The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 14 October 1941

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AMD DAILY NEWS NO. 16.4.W ESID. 1835. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1941 5 CENTS
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    B.E.F. SAID TO HAVE LANDED IN RUSSIA
    983 1 Stockholm Story ,0f "Tens Of Thousands Of Troops" REDS HOLD NAZI PUSH TO MOSCOW Enemy Motorized Units 40 Miles From Capital? Stockholm, Oct. IS. A BRITISH Expeditionary force numbering tens of thousands of troops has arrived m Archangel, m Russia, to participate m
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    300 Of R.A.F. Big Bombers Batter Reich
    345 1 300 Of R. A.F. Big Bombers Batter Reich LonJon, Oct. 13. BNS biggest bombers. ngined Short Stirlings, those used last night Bomber Command m what •d as one of the biggest sives of the whole war. learned that over 300 took part m the raid. Ministry communique c heavy raids
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    CLARK-KERR HOME
    13 1 T h.»n;king. Oct. 13. Ambassador, to r Archibald Clark United Press
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    New Soviet Weapon
    88 1 Vichy, Oct. 13. SOVIET troops on the East m Front are employing a new kind of "machine-gun cannon.*' according to a dispatch from the Soviet frontier to the Vichy news agency. Details of this weapon, says the dispatch, axe somewhat contradictory. An Italian source describes it as
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    Germans Deny Peace Feelers
    28 1 Berlin, Oct. 13. THE Walhelmstrasse to-day emphatically denied "rumours being spread abroad of alleged German peace feelers," scates the official German news agency.- Reuter
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    27 1 London, Oct 13. AN Air Ministry communique states that enemy activity over Britain last night was again on a small scale. One enemy aircraft was destroyed. Reuter
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    Increased Pay For A.I.F.
    204 1 (Frorr Our Own Correspondent). Sydney, Oct. 13. ACCORDING to the special correspondent m Singapore of the Sydney Morning Herald, the A.I.F. m Malaya is anxious to know whether the new Labour Government .under Mr. John Curtin will increase their pay. The reply is "Definitely yes Indeed,
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    SWISS CLAIM
    64 1 Berne, Oct. 13. AN aircraft of unknown nationality dropped bombs on a village In the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland, last night, according to a communique issued by the Swiss High Command. A house was destroyed and three persons killed. An inquiry is m progress. The canton of Thurgau
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    44 1 Melbourne, Oct. 13. ROYAL Australian Air Force squadrons have destroyed 140 Axis planes m Europe and the Middle East, declared Mr. I. S. Drakeford, Australian Air Minister, to-day. In addition they have probably destroyed 25 more and damaged at least 89. he said.- Reuter
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    Hull Urges Arming Of Merchantmen
    56 1 Washington, Oct. 13. THE United States Secretary of 1 State, Mr. Cordell Hull, appearing before the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee to-day, charged Germany with a complete breach of faith m sea warfare and urged the speedy approval of legislation to permit the arming
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    New German Drive Begun
    395 1 Berlin, Oct. 13. TWO-thirds of the whole gigantic Eastern Front is now on the move, with the Russians unable at any point to bring the German offensive to a standstill, competent sources here claimed to-day. A German drive forwards, according to these sources, has also begun
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    INDIES ARMY C.-IN-C. KILLED IN AIR CRASH
    376 1 Batavia, Oct. 13. THE Commander-in-Chief of the Netherlands Indies Army, Lieut.-Gen. G. J. Berenschot, was killed to-day when a Lockheed Lodestar plane m which he was travelling crashed and caught fire five minutes after the take-off at 3 o'clock this afternoon at Kemajcran,
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    Staff Talks In Australia, N.Z.
