The Straits Times, 27 January 1941
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Title Section38 1941-01-27 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY 1 MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES II PACES. SINGAPORE. MOM»" T "?Y 27. 1941. PRICE r > CKNTS. The straits Times 12 PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1941. •RICE 5 CENTS38 words
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Obituary49 1941-01-27 2 OOKDKIItx (*> 2«Ui January. 1941. at No 40 Bast Coast Road, Singapore. Julia Cecilia Oordrlro, 83 years. The funeral cortege will travt her resident? ht C 45 a.m. on 28th January, 1941. for the Church of the Holy Family. Kntnnjr unti thenre to Bidadari Cemetery fr.r Interment. Deeply regretted49 words
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Advertisement395 1941-01-27 2 WEE TAY The cngaccment Is announced between Mr. Wrr P«nf Urn. rtdwt ton of Mr. and Mrs. We* Trek Leon* of Singapore, and Miss T»y Pott Nee, only dauithteT .rf the late Mr. Tav Soon Hone and Madair Tap Chow Kwai, alao of Slngaport. SITUATIONS VACANT Whrn applvmx for aJiy395 words
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Advertisement365 1941-01-27 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA MKfI^HMU AMD APCAR LINE. '■UmiWIUJ (Incorporated to Japan) porateo m cngiand> GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS tENTAi bn Co FOB CINARO WHITE STAR MAII CAStiKNGFR AND CARGO bERVICF Th* best possible services or* being maintained by the P O S N Coy troro the Straits to365 words
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Advertisement300 1941-01-27 3 to-night DINNER DANCE (informal) 8 p.m. to midnight Dinner $3.00 NO BALLROOM ADMISSION CHARGE SUNDAY EVENING IN THE PALM COURT SINGAPORE'S MOST POPULAR SOCIAL RENDEZVOUS MILITARY BAND CONCERT-8.30 to 10.30 p.m. By the Band of the MANCHESTER REGIMENT DINNER PAHITS ON THE LAWN. iVS/'-" 1 'SiiES SEA VIEW H HOTEL300 words
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Article121 1941-01-27 4 London, Jan. 26. AN Eastern Group supply council Is to be set up with representatives of the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and India. This announcement by ths Ministry of Supply adds that ?n appointing the council the Government has accepted a recommendation toReuter - 121 words
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Article64 1941-01-27 4 London, Jan. 26. THE biggest joint capital-labour conference under Government auspices ever held in Britain will take place here next Wednesday, when the Labour Minister. Mr. Ernest Bevin. who is a member of the War Cabinet, will give details to representatives of employers and employees lor aReuter - 64 words
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59 1941-01-27 4 London, Jan. 26. COL. de la Rocque, former leader of the French Fascist organization (the former Croix de Feu) and a member of the newiy-appointed National Council, It is reported from Vichy, has been arrested by the Germans as h»» entered the occupied zone.Reuter - 59 words
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Article36 1941-01-27 4 London. Jan. 25. THE Portuguese Government has approached the British authorities with a view to a relaxation of the export restrictions on tinplates. It is understood that Britain may agree provided the importers are reliable. Reuter.Reuter - 36 words
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1208 1941-01-27 4 BRIGHT PROSPECTS FOR RUBBER TIN SHARES "Enormous Mass Of Investment Money" Accumulated In London (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Dec. 27. I ONDON Stock Exchange markets have suffered a reaction this week after several months of steadily rising quotations and improving business. Such a halt had obviously to come sooner1,208 words
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Article56 1941-01-27 4 •THE following crops of rubber, tea, coffee and palm oil were harvested by the respective companies in December: Rubber Kg. Ar.kola 7.592 Estates Bajoe Kidesl Co 113,135 Djasinga 112,080 Tjikasintoe 34.540 Langen 51,728 Donowarie 28,000 Tea Hk. Ankola 57,667 Pasir Madang 48,33 Coffe* Kg. Estates Bajoe Kidoel Co56 words
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Article96 1941-01-27 4 Cairo, Jan. 26. •THE R.A.K. continue to lead the way in the 1 British successes on all the African war fronts. Bombing operations covered by the communique issued yesterday range from Libya, to Italian East Africa and the Dodecanese islands Italian aerodromes were96 words
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Article132 1941-01-27 4 Shanghai, Jan. 26. MR. W. J. Keswick, chairman of 111 the Shanghai Municipal Council, who was wounded together with two Japanese officials in the gun attack during a meeting of Shanghai ratepayers on Thursday, left hospital last evening and returned home. The Shanghai Nichi, JapaneseReuter - 132 words
