The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 12 March 1941

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
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    20 1 LATE SINGAPORE EDITION The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 16.254. ESTD. 1835, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1941 5 CENTS
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    WHAT THAILAND GETSHIN INDO-CHINA
    346 1 Details Of Agreement Signed Yesterday BIG CONCESSIONS BY FRANCE IN LAOS AND CAMBODIA Tokio, Mar. 11 T,ir pfcrnprtmtiarfefl of France and Thailand this afternoon meptoi and initialled the terms of the jrftfN untmem presented by Japan, it is announced .sjM)tentiaries of the three countries also jjp«|
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    Japan Forced To Climb Down
    73 1 TllE agreement between Indo- China and Thailand represents considerable < oncessions by France but obscurity of the Japanese communique on certain points is probably designed to hide Japan's failure to uriug from France all she originally tried to dictate, writes O. M. Green, Reuter's Far
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    Matsuoka Expected To Leave To-day
    131 1 Reuter Tokio. Mar. 11. UR Yosuke Matsuoka. Japanese ITI poreig n MinLster, is expected to leave here to-morrow afternoon on his visit to Germany and Italy, travelling via Manchuli, Manchukuo, where he is due next Monday, and Siberia. An announcement by the Foreign Office states
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    Britain May Get 75 More U.S. Destroyers
    363 1 Washington, Mar. 11. IT is reported that President Roosevelt will announce the 1 transfer of 75 destroyers to Great Britain as soon as he signs the Lease and Lend Bill. The President yesterday asked Congress for an immediate additional appropriation of $300,000,000 for
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    New Thrust Into Abyssinia From Sudan
    284 1 New Thrust Into Abyssinia From Sudan Cairo, Mar. 11. OTILL another British thrust into Abyssinia from the Sudan is revealed in to-day's communique from British headquarters, which announces that Imperial forces have captured the Afodu escarpment in Abyssinia and are now advancing towards Asosa. The enemy abandoned four Runs and
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    30 1 London, Mar. If. yHE famous British musician. Sir Walford Da vies, who has been "Master of the King's Music" since 1934. died to-day, aged 71. He was formerly SOT Reuter
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    30,000 NAZI TROOPS STREAM TOWARDS GREECE & TURKEY —FRENCH REPORT
    263 1 30,000 NAZI TROOPS STREAM TOWARDS GREECE TURKEY —FRENCH REPORT London, Mar. 11. A CONSTANT stream of German mechanized troops are crossing Bulgaria, according to an Istanbul despatch 1 received by the Independent French agency. "The rallying centre appears to be the town of Plovdiv," the despatch adds. "Arrangements have been
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    36 1 Cairo, Mar. 11. A FEW bombs were dropped In the Suez Canal area in the course o£ a raid warning this morning, according to a Ministry for the Interior communique. No damage or casualties resulted.- Reuter
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    Big Convoy Sails From Gibraltar
    67 1 Vichy. Mar. 11. THE departure from Gibraltar of a large convoy under the cover of a thick smokescreen is reported by the Algeciras correspondent of the Havas agency. The message says: "An aircraftcarrier, a battleship* a cruiser and five destroyers have left port. 'Shortly afterwards
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    Cologne Heavily Bombed
    112 1 London, Mar. It T^HE industrial centre of Cologne wa* raided by the RJl.f. last night In good weather which made results easy to observe, according to the Air Miniitry. Bombs were seen to burst on the approaches to the Hohenzollern bridge, where large fires were started. Many
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    Destroyer Shoots Raider To Bits
    67 1 London Mar. 11. 4 N Admiralty communique states: "A nlftal bomber ha.-, been engaged and destroyed by one of H M ships. Direct hits were madfl on a German aircraft, a Junkers 68. by KM. destroyer Holderness. "The bomber was blown to pieces in thA
