The Straits Times, 5 September 1941

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    36 1 The Straits Times riBTABUSHSD NCARLT A CENTURY 1 MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER-LARGEST NET SALES 16 PA(;EB, SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, SEITEMHER 5, 1941 I'RICE 5 CENTS. The Straits Times 16 pa(;es SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1941. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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      178 1 Try MIEN CHONG TAILORING Si Coleman St.. Spore. Phon* I*U Available suit Length* "Kor.kvlUr" Suftinci— U.S.A. WAIN SIIIKI.L'S la silk and Wool Aho AMERICAN SHARKSKIN, la rartoas colour* SINOAPORt 140 CUCIL ST (•PHONI U7H. Hi iBK b! Bb^B flU^Jßafl BH VH B^^^3 B^rfll H waift «B BB> *|»^BJ ■tostvcx^gW BbBBBBBBHIIMIH
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      87 1 We took the bircest ranee of Chinese Bed -sheets. The quality is the finest we have ever imported. In various Cotoun and m Various sizes at Oi\v Price*. ALSO PILLOW CASKS TO MATCH raaranteed Fast Colours. GIAN SINGH CO. 4, Battery Rd Singapore r Dent crumble at bad tea. Tour
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      167 1 KVALA LUM'VR Zi lAVA SI CHO»t I«S3>. Him Frame work made from best j angle steel. Painted green. I: <Z> Suspension Chain 5/16". 1 Wood seat 19" x 9" x If Thick. i stained Oak. Simple, easily and M^ mmm quickly erected. Length of swing chain adjustable, making it suitable
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      7 1 ELSIE MARY Battery Road. Smart American Dresses
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENT
      40 2 The members of the family of the late Towkoy Chang Seng Lrng, J.P, M.C.H.. thank all relatives and friends who sent wreaths, scrolls, letters and telegrams of condolence and also those who paid night visits and attended the funeral.
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      580 2 ®re Straits Mmek SMALL APS? Minimum charge $1. for advt. not exeeedlag 4 H>ea. More than foot Hnea 25 cents per line (Six words) Box No. 25 cents extra. DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES BIRTHS, MARRIAGES. DEATHS. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. ANNOUNCEMENTS P.PC. CABDS are charged $3 each per insertion per Inch. Over I Inch t5
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      703 2 WANTED WANTED. Child's pony, not over 13.3 hands, essential quiet and reliable. Box 217 Straits Times. WANTED Pianoforte Teacher capable of teaching high classical music. Apply Box 195 Straits Times. WANTED one set of boring tools 4" diameter complete with 60 to 70 feet of boring rods and lining tubes.
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      801 2 HOUSES FLATS. TO LET TO LET. No. 47 Amber Road. Apply Meyet Brothers. TO LET furnished sea side bungalow at Windsor Drive, Sungel Mata Dun. 1 Large Bed-room Bath-room. Lounge. Verandah. Water ft Own Lighting Plant. Apply rhe Brl'lsh Malaya Trustee Executor Co.. Ltd. Tel. 5959. EDUCATIONAL MORNING CLASSES IN
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      740 2 LOST LOST. Young Airedale (*****) m nervous condition Finder will be rewarded on returning to 5 Anderson Road. PIANOS_ PIANO WANTED by European. State pricr and Make Box No 997 StralU Times ~FO R ~H I RE REFRIGERATOR— New or Dsed. Phone W3 PUBLIC NOTICES SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. Mt. tally Swimming
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      649 2 EVE EXAMINATIONS EYEGLASSES EXCLUSIVELY cTH^MP/ON XJPTICAL C 2 4. AKCAUB BLOC. PHONE 3M2 R A. Thompson l)r of Ocular Sclenre 35 years European Clinical Experience AUCTION NOTICES THE SINGAPORE AUCTIONEERS. AUCTION SALE Of well-made black-stained teak household furniture marble-top round tables, Iran bedsteads. Philco radio-receiver, Singer treadle ewlng machine, aluminium
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      152 2 *wbl ebbW 1934 Hiltoa- Saloon 16 h.p. Ctio.r .roy with grey ■phoisitry $1,250.00 1936 Standard Saloon 16 h.p. Coio.r black with Blue ipho.siery $1,350.00 1938 Morgan Sports Car Cot«or grooa withgroon opkoistory $1,275.00 1936 Standard Saloon 12 h.p. COMB? fawn with brown ipholstory $1,500,00 All asaa ears offered oy os
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      457 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. (Incorporated m England i PF.NINSIH.AK AM) ORIENTAL 8. N CO MAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICE The oe»l possible serrtee* art oem* malmsalnea o» thr P. A O s N Co. from th» StralU U their osnal ports of call la China
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      420 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. BLUE FUNNEL LINE. Frequent Sai.linss to United Kingdom. Oates arc 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 oa^senger ships. Single tare $192 (A £28)
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      35 3 \Ktt Hoat K/i.i, tc. S AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD. FREQUENT SAILINGS DURING SEPTEMBER DESTINED TO A UNITED STATES OF AMErII?A TI FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS APPLY TO: AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES LTD. UNION BUILDING, SINGAPORE. TELEPHONE 5931.
