The Straits Times, 7 April 1940

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    38 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES THE LEADING SUNDAY NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA FINAL EDITION No. 433 Sunday, April 7, 1940 Price 10 Cents THE SUNDAY TIMES The Leading Sunday Newspaper In Malaya No. 433 Sunday, April 7, 1940 Price 10 Cents
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    ALLIES' NOTES TO SCANDINAVIA
    1016 1 No Hint Of Contents Yet Given NORWEGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S SPEECH ON COUNTRY'S STAND Scathing References To Nazi Bombing Of Passenger Ship THE Notes which were handed to the Swedish and Norwegian Ministers in London and Paris on Friday by Lord Halifax and M. Reynaud still remain
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    Austrian Baron In British RA.F.
    51 1 BARON Manfred Czernin is the only Austrian baron who is fighting in the British armed forces. Shortly before the war he became a naturalized Britis subject, but by permission of 'ing George VI he is allowed to use Austrian title. He is now a flying
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    Floods Destroy 30 Turkish
    94 1 Villages Ankara, Saturday. TTHIRTY villages in the Amasia district have been completely destroyed by floods. No lives were lost but the material damage is creat, and more than 20,000 people are homeless. Hundreds of cattle perished, more than 37,000 acres of cultivated land were wholly submerged
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    NAZIS SEE "NEW PHASE OF WAR"
    123 1 Berlin, Saturday. TTIIE German press assumes that Great Britain is about to hOLyifi a new phase of war and connects this with the name of Mr. Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty. "Mr. Churchill's promotion to supreme minister of the armed forces proves
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    NEARLY 2,000,000 BRITONS CALLED
    80 1 Loncon, Saturday. MEN who reached the are of 25 last year were registering vO-day under the National Service Act, and it is expected that about 300.0C0 will be affected. Later in the menth men of 26 will be registered. This will be the first time that
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    ECONOMIC COMMITTEE'S FIRST SITTING
    48 1 Paris, Saturday. MREYNAUDS new economic com- mittoe whose Job is to co-ordinate France's home front, met for the first time to-day. No official statement was Issued afterwards but the chairman of the committee said tha', complete agreement had been reached on several urgent questions.
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    Meeting Of British Envoys In London
    155 1 Meeting Of British Envoys In London London, Saturday. REUTER'S diplomatic correspondent learns that the British Ministers in Athens and Budapest have arrived in London. The Ambassador t Turkey, and the Ministers in Bucharest, Belgrade and Sofia are expected during the weekend. The talks between these diplomatic representatives and the Foreign
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    Eight Arrests In Bombay
    62 1 Bombay, Saturday. EIGHT arrests were made here to-day in connection with "National Week." including P. M. Bapat, known as senapati (comniander-in-chlef) who was to have presided at the inaugural mertinsr. His entry into the city had been canned by the Commissioner of Police. No incidents are
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    POINTERS TO BIG LAND OFFENSIVE
    89 1 Paris, Saturday. ALMOST uninterrupted artillery action by the Germans on the Lorraine front in the past few days, the tightening of the Allied blockade and Goerlng's last speech may herald a Nazi offensive on the Western Front in the opinion of the newspapers Le Jour
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    ABANDONED FRENCH TANKER SIGHTED
    67 1 London, Saturday. A PORTUGUESE steamer has sighted an abandoned French tanker of about 8,000 tons between Madeira r.nd the Azores, according to a Lisbon report quoted by the Rome radio. The tanker is badly damaged and Is thought to have been torpedoed and then abandoned by
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    GERMAN VERSION OF BASE RAID
    73 1 Berlin, Saturday. 'THE German news agency claims that the Britis.i Air Ministry announcement of the bomMng ot five German warships J the naval base al Wilhelmshaven is "a mere invention." It declares that only a single British plane entered the region of the EiDe mouth
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    GERMANY'S 15,000 CASUALTIES
    57 1 Paris, Saturday. A MESSAGE :rom the German lrontler says 15.000 G3rman soldiers, casualties from the western front, are in hospitals in Bohemia. The majority have froz:n limbs and many have had limbs amputated. The message says the damp of the Siegfried Line during the intense cold was
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    Eden & French General
    48 1 Eden French General MR. Anthony Eden, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, was the guest of honour at a recent Foreign Press Association luncheon held at the Savoy Hotel, London. In the picture Mr. Eden is talking to General Lelong, head of the French Military Mission in London.
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    Dutch Patrol Strays Into Germany
    79 1 Dutch Patrol Strays Into Germany Amsterdam, Saturday. A DUTCH military patrol consisting of a sergeant, a corporal and eight privates disappeared over the German frontier on Wednesday night, it is just revealed, and nothing has been heard of it since. According to the provincial newspaper Limburg Koerler, the patrol was
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    BRITAIN'S TRADE AGREEMENTS WITH NEUTRALS
    281 1 BRITAIN'S TRADE AGREEMENTS WITH NEUTRALS The Hague, Saturday. •"TWO Royal decrees have been issued which uill enforce the wartime trade agreements between Great Britain and the Netherlands. The first forbids the import Into tha Netherlands of p. long list of goods except by specific commission of tha Govemmont controlled company.
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    MONEY FOR GOLD COAST
    15 1 Britain has contributed £44.000 towards war expenditure in the Gold Coast.
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    STRUGGLE FOR CONTROL OF SHANGHAI
    374 2 Vital Elections In Settlement This Week GERMANS MAY VOTE FOR JAPANESE: REFUGEES NEUTRAL Other Minorities Want Western Control CHANGHAI tensely awaits the outcome of the Municipal Council elections on Wednesday and Thursday to decide whether the International Settlement is to remain under Anglo-American ~ontrol as
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    Aerial Explorer For Byrd Expedition
    65 2 •LITTLE AMERICA 111, ANTARCTIC— a twin motored Condor plane being unloaded at the Byrd American Antarctic Expeditions West Base in preparation for aerial exploration of the snow-bound Antarctic continent. In the foreground are means of snow-travel, o:ie of the dog teams used by the expedition.
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    London Tribute To War Role Of Colonies And Protectorates
    401 2 London Tribute To War Role Of Colonies And Protectorates London, Saturday. A TRIBUTE is paid by The Times this morring to the manner in which the Crown Colonies and Protectorates have rallied with unanimous loyalty tv the general cause of the alliance against Hltlerism. The Times says "It is the
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    TIENTSIN BARRICADE TRAGEDY
    61 2 Tientsin, Saturday. ANOTHER case of electrocution occurred yesterday when a Chinese attempted to crawl under the wires of the live barricade around the foreign area at a deserted spot near the new British cemetery. The man was apparently making his 1 way out of the foreign area
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    'SOLID FOUNDATION OR PEACE STRUCTURE'
    53 2 Washington, Saturday. COMMENTING on the passing of the bill for continuing the Administration's reciprocal trade agreements programme, Mr. Cordell Hull, the Secretary of State, reiterated that one of its objectives was to help in creating a solid foundation for any stable peace structure to follow
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    22 2 Al Capone, released tfro/n "fteon m November, is thought to be »Oing to live in retirement at iiis Ci2sf.Qo estate at Miami.
