The Straits Times, 24 October 1939

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    37 1 The Straits Times (ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] MALAY AS LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES PRICE 5 CENTS. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1939 16 PAGES. The Straits Times 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1939. PRICE 5 I'KNTS.
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  • The Straits Times DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      DEATH
      36 2 EOMASUNDRAM.— At Velanal, Kayts, Ceylon, of Mr. Muttlah Mudaliar Somasundrans J.P. Maniagar (Headman) of Islands, Jaffna, Ceylon, who is a cousin of Mr. S. Ponnampalam. senior Sanitary Inspector, Scrrmban, at the age of 52 years.
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      ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
      40 2 THE Stewart family wish to express their Miitere thanks to all relatives and friends who attended the funeral of the late Mrs. Sophie Emily Reutens nee Stewart, as well as Uhm who sti-.t wreaths, telegrams and letters of condolence.
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      1207 2 AUCTION NOTICES IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS SETTLEMENT OF SINGAPORE. Suit No. 317 of 1938. In the Matter of the Estate of Tan Loh flak Deed. Tan Cheok Men*, Plaintiff and Tan S>w SJah, Defendant. AUCTION SALE of valuable freehold land situate off Jurone Road, Singapore. To
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      749 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. &0. BRITISH INDIA IflaMflJNifll^ AND APCAR LINE. (incorporated In Japan) ENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR PENINSULAR ANU ORIENTAL B.N Co JOJLONDON MAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES Penanf> Colombo. Aden, Suet. Port Said Naples. Marseilles. Gibraltar, London. Antwerp and Rotterdam Owln, to the uncertainty regard*,*, oTtS
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      389 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. OCEAN BUILDW©, COIXYEB QUAY. SINGAPORE M. $15» CHARTERED BAMK BCttDIHC, PENANG 6 BLUE FUNNEL LINEFrequent Sailings to United Kingdom and United States of America. Dates are not guaranteed, all cargo bookings subject to Conference War Clauses. I WESTERN AUSTRALIA THE SHORTEST SEA ROUTE AT THE CHEAPEST FARE
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    SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES
    1341 4 traser And Co's List MONDAY, OCT. U. M39: 5 T.VL MINING Ampat Tin (4s) SYTu^* JSSSffi? 22s H 23s Bangrin Tin 2 ls Od 22s9d Batu Selangor -$i) 1.60 1 65 in™"*™ 5S) 10s 6d 11s 3d Burma Malay 23s 24s Hitam Tin .50 cts.)
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    FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
    191 4 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Book* Company Dividend dose Chenderiang 2»£%int Hongkong Tin 5% lnt Klang River 2 \i% No. 5 Oct. 23 Kuala Kampar 2d. No. 17 Oct 23 ut 3d. No. 20 Oct.' 16 Petaling 15« j n q_, Southern Kinta i% les. tax Oct. 1« Talping
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    Passengers For Europe
    36 4 iea™yr£X^ ngers for aurepe are Mrs. J. Hall, Master Tony Hall Miss M Mrs. E. Kellermann, Capt. L K. Luni! A Gerard C. F. Schlopffe d> miSt. Wl Jodesen M*»- W. Ojodesen and
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    TIN POSITION NOW UNDER CONTROL Home Government Ruling
    1577 4 TIN POSITION NOW UNDER CONTROL Home Government Ruling On Straits Premium (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Oct. 12. •TIN interests here are watching with admiration the strenuou.s efforts which are being made by the International Committee to restore normal trading conditions in London and New York. To-day's decision to permit
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      223 4 O.S.K. LINE (Incorporated in Japan) Travel by O.S.K. for I Luxury yet Economy...!! 5 NEW VESSELS M.S. "Argentina Mam" 13,000 6. TONS M.S. "Brasil Mam" 13,000 M.S. "Hokoku Maru" 11,000 M.S. "Aikoku Maru" 11,000 M.S. "Kokoku Maru" 11,000 CEYLON, E.& S AFRICA SOUTH AMERICA For further particulars phase apply to:
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      99 4 TIDE TABLES SINGAPORE Te-dsj H. W. 8.18a.m. 7.8ft.; 8.24 p.m. 7.8 ft. L. W. 2 am. 3.2 ft.; 2.35 p. m 3.9 ft. To-morrow H. W. 8.56 a.m. 8.2 ft.; 9.12 p.m. 8.1ft. L. W. 2.48 a.m. 3 ft.; 3.15 p.m. 3.2 ft. Thursday, Oct. 26. W- ?.26 a.m. 8.5
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      56 4 Sunday, Oct. 29 i°-5<» am. 9.3 ft. j 11.38 p.m S ft L. W. 4.50 a.m. 2.9 ft.; 5. 15 p.m i l tt L. W. 5.18a.m. 3.1 ft.; 5.45 p.m. 0.8 ft. Tuesday, Oct. 31 H 9 W ft 00.13a.m. 8.9 ft.; li. 48 a.m. L. W. 5.50 a.m.
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
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        Strength Of Gilt-Edged Gives Support To All Sections
        484 5 llv Our Financial Correspondent. Singapore, Oct. 24. THE London Stock Exchange continues to lead a revival and War Loan at 92» a recorded a rise of seveneighths yesterday. The importance of this continued rise in War Loan cannot bo overscressed. the implications
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        TIN MARKET TO REMAIN OPEN DURING
        22 5 The Singapore tin market will remain open during Ihe hol:daya on Nov. 10. 11 and 13.
