The Straits Times, 19 November 1940

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  • 37 1 The Straits Times. [BBTABI ISHEU NEARI V A CENTURYj MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19. 1940. PKK'K "> CENTS The Straits Times. 16 i»A(;es SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1940. PRIC^ 5 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 262 1 MIEN CKONG TAILORING Jusl KecHvul Surf Irnfclhk. A I > hllll 1.1. 8 in Silk »m] Uirol Also AMFRK AN Ml tKSKIN in vmrlou* Colours. S« olrm»n St Spore Pbone 4816 SINGAPORE, [40 CECIL ST •PHONE S47V 3 -^nfl 1 AEROLAX Blinds look much noatr 1 V Vy YA*jLji\ j\
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    • 102 1 The Wise Way to Perfect IQp2|l Hygiene t^lS You can be sure of Calvert's A^\ v *?y Carbolic Soft Soap. It keeps Ik you clean and refreshed, and T|^^,^^ T is pleasant to use, because it V'X feels so smooth on your skin. When buying soft soap be I,v 7\^
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    • 108 1 FINAL EDTN. ELSIE MARY DRESSES MILLINERY STITCHED NATS TURBANS HATS REMODELLED iVALA LUMtVI 2b JAVA ST. CPHONK 3683). Good Supplies of Delicious OVfILTTNE Available Throughout Malaya AT REASONABLE PRIEES ■Koto JBUk W > vV'/i^^^^^mK^B^ JebA^^Sl. 4% f\ am mm mw m mw A A MH J \w^* No was' <
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1153 2 SITUATIONS VACANT WANTED IMMEDIATELY: by large Suroitn Import firm, experienced Salesman for Provisions to cover Singapore and Johore. Fixed salary and commission. Good prospects for right man. ..Apply with references to Eox No. 200. Straits r^imes. WANTED for outstation Chinese Junior Clerk age about 19 previous experience unnecessary. Applicants with
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    • 814 2 FOR SALE SHM.VADOK ttetrlgerator Phone 1333 DOI,[, s PRAM Dark Blue) $5 for child ot 4 in good condition. Apply to Box 210, S. T. OLD STOCK ACCOUNT BOOKS to clear. 25 cts. to $2. *ach. Lithographers Ltd.. Union Building (Basement). WELL GROWN year old rubber stumps for sale. Can
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    • 781 2 BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET SHOPHOISES: il Crawford Street. 2 storeyed building. 109/! 11 Market Street. 3 storeyed buildings with modern sanitation. Immediate entry. Apply to Eastern Realty Co., Ltd., China Building, Singapore. MOTOR VEHICLES AUSTIN 10 SALOON. 1936. Taxed. Insured August. 1941. $850. without insurance $800. Cash. Phone 7648. CHEVROLET
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    • 324 2 BUSINESS CARDS ETC BOOKS JUST ARRIVED! GUILTY MEN BY "CATO" Price $1.54. AMERICAN WHITE PAPER Price $2.tf9. ENSIGN BOOK STORE, 47 High Street, Singapore. Phone 3218. PUBLIC NOTICE I THE KEDAH RUBBER CO., LTD. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements) NOTICE OF DIVIDEND NOTICE is hereby given that an INTERIM Dividend
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    • 138 2 USED CARS READY FOR GOOD SERVICE A used car is only as dependable as the dealer who sells it. 1937 Austin M 4 Saloon $1204 1!>83 Ford 10 4 Dr. Saloon $1375 1938 Hodge De Luxe Saloon 25 H.P. ***** 1938 Standard 10 Saloon $125* 1938 Morris 8 Saloon SI2OO
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 368 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA' AND APCAR LINE. i Incorporated in £ngiand I PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL 6 N. Co liAa TASSENGER 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.
