The Straits Times, 22 October 1940

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    36 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURYJ A/ALi4K4S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES 16 pa(;es SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS. The Straits Times 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS
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      662 2 SHte Straits Mimes i SMALL APS. Minimum charge $1. tor sdv* s«t exr^odlnt Morr than four Uaca 25 cents per line (Six words). Box No. 25 cents extra. .<OM>MK IXlUUMb BIRTHS. MARRIAGES DEATHS. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. ANNOUNCBMENTS A P.P.C. CARDS ire eharred earb per tnacrttoa pet lach. Orar 1 inch. 25 cU.
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      696 2 FOR SALE SHK LVADOB ftefrigeratrvr Phone 9339. I ENQUIRIES from Dealers for all com1 ponent part* and Philco spares welcomed Radio Service Co.. ot Malaya 1934 Ud. "SALES" are common enouch, but a gonume CLEARANCE deserves your serious attention. Radio Service Co. of Malaya 193 i Ltd IF YOO would
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      579 2 AUCTION NOTICES THE SINGAPORE AUCTIONEERS AUCTION SALE Of a consignment of empty perfume battles of American and German origin, floral otto essential oil (Jasmin. Mellatti and Pepper mirt) Er.?lbh cotton wool. Etc., Etc. To be held at No. 436. Serangoon Road on Friday. Oct. 25th.. 1940 at 11 A.M. sharp.
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      154 2 1938 WOLSELEY '18' SafoM $1600 1937 MORRIS 12/4 Salw* $1100 1930 FORD V-8 22 N. P. $1625 1939 FORD 8 H.P. 2 Dr. SatoM $1200 1939 AUSTIN 10/4 Saloon $1500 1938 MORRIS T 4 Dr. SatMd $1200 1938 STANDARD 10 Satan $1195 1938 DODGE 25 N. P. SatoN $1375 WE
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      343 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. incorporate- in England) PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL 8 N Co MAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICE The best possible services are being maintained by the P. O S N Coy from the Straits to their usual ports of call in China. India. Ceylon
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      278 3 (in-XH-porated in Japan GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE. TO EUROPE VIA AMERICA Through fares to North America to Europe via America and Round I oars in the Pacific quoted in U.S. on application To California trom the Orient via Honolulu s.s YAWATA MARD leave H'kong Nov 4
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      497 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. BLUE FUNNEL LINE Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom. Dates are not guaranteed ail 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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      1789 3 Broadcasting TO-DAT EMPIRE STATION Ciiir ADADV Fixed tunes for central transmission SinwArUnii (replacing Transmissions li and III) ZBL 13.33 mcs. (285 m.) (Malayan time); 6.00 J.m. Programme inZHP1 9.61 m/ct (39.96 m.) a^ffT"^ .i. 62 pm NewS: 6M ZHPS 7.25 m/ct (41.38 m.) Questions of the hour; 8.20 o.m New
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    Finance Regulations Breach By Two Europeans
    1315 4 SHARES IN MANILA COMPANIES NOT REPORTED TO GOVERNMENT DOBERT Scott MacMillan and lan Foxton Ferguson, two Europeans who were charged with offences under the Defence (Finance) Regulations of February 1940, were allowed bail of $1,000 after pleading guilty in the Singapore third court yesterday.
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    Nazi Air Losses Grow Steadily
    456 4 0 London. Oct. 22. npHE German night raids on Lon- don and other parts of Great Britain are being maintained nonstop after six weeks, but only at a cost of growing losses, writes Reuter's air correspondent. The following significant facts were revealed by a senior
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
    47 4 Singapore. Oct. 22. noon. Buyers Sellers (Jambier S 7.75 Hamburg Cube sIS.OU Java Cube »1250 Pemet White Muntok ti1. 75 VTtiite $11.25 Black t 8.25 Covro Mixed WJb Sun Dried $250 Saac Flour No 1 IJngga $3.62 V* Pair $3.40 $3.40 Sarawak $2 90
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    EXCHANGES
    182 4 me following axe Uie exebange rates tttli mcrning according to the daily circular issue by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation fniirm lonaou X.I. 2/4 1/16 Lordon demand 2/4 1/16 Switzerland demand iT.T. only) 202 Vi New York demand 47 1/16 Montreal demand 51 13/16 Batavia demand 88 11/16
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    FIXED TRUSTS
    112 4 (Prom Our Own Corresponaenu London, Oct. 21. The following we to-day*- "bid" quotaw^ns for Fixed Trusts:--e d. British Empire "A" not available British Empire "B" not available British Empire Cumulative not available British Empire C'prehenslve not available British General •'A M 14 0 British General "B" 11 6xd
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    50 4 London. Oct. 21. The Metal Exchange has decided t transact business at noon daily re p,ardless of air-raids but the tin riiu; will last for ten instead of ihe usal 75 minutes If an air raid is in progress. United Kingdom weekly tin ware house stocks totalled 4,239 tons. Reuter.
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    26 4 London. Oct. 21. Tin opened steady but quiet. The turnover was 25 tons. After official hours a lxirther ten tons were treated it unchanged prices.— Reuter.
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    TO-DAY'S WAR FUND LIST
    211 4 THE tollowmg donations to The War Fund are recorded to-day S Government servants in Johore (the detailed list of donors will be published in to-morrow's Straits limes) 2,505.22 Transferred from Penanp, being 103 rd instalment of contributions made through the Pinang Gazette and Straits Echo 384.40
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    360 4 Some Tin Share Prices Are Slightly Higher (By Oar Financial Corresponde) Singapore, Oct. 22. ALTHOUGH share markets, generally, are still very quiet, there was rather more inquiry for some tin shares yesterday and again this morning. Prices for some issues yesterday advanced slightly. This morning there is
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    85 4 TucmU?. Oct. 22, noon. Bttyert seiMn P.lrr- rm i.\ rf.S.S !>pot loot*.) ZH't h No I* K.S.S •j j in tmurn Oet-Nov. (Sellers Option. U% 39'„ lir.AO RAk in Da.r-Oct-Nov. (Seller* Option) 377 S 3S'h r.A i> X S s Ir> id b.il» Oct-No». (Kellers
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    34 4 New York. Oct. r lhe United States has decided to build a tin welter to produce from Bolivian ort.s .in average of 10.00U tons of refrained tin annually for the next five years.- Router.
