The Straits Times, 4 November 1940

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    36 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLX A CENTURY J MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER —LARGEST NET SALES 12 PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MOVBMBBB 1. IMtirK 5 (KNTS The Straits Times 12 PAGES. SINGAPORE. MONDA\. NOVEMBER 4, 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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      800 2 SEhe Straits Ikies I* >MbsTIC OCCURRENCES BIRTH WKATTEN. -At the Oeneral Honpital. Singapore, on Saturday. 2nd November, to MarJorte. will i.f W. Wratttn. Asiatic Petroleum Od.. Ud.. Singapore, a son. ENGAGEMi Th» encasement is announced (X Mr A Kurvkumy. Interpreter. Magistrates Coutt. Johore Bharu and Miss S. Paramervari. daughter of
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      772 2 STAMPS M>R s\li- A (rood rollrction if BritL--h Empire Stamps (about 4.000) mounted in loose-leaf album. Including Jubilees and MB E. stamps. What offers. Apply Bos t 104, Straits Times. i MOTOR VEHICLES WANTED, Morris or Austin 10, or Austtn 7 Saloon, model 1034-5. State price etc. to Box 622,
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      161 2 TO LET SMOKE HOUSE INN CAMERON HIGHLANDS Owing to cancellation, four double rooms arc available from 23rd Dec. to 2nd Jan. inclusive. IX'finite reservations can now be made by letter only to SMOKE HOUSE INN TAN AH RATA P. O. CAMERON HIGHLANDS. BUSINESS CARDS ETO EUGENE Permanent Waving EUGENE Hair-reconditioning.
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      659 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA ANO APCAR LINE. lnron>or»ifo id £ii,laua> nrNlN»ntj\H ANL OfUENIAI 814 Ot Ul'l n >-rNCKR AND CARGO SBRVICV The beet possible services arc being maintained by the P O S N Cot from the Straiti to their usual ports of call in China India Ceylon
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      545 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. BLUE FUNNEL LINE Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom. Date* are not guaranteed all cargo bookings subject to Conference War clauses. WK STERN AUSTRALIA THE SHORTEST SEA ROUTE AT THE CHEAPEST FARE Regular Ser..ces to Fremantle (Perth) via Java by first class oaesenger ships. Single fare $192 (A
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      327 3 TO NIOHT DINNER DANCE (informal) 8 p.m. to midnight Engagement Extended by Popular Demand MIMI dc JOSE ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL CABARKT ACTS TO VISIT SINGAPORE __Dinner $3.00. Non-diners $1.00. RAFFLES .JPrchrsfrn Directed hy DAN HOPKINS. SEA VIEW HOTEL BALL-ROOM AIR-CONDITIONED BY SEA BREEZES TUESDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SPECIAL
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    Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1300 4 FRIDAY. NOV. 1. 1W«: 4 P.M ■IKING Btjcn seMen Ampat Tin (4s) 3a IVid Is 6d Austral Amal (to) Si Si U Austral Malay (f) Us 6d 3&t 6a Aver Hitam (ss) 17s ISs Ayer Weng ($1) .80 .90 Bangrln Tin 16s 18s Batu Selangor
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    DONATIONS TO THE WAR FUND
    316 4 DONATIONS TO THE WAR FUND THE following donations to The War Fund arp minted to-day S eis. Palais des Modes, further contribution 2*5 Profnwor E. R Tratman (Monthly Contribution) 2## Tie Malao-a Hub. Malacca— War Fund monthly sweep ISS Proceeds of sale at 7 Sherwood Road Proceeds of dance given
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    RUBBER EXPORTS EXCEED QUOTA
    39 4 RUBBER EXPORTS EXCEED QUOTA 124.928 tons against 117,203 tons In August: Csnsumption was 81,706 tons against. 78 977 tens. January-Scptem-iber shipment were 239 608 tons above consumption Aggregate exports to end of September w?je 37,046 tons above the quo.a,—Reuter.
