The Straits Times, 18 April 1941

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    38 1 FINAL EDTN. The Straits Times [E3TABLJSHED NEARLY A CENTURY] MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER LARGEST NET SALES 6 PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1941. PRICE 5 CENTS, The Straits Times 16 PAGES, SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1941. PRICE 5 CENTS,
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      76 1 Try MIEN CHONG TAILORING A»mU»bw :»»it Lcb«Ui» WAIN SHIfcLL'S In Milk and Wml Alao AMFRK AN SHARK SKIM. In T»rlo«s rthwci t« Coteman St., S'pwi. Photw 481* SINGAPORE, 140 CECIL ST. CPHONK S47D D| af 1/ y V THE BORNEO COMPANY LTv. (Incorporated hi tnylond/ SINGAPORE PEN ANG IPOH KUALA
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      154 1 ELSIE MARY Cattery Read. Morning Afternoon Evening Dresses. KUALA LUMPUR, 25 JAVA ST. CPHONK 3653 I ldiPdllil£ wrrH TNE tOMSERVAfI OR f -l^jTr yfjß A*o GREATER SPACE 9y^| O^ II I food* you use moat of^ci.. Uie tiiingi UaH I you remrh for and P lJt ava^ wer h U*
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      520 2 SMALL APST Minimum charge SI. far ad»t iMt nceeoiaf Han. Marc than tout Unm 25 cents per line (Six words) Box No. 25 cents e tra. DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES BIRTHS. MAR&1AGKS DEATHS, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. ANNOUNCEMENTS A PPC. CARDS arc charted S3 eaek per tnaerttan per taeh. Ova 1 teeb ZS cU pi-r
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      477 2 FOR SALE I SHF.LVADOR Refrigerator. Phone 3333. PRISMATIC BINOCULARS: Magnifier*: Thermometers. M. ESekicl Sons. Opticians 10- 13 The Arcade. WORLD-FAMOUS "YORK" super-cold commercial electric refrigerator also Westinghouse and Kelvlnator refrigs. Apply Singapore Auctioneers. FOR SALE as one lot 237 acres cocoanut plantation with 17 acres rubber locality Chuko. Kukup. Johore.
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      924 2 HOUSES FLATS .TO LET TO LET. No. 47 Amber Road. Apply Meyer Brothers FURNISHED BUNGALOW Slglap. Apply Julian Israel. 11 Malacca street. SEA-FRONT, Katong; small furnished flat, long bath, all conveniences. Apply 77, Meyer Road. TO LET Immediately Newly furn. Airy Room. (M.S.) for Bachelor. Borneo Mansions. 272A Orchard Road.
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      824 2 LOST LOST on Easter Monday. AprU Uth at 11.45 p.m. at the New World Cabaret, one Gold Signet Ring (initials P.H.) Reward to finder. AUCTION NOTICES THE SINGAPORE AUCTIONEERS AUCTION SALE Of well-made polished teak household furniture of every description, crockery, etc etc (By Order of Mrs. J. E. Paton)
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      427 2 EYE EXAMINATIONS. EYEGLASSES. EXCLUSIVELY. low scalar ailment* expertly diagnosed and rl>wprncribed by a Deemed »»<! rrcniUrtt pnrtitionrr with /^fe^-^oB legal •ualiflcations. If gUss- I J*T% es are not needed none mm jSfJ*^ be recommended. V\ THOMPSON OPTICAL CO. 4. ARCADE BUILDING R. A. THOMPSON. D.O-Sc. (Doctor of Ocnlar Science), 35
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      96 2 BUSINESS CARDS Etc. WIGGLESWORTH TEXROPE DRIVES ALLIANCE ENGINEERING CO., LTD. SINGAPORE AND KUALA LUMPI'R. FOE A rEKMANENT WAVE e (.VKji-"*"^ PERMANENT WAVING CLEANED AOJIISTED REPAIRED ELLISON S EZEKIEL CO. OPTOMETRISTS OPTICIANS 3 CAPITOL BUILDING SINGAPORE. ISIO- 10 VEAHS. j NOTICE. M. EZEKIEL A SONS, Qualified Opticians. 1* and 12, The
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      319 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. Incorporate m Bnglaud PENINSULAR AND ORIENT Al RN Co MAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO 3ERVICE The best possible services are being maintained by the P O S N. Coy. from the Straits to their usual ports of call in China. India. Ceylon
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      218 3 Incorporated id Japan I GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE. TO EUROPE VIA AMERICA Through fares to North America to Fnrope via America and Round Tours in the Parilic quoted in US. S on application. lt> California from (he Orient via Honolulu lea- Manila lea. Hicong nu TATUTA
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      450 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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      179 3 f ™^P^ssl»smsl aW fl *>—» W* B^sHB^B^yEMsSS BBLBa^s^af^aTa¥s»~i^awlA ~^L^ PASSENGER KKEIUIIT SERVICE SINGAPORE TO NEW YORK AND BOSTON VIA PENANO, COLOMBO, BOMBAY AND CAPE OF GOOD HOPE Arm* 3 oort SalJ 3poc« Arrive N V II PRESIDENT HARRISON Apr. 20 Apr. 22 June 9 ss. PRESIDENT HAVES May 11 May
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      183 3 Radio Programmes TO-DAY SINGAPORE ZHL 1.333 ke/t tVti m.) 7.IIP1 969 mc/t (30.96 m.) (/IIP2 6,175 me/i 4S.S8 m.) ZUP3 7.2S me/i (41 31 m.) ziiL. zhpi zun 5 pm. Peipeng dramast; 5.35 p.m. Newii In Cantonese; 5 50 p.m. Hokklen music f 6 p.m. News m Hokiien; 6.15 p.m.
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      185 3 8 20 p.m. Tamil musict; 8.40 p.m. Newr In Tamil; 7 p.m. Xhr Hill Billlest; 7.10 D. n News In French; 7 20 p.m. The Hill Bllll^ teontd )t; 7.iO p.m. Anajoum Gambo* Orchestra. (JYom 'he Studio): 8 p.m. Waning to Mariners. Neva In Malay; 8.15 p.m Kews commentary 'n
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      793 3 p.m. Modern M.xndarin muslct: 5.40 p.m. News In Canton -'je- 5.55 p m. Commen'Arv on the eighth race of the Singapore Ruces. by A. Cramsle. R< layed from Bukit Tlniah Racecourse; 6.05 p.m. News In Hokki n; 6.15 p.m Wirnlng to Mariners. Full rcsiT'S of the Singapore Races; 6.20 p.m.
