The Straits Budget, 26 September 1940
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Title Section29 1940-09-26 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] No. 4311. SINGAPORE. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1940. Price 25 cts., (S.S. Currency) oi 7<|29 words
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Article1220 1940-09-26 1 Singapore Sept. 25. 'THANKS to a further very large gift by the Penang Municipality, The War Fund is now above its average of a million dollars a month. To-day’s total is $4,082,720. compared with $3,717,407 a week ago. and the fund will not be four months1,220 words
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Article, Illustration32 1940-09-26 1 This new picture of the Sultan of Johore, who is now in London, ivas taken by Hay Wriahtson the wellknown London photographer It has just been released for publication.32 words
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Article, Illustration48 1940-09-26 1 The Regent of Johore the Tungku Mahkota, accompanied by Mr. D. G Pritchard, Deputy Director of A.R.P., inspecting the St. John’s Ambulance Brigade, at the parade of the Air Raid Precaution Department in Johorc Bahru last week.—Straits Times picture. -Straits Times picture.-Straits Times picture. - 48 words
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Article1228 1940-09-26 1 meet that situation.—Straits Times, Sept. 19. T!]crc is in existence a regulation passet i unciei the Emergency Powers defence) Act authorizing the prosecution oi ‘any person publishing ;tny report or statement relating to matters connected with the war wh ich is likely to cause alarm ormeet that situation.—Straits Times, Sept. 19. - 1,228 words
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Article1087 1940-09-26 1 system.—Straits Times, Sept. 20. So lar as the Straits Times is concerned, to-day’s leading article contains an absolute minimum of original thought. The little of tha", quality that we can claim for it is confined solely to this introductory paragraph. For the rest, we have borrowed.” even to thesystem.—Straits Times, Sept. 20. - 1,087 words
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Article935 1940-09-26 2 next was approached.”—Straits Times, Sept. 21. Early this year, Hong Kong newspapers published what purported to be the text of a pact signed by Wang Ching-wei and representatives of the Japanese Government. It embodied fundamental points for the readjustment of relations between China and Japan.” According tonext was approached.”—Straits Times, Sept. 21. - 935 words
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Article1235 1940-09-26 2 Office Savings Bank.—Straits Times, Sept. 23. As a method of raising money for contribution to the cost of the prosecution of the war, the Colony’s War Savings Certificates scheme is a success. As a method of encouraging the small wage-earner to save, it has fallen very far below expectations.Office Savings Bank.—Straits Times, Sept. 23. - 1,235 words
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Article1152 1940-09-26 3 word “inquisition.’"—Straits Times, Sept. 24. After a campaign of lobbying, as nauseating as it has been intense, the Governments of the Colony and of the F.M.S. are apparently satisfied that they can now introduce income tax measures into the Councils without any risk oi encountering solid Unofficialword “inquisition.’"—Straits Times, Sept. 24. - 1,152 words
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Article1152 1940-09-26 3 Straits Times, Sept. 25. Information regarding the operations at Dakar, which is being attacked by a force of Free Frenchmen under General de Gaulle, supported by British Naval units, la still very sketchy. According to a British official communique the assault was made “in viewStraits Times, Sept. 25. - 1,152 words
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Article105 1940-09-26 4 inquiry planned to extend over three years into the incidence, severity and social significance of malaria in the valley of (Jin Jempol is bein? made by Dr. J. 11. Strahan of the Negri Scmhilan Health Department. It is hoped to apply and later to define the local105 words
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42 1940-09-26 4 Straits Times Copyiight. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Sept. 23. IT is announced to-day that Lt.-Cdr. Deane who served for several years in the Straits as a naval marine surveyor, has been killed in action.—Straits Times Copyiight. - 42 words
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DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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Article77 1940-09-26 4 PULLAN.—On September 19th 1940. at Penang, to Molly, wife of Ayrton J. S. Puilan. H.M. Consular Service, a son. WEDGWOOD.—At Ormidale. Helensburgh, on September 14. 1940. to Katharine (Kitty Hutton», wife of A. T. Wedgwood, Sing/ pore, a son. On September 20. 1940. at the Maternity Hospital, Singapore, to77 words
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Article318 1940-09-26 4 The engagement is announced between Mr. T. C. Lee, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hoe Poh, and Miss Alice choo, youngest daughter of Mrs. Choo Sou San anJ the late Choo Sou San. CHIA-LIM. —The engagement is announced between Chia Chee Hong, second son of the late318 words
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Article59 1940-09-26 4 McKinlay-Mofflin.— At Wesley Methodist Church. Singapore on Tuesday 17th September, 1940 James eldest son of Mr and Mrs. John McKinlay, lolani, Giffnock Glasgow to Jean eldest daughter of the late H. E. Mofllin and Mrs. Mofflin, Mount Lawley. Western Australia. ROUTLEY— BARNETSON.— On July 10 1940. at Duddingston Kirk,59 words
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Article442 1940-09-26 4 Leaders— Can We Take It Brass-Homburgs j Fact Or Fiction 1 Savings 2 Promises In Peril Tell It To The Marines Financial Supplement— Financial and Commercial News to date, following page 25 Malayan General News— Memoradum By Chinese Against Income Tax Hew Treasuries Can Help To Check Fraud N.I.442 words
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Article39 1940-09-26 4 MRS. Howell D. Mundell has received a letter from the secretary of thp Polish Relief Fund in Londo: thanking her for the £286 which k been received by them and which v 1 collected in Malaya.39 words
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Obituary56 1940-09-26 4 DEATHS GLEESON.—At Kuala Lumpur on Sept. 21st Katherine Mary Gleeson, dearly loved wife of the late P. W. Gleeson. MORE.—At London on the 19th instant William John More (Daddy) of Messrs. Thomas Firth and John Brown. Ltd. (By cable). F.M.S. papers please copy. RELLKR.—CorneI Reller died on Sept. 19 at56 words
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1588 1940-09-26 5 OFFICIAL CONTROL RESENTED APPOSITION on the part of the Chinese business comU munity to the imposition of income tax in Malaya is expressed in a memorandum prepared bv the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce. Main grounds of the1,588 words
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Article80 1940-09-26 5 A MESSAGE has been received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies pointing out the desirability of sending all gifts of money from private sources—whether for the general prosecution of the war or for specific purposes such as the purchase of aircraft —to the local Government80 words
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418 1940-09-26 5 MUCH remains still to be done by State Treasuries, departmental accounts and stores accounts in the F.M.S. to check irregularities and opportunities for fraud, states Mr. A. C. Hands, acting Auditor of the F.M.S., in his annual report. “Whilst on the whole it418 words
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217 1940-09-26 5 r l -WO Douglas passenger planes be- longing to the Netherlands Indies Air Force which are ,o be temporarily used on the regular passenger service of the K N I L M will shortly be seen in Singapore They217 words
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Article89 1940-09-26 5 'From Our Own Correspondent} Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 23. V'UALA Lumpur had a new First Magistrate to-day, when Mr. O. L. Howe, formerly District Civil Judge of Singapore, sat on the bench of the First Magistrate's court for the first time. Mr. W. J.89 words
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Article115 1940-09-26 5 'From Our Own Correspondent/ Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 23. THE funeral took place at the Venning Road Cemetery, Kuala Lumpur, of Mrs. P. W. Gleeson, widow of the late Mr. P. W. Gleescn, former secretary of the Selangor Turf Club. Mrs. Gleeson died on Saturday.115 words
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Article73 1940-09-26 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Sept. 23. ANE hundred and twenty-five people have responded to the appeal for blood donors In Penang. Among them are five European women. Of those registered. 50 per cent, are Europeans and the remainder Asiatics. It is. however, stated that73 words
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73 1940-09-26 5 •THE Food Controller announces that export of refrigerated foodstuffs is no longer subject to quota control. Satisfactory arrangements for the holding of minimum shocks have been made. Principally afTected are bacon, butter, cheese, margarine, frozen fish, beef and mutton Any of these if imported73 words
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Article, Illustration798 1940-09-26 6 UOW he, the ship’s engineer and a nine-year old boy drifted about in heavy seas for a whole day before being rescued by a warship was related by Mr. Eric Davis, the newlyappointed Director of Broadcasting,798 words
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Article200 1940-09-26 6 200 Families To Be Accommodated TWO hundred families will be housed in the new block of quarters which is being built for the menial staff of the General Hospital in Singapore. The project is expected to cost $381,000. Tenders for the construction of the building have already200 words
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Article32 1940-09-26 6 Mr. George P. Bradney, C.B.E. who Is well known in Malaya, has been appointed Comptroller and Auditor-General to the Government of Newfoundland for the duration of the war.32 words
