The Straits Times, 3 April 1940

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    51 1 The St rai ts Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.) SINGAPORE, 140 CECIL ST. ('PHONE 5471). KUALA LUMPUR. 25 .MtM ST. ('PHONE 3683). MALAGA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS The Straits Times IS PAGES SINGAPORE, WEPNESDAV, APRIL 3, 1946. PRICE 5
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      432 1 CRON6 MIEN TAILORING We only ask for a trial order. a m Coleman St. Singapore. -Phone 4816- jfflov: *WxMoyJr/y////// 'C'?''-^^B HH Powerful European shortwave stations trans- TKBSBmBHSSvtw/////// r\ t"! iH'' i t'T" v At all times of the day news from the """"N. ''LJ fronts is in the air. History
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      167 1 FINAL EDTN. FOR THAT TOUCH OF DISTINCTION. /cz^^f/ Cf/ZA/ fl^L\v DESIGNED AND CREATED 8Y EXPERTS yfi^^X TO COMBINE COMFORT WITJr STYLE M f WE HAVE A SHOE '0 SUIT INDIVIDUAL TASTE. /z/^m ROBINSON'S LADIES' SHOE DEPARTMENT POOLEYI i-1 world ruiFiMHiMiM OMEGA ntrasim MACHINES. u/ATru The Cheapest Machine* are those that
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      19 1 tnr FERFECI STYLES in DRESSMAKING REAOYMADES Call at MA&ASSE PAGE'S SALONS 13. Battery Road. Singapore. HOTEL MAJESTIC Kuala Lumpur.
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    103 2 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Thr family of the late Mrs. Anna Grosse wtoh to express their sincere thanks to all relatives and friends who attended the funeral, as well as those who sent wreaths and letters of <nndolrnce in their sad bereavement. MESSRS Koh Eng Hoe. Koh Enf? Tiong and (heir
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      561 2 ©v* Straite (Times SMALL APST M ni mum charge $1. tar a4vt not creeedint 4 lines More tban four Ines 25 cente per line (Six words). Box No. 25 cents extra. Small Ads, are prepayable SITUATIONS VACANT WANTED—CHINESE young man, combination Junior cleric r.nd shoit-hand typist. Protestant. Box 575, Straits
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      836 2 SITUATIONS WANTED MALAYA SERVANTS AGENCY, 228, Orchard Road, Singapore, Tel. 4173, supplies the domestic servants male and female. EXPERIENCES CHINESE desires position, ac Manager, Accountant. book-keeper, cashier salesman, store-keeper or Chinchew Speaks several Chinese dialects, has 25 yean experience in commercial lines. Cash purity $6,000. will be provided if required.
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      680 2 BOARD RESIDENCE BEACH HOUSE Sea Front. Bsst location In Katong Single and double rooms. Excellent cuisine, Bathing pagar. Tennis, garages. Rates mod. Phone 5563. AT KOCHFORT 4 Oxley Rise' Tel. 6TOO Vacant 15 April. Comfortable sett-contained flat double or single. Meals served in flat. Quiet, elevated. THE GUESTHOUSE, 45 Scotts
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      432 2 LOST LOST black and tan Alreoale dog last seen Monday evening Tanglln Rd. nev Chats worth A«. following European couple. Suitable Reward Phone Yetton. 7331. BUSINFSS PREMISES TO LET TO LET from May 1, 1940, OFFICE and GODOWN near Harbour. Apply Box No 569, Straits Times. TO LET. No. 4,
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      259 2 BUSINESS CARDS ETC WANTED Earopean Lady Partaer, for hi^h class tress A sporUwrar business, takes sole charge of branch basinets in town, nominal capital required. Apply rut. Straits Times. WANTED QUALIFIED PHARMACIST BY DISPENSARY. Apply Box No. 557, Straits Times. MASSAGE HALL j I MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mrs. HARD and
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      449 2 BORNEO MOTORS PHONE 5088. BARGAMS 1937 AUSTIN 10/4 SALOON The Austin ten has proved to be the most popular car of its class in Malaya. This one has been very carefully handled since new. PRICE 1,250 1935 CHEVROLET SALOON It has just been ducoed and generally tuned up, it runs
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      347 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LIKE. (Incorporated in England) PENINSULAR ANU OKI-NT Al B.N Co MAM PASRENC7ER AND CAROO BEfmOE> The best possible services aie being maintained by the P O. S N Company to their usual ports of caT except ports in Japan Passengers are requested
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      399 3 (incorporai^o In Japan i GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR TO LIVERPOOL Colombo MOB. Suez. Port Said Naples. Marseilles Gibraltar. Lisbon and Liverpool Sail B'Dore HAKUSAN MARD Anr 4 5 HARUNA MARU Apr. 22 23 Ca'.is Bombay TO LONDON DELAGOA MARU May 1 S TO LIVERPOOL V|»« «n<— *>noa
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      336 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. 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 CHEAPEST FARE Regular Services to Fre mantle (Perth) via Java by first class passenger
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      632 3 Broadcasting TO-DAY nirom CIKir ADADC VI)B 6i mc l31 20 rUA 8(M me OinilArUKC (49.6 in.); PMH 10.2ft me (29? m.t: VDB ZHL 1.33 me/. (225m n 8 mc <*« ■•>* m<> ZHP HS aw/i <30 96tn.) 1. 00 p.m. Miscellaneous new gramophone 450 P-m Programme preview: 4^53 p.m. records;
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    U.S. WANTS CHEAPER RUBBER
    1295 4 New Moves Augured By "Scare Publicity" CLAIMS FOR SYNTHETIC PRODUCT RIDICULED (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Mar. 21. IT is alleged, probably with some truth, that American rubber-consuming interests have determined to work in unison for lower commodity prices. They are likely to make energetic representations,
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    Fraser & Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations
    616 4 Fraser Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations TUESDAY, APR. 2, 1946: 5 PJkf. MINING Anipat Tin (4s) 4a lOHtd 5s 3d Austral Aintl (5«) 5s 9d to 3d Austral Malay 35s 37a Ayer Mltam 21s 22s Ajer Weng 63 .67 Bangrin Tin 21s 22s Batu Selangor ($1) 1.43 1.48 Berjuntai (5s) 10s
