The Straits Times, 10 February 1940

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    37 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY 1 SINGAPORE, 140 CECIL ST. ('PHONE 5471). KUALA LUMPUR, 25 JAVA ST. ('PHONE 3683). M^L.4V/4'.S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1940 PRICE 5 CENTS. l(i PAGES
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      236 1 TO FAMILY MEN! You toil all your lives 10 bequeath a sound estate to your heirs. How often are these intentions destroyed by weak or dishonest executors, and your families reduced to poverty! Guard against such evils by en trusting your estate to the administration of a skilled and independent
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      502 2 fr Straite Watm SMALL APST 25 cents per line (Six words). Minimum charge $1. Box No. 25 cents extra. Small Ada. are prepayable DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE BIRTH tKHGUSSON— On 9th February 1940, at the Maternity Hospital. Singapore to Winifred, v.ife of E. M. F. Fergusson, a son. SITUATIONS VACANT When applying
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      638 2 FOR SALE FOR SALE, complete equipment 16 MM Cine Kodak "K M 1.9, including Kodascope "E." Resistance. Universal splicer. Rewind, < Titler, excellent condition. What offers? Apply Box 204. Stralte Times. FOR SALE Breakfast set (Oreen Dragon) dinner c service (IVY) all glass, china, cutlery, and cooking utensils for six
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      800 2 MOTOR VEHICLES FOR SALE Austin 12' Saloon 4 cyl. H.P. 12 (1934) (in tip top condition). Price $500 or nearest offer. Phone 3175^ USED CARS: Austins, Fords. Morris, Citroen, Standard etc. The Eastern Auto Co.. Ltd. 89/79 Orchard Road. Singapore. 193* VAUXHALL 14 H.P. Saloon. Owner driven. Insured January 1041,
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      464 2 PUBLIC NOTICES ULU KLANG TIN LIMITID. (Incorporated In the F.M.S.) NOTICE OF DIVIDEND AND CLOSURE OF TRANSFER REGISTERS NOTICE Is hereby given that a Dividend No. 17 of 5 per cent, has been declared by the Directors payable to shareholders on the Registers of Members at Kuala Lumpur md London
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  • M.C.S. OFFICER ON 'SAVAGE CULT' OF HITLERISM
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      TIDE TABLES SINGAPORE
      184 4 H. W 00.15 a.m. 9 ft. 11.50 ajn. 9.6 ft. L- W 5.51 am. 33 ft.: 3.15 pjn. 1.2 ft, To-morrow H. W. 00 .37 a.m. ri ft.: 12.2; pjn. 9.6 ft. L. W 6.17 a.m 2.9 ft: 639 pjn. 1.5 ft. Monday. Feb. 12 H. W.
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    Fraser & Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations
    1312 4 Fraser Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations SAtUKDAY, FEB. M, 194«. 1« AM. HI VINO Bayers Sellert Ampat Tin i.4«) 5s 5s 6d Austral Amal. (ss; Cs Gs 6d c.d. Austral Mala; '£> Vk 39a c.d Ayer nit.mi -;4s 9d 25s 9d Ayer Wenc .80 .85 Bangrin Tin 21s 8d 22s 9d
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    Post Office Mail List
    117 4 latest i« ting timts lor i.-.. 10-DAY Brunei Sui fact i Kuala Uciait < Surface Japan i Surface Java Surface i Java i Air Labuon i Surface i New Zealand < Surface I North Borneo i Surface i Sarawak, Kuching (Surface) Miri Surface I I Sumatra,
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    LYALL AND EVATIS DAILY QUOTATIONS
    232 4 LYALL AND EVATI S DAILY QUOTATIONS i S.iu.'.in<,;r. Feb. IU. In MINIM, Bajlll Sillr Ampau Atistrnj Aiaum li 3 (i li Batu oelautror- 1.57 1. 93 I Hong Katus I.M l.» jekbut 0.89 Kam(.on? LaujuU U/K. Knmi:nm l- U li Kamuuting 12. r.i Klaug Rivers 2.05 I.M KrainaU 11 6
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      598 5 Rubber Spurts Smelters Shares Advance By Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, Feb. 10. A WELCOME surprise has come to the markets during the holidays In the shape of the Jump In the price of spot and near rubber In London to the highest figure reached for several years.
