The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 26 May 1941

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    At The Cinemas
    578 2 "NOBODY'S CHILDREN" AT PAVILION A SPLENDID tribute to the work of the A Children's Aid Society, "Nobody's Children," a film which opened at the Pavilion yesterday. It a fine piece of work both technically and from the entertainment point of view. It tells the stories of the
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    LARGE ORDERS PLACED FOR EASTERN GROUP
    85 2 Simla, May 25. MANY large orders for cii sir^craii;5 ir^craii; tioscs 1 of all descriptions have been received by the supply department for Eastern Group countries and India. Among other order? rtceived m the last fortnight are these for textiles for Singapore. South Africa
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    TURKEY SEEKING VOTE OF £83,000,000
    80 2 TURKEY SEEKING VOTE OF £83,000,000 AnUi.l. May C 5. THE Government is asking the Assembly to vote a suoplemcmarv r. cf T »:i v h £33,000,000 "for very important needs ol Mate." Presumably ilib main part cf the 1 >^n vould be absorbed by national defence. It is understood that
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    BOMBS DROPPED ON SUEZ CANAL AREA
    47 2 Cairo, May 25. A FEW bombs were dropped without causing any casualties or damage m the course of an air raid on the Suez Canal area on Friday night, states a commurJque issued by the Egyptian Ministry of the Interior.- Reuter
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      184 2 LITTLE BILLY LEE CONVULSED THEM WITH LAUGRTES AT YESTERDAY'S OPENING o T BII■ i 1 L SEASON MUST END Ti)U\\ (BECAUSE OF PREMIERE TO-MORRi SEE IT AT THE PAVILION TO-DAY 3.15 6.15 9.15 LAST DAY l^*to»£££\m OVERSHADOWS^ wfr V EVERY BIG PRODUCTION V^ FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS A PICTURE
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    SEVERL SETBACK FOR PANZER UNITS IN LIBYA.
    345 3 Germans Suffer Heaviest Tank Defeat Yet In Western Desert London, May 25. m kno»n that German Panzer units near Sollum r l sustained a severe setback m the past few days. ha n ago** message from the western desert »veais that li German
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    Roosevelt Speaks To-morrow
    305 3 Roosevelt Speaks To-morrow Washington, May 25. president Roosevelt prepares nend \*>st of the week-end **Jfip L rtreside chat, there vmand m *>me sections of m the Press for reC glf> the Neutrality Act which ni high sear and indicates y Tsh to hear when the :ne air on Tuespinion m
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    Thai Order Against Aliens
    95 3 Bangkok, May 20. A THAI Government Gazette Extraordinary publishes a royal emergency decree authorizing the Government to forbid aliens to stay In any part of the country as deemed expedient at any time with a view to 'safeguard the peace, discipline ?nd solidarity" of the kingdom.
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    TURKEY REFUSES FOOD PARCELS FOR GERMANY
    29 3 Ankara, May 25. ff HE Turkish post office is refusing to accept parcels containing foodstuffs destined for Germany and any occupied country Reuter
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    Tokio Journal Warns U.S.
    104 3 Tokio, May 25. '> »l a member of the WS* P a<^ ™as reaffirmed by ,Xokiimm Shimbun. reputed to Hftti! Japanese army organ, m an 1 yesterday which said that In went or the United States enters'* war -it is clear as daylight that »n would
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    Nazi Timetable Is Upset
    101 3 p fc Washington. May 25. L***fc£l UUveiy stated vtukt Uniied s^^BL clrcles have learned k R Ja C m^^* 1 m tWO days and «r>ya] Navy from the Mediter'two months. *■*»!> Sl?r- able has been upset by i 57£ t lush re^tanoe. The with--4 iw f""
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    23 3 w W^^on, May 25. Muuster, M. ConstanUn tij-'a sSirr^ not* to Mr. Corden f State asking him J f?r^f st »«»inst the establish-
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    Chinese Forces Score Fresh Successes
    269 3 Chinese Forces Score Fresh Successes Chungking, May SSL STABILIZATION of the military situation In Shansl province and successes m Kwangtung and Chekiang provinces are claimed m Chinese dispatches reaching here. In eastern Kwangtung the recapture of Poklo by the Chinese is said to be imminent, while the Chinese are reported
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    JAPANESE GENDARME SHOT DEAD
    62 3 Shanghai, May 25. A JAPANESE gendarme dressed m civilian clothes was shot dead by a lone Chinese gunmen m the Japan-ese-controlled Chinese district of Nantao. which is contiguous with the French Concession, yesterday morning. The gunman escaped but three Chinese suspects were arrested after a search.
