Recreation Club overran the Straits Chinese Recreation Clnb in a same of hockey played on the padan? yesterday, winning by five coals to nil. The Recs were superior in all departments of the game,
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    S.C.C. RUGBY
    59 15 THE following will play rugger for the Singapore Cricket Club against the Straits Chinese Recreation Club on the padang to-day S. Johnson: R. M. Harsley, R. Laird, Burley, Sausotte; Capt. Pender-Cudlip, I. G. John;;: M. P. Wright, P. W. Bourne, T. C. Hamlyn, Lt. Wildey, G. K. Stein,
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    JOHN LIM & C.K. PANG WIN S.C.R.C. SEMI-FINAL
    327 15 JOHN LIM C. K. PANG WIN S.C.R.C. SEMI-FINAL A GRUELLING struggle which went to three sets,— the last of which was played practically in datkness.— saw John Lim and C. K. Pang beat Low Kee Pow and Pang Chiap Yong 6- 3, B—lo,8 10, 6—3,6 3, in the semi-final of
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    TWO NAZI WARSHIPS HIT IN RAID ON NAVAL BASE AT KIEL
    510 16 Synthetic Oil Plant At Leuna Heavily Bombed MUNITION FACTORIES IN SAXONY DESTROYED London, Oct. 17. IN spite of the most unfavourable weather, more successful operations were carried out by R.A.F. bomber forces against German naval bases and docks last
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    489,000 CHILDREN HAVE LEFT LONDON
    61 16 London, Oct. 17. NEARLY half a million schoolchildren 489.000 0r about 56 per cent, of the whole school child population of the London evacuation area, have left the capital. This was revealed by Mr. Malcolm i Mac Donald, Minister of Health, in the I course
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    NEW VICHY MEASURE
    40 16 Vichy. Oct. 17. pENERAL Weygand, High Commissioner for French Africa, has been authorized to expel from territory under his charge until the end of hostilities any persons deemed dangerous to public security, states the Havas agency. Reuter.
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    Government Will Remain In London
    92 16 London, Oct. 17. REUTER learns that there is no question of the British Government leaving: London. On the contrary, the Government intends to remain in London. \t the sun*- time, the view had been expressed from the beginning by the Ministry of Home Security that
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    B.B.C. Popular In Nazi Europe
    155 16 London, Oct. 17. IORTTLSH broadcasting grows more an d more popular with inhabitants o? German-occupied territory and this popularity has resulted in Nazi at- tempts at control of "illicit listening becoming more strict. I According to The Times' Stockholm i correspondent, informers are invited to
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    AJAX CASUALTIES
    54 16 London, Oct. 17. CASUALTIES in H.M. cruiser AJax. victorious in the action against Italian destroyers, were announced today by the Admiralty. Two officers were killed and two I wounded. Nine ratings were killed and 18 wounded, including five boys. Royal Marines: A bugler and corporal were killed and
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    Germany Hit By British Raids
    77 16 Germany Hit By British Raids Evacuation Scheme For Nazi Children London, Oct. 17. •"THE Germans have admitted the effectiveness of the R.A.F. raids. The German radio last night warned listeners to tune in to stations in the extreme east or north of Germany, because certain stations would not operate after
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    R.A.F. SHOW UP NEW GERMAN LIE
    130 16 London, Oct. 18. AN Air Ministry issued last night makes a laconic comment on the German High Command communique admitting the loss of only two aircraft en Wednesday night. "Four German aircraft, destroyed on Wednesday night, can be seen near Harwich. Bishop Stortford, Denbigh
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    Torturing Of French Soldiers Alleged
    108 16 New York. pHARGES of torturing French; soldiers to death by Japanese guerillas are made by French officers in Indo-China says the Hanoi i correspondent of the United Press' of America. I'rcn'h officers also said that the Jipnne-e were inciting the IndoChinese against the whites, and
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    NAZIS SUPPRESSING FRENCH CULTURE
    119 16 New York, Oct. 17. •TTHE Germans tried by physical violence to wrest Vatican correspondence from the hands of Cardinal Lienart, Bishop of Lille, declares Mr Edgar Mowrer in a dispatch from Washington to the New York Post. He says: "The Nazis are trying to suppress free
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    55 16 London, Oct. 17. SINCE the war began over 132,000 men have applied to Join the Australian air force, according to an announcement in London. The first Australian pilots will complete their training under the Empire scheme in November and nearly 20,000 men of the 25,000 required for the ground staff
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    Nazis Bomb Fields, Roads And Beaches In Reprisal Attacks
    339 16 London, Oct. 17. AFTER a quieter night, London had two warnings this morning. German dive-bombers were intercepted i>v British fighters as they endeavoured to reach the capital and other inland objectives. m. They dropped bombs on residential areas of a south-east
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    BRITAIN NOW HAS WORLD'S FASTEST SMALL WARSHIPS
    325 16 Royal Navy's Secret Weapon A. New Terror To The Enemy London, Oct. 1 7. TREAT Britain now possesses the fastest small warships w in the world. They are the very latest of the Royal Navy's extremely secret weapon, namely, motor torpedoboats, writes Reuters
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    "CAPACITY TO IGNORE DISASTERS "
    136 16 "CAPACITY TO IGNORE DISASTERS Chungking. Oct. 15. FATHER Charles Meeus, a Be'^ian Catholic missionary, speaking to a I group of civil officials here, declared that the Chinese capacity to ignore great disasters and concentrate on i small details was responsible for the I fine morale of the city. "An old
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    FORMER PRESIDENT OF CATALONIA EXECUTED
    64 16 New York. Oct. 17. SENOR Companys, former President of Catalonia, has been executed in prison in Spain, according to a Barcelona dispatch quoted by the German wireless and published in the New York Times. Senor Companys, who was one of the leading figures in the
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    M. P. Requests Own Suspension
    334 16 Payments To Czechs To Be Investigated London, Oct. 17. *T*HE suspension from duties of Mr. R. Boothby, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food, was announced by Mr. Churchi!!. the Prime Minister, in the House of Commons to-day. The Prime Minister indicated that the suspension
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    Life Of Parliament May Be Prolonged
    109 16 London, Oct. 17. 'THE llrst move has been made to ex- tend the life of the present Parliament. A bill for this purpose appears in the Parliamentary papers, and the motion will be moved by the Prime Minister himself. The present Parliament was elected
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    Civil Disobedience Speaker Arrested
    48 16 Bombay, Oct. 17. MR. Gandhi's individual civil d'sobedience campaign wsa formally launched this morning when a humble member of the Mahatma's seminary named Vinoba, delivered a pacifist speech at the tiny village of Paunar, near Nagpur. He was arrested. About 300 people were present.—
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    WELFARE OF SEAMEN
    46 16 London. Oct 17. MR. Ernest Bevln, Minister of Labour, is to be chairman of the Seamen's Welfare Board, which looks after ths welfare of British. Allied and foreign seamen in Britain anJ also after the crews of British ships in overseas port* Reuter.
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