The Straits Times, 6 October 1939

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  • 36 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.! MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER—LARGEST NET SALES 6 PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS The Straits Times 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1939 PRICE 5 CEN r
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 396 1 For Up-to-date TAILORING... MIEN CHONG you arc assured o/ real sarts/ac^n. Coleman St. OH Singapore -Phone 4816- SH3L. I wL YOU KNOW m •theodolites tHBHBHHHHHBBBHHHHHHHH w^K^^m HE HN OWS X-RAY APPARATUS /J^fyJ^Jp HAEMOMETERS. /Y^TET^TIV km^^^^^ cERKAMETERS /^ffa^B^^S^Sr -fc»^ Pb^»n -DESsicATORs SCL'LLI^G EXERCISER "C^^VCft idi •STETHOSCOPES. X^-^^ \/^Mf) sl^ \y^ No
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    • 7 1 KUALA LVMFUR, 25. JAVA ST rPHONS 3683).
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    • 19 1 for PERFECT STYLES in DRESSMAKING READYMADES Call at MADAME PAGE'S SALONS 13. Battery Road, Singapore. HOTEL MAJESTIC Kuala Lumpur.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1130 2 AGENTS WANTED WANTED AGENTS. For Silk. Woollen am Cotton cloths at competitive rates 00 decen' remuneration. Free particulars and sample! from Glrson Kn'ttine Works. Ludhiana. FOR SALE _snELVADOB Refrigerator Pbone 3333 FOR SALE, Cream Duco Bedroom Suit< price $60 Phone *****. SIMON STONE-CRUSHERS Simson "L* 14 >i xB% $1,450 HJndhede
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    • 748 2 BOARD RESIDENCE d AT "SUNNYSIDE" 7 Oxley Rd. Tel. 6575. t Attractively furnished flat. Private bathr. s H. Ss C. water. All possible comfort. Also single. Meals served m flat if desired. AT ROCHFORT. 4 Oxley Bite, Tel. 6700 middle October comfortable, attractively fum. self-contained flat, quiet elevated, all meals
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    • 565 2 PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE. 'Tour Square" Tobaccos will be sold to members of H.M. Forces (through N.A.A. F.1.) without any Increase In price. WATTS CO., LTD. NOTICE The Public are informed that Reformatory Road between the 9th and 10th milestones, and Ulu Pandan Road from Holland Road to Reformatory Road, will
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    • 427 2 BUSINESS CARDS Etc LADIES DRESSES. MRS. PURVEY just arrived with dresses for all occasions. prices very reasonable. Hrs: f-1 and 2-7, 9 Eu Court, 2nd Floor, Hill Street. "GLACIER" BEARING METALS, PHOSPHOR BRONZE, ETC. ALLIANCE ENGINEERING CO., LTD. SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPCK, MOTOR VEHICLES FIAT BALILLA SALOON, perfect condition, one owner
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    • 257 2 WEARNES WEEKLY LIST USED CARS ALL TYPES OF CARS IN STOCK -BIG AND SMALL. HERE ARE A FEW OFFERS. 1938 SINGER 8.9 H.P. SALOON SB7 5 1936 FORD 8 H.P. SALOON NXII I 1937 VAUXIIALL 14 H.P. SALOON $1 ?25 1934 STANDARD 10 H.P. SALOON $5M 1936 MORRIS 12 H.P.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 786 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS p. &0. BRITISH INDIA IfIKML^HIEH AND APCAR Lint* (incorporated tn .Japam (incorponted In Engtand) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR 1 PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. Co. MAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES Port Said Naples, MarseUles. Gibraltar, London, Antwerp and Rotterdam Vessels Tonnage Due Sail Owing to the
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    • 700 3 LUXURIOUS ONE-CLASS MOTORSHIPS Cabins with Private Bath— Excellent Cuisine To: MARSEILLES. LONDON, ROTTER- To PALESTINE. ROTTERDAM AND DAM AND COPENHAGEN rnnmtAC.KS BORINGIA Oct. 17 COPENHAGEN LALANDIA Nov. 7 w 1Q JUTLANDIA Nov. 28 Nov 13 MEONIA Dec. 19 SlAMcalls london Oct. 25 To: BANGKOK AND SAIGON To: MANILA AND CHINA
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    • 425 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Ocean Building, Coliycr Quay, Singapore Tel. 5151 Chartered Bank Building, Penang Tel. 1366 BLUE FUNNEL LINE, Owing to the outbreak of hostilities the arrival and departure dates of the company's vessels are uncertain. The best services possible are being maintained to United Kingdom Ports and Havre, also
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  • 1269 4 THURSDAY, OCT. 5, 1939: S P.M. MINING Bayers Sellers Ampat Tin (te) 4s 9d 5s 3d Austral Amal. (ss) 5s 9d 6s 14 d Austral Malay 37s 39s Ayer Hitam (ss) 21s fid 22s 6d x.d. Ayer Weng (si) .85 .95
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  • 157 4 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Singapore, Oct. 5, 5 p.m. Books Total for Company Dividend Close Date Ex. Dlr. financial year T*N Payable Date to date Ayer Hitam 2%% int. Sept. 15 Oct. 11 714% Burma Malay 6d. No 20 Oct. 14 Oct. 21 Oct 15 5% Hongkong Tin
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  • 166 4 tFrom Our Own Correspondent) London, Oct. 5. fOMMODITY and Exchange markets closed x* as follows, with previous quotations In parenthesis: Bl'BBEB: Easier. London: 9%d 9%d o 7|l6d 0 16 d) Nov-Dec.: 9V4d 9%d (9 7116 d 9 16 d) Jan-liar: 9%d 9vid (0 Il!l6d 974 d)9 7
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  • 470 4 Prices Ease On Quota Increase IN a weekly report on the rubber market, issued at noon yesterday. Stanton Nelson and Co., Ltd. write The political background of the week has been formed by the opening of the German peace offensive and the beginning of the struggle m
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 314 4 jMtSWrnKk I "TRILOX" Iml b Wy i Isf^H PULLEY BLOCK Imllc^l mm 20 TOH CAPACITY i (jySij|l% s °lid Steel casing Ih Q?Jb Mild Steel Case r Jniflr Hardened Hand Lil Mi Main Shaft Gears f I'^fez&F or Chrome Nickel J 4eavy Steel Hand Chain Wheel ADMIRALTY QUALITY LOAD CHAIN
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    • 194 4 IT NOT ONLY GIVES BUI KILLS 6ERMS J& INHALAKT A d;op ol I n kerchief gtra off an am i-pt;. i which quk-kU klh u-.-r-rs vi </v.dx influenza, ra.^rth. etc. This vapour prows stronger and Flronger as vo;i inhale. It reaches all the complicated passages of nose and throat where
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
    • 632 5 London Bids For Good-Class Sterling Tin Shares liy Our Financial Corresp3ndent Singapore, Oct. C c 'THE feature of the share market this morning is a revival In the demand lrom London for some sterling tin t shares. For weeks past London has t been a persistent seller
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    • 101 5 THE directors of Pahang Consolidat- ed Ltd. have recommended a dividend of 10 per cent, on the ordinars shares for the year ended July last The directors also propose to pay the half-year's preference dividend on the 7 per cent, preference shares. Th< J preference dividend for
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    • 406 5 London, Oct. 5. THE Stock Exchange to-day experienced the firmest and most lively session since the war and this is attributed to the market's optimistic interpretation of the eventual outcome Of hostilities. Gilt-edged entered the limelight with dealings at the fixed minl.num prices m practically all stock
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    • 41 5 London, Oct. 5. rE International Tea Committee announces that the figure of regulation for the current control year ending March 31, 1940 shall be increased by 5 per cent. to 95 per cent, of standard exports.— Reuter.