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      SPECIAL PROTECTION NOT NEEDED
      627 5 London, Feb. 10 THE newspapers approve the terms Cl the reply which the Minister lor H-jme Security, Sir John Anderson, gave to a Boos of Commons question r.s to whether the police would prevent Fascist interruption at public meetings address c<\ by Cabinet Ministors. Sir John
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      PORTUGAL PREPARES TO MEET WAR EFFECTS
      92 5 Lisbon. Feb. 10. CIVIL governors throughout Portugal were summoned to the capital on Thursday by the Ministry of Interior to hear a speech by Dr. A. Salazar. the Prime Minister, on the country's attitude to the war, according to a communique. Dr. Salazar discussed
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      83 5 Wednesday, Feb. noon. Bayers Seller* Prices Prices No. IX B.S S. (Spot loose) Zl% n% No. IX R.S.S. f.o.b. in rases February 381, 38% G.F.A.Q. R.S.S. r.cb. in bale* February 36 V. 3694 FAQ. R.S.S. f.o.b. in bales February 36 36 'a FUTURE QUOTATIONS No.
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      COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
      154 5 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES i Prom Our Own Correspondent) London, Feb. 9. COMMODITY and Exchange market* closed v roUovw trttb orevlous Quotation* Id parenthesl*:— RUBBER: Strong. Spot 13 13j16d 13 15|10d (12 7|l6d ia 9|l6d) March 12% d 12 15]lfld (12tfd 12 »|l6d) Apr-May 12ttd 12 s|l«d (ll%d 12d) Judy-Sept HHd ll%d
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      117 5 Singapore. Feb. 7. nooii. Buyen Sellers Gambler *™j} Hamburg Cube Java Cube 1300 White Muntok *J*-*° White «*-W Black 825 Copra Mixed J3.£ Sun Dried MBO Sago Four No 1 Limcsa $0.5!> FaiT $5-50 Sarawak 06.25 Jetotomg Palembane Banja |J*-W Sarawak Topioca Small Flake J l^ Pair
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      EXCHANGES
      180 5 Wednesday, Feb. 7. The following are me exchange rates tnJj morning according to the dally circular Issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation SELLING London T.T V,\Vi\l London demand 2/4 l/ie Rate lor freight 2/4 1 Lyons demand 2057 Switzerland demand 208 Hamburg demand New York demand 43%
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      SEDENAK RUBBER PAYS 3 PER CENT. MORE Net Profit Of £26,500
      69 5 SEDENAK RUBBER PAYS 3 PER CENT. MORE Net Profit Of £26,500 SEDENAK RUBBER ESTATES is raising its dividend for the year ended Oct. 31 last by 3 per cent, to 7 per cent. Payment is on Jan. 29. Net profit for the year is £26,5552, according to a preliminary statement.
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      FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
      169 5 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Singapore, Feb. 10, 10 a.m. Books Total far Company Dividend Close Date Ex Dly. financial year Its Payable Date to dat* Austral Amal 3d. Austral Malay 9d. and 113 bonus JJ 0 Berjuntai 6d. Feb. 19 Feb. 28 Feb. 20 10% Kampong Kamuntlng 3d.
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      London Stock Exchange
      366 5 London, Feb. 9. An tl\e Stock Exchange to-day Home rails were again active. Early but quiet support for gilt-edged at the lower levels caused a reversal of the trend and final prices showed useful gains on the day. Indian stocks Improved while rubber., strengthened in sympathy with
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      U.S. SURPLUS ARMS FOR SCANDINAVIA?
