The Straits Times, 26 February 1941

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    50 1 The Straits Times FINAL EDTM. [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY SINGAPORE. 140 CECIL ST. (PHONE 5471). KUALA LUMPUR. 25 JAVA ST. ('PHONE 3683). MALAYA'S LEADLXG NEWSPAPER LARGEST NET SALES 1 I SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1911. PRICK 5 CENTH The Straits Times I'AGBS SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1941. PRICE 5 KMS.
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      414 1 L*->-to-dato T^ILORT'JG MIEN CHONG I r^ftlW MN v:i!' US la Nik *M H'anl MIXIn <arta«H(^lMn I p»tt. l-h.nr Ult |71l PHILCO I r THE QUALITY NAME IN OVER FOURTEEN MILLION 1 4=| HOMES NOW OFFERS THE NEW WITH THE COMSERVADOR LiX^==/iS^ IT'S (rIARANTEED Every Philco Refrigerator comes to you fully
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      8 1 ELSIE MARY Battery Road. Dresses for All Occasion
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      ANNOUNCEMENT
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      DEATH
      16 2 > it a v > Mh m «>f Winiion Karl> Uti »r Rrwanunon Mid In »rny ariion
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      ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
      45 2 1 ili> lair Mr. W<r ci,»., Quan li.ur, i|.t n.. A 1 Brach Koad. their hwrifi): thtnti to -f the OoadjiVLr n K»k Axroria:'v A»orlatlon. M«.(ball Club. R/*rtl»le A<WOCWHuddhfc.t Aawclation l«rti i rrtrndx at:d reUtir mrwral niglit vteltr alM> thaw who wnt Horal tributes.
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      159 2 shr Straits <£imrs SMALL ADST Minimum charge $1. »4rt mM flinHai 4 aseee (stasi rw hbbjb 25 cents per line (Six words) Box No. 25 cents extra. MMN «**>! IKKI MIS MRTHS. MARKUOES, MATHS. NOWLEDGMENTS, ANNOUNCEMKNTS m Ml CARDS are ebarge. •8 eark par ftsaerttaa per k»eh Over t taM-h
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      531 2 HOUSES FLATS. TO LET I < AIRNHItX ROAD To be let furnlshK an* small compact terrace house conUlnini 2 bedrooms, bathrooms with modern aanlta- > ttao. lounge and dining room Rent $1K prr month Apply A. T Edwards A Co Md No. it Malacca Street. Phone 4«4«. DOGS I j
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      731 2 M 9I9_SL VEHICLES ftXAKT 9 II P. 1037 Saloon 35 M.P.O. CotKlltlri :nd engine perfect order Owner Cash only. Box No. B*2. ST. TIO t ASTER* AUTO CO. LTD.. W/1% Orchard Road. Singapore. WILL PURCHASF any tight usad cars not older than 1936 moricL•t reasonable diic^ WANTED TO BUY for
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      650 2 THOMPSON OPTICAL CO 4, arcade wilding Specializing: Ocular Muscle Anonvilies. Crossed E>i-.-. J(R9fe«^ Intricate Visual /^^>T"*j* Problems. f^K^f Glares if needed. V^f^^ R. A. Thompson Dr. 01 iilar Science. 15 jrtirs' I uropean Clinical Experience 'Phone 3002. BUSINESS CARDS ETC. EUGENE Permanent Waving EUGENE Hair-reconditioning. MAISON PERM European Ladies Hairdressers
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      200 2 ;i US£D CAfi *A*GAWS 1936 MORRIS 12.4 MINI PRICE $1,100 A very roomy car jrtt in, >, \<o run. It is in sound mechan.. I condition and fitted with good 1938 STANDARD 14D.L SALOON PRICE $1,450 First class mechanical MOdli very attractive duco. New t] 1936 CHEVROLET SALOON PRICE $750
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      347 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS! P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. tlDcorwraM Difi»i«<ii mOMSOVAH AND ORIENTAL 8N Co MAO. l»AUUffin«K AND CARGO SBRTICI Toe best possible services are being maintained by tn« P A O S N Coy <rom the Straits to their usual ports of call in China. India. Ceylon and
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      266 3 I \ssi\GEU AGENTS FOR CANARD WHITK ST \R LINE. TO R*N Mt\M I^<O Note H«| T H*a*tal«. 8m r>a»el*» a»* Ut«t l«*»« Manila H-kong NTTTA MARO Mar Mar. U a* KAMAKURA UARD Mar. 1$ Mar. II IA YAW ATA MARU Mar. If Apr. 1 M \I II «ai»ya, Sfcia***. T«k«k««
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      415 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. I BLUE FUNNEL LINE. Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom. Dates are not guaranteed, all cargo bookings subject to Conference War Clauses. WESTERN AUSTRALIA THE SHORTEST SEA ROUTE AT THE CHEAPEST FARE Regular Services to Fremantle (Perth) via Java by first class passenger ships. Single fare $192 (A
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      318 3 INSURANCE FIRE ACCIDENT MOTOR FIDELITY GUARANTEE MARINE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION THE l-ONPON ASSURANCE HONO KONU HltV INSCB CO ITU. I'HOFNIX ABSURANCI («> Ml) WESTERN ASSURANCE EAOLE STAR INS 00 1 1 ■UTIU AMHMCA ASSI-1 GUTHRIE&CO.,LTD. i liuoi porated In 8 8 TO TESTATORS. Administration ot estates by a corporation formed and
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      187 3 Broadcasting TO-DAY I SINGAPORE /him t6« <sr»6 m.) ZH n Mi (ZHL EHM» S pm Peiping Dnmut; 6.40 pm. News a Canto^se: 5 55 p.m. Hokklen Muslct: 6J5 News In HokkVn; 6.30 pm. New* In English. RrUyed from London: 6 35 pm. Warning to *Uriner». Wf»th<r Report; 6.40 pjn. Children-*
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      200 3 the Organ. (Contd.it; 7.30 p m "Tinner* FmYOUrttes't (Malay): 8 p.m. Warning »o Mariner*. News in Malay: 8 15 p.m. Niws Commentary In Malay, or Music: 8.20 p.m. Arabic Music t; 8.35 p.m. News In Arabic: 8 55 p.m. European Music*: 905 p.m. News Commentary tn Dutch: ».2O p.m. N?w»
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      652 3 EMPIRE STATION I \-ifR\ TR \s MISSION will be radiate to Malaya on: 1982 metre* (15.15 m/cs) «n«« ;s ttti metres (17.7t m cs) from «.1J p.m. to 8.5« p.m. GSB— 31.53 metres (Ml m r«) and C.SD 14.53 metres (11.75 m c*> Ms north' a\i"r'k am. U> 12.05 midday)
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    RUBBER QUOTA AT 100 PER CENT.
