The Straits Times, 18 November 1940

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    36 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEAKLY A CENTURY J MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER—LARGEST NET SALES 12 PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS The Straits Times 12 PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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      212 1 KUALA LUMPUR 25 JAVA ST CPHUNE 3583). I CATERING PROBLEMS LET US SOLVE THEM... will cater for any function bi&, or small telephone your particulars and leave the rest to us. We assure you of our Lest services at all times. The Catering Department is under direct European supervision. ROBINSON
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      9 1 ELSIE MARY DRESSES MILLINERY STITCHED HATS TURBANS HATS REMODELLED
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES DEATH
    92 2 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES DEATH r. Tay 800 Siew, aged iS, |>:ixscu a^ay \x acefi lly nt his residence "Applcton,'' Klebant; Bosar. Malacca on Friday. No/. 15. 1940 ut 9 p.m. He left behind 2 sons. Messrs. Tay Kirn Chuan and Tay Kirn Yong, :i daughters. adopted daughter, 3 s-in-law. M«-ssrs. Tan
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    REQUIEM MASS
    75 2 there will be a Requiem High Mass at $JU A.M. on Tuesday th* 19th Novembsr \<iO at the Church of St. ."oscph for the n po.;c of the soul of the iato Janet Juana Lazaroo. The attendance ;uici pravcrs of friends and ntettfCi :i"' earnestly .-^olicitici. "he family
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      348 2 £Hv Straits Wanes SMALL APS? Minimum charge $1. fer »«Jv» net ticecdmi Uaea Mere tluu> fear lines 25 cents per line (Six words). Box No. 25 cents extra. DOMESTIC OCtUKKENCES AIHTHS MAKRIAGES OEATHB. ACRNOWUCOGMENTS. ANNOUNCE* MFNTS P.P.C CARDS sr* eh»nr«« Si ttsfc pet insertion pet iach. Over I iprf-b 25
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      878 2 1 SITUATIONS VACANT WANTED. Capable cashier (Male or fimalei for European House. Previous experience in handling customers accounts essential. Apply Box io. 195, Straits Ttmeß. WANTED CHINESE BOOKKEEPER 1 TYPIST for Malacca situation, knowledge estate accounts preferable. Apply Box No. 185 Straits Times, stating -xge, salary required. EDUCATED CHINESE ENGINEER
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      746 2 HOUSES FLATS, TO LET SEASIDE BUNGALOW furnished 321 East Coast Rd. 7-X miles. Apply Phone 7405. TO LET. 653 Pasir Panjang 5V 2 miles. Rent $225. Compound 38 Pasir Panjang 4£ miles. Rent $200. Sea side. Apply to 45 Tiong Poh Road. FURNISHED HOME TO LET beginning December for 2-3
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      836 2 TENDERS SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. Tenders are invited for the:— 1 I Supply of 2,000 Oval Galvanised Nightsoil Pall Blank Covers. Tender Forms may be obtained at the Municipal Tender Room Tenders close at 12 noon on 17 December, 1940. (2) Supply of Galvanised Wrought Iron Tubes for the period 1/2/41 to
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      850 2 EYE EXAMINATIONS EYEGLASSES, EXCLUSIVELY. Personalised Service by udp9P*)"fcbk a duly qualified licensed A and registered practi- |*B^2S^ tioner with legal quali- 1 fications. y^*"^ THOMPSON OPTICAL CO. 4 ARCADE BLDG.. PHONE 300!. R. A. Thompson, Dr. of Ocular Science 35 years' European Clinical Experience AUCTION NOTICE AUCTION SALE Of freehold
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      357 2 BUSINESS CARDS Etq j EUGENE Permanent Waving EUGENE Hair-reconditioning. iMAISON PERM (European ai.drcsscrt 79. Stamford Koacl Phone I bit) MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mrs H«RU ana Misti HANA. 60. WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467. TRANSPORT PASNtNOBsVt ■AOUACUk I N X X A I CARGO Ft'RMTURK RKMOVAL STORAGE FACILITIES CONSULT THE
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      390 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. (Incorporated In England) 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. Ceylon and
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      287 3 (Incorporated In Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE. TO SAN FBANCISCO Hong Kong, Kobe, Yokohama, Honolulu. Saa Francisco and Los Angeles mj. ASAMA MARU leave Kobe Nov. 21 ms. TATUTA MARU leave S'hal Dec. 13 mjs. NITTA MARU from H'kong Dec. 20 TO SEATTLE Nagoya, Shlmidiu. Yokohama
