The Straits Times, 24 January 1940

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    34 1 The Straits Times. [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.J MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER—LARGEST NET SALES \CES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS. The Straits Times. IB I'ACiES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1940. PKICE 5 CENTS.
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      214 1 for PERFECI STYLES M ORESSMAKING ft READYMAOES Call at MADAME PAGE'S SALONS 13. Battery Road. Slngapoi j. HOTEL MAJESTIC Kuala Lumpur. KUALA LUMPUR 25 JAVA ST f PHONE 3683). SCIENCE REVEALS ANOTHER GREAT HEALTH BENEFIT delicious QUAKER OATS Rich in THIAMIN*, it nourishes the nerves, revitalises builds lasting health, Ererjrone,
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      631 2 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES ENGAGEMENT KARIr— TTTBB.— The engagement Is announced between Lionel Richard Franklyn Earl. Malayan Civil Service, cldrst son of Mr. and Mrs.E. F. Earl, of Reigatc. Surrey. Enpland. and Joan Mary Tubb. only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Tubb, of London and formerly of Peking. DEATH Mrs. Urn
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      748 2 WANTED WANTED IMMEDIATELY second-hand Field Camera complete with stand must be in good condition. Box No. 936. Straits Times. GUESTS WANTED for large room, bath, verandah attached, private house, terms moderate. Telephone. Transport. G.r.O. Box 504. EDUCATIONAL i L.C.C. NOV. 1913 Exr.i.i. MORNING AMU EVENING COURSES— NETW CIa.WS from Ist
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      894 2 AUCTION NOTICES ATTRACTIVE AUCTION SALE Of essentially modern European fancy polished high-gradr teak household furniture by Robinsons (to be sold in sets) also one "Coolerator refrigerator, one Philips 6-valve radio receiver, a complete set of charminslyducoed child's Bedroom Furniture, crockery, glassware, cooking utensils, potted plants, etc. etc. to be held
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      936 2 PUBLIC NOTICE THORNYCROFT (SINKATORE) LIMITED. Notice h hereby given that cji application has been made to the directors of this company to issue to Lieut. Franklin Caithness. R.N.R. a duplicate certificate for 200 Preferred Ordinary Shares if $5 each fully-oaW in this comnany bearing distinctive numbers ***** to *****. Inclusive,
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      171 2 BORNEO MOTORS «S€D C4Jt BARGAINS Phone 5088. For Demonstration. 1935 CHEVROLET MASTER DELUXE In .spkiuiiii running order well shod all round. Good duco and aphoMery* A genuine bargain PRICE $700 f < < SMSB^B^S^MIAI T I 1935 AUSTIN 12/4 SaLOOM A very economical car it has not done a large
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      507 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE, (Incorporateo in England) PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SM OO MAII PASBENCER AND CARGO SERVICstOwing to the Company's inability to publish the actual departure dates of it's steamers intending passengers are courteously requested to enquire at the P. O. S. N. Company's Office
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      646 3 M^M^A^Aya^ApßplMHpafMvUi^MW^is^Mift I LUXURIOUS ONE-CLASS MOTORSHIPS Cabins with private bath— Excellent C'uisinn 4 PASSENGER SAILINGS to MARSEILLES and LONDON During February/March 1940 THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD* (Incorporated In Denmark) SINGAPORE— PENANG— KUALA LUMPUR. No admittance on board eicept by special permit BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. 'Incorporated in P MS i TELEPHONE:
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      445 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. OCCAM BUILDING. COLLY KB QUAY. BIMCAFORB Tel. 5151 CHARTERED BANK BUILDING PENANG Tel. 1166 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 AT THE
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    LUNAS RUBBER PAYS 10 PER CENT.
    1290 4 Carry-Forward Reduced But Directors Optimistic r 1 enable the company to pay a dividend of 10 per cent, and to maintain the reserve account, has necessitated drawing upon the carry fonvard which has been reduced by $9,000, declared Mr. G. A. Potts, chairman, addressing
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    LYALL AND EVATT'S DAILY QUOTATIONS
    231 4 Singapore, Jan. 23, 5 p.m. MIMAC Urn?*** fict.ri Ampats 4/» 5/3 Austral Amalg 6/4tt C,'9cd Batu Selangors 1.574 l.tttt Hong Patto 1-17 1.20 Jekbu* 0.90 0.95 Kampon8 Lanjuta 24/6 25'6cd K Kamunting 9/6cd KamunUng 12 6 13 3cd Kinia KeUaa 7/- 7/6 Klang Rivers '••10
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    BUSINESS FAILURES IN UNITED KINGDOM
    53 4 BUSINESS failures in the United Kingdom during the year 1939 totalled 4,688. embracing 2.890 bankruptcies and 1.798 deeds of arrangement. Including Scotch trust deeds. Of the total number, 316 represented financial, wholesale and manufacturing trades, 503 the various professional classes and 3,869 In retail trades
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    Fraser & Co's Singapore Share Quotations
    1293 4 Fraser Co's Singapore Share Quotations TUESDAY, JAN. 23, 1940: 5 P.M. Ampat Tic (4s) 4s 6d 4s IOHd Austral Amal. (ss) 6s 6s 6d cd. Austral Malay X V 37s 39s c.d. Ayer HlUm tt) 24a 6d 25s 6d Ayer Weng .80 .85 Bangrin Tin 22s 6d 23s 6d Batu
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    "SHELL" TO PAY Is. INTERIM DIVIDEND
    121 4 TPHE directors of "Shell Transport and Trading Co. Ltd. have declared an interim dividend of Is. per £1 unit of ordinary stock, tax free, payable on Jan 31, on account of the year ended December last. In announcing this dividend the directors say that