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      599 3 EMPIR2 STATION EASTERN TRANSMISSION will be radiate* La Malay on-GSt-lS.« BMtrcs (IS.IJ »nd G*O -lC.Xi mrtre* (17.71 a/ea) from (.19 p.m U K.5« p.m. GSB— JIS1 metre* I9.M ■>'«> G8I» —24.51 metre* 111.75 m e«> .ram •■•> am to ll.M p.m NORTH AMERICAN TRANSMISSION »5 a.m l« 12 1* midday*
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    London Stock Exchange
    384 4 Prices Ease But Close Steadier London, Apr. 17. I yHE Stock Exchauge had another very quiet day and jrice* were again marked down Toward the close, however, gilt-edged recovered their >.arly small declints whlcn exertod a general steadying effect. Apart from dullness In building sham industrials were
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    134 4 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES 'From Out Own Correspondent) COMMODITY ar.d Exrha ng e°ma.rkeu c'loied loaremheMs^ lOUttoM ta Xl RBFR: Firm iSpot: I 4 9 16d 14\d <14 8 16d 14\d> |May u\d 14 13 l«d (14 9 16d H ,d, Pept. 14S,d 1413 1«d (14 11 16 d 14 1316 d» Dec
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    TIN EXPORT LICENSES SUSPENDED
    66 4 London Apr. 17. THE suspension of the issue of tin ex- .P 01 licences appears to be a technical adjustment to the fluctuating arrivals of Bolivian ore. which are always erratic even In normal times United Kingdom stocks are considerable, comprising warehouse stocks of 3,061 tons
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    EXCHANGES
    177 4 The roiiowinc art cbe txenana* rate* tni» morning according to the daily circular \*tn» tr» cba Hongkong %n<i Shanghai BanHni OoTDormUoo:— wmamm London T.T 2/4 3/32 London demand 2/4 1/33 Switzerland (T.T. onlj) 202 46 New York demand 47 io Montreal demand 6l!*S Batavia demand t8.71 Samarang demand U
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    24 4 New York, Apr. 17. The Price Administrator, Mr. Hendtrson, has issued an order freezing steel prices at the level which prevailed in the first-quarter.
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    422 4 LITTLE SHARE BUSINESS DONE YESTERDAY RUBBER SLIGHTLY LOWER By Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, Apr. 18. BUSINESS in the share market was at a low ebb yesterday but the higher prices which developed in the tin share section the previous day were on the whole, fairly well ma'ntalned.
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
    115 4 Singapore. Apr. 18. Buyer* aenen Gambler 7 50 Hambunr Cube $1J5O Java Cube $1200 7oora uixed taas Sun Dried $2 50 Pen xr White Muntok $14 2S Wh"« $1350 Black g7i5 S<wc Horn No l $590 »510 $570 Sarawak $5 50 $5.50 lamoca Small Flak* 17 50
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    84 4 CHAMBER OF COM MERCE RUBBER ASSN. Friday. Apr. It, noon flayers fcVllrn Prices Mm N* IX CSS (Spot Imw| s»H J»K No IX R.BS too in nut, A»r.-May (Scllcn Option) 39Ti MM r..».AQ KS.S f.b (B B*t*» Apr-May (Seller* Option) J9\ 3SS, O KS.» lob IB MXi Apr-May (ScUert Option)
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    CHINESE BANKS SUSPEND BUSINESS IN SHANGHAI
    28 4 Shanghai. Apr. 17. COUR local Chungking Government banks have suspended business owing to terrorist threats. The Chinese dollar slumped to 3.18. Reuter.
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    28 4 Washington. Apr. 17. The Treasury announces the arrival in New York of $132,000,000 worth ol newly-minted gold purchases from South Africa. The proceeds will replenish British dollar holdings.
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    PARIT PERAK PAYS 30%
    355 4 Profit $104,687 Or 20.72 Cents A lb. pARITPERAKRUBBKUCO. l.||>. is to pay a dividend of :'>o i*t cent, for 1940, treble the ratr paii for 1939. The accounts were issued yesterday and show that the net profit earned for the year was $104,687, compared with $49
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    RUBBER MARKET FIRM AND SELLERS RESERVED
    335 4 IN a weekly report on tne ruober m.,. Nt, issued this morning, Lewis and .t 'Singapore i Ltd write Prir have tinned this week and continue to keep firm. Rubber is being produced in plentiful quantities and although there is no question of suppUes
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    TIN STEADY IN LONDON
    62 4 Londun. Apr. 17. TIN opened steady. The turnover was 1 226 tons. The Ministry's casli selling limit is £271 10s. Influential st'lt.-r depressed three-nonths on heavy lower Eastern sales but tlie smallness of offerings, especially those of the Ministry. strengthened casn tin in which no business
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    36 4 In the first half of April I Compound produced 597 plculs ol t nore and Satupulo produced 157 pi.-uo. Jlmah Rubber Estate harvested 31.731) Ib. of rubber in March and 1 Rubber Estate harvestid 13.065 lb.