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      539 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. BLUE FUNNEL LINE Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom. Dates are not guaranteed all cargo bookings subject to Conference War clauses. WESTERN AUSTRALIA THE SHORTEST SEA ROUTE AT THE CHEAPEST FARE Regular Services to Fremantle (Perth) via Java by first class oassenger ships. Single fare $192 (A £28)
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      359 3 icmcHT- DINNER DANCE (informal) 8 p.m. to midnight CABARET ATTRACTION— THE POPULAR CUBAN DANCER MARLENE STARR Dinner $3.00. Non-rimers $1.00. SATURDAY, 30th mov. ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY DINNER tic BALL extension to 2 a.m. SPECIAL DINNER $3.50— ADMISSION TO BALL ROOM S2.M The Admission proceeds will be devoted to the Entertainment
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    Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1317 4 VVJ I RI»\T. NOV. 16, 194«: 1S!.3« P.M. ■MM Bojcr* Sellers Ampat Tin (4s) 3s 4%d 3s 9d Austral Amal (5a) 5s 10>4d 6s 3d Austral Malay J3» «d 35* 60 Ayer Hitam (5s) 20s 21s 6d Ayer Weng ($1) .79 .84 Bangrin Tin 15s
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    132 4 Mails close at the General Post Office as follows: TO MORROW Indo-China air 9.30 a.m. MAILS ARRIVALS Mails from Australia and Java '.air) general delivery 3.30 p.m. to-day. Mails from Great Britain, South and East Africa (air) boxholders 5 p.m. to-day, general delivery 8.15 a.m. to-morrow.
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    SINGAPORE TIDE TABLES
    45 4 To-day H. W 00.30a.ni 8.8 ft. 11.55 a.m. 9.5 ft L. W. 5.53 a.m. 3.8 ft.; 6.30 p.m. 0.9 ft. To-morrow H. W 1.05 a.m. 8.6 ft.; 12.26 p m. 9.5 ft. L. W 6.28 a.m. 4 ft.; 7.06 p.m. 0.9 ft.
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    268 4 SHARES QUIET BUT STEADY RUBBER DULL AND EASIER (By Our Financial Correspondent) Singapore, Nov. 18. THE share markets were rather quieter on Saturday and they opened quietly this morning. London has continued to give good support for sterling Issues and this has resulted in steady markets locally,
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    NO FINAL DIVIDEND FROM HITAM TIN
    152 4 Interims Total 15 Per Cent. NO Una] dividend is to be paid b;. Hit am Tin Ltd. the in:erim distributions of 15 per cen:. having exceeded the net profit earned for the year ended June las>. The accounts show tiiai the nei profit for
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    NOVEMBER TIN-ORE PRODUCTION
    41 4 ■THE following outputs of tin-ore were ob- tamed by the respective companies in the first half cf November: Hours Satupuio Takuapa Valley Dredge 1 .328 Dredge 2 332 Tongkah Compound Yardage 75,000 90.000 ore 191 269 520 599
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    MONEY PLENTIFUL IN LONDON
    78 4 London, Nov. 16. OVERNIGHT loans at low rates were I easily obtainable throughout the i week on the money market. The whole I of the £65,000.000 in Treasury Bills offered were allotted at an average rate of 20s. 4.56 d. per cent, which is a 1
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    HAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER SSN.
    79 4 H AMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER SSN. Saturday, Nov. 16. noon. Bayers Sellers Prices Price;No. IX R.S.S. Spot loose) 3$y a 39^ No. IX R.S.S. f.0.1>. in cases November 3914 3934 G.F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. in bales November 39 3914 K.A.Q. R.S.S. -.o.b. in bales November 38% 38% FUTURE QUOTATIONS No. IX
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    64 4 New York, Nov. 16. THIS week's production of cars and A trucks in the United States and Canada of 121,943 compared with last week's production of 120,948 is considered to be very satisfactory. The Goodrich Company has obtained a $5 525,000 contract for rubber for scout cars which Is believed
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    28 4 London, Nov. 18. With prospects of more intense sea, but less intense air, warfare during the winter consumers are more willing to hold stocks of rubber, etc. Renter.
