The Straits Times, 14 February 1941

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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
    • Obituary
      DEATH
      21 2 I In Rhod^U on «th IM>ru*rjr John Bailey only son of the late Bwli-y of KccchA, Park BoaJ, mj"..:.. S|ji»
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      1121 2 FOR SALE 1 PIANO ACCORDION for sale 48 Bag-. Octave Coupler, perfect order, wltn case $10C Apply No. 805. Straits Time*. FOLLY FARM. Ringlet. Cameron Highland' i Poultry R.I R.. Leghorns, Light Sussex Chicks »r tl. BetUn« Eefs .50 c_. i FOR SALE. Newly completed 3 SemiI doiachrd Bungalows ln
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      674 2 LOST LOST. MORRIS 8 TOl RER, Blue 4 Seatei i S. 7598— Reward. Phone Kandang Kerbau Police Station. PIANOS PIANO WANTED. State make and lowest cash price Box No. 710. Straits Times. 1 WANTED TO BUY, 2nd hand Pianos. Any make. Good Prices given. Apply Box 767. j° StraiU Times.
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      141 3 FREIGHT SERVICE TO SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES. NEW YORK AND BOSTON VIA MANILA. HONG KONG AND PANAMA CANAL Sail Sporw Arrive N V PRESIDENT BUCHAMA* Mar. II May 5 PASSENGER FREIGHT SERVICE SINGAPORE TO NT!W YORK /\NI> BOSTON VIA PENANG. COLOMBO. BOMBAX AND CAPE Of GOOD HOP*. Arrive Sport B*U
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      712 3 Broadcasting TO-DAY SINGAPORE *HL «.M •>« ZHP3 1M 141.38 «O (ZHl ZHPlt 5 pjn Teochew Music t; 5.40 p m Ne ws n 3S.'. B T O& r or the Regent. 7 25 p.m -M»i»lc for Everyone T. 8 p.m. •This *nd That" by Bryan Lewis; «WP* The News. Relayed
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    RUBBER PRICES ADVANCE
    261 4 Lewis And Peat's Weekly Report IN a weekly report on the rubber market, irsued this morning, Lewis and Peat (Singapore) Ltd write:— The relief that has been g.vcn in the shipping problem by the steps taken this week, coupled with en? tension that is again developing in
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    REICH SHIRKS WAR OBLIGATIONS Feeding Of Conquered Populations
    123 4 REICH SHIRKS WAR OBLIGATIONS Feeding Of Conquered Populations ■TPHE Nazi claim that interational laws do not oblige Germany to supply food to the people outside Kelch territory exooses the emptinesb of the Nazis' earlier boast that they could guaran.ee the feeding of everyone on the continent, states the Ministry of
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    FEEDING IN LONDON AIR RAID SHELTERS
    112 4 F__™ London. Feb. 13. EEDINO arrangements for London air raid shelters are proceeding quickly and nearly 1.900 shelters nightly serve about 209.000 people with food. The shelter population varies with Nazi activity and, as the number given does not include tube shelterers served by
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    CUBA MOVES AGAINST NAZI PROPAGANDA
    35 4 Havana. Feb. 13. EGULATIONS prohibiting the dissemination of totalitarian propaganda ot any k»nd by the Press, ra-'io films or through the post were approved by the Cuban Cabinet to-day —Router
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    REVOLVERS BRANDISHED BY ARGENTINE M.P.s.
    49 4 Buenos Aires Peb. IS. DEVOLVERS xere brandished in a heated se«ion of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies to-day. A Conservative Deputy and a Radical interrupted the d°bate by a lively rxchange of blows. They had drawn their '•un* before they could be separated Reuter.
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    FUNDS FOR WAR WOUNDED TOTAL £4.335,000
    42 4 London, Feb. 14. INCLUDING gifts of £800 from Lima, Peru, and £750 from Chile, the Duke of Gloucester's Red Cross and St. John Fund for the wounded has no"' reached c '4.33f> oon.- /Rriti^h WirH- a
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    SPLEEN RUPTURED BY ALLEGED ATTACK
    82 4 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 13. *>|R. Chiew Foh Shn. manager of A the Hud Fth Omnibus Ccmn->ny. Pudu, died at the general hospital. Kuala Lumpur this morning after an operation for runtured £pl?en. It is ail-g3d that the deceased was be?t:n up
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    COLONY RUBBER STOCKS RISE
    86 4 rLONY rubber stocks at the end of January were 42,660 tons, or 11,450 tons more than at the end of December. Of this amount 31,823 tons were In the hands of dealers and 10.837 tons In the hands of Harbour Boards, railway godowns and private lighters.
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    COMMITTED SUICIDE BY DROWNING
    159 4 Chinese Was Ashamed Of Allegation AN Inquiry was held yesterday at the Singapore Coroner's Court Into the death of Lee Kee Moi. a 60-year-old Chinese, whose body was found floating In the Kalians River on Feb. 6. by a police constable. In her evidence, Ong Cheng,
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    " DELIBERATELY DONE"
    191 4 DELIBERATELY DONE" Suicide Of Hylam Woman A VERDICT of suicide was returned by by Mr. W. O. Porter, the Singapore Coroner, yesterday, at the conclusion of the Inquiry Into the death of Tan Lee Tee. a 35-year-old Hylam woman living at Sophia Road. Una Tee, the sister of Lee Tee
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    AMERICAN CLIPPERS' FINE RECORD
    134 4 Hong Kong, Feb. 5. WHEN the Phihpp:ne Clipper arrived i here en J?n. 31. completing her '4^3rd trans-Pacific flight .«he had pass- ?d the 10 000-hour mark in her transPieiflc flvin<? time bftwen Hong Kong and California. her s'ster shin the Cliina Clipper she has been
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    CAUSING GRIEVOUS HURT CHARGE
    80 4 ALLEGED to have permanently disfigured a woman, Soo Hiang. and to have fractured her skull and cheek bone with a vegetable knife, Tan Ah Seng claimed trial in the district court yesterday to a charge ol voluntarily causing grievous hurt. He was alleged to have committed
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    Singapore Races Order Of Running And Non-Acceptors
    138 4 Singapore Races Order Of Running And Non-Acceptors THE order of running and nonacceptors at Buk;t Timah to-mor-row, the final day of the Singapore Turf Cub? spring meeting, are. Race Ponies. Class l. Div. 2, 7 furlongs. I Murray Court. First Lady. No Limit. Race 2: Horses. Class 2. Div. 3.
