The Straits Times, 12 December 1939

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    36 1 The Straits Times t ESTABLISHED NEABLY A C2NTURY.I MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER—LARGEST NET SALES lti PACES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, DECEMIJER 12, 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS The Straits Times 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1939 PRICE 5 CENTS,
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  • The Straits Times DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      DEATHS
      185 2 DREWET.— Ai sea, on Nov. 26, 1839, J. C. Drewet. late of Singapore Harbour Board and formerly of Cameron Highlands. MOSS.-- On December 11, 1939, at the Genera: Hospital. Singapore, Helen Agnes Moss. Widow of the Late Capt. Isaac Moss In her 70th year. The funeral will leave her
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      340 2 The engagement Is announced^ between Thomas Alexander only son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Clark of Scotland, and Kyra daughter of the late Mr. A. P. Vachtel and Mrs. Vachtel of Tallinn, Estonia. CHEONG— CHEAH.— The engagement is announced between Mr. Cheong Soon Tuan, the elder son of Mr. Mrs.
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    Fraser & Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations
    1286 4 Fraser Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations V. K( 11, 1939: 5 PM MINING Bayers Sellers Arnpat Tin (4s) 6s Sd 6s Sd Austral Amal. (5s; 7s 8> Austral Malay 37s 39s Ayer Hitam 26s 27s Ayer Weng ($1) .92 .96 Bangrin Tin 236 25s Batu Selangor ($1» 1.87% 1.95 c.( Berjuntal
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    LYALL AND EVATT'S DAILY QUOTATIONS
    237 4 Singapore, Dec. 11. 5 p.m. mim.no Bttytn Sehrr Ampats 6/1 |/4tt Austral AmaJs II- 7/3 Batn Selangors 1.87^ 1.92'i Hong Patte 1.27 1.30 Jelebut 1.18 1.23 Kami/ong Lanjute 26 9 27 6 K Kamunting 9 9/6 Kinta Kellas 7/« KJang Rivers 2.25 2.30 Kramats 13
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    COMMODITIES AND EXCHANGES
    147 4 (From Our Own Correspondent) COMMODITY and EwhanSTXamto" c/i'ed M follows with previous quotations In parenthesis RUBBER: Strong. Spot: 117|16d 119,16 d (lli^d ll^d) Jan.-Mar.: ll%d 11 9 16d (U 3|l6d ll%d) Apr.-June: ll?»d ll%d (lid n>td) July-Sept.: HVid ll%d (10% d lid) New York (opening): 19.95 cts.
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    London Stock Exchange
    345 4 London, Dec. 11. rN shares were iho brightest feature on itae Stock Exchange to-day owing to the removal of the maximum price for ths metal. CLOSING QUOTATIONS The following are to-day's closing middle quotation*. Snares are of £1 denomination Con. Loan 5% 1944-64 108'i Funding Loan 4%
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      65 4 TIDE TABLES SINGAPORE To-fiay H. W. JO. 59 a.m. 9.9 ft. L. W. 5.15 a.m. 4.3 ft.; 5.50 p.m. 0.5 ft. Immw H. W. 00.24 a.m. 9 ft.; 11.35 a.m. 9.9 ft. L. W. 5.47 a.m. 4.4 ft.; 6.25 p.m. 0.6 ft. Thursday, Dec. 14. H. W. 00.58 a.m. 8.1
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      AROUND THE MARKETS Local Tin Shares Boom : More Interest In Rubbers
      800 5 AROUND THE MARKETS Local Tin Shares Boom More Interest In Rubbers Hy CHir Financial Correspondent Singapore, Dec. 12. THE local share market yesterday 1 assumed boom proportions in tne tin share section following the removal of the maximum price peg lor the metal and the announcement or the increased production
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      DOMESTIC TIN QUOTA FIXED
      163 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 11. •VHE domestic tin export quota for the first quarter of next year has been fixed at 90 per cent, of assessments, according to to an official statement issued today. This decision is consequent upon the International quota Laving
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      TIN PRICE JUMPS £42 IN LONDON
      115 5 London, Dec. 11. EXCITED dealings occurred in the tin market this morning following the removal of the former maximum price of £230 a ton. Business began in forward tin around £260 then the price rose rapidly to £275 before closing at £268 and business
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      BRITAIN'S MOTOR EXPORTS RISE
      172 5 Small Cars Gain In Popularity London, Dec. 11. THE recent statemen. In the House of 1 commons by the President of the Board of Trade on the improvement of Great Britain's export position is supported by figures made public today by the Society of Motor ManufactU
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      103 5 Singapore. Dec. 12. noon Buyers beliers Gambler J-Jj? Hamburg Cube «J Java Cube m°° feppe» White Munto'.; White |"-'2 Black 9M Copra Mixad MJo Sun Dried 4 60 SdffO FIOUT Sn'gia 7 05 Fair 16 8 Sarawak *7.00 Palembang fi Banja nn Sarawak 1300 Tapioca filo 50
