The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 18 January 1940

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 15,987. ESTI). 1835 THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1940. 5 CENTS
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    EUROPE IN GRIP OF ARCTIC COLD SPELL
    202 1 Danube Frozen: Tankers For Germany Held Up COLDEST WEATHER FOR 35 YEARS IN FINLAND Kurope i* to-day shivering in the grip of an old spell, reports Reuter. Budapest the Danube is frozen from bank to ilk alonic the upper reaches of the river
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    CANADIAN AIRMEN FOR OVERSEAS
    29 1 CANADIAN AIRMEN FOR OVERSEAS Ottawa Jan. IT, Royal C -.madia a ."cd lor oversows I City of Toronto Array Squadron, whcse average :v.d 25. t broadcast on rt Reuter
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    URUGUAY'S GIFT TO BRITISH ARMY
    29 1 URUGUAY'S GIFT TO BRITISH ARMY L Montevideo, Jan. 17. Drake, wile of the -r. has sent the Bri--1 subscribed locally in British sailors killed in for the purchase Reuter
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    Great Damage In Sicily 'Quakes
    48 1 Rome, Jan. 17. FOR the second time in two days an earthquake shook Palermo, in Sicily, yesterday. Considerable damage was caused to the famous Monreale cathedral, which partly collapsed. During Monday's earthquake two were killed and several injured, when several buildings collapsed. Reuter.
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    Approach To Germany Now
    176 1 New York, Jan. 17. THE British Government's reply (to the American Republics' proposals for a security zone round the American coast is a courteous but firm insistence that Britain cannot forgo her legitimate belligerent rights in the proposed zone." writes the New York Times 'The proper
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    HALIFAX TO SPEAK
    52 1 LORD HALIFAX, the Foreign Secretary, is to give a speech in the series of public talks by members of the War Cabinet, on Saturday between 235 p.m. and 3.10 p.m. (G.M.T.) This speech, which will be broadcast by the 8.8.C. will be heard in Malaya, commencing at
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    No New Moves On Belgian And Dutch Borders
    367 1 SITUATION NOW MUCH EASIER •THE situation both in Belgium and Holland is regarded as easier and returning to normal, reports Reuter. According to Brussels and Amsterdam dispatches, there have been no new moves beyond the frontiers to renew anxiety and no further
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    HITLER IS LOSING "DECISIVE BATTLE"
    54 1 New York, Jan. 17. AMERICAN planes are beginning to arrive in England in considerable numbers," states the New York Journal American, which adds that Hitler is losing what may be the decisive battle in the war. "American planes will challenge the acknowledged superiority of Germany
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    Cruiser Exeter Is Reported Beached At Falklands Port
    77 1 New York, Jan. 17. ACCORDING to a Buenos Aires re- port published in the New York Times, the cruiser Exeter has been beached at Port Stanley, in the Falklands. The report suggests that the warship will be used as a fortress to
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    Canada's War Loan Is Oversubscribed
    44 1 Ottawa, Jan. 17. CANADA'S first war loan of $200,000,000 at 3V 4 per cent, has already been oversubscribed although it was offered to the public only on Monday. The Bank of Canada announces that subscriptions total nearly $250,000,000 Reuter
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    "Clash Of Temperaments Cause Of War Ministry Change"
    300 1 London, Jan. 17. THE speeches by Mr. Leslie HoreBelisha, former Secretary of State for War, and the Prime Minister, Mr. Chamberlain, in the House of Commons yesterday provided the British Press with an almost inexhaustible subject for comment. On one point the
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    With The Scottish Troops In France
    20 1 Scottish troops in France are here seen digging a gun emplacement and erecting camouflage.