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    BRIEF NAZI RAID ON LONDON
    283 4 London, Feb. 14. LONDON had a short alert after dark last nisht. the first to be heard at such an early hour for several nights. Shortly before the alert high explosive b mbs fell in one London district where gunfire was also heard One Messerschm.tt
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  • AROUND THE MARKETS
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      More Business In Tins: Other Sections Quiet
      491 4 More Business In Tins Other Sections Quiet (By Oar Financial Correspondent) S'ngapore. Feb. 14. TIE share market, particularly the tin share sertion was much brighter yesterday in spite of the gathering war clouds. There was more inquiry for both Australian and dollar issues and in some cas?s good bi*s ness
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      52 4 London. Fob. IS. rN opened firm. The turnover was 325 tens. The sc?ntin"ss of "rpV" offerings is attributed to the Suprly Ministry's purchases. Th?re was ren~w?d speculative int'-rect. w th d .tiers disregarding the Far K?stern situation A<"ter oTlrial hours the mar!:et was quieter and a further ten t> nt
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      107 4 Singapore, Feb. 14. Stivers *mi»'» Gambler 7.50 Hamburg Cube $12.50 Java Cube $12.00 Co-, m Mixed $2.25 Sun Dried $2.50 White Muntok $13.75 White $13.25 Black $6.75 Say flcmr No l Lingga $4.82% Fair $4.75 Sarawak $4.30 lamoca Small Flake $7.00 Pair Flake $8 50 Medium-Flake $8.00
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      101 4 FtU»>, Feb. 14, noon. •layer* Setters Price* Price: N«. IX R.S S. (Spot loose) 37! i 37 M No IX R.SS fob. in case* Feb. -Mar. (Sellers option) 17 K 38 GF.A.Q. R S.S f.o b. in Dales Feb.-Mar. (Sellers option) 37 37!i F.A.Q R.SS
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      JANUARY TIN EXPORTS BELOW QUOTA
      93 4 THE domestic production of tin, as represented by exports from the F.M.S., U.M.S and Malacca of tin and I tin-in-ore at 75 5 per cent, tin content, I in January were 7,326 tons. According to statistics issued by the Registrar General of Statistics this morning.
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      FREIGHT MARKET
      43 4 London, Feb. 13. P EIGHTS were deadlocked. Many Portuguese and Spanish sh.ps have been requisitioned by their respectivp Governments, while other neutral shipowners profer timecharters In safe trade;; between the [7nitr>d R ates ar1 Lat n -America and South Africa. Reuter.
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      EXCHANGES
      189 4 The following are the sxcnange rate* tM» morning according r o tht dally circular Uu>u^-. by the Hotißkonp and Shanghai Banking CorDoratIoESELLING Louaon T.I. 2/4 1/16 Lor don demand 24 1/10 Switzerland (T.T. only) 202'/^ New York demand 41 3/32 Montreal demand 61 27/32 Hatavia demand 80 "4 Samaranß
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      20 4 MIDNIGHT SHOW TO-MORROW NIGHT SUN TALKIE (NEW WORLD) WHOLE SERIAL OF 12 CHAPTERS WILL BE SCREENED ACTION. THRILLS, MYSTERY t
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    London Stock Exchange
    256 5 Dull Conditions And Easier Trend Um*tm. reb II. T v y* i 4 **?£!L^ Ul mu to tlw >■»■■■. tat tbo« ww no aelllnr Ulfl«*t*d dacUm* u»d hovry todl»n am mm* prartnetel MUtaff tmd-d kwrw. K»mrs w«re boreljr BWdy lid Jinim bond* receded 30» Rrut.-r. itovtac we
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    SINGAPORE TIDE TABLE
    151 5 SINGAPORE TIDE TABLE day I ft.: 12 noor 10.4 ft. 00 U m 9.5 ft. 12.41 pm 10.4 tt. j L W 30 p tn 1 tt 6und*;. Fib 1* I H V. l30a.m. J6 ft. l.W p.m. 1 v, 7 13 am 2.S ft; 7 3C p m. 1
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    124 5 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES (From Our Own Cormponaent Landau, Feb. 13. fOMMODITT »nd dcluoei ourkMc closcc v follow* vim uivnom drtinm aarcnUMato Rl BBtR: Steady Sp-* 12Sd 12Hd 13Hd UHd' Mar ]2Hd USd ilM%4 12Hd> Apt June USd 12Hd t?Sd 12Kd> July3rpt. 12 7 16d 12 led (12 7 1M 12»1M) »ew
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    JAM WRY TIN-ORE PRODUCTION
    68 5 The Mlowin* particular* of tin-ore jroduotion refer to January: Hours. Cubic PJculs yards. ore. Jlu Klang 615 135.498 M4 Pahar.it Consolidated. 5,280 rta j9d 115,700 1.182 »ui«e< KlnU 633 165.300 735 remoh Tin ..630 82.800 350 IakuaD* Valley Dredt- 1 813 150.000 151 Dredge 2 «02
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    173 5 Mails clone at the General Poet Office M follow*: OAT Aden air 4 p.m. Africa (AH part*) air 4 p.m. Australia air 4 p.m. Burma air 4 p.m. Canada surface 4 p.m. air 4 p.m. China (except Yunnan and Szerhwan Province surface 4 p. til. Ceylon
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    19 5 Kuala Reman Rubber Estates Ltd. harvested 176.0001*. of rubber in Jrnuary and Bruseh Rubber Estatas Ltd. har*vert?d 60,000 Ib.