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      FIXED TRUSTS
      102 5 rFrom Our Own Correspondent t London, Dec. 11. The following are to-day's bid" quotations for Fixed Trusts:- d British Empire "A" 16 British Empire "B British Empire Cumulative 12 British Empire CTprehensKe 12 British General -A" l° British General "B" J* British General "C Gold Producers First *■>
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      EXCHANGES
      162 5 The loUowing are the exchange rates this morning according to the by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation SELLING London r.l \l London demand 2/iii Rate for freight 2/ n Lyons demand f™i\, SwiUerland demand Hamburg demand R New York demand moT Montreal demand Batavla demand Samarang demand ob
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      83 5 Tuesday. Dec. 12, noon. Buyers Seller* Prices Prices No. IX B.S.S. (Spot loose) 39->« 40 No. IX R.S.S. fo.b. in case* Dec.-Jan. (Sellers option) 394 G.F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. In bales Dec.-Jaa (Scilen •ptioa) tt% 39 F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. in b»les »et'.-Jan. (Sellers option) 38% ->8
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    HITLER'S NEW PEACE MOVE: STORY OF FIVE CONDITIONS
    291 7 Invitation To Allies To Join Nazis In Anti-Red "Crusade" Paris, Dec. 11. A MESSAGE from Geneva published in Le Journal with every reserve states that Germany will take advantage of the League Assembly meeting to launch another peace offensive. Comment is made
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    AMUSEMENT CAUSED IN LONDON
    125 7 RLUTER'S diplomatic correspondent learns that the so-called Nazi peace offensive at Geneva is being observed in London with a certain amount of amusement. A number of so-called journalists from Berlin are in attendance in the League corridors accompanied by a bevy of attractive girl secretaries and
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    GERMAN-YUGOSLAV INCIDENT
    41 7 London, Dec. 11. THE German news agency states, that the man believed to have beer responsible for the shooting of th»ee German Customs officials on the GermanYugoslav frontier on Saturday, was shot after barricading himself in a stable. Reuter.
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    Nazi-Soviet Hitch In Poland
    68 7 REPORTS reaching Paris state that deadlock has been reached by the Russo-German commission engaged in the exchange of populations at Krakow (Poland). It is stated that Germans refused to hand over the Ukrainian nationalists and White Russians who had fled since the Germans occupied Poland. Thousands
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    Thetis' Escape Door Was Open
    75 7 London, Dec. 11. THE inquiry into the loss of the British submarine, Thetis, which opened on June 1, was resumed today. The Attorney -General said that one of the doors of the escape chamber of the Thetis and one of the main valves into the
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    "Finland Must Be Saved Now"
    251 7 London, Dec. 11. rvISCUSSING the Finnish issue at Geneva, The Times in a leader says that the ideal course would be for all the League members to decide to take arms together if any of them were attacked by Russia, Germany or any other state.
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    JAPAN AND SOVIET FISHING DISPUTE
    52 7 JAPANESE newspapers are criticizing Russia for the delay in opening the talks to settle the fishing rights dispute. A Tokio message says that there is the feeling in some quarters that if the Soviet continues her present attitude, Japan will take "definite measures" to assure
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    BROTHER OF S. AFRICAN PREMIER DIES
    46 7 London. Dec. 11. THE death is announced ot Mr. J. A. Smuts, the younger brother n f the South African Prime Minister, aged 65. He took no part in politic and devoted himself to wheat ard wine fanring. -British Wireless.
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    BRIEF LIBERTY OF FOUR PRISONERS OF WAR
    29 7 FIUR German prisoners of war who escaped from a camp in the east of England have been recaptured, it Js announced. Reuter.
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    SOUTH AFRICA'S HELP
    84 7 •yHE Dominions Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden, acknowledging on behalf of the Government a generous Christmas gift of £100,000. which had been handed at a ceremony In Johannesburg to the United Kingdom Commissioner in South Africa by the chairman of the national committee of the South African Mayors'
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    SECRET CONSISTORY
    41 7 Vatican City, Dec 11. AT a secret consistory held by the Pope to-day, Cardinal Lauri appointed Cardinal Camerlengo to take over administration of the affairs of the Holy See in the event of the death of the Pcntiff.— Reuter.
