The Straits Times, 6 May 1940

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    36 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER —LARGEST NET SALES 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MAY 6. 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS The Straits Times f> PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MAY 6, 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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      6 1 SINGAPORE. 140 CECIL ST. CPHONE 5471)
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  • Obituary
    DEATH
    86 2 BEE—Mr. See Tlong wah, beloved father of Mr see Bon? Him. Mrs. Helen Gan. anl Mrs. Lucy Chen, on May 2nd at his residence No. 23. Balmoral Rd., Singapore, leaving behind him his widow Madam Kboo Heng Neo, one son, 2 daughters-in-law, 2 daughters, one son-in law and nineteen
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      548 2 LEE-TEO.—The marriage of Mr. Lee Kirn Sun, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Kuan, and Miss Rose leo, second daughter ol Mr. and Mrs. Teo Ktm lee. toot; place at the Cheng Hoon Teng Temple, Malacca, on Monday. 29th. April, 1940. Mr. Poh Kirn T!ong was. master of ceremonies.
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      567 2 BUSINESS CARDS Etc. MANOR HOUSE CHANCERY LANE DOUBLE AND SINGLE ROOM. ACCOMMODATION AVAILABLE. MS TEL. IMS MRS. GRAHAM HUTCHISON MADAME SHEILA JUST RECEIVED A NEW CONSIGNMENT OF FROCKS FOR ALL OCCASIONS. LINEN RAW SILK DAY FROCKS FROM $6. f EU COURT, HILL STREET. TEL. 7139. MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE
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      189 2 PUBLIC NOTICE ¥e~nang turf club* EXTRA MEETING. 1940 Ist Day. Saturday 11th May. I9M 2nd Day. M.ndaT. 13th May. 1940. 3rd Day, Saturday. 18th May. 1949. SWEEPS—A $1. Unlimited Sweepstake for Members only will be held on each day. COURSE CASH SWEEPS —A $2. Caah S»e«p for Members only *i:i
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      348 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. (incorporated in England) PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. Co. MAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES THE P. O. S. N, COMPANY WILL HAVE A PASSENGER STEAMER SAILING WESTWARD IN THE NEAR FUTURE. All vessels may call al any ports on or «ff the
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      321 3 (incorporated In Japan i GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR TO LIVERPOOL rolnmho A* n Snrr. Port SaM Naßle* Marseilles, Gibraltar, Casablanca A Liverpool Rail S'rv.r» +HAKONE MARU June 11 U SUWA MARU June 22 33 4-CaliS Bombat TO LONDON DKLAQOA MARU May 9 1 DURBAN MARU May 24
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      553 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. BLUE FUNNEL LINE Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom and United Slates ot America. Dates are not guaranteed, all cargo bookings subject to Conference War Clauses. WESTERN AUSTRALIA THE SHORTEST SEA ROUTE AT THE CHEAPEST PARE Regular Services to Fre mantle (Perth) via Java by first class passenger
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      335 3 FAST PASSKNGER SKRVICK. SINGAPORE TO SAN FRANCISCO. VIA MANILA HONG KONG **all Spore Aftw t SS CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO May 7 May 30 s.s CITY OF LOS ANGELES May 11 June 4 ss CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS June 19 July 13 SI CITY OF NORFOLK July 17 Aug 10
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      335 3 Broadcasting TO-DAY SINGAPORE Z.1IL 1.33 met <225m.| ZHF 't.6.'i me« so.ni;m.' 1.15 p.m. Miscellaneous gramophone records; 1.33 p.m. News; mid-day rubber, tlii and copra prices; 1.40 p m. JUwral; 5.00 p.m. Songs by S. Mohammed (Malay); 5.30 p.m. Tamil muslct; 6.03 p.m. Cantonese comcti 6 25 pir. Cantonese selectionst; 6.46
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      402 3 NIROM VDB 9.65 Did (31.20 m.i; VIM 6 0S ran (49.6 m.); PMN 10.26 me s itM ml; VDB 11.86 me* (25.3 ml: VDC .5-16 m-s 119 80 m.) 4.50 p.m. Programme preview: 5.50 pjn. Children's hour; 6.20 p m. Barnabas von Geczy and his orchestra: 6.50 p.m. News and
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  • Article
    NO CABINET CHANGES LIKELY IN BRITAIN
    490 4 Government Expected To Justify Its Decisions HOUSE RESENTS NEUTRAL CRITICISM OF CAMPAIGN London, May 5. WHILE everything still depends upon the strength of the case the Government presents on operations in Norway to the House of Commons on Tuesday, two new considerations arc tending
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    MUST HAVE AIR SUPREMACY
    300 4 J. L. Garvin Urges Reconstruction rwn*-n London, May 5. THE paramount need for air mastery and for the establishment of a smaller war cabinet are stressed by Mr. J. l. Garvin in the Observer. He says: "We require above all, two things: a^m^TnT r abSOlUte "(2)
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    177 4 Mails close at the General Port Office is follows: TO-DAY fava surface 9am Sumatra: Medan surface 9 a.m uedan air noon TO-MORROW J*| n air 5 pjn. J frlca air 5 pjn. \ustralia (East South) surface 9am Burma air 5 pmi air 9.30 a.m. and 5
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    THE MONEY MARKET
    80 4 London, May 5. FFNDS available for lending showed a marked expansion in the ironey market last week. This was due to payment for requisitioned dollar securities and Government and other dividend payments. The whole of the $60,000,000 Treasury bills offered were allotted at an average rate of
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    38 4 The committee of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association has decided, subject to the members' consent, to send a copy of letter to the Association regarding dangerous traffic at late hours of the night, to the Traffic Advisory Committee.
