The Straits Times, 6 February 1941

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1 8 The Straits Times
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    54 1 The Straits Times FINAL EDTN. [ESTABLISHED NrARLY A CENTURA] MA LA YA s LEADLXG NE WSPAPER LARGEST NET SALES IAPURE. 140 CECIL ST. PHONE 547 1 1. KUALA LUMPUR. 25 JAVA ST. ('PHONE 3683). .•I l»\ -IM.VPOKK. THIRSDAY. FEBRUARY 6. 1941 PRICE S The Straits Times r\ SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY
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      195 1 O 1 "I '■b^ I I For dining and wining, for chii mij P-^-^^j jj&f ballroom, the fashionable restanI rant, in fact wherever there aiv ladies present in the evening the white tie and 'tails' are the v fjS-T correct clothes to wear. Discri-™-%SP^ f W minatinfe men prefer their
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      7 1 ELSIE MARY Cattery Pc-J. for all occasions
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  • The Straits Times DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      DEATHS
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      47 2 On 4Oi r**rvmn. M the Stamh* owni mipHU to Bur WUI* •lit H A. Brwntfm, Bofcffl to (nptrrarnt to «n■n— tvt brtwm Mr. Chirw Hood Tone MB ol Mr Mrf. Ch»ew TIM 8*»rr oT Ktenx Mtd Mian Chu Slew Him. dtoi Mrs Chan Hone Trek of MM
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      551 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS I incorporated tn Jamn f.I M X M I»\SSF.NC,ER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LJM 10 niMPI VIA AMERICA Through fares to North America to I r.uropr via America and Round Tours iin the Pacific quoted in ML S on application. ft < ..lifornij from the Orknt via
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      612 3 For A Holiday Embodyinjt the Maximum of Enjoyment and comfort visit ALBANY WESTERN AUSTRALIA .\\ernge Temperature: 74 Dejjs. Albany's reputation as t ncalth and pleasure resort Is an enduring one, endorsed by thousands of Visitors annually. The port also serves a rich and productive Hinterland producing export lambs Primary Product*
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    DONATIONS TO THE WAR FUND
    184 4 THE following donations to I"he Wat Fund are recorded to-day Ojrlun Tamils' Association. KT«m proceeds of vaftetj entertainment at the Victoria Theatre 1479 Naval Base Sailknc Club Christmas Dance Mi I-.MP. Johore it% Mr. it Mrs. T. J. A. C.reon. rrbruarr rnntribntlon) 2M S. Fnhtffn
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    TIN PRODUCTION RISES SHARPLY
    75 4 From Our Own Correspond* nt» London, Feb. 5. PN production in December is estimatid to have been 28.000 tons making the total production in 1940 23G.L00 tons, compared with 184.300 tons in 1939 and 149.700 tons in 1938 according to estimates furnished by the International Tin
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    RUBBER PRODUCTION LAST YEAR
    98 4 Exceeded Consumption By 349,408 Tons Prom Our Own Correspondent) London, Feb. 5. WORLD exports of rubber last year totalled 1,404.25* tons, while consumption was 1.054,850 tons, making an excess of export* ever consumption of 349,408 tons, according to statistics issued by the International Rubber Regulation Committee.
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    RUBBER IMPORTS RISE LAST MONTH
    66 4 J7OREIGN Import* of rubber into the Colony last month were double the tmount Imported in the precedlnß r>ionth. Statistics issued to-day show January imports at 26.985 tons, compared with 13.541 tons in December. Stocks of rubber in the Colony at the i nd of January
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    96 4 Thursday Ft*, fi. MM. ■layers SMlo-. PrUtm Priv IX RSS. (Sp* taw) M 1^ MS N* IX R.S.S. fob. in rtici I rh M.ir. i Srllrrs •ptioB) JC. 3t«4 i.K.A.Q. R S.S. fob. In tnles Krb.-Mar. S«-Uf r> option) 35". M F.A.Q. R.S.S. fob. In
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    49 4 London, Feb. 5. TIN opened steady. The turnover was 350 tons. The increased buying of nears i against the possible granting of licenses shortly, and of three-months afiinst moderate overnight American purchases, met with a fair volume of speculative selling Alter official hours a lurther 20 ton* were traded.—Reuter.