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483 1940-09-26 6 TO distract Straits-born Chinese lads from craving for activities and excitements which lure them to become members of secret societies,” proposals have been put before Government by the Straits Chinese British Association. Application has been made for the Gan Eng Seng Free School site when483 words
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295 1940-09-26 6 U/ILLIAM WALMSLEY, 30, and Robert Thomas lyrej--25, privates of the Loyal Regiment, were fined $75, or one month’s rigorous imprisonment, in the Singapore fifth court on Sept. 23 for stealing a motor-car. Both men admitted that they295 words
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Article174 1940-09-26 6 DESCRIBED as a private detective employed by the Midlands Private Detective Agency in Singapore, Sin Yeong Wan, who was charged in the Singapore third court on Monday with impersonating a detective orf the Straits Settlements Police Force in June, was acquitted and discharged without his defence being174 words
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Article118 1940-09-26 6 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Sept. 23. JUDGMENT was reserved by Mr. Justice Howes in the Perak Supreme Court today in the appeal of Parramsaran, a Indian, against the decision of cnc Zainuddin, second magistrate in Ipoh, u* dismissing his claim for $2OO for damage,118 words
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501 1940-09-26 7 POUR hundred and fifty-five cases of acute malaria were r treated with new remedies claimed for the disease by the staff of the Institute of Medical Research last year with the object of testing the efficacy501 words
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Article53 1940-09-26 7 T t?E foliowing notifications regarding offloer.s cf the S.S. Royal Naval Volunteer r e .*T p are gazetted: The Officer Ad;i ustenng the Government has approved Li! r 0 °f Sub-Lieutenants Ronald p S fcVens Leslie Gordon Jago, Herbert th- f 0 1; and Harold Norman Smyth to53 words
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Article91 1940-09-26 7 O rom Our Own Correspondent) Batavia, Sept. 20. Xy* I)o “Klas passenger planes Inn; ,0 in to the Netherlands tpiJi S a r t° rc <‘ are to be used L f>r pora ri, y °n the regular passenTK- rV ce of th K.N.I.L.M. eiin91 words
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313 1940-09-26 7 IN an endeavour to establish the 1 identity of a gun used by a murderer, test cartridges were fired from more than 2,500 guns at the Institute of Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, it is revealed in the Institute report. The microscopic marks made313 words
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Article261 1940-09-26 7 CPEAKING at the monthly social meeting of the Singapore Indian Association on Sunday on Indian and the Local Law,” Mr. S. B. Aditan referred to the difficulties of proving the validity of Hindu marriages in local courts under the existing law. In certain cases of261 words
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Article100 1940-09-26 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Sept. 19. ‘‘l ONDONERS are unboundedly grateful and gratified at Malaya’s very generous and swift contributions towards the Lord Mayor’s relief fund for air raid victims in London,” announces The Times to-day. “No other dependency, has responded so openhandedly and quickly100 words
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249 1940-09-26 7 Typhoid Fever Chemical Treatment Of Water Supplies THE influence of chemical treatment of water supplies on the incidence of typhoid fever is described by Dr. R. Green, senior bacteriologist of the Institute for Medical Research in a report. “Observations made in America and elsewhere have shown that the chemical treatment249 words
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80 1940-09-26 7 A BILL will be introduced into the Legislative Council to provide for the abnormal expenditure involved by extra training, equipment and increased establishments necessitated by present conditions for the lo<al forces. It will be an amendment to the Local Forces (Increased Expenditure) Ordinance 1931! which80 words
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Article33 1940-09-26 7 f| Ft furtial of Mr. Godfrey Eric Siddons, 1 f peel' class clerk in the Treasury, who dVd on Saturday, took place at the Bidadari Cemeterv the same day and was largely attended.33 words
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186 1940-09-26 7 Canberra, Sept. 12. lUIORE than £600,000 worth of equlpment to maintain a fleet of Dutch ships is bel.ig sought in Australia by Netherlands Indies shipping interests. The technical superintendent of a large Dutch shipping concern is at present in Australia making186 words
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274 1940-09-26 7 Straits Times Cable. fFrom Our Own Correspondent) London, Sept. 19. TIN metal dealers and producers here are expressing anxiety regarding the decline in the London price of tin which fell to £239 a ton for spot and £243 for forwardStraits Times Cable. - 274 words
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Article79 1940-09-26 7 AS a result of an inspection of offices in certain districts in Perak I reported to the State Engineer, Perak, that electric fans were found to be supplied to Government offices although there was nc supply of power by day. The State Engineer issued instructions that the79 words
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Article35 1940-09-26 7 A CHEQUE for $347.51 has been forwarded to the Malaya Patriotic Fund as proceeds from the performance of the fairy scenes from “A Midsummer Night's Dream” produced last week by the pupils of King'* School.35 words
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269 1940-09-26 8 FOUR houses built by the Singapore Improvement Trust to prove that an air-conditioned house is cheaper to build than an ordinary house because of the smaller building requirements, have been completed. Apart from the fact that each house Is fully air-conditioned, even to269 words
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250 1940-09-26 8 A BILL which makes provision with respect to forces from certain parts of the British Commonwealth when visiting the F.M.S. will shortly be introduced into the Federal Council. The Bill deals with le exercise of command and discipline when these forces arc* serving in250 words
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56 1940-09-26 8 AT the monthly meeting of the North Borneo Chamber of Commerce, held on Sept 4, it was decided to recommend the continuance of the present scale of extra cost of llvlriß bonuses for the current quarter. Information received by the Chamber showed that56 words
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Article68 1940-09-26 8 MR. J. 8. Bolssier, Bemor Executive; Engineer. Malayan Public Works Service. has been seconded for service In Johor»; a.-: Senior Executive Engineer, Water Works Johore. with effect from 7. Mr. Bolssier took a special course on water purification under the Carnegie Fellowship Fund In 1934 and68 words
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242 1940-09-26 8 AVERLUCT of suicide was returned by the Singapore coroner, Mr. W G. Porter, yesterday when he delivered his findings in an lnquirj into the death of Lance-Bomb-ardier James Henry Simpson, of the Royal Artillery who was found hanging in a room242 words
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Article76 1940-09-26 8 THE death has occurred of Mr. Mohamed Jumabhoy, former president of the Indian Chamber of Commerce, Singapore. Mr. Jumabhoy. who was 60 years old, died last Tuesday, and the funeral tcok place the next day. He was born in India and came to Malaya in76 words
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487 1940-09-26 8 JJY a majority of votes, the Eurasian Association of Singapore decided against a plea, made by Mr. P. Moore, at the annual general meeting of the Association last week, for a central hall at which Singapore Eurasian youths could congregate. Supported by487 words
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45 1940-09-26 8 Head of the Air Raid Precaution Department, Johore Dato A. L. Birch (centre), in conversation with the Dato Mentri Besar, Ungku Abdul Aziz (right), and the General Adviser, Mr. W. D. Barron, at the A.R.P. Department parade in Johore Bahru last week. Straits Times picture.Straits Times picture. - 45 words
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Article152 1940-09-26 8 (From L'ur Own ('orrespondent.) London, Aug. 21. interest exists in London as to the fate of many surplus products known to bo accumulating in largo quantities in the Colonial Empire. In the House of Commons to-night, the Labour member lor the Forest of Dean. Mr M.152 words
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576 1940-09-26 8 DESCRIBING himself as a l olk voice crying in the wilderness —being the only non-director shareholder present—Mr. T. J. B. Wearne at the annual meeting of Brunei United Plantations Ltd., last week urged that the company should make a donation to The War576 words
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180 1940-09-26 8 iFrom Oui Own Correspondent' Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 1« CONSEQUENT on the outbreak or war, withdrawals from the Ings Bank exceeded deposits so muen that £250,000 had to be borrowed trom the Currency Commissioners, Singapore, the annual report of the Aufll Department, F.M.S. states. This iocn180 words
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173 1940-09-26 9 THE re-planning of Kuching, capital of Sarawak, may be I undertaken by a Singapore architect, Mr. Langdon Williams, manager of the Singapore Improvement Trust. The Government of Sarawak wrote recently to the Singapore Municipality asking for the services173 words
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209 1940-09-26 9 Fron Our Own Correspondent» Ipoh, Sept. 17. THE latest list of contributions to the Perak section oi the Malaya Patriotic Fund include a donation of 5104.45 Hum the European and Asiatic stall of South Tronoh Dredging. lad.. Tanjong Tualung disirict. The Fur.d now stands at209 words
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Article163 1940-09-26 9 'From Our Own Correspondent.) 'pup Muar, Sept. 18. ISultan of Johore’s birthday yesterday was celebrated as usual m the morning a thanksgiving prayer held at the Muar Mosque, attend- all the Muslim Government hJS a^s an d sev eral hundred others th* o? by Dato Abdul163 words