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    • 120 5 FOREIGN imports of rubber Into the Colony in September totalled 18,302 tons, compared with 12,635 tons in August, bringing total Imports lor th<? line months of this year to 134,222 ions, compared with 121.676 tons in the corresponding period of 1938. Of the September imports, 10,774
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    • 121 5 Singapore, Oct. 6, noon. Buyers Sellers Gambler 7.50 Hamburg Cube $14.00 Java Cube $12 00 Pepper White Muntok $14.50 White $1400 Black 8.50 Copra Mixed $320 Sun Dried $355 Sago Flour No. 1 Lingga $7.00 Fair $7.00 Sarawak $7.00 lelotong Palembang $900 Banja $900 Sarawak $9 00
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    • 188 5 The following are the exchange rates this lorning according to the daily circular Issued y the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking lorporation SELLING ondon T.T 3/4 1 16 ondon demand 2/4 1/16 Late for freight 2 4 4 ,yons demand 2050 iwitzerland demand 206 lamburg demand tew York demand
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    • 84 5 Friday, Oct. 6. noon. Buyers Sellers Prices Prices No. IX R.S.S. vpot loose) 33% ::i'; No. IX R.S.S. i.o.b. In cases rtober 34 > i 34% G.F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. In bales Sellers option) 33?£ 33"i F.A.O. K.S.S. f.o.b. Id bales (Hellers option) -33 Ji 33%
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    • 101 5 SELANGOR NON-ACCEPTORS Inr are the non-acceptors and the running at Kuala Lumpur to-morrow. >. Ponies. Class 2, Div. 2. 6 furs. Yon -acceptor: Anaconda 7.4. Ponies. Class 2. Div. 1, 6 furs. Non-acceptors: Canute 8.7 and Char 8.2. Horses, Class 2, Div. 2, Mi furs. on -acceptor: Jubilee Son 9.0.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 121 5 CEMENT GUN KliliMll 1 B PROCESS &V '^BLWmmmmmmmXL^^k. >^fe W II rl^^K^ T AND WATERPROOFING OLD AND \W mwSmmmm. '^m^^\- SIRWOI U fl t W ■•■•^BW iHifIHS B^Hf wLv -rffr'"''Tßlfc^W'' 111 v/ i I c* il I a r^ lj r i po J I EASE OP EXECUTION SPECIAL DESCRIPTIVE
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    • 234 5 AN ACCREDITED FACT SKETOLENE WMf I I PREVENTS Kr 75 cents and $125 Stocked by all Chemists and Stores. Sole Distributors pc GRAFTON LABORATORIES LTD. Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. i-\- I bu BEST FOR RESULTS HIS MASTER'S VOICE m AMERICAN RADIOS Sols Agents KEE HUAT RADIO CO. 122-124, Orchard Rd.,
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    • 336 5 BANK OF CHINA (Incorporated In China by Spttiai Charter) 12, Cecil Street. Singapore. Telephone: Manager* Office «H* Sab-Manager s Office 6411 Exchange Oept. •"•> General Office 5188 Cable Address: "CHUNOKUO." Paid Up Capital Ch. S 40.000.000.09 Reserve Funds In excess of Ci*. I S^OO.OO" n T °iSproidn!atelj Ch. $2.6«.000.000..»« Tse-Vung
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 264 6 Warner Bros. Laugh-Filled answer to the Blues ALHAMBRA -TO -DAT 3.15, 6.15 and 9.15 THERTS NOTONG WRONG ¥WTH THE WORLD THAT A 600D_HEARTY LAUGH WON'T CURE? /I^^Tk MhMt%N£& B'^t^L w,,s PAT O'BRIEN WAYNE MORRIS JOAN BLONDELL may robson jane wyman 6 STANLEY FIELDS max.i bosinbioom sidniy toub Direct«d by LEWIS
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    • 344 6 m MODERN DANCING j^^J STUDIO. ffl W^> Private lessons day and evtninjrs fur y be tinners or dau|B cers. Practice with lady partners. Quick JyM success guaranteed. Jg vv Fees moderate at i 5-A, ANN SIAfcG B I N/ nILL > (Opposite MA \y Hindoo Templt- Mm SF*-^ South Bridge
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    • 250 6 "Best film made in the South Seas and one of the most fascinating made in any part of the world." Malaya Tribune 3 SHOWS DAILY At Malay 3.15—6.15—9.15 mi LARGEST THEATRE 4 shows to-morrow rADTTAf 11 a.m.— 3.15.— 6.15— 9.15 W«k» Jl A %9 Ob 'ZAMBOANGA' BRp§f§ and beautiful picture
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  • 216 7 Progress Of War Proves Earlier Nervousness Unjustified London, Oct. 5. FINANCIAL circles view with conF siderable interest yesterday's strength of sterling in New York's free market, when, for the first time since the war begun, the rate at 4.05 exceeded London official
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  • 104 7 Dominions Premiers To Meet Next Year London, Oct. 5. r[E New Zealand representative at the conference of Dominions Cabinet Ministers m London is Mr. Peter Fraser, acting Prime Minister and Minister for Education. Mr. Fraser is a native of Scotland. The Australian delegate has not yet
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  • 58 7 London, Oct. 5. NEW ZEALAND has prohibited strikes and lock-outs and is setting up new machinery for the settling of industrial disputes. The Minister of Labour, Mr. P. C. Webb, said to-day that the Government -was determined that nothing should restrict the fullest possible supply
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  • 58 7 London, Oct. 5. HTHE Turkish military mission in Great Britain continued discussions with representatives of the War Office and other departments to-day. Later members of the mission were guests of the Government at a lunchej° n To-morrow the delegates will be entertained to lunch
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  • 100 7 London, Oct. 4. REPLYING to a question in the House of Commons yesterday. Mr Malcolm MacI Donald, Secretary of State for the Colon Us said that since the outbreak of war, the situation in Palestine has improved. Although there have been some instances of lawles! activity by
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  • 135 7 MR. Anthony Eden, Secretary of State for the Dominions, will take part in a radio chronicle showing how the Empire came into the war, to be broadcast to-day to the British Empire and the United States. This programme will teU the thrilling and
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  • 77 7 London, Oct. 3. rE Ministry of Supply announces that 00l J. H. Greenly, chairman of Messrs. Babcock and Wllcox, who has been serving as chairman of the Prime Minister's Advisory panel of industrialists and who was recently appointed Controller-General of a special missiof now In Canada
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  • 42 7 London, Oct. 5. JEWS in Palestine are arranging a special voluntary tax for defence of up to one-fifth of their income, according to a cable received at the London headquarters of the Jewish Agency for Palestine.— Reuter.
