The Straits Times, 13 November 1940

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    36 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY] MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1940 PRICE 5 CENTS The Straits Times 16 PAGES. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1940. PRICE 5 CENT&
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      DEATH
      67 2 Madam Chan Geol: Im age 55 passed away peacefully at her residence No. 33, Lorong 4 off Geylang Road, at 5 p.m. leaving her 5 sons lim Ong Tong and LJm Ong IZaat, one dauphtf r-!n-law 4 daughters, 3 sous-in-lav, and 5 grandsons and 6 granddaughters. Funeral will lake
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENT
      35 2 sto<" family of the l?te Mrs. Janet Juana ljiz&roo wish to express their heartfelt thanks to all relative, ano friends whe attended the funeral. well as those who sent v.'reaths p.nd letters of condolence.
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      775 2 MOTOR VEHICLES HI'MBER SNIPE Special deluxe Saioon mileage 45,000, excellent condition, recently overhauled by Humber agento. Taxed Dec. insured June. MOO. Box No. 170. StraiU Times or ring *****. FOR SALE. FIAT our-seater tourer. Engine la perfect running order. Taxed and Inured. Price $350. ..ash. Inspection la town 9 a.m.
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      343 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. i Incorporated in England i PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.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.
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      190 3 INSURANCE FIRE- ACCIDENT MOTOR FIDELITY GUARANTEE-MARINE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION THX LONDON ASSURANCE HONO KONG FIRE INSCE CO. LTD. IHOENIX ASSURANCE CO. LTD. \VESTERN ASSURANCE CO EAGLE STAR INS CO_ LTD BRITISH AMERICA ASSURANCE CO GUTHRIE CO., LTD. (Incorporated in 5.8.) m*3 PASSENGER FREIGHT SERVICE SINGAPORE TO NEW YORK AND BOSTON VIA
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      621 3 Broadcasting TO-DAY SINGAPORE ZHL 13.33 m cs. (225 a.) ZIIP1 9.C8 rn-ii (30.9C m.) ZHP3 7-25 m/ct (U.38 m.) ZHL ZHP1 5.00 p.m. Peiping drama*; 5.40 p.m. News In Cantonese: 5.50 p.m. Teochew music*: 6.10 pm. News In Hokkien; 6.20 pjn. News in English. Relayed from London; 6.35 p.m. Regimental
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      674 3 News and news commentaries: 8.50 p.m. "T» Talk- ol Many Things 1 talk; 9.05 p.m. Dutch bulletin. (GST»>; 9.20 p.m. The BBC. military bar.d (GSV. GSD. GSH. GSJ. GSB>: 9.30 p.m. Hindustani bulletin (GSG. GSF) 9.50 p.m. The theatre organ: 9.50 p.m. -on GSF and to 10.05 on GSG) A
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    MACDONALD'S STORY OF CORRUPTION IN MINES DEPT.
    2828 4 GIFTS OF SHARES CASH RECEIVED FROM MINERS Assistance Given To Obtain Options To Acquire Land (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 11. THE evidence given by A. G. Macdonald, a former head of the F.M.S. Mines Department, before the commission of inquiry
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    London Stock Exchange
    354 4 THE Stock tacchaiige to-dsy was lirai with I industrials advanrinjr under th- influence of broadening demand. Kaffir dividend- payers were again prominent while Brazilian j bonds were featured. Sau Paulo 7 p?r rent, coffee loan ■dwandag from £38 to £42 I Rubbers attracted a revival of Interm
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    146 4 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES «*toPj .Ju> Jwd I London, Nov. 12. I rOMMODITY and Jixciwige marketc closed i «-s roliows w)tb previoiis Quotations to naren thesis:— RUBBER: Firm Spot livid 12 1 16tl 11 13ilM 11 15iM'< Dec. 12 1llfd 12 2!l«d 'll\d 12d) fir* Mar. 12Vid 12«td t 12d 12Hd) Apr.June
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    MAIL ARRIVALS
    122 4 MaiiK from lndo-Cluna (air) general delivery 1.40 p.m. to-day. Mails from Java and Sumatra (air) general delivery 3.30 p.m. to-day. Mails from Sumatra (air) general delivery 1.40 p.m. to-morrow. Mails from Great Britain etc. (surface) boxholders and general delivery 8.15 a.m. to-morrow Great Britain. South aad East Africa
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      212 4 j£ /BEET m| TORTURE *Clfir The skin-pores of your m feet should be conBtantly eliminating acid impurities. When your xeet torture you, when they ache and swell. It is because those pores have become choked, and acid is piling: up inside them. Then you suffer foot agony. Corns and callouses
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    590 5 Tins And Rubbers Improve In Turnover And Price IB] Our Financial Correspondent) Singapore, Nov. 13. T improvement in markets repm-t-ed yesterday continued f.hroughout the day and this mornins U \s a broadening demand for tin and rubber shares Th. market, wa3 active day :uici some improvement was
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    82 5 CH AMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN. Btiyrr* IVico l*rie*« No i\ Ah Wwsci 39 i 39 «j No. IX R.S.S t.c.b. id case* No 33v, 40 < r.Vil. K.S.S. Uh bAie- r 3? 1 Wii \.-> KAI ..o-b. in bale* i r 38 r US 1 FTTUKI Ql OT.\TIO\> V],
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    EXCHANGES
    180 5 ine loaowUig axe (he excbange rales tou racrnlng according to the daily circuiar issueo b? the Hor.tkonR and Shanghai Banking Corporation:— railing L/u.acn r.i. a/4 i/ie i or don demand 2/4 1/16 Switzerland demand (T.T. only) 202% New York demand 47 3/32 Montreal demand 51 27/32 Bntavla demand 88
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    Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1304 5 1 I I -day. NOV. 12, 194«: 4 P.M. MIMING Bujerv seller* Ampat Tin (4s) 3s 3d 3s 7%d Austral Amal (5s) 5s 10 ',4 d 6s 3d Austral Malay (C) Ms 6d 35s 6a Ayer Hitam (5s) 17s 18f Ayer Weng ($1) .79 .84
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    RAUB GOLD OUTPUT RISES
    41 5 THE local secretaries of Raub Australian Gold Mining Co.. Ltd., say that the output of fine goUt for the four weeks ended Nov. 9 was 1.553 ounces. This compares with 1.510 ounces Is the preceding four weeks.