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264 1940-09-26 9 A PROTESTANT missionary who believes he is the only white man who ever “shot” the Luwe Rapids of of the Zambesi on a native raft, arrived in Singapore from Africa last week. He if Mr. Samuel Martin Konigmacher. An American, Mr. Konigmacher264 words
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67 1940-09-26 9 i From Our Own Correspondent* Bangkok, Sept. 19. *T*HE Assembly this afternoon agreed to 1 extend the Constitution for ten mote years. Sixty members of the Assembly tms morning combined in the signing of a document which was submitted to the Premier, undertaking to enlist67 words
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193 1940-09-26 9 THE question of domicile was a moot point in a petition for divorce which came before Mr. Justice Pedlow in the Singapore High Court last week. The parties. Alice Savarimuthu Ariokasrmv, who lived in the same 'pe !tioner> md Gnanapragacm i house. (respondent, it was stated,193 words
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Article, Illustration30 1940-09-26 9 The Tungku Mahkota, Regent of Johore taking the salute as the passive defence forces of Johore Bahru inarched past during a parade in Johore.—Straits Times parade in Johore.—Straits Times picture.parade in Johore.—Straits Times picture. - 30 words
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288 1940-09-26 9 (From Our Own Correspondent» Ipoh, Sept. 20. |\4R. George Ixigan Littledyke, ot Edinburgh, a Malaya Cup rugger player, was married to Miss Marion Joy Fraser, formerly of Inverness, Scotland, at St. Andrew’s Church today. The Rev. J. Hamilton Aikin officiated. Given away by Mr. T. Y.288 words
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Article97 1940-09-26 9 THE latest addition to the public address system in Singapore Is a loudspeaker at Kampong Glam. The site Is the large open space outside the Astana, formerly the home of Malay royalty in Singapore and still occupied by descendants of the Sultan who signed the Treaty with Sir97 words
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132 1940-09-26 9 a gold watch by his shipping company for bringing hack their vessel safe and sound from a Nazi-occupied port, a Ger-man-born, naturalized American, aptain William Shutz—master of the American freighter Charles R. McCormick which figured in the battle of Bergen132 words
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196 1940-09-26 9 Y HE Perak section of the Malaya Patriotic has now collected $327.159 38 This Is an Increase of $374.66 over the last The latest list of gifts Is given below; Mallm Nawar collection box $1? Male attendants Central Mental Hospital. Tanjong Rambutan 19 90 Female196 words
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Article112 1940-09-26 9 WIBIBLY affected on nearing the Jury’s verdict of guilty of criminal breach of trust in respect of about $ll,OOO, a bank cashier, Lim Plau Lian, was sentenced to 15 months’ rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Justice Manning at the Singapore Assizes Lim, It was stated, was chief112 words
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Article93 1940-09-26 9 •F on Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. Sept. 21 A sum o $ll7, half the collections In l?ontin Catholic churches In Selangor on Sept. 8. the day of special prayer, figures .:i the list of local contributions to the Mi lay a Patriotic Fund, which now93 words
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Article66 1940-09-26 9 A DECREE NI8I granted to Mrs Vera Bray in F* bruarv last was made absolute by 1! e nctlr.°, Chief Justlre. Mr Justice a'Beckett Terrell n the High Court r.t tin time the divorce petition was heard Mrs Brn\ was employed in u local departnv nt store The respondent. Ernest66 words
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273 1940-09-26 10 EXCELLENT support from volunteers in many firms in Singapore as well as the Municipality, followed the appeal of the Officer Administering the Government, Mr. S. W. Jones, for more blood donors. The number ol registered donors Is now 1.400 but273 words
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Article202 1940-09-26 10 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Sept. 18. THAT Government had earmarked a I 15-acre olot of land situated near Ipoh town for the purpose of encouraging gardeners to grow more foodstuffs, was revealed by Mr. F. K. Wilson, District Officer, Kinta. at a meeting held202 words
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Article74 1940-09-26 10 «From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 19. IMPORTANT decisions were reached at a meeting of the Diocesan Council, states the magazine of the parish of Selangor in its latest issue. The Council declined to accept the Archbishop of Canterbury’s request that they state their74 words
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Article25 1940-09-26 10 NORTH Borneo has remitted £5.000 to the Minister of Aircraft Production for the purchase of North Borneo Spitfire No. 1.25 words
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Article, Illustration75 1940-09-26 10 The wedding took place last week of Mr. Ong Tiang Guan, second son of Mr and Mrs. Ong Boon Tat, of Singapore, and Miss Chua Hock Tay, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chua Cheng Hock, of Malacca and Singapore The marriage was celebrated in thegroom and bride are here seen during the ceremonies.—Straits Times picture. - 75 words
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583 1940-09-26 10 “THE Thai demands presented to the French Government I for the return of territory which was ceded by her years ago under duress have apparently caused a sensation in some quarters, but there should be nothing sensational in what has l>een accepted in Thailand as583 words
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206 1940-09-26 10 —Reuter. A CCORDING to the Hong Kong China Mail, Thailand has presented French Indo-China with fresh demands. Following the rejection by the Vichy Government of her three previous territorial demands, a Thailand representative visited the French legation in Bangkok and presented fresh demands—Reuter. - 206 words
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392 1940-09-26 10 THE death has occurred in Britain ot 1 Mr. A. St. Alban Smith. Malayan rubber planter who was widely known as an ardent collector of reptiles and animals, very many of which he sent to the London Zoo. Mr.392 words
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Article253 1940-09-26 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Sept. 19. AT to-day’s meeting of the Kinta Sanitary Board, it was decided to reverse the recent ruling of the Board, deciding that the premises formerly occupied by the defunct Japanese-owned Yorkshire Hotel, be a suitable place for a first-class lodging253 words
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90 1940-09-26 10 COMMAND DISCIPLINE OF VISITING FORCES (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. AN enactment making provision for the ex<’i- cising of command and discipline une* His Majesty’s forces from certain parts of British Commonwealth are visiting F.M.S., is to be introduced in the Federal Council shortly. The terms of this90 words
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740 1940-09-26 11 AFTER sifting for six hours, the Singapore third n magistrate, Mr. J. G. Rappoport, found three of four seamen who were alleged to have committed a “most brutal m( murderous assault guilty of voluntarily causing grievous hurt740 words
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Article115 1940-09-26 11 yHREE European seamen, James Lawler, James Schofield and Charles Howarth were sen-cnoed to be whippeu by Mr J. G. Rappoport, the Singapore chird magistrate, for a “savage murderous assauL” on their ship's butcher Valentine Wooley. II mon behave like savages, .hey v’J.l get savage treatment"115 words
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Article34 1940-09-26 11 MR. Charles Howarth. chief officer of the Asia'ic Petroleum Co., Ltd., wishes us to state that he is not the person of the frame name sentenced in the Singapore third court34 words
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Article97 1940-09-26 11 MR. JUSTICE PEDLOW gave judgment in favour of Ong Ee Lim. a well-known Chinese business man of Kuala Lumpur, in the sum of $2.700 with costs in the Singapore High Court last week, which wu r claimed on a cheque drawn by the defendant. Lam Woon Kuan.97 words
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517 1940-09-26 11 THE Soldiers’, Sailors’ and Airmen’s Families Association recently received from Mr. G. E. Cator, Malayan Agent in London, a cheque for £5.000 —an allotment from the Malaya Patriotic Fund, sent to the Association at the request of the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas. The517 words
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Article, Illustration191 1940-09-26 11 MR. JAMES McKINLAY, o! Ihe Singapore Cold Storage, was married to I Miss Jean Moslin, at the Wesley I Church, Fort Canning, last week The bride a teacher at King’s School, is the daughter of Mrs. H. E. Moslin and the late Mr. Mosslin, of Perth. Westernafter their wedding.—Straits Times picture. - 191 words
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287 1940-09-26 11 WHILE ploughing her way through the heavy swell of the North Atlantic north of Ireland in the middle of July this year, passengers on a British evacuee ship—one of two being escorted to Canada by destroyers—saw two white streaks of foam approaching287 words
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279 1940-09-26 11 “THE defence of this Colony may be at stake. It is definitely essential to have labourers available immediately for emergency work,'' said Mr. T. Siddaway, electrical engineer of United Engineers, Ltd., before the Rent. Assessment Board last week. Havana Appavoo Kandiar, a Tamil contractor279 words
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Article93 1940-09-26 11 SARAWAK RANEE CHILD REFUGEES <From Our Own Correspondent) London, Sept. 18 IT is reported in New York that the Ranee of Sarawak is returning to England soon. “I am going back to see what I can do about the cutting ol red tape in regard to the transport of child93 words
