The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 6 March 1941

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    22 1 LATE SINGAPORE EDITION The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. IC."!'. r:s fb i 5..5. THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1941. 5 CENTS
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    FRENCH ACCEPTING TOKIO PLAN?
    201 1 FRENCH ACCEPTING TOKIO PLAN? Jaoanese Land Near Indo-China Border nr :.::ite information 1 :he Vichy GovBt its final reply. If] Yosuke Matsuoka. Minister. by to Japan's plan for Thai-Indo-China as still awaiting rep rted Reuter adding it was rted that the Fren n had with the Japanese >n of all.
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    GERMANS RUSHING TO GREEK FRONTIER
    693 1 Routes South "Mass Of Mechanized Material" MR. EDEN CONCLUDES SATISFACTORY TALKS IN ATHENS -v- Belgrade, Mar. 3. J^i l/am, lorry, bus and plane German troops continue to stream through Bulgaria towards the Greek frontier. The three main routes southward are described by an eyewitness as
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    Arab Fledge To Turks
    129 1 Ankara, Mar. C. TTHE Turkish Government will to-day consider its reply to Hitler's message which was communicated to President Ineunu and military leaders immediately after it had been delivered to the German Ambassador, von Papen. No hint of the contents of the message is given either
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    Indian Shipbuilding Up To Schedule
    39 1 New Delhi, Mar. 5* INDIA'S naval shipbuilding programme, it is learnt, is well ip to schedule. Powerful and well-armed minesweeDing craft, it is understood, will form the bulk of the expanded construction programme. Reuter
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    Nazi Envoy In Tokio Leaving To Report
    50 1 Nazi Envoy In Tokio Leaving To Report Tokio, Mar. 5. TT is understood that the German Ambassador to Japan, Dr. OU, is leaving Tokio on Friday for Berlin to report on the Far Eastern situation, says the Domei agency He is expected to stay m Berlin for a fortnight Reuter
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    Goering In Vienna: Sees Antonescu
    171 1 Goering In Vienna: Sees Antonescu Berlin, Mar. 5. /^OERING, German air chief, ar- rived m Vienna this morning and went immediately to the Aspern aerodrome, where he met Gen. Antonescu, Rumanian Prime Minister, who had arrived by special aeroplane from Bucharest, according to a Vichy dispatch to the German official
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    Naval Raid On Islands Off Norway
    102 1 Naval Raid On Islands Off Norway BRITISH ADMIRALTY STATEMENT London, Mar. 5. A RAID was carried out yesterday against German interests m the Lofoten Islands off Norway, says an Admiralty communique. Further details will be issued as soon as they are known. The Lofoten group forms the seaward side of
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    ADM. NOMURA VISITS NEW YORK
    79 1 New York, Mar. 5. ADM. Kichisaburo Nomura, Japanese Aiu bassadcr to the United States, arr.vea here on Monday afternoon from Washine-tc:. He was met at the station by Mr. Moris hima, Jp.p.nese consul-general, and representatives of the Japanese community. Adm. Nomura, who is scheduled to
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    BRITISH CITIZENS ADVISED TO QUIT YUGOSLAVIA
    155 1 Vichy, Mar. 5. "THE British consulate m Belgrade has addressed a circular to all j Britons m Yugoslavia advising those who are not kept on urgent business to lee j the country, according to dispatches to the official French agency. Most women members of
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    MENZIES DENIES HE ADVOCATED POLICY OF APPEASEMENT
    396 1 MENZIES DENIES HE ADVOCATED POLICY OF APPEASEMENT London, Mar. AN emphatic denial that his speech to the Foreign Prai Association on Monday meant the adoption of a policy of appeasement towards Japan or that his views conflicted m any way with those of the Australian War Advisory Council was given
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    Italian Warships Bombed Off Albanian Coast