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    FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
    340 4 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Compan) Dividend Close Date Singapore, Jan. 23, 5 p.m. Total for Ex Dlv -nanclal year TIN Austral Axnal 3d. Austral Malay 9d. and 13 bonus Ipoh 2s. Int. less tax Jon. 3 Kampong Kamunting 3d. and 7'id. bonus Feb. 6 Kampong L&njut 2 6
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    London Stock Exchange
    382 4 London, Jan. S3. BRIGHT roii&iiious wrre maintained an the Stock Exchange to-day and business in several sections expanded. Gilt-edged and Home rails met further buying while Industrials displayed good spots. Imperial Tobaccos Advanced from 115s. to nii>rc than 120s. on the markets ratisiact'on with the total distribution
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    152 4 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES odntj /*OM.\iOuri'\ iiu tNClian^c nutffcati vis follows u-ttb prciiou- r.jota'n parenthesis*— RIB3KR: null. Spot; I2d U 1 lGd .12 1 16<i 12 -v Feb-Mar: n .d 12d ;12d 12',d) ADr-Juiu 11 13 16d 11 15 16d '11 15 16d )2d) Julv-St-pt: U'jd llttd illlll6d New York ipeiirit; prW):
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    CLYDESDALE BANK RESULTS
    109 4 Dividend A sain J« Per Cent CLYDESDALE BANK net profits for 1939 wen .£313.890. against £316.941. The dividend of 16 per cent, is maintained, again absorbing £208.000. while .€20,000 (same) has been anplied in reduction of bank buildings. £40,000 (nil) credited tc superannuation and allowances fund und
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      496 4 X-RAYED 14 TIMES for STOMACH TROUBLE Despair fixed its cruel grip firmly in the life of Mr. G. E. L Far worse than the stomach pain lie snlferei! was the fr.iiful uncertainty as to what waa wrong, and whether even greater suffering would follow. Happily for Lira be took the
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      184 4 TIDE TABLKS SINGAPORE To-day H. W. 8.37 a.m. 9.4 ft.: 11. 12 p.m 86 fi U W. 3.44 a.m 4.9 ft.: 430 pjn 1.1 ft To-morrow H. W. 10.24 a.m. 9.9 ft..- 1148 p.m. 9.1 fV L. w. 4.27 ajn. 4.4 ft.; 5.10 pm. 0.6 ftPriday, Jan- IC H. W.
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      501 5 Little Interest In Tins And Rubbers ■9 Our linaiuial Correspondent Singapore, Jan. 24. THE feature of this morning's market? is the sharp fall in the price of rubber locally, values at the opening being one cent lower than at noon yesterday. This weakness is the result of
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      CHAMBER OF COMMEERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      97 5 Wrdnr djv. Jan. ?l. noon. Bayers Sellers Prices Prices No. IX B.S.S. (Spot loosr) 36". 37' b No. IX R.S.S. fab. in eases Jan.-Keb. (Sellers option) 3V- 37 ti.K.AQ K.S.S. fob. in bales Jan.-Krb. i Sellers option) 36', tt% \<l KSS. fob. in bales Jai-
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      NEED FOR STRONGER WAR EFFORT
      443 5 Danger Of Delay TPHE need for a more vigorous war effort is ths central theme in a series of four outstanding articles in the current issue of The Banker. In the opening article. Mr. W. T. C. King points out that the prolonged lull, which
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      125 5 Singapore. Jan. 24. nco:. Buyers Sellers Gambler S 7.60 Hamburg Cube «14 0G Java Cube *12 00 Pepper White Muntoli $15. 30 White 515.00 Bterk 8.50 Coma Mixed 53.4.T Sun Dried $3 CO Sago Flour No 1 LJngga 56.2.> $6.25 Pair 56.2S Sarawak $7.00 Jrlotong Palembang $14.00
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      EXCHEQUER RETURNS
      75 5 London, Jan. 23. EXCHEQUER returns show total ordinary revenue amounts to £684,931,659, compared with £690.--395,417 a year ago. Inland Revenue has yielded £315,--170,000 to date, against £272.048.000 at the corresponding date of 1939 Total expenditure, less self-balancing items, is £942,410,278, compared with 786,900,541 at the corresponding date of
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      EXCHANGES
      186 5 The following are me exchange rates tola morning according to the dally circular Issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation SELLING London T.T 3/4 1/16 London demand 3/4 1/16 Rate for freight 3/4 Mi Lyons demand 2057 Switzerland demand 208 Hamburg demand New York demand 46 T i
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      IMPERIAL AIRWAYS PAYMENT
      134 5 Likely This Month IT is hoped that it will be possible this month to make the payment of 325. 9d. per £1 share in Imperial Airways which is provided for under the scheme whereby the British Overseas Airways Corporation takes over Imperial Airways and British Airways. No
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      RUBBER MARKET EASIER
      266 5 Stanton Nelson's Review Of Past Week IN a weekly report on the rubber market Issued this morning, Stanton Nelson and Co. Ltd. write: Political news has not affected the market to any appreciable extent this week, though the recent speeches of British statesmen must have dashed the
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      MIDLAND BANK'S NET PROFITS
      163 5 THE Midland Bank Issued on Jan. 5, its preliminary statement of results for 1939. A fall of £264,321 is shown in the net profit but the year's distribution is maintained at 16 per cent. The directors report that, full provision having b?en made for all bad
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      Wilkinson Process Rubber To Pay 10 Per Cent.