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    Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1318 5 THUBSDW. FEB. IS. 1M1 4 r M munMo Ampat Tin (5a) 3* 3d 3« 7V»d Austral Ami! (te) 6s 3d Ss 9d e.d. Austni Malay <£) 35s 36s cd. Ayer Hltam (Ss> 30s 31s Ayer Wenf (|1) .80 85 Banirrin Tin («> 13s 6d 14s
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    GUTHRIE'S WEEKLY RUBBER REPORT
    93 5 Fa weekly report on the rubber market, issued yesterday, Guthrie and Co, Ltd. write: The local market has again been Influenced by the freight position, but this, however, has been somewhat alleviated temporarily due to the proposed berthing of a non-conference steamer. Prices have improved in
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    SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTION
    149 5 THE Singapore Chamber of Commerce 1 Rubber Association held its 1,525th auction yesterday when there was catalogued 2.764.145 lb, 1.333.99 tons; offered 2.507.757 lb. 1,116.86 tons; sold 2.028,789 lb.. 905.71 tons. SPOT London 12 %d. New York closed PRICES REALIZED Ribbed Smokjd Sheet CenU Per Lb. Standard
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    List Of Current Dividends
    156 5 Issued by the Malayan Sharebrokere' Association. Singapore. Peb. 13. Austral Malay M. M woui Austral Amal. 3d lHd bonus Hong Patt 14% final Mar. 10 Hong Patt 10% int. Mar 10 Kuala Kampir 113 No. 20 Feb. 17 Peb. 26 Kundang 2s. No. 7 Peb. 26
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    NAVY SWEEPS N. ATLANTIC FOR THREE DAYS & NIGHTS
    554 7 NAVY SWEEPS N. ATLANTIC FOR THREE DAYS NIGHTS Crews Disappointed By Absence Of Any Trace Of The Enemy Any Enemy London, Feb. 13. INTENSE secrecy surrounded the purpose of our voyage when I joined one of Britain's most formidable battleships just as she was getting under way at night—only three
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    Swiss Admiration Of British Courage
    179 7 London, Feb. 13. •■•HE military correspondent of the Swiss newspaper La Sulsse writes The bombardment of Genoa shows that the British fleet continues to dominate the Mediterranean and that the Italian African armies are v rtually separated from Italy." The newspaper National says, The speed
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    Wellington Bomber Saved By Hudson
    138 7 THE stcrj is told of how a Wellington bomber, which iu lost after a nipht raid, was saved by a chance meetinc with another British plane. The Wellington was trying to find iU wa? home. IU wireless was out ol action and its instruments affected
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    Fresh Outbreak Of Nazi Claims
    103 7 Palliative To Morale After R.A.F. Raid London, Feb. 13 TT Is stated In authoritative circles that the recent gigantic raid by the Royal Air Force on Hanover has caused a fresh outburst of Axis exaggeration, "doubtless as a palliative to civilian morale which Is told
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    BRITISH SHIP "SUNK" TWO TIMES
    71 7 London. Feb. 13. fTHE Orford, of over 20,000 tens, has b2en sunk, announced th« German radio to-day, quoting "New York naval circles." The anncuncement added that the,< Orford. which was recently use! as a troopship, was launch3d in 1939 and fornmrly plied between England and
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    19-YEAR-OLDS CALLED UP FOR SERVICE
    59 7 London, Peb. 13. »|«HR Ministry of Labour and National Ser1 vice announces that all men aged 19 are to register for military service on Peb. 22 This is the first registration uncier the recent Royal proclamation extending the operation of national service (armed force* acts
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    SLIGHT AIR ACTIVITY OVER BRITAIN
    53 7 London, Feb. 13. SLIGHT air activity developed near th? west m coasts of Britain during '-hs night but very few bombs were dropped, according to the Air Ministry. Isolated incidents involving slight damage and injury to a small number of people reported from south-west and
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    INDIA'S REWARD FOR WAR HELPERS Lahore, Feb. 13.
    60 7 INDIA'S REWARD FOR WAR HELPERS Lahore, Feb. 13. -pHE Punjab Government has reserved 15 000 1 acres in the Nilibar colony (the HavpJl project) as a reward for war services, it is officially announced. It is added that preference in the award of Jagirs will be given to those whose
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, FEB. 14, 1941. (530th Day Of The War.) Buried Hatchets
    1001 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, FEB. 14, 1941. (530th Day Of The War.) Buried Hatchets Remarkable changes have taken place in Netherlands India since the German invasion of the Netherlands. All the old political troubles have vanished, and there has developed a complete unity of all communities the like of
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    CRUELTY
    133 8 Preparing Fowls For Sale To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— This morning at the Orchard Road Market, I witnessed a very clever trick, albeit cruel in so far as th; birds are concerned, generally practised by fowl-breeders to fleece the public. This man, hiding in a remote
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    MAKING ENDS MEET WORRIES LONDON MORE THAN BOMBS
    2616 8 OUR LONDON LETTER] The Church's Heroes An Excess Wages Tax?: West End Theatre Open Every Nisiht (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Jan. 1. AS the cables will have told you, the Nazis' air-blitz against us has grown much fiercer since the unofficial
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    WASHINGTON VIEWS ON DANGER OF WAR IN PACIFIC
    438 9 Why U.S. May Take Part In Struggle HER IU HlU:i{ TIN SUPPLIES IN MALAYSIA MENACED Nazi Invasion Held Up B) l\»kio*s Hesitancy? rHK question whether Japan is really ready to move southward finds political oWscrv<>r> in Washington ver> much i d reports
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    THAIS WERE INFORMED
    96 9 Bangkok View Of Reinforcements Bangkok, Feb. 14. [■HERE is absolutely no change in 1 the relations between Thailand nd Britain, declared a high Thai Government authority in an interirw here. Emphasizing that there was no whatsoever beween Thailand and Britain, the pokesman pointed out that it was
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    Sydney Fought In 20 Actions
    200 9 Sydney Fought In 20 Actions Cruiser Returns To Australia Sydney Feb. 13. FE famous H.M.S. Sydney, conquero ot the Italian cruiser Bartholome Dolleoni. arrived In harbour last nigh and Is now -iding peacefully at ancho Iftar nearly a year of war servlc< abroad. The city's welcome was characteristi-c-ally enthusiastic. Mr
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    TURCO-RUMANIAN OIL AGREEMENT
    35 9 TURCO-RU MANIAN OIL AGREEMENT Londen. Feb. 14 TURKEY is to receive IGO.OOO tons 1 petroleum from Rumania under agreement Juit concluded between t •ding to an Jstz Ibul dispatch to the German ne agency —Reut«..~
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    SENATE GETS AID BILL
    210 9 Debate Opened In Upper House Washington, Feb. 13. C)NTRARY to expectations, the Senate started the debate on th«- Lease and Lend BUI immediately after it had been passed tcvday by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to-day by 15 votes to eight. It is hoped to restrict
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    Fall Of Tepelini Imminent
    208 9 Fall Of Tepelini Imminent Greek Encircling Move Is Progressing London, Feb. 14. THE fall of Tepelinl— strategic Albanian town 30 miles southeast of Valona— is expected at any moment following a further strengthening of the Greek encircling movement reported yesterday, writes Reuters special correspondent on the Albanian frontier. There is
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    Stout Resistance In Eritrea
    92 9 Cairo, Feb. 14. THE Italians are putting up resistance around their strategic key town of Keren, 60 miles northwest of Asmara, In Eritrea. Fighting is really tough and over difficult ground. The British advance is progressing towards Arreza, which lies 30 miles r south-west of Asmara.
