The Straits Times, 17 November 1939

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    31 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER-LARGEST NET SALES 16 PA(JES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS The Straits Times 16 PAGES. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1939^ PRICE 5 CENTS
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      1000 2 HOUSES FLATS, TO LET TANGLIN. Furaished Bungalow to let fro^n" Dec. 15. Mod. San. Rent $100. Furniture to U? taken over. Telephone *****. iJ r hH'J^ US t WKKO HM; S* containing a tig bedrooms long bath attached verandah 'oun»e and two social halls Garage Servant tP*rters. Apply Bor 636,
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      617 2 PUBLIC NOTICES SUNGEI WAY DREDGING LTD? (Incorporated in P.M. B.} DIVIDEND NO. 36 M *i£nd of 10% has been declared payNHLL ft Kbtt x Secretaries. LUKUT TIN DREDGING LTD. (Incorporated in the P.M S August 31. 1939. if approved ™tWnS SSSbS'g, iKt T?6 "£**»> On By Order of the Board
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      287 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS (Incorporuted In Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR TO EUROPE VIA AMERICA Through fares to North America, to Europe via America and Round Tours in the Pacific quoted in U.S. S on ap-" plication. To California from the Orient ria Honolulu. KAMAKURA MARU leave S'hal Nov.
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    SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES
    1388 4 Fraser And Co's List I THURSDAY, NOV. 1«, 193*: 5 1\M. ■OHM Ainpat Tin (4s 4s 9d Ss^d™"* Austral Amal. (5s> 6s 7s Austra) Unlay <£) S7* afls Ayer Hitaia <i*> 24s 9d 26. c d Ayer Weng ($i> 90 95 Bangrin Tin <£> 23s
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    LYALL AND EVATT'S DAILY QUOTATIONS
    234 4 Singapore, Nov. 16, 5 p.m. **IMNG Buyer* Seller Ampats 4/10 53 Austral Amalg. 6 '6 7/» Batu Selangors 1.65 l 70 Hoog FatU 89 ioj Jflebus, 1.03 1.0«cd Kampong Lanjuts 20/9 21/6 K. Kamunting 8/6 8/9 KununUziss M /t n/ 6 Klnta Kenas 7/4H 7/9
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    OCTOBER RUBBER CROPS
    82 4 rffi following rubber crops were harvested in October:— KuaJa Reman 171 ruin Bruseh Rubber ***** United Malacca 49 300 Brunei 3050s Bukit Timah 5*422 Changkat 2 48^ Jndragin 99 216 Lunas ***** Nyalaa ***** Tapah ig 221 Ulu Pandan (ceaied'tapplng) Ayer Kunin« Rubber 85 500 Badek Rubber
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    London Stock Exchange
    354 4 0., London, Nov. 16. N the Stock Exchange *ilt-edged attracted practically all to-day's small buying interest, prices moving higher. Other groups were quiet but mainly steady. Rubber shares failed to respond to the announcement of the increased export quota, which was ja accordance with expectations. CLOSING QUOTATIONS
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      23 4 FOR ALL DEFECTS OF VISION Consult: MJEzekitl Sen} (Established In 1916) Qualified Ophthalmic Opticians OVB ONLY SINGAPORE ADDRESS: 9. Rafles Place. TeL 394t
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      206 4 IT NOT ONLY GIVES BUI KILLi UERMb A INHALANT A d on of -\ap^x- placed on tb« bamtkerchief c ives off an antiseptic vapour which quickly kills the verms of colds Influenza, catarrh, eto. This vapour *r«ws sti-Mrer stromfer as jmn Inhale. It reaches all the roraplicated passages of nose
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      92 4 TIDE TABLES SINGAPORE Mm H. W. 2.26 a.m. 8 ft.; 1.44 p.m 8.1 ft, L W. 7 45 a.m 4.5 ft.: 8.30 p.m 1.9 ft. To-morrow H. W. 3.10 a.m. 7.6 ft.: 2.20 p.m. 8 2 ft L. W. 8.22 a.m. 4.7 ft.: 9.15 p.m 2.5 ft Sunday. Nov. 19
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      372 5 Tin Shares More Active And Rubbers Wanted By Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, Nov. 17. THE local rubber market continued 1 very steady throughout yesterday but in spite of the welcome reception accorded to the announcement ol an increased export quota for the nrs. quarter in London, that
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      KUCHAI AND LINGUI PROFITS LOWER
      211 5 Smaller Amounts Carried Forward A NET pront of $223,596 was earned by Kuchai Tin Ltd. in the year ended Sept. 30. This compares wltn $278,348 In the preceding year. As already reported in the Straits Times the proposed dividend is io per cent., which, if
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      COMMODITIES AND EXCHANGES
      167 5 COMMODITIES AND EXCHANGES (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Nov. 16. COMMODITY and Exchange markets closed as follows with previous quotations in parenthesis: RUBBER: Dull. m m»m\ Spot lid. 11 l/16d. (11 1 16d. 11 3,1 M.> Dec. 10 15/16 d. 11 l/18d (11 1 3 l 6 d Jan.-Mar. lid
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      13 5 Cross Rate London-New Xork, 4.0200 (prey. 4.0400) New York-London, 1 3.94 (prey. 3.95)
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      114 5 Singapore, Not. 17, noon. Buyers Sellers Gambler »J*° Hamburg Cube Java Cuba 1200 Pepper «i k en White Muntok BS VtS C °SU Sun Dried *3.70 S To.r. r 56.90 16.90 ffi ga 8S Sarawak *6.00 Jelotong Palembang *".ou Banja Sarawak 12 50 Tapioca .mnn Small Flake
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      SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTION
      101 5 THE Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1,460 th. auction yesterday when there were ca\Xued y i 174,413 lb.-524.29 Urns; offered 1.085.262 1b.— 484.49 tons; sold 859,756 lb.— 38 Lfndon Spot 11 lII*. New York Spot I9*cts. pEICES BEALIZED Ribbed Smoked Sheet Cents Per Lb.