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    NEW U.S. AMBASSADOR TO CHINA
    34 3 1 Chungking, May 25. rpHE new United States Ambassador, Mr. Clarence Gauss, Is scheduled to present his credentials to-morrow to Mr. Lin Sen, chairman of the National Government. Reuter
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    Capt. Roosevelt Sees Fighting In Iraq
    58 3 Capt. Roosevelt Sees Fighting In Iraq Cairo, May 24. *TOE son of the American Fresi- dent, Captain James Roosevelt, returning from Iraq to Palestine* to-day told the United Press: "We spent It ho«rs m Iraq where we were machine-gunned and bombed. Bat we came out all riffht Thtafs m Iraq
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    News Of Naval Action Off Coast Of Greenland Awaited
    657 3 News Of Na val Action Off Coast Of Greenland Awaited Washington, May 25. AMERICANS are anxiously awaiting further news of the naval action off the coast of Greenland, m which H.M.S. Hood was lost, reports Reuter. The Press stresses that the German battleship Bismarck is operating at least 40 hours
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    Hawaii Defence Officials Study Crete Battle
    125 3 Honolulu, May 25. I TNITED States Army officials m the Hawaiian Department are closely following the progress of the German invasion attempt m Crete because there is some similarity between the defence of Crete and that of Hawaii, it is understood here. The Hawaiian
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    A.I.F. Finds "Jerry" Of Low Calibre
    577 3 "GERMAN OUT OF TANK NO BETTER THAN CHA UFFEUR MOW that there has been time to compare notes on the Greek campaign, one of the most striking facts to emerge is the surprisingly low calibre of the German infantryman, writes Guy Harriott, war correspondent
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    Young Turk Lynched At Baghdad
    45 3 Ankara, May 25. A YOUNG Turk employed by Wa»onlits was recently lynched at Baghdad by a crowd who accused him of signalling British air°raft. The Turkish Government is taking up the matter and has asked Baghdad for an explanation. Reuter
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    TWO ZAMZAM PASSENGERS WOUNDED
    34 3 TWO ZAMZAM PASSENGERS WOUNDED Washington, May 24. THE State Department says that advice has been received that two American citizens were wounded when the Egyptian steamer Zamzam was shelled by Germaii raiders.— United Press
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    26 3 London. May 25. A LONE raider dropped high explosive bembs on a south-west England town this morning. Several persons were trapped by the explosions. United Press
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    American Cargo On Italian Ship Seized By Japanese
    138 3 American Cargo On Italian Ship Seized By Japanese Shanghai, May 25. A FTER being detained by tt»e Japanese at Tinghai, m the Chu^an islands m the Yangtze delta, for over five months, the Italian steamer Amalia returned to Shanghai yesterday but with her entire cargo missing, including goods belonging to
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    ENEMY AIR ACTIVITY OVER BRITAIN
    74 3 London, May 25. £NtMY air activity over Britain last niglit was very slight. According to an Air Ministry communique, a few bombs were dropped before dark near the coast of east Anglla which did ome damage and injured a small number of people. After dark
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    BUCHAREST REGISTERS FOUR EARTHQUAKES
    34 3 London. Ma\ 2.1. COUR earthquakes were registered last night by the Bucharest Observatory, announced the Bucharest r?dio. The crnt-* of the earthquake was situated approximate 900 kilometres liom Bucharest.- Reuter
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      202 3 RED PALM OIL contains considerable quantities of Vitamin A. may used as a cooking oil or as a medicine. Prevents Influenza. Coughs and Colds. Product of Malaya per SO cents, bottle. MEDICAL HALL LTD. 3. BATTERY ROAO. -O A npTX A Funnier! Madder! Wilder! V-z/TL A XXrV X Wackier! Screwierl...than
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    The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, MAY 26, 1941. The Battle Of Crete