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  • 89 7 New Regulations In Force In Australia London, Oct. 5. THE export of capital from Australia is now forbidden by regulations similar to those already in force in Great Britain and Canada. Foreign securities cannot be disposed of without the consent of the Treasurer and the
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  • 148 7 MR. Ernest Brown. Minister for Labour and National Service, today presided over a conference of the Trade Union Congress General Council and of the British Employers' Confederation to discuss the formation of a joint committee to advise the Government on matters in which employers and
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  • 49 7 London, Oct. 5. ••THERE has Sten an expansion of the special wartime service by the allIndia radio. Broadcasting revenue in India has increased by nearly two-thirds for the present quarter of the year and the number of licences issued is now approaching 100,000.— Reuter.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 326 7 HOTELS TO-NIGHT Cocktail Dance 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. DINNER DANCE (informal) 9.45 to midnight Cabaret Entertainment THE PLAZA BOYS A BRUNETTE Dinner S3.- Non-diners SlOO RAFFLES ORCHESTRA directed by DAN_HOPKINS_ SEAVIEW H HOTEL TO-fcK6HT tic SATURDAY SPECIAL DINNER, DANCE CABARET ENTERTAINMENT PROVIDED BY JXSJVJART ~GI RLSI DINNER S3— NON-DINERS
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    • 176 7 BOX OFFICE I >W"^£ijf|fU"itfir) TOD Y3IS iB"FOM FEATHERS A THRILLING ROMANCE IN TECHMCOLOUR Fox British Movietone Latest from London. BOOK NOW BOX OFFICE OPEN *U SEATS »O1 HH-1 I*2? F w?i i II s ATS SUNDAYS 8.45 p.m. WILL BE SHOWS A M f ALBERT SANDLER IvOTniWPfl HV HIS SWEET
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  • 1003 8 i Three statements issued through 0 official channels m Rome during the past 48 hours complete the wreckage of the farcical Rome-Berlin-Tokio Axis, which began to creak so audibly when Hitler and Stalin first startled and then amused the world with their jack-in-the-box performances.
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  • 90 8 London, Oct. 5. The Czechs are resisting their Gorman oppressors and are showing a good deal of subtlety m their methods, it Is stated. When it became known that the Germans intended to devote the Prague tramway receipts each Saturday to the German winter relief
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  • 53 8 London, Oct. 5. A new boundary in Poland under the Russo-German agreement has been officially fixed by a protocol signed by Molotov, Soviet Premier and Foreign Minister, and the German Ambassador in Moscow. The protocol provides that a mixed German-Soviet commission shall start work to demarcate the
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  • AN EASTERN BOOKSHELF
    • 489 8 The Trail of Opium. By Margaret Goldsmith. Hale 12s. fid. The trade m opium appears to go back to the earliest and remotest period of recorded history. In 4000 8.C., for instance, opium is referred to m Sumerian ideograms; it was known m the Stone
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    • 474 8 Indian Pilgrimage. By Ranjee G. Shahani. Michael Joseph, Ltd. 15s. The author of this book is a young indian, of Karachi, who has lived In Europe, mostly in England and France for the last ten years. He has married a French girl and from the
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  • 322 8 Precedents For Sale Of Overprinted Stamps To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Your correspondent "C", whose letter appeared m your issue of Oct. 2, strikes me as being a very sentimental individual. On reading my suggestion regarding the over-printing of certain values of current postage
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  • 194 8 Difference Between English And Arabic Reckoning To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— l have read the correspondence of Mr. Lee Chin Ngiap and I cannot agree with his statement that he cannot find very much difference between English and Arabic months. Is it not that once
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  • 131 8 37 Monthly Payments In Three Years To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Your foot-note calls for explanation on the point you raised. Your statement to the effect that 13 payments are made from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 is correct to a certain extent. I repeat
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  • 613 8 The Decision To Abolish European Inspectorate To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— There may be those who regard what is called "modern progress" as the perfection of fallen human nature. Such people will Inevitably expect that the expansion of this city of Singapore under modern conditions
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  • 130 8 Letter-Writers Require Guidance To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— l think it is high time the authorities gave the public some idea tft what they must not write in letters leaving the country. As an instance of censorship at work, a lady writing to her children ir
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  • 51 8 To the Editor of the Straits limes Sir,— l wish to thank the Straits rimes for its useful help, by which I have been saved from many mistakes. It is well worth paying five cents for i paper of such size and usefulness. Sfours, etc., A READER. Singapore Oct
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 265 8 Battery Rd. Tele 4772, New Shipment of American Dresses* JOSEPHO'S STUDIO the only hi&h class European studio m Singapore. for GENTLEMEN LADIES and CHILDREN 1 8c Battery Road, Telephone 4048 THE LATEST PUBLICATIONS. THE CHAMBERS S TWENTIETH CEN'TUR DICTIONARY The best book for All Cross-Word Problem Thoroughly revised edition with
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    • 24 8 HAS JUST RECEIVED SMART AFTERNOON and COCKTAIL GOWNS Phone MAYNARDS BLDS., 4974 11, Battery Rd. Singapore. JOHN DUKE Manufacturing Op tician. 21, BATTERY ROAD.