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    • 217 3 (Incorporated In Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE. TO EUROPE VIA AMERICA Through fares to North America t» Europe via America and Round Fours in the Pacific quoted in U.S. S on application To California from the Orient via Honolulu nu. ASAMA MARU leave Kobe Nov. 27
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    • 507 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. BLUE FUNNEL LIME 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 Fremantle (Perth) via Java by first class passenger ships. Single fare $192 (A £28)
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    • 275 3 1" H l^r tor rlnn distinct .r- m thr» ai< n"Mitp»s>w«l Mm: KOE BOON LEONG I Distributors: RADIO ft GENERAL AGENCY.. Kuala Lumpur I THE RADIO ft SOUND SERVICE I laiping, I'rr.ik. Penan*. Province WeilrslfT f, lAIor Star Krdah CHOP HUP SOON AUN Kuala Dungun, rrrngcanii Zma am ma na
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 946 3 Broadcasting TODAY SINGAPORE /HI IX. 31 me*. (225 m.) /.HIM 9.60 m/tt (30.96 m.) ZHPJ 1-25 m/ei <«-3» m.) (ZHL ZHP1). 5 00 p.m. Modern Mandarin musict; 140 p.m. News In Cantonese; 5.50 p.m. Modern Mat.darin music, (contd.)t; 6.1C pin. News in Hokkicn; 6.20 p.m. News in English. Relayed from
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  • 890 4 Revenue Of $87,200,000 Tin Rubber Duties $27,300,000 SPECIAL WAR TAXATION AND DUTIES TO YIELD $9,300,000 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 19. TOTAL revenue of the F.M.S. in 1941 is estimated at $87,200,000 and expenditure at $82,400,000, both amounts inclusive of the special
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  • 872 4 Council Tribute To British Courage Determination (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 19. "WE shall, if need be, prove that we, too possess the courage and determination which, displayed in Great Britain, have given a dismayed and troubled world a new houe and strengthened in us our confidence of
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  • 503 4 Colony War Loan Jumps Tins And Rubbers Firm By Our Financial Correspondent. Singapore, Nov. 19. THE feature of yesterday's local markets was the sharp jump in the quotation for the new Colony War Loan, business being done at 101.50, a rise of 75 cents on the last
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  • 134 4 Singapore Races NON-ACCEPTORS and the crder o running at Bukit Timah to-morrow the second day oi the Singapore Tit Clubs winter meeting, are: Race 1: Horses, class a, div. 3. 6 furs. Four O'clock, Golden Arrow. Race 2: BOCMS, class 3. div. 2, 6 fursChatterbox
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  • 120 4 Singapore, Nov. 19, noon. Buyers Oramblei Hamburg Cube Java Cube Pevvr* Whit* Muntok White Black COVrc Mixed $2.15 Sun Dried $2.40 Seiier I 7.75 S13.QO J1250 $13.25 $12.75 t 6.25 Sage Mow No 1 Linggo. $3.85 Fair $3.75 Sara*aic $3 .25 Paleml>anp Ban ja Sarav tn.5o $11.5.1
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  • 87 4 Tn«d»v. Nnv |S, noon. Kuyrr- rttrn »'ri.c Prim So. IX it &S (Spot ttoms) :iB-, :8"» No. IX R.S.S. t.o.j. in «.i~-Xov.-Dec. Sellers option 38 7H7 H 19^ G.F.A.t*. IJ.S.S. f.o.b, in bales Nov.-Def. Seller* option 38 'm 1..\.Q. K.S.S. .o.b. in bal.s N«T.-Dw. Sellers
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  • 185 4 l'ne following are the excnanse rate* uit* mcrulng according to tht dally circular issued by the Hongfconp uio Shanghai banking Corporation in i inn Loaaou 1.1. i/« 1/I6 Lor don cienianu i/4 1/10 Switzerland demand iT.T only) 202 »fe New York demand 47 3/32 Montreal demand 51 27/32 Batavia
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  • 54 4 London. Nov. 18. Negotiation* are afoot for the sale to Russia of the entire nickel output from British-owned mines in Petsamo, Finland, when the production b-gins next Spring. The British ayd Canadian authorities are prepared to uequlesce, provided Russia under lakes not to supply Germany and respects the International Nickel
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 370 4 6 DANGER SIGNALS Heed their warning NOW t IFE to-day imposes great strain on your If your»y«i «r* growfe^ eyes. If any other part of your body *l ad d o s o much you would never get %£Js32\ through the day. Because they do not as yo U grow
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  • 448 5 In Aid Of "Buy A Bomber" Fund ALL plans are complete for the proposed trip by a number of Singapore folk to Sarawak, to give an entertainment, at the invitation oi the Rajah Brooke, in aid of the Buy Bomber" Fund. Mrs C. J. Church, organizer
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  • 75 5 a. i:i. General Post Office 1U-DAY ■ce 12.30 p.m. Australia (West> yiirface 2 p.m. Java surface 12.30 p.m. New Zealand surface \2 30 p.m. Port Moresby sunace 12 30 p.m. TO-MORROW Java uir 10.30 a.m. Medan surface 10 a.m. air 11 a.m. Paletnbang surface 9 a.m.