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      486 4 29 IBS UGLY FAT GOES IN 6 WEEKS «ew.Safe Slimming Method praised by all i^ TW^ T^a* ft. .■feCi Hnwnnj on« ot l^aw. "r^T J mmbw* h_o>ULt_4 at all iI i— **n. I J^A/V* Om BonKon wilt nOaet yaw f^WJLV -*k* »a«*t «xl bulk la normal aftaf J U *~l»t
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      580 4 PUBLIC NOTICES FORM "C" (PURSUANT TO SECTION 112 OF THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE) STATEMENT BY THE OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED AS AT 30TH JUNE. 194«. The Share Capital of the Company la $40,000,000.00 divided into 1,000.000 .shares of $40.00 each. The number of shares issued on 30th June, 1940 was 250,000
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      509 4 HITAM TIN, LIMITED. i Incorporated -i rue P. M.S.) NOTICE is hereby ifivcn thnt the Twcntr* ot-cond Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Office of Mcssrv Evatt Si Co, Chartered Bank Chamber*. Ipoh. on Tuesday, the 26th November. 194* at 11 a.m. for the following
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      297 5 POSITIVELY LAST DAY OF WARNER BROS. RIOTOUS COMEDY— DONT MISS IT! Two popular stars, together for the first time! THERE'S NO TIME FOR ANYTHING... BIiT FUN I r^flH^_ r^jj^ lAMKS ROSALIND 4 *fL ALSO AIR-MAIL BRITISH PATHE GAZETTE" Another prrand Laugh Hit from the producers of •MY FAVOURITE WIFE" OPENING
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      278 5 DAVUfAII POSITIVELY LAST DAY I FAY ILIOW I 3. 15> 6-15 91S AN EXCITING STORY OF SECRET SERVICE IN THE BALKANS ALSO GAUMONT BRITISH MEWS ATLANTIC PATROL OPENING TO-MORROW RETURN SCREENING FOR THE SCANDALAUGH OF YOUR LIFE SEE OOooh! WHAT SHE'S WHISPERING? OOooh! WHAT HE'S THINKING! w CAROLE j V
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      376 5 "One of the most remarkable contributions to the screen. .dramatically stunning pictorial record of many lifetimes 01 real adventure, crowded into one" Malaya Tribune, Nov. 16, 1940. LAST DAY! CAPITOL 3.15—6.15—9.15 PHONE 5261 27 Years of Thrilling- Jiirgle Adventures crammed into 90 MINUTES of Screen Entertainment JOHNSON sij ?Bßf? BBf
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY. NOV. 18. 1940. (442 nd Day Of The War.) Alternatives
    1250 6 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY. NOV. 18. 1940. (442 nd Day Of The War.) Alternatives If one approaches a government j official with a suggestion that it 'might be wise, in the circumstances, to abandon the income tax project and raise money for contribution toward the cost of the prosecution
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    VAST EXPANSION OF WAR EFFORT IN GREAT BRITAIN LONDON LETTER BY CABLE
    1372 6 VAST EXPANSION OF WAR EFFORT IN GREAT BRITAIN LONDON LETTER BY CABLE Two Million More Men For Services And Munition Work (By Our Own Correspondent.) London, Nov. 15. /^REAT Britain is on the verge of the vast expansion in her war effort which is essential to enable her in the
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    LETTERS FROM HOME
    133 6 WHILE our London Correspondent's cabled and air mail letters give an accurate description of life and events in London under war conditions, the Siraits Times thinks that there are many residents in Malaya who occasionally receive letters from relatives and friends in Great Cri am which might
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    WHAT READERS HEAR
    666 6 THE invitation to readers to send extracts from lexers received from residents in Grea; Britain, describing eondiJons there has found a quick i response and tc-day we publirh exj tracts from a le^cer wri.ien by a business man in Kingsccn-on-Tha.m?s to his brc.her, a merchant* in Singcprre
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      AID FOR COVENTR
      302 6 Relief Fund Opened in Singapore lo tilt Iciitor of the Straits JinxSir,— Everyone must have oeen shocked to "read this morning teiiL'ie raids on Coventry and more rspeciaily these who have lived there, have friends or relatives there, or nave business or o'her connections with the town
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      SCHOOL FEES
      168 6 Two Months' Payment In Advance Demanded To the Editor t»f the Straits Times Sir, One ol my sons v;ho :s studying ii: a private school Informed me !ast week that his teacher demanded nis school fees both lor the current month and the next month, that is, lor
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      136 6 The world's best b y ever y Test! PENCIL c>. \\ohtypewriter \/\J)erasures [ml SHARPENS LI KE^O^v IMJI A PENCIL XJ*>v IH 20* EACH F^NE. 0 LTD., SIMGAPORE. 'PHONE 6273 THE RELIGION OP ISLAM <A comprehc-l-I i iMwuwhm of the sources, principles ar.d Practices of Islam, by Maulcna Mohd. Ali Trier