      581 5 Proposal To Capitalize $23,207 And Distribute As Bonus A NET profit of 599.574 was earned by Wilkinson Process Rubber Co., Ltd., in the year ended September last. This compares with $55,980 in the preceding year. The not amount brought forward was $17,801
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      26 5 -urancc «Ma^^^^^^ MI m^^ mm Throughout Mn'nv 1 j She Royal Exchange Assurance :£ondot HEAO OFFICE FOR MALAYA. G CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS: SINGAPORE. 3 lg j
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      330 5 UGLY FAT GOES QUICK HewSdentiKcßemedywdowl by Doctors, Wursw and Public V <ta»°a of the body whereb* W.W .1 ric Pohpo* are ■btorba) W W >M bl the blood, thus teitiM f M r A up torpid did morbid co£ I jX dioom which rouh in ih* M tm M bod*
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      232 5 I L) Mi f l I fli V t j V,V, ,1 19-25. (1(11. *».i..KI. SINGAPORE. Telephone Manager's Office 4SIS Exchange Dept. 4SIS General Office i.M I Cable Ad4ren:— l"Ho\ I\n WK Head Office tIUCBOW PAID ll' CAPITAL (Ch.) 10,000.000 RESERVE KINDS S 1J.000.000 TOTAL ASSETS Upprox.) $!M.00«.0©0 Board of
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      282 6 POSITIVELY LAST DAY! if UAM RR A 3.15, 6.15 9.15 P.M. ALIIAIVIDKA Warner Bros. Excitingly Different Hit Jo^^ iW. presenting j Bk ANN SHERIDAN jfc v^B THE 'DEAD END' /<^ i^IM KIDS, RONALD 1 REAGAN and! BONITA GRANVILLE 1 4 THE ANGELS WASH THEIR FACES' ALSO Latest Airmail "PATHE GAZETTE"
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      251 6 GRAND CHINESE NEW YEAR BAZAAR OPEMKC FEB. lit ALL YOU NEED FOR THE FESTIVE SEASON GATES THURSDAY It CTS. ADMISSION J-J/m B^r^jf^ j^u "i Hi ill* I p- JS4r Vtt? *j4WL jt WHAT DO YOU DO? WHEN YOU YOUR GIRL FRIEND ARE LOST IN A LOST CITY OR IN A
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      183 6 The Popular SINGING STAR of "ROSE MARIE," "MAYTIME" and other M.G.M. Musical Hits I Now., his, first Solo Starrin* Role! TO-DAY »t tfce CAPITOL 3 shows M THE LIFE! THE LOVE! THE ADVENTURES! fl Z* I a j bandit" who loved a honeyQ°d A Jl aVooaf haired beauty as desperately
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      222 6 DEREK OLDHAM, THE URITISH STAGE AND RADIO STAP, SINGING HIS WAY INTO EVERY PICTUREGOERS HEART! PAVILION 6.i5 9is TO-NIGHT "tCIK Broken Uosarv" (Inspired dy Gounod's 'Aye Maria) SI IRRING jttML DEREK OLDHAM I JM /THE FAMOUS SINGING STAR k M H^ VOF THE STAGE HIT 'ROSE MARIE* I j^m± im
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    11 NEUTRAL SHIPS SUNK BY ENEMY ACTION IN WEEK
    298 7 Britain Loses Four Vessels Against Germany's Three London, Jan. 2? CINKINGS due to enemy action during the last eight days from Jan. 15 to midnight Jan. 21 were four British ships totalling 23,843 tons and 11 neutral ships totalling 35,245 tons.
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    SUPPLYING THE NAVY
    212 7 Success Of New System London, Jan. 23. THE Interesting fact Is revealed in London to-day that the task of supplying vessels of the Royal Navy with all their numerous requirements is undertaken by an entirely civilian organization. This is the only example of the vital problem of
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    Graf Spec's Men Were Misled
    411 7 What They Were Told By German Radio London, Jan. 23. INTERVIEWS with British masters and wireless operators who were prisoners in the German 10.000--ton "pocket -battleship" Admiral Graf Spec, which scuttled herself after defeat in a battle with there British cruisers, show that, German boarding
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    NO SECRET SESSION
    46 7 London, Jan. 23. THE Prime Minister. Mr. Neville Chamberlain. In the House of Commons in a reply to-d?.y said he was not aware that any desire for a further secret session existed and was not prepared to makp arrangements for one. British Wireless
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    SWISS FOREIGN MINISTER DIES AT BERNE
    65 7 Berne, Jan. 23. The death has occurred of the Swis. Fcreign Minister. M. Motta. who has been five times President. He is especially remembered for the biter attack he made on the Soviet. When ha opposed Russia's entry into the League of Nations, in
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      314 7 HOTELS I \H( ttjl lfcj| Bsl Mnl WtM af 9M \M U~m n Vvl VA wA wV i 2 fc| B-. Tonight Cocktail Dance 7 pjn to 9 p.m. DINNER DANCE (infernal) 9.45 to midnight cabaret- JUNE WEST KAY Dinner S».SO W-^hWW fI.OO Tt-rro* SPECIAL ROBBIE BURNS DINNER 53.50 SATURDAY
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    The Straits Times. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 24, 1940. (145th. Day of the War.) Taxation
    1195 8 The Straits Times. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 24, 1940. (145th. Day of the War.) Taxation If our post-bag is any criterion, an announcement that the people ol this country were to be taxed with the utmost severity would be greeted with loud whoops of joy by many members of H.M. Forces
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    GJFRMAN CLAIM
    44 8 Berlin, Jan. 23. AOOIttfUNIQUI issued in Berlin says that the German navy in recent weeks had been conducting suc.ul merchant, warfare in the North Sea, Baltic and the Atlantic. German minesweepers and patrol are continuing their activities systematically, it is stated. Renter.
