The Straits Times, 4 April 1941

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    38 1 FINAL EDTN. The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY I MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER LARGEST NET SALES 16 I'AGKS SINGAPORE. FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1941. PRICK 5 CKJTS The Straits Times 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1941. PRICE ."> CENTS
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      114 1 Se«r MIEN CHONG for SMART TAILORING o AyalL-blr Suit I <-n t th, MAIN Slums la Silk and Wool Also AMKKK AN SHARKSKIN In virlmis celourt 34 Colrman St.. S pore. rhonr <81« Lwawak waawr awawawl ■bbbv^^^ w^) at** I"SU ■Ok %k %aO^ U Ks^ompanux>^imLtea SINGAPORE PENANG IPOH KUALA LUMPUR
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      201 1 J-nn just sum f^~£t&!^&^ LOVELINESS f^»fl|l as this.../ Io ware loratr aa anrlad. t wm (or baavl* auch aa this that Crdu preparation, war created IO complete the picture of delicate charm a k>»etoee» thai la •natural." akin transparently •tear, ooo* and amooth and Bn* of t.rture. ■uch loT.Unaae aa
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      196 1 ELSIE MARY Oattery Road? Has a Good Selection of Afternoon Dresses r I WITH THE CONSERVADOR P AND GREATER SPACE hi reacb for and put away ovrr half thr tuna* you go to your refrigerator now I thin ea«y reach, rla^it at your Oncer tips. In the Consrrvador and without
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
    • Obituary
      DEATHS
      61 2 On 3rd April, 1941, at General Hospital, Jobore Bahxu, Count Erling CKuf Chrlstoffer Viggo Danneskiold-Samsoe. of Mount Austli: Estate, Johore. Funeral at Bldadaii at 6 p m IAN.— At Pcnang on April 2, 1941. Mr. Tan Chin Wan, formerly of Frankel Brothers In Kuala Lumpur End Prudential Assurance Co.,
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENT
      32 2 MR. SOH BOON KONG and family tender their heartfelt thanks to all relatives and friends who have in various ways so kindly shown their sympathy to them In their recent bereavement.
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      416 2 Site Straits Warns SMALL ADST Minimum charge $1. for advt. not exceeding 4 line*. More than (oar Use* 25 cents per line (Six words) Box No. 25 cents c Ira. DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES BUtTHS. MARRIAGES. DEATHS, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS PPC. CARDS sre ebsrged S3 each per Insertion per Inch. Over I Inch
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      475 2 I SITUATIONS VACANT WANTED CHINESE SYCE willing to serve drinks and wait at table. Box No. 168, S.T. WANTED IMMEDIATELY a bookkeeper capable of keeping full set of books. Apply Box No. 150. Straits Times. GIRLS 4-6 std. wanted for Dispensary, small salary. Those live near by should apply personally
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      785 2 FOR SALE FOB SAW.. Survey Instruments, Level Irrigation Model and Tripod, Prismatic Compass and Tripod, Abney Level, Tentage, Apply, 61 Orange Road, Telephone 2562. A GLASS DESICCATOR Is Ideal for keeping precision instruments in good condition Obtainable in two sizes from: THE SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT CO, LTD, 2. Flnlayson Green, Singapore.
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      606 2 PIANOS PIANO WANTED for Canteen. Must be strong cheap. Bute Make. Box 141, 8. T. MOTOR VEHICLES FOR SALE, Plat Open Tourer, 25 HP. Price 1200.00. Apply 51 orange Road. Telephone 2862. HILLMAN MINX 1939 model, under 18.000 miles, 32 m.p.g. Apply 24 Amter Mansions, between 4—54 5 p.m. FOR
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      377 2 EYE EXAMINATIONS. EYEGLASSES, EXCLUSIVELY. Twr ocular ailments ezpertly diagnosed and glasses ■raw lit* 1 by a Uceased and J^T~^ J* registered practitioner wltb f legal tuaJifiraiioov If r**o>- I Jfcr~% es are not needed none will jE!9^ be recommended. THOMPSON OPTICAL CO. 4. ARCADE BUILDING R. A. THOMPSON. D.O.Sc. (Doctor
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      86 2 BUSINESS CARDS ETC, "EDGAR ALLEN" TOOL STKEIB. DRILL STEELS, MINING CRUSHER PLANT. ETC. ALLIANCE ENGINEERING CO., LTD. SINGAPORE AND KUALA LUMPUR. MM A PERMANENT -js J» 4 xitii^"-" SPtCIALISTS "•oPtJii^^*^ IN WZH^^ PERMANENT HAVINC CLEANED ADJUSTED REPAIRED ELLISON SEZEKIEL& CO. OPTOMETRISTS ICIANS 3 CAPITOL BUILDING SINGAPORE t:TO 10 ttARC. 4
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      288 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA ANO APCAR LINE. (Incorporated u> England) PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL B.N. Co MAIL PASSENGER AND CAROO SERVICE The best possible services euro being maintained by the P O. S. N. Coy, from the Straits to their usual ports of call in China. India, Ceylon and
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      305 3 (Incorporated In Jarmni GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE. i TO BAN FRANCISCO Nfanna. Hong Kong. Kobe. Yokohama Honolulu Saa Fnuiebeo ana Lot Angeles uave L#a»e Manila H*kong > nis. ASAMA MARU Apr. 12 Apr. 15 m*. TATOTA MARU May 3 May 6 i SJ. NTTTA MARU May
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      422 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 Fre mantle (Perth) via Java by first class passenger ships. Single fare $192 (A
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      177 3 PASSENGER FREIGHT SERVICE SINGAPORE TO NEW YORK AND BOSTON VIA PENANG. COLOMBO, BOMBAY AND CAPE OF GOOD IIOPE Arrive Spore Sail Spore Arrive N T ss PRESIDENT JACKSON Apr. 8 Apr. 10 May 19 sj. PRESIDENT ORANT Apr. 9 Apr. 11 May 29 IJ. PRESIDENT HARRISON Apr. 20 Apr. 22
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      193 3 Radio Programmes TO-DAY SINGAPORE ZHL 1S.SS met mm ZIIP1 <• me (M.M m.) Zlin 7Jtt met (tl.M m.) (ZHL ZIIP1). S pm. Petplng Dramast; 5.40 p.m. News In Cantonese; 6.59 p.m. Hoklcien Music; 8.05 p m. News In HokJtlen; 6.20 pm. News la English. Relayed from London; 6.35 p.m. Warning
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      208 3 Hermann Lohr and Brie Coates MedleysMedley of old time songs; 7.10 p m. Newt in French; 7.30 p.m. Sydney Custard at tluOrgan, (contd.); 7.30 pjn. Annajoum AnUc OhazaL (From the Studio): S p m. Wamlnt to Mariners. News In Malay; 8.15 pjn. New* Commentary in Malay, or Music; 8.20 p.m