      108 5 Direct Sales To Finns Are Unlikely Washington. Feb. 9. THE advisability of selling surplus j army and navy guns and other munitions to Scandinavian nations is reported to have been discussed at a conference at the White House yesterday. President Roosevelt stated his press conference
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      Hertzog-Malan Party Wins Seat
      110 5 Hertzog-Malan Party Wins Seat Johannesburg, Feb. 9. THE new "Reunited" Party of Gen. Hertzog, ex-Premier, and Mr. D. F. Malan, Nationalist party leader, won a seat at Kuruman yesterday in the first Parliamentary by-election since its formation. The "Reunited" Party candidate received 3,255 votes against 2,452 for the United Party
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      LABOUR EMPHASIZES BRITISH UNITY
      198 5 London, Feb. 9. THE unanimity behind Britain's war effort is illustrated by the welcome given by the British Press to the Labour Party manifesto on war and peace aims, which was issued Thursday and proclaimed that the Allies war purpose must be to defeat Hitler'sm and
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    Conditions Of Life Are Now Being Re-shaped
    454 7 EVEN now the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire." It is the familiar picture of the i cutting down of trees, and John
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    CHURCH SERVICES FOR TO-MORROW
    1197 7 CHURCH OF ENGLAND ST ANDREWS CATHEDRAL.— First Sunday in Lent. 6.50 a.m., Holy Communion; 7 30 a.m.. Matins; 8 a.m.. Choral EucharWt; 10.15 a.m.. Sunday school; 5.30 Pjn.. Evensong and sermon. Preacher: The Archdeacon BT. PETERS CHURCH. Naval Base.— Sunday. 8 a.m., Holy Communion. DOCKSIDE ACCOMMODATION.—Sunday
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    An Unusual Book About Ships
    170 7 THE koleh— "a native craft of the Straights Settlements"— is featured in one of the most unusual books to have been published. It is "Ships, Boats and Craft" (Herbert Jenkins 55.) which is the result of a lifetime pastime by the author, Stuart E. Beck,
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    "Twins, Not Quins," Cries Pa Geheza
    87 7 SAVED HAMADA GEHEZA stood on the steps of his home in Cairo tryIng to persuade a vast cheering crowd that he is not the father of quins, only twins. It Is suspected that a practical Joker, impersonating a doctor, spread the report of quins.
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  • the Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, FEB. 10, 1940. (162 nd. Day of the War.)
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      ROAD vs. RAIL IN WARTIME
      1073 8 War has given a curious twist to the controversy as to the relative merits of road and rail transport. Persistent agitation for the construction of new roads throughout the United Kingdom, on the lines of the German Autobahnen, met with firm refusal on the part
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  • Letters To The Editor
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      "THIS FUNNY WAR" Will Germany Lead World Attack On Russia?
      348 8 "THIS FUNNY WAR" Will Germany Lead World Attack On Russia? To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Anent your recent leader on what is frequently termed this "funny" war, could I submit some observations, and contend that the stalemate on the Western Front is a condition imposed by the
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      SCHOOL FEES
      238 8 A Little Arithmetic For Complaining Father To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— l agree with B.TX). that a boy attends school for seven months, but, nevertheless, he has to pay $48 for it. in 12 instalments of $4. S.T.D. now seems to understand that if he
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      A MODEL MARKET
      170 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, I shall be much obliged, if you will publish these observations about the public market at Upper Serangoon. I found the market in Somapah Village very clean and sanitary. The fence, the vegetable garden on one side, the flower
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      AN URGENT NEED
      60 8 To the Editor of the S. raits Times Sir— ln my opinion a sanitarium is urgently needed for curin? certain typ?s of diseases such as phthisis. I d;> not understand why Malaya does not have such an establishment. Cameron Highlands and Frascrs Hill are deai spots for
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      CINEMA TICKETS
      252 8 Appreciation Of Advanced Booking Scheme To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— The management ot the Capitol has earned ths gratitude of all cinema patrons of the lower-priced seats for being the first to introduce the policy of selling tickets in advance of the evening performances. This
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      "KERALA" Definition Of Malaya lam Words
      189 8 "KERALA" Definition Of Malaya lam Words To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— l would like to thank the authorities concerned for having afforded us an opportunity of listening to a radio talk in Malayalam by Mr. M. R. Ramakrishna Pillai. While endorsing Mr. Pillai's remarks, particularly about thp
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      FREE SCHOOLING
      127 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— l think school fees should be reduced or free schools established for the benefit of the poorer classes. Literacy should not be a luxury.— Yours, etc., G.K.Y. Singapore, Feb. 7. IRISH INTERNMENT BILL Dublin, Feb. 9. The Supreme Court, by
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      President Lebrun Visits British Troops
      163 8 I Paris. Feb 9. i At the invitation of Lord Gort, Commander-in-Chief of the British s Forces in France, President Lebrun i spent the day among the British troops. He visited a number of encampments and admired the fins standard of the troops. The president,
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    AN EASTERN BOOKSHELF "Madame"
    549 8 AN EASTERN BOOKSHELF "Madame" '•China in Peace and War" By Madame Chiang Kai-shek. With a Preface by Charlotte Haldane, (Hurst and Blackctt Illus. 16s. net). ■THE final test of a civilisation seems more and more to resolve itself into the attitude of men to their women. With us. King George
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    Mind Workers
    354 8 Three Ways of Thought in Ancient China. By Arthur Waley. Allen and I'nwin. 7s. 6d. WHETHER he is "journeying with Chuang Tzu in the realm of Nothing Whatever." analysing the Confucian ideal type of Kingly Government by Goodness (as advocated by Mencius) or discussing the practical advice to
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  • ROOSEVELT'S SPECIAL ENVOY TO EUROPE
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      Mr. Sumner Welles & "A Personal Survey"
      735 9 Mr. Sumner Welles "A Personal Survey" TO VISIT BRITAIN, FRANCE, GERMANY AND ITALY U.S. Begins "Peace Talks" With Neutral States PRESIDENT Roosevelt announced in Washington last night that Mr. Sumner Welles, the UnderSecretary of State, is to leave for Europe next week to make a personal survey of conditions in
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      150 Nazi Planes Fly At Sylt
      48 9 Copenhagen, Feb. 10. GREAT aircraft activity was re- ported from the German air base at Sylt about 6 p.m. last night. About 150 planes were seen in the air at once, and an hour later five squadrons were seen Hying westwards. Renter.