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    INTENSIFIED RUBBER RESEARCH URGED
    101 4 'From Our Own Correspondent) London, Nov. 2. ADDRESSING shareholders at the annual meeting of Harrisons and Crosfleld Ltd. In London on Wednesday, Mr. Eric Miller, the chairman, urged the rubber-growing industry to intensify research to improve plantation rubber. This, Mr. Miller said, was necessary to enable
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    77 4 Monday. Not. 4, noon. Barer* Neßen PrUm ->!«• lto. IX lf-S.S. (Spot I(MM) 38*4 39 No CX 1.8.8. f-*.* la cmcs November 39 39V1 C.tJKM- R.S.S. Mb. to bale* November 38*, M"» K.A.Q. B-S.S f.o.b. Ib bales Norembcr 38% 3K>. FCTVKK QUOTATION!* N*. IX R^.S
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    AIR MAILS
    44 4 An air mail for Aden, Africa, Burma. Ceylon, Egypt, Great Britain, India and Thailand will close at the General Post Office at 4 p.m to-day. An air mall will arrive from Australia and Java and will be delivered at 3.30 this afternoon.
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    307 4 QUIET OPENING IN SHARE SECTIONS RUBBER STEADY AND SELLERS RESERVED (By Oar Financial Correspondent) Singapore, Nov. 4. THE share markets opened very quietly this morning; there was very little local inquiry and nothing what ever from London. Hong Fatt which encountered some profit-taking before the markej, closed
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      284 4 SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT 1 l\\jo 1 Addition No. 2of 1940 to the Generui Improvement Plan under Section 52 of Singapore Improvement Ordinance Plan lof proposed Regular Une of Street, Syed Alwi Road between lalac 3esar Townshecd Road. Notice to owners or reputed owners pr'jperty affected by the plan Whereas the Singapore
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      281 5 POSITIVELY LAST 3 SHOWS U^sVm 5 I alma w&fe a THK YKARS MOST UNUSUAL PICTURE WITH THK YKARS OUTSTANDING CAST! fn^Py^^SjjßLUPiNO tf BOGART C*Lt r*6t ALAN MALt ROtCOC NARNt CHr*«U4 by RAOUL WALSH A WARNER BROS.-Flrrt NatUul Pktorf UGHTNING FAST ENTERTAINMENT THAT Wll! THRILL YOU ALL THE TIME! OPENING TO-MORROW
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY, NOV. 4, l940. (428th Day Of The War.) A Debt You Owe
    1329 6 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY, NOV. 4, l940. (428th Day Of The War.) A Debt You Owe Two years ago a very gallant le soldier broadcast these words to the w people of Malaya: "However much si we may be pre-occupied with the ci present, and be anxious about the
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    LONDON LETTER BY CABLE
    413 6 LONDON LETTER BY CABLE helping us, but there are hundreds nore Canadians, Australians and New Sealanders aching for a chance to do 1 something i We do not suggest that the exist- ing rescuers are not working magnificently, but we cannot have too many juch parties, including skilled unateurs," said
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    MILITARY OBJECTIVES ARE SAFEST SPOTS IN LONDON
    799 6 Welcome, If Only Temporary, Respite From Nazi Bombings From Our Own Correspondent f London, Nov. 2. T HAVE come to the conclu- i sion that the safest spot in London is sitting on top of a I military objective a dock, factory roof
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      THE WAR FUND
      466 6 The Part Played By Europeans To the Editor of the Straits Tim'-* Sir, I would like to thank you for publishing the letter from J. H. Francis dated Oct. 27. This was one of the few decent letters seen in your paper since the dismal controversy about
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      LOTTERIES
      333 6 A Woman Protests Against Smugness To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.-As a mere woman, I would I like to say my "say" in regard to State totterfes The Charles Shorts" and he^W-SB.'s" have botr i overtop an aspect of the case which strikes me forcibly Others may
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      DECADENCE
      397 6 Only Way To "Save Our Souls Alive" To the I£di".<;r of .he rails Times Sir.— When Raffles arrived in Singapore, he i' wrongly tha. it would becjm- a great cultural centre in the East. The hundred years that have passed sines then have left the problem of culture untouched,