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    660 4 Slightly Easier Trend In All Sections (By Our Financial Correspondent) Singapore, Feb. t. THERE was no improvement in the local market yesterday and the etsler trend of all sections, particular- j ly tin shares, continued. Selling orders continued to arriv< from outport and buyers were much less
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    TIN-ORE PRODUCTION IN JANUARY
    151 4 Companies In AnerloOriental Group T.iZ toUowtaf are particulars of tin-nr-' production in January for companies in the Anglo-Oriental 1 Malaya; Ltd. group:— Hou:s Cubic yds. H Ampat Tin 1,941 Southern Kinta 5.966 KamunUng Tin 3.867 Tcnsrkah Harbour Tin 1,496 Anglo-Thai Tin 1.246 Kampong Lanjut Tin 1.219
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    SHANGHAI DOLLAR FLUCTUATIONS
    114 4 Due To Liquidation By Tired Bulls London, Feb. 5. rxCHANGE circles attribute the recent decline in the Shanghai dollar in terms of sterling to realizations by tired Shanghai bulls, following the local press indications of worsening relations between Japan and the Western Powers and the reflection 01
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    TINPLATE PRODUCTION TO BE REDUCED
    53 4 London. Feb. 5. OIR ANDREW DUNCAN. Minister of Supply, stated in the House of Commons that, in order to meet demands for other forms of steel, production of tinplate would be progressively reduced to some 25 per cent, below the level at which the industry
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    EXCHANGES
    174 4 Tbe following are tne exchange r*t«a tbb morning according to the dally circular tstme-. by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banklnc Corporation SELLING London r.i a/4 i/ie Lor don demand 2/4 i/\$ Switzerland demand (T.T. only) 202 "4 New York demand 47 3/32 Montreal demand 61 27/32 Batavta demand 88
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    69 4 London, Feb. 4. 'THE President of the Board of Trade stated in the House of Commons that the Government is examining plans for the establishment of a per manent British marketing and selling I agency in the United States. He added that every encouragement, by export i credits and other
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    U.S. GOVERNMENT TO BUILD RUBBER PLANTS
    81 4 New York, Feb. 5. r' may be necessary for the United States Government to build synthetic rubber plants, according to the Federal Loan Administrator, Mr. Jesse Jones. Mr. Jones added that the construction of new plants would bs undertaken by the Defence Plants Corporation,
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    Nazi Day Raider Is Shot Down
    188 4 Nazi Day Raider Is Shot Down London. Feb. j. ALTHOUGH there has been some enemy activity off the east and south-east coast to-day, very lew enemy aircraft have flown inland, states an air ministry communique issued to-night. Bombs were dropped at a point in north-east Scotland and at a place
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    NAZI PLANE CRASHES IN EIRE: FIVE DEAD
    64 4 Dublin, Feb. 5. A GERMAN plane crashed this morning in tbe vicinity of Schull. County Cork, it is officially announced. Five of the crew of six were killed, the sixth being badly Injured. The plane was completely wrecked. It was seen coining in
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    RUBBER PRICES LIKELY TO FALL
    402 4 FREIGHT POSITION SHOULD BE SOLVED LKWIS AND PEATS WEEKLY REPORT JN a weekly report on thr rubber market, issued this mornin and Peat (Singapore) Ltd. write Since the beginning of U exportable allowance of rubber has I been 100 per cent, of the basic quota.
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    ANGLICAN CHURCH TO BE CLOSED
    277 4 Served Chinese Tamils For 66 Years CT Peter's Church in tb« o^d St Andrew's S;-h3ol compound will u. used as a church for the last time on Sunday Feb. 9 The first servin held there wai on Fi-b 14, 1875 am) in th? intervening period
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    APPELLATE TRIBUNAL GRANTS EXEMPTIONS
    141 4 CXEMPTIONS from continuous tralnin k were granted by th Appellate ITi Imnal. corLslstlnj? of Mr. Ju.su, (iordmi Sunn and Major R. 1,. Nunn, to Mr. Harold Johr Stacey and Mr. Wee swir Beng at a hear' Ing in the Supreme Court to-day. Mr. starey .stated that
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    JANUARY RUBBER CROPS
    27 4 THE fi llowing c-i ,\>s r rublx-r wcr harves.ed in January: n» Kompa; 310,000 Al.tr Puiijsu 125 1. .Bedcng Knhij.-r 7r).io7 •Ttimrloli Kuob-r 34,847
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    London Stock Exchange
    343 5 Most Sections Ease In Dull Conditions '4***-li*-t -u\ U.e !<•• .hip •>( cilt -rtiif'"*l aa »i l r.11,.1 aaa« -.>• W v »r\a;tlt 'I ■MaW ramwaji vmil mmmi epstymmnj wj v*^Pv*iot w toduaUiaif wot* ratiw heavy. Hoaae rails t^a-l M K»rtrv Ml Held OIS ■aropaaai sanav was
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    140 5 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES (Prom Our Own Correspondent) London. Peb I. pOMafODITY and Exchange market* closed v a* follows vita prertoua quotation* tr narentliealß:— Bpot ***** d 12»l«d (***** d 12 11 16d> Mar. 12 7 ltd 12 9 16d il2 9 16d Ulllfidi Apr.Junr I 2 7 16d I 2 916
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    Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1335 5 Oot ti N.M IN.« OM suxGAPOr* NVNicirAi 6% 1901 red 50.1.60 »40*t 900 intereat Mai 31. Sept. 30 US 116nomc.l «W% 190' red. $0 6.47 51.600.00 C ml Ma/ 31. Sept. 30 107 110 norn ci. 4W',> 190k red. Klba si.ooo.uco Ini Mat $1 Sept.
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    SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTION
    157 5 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its i, 524 th auction yesterday and there were catalogued 2,078.720 1b.—928 tons: offered 1.910.993 1b.—853.12 tons: sold 1,401.207 1b.—625.54 tons. London Spot 12 9 16d. New York Spot 19 11 16 cts. PRICES REALIZED Ribbed Smoked Sheet Cents
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    166 5 M«ils close at the General Post Orac? i follows: TO-DAY \u,;niiia (All parts- air 4 p.m. Australia (East ar.d South only i surface 4 p.m. ■Java air 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. New Zealand surface 4 p.m. air 4 p.m. I Sarawak surface 1 p.m. TO-MORROW
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    List Of Current Dividends
    103 5 Issued by the Malayan Sharec brokers' AsSOCiatlOnSingapore. Feb. 5. Book* OotnPMU (Mridentf ClOM nn Austral Mala? 9a. Bd wnu* Austral Ajnal. 3d. lV4d. bonus Berjuntai Is. No. 3 Feb. 3 K. Kamuntlng 3d. No. 6$ 13 bonus Peb. 4 Pungah 9d. No. 21 213 bonui Jan.