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      66 1 RESISTING WASHABLE fgOTAI LINENS .parable SHADES I (Advice to Matsuoka— Page THREE) RAFFLES HOTEL TO-NIGHT DINNER~&~ DANCE nformal) 8 p.m. to midnight ABARKI TUP ICTAD nilfl ACROBATIC ion THE ASTOn Dull dancers s;.00. Non-Diners $1.00 !!jNDAY EVEnTnG »N THE PALM COURT MOST POPULAR SOCIAL RENDEZVOUS •'^LITARV BAND CONCERT -8.30 to
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      66 1 MIR— O— KLEFR KAYSER HOSIERY FOR ALL SMART OCCASIONS SEAVIEW HOTEL FRIDAY 6c SATURDAY 1 ROMANTIC NIGHTS DINNER SERVLD ON THE MOONLIT LAWN DANCING IN THE BALL-ROOM MUSIC BY HELLERS BAND DINNER $S.— NO AFTER DINNER ADMISSION CHARGE SATURDAY EXTENSION TO 1 A.M. THE ROTARY CLUB W& OF SIN6APORE MEETS
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    44,000 MILES ROUND THE WORLD ON BICYCLES
    527 2 Indians Suspected As British Spies In Turkey And Japan THREE Indian round-the-world cyclists who were suspected of being British spies in Turkey, and who were trailed by Japanese secret police in Japan, arrived in Singapore yesterday in the course of their tour which
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    BIG VEGETABLE SHOW TO BE HELD IN JUNE
    79 2 THE eilect of the Grow More Food" 1 campaign launched by the Government in Singapore, will be seen in one of the biggest vegetable shows to be held at the Pclice depot, at ThomI m Road, about the first week of June
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    THE SINGAPORE C.-OF-C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION
    117 2 Latest Cable: London Spot Sheet 13 %d per lb. New York Spot Sheet U.S. cts. 21 Vi per lb. DAILY PRICES CURRENT Mar. 11, 12 o'clock noon TV r, B«y«« Seller* No. IX R.S.S. Spot looee 37 3g No. IX R.S.S. F.0.8. in cases March
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    28 2 A demonstration of incendiary bombs and ftre-nshting will be given by the A.R.P. Department at the R-amakrLshna Mission recreation ground, Hindoo Road, at 5 p m. on Saturday.
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      384 2 POST OFFICE MAIL LIST tfcUs ciose %t tbe Gcnend Port Office as Mails from Java and Sumatra (air) genTollow: era.l delivery 3.30 p.m. to-day. T O o Mails from Sumatra (air) general delivery J* v air 10.30 a.m. 1.40 p.m. to-morrow. Mecian air 11 a.m. Palembang 10 .30 a .m.
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      192 2 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HAVE I)A\< n r.U if) l FAMOUS MELODY NOW IT BEGOHb THEME FOR A ROLLICKINi; COMEDY! AL TO -PAY at the CAPJtoII 3.15 6.15 9.15^ foe ft Tatif/e of BBBn Wm I musl Caiulu Mt&i. MM i A A £^^MXJ 't Dennis Constance B^mrJ^B^^ i <i Laura
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    CANTEEN FACILITIES FOR EVACUEES IN SINGAPORE
    324 3 CANTEEN FACILITIES FOR EVACUEES IN SINGAPORE Government Making All Arrangements beiil dISJS G T rnment and a memorandum is Advfsorv r«r^Lf* nd ub tt < ?d to the Passive Defence l£u??c ol TK V* j y \l he head of th Salvation Army, tiSirt the Free Press reliab! > lea
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    A.R.P. Umpire
    31 3 Mr. C. G. Hoioell, one of the Passive Defence umpires, watching a fireman at work yesterday at the Kallang Gas-works where incendiary and high explosive bombs had "fallen: 1
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    Germany Short Of Rubber & Tin
    312 3 Germany Short Of Rubber Tin R AF. HAVO€ ON B yNA FACTORIES London. porta show that GerL :n a precarious posi(l rd to her supplies of :n-platcs. re the facts regarding r position base*} on available in war yean about I^O.XX) n ail foi-ns were availuon in Greater Gerof about
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    "CRISIS IN THE PACIFIC AT THE ALHAMBRA
    41 3 Q mod topical films to be pore, is March of In the Pacific,' shown -a last night. n in the programme is, K O. Radio's "Too Many il worth £eeing for its ensembles and
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    WAR SAVINGS REACH NEARLY $4,000,000
    24 3 S War Savings Certificates in mounted to $371 820 durd from Feb. 24 to Mar. he total to $3,962,580
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    JAPAN'S CLAIM FOR "RIGHTFUL PLACE"