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Article102 1941-01-27 4 London, Jan. 37. DRINCESS Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Rose accompanying the King and Queen paid their first visit to an R.A.P. station and sat a few minutes in the cockpit an R.A.P. bomber. Princess Elizabeth herself handled the control column while her sister examined and lookedBritish Wireless - 102 words
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Article51 1941-01-27 4 Madrid, Jan. 25. ARRANGEMENTS have been made for the supply of 50,000 tons of wheat to Spain from British stccks held In Argentina. The first shipment will be made almost immediately and wifl be carried in Spanish ships as in the recent consignment of British Wheat from Canada for SpainReuter - 51 words
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Article127 1941-01-27 4 Mails clone at the General Post Office as follows: TO-DAY Aden air 12.30 p.m. Africa air 12.30 p.m. Burma air 12.30 p.m. Ceylon air 12.30 p.m. Fgypt air 12.30 p.m. Great Britain Szr. air 12.30 p.m. India air 12.30 p.m. Thailand air 12.30 p.m. TOMORROW Burma127 words
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Article34 1941-01-27 4 T ondon. Jan. 26. T3OMBS were dropped In Cornwall last nishi. states a Ministry of Home Security communique issued this morning. Little damage was done and there were very few casualty.34 words
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Advertisement844 1941-01-27 4 PUBLIC NOTICES In the mutter of THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE (CAP. 151> Ml In the .natter of rOWELL COMPANY. LIMITED. (In Voluntary Liquidation) At ail Extraordinary General Meeting ot the above-named Company, duly convened and held at No. 18 Chulla Street, Singapore, lon the 23rd day of January. 1941. Om following844 words
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Advertisement351 1941-01-27 5 Here's The Best Holiday Show in town! A HAPPY PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR TO OUR CHINESE PATRONS I TO-DAY 3 SHOWS A I UAMDDA 11 a.m. l.io «c 3.^0 p.m. HLIIHITIDRM TO-MORROW 5 SHOWS 11 a.m., 1.10, s.jo, 6.15 9.15 p.m. ALL FREE LISTS STRICTLY SUSPENDED Warner Bros. Greatest Adventure Story!351 words
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1047 1941-01-27 6 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JAN. 27, 1941. 51 2th Day Of The War. Inequalities In all the criticism of the War rax Ordinance there has not been i single suggestion that any one cf J he proposed rates is unduly high. < indeed, many people hold the con- 11,047 words
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Article352 1941-01-27 6 Why "Different To" Is Wrong To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Without referring either to custom, which is too often born out of 1 ignorance and carelessness, or to •authority" which is but custom accepted as correct, might one say that to anyone with a feeltng352 words
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1364 1941-01-27 6 NAZI INVASION OF BRITAIN IS IMMINENT LONDON LETTER By CABLE Hot Reception Promised: Ultimate Failure Certain By Our Own Correspondent London, Jan. 24. LJOW would you feel regard- ing the possibility of Nazi parachutists, of the toughest type, descending upon your liouse any of these dark nights [>r regarding the1,364 words
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Letters To The Editor
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Letter403 1941-01-27 6 Things Which Strike A Visitor To tbe Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— My stay in Singapore has only been a short one. I have, therefore, no Justification for "passing remarks." However, one or two things strike me rather forcibly and, space permitting. maybe you will allow me to403 words
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Letter106 1941-01-27 6 To the Editor of '.he Straits Times Sir,— "Reader" disappoints. He prefers Shakespeare to Fowler (as who would not?) Shakespeare who wrote: "Such bitter business as the day would quake to look on." Other writers who at one time or another hare failed to keep prepositions from the106 words
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Letter283 1941-01-27 6 Criticism Of Hindustani Programme To tta« Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Having read 'Just a Listener's' j letter in your correspondence columns of to-day, I beg to add my own brickbats to those flung by the aforementioned writer. In my conversations with friends of all nationalities I have283 words