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    MARCH RUBBER CROPS
    32 4 The following rubber crops wen harvested in March: Brunei 3ukit Timah Haytor ndragiri Lunas *yalas rapah Jlu Pandan 26.121 5.83 1 23.52) 127.785 43. HU 44 000 ld.?«~, IJH1
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      216 4 POPULAR HAPPY GIRLS THE SELECTED BEAUTIES IN SINGAPORE'S BUSIEST DANCE HALL VSSiJ CARNIVAL NIGHT 810 nlrH *y A J^Pf 'V/Mf From NIGHTLY Aisi&tSßSth^ißlsist^Sa^ksssiifcslS 10 01 P-M. LIBIO'S BAND FAVOURED BY DANCE LOVERS THROUGHOUT MALAYA WATCH FOR THE SAR O N GJB RI D E TO-NIGHT HAPPY THEATRE -6.45 9.15 THE
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      524 4 PUBLIC NOTICES FAR EASTERN MUSIC SCHOOL l-A Kirk Terrace, gtarapare The School will be closed on April. 10th and reopens on April 21st. itll for the Easter HolMays. BRUNEI UNITED PLANTATIONS, LTD. (Incorporated in the straits settlements) NOTICE Is hereby given that an Interim dividend of 2'^ per cent., on
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    BRITISH FINANCE AND COMMERCE
    1698 5 By Expenditure More Than Doubled In A Year HPWO votes of credit for the prosecution of the war were sought by the Chancellor of the Exchequer and readily granted by the House of Commons recently. The first was a supplementary vote for £600,000,000 for the current
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    Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1355 5 THURSDAY. APR. 17. 1941: 4 PJL MINING Bayers Sellers Ampat Tin (4s) 3s 3d 3s 7V»d Austral Amal. (sc) 6s 3d 6s 9d Austral Malay iC) 33s 6d 34s 6d Ayer Hitam (ss) 17a 4ftd 18s lttd Ayer Weng (tl) .80 .86 Bangrln Tin 12s
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    SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTION
    151 5 *¥*HE Singapore Chamber of Commerce 1 Rubber Association held its 1.334 th. auction yesterday and resulted: Catalogued 2.052.808 lb. (916 43 tons) Ottered 1.903.957 lb. (***** tons) Sold 1.730.145 lb (772 39 tons) Spot London 14 9 16d New York 23V. <*«. PRICKS REALIZED Ribbed Smoked Sheet
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    98 5 Mails clnee at the Qeneral Pout Office as follows: TO-DAY Aden aa mm air 4 p.m. Africa air 4 p.m. Burma M M M air 4 p.m. -eylon air 4 p.m. Egypt air 4 p.m. Oreat Britain etc air 4 p.m. India air 4 p.m. Mauritius
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    List Of Current Dividends
    223 5 Issued by the Malayan Shi aoofci "VnrrmiH lyrteeru- C1(M* rwr Bacu Selangor 5% May 1 Johar. 7%% final Apr. 1? Kent 5% le« tax Klaiif? Klver 7tt% Apr. S2 Kramat Tin Is. 3d. Apr. 2* K. L. Tin I 1 Mambau Ti''< int. Apr. 2! Pengkalen
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      297 5 %fc BDONTB D0NT USE SKETOLENE and BE IMMUNE. TWO SIZES 75 cts. $1.25 OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERE. .S"'*/<- Distributors: 6RAFTOM LABORATORIES LTD. Singapore, Kuala Lumpur A Penan* ,iQ Ai|pnt)t:rys Kosk.'IIA a pleasant taste and soften gradually In Bk che mouth. They B^^2\ provide baby with the needful exercise lor his mouth and
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      259 5 JbH BSSsm,"' I**T *iT'-^* r^^zT7tnA\ 'I 'I' l»-25 ir.cn. stkf.f.. sisr.tioKi Trlrphon* Manafer'it Office 4512 Sah-Mana«er> OftVe 451S Ktrhancr l>ept ISM C.eneral Oni. r 4767 CaNe \Aimr:—" PROVIN'BWK lleid OSBw— «SMSMW, K«.in;luHt PAIR IP CAPITAL (Ch.) S 10.000 iIOO rtskrvf: nvns s n.000.000 TOTAL ASSETS (apprax.) 8168 MM.OM Board nf
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      113 5 SINGAPORE TIDE TABLES ro-aaj H.W. 2.29 am. 8.6 ft.: 4.11 p.m. 7.1 ft. L.W. 9.14 a.m. 0.9 ft.; 9. IS p.m. 4.3 ft. To-morrow H.W. 3.24 a.m. 7.6 ft.; 5.40 p.m. 6.7 ft. L.W. 10.25 a.m. 1.5 ft.: 10.39 pm. 4.9 ft. Sunday. Apr. 20. H.W 4.44 a.m. 7.1 ft.:
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      262 6 IK YOU LIKE THRILLS, EXCITEMENT FUN, DON'T MISS THIS PICTURE TODAY AT 3.15, 6.15 and 9.15 P.M. T y E ALHAMBRA SO THRILLING SO TIMELY SO GLORIOUS */LL- K JmMJLA JAMES PAT^v GLORIA STUART *s^» Vi FRANK McHUGHjfi-W V )x'>F /SIbV v^ ,vi&. O.r.ci.d b, LLOYD BACON A WARNER BROS
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      257 6 M^I PAVILION I t« B.B.C. UPROARIOUS COMEDY! PAT KIRKiVOOD MOORt MARRIOTT J^Mk 'C^ jj&'^^M i C'UCMO MARCEL VARNEL Rl\ j^k GAINSBOROUCH PICTURE kJ| Wk >oIB INaUDED IN THE PROGRAMME PRICES OF_ADMISSION "An*CK" (football how FOlTlt.15 P.M. MATINEES to play it) DOWNSTAIRS "AUSTRALIA HAS WIMS" 50 e 25 e m TAX
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      224 6 Another Academy Award Performance by the Screen's unforgettable 'SCARLETT O'HARA' ASK Those who have Seen it CAPITOL ISJIB&fl DAILY KlBSlff fff f JFPffIP 3.15—6.15—9.15 SrfWinAßiWTfll See the Beautiful Ballet B^nfflffipjHf|||S| Hear the Inspiring Mu-i-Thrill to this irreat story of a lovely dancer who i^^^^^l found that the EASIEST H W^^^kW
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    CHURCHILL'S SECRET WEAPON IN H.M.S. KING GEORGE V
    417 7 Features Of Mightiest Fighting Warship Are Described London, Apr. 18. AS the first journalist to be allowed aboard H.M.S. King George V, Britain's latest and greatest battleship, I am able to describe some of the special features of what is probably the
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    U.S. Ambassador Impressed
    329 7 Spirit Of Londoners After Big Raid London, Apr. 17. -THE American Ambassador, Mr. J. O. Winant, was in the streets before dawn, talking with victims of last night's air blitz, and is reported as saying that he was more than ever impressed by the spirit shown by
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    Mr. Roosevelt Reaches Peak Of Popularity
    54 7 New York, Apr. 17. PRESIDENT Roosevelt's popularity in tb«? I mtrd States has reached its highest level, accord ing to the results shown by tinlatest nationwide Gallup poll. Seventy- three per cent, of the voters expressed fall confidence in the President while only 27
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    13 Squadrons Have Bags Of 100 Raiders
    204 7 London. Apr. 17. U/HEN a Spitfire squadron shot down two Messerschmitt 110s thU morning, they raised their total bag of enemy aircraft destroyed to 100. The squadron leader had gone up with the other pilots, says the Air Ministry news service, on a
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    DR. QUO IS LEAVING LONDON TO-DAY
    189 7 London, Apr. 17. INSTEAD oi go.ng tj Sir Philip Cnn- liffe Owen's house. Sunningdale, last night as he has usually done in recent months, Dr. Quo Tai-chi, the I retiring Chinese Ambassador, tc ld i Reuter that he slept, or rather tried to sleep,
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      476 7 RAFFLES HOTEL TO-NIGHT DINNER DANCE (informal) 8 p.m. to midnight CABARET TUP ACTHR *****1 ACROBATIC ATTRACTION I tit Ad lUX UUU DANCERS Dinner $3.00. Non- Diners $1.00 SATURDAY SPECIAL RACE DINNER. DANCE CABARET, book now. ON ACCOUNT GF HEAVY BOOKINGS ON SATURDAY NIGHTS. I- A I RONS ARE ADVISED TO
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      216 7 TO-DAY M w««E 6.15, 9.15. H ll U V EVERYBODY BOX OFFICE f»l 'PbOM 3400 S^ HAIAYA S CINEMA DE UIXI 60ES" ACCLAIMED as PAUL MUNI'S GREATEST HIT ■H^9|^*y world for 'to mart wlw^||tlM j 6Lj i aVULH B^^Val M;/ %nm UHM CKfCAft MM SHTTON kr«Y caiMtm vwcwu field •vwcon
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, APR. 18, 1941. (593rd Day Of The War.)