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    The Straits Times SINGAFORE, TUESDAY. DEC. 12, 1939. (101st. Day of the War.) Unrepentant
    1154 8 The Straits Times SINGAFORE, TUESDAY. DEC. 12, 1939. (101st. Day of the War.) Unrepentant On Nov. 20, under the heading Nothing for Nothing," we criticized certain statements made by a Batavia newspaper entitled the "Ochtend Post." We emphasized that the publication was distributed gratis, and suggested that its owners correctly
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      COMPLAINTS
      395 8 B.M.B.C. And The Straits Times In Trouble To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Will the 8.M.8.C. please inform the listening public whether they are taking steps to improve their service Or are they so satisfied with the reports they received immediately after the Installation of the short-wave
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      SLAYERS OF DRAGONS
      183 8 The Kind Of People Hitler Is Up Against To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— Here is a strong statement made by the chief of the anti-Hitler forces in Germany in his vigorous book. "Men Against Hitler It is no amplification to say that inside Germany
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      "GENTLEMAN"
      118 8 Germans Use The English Word To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Referring to "Alumnus' question to you, there is no German word for "gentleman" which is the exact equivalent of the English. A polite German speaks of a stranger as Der Herr the gentleman but when he
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      MERCHANT CRUISERS
      82 8 Would Fight To A Finish Against German Fleet To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— With reference to the letter in to-day's paper regarding the "Rawalpindi," the writer may sign himself Common Sense," but I take it for granted that he knows nothing of the duties these
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      "GET TOUGH"
      541 8 Only Way To Ensure Peace In The Future To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— It has been with great satis- 1 faction that I have followed the correspondence in your newspaper that has given rise to the admirable contributions of "The Troublesome Continental." It is, indeed,
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      AU REVOIR
      159 8 Correspondent Who Is Bound For "Somewhere** To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— There is very little to add to the remarks contained in the letter from "L.C.L." printed in your issue of Dec. 5. But in spite of all the laws, rules and regulations, it must
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      IN THE LAST WAR
      159 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir. Reference has been made by Mr. Justice Pedlow to his service as a volunteer doing Naval patrol work in Singapore in the 1914-1918 war. Members of the Penang and Province Wellesley Volunteer Corpr hf.d to do similar work.
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      LEAGUE OF NATIONS
      850 8 Continued Faith In Spite Of "Defeats Disillusionment' To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, Many of us who expect, and usually find, constructive suggestions in the columns of the Straits Times must have been disappointed at your leading article on Saturday. No cne need criticize your
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    LEAGUE GIVES SOVIET 24 HOURS TO REPLY
    652 9 Asks For Halt In War Against Finland MEMBERS APPLAUD MOVING FINNISH APPEAL FOR AID Delegate Quotes Litvinov's Words On Aggression 'THE rontmiUee of 14 appointed by the League Assembly to consider Finland's appeal against Soviet aggression yesterday decided to send telegrams to Moscow
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    ARGENTINE WANTS SOVIET EXPELLED
    133 9 Buenos Aires (Argentine), Dec 12. DEFERRING to the Argentine proposal for the expulsion of Russia from the League of Nations, the Foreign Minister, Don Cantilo, declared that the presence of the U.S.S.R. in the League was incompatible with the League Covenant .vhich Russia had violated by
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    FINLAND AS OUTPOST OF CHRISTENDOM
    39 9 Stockholm, Dec. 12. THE Archbishop of Finland has issued an appeal to all Christian congregations to aid the Finns who, he declared, consider themselves the "northern outpost of Christendom and all western civilization."— Reuter.
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    Two Mystery Planes Over British Coast
    76 9 London, Dec. 12. A SOUTH-EAST coast nsherman reported that he saw a German aeroplane break through the clouds yesterday morning. The plane flew over a nearby town and then turned south eastwards and flew across the Channel. An unidentified plane was detected flying at
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    BURMA MISSION TO CHUNGKING
    37 9 Chungking, Dec. 9. A GOODWILL mission from Burma is scheduled to arrive here to-day and will be met at the airfield by a big delegation cf representatives of various Chinese public bodies. Reuter.
