The Straits Times, 13 January 1940

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    34 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1940. PRICK ."> CENTS The Straits Times 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1940. PRICE CKNTS.
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      251 1 MIEN CHON6 for SMART TAILORING q m Coleman St. OH Singapore. Phone 4816 SINGAPORE. 140 CECIL ST. (PHONE 547 V. Ik HOW DO YOU INVEST YOUR SAVINGS? YOU probably save some money every month or two, until you have accumulated a sufiicient amount for investment. BUT HAVE YOU EVER BEEN
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      95 1 MICROSCOPES TELESCOPES BINOCULARS LEVELS CAMERAS HAEMOMETERS THERMOMETERS OPTHALMOSCOPES STETHOSCOPES DIAGNOSTIC SETS SPHYGMOMANOMETERS etc., etc. THE SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT CO.. LTD. No. 2. FINLAYSON GRF.KN, SINGAPORE. and BINOCULAR M B¥ U*WfG 100% BRITISH ■^tf*tfe^l ARTISTIC WOOD PRESERVA IMmmff TIVE AND WHITE ANT |U|||| DESTROYER. B^ LIGHT, MEDIUM DARK BROWi MX RED GREEN.
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      95 2 lay, n-1-40 U> Juan Mary < n ,> fe of Sub. LJrut J. C. :-p, R.N.V.R., a daughter. I INDSAY.- The rngai;i-iiuiil Is announicd of Plying OfTi<. r Patrick Slaiiey. Bon of iiio l.iti Mr. Herbari Duvis. or London, nnrt Bvelyn Margaret Doreea daughter -.nil Mr.. \V. lunUsay. of Singapore.
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      904 2 FOR SALE MUt SALE. 1939 G.ri.C. b Valve AC, DC Wireless Set and Ganard 8 record change unit in attractive cabinet. What oth- «f Box No. 28. Straits Times. ATTRACTIVE MODERN BEDROOM SUITS, m 11 sprung beds. Limed leak dlniiii? suite and o«Kf furniture. Alsc Cnevrolet Saloon Car. Apply 22.
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      815 2 PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE. i Kit > TIFFIN" It has owe to the notice of the Author that a report has been circulated that the above play has been previously produced in London and was a failure. These rumours are entirely without foundation. The play Curry Tiffin" will be produced for
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      306 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA ANO APCAR LINE. < Incorporateo to England) PENINSULAR ANU ORIENTAI S.N Co MAI I PASBEUOER AND CARGO SERVICE? The P. O. S. N. Company will have a passenger steamer sailing Westwards next month. I ;a:est information aoplv U The Af enL r A <> I n
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      364 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS .^uonviratexi in 'apan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR TO LIVERPOOL Colombo Sues. Port SaM. Naples. MarselMes. GibralUr. Lisbon and Liverpool Sail S'nor* HAKOZAKI MARU Feb 12 13 TO ITV ERPOOI. Via Suet, Genoa I.l*ernool, Antwerp and Rotterdam LISBON MARU Middle Feb GENOA SERVICE *d«»n. Port Sudan.
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      767 3 feLg^ I, 1 1 if 1 1 1 H"I LUXURIOUS ONE-CLASS MOTORSHIFS C abiru with Private Rath— Excellent Cuisine SHORT HOLIDAY CRUISES MS. FIOMA" (11.00* Tons Displ.) from Singapore abt 18-1-41 Singapore Bangkok Saigon Singapore about 20 days $186.67 M.S. "SELANDIA" (13 AM Tons DlspL) from Singapore abt. 31-1-M Singapore
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      416 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. OCEAN BUILDING. COLLY KB QUAY. SIMCAPORB Tat. SI SI CHARTERED BANK BUILDING. PEN ANO T«l. 1)66 BLUE FUNNEL LINE. Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom and United States of America. Dates are not guaranteed, all cargo bookings subject to Conference War Clauses. WESTERN AUSTRALIA THE SHORTEST SEA ROUTE
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  • MARRIAGE
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      WODEHOUSE AT HIS BEST
      326 4 I'lulr Fred in the Springtime. Itv IV Wodehmise. Thr Cornish Riviera Express. Ky John Rowland. Arsenic and (Mi. By Bertram Atkey. All from Jenkins' Colonial Library. •po a Wodehouse addict, any attempt to describe, much less review any of his favourite Author's productions is a port,
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      BOOK SOCIETY'S CHOICE
      376 4 Hudson Rejoins the Herd \%y j Charles Houghton. Collins. 7s. 6d. HUDSON, a neurotic, neurasthenic man tells this story of his life as he lies in a nursing home recovering lrom being shot by Otto Steele. a famous financier, in the flat of an actress known to
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      PRISON FOR RADIO LISTENER
      75 4 A BIELEFELD man has been sent, to prison for a year for listening to .iii unspecified foreign radio station li vu allied that he also disseminated the news ho heard. The man pleaded that he had re'he broadcast news only to his •urn ho trusted to
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      TALL NAZI STORY
      69 4 PRISONERS ot war are being made to serve the purposes of Nazi propaganda. The Westfaelischer Landeszzeitung publishes a. picture of a French prisoner ruptured on the Western front, with the caption: "-Why do wr have to shoot the Germans?' asked this French .sergeant The German comment adds
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      BURMA SCENE
      334 4 Sanda Mala. By Maurice Collis. Faber. 7s. 6d. tins and Ida. By Leslie llalward. Michael Joseph. 7s. 6d. MR. COLLIS invests his latest work —a novel this time— with the same vivid and fantastic quality which distinguished She Was a Queen and Siamese White." As a matter of
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      "DANISH DELIGHT"
      255 4 Danish Delight. By Monica RedIkh. Duckworth. I*, id. MONICA REDLICH. having lived most of her life in literary circles In London, married a Dane and went to live In Copenhagen. Danish Delight is an amusing and delightful description of her adventures during her first year as a member
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      A WRECKED CAREER
      369 4 Rebel Lady. By Kathleen Lindsay. Blood from a Stranger. By Richard Starr. Abduction. By Thomas Burke. All from Jenkins Colonial Library. 'THERE is more romance than plausibility about Miss Lindi say's of the red-headed Scottish dictator of a Balkan state, and his love affair with the charmi
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      A MIXED LOT
      528 4 Touch and Go. By E. Charles Vivian. Mammon's Daughter. Bj Nigel Tranter. Both from Ward Lock's Colonial Library. The Judge's Dilemma. By Sefton Kyle. Jenkins' Colonial Library. WTOUCH AND GO is an Inspector Head novel." One presumes it is the Inspector's last professional case, for he retires
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      A CLEVER STUDY
