The Straits Times, 28 February 1941

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    39 1 FINAL EDTN. The Strait Times [BBTABIJBHKD NKARLT 4 OSNTUBY) MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER LARGEST NET SALES h IWI.KS SINGAPORE, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 28, 1941. PRICK 5 CENTH The Strait Times 16 VM.\ S. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1941. PRICE CBN r^
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  • The Strait Times DOMESTIC OCCURENCES
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      564 2 B EDUCATIONAL OfORTE. teacher has racuciM for any Me or naUor.&Uty. Unou any time. For Term* apply 7*5 Orowe Road. Katoin. HOUSES FLATS TO LET TO LET. No 47 Amber Rom Apply Meyer Blotter* Ft BMSHF.I) BI'NGALOW Blglap. Apply Julian Israel, 11 Malacca street. FURNISHED LOWn FLAT, compound bout, Katong
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      379 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. incorMfmtca ir England) PENINSULAR AND ORUEHTAL 8 N Co MAO. PASSTNOER AND CARGO SERVICE Ths best possible services are being maintained by the P A O S N Cot from rhe Straits to their usual of cell in China. India Ceylon
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      286 3 Incorporated tn Jatmm GtNttAL PASSENGER ACiINTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE. TO SAN FRANCISCO Manila Bos* Kong. Kobe. Yokohama. Mmmlili San Pranehc* and Loo Aigllsi ivave Leave Manila HUong ss NTTTA MARU Mar Mar 11 ni KAMAKURA MARU Mar IS Mar 18 l TAWATA MARU Mar. 29 Apr. 1 TO
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      421 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. BLUE FUNNEL LINE. Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom. Dates are not guaranteed, all cargo bookings subject to Conference War Clauses. WESTERN AUSTRALIA THE SHORTEST SEA ROUTE AT THE CHEAPEST FARE Regular Services to Fremantle (Perth) via Java by first class passenger ships. Single fare $192 (A £28)
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      175 3 KsM WA FREIGHT SERVICE TO SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES. NEW YORK AND BOSTON VIA MANILA. HONG KONG AND PANAMA CANAL Sail Spore Arrive SP. Arrive NY PRESIDENT BUCHANAN Mar 18 Apr. 15 May a PRESIDENT JOHNSON* Apr. May 8 June 1 'Calls Baltimore instead Boston PASSENGER FREIGHT SERVICE SINGAPORE TO
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    LONDON MARKET'S GOOD START TO 1941 Share And Commodity Prices Rising Despite Raids
    716 4 LONDON MARKET'S GOOD START TO 1941 Share And Commodity Prices Rising Despite Raids •m (Mir Own Cwrup widen t.) London, Jan. 4. Papite of the ferocious fire-raid on the City of Sunday night (Dec. 30 1 the London stock and commodity markets have made an excellent start for mi. Partly
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    88 4 Friday, Fee, t*. hn, •layers SrUen Price* Price: Mo. IX B.SS. ispot looar) SC>< 36 S« IX R.S.S. t.oM. m raw FH>.-AUr. (Sellers option) 36 37 G.F.A.Q. R S.S f.«.k. in bales Feb.-Mar. 'Kellers option) MM 3*% F.A.Q. R.S.S fob la kales Krb.-Mar (Sellers option)
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    COTTON MARKET MORE HOPEFUL
    317 4 Moderate Turnover In Bombay Manchester, Feb. 27. T'ERE is a more hopeful feeling alter to-day's conference with the Cotton Controller. It is thought that th« Liverpool futures market may sunrire and many firms' services will be required for the distribution of the reduced imports. Bombay, Feb.
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    TIN MARKET WEAK IN LONDON
    53 4 London, Feb. 27. TN opened weak. The turnover was 25 tons. The further profit taking uncovered stop-loss orders but the decline If attributed to little support, making the close somewhat above th* lowest. After official hours the market was steady and a further 75 tons
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    FREIGHT MARKET
    76 4 London, Feb. 27. rthe freight market some higher bids failed to nttract shipowners. Sierra Leone Chrome was being bid at $16 to New York. Timecharter fixtures include American steamers for ore for the round voyage between the United States and the Far East or India, and one cross
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    POLICE ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS
    219 4 Greater Uniformity With F.M.S. Regulations WITH the passage of time and the progressive development of the Force, a chapter of the Police Ordinance has become obsolete in many respects, and another ordinance to consolidate and amend the law relating to the Force has been published. Two Deputy
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    REGULAR BROADCASTS FROM N.I. TO U.S.
    81 4 Batavia, Feb. 27. lACK Raleigh, United Press corres- pendent in Batavia, Is to broadcast regularly to the United States about Netherlands Indies subject*. His talks will be relayed from Java to the stations of the Colombia broadcasting system in America. Mr. Raleigh, who recently
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    HOUSES FLATS, TO LET
    35 4 M "KMSIIKD BUNGALOW at i\ mile Pasir Pan jane Rd two bedrooms, bathrooms attached, small garden. Rent $90. Entry April 1 Apply 468 Paslr Fanjang HUI, between 5 to 1 p.m.
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    AROUND THE MARKETS Quieter Conditions But Prices Maintained
    511 4 By Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, Feb. 28. rIE share markets were much quieter yesterday and there was very little inclination tc do busaie^s by either buyers or sellers. While there are no signs of nervousness, it Is evident that most operators now
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    DOMESTIC ECONOMY IN MALAYA
    240 4 Big Demand For Book On How To Cook Vegetables INHERE has been an extraordinary demand for the booklet "How To ;Cook Malayan Vegetables." Requests for this miniature cookery book have been received literally in I thousands from all parts of Malaya and also from Sarawak, British
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    MOTHERLESS GIRLS GIVE EVIDENCE
    193 4 Preliminary Inquiry Into Alleged Double Murder A PRELIMINARY inquiry into a double murder alleged to have taken place in a quiet lorong off Telok Kurau Road on the morning of Dec. 2 last, was begun in the Singapore second court yesterday. Letchmi, aged 9 and Marimuthu,
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    THE PUNJAB REGIMENT
    46 4 "THE History of the 2nd Punjabi t Regimer.t" is the title of the talk I to be broadcast at 7 pin, to-day by an officer of th. 1 Regiment. This Is one of the talks in the series 'The History of the Regiments."