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    SINGAPORE TIDE TABLES
    68 5 Fo-daj H. W. 9.30 a.m. 8.9 ft.: 10.15 p.m. 8.5 ft. L. W. 3.34 a.m. 3.3 ft.; 4 p.m. 2 ft. To-morrow R. W. 10 a.m. 9.1 ft.; 10.50 p.m. 8.8 ft. L. W. 4.05 a.m. 3.4 ft.; 4.30 p.m. 1.6 ft. Friday. Nov. 15 H. W.
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    21 5 Ulu Klang Tin dredge worked for 744 hours, treated 117 200 cubic yards and produced 350 piculs of tin-ore in October.
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      534 5 PUBLIC NOTICES ORIENTAL TELEPHONE ft ELECTRIC CO.. LTD. (Incorporated in the Uniteo Kingdom I .V»tic« U Telephone Subscribers A new Telephone Directory is now id course of preparation, and Telephone Subscribers are requested to advise the Company, by letter to the Acting Manager before 15th November, of any alterations desired
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      205 5 PRICKLY HEATH for PREVENTION and CURE USF A GNESIA ANTISEPTIC DUSTING PO WDER Obtainable at all Chemists and Stores BUT INSIST on the ORIGINAL ard ONLY AGNESIA Product of GRAFTON LABORATORIES LTD. Singapore K. Lumpur Penang HAVE YOU MADE YOUR WILL? No prudent man neglects this duty to himself his
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      197 6 PIANO CONCERTOS LX8332/8335 (SI2.M) Beethoven Piano Concerto In C, op. 15, Walter Giesekin* and Berlin State Opera House Orchestra. LX8124/8128 ($15.00) Beethoven '•Emperor" Concerto, No. 5 In X Flat Major, op. 73, Walter Gieseklng and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Bruno Walter. LX8432/8434 ($9.00) Uszt Concerto No. 1 In E
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    NORTH AFRICA MAY REVOLT AGAINST VICHY REGIME
    412 7 Gen. Weygand Reported To Have Refused To Return To France New York, Nov. 12. TEN. WEYGAND, Commander-in-Chief of the Vichy forces in North Africa, has refused to return to France, according to rumours from Europe. The New York Times links these rumours with
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    M. Molotov Sees The Fuehrer
    203 7 Soviet Premier Confers With Ribbentrop Berlin, Nov. 12. M. MOLOTOV, Soviet Premier and i Foreign Commissar, arrived 'n Berlin at 10 o'clock this morning, and has had conversations with Hitler and Ribbentrop. the German Foreign Minister. This is the first time that a Soviet Prime
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    Melotov Unlikely To Commit Soviet
    171 7 London, Nov. 12. IN securing the visit of M Molotcv to Berlin, Hitler has made another bold attempt to counteract the growing stagnation of Nazi policy, says The Times, in an editorial to-day. M. Molotov has taken his lime to re. urn Ribbentrop's hurried call
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    10,000 Casualties In Earthquake
    84 7 Sofia, Nov. 12. WICTIMS of the Rumania earth. quake are estimated at 10,000. according to latest reports from Bucharest. At least ten large towns and many villages suffered serious damage, while many Ares broke ou in the oil districts. Rumania has been slightly shaken by about
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    Army And R.A.F. Co-operation
    191 7 London, Nov. 12. AN assurance that "detailed and comprehensive arrangements have been reached for close cooperation between all branches of the Army and Air Force" was asked for in the House of Commons today. Mr. Anthony Eden, the War Minister, replying, said that details and com-
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      590 7 HOTELS ST. ANDREWS WIGHT SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30th SPECIAL DINNER BALL EXTENSION TO 2 AM. DINNER $3.50 ADMISSION TO BALLROOM $2.00 The Admission proceeds will be devoted to the Entertainment of Scottish Soldiers, Sailors Airmen in Singapore. UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE SINGAPORE ST. ANDREWS SOCIETY BOOK NOW SEAVIEW II HOTEL
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      419 7 "™^:i CATHAY \?&&f'&> -<& fe\« 3 6 15 9 1S V^'St^f"^^^ ne P".. applaud a Ys'^T^ magnificent Picture! \so2>^ GARY COOPSR MADELEINE CARROLL IN Cecil B. De Mille's Latest Masterpiece "NORTH WEST MOUNTED POLICE" WITH PAULETTE GCDDARD PRESTON FOSTER s^ ROBERT PRESTON AKIM TAMIROFF /itfr xi» ki LYNNE OVERMAN t^\
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 13, 1940 (437th Day Of The War.) "THE NIGHT IS STILL YOUNG"
    1066 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 13, 1940 (437th Day Of The War.) "THE NIGHT IS STILL YOUNG" Through the good offices of a British journalist who has been stationed in New York for the past two years, it has been possible for us to offer from time to time
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    NEWS BROADCASTS
    146 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— I refer to the letter headed "Broadcasting" by "Wireless Enthusiast" which appeared in your issue of Nov. 7. He said that the B.B.C. news at 6.05 ajn. could not be well received and asked the Singapore Station to relay this
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      THE CLERK'S LOT
      597 8 Small Wages Explain Inefficiency To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— I read with much attention reports of Mr. A. V. Goodale's talk regarding the requirements of an average European employer from his staff. Mr. Goodale wants the boy with all round Intelligence and, to put
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      IN THE BLACK-OUT
