The Straits Times, 6 March 1941

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    38 1 FINAL EDTN. The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY] MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER LARGEST NET SALES 24 PAGEvS. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1941. PRICE 5 CENT: The Straits Times 24 PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1941. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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      8 1 ELSIE MARY Cattery Rood. Drosses (or All Occasion
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENT
      30 2 Mr Mrs. J. T. N. Handy and family, Mr. Mrs. A. M. Handy and family thank all frienils and relations for all expression^ of ijnnpathy in their recent bereavement.
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      1476 2 I EDUCATIONAL ENGLISH LADY gives individual tuition al own home in Pitman's shorthand and touchtyping. Alao English lessons. Phone *****, between 9—10 a.m. daily. WANTED WANTED IMMEDIATELY, folding pram. new or old. Box No. 973, Strait* Time*. WANTED Second-hand refrigerator for cash; must be D.C. current. Reply stating price and
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      807 2 BOARD RESIDENCE SEA-FRONT— Local leave and Board-Re] Double and Single rooms with bathroom* aiu modern sanitation Katong Grange, 77 Meya Bod, near Swimming Chib. Tel. MTS8 NEW FLOKAVIIXE. 130 Orange Rd. Wet furnished cool airy single doublerooms excellent cuisine, mod san. long baths, tennis, garages, spacious grounds. Phone 4229 ON
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      861 2 ■UCTION NOTICES SINGAPORE AUCTIONEERS LACTIVE AUCTION SALE Of modem European polished TEAK HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, glassware, crockery, cutlery, also treadle sewing machine, English iron safe, 1 pint and Vi pint flam tumblers, latest novelties In beautiful hand-painted crystal tableware vacuum carpet sweeper, empty perfume bottles, caustic soda flake, ROYAL portable typewriter,
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    WELL-KNOWN VOICES
    36 3 WELL-KNO WN VOICES Dorothy Carlt-ss and Len (amber, whose voirr are well-known to listeners to the BBC's Overseas short-wave service. They are vocalists with Geraldo's orchestra and are here seen In one of hi* popular programmes.
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      575 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS >. 0. BRITISH INDIA |J|i;|||JU AND APCAR LINE. I^BillTUI (Incorporated in Japan) (liicorporatea ir> Englaiid> GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL B.N CO CUNARD WHITF STAR lAIL. PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICE ruK VVtlllt O l AX The best possible services LINE. are being maintained by the P O
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      519 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. BLUE FUNNEL LINE. Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom. Dates are not guaranteed, all cargo bookings subject to Conference War Clauses. WESTERN AUSTRALIA THE SHORTEST SEA ROUTE AT THE CHEAPEST FARE Regular Services to Fremantle (Perth) via Java by first class passenger ships. Single fare $192 (A £28)
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      857 3 Broadcastina TO-DAY SINGAPORE ZHl 11.33 me >t < 225 m.) ZIIP1 9 60 tnc's (30 d» ZHP1 1-tt noi (41.38 nv> (ZHL ZHF1) 5 pm. Cantonese Musict; 5.40 pjn. New* in Cantonese; 5.55 p.m. Hokkien Muslcr; 6 05 pm. News In Hokkien: 6.20 pjn. News tt English Relayed from London;
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      873 3 EMPIRE STATION EASTERN TRANSMISSION will b* radiatr* to Malaya on: GSF 19.82 metres (15.15 m/cs) and C»Q -16.86 metre* (17.79 m/cs> irom 6.1i p.m. to 8.50 p.m. GSB— 31.53 metrei (9.51 m/cs) and GSI» —24.53 metres (11.75 m/cat from 9.0* p.m. to 11.59 p.m. NORTH AMERICAN TRANSMISSION 95.4t> am. to
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    441 4 More Activity In Shares: Rubber Slow At Opening (By Our Financial Correspondent) Singapore, Mar. 6. MARKET circles are concerned th's morning as to whether Monday Is to be a public holiday, or a bank holiday, or whether business Is to be continued as usual In the V
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    THERE WILL BE NO TIN MARKET ON MONDAY.
    88 4 THERE WILL BE NO TIN MARKET ON MONDAY. Kinta went to London at previous levels and Hong Fatt had business around $1.21. Raub Gold surprised the market by advancing five cents in spite of the lcwer output reported yesterday This morning there is a lurther small inquiry for this share.
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    82 4 Thursday, Mar. 6. noon. riujer* Relit n PrlMj Price No. CX B.S.S. (Sj»t bml 371$ J7X .V* IX K.S.S. f.ob. la rasa Marrh 3754 M G.F.A.Q. B.S.S. fob. in oales March J714 J7j^ j FAQ B.S.S fob. m bate* March j 7 5714 FUTURE QUOTATION'S
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    12 4 Kerr.pas Ltd. harvested a crop of 340,000 lb. of rubber in February.
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    FEBRUARY TIN-ORE PRODUCTION
    199 4 THE following particiUars of tin-ore producticn refer to February: Hours" Yardage Picul; The pstimated uet value cf the output ot Kamuntmg was $20,224; of Thabawleik S142.232: of Punjrah. $141,712 and Austral Amalgamated, $112,575. Malayan Tin Southern Malayan Klnla Kellas Na-.vng pet Ilahman Hyil. K. Kamunting Thabawloik Piingah
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    FEBRUARY RUBBER IMPORTS
    43 4 FOREIGN imports of rubber in February totalled 20,324 tons com pared with 26,885 tons in January Total imports for the two months are therefore. 47.309 tons or 570 tons more than was imported in the first two months of 1940.