      376 4 Fair Exrhanjrf. By Barbara Reaw- < hamp. In the Can. By Jim Phelan. Michael Joseph. Is. 6d. each. KeUy Pencarrow. By Nelle M. Scanlan. Robert Hale. Bs. Old Hat. By Oliver Sandys. Hurst and Blackett 7s. M. MISS BEAUCHAMP'S "Fair Exchange" is a devastatingly clever study of
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    Fraser & Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations
    1291 4 Fraser Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations I RIDAY. JAN. 11, 194«: 8 P.M. Anipat Tin <4s> 5s l»4d 5s 6d Austral Amal. (ss> 6s 3d 7s Austral Malay <£) 37s 39s Ayer Hltam 24s 6d 25s 6d Aycr Weng ($1) .85 90 Bangrin Tin (C) 22s 9d 24s Batu Selangor ijl
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    FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
    142 4 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Company Dividend Clos< TIN [poll 2s. Int. less tax Jan. Kuchal 10% int. Jan. 1: Jngul 570 int. Jan. H dalayslam 5% Southern Kinta..o% int. less tax Dec. 2 Jungei Way 10% Jan. I rakuapa 6d. 6d. bonu^ Jan. 2 fi' SUBBER "on. T
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    London Stock Exchange
    340 4 London, J-.m 19. THERE was bn.sk trading in the rorly session of the Stock Exchange to-day but later the market was quieter. Home raiis were firm on reports of good freight trame returns while there was a fair selective demand for Kaffirs. Reuter. The following are to-day's
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    173 4 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES from Our uvn Gorrckpuad Ix>iidon, Jar.. U rOMMODITV and Exchange markets ciosea as follow a xith previous Quota Mom >n parenthesis:— RIBBER: DuU. Spot; :i iC i i: ydv d ill IJ :tid ll IS ltkli Fcb-Mar 11 \d 11-.d <1113 16d 11 IS 16d) Apr-Jane ll%d n
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    LYALL AND EVATT'S DAILY QUOTATIONS
    225 4 LYALL AND EVATT 'S DAILY QUOTATIONS /upore Jan. IS, I p; \M\IM, Buyers Srlwi Ampais 5/3 5. C Austral Amaiii 6/9 7 3 Batu Selanjjors 1.67 1 .70 |HODg Fatts 125 1.28 JeleDUi 1.04 1.07 Kampcng Lanjuts 25K. KamuntlTß 9 Klnta Kellas T/Klang Rivers 2.10 Krainats 12-? I Kueliais 1.73
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      440 4 TIDE TABLES SINGAPORE To-day H. W. 1.08 a.m. 9.1 ft.: 12.37 p.m y.7 ft L. W. 6.36 a.m. 3.9 ft.: 7.05 pm. 15 ft. To-morrow H W. 1.37 a.m. 9 ft.; 1.13 p.m. 9.4 ft. L. W. 7.09 am. 3.7 ft.: 733 pm. 19 ft. Monday. Jan. 15. H. W.
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
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      EXPERTS THINK RUBBER OUTLOOK IS "OBSCURE"
      1172 5 Six Months' Profits Assured And Then From Our Own Correspondent London, !)<■»■. Ijyi IH only two whole business days, wry few bargains in i rubber shares have been done in London this Christmas holi(!a.\ week, and all indications are thai the New Year will
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      106 5 Sii 1;.--tiuyer* sellers -f 1 50 Hamburg Cube 514.0G U.a Cube *12 00 fcp7>'> >lfi.nO 515.75 8.50 Copra Mb >i |Mfi Sun Drird *3.B<> sagv Plow MSO n Jetotonv J 13.00 i H3.00 Sarawak U3.50 i apiota Small Flake »IU-5O I lake 9"!3 Medlum-RaJa $12.00 Small Pearl
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      EXCHANGES
      182 5 taMMrtng a b rtiia Ing according to the dali> circular Usucd Hongkong and Shanghai Bviklns Corporation ■niiTff Londoi. r.T 4 I 1C London demand -'4 I '16 Rate tor freight 24* I.jims demand 2057 Switzerland 'demand 208 Hamburg demand New York demand 46 Montreal demand Batavla demand 86 7
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      PETROL RATIONING IN BRITAIN
      234 5 Supplies And Stocks Are Satisfactory London, Jan. 12. THE next issue of petrol ration 1 books for private motor-cars will cover a period of three months from the end of January. Apart from the ordinary supplementary allowances, which generally speaking will be made on the existing
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      Russian Oil Output Inadequate
      176 5 London. Jau. 12. AN article on the Russian oil output sums up its conclusions regarding the likelihood of Russia being able to export large quantities of oil co Germany as follows: "There Is much oil in Russia that could in theory be exported to Germany— perhaps
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      Not Allowed To Meet British Delegates
      97 5 DKPRESENTATIVES of German ship- owners who were recently allowed out of the Fatherland for the conference on cargoes in neutral ports, were not allowed to meet the British delegates. The discussions were held in Rotterdam. It is stated the British and Gem. an delegates
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      EMPIRE TO SUPPLY U.K.'S TEA NEEDS
      92 5 London, Jan. 13. IT is understood that India, Ceylon and East Africa will together supply the whole of the United Kingdom with its tea requirements until 'the end of February, 1941, says Reuter's City correspondent. The new Government tea contract expires at that time.
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      INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF ROYAL AIR FORCE
      81 5 London, lan. 13. THE Air Ministry announces that Air Marshal Sir Christopher Lloyd Courtney will be air member for supply and organization on the Air Council instead of Air Vice-Marshal W. L. Welsh, who will become Air Officer Commanding No. 11 Group. Air Vice-Marshal E.
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      "OUR WILD EAGLES" —TOKIO VERSION
      64 5 "OUR WILD EAGLES TOKIO VERSION JAPANESE army and navy airmen until recently were always referred to in the Japanese newspapers as "our wild eagles," But some unknown patriot has discovered that eagles are birds of prey "which kill all they can seize with their talons." This did not seem good
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      439 5 INDUSTRIALS CONTINUE IN DEMAND RUBBER EASIER AND MORE SELLERS By Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, Jan. 13. HTHE decline In commodity prices 1 which started two days a&o continued yesterday and in all markets rubber registered a further fall and tin in both Home markets dropped sub stantlally.
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      AUSTRAL MALAY GROUP DIVIDENDS
      106 5 nrHE directors of Austral Malay Tin Ltd. and associated companies have declared the following dividends which are payable during the current halfyear. Pungah distribution will be made on Feb. 9 and the date of payment by the other companies will be announced later. AUSTRAL MALAY— Dividend
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      91 5 Friday. Jan. 17. noon. Buyers Seller* Prices Prices >u i i. (Spot loose 38 38 No. IX R.S.S. fob. in cases January 39| 3 39*4 G.K.A.y B.S.S. t.o.b. In bales January 38 *A 38^ F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. in bales January 38!; :8"> FLTURI. QUOTATIONS No.