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      Counterfeiters H. Q. In Reich
      159 9 Toronto, Feb. 10. POLICE yesterday seized a trunk r containing $53,200 worth of counerfelt money and claim to have hwarted a plot to distribute $200,000 rorth of Canadian counterfeit money imong Balkan banks. A man described as the ownsr of the runk and a woman
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      Lord Tweedsmuir In Critical State
      83 9 Ottawa, Feb. 9. THE condition of Lord Tweedsmuir, Governor-General of Canada who is suffering from concussion as the result of a fall In Government House, became more critical throughout the night and this morning an emergency trephining operation was performed, states a bulletin issued to-day
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      Marked Activity On Western Front
      60 9 Paris, Feb. 9. A FRENCH communique says that between the Moselle and the Saai artillery has been .markedly more active on both sides. An enemy air raid was repulsed. During reconnaissances carried out yesterday, a severe encounter took place during which Allied detachments suffered some
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      NOTED BEDOUIN CHIEF DIES IN CAIRO
      55 9 Caro, Feb. 10. THE death is announced of Hamed c Bassel Pasha, noted Bedouin chic who was formerly exiled to Malta witt the late Egyptian nationalist leade Zaghiul Pasha. He devoted the lattc: years of his life to fostering pMltlea and economic j'appitrhomont timoni
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      SOVIET FAIL TO ADVANCE "Not A Yard Of Territory Lost"
      551 9 SOVIET FAIL TO ADVANCE "Not A Yard Of Territory Lost" SOVIET troops are fighting fiercely to break the Mannerheim Line and hostilities have now extf-nd- i ed right across the Karelian Isthmus jj and arc apparently developing into the most serious onslaught since the j beginning of the war. It
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      Sir W. Citrine Tells Of Low Red Morale
      239 9 London, Feb. 9. GIVING impressions of his recent visit to Finland to journalists today, Sir Walter Citrine, general secretary of the Trades Union Council, said, "It is of serious interest to this country and the world as a whole that a very
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      Messerschmitt On View In Paris
      38 9 A crowd watching a badly damaged Messerschmitt, brought down by French anti-aircraft gunners on ihi Western Front, being unloaded in the Champs Ely sees in Paris, where it has been put on view.
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      NAZI PLANE SHOT DOWN Air Activity On British Coast
      451 9 NAZI PLANE SHOT DOWN Air Activity On British Coast London, Feb. 9. 'THE Air Ministry announces that an enemy aircraft was attacked by R.A.F. fighter command patrols and crashed near the Firth of Forth shortly after midday to-day. Two others are believed to have been seriously damaged. It is stated
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      North-West Frontier Casualties
      94 9 New Delhi, Feb. 10. PRTY-THREE people were killed and 82 wounded on the borders of Waziristan between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31, 1939, announced Mr. C. F. Caroe, Secretary for External Affairs, speaking in the Central Assembly yesterday. Mr. Caroe stated that except for the Shabhi Khel
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      Glasgow Vessel Sunk By Enemy
      127 9 London, Feb. 10. 'THE Glasgow steamer Chagres (5,400 tons) was sunk by enemy action in the north-west coa-t of England yesterday. Two of the crew of 64 are missing. The remainder have been landed, and several who were injured were taken to hospital. The captain
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      TWO U-BOATS SUNK
      287 9 TWO U-BOATS SUNK While Attacking A Convoy THE Admiralty announces that two U-boatr, which attacked a convoy have been sunk by a British destroyer. The Admiralty communique announcing the destruction of two U-boats states that it is not the normal practice of the Admiralty to announce sinkings of U-boats as