    692 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, MAY 26, 1941. The Battle Of Crete IN Crete during the past week, the world has been given a vivid picture of the "battle of the future." German air power is being matched against British land and sea power m a desperate bid to conquer
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    How Russia Strives To Raise Her Living Standard
    677 4  - How Russia Strives To Raise Her Living Standard Walter Duranty By COME people think or say— the Russians are sly and devilish that they want the war to go on until Europe is broken and then the U.S.S.R. will pick up the pieces and mould Europe anew according to Marxist
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    France's Fleet And Merchant Navy
    353 4 /COMMENTING on the seizure by v Germany of 53 French merchant ships, Pierre Lazareff and Waverly Root write m the New York Daily Mirror The British have about 300 FYencn merchant ships. Some were m British ports at the time of the armistice. Others fled
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    MILITARY TRAINIG IN NETHERLANDS INDIES
    31 4 year m til* WTny *nd a >«J If neceswiry, drait*« may b. to do service overset Native recruit* will Of pay 9* tbe Europr*ia mllltu. Reuter
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    COMMUNAL TENSION IN BOMBAY CONTINUES
    26 4 COMMUNAL tendoa to I ™™^w, t stray cm- of *%f£* £T"£ curring yesterday- Tn *J**.~ Jl The total casques n<* Reuter
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      367 4 "Doiit i|ou just love ROSES?" MMSfl^l \fes r but best m |§i|j a GIMLET! ftinM CALDBECKS PASSENGER FREIGHT SERVICE SINGAPORE TO NEW YORK AND BOSTON VIA PENANG, COLOMBO, BOMBAY AND CAPE OF GOOD HOPE Ai r rve B*Dore BftU S'oor* Arrtre N.f «x PRESIDENT GARFIXLE May 34 May 23 July
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      89 4 You Can Cure PILES «nr*fefa«'s d !?«!!?7 potWi^ induces and Utah piles. •Dr. Vm Vfeok'a Abaorptive PiU pi^n^ fa eompleto cure for tht wont piU*. Tbm fim •pplic*tion ttopt won t^f im^inMUnUj. AhJmingio,, «f blood fa ftmated. Inflammation mm fim down. Tim mwotito pile* «urej v mow lm MdleM antfl
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    Children's Concert Aids Wool Fund
    1792 5  - Children's Concert Aids Wool Fund MARY HEATHCOTT Free Press Feature By I[E\RLV a hundred children N attended the concert party .rranfred by Mrs. H. B. Winter Friday afternoon. Result n $120* for the Wool Fund Lf materials to make comforts 'and clothes for child air -aid victims at Home. audience
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    Up-Country Chatter
    984 5  -  CLIO BY MRS. Kidd, wife of the British Resident of has received the following letter from Lady Thomas, "I must congratulate you on the lovely boxes of things. They really were mrst beautifully made and the repacking was all done m no time as everything was done up
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    Eastern Group's Huge Order For Clothing
    137 5 Eastern Group 's Huge Order For Clothing CIVILIANS m Australia may have to go short of certain types of clothing next year. Shortage of clothing and textiles for local consumption may result from the huge order received by the Commonwealth through the Eastern Group Supply Council at Delhi. About 60,000.000
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    Empire Trained Pilots Now Flying "Fastest Planes In Night Skies"
    398 6 Empire Tra ined Pilots Now Flying "Fastest Planes In Night Skies" CEVERAL young Australian pilots, who graduated recently from Canadian training cc ntres, have been posted to British night-fighter squadrons to fly the new Bristol Beaus, the fastest planes m the night skies. "The Beaus are simply glorious;' Sergt.-Pilot John
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    Britain's First Woman "Conchie"
    137 6 Britain 's First Woman "Conchie" rVAPHNE Kiek t 21, is the first U woman conscientious objector among the 300,006 women called up m Britain for industrial service April 20. She says she refuses to be part of the war-machine." She told the Daily Express that she would hep injured people
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    NEW QUICK-FIRING ANTIAIRCRAFT GUN