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      20 5 I.K.R.C. TO MEET ON B. 2."> London reo 4 i 1 Ru te« Is to nmi F<'b 25 BritUh Wir-'l
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      334 5 PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE. The Ex.-hin»{c Bank-. wll! be closed >n It f-rb.--j*r». MonUar. ibupaMua Bank H«lidST>. 1111 PUIWG (GOLDi PROSPECTING >\ Mm ITI LTD. I In \olunUrr Liquidation i After the expiration of 30 day., from date I hall declare a cliviend to shareholders H DAVIS. Liquidator 22 Kamununz Stree:.
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      344 5 TENDERS P. W. D. TENDER NOTICE. Tenders will be received at the office Of the State Engineer. NeRTt Sembllan. up to I 12 Noon of the 7th February. 1941. for the Construction of Water Purification Plant and Two Service Reservoirs at Mantin Camp. Plans and specifications may be seen and
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      433 5 SINGAPORE TIDE TABLES To-day H W. 44a am 8 3 ft: 6.20 p m. 6.5 ft L.W. 1136 am. 3 6 ft: 11. 06 p.m. 51 ft To-morrow H W. 5.51 am. 7 9 ft: 8 15 p m. 66 ft. L.W 1.16 P.m. 3 4 ft. Saturday. Feb. 8
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      259 6 DAVIfIAU UST DAY TOOAY "AyiJLUJJN 6.15 9.15 A G» v>?c 2^^^^ b^Q mJlr/wm PRISCILLA LANi* ROSEMARY LANE LOLA LANE GALE PAGE CLAUDE RAJNS JOHN GARFIELD JEFFREY LYNN DICK FORAN &X) McH^h Mmj Rofc*. D.ncmi by MICHATL CURTIZ Prcxnicd by WARNER BROS (ija I- B^*« L»». C« n F~- ilw C.^.1...
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      210 6 "ALL rHAT IT IS (MAIMED TO BE— SCREEN ENTERTAINMENT OF THC BEST SORT. FUNNY IN THE EXTREME" -STRAITS TIMES. -IT IS PRULY A MEMOPABLE »;KKEN EVEN --Malaya Tribum 1 The WHOLE TOWN WILL BE ROARING WITH LArCHTKR at "HYNKEU" "HERRING 1 anil "N \POLOM In the Greatest LAUGH SHOW «»f
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    SECRETARY OF STATE FOR COLONIES DIES AT AGE OF 62
    1239 7 Lord Lloyd Brought Improvements In Labour Conditions In Empire London. Feb. 5. I ORD LLOYD, Secretary of State for the Colonies and leader of the House of Lords, died peacefully in his sleep about midnight last night after a brief
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      205 7 HOTELS RAFFLES HOTEL j to-night -DINNER DANCE (informal) I p.m. to midnight Dinner $3.(Hi NO BALLROOM ADMISSION CHARGE BATUHDAY— BKCUL BAd DINNER. DANCE ABABBT by THE ASTOK DI T O i»" n °wl k SUNDAY EVENING IN THE PALM COURT SIM. WORKS MOST POPULAR SOCIAL RKNDEZVOIS MILITARY BAND CONCERT -8
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      358 7 Where TODAY A HAY Everybody 5.15 6.15 •> IS UH I lift I Gees 'PHONE 3400. Applauded by all nho saw it jmU*4*f\ DOROTHY LAMOUR at her charminir »>cst J °L N OO G YE AFFAIR! llS^ 3^^^! I Dorothy Lamour l& f. w.• Robert Preston m 1^ Preston Foster
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  • The Straits Times SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, FEB 6, 1941. (522nd Day Of The War.)
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      THE WAR OF NERVES
      1047 8 Several items of news which have been allowed to pass the very severe Japanese censorship during the past few days will probably be v-elcomed by that section of opinion in Malaya which considers that the great majority of people in this country are not taking a
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      HELPFUL LETTERS
      191 8 Jo the Editor of the Straits 'lime* Sir- I came across in the Straits Times of Jan 28, a letter to you from Thomas Hilary" declaring that the articles contributed to your columns by Mr. M Bundram were lengthy, brrinß, uncalled for etc. I was Indeed surprised to
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      OPPROBRIA
      27 8 To the Editor of the Strains Times Sir,- M.J E." s "an effluvia" surely merits a modica of opprobrla. Yours, etc. ZEAL. XuaU Lumpur, Feb S.