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      191 4 OJUST THAT! Like all great inventions, tbe Gillette system of shaving is simplicity itself. Put a Blue Gillette blade into a Gillette razor and you can't go wrong. Yoo will get a clean, velvety shave that no *fl other system, however complicated «r co«tiy, can quai. 11 MS PHOTOGRAPHS COPIES
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      263 4 IF YOUR BREATH HAS A SMELL YOU CANT FEEL WELL Unless 2 Dint* of bile juice flow from our liver into our bowels ever/ day, our movements K>t hard and eunstipaUtl and our food decays unnaturally in our 28 feet of bowels. This decay sends poison ail over oar body
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    London Stock Exchange
    335 5 London, Oct. 21. 'A PART from modest provincial support for rk Me, -nc Rails trading on the Stcc c Exchange to-day was quiet and price changes were very small. Leading industrials were occasionally sold imparting dullness to oth<?r Issue.-; Ollt-edged and Kaffirs were steadily maintained and other
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    156 5 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES ifrroni Ou> Own Correspondent) C London. Oct. 21. OMMODITY and Exchange marieta closed *.s follows ulth previous Quotations In Ms'— Xl OSES: Steac:y spot m;d n-id fll iiiisd ni3!i6d) Nov 11 13 16d 11 -,d (llfcd U1316d) Dec H !3'l6d ll'id (ll%d 11 13i16d) JanMar llltd ulsU6d(llKd ll%d;
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    Post Office Mail List
    157 5 Mails close at the General Post Office as follows TO-DAY Amoy surface 4 p.m. Canton surface 4 p.m. Chuan Chow surface 4 p.m. Klung Chow surface 4 p.m. Swatow surface 4 p.m. Hong Kong surface 4 p.m. TO-MOBSOW Java air 10.30 a.m. Medan surface air 11
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    HUME PIPE CO. (AUST.) Earnings Affected By "Price War"
    151 5 HUME PIPE CO. (AUST.) Earnings Affected By "Price War" AT the annual meeting of Hume Pipe (Australia). Ltd., in Melbourne on Oct. 7, the chairman. Senator A. J. McLachlan, said that earnings for the last financial year would have been better had there been no price war. Affairs of the
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    List Of Current Dividends
    212 5 Issued by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association. Singapore, Oct. 21. Boota rotal tot Oonoaay Olviaen« Close Date fit or? «*^nrf I year Payable Date to dale Chenderlang ip% nna4 less tax Oct. 31 15% Hongkong Tin 12%% Int leas tax Oct. 24 37%% Idrte Hyd 2%% Int
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    Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1300 5 MONDAY, OCT. 21, 1949: 4 P.M. I MINING Bujers Seller* Ampat Tin (4s) 3s 3s 6d Austral Amal (5s) 5s 5s 6d Austral Mala; S3a 6d 35s 6d Ayer Hitam (Ss) i»s 20s Ayer Yfeng ($1) .85 .95 Bangriu Tin (X) 15s 9d 16s 9d
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    25 5 United Malacca Rubber Estates harvested 67,900 lb. of rubber in September bringing the total crop for live months of the financial year to 282,200 1t>.
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      40 5 J^3l TII1MJ $r You'll enjoy the mild flavour of this CeUophane wrapped io packets rlrail-Slllokillg fragrant Cigarette. of io and airtight tins of so Nothing is added to its 100% UAlUTia 100% phi P ure Try Turf today! T 3
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      166 5 WHERE QUALITY COUNTS they always use Superfatted and delightfully perfumed, it may be used on the most delicate skin. Obtainable at all stores and dispensaries. Sttto Agvatm: 6RAFTON LABORATORIES LTD. Singapore Penanf KuU Lompor. CORRECT VISION. HP* 1 Have your eyes examined at reguui mi*., vhis. All eye examinations are
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      532 5 THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA (TRUSTEES) LIMITED. Guaranteed and Controlled by THE MERCANTILE BANE OF INDIA LIMITED The Company which Is incorporated la the S.S. and registered as a Trust Company, undertakes the following dutle»: EXECUTOR OR TRUSTEE OF A WTLL ADMINISTRATOR OF ESTATE OF DECEASED PERSON TRUSTEE OF A
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      80 5 TIDE TABLES SINGAPORE To-day H. W. 1.56 a.m. 8.1 ft.; 1.25 p.m. 8.8 ft. L. W. 7.23 a.m. 4 ft.; 8.05 p.m. 1.6 ft. To-morrow H. W. 2.40 a.m. 7.7 ft.; 2.05 p.m. 8.4 ft. L. W. 8.01 a.m. 4.5 ft.; 8.53 p.m. 2.1 ft. Thursday, Oct. 24 H. W.