    55 4 London, Feb. 25. r THE exportable allowance for rubber for the second quarter of this year was determined at 100 per cent, of basic quotas by the International Rubber Regulation Committee at its meeting here to-day, says Renter. The quota for the current quarter
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
    109 4 Ww ciuolrd per koyan to pic u Is. Other commudiixs quoted per picol except where otherwise stated. auig>pore. n Buyer* Gambler Hamburg Cube Jara Cube Coora Mixed $1 25 Sun Dried $j 50 Pewer White Muntok White Black sener 7 50 $12.50 $1200 $13.75 S13.25 $673 No
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    88 4 WediirvdaY. Feb. 2*. moon. ■layers Sellers Prices fti.-er No. IX R.SS (Sa«t Ummc) 36% ssi± No IX K.S.S. f.o o in rases feb.-Mar. Sellers option) 36 3«» i R.F.A.Q. X S.S. fo b. tn oalcs Feto.-M.-vr. (Sellers option) 3»% I Q K.S.S. fo.b. in balet
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    DONATIONS TO THE WAR FUND
    263 4 tHh toinj*in.g donation* to lne Wai Fund are recorded to-day S >rneo Motors Ltd., farther contribution ]».<)•• Private residents of the State of Brunei, Brunei, seventh contribation 3,»95.79 Employees of British Malayan Petroleum Co Ltd., Btlait $100 each: Dr. N. W. Ahin, J. Caird and
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    ALLEGED EXTORTION
    42 4 nEK Alexander Bell appeared hi the criminal district court yesterday on charges that on three occasions he extorted various sums of money rrom a certain person. At the end of the day's hearing, the caae wab adjourned U> Mar. 4.
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    THREAT TO MARKET FOR STRAITS TIN
    1307 4 Petaling Chairman Warns Malaya Of Possible Danger THE threat to the market for Straits tin caused by the erec1 tion of a smelter in the United States to be fed from Bolivian ore, was referred to by Mr. J. D. Mead when he addressed
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    EXCHANGES
    192 4 rne fouu*mg nut ibe exen*n«,- m« u>i mcrnlng according u) th t dailv circular isku* by the Honetone <nn Sankim Corporation UUIM }»i«QuD i i a^ i,it Lot doo aemano j/4 t'^p Switzerh-.nd (T.T. onlyi 202 46 New York demand 47. 10 i Montreal demand 51 85 Batavia demand
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    U.S. TO BUY ALL RUBBER THAT CAN BE PRODUCED
    261 4 Preferential Freight For Shipments To Britain London, Feb. 25 THE United States has intimated her desire to buy more reserve rubb<*i than the 330.000 tons at present sche duled. The extra amount is ui;speciflrd but the Americans have asserted their willingness
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    572 4 HONG FATT IM1»R()\ 1 s ON BALANCE SHEET RUBBER STEADY BUT QUID By Our Financial Wit THE than market 1 generally quieter and tlior m important pri<v changes in ;mv section. In thr tin aba most of the activity occurred In II n| Patt which, as anticipated
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      708 4 PUBLIC NOTICES TIM III KIT I io\(, RUBBER MPANY, I .fmiti Inrrrym in ttar P. MS). henrby ffton that the Sh*r* **T*f »*iiii«»y Srd and Tunday 4th •tortb. ini for th» prcparauo. of WvranU te j»y»-t,t or th* Ptou xnvidcad of 4 per 1 mit for U» year) Mr tfc*
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      213 4 PUBLIC NOTICE RESTRICTED EXPORTS IMPORTANT. As from 1st March, 1041. export control will be extended to a very largely increased < I number of items. 1 I The Controller of Restricted Exports' principal concern is to control destinations I and, with the publication of the new Rest- c rlcted Exports
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    London Stock Exchange
    245 5 Lnwdna. F*b. 25. I' i w i :jr:t,.f ur.ii»-r iriflurnr-f r»f y.M<-r»int*» ii|iift»ty cUhnt In the fri a ii i f iiljl j< i* w hM*ti jIjlmujIi I ft 1' HnSM *.t fi'ir' 1 noi* r\ >**■ tr%i ii*t "4r"d Anbu»d about unchanged In- nodi) biff Ml
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    TRACTION COMPANY TERNS MORE
    61 5 lent) Feb. 24. A* as earned :.td.. in bor last. This n the preceding I dividend of 2> 2 per kid on July 26 and the direr .1 second int*>iv 5 per cent. The directors' recommen)i.s in regard to a final dividend t yet been made
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    TIN COMPANY PROFITS RISE
    96 5 London, Fob 24. A BHAEP rise in net profits for the year ended August last, is reported to-day by two Mala Hongkong Tin Ltd. earned a net profit of £127.337. compared with £25.871 in 1939 and the final dividend Is 224 per rent., making 60 per
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    125 5 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES (From Oar Own Oarrwpoaaent) London. Feb. M. roiOiODITT and Exchange market* closed fouowi wtta orerkNw Quotation* to '.tiro theater— KIBBCK: Steady. i»t 13', d 13Vid (13d 13Hd) -inp 13>id I3>4d (13 MM 13 *****) s»-pt IJSd lSVid (13 116d 13 3 l«d) 2 15 16d 13 1 l«d
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    129 5 Mails close at thr Oeneral Post Office follo-j 10 1 ->cc 1 p.m. :uralla air 4 p.m. :rma surface Ip.m. £.Ast only) surface 1 p.m. ir.ada surface Ac air 4 p.m. -('Yunnan and S*er':v*an Provinces only) surface 1 p.m. China (Except Yunnan and I cliwan Provinces)