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      WAR FUNDS
      304 8 Taxation No Excuse For Stopping Gifts To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— l hasten to thank you for your leader in yesterday's Straits Times, for in it you have again shown what I feel is the right spirit which the people in this country should expect
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      EGG ECONOMICS
      226 8 Increase In Price Of Poultry Food To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— A survivor of that quaint generation who believed in the immutability of the law of supply and demand, I have been vastly amused during the past v;e?k by the egg auction conducted by that
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      NO WAR
      184 8 Bandits And Pirates Attack China To the Editor of the Strait. Times Sir.— l was surprised to read in you. paper a few days ago that the Japanes Foreign Minister told his people tha. his Government had approached China's Chungking Government with proposals for peace. lam sure lam
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      CAMP CURRY
      127 8 An Experience In The Last War To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, "Optimist's" complaint of the v anner food was ruined in the cook- ing at the second camp held at Port Dickson recalled to my mind the ex- > perlence of one of my friends
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      INCOME TAX
      609 8 Who Expressed The Views Of The Public? To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— The War Tax Ordinance has become law in the Colony with comparative ease, and presumably the same thing will happen in the F.M.S. next week, the official vote being available to push it
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      FOOD CONTROL
      231 8 Fixed Prices Ignored By Stallholders To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— lt is all very well for the Food Controller to fix maximum food prices und we thank him for his trouble, bu> I have spent one hour in the Katong market trying to buy foodstuffs
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      DIPLOMAS FOR SALE
      88 8 To the Editor of the Straits I him s Sir, As a corollary to "A Supporter s" views on Raffles College, why not ar range to have the questions set in the examinations published a month or two before they take place, so that all students may
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      WRATH IN F.M.S.
      693 8 The Tail Again Waits The Dog To the Editor of the Straits itSMI Sir. It is probable that the BMjorit of the European community, at RMI In the F.M S., are not opposed to th main provisions ol the War F;i .itu> Enactment But they are strong]
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      EYE TROUBLES
      174 8 Some Of The Causes Of Blindness To the Kilitor of the Struils Times Sir.- On having my eyes exarclm recently at the General Hospif;;!, lp I noticed certain warning notices on v walls. I enclose copy of them an would suggest that they oe Incorporate in ail reading
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      294 8 r t in Malaya NUMONT FUL-VUE •nneanetrt and syauttiry ot Samoa: Fui-fW uj-Unc Ii evident at a glance. H»r» m tralf naadaaaM eyew^ar Bach ot SM features ■Hlav Is an added rea*on for Has W—mwm rut. rue tar rear wn «l»saes •tfaaere* aat aMarbed to lea***. Numont I M ronitraciioa
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      64 8 SfWeiaJ Offer* GBOWTSr; I P IN MW «.l I>EA. by Margaret Mead. Author of "Coning of Act in Samoa' A Comparative study of PrfcnKWc Maoatam l»ri** f«ra»erly I 7.:«. NOW aoly SS.M. Part Free. < II KMT A CO.. lIP 8. RatNiMDa RoM -Sinraporr Every Taxpayer is a Shareholder In
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    GERMAN-FRENCH TENSION NEARS CLIMAX
    252 9 V ichy Discusses New Nazi Demands \l>\l. DARLAN RETURNING TO I»\MS WITH IM/lAIN'S REPLY Laval's Itrinstalrment With Supreme Powers 'pHK feOMk bctWPMn Hitler and Marshal Petain for umiwluni If going beyond the original -nan armistice terms and seems to be swiftly moving towards climax. allowing a
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    Vital Decision Before Vichy
    158 9 V ital Decision Before Vichy TI run h tr<u.p»' blot at Mursuk in I Ibya. is do <;aul!c's slron,' pillion in French I'.quatorial \nr military rorresp- lulrnt of the Stockholm nr»v paper S\rnska. :iot help rr11«.1..u how it H.ultl have been now had the li (iiivrrnmrnt not «.»pitulatrd lutt (onlinued
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    LORD HALIFAX CONFERS MR. CORDELL HULL
    21 9 b 5 ;o-day iii-11 Hull. Secretary of talk was confined to the :/>'d Halifax told
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    MR. WILLKIE'S MESSAGE TO THE GERMAN PEOPLE
    154 9 London, Feb. 6. -THE following message for transmission to the German people 1 was left by Mr. Wendell Willkie, defeated Republican candidate for the United States presidency, before leaving England yesterday for his return home after his whirlwind tour: "I am of pure
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    Japanese Forces On Hong Kong Border
    68 9 Tokio, Feb 6. JAPANESE troops who made a landing near Hong Kong on Tuesday and occupied Shayuchune, have also taken Shatwkok, according to a Canton dispatch to the Domei news agency. These two points are on the Hong Kong border. The Japanese claim the
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    What The Nazis Want: From Marshal Petain
    521 9 USE OF FRENCH BASE AT BIZERTA FRENCH FLEET AMONG DEMANDS? London, Feb. 6. I AVAL lot! his pests as Vice-Premier and Foreign Minister in the Petain cabinet last December because he had completed negotiations with the Germans for them to have the i
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    STIMSON ON POLICIES IN MANCHUKUO
    127 9 Washington. Feb. 5. IN giving evidence before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on Jan. 29. Col. Henry L. Stimson, Secre- ts»ry of War, made some interesting remarks about the policy of the British Government regarding Manchukuo. In reply to questions he said his book
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    U.S. PLAN FOR 200 NEW SHIPS IS APPROVED
    107 9 Washington, Feb. 5. THE House of Representatives to-day accepted the Senate's amendments to the bill for the construction of a fleet of 200 cargo ships, and the bill has been forwarded to the White House for signature. President Roosevelt recently asked Congress
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    ROYAL NAVY'S x CHALLENGE
    204 9 Fresh Sweep Of Mediterranean London, Feb. 6. JNDETERRED by the new threat from the skies, Britain's powerful eastern Mediterranean battle fleet has once again put to sea, cables Reuter's special correspond- r ent with the Mediterranean fleet on board a British battleship Taking up the gauntlet
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    Menacing Tone Of Spanish Press
    172 9 Attacks On Brilish Naval Blockade Madrid, Feb. 6. A THREATENING tone is used by the Spanish newspaper Arriba in an article attacking the British I blockade and those who "from j within and without are trying to I paralyze Spain." After s:ating that thus far
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    Cuba's Constitution Is Restored
    51 9 Havana, Feb. b. PRESIDENT Batista has issued a decree restoring the constitutional aruee.s of Cuba, which he suspendi ed on Tv sday morning, when he took > twiit acton against an alleged attempt > :o overthrow him and deposed the 1 chiefs of armed forces and
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    Italians Speed Up Retreat In Africa: 1,500 Prisoners Taken In Eritrea
    374 9 London, Feb. 6. r rm: speed of the Italian with- drawal in Libya, Eritrea and Abyssinia has shown a marked increase in the last 36 hours, writes Reuter's special correspondent with the British headquarters in the Middle KaM The
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    DANGER TO BRITAIN RECEDES AS NAZIS MASS IN BALKANS
    313 9 Preparations Being Completed For Onslaught Eastward rHE speed with which Gen. Sir Archibald Wavtll is conductIng operations in North and East Africa shows thai he knows that the Germans and not the Italians are the ?ventual enemy, says Col. T. A.