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      290 6 .You will get $150,000 worth of Laughs in "SWEEPSTAKES WINNER' SEE IT TO-DAY AT THE—. I ALHAMBRA Warner Bros. Screamingly Funny Comedy THEY tCFT H£R H<AV\ M IHi BAG! d/JiVt Umr fKm was HSUOOO in it I MARIE WILSON Allen Jenkins =T#"£ Johnnie DavisChariesFoy- Jerry Colonna next~change" JTU ALHAMBRA kB
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      349 6 37 A. A. GUN Used by His Majesty's Forces for training purposes. This working model of the Famous 3.7 Gun Is the finest example of Its type on the market. With a 9-inch Barrel, automatic Range finding dial, gear operated traverse and elevation controls and breech mechanism, all the features
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      252 6 WHY IS THIS GREAT STORY BANNED FROM THE SCREENS OF EVERY lf\ NAZI CONTROLLED COUNTRY 1 J SEE THE ANSWER... TO-DAY at the CAPITOL [f 3.15_<U5— 9.15 I ANOTHER GREAT NOVEL THUNDERS TO THE SCREEN! M Gone With TSe Wind! Rebecca! JL J %^j T V^\Am J 3 SHO S
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    Victory Delayed By Careless Spending
    54 7 London, Oct. 21. CIR Robert Kindersley, president of the national savings movement, said to-day that careless spending postponed victory. It was time for perfectly plain speaking on this subject. We could not allow the financial front to be weakened because we did not want to
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    All-Night Chase Of Submarine
    360 7 All-Night Chase Of Submarine "Kill" Made At Dawn With Help Of Plane AN Australian destroyer serving with the British Navy in the Mediterranean has hunted an Italian submarine to its destruction, bringing Australia's naval bag for the war to one cruiser, one "destroyer, and two submarines, says an Australian Associated
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    Chinese Diplomat At Vatican?
    104 7 Chinese Diplomat At Vatican? Vatican City, Oct. 21. EN. Chiang Kai-shek has proposed to the Pope the establishment of i diplomatic relations with the Holy See. An approach has been made through M. Mario Zanin, apostolic delegate in China. It is understood that Gen. Chiang i nas offered to assume
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    320 KILLED AND £2,500,000 DAMAGE IN FLOODS
    65 7 Vichy, Oct. 21. IT is now estimated that some 320 1 people have been drowned or are Missing as a result of th? floods in Catalonia <Spain> and nearly as many njurcd. Six thousand have been rendered homeless and damage is estimated at
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    AERIAL BLITZKRIEG HAS FAILED TO BEAT BRITAIN
    272 7 Polish Leader On Nazi Horror At Thought Of Long War London, Oct. 21. A HIGH tribute to the marvellous stand against the ry aerial invaders in the great battle of London was paid by General Sikorski, the Polish Prime Minister and Commander in
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    BEST PAID WORKER IN EUROPE
    152 7 London, Oct. 22. /COMMENTING on the high efficiency of English agricultural methods, i Sir E. J. Russell, the leading agricultural scien ist, says, in a letter to The Times, that production efficiency per labour unit is higher in Britain than j anywhere on the continent.
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    49 7 London, Oct. 21. COMPARED with last week, when there was a steady rush on shops by customers anxious to avoid the purchase tax which came into force today, there was a considerable slowing up in the retail trade to-day. Nevertheless, business remained unusually brisk as existing stocks are not
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      177 7 HOTELS TO NIGHT DINNER DANCE (informal) 8 p.m. to midnight CABAKET ATTRACTION MIMI JOSE POPULAR MEXICAN DANCERS Dinner $3.00 Non-diners $1.00 RAFFLES ORCHESTRA directed by DAN HOPKINS f SEAVIEW H HOTEL BALL-tlOOAf PERFECTLY A1RCONDITIONED BT SEABRBEZES TO-NIGHT WEDNESDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SPECIAL DINNER DANCE DINNER $3.— NO ADMISSION CHARGE SATURDAY EXTENSION
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      27 7 jMILNERS' SAFES •BEST PROTECTION AGAINST FIRE AND THIEVES. Keep your valuables in Milners' Safes and ensure Security. Sol* Agent* GuTnME?€b (Inc. in S.S.t REFRACTING AHO MANUFACTURING OPTICIANS
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      187 7 OPENING TO-DAY 3"SHOWS fifi" HAY 3.15, 6.15, 9.15 UH I Irt I Box Office 'Phone 3400 Go#s Suspense will hold you fast right up to the very minute CHAN unfolds this fiendish plot! Sixty Seconds more and the PANAMA CANAL DESTROYED and the Fleet trapped! w*» SIDNEY TOLER Jean Rogers
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, OCT,22 1940. (415th, Day Of The War.) "No Idle Moment"
    1103 8 "In the next few months, the Ministry of Labour will be faced with a tremendous task in meeting the requirements of the Services and of industry. There will probably be one of the biggest turnovers
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    49 8 Cairo, Oct. 22. A NUMBER of Italian judges in the mi.v. v ci courts of Egypt who were on holiday In Italy before their country entered the war and whose leave expired on Sept. 15, will be replaced by Egyptian judges following a decision by the Egyptian Government. Reuter.
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  • Letters To The Editor
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      "FRANCE'S PLIGHT"
      1539 8 Our Mistakes In Dealing With Germany To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Please permit me space in your rolumns to reply to your correspondent "Facts." His comments on my letter France's Plight are rather bewildering. While obviously resenting my remarks that "never having had the Germans
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      SMALL FIRES
      287 8 Put Out The Sparks Of Defeatism To ths Editor of the S. raits Times Sir,— I send you the folJowing quotai Uon from an article by Herbert Casson in the "Efficiency Magazine": When I was a lad of twelve, I was living In a Canadian villaga In the
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      WAR COUNCIL
      537 8 Another Advocate Of A Pan-Malayan Policy To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.—At the last Budget meeting of. the Legislative Council, the 11. a.' Captain N. M. Hashim pleaded in talllj for a Pan-Malayan policy in wax;] matters by the formation of a Mala :trl, War Council.