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    London Stock Exchange
    320 4 London, Mar. 5. The following are to- lay's closing mm a< juotatlona. Shares art jf s\ denomination unless otherwise stated: Coc. tOtaS% 1944-64... 108<4 Funding ,x»u 4% lM0-9t> 113% +M WarLoan3V4% 103% +\i Com Union Assce (Unit*) in% Prudential .<uace "A" 18% Royal .uace 1% Jreat Weovra
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    146 4 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Mar. 8. pOMMODITY and Exchange market* clo&ci v v follows wltn orerlouj Quotations In oarenthesta:— KIRBER: Firm. Spot 13 9 16d 13 11 lGd (13 7 16d 13 9 18d> April June 13 11 16 d 13 1316 d (13 9 16d 13
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    RUBBER MARKET QUIET BUT STEADIER Freight Position Continues To Influence Prices
    226 4 RUBBER MARKET QUIET BUT STEADIER Freight Position Continues To Influence Prices IN a weekly report on the rubber market issued this morning, Lewis and Peat (Singapore) Ltd. write: The past week has been a very difficult one from an exporter's point of view, and nothing can really relieve the position
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    TIN FIRMER IN LONDON
    94 4 London, Mar. 5. TIN opened firm. There was general support with buying of nears prominent and some covering of for- ward but influential selling, possibly against purchases in New York during the recent scare, restrained the ad- i vance. After official hours the market J w?s
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    MEXICAN OIL DISPUTE DISCUSSIONS
    57 4 Londot., Mar. 5. THE Mexican Government will raise the question of the expropriated United States oil properties during the defence conversations in Washington. It is reliably understood that Washington will closely co-operate with London and United States oil dealers will insist on the inclusion of British
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    SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTIONS
    156 4 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce i Rubber Association held 1U 1.528 th auction yesterday, ana mere were catalogued 3.097,446 1b.— 1.382.79 tons; ottered 2.714.137 1b.— 1.211.67 tons; sold 2.272,609 lb 1,014.56 tons. London Spot 13 7 ICU. New York Spot 21 cents PRICES REALIZED Ribbed Smoked Sheet
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    DONATIONS TO THE WAR FUND
    237 4 •THE following donations to The War Fund are recorded to-day: E. N. C. Wollerton, further contribution 250 W. 11. J. Frahm 200 O. E. Venables, Kuala Lumpur 150 Tay Koh Vat, ninth contribution 120 Post Office staff, February contribution 111.75 Cable and Wireless Staff, monthly
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    STANTON NELSON'S VIEWS
    230 4 IN their report issued this morning, i Stanton Nelson and Co.. Ltd., write: j The moves and counter-moves In the i East and West, which appear to mdi- 1 cate the approach of a decisive phase j of the war, are overshadowing all market operations, and it
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    GUTHRIE'S REPORT
    117 4 IN their report Issued yesterday. Guthne and Co., Ltd., write:— The local market is still affected by the shortage or freight which is extremely acute, but it is thought that the position may be alleviated considerably by the end of April. London remains quiet with sellers reserved. In
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    EXCHANGES
    176 4 The following are 'Me excnaniw r»t« Bit morning according 'o u.t daily clrriUai is»u^ t>? the Hongicons &nd Shanghai Bnnkltu CoTDoratloo: i--i 2U3: London demand 2/4 3 '32 Switzerland iT.T. only) 202.46 New York demand 47.10 Montreal demand 51.85 Batavla demand 88.71 Samarang demand 88. 58 Calcutta Bombay ana
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    Aid Britain Bill Amendments Operation Of Measure To Stop In 1943
    142 4 Aid Britain Bill Amendments Operation Of Measure To Stop In 1943 Washington, Mar. 5. r[E Senate to-day approved an amendment terminating the operation of til? "Lend and Lease" Bill en July 1, 1943, or earlier if approved by a majority of both houses. The Senate also adopted an amendment tightening
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    NEW SCHEDULE OF RESERVED JOBS
    153 4 L:ndcn, Mar. 6. AN outline of a new draft schedule of reserved occupations, which has the twofold object of recruiting fur- ther men f<r th 3 forces and of conjcentrat'nn: the residue upon protected work, is given in an announcement by the Trade Union Congress.
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    N.I. Registering Women For War Work
    75 4 Eatavia, Mar. 6. PH f .he first time in her history, the herlands East Indies has begun regu *!ng women for compulsory services. Sesistration is compulsory for all female Dutch subjects, whether European or native between the ages of 18 and 55, and having
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    PATRIOTS ADVANCE IN ABYSSINIA
    122 4 Khartoum, Mar. 6. ETHIOPIAN patriots have occupied the village of Mankusa, eight miles east of Debra Markos in the Gojjam area, 120 miles north-west of Addis Ababa, according to latest news received here. The Italian forces, which evacuated Burye on Tuesday morning after prolonged guerilla pressure
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    PRINCE PAUL TO MEET HITLER TO-DAY?
    46 4 Tokio, Mar. 6. ANEW YORK report reaching here says that the Associated Press, quoting informed sources in Belgrade, reports that Priive Paul, chief Regent, of Yugoslavia, will m?et Hitler to-day to discuss futuro relat-'jns between Yugoslavia and Germany.— Eastern News
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    WEIGHTS FOR FINAL DAY OF SELANGOR RACES
    381 4 (From Our Own Correspondent) i Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 6. I WEIGHTS for all nine races on Saturday, the final day of the Selangor Turf Clubs Gold Cup meeting, are: GOLD CUP Horses, clau one, 114 miles National 9.07 Bay Dragun 8.08 Lord Bug
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      131 4 DO YOU WANT TO HELP THE BRITISH WAR EFFORT? Tiie SIMPLEST and SPEEDIEST way YOU can help WIN THE WAP is to Juve regular DONATIONS to THE WAR FUND during the Current Year Can You Afford $1 per month? Can You Afford $10 per month? Can You Afford $100 per
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    RUBBER SHAREHOLDERS WILL FIND 1941 A PROFITABLE YEAR
    1342 5 Although Government Takes All Above 9id. Per Pound WHAT WILL HAPPEN AFTER THE WAR IS WON? (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 24. OUBBER has cheapened slightly on the London market lately because consumers here, confident in the Navy's ability to beat
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    111 5 Mal'i dace at ihe General Post Office ARRIVALS Malls from Sumatra (air) general delivery 1.40 p.m. to-day. M»ils from Australia (air) general delivery 3 30 p.m. to-morro-- j Malls from Java (air general delivery 8.15 a.m. Saturday. Aden air Africa a:r Australia air Uiirma air C
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    List Of Current Dividends
    347 5 Book* CVunwmj OITldend Close TIN Data Payable Singapore. Mai 5. nxaj far Ex U»» OoaaclaJ veai DM* lo dab Austral Mala; 9d. Sd. oonus Mar 4 Austral Amal. 3d. l',jd. bonus Mar. 15 Burma Maiay 6d. No. 2G Mar. 20 Iiong Fatt 14% final M:-.r. 1
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    Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1387 5 WEDNESDAY, MAR. 5, 1911: 4 P.M. ■MM Butrn Sellm tmpat Tin <5s> 33 3d 3s 7Vid Austral Amal. (5s) 6s 3d 6s 9d c.d. Austral Malay (1) S5s 36s e.d Ayer Hitam (5s) 19s 6d 20s 6d Ayer Weng ($1) .72V4 .77H Bangrin Tin (f)
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    WATERFALL RUBBER LOAN
    80 5 Directors To Approach Creditors (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 20. HOLDERS of Waterfall (Selangor) Rubber Estates five per cent. Loan notes received the .£20,000 due to them In respect of premium on Dec. 31. the agreed date. Principal moneys amounting to £30.000 were due to be
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    AYER HITAM TIN DREDGING
    1232 5 Company Meeting WASTING ASSETS AND E.P.T. MR. C. V. THOMAS'S SUGGESTED REMEDY The Fourteenth Annual General Meeting of Ayer Hltam Tin Dredflrlns Limited was held on Friday. December 13. at 73. Cheapside, London. B.C. Mr. J. H. Rich presided In th? absence of Mr. C. V.
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      470 5 OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED beg to announce that their new branch of ties at Nos. 122 124, Main Road, TAIPING (PERAK) (Tel. Address: "Oversea") (Telephone: Ro. 286) (P. 0. Box: No. 24) COMMENCES BUSINESS TO-DAY tlattirt. High Blood Pressure Db<igerous fo Hear! Thousands ot men ana women past 40 fico
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      170 5 SINGAPORE TIDE TABLES To-aay H. W. 3.04 a.m. 8.2 ft.; 4.03 p.m. 6 6 ft. L. W. 9.39 a.m. 2.8 ft.: 9.19 p.m. 4.3 ft. To-morrow H. W. i 48 a.m. 7.7 ft.; 5.28 p.m. 6.2 ft. L. w. 10.38 a.m. 29 ft.: I0.14p.m. 4.8 ft. Saturday, Mar. 8 H.