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      740 3 p.m. News In English. Relayed from London. 6.35 p m. Warning to Mariners. Pull Race Result*; 8.40 p.m. Children's Programme 8.50 pjn. "Calling the British Forces In the Par East": Music and messages with Ambrtr* and his Orchestra. Relayed frcm London: 7.20 pm. 'Saturday Evening Popular Concert't; 8.20 p.m. The
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      817 3 EMPIilZ STATION EASTERN TRANSMISSION ra«tate#J U Malaya an GSr— IMZ metre* (li.ls m/e*) and U4O 1CM metre* (II. 79 m/es) rram (.It »JB U> I.M p Bl GSB— Jl S3 metres 19.51 m/ei) aM GSI» 14.53 metre* (II. 7S m,eal from ».9» am to II Sa em NORTH AMERICAN TRANSMISSION
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    PENANG CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEETING
    1034 4 Shipping Conference Comes In For Strong Criticism A MONOPOLISTIC body such as a Shipping Conference, with its binding conditions on the other party can, by an inconsiderate act, inflict grave injury to merchants' interests and the latter have little means of protecting themselves against such
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    GOOD DEMAND AT RUBBER AUCTION
    158 4 Dealing In Forwards Very Difficult IN a weekly report on the rubber market, Issued yesterday, Guthric and Co., Ltd, write: The local market Is entirely dominated by the freight position and the proposed allocation of space In New York for shipments to America. The fact
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    105 4 Mails close at the General Post Office a: follows:— TO-DAY Aden air 4 p.m. Africa air 4 p.m. Australia air 4 p.m. Burma air 4 p.m. Ceylon air 4 p.m. Egypt air 4 p.m. r.r' Ht Britain Ac air 4p.m. India air 4 p.m. Java air
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    EXCHANGES
    180 4 Th* following are the exchange rate* IM morning according u> me dally circular wi* by the Hon:koo* «nd Shaath*) Bftnkir. Corporation SKLUNO London T.T J/4 3'»! London demand 3/4 S/33 Switzerland (T.T. only) 202.46 New York demand 47.10 Montreal demand 61. 59 Batavta demand Mil Samarang demand MM Calcutta.
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    DONATIONS TO THE WAR FUND
    233 4 FE following donations to The Wai Fund are recorded to-day:— Mrs. J. T. Babingtin, proceeds from a raffle of an Air Force handbag 170 O. E. Venables, Kuala Lumpur monthly) 150 Bnkom Club, Pulo Bukom (monthly) 75 The Keppel Bus Co., Ltd.. 258 Tanjong Pacar
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    TIN STEADIER IN LONDON
    88 4 London, Apr. 3. TIN opened steady. The turnover was 350 tons. The Ministry of Supply plentifully offered </sh tin at £268, compared with £2Ca- t ,k yesterday but the market readily absorbed it, partly belatedly covering against the recent grant of April export licences. Dutch interests
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    U.S. LIKELY TO INCREASE TIN RESERVE STOCKS
    1366 4 Drastic Cut In Exportable Allowance Averted (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Mar. 7. QOOD news for Malayan tin miners and shareholders leaked through to London from New York in a private message to-day When the Metals Reserve Corporation has completed the acquisition of
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    483 4 SHARES MORfc FREELY OFFERED: PRICES BASE RUBBER STEADY BUT QUIET By Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, Apr. 4 THE share market was inelint f U ease yesterday and shares were more Xreely ottered, especially in the tin section. The volume of business In this section was satisfactory bin
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    87 4 Irioajr. Apr. 4. noon. •layer* IHteii Price* Price* N* IX R.S S. (Spot loot*) 3»* H 39J4 No I.X R.S.S f.«b. in rases April J9- X 39", U-F.A.Q. R.S.S. Lab. in Dales 38% M 7« r-VQ. R.S.S fob. is Dale* A»HI M** 38* FUTURE QUOTATIONS
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    Order Of Running & Non-Acceptors
    149 4 Order Of Running Non-Acceptors Singapore Races The order of running and nonacceptors at Bukit Timah to-morrow, the first day of the Slngapcro Turr Club's Summer (Governor's Cup) meeting, are: Race 1: Homes. Class 3. DW. 3, about 7 furlongs. Brazenu, Lady Lustre and Ralnborough. Kace: Horses, Clas» 2. DW 2,
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      103 4 IMPORTANT NOTICE PASKOES LTD. are closing their Retail Shop and Showrooms at Orchard Road. All Stock must be liquidated by 15th May 1911, regardless of cost. IN FUTURE PASKOES HEAD OFFICE AND FACTORY will be situated at 48 BROADRICK ROAD, KATONG. FURNITURE WILL BE MADE TO ORDER ONLY AND DESIGNS
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      73 4 SINGAPORE TIDE TABLES To-aaj H.W. 3.26 am. i.i ft.: 3 39 pm. ft. L.W. 8 a.m. II ft.: 0.5 1 pr»m. 4.1 ft. To-morrow H.W. 3.10 a.m. 7.6 ft.; 4.01 p.m. 6.3 A. L.W. 954 a.m. 2.3 :t.: 9.48 pjn. 4.6 ft Sunday, Apr. ti. H.W. 4.10 ajn. 7.3 Ik.;
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    London Stock Exchange
    385 5 Industrials Record Widespread Gains London, Apr. 3. THE Stock Exchange to-day was cheerful and mostly firm, cspeciclly industrials where gains were widespread with irons and steels prominent. The close was quieter. Gilt-edged were firmly held; oil? and Home rails showed only small changes; t Kaffirs were Irregularly
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    MARCH TIN-ORE IMPORTS
    42 5 FDREION imports of tin-ore during March totalled 5,723 tons, compared with 5.722 tons in February, bringing the total imports for the first quarter of this year to 16.139 tons, compared with 14,648 tons in the cormpondlßf period of 1940
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    Malayan Share brokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1384 5 ihh-imv \PR J. 1MI: 4 F.K. MINING Bn7*n BsllTi Amptt Tin (4l> 3s 3d 3s 7*d Aiutra] Amai. (Si) 6s lOUd 7t 3d Aa-.trai Mala; 33s 6d Ma 6d Ayer Hltam (5s > 17* 4V4d Its lHd id. Aycr weng ($1) .82 .86 ■nr.grtn
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    124 5 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES (From Our Own Correspondent) POMMODITT and Exchange markets closed as follows with previous quotations to parenthesis RUBBER: Dull Spot: 14' id 14Hd <14ttd 14?i<»> Maj ltd 14Hd (14 116 d 14 3 16d) JulyBept. Hd 14-Kd (***** d 14 3 16d) Oct.D«c. 13 15|16d 14 1.16 d i
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    South British Insurance
    39 5 THE directors or the South British Insurance Co. Ltd. have declared an interim dividend of 9d (New Zealand currency* a share on account of the year ending August next. The diridend is payable on Apr. 10.
