The Straits Times, 17 August 1940

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    36 1 The Straits Times. [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY) MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES 6 PAGES. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS. The Straits Times. 16 PACKS SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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      174 1 See MIEN CHON6 for SMART TAILORING a« Coleman St. Singapore —Phone 4816— When you wish to retire, or when you are compelled to do so, will you be able to rely upon a definite guoiHH anteed income for the rest of your life? or will you be dependent upon others?
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      7 1 SINGAPORE, 140 CECIL ST. CPHONE 547 1
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      143 1 STAPLES T/i^ Staples Mattress is precision ]yj TTR E S S built °f tested materiais f years of constant use. "The Finest Mattress made* When you buy a Staples Mattress you make an investment that will A Staples Mattress gives true sleep repay you by its years of good service.
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      650 2 fife Jfrraifef wmes SMALL APS. Minimum charge $1 for \d\* not exceedlnt tinea More than four line* 25 cents per line (Six words). Box No. 25 cents extra. DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES BIKTHS. MARRIAGES, DEATHS. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS A P.PC CARDS are charged S3 each per Insertion per Inch. Over I inch. 25
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      646 2 WANTED WAN ml lull Motor Mowing Machine. ,:e of dealing lth a flat area; of 6 acres. Replies giving details to BjX i 'No 500. Straits Ttaif s. IMPORT BUSINESS. Advertisers arc Inc.'rested in importing Australian St American Made Roods and Invite correspondence from interested parties who need partnership and
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      586 2 BOARD RESIDENCE KASI AMGUA o Oxley HIM cool and oam 1 :.rms moderate lele 4390 44, OXLEY RD. rooms St self-contained fiat*, furn. or unfurn. m Meals service opt. ROOMS A FLATLETS at "Lloyd House 2, Lloyd Rd. Own bathrooms. Board or mea«s BELLEVILLE, 15 "Scott* Roaa. Phone 4374 large
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      569 2 PUBLIC NOTICES THE AVER MOLEK RUBBER COMPANY, LIMITED. K'-ated In the Straits Settlements i -'Ml INTERIM DIVIDEND. NOIIC3 is hereby given that a Second Interim Dividend of 3 r i m respect of che Financial Year ending 31st October, 1940, has been declared payable to ahareholdcrs on thr Register on
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      442 2 EDUCATIONAL ENGLISH LESSONS, experienced Eugll«U Lady teacher gives conversation lessons. CareI ful attention to pronunciation md Grammar Box No. 525. Straits Times. AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLS THE... IVANHOE.. GRAMMAR. .SCHOOL. A Txmdlng Churcli of England Public School. Boys are prepared for the University and Commercial Careers. The Fees are £120 per annum.
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      112 2 BUSINESS CARDS ETC. JOIN THE GREEN CIRCLE LENDING LIBRARY Ist FLOOR 18-F BATTERY RD. P.O. BOX 34. SINGAPORE. Moderate terms: Special rat-» Outstatioa Members Clubs and Messes. Open Daily: 8.30 A.M. to 8 P.M. Sat-Tdayv 8.3* A.M. to 1 P M. SALON M me. SHEILA has received a beautiful selection
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      601 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. Incorporated ln England) PFN'INSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. Co. ITAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICE 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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      512 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. BLUE FUNNEL LINE Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom. Dates are net guaranteed all cargo bookings subject to Conference War clauses. WESTERN AUSTRALIA THE SHORTEST SEA ROUTE ATTHE CHEAPEST FARE Regular Services to Fremantle [Perth] via Java by first class passenger ships. Single fare $192 (A £26) Frequent
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      137 3 RETIRING RESIDENTS! There is no nerd to withdraw *oui financial interests when you fo. The British Malaya Trustee Executor Co., Ltd., FULLERTON BUILDING SINGAPORE. 1 I was formed to deal with youi j needs, and otters at moderate x»t SKILL. 1 KNOWLEDGE I PERMANENCE SECURITY and will be pleased to
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      1067 3 Broadcasting TO-DAY SINGAPORE ZHL 1.33 nci (KZSm.) ZHP 969 me* Jn.wra.l 12.45 pjn. Band concert. Relayed from Jie Adelphl Hotel: 1.30 pjn. Warning io mariners. Programme summary. Mid-day tin, copra rubber prices; 1.35 p.m. News; 1.50 p.m. Band concert, (contd.). nelayc from the Adelphl Hotel; 2.00 p.m. Interv: S.DO p.m.
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    Patriotic Fund $1,853,560: Latest List
    358 4 •T*HE Malaya Patriotic Fund reached a total of $1,853,560.46 on Thursday, according to the latest list, Issued yesterday. The amount Includes $1,812,724.49 previously acknowledged, and $2,705 In monthly donations. The list Is as follows: L. M. Qutntoa $50: Mrs. Jo Butter $25; Mrs. K. Nathans
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    RETURN REVENUE INCREASES
    70 4 London, Aug. 15. EXCHEQUER returns show the total ordinary revenue for period April first to August 10 at £327.593,399 as compared to a total In the similar period of last year of £244.521.842. Total expenditure U £1.118,616.333 for period under review compared with £389.236.484 last year. The
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    London Stock Exchange
    361 4 London, Aug. IS. AN the stock Exchange to-day prices again v moTtd up under the lead of gold mlnmwv which were well supported both from the Cape and locally. Trinidad oils were also brought. Other groups mostly advanced early and retained the greater part of their gams
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    TIDE TABLES
    58 4 SINGAPORE To-daj H. W. 10.58 a.m. 8.8 ft.; 10. M P.M. 9.6 ft L. W. 4.35 a.m. 1.3 ft.: 4.38 p.m. 4.1 ft. Tomorrow H. W. 11.29 a.m. 8.9 ft.; 11.05 p.m. 9.9 ft. It. W. 5.09 a.m. 1.3 ft.: 5.11 p.m. 3.6 ft. August Sunrise Sunse; a.m.