    108 1 Italian Warships Bombed Off Albanian Coast NINE ITALIAN PLANES SHOT DOWN Athens, Mar. 3. D.A.F. bombers attacked enemy w a r h i p s off Chimara. m Albania, yesterday, states a communique from R.A.F. headquar m Greece. Escorting Hurricanes and Gladiators encountered a large formation of Italian CR42 and
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    Abyssinians' Success
    69 1 Cairo, Mar. 5. A DYSSINIAN patriot forces oc- cupied the important Italian fort of Buyre yesterday and are now harassing Italian columns withdrawing towards Debra Marcos, according to to-day's communique. In the area 1.500 Italian irregulars and 200 colonial troops have deserted with their weapons and Joined the
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    25 1 Tokio. Mar. 5. UR Hikotaro Ichikawa. newly-appolnu»d Japanese Minister to Iran. Will leave here on Friday by air to take up his post. Eastern News
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    INDIA TO TAP ALL HER SOURCES OF MAN-POWER
    223 2 Commander-in-Chief To Move Resolution In Council Of State New Delhi, Mar. 5. COR the first time m the history of the Council of State, r the Commander-in-Chief of India, Gen. Sir Clapie Auchinleck, will move to-morrow an important resolution, un'ler his own
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    YESTERDAY'S RUBBER AUCTIONS
    160 2 Hie Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its l._2Bth auclioi; yesterday, ana m. to were catalogued 3.0»'/.4_(i ID. 1.38-.79 ton.; ottered 2,714,137 lb. 1,211._7 tons; sold 2.272.609 lb.—--1.G14.55 tons. Louder* Spot 13 7 16d New York Spot 21 eenu I'&K'ES RLALIZED Uibht J Smoked Sheet Cents
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    WIRELESS OPERATORS FOR N.I. AIR FORCE
    90 2 From Our Own Correspondent) Hatavia. Feb. 28. connection whh the appeal for wireless operators for the N.I. Air Force, more especially for service m European waters, the head of the Naval Department of Information broadcast an inspiring address, pointing ou: the various opportunities for
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    Y.M.C.A TENNIS TIES
    52 2 The following are ties for to-day m the V.M.C.A. tennis championships "A" Class Singles: A. G. B. Pakir vs. I. A. Alsagoff. Open Doubles: Lim Hee Chin and C. Y. Koh vs. S. K. Gaw and K. T. San. TO-MORROW Cttmrnm singles: S. A. Da wood VS.
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    WAR COUNCIL FOR INDIA?
    194 2 Suggestion During Budget Debate New Delhi, Mar. L THE Indian Legislative Assembly has been informed that the Government of India is sympathe,ically considering the question of making special awards to Indians for war services. In the course of the debate on the budget, all parties m
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    Y.M.C.A. BILLIARDS CHAMPIONSHIP
    57 2 ••piLE V.M.C.A. billiarc-s f_n_u between Oa:i Kee Tlan and Ciian Joo Kirn was play-rd at the V.M.C.A. on Tuesday. The championship was won by Gan K*~e Tian, whose highr.st break was 33. Chan Joo Kirn gave a hard fight all the way. The fir_-l score was Gan
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    FRENCH AWAIT CHANCETOTURN ON GERMANS
    257 3 Americans Tell Of Paris Food Riots Attacks On Nazi Soldiers F m New v York. Mar. .V OOD riots m Paris and sneering Germans declaring that they will be m New York after London are described m the American Press The New York journal American
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    Britain Breaks Off Relations With Bulgarian Government
    216 3 ALLIED ENVOYS IN SOMA TOLD TO LEAVE a. i aa j r London, Mar. 5. j Tentatively stated m London that the British .Mr. Rendel l called upon the Bulgarian Minister, Prof. Filoff, tins morning at 10 o'clock and informed him of Britain's
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    Yugoslavia Calls Up Reservists
    73 3 Vichy, Mar. 5. YUGOSLAV reservists of the 1891-1919 classes have been summoned to report to learn where they will be posted m the event of mobilization, says a Belgrade dispatch. Posters announcing it were put m Belgrade to-day. It is emphasized that th*s is n°t a
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    Churchill And Shigemitsu: Cordial Talks
