The Straits Times, 16 April 1940

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    36 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CXKTURT.} MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS. The Straits Times 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1940. PRICE 5 EM
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      13 1 GOWNS, DRESSMAKER and DESIGNER 13. Battery Road. Stncapore. and HOTEL MAJESTIC Kuala Lumpur.
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
      125 2 THE family of the late Mr. Joseph Koh Peck Hian wishes to thank their relatives and friends who have sent wreaths, telegrams and letters of condolence and those who have attended night-visit on Friday the 12th and funeral on Saturday the 13th April 1940. Mr. Joseph Koh Peck Hian
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      1284 2 WANTED wanted aecandhaod Piper Guillotine width 26" or over. Apply l>ox No. 621. Straits Times. FOR SALE SHELVADOR Refrigerator Phone 3333. 16 M. M. CINE projector hand operated in good condition. What offer.;. Box 70r>, Straits Timer. FOE SALE second hand piano $200. Apply 16 Cuscaden Road, Ist floor, after
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      857 2 DOGS I FOR SALE. Thoroughbred Brindled Bull Terrier Puppies. Good Pedigree, not expensive. Box 703, Straits Times. PEDIGREE DACHSHUND PUPPIES Red and Black Tan by Baxter of Bletchingham ex Garbo of Zehnder. Phone 7415. HOUSES ACCOMMODATION WANTED WANTED immediately furnished or unfurnished bungalow. Two or three bedrooms, mod. san. essential.
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      762 2 LOST STRAYED BULL TERRIEE white with tan markings any information please phone office 5114 or house 7562. LOST ONE AIRDALE PUPPY, nine months old, colour black and tan. Reward offered. Answers to Box No. 698, Straits Times. i SCOTTISH terrier male tartan color. Licence No. 2197. Answer to nanr.<? Dcugsl
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      294 2 BUSINESS CARDS ETC. Kathleen Brown DESIGNER A DRESS-MAKER Room 35. Raffles Hotel Sports Suits In Silk and Cotton Sarongs. APB 1 TIN MINERS STEEL PONTOON FOR SALE One steel pontoon 30 x 10 x 2 meters, build by Dorman Long for sale. The pontoon is of very heavy construction and
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      157 2 BUSINESS CARDS ETC. SECOND HAND FULL DIESEL AND SEMI DIESEL MARINE MOTOR FOR SALE from 7 to 100 H.P. All the motors are In perfect running order and ample spare parts available for each motor. For full particulars Apply: Box No 668. Straits Times. property" WE BUY, SELL MORTGAGE LAND
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    Poor Equipment Of Soviet Russia's Air Force
    326 3 AS a result of the Russo-Finnish war, the Soviet Union's huge air force is no longer an unknown quantity— and, for any major Power, <t is no longer something ominous to contemplate. This, at least, is the opinion of neutral experts who have
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      419 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA ANO APCAR LIKE, (Incorporated in England) PENINSUI.AH AWL UKIENTAI B.N CO UAH MASRENUKT* ANU CARGO 8~"'~f~»r Tbe best possible services are beiny maintained by the P O S N Company to their usual ports of cal' except ports in Japan Passengerb are requested to registei their
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      214 3 (Incorporated in Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR TO EUROPE VIA AMERICA Through fares to North America, to r.urope via America and Round Tours in the Pacific quoted in L'.S on application. To California from the Orient via Honolulu. TATUTA MARU leave Shanghai Apr. 29 NITTA MARU leave
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      363 3 JOINT SERVICE PRINCE LINE SILVER LINE (Incorporated in London) < Incorporated In London) PRINCE LINE VESSELS PROCEED TO HALIFAX. BOSTON, NEW YORK BALTIMORE AND PHILADELPHIA VIA CAPE OF GOOD HOPE SILVER LINE VESSELS PROCEED TO BALTIMORE. PHILADELPHIA BOSTON AND NEW YORK VIA PANAMA CANAL ALL VESSELS HAVE GOOD PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION
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    50% RUBBER QUOTA FOR JULY-DECEMBER?