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    Market Price List
    449 4 Mb— fin, Amg. 1«. Beef steak Kau 40 Beef stew or carry do 35 Fluet Bleak Ibv 65 Mutton. Australian do 38 Java Goat Flesh do 54 Pork, lean Kati 50 Pork, lean and fat (Ist quality) do 40 POBLT*Y Capons (locally reared) Kad 65 Ducks each
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    282 4 Maaw dose ai the Geirra! Post Office as follows:— TO-DAY Aden rarface 4 p.m. air 4 p.m. Africa air 4 pjn. Africa (South) surface 4 p.m. air 4 p.m. Australia air 4 pjn. British Columbia air 4 p.m. Burma air 4 p.m. Canada air 4 p.m.
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    FOOD SUPPLIES FROM BRITAIN
    132 4 AT a meeting of Che t-.^amitiee of the European Association of Malaya a member stated that owing to the quota system which had been applied to the Importation of foodstuffs from the United Kingdom, cases had arisen In which, although the export of the foodstuffs had
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    Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1287 4 FBIBAT. ACG. If. 1»M: 4 PJL MIXING Ampat Tin (4s) 3s Sd 4s Austral Anal 5.) 5» M 9d &d. Austral Malay <«) 35s 37s e.d Ayer HlUm (5s) lflfe 30* Ayer Wen* (|l) .90 BanKrtn Tin i£j 17s IBs B»tu SeUngor ($1) 1.40 1.41
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    161 4 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES London, Aug. 16. •*ri»in Ou 1 o-.vn Correspunaeiu i /COMMODITY and Exchange market* riosej v as follows with previous quotnr.ons tn paranthesls:— Rl BitCR: Firmer. Spot 13d 13Sd Q3d 13' id) Sept. 13d 13 'iid (13d I3>*d> Jan. -Mar. 13d i3'»d (13d ia'«d) Oft. -Dm-. 12^d124d (12 7
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    List Of Current Dividends
    268 4 Issued by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association. Book* Company Dividend Clow HN Austral Amal 3d Austral Malay 3d. It 13 bonus Batu Selangor 7tt% Aug. 19 Ipoh Tin 3s. final less tax Aug. Kamponft Kamuntlng 3d. No. 67 4c Is 3d bonus Aug. 13 Kraoiat Tin 6d
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      228 4 Silvikrin BRILLIANTINE BEAUTIFIES HAIR KEEPS SCALP HEALTHY When you use SILVIKRIN BRILLIANTINE, you keep your hair nicely "set" and prlng out the natural beauty of your hair: it becomes flossy and gloriously alive." In addition, the £k fefc pure Silvikrin JhV used In Its com- g?< position cures V^jfi B^BV
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    353 5 Loans Continue To Attract: Mixed Inquiry For Tins By Out Financial Correspondent Singapore, Aug. 17. •T^HE price of rubber was unchanged in London yesterday at 13d. and down one quarter In New York at 19 3/8 cents The Spot tin price remained unchanged at £263 while the
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    91 5 I riday. \Uf 16, noon. Buyer- Seller* Prices «»rice. N*. IX f.S.S. -pa looset 37\ KTJt No. IX R.S.S. f.n.j. in ca*es \uc Srpt. (Sellers' Option) Z» 38H G.r.VQ. R.S.S I o.b. In bales AuK.-Sept (Sellers' Option) 36% 36". I.A.Q. R.S.S. i.«.b. In bales Auf.-Srpt.
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    JULY TIN OUTPUTS
    50 5 Tin outputs for July are reported us 'ollows Hours Yardage Plculs Ore Katu 610 106,000 721 Renong Cons. 616 314,000 814 Ratrut Basin 280 51.400 432 Briseis Cons. 590 60,000 65 Takuapa No. 1 320 75,000 286 No. 2 334 90.000 235 No. 3 277 02,000 156
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    ANGLO-ORIENTAL QUARTERLY RETURNS
    155 5 Quarterly operating results for the three months ended June 30 are given as follows: In the flrstt column output Including carryover stocks (tons conc>. In the second column working coi\ for quarter and In the third I column estimated mine profit from permitted quota sales before providing
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    ATTACKS MAINLY DIRECTED AGAINST S.E. ENGLAND
    200 5 London, Aug. 17. THE Nazi attacks yesterday were mainly concentrated on southeast England, and forces up to 150 enemy aircraft were engaged on individual raids, several attacks being directed against R.A.F. aerodromes. Accounts of yesterday's battles show that at one point on the coast
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    Puppet Journals' Outbursts Anti-British Views Are Expressed
    143 5 Puppet Journals' Outbursts Anti-British Views Are Expressed Peiplng, Aug. 17. WHILE recently the local Chinese newspapers which are considered to reflect the views of the Japanese Army In North China have been agitating against the influence of "Europeans and Americans'' In China without specifically attacking Britain, the withdrawal of British
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    CORRESPONDENCE TO CHANNEL ISLES
    164 5 IN view of the number .of former Malayans who are known to be still residing in the Channel Islands, now in German occupation, there is particular interest attaching to an official communique on the subject of correspondence with these islands and certain other occupied territories issued
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    DIVIDEND BILL DROPPED
    129 5 SIR Kingsley Wood announced in the House of Commons recently that the Limitation of Dividends Bill is to be dropped. The statement gave satisfaction to M.P.s with industrial Interests. It was regarded as a natural sequel to the decision to apply the 100 per cent. Excess Profits
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    EXCHANGES
    181 5 Singapore, Friday. The following are the exchange rates this morning according to the ially circular Issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation:— SELLING Lo:idon T.T. a/4 1/16 London demand 2/4 1/16 Lyons demand Switzerland demand 2C6 Hamburg demand New York demand 40 15/16 Montreal demand 51 11/16 Batavla
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    22 5 Ihore will be a musical entertainment at the Ceylon Tamils' Association. Singapore, ai 6.33 p.m. to-day, by Mr. 8. Sclvatbural ar.d party.