      190 8 Motorists Who Used Their Headlights To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, In your issue of to-day's date i you report a case in which a motorist jwas fined $25 for using his headlights i during a black-out. Acting Court Inspector Woolnough stated, when prosecuting that
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      AT THE CENOTAPH
      75 8 Wreath From French People In Singapore To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— l read in to-day's Straits Times that a wreath was offered by the French Consulate at the ceremony at the Cenotaph. Will you be kind enough to correct this statement, as the wreath
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      INCOME TAX
      643 8 Opposition Reaches "Height Of Audacity" To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, The strongest party in opposition to the introduction of income tax is obviously the one containing a majority eligible to pay, in the even; of the Government's affirmative motion to "saddle" the Colony with an
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      CA'CANNY?
      171 8 Government's Hesitation In Raising Funds To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Piecing together some cf your recent leaders and letters in your correspondence columns certainly providss circumstantial evidence that Government, assisted by influential Unofficial, has mado no really serious effort to: (a) Produce further revenue* by means
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      ARMISTICE DAY
      802 8 Thoughts That Came To An Asiatic Mind To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, I have read your leader of Not. 4 with considerable interest. It can be no easy thing for the very young Asiatic boys and girls to understand ail that Armistice Day means to
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      EIRE'S ROLE
      128 8 To the Editor of the Strata Times Sir,— Your to-day's Issue brings the report of Mr. De Valera's reply to Mr. Churchill's reference to the lack of cooperation from Eire. As a Sou.h?rn Irishman, I dissociate myself entirely from the views so reported, and from anything to do
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    MERCHANT CRUISER'S EPIC FIGHT WITH RAIDER
    532 9 Heroic Action Saves Convoy In Atlantic H.M.S. JERVIS BAY GOES DOWN WITH HER GUNS ROARING Went Out To Meet Enemy As Ships Scattered SAILING out alone to attack a big German warship in the Atlantic, the armed British merchant cruiser Jervis Bay (14,(MM) tons)
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    THE BATTLE DESCRIBED
    490 9 Raider A "Pocket Battleship"? a BRITISH captain of one of the ships m gallantly defended by the Jervis Kay suggested to Renter that the enemy warship was either of the two German pocket-battle-ship Deutschland or Von Scheer. The captain said that the raider was sighted Just before
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    BOMBS DROPPED IN SUEZ CANAL AREA
    60 9 Cairo, Nov. 13. ENEMY aircraft dropped several bombs on the Canal zone at ■bout 7.30 o'clock on Monday nipht, says a communique Issued by the Egyptian Defence Ministry. Several iom bs were dropped in an orchard near Cairo at about 10 pm. There were
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    MR. GANDHI'S REMARK ABOUT PUNJABIS
    116 9 Lahore, Nov. 13. A 'STORM of indignation" had been aroused In the Punjab by the recent remark of Mr Gandhi In his newspaper, The Hnrilan, that the Punjab was the recruiting ground for mercenary soldiers, declared Sir Sikander Hyat Khan, the Punjab Premier in a
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    CANADA URGED TO APPEAL FOR LEASE OF EIRE BASES
    273 9 Ottawa. Nov. 12. THE Government of Canada should I A make a personal appeal to Mr. de Valera. Pr.m^ Minister of Eire, to IttM to Canada for the duration of tiie war two ports on the west coast of Eire for
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    'BOMB-BLIGHT' ON HAMBURG
    305 9 Terrific Havoc Of R.A.F. Raids London, Nov. 13. HAMBURG, the second largest city in Germany, faces bankruptcy. Every report reaching London emphasizes the growing effects of the R.A.F.'s "bomb-blight" on this once great seaport, states the Air Ministry news service. Tremendous efforts are being made to conceal
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    U.S. Explosions Mystery
    217 9 Inquiry Into Mishaps In Powder Factories Woodhridj?e (New Jersey), Nov. 12. MORE than 20 people are feared killed in three separate explosions in important industrial centres of New Jersey, Pennsylvania. The explosions occurred in widely separated areas, all within the space of an hour. Considerable material damage
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    Gen. De Gaulle's New Success In Africa
    94 9 London, Nov. 13. GEN. DE GAULLE, leader of the Free French forces, has apparently taken another African port. A Geneva dispatch to the official German news agency says that all communications with Port Gentil, the second largest port in the Gabon region in
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    N. I. -Japan Oil Agreement
    47 9 N. I. -Japa n Oil Agreement Batavia, Nov. 13. AN agreement has been Inl- tialled concerning; the supply of Netherlands Indies oil to Japan by representatives of the Netherlands oil companies and Japanese oil Importers. This agreement will be communicated to the Japanese and Netherlands delegations. Reuter.