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    HOW POLISH SUBMARINE ESCAPED
    549 9 London, Dsc. 12. JfVETAILS of the amazing voyage v from Port Gdynia to England of the Polish submarine Orzel after the Gorman invasion of Poland is now revealed. The submarine left Gdynia on Sept. 1. Eluding a cordon of German submarines strung across the grulf, she
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    IN OTHER PAGES
    45 9 Pag* Hitler's rrw Dfarc move Nazi-Soviet hitch 7 The Timrs on aid for Finland 7 I/eagur Assembly .noting J2 Further British shipping lo&ses 13 Finns holding up Russians 13 Anti -reprisals order test case 13 Twenty British regiments in Mafinot Lin* 14
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    THE FUEHRER EXPOSED
    554 9 "Promises May Be Broken" HIS PLANS TO RULE EUROPE London, Dec. 12. QREAT interest has been aroused by the publication here of a book "Hitler Speaks" by Hermann Rauschnigg, former Nazi president of the Danzig Senate, whose previous work "Revolution of Destruction" made considerable impression here. The
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    GERMANS ARRESTED FOR PRO-FINNISH FEELING
    52 9 ACCORDING to the French news agency, the Gestapo (German secret police') have arrested a number of Germans for having called at the Finnish Legation in Berlin to express their sympathy with the Finns. They were told no demonstrations or antiRussian sentiments could be allowed in
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    King's Message To The B.E.F.
    127 9 THE King has sent the following message to General Lord Gort. Commander-in-Chief of the Britislt Expeditionary Force in France "It has Riven me the greatest pleasure to visit troops under your command in France, and the days I have been able to spend among them
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    Parlous State Of Nazi Finances
    134 9 New Drastic Plans To Raise Funds Amsterdam, Dec. 12. I\R. H. SCHACHT, former presidu ent of the Reichsbank, is understood to have declined an offer by Hitler to resume his old post, declaring that he was unable to do anything with Germany's finances in their
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    Reich Near Maximum Taxation Point
    211 9 London, Dec. 12. ALTHOUGH the weight of direct taxation is now greater than ever before in British history, the burden borne by the lower trade and British individual incomes is not, according to estimates recently made, so great as that under which the German workers
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    Soviet Submarine Sinks Ship
    64 9 Soviet Submarine Sinks Ship Stockholm, Dec. 12. TPHE Estonian steamer Kassari has been sunk by a submarine believed here to be Russian. The crew was saved. The Greek steamer Garoufalla (4,708 tons) was torpedoed and sunk by an unknown submarine off the Norwegian coast, reports Reuter from Oslo. Twenty-five members
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    Bad Weather Hampers Air Operations
    89 9 Paris, Dec. 12. LAST night's French war communique states that there was very reduced activity on the front during the day. With bad weather hampering air operations, activity on the Western Front yesterday was confined to patrol activity, it is reported. Both sides sent out
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    GERMANY AND RUSSIA
    57 9 new-found friendship for v Russia is once more reaffirmed In Diplomatlsche Korrespondenz, organ of the German Foreign Office. The newspaper reiterates yesterday's denial that Germany has been sending war material to Finland, and accuses the Western Powers of trying to set Germany' and Russia against each other.
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    'RUSSIAN SLAUGHTERED IN THOUSANDS,' FINNS AVER
    429 9 Soviet Claim Advances Of Three Miles On All Fronts THE Russians advance in masses straight towards the Fin- nish machine-guns and artillery, and as a result they have been slaughtered in thousands, a Finnish officer just returned from the Karelian front told Router's special
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    Why R.A.F. Man Was Decorated
    140 9 THE exploit for which SergeantPilot Phillips of an R.A.F. flghter squadron was decorated with the Croix de Guerre by Gen. Gameliu, the Allied Commander-in-chief, during the King's visit to the Maginot Line last week, has just been disclosed The pilot had risked his own life
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    CHEERY CHRISTMAS FOR SERVICES IN MALAYA
    317 10 CHEERY CHRISTMAS FOR SERVICES IN MALAYA Full Share Of Seasonal Fare Will Be Available MANY CHILDREN'S PARTIES DANCES BEING ARRANGED IN sDitc of the war and attendant transportation difficulties, I^thousaU of troops stationed in Singapore and the.r families are getting their full share of Christmas fare this year. A ship
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    UNITED ENGINEERS WORKSHOPS CLOSED
    41 10 IIHK workshops of United Engineers, Ltd.. in Singapore are closed to-day and ne? otiat s proceeding amicably between workmen, numbering approximately 500. and the company. It is understood that wage increases are being sought by the workmen.