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    Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1240 5 TIKSDAT. FEB. tS. 1M1: 4 P.M. tttXINC luirr. i*Uf« Ainpai Tin (5s) 3s 3d 3s 7Hd Austral Amil. (Ss) 8s 8s M C.d. Austral Mai*; (C) 35s S6s ad. Ayer HlUm (Sa) 20a 21a Ayer Went ($1) .70 .75 Bangrln Tin <£> 13s 8d 14s
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      62 5 SINGAPORE TIDE TABLES To-day H.W. 10.01 a.m. 9.6 ft; 11.53 p.m. 9 ft. L W. 5 09 a.m. 3.4 ft; 5.36 p.m. 0.9 ft. To-morrow H.W. 11.36 am. 9.5 ft. L.W. 5.39 ajn. 2.6 ft: 6.01 pjn. 0.9 ft. Friday. Feb. 28 H.W. 00.16 am. 8.7 ft; 12.10 noon 9.4
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      268 6 UMED r.v PACKED HOUSES yi.stkrday THE MOST FASCINAHNG STORY EVER TOLD! been on more front f pages than any man I Kctiicr^ i F the inside story of v^ empires and emperors J Reuter who was part of W^m history's biggest news g **frfj*P^jtt I i KDNA BES' rf rj^
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      276 6 A. STROK Prtsmta HILARY NAPIER Brilliant English dancer in 2 Recitals only At the Piano by Kind Consent Mmc M. Bonenfant Booking at Littles Prices $3, 2 l. EXCLUSIVE OF ENTERTAINMENT TAX VICTORIA THEATRE j TO-NIGHT at 930 pm. on Feb. 27 at 9.30 p.m. I I It is a
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      336 6 The Screen's Singing Sweetheart in her Gayest Hit! TO-DAY AT THE CAPITOL -"'it UWUOia GAIETY TO THE TEMPO OF HEARTBEATS! With a Romancing, Entrancing, BhbVHMHbSSV^ jj^^^ 888 *^BSwi <-*■;> '.^^^M P J 'Hk |g VK BBMBbW. J T^K^W WM /9/Tt£ f.^*o^i asf aft sV bbbbHPw^ O^ M I»^*^bFA^^ JR J
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    SEVERE FOOD SHORTAGE IN NAZI CAPITAL REPORTED
    147 7 New York, Feb. 25. THE German people no longer buy sausages, fearing that this pre-war staple German diet is now made from dog meat, says Mr. E. R. Noderer of the Chicago Tribune, who has just returned rom Berlin. The German capital, he
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    BRITONS LEAVING BULGARIA AS TENSION HEIGHTENS
    180 7 Military Are Taking Steps For Air Defence Of Capital London, Feb. 25. WHILE there is no confirmation in London of the report that the British Minister in Sofia, Mr. George Rendel, is preparing to leave, it is understood that the Minister has advised all
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    YUGOSLAV MINISTER'S VISIT TO HUNGARY
    91 7 London, Feb. 25. i ACCORDING to reports reaching Ixm- I "don the Yugoslay Foreign Minister, j Dr A. Cincar-Markovitch. leaves to- night for Budapest on a visit to the 1 Hungarian Foreign Office in return for the visit paid by the late Count Csaky i
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    THE BLOCKADE MAY BE EXTENDED
    198 7 "Countries Likely To Be V Drawn Into Nazi Orbit" London. Feb. 25. ALL outstanding navicerts and ex- I port licences for Rumania were i 1 revoked when Italy entered the war. declared Mr. Hugh Dalton, Minister of Economic Warfare, when ques.ioned in the House of
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    TURCO-BULGARIAN PACT CLARIFIED
    129 7 Pledge Not To Attack Third Party Ankara, Feb. 25. TTHE statement by M. Sarajoglu, 1 Turkish Foreign Minister, on Sunday making clear that the Purco-Bulgarian declaration of friendship does not imply any change in Turkey's foreign policy was necessitated by false inter- 1 pretations of the declaration,
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    No British War Goods Sold To Japan
    169 7 London, Feb. ?5. CAPT. Oliver Lyttelton, President of the Board of Trade, questioned in Parliament to-day on British exports to Japan in the last twelve months, declared that during the period of the war no licences had been issued for exports from Great
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    POPE'S MESSAGE TO MISSIONARIES
    51 7 Ne» York. Feb. 25. "-W AR ta due disbelief in God." declared the Pope, addressing a group of missionary students, says a report fnm the Vatican City. "It is the ta-;k of priests to endeavour to restore faith In the hearts of men," the Po^e added—
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      259 7 RAFFLES HOTEL TO-NIGHT DINNER~& DANCE (informal) 8 p.m. to midnipht at^cSSSh THE ASTOR DUO SSJKS Dinner $3.00. Non-Diners $1.00 SUNDAY EVENING IN THE PALM COURT MM. PORES MOST POPI'LAR SOCIAL RENOKZVOI S MILITARY BAND CONCERT -8 30 to 10 30 p.m IMVU SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS HT MM *t 1,t.-rol. I. M.
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      227 7 SUPPORT THE WAR FUND by attending THE WAR CHARITIES OAHCE COMMITTEE DANCE AT THE ADELPHI HOTEL roof gardeh on FRIDAY, 28th February, 1941 from 9 P.M. till 2 A.M. Tickets $2/- Obtainable from VYNER GOMES SCHOOL OF DANCING Phone 7007. HONORARY SECRETARY *****. and at the ENTRANCE. Ladies and Members
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  • The Straits Times SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 26, 1941. (542 nd Day Of The War.)