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      279 6 ETERNA It winds itself The specially piotected mechanism of Utia watch enables it to be carried looee In pocket or hardbftf When open. It al»o bemenee a miniature clock for the dettk or drss-lng ••We. K1«j»- turned fcllvfr. < >im>ci or Imther r<ne-ed rate. BT KM HMD 1 1941 RAPHAEL'S
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      65 6 CHMSTMAS AND NEW YEA*. CARDS. Raphael Tuck's Card* are known all over the WorW, with Excellent Venes Attractive Designs. Loose cards from 10c. to 30c. each Boxed cards from 0.75 to $1.80 per box. Also Greeting from Malaya Cards $1.00 set of o. All with Envelope*. Portage Extra. G. II
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    GREEKS CAPTURE MANY TANKS & 1,000 PRISONERS
    231 7 GREEKS CAPTURE MANY TANKS 1,000 PRISONERS Big Ita Ha n A Hack Is Repelled LARGE ENVADING FORCES PLACED IN JEOPARDY Arrival Of British Aid Hailed By Defenders THK Italian offensive against the western gap at Janina, on the Albanian-^ reek frontier, has been repelled, according to reports from the Yugoslav
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    BIG RAID ON MALTA FAILS
    244 7 BIG RAID ON MALTA FAILS LOO Enemy Planes In Attack OsJVa, Nov. 4 •"P^O formations o: enemy bomber! bter planes which raded Malta on Saturday were enraged by R.AF. fighters with th< that one enemy fighter waj shot down and another destroyed bj ar.ti-aircraft fire, and two other'enemj rs were
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    Rout Of Italian Air Attackers
    244 7 Tonir Tor Thousands Of Troops In Egypt Cairo, Nov. 4. THOUSANDS Brttteta Hldfc I the hammering which the Italians ii in the air battle over Mersa Matruh. on the Egyptian coast, on Thursday Further details of tho battle an now available. ■:yht has been described
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    JAPANESE EVACUATION
    18 7 TT'!* ■■■ct Husini Maru 1 v.-.1l sail to-morrow r r c n.; inn-I s. r -:'.rT.
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    DE GAULLE'S MESSAGE TO GREEK NATION
    196 7 ,ondon, Nov. 4. -TOGETHER with the Allies we shall beat I our common enemy"' was the confident note on which Gen. De Gaulle, leader of the Fre« French forces, concludes his tclegTam to I Gen Metaxas. the Greek Prime Minister I The message stated.
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    GREEKS JEER AT ROME RADIO LIES
    145 7 A. hens, Nov. 4. "AS big a liar as an Italian commu- nique' is a new tag here. Athenians are jeering at a Rome radio ropor: tha" Italian planes heavi;ly bombarded Piraeus on Saturday, i since many of them saw Italian ma- j chines
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    ILLEGAL ITALIAN USE OF GREEK COLOURS
    145 7 Athens, Nov. 4. DHOTOGRAPHS of an Italian sea- plane bearing Greek markings which was forced to land in Cephalonia before the outbreak of the Italo-Greek hostilities are prominently published in the Greek newspapers. It is pointed out that by illegally using the Greek colours
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    FRESH BLOW TO REICH
    179 7 R. A.F. Raids Halt Shipbuilding London, Nov. 4. DERSISTENT bombing by the R.A.F. has been responsible for the suspension of work on the German shipbuilding programme, i states the weekly journal Economist. A German technical Journal, the Economist states reveals that one of the biggest shipbuilding
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    Threat To Egypt Decreased
    209 7 Threat To Egypt Decreased British Landing On Island Of Crete Washington, Nov. 3. »THE broadcast by Mr. A. V. Alexander, 1 First Lord of the Admirality, announcing that British troops were already on Greek territory is welcomed in Washington. It is felt that with Crete in British hands as an
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    TOKIO TERRORISTS ARE RELEASED
    107 7 Man Who Killed Premier Now Out On Parole Tokio, Nov. 4. I pOMEO SAGOYA, a young Japanese 1 who. in 1930, shot and mortally /ounded the then Prime Minister, Mr. lamaguchi. is ameng the 133 good- c onduct prisoners released yesterday r n parole under the
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    INTENSE EXCITEMENT IN U.S. ON EVE OF ELECTION
    192 7 New York, Nov. 3. WITH only election eve radio addresses to wind up the presidential election campaign, excitement is at fever heat this week-end. President Roosevelt is returning today to his Hyde Park estate, where he will rest until after Tuesday's election.