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    LYALL AND EVATT'S DAILY QUOTATIONS
    918 4 Singapore, Apr. 2, 5 p.m. DEBENTURES AND LOAN? 8% Marxian) and Co, $30,000 Int Apr SO Oct 31 90.00 100.00 OOD SINGAPO1 E MUMCITAJ 5% 1901 red. 30.9.40 $400,900 interest Mar 31, Sept. 30 100 101 notn x.l 4%% 1907 red 30.6.47 $1,600,000 Int Mar
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      69 4 #lllMH i e CEMENT GUN KlftSS* PROCESS m RENDERfNG REPAIRING Wkd: <J/ AND WATERPROOFING OLD AND S^S^k^' widely used for reservoirs— Wtm lafe JETTIES TANKS ETC. V^R FVPBImI^ Sv Outstanding Features: Jf^J^L. &^^W**™^^yggfljgjm «HIGH DENSITY W- EXCELLENT ADHESION V% ki V EASE OF EXECUTION |:-V'^ SPECIAL DESCRIPTIVE ILLUSTRATED 20 PAGE
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      650 4 PUBLIC NOTICES TAKUAPA VALLEY TIN DREDGING NO LIABILITY. (Incorporated In New South Wales) NOTICE i> hereby given that a dividend at the rate of 6d. per share has been declared payable on Tuesday, 30th April, 1940 NOTICE is further given that the Transfer Books of the Company will be closed
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      629 5 Commodity Prices Make Sharp Recovery lt\ < mii linaiuial Correspondent Singapore, Apr. 3 COMMODITY prices yesterday made a sharp recovery in London and New York. In London, rubber was up onesixteenth to ll'sd.. while the New York price rose by three-sixteenths to 18 7/16 cents. The London
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      97 5 Wednesday, Apr. Z, noon. Buyer* Sellers Prices Price* No. IX BS S. (Spot loose) 36>4 36U No. IX R.S.S fob. In cases April 37*4 37? i Sellers option G.F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. in bales April 35*4 35* i Sellers option FJLQ. O. S.S. 1.0.0. In bales
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      RECRUITING FOR R.A.S.C.
      59 5 London, Apr. 2. THE War Office announces that recruiting opened from to-day for men between 15 and 55 for the Royal Army Service Corps The enlistment will be for general service, but the men will probably be employed in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland. Only clerks,
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      London Stock Exchange
      336 5 London, Apr. 2. AN the Stock Exchange, quietly firm condlu tions characterized to-day's markets. Gilt-edged slowly improved while rayons were lurther bought by provincial investors. Gold minings were higher on general buying.— Reuter. The following are to-day's closing middle quotations. Shares are ot £1 denomination unless otherwise
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      RAUB AUSTRALIAN GOLD OUTPUT
      112 5 THE Raub Australian Gold Mining Co., Ltd., advise the following output for the five weeks ended Mar. 30: Crushing no. 557 battery treated 7.565 tons of ore returning 1,013 ounces of bullion equivalent to 966 ounces of fine gold. Retreatment plant treated 12,207 tons of tailings
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      TIN PRODUCTION FOR MARCH
      23 5 TIN production for March is reported as follows r Hours Yardage Piculs ore Satupulo 678 160,000 775 Rahman 900
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      CAUTIOUS POLICY ADOPTED
      660 5 Jeram Kuantan Rubber Estate's Profit A NOTE of caution for the rubber industry was sounded by Ivfr. E. A. Elias, chairman of the Jeram Kuantan Rubber Estate, Ltd., when presiding at the annual meeting of the company yesterday. The chairman said: We meet to-day under conditions very
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      EXCHANGES
      179 5 The following are the exchange rates thl* morning according to the daily circular Issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation SELLING London T.T. 2/4 1/18 London demand a/4 1/16 Rate for freight 2/4' i Lyons demand 2060 Switzerland demand 208 V*. Hamburg demand New York demand 46 15/16
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    LUBRICATING OILS PRICES RAISED.
    267 5 The Asiatic Petroleum Co. (S.S.) Ltd. the Standard-Vacuum Oil Co., and the Texas Co. (China), Ltd., regret that owing to a further rise In the cost of certain of their products they are compelled to increase the prices of some of their lubricating oils, etc. These
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      187 5 'Steps to^gfe,^ Security AD. *****11 l 172 All (lasses A&ents of Insurance mm ■mmmmimmmi Throughout Malaya XLhc IRopal Exchange assurance: Xonoon MEAD OFFICE FOR MALAYA 6, CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS SINGAPORE. 3 APB la r IRIUM FOR SPARKLING TEETH-, Jm BW. *eXM JO*} t o dean your teeth with Peptodenc coctaining
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      142 5 TENDERS FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS. TENDERS are Invited for the supply of:- I 25 tons Indian Ist Class Selected Teak Squares 12" x 12" and up 300" and up. 75 tons Indian Ist i.ass Selected Teak Squares 12" x 12" or equivalent anr 1 up 150" and up. 280 tons
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      288 5 i PINE ESSENCE BATH SALTS PROMOTES HEALTHFUL ENERGY After a hard day's work or play a PINE BATH will act as a real i tonic:— refreshing. Invigorating and soothing. PINE BATH SALTS are not merely perfumed Bath Salts. They contain the soothing. I strengthening, aromatic and balsa* i mlc constituents
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      288 6 COME PREPARED TO GASP! A SMASHING DRAMA THAT REACHES A —NEW HIGH IN EMOTIONAL THRILLS— ■HJBjgj Jp 1 A LHAMBRA m^^ i am^L\ POSJTIVELY LAST DAY B^ A W\ i SHOWS:— 3.IS, 6.15 9.15 P.M. PL J^^*^ INTRODUCING THE HERO OF HL 1 Ite^gH Hearts of thousands of persons in
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      597 6 THE BIGGEST BOMBSHELL OF HILARIOUS MERRIMENT IS ABOUT TO STRIKE SINGAPORE! TO-DAY atthe CAPITOL I 3.15-6.15-9.15-] sg|| TOMORROW THE FUN STARTS! I Groucho! Chico! Harpo! B-i-n-g-o! The mad and merry Marx Bros, hit the jack- Added pot in this girl-gorgeous music and v m. i_xi 1 Attraction: jg|| fun not!
