The Straits Times, 3 August 1940

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    36 1 The Straits Times. [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURYJ MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES 6 PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1940. PRICK 5 CENTS The Straits Times. Hi PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1940. PRICK ft LENTS.
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      118 1 See MIEN CHON6 for SMART TAILORING q Coleman St. Singapore —Phone 4816— It is your pay envelope when you get too old to work yours to spend in the freedom of retirement. It is a pay envelope for your wife and children in the event of your death. A Confederation
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      6 1 SINGAPORE, 140 CECIL ST. CPHONE 5471)
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      293 1 FIRST FOR FUNCTIONS /£f?£\ OLD MORENO BROWN. Full of Flavour $2.20 rg tl tt^ v/ ;)A PALE DRY. Very suitable for Club \&~Zami\ Sherry and Bitters 2.25 V^jS^yi^ FINO. Possesses the ßowj net of a trueFino. 2.50 DRY CLUB. An exceedingly pleasant ifcyjj-^ A c tlie dry side 2.50 vll
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      164 1 For .\>«.v Ideas, Smart i'ut and fit Take your Materials to 'ELSIE MARY' She specializes In orders executed at short notice Interesting models of her own are displayed at Battery Road. Phone 4772 KUALA LUMPUR 25 JAVA ST. ('PHONE 3681 OVrILTINE helps the nervous child/ ■Tiiiiin***^pipßßj»iiii*u *>M*u* 1| '*'*i'> |>>
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      582 2 ®he Straits Sfinus SMALL ADS/ Minimum charge $1 for adv* not exceeding 4 line* Mere than four Unea 25 cents per line (Six words) Box No. 25 cents extra. DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES BIRTHS. MARRIAGES. DEATHS. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. ANNOUNCEMENTS A r.P.C. CARDS are charged $3 each per Insertion per Inch. Over I inch.
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      593 2 FOR SALE LADIES' HAIRDRESSING BUSINESS with large Chinese clientele of good class for sale cheaply with or without machines aud furniture. Apply Box 431, Straits Times. QUICK SALE, Frigldalre $225. Phllius Radiogram $300 or nearest offer, perfect condition. Owner leaving 257 Changi Road. Singapore. Phone *****. NO STAMP COLLECTOR should
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      788 2 BOARD RESIDENCE ROOMS FLATLETS at Lloyd House* 1. Lloyd Rd. Own bathrooms. Board or meais BELLEVILLE, 15 ScotU Road, Phone 4274 large airy rooms Prlv. Verandah, mod. san. TRENT HOUSE, l Anderson Rd. One vacancy. Mod. San. Private bath. H. C. Tennis. Mrs. T. Kennard. 8. OXLEY RISE. Stogie and
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      501 2 AUCTION NOTICES AUCTION SALE Of freehold and leasehold Singapore properties. At the saleroom of Messrs. Cheoni; Koon Seng Co., Ltd., No 10 Chulla Street, on Wednesday, 7th Amfust, 194t. at 2.30 P.M. Lot 1 Valuable freehold nd and house No. 3-B Second Avenue off Bukit Timah Road. Singapore, area 19,986
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      206 2 BUSINESS CARDS Ftc MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mrs. HARU and Miss HANA. 60. WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467. FOR HIRE REFRIGERATOR— New or Used Pnone 5333 DRIVE YOURSEU' acd private Hire Can Ix)w rates Genera) rransport Co Ltd •Phone 5484 PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE. The Exchange Banks will be close-) on:—
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      52 2 JOIN THE GREEN CIRCLE LENDING LIBRARY Ist FLOOR 18-F BATTERY RD. P.O. BOX 34, SINGAPORE. Modi rat* terms: Special rates Outstation Members Club* and Mtttn. Open Daily: 8.30 A.M. to P.M. S»tord»vs: 8.30 A.M. to 1 P.M. CLOSING DOWN SALE Commences TUESDAY, AUGUST 6th 18, Battery Rd., Ist Floor, Phone
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      398 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. (Incorporated In England) PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAI 8 N Co MAII HASSENOEB ANITCARGO SERVICES The best possible services are being maintained by the P. O. S. N. Coy from the Straits to their usual ports of call in China. India, Ceylon and
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      197 3 (Incorporated In Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR TO CALIFORNIA FROM HIE ORIENT VIA HONOLULU sj RAKUYO MARU (to South America) leave Kobe Wf- mi. ASAMA MARU leave H'kong Aug. 8 m.s. KAMAKURA MARU leave H'kong Aug. 30 TO VANCOUVER A SEATTLE FROM JAPAN m.s. HIE MARU from
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      500 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. BLUE FUNNEL LINE Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom. Dates are not guaranteed, all cargo bookings subject to Conference War clauses. WESTERN AUSTRALIA THE SHORTEST SEA ROUTE AT THE CHEAPEST FARE Regular Services to Fre mantle (Perth) via Java by first class passenger ships. Single fare $192 (A
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      34 3 5 New Vessels 'Argentina Maru' 'Brasil Maru' 'Hokoku Maru' 'Aikoku Maru' 'Kokoku Maru' from Singapore to: Colombo E. &S. Africa and South American Ports. Further particular* apply O. S. K. LINE Singapore (Tel. 5337)
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      1267 3 Broadcasting TO-DAY nirom L-iur tnnDC 9-6» me* rsi.zu <n.i: vim •tl mrt OIM%*AMrW\K* (49.6 a,.). PMN l0J!8 Mt ,'.<,./ rui IHI .41 me. <«5n,., 8 8 ZHP »69 act iSU.SSm-l (I8 f BM -12.45 p.m. Band conc"t. Relayed from the ™.5O a.m. Film hits: 11.20 air OomposiAdelphi Hotel; 1.30 pm.