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    GREEK RESISTANCE CAUSES HITCH IN HITLER'S PLANS
    121 7 London, Nov. 4. yHL Greek reactance seems to have caused a hitch in Hitler's plans, writes Reutor's diplomatic correspondent. A week ago, it appeared from rumours that he was going to announce the completion of his new ordtr in Europe and combine it
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    Petain Replies To Roosevelt
    264 7 Growing Pro-U.S. MoVe In Martinique New York, Nov. 3. J^j^ HENRI HAVE, the Vichy Government's Ambassador to th United States, has arranged to se< Mr. Cordell Hull, the Secretary o State, to-morrow, according to i Washington telegram. The visit i presumably in order to presen Marshal
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    Soviet Army To Have The N.C.O. System
    80 7 Moscow, Nov. 4. •THE non-commissioned officer system is to be introduced into the Soviet army immediately. The object is to strengthen discipline and increase the authority of junior officers. The ranks to be introduced are corporal, lance-sergeant, sergeant senior-sergeant and warrant-officer The new
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    ONLY FEW RAIDERS OVER BRITAIN
    154 7 London, Nov. 4. PLIGHTS by a few single aircraft 1 over some districts in the southern Half of the country is the Air Ministry iescription of enemy air activity yesterday morning and afternoon. Few jombs were dropped but the damage fras not serious. In some
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    RIBBENTROP AND CIANO TO MEET
    157 7 Nazi Envoj To Turkey \ia> Attend Talks London, Nov. 4. pOUNT Ciano. Jho Italian Foreign Mini.-tcr. is to meet Ribbrntrop. the German Foreign Minister, somewhere in Germany, it is report! c< Naz: official! In Berlin rcf::confirm the repjrt. but neatrs respondents say that '-he merlin
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    NEHRU TRIAL TO-DAY
    47 7 Oorakhpur (India), Nov. 4. OANDIT Jawarharlal Nehru, who was arrested for making a speech in furtherance of Mahatma Gandhi's anti-war campaign, refused to plead when the trial opened yesterday on charges under Defence of India rules. The proceedings have been adjourned until to-day. Reuter.
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    INDIAN SEAMEN PLEDGE SUPPORT FOR BRITAIN
    44 7 Calcutta, Nov. 4. i RESOLUTION extending the unqualified support of the Indian masses to Great Britain for the successful prosecution of the war was adopted at the twenty-second annual general meeting of the Indian Seamen's Union yesterday— Reutcr.
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    PLIGHT OF NATIONS UNDER THE GERMAN YOKE
    693 7 Oppressive Measures And Steady Spoliation Of Their Wealth G London, Nov. 4. ERMANY'S treatment of populations in the occupied territories varies from country to country, according to reliable news which has reached London by devious channels. The Pole.! appear to suffer most severely,
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    WAR FUND UP BY $2,000 OVER WEEK-END
    408 8 Monthly Contributions From Staffs And Individuals JOHORE PLANTER "COOKIE" MAKE JOINT GIFT THK War Fund has risen by more than $2,000 over the week-end and now standn at $4,334,977.88. The additions acknowledged to-day include a number of monthly contributions from staffs and individuals.
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    VICHY BAN ON B.B.C. BROADCASTS
    73 8 Vichy. Nov. 4. TUNING in oii the British radio will from now on entail risk of imprisonment in unoccupied France. Peception In public places of wireloss transmission from British radio stations and from all stations putting out anti-national propaganda" is pr^hibiUd urder the new regulation.
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    French Warning To Chungking
    71 8 shanghai. Nov. 4. TUX Fren.-h Ambassador to hina. M Henri C'osmr, has irnr.ed to (i^n. Chiang Kai»hek against the attack allegedly made on Oet 26 by Chines? troops BfT*' an Indi>-( hna ou p>si. Ilihu t> s. mi->iYl<ial Japanese irporl.s received in Shanghai from Hanoi 1
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
    37 8 The tamlly of the late Mr. Mrs. John H. U I-aw .smc r. thank all who kindly Attended the funeral of their belov.'d lather. Mr. John 11. B. Law, and those who s<-nt wreathe.