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  • 380 5 London, Nov. 18 QM the Stock Exchange to-day, the lack of fresh buying enterprise on the part of buyers was responsible for a slight setback In prices in most groups though a better tendency developed In the late session under the leadership of gilt-edged which finished fractionally
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  • 112 5 (From our own correspondent; I>ondon,» Nov. 19. The following are to-dav' "bid"' quotations 'or Fixed Trusts: •s: d. British Empire "A' v.oi available British Empire 'B" not available British Empire Cumulative not available British Empire C'prehensive not available Sritish General "A" 14 0 British General "B" 11 6xd
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  • 1310 5 MONDAY. NOV. 18. 1M«: 4 P.M. MINING Buyer* Seller* Ampat Tin (4s> 3a 4»<,d 3s 9d Austral Amal (5s> 6s 6s 4 Austral Malay 33s 6d 35s «a Ayer HI tarn (5s) 20s 21s 6d Ayer Weng ($1) .79 .84 Bangrin Tin 15s 16s Batu
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  • 148 5 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES cyrorn Ou- Own Corrpspondent) London. Nov. 18. COMMODITY and Exchange markets closea as follows with previous Quotations in parenthesis:— RUBBER: Quiet. Spot HT4d I2d (11 15 16d 12 1 16 d) Dec. 12d 12^d '12 116 d 12 3,16 d Jan.Mar. 12',^d l2Vid (12 3 16d 12 5
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  • 167 5 Bootai Company Dividend CIom TIN Kamuriting 7%% final leas tax Kuchai 25% anai Not. a Fangnga River 6% final less tax Lingui 5% final Nov. 25 Rantau S% final Not. 23 Rantau 10% Int. Nor. 23 Rawanff Cone 1/3 No 27 Not. 12 Sthn. Kinta 5%
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 217 5 "RUDGE" SWEEPS THE BOARD IN THE ALL MALAYAN CYCLING CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD AT ANSON ROAD STADIUM, SINGAPORE on SUNDAY 17th. NOV. 1940 RESULTS, ONE MILE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP Ist PRIZE won by "HUDSE BICYCLE" ridden by Mr. G. M LAPORTE 2nd PRIZE won by "RUD3E BICYCLE" ridden by Mr. KWA CHIN SWEE
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    • 248 5 NO MODERN HOME CAN AFFORD TO BE WITHOUT J GRAFTON CLOUDY HOUSEHOLD AMMONIA Invaluable in the Kitchen, Scullery Bathroom Useful in 100 different way*. 50 cents Per quart bottle. Obtainable at all leading Stores Product of GRAFTON LABORATORIES, LTD. Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA (TRUSTEES) LIMITED.
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    • 247 5 Vißk **"'r Goody#«r c»rt g*vc you ill L^j thrw •Mtiiinding irjfurn n( (K# M^vcMMn civTia imjicnon ION(*, NON-SKID MILtACe Q\ 1< STOffiNC ANO iTARTIN NO SLlf ON <UKVM •LOGOUT f»OTCCTU>N TOUCH THIAD ft I I \JM VAT Hit Lv^at^B! Da^^flaW \Lly* nUI fiLn UmH mßr CItR@IN The Car noted for
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 114 5 SINGAPORE TIDE TABLES To-day H. W. 1.05 a.m. 8.6 ft.; 13.26 p.m. 9.5 it L. W. 6.28 a.m. 4 ft.-. 7.06 p.m. 0.9 ft To-morrow H. W. 1.45 a.m. 8.4 ft.; 1.06 p.m. 9.2 It. L. W. 7.06 a.m. 4.2 ft.; 7.46 p.m. 1.2 ft Thursday, Nor. 31 H. W.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 345 6 ANOTHER GRAND LAUGH SHOW FROM THE PRODUCERS OF MY FAVOURITE WIFE" ONLY IT'S FUNNIER THIS TIME! TO DAY A f £fl A A BOX OFFICE 3.15 6.15 9.15 P.M. HtIiMWIDKA 'Phone 6909 What a combination for laughs and Romance! Their Honeymoon Started Their, Romance Hot? "4^9* Bk 1 i Wa&'sy-
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    • 155 6 y— I ANOTHER A» J EXCLUSIVE L^l REX olcaS ARTISTE. 9826 I hear bluebirds Q.S. This year's roses F.T. 9818 No. Mamma, no Q.S. In my dream Parade F.T. 9799 If I should fall In love again W. Dancing is another name for love Q.S. 9798 My Capri Serenade P.T.
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    • 277 6 A NEW SHOW THE WHOLE FAMILY WILL ENJOY ?0? 0 S a? |3 15 6 15 9151 CAPITOL A Stirring, Inspiring Dramatic Story of The Boys of To-day who will bo a Nation's Defenders To-morrow! j^Rßw^ **%i^y^M. SUM f t y 1 I Pompered son or r^ JaB I weo/fhy
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  • 622 7 Conflagration Caused By 3-Hour Raid Covers Half A Square Mile London, Nov. 18. D A.F. bombers carried out heavy attacks on targets in Germany and occupied territories last nijrht, it is officially announced. Last night's attacks were mainly directed against oil refineries
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  • 210 7 London, Nov. 18. rkURINO a bntf alert in the London area to-day a single enemy lilane (trapped five bimbs. Three of them I fell on allotments and the other two l damaged sony houses. Another report says that a Guiuan bomber apprrvrhod an East Anglian
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  • 76 7 Heavi Casualties Suffered U\ Eaemy Nairobi, Nov. 18. COUTH AFRICAN armoured cars have arrived in Kenya and have already been in action. This is revealed In a detailed account pf a patrol encounter ne:\r Linoi, on the Kenya-Italian Somaliland frontier. Four cars rushed an
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  • 194 7 U.S. Indignant At Coventry Horror New York. Nov. 18. rtE American Press continues to express horrified indignation at the NazLs' wanton attack on Coventry. In the view of* the Sn. Louis Globe Democrat, the ruthless act takes place alongside the murderous siege of Warsaw and the inhuman machinegunning of refugees
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 460 7 to-night- DINNER DANCE (informal) 8 p.m. to midnight CABARKT ATR XCTION— TIIF POPI'LAR CUBAN DANCWi MARLENE STARR Dinner 53.00. Non-diners $1.00. Saturday, joth mov. Sl\ ANDREW'S SOCIETY DINNER BALL extension to z a.m. SPECIAL MNNB ttJt— ADMISSION TO BALL ROOM SI.M The Admission proceeds will be devoted to the Entertainment
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    • 166 7 V££ CATHAY Where Everybody Goes 3.15, 6.15, 9.15 BOX OFFICE 'PHONE 3400 Eighth wonderful day and Singapore still flocks to see this magnificent film! GARY COOPER and MADELEINE CARROLL IN Cecil B. DeMille's Technicolour Masterpiece "NORTH WEST MOUNTED POLICE" with Paulette Godcard Preston Foster Robert Preston Akin Tamirett Lynnc Overman