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      Faint Hearts
      1047 8 It is a pity that the address broadcast from the Singapore Station on Sunday by Dr. Victor Purcell, the Director-General of Information and Publicity, could have been delivered a week earlier. Had that been done, we might have been spared some part of that severe attack of nerves
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      To The Australians Coming To Help Us
      161 8 By John Maseflelf* 0 (Dedicated to Aust/ali.in troops) Out of your young man s passion to c be free tl You left your lovely land to be our s; friends ti Unto the death of Ai.zac on the sea. n At Ypres, and
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      MOSQUITOES
      92 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times n Sir, Your correspondent "Once Bit Twice Shy" complained about the mos- quitoes In the Katong district. In the Erskine Road district men arc selling larvae as food for fighting fish. c If the larvae is not sold within a few f
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      TAXATION
      168 8 50 Per Cent. On Incomes Of $50,000 To the I ditor of the Straits Times Sir,— lncome tax (theoretically) is the fairest and most equitable of taxes, in that lt purports to tax all classes fairly and equitably. The present local tax is neither fair nor equitable, in that
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      AIR MAILS
      216 8 Delay In Dispatch To Australia To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir. -From an examination of the air mall notices in the local Press it is evident that there is considerable delay in the dispatch of air mail letters from Singapore to Australia, particularly with the Monday
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      WHAT MALAYANS HEAR FROM HOME
      1448 8 COME extracts from letters rereived by Malayans from friends n Great Britain giving an interestng picture of conditions in Eng- j and and showing how the people j ire facing the ordeal of the Battle >f Britain, appear below: From a resident In London to
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      "ANGLO-MALAYANS"
      597 8 Reform Without Political Significance To the Editor of the Str.iiK 1 Sir. 1 haw ;ilso road with lrt.-r.-st the letter by "L.C.L.", but i I still contend that the ti HB "F: is Illegal, ii. be en vi suitaui hypothetical formula to "people of mixed i from the East
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      BROADCASTING
      130 8 Messages To Services In Malaya To the Editor of the Straits Time* Sir, On Saturday last I tuned in to London on 16 86 metres between 6.50 p.m. and 7.20 pm. I heard a programme which consisted of messages to members of the Services in and Hong Kong, with
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      CINEMA MUSIC
      74 8 To the Editor of the Straits Time* Sir, In reading the Straits Timcj of yesterday's date, I saw a novel ana ii.teresting Idea in the correspondence columns under the heading of 'Cinema Music." I am tn complete agreement with every word said by •'Malayan, and hope fr>r the
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      261 8 THE "TIPPERARY" FLUTE •La»y T» Play Learned in A Day" JUST THE INSTRUMENT FOR EVERYONE SELF INSTRUCTION AND SONGS FREE WITH EACH INSTRUMENT PRICE $2/00 Obtainable at THE ROBIISOR PIANO C». (S.S.)Ltd. Oppctne Clifford Pier Singapore. Wr s lock th* bigcrst ranre •f Chinm* B*d-sherU. The quality Is the finest
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    ANGLO-TURKISH TALKS ON EYE OF NAZI ATTACK
    501 9 Mr. Eden Gen. Dill Visit Ankara SHIM lON IN THE BALKANS CRITICAL, US. IS TOLD German Plans For Drive On Greece Completed ON th« *>« of the expected (ierman attack on Greece through Bulgaria, important new An*lo-Turkish discussion* are hein* opened in Ankara
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    Two Nazi Bombers Downed At Malta
    58 9 Malta, Feb 26. ROYAL Air Force fighters shot down two German Dornier planes into J rduy, when Malta had six air raid warnings. A third German plane is believed to have been brought down According to an official communique .vere caused by enemy reconnaissance
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    ALBANIAN UK WAU GROWS
    169 9 Jtai\ Now Using More Planes London, Feb. 26. 4T.V oners in Greek hand..1 20.000. including 551 offi- .<■ Athens radio announces. 28 officers and 491 other ire sick or wounded when raptured and are now being cared On hospitals. n ramps and motor transport Vbani\ were
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    New Sweep Over The Channel
    105 9 .Nazi >\\\\» Off Fmirh Cuii UtorkfJ London, Feb. 26. '|M1REE tnemy aircraft were des- t roved and several others da--rd during an offensive sweep the Channel yesterday aftercommand aircraft rtcd by fight la] announcement. shiptitn K «>n thr Ircnrh roast was r one .nt down
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    Ando-Greek Wai Council In Athens
    7 9 Greek Commander-ln-Chief.
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    Scheme To Compensate The People For Raid Damage In Britain
    139 9 London, Feb. 26. EVERY householder in Britain will receive free compensation from the Government up to £200 for air raid damage to clothing, iurniture and other household goods under a new Government free insurance scheme outlined by Sir Kingsley Wood,
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    Heavy Russian Defence Bill
    232 9 "Cannot Ignore Events In Outside World" Moscow, Feb. 26. A HEAVY increase in defence expen- f d.ture was announced by the Finance Commissar, M A. O. Zverev. to the Supreme Council of the USSR. Parliament last night. Estimates amount to 70,900.000 000 roubles, com- pared with
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    Roosevelt Says "Win The War First"
    86 9 New York. Feb. 25. MR JOHN G. Winant, the new United States Ambassador to Britain, has reserved a seat on the Clipper scheduled to leave lor Lisbon on Thursday. Pan-American Airways announced to-night. «h« 00 President Roosevelt has no ideas which Mr. Winant may
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    ROOSEVELT AND "AID BILL" CHANGES
    74 9 Washington, Feb. 25. PRESIDENT Roosevelt, at his Press conference to-day, declined to discuss in detail proposed "J™* 11 1 to the "Lease and Lend" Bill, and only stated that he has discussed many proposed amendments with Congress leaders this momlng. The President added, however, tha