    1125 8 I Although there are one or two foreign newspaper correspondents stationed in Bangkok, very little reliable information Is obtainable regarding conditions in Thailand.! The censorship is strict and the news I broadcasts are under official control. These
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    AIR MAILS
    80 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— l agree with all that was stated by Mr. P. P. Ginwalla in his letter of April 11 regarding the delay in transmission of mail by air. I myself have had similar experiences Letters which are supposed to reach Calcutta
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      RUMOURS
      339 8 The Harm That Is Done By False Statements To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir— There appear to be in Singapore a number of individuals who take a delight in spreading ridiculous reports of Allied reverses. In the majority of cases, these statements are entirely without foundation and
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      HELP FOR BLIND
      263 8 Java Sets An Example For Malaya To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir —I read recently an interesting article about the Blind Institute at Bandoeng. Java. It has prompted me to write this letter, which I hope you will be kind enough to publish. The life
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      ESTATE WAGES
      141 8 Why The Krani's Pay Is Low To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— lf "P.A's." view is that harder work should bring In bigger pay, then I should say that labourers engaged on cutting drains should be the highest paid people on estates! I wonder whether "P.A."
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      CIGARETTE PRICES
      55 8 To the Editor ot the Straits Times Sir,— There are many retail dealers who sell cigarettes at unreasonable prices in these days. Will the authorities concerned and the suppliers or manufacturers of all cigarettes see that steps are taken to protect the interests of the smokers? —Yours, etc..
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      UNSELFISHNESS
      837 8 Pressing Need Of "This Sad, Old World" To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— I am not exactly a young man niyself, being past my two score years end ten! But I have always Id ntified myself with youth "movements," so that you can see how pleased one
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      RAILWAY FARES
      115 8 A Plea For Week-End Concessions To the Editor of the Straits Times 8ir,— Will the General Manager of the F.M.S. Railways consider the advantages that wculd accrue to the travelling public in these days of petrol rationing if week-end tickets could be issued on a similar tariff to
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      COATS OFF!
      249 8 Case For Dress Reform In Wartime To the Editor of the Straits lime* Sir, I support the views of one of your cc respondents that i-o.its are really superfluous durinp wartime. Even during peacetime coats :>ro unnecessary in this tri>niral country W remove our coats when irrivin* at
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      Neck-ties Also Held To Be Superfluous
      271 8 To In* Hitor of the StraiU Times Sir E ery citizen should |BH WtUl the views expressed by Mr. Goh Hoa Kirn In Hj t«-o letters, one needed "■Working Hours" and the other "Cnata OtI'" If all eovernment departments, municipalities, commercial muses e i-
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      RENT CONTROL
      229 8 Distress Writs Served "Indiscriminately" To the Editor of the Strait* I inn Sir The Rent Restriction Act has certainly curbed to a lartre extent the greed ot certain landlords. But there are cases where oppression by landlords is still curried on by the indiscriminate KTVlng <>i a distress
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      BROADCASTING
      79 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— I suggest that the Singapore Station should broadcast my re music in Mandarin which is popular among the local and China-born Chinese.— Yours, etc. TIME PLEASE. Singapore, April 16 To the Editor of the Straits limes Sir,—Permit me to express ray
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      60 8 Just In parked! I II I I- A T E I. 1 T S. We have just received a large Selection ol STANELEY GIBBONS Postage Stamp Albums, Loose-leaf Spring-back Albums. Priced Catalogue ol IMI ani stamp Accessories etc.. Write for Pull Particulars from:— G. H. KIAT CO.. LTD.. 6*B. Robinson
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    ALLIED LINE HOLDS DESPITE BIG NAZI PUSH
    861 9 Terrific Casualties Among Germans GREEKS HARD PRESSED IN THE ALBANIAN SECTOR Berlin Claims Yugoslav Army's Surrender VIOLENT fighting is raging in northern Greece, where the German mechanized hordes are hur'ing themselves furiously against the Anglo-Greek line. But latest reports are to the effect
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    Unceasing Raids On Axis Columns
    137 9 Unceasing Raids On Axis Columns Cairo, Apr. 18. y\( KASING attacks on enemy supply columns in Greece were carried out by the R.A.F. on Wednesday and the previous night, states an R.A.F. communique. Much damage' was caused. The Kozani-Bitoj-Ptolemais area v.-.os the main centre of attack. The railway near Korinos,
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    12,000 Civilians Massacred In Ruthless German Bombing Of Yugoslav Capital
    534 9 London, Apr. 17. THE dcathroll resulting from 1 the German air force's raids on Belgrade, capital of Yugoslavia, may reach 12,000, according to the estimates of observers who saw the horrors, says Reuter's special correspondent "somewhere in Yugoslavia." Men who
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    Australia Keeps Eyes On Pacific
    56 9 Melbourne, Ap r It. rE aet'nic Prime Minister, Mr. A. W. Fadd:n. stated ye t-rday that Australia was vU'lant of events in the Pacific afier inter-pri-t iti ny of the Russo-Japanese part, and she was determined to j .in the rest of the Empire aeainst
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    "Fierce Battles Everywhere"
    221 9 Luftwaffe Is Taking Heavy Punishment London, Apr. 18. IN western Macedonia no essential changes in situation have taken place, says a Greek High Command communique broadcast from the Athens radio early this morning. On the Albanian front, adds the communique, certain movements of evacuation have been carried
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    DR. QUO ON SOVIET AID TO CHINA
    69 9 London, Apr. 18. DR. Quo Tai-chi, the retiring Chinese Ambassador to Britain, informs Reuter that he has received a telegram from the Chinese Ambassador In Moscow stating that Russia has no intention of changing her policy toward China or of discontinuing her help.