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      THE PEOPLES WAR
      389 8 Everybody Will Have To Pay For It To the Editor of the Straits TtaMf Sir. As between A Business Man in your issue of Oct. 17 and the Governments of Malaya, I have no desire to adjudicate. I should, however, like to comment on his remark but
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      251 8 The NEW WESTERN ELECTRIC ORTHO TECHNIC HEARING AID. •Who has not wished that he could have quiet in the midst of a crowd; that he could stop the noi&es and clatter so often around him? Then, with my HEARING device I cn# enter Into any discussion as well as anyone,
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      60 8 Don't Neglect Your Vision! Have your eyea tctcnnflcaKy examined and defect properly corrected by a qualified specialist. C S. CHOMG. Or. of Optomeiry Everbright Optical Co. 19, Ctaulia Street. Phone 4435. CHARGES STRICTLY MODERATE. The Actual Value of Railways as a National Asset is Considerably more than can be shown
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    AIR SUPREMACY BY 1941, SAYS MR. CHURCHILL
    1204 9 Premier On Coming Counter- Offensive STIRRING CALL TO FRENCH PEOPLE FOR ACTION Sarcastic References To Nazi Invasion. Duce jV/|K. Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister, delivered a periV sonal broadcast speech to the French people last night, warning of Axis plans for the annihilation
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    FRENCH LOOK TO BRITAIN
    365 9 Differences Of Vichy Leaders Zurich, Oct. 22. ANGLOPHILE feeling in France is gaining ground dafly despite the incidents at Oran and Dakar, writes "a prominent political personality" in the Basler Nationale Zeitung. Most French peope. says the writer, listen to the broadcasts in French from the
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    Suicidal For India To Hamper Britain
    54 9 Suicidal For India To Hamper Britain Bombay, Oct. 22. UTN the interests of India herself, it would be suicidal to do anything likely to prejudice Britain's effort in her life and death struggle," states the Council of Western India, a liberal association, in a statement strongly condemning the Congress campaign
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    Air Raid Damage In London
    35 9 Tioo scene*, taken from the Metrotone News of the Day now showing at the Capitol, depict some of the effects of the recent air raids on London by the Nazis.
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    More Planes In Britain To-day Than In August
    128 9 More Planes In Britain To-day Than In August R.A.F. STRONGER DESPITE AIR LOSSES AND TRANSFERS TO OTHER FRONTS London, Oct. 22. THERE are more planes in Great Britain of every operational type ready for immediate service to-day than there were two months ago. This statement. Lord Beaverbrook, Minister for Aircraft
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    ENVOY WARNS AMERICA
    407 9 Japan Axis Plan Assault Upon U.S. Chicago, Oct. 21. "EUROPE'S experience has taught us that to try to appease the totalitarian dictators is useless. We do not intend to try," declared Mr. William Bullitt, former United States Ambassador to France, speaking at a meeting of the Council
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    R.A.F. & A.A. GUNS IN ACTION ALL DAY
    220 9 R.A.F. A.A. GUNS IN ACTION ALL DAY Four Raiders Shot Down Sunday Night London, Oct. 22. rjTHE guns and fighter defences were in action throughout the whole of yesterday. One enemy bomber is known to have been destroyed, states an Air Ministry communique issued last night, in addition to the
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    Nazis To Try Slayer Of Vom Rath
    76 9 London, Oct. 22. •yHE young Polish Jew Grunzpan, who assassinated Vom Rath, a counsellor of the German Embassy in Paris on Nov. 18, 1938, is being sent to Berlin for trial, says a communique issued by the Vichy Government In retaliation for assassination,
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    'European War Is Nearing India'
    85 9 Call To People To End Their Differences Karachi, Oct. 22. WAN act of Fascist vandalism" was the comment made by the Prime Minister of Sind upon the Italian bombing of Saudi Arabia and Bahrein Island. The Prime Minister, after pointing out significantly that the war
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    47 9 New Delhi, Oct. 22. AMONG the recent war su^. orders received by India are aiders for the Middle East and production of parts for armaments. In September, the civil industry machined 9,000 shells and forged 20.000 more. Shipments has already begun of 300,000 tons of pig-iron.— Reuter.
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    NEW PACIFIC MOVES SOON?
    211 9 Democracies And N.I. Oil Talks Washington, Oct. 21. MO official information is yet available in Washington concerning the efforts Japan is making to secure oil supplies in the Nctlicr- lands Indies. But the return to Toklo of Mr Icnizo Kobayashi, special Japanese envoy in f Batavia,
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    U.S. Protest To Italy Likely
    86 9 Washington, Oct. 21. THE bombing of American oil properties in Arabia may lead to a formal protest to the Italian Government by the United States Administration. This statement wa.s made by the Standard Oil Company of California regarding the attack against Saudi Arabia and Bahrein
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    $2,500 FOR WAR FUND FROM JOHORE OFFICIALS
    249 10 Total To-day Reaches Nearly $4,260,000 THE War Fund total has advanced by over $3,500 to-day to £4,299,703. Ihe greater part of this sum comes from Johore. Government servants of all classes in that State have contributed, many of them on two occasions, to
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    PERAK TO SPEND MORE NEXT YEAR
    179 10 P ERAK TO SPEND MORE NEXT YEAR lur Own Correspondent! looh, Oct. 21. THE -l^. 1 of Peralc is to spend £1 G.-»:2.61f> mnro in 1941 than the estimated expenditure this year. A Bill about to be introduced in the State Council to make financial provision for the public service
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    Local Hollanders' Gift Of Spitfire
    123 10 WITH the remittance yesterda.of £5,000 to London, Netherlanders in Malaya have present* their first Spitfire fighter. 1 r money was remitted to Quer Wilheltnin.i. request has been made that the warplane should be named "Rotterdam", and it is for service either with the RAF. or
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    AMUSEMENTS
    182 10 SINGAPORE RAFFLES HOTEL Special Dinner Dance (Informal) 8 p.m. to Midnight. GARRK'K THEATRE. GEYLANG Sky Giant Let's Sing Agam at 7.45 p.m. CHEAT WORLD Cabaret: 8.30 p.m. to Midnight. Olobe: Shipyard Sally. Sky; Where I Am a Stranger. SAPPY WORLD Wavangs. Sideshows. Magic Shows and Other Free Attractions. Happy
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    WAR FUND DIARY
    118 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 snhmit details for inclusion in this feature. Thursday Hockey; Civilians vs. RAF., SCC. ground. Sunday Malay motor boat owners War Fund
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    $1,639,000 IN PROJECTS TO BE POSTPONED
    327 10 Difficulty Of Obtaining Supplies For Works EXPENDITURE on pubHc works extraordinary in the Colony in 1941 will be affected by the war to an appreciable extent $1,639,000 being involved. In cutting down the works programme, care has been taken to see that essential 1
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    Batavia's Tribute To Britain
    103 10 Thousands of people, representing aU classes, marched past the British Consulate-General in Batavia in a pro-British demonstration organized by a committee headed by the Mayor of Batavia, Mr. Voorneman. The demonstration was for the purpose of expressing the deep feeling of admiration and sympathy which the
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    EMPIRE AIR SERVICES
    237 10 Important Talks In Australia JUIAJOR J. R. McCrindle, deputy director-general of British Overseas Airways Corporation who arrived in Singapore during the week-end, is on his way to Australia to hold important discussions about the Empire air service, it Ls understood. The talks will include the handling; it
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE DEATH
    29 10 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE DEATH WINTER. —At Singapore General Hospital on October 21st. Mr. C. E. Winter dearly beloved husband ol Peggy Winter. Funeral at Bldadarl Cemetery at 5 p.m. to-day.