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      246 6 3 TIMELY ATTRACTIONS FOR THE PRICE OFI ADMISSION! litflfß !w c P ara^ c to-day **W ELSIE JAN IS s^^^ WENDY BARBIE PATRIC KNOWLES f^ Mac Clarke. Billy Gilbert, ■t"*^^»r Donnic Moore, Dorothy Petter- v^^ son in Republic's thrilling drama of English Nurses R behind the front lines 'WOMEN WAR'
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      275 6 iMwllfSm 1 pavilion (M V) 6.15 9.15 M WU$ WARNER BROS. \^B3P^KmkhV£j| f* jt t f~>i tj "c I SPECIAL ADDED ATTRACTION THE OFFICIAL MOTION PICTURE RECORD OF "THE BATTLE OF TOBRUK" SHOWN BY ARRANGEMENT WITH THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION. SPECIAL ANNO VN CEMENT DURING "BLACKOUT" WEEK REVIVAL SCREENING OF
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      245 6 "DULCY" IS PROBABLY THE FUNNIEST PICTURE EXHIBITED IN A LOCAL THEATRE SO FAR THIS YEAR!"-S. FREE PRESS (Yesterday). AADITAI TO-DAY CAPITOL 3.15-6.15-9.15 Forget your Petrol Rationing War, Worries, ami all Fears ROLAND ANN and REGINALD Will BANISK r'l ycur ones r- With Added Attraction:— \?™E) g "THE BATTLE OF TOBRDK'
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    FRENCH AWAITING CHANCE TO TURN ON THE GERMANS
    249 7 Repatriated Americans Tell Of Food Riots Attacks On Nazis New York. Mar. 5. COOD riots in Paris and sneering Germans declaring that they will be in New York after London are described in the American Press The New York Journal- American quotes
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    R.A.F. Attacks Enemy Ships
    104 7 R. A. F. Attacks Enemy Ships Nine Italian Planes Brought Down Athens, Mar. 5. D-A.F. bombers attacked enemy warships off Chimara, in Albania, yesterday, states a communique from R.A.F. headquarters in Greece. Escorting Hurricanes and Gladiators encountered a large formation of Italian CR42 and CRSO fighters and shot down nine,
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    More Prisoners Are Taken
    189 7 20 British Capture 469 Of The Enemy London, Mar. 5. ALTHOUGH outnumbered by 25 to one, a party of British signallers have captured a number of Italian officers and men in the Jelib area, Italian Somaliland. During the fighting in this sector, learns Reuter's military correspondent,
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    PATRIOTS' DRIVE ON ADDIS ABABA
    131 7 Cairo, Mar. 6. •TTIE Abyssinian patriot army push- Ing on beyond Burye are now less than 140 miles from Addis Ababa, the Abyssinian capital. The Italian fort at Burte. 160 miles inside the Abyssinian frontier, was captured by the patriots after days of fierce scrapping,
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    Spanish Fascists Given Legal Privileges
    113 7 Madrid, Mar. G MEMBERS ol the National Council of th? Falange (Fascist) Party are given a privileged position in regard to the law under a decree published yesterday, providing ihat no national counsellor can be arrested without an order from the head of the party
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    New Anglo-Swedish Agreement
    73 7 London, Mar. 6. AN agreement has been reached between Great Britain and Sweden whereby five Swedish ships from overseas ports will be able to sail for Gothenburg every month. Announcing this, the Ministry of Economic Warfare states that it is a condition of the arrangement that these
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    JAPAN ENCOURAGING MASS BREEDING
    81 7 Toklo, Mar. 5. JAPAN is following the example of Italy and Germany by encouraging early marriages and mas. 1? breeding. The Welfare Ministry has decided, as an experiment, to otrant a loan of between Yen 300 and Yen 500 to specially selected couples upon marriage. The
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    52 7 New Delhi, Mar. 5. ""PHE Madras War Fund has nearly reached the figure of £675,000, of which over £560,000 has already been dispatched to London. So far M planes have been provided from this fund. The Bombay War Fund stands at about £280.000. of which a quarter has been remitted
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      192 7 RAFFLES HOTEL TO-NIGHT DINNER DANCE (informal) 8 p.m. to midnight SEAVIEW H HOTEL BAIX-tiOOM FERFKCTLY AIRCONUITIONEU BT SEABREEZI'.S SATURDAY SPECIAL DINNER DANCE DINNH! $3— NO ADMISSION CHARGE SATURDAY EXTENSION TO 1 A.M. ADELPHI GRILL Whether you require light refrettirnents ot an ei&oorate meal, the Ann. phi GRILL is renowned tor
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      379 7 FULL-BLOODED ACTION THRILLS ROMANCE HUMOUR 7 7 7 7 CATHAY —to-day— -■"■-.rl. x 3.15 6.15 9.15 Where Ererybody Goes MORNING SHOWS TO-MORROW, SATURDAY SUNDAY at 11 o'clock. theMArrof t 20th tL cf v io1 BASIL RATHBONE ff ALSO MINISTRY OF INFORMATION CINKSOUNI) "BATTLE of TOBRUK" AND WELCOME HOME OF 11.M.A.5.
