The Straits Times, 17 July 1940

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    38 1 FiNAL EDTN. The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY] MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1940, PRICE 5 CENTS. The Straits Times 16 PAGES. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1940, I'KlCrt 5 CENTO
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      358 3 tnrr iwndt Hi IgiMBI GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR rO LIVERPOOL Colombo. Bombay. Durban. Cape Town, and Lisbon SaUS'pore HAKOZAKI MARU July 18 19 HUSIMI MARU Aug. 14 IS TO ADEN via Bombay and Karachi TURUOA MARU July IS IO SAN ntAMCISCO BoD| Kong. Robe Yokohama. Honolulu Sao
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      229 3 FAST PASSKNGKR SKKVK K. SINGAPORE TO SAN FRANCISCO. VIA MANILA ft HONO KONG Sail 3'jJore Arrive ■> P si CITY OF NORFOLK July 19 Aug. 12 ss CITY OP SAN PRANCISCO Aug t* Bept 17 is CITY OP LOS ANORUSa Aug 31 Sept 24 ss CITY OP NEWPORT NEWS Oct.
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      1241 3 BToadcas_ting TO-DAY nirom ciur*nllDV VI>D Ml met i3l.ro mi. llt.t »Bi mt» BinbArUHEi (IM m.i; I'MN '0 :fi flr < i mi tBI ZIIP »69 met ,S0.9r.m.» M m !.00 P.m. Miscellaneous ne« Rramcphon. «■»> p.m. FfcsramuM preview; 4.53 p.m. rcrorris- 1 In n m Mld-div tin coD-a anJ T(
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    War Cabinet For N.Z.
    265 4 INCLUSION OF OPPOSITION AN Interesting political experiment is to be tried in New Zealand by the formation of a coalition war cabinet In addition to the existing general Labour cabinet. The formation of a coalition war cabinet was announced yesterday. The new war cabinet will include
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    £50,000 FOR WAR BONDS
    47 4 London. July 10. rOS Co-operative Building Society has sent the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Kingsley Wood, a cheque for £50,000 for the purchase of war bonds to be lent to the Government free of interest for the duration of the war. —Reuter.
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    61 4 London, July 16. A DECISION that there shall be no long vacation for law courts this year was reached at a meeting of th-» Council of Judges yesterday. The Supreme Court will sit during August and September not merely to dispose of urgent business but In order that all parties
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    London Stock Exchange
    349 4 London, July 14. ON the Slock Exchange prices were well maintained to-day despite the quietness of trading. Japanese bonds tended to ease on expectations of chances In the Japanese Government. Gilt-edged were steady and Industrials mainly better. Kaffirs were quietly supported. Reuter. The following are to-day'B closing
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    163 4 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES i From Our Own Correspondent) London, July 18. /VJMMODITY and Exchange markets dovd as follows with previous Quotations In paranthrels:— KVBBL'K: Dull. Spot livid uud (13d iiv.d'l August n\d l2Vid OX%i 12'» d) Oct-Dec. llHd HKd (U%d HKd) Jan.-Mar. 11H<I 11M (llttd HKd) New York (opentcg priceij 20.60
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    Statement On Purchase Tax Expected
    157 4 London, July 16. PARLIAMENTARY circles anticipate that the Chancellor of the Exchequer may be in a position to make a statement on the Purchase Tax Ir. the House of Commons to-day. When the Purchase Tax Bill was Introduced a few weeks ago opposition at once
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    THE MONEY MARKET
    68 4 London, July 15. THE money market note circulation registered a further high record at £610,400,000, but the opinion was widely expressed that the peak had about been reached. Treasury bills totalling £65,000,000 were offered and allotted at an average rate of £I.os 4.97 d., which fractionally favours
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    JUNE TIN OUTPUT
    35 4 r output for June is reported as follows:— Hours. Yardage. Picnls Ore. Katu 628 120,000 751 Renong Cons. 642 294,000 540 Ratrut Basin 588 92,200 827 Tons. BrlseU Cons 640 60,000 66
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    Malayan Sbarebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1349 4 UM'INCi TO THE ABSENCE Ot ill AUNCiS IN MANI OF .UK MINING ANO RUBBEK SHARES LISTED BKI.OW. QUOTATIONS *Rr. MAINLY TUESDAY, JULY IC. 1949: 3.30 P.M. ■MINING Bayrr* Sellcn Ampat Tin (is) 3a l^d 3' 7%d Austral Amal. (ss) 5s 5s 6d c.d Austral Malay
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    87 4 Mails due at the General Post Office as follows: TO-DAY Burma surface 1 p.m. India lEcr.t, Ilcrth aid South) surface 1 p.m. TO-MORROW Australia air 5 p.m. Australia .South tnd East) surface 11.30 a.m. Java air 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. New Zealand surface 11.30 a.m..