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  • 523 9 German Move In The Propaganda War "REPETITION OF ATHENIA SINKING CIRCUMSTANCES" White House Statement Admiral Raeder's Warning NAZI Germany's latest effort to influence American public opinion against the Allies was revealed by the White House spokesman in Washington last night. Germany is alleging
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  • 79 9 Chungking. Oct. 6. DEPORTS that large Soviet forces have been infiltrating into Sinkiang Province are denied by official Chinese sources, who suggest that the reports were circulated by Japanese "in the hope that a Soviet threat to Afghanistan and Uidia mighr result in a
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  • 63 9 Melbourne, Oct. 5. THE War cabinet has lixed the dally rates of pay for privates of the *nitial Australian volunteer force of 20.000 men fct ss. a day for a single man arid 7s 6d for married men. with an additional 9A. for each
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  • 52 9 Washington, Oct. 5. LORD LOTHIAN, the British Ambassador to the United States, has asked Mr. C'ordell Hull, the U.S. Secretary of State for clarification of the declaration concerning the 300-mile neutrality zone around the Amerle*a roatcd by the Pan-American Confer at Panama. Reuter. (Further messages
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  • 42 9 Si:: HUNDRED Poles have left Belgium to ioin the Poliih legion which Is belne •c -meri In France. These are the first batch i of 10.U0J emigrants in Belgium, mostly miners ho nre answering the call of the President of IVnnd. Fl^utcr.
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  • 59 9 British Swedish Ships Held By Soviet Moscow, Oct. 6. BMTISH and Swedish freighters are reported to be detained at the Soviet ports of Murmansk and Archangel. It is understood the detention of the ships is in connection with an order of the Commissariat of Foreign Trade forbidding the export of
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  • 161 9 "Germans Know Moscow May Break Pledge" London, Oct. 6. INTERESTING comment by a neutral on the Soviet-German pact is given n the Danish newspaper Politiken. The writer is the Moscow correspondent of the journal. He writes that diplomatic circles in Moscow increasingly regard the Russo-German
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  • 109 9 London, Oct. 8. OFFICIAL circles in Belgrade learn that Russia considers the preservation of the status quo of the Balkan States is an indispensable condition for the security of the Black Sea, according to a Yugoslav wireless report. The Turkish Foreign Minister, M. Sarajoglu, who
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  • 194 9 SOVIET NAVAL AIR BASES TO BE BUILT IN LATVIA Moscow, Oct. 6. OUSSIA and Latvia have signed a pact of mutual assist- ance. It consists of five articles, as follows: Firstly, mutual military assistance in case of attack or threatened attack by any European power. This covers the Baltic sea
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  • 313 9 Advance Works Of Siegfried Line May Fall If Drive Is Not Checked Paris, Oct. 5. THE centre of interest on the Western Front has shifted to the so-called Moselle-Saar corridor, immediately east of Luxemburg. By a surprise attack near the Luxemburg frontier, the French have
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  • 31 9 NAVAL BATTLE OFF HELIGOLAND Copenhagen, Oct. 5. DISTANT gunfire was heard all day yesterday at Esbjerg, Denmark, and is believed to be due to a naval I battle near Heligoland.— Reuter.
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  • 339 9 London, Oct. 5. THE thrilling story of a British A submarine's escape from destruction while on submerged patrol in enemy waters is told by a naval "eye-witness," who recently visited the fleet. The submarine became aware by the detonation of two depth-charges quite
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  • 175 9 Optimistic View At The White House Washington, Oct. 5. OIGNS of probable changes in the 1^ Senate voting on the new neutrality legislation are declared ,to be "very satisfactory" by President Roosevelt's secretary, Mr. Stephen Early. Senator Walter George, Democrat member Foreign Relations Committee, I
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  • 46 9 New York, Oct. S. T[E French Embassy spokesman said to-day that a French war supplies commission has arrived, but It "is merely exploring the possi- bllities of the American market" and has not yet been given orders to make purchases.
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  • 162 9 Japanese Concerned Over Lack Of Unity Pelplng, Oct. 8. npHERE is little likelihood of the Japanese-occupied parts of China having a new central government by the Double Tenth (Oct. 10), the anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Republic, according to wellinformed Chinese political quarters
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  • 43 9 French Tanker Rams Sinks U-Boat "|*HE French Admiralty believes that a 1 French tanker rammed and sank a German submarine while the submarine was diving to attack her. When the tanker arrived In port, the hull was found to bo badly dented. Router.
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  • 390 9 PEACE PROPOSALS EXPECTED BUT NOTHING REALLY IMPORTANT London, Oct. 6. HITLER'S Reichstag speech at neon to-day is awaited in Britain with less than its customary eagerness for this time it is felt nothing he can say will have any real influence on the
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  • 26 9 London, Oct. 5. A Latvian delegation is expected to visit Berlin next week to conduct negotiations for increasing trade between the two countries.— Reuter.
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  • 162 9 Hitlers Visit To The Troops In Warsaw London, Oct. 5. IT is confirmed that Hitler will address the Reichstag to-mor-row, but the German Press is completely silent en the subject of his speech. Whatever line he takes the attitude of the Allies to peace based on
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  • 40 9 New York, Oct. 5 GERMAN dol:cc in Warsaw are trembling for Hitler's safety, accordinc to the Berlin correspondent of the New York Times. All dangerous element.* there are bein? cleared out in preparations for the Fuehrer's triumphal entry.—Reuter.
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  • 74 9 London, Oct. 5. IN addition to the Prime Minister's weefcl; review nest weslc, the House of Common: will hear statements next week from the Al: Secretary. Sir King^lcy, Wood on Tuesday and from the War Secretary, Mr. Leslli Hore-Belisha, on Thursday, an aspects o
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    • 11 9 OTHER CABLES in pages 5, 7, 11, 13, 14 and 16
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    • 64 9 SAUSAGES that mil make y you ask for a second helping CVrvC It's always a treat when S.C.S. jjf t% SAUSAGES are put on the table. /^BlSDfov i W Every Sausage is packed with <:^Ms^. goodness and flavour. Delicious, too. i^wj^t^ a^^>» are our CHIPOLATA, COCKTAIL and TOMATO SAUSAGES JT
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  • 338 10 Custodian Of Enemy Goods Makes Order For Its Sale SHORT HISTORY SINCE ITS OPENING A YEAR AGO HEUTSCHES Haus, the German club in Singapore which was opened in November last year, is to be sold by order of the Custodian of Enemy Property. It was
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  • 150 10 Keep Snulmg." (With Gracie Fields, Mary .Masuire, Roger I.ivese.v, peter Coke and others). 20th Century Fox. At the Pavilion. rjRACIE Fields is not everybody's favourite, but it would take a very strongly prejudiced person not to like her m this film. Apart from her
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  • 34 10 Mr. O. E. Venables has taken over duties as Commissioner of Lands and Mines, Johore, from Mr. H. NerthHunt, who has been acting m the pest since the retirement of Mr. H. S. Paterson.