    1226 4 Foreign Exchange An Important Factor WORLD STOCKS BELIEVED TO BE RISING RAPIDLY (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Apr. 5. A REMARKABLY interest- ing situation h rapidly developing in relation to rubber. Supplies, as released by the 80 per cent, export quota, are so substantially exceeding
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    170 4 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES from Our iJwi> ODrwpaiidtMi London, Apr. 15. COMMODITY and Exchange markets closed as tollows with orevtous quotations to paremherts:— RCBKLR: Dull. Spot io H d lid (lid ll'^d) May 10 15 16d U 1,16 d (11 l|l6d 113 16d) July-Sept 10"« d lid (lid ll%d) Oct-Dcc 10 13
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    LYALL AND EVATT'S DAILY QUOTATIONS
    251 4 Singapore, Apr. 15, 5 p.m. MINING Bayers Seller* Aihpats 4/9 5/Austra) Amali 5/10 6/1 Batu Selangors 1.49 1.52cd Hong Fatis 1.07 1.10 Jelebut 0.74 0.78 Kampong LanjuU 22/6 23/K. Kamuntinjt 8/6 9/Kundang 14 4% 14/10U Kent 2/2 26 Klang Rivers 1-95 2.05cd Krainata 11/- 11
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    181 4 Mails close at the General Post Office as follows: TO-DAY Aden air 5 p.m. Africa air 5 p.m. Burma air 5 p.m. Canada surface 5 p.m. Canada air 9.30 a.m. and 5 p.m. China surface 5 p.m. China air 9.30 a.m. and 5 p.m. China (South-West)
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    Fraser & Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations
    1306 4 Fraser Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations M ON MAY APK, 15, 1940: 5 P.M. MINING Ruyer* Sellers Ampat Tin (4s) 4s 9d 5s 3d Austral Amai. i5s) 5s 9d 6s 3d Austral Malay 35s 37s Ayer Hitam 2ls 22s Aycr Weng .63 67 Bangrin Tin 20s 9d 21s 6d Batu Selangor
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    The Times' Tribute To Cyprus
    173 4 London, Apr. 15. •yHE Times, in an editorial, on the contribution of Cyprus to the Empire war effort, says Before the war the Cyprlot political horizon had been somewhat clouded. The outbreak of the war changed that situation. Political leaders of all Cyprus parties came
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    FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
    231 4 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Books Company Dividend Close s Date sing'aiwre. i fix UlT Apr t is, 3 p.m. Total for ananclal year TIN latu Selangor 7%% Apr. 24 Ihenderlang 6% Int. less tax :iang Rivers 15% No. 47 Apr. 18 :ramat Tin 9d. No. 29 Apr. IX
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      50 4 TIDE TABLES SINGAPORE To-day H. W. 3.25 a.m. 7.5 ft.; 5.36 p.m. 0.3 ft. L. W. 10.24 a.m. 1.8 ft.; 10.35 p.m. 4.6 ft. SUNRISE SUNSET Apr. 16 6.20 a.m. 6.28 p.m. Apr. 17 6.20 am. 6.28 p.m. Apr. 18 6.20 a.m. 6.28 p.m. Apr. lg fi.19 am. 6.27 p.m.
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      388 5 Commodities Easier Shares Continue Dull By Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, Apr. 16. /COMMODITIES are easier except lor >* rubber in New York which yesterday was up one-quarter at 18 7 8 cents. Rubber was down one-eighth in London at 10? 8 d tin was down 5s. for
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      106 5 Singapore, April 16, noon. Buyers Selleri Gambler 7.50 Hamburg Cube $13.00 Java Cube $12.00 Pepper White Muntok $15.00 White $14.50 Blade 8.25 Copra Mixed $3.10 Sun Dried $3.50 Sago Flour No 1 Lingga $6.20 $6.20 Fair $6.00 $6.00 Sarawak $6.00 Jelotong Palembang $16.50 Banja $16.00 Sarawak $17.00
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      TIN OUTPUT FOR MARCH
      74 5 TIN output for March is reported as fellows: Sione Tin (F.M.S.). Ltd., reports for the quarter ended Mar. 31: Output of concentrates, 86 tons; mine cost £6 600: estimated mine profit on 117 tons sold during quarter, £7,500. J ahang Cons. poh Tin Lahat Puchong >ungei
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      London Stock Exchange
      349 5 London, Apr. 15. The stock Exchange was quietly firm with 1 prices In most sections tending to improve despite a paucity of business. The final payment on the new 3 per cent, war loan was made to-day. More than £100,000,039 changed hands, but without any disturbance to
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      CANADIAN STRIKE
      44 5 Toronto, Apr. 15. A STRIKE by the Seamen's Union against Great Lakes steamship companies began early to-day. The Union is demanding higher wages and extra pay for overtime. Pickets are reported to have been established at harbours throughout the Great Lakes.— Reuter.
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      BANK REFLECTS PROSPERITY
      522 5 Effect Of Trade Boom In Malaya (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Apr. 2. 'pHAT Malaya's wartime prosperity had helped to better the results of the Mercantile Bank of India's trading in the past year was emphasized at the bank's annual meeting in London to-day. Sir Charles Innes,
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      EXCHANGES
      181 5 The following are the exchange rates this morning according to the daily circular issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation SELLING London T.T 2/4 i/16 Loi.don demand 2/4 1/16 Rate for freight 2/4% Lyons demand 2060 Switzerland demand 208 *A Hamburg demand New York demand 46 15/16 Montreal
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      90 5 Tuesday, Apr. 16, noon. Buyers Seller* Price* Prices No. IX R.S.S. (Spot loose) 35% 35% No IX R.S.S. f.o.b. In case* April-May 36«/i 3«% Sellers option G.F.A.Q. R.S.S. t.o.b. in br.les April-May 34% 35V& Sellers option f A.Q. less, t.o.b in bale* AprU-May 34% 34%
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      237 5 EASTERN REALTY CO, LTD. 'Incorporated in the S.S.") NOTICE Is hereby given that the Eighth Annual General Meeting of th3 Shareholders of this Company will be held at the Board Room of the Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited, China Bunding, Chulia Street, Singapore (kindly lent for the Durposei, on Saturday, the