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1003 1940-09-26 12 43 DEPOT RECRUITS VOLUNTEERS EXEMPTED Two Applications Heard In Camera By Tribunal U/HEN the Local Tribunal sat last week to listen to 48 applications for exemptions from continuous training with the Volunteers and Depot Recruits from Oct. 5 to Nov. 3, the Press were asked to retire during the hearing1,003 words
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97 1940-09-26 12 Prom Our Own Correspondents Ipoh, Sept. 20. THE total of the War Fund in Perak went up by $25,641 yesterday as the result of a donation of $24,800 from the Perak Chinese section of the P. M. S. War Fund, being proceeds97 words
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382 1940-09-26 12 AS a result of investigations carried out by the committee of the Indian Association of Singapore, a social service section was formed to organize social work among Indian labourers in the island. The objects in view were to inculcate in the Indian labourer the382 words
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Article, Illustration46 1940-09-26 12 A demonstration on extinguishing an incendiary bom'o was given by wardens of Johore Bahru at a parade of the Air Raid Precautions Department, Johore, One effective method, as shown in the picture is spraying water on the bomb.—Straits Times picture —Straits Times picture..—Straits Times picture. - 46 words
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478 1940-09-26 12 rpHAT Johore Bahru does not lag A behind in possessing an efficient Passive Defence Force was amply demonstrated last week when a representative section of 350 of its A R P. services paraded. They were in<r°ctcd by the Regent of Johore (the478 words
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260 1940-09-26 12 THE allegation that her music teacher, who lived in the same house, poured the contents of a bottle into her father’s daily glass of milk, and that when —her suspicions aroused she gave the milk to their dog, it struggled lor a moment and died260 words
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907 1940-09-26 13 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Sept. 18. CHARGED in the district court before Mr. H. A. Forrer t under the Defence (Finance) Regulations, F. N. Syer. principal partner in Kennedy and Co., Penang sharebrokers, was fined $1,600 on907 words
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137 1940-09-26 13 “COME people appear to be under misapprehension about the quantity ot* rice which they can purchase,” states the Food Controller in a communique on the consumers registration scheme- “There is no necessity to purchase the full amount of rice which is allowed “Thirty-six katties a month137 words
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Article102 1940-09-26 13 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Sept. 13. THE labourers, employed by the Tai Seng 1 rubber factory in Green Lane and th* Lum Aik rubber factory in Bridge Street, who went on Tuesday, when their demand for an increase of wages were not granted, retunvo102 words
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186 1940-09-26 13 T*HE following bill to make financial 1 provision for $6,255,342 for public works during 1941 in the state of Negri Sembilan is published in the latest issue of the Government gazette for the F.M S. Political Pensions and186 words
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Article91 1940-09-26 13 (From Our Own Correspondent» Malacca. Sept. 18. ♦MO case of infectious diseases was notified during August." remarked the chairman, Mr. W. S. Et> den. at the ordinary meeting of the Malacca Municipal Commissioners today. In July there had been two cases of diphtheria, tv/o cases of91 words
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402 1940-09-26 13 CINGAPORE Chinese newspapers are devoting considerable attention to the German air attacks on London and the splendid spirit of the British peopl? in a severe ordeal. The Nanyang Siang Pau says that the aim ot the indiscriminate German bombing is to break402 words
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233 1940-09-26 13 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru, Sept. 17. jpROBABLY one of the biggest items in the daily work of the health officer is the inspection of estates,” states Dato (Dr.) G. H. Garlick, P.M.0., Johore, in his annual report. “Tlje larger estates.”233 words
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Article173 1940-09-26 13 (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Sept. 18. COUND guilty on three charges of selling Government chandu to unregistered chandu smokers, Toh Ah WhaU, a chandu salesman, was flnecj $25, In default, 25 days’ rigorous imprt sonment on each charge by Mr. Lim Koon Teck173 words
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Article135 1940-09-26 13 SO strict is the censorship of news and radio broadcasts in hrenen Indo-China that the people had not heard ol the report of Thailand's demand for the return of former Thai territory in Indo-China when he visited Saigon on Tuesday, said a traveller who arrived in Singapore135 words
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263 1940-09-26 14 OE LEASED from Nazi captivity because of his Honuuras passport, a former lieutenant of the Polish infantry, Mr. R. Ambramowicz, who was taken prisoner when Germany invaded Poland .just over a year ago, arrived in Singapore last week from the Middle East.263 words
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Article165 1940-09-26 14 APPLICANTS for entry into the Special Technical Corps of the RA F. in Singapore are being interviewed at the Singapore Trade School. The Corps comprise the ground crews ct stations here, and the successful applicants will work as artisans, motor transpoit drivers, motor boat crews, electricians,165 words
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Article, Illustration66 1940-09-26 14 This picture shows effective use 3/ patriotic posters on buses in the F.M.S. This is one of the buses of the (ieneral Transport Company, serving Kuala Lumpur and the surrounding districts. This company has made a special effort to arrange effective display of War66 words
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245 1940-09-26 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Sept. 17. CREAKING at the adjournment of to-day’s meeting of the Lower Chamber of the Negri Sembilan State Council, the British Resident, Mr. J. V. Cowgill, said any intelligent observer —or, perhaps, I might say, every schoolboy here in Seremban245 words
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37 1940-09-26 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Sept. 17. TTHE Penang Turf Club donated a 1 further $15,000 to The War Fund to-day. At the opening of the Fund the Club donated $5,000.37 words
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83 1940-09-26 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. Sept. 17. AFTER its first public sitting here yesterday, the Commission of Inquiry to investigate the conduct of officials of the F.M.S. Mines Department has decided to meet again next month. At the opening session the Legal Adviser83 words
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Article47 1940-09-26 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang Sept. 17. THE death occurred at Larut Road this morning of Mr. A. C. Capel, aged 83. Mr. Capel was a well-known Penang Eurasian. He was a lawyer and had retired n number of years ago.47 words
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359 1940-09-26 14 THOUGH there was a falling-off j n requests for technical advice, the work of the Rubber Research Institute of Malaya has been little affected by the war, states the director of the Institute, Mr. H. J. Page, in his annual report359 words
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Article90 1940-09-26 14 'THE marriage took place recently at St. Columba’s Church. Dublin, of Mr. Dudley Tibbs, youngest son of the late Very Rev. Philip G. Tibbs. Dean of Clonfert, Galway, and Marie, daughter of Mr. James Middleton of Sutton Co., Dublin, and the late Mrs. A. Middleton. Mr. Tibbs,90 words
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194 1940-09-26 14 THREE important orders have been issued by the Food Controller. Mr. N. R. Jarrett. One calls for the registration before Sept. 30 of every importer of food who will have to submit an accurate statement of the quantity and description of all food194 words
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1899 1940-09-26 15 By Our Planting Correspondent CITI'ATED in the district of Kuala 9 j tl; eat is Sungei Sedu estate (ll ‘„ing to the Langal River (Se- i Rubber Co., (Incorporated uvloii) consisting of 8,254 acres vhic h1,899 words
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Article97 1940-09-26 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Sept. 16. THE annual meeting of St. Francis’ Association was held yesterday. Mr P. G. Pamadasa, the President, was in the chair. The election of office-bearers for the year resulted: President: Mr. P. G. Pamadasa; vicepresidents: Messrs. C. F. Gomes, Chi97 words
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Article26 1940-09-26 15 The death occurred in Shanghai on Aug. 24 of A. M. Cannan, of the stockbroking firm of S. E. Levy and Co., and formerly of Singapore.26 words
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620 1940-09-26 15 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 10. V SHALL consider, in cases in 1 which there is evidence that any person has consistently been abetting the corruption of Government officers, applying for the banishment of that person under the620 words
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117 1940-09-26 15 'From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Sept. 20. IT was decided at a meeting of the Penang Chinese Chamber of Commerce yesterday to send a letter to Government on the question of the control of remittances to China. It was decided to ask Government to117 words
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336 1940-09-26 16 ALTHOUGH there is very intense opposition to the war by the Nationalist Party in South Africa, there is no doubt that the Dominion will continue the war side by side with the British Empire, because General Smuts336 words
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192 1940-09-26 16 rE Governments of the Straits Settlements and the Federated Malay States have made donations of £10,000 each to the Lord Mayor of London’s Air Raid Relief Fund. A telegram from the Officer Administering the Government, Mr. S. W. Jones, to the Secretary of State192 words