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      54 6 REFERENCE BOOKS The Modern University Dictionary World Atlas by J.M. Parrish John R. Crosslarid $3.00. Webster's Daily Use Dictionary (Revised ed S*lf- pronouncing 'atest' Words by C. M. Stevens, C. N. Catrev*.c $3.50. POSTAGE FREE G. H. KIAT CO., LTD., C 8, Robinson Kocd Singapore. JOHN DUKE Manufacturing Opt icia
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    MINISTER TELLS OF BOMBING HAVOC IN GERMANY
    165 7 Fifty Times Worse Than In Britain R.A.F. CONCENTRATING ONLY ON MILITARY TARGETS "Killing Enemy's Power To Strike At Us* i 'ERMANY has suffered 50 times as much inf (lustrial damage from bombing as Great Britain has, declared Mr. Arthur Greenwood, Minister without portfolio,
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    NAZI RAIDS INTENSIFIED
    402 7 Heat y Damage To Southern Town London. Nov. 18. /GERMAN attacks on Britain since dawn yesterday were on a larger .scale than during the last few day.?. Fourteen enemy aircraft, tne majority of them of the Messerschmitt 13 type, were destroyed. Five of our fighters were lost
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    OVER 250 DEAD IN COVENTRY
    41 7 London. Nov. 18. T11H dealli-roll at Coventry, which v a* heavily attacked by German aircraft on Thursday night, was reported vrMrrday to have exceeded 250. It i- feared that more bodies niiiv yet be found. Keuter.
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    DEATH OF GEN. SIR PERCY LAKE
    63 7 London, No\ LI rcy Lake died al rla, British Columbia y < hit! of th? general (•i ihe Canadian Militia from 1T05 to General of the m 1908- 1910. H I t of General 8tafl lr. :.i 1912 to 1915 and comra md ed
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    Further R.A.F. Blows To Italy
    110 7 Bases In Africa Gel Fresh Pounding Cairc, Nov. 18 T.-iE Libyan wn o: Benghazi was, j raided successfully on Friday, ship-1 ping in the harbour being damaged, i:! is announced. The foreshore of Tobruk was bombcd. bu; it was not possibb to see the i
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    70th. Attack Carried Out On Assab
    82 7 Aden. Nov. 18. THE seventieth air raid on the Eri- trsan pore of Asiab w^s made by the R.A.F. on Friday. The imp; r.an: Addis Ababa-Diibou.i railway U b?lieved to have been damaged on the s:.me day, according to a cemmuniqu' issued yesterday. Three
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    Bombing Of German Supply Ships
    100 7 London, Nov. 18. SUCCESSFUL attacks were made by R.A.F. bcnVoers ogainst enemy shipping during Saturday night. One aircraft bombed three supply ships o: about 4.C00 to 6,000 tons ea"h. vhlch were seen at the mouth o: the river Elbe. The observer saw two bombs burst
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    54 7 memorial stone to commemorate the site of Ihc first Czech tamp In iin^lanri v ;s unveiled recently. It was executed by a Czech soldier-artist, seen at the stone are (left 1o right) Gen. IMinislav, (i.O.C. Ist Czech division a scniyr British officer GSB. (iOrd«n-FfnlaySO«, G.O.C. in chief \V«Mcrn Command; Gen.
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    Shot Down As They Tried To Reach London
    27 7 Wrecks of two enemy macfiincs brought down irar a dog-fight over Kent as the enemy tried to reach London.
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    AXIS PRESSURE ON FRANCE
    231 7 Use Of Ports In j Mediterranean London, Nov. 18. NEW encroachments by Germans on j the unoccupied zone of France arc indicated by information received from a neutral source, states the Free French news agency. The principal object of the discussions of the armistice commission at
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    Whole Of Gabon Now Freed
    156 7 Garrison Appeals To Join De Gaulle London. Nov. 18. THE whole Of Gabon, one of three colonies in French Equatorial Africa, is now part of the Free French Empire, says a communique issued last night from the London headquarters of the Free French forces. The
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    Long-Range Guns' Three-Hour Duel
    105 7 I R.A.F. Launches Heavy Attack After Firing London, Nov. 18. !tk>WNS on the English side of the j Channel heard the roar of heavy guns last evening when British and German long-range guns fought a three-hour duel across the Straits of Dover. Vivid white flashes oi
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    Was Nazi Raider Deutschland?