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    Finnish Forces Score Another Big Success
    372 1 THE Finns have scored a big: success near Kitela, north of Lake Ladoga, according to latest reports reaching Helsinki, Reuter reports. After three days of hard fighting, Soviet troops abandoned their positions and supplies, including guns and 29 tanks. The retreating Russians are said
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    HOSPITAL SERVANTS ON STRIKE
    325 1 HOSPITAL SERVANTS ON STRIKE Europeans Aid In Kitchen T^HE Free Press understands lhat tne authorities take a serious view of the strike situation in Singapore. The 1,500 strikers at Keppel Harbour dockyard and several hundred strikers m other parts of the island were yesterday joined by between 300 and 400
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    Hospital Attendants Trick Strike Pickets
    114 1 SEVERAL of the toties carried on their work in the General Hospital yesterdav in «*ntte of heavy pi( feting from an earl* hour, (hie such toty crept into a Chinese Hard at 6 a.m. to perform his duties and informed the patients that he u:t>
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      56 1 BIGIA TEA BR |NGS THE FRESHNESS vnd FRAGRANCE OF THE MALAYAN GARDENS OIRECT TO YOUR HOME T o night Orchestral Concert 8.15 to 9.15 p.m, DiN NER DANCE (foraal) 9.45 to midnight CABARET ATTRACTION JUNE WEST KAY tUUNTAI \RTKSTS IN MODERN IMNCE ROUTINES Non-diners $1.00 S ATURDAY— EXTENSION TO 1
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      58 1 i THERE IS NO BETTER TEA THAN BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MALAYA SEAVIEW HOTEL TO-NIGHT FRIDAY <Sc SATURDAY SPECIAL DINNER-DANCE CABARET FIRST APPEARANCE IN THE FAR EAST OF THE TRIO GRANADOS ADAGIO— COMIC MUSICAL ACROBATIC DANCERS AN UNUSUALLY ENTERTAINING FLOOR SHOW DINNER S3.— NON-DINERS $I.— TO-NIGHT DANCE INFORMAL SATURDAY EXTENSION
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    CHANDU CHARGE
    54 2 DAIL of $5,000 was allowed Lee Teng Siah when he claimed trial in the Singapore district court yesterday to possessing 142 tahils of non-Govern-ment chandu worth $1,136, at North Boat Quay on Tuesday. Lee said he did not know it was nonGovernment chandu. The case was postponed for
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    RASH DRIVING
    44 2 A EUROPEAN, T. G. Cotterell. was n yesterday fined $40 in the Singapore traffic court when he was convicted on a charge of rash driving along River Valley Road. He was further fined $5 on a charge of disobeying a traffic signal.
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    HELPING FAMILIES OF FIGHTING MEN
    719 2 War Casualties Draining Association 's Resources A LETTER has been received by Lady Thomas, wife of A the Governor of the Straits Settlements, from the Secretary of the Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen s Families Aviation acknowledging the receipt of clothing sent from Malaya. It states:
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    MALAY NEWS BULLETIN
    551 2 TIOA buah kapal selam British telah tidak balck ka-pengkalau-nya dalam minggu vang lalu, dan hendak-lah di-kirakan telah hilang atau binasa oleh musoh. Kapalselam ini telah di-perentahkaii penn mengerjakan satu kcrja yang sangat merbahavc/ dalam Laut Utara. Dua buah darinada' kapal2 Ini ada di-sebutkan dalam surat pewarta Jerman
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      285 2 RHMHBH Of THE MACiINOT LINE GARRISON arc here shown resting in their bunks. Summons Case Against Chinese A MUNICIPAL summons case against, into a backlane drain at the rear of his A Mr. Lee Wee Nam. managing direc- \ZTTuT^I wa^terice^nd 3?ht tor or the Sze Hai Tong Bank. Singa- i?^,,
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    GERMANS ADMIT LOSS OF "ABOUT 35 U-BOATS"
    501 3 Fully Half Of Fleet Now At Bottom Of The Ocean SUCCESS OF THE ALLIED CONVOY SYSTEM ?ip London, Jan. 17. IK three British submarines which, as the Admiralty hconT 1 Ki^Z^' must now regarded as having wit 3 6 h firSt submari "e
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    Canada's Share In Air Training Scheme Cost
    62 3 Canada's Share In Air Training Scheme Cost I London. Jan. 17. In me cost of C training scheme lied try the Ottawa Trade and Comximatcly to Cicada will n air training to 53 15 000.000. d, the mil tary demanded ai Canada's ve cost about lining prov con'inues e -St
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    Italian Steamer Hits Lightship
    51 3 SGATE and Margate V y hours at ra btship The d imaged but u v were saved. ■t jeen ata vent t j t entire Premuda. Genoa, which id went ashore h was a* tea tn ran short of -o been at sea for the prerlooi
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    NEW CANDIDATE FOR U.S. PRESIDENCY
    35 3 NEW CANDIDATE FOR U.S. PRESIDENCY Nevv ork). Jan. 16. \4 publisher and N-w Deal, has anfOf the Repub- the presidency. manned President Oi Mr. Frank n v-General. to the Mr. Robert -General in his Reuter
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    LOW REPAYMENT
    29 3 SN -of the Exlß the -v :vr cent. M winch was be repaid a* PVnuU notice of London ted to moner tWO lU of in- reen Reuter
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    'MERE REMOVAL OF NAZI TYRANNY NOT ENOUGH'
    137 3 London, Jan. 17. •yilE Archbbhop of Canterbury de- clared to-day that the church must prepare actively for the tasks that would face it when peace plans should be formulated. The Archbishop added: "Some ot us have been criticized because we have spoken of
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    COMMUNIST DEPUTIES IN FRANCE
    50 3 T*HE FRENCH Chamber of Deputies. after a heated discussion, passed a Government bill to deprive all Communist deputies of their seats, by 521 votes to two. The deputies concerned may escape the operation of the bill only by retracting their Communist allegiance before Jan. 26. Reuter
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    21 3 'T'HE FRENCH Minister of Armaments has arrived in London for an important discussion with Mr. Leslie Burgin, the Minister of Supply.