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    RUSSO-JAPANESE BORDER CLASH
    175 2 A RUSSO-JAPANESE clash on the eastern border of Manchukuo is reported by the Japanese Eastern News. It is alleged that Soviet regulars crossed the Manchukuo border into Wushenkou, south of Tunning, on Wednesday in an attempt to destroy a Manchukuo border outpost. Japanese border patrols, it is
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    Chinese Reds In Chungking For People's Parley
    56 2 Chinese Reds In Chungking For People's Parley Chungking, Saturday PROMINENT Chinese Communis leaders have arrived to attend th fifth session of the National People' 3 Political Congress, Including Mr. Chin-? Pang-hsien. Miss Eng Yin-chao, Mrs. Chow En-lai. and Mr. Ling Chu-han. Mr. Chow En-lal, who recently visited Moscow, It is
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    Tokio Opposing Extension Of Allied Blockade To The Far East
    165 2 Tokio Opposing Extension Of Allied Blockade To The Far East Tokio, Saturday. ACCORDING to the Kokumin Shimbun. the Japanese Govern- ment has decided to instruct its ambassador in London to negotiate with the British Government "for protection of neutral commerce." The newspaper says that Japan's case will be based Firstly,
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    R.A.F. ALLOWANCES
    47 2 THE Air Ministry has announced Increased children's allowances, similar to the Army and Navy scale. The scale now Is dx shillings weekly for one child, ten shillings for two children, and 12 shillings for three children, and three shillings extra for each additional child. Reuter.
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    Argentina s War Gift To Britain
    109 2 Dr. Arce, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine in Buenos Aires, has fiacec at the disposal of Great Britain a new and siinplifled apparatus for administering anaesthetics, which may prove to be of great service to medical officers treating casualties in the field. The.
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    TheMauretania Continues On Mystery Voyage
    97 2 TheMauretania Continues On Mystery Voyage Honolulu, Saturday. TTHE giant British liner Mauretanla 1 has sailed after taking aboard supplies. The captain freely described the voyage from New York but did* 1 not disclose his destination, reports Reuter. It is reported that the Mauretanla Is on her way to Australia to
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    TWO GERMAN AIRMEN FOUND IN A WOOD
    52 2 Paris, SaturGay. rro wounded German airmen were found yesterday after lying with a dead companion In the middle of a wood behind the French lines for lour days. They were discovered near the shattered remains of a Dornier 17 which was shot down
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    HIGH BRITISH AWARD FOR FRENCHMAN
    82 2 London, Saturday. THE master of a French salvage tug will receive a British decoration when he gets to port. He has be^n awarded the British Empire Gallantry j Medal for conspicuous bravery during a fire. A British tanker anchored at a French port caught fire.
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    Five Graf Spee Men Escape: Many Interned
    85 2 Five Graf Spee Men Escape: Many Interned New York, Saturday. ALL officers and half the crew of the scuttleu Nazi "pocketbattleship" Graf Spec will from now on be treated as prisoners of war or internees, according to a Buenos Aires dispatch to the New York Times. This measure follows the
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    AUSTRALIA CONSERVES FOREIGN EXCHANGE
    45 2 Melbourne, Satuicay. AN Australian move to conserve Australia's foreign exchange is reported. It Is stited that exporters of petroleum proaucts to Australia must accept payment in sterling in London under a new regulation. Oil purchases were previously payable in gold dollars.
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    LOYAL TO BELGIUM
    64 2 DURING the discu.ssicn in the Belgian Senate of a Bill nrjainst acts likely jto endanger national institutions, M. I Gob, a Senator from the cantons of Eupcn and Malm<':ly, which were given to Belgium under the Versailles Treaty, declare i that although he was a German ex-So-vice
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    29 NEWSPAPERMEN KILLED IN CHINA
    24 2 Twenty-nine Japanese newspaper correspondents, ram ramen ;<nd artists have to date been killed in the I lities in China.
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      218 2 ALL OUR YESTERDAYS Good patty last night, wasn't it so disgustingly cheerful and bright this morning." Er yes I suppose so. Somehow I don't seem to remember thing! very l know J must be vcrv «*a»P*««clearly. I've got a vanue recollection of ln B- A «n«*«ane man warned me to
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      33 2 Bjondie -> *> By Chic Young J rMC^K TLUT FOB A TWCkT) '/ITT M* fcUWBJ CoiuM HOW. LCTIb) (sCXAi-WH* W""^ (^WSTU^T) TV« NICKSL MAS f—^ f TWBMCKH.-1 SCSKBM3UQTWCK 3 TO SWUr J-^>-T\ v STLukfitfTV i
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    50th Europe-Far East Air Trip
    268 3 CAPTAIN LAUREL pAPTAIN Ivan Smirnoff, K.L.M/8 45-year-old ace pilot, chalked up well over 2,000,000 miles of flying yesU'rday when he arrived at the Singapore Airport on his 50th round trip from Amsterdam to I!a la via and back. His trips on this route for the
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    POLICE BAND PLAYING AT BOTANIC GARDENS
    53 3 T^HE Police Band will play on Tues- day at the Botanic Gardens at 5.30 p.m.: March. Cavalry of the Clouds (Alford); Selection, Once Upon A Time (Stoddon); Valse, Des Alonettes (Drlgo); Suite, A Coons Day Out (Baynes); Cornet Solo, A Perfect Day (Jacobs-Bond); Selection,
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    DOME OF TAJ MAHAL TO BE EXAMINED
    151 3 1 Decay Reported By U.S. Tourists THE beautiful dome of the 300-year-old Taj Mahal at Agra is shortly to be hidden in scaffolding. Th s was revealed in the Central Ass; mblv in New Delhi when Sir G. S. Eaipai, Secretary, Education Health
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    V esterday s Weddings
    38 3 Mr. aad Mrs. Ivan Aroozoo after their weddin? at St. Joseph's Church, Singapore, yesterday. i Mr. and Mrs. John Laurence da Silva after the wedding at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, Singapore, yesterday.
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    Aroozoo-De Souza
    306 3 JLIIR. Ivan Aroozoo, son cf Mr. and ITI Mrs. A. V. Aroozoo, of Singapore, was married to Miss Beatrice De Souza, daughter cf Mr. and Mrs. A. V. De Souza. of Singapore, at St. Joseph's Church yesterday. Rev. Father Bereta"* Dlas tco* tne service and Mr. Oliveiro played
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    MALAY BOY DROWNED IN GEYLANG POND
    52 3 A MALAY boy of about 15 years of age was drowned in a pond at Geylang yesterday afternoon. He was bathing when he got into difficulties and disappeared in deep water. Artificial respiration was appliea when the boy was taken out, but there was
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    JOHORE CLASSES FOR ST. JOHN AMBULANCE
    36 3 Johore women are invited to attend a course of lectures In First Aid conducted by Mr. R. Walklngshaw, F.R.C.S., every Monday, at 5.30 p.m. in the Nurses' Hostel, Johore Bahru.
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    Da Silva-Anderson
    87 3 RJIR. John Lawrence da Silva was iVI married to Miss Dorothy Margaret Anderson at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd yesterday. Rev. Father N. Maury took the service. The bridegroom is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. C. A. da Silva, of Singapore, and the bride
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    S.V.C. PROGRAMME OF DRILLS
    456 3 Programme of Singapore Volunteer Corps drills up to and for week ending Apr. 14:— Monday: 1715 hrs., Headquarters, S. R.A. Gunnery Instruction; 1730 hrs., Headquarters, S.R.E. (v) (No. 2 and 3 Sees.), Field Engineering; 1715 hrs., Headquarters, S.F.C.R.E. (v), D.E.L. Ins 1 ruction; 1730 hurs.. Headquarters.