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    ANGLO-FRENCH FINANCE AGREEMENT
    1541 8 Powerful Factor In War And In Peace From Our Paris Correspondent Paris, Dec. 15. •THE financial agreement signed by Sir John Simon and M. Paul Keynaud is described in France as being closer than any alliance ever signed in history, and is considered by economists as affordinc
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    HOLIDAYS IN JOHORE
    249 8 Public Not Notified Of Changes To the Editor of the S. raits Times Sir,— l think the time has come when Johore should have a Holidays Enactment. At present, about November every year a list of holidays for the coming year is published •in the Johore Government
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    "PUBLIC" HOLIDAYS
    66 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— lt is curious that in spite ol public holidays being announced by Government, a large number of business houses keep open. This Is unfair to the clerical workers who have to keep working while the lucky ones orr> having a
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    TODDY SHOPS
    312 8 The "Red Herring Of The C.1.A.M." To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— Your correspondent H. W. R. seems to have exhausted his mala grounds of argument on the toddy question, and now indulges in sidetracking the main Issue by introducing the red herring ct C.I.A.M. into
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    PROHIBITION
    340 8 Lesson Of The American Experiment To the Editor of the Straits 1 ime« Sir,— If you can spare me the space I should like to express my views on the question of toddy shops. I am in sympathy with those who urge the dewing of a.l toddy shops in
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    SCIENCE OF ETHICS'
    176 8 SCIENCE OF ETHICS Russian Substitute For Religion To the Edkor of the Straits Times Sir,— Wi*h regard to the last paragraph of the letter of "Pax et Ju.stitia", argument would be evidently a waste of time, but perhaps a IK* le piece of advice would not bo amiss May I,
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    CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
    71 8 To the Editor of the Strait* lime* Sir,— lf there is any humanity. society for the prevention of cruelty to animals should be formed in SinKal>ore. Cannot something be done T^ put a stop to the inhumane cruel cats by hunting and beating, such ts tnkes place
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    GEN. HERTZOG'S "AMAZING SPEECH' ON WAR
    766 9 "Reads Like A Chapter Of Mein Kampf GENERAL SMUTS' SPIRITED REPLY TO OPPOSITION South African Parliament And German Policy TWO famous South African soldier-statesmen, General Smuts and General Hertzog, faced each other in a debate on South Africa's participation in the war in Parliament
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    FRANCE & U.S. SAFETY ZONE
    190 9 FRANCE U.S. SAFETY ZONE 'Cannot Renounce Our Rights' Paris, Jan. 24. PRANCE cannot renounce her rights under international law to take counter-measures against German activities within the 300-miles maritime security zone proclaimed by th? American republics declared the officia 1 French reply to the note from the Government of Panama
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    EXAMINATION OF L.S. VESSELS
    257 9 EXAMINATION OF L.S. VESSELS Washington, Jan. 24. AMERICAN shippers are co-opera*- ing "to an amazing extent" with 'no British contraband control to avoid unpleasant incidents, declared 'ls of the State Department when informed of the British statement i hat Italian ships seemed more disposed to co-operate In contraband con- I
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    FINNS BOMB WARSHIPS
    504 9 Finns Hold Out At The Fronts Helsinki, Jan. 24. CEYKRAL Soviet warships are reported to have been badly damaged during a Finnish air vaid on Kronstadt the naval base. The -varships at Kronstadt are completely icebound. A Finnish war communique s.a'es that north-cart of Lake Ladoga Finnish
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    BIG NAZI STEEL PLANT DAMAGED BY FIRE
    94 9 London, Jan. 23. A HUGE fire has been raging for 36 hears in an important German steel works at Maxhuete in Bavaria, according to a report from the German frontier and quoted by the Paris radio. Rolling mills furnaces are said to have
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    38 9 MAJOR-GENERAL the Duke of Windsor visited the War Office yesterday afternoon in his capacity as British liaison officer with the French Army and had an interview with General Sir Edmund Ironside, Chief of the Imperial General Staff.— Reuter.
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    BURNING SHIP DRAMA
    359 9 Officers Quell Temporary Panic Genoa, Jan. 24. T»HE latest lists published by the owners of the Italian motorship which caught fire off Toulon on Sunday, indicate that the number of victims total 107, of whom 47 were passengers and 60 were members of the crew. Graphic stories
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    ARCTIC COLD ON THE WESTERN FRONT
    76 9 ON the Western Front, it is almost as cold as in Finland. At one R.A.F. aerodrome in France yesterday the thermometer registered 42.5 degrees of frost which is believed to be a record low temoerature for France. In spite of this intense cold, nightflying
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    CZECHOSLOVAKS IN U.K.
    72 9 THE Czecho-Slovak National Committee has begun enrolment of Czecho-Slovak volunteers from its citizens living in Britain for the Czechoslovak army in France. Dr. Benes, chairman of the committee, has issued a proclamation declaring that it is a normal human and national duty as well as an honourable
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    ALLEGED "SECRET TREATY" DISCOUNTED IN SHANGHAI
    230 9 Shanghai. Jan. 24. HPHE allegations published In Hong Kong by "dissenters" from Wang Chlng-wel's camp to the effect that Wang has signed a comprehensive agreement with the Japanese in Shanghai on Dec. 30. are generally discounted In foreign diplomatic circles here. It is stated
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    CHIANG'S PLEA TO POWERS FOR "POSITIVE" HELP
    92 9 Chungking, Jan. 24. /^KN. Chiang Kai-shek in a "'message to friendly powers'' declares that the peace terms alleged to have been agreed on recently between Ja^an and Wang Ching-wei. outcast Kuomintang leader, proves that Japan has not changed her policy of conquest. The
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    Loss Of British Destroyer
    74 9 Entire Crew Feared Lost, Says Admiralty THE Admiralty announced last 1 night that the destroyer Exmouth had been sunk. It is feared that there are no survivors. The Exmouth carried a complement of 175 and she was a ship of 1,475 tons. The Admiralty also ..nnounced
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    PADEREWSKI AS NEW POLISH PRESIDENT
    205 9 Hearers Deeply Moved By Stirring Speech Paris. Jan. 23. THE famous pianist, M. Paderewsk!, -ormer President of Poland, mi ejected President (Speaker) cf Poland's Provisional Parliament to-day. The meeting of the Provisional Parliament was held in the richly fcilded, o-nate Louis XV ballroom In the
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    U.S. RIGHTS IN CHINA
    286 9 Washington Hint To Japanese Washington, Jan. 23. THE course of commercial relations between the United States and Japan after the expiration of the present treaty on Friday will depend on Japan's attitude to the rights of Americans in China. This statement was made to-day to Mr.
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    Fresh Pressure On Neutrals?
    111 9 Geneva, Jan. 2*. GERMANY'S reply to Mr. Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty may be an urgent request to neutral States to leave the League of Nations on the ground that membership is incompatible with their neutrality, states the Berlin correspondent of the Basler Nachrichten.
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    N.I. AIR CRASH VICTIMS' BODIES RECOVERED
    401 10 Plane's Nose Broke Off As It Fell Into The Sea PARTS DRAGGED ASHORE FOR INQUIRY INTO ACCIDENT ALL the bodies of the eight people killed in the K.N.I.L.M. air crash off Bali on Monday have been recovered, according to news received in Singapore to-day.
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    EUROPEAN FINED $125
    390 10 Night Crash Into Telephone Pole (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 23. BRITGON. a European, was fined $125 to-day in the Third Court by Raja Ayoub after he had pleaded gu.lty to a charge of negligent driving on Jan. 14 at Ampang Road Mr. G. R.