    187 3 Penang Interview With Minister To Iraq Prom Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Mar. 11. JAPAN wan i-s to be friendly, not only with Great Britain, but also with ail other nations,*' Mr. Shinro Miyazaki, the Japanese Minister to Iraq, told the Straits Times representative at an
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    CHARGED WITH GIVING FALSE INFORMATION
    102 3 ELIAS Da vies, an Indian, claimed trial in the Singapore fifth court yesterday to a charge of giving false information to a public servant. It was alleged that Da vies told a public servant on Feb 21. that a satchel containing valuable papers and a
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    WOMEN CHARGED WITH ROBBING OF JEWELS
    24 3 CHIAWG HOE a 45-year-oH Cantonese woman, appeared before Mr Conrad Oldham, the seeend magisexplained to her. lAm ed
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    MUSLIM PILGRIMS RETURN TO INDIA
    11 3 New IKlhi, Mar. iu. A-S2SI gPS^B
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    Indian Political Conference
    223 3 PRESENT CRISIS TO BE DISCUSSED New Delhi, Mar. 10. IT is announced that more than 25 leaders have agreed to attend the Indian political conference convened by Sir Jagadish Prasad, a former member of the Viceroy's Executive Council, at Bombay on Thursday. The conference will deal with
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    CHARGED WITH ATTEMPT TO MURDER WOMAN
    64 3 A CANTONESE, Lei Woh Heng, was charged before Mr. L. C. Goh. the third magistrate yesterday, with attempting to murder a Cantonese woman named Chan Ah Chee, with a parang in a house in New Market Road at 1 a.m. yesterday. Lei was remanded
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    IMITATION OF BARLEY TINS
    191 3 Merchant Fined In District Court PINES totalling $60 were imposed on Ng Swee Chong, proprietor of Ban Hoe Fatt Co., in the Singapore Criminal district court yesterday, when he was ccnvicted on two summonses of having applied a false trade description to certain goods and having
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    MORE REGULATED FOODS
    41 3 MORE items have been added to the list cf regulated foods. They are fresh, frozen or salted beef nnd veal, larnb and mutton and pork (including offals and sundries), sausage* and meat in tins, jars or other containers.
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    Singapore Firefighters In Action
    21 3 An action shot of Singapore firefighiers doling an incendiary bomb "raid on the city during the blackout.
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    Another Death In Yesterday's Fire Engine-Van Collision
    249 3 Another Death In Yesterday's Fire Engine- Van Collision ANOTHER death has occurred in the collision between a flre engine and an R.A.F. van at the inter-sec-tion of Victoria Street and Stamford Road shortly before 10 a.m. yesterday. The fire engine irom the regular service was answering a mock call from
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      66 3 for energy for fitness for healthy teeth good digestion vut Foods for dogs the correct proportion of wd cooked and easily The absence of supcrturc induces thorough m, keeps teeth and gums :m in fact SPRATT'S stuff to qive 'emj ~nAt. Enquiries to E. S. BEST. O Bex 291, Bombay.
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      383 3 SERVICE TAILORING f Mmß^k Our Hn^hsh cuttt*r i*; \\«Tl vk^j acquainted with all items of £y&2 service tailoring and we can guarantee satisfactory H' '^'-'^'^^Klk completion of any uniform tailoring undertaken. Wt lin\e j' JPfW W uH details of Naval Military ftnd AJr Force r^uirrnunts and our best services are
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      392 4 P. O. and BRITISH INDIA LINES (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) P A O. S. N. CO'S SAILINGS. The best possible services are being maintained by The P. O. S. N. Coy. from the Straits to their usual ports of call in China, India, Ceylon and the United Kingdom. Passengers are requested
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      312 4 BURNS PHILP LINE (Incorporated In Australia) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. MoottilT sailisgs by «A MARELLA (7.375 tons) m.v. MKRKCS (MM *•"•>. "^fc mmtiM are fitted wltli Ca4bi«-de-lwe stes^ Mtf dovMe ht**h cabirvs, swlmminff baths. J laroriom p«biu rooms. I Single Retarn. I Ist.