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MAR. 6, 1941. (550th Day Of The War.) Mediation
    1223 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MAR. 6, 1941. (550th Day Of The War.) Mediation According to those very learned and often humorous brothers H. W. and F. G. Fowler, the word mediate means to form a connecting linic I between to intervene between two I persons for the purposes of
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      PETROL RATIONING
      1085 8 15 Gallons For Motorist Who Uses 90 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— The rationing of petrol Is beginning to cause great hardship to a lot of people for whom the possession of cars Is essential to business. In rationing petrol, government should have classified consumers
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      Serious Effect On Public Morale
      584 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— l hope you will spare me space in your valuable paoer to voice a I strong protest about the petrol-ration-ing scheme. The whole scheme is preposterous in the extreme. We all know rationing of petrol is in
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      THE SOCIAL EVIL
      104 8 Preventive Medicine And Education To the Editor of the traits Times Sir,— lt is quite obvious from the correspondence that has appeared in your columns that the preventive medicine and educational campaign against venereal infection advocated in your leading article on the social problem is the one
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      FOR FAINT HEARTS
      964 8 Those Who Run May Never Be Able To Stop To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— Although I must say I am ?lr»d that your correspondent, "Facts." is in sympathy with my views regarding China and Great Britain, yet I rannot help making a reply to
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    FURTHER JAPANESE WARNING TO VICHY
    339 9 Tokio On Delay In French Reply CHINESE STORY OF FLEET CONCENTRATION IN SOUTH Konoye Calls Emergency Meeting Of Cabinet r ]^HE Japanese Prime Minister, Prince Konoye, is calling 1 an emergency meeting of the Cabinet to-day following failure of the French Government at Vichy to
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    AIDING THE NAZI ARMY
    316 9 AIDING THE NAZI ARMY Britain Indicts Bulgaria London, Mar. 6. "HpHE British Government has come to the conclusion that the Bulgarian Government, so far from desiring to maintain neutrality in the present conflict, is now prepared actively to co-operate with Germany," states a note presented j by the British Minister
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    GERMANS REACH GREEK BORDER
    135 9 Nazis Complete Control In Bulgaria London, Mar. 6. A NUMBER of the German troops pouring into Bulgaria from the north and south by every possible means of transport, have already reached the Greek frontier. At the same time, the Gestapo and German police are taking control
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    Threat To Burma Is Stressed
    196 9 Japanese Activities In Indo-China Thailand London, Mar 6. THE inextricable connection of the Sino-Japanese war and the European war was the subject of an illuminating lecture at the Royal Central Asian Society by Mr. H. D. Licm London correspondent of the Chinese Central News Agency
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    Heavy Japanese Shipping Losses
    134 9 Chungking, Mar. 6. NEARLY 200 Japanese warships and merchantmen have been sunk in the Sino-Japanese conflict. The naval headquarters of the Chinese National Military Council yesterday announced that 192 Japanese ships had been sunk and 188 damaged by Chinese shore batteries and river mines up to
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    GERMANS SANK ATHENIA, SAYS A BERLIN REPORT
    178 9 London, Mar. 6. THE Berlin correspondent of the Swiss Gazette of Lausanne makes the unexpected announcement that it was a German submarine which sank the Athenia at the beginning of the war. When at the outbreak of the war the American ship Athenia
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    GERMANS AT CASABLANCA
    153 9 Disclosure In Commons London Mar. 6. TMIE presence of German troops in C asablanca, French Morocco, was revealed by Mr. R. A. Butler, j Under- Secretary for Foreign Affairs, lin the House of Commons, yester- day, when in reply to a question he stated that a representative
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    HITLER'S "SUICIDE" SUBMARINES
    224 9 American Tale Of New Nazi U-boat Fleet London, Mar. 6. i-"r\EATH or glory" crews manning i-r "suicide" U-boats destined only to reach the British coast and which are not expected to return were mentioned in the House of Commons yesterday by Capt. A. S. Cunningham-Reid during the
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    Carol Escapes To Portugal Dramatic Dash In Car With Madame Lupescu
    357 9 Carol Escapes To Portugal Dramatic Dash In Car With Madame Lupescu Madrid. Mar. 6. AUTWITTING Franco's police, exKin; Carol of Rumania and Madame Lupescu, his titianlhaired I friend, made a dramatic escape by car from Spain into Portugal on Tuesday. They had been in Spain under police surveillance at a
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    TOKIO REACTION TO MENZIES' SPEECH
    109 9 Tokio, Mar. 6. THIS time we think Australia Is being very fair," the Japanese Government spokesman told Reuter, commenting on the speech of Mr. R. G. Menzies. Australian Prime Minister, in London on Tuesday. "Hitherto they have discussed problems with Japan only from a logical
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    MR. EDEN'S REASSURANCE TO THE GREEK NATION
    321 9 Athens, Mar. 6. "pOMPLETE agreement" on all aspects of the Balkan situation between the British and Greek governments is announced in an official communique issued here last night on conclusion of the visit of the British Foreign Minister, Mr. Anthony Eden. The communique
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    Grave Charges Are Made Against Hitler's Aide
    326 9 WIEDEMANN SAID TO BE BEHIND SPY AND REVOLT PLOTS IN UNITED STATES San Francisco, Mar. 5. THAT the German consul-general in San Francisco, Capt. Fritz Wiedemann, is alleged to have received over $5,000,000 from Germany for espionage in the United States and elsewhere
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    1,500 Crack Italian Troops Drowned
    69 9 London. Mar. ITALIAN prisoners recently taken in Albania report tha 4 1 500 Italian Alpine troops were drowned when their shin was torpedoed and sunk, states the Athens radio. The announcer said the prisoners alsi confirmed the sinking of two other shins, one carrying 1
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    GEN. SMUTS MAY MEET MR. EDEN AGAIN
    194 9 Cape Town. Mar. 6. COL. Deneys Reuz, Deputy Prime Minister of South Africa, said in a speech yesterday that before Gen. J. C. Smuts, who arrived in Nairobi on Tuesday returned south he wanted once more to confer with Mr. Anthony Eden, the
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    WAR FUND INCREASE OF $1,500 TO-DAY
    422 10 WAR FUND INCREASE OF $1,500 TO-DAY Local Motor Bus Services Send Further Donations GRAND TOTAL IS $5,053,013 r[E War Fund has advanced again to-day by more than $1,500 and the total now is $5,053,013. Prominent in the latest list of contributors are the local motor-bus services, three of whom have
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    CONFIDENCE OF ADM. TOVEY
    313 10 Home Fleet C.-in-C Interviewed London, Mar. C. COMPLE7TE confidence that any German attempt at the invasion of Britain would be defca uV and ihat the U-boat menace will be mastered was expressed by the Comir.ar.der-in Chief of the Home Fleet. Admiral Joiin C. Tovey. in the
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    MANY MOURNERS AT JOHORE HINDU FUNERAL
    149 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Mar. 5. THE large cosmopolitan gathering present to-day at the funeral of Dr. N. Sambandanather. whosj death occurred at the Johcre Bahru general hospita. on Tuesday, testified to his popularity. Dr. .1. M. A. Lowson acting prinap*'. ireaica!
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    MESSAGE OF THANKS TO CITIZENS OF BATAVIA
    64 10 D.Uivia. Mar. G. trWE British Consul-C.cn rul at Bctavia has 1 written a let'.ir to the Chairman of lbs j Peopled Council tnatikmK him in belialf oi j Mr. Winst n Churchill lor the present and j the good iUm seni the British
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    WAR RISKS INSURANCE FOR PROPERTY
    56 10 T7HE Singapore Ratepayers' Association dm 1 decided to s"oport a proposal to extend tli- War Risks ivjoodsl Insurance to cover a!l forms of property. An Inquiry wils recently received from the SWaneor Property Owners' and Rat payers. Association. Inquiring whrthfr the Singapore Ratepayers' Asso<.!»un:: would
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    17 10 Poatal and telrfrraphic services In the Colony are now classed as essential services ruder the Defence Regulations.
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    AMUSEMENTS
    90 10 SINGAPORE ntms noi» i Dinner Dance il'iloimal 8 urn i<> Mldnieht. w:i;kk iiimiki i,hi,.\m, No Sliow Owing To Blackout GKftAT HDKlli w J 9 p.m to MidOlOb li.'.Lv.i. Sky: f!o DAPPI I 111 ATI.* illuppt VVorldl the Blackout: No show. M M HHKIIi I'ulkte*. rheatrM ana Cinemas. Sld< Bbam
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    DOUBLE WEDDING IN MALACCA
    62 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca. Mar. a. A DOUBLE wedding took place at tne Kher.g Chiew Hoey Kwan, Jonser Street. Malacca, to-day when Mr. Goh Joon Hin was married to Miss Chan Fon? Tee and Mr. Goh Joon Men? to Miss Wee Bee Neo. The bridegrooms
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    N.I.-AUSTRALIA TRAFFIC GAINING DAILY
    41 10 N. I.- AUSTRALIA TRAFFIC GAINING DAILY Batavia, Mar. 6 TRAFFIC bjtween the Dutch Bast Indies and 1 Australia is gaining daily in significance, dw;iares the Batavia radio, which adds that all planes flying to Australia are filled until April 21. Reuter.