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Article58 1940-09-26 16 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Sept. 17. THE People’s Assembly to-day thank--1 ed the Government for sending troops into the Peninsula to safeguard Thailand’s policy of neutrality. The Minister of Education, replying, said that the British Legation in Bangkok had been informed prior to the despatch58 words
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205 1940-09-26 16 AN account of the repeated bombing by the Japanese of Chungking the Chinese Consul-General in Singapore stated last week that the Chinese National Congress to be held in November this year has been postponed. It may be held next year. This news arrived205 words
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571 1940-09-26 16 with “Human Blood Groups and Blood Transfusion,” chiefly in their historical and sociological aspects, Dr. K. Ando, a vicepresident of the Singapore Rotary Club, gave a talk at the weekly meeting of the club at the Adelphi Hotel last week which is of571 words
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Article, Illustration32 1940-09-26 16 A fine picture of a 60-poundn gun being fired during training in the Northern command Note that th gun is at the full extent of the eccoil.32 words
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332 1940-09-26 16 Singapore, Sept. 18. AT an aerodrome in Singapore are a number of qualified n pilots from Malayan flying clubs who this week began three weeks continuous training with the Royal Air Force for the Straits Settlements Volunteer Air Force. This is the first of332 words
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241 1940-09-26 16 CXPLANING three orders made under the Food Control Ordinance, the Food Controller, Malaya, states that all importers of food in Singapore are required to register with the Supply Officer before Sept. 30, and to give details of their imports during the twelve months241 words
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Article46 1940-09-26 16 i From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Sept. 21 A DONATION of $5OO to the Lord Mayor of London’s Fund for the relief of airlaici victims has been made by the European m°mbers. in Malaya, of the Eastern Smelting Company Ltd., staff.46 words
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Article37 1940-09-26 16 HR. J. M. A. Lowson, who is to relie’ Dato (Dr.) OfH. Garlick. Principal Medi > Officer. Johort on his .tirement at the en of the month, has returned from leavt i Australia.37 words
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232 1940-09-26 17 SYDNEY'S £3,000,000 gravJ j ni r dock will have imD() ilanl improvements on c in ,rai)ore dork. These are naval secrets. v! ior P H Thorne, who will supei ,L construction of the Sydney dl-ck.'said this on arrival in Sydney last week232 words
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Article171 1940-09-26 17 TWO well-known Chinese families 1 were united when Mr. Ong Tiant? Guan, the second son of Mr. and Mrs. Ong Boon Tat, was married to Miss Chua Hock Tay, the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chua Cheng Hock of Malacca. Tiic wedding, which171 words
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185 1940-09-26 17 THERE is an American seaman in Singapore who is not an American. He was born of German parents In Manchester, England, years ago. Yet he is not a German, nor a Britisher. He is Edwin Kruse, a man without a country, and incidentally a185 words
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Article64 1940-09-26 17 THE Bishop of Singapore, Right Rev B. C. Roberts, will leave Singapore at the end of next month to take up his new appointment as warden of St. Augustine’s College, Canterbury. Until the appointment of a new Bishop, the Archdeacon of Singapore will administer the Diocese. The64 words
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Article54 1940-09-26 17 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Sept. 21. A 1 the Buddhist Association, Penang, yesterday. Miss Choong Sim Gay. only daughter of Mr. Choong Lye Hock was married to Mr. Chua Kcat Slew, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Chua Lye Hock. Following the ceremony, a reception was held54 words
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319 1940-09-26 17 T decisions of interest to animal o\,*rs in Singapore have been Ik I? a committee of the SingaMunicipality, subject to connation by the general body of 'nynissioners. sbrii> Pr i annual tax on dogs and trnm 5o b tn C t| S f319 words
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Article, Illustration127 1940-09-26 17 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. I*J. |T is announced in London that Dr. H. A. Tempany, has been appointed to succeed Sir F. Stockdalo as Agricultural Adviser to the SecTary of State for the Colonies, Lord Lloyd. Dr. Tempor.y left Malaya in127 words
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Article363 1940-09-26 17 hONATIONSto the Malaya Patriotic Fund amounted to $1,935,568.68, according to the latest list. This is an increase of $25,898.43 over the previous list. Immigration and Passports stall $41.08. All Ceylonese Section $153.75; The Lawn Tennis Association of Malaya, being proceeds of the Malayan Championships held recently363 words
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106 1940-09-26 17 (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Sept. 18. DR. W. L. DONALDSON, a European. was to-day fined $4O and costs by Mr. F. M Smith when he pleaded guilty to a charge of negligent driving. It was alleged that on July 23 while driving along Klebang106 words
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Article50 1940-09-26 17 The Rev. A. C. Parr, vice-prlncipai of St. Andrew's School. Singapore, son of the late Dr. W. A. Parr, and of Mrs. Parr, of Marlborough, Is soon to marry Miss Evelyn Mary Tarbat, daughter oi the late Rev. J. E. Tarbat and Mrs. Tarbat. of Winchester, says our London correspondent.50 words
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334 1940-09-26 17 THE Fojd Controller, M.ilaya, states that tOe Registration of Rice Purchasers order will shortly be amended jo that rice reta.lers and exporters may register with .he wholesalers from whim they ord.narily buy, without restriction as to number In the sam? way wholesalers334 words
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236 1940-09-26 17 CORNEL Reller, leader of the Adelphi and Sea View Hotels orchestra, died on Sept. 19 at the General Hospital after a brief Illness. Bom In Bocskerch, Yugo-SJavla, he was 34. He was a Hungarian. The funeral took place at Bidadarl Cemetery the same evening.236 words
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Article38 1940-09-26 17 'From Our Own Correspondent* London, Sept. 18 COUTH AFRICA House In Trafalgar Square, was hit by an Incendiary bomb yesterday. Another bomb fell near Malaya House. No damage was done to either building.38 words
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381 1940-09-26 18 —Reuter. THE intensified R.A.F. attacks on German invasion bases and feeding lines are considered to have seriously retarded the completion of preparations lor invasion, writes the Press Association air correspondent. Should an invasion be attempted it is recognized—Reuter. - 381 words
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115 1940-09-26 18 —Reuter. London, Sept. 16. f A tribute to the fortitude of the BriA tish people has been paid by Mr Gandhi and the Netherlands Prime Minister. Mr. Gandhi was addressing the AllIndia Congress Committee which had asked him. once again, to lead the party. “I—Reuter. - 115 words
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Article34 1940-09-26 18 —Reuter. London, Sept. 18. A SECOND batch of American destroyers for Britain has arrived at a port on the east coast of Canada and they will be turned over to the Royal Navy immediately.—Reuter. - 34 words
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Article141 1940-09-26 18 Nazis “Cut To Rags Tatters" —Reuter. London, Sept. 16. TIIE exploits of the Fighter Command are praised in the following message sent by the Prime Minister. Mr. Winston Churchill, fo the Air Ministry for the Fighter Command: “Yesterday eclipsed all previous records of the Fighter Command “Aided bv squadrons of'—Reuter. - 141 words
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218 1940-09-26 18 —Reuter. San Diego, Calif., Sept. 17. COLONEL Alfred Knox, Secretary of the U.S. Navy, in an interview to-day, said that no time was being lost in making the newly-acquired Atlantic bases ready for use. He said that because of the present emergency he—Reuter. - 218 words
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37 1940-09-26 18 —Reuter. London, Sept. 20. TTHE death has occurred of Professor Charles Gabriel Seligman, the eminent anthropologist, who has made extensive studies of life in India. Ceylon, the Sudan, New Guinea, Borneo and Africa—Reuter.—Reuter. - 37 words
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338 1940-09-26 18 —Reuter. Berlin, Sept. 16 “CPAIN’S position at present is one of non-belligerency m '“'that must not be interpreted as disinterestedness said Senor Ramon Suner, Spanish Minister of the Interior in an interview with the Voelkischer—Reuter. - 338 words
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162 1940-09-26 18 Reuter. Istanbul, Sept. 19. ITALY’S aggressive penetration o 1 Egyptian territory in spite of Mussolini’s solemn promise is severely condemned by the Turkish Press It anticipates most serious const sequences will result for the Italian Army. u the Typical comment is made b\Reuter. - 162 words
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63 1940-09-26 18 —Reurtr. London, Sept i THE air force of the Free French Fore taking an active part in co-operation l British squadrons in operations against t in east Africa, it is learned in author; circles in London and in this connection learned that four Free French—Reurtr. - 63 words
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Article163 1940-09-26 18 —Reuter. Bucharest, Sept. 17. DUMANIAN oil exports to Germany and her protectorates have been more than doubled in the last two months, compared with the monthly average of exports to Germany during the first ten months of the war. This is one of the—Reuter. - 163 words