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    JAPAN.-NO NEARER VICTORY THAN THREE YEARS AGO
    452 4 JAPAN. -NO NEARER VICTORY THAN THREE YEARS AGO Her Large Army In China Wasting Away In Chinese Provinces London, Aug. 2. IN the statement of policy issued by the new Japanese Gov- ernment and its amplification by Mr. Matsuoka, the Foreign Minister, the violence of tone and lack of clarity
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    London Stock Exchange
    350 4 London, Aug. 2. AN the Stock Exchange to-day although v trading was very quiet the tone was steady. Gilt-edged were fractionally stronger and Indian bonds were maintained. Oils continue) yesterday's Improvement but slower at a pace while rubbers were. Inclined to advance Reuter. The following are to-day's
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    188 4 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES 'From Ou» Own Correspondent) London, Aug. 2. COMMODITY ana Exchange markets closed as follows with previous quotations in paran thesis: RIBBEK: Dull. Spot 12 15 16d 13 1 16 d 13d 13.d Sept. 12 13 16d 12 15 16d 12- k d 13d) Oct. -Dec. 12% d llHd
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    List Of Current Dividends
    275 4 Issued by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association. Books Company DivKseutf Close TIM Austral Amal Dlv. 3d Austral Malay Dlv 9d Bonus Is 3d Berjuntal Tin lnt dlv. 6% July 19 Kampong Kamunting Dlv. 3d Bonus Is 3 Aug. 13 Petallng Tin Int. 20% Pungah Hn Dlv. 9d
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    Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1334 4 FRIDAY, AUG. 2, 194«: P.M. Ord. JBf i9s 6d «A ConsoiP no 1% Pref. 21s Id 22s M x.l Eastern Reality Co. (sl> 1.40 1.60 l&tate ano i rust Aseodat '$5) 3.75 «.2& Eastern Onlted <$j0) 32.00 35.00 Praser Neave Ord. («5) 16.00 16.50 Krasei
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    265 4 MAIL ARRIVA LS AND DISPATCHES MaUs elan fit th*> General Post (Mm .ks follows TO-DAY Aden Surface 11 ajn. air 4 p.ir. Africa (East te South) surface 11 a.m. air 4 p.m. Aden surruce 11 a.m. air 4 p.m. Buima air 4 p.m. Canada air 4 p.m. Ceylon surface 11
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      916 4 PROCLAMATION. NOTICE OF AUCTION SALE. FEDERATED MALAY STATES. STATE OF NEGRI SEMBILAN. In the Court of the Judge at Seremban. ORIGINATING SUMMONS No. 26/1940. TV Mercantile Bank of India Limited. Chargees-Applicants VERSUS 1. Thonut Francis Egaa and Marion Braddon at tbe Personal Repretentatires of William Leonard 1 Char%ors-Itcst>ondents Braddon, deceased.
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      433 4 LEGAL NOTICES INDO-MALAYAN AGENCIES. TAKE NOTICE that the Partnership business heretofore carried en under the name o; Indo-Malayan Agencies has been dissolved, and none of the Partners thereof cr their Agents or servants have any authority to carry on such business >r pledge its credit. All book debts of the
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      80 4 TIDE TABLES sin(;ai»ore H. W. 10.48 a.m. 8.4 ft.; 10.08 p.m. 9.1 ft L. W. 4.14 a.m. 1.6 ft.; 4.05 p.m. 4.5 ft. Tomorrow H. W. 11.22 a.m. 8.8 ft.; 10.50 p.m. 10.2 ft Y,\ 4.50 a.m. 11 ft.; 4.46 p.m. 4 ft. Monday. Aug. 5 H. W. 11.56 a.m.
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    336 5 Buying Inquiries For Tins May Raise Prices B> Out Financial l.'orrcsp -nrtent Singapore, Aug. 3. THE price of rubber In London yesterday was down one-sixteenth at 12 15/16 d. In New York the price was unchanged at 19" 2 cents. The Spot tin quotation was down 555.
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    JULY RUBBER HARVESTS
    15 5 Rubber harvests for July are reported as follows lb. Kuala Pahl 33.500
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    EXCHANGES
    193 5 Singapore, Friday. The following are the xcange rates thi> morning according to the ially circular Issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation:— SELLING 'London T.T. 1/4 1/16 {London demand 2/4 1/18 Lyons demand Switzerland demand 208 .a Hamburg demand New York demand 46 15 16 Montreal demand 51
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    76 5 Friday, Ang. 2, neon. Bayers Sel!er» Prices Prices No IX f .S.S. Spot kNMe) 37<4 37H No. IX RS.S. f.0.0. In case* \u*mt 37% 38 G.F.A.Q. R.S.S. fob. In bales Aaruit 3«Vt 36V-i FAQ. R.S.S. f.o.b. In bales \uirust 35', 35> v FUTURE QUOTATIONS No.
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    MALAYAN TIN AND RUBBER JULY EXPORTS
    105 5 MALAYAN TIN AND RUBBER JULY EXPORTS RUBBER shipments fro=n Malaya in July totalled 70 360 tons, compared with 60,814 tons for June. Total shipments for the first seven months of the year amounted to 436,027 tons, compared with 293,050 tons for the corresponding period last year, an increase of 142,977
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    JULY TIN OUTPUTS
    42 5 Tin outputs for the month of July are reported as follows Hours 1 Yardage I Piculs Ore Kuala Lumpur Tin Dredge No. 1 673 Dredge No. 2 637 Nawng Pet Tin Rambun Mines 98,023 124,882 286 667 120 422
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    Broadway Show For Singapore
    141 5 FEW artistes who visit Singapore have upon them that mark of greatness conferred j by the Roxy Theatre, New York, the world's largest theatre. Chang, the famed "Miracle Man of the East" coming to the Capitol Theatre on Aug. 14. played in this famous theatre on
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    ABETTED IN SALE OF BEER WITHOUT LICENCE
    83 5 AN appeal by the proprietor of the Monlcj Cafe in Orchard Road against a police court conviction on a charge of abetting In the sale of beer without a licence, was dismissed In the High Court yesterday. The acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justice
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    BURMA TO INCREASE OUTPUT OF TIN
    36 5 Rangoon, Aug. 2. rE Government of Burma is examining various proposals to Increase the output ot tin and wolfram. A separate Department' of Mines is to be set up. Reuter.