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  • 1147 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, NOV. 19, 1940. (443 rd Day Of The War.) Eyes On Egypt Newspaper cuttings received from Kcme by the last ai£ mail suggest that even the people who were most firm in the belief that there would be a full-dress German invasion of Great Britain,
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  • Letters To The Editor
    • 435 8 American Tribute To Industrial Effort To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, I quote below an extract taken from the October, 1940, issue of the "American Exporter", a. monthly Journal of foreign trade which is in i;s 62nd. year. The excerpt is indeed significant so significant that
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    • 282 8 Security Against Being Abandoned To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— l should like to point out a little Inconsistency in "Not PlaylngV two letters on the subject of the Amahs' Union. In the first your correspondent states that the Amahs' Union has instructed its members
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    • 174 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Your contributor "Reader" is net correct with regard to his recommendations concerning the poor reception of the 6.05 a.m. Daventry transmission. In Pahang for many years, in the Bentong district, I got very good reception, but on recently moving to
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    • 617 8 Should Let Bygones Be Bygones To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— May I, through the medium of your paper, express my opinion ou Eire's role In the present conflict First of all, I wish to state that I. as a citizen of Eire, wholeheartedly agree with
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    • 256 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, May I voice a sentiment which I feel must be shared by many Englishmen Have Fairplay and his fellow citizens heard that Norway, Denmark, Holland and Belgium also had a policy of strict neutrality, from
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    • 49 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Could anyone reveal the Identity of the gentleman closely resembling a well known professor who was recently seen purchasing cakes in Orchard Road? After all. every dollar counts! Dare I cry: "Shame"? Yours, etc., JUST CURIOUS. Singapore. Not. It.
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    • 764 8 Cull For Independent Inquiry To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— ln your Issue of Aug. 6 you published a copy of an open letter I had addressed to the British Resident. Pahang, dated July 31, on the sub.ioct of gold stealing and other Illegalities that were
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    • 129 8 Suggested Programme For Singapore Station To the Editor of the SJraits Times Sir,— As regards complaints made about Singapore's morning news relay from London, may I suggest a compromise? As the 6.05 a.m. news from London is too early, and the 8.20 a.m. news too late for the
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 302 8 An AUDIOMETER TEST and new Western Ettctrfc^^ OBTHO-TECHNIC AUDIPHONE allmr th* r*m»dim» try Th*m Fi«« D«mon«ti«»ion I Western Electric Co. of Asia 187. Cecil Street, Singapore. REFERENCE BOOKS DM Modern University Dictionary World Atlas by J.?f. Parrlsh John R. Crossland $3 00. Webster's Daily Use Diotior.ary (RcnrlHd cd.) Sou-pronouncing UOeat
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    • 61 8 Don't Neglect Yoar Vision! Have youi eyes selrntiflc.il;> examined and defect properly corrected by a qualified specialist. C S. CHONG, Or. of Optomeiry Ever bright Optical Co. 19, Chalia Street Phone 4435. ChARGES STRICTLY MODERATE. Luxurious Railway Travel in the Tropics. Have you made the journey by Mail Trains between
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  • 613 9 Somali land Port Is Heavily Bombarded OIL TANKS A. A. BATTERIES POUNDED BY WARSHIPS Greeks Continuing To Push Back Enemy r PHE British offensive against Italy is being tushed relentlessly. The Admiralty announces the bombardment of the port of Dante, in Italian
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  • 316 9 London View Of Duce's Speech Attempt To Stop Hot In Public Morale IT is Celt In authoritative quarters in London that Mussolini's speech was designed to counteract the feeling which prevails all he world and is becoming inngly prevalent in Italy, that Italy's expectations of an easy victory and a
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  • 128 9 Second Tighter Unit Read) For Action Ottawa, Nov. 19. >SD Canadian fighter squadron the Royal Canadian Air Force -■rtly be on active serv: This announcement was made Canadian Air Minister in the .1 House of Commons to-day. Air Force now mus..p.d 29,056 men with
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  • 146 9 C hicago, Nov. 18. v^ members of the committee invefttipating un-American r.ctivit.ies in the United States are nlratd t!iat publication of a White Paper containing their findings would cause reprisals apainst the United States in the Axis countries. They point out that even the chairman
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  • 60 9 Air Marshal A. \V. ("Billy") Bishop. V.C, chairman of the Air Advisory Committee to the Minister of National Defence in Canada, addressing Canadian airmen at a depot in southern England after an inspection. He is one of the most famous fiehter pilots of the
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  • 362 9 U.S. View Of Tale About Thailand Washington, Nov. 18. DRESS reports prominently pub- lished in Japan that the United States and Great Britain have been pressing Thailand for the conclusion of a triple alliance pact seemed to contain implications that they misht have been deliberately concocted.