    85 1 A IR Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke- Popham, Com-mander-in-Chief, Far East, who left Singapore by air yesterday for Australia and New Zealand will hold sUIT tilks m tho^e countries lasUng about thre* weeks, the BBC. announced last night. Sir Robert will m^et the new members
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    Gen. Ter Poorten In Manila
    103 1 T Manila, Oct. 15. HE Netherlands Indies Chief ol Staff, Gen. ter Poorten. arrived m Manila to-day aboard a Dutch military plant* for a series of informal conferences with leading United Stat-s militorv authorities. The Dutch are developing formidable air forces and are very hopeful
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    TABLE TENNIS
    74 2 THE Talbot House Club oeat J. Greenacre's side by five matches to nil m a friendly table tennis fixture at the Talbot House Club on Sunday I night. Results (Talbot House Club players mentioned first) D Griffin beat J. Davis. 21—14, 21—13; J. Woolfrey beat Sutherland, j 21—13,
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      501 2 Evacuation Notice j AN official notice to residents of the i West Coast evacuation area of Sin- gapore island is published m page 6 today. The notice gives instructions to ot followed m the event of an attack Leaflets will be distributed later m the I area. In the meantime,
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      218 2 RECORD CROWDS go hysterical with Laughter! LAST NIGHT! CAPITOL 6.15 and 9.15 9 Owing to the Special Screening: of tho CHINESE PATRIOTIC FILM LIGHT of EAST ASLV TO-DAY at 10.15, 12.30 and 4.15 p.m. -IN THE NAVY" WILL BE SHOWN AT 6.15 and 9.15 p.m. ONLY Those BUCK PRIVATES are
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    U.S. "ARMED MIGHT" WILL KEEP VICHY COLONIES FROM GERMANS
    177 3 U.S. "ARMED MIGHT" WILL KEEP VICHY COLONIES FROM GERMANS Senator Utters Stern Warning To French New York, Oct, 13. ADDRESSING a Texas State Fair crowd of 50,000, Senator Tom Connally, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the United States would seize hold of any French colonies m the
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    Red Reserves Stream To Central Front
    541 3 Mtaa**Y, Oct. 13. Ml flOOfl is now no longer a real .se It has become what is i m Russia a "frontal town." >:erday afternoon, Reuter's correspondent says he hed well-clad new reserves hing along the streets m the ;mn sunlight to points where
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    Italian Leaders Are Warned
    72 3 Berne, Oct. 13. ITALY must prepare to face a lonj war, said Farinaccl former secretary to the Italian Fat -ist party, sneaking at Cremona. "The Fascists shc u '.d n^t try to make excuses and minimise the situation to the public." he said, inviting the Fascist
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    S'hai Dollar Lower
    197 3 Shanghai, Oct. 13. r-HE Shanghai dollar reached a 1 record "low" of 31 to one United States dollar to-day, compared to 23 to one last week, when British and American business leaders were forced to seek the Black Market exchange due to the Currency Stabilization Board s
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    DEFENCE SERVICES EXHIBITION TRAIN
    86 3 New Delhi, Oct. 13. ADEfENCE services exhibition train, the first of its kind m India, over a quarter of a mile m length consisting of coaches and vans depicting realistic scenes of air, sea and land battles, including the battle of Keren is shortly touring India.
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    MR. L. K. CHIAN LEAVES FOR U.S.