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    List Of Current Dividends
    231 4 Booki Company Dividend CIom ns Lustral Amal Div. 3d Lustral Malay Dlv. »d Bonus Is 3d Umr* Tin 2'4% less tax Campong Lanjut Tin 2|- July 15 Camuntlng Tin 5% lnt less tax July Umpong Kamunting Div. 3d Eonui Is 3d 'angnga River 4% tut. less
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      209 4 Be^Howe,, J| BMM CINE CAMERA kS^S Pakes tbeatrt-guality movies in black and white or full natural colour with ease and jamMl simplicity. SwMffl full Particulars from VB&~ SINGAPORE PHOTO COMPANY HIGH STREET SINGAPORE. Also at 32, Riverside. Malacca. Easily and quickly m installed in any \j& an. ■"'^tKKS^^^ fl H
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      58 4 TIDE TABLES SINGAPORE ro-dsv H. W. 9.48 a.m. 8.2 ft.; 9 p.m. 9.1 ft. L. W. 3.11 a.m. 1.8 ft.: 3.21 p.m. 4 9 ft. Tomorrow H. W. 10.41 a.m. 8.6 ft.; 9.50 p.m. 3.5 ft. L. W. 4.04 a.m. 1.2 ft.; 4. Of p.m. 4.6 ft. July Sunri-.e Sunset
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    476 5 Increased London Interest In Tin Shares Ity Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, July 17. RUBBER was down one-eighth In London at ll%d. and up threeeighths In New York at 20 7 8 cents. The spot price for tin in London was down ss. at £265 and the three
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    100% Domestic Tin Quota '
    223 5 100% Domestic Tin Quota From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, July IS. r pHE Controller of Tin and Tin-Ore under I A the Restriction Enactment. P. M.S., j states to-day In a communique that followIng the announcement by the International Tin Committee that the quota release will be at the
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    92 5 Wednesday. Jjly 17. noon. Buyers cllerf Prices Prices No. IX R.S.S. (Spot loose) 36*; :6"i No. IX R.S.S. f o.b. In rases July- Auk. (sellers' option) 37 37 G.K.A.O. R.S.S fob. In biles Juty-Aug. (sellers' option) 35 s 36 F.A.Q. R.S.S fo.o. in baiea Ju:y-Ajg.
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
    122 5 SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES Singapore, .'uly 17, noon duyers Seller* Gambler 1.7.7S Hamburg Cube J13.00 Java Cube ***** fepper White Muntot $12.25 White 511-75 Black $6.75 Corra Mixed S2.BC Sun Dried $2.85 Soon Flour No 1 Llngga $«.2a Fair $4 50 Sarawak $5.00 lelolono Palembang J19.50 Bania $18.50 Sarawal: $19 50
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    BRITISH MONEY IN FRANCE
    365 5 Situation Difficult, Says Chancellor London, July 17. A LENGTHY debate took place in the House of Lords last night on the position of British subjects with accounts in branches of British banks in France. These British subjects had to leave France in a hurry and were
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    EXCHANGES
    180 5 The following are we ixcnange ratct this morning according to the dally circular Issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banklns Corporation SELLING u>ndon 171 a/4 i/lfl l-oi. don demand 2/4 1/18 Lyons demand Switzerland demand 206 3 Hamburg demand New York demand 48 15/16 Montreal demand 51 11/18 Batavla
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    3 Enemy Raiders Shot Down
    197 5 3 Enemy Raiders Shot Down Bombs Dropped On N.-E. Scottish Coast London. July 17. TTIREE enemy bombers were destroy- ed by our fighters In the course of raids on our coasts yesterday afternoon, an Air Ministry communique states. One Hurricane pilot shot down two Junkers bombers into the English Channel,
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    Third War Budget On Tuesday
    207 5 Third War Budget On Tuesday London, July 17. BRITAIN'S third war-time budget wi'l be presented in the House of Commons on Tuesday. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had already given a warning that tnis supplementary budget waa on the way, but it was not expected for another two or thre^
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    GERMAN ACTIVITIES IN MEXICO
    151 5 London. July 17. ASKED In the House of Commons if he were aware that a highly-placed German r'firial had recently arrived In Mexico and if effective steps were being taken to counteract his activities. Mr. R. A. Butler, Foreign Under-Secretary, In a written reply said he
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    EUROPEAN COLONIES IN S.AMERICA
    70 5 EUROPEAN COLONIES IN S. AMERICA Washington, July 16. FOLLOWING reports from Santiago de 1 Chile that the United Slates had sent the Chilean Foreign Minister a note regarding the establishment of a protectorate over European possessions In Central and Couth America, lnfori/.<jd circles here state that Washington Is sounding other
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    Lord Mayor's Red Cross Fund
    85 5 A large number of gifts from Overseas featured in The Mansion House pastbag yesterday for the Lord Mayor's Red Cross Fund which now totals £2,301,000. The gifts included £4,238 from Bechuanaland Protectorate war fund, £1,500 from the people of Ceylon (making a total of £15,000»
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    STRICTER CONTROL OF ALIENS IN CANADA & N.Z.