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  • 186 10 SINGAPORE RAH US HOTEL Cocktai] Dar.ce 7 p.m. to 9 p.i: r Si Dance (Informal) 9.45 t Midnight. (.ARRU X JHhATRE. GEiLANG Girl Arsene Lupin Retur. 45 p.m. oi:lai world Cabaret 6.30 to 8.45 9.30 to M night. Globe: Just Around I, Corner. Sky: Robber Barons ■ATPI UOKLO Happy
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  • 353 10 RESTRICTION THE WAR j Control Schemes Maintained THE TIMES ON TIN AND RUBBER jyHE outbreak of hostilities ha; led to a considerable rise in th< international demand for industria raw materials which should mak< further headway with the progress of the war, says The Times (London) City Editor. "Under such
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  • 215 10 (J-Yom Our Own Correspondent) At t^xtc Bangkok, Oct. 4. LIENS in Thailand are only to be allowed to fish under certain circumstances from now on. Hitherto, the Chinese have been primarily responsible fcr the big quantities of salted fish caught in Thai waters and
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  • 303 10 (From Our Own Correspondent.) A RECOMMENDATION that non-Government employees in the half-yearly report of the ment Employees which will be Oct. 13 at the Town Hall. 5 Rules governing such a fund have t already been drafted, adds the re- port, and will be submitted
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  • 45 10 THE Rev. A. V. Wardle, Chaplain to the Missions to Seamen states that the response to his appeal for clothing has been so generous that th e officers and crew of the m. v. Hoegh Transporter are now well equipped.
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  • 47 10 JJiR. A. R. Dennler, formerly a wellknown planter and Rugby football player in Selangor, who returned to England some years ago and lived a Exmouth, Devon, has joined the Devon shire Regiment as a private soldier to ?ether with several cthrr ex-Malayriv
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  • 88 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 5. DV contributing $10 of their riding fees last Saturday and Wednesday, several Malayan jockeys have swelled the Ma!aya Patriotic Fund by S2OO. Those who subscribed are Messrs. E. A. Ardagh, R. L. Carter, C. O. Davies, E.
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  • 100 10 Berlin, Oct. 6. In unshakeable confidence, tha nation again looks to its armed forces and its leader:,,- declares Hitler In an oidcr of the day thanking the forces participati.ig l n the Polish campaign for "protecting the Reich against a Polish attack" in a "combat
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  • 115 10 Chinese Robbed At Serangoon A STRAITS-BORiN Chinese family living in Braddell Road, off Upper Serangoon Road, were robbed of $213 in cash and jewellery by three armed Chinese last night. Entering the house by the front door shortly after 9 p.m., the intruders held up the
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  • 72 10 (From Our Own Correspondent > Johore Bahru, Oct. 5. fTHE following have passed the law examination held for police officers and ethers at Johore Bahru: Final: Inche Hussein bin Haji Mohamed Solong. Inspector Ahmed bin Haji Hussein, Ungku Mohamed Salleh bin Ismail. Preliminary: Syed Hashlm bin
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  • 270 10 Malays Enrol For Training EQUIPMENT COST $50,000 EIGHTEEN FOUna Malay flsiennei from various parts of Malaya are being trained in Malaya's first Government Fisheries School. This school marks another step ror2*2 V °H Ca (TI( T I trainins Its ob^< is to teach Malay fishermen the we method?™
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  • 30 10 FHE list of restricted imports published in the Straits Times yesapplies only to those goods men imported from a country whose :urrency is not on a sterling basis.
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  • 170 11 Film Of German Prison Camp Exhibited In England London, Oct. 5. COUADRON-LEADER S. S. MURRAY, who was formerly to the British Embassy in China and who is known in Singapore, has been recognised in a newsreel taken in a German internment camp, which was
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  • 143 11 MR. Roy Brown will be the soloist at Sunday's Municipal Organ Recital, and Mr. Werner Baer the organist. Masterpieces specially produced for the organ will form the main features, but as a trial s< me effective adaptations for the organ of other works
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  • 273 11 Norwegian Comrades At Graveside Ritual fPHE funeral of Nordahl Lorentzen, the 22-year-od Norwegian seaman of the vessel Hoegh Transporter, who died m hospital from injuries received following the loss of the ship m one of the protective minefields m Singapore waters on Tuesday night, took place
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  • 157 11 PAYMASTER-COMMANDER MARTIN LAWREY i From Our Own Correspondent) London, Sept. 24. MANY residents in Singapore will regret to learn that PaymasterCommander Martin Lawrey, who left Singapore last year after a three years' tour of service, was amongst those lost in H.M.S. Courageous. He was in H.M.S.
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  • 243 11 Causing Death Case Inquiry EUROPEAN ACCUSEE V EUROPEAN, Angus William Scott, appeared in the Singaiore Traffic District Court before Ar. C. H. Whitton, yesterday on a harge of causing the death if a Javanese hawker, Bangong lurita. by driving his car in a legligent manner at the
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  • 164 11 Problem Of A Successor! For Undang Recalled From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Oct. 5. fHE death has occurred at Chembong of Abdullah bin Haji Dahan, C.8.E., the former Undang of Rembau. He was at one time a Federal and State Councillor. The death of the former
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  • 179 11 -I AM considering very seriously whether I should not order a I whipping," remarked Mr. J. Fletcher- Cooke, Singapore Third Police Magistrate, yesterday, addressing Teng Sam Moi, a 33-year-old Hokkien. who was convicted on a charge of voluntarily 1 1 causing hurt to a
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  • 165 11 I lEUT. Douglas Lambert, of H.M.S. Regent, son of the late Mr. Douglas Lambert and Mrs. J. Cruickshank, of Little Meadow, Northam, Devon, was married at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday, to Miss Ivy Serita Julia Gordon, daughter of Major A. J. M. Gordon, late of
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  • 330 12 Need For Improved Breeding For Malaya's Food Supplies AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL ADVISES FARMERS ON BETTER FEEDING (Prom Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur Oct. 3. HTHE importation of twice the loca 1 supply of pigs for consumptior in Malaya at a cost in normal time: of nearly
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  • 42 12 Guide To Careers In Malaya," the book just published by the Education Department, S.S. and F.M.S., can be purchased from Kelly and Walsh, Ltd., Singapore, Collins Book Emporium. Kuala Lumpur, or from the Government Printing Department, Kuala Lumpur.