    108 3 \TR. Lee Kong cnian, cnairman o. v.c board of directors of the Oversea!- j Chinese Banking Corporation and dele- j gate of the Singapore Rubber Millers I Association and the Chinese Rubber j Dealers Association, left for the Unite- j S:ates yesterday to
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    29 3 London, Oct. 13. rm Canadian Minister of National Defence and the Canadian Chiel of Staff have arrived In Britain. They are expected m London some time toe I Reuter
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    40 3 New York. Oct 13. rS broadcast last night of Lord Beaverbrook, leader of the British mi^tnn to Moscow, on the Moscow conf^ren^e was prominently reported m the United States newspapers today. The Washington Times-Herald I ouoilsheu the full text.- Reuter
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    Tribute In Times To Late Sir Ong Siang
    235 3 Tribute In Times To Late Sir Ong Siang London, Oct. 13. IN a tribute to Sir Ong Siang Song, who died recently at the age of 71, a correspondent to The Times says: "HI: is a great loss to Singapou generally, to the Chinese community there and above all to
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    Six Killed In Explosion
    179 3 Sitka, Alaska, Oct. 12. TWENTY tens of dynamite expoded with earthauake forr here to-day. killing at least six persons, when the contractor's warehouse at the 5i3.000.u00 naval air station on Japons'ii Island was set afire. Thirteen wcie injured, it was feared ,i]v. It Is knovn the
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    CHURCHILL TANK FUND
    73 3 THE list of contributions to the Churchill Tank Fund for week ending, Oct. 11. is as follows: Part proceeds of auction at the Cabaret held at Raffles Hotel on Sept. 25 $270, The Negri Sembilan Seong Yee Club. Seremban, $185, British, Indian. Malay and Chinese members of
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    GIFTS FOR TROOPS
    112 3 Madras, Oct. 13. T)ONATTONS exceeding £600 have so far been received by the Governor's Joint war charities committee m response to an appeal for funds foi sending Christmas gifts to British and Indian troops serving m Iraq. The committee has decided to send not less than 1.500
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    Australian War Cabinet Meeting
    123 3 London, Oct. 13. r[E 8.8.C. observer m Sydney says that the view Australian Labour Government spent the past week getting into harness md is now settling down seriousy to the task ahead. The War Cabinet is meeting m Melbourne to-morrow and on Friday there is to
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    U.S. BOMBER CRASHES
    84 3 Beaumont (Calif), Oct. 13. A HUGE twin-motored Army bomber crashed m the San Bernardine Mountains late yesterday m a drizzling rain, killing at least five crew members. Darkness hampered Army authorities and others finding the bodies or determining the cause of the tragedy. The police said they
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    Chinese Now Consolidating Recent Gains
    81 3 Chinese Now Consolidating Recent Gains i hang sh... Oct. 13. IT is reiiab:y unierstecd that Chinese oifen ive operatams en the Ichang and Hunan fr.nis i have eased, oeginning last night, m order to enable the Chinese to consolidate their recent gains. The latest Chinese reports claim that Chinese operation*
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    Poles In Action At Tobruk
    88 3 London, Oct. 13. DOLISH units who recentiy arrived m Tobruk have already been m action. This is revealed m to-day's Middle East communique, which says on Saturday night Polish patrols attacked an enemy strong point m the south-west secter and inflicted numerous casualties on the
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    FAREWELL PARTY
    75 3 MORE than 300 persons, representing 120 Chinese organizations m Singapore, gathered at the Kong Cho*Wui Kun on Sunday to bid farewell U Mr. Ii Yen, Chinese consul who is leaving for Chungking at the end of this month. Mr. Li is one of the few members or the
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    STOP PRESS
    299 3 London, Oct. 13. Lord Beaver brook's stirring address to the world last night means that from now on the workers of Britain will n.ake every week a tank week or aeroplane week or funds week for Russia, writes Renter's political correspondent. The heroism and resistance of the Russian
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    Nazi Bid To Gain Hold On Occupied China
    120 3 IN addition to German infiltration into Japan and the increased Gestapo activities m Tokio, a United Press message says that evidence is available that the Germans are also endeavouring to gain a hold on occupied China. This is causing some resentment among
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    CONSCRIPTING NON-EUROPEANS
    274 3 T'HE desirability of conscripting nonEuropean British subj°cts to fill gaps m the various volunteer active and passive defence services, was urged m legislative Council vaster' 1 ay by I lNt> Col E. A de Bmlatte, Proarg unofficial. Pointing out that m many parts of the country, men were