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        September Rubber Crops
        34 5 The following rubber crops were harvested in September lb. Brunei 27,032 Bukit Tiniah 5,235 Changkat 23,906 Haytor 8.300 Indrapirl not received Lunas 40.200 Nva'.as 21,300 Tapah 51,624 Ulu Pandan ceased tapping
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      COMMODITIES AND EXCHANGES
      164 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Oct. 23. 'OMMODITY and Exchange markets closeo as follows with previous quotations In arenthesis:-*-ÜBBER Firmer. ondoiv 10 Ilil6d 10-^d (10-!sd 10 ll|16d): ccember: 10 Ilil6d 10 13|16d (10 9|l6d )%4); Jan-Mar.: 10 1316 d 10 15 16d 19 11 lCd 1013 16d)-
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      EXCHANGES
      167 5 The following are ihe exchange rates this morning according to the daily circular issued by the Hong Kong and Shanghai banking Corporation— SELLING London II London demand Vitl Rate tor freight 2 4 Lyons demand 2050 Switzerland demand 2 1 Hamburg demand ~7Z \in* New Yoric demand J, i
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      London Stock Exchange
      371 5 London, Oct. 23. ON the Stock Exchange to-day activity Improved while prices in most groups advanced. Gilt-edged securities were particularly strong and Kaffirs ere substantially better. Among industrials Distillers were quoted at 64s. 6d. ex-rlghts. with the new shares resulting from the recent bonus issue, quoted at
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      115 5 Sin53poif. Oct. 24, noon. Buyers Sellers J S 7 SO Hamburg Cube *}«-0° Java Cube J1200 White Muntok Black 850 Mixed *Hi» Sun Dried 83 jO Sago Flour £i g» Fair 5 5 i0 Sarawak 6 Jelotong Palembang 5S^-:::::::::::: «S TC !S Flake JJ^jj Pair Plaks 9°°
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      FIXED TRUSTS
      112 5 (From Oui Own Correspondent) London. Oct. 23. The following are to-day's "bid" quotations for Fixed Trusts s. d. British Empire "A" 16 6 British Empire "B" 7 9 British Empire Cumulative 12 0 British Empire Cprehensive ..12 0 British General "A" 17 0 British General "B" 13 lK-xd
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      77 5 Tuesday. Oct. 24, noon Buyers Sellers Prices Prices No. IX R.S.S. (Spot loose) *1K 37 No. IX R.S.S. fob. In cases November 377'a 38 G.F..V.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. In bales November 367s 37f6 F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. in bales November Wk 35 ?4 FUTURE QUOTATIONS No. IX
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      362 5 BANK OF CHINA l lncorooraiea m cniiiu oy apt-na, jnanei i 12. Cecil Street smsauore Telephone: Manager* Office «*j» Sub-Managers DHire 611fcxchange i)epl 4 General Officr 5188 h (able Address: "CBONOKUO." Paid Up C»pit«l Ch 40.000 000 91 Reserve >unds In excess or la 3.J0Q.01T I t'n. IZJITMfcMMI rse-vung Soong,
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      279 6 SOMETHING NEW UNDER THE SUN' OPENING TO-DAY 3.15, 6.15 and 9.15 The Most Unusual Film of the Year FIRST ALL-MIDGET SHOW EVER FILMED! st^M'^ dMW^LjJ^ w/^^ ft/ ALSO LATEST AIR MAIL "PATHE GAZETTE" ON THE WESTERN FRONT FIRST ACTION PICTURES AND "FIGHTING THE U-BOAT MENACE" OPENING j COMING SHORTLY TO-MORROW
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      375 6 "I n r »> i SlffilpSis SCREENIN6 IH!" 1.';;1 BI PUBLIC I^™ PAVILION WHIII *^B|f^ ONCE! W0 I LATEST GAUMONT NKWSMA|| #||Mlfc^ REEL SHOHLNG FRENCH f#C ARTILLERY IN ACTION /«BrprbT mJ!3—.^ AND OTHER WAR SCENES. >th GREEK G ARSON IniE THRILLING STORY OF HOW ONE WOMAN BAFFLED THE rXTIIJE GERMAN
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    CONGRESS MINISTRIES TOLD TO RESIGN THIS MONTH
    262 7 Muslim League Wants Viceroy To Clarify Declaration FOLLOWING close on the news that the Congress Working T Committee has called on all Congress ministries to tender their resignations in consequence of the Viceroys statement last week denning Britain's war aims, comes the report
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    Indian Ruler's Loyalty To The Empire
    97 7 THE Maharaja of Bikaner, in a stirring address to the Bikaner state army yesterday, asked that wherever there was a war, was there a soldier who desired to sit at home in ease and luxury? "For the soldier," he added, "the only place is
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    British Credit For Turkey
    133 7 Huge Sum Mentioned In Ankara Report Istanbul, Oct. 23. A CREDIT of £60.000,000 is mentioned as likely to be granted to Turkey under a financial agreement with Britain which it is hoped will be concluded shortly, according to an Ankara dispatch. It is understood the agreement
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    "FOUNDATIONS OF A BETTER WORLD"
    70 7 THE retiring British Ambassador to Paris, Sir Eric Phipps, broadcast a farewell message in French to the French nation last night. He said that the entente between the British and French peoples had never been closer. This entente may make It possible, he said, to
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    Iraq Congratulates The Turks
    56 7 Iraq Congratulates The Turks THE prime ministers of Turkey and Iraq have exchanged messages of congratulation on the signing of the mutual assistance pact among Britain. France and Turkey. In Baghdad the pact is regarded as a isnal success of Allied diplomacy, and an important factor in relation to the
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    King Pays Visit To Militia Camp
    112 7 London, Oct. 23. THE King to-day paid his first visit to the militia. His Majesty wore the khaki service uniform of a field marshal and spent several hours visiting three barracks In the southern area. He was able to watch recruits in all i
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    THETIS REFLOATED OFF ANGLESEA COAST
    55 7 ••pHE submarine Thetis which sank more than 20 weeks ago was brought to the surface yesterday near Anglesea. She rode an even keel and floated about one mile from the shore. Her periscope was bent at a sharp angle. The submarine will be towed further
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    CONTRABAND CONTROL: NEUTRALS COMPLAIN
    73 7 London, Oct. 23. /COMPLAINTS continue to be received on V the part of neutral countries with regard to delays owing to contraband control, but it is pointed out in London that if neutral countries would realize the Brltfc-h point of view and co-operate, much delay would
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    21 7 MCONSTANTIN SMETANIN. new Soviet Ambassador to Tokio and formerly Counsellor of the Soviet Embassy in Japan, left Moscow for Tokio yesterday.