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      366 5 PUBLIC NOTICES TEKKA, LIMITED. (Incorporated in England) Advice has been received by cable of the declaration of a dividend of *d per share (less Income Tax) in respect of the year ended March 31, 1940, payable in England on 30th current Local shareholders will receive their warrants on arrival of
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      545 5 LOKE YEW SCHOLARSHIPS UNIVERSITY OF HONGKONG. One Loke Yew Scholarship .o Hongkong University, which provides free tuition and free board and residence, falls vacant In September, 1940. The scholarship Is open to Chinese students indigenous to the Federated Malay States and the straits Settlements who have good school records, who
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      431 5 OF INTEREST TO MOTORISTS TARZAN'S GRIP for all small running repairs A motorist writes 1 would not travel without a tube." HANDY for ANYTHING Obtainable everywhere 50 cents per tube Sole Distributors GRAFTON LABORATORIES LTD. Singapore Kuala Lumpur. I THE RADIO OF THE FUTURE TO^Di^n LjOO ftIPiIION KEE HUAT RADIO
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      291 5 THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA (TRUSTEES) LIMITED. Guaranteed ana Controlled by THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA LIMITED The Company, wruci) is incorporated in the S.S. and registered as a Trust Company, undertakes the following dutle«: EXECUTOR OR TRUSTEE OF A WILL ADMINISTRATOR OF ESTATE OF DECEASED PERSON TRUSTEE OF A
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      173 6 WARNER BROS. EXCITINGLY DIFFERENT MUSICAL COMEDY HIT! today ALHAMBRA g*" HE'S GOT A VOICE LIKE A T- iQIA W< SjKfi PAYNE -WYM AM W&" 41 WALTER CATLETT •ED BROPHr Ifewwi *Ln a warner bros picture Scr**n flay by Charles Belden and Roymond Schrock From a Story by lc« Katx ALSO
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      490 6 TO-NIGHT 6.15 9.15 ■^^^T^Bl^^^^^S YOUNG DR. KILDARE GAMBLES I V^ A HIS CAREER ON THE DICTATES R^b^B^^B^BMß 9^l OF HIS HEART! CALLING DR. KILDARE M.-G.-MS Romantic Hit with LEW AYRES. JOHN BARRYMORE LARAINE DAY, LANA TURNER, NAT PENDLETON. Week-end Matinees— 2 P.M. TEST PILOT also BAD LITTLE ANGEL i FORGET
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      181 6 Remember "The INVISIBLE MAN" The famous Universal Thriller that broke records at The CAPITOL 6 years ago Now comes its SEQUEL More Exciting, More Mystifying than ever! _j^ W±m\§ AT THE AIR-CONDITIONED TO-DAY; 3^5 6j5^ 5 CAPiTOL BBv^ B^ BB? My PP^H B^^^---- bbf^ *BPP' Mt m /iM I l!
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    JAPAN TO ANNOUNCE HER SECRET, FLEET SOON?
    157 7 New York Report Of Big Naval Construction At Tokio London, Apr. 15. JAPAN has been secretly building a vast fleet of super- dreadnoughts greatly exceeding either the British or United States battleship tonnage, according to reliable information reaching naval and diplomatic circles in
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    HITLER'S GIFT TO ALLIES
    100 7 Shipping Losses Made Good New York, Apr. 15. TPHE New York Times, commenting on Hitlers gift to the Allies of the Norwegian and Danish merchant fleets, says the gift represents more than the total of Allied merchant shipping tonnage sunk by submarines since the start of
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    Nazis Have Lost 100 Vessels
    112 7 Nazis Have Lost 100 Vessels London, Apr. 15. SHIPPING circles estimate that Germany, most of whose merchant fleet have been Immobilized in home and neutral ports since the beginning of the war has now lost more than half the tonnage of which Great Britain, with her ships always at sea,
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    Danish Vessels In East Seek British Ports
    70 7 Hong Kong, Apr. 15. IT is learned that the Danish East Asiatic Company's s.s. Panama, which left Manila yesterday, is arriving in Hong Kong to-morrow. This is taken as an indication that other Danish vessels in Far Eastern waters, which are believed to
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    Submarines' Part In Navy Success
    173 7 Many Nazi Transports Torpedoed AN Admiralty communique issued yesterday revealed the great part British submarines played in the naval successes of the past week. Altogether 14 transports and other ships were torpedoed. Ten of them were definitely sunk. It is clear that many of these
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    British Ship Reports Attack By U-boat
    93 7 New York, Apr. 15. T*HE Mackay radio station reports interception of radio distress signals from the British steamer Craig, 3,683 tons. The signals said, "Submarine coming close." and gave the ship's position about 800 miles north-east of New York. An hour later a second
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    U.S. As Protector Of The N. I.
    124 7 The Hague, Apr. 9. 117 ELL-INFORMED Dutch officials to- day contradicted reports published in the Rome newspaper Popolo di Roma claiming that if Holland becomes involved in war she plans to place her rich Netherlands Indies under the "protection" of a great power
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    TIENTSIN SILVER QUESTION
    63 7 Chungking, Apr. 15. RELIABLE foreign sources forecast an early settlement of the Tientsin silver question, though Chinese and British official quarters have not Issued statements. Interest is centred on whether Japan will lift the blockade of the British and French concessions at Tientsin following a successful conclusion
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    NORWEGIAN AND DANISH FUNDS IN AMERICA
    47 7 Washington. Apr. 15. MR. H. Moregenthau, Secretary of the U.S. Treasury, announces that the Treasury is studying the possibility of off-setting possible losses to American investors in Norway and Denmark by taking over Norwegian and Danish funds impounded in America.— Reuter.