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    A PRELUDE TO INVASION?
    349 9 German Blitz Of London Area London, Apr. 18. U'U>NKSI>AY night's raid on i Greater London, described by the Nazi High Command as a reprisal for the R.A.F. hammering of Berlin recently, was of 'a character that might be expected to precede a Nazi invasion, writes Reut*r's
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    FOUR U.S. SHIPS FOR BRITAIN
    66 9 Washington, Apr. 17. POUR United States cargo vessels r have been acquired by the United Sta.es Maritime Commission for immediate transfer to the British Government under the "Lease and Lend" act it was announced last night. They will be registered under thr British flag and
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    U.S. Naval Stocks For Britain
    70 9 Washington, Apr. 11. PIE rnited States Navy is "almost daily issuing material to Britain from stocks in hand, the Secretary of the Ni*J. t 01. Frank Knoi. discloned while testifying before the Senate defence committee. Referring to progress bein* made on shore farilKies. including new
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    AXIS' MAIN BASK IN LIBYA BOMBED
    107 9 Cairo. Apr. 18 -THE RJiT. and F.eet Air Arm carried out a heavy raid during Wednesday night on Tripoli, tin main bast of the Italo-Oerman force in Libya. Shipping and harbour installations were the chief object.ves. One mediumsized tanker was hit and the vessel
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    35 9 Valetta. Apr. Id. CNEMY aircraft appeared three Umrs ov the Lliind in the last 2« hojr*. A Junk' mafc.ng a reconnaisanct this af iernooi 1 it a kivat height »as engaged by anu-mrcraj defences. —Reuter.
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    NAZI WAVES REPULSED
    325 9 Britons Fighting Grimly In Grcree London. Apr. IS. ORITISH and Imperial forces, fighting grimly, have hurlel back wave after wave of (;?rm;ir» infantry suririnir forward in almost nonstop attacks on the heights of Mount Olympus, cables Reuter's special correspondent with the forces of the Empire in (irew.
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    GESTAPO AGENTS IN SHANGHAI
    62 9 Sh.ins'haJ. Apr. IS. A NUMBER of German youths members of the Gestapo, arrived )n Shanghai recently to conauct political acth > a Chinese newspaper. The newcomers rapervi* ,1 M recent Japanese parachute exercises over the northern suburbs of Sh.\tii!hai \V; U-iniormed for"i'"i cink-s KfTCC t lie
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    WAR FUND GIFTS SHOW SIGNS OF FALLING AWAY
    491 10 Advance Recorded To-day Only About $1,000 POST OFFICE CLUB SENDS $309 RAISED BY SWEEPSTAKE f ONTRIBUTIONS to The War Fund show signs of falling away again. The daily average is slipping slowly, and to-day's collection amounts to only $1,00(1, carrying the gross
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    " PROUD RECORD " OF MR. C. S. VEXKATACHAR
    118 10 PROUD RECORD OF MR. C. S. VEXKATACHAR PAYING a tribute to the work of Mr. C. S. Venkiit^char. the former Agent of the Govcrnmen. of India in Malaya, who returned to India after three-and-a-half years' service in this country. The Indian says, "He has every reason to be proud of
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    FORMER INDIAN AGENT'S NEW APPOINTMENT
    33 10 npHE Indian understands that Mr. C. S. Vonkatachar. 1.C.5.. former Agent of the Government of India here has been appointed President of »hr four! et Wards, United Provin.
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    AMUSEMENTS
    156 10 HUM KS HOTIX n.nner Si Dane ilnlormsli 8 p.m to Midnight. i.Ki I WORLD Cabaret: 7.30 to 9 p.m. to Midnight. Globe: Northw at Mounted Police. Sky: Danger On Wheels. HAPPY I'lll A'l'Kl (Happy World) Mart a Berdnrah. Seaside: lambeth Walk. NKV\ .VOBLO Tall 'res and Cinemas, bide BhOVD,
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    Chinese Give Radio Sets To Troops
    127 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Alor Star, Apr. 17. DADIO sets and gramophones are being contributed by the Kedah Chinese community for the comfort of the troops. Donations of cash have also been received, and the total value of contributions in radio sets and cash
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    ROVER SCOUTS RETURN
    262 10 Safe Arrival At Gopeng Mine (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Apr. 18. J^OVER Scouts K. K. Sharma and K. Kannusamy of the Ist Penang Crew, and T. N. Sockalingam, of the Ipoh Crew, who were missing from a party of Rovers who went for a hike to
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    CHUNGKING DAILY ON SINGAPORE CONFERENCE
    53 10 Chungking. Apr. 18 JJBI AlLiii Hit- south Seas Chinese Con- ference .ccently held in Singapore tie' published in the la-Kung-Pao which hailed the Chinese in South Seas countries fs "China's great will overseas." The newspaper particularly emphasized the cenference^ denunciation of the Nanklr.g Government ano.
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    THREE SHANGHAI GREEKS ENLIST FOR SERVICE
    44 10 Shanghai, Apr. 18. I THREE Umta arc among the latest batch of British volunteers who left for Singapore on Thursday to join the British forces Hitherto well over 200 Britons from j China have volunteered for service. —Reuter
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    HE ONCE SANG IN SINGAPORE
    346 10 Noted Crooner Killed In Raid DRITAIN'S number one crooner, Al. Bowlly, who was among those killed in the air raids in London yesterday, used to sing in Raffles Hotel band in Singapore before he decided to go to Britain. Bowlly was well-known here. He was
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    "HUDSON'S BAY" IS GREAT PICTURE
    325 10 At The Cinema Hodson'i Bay." (Pml Muni. Gene Tierney, Laird (re»ar. John Sntton and Vicrl Bruce). Twentieth Centur Fax. At the Cathay. UORE and better historical films than ever before have been coming out of Hollywood in recent times and in Hudson's Bay I Twentieth
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    RAILWAY CO-OPERATORS' ANNUAL MEETING
    99 10 r |'lIE seventeenth annual general meeting of the F.M.8. Railway Co-operative Thrift and Loon Society, Ltd.. will be held at the Railway Institute, Kuala Lumpur, at 4 30 pjn on May 12. The Society had on its rells 1,597 members at the end of last year,
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    19 10 Miss Mercy Anthony will give an Indian music recital from the Singapore broadcasting I station at 6.20 p.m. to-morrow
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    Aussies Set 'Save Your Waste' Example For Malaya
    239 10 y^lTll the emphasis in Singapore to-day on the motto "save your waste" wi h "Salvage Week" begin ning on Monday the Australian Cinesound Review being screened to-day at the Capitol Theatre, gives a graphic demonstration of what can bo done with waste.