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      213 3 Radio Pro grammes TO-DAY SINGAPORE ZHL 415 m Us} «/e» ZHPJ MM m J.t8 7-HP.i 48.58 m. C.1TI m/tm. 7.HP3 11.38 n» 7 !S m f» 7.HL. ZHF1, ZHPJ »nd ZHPJ 8.40 a.m. Opening announcement/! in French; 8.45 a.m. Newt In French relayed from London; 7 a.m. News commentary In
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      263 3 Film memories selections played by Louis Levy and his orchestra on gramophone recards; 1.30 p.m. Warning to mariner*. New»; 1.48 p.m. Recorded music by The New Mayfair Accordeon band; 2 p.m. Interval. ZHL. Z1IP1 and ZHP1. 5 p.m. Chines* opera; 5 45 p.m. News in Cantonese: 6 p.m. Hokklen Polk
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      770 3 p.m. Announcements In Dutch. European music on gramophone records; 7.15 p.m. News in Dutch rela; ed from London: 7 30 p.m. Oramophlne record Interlude; 7 35 p.m. News commentary In Thai; 7.45 p.m. Annajoum Oambos orchestra: f.lS p.m. Warning to mariners. News In Malay; 8 30 p.m. News In English
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      693 3 EMPIRE STATION 6.19 a-m tl.M p.m •a GSV 1741 a> i--m i.irt f*. U8f 1S.14 a Wi IV. Kl aiehe*. OSD 11.31 a e* Z.t :>: tnrirrs. NORTH VMKRHAN SKRVKI GSD <« metre nand< «atf (»K\ iil 25 metres: t.69 ji Mi 6.13 a.m. Ne*j, 6.30 a.m. 1 i Post
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    122 4 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES (From Out Own Oorre»ooixletit> London. Sept. 4. COMMODITY and Exchange market* eMKO v taitow wltb prrrtoui goouuono no pamHbesK- RUBBCI: Qoiet. Spot l*%d U«« M3Hd lS\d> Oct. 13% d ll*d <13% d 11% d) Not. 13Hd )3\d <13* id U%d» lfmr” 13K4 13 11 1 M US%d 1J
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    CELLULAR RUBBER IN DEMAND
    323 4 CELLULAR rubber, the latest product of United States Rubbe Co.. '.s oroTipi? of rr<*at value in de foT ic» and Is being utilized in many directions The United States na- has a 'opted the material t n r H'«j»vir<<j ri»ninctng cork. "ch. it is cl*«'— <1,
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    AUGUST RUBBER CROPS
    127 4 ViBE following crops of rubber were I harvested m August: It. Brcome 235 .350 Panang Rubber 347.000 Sabrang Rubber 108.000 Straits Rubber 322.000 Rubana Rubber 123 000 Bagan Serai Rubber 75.000 Tali Ayer Rubbs- 142.000 Batai Rabit Rubber 43 OCO Merrhlston Rubber 51 .200 Mountjoy Rubber 114
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    DONATIONS TO THE WAR FUND
    218 4 rE following donations to The Wai Puna are recorded to-day: 1 eta. 1 Transferred from Pcnanc b*i«« 24Ird instalment of contribution, made throafh tkc Mium Guette and StrmiW Boho 181J8 Mia E. Reynold* Harrto 1M Madam Won* Foonc Sung The SUIT of the Trtrcraph Censorship
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    I.T.C TO MEET ON SEPTEMBER 16
    81 4 London. Sept. 4. HTHE International Tin Committee's 1 vital next meeting will be held In London on Sept. 16 with the delegates of all signatory countries except IndoChina. Replies to the committee's recommendations about extension of the control agreement have been received from all
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    504 4 All Sections Steady: Rubbers Continue In Demand (By Oar Financial Correspondent) Singapore, Sept. 5. THE share market* opened steady and some encouragement has been derived from the list of bids for sterling tin shares that hare been received this morning. Pahanc Southern Klnta. Sungei Klnta. Bangrln and
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
    107 4 Singapore. Sept. S. ■Htm ama»o Oamblcr 8 1M Hamburt Cub« 813 2» hvi Cam) ***** Bmm Mixed tiM Sac DrleJ tXBO Pet>r>n White Muntflk 118.75 White 816 25 Black 8 8.00 Soo o Flout Ungga. 85.00 Pair M 55 Sarawak Tamr en Bmall nakc 88J0 Pair Flake
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    AUGUST RUBBER EXPORTS
    45 4 r£ domestic exports of rubber from Malaya Brunei and Labuan m August are estimated to hare totalled 50 500 tons, states the Controller of Rubber This compares with a proportionate monthly exportable allowanceat 10 per cent, of basic quota, of 54,000 tons.
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    42 4 Londor Sept 4 •TOi opened barely steady. The turnover was 100 toru. Tif.o Uquiaatlon of nears attracted buyer.-. Smelters remained no sellers of 'orward but seme dealers were willms to -sell slightly cheaper. After official a further 10 tons were traded— Router.
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    72 4 Siaotore. FrMay. Sept. noon. Bsjert Seller* Pried Prteof No. a 8.88. (Spot toooel 3SH 38K Mo IX HAS. o> casa* Seo*fm>bor »H GF.A.Q. B.&S f*-». IK bale* Septemoer SDK MS AQ. B.SS f.o o oalc* September Ml FUTVIBC QUOTATIONS N» IX 8.5 mm ItftMn* ym*n
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    RUBBER EXPORT DUTY
    43 4 •THE price for rubber for purpose ol assessment of export duty m the F M S for the period Sept. 5 to Sept. 11, inclusive, has been determined at 38 cents a pound states an P. M.S. Government Gazette notification.
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    KINTA KELLAS TIN
    30 4 IN August the dredge of Kinta Kellas Tin Dredging Co Ltd. workeu Tot 802 hours, treated 116.100 cubic yards of material and produced 452 ntcuU of Un-ore.
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    GUTHRIE'S WEEKLY RUBBER REPORT
    259 4 Good Demand For All Grades At Auction IN a weekly report on the rubber market, Issued yesterday, Outhrle and Co.. Ltd. write The dome«t.c release for the f« urth quarter has now be^n fixed aft 120 per cent. Instead of 117% per cent, xs previously notified.
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    EXCHANGES
    159 4 n» fottowmc art (be wmumt rale* UiU Ticmlng a*xorCtri« X U.t oaJrt ctre-Uai imkmiC m tbt Bonckno* «ac -»an«ha> Buiklnn CorooratlOB:— •lUINO Lonooa 1.1 London demand \JL\. Swttserlaixl iT.T. only) 202 4fl New York nemand 41.10 Montreal demaDO Jl 86 Bala*la *emano 8 Samarang aemano 5* Calcutta Bntnwt and
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      144 4 WHY THE *V f IS NOW EVERYWHERE IS BECAUSE IN PREMIER WINSTON ALONE, ENGLAND IS GAINING WINS BY THE TON AND ALL WILL SOON RETURN TO EDEN'S GARDEN AND TO SPORT BY THE BEAVER BROOK! TO-NIGHT: After-Dinner Dance, 9.30 to 12 TO-MORROW'S RACE BALL 9.30 to EXTENSION (1 A.M.) THE
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      62 4 OPENING SUNDAY 7th SEPTEMBER —AT THE 3.15 P.M. MATINEE £r<4l^^B VkTTV HEWER UUJAN CORNCU Lf\ ffeS nkTf I i V SWING... LAUGHS... ROMANCE IN CATHAY PARAMOUNT? LA TEST MUSICAL I BOOK THESE PATES 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th September. FOR FOOTLIGHTS PARADE OF 1941 BIGGER 8c BETTER THAN EVER AT
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      208 4 SINGAPORE TIDE TABLES To-day H. W. 11.10 a.m. ».l ft.; 10 54 p.m. 9.9 ft. L. W. 4.50 a.m. 1.3 ft 4 58 p.m. 3.4 ft. To-morrow H. W. 1141 a.m. 9 2 ft.; 11 32 p.m. 10.1 ft. L. W. 5.26 a.m. 13 ft: 5.30 p.m. 2.9 ft. Sunday.