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    NETHERLANDS INDIES NOT IN "NEW ORDER"
    616 10  -  Mr. Kobayashi Reported Statement Signed By (From Our Own Correspondent) Batavia, Oct. 21. ACCORDING to an unconfirmed report, the Japanese iVlinister of Commerce, Mr. I. Kobayashi who is the leader of the Japanese delegation which is negotiating with the Netherlands Indies Government, recently signed
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    PENANG COBBLERS BACK AT THERE WORK
    69 10 (jrrom correspondent; n. Penang, Oct. 22. ABOUT 400 cobblers, employed by tho Penang CMn«sse shoemakers establishments who went on strike about fi\e days ago ™u>wlng a demand for an increwi of wagn. are "turning to work to-day after a meetlng of snoemafcerB' representatives and
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    CHOO KIA PENG'S EVIDENCE AT MINES INQUIRY
    1611 11 Reference To $2,000 Gift To Officer As A "Serious Slip" (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 21. THE admission that he had made a "serious slip" in 1 givinp; A. T. Bennetts, an officer of the F.M.S. Mines I>epartment $2,000 on behalf
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    150 HINDUS IN TEMPLE FIRE-WALKING
    182 11 A BOUT 150 Hindu devotees, includ- ing a few women, walked across j a pit of glowing embers at the annual i nre-walking ceremony held at the Sri T nriamman Temple in South Bridge Road yesterday afternoon. The ceremony, as awe-in^)iring as it was reverential,
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    MOTOR AMBULANCE FOR PERAK BATTALION
    116 11 (From Our Own Correspondent" Ipoh, Oct. 21. ILfR. Cheah Cneang Lim. the Perak miner and himself a former Volunteer officer, has presented a fully equipped motor ambulance to the Ist (Peraic) Battalion of the y.M.S. Volunteer Force. Designed and equipped by Wearne Bros.. Ipon, the
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    Johore Plan ter Marries
    115 11 ASR- J- H. Higgins, of Rengam Estate, Johore, and Berkshire, England, was married to Miss Daphne Martin-Jones, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Martin-Jones, of Surrey, England at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday. The Rev. C. J. Thompson officiated at the ceremony The brae's dress
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    Malay Soldier At Trade School
    43 11 A member of an Indian regiment and a member of the Malay Regiment receiving instruction from an instructor at the Singapore Trade Schcol, where they are being trained for three months on motor-engine repair work. Straits Times picture.
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    CHINESE THINK ESTATE DUTY IS TOO HIGH
    347 11 Government May Be Asked To Make A Reduction f\F the opinion that the present scale of estate duty is unduly high, Chinese in Ma^ya may request Government to make a reduction. The decision whether or not tof make such a request will be
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    LOUDSPEAKER NEWS IN KAMPONG SIGLAP
    99 11 LOR some weeks there has been public r loudspeaker in Kampong Siglap, Singapore, and evidently it is appreciated, for a resident of the kampong has written the following letter to the authorities responsible for the public addrer-s system: "We, the inhabitants of Kampong Siglap, are
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    Nearly Gone!