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    APPEAL BY TWO MEN IS SUCCESSFUL
    86 10 APPEAL BY TWO MEN IS SUCCESSFUL AN APPEAL by two Chinese. Hoe Leong and Koh Ah Meng. against a conviction of voluntarily causing hurt to a compatriot was allowed by Mr. Justice Manning In the High Court yesterday. Hof> Leong had been bound over to keep the peace for a
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    AMUSEMENTS
    137 10 UFIUI 1101,1 Cocktail Dance 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. DiimtT <?.: Dane* c Informal) 9.45 to MkniiKht i.tr.KU-K THKATKk. GtVLANG 'jmt Africa Union Tai ilkat 7.45 p GKtAI VVOKI.D Cabaret 6 30 to 8.40 9 30 p.m. to Midnight. Globe: Dawn Patrol. Sky bomr iJke It Hot. Atlantic Tliealre
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    BODY ON RAILWAY
    48 10 THE mutilated body of a male Sikh was found on the railway track near Holland Road. Singapore, yesterday morning. The police believe that the man was run over by one of the early trains. An inquiry will be held by the Coroner in due course.
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    Malayan Names For B. E. F. Centres
    129 10 THE Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, has been informed by the National V.M.C.A. war service fund that the £5.000 recently sent from the Malaya Patriotic Fund is to be used to provide V.M.C.A. centres in France named after this country. It is proposed to
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    PENANG FOOD CAMPAIGN
    257 10 Growing More In Settlement (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Jan. 24. AMASS cultivation scheme is in progress in the rural districts of Penang, particularly In the Balik Pulau district where almost r ery square foot of arable land has been tilled and planted with tapioca, sweet potatoes
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    CRIPPLED SHIP TOWED TO HONG KONG
    80 10 FUND helpless near British North Borneo with a broken prooeller shaft, a 5,800-ton Ben Line steamer has arrived in Hong Kong for repairs after being towed to Manila by a Greek steamer and from Manila by the tug Henry Keswick. As soon as she
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    CHINESE NONYA AND JEWELLERY BROKING
    107 10 'From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Jan. 24. IN her public examination in the Penang Bankruptcy Court, a Chinese nonya, Ong Kheng Kee, said that during the "boom days," when the price of rubber was high, she made as much as $5,000 profit as a Jewellery
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    PENANG'S UNREGISTERED HAWKERS ROUNDED UP
    49 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang. Jan. 23. UNREGISTERED Itinerant hawkers found on the streets of Penang yesterday were roui.ded up and arrested. It was the first occasion on which the authorities had taken action since the commissioners passed the hawk?rs' bye-laws on Jan. 1.
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    SOCIETY CHARGE
    52 10 A REQUEST for 24 hours' police custody was granted in the case of Chng Cheng Chong, who claimed trial in the Singapore second court yesterday to a charge of being a member of an unlawful society In North Bridge Road on Sunday. The case was postponed a week
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    Merchant's Suit Concerning Johore Partnership
    434 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Jan. 23. UOW a $100,000 rubber plantation and tapioca factory business commenced in partnership by a Chinese syndicate at Kahang, Kluang. in January, 1929, under the title of Teck Leong San and Co., changed hands to a European company
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    NEW SWITCHBOARD FOR FIRE BRIGADE
    216 10 TNSTEAD of running from corner to corner of the watchroom in order to receive and put through calls and to deal with lire alarms, watchroom operators of the Singapore Fire Brigade can deal with all calls now while sitting in a chair. This is made
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    "BROKEN ROSARY"
    48 10 "The Broken Rosary," (Jean Adriennc. Derek Oldhatn and Vesta Victoria.) Columbia. At the Pavilion. THIS picture will appeal to music lovers, fcr it has a full complement of old time favourites such as "Aye Maria," "Asthore." and "The Minstrel Boy" sung by Jean Adrlenne and Oldham.
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    RAILWAY MAN MARRIED
    159 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 23. J^R. Arkless Lockey, of the F.M.S. l Railways, was married yesterday at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Kuala Lumpur, to Miss Marjory T. Simpson, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Simpson, of Eogie Green, Larkhall. Lanarkshire, Scotland. The
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    MEDICAL CESS ON ESTATES
    316 10 Commission Set Up In Johore REPORT EXPECTED IN SIX MONTHS (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Jan. 24. THE Johore Government haa appointed an estate medical cess commission to inquire whether a scheme is possible and practicable for a cess payable by employers of labour on
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    NO CHANGE IN STRIKi POSITION
    37 10 THERE is no change in the strike of f//Sapore Harbour Board dockyard artisans, said an officer of the Board to a Straits limes reporter today. Pickets are still posted at the gates.
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    Sargeant Weds
    40 11 Sergeant nr.d Mrs. J. F. Gleany after their tceddiny at the Tanglin Garrison Church yesterday. Sergeant Gleany is in the Royal Engineers and his bride was formerly Miss Joan Irene Simpson, of Richmond, Yorkshire. Report in Page 12.
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    Sawmill Man Alleges He Was Waylaid
    220 11 Sawmill Man Alleges He Was Waylaid AN allegation that he was waylaid by five men and robbed of $5 was made by a sawmill worker Lim Eh Kian. at the Singapore Assizes before Mr. Justice Pedlow yesterday. Llm was giving evidence In a charge of gang robbery against a man
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    INCIDENT IN AMERICANSHIP ALLEGED
    76 11 AN elderly Russian. Boris Evanoff, was yetcrday produced in the Singapore fourth court where a charge of voluntarily causing hurt to Richard Daly v-i»h :i pocket knife was r xplainjd to him. The incident was alleged to have taken place on board the cargo .•■tf-amer Washingtcnian
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    WARRANT ENGINEER TRIED BY NAVAL COURT MARTIAL
    1191 11 Found Guilty Of Act Prejudicial To Good Order Discipline DOCUMENT PURPORTING TO SHOW LOSSES IN H.M.S. COURAGEOUS TRIED by a Naval court m Hercules Wright, Warrant one of His Majesty's ships, prejudicial to good order and before a leading stoker a do likely
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    Entertainments For Indian Soldiers
    211 11 Entertainments For Indian Soldiers $3,000 RAISED BY COMMITTEE rFFORTS made so far to collect funds to provide entertainment for the Indian troops now stationed in Singapore have been successful and over $3,000 has been raised by the committee. The accounts of the committee show that a sum of $1,957.09 has
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    BURIAL AT SEA OF MR. A. R. REID
    354 11 THE burial at sea of the late Mr. Alexander Rennie Reid, who died at the General Hospital on Monday, took place yesterday afternoon and was attended by the family and close Triends. The launch conveying the remains left the Master Attendant's pier
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    POLICE MOTORCYCLIST EXONERATED
    184 11 A VERDICT of dealh by m;<;adven ure was returned by the Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. O. Porter, yesterday at an Inquest on an e'derly woman, Teck Neo, who died from injuries received when she was Knocked dewn by a motor-cych in Havelock Road on Jan. 14. Returnns
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    YAM TUAN'S TRIBUTE TO RETIRING RESIDENT
    232 11 |U|R. G. L. Ham, British Resident, iTI Neßri Sembilan. who Is retiring at the end of this month was entertained to tiffin on Thursday by the Yang di-Pertuan Besar at the Astana Sri Menanti. Among those present were memb2rs ot the royal family. theUndang.