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      INDIAN TRANSPORT UNITS IN FRANCE
      52 5 A SUGGESTION has been made that Indian troops now in France are to relieve British troops .n the front lines. This is entirely false. They are transport companies of the Indian Army Service Corps, and their Job is not one of fighting but one of
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      920 5 TUSSIPEct s¥RUP w FOR COUGHS ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS AND WHOOPING COUGH Obtainable at any PALATABLE and EFFECTIVE REMEDY DRUG STORE: sole agents: GRAFTON LABORATORIES LTD. SINCAPORE ck KUALA LUMPUR. PUBLIC NOTICES PUNGAH TIN DREDGING LTD. (Incorporated in the Federated Malay States) NOTICE OF NINETEENTH DIVIDEND. NOTICE is hereby given that a
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      554 6 M.CM.'S <iR.\:.D COMPANION P^| fl^ TRIUMPH TO 'BOYS TOWN'! ■c2R a^ PAVILION I Hf^oj|lpi^^^B TO-DAY 3-15, 6-15, 9-15 WPB|ff?Y J^L REFRESHINGLY DIFFERENT" j Hpp^ ;,•> >lrll\()- 9 ■■P^^ %J^ t'i\l Itll'V V 'BAD LITTLE ANGEL' VIRGINIA WEIDLER lAN HUNTER W REGINALD OWEN GUY KIBBEE ALSO GAI MONT BRITISH NEWSREEL rO-NIGHI
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      62 6 Singapore Institute of Science H»7-A, Sophia Rd., Singapore) AFTERNOON CLASSES. Students (either sex) standard VII and upwards coached for School Certificate Examination in GENERAL SCIENCE (Chemistry, Physics and Biology) by an experienced Science graduate For admission write or call between S p m. 4.M p.m. THE MALAYA** FAVOURITE Each needle
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      280 6 WHY STAND IN A QUEUE TO NIGHT? BOOK EARLY and GET THE BEST SEATS!! ITS THE BIG SHOW of the WEEK! PAPITA! I SHOWS TODAY vMr II UL 11 A.M.— 3.15— 6.15— 9.15 New Universal'? Stiirinjr Story of M fa\ J I The BKITIsH *****511 COLONIAL J J J I
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    "Before World Becomes A Mere Madhouse"
    537 7 .'"AND there arc many other things which Jesus did, the which it I they should be written every one, I 1 suppose that even the world itself would not contain the books that {should be written." It is, with these remarkable words St. John's
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    STANDARD CLOTHING FOR ITALIANS
    137 7 ITALIANS will rjOD have standard 1 suits, standard shoes, socks, stockins and bed lin«n. This was decided yesterday by the committee of the Corporation" for Textiles and Clothing which met in Rome The committee will tell manufacturers what they are to make and what they are
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    BRITISH RELIEF FOR 'QUAKE VICTIMS
    49 7 London, Jan 12. T^HE Turkish Government has ac- cepted the offer of the British Government to send supplies worth over £20,000 for relief of victims of the earthquake. This is In addition to a contribution of £25,000 recently mado by the British Government.— Router.
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    FAMINE IN PARTS OF KENYA
    41 7 Naiborl. Jan. 12. FAMINE is reported in many native areas of Kenya Colony as a result of the failure of the tains. The Government is considering relipf measures while providing maize for purchase by natives— Renter
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      310 7 I IV I I 35 fffl Cm. I Tonight Orchestral Concert 8.15 to 9.15 P- m« DINNER DANCE (formal) CABARET ATTRACTION JUNE WEST KAY (OMIM VI limn IN MODFRN O\N(I ROI TINES Dinner $j.OO Hon-dlners SI.OO EXTENSION TO 1 A. M. RIJSTTAFEI. Served to-da> from 12^0 to 2.50 p.m. Saturday
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      821 7 cnrncH o* lngla.no ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL —Epiphany III, 6.50 a.m.. Holy Communion and Matins; 8 a.m.. Choral Eucharist; 5.30 p.m.. Evensong and sermon. Preacher: The Rev. D. E. J. Hodge. DOCKSIDE ACCOMMODATION —Sunday. 9.30 a.m.. Parade service. ST. PAULS CHURCH.— Sunday, 8 a.m.. Holy CommutMon. Rev. A. C. Parr; 5.30
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      475 7 Tay Kim Puay and Ong Tiang Tye; Wednesday. 8 p.m.. Prayer and ministry service (In Malay). Speaker: Mr. Theln Yan Soon; Thursday. 3 p.m., Nyonya meeting. Speaker: Mrs. Tan Chin Tuan; Friday. 3 p.m.. Women's Bible Class < lii Malay i; 8 p.m., Hokien service. Speaker: Mr. Lim Chene Swrc
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      254 7 BOX W« CWT'S TODAY OFFICE >>;^ 1 T^~ PHONE M/qMY/i'jMo/r Modern me qic -CINEMA- ID 10 3400 fc— im— r 1 ij p. m THERE'S A yV^ LAUGH /SS IN EVERY LINE //gSt and X Xr FUN /A FRED EVERY yCC^ <£/ MURRAY SITUATION X«5 £S MADELEINE jrjSs* 4rf CARROLL
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JAN. 13, 1940. (134 th. Day of the War.) ANOTHER NAZI BLUNDER
    960 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JAN. 13, 1940. (134 th. Day of the War.) ANOTHER NAZI BLUNDER One of the first acts of the NazL>, after the consolidation of their rule of tyranny, was to begin the building of that great war machine which was later used to intimidate Austria
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    MALAYAN BORN
    108 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— lt is high time for the formation in this country of an association to be known as "The International Malayan Born Association with headquarters in Singapore and branches in other Settlements and States. The objects and aims of such an
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    What Mr. Average Man Thinks About The War
    4123 8 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Dec. 27. DV the time that this letter reaches Malaya, you will be little in--1 terested in recollections of Christ- mas, 1939. Nevertheless, you may care to hear that those of us who were lucky enough to
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      303 8 ROBINSON PIANO COMPANY, S.S. LTD. Winchester House, Colly er Quay. SINGAPORE. (Opposite the Clifford Pier) PIANOS Ipritht or Horizontal Grands FOR SALE OR HIRE at very moderate prices Pianos tuned and carefully regulated EUROPEAN 7 EXPERTS THE ROBINSON PIANO CO S.S. LTD. SINGAPORE PENANG. Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh A Bangkok. X^^-"
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      17 8 d Try I BEE CHOW I SMART TAILORING 21, Chulia Street, sing a. zm. NOW FILLY UCENSEDI
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      127 8 TIDE TABLES To the Editor of the Straits Time* Sir,— For some weeks now, I have noticed that the Straits Times has ceased to publish the dally tide tables as it used to do. For some reason or other, these tables have also been exc'uded from the Malayan Directory itsued
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  • HITLER ANXIOUS TO SEE FINNISH WAR ENDED
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      Fears Aid To Helsinki Will Extend Fighting
      414 9 GERMAN-SOVIET TRADE NEGOT1 ATIONS HAMPERED Fuehrer May Appear In Guise Of Mediator ACCORDING to latest indications. Hitler is keener than ever to sec an end to the Finnish war. His main reasons seem to he a fear that help to Finland may develop
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      2 3 4 KILLED IN AIR RAIDS
      67 9 2 3 4 KILLED IN AIR RAIDS Tin i mnivh Legation London announced >e».ierda> thai Ii" nisi. raaaaKftei hi the Russian air .aid* from the beginning; of tne mr to Jar 9 total 234 killed. ?«9 -..nnded and 210 sli*hl'\ i-nded. M iv stated that in Helsinki ktM •>lhcr defended
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      U. S. CRUISERS TO BE OVER 10,000 TONS?