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    NAZI WAR ON CIVILIANS
    123 9 15,000 Casualties In U.K. In Month London, Nov. 13. WOMEN and children outnumbe-r-ed men in fatal civilian casualties on the homo front in October. An analysis of the official returns shown that the air rftid deaths total (kSM, including 2.!>00 women, 643 children and 2.791 men.
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    Greeks Are Using Seized Weapons
    268 9 Italian Morale Likely To Suffer Blow Athens, Nov. IS. A BRITISH bomber formation again attacked Albanian targets yesterday, but the results are hitherto unknown, rabies Henry Stokes, Reuter's special correspondent with the Greek army. The great quantities of war material which the Italians abandoned In
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    3 "Anti-Invasion" Drives By R.A.F.
    182 9 BRITISH bombers are now conducting three "anti-invasion" drives at once, writes Reu.er's air f>rr?spcndent. These are nn thg Nazi Channel bases, on the Libyan bases from which Italy hopes to invade Egypt, and on ports and harbours which I.aly is using to maintain her army
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    General Sees 30-Year War Ahead
    56 9 General Sees 30- Year War Ahead Chicago, Nov. 12. GEN. Charles Dawes, speaking at the World War Veterans Club, declared that th? shipment of war materials to Eurooe would inevitably be followed by sending Americans to Europe. He said the United States' entry in the European war might lengthen the
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    BID TO INCLUDE RUSSIA IN AXIS-JAPAN ALLIANCE
    367 9 What Germany May Offer As Itait For Collaboration Of Moscow Zurich, Nov. 13. THAT Hitler it-; placing groat hopea in the visit of M. Molotov, the Soviet Prime Minister and Foreign Commissar, is indicated from reports from the Berlin cor respondents of the
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    Newest U.S. Monster Bombers For R.A.F.
    83 9 Washington, Nov. 12. AFTER a l"n? period of waiting. Britain is to have some of America's "flying fortresses," which arp giant bombers capable of bombing n Garget 2.000 miles from th-> base. It is unclTs'ond Britain will have the la;es v models instead of
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    Soviet Policy To Be Clarified
    309 9 German Statement On Thr Molotov Visit '*|\y|- MOLOTOVB rtelt to Berlin la IVI logical outcome cf the evolution of thi iua lon an i signing ol t lio tripartite pact,' iajn nn official statemen! on ths Borli n rUn handed to foreign |ournallstfl at tin
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    $3,000 ADVANCE IN WAR FUND TOTAL
    677 10 Singapore Branch Of Dutch Company Sends Donation SEVRES JUG AND PLATTER SOLD FOR $1,500 THERE is an advance of more than $3,000 recorded today in The War Fund total, which is $4,371,809. Among the latest donations is one of $1,000 from the Singapore branch
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    AMUSEMENTS
    157 10 SINGAPORE BAFFLES IIOTK1 Dinner Dance (Informal) 8 pjn. to Midnight. UAKK1CK 1UKATKE. GEYLANG 'I he Phantom Creeps (Chape. 1 to 6) Radio City Revel* at 7.45 p.m. tt&EAT WOKLU Cabaret: 7.30 9 p.m. 9 p m. to Midnight. Globe: For Freedam. Tbe Ugion of bout Flyers. HAPPY WOULD Happy
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    103 10 these are photographs of two more members of the Oleh Oleh Party which is putting on two shows on behalf of The War Fund at the Happy World Stadium on N--V. 22 and Nov. 23. Mr. O n g Chwee Kin, (left) who is another female impersonator,
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    WAR FUND DIARY
    77 10 •yniS Diary is intended to call attention to functions which aie being held in aid of The War Fund Organizers of such fanetions are invited to submit details for inclusion in this feature. Nov. 14. 16. 29, 23. 27 30: SA.D.C. Production of The Sorcerer." Nov. 16
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    SCHOOL BOYS VICTIMIZED
    192 10 Police Round Up Gang Of Youths 30 WHO LIVED ON PETTY THIEVING THIRTY-five youths whose averagt age is 15, have been rounded up by the Singapore police following investigations into the victimization of schoolboys by young Chinese. Inquiries into their personal lives disclosed that about 30 of
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    "Mounties" In Outstanding Picture
    374 10 "Mounties" In Outstanding Picture At The Cinema North-West Mounted Police c (Gary Cooper Madeleine Carrol, J Preston Foster, Paulette Goddard. Akim Tamiroff). Produced by Cecil j B. de Mille. Paramount. At the Cathay. INTEREST never flags in this thrillpacked full length technicolour film of the stirring early days of the
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    Trust To Build Detached Two-Storey Houses
    389 10 TO relieve further Singapore's housing shortage, the Singapore Improvement Trust, builders of dwellings for the poor and middle classes of the city, propose to embark on a scheme of detached, two-storey houses at the old race course. Tenders have been called for the construction