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    OFFERS YACHT
    32 3 Washington, Oct 12. TT has been learned that Senor Joacquin Elizalde. Philippines Resiier/ Representative, has offered his yacht .to the United States Naw for use during an emergency. United Press
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    Wants Thais To Break With Britain
    132 3 Wants Thais To Break With Britain Tokio, Oct. 11. MR. Takeo TvLyahara. t Mltsul Busspn Kaisha. m an arti^«» published m the Yrmiuri Sh mbun to-day. says: 'Thahand will have no other opportunity th^ri the pre ent when sh^ can shaV* Lands with her true friend Jao- n by .'ev^ring
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    NATIONALITY QUESTION
    140 3 NATIONALITY QUESTION ...i a. Oct. IS. THE Secretary of Jusace. Mr. Teo' ;1 i Si on. handed down an opinion v>< day hoi. ling a Filipino womun marry. Ing a Japanese r Mb.iect 1 Bfl hn band's nationality The Commiraion of Immi'j .^n requested the opirion as a reu't of
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    55 3 Tokio. Oct. IX. FOLLOWING a previous report that some of thr> cr^w w>r.» resci'cd. it is now announced b* the Navy Ministry th"t (He m*mbers of the crew of the Japanej's submarine 1-16 wh*ro mmrX oil Kyushu on Oct. 2 after a collision wih a surface craft during manoeuvres, are
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    The Singapore Free Press and Daily News TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1941. Wartime Survey
    1415 4 THE Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1941. Wartime Survey THE Governor's speech at yesterday's Budget meeting at the Legislative Council was a methodical and comprehensive review of the Malayan war effort, as it affects the Straits Settlements. It contained no sensations and m one sense was disappointing since Sir
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    75 4 m London recently, Mr. H. G. Wells, famous novelist .and historian, told the British Association conference that the "Shape of Things to Come must include, as a fundamental law, a plain declaration of human rights, ensuring to every man a fair participation m the world's resources and a sense of
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    THE NEW ORDER FOR CIVILIZATION
    1720 4  - THE NEW ORDER FOR CIVILIZATION H.G. Wells QE I AM an observer. In the past half -century, I have written a great number of books, essays, i articles and film scenarios, mainjly about the future of mankind. jit is my subject. Mv work under T. H. Huxley at [the Royal
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    "GOVERNMENT HAS COME TO END OF PATIENCE"
    747 5 "GOVERNMENT HAS COME TO END OF PATIENCE" Mr. S.W. Jones On Need To End "Chronic EvH" A N t m P Jl atlc sta ment Government, which had "come to the end of its patience," had no intention of suspending or relaxing the disciplinary steps to be taken mmmm. mmmmmum
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    R.A.F. CADETS' PARADE
    217 5 R .A.F. CADETS' PARADE fE Governor. Sir Shenton rnomas. and the Air Officer Far East, Air ViceSew. H. Pulford will be TrVvM t at the passing out parade jT^r sixth batch of R.A.F. TLaeis irom the Government living Training School at the Civil Airport at «.30 o'clock this n non-Ewrooe«»
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    USE OF INDIAN IMMIGRATION FUND
    290 5 AQI ESTION as to the correctmt applying the Indian i fcrattoa Fund for providing anpfctaiive Uward the immigrant >n m\ Javanese labour was raised Iy Mr P Sammy at the Legisjati\> Council yesterday. 'und was originally created, he mud 'nr the sole purpose ct recruiting
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    ACCOMMODATION IN HOSPITALS
    274 5 oOIN'iING out that a shortage of hospital accommodation existed m both the General and Tan Tock Seng's Hospitals, Mr Tay Lian Teck suggested m the Legislative Council yesterday that temporary v.ooden buildings should be built to make up for the shortage. He felt that the provision of
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    BILLS BEFORE COUNCIL
    119 5 INTRODUCED under a certificate of emergency, three bills were taken through all st&gvs and passed at the Legislative Council meeting yesterday. Th°y were the War Tox 'Amendment X and Compulsory Service (Local Fo ces I .AI.M OU. -.1 I -Ji-U. Bills which were read a second time,
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    WAR TAXATION PAYMENT
    77 5 a FURTHER sum of $1,130,000 has been paid locally to the Imperial Treasury Chest Officer, Singapore, being proceeds of War Taxation collected by the Government of the Straits Settlements for the prosecution of the war. This sum was collected during the months of April, May, and June.
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    G.P.O. MAIL LIST
    27 5 To-morrow (by air) to Palembang 9 a.m. and Medan 11 a.m. Air mails from Java and Sumatra will be ddievered at 3.30 p.m. to-day.