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    London Stock Exchange
    339 5 Quieter But Prices Maintained London, Sept. 4, 1'HE Stock Exchange to-day was quiet with prices generally maintained and a (Inner tendency toward the close. out-edged were again supported oo reinvestment demand but Industrials were rather neglected, apart from renewed firmness In breweries. Stores were dull, textiles were
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    Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1380 5 I ill K-siiAY. SEPT. 4, 1941: 4 P.M. Omjen Scilan Ampat (Ss) 3s 7%o U Austral Amil (5s) 7k 3d 7s 6d c.d. Austral Malay 32s 33s x.d. Ayer Hltam (5s) 17s lit Ayer Weng (fl) .70 .75 Bangrw no i(> 13* So 14a Batu
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    73 5 Malls close at the General Post Office as follows: TO-MORROW Aden air 12.30 p.m. Africa air 12 30 p.m. Australia air 12 30 p.m. Burma air 1S.30 p.m. Ceylon air 12.30 p.m. Egypt air 12.30 p.m. Great Britain etc air 12.30 p.m. India air 12.30 p.m.
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    List Of Current Dividends
    292 5 Issued by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association Singapore, Sept. 4. Oomowo OtrMecw Ctosr m Aust. Amal. 3d. No. s lV4d. boniu Sep. 16 Aust. Malar W No. 53 od. bonus Sep. 2 Hong Fatt 8% Int. Sep.. lo lpoh Tin 3s. Anal Aug. 26 Kundang 2s. No.
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      239 5 WATER (Bg J MINERAL WATER from the Self tar Hoi Spring, Singapore. An alkaline drink with excellent corrective properties ©FsN WINE, WOMEN SON6S ps£p CORDIAL PROMPT SERVICE REALLY AN ENDLESS SOURCE OF ENTERTAINMENT OVER TOUR HOURS OF CAPTIVATING ENTERTAINMENT DESIGNED TO PLEASE EVERY TASTE FREE ADMISSION CARNIVAL NIGHT IN HONOUR
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      544 5 PUBLIC NOTICES RUBBER REGULATION. It Is hereby notified for general Information that the Controller of Rubber, Malaya has now fixed the rate of release for the 4th Quarter 1941 at 12O'/r of one quarter of the Standard Production of all holdingi In Malaya Instead of 117H% as previously notified. PERAK
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      128 5 OF INTEREST TO MOTORISTS TARZAN'S GRIP for all small running repairs A motorist writes "1 would not travel without a tube" HANDY for ANYTHING Obtainable Everywhere SO cents per tub* Sole Distributors 6IAFTOI LABORATORIES LTil. Singapore, Kaala Uuinwr and Penang. Java GROSS PROCEEDS TO BE DONATED TO BRITISH AIR RAID
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      228 6 -TRULY ONE OF THE MOST DELIGHTFUL LIGHT COMEDIES TO COME OUT OF HOLLYWOOD" STRAITS TIMES -A BRIGHT GAY PICTURE" MALAYA TRIBUNE TO-PAY 3.15, y^TilMul^l 6.15 9.15 p.m. M9|P!!|M(lPffl|H9 A MILLION l^w Itj JEFFREY R 9^ ALD LY^flV REAGAX V^ have laugh for every dollar...and they've MJMH cot a million bucks.
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      324 6 ■All (TAR* IKO«0> Ambrww A Hta Orelmtra F7743 Waltaing In the Cloud*— W. Room 504 S.F,T. F7741 Our Love Affair— P. T. Only Forever B.P.T. P7733 Walti of the Flowers— W. Serenade (Schubert). F7730 The First Lullaby— F.T. Ev'ry time I look at you— W. F7729 Johnny Peddler— Q.S. I
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      278 6 IF YOU'RE WISE, YOU'LL MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS EARLY 1 tDEANNA'S GLORIOUS VOICE OF VICTORY ELECTRIFIES ALL SINGAPORE ITS A REAL TREAT TO HEAR HER SING There'll Always Be an ENGLAND" and 5 other Great SONGS! 6.15 9.15 4 SHOWS Ik Box Office 'Phone 52~ W DEANNA DURBIN As The Girl
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    BRITAIN PLANNING HUGE ARMY FOR CONTINENT?
    366 7 Further 1,000,000 Men May Be Called To Colours, Says London Report London, Sept. 4. THE British Government will soon call 1,000,000 more men to the colours as a result of vital new decisions on war strategy arising out of devel opments on the Russian
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    Canada's Share In War Effort
    461 7 "We Stand With Great Britain To The End" London, Sept. 4. "fANADAS entry into the war was a deliberate decision of a free people. We placed ourselves freely at Britain's side because Britain's cause was the cause of world freedom and we stand with Britain
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    DUKE OF GLOUCESTER'S RED CROSS FUND
    89 7 London, Sept. 4. A SUM of £7,000,000 hu now been raised by the Duke of Gloucester's Red Cross and St. John Fund. Announcing this Lord Ilifte said that the fund's activities In the Middle East and Far East had been expanded in recent weeks
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    "All Free Nations Must Unite"
    453 7 London, Sept. 4. M H wiu;J ou Churchill, British Prime I Minister speaking at the luncheon at the Mansion House to-day, opened with a high tribute to Mr. Mackenzie King. Referring to Mr. Mackenzie King's >eech Mr. Churchill said: "To-day I -m have listened to
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      212 7 RAFFLES HOTEL to-night -DINNER DANCE (informal) 8 p.m. to midnight coare.- BUSTER MAGGIE DINNER S3.W NOM-UtNKRS SKM TO-MORROW BLIND BALL SPECIAL CABARET In Aid of ST NICHOLAS' HOME FOR BUND CHILDREN. DANCE HOSTESSES EXTENSION TO 2 A.M. BOOK NOW Admission to Ballroom $1.00 SUNDAY EVENING IN THE PALM COURT MILITARY
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      122 7 Hf.|«. MlttM fcttK j "HE WHO GIVES PROMPTLY GIVES TWICE AS MUCH" I fcv V m^w i^l *J HH TO- NIG 111 Tea Dance, from 7.30 p.m. Late Dance, 9.30—12 p.m. B X II Cft E For To-morrow's Special Racr Prorramm JOEL MeCREA Scores Sensational Triumph. m and as the
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      263 7 fATHAY to-day V* r\ I 11 M I 3.15, 6.15 and 9.15 PHONE 3400 THE WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL 3L0NIE IN A ROMANTIC THRILLER I COWBOY KISSBLITZIS LOVELY LONDONCRI 77/E LOVERS of "HONEYMOON in BALI" in LOVE AGAIN BRINGING YOU LAUGHTER and EXCITEMENT. LIGHTS and GAIETY I ALSO MOVIETONE NEWS SHOWING
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, SEPT. 5, 1941. (733rd. Day Of The War.) Why Tokio Talks
    1171 8 Japanese propaganda is sometimes quite childishly naive. It has been so in regard to the evacuation of Foochow. Apparently the only people who had nothing to do with that withdrawal were the Chinese. The
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    34 8 Mr. Myron O. Taylor, President Roosevelt's personal representative at the Vatican, left New York by Clipper yesterday on his way back to Rome, having recuperated from his recent illness which lasted several mooUi*.— Reutcr.