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    TENNIS RESULTS
    76 5 TIES played this morning in the Malayan tennis championships on the S.C.C. courts resulted: MEN'S DOUBLES Kho Sin Kie and Chua Choon L°ong beat R. N. Mange and O. Fuller 6—l, 6—2. Pat Hughes ?nd Rcy Smith beat Na'-Kigawa and Matsukawa 6—l, 6 3. G:x>n Kok Ying and
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    WORLD RUBBER STOCKS
    163 5 Big Excess Of Exports Over Consumption (From Our London Correspondent) Lcndon, Aug. 3. The International Rubber Regulation Committee estimates that world exports for June amounted to 110,453 tons compared with 110,770 tons In May and 62,051 tons in June last year. Consumption for June this year Is
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      109 5 fWhat did the Traveller say— arriving at an obvious conclusion "food oM %l M Good old Johnnie Walker" is not only an enthusiastic mw&S^^r tribute ,it is also an accurate description of this lUX j|j|| I r J fatuous whisky. Good" is something of an under- I Born 1820 statement
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      275 5 THE UNIVERSAL FIXER. MENDS ANYTHING. A necessity in every home. 50 cents per tube. Obtainable at Chemists. Stores. Grocers. Dispensaries, etc Sole Distributors: GRAFTON LABORATORIES.. LTO. Singapore and Koala Lumper. k f A E (T^Hs. I THE RADIO OF THE FUTURE TO-DA^vM LflfftflWtfN KE£ H|JAT f^cio Co.. f jQr I
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      219 5 LIKE CUPID'S~DAS*f These Products aim at and REACH THE HEART of erery perfatne lorrr ROGER,«GAIiET •PARIS Sole Agents for Malaya THE EASTERN AUTO CO., LTD. Import DepC Orchard Road. RO I BREATHING VAPEX DESTROYS COLDS AND CATARRH When you eaten a cold, a relcntluu war begins In your system bei-veen
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      246 6 THE ONE ONLY BIG THRILL LAUGH SHOW IN TOWN TODAY, TO. MORROW aid MONDAY 4 SHOWS DAILY 615 9.15 pra ALHAIVIBKA 6909 Tt| PATRONS AXE KINULY RF/UFSTEI) TO BE SEATED EARLY AS THE MAIN FEATURE OMMENCn at 3.25, 6.25 9.25 p.m. Sharp. lI J FLYMN ,JM HOPKINS RANDOLPH SCOTT HUMPHREY
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      249 6 THE GAYEST HAPPIEST MUSICAL COMEDY EVERYBODY WILL THOROUGHLY ENJOY! W^ m jL^Llf? BARBARA BUIR (3 II J^W^y^. GtNE SHELDON l^^Bjf^^^ AnrcM iy 7MMU B£NTI£T H MATINEE TO-DAY and TOMORROW 3.15 GALA PREMIERE ON MONDAY, AUG. 5 3.15 6.15 9.15 THE PICTURE YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR SINCE YOU WERE THRILLED
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      241 6 NELSON EDDT will Broadcast from Hollywood TO-NIGHT at 9 P.M.! COME AND HEAR HIS MESSAGE CAPITOL... I TO DAY 3.15-6.15-9.15 SPECTACULAR SCENES! INSPIRING MELODIES! GRAND SINGING! TRULY A SHOW YOU CAN SEE AGAIN and AGAIN iiiiii Balalaika 1 h BBn?T7jßi< nelson IJKSff EDDY |i Wi lIOHA MASJEY j. To«, o
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    Building Of A Better World After The War
    359 7 WE need each other! How often we act as though this were not true The wonderful way in which our Nation and Empire have become bound together into a great unity illustrates the truth of the statement, We need each other. It
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    CHURCH SERVICES FOR THIS WEEK-END
    1313 7 111 Kill OF ENGLAND ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL.— EIeventh Sunday after Tiinity. 6.50 a.m. Holy Communion; 7.30 a.m. Matins; 8 a.m. Choral Eucharist: 10.15 a.m. Children's service; 5.30 p.m. Evensong and sermon. Preacher: The Rev. R. J. Thompson. ST. PAUL'S CHURCH. Dpper Serangoon. —Sunday. 8 a.m.
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      255 7 TO-DAY Tiffin Time Orchestral Concert 12.30 to 2 p.m. SPECIAL DINNER DANCE (formal) from 8 p.m. EXTENSION TO 1 A. M. Dinner $3.00— 800K YOUR TABLE— Non-diners $1.00 RIJSTTAFEL RAFFLES ORCHESTRA Served to-day from 12.30 to I p.m. Directed by Dan Hopkins SEA VIEW H 70TET TO lil or SIT
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      341 7 ®feYllfll Where 3 15 6 15 9i5 lIIIHT Everybody MORNING MATINEE hauya'S CJHINA Di UI4 Goes TO-MORROW AT 11 v CLOCK Here's your Holiday Programme 20th Century Fox Musical Hit of the Year ALSO FOX LATEST NEWSREEL WAR SPECIAL BOOK EARLY for TO-NIGHT 'PHONE 3400 TO-NIGHT at MIDNIGHT .^n r^~nrrrr'
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    The Straits Times. SINGAPORE. SATURDAY. AUG. 3, 1940. (335th Day Of The War.) Pipe Dreams
    1166 8 The Straits Times. SINGAPORE. SATURDAY. AUG. 3, 1940. (335 th Day Of The War.) Pipe Dreams After a long delay, the new Government of Japan has issued its promised statement "outlining basic national policies." At the .same time, the Prime Minister. Prince Konoye, and the Foreign Minister, Mr. Matsuoka, have
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      A NEW SPIRIT
      417 8 Preparing For A New Era After War To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir— With reference to your articles "Bang the Drum!" and these of yesterday and last Monday, which have given me furiously to think. I would invite your readers to consider the question as
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      S.S. LEGAL SERVICE
      231 8 The Difficulty Of Dual Nationality To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, The announcement of the formation of the Straits Settlements Legal Service for local-born talent is appreciated as another step in the slow process of encroachment on to what have been the close preserves of
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      EARLY MARRIAGES
      182 8 Another Rule Which Might Be Slackened To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, With reference to the letter of Lady Noble of Ardklnglas, advocating that all employers of labcur should slacken their rules forbidding men marrying until they have attained a certain age or financial standing, 1
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      CONTRASTS
      208 8 War Effort In Malaya And Bahamas To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— The fjllowins comparison of happenings in twj cc untries of the British Empire has struck me rather forcibly. One country had a population in 1937 of 6G.905 and the other 5,137 474. In Nassau. Bahamas,
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      SAGO FLOUR
      273 8 Difficulties Of Quota System To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir— An:ong the various commodities that have been controlled for ex port by quota system, sago flour which is n.>t at all a food product, has been Included. This commodity Js mainly used for sizing purposes by
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      GIVE DIAMONDS
      351 8 An Appeal To Owners Of Precious Stones To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— lt was originally Mr. John Laycock's suggestion regarding the transfer of a part of the Colony's reserves to the Imperial Government that induced me to point out about a month ago the extent
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      MUSLIMS AND WAR
      338 8 Britain's Ideals Are Ideals Of Islam T.» the Fdtor ol the S'.raiis Time.Sir.— Your correspondent "A Wee in the Desert" vat ev^en ly it puh.s ta explain away tht statement of Lord Halilax who l.roclaim- d th .t Britain is waging a Christian w r against anti-Christ,
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      APPEASEMENT
      308 8 Britain's Foreign Policy Criticized To the Edito. of the Straits Times Sir,— The Chungking Government has not been slow In suggesting that the arrest of eleven British in Japan on trumped up charges is the direct result of the policy of appeasement pursued by the British Government over Tientsin