    98 11 rw\liE 1940 Straits Times Annual will be published to-morrow. Available supplies of the Annual are already almost completely booked up. So that if you want a copy you should telephone the Circulation Manager (5471) at once, or you will probably be too late. The cost is $1.50 a
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    MISSION'S FAREWELL
    140 11 Souvenirs For Service Chiefs SOUVENIRS of their visit to Singapore were given to officers of the three Services in Singapore by the Thai goodwill mission who left yesterday for Australia via the Netherlands Indies. Most of the souvenirs, which were in the form of inscribed cigarette cases made
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    BANISHMENT LAW CHANGE ANNOUNCED
    77 11 IT is no longer necessary for the Governcr-in-Coimcil to report to I the Fecretary of State the details of 1 banishment orders which are issued in the Colony under tho Banishment Ordinance. This is the effect of a Defence Regulation published last night which amends the
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    BRITAIN'S THANKS FOR SARAWAK'S OFFER
    100 11 "pHE Rajah of Sarawak has directed that all revenue from the invested surplus I funds of Sarawak shall be contributed to the Imperial Government for the duration of the war as a gift for the prosecution ot the war. Mr. S. W. Jones, as British
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    TO-NIGHT'S RADIO TALK
    51 11 FREE Trade and a Free Port" is the Title of a talk to be given by Dr. T. H. Silcock, of the Raffles College from the Singapore station at 7.10 :j.m. today. This is the fourth talk in the series '•Presenting Singapore" arranged by the Friends of
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    SAID TO HAVE POSED AS NAVAL BASE CLERK
    1244 12 Chinese Faces Allegations Of Cheating At Inquiry THE story of how a young Chinese, posing as the chief clerk 1 of the tender department at the Naval Base, induced three other Chinese to part with various sums of money to him by
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    CASE AGAINST JAPANESE POSTPONED AGAIN
    119 12 i.rrrc,,,, ir.ctimun.n. If ITSUJI KASHiWABARA, a Japanese who had a charge under the Official Secrets Ordinance explained to him in the second court last week had the cnarse amended to one under the o^^ Regulations yesterday. The charge was that between May 29 and June
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    INDIAN AUTHOR ON HIS WAY TO AMERICA
    56 12 INDIAN AUTHOR ON HIS WAY TO AMERICA h^tory and art has arrived in SingaPcre on his way to the United States. AmnnT Mr Gbifrnl'a hrwiir* ie nno pnHr^riO"Phf]nJ?TVn£J rt^ thl Sy. nllo OTuc?, 1 ,r ™eaiS n the Llg the Vedas- lle tJCrin? to America mainly to Iscture to the
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    ERIC MAYELL HERE
    55 12 JUt R ie Mayell. the well-known Fox-Movietone news cameraman is in Singapore. He "covers" the Far East for his company and has just ThailandMr- Mayell, who visited Singapore l*l^ year, earned fame for his pictures of the U.S.S. Panay sinking. He was on the Panay whftn she
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    Quick And Economic Method Of Turning Padi Into Rice
    383 12 I From A Correspondent) Segamat, Oct. 21. A QUICK and economic method of turning padi into rice is available to some kampong folk in the Segamat district, one of the leading agricultural areas in the State. Naib Semln has erected a
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    World Tributes To Londoners
    412 13 "City Is Scarred But Very Much There" London, Oct. 21. 1 ONDON'S behaviour during air 1 attack continues to impress all i parts of the world in which opinion Us still uncontrolled and facts can freely be published. j London is like an animal ut bay,
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    TURNING POINT IN THE WAR IMMINENT SAYS JOURNAL
    395 13 Axis Power Now Face Difficult Task Of A Long Struggle New York. Oct. 21. A TURNING POINT in the war, when the Axis powers will begin to feel the weight of British pressure, is seen by the Cleveland Plaindealer to be imminent.
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    Warning Against A Stalemate War
    105 13 London, Oct. 21. ♦•LITE have to carry this war into the enemy's fields until we win it," declared Mr. A. V. Alexander, First Lord of the Admiralty, in a speech at Westminster to-day. He added that having, by the courage and endurance of the civil
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    Death Penalty For Harbouring Britons
    108 13 London, Oct. 21. PfRTHER threats uf punishment extending to the death penalty have been made by the German military commanders of Belgium and northern France for harbouring British subjects. The announcer over the Brussels radio declared that many British soldiers had escaped from prison camps
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    PROMINENT CITIZENS OF DAKAR ARRESTED
    27 13 London. Oct. 22. IT was learned in London yesterday that several prominent citizens of Dakar have been arrested by the/Hchy authorities. Reuter.
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    Army In Middle East Ready
    146 13 Allied Offensive To Take Place Soon London, Oct. 21. "WE must have no illusion as to the danger of the threat behind Hitler's drive to the east," declared Lord Lloyd, Secretary of State for the Colonies, speaking in Glasgow to-day. He added: "If the Italians,
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    Schools Bombed In Night Raids
    238 13 London, Oct. 21. TWO enemy aircraft ware destroyed j 1 over Briuvn during the night,, according to an Air Ministry com- munique issued this morning, it says that the enemy's main attack i during the hours of darkness were directed against the London area and
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    Queues For Shelters To Be Abolished
    137 13 London, Oct. 21. AN ATTEMPT is to be made by Mr. Herbert Morrison, the Minister of Home Security, to abolish the peculiarly English system of the queue as applied to air raid shelters used for sleeping in. Mr. Morrison announced that he has authorized
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    New South African Record For R.A.F.
    111 13 Nairooi, Oci. 2i ANEW AIR record for the flight between South Africa and Kenya was achieved yesterday by a South African air force machine, writes Reuter's special correspondent with the South African forces. The flight, from Pretoria to Nairobi was accomplished in ten and
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    Nazi Lie About U.S. Embassy In London
    135 13 London, Oct. 21. 11 jaiLE the statement broadcast in the »V Na».i Afrikaans programme that "the i American embassy In London has closed Its doors and has moved to another city somewhere in England," is quite untrue, tombs have In fact dropped near
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    JAPANESE-N. I. OIL PARLEYS NOT YET CONCLUDED
    268 14 Leader Of Mission Is Recalled To Tokio: Talks To Continue Tokio, Oct. 21. NEGOTIATIONS between Japan and the Royal Dutch Shell Oil Company for deliveries of oil to Japan from the Netherlands Indies have not yet concluded, according to the Japanese spokesman. Meanwhile,
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    N.L.Oil Earmarked For Britain
    153 14 London Comment On Japanese Demands London. Oct. 20. /CONFLICTING reports are current in London regarding the negotiations between, the Japanese and oil interests in the Netherlands Indies. The report that an agreement is imminent is not confirmed in London, where, however, it is known that the
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    Fresh Bombing Of Burma Road
    202 14 Tokio, Oct. 21. JAPANESE naval aircraft have again bombed the Chinese portion of the Burma road, according to a field dispatch to the Domel (Japanese) agency. It is claimed that the i alders succeeded in "ferreting out vital bridges spanning the Yunnan gorge and inflicted
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    India To Sell Scrap Only To Allies
    54 14 India To Sell Scrap Only To Allies Tokio, Oct. 21. Tt*E Indian Government has sus- pended the issue of farther licences for the export of scrap ircn and steel to all countries outside the British Commonwealth and its Allies. An earlier semi -official Japanese report stated that tne ban applied
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    GOEBBELS UPSET BY R.A.F. OFFENSIVE
    92 14 London, Oct. 21. QOEBBEL£. the German propaganda chief, has been forced by the R.A.P bombing of western Germany, to start ur.in? a station further east, namely Breslau, for hi? English language broadcasts, snys R?ute-. The strength of the Breslau station haapparently been increased or thi-
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    ARMS & PRINTING PRESS DISCOVERED AT LYONS
    40 14 ARMS PRINTING PRESS DISCOVERED AT LYONS Vichy, Oct. 21. ARMS and a printing press, it Is stated, have been discovered at the homes of 11 persons arrested at Lyons following the distribution of Communist leaflets, says the Havas Agency Reuter.