    97 6 •THE Swedish Befors arms factory has brought out a new design for a quick-firing anti-aircraft gun, says a Stockholm dispatch to the Italian official news agency, according to Reuter. The new gun has two 40mm barrels a. 5 inch), nring shells weighing one kilogramme (2 21b.),
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    What Bombers Consume On Long Flights
    395 6 What Bombers Consume On Long Flights ONG DISTANCE Continental journeys m the dark, an anxious search for targets, and the strain of being: shot at for half an hour or more over Berlin or Kiel. Try and imagine it for yourself, says Bruce Harris, writing from London to the Sydney
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    War Secretary Visits Sandhurst
    33 6 Capt. David Margesson, Secretary of State for War, recently paid a visit to Sandhurst. Picture shows Capt. Margesson interested m a field wireless post where cadets are undergoing training.
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    If U.S. Entered War Japan "May Find It Convenient" To Say Axis Is Aggressor
    272 6 THE Japanese Government is resisting increasingly persist1. ent demands by Germany that Japan shall begin to coordinate policies m the Far East with the other Axis partners, according to the Tokio correspondent of the New York
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    Tokio Doubts About Nazi Sincerity
    196 6 FOLLOWING on the prominence recently given to an interview with Genera] Honda, Japanese Ambassador to Nanking, reflecting a sentiment m favour of speedy settlement of the Chinese conflict, doubts are now being expressed as to how far Japan can rely on the words of the
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    Wellington Bomber Flying Low Over Libyan Desert
    39 6 Massive Wellington bombers which have played a prominent part m the desert campaign against the Italians continue to do excellent service m harassing the enemy by bombing his concentrations m the desert.
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    CIRCUS LION MAULS CONSTABLE
    160 6 CONSTABLE Leslie Ferrier was badly mauled by two lions at Sole Bros. Circus at Lismore recently, and an X-ray examination revealed that his left arm and two fingers were badly fractured. It was stated by the circus attendant that the protection boards m front of the
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    EXPLOSIVES AT TAMPICO RIVER MOUTH
    93 6 London, May 24. JJAVAL authorities at the Mexican oil port of Tampico have discovered 80 cases containing explosives, apparently of European manufacture, at vital points at the mouth of the river Panuca on which Tampico is situated, says a Mexico despatch to the Independent French
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    Shortage Of Doctors Seen If Australia Mobilized
    366 6 TF Australia mobilized only about 2,280 doctors would be left to provide for a civil population of 7,000,000 a proportion of 1 to 3,100, says the Sydney Morning Herald. These figures were given to medical students at the University of Sydney recently by
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    Sydney Women Anxious To Make Arms
    146 6 MORE than 2,000 women eager to help the war effort by working m munition factories are registered with the Women's Munitions Employment Office m Sydney. Most of these women are already employed m shops, factories, and schools, but they want to perform duties which
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    New South Wales Yard Completes Another Australian Warship
    284 6 CHIPYARD workers cheered another ship for the ft •3 Australian Navy as it was launched at a New c! 5 1 Wales yard recently, to swell the fast-growing r luthI uth Fleet. No sooner had the new ship taken the water than
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    Novel Composite Signature Test In Sydney Case
    267 6 Novel Composite Signature Test In Sydney Case "built-up" signature w ?7 dered by the Crown in a cri ten trial at the recent Quarter m Sydney. The composite signature wax "i* mas Leafe," composed by th? rVI of individual letters Horn the h^? writing cf Frederick WaSer KeSS" one of
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    DETROIT'S ARMY OF FIFTH COLUMNISTS LISTED
    83 6 DETROIT has 10.000 potential filth columnists. They hue all been placed under surveillance. The I growing. These facts were cis losed recall* by the city's -police commissioner. Mr Oscar G. Olauder, who aid that thj record* of these people had iw. not* within five