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  • 52 9 Brlln, Nov. 19. AN allegation tb«t A member of the Gerui&n nihiority In Yugoslavia named j Deringer was shot dead by a Yugoslav police j sergeant in the district of Beshka, on Sunday, j Is made in a Belgrade dispatch to the official l German news
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  • 56 9 Washington, Nov. 18. |y|K. Saner Welles, UA Assistant Secretary of State, declared at his Press conference to-day that there had been no official information from Tokio on reports in the Far Kast that Japan was preparing to offer liberal terms to China in an effort
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  • 390 9 Prod uc lion Still Far From Adequate New Orleans, Nov. 18. "TO-DAY our production, hopeful as i it has been thus far, Is very far from adequate." declared Mr. Henry Stimson. the \JS. War Secretary, warning the American Federation of Labour convention that labour
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  • 70 9 Rome, Nov. 19. KING BORES of Bulgaria had a conversation with Hitler at Berchtesgaden on Sunday, according to the Italian Stefani news agency. The agency says that the news is contained in an official communique which is being published in the Bulgarian newspapers to-day. The
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  • 366 9 Preliminary Work To Be Started Almost Immediately 0 lvondon. Nov. 10. TREAT BRITAIN and the United States' have agreed on the sites for bases to be leased to America in the Wesi Indies, says an official announcement. Administration and
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  • Article, Illustration
    17 9 hiiib'uir fi A m til) Guiana, and farilltlei In I will m !m!e :»n rJr an. I
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  • 44 9 A GIFT jf 10.000 tons of Hour valued 60,000 sterling to < I -'be mads by the Avis ralian a meni, Mr. R. C. Menz'.ea, tl !>,. nlster. announced >< He ra;'i d m iathy Au-trali Gre tka la r Reuter.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 9 9 OTHER CABLES in pagea 7, 13, 11 and 16
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    • 92 9 AN APPROPRIATE GIFT FOR THE HOME FOLKS What would be more appreciated at Home than a j*ift of tea? Malayan Producers \,u\., of Tanjong Kumbutnn, Pcrak, will send for you, duty paid and delivered free of all charge! to any n<liir<-s.s in the United Kingdom, a chest of their Ix-st
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  • 1152 10 High Commissioner And Financial Position WAR EXPENDITURE LIKELY TO INCREASE STEADILY (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 19. "EXPENDITURE both on the prosecution of the war and on k local defence may be expected to increase steadily and perhaps substantially and, if war
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  • 105 10 SINGAPORE. KAKM; MOIH <k Dam; (Informal) 3 p.iu to Midnight. CWtKMI IIILVIHL GfcYLANG Youth Spirit of Coffin I> lblc Feature Cantonese 45 p.m. OKI. .VI UOKLD Cabai to Midnight. ;ljle Trouble. Bky: Invitation to Happr:< HAl'I'V WOKJ IJ Amuikapatni. isy Cabaret Blackout Dai n'OBLO d c;iueuuis. Side Sbovi Cal>Hrpt
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  • 141 10 (From Our Oh*i Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 19. IN view of the gifts made in 1940 to the Imperial Government amounting to more than £3,000,000, the F.M.S. Government would prefer to leave a new gift until the first meeting of the Federal Council next
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  • 40 10 ROTARIANS TO ENTERTAIN GENERAL WU Gen. Wu Te-chen, China's goodwill envoy to Malaya, and his party will be guests of the Singapore Rotary Club at their meeting tomorrow at which Yen. Graham White will !>p;ak on his visit to Australia.
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  • 252 10 What Has Been Done By F.M.S. (From Our Own Correspondnt) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 19. DEPLIES to questions by Mr. YV. G. C. Bluiui m war gifts by the F.M.S. and the linancial situation relating to them were tabled at today'* rneeting of the Fedeml Council. The
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  • 144 10 Malayans On Way Back New Delhi, Nov. 19. THE final stages are now approaching in the work of the Eastern Group Conference! which, for over three weeks, has been discussing plans to make the British Commonwealth east of Suez self-sufficient in war supplies. All sub-committees
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  • 136 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Nov. 18. pHARGED with trespassing into the office of the Mentri es-r on Nov. 12. a Chinese woman, Tay Chwl Ka, was before Mr. J. Bernard Weiss, First Magistrate, today. My rubber property i.*^ been auction-d for non-payment of
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  • 47 10 A CHINESE railway passenger wt»o arrived in Singapore to-day from Kuala Lumpur has reported the loss of $1,000 in cash. He discovered his loss on arrival when ne found that the pocket in which he had put the money had bien slit open.
