The Straits Times, 25 August 1941

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    34 1 The Straits Times ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY! MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER-LARGEST NET SALES 2 PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY. AUGUST 25, 1941. PRICE CENTS. The Straits Times 12 PAGES, SINGAPORE, MONDAY. AUGUST 25, 1941. PRll'K I CUNTS.
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      DEATHS
      19 2 Mrs. C. K. S. Iyer. No. 7, Race Course Lene. Cremation at 5 p.m. Hindu Cemetery, Bldadary to-day.
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      1476 2 SITUATIONS^ACANT >:K()l ikkii IMMEDIATELY Chinese ,'unior Book-keeper. Apply Box No. 109, Straits Times. WANTED, smart Asiatic with knowledge of office stationary requirements. State salary required to 115, Straits Times. WANTED LADY TEACHERS for a private school with senior certificate as well as Oral English. Apply Box No. 82, Straits Times.
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      692 2 PIANO WANTED by European. SUte price and Make. Box No 997. Straits Times. HOUSES ACCOMMODATION WANTED SMALL HOUBE or flat wanted by EuroI jx an couple, with one child. Would take immediate possession. Box No. 108, S.T. SKBVING OFFICER, single, requires accommodation as P.O. In private house, preferably bachelor establishment,
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      153 3 N. Y. K. LINE. TO JAPAN SINGAPORE TO KANMON. KOBE AND YOKOHAMA. TO INDIA Singapore and Penang to Colombo and Bombay also Rangoon and Calcutta. Indication of any sailings available will be given on Application. NIPPOH YUSEN KAISYA (Incorporated in Japan) Meyer Chambers, IS, Raffles Place. Tel. Nos. 5841, 5842
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      520 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. BLUE FUNNEL LINE. Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom. Dates are not guaranteed, all cargo bookings subject to Conference War Clauses. i WESTERN AUSTRALIA THE SHORTEST SEA ROUTE AT THE CHEAPEST FARE Regular Services to Fremantle (Perth) vta Java by first class passenger ship*. Single fare $192 (A
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      316 3 RAFFLES HOTEL To-night DINNER DANCE (informal) 8 p.m. to midnight Cabaret- BUSTER MAGGIE OI.N.NKK »1J» WMOI <MJ Saturday LUNCH IN THE BALLROOM GRILL SPECIAL RACE PIMER -PAWCE CABARET SUNDAY EVENING IN THE PALM COURT MILITARY BAND CONCERT 8.30 tt 10.30 p 8, ,m b.m v ARGYLL SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS Bj Umt
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    BIGGEST RUBBER TYRES
    237 4 1.660 lb. Of Rubber In Each (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, July 25. DURING the recent visit to the United States of Sir John Hay, head of Guthrte and Co., Ltd., he was ehewn at the Firestone factory some of the gigantic rubber tyres now being manufactured
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    R.G.A. BULLETIN BLITZ VICTIM
    76 4 'From Our O#/n Correspondent. "> London, July 25. IT Is understood that the Rubber Growers' AssociaMon Bulletin for March-April was a casualty In the great fire-raid which the Germans made on London during the night of May 10. The final proof was at the printers and
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    MAIL ARRIVALS
    58 4 Mails from Java (air) general delivery 3.30 \i m to-day Mails from Java and Sumatra (air) general delivery 1-40 p.m. to-morrow. NO AIR MAIL FROM U.K. The Postal Department advises that no air ii. ail from the United Kingdom etc. was reci'ived by the East-bound British Overseas Airways
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    R.M.S. RAISES $2,658,895 FROM TIN IN MARCH
    362 4 Revenue Doubles Expense In First Quarter DE VENUE continues to pour into the coffers of the F.M.S. Government at a very satisfactory rate, thanks to the export duties on tin and rubber, and for the first quarter of this year revenue was almost
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    MALAYAN INCOMETAX INTERESTS M.P.'s
    197 4 Commons Question Elicits Little Information 'From Our Own Correspondent.) London, July 24. AS your Correspondent has cabled to you. members of Parliament have recently evinced considerable interest in the question of income-tax payable In Malaya and other dependencies. In the House of Commons this week. Mr.