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    AUCTION SALE STOPPED
    153 10 Application To Penang Court i From Our Own Correspondent) Penang. Dec. 12. AN auction sain fixed for yesterday was stopped at the last minute by a successful application made by Mr. Ong Huck Lim In the High Court before Mr. Justice Altken. The judge granted an interim
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    MR. G. C. SETH DEAD
    69 10 MR Gregory Christopher Beth, of the Government Printing .Office .was killed in a motor-cycie accident at the junction of Ceylon Read and Pennjiather Road last niffht. Mr. Seth. who was 23. was the son of Mr J P. Seth. and was a well-known Volunteer, being
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    MAHARAJA HERE
    48 10 CURTAILING his tour in Europe on v account of the international situation, the 32-year-old Maharaja ol Tripura, ruler of a small State in Eastern Bengal on the Assam border, is now in Singapore, returning to India •alter a holiday in EuroDe and America, Australia and Java.
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    AMUSEMENTS
    189 10 SINGAPORE KUHt* HOTEL Cocktail Dance 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Dinner Dance tlnformal i 9.4.i to Midnight. CVKKICK THEATKE. GEYLASG Yong Ban Tin Lan Man* U« Double Feature Cantonese Talkies 7.45 p.m. GRLVI WOKLU Cabaret 9 p.m. toMidn^hi. Globf. The Lone Wolf of Spy Hunt. Sky: The Lone Defender.
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    GRACIE ALLEN AS A DETECTIVE
    67 10 At The Cinema "The Gra?ie Allen Murder C'asi." (Gracie Allen and Warren William) Paramount. At the Cathay. FUST Gracie Allen to put her toot into it whenever she opens her mouth! Place her in the same picture with Philo Vance (Warren William > the popular
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    CHRISTMAS CHEER
    27 10 ABOUT $1,000 was received yesterday in response to Lt.-Col. H. A. Lord.* appeal for a Singapore Christmas Cheer fund At least another $1,000 is required.
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    $150 FINE FOR CLERK
    223 10 Used Office As Betting House (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 11. WHEN a young Ghinese clerk, Chiew Hung Chiew, employed by Boustead and Co., Ltd., in the insurance department was charged to-day before the First Magistrate. Mr. R. C. Redman, with using the office
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    S.S.V.F. STAFF OFFICER WEDS AT CATHEDRAL
    130 10 CAPTAIN Henry Colin Christy, of the Welch Regiment, and Staff Officer of the Straits Settlements Volunteer Force, was married at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday to Miss Dorothea Craig, daughter of Mr. A. E. Craig and the late Mrs. Craig of Demerara, British Guiana. Capt.
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    MR. ANTHONY BROOKE WEDS IN RANGOON
    108 10 IT is announced in the Sarawak Gazette that the Rajah Muda ol Sarawak Mr Anthony (Peter) Brooke and his 'fiancee. Miss Kathleen Mary Hudden, of Bristol, were married quietly in Rangoon on Nov. 14. Mr Brooke's bride is the youngest daughter of Mr. and
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    Street Lights Put Out By Johore Car's Crash
    713 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Dec. 11. A MOTOR accident, which occurred at Pasir Plangi Road late on the night of Oct. 6, resulting In injuries to two Europeans attached to the Kranji wireless station and four others, Including the driver
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    44 10 Cavtain and Mrs H. C. Christy after their wedding at St. Andrew's %ThedraTyesterday. Capt. Christy is Staff Officer, S. 8. Volunteer Force and his bride uas formerly Miss Dorothea Cratg, of Demerara. British Guiana.— Straits Times picture.
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    NEW MAXIMUM PRICES FOR RICE AND MILK
    354 10 NEW maximum prices were announced last night for nee and tinned milk. These show a slight increase in the prices of all types of rice, but the new price? closely approximate to those in force prior to Dec. 1. Rice prices are subject
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    MRS. A. MOSS DEAD
    44 10 rIE death occurred in hospital last night of Mrs. Agnes Moss, widow ol Capt. I. Moss, and member of a wellknown Eurasian family. She was in her seventieth year. The funeral will be at Bidadan cemetery to-day at 5.30 p.m.