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    More Canadians Arrive In Britain
    27 12 A further contingent of the Canadian Active Service Force has arrived in Britain. Several of the soldiers wore woolly caps on arrival.
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    HOW MALAYAN MONEY FOR WAR CHARITIES IS SPENT
    222 12 IT is not generally understood that the functions of the Red Cross and the scope of its work in war-time are prescribed and restricted by international agreement. Funds subscribed to the Malaya Patriotic Fund and passed on to the Red Cross and
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    Doctor Fined On Driving Charge
    140 12 Doctor Fined On Driving Charge (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh. Jan. 23. COUND guilty of negligent drlv- ing. Dr. Edward Laidlaw Thomson, of Singapore, was fined $30 by the Ipoh magistrate, who also ordered the endorsement of his driving licence. While Dr. Thomson was driving to Ipoh last Saturday his
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    MINISTER OF ECONOMIC WARFARE TO BROADCAST
    80 12 London, Jan. 23. A RECORDING of the broadcast by the Minister of Economic Warfare. Mr. R. H. Cross, will be heard on Thursday at 6.05 a.m. (Malayan time) on GSC, GSD, GSF and GSB. at 11.50 a.m. i Malayan time» on GSL. GSD, GSC
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    MR. LEONG SIN NAM'S FUNERAL
    47 12 i From Our Own C^rresocndent" Ipoh, Jan. 23. T^E late Mr. Leong Sin Nam. Perak Chinese leader, w.ll be the firs: to be interred in the new Chinese cemetery at Tinji when the funeral takes place at 10 a.m. on Jan. 31.
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    P. & T. EMPLOYEE ON DRIVING CHARGES
    149 12 P. T. EMPLOYEE ON DRIVING CHARGES Sequel To Boy's Death In Accident From Our Own Correspondent* Ipoh Jar. 23. AS A SEQUEL to a collision between a motor-car and a motor-cycle at the third mile. Gopeng Road, on Sunday. W. H. Mitchell, of the Posts and Telegraphs Department, Ipoh, was
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    EARRING SNATCHING IN CHINATOWN
    78 12 COR snatching a pair of earrings from 1 n w-mn whi'e she was walking near the Junction of South Bridge Road aim Upper Cress Street on Jan. 15 Leong Toh was sentenced to three weeks' rigorous imprisonment and ordered to receive six strokes of the rotan
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    Sweep Ticket Winners Get Married
    250 12 Sweep Ticket Winners Get Married (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Jan. 23. JLIR. J. William Webb and Miss ITI Cora Scharenguivel, who were partners In a sweep ticket which recently drew a first prize of $25,000, were married at the Church of the Assumption yesterday. The bride is a daughter
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    R.E. SERGEANT WEDS AT TANGLIN
    115 12 OERGEANT John Francis Gleany. of the Royal Engineers, was married at the Tanglin Garrison Church yesterday to Miss Joan Irene Simpson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs P Simpson, of Richmond, Yorkshire, England. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Gleany of Ash, Surrey.
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    FOOTBALLER ENGAGED
    43 12 THE engagement of Mr. Gan Kee Siang. Singapore's left wing football representative, is announced to Miss Lye Hou Yin. eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lye Yeow Kuan. Mr. Kee Siang is the son of Mr. and Mrs Gan Hock Chuan.
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    HOUSEBREAKING CHARGE
    57 12 BAIL of $200 was allowed Ahmat bin Bacha when he claimed trial in the Singapore district court yesterday to breaking into a house in Kirn Keat Road between Dec. 28 and Jan. 5 in order to steal a pair of gold bangles and a gold ring worth $42.
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    MALAY NEWS BULLETIN
    387 12 LBBEII daripada 6,b00 butlr bom telah dlKugorkan oleh kapa!2 terbang Russian d:ilam Pinland pada mlnggu yang lalu. Tetapl orang2 yang matl oleh-nya ta' banyak, kerana oranga semu* lart berlindong ka-dalam tempat2 perllndongan dl-bawah tanah apablla kedenijaran kapa!2 terbang bom ltu datang. Maka dl-klra2 pada tlap2 sa-orang yang
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    PLAN TO WIPE OUT POLES
    337 13 Sterilization Of Boys Girls PRIEST ON GERMAN mmuKiTiES I' Pope's broadcast from the! •1 Vatican wireless station on German persecution of the Poles in German-occupied territory has b< in followed by the publication of long report giving detailed accounts of the persecution. '"he report was
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    Jamming Of Turkish Broadcasts By U.S.S.R.