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      251 7 ®ITUAII OPENING ITHIIV E«r,b.d, TO-DAY MAUYAS CINEMA DE LUXI Goes 3-15 6-15 QIC HIS FIRST GREAT STARRING ROLE! muitUfctfrivM m?^^ Richard RICHARD GIEEIE Wj| 5 m*hqV&m Jar sm 6 RICHARD DIX Z WUNO YOUNG GLADYS GEORGE ull miiei »«*hl n Wlrf Vi/V?l. Kalharin* Ald.idg. 1u.i.1l Gltaion MILLIUNo! 0«Tl t In*
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    SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, APR. 16, 1940. (227 th. Day of the War.) STRIKE AND STRIKE AGAIN
    1168 8 SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, APR. 16, 1940. (227 th. Day of the War.) STRIKE AND STRIKE AGAIN Evidence of Allied intention to fight out the Scandinavian venture to the bitter end is provided by the very terse communique issued in London last night British forces have now landed at several points in
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    "PERANG SAMPAI SEKARANG"
    1310 8 The Times Gives An English Version In the Straits Times of Jan. 6 there appeared a leading article headed Perang Sampai Sekarang." It was written in that brand of Malay with which most Europeans are best acquainted. On March 28, The Times (London) gave extracts from that
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    41 8 London, Apr. 15. Detachments of the* Ist. Canadian Division will march through the streets of London tomorrow and Saturday when the Royal 22nd. French Canadian Regiment and the Toronto Scottish arrive to take over guard duties at the Royal Palace. —Reuter.
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  • Correspondence
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      "GOLD STEALERS"
      575 8 Should They Be Blamed Or Encouraged? To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, I read with interest the contribution of Mr. Theodore Hubback. in your Issue of April 3 and his opinion as to the silting taking place in the Jelai River. In my opinion. It is
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      VEN. T'AI HSU
      293 8 A Distinguished Visitor To Malaya To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— The Ven. T'ai Hsu, president of the premier Buddhist association or China and Archbishop of the Buddhist, Church of the National Government of China, Is now in Singapore. I think it would not be
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      FLOWER SHOW
      59 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— There is much dissatisfaction at the awards made at the recent Singapore Flower Show, and unless the management expresses regret in the papers or does something to satisfy the majority of the exhibitors, many will refrain from coming to the
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    BRITISH AIR BASES IN NORWAY LIKELY
    848 9 No Big Developments Expected At Once ANTI-AIRCRAFT DEFENCES AT BRITISH LANDING PLACES Sweden Impressed By New Measures Of The Allies rpHE Daily Telegraph's military correspondent, commenting on the landing of British troops in Norway, says it is unlikely that the landings were opposed, except
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    OSLO PUPPETS RESIGN
    48 9 THE German-controlled Oslo radio announces that the Quisling puppet government set up by the Germans has resigned. The administration of Germanoccupied regions in Norway will be taken over by an "administrative committee" headed by Christensen, chief of the Oslo Municipal Council, it is added. —Reuter.
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    NAZI THREATS TO BRITAIN
    228 9 Hint Of Bombing Of Open Towns DELIBERATE German air bombarriment of British towns is being hinted at by Nazi officials in Berlin, reports Reuter from Amsterdam. The excuse for it would be the bombing of Bergen by the British air force which was alleged in a
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    Stavanger Again Bombed
    81 9 London, Apr. 16. THE Air Ministry announces that re- connaissance of the Norwegian coast continued throughout yesterday. Despite unfavourable weather conditions, Stavanger aerodrome has again been bombed. Several sections of R.A.F. aircraft were engaged, all of which returned safely. It is learned that at least two German
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    "Will Meet Force With Force"—Roosevelt
    607 9 "Will Meet Force With Force" Roosevelt PRESIDENT'S GRAVE SPEECH TO PAN-AMERICAN UNION Washington, Apr. 15. THE co-operative peace of the Western Hemisphere was not created by wishing and will require more than words to maintain it. Wo have only asked the world to go with us in the path of
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    Unpreparedness Never Deterred U.S. People
    112 9 Washington, Apr. 15. HOPE and think we are going 1 to keep out of the war," Admiral Stark, chief of naval operations, told the Senate Naval Committee to-day when testifying on the proposed $65,000,000 Naval Expansion Bill. The admiral added that in the past the
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    Hitler Confident In His "Allies"
    89 9 Geneva, Apr. 16. CENSATIONAL utterances by Hitler to Dr. Karl Burckhardt, former League Commissioner for Danzig, are a feature of Dr. Burckhardt's report to the League which has just been published here. On Aug. 14 last, says the report, Hitler told Burckhardt that he would
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    ITALIAN NAVY EXERCISES
    319 9 Press Attack On The French Rome, Apr. 16. DEPORTS are current that the first and second Italian naval squadrons started their Spring exercises yesterday. Official quarters stated last night that no information was available about the ships* movements. Actually both the squadrons had been on partial manoeuvres
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    LITTLE OIL FUEL FOR NAZIS IN DENMARK
    195 9 London, Apr. 15. IN speculation on the motives inspiring Germany's invasion of Denmark and Norway stress has been laid in some quarters on what were stated to be augmented stores of petrol in Denmark, as well as Danish food supplies. Authorities on fuel
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    GERMAN-BELGIAN TRADE TALKS
    42 9 ECONOMIC negotiations between Germany and Belgium have reached a satisfactory conclusion, according to well-informed clicles In Brussels, reports Reuter. All major questions are said to have been settled, ar. 1 the majority of German delegates have returned to Berlin.—Reuter.