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    Italian Guns On Show At Nairobi
    39 10 A number of Italian guns captured <n the victorious East African campaign have arrived at Nairobi and have been placed on a site where the public can inspect them near the Town Hall.
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    FIRE WA TCHERS' R OLE IN NEXT BLACK-OUT TEST
    368 10 FIRE WA TCHERS R OLE IN NEXT BLACK-OUT TEST CINGAPORES firewatchers will be given their first test during the A.R.P. day and night exercises on May 7 and 8. Six thousand volunteers from 60 different firms in the city have already been trained for their important duties, and on the
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    SIKH CONFERENCE
    49 10 Karachi, Ap. 16. AT a conference of Sikhs held here to-day, a Provincial Committee was created to encourage support of the war effort in India In affiliation with the newly foimed Khalsa Defence of India League In the Punjab, under the leadership of the Maharajah of Patiala
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    NEW JOHORE CORPS
    254 10 Men Of All Races Apply To Join 500 APPLICATIONS ALREADY MADE i (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore P.ahru, Apr. 17. THK (Irsiri- of ni'-n of all nea io sorve in the Johore Defence Corps is indicated in the numerous applications which are being received liy Mr. F.
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    PENANG CHINESE & COUNCH REFORM
    105 10 PENANG CHINESE COUNCH REFORM Election And I nofhYial Majority Ir^ed THE tamest and early i by Government of thr qveatlon '>t direct represcn.ation on tat Legisiaj tlve Council was urged by Dr. Lini I Chwee Leoni{. presiding at the annual general mer-ting 01 the Strait i i British Association iPenane.
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    INQUIRY INTO SYSTEM OF AWARDING CONTRACTS
    277 11 Judge As Head Of Commission Appointed By Government PUBLIC TO BE INVITED TO GIVE EVIDENCE AT OPEN SESSION A COMMISSION sitting under the chairmanship of Mr. Justice Worley will— probably within the next fortnipht boffin a public inquiry into the system of awarding contracts
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    GIRL ASSISTANTS IN CHINESE BANK
    153 11 SO that the n-'eis cf women clients may be better served, the Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp^rati-jn. LtJ., will emplo/ for the flist lime m Singapore the services of well-cducat d Chinese girls with a knowledge cf many Chinese dialects to p it women customers at thrj
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    INDIAN CHARGED
    55 11 fHARGED with house-breaking by smohlnfr two panes of glass c.n the premises of the Ben-Rimo Optical Co. In Capitol BuildIng on the night of Mar. 24, T. Williams. an Indian, claimed trial in the criminal district court yesterday. The case was postponed to May 5 for hearing and
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    ALLEGEDLY ACCEPTED MONEY CORRUPTLY
    131 11 MALAVaRIATH claimed trial in the criminal d.strict caurt yesterday on three charges of corruptly accepting 'sums cf mon;y as an ag^nt of the j Public Works Department and on three alternative charges of accepting thos; sums without consideration ai a public servant. It was alleged in
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    YOUTH STOLE WATCH
    46 11 ALLEGED to have stolen a pocket watch belonging to his employer on Jan. 16, a Chinese youth named Lock Onn Wai was ordered to be bound over In sum of $25 for -1-; months, by Mr. Hon Sui Sen, the filth magistrate, yesterday.
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    NEW SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
    189 11 Chinese Scheme At Tiong Bahru AN account of the increasing numv ter of Chinese girls seeking admsfion, Cheng Fong Chinese Girls' School at Neil Road proposes to build j a new school on a 70,000 sq. ft. plot in the Tiong Bahru district. i Subscriptions totalling
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    DEAF & DUMB WITNESS
    250 11 DEAF DUMB WITNESS Woman Interprets Sign Language 111 1 JSING sign language, Mrs. Ellen j Tern refl-Lentz, deaf-and-dumb I Russian woman, gave evidence in the fifth court yesterday through a European woman, Mrs. Sophie Cottrell, who interpreted the signs. The ca. r e was one in which Paul TenarefT-Lentz, a
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    WARTIME MALAYA TO BE FILMED
    156 11 Noted Cameraman Now In Singapore |V/|R Arthur ("Art") Menken, noted British Paramount newsreel cameraman who was responsible for filming part of the March of Time I production "Britain's R.A.F.," which [was shown here recently, arrived in Singapore from Saigon yesterday to film wartime Malaya. Mr.
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    MILITARY BANDS TO GIVE PUBLIC PERFORMANCES
    128 11 BEGLVNING to-day, the bands o'. the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and of the Punjab Reginvnt will give periodic performances in public. The band of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders will play at People's Park at 5.30 p m. while the Punjab R3giment's band will
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    51 11 Bail of $50 was offered and the >o« postponed (or a ween, when Khoo Hock Seng claimed trial In the fifth court yesterday on a charge of stealing a bicycl? belonging to an Indian named Marimuthu on Apr. 4. at Depot Road. Alternatively, Khoo was charged with dishonestly retaining stolen
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    Crown Prince Of Abyssinia At Front
    23 11 The Crown Prince of Abyssinia with British and officers of his own battalion, on the Ethiopian front.
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    DELETERIOUS DRUG
    37 11 CENTENCE of five weeks' rigorous lmprison- ment was imposed on M. Yahaya Marlcan when he was convicted in the third court yesterday of being in possession of one packet of cannabls satlva, a deleterious drug.
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    CONVICTION QUASHED IN INSURANCE CASE
    243 11 Appeal Of Car Owner Charged With Cheating Company A TAXI-OWNER, Low Cheng Swee, who had insured his car with two companies and who was recently sentenced t> three months' rigorous imprisonment in the lower courts on a charge of cheating one of the firms, was
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    MORE WITNESSES TO BE CALLED
    148 11 A FURTHER stage In the trial of Teh I Cheong, a Johore lorry driver, on a charge of murdering Sinnlah Uovindin Mudaliar, was reached at the Assizes yes{it relay before Mr. Justice Worley and a special Jury. The prosecution, conducted by Mr. E. M. Tampoe-Philips.