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  • Letters To The Editor
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      VIEWS ON HEALTH
      486 8 Medical Man On Local Conditions To the Editor of the StratU Time* Sir. From a doctor's point of view I find some Justification for "Handkerchief's" views. It is nit that being a European makes one exclusive: it Is the knowledge of the very real danger to health
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      "THE DURATION"
      375 8 i Victory Will Come With Startling Swiftness To the Editor of tb« Strait* Times Sir.— There must be many people In Malaya who feel that we owe a debt of gratitude to you. for your bold, uni:»lt»rlng leadership of public opinion in the matter of the war, particularly
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      CHINA & BRITAIN
      711 8 CHINA BRITAIN Drawn Closer By Common Suffering To th« Editor r.' th« Straits Times Sir.— I was very glad to read your leading article headed "Aid to Britain Week." Now I have found something which I may have In common with my fellow-Chinese in Malaya. Irrespective of our political alle^ian^e.
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      PERAK MEMORIES
      235 8 Origin Of Race-Track At Batu Gajah To the Editor of tbe StraiU Tines Sir. My attention has been drawn to the following statement In an obituary notice of the late Charles Alma Baker In your Issue of April 17, 1M1: He was responsible fur the Introduction of racing
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      U.S. POLICY
      644 8 War Not Necessarily The Worst Possibility To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— I read your leader headed "8tupid Arguments" with a sense of pride and satlsfiction tl* at least we have In Malaya newsnapers who are shrewd enough to see through the tactics and devices of
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      "CLOCK CONTROL"
      115 8 Municipality And M.B.C. Under Fire T* the Editor of the Strait* limes Sir.— I strongly resent the unwarranted Interference of the Municipal Electrical Department In the matter of clock control. It was not until I read the article In Monday's Straits Times that I was aware of the
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      INDEBTEDNESS
      110 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— Beiore writing this letter 1 have been told by many friends working in dillerent government departments that it Is a great difficulty to settle all' debts In a short lime without an Increase of salary. Die cost of living is very
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      37 8 TANGLIN CLUB (Mem bers on ly) Special Notice TABLE BOOKING In the special circumstance of the Theatre Charity Performance, reservations for this Saturday will be held until j 12.30 a.m. JOHN DUKE Manufacturing Optician. 21. BATTERY ROAD.
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    SUBMARINE ATTACKS AMERICAN WARSHIP
    386 9 Destroyer Replies As Torpedoes Miss DEPTH-CHARGES DROPPED RESULTS NOT YET KNOWN Black-out Ordered For All United States Ships HPHE United States destroyer Greer, en route to Iceland with mail, reported yesterday morning" that she was attacked by a submarine which fired torpedoes, according to a communique
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    MR. MACKENZIE KING ON HOW U.S. COULD SHORTEN THE WAR
    322 9 THE Canadian Prime Minister, Mr. W. L. Mackenzie King:, speaking at the Mansion House m London yesterday, said that a declaration by the United States that she stood at the side of Britain opposite Germany would end the war sooner.
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    No U.S. Oil Licences Granted Japan
    103 9 Washington, Sept. 4. OINCE the new regulations governing American petroleum exports came into effect on Aug. 2 licences for the export of commercial grades of oil and petrol have been granted for Spain. Sweden. Switzerland and the French North African Colonies. This is revealed
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    U-BOATS ACTIVE, NAZIS CLAIM
    126 9 London, Sept. 5. AN admission that less British tonnace has been sunk by I boats m the last two months was made m the German High Command supplement last night. It read. "Compared with the particularly favourable months from February to June, Britfch snipping sunk by
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    "STAND BY GREAT BRITAIN NOW"
    227 9 London, Sept. 5. LEAD positions are given in London newspapers to the speeches made by Mr. Winston Churchill. British Prime Minister, and Mr. W. L. Mackenzie King. Canadian Prime Minister, at the Mansion House yesterday. It Is splashed undsr banner headings such as Mackenzie King's
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    PREMIER TO SPEAK ON WAR SITUATION
    126 9 London, Sept. 5. WHEN Parliament resumes after the short summer recess, Mr. Churchill, the Prime Minister, intends to make a full statement to the House of Commons on the war situation. He will deal, among other matters, with his meeting with President Roosevelt at
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    R.A.F.'s GREAT VICTORIES
    462 9 Air Fights Over France Malta London, Sept. 5. AXIS air forces received a sevt/e mauling from the R.A.F. yesterday. While BTitish planes brought down 11 Nazi fighters against the loss of seven of our own in offensive sweeps over northern France and Blenheim bombers were battering invasion
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    ROUT OF ITALIANS IN RAID ON MALTA
    99 9 Malta, Sept. S. AN official announcement of the shooting down of six fighters over Malta yester4*7 says: "Last night a succession of raids was made on Malta and enemy raiders, operating singly, dropped bombs on land, causing slight civilian damage but no casualties.
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    THAILAND WITHDRAWS TROOPS FROM BORDER
    51 9 Tokio, Sept. 5. ACCORDING to a telegram from Saigon the Thailand Government has not ned the Japanese members of the border demarcation committee that the withdrawal of the Thai troops from the zone on the Indo-China frontier which is to be demilitarized has been completed.