    57 5 STRICTER CONTROL OF ALIENS IN CANADA N.Z. ALIENS in Canada and New Zealand are to come under stricter control. In Ottawa, the Government has stopped the issue of naturalization papers to aliens. In Wellington, a tribunal has been set up to Inquire into the bona fides of all enemy aliens
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    RUBBER HARVESTS FOR JUNE
    31 5 RUBBER harvests for June are reported as follows n>. Brunei 38,138 Buklt Timah 6,180 Changkat 24,469 Haytor 10,900 Lunas 42,570 Nyalas 28,400 Tapah 78.925 Ulu Pandan 1,764
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    HITLER'S PLANS FOR ITALY IN COMING OFFENSIVE
    235 7 Rome Story Of New Ultimatum And Italian Navy's Role VIRGINiq GAYDA, often referred to as "Mussolini's mouthpiece" writing in Giornale d'ltalia, "reveals" the part Hitler wants Italy to play in the Mediterranean. Gayda says that Italy will ke e p powerful British forces
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    3,800 Alien Women Are Interned In Britain
    48 7 London, July 17. IT was announced in the House of ComI mons yesterday that the latest available information shows that some 12.500 men and 3,800 women are now Interned In Britain. Some 7,500 male civilian Internees have been sent oversea. —Reuter.
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    31 7 THE award of the Grand Cross of St. Michael I and St. George to Sir Ronald Hugh Campbell, until recently British Ambassador in Paris, is announced in the London Gazette. —Reuter.
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    Eire Determined But Uneasy
    364 7 People Praying For British Victory London, July 17. MORE talk about war is heard in one day in Dublin than in a week in London, telegraphs Reuter's special correspondent fn Ireland Every phase and every possibility is i debated and the absence of the calm assurance,
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    5 Members Of Punjab Assembly Arrested
    77 7 Lahore, July 17. THE Punjab Assembly held i'.s first secret session in the history of Indian legislatures yesterday, when by 91 votes to 48 it approved the Government policy of arresting five members of the House under the Defence of India Rules. It is
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    NEW G.O.C. FOR NORTH IRELAND DISTRICT
    36 7 JUJAJOR-GEN. PAKENHAM-WALSH has been appoined General Officer Commanding. Northern Ireland district, in place of Malor-Gen. H. J. Huddleston. who will b° neclally employed with the acting rank of !:eutenant-general.— Reuter.
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    NORWEGIAN PROTEST TO SWEDEN
    200 7 Passage Of Nazi Troops And War Supplies ILonilcn, July 16. 1 N a written reply in the House ot Commons to-day, Mr. R. A. Butler, i Foreign Under -Secretary, said the Bri- ti*h Government had informed the Swedish Government that it took a grave view of
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    FRESH ADDITION TO DEFENCE AREA
    89 7 London, July 17. JT b officially announced that a further portion of the recently established defence arem, which stretches from Rye In Sussex to Portland jnd 30 miles Inland, will be barred to holiday-makers and persons engaged on any kind of ;'easure trip on and
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    45 7 TEN. Sir William Bartholomew. A.D.C. v Genaral to the £tug since 1938, has been appointed regional commissioner for civil defence. He is taking over the duties hitherto 1 performed by Gen. Sir Hugh Bin, who has been released for special civil defence duties I —Renter.
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1940. (318 th Day Of The War.) At Last!
    1095 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1940. (318 th Day Of The War.) At Last! For several years past Eurasians jin this country have clamoured for an opportunity to serve in the Regular Army. Why the opportunity should have been denied them for so long is difficult to understand.
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      BUS SERVICES
      142 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— lf only for the kind of service that is being meted out to the public by the Singapore Traction Company during the morning rush hours, a little competition should be encouraged. To illustrate my point There Is the case of
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      EURASIANS' CHANCE
      315 8 "Malaya And The Empire Need You" To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— We are thankful to the powers-that-be that the bar sinister has at long last been removed and our community given a chanco to enlist for service with the British Army. The aim of our
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      The Part Played By Mr. R. V. Chapman
      267 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times j Sir— lt was a great day to-day! To read in the Straits Times and to see posters in large lines "Eurasians for the Army" made one realize the arduous work done by a single
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      CLUMSINESS?
      115 8 Conscripts May Not Use The Canteen To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, Singapore conscripts paraded yesterday for the first time. Before dismissal they were informed of theio parade duties, extending to 14 hours per week of which eight hours are to be put In on Saturdays and
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      GLOOM!
      168 8 Where A Little Whitewash Would Help To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— We are all supposed to be as cheerful as possible these days, but I defy anyone living in the Katong or Changi districts not to be depressed by the Journey in to Singapore. In the
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      LOTTERIES
      96 8 To the Editor of the Straits limes Sir, "Penangite's" let'.er is certainly very interesting at this particular time. Tickets will "go like hot cakes" if a war lottery is done in the right way, so that every cne in Malaya can do something for the good cause. I would
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    BRITAIN BLOCKADES A CONTINENT
    1667 8 Oil, Metals And Famine: Weak Spots In Hitler's Europe fERMANY'S conquests in Europe hava secured for her many valuable sources of supply to reinforce the strained and cracking industrial foundation upon which she began the war. Hitler now has the resources of a continent at his
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      96 8 APPOINTMENTS Wita good salaries as Accountants, Secretaries Cost Accountants. Works and Office Managers. Chief Clerks. Bank and Insurance Officers. Cashiers and Book-keepers are the normal attainments of those who qualify witn The School ot Accountancy. Examinations can be taken In Singapore and success guaranteed by postal training. The School of
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    GERMANY'S DIFFICULTIES ARE INCREASING
    111 9 Acute Food Shortage: Millions Starving DISTURBANCES IN SEIZED TERRITORIES REPORTED Berlin Uneasy Over SouthEastern Europe GERMANY'S problems are becoming increasingly serious and urgent as each day passes without the launching of the long-heralded offensive against Great Britain, which is being seriously hampered by British air operations.