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      62 5 Friday, Nov. 17, noon. Bayers Sellers Prices Prices No. IX B.S.S(Spot loose* Mi* 38 No. IX E.S.S. f-cb. Incase. November 3 37^ FUTURE QUOTATIONS No. IX R.S.S. on B e ist r I telld V R^ Nov.-Dec 38«/4 Jan.-Mar 35^ AP Tone l o* Market':—
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      RUBBER MARKET REVIEW
      11 5 NEW QUOTA MAY LEAD TO MORE ACTIVE TRADING
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      PRICES UNLIKELY TO BE AFFECTED
      395 5 Pa weekly report on the rubber market. Issued at noon yesterday, Stanton Nelson and Co. Ltd. write:— The lull in Europe, uncertainty regarding the quota announcement, and the intervention of public holidays have combined to produce dull markets during the past week. To-day the announcement
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      LONDON WELCOMES DECISION
      193 5 London. Nov. 16. THE International Rubber Committee's decision fixing the quota for the first quarter of 1940 at 80 per cent, against 75 per cent f or the^ present quarter did not materially affect the London market to-day, where sucn an increase had already been anticipated. Rubber
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      EXCHANGES
      171 5 The following are the exchange rates this morning according to the daily circular issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation SELLING Tendon T.T l'\\?& London demand V,\l Rate for freight Lyons demand 2050 Switzerland demand 20 Hamburg demand New York demand t, o,i« Montreal demand oitf Batavia demand
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      174 5 LADIES tAVE ON THE "KIRA" iBUY and USE GRAFTON CLOUDY HOUSEHOLD AMMONIA. Essential In every household 50 cents per quart bottle. Stocked by: Singapore Cold Medical Hall Ltd. M. S. Ally A Co. Naina Mohamed Kirn Ann A Co. Product of GRAFTOH LABORATORIES Ltd. Singapore and Knala Lumpur. ShS^Bb WEAKNESS
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      274 5 BANK OF CHINA PENANG AGENCY 52 54 BEACH STREET, PENANG Telegraphic Address:— CHUHGKUO, PENANG" will be OPEN FOR BUSINESS NOV. 20th 1939. X c^/Sn it is impusHar^H^^ sible for an individual to provide for his yaiued possessions the safety that is afforded by our vaults where we have safe boxes
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      348 6 jF^k PAUII lON TO-NI-SHT H IHW ILIUni 6.15 9.15 *^M^m J XtH^i "Interest never flags, first X /wl' x "Brilliant and ElntertainWr Nature's wrath unleashed ■f M in full fury! to provide 'J9^ Jffmk the tempestuous love that 'j§z&. %t^^< See he moSt we Ins P i r ir i«
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    BRITISH CARGOES IN NAZI SHIPS AT NEUTRAL PORTS
    165 7 Exorbitant German Demands For Release Of Goods London, Nov. 16. THE London Chamber of Commerce is negotiating lor the release of British-owned cargoes valued at between £3,000,000 and £5,000,000 lying in the holds of 140 German ships taking refuge in neutral ports.
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    Bulgaria Wants Rubber In Exchange For Food
    47 7 Bucharest, Nov. 16. A BRITISH trade mission is expected to arrive shortly in Sofia. It is understood Bulgaria is prepared to sell Britain butter, bacon and fruit pulp in exchange for rubber and other colonial products and industrial goods.— Reuter.
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    U.S. Attitude To The War
    185 7 95 Per Cent. Of People For The Allies New York. Nov. 16. KkTINETY-FIVE per cent, of the JN people of America want to see the type of life and liberty for which Britain and France are fighting preserved from destruction," declared Mr. Thomas W. Lamont,
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    MUNITIONS ORDERS FOR AUSTRALIA
    166 7 Big British Contracts Already Placed BRITAIN has ordered munitions worth several million pounds from Australia, the Commonwealth Minister for the Navy told the House of Representatives yesterday. Orders have been placed through Mr R.G. Casey, the Australian Minister of Supply and Development, who is at present
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    EMPIRE PARLEY ON WAR AIMS URGED
    103 7 Ottawa, Nov. 14. A PROPOSAL that Canada should demand a conference of all countries belonging to the British Empire to be held in London as soon as possible to "state our war alms and to take all measures to attain them" has been made
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    VOLUNTARY SERVICE OFFERS IN CANADA
    71 7 Ottawa, Nov. 14. IN CANADA, over 10,000 offers of service have been received by the Voluntary Services Ministry Bureau. This does not include the thousands of men who nave enlisted, or are trying to enlist. Offers cf service have also been made to the Royal
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    FRENCH SEIZURES
    48 7 Paris, Nov. 16. rE FRENCH NAVY seized 223,297 tons of contraband goods up to Nov 10, stated M. Pernot, French Mnister for Economic Warfare. The seizures included 101,653 tons of raw materials or industrial goods 35,000 tons of liquid fuel and 240 tons Of arms.— Reuter.