    407 7 British Captain On The Jervis Bay Battle London. Nov. 18 FURTHER stories of British heroism when the German raider attacked j the armed merchant cruiser Jervis Bay 1 pr.d a convoy of 38 ships were told j 1 when the 1 7,000-ton steamer Rangitiki, i biggest
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    VICHY'S SEARCH FOR SCAPEGOATS
    144 7 Vichy, Nov. 18. MDALADIER, the wartime Prime Minister of France, Gen. Gamelin. a former Allied Commander-in-Chief, I and M. Blum, a former Prime Minister, have been transferred to the Bourrassol prison where the former Air Minister, M. La Chambre, Is also detained. The Bourrassol prison is
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    ITALIAN ARMOURED COLUMN ROUTED BY THE GREEKS
    494 7 Many Tanks Flee Into Yugoslavia While Troops Are Captured AN Italian armoured column troops operating on the according to reports received hi It is also reported, but not yet confirmed, that a large number of tanks, which had been dispersed, have crossed the
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    EGYPT'S NEW CABINEI
    104 7 r.iro, Nov. 18. NO chanse is likely in Egyptian poiiry as a resi'.lt of the death of th 3 'Prime Minister. Hassan Sabry Pasha. {in the Egyptian Parliament last week. !in the opinion of political circles here The rppid instalment of the new Prime Minister aid his
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    Sardar Patel Arrested
    118 7 Anmeaaoaci, isov QARDAFi V'allabhai Patel, prominent r Congress ieacler. has been arrested >.cer the De.en.-- RuleMr. Patel v.as due to address yesterday under Mr. Gandhi. ii to extend the Individual civil a robedirn. c campaign. Mr P.Ur: is Mr. Gandhi's cir.ei lieutenant and is chairman ol the
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    WAR FUND TOUCHING $4,400,000 MARK
    887 8 Anonymous Contributor's Fourth Gift Of $500 WITH the addition of $2,677 over the week-end, The War <" Fund is now touching the $4,400,000 mark. Latest contributions include the transfer of a further $603.90 from the money subscribed through the Pinang Gazette and Straits Echo. An
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    AMUSEMENTS
    157 8 SINGAPORE lIMHI HOTEL Dinner Dance (Informal) 8 p.m. to Midnight. GARRICK IIIKATKK GfcYLANG Usna Kya Socha Jehanara Double Feature Hindustani Talkies at 7.15 p.m. GREAT WORLD Cabaret: 7.30 to 9 9 p.m. to Midnight. Globe Virginia City. Sky: Geronimo. HAPPY WORLD Happy Theatre: Ambikapatiii Seaside: Air Devil Raven. Cabaret:
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    WAR FUND DIARY
    137 8 'TMHS Diary is intended to call attention to functions which are being: held in aid of The War Fund. Organizers of such functions are invited to submit details for inclusion in this feature. Nov. 18. Singapore Co-operative Union concert at Victoria Theatre. 5.30 o.m. Nov 10. li,
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    MALACCA OBITUARY
    38 8 The death occurred at his residence at Klebang Besar. Malacca, on Friday nignt. o» Mr. Tay 800 Siew, .ther of Messrs. Tay Kirn Chuan and Tay Kirn Yong. The late Mr. Tav was 73 years old.
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    BROADCAST TALK ON HOW TO GROW FOODSTUFFS
    67 8 MX. C. W. S. Hartley. Agricultural Officer. Province Wellesley and Penang, will deliver a talk in English on ''How to Grow Foodstuffs" from the Penang wireless station to-morrow at 8 p.m. The Chinese translation of this talK will bt given from the Penang
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    CAR DRIVER KILLED IN BUKIT TIMAH CRASH
    68 8 r pHE driver of the Singapore lorry who 1 was severely injured when his vehicle war in collision with a Johore car ai Bukit Timah Road on Saturday morning is still in a critical condition at Tan Tock Seng's j Hospital The driver
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    BOOKS FOR THE TROOPS
    257 8 Appeal Made For Further Support DOOKS, magazines, table games, gramophone records and similar things are needed for the entertainment of the members of th<* services stationed in Malaya. A depot for the receipt and distribution of these things is established at the Salvation Army Headquarters in
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    "THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE "
    111 8 "THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE At The Cinema The Boys From Syracuse." Allan Jones. Martha Raye, Joe Penner and Rosemary Lane.) New Universal. At the apitol. SET in ancient Greece, this farce is a satire on modern forms of government. Allan Jones and Joe Penner, playing dual roles, give competent performances.
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    'LUCKY PARTNERS'
    63 8 Lucky Partners." (Ronald Colman, Ginger Rogers, Spring Byington, Jack Carson). R.K.O. Radio. Midnight premiere on Saturday at the Alhambra cinema. BRIGHT dialogue and some splendid acting makes this film good entertainment. A new screen team is seen in the form of Ginger Rogers and Ronald Coleman who give
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    I.S.P. To Start Fund To Buy Bomber?