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    U.S. BASE ON W. INDIES ISLE
    155 14 Antigua (West Indies), Oct. 20. A PROVISIONAL agreement has boen reached between the British and United States representatives about the oositlon of the base on the Island under the recent arrangement with the British Government. United States defence experts arrived on Friday in a
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    Egypt Helped By British Funds
    250 14 Cairo, Oct. 21. DURING the past five months, railway revenue in Egypt has increased by £239.000 and harbour dues by £172.000 because of the arrival ol troops and war material from the British Empire Figures such as these not only show that both the Mediterranean
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    Australians To Be In Thick Of Fight Soon
    105 14 Oct. 21. "UIGHLY-TRAINED Australian pilots, observers, wireless operators and oir gunners will be in the thlcSc of the fight early next year." Mr. A. W. Fadden. the Australian Air Minister, staU- 1 in Sydney yesterday. The minister also said that further results
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    MALAYANS ARRIVE AT CALCUTTA
    42 14 Calcutta. Oct. 21. THE Malayan and Burmese delegates to the Eastern Group Conference, at New Delhi, have arrived by air. The Ma'ayan delegates, headed by Mr. North-Hunt, include Mr. W A Fell and Mr. Tay Llan Teck —Reuter
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    Attacks On Muslims
    328 14 ITALIAN RAIDS ON TWO STATES Cairo, Oct. 21. ITALIAN aircraft have bombed two independent Muslim states Saudi Arabia and the little island of Bahrein, in the Persian Gulf. They flew over the Holy Land near the city of Mecca. The attack on Bahrein was officially announced last
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    MR. EDEN PAYS VISIT TO PALESTINE
    99 14 Jerusalem. Oct. 21. MR Anthony Eden, the Wat Secretary arrived in Jerusalem on Thursday, according to ifflcial announcements Issued la^t night. He was accompanied by Gen. Si' Archibald Wavell. Commander-in-Chlef of the armirs in the Middle East. Mr. Eden inspected many units of the
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    EGYPTIAN TRIBUTE TO BRITISH TROOPS
    52 14 Cairo, Oct. 21. TTHE growing mass of troops from the British Empire continues to reinforce the country's confidence. The Arabic newspaper Lai Schoola pays a tribute to the British forces. It writes. "We Egyptians have watched the conduct of rh» British soldiers In Egypt with
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    COLLEGIANS BEAT CLUB BY THREE GOALS TO NIL
    372 15 Better Forward Line Gives Raffles The Advantage laffles College S.C.C 0. DAFFLES College played good hockey to beat a strong S.C.C. team by three goals to nil on the padang yeslerday. While the home team's defence was fairly sound, the forwards, with
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    Mr. C.E. Winter Passes
    265 15 THK death occurred at tbe 1 General Hospital yesterday evening of Mr. Charles Edgar Winter after a sudden illness. Mr Winter, who was popularly known as "Eddie." was on the staff of the Asiatic Petroleum Co. (S.S.) Ltd. He was to have proceeded in a month
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    S.C.C. HOCKEY TEAM TO MEET S.R.C.
    79 15 'r*HE l ollowiiig have accepted to play i I hockey for the S.C.C. Ist XI vs. m SRC. Ist XI at the S.C.C. to-! morrow: Lt. J. S. Aveling; PayiLt. G. C jj Fortin, R. A. U. Todd; J. FletcherCooke. W. J. Peel, Major
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    32 15 A phirs of p!ay in (lie recent hockey match between the Singapore Recreation Club and the Straits Chinese Recreation Club, which the S.R.C. «on by five jroals to nil. t>traits Times picture.
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    S.R.C. TEAM SCORE 4—2 VICTORY AT HOCKEY
    566 15 Hornets Fail To Hold Winners After Even First Half S.R.C 4; Hornets 2. A LTHOUGH they were beaten by four goals to two, the Hornets, the new Singapore hockey side, put up an extremely good display against the S.R.C. on the padang yesterday.
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    52 15 SOCCER: Challenge Cap, semifinal, Rj%.F. vs. Fortress R.E., stadium. RUGGER: Loyafcs vs. St. Andrew's Old Boys, Woods ville; S.C.C. "A" vs. R.E., S.C.C. HOCKEY: Ceylon Sports Club vs. Mountain Regiment, BalestierMalaya Signals vs. R.A.F. (Kalian;), Alexandra. BOXING Singapore Amateur Boxing: Club meeting, Pearls Hill, 6 p.m. TENNIS
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    GARRISON GOLF CLUB COMPETITIONS
    126 15 nrvHE women's stroke competition at j -I the Garrison Golf Club resulted In a win for Mrs. R. H. H. Stewart with a .score of 37 iV 2 =32\ 2 O her results were: Mrs. J. J. ODwyer 46—12=34; Mrs. W. J. Holohan 44—9=35; Mrs. H
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    S.C.C. RUGBY TEAM
    61 15 THE following will represent the 1 S.C.C. at rugger against the RE. on the padang to-day: Lt. Wildey: G. B Potter. P. H. Burgess, S. Johnson, W. V. Sausotte* J. B. Potter, W. McBeath; G. K Stein, A. V. Lind. R. M. Harsley, T. J. Buddie, W.