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    GERMAN SEAMEN IN NEW YORK
    72 6 ABOTTT 150 German seamen *h have been marooned m New since the beginning n the war w recently rounded up irom wn» saloons, and rostaunnus. and rer to Ellis Island immigration a^P Ol It is stated that ihe Oormars. are charged with over-staying u» leave,
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      79 6 You wiO go a long way befbff Wk\ I finding a more emcient shaving U^^J outfit than the Gillette No. 25 set even at a higher pnee mm II ff fJ k 1 1 1 ki It contains a modern GiUette |H|H^bHHHHI|A^H razor and a fam< us Blue Gillette blade,
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    CHAIN OF MILITARY AERODROMES FROM CHINA BORDER TO BORNEO
    1778 7 New Air Force Chief In Far East On His Command's Strength *JN the last year or so we have completed a chain of military aerodromes that stretch from the northern frontier to Singapore Island and Borneo, and m Burma, to the
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    Hew Agent On Indian Workers' Welfare
    213 7 .ooeai to Indians and Indian k y rations m this country interest In the c of Indian labourers was -■^V S. Dutt, the new tta: Government of India •Si.ava at a recepUon given to x M Jfihe Singapore Indian Asso- vest^rday evening. r-* 0011
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    Daughter-In-Law Of Lord Halifax Here
    81 7 MOQHTEI-L\-L\YV <x Lord Halifax, Uir British Ambassador m tjhagta& the Hon. Mrs. Charles fad irr:tz ;r. S: ngapore yesterday fern tbe Midcue t^si bound fox iMttEftoc Hi London. Mb Woods husband, the lion. Caries Ingram Courtenay Wood, Lord Mite's eldest. Ma. is serving with fc;
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    RAMAKRISHNA MISSION
    82 7 j^.i appeal for more funds to extend the «ope of acu>iues of the minion was tw Swami Bha^warananda. presiding ■fie aju.ua! general meeting of the *<W JUmac-i^hiu Mission yeslerf l »y. J*J"«»<» of office-bearers for U> ve^r v I*ows-Prvident, sWami »«nr»nau^ vke- president. Mr. V. J^-a«y: hor secretary.
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    46 7 Oi* f>wn Correspondent.') -•-■-rant employers have JJ» Pjnt .so me Sundays off to tbeir K^taurant* howw. will mo*e* tiSr^Tr 00 Surda y s the employe hohca.s by turns. The empromised to provide accom--10 1 bm« how v^. unabie to agree f* the shortening of wor&ng I
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    French Officer In Singapore Tells Of Colonel Collet's Exploits
    649 7 Frenchmen m Singapore new/^ eived acclamation 16 K at n Col CoUet one of brilliant French comS w^i i Syna creator of lOwn Circassian legion, ro *n his lot w A !h Ge* de h r "*o is now m and
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    Malayan Manages German Estate
    133 7 A WELL-KNOWN Malayan planter Mr. Thomas R. Lamb, is now managing a vast German estate m the Cameroons, West Africa, on behalf of the Custodian of Enemy Property. Sent from Malaya by the Colonial Office to help to supervise the Ger-man-owned estates m the Cameroons under
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    I.S.P. Plan For Planters With The Services
    546 7 I.S.P. Plan For Planters With The Services A MEANS of alleviating financial worry and anxiety on the part of planters now serving m the fighting forces is described by The Planter, official publication of the Incorporated Society of Planters. The burden of providing the difference between the planter's civil and
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    S.S.V.F. OFFICERS
    141 7 C»COND-LIEUT. J. M. Praser of the S.S. Volunteer Force has been appointed Captain on assuming command of the Singapore Potress Company Royal Engineers Vhinteen) Promotion to the rank of Lieutenant of the following officers of the S.B. Volunteer Force has been gazetted: Second Leiutenants P. Bartram, A. Bundy,
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    OFFICERS TRANSFERRED TO RESERVE
    152 7 ffTHE transfer of the following officers of the Straits Settlement Volunteer Force to the Reserve of Officers has been approved: Major W. Penrlce, E.D.. Major R. E. Earle Major G. R. Percy, M.C., RD., Major W. Rose. E.D.. Captain 8. E. TYavls, Captain A W B.