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    Selangor Races Order Of Running & Non-Acceptors
    149 4 Selangor Races Order Of Running Non-Acceptors THE order of running and nonacceptors at Kuala Lumpur tomorrow, the first day of the Selangor Turf Club's Gold Cup meeting, are given below: Baee 1: Ponies, class 2, <Jtv. 2, 6 furlong* Canute. Race 2: Ponies, class 2, dlv. 1, 6 furlongs Bycillian.
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
    89 4 Bu.TCT* Gambler Hamburg Cubt .'ava Cube Zovro Mixed Sun Dried $2.ad Muiituk Wblto Black tl3 7f> »7«) iau< flour NO 1 Fair $5.2(1 Sarawak $4.30 avi(,cn Small Flake Pair Flake Medivun-Flake Smflll Pearl $650 $8.00 $8.00 \eloiono Pakmbarg Banja Sarawak Vice Slam Rice (Speuaij Per bag $14.70
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    EXCHANGES
    223 4 The following are the exenange rate* Bn morning according tx> the dally circular lsauel by the Hongkong and dhannria) Banklnf Corporation: London, Feb. 27. "THE rubber market was technically flrm as freight was dubious foi some remaining hedges again.st godown purchase*.— Reuter. London, Feb. 27. TiE Government War Risk
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      318 4 LEGAL NOTICES NOTI ALFRED LI matS Ml! \i I >i ceased. Will any person, firm or company having m nr claim* against the ab !ied on the 10th day of Febru1 Hufipiial. Johort i i>>rr. kinaiy tend in fi:^ »o the un^ .M-^k from date hereof. 21st day of February.
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      379 4 NOTICE. la the Eotate af Ker Tronr Wah. deeeaned. late of Na. 23 Balmoral Road. Singapore. »ho died oa the 2nd day of May. l»4t. Pursuant t« Section 29 of the Trustees Ordinance (Chapter 53). NOTICE is hereby piven that creditors and others hating any claims against the Estate of
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      408 4 TEN DERS SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST. TENDERS are Invited for the conversion of Play Pavilions and Garages at Tionß Bahru Estate Into Air Raid Shelters and a First Aid Post. Plans. Schedule of Work and Form of Tender may be obtained at the Office of the I Singapore Improvement Trust on
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    FUTURE OF TIN-MINING
    762 5 <lon. Jai. I nit on behalf -ierve ■n- armament mdi spare for n sr«-kinc to lore the metal price, and of The tall fsr tvlow ii| the war and that. should hocUUUes extend beyond Dec 31 nrxt. wl.m the present restriction acreemrnt expires some means of preserving
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    London Stock Exchange
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    List Of Current Dividends
    273 5 Issued by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association. Books Cocdwuu Otnatnu> Ckm rut Austral Malay »d. 9d. bonus Blur. 4 Austral Anul. .3d l^d bonus Hooc Patt 14% final Mar. I tioog Patt 10% int. Mar. 1 Hongkong Tin 22 4% final less tax Hongkong Tin 5% Int.
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    Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1351 5 Tin RS DAY. FEB. 27. 1M1: 5 P.M. ■IMIMCi Ampul Tin (ss U 3d 3s 74d Austral Amal. (Ss) 6s 3d 6s 9d c.d. Austral Malay i() Jss 16s td. Ay«r Hit am (ss> 20s 31s Ayer Wnit i»l» .724 .774 Bsr.srnn Tl- 13s 6d
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    115 5 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES (From Our Own Correspondent London, Feb. 27. COMMODITY and Exchange markets closed <v robow* witn orenoua quotations to oarenthesU:— RUBBER. Steady. Spot 13M.d 13% d (13% d 13^4d) April June l3Hd l3V4d (13V«.d 13^d) JulySept. 13'^d 13»4d (13»4d 13Kd) Oct.Dec. 13d 13S.d (13d 13* id) New yock: Not
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    123 5 Mail* close at the General Post Office a* follows: KAen air 4 p.m. Africa air 4 p.m. Surma air 4 p.m. Ceylon air 4 p.m. *ypt air 4 p.m. 3reat Britain &c. air 4 p.m. India air 4 p.m. 'ava surface 12.30 p.m. Mauritius air 4
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      187 6 Jjt "ROBINSON mh ftmsiu*) EDNA BEST EDDIE ALBERT rUw >Gm UckMrt.Otv, Xm««.N«rl BoKr.Mor.Ueu Lorcjann S»rtArn«, l»«t« .t, WILLIAM DIETERLE A WARNER BROS.-F.nt N.t»™i hum With BxoeUent Supports i niciuMing tiie bpecia! D(Ki:nK-ntary lilm -DOVER FRONT LINE" And -BRITISH NEWS" By Arranrcatent with The British Ministr> of Information TUESDAY 4th MARCH
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      148 6 today) pavilion i STILL DRAWING CROWDED HOUSES! THE BEST FILM OF THE WEEK! MAKE SURE YOU SEE THIS ONE! fiT Iff TREMENDOUSLY EXCITINGJ I IT GOTO IT 7 SUNOAV EXPRESS j l^l^^M EDWARO CHAPMAN- 1 JUDY CAMPBELL nSJ^r dt* l| xphTtemnysonALSO UTEST GAUMONT BRITISH NEWS BY AIR MAIL DUTCH CLUB.