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    AMUSEMENTS
    157 8 BArrLfcS HOTEL Special Dinner Si Dance (Informal) 8 p.m to Midnight. GAKRICR THKATKK UKYLANU Sttssl Punnu—A Punjabi Talkie 6 15 A 9.15. GMAT WORLD Cabaret: 7.30 to 9 p.m. 6c 9 p.m. to Midnight. Globe: One Million BjC. Sky: Th? Phantom Creeps. BAPPI WORLD Happy Theatre- Thiruneelakandar. Talkies: Oagak
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    WAR FUND DIARY
    173 8 THIS Diary is intended to call attention to functions which are being held in aid of The War Fund Organizers of such functions are invited to submit details for inclusion in this feature Not 7: Hockey Civilians vs. Indian Army at S.C.C. N»v. 19. Football match. Municipal
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    EURASIAN GUNNERS
    202 8 Recruit Training Completed piFTEEN young Eurasian men are perhaps the proudest people in Malaya to-day for on Saturday they completed 14 weeks of intensive training as recruits, and are now fully-fledged gunners in a Royal Artillery unit stationed at Chungi. These 15 men. who all joined up in
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    ESCAPE FROM HOLLAND
    449 8 Five Days In Open Boat In North Sea BUSINESS MAN ON WAY TO INDIES A DUTCH business man who es- caped from Holland in a rowing boat the day his country surrendered to the Nazis, and spent five days in the North Sea, with six other fellow
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    MICKEY ROONEY AS "YOUNG TOM EDISON"
    171 8 At. The Cinema "Young Tom Edison." (Mickey Rooney, l*ay Balnter, George Bancroft, Virgin!* Weidier and Fnreoe Pallet U-i M.G.M. Midnight premiere at the Capitol. THIS portrayal of the youth of Tom Edison makes unusually good entertainment. The picture is more or less an authentic
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    TRAFFIC HELD UP ON TRUNK ROAD
    61 8 nnRAFFIC on the Singapore-Kuala Lumpur trunk road yesterday evening was held up for more than an hour about six miles north of Gemas. Heavy rains caused a big Jungle tree to fall across the road at a spot on a steep hill where no
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    Patriotic Fund Has Sent More Than $220,000 To Britain
    307 8 IN addition to the Malaya Patriotic Fund's grants recently sent to the Lord Mayor of London's Air Raid Victims' Fund totalling £4,200, the following grants have been made during the first year of the War, making in all a gTand total
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    Depot Recruits End Training
    74 8 The Depot recruits of the Singapore Volunteer Corps, who ended their continuous training on Saturday, are here seen at work building a trench On the extreme right is Lieut. Grigg. of the Seafcrth Highlanders, and working from left to right are Ptes. G. H. Lang, Wee
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    BETTER OUTLOOK FOR PINEAPPLE INDUSTRY
    443 8 Tribute To Work Of Central Board Of Packers Growers WHILE negotiations are still proceeding for the purchase by the Ministry of Food in Britain of 250,000 cases of canned pineapples from Malaya, confidence is expressed by the Malayan Agricultural Journal, in its October issue, that
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    MALAYAN FORESTER'S WAR FUND GIFT
    63 8 THE Malayan Forester, a monthly A publication. Ls giving $500 from its funds to the War Fund. In making this announcement, it is stated that the decision was arrived at after reference to a number of senior members of the Forest Department, and that this
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    NEW S.S. RADIO STATION
    171 8 Chief Executive Officer MR. W. R. REID FOR MALAYA (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Nov. X. THE names of further members of th 3 staff of the powerful netf broadcasting station which is being erected in Singapore have been announced. Mr. W. R. Reid, administrative assistant
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    BRITISH PRAISE FOR FREE FRENCH NAVY
    209 8 Adm. Muselier Inspects Newly-Formed Units London, Nov. 4. IN conformity with French naval traditions, Admiral Muselier, Com-mander-in-Chief of the Free French naval forces took the salute of officers and men of the new French units recently pur into service, during a tour of inspection
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    TROOP CONCENTRATIONS IN ABYSSINIA BOMBED
    32 8 Nairobi, Nov. 3. SOUTH African Air Force planes bombed and machine-gunned enemy trcop concentrations in southern Abyssinia on Oct. 31, states a communique issued here to-day.— Reuter.
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    125 9 Hollywood's Britons Do Their Bit LJOIXYWOOD studios will soon make some of the finest and best-produced pictures for many years to come, declared Mr. Harold 8 Dunn, Far East supervisor of Warner Bros. Pictures, who arrived In Singapore from America on Saturday would b»> making the most of what market
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    DUTCHMAN PRAISES BRITISH MORALE
    133 9 A VICTIM ol the Nazi invasion of Holland, a Dutch journalist who rrived here from London over the ..eek-end. is convinced, after what he nas observed, that the Nazis will i never succeed in breaking the iron I nerve and morale of the British people. He
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    PEKAK & TRENGGANU GREET ARABIANS
    131 9 PEKAK TRENGGANU GREET ARABIANS TWO more Malay States, Perak and Trengganu, also sent messages of greeting to be broadcast from Aden to Southern Arabia during the recent Muslim festival of Id-ul-Fitr." in accordance with the request received from Aden. The Sultan of Perak's n\essage was as fol- lows On behalf
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    NEED FOR INCREASED GIFTS THIS YEAR "Our Eternal Debt To Those Who Suffered For Us"
    1117 9 NEED FOR INCREASED GIFTS THIS YEAR "Our Eternal Debt To Those Who Suffered For Us" O.A.G. ON REMEMBRANCE DAY OBLIGATIONS "WHAT I appeal for is something: exceeding n mere resolve that there shall be no falling; off in contributions to both Poppy Day and the Malaya Patrioiic Fund," said Mr.