    78 13 London, Jan. T3. 6HOKTLI it (r inauguration it •J «M found that the Turkish broadcasts in English were being interfered with by "jamming" and competent London circles thought this interference probably tame fr 'tn the Soviet I'nion. Whether •jamming" fci deliberate Mai in doubt,
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    Royal Household Staff To Save
    87 13 Royal Household Staff To Save L-indon. Jan. SPEAKING yesterday to the Westminster National Savings Committee, the Financial Secretary to the Treasury. Capt. H. Crookshank, stated that a special committee had been formed in the Royal hjusehuld with the King's approval as part of the already existing national savings group. The
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    CITY OF LONDON SEAT FOR SIR A. DUNCAN
    56 13 pITY OP LONDON Conservatives have decided to invite Sir Andrew Du.ican. President of the Board Trade, to meet them with a view to his adoption as candidate for Parliament. His unopposed return as member tn replace Sir Alan Anderson, who Is willing
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    EXPERTS ON SUCCESS OF BLACK-OUT IN LONDON
    170 13 London, Jan. 23. HOMt: Office experts, basing their views on information received from six civil pilots who have been making flights over London after dark regularly since the outbreak of war, state that the black-out is so •ive as to make navigation for
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    Soviet Uneasiness Over The Near East
    171 13 RED ARMY CHIEFS SEE ALLIED TBRE VI TO GERMANY'S SOUTHERN FLANK Moscow, Jan. 23. "IMPRESSIVE Allied troop concentrations" in Egypt, Palestine and Syria is the subject of an article in the Soviet General Staff organ, the Red Star, which says that such a concentration
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    PRINCE SAIONJI ILL
    27 13 Tokio, Jan. 23. PRINCE Salonjl, the Elder Statesman, is in a very critical condition. He is suffering from complications follorving an Intestinal cold.— Reuter.
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    EX-MINISTER SEEKS DIVORCE
    27 13 Bucharest, Jan. 23. M NICOLAS TITULESCU, former Foreign Minister, has begun divorce proceedings against his wife, Katherlne. on grounds of insults and cruelty.— Reuter.
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    VICEROY'S FRESH APPEAL TO LEADERS
    2302 14 Dominion Status Pledge Is Reaffirmed IMMEDIATE ENLARGEMENT OF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Bombay. A DECLARATION that His Majesty's Government's objective for India has been made clear as full Dominion Status under the Statute of Westminster, and that their concern was to reduce to the minimum the interval
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    Indian Navy In War-Time
    443 14 GUARDING THE COASTLINE New Delhi. CINCE the outbreak of the war, the Royal Indian Navy, like the British Navy, has wrapped itself in a veil of secrecy, and little is heard of its activities. Much difficult and arduous work Is being performed, however, in keepinr the
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    Bank Directors Convicted
    214 14 Trlvandrum. A SENTENCE of rigorous imprisonment on three charges, tcta'ling eight years, and a fine of Rs. 2.000. in default an additional six months, was passed on C. P. Matthen. former managing direct or of the Travancore National and Qullcn Bank, in the ca?e in which he
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    S.C.C. "A" AND R.E. WIN AGAIN
    490 15 Yesterday's Ties In Seven-A-Side Rugby Fl 9JCJC "A" and the R.E. (Fortress Coy.) won their came; yesterday in the quarter-finals of the seven -a -side rugby tournament. .The S.( "A" defeated the R.A.F. (Ten- rah) "A" by 11 points (two tries and a goal)
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    State Hockey On The Padang
    51 15 Singapore beat Selangor by two goals to nil in a return State hockey match on the S.C.C. padang on Saturday. This picture, taken during the first half of the game, shows Singapore's first goal being scored, while Umpire Jeff. Tessensohn looks on intently. Straits Times
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    FERNLET AND HARLOWE BEST BETS TO-DAY
    477 15 Second Day Of Ipoh Races D AWANG, Fernlet and Harlo we should be the best things to follow this afternoon at Ipoh in the second day's racing- in connection with the Perak Turf Club's January meeting. The programme consists of nine racs, with the
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    SELECTIONS
    107 15 FOLLOWING are selections for this afternoon's races at Ipoh: Straits Times Race 1. Explode, East Lynne. Race 2. Rawang, The First Patrol. Race 3. Fernlet, Kit. Race 4. Miss Sardis. Wait-A-Bit. Race 5. The Poacher, Never Set. Race 6. Scribble, Dangerous Lover. Race 7. Drift On, Turn Over. Rare
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    5.A.O.B. VICE-VERSA RUGBY AT FARRER PARK
    121 15 A VICE-VERSA MATCH will be held at Far:er Park to-morrow at 5.00 p.m. and the following are requested to turn up with coloured and white Jerseys. F. Thomas, R. Eu, Fam Choo Beng, W. Ponniah, J. Ferguson, W. Ferguson, P. Ferguson, W. Moss, J.
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    S.C.R.C. CRICKET MEETING
    81 15 AT a meeting of the cricket section of the S.C.R.C., the following officers were elected: Captain. Seah Keng Siew; vice-cap-tain, Eu Cheow Chye: convenor. Evan Wong; Clarke Cup representative, Low Kee Choc. Net practices will be held on Tuesday and Thursday of each week, commencing on Thursday,
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    S.C.C. HOCKEY TODAY
    62 15 r THE FOLLOWING have accepted to play hockey for S.C.C. vs. R.A.F. (Tengah) to-day at the S.C.C. Major F. E. Robertson: Rev. A. S. Giles. WjComdr. F. E. Watts: D. H. Tudor R. N. Elliot, D. A. P. Konlng; C. P. Liston. F. L. Lane, M. W.
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    PERAK BEAT SELANGOR IN VETERANS' HOCKEY
    231 15 "From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh. Jan. 20. PERAK defeated Selangor by lour goalo to two in the first interstate veterans' hockey encounter played on the padang this evening. The game was thrilling trim beginning to finish, most of the old-timers proving themselves to be
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    MALAYAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
    483 15 To Be Held At Ipoh On Feb. 10 Over 8-Mile Route (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh. AT a meeting of the All-Malaya inter-team cross country championships committee, held at the Town Hall on Saturday, the 8-mile route to be followed by competitors was decided upon. The
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    28 15 RUGBY S.C.C. S«ven-A-Side Tournament. HOCKEY S.C.C. vs. R.A.F. (Tengah), S.C.C.; V.M.C.A. vs. Indian Association, Prince Edward Road; S.R.C. vs. Police, S.R.C; Y.W.CA. v*. G.S.C, G^SX^
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    Singapore State Hockey Teams Over Week-end
    103 15 THE following team has been selected to play Johore in a State hockey match on the S.R.C. padang on Friday:' V. N Pillay K. Muthucumaru, R.,A. U. Todd; G. Clarke, W. J. Peel (capt.), P. Gupta; S. K. Sundram, K. Leembruggen, Sheik Hussein, Cheow
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    WALKER WINS AKUZAWA CUP AT ISLAND CLUB
    108 15 THE 36 HOLES competition for the Akuzawa Cup at the Island Club over the week-end was won by W. H. Walker with a net score of 143. Some of the best cards returned were: W. H. Walker 94—24=70 and 97—24= 73=143; R. R.