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    MALAY WOMAN SPEAKS ON EMPIRE DAY
    60 7 •Trom Our Own Correspondent) Klaac, May 24. AN Bnpire Day, Che SiU Khatljah, wife v of Che Ibrahim, of the P.W.D, Klang. gave a talk to the students of tbe Malay Girls' School at. Bukit Java on the importance of the Empire Day movement.
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    S.S.R.N.V.R. OFFICERS
    55 7 rIE following announcement concerning Straits Settlements Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve personnel has been gazetted: Mr. Maurice Goldstone granted a commission as Acting Sub-Lieutenant: Mr. M. N. M. Muir promoted from Sub-Lieutenant to Acting Lieutenant Mr. Frederick Roy Marshall to be Sub -Lieutenant Mr. Donald Grey Vincent, a Sub-Lieutenant,
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    Big Reserve Stocks Of Flour For Malaya USE OF AIR-CONDITIONED GODOWNS PLANNED
    307 7 Big Reserve Stocks Of Flour For Malaya USE OF AIR-CONDITIONED GODOWNS PLANNED TN order to preserve flour and also build up a httgre reserve stock m Malaya, Government is planning to instal an air-conditioning plant m godowns specially set aside for the purpose. No information Is available as to whether
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    EXCHANGE LAWS TIGHTENED
    272 7 States "Exposed To Foreign Pressure' f CCREIGN exchange regulations m Malaya have been further tightened and penalties for offences increased m new regulations introduced by both the Colony and F.M.S. Governments. These new regulations bring Malaya into line with those imposed m the United Kingdom. The principal
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    THE SINGAPORE C.-OF-C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION
    121 7 DAILY PUCEB CUUENT May 24. 12 o'clock *>•« Buyn s SeMcro No. IX R.S.S. Spot loose 40V 40 No. IX RJS.fi P. 0.8. to cases May-June (Sellers option) 40s 40', GMg R 8.8. FOB ID bales Kay-June Sellers option) 40 40 t P^W .i S.S.
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    BAR COMMITTEE
    42 7 ff^HE foUoving hare been elected to the 1 Singapore Bar Committee for 1M1: Messrs. H. D. Mundeil (chairman), M C. Johannes, F R Koek, X X O'Connor, W. Munro, C. C. Tan A. Yellappa and R. H. Green (Honorary Secretary).
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    FIRE ON ESTATE
    38 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Slant, May 11. A big fire at Padang Jawa Estate, near Klang, gutted the packing shed, which, it Is stated, contained three months' stock of rubber, estimated to be worth $25,000.
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    MORE CAMBRIDGE PASSES CABLED FROM LONDON
    1664 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Tou n London, May 24. HE following passes m the local Cambridge examinaiJ^ S*i °«e>nber are for Singapore and Johore schools and are additional to those published m UtJ*? *f S a u f rtni 8 h ago. An additional
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    TRIPLETS BORN IN SINGAPORE
    58 9 102 5 hese Chinese triplets were recently born m Dickson f{oad to the ife of a Staf a p v r e ricksha puller. !he parents ire bein,j assisted by Jon a t i o n s rom friends md w e I 1•v ishe r
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      196 9 M i\inr ALITY lYnders. c nO w invited for the V#* or services For Municipal Tenders eld Chlorine for the iofi«Lt\v+i t0 June 1942 -12 noon. June 10, ird High Pressure Date of Closing. 4 alterations etc. to idleton Hospital, Deposit $50>. U noon, June 3. wS DUNCAN. al Secretary.