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    UNREST IN S.E. EUROPE
    151 9 UNREST IN S.E. EUROPE Soviet Protest New Nazi Move Bucharest, July 17. TTHE Soviet Government lias lod<r cd a strong protest with tin Rumanian Ambassador in Moscow and with the Rumanian Government against alleged maltreatment of persons travelling from Rumania to Bessarabia. Meanwhile it is understood that Germany has advised
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    Hungary Utters A Warning
    174 9 Budapest, July 17. IT is absolutely necessary U> mamtain peace and cairn m SouthEastern Europe, but Just, lasting and fruitful foundations for pace must b? established," declared Count Csaky the Hungarian Fcreign Minister in a statement to the foreign affair! comrnitteee of f'arliann;nt on his recent
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    BAGHDAD TO LONDON BY RAILWAY
    95 9 Turkey To Iraq Line Is Now Completed Baghdad. July 16. TTHE last, section of the Basndad ra'l- way line connecting Turkey with Iraq was completed tc-day. The hrst passenger train leaves Baghdad tomorrow ior the Khaldar Pasha terminus, on the Asiatic side of the Bosphorus,
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    56 9 HiLonOTninaitare lhal there hav: been serious disturbances at the Hague recently. A warning has been i.sued by the Germans threatening severe measures if disturbances do not cease forthwith. The disturbances in The Hague reached such proportions that the city council has been compelled to propose the addition of 350 men
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    Nazi Air Force's Difficulties
    182 9 Lack Of Lubricating Oil In Country Istanbul, July 17. pERMANY is facing a serious shortage of the lubricating oils necessary for her war machines, especially aircraft, according to a highly placed British oil expert who has first arrived in Istanbul from Rumania. The expert said that
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    British Navy's First Woman Doctor
    43 9 London. July 17. THE appointment of the first woman doctor to the navy is notified in an Admiralty announcement stating, "Attached to the R N.V.R., Mrs. Genevieve. of Newcastle, has been granted the relative rank of surgeon-lieutenant." Reuter.
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    HONG KONG EVACUEES
    47 9 Hong Konj, July 17. THE Government spokesman stated frday thr.t ships have now be?:) secured for transportation to Australia of Hong Kong evacuees at present In Manila, totalling approximately ?..000 women and children. The names of the shins cannot at it be divulged.— Reuttr.
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    R.A.F. IN NEW ATTACKS
    347 9 Raids On German Air Bases London, July 17. DOYAL Air Force bombers on Monday attacked enemy aerodromes at Lisieux and Evreux, in Normandy, an Air Ministry communique announces. During Monday night they again attacked aerodromes in Norderney and De Kooy in Holland, where hangars, petrol dumps
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    ENEMY PLANES SHOT DOWN IN BRITAIN
    79 9 London, July 17. MEARLY all enemy aircraft brought down in this country are so extensively damaged as to be useless for exhibition, declared Captain 11, Balfour, Under-Secretary for Air, in reply to a question in the House of Commons. Those more or less Intact
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    Young Officer's Heroic Act
    208 9 Young Officer's Heroic Act London, July 17. LIOW a young officer risked his life in rescuing his superior is told in an account of the award of a Military Cross to Sec jnd-Lieut. Dixon of the Royal Artillery. During the retreat frcm Dunkirk, Dixon was seen at a burning car
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    WINDSORS FLYING TO THE BAHAMAS
    82 9 Lisbon, July 16. THE Duke of Windsor, who has been appointed Governor of the Bahamas, has booked oassage for himself and the Duchess by the American Clipp?r to New York. They are expected to fly from New York to the Bahamas by a sp?cial plane
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    EMERGENCY POWERS BILL PASSES SECOND READING
    156 9 Lcndon, July 17. TKE House of Commons gave n second reading to the Emsrgsney Powers (Defence) Bill last night after the Attorney-General, Sir Donald 1 Somervell, replying to ths debate, had raid there was nothing in the bill to 1 lim»t the crmmjn law
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    ROOSEVELT'S DECISION
    428 9 To Be Announced In Broadcast Washington, July 16. PRESIDENT Roosevelt told his j Press conference to-day that j an announcement as to whether he wished to run as a candidate for a third term as President of the United States would be made on his behalf on the
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    CONSCRIPTION IN TANGANYIKA
    43 9 Dar-es- Salaam, July IT. I THE Tanganyika Legislative Council has 1 unanimously passed the Conscription Bill, providing for the conscription of all male British subjects and British protected subject.) between 18 and 45 for military or civil service duties,— Reuter.