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    HIGH AWARD TO BOY HERO
    177 9 London, Feb. 26. |r A YOUNG ship 1 apprentice, who s suddenly found himself second- in-command aboard an oil tanker left blazing by a German raider and played a prominent part in navigating the ship safely to port without books, Instruments, charts or compasses, has
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    PARIS GUNMEN'S BIG HAUL
    90 9 Daring Hold Up Of Bank Messengers London, Feb. 26. FAIRING in all directions in the crowded bean of Paris, bandits »scaped yesterday with 3,700,000 francs ifter holding up three bank mesThe messengers, who were taking a i land cart containing money to the Banque de France,
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    PLANE PRODUCTION INCREASING
    144 9 Anglo-U.S. Output Will Soon Exceed Reich London, Feb. 26. NEXT September will be a decisive month in the war, said Sir Walter Citrine, British trade union leader, broadcasting from London last night. Sir Walter, who has just returned from an extensive tour of the United States, said
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    Aussies Anxious To Take On Germans
    97 9 London, Feb. 26. THE Prime Minister of Australia, Mr. R. O. Menzies, says that the war will be a long one. He declared last i night, I think anybody would be very foolish to think that it is a short-time Job. We have had
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    CHINESE GUNMEN FIRI ON THREE JAPANESE
    130 9 Shanghai, Feb. 26. A JAPANESE private was killed and a corporal wounded when a Chinese gunman fired on them in the Japanese-occupied section of the International Settlement yesterday. Another Chinese gunman is reported to have shot at a Japanese naval officer but it is
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    Australian Reply To Matsuoka
    103 9 Will Resist Ejection Of White Races Sydney, Feb. 26. "THE acting Prime Minister, Mr. A. W. Fadden, commenting yesterday on the statement of Mr. Y. Matsuoka, Japanese Foreign Minister, urging the ejection of the white races from Oceania, declared that Australia would protect her rights. He
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    'Australian Warning Still Holds Good'
    125 9 Melbourne, Feb. 26. SIR FREDERICK STEWART. Australian Minister for External Affairs, discussing the situation in the Pacific yesterday, said there was no valid reason why the Pacific nations should not live on terms of friendship and free co-operation. The British and Australian Government have used
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    THRUSTS INto ABYSSINIA
    372 9 12 Columns INow Attacking London, I WITH the octopus-like tent.n the British forco thrusting ever deeper into the heart of Abv sinia, it appears the tempo of ttlil campaign is likely to increase as the Duke of Aosta's forces find themselves imperilled at one point after another,
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    Conscription Begins In Malta
    46 9 Conscription Begins In Malta Malta. Fel> U Till: calling up of men coming under the 20 and "A ase groups in Malta was offlcUHy announced last night. Conscription which liegins on March .1 entails loc-.il service only, except for those who join the Royal Navy.— ReuUr
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    WAR FUND RECEIVES OVER $16,000 TO-DAY
    655 10 Galloping Away From The Five Million Mark DONATION OF $10,000 FROM BORNEO MOTORS LIMITED THK War Fund i* Sloping away from the five million doHar mark. Since vesterdty over $16,000 has been j-d and the total no* h .v"i,017,108. This \,r> welcome advance is
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    40 10 :i.41< 8 (JJO. CAM! ciiuo K*ag pn, p 11. M TrlFvUiaa Spy. BAm H»|- r WwM ™lc toB■Mm and Ctncaa^ with Mdte Ml VIM T*** lam Tklkir H I rtMK •mk ai4im:ui kMltwi -TnSlwi' food »w» tM4rouM Pbanr MM
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    PETALING TIN GIVE £25,000 FOR BOMBER
    103 10 T*HE Council of the F.M.S. Chamber of Mines has opened a "Malayan I Miners' Bomber Fund" to collect funds tram tin mining companies in this country to provide bombers for the Royal Air Force. Prtaling Tin Ltd., the largest tin I mining company in
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    277 10 Remarkable Portrayal Of E Rise Of News Service a £DWARL> G. Robinson excels tn the role of Julius Reuter In thii portrayal of the F romantic rise of a news service which to- l day dominates the "fourth estate 1 Interspersed with the unshalceable faith of Julius
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    18 10 ALL SET! The cartoon in the Sydney Daily flearapk last week when the AI F arrived in Malaya.
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    NO ALARM IN HONG KONG
    561 10 j Attitude To Crisis In Pacific (From Our Own Correspondent.) Hong Kong, Feb. 20. £VESYBODY mmm to be excited about Hong Kong except Hong Kong. This is strangely true. Though It is generally recognUed that in the event :>f a flare-up in the Orient Hong
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    Road Death Of Indian
    198 10 J iquiry last week In which the behaviour of three motorists who y refused help to Indian auldiers who were injured in an accijdtnt on Woodlands Road on Feb. 11 ribed as "scandalous." by InF. Qoodshlp, was continued in tne Singapore coroner's court yester(tearing it was
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    Increased Rice Growing Reported In Johore
    244 10 (Prom Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Feb. 25. "J«E area under rice, both wet and dry, in Johore last year, showed an increase of 6,050 acres over that Planted during the previous season, with an increase in yield of 836 000 i gantangs," states
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    HILARY NAPIER TO-NIGHT
    77 10 LJILARY Napier, the English dancer, l ♦^T^i 1 api JS2 r at the Victoria Theatre l SSnrne"- followin? is her pro- Tv^ t»iT WUlf? lt>. Ch&pin; To a Mac- 8 °S«1I: F»nt«ie. Schumann; Narcissus p Chopin: (A young Greek, leaping through £nin Wood 3 day comes UP«
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    PROFITEERING IN PERAK
    423 10 Going On At The Expense Of Poor PHAT there was a very lai ,o MMri 1 0/ profiteering going on In Perak profits made at the expense Ol tli poor— was pointed out by Colonel Cecil Rae, speaking at to-day's me tir the Perak State Council Mr.