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    REICH'S FLOATING DEBT
    28 7 Amsterdam, Nov. 15. IT ia announced in Berlin that the floating debt of the Reich increased from 7,937,000.000 marks to 9,086,000,000 marks during August.— Reuter.
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    GERMAN COMPLAINT TO RUMANIA
    87 7 Slowness In Delivery Of Oil And Petrol Bucharest, Nov. 16. THE German Minister has protested to competent Rumanian quarters regarding the alleged "sabotage" in th° quality and speed of delivery of goods to Germany. He particularly complained of slowness in the delivery of petrol and oil
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    LAST U.S. LINER LEAVES COMBAT ZONE The Straits Times
    61 7 LAST U.S. LINER LEAVES COMBAT ZONE The Straits Times London, Nov. 16. THE President Harding, the last of 1 the American liners flying the Stars and Stripes in belligerent waters, sailed from Britain to New York yesterday so heavily laden with passengers that additional cots and beds had to be
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    17 7 Johannesburg, Nov. 13. Gen. Smuts' government has won two provincial council by-elections on the neutrality issue.— Reuter.
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    SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, NOV. 17, 1939. Neutrality
    1149 8 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, NOV. 17, 1939. Neutrality In their efforts to reduce the severity of the Allied economic blockade, German propagandists have sought to arouse anger in neutral countries by exaggerating the extent of the interference with and delay to neutral shipping caused by the contraband control. That line of attack
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    SMUTS AND BELGO-U.S. CONCILIATION TREATY
    62 8 General Smutc, the South Africa-; P;cmier, has accepted in his p:ivatcapacity, an appointment by the Unitei Sates and Belgium as one of the thre* joint international < -muni.-sioners under the terms of the B?lgia.i-Amor:can eon"iliatio l i treaty which Is primarily aimed for the advancement
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      FOOD OR RUBBER?
      286 8 Suburban Land Which Could Be Acquired To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— I have read with great interest your proposal that the Government should purchase some land not under rubber for the cultivation of vegetables. A certain amount of time would have to elapse for
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      TRAINING AMAHS
      176 8 Women Immigrants Who Are Unemployed To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— In Singapore, as well as in other parts of British Malaya, there is a great demand for the services of Chinese women as domestic servants. In consequence of the relaxation of the Immigration Regulations, there
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      FILM CENSORSHIP
      149 8 A "Ridiculous Fuss" Recalled To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— So the local Film Censer Is at it again! The banning of the British picture "U-Boat 29" reminds one of the ridiculous fuss mads over "Confessions of a Nazi Spy" and 'The Warning." Not having read
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      "U-BOAT 29"
      114 8 Surprise At Film Censor's Decision To the Editor of th- Straits Times Sir,— The news of the banning or "U-Boat 29" by the Film Censor will be received by the Singapore cinemagoers with a distinct frown. What is the Censor trying to suppress? Are we not in a
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      MR. CHAMBERLAIN
      153 8 The Fixed Idea Of A Great Statesman To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— I do not agree with Mr. Bernard Shaw when he denounces Mr. Chamberlain as unnt to be Prime Minister. Mr. Chamberlain may not, perhaps, be a very great diplomat, but undoubtedly he is
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      RENT CONTROL
      236 8 The Position In Regard To Deposits To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Referring to the new measure for rent control, which says that a tenant must owe two full months' rent before he can be ejected from the house he occupies, I shall be much obliged
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      "WHODUNIT?"
      199 8 Munich Bomb "Too Serious For Levity" To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Do you not think it rather a pity that the letter headed (no doubt with much humorous intent) "Whodunit?" was inserted in the public Press of yesterday? It has to be remembered that German readers
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      THE B.M.B.C.
      131 8 Time For A Few Compliments To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— So many nasty things have been said of the 8.M.8.C. of late, that I think it time some compliments were handed out. The Harmonica Band tnat broadcast dance music at 9.30 p.m. on Sunday was
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      RELIGIOUS FILMS
      86 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— It has come to my knowledge that certain films or portions of films in which the Lord Jesus Christ is depicted on the screen have been banned for public exhibition. As the Press is the only mouthpiece through which the
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      THE GERMAN RACE
      782 8 "Greed And Rapacious Aggressiveness" To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— In the issue of the Straits Times or Nov. 10 somebody disguised under the pseudonym of "Rationalist" wrote criticising two previous contributions to your paper on the subject of the treatment which the German nation
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      74 8 The Straits Times receives many more letters than can be published in the space available. Accordingly brief, concise letters stand a better chance of selection and prompt publication than long ones. Letters exceeding 250 words are unlikely to be published at the present time. When letters are typed, double-spacing will
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    ITALIAN WARNING TO SOVIET RUSSIA
    218 9 Hands Off Balkans And Mediterranean CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN ROME MAY INTERVENE "Bolsheviks Must Not Advance Further" AN Italian warning to the Soviet is contained in A the semi-official Turin newspaper Gazetta del Popolo. Commenting editorially on Signor Musso.:ms reference to armed peace," the newspaper gives an
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    IF HOLLAND IS INVADED
    431 9 Prompt British Aid Urged London, Nov. 16. THE British Government must ready to give prompt support if the duty of protecting their neutrality and liberty is im posed on Holland and Belgium by Hltier, declared Sir Archibald Sinclair the Liberal Opposition leader, speaking in the House
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    GERMANS MAY DEPORT U.S. JOURNALIST
    56 9 Amsterdam. Nov. 17. MR Beach Conger. Berlin correspondent of the New York HeraldTribune, has been expelled from the daily press conference in Wilhelmstrasse, according to the Handelsblad correspondent. Mr Conger is accused of sending "inaccurate reports prejudicial to Germany.'* It is understood Mr. Conger s
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    45 9 London, Nov. 16. rE Air Force test pilot, H. W. E. Skinner, who recently flew a Miles Master trainIng machine in a power dive from Oxford to Parnborough at jOO miles per hour, died suddenly In his bath at his home at Reading vr.tcrday.— Reuter.