    73 8 THHE Incorporated Society of Planters is considering starting a fund to provide an I.S.P. bomber for the RAF. The suggestion Mas made by Mr. H. G. Bailey, of South Johore, who has just returned from leave, and he has offered to start the
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    Company Buys War Savings Certificates For Staff
    543 8 •rpHE first big firm in Malaya to buy War Savings Certificates on behalf of its staff is Sime, Darby and Co. This firm has just bought Certificates to the value of nearly $7,000. Sime, Daroy and Co.'s scheme for the purchase of War
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    Johore Wedding
    31 8 Inche Taib bin Haji Andak, a toell-knoion Johore zportsman, who toas married to Inche Zainab binte Ahmad daughter of Inche Ahmad bin Haji Tahir, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Muar.
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    OPPOSITION TO INCOME TAX
    188 8 Chinese Conference Meets In Penang (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Nov. 18. A UNANIMOUS decision to oppose the introduction of income tax was reached yesterday at the 19th conference of the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce of Malaya, held in the offices of the Penang Chinese
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    NEW BLACK-OUT TESTS IN SOUTH JOHORE
    220 8 To Be Enforced Within Ten Miles Of Capital (Frpm Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Nov. 18. A R.P. tests will be carried out in Johore Bahru on Satur- day and Sunday nights. There will be a black-out on each night from 6 p.m. till
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    OLEH OLEH PARTY'S NEW SHOW
    156 8 FROM the bursts of laughter which greeted the dress rehearsal of Lian Chee Kai Tan," which the Oleh Oleh Party is staging at the Happy World Stadium on Friday and Saturday in aid of the War Fund, It would seem that those who see the
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    BAND PERFORMANCES
    103 8 The band of the Straits Settlements Police will perform in public during the week a* follows, under the direction of Mr. J. U Hitch. Tomorrow at Katong Park at 5.30 pjn. March, "The Gladiator Farewell"; Blank enberg. Overture. "Tancrodi"; Rossuu. Selection, "The Pirates ol Penzance SulHvac Valse, "Flights
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    DATO BIRCH TO RETIRE
    263 8 (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Nov. 17. AFTER about 23 years' service, Dato A. L. Birch, Chief Electrical Engineer, Johore. has been granted seven and a half months' leave prior to retirement. He has been relieved by Mr F. H. Turrell. Executive Electrical Engineer. Dato
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    GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF RICE IMPORTS
    367 9 New Regulations To Become Effective From Dec. 1. SPECIAL PERMIT NECESSARY FOR EVERY CONSIGNMENT rONTROL over all imports of rice into the Colony (excluding Christmas and Cocos Islands) is envisaged ip v order undrr the Food Control Ordinance published ai the week-enAi Tins control takes
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    FINED FOR GAMING
    62 9 r"H AHL1E Chan made his appearance in ii>» Singajx>re lifth police court ycsUrday. But the Chan who appeared was not the mythical Chinese detective of Hollywood fanio but a 17 -year-old English-speaking Hi .kit n youth. tie Chan v.-as ch&rged v.iiti s -uniing in Tras Street on
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    CHEQUES FOR TWO FUNDS
    460 9 Presentation After Wedding A FTER the marriage of Mr. Low Peng Hee to Miss Wee Kirn Neo at the residence of the bride's parents in Kirn Yam Road yesterday morning two cheques of $500 each were presented one to The War Fund and the other to
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    O.A.G. IN KUALA LUMPUR
    66 9 "T*HE Officer Adniinl- ...r the Government. Mr. S. W. Jones, accompanied by the' A.D.C.. FK.-I*. A.T. SUveley. is spending the week in Kuala Lumpur. Mr. Jones and the A.D.C. left Singapore by the night mall on Saturday and were jc' ed by the Private Secretary in
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    CUSTOMS MAN TO PAY $25
    254 9 Damages To Malay For Detention Prom Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca. Nov. 16. A CIVIL suit in which a Malay, Hassan bin Rejab, claimed $500 damages lor assault and wrongful detention from Hong Ah Heng. an assistant supervisor of the Custonis Department, was heard in the
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    JOHORE GOVERMENT HOUSING SCHEMES.