    140 3 Churchill And Shigemitsu Cordial Talks London, Mar. 5. IT is learned m London that when the Japanese Ambassador. Mr. Mamoru Shigemitsu, saw Mr. Churchill at No. 10, Downing Street, yesterday he gave the Prime Minister a memorandum from Mr. Matsuoka. the Japanese Foreign Minister. The memorandum waa m reply to
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    Raider Shot Down In Bristol Channel
    152 3 London, Mar. 5. PR the second successive night. Cardiff was the main target of German air raiders during last night, it can now be sta.ed. Fire fighters extinguished numbers of incendiary bombs and prevented; many fires One German bomber was shot down into the
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    JAPAN-N.I. PARLEYS PROGRESSING
    79 3 Batavia, Mar. 5. MR. Yutaka Ishizawa, Japanese Uo.n-ul-General had a three-hour conversation with Mr. van Hoogstraten, Directa. of the Commercial Afiairs Bureau of the Nctnerlands Indies, on Monday. In an Interview with newspaDcrmc a on the same day. Mr. Ritman, Director of the Publicity Eureau of the
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    British Reasons For Severing Relations
    46 3 Vi.hv. Mar. 1b -eorcc Kendcl. Minister m .-oila, handed .n l'rime Readel b stated to thp Britiall decision <.?.•*. vith Bulgaria d by two rea** !'i.! m riVs "dhe-si^n la the md divanpearance *c of th. i vho snysr"l hile en Reuter
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    Nazi Pretences Of Peace Quest Exposed By Moscow
    273 3 ._L>r., Mar. Che rupture of Brit nd raph m a an .'ement c:>n-: il.cy m percm. th, efforts .ye the' liVoi attitude 'l pre- I i -:d by CM Rift reply I thi Reich and the o. d having impos-Ihle tor theatre
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    Farmers Must Produce Every Ounce Of Food
    133 3 London, Mar. 5. "PHE decisive part agriculture has to play m resisting the greatest threat to our very existence that this country has ever known was emphasized by Mr. R. S. Hudson, j Minister of Agriculture, speaking at Hereford to-day. •Unless we all
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    MADRAS PROVIDES 38 WAR PLANES SO FAR
    60 3 New Delhi. Mar. 5. ~PHE Madras War Fund has nearly a reached the figure of £675,000, of which over £560.000 has already been dispatched to London. So far 38 planes have been provided from this fund. The Bombay War Fund stands at ?bout
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    Donovan Completes Tour Of Europe: To Report To Roosevelt
    455 3 Donovan Completes Tour Of Europe: To Report To Roosevelt London, Mar. 5. ience of navover two mon ths .;:ion on all fronts current political, mih- .r.ic problems witn sailors, airmen and m 14 countries. Col. W .1 envoy of Pres: Europe, is now _D :or his return within j :-s
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    Outnumbered 25 To One, British Capture Italians
    188 3 FEAT OF PARTY OF SIGNALLERS London, Mar. 5. ALTHOUGH outnumbered by 25 to one, a party of British signallers have captured a number of Italian officers and men m the Jelib area, Italian Somaliland. During the fighting m this sector, learns Reuter's military
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    STOP PRESS
    383 3 London, Mar. 5. The herculean task of the British Fleet m modern conditions performing the task of five fleeis m the last war was outlined by the First Lord of the Admiralty. Mr. A. V. Alexander, m the House of Commons to-day. The House was debating the estimates
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    Accelerating Shipbuilding In Britain
    132 3 Accelerating Shipbuilding In Britain London. Mar. 5. CHIPS will be built faster and faster m Britain, said a 8.8.C. commentator last night m a talk on how Britain is combating the German U-boat menace by mass production of ships. In peace time, he said, shipbuilding could not be rrganized on
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    Makepeace B.P. Beat Java Road Party
    237 3 ONE-SIDED badminton was witnessed at Bukit Timah on Sur.dav when the Makepeace Badminton P.. scored a nine-nil victory over the J Roud Badminton Party. With the exception of the third singles tie. the rest of the games end *d m straight-set victories. The Makepeace
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    SHORTHAND WRITERS' TABLE TENNIS