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    Premier Criticized By U.S. Press
    119 4 New York, May 5. THE British withdrawal in south- crn Norway generally has an unfavourable reception In the American provincial Press and the British Government, and Mr. Chamberlain, himself, are severely criticized. The Baltimore Sun, for instance, declares From tbe beginning the Government has appeared
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    L1.-G. ATTACKS GOVERNMENT
    330 4 Unprepared For Counter Stroke "SUPREME DIRECTION FAULTY FEEBLE" London, May 5. A STINGING attack on the Government's conduct of the war is made by Mr. Lloyd-George in a signed article in the Sunday Pictorial, in which he says: "We are suffering not from one blunder. The Norwegian
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    World Has 67,000 Cinemas
    71 4 I*HERE are 67,129 cinemas In the world, according to a report of the United States Department of Commerce. This is an increase of 4,313 during the past year. The total figure does not Include Russia's cinemas, which are estimated to number 30,000. Most of these, however,
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    CRITICISM IS DEMOCRATIC
    421 4 Attlee Points To Nazi Losses GOVERNMENT MUST SATISFY NATION London, May 3. MR. C. R. ATTLEE, the Labour Opposition Leader, speaking at Ipswich yesterday, said that events of the week in Norway had inevitably caused a jood deal of anxiety. It must be acknowledged, he said, that
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    ESSENTIAL DRIVE LACKING
    246 4 Morrison Urges Premier To Resign London, May 5. IN a speech at Southampton yesterday afternoon, Mr. Herbert Morrison said that recent events in Norway constituted a setback which it would be self-deception to hide and cowardice to evade. He deprecated attempts to present these events as a
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    Fraser & Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations
    1318 4 Fraser Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations SAII RUAY, MAT 4, 19W: 1 PJU. MM Surer* Setlan Ampat Tin (4s) ti <d 4s 10' x.d. Austral Amal. (ss) 5s 9d 8s 3d Austral Malay (I) 35s 37s Ayer Hltam 31s 32s Ayer Went (1> .63 67 Bangrtn Tin 21s 22s Batu Sclangor
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    LYALL AND EVATT'S DAILY QUOTATIONS
    244 4 Singapore, May 4. l p.m. MI.MM. Buvrr* Sellers Ampak 4/7 t lOxcl Austraj A&iau 5/10.» 6/1% Batu Selanzors 1.43 1.46 Hong Fatts 1.08 1.12 Jelebu* 0.73 0.76 Kampong LanjuU- 22 3 M/K. Knmuntlng 8/3 ..,9 Kundang 14/3 14/9 Kent 2/3 2/8 Klang Rivets 1.70 1.80
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    FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
    158 4 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Books Company Dividend Cloef TUi .mpat Tin 12% tax Apr. i 'ahang 10% Int. less tax Apr. 24 staling IS% Int. 5% bonus Apr. SO iungei Klnta ..19 Final less tax Apr. 30 'aiping Conald 7H% No. 9 May I 'ekka Talplng fid. less
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      126 4 F^m fl mk 4 wrfs^tf P^HfiKilfrVi mm. m iF=dfi BStP^ "ALL INCLUSIVE" FARES to LONDON £163 Regular Twice Weekly Service, Douglas DC3 Aircraft are used on th* flytnc route. Singapore Europe, via Naples. The X.L.M. service "makes you feel at home." From Naples to Parli and London exreUent train coraee-
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      178 4 TIDE TABLES SINGAPORE To-day H. W. 10.18 a.m. 7.8 ft.; 10.13 p.m. 8.4 ft. L. W. 4.08 a.m. 1.7 ft.; 4.11 p.m. 2.8 ft. To-morrow H. W. 10.52 a.m. fl.l ft.; 10.40 p.m. 8.7ft. L. W. 4.38 a.m. 1.2 ft.; 4.39 p.m. 2.7 ft. Wednesday, May 8 H. W. 11.27a.m.