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    THAI ENTRY IN GRAND PRIX
    151 10 Racing Car Has Arrived THE Automobile Association of Malaya understands that an Alfa Romeo racing car has arrived in Singapore by sea from Thailand and is intended to be Thailand's entry in the Johore Grand Prix races, in aid of the War Fund, in Johore
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    MILK DILUTED
    68 10 (Prom Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Nor. IS. CONVICTED lor the third time of selling adulterated milk, an Indian vendor, Satan Dal, was fined $50. in default six weeks' rigorous imprisonment, in the Police Court to-day. While the man was selling milk on Sept. 30 samples were taken by
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    BORING FOR TIN IN SUNGEI MANIK AREA
    677 10 Government To Undertake Prospecting Work (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, Nov. 12. T AM glad that at last a decision has been made to ascertain the mineral wealth of the State and that it is to be ascertained by the State itself," said
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    PENANG BROKER'S APPEAL
    150 10 (i*rom Our Own Correspondent Penang, Nov. 13. ((IT is impossible for me to come to a decU sion as to the quantum of punishment without hearing some evidence as to whether it has been a deliberate breach or had been committed inadvertently," said Mr. Justica Aitken when
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    DEATH OF MRS. R. P. PHILLIPS
    38 10 (Prom Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Nov. 13. j UR. R. P. PHILLIPS, of Brown. Pliillipi and Stewart. Penang. has received newi of the death of his wife in England on Nov. 10.
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    WOMAN PROFESSOR ON LECTURE TOUR
    580 11 Dr. Winifred Cullis To Talk On Women's War Work ADMIRATION for the war work being done by British and other women in the Far East was expressed by Dr. Winifred Cullis, eminent lecturer of London University, who arrived in Singapore yesterday in the course of
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    14 11 Mr. Chester Holromb<\ of the International News Service In Shanghai, arrived in Singapore yesterday.
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    LAWYER & SUBLET HOUSE
    232 11 LAWYER SUBLET HOUSE Application Before Rent Board MR. F. B. OEHLERS, a Singapore A A advocate and solicitor, pleaded his own case when an application was made to the Rent Assessment Board yesterday for permission to eject him from premises in Branksome Road. Katong. Mr. A. de Mello represented the
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    REPORT COMMENTS ON ROTARY ATTENDANCES
    81 11 THE failure of regular attendance of members Is criticised In the anru»l report of the Rotary Club of Singapore Since the foundation of the Club in 1930, It says, there have been far too many r^ T -ifnatlons owing to unsatisfactory attendance •.:■<! the "tlda-apa"
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    25 11 Mr. R. Gerb-r. manrper of the Rea V>w Hotel, Ltd., and his wife were amon; the many Malayans who returned from leavr In Australia yesterday.
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    ARMY LEARNERDRIVERS
    456 11 Officer's Evidence On Tests CORONER'S COURT INQUIRY A EUROPEAN battery motor- transport officer of a Mountain Regiment, told Mr. W. G. Porter, the Singapore coroner, yesterday, that no learner-driver In his battery was allowed on the road until either the captain of the battery or he himseli had
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    TWELVE MONTHS FOR SIX TYRES
    109 11 A WORKERS* "kopala." Teo Thiani Hock, formerly employed by Sime Darby and Co. Ltd., was sentenced to twelve months' riporous improvement for the theft rf six tyres on Au.-r. 14, in the criminal cli.'tri--t court yesterday. Khoo Ah Bee, a tally-clerk, and Koh Tiow Guan.
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    Alleged Falsifications By Hire-Purchase Dept. Clerk
    876 11 A STATEMENT that he believed I that alleged defalcations by J three former salesmen of Borneo Motors, Ltd.. amounted to about $28,000, was made by K. S. Walker, i pcretary to the firm, at the con1 :iur.d hearing of a preliminary .iry in the
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    NAVAL POLICEMAN'S APPEAL FAILS.
    467 11 Neglect Of Duty Stressed By Counsel For Crown THAT he had been available, but not boon detailed, for duty was a point in an appeal made by Arthur Darbyshire, a Naval Base police constable, in the High Court yesterday. Darbyshire had boon sentenced to a total
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    TO-MORROW'S SIKH FESTIVAL.
    134 11 rpO-MORROW la th" birthday of J. Guru Nnn.-ik. Ul9 rounder <>f 11x v Sikh religion, ;m<i th! celebrations i;i Smuuporo will U" on a larger than usual. The Inspector-General of Police, Mr A. H. Dickinson, will b > m on the war. and the martial part v;hir>i
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    BOUGHT SHARES FOR HEAD OF DEPARTMENT.