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    STOCK EXCHANGE STABILITY
    164 4 Public Confidence In Australia AUSTRALIAN Stock Exchange*, despite the events in the Far East, are showing remarkable stability. Throughout last week, as world tension increased because of Japan's moves, prices of investments on the Sydney Stock Exch lge made definite upward movements. All types at shares were
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    438 4 Firmer Tendency At Opening By Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, Aug. 25. THE share markets opened on a 1 firmer note this morning and there was an early inquiry for one or two tin shares, a lew rubbers and Industrials. This better tone is occasioned by the Prime
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    80 4 Sinopore. M—4mj, Ab«. ti. aaao. Bmjen SrHrv Price* Price* N*. DC B.S8. iSpat Imm) Uii U% n* a b.s.8. t.b m cua Amt.-Se*. tSHkr'i *m«tea) SMV, t»% GJ.A.Q. E.SS fo.j tn talcs Aac-Sept. (Seller's option) UM MS r-A.Q. ISi f b m talc* A«r-S<7rt. iSWIrn
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    EXCHANGES
    169 4 rte foltowtot are the escßantc rata* tbk morning according to the dally drrclai latu*. by tto Hocckonc aao Shanghai sTintim OorDoratlan: London T.T J/4 I/M London demand 3/4 J/S3 Swltaerland 'T.T. only) 202.46 New York demand 47.10 Montreal demand 61. ss Batavta demand M.71 Samarang demand 96. M Calcutta.
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    SINGAPORE RACE WEIGHTS
    87 4 fPHE following are the weights for the one 1 remaining race at Buklt Timah on Wednesday, the second day of the Singapore Turf Club's Autumn (Gold Cup) meeting: Note: Ranscombe and Lined Up have been transferred from Horses, class two to Horses, class one. Double Esso has
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      175 5 A Great star in a great picture! TO-DAY 3.15, 6.15 9,15 ALHAMBRA Warner Bros. Present mm DAVIS P^p GEORGE BRENT MARY ABTOR jB. JHH THE LOVE STORY OF A MAGNIFICENT CHEAT ,4LSO M^l/L PATHE GAZETTE and UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL BIGGER LAUGHS THAN EVER The fun starts where "Mexican Spitfire" let off!
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      235 5 3.15, 6.15 and 9.15 VoVUUn A BIG LAUGH FROM BEGINNING TO END! EDG AW WALLACE'S COMEDY TRIUMPH LjHARKER a^ Wiih Jane Carr-Betty Stockfefd WITH AN OUTSTANDING PROGRAMME OF SHORTS BENITO MUSSOLINI AS "YELLOW CAESAR" "AUSTRALIA MARCHES WITH BRITAIN" Latest GAUMONT BRITISH NEWS By AIRMAIL LAST NIGHT 6.15 9.15 V^V^P^'W!! THE
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      57 5 If»-Ni(rtit Only 64J A f F-ln t MXI M \l.\ Tamil Pletare I T» Morrow KONC TMK LITWG COT Other cinema entertainment announcements appear on page* 10 and 11. Wallace Beery's in love with a lady Blacksmith now! What Fun!! I Most t>ttt»iflui owldoof thriller b M/ ji since "Northwcit
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      164 5 WEEK-EMD CROWDS SIMPLY SHRIEKED!... Don'/ Mm LAST /^fr 7 SCREEiMISGS! I CADTTAf TO-DAY V«flUr* Ji Vli 3.15— 8.15— 9.15 Th« New Scre«n Gloom-chasers that are the Talk of Town! BUD ABBOTT and LOU COSTELLO with THE ANDREWS SISTERS in the FIRST HIG MUSICAL COMKDV SINCE THE WAR With LATEST METROTONE
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE. MONDAY, AUG. 35. 1941. (722nd. Day Of The War.) It Must Stop
    1148 6 The Straits Times SINGAPORE. MONDAY, AUG. 35. 1941. (722nd. Day Of The War.) It Must Stop Mr. Churchill's latest broadcast goes far to rectify the omission which was the chief cause of complaint in this part of the world against the Atlantic Declaration, an omission which was repeated in the
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    YOUTHS ADMIT KILLING FRENCH SOCIALIST
    89 6 Vichy, Aug. 23. FUR youths to-day confessed to the slaying of Senator Max Dormoy, Socialist leader and former Minister of the Interior for the Popular Front. The youths were arrested nfter their partiFan connections were traced to another official killed by a home-made bomb in
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    ANTI-INVASION COASTAL DEFENCES RING BRITAIN
    1623 6 Wire, Beach Mines And Big I Guns Await Nazi Landing BELOW appears the second of a series of three articles in which the Straits Times London Correspondent, G. R. Tonkin, describes his recent visit to a special coast artillery regiment which is jefending a strip