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Letter160 1941-01-27 6 Educational Campaign Is Necessary To the Editor of the Strait* limes Sir,— I have read the many letters which you have published on the social evil and I should like to make somsuggestions. Information should be freely avail able regarding the main symptoms and complications of the160 words
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Advertisement340 1941-01-27 6 ETEFtNA it winds itselt! Ttoe specially protected mechm of this watch enables it i«. he carried loose Jn pocket or hundta*. Wh« open, it atoo becoomb a miniature clock for the desk or dressing tab'e Kngine -turned silve: enamel or teatheT corered care large model for gentlemen SM..«tr«H modf) for340 words
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Advertisement40 1941-01-27 6 S. P. C. K. I|] CmiUH BOOK-SHOP H, Bra* Baaafc Koad. Phttte 4238 (Close to Raffles Institution) ti Special:zes in mail-order* for Book* of All Kinds imed by IM Englfah PnbHghers JOHN DUKE t Manufacturing Optician. 1 21, BATTERY ROAD.40 words
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349 1941-01-27 7 5,500 People Killed In 5 -Day Fighting < >VERNMENT RESHUFFLED BUT POLICY UNCHANGED Secret Stores Of Arms Seized By Military MILITARY and police patrols are now engaged in one of the biggest manhunts in Rumania's history following the collapse of the five-day IronReuter - 349 words
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Article460 1941-01-27 7 Heroism Of Pilot In Blazing Plane London, Jan. 27. AN RAF. officer who steered a blazing plane away from a Kentish village and baled out inttead over marshes, tells In an Air Ministry news bulletin a story of Intense action crammed into a fewBritish Wireless - 460 words
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110 1941-01-27 7 MgBH, Jan. 26. T—HOHIuTIC aiuvities flared again tester- '•a the romtnenctni' nt of the Chin*a# U holiday celebrations. Dg early in the evening and cculinu- >ng ■.hrotighout the next few hours, bombs i were hurhd at ;>ix «ell-known Chirrs* owned cabarets here, wounding eight110 words
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Article47 1941-01-27 7 I Belgrade, Jan. It, "THE Yugoslav (Government news1 paper Vreme declares that the N.i/is will demand the handing t»vrr iif Tunis, Birrrla and Oran for us* as (ierman bases for the duration of the war. Many influential French circles are resisting thi« concession, it added47 words
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Article152 1941-01-27 7 London, Jan. 26. A STOCKHOLM correspondent says j that Poland is in the depth of misery, contrary to the German claim to have restored peace and order j there. Some of the facts which he gives in j his report are: Corpses still remain inReuter - 152 words
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Article400 1941-01-27 7 Part In Growth Of Hong Kong London. Jan. 27. rE proclamation of British sovereignty over Hong Kong has proved a decisive factor in the relation between the Western and Far Eastern worlds. Mr. G. H. Hall, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Colonies, emphasized this in a broadcast toReuter; British Wireless - 400 words
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Article231 1941-01-27 7 Chungking, Jan. 26. rrHROUGH motor traffic over the Burma road is said to be one of the major problems settled at the conferences between members of the Burmese Government mission and the Chinese Government authorities which has just been concluded. The usuaUy well-inrormed China Times statesReuter - 231 words
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433 1941-01-27 7 RAUCH significance is attached by military experts to the promis- j ing development of a pincers move- ment against Abyssinia which is j proceeding while the victorious j Army of Nile is pushing on in Libya The Bri.ish drive into Eritrea from Kassala continues to433 words
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Article, Illustration54 1941-01-27 7 A company of the Free French forces in the Western Desert march past their commander at the entrance to their camp. Crack Spahi horsemen of the Free French forces in the Western Desert are seen here galloping down the side of a dune before54 words
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58 1941-01-27 7 London, Jan. 27. FREE FRENCH forces have played a prominent part in the operations in the Western Desert. Troops alone the coastline made a prominent contribution towards the capture of Tobruk. One motorized unit suc?eeded in penetrating four miles into the enemy positionsReuter - 58 words
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Article127 1941-01-27 7 London, Jan. 26. THE bauie of 1941 will be a battle of the seas. It is for you alone to determine what a speedy British victory is worth to you and in what ways and to what extent you may wish to give us help,"127 words