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    ARGYLLS AT SERVICE
    249 10 Princess Louise's Funeral To-day LONG CONNECTION WITH REGIMENT A MEMORIAL service was held in Singapore this morning for Princess Louise. Duchess of Argyll, whose funeral takes place at St. George's Chapel. Windsor, to-day. Princess Louise was Colonel-in -Chief jf the Argyll and Sutherland Highlarders, and the 2nd
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    BISHOP EDWIN LEE BACK IN MALAYA
    99 10 BISHOP and Mrs. Edwin F. Lee arrived in Singapore on the Conte Rosso yesterday after an absence o. several months in the U.S.A. and the Ihilippines. The Bishop went to America last spring to attend the Uniting Conference of the three Methodist Churches which
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      74 10 IUU. PROGRAMME WEBB v.ill be another talk in the series 1 In England NoW from the British Broadcasting Corporation to-night. The overprogramme will be: n in -Full News Bulletin: 7.50 -AauihlnRlt Off.- a musical entertainment 8 33 p.m.— News Summary: 8£0 alk in the series 'Cards On Tlu- Table 9
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    Tobacco Firms State Their Position
    258 11 Tobacco Firms State Their Position HOARDING BLAMED FOR SHORTAGE A STATEMENT on the cigarette position In Malaya was issued last night i by the six main importers of e.garettes and tobaccos from Great Britain. Malaya normally requires well over 100,000,000 cigarettes a week. This huge total indicates the magnitude of
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    COLONY'S INDUSTRIAL BILLS GIVEN FIRST READING
    596 11 Registration Of Employers' And Workers' Associations THIS is a bill of considerable social importance, less perhaps in what it contains than what it implies, declared the Attorney -General Mr. C. G. Howell, when introducing the Trades Unions Bill for a first reading at yesterday's
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    NO COMMENTS ON BUSINESSES BILL
    167 11 rE final reading of the Registration of Businesses Bill was postponed at yesterday's meeting of the Legislative Council. The Attorney-Gen?raJ, Mr. C. G. Howell, explained that the Bill had been referred to a committee which had called upon various public bodies for their comments, but
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    LICENSING BOARD APPLICATIONS
    202 11 SIXTY-ONE applications for renewals of licences for bars and cales were granted yesterday by tlu Board of Licensing Justices in Singapore. An application for a third class bar licence by Madam Ng Ah Choo was refused. Penalties of $10 were imposed on the Rex Hotel, the Cathay
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    COLLYER QUAY PARK
    56 11 rE new car park at Collyer Quay will cost $13,500, it is stated in a report laid on the table at the Legislative Council meeting yesterday. The park is expected to be ready some time next month. It has an area of 15.060 square yards, and will
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    New Taxation On Liquors And Tobacco
    420 11 New Taxation On Liquors And Tobacco COMPTROLLERS STATEMENT THE Comptroller of Customs and E:;cise, Mr. N. R. Jarrett, moving the approval in the Colony's Legislative Council yerterday of morons concerning the new liquor and tobacco duties which were introduced on Dec. I. also spoke of changes as from yesterday in
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    SUNDAY HOLIDAYS
    38 11 ALL the Indian shoos in Arab Street were closed for business all day on Sunday, enabling their staffs to have a full holiday. It is understood that these shops will in future close always on Sundays.
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    NORWEGIAN ELECTED HEAD OF LEAGUE ASSEMBLY
    389 12 Mr. Hambro Pays Tribute To The Heroism Of The Finns MR. C. J. Hambro, of Norway, was elected president of the League Assembly which met in Geneva yesterday to hear Finland's appeal against the Russian invasion. In his address to the Assembly, Mr. Hambro
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    Singapore Radio Talk On Finland
    353 12 pINLAKD ranks as one Eiuope's buffer 1 states, which serve the convenience of everyone by separating major political interests. Generally their harmlessness and neutrality Is guaranteed by those very countries that they keep apart, and they are never capable of threatening their neighbours. This statement
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    REICH DENIES SENDING ARMS TO FINLAND
    106 12 London. Dae. 11. AN einp.iauc denial that Germany has ever delivered war materials to Finland was broadcast last night by the official German wireless. The announcer declared thsse allegations were only destined to disturb GermanRussian relations. Report that Italy and Germany were supplying armaments
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    NAZIS TO ASK FOR EVEN GREATER SACRIFICES
    108 12 Amsterdam. Dec. 10. /^•ERMANVS intention to ask her lor greatly increased financial sacrifices soon is clearly indicated by an article in Field-Marshal Goering's National Zeitung. The writer quotes Hitlers wordo "what we possess to-day is beside the point— the one decisive factor is
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    SECRET SESSION
    19 12 THE King has approved an order in council enforcing secrecy at the special session of Parliament to-mor-row.