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      408 4 MANSFIELD CO., LTD BLUE FUNNEL LINt Frequent Sailings to Unite i Kingdom. t>at©fe guaranteed, cargo bookings sublect to CaJ War aauses. WESTERN AUSTRAL| A THE SHORTEST SEA ROUTE AT TH£ CHEAPEST fa Regular Services to Fremantle (Perth by first class passenger ships Single fare $192 (A £28 Frequent connection by
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    YUGOSLAV PACT WITH GERMANS POSTPONED
    308 5 jjk Of Resistance Said To Have Forced Belgrade To Check Her Hand New York, Mar. 11. aping 01 me German- Yugoslav pact of friendship has UT lu t;ird *>- according tc sources in with the Yvmhl Government. riK.rted that the pact mipht be signed to-chv
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    Last Night's A.R.P. Exercises "Satisfactory"
    78 5 REPORT TO BE MADE TO-DAY was fee com- RP. heaclquarbiaekool fxer- -.hroughout I boroofhnesa U a report on the Mil to-dav b> the wmwtrts dut\ -\id alarms yesI ax &A\ pjn.. rr.iaiiy. the longest. Biackout eondia ted unJl 6 a.m. t.iu iiia on tskm UK?
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    Baronet On Murder Charge
    92 5 Nairobi Mar. 11 MAJOR Sir Delves Brougliton. 53--ycar-o'.d haronet. was to-day formally charged with the murder of Lord Erroll. 39-year-old peer, who was found dead in a ear towards the cud o! January. No evidence was called and tfee rase was adjourned to Mar. 19. \YYxv
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    3 Raiders Destroyed Over Britain
    63 5 London. Mar. 11. fthe Portsmouth area uas the main 1 objective of German raiders last nisht It is now officially stated tna. thre^Nazi plarics which raided Bntam were destroyed, possibly five. The raiders passed over one south coast town, which had its second hetty iSd
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    "Go To London & Learn" Advice To Matsuoka
    253 5 "Go To London Learn" Advice To Matsuoka Shanghai. Mar. 11. COMMENTING on reports that Mr. Matsuoka, Japanese Foreign Minister, is to visit Berlin and Rome, the onry local /American newspaper, the Shanghai Evening »*o«t su?gusu in an editorial that the Japanes? Foreign Minister change his itinerary and go by steamer
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    Shipping Losses Are Higher
    185 5 SUCCESSFUL BRITISH COUNTER-MEASURES London, Mar. 11. P V^ERCANTILE shipping losses due to enemy action for the week ended midnight on Mar 2 tvere the third highest since the beginning of the war. Thev amounted to 29 ships, totalling 148.0?8 tons, made up as follows: 20 British
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    ALGERIA GOVERNOR HAS LONG TALK WITH DARLAN
    51 5 Ixuidon. Mar. 11. ADM. ABRIAL, Governor-General of Algeria, who arrived in Vichy yesterday had a Ions; conversation witri Adm. Darlan. Vichy Foreign Minister, reports the German controlled Paris radio. Gen. Weygand, Vichy delegategeneral to North Africa, has arrived back in Algeria from Vichy.-
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    DEATH OF ARCHBISHOP OF COLOGNE
    75 5 London, Mar. 11. CARDINAL Karl Josef Scimlte, Archbishop of Cologne, died \sjst night, arred 69, cays the Swirs 'Wdio The Cardinal Tvho was well known to troops of the British army over the Rhine after the great war, was associated with the German hierarchy in
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    Darlan Reminded Of Time When He Praised British Blockade
    339 5 London. Mar. 11. when France j our side none Tiple of blockade than Adm. D by the Daily Mail; editorial on Adrr. emeai that French DOrt cargo shipLddi that U it hap- > ccmplicat nia.tMedtterranean and other I MttUl fea Qecide
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    What Canada's War Effort Aims At This Year
    300 5 What Canada 's War Effort Aims At This Year London. Mar. 11. jHE Dominions Office announces that the following Canadian forces will proceed overseas this year: The thlrtl Canadian divisions now training m Canada with a complement of a corps of troops, balance of a corps of troops of the
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    SECOND AMERICAN-BORN WOMAN FOR COMMONS
    82 5 London. Mar. 11. a SECOND American-born woman ha-s hi elected to the House of Common. 1 The new member is Mrs. Beatrice Rathbone, -who has be n returned unopi>;-6ed 10 M>t for the Bodmin Division, of Cornwall, in succession to her husband. Flight- Lieut Rathboae.