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    He Must Have A Pain!
    66 3 JI'OGING by (he expression on the face *>f the baby on the right, he must b» suffering from the stomach ache. Apparently the complaint i? c:-tchinjr for the other one is about to dissolve into tears as well. This scene was photograph e.l at th*
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    In Singapore To-day
    469 3 CINEMAS ALIIAMBRA: In Name Only with Carole Lombard. Cary Grant and Kay Francis, 3.15, 8.15 and 915. CAPITOL: Marx Bros, at The Circus, ll a.m., 3. 15. 6.15 and 9.15. CATHAY: Gulliver's Travels, n a.m., 3.15, 6.15 and 9.15. PAVILION: Closed for air conditioning. QUEEN'S, GEYLANG: Ist
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    TEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL ON CHANDU CHARGE
    263 3 TEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL ON CHANDU CHARGE "Led Astray By Father," Says Magistrate (From Our- Own Correspondent) Muar, Saturday A TEN-YEAR-OLD girl was the accused in a case in wiu;li he was charged before Inciie ilaron bin Ahmad with being found in possession of non-Government chandu. In reply to the chargs the
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      312 4 MARRIAGE s ROMANCE AT THE LAST -XALHAMBRA -3 shows--1 always c»oj at.d romforUMe) 3.15, 6.15 9.15 IT Alt STARTS IN A TAOUT STREAM! And end* up in a blond»-brun«tt« battU for a man worth championship pricctl B« hot* when th« gong clangsi W ylji l| Ch&iU.COBURN.H.IenVINSONI tKO V fr^^^ KAth»rin«
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      297 4 SEASON EXTENDED owing to SUCCESS! YOU'VE SIMPLY GOT TO LAUGH! LAST 1 PAYS! Don't miss It!! I 4 SHOWS TO-DAY At The air-conditioned |11 AM. 3.15 6.15 9.15 CAPITOL j* A tsntAil of tftrl-gorgeous 1 /I ntCr* musicod fun I The 3 Mad J LA*^f MuUai^» of MtrtK In their
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    Walt Disney To Become A £1,000,000 Company
    168 5 Walt Disney To Become A £1,000,000 Company New York. DLANS to transform the Walt Disney productions from a family enterprise into a great business in which the public will be able to invest were outlined in a statement announcing that shares worth £1,000,000 will be oflered. The company, it is
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    Tarzan Junior Finds A Pal
    126 5 •yARZAN Junior will have a companion when cameras roll on the next jungle adventure at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The studio has signed Cordell Hickman, eight-year-old Negro actor who scored heavily in the stage production of "The Mikado In Swing," to play the boy companion and pal of
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    Vivien Leigh To Dance
    84 5 VIVIEN LEIGH has started dance rehearsals with Mr. and Mrs. Ernst Matray, famous ballet teachers, for her ballet number in "Waterloo Bridge." Director Mervyn Leßoy plans a three-minute ballet number in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film for Miss Leigh, for which she will have to rehearse daily for
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    Charlie McCarthy As Songster
    65 5 FOR the first time In any picture, Charlie McCarthy's voice will be raised in song when he steps before the studio microphones to intone Charlie McCarthy, Detective," in the picture of the same name in which he. with Edgar Bergen, is starring at Universal studios. Words
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    "Merrie England"
    165 5 BARBARA Gllmar will be unable to take part In the Musical Society's presentation of Merrie England next Sunday, as she has unexpectedly had to leave Singapore. Her part will be taken by Ida Battishill. who will sing the soprano solo part at very short notice. The principals at
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    This Week's Films
    127 5 This Week's Films ALHAMBRA Now On: "In Name Only." (Carole Lombard. Cary Grant, Kay Francis, Charles Coburn, Helen Vinson, Katherine Alexander). K.KO. dramacomedy. Next Change Four Wives." (Priscilla Lane, Rosemary Lane, Lola Lane, Gale Page, Claude Rains, John Garfleld). Warner Bros, comedy. CAPITOL Now On: "The Marx Brothers at the
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    Olivier And Garson
    64 5 I AURENCE Olivier will have the male starring role, opposite Greer Garson, in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer*s production -f "Pride And Prejudice," soon to go before the cameras. Miss Garson, who scored one of the leading personal triumphs of the past year as Mrs. Chips in "Goodbye, Mr. Chips," appeared
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    Films Are "Tripe"
    46 5 "To a considerable extent cinema films are 'tripe.'" Pau' Muni, the film star, has just said that in an interview in Boston. "High-class films virtually have to be subsidised like symphony orchestras," he added. "The receipts are insufficient for the big production companies."
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    "Tony Draws A Horse"
    96 5 THE Island Committee, headed by the founders, Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Folliott (seen above), is planning another stage production in aid of the Malaya Patriotic Fund. The choice this time is that excellent comedy "Tony Draws a Horse," which ran throughout 1939 (incidentally it was the
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    Sitting On
    488 6 A LTHOUGH we do our best to remain cheerful despite a certain weariness induced by reading interminable descriptions of the Maginot Line by correspondents who state quite frankly that they are not allowed to describe it, the news that whisky will be rationed and will probably cost 17s.
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    Letter To A Stomach
    279 6 Letter To A Stomach RE the above notes, it would be interesting to hear your opinion on wartime economies since you have complained so frequently in the past about things sent down regardless of your personal comfort. In the last war, you may remember, you never had civilian rations. You
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    CONTRACT BRIDGE
    638 6 By THE FOUR ACES THIS article la inspired by an argument we recently overheard between two partners who had Just lost top score in a Duplicate game due to the fact that one of them had unsuccessfully doubled an opposing five heart bid. In fact, as we approached
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    The Fence By Nathaniel Gubbins
    942 6 The Fence By Nathaniel Gubbins years of heartless treatment I am completely indifferent to wartime restrictions. The rations allowed now are enough for anybody but a hog, and If you would be considerate enough to eat them at regular hours they would be more than sufficient for my needs. Past
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    CLERK SUES SINGAPORE BANK FOR $113
    224 7 Claims He Received No Written Notice COURT GRANTS HIM ONE MONTH'S SALARY A CLAIM for $113 was brought by a former dispatch clerk, L. S. Appasamy, against the Eastern Bank Ltd., in the Singapore civil district court yesterday. The claim was for $55 salary
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    With Plasters On His Face
    143 7 MAN CHARGED WITH STEALING CAR STATED to have been found lying injured beside the wreck of a motorcar he had allegedly stolen, Wong Joon Fong, 21-year-old English-speaking Hainanese, with a plaster over his mouth and left eye, appeared before Mr. H. Watson 1n the Singapore
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    Too Many Accidents On Highway
    285 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) Segamat. Saturday. ••11/|OTOR accidents are becoming too common ln the district and result In the death of unfortunate pedestrians and cyclists," remarked Inche Rauf bin Mchamed Sa'at, the Segamat coroner, at the end of an inquiry on the death of Yahaya
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    NIGHT BURGLARY ALLEGED
    101 7 A CHINESE, Siang Chin Heng, yesterday appeared in the Singapore fifth police court, where a charge of entering the compound of a house in Second Avenue, Bukit Timah, occupied by a European, W. Bennett, with intent to cause annoyance, was explained to him. Another charge explained to
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    NEGRI CO-OPERATORS
    163 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Saturday. AT the sixteenth annual general meeting of the Negri Sembllan Malay Public Servants Co-operative Credit Society, Ltd., held at the Rahang Malay School, Seremban, a dividend or 4 l 2 per cent, was declared. New officebearers were elected as follows: President,— N.