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    TRIBUTE TO ECONOMIC WAR EFFORT OF MALAYA
    957 10 The Times On Solid Support Of Whole Colonial Empire JUSTIFICATION OF METHODS OF BRITISH ADMINISTRATION (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 19. REFERENCE to the importance of Malaya as a producer of raw materials in the Colonial Empire's war effort in the economic
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    CLASSIFIED GUIDE OF MANUFACTURERS
    67 10 THERE have been additions and improvements to the fifth edition of the Classified Guide of Manufacturers. Traders and Professions in Malaya, which has Just been published. A number of new trades and types of businesses have been added to the already comprehensive list. The guide is
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    KHO SIN KIE'S FIANCEE
    230 10 Daughter Of Judge In Ceylon TO LIVE IN JAVA DURING WAR (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 18. I£HO Sin Kie. Wimbledon and Chinese Davis Cup lawn tennis player, who is to be married this week, will take his bride to the Netherlands Indies, where he
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    TO-NIGHT'S BROADCAST IN MALAY ON THE WAR
    119 10 HAJI Abdul Rahim Kalai, editor of Utusan Melayu, will broadcast from the 8.M.8.C. station to-night at 7 p.m. in the series of Saturday talks in Malay. The object of this talk will t>e to explain to the Malay public the course of the
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    MR. W. B. WHITE LEAVES £19,757.
    82 10 (From Our Own Correspondent; London. Jan. 19. AN estate of £19.757 has been left by the late Mr. W. B. White, until recently London manager of the Chartered Bank of India. Australia and China, who was manager of the Singapore branch of the bank
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    CHINESE BACK TO WORK AFTER HOLIDAY
    128 10 SINGAPORE Chinese returned to work this morning after two busy days of celebrating the lunar Chinese New Year. For many, work Is only a temporary necessity and there will be more festivities over the week-end, as it is only the third day of the
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    MALAYANS AT HOME
    391 10 Our Own Correspondent > A SON was born to Mrs. Winifred Sochon, wife of Mr. W. L. P. Sochon of Singapore, at Portland, England on Jan. 16. i MR. N. K. Bain, having found an idle retirement irksome, has taken a partnership in a firm of solicitors
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    Capt. Pat Dove's Trophy
    70 10 Capt. Patrick Dove, one of the BritUh merchant captains who teas a prisoner aboard the Nazi "pocket- battleship" Admiral Graf Spec, holds up a Graf Spec capband on his arrival at Tilbury. Capt. Dove was master of the Africa Shell, whi?h was sunk by the raider
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    EURASIANS TO SEND MESSAGE OF LOYALTY
    300 10 A FTER discussing the possibility of forming an all-Malayan Eurasian association at a two-day conference at the Singapore Recreation Club, delegates of various Eurasian associations decided that the matter is to receive further consideration. "I feel that although no resolution has been passed, each
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    SHIP SAVED BY SECRECY
    149 10 U-Boats Miss A Stranded Liner CALLS REGULARLY AT SINGAPORE (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 19. LJOW one of the best-known liners calling? regularly at Singapore, the Blue Funnel vessel Eumaeus, escaped destruction both from the sea and from German submarines is revealed to-day. For three
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    TAMILS' REFORM ASSOCIATION
    31 10 A LECTURE in Tamil on "Tamils and Tamilnad" will be delivered by Mr. L. Rajamanlkam at the Tamils' Reform Association premises, 20 Klan? Road, to-morrow at 7 p.m.