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      LOTTERIES
      168 8 How Australia Builds Hospitals To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— The Straits Times editorial of July 29 calls for better support for The War Fund. Why does the Straits Times not support an active and forceful campaign for the introduction of a lottery, the only possible method
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      113 8 BROADWOOD (RSTB. 200 VKAKS) BRITAIN'S BEST PIANO BEETHOVEN COMPOSED M A N V O F HI S FAMOUS WORKS ON A "BROADWOOD" SOLE AGENTS Robinson Piano Co., (i.s.) Ltd, SINGAPORE. VMMHIM A jouijthc «■*<.*»/ HENDR VS. P. H. HENDRY, 78. NUKTH BRIDGE ROAD, S NGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENANC2. Li *I
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      97 8 Fresh Stock! WATERMAN'S IDEAL PENS A PENCILS. The Finest Pen The World Has Ever Known! I The best pen deserves the finest In't! 52 years of Leadership ti still Supreme! Prices to suit all pockets anil Nibs to suit every hand. Pilcrs from Sfi.oo. J7 50, $9.00, $10.50. $12.50 and
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    BRITISH DEFENCES GREATLY STRENGTHENED
    340 9 Home Guards Have Important Roles TACTICS FOR COPING WITH AIR, SEA LAND ATTACKS Secret Fortifications Are Going Up Along Coast F\EFENCES in the Eastern and Northern Com- m amis in Great Britain have been tremendousl> strengthened in the past few weeks, according to correspondents, who have
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    WILL DEFEND OWN TOWNS
    458 9 Home Guards Not To Manoeuvre London. Aug. 3. ARMED industrial workers of North England, enrolled in the Home Guard and training side by side with the regular army, are ready to give Great Britain's answer i t-o Hitler's "last appeal to reason," of which southern England
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    100,000,000 Bushels Of Wheat For Britain
    80 9 100 000 000 Bushels Of Wheat For Britain CANADA is spending $185,000,000 this year on the war. This works out nt tiif rate of $535,000 a day. Another way In which Canada Is helping is by sending Britain food. In the next 12 months, Britain is to ruiy 100.000.000 bushels
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    BEAVERBROOK PROMOTED
    267 9 Invited To Join War Cabinet London, Aug. 3. IT is officially announced that the Prime Minister, Mr. Winston Churchill, has invited Lord Beaverbrook, Minister of Aircraft Production, to be a member of the War Cabinet. For the time b^ing Lord Beaverbrook will continue to bu Minister of Aircraft
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    DUKE OF WINDSOR NOT GOING TO U.S.
    61 9 Washington, Aug. 2. ACCORDING to information reaching diplomatic circles here, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor are disembarking nt Bermuda and are definitely not comiag to the United States.. It is p-esumed they will proceed by sea or air to Nassau, capital of
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    22 9 THE flr.-.t party of British airmen. numbering 22, has arrived In Canada /or training under the C imnonwealth air training plan.— Reuter.
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    London's Largest Air Raid Shelter Opened
    80 9 The biggest air raid shelter in the whole of Britain was opened recently by the Mayor of South wark (above). The shelter has been adapted at a cost of V 50,000 from the Borough Tube Tunnel, South wark. It was originally intended for 8.000
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    Home Guard At Rifle Practice
    36 9 Instruction in the correct method of rifle shooting is being given free to members of the Local Defence Volunteers in Britain (the Home Guard), by the National Rifle Association, at Bisley.
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    Eire Protest To Germany
    94 9 Dublin, Aug. 3. A STATEMENT issued by the Eireann Government Information Bureau on behalf of the Department of External Affairs discloses that the Ir'sh registered steamer Kerry Head (825 tons) was attacked on Thursday by a German bomber near the entrance to Oyster Haven, in the
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    U.S. VESSELS FOR WAR REFUGEE CHILDREN
    62 9 Washington. Aug. 2. LEGISLATION permitting American ships to transport war refugee children was passed to-day by the He use of Representatives rules committee. It provides that such transport is subject to American ships being granted safe conduct by all b2lligerents. Any vessel engaged in
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    CHILDREN ARRIVE IN CANADA
    58 9 Ottawa, Aug. 2. •T*HE first party of some 80 children has arrived at a Canadian east coast port from Britain under the Government evacuation plan. The children were In high spirits and lined the ship's rails singing songs, such as "There Will Always Be England," Roll
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    GERMAN WARNING TO NORWEGIANS
    50 9 Visa HAAKON of Norway celebrates bis sixty-eighth birthday to-day. The Oslo radio announced yesterday that the Council of Administration had decided that no Hags must be hoisted in Norvay and that there must be no demonstration in honour of the king's birthday. Offenders will be punched.
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    RISKED BEING BLOWN UP
    220 9 Rescues In Bomb Room Of Warship London, Aug. 3. THE rescue of wounded men from a warship's bomb room, filled with fumes and smoke as the result of an explosion, at the risk of further explosions which might have blown them to pieces have earned awards,
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    Nazi Attack On Lightship Crew
    201 9 London, Aug. 3. DIVING to 100 feet of the water, three Nazi planes last week attacked with bombs and guns the Trinity House tender Alert while she was en route to a lightship. Some of the crew of 30 and relief lighthouse men numbering 30
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    THREE MORE RAIDERS SHOT DOWN
    49 9 GERMAN planes which attempted attacks on our shipping yesterday had hot receptions. The Admiralty reports the shooting down of three German planes in the North Sea, two of them by the small ship Highlander. One fell to the guns of the sloop Weston. Reuter.
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    POOR TEAMWORK
    62 9 London, Aug. 3. THERE seems to have been a hitch In the liaison between the German High Command and Goebbels' Propaganda Ministry. The propaganda ministiy Is alleging that all British east coast ports are closed to shipping, but a High Command communique gives the He to this absurd
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    Turks Angered By Nazis
    112 9 Ankara, Aug. 3. AiIOLOTOV'S speech is regarded in political circles in Turkey as a careful, statesmanlike declara tion of Dolicy which docs not In the least change Soviet-Turkish relation. Great irritation has been caused by the discovery that the German version of the speech made Molotov
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    Heavy Damage On Nazi Oil Depots
    126 9 Fresh Daylight Raids Carried Out By R.A.F. London, Aug. 3. AN Air Ministry communique states that R.A.F. bombers on Thursday made daylight attacks on aerodromes at Leewarden and Hammsted, in Holland. A hangar was hit and many enemy afrcraft were machine-gunned on the ground.
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    35 9 Washington. Aug. 2. TTHE War Department stated that the 81 persons detained In the Panama Canal zone were aliens and not foreign agents as announced by Mr. H. L. Stlmson. U.S. War Secretary, yesterday. Reuter.