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    LULL BEFOUL THE STORM
    227 9 Situation iNow In Allies' Favour Stockholm. Fcb C THE military correspondent ol the newspaper Svenska characterizes the present European situation as the calm before the storm. Not long igo, he writes, the European and African power under Axis leadership was the main th^rne of the Axis
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    CEYLON TAMILS' HELP FOR THE WAR FUND
    465 10 More Than $1,350 Raised By Variety Concert rOTAL NOW $4,965,477 AN ad»an««. of nearly C<HM>, •The War Fund total to-day. The burgMt individual ite splendid effort made on Tamil wit ion. On Dwt variety mtrrtainment and c ipore The groH proceed the Fun
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    SINGAPORE DAY
    180 10 .sent by th? boo of the Naval Base Sailing Club as the proceeds of th* 1 held by the club Mr and Mn, T J A Green hay. sent a monthly contribution of 5250 and a gift of $P s?nt by Mr. 3 Eighteen. The stall «>i Ruffles
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    AMUSEMENTS
    120 10 MNCArOM K\» II I s lIOIM lut'irmal' 8 p m CIKftKK Hit Mil Cl I I UIC On I Charlie C i. Mori: i m <.«» IT WORM) Catmre: .j 9 9 p.m to Mkluicht Glt.be The Sheik Btef*> Out sky King of lumberjack. Hirrr m»\it:i iupp« w«rtdi K»n>
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    DOUBLE ATTRACTION AT THE CATHAY THEATRE
    136 10 At The Cinema ■•Moon Over Burma." (Dorotny I amour Robert Prrston. Preston Foster Paramount Also the official film of the fall of Bardia. st tn e Calnay. I OOKING as exotic and glamorous a» ever. Dorothy Lamour nils the ro!c of a Van«lp heroine
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    MALAY FILMS TO BE PRODUCED AT MALANG
    56 10 Batavia. Feb. 6 A FILM studio will shortly be opened at Mal&ng. a hill station in east Java, where Malay educational films are to be produced It Is hop*>d to produce historical and other "cultural" picturts in the near future. The flrbt picture
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    RUBBER INDUSTRY NOT AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE?
    88 10 AT a recent meeting of the Johore Planters' Association. the chairman pointed out that the rubber planting industry had not been Included as an essential service under the Emergency Regulations. He further stated that this matter was I .russed at the next meeting of
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    C.-in-C. With The Volunteers
    27 10 Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, Commander -in-Chief Far East, inspects individual training by the Straits Settlements Volunteers during embodiment. (See page 11).
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    SECRET RADIO IN HOLLAND
    336 10 How Nazi Officers Were Bombed (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia, Feb. 5. CECRET radio transmitters in the Netherlands are keeping Great Britain informed about everything that is going on there, a [Hollander recently returned to Batavia from his occupied country, declared. Hollanders are not afraid of
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    WATER SPOUT HITS HOTEL
    289 10 Heavy Damage (From Our Own Correspondent* Peiiang, Feb. 6. CONSIDERABLE damage was done to the extension of the E. and O. Hotel when a water spout, moving from the north channel just before dusk yesterday, hit the extension. The damage is estimated to run into thousands
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    DUTCH REFUGEES IN INDIES FROM LISBON
    50 10 Batavia. Feb. 3. I MORE than 100 Dutch refugees from Lisbon 111 arrived in Batavia last week. They arc being accommodated temporarily at the Island of Onrust until the necessary lormj alltlcs have been completed. Tlry will later i go to lire at Buitenzorg.