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, OCT. 24, 1939. The War Of Words
    1163 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, OCT. 24, 1939. The War Of Words In the September issue of The Round Table there is an article entitled "British News by Wireless which is of considerable Interest not only in its general aspect but in its application to this country. The writer is
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    'Any Peace Settlement With Nazis Worse Than Useless'
    3449 8 •From Our Own Correspondent) Somewhere in England, Oct. 8. rjiHIS letter Is being written from a small village, in the rural depths of the West of England, on the sixth Sunday of the Second German War. Everything here remains as in the
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      30 8 Ibee chow I SMART TAILORING 21, Chulia Street, SINGAPORE. CHEAP FARES SINGAPORE JOHORE BAHRU TO FRASER'S HILL BACK TWO PASSENGERS TRAVELLING TOGETHER-PER PASSENGER $36.25. THREE PASSENGERS TRAVELLING TOGETHER-PER PASSENGER $33.50.
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    HITLER SAID TO FAVOUR PLANE & SUBMARINE WAR
    385 9 HITLER SAID TO FAVOUR PLANE SUBMARINE WAR Mass Land Offensive May Be Postponed VON RIBBENTROP LIKELY TO PROVIDE A CLUE Has Stalin Refused To Give Military Aid? RK PORTS irom neutral sources indicate that Hitler's next plan of campaign may be either a mass offensive in the vest or an
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    Japan Stands By Anti-Comintern Pact
    173 9 Japan Stands By AntiComintern Pact Tokio, Oct. 23. A JAPANESE Foreign Office spokesman stated in Tokio to-day thai Japanese policy is based on the antiComintern policy. At the same time. Japan intended tc "normalise" her relations with tb( Soviet Union. An earlier report from Peiping state! that negotiations between Russia
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    MONARCHIST MOVE IN GERMANY
    84 9 tHigh Army Officers Involved Paris, Oct. 23. ZURICH rep:rt received in Pan: s.tys that a number of high Ger man :rmy officers have bepn removec from their commands because the: support the restoration o! the G?rmar ta narchy. They include Gen. von Hammerstein chief cf tho
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    Franco-Italian Trade Being Fostered
    58 9 Paris, Oct. 24. TRADE between France and Italy rs specially facilitated by the partial removal of export and import restrictions applicable elsewhere. All restrictions have been removed for goods of Italian origin carried across France for the Allies or neutrals and for goods from the Allies
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    Lull On The Western Front Broken
    102 9 London, Oct. 24. FE lull on the Western Front was broken yesterday. According to last night's French communique there was marked activity by patrol units, particularly in the region west of the 3aar. This increased activity coincides with an Improvement in the weather. A
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    Battle Off Jutland Reported
    49 9 London, Oct. 23. •THERE is no definite confirmation in London, regarding reports of the sinking of the German air base vessel Schwabenland in the Atlantic, although the report is not denied. There is also no confirmation with regard to a reported battle off Jutland. —Reuter.
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    Armed British Ships In Neutral Ports
    134 9 London, Oct. 24. A GERMAN statement that British ships are only allowed to enter Dutch waters after surrender of their armament is untrue, writes Reuter's chief diplomatic correspondent. The wording of the Netherlands proclamation of neutrality, the correspondent states, permits the entry into Dutch
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    IRON DUKE WAS NOT REARMED
    68 9 London, Oct. 23. IT is officially denied that UMJS. Iron Duke, which was slightly damaged last week when German aircraft attacked naval units in Scapa Flow, had been rearmoured or rearmed. The Iron Duke is an old battleship which was demilitarized under the London Naval
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    SOVIET AIMS IN FINLAND
    305 9 Talks Resumed In Moscow Moscow, Oct. 24. THE Finnish delegation led by Dr. Paasikivi had two meetings with the Soviet leaders at the Kremlin last night. The Finnish Foreign Office statesman stated that reports from Moscow showed that the Finnish-Soviet negotiations were proceeding normally and justified
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    GERMAN PROPERTY IN BALTIC STATES
    42 9 London, Oct. 24. r[E number of Germans due to leave Estonia, Lithuania and Lat-,-ia is estimated by the Baltic press at 100,000. The value of the property owned by :hem represents a total of 12.000,000,000 reichsmarks Reuter.