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    List Of Current Dividends
    218 5 Issued by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association. Oomnaaj OtfWsn« Oka* n» \yer Hitam Tin 10% leu Ux tdrta Hyd 2tt% lew Ux rohan i%% final Apr. It Kent ItlMtu.. <. L. Tin 11- tfurai 40% tat. Apr. 1 3 engkalen Ord 6d. less tax... 3thn. Troooh 7tt%
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      210 5 TNE CAPITOL'S BIG MUSICAL SNOW NEXT WEEK f JMhiRMTHERS -J fo ANDREWS SISTERS i You'll BOAS AT TIIK RITZ BROTHERS **W» -:TRi N. Kct Hdat RAntCry/ Victoria Theatre SAT. STH APRIL AND 9nn WKI). SAT. o on .JU APRIL 9TH A ISTH 9.JU lIWH NKHITLV V k UPEV I HI
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      81 5 Orchestras oi MOTMltMaa :;rpaM. 8.8.C. Symphony Orchestra DB2IOO Fingal's Caye Overture 1 D8219S Merry Wives of Winosor— Overture D ***** Fldelio— Overture i D ***** light Cavalry— Overture Baton Symphony Orchestra D18&B/60 Bolero < Ravel i Part 1 to 3 Gymnopedie No. 1 C'hlragn Symphony Orchestra 1)1284 Serenade i Volkmaiui
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      676 5 DONT SUFFER From PRICKLY HEAT!! USE AGNESIA ANTISEPTIC DUSTING POWDER The Unfailing Remedy. Ask for it You can buy it anywhere. Product «f GRAFTOI LABORATORIES LTD. Singapore Kuala Lumpur 4V Pcnang. AUCTION NOTICES THE SINGAPORE AUCTIONEERS ATTRACTIVE AUCTION SALE Of modern European polished teak household furniture of every description, colourful
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      642 5 19-2S CKt 11. STRKE.. SINGAPORE. Telrphaae .ihnager's Ofllre 4Slt Sab- Manager's Ofltre 4513 a Escbange Drpt 4514 (Ifwrtl Ofllre 47«7 Table Addrrw:— PROVINH \VK Head Office Sinrhon. Kwanctrag P\»l) IP CAPIT\L (Ch.l 9 19.999.999 RF.SERVK MMU I ll.NttM TOTAL ASSKTS (approz.) 319* 9«« M 9 /"<rrd oi l> T. L.
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      296 6 I WANT TO BE HAPPY, YOU WANT TO BE HAPPY, HERE'S OUR HAPPY HIT! DON'T MISS IT! TO DAY 3.15, 6.15 9.15 p.m. T hl ALHAMBRA r j V 4Hb± v W^" "L^Th. "lren«" Girlln Iji V*- OV ANNA t W the fomou, "Tea For j W i 1 MC
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      221 6 COME AND JOIN IN THE LAUGHTER! to-day PAVILION"! illl THE FUNNIEST f MAII c III FILMS Oj± •k TrpMn^pffj I /ivy \gARKY MARSH/ «*««aK«r«'H0«» UWINS JU INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAMME AN OUTSTANDING SHORT PRODUCTION "MEN OF THE LIGHTSHIP" SHOWN WITH THE KIND CO-OPERATION OF THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION also GAUMOftT
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      258 6 MORE EXCITING THAN The MUMMY" More Sensational thnn -FRANKENSTEIN" and made by New UNIVERSAL The Company that gave you all the famous Thrillers TO-DAY at the CAPITOL 1 3.15-6.15-9.15 4 SHOWS TO-MORROW and SUNDAY k t flu v^w Warn *ll*i*S H M Ncte: The Authentic "tfUMMY'S HANI) of an I
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    "Vichy Cannot Declare War On Britain"
    296 7 Vichy Cannot Declare War On Britain" FRENCH PEOPLE WOULD NOT ALLOW IT, ASSERTS GEN. DE GAULLE Cairo, Apr. 3. rOMPLETE conviction that the state of public feeling in France would prevent any move to bring that country into war against Britain and the Allies was stated here at a Press
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    ENEMY SHIPS HIT OFF DUTCH COAST
    80 7 London, Apr. X rE R.A.F. in daylight yesterday bombed enemy aerodromes at Maupertus,— 3s miles east of Paris and nearly 150 miles Inside occupied France Caen and Haamstede. OiT the Dufch coast Blenheim bombers crippled ouc armed merchant ship, last seen down by the
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    Windsors' Yacht Runs Aground: Both Safe
    45 7 Windsors' Yacht Runs Aground Both Safe Nassau, Apr. 3. rIK D«ike -iid Duchess of Windsor are aboard their yacht which is reported to have run aground off Htuthera Island. They are reported safe and a seaplane and motor cratoer are coins; to their aid.— Heater.