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    STOREKEEPER TO GO TO JAIL
    415 5 ADMITTING that he committed criminrJ breach of 'rust of $10,856 worth of rubber while employed as a rubber godown stoiekeeper by Senia and Company, L'm Heng Choon, a 36-year-old Hoi rx\, was sentenced to lb moni/ns' rigorous imprisonment m the Singapore Criminal District Court yesterday.
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    WAR CAUSES DRAIN ON MAN-POWER
    77 5 IN the course of his speech m the Legislative Council, yesterday, the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, referred to the drain on man -power m Malaya, caused by the war. For example, said His Excellency, the Alor Gajah district of Malacca was now m charge of
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    WAR REVENUE AND ITS USE
    349 5 "Not For Meeting Ordinary Deficit" AN assurance that there is no intention of using war revenue to meet any deficit m ordinary revenue and expenditure, was given at the Legislative Council yesterday by the acting Financial Secretary, Mr. A. Sleep, replying to questions raised by
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    DRAFT ESTIMATES
    218 5 Reference To Select Committee a MOTION by the acting Financial Secretary, Mr. A. Sleep, that the draft < stimates of revenue and expenditure for 1942 be approved was passed m the Legislative Council yesterday. Mr. Sleep moved the adjournment of the motion until the next Council meeting and
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    MISADVENTURE VERDICT
    90 5 A VERDICT of misadventure was recorded by the Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter yesterday, when he inquired Into the death of an Indian Mohammedan woman. Isah binte Ismail, who received fatal injuries as a result of falling into a deep concrete drain m Serangoon Road on S?pt.
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    Profiteering Problem
    340 5 STRONGER ACTION IS URGED "•THE time has come for Gov- eminent to appoint an antiprofiteering committee with power to fix maximum prices for all commodities except those that are already under control by the Food Control Department and Director of Engineering 3tores," declared Mr. Tay Lian Teck, Singapore
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    FOOD CAMPAIGN
    192 5 Government Urged To Give Material Aid AS part ol the "grow-your-pwn-food" campaign, Government should grant small holdings ol two or three acres each to deserving graduates of the Farm School at Penang, and make loans to enable them to rear poultry and livestock m addition to the cultivation
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    COUNCIL'S TRIBUTE
    111 5 "cOR nearly 50 years he was the r trusted friend and counsellor or this Government and of his community." This was the tribute paid to the late Sir Ong Siang Song yesterday by the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, speaking at the Legislative Council. "It is not only for
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    FINED $1,000
    84 5 A CHINESE, Tang Chwee Tarn, who last week pleaded guilty m the Singapore Fourth Court to a charge of distilling intoxicating liquor without licence at a place off Thomson Road on Oct. 5 was yesterday fined $1,000 or a year's rigorous imprisonment by the Magistrate, Mr. K. M.
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    Remittances To Home Government
    530 5 THAT revenue from the War Tax and from the sale of War Savings Certificates should be allocated to the Imperial Government and that the balance left over after settling Malaya's own war commitments should be earmarked for eventual remittance to England as a contribution from the
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    Mary Heathcott Writes—
    1100 6 Mary Heathcott Writes ris a good tt-itiy that members of the Legislative Council are supplied with printed copies of the various speeches made at a meeting. Otherwise, they certainly wouldn't know what was going on. Yesterday I went to the Council Chamber and listened to the Governors' speech. Admittedly, his
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    Aussies' Success At Tobruk
    594 6 Cabled News From Australia Melbourne, Oct 12. T lETJT. Roy Macartney, Liaison Officer to Gen. Blarney, m a despatch from Tobruk described how 15 Italians were killed m a raid by 11 Australians. He says that Capt. F. L. Bode of Winton, Queensland, at one stage
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    Indians In Africa
    375 7 Pretoria, Oct, 12. THE report of the Commission 1 appointed by the Union Government to inquire into the question of the penetration of Indians into the Transvaal and Natal has been published here. Referring to the Transvaal, it says: "Since 1927, tbe penetration was not alarming or
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    FOR INDIAN ARMY
    23 7 Lucknow, Oct. 10. r THE United Provinces Industries Department have supplied three lakhr of blankets for the Army Deparian cnt
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    Evacuation From Moscow Proceeds
    75 7 Moscow, Oct. 13. rE evacuation from Moscow of women and children not engaged m industry is proceeding according to Government instructions, "m order to avoid casualties and to spare children the psychological effects of bombing." The evacuation of women and children has been going on since
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    Seamen's Ordeal In Vichy Camp
    224 7 London, Oct. 12. cOUR young British merchant seamen have just, reached a Scottish port after four months m a Vichy camp m West Africa. Their ship had been torpedoed and sunk. They and seven others managed to reach the west African coast m a lifeboat.