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    De Gaulle's Reply To Petain
    232 5 De Gaulle's Reply To Petain London, Aujf. 17. "THE French nation sees that the war ll by no moans lost," said Gen. de Gaulle, leader of the tree French people in Britain, in a broadcast last night. Oen. de Gaulle was replying to Marshal Petaln's broadcast talk of two days
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    REFORMATORY BOYS COOK OWN FOOD
    172 5 PUPILS of the Singapore Reformatory school— l 26 boys, including many Chinese, Malays and Indians— can probably teach the majority of Singapore's women population how to cook. But the authorities of the school, ot which Mr. J. Brence is the superintendent, are advertising for a
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    POLICE AMBUSH ALLEGED TIN THIEVES
    141 5 (From Our Own Correspondents Ipoh, Aug. 16. BLOWS were freely exchanged between police and a band of Chinese who are alleged to be tin-stealers during an ambush laid by the police in the Government reserve at Pulau Kamiri, near Sungei Siput on Wednesday night. Twenty-eight
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    MORE NAVY VOLUNTEERS FROM CANADA
    29 5 London, Aug. 16. Pf was announced In Ottawa to-day that further detachments of Canadian volunteers for the Royal Navy have arrived in Britain.— Reuter.
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    ALLEGED THEFT OF $4,000
    126 5 A CASE was mentioned in the Singapore second court yesterday In which a 30--year-old Hokklen. Hoh Meng Toh, was alleged to have committed robbery with the use of a pistol at a house In Lorong 21, Ceylang, on June 22 at midnight. It Is alleged that
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    SIKH TEMPLE
    67 5 A BILL to facilitate the transfer of the Queen Street Sikh Ourdawara (temple) to a board of trustees representative of the various sections of the Sikh community in Singapore will be Introduced at the next meeting of the Legislative Council. The temple wad built out of funds contributed
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      205 5 LOVELY but LONELY ...UNTIL HER DENTIST ojjS>j* TOLD HER WHY| |fc?, _Jf I DOM'T KMOW WHY I EVEM jg& /4l(v R CAME. MADGE! MEN NEVER PAY 1+? tfo ANY ATTENTION TO ME. WHEN WAft ,<O Mtm' THERE ARE OTHER GIRLS RUTH. WILL YOU LET ME TELL ™STS SHOW THAT 9
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      306 5 MYLETO HAIR COLOUR RESTORER WILL RESTORE GREY OR FADED HAIR TO ITS NATURAL COLOUR. SETTING LOTION FOR LADIES HAIR CREAM FOR MEN OTHER MYLETO PRODUCTS INCLUDE TONQUIN AND SCURF LOTION. Obtainable from ail DISPENSARIES AND STORES. I Distributor* Graftal Laboratories Ltd. Singapore, Kuala Lumpur P*a*af. THE TURNING POINT IN CONVALESCENCE
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      252 5 MANY FORMS OF ILLNESS fe, HAVE THEIR "W BEGINNING HERE JU Coattipatton U 'he V comuoocM of all the ills -X'r^T^-v that attack humanity /^H^Xi^\\ and the outcome of con- |OSj2?^\\ (tipation i» indigestion. fffff^jV "j^Jt I liver diforcien, hr.iJ- I b-^/iWvyTJn^ achet, nervou;ncji, \JC-3JifXvw I cotcU, Influent*, bad f
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      320 6 The "Brother Rat" Stars Back again in their funniest picture. OPENING TODAY 11 a.m. 3.15, 6.15 9.15 p.«. Al UAMDHA BOX-OFFICE ALHAIViBRA m>m ;»> You have seen a Texas bad-man, You have heard of a Texas tornado, NOW MEET AN ANGEL FROM TEXAS. W with the 'Brother Rat' Catt EDDIE
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      310 6 Another Fine Comedy Enjoyed By Last Night's Crowd Qpr li^^^^S^ RENDERED BY THE FAMOUS t^c Special Added Attraction EDMUND JOH N ifTTY iiesfrt" BREON lONQMM LYMHt^J DRUMS IN THt UtStßi LJbwB«BHb6BcHbH¥??^H!S^^ b s??~!^s In Egypt And fhe Near East OPENING TO-NIGHT 6.15 9.15 ANOTHER UNIVERSAL'S OUTSTANDING IST RUN ■^^■•^■VT^K^^bl PICTURE
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      15 6 DO YOUR SHOPS»ING CONVENIENTLY GIAN SINGH OC-Sin»apore-CO«^ ALL YOUR REQUIREMENTS at PRICES LOWER THAN ELSEWHERE.
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      234 6 EVERY SHOW ENTHUSIASTICALLY jQj* WELCOMED BY PACKED $5£&Q HOUSES I yM\ 6.15 I CAPITOL] 9.30 v#Cy I 'Phon<? 5261 The World-famous Master of Wizardry— first visit CHANG -^L and his Company of JtfttHtil American Girls and Chinese Artistes B^ Presenting the £10,000 m Stage Spectacle- m HADES' t*> il v
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    SEEKING OF PROMINENCE AND WHAT IT ENTAILS
    300 7 THE seeking of prominence Is probably one of the snares of life. Once a man seeks high position, for the sake of the position, there is a strong tendency for him ti lose something of great value In life. There will be a
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    CHURCH SERVICES FOR THIS WEEK-END
    1104 7 CHURCH SER VICES FOR THIS WEEK-END CML'KCa O» mil AMI ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL.—Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity. 6.50 a.m. Holy Communion; 8 a.m. Choral Eucharist; 9.15 a.m. Holy Communion; 5.30 p.m. Evensong and sermon. Preacher: The Rev. R. J. Thompson ST. PAUL'S CHTJRCH, Upper Serangoon —Sunday. 8 a.m. Holy Communion; 5.30
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    SINGAPORE DUTCH TO PRAY FOR KING
    121 7 CUNDAY, Sept. 8. having been appointed in many countries as a national day of prayer and humiliation, it has been arranged lor the Holland community to meet for a special prayer and memorial servlca at 10 am. in the Presbyterian Church on that date.