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    LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE
    327 3 London, Jan. 17. ■"pHE following are to-day's closing middle quotation: Shares are of £1 denomination umess othewise stated: Sungei (55.) 24 4**d Tavoy Tin (45.) 26d Tronoh (55.) 25- Hong Kong Tin (55.) 25 6d The above are dealers' middle prices: brokers' margins, brokerage and stamp duty
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    164 3 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan 17. /COMMODITY and Exchange markets closed V/ as tollows with previous quotations In parenthesis:— RUBBER: Dull. Spot: ll^d 11 3 16d (11 13 16d ll" s d' Feb.-Mar.: Ull I6d ll^d (11 13 16d ll 7 s di Apr.-June: ll%d ll^d (11
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    British Tanks In Exercises
    45 3 Medium BrLi«h tanks belonging to a special training regiment of the Royal %rmoured Corps are her? seen exercising in England. ResrtrHl joining this force undergo six months* intensive training in their specialized duties before being drafted to battalions In the field.
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    Closer Relations With Soviet And U.S.
    250 3 Closer Relations With Soviet And U.S. WHAT YONAI CABINET IS SEEKING Tokio, Jan. 17. IN A STATEMENT of policy at the first meeting of the new Cabinet, the Prime Minister. A dm. Ycnai. inter alia, expressed his determination to continue building up the new order in East Asia and to
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    43 3 Tokio, Jan. 17. CAPTAIN SKIN ISHIKAWA, naval attache to the Japanese embassy in Turkey, and concurrently naval attache to the Japanese legation in Bucharest, has been ordered to concurrently hold the post of naval attache to the Japanese legation to Bulgaria. Eastern News
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    Watch On Railways In Britain
    120 3 London. Jan. 17. THE COO.OOO workers on Brilain s railways have been warned to keep a keen and constant look-out for suspicious characters who may be Nazi agents in disguise, reports the Daily Telegraph. The Telegraph adds: It Is stated that secret instructions have been
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    Germany Has No Coal For Sweden
    101 3 London, Jan. 17. GERMAN failure to supply Sweden with anything but a small part of her normal coal supply is revealed in a communique of the British Mines Department. It is pointed out tha* before the war. Britain sent Sweden 47 per cent, of
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    Squadron Leader Who Led Flight To Australia
    148 3 Squadron Leader Who Led Flight To Australia London, Jan. 16. SQUADRON-LEADER lacttng WingCommander' Richard Kellett. wno led th-* Egypi -Australia ln±- distance flight in 1933. has been awarded I Distinguished Flying Cross lor leading combined formation aircraft operations over the enemy naval base m the Heligoland Bight area on l>-c
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    "ITALY MAY HAVE TO TAKE UP ARMS"
    72 3 THE new secretary oi the Iti Fascist Parly yesterday spoke o: Italy's position with regard to the war. He said, "There is no need to lull oneself in the hope that Italy's presoni position may last forever. "Italy mav have to face the
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    SWEDISH SHIP TAKEN BY GERMANS
    45 3 A SWEDISH steamer has be^ii captured by the Germans, says a rcjort from Stockholm She was taken to a German port There were 50 passengers aboard thr steamer whirh was on her way :rom a Latvian port to Stockholm. Reuter
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    INSPECTOR ELK AND THE "FROG" AGAIN
    91 3 GORDON HARKER gives another splendid portrait ol the great Inspector Elk of Scotland Yard in "Th'; Return ol the Frog." which opened at the Alhambra Cinema last night. In tracking down the "Frog," a master criminal, Elk has some thrilling escapes from death, including
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    35 3 IN the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. Chamberlain was asked what countries since the end of September 1938. had asked Great Britain to guarantee them against aggression and had been refused. His reply was, -None."