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    London Letter By Cable Flying Cadets' Adventurous "Holiday With Action"
    973 6 London Letter By Cable Flying Cadets' Adventurous "Holiday With Action" By Our Own Correspondent London, Aug. 22. I IN normal times usually this week would have seen a considerable number of Londoners with golf bags and guns j crowding the express trains I going north to Scotland, to eni joy
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      147 6 Chromium case, unbreakable glnss, Swiss Jewelled lever movement. 'as per illustration) SB.Chromium case, small model 6.- Ring up 2 483 for all Photographic Requirements Whether it is an inexpensive baby Brownie or an expensive Cine Kodak we have stocks to meet your requirements. Developing, Printing and Enlarging undertaken. GIAN SINGH
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      47 6 Published by Pitman. STANDARD ENGLISH (Structure and Style) by E. H. Grout. This book is an Ideal mens of studying the English language. 580 pages. Price only J5.00. Postage 30c. O. H. KIAT CO., LTD.. 6 8, Robinxon Road Singapore. JOHN DUKE Manufacturing Optician? 21. BATTERY ROAD.
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    ANGLO- U.S. SOLIDARITY IN EAST IS AFFIRMED
    655 7 Winston Churchill Warns Japan PREMIER'S BROADCAST ON TALKS WITH ROOSEVELT Aid To U.S.S.R. Message Of Hope To Europe AFTER condemning Japanese aggression in China, Mr. Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister, in a broadcast last night on his Atlantic meeting with President Roosevelt, said
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    "Soviet Resistance Has Surprised, Startled & Staggered Reich"
    2015 7 "Soviet Resistance Has Surprised, Startled Staggered Reich" When one beholds how many currents of extraordinary and terrible events have flowed together to make this harmony, even the most sceptical person must have the feeling that we all have a chance to play our part and do our duty in the
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    23 7 Chinese In the Netherlands Indies have subscribed $1,000,000 towards a fund for the purchase of aircraft for the Chinese air force, says Reuter,
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    "A Major Defeat For The Enemy"
    56 7 Moscow, An*. 25. MARSHAL Tbnoshenko, commanding the Soviet Army on the central sector, has issued a special order of the day congratulating Red Army units on having "inflicted a major defeat on the enemy." Presumably, thi* refers to Gen. Koniev's successful counter-atiack in this
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    Goal Of British Commonwealth And The United States
    777 7 "Thus we come back to the quiet bay. somewhere In the Atlantic, where the misty sunshine plays on great ships which carry the White Ensign and the Stars and Stripes. "We had an Idea when we met there the President and I—
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    VITAL BATTLE OF DNIEPER RIVER NOW UNDER WAY
    733 7 German Forces Fail To Stop Red Advance In Smolensk Sector Moscow, Aug. 25. THE battle of the Dnieper River, along which Marshal Budenny has disposed his array to defend the great Don Basin, has begun. The Moscow midnight repots "particularly stubborn fighting
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    Tropical Kit Issued To German Army
    115 7 Zuri h, Aug. 25 "IT is unthinkable that the huge sacrifices which the German people have to undergo to-day does not affect their moral-," writes the Swiss newspaper Rieler i Tafblatt "The disquieting air raids af the British Air For-e admittedly touch only some
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      79 7 |A|| lraf Mr Iffl I FULL II |H HJ| I ALCOHOLIC Add these delightful British Wines üßj H to your wine list (see list below). They are fully alcoholic and are II mt M made In Whlteway's own Devonshire mm Winery. These wines have received the Certificate of the Institute
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    FURTHER £20,000 SENT TO LONDON BY WAR FUND
    194 8 Very Small Increase In Total Recorded To-day A FURTHKR remittance of £20,000 was made to the ItnpeI rial Treasury on Saturday out of the funds standing to the credit of the Colony War Fund. This makes a total of £670,000 so far
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    NEW CLUB FOR TROOPS IN K.L.