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    25 9 A new concentration camp for "black market" traffickers has been opened at Doullens. near Amiens, states a Vichy message to the Swiss telegraph agency. Peuter.
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    British Cruiser Cuts U-Boat In Half
    91 9 London, Sept. 5 I*l IE sinking of an Italian subI marine by the British cruiser II rmione is reported m an Admiralty communique. It says H.M.S. tfermione (Captain G. N. Oliver, R.N.) recently sighted an Italian U-boat on the surface shortly before dawn. While
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    4 Enemy Vessels Hit By Bombs
    324 9 Fleet Air Arm Also Attacks Axis Bases Cairo, Sept. 5. A SUCCESSFUL attack by Fleet Air Arm aircraft on an enemy convoy is recorded in a R.A.F. com-' I munique, which states that a large ship blew up after being hit by a torpedo,
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    Chinese Envoy Calls On Cordell Hull
    165 9 Shanghai, Sept. S. THE Chungking Government, which is rksely watching the AmericanJapanese talks In Washington, is understood to hold the view that no fundamental solution of problems in the Pacific arising from hostilities between China and Japan can ever be reached without China's participation
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    BRITISH AID TO CHINA TO BE UNIFIED
    59 9 Shanghai. Sept. S. SIR Archibald Clark Kerr, the British Ambassador to China, has appointed a special committee to unify all British organizations rendering aid to China. Tbe committee .rill be authorized to take over control of all British aid services to China, according
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    FRESH NAZI OFFENSIVE IN UKRAINE IS EXPECTED
    361 9 Stockholm, Sept. 5. AN unconfirmed report that the army of Marshal Ritter von Leeb has made contact with Soviet defence lines between ten and 12 miles west and south of Leningrad was telegraphed yesterday by a correspondent of the Svenska Dagbladet. These defences
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    "IMMENSE" DAY AND NIGHT BATTLES FOR LENINGRAD
    722 9 Soviet SpokesmanRidicules German Claims Of Cutting Communications Moscow, Sept. 5. AN "immense" battle is going on clay and night for Lenin- grad, and the terrific Russian resistance between Novgorod and Leningrad led by Marshal Voroshilov is continuing* unabated. M. Lozovsky, Deputy Chief of
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    Reds Have Millions Of Men In Reserve
    78 9 London, Sopt. 4. THE .otal German losses m the Soviet campaign so far total 1,750,00*) dead and wounded while the Russian losses total between 2,000,000 anil 3,000,000. indicating the colossal s zv of the acton, according to repor.s reacnlng London. The Russians are
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    U.S. AIR CHIEF TO VISIT BATTLE ZONE
    74 9 New York. S»pt. 4. »«AJ -«»EN. George S. Brett. Chief of Uie ITI United States Army Air Con*, has lefl for Trinidad for an aerial tour of the African, Near Eastern. Mediterranean and Atlantic battle zoom. The general, who left In a giant
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    WAR FUND ADVANCES BY NEARLY $1,000
    522 10 More Contributions From Staffs Acknowledged To-day ADDITIONS to The War Fund amount to barely one thou- sand dollars to-day and the gross total is now $5,778,641. There has been a further transfer the 243rd of money subscribed through the Pinang Gazette and Straits Echo.
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    ECONOMICS LECTURES
    190 10 Night Classes Open To Public DOSSIBLY the forerunner of a series of cultural courses which the Department of Education hopes to Introduce in Singapore for the general public, a "popular course" in economics will begin at the Government evening classes. Raffles Institution, on Thursday next This course has
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    INDIES EXPELS TWO JAPANESE REPORTERS
    172 10 i Proa Our Own Correspondent) Batavia, Sept. 4. REGARDING reports from Tok;c stating that correspondents of the Japanese newspapers Nichl Nichl Shimbun and Osaka Mainichi havs been ordered to leave the Netherlands Indies by to-morrow, the Java Bode states it has learned that in future
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    OFFER OF HIGH VICHY POST TO GEN. DENTZ
    93 10 Beirut, Sept. 5. GEN. Henri Dsntz, former Vichy Commander-in-Chief in Syria, ac- < L'moanied by 47 officers of his general rtaff, has arrived in Beirut from Jerusalem on the first stage of his journey back tc France. A guard of honour was
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    SPECIAL PRAYERS
    146 10 IN compliance with the suggestion of Uie King. Bishop Edwin P. Lee has requested <U1 Methodist District Superintendents throughout Malaya to arrange Insofar as Is possible for special prayers 10 be offered In all Methodist churches on Sunday. In commemoration of the second anniversary of the war the
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    AMUSEMENTS
    99 10 AM USEMENTS RAI.I.IS HOTEL Diniifr and Dance (Informal) p.m to Midnight. CKKAT <\<>|.| <i fTriWHI TM Dance from 7.30 p.m. r«tc Dance 9.30—12 p.m. Globe: Foreign Correspondent. Sky: Kedolc KetMM. lIAPIM .-i A'ill illjnpj Wuridl <mv, i> Archer, seaside: Oru- m A Million. NfcW IfOKI tnc ClneuM* 'Jidr Sin v.
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    "EXTERMINATING CORPS" MEMBER
    102 10 ALLEGED to be a member of "The Singapore Anti-Japanese Traitors Exterminating Corps." an unlawful society which was stated to be composed of youths whose chief activities vere the tarring of shops and threatenof shop-keepers, Chong Chu Kl was yesterday sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment by Mr.
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    MORE JAPANESE TO LEAVE MALAYA
    95 10 A FURTHER big evacuation of Ja lanese residents from Malaya is expected when the N.Y.K. liner, Hakone Maru. arrives m Singapore around Sept. 14 bound for Japan. Among those known to be leaving are Mrs. Tsurumi. wife of the Japanese Consul-General. Mr. Ken Tsurumi, and
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    CATHEDRAL WEDDINGS
    258 10 Oborne—Bowen Curtis— Oborne THERE was a double-wedding at St. Andrew"! Cathedral yesterday. Mr Eustace Misselbrook Oborne was married to Miss Marjorie Bo wen, daughter of Mr. H. W. Bowen of Horsham, Sussex, and the late Mrs. Bowen, while his sister. Miss Mariam Misselbrook Oborne was married to Mr.