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    STOP PRESS
    115 3 London. Jan. IT. DESPITE a Dutch official denial, the German news agency today repeated the assertion of a German High Command communique that a Dutch plane flew over German territory near Nordhorn on Jan. 13. The agency stated that Dutch violation of Gcr man territory had been established
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1940. Tell The Worker
    633 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1940. Tell The Worker TTHE *iiclustrial situation in Sin- gapore at the present time when several strikes are in progress deserves the most serious attention of every citizen. What are the authorities doing to prevent it becoming worse and, in particular, what steps
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    CONVOY SYSTEM
    802 4 HOW IT WORKS BRITISH and French merchant vessels are today sailing the seven seas thanks to the efficacy of the British Navy's convoy system which was brought into full operation within four weeks of the declaration of war. To-day the losses of British ships average roughly one per
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    Minister Of Supply
    627 4 /\NE of the key posts in the British v Cabinet is the Ministry of Supply. This war is economic and industrial as well as military, and it is the Minister of Supply's job to transform Britain's industrial system into a vast machine for the manufacture of armaments.
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    GRAMOPHONES FOR INDIAN TROOPS
    162 4 DINNER party vm by Mr. and Mrs. Goho on Tuesday night at their residence at Katong in honour of Lt.-Col. D. Stuart, of the Indian Army, now stationed in Singapore. The guests included Mr. J. Laycock R^. G L. Howe. Mr. and Mrs' C H. Butterfield,
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    CHILDREN'S PARTY
    32 4 From Our Own Currespoi ARRANGEMENTS are bein^ the Seremban Rotary Clut t tain some 700 children on children's party at the Metros tre. Donations have been members for prcsrn'.s to
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    EUROPEAN'S ALLEGED CLIMB DOWN BANK DRAINPIPE
    1286 5 EUROPEAN'S ALLEGED CLIMB DOWN BANK DRAINPIPE Ex-Employee Shadowed By Police ELLIOTT FACES TRIAL piLES of various sizes, a hack-saw, rubber shews, face make-up, rubber gloves, a pair of goggles and a hammer were among a pile of exhibits in the Singapore Criminal District Court, before Mr. J. L. McFall, yesterday,
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    Guarding All Ships From Mines
    215 5 Guarding All Ships From Mines Y£H PORT RULE PUBLISHED ateg .-rd for Allied a:ul iicuds and other :ne port oi Singapore. published tn S lements Gov- 1 fa is made by rernor, with the ap- d military m «I to be a t-st ns made by the i tin sinking
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    CHINESE MUSLIMS VISIT JOHORE BAHRU
    79 5 Own Correspondent > Johore fUhru. Jan. 17. VI 200 peopie attended a T by the Chinese thii evening to the three isttms Ibrahim T. Y. Ma, K. I W Ma. who are Yisiting lya with a mission from the e Muslim Federation. i oJ Muslims
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    TINNED PINEAPPLE EXPORTS
    34 5 ending Jan. 6, r.ned pineapples from ports amounted to 25,797 Exports for the period Dec. 31. ti. 1&40, were 25.797 cases. tht corresponding period 49.272 cases, states the ■^■■Gf-r. statistics, S.S.