    192 8 Gift Of Ex-Services Association (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuula Lumpur, Aug. 25. A LARGE gathering o f ex-service-men was present on Saturday aigM when ErijraHier K. E. S. Crawford opened the United Servitos canteen in Kuala Lumpur. Mr H. Clarke, ciialrman of the Exservicemen's
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    PRESENTATION OF HONOURS
    416 8 Ceremony Before To-dayV Council Meeting: THE insignia of the 0.8. E. and M.B.E. i and the Certificate of Honour werr presented to five recipients by the Governor. Sir Shenton Thomas, at a I ceremony before the meeting of the Legislative Council this morning. Presenting the medal of
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    TREATMENT OF RICE BY LIMING PROCESS
    193 8 I<HE treatment of rice to a liming process, which will prevent large-scale devastation by weevils, is proceeding apace at the Singapore Government rice mill. Found most successful as a means of keeping away weevils, the process was "discovered" by the manager of an up-courtry
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    AGENT'S ADVICE TO N.S INDIAN ASSOCIATION
    135 8 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seiemban. Aug. 23. LET not the so-called political rights of the comrrunlty. important j though they are, engage more than their lair share of attention. We nave more pressing profc'em* social and economi" uplift, said Mr. Sublmal putt, 1.C.8., Malaya,
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    SINGAPORE TRIBUTES TO RABINDRANATH TAGORE
    82 8 TRIBUTES to Rabindranath Tagore, the Indian poet whD died en Aug. 7, wen- paid by speakers at a public meeting of members of the Indian 111 1 n and Indian Youth League in Singapore yesterday evening. Among tho speakers were Mr. S. C. Gcho, wlio
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    AMUSEMENTS
    98 8 KAFFI-FS 110 IU Dinnpr Dane; liu'urraal> 8 p m. tn Midnight. CHEAT WOULD Cabaret: Night Dance 8.30 to Midnight Globe: The Son of Monte Cristo. Sky: The Westerners. HAPPY TIII'ATRr: (Happ* World) Ski Patrol. Seaside: Terry and tne Pirates. NMV WOK 1.1) Talklis rheatres ana Cinemas Side Show Cabaret
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    Singapore Evacuation Camps Have Cost Over $1,000,000
    608 8 Colony War Expenditure A SUM of $1,506,409.60 has been spent on air raid precautions in the Colony, it is stated in the report of the Finance committee of the Legislative Council. A greater part of this expenditure was for evacuation camps in Singapore
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    NEW PETROL RATIONS
    314 8 Revised Rates Announced MEW basic rations for petrol for all types of motor vehicles in Malaya were announced by the Oil Controller in a communique issued this morning. The communique followed a broadcast by the Controller. Mr. H. C. R Rendl?. last night in which he referred
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    FORTHCOMING B.B.C. ENTERTAINMENTS
    152 8 EXCEPPTS fr~m two of London's brightest shows figure in forth!con:ir.s BBC overseas broadcasts. I "Applesauce" a George Black revue, will be visited by the Microphone at its new theatre Ut was bombed out of its original ho:ne> on Wednesday at 2.30 (p.m. (Malaya 350 p.m.). Its leading
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    Britain's Heavy Guns Are Ready
    66 8 rfce crews of the big guns round Britain'i coast i periodically do practice shoot* in which they range their guns on vulnerable points at which the enemy may attempt a landing. In this way the gunners get to know their ranges almost to an inch
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    EURASIAN TRIBUTE TO A.I.F. IN MALAYA
    447 8 A EURASIAN tribute to the Australian troops in Malaya was paid by Mr. Claude H. da Silva, speaking in the legislative Council to-day. The arrival of A.I.F. reinforcements, he said, had stirred not only Malaya but the whole world. It was sjiU that Britain
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    PRISONER OF WAR
    60 8 CKROT. John A. U. Qultaow. formerly ot M^jr> I/nnowrni Ltd Btnrkok »ho wi. irportrd misting In May last from the RAF. is now reported prisoner ot war. Sergt a Mother of Mrs. R. T. O. Unmfrt. or Singapore, end of Mha I. A. QulUov. ci Penan? He
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    13 YEARS ON THE COUNCIL
    337 8 Tributes To Mr. Abdoolcader THE Colonial Secretary, Mr. S. W. Jones, pa«d a warm tribute to Mr. H. H. Abdoolcader, the retiring Indian member of the Legislative Council, speaking at this morning* meetingMr AbduolradT wa,« appointed to the Council In 1928 and this tenure of
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    "DARK COMMAND"
    50 8 At The Cinema "Dark ronamasWL" (Claire Trevor. Joam Warm*. Walter Ptd«eo«t. ReswMle. MUadght ahow at the Alhambra. AN enthralling story, vivid characterltation. and above all. intense human lav terest. make up the Ingredients of the pistare. Claire Trevor displays her versatility m a film packed with tbrllllng Incidents.