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      235 9 PUBLIC NOTICES THE RAUB AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINING COMPANY LIMITED Incorporated m Queensland* Notice of Declaration of First Interim Dividend NOTICE is hereby given that a First Interim Dividend of three pence per share for the financial year ending Mar 31, 1942, h?s been declared by the Directors of the Company
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      275 9 LAW NOTICE FOR THE WEEK List of cases for the week commencing to-day 26-30-5-41 Brfoie The Hon'ble The (nwf Justice and the two JuJges Summonses m Chambers, etc. Before The llon'ble The Chief JuUi Court No. 1. To-day At 10.30 a.m.— Mag. Appeals— Vellasamy vs. Rex and Lee Hock Koon
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    SOUTH CHINA FOOTBALLERS BEAT CIVILIANS
    809 10 Three Goals The Fruits Of Excellent Combination SINGAPORE'S FORWARDS DISAPPOINT South China 3; Singapore Civilians 0. niSPLAYING fine form, the South China footballers U beat the Singapore Civilians by three goals to nil before a crowd of approximately 18,000 at Anson Road stadium yesterday. Lee
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    MEDICOS MEET INDIANS
    266 10 Time Robs College Of I Possible Victory TIME intervened just when the MtUicai College cricket team had drawn level with the Indian Association m their match at Falestler Plain yesterday, thus robbing the Medicos of a possible victory over their rivrls. Lall Singh was the highest scorer
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    Triangular Athletics
    348 10 pOOD competition was seen at the annual triangular athletic meeting between the Chinese Sports Association, Aston Athletic and the Chinese High School, held on the Chinese High School ground yesterday. The Chinese Sports Association won the Kong Kai Kong Challenge Cup. The results were: 100 metres: 1. Yeo
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    First Big Game Of Home Cricket Season
    109 10 London, May 24. nHK season's first important X cricket match attracted a crJwd of 5,000 t« Lord's yesterday where Sir Telham Warner's XI beat a British Empire XI m a thrillin t finish by three runs. The Empire XI were all out for
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    South China Footballers Entertained
    188 10 TTIE Cathay Cafe was the venue of 1 an enjoyable function yesterday wi.cn members of the South China Athletic Association were entertained to lunchecn by the Straits Chinese Football Association. About 70 persons were present. Dr. Chew Teck Guan. vice-president of the S.CF.A.. who took the
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    DRAWN GAME AT S.C.R.C.
    202 10 THE S C R.C. drew with the Manchester Rogirmit m a cricket matxrh played on Kong LJm Green yesterday. The scores were eV/CJLC: Ke? Tian c Isherwood b Oldhaai 7. Evan Wong c Howbiook b WUitO 11, Taiam Stem b Barlo'.ve 41, Cheovv Chye d WUkea
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    JAPANESE SECONDS WIN 15-0
    175 10 Baseball rt Japanese s^.ond tram score J an ov,-rwhe!m"rs b;«s ta l vic.ory over the Fil'pinm m a minor tagM samt rfs r-'".\r af'pr r o.»n, by the srore cf 15 to nothing, at St. Joseph's fie' A. was one-sid: d for the first t'-re* !rn:r«^\
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    Improved Standard Of Play In Junior Badminton
    334 10 MARKED improvement m the stand- ard of play m the Singapore junior badrmntcn chaT.piomhios was reen at ih: Clerical Union Hall over the wc.k-enl when ly contested gninei were det. k i Sved Gil lim < Devonshire >. s?mi-fmalist kM ycir. pail dearly
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    European Cricket Team vs. Rest
    123 10 THE following have been selected to represent the Europeans *he Best m the annual Clarke Cup cricket nSch on the Singapore Cricket Club padang on Saturday, Sunday and Monday: Set A B- Barnes, Lm Bowley, N. C. B^ BfoJor K. Carfc* M***JB. Cole (capt), A.