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      321 5 Firmness Of Rubber In New York Continues l.> Our i r.tmial Correspondent Sin;;apjre. May C. A RECENT firmness of rubber con,inued on Saturday in New York With a rise of three-eighths to 20 cent;. Tin fell one-quarter in New Yr k to 471 b cents. The Singapore
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      EXCHANGES
      180 5 The following are the exchange rates this morning according to the dally circular Issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation:— SELLING London T.T 2/4 j/16 Loi.don demand 2/4 1/16 Lyons demand 20G0 Switzerland demand 208 Hamburg demand New York demand 46 15/16 Montreal demand 51 11/16 Batavla demand
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      Roosevelt's Message To Polish President
      89 5 Roosevelt's Message To Polish President Paris, May 6. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT sent the fo'.lowing telegram to the Polish President on the occasion' of the Polish national festival, says the Polish telegraph agency, "Please accept my slncerest wishes for the continuance of the traditional friendship existing between the people of the United
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      INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION
      75 5 Ships Requisitioned By Government MATHESON and Co., attorneys in London of Indo-China Steam Navigation Company, announce that, on notice received from the Ministry of Shipping, the company's ships (excluding the Yangtsze River fleet) come under the Government's liner requisition scheme on their next completion of discharge. The
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      121 5 Singapore, May 6, noon. Buyers Seller* Gambler $7.15 Hamburg Cube 113 .00 Java Cube $12.50 Pepper White Muntok $14.75 White $14.25 Black 8.25 Copra Mixed $3.40 Sun Dried $3.80 Sago Flour No 1 lingga $5.70 Fair $5.7 i Sarawak $5.60 Jelotong Palembang $16.50 Banja $16.00 Sarawak $17.00
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      Prof. Koht Also Going To Paris
      189 5 London, May i. DROF. KOHT and the Norwegian Defence Minister, Colonel LJungberg. arrived in London yesterday with the British Minister in Oslo, Sir Cecil Dormer and Lady Mary Dormer, as well as the wife of the French Minister to Norway. The Norwegian ministers have
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      MR. GEORGE LANSBURY IS GRAVELY ILL
      41 5 London, May 5. MR. George Lansbury, Labour M.P. for the Bow and Bromley division of Poplar, known as the "peace apostle," who is seriously 111 In a London hospital. Is reported to be sinking— Renter.
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      81 5 Monday, May S, noon. Bnyeri Seuert Prim Price* No IX B.S.S. (Spot i«»ei 37 .Nu IX B.S.S. t.o-b in caw* May 374 37H G.F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. In Din May 36 )i 36 H F A.Q ESS fob In <>*im May ZSV, 29% FUTURE QUOTATIU.Na No
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      NEWSPRINT TO COST £25
      419 5 Price More Than Doubled A BOMBSHELL was dropped In Fleet Street recently when it was announced that increases in the price of newsprint far higher than anything expected were about to come into force. As from April 1 there has besn an increase of £4 10s.
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      TIN OUTPUT FOR APRIL
      113 5 APRIL tin output is reported as follows Hours Yard- Piculs age Ore Ampat 1826 488,000 2018 S. Kinta 4807 1221,000 5825 Kamunting 3617 1152,000 5414 Tongkah Harb. 1861 477,000 1428 Anglo-Thai 1052 181,000 640 Kamp'g Lanjut 1254 532,000 2223 Kuala Lumpur 1784 855,000 1490 Larut 1778
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      167 5 TENDERS SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. Tenders are Invitee' for the execution of additions and alterations to a Doctor's quarters at Mlddleton Hospital Tender Form. etc. can be obtained at the Municipal Architect 1 s Office on production of a Municipal Treasury Deposit Receipt for $50. Tenders will close at 12 noon on
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    Pope's Call To Italians To Pray For Peace
    93 7 Rome, May 5. "FH K hour has come for all Ital ians to pray for peace in the midst of the troubles of these days," declared His Holiness the Pope in a sermon delivered to-day. It was broadcast by the Italian wireless
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    SLOVAKIA IS ACCUSED Hungary's Tale Of "Provocation"
    89 7 SLOVAKIA IS ACCUSED Hungary's Tale Of "Provocation" London, May 5. TNCREASINO tension between Hungary and Slovakia Is reported In an official comment broadcast from Budapest early this morning. The announcer stated: "The repeated intolerable provocations committed by the Slovak Government are being watched with growing anxiety and misgiving In Budapest.
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    Dutch Nazis Are Rounded Up
    83 7 N.I. Joins In Big Drive Against Traitors Amsterdam, May 5. IT is understood that the arrest of leading Dutch Nazis in Holland occurred at Amsterdam Utrecht. Vt.uwe and other centres but the j party's leader, Anton Mussert, was apparently not arrested. it is stated that
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    Preventing Sabotage In Rumania
    51 7 Preventing Sabotage In Rumania Bucharest. May 5. RIVER traffic on the Danube at night time is forbidden by the Minister of Marine. The reason given is prevention of acts of sabotage on the Carnavoda bridge linking the ancient Kingdom of Rumania with Dobrudja and on the oil pipeline to Constanza.—
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    Yugoslav Ban On Nazi "Tourists"
    31 7 YUGOSLAVIA is reported to have refused to allow 2.000 German tourists to spend the summer there. Only women and children under 15 will be admitted Router.