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    Alleged Assault On Police Officers
    214 5 WITH 8 heavily bandaged head, Goh Tian Teck was produced in the Singapore fifth court yesterday on a charge of assaulting Mr. A. R. Ander3on, Assistant Superintendent or Police, of the Orchard Road division, at the cane factory of Brinkmann and Co at Bukit Timah
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    Prison Doctor Will Look After Him
    366 5 JUDGE ASSURES CONSUMPTIVE POUND guilty by a common jury on a charge of voluntarily causing grievous hurt on grave and sudden provocation. Tang Moi Cheng was sentenced to two years' simple imprisonment by Mr. Justice Pedlow in the Singapore Assize court yesterday. It was
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    ROTARY ADDRESS ON DRAMATIC ART
    151 5 DRAMA is the inspirer of all arts. One finds In it the amalgamation of ail the excellences of art itself," said Mr. Yap Pheng Geek, speaking on "The Dear Delights of the Dramatic Art," at the Singapore Rotary Club yesterday. "Music and painting are the
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    VEGETARIAN AND PRISON FOOD
    102 5 A COMPLAINT about the food in the Singapore civil prison was made by an Indian. Viteiingam, when he was charged in the Singapore district court yesterday with possessing deleterious drugs. The accused said he was a vegetarian, but that when in the civil prison he was
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    BEER SELLING CHARGE AGAINST TWO MEN
    94 5 rH JOO NAM yesterday appeared in the Singapore fifth court on a charge of selling beer by retail when not licensed under the Liquor Revenue Ordinance, at Cafe Monico on Dec. 17. The accused claimed trial and the case was postponed a week for
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      46 5 NOTICE oreign Exchange Office, will be trans•>om Jan. 23, 1940, to FULLERTON BUILDING (3rd floor) that date, the M number of the office 5294 F °r«i!tn Exchange Control Office, •'pore. Jan. 15, 1940. FOR CONVENIENCE! DINE at the CAPITOL RESTAURANT Phone 4906) or After the Mow
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      289 5 AERTEX J^'NEW SHIPMENI 1 of these EXCELL- f^j fU EXT SPORTS SHIRTS -^TX Y JUST UNPACKED! k\ )vsT New Marl Shades, Small Checks and Coloured t^/xTT" Over-che cks in c i j/L Blues, Greys, Fawns. (VJ Browns and (jreens. \zZZ Cut Coat Style icith /a New Polo Collar and C
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      44 5 Malay Radio Talks On Saturdays THE speakers in the next two Saturday evening radio talks in Malay from the 8.M.8.C. station. Singapore, will b?: Jan. 20, Syed Alwi Al-Hady, Editor of The Lembaga, Johore Bahru: Jan. 27. Mr. H. A. Alsagoff, Editor-in-Chief. Warta Malaya.
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    Daily Share Report
    185 6 ISSUED BY FRASER CO. AT CLOSE OF BUSINESS YESTERDAY Markets were again quiet and dull to-day and prices were again inclined to slip back, but a few buyers made their appearance at the lower levels. The price of local tin was unchanged from yeterday at $124 while
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    Law Notice For The Day
    117 6 Tcfore the Honourable Mr. Justice a'Beckett Terrell in Court No. 4 at 10.45 a.m. Judgment in Probate No. 112 38 Re estate of Vappoo Maricar deceased. Thereafter at 11 a.m.:— 5.280 39— Tan Yew Yiang vs. Kim Guek Tiau anor. Before the Honourable Mr. Justice
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    PEACE MOVEMENT SPLIT DENIED
    125 6 Shanghai, Jan. 13. THE REPORTED split in the ranks of Mr. Wan? Ching-wci's pea?e movement has been denied by the China N>w£ Agency, known to be closely affiliated with Mr. Wang's group. s f ite.s Eastern News. The China News Agency alleged that the object of
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    Yesterday's Rubber Auction
    130 6 Th-> Singapore Chamber ot Commerce issFlßr 2.056,966 lbs.. 918.29 tons; offered 1,832 975 lbs 818 29 tons; sold 1,259,945 lbs.. &bz.«< SPOT N^ d °York W* N PRICES REALIZED Ribbed Smoked Sheet Cents Per Lb. Standard quality (Q 38 Good average quality 37H to 37£, Fair average
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    THE SINGAPORE C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION
    144 6 DAILY PRICES CURRENT Jan. 17, 1940: 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers No IX R.S.S. Spot loose.. 38 38 K» No. IX R.S.S. F O B. in cases Jan-Peb (Sellers option) 38 V: 38 s G.KAQ R.SS P<> B m bales Jan.-Feb. (Sellers option
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    RUSSO-JAPANESE TRADE TALKS
    80 6 Tokio. J:%n. 15. THE second meeting of the trade conference was held at the Kremlin between Japanese and Soviet representatives on Friday afternoon, according to a report from Moscow. Japan was represented by *\ie Am- bassador. Mr. Shigenori Tog^h and the Minister to Sweden. Mr. Shikir. Matsushlma.