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    Finnish Defence Loan Over-Subscribed
    37 9 Helsinki, Nov. 17. IT is announced that a defence loan of 500,000,000 Finnish marks has been over-subscribed by about 100,000,000 marks. A second loan of a similar amount may now be floated. Reuter.
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    "Should Teach The Allies"
    125 9 Nazi Organ's Outburst Over Peace Replies Berlin. Nov. 17. THE mouthpiece of the German Foreign Office, Diplomatische Korrcspondenz. describes the British and French replies to the Belgo-Dutch peace offer and recent speeches by Lord Halifax, the Foreign Secretary Mr Winston Churchill, First Lord ot the Admiralty.
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    WHY HITLER'S BACKER FLED FROM REICH
    92 9 Amsterdam, Nov. 16. THE newspaper Het Yolk states that Fritz Thyssen. the German steel magnate and Hitler's former supporter, who was reported on Sept. 21 to have fled from German, left Germany after receiving an invitation to participate at a meeting in Berlin of
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    Finland's Army Is Ready
    11 9 Kve hundred thousand PinnUhUo^s are Soviet front,er-readj
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    Nazis Sink Ship Off Mozambique
    158 9 Raider In Portuguese Territorial Waters Capetown, Nov. 16. IT is officially announced that the British steamer Africa .Shell .m mink by a German raider inside Portuguese territorial waters 180 miles north-east of Lourenco Marques (Mozambique). It is reported the crew was allowed to land but
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    BRITISH CAPTURE ENEMY VESSEL
    154 9 Crew Forcibly Prevents Scuttling London. Nov. 16. AFTER being sighted by a British cruiser, the German steamer Leander (989 tons) was taken to a British port as a prize. It is be.ieyec. the ship entered Vigo (Spain) at the outbreak of war and was not able
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    Opposition To Form Ministry In Assam
    80 9 Shillong, Nov. 16. IT is officially announced that Sir Muhammad Sadulla, former Premier and Opposition leader In the Assam Legislative Assembly, has agreed to form a new ministry. The Congress coalition ministry in Assam, which resigned yesterday, was the eighth and last of the
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    JAPANESE APOLOGIZE FOR PLANE INCIDENT
    187 9 London, Nov. 16. THE pilots of the Imperial Airways 1 plane Dardanus, which was forced down by the Japanese at Walchow Island on Nov. 8, were handed over to the British Consul-General at Canton yesterday, announced Mr. R. A. Butler, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, answering
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    AL CAPONE LEAVES PRISON
    38 9 Washington, Nov. 16. AL CAPONE, notorious former "Czar" of Chicagos underworld, has been released from prison, to which he was sentenced lr. 1931 He will resume residence at his magnificent villa in Florida.— Reuter.
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    GERMAN WAR ON NEUTRALS
    171 9 Ship Sunk, Crew Left To Drown London, Nov. 16. RUTHLESS German warfare against neutral shipping is instanced by the torpedoing without warning the Norwegian tanker Arne Kjode by a U-boat, whicn made no attempt to save me tanker's crew despite bad weatner and the position being
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    Support Of The Colonies
    208 9 Support Of The Colonies London, Nov. 16. MR Malcolm Mac Donald, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, at a meeting in London to-night, declared that nothing illumines more brilliantly the difference between the British and Nazi political systems than the contract between the responses from the colonies and the
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    MR. EDEN ON VISIT TO THE FRONT
    148 9 London, Nov. 16. I CAN assure you that the visit was an inspiration to us all," said Mr. Anthony Eden, Secretary of State for the Dominions, speaking to members of the Overseas League in London, on his return from a visit to the
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    39 9 Madrid, Nov. 17. «I DO not think it would be possible to give prisoners of war more humane treatment than that accorded to German prisoners in Great Britain" says the London correspondent of 'the influential Madrid newspaper A.B.C.— Reuter.
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    'UNITED STATES WATCHING PAKHOI INVASION'
    236 9 Japanese Claim Capture Of More Towns And An Island MR Sumner Welles, Assistant Secretary of State, declared yesterday that the U.S. State Department was watching Japan's latest invasion in the Pakhoi ro«j;ion in south-western Kwanctung (reports Reuter). Mr Welles added that he was uncertain that
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    BURMA-YUNNAN AIR SERVICE
    127 9 Extension To Hong Kong Shanghai Planned London, Nov. 17. PROPOSALS Dy the Chinese Government for an air service between Akyab or Rangoon (Burma) and Kunming (Yunnan) with an extension to Hong Kong and Shanghai as soon w conditions permit have been accepted by the British Government, according
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    JAPAN'S RELATIONS WITH SOVIET
    86 9 "Gradual Settlement Of Problems Shanghai, Nov. 17. QUESTIONED re-^rding rumours ol a Soviet-Japanese rapprochement, Mr. Yakichiro Suma. spokesman of in* Tokio Foreisn Office who arrived here yesterday, said that, the Japanese Government was considering the matter of gradually settling outstanding problems in order to establish srmoin
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    WAR IN EUROPE HITS MANCHUKUO
    150 9 Exchange Of Soya Bean For Machinery Halted Hsir.king < Manchuiiuo > Nov. vt THE war in Europe has caused scnous displacements in Manchukuo's interior economy. On one hand it has stopped the export of soya bean and its by-products to Germany and on ihe other
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    CHINESE RETAKE CITY IN SHANSI PROVINCE
    42 9 Chungking, Nov. 17. AFTER three days' fighting in s-u'.h-west Shansi Province, Chines? forces recaptured the strategic city of Hsianning on the evening on Nov. 14. accordln-, to a Chinese field dispatch from tru* Shansi front.— Reuter.
