The Straits Times, 22 November 1940

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    37 1 FINAL EDTN. The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NBARLY OENTURYJ < MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 22, 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS. The Straits Times 1* PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS
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      974 2 LOST LOST. On 19 Nov. 40. loyal Regimental Broach Gold and enamel. Either Raffles Square or High Street. Finder please return to Capt. Pulliblank, Fortress, H.Q. DOMESTIC SERVANTS AND WORKMEN bahy-amams. Cook boys, fitters, coolies etc. (trained) supplied at short notice. Di.il 2144 or call at Spore Employment Agency, 79
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      805 2 AUCTIION NOTICES IN THE HIGH COURT, SINGAPORE. Originating summons No. UC of 1940. In the Matter of the .Estate of Hassan bin Hadjec Dawotfd. dee'd and In the Matter of Order LII Rule 1 of in" Civil procedure Rules of the Supreme Court 1934 and In the Matter of the
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      446 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. (Incorporated in England) PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SN. 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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      248 3 Incorporated In Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE. TO SAN FRANCISCO Ifonr Konc, Kobe. Yokohama, Honolnlo. San Francisco and Los Angeles m.s. ASAMA MARD leave Kobe Nov. 27 mjs. TATUTA MARU leave S'hal Dec. 13 m.s. NITTA MARU from Hkong Dec. 20 TO SEATTLE NagnTa. Shimidiu, Yokohama
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      520 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. BLUE FUNNEL LINE Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom. Dates are not guaranteed all cargo bookings subject to Conference War clauses. WESTERN AUSTRALIA THE SHORTEST SEA ROUTE AT THE CHEAPEST FARE Regular Services to Fremantle (Perth) via Java by first class passenger ships. Single fare $192 (A £28)
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      720 3 Broadcasting TODAY SINGAPORE /III 13.33 m cs (225 <n.) ZHP1 9.60 tn/«* (30.96 m.l ZHP3 7.25 m/ci (41.38 aU (ZHL ZHP1). 5.00 p.m. Modern Mandaiin muslct; o.40 p.m. News in Cantonese; 5.50 p.m. Teochew muslct; 6.10 p.m. Nev ia Hokkien; 6.20 p.m. News In English. Relayed from London; 6.35 p.m.
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    PETITION AGAINST COLONIAL OFFICE
    1597 4 "Evils Would Outweigh Value Of Money Obtained" CTRONG opposition to the imposition of income tax is expressed in a memorandum which is being forwarded to Ix>rd Lloyd, Secretary of State for the Colonies, on behalf of certain persons, companies and associations of the Straits Settlements who
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    INCOME TAX TO
    1454 4 Commerce are nominated by Government. Frequently at present, the unofficial members do much of their business behind the scenes, and seem to be out of touch with public opinion. The general tendency is for an unofficial member to prefer to raise a matter which may be brought
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    London Stock Exchange
    341 4 London. Nov. St. QN the Stock Exrhunßo to-day. K»Uin attracted more attention and rrgi.st«red good gains. In the other sections early prospects of renewed activity failed to materialist and markets spent an uneventful day with price changes few and not important. Reuter. rhe following are to-day's closing
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    125 4 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES ■i'>if i. )*ii .orresDondeui) london. Nov. 31, pOMMODH tod ;::ch>:jge markets closea as follows ..1th orevioiu.- rotations tr. larcnthnsis:— KLBBER: Qt-ic. Spot l\\& 12d U%d iJtl. ■Dec 11 -.,<! 1115 16c !l 7 sfi 13d Jan.Mar. 12 1 lild 12 a 16c! '12 1 isd Apr.- June 12
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    143 4 Maa* .'ha.. as follows: TO-DAY Adi'ii MTffcM 11 ii. pi. air 4 p.m. Africa air 4 p.m. Burma :iir 4 p.m. Ceylon ..air 4 p.m. Effj'Pt mirfaco U a.m. air 4 p.m. Great Britain f:r air 4 p.m. India fUTfaCfl 11 a.m air 4 p.m. Java
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      394 4 IX7HEN the shadows lengthen, and a man begins to feel the weight of his declining years, he .should be able to relinquish the hard daily round for the quiet content of a peaceful I |T|1 retirement. But, unless he r^lj g has wiseiy and carefully MM planned for them, the
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    414 5 More Sellers Of Tins But Kuchai In Demand I mr Financial Correspondent) Singapore, Nov. 22. THE tin share market continued ciiiiU' active yesterday but they werr rather more sellers in evidence and the upward trend in prices which has been present for the past or so to