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    "British Nerves Wonderful"
    128 5 New York. Mar 11. BRITISH nerres are wonderfal." said Dr. Thomas Pamn. Sur q con -General of t*ie I mted Stale:; public heal h terrire, wl»t> has iast arrived back in Ne-w York after a visit to England. Dr. Parran declared that standards of British health and
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE DEATH
    63 5 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE DEATH Mrs Ong Stow Stan «nee Ctua Siew Lay* age «Wi paaaed reacelultv at General Hospital on Mar 11, i*H! at 8.35 p.m. Shr leaves behind h< r be- < loved husband, a «or». Ong Chooii Bee, and a daughter to mourn thei^ I Fanetal on Mar 12.
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    Japanese Minister To Australia Says 'No Need To Quarrel"
    45 5 Brisbane. Mar. 1 1 JAP/VNo br&i Minister to AuUra Mr. TaUuo Rmmi, unwed in Brisbane to-day. Th' ed Jr.p-j; quarrel he s^id on they understood each others proIch. phically ;«nd i rolateri allv. it go Reuter
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    NORWEGIAN SHIP SHOOTS DOWN NAZI BOMBER
    97 5 London. Mar. 11 WHEN Norwegian merchant was atiacfcea wxtii machine-tains and botrhs tiy a tv.ir.-cnjincd German airrraft prompt and effective rcpiv va.s made froro th* defensive annament of the ship. The aircrzJi fieu- an aixxut 200 yarcLs und then dived steeply, exploding and bursting
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      183 5 BICKIEPEGS in ...3cu;t bone. .ng oabtes They are so designed that th?» actior< o( fRSVtac, moulds the *o!t ttnf jaws into a boauMful shape and makes ampic room for perfectly e*en teeth. AH babies kw them and the: nutrtUooa Bette at 4 month* Medical Hall Ltd. 3. Battery Road i
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    The Singapore Free Press and Daily News WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1941. After The Exercise
    823 6 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1941. After The Exercise IT is too early to know all the 1 lessons which have been learned from the past week's defence exercises, but certain facts concerning the reaction of the civil population to the test are already apparent. One of the
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    Will Drive Out The Nazis As Well
    41 6 Will Drive Out The Nazis As Well rrnL 1 itr:, said Admiral Sir mander-in-Chlef fleet in an in pondent of the A Asked if ho v would rcxr.;i!n D oamin "Sure like the end: "a pood mar.' ranttnne n nail Bruti
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    14 6 rl appeared ban lasting only suit of a Gcrnmn rle? in the iournai Reuter
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    Conversation In Refugee Restaurant In London
    656 6  -  W. L. White By London, Feb. 3. TN the Hampstead district of London there is a small and very cheap restaurant which advertises Viennese cooking and which is run by refugees who make a bare living at it. Most of its customers are other
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    3 6 AN EGYPTIAN FREEZE
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    French Organizations Which Still Survive In London
    497 6  -  Rose Patterson By WHEN the story of the survival of the many timehonoured cultural organisations of France comes to be written, it will tell of many splendid institutions, apparently crushed to death beneath the Nazi heel, and how they sprang up again like
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    P.W.D. Sub-Overseer On Extortion Charge
    135 7 n S. Fernando, a 23-year-old subcverseer in the Public Works [department, Singapore, claimed trial n the third court yesterday to three cnargea of extortion and aUemate rharges of accepting illegal gratifications from one C. N. Leembrugen in •onnection with the buildins of the ftaig Road