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    M.C.S. Officer Back From Mauritius
    66 10 Mr. H. T. W. Oswell. M.C.S.. who n-as seconded by the Colonial Office to Mauritius for the re-crganiza-iion of the labour department there, shortly after the serious labour troubles in 1937, returned to Singapore yesterday. Mr. Oswell, who has spent 18 months in Mauritius, said
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    PLAGUE ON GREAT ROAD
    168 10 Sickness At "Back Door" Of China THE PROGRESS of measures to control a severe malaria epidemic and outbreaks of bubonic and pneumonic plagues among the labourers on the new Burma-Yunnan highway, described as China's "back door." is being watched from Singapore by Dr. C. L Park,
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    SALE OF BEER AFTER HOURS
    166 10 $50 Fine For Half-Way House Licencee ]M RS Marie Lancaster, of the Halfiti way House, Bedok, was to-day fined $50 in th<? Singapore Fourth Police Court by Mr. Kenneth B/rne. when she pleaded guilty to a charge of selling Intoxicating liquor, beer, at the Half-Way
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    AMUSEMENTS
    191 10 SINGAPORE RAt'l'l.ES HOTEL Cocktail Dance 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Dinner Dance (Informal) 9.45 to Midnight. CARKICK THEATRE, GEYI.ANG Junple King—A Hindustani Jungle Thriller 6.15—9.15. GREAT WORLD Cabaret G. 30 to 8.45 9.30 p.m. to Midnight. Globe: Lancer Spy. Sky: Road to Reno. Atlantic Theatre: Chinese Picture. HAI'PY WORLD
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    ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS IN BLACK-OUT TEST
    509 10 How Batteries Greeted "Enemy" Raiders FORTS MANNED DAY NIGHT SINCE WAR BEGAN A By A Straits Times Reporter b Singapore island last night lay cloaked in the most* complete black-out yet staged in a British Colony, I watched anti-aircraft guns of the fortress go into
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    DISTRICT JUDGE AND "FAULT OF D.P.P."
    150 10 /CRITICISM of the wording of charges was made by the Singapore Criminal District Judge yesterday. Mr. J. McFall criticized the reading of charges against two employees of Optorg Co (Malaya) Ltd.. who are alleged to have committed breach of trust of 54 cases of
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    26 10 Mr T Lceda passed through Singapore this morning in the Rotterdam Lloyd liner Slamat. from The Hague on his way to the Japanese. ConsulateGeneral in Batavia
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    FOOD CONTROL CASE IN K.L.
    476 10 Charges Dropped By Prosecution COLD STORAGE MAN ACQUITTED (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 17. "THE Public Prosecutor trusted, however, that it would be clearly understood that those who carried on business in the F.M.S. must strictly conform to what was the law in
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    MALACCA COMMISSION'S NEW PRESIDENT
    52 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) M Malacca, Nov. 16. R. w. S. Ebden, new president of the Malacca Municipal Commission, was welcomed by the r^mmissioners when he presided at to-day's meeting for the first time viSL Ta C ong Lek as sured Mr. Ebden of the Commissioners'
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    Johore To Double Area Under Padi Next Year
    255 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Nov. 16. pADI development work planned in Johore for 1940 is on such an extensive scale that the area at present under cultivation will be doubled next year. The area under padi now is over 7,000
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    SIRDHANA INQUIRY OPENS TO-DAY
    563 10 pIREE marine assessors are assisting Mr. Justice Pedlow, Puisne Judge of the Straits Settlements, at the public uiQuiry which opened to-day into the sinking of the British wats S rSd S ay dhana> a mL in Si e The assessors are Captain J. Milhenck, a Blue
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    MORE SIRENS FOR CITY
    182 10 Success Oi Lvzt Night's Test NO ARRESTS REPORTED FHERE were j-.ome complaints after last night's black-cut and curlew about the inaudibility of the warning sirens in soma areas Mr. E. Tongue, Director of Air Raid and Bombardment Precautions in Singapore, told a Strr.ics Times reporter to-day.
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    A.R.P. HEADQUARTERS
    215 10 "(^ET ready, it's the air-raid v.-am*- ing." ab^" 1 r^f WOrds m Edwin Tongue, /hft c t > «p« pl f ked Up the telephono that rang at 10.25 last night in the ARP Headquarters control room and report centre, writer a Straits Times reporter < emr The
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    CITY HAS FIRST CURFEW WITH BLACK-OUT
    461 11 7,000 A.R.P. Workers Spring Into Action As Sirens Wail STREETS DESERTED SOON AFTER DARK AND SHOPS CLOSED HIST before 10.30 last night, "enemy" air raiders were during the present war. The mournful, chilling wail of the sirens giving the warning of the approach of
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    ONE REAL CASUALTY LAST NIGHT
    86 11 AT the Tank Road A.R.P. station there were several imaginary "casualties"— and one real casualty. The real casualty was a Chinese messenger who had his leg stunf by a snake or a hornet during When* he limped into the depot for treatment in a f
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    RETREAT ON PADANG
    36 11 THE band of the sth Battalion 2nd Punjab Regiment will beat Retreat on the of the band since the battalion's arrival in Singapore, but many residents ha\e heard it on regimental guest nights.