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    EVACUATION PLAN FOTI DUBLIN
    86 9 Dublin, Feb. 14. npHL importance of perfecting an 1 evacuation plan 'while time Is st.li available" was stressed by the i leader of the Eireann Labour Party, in a broadcast last night. He recalled Mr. de Valera's recent announcement that if the voluntary evacuation scheme proved
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    CHAIN OF AERODROMES FROM U.S. TO ALASKA
    62 9 1 Ottawa. Feb. 13. A SYSTEM of aerodromes through Albprta and British Columbia of leading to Alaska Is being established an by the Canadian Government as a tn- defence measure at the cost of about :n- £2 000.000. it was announced to-day >
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    "President Roosevelt Is Studying British Destroyer Needs"
    119 9 Washington, Feb. 13. •THERE is no controversy among President Roosevelt. Col. Frank 1 Knox, Secretary of the navy, or Mr. Wendell Willkie on the question of turning over more destroyers to Britain, declares an announcement issued by the White House to-night. Mr. Roosevelt's
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    How British Sabotaged The Enemy In Libya
    702 9 'HIGHWAYMAN TACTICS" OF DARING BAND DEMORALIZED THE ENEMY London, Feb. 14. fHE remarkable story can now be told of how, following I Italy's entry into the war a small force of picked New r ealand and British troops journeyed thousands of miles of
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    GIVEN RIGHTS TO THRONE OF SPAIN
    49 9 'mc In. ante Juan, third son of exKin» Alfonso, of Spain, who has been given rfl rights to the throne by his father, according to a <l ment published in the Madrid newspaner La Voz. The d«>-umcnt is dated Jan. 14, 1941.— Reutcr.
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    NEW BALKAN DEVELOPMENT
    126 9 Yugoslav ("hic'fs For Berlin London. l<Yb. 1 rPiIKr PilK Vu>'"slav Prime Minister anj Foreign Ministor, M. D. Tareii kovitch and Dr. A. Cincßi-Man<»-vitch respectively! haw left Germany at the invitation of tli«» German Government, according to a Budapest report quoted by the Swiss radio. The Yugoslav leaders
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    239 9 LESS TENSION IN SPAIN Berlin Silent On Franco's Talks London, Feb. 14. IUARSHAL Petain left MontpHiirr for Vichy at 10 o'clock night following his tlm/- hour talk with Gen. Franco after lunch today. In the railway coach thr Marshal conversed with the French Ambassador to Spain. M. Pictri. before the
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    573 10 Cheque For $22,000 Needed But Only $1,000 To-day TOTAL IS NOW $4,978,219 U'(M I.I) any reader of the Times care to write a cheque for $22,000 in favour of The War Fund If so, hi will have the privilege of carrying the gross
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    61 10 Nr» >..rk. l-rb. 13. A) from Bud st.iir that thr Kulcarian <iov rrnmrnt radio has broad drnund to the immediate 1 rridor throuch Greece tohf Ari;t-an Sea. I announcer, it is stuird, argued that thr territory thr Ha>s of Salonika and Raros. formerly Rumanian still rant
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    GEN. FRANCO'S 'NO' TO DUCE
    101 10 Aid Refused For Attack On 'Gib' rk. Feb. 1 1 v ichy that (nil. Fnm ;ttor of Spain, re- ite tho itn ngest pressur>- by Mu.-solini, to -rant Spanish &iH to an attack on Gibraltar. m Vi^hy also states Mentioned every past toward Spain and
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    GEN. WU BACK IN CAPITAL Report On Tour
    137 10 GEN. WU BACK IN CAPITAL Report On Tour Chungking. Feb 11. J ral^imo is very much 1 n th^ fttwttoa in the south Seas and most solicitous of t^.e M Gen >ral Wu TOvers as Affairs, w: O no.;'lis:im3 ill goodwill visit n Malaya, N»therland^ I Bjtma. interview. General Wu
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    EUROPEAN FINED FOR DESTROYING CHITS
    77 10 Our Own Or-p^ pendent* Ip?h. Feb 12. THLKL *.u> an echo of th? Ipoh air crash fatahty in August last, when A I Br in, European chartered art wm fined $43 by Mr F K F.r^t Magistrate'* morning for destroying 4 hv O A Bfnt
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    39 10 buUi pjn I \\<. a en at Gkt W lo I t I pm. io liup I Muncj ir.oon Hmppj HarUi Umym«*a Seaside: WoU- >! rhap>r» arid Cinema*. tttw.rrt Lta r 30 t I d in i v I mute
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    RADIO TALK ON HISTORY OF THE ARGYLLS
    58 10 "•THE i .y cf the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Loulres) la the title of a talk to bs broadca t fr-m the Singapore sation! today at 7.10 p m by an officer of: the Rcgimnt. This is one of the talks in
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    CHEATING ALLEGED
    47 10 yWENTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD Koh Wong claimed tnal in the second I court yesterday to a charge of cheating Lim Kam Toh of $40 at Ocean! Building. Collyer Quay, en Jan 28. The cas? was postponed tc next Thursday for mention, and bail of J250 was j allowed
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    283 10 THK Inland Committee have added one more well-produced, well-act?d and entertaining play to iheir list of Scran Smple" by A A !'ilne is a cneerful, l^hthearted comth plentj of amusing badinaxe .:r.d backchat Ihe Island Committee gave their opening perlormance last night ac the Victoria Theatre,
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    A.R.P. & A.F.S. IN THE NORTH