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      472 6 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS TENDERS SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY Tenders Tenders are now Invited for the following material* or services. Foi particulars see Municipal Tenders Room: Supply of Sluice Valves for Water fcr period May 1. 1940 to Apr. 30. J941. Date of Closing. 4 p.m. Mar. 18. 1940 Supply of Two Chemical Dry
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      491 7 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated In P.M.8.) TELEPHONE: Freight 5433. Passage 5431 |lltalA« PACIFIC Regular senice from the Orient to Vancouver by GIANT EMPRESSES— Across Canada through ihe Canadian Rockies—Lake Louise— Banff. Trans-Atlantic by "EMPRESS" 'DUCHESS" or "MONT" steamers to the United Kingdom. All under one management. or detailed information apply
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      331 7 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. OCSAB BUILOtMO. COLLY EB QUAY, SiWCAPORE rEL- flS> CHABTERED BANI BUILD WC. PINANO rEL I*6* BLUE FUNNEL LINE. Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom and United States of America. Dates are not guaranteed, all cargo bookings subject to Conference War Clauses. WESTERN AUSTRALIA THE SHORTEST SEA ROUTE AT
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    CHINESE NEW YEAR SPORTS
    92 8 •"Tin venue of the annual sports encounter between the Indian Associations of Singapore and Selangor will this year be Kuala Lumpur, where the sports will be held during the Chinese New Year holidays. I xst year the Selan?or Indians visited Singapore and won the cricket match,
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    Army Boxing Champions
    308 8 FINAL CONTESTS AT TANGLIN YESTERDAY T.fE finals of the Malaya Command open individual boxing championships at Tanglin last night saw many new champions crowned, among them a new light-heavyweight, Pte. Blease ot the Manchester Regiment, who outpointed the SABA, and '"Tads" champion. Pte. J. Mitchell. The even
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    Results
    94 8 The resuUs were: Bantamweight: L-Cpl. Collins 'Gordons' knockt out Pte. Patten (Manchester?» in tiie tirst round. Featherweight: Pte. Cusick 'Manchesters> lost to Pte. Skilling (A and S.H on points. Lightweight: Cpl. Moon (Manchester*) outboxed L-Cpl. Forsyth Gordons' in a fine contest. Welterweight: Sergt. Hcyle (Manchesters* outpointed Pte. Clarkson (LoyaLs>
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    A.R.P. WARDEN ON EXTORTION CHARGE
    214 8 A MALAY, Mohamed Jan bin Atdul Karim, who was stated to be an A.R.P. warden, was charged in the Singapore second court yesterday with extorting provisions, cash and drinks from two provision shops in East Coast Road on Nov. 4 and 11, last. It was
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    KOTA RANGERS XI
    27 8 THE Kota Rangers will play a football match against the Chiate Sinsj Athletic Union to-day on the M.F.A ground, Balestier Road at 5.15 p.m.
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    AIRMEN'S FIRST TEAM PUT ALEXANDRA OUT
    595 8 But Their Second String Lose To Cricket Club SEVEN-A-SIDE RUGBY ONLY two games were played off yesterday in the seven-a-side tournament on the padang. In the first came, the R.A.F. (Seletar) "A" had a run-away victory, beating the Alexandra Depot "B" by 19 points
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    Perak Police Were More Successful
    296 8 Perak Police Were More Successful PENANG BEATEN AT HOCKEY BOXING (Fr- m Our Own Correspondent* Ipoh, Jan. 15. THE Penang Police hockey and box- Ing teams fared badly at the hands of their Perak rivals over the week-end, the visitors being defeated three— one at hockey and losing five out
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    WOMEN'S GOLF
    108 8 THE women's 18 hole competition played at Bukit Timah on Monday resulted In a win lor Mrs. R. Wakeford in "A" Division with a net score of 74 and in a win for Mrs. R. L. Nunn in "3" Division with a net score of 72. "A" DIVISION
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    SEREMBAN HOCKEY
    49 8 From Oar Own Coi respond int. Seremban, Jan. 15. A HOCKEY match at Seremban today between the Negri Sembilan Club and the Seremban Customs XI ended in a draw each side scoring two goals. Several of the regular players were absent and substitutes played on both sides.