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Article159 1940-09-26 18 —Reuter. Simla, Sept. 16. MAHATMA Gandhi’s address to the All-India Congress Committee in Bombay yesterday is interpreted here as indicating that the immediate question of relations between Congress and the Government is not regarded by Mr. Gandhi as having been determined with any finality. The fact that—Reuter. - 159 words
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Article78 1940-09-26 18 Reuter. Tokio, Sept. 20. JAPANESE Cabinet Ministers and Service chiefs conferred for three hours at the Imperial Palace in the presence of the Emperor yesterday afternoon. A communique issued by the secretary of the Cabinet says, “Important affairs of state” were discussed. The conference was attended byReuter. - 78 words
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770 1940-09-26 19 —Reuter. London, Sept. 18. ••ifJE must not underrate the damage inflicted on the V' enemy.” declared Mr. Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister, in the course of a statement when the House of Commons met last night. Mr.—Reuter. - 770 words
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144 1940-09-26 19 —Reuter. London, Sept. 17. TIE Admiralty announces that mercantile shipping losses due to enemy action for the week ended September 8-9 were 16 British, Allied and neutral ships of a total tonnage of 54,547. Of these, ten weie British representing 28,200 tons,—Reuter. - 144 words
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Article101 1940-09-26 19 —Reuter. Washington, Sept. 17. ADMINISTRATION officials are reported to be considering a plan whereby Great Britain might obtain at least 30 giant American bombers capable of cruising 3,000 miles. The new long-range bombers would presumably enable Britain’s striking force to reach the most distant German”—Reuter. - 101 words
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155 1940-09-26 19 —Reuter. New York, Sept. 18 A striking tribute to the meaning of the Crown in Great Britain is paid by the American columnist, Mr. E. A. Jones, writing in the Louisville Courier Journal on the subject—Reuter. - 155 words
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Article33 1940-09-26 19 —Reuter. London, Sept. 16. THE Czecho-Slovak pilots incorporated in the Royal Air Force have already brought down 24 German planes, while losing only one of their own.—Reuter.—Reuter. - 33 words
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142 1940-09-26 19 Reuter. Simla, Sept. 17. THE gallant part played by Indian troops in the recent fighting in British Somaliland is now revealed. Two famous battalions oi Punjabis took part in the operations, three companies holding a key position on the right flank of the mainReuter. - 142 words
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328 1940-09-26 19 —Reuter. London, Sept. 18. CPEAKING on the war situation in the House of Lords last night, Lord Caldecote, the Dominions Secretary, said that Hritish naval forces recently swept the Mediterranean from end to end—Reuter. - 328 words
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184 1940-09-26 19 —Reuter. London, Sept. 16. 11HE new French ambassador to the United States presented his credential to President Roosevelt to-day. Addressing the President, the Ambassador said: “My country has sustained the cruellest reverse in its history. In—Reuter. - 184 words
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36 1940-09-26 19 Reuter. Batavia, Sept. 17 ANOTHER £5.000 has been sent to London by the Netherlands Indies Spitfire fund, which has the greatest sympathy of the Dutch and British communities here.- Reuter.Reuter. - 36 words
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Article, Illustration435 1940-09-26 20 —Reuter. London, Sept. 18. THE visit of Senor Serrano Suner, the Spanish Minister of the Interior, to Berlin, where he yesterday saw Hitler, is causing considerable interest in Washington and other capitals. Announcements that Senor Suner. aho is—Reuter. - 435 words
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267 1940-09-26 20 .—Reuter. London, Sept. 17. to a report received from an Englishman who has just escaped from the south of France Gen. de Gaulle's Free French movement in unoccupied France is greatly increasing, a special correspondent on the French frontier. The report says that de.—Reuter. - 267 words
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45 1940-09-26 20 —Reuter. Washington, Sept. 17. According to the Dow agency, the War Department, apparently with the support of the White House, has sent Congress a request for for the enlargement o f aeroplane manufacturing facilities and the speeding up of production.—Reuter.—Reuter. - 45 words
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249 1940-09-26 20 Reuter. New York, Sept. 19. AMERICAN military planes are being delivered to (J r(>a Britain at the rate of 500 a month and production is being stepped up so as toReuter. - 249 words
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119 1940-09-26 20 Reuter. New York, Sept. 19. MR. Wendell Willkie, the Republican candidate for the Presidency of the United States, began his campaign proper yesterday with an attack on Hitler, whom he described as a “heinous totalitarian.’’ He told an audience that while bombsReuter. - 119 words
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Article57 1940-09-26 20 -Reuter. Gibraltar, Sept. 18. r[E R.A.F. headquarters here to-day issued a statement that on Saturday an aircraft failed to return from patrol. It is since learnt that three members o! the crew are safe and have been interned in neutral territory. The remainder of the crew, namely-Reuter. - 57 words
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Article98 1940-09-26 20 New York, Sept. 1.8 THE capitalist economy ot Europe is slowly bleeding to death and the increased drain upon it has been such that since the outbreak of war it is doubtful if Europe can endure much longer and still survive anything like its previous98 words
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249 1940-09-26 20 .—Reuter. London, Sept. 19. /CERTAIN correspondents have urged the diversion of our offensive to reprisal bombing, writes The Times. They are responding to a very natural impulse, but, apart from any other consideration, they are advocating what, at least at the moment, would.—Reuter. - 249 words
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117 1940-09-26 20 .—Reuter. Moscow, Sept. 18. “THE air battle of London, which is n stage in the struggle for Britain, cannot continue with such intensity and the moment is approaching when attackers and not the attacked will bt influenced by circumstances which they themselves created, writes Pravda..—Reuter. - 117 words
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58 1940-09-26 20 —Reuter. London, Sept 19. IT is officially announced from the general headquarters of Free French Forces that General of Brigade Eon, ex-Commander of the First Zouaves at Casablanca and previously commander of the sub-divLsion at Tetuan, has arrived In England and immediately placed himself—Reuter. - 58 words
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876 1940-09-26 21 Home On ‘lntense Action By Fleet R.A.F.’ ENEMY ADVANCE BASE BATTERED BY BOMBERS —Reuter. Cairo, Sept. 19. THE Italian columns spread out along 60 miles of the 1 very rough coast road between Sidi Barrani, in Egypt, a nd the Libyan frontier have been shelled by the Royal Navy, while—Reuter. - 876 words
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52 1940-09-26 21 .—Reuter. London, Sept. 19. IT is learned that Major-General C. J. Bruce Hay and Mrs. Hay were killed at a bombed western London hotel last night. He was Inspector-General of the Iraq army and head of the British military mission to Iraq from 1934 to.—Reuter. - 52 words
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Article75 1940-09-26 21 —Reuter. New York, Sept. 19. REPORTS from American Army officers abroad are definitely more optimistic about British powers of resistance than they were six weeks ago, said Mr. H. L. Stimson, Secretary for War, at a press conference to-day, according to the Washington correspondent of the.—Reuter. - 75 words
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135 1940-09-26 21 —Reuter New York, Sept. 20. GERMAN troops who refused to participate in invasion exercises off the Netherlands coast were sent back to Germany with their hands tied behind their backs, according to a Dutch wireless executive, Carlter Weele, who left the Netherlands on Aug. 27—Reuter . - 135 words
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68 1940-09-26 21 —Reuter. Tokio, Sept. 20. Simultaneously with the staging of army manoeuvres in Western Russia, the Soviet Pacific fleet has also been engaged in a sham battle practice, according to a Moscow dispatch to the Domel news agency. Soviet naval operations are reported to hate—Reuter. - 68 words
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126 1940-09-26 21 Reuter. Melbourne, Sept. 19. THE Federal Government has been informed that New Caledonia has broken away from Vichy and declared allegiance to Gen. de Gaulle, who has appointed M. Santot as his representative in place of Gen. Denis Governor under the Vichy administration,Reuter. - 126 words
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366 1940-09-26 21 Troops Aerodromes Harbours Bombed RAIDS FROM DODECANESE TO SOMALILAND PORT Reuter and British Wireless. London, Sept. 20. DRITISH air forces in the Mediterranean area have launchu «I strong attacks against Italian troop concentrations, bases, harbours and aerodromes in the Dodecanese Islands, Libya, Eritrea, Abyssinia and Italian Somaliland. Following yesterday’s successfulReuter and British Wireless. - 366 words
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137 1940-09-26 21 -Reuter London, Sept. 18. MR. C. R. Attlee, Lord Privy Bea 3, intimated during the course of questions in the House of Common* to-day that the British Government intended to submit to Parliament in due course legislation to conifer the necessary authority upon the-Reuter - 137 words
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Article31 1940-09-26 21 .—Reuter. Calcutta. Sept. 18. rE Bengal Government has contributed £7.500 to the fund for the relief of I/ondon air raid sufferers, whclh has been opened by the Mavor of Calcutta —Reuter..—Reuter. - 31 words
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754 1940-09-26 22 —Reuter London, Sept. 19. THE French Journal Official of Sept. 14 publishes a law authorising the opening of a special account for the maintenance cost of the German army of occupation. The German’—Reuter - 754 words