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    German Threats To Norwegians
    256 7 A REPRESENTATIVE of a Swedish} newspaper who is now in Oslo reports that throughout the district near the capital Norwegians are forbidden to be out of doors after dark nr go near places where soldiers are stationed. In Oslo German efforts at windowdressing by opening cinemas
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    Sweden Denies Nazi Demands
    61 7 Stockholm, May 5. A FOREIGN Press report that German.} has sent Sweden a note demanding delivery to the Reich of a major portion of her exports on credit until the end of the war and that she should employ German technicians in her mines and transport
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    Spain Re-affirms Her Neutrality
    133 7 J St. Jean de Luz, May 5. IT is revealed that Spain's desire to maintain her neutrality in the present war Is emphasized in a memorandum to the Spanish consul at St. Jean de Luz, French border town. The memorandum, emanating from the Spanish Ministry of
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    Nazi Bid To Destroy Czech Patriotism
    84 7 Paris, May 5. THE German authorities in the OMdl protectorate have ordered the destruction of a large number of books by Czech patriots, including ex-Pre-sident Benes. and books on PanSlavism, according to a dispatch from the Slovak frontier. It is estimated that 3.000.000 books
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    A.-A. FIRE HEARD ON SOUTH-EAST COAST
    62 7 London, May 5. ANTI-AIRCRAFT gunfire, apparently over the Thames estuary, was heard on the south-east coast last night but no aircraft was seen and no air raid warning was sounded. Firing lasted 20 minutes. An unknown plane believed to be German was seen flying
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    BRITISH INTERESTS IN MEXICO
    52 7 Bucharest, May 5. Arrangements have now been made for Dutch authorities to look after British interests in Mexico. Since diplomatic relations between Britain and Mexico were severed In 1938, the Danish legation had taken charge of British interests. The Nazi invasion of Denmark necessitated a change.—
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MAY 6, 1940. (247th. Day of the War.) ITALY AND THE ISLANDS
    1148 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MAY 6, 1940. (247th. Day of the War.) ITALY AND THE ISLANDS In her campaign against the Democracies, Italy has made allegations very similar to those con- tamed in the living space arguments used by the Germans in their attempts to justify acts ofaggression. Italy,
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  • Correspondence
    • Letter
      UNEMPLOYED GIRLS
      893 8 Economic Causes Of Prostitution To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, Th» Salvation Army has done a great service in investigating the causss which lead girls to become prostitutes. Only a very small minority of girls will voluntarily enter into the life of shame, and now that
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      A SCOT COMPLAINS
      177 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— lt occurs to me that the wireless programmes of the Singapore Station are based on 8.8.C. lines, which I suppose are in ratio to the population of England, Scotland, Wa'es and Northern Ireland. But out East things are entirely
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    "ANTICIPATE"
    224 8 A Protest And A Reply To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.—lt is surprising that a selfappointed defender of the English language should find it necessary to protest against your leader-writer: but so it is. In your leading article "Non-Bellige-rent" (May 1), the following sentence is to be
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    LEBENSRAUM
    292 8 Estate Bitches Get Unfair Advantage! To the Editor of the S'.raits Times Sir,— Your correspondent "Pro Bono Kannino", whose letter under the heading "Too Many Females are Killed" appeared in your paper some time ago, views with some sens? of Jcy and satisfaction on the latest decision of the
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    CZECHOSLOVAKIA: A LAND STRICKEN BY AGGRESSION
    1036 8  -  CLIVE HOLLAND By Tragic Contrast With Former Peace And Prosperity I HAVE known Czecho- Slovakia from end to end. The beautiful forest regions of the south-west, with their deep, greenish-blue coloured lakes, ancient towns and peaceful and picturesque villages. The pleasant countryside that lies
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    HEAVY FIGHTING IN THE NARVIK REGION
    702 9 Allied Bombardment In Raging Snowstorm GERMAN BOMBER'S FLIGHT IN THE FAR NORTH Nazi Troops Now Occupy Town In Oester Valley TJEAVY fighting is reported to be proceeding round Narvik. Allied forces are said to be bombarding German positions both by land and sea amid
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    Rome Editor's Outburst
    117 9 "Nazis Will Invade Great Britain" Rome, May 6. «MAPOLEON's attempt to invade England will certainly and soon be attempted by Germany in this war," declared Signor Ansaldo, editor of Count Ciano's paper II Telegrafo, in his weekly broadcast last night to Italian troops. Signor Ansalo added: "We
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    German Reverses On West Front
    95 9 Paris, May 6. r\URING Saturday night, in the reU gion of the Saar. the enemy supported by heavy artillery fire attacked three French outposts with strong forces, states the latest French war communique. The outposts, although surrounded, resisted victoriously, until a French counter-attack led by
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    U.S. Concern Over Japan And N. I.
    83 9 X Washington, May 6. POLITICAL developments In Great Britain following the Allied withdrawal from Southern Norway, are being followed with very close attention in Washington. Political commentators declare that the latest developments are causing real concern in high quarters in Washington. Fears are
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    NAZI REINFORCEMENTS FOR NORWAY
    38 9 Stockholm, May 5. THE transport of German troops by sea and air to Norway continues with intensity, according to the newspaper Allehandas Gothenburg correspondent. Violent nnd prolonged gunfire was heard yesterday elf Lysekil.— Reuter.
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    Abandoned Enemy Destroyer On Fire
    25 9 n enemy destroyer, abandoned and on fire, east of Narvik harbour after the second Battle of Narvik on Apr. 13.
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    Second Battle Of Narvik Fjord
    83 9 These pictures taken during the second battle of Narvik Fjord show some of the nine German destroyers and numerous transports and supply ships which were destroyed by the British navy. Picture on top shows H.M.S. Cossack (close to the wreck of a German transport in
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    REICH FEARS SEA POWER
    275 9 Nazi Propaganda Its Lesson THE fact disclosed by Mr. Neville Chamberlain las. week, that the destruction of a considerable proportion of the German fleet off the Norwegian coast had enabled the Allies safely to revert to the normal distribution of navies in the Mediterranean, is naturally
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    FALSE NAZI CLAIM
    30 9 Th 3 Admiralty announces that the German claim to have sunk a British battleship and a cruiser of the York class In operations off Namsos is untrue.