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    MASSING OF ITALIANS
    246 9 Egyptian Border Post Menaced London, Aug. 3. IMEWS from the Libyan-Egyptian border indicates that the Italians are assembling large numbers of troops, the majority of whom would appear to be in the neighbourhood of Sollum, cables Holder's military correspondent. The Italians have been enablrd to do this
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    ROOSEVELT ON NEED FOR TOTAL DEFENCE
    90 9 PRESIDENT Roosevelt told his Press conJerence In Washington yesterday that he was in favour of the selective training bill and that he considered it essential for adequate national defence. The lessons of the present war, he said, showed that def- s meant total defence
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    WAR FUND REACHES $3,235,041 TO-DAY
    630 10 Further remittance From Alhambra Cinema Show MANY MONTHLY DONATIONS IN LATEST LIST THE War Fund to-day reached a total of $3,235,041, an in- crease of $9,656 over the total reported yesterday. We acknowledge to-day further sums of $1,306.53 and $31.42 resulting from The War Fund
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    To-day's List Of Donations
    691 10 i v' k her remittance from Alhambra Theatre from screening of "Is! e of Paradise" 1,337.95 Programme advertisers. SI 306.53. Sale of drinks 53 14!. Transferred fr3m Penan;?, beinx flfSk. instalment of contributions made thrcugh the Pinang Ga?ett* and S:raits Echo 1,***** Mr. and Mrs. G.
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    Patriotic Fund Now $1,812,724.49
    1048 10 S3G; Mr. and Mrs. T. O. C. Webster $5; Royal Society of St. George $200; Mr. and Mrs. P. Sofeldt $10; District Officer, Alor Gajah $158.20; Miss Lily Chan $2; Ceylonese Association $125; L. A. S. Jerxnyn $27; Dr. Kwong Km Cheong $10; Straits Chinese British
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    WAR FUND DIARY
    113 10 ENTERTAINMENTS and other functions arranged in aid of The War Fund will be listed in this diary, but it is a condition of inclusion in the list that the entire proceeds shall be given to the Fund. You can support these functions tn the certain knowledge that
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    ARABS AND BRITAIN
    155 10 Moslem Attitude To The War London, Aug. 2. ITNDER the heading The Arabs V and England," the Al Ahram (Cairo) publishes an article from Syed Mirghan Elidrisi, prominent Edrisi leader, who points out that Islam orders believers to treat other nations as equal, and defend the liberties
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    Mr. Abdoolcader Reappointed
    198 10 THE reappointment for a year of Mr. 1 H. H. Abdoolcader to be a Nominated Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council was announced «n the Gazette last night. This is Mr. Abdoolcader-s fifth term in succession and constitutes a record. He was first appointed to the Council
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    MR. ALMA BAKER'S $20,000 CHEQUE
    184 10 i Prom Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Aug. 2. A DONATION of $20,000 has been made by Mr. C. Alma Baker, wellknown Perak planter and miner, to the P.M.S War Fund. The cheque was sent to the British Resident of Perak. Mr. Marcus Rex, who has
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    WAR FUND NIGHT AT THE CATHAY
    121 10 SEVERAL thousands of dollars— probably more than $4,000 was realised by the Cathay Cabaret dance and cabaret in aid of The War Fond last night. The hall v.as packed and money flowed freely for the worthy cause. Two competitions were organised. These realised quite
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    WAR FUND CONCERT
    54 10 THE Literary and Dramatic Society of Raffles College is giving a concert at the College Hall to-night in aid of the War Fund. Beskte members, others taking part are Mrs. R. K. S. Adams. Mrs.- Paul Gercntser, Mr. John McNolsh. and Mr. Tan Bock Cliuan, Who Is
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    THAI PRINCE'S TOOTH STOLEN
    238 10 Relic Kept In Gold Case (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, July 4. TTHE tooth of a dead Prince of Thai was exhibited at London's Central Criminal court, familiarly known is the Old Bailey, when two men ware found guilty of the theft of the tooth and
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    Predicament Of Property Owners
    246 10 A MATTER of great urgency and importance dealing with letters of administration has been brought to the attention of the Singapore Ratepayers' Association, and Government is being requested to make an immediate statement on the subject and to introduce the necessary amending legislation to rectify the
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    MAINTENANCE FUND FOR EURASIANS
    106 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Aug. 2. HTHE Penang Eurasian Association to-night agreed to create a fund whereby any Eurasian who enlists in the Anti- Aircraft Regiment or R.AJ. will, on demobilisation at the end of the war, receive a maintenance allowance for six months, or
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    PADI GROWING IN SELANGOR
    279 10 Higher Yields At Panchang Bedena (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 3. rIE estimated yield of pad! in areas in Selanger last year was 3,872,000 gantangs acccrding to the annual rfr port for 1939 for the S.ate of Selangor. The area planted wi'h padi both
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    MR. A. DE FONTAINE
    68 10 AGED 76 years. Mr. Alexander de Fonrk tame, a Government pensioner, died suddenly yesterday afternoon at his son's residence in Lorong 30. Geylang Road. Mr. de Fontaine, whose brother, Mr. P. M. de Fontaine, retired recently from Raffles Museum after long service, was with the General
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    22 10 Joanna Claire, the leading dancer with the Chang company, which will put on a magic show at the Capitol on Aug. 14.