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    53 5 London. Nov. 21. Th monthly premium of the Government war-risk insurance on commodity stocks has been raised to 7/6d. per £100. At the outbreak of war the rite was fixed at ten shillings, antic p uing heavy bombing, but the first month's premiums were remitted and the rate later became
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    Non-Acceptors And Order Of Running
    133 5 Sin gapo re Races Nicceptors :ind the order of running at Bukit Timah to-mcrrow. the final day of the Singapore Turf Club's winter race meeting are 1: Ilorsrs, class 1. div 4. 6 Mr*iteld. V.den Blaze. Stonrcha: -.-lire Hnt Flash, Grafmond. i: i•■ 2 Hones,
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    KUCHAI TIN PROFIT TREBLED AT $783,285
    190 5 60 Per Cent. Dividend $260,000 To Reserves MORE than three- and- a-half times the profit earned in 1939 was earned by Kuchai Tin in the year ended September last. The report and accounts were issued this morning and show that the net profit for
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    PERAK RIVER HYDRO POSITION IMPROVING
    94 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Nov. 21. ADDRESSING shareholders at the A annual meeting of Perak River Hydro-Electric Power Co., Ltd., to-day, Mr. G. Ballour. the chairman, said that the company had now practically achieved its policy to clear the company of unfunded debt. It
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    London Rubber Market Quiet Pending Quota Decision
    108 5 London. Nov. 21. The rubber market ruled quiet throughout the day. Estates are not offering pending to-morrow's meeting of the International Rubber Regulation Committee after which offerings are likely to resume if the quota is increased. The market believes that shippers will find
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
    115 5 Sinsaixn-e. >"ow. 22, noon. Buyer; SeUeri Gomblei 718 Hamburc Cube $13.00 JftTS Cube fl2 SO I P«nc» White Muutok 513.25 White $12.75 Black 8.25 Copra Mixed $2.15 Sun Dried $2.40 Saoc Flaw No 1 Llngga 395 Pair $3.95 $3.9S Sarawak $3.25 ielohrr.o Palembans *13.50 Banja $1200 Sarawak
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    37 5 London, Nov. 21. TIN opened quiet. The turnover was 25 tons. The market was stagnant and r> it influenced by the moderate United States consumer and reserve purchases. A tier official hours there were no dealings.— Reuter.
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    Malayan Sharebrokers Assn Singapore Quotations
    1306 5 THUBSDAT, NOV. 21, 1940: 4 I'M. MM Buyer* Setter* Ampat Tin (4s) 3s 4-.d 3s 9d Austral Amal (5s 5s 9d Gs l%d Austral Malay S3a 6d 35s M Ayrr Hitam (ss) 20s 21s 6d Ayer Weng ($1) .79 .84 Bangrln Tin (£1 15s 16s
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    79 5 Friday, Nov. Zi. noon. Buyers ->Uers Prices Prler? No. IX B-S.S (Spot loose) 38V4 M% No. IX R.S.S. f.0.1*. in cases Nor.-Dec. Sellers option 38*4 3« CFlll. K.S.S. f.o.b. in bales Nov.-D«c. Sellers option 38 U 38 F.A.O. R.S.S. .o.b. In bales Nov.-D««e. Sellers option
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    EXCHANGES
    174 5 Tne following are the excnange rates thl* morning according to the dally circular lssueo by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation:— SELLING Loudon J/4 1/ie Lor don demand 2/4 1/16 Switzerland demand (T.T. only) 202% New York demand 47 3/32 Montreal demand 51 27/32 Batavla demand M 11/16 Samarang
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      429 5 Jtsm L^aV "-J* *T *i CKCIL STKtfl slNU»rv»lta. Telephone Manacer's Oflßec 4512 Sub-Manager's OHlre 4513 I xrhanee Uept 4514 General Office 4767 Cable Address:— PROVINBANK." Head Office Siuchow, Kwangtunc. PAI1» UP CAPITAL (Ch.) 9 10.000.U00 RESEKVE FUNDS > 13.000.000 TOTAI ASSETS (appror) y108.005.a04 Board o/ Directors T. L. SOONG rSKNO
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      231 6 "Seldom have we seen a comedy more entertaining" (Tribune) IT'S THE TOWN'S BIG LAUGH SHOW! Come and Roar at Shakespeare's "COMEDY OF ERRORS" brought up-to-date with Stream-lined Chariots and High-powered maidens of Greece! CAPITOLl DAILY Wmj 3.15—6.15—9.15 4 SHOWS TO-MORROW AT 11 A.M.— 3.15— 6.15— 9.15 New Universal^ Scream of
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    HALF-ARMED EMPIRE HAS MET FULL FURY OF NAZI MIGHT
    389 7 "We Have Not Done Too Badly," Says Mr, Winston Churchill London, Nov. 21. T IP to the present, this war has been waged between a fully armed Germany and a quarter, or half -armed, British Empire and we have not done
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    Italy's Economic Position
    256 7 Italy's Economic Position Bad Bread, Less Meat And Cold Rooms London, Nov. 21. "THE economic situation in Italy, although giving no justification for the impression that the country would immediately collapse, certainly suggests that Italy faces a number of urgent problems. Icaly can supply herself more or less with the