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      109 6 CAPITOL 1 SATURDAY NEXT, APR. 6th 2nd SPECIAL MIDNIGHT SCREENING New Universal* Exciting Sequel to 'The invisible Man* NEW FANTAST.C.SENSAT.ON ft Q WELLS 1 W^ff^^^/TNtW UNIVERSAL PICTVJRt £f \j More PJxciting than ever Before! WEIKD! AMAZING! SPECIAL ADDED ATTRACTION—By AIR MAIL The Most Sensational Sporting Event of the Year LOUIS
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    "THOSE WHO WOULD DIVEST MEN OF EVERY FREEDOM"
    138 7 United States Minister's Strong Speech Against Aggressors Toronto, Apr. 2. MR. James Cromwell, United States Minister to Canada who recently frankly praised the Allied war aims and openly criticized Germany, last night urged education in democratic ideals in order to circumvent those
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    New Japanese Drive In South Shansi?
    59 7 Chungking, Apr. 2. A LARGE-SCALE Japanese offensive in sooth Shansi is believed to be imminent following Chinese reports of heavy Japanese troop movements in that province. The Chinese forces are stated to be launching attacks In various sectors, partly to test the strength of
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    Dr. Sun's Widow In Chungking
    95 7 Opposition To Regime Under Wang? Chungking, Apr. 2. THE three Soong sisters— Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, Madame H. H Kung and Madame Sun Yat-sen (widow of Dr. Sun)— have arrived in Chungking by plane from Hong Kong. This is the first visit of Madame Sun Yat-sen
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    Stowaways See End Of Two U-Boats
    104 7 Stowaways See End Of Two U-Boats HOW a British destroyer and a British freighter sank two German submarines after a battle off the Cape Verde Islands was related by two Portuguese stowaways on their arrival at Rio de Janeiro in the freighter. The two men, Alfredo Cyrilo and Augusto Coroa,
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    Italy Wants To Sell Planes To Britain
    70 7 Italy Wants To Sell Planes To Britain ITALY is trying to sell planes to Britain for the first time since war began. Nardi, the Milan firm, wish to interest the British Government in their F.N. 305. a 211 m.p.h. two-seat monoplane trainer, with a 180 h.p. Fiat engine. It is
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    ANOTHER GERMAN LIE IS EXPOSED
    127 7 London, Apr. 2. AN announcement in German to Ger- many from the Deutschlandsender radio station on Mar. 13 to the effect that the sinking of the British ship Gowrie had only Just become known through accidental reference In the British Press was accompanied by the
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    SIR KINGSLEY WOOD & AIR SERVICES
    102 7 SIR KINGSLEY WOOD AIR SERVICES London, Apr. 2. SIR Kingsley Wood, the Air Minister, replying to a deputation from the civil aviation section of the London Chamber of Commerce on Monday, announced that the flying-boat services to South Africa would resume their pre-war frequency this week. He added that he
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    TRAWLER SINKS AFTER COLLISION
    35 7 London, Apr. 2. THE fmall trawler Walsingham was accidentally sunk on Monday altercolliding with a neutral steamer which she had helped off a sandbank off the east coast of Britain.— Reuter.
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    Belgium's Wall Of Steel
    121 7 AN official communique issued by the Belgian Ministry of National Defence declares that since Sept. 1 a considerable effort has been made to make the country secure against possible attack by entrenched divisions. A formidable barrier of steel is part of the country's defence against possible
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    PALESTINE AGAIN BACK TO NORMAL
    116 7 London, Apr. 2. PUBLIC security in Palestine is normal, announces the Ministry of Information. Latest reports reaching London show that the excitement in the earlier part of March has died down and that since Mar. 8 there has been none of the Jewish demonstrations which
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    68 7 London, Apr. 2. IN the House of Commons to-day the Speaker reported the death of Sir John Gilmour, Shipping Minister, and expressed "our sense of the loss we have sustained and our sympathy with his relatives." The Speaker said he had also sent a message to the New Zealand House
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      480 7 fjApioSniiHll X < alway. has something new for its patrons and now we present IV ALTER with his Accordeon for your personal entertainment. If rain storm does not permit you to sit in the open come up and have a gay time in the JUNGLE BAR. Speciality: Hors d'oeuvres, as
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY, APR. 3, 1940. (214 th. Day of the War.) Unweisberg
    1274 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY, APR. 3, 1940. (214 th. Day of the War.) Unweisberg There was only one surprise at yesterday's special meeting of the Legislative Council, and that was the tone of the speech by the Financial Secretary, the Hon. Mr. H. Weisberg. It was known that Mr.
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  • Correspondence
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      INCOME TAX
      486 8 Whole Of Malaya Or Not At All To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, I am in favour of a war tax en Income, If Malayan. If not Malayan, I would do my best to oppose it, for the following reasons If a war tax on income
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      IN TIONG BAHRU
      171 8 Buses, Telephones And Post-Box Wanted To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, Residents of the Tiong Bahru District should be thankful to your correspondent Nicholas Teo for suggesting a regular bus service from that area to town. It is indeed very inconvenient for any person to
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      RONEO FIRE
      92 8 Records And Much Stock Preserved To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Since the report published in your paper of the flre which occurred at our premises on Saturday morning rather suggests that our stocks have been completely destroyed, we would like to correct this impression. Disastrous
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      LORD HAW-HAW
      39 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Your London correspondent wonders whether Malayans listen in to the above! Can any reader say definitely whether Lord Haw-Haw is audible in Malaya? Yours, etc., CURIOUS. Singapore, Mar. 30.
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      GOLD STEALING
      490 8 Effects Of Apathy In Pahang To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir. May I ask your permission once more to claim space in your columns for a little publicity regarding the apathy that is shown by the Pahang Government on the subject of the serious damage being
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    • Letter
      CYCLE THIEVES
      260 8 A Victim's Suggestions To The Police To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, Of late there has been a prevalence of cycle thefts in Singapore. I had the misfortune to have my cycle stolen within the past week, and on reporting the theft to the Telok Ayer
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      EVIL CAPITALISTS!