    153 3 IN a friendly game of tabic > pia\ed at the premises of th :i. rmnny Musical Association on Sunday, the Singapore Shorthand Writ Association I Pieman's beat the H.M.A. by Fix Barnes to one. Results, SS.W.A. players mentioned fir-^t, were: Young H.n Wah beat Leong lion
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    SUCCESSFUL GREEK OPERATIONS
    67 3 SUCCESSFUL GREEK OPERATIONS London, Mar. 5. A GREEK war communique to-day states: "Local wi i i Mf.ll operations m the central sector resulted m the destruction of one enemy tank a^d capture of I others. One hundred and sixty prisoners w• n taken m hiding five officers. Many automatic rif.es,
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    Japan Encouraging Early Marriges
    80 3 Tokio, Mar. 5. JAPAN is following the example of Italy and Germany by encouraging early marriages end mass breeding The Welfare Ministry has ■decided, as an experiment, to errant a loan of between Y3OO and YS(K) to specially selected couples upon marriage. The loan, which i.-,
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1941. Looking Around
    722 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1941. Looking Around OINGAPORE as the cross-roads of O the East provides many opportunities for meeting people well-informed on events m this part of the world, and an opportunity recently presented itself to the present writer to meet a number of men who
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    London Feels Better About Things Now
    1308 4 A Letter From Britain London Jan. 24. THIS has been a much more cheerful week for us m London—in fact for even body m EnglandWe have come down to breakfast after a decent night's rest. The German bombers have given us more or less
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    Last-Minute Rush For Black-Out Shades
    2112 5  -  MARY HEATHCOTT Free Press Feature By it or to be corse, one should uglier alter>out which behas curtailed a for the next us shows, dances arties have had to 'And a good the old souri not like going anyway, will aim. <>f the St. John
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    Salvation Army Mobile Canteen
    27 6 Salvation Arm. mobile cnnteen se rving the Civilian Labour Corps recruitPd to help m air raid rescue and repair work m Brita n.
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    Sky Is Limit For War Effort In Australia, Says Prime Minister
    1015 6 Sky Is Limit For War Effort In Australia, Says Prime Minister C VERY month that goes by is a month that does not add MUi the strength of the enemy but adds immeasurably to ours," declared the Australian Prime Minister, Mr. R. G. Menzies, at a luncheon given by the
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    Bevin As Labour 'Dictator'
    373 6 Bevin As Labour 'Dictator' THE British Labour Ministei (Mr. Ernest Bevin) will '-aye the greatest power ever given to a Minister if proposed new "war discipline" regulations become law. One of ihese regulations is designed to control work, workers, and employers, the Sunday Express .says. It will be discussed by
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    MR. WILLKIE WOULD LIKE TO VISIT AUSTRALIA
    69 6 Jtflß Wendell Willkie states he apIVi predates the Sydney Sun's suggestirn that he should ...sit Australia m the cause of democracy, bu. he is so rushed that he has no opportunity at the moment to reflect on the matter. "Mr. Willkie told me
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    Bren Guns In Scottish Command
    16 6 Bren gun carriers moving along caring exercises of the Scottish Command.
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    Group Method Of Testing A.I.F. Recruits For T.B.
    243 6 THE group method of testing A.I.F. recruits for tuberculosis will be applied to the general nublic m the Anti-Tuberculosis Campaign, now being conducted by 'he Health Department m Australia. This announcement was made by the medical officer of the department's tuberculosis division
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    Berlin Or Bust, Is Anzacs' Slogan
    67 6 Berlin Or Bust, Is Anzacs Slogan rVHE New York Post publishes a brillwnt cartoon of a crippled Duce telling a Japanese soldier. "Look what those Australians did to vie The Daily Mirror devotes its front page to a picture of an Anzac trcop train leaving Sydney inscribed "Berlin or Bust."