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    HONG KONG EVACUEES IN AUSTRALIA
    52 7 HONG KONG evacuees in Australia are now making very few complaints, according to Mr. B. E. Maughan, finance liaison officer of the Hong Kong Government. Accommodation was the proolem that had led to most complaints, but the women have now adjusted themselves tr» Australian conditions,
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    COL. LINDBERGH IS DENOUNCED AGAIN
    75 7 New York, Nov. 21. a busy appeaser who would sur- render voluntarily his sword even before It Is demanded," Is how Col. Lindbergh was described by Mr. Harold Ickes, Secretary of the Interior, in a speech »esterday. Denouncing "native Fascist groups" as one of four
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    N.I.'s Birthday Planes For Mr. Churchill
    83 7 Batavia, Not. 21. TPHE Java Spitfire committee is now concentrating its effor s on the coming birthday of Mr. Churchill, the Bri.ish Prime Minister, on Nov. 30, calling on all contributors to make it possible to wire Mr. ChurchHl on that day: "We have
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    "America Would Defend Canada"
    158 7 U. S. Labour Leader's Address To Workers New Orleans, Nov. 21. 'T'HE people of the United States would be prepared to go to war If Hitler sent troops to Canada or any other part of the American continent, declared Mr. William Green, president of the American
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    27 7 Ankara, Nov. 21. t^HE appointment of a 'iew Minister 1 for Communications, M. Indjedayl, is announced, the former Minister, M. Cetinkaya. having resigned for health reasons. Reuter.
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, NOV. 22, 1940. (446th Day Of The War.) Livelier Councils
    1234 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, NOV. 22, 1940. (446th Day Of The War.) Livelier Councils Are we about to witness a rejuvenation of public life in Malaya? That question is prompted by study of reports of the speeches made by Unofficial Members at this week's j meeting of the Federal
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    BATTLE OF BRITAIN TOLD IN READERS' LETTERS
    2964 8 BATTLE OF BRITAIN TOLD IN READERS' LETTERS How The People Are Facing The Ordeal Of Bombs jyiANY readers have responded to the appeal for extracts from letters from residents in Great Britain giving information on various aspects of the Battle of Britain. To-day we publish a selection of the extracts
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      213 8 t HMjfch I ILrl %fINK- PENCIL Cw \\OHTYPEWRITER X^\J)erasures nf]l SHAWENSUKE Ns <? NYN V Ugjl A PENCIL IP 20«e»c« R°NL 0 ltd.. Singapore. PHONE «279 THE RELIGION OP ISLAM (A comprehenMve discussion of the sources, principles and Practices of Islam, by Maulana Mohd. Ali l*rice $10.80. THE HOLY QURAN
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      83 8 THREE NEW TITLES! I WAS ORAP SPEEDS PRISONER! by Cap-. P. Dove. It's one of Cie most fascinating documents which have come out of the WAR. NORWAY INVADED b" J. Tevnan T Horsley. The full story of the German Invasion of Norway, EPICS OF THE R.A.P. by Gordon Webb. The
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    GREEK FORCES SAID TO BE ENTERING KORITZA
    420 9 Another Enemy Base Also In Danger WEATHER ROBS INVADERS OF AIR FORCE'S SUPPORT Italian Retreat May Develop Into Rout r FHE first Greek patrol entered Koritza yester- day morning after fierce and long fighting, according to reports received from the Yugoslav frontier. The
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    GREEKS WEAK IN THE AIR
    244 9 GREEKS WEAK IN THE AIR Enemy Still Able To Turn Tables London, Nov. 21. r pHE brilliant Greek successes do not blind observers in London to Greece's urgent need of planes for which she recently appealed to America, writes Reuter's air correspondent. < .iven favourable weather, the Italian air force
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    S. Africa "Geared Up" For Full War Effort
    124 9 S. Africa "Geared Up" For Full War Effort rIE sympaihy and admiration with which South Africa is watching the battle of Britain was stressed by Mr. S. F. Waterson, High Commissioner for South Africa, broadcasting from London last night. Mr. Watorson added, 'My countrymen and women In their comparative safety
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    R.A.F. Fighter Rams Enemy Bomber
    128 9 London, Nov. 22. WITHIN two minutes of the sounding of the alert last night, guns were In action on the outskirts of London. There were long periods of complete quiet, however. Kliemy p'-ane-.; were also reported over towns In north-west England. Jie Midlands and south-west
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    American Generosity Creats A Problem