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    60 10 DICE consumers in the V> Malay States are required to register their names with their usual suppliers as from Mar. 1, on and afl.wnlch date rice will only be sold to registered purchasers ♦w Th J. s brings the FMS i" t(; > "ne w.th the Colony and Jihore where
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    RATIONING OF PETROL TO COME INTO FORCE
    1301 11 Gradual Reduction Of NonEssential Consumption SCHEME EFFECTIVE ALL OVER MALAYA FROM MARCH 1. IN order to reduce n<>n essential consumption, the Malayan I (ioM'rnments have decided to ration petrol commencing from Ma?ch 1," announced Mr. H. R. Rendlc, competent nuthorit) f«»r oil fuels
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    FREE FRENCH MOVEMENT
    43 11 I M CHARLES Baron, 0«. de Gauges pro- t naganda representative in the Far Eas., s nd capt Lyon, BriUsh liaison officer with the f Frnnrh forces, will leave Singapore '■riortly on a visit to Hong Kong and Shangliai. 1
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    HIGHLANDER IS FINED $100
    825 11 Chinese Knocked Down By Car SERGEANT Frank Robert Knight, of the Gordon Highlanders, who w/> recently charged in the Singapore Traffic Court with causing the death uf a Chinese by a rash act in Senm- oon Road on Dec. 7, was yesterday convicted of negligent driving
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    OATHS ORDINANCE
    124 11 Convicted Person's Right j To Appeal Questioned THE question as to whether or not a person 1 convicted -inder the Oath »ceW a. rieht to appeal was raised in the High Court bJfSeth:- Chief Justice, Sir Percy McElwalne. S e ¥S?%nt arose when Mr P. C. NaUuiaapnmled against
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    RENT CONTROL TO BE ENFORCED IN PERAK
    82 11 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Feb. 25. AN the motion of Mr. J. R. Neave, J U Secretary to the President, the Perak State Council approved bringlnt; into force in all Sanitary Board areas j in the State of Perak of the Rent
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    CONVICTED FOR THEFT OF FOUNTAIN PEN
    54 11 pi'EAD l o guilty to a charge of stealing *a fountain pen valued at $5 from R. Thettani in Phillip Street on Mar. 6 last year, Tan Kcon Hock was convicted In the third court yesterday, and sentence was postponed to next Tuesday. Bail
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    POLICE RAID HARBOUR BOARD COOLIE LINES
    334 11 Labourers Plead Guilty To Assisting In Lotteries TINES randne between $200 and $800 vm inflicted '>;, L. C. Goh, the Singapore third mutatnte, ywterday in three cases of alleged carrying on of chap-jcv- v U. the coolie lines of the Singapore Harbour Board, .it
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    GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE TO SALVATION ARMY
    74 11 SIR Shenton Themes, the Governor and High Commissioner, has sent the following telegram to the Salvation Army in London? •'On this fiftieth anniversary of the launching of the 'Darkest England scheme by G?neral William Bcoth I send my sincere good wishes to the I Salvation
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    SAVINGS CERTIFICATES SALES SHOW INCREASE
    73 11 FE sale of War Savings Certificates in Malaya has passed the $3V 2 millions mark, having reached a total of $3,509,760 on Feb. 24. This showed an increase of over $417,000 sine- Feb. 3. A further sum of $1,169,940 has been paid locally to the
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    INDIA'S YOUNG AIRMEN
    266 11 Efficient Rapidly Expanding Force Bomb, y, Feb. 25. THE roar of aero-engincs w..rm.ns up fir th> day's llym tilled the a r as I entered the groumls of training school at Ambala. where India's young i rmen ore training for the rap;dlypxpandins; Indian Air Force." Router's fp-cial
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    MAYOR OF LONDON THANKS MALAYA
    91 11 FE following telegram has Deon received from the Lird May r v London, following receipt i -25 000 recently allocat d by the neral Committee of th? Malaya I' Fund to hir Air Raid D. tress Fund: "My heartfelt thtnka for the magnlncent ccntributicn of
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    "Diggers" In Malaya On Their Way For A Dip In The Sea
    36 12 oldier, going down to the sea for a swim at a Malayan coastal resort. Pressmen visiting an A.I.F. hospital already set up in Malaya.
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    HOW PETROL COUPONS MAY BE OBTAINED
    924 12 Car Owners Must Produce Their Registration Cards UOW the petrol rationing system will operate in Singapore 11 was explained by the Petrol Rationing Officer, Major W. Rose, in a broadcast from the Singapore station last night. Coupons will be issued at the Petrol Rationing
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    Main Points To Remember
    106 12 TPHK following are important points Ut bear in mind about petrol rationing: Coupons will be issued only when the registration card of the car is presented and will only be issued to cars upon which tax for the current half year has been paid. Petrol must
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    NEW BASIC INDUSTRIES FOR POOR AREAS IN N.I.
    80 12 <F"rom Our Ov/n ObarMPQastWsi) Batavla, Feb. 22. [N connection with the important plan for industrialization, now beng prepared for presentation to the 1.1. People's Council, it is understood hat it is intended to establish new asic industries in the poorer districts ■etween
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    R.A.F. WILL CARRY WAS HOME TO THE GERMANS SOON
    471 13 LIMM) Italian Pbnes Destroyed In African War So Far l^ndon, Feb. Wk THF R.A.F. "ill -trik; «l- heaviest MVWI yet in the coming months, stated Sir Archibald Sinclair, British in a vpocch in l^ondon to-dny. "We shall see," he went on,
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    Daring Attack On Cruiser
    230 13 Daring Attack On Cruiser R. A. F. Viork Havoc In Raid On Bml London, Feb. 25. IN a daring attack on a German r cruiser of the Hipper class berthed in Brest harbour, British bombers roaring out ol a very dark m 9 last night were dropping bombs Oil the
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    Promotion Of Captain Of Illustrious
    67 13 London, Feb. 25. IN recognition of the part played by the aircraft-carrier Illustrious in the i MtaHc en Taranto last November and l !in repulsing an attack later by divebombers, her Commander, Captain D. W Boyd has been promoted to the rank ol Rear-Admiral. Trie
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    ADMIRALTY PROVES CLAIMS OF THE NAZIS ARE UNTRUE
    456 13 Exaggerated Reports Of British Vessels Sunk By German Raider London, Feb. 25. THE claim of the German High Command on Feb. M that a German raider had sunk 14 ships totalling about 82,000 tons in a convoy is disposed of by an
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    German Soldiers On Leave To Report
    47 13 London. Feb. 25. ALL Ciermr\n soldiers on leave from Norway are to report at once to the nearest military authorities, either personally or by telephone, and to state the date of expiration of their leave, says the German radio to-day.— Reuter.
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    Enemy Is Driven Out Of Kenya
    400 13 British Forces Make Further Advances Cairo, Feb. 25. •TTHE British and imperial troops are continuing their advance south of Cub Cub where in Sundays [action 400 prisoners and three guns were captured. A British G.H.Q. communique also reports the successful development of operations in
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    ALFONSO HAS FURTHER CRAVE ATTACKS
    41 13 London, Feb. 26. EX- KING Allonso, who is critically ill in Rome from heart trouble, has had further grave attacks during the past 20 hours, and these continue, states a medical bulleiin issued last night. Reuter.