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      227 6 IT'S THE ONLY COMEDY IN TOWN! DEANNA DANCES NOW TOO! CAPITOL T DAY vHrl lUL 3 15 6 15 9 15 4 SHOWS ON SATURDAY SUNDAY Crowds acclaim this her Best and most Joyous pic DEANNA DURBiN in NEW UNIVERSAL 'S J^^% LATEST MUSICAL COMEDY HIT |A with MISCHA AUER
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    NEW MOVE BY ROOSEVELT TO SPEED UP AID FOR BRITAIN
    419 7 NEW MOVE BY ROOSEVELT TO SPEED UP AID FOR BRITAIN All Supplies Which Army Navy Can Spare May Be Transferred New York, Feb. 27. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, after conferring yesterday with 1 United States defence chiefs and Cabinet officials, took steps looking to the transfer to Britain of all war supplies
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    How Filibuster May Be Beaten
    211 7 Washington, Feb. 27. COME uneasiness exists among supporters of the "Lease and Lend" Bill lest the opposition start a filibuster (obstruction) when amendments are offered in the Senate next week Senator van Nuys, Democrat, said that if the opposition should try to jtalk the bill
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    U.S. WORLD WAR ACE HURT IN CRASH
    131 7 New York, Feb. 27. SEVEN people were killed and nine injured when an Eastern Airlines plane, which w:-s reported to be three hours overdue at Atlanta. Georgia, was found to have crashed. The plane carried 13 papsen^ers and three crew. Among the dead
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    JEWS & ARABS SERVING IN MIDDLE EAST ARMY
    57 7 JEWS ARABS SERVING IN MIDDLE EAST ARMY London, Feb. 27. SIX THOU3AND Jewish volunteers and 3 000 Arab volunteers who enlisted in Palestine are now serving with the British Army in the Middle East Announcing this, the Colonial OflVce adds that reTuitinpr of both Arub and Jewish units In Palestine
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    NEW U.S. • PLANE'S 620 M.P.H.
    63 7 NEW U.S. PLANE'S 620 M.P.H. Buffalo (New York), Feb. 27. rE new Airacobra interceptor pursuit plane reached a speed of 620 miles an hour in a routine test flight here recently. The machine plunged 21.000 feet during a dive. The previous record for a plane dive was 575 miles an
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    U.S. Envoy Handy With His Fists
    180 7 U.S. Envoy Handy With His Fists {Knocks Down German Officer In Cafe Berlin, Feb. 27. *rHE "unneutral attitude" of American diplomats is sharply attacked in the official organ of the German Foreign Office, Deutsche Diplomatlsche Politische Korrespondenz, the newspaper especially criticizing Mr. George H. Earle. United States Minister in Sofia,
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    BIG U.S. DEFENCE ORDER HELD UP
    189 7 i Steel Workers' Strike May Spread New York, Feb. 27. rvEFENCE contracts totalling 1/ $1,500,000,000 are affected by a strike which has been declared at the large Lackawanna steel works at Buffalo (New York State) of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation. Pickets of a union
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    AN ECHO OF SHANGHAI SHOOTING INCIDENT
    79 7 Shanghai, Feb. 27. MR. YUKISHI HAYASHI. who shot the British chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council. Mr. W. J. Keswick, and two Japanese at a special ratepayers' meeting on Jan. 23, will leave Shanghai to-morrow to face trial in Japan, according to the local
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    BRITISH SYMPATHY WITH CANADA
    105 7 London. Feb. 27. rCE Dominions Secretary, Lord Cranborne, h&s sent a telegram to the Government of Canada regarding Sir Frederick Banting, dUcoverer of insulin, who met his death ln an air crash in Canada last week. Lord Cranborne said: "It to with profound regret that we
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      346 7 RAFFLES HOTEL TO-NIGHT DINNER DANCE (informal) S p.m. to midnight xl M THF A<TMR mm CROB TIC ATTRACTION nt MO l UH UUU PINCERS Dinner $3.00. Non-Diners $1.00 SUNDAY EVENING IN THE PALM COURT SINC.APOKKs MOST POPI'LAR SOCIAL RENDEZVOUS MILITARY BAND CONCERT -8 30 to 10 30 p.m ARufLL SUTHERLAND
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, FEB 28.1941 544th Day of The War. A bad record
    1003 8 Bulgaria has been an independent kingdom for less than 33 years. For most of that period she has been engaged in wars, usually with j disastrous results for herself. Now. by her failure to resist
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    HOSPITALITY
    113 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, There must be many, like myself, who wish to help towards the re- creation and well-being of the Services in Malaya but not being in a position to take any active part in such work, desire to assist with a monthly
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    N. CHINA PUPPET CHIEF MAY RESIGN
    68 8 Peiping, Feb. 28. Fis strongly rumoured in Chinese circles that Mr. Wang I-tang head of the North China Political Allaire Commission, sponsored by Japan, will resign. It is believed that the lormer head, Mr. Wang Ke-mln will resume that post. Major-Gen Morlta, head of
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      PETROL RATIONING
      484 8 510 Miles For Small Car, 760 For Big One To the Editor of the Straits Times i Sir- In order to reduce non-essential consumption (personal). I recently acquired a ten horse-power car in place of my previous 30 horse-power car. "In order to reduce non-essential consumption, the Malayan
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      Too Much "Chasing After Pleasure"
      163 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times &ir. —There is much to be said Tor the idea which is claimed to be behind the Petrol Rationing Order —the conservation of foreign exchange And. I take it, a reduction in expenditure by the public. We still
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      Individual Circumstances Need Consideration
      467 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.—While no one will complain of the decision to ration petrol if it Is really necessary, there is considerable cause for complaint at the lack of imagination shown in planning the rationing. It is no use comparing conditions here
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      When Electric Trucks Were Frowned Upon
      61 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.—Nearly a year ago certain local business men foresaw petrol rationing and sought to avail themselves of an offer of electric battery driven vehicles, with a view to ensuring their short distance delivery services in any circumstances.