    85 9 I TIIE generosity of people in America sending gifts to Britain has created a problem for i the Ministry of Shipping, and a committee :is to be set up to advise on offers of gifts iiom America. This has been because gifts have been j
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    British Scheme To Feed Europe After The War
    328 9 London, Nov. 22. A DEFINITE step has been announced to implement the British Government's plan to build up stocks of foodstuffs for consumption after the war in countries now under German domination, says Router's parliamentary correspondent. Sir Frederick Leith-Ross, head of the
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    More Tea And Sugar For Christmas
    66 9 More Tea And Sugar For Christmas London, Nov. 22. "TMIK Food Controller is planning to give householders a Christmas present in the shape of additional tea and sugar over the Christmas season. The present ration of eight ounces of sugar will be increased for a few weeks. The definite amount
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    10 ITALIAN PLANES ARE SHOT DOWN IN CLASH OVER LIBYA
    160 9 Cairo, Nov. 22. TN t oae-to-f^ur serial battle over eastern Libya on Wednesday. 1 fifteen British fighters shot down ten out of 60 Italian planes, while the British sustained no loss or damage, says an R.A.F. communique. One Italian plane
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    WHY GERMANY HESITATES
    253 9 Uncertainties In The Balkans London, Nov. 22. OUMANIA is to follow Hungary into the Axis band if latest suggestions by German-controlled sources materialise, says Reuter's diplomatic correspondent. It might have been thought tactless, even unkind, to force Rumania into a pact with Hungary to guarantee the "new
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    Egyptian Anger Over Air Raids
    137 9 Egyptian Anger Over Air Raids Cairo, Nov. 22. n ROWING indignation is felt in Egypt over the recent Italian air raids on Alexandria, wh-.ch resulted in a high death-roll among civilians. The newspaper Al Balagt in a stronp editorial says. "The atrocious onslaught on Alexandria proves that the continual O&
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    Further Arrests Made In India
    110 9 Former Premiers Of C.P. Bombay Held Bombay, Nov. 22. MR. B. O. KHER. the ex-Premier of Bombay, and Mr. Morarji Desai. former Revenue Minister, were among those arrested in Bombay yesterday under the Defence of India Rules. At Nagpur. the arrests included Pandit Ravi Shankar
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    MR. AMERY'S APPEAL TO INDIAN YOUTH
    516 9 Should Studv Solve Present Dispute London, Nov. 22. «THE constitutional deadlock In India to-day is not between a consentient Indian national movement asking for ireedom and the British Government, reluctant to surrender authority. It is a dispute between the many elements in India's own
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    Canada Spends A Fifth Of Income On The War
    136 9 Canada Spends A Fifth Of Income On The War Ottawa, Nov. 21. CANADA'S spending for war purposes was probably over one-fifth the entire nation's national income of ever $1,000,000,000 a year, declared Mr. J. L. Ilsley, the Finance Minister, in the Dominion House of Commons to-day. Mr. IIsl y gave
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    German Espionage In America Exposed
    649 9 WHITE PAPER IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS Washington, Nov. 21. THE activities of the German Government in the United States are not devoted solely to propaganda or so-called military espionage.** German agents have been engaged in. **the far-sighted policy of penetrating the economic structures
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    People Of France Arc Behind Britain
    109 9 Madrid, Nov. 21. ALONG revealing dispatch from a Paris resident showing that feeling in France is almost soMdly behind Britain is published to-day in the newspaper Arriba The writer says that Collaboration; with Germany are vain words when in Vichy and Paris there Is
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    96 PERSONS KILLED IN MALTA RAIDS
    62 9 VI ALT A had two night alarms yesterday. During the second alarm the raiding 7<l£.r..?s capped a few bembs but caused no A s.aveaient from Malta says the total civilian casual! ies from the beginning of tho air raids are 284. including 96 dead.
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    MALAYAN BIRTHDAY GIFT FOR CHURCHILL
    464 10 Excellent Indies Idea For Aiding War Fund AN excellent idea for aiding The War Fund comes from Netherlands India. In that country the organizers irf the Spitfire Fund are putting forward a special effort in celehration of the birthday of Mr. Winston Churchill, the Prime
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    25 10 A committee meeting of the Malaya j Patriotic Fund {Indian section), win be' held at the O. H. Cafe at 5 p.m. on Nov. 27.