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    German Outrages In Norway
    529 9 Nazis Bombing Open Towns And Villages DROFESSOR KOHT, the Nor wegian Prime Minister, who is I now in London, broadcast a moving address to the Norwegian people from the 8.8.C. studios last night. He spoke of the help sent to Norway by the Allies and revealed
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    GERMAN STUDENTS AS 'FIFTH COLUMN' MEN
    42 9 Zurich, May 6. "THE authorities of the University of Geneva have suspected German agents masquerading as students. As a result the university has now decided to close down its special law lectures to German students.— Reuter.
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    DEBATE ON NORWAY
    351 9 The Times Offers Suggestions "THE attention of the British Press is concentrated on the forthcoming debate in Parliament on the events in Norway, reports Reuter. Several commentators observe that judgment must be suspended until the Government has had an opportunity to explain its case and answer many
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    MORE VIEWS ON N. I. POSITION IN WARTIME
    709 10 Japanese Version Of British Policy In East Indies PROTECTIVE ACTION IF THE NAZIS STAGED REVOLT BRITISH policy towards the Netherlands Indies in the event of a German invasion of Holland is discussed by the Japanese Domei correspondent in London. It is pointed
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    AMUSEMENTS
    168 10 SINGAPORE BAFFLES HOTEL R;i' rial Dinner Dance Infi at .> p.m. id Midni:ht. GABBICK JHlATKt, GtVLAXG Sin Moan Street Madam Toh (Double Feature Cantonese Talkies for 1 payment i at 7.45 p.:.i. CHEAT WOULD Cabaret 8 p.m. to Midnight. Globe: Tarzan Fincii A Son. Sky: llage of Paris. Atlantic
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    " GERMAN ARMY OF TO-DAY " : BROADCAST
    117 10 GERMAN ARMY OF TO-DAY BROADCAST /CONTINUING his series of talks about the war, 3rie;adier M. D. GambierParry, wili broadcast at 7.30 p.m. tonight on "The German Army of Today." Following a brief survey of the German Army as it was before 1910, Brii gadier Gambler-Parry will trace the 1 rise
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    Coats For Norway
    21 10 Men of the B.E.F. being issued with warm sheev-skinned coats prior to their depa r ture for Norway.
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    Hyderabad Soldiering
    308 10 I fFrom A Special Correspondent) OFFICERS and men of the 4/19 th Hyderabad Regiment are unanimous about one aspect of soldiering in Malaya— it is full of interest to the Indian Army units here tocause it has provided them with a type of experience that they would never
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    INCIDENT IN FACTORY
    212 10 "Red" Pamphlets Charge BAIL REFUSED FOR CHINESE (From Our Own Correspondent) Klang, May 4. TAN SECK SIEW, a Chinese labourer employed in the rolling department of the Bata Shoe Factory, Klang, was brought before Tungku Hussain bin Tungku Yahya, the Klang magistrate and charged with having in
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    "ZOO SHIP" ON WAY TO AFRICA
    81 10 THE 8,607-ton O.S.K. vessel Kanto Maru, which is to carry a number of South African animals to Balbao Park Zoo in the United States, arrived in Singapore this morning on her way to South Africa, to pick them up. The animals which were originally
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    At The Cinema "COAST GUARD"
    211 10 At The Cinema "COAST GUARD" "Coast Guard" (Randolph Scott, Frances Dee, Ralph Bellamy and Walter Connolly). Columbia. OTORMY seas, whirlwind romance. adventures in the Arctic waste, are all included in Coast Guard," which opens at the Capitol to-night. Randolph Scott and Ralph Bellamy give to their roles as coast guard
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    Regt. Likes In Malaya
    289 10 pose as well as for meals and they are fitted with loudspeaker extensions from the radio sets in the canteen. Not far away is the cook-house. There is no doubt that the Hyderabad Regiment is well fed. They get all the rations to which they were
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    Allied Forces For Norway
    44 10 their stations on a transport c Expeditionary Force to Norway. The first picture of French troops leaving France for Norway, showing troops with lifebelts on board a French ship, while in the background transports and warshipc can be seen silhouetted.
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    "Haji" Hamilton Produces A New Book On Malay
    338 10 "AT the same time as Malay is a melodious language, pithy and idiomatic, it well replays study for its own sake as a means to the proper understanding and ability to enjoy the company of a delightful people," writes A. W. ("Haji")
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    RECORD IRON ORE EXPORTS
    335 10 Nearly 2,000,000 Tons Produced HIGH LIQUID FUEL FIGURES JtflORE than 766,000 tons of liquid fuel were imported into Mala} a last year, according to statistics published in the Government Gazette Expert; cf liquid fuel from M; ,v;i during th 3 year amounted to 22. A tens.
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    FACTORY STRIKE
    49 10 BETWEEN 200 and 300 labourers of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. (S.S.), Ltd., in Geylang Road, are on strike. The men, who are employed in the godown and rubber factory, stopped work at noon on Friday on a demand for more wages and improved working conditions.