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    SPLENDID DONATION FROM CHINESE
    293 9 Cheque For £1,000 For Poppy Day Fund THE China Relief Fund Committee of Singapore has made a splendid donation of $8,422.21 to the Poppy Day Fund. Mr. S. W. Jones, the Officer Administering the Government, in a letter to Mr. Lee Choon Seng, chairman of the
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      228 9 Broadcasting TO-DAY SINGAPORE /m 13.33 m cw (22a Ok) ZHP1 9.M m/rt 30.9fi m.) ZHF? 7.15 m/et U1.3R ZHL 'H»l 5.00 p.m. Canloiu.se musict; 5.40 p.m. News in Cantonese: 5.50 p.m. Cantonese music; 6.10 p.m. News in Hokklen; 6.20 p.m. News in English. Relayed from London; 6 35 p.m. Glen
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    BERLIN SUFFERS BIGGEST RAID OF THE WAR
    784 10 Mile-Long Fire Seen After Heavy Attacks By R. A. F. Bombers London, Nov. 3. AFIRE nearly a mile long was left blazing: in Berlin on Friday nteht and was seen 150 miles away tbrouqrh layers of clouds by the K.A.F. crews returnm? after
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    Britain's Quietest Night For Weeks
    110 10 London, Nov. 3. TTHE greater part of Britain enjoy1 ed the quietest night lor weeks, reports up to midnight indicating that, apart from one or two southeast coast areas, most parts were undisturbed. Very few casualties are reported in lest night's air raids on Britain,
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    LUFTWAFFE'S LOSS OF 87 PLANES LAST WEEK
    60 10 London, Nov. 3. •THE Germans lost 87 planes in battles A over Britain during the week ended midnight of Nov. 2. At least 13 of these were shot down during the hours of darkness. According to figures issued today, the BriUsh lost 27
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    GERMAN AERODROME FOR ITALIANS
    47 10 Rome, Nov. 3. THE Germans have handed over an 1 aerodrome in the war zone to tne Italian air force which is taking part in the attack on Britain, it is revealed in a Berlin dispatch to the official Italian news agency.— Reuter.
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    U.S. Naval Units To Visit British Base
    77 10 Washington. Nov. 3. rnHE naval units now operating X in the Caribbean Sea are in training and patrol work, said Mr. Cordell Hull. United States Secretary of State, at a Press conference here yesterday. Some units at least will visit the Island of
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    Smuts On Future Of Africa
    196 10 Post-War Federation Of States Predicted Nairobi, Nov. 3•THE Springbok war-cry of the South African troops rolled across the veldt from training camps right up to the front line as they gave an enthusiastic welcome to Gen. Smuts, the Union Prime Minister, who has been making
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    WAR STATEMENT BY MR. CHURCHILL
    96 10 London, Nov. 3. MR. CHURCHILL, the Prime Minister, will make an important statement on the war situation when the House of Commons next meets. He will deal with the situation created by the Italian attack on Greece and may of in a position to give
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    JAPANESE CONFISCATE GERMAN SILK
    67 10 Shanghai, Nov. 3. THE cargoe* of one German-own-ed vessel- two Italian-owned and one Portuguese-owned were confiscated by the Japanese military authorities here yesterday, consisting of silk and cotton valued at over $2,000,000 (Chinese). The German vessel, Helnl, was especially affected as Its (lirgo consisted of best-grade
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    U.S. PUZZLES JAPAN
    192 10 Matsuoka On Evacuation Tokio, Nov. 3. A STATEMENT declaring that he was utterly at a loss to make out what caused the American Government to evacuate American nationals from East Asia has been Issued by Mr. Matsuoka, the Japanese Foreign Minister. The statement, which was issued "with
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    No More Japanese In Kwangsi Now