      214 9 U. S. CRUISERS TO BE OVER 10,000 TONS? 2\\ More Submarines Mmn Be Authorized w tingtoi T:< 1 THI ii, of to pn lentat ;m iming maji without a roll al to-day (i ih, Emergency Defence ropriatton Hill for $267,000,000.1 bill hM tIOW v CM tO /•.dm Stark, chief of
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      MOSCOW CRITICISM OF UNITED STATES
      102 9 I Making Profit Out v »r." Says Pn London, tan rPrCM and radio larrelsome mood and have attacked no! only Britain and France but Sweden, Norway and the United Th attack OH Sweden and Norway le elopmenl of the familiar :m claim that anlatanee to
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      U.S. ASSISTANCE FOR FINLAND
      164 9 Not A Party Matter Washington, Jan. 13. IT was stated at the Presidents Press ferenee in Washington to-day that Congress leaders of both parties have been asked to work out the problem of giving assistance to Finland. It was added that the Russian attack on Finland
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      WORLD WORKERS URGED TO AID FINLAND
      52 9 Paris, Jan. 12 HPHF. International Federation of Trades Union* meeting ir. Paris to-day patmrd a resolution appealing to all trade union centres to give efficacious aid to Finland and expreMlng sympathy and solidarity with the "heroic Finnish people in their light against Stalin's imperialistic
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      JAPANESE MANDATES
      54 9 Geneva. Jan. 13. THE mandates section of the League of Nations lias received the Japanese Government's report for 1938 on the administration of islands under Japan?se mandate. Some significance !s attached to the fact that Japan, although she has withdrawn from the League, is still maintaining contact with
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      FRESH R.A.F. RAIDS
      159 9 Seaplane Base Bombed THI" Air Ministry announces that R.A.F. aircraft on Thursday night successfully carried out reconnaissance flights over west and north-west Germany and patrols over the German seaplane bases in Heligoland Bight. During the patrols over the German seaplane b; ses one pilot observed n row
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      BRITISH COURAGE NO-MAN'S-LAND
      198 9 Awards For Captain And Lance-Corporal London, Jan. 13. THE first decorations fcr bravery in, the fi?ld have been awarded by Get Lord Gort, Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force in France, says Reuters correspondent. The military cross has been awarded to Capt. F. P. Barclay and the
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      German Plane Shot Down In France
      142 9 Paris. Jan. 12. The wcatbei on the Wettern remains bitterly cold arri condl-j tions have b~en ■fgraTated by winds. Air activity on either .side conssquently has been less than on previous days, but reconnaissance machines made num:rous flights over the front, lines, escorted by
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      Belgians Shoot Down Foreign Plane
      66 9 Brussels, Jan 13. FOREIGN aeroplanes again flew over Belgium yesterday at a great height. Belgian anti-aircraft batteries and fighter planes went into action and drove them across the frontier. Llmbourg, Liege and Luxemburg were among the provinces visited. Workmen in one district were eyewitnesses of
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      Ecuador Air Force's Short-Lived Revolt
      61 9 Guayaquil (Ecuador), Jan. 12. SKRIOUS rioting hroke out here as a result of the election of Dr. Carlos Arroyo del Rio, the liberal candidate, as president. Ecuador airmen attempted tl start a revolution. Shots were ex- hanged and several were wounded. Eventually loyalist troops overcame
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      38 9 Air Chief Marshal Sir Cyril Ncwall. Chief of the Air Stuff (third from Irft) with Air Commodore Lord Londonderry and Air Vice -Marsha I Playfair (first on left) taken at an airfield during Sir Cyril's tour in Frame.
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      NEW ATTACKS ON SHIPS
      476 9 A c ssel Sunk Off East Coast London, .Tan. 13. TWO German aeroplanes bombed and machine-gunned the British steamer Pi twines (982 tons) off the Yorkshire coast yesterday. The crew took to the boats and all j were saved. The steamer broke into two. The bombing
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      New Canadian Air Unit For Overseas
      77 9 THE first squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force ever to be recruited for active service abroad is now being formed. It will comprise an air force component with the first Canadian division of the C.A.SP. Several other units will be associated with this
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      EVACUATED STAFFS
      81 9 Fthe view of the Government, the iactors in the general situation which led to the transference of businesses to safer areas at the outbreak of the war remain unchanged and should be given the same weight as In September last. Thus writes the Minister of Home Security, Sir
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      Threat To Reich Industrialists
      169 9 Government Ma\ Seize Operate Factories Zurich, Jan. 12. GOVERNMENT iction, should the German industrialists fail to carry out the tasks imposed on them, was threatened by Field-Marshal Goering. presiding for the first time over the new Council of Economic Warfare of which he is the supreme
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      ADVANCE BY CHINESE
      157 9 Success Claimed In Kwangtung Chungking, Jan. 13. TPHK Chinese claim to be continuing their advance southward* in Kwangtung province, following the successful counter off< launched on New Year's Day. The vanguard is closing in on Sinkai, north and en the North River at t ..o poii ore
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      NAZI OPPRESSION OF THE CZECH PEOPLE
      86 9 1.100 Students Still Keinjr Detained MAZI ruhrs in Bohemia and J»! have taken further rev measures against the Czechs. A decree issued In Prague ye>t iday forbids Csechs to bequeath any pro- jxrty or hand it over as gifts to rela tivt s or
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    STOP PRESS
    282 10 \rtisan employees of the Singapore Harbour Board's dockyard at Kepnel Harbour are not at work this morning. It is learned, says mi oHicial statement, that the men are demanding M increase of four cents per hour on account of the Increased cost of living. I t-.r men are
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    MURDER FOLLOWED BY SUICIDE
    119 10 Evidence oi seeing his roou-mate stagger about after bcin;; stabbed aiid another man making for the door a knife in his hand, was given by ing Chinese. Quek Kcnc Jin. in the Sinsaporc coroner's court yesterday. Mr \V. G. Porter, the Singapore C roner. wxs holding
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    GERMAN PRISONERS MOVED
    32 10 The :iOO German prisoners or war who were moved recently from a Scotti h internment camp to one in the East ot England have teen transferred again u> Yorkshire.