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    ALLEGATIONS DENIED
    51 11 A SINHALESE, G. Edwin, who was summoned recently with using a-e to an Indian, Elias Davies, in a house in Eencoolen Street, gave evidence y«j!« day He denied the allegations, and said he had never had trouble with the complainant, although the latter had abused him. Hearing was
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    Canada's New Commissioner In Malaya
    280 11 Canada's New Commissioner In Malaya SINGAPORE'S new Canadian Trade Commissioner, Mr. J. L. Mutter, accompanied by Mrs. Mutter arrived yesterday from Johannesburg. Interviewed on his arrival, Mr. Mutter spoke of the development of trade between South Africa and Canada as a Si T& United States are logical sources of supply
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    SELANGOR MALAY PAPER A DAILY
    56 11 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 16. THE Majlis, the Selangor Malay newspaper becomes a daily from today. Started in September 1931, Majlis was published bi-weekly until 1936 when it printed three times a week. From to-day it will print six times a week
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    GIRL'S BODY EXHUMED
    68 11 THE SINGAPORE Coroner. Mr. W. G. Porter, yesterday held an Inquest on a 20-year-old Chinese girl, Llm Yang Chit, whose body was exhumed 22 days after being buried. The Corner, at the -onclusion of the inquiry, returned a verdict of death from misadventure. He said that the
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    Pilgrim Traffic From Malaya To Be Resumed
    163 11 Pilgrim Traffic From Malaya To Be Resumed SEAS DECLARED TO BE SAFE rE seas between Malaya and Arabia have been declared safe for pilgrim ships, states a message from London received by the Straits Settlements Government and the shipping companies. A vessel of the Blue Funnel line sailing next month
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    1,200 FREE SEATS FOR THE SERVICES
    141 11 TWELVE hundred seats have been 1 reserved for the services, over the four nights of "Room For Two at the Victoria Theatre-Nov. 25 and 29 and Dec. 1 and 2. leaving 900 for the public. The Repertory Players are fending tickets to units and
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    JUDGE SAYS SNATCH THIEVING MUST STOP
    101 11 a SNATCH-THIEF who was ordered to A be whipped in addition to a prison ?ntence Ze an unsuccessful appeal before Mr! JSte Pedlow in the High Court yesterday^ Chinese. Low Seng Cheung sentenced to lour months' rigoro£ imprisonment and six stroke* of the rOt
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    WORLD AFFAIRS' TALKS
    68 11 A WEEKLY commentary on world affairs by Mr. Wickham Steed will be broadcast by the BBC. every Friday at 8.50 pm. Malayan time. It will follow immediately after the news bulThe first of these commentaries will be this evening. Mr. Wickham Steed is one of the leading
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    DISTILLED LIQUOR
    46 11 A CHINESE, Teo Pee Pin, was yesterday fined $600 or six months' rigorous Imprisonment when he pleaded guilty to a charge of distilling intoxicating liquor without a licence. The duty on the liquor found in his possession was $199. Accused had a previous conviction.
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    CINEMA SHOWS FOR INDIAN TROOPS OF GARRISON
    489 11 CINEMA shows for the Indian troops stationed in camps and barracks on Singapore Island are now being arranged. This is one of the efforts to which the Governor made an appreciative reference in his last broadcast, when he said that the Indian community
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    BRITISH SHIP ESCAPES FROM SUBMARINE
    113 12 Leaves U-Boat Seven Miles Behind After 50-Minute Chase fIOW the British steamer Mataroa (12,390 tons), en route inCf ff' and ew Zealand > "wceeded escaping thP i^Pr P E 50 m te /ha^e, Vas told on arrival of the liner at Panama yesterday. The submarine
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    Patrols Active On The Front
    138 12 Both Sides Seeking Weak Points DOTH sides appear to be playing a waiting game on the Western Front, but a certain amount cf patrol activity is reported. German patrols consisted of small units which did not show overmuch energy, according to Charles Morice in Le
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    REGULAR NAZI FLIGHTS OVER FRANCE
    51 12 QERMAN WARPLANES have been making regular tours of north and north-east France in the past 24 hours iome using the North Sea route, while others are flying over Belgium, following the Meuse valley in the daytime ana a chain of lighted industrial towns at night.—
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    Guerilla Warfare In Poland
    102 12 Large Casualties Among Germans QERMANY has now to contend with discontent and revolution in the countries she has Invaded, says the diplomatic correspondent of the Manchester Guardian. crJi 1 co "espondent reports widein Po?and CffeCtiVe BUer lla war^ e Fierce and skilful attacks are -arried out
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    GERMANS ADMIT BIG LOSSES IN POLAND
    91 12 Gttwvtaxto London, Nov. 16. ERMANS admit finding it difficult to suppress the population of 5?- a K d> ac f ordin to the French radio which quotes an article in the Voelkischer Beobachter stating that the e a r i ma V aUth0rities in
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    Aerial Supremacy Of Allied Planes
    108 12 A ERIAL actions on the Western Front confirm pre-war reports of Northf "&SST d banish pilots That The first defect was displayed in numerous combats in which the £TnnH S m i t dt was outclassed by (h! Sh nC fl h g h C