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    'THREE MONTHS' ENDURANCE WILL SAVE GREAT BRITAIN'
    118 9 New York, July 16. THREE MONTHS' endurance might well see Britain past the crisis," says a writer in the Wall Street Journal. "That is the meaning of Mr. Winston Churchill's summary of her readiness now, as she was not a month ago, to
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    BRITAIN WILL AGREE ONLY TO A JUST PEACE FOR CHINA
    469 9 Chungking Protest Against The Burma Traffic Scheme London, July 17. TT is pointed out in London that any general settlement en- visaged by His Majesty's Government will only be in accordance with a just and equitable peace for China, writes
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    FLEET EAGER FOR FIGHT
    477 9 Sailors Want A 'Real Battle' Alexandria, July 17. gRIIISH sailors in the Mediterranean fleet are impatient for a real chance of getting to jjrips with the Italian navy. Router's special correspondent v,:i3 yesterday boarded units of the Hrc-t In Alexandria harbour, to which they had, recently
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    WAR FUND REACHES $3,081,381 TO-DAY
    470 10 Jasin Club Plans "Blitzkrieg" To Raise Big Sum MORE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM JOHORE AND MALACCA THE War Fund to-day totals $3,081,381, an increase of $10,207 over the total reported yesterday. To-day's donations to The War Fund include a very generous gift of $1,000 from the funds
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    WOMAN PILOT AS INSTRUCTOR
    366 10 Mrs. Woods' Work For Flying Club fFrom Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, July IG. I^T'CH of the credit for sustained interest in aviation in Ipoh in recent months must z:> to Mrs. J. L. Woods, who is the first woman in Malaya, and porsibly in the Far
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    AMUSEMENTS
    131 10 gtNGAFOai KAFt'LLS HOTKi Dinner Dance (Informal; 8 pm. to Midnight QAHKKK I'HfcAlKfc GfcVUIMO Husband's Return White Ch.-y-santhtmum. Double Feature Cantonose Talkies at 7.45 p.m. GRI.VI WOULD Cabaret 7.30 to 9 9 p.m. to Midnight Globe: The Saint In I.ondou. Sky: Alexander Graham 8011. BAITY WOKLIJ Revue, Wayangs, SUeJiows Si
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    WAR FUND BENEFITS FROM CINEMA SHOW
    98 10 VTEARLY $3,000 is expected to be sent to The War Fund as a resuit of the four performances of "Paradise lib." a Mcncgram production, at the Alhambra Theatre yesterday. Abcut $1,400 came from box-office receip.s. and more than $1,000 was received from adver.isers in
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    KING & QUEEN VISIT THE B.B.C.
    101 10 KING QUEEN VISIT THE B.B.C. London, July 16. THE King end Queen paid an ln1 formal visit to Broadcasting Hcuse to-day and made a special inspection Ot tha Overseas News Department. Their Majesties spoke for soma time to Mr. Gerald Wilmot and Mr. Gerald Arthur, of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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    WOMEN NURSING UNITS IN PENANG
    68 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, July 17. AN appeal has been made to all womon in Penang, who have alreayd passed both the home nursing r.nd first aid examinations of the St. John's Ambulance Association, to offer their services by forming Women's nursing units of
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    50 10 At the monthly social gathering of the btdian Association In Singapore on Similay at 5 p.m., Mr. C. S. Venkatachar. Agent of the Government of India, will ii.JiuK Languages and Literature." In the event of bad weather Uit meeting will be held at tlia Clerical Union Hull, i«B 0011 J
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    EURASIANS FOR THE ARMY
    277 10 26 Men Apply For Enlistment THE first day's recruiting of Eurasians for the 3rd Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A., in Singapore yesterday, exceeded expectations. Twenty-six men, most of them your.c and unemployed called at the recruiting office in Joo Chlat police station, to apply for enlistment and 17
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    Johore Solves The Coin Shortage
    114 10 iFrom Our Own Correspondent) Segamat, July 17. PNTERPRISINQ Chinese merchants, who have been affected by th? shortage of silv»r coins, have struck upon a ncvel idea to solve the problem. They have Issued booklets which contain a dollar's worth of paper coupons of five cents
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    PAVILION REOPENS
    197 10 At The Cinema "Let George Do It." (With George Formby, Phyllis Calvert. Garry Marsh and Komney Brent). Associated Talking Pictures. At the Pavilion. THE newest of Singapore's luxury cinemas, the Paviiion re-opened to packed houses yesterday after an interval of five months. The Pavilion has been air-conditioned and
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    SOUTH SEAS BUREAU IN JAPAN
    122 10 rE Japanese Foreign Office is eager to establish a South Seas Bureau and has decided to take the matter up vigorously with the Cabinet, says the Japan Chronicle. Rei-ognizing. the importance of th-i southward policy, the Foreign Office appropriated the sum of Y50.000 in its
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    FRESH AIR RAID ON CHUNGKING
    42 10 Chungking, July 17. AFTER a respfte since July 9. Japanese planes heavily bombed Chungking at noon yesterday. The main shopping street In the western suburb was set on fire. Bombs also landed in the city park. —Reuter.
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    26 10 The Ramakrlshna Mission Young Men's Cultural Union, Nonls Road, will debate on Machinery la Conducive to Civilisation" on Saturday at "I p.m. Dr. T. Markandu Will
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    With An Anti-Aircraft Battery
    34 10 With An Anti- Aircraft Battery No matter what the weather anti-aircraft batteries '.n Britain are continually on the match. This picture shows a spotter in his shelter, constantly on the alert for hostile aircraft.