      124 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— Alas, the will of the capitalist councillors has prevailed over the goodness of His Excellency our Governor and we shall therefore be compelled to shoulder the burdens of indirect taxation, which only means that food and the bare necessities of
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    FOOD SUPPLY CONTROLLED
    829 8 Britain Guards A Decisive Factor BY R.W.B. CLARKE (Well known writer on economics) COOD supply for the civil population is the central problem of Great Britain's home front. The more mechanized war becomes, the more necessary it is for the working people to be well fed. In
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      36 8 THE AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY PROVIOES TROUBLE FREE TRAVEL OUR WORLD WIDE TRAVEL AND BANKING FACILITIES COMBINE TO ELIMINATE ALL TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES No Booking Fee. 84 Robinson Road Singapore. JOHN DUKE Manufacturing Op tlcian. 21. BATTERY ROAD.
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    NO DAMAGE IN NEW RAID ON SCAPA FLOW
    776 9 Nazi Bombers Driven Off By A.-A. Fire ADMIRALTY REPORT MORE ATTACKS ON CONVOYS No Damage Done To Ships In North Sea Incident AN Admiralty communique announces that German aircraft attacked Scapa Flow at dusk last night. They were driven off by the
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    MANY FIGHTS IN THE AIR
    235 9 Violent Battle Near Holland Paris, Api\ 3. FRENCH communique says that fairly numerous artillery actions took place to the west of the Vosges yesterday. Our lighters came to grips with (Jerman fighters in numerous engagements. In the course of these fights, two enemy twin-engined planes
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    DECORATED FOR AIR GALLANTRY
    140 9 K.A.F. Men Who Bombed Two Submarines London, Apr. 3. SQUADRON-LEADER Miles Vllliers D.lap ha 1 boon awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for gallantry in Hying operations against the enemy. While engaged In a reconnaissance over the Heligoland Bight last month, he penetrated a strongly defended area
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    DANISH PROTEST TO GREAT BRITAIN
    77 9 T Copenhagen, Apr. 2. HE Danish Ministry of Foreign A Hairs has issued a communique stating that the wreck of the German ship Edmund Hugo Stinnes, which was intercepted by two British submarines and then sunk, is lying one and a-half sea miles off the
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    Untitled
    48 9 Washington. Apr. 2. A TREATY of conciliation between the n United S-utes and South Africa wa; si"iicii iu-day. It provides that any d»sputarising between the two parties shall b- refrrmi to a permanent conciliation coinmitteo ■onslrtii-" ol *ye numbers, two of whom will icprc mi the Umtcd states.—Reuter.
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lincolnshire Regiment In France
    28 9 Stretcher-bc«rers of the Lincolnshires pass an anti-tank gun while evacuating a "casualty" during divisional exercises in the area occupied by the B.E.F. in France.
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    130 U.S. WARSHIPS FOR THE PACIFIC
    83 9 San Diego (California), Apr. 2. THE 1940 manoeuvres of the United States navy began at midnight. About 130 warships will be engaged in seven weeks' exercises. Two opposing fleets, drawn from the Californian and Hawaiian bases, will meet somewhere in the Pacific within the
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    Egypt's Aid To Great Britain
    241 9 Manifesto Issued By Nationalist Party Cairo, Apr. 2. AFTER a two-day meeting of the Wafd (Egyptian Nationalist) Party, Nashas Pasha, the party leader, handed a menifesto to Sir Miles Lampson, the British Ambassador, emphasizing the unanimity with which Egypt had extended her friendship to Britain.
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    EXPLOSION & FIRE IN ARMS FACTORY
    131 9 EXPLOSION FIRE IN ARMS FACTORY AN explosion occurred yesterday evening In a Scottish munitions factory where three men lost their lives and five were injured. A court Jf inquiry has been set up to investigate the accident. Meanwhile steps have been taken to ensure speedy resumption of production in the
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    Japanese Bases In Hainan?
    144 9 Japanese Bases In Hainan? Chungking Report Of New Campaign Chungking, Apr. 3. DEPORTS that the Japanese are making a determined effort to "clean up" the Chinese forces holding the mountains in the interior of Hainan Island have been confirmed by military dispatches. The Japanese are reported to bs withdrawing 30,000
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    EXCITEMENT OVER AN OLD MAP
    163 9 Paris, Mar. 3. T"HE French Foreign Office has issued a communique to dispel the unwarranted excitement caused abroad by a map of Europe which was in the background of a photograph taken at the Ministry ot Finance during the recent meeting between M. Reynaud, the
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    SWEDEN WOULD TAKE UP ARMS
    121 9 Stockholm, Apr. 3. UIF our territory is attacked we must repel the aggressor with all the forces at our command," declared M. P. Skoeld. Minister of Defence, speaking at Uppsala. As long as the great powers engaged in the struggle to the death, he said.
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    PROBATIONARY SYSTEM FOR THE COLONIAL EMPIRE
    186 9 London, Apr. 3. THE Colonial Penal Administration Committee, under the chairmanship of Lord Dufferin, Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Colonial Office, which has been in existence since 1937 and was recently, considerably strengthened, is now considering the whole programme of penal reform throughout the Colonial
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    THE NEUTRALS' ONLY HOPE OF SURVIVAL IS NAZI DEFEAT
    454 9 Why Intensification Of Allied Blockade Is Essential London, Apr. 3. THE British Press is almost unanimous in the course of editorials on Mr. Neville Chamberlain's speech in the House of Commons yesterday in emphasizing that the neutrals know that their only
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    BRITISH ACTION IN ADRIATIC?
    39 9 Rome, Apr. 3. A DISPATCH from Belgrade states that, according to a rumour as yet unconfirmed, British naval units have stopped in the Adriatic for investigation three Yugoslav steamers loaded with bauxite for Germany. —Reuter.
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    U.S. ANTI-SOVIET 'MORAL EMBARGO'
    134 9 U. S. ANTI-SOVIET 'MORAL EMBARGO' Washington, Apr. 2. FNURING an hour's conference totJ day with Mr. Cordell Hull, U.S. Secretary of State, it is believed that the Soviet Ambassador, M. K. A. Umansky, tried to shake his determination to retain the moral embargo against shipments of aircraft and aircraft material
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    $3,750,000 WAR TAXES YIELD THIS YEAR
    358 10 Death Duties Expected To Produce Biggest Share HOW COLONY'S NEW REVENUE WILL BE FOUND THE Colony's war taxation approved yesterday, which is estimated to yield $4,750,000 in a full year, will produce about $3,750,000 this year. The $1,000,000 loss is due to the fact
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    WORK OF WAR TAX COMMITTEE Unofficial Majority
    119 10 WORK OF WAR TAX COMMITTEE Unofficial Majority THE joint committee which investigated the subject of war taxation comprised five representatives of the Colony and the F.M.S. sitting under the chairmanship of the Financial Secretary, S.S., Mr. H. Weisberg. The committee had an unofficial majority of one. One Chinese sat on
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    PENANG TO GET BETTER STREET LIGHTING
    43 10 1 From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Apr. 2. THE Penang Municipal Commissioners to-day passed the first supplementary budget for 1940 of $112,603 for new expenditure, part of which will be spent on extra lighting for Penang roads.