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    CHANNEL ISLES BOMBING
    521 10 "Dastardly Crime" On Open Town CURTHER details of tho recent bombing by Germans of tha Channel Islands, in which 29 persons were killed, are now available. In Guernsey, it was in a radius of I about a mile in every direction that the casualties were caused and
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    XAVIER—VICKERY WEDDING
    65 10 XAVIER— VICKERY WEDDING IJR. V. F. Xavler, Police medical officer of Singapore, son of Mr. E. V. Xavler, retired Postmaster-General of Kuala Lumpur, and Mrs. Xavler. was married to Miss Flora Vlckery. of the nursing stafl of the Gener-U Hospital, by the Rev. Fr. Lee at St. Theresa's Church. Kampong
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    SATISFACTORY WORKING OF RICE POOL SCHEME
    367 11 Additional Cost Of Storage To Be Borne By Importer ALTHOUGH the rice pool scheme in Singapore has only been in operation two days, it has been found to be working satisfactorily. This, at best however, ran only be considered an "interim" opinion, and not
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    SULTAN OF PAHANG IN SINGAPORE
    65 11 'THE Sultan of Pahang. accompanied by his aldp-de-ramp Che Engku Mohamed bin fngku Bendahara. arrived in Singapore yesterday morning. The Sultan, who Is a k*en polo player. Is h<re to play In the Spoor.er Cup competition as well as In the K OR. Cup polo
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    'The ArtOf Waiting' For The Blitzkrieg
    57 11 DR. Victor Purccll, of the Malayan Civil Service, will broadcast from the Kuala Lumpur station to-morrow after the 8.20 news. His talk will begin at about 8.45 p.m. and will be rebroadcast by the Singapore station. The subject of the talk will be "The
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    Bare Fuselage Of Plane Salvaged
    169 11 'From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Aug. 2. THE bare fusilage with twisted pieces of metal— remains of the plane from which Mr. Martin Ogle, European teacher of the Penang Free School, ercaned after crashing into the sea off Baiu Maung point en Sunday af.rrnron— were
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    NINE CHINESE CONVICTED
    197 11 Sold Goods Above Fixed Prices MINE Chinese were fined by the Singapore fifth magistrate, Mr. L. C. Goh, yesterday when they pleaded guilt" to committing offences in ecu ;:vention of the Food Control Ordinance. Four of them were Thuah Kiok Peng, proprietor of Chop Kirn Seng of
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    Training Affects Holiday Plans
    182 11 IT is unlikely that the customary August bank holiday exodus from Singapore for resorts upcountry will be as general as in past years. Compulsory service will affect the plans of 200 Europeans in Singapore, who will parade at the various centres for four hours this afternoon
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    STOLE WHILE UNDER SUPERVISION
    163 11 A 17-YEAR-OLD Cantonese youth, Leong Koh Tack, wept in the Singapore third court yesterday when sentence of four months' rigorous imprisonment was passed on him for having been in fraudulent possession of bicycle parts. He had pleaded guilty. After conviction he admi:ted that he had three
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    CLERK'S 3 BREACHES OF TRUST
    83 11 RAIL of $1,003 was allowed Chua Teck I Lock, a 22-year-old cleric of the Singa- pore Cold Storage, against whom three charges of breach of trust of sums amount- I int to $5 on different dates in July were nade in the Singapore tifth court
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    DRIVER NOT TO BLAME
    53 11 EXONERATING the driver of the lorry from blame, the acting Singapore coroner, Mr. Walter MacQuarrie. yesterday returned a verdict of misadventure at an inquiry into the death of an 11 -year-old Halnanese boy. Lee Ah Lam. who was killed by a lorry at Klong Slalc Road
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    PLAINTIFF WAS ADOPTED CHILD
    664 11 Claim To $1,000,000 Estate Fails A CIVIL suit brought by a married woman who claimed to be a beneficiary of the $1,000,000 estate of Wee Siang Tat, wa3 dismissed with costs by the acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justice a'Beckett Terrell, in the Singapore High Court yesterday.
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    UNEMPLOYED BANKRUPT GIVEN DISCHARGE
    77 11 C. M. HABECOST. a 72-year-old German -bern naturalized British subject, was granted a discharge from bankruptcy in the Singapore High Court yesterday, by the acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justice aßeckett Terrell Th? disrh irgs was subject to a suspension of one month. Mr. G. H. Poh,
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    Defence Corps For Internal Security To Be Formed Soon
    219 11 IT is officially announced that plans for the formation of a Local Defence Corps, are being rapidly developed in co-operation with the Ex-Services' Association of Malaya. The Ccrps Is primarily intended for ncn over 41 years of age and others who,
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    NEGLECTED TO NOTIFY HEALTH AUTHORITIES
    394 11 Japanese Doctor's Poor Diagnosis Of Case FJR. KASUKE KATAGIRI, a Japanese medical practitioner of the Doh Jin Hospital in Middle Road, was fined $50 and costs when he was convicted in the Singapore criminal district court yesterday on a charge under the Quarantine (Prevention of
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    PEOPLE IN SEIZED STATES ALREADY STARVING
    320 12 American Journals On Why U.S. Must Say 'No' To Appeals For Food New York, Aug. 2. THE New York Sun states that famine is not imminent in Europe it is already there. This is the conclusion reached by experts after a careful survey. Half
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    New G.O.C. In Palestine
    167 12 rE new General Officer commanding the British Forces in Palestine, Major-Gen. A. R. Godwin-Austen, inspected the Australian Imperial Force recently. He called on Lieut-Gen. Sir Thomas Blarney. General Officer commanding the A.1.F., and then went on a tour of inspection of the camps. Major-Gen. Godwin-Austen succeeded
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    NAZIS' LATEST STORY ABOUT THEIR BLITZKRIEG
    275 12 "Putting Up A Barrage Across The Channel With Big Guns" London, Aug. 2. THE report that the Germans are setting up long range artillery from Bolougne to Dunkirk, with the idea of putting up a barrage across the English Channel, is published in the
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    Another Tale By The Germans
    188 12 Another Tale By The Germans London. Aug. 2. PERMAN propaganda is now saying there will be no sudden attack on Britain but a slow and sure process of wearing her down. The German people have heard so much about the blitzkrieg against Britain that they are restive of the delay
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    "Germans Have Shot Their Bolt"
    118 12 Istanbul, Aug. 2. I*HK newspaper Yeni Sabah writes, "The Axis Powers are endeavouring to hide their present hesitation by claims that they are making progress, bat it is evident that they have reached a deadlock. The Germans have shot their bolt, and their means will
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    FRESH OUTBREAK OF TERRORISM
    136 12 Russian Emigre Chief In Shanghai Shot Shanghai, Aug. 2. If. CHARLES METZLEU, chairman of the Russian Emigrant* Committee and Relief Association, was shot dead outside his home at 8 a.m. by Chinese gunmen. It is known that the Japanese Authorities had plans to establish a new
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    CHILD TO BE GUEST OF A PREMIER