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    Woman Novelist Is Feared To Be Dead
    102 7 London, Apr. 3. |U|RS. VIRGINIA V.'OOLF, noted essayist and novelist. Is feared by her family to have been drowned in the river Ouse, near Lewes, Sussex, where she and her husband lived. Her husband, Mr. Leonard Woolf. said last night Mrs. Woolf is
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    Two Demonstrators Killed In Beirut
    60 7 Vicuy, Apr. 3. DEMONSTRATORS protesting against The delay in the arrival of food supplies clashed with police in Beirut, Syria, to-day and two persons were killed, sates a dispatch to the Vichy news agency. The military had to be called out to restore order and
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    MARY PICKFORD IN SERIOUS STATE
    56 7 London, Apr. 3. rE condition oX Mary Pick; rd, who was earlier reported to be in a "precarious condition" in the St Vincent hospital, in Los Angeles, is now more hop ful, according to a message received in New York. She is in hospital under
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    CHINA BRITONS' PLANE FUND NOW £122,000
    37 7 London, Apr. 3. A FURTHER gilt of £10,000 from the British communities in China, making the total of £122,000, is acknowledged with grateful thanks by the Minister for Aircraft Production. Reuter.
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    21 7 Athens, Apr. 3. AN official announcement states that Greek fighters and antl-alrcra/t guns brought t'ov/n two threc-engincd enemy planes yesterday. Reuter.
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    No Holiday On Good Friday In Britain
    56 7 London, Apr. 3. GOOD Friday will not be a public holiday in Britain this year The banks will remain open but will close smi Raster Monday. Football dabs too have received advice from the football association* that matched should not be arranged at
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    Work Of Royal Indian Navy
    335 7 East Indies C.-in-C. Pays Tribute London, Apr. 3. A TRIBUTE to the work of the! Royal Indian Navy since the j outbreak of war and more particu- i larly to its part in the recapture of Berbera was paid In a dispatch from the Commander
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    BRITISH BID TO EXPAND TRADE
    331 7 Effect Of U.S. Aid On Export Policy London, Apr. 3. •¥*HE ettect ot ttae Lease and Lend Act on the United Kingdom f xport policy was dealt with by j Capt. D. Lytcelton, president of the Board or Trade, replying to a question in the
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      297 7 RAFFLES HOTEL TO. WIGHT DINNER DANCE (informal) 8 p.m. to midnight CABARET TIIC ACTOR *****1 CMB TIC ATTRACTION ■"t Ad lUX UUU DANCERS Dinner $3.00. Non-Diners $1.00 SATURDAY— SPECIAL RACE DINNER DANCE AND CABARET. BOOK NOW. ON ACCOUNT OF HEAVY BOOKINGS ON SATURDAY NIGHTS, PATRONS ARE ADVISED TO RESERVE THEIR
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      267 7 CATHAY »o gA t V 3«15 6.1$ 9.15 Where Everybody Goes. 'PHONE 3400 Extra Morning Matinee To-morrow at 1 X o'clock Roaripg Laughter! Soaring Adventure! Adoring Love! Wringing from Glorious Comedy to heart-lifting drama. SUPPORTED BY bTmIT DOCUMENTARY "AIR COMMUNIQUE" art 20th Century Fox Movietone News and Paramount British Newsreel
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, APR. 4, 1941. (579th Day Of The War.) More About Waste
    1198 8 All the indications are that the i people of Malaya will co-operate enthusiastically in any scheme lor the collection of waste materials as a means of helping the war effort. Comment on the proposals
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    THOUSANDS OF ENEMY ALIENS GET FREEDOM
    106 8 London, Apr. 4. HALF of the 27,000 enemy aliens detained in Britain and the Dominions have obtained their freedom under the White Paper publishing the categories of those eligible for release. The latest figures of releases is 13,500, of whom approximately 1,300 are Italians
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  • Letters To The Editor
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      RUSSIA'S PART
      1394 8 Tragic Story Of Polish Collapse To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, In the discussion about Russia, I am only concerned with her foreign policy and not her political, economic and social structures and what Communists do in other countries. To widen the scope of discussion would
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      GALLANT MEN
      245 8 Ceaseless Work Of Small Craft To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir. I should be much obliged if you would draw the attention of the general public to the following: Singapore Is one of the largest shipping centres of the world and is. to a very great
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      SAVING
      162 8 Reactions To Governor's Broadcast lo the Editor of tta« Straits I im.81r.—I listened to the Governor's homily on Sunday and. obeying his admonition, scrutinized my personal expedlture I found that a considerable Item was the amount deducted by my employers as War Tax and, holding Democratic views, it came
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      BRITAIN'S STRENGTH
      776 8 Count Puckler's False Predictions To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— One of thr chapters in Count Purkler's Book "How strong is Britain?" is devoted to a puerile attempt at assessing the real military, naval and aerial might of England He insinuates that Germany is decidedly supenor
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      AN OLD WHEEZE
      129 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir. Mr. Winston Churchill nj«! "We shall win the war", and: "Britain needs your help to win the war! You can help her at this moment by making at lea.'t five more copies of this "Chain of Victory" and sti.-kng
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      56 8 YOU CANNOT MAKE A MISTAKE IF TOO ARE BUYING YOUR:— Account Books Files (Large Variety') Writing Papers. Pads Indexed Books Commercial Envelopes Fountain Pens Writing Inks Memo Books etc., etc., from KIATS. G. II MM ft CO LTD.. 6 8, Robinson Road Singapore. General Ofilre 6506. Printing Dipt, 6505. ~JOHN
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    ENEMY LOSES MANY TANKS IN LIBYAN CLASH
    580 9 Strong Axis Force Starts Offensive BRITISH LEAVE BENGHAZI CAPTURED ARMS DESTROYED "Withdrawing To Choose Our Own Battlefield" IT was officially announced in Cairo last night that Bengha/.i, chief seaport and town in eastern Libya, had been evacuated by British and Imperial forces. Benghazi
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    22 9 i.i. .t^njert Morrison, tk* mv— ...r 0} Home Security, enjoying cofiee and a bun after presenting Hackney uith an American mobile ca'itecn.