    106 9 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Johorc Bahru, Nov. 7. HOfSING accommodation for Government servants in Johore will be further improved next year, for a large sum of money has been allocated for the purpose. Six 'C class ouarters are to be provided v Vontian at an estimated
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    AIR TRAINING SCHEME OPENED TO ALIENS
    246 9 Foreign Nationals Can Now Apply For Enrolment UOREIGN nationals are now eligible to ;oin the Straits Settlements Volunteer Air Force and the Singapore Government Flying Training School. The door has been opened by the publication of an amendment to the Volunteer Air Force Ordinance
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    ITALIANS WILL BE ROUTED
    122 9 THE belier that- with l'~ ;ish help, and provided Ger; i do not participp.to in the Tntai >-Groelc war -the Italian "Invasion" army will be routed by Greece in a matter of a few weeks, is hold in 52-yoar-oW v.r. J. Typaldos, one of the thrr^n
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      375 9 Broadcasting TO-DAT SINGAPORE •ii. 13.33 m (ttl m.) ZHP1 9.M m/rf 3«.9« m.) fcHP3 7.25 Bi/e» .41.38 m > '/.HI. ZUP1). u.00 p.m. Cantonese music*; 5. 40 p.m. News in Cantonese; 5.50 p.m. Cantonese music, (cont'd)t: 6.10 p.m. News in Hokkim; 6.20 p.m. News In English. Relayed lrom London; 6.35
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    CAPTURE OF KORITZA NOW REGARDED AS IMMINENT
    826 10 Fall Of Vital Enemy Strategic Centre A Question Of Hours Athens, Nov. 17. THE capture of Koritza, important strategic centre in Albania 'and originally a base for the Italian attack, is now regarded as imminent. For some days past the Greeks have been
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    U.S. DELIVERIES TO BRITAIN VERY GOOD
    90 10 London, Nov. 17. 'THE loss of war material through 1 sinkings and bombings is negligible, Mr. Ar'hur Purvis, the head of the British purchasing commission in the U.S. told reporters as he left in a trans Atlantic Clipper for Lisbon yesterday. American deliveries had
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    Coventry Is Now Normal. Again
    180 10 Coventry Is Now Normal Again London, Nov. 15. "T»HE people of Coventry, which suffered one ot the heaviest raids on a British city by German raiders on Thursday night, are behaving with staggering normality to-day, like any shopping crowd on a normal Saturday. The King, when he toured the bombed
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      446 10 WORRY, FATIGUE, UNWISE EATING CAUSE ACID him. !w INDIGESTION] When you worry, work too f tt f% late, over-eat, you build up t/fc' \J? an excess add condition in f\ your stomach. You feel up- +L* I JLtJIVf tfPJjQlr »et, sickish, often with a wlJI mO m ~JJ That's when
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    SKILL AND DARING IN JOHORE MOTOR RACES
    1147 11 Loughborough Returns Fastest Time For The Circuit IGNITION trouble robbed A. J. Ixnishborough of almost certain victory in the scratch race for cars up to 1.500 c.c. over seven laps of the 1.6 miles course in one of the events of the Motor
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    Race Results On Saturday
    163 11 TTIE following arc the results in brief of Saturday's races at Bukit Timah Race I—Trumpeter1 Trumpeter $47 and $12 Dadabhoy $8 Distinguished $9 Rare 2 Hen gist S9 and S6 Waetere $8 Murray Court $6 Race Sa/ariland Sfi9 and $16 King's Gambit $10 Sonny $15 Race
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    Jubilee Son & Kentucky Show Good Form
    327 11 Jubilee Son Kentucky Show Good Form II BII.EE Son and Kentucky were the most impressive horses" in training on the second track at Bukit Timah this morning, when several of Wednesday's runners were given fast and slow work. The going was on the soft side. Jubilee Son was taken out
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    TWO NEW SINGAPORE BADMINTON CHAMPIONS
    101 11 TAN Chongr Tee. of the Marigold Badminton Party, won the men's open singles title in the Singapore Badminton championships by beating Yap Chin Tee in s:raight sets, 15 8. 15 6 at the Clerical Union hall yesterday. The women's open singles title went to Miss
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    ALL-MALAYAN CYCLING
    529 11 Kwa Chin Swee Champion KWA Chin Swee, 18-year-old Chinese, winner of the recent Singapore-Johore-Singapore bicycle road race, became the ailMalayan cycling champion yesterday. Participating in the all-Malayan cycling championships held at *h Anson Road stadium yesterday in aid of war funds, Kwa came first in three of the
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    RECORD ROUND AT BUKIT TIMAH
    56 11 PLAYING over the R.S.G.C. course at Buki; Timah on Saturday, in a re- I played tie against S. A. Beavis for the monthly medal. Dr. M. C. Bain did a round of 69. This is a record for the rebunkered course. A week earlier Dr.