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    TRANSFER FROM MUAR
    90 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) Muar. MUAk has lost another all-round sportsman in th* person ol Mohamad Amln bin All, who has left for Kluang on transfer. Mohamad Amln All. was the captain of the Muar Hospital hockey side. He also p'.ayed badminton, tennis and cricket. ST. JOHN
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    PROBLEM FOR THAI HEALTH OFFICERS
    60 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Saturday. TTHE Premier has announced that the registration of prostitutes Is to cease and the public health authorities are now busy considering how to prevent the spread of venereal disease. The Premier also announced the government had no intention either
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    HE HAS LED HIS GUERILLAS IN 50 CLASHES
    143 7 HE HAS LED HIS GUERILLAS IN 50 CLASHES A QUEBEC Chinese, who has been leariinsc cueriila troops in China igainst the Japanese, has arrived in Singapore to visit some of his relatives and friends who are staying in Malaya. He is Commander Cheng Lok Che. 41--year-old Cantonese, who was seriously
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    Last Case On Assize List Heard
    110 7 THE last case in the Singapore March Arslzes was concluded before Mr. Justice Pedlow yesterday, when three men. Tang Tian Kin. Kho Kai Ser and Koh Kec Piau, were convicted on charges of causing grievous hurt and causing hurt to a vegetable planter and
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    SHOW ON TOUR IN JOHORE
    89 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) Segamat, Saturday. "/CINDERELLA," a show staged by players from Batu Pahat In aid of the Malayan Patriotic Fund, was a great success and Is to be followed by a play, "Hay Fever" by Noel Coward. Mrs. B. L. Milne of Muar
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    LEPER SETTLEMENT MAN DROWNED
    56 7 (From Our Own Correspondent. i Penang, Saturday. AN Inmate of the Leper Settlement. Pulau Jerejak, was drowned while swimming In the sea. A fellow leper who saw him struggling made a vain effort to rescue him and the man's body was only located the next day
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    DROUGHT BREAKS IN BATU PAHAT
    94 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batu Pahat, Saturday. •yHE drought which Batu Pahat experienced for nearly two months broke last Wednesday, when rain fell for about an hour. The weather had been threatening for more than a week, but no rain fell. It is understood that
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    CHRISTENING
    35 7 GORDON THOMAS, son of Mr. F. T. Plcton-Klng, of the Air Ministry, and Mrs. Picton-King, was christened at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday. A reception was later held at "A" quarters, Kandang Kerbau police station.
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    PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
    30 7 TfflE service this evening at the Singapore Presbyterian Church Is to be broadcast. It is the quarterly communion service and the Rev. Stephen Band will be the preacher.
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    PENANG STRIKE MAY SOON BE SETTLED
    99 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) P<*nang. Saturday. THE Penang Chinese building coolies' strike is likely to be settled shortly as most of the contractors have granted the men Increases ran gin t from 10 to 12 per cent. A few contractors still refuse to give
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    Bcxing Idol Charged In Police Court
    83 7 IGNACIO Ortis, a well-known Singapore lightweight boxer and former Madison Square Garden idol whose ring name is Ignacio Fernandez, appeared beforr Mr, Conrad Oldham in the Singapore second police court yesterday. He was charged with voluntarily causing hurt to a Sikh, Pertichan, with a
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    THAILAND AND CHINA'S PUPPET GOVERNMENT
    72 7 THAILAND AND CHINA'S PUPPET GOVERNMENT (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Saturday. THE Premier at his monthly meet, mr with newspapermen today, said the Thailand government had not considered the question of according; recognition to the new puppet government in China. There was no diplomatic representation of China in Thailand, he
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    LIGHTNING STRIKES FLAGSTAFF
    60 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Saturday. INURING a thunder storm at Serera- ban, lightning struck the flagstaff over the building of the Seremban branch of the Oversea Chinese Ban*. A part of the flagstaff was wrenched off. No persons were injured. Th» watchman on duty saw a
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    490 8 .U7HEN I mentioned the other day that Ingrams of Arabia," who visited Malaya last year to study administration in the Malay States, had been given a new post, I should also have stressed that this meant that his wife had been given a new post too. She has shared his
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    Mainly About Malayans
    930 8 those of political secretary and civil secretary on the vacation of these posts by their present hplders, LieutColonel Lake, who Is retiring, and Major Sinclair, who Is reverting to the Indian Government service. Mr. Ingrams, as has already be .1 reported, will be succeeded at Mufcaila by
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    He Brought Civilization To A Savage Colony
    683 8 CINGAPORE journalists well remember the tall, distinguished, white-haired figure of Sir Hubert Murray, Lieutenant Governor of Papua, who visited Malaya in 1936, for he gave them some excellent copy on the progress of Ms wild territory. Now this noted classical scholar, scientist, lawyer,
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      443 8 LEARN COMMERCIAL CORRESPONDENCE an d ENGL I S H Now you can learn general Commtrcial Correspondence, English and Secretarial subjects by post from Singapore; for Pitman's College have Correspondence Courses in all Business subjects and English. Over seventy years 1 experience. Any of the following subjects can be studied either
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    ISLAND'S ROAD FATALITIES DOWN 58 PER CENT.
    319 9 Traffic Campaign Improves Figures Less Speeding Reported THE institution of the road patrol and the campaign by the Singapore Traffic Branch to make pedestrians more traffic-conscious has resulted in a 58 per cent, fall traffic deaths in the first quarter of this year
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    Woollens For Troops To Be On View
    185 9 Woollens For Troops To Be On View RAFFLES PLACE EXHIBITION THE public of Singapore will have an opportunity next week of feeing the kinds of knitted garments and other cornices, that are required for mm of the Fighting Forces. Under the auspices of the women's section of the Malaya Patriotic
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    USED TICKET MONEY FOR HIMSELF
    84 9 <Ftom Our Own correspondent.) Segamat, Saturday. ARRESTED in Negri Sembllan an English-speaking Ind'an namea Krishnan was charged before Inche Rauf bin Mohamed Sa'at, the Segamar magistrate, with criminal breach ot trust of $71. Accused pleaded guilty and was remanded In custody for a week, pending
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    39 9 The marriage will take place on April 20 at the Church of the Visitation, Seremban, of M'ss Mary D'Souza, of the teaching staff of the King George V School, Seremban, and Mr Harry (Bonnie) Sta Mana, of Kuala Pilah.
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    Banned From Marrying For Ten Years
    68 9 Ahmedabad. BECAUSE he refused to marry a girl to whom he was betrothed as a child, a youth belonging to the strict Jain sect of the Hindus has been forbidden to rr.arry for 10 years as a punishmen*. The elders of the community, in
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    Further £1,000,000 From Colony?