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    PLANE FERRYING
    241 7 Cairn. Oct. IS. AMERICAN civil aviation technicians and experts will shortly be workin^ m remote outoosts over British Wert Africa from the west coast to the Sudan, put*i*-:~ into ooeration one of the most pir: fa aeroplane delivery ferrying on record. Bombers and fighters flown or shipped across
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    MAGAZINE EXPLODES
    94 7 Aiasiaa, Oct. 12. TiiVERAL people were killed n ■5 a magazine explosion at th"? Sitka naval and air station today. Ihe cause is unknown. Only one body has up to the present,, been recovered, while an un known number of others is believed to be buried m tne
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    CO-OPERATION URGED
    69 7 Melbourne, Oct 12. THE "sincere efficient co-opein- tion" of all workers m expediting the provision of munitions and equipment was urged by Mr. Makin, new Minister for the Navy and Munitions, m a speech here to-day. Mr. Holloway, Minister for Social Services and Health, m the new Labour
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    N.I. DETERMINED
    78 7 Melbourne, Oct. 11. \X7E will not allow one square foot of our country to be occupied without a fight. We prefer an honourable death to a dishonourable life," declared Councillor van de Plas, leader of the Netherlands Indies oflifial and press delegation to Australia, speaking at the newspaper
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    ARMED BAND
    56 7 Berne, Oct. 12. "AN armed band of Communrk ists," numbering 35, was arrested m Yugoslavia while engaged m an act of sabotage, says the Rome newspaper Messagero m a message from its Zagreb correspcndent. The band, says the report, had its headquarters m the mountains, and possessed large
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    24 7 Berlin, Oct. 12. THS report that general mofcil- ration is taking place m Bulgaria Is denied by the official Bulgarian news a_en_y m s_ifin
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    Japanese Warlords Watch Fate Of Moscow
    490 7 THE fate of Moscow is being eagerly watched by the warlords of Japan, declares the Sydney Sun m an editorial. Upon the events of the next few weeks, perhaps even days, may hang the firing of the first shot m Siberia or That. and.
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    CORRUPTION ALLEGED
    91 7 4 CHARGE of having corrupiiy ace pt/1, ed $100 from Wu Shun manager ot Shun Fah and Company was c xplained io an Indian. M.S. Cha _dry, when he appeared m the Singapore third court yesterday. It was alleged that the niuuey aas off .red to him as
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    F.M.S.R. CONCESSIONS
    129 7 w^E_K-c_d uckets uill be issued by the F.M.S. Railways m connection with the forthcoming Deepavali and Hari Raya Puasa holidays. For the Deepavali festival, week-end Uckets for the outward journey will lM available from Thursday (after 6 a.m. to Sunday, both days inclusive, while tickets for the return
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    TEXAS ROBBERY
    133 7 Fort Worth, Texas, Oct. 12. ■TOM PENNY, 32-year-old former convict, confessed to the police today that he participated m the robbery of the fashionable Lexington. Country Club m Kentucky on Sept. 28. when the famed golfer, Marian Miley, and her mother were shot dead. Penny named the operator
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    FOR EXAMINATION
    53 7 oEPLYING to allegations made by Cnpt. N. If. Ha_h_n m the Legislative Ghtiiaefl yesterday that Malayan Chrtl Sendee officers, acting for senior officers, drew the difference between their salaries and the initial salaries of the higher grade, while the same practice was not followed among Straits Settlements Civil
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    Italians Urged To Join U.S.