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    AMUSEMENTS
    142 10 siNUAPOKr. twin- huh i O<hi-stral Concert B.la to 9.13 p.m. Dinner Dance (Formal > iv 1 a.m. GARKKK THEATRE. GEVI..ING With Whigs Stone of The ek at 7.45 p.m. Xt \l MOKLD Cabaret 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Globe: The Three Musketeers Sky: St. U,. Atlantl. Theatre: Icture. lIWI'I
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    I.S.P's. 'GREAT CONCERN' AT UNEMPLOYMENT
    638 10 Caused By Stoppage Of Leave Owing To The War SERVICE CONDITIONS FAIRLY SATISFACTORY— CHAIRMAN (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 13. [JNExMPLOYMENT among Malayan planters due to surplus man-power as a result of the stopping of leave owing to the war was discussed by
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    RENTS BOARD MEETING
    382 10 Landlord Wants Smaller House A MONG 18 applications dealt with by the Rent Assessment Board in Singapore yesterday was one for recovery .of possession on the ground that the landlord wanted the premises for his own use because "a drastic cut in his salary would not enable
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    GOOD ACTING IN "BAD LITTLE ANGEL"
    72 10 GOOD ACTING IN BAD LITTLE ANGEL "Bad little Angel" (Virginia Weidler, lan Hunter, Reginald Owen and Guy Kibbee). M.G.M. At the Pavilion. VIRGINIA Weidler, talented child actress, gives an outstanding performance in a well-handled story depleting the ups and downs of a little orphan. The film, which has a strong
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    Special Chinese Committee To Mediate In Strikes
    333 10 "THE Chinese community views with disfavour the tendency, which seems to be spreading among Chinese labourers, to resort to strikes on the slightest pretext," said a prominent Singapore Chinese who has been elected a member of the special committee of nine by the
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    AIR CORRIDOR WELCOMED
    203 10 More Scope For Civil Pilots THE new regulations providing for 1 a corridor for aircraft flying over Singapore and Johore which have been gazetted, are welcomed by both the Royal Singapore Flying Club and the Island Flying Club. Far from imposing fresh restrictions on activities of the
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    SINGAPORE BOYS LURED INTO SECRET SOCIETIES
    587 10 S.CB.A. Committee Formed To Combat Menace TO counteract the activities of Singapore Chinese secret societies, into which an increasing number of young and unemployed Straits Chinese boys are being drawn," the Straits Chinese British Association is shortly to launch a scheme to assist and
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    INDIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SECRETARY
    39 10 fl|R. M. M. Nayar has resigned his post as secretary of the Indian Chamber of Commerce. Singapore and Mr. Bansilal B. Shah (of Chandulal Co.) has been elected to succeed him as hon. secretary.
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      366 10 Living in the tropics, a woman is faced with the Wf^ <^m»A $i perplexing problem of leading an active out-of- I Jflj door life during the day, and being the beaute- vB ous lady in the evening. ■■<] I Every day finds you out in the sun and wind Mornings
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    SOLID MUSLIM SUPPORT FOR ALLIES
    1385 11 Mala> Condemnation Of Nazi Brutality n \<;m ism \ils tribute to BRITISH ADMINISTRATION THK *<»luljirit\ of the Muslim world at the present time wa^ emphasized bv Tuntrku Ismail, president of the Selanjfor Mala\ \ss<H-ialion, in a talk broadcast from the B.M.B.C ♦•tj'tion, Singapore, last evening,
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    Prison For Being Cruel To Frogs
    80 11 A man was sentenced tj one months rigorous imprisonment in the Singapore third court yesterday for being cruel to froff. lie was Low Yap, a 44-y*ar-old antonrsr, who admitted in court that he carried 10" frogs in two small bags. The sOTBea was alleged
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    EURASIAN CONVICTED FOR BEGGING
    85 11 I SUGGEST this man is a leper." said Court Inspector Ccrwie in the third court yesterday, when Thomas, described as a 40-year-old Eurasian cook, pleaded guilty to a charge ol begging for alms Thomas was asked to put his hands out by Inspector Cowie. The action
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    STOLE BICYCLE
    34 11 CONVICTS) of stealing a bicycle worth $45 from New Market Road on Jan 5, Llan Ah Choon was fined $100 or one month's rigorous imprisonment in the Singapore third police court yesberdfty.
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    LAWYER SUED BY CLIENT
    757 11 $400 Claimed In Civil Case A( IVIL suit in which a landowner is claiming about $400 from a Singapore lawyer. Mr. P. C. Nathan, began before Mr. G. L. Howe, in thr Cml District Court, yesterday. The claim represents money, together with interest, loaned to a
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    LIGHTER LAUNCHED ON ROCHORE RIVER
    70 11 ATONGKANG with a capacity of 75 tons was launched on the Rochore River, Singapore, yesterday. It is to be used by the General Lighterage and Transport Co., Raffles Quay, for lighterage at cargo between ships and shore in the Singapore Harbour. It took four months
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    ALLEGED EVASION OF SERVICE OF SUMMONS
    45 11 T. K. TENG, who appeared in the Singapore second police court yesterday on a warrant of arrest for evading the service of a summons for maintenance, was allowed personal bail of $50. The case was postponed to Jan. 10.
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    SEAMAN INJURED
    39 11 A YOUNG seaman from the s.s. Aloe was alleged to have been stabbed in the chest in the Happy Cafe, Lavender Street, on Thursday night. He was taken to the General Hospital. The wound Is not serious.
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    ANCIENT ROAD SYSTEM IN PENINSULA JUNGLE
    269 11 Explorers Make J\ew rinds Concerning Primitive Man i Prom Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Jan. 12. MEW discoveries about primitive man in Malaya and 'Thailand are claimed by Mr. A. S© who arrived in PenanR- yesterday after having spent IS months in the jungles of
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    Man Fined $100)
    73 11 For CurreiH'j Offend g)LEADIN< Strait Tan Gok J Chin Nyol t] n >-ourt yesterday. ih<- i an with the or China porti Cramer, vaa 19,21s ourrcn change Tan's d< :.i; ihc mi •.v.,.s given t > him by othera to China as family remittance not ilatlons. a
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    GERMAN RAIDERS REPULSED FROM BRITISH COAST
    240 12 People In Centra] London Hear Gunfire From Thames Estuar\ PERMAN aircraft again appeared on reconnaissance flights '*over the English cast coast yesterday. Anti-aircraft u) in. and British fighters were active in the Thames Kstuarv and the Suffoll and Yorkshire coasts. German planes wcr- chased
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    GERMAN DAM SHATTERED?