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    BRITAIN TO ELECTRIFY TURKEY
    48 9 AN Istanbul message states that the Turkish Government has decided to entrust the general electrification of the country to British firms. A contract for construction of the first central electricity station at Chatalaghzi, in the coal-bearing basin of Heraclea, has been slened. British Wireless.
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    NARVIK GERMANS FLEE TO SWEDEN
    42 9 Stockholm, Apr. 16. According to the Aftonbladet, the Swedish military authorities at the iron ore centre of Hiruna report that seven Germans, comprising four men of the navy and three merchant seamen arrived there yesterday from Narvik.—Reuter.
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    Blow To German Arms Industry
    137 9 London, Apr. 15. BY the British occupation of Narvik, the Nazis are deprived of about cne-quarter of their total ore supplies but their loss is even greater than this according to a prominent iron and steel expert, who told Reuter that since the war began
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    BRITAIN LOST ONLY FOUR DESTROYERS
    49 9 British naval losses since Monday last week in the North Sea operations are only four destroyers, it was affirmed in authoritative quarters in London when questioned about the German claim that British losses were at least four battleships, eight cruisers and 11 destroyers .—Router.
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    34 9 IT was learned in London last night that it Is not yet certain whether Mr. Chamber- I lain would make a statement in the House of' Commons to-day concerning the British landings in Norway.—Reuter.
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    SWEDEN NOW PREPARED
    202 9 Nation Ready To Meet Air Attack Stockholm, Apr. 16. QrFiCIAi; Swedish circles declare thai the country is now prepared for all event ualities. What is described as "a state of preparedness" against aerial at<ack has been proclaimed in certain parts of southern and western Sweden. It came
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    "Allies Will Help If Belgium Is Attacked"
    102 9 Brussels, Apr. 16. "THE Belgian Press generally features in glowing headlines the British naval successes off Norway. Though many tributes are paid to the participants of the Narvik action, the commentators ssem even more impressed by the British mine-laying along the German Baltic
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    NAZI NAVY LEFT WITH TWO CAPITAL SHIPS
    449 10 Crippling Effect Of British Attacks In The North ESTIMATE OF EFFECTIVE STRENGTH OF ENEMY FLEET REPORTS available of the naval encounters in Norwegian waters now make it possible to form a fair estimate of what proportion of the German fleet, as it existed
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    350 TREES BURNT DOWN IN PENANG
    117 10 i Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Apr. 15. A TAMIL named Vallayan, who was chained with having commit t-.d mischief by causing fire in the Municipal forest reserve at Waterfall Gardens on Jan. 19 was sentenced at the Assizes to-day to I* months' rigorous imprisonment.
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    STOP PRESS
    36 10 1 be American 12,642-ton freighter City of Los Angeles ran aground 500 metres off Yokohama yesteriaj but damage was apparently slight. Five passengers and 96 members of the crew were all safe. —Eastern News.
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    AMUSEMENTS
    171 10 SINGAPORE Aid 1 Till HOTEL Special Dinner Dance. KAH IKS HOTEL Dinner Dance (Informal) 8 p.m. to Midnight. GAURH X I 111 I 111 GEYLANG Wedding of Female Ghosts Gold Digger's Wife. Double Cantonese Talkie at 7.45. GREAT V\OKLO Cabaret 9 p.m. to Midnight. Globe: King of the Turf.
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    THE GOVERNOR
    103 10 TPHE Governor, Sir Shenton A Thomas and Lady Thomas, who are going on leave to-morrow, will say goodbye to their friends at the Airport building at 8 a.m. to-morrow. No member of the public will be allowed at the Airport jetty. The British Minister, Sir Josiah Crosby, left
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    "co-operate with allies"
    294 10 Advice To People Of Norway THE Norwegian Government in a broadcast to the people instructing them to co-operate fully with the Allied forces, says: "A number of Norwegian pilots have already taken up their duties with the British Navy. Norwegian officers attached to the expeditionary force arrived
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    DEATH OF F.M.S. POLICE OFFICER IN CANADA
    59 10 THE death occurred in Vancouver, Canada, on Saturday of Mr. J. Parke, of the F.M.S. Police. Mr. Parke, who joined the Police in 1913 after some years with the Royal Irish Constabulary, was spending his leave in Canada with his wife and one
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    GREAT WORK OF THE R.A.F.
    336 10 Operations Over Invaded Norway LOSSES HAVE BEEN SURPRISINGLY LOW /"OFFICIAL communiques issued by the Air Ministry during last week-end do not convey the full extent of the work of the R.A.F. Reconnaisances have been conducted day and night and every Norwegian fjord which could possibly
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    MALAYA THANKED FOR £5,000 GIFT
    156 10 AMONG the war charities sharing the latest remittance Home from the Malaya Patriotic Fund of £60,000 announced last week, and making a total thus far of is the Shipwrecked Mari- 1 r»" Society, which receives £10,000. This follows a previous donation to the same organization
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    SINGAPORE DEFENCES IN NEWSREELS
    82 10 FINE pictures of the Singapore defence services at work are to be screened in Singapore this evening. They were taken by Eric Mayell, the noted newsreel cameramen a few weeks ago and they are being shown in the British Movietone News at the Cathay and in
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    36 10 island^ Mr. C. V. Brandon, manager of Harper, Gilfillan and Co.. Ltd., Malacca, will be proceeding on Home leave early next week and Mr. H. B. Hussey, of Kuala Lumpur, will be taking over the branch.