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    BAIL IN SUM OF $25,000
    175 10 Corruption Charge I WOULD ask for bail of $25,000 in two sureties," declared Mr. E. V. Fowler, Assistant Superintendent of Police, in the Singapore Third Police Court this morning when the question of bail arose in a case in which Soh Hun Swee, a 29-year-old
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    Gulliver In A Colour Film
    147 10 At The Cinema "Gulliver's Travels. 1 Paramount. At the Cathay. pORGET about the satire in Jonar than Swift's immortal classic of Gulliver's Travels and be interested in the iairy story of a sailor who found himself in the land of little people. Max Fleischer's colour
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    "FULL CONFESSION"
    93 10 "Full Confession." (With Victor McLaglen, Sally EHers and Joseph Calleia.) R.K.O. At the Alhambra. GOOD work by the principal actors makes good entertainment of this story of a priest's endeavours to make a murderer confess to his crime, when an innocent man is about to hang for it.
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    AMUSEMENTS
    187 10 SINGAPORE RAFFLES HOTEL Cocktail Dance 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Dinner Dance (Informal) 9.45 to Midnight. GARRICK THEATRE. GEYLANG Sharif! Dakoo. A Hindustani Stunt Thriller 6.15 9.15. GREAT WORLD Cabaret 9 p.m. Globe: Winter Carnival. Sky: Boy From Barnados. Atlantic Theatre: Chinese Picture. HArPY WORLD Happy Theatre: Man's Heritage.
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    INCOME TAX & PENANG
    131 10 INCOME TAX PENANG People Might Go To The F.M.S. FEARS EXPRESSED TO MUNICIPALITY (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Apr. 2. IF income tax were introduced in the Colony alone, such a step would be detrime-tal to the future development of Penang. This view was expressed by Mr. Corrie Grumitt at
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    PENANG STRIKE DEVELOPMENT
    99 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Apr. 2. /CONTRACTORS and representatives of the building coolies who are on strike met again at the Chinese Protectorate to-day to discuss a settlement. The contractors offered a five per cent, wage increase. When the offer was made known to the strikers,
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    GOVERNOR TO ATTEND "ROBERT'S WIFE"
    85 10 ROBERTS Wife/ the St. John Ervine play presented in aid of the Malaya Patriotic Fund, continues to maintain the high standard of acting ?et last Saturday night. Mr. Paul Verdayne's departure upcountry en business resulted in a change in the cast at short notice. Much
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    ANOTHER $1,000
    32 10 THE Salvation Army yesterday received a second cheque for $1,000 following Lt.-Col. Lord's broadcast appeal on Sunday. It was from Galway Castle." On Monday, Col. Lord received a $1,000 cheque.
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    WEIGHTS FOR FOUR RACES ON WEDNESDAY
    156 10 WEIGHTS for four races en Wednesday, Apr. 10, the second day at Bukit' Timah, are: Horses, Class 3. Div. I—s1 5 V* furs. Solar Time 9.00 Santa Anna 8.10 Old Cow B.li Antrum 8. 0» Alba 8.12 Edna Star 8.07 Perak (late St. Marcel
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    Big Drive Against City's 200 Cycle Thefts A Month
    452 10 CINGAPORE cyclists will have cards bearing their bicycle registration number, signature, name and address tied to their clothing when the new by-laws for the registration and control of bycycles come into force. The by-laws, which have been passed by the Municipal
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    To Run The Blockade?
    52 10 The German merchant ship Rendsburg which has been lying ir. Tandjong Priok harbour, Batavia, since the outbreak of war. It is reported that the ship is now being painted grey with black funnels in preparation for an attempt to run the Allied 'blockade with a cargo
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    MALAYAN VIEW ON SEX EQUALITY
    437 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 2. "A MAN who claims the right to dance and associate freely with a dance partner at the cabaret has no right to prevent his wife or fiancee employing the gigolo for the same purpose," said Mrs. Lord,
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    SUPPORT FOR CHUNGKING
    156 10 Overseas Chinese Denounce Wang S. SEAS COMFORT MISSION'S MESSAGE Chungking, Apr. 1. MR. Tan Kah Kee, leader of the South Seas Comfort Mission, and members of the People's Political Council were the guests of honour at a dinner party given by Dr. Chang Po-lin, Vice-Speaker of the
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    NEW AIR SERVICE INAUGURATED
    194 10 First Flight To Kota Bahru To-day CINGAPORE to Kota Bahru In 5»/j •3 hours Is the bi-weekly trip which Wearne's Air Services inaugurated to-day. A 'plane carrying a full complement of passengers left Singapore thU morning and will leave Kota Bahnt early this afternoon on the
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    16 10 The Negri-Sembilan-Malacca branch of the Automobile Association of Malaya has issued a handy note-book to members.
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    NEW TAXES DESCRIBED AS "FAIR & MODERATE"
    558 11 NEW TAXES DESCRIBED AS "FAIR MODERATE" Entertainments Duty Not To Come Into Force Yet FULL DETAILS ABOUT NEW LEVY WILL BE ANNOUNCED 'CAIN, moderate and not creating hardship/ is the general opinion in Singapore in regard to the new and additional war taxation which was introduced into the Colony yesterday.
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    MR. RONALD CROSS BROADCASTS TO-DAY
    43 11 •T*HE Minister of Economic Warfare, Mr. Ronald Cress, will broadcast today. Malayan listeners will have an opportunity of hearing the speech, as It will be relayed in the overseas programme of the 8.8.C. at 10.20 p.m., Malayan time.