    388 10 A.R.P. A.F.S. IN THE NORTH Kedah Progress In Passive Defence (From Our Special Correspondent.) Alor Star, Feb. 14. THE announcement that formations of R.A.F. and R.A.A.F. .aircraft have been sent to reinforce air stations in Northern Malaya has naturally created a great deal of interest in Kedah and has helped
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    BATAVIA HOME GUARD
    132 10 PreDaredness Is Keynote Of Indies Defences (From Our Own Correspondent) Batavia. Feb. 13. -THE first meeting of the committee formed by the Local Defence Volunteers and the Home Guard, to promote the defence preparedness in the Netherlands Indies, took place recently. The chairman asked for the maximum
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    MR. JOHN BAILEY
    53 10 Killed Three Days After Father's Death THE rieatn is announced of Mr. John E*i:ley while flying in Rhodesia on Feb. 8. Ha was the only son of Mr. A. E. Bailey, a former manager of the Straits Trading Co., Ltd, whose death look place at Leamingtcn Spa
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    30 10 Manila, Feb. 14. PRESIDENT Manual Quezon has promulgated a decree to call up all reserves in the Philippines for tr?ining during the period from Mar 10 to Mar. 28—Eastern News.
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    28 10 Mr. W. MacQuariie. who recently retired from the S.S. Police, has arrived In Sydney.! with Mrs. MacQuarrie and their two daughters The family hope to settle in Melbourne.
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    In The Western Desert
    28 10 A British officer examining a safe left behind by the Italians at one oj their headquarters captured in the advance across the Western Desert
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    ADMIRALTY POLICE IN 'ALI BABA" RUSE
    324 10 A NAVAL base version of Thieves," was related in th day by Crown Sergeant Staffo Mr. Stafford des;rib;d how Admiral- ty policemen c;nce?led th?mselves in earth trucks, while, dirguised as n lab surer, he stt beside the driver of; the eng n.\ and directed
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    "PORTUGAL INTENDS TO REMAIN NEUTRAL"
    72 10 DORTUGAL iniends to remain neu- tral and there Is no possibility of her b;in? wayod" by Hi.lrr. said Senor Leopoldo Dani'.o Bareiros. correspondent ot the Portuguese newspaper Di^ro de Noticias. in Macao, who arrived in Singapore from Africa yesterday on his return to Macao Senor
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    MODEL BOMB SHELTER
    302 10 China Building In Chulia Street A MODEL of what air raid protection should De in a com mere, ai building is provided by the work whim is now going on at China Bui'rtn; m Chulia Street. Singapore. The scheme which it b injc carried out to protect
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    APPEASEMENT POLICE IN FAR EAST ENDS
    107 10 r London, Feb 14. IE newspapers. Daily Exntvss, Daily Mail and Daily Telegraph Kive promiiMnsc t? the danger of in <\irly flare-up :n the Far East. Observers here say that wan ncr relations wth Japan deteriorating tollowing the signing of the Japan- Axis pact,
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    FIFTY AMBULANCES AVAILABLE
    1529 11 Medical Arrangements In Event Of Emergency DIRECTOR APPEALS TO PUBLIC FOR USE OF 100 MOTOR CARS FIFTY improvised ambulances will be available for -\\cv in Singapore town, 100 privalc motor-cars are -oon as possible and arrangements for increased reception facilities are beinp made at all the three
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    DECREE NISI FOR CLERK
    124 11 Allowed Custody Of Children DECIDING that adultery had been committed. Sir Percy McElwalne, the Chief Justice, yesterday granted a decree nisi to be made absolute within .six months to an insurance clerk named Ngo Beng Swee. The petitioner alleged that his wife. Francesca Ngo. had been
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    BOY CHAINED & WHIPPED
    515 11 BOY CHAINED WHIPPED "Father Exceeded His Rights" REMARKING that the punishment meted out by a father to his 14-year-old son reminded him of mediaeval customs." and of "pictures of a Chinese hell which he had once seen," Mr. L. C. Goh, the fifth magistrate, fined the father $75, in default
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    OVERLOADED LORRIES
    117 11 I Rural Board Decides To >|Draw Attention Of Police •T'HE Rural Board, at a meeting held yesterday, decided to bring to tie t i attention of the police the overloading I 1 of lorries on roads in rural areas. Mr. C. Reuben complained of pieces of granite being
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    NAME WANTED FOR KOAD NEAR CHANGI PRISON
    107 11 "/"•ALL it S»ng Sing Avenue," £U?gest- ed a member of the Rural B >ard at a meeting held yesterday, when a letter from a ciub in Changi came up lor discussion. The letter contained a request fcr a read near Changi prison leading
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    BLACK-OUT PRACTICES IN NEGRI SEMBILAN
    83 11 THERE will be a black-out In Seremban on Tuesday next, ai.d In the Port Dickson district on Feb. 22, between 6.33 p.m. and midnight. Arrangements for a curfew period after the sounding ot air raid sirens are being made. The black-out area in Screinban Is
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    Sewerage Facilities In Rural Area Of Singapore
    295 11 ■IF the Rural Board were asked tc 1 put in a sewerage system in rura areas, it would mean that the Boarc would have to be compensated, and the only method of compensation is t increase the assessment on houses," said Dr D.