    97 9 IT is understood that a resolution will be moved at the next me«ting of the Legislative Council on Apr 22 for a further gift of £1,000,000 to be made by the Colony to the Imperial Government as a contribution to the Empire's war chest. No oficial
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    His Job Was To
    72 9 Keep The Rain Away THE lhe duty of Sobhagmal, inherited irom his father, was a keep the < rain away from the village of Tajjan, near New Delhi. When the village was threatened wlih a storm, Sobhagmal climbed a nt;igbouring hill and uttered imprecations against the
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    New Air Liners For Empire Routes
    100 9 AIR liners of the Hannibal class employed on Empire air services are to be replaced by more up-to-da c aircraft as soon as they are available, Sir Kingsley Wood, the former Air Minister, announced. He addsd that thirteen aircraft now used on those services
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    Indian & German Voices On Caxton Hall Shooting
    448 9 Indian German Voices On Caxton Hall Shooting yUESK comments on the assassination of Sir Michael O'Dwyer, exgovernor of the Punjab, who was shot dead at a meeting of the India Association in Caxton Hall, London, on Mar. 13. speak for themselves IN GERMANY Munich Radio on Mar. 14 (Italian for
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    IF NAZIS RULED MALAYA....
    107 9 IF NAZIS RULED MALAYA DADIO listeners in Malaya are likely to be startled when they hear the opening words of the talk to be broadcast from the Singapore station at 7.30 p.m. to-morrow. The title of this talk will be "Malaya Under Nazi Rule: A Nightmare," and the speaker will
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    62 9 The youths* sectic of the Negri Sembilan Indian Association held a social function at Seremban In honour of Mr. M. N. Dutt, who is proceeding on transfer to Tampin. Mr. Maima L'.ngh presided. The marriage took place at Seremban of Mr. S. S. Maniam, of the Federal News Agency, Seremban,
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    RARATONGA'S £250
    32 9 Raratonga, the most important of the Cook Islands, has given £250 to the New Zealand Red Cross. From every island of the group offers to send men have been received.
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    DAUGHTER FOR 65-YEAR-OLD DEAN
    63 9 DAUGHTER FOR 65-YEAR-OLD DEAN R/IRS. Hewlett Johnson, the Hr.in of Canterbury's 33-year-old wife, has given birth to an 84 Ib. daughter at the Deanery. Dr. Hewlett Johnson is C 5. The baby is to be called Mary KezlaH Hewlett Johnson. "She is a fine girl," said Dr. Johnson. "Both Mrs.
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    DESTROYER " ADOPTED "
    27 9 DESTROYER ADOPTED The Ashanti branch of the Gold Coast Fund for war charities is "adopting H.M. destroyer Ashanti and is providing the ship's personnel with kni'ted comforts.
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    BHOPAL SALARIES
    23 9 Bhopal Stat- officials decided to give from 2V 2 to 15 per cent, of their salaries to the War Purposes Fund.
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    Books Of The Week
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    Biography Of The Prime Minister
    483 10 Biography Of The Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain— Man of Peace By Derek Walker-Smith. Hale 15s. (Reviewed by D. G. Osborne- Jones) IT is not to be wondered at that there should be now published an attempt at a biography of the Prime Minister, and it murt be conceded that the
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    On A Farm
    154 10 Lincolnshire Landscape. By Owen Hamilton. Robert Hale. 6s. OWEN Hamilton is already known for his stories and articles on the English countryside, and this time he has chosen the bleak cold marsh and fen districts of Lincoln as the locale of his story, which is told in
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    3 10 MR. NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN
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    Unpleasant Women
    438 10 Who Begins To Live. By Blanche Longden. Hurst and Blackett. Bs. 3d. Jane Car berry; Detective. By Beryl Syrmns. Death Comes By Post. By Jolyon Carr. Both from Jenkins' Colonial Library. 17ERY different women, but all equal- ly unpleasant in their own way, are the central figures in
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    The Queen's Book Of The Red Cross
    378 10 The Queen's Book of the Red Cross. Hodder and Stoughton. ss. FIFTY British authors and artists contributed to this magnificent production, which reflects credit on all concerned and is incredibly cheap at ss. The printing is excellent, and the illustrations, both colours and
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    Lieut. X Brings Engine From No-Man's Land
    299 10 Lieut. X Brings Engine From No-Man 's Land I lEUTENANT X, of the French engineering corps, loves railway engines.. It hurt him so much to see one that had been forgotten standing on its lines out in No-man's-land, just rusting away. So he organized a rescue party. In the darkness
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    E***** On Hitler's Train Is An Unlucky Number
    402 10 E***** On Hitler's Train Is An Unlucky Number rE number of the engine which took Hitler in his armoured train to meet Mussolini at the Brenner Pass was E *****. I rang up Mr. George Bratley, the numerologist, and told him about it, writes Guy Morgan in the Daily Express.
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    The Oldest Private In The Army
    147 10 1 DRIVATE W. H. (Paddy) Winter. who is now 74. claims to be tha j oldest man in the British Army. He stands well over six feet, and is as straight as a ramrod. "Army life is the life for me." he told a
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      437 10 Asthma Agony Curbed in 10 Minutes Since the discovery of Mendaco by an enables you to sleep, but also builds up the American physician it is no longer neccs- system to ward off future attacks. For lnsary for anyone to Buffer from choking, stance, Mr. J. R. writes: "I was
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    Russia
    145 11 RUSSIA has moved a long way from Communism during the last few years, and we believe that the old Russian flair for diplomacy has asserted Itself by the seizure of an opportunity which has probably been long awaited. We very much, doubt whether she has any intention of Bolshevising
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    THE GREAT POWERS Their Policies And Their Prospects
    3053 11 THE GREAT POWERS Their Policies And Their Prospects GERMANY, allowed to le-arm and crash successively through one clause after another of the Versailles Treaty, owing to z. lack of understanding and a period of political malaise In Great Britain and, we think, France, at last reached a stage when, every
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    Opinion Civil Aviation
    728 12 Opinion Civil Aviation pIVLL AVIATION in Malaya was in the news last week. On Monday it was reported that the Royal Singapore Flying Club, with 409 flying hours for March, had easily broken the previous record for Malaya and competed with almost all civil clubs in the British Empire; on
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    "Sit-Down" Observer
    25 12 A FRENCH observer at his post in a forward sector of the Fr«nch line. A chair borrowed from a nearby village gives comfort.
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    Man Bites Crocodile
    191 12 yOU'VE all heard about the man who bit the dog. That was NEWS. Well, here's an even better one the crocodile who was bitten by the man! Lusaka. N. Rhodesia. WHEN Hanock, a Northern Rhodesian native, was grabbed by a hungry crocodile the man bit the crocodile.
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    SWISS NAVY COMES INTO ACTIVE SERVICE
    180 12 SWISS NAVY COMES INTO ACTIVE SERVICE Berne. r THE "Swiss Navy" is no lonrer a myth and ships from the tiny landlocked country are plying the seas in search of trade. A dispatch received here announced the arrival In i. Chilean port of a Greek ship navigating under the Swls.
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    R. A. F. Chaplain Retires After 30 Years
    77 12 R. A. F. Chaplain Retires After 30 Years AFTER more than 30 years as chaplain in the Army and Royal Air Force, the Rev. J. R. Walkey, Chaplain in Chief of the RAF., is retiring on Apr. 10. his sixtieth birthday. He has already bidden farewell to the advance air
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    PRICELESS BOOKS LEAVE CHINA
    374 12 Pouring Into United States For Safekeeping Washington. VOLUMES of almost priceless Chinese ancient books and manuscripts, saved from possible destruction as war sweeps across China, are pouring into the United States in great numbers. Accordinc to Dr. Arthur Hummel, chief of the Oriental Division ot the
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    MERCURY FIND IN AUSTRALIA
    124 12 Analyst's Report On Its Value Fthe recently discovered mercury ore deposits in Australia are found to contain only 1 per cent, of mercury, they will be of very great value to the Australian Commonwealth. "Many of our great goldflelds depend absolutely upon the mercury amalgam method
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    GOLD COAST PRAYERS FOR THE BRITISH
    50 12 At a ceremony of mass prayer at Aburi, in the Eastern Province cf the Gold Coast, the Sarikin Zongo, chief of the Hausa community, led his people In a supplication that "the British may. by the grace of God the Almighty, win this war."