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    POLICEMAN INJURED
    35 10 A SIKH policeman was found bring in a critical condition outside Police barracks in Thomson Road last night. He was taken to hospital unconscious. He is believed to have fallen from a window.
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    TUBERCULOSIS SURVEY IS TO TAKE PLACE
    427 11 Postponed A Few Months Owing To The War T. B. ONCE AGAIN BACK ON LIST OF NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DECAUSE of the war, plans for a tuberculosis survey in the Straits Settlements— a step urged not only by leading practitioners in the country but also
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    ESTATES AND THE MILITARY
    429 11 Johore Planters Take Up Matter A DISCUSSION has been in progress between the Johore Planters' Association and the Johore i Government on the general policy of Government in connection with areas on estates cleared for military purposes. No decision has yet been reached. The matter arose
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    Married
    34 11 Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Henley, who were married at the Presbyterian Church on Saturday. The bride teas Miss Nancy Anderson Johnston. Major Henley commands the Singapore Royal Artillery (Volunteer). Straits Times picture.
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    MALAYS BUY RADIO SETS
    186 11 Sequel To Special Programmes IN spite of the reduction of radio licence fees from $12 to $5 in the Colony on Apr. 5, the expected sudden increase in sales of radio sets in Singapore has not yet taken pidce, say dealers. But there has been a
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    PARANG ATTACK ON YOUNG GIRL ALLEGED
    188 11 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat, May 4. SITTING zi Segamat magistrate '-oday, Mr. X G.A. Dchoo, the Assistant British Adviser for the district, committed Muthusamy, a Tamil rubber tapper, for trial at the next Johore Assizes on a charge of having made a knife
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    MR. KAO LING-PAI FLYING BACK
    100 11 AMR. KAO LING-PAI, the Chinese Consul-General at Singapore, is expected back in Singapore from his visit to China about the middle of this month. He will fly from Hong Kong to' Manila by the China Clipper and then board the Lloyd Triestino liner Conte Rcsso
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    IMPROVEMENT OF LIVESTOCK
    405 11 Experimental Farms In Johore PLAN TO REDUCE $360,000 IMPORTS (From Our Own Correspondent) Segamat, Apr. 5. JOHORE spends over $360,000 anJ nually on imported beef and mutton. A move is afoot to curtail this expenditure and encourage the local livestock industry. To make the State self-supporting in
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    "GONE WITH THE WIND" A MARATHON FILM
    153 11 f ONE With the Wind, released by M.G.M. is scheduled for a three weeks run in Singapore after which it will not be shown here again for anoV .T year. As has been done in theatres in other part of the world where
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    MALAYANS IN CHINA
    87 11 Chengtu. May 4. THIRTY-FIVE members of the Malaysian Comfort Mission, who are here en route to the fronts, were entertained at a dinner given by high officials last night pfter one day's sightseeing. A message from Chungking states that some Malaysian delegates and Mongol princesses were guests
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    No Fear Of Shortage Of Rubber Coagulants
    326 11 "11/K are given to understand that supplies are now more normal, and that there is no immediate fear of an acute shortage of these essential acids," states the Malayan Agricultural Journal, official publication of the Department of Agriculture, in an editorial on the
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    FUNERALS OF AIR CRASH VICTIMS YESTERDAY
    1296 12 Capt. G. McCausland And Mr. J. S. Radford TTHE funeral of Captain George McCausland, who was killed when the Wearne's Air Services plane Governor Raffles, which he was piloting, crashed Into a rubber estate north of Kuala Lumpur on Friday, took place at Bidadari
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    Thai Government's Shipping Move
    137 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, May 5. "THE Premier of Thailand an- nounced at the monthly Press conference this afternoon that the Thai Government was taking over all coastal services of the Thai Steam Navigation Co., and that control would be effective from June 24, which
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    WATCH TOWER ON ESTATE
    404 12 Reminder Of "Bad Old Days" A VIVID reminder of the "bad old rt days" when robbsrs stalked bungaIdws and coolie lines in rubber estates in Johore still stands on an out-of-the-way estate in Johore. This estate can only be reached by railway, and the Controller of
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    POLICE BAND
    93 12 THE Band of the Straits Settlements Police 1 will perform under the direction of Mr. J. C. Hitch, at Botanic Gardens at 5.30 p.m. to-morrow: March, "27th Regiment," Stopford; Overture, "Le Due D'olonne," Auber; Selection, "The Street Singer." Simpson Fraser; Valse, "The Belle of New York." Coote: American
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    Funeral Of Mr. E. K. Yzelman
    634 12 ■THE FUNERAL ol Mr. Ernest Kari Yzelman, who was found dead in contact with an electric fan at the Singapore Municipal Abattoirs on Saturday afternoon, took place yesterday at Bidadari Cemetery and was very largely attended. The Rev. H K. S. Adams officiated. Besides
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    RECORD PADI CROP IN 1939
    326 12 But Still Quite Inadequate SAME RELATIVE POSITION AS 1920 rpHE long-continued effort to increase the area in Malaya under rice and to improve the yield per acre becomes evident In each successive annual review, states the Malayan Agricultural Journal, official publication of the Department of
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    32 12 A Sikh cyclist was injured when he came into collision with a motor-car at the Junction of Tank Read and Orchard Road yesterday. He was taken to hospital with a scalp .njury.