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  • 51 10 Alleged to have stolen a wrist watch belonging to E. T. de Vries from a house in Orchard Road on Saturday, Foo Hee Dong, a 35-year-old Hainanese. claimed trial when charged in the Singapore fifth court yesterday. Bail of $50 was offered when the case was postponed a week for
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  • 342 10 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 19. "THERE has been a very glad acceptance of a duty to train for the defence of the country, and I feel that all those who have shown themselves eager to undertake the double
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  • 68 10 This Ming vase is offered for sa^e in aid of The War Fund. The owner is Miss K. Homer of 11, Barker Road, Sinagpore, and she is asking a minimum of $500. The vase, which is from tht collection of the late Mr. Cyril Cooper, may
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  • 95 10 Ftake up his new appointment as chief of the first section of the newly-established South Seas Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Office, Mr. K. Toyoda, former Japanese Consul-General in Singapore, is leaving today for Saigon by plane. He will then proceed to Hanoi by
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  • 584 10 Many Functions Being Held In Next Few Days ADDRESSING members of the Sikh community on the occasion of the annual anniversary of the Holy Guru Nanak Saheb, on Thursday last, Mr. A. H. Dickinson, Ins-pector-General of Police, made reference to the enormous nature
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  • 93 10 rpWO charges, of keeping a brothel in Jalan Besar, and living on the earnings of a prostitute over a period c f three months, wen brought against a 36-year-old Chines.woman. Lee Hiam. alias Xoo Chat, in the third court yesterday. She also faced an alternative charge of hiring
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 98 10 OVERSEAS 6 This 6- Volt &GG 6- Valve all- wave battery set combines all these features which make radio really worth while in an out-station bungalow. Good European reception fine quality of reproduction plenty of volume very simple to operate economical current consumption attractive cabinet work. Specially designed and constructed
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  • 2651 11 Public Prosecutor Outlines Case Against Shinozaki YESTERDAY'S PROCEEDINGS HELD PARTLY IN CAMERA THAT it would be difficult for the jury to deny that the purpose of the arnised was prejudicial to the interests of the British Empire and *hat from its very FKiture, the
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  • 48 11 THE Singapore Ind.an Com- munities" (Part I) is th? tide «'f tlic talk to be broadcast from the Sineapore Station to-nght by Mrs E. V. Davics. This is theHchth i.Mk in the series "Presenting Singapore" which is being arranged by the Friends of Singapore.
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  • 140 11 YESTERDA Y'S WEDDING Mr. Alex McLeod Miss Ruth Scott MR. Alexander McLeod was married to Miss Ruth Scott, the daughter of Mrs. J. Scott and the late Mr. J. Scott, of Melbourne, Australia, at the Presbyterian Church yesterday. Mr. McLeod, an engineer of Sungei Kinta Dredging Ltd.. Perak. is the
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  • 123 11 'From Our Own Correspcndent) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 18. •"■"HE death occurred last night at his residence in Kuala Lumpur of Mr. Wong Pak Choy, prominent miner in Selangor. He had be?n to Port Dickson for the week-end and rsturncd last night, when he
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  • 164 11 'THE story of how a 23-year-old Jewish J I youth, Joseph Henry Ellison, in order to attend the races at Bukit Timah on Saturday, pawned an electric table fan valued at $45, belonging to his brother, was told In the Singapore third court yesterday. EPlison
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  • 64 11 A 20-year-old Malay, Majid bin Darus, ciaimea trial in the third ccurt yesterday to a charge that he had ,'ommitteri criminal breac-h of trust in respect of a diamond ring valued at Slou at S-.?rangoon Road in front of the New Warld on Nov. 9.