    107 12 SOMEWHERE in England is a child who is going to live w.th the Premier of Quebec. The Premier, Mr. J. A. Godbout, has five children, aged ten to 15. But when he and his wife heard that English children were being sent to
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    SUCCESSFUL DAYLIGHT RAID ON GERMAN AIR BASE
    268 13 Hangars, Aircraft And Barrack Blocks Hit By Bombs THE R.A.F. has scored further big successes in raids on a German-occupied aerodrome at Cherbourg and against Italian aerodromes, fuel dumps and troop concent rations in the African theatre of war. The Air Ministry announces
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    Atlantic Search For Nazi Raider
    304 13 London. Aug. 2. IT is learned In London that the fighting power of H.M.S. Alcantara, the armed merchant cruiser, has not been in any way impaired by her clash with the Herman r?irier in the South Atlantic. She had scored several hits on the. raider,
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    ADMIRAL'S TRIBUTE TO PEOPLE OF MALTA
    170 13 London. Aug. 2. DAVING a tribute to vtalta in a broadcast 1 speech last night. Admiral E. B. C. Di<-::en said, "The navy have always had a very warm spot In Ustlr hearts for Matte. It Is a place v/here most of us spend
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    Small Vessel Shoots Down Two Raiders
    128 13 London, Aug. 2. AS>rXLL British vessel, the Highlander, to-day steamed into a Scottish harbour with the wreckage of a German plane she had shot down in the North Sea lying across her stern. She was attacked by two German planes and made a thorough
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    U.S. Navy Experts And The War
    176 13 "1 STRONG school of thought exists among American naval experts that the United States should break off diplomatic relations with Germany now," states Rear-Admiral Yates Stirling, Jun., U.S.N. (retired), in an article in a New York newspaper. "German merchant ships would be seized and
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    DUKE TRAVELS AS MR. WINDSOR
    109 13 Lisbon, Aug. LARGE crowds (fathered at the quayside yesterday to witness the departure of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor In the American liner Excallbur for New York. The Duke and Duchtas arrived at the ship separately, the Duchess arriving first. The Duke was the
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    AMMUNITION DUMP HIT
    322 13 R.A.F. Raids In N.-E. Africa Cairo, Aug. 2. A HIGHLY successful raid was carried out by Royal Air Force bombing aircraft on a large ammunition dump near Bardia (Libya) yesterday, says the R.A.F. communique. The noise and shock of the explosion was felt 9,000 feet up and
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    GERMANY IS NOT NEARER TO PEACE
    200 13 Poles Will Continue Fight, Says Minister London, Aug. 2. SPEAKING before the Foreign Relations Committee of the Polish Parliament now in session in Londor. M. Zaleskl, the Polish Foreign Minister, said Hitler's conquest had not brought him nearer to the much coveted peace Although
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    £2,000,000 In Banknotes Seized At Belfast
    103 13 FRENCH banknotes worth nominally £2,000,000 have been seized at Belfast, Northern Ireland, from a small cargo boat. The boat sailed xrom Brest, Francs just before the Germans occupied the port. She arrived in Belfast several days ago. The authorities ordered the cargo of cereals
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    M.P.s AND INTERNED ALIENS IN BRITAIN
    109 13 London, Aug. 2. AN Information bureau about internees is to be opened in England next week. The 18 categories of exemption came in for a good deal of criticism in the House of Commons yesterday on the grounds that they were still too strict.
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    PROVIDENT FUND CRITICISM
    1212 14 Adjustments To Some Existing Rules Are Suggested COMPULSORY ASSURANCE AND YOUNGER MEMBERS From Our Planting Correspondent "TT has been stated that the 1 admission of the Burma members to the Provident Fund, has provided an opportunity to make certain adjustments to the existing rules. One cannot help
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    PURCHASE TAX ON BOOKS AND NEWSPAPERS
    62 14 London, Aug. 2. THE Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Kingsley Wood, stated In the Hous« m Commons last night, that revenue estimated from the application of the purchase tax in a full year to newspapers and books was between £3,250.000 and £3.500.000 from all
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    Italy's Strategical Disadvantages
    475 14 A FRANK survey by German experts of the strategical position of Italy if she went to war with Britain was published in Berlin in 1938 as part of a book called Defence Geography of the World's Oceans," writes The Times naval correspondent. It shows that Germany, in
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    AIRCRAFT FACTORY FOR BANGALORE
    123 14 Simla. ANEW meeting between officers of the Government of India and Mr. Walchand Hirachand, chairman of the Scindia Steam Navigation Company and many other concerns, was held recently at which it is learned that further proposals with regard to aircraft production in India were put forward
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      221 14 What is a Hydram? 9rTHE HYDRAM (Hydraulic Ram) t is a machine which utilises the momentum of a itream of water falling a small height to elevate a portion of that water to a greater height. For example, 100 gallons of water falling 10 ft. would elevate 10 gallons to
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    Selections For To-day's Races
    113 15 C ELECTIONS for to-day's races in Penang are STRAITS TIMES FREE PRESS Race 1: Bay Rose, Phar Par sace5 ace l ha P ?J> Rose Race 2: Nonia Manis, Rayon Race 2: Nonia Mams. Race 3: Rosalie, Miss Rod JhSfsLi i i.i...« Race 4: Penzance. Prude
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    Sabatino And Dennis Good Winners At Last Night's Boxing
    474 15 r. o invaders to the Malayan ring, Atilio Sabatino, and Ron Dennis, made their debut at the Happy World covered stadium last night. Both won their lights comfortably on points, Sabatino beating Young Frisco and Dennis handing out a boxing lesson
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    PERAK AMATEUR BOXING MEETING
    191 15 From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Aug. 1. AT Uie general meeting of the Perak Amateur Boxing Association held last night a tribute was paid to Mr. J. B. J. Birch, the President, who was going on transfer L o Singapore. Mr. J. V. Morals, who paid
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    HUGHES & SIN KIE TO PLAY AT KUALA LUMPUR
    161 15 HUGHES SIN KIE TO PLAY AT KUALA LUMPUR (From Our O* n Correspondent) P Kuala Lumpur, Aug. I. AT HUGHES and Kho Sin Kie, Uie Davis Cup tennis players, will play' exhibition matches in Kuala Lumpur on Friday, Aug 9. The first match will be played at 4.45 p.m. on
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    MALACCA GOLF
    105 15 (Prom Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Aug. 1. jyjAJOR and Mrs. W. H. Jackson were the winners of the July mixed foursomes of the Malacca Golf Club with the net score of 35-i. Results were: Maj. and Mrs. W. H. Jackson 45— 9H=35%: Miss Hobbs and T. McKinstery 44
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    PROGRAMME OF EVENTS FOR TO-DAY
    1031 15 First Day Of Penang Turf Club's August Meeting THE following is the full card of events for to-day's races in Penang in the first day of the Penang Turf Club's August meeting. Double totes will be on races four and five, and seven and eight.