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    18 12 THE Duke of Kent has arrived in London on leave from service a-s a Ro.u- Admiral in Scotland
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    FOUR BRITISH SHIPS MISSING AND FEARED LOST
    322 13 Mines Account For 4,000 -Ton Steamer And A Drifter IT was officially announced in London last night that four British ships are lons overdue and must be considered lost. It was also announced that the britisn steamer Willowpool (4,815 tons) was sunk off
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    Finns Holding Up Red Invaders
    398 13 Soviet Intensifying Their Offensive Helsinki. Dec. 11. THE Finns are lighting back strong- ly in the important Rovaniemi sector In northern Finland against a strong Russian attack, according to reports frcrn that district tMs morning. The Finns have taken Russian prisoners, many witli poor equipment
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    ORDER TO SEIZE GERMAN GOODS
    166 13 Japanese Ship-Owners' Test Case London, Dec. 11. THE Japanese liner Sanyo Maru iB,OOO tons) which was to have left Rotterdam yesterday with a cargo of Geriran exports, has delayed her departure until to-day. The captain stated that Japanese shipping authorities told him to stay until
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    TWO MEATLESS DAYS A WEEK IN FRANCE
    57 13 SHOPS and restaurant in France are no longer allowed to serve butchers' meat on Friday, but they may serve poultry and rabbit. So tar Monday has been the only meatless day in France. It Is understood that at Chriatmas and New Year, all
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    PALESTINE VOLUNTEERS FOR FRANCE
    24 13 "THE Palestine Government announ1 ces the enlistment of 1,200 volunteers for the Auxiliary Pioneer Corps for service In France.— Reuter.
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    20 BRITISH REGIMENTS IN THE MAGINOT LINE
    473 14 Transfer Was Closely Guarded Secret For Several Days THE news that the British Army had taken its place in the Maginot Line side by side with the French and face to face with the Germans was a closely-guarded secret for rf a RRr\^
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    New Technique Described
    193 14 New Technique Described ALTHOUGH officially there Is no news of flghtin? on the Western Front, the French military expert M Charles Morice. points out that the brevity of the official communiques doel not mean that no fighting has tak?n place, reports Reuter. Hrn? c i? ghtlng I s differen t
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    U.S. MAY ALSO GRANT CREDITS TO NORWAY
    44 14 Washington, Dec. 11. •piE Reconstruction Finance CorKrri^ ration a nnou nces that credits to ay> simllar to the £2.000,000 credit granted to Finland for the purchase of agricultural surpluses and oiher civilian supplies, are unde? consideration. Reuter.
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      334 14 Broadcasting TO-DAY SINGAPORE ZHL 1.33 mc/s (325m.) ZHP 9.69 met (30.96m. I p.m. 1. Id Miscellaneous programme cf gramophone records. 1.30 The news and announcement* 1.40 Interval. 5.00 Songs by Miss Tarminah.f (Malay). o.20 Malay rumbas and tangos. t 5.40 Kronchongs.t 6.00 Teochew orchestral recital t 6.10 Teochew selections. t
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    24 15 RUGBY Combined Depots vs. Fort Canning, Alexandra Road HOCKEY: YJW.C.A. vs. R.A.M.C Prince Edward Road, Y.W.C-A. vs McNair, Clerical Union icround.
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    CRICKET CLUB BEAT R.A.M.C. AT RUGGER
    251 15 CRICKET CLUB BEAT R.A.M.C. AT RUGGER FIELDING a strong fifteen yesterday, the S.C.C. "A" defeated the R.A.M.C. by 24 points (a goal, a drop goal and five tries) to nil. in a rugby fixture played on the padang. This is the first defeat the Medicals have suffered after winning twelve
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    CHINESE DRAW WITH AIRMEN AT RUGGER
    64 15 P[ A RUGBY GAME played on the R.A.F. <H.Q.> ground, yesterday, the R.A.F. »HQ.) drew 9—9 with the Chinese. The R.A.F. scored their nine points fa drop goal, and a goal) in the first half through Tessier. The Chinese equalised in the second period
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    HOSPITAL WIN 5—l
    28 15 HOSPITAL WIN 5— l Fr A HOCKEY MATCH played on the V.M.C.A. ground, yesterday, the 12th Indian General Hospital team beat the V.M.C.A. by five goals to one.
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    GARCIA AGREES TO FIGHT IN SINGAPORE
    315 15 Frisco-Fahmy Winner Will Be His Opponent n has received a telegraphic on behalf of Young Frisco, to ized in New York as middle- PROMOTER C. M. Houghto: reply to his challenge, sent Ceferino Garcia who is recogn weight champion of the world. From the
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    MERRY UNION B.P.
