The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 5 February 1940

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 16,002. ESTD. 1835 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1940. S CENTS.
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    Balkans Unity Is Stressed
    236 1 Balkans Unity Is Stressed Btlfrade. Feb. 4. liven in the newsP ~:atements made delegates to the ference, stressing rho; the Entente. i made at a :ht by the Ruma- ".grade tch, Yugoslav •Irired: "We are the Balkan states one and that i ina and Hungary vful policy of the ink
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    KING RECOVERED
    17 1 I T London, Feb. 4. m recovered from irom which he was suffer- British Wireless
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    LITTLE DAMAGE IN NAZI AIR ATTACKS
    1011 1 Enemy Sink One Ship: Lose Three Bombers GERMAN CLAIM TO HAVE SUNK 14 VESSELS "ABSURD" ADDITIONAL details of the week-end air battles over the British Isles reveal that of 20 German bombers taking part at least three were shot down, while comparatively little damage
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    DUTCH SHIPS MINED
    60 1 Berlin, Feb. 4. THE official news agency states that the Netherlands steamer Laertes, 5 825 tons, has been mined in the English Channel. There is little hope of savin? the ship. The majority of the crew have left The agency adds that the Netherlands tanker Mamura has
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    Croix de Guerre For R.A.F. Man Born Here
    93 1 Croix de Guerre For R.A.F. Man Born Here London, Feb. 4. REUTER'S special correspondent with the French forces says that Gen. Vuillemin, commander of the French forces, yesterday decorated 28 airmen for acts of gallantry. Twenty-seven were French and one was Eng-lish—Flight-Lieutenant Robert Voase Jeff, who was born in Singapore.
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    France And New Type U.S. Plane
    163 1 PURCHASE MAY NOT BE ALLOWED Washington, Feb. 4. THE French air purchasing mission in the U.S.probably will not be allowed to buy exact replicas of the Airacobra intercepter planes. The Joint Army and Navy Policy Board has only given approval to negotiations on the
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    Japanese Say U.S. Gunboat Endangered By Chinese Fire
    95 1 Japanese Say U.S. Gunboat Endangered By Chinese Fire Shanghai, Feb. 4. ACCORDING to an announcement by a Japanese military spokesman, the United States gunboat Luzon, with the American Ambassador, Mr. Nelson Johnson, aboard, was endangered by Chinese artillery fire on Friday afternoon 20 miles above Wuhu, while proceeding down the
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    Infantry Active On Western Front
    86 1 Paris, Feb. 4. THE banks of the Rhine have been echoing in the past 24 hours with iusillades between infantry on both sides, although the exchanges appear to have little military significance. On the western slopes of the Vosges foothills, German patrols approached French advance
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    ANTI-BRITISH MOVEMENT IN HANGCHOW
    81 1 Shanghai, Feb. 4. THE latest place for an anti-British movement to be launched is Hangchow, 80 miles south-west of Shanghai, according to the Chinese Press. Anti-British posters have been plastered in all the principal thoroughfares and registration of all British goods to be sold in Hangchow
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    Challenge To New Order In Asia
    78 1 Tokio, Feb. 4. NATIONWIDE indignation has been aroused in Japan by Mr. Saito, verteran member of the Minseito party, who said in the Lower House yesterday afternoon that if the principles of Prince Konoye's statement were rigidly carried out, Japan would get nothing out
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    43 1 Tokio, Feb. 4. A JAPANESE Held dispatch states that the bodies ol 20.000 Chli were counted on the battlefield and huge quantities of arms and ammunition, also tanks and lorries, were captured by the Japanese near Nanning and Pingyang, in Kwangsl province. Reuter
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    Red Forces Astonish Finns In New Bid To Smash Mannerheim Line
    724 1 Red Forces Astonish Finns In New Bid To Smash Mannerheim Line London, Feb. 4. THE Soviet'* new bid to smash through the Mannerheim Line is being conducted with a scientific precision that is astonishing the Finns, telegraphs Reuter's special correspondent on the Finnish-Swedish frontier. Waves of aeroplanes, intense artil- lery
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    GANDHI TO SEE VICEROY
    60 1 New Delhi, Feb. 4. MR. Gandhi has arrived here and will have a conference with the i Viceroy, Lord Linlithgow, to-morre* I on India's constitutional future Mr. Jinnah, the Muslim League president, will see Lord Linlithgow on Tuesday. It is believed that arrangements an? being made