    138 7 New York, Oct. 12. FALY was urged to turn her back on collaboration with the Axis and link herself politically with the United States by Count Aforza. .crmer Foreign Minister of Italy m a Columbus Day short-wave bror_cr c t beamed to Italy. He said:
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    News In Brief
    50 7 CANADIAN TAN_S— T.)r C Minister of Munitions and Supply, Mr. C. D. Howe, has HUaOUnoed mat an effort is to be _M c I crui.«er and infantry tnnln to before the end ci th? year. Tiatanks will be addii. Ci .laa*. s ordinary production eel British Wireless
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    109 7 HAKKTt UAUGHILKV I»IKr>— Harry M. Daughltry. il i former Attorney-Genrr_l and political sponsor for the Late ha_an-R_t v. G. Harding, has di*d a: Columbus. Ohio, after years of Unas. Tha head j of -the Ohio Gang," Mr. Da j cied m comparative oijscurit err bitlered by prolonged IntmrnmUw 't_ <;f
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    57 7 JAl*A>_-_ IN ail K?.\ mately 200 Japanese nr-- siiil l:\ing >n I Burma, according to a eri up of 16 Japanese evacuees xvho rave nrri\«-d m Moji from Bu ma, -fah i J.«pan- c 1 rcportl Tl* i:<t o!*J: r any of rh< se r of returning to t ;at;-cr
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    57 7 TOKIO M_j f re United Btafe I is r g her anti-Japanes? manj uvrei Otaogal shegyo wsj* that tin oft mm j of the American-Jan- „ccc legoclafl HI "is already m si«?ht. It fort, Urgently irrportar/ t i euard against naving toe negotiation* asmggmt on until t c Orated Btetei
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    83 7 BIG va BI h FIRS— tv it 'lamm fed by thousands o* tons of stored gov-ernment-own Firestone Rubber C »mpany fartorv at Fall River. Massachusetts. and destroyed five large buildings and damaced three other* Tr>< Fall Pivr Herald News estimates tbe lot at $13,000,000. The factory had b'vr. ußuttßi day
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    73 7 BBSS nKMORY— The ia_J: memory of H««s has been removed m Germa-iy, according to De*nokrr.t c !i's Bor!in correspondent, by changing the name of Rudolf Hess Hospital m Dresden to Ge.hard Wagner Hospital after a fo-roer leader of emnaß d dors. Ir is not knomn why the re-rhristenin*? h; s
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    DEATH SENTENCE
    142 7 <From Our Own OutlißSaj. d-nt > Penang. Oct. 12. JOHANNA Rowell, who for p-veral days appeared Is the P. g nanjnj Court on a charge of tn he five-year-old aiopted da:. \\_irw Rowell. was this m 0:...-:- nt -ued to death by Mr. Ju_uee C. V Carey after
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    PRESS PROBLEMS
    74 7 Cairo. Oct. 12. "PERSONAL contact and dl_-ussions are better than paper." Sir Walter Monckton. Director-General of the British Ministry of Information. told war eorre«Txmderi_ and pressmen at aji informal meeting tn Cairo. Str Walter, who en rout* to Moscow to confer with M Losorsky. chief of th<> Soviet
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    PRESIDENT'S PRIZE GOLF DRAW
    324 8 RLE fallowing are starting times and draw for the Royal Singapore Golf Club's President's Prize competLion to be played at Bukit Timah on Sunday _.omir~ IST. NLNt t.15, IL J W Brown and G. A. P. Buu.er.and vs. J. R. Blackstock and K. M MoifaU; 825,
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    Final Acceptors In Caulfield Cup
    97 8 (From Our Own Correspondent) Sydney, Oct. 13. THERE have been 25 final acceptors for the Caulfleld Can, to be run over a mile and a half on Saturday, as follows: Bens Vite 9 12. High CaOe 9.7, Rimveil 9.2, Lucrative 9.2. Reading 8.12, El Golea
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    BEATEN WITHOUT GOALKEEPER
    135 8 Kha_a 6; V.MC.A. 8. pLAYINO without a goalkeeper, the V.MC.A. went down to the Khalsa hockey team by six goals to two m a match played on the V.MC.A. grounJ yesterday. Galstaun opened the scoring m the first half, when he netted for th» V M CA.