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    Seafarers' Chapel Wedding
    53 11 The bride, who was given away by Capt. U. E. Ward, R.N. wore a turquoise blue sheet length gown with long sleeves and a matching turban. She carried a bouquet of pale pink gladioli. Mrs. Ward was the matron of honour and Sub-Lieut. R. Impey, RH.VJi., was
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    Forged Signature Of Officer
    95 11 AN English-speaking Indian named Pakirisamy who forged the signature of Major G. U. Cooper, of the Manchester Regiment, was sentenced to 18 months' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Justice Pedlow at the Assizes yesterday. Pakirisamy admitted the offence. It was stated that the accused, who worked in
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    CORRUPTION CHARGE
    250 11 Alleged To Have Given $200 Bribe A CASE under the Corruption Ordinance was heard yesterday in the Singapore fifth court before Mr. L. C. Goh, when Tan Yong Cheng was charged with giving a bribe of $200 to Mr. K. Abraham, a sanitary inspector of the Rural Board.
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    CHILDREN'S CONCERT SUCCESS
    94 11 A PACKED hall showed marked appreciation of yesterday's Children's Concert at the Victoria Memorial Hall. The band of the Loyal Regiment provided selections such as German's "Three Dances from Henry Vlll," "A Musical Switch," which included many popular songs, and community songs. Girls of the fifth and
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    INTIMIDATED WORKERS
    274 11 Four Men Sent To Prison TROUBLE DURING LOCAL STRIKE FOUND GUILTY of rioting at the Singapore Rubber Works during the strike there, on Feb. 15, and of intimidating three workers who were not on strike, four men were sentenced to one month's rigorous imprisonment on each charge by
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    ATTACK ON FATHER AND SON ALLEGED
    205 11 A FIGHT in a vegetable garden in Seletar, in which a father and his son are alleged to have been assaulted by a number of men with poles, had a sequel at the Assizes yesterday, when Tang Tian Kin, Kho Kai Ser and Loh
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    17 11 The annual meeting of St. Andrew's Mission Hospital will be held at the hospital, Maxwell Road to-morrow.
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    Woman Alleges She Was Drugged & Seduced
    216 11 Woman Alleges She Was Drugged Seduced AN allegation that she was drugged and then seduced was made by a young woman, Mvi Sui Hing, in the Singapore second court yesterday in a case in which Lee Hong Kee appeared on a private summons for allegedly failing to maintain the woman
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    JOHORE WAR TAXATION TO RAISE $1,750,000
    481 12 Similar Duties To Those To Be Levied In Colony F.M.S. AMOUNT OF CONTRIBUTION TO BRITAIN NOT YET DECIDFD AN announcement that Johore proposed to contribute towards the cost of the prosecution of the war by the Allies was made by the Mentri Besar, Ungku
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    GROWING MORE FOOD
    164 12 Producer Needs Fair Price TTO ENCOURAGE the producer of food in Malaya, some control should be exercised with regard to prices, suggested Major C. H. F. Pierrepont at the Johore Council of State meeting yesterday. Consultations between the Johore and Colony Governments might be cemmenced uith a
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    1,000 GUILDER NOTE
    61 12 ("•HARGED with dishonestly retaining a 1,000 guilder note in the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, on Monday, Tai Peng Yam, who claimed trial in the Singapore third court yesterday, was allowed bail of $?,000, when the case was postponed a week for mention. The note
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    ARABS APPRECIATE NEW BROADCASTS
    153 12 A NUMBER of appreciative letters have been received from Arab residents of Java as well as Malaya since the Singapore station began to broadcast for their community at ten o'clock every night. A letter from Batavia is particularly interesting. "After ten o'clock." says the writer, "people
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    "Unforeseen Difficulties" With Johore Bridges
    388 12 "'THE State of Johore has been most unfortunate in the Department that has designed her bridges," said Tungku Abu Bakar, when he spoke in the Johore Council of State yesterday on the construction of a number of bridges in the State in which "unforeseen difficulties"
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    AGRICULTURAL OFFICERS
    381 12 Johore Tungku's Criticism "THAT the Johore Government should lose no time in formulating a policy which would be consistent with her intentions to train and qualify Malays for positions of responsibility, was urged by Tungku Abu Bakar in the Johore Council of State yesterday. Johore should also in
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    LORD PERTH BUYS ESTATE.
    42 12 The Earl of Perth, who was British Ambassador in Rome from 1933, and who last year became Chief Adviser on Foreign Publicity to the Ministry of Information, has bought Oakley Manor, in the village of Oakley, near Basingstoke.