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    CLEAR INTERPRETATION OF BUILDING BYLAWS
    756 11 Repairs That Require Permits And Those Which Do Not AN interpretation of the Rural Hoard's building bylaws by Mr. C. Reuben, clearly drawing the line bet repairs which require permits and those which do not, has the complete coneurrener of the Attorney-General This was announced
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    PENANG WEDDING Mr. R. A. C. Wills & Miss Marie G. Lansell
    106 11 PENANG WEDDING Mr. R. A. C. Wills Miss Marie G. Lansell (From Our Own Correspondent* Penang, Feb. 13. MR. R. A. C. WIL'-S. ot Singapore, was married this afternoon at the Presbyterian Church to Miss Marie Gwendolyn Lansell. second daughter of Col. V. Gr. Lansell. and Mrs. Lansell of Bendigo.
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    19 11 The seventh annual meet ng of Tamils' Re'orm Association. S'.l pore, will be held at 4 p.m. on Sun-
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    CHILD'S EVIDENCE AT MURDER INQUIRY
    625 12 Recognizes Former Driver As "Man Who Shot Mother" COURT SEQUEL TO DEATHS OF MR. MRS. C. MAXWELL (From Our Own Correspondent) Sitiawan, Feb. 13. AT the conclusion of the preliminary inquiry, the magistrate, Inche Ismail bin Panjang Aris committed Haji Suleiman bin Haji Abdul Wahid
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    NEW MEMBER OF RURAL BOARD WELCOMED
    42 12 AT a meeting of the Rural Board < yesterday, Mr. L. Pcrbes, the chairman. welcom?d a new m?mber, Inche Daud bin Mohamed Shah Inche Daud takes the place left vacant by the resignation of Dato Ghazaly i
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    OWNER WANTS REDUCTION
    275 12 Assessment Rate Higher Than Rent AT a meeting of the Rural Board yesterday, it was d3cided to await a report and recommendation, if any. from a member, Mr. C. Reuben, who offered to inspect certain houses in r?spect of which a reduction in assessment has been asked
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    PRISON SENTENCE FOR EX-POLICE CONSTABLE
    60 12 A WANG bin Sulong, a K.mcr police constable, was sentenced to three months' rigorous imprisonment by the third magistrate, Mr. J. O. Rappoport, yesterday. Last week Awang pleaded guilty to a cha.-ge of committing criminal breach of trust of $96 as the servant of Lim
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    ALLEGED THEFT OF GOLD NECKLACE
    68 12 ■T*ENG Fong Sung claimed trial In the fifth court yesterday to a charge of committing the theft of a gold necklace valued at $140, and a gold locket valued at $8 from a woman named Toh Bee Bee at Bukit Pasoh Road on Feb. 9.
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    Payment Of Boxer's Purse Has High Court Sequel
    669 12 "QNE of the main objects of the v Singapore Boxing Association is to see that boxers are paid according to their recognized contracts," said F. W. Brewer, in the High Court before Mr. Justice a'Beckett Terrell yesterday. Brewer was giving evidence in
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    HITLER MASSES 50,000 MEN IT BLACK SEA PORT
    257 13 Balkan Tirniim Heightened B\ I .atest War Preparations IxuiHon, Feb. 13. IV THOI SAND GcnMM troops are massed at nstanza, in the Black Sea, according to reports from liers arriving at Istanbul, says the Independent French news arency. Meanwhile, the tense Balkan
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    59 13 Istanbul, Feb. 13. I r|| Tarkbli m***9*P*r Orit foUUka. retnmentmc on the rr|.»rt that Nan troops are p.mrint into Bulgaria. dec-Jarc: i is the Rosphorvw and the Meditrrriiw Mthouth the Turkish Pre«« »tKulearian polio, the (lov-rr-mnit m.iipUln«s a discreet *Hjppurently awaiting developMirraittiiiK itself to f..r ten
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    Bulgaria Evades The Krai Issue
    172 13 Bulgaria Evades The Krai Issue [Son-Fulfilment Of Her N«»utralitv Duti<\London. FVv 13. r«OK t :ru- since its delivery. i* the Bulgarian newspapers comment j Dn Mr Chur hill's ipeech the Bulgarian n. ;<nd although th? suggestion I* made that Mr. Churchill desires. ■untry "to enter the war on the aide
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    AMNESTY IN RUMANIA FOR ARMY DESERTERS
    46 13 AMNESTY IN RUMANIA FOR ARMY DESERTERS London, Feb. 13. ALL frrm the Ruminiar nd all who have evadrt ry duty nre gr?nted ai ■mnesty und< r a d-cre- signed by G n Chief ol the Rumrniu c<-d they report to thci !in« t-> „ffi;ia! Ger r
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    LADY CHAMBERLAIN
    19 13 London, Feb. 13. rIE d«ath has occurred of Lad widow of Sir Austei llinf tH on* dauehter.-
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    Britain's ar Damage Insurance Scheme
    128 13 London, Feb. 13 THE Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Kin^ky Wood in a statement yesterday jLi £-ss .r™r«ru •nbers had stressed the position of UWJt wUhmc"£ies below the exemption leveU o MOO and £250. which has led to the present m of free grams fcr
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    INDIAN ARMY UNIFORMS FOR CONSTANT WEAR
    54 13 New Delhi. Feb. 13. rif understood that orders have beei passed and are already in operation f that the service unitorm shall be won i tv all ranks of the Army in India a all ttmet except when on leave, awa from stations or
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    RED WEAPONS IN THE WESTERN DESERT
    28 13 m niti t alians on fie road from Mersa Matruh to lss :rs;rs«. Bin «j-s*"" were ound v alone route of the
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    POWERFUL BACKING FOR THE MIDDLE EAST FORCES
    1112 13 Inexhaustible Resources Of Britain's "Eastern Group" MALAYA now has an official Supply Department to orga- nize her war effort. That efiort is being intensified, and i co-ordinated with that of other countries in the Empire's Eastern Group," as a direct result of the