    110 12 R.A.F. Raid On Nazi Naval Base Jan L2 II Jutland, that a ro ;d.s train ran I the Hindsnburg dam ihfn moved bad ind This is thought t i prove that the line, which ci i. fa Island naval ba.>e of Sv.t with the mainland, was shattered
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    French Smash Through Nazi Defence Line
    150 12 French Smash Thro ugh Nazi Defence Line Ibitl y i Id i n i V Fr nt and strong winds with almost In the last 24 noun .ir activity diflicuk thing outstanding Is reported n yesterday's French communique apart i trom the normal patrol activity d'ir- course ol the night.
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    "MAGINOT LINK NOW A TRIPLE DEFENCE"
    98 12 Pan.-. Jan. 12 T.ih tfagtnot Lint; is no longer a single line bu'. a double, even fence. General Du\al writes lownal to-day Be add.s -Allowing for ihc maintaining o d it: Bchtmia and Poland 1 am ..ic d tnat in the spring Germany! will
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    SON OF GERMAN ARMS KING KILLED
    66 12 AiiKst'-rdpai. Jan. 12. Lit IK NAN i ULAUB VON UOHLEN, Oustav nnd Bert 'a Krupp, nt the well-known armament firm, wu billed on Wednesday, .stato- a r elnischer Zeitung The notice says that Lieutenant who was a lieutenant in a fighter and aged 29,
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    FRENCH SEIZURES
    22 12 T* 'tiiruband ■•oi.trol durI peek < ndii!g Jan. 7 stopped and intercepted 11.000 tons disc. tth navy Into uort and •ood<?
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    "Revolt Will End War In A Few Months"
    64 12 Milu.uikee. Jan. 12. I HKLIKYK the war will de- finitely end in a feu months as t result of revolution in territor.v occupied by Germany and later in Geraaaj itself.' said Archduke Felix of Austria, lecturing here today. He added that the
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    Nazi Ship To Unload British-Owned Wool
    109 12 Santo.- (Brdi It, Jan. 11 rriii. 16.000-ton German steamer Winrihuk. which was stopped from leaving the port by the Brazilian authorities last week following intimation from a London firm that she has refused to unload 63 tons or British-owned wool ship;>ed before the outbreak
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    No Naval Action Off Brazilian Coast
    41 12 London, Jan. 12. THE Admiralty denies that H.M.S. Achilla has been in action asainst German warships off the Brazilian coast and states that nothing is known of any German warship.; in the neigh Lv>urho;d.— Reutor
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    DUTCH ECONOMIC DEFENCE FUND
    43 12 TThe Hague, Jan. 12. HE i\eiheriands Government has introduced a bill to establish a fund for economic defence in order to finance special measures arising from war conditions, including keeping down the prices of necessary articles of life. -Reuter.
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    CANADIAN WAR LOAN
    50 12 Ottawa. Jan. 12. /CANADA'S first war loan issue of $200,000,000 will be offered to the public on Monday Bonds to be offered at par bear interest of 3,4 per cent. It is announced that the issue will be "purely domestic," with denominations as low as $50. -Reuter.
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    12,000 More U.S. Planes For The Allies
    58 12 New York. Jan. I? BRITAIN and France are arranging to place orders for 12,000 Amrrican warplanes in the next two years, according to au'h >ri(ative quarters here. It is stated that, with shipments already contracted, the Allies expivl to exceed Germany's rat* of
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    Fresh Terrorism By Nazi Airmen
    212 12 Attacks On Defenceless British Vessels London, Jan. 12. I^-1 L crew cl 17 ol the British steamer Keynes. 1,700 tons, which was bombed ana s»ink by German aeroplanes in the North Sea yesterday, were landed 'o-day. Only the wireless operator was injured although the ship
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    RECORD RAIL TRAFFIC DURING CHRISTMAS
    95 12 London, Jan. 12. A RECORD movement of traftk during the period covering the Christmas holidays is reported Ly the London North-Eastern Railway. In addition to ordinary main line and suburban trains. 400 extra passenger trains lor Christmas holiday traffic and 764 special trains for Government
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    BRITAIN BUYING WHEAT FROM AUSTRALIA
    39 12 THE Bnti-li c.j. gnmeat is to buy icj.ooo ton.-, of wheat and Hour from Australia. A thousand tons ot South African sugar has beeu presented to the Royal Navy by fv i r>outh Africans
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    WOMEN'S AIR FORCE
    43 12 THE Australian Minister for Air announced yesterday that he is considering the formation- of a women's auxiliary air force. The women, he said, would do transport and similar work to relieve skilled men for the Enrrre air training scheme -Reuter.
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    INDIANS AND ARMY
    36 12 INDIAN and Anglo-Indian candidate! for emergency commissions with the Indian Army will in future be able to attend special courses which are being instituted at the Indian Military Acidemv at Dehra Dun— Reuter.
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    FRENCH COMMUNISTS
    49 12 THE French Chamber of Oeputier has deelded to postpone until next week discussion of the bill to exclude communists from the Chamber unless they break with their party. The bill wfll apply to departmental and municipal posts as well as membership In the Chamber of Deputies.— Reuter
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    FEAR OF ALLIED REPRISALS HOLDS UP BIG AIR ATTACKS
    435 12 DEASONS why the German threat of large-scale air attacks on Britain has not yet materialized after four months of war are advanced in official London air circles, reports British Wireless. Disregarding political and economic considerations, attention is paid to one strategic
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    FAMOUS MANSION FOR WOUNDED
    145 12 LIATFIELD House, the Hertfordshire home of the Marqueso of Salisbury, has been taken over by the Government. The major portion Is being equipped as a military hospital. Lord Salisbury, head of the Cecil family, is still in residence, and has retained a few of the rooms.