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    TRONDHEIM WITHDRAWAL NOT TO THE ALLIES' DISADVANTAGE
    912 13 Military Experts' View Of Norwegian Campaign London, May 5. A CLEARER view of military operations carried jut by the Allies in Norway and the tactical conceptions which inspire.; them is now possible. The latter were based on certain assumptions which, it can now
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    Why Move May Be To The Allies' Gain
    67 13 Why Move May Be To The Allies' Gain TllK Swedish newspaper Goteborg 1 Posten says it is possible that the British manoeuvre in Norway will eventually be the Allies' gain. The Germans in the last war won continual successes but everything collapsed before their opponents' concentrated strength, the newspaper states.
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    Fantastic Claims Of The Nazis
    204 13 London Is Unnioved By Tales Of "Sinkings*' THERE is no official confirmation of the latest German claims of the sinking and damaging of several Allied warships. Well-informed quarters in London declare that the claims are of a fantastic character, to which the public is fast
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    119 NAMES IN R.A.F. CASUALTY LIST
    102 13 London, May 5. FE biggest K.A.F. casualty list of the war was announced by the Air Ministry to-day. A total of 119 names includes: Killed In action seven: previously reported missing and now presumed killed in action, seven; missing 52; killed on active service,
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    ALLIED FORCES IN NORWAY ARE BEING REGROUPED
    337 14 Land Sea Bombardment Of Hie German Positions At Narvik Paris, May 5. DEGROUPING of the British, French and Norwegian forces in Norway continues to evolve without incident, according to military circles here. The situation at Narvik Is gradually being clarified as the Allied
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    Major Battle In Hupeh Looms
    113 14 Chinese Airmen Bomb Japanese Base Chungking, May 5. OHINESE dispatches state that a major battle is imminent in Hupeh, north-west of Hankow, but only minor engagements have hitherto taken place. The Chinese claim that their air force heavily bombed a Japanese base at Chungthang and
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    MEXICO REJECTS U.S. REQUEST
    91 14 Washington, May 5. rIE Mexican Government in a note to the United States Government flatly rejects the United States' request for arbitration in the two-year-old oil expropriation dispute. The Mexican Government considers that arbitration is incompatible with the facts of the controversy and international law "since
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    TIENTSIN REPORTS ARE DENIED IN LONDON
    74 14 London, May 5. FERE is no confirmation in London of a report in the Nlchl Nichi Shlmbun that Sir Robert Craigie, British Ambassador, and the Japanese vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs have reached a basic agreement regarding Tientsin issues, and especially problems of maintenance of
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    Successful Ambush By British Unit
    85 14 London, May 5. THE story of a successful British ambush U told in the announcement of the award of the Military Cross to Captain Mark Fisher. Commanding a patrol of the Warwickshire Regiment, Captain Fisher penetrated nearly a mile Into the German lines, where he
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    Sikorski Reviews Big Polish Army Parade
    60 14 SOMEWHERE behind the Maginot Line the Polish Premier and com-mander-in-chief, Gen. Sikorski, reviewed a great parade of the Polish army built up in France. For two hours he saw the march past. "Units of the Polish army are nearIng the battlefield of nations to
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    GOVERNOR-GENERAL VISITS CANADIAN TROOPS
    57 14 London, May 5. r£ Earl of Athlone. who is Governor-General Designate of Canada, yesterday visited the Canadian regiments in training at Aldershot. He saw a ceremonial parade by Highlanders with their colours and kilted pipers. The High CommUMoner for Canada and Mr. Ridgers. the new Canadian
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    U.S. PRO-ALLY, SAYS KANO
    120 14 Japanese Banker On The War \7ISCOUNT Hisaakira Kano, vlcev chairman of the Bank for the International Settlements, has Just returned to London after a hurried trip to Japan, China and the United States, convinced that the war has reached its turning point in favour of the
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    GERMANS COMMANDEER FOOD STOCKS IN OSLO
    49 14 Smuggled over the Swedish border, this picture shows food being doled out to Oslo evacuees after they had fled to the outskirts of the capital at the approach of the Germans. This suggests that food s.ocks were commandeered immediately by the invading forres.
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    Reich Rail System In Appalling State
    579 14 General Overhaul Is Ordered By The Fuehrer ONE of Hitler's most important recent acts has been to give orders for a general overhaul of the German railway system, now in an appalling plight, writes an Amsterdam correspondent. Of course, it is mucn easier 10
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    48 15 Soccer: First division, Loyals vs. Malays, stadium; R.A.F. vs. Gordons, Seletar; reserve division, .S.C.C. vs. Malays, S.C.C; second division (b), Customs vs. Moravia, Farrer Park; 8.H.L., Uniteecs vs. Jacks, 5.H.8., Nestanglo vs. Traction Company, Fraser and Neave around: Cold Storage vs. Wearnes, Prince Edward Road.