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    STOP PRESS
    88 10 Twenty -one Malay sappers from the Royal Engineers, Changi,— their ages ranging from 18 to 24 years were produced in the Singapore second court this morning on a charge of murder of a Chinese, Lim Ah Phang, at the Happy World Amusement Park on Feb. 7, by intentionally
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    46 COLD INDIFFERENCE" TO INDIAN OPINION
    1777 11 46 COLD INDIFFERENCE TO INDIAN OPINION C. I. A. M. President's Statement On Immigration Talks REASONS WHY NEGOTIATIONS IN NEW DELHI BROKE DOWN -11/ITHOUT doubt one of the most important of domestic matters affecting us is still the question of labour immigration into Malaya," said Mr. N. Raghavan, president of
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    Allied Cause Appeals To Indians
    326 11 Allied Cause Appeals To Indians CO-OPERATION IN SUPREME EFFORT "IT is almost platitudinous to say 1 that the most important event of the year was the declaration of war," declared Mr. N. Raghavan at the meeting of the Central Indian Association of Malaya at Penang yesterday. "It has affected all
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    BORNEO MOTORS MANAGER INJURED IN IPOH
    81 11 From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Feb. 9. MR. J. Ratcliffe, Ipob manager of Borneo Motors, Ltd., was admitted to hospital this afternoon suffering from injuries in the neck after a motor accident in Brewster Road. Mr. Ratcliffe's car was in collision with another car,
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    "Safety-Valves For Pent Up Patriotism" MORE INDIAN ASSOCIATIONS
    255 11 "Safety-Valves For Pent Up Patriotism" MORE INDIAN ASSOCIATIONS (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Feb. 9. CPEAKING at the dinner of the Central Indian Association of Malaya to-night, Mr. N. Raghavan, the president, said the dinner was one of the important annual events of the C.I.A.M. because it was an occasion
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    "JUST CLAIMS" OF ESTATE LABOUR
    161 11 ONE thing is clear: that if employers do not realize, and realize in time, changed conditions and act accordingly, they are looking for trouble." said Mr. N. Raghavan at the meeting of the Central Indian Associat'cn of Malaya in Penang yesterday. "Plantation labour may be
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    VISITORS FROM INDIA : C.I.A.M. TRIBUTE
    150 11 VISITORS FROM INDIA C.I.A.M. TRIBUTE IT is a matter for great satisfaction," said Mr. N. Raghavan, president of the Central Indian Association of Malaya, speaking at the annual meeting in Penang. that during recent years we have had a number of Indians interested in the life and progress of their
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    SECTIONALISM CONDEMNED BY C.I.A.M. PRESIDENT
    431 11 "r\URING 1939 we have also had our •^proverbial fly in the ointment. We witnessed the importation into this country of sectionalism from India and observed the anxiety of some Indian communalists in Malaya to out-Herod Herod and qualify themselves for a certificate of good behaviour
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    SLEEPLESS THROUGH STOMACH PAINS
    248 12 Every stomach sufferer kno-.vs that a disordered digntion brings many other troubles in its train. Loss of appetite, *-rakr.ess and malnutrition, "nerves," these often arise from some form of ktomach trouble, and won't go until the stomach itself is put right. In the case of Mr.
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    PLIGHT OF JEWS IN REICH IS BECOMING WORSE
    467 12 Position Made Doubly Terrible As Result Of Food Shortage Amsterdam, Feb. 9. CROM details collated from a large number of neutral sources available here— sources which have no reason or object to colour realities it is possible to present a picture of
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    TOKIO ADMITS FAILURE OF BORHER TALKS
    116 12 Tokio. Feb. 9. A SKED about the mixed border com- mission which wound up its business in January, the Foreign Minister, Mr. Hachiro Arita, replied that it failed to reach agreement. The Foreign Minister said that there were two border problems, one concerning the
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    POLISH FOREIGN MINISTER NOW IN LONDON
    47 12 London. Feb 9. THE Polish Foreign Minister, Count Zaleski, has arrived in London on a short visit. During his stay he will have an opportunity of informal discussions with Mr. Chamberlain, Lord Halifax and other members of the British Government.— Reuter.
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    Turks Dismiss Nazi Experts
    92 12 Turks Dismiss Nazi Experts I sUnbal, Feb. 9. Fis reported that the Government has dhmtied virtually all German technicians working in Turkish official or semi-ofncial-ly controlled factories directly or indirectly connected with national defence. In addition to the 28 dismissed from the Krupp works on Thursday, 20 employed at the
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    French Airmen's Exploit
    236 12 Planes Return With 1,000 Shrapnel Holes Paris, Feb. 9. WITH a thousand shrapnel ouiiet holes In their plane five French airmen returned to their own lines after having successfully carried out a reconnaissance flight over German territory in the face of grim difficulties, reports Reuter. They have
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    Week-end Broadcasting
    1437 12 TO-DAY SINGAPORE /.HL 1.33 mc/s (225 m ZHP 9.69 mc/S 130.96 m 12.45 p.m. Light orchestral concert Relayed from the Adelphi Hotel; 1.30 p.m. News, mid -day rubber, tin and copra prices; 1.40 p.m. Light orchestral concert. Relayed from the Adelphi Hotel (contd.): 2.00 p.m. Interval: 4.50 p.m.