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    Italian Freighter Arrives At Rio
    87 9 Italian Freighter Arrives At Rio Rio de Janeiro, Apr. 3. HTHE Italian freighter Himalaya 6,240 tons* arrived here to-day direct from Italian Somaliland. Camouflaged, but unarmed, she is the second Italian ship to arrive at Rio since the war. The German freighter Babkonto i 4,422 tons 1 has cleared the
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    Addis Ababa Not To Be Defended?
    150 9 Hriiisli Forces Press On In Abyssinia Cairo Apr. 4. 'FHE South African troops in Abys- sinia are increasing their pressure after capturing Miesso, about 180 miles from Addis Ababa, capital of Abyssinia, the military spokesman in Cairo announced last night. It is expected in
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    AGRICULTURE'S VITAL ROLE IN BATTLE OF BRITAIN
    574 9 London, Apr. 4. •THE Minister of Agriculture, Mr. R b.ri Hudson, told the House of Commons yesterday that since 1914 ;thj amount of land under crops has i actuary deceased by 4,500,000 acres. For every 1,000 acres of cultivated land lin the last
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    YUGOSLAVIA TAKES FRESH EMERGENCY MEASURE
    333 9 Belgrade Declared An Open Tpwn "Should We Be Involved In War" "THE Yugoslav Government has taken measures dictated by the present situation to declare Belgrade, the capital, and two other towns open towns should our country be involved in war," the Belgrade radio announced last
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    RAID ON CONVOY IS REPULSED
    117 9 3 Enemy Planes Hit By British Gunboat London, Apr. 4. THE British gunboat Locust shot I*■ down one enemy aircraft, badly damaged another and hit a third during an unsuccessful attack on a British convoy in the Thames esiuary yes.erday morning, it is officially anrounced.
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    Anti-Mine Device For Largest U.S. Liner
    150 9 THE new liner America, the largest 1 ever built in the United sates, has been equipped with an an.i-mat-'netic mine device of the type carr.ed by the Queen Elisabeth and other British vessels. The degaussing cable belt was fitted at the navy yard at
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    L.M.S. RAILWAY'S WOMEN RECRUITS
    23 9 THE L.M.S. Railway has already engaged 1,200 women this year to take the places of men in the forces.
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    ANTI-GERMAN SONGS
    39 9 A WOMAN teacher at a private school in Belgium has been sent to prison for five and a half years tor teaching i her pupils antl-Grrman songs and organizing meetings at which British broadcasts were listened to.
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    "Inimical To Anglo-U.S. Relations"
    98 9 "Inimical To AngloU.S. Relations" London, Apr. 4. j THE Ministry of Aircraft Production issued the following announcement yesterday: "The attention of 1 the Ministry of A'rcraft Production has been drawn to a picture caption in the new issue of Janes All The World's Aircraft," which was inimical to the friendly
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    SLIGHT ACTIVITY ON ENGLISH COASTS
    124 9 SI London, Apr. 4. OME enemy activity around the British coasts was reported yesterday, but few hostile aircraft new inland. Little damage was done and no casualty resulted when an aircraft dropped bombs near a town on the south-east coast. Shortly afterwards the enemy was
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    32 9 AIR scouts, described as "a kind of preparatory school for boys who want to join the new Air Training Corps when they reach 16, are being organised by the Boy Scouts Asjocia,tion.
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    U.S. DEMANDS THE RECALL OF ITALIAN NAVAL ATTACHE
    430 9 Admiral Involved In Sabotage Of Axis Ships In American Ports ACTING on President Roosevelt's orders, Mr. Cordell HuTT, the United States Secretary of State, yesterday sent a note to the Italian Ambassador in Washington demanding the immediate recall of the Italian Naval
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    New Hungarian Prime Minister
    116 9 New Hungarian Prime Minister Old Cabinet ReUlßfd By M. <le BordeMj THE Hungarian premiership, left v icant by the suicide of Count Teleki. was ofTered yesterday by Adm. Horthy. the Reient, to M. Laszlo de Bardessy. the Foreign Minister, who has accented, says a Budapest telegram to the official German
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    MR. MATSUOKA ON AXIS PACT
    87 9 *o- o. Apr. 4. *pKE prediction that the Tripartite 'Axis- Japan > Pact would last tor a century was made by Mr Ma suoka. Japanese Foreign Minister, before l»avinK Rome for Berl n yesterday, acrordinK to a Rome dispatch u> PM Domei news agency. Mr.
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    WAR FUND ADVANCES BY BARELY $1,000
    446 10 $170 Donation Follows Raffle Of An R.A.F. Handbag SEVERAL "IN MEMORIAM" GIFTS ACKNOWLEDGED TO-DAY THK War Fund has advanced by barely $1,000 since 1 yesterday and the total is now $5,272,662. The largest item in to-day's list of acknowledgments is a gift of $170
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    MONEY FOR TWO BOMBER SQUADRONS
    45 10 London, Apr. 4. •yili latest instalment from the Straits Settlements War Fund this week to the British Treasury of KIStSH makes the total to date a; 1 00,000, which is more than sufficient to purchase two squadrons of bomhers. Reuter.