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      477 12 ALL OUR YESTERDAYS M Good party last night, wasn't it to disgustingly cheerful and bright "Er yes 1 suppost so. Somehow I don't seem to remember thirty very l kaow h mv ver y **asp«««clearly. I've got a vague recollection of A mrdtcine man warned me to somebody wearing a
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    MEDICAL COLLEGE EXAMINATIONS
    923 13 RESULTS of the March 1940 Professional Examinations at the King Edward VII College of Medicine, Singapore, were announced last night. MEDICAL FlsaU Prnft— l— l ExaattauUlaß Part II: The following have passed the Final Professional Examination Part II (fesdictne. Surgery, and Midwifery and Gynaecology) and hawe been
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    RAFFLES' EDUCATION EXAMINATIONS
    97 13 THE following candidates were successful in the Raffles College Examinations in Education held last month: Pass with credit: Chang Mm Tat, Leong Ah Gnow, Ong Swee Keng, Miss See Tin Bee, Miss Tan Sock Kern, Tan Teik Hock, Miss Nancy P. Thevathasan, Wong Keng Sam, Miss Yeo
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    HEAVY OIL VEHICLES
    98 13 A BILL to amend the Traction Engines and Motor Cars Enactment, designed to bring the tax imposed on vehicles using heavy oil or diesel oil into agreement with the tax imposed in the Colony, passed its first reading in the Johore Council of State yesterday. The effect
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    DEBATE ON TAXATION
    59 13 ru Chinese Christian Association will hold a debate at the Institute Hall, Prinsep Street, this evening at 8.15 on the following question 'In order to help the war funds to the utmost, should the Colony agree to indirect taxation on all kinds of luxuries or to direct
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    R.N.V.R.Officer Weds
    99 13 §VB-LIEVTENANT Alfred Henry Huntley, of the Straits Settlements Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, was married tc Miss Eva Schlesinger at the Singapore Registry yesterday. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. Schlesinger, of Singapore, and the bridegroom the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Huntley, of
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    Change Of Title Might Debar Malay From Post
    227 13 COLLOWING opposition by Inche Onn bin Ja'afar, on the ground that Malays might be debarred from holding the post of Senior Health Officer if it were designated Deputy Principal Medical Officer, a motion by the acting Legal Adviser, Mr. R. Moor, to
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    Funeral Of Mrs. Anna Grosse
    374 13 I>HE funeral of Mrs. Anna Grosse, whose death took place at 157, Bukit Tlmah Road, on Monday, was held yesterday after a full choral service at the Church of St. Joseph. The Rev. A. Dias officiated. Mrs. Grosse was 83 years of age and leaves
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    EXHIBIT MISSING IN APPEAL CASE
    155 13 A MISSING exhibit in an appeal was the subiect of comment by Sir Percy McClwaine and Crown Counsel in the High Court yesterday. The appellant, Sayeed bin Mohamed Noor, appealed against a sentence of five months' rigorons imprisonment for theft of a pah* of boots,
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    ALLIES ARE TIGHTENING BLOCKADE OF GERMANY BY SEA AND LAND
    1781 14 The Premier Outlines Latest Measures ACTION OFF SCANDINAVIA AND THE TRADE WEAPON "THE most important of all weapons of our economic warfare is the employment of our sea power and the Allies are determined to continue and intensify this weapon
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    U.S. Flood Menace Continues
    117 14 Wilkesbarre (Perm.), Apr. 2. THE flood waters of the Susquehanna River fell slightly to-day after overflowing the banks and rendering thousands homeless. Meanwhile gangs of men continued feverishly to pile sandbags on the dykes and remove household goods from the lowlands. State and federal relief organizations
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    SECRET SESSION OF FRENCH CHAMBER
    83 14 Paris, Apr. 3. KM. REYNAUD, the French Prime Minister, made only a brief appearance during the Chamber of Deputies debate last night, but did not speak. The Chamber adjourned until Apr. 11 which means that the Government will first face the Senate next Tuesday in
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    King Carol Opens Parliament
    29 14 King Carol of Rumania, followed by Crown Prince Michael, leaving the Parliament building in Bucharest, after the King had opened the new session of Parliament.
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    Neutrals Must Understand
    221 14 "Allies Also Fighting For Them"-Attlee MR. C. R. Attlee, leader of the Labour Opposition, speaking after Mr. Chamberlain's statement, said he was glad to note that Anglo-French collaboration was not to stop at the end of the war. Much of the troubles from which they were suffering
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    WOMAN FINDS MINE ON BEACH
    69 14 A GERMAN mine which had been washed up on the East Coast was found on the beach by a Mrs. Thompson. She told the authorities and officials are preparing to dismantle the mine. Admiralty announced during weekend a scheme for "non-Service personnel" under which awards
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    REDS FORTIFY NAZI BORDER
    124 14 Work Is Rushed In Poland London, Apr. 2. REPORTS from Cernautl state that Russia is going ahead rapidly with the construction of concrete defence works along her new frontier with Germany in occupied Poland. Inhabitants are stated to have been warned to evacuate frontier regions and
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    BOY OF 15 TAKES LIVE SHELL TO WORK
    81 14 ALAN FORMAN, 15-year-old Aberdeenshire farm boy, carried a 4 in. high-explosive shell from the beach to his farm, thinking it was part of an old motor-car. Other farm workers called naval men and it was mado harmless. The shell had apparently been
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    NEWFOUNDLAND SENDS MORE MEN TO BRITAIN
    46 14 ANOTHER 175 Newfoundland fisher- men have arrived in England to join the British Navy. This is the fifth contingent to reach England; the others went to naval centres for training before being allotted to various duties in the navy. Reuter.
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    41 15 SOCCER: First division, S.CC. vs. Loyals, Stadium: second division (A), Pulau Brani vs. RJV.MC, Putau Brani: second division (B). Customs vs J.C.S.A. J.C.S.A. ground, 8.H.1 Chartered Bank vs. Cold Storage, S.H.B. ground. Tennis; S.C.C. S-R.C. and S.C.R.C. tournaments.
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    Slow Work At Bukit Timah
    223 15 •I'HERE were only a handful of slow gallops on the second track at Bukit Timah this morning is preparation for Saturday's races. Duval's string arrived here last night, but none of his horses were exercised. New Moon, Teddy Boy, Release, Servus and Dlnna Forget were
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    TO-DAY'S SOCCER AT THE STADIUM
    107 15 fTHE first division league match be- tween the S.C.C. and the Loyals promises thrilling soccer at the stadium to-day. Opening the season with a brilliant victory over the Argylls the Club, after drawing with the S.R.C., went on to spring the biggest surprise of the
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    S.R.C. TENNIS RESULTS AND TO-MORROW'S TIES
    87 15 RESULTS of yesterday's ties in the S.R.C. lawn tennis tournament were: Handicap "A" singles: B. D. Rozario (plus 3) beat F. Moreira (—3), 6—2,6 2, tt— 2. Handicap "B" singles: Dr. L. da Silva (scr.) beat L. S. Reutens (plus 3) 6—o, 6—4;6 4;
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    TIES IN SPRING TENNIS TOURNAMENT AT S.C.R.C.
    84 15 FOLLOWING are ties in the Straits Chinese Recreation Club's spring tennis tournament at Hong Lim Green: TO-DAY "A" Singles Handicap. Yap Ah Hian (—l5) vs. Goh Teik Chow (—9); Cheong Chee Lim f— 3) vs. Lee Sze Tat (—3); K. I. Tan (—3.