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53 1941-01-27 7 ANOTHER GRIEVOUS BLOW FOR ITALY" rhis weekly broadcast to the Italian troops, Signor Ansaldo admitted j that the fall of Tobruk has been an- other grievous blow for Italy. He then expressed the extraordinary view that if Britain were victorlous, the Italian race would become a nation of hotel -keepers,53 words
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70 1941-01-27 7 £OUNT CASKY, the Hungarian For eign Minister, is seriously ill and rapidly sinking, according to a Budapest message to the olflcial German news agency. Count Teleki the Hungarian Prime Minister, and all members of the Government have visited the sick bed. Count Csaky became ill lastReuter - 70 words
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Article51 1941-01-27 7 AN enemy machine flew ever Malta en reconnaissance yesterday afternoon. It wa3 chased all the way to ttl base in Sicily by British fighters after being engaged by anti-aircraft bat teries. An official communique says lhat the machine is known to have been damaged.Reuter - 51 words
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49 1941-01-27 7 Sofia, Jan. 26. MORE than 30 public meetings were held to-day In various parts of the countr> in order to explain to the Bulgarian people the Government's foreign and domestic poll. ctes. Nearly every Cabinet minister and a larg number of deputies spoke. Reuter.Reuter - 49 words
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65 1941-01-27 7 New Delhi, Jan. 26 fftHE import to Inoia of a number o 1 aluminium manufactures Is prohibited by notification. The prohibition does not apply to goods dispatched before Jan. 10. As a measure of prohibition the Assam Government has decided to stop the saleReuter - 65 words
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Article79 1941-01-27 7 Thai Fighting Continues Fresh Advances Into French Indo-China CIGHTING appears to be continuing on the frontier of Thailand and French Indo-China despite the acceptance by both Indo-China and Thailand of Japan's offer to mediate. The latest communique from Bangkok reports that Thai forces have made further advances on all fronts.Reuter - 79 words
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Article33 1941-01-27 7 London. Jan. 26. THE first United States naval attache to New Zealand, Commander .I.M. Oldins. arrived In Auckland to-day. Another naval attache will shortly be arriving in Canberra.— Reuter.Reuter - 33 words
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Article174 1941-01-27 7 Soviet Journal Warns INIazis Moscow. Jan. 27. "THE Germans wUl encounter very 1 serious difficulties if the? attempt to invade Great Britain." declares a writer in the Soviet military review Red Star. The writer adds that the powerful German military machine is apparently not powerful enoughReuter - 174 words
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285 1941-01-27 7 Eire Still Facing Invasion Threat Dublin, Jan. 26. THE Eireann Minister of Supply, Mr. Sean F. Lemass, made outspoken remarks on the situation in Eire vis-a-vis the European war, speaking in Dublin last night. "Only a few months ago we were facing the danger of invasion. Is the danger past?285 words
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Advertisement59 1941-01-27 7 •THE ROYAL BAKERY BAKES FINE BREAD AND CAKES* Teatime made brighter wiih dainty Royal Bakery Cakes There is a large variety of these delightful tea cakes to choose from and they are made <^? ;Yesh daily with the flrest ingredients, in yu/y Modern Euroocr. Supervised B'kf"" PHOIE 5378 m FIVE59 words
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592 1941-01-27 8 Indragiri Rubber Ltd., Makes Second Donation MALACCA CHINESE SCHOOL STAFF SENDS $370 THE bluest donation to The War Fund to-day is $10,000 1 from Indragiri Rubber Limited. This donation is the second from this company which gave $1,000 to the War Fund last592 words
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Article151 1941-01-27 8 SINGAPOtti. MOTUM iioiKL Informal > 0 p.m. tu MiOui-hi. <M:KI(K THEATRE. GE.YLANC •hUT Mandarin I «V m C'antones? Talkie > ■I 7.45 l.Kt \1 rtORIU Cabaret Jo to 9 ft I p.m. to Midnight uluU': Blue Bird. Sky: East biai u< Utaven. HAPTY THEATKK (Happy Horld. My Ljiui Chickadee151 words
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Article130 1941-01-27 8 THE crossword, as published In 1 The Sunday Times yesterday, was impossible of solution. By an unfortunate error, the crossword square published was the one referring: to the competition announced in The Sunday Times on January 19 (the solution of which appeared yesterday) and not that to130 words