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      THE SOCIAL EVIL
      409 8 Victims Of Disease Should Be Segregated To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, The controversy now raging round the legalization or the destruction of the brothel system appears unconvincing. We hunt the shadow while the substance is left untouched. The question at issue Is how to
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      Not A Subject For Flippancy
      134 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, —One feels impelled to reply to the person who wrote a letter which you published to-day, signed "Observer." This reader "gets very tired of this social evil business!" So do many others! But if these many others
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      "ANGLO-MALAYANS'
      600 8 Strange rears Of Marquis Of Hastings T.» Mm I dil«.r of the Straits Timrt S.r May I refer to the correspondence headed "Anglo-Malayan i have been asked by many p( write and also asked if there Will o# a departure from the policy, am of the twnnjan as at
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      HIGHLAND SCHOOLS
      136 8 To the Editor of the Straits I BMi Sir, —There are two .schools it Cameron Highlands. One of them is conducted by a private lndividn therefore may be run on wh;itrvet lines its proprietress deems fit. Tiie other school is run by a religious bodj and was erected
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    FRANCE MAKES FINAL REPLY TO JAPAN
    427 9 LATEST CONCESSIONS MADE IN TOKIO ARE "M WIMUM" l\i i«lni«xlit To-night As Zero Hour In Talks \< II defiance of Japan is contained m a statement made h> official spokesman m Vichy last nijrht. He said I ranee ha* fixed the maximum concession m
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    OFFER TO AID THE POWERS
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    Japanese Active In Hainan
    80 9 Japanese Active In Hainan QMngkiag Spoke On Toklo Measures Chungking, Feb. 28. JAPANESE military forces in their preparation for possible south»..rd expansion have been most n Hainan and in the vicinity .ton. according to the Chinese \v spokesman. ring that the Japanese are n Island as their main base yard
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    Planes Massing In Vlaska
    99 9 Planes Massing In Vlaska Three Ur (,or|>> Scni Morr To Folio* Washington, Feb. 27. 'j :KLE additional United States air corps have just gone to Alaska, and three more are schedI to go there within two months. This announcement was made tonay by the War Secretary, Mr )]> tirv Stimson.
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    Increasing Number of Japanese In Thailand"
    28 9 Increasing Number of Japanese In Thailand" Tokio, Fcb 28 T,ig two new :<i> in southern c Japanese dds that tie of the conir.d th~ >.)iinkhla. ■>uth land Rn.
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    SUMNER WELLES SEES TWO AMBASSADORS
    13 9 SUMNER WELLES SEES TWO AMBASSADORS tm, Ftb Me both ur. Adm t AmtJa-
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    NEW ADVANCE IN ERITREA
    104 9 British Take Two More Towns Khartoum, Fab. 28. KELEMIT, about 30 miles north of Keren, in Er.trea. has been occup.od by British troops withrut meeting any opposition. Nakfa. abandoned by the enemy, has also been occupied. Nakfa which ft 50 mibs north of Kelemit. was taken
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    South African Troops Praised By Gen. Wavell
    114 9 London. Feb. 28. SOUTH AFRICAN troops w>re highly praised by Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell, Commander-in-Chief, Middle East, when he visited them at Ducawa. 12 miles inside the Abyssinian border before they went Into action. His re- marks were recorded and broadcast from London
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    NAZI BRUTALITY IN NORWAY
    123 9 London, Feb. 28. AFRESH example of Quislingite violence towards Norwegian school children is reported to-day by the Norwegian news agency. According to the Swedish newspaper Social Demokraten, a detachment of Quisling's storm troopers forced their way into a school at Sklen and demanded to be taken
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    Clippers To Be Flown Over By Britons
    88 9 London, Feb. 28. FIVE experienced British Overseas Airways* pilots have arrived In New York to take delivery of a number j of Boeing Clipper flying boats, It is learned In London. They will fly the Clippers to England, thus allowing Overseas Airways to
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    All Australian Shipyards Now Engaged On Building Warcraft
    102 9 London, Feb. 28. CORTY-EIGHT naval patrol ships for escort and anti-submarine work will be completed in Australia by the end of the year, stated Mr. A. W. Fadden. acting Commonwealth Prime Minister, today. Kvt ry shipyard in Australia is being used for
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    A "Lucky Touch" Before Taking Off
    41 9 .ijht se-gcan' in the touchstone for luck of a •.(iron of the R.AF. now assisting the Greeks. No member of the crew r to tnkr off on a flight without first touchtng the lucky pate.
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    Watching Sudan's Frontiers
    33 9 i> i :i ii >i>ps on (lie Sudan-Ahvssiniin frontier kef* a sharp I ink -out for any movement of Italian firces, whl?h, at one time, were only 200 yards away.
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    Duce On How He Aided Franco
    334 9 List Of Arms Supplied In Spanish Civil War London, Feb. 28. IN what appears to be an attempt to explain away the serious reverses recently suffered by Italy, Mussolini yesterday Issued through the Italian news agency a long list of armaments which he had
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    SWEDES FIRE ON NAZI PLANE
    41 9 Stockholm, Feb. 28. A TWO-ENGINED German bomber flew over the south coast of the island of Skaanc at noon yesterday, according to an official statement issued here. The bomber was driven off by anti-aircraft fire. Reuter.
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    "Smooth Progress" Of Japan -N.I. Talks
    70 9 Toki->, Feb. 28. "CMOOTH progress" in the economic conversations between Japan and j the Netherlands Indies is Indicated in a message from Batavia to the Japanese Domei news agency. Mr. Yutaka Ishizawa, the Japanese Consul-General, and Mr. van Hoogstraeten, head of the Netherlands Indies
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    MALTA CIVILIANS HIT BY RAID
    48 9 Malta, Feb. 28 FUR air raid alerts were sounded in Malta in the past 24 hours when enemy aircraft were in the vicinity says an official communique Issued last night. During Wednesday's mid-day raid, adds, considerable damage was done o civilian property.— Reuter.
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    STRALIA ENDS TRADE WITH RUMANIA
    41 9 Canberra, Feb. 28. \USTRALIA has severed trading relations with Rumania, which has !,een declared enemy territory, accordng to an announcement to-day. This s in conformity with the recent exnsion of the British blockade to •mania. Reuter.