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    23 12 This Chinese in London has Joined the Red Cross and was snapped walking in a park with umbrella, tin hat and gas mask.
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  • 103 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) Manila, Sept. 25. CWOOPING gracefully from the clouds, 14 naval patrol bombers completed a mass flight from Pear] Harbour (Hawaii) when they arrived at Cavite Naval Base at 3.40 p.m. today. It is learned that a 15th plane had to remain
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  • 85 12 jyiß. Bernard Shaw is rewriting 1?1 his play "Geneva," which satirized the dictators, so as to show Hitler marching into Poland. Permission is being: sought from the Lord Chamberlain to show the character of Battler (a thinly disguised portrait of Hitler) wearing his war-time uniform and
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  • 328 12 Scholarships Work In The Empire I T*HE Colonial Service handbook, known as Colonial Service Recruitment No. 4, issued by the Colonial Office in response to inquiries from parents, teachers and prospective candidates, has been revised, states the Crown Colonist. It contains full information In regard to appointments
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  • 315 12 THE Malaya Patriotic Fund has 1 reached a total or $206,522, according to a list of contributions received yesterday, as follows: Previously acknowledged 5199.032.07; P. M. Edmonds $250; Mandai-Tekong (Singapore) Rubber Estates, Ltd.. ClOO- M R.M. Pooles $25; K.V. Cuthbe $23- headmaster and SUIT of
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  • 149 12 "THE undernoted newly added non-fiction 1 and fiction works will be ready for issue at Raffles Library, Singapore, to-morrow: An Empire Prepared, Donald Cowie The Crest of the Wave, Illustrated, Uffa Fox I worked In a Soviet Factory, Illustrated Peter Francis The Wisdom of Confucius Lin Yutang
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  • 198 13 'May Draw Us Into The Conflict' London, Oct. 5. rr is stated in London that the Panama Pan-American Confer1 encs proposal for a 300-mile safety !zone round the Americas is an entirely new departure with considerable implications. No oflicial details have yet reached the British Government,
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  • 185 13 Panama, Oct. 4 rHE President of Panama, Dr. J Demosthenes, will formally advise Great Britain, France and Germany of the establishment of a securiry zone off the American coastline. This action has been taken as a result of the resolution passed by the PanAmerican Conference.
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  • 343 13 Playing Into The Hands Of Herr Hitler I TNITED STATES newspaper editorials i indicate how public opinion is re- acting to the war. Here are some of the comments: Washington Times Herald: Certainly as regards national interests and ideas and ways of doing things. Canada
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  • 42 13 London, Oct. 5. ANOTHER otter of support from India, which tho British Government has received with special appreciation, comes from the province of Sind, which has offered all Its resources for the prosecution of the war against Nazi Germany.— Reuter.
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    37 13 Ex-Kin? Zo* of Albania arrived in London recently from Tar.s. wher^ he and the Queen and his sisters are now living. He is seen here being greeted by a battery of cameras, as he left his hotel.
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  • 76 13 Chungking, Oct. 5. A GENERAL Japanese withdrawal north and north-east of Changsha. following a Chinese counter-offensive launched on Monday, Is claimed in field dispatches. The Chinese claim a series of successes in the battle for Changsha. Two Japanese divisions are reported to have been trapped in
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  • 40 13 London, Oct. 5. FRANCE is stamping out Communism In municipal as well as parliamentary circles. The Minister of the Interior to-day suspended 27 Communist Councils. Their work is to be carried on by special commissions.— Reuter.
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  • 59 13 London, Oct. 5. ANEW French decree makes big t rent concessions to civilians financially hit by the wnr. J Landlord and tenant are urged to j make friendly arrangements, failing which relief may be granted by reduction of rents or cancellation of leases. Mobilised men
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  • 57 13 London, Oct. 5. ALL the underground railway stations which were closed for emergency •work will b 3 re-opened to the public by about th 3 end cf the year. By then they will have been made safe in wartime as in peacetime. The cost of the
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  • 154 13 Anti-Nazi Revolt Decided i London. Oct. 5. BROADCAST from the Secret German Fre.Tlom Station states hat German Roman Catholics held a erret conference In a city in South Sermciiy some tiay.- -a%o. After discussing tho Soviet-Gcrmon igreement. they decided to Join In the !fl"orts of the civilized
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  • 62 13 •TTIAT S.O.S. of Hitlers to Jewis refugees v«ith expert qualiflcatior to go back to the dear old Fatherlan and help him win the war will not t answered by a single man In Britali says the Daily Express. '•What, go back to Hltlerism? Wot
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  • 232 14 "Stalin Not Allowing Anyone To Interfere In The Baltic" DEPORTS from reliable but unofficial sources 'in Kaunas state that the Soviet military proposals made to the Lithuanian Foreign Minister, M. Urbsys, include a mutual assistance pact and two bases for the Soviet air force
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  • 73 14 Moscow, Oct. 5. fUt SARAJOGLU, the Turkish For- elgn Minister, was received yesterday by Marshal Voroshilov, the Soviet War Commissar, and M. Mikoyan, the Soviet Foreign Trade Commissar. The Turkish Minuter had previously received the Turkish Government's rep;y to certain Soviet proposals. Th? Soviet-Turkish
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  • 13 14 Mr. Anthony Eden, Dominions Secretary, leaving Downing; Street after a conference.
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  • 188 14 London, Oct. 4. I ORD Macmillan, Minister for ivi v Information, replying in the House of Lords to criticism of the j 8.8.C. explained in detail the [Changes made by the Ministry of i Information. He stated that as a i result of the
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  • 43 14 The Hague, Oct. 4. A GERMAN military plane crashed last J\ night on the Netherlands frontier. The i pilot of the machine landed by parachute in Netherlands territory, and declared that he had lost his direction. Reuter.
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  • 36 14 London, Oct. 4. pEN. ORBAY. head of the Turkish military \J mission now in London, to-day visited Sir Edmund Ironside, Chief of the Imperial Gene- ral Staff, at the War Office.— Reuter.