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    ROAD ACCIDENTS
    50 8 rpHERE were three road-deaths and foray 1 people Injured In street accidents durtaa. the week ending Aug. 30. as against one rood. oxath and twenty-two injured tn the preceding week. The total of road-deaths this year, to data, Li sixty-six, that ot those Injured I* accidents betnc Ml
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    EVACUATION EXERCISE
    155 9 Yesterday's Test In East Coast Area THE evacuation exercise in the control of traffic and the movement of evacuees which took place In the East Coast defence area yesterday morning went o(X smoothly according to plan. Reinforced by about 200 wardens from Kandang Kerbau, Jco Chiat and Geylang
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    PETROL RATIONING TO BE TIGHTENED UP
    454 9 Reduction In Basic Quantity Non-Transferable Coupons QTRICTER regulations involving petrol rationing the issue of coupons, new types of coupons and the reclassification of motor-cars to come into force as from Sept. 1, were announced by Mr. H. C. R. Rendle, the Oil Controller, in
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    ANTI-MALARIAL WORK AT CAMERON HIGHLANDS
    57 9 AN effort Is being made by the State Medical and Health Officer. Paliang to have clauses Inserted In all new titles to land at Cameron Highlands, which will prevent further indiscriminate felling of trees md enable the health officer to undertake any necessary anti-malarial work
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    WELFARE OF TROOPS HERE
    274 9 Convalescent Homes Scheme lyiALAYA will probably soon be well provided with convalescent homes for officers, nurses and other ranks of the British and Australian troops stationed here. How soon these convalescent homes will 1 3 established will depend on how long inquiries into the matter take.
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    FOOD SUPPLY BRANCH OFFICE OPENED
    79 9 \umi an Assistant Food Supply Officer in charge, a branch of the Food Supply omce has now been opened in the old Malay volunteer headquarters lin Bras Basah Road. The building houses the officer-in-'charge of the north-eastern area of Singapore town a* bounded by Stain
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    EUROPEAN SYNDICATE TO START PAPER MILL
    42 9 A EUROPEAN syndicate plans to construct a paper-mill in Singapore producing almost enough strawboard to meet Malaya's requirements. It L- probable, too, that the mill may manufacture coarse wrapping paper for which there Is a demand.
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    MAHARAJAH OF PATIALA RETURNS TO INDIA
    33 9 Calcutta Aug. 24. "INDIAN troops in Malaya are quite happy and in good spirit," said the Maharaja of Patiala who arrived by air from Malaya yesterday Reuter.