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    "Elizabeth & Essex" At The Alhambra
    200 2 "Elizabeth Essex" At The Alhambra T.!K (jv»:ci.. Age in E^land, which unfortunately began with an uniisuiUy elaborate tangle of Court 'nti tie :-id with a woman on the Throne, provides the modem cinema industry with enough sensation, pomp and colour to make a drama out of "The Private Lives of
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    36 2 London. Feb. 1. PE bodies of the two German airmen which were washed ashore on the north-east coast of Scotland last week, were buried yesterday with military honours, a party of R.A.F. men attending. British Wireless
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    Tin Shipments' Near-Record
    89 2 poREIGN exports of tin in January totalled 14,016 tons, the second largest shipments in any one month in the history of the industry. The highest shipments ever recorded were in October last year when they reached 15.306 tons. Shipments in Decfmber were 10.555 ions. Of the January
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    29 2 The crew of this R.A.F. aircraft in Franci- live near the machine, and it does not take them very Ion? to be climbing thousands of feet above their beds
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    Chettiars' Chamber Of Commerce
    118 2 AT the ninth annual general meeting of the Chettiars' iNattukkottai) Chamber of Commerce the following officers were elected: President. Mr. At. K. PI. M. Meyappa Chettiar: vice-president, Mr. Sp. K. A. Shanmugam Chettiar; secretary. Mr. Ar. A. Rm. Nachiappa Chettiar; assistant secretary, Mr. Kn. N. N.
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    WHY INDIA IS FIGHTING NAZI AGGRANDISEMENT
    640 2 Her Place Beside Britain Discussed By Journal WHAT Malayan Indians think about the war, and about the Nazi excesses which provoked it, is clearly stated in a very frankly written leading article in "The Indian," the weekly journal in the English language which is
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    JANUARY TIN-ORE IMPORTS
    53 2 COREIGN imports of tin-ore into the Straits Settlements in January totalled 4,521 tens, of which 2,172 tons came from Thailand: 1,579 tons from Netherlands Indies; 550 tons from Burma: 141 tons from French IndoChina: 70 tons from Kenya; nine tons from Union of South Africa and one
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    Malays Settle On New Padi Lands
    171 2 Malays Settle On New Padi Lands CROPS GOOD, FOOD BAD 'From Our Own Correspondent) Ponang. Feb. 3. A complaint that food supplied by a Government contractor to Pencr.g settlers who emigrated to Lower Perak on Jan. 12 in accordance with the Sungei Manik colonisation scheme, was unsuitable was made by
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    Werner Baer At The Victoria Hall
    141 2 AN appreciative audience heard an enjoyable programme of organ music by Werner Baer and songs dj Mrs. Gertrude Nunn at the Victoria Memorial Hall last night. The concert was in aid of the Malaya Patriotic Fund. Mrs. Nunn was heard to good advantage when
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    Thai Government's Small Industries
    87 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) Tr, r, nn Bangkok, Feb. 4. HE Thai Government has refuted rumours circulating in the bazaar to the effect that Government is forming companies with the intention of competing with private business enterprises. The companies being sponsored by Government were developing small
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    Cheaper Sugar From To-day
    53 2 nfGAR will be cheaper to-day. The Food Controller, Malaya, announces that from to-day the retail maximum selling prices of Java sugar will be reduced in the Colony by one cent per catty. New maximum prices are B'^ cents per catty in Singapore and Penang and 9
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    NAZI RADIO LIE ABOUT "OVERDUE" SHIPS
    100 2 London, Tcb. 4. THE safe arrival at Buenos Aires of the French vessel Jamaique disposes of the foundationless suggestions contained in a recent German broadcast from the Zeesen station. This stated that the Jamaique. together with Highland Patriot, Highland Monarch and Andalucia Star, was
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      158 2 Enthusiastic Crowds at Every Show congratulate us on having at last THE PERFECT AIR-CONDII 'IONIX<; Naturally CAPITOL lt£ carrie r I The BEST!" 3 SHOWS TO DAY... 3.15-6.15-9.15 Tremendous Success! Hundreds Turned Away at Every Performance M.G.MS. Mighty Musical IraPß|fc&f^?' > Filmed in Glorious W&l±im "^tT^ J Nev; Techii cc*tour!