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    MANNERHEIM LINE HOLDING OUT AGAINST RED OFFENSIVE
    926 12 Soviet Force Believed Trapped At Kuhmo After 11-Day Battle THE Mannerheim Line is still holding out against the desperate Russian onslaughts on all fronts, reports Reuter from Helsinki, adding that even at Summa, which has always been regarded as the line's most vulnerable
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    SWEDEN UNLIKELY TO PROTEST TO SOVIET
    66 12 oiocihoim, Feb. y. SWEDEN v unlikely to make any official protest to Russia about the bombaiK of tlif- vessel Wirgo by Soviet planes. It ii"'V/ bpysan thai ir.t. b ;'!~bins did not occur as originally reported in the neutral Aaland Islands zone, but in
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    PUPPETS MEETING IN SHANGHAI
    84 12 Chungking, Feb. 9. CHINESE newspapers to-day publish what L> alleged to be a list of members of the so-called Central Political Council wh.'ch will meet in Shanghai in the near future »or the formation of a "new central regime." The list includes ten representatives of the
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    GERMAN TAKEN FROM PORTUGUESE LINER
    57 12 Lisbon, Feb. 9. WHEN the 2,648-ton Portuguese liner Guine arrived here yesterday firm West Africa it was revealed that she had been stopped 150 miles south-west of Madeira by a French warship, which removed from the liner a German named Reinhard who was travelling from
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    CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES IN SECRET SESSIONS
    692 13 CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES IN SECRET SESSIONS Defence Organization Debate Is Marked By Accord Paris, Feb. 10. lINANIMOUS sentiment, patriotic vigilance and French accord marked yesterday's secret session of the Chamber of Deputies. An official statement issued after the Chamber adjourned last niirht said, "a meeting of the secret committee of
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    Nazi "Advice" To Great Britain
    83 13 Berlin, Feb. 9. UIK Britain means business with her 'better world' she should create conditions for it," declares the diplomatic correspondent of the Berliner Boersen Zeitun?. "She should guarantee freedom of the seas, renounce economic warfare, forego her claim to rule of the seas, and
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    12,000 Casualties In 700 Raids
    86 13 Chungking Statement On Japanese Raids Chungking, Feb. 9. JAPANESE aircraft staged more than 700 ruids during the period from Aug. 1 to Nov. 30 last year causing some 12,000 casualties comprising 5,595 killed and 7,090 wounded, according to an announcement by the Aeronautical Affairs Commission.
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    NAZI TYRANNY AS " JUSTICE "
    213 13 NAZI TYRANNY AS JUSTICE TTHE Manchester Guardian comments editorially on the latest Oxford pamphlet, 'The Nazi Conception of Law," by Walter Jones. The safeguards of justice with which we are familiar were all adopted in the Weimar constitution, it says. Judges were declared to be independent, criminal offences were created
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    U.S. ENVOY ON WAY TO CHUNGKING
    122 13 Shanghai, Feb. 9. THE American Ambassador, Mr. Nelson T. Johnson, who recently returned from an Inspection trip oi the Yangtze River, sailed from Shanghai for Hong Kong to-day. He is on the way to Chungking where he is exacted to hold conversations with the
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    SMALL OPERATIONS RESUMED ALONG WHOLE WEST FRONT
    1163 13 Allied Patrols Penetrate Deep Into Enemy Territory DATROL and reconnaissance work on the Western Front, recently hampered by the weather, has been generally renewed on the entire front, says a Paris message. It is claimed that the Allies definitely possess the Initiative in
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    USE OF PALM OIL AS BARK RESTORER
    1658 14 Preventive Treatment For Mouldy Rot NEW MIXTURE TESTED AND PROVED SATISFACTORY By Our Planting Correspondent IN rerent weeks more than one reference has been made in Planting Topics to the necessity to get rid of old bark renewal before the maximum effects of
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    Planting Topics
    368 14 Planting Topics a tree will affect the original underneath cell formation and not until this has been tapped again can more vigorous and higher-yielding ones be expected. Perhaps at some future date the Rubber Research Institute in one of its Planting Bulletins, will as far as the use of palm
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    ANGLO-FRENCH TALKS ON ECONOMICS
    91 14 London. Feb. 9. •THE Federation of British Industries, with the approval of the British and French Governments, has arranged a meeting between British and French industrialists for the purpose of discussing economic and commercial questions of common interest. The discussions will include means whereby Anglo-French industries