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    DEFENDANT STILL IN HOSPITAL
    99 11 OIS client was at present tn hospital an' could not attend court, said Mr. K. K. O'Connor when he appeared on behalf of H Harley Clarke In the Singapore traffic court yesterday. I As counsel fot flarley-Clarke, whose name appeared on a summons conrernlng a j
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    22 11 Mr O. Keeny, hondicapper of th? Royal Western Indian Turf Club, passed through Singapore yesterday on his way to Australia on leave
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    PASSIVE DEFENCE QUESTIONS
    104 11 To Be Asked At Meeting Of legislative Council rvUESTIONS on the Auxiliary Fire S rvice and Air Raid Precautions service have bern submitted to the Government by a member of the Legis lative Council, for reply at the nexv meeting of Council on Apr. 28. it L"
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    Judge's Comments On Lack Of Sanction For Charge
    361 11 /CRITICISM was made by Mr. 3. L. McFall. the criminal district judge, yesterday of the fact that when a case in which N R. S. Iyer faced three corruption charges was mentioned in court, the Deputy Public Prosecutor had sent no sanction
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    JAPANESE IN LAUNCH
    310 11 Alleged Cruise In Admiralty Waters POUR Japanesp. one a launch owner, two fishermen find an engineer, appeared in the Singapore traffic court yesterday on a i allowing that they wr;e a'.' I vessel in Admiral! y waters without a permit in writing from the King's Harbour Master.
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    SOLDIER ADMITS CAR THEFT AT STATION
    73 11 r»EORGE CHISUSIT. 2»-year-<.;<! -y in Urn fifth court yesterday U> .-tcaiinc a motor-car bfl> Ho Seng lean en Mar 7. Cuur 1 V. 'littles said thai t'»e mr MM it i II Ri station, where its ow.ier had park«d it. Two days afterwards, the
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    IMPRESSED BY SKILL OF INDIAN SAPPERS
    1429 12 Newsreel Man's Diary Of Ten Months In Greece Africa DRAJSE for the work of the Indian Sappers, which he would "remember with the greatest thrill," was given by Mr. E. P. Genock, war correspondent of the British Paramount News in North Africa and the
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    WITNESS'S EVIDENCE IN DIVORCE COURT
    203 12 CU* PERCY McaLWAINE. Ciiiel Justice. recorded further evidence in the High Court yesterday in the divorce suit brought by Alfred Charles Willis against his wife K'ric; Maria Noronha Willis The petitioner alleges that his wife committed misconduct with Sgt. -Major E. H. Hodgson on certain
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    MALAYA PATRIOTIC FUND TOTAL NOW $2,565,000
    140 12 THE Ciiartered van. o( India, Australia *t*j China as honorary treasurers of the Malaya Patriotic Fund announce receipt of additional donations to the Fund whtcb carry the total received up to last """uesday to $2,565,250 30: In remembrance of Rev. Stephen Band from Rotary
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    U.S. IS FORCED TO BORROW TO MEET WAR-TIME COSTS
    123 13 Defences And "Lease And Lend" Programme Expenditure Washington, Apr. 17. THE United States Treasury will have to borrow $50,000,000 a month to meet expenditure on defence and the Lease and Ixnd programme, the Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Henry Morgenthau, announced
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    170 13 Dutch Forced To Meet German Needs Apr. n AN Instance or the inexorable grip of German tentacles on the industries of occupied countries is Kiven in a recent issue of the newspaper De Telegraaf of Amsterdam. 'i'hc Finance Minister, Mr. 1 I cn.tccording to the newspaper, stated
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    Shanghai's Approval Of New Council
    82 13 Shanghai's Approval Of New Council Shanghai, Apr. 17. USHERING in a i.tw era In the history of Shanghai, a special ratepayers' meeting to-d?y overwhelmingly |i...s.^<l the resolution that represent-; i the powers concerned be re- quested to consent to the establish ment of a provisional council of 16 to I
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    DUTCH COLONIES' MOVE IN SHIP SHORTAGE
    72 13 London, Apr. 17. AMOVE to overcome the shipping 1 shortage nas been taken by the Dutch colonies. Shipments from tiie Netherlands tndtes to New York whi~h used to make ihe long voyage through fie Panama Canal will in future be directed to San Francisco,
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    48 13 Thai Premier Tokio Envoy Bangkok, Apr. 17. IT is officially announced that the Japanese Minister railed on the Thai Prime Minister, Luang liipul Songgrani, and conversed with him on foreign affairs for over an hour to-day. Kcar-Admiral Maida, of the Japanese navy, also visited the Prime Minister. Reuter.
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    32 13 Mai. -Gen. FVischer, "mm mder-in-l'hief of the Norw?gian Forrts in S:«itlind, accompanied by Lieut-Gen. Sir R. H. Carrineton, inspertine a tua-d of honour during his visit to thr British Headquarters, Scottish Command.
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    WAR EFFORT IN BRITAIN
    166 13 riiousaiitls More Young omen To Serve London, Apr. 17. BRITAIN'S enormous war effort is u achieving yet greater momentum. On Saturday next many more thousands of young women will register under the Ministry of Labour lor national service. Most of them will be called up quickly
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    First Of New U.S. Cargo Ships Requisitioned For Britain
    160 13 New York, Apr. 17. THE United States Maritime Commission has taken what is regarded as the first step to utilize numerous fast American cargo ships in the Aid to Britain programme, states the Journal of Commerce. The liner Exemplar has been
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    India Sending More "Bevin Boys" To U.K.
    33 13 India Sending More "Bevin Boys To U.K. Bombay, Apr. 17. THE secend batch of 50 boys are shortly sailing for England for technical training in the war Industries under the Bevln scheme. Reuter.