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    CONTRABAND CONTROL
    54 12 THE Contraband <£S£P 'dSJVthe 6500 Tn Cn f ding Nov detained Js(lJ 5( lL t nS w Of cont raband goods susOn Nov. 14 there were 94 neutral ships in the United Kingdom's three C h° n n H r band^ ontrol bases. 58™f which R?ute? Cen 6r€
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    GERMAN CLAIMS
    47 12 QERMAN claims that Britain is >* doubly vulnerable compared with if }^5S? g totneincrease in the size of freighter* douoling the importance of a single loss, does not take into account the greatly decreased effectiveness of submarines owing to the Improved British anti-submarine efflcorreJponJent 8 RCUter>B
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    NAZI THREAT TO LOW COUNTRIES
    819 13 TENSION RELAXING, SAYS SIR JOHN SIMON Government's Statement On The Progress Of The War THF Government's weekly review of the progress of ?n the cause of peace, which, he said had been the ™*t notable development since the last statement. He recited however, his previous
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    ROOSEVELT & "RULE OF THE SELF-CHOSEN"
    92 13 ROOSEVELT "RULE OF THE SELF-CHOSEN" DRESIDENT ROOSEVELT paid a tribute io democracy as contrasted with what he called* the rSe or the Bell-chosen individual when he laid the cornerstone of a memorial to Thomas Jefferson, the father of American dem iSn." he said, 'lived as we live. 1: the mkUt
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    DEATH OF U.S. SUPREME COURT JUDGE
    61 13 Washington, Nov. 16. •pHE DEATH has occurred of the 1 Supreme Court Judge, Mr. Pierce Butler, reports Reuter. His death gives President Roosevelt another opportunity to make an appointment designed to strengthen the liberal leanings of the court, already assured by previous presidential appointments
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    27 13 The Oxford Union debating team, having received special permission Governments, to make their customfrom the British and United States ary autumn tour of America, left Oxford recently.
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    Berlin Leader On War Aims
    145 13 Must Destroy British Supremacy In World A BOMBASTIC interview with a fairly responsible spokesman in Germany grivinf an account of Germany's intentions was published yesterday. It was stated that Germany had decided to fight until British supremacy In the world was destroyed. "It is no
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    42 13 THE QUEEN yesterday for the second ttoe T paS an unexpected vi*H to .the mulday^Micert of music organized in tne National Gallery. She was wcompani^ ly the Duchess of Gloucester. Ttey«t to tfte shillins seats and were surrounded by city workers.— Renter.
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    Allied Naval Co-operation
    459 14 Likely To Prove War's Decisive Factor I London, Nov. 16. N the opinion of many competent authorities on naval questions, close co-operation of the French and British navies— to which Mr. Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, referred in his recent broadcast— is likely to prove
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    British Naval Lead Over Germany
    114 14 9 JIIE LATEST ADDITION to the famf v^L Qi^. Val P uWlc ation. "Jane's F.ghtlng Ships was published yesterday. One of the most interesting features is a comparative table of the na T^ al u trengths of the leading Powers It shows that Britain has
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    FINLAND TAKING FULL PRECAUTIONS
    58 14 DEPORTS from Russia S£" M.\ land was In economic difficulties were itZ^V fa t ntastlc by Dr. Paasikivi. chief Finnish delegate to the Moscow talks, in an V i eW ;v. H( L d f clared that economic pr«Finland and that the country was taking full
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    NEW PEACE MOVE BY HOLLAND AND BELGIUM?
    131 14 Further Consultations Between The Two Governments mente are to consult again on the possibilities of (S The German reply was given to th* Dutch and Belgian repreintatives ?n? n <ff e «nany by von Ribbentrop, and a S e JSSr J S*l g
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    HOLLAND NOW CALMER
    35 14 P Amsterdam, Nov l« IE return of calm In Holland is further «n^W» lwd by the owtog of the hi* atssrjtfflss 1 and the North The canal was closed on Sunday.— Reuter.
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    More Japanese Land At Pakhoi
    83 14 Navy Establishes An Air Base FOLLOWING the iSSSg I*'1 Japanese troops near Pakhoi, in south-western Kwangtung Province early yesterday morning, another Japanese detachment effected a landing at an undisclosed point at three o'clock yesterday afternoon Rearguards of Japanese troops were StJSSIi&SS, vlc n y 0(
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    28 14 CHORTAGE of supplies in Denmark owing to the blockade has led the Government to work out a big emergency plan for rationing coffee ricp and other Colonial produce
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    Secret Session Of Lords Urged
    67 14 No Advantage," Says Government man Door Not Closed Although the Government felt there The door was by no mean* rlos«»rt should the occasion arise? when til Government might consSe? J feet. S6SSIOn n SOme speciflc subn rim f eta an lm Peratlve n»>ed fO-courSf 0
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      190 14 Broadcasting SINGAPORE TO-DAY ZHL 225 jietres. ZHP 30.06 metres, p.m. 1 jtSFSSSS? prOfframme ot rMw 1 30 The news and mid-day rubber and tin" prices. 1.40 Interval. 5.00 Malay songs from .Ad Studio. 6. 00. Cantonese music from the Studio 7.00 Children's programme (English). 7.15 Time, weather, news and announcements.