    1392 12 Fresh Evidence Before Mines Commission Of Inquiry (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 12. HOW he had purchased shares for A. E. Kershaw (a former head of the Mines Department who has been sentenced to 2Vi years' imprisonment on charges of corruption) was
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    BLACK-OUT BURGLARS
    112 12 A TOTAL of 2<-j years' rigorous Imprisonment was the sentence Imposed by Mr. J. McFall, the criminal district judge, on three Chinese whom he convicted on a charge of committing housebre&king and theft. Ifce men, Lfcn Ah Bee, Cheong Moey Hock and Keng Kim Soon, were alleged to
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    BETTER PICTURE SERVICE.
    71 12 THK recent enlargement and reequipment oi the Straits Times photographic department now make it possible for the department to deal with private work as well as with news pk-tutes. Inquiries regarding the photographing of functions in Singapore and Johore Rahru, such as weddings, christenings, meetings and military
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    TAUGHT TO SEW AND COOK.
    324 12 Fairfield Girls Hold Display AMPLE evidence of the useful and practical work taught in Singapore English girls' schools was seen at the annual exhibition of Fairfield Girls' School yesterday. The exhibition was opened by the principal, Miss G. Johnson. While children in the primaries knew
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    STAMP CLUB FORMED
    465 12 "No Finer Hobby" Says President MORE than 20 European. Eurasian and Chiness philatelists gathered at Tomlinson Hall yesterday and formally inaugurated the Singapore Stamp Club, begun in July this year by a few ardent collectors and exempted frcm registration In September. This news will be welcomed by
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    "AIR BLITZKRIEG AGAINST U.K. WILL NOT BE DECISIVE"
    697 13 German General's Warning: Nazi Optimism Attacked Zurich, Nov. 12. 'THE (ierman air force cannot win the war," declares General Kabisdi, writing in the Koelnische Zeitungr, adding: "This wvnimg becomes necessary as the German people indulge in the optimistic view that the war
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    DONATIONS TO THE WAR FUND
    222 13 DONA TIONS TO THE WAR FUND •THE loiiowin^ donations to The War Fund are recorded to-day S ets. I N.V. Handel Mij. i.untzel and Schumacher, Singapore Branch i yw Transferred from Fenanc, being 113 th instalment of contributions made through the Pinang Gazette and Straits Echo. ai0.45 J. C. Rash,
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    EGYPTIAN ATTITUDE TO DECLARATION OF WAR
    321 14 Important Discussions Likely In Cairo Parliament Cairo, Nov. 12. 17GYPTS attitude to the desirability of declaring war against Italy is likely to crystallize with the opening of Parliament on Thursday. There have been two main lines of thought among Egyptians ever since Italy entered
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    NAZIS EXAGGERATE OUR SHIPPING LOSSES
    136 14 London, Nov. 12. BRITAIN actually lost 13 merchant ships totalling 65,609 tons during the week ending midnight on Nov. 3, while the Germans claim to have sunk 134.900 tons during that period. Moreover, this period includes the loss of the Empress of Britain, of 42,348
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    "Very Grievous Loss To House"
    338 14 Premier's Tribute To Mr. Chamberlain London. Not. 12. HIGH tributes to the late Mr. Neville Chamberlain were paid in both Houses of Parliament to-day. Mr. Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister, who rose amid sympathetic cheers, referred to the "very grievous less" suffered by the House.
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    VITAL STAKE OF AMERICA IN A BRITISH VICTORY
    185 14 Significance Of Mr. Roosevelt's Speech Will Be Noted By Axis Washington, Nov. 1.2. THE significance of President Roosevelt's Armistice Day speech will not be lost on the Axis. In the first place it is noted here that whereas in previous years Mr.
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    Site For U.S. Bases In West Indies
    168 14 New York, Nov. 12. PLACENTIA Bay, in the south-east of Newfoundland, has been selected as a site for an American naval and air base under the recent AngloAmerican agreement for the establishment of such bases in Newfoundland and the West Indies, according to
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    U. S. Newspaper Controversy
    219 14 0 Mr. Kennedy's Alleged Statement Reply New York, Nov. 12. AN allegation that Mr. Joseph P. Kennedy, United States Ambassador to Britain, stated in a newspaper interview that "democracy is finished in England" has aroused considerable controversy. Mr. Kennedy, in a written statement, declares he made
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    BIG ADDITION TO U.K. MERCHANT FLEET
    73 14 Over A Million Tons Of Foreign Shipping London Nov. 12. ABOUT 1,250,000 ton.s of foreign shipping has been added to the United Kingdom merchant fleet by capture, requisition and purchase, stated Mr. Ronald Cross, the Minister of Shipping in a written reply to a
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    LORD BEAVERBROOK THANKS BURMA
    63 14 London Nov. 12 LORD Beaverbrook. Minister of Aircraft Production has sent a cable to the Governor of Burma expressing thanks for the country's generous support of the Empire's cause. He said that the peoples of Burma now bring fresh assistance and inspiration to the pilots of
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    47 Raiders Shot Down Last Week
    208 14 London, Nov. 12. rORTY-SEVEN German planes are definitely known to have been shot down during air battles round Britain during the week ending midnight on Nov. 9. Twenty-one British fighters were lost during the same period tvt the pilots of 12 are safe. Detailed
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    DAYLIGHT ATTACK ON U-BOAT BASE
    57 14 London, Nov. 12. "PHE R.A.F. carried out daylight at- tacks on the submarine base at Lorient and on aerodromes at Brest, St. Brieuch. and St. Malo yesterday, the Air Ministry announces. All the British aircraft returned safely. No operations were carried out over Germany during
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    Tarns Professional
    44 15 New York, Nov. 13. Alic« Marble, holder of the Wimbledon and American lawn tennis singles championships, has turned professional. She will begin an exhjbi ion tour with Donald Budge and Bill Tllden at Madison Square Garden, New York, on Jan. 6.— Renter.