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    U.S. WILL PRODUCE 1.500 PLANES A MONTH
    45 6 UNITED 3ta-.es plane production reached 1.002 aircraft during Jannary, double f hat of last year oi^ which 60 per cent, ore fighters, and the remainder raimrs. The Defence Commission expects production to reach I 500 a month by
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    Mr.Menzies And Labour In Australia
    104 6 Mr.Menzies And Labour In Australia JUL London cently su: Australian I, r rK lh3 t tb operate bctt. <*. wealth Governn leni ,f Th m^ment had a hud. r f The Laboui the Prime 7.es) is sin.. Party towa: he was our P papers d ai W"th Lab the Federal
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    "KIDNAPPING" COVER FOR MEAN THEFT
    126 6 OOLICE believe that th* "k-dimj. pine of a inn .--months-* r-at>v boy m Church street. Pirn, n.atta. recently »a_ n. 1 1 >- a rtmr for a mean theft. The baby P through the pri to the bush on th, eallouslv afcard( ;:ed The thief.
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    ANOTHER BATCH OF SELECTED
    331 7 Training To Start In Singapore Shortly C .."„.C. TO TAKE SALUTE AT "PASSING OUT" PARADE m! i -*S fontribution to the R.A.F. is steadily increasing nui her hatch of 16 cadets will go into training at rnment Flying Training School m Singapore shortly. nounced that lhe
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    Blackmailer Sentenced To One Year's Imprisonment
    1903 7 LETTERS TO EUROPEAN WHILE IN ENGLAND M RAMIAH, once a clerk employed hy a local firm of solicitors, was convicted m the third court yestt-r« on three charges of blackmail ng a European who allegedly paid him SI SO a month for .several months
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    Defence Test For Whole Malaya Starts To-day
    384 7 RESTRICTIONS ON .GHTING Malfl oe put to comae of the bla^kbegins to-day. The henshre nature l.o e of the penin- vith *-nh oth*»r. the j Ires *nd the Civil OeniU *o int"> action dnri.K ihr i l-l i-cs o, •-•;<- hour shifts.j Aardens
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    K.L. READY FOR BROWN-OUT
    206 7 tj-rom Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. S. KUALA Lumpur will have its tirst practice brewn-out to-niorrow night wnen the all-Malayan A.R.P. exercises which will last for a week begja. In Kuala Lumpur the test of passive defences, it is learned, will be confined to lighting
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    HOSPITAL FACILITIES FOR EMERGENCY
    118 7 (Frcm Our Own Correspondent^ Ipoh, Mar. d. IT i* understood that necessary arrangements have been made by the Medical Department of Perak to 4e-ulrd patients m Government hospukls throughout the State and providing accommodation and mili ary casualties during an emerge The plan includes partial evacuation
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    EXPORT OF DRY RUBBER
    23 7 FE er-tlmite-l tamati of dry rubber Tr fm M-Uaya, Brunei i_UMh> f_r U~t month is sbout *>6,8 M tons.
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    INQUIRY INTO DOUBLE MURDER
    218 7 Alleged Refusal Of Marriage Offer PURTHER evidence was recorded m the second court when the preliminary inquiry into a double murder alleged to have taken place m a quiet lorong on* Telok Kurau Road on the morning of Dec. 2, was resumed yesterday. At the previous
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    THE BLUE DIRECTORY
    73 7 THE Blue Directory of Malaya for 1941, printed and published by Lithographers Ltd., Singapore, is now on sale. There arc 310 additional pages of Information. Including several new features such as a complete index to the administrative section; a new index to the commercial section, arranged separately
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    YOUTH TO BE SENT TO THE REFORMATORY
    57 7 ONG Tiang Lee, a 14-year-old Chinese bey who was convicted m the second court last week of theft of a bicycle valued at $5 from the five-foot way of a hotel m Beach Road, was ordered yesterday to be sent to the Reformatory
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    Emergency Plan For Schools
    295 7 TEMPORARY CLOSING LIKELY SCHOOL children will be granted a holiday of unspecified duration should an emergency break out m Malaya. This will enable the authorities to study developments m the situaticn and formulate a policy on the next step to be taken. This is the gist
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    MR. MAX GEORGE LEONG
    53 7 MR. Patrick R. Leong, of Bras Basah Road, Singapore, writes to say that the John Lecng alias Max George Leong of a case m the Singapore third court reported m the Free Press of Feb. 28. has no connection with his father, who is also named
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    How Expert Tackles Our Social Evil Problem
    471 7 AN TDK.*, of bow she proceeded to tackle the social evil problem on arrival m Singapore at the invitation of the Government was given by Miss S. E. Nicoll-Jones m a talk to the Singapore Ro*ary Club yesterday. "1 began to look for
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    Theft Of Pipes From An R.A.F. Stores
    166 9 Theft Of Pipes From An R.A.F. Stores I AU KOi; appeared before Mr. L. C Li Goh. the third magistrate, yesterday and was convicted ot theft of a number of cast iron pipes from an RA F. stores on Jan. 24. Mahandar Singh, the storekeeper of the stores, givin', evidence
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    TO-DAY'S BROADCAST ON PASSIVE DEFENCE
    44 9 KAX C. H. da Silva will broadcast a talk from the Singapore station at 7 p.m. to-day on the Passive Defence Services. He will explain what these services do. and why local residents should do their utmost to a_slst.