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      294 7 TO-DAY Tiffin Time Orchestral Concert 12.30 to 2 p.m. SPECIAL DIPER DANCE (formal) from S p.m. EXTENSION TO 1 A.M. Dinner $3.00— 800K YOUR TABLE— Non-diners $1.00 RIJSTTAFEL RAFFLES ORCHESTRA Serred to-day from 12.30 to 2.30 p.m. Directed by Dan Hopkins SEA VIEW H HOTEL to>ii:cht SPECIAL DINNER DANCE DINNER
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUG. 17. 1940. (349th Day Of The War.) A Minor War
    970 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUG. 17. 194 0. (349th Day Of The War.) A Minor War Various aspects of the tin control scheme have been subjected to an almost ceaseless bombardment of j criticism in English financial and technical journals during the past few months. Metal Industry has been
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    BLOOD DONORS
    210 8 Kuala Lumpur Society With 50 Members To the Editor of the Straits Times SI. With reference to L.C.L.'s lettci in j cur issue of Aug. 14, I should like tc men -ion that a Voluntary Blood Donation Society has now been In existence lor more than a year
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    CHILDREN REFUGEES
    22 8 A FURTHER party of children froir England, evacuated under the Gov-ernment-sponsored scheme, arrived lr Canada yesterday, reports Reuter front Ottawa.
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    RADIO PLAY ABOUT LADY NELSON
    1132 8 "Dearest Fanny" Who Has Been Unfairly Maligned THERE can be few of the wives of the great who have received so scant recognition as Frances Nesbit, who afterwards became Lady Nelson. Many people ind?ed are quite \maware of the fact that Nelson had a wife,
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    "GETTING ON TOP"
    659 8 Articles That Are "Timely And Necessary" To the Editor oi the Straits Times Sir,— Hats off for your heartening editorial "Getting on Top" which is a model of how we must Bang the Drum!" How timely and necessary such articles are! Heaven alone knows how surreptitiously and
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    BYRON'S BIRTH
    64 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— l note what Mr. P. N. Menon says about the date of Byron's birth. The Encyclopaedia Brltannlca, Andre Maurols and Dr. G. B. Harrison all give 1788 as the date, which makes It the more remarkable that a reliable publication
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    Letters To The Editor NEWS-REELS
    304 8 Letters To The Editor NEWS-REELS Answer To Criticism Of An Advertisement To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Being the party responsible for the advertisement of the news-reel to which exception was taken by your correspondent "Sisyphus'" in your paper of to-day's date, I would like to point out
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    "PUPPET PARADE"
    305 8 What Would Hitler Sr.y About It? To the Editor of the Straits IkMf Sir— l have read with interest numerous letters of the "Puppet Parade." mostly In condemnation of the "puppets." I fe that It Is anout time that the other side of the question should have a
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    A FOWL FALLACY
    176 8 The Cost Of Living In Kuantan To the Editor of the Slraits Tim s Sir. Will you kindly allow me. through the medium cf the Siroits Times, to draw the attention of any of your readers who conu-mplate coming to work in Kuantan. Pah.injj, la a fallacy
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    "PUPPET PARADE"
    66 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir. Your correspondent V. Gardiner, I submit, entirely misses the point, I.e. "self advertisement in wartime In the columns of that section of the local Press which particularly caters tor such rubbish." If. however, the cap fits V. Gardiner, I have
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    LONDON SUBURBS ARE BOMBED FOR THE FIRST TIME
    772 9 Raiders Machine-gun Houses And Streets OVER 70 NAZI PLANES SHOT DOWN YESTERDAY Not One Of The Crovdon Attackers Escaped DOMBS fell in parts of London yesterday for the first time since the war began when German niiders were twice over its outskirts.
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    KING THANKS THE R.A.F.
    83 9 London. Aug. 17. THE following message from the 1 King congratulating the fighter squadrons has been received by the Secretary of State lor Air, Mr Vchibaid Sinclair: "Please convey my warmest congratulations to the fighter ■■■■drill which in recent iaya have been so heavily engaged in
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    Nazis Tone Down Their Claims.
    315 9 Further Details Of Raid On London Suburbs London. Aug. 17. TTHK German press and radio parly last evening were pouring out a .stream of jubilant announcements about what their planes had done to London. Later vcr&lonf, however, toned down the original story considerably. The radio
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    FRESH RAIDS ON ITALY
    118 9 Plane Works Hit By Bombs London, A\.'j. 17. T*HE Air Ministry announces that 1 Royal Air Force bombers renewed their attack on Italy on Thursday night. The Flat aero-engine factory at Turin and the Caproni alrcrafc works at Milan were bombed. A blast furnace near Genoa
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    Havoc On German Oil Stores
    457 9 Krupps Arms Works Again Bombed London, Aug. 17. QERMANY'S oil supplies were further depleted on Thursday night when strong bomber squadrons of the R.A.F. again struck at refineries and storage plants in the industrial Ruhr. The objectives included oil plants at Gelsenkirchen and Reisholz, munition
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    German Raider Crashes In Suffolk
    27 9 Airmen examining the strewn out wreckage of a German bomber which crashed after a battle v. ith R.A.F. n enter* over Suffolk.
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    RUMANIA AGREES TO CEDE REGION TO BULGARIA
    114 9 Bucharest Aug. 17. IT is understood that as a result of further negotiations with the Bulgarian government on the Dobrudja issue, the Rumanian Government has agreed to cede Silvistia and Bali-hick to Bulgaria. Tr.e Bulgarian delegation Is expected to arrive at Craiova, in
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    Enemy Pressure In Somaliland
    199 9 Navy Slowing Up The Italian Advance Cairo, Aug. 17. A COMMUNIQUE states that British forces in Somaliland conjtinue to hold their reserve positions despite constantly renewed enemy pressure. Information received here shows that the Italians in Somaliland are meeting with increased dilßculttei the further they advance.