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    Slow Work At Bukit Timah
    249 15 •TO-DAY was a slo w work day at Bnkit Timah and only a very lew horses were exercised. Dinna Forgei and Wicklow Bay were out for the first time. Each did a half pace gallop, showing good form. Dinna Forget has retained his form of
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    GARRISON GOLF CLUB WOMEN WIN
    207 15 *TH£ women's golf match between the Island Club and the Garrison Golf Club, played at Tanglin, resulted Sn a win for the home team by 40 points to 27. Scores are as fellows, Island players first: Mrs' J. P. Mclntyre 3 vs. Mrs J J
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    TEACHERS WIN 3—1
    25 15 Fa hockey m«ich played on the Ceylon Tamils' Association ground yesterday, the Teachers' Association beat the Y.W.C.A. by three goals to one.
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    Distribution Of Prizes Won In V.M.C.A. Tennis Tournaments
    337 15 *T*HE year's V.M.C.A. lawn tennis tournaments were officially con- 1 eluded yesterday with the distribution j of prizes won during the year, after several exhibition matches had been played, on the V.M.C.A. courts at Bras j Basah Road. Splendid tennis was seen
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    CRICKET CLUB SCORE BIG WIN AT RUGGER
    702 15 Police Play Determinedly In Face Of Strong Opposition THOUGH the Police XV, composed mainly of Asiatics, were beaten by 20 points to three (three tries, one tfoal and two penalty goals to one penalty iroal) by a strong S.C.C. second XV in a
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    27 15 Hotkey: S.C.C. vs. Indian Assn., S.C.C.; SRC. vs. Punjab Regiment, S.R.C.; Police vs. Loyals, I) "pot; Post Office Club vs. RE. (8.M.), Blakan Mati
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    INTER-SCHOOL RUGBY
    378 15 St. Andrew's Beat Raffles Institution St. Andrew's 17; R.X 0... THANKS to some brilliant play by one of their inside threequarters, P. Chua. St. Andrews School rugger team .v«:re able to beat their rivals, Raffles Institution, by 17 points (a goal and four tries) to nil in an
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    YOUNG MEN'S INDIAN ASSOCIATION
    49 15 MR. C. S. Venkatachar, Agent of the Government of India, distributed on Sunday trophies to the winners and runners-up in the recent badminton tournament coducted by the Young Men's Indian Association, Sentul. Mani and Gcvinda&amy were the winners, while Narayan and Raman were the runners-up.
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    SUNDAY'S SINGAPORE BADMtNTON FINALS
    53 15 •THE following ties in the Singapore Badminton Championship will be played at the Clerical Union Hall, Rangoon Road, on Sunday at 10 a.m. Men's Open Singles Final Tan Cfcong.Tee (Marigold) vs. Yap Chin Tee (Devonshire). Women's Open Singles Final Miss Let Shao Meng (Marigold) vs. Miss
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    S.C.C. HOCKEY
    70 15 •"pIE following have accepted to play hockey for the 8.C.Q. 1st XI vs. the Indian Association at the S.C.C. to-day Capt. G. H. Searle; Pay/Lt. G. C. Fortin, R. A. U. Todd; Capt. J. P. M. Hope, W. J. Peel. Major J. R. Kellett; F/Offr. W. E. Evans,
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    Y.M.C.A. HOCKEY
    60 15 •yHE following hava been selected tz play hockey for the Y.M.C.A. "B" against the Police "B" on the Y M.C.A. ground at 5.10 p.m. to-day: F. W. March; K Ormondroyd, L. K. Choon; Lim Chid Ho, A. Edgar, Hutchins; J. Silbcrmann, Tan Ho Leonp, A. N Kr.tyal. Chua
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    Combined Singapore & Johore Team
    34 15 Combined Singapore Johore Team p t i>e Combined Singapore and Johoie rugby earn that beat the Army by 12 points to three in a thrilling Malayan Rugby Union match on the padang on Saturday.
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    R.A.A.F. & SURREY BOXERS IN AMATEUR CARD
    524 15 R.A.A.F. SURREY BOXERS IN AMATEUR CARD THE Singapore Amateur Boxing Club's show, which is 1 being staged in aid of the Royal Australian Air Force Sports fund at the Happy World covered stadium on Nov. 29, is enhanced by a number of bouts in which crack boxers of the R.A.A.F.