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    Aerial Photograph As Exhibit In Claim For Damages
    350 10 AN aerial photograph of a road junction where a collision between two motor-cars occurred in December 1938, was an exhibit In a claim for damages which began liefore the Chief Justice, Sir Percy McElwaine, yesterday. The plaintiff, Harry Elphick, man-aging-director of William
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    Prison Officer Married
    39 10 Mr. and Mrs. J. A. S. Taylor after their wedding at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday. The bride was formerly Miss Grace Chetland. The bridegroom is a Prison Officer at H.M. Convict Prison, Changi. Straits Times picture.
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    3 HAI LEE OFFICERS ACQUITTED TO-DAY
    435 10 CAPTAIN M. Worsoe, Dr. Lim Poh Sin and Scow Kiat Joo, master, surgeon and chinch ew respectively of the 3,600 ton Norwegian vessel Hai Lee, were acquitted in the Singapore Criminal District Court this morning after a two-day trial on a charge concerning the
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    JAPAN & N.L's FUTURE
    247 10 JAPAN N.L's FUTURE If War Sprea&s To i Holland STATEMENT BY MR. HACHIRO ARITA I'okio, Apr. 16. "THE Japanese Government cannot but be deeply concerned over any development accompanying the aggravation of war in Europe that may affect the status quo of the Netherlands Indies." Thus declared the Japanese Fore'gn
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    U.S. & Colonies
    107 10 U.S. Colonies Washington, Apr. 16. THE possibility that the republics of North and South America would move to establish a temporary protectorate ever Dutch possessions in the western hemisphere should Hitler seize Holland i> seen by well-informed circles in Washington. Persons close to the State Department believe that the United
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    MAGISTRATE INVITED TO WATCH DARTS IN PARK
    382 11 Counsel Contends That It Is Not Game Of Chance AN invitation to visit the New World, the Happy World, or the Great World, to watch dartboard games in progress, and to decide for himself whether they were names of chance or not, was
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    NAZI EYES ON MALAYA
    308 11 Captain Hashim's Warning MALAYA is on the list of countries which Germany desires to have and Is one of the first countries she has her eyes on," said Capt. N. M. Hashim, Malay unofficial member of the Legislative Council, addressing the boys of his old school,
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    STOLE ARTICLES FROM MOTOR-CAR
    85 11 IN the third Singapore police court before Mr. H. Watson, yesterday, a Cantonese, Loo Yong Fook, pleaded guilty to the theft of a typewriter valued at $125 and two sarongs belonging to a Frenchman, M. J. L. F. Revel. On the evening of Apr. 1 M.
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    RIOTING ADMITTED
    45 11 BEFORE Mr. H. Watson in the third court yesterday, three men, Ang Moh, Chan Ken Kum, and Chan Kirn Swee, were charged with rioting in China Street at 6 pm. on Apr. 14. All pleaded guilty and sentence was postponed to Apr. 19.
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    B.B.C. PUBLISHES NEW ARABIC JOURNAL
    135 11 THE 8.8.C. has Just published the first issue of a new Journal in Arabic. It is called the Arabic Listener and the first issue contains messages of greeting from the Prime Minister, the Egyptian Ambassador in London, the Charges d'Affaires 01 the Iraqi and Saudi-Arabian
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    RETURNING TO THAILAND
    40 11 'THIRTEEN Thai students who have 1 been studying in various schools In the Philippine Islands arrived in Singapore by the Conte Verde yesterday. The students are on their way back to Bangkok and will leave by train.
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    Arab And Jew
    32 11 A contingent consisting of both Jews and Arabs has arrived for service with the B.E.F. in France. Here are an Arab corporal and a Jewish private enjoying a joke.
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    FILMS TO BE MADE HERE
    129 11 Chinese Actress From Hong Kong THE well-known Chinese film actress Lily Lee arrived in Singapore from Hong Kong by the Conte Verde yesterday, together with her director Mr. Hou Yau. She will play the leading roles In Chinese pictures to be made in Malaya by
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    MEMBER OF "RED" SOCIETY SENTENCED
    107 11 IN the third court yesterday Lian Li Chua, 35 year-old secretary of the Singapore Tinsmiths' Association, was sei tenced to three months' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. H. Watson, for being a member of the "Red Labour Union," an unlawful society. Asking the magistrate to take
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    J.C.S.A. MEETING
    34 11 T*HE Junior Civil Service Association, Singapore, will hold its 14th annual general meeting on Saturday at 3 p.m., when prizes for the various tournaments held during the year will be given away.
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    HAVILDAR AND SENTRY DEAD
    406 11 Woodlands Depot Incident EUROPEAN TELLS OF FINDING BODY EVIDENCE of how he came across the body of a havildar from the 4th/19th Hyderabad Regiment after hearing gunshot reports, was given by Patrick T. Daly, superintendent of the Asiatic Petroleum Company's Depot at Woodlands, at the Coroner's
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    "JOURNEY'S END"
    74 11 T^HE Repertory Players are present- ing R. C. SherrirT's "Journey's End" at the Victoria Theatre on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, with the following cast: S. J. Beattie, Paul Verdayne, Alan Dant, A. J. Braga, C. W. Roberts, Rufus Russell, E. V. Hennessey, Godfrey Hans Woodford and Carl Lawson.