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    SOCIAL EVIL INVESTIGATION
    147 10 Report To Be Made This Month X FINAL report on the investlgations of the social evil problem in Singapore by Miss S. E. NiccollJones is expected to be in the hands of Government by the end of this month. Mls.s Niecoll-Jones. who was invited by Government to
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    NO INVASION HUNGER, SAYS BURMA PREMIER
    136 10 ...1. 4. rj d.-..v.r Oi Hi i in the Far Ea-s! r:i I I in Uw House of Repr.s .> v ment motion to proposed new Burma-China railway linking Hie B;irmi railhoad with Yunnanfu. a deci-i. which was recently arjiounccd by tii Ciiinoso Govi
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    GERMAN SOCIALISTS IN BRITAIN
    92 10 London, Apr. 4. ftTtMAN socialist organizations in Great Britain 'lave handed together "to fight Hitler and his allies with all the means at our disposal,'' according to a joint declaration issued yesterday. It statos, "German socialists In Great Britain are unit^ In the conviction that military
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    AMUSEMENTS
    143 10 ■imiTtmi ItAFKLtS HOTEL Dinner Danrr (Informal 3poi to Midnight. '.ARKIC X THEATRE. GETLANC. Kris Mataram I Malay Talkie i 7 9.30 p.m. GRCAT WORLD Cabaret: 7.30 to 9 Jc9p.ni. to Midnight. Globe: Broadway Melody of 1940. Sky: Goldrn Boy. HAPPT TIIKMHK (Uappj World) Flash Gordon Conquers the Onlvene. Pexsirto:
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    MINERS' $700,000 FOR BOMBER FUND
    235 10 ■TTIE controlling committee of the Malayan Miners' Bomber Fund acknowledges a contribution to the Fund from locally registered mining companies under the management of Anglo-Oriental (Malaya) Ltd amounting to 5368.500 which, together with fUnd> ab^ This brings the preliminary objective of provision for a flight
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    NEW BLOCK OF TRUST FLATS
    267 10 Large Playground Raid Shelter BUILDING WILL BE READY NEXT MONTH T*HE Singapore Improvement Trust has now almost completed a large block of flats and shops at Tiong Bahru. The total accommodation of this latest scheme is 248 flats and 10 shops, the majority of which
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    Presentation Of Police Medals
    202 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh. Apr. 3. MR. E. Bagot. Inspector-General of Police. F.M.S., at a parade held at the Police ground at 7 a.m. yesterday presented Long Service medals to 14 i members of the rank and file of the Ferak contingent of the F.M.S.
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    TAIPING MALAYS' GOATBREEDING SOCIETY
    146 10 'From Our Own Correspondent) Taiplng, Apr. 2. WALAYS here, encouraged by Che Mohd. Ariffln. Assistant District Officer, have formed a goat-breeding society, with a view to increasing the meat reserve of the district. The venture has the support of the Government which has tn-anteri a 25
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    Raffles Or Farquhar? Fresh Contribution To Controversy
    523 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Mar. 15. DEMEMBERING the recent revival x of the controversy as to whether Sir Stamford Raffles or Colonel Farquhar was the actual founder of Singapore, Straits Times readers will be interested to hear that Mr. C. E. Wurtzburg,
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    "Red Caps" Ready To Move
    56 10 •MM of the Corfu of Military Ponce ere a stand-by section. FMtfy to yo anywhere for traffic control and convoy duties in the Southern Command in England. Mounted on speedy motor-cycle* they carry complete equipment and stores, jo that they can remain away from their
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    CIGARETIE SHORTAGE WILL BE RELIEVED SOON
    115 10 A SHORTAGE in certain brands of British cigarettes which prevails in Singapore to-day is expected to be relieved very ■oon with the arrival of fresh shipments. Cigarette importers with hea'inuarters here report the shortage as general throughout the country. Shipments of cigarettes have been
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    LORD MAYOR SENDS HIS THANKS
    57 10 MALAYAN Breweries. Ltd., ha* received acknowledgment from the Lord Mayor of London for its gift of >in 600 to his fund for the rel>f of air raid victims. The cable reads: "Acknowledge gratefully your ready an-wer to my appeal. Conrey to all my profound gratitude
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    CONGRATULATIONS FROM THE GREEK NAVY
    58 10 •THE Admiralty has received the following message from the UnderSscretary of State for the Greek Navy. •Please accept from both the Royal Greek Navy and myself an expression of our admiration, enthusiasm and pride upon the ijreat triumph of the glorious and invincible British fleet
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    RAFFLES WANTS NEW ECONOMICS LECTURER
    60 10 ITtohi Our Own Correspondent > London, Feb. 26. RAFFLES College Singapore, is looking for a new Lecturer In Economics. An advertisement appearing in The Times to-day requests applicants to write to the Secretary, Universities Bureau of the British Empire, Co I University College, Gower Street.