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      116 2 Low Afotfcer 5 77»e Week Beforr the Ht.« a'Beckru 10-da> it| bers, or Judgment Sui To-morrou Appeals-— Suigh VI. Rj To-moir' a Woon pel. Wi ;:i.. Tan Ah K<> v Before the Hor.ourl, i« (ourt No. Z i,. fr >lr Nbi To-day, As Tt-o Ten Ah Before the Mm in
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    Mr. Attlee & Conditions For "New World"
    119 3 Mr. Attlee Conditions For "New World" London, Feb. 4. <terday. Mr. C. 0 Opposition Leader, d nation in the first, egression which: .-nee ar.d allowed) become rampant, m as an outclvilizat'.on. not character of the trol of a great r ideas openly option upon ased. he said, to i these
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    REICH IS "SEALED TOMB," ASSERTS EDEN
    441 3 REICH IS "SEALED TOMB," ASSERTS EDEN Dominions Secretary On Unity Of The Empire GREAT HELP OF DOMINIONS IN EVERY SPHERE fD A London, Feb. 4. J^jK. Anthony Eden, the Dominions Secretary, speaking at a national savings meeting at Stratford-on-Avon last night, refuted the "gibes of Goebbels" and the "taunts of
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    Turkey's £19,000,000 In National Defence
    37 3 Turkey's £19,000,000 In National Defence spendtture I by th? .r.'dured a Mar. 1. j in Incxcaw of year, •00 for increase I revious year d cr?dit<s j bailable, and E 10.000,003 rnd -:iaments due under the Reuter
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    LEAVE FOR B.E.F.
    21 3 I London. Feb. 4. i that I ..nel of the s within the be re opened on Reuter
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    Finns In Need Of Foreign Help
    218 3 London. Feb. 4. THE need for help for the Finns is 1 the subject of British Press comment. The Daily Herald says: "If heroism and national will power can save, the small nation of Finland will be saved. But how long can even these
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    HOME DEFENCE CORPS FOR SWEDEN
    63 3 Stockholm, Feb. 4. IT is announced the Swedish Gov?rr.- men! is organising a Home Deience C:rps. to be supplementary to the army and troops. Each local organization will be hnk--?M with the rifle clubs in each district and be under the direction of the local
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    Nazi Attempts To Sow Discord
    138 3 London, Feb. 4. EXAMPLES oi" German propaganda meihods -.vnich were described recently in a British oroadcast talk as the "art of Lc'ng ail things to all men" are furnished by the "ollowinu instances of Nazi endeavours to sow discord in south-er.stern European countries: In a
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    48 3 Berlin, Feb. 4. THE cfticial news agency, denyin? reports that traffic on the railwry hrough Soviet-occup.'ed Poland has been completely stopped, states rnw2ver. that only a few hundred trucks o produce have reached Germany c rom Rumania s'nee the agreement to ">pen th? rai'way two months ago.- Reuter
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    Nazi War On Shipping "Just Plain Murder"
    145 3 Oslo, Feb. 4. WORWAY has lost ten ships and 100 sailors in the past ten days, bringing her losses since the beginning of the war to 40 ships, representing 118.000 tons, and 248 sailors. During the whole of 1914-15, Norwegian losses totalled 60.000
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    British Shipping Is Greater Now Than At Start Of War
    181 3 London, Feb. 4. THE volume of British merchant shipping is at present actually gr?ater than at the outbreak of war. This is officially revealed in London. During the first five months. 480.000 tons of British merchant shiopin?, had been lost.