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    SELECTIONS AND NOTES FOR FINAL DAY OF RACES
    1203 15 SELECTIONS AND NOTES FOR FINAL DAY OF RACES GOOD fields are a feature of tomorrow's racinr programme at Bukit Timah In the final day of the Singapore Turf Club's winter meetdrainer van Breukelen, who has saddled seven winners so far should cio best again to-morrow and Cooltipt Ganderdown and Bal
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    RACING PROGRAMME AT BUKIT TIMAH TO-MORROW
    404 15 Acceptances Running Order HOLLOWING is to-morrow's racing card at Bukit Timah in ai| sweep will be drawn on race eight. The first race win Btart at 2.30 p.m. Horses-Class 2-Div. 3-6 Furs. i j gr-s it? >s?^ ii 24 SEE YOU LATEK -it rp
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    27 15 To-day's Training Notes 1 PEW hors« rannlim 10-mono.- A crcawl M BuHt Ttonjl MS Built T)m«li th soS'TS F» 1»<1 ttelr Kor^ cut on tt>. and Deepdene.
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    Thompson Cup Soccer Starts
    149 15 FIRST MATCH TO-DAY (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 15. TIE Old Boys of the Victoria Institution and the Methodist Boys School have drawn byes in the soccer competition for what was formerly the Thompson Cup, but Is now open to the past students of
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    Changes In Singapore Rugby Team To-morrow
    132 15 rpHERE have been two changes in 1 the Singapore rugby team to meet Negri-Malacca in the Malaya Cup tomorrow at Seremban, J. C. Houston coming into the side in place of A. P. Craigie and J. C. London replacing G. E. M. Jones. The
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    SINGAPORE ALL-BLUES TO MEET NEGRI
    93 15 THE following is the Singapore AllBlues rugger team to meet NegriSembilan All-Blues in the first match of the cup competition at Farrer ***** fR.C.U); D. Ross and J. Ritchie .5.A.0.8.) Wood Khan (RC-U.). K. Leembruggen '5A.0.8.); W eng Choong. and Cheow Chye (R.CU.). W. Moss
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    MEDICAL COLLEGE XI FOR ANNUAL HOCKY
    62 15 THE following have been selected 1 to represent the Medical CoUege Union against the Raffles CoUege SnloS in the annual inter-college hockey match to be played on the Medical College ground to-day at 5.» PO"P O" S N ai Woodhull; G. B. Armstrong, H.
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    WEEK-END EVENTS AT YACHT CLUB
    82 15 To-day at the Royal Singapore Yacht Club there will be the usual afternoon races for all classes, start'"onVundaTtne «C" class will sail th? seS^ace for the Sailing Committee 1934 challenge cup, starting at The'^A" class will sail the first race for the Founder's Cup, starting
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    PENANG'S RUGBY XV TO-MORROW
    63 15 The following is the Penang team xor to-morrow's Malaya Cup rugby match against Selangor at Penang: j F Keay; J. E. Goodrich, T. M. Clark, P. H. Burgess, G. D. A. Lundon; L/Cpl. Cole, G. F. Jones: E. C-Tokeley,C -Tokeley, S.D Russel. D. P. P. Perry:
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    S.C.C. HOCKEY
    101 15 The following have accepted to play hockey for the S.C.C. vs. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders to-day at the sec* Major F. E. Robertson Lt. I. L. E. MacMillan, Capt. G. T. Denare: K. E. W. Hatchard, J. Harrison; M. W. Cole Lt H Huleatt, G W. S Waltes,
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    WOMEN'S GOLF
    25 15 The final for the women's golf championship for the Andrew Currie cup will be played at the Island Club today at 3 p.m.
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    TODAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    50 15 Hockey: Police vs Colts Hotkey Club, Depot; S.R.C. vs. RA.F. iTengah), S.R.C.: Medical College Union vs. Raffles College Union. Medical College; S.C.C. vs. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, S C.C.; A.P.C. vs. Bella Cltfb, Johore Bahru, Pay a Lebar; Combined Depots vs. Manchesters, Alexandra Road. Tennis: S.C.R.C. tournament.
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    Manchester November Handicap
    86 15 PROBABLES RIDERS IN TO-MORROW'S RACE THE Manchester November Handicap probables and Jockeys for Saturday's race are Edgehill (Stephenson); Toutchange (Lowrey); Roanoke (Perryman); Rodeo (Weston); Sansalvo (Caldwell); Beinndearg (J. Taylor): Hfstla n. (Beary)- Rossinver (Nevett); Ortiz (Harry Wragg); Tutor (E. Smith); Sun Bather (Gordon Richards); Aethon (Maher); Clnquecento
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    S.C.C. RUGBY TEAM TO MEET JOHORE
    68 15 The following have accepted to play ***** for the S.C.C vs. Johore at Johore Bahru to-morrow: S. Johnson: E. J. P. Burley, Lt. Roger, J. P. Wood, Lt. J. H. Procter; A. J. A. Goetzee, W. Mcßeath; D. A. Blunt, K. J. Tovey A.
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    S.C.R.C. TENNIS TIES
    82 15 Further S.C.R.C. tennis ties are To-day. Open Doubles Semi-Final: Chin Kee Onn and Chua Choon Leong vs Dr G F. De Souza and P. De Souza: John lim and Tan Huck Toe vs. S. A. Dawood and Kamis Veterans' Handicap Singles: S. H. Tan (scr.) vs. winner
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    GARRISON SERGEANTS' MESS ENTERTAINS H.Q. OFFICERS
    117 16 Brigadier C. A. E. Cadell (lef.) and the Assistant Chaplain-General to the Forces, the Rev. H. W. Todd (rirht) were amon; those who represented the officers at billiards in the competition hf Id at the Garrison Sergeants' Mess, Fort Canning. One of the sergeant,'
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