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    NO BRITISH PEACE MOVE IN CHINA
    82 9 London, Oct. 22. DEPORTS from the Domei (Japanese) agency that the British Ambassador to Chungking, Sir Archibald Clark-Kerr, has nade proposals to the Chinese Government 'or mediation between China and Japan arc authoritatively described here as pure Indention. It is well-known that the good
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    STOP PRESS
    148 9 New York, Oct. 24. THE United States Maritime Commission has received a report that the American steamship City of Flint, bound from America to Britain with a general cargo, was seized by a German warship, which put a prize crew on board. The ship was taken to Tromso
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    GERMANY'S DIRE POSITION
    230 9 London, Oct. 23 GERMAN production cannot be expanded and public expenditure must grow; the alternatives are inflation or consumption further drastically reduced, says Reuter's chief diplomatic correspondent. Germany's present stocks of foreign raw materials, estimated at the most at 800,000,000 marks, are equal to onetenth of the
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    Not Irrevocable, Says Mr. Gandhi
    72 9 Statement On Viceroy's Declaration Bombay, Oct. 23. MX. GANDHI has issued a statement here in which he says that although the Viceroy's declaration on the future of India's constitution was undoubtedly deplorable, it is not irrevocable. The Mahatma thinks that tae Congress Working Committee's resolution,
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    JAPANESE ARMY & U.S. CRITICISM
    237 9 JAPANESE ARMY U.S. CRITICISM 4cid Comment On Tokio Speech By Envoy Pciping, Oct. 23. AFTER refusing to comment for some days on the outspoken speech in Tokio last week by Mr. Jwepb 3rew, American Ambassador in Tokio. ndicting the Japanese army in China, ihe Japanese military spokesman oroke his silence
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    JAPAN TO NEGOTIATE WITH U.S. ENVOY
    68 9 Tokio, Oct. 23. ADMIRAL NOMURA, the Japanese Foreign Minister, plans to open informal negotiations this week with Mr. Joseph Grew, the U.S. Ambassador in Japan, in an effort to "break the deadlock" in Japanese-American relations, according to the Nichi Nichi. The newspaper, says Reuter,
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    FRENCH SHIP SUNK WITHOUT WARNING
    127 9 FRENCH SHIP SUNK WITHOUT WARNING Boston, Oct. 23. A SCREAMING shell from a U-boat was the first warning of danger, according to the captain of the French tanker Emile Miguet, which was sunk in the Atlantic ten days ago. He arrived here to-day with other survivors. Dusk had fallen when
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    52 9 London, Oct. 23. THE German suggestion that the Polish National Bank's gold, which was removed before German occupation, may be handed to Turkey by the British Government is officially denied. It is added the gold Is the property of the Polish Government, which alone has the power to dispose of
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    SOVIET GOLD NOT FOR GERMANY
    114 9 To Finance Purchases In United States London, Oct. 24. fERMANY has not, after all, received the 17V 2 tons of Soviet gold as reported last week, according to the Daily Telegraph diplomatic correspondent. The writer says that the bullion is now deposited with Dutch banks
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    SWEDISH SHIP LOST
    42 9 Stockholm, Oct. 23. THE owners of the Swedish steamer Albania (1,241 tons) announce that two members of the crew were drowned when the steamer sank. She Is believed to have been the 1 victim of a submarine attack. Reuter.
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    REICH PEACE HOPES FADE
    213 9 Official Berlin Statement WIDESPREAD belief in London that Hitler has given up all hope of peace is supported by a German official news agency statement issued last night. "There is not the slightest reason for Germany to set forth fresh conditions for a peace drive,' says
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    Germans Used Gas in Polish Campaign?
    42 9 Germans Used Gas in Polish Campaign Paris, Oct. 23. THE Havai correspondent at Cernautl (Rumania) learns from a reliable source that the Germnns launched gas attr.clis on a Polish infantry regiment In the neighbourhood 3f Raclawico betv/een Sept. 6—B,6 8, reDorts Reutcr
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      51 9 OTHER (ABLE NEWS Pates la&lM Riler'y loyalty Finnish Minister's statement 1 Goebbels' "utter rubbish" stories II Two British ships lost 13 Allies win f rst phase of the war 14 I orecast of I'.S. Neutrality Bi'.l debate 14 Patterns JlJiißiil AUSTIN REED OF REGENT STREET SOLE AGENTS JOHN LITTLE CO..
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    CANALIZATION SCHEME FOR GEYLANG RIVER
    394 10 Swamp Reclamation Work Makes Steady Progress ROAD EXTENSIONS WHEN NEW LAND HAS SETTLED AS part of the work on the scheme to convert 207 acres of pestilential swamps at Geylang into good, healthy development land, Public Works engineers are now engaged on the canalization of
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    CHINESE DONATIONS TO WAR FUND
    42 10 yKE Oversea Chinese Bankine Cornoration Fund trht ban ;cr f i f cr the Malaya Patriotic a? ss&js*™ ftf^s^, re t r 580.348 30 made up as follows-- t. Ai Oo< 525 in memory of the I&t*
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    MALACCA & POPPY DAY
    21 10 MALACCA POPPY DAY (From Our Own Correspondent) ARRANGEMENTS and offices under the direction of Mrs w. j. Curran-Sharp, the hon. -rganizer.
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    28 10 t a l ftc '> tri1 which lasted for several S»r«H?L Jin f K Punjabi police constable, brih4 i °2. three charges of accepting jeJSday Singapore fifth police court
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    COLD STORAGE MEN STRIKE
    139 10 Europeans Carry On Their Work a STRIKE amons B number o employees of the Singapon Cold Storage Co.. Ltd., Orchan Road, occurred this morning. There have been intervi?ws betweer the management and a section of th( staff for some time, it is understood and it was
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    JOHORE REGENT'S BIRTHDAY
    62 10 JOHORE REGENT'S BIRTHDAY I.K)HOKE om Our own Correspondent) Jchore Bahru. Oct. 23. THS birthday of the Tungku Mahkota, Regent of Johore. is on Saturday. Oct. 23 and the day will be a holiday in the State. The Tungku Mahkcta will be 45 years old on Saturday. He became Regent a
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    LAST NIGHT'S CONCERT
    773 10 Musical Circle Success THREE ARTISTES IMPRESS TiHE Singapore Musical Society is do ing an excellent thing in offering t( smaller groups of music levers projrammes of a slightly less forma nature than its larger features in th( VIemorial Hall. Last night's concert, at the Goodwooc Park Hotel,
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    DJOCJAKARTA RULER DIES
    175 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Batavia, Oct. 23. T-'HE Sultan of Djocjakarta, ruler of the leading native state in Java, died suddenly on Sunday morning. The burial takes place to-morrow. The sultan was taken ill In the train on the way back from Batavia. The week before his
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    Pact With Turkey Of Great Value To Allied Cause
    514 10 IN a broadcast from the B.M.B.C i station last night Mr. E. H. G. Dobby Lecturer in Geography at Raffles Coliege, dealt with "Turkey and the War with special reference to Turkey's new treaty with Great Britain and France. Turkey, said
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    PADI LAND SCHEMES ARE BEING ACCELERATED
    416 10 Federal Secretary On Chances For Non-Malays (From Our Own Correspondent) rYTFMQnn? K uala Lumpur, Oct. 23. £XTE*SIVE measures in the Government's campaign to encourage the growing of more padi in the Federation were exp ained by the Federal Secretary, Mr. Hu-h Frair to a
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    MAXIMUM PRICES FOR MEDICAL STORES
    180 10 A GOVERNMENT Gaz?Ue extraordinary published lart night fixes maximum prices fcr medical stores at the prices prevailing on Aug. 30 la?t with an add! Lien of ton per cent. No pers;n shall buy or sell, or agree to buy or sell, or offer to buy
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    24 10 Some of the first scenes filmed on the Western Front are seen in a Gaumont British newsreel showing at the Capitol and Pavilion Theatres.