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    AUSTRALIAN TROOPS "A GREAT LOT"
    91 12 SIR Henry Gullett, Australian Minister for External Affairs, speaking in Sydney, described the Australian troops who are being sent to Europe as "a great lot." "The second Australian Expedition ary Force numbers 20.000. and consists In the majority of the sons and nephews of the
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      236 12 GORDONS SHOE SALE NOW ON PRICES FROM $3.75 »t. ROOM 32-5 KELLY WALSH BUILDING ENDED BY YEAST VITE Yeast, V'lte is tho \\ori'i*r Quick Pain Reliever and Tonic which everybody talks about. Why? Because It doe 3 such wonderful things which MAKE people talk about It I THOUSANDS of grateful
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    JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER TO TENDER RESIGNATION
    302 13 Prince Konoye De<'lines Army Olior, Sees Grave Diliicultios nOIJX)\YIN<; v meeting of the JapaMae Cabinet yesterday. General Abe, the Prime Minister, informed his colleagues thai he intends to offer the resignation of his Cabinet to Ike lOmperor, Reuter reliably learns in Tokio. This brings
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    Supply Ministry Has Vital Role
    292 13 Trading Concern 1 illi £150,000,000 Turnover T 1 D nj.u Britain's MiuMry <>: .suppjy plays in the war is shown v facts revealed last night. The Ministry now a great trading concern with a turnover for essential 150.000,000 a fear or roughly €3.0CD.000 a l
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    Russian Planes Are Inferior
    149 13 A STRIKINCi comment on Russian aircraft prodncttoo is contained in the latest issue of the standard reference book on air.»nft. -Jane's All the World's Aircraft." It Is stated tli. kMda, by buyiiv.: aircraft from abroad and copying them, had accumulated nearly 4.G00 land plar.es by the
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    Military Funeral In Helsinki
    25 13 M ilitary Funeral In Helsinki Finnish soldiers holding wreaths riming a funeral service in a llf-in*-, cemetery, after burial of soldi?rs killed in the «:ir
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    BELEAGUERED RED FORCE FAILS IN BIDS TO ESCAPE
    340 13 Food For Isolated Force Dropped By Soviet Planes THK Hus>ian division near halla, which is almost surround cd hy the Finnish northern army, is stated to have made several new attempts to break through the Finnish lines west and south hut without
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    Carol Confers With Yugoslav Regent
    58 13 AtiENCY messages from Bucharest report that King: Carol of Rumania and Prince Paul, Regent of Yugoslavia, held a meeting on Thursday on the frontier >>< tween the two countries. It in assumed that they wanted to exchange views, as partners in the Balkan Entente, about
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    KING HAAKON AND DEFENCE NEEDS
    86 13 Oslo Jan. 12. KING HAAKON, opening the newsession of the Storting, expressed i the hope ihat it would be possible In! this New Year to establish peace In the world, especially for Norway's neighbour, Finland, and added. 'It is the aim of Norway, in co-operation
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    ARRIVAL OF ITALIAN VOLUNTEERS DENIED
    31 13 Helsinki, Jan. 12. IT is leumcd in Italian circles that no truth attaches to reports that volunteers known as the Garib; ldlan Legion have arrived —Reuter
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    Germany Hit By Fuel Shortage
    218 13 Germany Hit By Fuel Shortage MOST of tho Europe:.) are having a cold snap at present, and! Berlin particularly is having the coldest spell for 12 years. P.tiliners ar? rxcerdtaflj short of fuel and on Thursday night blocks of Hats which have central heating were ordered to shut oft the
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    13 13 London, Jan. 12. THE death has occurred of Sir Fi clenough, a*ed <$7.-Reuter.
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    End Of Shanghai Murder Trial
    154 13 End Of Shanghai Murder Trial Dralli Sentence On Scottish Soldier ÜBghai, Jan. 12. STANDING smartly at attention. Private David Eckfcrd, of the lot. Bn.. The Sealorth Highlanders, who was convicted ot the murder of Lance -Corporal James Davies. of the same battalion, yesterday heard the judge pass the death sentence
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    Radio Operator's Ordeal In Sea
    263 13 Radio Operator's Ordeal In Sea London, Jan. 12. HIS bind* frown to the grablma lifeboat, his Jaws too stiff with cold to allow him to shout for help, engulfed by Miccessive waves while the ship was sinking under him— this waa the terrible ordeal of the Dunbar Castle's wireless operator,
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    91 DEAD IN MINING DISASTER
    29 13 Bartloy, <W. Virginia' Jan. 12. NINETY-ONE persons are now known to be dead as a result of an explosion In a coal-mine here.— Reutrr.
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    LEGUMINOUS CREEPERS UNDER MATURE RUBBER TREES
    1018 14 Research Institute's Advice On Their Establishment By Our Planting Correspondent IT is generally agreed that it is desirable to grow a ground cover under mature rubber trees to check erosion and to improve thft texture of the soil, but there ll no general agreement
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    Planting Topics
    543 14 Planting Topics ing material, propagation, time of planting, methods of planting and maintenance of covers, which I have studied with much instructive Interest and I advise my readers to do the same. Since writing these notes I have received a communication from a planter who raises Interesting questions relating to
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    JELEBU TIN DREDGING
    59 14 IN the four months ended December Jelebu Tin Dredging Ltd. produced 807 piculs of tin-ore and the approximate profit for the period was ?2P,000. The dredge treated 322.500 cubic yards of material, but was shutdown from Sept. 7 to Sept 26 No profit on the contribution to
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    LUKUT TIN DREDGING
    53 14 IN >he four months ended December Lukut Tin Dredging Ltd. produced 500 piculs of tin-ore and the profit fnr the four months was apprcxlma f ely $24 000. The dredge treated 199.670 cubic yards of material. No profit on the contribution to the buffer itrxk has been
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    KINTA KELLAS RUBBER
    319 14 Debenture Conversion (From Our Own Correspondent) London. Dec. 28. lIAVING outstanding more than 11 £22.000 7 per cent, debentures which fall due for redemption on Mar. 31. 1940, the Board of Kinta Kel'as Rubber Estates, Ltd. proposes to issue £22.000 new 5' 2 per cent, debentures to
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    RUBBER ACCOUNTING POLICY
    480 14 ADDRESSING shareholdars at the ?nnual meeting of Bukit Pabng Syndicate L'd. in Seremban recently Mr. W. H. W. Gubbins. the chairman raid: A very usual practice with rubber companies, when areas are cut, out for replanting, is to leave the development or property account undis urbed. and
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    DECEMBER RUBBER CROPS
    28 14 I*HE following crops of rubber w.re harvested by the respective estates in December: lb. Kuala Remar. 166,000 Lok Kawi Rubber 41,000 Bruseh Rubber Estates 41.00G
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    "BOOTLEG" STOCKINGS
    37 14 BOOTLEG STOCKINGS STOCKINGS, soap, eggs, coffee, cocoi and chocolate are among the articles in which a bootleg trade is bfing carried on ln Germany, reports the Never Zuerischer Zeitung. Stockings, It Is stated, fetch £1 a pair.