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    Steady Flow Of Traffic Across Soviet Border
    1847 9 News From China TRAFFIC over the "Red 1 Route," from Soviet Rassia into China, is flowing freely, wrote recently a correspondent of the Ta Kung Pao (Chungking) after returning from a trip over the route to Urumchi, Sinkiang province and Aima Ata, across
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    FOOD PRODUCTION COMMITTEE FOR F.M.S.
    103 9 FOOD PRO DU CTION COMMITTEE FOR F.M.S. T A FOOD production committee nas been appointed for the FM S by Sir Shenton Thomas the nigh Commissioner. The terms of reference A the committee are: "To consider and make recommendations regarding the |>ossibility of increasing, under present conditions of war the
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    TRIED TO BOARD MOVING TROLLEY
    255 9 Inquest Into Death Of Chinese Worker PI TRYING to board a moving trolley bus m Victoria Street near the Junction of Sambawa Road, a 44-year-old Hokkien fell and his righi leg was run over by the rear wheel of the bus. This was the evidence
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    INDIAN GUNNER ON MURDER CHARGE
    86 9 IMUNSHI LAL, a 20-year-o.d corpora! ITI attached to an R A battery, appeared m the fifth police court ye day on a charge of mi rdering Sgt. Menbat Singh of the same battery Aftri the charge had been explained to accused the cas was adjourned
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    BENTONG I.A. & FIRST AID
    75 9 BENTONG I.A. FIRST AID THE B* ntc.r.g Indian Association :ded to hold first aid lectures m Tan.: l Hindustani at the -Association pr< miatt. Mr. G. Osrr.au Khan, Veterinary Inspector. Bentcng, is er.trust-rd with this work. The fir^t lecture MM held on Feb 26 when a gat-luring of about 10
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    N.S.ST.JOHN ASSOCIATION
    50 9 From Our Own Cor Seremban. Mau*. 4. rE third ar-r.:...! meeiinfi of the i_t 4mU*lancc Ass* ciat on, Nrfcn .s^r I Centre, will be held the N S. Club Mar. 13 at 7.15 p.m. The pr sld< nt al th-MM-totton. Tuan Shaikh Ab»~»d Mn SI Me.stapha vriil pr-^side.
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    RAUB GOLD OUTPUT
    35 9 MESSRS. Derrick <v: Co., local secretaries of the Raub Australian Gold Vining Co.. Ltd., advis that IA W ounces of fine gold w?re produced for ,the four weeks ended Mar. 1, !_4l.