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    Continued Exercises During Air Raid
    117 9 Continued Exercises During Air Raid London, Aug. 17. PART of the new French army growing up on English soil carried out tactical exercises yesterday while German raiders flew overhead and in the distance bombs were seen exploding. Many of these Frenchmen had already fought the Germans in Norway and France
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    Britain Not Shoaled Across Channel
    56 9 London, Aug. 17. IT is officially stated in London that there is no truth whatever in the statement made by Rome wireless in the English programme to the Near and Middle East that the British roast has been shelled from the other side of the
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    ANTI-GREEK OUTRAGE
    236 9 Planes Attack Two Warships Athens, Aug. 17. •TWO Greek destroyers are repurt- el to have been bombed while they were on their way to the Tinos islands, where the Greek warship Helle was torpedoed. One agency message r .porting the attack on the two destroyers c;i! high authorities
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    VICTORIA CROSS FOR NAMSOS HERO
    45 9 London, All 7. 17 THE London Gazette announces the award of the Victoria Cross, to Lieut. Richard B. Stannard. R.N.V.R, of H.M.S. Arr** for outstanding valour and signal dr )k ion tc duty at Namsos, during the Norwegian campaign. Reuter.
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    WAR FUND'S FURTHER £50,000 FOR LONDON
    517 10 Total Of £±00,000 Has Now Been Sent To Chancellor SUNGEI BULOH LEPERS MAKE TOUCHING CONTRIBUTION THE War Fund to-day reached a total of $3,429,979, an increase of $2,958 over the total reported yesterday. The handsome donation of .$85,444 from the people of Sarawak, acknowledged
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    WAR FUND DIARY
    47 10 ENTERTAINMENTS and other functions arranged in aid of The War Fund ill be listed in this diary, but it is a condition of inclusion in the list that the entire proceeds shall be eiven to thf Fund. To-morrow: liaseball at Anson Road, 4 p.m.
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    PAPER FROM LALANG
    210 10 Solving A Wartime Shortage Problem I ALANG from Malaya may help to solve the world shortage of pulp for paper-making which is creating n. w di nand in Britain for unusual raw materials in the United Kingdom and from overseas. Research chemists seeking to replace the 2.000,000
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    At The Cinema THE BLUE BIRD
    365 10 At The Cinema THE BLUE BIRD "The Bloc Bird' (With Shirley Temple, Gale Sondrrgaard. i:ddie t ■■illin.v, Kigal lirure. Laura Hope Crews j and Johnny Itussrlh. 28th Century Fox. Special screening at Cathay. A terrifying forest fire of magnificent pruportions and a glance Into the Future :ir<* some of the
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    FOUR SOLDIERS IN BUS ACCIDENT
    43 10 PUR Kuropeu soldiers, occupant* of a ■Mtor-bw, were token to hospital early to day as n r suit o/ an accident in Buena Road bus, it Li believed trashed ■to v drain. Ttmt Kuropean nidi d from kcapttaL
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    TO-DAYS WEDDING
    32 10 M X <•■■■• BMttKra, Ma of M-. i W Southoxn. <>f Oxiorii •nd Mlm Manlra Mar\ -Uughu-r Mn J. R nil. of th« Naval I M 111' I I of flip
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    DONATIONS TO WAR FUND
    248 10 5 Kong Guan, Malacca. (4th. contribution) 1,000 Proceeds of a Bangsawan performance at Jerteh, Besut. 400 European Staff in Singapore of Malayan Tobacco Distributors. Ltd. (3rd. contribution) too Transferred from Penang, being 54th instalment of contributions made through the Pinang Gazette and Straits Echo. 213.01 E.
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    LATEST TRIPOS RESULTS
    681 10 3 Malayans Placed In Class One [J^JALAYAN students have done well at the recent Tripos and annual examinations held at Cambridge. Three of them, all scholars, were awarded First Class Honours. Mr. Ng Wan Hing, a FMS. Queen's Scholar, was placed in Class One of the Mechanical
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    F.M.S. VIEWS ON WAR LOAN REPORTS
    1073 10 Malay Mail Comment On "Fetters Of Singapore" VIEWS in the F.M.S. on the war loan reports are reflected in a leading article in the Malay Mail. Referring to the proposal that both war loan and income tax, if adopted, should be framed on a
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    INDIAN AGENT TO STAY
    123 10 Mr. Venkatachar's Term Extended (From Our Own Correspondent.) Simla, Aug. 16. IT is understood that the term of 1 Mr. C. S. Venkatachar, I.C.S., Agent of the Government of India in Malaya, will be extended, probably for one year for the present. Mr. Venkatachar, th^ first
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    CHINESE BOAT MINED Survivors Found By Fisherman
    350 11 CHINESE BOAT MINED Survivors Found By Fisherman A CHINESE fisherman who picked up two badly injured survivors from a mined tonffkang (Chinese lighter), whom he found clinging to a piece of wreckage, told his story to .Mr. \V. MacQuarrie, the acting Singapore coroner, yesterday. Both the injured men died, one
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    PROPOSED BILL TO HELP WAR DONATIONS
    545 11 Authority For Contributions Will Be Retrospective TO enable municipalities, companies and societies *in the Colony to make contributions for the prosecution of the war and for the Red Cross, a Contribution to War Funds Bill has been drafted by the acting: Attorney-General, Mr. N.
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    ALLEGED RIOTERS IN HOSPITAL
    149 11 CJVE men were supposed to appear in the Singapore third court yesterday to have a charge of rioting at the Naval Base on Wednesday explained to them but only one, a Sikh named Sr.hab Singh, appeared. It was stcted that the other three men were In
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    ALLEGED POSSESSION OF COUNTERFEIT COINS
    53 11 AHAINANESE, Aw Kee Beng. claimed trial in the Singapore third court yesterday on a charge of having in his possession 130 counterfeit 20-cent coins, and one counterfeit 50-cent. coin on Thursday. The case was postponed to Aug. 23 for mention, bail of $500 in one
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    EURASIAN CHARGED
    68 11 JOSEPH Albert Pereira alias John Pereira, a 26-year-old Eurasian, had a charge of rape explained to him In the Singapore third court yesterday. It was alleged that he committed the offence acainst a 16-yoar-old Chinese girl at a house In Sembavrang Road on July 6 at 5 33
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    31 11 T*HE bridge and man Jong drive In aid of a the Patriotic Fund sponsored by Mrs. J B. Myles will be held at the Tanglln Club 0:1 Wednesday at 9.45 a.m.