    73 15 rE following will represent the Merry Union B. P. in a badminton match against the May B.P. to-morrow at the Happy World covered stadium at 7.30 p.m. Louis Gan, A. Sujak. Edmund Yeo, Richard Tan, Henry Ooi^T. S. Peh, George Tan, Chen Chin Chon, A Adinak and
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    SERVICES BOXING AT TANGLIN
    205 15 Manchester* Too Good For Gunners WITH the exception of one fight, the Manchester Regiment swept the board in the inter-unit boxing chan.pionships of the Malaya Command against the R-A. held at Tanglm last night. Two exhibition bouts were given by Cpl. Cookson and Cpl. Moon, and
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    Battery Beat S.C.C. 4—0 At Hockey
    154 15 BETTER opportunism in the circle enabled the 6th Hong Kong and Singapore Battery to beat the S.C.C. second string by four goals to nil in a keen game of hockey on the padang yesterday. The Club were not so Inferior as the score suggests,
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    CAPTAIN'S PRIZE FOR H.L.H. LIM AT LG.C.
    197 15 •yiiE Captain's prize golf mate& at the 1 Island Club was won by Dr. H. L. H. Lim with a score of 36% on Saturday. Some of the best cards returned were as fellows: Dr. H. L. H. LJm 33— 2\— 36%; W.
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    PERAK'S RUGBY XV FOR SATURDAY
    59 15 PERAK'S Rugby XV to meet Selangor at Kuala Lumpur in the Malaya Cup on Saturday is Tooke; Swee Kee. Ehrke, Clark. Parker: Ferguson, Hughes; Follock, Allen, Foster. Cartwright, Luke, Roualle. Dudgeon, McCall. Ritchie is a notable absentee, but is unavailable, owing to the All-Blues final
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    ADMISSION RATES FOR CUP MATCH
    145 15 THE S.C.C. padang wiil be enclosed on Saturday for the Malaya Cup match between the Army and Singapore, and members of the Services will be admitted at half-price to the 50 cenis seats, the entrance to which will be near the Municipality. A limited namber
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    TWO CHANGES IN SINGAPORE'S XV ON SATURDAY
    231 15 TWO CHANGES IN SINGAPORE'S XV ON SATURDAY rIVO changes have been made in the Singapore sCde to meet the Army on Saturday in a Malaya (up rugger match on the S.C.C. padang. This match win be the South Anal, for the winners will qualify to meet Penang in the final.
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    ROYAL NAVY JUST BEAT POLICE AT RUGGER
    98 15 MAKING the most of their opportunities, the R. N. t Malaya) just beat the Police by seven points (a drop goal and a penalty goal) to five (one goali. in a keen rugby game at the depot yesteYday. The winners 'scored all their
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    Y.M.C.A. HOCKEY
    68 15 THE folljving have been selected to play hockey for the V.M C.A. Junior Department against R.A.M.C. on the Prince Edward Road ground today at 5 p.m. Wee Aik Chan, Thong Sing Clung, Siow Nyuk Lin, F. L. Wong. Gch Chin Chye, A. C. Edgar. J Manasseh, S. Hope,
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    MAY BADMINTON PARTY
    78 15 THE "A* team of the May B.P. wiil meet the "A* team of the Merry Union B.P. in a return friendly badminton match consisting of five singles and two doubles to-morrow at the Happy World Covered Stadium at 7.30 p.m. The May B.P. team will be selected
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    Y.W.C.A. HOCKEY
    46 15 The following team will play for the Y.W.C.A. Ist XI against the McNair Ist XI on the Clerical Union ground today:— E. Frugneit: P. Eber. S. Armstrong; M. Hagedorn, J. Atwell, Nrs Koh: Mrs. Singh, J. Ross, M. Clarke, iG. Wheatley and L. Hope.
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    Singapore Turf Club's Spring Meet On Feb. 10, 14 & 17
    284 15 Singapore Turf Club's Spring Meet On Feb. 10, 14 17 •TOE Singapore Turf Club's Spring meeting, 1940, will be held on Feb. 10, 14 and 17. Two runs are being provided for each division of class one horses and class three horses. Two rum are also being provided for each
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    AT THE B.E.F. COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF'S HEADQUARTERS
    105 16 The War Minister. Mr. Leslie Hore-Belisha being shown a chart by General Lord Gort, Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force, during his visit to »he western front. Th? War M'niiter visited both British and French sectors of the line. Sergeant P. G. Parker fixes a
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