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    AMERICAN OIL FOR RUSSIA
    99 12 2,140,000 Barrels Since September ON the strength of information brought by a Japanese ship which arrived in Tokio from Vladivostok, the Hochi's correspondent at Thuruca reports that large Quantities of American oil are arriving in Vladivostok by Russian and American tankers. It is estimated that 2,140.000
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    BAD NEWS FOR DANES
    66 12 HEAVY new taxes are being imposed in Denmark to meet the £10,525,000 Budget deficit. The tobacco tax is to go up by 20 per cent, and the drinks tax by six per cent. There Is to be alO per cent sales tax on furs, hats, chocolates,
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    STOWAWAYS FIND NEW BASKET TRICK
    255 13 Ingenious Attempt To Enter Singapore li/lANY ingenious methods of concealing themselves aboard ship and ashore are tried by stowaways the world over. One of the most ingenious schemes yet encountered by the Singapore immigration authorities is that of the man who attempted to smuggle himself
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    Moslem Faith In Japan Spreads
    219 13 Moslem Faith In Japan Spreads Tokio. WITU three mosques built in the last four years, a rapid growth .»f the Mohammedan religion U noted here by Sayed Hussein al Kibsy. Minister for Religion in Yemen, now on his second visit to Japan. The number of those professing Islam in Japan,
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    GIRLS DO NOT WANT
    99 13 WOMAN AS U.S.A. PRESIDENT Troy (New York State). GIRL students of Russell Safe College frown on members of their sex becoming president of the U.S.A., vice-president, or even a cabinet member. A poll was taken. It showed that they voted overwhelmingly against such proposals, asserting that
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    WAR CLOSES A PUBLIC SCHOOL
    82 13 WEYMOUTH College has closed, the first English public school to be a victim of the economic difficulties caused by the war. Most of the boys are going to Welllngborough School, Northamptonshire, where there will be a Weymouth House. The future of the college buildings Is
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    Challenge Story
    126 13 Liars 9 Club "BURLINGTON, Wisconsin, knoum as the "Liars' capital" because of Burlington Liars' Club, has been challenged by the liars of Orsage, Oklahoma. l The Orsage claim for supremacy is based on this story from one of the members: "One day our cat's tail was accidentally cut
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    "SENSATION FOR PHILATELISTS"
    93 13 Forgeries Of Rare Chinese Stamps Shanghai. FORGERIES of rare Chinese stamps, so skilful that they passed the scrutiny of experts, have been discovered here. The imitations were exposed when a Shanghai collector, his suspicions aroused by the low prices of certain stamps offered to him, caused chemical
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    Nazis Trapped In Jungle
    96 13 Dar-es-Salaam. TWO Germans who escaped from internment here were recaptured within 15 hours. One of them was Ernst Troost, aged 56, leader of the Tanganyika Nazi Bund. His companion, aged 25, was also a prominent Nazi. They had been interned at an Island camp, and it
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    THEY WILL FIGHT IN KILTS
    74 13 KILT-LOVERS may expect an early announcement by the War Office lifting the ban on the kilt as battle dress. Not only Scots have been fighting the ban, Canadians In kilted regiments have declared bluntly: "We fight In our kilts or not at all." Kilt-makers are
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    PRIZE FOR NOVEL
    30 13 The Grand Literary Prize of the French Empire for 1940 has been awarded to M. Francois Bonjean for his novel entitled "Confidence dune Jeune de la Nuit."
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    Polish Jews Rounded Up And On Their Way To A Concentration Camp
    78 13 AVNTE again the Nazi secret police, the Gestapo are busy this time it Is in Warsaw and other Tnllsh towns, and as can be expected their chief form of occupation it that of 'cleaning" the city of the
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    Thousands Of Polish Girls Seized By Gestapo
    292 13 MANY ARE SENT TO WESTERN FRONT THOUSANDS of Polish girls are 1 being conscripted "by the Nazi conquerors into a life of white slavery. This information has reached the Polish authorities in London by refugees who have escaped, and from Rabbis and other
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    Highest Post Office—ls,3ooft. Up
    68 13 Highest Post Office— ls,3ooft. Up T^HE Indian Posts and Telegraphs Department claims to own the highest post office in the world. It is that of Pharijong, in Tibet, which is situated at an altitude of 15,300 ft. Two other Indian post offices are situated at Gyantse (13,120 ft.) and Yatung
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    THE WEEK'S MARKET ACTIVITIES
    1291 14 Fraser Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations SATUKDAT, APB. 194*: 1 P.M. Miviun MI>(lNO BeJlcn Ampat Tin (4s) ii 7'^d 4> lO^d Austral Aznal lss) 5a 9d 6s 3d Austral Malay (t) 35s 37s Ayer Hitam 21s 22s Ayer Weng 63 .67 Bangrin Tin 21s 22s Batu Selaugor
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    FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
    125 14 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Book! Company DtrMtnd Cka» Date Singapore, Apr. 1 pjn. Total far Ex Dtr. Qnanclal year rat Payable Data to date Chenderiang 5% Int. less tax Johan 7H% final Apr. 8 Kramat TJn 9cL HO. 29 Apr. H Kuchai 10% tat Apr. 9 Lingui 5%
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    Wartime Taxation And February Trade Figures
    924 14 Singapore, Saturday THE feature of the week has been 1 the introduction of wartime taxation legislation in the F.M.S. the Colony and Johore and, above all, the announcement regarding income tax. The general opinion appears to be that the new export duty on rubber
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    London Stock Exchange
    385 14 London. Apr. S. THE Stock Exchange was steady and a cheerful clow followed a moderatelyactive session. Dunlop rubbers were ihe chief feature, sharply advancing from 33*. 9d. to 38s. Id. on the news of the total distribution for the year of 12 per cent dividend compared with
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
    124 14 Singapore, April 6, noon. ■tea qnoted par a/af at ateaJa. UUmt commodities quoted per picui eicept whew alhaiwlaa stated. Gambler t 7.90 Hamburg cube $13.00 Java Cube $1200 'epper White Muntok $14.29 White $13.79 Black m $8 23 Mixed $3.40 Sun Dried $3 80 Jaffa ntmr No
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    84 14 ShUurdar. Apr. f, noon. Bayer* Seller* Prices Price* a» v svs.B. (Spot loose) 157. 36) i N* a sVS.B. L*h. la cases April C 6% 37J4 G.F.A.Q. R.S.S. fab. In br.les AprU 35)4 35% A.Q. sVS.& f. 0.6. In Dale* April 3494 31% FUTUU QUOTATION
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    WOMAN SPY WHO WAS SOUGHT FOR 4 YEARS
    718 15 WOMAN SPY WHO WAS SOUGHT FOR 4 YEARS THE Gates of Heaven ceme- tery at Kensico, New York, contains the remains of a woman immortal in the annals of espionage," writes an Evening Standard reporter. Her name was Mme. Maria de Victorica. wife of an Argentine citi;:on. Her maiden name
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    Foiler Of U-boat Invested
    52 15 CAPTAIN Hugh Roberts, who saved his 5 389-ton banana ship Mopan when she was attacked by a U-boat three days after the war began, received the 0.8. E. from the King at an investiture at Buckingham Palace. Here is Captain Roberts showing his decoration to his
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    FAVOURITE OF 62 SONS
    107 15 "Great Elephant" Of Zulus TANDAYIPI, the favourite of the 62 1 sons of the late Solomon Ka Dinlzulu, paramount chief of the Zulus, has been proclaimed heir to the Zulu chieftainship, says a Durban message. When Tandayipi, who Is 15 years old. reaches the age of
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    THE PRESS AS BOND OF EMPIRE
    896 15 Major Astor On Vital Wartime Services COME of the past achievements and the present problems of the members of the Empire Press Union were reviewed at the thirtieth annual meeting, which was held on Mar. 12 in the board room of the Newsaper Proprietors'