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    PANESE AGAIN BOMB THE BURMA ROAD
    48 9 Kunming, Feb. 28. T tPANESE heavy bombers attacked J the Sal we en bridge on the Burma i highway yesterday afternoon, In two waves of 15 and 21 planes. Two waves of dive-bombers also attacked a tin raininc district near Kochlu.— Reuter
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    REICH HAS MANY WEAKNESSES
    101 9 Why British Morale Is Higher Than German Cleveland (Ohio), Feb. 23. '/^ERMANY has more vital weak- nesses than the world outside generally appreciates, 1 Mr. Warren Irvin, the National Broadcasting Company's foreign affairs expert, laid upon arrival here, according to the Cleveland News. There Is no
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    Mystery Of Missing
    82 9 Legation Emplo\ ees London. Feb. 28. EMPLOYEES in the British Legation at Sofia, It is reported, have failed to reach Ankara after leaving Son:. for Istanbul on Monday, according to a Sofia d.spateh to the official UiUjb news agency. An employee whose name is given as Grenovitch
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    59 9 London, Feb. 28 A MILITARY college which is destined to become the St. Syr of Free Prance In Africa has been opened at Brazzaville by Cten. de iArmlflat, High Commissioner for Free French Africa. The college which Is called CamD Colonna Dornano. at present houses 125 cadets, most of whom
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    SNOW CHECKS NAZI PLANS
    115 9 !s.# Troop Moves Unlikrly Now soli. 1. I h. 28. 4 NY immediate larRC-scalo intrr of (icrman troops into llulgaria lias been rendered less likr heavy fall of snow. There i-^ still no confirmation of reports that German troops had nibo, and there is reason 10
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    Athens Hails New British Landing
    111 9 Plight Of Greeks In The Dodecanese London, Feb. 27. THE occupavion of the island ol Castellorizo, an Italian waplanc base in the Dadecanese Group. 05 British forces is hailed With enthusiasm by the Gree!:s, according to th« Athens radio. The newspaper Estia refers to ii
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    Weather Holding Up Albanian Fighting
    84 9 Athens, Feb. 28 BAD weathrr is still holding up largt scale operations on the Albanian battlefront, states the Gr'"-k Press Ministry. Greek artillery, however, continued to ound enemy positions yesterday with marked success and much damage by shells bursting In Italian trenches was registered. At
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    WAR FUND REACHES $5,033,934 TO-DAY
    358 10 Teluk Anson Rubber Co. Contribution Of $5,000 SINGAPORE AMATEUR BOXING RAISES OVER $700 A are in the pleasing position of being able to record a fairh substantial advance in The War Fund total, i contributions amount to £7.403 and the total now is T\ t
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    Straits 'limes Annual 1941
    80 10 Straits 'limes Annual 1941 Cos IKIIII lIO.VS lor thi<. I imrs \nnual Ml invtr.i \iti<le\. rhotozraphs. paintI rtriMinf. of Milayan r| suitable for Hie Timrs Annual should be d within the next few ueeks. Owme to wartime condition* the \miu.»l is being prepared e;irlier this year than nsual. Arthles of
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    NO FELLING OF KEDAH TREES New Regulation
    75 10 Ailation published in the Kedah Government the felling of trees In certain ar, particular the regulation prohibit.s without special permission the feline of trees on all land within 200 either side of main roads In ani also within 200 yards of t) >cined
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    INDIES GOVERNORGENERAL
    114 10 office Likely To K\ tended >ondent> Feb. 27. Fr-C *ie Neth?rriarda is due r. i tember, he war •nded The I Governorin the governor-p nre -nt is nat considered a O-rmsn :on of Holland, few suitable candidates are at the disposal ot the The nly (i>vern>r-General who has
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    UNITY SPREADING IN DUTCH INDIES
    98 10 >\ir Own Correspondent) Batavia, Fib 26 THLKE is a gTOA-lni; reeling of unity the different racial groups in the N.I and friendly rembetween Europeans and h impress visitors. ;ropean clubs now admit Tncion sian and Chinese members. aide the formerly very exclu.^impaiiß Club at Sourabala.
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    AMUSEMENTS
    87 10 g \im>ki k\h 11 nun i I mukx i Informal > S pjn. t.AKKM X I'IILAIKL OIUAM. I -.tliim tc Trouble Brewlnf .0 U> P B>. to •ht Olobe The Laght That d a>y- Two Bright Boys. HAITI riltATK* -Mas»» H«cMi Seaside HeU vm WEH *\<»KII. raucles rhMtrec and
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    DEATH OF SELANGOR PLANTER
    105 10 rE death took place on Wednesday, of Mr. Noel Fisher, General Manager Harpenden Estate. He leaves his wife and three daughtertwo of whom are marrid. One of them v Mrs Scoular. wife of Mr. J. M. Scoular of floustead and Co.. and the other Is married
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    Nazi Raid On Portsmouth
    37 10 H.MS, sailors help to clear up debris after a recent raid on Portsmouth. It too* a costly raid for the enemy, when at least four bombers were believed to have been shot down.
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    MOTORISTS' CRITICISM OF PETROL RATIONING
    493 10 CEARING that petrol rationing might cause considerable loss of efficiency in Malaya without giving any proportionate benefit," the Singapore branch of the Automobile Association of Malaya at a special emergency meeting last night decided to form a sub-committee to ascertain, if possible, the real purpose
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    BLACK OUT RULES FOR MOTOR CARS
    784 10 PJETAILKD instructions regarding motor-car, motor-cycle, bicycle and rikshaw lights during black-outs are published in the Johore Government Gazette. These instructions for the first time make it clear what is expected of road uses during black-outs. The following are the instructions: (at the oflslde headlight
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    "HAKKA FOR BEGINNERS"
    85 10 POR the comparatively small sum of $1.23, those who read English may attempt to learn Hakka. one of the most widely-used Chinese dialects In Malaya. Hakka for Beginners" 1% another excellent contribution by Mr. Chiang Ker Chiu to the text books available here for the study ot
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    Railway Sleepers As A.R.P. Shelters
    82 10 (From Our Own <>rrrsp<>nd>iu > Klane. Feb. If, Tlir Kmcinreritiß Department of the I>l I Riilwiys. Port Swettenham. has been instructed to store unserviceable ;?nd <>id railway sleepers fjt the purpos? < f erecting air taid shelters for railway subordinates, in rase of emergency. These
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    NO N. I. GOODS FOR ENEMY
    165 10 NO N. I. GOODS FOR ENEMY Black List In U.S. (From Our Own Correspondent) Batavia, Feb. 24 rE N.I. Press has published the following Dome! Cable from San Francisco: "It is rumoured that the British authorities here are pivlnf? their attention to the repeated shipping of vegetable oils by Soviet
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    WOMEN BEING ENROLLED IN INDIES MILITIA
    82 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Batavia. Feb. 20 WHEN the civilian militia was established last October, tc in rreaser rea5e the preparedness of the 1f. 1., it w\s I intended to includ- women, but only a trial registratian for men was effected The necessary preparations
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    15 10 The N.I. Spitfire fund raised nearly Glds. 200.000 during the period, Feb. 1 to 20.