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    WAR FUND DIARY
    182 10 rIS 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. 22: "Kronchong NUhf variety show by Oleh Oleh Tarty at Happy World Stadium
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    'I WANT A DIVORCE"
    229 10 At The Cinema '1 Want A Mmnc." 'Dick Powell and Joan lilonU<-M. IV mount. At the Cathay. fT WANT A Div.-r--" I A film with a r AnU-divorce in i.erne, It J" a st/vy of young couple (lm^ lowelhai. 'an Blondell.. who are beaded for the
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    INDIAN ASSOCIATION MUSICAL SOCIAL
    64 10 AN entirely musical programme has been drawn up for this month's IndUn Association social to be held at the Cleric*? Union Hall at 5 p.m. on Sunday. There wUI be Carnatic. B- ngall. Tamsi. Hindustani. Malayalam and SanSKrit songs. A dance item by Miss Sujata Sen
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    AMUSEMENTS
    148 10 SINGAPORE BAI ri>i HOTEL r it Dance (Informal) Bpm \o M.dn:p;ht. GAKKKK rihATKK GEVLANG Rio Sr Zambottnga at 7.45 p.m. GKKA'I WORI.n Csbr.ret: 7.30 to 9 9 p.m. to Midnight. Globe: Saps At Sea. Bky: Beware of SpooUs. new wopi.n Talkie*, fluatres and Cinemas. S.de Shjws Cabaret. Dancing QUICKKS
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    STOP PRESS
    113 10 Athens, Nov. 22. KOKITZA. the chief Italian base in the nor h«rn sector, has been abandoned by the Italians and is awaiting occupation by the Greeks when the senT.il posi'ion warrants it. Greek rdvanced de a.-hm^n's are already in the eastern suburbs of «he town but they a"?
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    CHINA & AID FOR POWERS
    521 10 CHINA AID FOR POWERS Bid To Check New Japanese Moves? CHUNGKING AXIS INTENTIONS Chungking, Nov. 22. CPECULATION is current as to what possible measures China could take against any further moves by Japan in the Far East. It is suggested that. China would be in a strong pcsition to help
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    URGENT NEED FOR BINOCULARS
    182 10 •yHERE Is an urgent need for binoculars ■1 and prismatic corr.Dasses for the use or '/arts of the civil defence organization tn ihis country. The need for binoculars Is especially great and the numbers required wiv be fairly large. in view of the heavy demands for
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    High Commissioner & F.M.S. Passive Defence Policy
    500 10 High Commissioner F.M.S. Passive Defence Policy (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 21. OEPLYING to criticism of passive i defence measures, in the Fed- eral Council to-day, the High j j Commissioner, Mr. S. W. Jones, said he found himself in a difficult position when it came to the
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    Leads British Troops In Egypt
    21 10 A new picture of Lieut.-Gen. Sir Henry Maitland Wilson, j>ho commands the British troops in Egypt.
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    SHINOZAKI DENIES ALL CHARGES
    428 10 Japanese Opens Defence In Secrets Case A COMPLETE denial of the truth of each of the charges brought against him was made by Mamoru Shinozaki when he made a statement from the dock at the continuation of his trial at the Assizes this morning on charges
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    TRIBUTES TO GEN. DOBBIE
    353 10 Great Work In Malta Fortress IN "IRONSIDE" TRADITION (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Oct. 20. THE appointment of Lieut.-CJea. 1 \V. G. S. Dobbie, former G.O.O, Malaya, to be Governor and Com-mander-in-Chief of Malta, in succession to Gen. Sir Charles BonhamCarter, has given widespread satisfaction in
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    A.R.P. IN IPOH
    51 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Nov. 21. I AT to-day's meeting of the Kinta Sanitary Board the chairman, H. J. Cockman, announced that j f he question of air raid precautions ia ipoh was being considered by the British Resident of Perak. No decision, had, however, been
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    TRIAL OF JAPANESE ON SECRETS CHARGES
    820 11 Defence Security Officer Testifies In Camera PROSECUTION CASE CLOSED AFTER LONG SITTING THE defence case opened this morning in the Assize trial of Mamoru Shinozaki, described as Press clerk at the Japanese Consulate, on three charges under the Official Secrets Ordinance before Mr. Justice
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    WEDDING AT LIBRARY
    179 11 Mr. Foo Fook Loy Miss Mook Hiong MR. Foo Fook Loy was married to Miss Tan Mook Hiong, the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tan Chia Pow, cf Singapore, at the United Chinese Library yesterday. Mr. Fook Loy is the only son of Madam Fco Peh
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    CHINESE "GOLD OFFERING "
    210 11 CHINESE "GOLD OFFERING j THO commemorate the visit of Gen. Wu Teh-chen, Chinese Minister of Overseas Affairs, China Relief Fund I committees in Malaya are launching a "gold offering' campaign throughout the country. The Federation of China Relief Funds in Malaysia has circularized the various committees on this subject. It
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    Y.W.C.A. CONCERT
    73 11 PUPILS of the Y.W.C.A. Free School, assisted I by r few members of the Y.W.C.A. Pioneers,' save a successful concert at the Victoria i Theatre yesterday evening. The big attendance was itself a tribute to all those who took part in the programme. I The Ambition of a