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    MUTINIES IN ABYSSINIA
    294 10 Native Levies Attack Italians GROWING FEARS OF MASSACRES UARARS crack Italian 13th BrlJ•* gade became demoralized as a I result of a mutiny in the Colonial I Army facing the British forces I that recently captured Harar. it 1 was disclosed yesterday, writes Reuters special correspondent with
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    TWO MALAYANS DIE AT HOME
    85 10 'Prom Our Own Cor re.-.p< mcient London, Feb. 10. ANNOUNCEMENT of the deaths or two Malayans has bcon published In London this week Mr. John Sharp. MB.. Ch. 8.. died suddenly at Corfe, Taunton. on Jan. 29. He leaves a widow. Mrs. Lilian Sharp and
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    PROGRESS OF "DIG FOR VICTORY" CAMPAIGN
    334 11 Encouraging R Dsults Reported In Self-Suffic'ency Drive INCREASE OF OVER 75,000 ACRES IN AREAS UNDE* FOOD CROPS THE "Dig for Victory" campaign to help Malaya towards self-sufficiency in foodstuffs is meeting with encouraging results, according to figures published in the Malayan Agricultural Journal, an
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    ARMY OFFICER IN COURT
    351 11 Alleged Disregard Of Authority AN Indian Army officer, Lieut. Y. C. Tiwary,- vho was stated to have been brought to the Singapore traffic court on a warrant of arrest on one occasion and on another to have made a late appearance at the j continued hearing
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    RADIO DISCUSSION ON COOKING
    116 11 A TALK of particular interest to women will be given from the Singapore broadcasting station at 7 p.m. to-day. This »iil take the lorm of a discussion between Mrs. R. E. Holtr.;m and Mrs. W. Reid on "Cooking Malayan l«-s." Mrs. Reid, who recently arrived in
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    Child Evacuees Meet Mrs. J. C. Smuts
    43 11 Australia bound British child evacuees are seen with Mrs. J. C. Smuts, trife of the South African Prime Minister trhen their 'owe called at Cape Totem. Mrs. Smuts is seen signing a little evacuee's autograph Ixxifc
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    No War Nerves In North Malaya
    98 11 THE Singapore office of a wellknown insurance company has received a report from its northern Malayan branch manarer saying that business from Prrlis is gratifying, as one might have expected that people in that border State would have been less confident of the future
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    PINCHING OF A CHILD'S BODY
    196 11 Barbarous Form Of Chastisemen t "OINCHING a part T> f body a barbar form of chastisement common among the Eastern peoples must be tapped" said Mr. T T.-v, of the l Secretariat, in the fifth court ysterday. He was prot-f cutinc In a ease In
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    PROHIBITED IMPORTS CHARGE
    60 11 KOH Kiah Chiew, proprietor of Chop Chye Hong in South Bridge Road, appeared in the criminal district court yesterday on a summons charge of importirg 7,030 electric lamp holders and' 1.000 electric li.mp bulbs into thei Colony, contrary to the Prohibited Import 5 Order. He claimed trial,
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    CONCERT AT KALLANG
    277 11 Successful Show At Airmen's Club TT-HE concert arranged by Inspector A. J. A. Blake at the Kallang Airmen's Club on Wednesday night was a great success and an enthusiastic audience was entertained to a good t» -hour show. The show .as slickly presented and there were none
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    INTERPRETER CHARGED
    91 11 KANAOASABAI, an interpreter attached t/> the civil district court, claimed trial U the criminal district court yesterday on th.-n summons charges of accepting various MB) cf money "without consideration from per B who. he knew, were likely to be concerned \< business connected with his official function-. It
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    INDIES NAVAL BUDGET
    73 11 Bata\ia. Mar. 31. •T«HE Peoples Council haj speedily passed the supplementary budget for the Navy, amounting to 3,000,000 guilders, and the necessary extensions can be taken in hand Immediately. The Army needs more officers, and *o a number of officers of the infantry, artillery and engineer reserve
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    PLANTERS CONFER ON LABOUR WAGES
    80 11 'From Our Own Crrrespond :it) Klang, Apr. 3. A SPECIAL general meeting o; the Klang District Planters A.v3oc!ation was held in the Klang Cluo this morning to consider the question of i the wagrs of labourers in the estates of Klang District, in view of
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    Surveyor's Allegations Against Indian Contractors
    618 11 LJENRY Moore, a quantity surveyor employed by the Admiralty, alleged in the Singapore third court yesterday that he was offered 25 per cent, of the profits if he managed to procure $30,000 to $50,000 contracts at the Naval Base for two men, Bafchtawar Singh and
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    "EMERGENCY" CALL-UP OF BLOOD DONORS
    188 11 Practice Held Yesterday To Test M.A.S. Transport Section TWENTY blood donors were called upon in Singapore yesterday afternoon to report at »»rcc to the Blood Transfusion Centre at the Col'eee of Medicine. At leant one who arrived at the Centre was asked to actually give
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    FALSE COINS ON ALTAR
    207 11 What Searcher For Chandu Found MR. J. P. Merson, a customs officer. described in the criminal district court yesterday how he discovered a collection of counterfeit coins in a wooden pillow in a house which he was searching for chandu and opium. He. gave evidence in
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    GIRL'S DEATH FROM LEG INJURY
    157 11 Ankle Crushed By Tree Falling On It THE death of a ten-year-old Kheh girl, Wre ITmk V.;xh. two days alter a rubber tree rind 1 a lien on one of her legs was inquired into by th? MngapaN coroner yuMVf*/. In her evidence Wee's mother,
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    19 11 The Posstma.stPr-Oenera; I \\sos thnt a U)e?rr.rh money rder service between Johore n.-l SWKV into operation c:n Arr i
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    22 12 SpUfim and Aarrieue* mre sera mbote the domdt on fArtr My to engmge raiders reported mpptomthiHg Britain.
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    CONTINUOUS TRAINING WITH VOLUNTEERS
    423 12 Singapore Tribunal Hears 54 Applications For Exemption CIrTY-FOUR application.- for exemption from continuous training with the Volunteers from Apr. 15 to June 14 and for extension of postponement certificates were heard by the Singapore Tribunal at the Old Supreme Court yesterday. The appiieaUoas tor exemption from
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    VAINLY TRIED TO SAVE MAN
    218 12 European's Stor>' In Coroner's Court ALAN HENDERSON, an electrical engineer described in the Smgapore coroner's court yeiterday how he vainly gave arUfleial respiration to a gardener who was stated to have been electrocuted while working in a house' in Oxley Rise. Henderson was firing evidence
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    IMPORTED PROHIBITED GOODS INTO COLONY
    86 12 CHOW YONO TEE appeared :n the court yesterday on iar?es of importing prohibited and reslrvted gooes into the colony. Prosecuting. Mr. H O. D. Lewin. of > the Customs Department, said that on 33. a revenue officer and a mrty I n boarded a ship
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    UNABLE TO ATTEND COURT
    94 12 U NABLE TO ATTEND COURT •piAT the defendant waa "far from 1 being well" and would not be fit to attend court ;or a fortnight was toe explanation mat* by air X X OX^n- nor when appeared on behalf of H Karley-CUrke. sreretary of the Binga- pore Swimming Club, in
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    DONATIONS TO Y.W.C.A.
    106 12 PRIHSR dwianoai ituunut for th*. V W CJI Ftoaare caaapaißn arc ackaawkdied by tbe aanesaOna a> Mton: *M Ckptato W. L. Gardner: tto. Unaud BTmhimi I LkC Mn. O. W. SeaMdae. Mr. L. W. Oewds: t». BrhHora Lid Mr. Chua Baa Leonr SIS Mr. Tea San Twee.