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      369 9 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS rKNDERS r _________________ss——aa— ———■__> SINGAPORE ML MCII^AUTT j Tenders. ,4-r, are now Invited foe the matrnals or service* For *g2k"Ve Munirtpal Tenders 1 ..nrary Fittings. <DepoDate of Closing 4 pjn., and erplOs-uves for aedsin* and loading M .ndal Quarry for one mmenctec from May 1, sit $100). Date
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      237 9 BOARD RESIDENCE YORK LODGE t»4, LLOYD ROAD. SINGAPORE. SUPERIOR RESIDENTIAL ESTABLISHMENT. Well Furnished Rooms anil Exceptional Cuisine. Daily or Monthly. Pbooe 3303. SAKDRIiGHAy, 4, ROCHALIeIrIVeT Superior Guest house. one vacancy large room with verandah and bathrm^m attached m_3. Good Cul .lne. Phone 6757. SITUATION VACANT A number of capable fitters
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      81 9 POST OFFICE MAIL LIST Km oae. Java p**^"-!*-.-; ao« rty-mopJuirt Africa V. V 4 pm Australia %_r P-m. Burma P Ceylon P»• Egypt g 1p m Great Britain etc. HZ V* S U^ New Zealand 1 JU' Sarawak: (Sarikei and Stbu „f!? Iy) surface 2 D.m. •SSI-,.-:: surtice 0 it
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    At C. U. Ground
    49 10 pic'.ure. Ford Sports Club beat Wearnes by three goals to nil m a Business Houses 1 -ague game played at the Clerical I'nion ground on Tuesday. This picture shows Peters. Wearnes* right fullback, heading the ball away to repulse an attack by Fords. Free Press
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    CLIFTON LAD PAYS $158 AT KUALA LUMPUR
    2029 10 CLIFTON LAD PAYS $158 AT KUALA LUMPUR Second Day Of Selangor Gold Cup Meeting CODELLUS WINS AGAIN (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 5. A RIG upset by Clifton Lad. who paid $158 m the fourth race, and a more modest upset by Char, who paid $55 m the
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    New Chinese Team Held By Gunners
    481 10 New Chinese Team Held By Gunners EXCITING FIRST DIVISION SOCCER AT STADIUM A.A. (R.A.) 1; Chinese Athletic Assn 1. MAKING their debut m competitive soccer at Anson Road stadium yesterday, the newly-formed Chinese AtMetk Association had to fight very hard m order to avoid bein-r defeated by the An! i-
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    Y.M.C.A. WIN BY 3 WICKETS
    205 10 IN a game of cricket played on the V.V.C.A. ground yesterday, the V.M.C.A. beat the M.C.I). Regiment by three wickets. Batting first the Regiment scored 74 runs tor nine wieke.s and declared, ihe V.M.C.A. passed this total with seven wickets m hand, and, continuing to
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    TEAMS FOR WEEK-END CRICKET GAMES
    289 10 £RICKET teams for week-end y^ games ln Singapore are given below: Indian Association The following are Indian Association teams: Against the S.C.R.C. on the Association ground at 2 p.m. on Saturday Lall Singh (capt.), Wazir Singh tJhoor Singh, H. C Sandosham. M. J. Chandy, D.
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    KALLANG AIRMEN WIN
    29 10 IN a second division (b) league gam. played at the Geylang stadium yesterday, the R AF. (Kallang) beat Stamfrrd Sports Club by three goals to cne.
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    To-day s Sports Events
    58 10 Soccer: S.A.F A League; div. I, S R.C. vs. RA F stadium: second divis on ci), Publishers vs SH.B, V.M.C.A.; second division (bi, Rranji Airport vs Indian Assn Geylahg Stadum; Business Louses' League, N. A. A.F.I, vs. Uniteers, Clerical Union; Hongkong and Shanghai Bank vs. Oversea
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    Cold Storage Beat Bank 3-1
    198 10 C old Storage Bea t Bank 3-1 Cold Storage h r S rOKlNGthre, K \i. cesslon ,n se,o nd V t Singapore Cold stora th. Chartered Bank b, xhL one m a Business H,_se,* "i U U match played at the j( s M *> yesterday. The game opei age
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    G. E. C. & Harpers Draw Three-All
    133 10 G. E. C. Harpers Draw Three-All G.K.( Harper* P LAYING m lie 1 m half and m the second, the GF c m Harper Gilflllan m League match yesterday and Nr-ave grour.d three-all. At the interval, tbe G I one goal, scored throi. following a combined I r Ten minutes
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