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    No Export Quota On Onions & Garlic
    49 11 No Export Quota On Onions Garlic THE Food Con.rollei, Malaya, an- nonnces that the restrictions on the expert of onions and garlic have been withdrawn. "The stock position is now satisfactory, but the control machinery will be kept in readiness for use if and when necessary," states a communique.
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    REGULATIONS FOR V.R.A.F.
    498 11 Cadets May Serve Anywhere DEGULATIOtfS which state the conditions for cadets entering the local Volunteer Air Force scheme were published in tho Colony's Government Gazette last night. They modify the "Volunteer Air Force Ordinance already in existence and are termed the Defence (Volunteer Air Force) Regulations. The
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    Chang Arrested For "Beheading" French Boy
    344 11 CHANG, who is performing his guillotine act at the Capitol Theatre nightly, has had many adventures in 1 the course of h.'s tours with his revue company, and he particularly likes to tell one about the guillotine. The six-foot American Chinese magicJr.n was performing
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    30 11 In order to con aol the Importation and 1 >ral production of kerosene substitute. }ill proposing suitable amendments to the etroleum Revenue Ordinance has been drafted for the Legislative Council.
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    TAX FOR ALL-MALAYA ADVOCATED
    281 11 "Singapore Prefects The Whole Country"— Mr. R. Braddell "COR war purposes, many departments have had to be 1 created which are pan-Malayan in their operations for instance, censorship and food control. Surely all such departments which are for the common protection of us all should be
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    BANKRUPT AGED 72 DISCHARGED
    84 11 A 72-YEAR-OLD Mohammedan who became a bankrupt seven years ago with liabilities of about $40,000. was granted a discbarge by Mr. Justice Manning In the High Court yesterday. The order was subject to a suspension of six months. Mr. O. H. Poh, representing the OiT.clal Assignee,
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    London Laughter Contrasts With Depression In Berlin
    96 12 London, Aug. 16. •"PHE superior morale of Londoners as compared with the people of Berlin has made deep impression on Mr. Warren Irving, until recently one of the American broadcasters in Berlin. Giving his impressions on his return to London, he said the
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    Admiralty Explodes Wild Nazi Claims
    332 12 Admiralty Explodes Wild Nazi Claims London, Aug. 16. TTiE Admiralty has issued figures exploding German claims to have sunk many British warships and a huge total of merchant tonnage. It is announced that actual British losses of warships, including submarines, total 47, whereas claims in official enemy communiques for warships
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    CLIPPER'S INAUGURAL FLIGHT TO N.Z.
    70 12 London, Aug. 16. PAN -AMERICAN Airways' Clipper arrived at Auckland to-day on the inaugural flight of the 8,000-mile service from San Francisco to New Zealand. Mr. W. Nash, New Zealand Minister of Finance, was present to greet the passengers on arrival. The Overseas' Airways' flyingboat,
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    SIR ABE BAILEY'S FUND FOR STUDENTS
    112 12 Cape Town. Aug. 16. IT ls revealed that the will of Sir Abe Bailer, South African millionaire sportsman who died this week, provides for a trust fund it £250. C00 for the purpose of fostering Institutions In South Africa not adequately provided for by
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    AIR BAITLES DESCRIBED
    597 12 Polish Pilots' Bag Of Three London, Aug 16. YESTERDAY'S Nazi air raids on Bri- tain were divided Into nine main attacks. The first, during mid-morn-ing, was on an aerodrome in Kent and s-hipplng along the south-east coast. Eleven Hurricanes patrolling over the .sea at 15,000 feet sighted
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    DUKE'S MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLE OF BERMUDA
    55 12 Hamilton (Bermuda), Aug. 16. TN ft farewell message to the people cf x Bermuda published after their departure for the Bahamas, the Duke of Wtidsor said, "The Duchess and I have beer made to feel very welcome here. We assure you we leave
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    SEVERAL BOYS ARE MISSING AFTER RAID ON SCHOOL
    661 12 Seven' Out Of 30 Enemy Raiders Shot Down In One Encounter London, Aug. 16. CEVEN out of 30 Junkers dive-bombers which had taken part in an attack on a south-east coast area to-day were brought down by British fighters on land and
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    U.S. Observers Arrive In Britain
    39 12 London. Aug. 16. REAK-ADM. Ghormley, of the United States navy, and .MajorGeneral Delos Emmons and Briga-dier-General George Strong, of the United States army, have arrived in London, taking up duties immediately as observers. Reuter.
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    GERMANS LOST 169 PLANES IN THURSDAY'S RAIDS
    445 13 'Each Day Of Blitzkrieg Brings Us Nearer To Numerical Parity' London, Aug. 16. IT is now officially stated that 169 enemy aircraft were destroyed in yesterday's air battles, of which 153 were shot down by fighters. Thirty-four of our aircraft were lost but
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    MYSTERIOUS GERMAN RADIO MESSAGE
    80 13 London, Aug. 16. EXPLANATION Li lacking for the mysterious messages broadcast irom two German radio stations last night. The messages were given in the middle of news bulletins. The news announcer's voice was faded out, and a different voice, speaking in German, said: "To-morrow the sun
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    Nazi Lie Of Hit Oil
    58 13 Battle-Cruiser London, Aut. 15. ON inquiry at the Admiralty It was learned that, contrary to a claim contained In a German communique that daring yesterday's attacks on Portsmouth H.M. battle-cralser Victorious was hit and her flag standard blown into the sea, no damage whatever has
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    Nazis Feeling Their Losses
    129 13 Nazis Feeling Their Losses Airmen Told Not To Engage In Battle? THE New York Mirror military com- mentator writes, "American air attaches have sent back glowing reporcs of Bri.ish success, telling how sometimes one British pursuit plane would put to flight a whole Nazi squadron. "Nazi planes about to faced
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    Police Detain 14 In Belfast Raid
    86 13 Belfast, Aug. 16. THE detention of 14 men believed to be members of the I.R A. In Belfast followed an exciting scene when the police forced their way Into a house and found the men inside. Seven surrendered but the others escaped and were
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    NEW JAPANESE OFFENSIVE?