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    SOCIAL LIFE IN LONDON AND THE WAR
    125 3 London, Feb. 4. AN interesting commentary on the social life of London in wartime is attorded by the fact that the number qt" c;nemas, theatres and dance halls licensed by the London County Council this year is practically the same as that of
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    ANGLO-TURKISH PACT
    36 3 London, Feb. 4. AN Anglo-Turkish trade and payments agreement was signed yesterday in London. The new agreement consolidates, and slightly modifies, existing agreements. The text will be published as soon as possible. British Wireless
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    RUSSIAN PACT WITH BULGARIA RATIFIED
    21 3 Moscow, Feb. 4. THE trade treaty with Bulgaria, concluded on Jan. 5, has been ratified. Reuter
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    "SOVIET HAS COMPLETELY ABANDONED THE REICH"
    142 3 AN Ica.ian newspaper which belongs to Marshal Baloo states bluntly in an article signed by the editor, that Russia has double-crossed Germany. The article states that Stalin's actions in the Balkans and especially the aggression against Finland, have gone far beyond any previous accord
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    Economic Position Now In "Second Phase"
    386 3 TASKS BEFORE GOVERNMENT London, Feb. i. REVIEWING last week's Parliamentary debates, the Sunday Times devotes an editorial to a consideration of the economic position which is described as having reached the "second phase." The first phase, the editorial suggests, consisted in the establishment of
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    SOUTH AFRICA ORDERS PLANES FROM U.S.
    57 3 SOUTH AFRICA has ordered from the United States 16 twin-engined planes each capable of carrying 14 passengers. The cost of the machines will be more than £400,000. It v.as also announced that negotiations were already complete for the purchase of two four-engined planes each
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    Trawlermen's Fight Against Magnetic Mine
    210 3 Trawlermen's Fight Against Magnetic Mine London, Feb. 1. MR. ERNEST BEVIN paid a tribute in a speech last night to tra* lumen's immediate response to the Admiralty appeal for combating masne- tic mines. He revealed thai when the naae was discovered the Admiralty as!;ed for 200 trawlers and crews "Within
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    COTTON EXPORT TAX IN EGYPT
    82 3 Alexandria. I eh. 4. IT IS umOOTICBD thai tax o; 200 milliems per 100 m is being Impost d as from Aug 15 The Ministry of Finance leclarei that in the event or the United States Gov1 ernment rabsldising txporis oi AineI lican cotton the
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    HARMONICA PARTY
    44 3 •THE Singapore Juveniles' Harmciiica Party staged a play at the Great World at the week-end All profit* were credited to the China Relief Fund, as expenses for the production of the show were met by voluntary contributions irom members of the partv
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    FEDERAL COUNCILLOR
    28 3 I\R. SREE RADHA KRISHNAN hau> been appointed an Unofficial Member of the Federal Council for a further period of three years with effect from Feb. 1.
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    The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1940. Chinese Affairs
    627 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1940. Chinese Affairs •THE announcement that a pro- minent Chinese in Penang is being expelled from Malaya again calls attention to a number of disquieting developments concerning Chinese in this country. It is not yet known precisely why the prominent Penang Chinese is
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    21 4 Malayan jungle scene— Hollywood version: Bin? Crosby, Dorothy Lan.our and Bub Hop* in To Singapore," the new Dorothy Lamour-m -sarong film.