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    CULTIVATION IN WARTIME
    199 10 N.I. Self Supporting In Food Supplies (From Our Own OORMpODdHft) B.r IN a talk on "Cultivation in Wartime" Urn head of tin- N I Department of Information. Mr J H. Rltmaa, spoke ot UM speedy tnaniu'i in which N I economic lift- had boon adapted to changed
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    31,197 EUROPEANS IN MALAYA
    77 10 THE population oi Malaya on Decem* ber 31 last is estimated to have been 5,504.094 according to si published in the Government Gazette The population of Singapore is put at 760,226. It is estimated there are 14.390 Europeans in Singapore out of a total Euro* pean
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    AIR RAID SHELTER Al CHINESE CHAMBER
    35 10 THE construction of air raid for the Chinese Chamber of Commerce will be one of the subjects to be discusser when the Chamber's board of directors meet on Saturday
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    WANTED FOR MI'RDER
    65 10 "THOUSANDS of ''police posters printed iv four languages by the Department of In. formation, are appearing in Stn"apore These posters are headed "Wanted for Murd°r and Kidnappin* with intent to Kill and bear the portrait of Hitler, who in described as having an "un-Germimir face." "If found
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    SINGAPORE ASIATICS RESPOND TO CALL
    283 11 Encouraging Enrolments In l,ocal Defence Corps 1 MPTED OLUNTEERS AND RESERVISTS ALSO ELIGIBLE E\(l 111 AT reMH>n«e ha* hewi forlhcominfi: from Iho 're vin«o the 1/N'nl Defence Corp" 5 hi..' n 99m to all Hritivh suhjects aitnincd ihle, under 1 1 ship in the Corps,
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    COLLISION AT GROVE ROAD
    294 11 Court Sequel To Recent Accident A RECENT collision In Grove Road I between two motor-cars, In which three RAF. officers were Injured, one seriously, had a sequel in the traffic court before Mr. C. H. Whltton •day, when an Indian n^med Shatk Farced was on trial
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    INDIAN SOLDIER'S ROAD DEATH
    164 11 Coroner Issues Warrant J Agrain^t Ix>rry Driver M? W Porter, tho Singapore coroner, found, at the conclusion of an inquiry into the death of an j Indian sclriicr involved in an accident t I Woodlands Read on Feb. 11, that rhe driver of the military lorry
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    NO LADYSMITH DAY CELEBRATIONS
    113 11 LADYSMTTH Day wi:l not be celebrated by the Manchester Regiment to-day because of the present •tion. it is officially stated. The day will Instead be regarded as a holiday by 'he Regiment which will not, er. Indulge in ar.v festivities ari will old the usual ball
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    $75 FINE IMPOSED FOR NEGLIGENT DRIVING
    100 11 $75 FINE IMPOSED FOR NEGLIGENT DRIVING A PINE of $75 was imposed by Mr. C. H. Whit ton in the traffic ccurt terday on a motor-car driver, Morned Yusof, who had been convicted n a charge of negligent driving. Giving the facts of the case. Court pertor A. H. Frew
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    EXTENSION OF MINEFIELDS
    224 11 East Approaches To Singapore 'THE eastern approaches to ttngfci harbour and roads will, from Mar. 3, be closed to shipping by mines This means an extension to the existing minefield, and vessels entering the area do so at their own risk and peril, states an announcement by
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    MUSICAL EVENING
    27 11 TIERE will be a musical evening to-morrow at 6 o'clock at 1, Short Street, under the auspices of the Tamil EDworth Leagne. All arc welcome.
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    ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO POISON EMPLOYER Photographer Suspects Youth Put Chemical In Food
    138 11 ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO POISON EMPLOYER Photographer Suspects Youth Put Chemical In Food ALLEGED to have attempted to murder his employer, a Japanese photo— raphrr, hy mixing poison with his food, John Leoncr alias Ma.\ George Leon?, a Chinese, faced yesterday in the relief police court I preliminary inquiry into the
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    Forty Free Frenchmen Sail To Fight Under De Gaulle
    309 11 DETERMINED to do their bit to help smash the Axis Powers and regain for France what she has j lost, the 40 Free Frenchmen who came to Singapore from various pi rtl of the Far East, are now on their way
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    EUROPEAN'S BODY IN SKA
    46 11 Greaser On Ship In Harbour WHILi tn*d« at 4 30 p.m. officer saw a body of a I floating on th from 1 1 ..nd With ft n. < n i: kliddJ :ind drinks with t\v happ drunk, he add< .run drowning. Th
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    Australians In Desert Sandstorm
    25 12 i4u»/rcUtan* «et out /rom a railhead Jn Egypt to piUh camp in the teeth of a severe sandstorm in the desert.
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    MOTORISTS FAIL TO FOLLOW PROCEDURE Great Deal Of Confusion At Petrol Rationing Office
    318 12 MOTORISTS FAIL TO FOLLOW PROCEDURE Great Deal Of Confusion At Petrol Rationing Office CAILURE on the part of a large section of the- public to fol- low the procedure laid down for obtaining petrol ration coupons caused a great deal of confusion in the Petrol Rationing Office yesterday, the first
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    WAR EFFORT IN INDIA Prominent Hindus ' Urge Speed-up
    292 12 WAR EFFORT IN INDIA Prominent Hindus Urge Speed-up New Delhi, Feb. 26. CTRONG support fo r India's full participation in the war effort has been forthcoming from Hindu leaders recently. For example. Mr. M. S. Aney, who has been ,a member of the Legislative Assembly for Berar since 1921 and
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    NO N.I. LIAISON OFFICER AVAILABLE FOR LIBYA
    103 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) Batavia, Feb. 27. THE Netherlands Indies Gcvernmsnt fully realises the Talue of the suggestion to attach a Dutch officer to British forces in Libya, but considers it impossible owing tc thj indispensability of officers of the Netherlands Indies Army
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    70 Fires Rage In Reich's Third Largest City After R.A.F. Raid
    485 13 SERIOUS DAMAGE DONE EN 66TH ATTACK ON COLOGNE London, Feb. 27. MOKE than l."> 0 fires were burning at one time in the industrial area of Cologne on Wednesday niffht following an attack by a gtrong force of R.A.F.