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      413 9 Broadcasting TO-DAY SINGAPORE ZHL. 125 m 1J33 <■• ZHF.l. 30.94 m. ».t9 «.<*. ZHT.S 48.S8 m. (.175 ZHP-J. 41.M 7.2S n t ZHL, ZUri. WR, ZHPJ 10.00 a.m. Malay Lagu: 10.10 a.m. Malay Extras: 11.00 am Tamil mustc on gramophone records; 11.10 a.m. Recorded Hindustani Music: 11.45 a.m. Hokkien Muck
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    Vichy Admission Of Sabotage
    255 10 London, Aug. 24. MARSHAL Petain's Government is "armed for action," said M Pucheu, French Minister of the Interior, in a statement broadcast from Vichy, threatening th? extreme penalty against "Communists and other disturbers of the peace. "The country can be assured that the Government will break
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    AN INSPIRING MESSAGE
    234 10 U.S. Reaction To Broadcast London. Aug. 25. MR. Winston Churchill's speech was broadcast in all the English language programmes of the 8.8.C. and translations were sent out in over 40 languages in the foreign services. It was relayed throughout th 2 United Stttrs over the three main
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    NO SIGN OF REDS' MORALE FLAGGING
    370 10 Fighting Back Now With Even Greater Effect I London. Aug. 25. TTOE war on the Eastern Front 1* to-day entering its tenth week without any dec'sive victory to the rrodit of the Germans, writes a Reuter military The battle is i ranting all along
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    No Power Can Shake Red Women's Will
    148 10 Moscow, Aug. 25. TiE women of Moscow, replying to a recent message from the women of London, said: "There Is no power In the worli able to shake the Soviet women's will for victory." After thanking the women of London for their m
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    REAVERBROOK RETURNS FROM VS. TALKS
    102 10 London. Aug. 25. I ORD Beaverbrooi. Minister of Sup- ply, arrived back in Britain l?st night by a plane of the Perry Command, en the completion of his m.s«i^n in the United States He landed at a Scottish airport and left shortly afterwards for LoncJon,
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    BRITISH SUBMARINE IS PRESUMED LOST
    27 10 London, Aug. 25. THE submarine Union lLrut. R. H. Galloway) 1s overdu* and must be considered lost, says «n Admiralty communique.— Reuter.
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    RACE RESULTS IN BRIEF
    235 11 (HUH) dividends were the order of the day at Bukit Timah on Satarday. the opening day of the Singapore Turf Club's Autumn (GoM Cay) meeting, thr best return on Uie tote being El Camarilla's $156 to 78 backers in the fifth race. Trainer van Breukelen had
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    FAST WORK AT BUKIT TIMAH
    471 11 Green Howard And Antrum Impress QREEN Howard and Annum were tw« of the most unpreatire hones in training at BakJt Ttanab this morning in preparation for Wednesday's race*. The second track was used and the tt>- i ing was rood Green Howard was given a
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    AUSTRALIA BEAT ENGLAND IN S.C.C. CRICKET MATCH
    701 11 Barnett Bats Well For 45 AN attractive innings of 45 runs by the Australian Test cricketer, Lt. B. A. Barnett, was the highlight of yesterday's cricket match on the padang in which two Singapore Cricket Club sides, Australia and England, met, Australia winning
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    46 11 Soccer: S.A.r.A. league, reserve division, S.C.F.A. vs. Argyll*, Anson Road stadium; Fortress R.E. vs. Loyals, C'taangi: second division (a). Signals vs. Royal Navy, Alexandra: V.M.C.A. vs. R.E. (P. 8.), Y. M.C.A.: R. A.F. (Tengah) vs. R.A.S.C., Tengah: R.A. (•».">.) vs. Malay Regiment, Blakan Mati.
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    HAMMOND SCORES 100 FOR GEZIRA CLUB
    120 11 Cairo. Aug. 24. A CENTURY by EngLnds Test cricket captain, Walter Hammond, which included three sixes and ten fours, gave the Oeslra Sporting Club victory over the first South African I Infantry Brigade In the match tn which several internationally famous players, such as
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    JOHORE WIN ISKANDAR CUP TENNIS FINAL
    139 11 i From Our Own Corresponednt) Jnhore Bahru. Aug 24. FOR the fifth consecutive year, Johorc won the Iskandar tennis cup. beating Tren?panu by five games to nil In the final at the International Club courts to-day. "It is a proud achievement," said the Raja
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    JAPANESE BEAT MAPLE LEAFS 10 TO 4
    136 11 THE J.ipanese beat the Canadians. ten to four, in a Major League baseball game played at the Japanese Club yesterday. The came was slow, but the Japanese played outstanding ball, their fielding being particularly good. L'eyama's pitching was a feature ot the game.