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    Women's Part In Medical Auxiliary Service Work
    1488 7  -  Mary Heathcott By A P TER the concentrated black-out exercise of the last few days, the authorities have had proved to them the infallibility or not of their various ideas in the way of the A.R.P. and Medical Services. It will be interesting
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    ALLEGED INTERFERENCE WITH A.R.P. WARDEN
    56 7 CHARGED with interfering with a member of the A.R.P. force, namely Seah Yong Chew, in the execution of his duties, at Telok Ayer Street on Monday night. Ltm Kok Tee claimed trial in the Singapore third court yesterday. The case was postponed to Apr. 21
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    Big Expansion Of Indian Ordnance Factories
    674 7 Rs. 70,000,000 SCHEME New Delhi y*HE Government of India's Rs. 70,000,000 scheme for the expansion of ordnance factories is well under way. The completion of this great undertaking will see India in a position to produce field-guns of the most modern type, maintain the
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    RAPE OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA
    220 7 Last Night's Broadcast From Singapore r pHE rape of Czecho-Slovakia l> the Nazis and the untold torturp vbidl thousands of students, young girl.; and their parents underwent in October 1939. were recalled in vivid detail by a Czech citizen of Singapore in a broadcast talk from the
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      340 7 PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE. As rrora Mar. 1. 194:. our office has «n removed from Nunes Building, Malacca Street, to 2 IS, Orchard Road, Singapore. Phono 42?4. L. M. BANERJI CO. PETROL RATIONING. TOHORF. There seems to be an impression in Johore that no additional allowances will be granted, and the
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    A REMARKABLE RECORD
    912 8 Depot's Achievements In Malayan Racing ONLY ONCE UNPLACED IN 12 OUTINGS HE POT proved herself the best horse Malaya has seen for a long time when she outclassed her opponents with effortless ease in the Selan?or Turf Club's Gold Cup race last Saturday, the final day of
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    S.C.C. Cricket Teams For The Week-End
    582 8 THE xoilowiug are Singapore Cricket; 1 Club\i teams ior w?efc-cnd cricket, matches Against the Signals at Alexandra at Z p.m. on Saturday J. T. Rea <capt.), Major B K. Castor, L. G. Robertson. B. H. Lee, H. F. j Foulds, G. K. Stein, S.
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    Y.M.C.A. CRICKET
    76 8 •THE following have been selected to 1 play cricket for the Y.M.C.A. against the Malay Regiment on the Anson Road ground at 2 pm. on Saturday J. P. Chry^ostonr. V. N. Pillay, K. Goldsmith. A. P. Rajah, A Dunne Dr V. Xavier. G W S. Waites, Kwik Sam
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    MARCH MEDAL GOLF AT KEPPEL CLUB
    82 8 TWENTY cards were taken uuc for the Keppel Gol. Club's March Medal <3tapleford>. and the following were the stores returned: F. W. Dunhil 30-f-10y-»=40 1 2 R N EUijt 24 I 13»". 37 T A Boucher 22 if- 33 G C >ckburn 18 1
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    CHAMPION ATHLETES FAIL TO MAKE TOP GRADE
    238 8 /"•ORDON Richards, leading Briush jockey, is the laweit in a long list of Al sportsmen graded C3 for military purposes, writes a London correspondent of -Sunday Sun < Sydney > Darby Munro and Jimmy Duncan are the only Australians who are In Richards'
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    Customs' Football Eleven
    22 8 picture. l*e Customs' fKtb.ll .team which made good star, Mn gj"-*^. £> I* l^^^- K? l^ to nil.- Free Press
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    GAME ABANDONED
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