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    What The Stars Foretell
    1912 16  -  R. H. Naylor By THIS WEEK'S GOOD DATS FOR:— BUYING: (Business deals) Wed. 10th; Sat. 13th. (Personal shopping) Thurs. 11th. SELLING: Mon. Bth; Wed. 10th; Thurs. 11th; Sat. 13th. ENTERTAINMENT: Tues. 9th; Thurs 11th. SPORT: Tues. 9th. TO-DAY APR. 7. for most of us: A curious
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    418 16 UERE's an interesting idea for presenting pictures a home »icture show, with your own shots projected on screen in largo siae, so that the whole family or a group of friends can enjoy them together. Home movie makers, of course, have always used this method; but to-day it
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    515 16 HERE, grouped according to month of birth (irrespective of year), is a statement of probabilities to be expected this week. JANUARY (Dec. 24— Jan. 19)— Two people dominate the week's events for you at work or at home. Affairs move swiftly, with rather exhausting effect upon
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    972 17  - What The Stars Are Wearing In The New Films Sheilah Graham Hollywood Fashions By Sticky Tape A DHESIVE tape is an excellent emergency "stand by" if you are a very busy person and have to do your mending at Irregular Intervals. A strip of it will hold the edges of
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    37 17 A Touch Of Silver r\RESSING -gowns and house- coats are becoming more and more alike. This tailored dress-ing-gown made in black satin, with silver lame lining the sash is a particularly attractive example of the new mode.
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    101 17 NOW that tables are laid simply and informally, gingham cloths in gay colours are more appropriate than imposing damasks which need- ed so much careful laundering— and they are gayer. If you think of having such mats, why not make them at home, the task Is simplicity itself.
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    851 18 Ways To Keep Your Lips In The Best Condition Max Factor's Advice IUOMEN of to-day no longer need consider that rough, chapped lips are an unavoidable companion to the winter season, and its icy, skin-searing winds. There are so many lip-pro-tecting practices which can now be commanded that the unattractive
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    117 19 PETTICOATS are very gay and "saucy." They are fastened at the waist and are gently curved to a comfortable width at the hem. for wear under the straighter woollen skirts, while the skirts with more fullness need one of the petticoats with a wider frilled edge. These
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    No Fumbling
    79 19 rME-SAVING linen bags are those which have a rounded top through which a coat hanger Is thrust. It requires far less "fumbling' than does a draw-string. The top Js sewn up, and there is a slit in the front of the linen bag through which you thrust the
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    Small Watches
    85 19 WATCHES are appearing In the most unexpected places. As a rule, they are put where they will be most convenient, and not merely on account of their ornamental value, high though that may be. The top of a lipstick; corner of a cigarette case are both favourite places
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    Apply It Thus
    94 19 INEXPERT massage strokes are apt to do harm to the smooth outline of your face. So, unless you know at least the rudiments of face massage, be careful how you apply your skin food. Choose a soft, fine one which melts quickly and does not need to
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    Decorated Hat Pins Are A Fashion Feature Of Importance
    526 19  - Decorated Hat Pins Are A Fashion Feature Of Importance Sunday Times London Woman Correspondent By DECAUSE the new hats are not quite so small, and certainly not so lavishly trimmed as they were a few seasons back, hat pins have assumed special interest. Their ornamental value is, of course, the
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    Design For A Larder
    345 19 A REALLY well-arranged larder or kitchen store cupboard helps considerably towards economy in house-keeping and enables the household catering arrangements to run smoothly and pleasantly. Perhaps the best type of larder is the one with slatted shelves, to allow the air to circulate freely. A few
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    238 20 T^HE following letter from the edg« of the "Empty Quarter" of Arabia was received recently by the authorities concerned, in acknowledgement of British official information:— Everybody enjoyed listening attentively to the news bulletins. We received them as a thirsty and hungry person receives water and bread
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    392 20 B. B. C. News Bulletins good effect there. Every one wanted to take the photographs in his dirty hands, full of Indigo and layers of dust. I really pitied such clean photographs to be held by these gentlemen and covered with indigo in no time. A guard had to go
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    Value Of Visits From Up-country Parties
    555 21 by our Eadminion Correspondent) THE frkndly inter-team badminton matches played here some little while back bei the Selangor and local badminton clubs have created new Interest In the Kamr and generally helped to further the iiiicres's of the game in the country. Apart from
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    66 21 Photograph taken at the recent Veterinary Conference in Ipoh: landing ((left to r'thi): M. P. Nair. W. P. Shasta, S. T. Paul. K. R:*nayajfam, T. S. Nathan. K. S. filial. S. N. Potr.av.lu. E. L. Spykerm an. Sitting (left to right): T. Da Costa. V. P. riiiUMb B. D. Mehta,
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    158 21 Photograph i —r when a tea-party given by t!*r Distr.el Oilier. Kauk staff to Mr. T. A. Soosaipillai, -h>f ilerk «h» has hern transferred to P.W.I). Treasury Accountant's office, Kuala Lumpur. He will be succeeded by Mr. V. ElUthamby. Chief Irrk. Chief Police Officer's office. Kuala Lipis. In picture are:
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    174 21 Ahove and below aro pictures t.Vten at the seventh annual conference of the Brotherhood of the Pen. Malay t, which was held at the Malay Volunteer headquarters In Malacca and :itii-nded by men and women delegates from all parts of Malaya, including members of the Royal Society of Malay Literature.
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    MAYFLOWER B.P.
    33 21 The Mayflower B.P. will celebrate its twelfth anniversary on Saturday and Sunday, Apr. 13 and 14. at 496-4. East Coast Road. A programme of land and sea sports is belrii? arranged.
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    KOTA RANGERS
    22 21 The- Kota Rangers will meet the Ttti Hmvy Battery, R.A., Chang!, at jo^c-r to-day at Farrrr Park r>t 5 p.ni.
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    FORMER DEFEAT AVENGED
    260 21 Prom Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat, Saturday. KEEN soccer was seen when the Indo-Ceylonere met the Segamat Chinese on the town padang for their return friendly match and avenged their former defeat by getting a narrow 3—2 victory. In the first match the Chinese were easy winners by
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    Port Swettenham R.C. Beat Schoolboys
    219 21 From Our Own Correspondent) Klang. •^OOD bowling by Francis for the Port Swettenham Recreation Club against the Klang Anglo-Chinese School in a day's cricket match played on the latter's ground resulted in a win for the club. ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL Anthony c Ponnudurai b Ponnampalam 2:
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    Hornets Beat The Muar Chinese
    230 21 From Our Own Correspondent; Muai. IN the first inter-club cricket match of the season the Muar Hornets scored an easy win ov^r the Muar Chinese. vil MC CHINESE Tun Zul Kiang b Har.nay 2; C. C. Chew t. B. van Schoonberk b Hannay 13; Shim
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    TREASURY-AUDIT S.U.