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Article362 1941-01-27 8 I.S.P. AND YOUNG PLANTERS Position Of Pastor In j The Pulpit (Prom Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 25. i gPEAKING at the annual meeting of the Incorporated Society of Planters to-dav. Mr. W. Leggatt emphasized the remarks of (the chairman. Mr. E. M. Allen, about the duty of younger362 words
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Article53 1941-01-27 8 (From Our Own Correspondent" Ipoh. Jan. 26. THE F.M.S. Government i 3 consider- I ing the opening of a Malay girls' I college in Kuala Lumpur some time this year, it is understood. It will be run on th? same lines as the Malay College53 words
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Article638 1941-01-27 8 Preview Of His Latest Film "The Great Dictator." With Charlie Chaplin, Paillette Goddard, and Jack Oakie. United Artists. At the Capitol (premiere on Saturday night). CHARLIE Chaplin's latest film is a masterpiece. Chaplin, in his own inimitable way, provides a masterful traversty on an easily recognized dictator.638 words
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75 1941-01-27 8 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Jan. 20. MALAYA'S training centre for Matay 111 teachers, the Sultan Idris Tralnunc College, at Tanjong Malim. is shortly to b* transferred to Kuala Kangsar. This step Is being taken as an c.m""' measure as the building at Tanjona;75 words
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411 1941-01-27 8 ON ihe stroke of midnight yesterday,! th? deafening noiso of crackers j being let off on a generous scale was j heard throughout Singapore— part of I the age-old Chines? custom of usher- 1 'ng in the lunar New Year. Although411 words
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Article1157 1941-01-27 8 Luftwaffe Active In Sicilian Channel BID TO CUT MEDITERRANEAN TRADE LINE BOUND TO FAIL By Wing-Commander L. V. Fraser (The well-known commentator on air subjects) London. Jan. 27. A GREAT new battle is raging between the R.A.F. and the Luftwaffe. This is the Battle of1,157 words
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Article38 1941-01-27 8 THE Straits T'liio publishr* to-day the third of a se «>s of special cables on the progr ■v» of the war in the air by WingCommander L. V. Friser, the wel' known commentator on air subjects.38 words
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394 1941-01-27 9 KEDAH GIVES ANOTHER $1,000,000 FOR WAR To Commemorate Sultan's 79th Birthday Anniversary MONEY TO BE USED ON DEFENCE WORKS WITHIN THE STATE THE 7iHh birthday of (he Sultan of Kedah is marked to-day by a magnificent jrift of $1,000,000 for the prosecution of the war, i Ihf* following resolution moved394 words
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Article296 1941-01-27 9 GROW SWEET POTATOES Help In Conserving Foreign Exchange A PLEA for more intensive vege- table growing by householders is made in an editorial in the latest issue of the Malayan Agri-Horticul-tural Association Magazine. "The authorities," says the article, "arc paying increasing attention to the defence cf Malaya, and it is296 words
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Article163 1941-01-27 9 Training Pilots For Air Reserve ritHE Flying Club of Djokjakarta, Java, I established t/wo months ago, has now commenced actual flying The club owns an Australlan-^milt De Havilland Tiger Moth instruction plane whh which instruction lessons are given to tho 45 members. Like all other flying163 words
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Article158 1941-01-27 9 Former German Concern Has Been Sold ANEW company, to be known as the Archipelago Brewery Company (1941) Limited." is being formed to operate tt*e former German brewery In Alexandra Road. An offer to purchase the brewery for cash has been accepted by Government, and arranKumerts158 words
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Article35 1941-01-27 9 <From Our Own Correspondent! Jehore Eahru, Jan. 28. MR. T. GafTikin, Chief Police Officer. Sega mat. is going on leave next month. H? will be succeedtd by Mr. P. H. OFlynrt.35 words
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141 1941-01-27 9 NETHERLANDS INDIES NAZI OVERTURES TIIE German Phohi broadcasting station 1 continues to complain of what it discribes as the harshness of the Netherlands Indies Government in refusing all contact between its subjects and their fellow-coun-tiymen in Holland during the Christmas and New Year season. Information has reached the East, however,141 words
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Article117 1941-01-27 9 trap!'J Mr. A. Jamaludln, of Singapore, has received the following message from Mr. M. A. Jinnah. President of the All India Muslim league: <-I am extremely thankful to you for your good wishes on my birthday, and I appreciate it very much, coming, as it does, from such a distant117 words