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    MALAY PETTY OFFICERS
    120 11 First Promotions In New Unit T»HE first two Malay seamen to be A rated as Petty Officers in the Malay Navy have been appointed. Both are Singapore Malays. They are Johar' bin Hajl Mohamed Saleh, who joined the Navy in September, 1939, and Manoff oin Haji Yusof,
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    DONATIONS TO THE WAR FUND
    358 11 THE following donations to The War Fund are recorded to-day S cts. Transferred from Penan?, being 118th. instalment of contributions made through the Pinang Gazette and Straits Echo 1,393.70 O. J. Murnane. Municipal Wa t er Engineer, Singapore —remuneration for services rendered to the Johore
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    JAPANESE DELEGATES PASS THROUGH
    78 11 FUR delegates of the Japanese economic mission which is engaged in the Batavia negotiations with the Netherlands- indies Government, passed through Singapore yesterday on their way back to Baiavia. The four delegates, Messrs. T. Hasegawa. J. Yoshitaki, Y. Sugawara and T. Morita, had just been to
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    PRISON OFFICERS' QUARTERS
    54 11 A SPECIAL sub-committee of the European Association of Malaya is to investigate, and report on, the housing and living conditions of Prison officers at Pearl's Hill. This step was decided on when the attention of the Association was drawn to the "present unsatisfactory" conditions stated to be
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    Stabbed Detective After Stealing Bicycle
    271 11 A SENTENCE of 12 months' rigo- rous imprisonment was imposed by the district judge, Mr. J. McFall, yesterday on a Malay, Jaffar bin Chile, whom he convicted on "the very serious offence" of stabbing a detective with a knife. On a second charge, of stealing
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    EXPORT OF SURPLUS FOOD FROM U.K.
    203 11 European Association's Request To Government THE export of articles of food from the United Kingdom to the Colonies without licence and the new arrangement making it necessary for licences to be obtained for importing: foodstuffs into the Colony do not alleviate the conditions now
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    Broadcast Talk On Rice To-night
    47 11 *r*H'E in Malaya" is the subject of a talk to be given from the Singapore broadcasting: s.ation today at 7.10 p.m. The talk has been prepared by the Department of Agrirul ure and will he read by th» Agricultural Officer. Singapi re
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    $5,000 BAIL FOR DRIVER
    61 11 MLR MOHAMAD, a driver attached to an Indian regiment, was charged in th« traific court yesterdny with causing tlm death of Teo Kal Sens and hurt to Goh Sal Hee and Goh Tiang Seng by ra^h driving at Alexandra Road on Nov. 20. The case was
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    GIRL SHOT IN HEAD WITH AIR RIFLE
    737 12 "Negligent Act" Of Ten-Year-Old House-Boy THE death of a two-year-old girl who died from a gunshot wound in the head was caused by the negligent act of a ten-year-old boy, Soh Siam Kok, while firing an air rifle, but he was not compelled
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    ACCUSED MAN BELIEVED
    390 12 Second Court As "Bill Collector" THAT in their anxiety to avoid becoming bill collectors," the police had made the second court a bill collector," was a remark made by the second magistrate, Mr. Conrad Oldham, in reply to counsel for the defence, Mr. T. W. Ong, in
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    CHINESE PAINTER AT RAFFLES HOTEL
    100 12 A WIDE range of paintings, each a tribute to the artist's skill, is being exhibited at Raffles Hotel by Mr. Johnson Lee, a Chinese artist whose landscape pictures are particularly worthy of note. The exhibition is under the auspices of the Hong Kong Working Artists'
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    Court Sequel To Midnight Crash At Kallang
    355 12 gPTORTS had been made to satisfy 14 him that a Chinese, Chua Whye Lee, was innocent of the charge of; causing the death of one person and i hurt to three others by negl: driving, stated Inspector A. R*'before Mr. C. H. Whitton
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    FRESH LIGHT THROWN ON MR. COX'S TRAGIC DEATH
    1704 13 FRESH LIGHT THROWN ON MR. COX'S TRAGIC DEATH Reference To Terrors Of "Third Degree" Methods Iii Japan ALL that can be ascertained about the tragic death on July 29 of Mr. Melville J. Cox, Renter's correspondent in Tokio', while in the hands of the Japanese police has now been collected
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    Comment On Delhi Talks
    290 13 "A NEW WORLD WILL COME INTO ACTION" London, Nov. 21. T*HE New Delhi conference may well have supremely important military results, declares The Times, in an editorial or. the House of, Commons debate concerning the Indian and colonial war efforts. The newspaper adds "A new world
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    WAR EXPENDITURE OF £186,000,000
    138 13 WAR EXPENDITURE OF £186,000,000 Australia's Reply To Hitler's Sneer Canberra, Nov. 21INTRODUCING the wartime budget in the House of Representatives to-day. Mr. A. W. Faddcn, the Comi monwealth Treasurer, announced I unprecedented increases in direct and indirect taxation. The budget carried the record total of £270,000.000. Tax revenue, ,aid Mr.