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    DE GAULLE'S PLEDGE TO FRENCH NATION
    79 13 Feb. 13. REPLYING to a question in the House of Commons yesterday the Foreign Minister, Mr. Anthony Eden, stated that a document in which Gen Charts de Gaulle pledged himself and his col leagues on behalf of the Free French to give an account
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    TOKIO DIET SESSION TO END SHORTLY
    87 13 Tolcio, Feb. 13. THE present Japanese Diet session, first partyless session since the dissolution ol all political parties, will adjourn at the end of February. All important bills passed by the I Representatives have been referred to th» H .use of Peert. The only
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    395 14 Strength Of People Rallying To Increase Production London, Feb. 13. THE impressive evidence which Mr. Wendell Willkie has set 1 before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is adjudged in Washington to be likely to accelerate the passing of the Lease and
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    116 14 London, Feb. IS. A COMPLAINT made at the annual meeting of the Empire Press Union that "messages from Egypt about the "lorious achievements of the Army of the Nile have been costing about three times as much as b3tween two parts of the Empire"
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    201 14 London. Feb. IS. IN the course of an address yesterday, Mr. L. C. Amery Secretary of State tor India. SDoke of war airrs and menI ioned wme of the dlfflcult'es in the way cf a categorical statement conoernlne them. For his part, he said,, he
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    DRIFTER DOWNS PLANE
    45 14 London, Peb. 13. »N Admiralty communique to-day states: Yesterday afternoon a Junkers W bom. bsr was en^aTed and nromptl' 1 destroyed by th? British drifter Eaw. There were no survivors from the Oerman aircraft. One of the drifters crew w«w wounded."—British Wlrp>«.
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    NEW JAPANESE CONSUL FOR NANKIN ;
    55 14 NEW JAPANESE CONSUL FOR NANKIN Tokio. Feb. 13. yi R Toyolchi Nakamura, Japanese ConsulGeneral in Prague, has been appointed Counsellor to the Japanese Embassy in Naniir" according to an official announcement. With 1-: appointment tliere are thr#« Coursrllors nttiched to Uie Japanese Embissy In N'nkinit, Including Mr Bh<nroJ^jro ivr-tx and
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    80 14 Peshawar. Feb. 13. THE Afghan commercial mission under "oe leadership of Ohulam Ghous Khan, of tha Ministry of National Economy, has arrived here en route to Tokio. The mission has been invited by the Japanese Foreign Trade-Promoting Association, through the Japanese Government. The visit,
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    182 14 Effort To Hurt AngloAmerican Relations Washington, Feb. 13 QN the authority of Mr. Winston Churchill. British Prime Minister, the British Embassy here has Issued the following statement: "There have been repeated allegations In the Press, some of which have even found an echo, In congressional
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    34 14 Ca h r >i,c nuns inspect the damage ou tside a convent bombed in England by the Nazis. A number of people of the many who sheltered here were killed.
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    IRISH JIG SELECTED TO WIN SPRING CUP Final Day Of Singapore Turf Club's Meeting
    496 15 IRISH JIG SELECTED TO WIN SPRING CUP Final Day Of Singapore Turf Club's Meeting ||AXMI Lindsay Years' Irish Jig has been selected to win th<' Spring Cup race for ponies, class one, division one, r *oen furlongs at Uukit Timah to-morrow, the final day thr Singapore Turf Club's Spring meeting.
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    780 15 ORDER OF RUNNING AND NON-ACCEPTORS Plr otrtrr of rnnninr. and nonarrvntors for to-morrow's races at Rukit Titnah will be found in 101 X if received In time. ■w. Dim 2. Di*. 2. C fortoac* 0 0 OIGOLCTTE 9.00 0 0 BOMBUS 13 0 4 TRUMPETER 8.0* 0 0 SONNY 8.09
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    65 15 r pHE following have t* -n selected to rcpreson: the Y MCA at ball aga n<t th« O.C.B.C. te im on the O.C B C. ground at Pi.m»r RT-d u 5pm to-morrcw Y,w Wan Sung. Lim Njit Si Bonny Fon^s. Ooh Chin Chye, Ng Wee Y an. Lod
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    44 15 Tarn Over, Garrard up. holds Teddy Boy to a narrow win In the third rare at Bukit Timah on Wednesday. th« se-ond day of the Sinjnptre Turf C!ub's Spring race meetinr. Biffler, on the rails, was third and Danger Zone fourth. Straits Times picture.
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    307 15 Oversea Chinese Bank 3; Cold Storage 0. DUNNERS-IJP last season, the Oversea Chinese Bank played good football to beat the Cold Storage by three goals to nil in a Business Houses' League game at Anson Road stadium yesterday. It was the Bank's second outing and
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    126 15 End-of-Season Hockey TTO wind up the hockey season, the Passive Defence Services Club will i hold a match between a team of A.R.P. I Wardens and a team of St. John Ami bulance Brigade men at Farrer Park at 15.15 pm. to-morrow. The following wiil
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    FRIENDLY TABLE-TENNIS
    129 15 ""PHE following have been selected to! represent the China Insurance' Company, Limited (Singapore Branch) In a friendly table-tennis ma:ch of five singles against the Wei Yang Athletic Association at the China Insurance Cos recreation hall, Cecil Strset. commencing at 3 p.m. to-morrow: Y. C. Ning (captain). Lien Cheng
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    15 15 Soccer: B H.L., Wearnes r%. NAAFI., stadium: Harper Gillillan vs. Bramtoco, Depot.