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    PINEAPPLE FACTORIES CLOSE DOWN
    266 10 ANE of the biggest pineapple packing factories in Malaya, Lee Pineapple Co., Ltd., has closed for the time being, and many other factories in Singapore and Joho/e. have also closed owing to a stoppage of the export trade with h ti^w^. The closing ->f the factories
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    NEW PREMIER TO BE CHOSEN
    275 10 Japanese Decision This Afternoon Tokio, July 17. THE selection of a new Prime Minister to succeed Adm. M. Yonai, will be decided this afternoon at a conference of senior statesmen to be convoked at the Imperial Palace. Senior statesmen, will proceed to the Imperial Palace
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    SINGAPORE WEDDING
    51 10 The marriage of Mr. Su.n.ah Thamothararjpillai. technical assistant. Government Architect's Office, Singapore to Miss V Sinnammah, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Veerakathy, took place at 106 Marshall Road, Singapore, according to Hindu rites. The bride is the sister of Mr. V. Seenlva<acam of the Malayan Establishment Office,
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE DEATH
    54 10 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE DEATH MARCUS.—At the General Hospital. Singapore, on the 16th Instant, Joseph Marcus, youngest son of Mr. <k Mrs. M. L. Mitii of Singapore, In his 21st year. Cortege leaves No. 163, Marine Parade, for the Church of The Holy Family, Katnng at 5 p.m. to-day and thence for
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    SECRET SOCIETY LEADER WARNED BY POLICE
    768 11 "Wahab's Gang" Of Chinese, Malays, Indians Eurasians TWO youthful Malays testified in the Singapore third court yesterday that they were once members of a secret society known as "Wahab's Gang," which consisted of Malays, Chinese, Indians and Eurasians, and to which they paid monthly
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    Undergoing Training
    32 11 A squad of militiamen ready to march across the barrack square in their parade held under the Compulsory (Local Forces) Service Ordinance at the S.V.C. barracks. They parade again to-day.
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    LAZINESS OF LABOURERS
    311 11 Factory Owner's Allegations A SINGAFORE pineapple factory proprietor told Mr. L. C. Goh, Singapore fifth magistrate, yesterday that because his labourers had suddenly slackened in their work, it affected his output considerably and he finally had to pay his labourers off on June 1. When he did
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    CHINESE BOYS STOLE BEER FROM JAPANESE
    155 11 I*\VO 15-ye.ir-old Chinese boy 3 were sentenced to five strokes of the light rot tan each, and to six months in the Salvation Army Home, when they pleaded guilty in the Singapore! second ccurt yesterday to stealing two bottles or a Japanese beer from
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    APPEAL DISMISSED
    80 11 AN appeal by an Indian against a police j magistrate's sentence ol six months' I rigorous Imprisonment and 12 strokes of! rhe rotan was dismissed by the acting Chief Justtc*. Mr. Justice a'Beckett Terrell. In thf High Court yesterday. The appellant. Kunjee, who had been con- i vlcted
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    CHEAP RAIL TICKETS
    48 11 THE F.M.S. railways announce cheap i return tickets during the August bank holidays. Single fares will be charged for j the double Journey. Tickets will be available for the outward tourney from August I—s1 5 Inclusive and for the return journey from August 2—7.2 7.
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    IS CHAP-JI-KI A LOTTERY?
    283 11 Appeal Allowed In High Court IJNLESS and until chap-ji-ki is declared by law to be a lottery within the definition, the fact has to be proved in each case," said the acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justice a'Beckett Terrell, in the High Court yesterday. He was delivering
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    Judge Criticizes Magistrates
    124 11 H7HEN allowing an appeal by a young Chinese, Seng Sai Kee, the acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justice j a'Beckett Terrell, yesterday criticized police magistrates as being "intolerably slack In mis-spelling names of accused persons." Only a week ago, the Judge added, he allowed an appeal because the
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    FISH PRESERVATION
    54 11 FIE next meeting of the Y.W.C.A. Fortnightly Club will be held on July 29 at 9.45 a.m. when Mr. W. Blrtwistle, i Director of Fisheries, mill speak on "Preservation of Fish," which should be of particular interest to women responsible for directing homes. An Invitation is extended to
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    AIR MAIL TO-MORROW
    35 11 THE first air mails from Great Britain for Malaya via Durban, are expected In Singapore to-morrow. These malls will have been conveyed by sea to Durban and thence by air to Singapore.
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    26 11 The British Resident of Perak, Mr. Marcus Rex, has arrived In Ipoh on a visit. He will return to Taiping at the end of the month.
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    RICE POOL SCHEME TO START NEXT MONTH
    260 11 REGULATIONS for the operation of the rire pool in Singapore are published in the Government Gazette issued yesterday. Other ordsrs published deal with minimum stocks rice re.ailers in Singapore, Malacca and Labuan are expected to hold, and the creation of a reserve stock
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    SINGAPORE CHINESE ON FAR EAST PEACE Local Japanese "Relieved"
    281 11 SINGAPORE CHINESE ON FAR EAST PEACE Local Japanese "Relieved" DRACTICALLY every Chinese newspaper in Singapore yesterday printed editorials and interviews with prominent Chinese residents regarding the broadcast by the Officer Administering the Government, Mr. S. W. Jones, on the possibility of peace in the Far East. A large number of
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    FIFTH COLUMN ACTIVITY IN AMERICA
    124 11 EXTENSIVE fifth column aetlvitiei in America sought to undermine the Americans' sympathy with the British cause in the war against Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, said Mr. A Gardiner, a Ceylon cinema magnate and former Malayan, yesterday en his r?t.:rn from the Rotary convention at
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    UNLAWFUL SOCIETIES CHARGES
    83 11 TWO Chinese were charged in the Sintta1 pore third court yesterday with bfir.f members of unlawful societies. In the first case. Ng Ah Choon was charged with being a member of the Singapore Hing Hoa Community Anti-Enemy Backii>K Up Society on May 14, and in the second
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    ALLEGATIONS OF INEFFICIENCY IN JOHORE P.W.D.