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    New U.S. Move To Aid China
    190 13 Chinese Envoys' Talk With Roosevelt Wa-.li in* l n, Apr. 17. IT is stated by Dr. Ha Shih, nn- rse Ambassador to the I'ni.ed SUtes, an! Mr. T. V. Soon:, China's financial expert, that Presidsnt Roosevelt has agreed to a new move to increase
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    NEW YORK GREETS POLISH PREMIER
    117 13 Appeal For More Aid To "Our Undaunted People" New York, Apr. 18. ENTHUSIASTIC receptions were awa'ting Gen. Sikorski, the Polish Prime Minister when he attended a number of functions on the first day of his official visit to New York. Speaking at a banquet given
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    CANADA SAID TO BE SEEKING US. AID
    65 13 New York, Apr. 17. ACCORDING to a Washington dispatch to the New York Times, Mr W. L. Mackenzie King, Canadian Prime Minister, is seeking a loan or some form of stabilization agreement as Canada is expected to outrun hei dollar exchange in Xrom
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    Japanese Navy In New Move
    138 13 All S. China Coast Is To Be Blockaded London, Apr. 17. ■yHE entire south China coast from Pakhol northward Is *«l blockaded by the Japanese Navy according to a Dome! agency repc i The Japanese Navy claims that 1. this method all supplies to 111
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    JAPAN " DESPERATE " IN FAR EAST SCENE
    62 13 JAPAN DESPERATE IN FAR EAST SCENE (Straits Times Spenal table) Sydney. Apr. 17. lAPAN has reached a stage of d"s- peratlon where a miscalcu'ir or incident might 'set the ball rolur ;It is useless to attempt to analyze policy on the basis of reason an-.. logic," said Mr. Peter Russo,
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    131 13 OtUvt, Apr. 17. IF '•'inM'*'" do not get a chance to best up Hitler .a Britain, they will no douot in due course fo and beat him up sotnevhere else." said Mr Malcolm Mat Donald, the new High Commissioner to Canada, addri—inc
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    HUNDREDS OF RAIDERS SUBJECT LONDON TO WORST ATTACK OF WAR
    841 14 Capital Is Soon Normal Despite Severe Damage HEAVY CASUALTIES FEARED London, Apr. 17. I ONDON last night experienced its heaviest raid of the war when several hundred Nazi bombers, crossing and re-crossinrr the Metropolis, dropped hundreds of high explosives and
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    627 14 Uncrushable Spirit Of Londoners London, Apr. 17. "'THE spirit of London it the same, as it always U and always will be," said Bob Douoal, B B.C. observer, in a broadcast on tart night't air blitz on London. "As I passed a badly shattered house on my way to Broadcasting
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    115 14 London, Apr. 17. A GIG ANTIC post-war economic arrangement which would be felt all round the world has been advocated by Mr. T. D. Campbell, agricultural adviser to President Roosevelt, who L« visiting Britain. In an interview he emphasized that the British and United States Governments
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    Australia's National Duty To Troops
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    MYSTIC MUSIC SELECTED FOR GOVERNOR'S CUP
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    51 15 S»"eer: S.A.F.A. league, first division. M.FA. vs Chinese Athletic, Anron Road stadium: Fortress R.E. vs. Police, fhansl; second division (a), R.A.F., Tcn»ah. vs. R.E., Malays, Teneah: Business Hou es' Leacue, BrinUni inns vs. Straits hm\ Pres«, SII R. B'xing: Rlanro vs. sima at the New World, 8.30
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    Kai Tere Does Good Gallop
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    Oversea-Chinese Bank Score Another Victory
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    |TO NIGHT'S BOXING AT NEW WORLD
    130 15 PIVII'OM from Sunday, promoter Run Run Shaw's professional buinr programme I* t» be stared at the New World arena to-n'rnt Battline Stma ;.nt) Luis Ypo Blanco, i opponent.' in the m»in event, are "aT t > Ret to crips, and neither la, 'larking in
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    BRITISH FORCES IN LIBYA RESUMING OFFENSIVE
    281 16 BRITISH AIDING YUGOSLAVS TO EVACUATE TO GREECE? Terrific German Onslaught On The Entire Allied Front New York, Apr. 17. THE New York Times publishes a report from Athens 1 that the British are evacuating Yugoslav troops by sea from the Dalmatian coast. They are
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    Glad To Be Out Of The War
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    65 16 MOSCOW JOURNALS PRINT PEACE TELEGRAMS MEWSPAPERB la Morow'^ibhSd tilegrams exchanged between Mr. V Matsuoka. Japanese Foreign Minister, and M Molotov. Soviet Foreign Commissar on Prince Konoye's (Japanese Premier) statement stressing the historical significance of Russo- Japanese relations aiding in the establish 1 ment of world peace. A Japanese report states
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    244 16 WIDESPREAD ralds^tteVAJ 1 over north Germany, particularly Bremen, as well as a night attack !on Brest and daylight raids on Heligoland and Belgium are high- lights of an Air Ministry communi- que Issued to-day. I It states: "The weight of last night's tion
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    579 16 Navy Shells Tank Concentration In Fort Capuzzo Area London, Apr. 17. prRTIIER successes by the Imperial forces in Libya and Abyssinia are reported in communiques from G.H.Q. in Cairo and the War Office in IxmJon. Tn Libya, one of the British patrols successful
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    Five Attacks On Tobruk Repulsed
    125 16 Defenders In Series Of Bayonet Charges AN agency correspondent describes rt the first attack made by the enemy on the defences of Tobruk. The attack was launched, he hak!, during a sand-^jrm so thick that Australian infan'rv jnl British artillerymen and machine-gunners had to we:*r
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    Punishing R.A.F. Attacks In Libya
    144 16 Eneim Mediatised I nil And Bases Bombed Cairc, Apr. 17 PUNISHING attacks, it is officially announced, were maintained by RAF. bombers md fighters on enemy mejh miz^d units, trccps and landing grounds in Cyrcn.noa on Wednesday and the previim night. A mat rlzed column near
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    STANDARD COMFORT KIT REQUESTED
    55 16 (3traits Times Special (able) Sydney, Apr. 17. 1«O avoid unnecessary revelations of details of departure of troops for overseas, the army authorities have requested the Australian comforts fund to have a standard embarkation kit for all states and to maintain large reserves at two ports for
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    EXCESS PROFITS TAX FOR TANGANYIKA
    58 16 Dar-es-Salaam, Apr. 17. A MEASURE to impose excess profits tax in Tanganyika is to be introduced in the Legislative Council by the Governor, Sir Mark Young. It is hoped to reach un agreement as to the provision for reliefs with such other East African dependen
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    54 16 London, Apr. 17. ANEW Croat Government was formed yesterday evening, says an omri;il German newd agency message from Budapest. Dr. A. Pavelitch has boon proclaimed president, prime minlstt-r and foreign mlniitcr. Oen. Kvutenn 1 is deputy president and eommander-tn-chief of the army, navy, air
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