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    Pulau Brani Score Eight Goals Against Publishers
    440 15 Pulau Brani 8; Publishers 0 PULAU BRANI, league leaders of division two (a) of the B.A.F.A. football league, scored their biggest victory of the season yesterday when they overwhelmed the Publishers at the Anson Road Stadium to beat them by eight goals to
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    Week-End's Sports Events
    163 15 Till, following U a list of cporllnc event? in Malaya durlnf the neck- nd SINGAPORE TO-DAY Tennis Malayan championships, S.C.C. courts. Polo Spooner Cap, Pol* flub. Soccer First division. Royal Navy vs. Arfylls, Naval Base; reserve dlvltrion. Police vs. Malays, Depot. Cricket Indian Assn. vs. R.A.0.C.. Balestier;
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    Attractive Tennis On First Day Of Malayan Tournament
    1007 15 THE effortless strokes of Kho Sin Kie, the powerful spin services of Pat Hughes, the determination and spirit evident in each and every tie, the surprise defeat of Kamis and Mrs. Archer by Robert Chia and Helen Khong in the mixed doubles,
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    MOKE CANADIAN TROOPS ARRIVE
    476 16 Many American Volunteers Come With Second Division PER CENT. OF THE PEOPLE IN U.S. AM TO FIGHT ON BRITAIN'S SIDE" TIIK second division of the Canadian Expeditionary Force has arrived in Great Britain. These men, among whom are many French-Canadian and American citizens who have volunteered
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    'Cream Of The South African Forces"
    104 16 London, Aug. 2. COMMENTING on the arrival of South African troops in Kenya. The Times says their arrival is at a timely moment when Kenya needs strong defenders. The Times recalls that the fathers of these troops fought gallantly In East Africa during the
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    EARTHQUAKE SHOCK IN JAPAN
    64 16 Diuo. Aug. 3. A TIDAL uave swept the western coast of Hokkaido island early this morning and v. ashed away 1,300 fishing boats. Much loss of life Is feared. The wave was followed by an earthquake shock which rocked Sapporo, the capital of Hokkaido and many
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    De Gaulle Warns "Men Of Vichy"
    114 16 London, Aug. 3. "I CONSIDER the r.ct of the men of Vichy as void," said Gen. de Gaulle, Commander-in -Chief of the French forces in Britain, in an interview last nicht with regard to the "dealh sentence" passed on him h} the Petain Government.
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    LEAFLETS DROPPED ON BRITAIN
    481 16 Change Of German Tactics London, Aug. 2. fERMANY, turning and twisting i to find a loophole in Britain's armour, launched a new form of attack on Britain yesterday. During the night German planes flew over south-east and south- v.tst Engiand, but instead of dropping tombs they
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    Soviet Story Of "Terrorism"
    186 16 Soviet Story Of "Terrorism" "Exaggerated," Retort The Finns London, Aug. 3. SOVIET reports about "terrorism" In Helsinki appear to be exaggerated, according to Finnish reports reaching London from Helsinki. The Soviet repcrt stated that the authorities at Helsinki prevented a j meeting sponsored by "the Society for Friendship and Peace
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    Polish Steamer Dodges Nazis
    143 16 Polish Steamer Dodges Nazis London, Aug. 2. ANOTHER Polish merchant ship has been preserved for further service In the Allied cause through the determination and skill of its officers and crew. The 1,864-ton Polish steamer Kroman was lying at Dakar (French West Africa), and she had been immobilised Iby the
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    JAPANESE ARREST TWO BRITONS IN KOREA
    83 16 London, Aug. 2. PIS learned officially that two more British subjects have been arrested in Korea ty the Japanese authorities. They are the Rev. Mr. Cnadwell, a member of the English Church -'ission at Helio. ana Itai Snndford, who was arrested at Teljo. Representations
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    CANADIANS SHOOT DOWN ENEMY BOMBER
    65 16 London, Aug. 2. fFHE Air Ministry news service states that a I Canadian sergeant-pilot patrolling with two other Hurricanes over a convoy yesterday sent a Junkers dive bomber Into the sea. A second enemy bomber was severely damaged and all three of our pilots, who
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    SPECIAL JAPANESE ENVOY TO N.I.
    32 16 Toklo, A us. 2. THE post of special envoy to the Netherlands. Indies has been offered to Gen. Kuniakl KoJso. former Minister of Overcea ffa Irs. Reuler.
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    German Press Warning To Rumania
    53 16 German Press Warning To Rumania Berlin, Aug. 2. THE Nazi Press gives a sharp v. ;irninu to Rumanians who oppose concessions to Hungary over Transylvania. The Boersen Zeitunj says that sabre rattling can only lead to disappointment. What is left undone to-day becomes no easier to-mor-row and there is more
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    Hitler's Broken Pledges
    318 16 London, Aug. 2. ONE of the most popular illustrated weekly newspapers in Britain devotes itself this week to extracts from tour speeches by Hitler. They are published under pictures of the Fuehrer orating with eloquence •and titled "When Hit'.er Offered Peace." The first speech quoted was made
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    WHEAT PURCHASES FROM CANADA
    46 16 London, Aug. 2. THE Ministry of Food has entered Into an agreement with the Canadian Whe*t Board to purchase during the ceuai year. July 1940 to 1941, a further hundred million bushels of wheat. This Is the largest parchare jver rccordc-1. Reuter.
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    SOVIET INCORPORATE CEDED REGIONS
    60 16 London, Aug. 3. ACCORDING to the Moscow w.releES, the Soviet Parliament yesterday passed a bill forming the Moldavian Federal Soviet Republic, consisting of the former Moravian autonomous republic and the greater part of Sovietoccupied Bessarabia. The Bcssarabian districts of Khotin. Akerman and Ismal. with northern Bukovina
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    British Submarine Rammed By Warship?
    47 16 Rome, Aug. 2. r[e I;alipn communique states that the Italian destroyer Vivaldi last night remmed and sank the British submarine Oswald in the lonian Sea. Fifty-two of the crew of 55, including Commander David Frazsr, were rescued unhurt by the destroyer.— Reuter.
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    NAZI PLANES ATTACK SAILORS IN SEA
    93 16 London, Aug. 2. IT Is learned In London that when .*ma:i coasting vessels were sunk In the Gentian air attack on a convoy In the Channel on July 25 men from one ship sunk were machine-gunned by a German plane while a lifeboat was
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    BRITAIN SEEKING BETTER RELATIONS WITH SOVIET
    262 16 London, Aug. 2. ""THE newspapers almost all give first place to reports of M. Molotov's review of Soviet Russia's foreign policy before the Supreme Council of the Soviet Union, yesterday. The speech, with Its reafflrmation of Russia's neutrality and continued validity of the Soviet-German
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    HIDING GRAF SPEB OFFICER ARRESTED
    48 16 Buenos Aires, A\ A FORMER officer of the scuttled German "pocket-battleship" Oraf Spec, named OottlofT, li:is been arrested. He had escaped from internment and was biding In the Chaco. Military maps and photographs of the Argentine oilfields were found in his possesision. Reuter.
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    UNREST IN BALKAN STATES STEADILY GROWING
    358 16 Movement In Rumania To Turn Away From Reich To The Soviet THE continual postponement of the German offensive against Britain has provoked the realization in the Balkans that the war is likely to be much longer than was ever supposed, and this is bound
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    SWEDEN'S NEUTRALITY REAFFIRMED
    62 16 Gtockbota. KINO GUSTAV reailirmed Sw.-d.ns policy of neutrality In a speech from the throne at the opening of an extraordinary session of the Kik i He declared: "I am (Irmly determined to maintain friendly relations on all fides. I shali not relax my efforts to keep tlm
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