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    ONTARIO PREMIER FOR LONDON POST
    66 13 Toronto, Feb. 27. T*HE possibility that Mr. Mitchell <■■ Hepburn, Prime Minister of Ontario, may be considered for a position in Britain, which is expected to be open :;hor«ly, was mentioned by circles in close touch with him to-day. It is understood that the possibility
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    CHILDREN ON WAY TO SCHOOL FIRED ON BY NAZI RAIDERS
    340 13 London, Feb. 27. CLOUD-DODGING German air raiders were more busy over Britain .1 1 If H /4oit tVi'in t'/M« ervma tirnu FlrtmHa uen> rlrrut. w durinjr daylight to-day than ior ix-<l on the outskirts of London and t One raider,
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    Shipping To Be Nationalized?
    338 13 Faster Cargo Vessels Are Needed London, Feb. 27. A COMPREHENSIVE review of British shipping problems was given by Lord Rotherwick, formerly Sir Herbert Cayzer, president of the Chamber of Shipping, at its annual rr.eetiTig in London to-day. He unred building faster cargo liners. While appreciating that
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    Serious Floods In Yugoslavia
    106 13 London, Peb. 27. ff^LOODS in Yugoslavia are increasing, says the official German news agency. Boih portions of Belgrade lying along the rtver Save are again under water. A lake coverinß a very large area of larvi bj>« fo'm?d In the Monastir region in southern Serbia. There
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    Italian Ship Sinks After Explosion
    68 13 London, Feb. 27. rE Italian steamship Senio. 1.067 tons, was complete) v destroyed by an explosion In the hold while loading limestone in thp Bay of Strozanac, ten miles from Split. Yugoslavia, according to a Belgrade telegram to the German news agency. The cause of
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    U.S. FOOD SUPPLIES ARRIVE IN SPAIN
    63 13 London. Frb. 27. TffE American commission which Is to distribute foci supplies offered to Spain by the United St»te« Red Cross hr-s arri •< d at Cadiz with tbc first load of supplies. ::ay« c Madrid telejrram to the Italian news a:c rv. This
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    Serious Anti-Nazi Riots Reported In Amsterdam
    439 13 SEQUEL TO PROVOCATION OF JIA\ BY DUTCH STORM TROOPERS London, Feb. 27. SERIOUS anti-Nazi disturbances are reported to have occurred in Amsterdam. There have been "Wild and bloody hghts between Jews and Dutch Nazis in Amsterdam, according to Vnj Nederland, the Free Dutch newspaper
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    Bevin's Appeal To Dockers
    167 13 Bevin's Appeal To Dockers New Plan To Speed Up Clearances London, Feb. 27. AN appeal to dockers to "help us beat Hitler" was made by Mr. i Ernest Bevin. Minister of Labour, announcing in London to-day a new scheme lor dock labour on the Merseyside which will improve and speed-up
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    SHIPBUILDING SPEED-UP IN CANADA
    44 13 London, Feb. 28. A SURVEY just completed in Canada s^w; thft a Krrat expansion of shipbuilding is possible, and a pro- gramme is now being drawn up to mI crease substantially the outflow of I ships from the Dominion— Reuter.
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    2-Front War For Nazis
    695 14 VLLIES' POSITION MUCH IMPROVED Cairo, F3b. 27. "PHE latest hammer blows dealt against the Italians in East Africa have added to the general feeling of optimism prevailing in Cairo. The main speculation now U how long it will take the British and Imperial troops to clear
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    'Mediterranean Only Diversion' Aver Nazis
    75 14 London. Feb. 27. PERMAN concern about the Mediterranean was shown by a German station which broadcast in English and calls itself the new Brittsh Broadcasting Station. Last night it said thai the Axis rcgardfd the Mediterranean operation as a diversion from the main theatre of
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    EGYPTIAN ENVOY SPEAKS TO M.P. s PRIVATELY
    106 14 London, Feb. 27. rpuE Egyptian Ambassador to Britain, HasIJL san Pasha Nashaat, addressed a largely- attended meeting of members of both Houses of Parliament under the chairmanship of Col. Arthur Evans, M.P. (Cardiff. S.) at the House of Commons. The meeting was arranged
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    WAR SUPPLIES BOARD IN PALESTINE
    63 14 Jeru~uiem. Feb. 27. THE appointment of a War Supplies Board by the Palestine Government ls announced to- day The Board will have the task of en&uruig maximum contribution to the v r effort and tafevuarding Palestine's essential need*. i.*irman Li Mr. Douglas Harris, an iriwatimi
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    GERMAN ARMOURED UNITS DRIVEN BACK IN LIBYA
    709 14 General Advance In Italian East Africa Continuing Cairo, Feb. 27. t IT is officially announced that advanced elements of the British mechanized forces in Libya have driven back a reconnaissance unit of armoured fighting units believed to be German. This is reported in
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    AIR FORCE SUPPORT FOR ARMY OFFENSIVE
    94 14 Cairo. Feb. 27. r rUE support which the air force has given 1 the army offensive on all fronts In Italian East Africa is emphasized in a RAF. communique. It says that stores and troop concentrations and supply dumps were attacked In Keren area
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    SELANGOR TURF CLUB'S GOLD CUP MEETING
    289 15 Kaolin And Princess Prim Best Bets For To-morrow NINK rood fields form the programme at Kuala Lumpur tomoi he first day of the Selan^or Turf Club's Cold lup mectinif. With form ver> evenly distributed, the prolable dinners have been difficult to pick, and several
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    ORDER OF RUNNING
    581 15 THE order of running and nonaurptors for to-m >r.-ow's races at Kiiali I umpiir will be found in PAG! lIUR if received in Urn*. j>or. meeting may have improved tip a luirlv good :tgainst Lord Bur and Sultana. SFI M Tlo\S lord Bug, Sultana. A bi,: Held
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    Cold Storage Get Walk-Over