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    LINCOLN PROBABLES FOR TO-DAY
    74 15 THE amended probables for the Lincolnshire to-day are: Golden Sovereign (Beary) Hot Bun n (Sam Wraggi; Boomps-A-Dalsy (Nevettr Wonersh (Marshall Tlmestep (Ruttle/: Titan (E. Smith); Quartler Maltre (Gordon Richards); Nagor (Christie i; Fiorettl (H. Bmtrke); Paul Beg munm; Davy Dollttle (A. Burns; Squadron Castle (Mitchell): Reynard's
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    STIPENDIARY STEWARD'S REPORT ON RACING
    1178 15 More And Better Horses Are Now Being Imported IN his annual report on racing in Malaya during 1939 Mr. R. T. G. Arthur, stipendiary steward to the Straits Racing Association, draws attention to the fact that there has been a very serious falling off both
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    "AWAY" SOCCER RESULTS
    70 15 *T*HE following are the results of •'•'way" league matches played yesterday: The R.A. 9th. Hy. Reg. beat the Gordon Highlanders one-nil at Chaniri in a first division fixture, and the RA. (8.M.) beat the Malaya Signals by three goals to two in a second division (a) natch
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    S.C.C. TENNIS RESULTS AND FURTHER TIES
    153 15 IN the only tie played to the S.C.C. Spring lawn tennis tournament yesterday, A. D. Anderson beat Roy Smith, 8—6, 6—2, in the men's singles championship event. Further ties are: TO-DAY Championship Singles: W. J. M. Warden vs. D. E. L. Anderson. Championship Doubles:
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    APRIL MEDAL COMPETITION FOR WOMEN AT R.S.G.C.
    395 15 rE Royal Singapore Oolf Club's women's April medal competition was played at Buklt Titnah on Monday and resulted In a win for Mrs. J. B. Ross In "A" Division with a score of 35V 2 in a win for Mrs. F. T. Wyckoff
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    CHAMPIONS BEATEN BY POLICE AT STADIUM
    507 15 Police 6, Malays 4. DLAYING their best game this season, the Police surA prised the Malays at the Stadium yesterday, winning by six goals to four in a keen first division league game. While the Police deserve plenty of I credit for being the
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    KAMIS BEATEN IN FINAL
    422 15 Chin Kee Cnn Wins Y.M.C.A. Title CHIN KEE ONN, Malayan singles lawn tennis champion, claimed the Y-M.C.A. open invitation tournament singles title for the first time yesterday when he confidently defeated the holder, Kamis, in straight sets, 6—3, 6—3. The better player, Kee Onn fully deserved
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    ITALIAN WAR MEASURES
    105 16 Rome, Apr. 2. A CABINET meeting under the presidency of Signor Mussolini to-day decided to devise laws concerning organization and mobilization of the nation in time of war so as to make public administrations, citizens exempt from military obligation, and women and children over 13 liable to
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    31 16 British troops are helping French farmers in many ways with their farm work and in view of the fact that many farm labourers have been called up, this help is invaluable.
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    NAZI PATROL SHIPS BOMBED
    314 16 Fresh Attack Off Sylt Island London, Apr. 2. AN -Air Ministry communique tx states: "R.A.F. aircraft of the bomber command were actively engaged in reconnaissance over the North Sea yesterday. During the day enemy patrol vessels were attacked with bombs and one enemy aircraft of the
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    Foreign Planes Over Neutral Countries
    125 16 London, Mar. 2. P>REIGN planas have been reported over Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg within the last 24 hours. At The Hague it Is officially reported that planes were sighted yesterday afternoon over Gelderland. These machines were chased off by Dutch air patrols. In Brussels, it
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    TWO TOCKET-BATTLESHIPS' BELIEVED TO BE CRIPPLED
    288 16 British Attacks On German Bases NAZIS SCUTTLE 4,000-TON SHIP WHEN INTERCEPTED London, Apr. 2. U/HILE no official comment is available as to suggestions put forward that the Royal Navy has probably destroyed or badly crippled both the Admiral Scheer and the Deutschland, Germany's two
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    Bhopal Ruler's Full Support For Empire
    98 16 Bhopal, Apr. 2. "T HAVE made up my mind to 1 help the Empire with all the resources of my State," declared the Nawab of Bhopal when opening the fifth session of the Bhopal Legislature to-day. His Highness added: "The Empire finds itself in
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    Allied Publicity Chiefs Meet
    128 16 IMPORTANT decisions regarding i* Allied publicity were reached yesterday when Sir John Reith and M. Frossard' British and French ministers of information respectively, met In London with members of their staffs. Practical means of organizing collaboration between the two ministries were decided upon in every domain.
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    SHANGHAI SOLDIER GRANTED REPRIEVE
    58 16 Shanghai, Apr. 2. FE British Ambassador, Sir Archibald Clark Kerr, has decided to reprieve Eckford of the Seaforth Highlanders, who was sentenced to death in January for the murder of Sergeant Davis, of the same regiment, on Nov. 4, 1939. The death sentence has been commuted
    Reuter  -  58 words
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    R.A.F. PATROL OVER GERMAN BASES CONTINUING
    217 16 London, Apr. 2. REPORTS of the recent R.A.P. bomber command patrol flights over the German seaplane bases of Borkum, Nordeney and Sylt make plain the nuisance value of these almost nightly visits. As soon as our aircraft approach the seaplane bases lights here and
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    Gains The D.F.M.
    19 16 Leading Aircraftman G Hawkins, recently decorated with the D.F.M. for gallantry in action against the enemy.
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    SYLT RAID HEROES DECORATED
    62 16 London, Apr. 2. TWO ten-year-old girls saw their fathers decoratad by the King at Buckingham Palace this morning when, for the first time, relatives were admitted to a ceremony of investiture Fifty relatives watched 37 men and oue woman receive decorations. The men Included two officers,
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    U-Boat Sunk After Attack On Neutral
    350 16 VET another U-boat is known to have been sent to 1 the bottom by British naval action in the Atlantic, Reuter reports. Details of the attack on this submarine, which ventured near an Allied convoy, were made known in London yesterday. The submarine had
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    NEW AIR SERVICE
    59 16 London, Apr. 2. A Royal Dutch airliner, it Is learned in London, left Amsterdam today for Lisbon, inaugurating the connecting service with the Yankee Clipper for America. The service Is to be run twice weekly in both directions, giving a four-day connection with New Tflork. For the
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    One British Ship Lost Last Week
    301 16 One British Ship Lost Last Week Enemy Sinkings Are Steadily Decreasing London. Apr. 2. I OSSES due to enemy action tor ths week ending Mar. 31 were one British ship, the Daghestan, 5,742 tons, and four neutral vessels, totalling 8.159 tons. The neutral ships included the Norwegian vessels the Burgoes
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