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    "Rimveil Will Win Caulfield Cup"-owner
    1164 8 "Rimveil Will Win Caulfield Cup"- owner HIGH CASTE NEEDED RUN IN EPSOM HANDICAP Sydney, Oct. 5. BOUGHT as a weedy yearling for only 80 guineas and scorned as a racelvn se, Rimveil proved himself one of the greatest mibrs of recent years, uwl carried his winnings to £7500 when he
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    FURTHER PENANG RACE ENTRIES
    373 8 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Oct. 13. gELOW are given the horses class two and ponies class one entries for the Penang Turf Club's Autumn meet- i in* which starts this Saturday and j will be continued on Wednesday and Saturday next week. The horses, class
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    Y.M.C.A. TENNIS
    50 8 FURTHER ties m the V.M.C.A. tournament resulted: Men's Doubles' Handicap: Tan Swee Wah and Dan* Van Nero (scr.) beat A I. Pereira and M. S. M«non (—3). 6—l. 6 4; Ka Teng and Choo Keng Klat I 3> beat Tommy N°o and Tan En* Chian (-f-6), 6—3, 6—3.
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    Recs Held By Old Boys
    187 8 2m£ SRC. Una fmSSmmJ "g^gf more rinish m front of the St. Andrew^. CHd Boys' goal, they would _?v? easily won their hockey encounter a^nsTthe 5.A.0.8.A.. instead of drawing one goal all. The Club were J*~J »Jg picture m the second half, and were constantly
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    OPPORTUNISM WINS RUGBY GAME Loyals Beat Airmen
    270 8 OPPORTUNISM WINS RUGBY GAME Loyals Beat Airmen Loyal* 9; Air Hqrs. 3. T~)ISPLAYING more opportunism than their opponents, the Loyals second string beat R.A.F. Headquarters by nine points (three tries) to three (a penalty goal) m a rugby game played at Farrer Park yesterday. Right from the start when Jone_
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    CEYLONESE WIN BY ONLY GOAL
    215 8 c i: M.C.U I'uiE* only goal scored late m the second half by Thuraisingam gave the Oeylon Sports Club victory over the Medical College Union m a hockey match played at Balestier yesterday. From the bully off both teams settled down to interesting and hardhitting
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    4—0 Hockey Victory To Hornets
    166 8 4 —0 Hockey Victory To Hornets Hornets 4; S.C.C. 0. QPPOSED to a scratch Singapore Cricket Club hockey team, the Singapore Hornets won by four goals to nil on the padang yesterday. Weaker m all departments except one, the home team would have suffered a j worse defeat had it
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    LATEST RACING CLASSIFICATIONS
    182 8 ALANDA has been promoted to r.onu class one according to the latest classification list of horses and pom* issued by the Straits Racing Association yesterday. Twenty -four new classifies, tions figure m the list, whirh aLo a_. nounc2S th^ change of name o. G^lette to Maryland. The
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    Garrison Notes
    1004 8  -  Mac By Little is heard of the R.AP. rugger activities at Tengah. Thc team has been somewhat unsettled and it has no triumphant series of won games to make itself known. Most teams have their difficulties of policy, positions and available men, and at the moment, Tengah is
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      35 8 Sports Diary S°__r: m^AVT'Sm Bmmd stadium. Rugby: S.C.C. vs. Argyll, S.C.C.; MCU. vs. Air HendquarteTS.M-C.tJ.. St. Andrew's 0.8.A. vs. f*£miZ Farrer Park; Loyals vs. Gordons. S.C.C. autumn tournament finals, S.C.C. c Hockey: C.S.C. ▼*> mmmWAm S.C..R.C.
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