    461 13 "Hot Air," Avers Chungking Chimgting, Aug. 16. '"T*HE present strength cf the Ja- pane.se army in North China does not permit of a drive westward: this talk of their Impending push up the Hari River to southern Shansi and down the Yellow River to Kansu is a
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    FURTHER COLONIAL WAR GIFTS
    87 13 THE Bahamas Government has authorised 1 the sale of securities of a par value of £250,000 from the Colony's surplus Investments for a loan free of Interest, to ttoe British Govemmennt. The people of Ceylon have allocated 250,000 rupees from War Purposes Fund to Britain, and
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    SPANISH NEWSPAPER'S CHARGE REPUDIATED
    65 13 London, Aug. 16. IT Is learned in London that the Spanish Foreign Minister has given Sir Samuel Hoarc, the British Ambassador, a categorical repudiation of the charge by a Spanish newspaper that Britain was holding up wheat and oil for Spain and the newspaper's insinuation that
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    NATIONAL PRAYER DAY IN AUSTRALIA
    58 13 London, Aug. 16. UR. R. G. MENZIES. Commonwealth Prime Minister, stated to-day that Australia will gladly respond to His Majesty's call to prayer on Sept. 8. "It Is fitting." added Mr. Mendes. "that at the end of a year of war the British family of
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    NEW RED ARMY CHIEF
    98 13 Moscow, Aug. 16. /JEN. MERETSKOV has been appointed chief of the general staff of the Red Army In place of Marshal Shaposhnlkov, who has requested to be relieved of his duties for reasons of health. Gen. Meretskov, yfao commanded the Leningrad military district during the Russo-Flnnlsh
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    REDUCTION OF ESTATE COSTS
    1408 14 Baling Of Rubber For Export Instead Of Packing In Cases EXPERIMENT BY THE RUBBER RESEARCH INSTITUTE From Our Planting Correspondent ANY possibility at present towards reducing estate production costs not only deserves, but also demands, the closest attention of planters. One of the latest efforts in
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    Should Strike Now At Italy
    215 14 DRITAIN must immediately take the initiative against Italy and force that country to withdraw from the war. Field-Marshal Lord Birdwood writes thus in the Sunday Graphic. Lord Birdwood war in command of the Anzacs at Gallipoll, and of the A.I.F. In France. "We must expoct
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    277 14 Planting Topics their product in a bale wrapped with liessian or a Venesta case. The former did not wholly exclude dirt, and the latter contributed splinters and. In many cases, did not protect the contents because the case was broken too easily." 11 The enc'osed reprints of a paper by
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    EMPIRE AIR SCHEME MAKES PROGRESS
    124 14 British Under-Secretary Now In Canada London, Aug. 16. AMONG the passengers on board th 3 British Overreas Airways' fly-ing-boat Clare which arrived in Canada yesterday frcm the Un'.ted Kingdom, en route for New York, was Capt. H. Balfour. Under-Secretary for Air. Capt. Balfour who is
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    CITIZEN FORCES IN AUSTRALIA
    75 14 Canberra. Apiwlamalion calling on all unmarried men in Australia, who reached the age of 20, 22, 23 or 24 years during the year ended June 30, 1940, to enlist and serve in the ritiien forces, was issued recently by the GovernorGeneral (Lord Gowrie). Widowers without children
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    Chinese Win Hose Cup Final
    262 15 Chinese Win Hose Cup Final ♦From Our Own Correspondent)Sercmban, Aug. 14. BY defeating the Negri Sembilan Police four- nil in the final of the Hose Cup soccer competition, one of the oldest soccer cup competitions in the country, the Negrl Sembilan Chinreation Club won the "triple event" in Ne?rl soccer
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    GIRLS' SPORTS CLUB'S ANNUAL TENNIS
    116 15 Distribution Of Prizes In (injunction With Sports •TTHE distribution of prizes won in the Girls" Spons Clubs ennual tennis tournament will take place to-day when the fifth annual athletic meeting will be h?ld at 4 p.m. Mrs. C. H da Siiva will distribute the prizes.
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    ALL-STARS READY FOR TO-MORROW'S GAME
    298 15 TRAINED to the minute, the Singapore All-Stars will take the field full of confidence against the American Association to-morrow, in which will perhaps be the liveliest base- ball game of the season.. The Road stadium, and play will B1 be $1 and 50 cents, and
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    WEEK-END SPORTS EVENTS
    89 15 TO-DAY SOCCER Malaya Cup final, Singapore vs. Kedah, Kuala Lumpur; S.A.F.A. League, reserve division, Chinese vs. Manchester*, Tanglin. Cricket: S.C.C. vs. V.M.C.A. V.M.C.A.; S.C.C. vs. Police, pad™* S.C.R.C. vs. Kbalsa Assn., S.C.h Fort Canning vs. Raffles College. College: 5.A.0.8. vs. C.S.C Woodsville; Indian Assn. vs. JC.S.A, J.C.S.A.
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    TO-MORROW'S GOLF AT SEPOY LINES
    162 15 BELOW are given the teams and rtlM limes for the golf match between the Garrison Ooit Club and Sepoy Lines Golf Club, to be played at Sepoy bines to-morrow morning, commencing at 9 a.m. Garrison players are mentioned first. 9, E. V. Smith (14) S.