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    Merchant Ships That Now Are Cruisers
    1239 4 Mer chant Ships That Now Are Cruisers OINCE the outbreak of war, the world's attention ha> tw been focussed on the least known branch of the Ro\ Navy the armed merchant cruisers, w h i <■ h etflj out fe economic blockade of Germany. First there was the British Government's
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    EXPULSION ORDER AGAINST PENANG CHINESE
    370 5 Prominent Official Of Relief Fund STUDENTS' DEPUTATION CALLS ON CONSUL (From Our O\mi Correspondent) Penang, Feb. 1. SENSATION was caused in Penang Chinese circles |>> the announcement that Mr. Ch'ng Beng Lee, ..Utant secretary of the Penang committee of the >i^t rv Relief Fund, has
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    Test Pilot On U.S. Bomber Production
    149 5 Test Pilot On U.S. Bomber Production ■MORE THAN CAN BE SHIPPED" Being produced in than i hey can be British Government, McLeod. test pilot of Aircraft Corporation, of in an interview at output averaged two bombers every day, s (nil type 01 lcnsthe Allies are now i United States, upinion
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    Chinese Are Warned
    114 5 AT AN EMERGENCY meeting heid at the Penang Chinese Protectorate on Friday night, attended by the Resident Councillor, the Chief Police Officer, the chairman of the reception committee for the Wuhan Songsters and prominent members of the China Relief Tund. the Chinese leaders were asked to take
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    Malaya's Part In Economic War
    96 5 Malaya 's Part In Economic War ANOTHER aspect of Malay as part in the economic war will be discussed in a 8.M.8.C. broadcast this evening. The speaker will be Mr. A. Giimour, Shipping Controller and Controller of Restricted Exports. S.S. Mr. Giltnour's talk will be the final one of a
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    SINGAPORE NUNS WHOM NOBODY EVER SEES
    226 5 SINGAPORE NUNS WHOM NOBODY EVER SEES ANEW building to house more uns is under construction at the Convent of the Carmelite Nuns, at Bukit Theresa, Singapore. The nuns, who now number nine, are of an Order requiring an austere and contemplative life. They do no exterior missionary work, neither do
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    MORE OPENINGS WANTED FOR EURASIANS
    242 5 ASKING for more opportunities for Eurasians, a reader, "Unemployed Eurasian," writes "I have read with great pride and delight Mr. C. H. da Silva's interesting broadcast published in the columns of your paper on Saturday. "A true champion and a spirited leader of the Eurasian
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    Married At The Week-end
    55 5 picture. picture. MR. AND MRS. W. W. LEWIS, married at the Presbyterian Church on Saturday. She is the former Miss Mabel Elizabeth Scott. Free Press Mil. AND MRS. C G. MITCHELL, married at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd on Saturday. She is the former Miss
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    Japanese Toys May Disappear Locally
    264 5 Japanese Toys May Disappear Locally BUT JAPAN IS OPTIMISTIC ANE of the effects of the control of imports into Malaya as part of the wartime Defence Regulations is likciy to be the disappearance of Japaneso toys from the local shops. The import of toys from non-sterling countries is prohibited under
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    Going To Sumatra Tobacco Sales
    107 5 POUNDER of one of the largest cigar manufacturing concerns in America, Bayuk Cigars Incorporated, Mr. Samuel Bayuk, arrived in oin&ap re > eraay on his way to Medan, Sumatra, to supervise the purchase of tobacco. The sale of Sumatra tobacco takes place annually; it is