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    Bowlers' Day At C.S.C.
    267 10 POLICE BEATEN BY 20 RUNS |T was a bowlers' day at the C.S.C. yester- day when the Ceylon Sporta Club met and defeated the Police by 20 runs m a low-scoring game. Most successful bowler of the match was SulHvan (Police). who captured seven wickets for
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    To-day's Tolley Cup Boxing
    188 10 SOME of the Colony's best amateur boxers will be seen m action at the Happy World covered stadium at 7 p.m. to-day when the preliminary contests m the annual Tolley Cup competition will be decided. The tournament wll last three more nights, to-momw, Wednesday, and en
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    SHORTHAND WRITERS' TABLE TENNIS
    131 10 IN a friendly game of table- tennis played at the Airport Sports Club on Saturday, the Singapore Shorthand Writers' Association (Pitman's) beat the Airport by three games to two. Results. S.S.W.A. players mentioned first, were Lim Choon Ann beat Lee Seng Teng 3—l; Young Hai Wah
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    POST OFFICE MAIL LIST
    136 10 Mails close at the General Post Office M follows: TO-DAY TO-MORROW lndo-China air 9.30 a.m. ARRIVALS Mails from Australia iair) general delivery 3.30 p.m. to-day. Mails from Java (a.;i general delivery 8.15 a.m. to-morrow. Mails from Sumatra (air> general delivery 1.40 p.m. to-morrow. PAN-AMERICAN CLIPPER The
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    Gordon Highlanders Beat Army By 84 Runs
    263 10 CAPT. ELSMIE SCORES m THE Gordon Highlanders scored a creditable <>j.« A an Army team by 84 runs m a cricket mat IT f^ r at Changi yesterday. (h Pta^ A good innings of 61 by Capt. Elsmie enabled the Gordons, who batted
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    ACCEPTANCES FOR NEW DERBY AND OAKS
    109 10 London, May 23. fTHE following are the acceptances for the 1 New Derby and the New Oaks, which are being run at Newmarket on June 18 and June 19 respectively, each o' er one-and-a-iia.ii miles: DERBY Single Conrt: Mister Sawyer: Royal Academy: Cuerdley; Mazarin:
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    S.C.C. BOWLS TIES
    86 10 THE following are ties m the Singapore Cricket Club's bcv/ls pairs handicap tournament. TO-DAY C. V. Miles and V. J. Coleman f-Mi vs. Group-Capt. D. G. Boddie and C Kewetson 3»; E. A. Brown und Pay /Com. B. F. Solson I +2) vs. A. Buchanan and F.
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    W. Penrice Wins Bagnall Cup
    105 10 W. Penrice Wins Bagnall Cup W PEN -on Ul( p.onsnip l«r the K* ena i 5 4 Singapore s immim jS' Up morninr. T h,> is thf f b Jnu^ succession that he i,»., rlh pionship. n r aLso Wun lhp <"*P- Quid The sealed handiran *v ron junction with
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    Home Football Results On Saturday
    122 10 rOOTBAIJ. game., pli^d LONDON i p Miilwall 2 Ar=*n*i SOUTH REGIONAL LliGlt Aldershot 0 Crystal P»i*c* Brentford 3 Reading Cardiff City 4 Portsmouth Fulham 8 Southcnd Tottenham 3 I-euvjtM-Walsall 6 Nottln K han-. Watford 3 Owvn s P R West Ham 3 Ciielsw NORTH UEGtON\L
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    MALAY SCHOOL SPORTS
    35 10 (From Our Own I THE Malay Scbool Pori I their district sp rt was a larse sion of the sports, the D: Raja Aman Shzh. disU prizes. Kami m% Gel the championship
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