    109 10 London, Nov. 3. KWANGSI province, with the ex- ception of a few isolated points, is now cleared of Japanese troops, according to information reaching Chinese circles in London yesterday. Before abandoning Nanning on Oct. i 28 under relentless Chinese pressure, messages from China states
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    AUSTRALIANS BEAT ARMY CRUSADERS 6—3
    563 11 Thrilling War Charities Rugby Match On The Padang The Red* f j Crusaders 3. THK Royal Australian Air Force, the Reds, made a prominent 1 debul on the padani* on Saturday. Meeting the Army Crusaders in the fifth of the Malayan Rupby Union's panics in
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    Home Football Results
    237 11 London, Nov. 3. VTESTERIMY^ football league games result<Hl: NORTH Barnsley 3 n*^ 0 Bradford City 8 Yoric 2 Bu^ -1 Everton ChesterfieM 5 Newcastle Crewe 3 Southport 3 Doncaster 0 Manchester City 4 Halifax 1 Blackburn I HuddersfleW 3 Sheffield United 0 Lincoln 1 Hu!l 1 Liverpool
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    RACE RESULTS ON SATURDAY
    205 11 THE following are the results in brief of Saturday's races at Ipoh in the final day of the Perak Turf n<:l>\ October November meeting. Ka.r 1 \:j;li (shade $23 and $11. I.mily Dicmos $10 Race 2 The Annas SIS, and ft Fdie's Choiee $10 silver Lace
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    Mayflowers Beat Lok Hwa B.P.
    238 11 *|>HE Mayflower Badminton Party oJ i Singapore scored a six-one vlc1 tory over the Lok Hwa Badminton i Party of Kuala Lumpur in a friendly I badminton match played at the Clerij cal Union Hall on Saturday night. The losers put up a better display
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    PUNJABS BEAT OLD BOYS 10—1
    217 11 /COMBINING exceedingly well, the Punjab Regiment trounced St. Andrew's Old Boys by ten goals to one in a hockey match j play:d at the Naval Base yesterday. The game, though a trifle one-sided, was played at a gruelling pace with the Punjab Regiment making use
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    EIGHT GOALS AND TWO TRIES IN K.L. RUGGER
    213 11 'From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 2. EXCELLENT combination among the threequarters, together with steady packing by the forwards helped a Selangor Club side to trounce a team from the volunteers training at Port Dickson on the padang to-day by 46
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    AMERICANS BEAT JAPANESE BY THREE RUNS TO TWO
    325 11 First Game In Baseball Championship Series THE American Association hit Ueyama freely enough to earn a three-mns-to-two victory over the Japanese Club in the first of a three-game series in the Singapore Baseball championships at the Japanese grounds yesterday. While the big
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    44 11 Hockey: S.C.C. vs. R.E.(Chanri), S.C.C.: Indian Association vs. V.M C.A., Balcsiier; Ceylon Sporls Club vs. Singapore Colls, Bales. ier: S.R.C. II vs. Loyals 11, GiUman Barraiks; Singapore Hornets vs. Post Office Club. Post Office ground; Malaya Signals vs. Punjab Regiment, Changi.
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    Singapore Badminton Championships YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
    253 11 Singapore Badminton Championships YESTERDAY'S RESULTS IL'NIOR doubles champions, Ahmad •f Mattar and Chia Chin Soon, of the Eclipse Badminton Party, qualified for the final of the men's open doubles in the Singapore Badminton championships when they beat Khoo Fng Tee and Koh Chek Tuan of the, Junior Civil Service Association
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    Outsider Wins New Cambridgeshire
    132 11 Nottingham, Nov. 2. THE American-bred outsider, Caxton. owned by Major Riggs and ridden by j Percy Evans, won the New Cambridgeshire by half-a-lcngth to-day. Caxton lay third to Defiant and Eran Bird half way, but took up the running below the distance and was never headed.