    204 21 •yHE following arc the results of thp 1 draw for the Treasury Audit Sports Union badminton tournament: Inter-team Single*: "A" Team: Yap Chin Tee <Capt.), Koh Chye Tuan, Wee Teck Yong. Lim Bong Soo, Lim Chwee Hoe. "B" Team: Ng Liang Chuan 'Capt.t, Tan Guan Chuan, Goh Peng
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    SINGAPORE LAWN TENNIS TIES
    477 21 Ties In the Singapore Cricket Club Spring lawn tennis: Monday, Mixed Doubles: Capt. and Mrs. D. G. Russell-Roberts vs. Miss Duff and J. G. Houston. Tuesday, Championship Singles: (To finish) W. J. M. Warden vs. D. E. L. Anderson. Women's Doubles: Mrs. Carslaw and Mrs. Russell-Roberts
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    Six For Seven At Port Swettenham
    236 21 Our Own Correspondent) Port Swettenham. T. PONNUDURAI bowled woll for the Port Swettenham Recreation Club and enabled them to defeat the Kuala Lumpur Printing Sports Club thirtyeight runs. PORT SWETTENHAM P. Samuel c Jayatlleka b Darby shire 8; T. Ponnudurai c Aziz b Jayatileka
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    INTER-SCHOOL SOCCER
    158 21 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batu Pahat. AN Interesting game of soccer waa seen on the school field at Batu Pahat when the Batu Pahat Government English School team beat the Segamat Government English School, by the odd goal in nve. The visitors made a wonderful recovery In the
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    R.A.F. CRICKET
    31 21 RAF. (Kallang) beat RAT. (Seletar^ by eight runs at Seletar yesterday, i The Kallang captain declared at 83 (or five wickets, and Seletar were all out for 75 runs.
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    Clarke Shield
    165 22 YOUTH was served when the present pupils of Raffles Injtitullon beat the Old Boys by twD goals to one on the school ground yesterday In the rnnual soccer mrtch for the Clarke Shield. Last year the old boys wen by three soals ts one. Play was very keen
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    22 22 B. MAYO: Selangor State cricketer. His good bowlittft was largely responsible for Selangor's win over Singapore recently. He is a sound bat.
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    WHAT STOMACH SUFFERERS
    126 22 CAN EAT You can't lay up a sick stomach. Tour body must be nourished even ttMigh solid food and most liquid foods cause pain and vomiting. The problem has always been to find food that soothes the inflamed stomach walls and provides all the needed for recovery.
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    Negri Club Side Beat Schoolboys
    220 22 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Saturday. IN a low scoring cricket match at S?remban a Negri Sembilan Club side defeated King George V School to-day. NEGRI SEMBILAN CLUB A. Kunaretnam bW. Senevlratne 10 C. Rajaretnam bR. Seneviratne 1 B. J. Dlonysius c Yusof b W.
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    GARRISON G. C
    237 22 •"■"•HE women's match between the Royal Singapore Golf Club anu Garrison Golf Club, at Tanglln, resulted in a win for the home team by 42 points to 31. Results (R.S.G.C. first"):— Miss Lacey 2 Vb. Mrs. J. J. O'Dwyer 4: Mrs. R. Wakeford 2 vs. Mrs. J.
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    412 22 London, Saturday. FOOTBALL games played to-day resulted: XH Til WESTERN Bristol C 0 Bristol R 1 Cardiff 1 Swindon l Swansea 0 Plymouth 3 Torquay 4 Newport 3 SOUTH C Brentford 2 Arsenal 4 Chelsea 1 Charlton 4 Milwall S Southampton 2 Portsmouth 0 Fulham 3 Tottenham 2 West
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    LEAGUE SOCCER
    36 22 TWO second division (A) league matches were played yesterday. At the Stadium the R.A.O.C. beat the Publishers by one nil, and at Seletar the R.A.F. Torpedo beat thp Singapore Harbour Board by four nil.
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    795 22 A FTER a short rest following the Malayan badminton championships, the Settlement's leading players are being called upon for practices In preparation for the forthcoming Foong Seong Cup tie between Penang and Perak. to be played on Apr. 21 at the Free School Hall. The
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      1054 22 Santry Cup f/L 1 Yachting k£* A FTER tne sailing of the second \P 1 1 race for the Santry Challenge 11 Jup at the Royal Singapore Yacht V -A Club yesterday afternoon, the trophy ><^S^ -A went Awang Treban-j, with tight V 2J A\ points. Betsy vai runner-up with
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    Tonroe Wins Anniversary Cup And Rostrum Wins For Lady Thomas
    2475 23 TOAKOE, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Foo Meow Chin and Choo Kok Thye, and trained by Jimmy Orchard, won the Anniversary Cup race over the six furlongs at Bukit Timah yesterday in the first day's racing In the Singapore Turf
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    MUAR CHINESE BEAT SCHOOL
    254 23 'From Our Own Correspondent) Muar. IN a fast and keenly contested soccer game the Muar Chinese scored v narrow 3 2 win over the Government English School. The Chinese won the first match 4 l. The Chinese forwards combined well and Woon Seek Hong proved an
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    1061 23  -  "Doc" By DUN on similar lines to la&t season, the Garrison Small Units League begins this week. Three divisions will be struggling tor the last six places to the final. The top two teams in each league playing each otlur once for the trophies. This season the
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    Boys Beat Girls At Cricket
    244 23 PLAYING cricket on the grounds of the Telok Kurau English School yesterday, the Y.W.C.A. were beaten by 24 runs by the Union Youngsters. Y. W. C. A. B. Ferguson c Lingam b Kirn 800 0 E. Frugtneit c Muragason b Lingam 2 D. Mitchell b
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    Cricket Games Cancelled
    68 23 /"IYVING to the heavy rain which fell in Singanore in the early afternoon yesterday there was no play in the following cricket games: S.CC. vs. C.S.C., Balsst!er; S.C.C. vs. P.W.1).. S.C.C: Indian Assn. vs. Indian Army Officers, Balestier; S.R.C. vs. Manchester, S.R.C.; Anglo-Chinese School vs. St. Joseph's;
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    POLICE SOCCER
    84 23 (From our Own Correspondent.) Segama*, Saturday. THE Batu Pahat police visited Sega- mat and drew with their local colleagues at soccer. Both sides worked hard and there was little to choose between them. A feature of the game was the brilliant keeping of Samad. the Segamat goalkeeper, wnose
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    SEPOY LINES G.C.
    41 23 The men's monthly medal for March (Stapleford) at the Sepoy Lines Goir Club was won by A. J. A. Goetzee with a score of 39. The ball sweep was aisu won by Goetzee with a score of 21.
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    334 24 Aircraft Germans A UK Royal, Great Britain's newest aircraft carrier which the Germans claimed last year to have bombed and sunk, returned home at tho end of last month after a five months' cruise on war service. During that time it is estimated that Ark
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