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    R.A.F. OFFICER TELLS OF MOTOR ACCIDENT
    154 10 PT.-LIEUT. Donald John Jeoftrey Jackson, Royal Air Force, told the Singapore Coroner yes erday that while he was driving a motor-car along Empress Place on the evening of Aug. 23 his car collided with a ricksha puller who was approaching from the direction of
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    CHINESE SUCCESSFUL IN BANKERS' EXAMINATION
    84 10 A TELEGRAM received In Singapore from the Institute of Bankers, London. announces the success of Mr. Sean Yeak KUam. of Singapore, in the final examina- Uon of the Institute. I Mr. Sean, who is employed by the Over- sea-Chinese Banking Corporation, is the first Chinese
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    FINE ACTING IN FILM ABOUT GESTAPO
    190 10 At The Cinema "They Dare N«t I***." (Georfr Brent, Martha Seatt. Paul Lnkas,. Columbia. At the Pavilion. r IS Is a powerful drama of love, and Gestapo persecution, with the Austrian Anschluss as a starting point. George Brent as an Austrian prince who Is
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    Back-Lanes Scheme For Slums May Have To Be Postponed
    410 10 CCHEMES by the Singapore Im- provement Trust to construct back-lanes m Singapore slum areas and provide for better health and open spaces as children's playgrounds may have to be postponed until after the war. The indications are that the necessary building
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    ALLIES SHOULD SPEAK PLAINLY TO JAPAN
    226 10 Australian On How To Stop The "Southward Drive" MR. E. G. Knox, leader of the recent Australian Press deleiVi gation to the Netherlands Indies and Singapore, declared m an article m the Melbourne Argus that Japan's southward drive "into Thailand, Malaya, the Netherlands Indies,
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    U.S. OIL ARRIVES AT VLADIVOSTOK
    55 10 Loe Angels. Sept. 4. rE United States t?n:or, L P. Sain Claire, has reached Vladivostok carrying 95.000 barrels of aviation gaso- line— the first delivery of such fuel under the United States programme of aid to Russia. Two other tankers are due at Vladivostok on
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    U.S. PLANE PRODUCTION RECORD IN AUGUST
    65 10 Washington, Sept. 4. A TOTAL of 1,854 military aircraft j were delivered m August by mill- j tary aircraft manufacturers m the United States. This was announced by the Office of Production Management, which said that the output represents an increase of 394 planes
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    NEW $500,000 TRADE SCHOOL
    136 10 Will Be Occupied Next Month POSTING over $500,000, Silica. pore's new and bigger Government Trade School in Balestier will be occupied next month. A certain amount of new equipment had been delayed in transit, but it is hoped that by then it will have arrived. In
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    MORE U.S. ARMS FOR THE INDIES
    72 10 3atavM. Sept. 5. UNITED STATES shipments ot war materials and other products to the Netherlands Indies m the last six months were five times as great as before, and it may be expected that they will be doubled m the coming months, revealed the
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    ROTARIANS TO INSPECT HEALTH INSTITUTIONS
    186 10 SINGAPORE institutions and charitable organizations which have received the support of the Singapore Rotary Club will be at home at certain hours this week to any Rot art an who whiles to visit them, announced Dr. J W. Scharfl. Chief Health Officer. Singapore, at a
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    ALL-MALAYAN PASSIVE DEFENCE EXERCISE
    302 11 Intensive Day Night Test On September 15 16 DASSIVE defence exercises will take place throughout Malaya on Sept. 15 and 16, it is now officially announced. The exercises will be intensive, and will povide a further test of the working and co-ordination of the passive defence
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    FUNERAL OF MR. G. A. MARSHALL OF JOHORE
    367 11 TKB tuueral of Mr. George Alexander Mar- shall, who wai well-known among the Eurasian communities of Johore and Singspore, took place at Bldadarl Cemetery yesterday He died at the Johore Bahru General Hospital at the age of 43 years. He had served
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    AIRMEN ALLEGES ATTACK BY RICKSHA PULLER
    127 11 LEADING Aircraftman Jack Huggins alleged in the Singapore Third Court yesterdav that he was assaulted by Ngo Ah Moi. a ricksha puller, who was armed with a stick, at 2.45 a.m. on Sunday in Desker Road. Ngo was charged with causing hurt to Huggins.
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    Alleged Breach Of Trust Of $1,119
    466 11 A CHINESE woman Ec Tieow Leng alias Suay Nla, who was stated at one time to have managed tontines involving several thousands of dollars, claimed trial m the Singapore District Court yesterday on a charge that between Aug. 1. 1938, and Feb. 1, 1939.
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    CHINESE DONATIONS TO LORD MAYOR'S FUND
    193 11 SINGAPORE Chinese have donated over 545.000 so far through the Federation of China Relief Funds of South-Eastern Asia for the Lord Mayor's Air Raid Distress Fund Singldonations vary from $30 to $4,000. The following is the la'est list: Mr. Lee Choon Seng $2,000: Chop
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    CHINESE PROGRAMME IN MEMORY OF TAGORE
    115 11 A SHORT programme, "In Memory Of Tag ore." Is to be broadcast from Singapore at S 30 p.m. on Monday (transmitters ZHL. ZHPi and ZHP2). It will Include short talk by Prof. Ju Peon In Mandarin, music and songs by Tagore and a recording
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    Evacuation To Be Rehearsed In West Coast Area On Sunday
    295 11 AN evacuation exercise will be held m the west coast area of Singapore between 10 a.m. and 12 noon on Sunday. The boundary of this area on the north-west will be a line drawn from the West Coast Road bridge
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    FIRE-WATCHING MADE COMPULSORY BY LAW
    1115 12 Colony Order Defines Areas And Premises Affected CINGAPORE*S cinemas, banks, hospitals and clinics, Municipal and Government departments, engineering firms and a number of mercantile firms and schools are among premises which come under the Colony's compulsory fire-watching and fire-prevention scheme. The Fire Prevention (Premises) Order
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    JUDGMENT RESERVED ON MOTORIST'S APPEAL
    145 12 A COLLISION between a motor-car and a ricksha on Elgi-> Bridge In May, resulting in the death of the puller, had an echo In the High Court yesterday before the Chief Justice, Sir Percy McElwalne, when the driver of the car. Tay Leone Cheh, appealed
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    THREE YEARS PRISON FOR MAN WITH CHOPPER
    101 12 PUND guilty on the jury's unanimous verdict of a series of offence!) of voluntarily causing grievous hurt. Lee Moh Hen*, a pineapple seller, was sentenced to three years' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Justice Worley at the Singapore Assizes yesterday. The case was a
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    More Aircraft For Direct Operation With A.I.F.