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    Armistice Day Ceremony In Singapore
    355 11 Armistice Day Ceremony In Singapore MODIFIED SERVICE AT CENOTAPH THE arrangements made lor Armistice Day (Nov. 11) in Singapore will follow those announced in Britain, with the exception of the service at the Cenotaph. This customary service will be held at the Singapore Cenotaph, but in a modified form. There
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    INDIA WOMAN'S 40 YEARS IN MALAYA
    141 11 i Oui Own Cone: ponaen; Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 12. Tiir; DEATH tool: place yesterday of ?irs. Vaitbalingam Thavcr, a very old resident of Kuala Lumpur. She was 61. end rair.e to Kuala Lumpur more ihir» 40 years ago. She came to Malaya when it
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    33 11 More than 3C0 officer* and men aiti-nded i. (lance given by the R.A. i Blakcn Math last night in aid of the R.A. iBlakan Mati) war charity and St. John Ambulance Brigade fund.
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    25 11 The Fortnightly Club met yesterday, Mrs. K. V. Davies presiding. Mrs. A. D. And<n-on. the director of the Y.W.C.A. Keep Fir" duett, gave a t'.emonstration.
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    PETROL UP TEN CENTS A GALLON FROM TO-DAY
    585 11 Official Announcement Of Rise In Oil Prices For Malaya EFFECT ON OMNIBUS, TAXI AND AIR TRANSPORT UNCERTAIN PRICES of petrol and crude oils are increased as from to-day. Petrol will cost ten cents more per gallon, making its price 85 cents. It
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    Malayan Lepers To Hear War News
    97 11 Malayan Lepers To Hear War News A PROPOSAL to buy a radio- gramophone for the Indian lepers at the Sungei Buloh settlement is made by the Indian social service committee of the Selangor Indian Association. It is pointed out that the lepers, cut off from the normal contacts with the
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    Snatch-Thieving Is Increasing, Say Police
    314 11 Snatch-Thieving Is Increasing, Say Police .4CNATCH-THIEVING is on the in- crease again, and it is this type of Derson who encourages the offence, be:ause it shows that the property is easily disposed of. I would ask for the naximum sentence in this case." This comment was made by Court Inspector
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    NO INTERFERENCE WITH INDIAN OCEAN SHIPPING
    76 11 TTHE Daily Telegraph (London) re- port which was reproduced in the Straits Times yesterday concerning a liner which "wandered about the Indian Ocean for 36 days dodging a German raider" is described by the Singapore naval authorities as probably vivid imagination on the part
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    First Case Under War Finance Regulations
    162 11 First Case Under War Finance Regulations INDIAN CAUTIONED AN INDIAN, Rupohand, was caution ed in the Criminal District Court yesterday, lor sending a packet containing $940 (Hong Kong currency) to a silk firm in Hong Kong on Oct. 2. Accused pleaded guilty and stated that he had not thought it
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    VALUE OF NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING
    147 11 VALUE OF NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING A Driving Force During War Period TPHERE are signs, says The Times that business men are now finding time to reflect that behind all Britain's wartime endeavours must be the continuance of ordinary trade and commerce. Unless trade is maintained and stimulated there are no material
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    MALAYA PATRIOTIC FUND COMMITTEE
    162 11 THE following form the General Commi'.U'c 1 of the Malaya Patriotic Fund: The Governor. Sir Shenton Thomas, Lady rhomas- working committee: Mrs. L. V. Bond. Mrs B. C. Roberts, Lady Small. Mrs. C. R. Cherry, Mrs. H. A. Lord. Lieut. Col. Herbert Lord and Mr. R.
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    FUNERAL OF MRS. S. E. REUTENS
    320 11 PIE funeral of Mrs. Sophie Emily Reutens, who died at the General Hospital on Friday at the age of 60. took place at Bidadari cemetery, following a service at the Cathedral of the Good Shephard. The Rev. Father Noel Maury officiated. Among those present
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    MALAY NEWS BULLETIN
    300 11 ORANG2 ISLAM Indian barkedendak akan perkhabaran lagl darihal kenyataan yang telah dl-keluarkan oleh Tuan Yang Terutama Viceroy fasal pemerentahan negeri India pada masa yang ka-hadapan; tetapi mereka sangat fiuka mendengar Tuan Yang Terutama itu telah menolak akuan puak Congress mengatakan Congress itu mewakili kesemua India. Pandit Nehru
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    King And Queen At London Docks
    27 12 orkmen cheer the King and Queen as they arrive at one of the docks during th«Jr tour of London Docks recently.