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    VOLUNTEER PAY
    73 10 A NOTIFICATION in the F.M.S. Government Gazette states that non-European VolunU-ers in the Signal Company of '.h: F.M.S. Volunteer Force who are attached »c Regular units for training will receive daily pay and allowances at the following rates. Signalmen $1.40; Lance Corporals $1.60: Corporals $1.80: Sergeants $2 00;
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    S.R.A. & PETROL PLAN
    38 10 S.R.A. PETROL PLAN rS Su.gaporc Ratepayers' Association tro decid d to appoint a sub-committee consisting of Messrs G. H. Klat. D. Marshall an«i Urn Klan Beng to consider the petrol rationing scheme and to report to the Committee.
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    34 10 A public meeting will be hrld on Saturday at 3.30 p.m. at 830 Geylanß Road to discuss ftrrangera. Nts and to appoint a general committee for the celebration of the Wrtrt n* Prcjjhrt Muhammad
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    Indian Troops' Heroism In Eritrean Campaign
    350 10 New Delhi, Mar. 6. REPORTS of many individual acts Of heroism by Indian troops in the Eritrean campaign have now reached Tndia One Indian commissioned officer led tl» S an v f galned a .steep ridge. The party withstood sevcral enemy counter-attacks in strength,
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    Desert Jack-In-The-Box
    32 10 Wearing white overalls to harmonise with his surroundings a soldier "looks out" in the desert. His Bren gun can toe uncamouflagcd in an instant, ready to take on enemy aircraft.
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    N.I. CALL FOR ALLIANCE IN MALAYSIA
    489 10 Press Demand Understanding With British Empire Batavia, Mar. 5. NETHERLANDS INDIES newspaper and public opinion is demanding a clear understanding between Australia, New Zealand, the East Indies, and Malaya regarding defence if one or all were attacked. The general opinion is that a united
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    FORMER G.O.C. IN MALAYA
    218 10 'Confessions' Of Sir Dudley Ridout MAJOR-GEN. SIR DUDLEY RIDOUT will be well remembered by many Malayans as the former GO.C, Malaya, and as chairman of the British North Borneo Company. Writing In a London newspaper today he makes some amusing and characteristically human confessions about his
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    BIG DEFENCE EXERCIS IS NOW IN PROGRESS
    763 10 Two Phases: Pre-War Tensio And Actual Warfare ALL branches of the Fighting Services and the Cn Defence Services will participate in the exercises whii have begun to-day. From the military point of view, a test of the dei'enc of Malaya will be carried
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    Bank Holiday
    40 10 IT is understood that Monday next will be a Bank Holiday in the Colony. A Bank Holiday on Monday in the F.M.S. was e»«tted yesterday. This is owing to the define exercises which are taking place next week
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    GEN. AUCHINLECK ON POSITION OF V.C.Os.
    90 10 SPEAKING in the Council oi Stat; at New Delhi yesterday, General Sir Claude Aocblnlecc, C-in-C. India, referred to the position of the Vice- roys Commission od Officers in the Ind an Army. Their interests, he said, were close to his heart and he would
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    COMPREHENSIVE TEST OF DEFENCE SYSTEM
    580 11 Week's All-Malayan Exercise Starts At Dusk To-day FIGHTING SERVICES PASSIVE WORKERS GO "INTO ACTION" TiIALAYA'S defences will be put to the test in the course of v the blackout week which begins to-day. The test will be of a comprehensive nature and will cover the
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    TELOK KURAU TRAGEDY
    226 11 Inquiry Into Alleged Double Murder CURTHER evidence was recorded in the second court when the pre- 1 liminary inquiry into a double murder j alleged to have taken place in a quiet lorong off Telok Kurau Road on the morning of Doc. 2. was resumed yesterday. At
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    INDIAN GUNNER ON MURDER CHARGE
    80 11 MUNSHI LAL, a 20-year-old corporal attached to an R.A. battery, appeared in the fifth police court yesterday on a charge of murdering Sgt. Mehbat Singh of the same battery. After the charge had been explained to the accused the case was adjourned for a week.
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    SOCIAL EVIL PROBLEMS
    479 11 Miss Nicoll-Jones' Rotary Talk AN IDEA of how she proceeded to tackle the social evil problem on arrival in Singapore at the invitation of the Government was given by Miss S. E. Nicoll-Jones in a talk to the Singapore Ro:ary Club yesterday. "I began to look for
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    YOUTH TO BE SENT TO THE REFORMATORY
    58 11 QNG Tiang Lee, a 14-year-old Chinese v bey who was convicted in tho second court last week of theft of a bicycle valued at $5 from the five-foot way of a hotel in Beach Road, was ordered yestsrday to be sent to the
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    PERAK HOSPITALS
    127 11 Partial Evacuation In Event Of Emergency (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Mar. 5. IT is understood that necessary arrangements have been made by the Medical Department of Perak to safeguard patients in Government hospitals throughout the State and providing accommodation for civilian and milLary casualties during an emergency
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    WIRELESS OPERATORS FOR N.I. AIR FORCE
    91 11 'From Our Own Correspondent) Batavia, Feb. 28. IN connection with the appeal for wireless operators for the N.I. Air Force, more especially for service in European waters, the head of the Naval Department of Information broadcast an inspiring address, pointing out the various opportunities
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    MR. MAX GEORGE LEONG
    53 11 UR. Patrick R. Leong, of Bras Basah Road, Singapore, writes to say that the John Lecng alias Max Qeorge Leong of a case in the Singapore third court reported in the Straits Times of Feb. 28, has no connection with his father, who is also named
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    On Sudan-Abyssinian Front
    18 11 Burnt-out Italian plane brought down by British fighters during an action near the Sudan-Abyssinian frontier.
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    TRAINING OF CADETS FOR AIR FORCE
    288 11 Another Passing Out Parade At Singapore Centre IVIALAYA'S contribution to the R.A.F. is steadily increasing and another batch of 16 cadets will go into training at the Government Flying Training School in Singapore shortly. It is announced that the fourth course of training; will
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    LEG CRUSHED BY TROLLEY
    261 11 Man Who Tried To Board Moving Bus FT TRYING to board a moving trolley j bus in Victoria Street near the June- tion of Sambawa Road, a 44-year-old Hokkien fell and his right leg was run over by the rear wheel of the bus. This was
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    EDUCATION IN EMERGENCY
    301 11 Schools May Close Temporarily CCHOOL. children will to grani .1 a holiday of unspecified duration should an rmergency brrnk ouc in Malaya. This v.i'l enable the lutborities to study developments in thp situati< n and formolatc a policy on the next step to be tnken. This is
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    INDIAN SHIPBUILDING UP TO SCHEDULE
    39 11 New Delhi, Mar. 5. INDIA'S rav.il shipbuilding programmo, it is l°arnt. is well ud to schedule. Powerful "rrt well-armed mir^wot"ing craft. It is understood, wiM form the bulk of t"ne expanded construction programme. Reuter.