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    MALAYAN RADIO TALK TO-NIGHT
    84 5 WHAT is believed to be the first broadcast in Malayalam yet heard in Malaya will be given at 5.45 p.m. to-day, when Mr. M. R. Ramakrishna Filial, a distinguished barrister from Travancore, who is visiting Malaya, will speak from the 8.M8.C. studio. His broadcast will be
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    Modern Weapons Given Test In Indo-China
    621 5 GREAT TRANSPORT FEATS AT THE MANOEUVRES FURTHER comments on the recent army manoeuvres in 1 Cambodia (French Indo-China), when 12,000 troops took part, appear in Saigon newspapers just received in Singapore. The manoeuvres, which were the biggest ever held in Cambodia, were attended by
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    TARZAN RETURNS TO THE SCREEN
    133 5 HOLLYWOOD has since the advent of the Tarzan series starred Johnny Weissmuller, Herman Brix and T^irry Crabbe, as Edgar Rice Burroughs* famous character of the African jungle. Of these three 'Tarzans," Weissmul- ler shines brightest KCB n. 1 a I three years' absence froni tto
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    "DOCTOR X" BRINGS MORE THRILLS
    72 5 'THERE is eooM splendid acting in Warner Brother*" *Tb« I of Dr. X," which had a midnight premiere at thr Alhambra TherUre on Saturday. Humphrey Bo^art. Wayne MorrLs, Rosemary Lane and Dennis Morgan who head a strong cast, give excellent performances in this grim and
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    POLICE BAND
    60 5 TTHE BAND of the Straits Settlements Police will perform the following programme at Farrer Park to-morrow at 5.30 p.m., under the direction Mr J. C. Hitch: March, "Martial Moments. Vir u»r; Overture, "Jolly Robbers", Suppe; Selection. "Top Hat," J. Berlin Valse, "Stories of Vienna Forest,' S 4 raucs;
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    SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES
    1307 6 Fraser And Co's List SATURDAY, FEB. 3. 1940: 1 P.M. Buyers Sellers Ampat Tin (4s) 5s 5s 6d Austral Amal (ss) 6s 6s 6d c.d Austral Malay (8) 37s 39s cd Ayer Hitam 24s 9d 25s 9d Ayer Weng 80 85 Bangrln Tin 21s 9d
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    8-BALL OVER IN NEGRI
    116 6 tFrom Our Own Correspondent) SereJnban, Feb. 3. IT Is not known yet whether Negri Sembilan will follow the example of the Singapore Cricket Club and Perak and adopt the eight-ball over during the coming season. The absence of a Cricket Association in the State prevents any
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    Raffles Win Inter-College Tennis
    196 8 Raffles Win Inter-College Tennis Fifth Successive Victory In Series I F)R THE FIFTH \ear it; succession. Raffles College yesterday won the "Medical Practitioners' Cup" for tennis between t!»c two colleges. The fcames were p'ayed on the Medical College Courts. Yesterday's games saw Raft'.es Coi:e o 'c win six of the
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    ANOTHER TITLE FOR SINGAPORE CHAMPION
    260 8 ANOTHER TITLE FOR SINGAPORE CHAMPION Finals In Selangor Badminton '£rom Our Own Oomspoodentj Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 3. DV v.inning the Selangor men's .;in^les championship to-day, Wong Peng Soon, the Johore and Singapore singles champion, established himself M Malaya's be~l s.n T ies pljive:. The finals of ihe men's and women's
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    KEPPEL GOLF CLUB
    59 8 Twenty-two cards were taken out for the February Snoon (Stapleford) at the Keppel Go'f Club and the following :>core.i were retrrn^d Miss A. M. Sim B+l2 12: Mrs. G. E. Kerr 13 *-6%=193^: Mrs H E Pike 64-12=18; Mrs. S R. Burstall 6 ll»'4=:17»/4: Mrs. W J.