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    50 11 HOCKEY S.C.C. 11 vs. Malay Regiment. S.C.C; Indian Association vs. Punjab Regiment, Balestier; SRC. A vs. Raffles College, College; S.R.C. II vs. Argylls, SRC; Ceylon Sports Club vs. S.. Andrew's Old Boys, Bales tier: Post Office Club vs. Hyderabad Regiment. Post Office ground; G.S.C. vs. Y.W.C.A., G.S.C.
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    HOME FOOTBALL RESULTS ON SATURDAY
    296 11 London, Nov. 17. YESTERDAY'S Home football league matches resulted: NORTH Blackburn 2; Manchester City 2. Bradford 1; Sheffield United 2. Burnley 0; Chester 0. Huddersfleld 2; Chesterfield 2. Hull 5; Doncaster 4. Leeds 6; Bradford City 0. Lincoln 2; Barnsley 3. Liverpool 3; Bury 0.
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    NEW AIR COMMAND & BETTER CO-OPERATION WITH ARMY
    864 12 NEW AIR COMMAND BETTER CO-OPERATION WITH ARMY Rapid Development Of Technique Understanding To Be Fostered London, Nov. 17. yHE establishment of a new command of the R.A.F., to be called the Army Co-operation Command, with the duty of organizing all forms of co-operation between the Army and the Royal Air
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    U.S. To Expose Totalitarian Bloc's Bid To Stop U.S. Aid For Britain
    160 12 New York, Nov. 17. A WHITE BOOK is expected to be issued on Tuesday giving evidence that Germany, Italy, Japan and the U.S.S.R., are working in the United States to prevent American rearmament and the dispatch of supplies
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    Nazi Ships Scurry Back On Meeting Cruisers
    306 12 10,000-TON FREIGHTER SCUTTLED Mexico City, Nov. 17. 170UR German ships, including the 9,600-ton liner Orinoco, which sailed from the port of Tampico surreptitiously on Friday night, were attacked by one or more British cruisers, according to an official report of the captain cf
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    EARTHQUAKE OR R.A.F. AIR ATTACK?
    94 12 London. Nov. 17. A SHORT earthquake preceded a violent gale that caused damage at Boulogne estimated at several million francs last night, according to a Boulogne message to the German news agency. Many families are reported to be homeless. The "earthquake" at Boulogne has been
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    R.A.F. STAGE FRESH NIGHT ATTACK ON HAMBURG
    451 12 Germans Threaten "Reprisals Worse Than At Coventry" New York, Nov. l<. RAIDS against selected British cities of even greater fury than those directed against Coventry on Thursday night are threatened by high German sources in Berlin as "reprisals for the savage bombing of
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    RAID ON ALEXANDRIA
    34 12 Cairo. Nov. 17. SEVEN civilians injured and slignt damage to private pr- vjrty wt>, the result of the dropping of bombs on Alexandria on Friday night, says ao official communique. Reuter.
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    77 Enemy Planes Shot Down In One Week
    101 12 London, Nov. 18. SIXTY-FOUR German and IS Italian planes have been shot down over Britain during the week ending midnight on Nov. 16. during the same period, Six British fighters were lost but the pilots of three are safe. Detailed figures are:
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    Enemy Raids On Great Britain
    97 12 London, Nov 1 •"THE raids on Britain lost night, which ware attain mainly concentrated on London and the Horn s counties, were much less heavy than on the previous night, according to an Air Ministry communique. Dwelling houses suffered sevrretv irx Mm? places but damugc
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    "GODLESS ONSLAUGHT BY ITALY"
    81 12 Athens. Nov. 17. "TTTE church of Greece feels that it is its duty to arriign before 1 Christian churches throughout the world the godless onslaught by Italy.' says a messnpre to ail Christian churches issued by the Primate of Greece. "The church of Greece entreats yon
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    "Hitler Probably Lost A Major Battle Last Week Without Firing A Shot"
    519 12 New York, Nov. 17. HITLER probably lost a major battle last week without firing a shot, says the New York Daily News' military correspondent. "Half of his projected Balkan campaign collapsed about his ears, doing what may be
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    Further Air Attack On Yugoslav Town
    78 12 Belgrade. Nov. 17. FOREIGN planes which flew over the Yugoslav border town of Monastir on Friday night dropped some bombs, causing over 20 casualties, it is stated in well-in-formed quarters here. The public is now beginning to learn the extent of the previous raid
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