    58 15 rB A PC. hire decided to rWe the C'«ld Storage m walk-o*«r In the Business Houses' Learue fixture whirh was arranfd to be played at the J.( S A. to-day, and this leaves only one match to be played this afternoon, that between Bramtoro and the
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    Busmen Beat Uniteers
    386 15 Traction Co. 3 Uniteers 1. UNITKERS have very little hope »f rrtainiup the honours in the Business Houses' Lcarue competition this rear. Opening the season with two consecutive victories, the cliamP on«i were beaten in three subsequent t v hes. their latest conquerors being tue Traction Company,
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    OVERSEA BANK MAINTAIN WINNING FORM
    519 15 All -Round Superiority Over Wearnes Oversea-Chinese Bank 6; Wearnes L OVERWHELMINGLY superior to their opponents in every department of the game except one, the OverseaChinese Bank, last year's ninners-up in the Business Houses' league, continued their str'ng of victories this season when they beat Wearnes
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    V.M.C.A. TENNIS RESULTS & FURTHER TIES
    85 15 V.M.C.A. TENNIS RESULTS FURTHER TIES T3E following were the results ot ties played in the V.M.C.A. tennis championships yesterday: "A" Class singles: -8 A. Dawood beat Thomas Hickey jnr. 6—4, 5—2. Open Doubles:— l. A. Alsagoff and Robert Chia beat E. L. Wee and C. J Wee 9—7, 6—3: Llm
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    HONGKONG BANKERS WIN EVENLY CONTESTED GAME
    206 15 H.K. S. Bank 3: N.A.A.F.I. .2. POSSESSING a set of forwards who played with better understanding, the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank beat the Navy, Army and Air Force Institute by an odd goal in five in a Bu.iness Houses' League maUh played at the
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    Meyer Cup Golf At Island Club
    113 15 THE Island Club's Movfr Cup competition wi'.l be played tomorrow. The starting times and draw are given below: 2.40 pm. W. R. M. Hax worth vs. H. L. Hosking; 2 45. F. T. Pope vs. Y. Nakayama: 2.50, Dr. H. L. H. Lim vs.
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    SLOW WORK AT KUALA LUMPUR
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    S.R.C. CRICKET
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    JAPAN ORDERS NATIONALS TO LEAVE INDOCHINA
    450 1 French Adamant As Time Limit For Acceptance Draws Near Tokio, Feb. 27. ALL Japanese residents in French Indo-China have been ordered to leave immediately, according: to instructions issued to the Japanese consul-general at Hanoi, states (he Domei agency. It is understood that 'this is
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    Beginning Of Decisive Struggle Is Near, Nazi Radio Proclaims
    150 1 A GERMAN statement that Germany has no intention whatever of occupying Bulgaria has coincided with information in London that German preparations for this move are well advanced. German broadcasts, while saying very little about Bulgaria, are again loudly proclaiming that the
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    BRITISH ENVOY IN MOSCOW ON WAY TO MEET MR. EDEN
    542 1 Anglo-Turkish Talks In Ankara Ankara, Feb. 27. SIR Stafford Cripps, the British Ambassador in Moscow, has left by plane for Istanbul, from where he will visit Ankara, for talks with Mr. Anthony Eden, British Foreign Secretary, who, with Gen. Sir
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    WINANT LEAVES FOR LONDON
    119 1 New York, Feb. 27. A4R. John Winant, the new American Ambassador to Britain, has left by Clipper for Lisbon en route to London. In a statement before leaving Mr Winant said that he and President Roosevelt were in agreement on the policy of material aid to
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    Axis Air Attack On Malta
    284 1 7 Enemy Planes Shot Down In Big Raid Cairo, Feb. 27. A BIG German air attack on Malta yesterday is described in an R.A.F communique, wh'ch says that a considerable force of enemy aircraft attempted a large-scale attack. Forty German bomoers attacked the aerodrome at
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    MR. GAUSS NAMED U.S. ENVOY TO CHUNGKING
    40 1 Canberra, Feb. 27. •TTIE United States Minister, Mr. Clarence Gauss, has been nominated new United States Ambassador to China. He will leave Australia shortly by Clipper for Washington before going to Chungking.— Reuter.
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    22 1 Peiping, Feb 28. "THE French Ambassador to China A M. Henri Cosine, arrived here yesterday to take up permanent residence here.— Reuter.
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    R.A.F.'s Successful Attack On Convoy Of Enemy Cargo Ships
    112 1 Athens, Feb. 27. HIGHLY successful attacks on the Albanian villages of Luzati, south east of Tepellni, and Fieri were made yesterday, during an R.A.F. operation supporting the Greek army, says a communique issued to-day by the headquarters of the British forces
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    N.I. PRESS URGING PACIFIC ALLIANCE WITH BRITAIN
    234 1 Open Declaration Of Solidarity Sought As Warning To Aggressor DUBLIC opinion in Java has expressed itself this week in urging an open declaration of Anglo-Dutch solidarity for defence of the south Pacific, according to the London Daily Telegraph's Batavia correspondent. Hitler's piecemeal absorption
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    CONFIDENCE IN PREMIER Mild Rebuke For Some M. P. s
    219 1 CONFIDENCE IN PREMIER Mild Rebuke For Some M. P. s London, Feb. 27. UR. Winston Churchill for tho T1 first time since he formed hi> administration to-day asked the House of Commons for a vote ol confidence and received it without sven the formality of a division. The Prime Minister
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    HINDUS PLEDGE SUPPORT
    155 1 Madras, Feb. 27. T* H E hope that in a very short time the political deadlock in ;he country will be resolved and. with India's willing support, Briain would promptly defeat her snemies, was expressed by the jeneral secretary of the Hindu vfahasabha, premier Hindu comnunal organization
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    How Eastern Group Council Will Work
    6 1 How Eastern Group Council Will Work
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