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    ROXY THEATRE B.P.
    86 15 THE Roxy Theatre Badminton Party will hold its annual general meeting at 10 a. m. to-morrow at the Roxy Theatre Roof Garden. The following will represent the Roxy Thea're Badminton Party in a friendly badminton match of four singles and three doubles with the Premierian Badminton Party
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    MAYFLOWER B.P. KEEP SHIELD
    246 15 TIIK Mayflower Badminton Party succeeded in retaining the shielcf of the local inter-club badminton championships for anotVt.i- year when they played and won their last match against the Useful Badriiitton Party, whom they beat by five games to nil on Monday nisht. It is understood that
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    WOMEN'S JANUARY SPOON SHOOT
    43 15 WOMEN'S JANUARY SPOO N SHOOT THE S.L.R.A. January Spocn choo naulted in a win for Mrs. Taj Llau Teck, with Mr. 1 Hutchlngs sec i.d Scores were: Mrs. Tay Lian Te< k 24 28 2K II Mrs. Hut -hings. 28, 24, 26, M
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    V.M.C.A. HOCKEY
    68 15 THE FOLLOWING have been to play hockey for the YM.CA. aprainst Indian Associa! v at 5.10 p.m. on the Anson Road ground: V. N. Pillay: A. C. Wilton, A. C. Edgar; Goh Chin Chye. G. L. Day. F. Hutchinscn; Mok Kirn. Lee Fong Lim, Gan Kec Tian, A.
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    BRITISH ATTITUDE TOWARD THE TOKIO PROTEST
    924 16 ARREST OF GERMAN SEAMEN IN JAPANESE LINER Action Was In Accordance With International Law THE action of the British naval forces in removing German merchant officers and seamen from the Japanese liner Asama Maru is fully in accordance with inte. national law, says a
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    FINLAND MUST HAVE MORE HELP TO CARRY ON WAR
    353 16 Scandinavia's Future Said To Be Dependent On U.S. Assistance New York, Jan. 23. v WITHOUT more foreign active support than is at present forthcoming, Finland cannot hold out for much more than ten weeks, according to reports from the European agents
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    Red Onslaughts Repulsed
    162 16 A MID rocks and thick forest, north of Lake Ladoga, the Finns are desperately repulsing; repeated Russian onslaughts along a front ot over 50 miles, employing tactics used at Suomussalmi and elsewhere, reports Ueuter from :«ki. They adopt tha method whereby ited the Romans at ie. The
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    EX-SWEDISH MINISTER'S ESCAPE IN AIR RAID
    91 16 Copenhagen, Jan. 23. DURING his recent visit to Finland the former Swedish Foreign Minister, M. Sandier, had a narrow escape when a bomb struck jyi air raid shelter in which he was taking cover. The story has Just been revealed by the National Tidende.
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    MR. JINNAH ON MINORITIES
    141 16 Hint To British Government T*HE President of the All -India Muslim League, Mr. M A. Jlnnah, declared yesterday that the British Government must not yield to threats and coercion by one party. He was referring to Mr. Gandhi's statement that the Viceroys latest pronouncement contained the
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    WHY SOUTH AFRICA JOINED THE WAR
    88 16 London, Jan. 23. IN a message to the Kuruman electors where an election is pending General Smuts, the South African Prem'er dea'ing with the feasibility of the Union remaining neutral In the present war said. 'To me It Is clear as daylight that neutrality
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    No R.A.F. Aircraft Over Holland
    65 16 No R. A.F. Aircraft Over Holland British Reply To Dutch Allegation London, Jan. 23. r-IE Air Ministry announced to-day that the aircraft which was alleged to have violated Netherlands neutrality yesterday could not have been British. The Dutch Government announced its intention of protesting both to Britain and Germany as
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    Mr. Eden's Message To New Zealand
    158 16 Mr. Eden's Message To New Zealand London, Jan. 22. AT the New Zealand centennial celebrations. Lord Willingdon, a former Governor-General of Canada and Viceroy of India, who Is representing the British Government at the ceremony, read a message from the Secretary for Dominion Affairs, Mr. Anthony Eden. The demonstration of
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    CHURCHILL'S SPEECH
    99 16 Wrong 1 Interpretation By Neutral States P sir is tJcin 23 DERTINAX, writing In L'Ordrt to-day. takes neutral countries to task for their attitude towards the broadcast of Mr. Churchill. British First Lord of the Admiralty. He says that the speech In no way 'ent itself to the
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    ENEMY'S LOSSES IN RAID
    35 16 Paris, Jan. 23. THE French war communique sayr that west of the Vosges the enemy suffered losses when a raid they had launched was repulsed. It Is still bitterly cold.— Reuter
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    DEPUTATION TO THE BRITISH EMBASSY
    64 16 A HUNDRED people demonstrated in front of the British Embassy in Tokio yesterday against the stopping of the Asama Maru and the Embassy gates had to be locked and heavily guarded, reports Reuter. The police allowed the crowd to elect a deputation who entered the
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    BIG EXPLOSIONS IN LONDON PLANNED BY I. R. A. FOILED
    215 16 London, Jan. 23. DOTH appeals against the death ■^sentences imposed for the IRA. bomb outrage in Coventry were dlsnmsed at the Old Bailey to-day, says Reuter. The hearing wa& attended by very strong precautionary measures on the part of the
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    Germans In Other Japanese Ships
    90 16 Tokia, Jan. 24. npilE question of other JapanA ese liners now en route to Japan is claiming the Japanese Government's attention, according to the Domei Agency. The liners are the Laplata Maru and the Tatsuta Maru, from the United States, and the Ginyo Maru, which
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