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  • 255 14 R.A.F. Operations Over Germany London, Oct. 4. AN agency message gives the report of a visit paid to the R.A.F. headquarters in France. The visitor states that a great impression was made on him by "the immense organization with squadron upon squadron of up-to-date aircraft." The
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  • 146 14 London, Oct. 4. IT is reported from India that on Monday the Congress leaders had an interview with the Viceroy, Lord Linlithgow, which lasted for two hours. It is understood no flnai conclusions were reached in conneccion with the Congress attitude to the war as other
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  • 689 14 Chief Aim To Strike At Germany's Armament Production t London, Oct. 4. TN a broadcast to-day, the Minister for Economic Warfare, Mr. Ronald Cross, said: "Neutral countries 1 are naturally anxious to see that i their interests and needs are recognized. I need
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  • 115 14 "Now Neutral Shipping Firms Must Pay" Berlin, Oct. 4. fFHE declaration that "to correct the false idea of neutral ship owners and to damage Britain economically," German light warships were sent to sea last week, is made by the Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung in the
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    • 235 14 Broadcasting SINGAPORE TO-DAY ZHP 30.06 metres. ZHL 225 netrea. p.m. 1.15 Miscellaneous programme of gramophone records. 1.30 The news and mid-day rubber and tin prices 1 40 Interval 5.00 Recitation of the Koran, from the studio. 5.20 Arabic music. t 5.40 Malay folk songs. 6.00 Listeners' selections. t (Cantonese). 7.00
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  • 383 15 Strathmore And See You Later Best Bets CTRATHMORE and See You Later should make the best bets at Kuala Lumpur to-morrow afternoon in the final day of the Selangor Turf Club's autumn meeting. Strathmore has won both his last two races in a
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  • 134 15 'From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Oct. 4. I*HE Shanghai mixed foursome golf com- petition held by the Malacca Golf Club resulted as follows: Miss Birse and Brandon 40 9=31. Mrs. Day and Stewart 39 5=34; Miss Hcbbs and Macklnstery 42—74 34 h: Mrs. Baughan and Baughan 44r— 9
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  • 72 15 From Our Own Corresp^r.cient) Scrcsmban, Oct. 4. Owing to the revival of the Psrak vs. Negri Bcmbilan hockey fixture at Perak the Negri Scmbilan Hockey Association incurred an Increase of £6.19 in the expenditure over the income. This is revealed In the annual report of the association. However,
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  • 81 15 The following will represent the Oxygen Badminton Party (Far Eatt Oxygen and Acetylene Co.. Ltd.) against the Tan Tock Seng's Recreation Club in a friendly badminton match of four singles and three doubles to be played at the latter's court tomorrow, a: 2.30 p.m. rharp: Messrs. N. R.
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  • 26 15 Non-acceptors and the order of running for to-morrow's races at i Kuala Lumpur will be found else where in this issue if received in < time.
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  • 219 15 Hockey Players Safeguarded By S.H.A. Rule IT THE EXTRAORDINARY general I meeting of the Singapore Hockey ssociation held on Sept. 29, the foliwing was passed: "No affiliated club shall, without the revious written consent of the committee play any match against a club :hich could be but is not so
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  • 226 15 i From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur Oct. 5. PE second and third tracks were used for j to-day's training for the third and last lay of the Selangor Turf Club's autumn neeting on Saturday. The going was heavy in account of yesterday's rain. Golden Arrow (E. Donnelly),
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  • 141 15 The draw for the Navy Cap competition at the Garrison Golf Club, the first rounl of which has to be completed by Sunday, is as follows: Major P. G. Brittorous and Capt. C. L. Archdale vs. Lt. Cul. G. G. R. Williams and Major
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  • 94 15 lii'lian Association hocicey teams are: Against the S.R.C. II to-day at the S.RC: P. Bsrlram Sir.gh, S. Angullia, S. S. Rai, Dr. A. C. Sinha. G. Kennedy icapt. >. Choor Singh. Taxloi Singh, M. J. Chandy. Dr. Shankar, V. Doss and C. Sandosham. Reserves: Wazlr Singh and Babu
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  • 23 15 London, Oct. 6. The Racecourse Betting Control Board decided not to allow totalisator betting in England and Scotland this year.— Reuter.
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  • 53 15 Soccer: Challenge Cup, S.C.C. vs. Pulau Brani, Stadium; Duncan Roberts XI vs. S.T.C., Farrer Park. Hockey Singapore Colts vs. Medical College, Sepoy Lines: Singapore Colts "A" vs. St. Joseph's Institution, S J.I. S.C.C. vs. Field Ambulance, padang; S.R.C. vs. Indian Association, S.R.C. Tennis: S.C.C, S.C.R.C, V.M.C.A. and
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  • 369 15 ""INHERE WAS ONLY ONE TIE played in 1 Singapore yesterday In the club tennis tournaments, and that was at the S.C.R.C. where the open doubles match between Chin Kee Onn and Chua Chooc Leong and Capt. R Hoare, and Capt. Russel-Robcrts was left unfinished
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  • 266 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Stgamat, Oct. 5. JOHORE OPEN THEIR RUGGEIi. season on Saturday with a friendly match against the Army. The \enue is to be 3> net Lore This year's State XV should be a stron? combination as Johore has lost but
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  • 123 15 The Khalsa second string will be chosen from the following to play against the Dutch Club to-morrow on the Khalsa ground: Raisham Singh; Gurcharan Singh, Ram Singh Guljar; Major Singh, Piara Singh, Chamn Singh; Teja Singh, Baboo Singh. Sansar Singh, B. N. Singh, Gurdial Singh and Dersan Singh.
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  • 25 15 In a rugger match played at Gillman yesterday the Loyals beat the Manchesters by 25 points (two goals and five tries) to nil.
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  • 231 15 A NOTHER programme of minor fights will be staged at the Happy World covered stadium on Friday, Oct. 13. Success was attained In the first programme last Friday, very brisk boxing being seen in all the fights. Better fare is promised in the forthcoming card.
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  • 474 15 Thrilling Soccer In First Round Match Yesterday THE Changi Gunners, Challenge Cup holders, cleared the first hurdle this season when they beat the Royal Navy by two goals to one at the Stadium yesterday. It was the first match of the competition proper,
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  • 28 15 The Umpires' Course conducted by the Singapore Hockey Association will commence to-day at 6.30 p.m. at the S.CC. All those who arc interested may attend.