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    N.I. PURCHASING BODY SET UP IN AMERICA
    32 13 London, Feb. 26. THE Netherlands Government is setting up a purchasing commission in the United States to acquire defence material for the Netherlands Indies.— Reuter.
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    BRITAIN IS PREPARED FOR GREAT U-BOAT CAMPAIGN
    309 14 Ready For Long And Stern Fight In The Air And On Sea ni)IT IV L London, Feb. 25. gRITAINS awareness of the menace of the coming submarine campaign and her preparations for a hard fight and determination to endure until the threat is
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    Challenge To U.S. Seen In Speech
    332 14 Capacity Of America To Deliver Anns New York, Feb. 25. A GENERALLY phlegmatic receprt tion has been accorded here to Hitler's speech as indicated by first r actions. Attention centres on the threat of intensified submarine warfare whicn to-day's New York Times and HeraldTribune
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    MEETING OF SOVIET'S SUPREME COUNCIL
    72 14 Moscow. Feb. 25. rY'HE supreme council of the U.S.SR. A Parliament held a formal meeting to-day and then adjourned until seven to-night (4 p.m. OM.T» The new deputies from the four new Soviet republics of Latvia, Lithuania. Estonia and Moldavia (territory ceded by Rumania* were
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    550 JEWISH REFUGEES ARRIVE IN JAPAN
    30 14 MTsuruga, Feb. S5. ORE than 550 Jewish refugees lrom Europe arrived here from Vladivostok en Sunday nooard the Japanese ship Amakusa Maru Eastern News.
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    Italy's Losses In Albania
    64 14 Casualties Said To Exceed 122,000 London, Feb. 25. TTALIAN losses in Albania since the outbreak of hostilities total 122,000. An Italian lieutenant-colonel recently captured gave this figure to a Greek newspapsr, reports the Daily Telegraph's special corres- pondent at Athens. The total was made up. said
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    SIR F. BANTING WAS ON IMPORTANT MISSION
    59 14 Ottawa, Feb. 25. SIR FREDERICK BANTING, discoverer of insulin, who was killed in a plane accident with two others on the New- u foundland Coast, was proceeding to n Britain on a mission of "high national and scientific importance." stated Mr h W.
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    DE GAULLE RECRUITING IN NORTH AFRICA
    69 14 R Madrid. Feb. 25. \1 ECRUITING for Gen. de Gaulle's forces J is proceeding l n French North Africa, F where the Free French leader's propaganda t is Intense, says a Tangier message to Efe Spanish news agency, which says further that "North Africa
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    Bid To Hold Up Aid Bill
    162 14 SENATOR'S THREAT TO FILIBUSTER New York, Feb. 25. •JHERE is renewed talk of filibuster (obstruction) against the "Lease and Lend" Bill, according to reports from Washington. One opposition Senator, whose name la not disclosed, sa d flatly to-day that there would be a nl
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    Planes Under Export Licensing System
    54 14 Washington, Feb. 25. THE export licensing system has been extended under a proclamation issued to-day by President Roosevelt to beryllium, graphite elecrrodes and a rcraft. The order becomes effectively immediately. A similar proclamation, to taice effect on March 10, will apply to belladonna, atropne, sole
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    NO DEBATE ON LEASED BASES IN COMMONS
    64 14 A London, Feb. 25. SKED in the House of Commons to-day to accord a debate on the bases leased to the United Siates, Mr. C. R. Attlee, Lord Privy Seal, gave an unequivocal, "no," and added that Mr Churchill had no intention of
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    MEASURE TO CURB THE GLUTTONS
    128 14 Loinion, Feb. 2C. BRITAIN'S food controller. Lord VVoolton, has come down with a heavy hand on people eating in hotels md resiaurants, where the food thny ;et is additional to that a'lowod them mder national rationing. Starting on March 10. a rertaurant meal may only
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    AUSTRALIAN "WAAFS" FORMED
    45 14 Melbourne, Feb. 25. [*HE formation of a unifcrm-'d 1 wemen'i Royal Australian Air 'orce auxiliary was announced by Mr McEwen, Air Minister, to-day I The Australian '".Vaafs" will do wire- ?ss, teleprinter and ground duties, reeiring twa-thirds of men's pay —t leuter.
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    Fords Win 2—0 Against Harpers
    328 15 Fords Win 2—0 Against Harpers fi.rrt Harper t.ildllan 0. AlW^s ihc better team. Fords had little difficulty in beating Harper (.ihillan by two reals to nil in a Business Houses' league match I laved at the Clerical I'nion yesterl>jr lar th. ut though th?y were n the move, they tritWed
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    RON RICHARDS MAY FIGHT AGAIN
    169 15 Ron KM lIAKDS, the .Australian iinpion hoxer. still adheres to bis decision to retire, but the impression rrmjjMs that he will again hint, writes a correspondent in the s»dnr> Mornin? Herald of Feb. 7. lusion is based on the lact i c glamour of the
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    HOME FOOTBALL FIXTURES FOR SATURDAY
    123 15 London Frb 26. L HALL fixtures for Saturday areWAR < IP— FIRST ROI'ND Swansea v.v Cardiff Don. aster v.v Gnmsby Leed; n. Ha: |f,d Huddersflela SRC3ND ROIND— SOUTH yu?en's Park Ranter er hampton Ar.enal Man*fleid ".TB :.ckburn NORTH REGIONAL LEAGUE F B*rnsley vs Bheffleid Wednesday
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    709 15 Sports Notes From The Fede ral Capital BEST HOCKEY OF SEASON SEEN IN ANNUAL TEST Support For Suggestion Of Alternate Venues (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 24. LJOCKEY enthusiasts in Kuala Lumpur were treated on ft Saturday to the best hocke> match of the season when the Sorth
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    95 15 SOt CER: B.H.L., Chartered Bank t*. Mnc Darby, stadium: Guthries vs. G.E.C., Fraser and Neave. TENNIS: Y.M.C.A. tournament. most wicker for the Chines*, his fire c.ukets costing him five runs apiece, while Eng Cheng had the best analysis, his three wickets costing seven runs, i The Australian
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    N. A. A. F. I. BEAT A.P.C. 4—1
    380 15 Guan Lim Scores Three Goals N A A.F.I. 4: A.P.C. 1. FINE shooting by their tentre-half, (ivan Urn. enabled the Navy. 1 Army and Air Force Institute to beat 1 the A.P.C. by four foals to one at tnson Road stadium yesterday
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    SIR GEORGE TRIMMER CUP FOR WOMEN
    33 15 MR&. S. II Burstall »on the Bir Geui Trimmer Cup tor women at th« Kepr Golf Club, beating Mrs H Hitrhan two vi one in the final.