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  • 172 11 Articles Men Would Like To Have "T^HEIR wonderful help and cooperation has been of valuable assistance," writes the officer in charge of the Army Comforts Depot at Reading, referring to the work of "many kind knitting parties in the Far East." The^e has been very little change
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  • 175 11 A very successful variety entertainment was staged by the Singapore Urban Co-operative Union Ltd. in aid of The War Fund at the Victoria Theatre yesterday evening. The arrangement of the items on the well-balanced programme reflects credit en the concert committee. Highlight of the concert
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  • 114 11 VISITING his friend's house just before dawn, a Chinese duck rearer noticed an "image" standing in the doorway. He called out to the "image," and, receiving no reply, went nearer to discover that it was his friend hanging dead from a beam. This was the story
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  • 98 11 (Tram Our Own Correspondent > Kuala Lumpur. Nov. 18. AS a result of a motor accident at Ampang Road last night, near the 3^ milestone,' three Europeans, C. C. Cavil, A. Gtpv md B I. T. Smith, were admitted to Bungsar Hospital. They are all
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  • 79 11 m«R. J. G. Rappoport, the Singapore third magistrate, is undergoing one month's continuous training with the Volunteer Air Force, and his place was taken yesterday by Mr. S. H. Chcah, the Deputy Registrar. It is understood that Mr. Cheah will sit as third magistrate for only
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  • 443 11 FREDERICK SMITH, a European pri- son officer, stated in his trial yesterday before Mr. C. H. Whitton on a charge of causing the death of Abdul Karim, an Indian cyclist, at the 11 2 milestone. Woodlands Road, on Oct. 13, that the cyclist
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  • 237 11 THE Officer Administering the Government has appointed Major M. Lymbery, M.C., an ex-Service man, to he Commander of the Ix>cal Defence Corps, for the Settlement of Singapore. The appointment of a Commander in the southern Settlement has been lone: awaited, as the L.D.C. has already
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  • 138 13 Tpiiiis Lost In France Have Been Replaced With More Modern Ones London, Nov. 18. THK best part of British artillery equipment was lost fivr months ajjo in the Dunkirk evacuation. 1 must have >een evidences of rapid re-equipment of British Uo>al Artillery and the calihre
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  • 68 13 Zurich. Nov. 18. ALTOGETHER 120,000 Frencta- <speakmt inhabitants of 1 orraine will be aflVctcd by Germany's "plan for exchange of population." s;iy«, a i«essair«' from a Berlin t-or-respondent. asserting that hy the middle ol last uoi'k l«.000 persons had het'ti e\j>olled. (iermany, hp adds, intends
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  • 114 13 Taken From Maginol Line By Germans London, Nov. 13 GUNS taken from the Maginot Line after the collapse of France are stated t i be included among the 24 leng-distance guns which the Germans p.rc known to hnvc set up on the French clills between
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  • 127 13 Three Favourable New Developments Cuhngking. Nov. 18. "pHE appointment ol a British com- mander-in-rhief for the Far East. the Soviet denial of an agreement with Japan, and the speech of Col. Frank Knox. U.S. Secretary of Navy, promisinp greater assistance to China arc hailed by the
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  • 243 13 AH the war develops in the Mediterranean and the Middle East, at- tentton is becoming increasingly i focussed the great central mass of countries usually called the Arab states, writes Col. T A Lowe. Router's military cim-spondent. early all Ui^sp countries bt longed to tlie
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  • 171 13 "Britain Is On Way To Winning War" Rio De Janeiro, Nov. 16. DKITAIN and her Allies are de- finitely on their way to winning the war, declared Lord Willingdon, when he arrived here yesterday aboard the Avil Star heading the special British economic mission to the South American countries, which
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  • 47 13 Tokio, Nov. 18. COR Uir lirst Umr 111 the history of the r Japanese Navy. 2C new lieutenant-Com-manders have been created by the promotion of officers risen from ratings. They enlisted during the Russo-Japanese war in 1904 as seamen, lifth class —Eastern News.
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  • 37 13 ALEXANDRIA AREA IS BOMBED Alexffidria. Nov. 18. CNKMV planes vlvited the Alexandria area on Saturday nJpht, and seven casualties were rau^d. some, nf them fatal. An official communique states that some material (:amr.iro was also caused. Router.
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  • 62 13 iondon, Nov. 18 AMONG :cr?nt money gifts for the purch.'H- ot iiirrraft Is one of £84,000 through lUr Belfast Telegraph from the ;>eopl«: of Northern Ireland. Two gifts of ten shillings each iiuve also been received, one roiniiiK fiom chlldi^n of an orphan home and
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  • 364 14 Military Exp erts Hopeful Of Fall Of Koritza Soon Belgrade, Nov. 18. CIX hundred Italian troops with 130 tanks crossed the '"'frontier and surrendered to the Yugoslav authorities on Sunday night, according to a report from Djevdjelija. Meanwhile, in the opinion of military experts
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  • 392 14 Italians In For A Major Defeat London, Nov. 18. ¥N a desperate effort to prevent their withdrawal from turning into a general retreat, the Italians have thrown large numbers of warplanes Into the struggle on the Greco-Albanian front, writes Maurice Lovell, Reuter's special correspondent in Athens. In
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  • 144 14 Did Nazi Vessels Meet Warships Mexico City, Nov. 18. WHETHER the four German steamers which attempted to sail from Tampico at intervals during Friday night and Saturday morning really encountered a British naval patrol or were scared by American patrol ships is still a matter of speculation here. Three returned
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  • 28 14 Sydney. Nov. 18. CIR John G. Latham, the first Australian Minister to Japan left here on Saturday for his new post. Eastern News.
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  • 38 14 El Poso (Texas'* Nov 18. MR. JOSHUA COSDEN, the American oil producer multi-millionaire, who beffttl a remarkable career aj a poorly paid clerk, died to-day of a heart attack on board a train, aged 59. Reuter
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  • 27 14 Moscow, Nov. 18. pERMANY has reopened her ConU sulates in Leningrad, Vladivostok and Batum, according to the Ta&s News Agency. -Eastern News.