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    Immigrants Tell Court They Came In Sailing Boat
    713 11 THREE Chinese immigrants, al- leged by the police to have been illegally landed in the Colony from Hong Kong from the Norwegian vessel Hai Lee, 3,600 tons, denied the allegation in the Singapore criminal district court yester1 day and told the judge,
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    HOW B.E.F. WENT TO FRANCETRIUMPH OF ORGANIZATION
    2658 12 By Brigadier M. D. Gambier-Parry FEW of us are likely to forget the day in October last on which it was announced that the British Expeditionary Force, consisting of 158,000 men and 25,000 vehicles, had been assembled in France without a hitch and
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    NORWAY EVEN ENLISTING BOYS TO RESIST INVADERS
    362 13 Fighting Continues In Ruins Of City On Southern Front Stockholm, Apr. 15. npilK desperate efforts the Norwegians are making to mobi- lize sufficient forcss to withstand the German invasion are emphasized by reports that boys of 15 are being enlisted. Fighting continues round
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    King Calls On His People To Fight
    262 13 Tells Nation Of Nazi Outrages FRESH light on what the Norwegian people are suffering as a result of the German invasion was given by King Haakon himself in a broadcast to his people. He Issued an appeal to all Norwegians saying: "Fight to
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    Dutch Victim Of Nazi Air Outrage
    75 13 After being adrift in an open boat for six days, survivors from the Dutch fishing vessel Protinus, which was deliberately bombed and machine-gunned by a German aircraft in the North Sea, were picked up by HM. Submarine Unity. They have now been landed at
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    FRENCH & NAZI PLANES OVER DUTCH WATERS
    47 13 FRENCH NAZI PLANES OVER DUTCH WATERS The Hague, Apr. 15. FT Is announced that anti-aircraft guns opened fire and air patrols went up against French and German aeroplanes which were sighted over Dutch territorial waters yesterday. Protests have been made f o London, Paris and Berlin. Reuter.
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    GERMAN "TOURISTS" FLOCK TO YUGOSLAVIA & BULGARIA
    121 13 GERMAN "TOURISTS" FLOCK TO YUGOSLAVIA BULGARIA Large Numbers On "Missions" With Suspicious Luggage London, Apr. 15. CEVERAL thousand Germans are now in Belgrade (Yugoslavia), according to The Times' Belgrade correspondent, who says that more German "tourists" are arriving daily. Seven hundred Germans have documents which show them to be attached
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    SWEDES & DUTCH WILL RESIST
    230 13 SWEDES DUTCH WILL RESIST Pi\ cautionary Moves Continuing rHE anxiety which Germany's most recent invasion has naturally inspired in Sweden and the Netherlands has only confirmed the determination of both countries to be ready to resist any German advance. Swedish precautions are being carried on methodically and without fuss, and
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    Luxemburg Tightens Police Measures
    60 13 Luxemburg, Apr. 15. A POLICE regulation has been issued here forbidding groups of more than three people in the streets after nightfall. Any meetings in private places in whic.i foreigners participate must be notified to the police beforehand. Civil guards recently established in Luxemburg must now
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    Entrances To Baltic Mined
    124 13 London, Apr. 15. THE Berlin wireless announces the mining of two out of three entrances to the Baltic, namely, the Great Belt between 55 degrees, 17 minutes north, and 55 degrees, 22 minutes north: the Little Belt between longtitude 9 degrees, 47 minutes east, and 9
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    FRENCH SUCCESS ON WEST FRONT
    98 13 BAD weather on the Western Front has hindered air operations on both sides but patrols have been active on the ground. A French scouting party yesterday successfully cut its way through the German barbed-wire entanglements on the Alsace front and the Frenchmen penetrated deeply into
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    Nazis Admit They Are Now On Defensive
    121 13 THE German public has hail warnings that operations must now be on the defensive. The newspaper Frankfurter Zeitung warns its readers that the British Navy is strong and that when the attack comes it will be conducted with the firmest minationBy way of
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    Allies As Shield For Neutrals
    341 13 Lesson Of The Narvik Naval Victory j London, Apr. 15. •THE position of the smaller neutral countries in the light of recent developments is discussed in the Press. The Times draws attention in particular to the tone of the German Press and of official German
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    HITLER INTENDED TO GO TO WAR
    168 13 Ex-British Envoy On Mission That Failed H ITLER could never have intended the ultimate end to be other than war." is the conclusion reached by Sir Nevile Henderson, in his accounts of his two years as British Ambassador in Germany which was published yesterday
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    27 14 A general view of the Congress flag hoisting ceremony at Ramgarh where the fifty-third annual session was held recently. Women volunteers can be seen in the picture.
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    MR. GANDHI'S WARNING TO MUSLIMS
    1338 14 Mr. Jinnah's "Two-Nations Theory An Untruth" Bombay, Apr. 6. THE step taken by the Muslim League at Lahore creates a 1 baffling situation, but not 30 baffling as to make civil disobedience an impossibility, says Mahatma Gandhi in an article in to-day's Harijan, under the
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    TODAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    44 15 SOCCER: Malays vs. R-A. 9th Hvy. Rest., stadium; R.A. (A.A.) vs. R.A.F., Changi; Resr. division, Manrhesters vs. S.R.C. S.R-C; second division (a), Pulau Rrani vs. R.A.F. Tengah, Pulau if rani; R.A. (8.M.) vs. R.A.O.C, Blakan Mati. Tennis SC.C, S.R-C, S.C.R.C. tournaments.