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    THE BLUE DIRECTORY
    71 11 THE Blue Directory of Malaya for 1941. printed and published by Lithographers Ltd Singapore, Is now There are 316 additional pages of information, including several n?w fatur?s such as a complete '.ndex to the administrative section; a new index to the crmmercipli-ectiDn. arranged S3parately lor each town:
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    WHIPPING AND IMPRISONMENT
    1924 12 Tamil Who Posed As "Police Informer" EX-CLERK DREW $150 MONTHLY AS "PRICE OF SILENCE" M RAMIAH, once a clerk employed by a local firm of solicitors, was convicted in the third court yesterday on three charges of blackmailing a European who allegedly paid him $150 a month
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    Mules Captured From Italians
    19 12 Mules captured from the Italians when British troops occupied Fort Gallabat on the Sudan-Abyv>inian frontier.
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    INDIA TO TAP EVERY SOURCE OF MAN-POWER
    404 12 New Delhi, Mar. 5. COR the first time in the history of the Council of State, the Commander-in-Chief of India, Gen. Sir Claude Auchinleck. will move to-morrow an important resolution, under his own name, on recruitment in India, says Reuter. This is a
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    ROYAL NAVY IS ABLY DOING TASK OF FIVE FLEETS
    1534 13 Britain Ready To Take On Nazis I Just With Ships Claimed Sunk London, Mar. 5. HIE herculean task of the British fleet in modern conditions performing the task of five fleets in the last war was outlined by the First Ix>rd
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    Naval Raid On Off Norway
    99 13 London, Mar. 5. A RAID was carried out yesterday against German interests in the Lofoten Islands off Norway, says an i Admiralty communique. Further details will be issued as soon as they are known. The Lofjten gioup forms the seaward ;ide of Vest Fjord, which
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    Shipbuilding Now On Mass Basis
    136 13 Shipbuilding Now On Mass Basis London, Mar. 5. CHIPS will be built faster and faster in Britain, said a 8.8.C. commentator last night in a talk on how Bxitam is combating the German U-boat menace by mass production of ships In peace-time, he said, shipbuilding could not be organized on
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    GEN. DILL CALLS AT GREEK G.H.Q.
    41 13 London, Mar. 6. SIR John Dill, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, called at the Greek General headquarters yesterday in Athens, according to Athens radio. He was joined there by King George of Greece— Reuter.
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    New C.-in-C. Of The Home Fleet
    24 13 Aim. J. C. Tovey, new Ccmmander-in-Chief of the Home Fleet, who has t<i.'cen over in the flagship Nelson.
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    New Day Sweeps By The R.A.F.
    276 13 Boulogne Among Nazi Bases Attacked London, Mar. 5. A FORMATION of R.AJ 1 bombers escorted by fighters attacked the docks at Boulogne this afternoon, while other squadrons of British fighters made an offensive sweep over the Channel and over northern France. Large fire were
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    FARMERS URGED TO STRIVE HARDER
    180 13 Agriculture's Decisive Part In War Stressed London, Mar. 5. 'THE decisive part agriculture has to play in resisting the greatest I threat to our very existence that i this country has ever known was i emphasized by Mr. R. S. Hudson, Minister of Agriculture, speaking
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    Swedish Denunciation Of Nazi Executions
    104 13 London, Mar 6 CTATING that their sentences are "revclt- ing and can only evoke feelings of disgust and aversion." the Swedish Journal Social Demokruten reports, according to the Norwegian telegraph agency, the execution at the beginning of February of three Norwegians condemned to death by
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    KING'S CALL TO PRAYER
    202 13 Tor Strength Thanksgiving' London, Mar. 6. AT the desire of the King, Sunday, Mar. 23, will be observed as a day of national prayer "for strength and guidance in the days to come, and thanksgiving for blessings already received," says a Buckingham Palace announcement. The Archbishop
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    KING AND QUEEN VISIT GLASGOW
    151 13 London. Mar. 6. •fHE Kin* and Queen paid an eight- hour visit to Glasgow yesterday and were given a tremendous welcome by dockers and shipyard workers, who surrounded Their Majesties, cheering and waving their caps. The King talked to the dockers' leaders of the importance
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    19 13 Sir Stafford Cripps, British Amba /idor to Russia, arrived back in Moscow from Turkey by plane yesterday afternoon. —Reuter.
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    NAZI FORCES STREAMING TOWARD THE GREEK FRONTIER
    299 14 Bulgarian Roads Packed With Mechanized Units Belgrade, Mar. 5. DV train, lorry, bus and plane German troops continue to stream through Bulgaria towards the Greek frontier. The three main routes southward are described by an eye-witness as "solid mass of mechanized material." Silent
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    Anglo-Greek Talks End
    112 14 Anglo-Greek Talks End Athens, Mar. 5. R/IR. Anthony Eden, British Foreign Secretary, and Gen. Sir John DUI, Chief of Imperial General Staff, have concluded their series of talks with the Greek Prime Minister. Reuter understands that the conversations were very satisfactory in all respects. Mr. Eden and the British delegation
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    NAZI BALKAN PLANS
    376 14 R.A.F. Still Has The Initiative London, Mar. 5. /""•ERMAN military movements in Bulgaria are already sufficient to provide some pointers to their probable future Balkan plans, writes Gen. Sir Hubert Gough, Reuter's special correspondent. Occupation of the Black Sea ports of Varna and Constanza may portend offensive
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    FIRST AID PROGRESS IN THE F.M.S.
    470 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Mar. 4. i»rHAT Negri Sembilan was the first sub-district sanctioned In the |F.MS. and the First Seremban Ambu'anee Division was the first In tVrF.MJS. recruited from members of ths general public, is rrfntionrd in the interesting annual report of
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    Nazi Pressure On Yugoslavia
    442 14 Nazi Pressure On Yugoslavia Soviet Broadcast An Invitation To Resist? London, Mar. 5. THE Dally Telegraph in a leader under the heading "Russian Oracle" t'j-day analyzes the "remarkable" Russian statement condemning Bulgaria's policy in permitting Gerj man occupation. The Russian statement, the newspaper says, denounces the efforts of the Sofia
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    KUALA LUMPUR READY FOR PRACTICE "BROWN-OUT"
    238 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. S. j IfUALA Lumpur will have its first i practice brewn-out to-morrow night wheh the all-Malayan AR.P. exercises which will last for a week beg.n. In Kuala Lumpur the test of passive i defences, it is learned,
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    Goering Confers With Rumanian Premier
    211 14 Goering Confers With Rumanian Premier MILITARY MATTERS SAID TO HAVE BEEN SUBJECT OF VIENNA PARLEY London, Mar. 5. r'OERING, German air chief, arrived in Vienna this morn- ing and went immediately to the Aspern aerodrome, where he met Gen. Antonescu, Rumanian Prime Minister, who had arrived by special aeroplane from
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    Donovan's Long Tour Of Europe
    571 14 Full Facilities Given By The Allies London, Mar. 5. WITH the unique experience of hav- Ing in a little over two months studied the war situation on all fronts and discussed current political, military and economic problems witn statesmen, soldiers, sailors, airmen and other experts
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    TURKS CONSIDER REPLY TO HITLER
    210 14 Ankara, Mar. 6. 'THE Turkish Government wii: to-day consider its reply to Hitler's message which was communicated to President Ineunu and military leaders immediately after It had been delivered to the German Ambassador, von Papen. No hint of the contents of the message is given
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    N.S. ST. JOHN ASSOCIATION
    51 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban.. Mar. 4. r£ third annual meeting of tne St. John Ambulance Association, Negii Sembtlaz. Centre, will be held at the N. S. Club on Mar. 13 at 7.15 p.m. The president of the -\ssoriatlon. Tuan Sheikh Ahmad bin Sheflrh Mustapha will
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    CLIFTON LAD PAYS $158 AT SELANGOR RACES
    1949 15 Maiden Victories Scored By Four Horses (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 5. A DIG upset by Clifton Lad, who paid $158 in the fourth race, and a more modest upset by Char, who pa d $55 in the first race, were
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    TEAMS FOR WEEK-END CRICKET GAMES
    240 15 pRICKET teams for week-end games In Singapore are given belOWl 1_ Indian ASSOCiatlOn following are Indian Ablation AW^i,^ 1^«5£ D. Dharmaraj. B. sTvarma H SBu» Hussein Shah. D. K. sJmy^R.S. tiohamparam. Reserves: Z. Nakoda. Mahendra. Against Fort Canning on the Association ground at 2 p.m.