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    Western Front Fighting May Be Intensified
    215 12 IT Paris, Oct. 23. II is now growing colder on the Western Front. At night time, the sound of stamping O n duckboards is heard in the trenches as troops try to keep warm. Here and there smokeless charcoal fires smoulder in braziers. Behind
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    ROYAL YACHT CREW SERVE WITH FLEET
    77 12 THE royal yacht, Victoria and Albert, has been paid off for the duration 3f the war. This is In accordance with the precedent set in the last war, when ihe yacht's officers and crew were ;ransferr3d to one of the ships of the 3rand
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    Soviet Mission Going To Berlin Soon
    48 12 Soviet Mission Going To Berlin Soon Moscow, Oct. 23 A SPECIAL German envoy who has been in Moscow i.-? the past fortnight negotiating a Ger-man-Soviet trade agreement has left for Berlin. A Soviet economic mission is to leave for Germany in the near future, it is announced.— Reuter.
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    40 PERSONS DIE IN BLAZING TRAINS
    55 12 A MEXICO CITY dispatch states that 40 were killed when two oil trains were derailed near Vera Cruz. Twenty-nine railmr workers, six women and five children 3ied in blazing goods trucks in which they r.ere travelling. The disaster is believed to nave been caused
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    LIKE PORTABLE PILL-BOXES'
    220 12 Luxembourg, Oct. 23. ALLOWED to stay in Luxembourg for n 48 hDurs by the authorities, a correspondent of the Japanese Domei news agency had a glimpse of th» Western Front yesterday. He inspected the front line along the south-eastern Luxembourg border between Mondjrf and Wasserbillig. The turbid
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    Propaganda Out Of Dickens
    339 12 Propaganda Out Of Dickens Nazi Slurs On British Character TTHE order seeing to have none forth recently from Nazi propaganda headquarters to snift Hi,- barrage of abuse against British statesmen on t.i the British character in (funeral, says The Times (London > lh." Deui.iche Allzemeins Zeltuur: prints an ?.rticl» In
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    "FINLAND REGARDS FUTURE WITHOUT ALARM"
    271 12 Finance Minister's Statement On Arrival In Moscow T Moscow, Oct. 28. HK Finnish delegation, headed by Dr. Paasikivi. arrived in Moscow to-day to resume talks with the Soviet leaders. The delegation is expected to go to the Kremlin immediately. Dr. Paasikivi is accompanied by the
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    FOOD PROBLEM WITH GASTRITIS
    115 13 FOOD PROBLEM WITH GASTRITIS For years, doctors wanted to tind a Dod that would not irritate the in- j l\med stomach walls of patients suffertig from gastritis and that at the same ime would rebuild the patient's trength. In ..ses or gastritis solid oods are out of the question, even
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    NAZIS' MANY VERSIONS OF THE ATHENIA OUTRAGE
    281 13 Goebbels' Latest Effort Held To Be "Utter Rubbish" In U.S. London, Oct. 23. IOSEF Goebbels, the German Propaganda Minister, contiJ nues to make contradictory statements about the sinking of the Athenia, it is pointed out here. Gocbbels, whcsc references xo w. Winston Churchill
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    Missing Men Bureau In Geneva
    121 13 Missing Men Bureau In Geneva IN a larje building in Geneva, officials have begun exchanging names of prisoners of war between the warr.nnations. \s in the last war it is being carri1 ed out by the International Red Cross Bureau at Genera. Tr-e burecu receives inm each Go\ernment lists of
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    FIGHTING IN CANTON RIVER DELTA
    70 13 Shiuchow, Oct. 22. iCiGKiiNG raged In the SunweiT Kon?moon sector all day on Friday with the Chinese assuming the offensive in the Canton delta reg.on. The Chinese forces advanced ad along the line, recapturing in rapid succession a number of villages, including TsDWuan, Ksikan, Mas^an.
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    NEW MOVE IN GERMAN "BLOCKADE" OF BRITAIN
    72 13 Copenhagen, Oct. 23. ANEW move In Germany's so-called continental blockade of Britain is reported by the Berlin correspondent of the newspaper Politiken, who states that Germany has asked all Nordic states to direct their shipping through the Kiel Canal instead of the Baltic.
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    King's Christmas Day Message To Empire
    71 13 London, Oct. 23•THE KING will broadcast to his people on Christmas Day at the conclusion of a round-the-Empire programme. It is hoped that, despite the difficulties oi radio communication in wartime, it will be possible to take all the Dominion and colonial contributions to
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    Mines In Path Of Convoy
    76 13 Auxiliary Air Force's Timely Warning London, Oct. 23. HOW A BRITISH auxiliary air force squadron saved merchantmen and their ccnvoy from mines is related The squadron observed drifting German mines at two places in intervals of one hour, close to r.nd in the path of
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    BUDDHIST MISSION TO SINGAPORE
    120 13 Chungking, Oct. 23. CHINESE Buddhists are shortly to take an active part in the Chinese anti-aggression movement. It is learned that Chinese Buddhist organizations are contemplating joining en bloc the Chinese branch d the International Peace Campaign. *bbot Tai Hsu. a well-known Chinese Buddhist leader, has
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    INQUIRY INTO ROYAL OAK SINKING
    57 13 INQUIRY INTO ROYAL OAK SINKING IT is learned in well-informed naval quarters that the inquiry into the sinking of the Royal Oak is proceeding but no further details have yet been divulged. It is reported that German statements to the effect that another ship was torpedoed on the same occasion
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    ATTEMPT ON TROTSKY'S LIFE SUSPECTED
    70 13 Maxico City, Oct. 22. A PLOT to assassinate Trotsky, veteran Communist leader who fill out Stalin and is now living in exile here, is believed to have been frustrated by the arrest of a man who is stated to have posed as a well-known general
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    CHINA'S WAR ORPHANS
    36 13 Chungking, Oct. 22. A TEN-DAY conference on the welfare of China's war orphans opened here to-day. It was attended by Madame Chiang Kai-shek and 250 representatives from refugee children homes throughout the country.
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    GERMANS DISTRUST THEIR PROPAGANDA MINISTRY
    268 13 TRAVELLERS arriving in Switzerland from Germany give the following sidelights on conditions there, says a British United Press report published in the London Observer. The German people are now divided distinctly into two classes— those who believe implicity in Hitler, and those v.'ho do not.