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    Criminal Conspiracy And Colony Penal Code
    397 10 PERTAIN deficiencies in the Colony 1 penal code, brought to light during inquiries connected with the Loveday court martial, are to be remedied by amendments to the ordinance. These amendments define criminal conspiracy, and prescribe punishment for the offence which is at present not
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    NETHERLANDS INDIES* TALKS WITH JAPAN
    478 10 Mr. Yoshizawa Interviewed About The "New Order" (From Our Own Correspondent ltatavia. I'eh. JAPAN, like every other sjreat nation, has aspiration^ -no J Japanese can deny that but I want to deny thai it is Japan's intension to enforce the new order on the Netherlands
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    Japan's Seven-Point Demand
    368 10 Japan's Seven Point Demand ACCORDING to the M.mil.i Bulletin, the rhief JbgMMMM requests to the Indies include the** points r'irst. permission for free explor tion in (he outer islands of the N.I. Second, the right to establish regular air line to the islands; Third, mining and fishing concessions: Fourth, exploitation
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    'ANOTHER WAR GOING ON IN SINGAPORE'
    342 11 Assize Judge On Gangs Who Terrorize The Public WOULD PROBABLY HAVE HEADS (l IT OFF IF IN GERMANY PASSING suntence ol' U\ rigorous imprisunment and rotan on each of three Chinese who had (1 on charges oj armcxi robbery, Mr. Justice -mith remarked at
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    STRANDED IN MECCA AND JEDDAH
    134 11 Ix>cal Governments Are Helping Malays OWING to the war. some 1500 Malays in Mecca and Jecldah have unfortunately been unable to maintain themselves. The Malayan Governments have rendered fl.cm assh.tarce. This relief Is being given through the of His Majesty's Minister and His Majesty's Consul-General
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    SUBSIDY FOR WKARNF/S ATR SERVICES
    72 11 A SUBoIDY ol $29,000 is being paid to Wearne's Air Services. Ltd. by the Straits Settlements Government, fa ■I :n 1939. It is undeistood that the F.M.S. Govern-:n-nt is also continuii." Its subsidy of $13,000. The loss of a plane in a severe storm ear'.y
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    N.I. 'Friends Of England' Billboard
    35 11 j YE The billboard erected in Batavia by The Friends of England Association *J Pictures and the latest news are shown on this board to Indonesian and other Asiatic citizens.
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    DISMISSED WITH IGNOMINY
    133 11 Court Sentence On Gunner Gardner SENTENCE of five years* penal servitude and dismissal from the service with ignominy has been passed on Gunner Frank Gardner, of the Royal Artillery, as a result of the findings of the Court Martial recently. Gardner was concerned in the Shinozaki official
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    ALLEGED MEMBERS OF UNLAWFUL SOCIETIES
    118 11 TWO s*i\ ants once employed by the General 1 Hospital were charged with being members of unlawful societies in the Singapore third court yesterday. Ong: II Kui, 23, was charged that he was member of the Singapore Chinese Youth National Salvation Union In Hospital Road
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    PRICES MUST BE SHOWN IS
    182 11 Labels For Every 8 Article Of Food BY vii o^der made to-day, stall jj r holders In public or private mar- v< kcti in Singapore are Ktpilfefi tc "ticket' their wares. In future, each article of food ex- pused for sale on a m.irket stall
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    JOHORE AND FIGHTER PLANES FOR R.A.F.
    272 11 Estate Labourers To Be I. Allowed To Subscribe L IN view of requests by their labour forces to be allowed to contribute to the country's war efforts. v estates in South Johore are selling to their labourers fighter badges at 25 cents each. i
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    FAR EAST C.-IN-C. INSPECTS S.S.V.F.
    150 11 Volunteers Seen Doing Routine Training TPHE Commander-in-Chief, Far East,' 1 Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Broolie-Popham, yesterday mcrnlng Inspected units of the S.S. Volunteer Force. The&e units went into training only J en Saturday last, but their general j bearing indicated that they had retained
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    SENTENCED FOR THEFT
    59 11 PR stealing four oranges and a flask from a hou- c in Tan Quee Lan Street on j Jan. 28 at 5.40 p.m.. Seng Chew Kan, aged I 29. was sentenced to 14 days' rigorous imprisonment and ordered to undergo six I months' police supervision in the
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    DIRECTOR ACQUITTED ON GAMING CHARGE
    924 11 'Guilty Knowledge Not Proved" Says Magistrate ACQUITTED in the Singapore fifth court several months ago on three charges involving gaming in the New World amusement park on Mar. 5, VMO, Ong Peng Hock, managing director of Peng Hock and Shaw Ltd., lessees of the Park.