    1282 12 Tungku Abu Bakar On "Gross And Expensive Mistake" $450,000 OVER-ESTIMATE OF MERSING WATER SCHEME TN the Johore Council of State yesterday, Tungku Abu Bakar alleged that the reply to a question he had asked about the bridge at Tongkang Pechah was untruthful and a
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    775 12 OEFLYING tcr Tungku Abu Bakar's •Vriticisms regarding the bridge at Tongiang Pechah, the General Adviser, Mr. W. D. Barron, said he could not remember what answers had been given to Tungku Abu Bakar's queries but it was regrettable if those answsrs were inadequate in terms
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    ELECTRICITY PLAN SHELVED
    264 12 Technical Advice Not Heeded REFERENCE to an electrical scheme, i regarding which Tungku Abu 1 B?kar had spoken ?t a previous meeting of the Joh are Council of State, was made by Mr. A. Sleep, acting Financial Commissioner, at yesterdays meeting of the Council. Tungku Abu Bakar
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    PINEAPPLE WORKER SENTENCED
    152 12 CONVICTED on a charge of criminally j trespassing on the premises of Chop > Lam Huat's pineapple factory on June 12, efter having been given notice to leave on June 2. Tan See Tee. a 32-year-old Teochew, vcas sentenced to three weeks' rigorous Imprisonment In the Singapore
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    TO-DAY'S DONATIONS TO THE WAR FUND
    464 13 LIST OF CONTRIBUTIONS United Chines? Bank, Ltd. 2.000 Members of Rengain Club (private donations) 1,51 c From Funds of A.P.C. Sports Club I>ooo Rengam Club 1 000 Capt. and Mrs. L. M. S. Barkelau 500 Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Duff 500 J. L.
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    FIRST U.S. MINISTER TO AUSTRALIA
    42 13 VHE first United States Minister to Australia, Clarence E. Gauss arrived In Sydney yesterday. He Will present his credentials shortly Meanwhile, the first Australian Minister to the United States Mr R i. Casey, Is already in Washington
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    NEW COMMANDER OF CANADIAN TROOPS
    30 13 Ottawa, July 16. IMAJOR-GEN. O. R. Pearlies hxs been appointed to succeed Lieut-Gen. McNauchton as ccmmander of the first overseas Division of Canadian Iroops. Renter.
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    'Keynote' Speech At Chicago
    174 13 Discussion Of LastMinute Change DRHSS and public opinion in the United States are keenly discussinj the last-minute change in the "keynote" speech at the Democratic National Convention at Chicago %o nomina'e a candidate for the presidency „,7£ c s P eecl was delivered by Mr William
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    Defence Schemes All Complete
    185 13 Mr. Eden's Statement In Parliament London, July 16. AT qucsticn time In the House of 5£ Commons to-day, Mr. Anthony Eden, the War Secretary, said It was very undesirable to make public staernents about details of Britain's defence scheme but he assured the House that the
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    ALIENS ABOARD ARANDORA STAR
    270 13 Questions In House Of Commons London, July 16. |l*R. Anthony Eden, the War SecreT ary> w »s questioned In the House of Commons to-day about aliens aboard the 111-fated Arandora Star which was torpedoed by a U-boat while transporting internees to Canada He said that the
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    Evacuation Of Children
    785 13 WHY SCHEME HAD TO BE POSTPONED London, July 16. IN the course of a long statement In 1 the House of Commons to-day on the transfer of children abroad, Mr C. R. Attlee. Lord Privy Seal, said the Government was not prepared to talc the responsibility of
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    Big Coal Reserves For Britain
    79 13 Lonlon, July 15. T»HE Mines Minister, Mr. D. R. Gren■f fell, told the annual conference of I the Mineworkers' Federation to-day that great reserve stocks of coal were I being buiit up In this country. "I hope," he said, "to see 20,000 000 tana stocked
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    LITHUANIAN WORKERS AND LOCAL SOVIETS
    45 13 Kaunas, July 16. IT Is announced that over 90 per cent of voters In the Lithuanian parlla m?ntary elections favoured a united pro-Savlet working people's list Kaunas workers to-day decided t'i elect local Soviets In eight town dis- trlcts.— Reuter
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    RESIGNATION OF TOKIO CABINET
    416 14 Prime Minister Ousted By The Army Chiefs PRINCE KONOYE EXPECTED TO FORM NEW GOVERNMENT A RIFT with the army chiefs led the Japanese Cabinet led by Admiral Yonai to resign en bloc yesterday. Prince Ayamaro Konoye. former Prime Minister, is named as the most probable successor
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    TOKIO TALKS ARE CONTINUING
    57 14 /COMMENTING on th« news of the Japanese Cabinet's resignation, Reuter's diplomatic correspondent states that it is impossible that any changes in Tokio can have any effect on the course of the Anglo-Japanese negotiations. Conversations con-'.nue between Sir Robert Craigie, Pritisb Ambassador in Tokio, and Mr. Arita
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    CHINA KEPT INFORMED OF TOKIO DISCUSSIONS
    774 14 Britain Prepared To Answer All Soviet Questions On Matter London, July 16. DEGARDING the British offer to Japan concerning j the Burma Road question, Reuter's deplomatic correspondent learns in authoritative quarters that Sir Stafford Cripps, British Ambassador in Moscow, has been kept informed and