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    Two Attacks On Submarines Believed Successful
    188 13 London, Oct. 23. TWO attacks on German submarines were recently made by 1 RAF machines and both are believed to have been successful, the Air Ministry announces to-day. Atlantic. Following is the pilot's report of the North Sea attack: "Reconnaissance aircraft sighted and attacked
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    FRENCH WAR SUPPLY MISSION IN U.S.
    58 13 New York. •THE spokesman for the Commercial Counsellor at the French Embassy 1 In Washington says that members of a French war supplies commission had arrived in the United States, but were merely "exploring the possibilities of J the American market." They had not
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    22 13 IT IS ANNOUNCED in Copenhagen that from to-day all Danish internal and external communications are to be restricted SSSt* 86 1 FreDCh
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    TWO BRITISH SHIPS LOST Enemy Action Off Scottish Coast
    133 13 TWO BRITISH SHIPS LOST Enemy Action Off Scottish Coast r pHE sinking of two more British ships is reported to-daj\ They are the Sea Venture (1.:H3 tons) which was sunk by enemy action off the north coast of Scotland, and the White Mantle < 1,392 tons> which sank after an
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    ALLIES WIN FIRST PHASE OF WAR IN THE AIR Success Of British Aircraft And A.-A. Batteries
    226 14 ALLIES WIN FIRST PHASE OF WAR IN THE AIR Success Of British Aircraft And A.-A. Batteries T London, Oct. 23. HE view is expressed in London that the first phase of the war in the air has been very favourable from the Allied point of view. It is pointed out
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    Polish Army Refugees
    30 14 Polish scidiers photographed in frcnt of the Polish consulate at the Rumanian frontier town of Cernauti. They had been disarmed before being allowed to cross the frontier.
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    Another Raid Alarm In Forth Area
    442 14 COR the third day in succes- sion an air raid warning was sounded in the Firth of Forth (Scotland) yesterday- It was officially announced in London, reports Reuter, that the alarm was sounded shortly before 1 p.m. on the approach of unidentified aircraft. The
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    Sino-Japanese Peace Moves Denied
    107 14 Sino- Japanese Peace Moves Denied Shanghai, Oct. 23. A JAPANESE Army spokesman has denied the Chungking reports that Sino-Japanes.? peace is being discussed between the Chiang regime and an unnamed Japanese go-between who is said to be a friend of a Chinese leader. '•The Japanese Government on Jan. 16, 1933
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    U.S. PRAYER FOR OUR KING
    65 14 Hyde Park, (New York), Oct. 23. DRESIDENT Roosevelt, his wife ana mother heard a prayer asking God to strengthen the British sovereign so that he may vanquish and overcomr aii his enemies" when they attended service at the Episcopal Church of St. James at which
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    LESSONS OF UNSUCCESSFUL ATTACK ON CONVOY
    548 14 Work Of Escort And Aircraft Praised By Naval Critics nDmr London, Oct. 23. pKIDE is expressed in the newspapers at the manner in which British airmen and seamen dealt with the Nazi bombers m their attack on the British convoy in the North Sea
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    U.S. Neutrality Bill Debate
    253 14 U.S. Neutrality Bill Debate Victory For Roosevelt Held To Be Certain New York, Oct. 23. THE SENATE debate on the Neu1 trality Bill is entering on its last stage this week with the prospects of in Administration victory undimmed, says the Washington correspondent o; the New York Times. He adds
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      228 14 Broadcasting SINGAPORE TO-DAY ZHL 225 .netres. ZRP 30.06 metres. 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 Malay-Hawaiian music by the Honolulu Melodians, from the studio. 6.00 Cantonese musical Interlude. t 6.10 Cantonese selections from: "Hung Toh Chow Hung."
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    TO-DAY'S ACCEPTANCES FOR IPOH RACES
    410 15 Second Day Of October Meet Of Perak Turf Club FOLLOWING are the events for this afternoon's races at Ipoh in the second day of the Perak Turf Club's October meetinQ-. Good fields will face the starter in all the races, as the non-acceptors at noon
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    TANGLIN RUGGER
    39 15 The following «-ill represent the R-A.M.C asainst Fort Canning in a rugby match to b P%?lhoTrßSm^Capt. Finlayson. Cap' Murphy. Davis: Capt. Maisey Capt^ O'Gor man- Horsley. Capt. Moynham, R. Smith, Cp Andersor., Saint, Capt. Eustace. Rcbertehav Burke.
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    To-day's Race Selections
    142 15 Selections for to-day's ra?es at Ip«>h are: si RAITS TIMES Rac« 1. Excuse Me, Princfss Prim. Race 2. Polo, Star Lack Rare 3 Clifton Lad, Sain Burger. Race 4! Swift Arrow. Hard Road. Rac« 5. New Zealand, Jade Lady. Race fi. Empiric, Saladin. Race 7. St. Charles.
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    GARRISON G.C. WIN
    260 15 Tffi match played on Sunday between the Garrison Golf Club and the Keppei Golf Club over Keppei links resulted in a win for the visiting team by 34 to 16, as under. (Garrison players first) HE. Goodman 16) and E. Laidxnan .12) 7, R. J. Fennie (8)
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    S.C.C. RUGGER
    65 15 The S.C.C. "A" rugger XV to met: the R.A.F. "A" on the pad.mg to-day Is: G. W. S.. Waites; J. S. Lee, I. G John. E. J. P. Burley, T. P. Jones; A J. A. Goetzee, Laird; F. G. Stiff, A. S CasselLs. D. A. Blunt B. B.