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438 1941-01-27 9 DEPRESENTATIVES of the Chinese living in seven countries outside China, who have contributed no less than $300,000,000 (Chinese cur- rency) for relief purposes in their mother country, will attend a special meeting to be held in Singapore at the end of March.438 words
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1539 1941-01-27 9 Advocates Controlled And Regulated Immigration (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 26. "H/E are proud that to-day India, more than any other country, is defending: this land. The presence of the Indian soldier here has contributed in no small measure to1,539 words
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Article71 1941-01-27 9 "JNDIAN Commentary" is the title o! a talk to be oroadcast from th« Singapore station at 7.10 this evening by Mr. Edwin Howard, Advisor on Indian Affairs 'n the Far Batten Bureau of the Min'stry of Information. Mr. Hawcrd. whe spent many yean in.Jndia, will discuss wh3 political71 words
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Advertisement75 1941-01-27 9 mmJcif to your bath|J=|^ lf.lif.lf /pSSE^ts nrww Jifc^^H rill r%l" A/M A/WF Xdiaudecoiocs.' EAU DE COLQGnE^i^M IS REFRESHINiand ■l^^p' ti( YOUR &N sJ|t| R i From South Africa its British and obtainable everywhere in a com- prehensive range of K.W.V. 16 BA little 'Oilif goes a long way and does75 words
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Advertisement136 1941-01-27 9 TO OTA L make lovely crease-resisting textures for summer sheers— in Robia is the most exquisite of \tjft. cotlon*. The sheer, semi- transparent fabric possesses r mlt^JS t*& «1 marvellous crease- resist inp B^ C^SSk\_ l*^~~~\ powers. The delicate colourings Jftjty >_ i^^-*J and novel weaves instantly b Migßest thrmsrlvrs136 words
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679 1941-01-27 10 RUMANIAN REVOLT FAILS: THOUSANDS KILLED Army Used To Crush Iron Guard Rebel Leader Under Arrest Belgrade, Jan. 26. AFTER five days of confu&ed reports from the sealed frontiers of Rumania, the fog is now lifting from the tangled events of the costly attempt at revolution there. It was, it isReuter - 679 words
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Article314 1941-01-27 10 "The Germans Will Not Succeed" Washington, Jan. 26 I ORD HALIFAX, as his first official act as Ambassador, called yesterday on Mr. Cordell Hull, the Secretary of State, preparatory to presenting his credentials to the President on Monday. After talkIng to Mr. Hull for over anReuter - 314 words
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Article207 1941-01-27 10 "Utmost Aid," Says Willkie London, Jan. 26. KMR. WENDELL WILLKIE, Re*v* publican candidate in the U.S. Presidential election, arrived at a west of England port by air from Li3bon to-day. Later he went to London. He declined to make any statement on nis arrival, but said that n» expected to207 words
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47 1941-01-27 10 Bombay, Jan. 26. fTHE observer and warning system which to 1 established in India on the United Kingdom model, it is understood. Is being extended rapidly throughout tho country. New observing units and stations will be set up and linked up.— Reuter.Reuter - 47 words
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Advertisement579 1941-01-27 10 THE COUNCIL FOR CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOLS I'resicieni of tbe Cuunrtl nis Grace. I"he Archbishop of Perth. Schools controlled by the Council: ST. HILDA'S CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL FOR GIRLS Cott«sloo Western Australia Resident and Day Pupils. Kindergarten for Girls and Boys. Headmistress- --Miss C. W. M. Small, MA.. Oxford.579 words
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Advertisement386 1941-01-27 10 URGENT I A MESSAGE TO ALL WHO ARE LOSING WEIGHT All over Malaya, there are men and women who are gradually losing weight. First their cheeics bc<rin to Ret a little thinner -then their dresses and suits seem to hang a little more loosely They try not to notice-but they386 words
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Miscellaneous593 1941-01-27 10 Broadcasting TO-DAY SINGAPORE /in 13.33 aac/i I 885 m.) ZIIPi 9 6* mc/t (30 96 m.) ZHP3 ?S9 me (41.3S Jt i (ZHL ZHM> 5 00 P-3i Cantonese or^fiamme from 'he studo. by -Jit Poh Foot K.w cal AsaoctatfrJ; 5 40 p.m M*fc In oa'.tonese; 5 55 P m Hofkten593 words
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Miscellaneous613 1941-01-27 10 EMPIRE STATION GSB 9 51 me (31.S3 m.); GSC ».58 me t (31.32 m.l. GSD 1175 me s (25.53 m. t 'SI 11.86 tnt't (25 29 nu GSP 15.14 <nc'» (19.83 -n.i; GSG 11.79 we (16.86 m.); GSE 21.47 me (13.97 m.1; GSI 15.26 mc/l (19.66 m. GSJ 21.53 me613 words