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    Singapore Racing Dates
    42 15 THE committee of the Singapore Turf Club has decided slightly to amend the racing days for the Summer (Governor's Cup) meeting in April. The fourth day, which originally was Apr. 16, has been altered to Easter Monday, Apr. 14.
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    BIG SWEEP
    60 15 The draw on the Big Sweep, valued $88,140, resulted: 1 ***** 2 ***** 3 ***** Starters: *****, *****, *****, *****, *****, *****, *****, *****. DOUBLE TOTES The first double tote on races four and five paid $757 on each of 2 tickets. The second double tote on races
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    G.E.C. & HARPERS SHARE POINTS
    190 15 G.E.C. HARPERS SHARE POINTS I G.E.C. 3; Harpers 3. PLAYING in heavy rain in the first half and in a steady drizzle in the second, the G.E.C. drew with Harper Gilflllan in a Business Houses' League match yesterday on the Fraser and Neave ground. The score was three-all. At the
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    SHORTHAND WRITERS' TABLE TENNIS
    158 15 ¥N a friendly game of table tennis played at the premises of the Harmony Musical Association on Sunday the Singapore Shorthand Writers Association (Pitman's) beat the H.M_A by six games to one. Results, S.S.W.A. players mentioned first, were: Young Hal Wan beat Leong Hon Sang 3—l
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    ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNNERS PLAY GOOD SOCCER
    492 15 New Chinese Team Fight Hard To Avert Defeat A.A. (R.A.) 1; Chinese Athletic Assn I. MAKING their debut in competitive soccer at Anson iV Road stadium yesterday, the newly-formed Chinese Athletic Association had to fight very hard in order to avoid being defeated by the
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    33 15 Soccer: SA.FA League; second division (b), Singapore Airport vs. Indian Assn., Geylang Stadium, Kranji vs. Wanderers, Fairer Park; Business Houses' League, N.A.A.F.I. vs. Uniteers. Clerical Union: Brinkmanns vs. Guthries, J.C.S.A.
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    Cold Storage Win 3—1
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    WEIGHTS FOR SATURDAY
    27 15 WEIGHTS for Saturday, the final day of the Selangor Turf Club's meeting-, will be found in PAGE FOUR if received in time. I j
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    Y.M.C.A. TENNIS TIES
    52 15 The following are ties for to-day In the V.M.C.A. tennis championships: "A" Claw Singles: A. O. B. Pakir vs. I. A. Alsagofl. Open Dsables: Lim Hee Chin and C. Y. Koh vs. S. K. Gaw and K. T. San. TOMORROW Open Singles: S. A. Dawood va. Lim
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    243 15 IN a same of cricket played on the V.M.C.A. ground yesterday, the V.M.C.A. beat the M.C.D. Regiment by three wickets. Batting first the Regiment scored 74 ■runs for nine wickets and declared. The Y.M.C-A. passed this total with seven wickets in hand, and, continuj
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    Y.M.C.A. BILLIARDS CHAMPIONSHIP
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    BRAMTOCO SPORTS CLUB
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    CHINA INSURANCE WIN AT TABLE TENNIS
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    BRITAIN SEVERS RELATIONS WITH BULGARIA
    422 16 MINISTER HANDS NOTE TO SOFIA PRIME MINISTER State's Adhesion To Axis Pact Is Given As One Of Two Reasons London, Mar. 5. TT is officially confirmed in London that diplomatic relations between Great Britain and Bulgaria have been broken off. An announcement by the Board
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    396 16 "No Policy Of Appeasement Says Mr. Menzies London, Mar. 5. AN emphatic denial that his speech to the Foreign Press Association on Monday meant the adoption of a policy of appeasement towards Jap in or that his views conflicted in any way with those of the Australian War Advisory Council
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    62 16 "On Road To Victory" Gen. De Gaulle Londen, Mar. 6. CREE French forces are on road to victory declares Gen. Charles do Gaulle, leader of the Free French Forces, in a message congratulating Col. Is Clerc, Commander of the Free French forces who captured Kufra Oasis, in Libya, and to
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    25 16 Toklo, Mar. 5. MR. Hlkotaro Iehikawa newly-appointea Japanese Minister to Iran, will leave aeit on Friday by air to take up his post. Eastern News
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    NAZI ENVOY IN TOKIO LEAVING
    49 16 Tokio. Mar. 5. IT is understood that the German Ambassador to Japan. MajorGen. Eugen Ott, is leaving Tokio on Friday for Berlin to report on the Far Ea-'.ern situation, says the Dome! agency. He is expected to Hay in Berlin for a fortnight. Reuter.