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    Orders 6 Americans To Be Deported
    85 14 Shanghai, July 16. THE deportation of seven well- known foreigners —six Americans and one Briton —is demanded in an order from the Wang rhingwei Government to Fu Siao-en, mayor of the city governmsnt of Greater Shanghai. It is alleged that they are workIng against
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    NEWSPAPER OFFICE BOMBED
    198 14 Members Of Staff Are On I Nanking's Black List Shanghai, July 16. bombed the offices of the American-owned Chin-ese-language newspaper Shun Pao. Nineteen persons were injured, and several suspects have been arrested. The attack was made barely 12 hours after the Nanking Government had demanded the deportation
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    Japanese Operations Of S. China Coast
    88 14 Tokio, July 16. ACCORDING tD a field dispatch. Japanese naval forces at dawn today launched fresh oDeratiors in Hangchow Bay area, including Ningpo, roveral islands in this region being occupied. Ningpo is one of Chinas last .f-ur unoccupied ports r.sairst which the Japanese have
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    19 14 Philadelphia, 1 16. RATHER than serve the Government, M. Paul Paz 1 rencn vice-consul here, has submitted hts resignation.—Reuter.
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    PROGRAMME OF EVENTS AT BUKIT TIMAH
    904 15 Second Day Of Singapore Turf Club's July Meet THE full programme of events at Bukit Timah to-day, 1 the second day of the Singapore Turf Club's July meeting, is given below. The double tote will be on races six and eight, and the big
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    140 15 A FEW fast gallops were gone through on the second track of the racecourse this morning. New Cello, Pat Burke and San Frisco went Dert, and all three must be good chances la their respective races toB uas was taken over six fur cngs a
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    MURRAY WINS MONTHLY MEDAL AT GARRISON
    86 15 THE men's July monthly medal com- petition held over the week-end at the Garrison Golf Club, resulted in a w)n for K. S. Murray with a net score of 67. The following were the best returns K. s. Murray 83 16=67; Major C H
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    Navy Reserves Win Four-One
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    Cricket Club Teams For Week-end
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    WEIGHTS FOR TWO RACES ON SATURDAY
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    OPENING GAMES IN WATER-POLO LEAGUE
    62 15 THE cponing games in the Singapore wator-pol j league were played at the Fort Canning p?cl yesterday evening. In the first ma::h tha V.M C A Juniors beat the R.A.P. (Seletar) second team by n'ne stoals to one, and in the second the V.M.C.A frrst
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
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    95 15 S.C.R.C. cricket teams for wee^-ond games are: Saturday, against P.W.D. at 2 pm at S.C.R.C. Chua Boon Unn (capt.), Cheah Kirn Swee, Ch!a Keng Hock. Kam Gim Lock, A. Lim. Ong Swee Keng, K. T. Ooi. Swee Usi Swang, Tan Hak Wan, Tan Thean Tfk and Yap
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    Perak's Team To Meet Penang
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    SINGAPORE BADMINTON TIES FOR WEEK-END
    114 15 TIES this week-end In the Singapore badminton championships are: SATURDAY AT 2.15 PJW. Sim Cheng Chwee (A.A.U.) vs. Abdul Aziz (Novice); I. J. Vass (Police S_A.) vs. Wee Chye Koon (Eclipse); Cheong Eng Leong (Useful) vs. Ng Chia Heng (Marigold): M. A. Lange (Devonshire) vs.
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    866 16 Death Penalty For Looting And "Fofcing A Safeguard' 2 London, July 16. INTRODUCING the Emergency Powers Defence (No. 2) Bill in the House of Commons to-day, Sir John Anderson, Home Secretary and Minister for Home Security, said it was the Government's object to
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    47 16 Negus Reported To Be In Red Sea Area «uro, juiy 10. THE state of restlessness among Abyssinian tribes in the lowlands is reported to be increasing as a result of information having been received that Haile Selassie Ls at present in the vicinity of the Red Sea.—Reuter.
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    538 16 Another Successful Attack Made On Tobruk Harbour London, July 16. ITALIAN bases on the Medit erranean coast to the south of A Abyssinia have again been battered by the Royal Air Force. An official R.A.F. communique issued in Cairo states: "Another
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    171 16 Allied Shipping Losses Latest Figures Show An Increase London, July 16. 'THE Admiralty announces that dur- ing the week eliding midnigh. en July 7. 22 British. Allied and neutral ships were lost. wUh a total tonnage of 114.000. of which 13 were British, three Allied and six noutral. With more
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    47 16 London, July lb. NEWS was received in London to-r'.ay that the British merchant ship Gu!do, 3.921 tons, has arrived safely at h?r destination. About a fortnight ago it was reported that the Guido had been attacked by a U-*>mt in the Reuter.
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