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  • 245 15 Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 2. PLAYING on their own ground, the Klang Club rugby team beat the Selangor Club first team on Saturday by three points tone try) to nil. The game was an Interesting one, Klang's victory being all the more creditable
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  • 180 15 THE Royal Johore International Club will play a social golf match against the Japanese Club on Nov. 11 at Johore Bahru. Members of club wishing to play in the match are requested to sign their names on I the lists provided on the notice boards
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  • 309 16 Best Direction For Lightning Stroke BELGIANS FEAR NAZIS ARE SEEKING A PRETEXT TO BREAK PLEDGE London, Oct. 5. TRENCH military critics increasingly believe that the Nazi offensive will be through Holland. Reports that Germany is feverishly strengthening the Siegfried Line opposite Belgium suggest that
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  • 123 16 Magnificent Army, Navj And Air Force Paris, Oct. 5. "THE Franco-British solidarity in the face of the German 'peace Offensive" is stressed again in newspapers this morning in comments regarding M. Daladier's statement. LEpoque says: "M. Daiadier showed the tremendous contribution Britain is making to the
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  • 66 16 Tremendous Striking Force Of The R.A.F. London, Oct. 5. A FRENCH correspondent, who had visited an R.AF. aerodrome in France, gives high praise to the material and splendid man-powe' 1 of the Royal Air Force. In less than four weeks, Britain has brought her air power to France and organised
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  • 60 16 London, Oct. 5. TTIIS morning's French war communique merely states there has been intermittent artillery action at various points on tae Western Front. A report received in Paris from Luxemburg states that after a short combat at close quarters between French and German tanks,
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  • 37 16 Japan And Anti-Red Pact Denunciation London, Oct. 5. HEPORTS from Rome and Berlin yesterday that the new Japanese Foreign Minister, Adm. K. Nomura, had denounced the AntiComintern Pact were neither confirmed nor denied in Tokio today. Reuter.
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  • 99 16 Capital Bombed On 7 Consecutive Nights London, Oct. 5. i A TOKIO report says that Japanese bombers raided Chungking, seat of the Chinese National Government, on seven consecutive nights. The latest raid was in the early hours of this morning when the city was bombed
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  • 42 16 London, Oct. 5. ¥N Poland scattered Polish forces are still fighting against the Germans. The German High Command this morning says that the mopping up of these forces in the region east of the Vistula is being continued.— Reuter.
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  • 81 16 Germans May Invite Neutrals To Parley Copenhagen, Oct. 5. A CCORDING to the Berlin correspondent of the newspaper Politiken, well-informed circles understand that the German Government will shortly invite neutral states to a trade conference with a view to altering the whole of Europe's present
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  • 115 16 London, Oct. 5. THE shipment of food by neutrals 1 to the Allies will be treated as an unfriendly act by Germany. This is the latest step in Germany's campaign against neutral shipping. In Sweden protective measures are being taken. A Swedish fleet consisting of one
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  • 80 16 London, Oct. 5. A JAPANESE Admiralty spokesman says that the time has not yet come for the reopening of the Yangtse River for navigation, as there are large-scale military operations in the upper reaches of the river. There is no change in the Japanese
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  • 50 16 JAPANESE WITHDRAWN GUNBOATS Tokio, Oct. 5. QUESTIONED on the withdrawal of British gunboats from the Yangtse, a Japanese Admiralty spokesman declared that Japanese naval authorities were extending the British every possible facility for withdrawing and added that eventually "it is expected all British warships will withdraw from China waters."— Reuter.
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  • 143 16 Britain Is Not Using Disguised Warships In Campaign London, Oct. 5. DEPORTS that Britain is using Q-ships (warships disguised as merchantmen) in the light against German submarines is described to-day as totally untrue. A semi-official report from German sources states that British merchant ships had attacked
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  • 45 16 Paris, Oct. 5. IT IS revealed that the French submarine which yesterday brought a German merchantman back to a French port after capture had escorted the freighter for over 1,000 sea miles. This is a remarkable achievement for a submarine. Reuter.
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  • 91 16 German Raider In The South Atlantic London, Oct. 5. DEPORTS that the German armed raider, which on Monday sank the British steamer Clement m the South Atlantic, is the German pocket battleship Admiral von Scheer, are neither confirmed nor denied m London. Steps are being
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  • 60 16 London, Oct. 5. IN Denmark an appeal is being made to the public warning them against foreign espionage. The public are asked not to speak to foreigners about the movements or cargoes of any ship. Workers m the docks and ports are asked to report at
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  • 79 16 Tokio Unifies Trade Political Matters Tokio, Oct. 5. IyiORE than 90 high officials of the Japanese Foreign Office are reported to have resigned because of the Cabinet's decision to establish a Ministry of Trade. The new ministry would take over some of the commercial matters hitherto dealt with by the
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  • 66 16 New Delhi, Oct. 5. TTHE Viceroy of India, Lord Linlith- gow, to-day had an interview with Mahatma Gandhi and Mr. Jinnah, the president of the All-India Muslim League. Mahatma Gandhi is accompanying the Congress leaders to Wardha, where the result of the talks with
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  • 178 16 London, Oct. 5. AN interesting sidelight on Field-Marshal Goering's slogan "guns before butter" is contained m a Ministry of Information bulletin, which reports that while the Field-Marshal explained m a public speech that butter mane one fat and people were better
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  • 62 16 Germany's Heavy U-Boat Losses Half Of Ocean-Going Fleet Wiped Out London, Oct. 5. IT IS stated m London to-day that 1 there is reason to believe that Germany has lost something like half the number of ocean-going U-boats which she possessed at the beginning of the war. Though a few
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  • 104 16 London, Oct. 5. 'THE German submarine which on Tuesday torpedoed a Greek steamer landed the crew of the torpedoed ship on the Eire coast. The crew of 28 had been m the submarine 36 hours. Shortly before she approached the coast, the submarine came to
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  • 115 16 London, Occ. 5. CELEBRATIONS of the 90th birthday of Field-Marshal von Mackenson have been cancelled, according to a report from Zurich. The reason given is that Field-Mar-shal von Mackensen is showing hia feeling at the death of his friend Gen. von Fritsch, which he ascribes
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  • 64 16 London, Oct. 5. I^ENMARK has received a request from Russia for ships to export timber from White Sea ports to Britain, but no special significance is attached to this. It is suggested that the Russians are anxious to export timber which is lying on
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  • 53 16 Stockholm, Oct. S. r THE closing of Goteborg Harbour to dll except those having legitimate business Is designed to cope with German espionage seeking to discover movements of shipping. The Swedish Government is now considering new legislation for dealing with the spy menace in
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