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  • 465 14 Londcn. Nov. 18. TTlIE creation of the new Army Co-operation Command of the R.A.F., announced yesterday, forer'ladows energetic attention to two most pressing problems of aerial co-operation with the British army, writes Reuter's air correspondent. Firstly, close s.udy will bs given to
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  • 62 14 London, Nov. 18. yHE British forces m Greece v/ith units of the R.A.F. squadrons r.re under the command of Air Commodore J. H. Dalbiac, who is cne o! the younges* air officers. Born in 1894, he has seen service in India, E^ypt. Transjordan and
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  • 87 14 London, Nov. 18. r>-DAY'S Rome communique claims that a British cruiser of the Leander type was toroedoed by Italian aircraft at Alexandria. Concerning the British bombardment of Mogadishu, in Italian Somahland. the communique asserts that a cru'ser wh'ch attempted to bombard the harbour was hit and withdrew behind
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    • 392 14 SCIENCE WINS rt is a well established fact tnat millions of dollars are expended annually In reDairing the damage done by Termites or White Ants as they are commonly called In a recent press survey It was shown that on the estimates of the Kuala Lumpur Works and Buildings Department
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  • 568 15 Committee's Report For The Past Year A* appreciable increase in the actne Membership of Ih< Singapore Cricket Club, >vhich has increased from J79 lo 1.05.1, is detailed in th« report of the ehib committee for the year ending Sept. M). 194A, wMch is to Iv
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  • 27 15 m (.i.ik B.C.C. IB) vs. R.K. (Chaagt), 8.C.C.; S«. \ndr^w*s Old Boys VS. Medical ("ollDre. Wood«i\i!le. St. Andrew's Bch9Cl VS> Ka« iios Institution, K.I.
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  • 329 15 ANrvnER of fa<st gaOopa by horses running in to-morrow> races wen done on the second trarK ■>: tiio raeeooursc this moinitiK The pome soft. Mnong the (^ritfvsf ont I'ouiting nwipht ilir eye with a iaeed] run over font fnrlrrps. Ilir niarp t<; very fit, and
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  • 1168 15 Review Selections For Second Day Of Singapore Meeting TKAINKK Pavies should have a aood afternoon at lluUif Timah tomornm. the second da> of the Singapore Turf Club's winier race moeting-. There are pood fields in 1 each of the eight events that form day's
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  • 22 15 WON \i FTTORS and the order of nuinine for to-morrr»w'«s <- v.M lr found in VMiV. I oil* U wjeHiH in time
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  • 44 15 MALAY REGIMENT AND CRICKET CLUB DRAW I Malay ReeimPn* I TVO ciaN werp shireti in an rx- Hina; <ramp of hockey pr ve-terday hy thp S.C.C. wond <trin? irrf Ifsm from (be K A eimen TIip visitors (-penecl thf in ten minutes the Club
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  • 305 15 Areylls I; S.R.C 2. A BRILLIANT last minute goal by Moreton, Argyll left winger, gave the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders victory over an S.R.C team hy the odd goal in five In a hockey game on the padang yesterday. The Argylls opened the
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  • 649 16 "Greece Not Suitable For A Blitzkrieg" ADMISSION THAT PRIVATIONS MAY BECOME MORE SERIOUS LATER ON Rome, Nov. 18. jV^USSOLINI, in a speech to Fascist party members in the Palazzo Venezia to-day, on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the imposition of sanctions against Italy, made
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  • 80 16 Hong Kong, Nov. 18. ONE hundred and seventy-six British evacuess from Eitonia, men, women and children have arrived in Hong Kong from Vladivostok en route to Australia. The party left Tallinn on Oct. 26 and arrived in Vladivostok after ten days, where they
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  • 60 16 Vichy, Nov. 18. PART of the famous Promenade des Anglais at Nice collapsed when a j tornado struck the town, transforming mountain streams into torrents. The main line of the coast railway was also cut. Wild weather has caused damage at. j Marseilles and other points along
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  • 156 16 Could Have Destroyed London Then London, Nov. 18. I THINK the one person who regretted Munich more than anyone else was Hitler," declared Sir Nevile Henderson, former British Ambassador in Berlin, speaking at Ipswich to-day. "He thought he had m'ssed his opportunity and, if I may say
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  • 46 16 London, Nov. 18. LORD LOTHIAN, British Ambassador to the United States, who is in Lisbon on his way back to Washington, had a conference to-day with the Portuguese Prime Minister. He was accompanied by the British Minister to Portugal.— Reuter.
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  • 67 16 Basle, Nov. 18. THE anxiety of the Turkish Government to secure direct Information regarding the scope and results of M. Molotov's recent ta'Ais with Hitler and Rlbbentrop are mentioned is a Budapest dispatch to the Ba&ler Nachrichten. The newspaper says that well-informed Balkan circles believe
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  • 419 16 Move Seen As Significant As New Talks Begin At Berchtesgaden IT is reported from Berlin that arrangements have been completed for the repatriation of the entire German colony of 8,000 from Greece, says a Reuter dispatch from Basle. The step is considered to
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