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    PENANG CHINESE WIN ANNUAL RUGGER
    106 11 (From Our Own Correspondent^ Penang, Nov. 3. MEETING in their annual rugby fixture, the Penang Chinese beat the Perak Chinese by 22 points to three in a keenly contested game to-day. Perak got their own back, however, wh;n. in the hockey encounter they won three
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    GUNNERS BEAT HORNETS BY ODD GOAL IN NINE
    184 11 STAGING a magnificent recovery in the second half, in a hockey game that throughout was contested at a very fast pace, the Hongkong-Singa-pore Royal Artillery beat the Singaoore Hornets by five goals to four at Sclet3r yesterday. In the first half the
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    HOW TO PUT ON POUNDS OF FLESH IN A FEW WEEKS
    235 11 Take Tasteless ViUflria Tablets Mm and women who :m> losing weight, who live under the shadow of a nameless dread, can .ake fresh courage. During the iast two years, a wonderful new flesh-formiif: W2i?htincreasinp tonic has come to thlfl
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    BRITISH WARSHIPS & TROOPS ARRIVE IN GREECE
    705 12 BRITISH WARSHIPS TROOPS ARRIVE IN GREECE R. A. F. Is Already Giving Assistance To Ally WORK ON NAVAL AIR BASES BEING HURRIED FORWARD tt W7E shall honour our pledge to Greece. The Royal W Navy is there, air support is being given, and British troops have been landed in Greek
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    Both Sides Confident In American Elections MR. ROOSEVELT ON WHY HE IS RUNNING FOR THIRD TERM
    321 12 Both Sides Confident In American Elections MR. ROOSEVELT ON WHY HE IS RUNNING FOR THIRD TERM New York, Nov. 3. BOTH sides predict "victory** in the presidential election, which opens on Tuesday. The Democratic national chairman predicts that President Roosevelt will got 427 electoral votes (266 are required for election
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    Armed Man Arrested At Willkie Rally
    88 12 New York. Nov. 3. AN armed man was arrest-'d in Midism Square Garden io- irris thetl-neof Mr. WiPkie's rally. i! illegcd to have be?n seen to iTMMtH a revolver frm one pocket to another as he aoproached the platform on which Mr. Willkie and
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    Soviet Claims At Danube Talks
    124 12 Belgrade, Nov. 3. A DELAY has occurred at the übe conference in which the Soviet il participating with Germany, Italy and o.her states, in Bucharest The conference ha.s hHcl no meeting! for the past three Soviet delegation alleges that the regime estaDlisfred by the Germans
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    BERLIN PRESS TO IGNORE U.S. ELECTIONS
    46 12 London, Nov. 3. MR. W.lliam Shearer, an American commentator, broadcas.ing from '.Berlin last night, said that no refer•nee to the United S at<y> presidential election is allowed to appear in Ocr« man newspapers by order of Goebbels .Propaganda Minister.— Reuter.
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    TURKEY CALLS UP TWENTY CLASSES FOR TRAINING
    52 12 Istanbul, Nov. 3. TWENTY classes of cavalrymen and infantrymen who have not 1 vet done their military service will be called up to-morrow. Meanwhile, rumours published abroad (not by Reuter) that Bulgaria was massing troops on the Turkish frontier are officially denied in
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    HITLER SAID TO HAVE SENT PEACE EMISSARY TO U.S.
    385 12 London, Nov. 3. TJITLER has sent a peace emissary to the United States, according to a report published in the Sunday Express today. The article is by George Slocombe, the well-known news commentator. n Mr Slocombe declared that the German envoy
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    "Grounds For Confidence"
    270 12 London, Nov. 3. MR. A. V. Alexander, broadcasting on British help for Greece, repudiated the possibility of a negotiated peace with the totalitarians, whose ideal he denned as that of "dinosaurs"— a huge body with a tiny head and almost no brain but dinosaurs have vanished." Enumerating
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    COUNT CIANO PROMOTED
    34 12 London, Not. 3. COUNT Ciano, the Italian Foreign Minister, has been promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel, with the status of a pilot in the Italian air force, says an official Italian communique. Reuter.
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    How Greeks May Seize Albanian Region
    67 12 Madrid, Nov. 3. npHE anti-Italian revolt in Albania has assumed considerable proportions, according to confirmation received by the Greek Mincer here, who told Reu.er, among ether things, that railway lines had been sabotaged. The Minister believes that if th; Royal Navy could cut Italy's
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    British Strength In Egypt Has Not Been Weakened By Aid To Greece
    548 12 London, Nov. 3. MUSSOLINrS campaign in Greece is something of a puzzle, says the Daily Telegraph in an editorial. During the five days following the ultimatum, the Italian Command has limited operations to sporadic bombings and half-hearted skirmishing
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