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    Mountain Battery Beat S.C.C. 3-0
    259 15 Mt Battery 3; S.C.C. 0 FIELDING a well-balanced team, the Mountain Battery beat the S.C.C. II team by three goals to nil in a keenly contested game of hockey on the padang yesterday. Ashek Ali, leading the attack, netted all three goals. The Club had
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    WOMEN'S GOLF AT SEPOY LINES
    73 15 rpHE Sepoy Lines women's stroke competition for November resulted In a win for Mrs. J. E. Marshall. The following cards were returned: Mrs. Marshall 50—18=32; Mrs. A. D. Williamson 44—10=34; Miss E. M. Hill 49—14=36' Mrs. Softley 55—18=37; Miss I. Brown 52—15=37. The women's cup
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    S.R.C. HOCKEY TEAM
    57 15 rE following will represent the S.R.C. against the Punjab Regiment at hockey on the S.R.C. p»dang to-day: O. C. Aeria R. H. Barth, P. P. de Souza; P. Neubronner, L. Reutens, G. Clarke; R. Thoy, N. Sullivan, N. Stan ley, A. Clarke, J. Loveday. Reserves, G. Hughes
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    Signals Score 3-1 Victory
    468 15 Malaya Signals 3: V.M.C.A. HP ..I ALTHOUGH they beat the V.M.C.A. "A" team by three goals to one at Prince Edward Road yesterday, the Malaya Signals, which were one of the strongest military hockey teams last season, showed tha* they were not such a formidable side
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    THREE ITALIAN BATTALIONS BROKEN UP IN EPIRUS
    419 16 R.A.F. And Greek Air Force Batter At Enemy Bases Shipping Athens, Nov. 12. THREE Italian battalions m the coastal sector m Epirus are reported to have been broken up following the reverse suffered by the Alpini division further inland last week. Coinciding with
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    Cowardly Attacks On Greek Civilians
    150 16 Athens, Nor. 13. TTALIAN air attacks "evidently solely in- tended to terrorise the civilian popula- tion" recorded In a Greek communique isiuad to-day include a machine-gun and hand-grenade attack on a village m Epirus, 1 a machine-gun attack on Janina, and the bombing of Corfu,
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    Flyingboat Clare For New Empire Routes
    161 16 London, Nov. 12. AFTER a strenuous series of Atlani\ tic flights which helped greatly to defeat German propaganda, the flyingboat Clare has been completely overhauled and, wich its sister boat i Clyde, will be transferred to new Empire routes. The Clare and Clyde In
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    German Arms In Alleged Mexican Revolt Plot
    126 16 Mexico City, Nov. 12. WHE discovery of an alleged plot to start a revolution m Mexico planned by General Almazan, the losing candidate m the last presidential election, was announced by General Jara, chief of the Mexican revolutionary party to-day. He stated that
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    Fatal To Follow Policy Based On Hopes Of Victory By The Axis
    284 16 Pretoria, Nov. 12. "TT is fatal for Afrikaaners to follow a policy based on the expectation that Germany and Italy will win the war where there is no such assurance." This warning to the Afrikaans section of the
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    44,000 British War Prisoners
    36 16 London, Nov. IS. MR. Anthony Eden, Secretary of State for War, told the House of Commons to-day that the number of British troops held as prisoners of war Is about 44,000. Reuter.
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    Gallabat Situation Is Now Confused
    172 16 Cairo, Nov. 12. *IIEAVY casualties were Inflicted on the enemy yesterday by British troops operating from Oallabat," states a communique Issued here to-day. There was a small British loss. Gallabat is a trading post on the Sudan-Abyssinian frontier. A number of fires, including petrol and
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    WARNING OF RATIONING SOON IN EIRE
    69 16 Dublin, Not. 12. RATIONING of tea. butter, petrol and coal may have to be introduced shortly, according to Mr. F. Lemass, Minister for Supplies. He urged strict economy m the use of these articles m a broadcast to Eire last night, adding that unless
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    59 16 London, Nov: 12. THE King and Queen have sent gifts to the fund being raised by the Lord Mayor of London for the relief of distress m Greece. Queen Mary, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke and Duchess of Kent, the Princess Royal, the Earl of Harewood anJ
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    ITALIANS VAINLY CENTRED ATTACK ON ARK ROYAL
    481 16 Many Salvoes Of Bombs Aimed At The Aircraft-Carrier A GRAPHIC story of the vain Italian air bombing of the aircraft-carrier Ark Royal following the attack by her planes on the Caglieri aerodrome m Sardinia is given by Router's special correspondent on board one
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    ITALIAN WARSHIP HIT BY BOMBS
    182 16 Rome, Nov. 12. AN admission that a warship was extensively damaged when the R.A.F. attacked the Taranto naval base yesterday evening is contained m the latest Rome communique, which claims that six of the raiding planes were shot down and three more probably shot down
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    U-boats In Straits Of Gibraltar
    127 16 London, Nov. 12. •T'HE difficulty of preventing Ital'an 1 submarines from escaping through the Straits of Gibraltar has been the subject of comment m naval circles ir» London. It pointed out that the straits are about ten miles wide, and that British submarine* during the
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