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    BRITAIN'S GRATITUDE TO NORTH BORNFO
    88 11 l"il an nour when we await Urn full on* A slaught of the German air Xoi\ Lord Beaverbrook, Minister for Aircraft Prcduction, in a telegram to the Governor 3t North Borneo, "the generous hoarb d of North Borneo fortify our squadrons ant w, bringing to
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    'NO BROTHELS WITHOUT DISEASt
    1049 12 Singapore Doctor's Views On Social Evil Problem CONSIDERS LICENSED HOUSES WILL BE FARCE IN MALAYA [TNDER conditions in Malaya generally and in Singapore in particular, licensed houses will always foe a farte, notification will not work owing to the social *tip;nia and the ignorance and prejudices
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    Latest Contributions To Malaya Patriotic Fund
    1222 12 THE following are the latest donations to 1 the Malaya Patriotic Fund: Previously acknowledged. $167,974.12: Sereniban branch, $2,900. Selangor branch. $3,338.15: the Chief Accountant, Posts and Telegraphs. Malaya, being sales of poster I stamps during December, 1940. 5461.04; I Immigration and Pa&sports, $33.31: Penang
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    U.S. ISOLATIONIST SUPPORTS Ml) FOR BRITAIN" MEASURE
    159 13 U.S. ISOLATIONIST SUPPORTS Ml) FOR BRITAIN MEASURE Seven Governors Support Bill As "Essential For Safety Of America' 1 Washington, Feb. 5. WHEN the debate on the lease and lend bill to aid BriUin was resumed in the House of Representatives to-day, Mr. James Richards renounced his former isolationist stand and
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    FRESH GREEK ADVANCE
    274 13 IVlanv Prisoners Captured London, Feb. 5. S^KEEK troops are maintaining pressure all along the Albanian front, according to a Greek Press Ministry statement broadcast by the j Athens radio. Many prisoners and a great quantity of war material have been captured. After fierce attacks the Greeks have
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    RAIDERS ATTACK BRITISH CONVOY
    66 13 London, Feb. 5. •TPHKLE German bombers are re- ported to have been shot down into the sea when German bombers attacked a convoy otr the south-east coast of England to-day. A thrilling flght took plac mostly in hazy weather but the crump of exploding bombs and
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    Passive Czech Resistance
    131 13 Large-Scale Sabotage Of Food Supplies London Feb. 5. ACCORDING to news reaching London to-day German agricultural agents in France complain of largescale sabotage of food supplies in- J tended Tor Germany. They say that last year 13.000 j wasonloads of grain and at least 300.000 tons of
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    STORAGE OF FOOD IN EMERGENCY DUMPS
    86 13 London, Feb. 5. EMEIUiENCY food dumps are being organized near vulnerable towns in Briuuand special suup prepared by the Pood Ministry- to scientific formula will be the chief item stored. Six of the country's largest canning plants have been mobilized by the Ministry and
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    SECTIONS OF LEAGUE OF NATIONS CARRY ON
    87 13 London, Feb. 5. r f*HE work of the economics and financial section* of th* League of Nations, now in the Untted States, is proceeding satisfactorily atid the International labour organization temporarily domiciled In Canada i* carrying en as far as possible on normal
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    Indian Troops In Great Britain
    16 13 Indian troops stationed in Britain, at.ract much attention from Englu kiddies.
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    OLD CHINA SKIPPER PASSES
    209 13 London, Feb. 5. pAPTAIN Abel Wardlaw Best, who.se death at the age of 82 was announced to-day, went to sea j over 60 years ago. Half o/ his service was off the China coast and interviewed recently, he described Chines? pirates and dope sm'.ijrghrs as -a
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    King And Queen Meet Bomb Victims
    31 13 The King is here seen shaking hands with Merscyside voomen who had lost their homes during Nazi air raids. The Queen is seen on right.
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    RADIO WAR IS DISCLOSED
    122 13 'Jamming' By 1 he Italians London, Fib. 5 THE existence of radio hostilities 1 was disclosed in the House of Commons to-day r.s a sequel to a question about jamming which is occurring on the so-called force* programme of the 8.8.C. The Minister of Information. Mr.
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    CYPRUS PIONEERS BUILD DEFENCES
    24 14 Men of the Cyprus Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps are seen here assis ng British Royal Engineers in the Western Desert.
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    "JAPAN WILL GO FORWARD IN SPITE OF THE DUTCH'
    443 14 Tokio Journal Asks Netherlands To Reconsider Stand In Indies Tokio, Feb. 5. rOMMENTING on the Netherlands Indies' opposition to the construction of a 'Greater East Asian mutual prosperity sphere by Japan, the newspjiiK'r Chujrai Sho^yo says the Netherlands Government's opposition is
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    Nazi Pressure On Bulgaria
    289 14 Nation Assorts Her Inclepeiidoncr London, Feb. 5. CEVERAL reports about the situa- tion In Bulgaria speak of increasing German pressure on the Government in Sofia, to link It up with the three-power pact. This is regarded as a prelude to the march of German troops through
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    JAPANESE OCCUPY MIRS BAY TOWN
    84 14 Shavuchung Is Taken After Landing Hong Kong. Feb. 5. IT is confirmed in Kong Kona that Japanese troops occupied Shayuchung. Mirs Bay town, this morning af er landing in the Waichow area yesterday, repor s British United Press. Shayuchung is alleged to be the mitral
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    ESCAPE FROM CAMP
    22 14 Calcutta. Feb. 5. TWO Italian prisoners of war have escaped from detention camp In R&mgarb. Botn were officers— Reuter.