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    RUBBER MARKET TONE FIRMER
    582 14 More Forward Sales Being Made IN a weekly report on the rubber mar--1 Jtet, issued at noon yesterday. Stanton Nelson and Co., Ltd., write: Political news during me past week leaves the definite impression that a long war is in prospect, rendering inevitable sooner or later
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      159 14 RUBBER PLAHTBB ORDER DIRECT FROM THE MANI'F.tC TI'RERS OF I-atex Cups hand made and by up-to-date machines. All sizes 8 oi to 20 oz in white, black and brown. Shanghai Jars, subsoil pipes, rarthrnwar* glazed pipes, etc. Prices still cheap. Ask for quotations SELANGOR LARTHEN PIPE CO. Phone No. 3555
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    ANNUAL SELANGOR FOOTBALL MEETING TO BE HELD ON FEB. 1
    879 15 ANNUAL SELANGOR FOOTBALL MEETING TO BE HELD ON FEB. 1 The Teams The trams to-day will be Army: Pass: Ransome. Pierce, Murphy. Christie; Toker. Simpson; Gardner. Roberts, Sunman. Miikeveria, Ward. Smith, Vinycomb, Moir-B>res. I'cnang: J. I". Keav; J. E. Goodrlth. T. M. Clarke. P. II. Bur<ess. Q. I>. A. Lundon.
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    MIDDLESEX C.C. PASS THE HAT ROUND
    311 15 MIDDLESEX C.C. PASS THE HAT ROUND Lowlier Worcester's Example Followed MIDDLESEX a Club. with headquarurs at tashionable Lord's rire passing the hat round now! Following the lead 01 Icwlicr Worcester, wno have asked members to send along half a guinea to •"keep the home fires Duining." Middlesex are seeking dona:.
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    INTER-STATE POLICE HOCKEY AND BOXING
    92 15 •From Our Own I dent) Penaag, J.ui. 12. »THr Penanf Police hockey team will travel to Ipoh to-morrow to meet the Ptrak Police in their annual hockey encounter. Penang PoUce boxers will also travel to Ipoh to-morrow to meet a team of Pcrak Police boxers
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    FRIENDLY SOCCER
    63 15 will represent the T XI in soccer matches t the Municipal Sen-ices Clue t I the H A.F. 'Tertßahi toy Both rr.mes will be playt r Park. Fun CMC* 'Cnpt aim. Ah KOtr, Ah J %h L\c. 800 Tuan, Kirn Bwee, I iv. Ah Boh, Hock Seng. Lian
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    S.C.C. HOCKEY
    61 15 The lollowing have accepted to play hockey for the S.C.C. vs. the R.N. on Monday, at the S.C.C. A. N. Other: D. Brennan. R. A D. lodd: R. N. Elliot. F. E. Hutchinson, ;Fl-Lt. H. N. Hughes Hulutt, C. P. Us(ton. Capt. H. C. Christy, M. V. Cole.
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    WEEK-END SPORTS EVENTS
    71 15 TO-DAY Kus.n: Army vs. Penan? (Malaya (up final). Koala l^impur: S.C.C. Vice-Versa match, padang; Johore Rugby F. C. vs. R.A., Ren gam. Hockey: Singapore Women vs. Selan;or Women, G.S.C: S.C.C. vs. Selangor Club. Kuala Lumpur; SJt.C. vs. Dutch 'Kit. s.K C.S.C. vs. R.A.F. Seletar. Soccer: Municipal Services
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    LEADING TEAMS IN TO-MORROW'S BADMINTON
    266 15 LEADING TEAMS IN TO-MORROW'S BADMINTON Deciding Match In Club Tournament 'TWERE was no play in the local club badminton championships last night as the Marigold Badmlnton Party, who were to meet the < Inited Family Badminton Party, have withdrawn from the league. The Marigolds were quite a force at the
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    PENANG BEAT KEDAH IN DULL HOCKEY GAME
    112 15 (From Our o.v:i lent) Penang, Jan. 12. IN a dull game of hockey on the Hutcnings School ground this evening Penang beat Kedah by two goals to one. The game was characterised' by many infringements oi the rules 3nd the umpires' whistles were
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    S.C.C. RUGBY TO-DAY
    116 15 THE following have accepted to play j in the Vice-Versa rugby match j to-day, at the S.C.C: Colours: D. A. Blunt: R. J. P. Garden, i G. E. Boizot, H. T. Grieve. Q. K. Stein; EL J. Maxey. B. M. Purser: T. P. Jones,; J. B. Potter
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    TRAINING FOR PERAK RACES STARTS
    220 15 'From Our Own Correspondent 1 iDOh. Jan 11 OTRINGS lrom the stables of McMillen. Turley and Logue were slow exercises on the inner track this morning. Candidates from other stables are expected to be here by Saturday. Basby. on Meadowman, nearly met with an accident
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    SEBASTIAN & FAHMY TO MEET OVER 12 ROUNDS
    545 15 SEBASTIAN FAHMY TO MEET OVER 12 ROUNDS Board Sanctions Houghton's 'Big-time' Boxing Card FOLLOWING up the Frisco Fahmy battle, promoter Houghton is beginning the new year with a promotion that overshadows all his previous efforts. On Friday Jan. 19. at the Happy World covered Stadium, Mohamed Fahmy and Flashy Sebastian
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    RETURN FRIENDLY SOCCER
    82 15 A RETURN friendly soccer rlfittch be- tween the Tamil Brotherhood Party and the Siong 800 Athletic Association will be played at Farrer Park to-morrow evening. The Tamil B.P. are at present without doubt thbest local Indian soccer team, and though they were beaten in their first match
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    TO-DAY'S SOCCER
    58 15 1 THE follovang will represent the Katong Parish Association at soccer against the R.A. (Change at St. Patrick's ground to-day: A Conceicao: K. Ro?-rio and J. Peters; F. Dcsker, A. de Silva fcapt.) and B. Noronha; J. Bheem, J. Pillay, P. Peters, A. de Souza and E. Philipps.
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    STATE HOCKEY MATCH OFF
    37 15 THE inter-state hockey match between Singapore and Negri Sembilan. which was to have been played on the S.C.C. padang to-day, has been postponed as the upcountry team is unable to make the trin.
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    Home Football Programme
    216 15 pOLLOWING are to-days Honw iocctr and rugby fixtures. SOI'TH Arsenal vs. Millwali. Charlton vs. Tottenham. Clapton O. vs. Norwich C. Southend vs. Crystal Palai-e. Watford vs. West Ham. SOUTH 1$ Brentford vs. Aldershot. Fulham vs. Southampton. Portsmouth vs. Chelsea. QP.R. vs. Bournemouth. Reading vs. Brighton EAST MIDLANDS
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    To-day's Women's State Hockey At G.S.C.
    128 15 THE following an- the teams i r »h- women* inter-state hock. between Singapore and Selangor to ie played to-day on the GSC ground MrNair Road, at 5 10 p.m. In the eveni of rain this evening the game will be piayed to-morrow morning grouna.
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    A BRITISH ANTI-TANK GUN CREW GOES INTO ACTION
    128 16 BRITAIN'S anti-tank weapons are probably the finest in the world. The infantry is equipped with the new antitank rifle and the artillery with an anti-tank jrun shown in these pictures. \lm.\o. the pun is seen being laid afier heint; unloaded from the
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