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Article31 1940-09-26 22 —Reuter. V London, Sept. 20. howitzers will soon be manufactured u<ni ll L.^ W Wal es, Australia. These will be in addition to the smaller arms which Australia is already producing.—Reuter.—Reuter. - 31 words
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Article160 1940-09-26 22 —Reuter. New York, Sept. 20. MUSEUMS, hospitals and churches seem to have an uncanny attraction for Nazi bombers,” writes the London correspondent of the New York Times. Military objectives have been bit, he says, and adds “Notwithstanding two weeks of bombardment Ot docks, it can’—Reuter. - 160 words
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109 1940-09-26 22 —Reuter. Istanbul, Sept. 21. SYRIANS are determined to prevent Italians from using their country as a base for military action against Egypt and the Suez Canal, states the Beirut correspondent of the El Misri. He adds, “They are—Reuter. - 109 words
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230 1940-09-26 22 —Reuter. London, Sept. 22. |N consequence of the steady growth of India’s naval strength, Vice-Admiral Fitzherbert, whose term of appointment as Flag Officer commanding the Royal Indian Navy had recently been extended for another year from November next, has under his command the—Reuter. - 230 words
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Article, Illustration147 1940-09-26 22 —Reuter. London, Sept. 17. J WOULD welcome an opportunity of throwing them back into the sea,” Gen. Sir Alan Brooke, Commander-in-Chief of the Home Forces, told Reuter to-day, when interviewed in regard to German threats of invasion. “They have done it twice—Reuter. - 147 words
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Article95 1940-09-26 22 —Reuter. London, Sept. 18. IT would not be long before trainees would be passing out from Government training centres for munition production at the rate of 250,000 to 300.000 yearly, said Mr. Ernest Bevin, Minister of Labour, speaking in London to-day. Saying that the present long—Reuter. - 95 words
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140 1940-09-26 22 —Reuter. New York, Sept. 21 gRITAIN has suffered no serious military damage from az bombings according to Brigadier General George Strong, assistant to the United States Chief of Staff who arrived here to-day by air after a month on a special—Reuter. - 140 words
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119 1940-09-26 22 Melbourne, Sept. 20. DLANS for the future of the Aus- .tralian Imperial Force have been “re-cast,” it is authoritatively stated following a reference by Mr. R. G. Menzies, the Australian Prime Minister, to the new “war angle” for Australians. The new plans, it119 words
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96 1940-09-26 22 .—Reuter London, Sept. 18. FURTHER steps to tighten the blockade of Germany were announced to-day. The black list of shipowners is in future to contain a list of their ships which will not be granted navicerts or facilities in British ports. A new ships’.—Reuter - 96 words
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76 1940-09-26 22 I.—Reuter Cairo. Sept. 19 IT is revealed here that three Italian warplanes last Friday attacked a Britisn casualty clearing station at Daba on tn<* road from Alexandria to Mersa-Matruh One hundred bombs were dropped and considerable damage was done to tents an ambulance waggons, butI.—Reuter - 76 words
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70 1940-09-26 22 .—Reuter Bucharest, Sept. 19 ALL recent measures against Jews and sects including Baptists, and particularly decrees restricting worship and concerning synagogues, have been annulled. Under p’ r vlous decrees a large amount of religious property was to go to the state. Pending new.—Reuter - 70 words
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1760 1940-09-26 23 (By Our Own Correspondent) London, Sept. 20. THE last ten ni S hts in this fine I old City of London have been a crashing and flaming hell but they have produced heroes and heroines in numbers that1,760 words
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350 1940-09-26 23 —Reuter. London, Sept. 22. AN encouraging report of delin veries of aircraft materials and complete aeroplanes from the United States to Great Britain has been given to Reuter by Mr. H. P. James, director of the Northern Aluminium Company, who has just—Reuter. - 350 words
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55 1940-09-26 23 —Reuter. London, Sept. 22. OFFICIAL Washington figures give the value of Britain’s war purchases in August. Shipments reached £7,933,000, fourfifths of the United States’ total military exports for the month. Most of the remainder went to South America and the Netherlands Indies. France, Germany,—Reuter. - 55 words
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132 1940-09-26 23 London, Sept. 22. MITLER’S invaders might land but they would never get again,” declared Mr. A. V. Alexander, First Lord of the Admiralty, speaking at Newcastle yesterday. The Admiralty, he said, has had to stand up to what 12 months ago would have been132 words
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734 1940-09-26 24 —Reuter. liondon, Sept. 23. /°VNLY seven of a batch of 90 children who set out from England to start a new life in Canada survived the inhumanity of the Nazis when a children’s evacuee ship was—Reuter. - 734 words
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Article118 1940-09-26 24 —Reuter. London, Sept. 22. IN a call to aircraft workers for Increased production, the Minister for Aircraft Production, Lord Beaverbrook, has issued this message: “it is imperative that there should be a considerable increase in output in the coming weeks, for the testing time may—Reuter. - 118 words
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Article39 1940-09-26 24 —Reuter. Pondicherry (French India), Sept. 23. A COMMITTEE has been formed here by the local committee of free Frenchmen and M. Baron, administrator of French India to recruit volunteers for Gen. de Gaulle and raise funds for his support.—Reuter.—Reuter. - 39 words
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722 1940-09-26 24 London’s Bombed Citizens “FirstLine Troops”, Says Minister that our cause will prevail.”—British Wh less. London, Sept. 22. THE Minister of Health, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, in a broadcast speech, described details of the Government’s plans for sheltering citizen's who have lost their homes through senseless and brutal German ail attacks. Mr.that our cause will prevail.”—British Wh less. - 722 words
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Article75 1940-09-26 24 —Reuter. Peshawar, Sept. 23. A CALL for Jehad (holy war) against Italy was made here yesteiday when special prayers were offered in all mosques in the city for the security, and prosperity of Egypt, Turkey, Iran and Afghanistan and for warding ofT Italy and’—Reuter. - 75 words
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194 1940-09-26 24 —Reuter. Wardha. (India), Sept. 21. AN authoritative interpretation was given here of the resolution passed by the Indian National Congress on Sunday withdrawing the party’s conditional offer of co-operation with Britain in ,he prosecution of the war. This says that Congress—Reuter. - 194 words
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Article75 1940-09-26 24 —Reuter. The Axis is giving away nothing about Ribbentrop’s (Nazi Foreign Minister) Rome talks, apart from the announcement that they have brought complete agreement on the conduct of the war. It is stated in London that perhaps Ribbentrop gave II Duce a few tips on—Reuter. - 75 words
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262 1940-09-26 24 Istanbul, Sept. 22. yHE close attention with which constant reinforcement of the Italian Mission in Syria is being follow, ed here has been further increased by the arrival of another group of nine Italians en route to join the Armistice262 words
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29 1940-09-26 24 —Reuter. London, Sept. 23. THE British community in Uruguay of only 2,000 people have now sent £7.000 towards the purchase of a Spitfire.—Reuter.—Reuter. - 29 words
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974 1940-09-26 25 ’—Reuter. London, Sept. 24. A GLOWING tribute to the spirit of civil defence workers in Great Britain, whose devotion “in the face of grave and constant danger has’—Reuter. - 974 words
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Article110 1940-09-26 25 —Reuter. New York, Sept. UTITH the arrest of eight Nazi leaders in Uruguay on charges of conspiring against the sovereignty of the state, Uruguay is preparing to bring the Nazi party to trial before world opinion,” says the New York Times’ Montevideo correspondent. Several—Reuter. - 110 words
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457 1940-09-26 25 —Reuter. Tokio, Sept. 23. JAPAN has no territorial designs on French Indo-China,” J the Foreign Office spokesman announced at a Press conference to-day, commenting on the Franco-Japanese agreement signed at Hanoi. The spokesman added Inasmuch as the present agreement between Japan and—Reuter. - 457 words
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557 1940-09-26 25 Reuter. London, Sept. 23. AS part ol the British trade drive in South America, the British Government has decided, with the approval of the Governments concerned, to send to South America a special mission under the leadership ol Lord Williiigdon,Reuter. - 557 words
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45 1940-09-26 25 Japan U.S. Use Of Singapore Base —Reuter. Tokio, Sept. 23. -T’llK official attitude in Tokio 1 regarding the facilities at the Singapore base for the United States navy is that such an agreement inevitably would give rise to “serious world disturbance.” states a Japanese report.—Reuter.—Reuter. - 45 words
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652 1940-09-26 26 Singapore 5; Selangor 8. AFTER holding the Combined Services to a draw on Saturday, Selangor tasted defeat at the stadium on Sunday when Singapore beat them by five goals to three. A large crowd turned out to watch the652 words