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    FRIENDLY TABLE TENNIS
    93 15 rpHE following have been selected t< represent the China Insurant 'company. Limited (Singapore Branch) I in a friendly table-tennis match of fivi .singles against the Industrial atu Commercial Old Boys' Association a the latter's premises, Cecil Street, a b p.m. to-night. Y. C. Ning (Captain >, Uen
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    WAR FUND GOLF
    63 15 THE Royal Singapore Golf Club's Flag Competition, in aid of the War, Fund, which was tc have been played on Monday has been postponed, and will now be played en Monday, March 24. A new time sheet has been posted en fiic notice board. HINESE SWIMMING CLUB
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    42 15 Wah Yuen, the Oversea -Chinese Bank goalkeeper, saves easily from Hamid in the Business Houses' League football match at the Radium on Monday in which the Bank beat the Straits Times Presi Sports Club by fo«r *©aU to nil.— Straits Times picture.
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    COLD STORAGE BEAT H. & S. BANK IN KEEN GAME
    381 15 COLD STORAGE BEAT H. S. BANK IN KEEN GAME Winners' Forwards Display Good Understanding SOS 2; H.&S.Bank I?EEN competition was seen at the S.H.B. ground yesterday, when the Singapore Cold Storage soccer team beat the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank by two goals to nil in a Business Houses' League fixture.
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    Training Notes From Kuala Lumpur
    248 15 Training Notes From Kuala Lumpur (From Our Own Corrcsp< n< Kuala Lumpur, F'< SLOW the order of this morning's training here in preparati(M Turl Clubs Gold Cup meeting, which begin* on Saturd One of the earliest oul Warrior who shoved very nle« f »>rm, though worked at hall pact Echo
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    MAKEPEACE BADMINTON PARTY
    74 15 r THE following have been selected 1 lie Makepwe BadmiiH"ii I b.uminton a«ainst the Java Badminton Party at Mikipcace Road, on Bunda menri' g at 7.30 a.m. Sinzlc-s: M. A. lanpr King, Queck Song Kv.e: Chou Chooii Ktn«, C. P. Lange. Doubles: Chou SiU Kll King G
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    61 15 FOI.LOWING are ties for 10-morro- V.M.C.A. tennis (hamptot A Class Singles: 8. A. Da wood I mas Hirkey Jnr; M. I. Reshty Vf. A (i B. Fakir Open Double*: I. A Alg&goH and Robert Chla vs. E. L. Ws* and C J. Wee; Un K» Trn-r nnd
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    BRITAIN DECLINES JAPAN'S MEDIATION OFFER
    222 16 NO Ol ESTION OF PARLEY OR COMPROMISE— CHURCHILL Tokio Initiathr In Peace Bid Affirmed In House Of Commons London, Feb. 25. /JREAT BRITAIN has declined the offer of the Japanese Foreign Minister, Mr. Y. Matsuoka. to mediate in the European war. This was ditdoMd in
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    SOVIET SHIPS CONVEY OIL TO BULGARIA
    50 16 London. Feb. 25. rvo Soviet snipe are now being used In addition to m Rumanian tanker for carry. ing Rumanian oil products from Constanza to the Bulgarian Black Sea port of Varna, according to a Bucharest report to the official Oerman news agency. Reuter.
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    "Improvements To Pacific Bases Vital To Defence Of America"
    66 16 o Washington, Feb. 25. •J*iih benate Naval Affairs Committee has approved the authorization of credit amounting to $242,373,500 for improvements on the islands of Guam and Samoa. The naval spokesman, Admiral Morrell, declared that those and improvements to a number of
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    TOKIO NAVAL GROUP ARRIVES IN BERLIN
    62 16 London, Feb. 26. rE Japanese naval delegation under Vice-Admiral Nomura arrived in Berlin yesterday, says the official German news agency. The delegation is 10 stay several months in Germany. Reuter. Melbourne, Feb. 25. •"pHE Australian Red Cress is sending between £10,000 and £15,000 worth
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    "Japan's Final Offer In Thai Peace Parleys"
    174 16 "Japan's Final Offer In Thai Peace Parleys Tokio, Feb. 25. JAPAN has submitted a compromise proposal in an attempt to break the deadlock in the negotiations between Thailand and French Indo-China, according to wellinformed Japanese quarters, who indicate that "the proposal will be Japan's final offer in the current negotiation."
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    JAVA A.R.P. EXERCISES
    109 16 London, Feb. 2S>. T»HE shriek of air raid sirens at six o'clock this morning warned the inhabitants of Java of the start of air raid precautions, a tryout of which will last until Thursday, says the Batavia wireless. I The practice will endeavour to follow as closely
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    Indo-China
    101 16 - Is so complicated that the armistice agreement between Indo-China ant Thailand has been prolonged for another ten days until Mar. 7." Questioned regarding Press dispatches from Saigon reporting antiJapanese feeling there, Mr. Ishi: declared: "French Indo-China is assuming a friendly attitude towards Japan." "Talks between Japan and France on
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    FOUR-POWER ALLIANCE TO COPE WITH JAPAN URGED
    252 16 'Naval Economic Blockade Could Deal Death-blow To Tokio' r^^ Chungking, Feb. 25. THE formation of a four-power alliance in (he Pacific among Great Britain, the United States, Australia and the Netherlands Indies is proposed in a leading article to-day in the influential Chinese
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    Singapore Can Hold Out Year
    139 16 Singapore Can Hold Out Year (From Our Own Correspondent) Batavia, Feb. 25. TTIE Batavia dally new>paper Hets Niew van den Dag. discussing Singapore in relation to the Far East situation, stresses that the I stronghold will be able m hold out against simultaneous land and sea attacks for one year.
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