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    Japan-N. I. Parleys Progressing
    80 16 Batavia. Mar. S. UR Yutaka Ishizawa, Japanese Oonsulm General had a three-hour conversation with Mr. van Hoogstraten, Dlrectjr of the Commercial Affairs Bureau of the Netherlands Indies, on Monday. In an Interview with newspapermen on the same day, Mr. Ritman, Director of the Publicity Bureau of
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    61 16 London, Mar. 8. A GREEK war communique to-day states: "Local successful operations In the central sector resulted In the destruction of one enemy tank and capture of two others. One hundred and sixty prisoners were taken Including five officers. Many automatic rifles, three anti-tank guns, three anti-aircraft guns with all
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    Britons Leaving Yugoslavia
    156 16 Acting On Advice Oi Their Minisier Vivhy, Mar. 5. T*HE British consulate i.i Belgrade has addressed a circular to all Britons in Yugoslavia advising j those who are not kept on urgent. business to ler the country, according to dispatches to tlie official French agency. Most women
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    MR. Y. MATSUOKA'S MESSAGE
    145 16 Denies Making Specific Offer Of Mediation London, Mar. 5. IT is learned in London that when the Japanese Ambassador, Mr. Mamoru Shigemitsu, saw Mr. Churchill at No. 10, Downing Street, yesterday he gave the Prime Minister a memorandum from Mr. Matsuoka, the Japanese Foreign Minister. The
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    ADM. NOMURA VISITS NEW YORK
    78 16 New York, Mar. 5. ADM. Klchtsaburo Nomura, Japanese Am bassador to the United States, arrived here on Monday afternoon from Washington. He was met at the station by Mr. Morishima, Japanese consul-general, and representatives of the Japanese community. Adm. Nomura, who Is scheduled to stay
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    Japanese Land At Pakhoi
    213 16 Operations 70 Miles From Indo-China Tokio, Mar. 5. ACCORDING to Japanese field dispatches, Japanese forces, after a surprise dawn landing, occupied Pakhoi, on the Gulf of Tongking, only 70 miles from the Indo-China border. The landing, it is stated, was carried out by a crack Japanese
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      17 1 in A Malayan Bungalow STRAITS TIMES WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT EIGHT PAGES. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1941. No. 266.
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      Chatelaine Of The British Embassy In Washington
      3467 1 By Straits Times jLondon Woman Correspondent London, Dec. 16. UISCOUNT Halifax, our new Ambassador to Washington, is fortunate in having the perfect helpmeet to take her place by his side as chatelaine at the Embassy. Lord Lothian, a bachelor, was not so blessed,
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      Problems Of Babies
      3192 2  -  Nurse Elizabeth By NURSE Elizabeth has had expert training in the care of infants and young children. If you have any problems connected with babies or young children and would like her help write to Nurse Elizabeth, c/o Women's Supplement, Straits Times, Cecil Street, Singapore. Attach this
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        257 2 *vrt*tf stockings KAYSER MIR-O-KLEER exciting New Shades I Sheer for glamour?::: ■i Strong for Service and also for ALL SMART OCCASIONS M W if 1 Just look— hh Srst little teeth are through: pearly white, sharp and firm and they didn't hurt a bit Other, bigger teeth are on the
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        364 2 THURSDAY. MARCH 6. 1941' WHY NOT! ggj£^^p\ Crisis or no crisis, modem ladies must fis^SsP^ dl JOok slnart and D aut i- ful> and tne wwiulua fflff?y i oeauty is the hair Ns^c^ 1 wnen ;t |ias a r 00 1/"" perm. Have a perm at KAYBB. Rates: $6. $10
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      Aunt Lulu Nearly Catches Bungo For One Of Her Ugly Daughters
      1172 4 Aunt Lulu Nearly Catches Bungo For One Of Her Ugly Daughters Winkleday Adventures DUNGO and I were swingu ing lazily through the branches last Winkleday wondering where we might find the nicest lunch, when a whole crowd of monkeys came bounding through the trees towards us. They were making such
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      Minimising The Ravages Of Late Or Restless Nights
      356 4 LATE or disturbed nights are apt to make you look and feel limp and unlovely the next day. There is no reason, however, why most of these ravages may not be minimised and the rest of them disguised, so that you can
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        120 4 Special Feature For Children By Barbara Murray CHINESE RUGS; An exclusive selection in Colours and Sizes GUARANTEED; Best Materials. Best D\es 2est Workmansh-o L i Mi m w^mm t Jk (fe\^ BROOKE BOND TEA gp The patent sealed container yll ySQ in which you receive Brooke BmULUM Bond Tea is
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      984 5 Recipes For Sponge Cakes Which "Melt In The Mouth" TO make a sponge cake which melts in the mouth is the ambition of every cake-maker, so the hints and recipes given here should prove invaluable to the cook. Cakes arc of two general types, butter or sponge cakes. Both types
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      The Beans And Peas
      2122 5 Vegetable Gardening In Malaya VII DX permission of the Department o/ Agriculture, S.S. and FMJS. we publish below the seventh of a scries of excerpts from a book entitled "Vegetable Gardening in Malaya," by J. N. Milsum and D. H. Grist, to be published in the
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      How We Arranged Our Children's Party
      723 6  -  Victoria Chappelle By DLANS for the children's party in the village are complete. To tell the truth, there will be two parties on different days one for the up-to-fives and another for the older children. Arrangements are much the same for both. Visitors and
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      Inspired By Mounties
      80 6 HERE is a little suit for the young miss, Mountie red is used for the jacket and navy for the full ga thered skirt. Navy and cold braid and shiny brass buttons are used as trimming, with a wide brown leather belt to match the shoes. The
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      Easy Ways With Apples
      396 6 LJERE arc recipes for apple novelties, all very easy and time-saving, none needing sugar. Stuffed Baked Apples. Wash and core baking apples, put them In a fireproof dish with a cupful of wat?r and two tablespoonsful of golden syrup, fill the centres with seedless raisins, chopped
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        322 6 THE crowning couch of becuty Nmrure mctm to be yours ill your life. She gave you fresh new skin trowing all the while below th* outer surface, and the meant the oU dried-up cutkle imperceptibly to fall away, leaving the new fresh youthful skin all its youthful beauty. Only too
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      Lentils Make Varied Palatable Dishes On Meatless Days
      582 7 IN out-station districts at all 1 times the supply of fresh meat is a problem to housewives, who are so situated that without proper storage facilities there must be one or two meatless days a week. Having been in such a situation
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      Novelty Sweet
      136 7 AN excelic-nt sweet containing two important health ingTedientscocoa and potatoes— can be used as a tea-time cake or as a dinner-time sweet. It is quite easy to make. Cream two ounces of butter or margarine and gradually beat m two ounces of sugar. Whisk in an MB and
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      Crockery
      87 7 HOWEVER careful you are with kitchen crockery, the time will come when basins, canisters, beakers and so on, need replacing. Perhaps the most satisfactory kind to choose just now is white pottery banded with raised strips of blue. The effect is clean and clear, w\ Its rather solid appearance
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      What The Stars Are Wearing In The New Films
      686 7  - What The Stars Are Wearing In The New Films Sheilah Graham By Hollywood, Nov. 3. ITERE'S Rita Hayworth again, posing in something new and beautiful in silver-fox coats, over a blue satin evening gown highlighted by a wide-buckled belt The coat is simple, but expensive, the pelts worked in an
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      Protection For Rainy Days
      396 7 Protection For Rainy Days By Straits Times London Woman Correspondent WE must, above all, be practi- j cal these days; and that, so far as clothes are concerned, means, among other things, that we must have really adequate protection for rainy days. Gone with so many other things are all
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      Here Is A Way Of Being Kind To Your clothes
      975 8  - Here Is A Way Of Being Kind To Your clothes Elizabeth Day C s TLOTHES last twice as long if they are carefully looked after, and in these days when we are all trying to economise, it is one of the first duties we should acknowledge. The price of new
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      Why Not Bangs?
      164 8 CO you think you can't wear bangs Your face ia too short or too wide or too something else. You've always wanted to wear bangs but. (deep sigh), Pish, tush. You can try anything once even bangs. Bangs will cover a high forehead. Brought to the exact
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