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    YOUNG FRISCO TO INVADE AUSTRALIA
    98 15 VOUNG FRISCO, middleweight cham- pion of the Orient, Is contemplating a tour of Australia. Frisco himself revealed this to a Straits Times reporter and added, "I believe I can make good money in Australia and at the same time gain valuable experience." Frisco said that,
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    S.C.C. CRICKET TEAMS
    194 15 mHE following are the S.C.C. cricket 1 teams for the week-end. To-day, against the Police on the padang: W. K. Japger. J. E. Slade. Major Hugonin, H. F. Foulds, A. C. Simmons, Capt. Carter, Capt. Rose, R. A. U. Todd, O. K. Stein, Lieut. A. E. F.
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    CARD OF EVENTS AT TAIPING TO-DAY First Day Of Perak Meeting
    743 15 CARD OF EVENTS AT TAIPING TO-DAY First Day Of Perak Meeting DELOW is given the full card of events at Taping toD day, the first day of the Perak Turf Club's two-day professional meeting The double tote will be on races four and six, and the big sweep will be
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    SELECTIONS FOR TO-DAY
    115 15 Selections -«r to-day's races at Tatping are STRAITS TIMES Race 1. Policy. Ha.ap. Race 2. East Lynnr, Hilarity. Raf 3. Miss Rod. Rosalie. Race 4. New World, Double File. Race 5. Beacon, Moonlight Sonata. Race 6. Glitter, Marnell. Rare 7. Westenra, Young Ginger. FREE PRESS Race 1.
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    Cup Final At Kuala Lumpur To-day
    235 15 Cup Final At Kuala Lumpur To-day 'THE iii important soccer event of the season takes place at the stadium in Kuala Lumpur today when Singapore and Kcdali meet in Me Malaya Cup final. Kcdr.h's into the final caused a sensation md if the State wins to-day, history will be crsated.
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    S.C.C. AUTUMN LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT
    41 15 ENTRIES are invited for the S.C.C. autumn lawn tennis tournament, which is due to commence on Monday, Sept. 9. There are three events, the men's singles handicap, the men's dnub'.es handicap, and the mixed doubles handicap.
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    U.S. APPROACHES BRITAIN FOR LEASE OF BASES
    544 16 'QUESTION NOT LINKED WITH TRANSFER OF DESTROYERS' Mr. Roosevelt Likely To Speed Up Vli Measures To Assist U.K. DKESIDENT Roosevelt announced in Washington yester- 'lay afternoon that the United States Government is holding conversations with the British Government on the question of leasing
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    Scottish Infantry In Egypt
    23 16 Scottish troops in a Bren gun observation post In Egypt near the Libyan border ready for low-flying enemy aircraft.
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    AIR BLITZKRIEG: DIVERSION OR TO BOLSTER UP CLAIMS?
    414 16 London, Aug. 16. A IR MARSHAL Sir Philip Joubert in a broadcast last night said that he had spent some time trying to analyse the strategy which had led the German High Command to launch 'forces in the recent air battle over
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    Huge U.S. Army Orders For Tanks Awarded
    118 16 Huge U.S. Army Orders For Tanks Awarded London, Aug. 16. IT is stated in Washington that a great number of tanks is to be built at Detroit by the Chrysler Corporation. This follows a recent announcement that the United States and Britain are pooling ideas and resources in the construction
    Reuter  -  118 words
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    Polish Force In Scotland
    155 16 Heroes Of 3 Campaigns Ready For More London, Aug. 16. pOLISH heroes of three major cam- paigns marched through a Scottish town yesterday ready and eager for the threatened battle for Britain. They have already done yeoman service in Poland, Norway and France, writes Reuter's special
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    Heavy Raids On Italian Africa
    368 16 R.A.F. STRIKE AT ABYSSINIA, LIBYA AND ERITREA Flyingboat Concentration At Bomba Is Attacked Cairo, Aug. 16. THE R.A.F. communique states: "A highly successful raid was carried out on Bomba, in Libya, by R.A.F. aircraft yesterday, inflicting damage on a number of float planes. A petrol
    Reuter  -  368 words
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    200,000 CHILDREN FOR THE UNITED STATES
    48 16 New York. Aug. 16. TilE president of the United States committee for the care of European children announced to-day that the first group of the 205.000 British children whom the Committee hopes to bring to America will arrive jarly next week. Reuter.
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    PESSIMISM OVER HUNGARORUMANIAN PARLEYS
    96 16 Berlin, Aug. 16. THE Berlin news agency says that negotiations between Hungary and Rumania opened this morning at Turnu Severin, but after half an hour's discussions the talks were interrupted for two days as the Rumanians wished to place the Hungarian proposals before their Government. The
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    Turks Determined To Stand Firm
    172 16 Ankara, Aug. 16. PRESIDENT INOENU received Von Papen, the German Ambassador, last night. The interview lasted an hour and a quarter. This has been von Papen's first opportunity to lay before the Turks fresh arguments which he understood to have received from Hitler. Judging by
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    BETTER TURKO-RUSSIAN RELATIONS LIKELY
    55 16 Istanbul, Aug. 16. MHAYDAR AKTAY, the Turkish Ambassador in Moscow, arrived here to-day en route to Ankara. Political observers attach great Importance to the conferences which he will have with the Turkish leaders. It is believed that they will contribute to better mutual understanding and an
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    DUCE BLAMED FOR OUTRAGE
    353 16 Sinking Of Greek Warship New York, Aug. IG. "AS the leader of a Christian country, Mussolini shows perverse interest in Christian holidays in timing his acts of aggression.* -ays the New York Times. It continues: "The a sault on Alii i nia was delivered while Europe
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    Somaliland Army Outnumbered
    101 16 Somaliland Army Outnumbered British May Fall Back On Berbera London, Aug 16. Fls stated here to-day that ttie British forces In Somaliland may have to fall back on Berbera. There are two Italian divisions ranged against the relatively small British forces and owing to other commitments and the position In
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    PROTEST TO BRITAIN
    78 16 Borne, Aug. 16. F REIGN aeroplanes are stated to have flown over Switzerland in the direction of Italy during the ni<hi. About an hour later planes flew b:\ck from Italy. The Swiss Minister !n London hus been Instructed to protest to the British Government against "violations by
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