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    MINESWEEPER SINKS AFTER COLLISION
    61 13 Melbourne, Nov. 21. AN Australian mlneswaeoer with Its entire crew of four officers and 19 m.-n sank at the. entrance to Por: Phillip Bay last night when retain j to port after collision with a 10.000-ton merchantman. No cas'-^'*!' s occurred on the latter There was
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    DEMONSTRATIONS IN MADRID
    53 13 Madrid. Nov. 21. STUDENTS demonstrated in th? streets as a mark of satisfaction at the Uruguayan legation's denial of the report that Uruguay was ne?i>rk, ting for the cession of bases to United States. The students demonstrated beloiv the United States embassy and the Uruguayan legation, shouting:
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    NAZIS ADMIT LOSS OF MOTOR TORPEDO-BOAT
    37 13 Berlin, Nov. 21. THE admission that an E-boat 'motor torpedo-DoaC' was lost during an engagement with "several British destroyers oft the east ccasf is con <ined in r» German communique. Router
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    38 14 Mr. Herbert Morrison. Minister of Supply, and Lord Ashfleld attended an exhibition given by the Scrap Iron and Steel Control, at the Charing Cross Underground Station. Mr. Morrison is seen holding up the chain wheel of a bicycle.
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    HALIFAX WARNS OF FRESH ACTION BY HITLER
    1221 14 "I Do Not Think His Efforts Will Be Confined To Diplomacy" London, Nov. 21. THE latest position affecting Britain's foreign relations, particularly with the Soviet Union, the Vichy Government, the United States and Greece, was reviewed in Parliament to-day by Lord Halifax, the
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    DEPOT & HAZY STRINGS BEST BETS
    1805 15 DEPOT HAZY STRINGS BEST BETS Review Selections For Final Day Of Singapore Meeting r\KI*OT and Hazy Strings should make the best bets of the day at Hukit Timah to-morrow, the final day of the Singapore Turf <1ub's winter race meeting. There are strong fields in each of the right events,
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    21 15 NON -ACCEPTORS and the order of running for to-morrow's rmcM wil! %i found in PAGE FIVE if received in time.
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    BRITISH ARMY AND NAVY HOLD CIVILIANS
    829 15 Four Goals Shared In War Fund Hockey Game Singapore Civilians ..2; British Army and Navy 2. A SPLENDID last minute goal by Byrne enabled the British Army and Navy to force a two-all draw with the Singapore Civilians in a hockey match played in
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    R.A.A.F. RUGBY TEAM
    41 15 THE following is the ftoyal Australian Air Force team to meet Singapore in a Malayan Rugby Union fixture on the padang to-morrow: Good: Truen, Oldknow, Kinnamont, Robinson: Cook, Lampey; Connie Walters, Mac Donald, Bluett, McCurdie. McCracken. McNamee, Ball.
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    To-night's Boxing At The New World
    142 15 A CARD of four lights, ffhlch promises to be the best ever offered since the reconstruction of the arena, is to be staged at the New Wcrld to-night. Arranged to start half an hour "•arlier than usual, the four fights run ilnco forty rounds.