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    GARRISON GOLFERS BEAT KEPPEL CLUB
    204 15 •T*HE match between tbe Garrison Golf Club and Keppel Golf Club played on Sunday at the Keppel Golf Club, resulted in a win for the visitors by 5% points to 3, as follows, Garrison PP E ye v nfuf rSt k «aw (18)" Ivs R
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    S.C.R.C. TENNIS RESULTS
    140 15 Huck Toe Kamis In Doubles Final pHEONG Chee Lim and Miss Den Boer became the mixed doubles handicap champions of the S.C.R.C. open invitation lawn tennis tournament, when they beat Mr. and Mrs. Lee Fong Lim, 6—4, 6—l, at Hong Lim Green yesterday. Both pairs were handicapped
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    PRESIDENTS PRIZE GOLF
    203 15 Tie For First Place In R.S.G.C. Competition T"HE Royal Singapore Golf Club's President's Prize competition was played at Bukit Timah on Sunday morning and resulted in a tie between H. B. Sym and W. Eldred and R C. Joubert and E. A. Stevens with a score of
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    TEAMS FOR WOMEN'S GOLF MATCH TO-DAY
    136 15 Sepoy Lines vs. Keppel •T'HE following are the teams and starting times for a woman's golf match between the Sepoy Lin°s Golf Club and the Keppel Golf Club at Sepoy Lines this afternoon, Keppel players mentioned first: 3.30, Mrs. E. A. Ford (24) vs.
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    TO-DAYS CHALLENGE CUP SEMI-FINAL
    85 15 r^DAY's Challenge Cup semi-flnal match between the RAF. and the Sappers should provide thrilling soccer, j The fact that the Sappers will be without Fields has not lessened the team's confidence. The Airmen are strong favourites and should win, but this does not' imply that the
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    Y.W.C.A. HOCKEY TEAMS
    90 15 ."THE following will represent the Y.W.C.A. first eleven at hockey against the Windsors first eleven on the Ceylon Tamils' Association ground at 5.15 p.m. to-day: E. Frughneit: P. Wilson, S. Armstrong; A. Edgar, Z. Short. P. Koh; J. Ross, P. Elliott, M. Clarke. G ,Wheatley and A.
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    RICKETTS WINS AMATEUR GOLF TITLE OF CHINA
    63 15 Shanghai, Oct. 20. TONI RICKETTS won the amateur golf championship of China to-day for the fourth successive year. Kicketts' final score was 295. Lewis Carson was second with 311, while A. B. Davis and W. H. C Hogget tied for third place with
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    R.A.F. STAGE HEAVY RAIDS ON GERMANY AND ITALY
    905 16 Berlin District Turned Into Blazing Inferno LARGE WARSHIP IS AMONG OTHER TARGETS BOMBED London, Oct. 21. D A.F. bombers last night made one of the fiercest attacks they have ever carried out against the enemy. An Air Ministry communique says that the
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    BRITISH NAVAL SUPREMACY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
    338 16 Duce's Hopes From Betrayal By Men Of Vichy Have Been Frustrated London, Oct. 21. pOUR months of Italian effort has made it clear to our friends, to neutrals and to the enemy that the command of the Mediterranean waters, western, central and eastern, is
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    VOLCANO ERUPTION IN AFRICA KILLS CATTLE
    57 16 Dar-es-Salaam, Oct. 21. A SUDDEN eruption of the volcano Oldonyo Lengai, or "mountain of God." in the northern province of Tanganyika has covered the countryside for 30 miles round with molten lava and ashes. Many cattle have been killed but so far no loss
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    Internees In Britain Who Are Eligible For Release
    83 16 London, Oct. 22. OERSONS of eminence in art, science and letters university or technical college students; and those who have lived since childhood or for 20 years in the United Kingdom and are friendly towards Britain are eligible for aelease from the
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    ITALIAN AEROPLANE AND STEEL WORKS BOMBED
    283 16 R.A.F. Planes Fly 1,600 Miles Nonstop Cross Alps Two Times London, Oct. 21. DRITISH bombers last night dropped high explosive bombs upon Italian motor-car and aeroplane factories and steel works. The raids on Italy involved a 1,600-mile nonstop flight with a double crossing of
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    VIOLATION OF SWISS TERRITORY ALLEGED
    52 16 Berne, Oct. 21. A SSERTIONS that Swiss territory was violated several times during last night are made in a Swiss High Command communique to-day. It adds: "The Jura frontier was crossed in a south-easterly direction. At several places our anti-aircraft batteries opened fire on the
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    Mr. Menzies And Labour Offer
    130 16 Canberra, Oct. 21. r[E conference of party managers, called for to-day to discuss Mr. R. Q. Menzies' propcsal for the formation of a National Government, adjourned until to-morrow without reaching a decision. At an interview with newspapermen, Mr. Curtin, the Labour leader, said that Labour
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    ICELAND NOT HAMPERED BY BRITISH TROOPS
    113 16 London, Oct. 21. 'THE excellent relations that subsist between 'Icelanders and the occuying British troops was stressed in an interview with the Iceland Consul-Gen-eral in New York. "Most Important to us," said the Con-sul-General, "is that the British have not interfered with the affairs
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    Axis Designs On Yugoslavia
    269 16 Axis Designs On Yugoslavia Italian Demands Are Expected Soon London, Oct. 21. THE thin edge of the wedge for increased German influence seems indicated by the new commercial agreement between Germany and Yugoslavia, writes neuter's diplomatic correspondent. Yugoslavia is evidently feeling the double pressure of Germany and Italy and is
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    GEN. WEYGAND GOES TO MOROCCO BY AIR
    62 16 London, Oct. 21. GEN. Weygand arrived at Rabat yesterday afterncon, says the Lyons radio. He was met at the airport by Gen. Nogues, French Resident-General, and, afcer reviewing the air force, Gen. Weygand was presented by Gen. Nogues to the Sultan of Morocco.
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