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    Y.M.C.A. JUNIORS BEAT S.R.C. 3-1
    228 8 Interesting Hockey On The Padang TTHE Y.M.C.A. Juniors defeated an S.R.C. team by three goals to one in a hockey fixture played on the S.R.C. padang yesterday. It was an interesting game. Both teams, however, showed marked weakness in finishing. Had both sets of forwards
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    SELETAR HOCKEY
    23 8 In a hockey match played at Seletar on Saturday the R.A.F. beat the Ceylon Sports Club by three goals to two
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    CORTES PLANS TO STAGE WORLD FIGHTS IN MANILA
    345 8 CORTES PLANS TO STAGE WORLD FIGHTS IN MANILA Manila. Jan. 4. JES CORTES, promoter of the recent world championship bout between Ceferino Garcia and Glen Lee, yesterday announced that he is making a bid to stage the Henry ArmstrongCeferino Garcia bout in Manila in March. Cortes Is waiting for George
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    Padang Rugby
    26 8 picture. A phase of play in a seven-a-*icle rusby match in ore of th? matchc rlaved earlier this week on the padang Free Press
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    Ceylon Sports Club Beat Chinese At Hockey
    156 8 A FAIRLY interesting game of hockey at Balesiier yesterday resulted in the Ceylon Sports Club betting the S.C.R.G. by two goals to nil. The winners' goals were scored In each hall by Thuraisingham. The teams were well balanced, but the superior stickwork of
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    TRAINING NOTES FROM IPOH
    236 8 <From Our (Iv.d irr--p niacni Ipoh Jan. 16. ALTHOUGH a few horses from Van Breukelen's stable have arrived, the remainder are due here to-mor-row evening as al*o ar.* the strine;> trained by Mapill. Bil e.t, Duval, Hobbs. Sill?y r.nd Bowden. Under ideal condi Jons this mornini
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    HARI RAY A HAJI IN JOHORE
    125 8 (From Our Own Correspond ?nv> Johore Bahru, Jan. 16. CATURDAY and Sunday will be hoUdays in Johore for Kari Raya Haji. A salute of gun> will be nre.i Iron the Fort on Friday evening to indicate the start of the festival. Services will be
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    December Competitions Of Seremban G.C.
    49 8 (From Our Own Correspondent > Seremban. Jan. 15. THE following are the results of December competitions at the Seremban Golf Club: Mixed Foursomes: Mrs Strugnell and M. Jackson. Women's Medal: Mrs. C. W. Wells. Men's Medal: L. D. E. Cullen. Club Championship: H. S. Shaw.
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    NO PATRIOTIC FUND RACE AT IPOH
    57 8 (From Our Own Correspondents T™ l *>°h, Jan. 16. HE Perak Turl Club will not be running a special race in aid of the Patriotic Fund, it is stated. It will be recalled that the Perak Turf Club donated £300 worth of War Loans
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    FARRER PARK SOCCER
    26 8 FN a soccer match played at Farrer A Park on Tuesday evening, Sime Darby's Sports Club beat Thornycrofts by four goals to two.
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    HOCKEY VICTORY FOR SAPPERS IN JOHORE MATCH
    110 8 HOCKEY VICTORY FOR SAPPERS IN JOHORE MATCH (Fram Our Own Johore Bahr-M j THE 34th Compar. scored a leur--T3wn Board and i: at nmr on the ist day. The winner by five goals to <» The Engineer proved considers appearance in J Showing bettar testbi almost dists£pd tiv the nrct
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    OXYGEN SPORTS CLUB
    50 8 THE following h<iv+ represent the C: Far Ea.U Osyftn against the Thcrnycn a friendly badmtnt singles and thr<^ c at the Hsppv World today at 7 p.m. N R. Pcnnuswamy, \v Fong Yew Wah. Tan Poh I Hianp Chuan. An« 8» K^f, L. H. Qv:an. Mid A
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    Y.M.C.A. HOCKEY
    40 8 THE following hav- be play horkey U r <■ the 4 ICth KvC morrow, at 5.10 p.m R~ad ground V. N. Plllay; Rabaj ten Goh Chin Chv Edgar; Gnn Kee T. Fong Lim A C. Galst Reserve Woir, Fa
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