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    Tennis Results At Padang Clubs
    166 15 YESTERDAYS ties in the Singapore Cricket Club's Spring lawn tennis tournament resulted Championship Singles: W. J. M "Warden beat E. C. Cherrington 6—2, 1-6, 6-3. Women's Doubles: Mrs. Sewell and Mrs. Hipkin beat Mrs. Carslaw and Mrs. Russell-Roberts, 5—2 6—3. AT THE S.R.C. Ties in
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    HONGKONG BANKERS WIN BY BIG MARGIN
    97 15 H. S. Bank 7. Chartered Bank 1. THE Hongkong Bank foccer side convincingly defeated the Chartered Bank by seven goals to one in a Business Houses' League soccer fixture on the F. and N. ground yesterday. After a scoreless first half the Hongkong Bank
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    MORAVIA BEAT FORT
    25 15 PLAYING at Farrer Park yesterday, Moravia beat Fort Canning by two goals to one in the second division <b) of the league.
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    STELLA'S PET BEST BET FOR TO-MORROW'S RACES
    1481 15 Non-Acceptors And Order Of Running At Bukit Timah C^TELLA'S Pet should make the best bet of the day to-mor- row, the fourth day of the Singapore Turf Club's summer (Governor's Cup) meeting. Stella's Pet ran a good third to Little John over the
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    Jacks Beat Guthries In Even Game
    28 15 IN an evenly-contested Business Houses' League soccer match yesterday evening on the V.M.C.A. ground, Jacks beat Guthries by four goals to two.
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    24 15 Pat Burke conies through at the finish to win a good race at Bukit Timah on Saturday from Nightshade and Glitter. Straits Times picture.
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    CHINESE FIGHT HARD FOR POINTS AT THE STADIUM
    411 15 Chinese 1, Argylls U. DLAYING very well in spite of being below full strength, the Chinese gathered two points at the expense of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders before a large crond at the stadium yesterday., scoring the only goal of the
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    Fast Gallops At Bukit Timah
    178 15 NEW Moon and Hengist, two of "Bulan Stable's" winners this meeting, were very impressive at Bukit Timah this morning when a number of fast gallops were gone through on the second track of the race course. Both these horses are running to-mor-row, and should be
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    AIR RAID WARDENS TO MEET PRESS CRICKET XI
    71 15 THE following have accepted to play cricket for the Corps of Air Raid Wardens against the Straits Times Press Sports Club at 2 p.m. on Sunday. J. E. Jeans. G. W. S. Waites. T. Hope, E. Le Mercier, D. La Brooy, D.
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    UNITEERS SUFFER FIRST DEFEAT IN B.H.L.
    369 15 Sime Darby 2. Lniteers 1. ANOTHER big upset was created at the Singapore Harbour Board ground, when the Sime Darby soccer team, a new entry in the Business Houses' League this year, beat lniteers by two goals to one yesterday, in one of the
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    S. L. T. A. Annual Championships
    75 15 TTIIE Singapore lawn tennis 1 championships for this year will be held from Monday, May 20, on the courts of the Singapore Cricket Club and the V.M.C.A. Entries will close on Tuesday, Apr. 30Altogether there will be nine events: the men's singles, men's doubles,
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    SAPPERS BEAT LOYALS
    381 15 First Division Game At Changi Sappers 3 Loyals f. LICK was against the Loyals in their first division soccer fixture against the R.E. at Changi yesterday for, although the aggressors for the major portion of the game, they were defeated by three goals to nil. The Loyals'
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    S.C.C. SNOOKER
    26 15 TTHE following S.C.C. volunteer snooker tie will be played on Wednesday H. M. Vennik and G. Alexander vs. J. V. West and C. Fitton.
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    SERIES OF BRITISH LANDINGS IN NORWAY
    624 16 Recapture Of Narvik Is Announced ALLIES REDEEM PLEDGE TO VICTIM OF THE NAZIS '"DRITISH forces have now landed at several points in Norway." Thus states a joint Admiralty and War Office communique issued in London last night. This brief communique was followed by one
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    High Praise For Navy's Victory At Narvik Fjord
    727 16 London, Apr. 15. THE Royal Navy's exploit at Narvik, the laying of the Baltic minefield and the announcement of naval successes during the past week bring forth unstinted praise for the Navy in this morning's newspapers. Nevertheless, editorials stress that these are
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    Balkans Talks End In London
    71 16 THE conversations between the British ministers to the Balkan States and Foreign Office officials ended last evening, and the ministers are expected to return to their posts within a few days. The conversations have given satisfaction in the verious departments concerned, and the way is
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    R. A. F. Harassing Nazi Invaders
    228 16 DOYAL AIR FORCE machines have made further harassing attacks on Stavanger aerodrome. The planes were reconnaissance aircraft of the coastal command and, despite darkness and heavy rain, incendiary and heavy high explosive bombs were dropped on the aerodrome. Then the ground defences were attacked
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