    176 13 Canberra, Sept. 4. A LARGER number of aircraft, probably of the R.A.F., rt will be attached to the Australian Imperial Forces m the Middle East under the control of the Army, it is officially announced. This follows a tdyo-hour conference which Major-Gen. Sir
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    $2,000,000 Daily For Food To U.K.
    160 13 All July Shipments From America Safe New York, Sept. 4. THE United States is spending 1 $2,000,000 dafly for food shipments to Britain under the LendLease Act and the shipments are liKely to increase this winter, according to the American Institute for Food distribution.
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    Great Preparations In Berlin—For A Speech
    138 13 Great Preparations In Berlin— For A Speech Madrid, Sept. 4. LOUDSPEAKERS have been placed in factories as customary on the eve of big speeches, repors the Berlin correspondent of the newspaper Arrlba. He says this fact, together with the extreme reticence at present surrounding Hitler's headquarters, has given journalists in
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    Axis Raid Over Cairo & Suez Canal Area
    48 13 Axis Raid Over Cairo Suez Canal Area Cairo, Sept. 4. DOUBB were dropped last night m the Cairo suburb* causing one death and Injuries to 31 people. Bombs were also dropped on the Suez Canal area last night but slight damage was caused. TTieie were no casualties. Reuter.
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    NO CASUALTY IN U.K.
    41 13 London, Bcpt. 4. Touring the night very lew enemy aircraft flew over this country," state* this moming's Air Ministry communique. 3o>ab6 were dropped at pointa m north*s- England, causing no casualties and only very slight damare."— Renter
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    BRITISH TROOPS DEEP IN IRAN
    223 13 Advance Of 400 Miles Made Over Mountains Simla, Sept. 4. BRITISH and Indian troops are firmly established in the interior of Iran. i They hold strategic centres and line* of communication which effectively thwart any Axis designs, it is announced here. The troops have advanced
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    Nazis "Bottled Up" In Afghanistan
    117 13 Peshawar, S"pt. 4. PKKMAN nationals in Afghani stan are extremely worried over the course of events in Iran, it is learned here. Gloom fell over them when ths sadden and swift advance of the Soviet and British troops In Iran confronted them with the prospect
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    AMERICANS HELD UP IN JAPAN
    160 13 London, Sept. 4. BETWEEN 20 and SO American red- dents, who were to hare left Japan I to-day for Shanghai on board a Jao- anese ship, have been told that the j departure of the ship in which they were to have sailf-d has been
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    HOW CHINESE REOCCUPIED THE CAPITAL OF FUKIEN
    318 13 Chungking Sept. 5. THE withdrawal of Japanese troops from Foochow was completed at 4 a.m. on Wednesday, and by 10 a.m. Chinese m'litia numbering about 1.000 had occupied the port, says a Foochow dispatch. It is reported i that on Tuesday night the
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    TWO NEW PLANTING METHODS
    2287 14 Planting Topics Multiple Seed At Stake And Self -Sown Stumps To Bud By Our Planting Correspondent THERE is nothing new under the sun is an oft-repeated saying and, in so far as it relates to rubber planting practices, it is usually true. One hears from time
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    95 14 IN an article on rubber planting in the Western Hemisphere. Mr. William K. MrClure, United Press Staff Correspondent says A Mexican rubber industrv, now in experimental stages, is seen as highly beneficial for United States manufacturers. Plants now heli* developed air uniquely different from those used in
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    120 PER CENT. QUOTA
    55 14 ȴ^IE article on Malaya's ability to produce 120 per cent, exportable allowance of rubber which appeared as Planting Topics last Friday was incorrectly attributed to our Planting Correspondent instPid of to a aieeial correspondent. The views therein expressed were nathered from a tWWsenlative number ct renters
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    MYSTIC MUSIC SELECTED TO WIN HIS SECOND GOLD CUP
    2627 15 MYSTIC MUSIC SELECTED TO WIN HIS SECOND GOLD CUP Running Order, Non-Acceptors And Selections For To-morrow MYSTIC MUSIC has been selected to win the Gold Cup race at Bukit Timah to-morrow, the final day of the Singapore Turf Club's Autumn (Gold Cup) meeting, and thus become the only horse to
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    The Gold Cup
    27 15 The <; >ld Cvp a Gold replica of the Warwick Vase the most ■■>vetrd tronhy m Malayan racing", which will be comnetcd {or tomorrow afternoon.
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    R.A.S.C. SPORTS ACTIVITIES
    406 15 Good Performances In Various Games C PORTS In the R.A.S.C. has recently been given a great fillip by the splendid showing of thair veams In th.- various games. on Saturday laat the soccer tcajn surprised the Royal Navy and added to the general interest of second division
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    GIRLS' SPORTS CLUB
    107 15 THE distribution of prizes won In the Girls' Sport* Cl'ib's annual tennis tournament will take place to-morrow, when the sixth annual athletic meeting will be held at 4 pm Mrs. E. A. Reutens, president of the Eurasian Woman's As.-»~Utk>n. will distribute the prlzrRESULTS OF ANNUAL TENNIS Championship
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    COMBINED COLLEGES CRICKET
    79 15 THE following will represent the Comblnd j Oolltecs «.t crir^p- gainst lall Singh's XI or the Medical College ground to-morrow ar.fi on Sundsy Abdul A7iz bin All (R.C.U.). E. J. Doraisamy (RC.U.t. Hera Singh iM.C.U.I. Ho Ilun Ke» 'M.C.U. t. Kuldlp Sinch (M.C.U.). X S. Retnam (M.C.V.y.
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    33 15 Soccer: S.VF.A. league, second riivisiin (a). Signals vs. Publishers, V.M.C.A. second division (b). Post OfTW vs. II M.S. Sultan, Post Office ground; J.C.S.A. Stamford, J.C.S.A. Wanderers vs. R.A.F. (Kallanc), Sfierans.