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    SINGAPORE SCORE 2-1 WIN AT MALACCA
    633 8 Losers Put Up Game Show In Keen Match AR OKI ASAMY SCORES BOTH GOALS FCR WINNERS (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Feb. 4. TN a fane that was played at a terrific pace from start to finish, Singapore beat Malacca by two goals to
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    NORTH & SOUTH TEAMS
    135 8 NORTH SOUTH TEAMS FOLLOWING are the North, and South teams for the annual hockey match to be played at Kuala Lumpur on Feb. 17. F. K. Toft (Perak); G. La Brooy (Sel.), Lee Heng Teik (Perak); Vifendrani (Sel.). G. L. Carson (Perak) (capt.). Chang Kok Hens (Sel); J. E. Slade
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    HOME FOOTBALL
    41 8 London, Feb. 3. rjWING to the bad weather conditions only the following Ramos were played to-day: SOCCER— South Western Plymouth 10 Bristol C 3 RUGBY UNION Neath 28R.A.P 3 Swansea 3 Swansea Valley 11 Torquay 24 Royal Na\y 6
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    S.C.C. BILLIARDS
    67 8 Ties in the Singapore Cricket Club billiards handicap tournament are To-day. R. R. Fennell <scr.) v. Carl Lawson 2s>: To-morrow, E. H. R. Bowerman (—l5) v. A. Grimes 4O) Wednesday, W. Mcßeath (+2O) v. A. F. Hunter lOO >; Thursday. E. H. Coleman <—75) v. H. M. Vennlk
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    INTER-CLUB GOLF AT JOHORE BAHRU
    159 8 THE following are the teams and starting times for the golf match between the Royal Joiiore International Club and the Batu Pahat Golf Club to be played on Thuriday at Johore Banru: 9.00 a.m. S. A. Monteiro (10) vs George Lowe (8): N. A. Hannay
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    SELANGOR SURPRISE CRITICS BY BEATING PERAK 4-0
    403 8 SELANGOR SURPRISE CRITICS BY BEATING PERAK 4-0 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 3. QIVING their best performance this season, Selangor completely outclassed Perak in a return hockey fixture on the i padang to-day and beat them by f-mr goals to nil. In the first encounter, Selangor won by
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    College Tennis
    32 8 picture. Ali bin Hassan and Chia Chin Sians (Raffles College) oa the lei't, rfe« beat Lip Lok and Woodhull in yesterday's annual intcr-coKcyc Unnw match at Sepoy Lines.- Free Press
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    SINGAPORE OUT OF FOONG SEONG CUP BADMINTON
    901 8 Annual Meeting Of B.A.M. At Johore Bahru Yesterday CINGAPORE will once again be out of the Fixing* Seouj> Cup inter-state badminton competition as they failed to get the rules of the competition amended at the annual general meeting of the Badminton Association of
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    CRICHTON WINS GOLD MEDAL
    83 8 J. Cricht n jtsierday won ;hc Roya» Singapore Golf lub's Gold Medal fir 1939 r»t Bukit Timah. The February M^dal Competition ended in a tie in "A division between G. S. Eber, Sq. Ldr. K JmdonxM, Major O. S. Still and j! Crichton with a n?t
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    SOCCER STARTS TO-DAY
    105 8 Two B.H.L. G^ e 1 o Be WL T« i v;l! »Urt U Leaqru^ will he m ins* i ;..,..j at fM >i;iqj. acthi and In tb ma j C! fitr,:; i 1 era other Qztcu Uttt few pore Gold leas' Shsagh i I ths Interest in<
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    GUNNERS BEAT JOHORE 11—3 AT RUGGER
    112 8 GUNNERS BEAT JOHORE 11— 3 AT RUGGER Winnie Ket'i) I <„.;. vFroin Our c can l !i r-"-- o! Iht^ pU» :by 14 points (an i penalty sea tl) ix\ J chore vreiv wltl bavfng men ThC G 1 mktwaj tbrouch I Pierce s^ 'Kcnion. Tli.- latt After Moorr had
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    FINALISTS IN COMMAND HOCKEY HELD TO DRAW
    133 8 Saturday's Gmk \f I'an. THE friendly bocki tween the Sappei and the 22nd. ftfotu R.A »t Tanslin on S in a draw, no coals b* It was i very watch. The Iftoun finalists in the Oommai hockey tournament were knocked-oul oi a few
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      76 8 You Can Cure PILES Physician's discovert pos»t»"* r«tttCM Mdjttlf *>* Dr. Van \Teok'§ Absorpt <r* We P ti eompiete our* for the M The fiwt application ttop irriUtion almt«t inntantlT Ai*" of blood is am»tei. I^^^^Zj dieidown. The imAka p*i« >*":^ leee and leet untU h«»hng i* compleu^ Too have
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