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    Manehesters Beat Gordons To Enter Army Cricket Final
    414 11 Maneh esters Beat Gordons To Enter Army Cricket Final BEATING the Gordons by 18C runs in the semi-final r>und of the Army large units cri'ket c»ninetitiin, the M nrhe>ters hav; qualified to meet the Singapore Fortress Signals In the fin;. 1. The scores were: MANCHESTER BEGT.— 1st. Innings. Lieut. I
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    RED ARMY SMASHES FOUR ENEMY DIVISIONS
    1060 12 FRESH SUCCESSES IN SOUTH AND CENTRE SECTORS Fierce Battles Going On In Odessa, Smolensk And Kingisepp Areas Moscow, Aug. 2 I CO VIET troops commanded by Gen. koniev, Mgageal in a counter-attack in the central Hector, continue to tleal heavy blows at the enemy,
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    BRITISH GENERAL WATCHES SOVIET COUNTER-ATTACK
    400 12 Macfarlane Is Impressed By Rear Organization Supply Position Moscow, Aug. 24. A RUSSIAN counter-attack in the Smolensk area was witnessed by Major-Gen. F. N. Mason Macfarlane, of the British mission in Russia, in company with Col. H. D. Grier, British military attache. Describing to the
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    Nazis Closing In On Odessa
    171 12 Nazis Closing In On Odessa London, Aug. 24. **THE battle for Odessa is being fought in burning heat," according to the official German j news agency. German infantry units closing in on the port are statsd to have captured •vital strategic positions." Two railway s'ations were stormed and captured in
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    ARTILLERY ACTIVITY IN TOBRUK AREA GREATER
    46 12 Cairo, Aug. 24. ENEMY artillery actmiy has shown s'.nie slight increase in the Tobruk area, says to-days British communique,' adding: "In the frontier area there was increasing patrolling activity, during which artillery shelled enemy putro's. compelling theal to withdraw. —Reuter.
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    Nazis Complain Of Low Fighting Quality Of Hungarian Troops
    129 12 Moscow, Aug. 24. A CCORDINO to well-informed German sources, the Germans have demanded from the Hungarians five more divisions for the Eastern Front, say Swiss reports quoted by the Tass agency. Fresh mobilization ls taking place In Hungary. It is also
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    Iran Under Nazi Control Would Menace India
    263 12 Cairo, Aug. 24. THE situation in Iran continues to be one of gravity and the Iran Government's reply, which is now under consideration in London, is understood here to have done little to alleviate the situation. I On one point, however, the Iran
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    Teheran Radio Thanks Turkish Government
    123 12 London, Aug. 24. "^HE entire nation is rallying round -I- the Shah.' declared the Teheran radio last nignt "We shall obey his wishes in whatever course is necessary In the interest of the country," the announcer said. "Iran s policy has and always will be
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    Afghan King's Call To His Nation
    146 12 Afghan King's Call To His Nation Peshawar, Aug. 24. A CALL to the nation to stand united in the present world crisis was made by k-ahir fc>ha:i. King of Affhinigtin speaking at the national independence anniversary in Kabul yesterday. Afghans never accepted the rule of ethers and they are determined
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    "MARSHAL OF RUMANIA"
    80 12 London, Aug. 24. GEN. Antonescu, Rumanian Com- mander-in-Chlef, has been promoted "Marshal of Rumania," says a Bucharest dispatch to the official German.- newi agency. Gen. Antonescu has also been created K»?ht of Michael 'iie Brave, the highest military distinction in Rumania. The official announcements says the honour
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    Story Of Italian Military Plot To Oust Fascists
    255 12 Story Of Italian Military Plot To Oust Fascists London, Aug. 24. ONE hundred and forty Italian officers and men have been arrested while holding a secret meeting in the caves of Tivoli, says the Moscow radio. When arrested they offered resistance. The Investigation of the case has been kept secret
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    Kiev Workers Form Volunteer Army
    117 12 Moscow, Aug. 24. A GROUP of Moscow veterans of the revolution have addressr d an appeal to their fellow-workers in Leningrad as follows: "Let the Nails march on Leningrad, the beginning of their complete rout. Let us fight shoulder to shoulder with oar sons and
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    NAZI LEADERS CHARGED IN ARGENTINE
    41 12 Buenos Aires. Auk. 34. fTHIRTY-SIX prominent Nazi leaders ar1 rested here ou Friday are charged with delivering to the German authorities sum.: totalling 1.100.000 pesos from public subwrlptlrns earmarked for local benevolent and cultural purposes. Reuter.
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