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    Negri Rejects Selangor's State Hockey Proposal
    323 15 (From Oii r Own Correspondent) Seremban. Sept. 2. TUE MSffssMaa of the SeUngor Hockey j IsaaaasMaa that all State hockey a.vsori "jns m the country should not Inrludf Srrv'crs plsyen In their Stste tramsi i.- disru^rd at a mwlin( of the ro nriiUrr ot
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    Training Notes From Bukit Timah
    213 15 Training Notes From Bukit Timah THt only Gold Cup candidates ex- ercised at Bukit Timah this morning In preparation for the big race to-morrow, the final day of the Singapore meeting, were Depot, Mystic Musi- and Cimon. The rain has not affected tie goinc, which remi ns very g»3d. Depot
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    POSTPONED
    26 15 rpHE first div-sion league soccer A match between the Police and the S.C.F.A., scheduled to be played at Anson Road stadium to-day, has been postponed.
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    32 15 TUIE Argylls made merry at the ex- penie of the Pclice In a reserve divisicn S.A FA league soccer fixture at the Depot yesterday The Argylls won by 10 goals to three.
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    STRAITS CHINESE BEAT AIR HEADQUARTERS
    297 15 Odd Goal Decides Issue In Exciting Game S.C.F.A 3; Air Headquarters 2. A LATE goal enabled the S.C.F.A. to gain a three-two decision over Air Headquarters m a second division (b) league soccer fixture played at Farrer Park yesterday. The earn? was exciting and keenly
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    WEEK-END EVENTS AT YACHT CLUB
    79 15 THE following are this week-end's events at the Royal Singapore Yarn, Club: To-day there will be the usual alternoon ra;es for aU classes, starting a' 523 pm. for "A" class and 525 p.m. for other classes. On Sunday, the following classes w,ll rail a sweepstake
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    WOMEN'S GOLF AT ISLAND CLUB
    54 15 rX Island Club's women s August Stableford's comoetltion resulted: Mrs. Tan Chin Tu?n \V 2—2 4 17^: Mrs. Poh Chee Juay 13*t-2=ls^: Miss K. C. Padday 13Vi-2 15' 2 Mrs O. Angel) 13V 1-14V 2 Mrs. B. MarFarlan* 7V»— 134: Mrs. C. A R. Batcman
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    GENTLE B.P.
    161 15 ri friendly batminton match at three singles and four double* p.ayed last Bunday, the Gentle BP. bemt the Hrptarchians B P by seven games to nil. Results (Gentle BP. players named first): Shiftes: Ahmad Talb best Chen Ehul LI 15_», ij_- suadl beat T C. Hoe IS 11.
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    Don McNeill In Semi-Final
    129 15 Forest Hills. Sept 4. DON MrNell, the America tennis champion, r a hrd the semifinal of this year's t'tle event, beating Sabin 8-3. 7-5. 3-fi. 6-3, while Frank Kovars, the ind ><>r champion who Is fancied to succeed McNeiil, entered the semifinal, beating Jack Kramer 6-4.
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    TO-NIGHT'S WAR FUND BOXING
    322 15 Attractive Programme At Happy World AN attractive programme of fights in whir-h some of the r>» t h 'xtrs av.iil'ble in Malzva are tak tie part Is bein; offered professional fans at the Ifanr? World covered stadium toni- ht. The fishts are bein? promoted by R
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    BIG NAZI PUSH ON LENINGRAD REPORTED HELD
    802 16 REDS CONTINUE COUNTERATTACKS IN THE CENTRE Germans Forced To Give Up One Position Af ier Another I.oui.oii, Sept. 5. THE Russian armies in the Leningrad area, following their nucceas in throwing bark tin- enemy a few miles, are now reported to be holding
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    FURTHER MISCHIEF IN THE EAST IS FORESHADOWED
    494 16 London Press Warning Against Japanese "5 moke-screen" London, Sept. 4. THE argument that appeasement in the Far East as well as in Europe is dead is the theme of leading articles in the Daily Telegraph and Yorkshire Post this morning. ..lie Dauv Telssraph
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    Japanese Force In Indo-China Too Small For Fresh Adventures?
    210 16 Saigcn, Sept. 4. THE 3overncr-Oeneril of In do-China, Adm. Jean Decoux, has arrived In Sa!"rn following his tour of Cam- b dia. No new political developments fire expend at the mom?nt and, with the departure of Gen. Sumita, head o: the
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    Moscow Prepares For Great Air Attacks
    182 16 Moscow Prepares For Great Air Attacks Moscow, Sept. 5. THE Moscow authorities are taking all steps to ensure that the 1 city's population shall have as comfortable a time as possible during this winter. Huge reserves of food are being stored, including 400,000 tons of potatoes and 274,000 thousand tons
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    Toyoda Has Long Talk With The Emperor
    362 16 Tokio, Sept. 4. CIGNIFICANCE is attached to a number of important *J conferenres held here to-day. The Foreign Minister, i Adm. T. Toyoda, was granted one of longest audiences of rerent times by the Emperor. He spent nearly tuo hours at the Imperial
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    Bulgaria Opposed To War With Russia
    155 16 Ankara, Sept. 4. THB Bulgarian Government has re1 piled to German pressure to enter the war against the Soviet, or at least to dispatch a few divisions of ■■volunteers," with a declaration of her traditional friendship with the Russians, according to diplomatic sources here
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    JAPANESE ENVOY TO THAILAND
    22 16 Bangkok, Sept. 4. MR. TEIJI TSUBOKAMI. first Japan- ese Ambassador to Thailand, ar- j rJved here to-day.— Reuter.
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    ACUTE SHORTAGE OF GERMAN OFFICERS ON EAST FRONT
    178 16 Moscow, Sept. 4. A NAZI admission of an acute shortage of officers on the Eastern Front is contained m an order issued by Gen. von Arnheim to the 95th Nazi division, according to the Moscow radio. "The combatant power of Infantry regiments
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    NAZIS ARE SURPRISED BY THE QUANTITY OF RED ARMS
    238 16 Berlin, Sept. 4. I latest German reports this 1 meinlns Indicated that the baiu.-' for Leningrad was continuing favour- I ably for the Germans with their lurflung encirclement nearly completed. It was pointed out, however, that even when the German troops
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    Time Not Yet For Peace —Finnish C.-in-C.
    123 16 Time Not Yet For Peace Finnish C.-in-C. London, St->t. 4. "'T'HK time has uo: yet come to change our swords into ploughshares Ihis declaration was made by FWld-MarJial Iftn u-rne. .1, Finnish Ooramanaer-ln-Chi f, 111 an order of the day to his troops, according to a Helsinki message jo the
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