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822 1941-01-27 11 SOUTH BEAT NORTH IN ANNUAL M.R.U. GAME Seven Victories Now To Each Side In The Series (Fn»m Our Own Correspondent) B Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 25. "inning the North versus South rugger encounter this year, the South share with the North the distinction of winning seven times, this beini? the fourteenth822 words
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Article125 1941-01-27 11 Singapore Indians 9; Selangor Indians 0. PLAYING at Balestier yesterday, the I Selangor Indians were badly beaten by th? Singapore Indians in a game of hockey. Dominating the game in both halves, the local side won by nine 1 goals to nil. A redeeming125 words
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Article123 1941-01-27 11 (.From Our Own Correspondent* Ipoh. Jan. 26. rE third Norta Malayan amateur golf championship began on the Ipoh Golf Club course to-day, when 14 ties were played ofl The following qualified for the first j round: Van Renr.en 77, Patterson 78, I Lauriston 79. Lainin 83,123 words
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Article57 1941-01-27 11 team will be selected from the following 10 play a return soccer game for the Geylang Gaylads against Raffles Institution i on Wednesday at toe R.I ground: Jabbar. Teo Kcng Choon, \v>e Ben^ H-ja*. Mohd Sidtk. Tan Soon Poh. Mahmood Hary Monteiro, Ahmad Ismail Hussien, Arsad. Dollah All.57 words
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Article38 1941-01-27 11 THE third annual cycling carnival at the Jalan Besar Stadium in aid of The ffu Fund, originally fixed for to-morrow, has been postponed to Feb. 10. and tne closing date of entries extended to Feb. 5.38 words
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Article159 1941-01-27 11 DACE results In brief at Ipoh on Saturday, the final day of the Perak Turf Crab's "S^MPw" meettag, are: RACE I—Creme ds Menthe %\i »nd $6. Clifton Lad j». Patience 812. RACE 2—Storm Ahead $3* and 512. Marcheta II SIB. Boy Cullen $10. RACE S —Rawang159 words
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358 1941-01-27 11 ANNUAL INDIAN CUP CRICKET AT BALESTIER Lall Singh Takes Five Wickets And Scores 78 Not Out CINE batting and bom-ling by Lall Singh featured the first day's play in the annual three-day cricket match for the cup presented by the weekly journal, The Indian, between the Singapore and Selangor Indian358 words
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200 1941-01-27 11 (Prom Our Own Corespondent) Johore Bahru, Jan 25 IN an even gam.- or rugby p..i>\a at the Civil Service padang this afterr oon, Port Canning beat Johore by three points (a try) to nil The soldiers had to play with 14 men for the200 words
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Article100 1941-01-27 11 yHE following team* wW play in the third women's hockey trial on Thursday at -he Girls' Sports Club ground for the Si'ngaoorwotncns state nxtures vs. Perak and Selancjr on Feb. 8 and 10. at Kuala Lumpur »Vh"te»: B Ferguson; 2. Clarke, A. Penn*faLher; a. Armstrong, if.100 words
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Article174 1941-01-27 11 Medicos Leading Raffles 3—1 LEADING by the comfortable margin of three fames to one after the singles ties had been played in yesterday's inter-college tennis match, the Medical College were unfortunately nnaWe to cement their lead and so avenge the trouncing they received last year from Raffles College174 words
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Article139 1941-01-27 11 PEN ANG TAKE SELANGOR BY SURPRISE (From Our Own Correspondent i rtONTp.Dv Penang, Jan. 25. CONTRARY to expectations Penang beat Selangor by three goal* to i %?Jm a 8t S*l hockey match P^yed at P P nin g S H Sch001 eronnd evening, n? thJ I d f eserv ed139 words
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Article572 1941-01-27 11 FURTHER RESULTS AT THE S.C.C. SIXTEEN ties were played in the Singapore Cricket Club's Chinese New Tear lawn tennis tournament yesterday before heavy shower of rain fell, causing a cessation of iuitber play for the day. Straight sets were again to the fore but some of572 words
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74 1941-01-27 11 rURTHER ties in the Singapore Cricket Club's seven-a-side rugger tournament are: TO-DAY 5 Pn., Fortress RE. "A" vs. R.A.M.C A 5.20 p.m., S.C.C "B" vs. Heavy A A D pm Kall «ng "A" vs. R.A.M.C TO-MORROW 5 p.m., RAM C "A" or RE "A" vs.74 words
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Article36 1941-01-27 11 iFTom Our Own Correspondent) AT tt, Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 25. j\T the annual gsneral meeting of the Selanw«Krrthf^^ e^ 0U^^ elected office-bearers: President, J. E K™« sags? sysp^jyssi; oiniram; hon. treasurer A r ui._,36 words