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    To-day's Sports Events
    63 15 SOCCER: Challenge Cup, Manchesters vs. Chinese, Stadium. RUGBY Loyals vs. S.R.C., S.R.C.; S pore Teachers vs. Raffles College, College; R.A.O.C. vs. Medical College Union, M.C.U.; R.A. M.C. vs. Fort Canning, Tanglin; S.C.C. "A" vs. R.A.F. "A", padang. HOCKEY Khalsa Assn. vs. R.A.F. (H.Q.), Khalsa: Loyals vs. Command
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    S'pore Hockey Trials
    510 15 SINGAPORE'S first state hocfcey ci trials this season will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 31, on the Y.M.CA. ground at Prince Edward Road and on the S.R.C. ground on Nov. 7. The Services provide a wealth of talent f a from which to choose a team, ana
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    IPOH RACE WEIGHTS
    94 15 Weights fcr one race at Ipoh on Thursday ere Umrm: (i l i»iv. l, 6 furs. Royal Hampton. 9.11 Eastern Knight. 8.01 Smoke Dreams 9.07 Recovery 7 08 Pure Gold 8.13 Gold Point 7.06 Tovarich 8.10 Meadowman 7.04 Bombus 8.08 Flying Column.. 7.01 Barford 8.02 Artful Sailor
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    Raffles College Win 2-0 Against S.R.C. "A" At Hockey
    270 15 IN a game of hockey played on the padang yesterday, the Raffles College defeated the S.R.C. "A" by two goals to nil. The College boys excelled in short passing movements. Their forwards combined well and had it not been for the
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    S.C.C. BEAT S.C.R.C. 3-0 IN PADANG HOCKEY
    385 15 S.C.C. BEAT S.C.R.C. 3-0 IN PADANG HOCKEY Chevallier And Elliott Play Well For Winners nOMINATING play for nios V the S.C.R.C. hockey team fast game on the padang yes of the game, the S.C.C. beat by three goals to nil in a fairly erday. Thanks to the splendid goalkeepins jf
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    Chinese vs. Tads In Cup Semi-Final At Stadium To-day
    105 15 Chinese vs. Tads In Cup Semi-Final At Stadium To-day PLENTY of interest is being taken In to-day's cup semi-final between Chinese and the Manchester at the stadium. The winners meet the Loyals in the final on Saturday. While the Chinese are generally favoured to win to-day, the Manchesters are not
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    R.A.O.C. Beat I.A. At Balestier
    240 15 WEAK sides and a scrappy game were the features of the hockey match between an Indian Association team and the R.A.O.C. played on the Balestler Road ground yesterday. The soldiers won by two goals to one. From the initial bully-off the home team pressed for
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    TENNIS RESULTS AND FURTHER TIES
    250 15 DESULTS of yesterdays ties in the S-C.R.C. open lawn tennis tournament were: Open doubles championship Kamis and Dawood beat G. Kam and Yadi C— 3, 3— 7—5. Handicap doubles Talib bin Awang and Lee Sze Tat beat Freddie Tan and So Tie Ho, i— 6.
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    Y.W.C.A. HOCKEY
    51 15 The following will play for the Y.W.C.A. Ist XI against the European Women Ist XI on the Clerical Union ground to-day I B. Ferguson E. Frugtneit. S. Arm- I strong (Capt.); D. Pye, Z. Elias. Mrs. Koh; M. Vaitllyngam, P. Eber, J. At- i well, O. Wheatley, P.
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    SATURDAY'S RUGGER
    36 15 The Army will meet the R.N. and R.AJP. In i rugby friendly on Saturday at the Jalan Besar Stadium. Members of the Services la uniform will be admitted at half-price to the grand stand.
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    SINGAPORE COLTS WIN
    123 15 IN a hockey match played on the S:. 1 Joseph's Institution ground, yesterday, the Singapore Colts beat St. Joseph's Institution jy three goals to nil. The Colts dominated play and were tne >etter balanced team. In the first half they scored once through 3'Hara who netted with
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    I.A. HOCKEY
    87 15 Indian Association hockey teams are: To-morrow against the Malaya Comnand Signal Co. on lA. ground F. 3alram Singh, J. J. Peter, Kannan, > K. Samy, G. Kennedy (Capt.), :hcor Singh. V. Doss, Dr. Shanker, M. VI. H. Namazle, Babu Singh, Wazir Singh Reserves P. Henry and Tarok Singh.
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    WOMEN'S GOLF
    127 15 rIE Keppel Golf Club beat the Sepoy Lines Coif Club by s >; to 1 In a n-omen's match on Thursday at Sepoy Lines. Results (K.G.C. players mentioned Irst) were as follows Mrs. A. M. Low (18) 1, Mrs. A. C. Brooks (18) 0 Mrs. Holohan (22) 1.
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    Y.M.C.A. HOCKEY
    126 15 The following have been selected to play iockey for the Junior Department against Flaffies Institution to-morrow at 5.15 p.m. on iie Raffles Institution ground: Wee Alk Chan, Low Huck Yang, Slow Nyuk jn, F. L. Wong. Cheong Thiam Slew. L. M. Veria, S. Shlrazle, L. F. Newman, S.
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    EXCISE SPORTS CLUB
    71 15 The following will represent the Excise Sports Club against the Mayfair B.P. In a friendly match of three tinglts and two doubles to be played at the Happy world Covered Stadium on Friday at 7.30 p.m. Singles: Chan Chlm Bock, Peh Teng Slew. Quek Song Quee. Doublet-
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    PASIR PANJANG ROVERS
    34 15 The Pasir Panjang Rovers defeated the Dawnlight XI last Wednesday in a soccer match by four Roals to one, Huat Lye (2). Lai Chunn and Wee Eng shared the Rovers' coals.
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    Raffles College Rugger
    25 15 The Rafflea College Union "A- tmm beat the Singapore Teachers by 24 points to eight at rugger on the College ground yesterday.
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    78 16 arrant officers and N.C.O*. of the Singapore Volunteer Corps watching the demonstration of field work'n^^ during the special course. Sandbag filling, one phase in the construction of an emplacement Driving in a stake for the outer wall of the emplacement Included in the course
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