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    CANADIAN OFFICERS ENTERTAINED
    201 14 London. Feb. 9. OFFICERS of the Dominion forces were welcomed at a luncheon In London yesterday, those present Including the Duke of Kent. Mr. Oliver Stanley, the Secretary for War, Sir Kingsley Wood, the Secretary for Mr, and Sir Dudley Pound, the First Sea Lord. Replying to
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    RETAIL PRICE CONTROL IN GREAT BRITAIN
    173 14 London, Feb. 9. FOLLOWING on his statement in the House of Commons on Jan. 31, in which he outlined the Government's policy of controlling retail food prices by use of public funds, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John Simon, yesterday revealed that the
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    RAILWAYMEN GET WAGE INCREASE
    121 14 London, Feb. 9. ADDITIONS of from Is. 6d. to 4s. weekly for more than half-a-million railway workers were announced to-day by the general secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen. He said that as the rates were applicable to overtime in many cases it would mean
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    PADANG SENANG RUBBER
    323 14 Dividend Of 5 Per Cent. T^HE third anuual general meeting of Padang Senang Rubber, Limited, was held in London recently. Mr. A. P. Hadow (the chairman) said that in view of all the circumstances with which they had had to contend he thought it was satisfactory that
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    COLTS' HOCKEY PROVIDES EXCITING MATCHES Perak Score Two Victories In Yesterday's Games
    464 15 COLTS' HOCKEY PROVIDES EXCITING MATCHES Perak Score Two Victories In Yesterday's Games (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 9. EXCITING hockey was the order of this morning's matches in the Malayan Colts' hockey tournament on the V.M.C.A. irround. Perak beat Negri by five goals to three after a Jiard
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    WEEK-END SPORTS EVENTS
    91 15 TO -DAY Races: Singapore Turf Cluo Spring Meeting, first day, Bukit Timah. Tennis: S.C.C. Chinese New Year tournament; Ipoh Y.W.C.A. vs. Kuala Lumpur Y.W.C.A., Kuala Lumpur. Hockey: Y.W.C.A., Singapore vs. Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur: Singapore Colts vs. Perak Colts, Kuala Lumpur: Penang vs. Nepri Sembilan Colts: Kuala Lumpur;
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    PENANG HILL CLIMB THRILLS
    233 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penan?, Feb. 9. THRILLING sport was seen at the third annual Automobile Association of Malaya hill climb at Mount Pleasure to-day. There was fine weather and a bi« holiday crowd. Penan* beat Singapore in the team event. The results were: Class 4
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    To-day's Race Selections
    94 15 Selections for to-day's Singapore races are Straits Times Race 1. Sam Burger. New Moon. Race 2. K.C.G.. Kabinda. Ra.ce 3. Blossom Time. Cambalon*. Race 4. Cluny, Honsypuss. Race 5. Echo, Brawny Lad. Race 6. Golden Glimpse, Sultana. Race 7. Bound Farr, Stella's Pet. Race 8. Tonroe. Gladness.
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    RACING PROGRAMME AT SINGAPORE TO-DAY
    1006 15 FOLLOWING is the card of events at Bukit Timah to-day, i together with non-acceptors and the order of running, in the first day's racing in connection with the Singapore Turf Club's Spring meeting. The first race will start at 2.30 p.m. The double tote will
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    CHERRINGTON & WARDEN REACH DOUBLES FINAL
    605 15 CHERRINGTON WARDEN REACH DOUBLES FINAL Further Results In Chinese New Year Tennis At S.C.C. FAVOURED with better weather than on the previous day, competitors in the second day of the S.C.C. Chinese New Year open invitation lawn tennis tournament yesterday revelled in the hot sun and put up very keen
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    SELANGOR L A. WELL AWAY
    404 15 Lall Singh Shows Good Form >Fr:v. Our Own CarrespondentJ Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 9. RETURNING TO MALAYA alter four years in Europe, Lall Sinsh showed to-day that he is still as Rood as befor* 1 when, placing for the S?lan\or Indians against the Singapore Indians to
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    This Morning's Final Gallops
    174 15 A NUMBER of horses running to-day i in the Singapore Spring races v.ere given fast, short spurts, and some impressive gallops were noted, especially among Duval's lot. Vedas and Antrum were given a fast two furlong gallop. Antrum was striding out well at the finish. Keep
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    NORTH MALAYAN GOLF CHAMPION
    120 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Feb. 9. BY beating G. O. Cruishank two and one, R. B. Lauriston became the champion of the North .Malayan Golf tournament held here daring the holidays. The six others who qualified were L. S. Todd, F. Bedecox, T. P. Baker,
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