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Article79 1940-09-26 26 —Reuter. London, Sept. 22. Rugby league games resulted: Butley 8 Keighley 5 Bramley 5 Dewsbury 23 Peatherstone 11 Hall 9 Halifax 8 Bradford N’thern 12 Hunslet 18 Castleford 2 Liverpool Stanley 48 Leigh 10 Oldham OWlgan 21 0 Warrington 12 St Helen’s 41 Swinton 0 Wakefield 3—Reuter. - 79 words
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Article208 1940-09-26 26 |N addition to Depot, who was sent up lrom class two to class one during the Singapore race meeting just concluded, four more class two horses have been promoted to the highest class, according to the latest classification list of horses and ponies. The horses are Eelgrass,208 words
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Article130 1940-09-26 26 Positions, corrected up to Tuesday in th* first division of the SAFA. league, are: FIRST DIVISION P. W. L. D. P. A. Pts R A.F 21 14 3 4 64 27 32 Malays 22 12 5 5 69 40 29 Argylls 20 9 3 8 29 25130 words
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154 1940-09-26 26 from behind, the American Association nipped the Loyals, lour to one, on Sunday afternoon to take an undisputed possession of the Singapore League championship. The Loyals have yet to face the Japanese in another League game. The Loyais took a flrst-inning lead when154 words
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Article242 1940-09-26 26 London, Sept. 22. ALL yesterday’s league football games were worked oil according to the programme. The results were: NORTH Barnsley 6 Doncliester 2 Blackburn 3 Bury 2 Bradford City 1 Halifax 2 Burnley 5 Crewe 1 Chesterfield 2 Lincoln 0 Ever ton 4 Chester 3 Huddersfield 5242 words
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Article211 1940-09-26 26 THE women's singles and doubles events in the junior badminton championships of Singapore were concluded on Sunday morning when the finals were worked off at the Clerical Union Hall. Miss Yoong Sook Lian (Merridale) won the singles title by defeating Miss Elsie Wong (Amateur Athletic211 words
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498 1940-09-26 26 A LTHOUGH plenty of clever i )(>Y seen, Battling Sinia and Ventura Marquez failed to provide many thrills at the New wJS arena on Sunday. Billed as the nia 2 event and scheduled for 12 “threes” the fight went the full distance498 words
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Article135 1940-09-26 26 (From Our Own Correspondent' Johore Bahru, Sept. 2:3. BEATING the Education by the solitary goal scored in the match at the Istana padang, the Customs entered the final of the Hull cup competition. Their opponents in the final will be the Johore Military Forces, the135 words
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Article746 1940-09-26 1 AS was to be expected, a sharp increase in net profit n was earned by McAlister and Co. Ltd. in the year ended June last. The accounts were issued on Tuesday and show that the amount at746 words
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Article137 1940-09-26 1 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1,504 th auction on Sept. 18 and there were catalogued 2,049.924 1b.—915.14 tons: offered 1.660,378 1b.—741.24 tons: sold 1,185.871 1b.—529.41 tons. London Spot 12d. New York Spot 19% cts. PRICES REALIZED Ribbed Smoke Sheet Cents Per Lb. Standard137 words
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166 1940-09-26 1 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 20. AN implication that Malaya’s assessment of standard tonnage, regarded by many as unfairly low In relation to that of other restricting countries, will not be revised, was contained in a statement by Mr. George166 words
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Article113 1940-09-26 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Sept. 23. The following are to-day o “bid” quotations for Fixed Trusts:— d. British Empire “A” not available British Empire ‘B” not available British Empire Cumulative not available British Empire C’prehensive not available British General “A” 14 0 British General “B” 11 4%xd113 words
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95 1940-09-26 1 —Reuter. London, Sept. 23. r HE Metal Control has recommend- ed the freer grant of tin export licences, particularly to the United States, for shipment in November and onwards The tin market ruled strong, with a turnover of 150 tons. The strength was—Reuter. - 95 words
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Article28 1940-09-26 1 ITNITED Malacca Rubber Estates Ltd. haivested a crop of 65.800 lb. In Augus‘ bringinR the total crop for the four month; of the financial year to 214,300 lb28 words
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57 1940-09-26 1 Date Spot Sept Oct.-Dec. Jan.-Mar. Apl.-June London Sept 19 37% 38 V* 37 35% 34% 20 37% 38% 37 35% 34% 21 37% 38 36% 35 34% 23 37% 38 36% 35 34% 24 37% 36% 35% 34% 11% Spot Oct. Oct.-Dec. Jan.-Mar. Apl-June London 2557 words
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187 1940-09-26 1 A NET profit of $148,074 was earned by Burma Malay Tin Ltd. in the year ended March last. This compares with $134,263 in the preceding year. Dividends totalling Is. 6d. a share were paid, compared with Is. a share in the187 words
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Article123 1940-09-26 1 Singapore, Sept. 25. noon. Buyers Sellers Gambler 7.75 Hamburg Cube $13.00 Java Cube $l2 50 Pepper White Muntok $11.75 White $11.25 Black 6.25 Copra Mixed $2.25 Sun Dried $2.50 Saco Flour No 1 Lingga $3.65 Fair $2.70 Sarawak $2.70 Jelotong Palcmbang $19.00 Bar la $lB.OO San wak123 words
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53 1940-09-26 1 THE domestic tin quota for the last quarter of this year has been fixed it, 100 per cent, states the Tin Cor» troller. Producers, however, who are able to I roduce more than their 100 per cent, quota are asked to apply for53 words
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Article30 1940-09-26 1 THF secretaries of Takuapa Valley Tin Dredging state that dredge 3 at Ban Pru Is likely to suspend operations for a tort night owing to engine trouble.30 words
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622 1940-09-26 2 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 20. A GREAT increase in profits is an* nounced by Ipoh Tin Dredging. Ltd. for the year ended Mar. 31 last. As your Correspondent cabled to you to-day, net earnings for the period,622 words
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Article376 1940-09-26 2 IN a weekly report on the rubber market, issued on Sept. 19, Lewis and Peat 'Singapore) Ltd. write:— Buying by the American Reserve Purchasing Company has been chiefly responsible for the maintenance of prices at the present level during the week, as very few inquiries have376 words
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128 1940-09-26 2 'THE Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd. increased its profit by about $ll,OOO in the year ended June last, compared with the preceding year. The accounts were issued this morning and show the profit for the year at $291,220,128 words
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Article81 1940-09-26 2 THE following tin-ore outputs are reportei for the first half of September:— Hours Cubic Piculs yards ore K. Kamunting 295 62,000 116 Thabawleik Tin 313 74,000 116 Pungah Tin Dredge 1 330 143.000 761 Dredge 2 310 175,000 810 Austral Amal. 595 178,000 588 Katu Tin 309 73,00081 words
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767 1940-09-26 2 A DDRESSING shareholders at the annual meeting of Tambalak Rubber Estates Ltd. in Singapore on Saturday, Mr. J. C. Cobbett, the chairman, said: The profit for the year was $27,390.60 compared with that of $12,602.11 for the previous financial year. The767 words
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376 1940-09-26 2 (From Our Own Correspondent London, Aug. A VIGOROUS protest against the levying of 100 per cent. Exce« Profits Tax on the prontn of rubber plantation companies was made bv Sir Francis M. Vouu-s when he pre. sided to-day at the376 words
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155 1940-09-26 2 THE result of the larger production and export quotas combined with higher prices of rubber which have ruled for the past year is strikingly shown in the accounts of Kempas Ltd for the year ended June last which155 words
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1104 1940-09-26 3 Singapore, September 25, 10 ajm. mining Buyers Sellers LsSU a i ,nat Tin 3/- 3/6 XSS3I& .ur Hitam W m JO/ucr Weng 1-02 1.06 u/ngrlnA 17/3 1 b«u Selangor 1.4* I^*2 5 per juntai 8/® J/ 6 Burma Malay 30/- «/'«I Cl chenderiang 12/- 13/501,104 words
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64 1940-09-26 3 AN interim dividend of 25., per £5 share, less income-tax at 8s 6d has been declared by the directors of the Eastern Bank. This dividend is payable on Oct. 7. Dominion Income Tax relief if any, will be adjusted when the final dividend is paid64 words
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Article63 1940-09-26 3 THE directors of the Eastern United Assurance Corporation have decided to recommend a final dividend of 5 per cent., making 10 per cent, for the year ended June last. They also recommend a cash bonus of 2% per cent. This total distribution of 12% per cent, is63 words
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666 1940-09-26 3 DROPOSING the adoption of the report and accounts at the annual meeting of Brunei United Plantations Ltd. in Singapore on Sept. 20 Mr. Lee Chim Tuan, the chairman, said:— Our assessment of standard production for the calendar years666 words
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Article219 1940-09-26 3 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Sept. 25 REFERENCE to Government’* decision to Introduce legislation to Impose Income tax In Malaya was made yesterday at the Penang Chamber of Commerce half-yearly meeting by the Chairman Mr. Jules Martin, Mr. P. Souter and Mr. F. D. Blaseker.219 words
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Article40 1940-09-26 3 •yHE official price of tin in Singapore on Sept. 19 was $132 per picul of 133 l/3rd lb. on Sept. 20 on Sept. 21 $132; on Sept. 23 $132; on Sept. 24 $132; on Sept. 25 $132.12!^.40 words
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334 1940-09-26 3 Singapore, sent. 24. Books l ouu (or Company Dividend Close Date fix OH financial tea run Payable Cate to date Austral Amai 3d Sept 14 Sept 2? Bept 15 10% Burma Malay U No 24 Sept 23 Sept 30 Sept334 words
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