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    Pressmen Win Again
    460 15 Straits Times. .3; II S. Bank I PLAYING with fine understanding, the Straits Times scored their second successive win in Business Houses' League foolbail y-ster-diy when they beat the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, who in Hrntally Wvre beaten in their first appearance on M mday, by three
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    Lord Tomnoddy & Deadlock Impress
    286 15 Lord Tomnoddy Deadlock Impress TO-DAY'S TRAINING AT BUKIT TIMAH LORD Tomnoddy and Deadlock were Impressive at this morning's training at Bukit Timah in preparation for to-morrow, the final day of the Singapore Turf Club's Spring: mcc ing. Slow gallops Mere the order of the day. the second track being used.
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    PERAK MARCH RACE MEET
    252 15 FOLLOWING the success of a similar event provide*" at the recent Perak "Spitfire" race meftirg, class one ponies are being provided with another run over eigh-and-a-half furlongs at the Perak Turf Club's March meeting, which will »te held on Mar. l.\ Mar. 19 and Mar. tZ.
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    TEAMS FOR WOMEN'S GOLF TO-DAY
    127 15 TTHE following are the starting times and teams for the women's g<Al match between Island Club and Kep;)e: Golf Club at the Keppel Golf Club today. Island players mentioned first 3.55 pm., Mrs. C. A. R. Batemnn '18) vs. Mrs. A. M. Low <IS>; 4,
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    Y.M.C.A. TABLE TENNIS
    59 15 T^HE following will represent the V.M C.A. at table tennis against the B?ll O'forn Mur'.cal Association at ?X7-A. New Brldgo Road at 7 p.m. on Friday. Feb. 21. Lav Kong Hiong, Chan Kum Seng. Leong P?h Kan, Wong Teck Sam, Koh Chit Meng, Ong Kay Ann, Tang
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    330 15 TRACTION CO. PROVE TOO GOOD FOR BRINKMANNS Spore Traction Co. 4; Briaknunas 1 ORINK.MANNS, playing their «e- cond gaune in the Business Houses' Learve seccer competition this year, failed, in spite of a magnificent late recovery, against the Traction Company to whom they lost by four goals to one at
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    THREAT TO AUSTRALIA SEEN IN NEW TURN IN WAR
    208 16 GRIM MINING ISSUED BY THE VICE-PREMIER "Struggle Has Entered Fresh Phase Of The Utmost Gravity" Sydney, Feb. 13. THK peoplf of Australia were warned to-day that the war harl entered a new pkMt of the "utmost gravity" in an official statement
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    How China Can Aid Britain If Japan Attacks
    292 16 Chungking, Feb. 13. IN rainy Chinese quarters here it is considered that China will not remain idle if Japan attacks in the southern Pac'fic, since China can effei-tivi'lv aid I'ritain in (he defence of Burma and Singapore either by sending troons into
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    Italian Quarters After British Attack
    30 16 Italian barracks at Sidi Barrani foUoning it.s capture by the Brit sh troops. British naval guns did the bulk of the destruction to the buildings.
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    RESTRICTING U.S. OIL FOR JAPAN
    71 16 Washington, Feb. 13. EXPORTS of oil and petrol tv Japan com* under indirect control as the .-fsuit oi a presidential ruling issued yesterday laying down that export licences will be required from Feb. 15 for shipment abroad of m?tal containers of over fivf: call. ms
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    IMPERIAL PETROLEUM COMPANY IN JAPAN
    51 16 jjondon, Feb. 13. THE Japanese Government Is proposing to set up an Imperial petroleum company m which half share of the capital <>l V 100.000.000 will be subscribed by the Government and half by business circles. The company will be an amalgamation ot ixisUnn companies
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    GEN. WEYGAND TO TOUR FRENCH WEST AFRICA
    33 16 London, Feb. 13 GEN. Wevgrnd, Vichy delegate-gene-ral to North Africa, has left Algiers :tr a tcur of inspeciion of French West Africa, states Lyons radio —Reuter.
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    183 16 Nationals Told To Return Washington, Feb. 13. OOXCERN is evidenced in some diplomatic quarters here at the possibility that Japan is preparing for a ]ightn<ng thrust against Singapore and the Netherlands Indies. In other diplomatic quarters it is said that reports of a disturbing nature concern"™?
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    AUSTRALIAN MINISTER SEES MATSUOKA
    73 16 Tokio, Feb. 13. CIR John G. Latham, Australian Minister to Japan, yesterday afternoon had a talk with the Foreign Minister, Mr. Yosuke Matmoka. regarding Japanese-Australian relations. iMr. TaLtuo Kawal, first Japanese Minister to Canberra, was received in audlenc by the Etnperor at the Imperial palace yesterday
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    BRITISH TRADE MISSION
    32 16 Caracps (Venezuela!, Feb. 13. PREAT cordiality and evident friend- >* ship has marked the stay here of the British economic mission to South America, which leaves for England on Saturday.—Reuter.
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    306 16 Zurich, Feb. 13. TTHE evacuation of civilians from Abyssinia is considered as a likely subject to have been discussed between Mussolini and Gen. Franco, according to the Vichy correspondent of the Gazette de Lausanne. This question, involving as it doe« utilization of the Addis
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    THREE COLUMNS ADVANCING STEADILY INTO ERITREA
    222 16 Important Post Taken In Push On Red Sea Port Of Massawa London, Feb. 18. THE Imperial forces in East Africa continue their invsisti1 ble advance into Eritrea, Italy's oldest colony, it is leanvii to-day. In a three-pronged drive our troops are pushing steadily on
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    R.A.F. Offensive In Rhodes Island Base Continues
    453 16 Cairo, Feb. 13. 'THE R.A.F. offensive against aerodromes on Rhodes Island, the most easterly possessed by the Axis, was continued on Tu?sday night when Maritza, Calato and Katavia were raided with what a communique issued here to-day describes as "cor siderable success." Fires
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    FRANCO SEES PETAIN
    322 16 3-Hour Meeting x4fter Lunch New York, Feb. 13. A MESSAGE from Montpelliei (France) states that (Jen Franco and Senor Suner, Spanisl Foreign Minister, arrived then this afternoon and went into i lengthy conference with Marsha Petain. Marshal Petain received a warn welcome when he arrived at Montpellier
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