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    349 12 rr what was oescribed by counsel H being a 'borderline case between negligent driving and an error of judsmeni." K. Narayan. an Indian Arrr.y truck oriyer. was fined $75. or three months' simple hnprtenment. in the Singapore traffic court yesterday. Narayan pleaded guilty to
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    AUSTRALIAN CRITICISM OF MR. MATSUOKA'S SPEECHES
    346 13 Cause Of Understanding In The Pacific Receives Setback Canberra, Apr. 3. THE speeches by Mr. Yosuke Matsuoka, Japanese Foreign Minister, in Berlin and Rome are a disservice to the cause of understanding in the Pacific, said Sir Frederick Stewart, Minister for External Affairs, speaking
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    Tokio On Vatican's Peace Conditions
    71 13 Tokio, Apr. 3. "ILfIR. Vosulce Matsuoka's meeting with the Pope, when the Japanese Foreign Minister heard PapaJ views or conditions for peace, was extremely valuable although the time Is not ye. ripo for a />ea c conference," says the Asahi Shlmbun to-day. The newspaper assumes
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    Mexico Joins U.S. In Hemisphere Defence
    111 13 Washington, Apr. 2. UNITED STATES- Mexican collaboration for defence of the west-rn hemisphere 1? vl-ualiz?d in a message sent by President Koosevplt to-day to the Benate nkin>; it to rftify the new agreement between th? United Btates and Mexico for reciprocal use of airfields
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    Italians In E. Africa Now Know The Truth
    73 13 Nairobi, Apr. 4. rIF Italians in East Africa are new hearing the fa; ts ot the war situation. A daily news hnlletin in Italian is being broadcast in Italian S imal'land and in Abyssinia from Nairobi. The British anthorities have started an
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    British Reply To Vichy Claims
    503 13 "Aiciiug German And Ilaiian War Effort 91 London, Apr. 3. DEPIiDIATTNG the Vichy (invernment's assertion that the British blockade of unoccupied France and her colonies Is pointless, unjust and Illegal, the Ministry of Economic Warfare takes exception to the contention, firstly, that unoccupied France has
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    Italian Columns Harassed
    89 13 Cairo, Apr. 3. •THE harassing of Italian columns 1 retreating trom Asmara, capital of Eritrea, and the destruction of three f nemy bombers in Albania are mentioned In to-day 3 R.A.F. communique from the Midrilp East headquarters Dealing with Eritrea, the communique states, The RAF. yesterday maintained
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    Dr. Quo Tai-chi's New Post
    239 13 Appointed Foreign Minister Chungking, Apr. 3. IT is officially stated that Dr. Quo Tai-chi, Ambassador in London. has been appointed Foreign Minister, succeeding Dr. Wang Chunghui. This chanre is interpreted in many circles as a further indication of close i Sino-Britlsh relations since Dr. Quo
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    German Airmen's Soporifics
    272 13 German Airmen's Soporifics London, Apr. 3. SLEEPINO tablets and soporitu-s are found In the pockets of almost all German sailors or airmrn who fall ttthef alive or dead ln'o British hands German medical equipment, largely discovered by the Bri;ish, contains no iodine or vaseline, the only disinfectant being medirv while
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    "THE BATTLE OF MATAPAN"
    83 13 London. Apr. 3 ADM. Sir Andrew Cunningham, Com- mander-in-Ch:ef, MMitcnane.-in i lins definitely lamed the Medit I mean battle the "Battle of Ma'apan," according t-> The Times correspondent I at Alexandria The correspondent* says that notices announcing a thanksgiving service for victory were pnnlad on the
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    58 13 1 Chungking. Apr. s. llfHltj; mart CTitnrse nrwrpapers yester »T day published report* ot the Informal afrrement regarding rex'rgaiilzatlon of trr Khanehai Municipal Council without any rimmnit, the Chtna Times described the j arrangnnent as "astrich policy I The Chinese daily claims tht "new regime I!- only an attempt by
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    Work Already Begun On Chinese Section Of Burma Railway
    301 13 London, Apr. 3. I*HE last days of Sir Archibald! Cochrane's governorship in j Burma is marked by two notable events, says The Times In a lead-| ing article to-day. The first, of high symbolic Interest, was rhe hoisting in Rangoon of
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    CHANCES FOR YOUNG MEN
    441 14 Openings In Field Ambulance Units THt formation of a new military unit, No. 1 Malaya Field Ambulance, furnishes an opportunity for non-British Europeans, and for Eurasians, to "do their bit" towards winning the war, in a very useful capacity, and at the same time acquire knowledge
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    TALK IN TAMIL
    49 14 ITNDER the auspices of the literary section of the Indian Youth League, Mr. M. K. Chidambaram will give a i talk in Tamil on "Tamil and Tamil I Speakers" at 5 p.m. on Sunday at the League premises In 118, Race Course Road. All are welcome.
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    1256 14 Penang Plea For Adoption Of Correct Attitude Locally "MANY Bills have gone on the Statute Book during the year which we have under review at this meeting," said Mr. F. D. Bisseker, in a speech before proposing a vote of thanks to
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    Shipping Conference Conies In For Strong Criticism In Penang
    1713 14 Shipping Conference Conies In For Strong Criticism In Penan g 'Continued from page 4> suddenly Increased freights by 50 per cent. effective Immediately. Thi* indefensible action, however, they were compelled to I abandon on the firm stand taken by those I whose interests mere being sacrificed "I expronrd the hope
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    S.C.F.A. HOLD ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
    160 14 Office-Bearers Elected MR Sim Kwang Tew, hon. M ;.nd treasurer or the Straits Chinere Football Assoc.ction from 1932 to 1939, was presented with a fountain pen ar.c" pencil at the annu:ii General meeting h^ld at the Associatijn's premio?s Farrer Park, yssterday Mal:;ng the presentation, Mr
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