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177 1941-01-27 11 London, Jan. 26. pOOTBALL games played on Saturday resulted: LONDON CUP Che^a 0 Brentford 1 Crystal P 5 Kulham Queen's P.R. 2 Aldershot 3 I Clapton 0 0 Reading 4 Tottenham 4 MlUwaU 0 Westham 1 Arsenal .1 FOOTBALL LEAGUE— SOUTH Portsmouth 0 Bournemouth 2177 words
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Advertisement46 1941-01-27 11 For flavour and "body".... NESTLES COCOA on sale everywhere. J^ ujjnA. UHiiEwr DECISION? Important business or family questions are quicker and more efficiently settled personally. FLY K. L. M. AND DECIDE ON THE SPOT Regular services to Sumatra, Java, Straits, Thailand. Burma, India, Iraq, Arabia Palestine.46 words
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Advertisement368 1941-01-27 11 WHY DO THOUGHTFUL l±4jkr^ BRENTS send flV JjJB THE.R SONS AND DAUGHTERS TO PITMAN'S? It Is because the College's system of rapid specialised training has been extraordinarily successful in assisting young people to well-paid and progressive posts in all branches of Commercial and Secretarial work, and Accountancy. Such training courses368 words
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Miscellaneous50 1941-01-27 11 TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS HOCKEY: Y.W.CJl. vs. P.T. Sports Club (Selangor), P.W.I), ground; S R.C. vs. Loyals, S.R.C. RUGGER: S.C.C. seven-a-side tournmcnt, S.C.C. TENNIS S.C.C. and Malays* tournaments. Indian Carnival: Cricket 11 a.m. to 4.45 p.m., Balestier; Football 5 p m., J.C.S.A.; Tennis 4.3« p.m. to 6.30 p m.. Farcer Park.50 words
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645 1941-01-27 12 AMERICA TOLD TO KEEP OUT OF WESTERN PACIFIC >lr. Matsuoka Reaffirms Tokio's Obligations Under Axis Pact IN lengthy and imcompromisins statement to the I M< [get committee of the Lower House in Tokio, the JapanForeign Minister, Mr. Yosuke Matsuoka, declared that rlmr relations lntweenReuter - 645 words
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116 1941-01-27 12 IT is officially announced in Bangkok that Thailand has accepted the offer of Japan to mediate in the dispute with French IndoChina, states a Reuter message from London. The dispute has arisen from a Thai claim for possession of certain territory in the Laos distict116 words
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699 1941-01-27 12 London, Jan. 26. MORE news about the serious internal situation in j "Italy has been received from the Bulgarian correspondent j >f the Columbia broadcasting system. The report, which is as yet uneonnrrped, says that i hree Italian generals have been killed699 words
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274 1941-01-27 12 Athens, Jan. 26. A DESPERATE Italian bid to recapture strategic heights lost yesterday north of the key town of Lissura, on the central front in Albania, was repulsed to-day by the Greeks, said an official Athens spokesman. Active Greek artillery fire foiled the ItaliansReuter - 274 words
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93 1941-01-27 12 London, Jan. 26. R.A.P. headquarters In Greece announced to-day that British bombers on Saturdaj carried out successful low-level attacks on Boulsa In the vicinity of Hbasan— a town In central Albania, which Is the main Italian base, protecting routes to the harbours remaining InReuter - 93 words
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558 1941-01-27 12 Advance Made Into Eritrea And Italian Somaliland BRITISH forces have struck at Italian Somaliland. and every part of Italy's African empire is now being attacked. In Italian Somaliland. British forward patrols continue vigorously to extend the area of their penetration into hostileReuter - 558 words
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67 1941-01-27 12 I,onJ< n. Jan. 1:,. AN American radio c^mmen.ajT in Cairo reports that many or the Italians cap ured in Libya are mere boys. They want tbc war t end an. l say openly to the Brili h guards that they hop: that .he BritishReuter - 67 words
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Article423 1941-01-27 12 Preparations For l^itr Push To Addis Ababa "IN company with a Cornlahman, formerly a Tanganyikan civil servant, a New Zealander, formerly a [missionary in Abyssinia, and three i Abyssinian soldiers, I have just reI turned to camp from a short reconnaissance into Atyssinia." writes Kenneth Anderson,423 words
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76 1941-01-27 12 Vichy. Jan. 2G. MARSHAL PETAIN'S controller of the press, wireless and film industry, Tixier Vignancour, has resigned. Tlxler Vlgnancour's nomination to the post was actually mad? 'by Laval when the latter was s'lll Vie President of the French Cabinet and successcr-dcsiKnate to Marshal Petaln HisReuter - 76 words
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