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    51 15 Hockey: Raffles College vs. Ceylon Sports Club, College; S.R.C. vs. R.A.F. (Tengah), S.R.C., S.CR.C. v. Indian Army, S.CRC, G.CC. II T. Indian Cieneral Hospital, S.CC. Rugger: St. Andrew's Old Coys vs. R.A.F. (Seletar), SeJetar, S.CC v. R.A. (Changi) S.C'P. Boxing: Battling Sima vs. Rush Milling. New World
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    Slow Work On Heavy Track
    166 15 THE going was heavy at Bukit Timah 1 to-day as a result of rain thia morning, and only a handful of horses were exercised on the second track of the racecourse. Slow work was the order of the day. Dinna Forget, Sir Victor and Fair
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    WEEK-END EVENTS AT THE YACHT CEUB
    110 15 TO-DAY, at the Royal Singapore Yacht I Club, there Mil be the usual races for all classes, .starting at 5.23 p m lor "A" class, and 5.25 p.m. for I classes. On Sunday, the "C" class will sail the second race for che Sailing
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    CRICKET MATCH FOR BOYS UNDER 13
    64 15 A CRICKET match for Euro;; .m boys under 13 years of age has been arranged by the Singapore Cricket Club and will be played at the S.CC, on Sunday, starting at 3.30 p.m. Boys who wish to play in the match are requested to
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    "WILL NOT LAY ASIDE OUR ARMS UNTIL VICTORY'
    828 16 "WILL NOT LAY ASIDE OUR ARMS UNTIL VICTORY KING VOICES CONFIDENCE IN FINAL OUTCOME OF WAR Queen Accompanies His Majesty To New Parliament Session London, Nov. 21. THE King in person to-day opened the new session *of Parliament an act of quiet courage by which he symbolized the determination of
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    ITALIAN FRONT IN EPIRUS BROKEN AT MANY POINTS
    207 16 Lar^e Quantity Of War Material Captured By The Greeks Athens, Nov. 21. THE Athens radio announced to-day that in Epirus the Italian front is definitely broken at many points and that the Greeks are pursuing the Italians, who are now retreating in
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    Praise For Greek Exploits
    190 16 Mr. Churchill's Message To Gen. Metaxas Lontlon, Nov. 21. IN a letter to the British Minister! in Athens, expressing congra- tulations on the brilliant exploit of the British Navy at Taranto, General Metaxas, the Greek Prime Minister, writes: "This formidable blow against the Italian fleet fills
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    FRESH ITALIAN REVERSES
    122 16 Cairo, Nov. 21. SUCCESSFUL British actions against the Italians boh in the Sudan and in the Western Desert are officially reported to-day. In the Gallabat area In the Sudan serious losses were inflated by a Brit'sh patrol on a numerically superior Italian patrol. In the Western Desert,
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    Turkey Takes "New And Urgent Measures"
    66 16 Ankara, Nov. 21. npHE Turkish Government's plans for "new and urgent measures necessitated by world events" were unanimously approved by the Parliamentary group of the People's Party at a meeting specially summoned by the Government last night. The nature of the new measures was
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    NAZI NEWSPAPER'S HINT ON AXIS POLITICAL DRIVE
    272 16 London, Nov. 21. WITH Gen. Antonescu, the Rumanian Prime Minister, on his way to Berlin, indications are that the stage is being set for another small country to line up with Hungary in joining the Axis pact with Japan. The official German DiplomatlschPolitische
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    13,000 TROOPS AID IN CLEARING LONDON
    71 16 London, Nov. 21. SOME 13,000 troops and 250 army lorries are assisting the civil authorities of London to clear bomb debris, Mr. Herbert Morrison, the Home Secretary, stated in the House of Commons yesterday. These troops include Pioneer and Royal Engineer companies The troops
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    EXPULSIONS FROM LORRAINE TO STOP
    68 16 Vichy, Nov. 21. THE evacuat'on of certain sections ol the population from Lorraine will be suspended from to-day, Laval, th* Vichy Vice-Premier has been informed by the French Ambassador to occupied France, states the H^vas agency. The decision to suspend expulsion was communicated to the
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    ANTI-WANG CHINGWEI BOMB PLOT
    59 16 Shanghai, Nov. 21. A PLOT to blow up the Executive Yuan and special jjunlclpality buildings at Nanking, seat of the '.Van* Chlng-wel gorernment. was uncovered on Nov. 14. it >? learned here. It is stated a number ol arrests were mad* shortly before the time scheduled
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    CHUNGKING CLOSES INDOCHINA BORDER
    107 16 Chungking, Nov. 21. THE Chinese authori:i?s have ordered the complete closure of the Indo-China border as from Tuesday, according to a special dispatch to ths Chungking newspaper Takung Pao here. The message declares that as from Tuesday all persons, goods and mail are forbidden to cross
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    Heavy Attack On Nazi Shipping
    224 16 Many Fires Caused In Raid On Inland Port London, Nov. 21. A LARGE-SCALE attack was carried out by the P. A.F. last night on the inland port, of Duisburg-Ruhrort. J Damage was done to shipping and warehouses and many fires and explosions occurred, says an
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    Only 7 Casualties In Long Night Raid
    174 16 London, Nov. 21. A raid on an east Midlands town last night was the longest this town has hitherto experienced, but subsequent checking up showed that only seven casualties, of which none was fatal, and comparatively little damage, an extraordinary number of bombs
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    AIR MARSHAL A PRISONER IN ITALIAN HANDS
    212 16 London, Nov. 21. AIR MARSHAL Owen Tudor Boyd, who, it was announced at the beginning of this week, had been appointed Deputy to the Air Officer Commanding in Chief, Middle East Command, has been taken prisoner by the Italians, it is officially announced
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