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    BEVIN SCHEME FOR INDIA PROGRESSING
    146 14 First Group Of Workers Leaves For U.K. Bombay. Feb. 5. l^R M. S A. Hydari, 1.C.5., Secre:ary il"i l to the Department of Labour, arched God-speed to the first batch of Indian technicians going to England under the Bevin scheme yesteriday. He said a quick
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    WILLKIE ON WAY TO U.S. AFTER WHIRLWIND TOUR
    385 14 London. Feb. 5. fjm. Wendell L. Willkie, Republican IVI candidate in the recent U.S. Presidential elections, who has made a whirlwind tour of England, left Hritain early to-day. Mr. Willkie arrived in Lisbon by air this afternoon. A Douglas airliner that brought
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    Repercussions Feared In Shanghai Situation
    153 14 RATEPAYERS PASS NEW TAXATION: JAPANESE REFUSE TO ATTEND Shanghai, Feb. r>. DOLICE and White Russian guards and Japanese gonuarm- es swamped the race course in the International Settlement to-day when Shanghai ratepayer* met to vote on the Municipal Council's resolution for a 40 per cent,
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    British Interests In China
    252 14 New Wartime Bond-: Customs Questions London. Feb. 5. IN the House of Commons to-day. Major-Gen. Sir Alfred Knox (Con Wycombe) asked how much In arrears are payments of interest to Britls'i bondholders secured on Chinese cus- j toms, the position in relation to the i Chinese
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    Kin loch Wins Garrison Golf Championship
    83 15 CAPI MN Kiukxh R.A.. brat .pl.in T X Mar^hv X M wr%rm ai»4 »v in (hr final of the on l.olf l«b» rhmmpionvhip. •vet U h**r« at TanKltn. Tbf f «llowinc fai tke draw for t>" Ant mfti «f the (.«Ternor m». U b«
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    TENGAH DEFEAT HEADQUARTERS
    584 15 Thrilling Game In R.A.F. Rugby Final ih tl Um4«Mrt«rs i. S|N( three pom during the flrM lixe minute period of extra limr. after n.iiuile* of desperate Imtah beat Headquarters B$ three points to nil in the final or lh< H niter-iiniU Kilgb> M at Jalan B*»ar stadium
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    FAST GALLOPS FORM BULK OF TO-DAY'S TRAINING
    720 15 Van Breukelen's And Menzies' Horses Impress F\ST gallop* over distances ranging from three furlongs to -i\ furlongs formed the bulk of this morning's training at Hukit Timah in preparation for the Singapore Turf Club's Spring meeting which starts on Saturday. All stables, with
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    SOCCER STARTS ON MONDAY
    266 15 Business Houses' Fixtures IK/I I M the hockey and rugby sea- sons drawing to a close competitive soccer will get under way on iVfonday when three matches in the Business Houses' League will be played. Four of the 17 teams competing this year are newcomers to
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    WEEK-END EVENTS AT THE YACHT CLUB
    114 15 r>-MORROW, at the Royal Singapore Yacht Club, there will be the usual races for all classes, starting at 5.23 ip.m. for the "A" class, and at 5.25 p.m. I for the other classes. On Sunday, the "C" class will sail the first race for
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    ISLAND CLUB GOLF
    216 15 THE Island Club's mixed foursomes 1 competition, which was played on Sunday, resulted in a win for Wing Comdr. and Mrs. W. C. Coffey with a net score of 32 3 4 The best cards returned were: Wing Commdr. and Mrs. Coffey 45—1214 32%; Mrs. Maloney and
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    AMATEUR BOXING IN AID OF WAR FUND
    333 15 THE amateur boxing show which is being held at the Happy World covered stadium on Feb. 22 in aid of The War Fund is one of the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association's most imbitious efforts since the revival of the sp-Tt in Singapore in
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    S.R.C. REPEAT IN RETURN GAME
    550 15 3—0 Victory Over Sappers Miners S.R.C. 3; Sappers and Miners 0. WHEN the Singapore Recreation Club and the Sappers and Miners last met on the padang, the result was a hockey classic, which the Club just managed to win by j the solitary goal scored.
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    MEETING OF CRICKET CONVENERS ON MONDAY
    48 15 A CRICKET convener-' m< etlBf which all Club secretaries an<u conveners are Invited to attend wi:h a view to draw;ng up the season's fixtures, will be held at the upstairs lounge at the Singapore Cricket Club at 5 30 p.m. en Monday.
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    GREAT R.A.F. OFFENSIVE ON INVASION PORTS
    298 16 Air Blitz In Africa II; \\t DAMAGE IN LIBYA i\ ERITREA B ;<ated raids ia and communicati ti Mrraua and Barer motor transport was heavily ■•■<! and murh damage < The r.ulu.o st.it ion „t r.;irce was aIM raided, and three direct hits were
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    NAVAL UNITS FROM OSTEND TO CHERBOURG ATTACKED
    625 16 I )ay And Night Raids Cause Havoc To German Oil Supplies London, Feb. 5. FHh R.A.F. made a second daylight sweep over the French coast early this afternoon after resuming night raids on German targets on a bigger scale than had been possible
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    Roads In Eritrea Littered With Enemy War Material And Vehicles
    322 16 MALTA READY FOR INVADERS Malta, Feb. 5. "JF Malta becomes a scene of active operations, I am perfectly confident that all intruders, whether German, Italian or anyone else, will be decisively and rapidly dealt with," said LieutGen, w. a S.
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    British Repulse Determined Italian Counter-Attack West Of Derna
    496 16 'y^ forward elements of Gen j V» ;my were striking 1 I entered Berta Giocalled Gubba. about m Derna. writes Gordcn eta] LibyaI Imperial forces. U to the fere, are on over nilej inland oli had rushed i ly-eolonlaed •in Sun- I
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      10 1 A Malayan Bungalow SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6. 1941. No. 262.
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      Self-Designed Glamour
      50 1 Self- Designed Glamour p Lombard s pale lo\ehness is an evening dress litnecl for herself. Extremely decollate, the narrow raps are new New. too. is the extra heavy slipper satin. y through the waist, to flare full in the skirt. A vi of filmy lace guards Carole from stray breezes.
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      Is The War-Time English Woman Enigmatic ?
      1226 1  - Is The War-Time English Woman Enigmatic Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah VyHK\ in the company of an Oriental potentate rocently, I was watching physical exercises being skilfully accomplished by the English women members of the Health and Beauty movement, the Sheikh observed to me that it was symbolical of modern England.
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      3008 2  -  Nurse Elizabeth letters this week deal with some Interesting problems In the feeding and management of several babies. Mother" itritet: I have not n to you before but have read your column for many months now. and wondered whether you would kindly give me
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