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    POLICE BEAT LA. BY ONE WICKET
    239 15 Choor Singh Bats Well For Losers WHANKS to fine knocks by Kean Tat, I Sanderson and Rajah, the Police were able to beat the Indian Association cricket team by one wicket at the depot yesterday. Highest scorer for the losers was Choor Singh with
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    TO-DAY'S FIRST DIVISION SOCCER GAMES
    91 15 •TWO important first division league matches are to be played to-day. At the stadium the Loyals meet the Malays, while the R.A.F. play the Gordon Highlanders at Seletar. The Airmen should beat the Dons, who have only two wins to their credit out of seven
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    TOURNAMENT CRICKET WIN FOR ETCETERAS
    412 15 Growder Scores 113, Leckie 75 And Stein 66 THERE was an exciting finish in the S.C.C. tournament cricket match between the Merchants and the Etceteras played on the padang yesterday. The Etceteras won by one wicket. Batting first the Merchants got toge- ther an excellent
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    M.V.C. SHOOTING
    50 15 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca. IN the Malacca Volunteer Corps B.R_A. 1 shjets held during April the following were the prizewinners: Class "A" Nett, C.S.M.I. S. Beadnell. 85; Class! "A" Handicap, Sgt. Wee Swee Seng, 89; Class "B" Nett, L/C. Puara, 68: Class "B" Handicap, P.C. Abdullah, 90.17.
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    LOYALS BEATEN AT TANGLIN
    42 15 r\ Loyak" reserves met with their first reverse of the season at Tanglin yesterday when the .nchesters' reserves beat them by three goals to two in a S.A.F A. league fixture. The Manchesters led 2—o2 0 at half-time.
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    Passive Defences Win By 10 Runs
    207 15 Pa game of cricket played at Anson Road yesterday, the Passive Defences beat the Straits Times by 10 runs. The scores were PASSIVE DEFENCES E. Le Mercier c Love b Chrysostom 18 G. W. S. Waites b Chrysostom 0 R. V. S. Sundram b
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    S.C.C. BILLIARDS
    84 15 TIES in the S.C.C. billiards tournament 1 are:— Handicap (200 up): Tuesday, H. P. Poulds (—25) v. S. Prttchett (—10), J. A. Dean (—6O) v. c. O. Fuller (—100). Wednesday. E. H. Coleman (—4O) v. W. K. Jaeger 10V Championship: Wednesday, H. Grey t. A. P. Hunter. Handicap
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    MALACCA BEAT MUAR IN SHOOTING MATCH
    90 15 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, May 4. MALACCA beat Muar in a shooting match held at Muar last Sunday by 29 points. Malacca: C.S.M.I. S. Beadneh 90. Cpl. D. Cameron 87, Capt. Tan Cheng Chye 83, L/C. R. A. Irving Bell 82, Sgt. j
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    CHEOW CHYE'S CENTURY AGAINST CRICKET CLUB
    328 15 A FINE century knock of was the feature of the match on Hong Lim Green The Chinese won by the comfortable margin of 81 runs. They batted first and declared their Innings with 235 runs on the board after eight wickets had fallen. Cheow
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    Good Form In Penang State Cricket Trial
    150 15 Good Form In Penang State Cricket Trial (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, May 5. CARAVANAMUTTU'S XI beat Thomp- sons XI by 22 runs In a Slate cricket trial to-day on the Western Road ground. Goodrich and G. L. Ashe were in form, scoring 51 and 64 runs respectively. Ashe, who
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    SAILING RESULTS AT YACHT CLUB
    143 15 FOLLOWING are the results of yesterday's sailing races at the Royal Singapore Yacht Club The second race In "A" class for a Club Beer Mug was won by Ella Dorothy (J. Worham), while Kathleen ITI (V. C. Bath) was second and Blondina (A. Tarabocchla) was
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    CRICKET CANCELLED
    23 15 The cricket fixture between the L'eylon Sports Club and the P.WJS. to have been played at Balestler on Saturday was cancelled.
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    RACE RESULTS ON SATURDAY
    159 15 DESULTS in brief of Saturday's races at Koala Lumpur in the final day of the Selangor Turf Club's spring meeting are: Race 1: FIGHTING FINISH $14 fc $9 Redouble $11 Race 2: BAT ROSE $15 $6 Rosalie $7 East Ljmne $10 Race 3: CANUTE $104 $24
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    Rain Interferes With Seletar Cricket
    234 15 Rain Interferes With Seletar Cricket SABAPATHY SCORES 86 FOR CEYLONESE THE cricket match between the C.S C. and the R.A.F. (Seletar) at Seletar, yesterday had to be abandoned at 5.30 p.m. owing to heavy rain. Batting first the C.S.C. compiled 202 runs for 7 wickets and declared, and the R.A.F.
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    STATE CRICKET IN NEGRI SEMBILAN
    204 15 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban. MEGRI Sembilan's second State cricket match of the season takes place at Seremban during Whitsuntide against Perak. The remaining State cricket match is against Malacca at Malacca. No match is being played with Singapore. The team to represent Negri Sembilan
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    92 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca. May 5. AT the first annual general meeting of the Malacca Chinese Recreation Club held at the club premises yesterday the following were elected office-bearers for the year: President, Dr. Tan Seng Tee; vice-presidents. Dr. Foo Hee Seng. Mr. Tan Koo Tiang and Dr. Kwong
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    160 16 Princess Elizabeth celebrated her fourteenth birthday on Apr. 21 and this picture, taken at Windsor, shows Princess Elizabeth with the King and Queen and her sister, Princess Margaret Rose. The King and Queen received a great welcome when they visited a munition factory
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