The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 23 February 1940

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  • 20 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 16,018. ESTD. 1835 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1040. 5 CENTS. 41-43, HIGH STREET
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  • 211 1 •'Naval Units Near Petsamo" Report Worries Moscow SITUATION AGGRAVATED/ SAYS CORRESPONDENT events may be expected at any moment Far North/* states the Moscow correspondent [hi Stockholm newspaper Afton Bladet, who says there omm m Moscow at the reported sudden appearance Briti-h naval units m the
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  • 74 1 Enemy Raids Are Driven Back MORE ACTIVITY ON WESTERN FRONT i i E Usu*d In Paris yes"East of the Moselle raid was driven back. Two commissioned officers mbm by one of our raid *«is driven back approached near w hand-grenades and •:.te. occupied three houses of a deserted village I
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  • 56 1 Berlin, Feb. 22. X)RDINO to a Sebastopol dispatch Moscow quoted by the official agency, large-scale the Russian Black Sea Men held m the past few t'AiKl that units of all catenavy took part and two-thirds were completely ye 5 Pls which only recently left the
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  • 186 1 Premier Volunteers For Finland London, Feb. 22. IN the House of Commons to-day, Mr. Chamberlain, the Premier, reply ng to questions on voluntary aid for Finland, said he understood that terms of service for British subjects who volunteered for service m an international force operating m Finland had been arranged
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  • 55 1 Paris, Feb. 22. IT is reported that British planes flying over Borkum and Heligoland attacked several German torpedo-boats. The results of the attacks are not yet known. The Royal Air Force is stated to have made many reconnaisance flights over the North Sea m the
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  • 318 1 TWO MORE RAIDERS SHOT DOWN Trawlers Beat Back Nazis London, Feb. 22. TWO German raiders were brought down this morning, reports Reuter. The Air Ministry announces that an enemy aircraft was shot down by R.A.F. fighters off the northeast coast shortly after midday. A second Heinkel attacked by Spitfires of
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  • 35 1 London, Feb. 22. rIE Ministry of Supply has notified the rubber market that the United States Government has agreed to extend the barter period until the end of September. Reuter
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  • 29 1 The British Foreign Secretary, Lord Halifax, addressed a large number of peers m the Committee room of the House of Lords yesterday evening on the international situation.- British Wireless
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  • 140 1 London, Feb. 22. r[E Archbishop of Canterbury officiated at a simple memorial service to Lcrd Tweedsmuir at Westminster Abbey this morning assisted by the Presbyterian Minister, Dr. Archibald Fleming, who read the lesson. A large congregation Included the nephew of Lord" Tweedsmuir, who is an
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  • 647 1 Finns Stand Firm Along Isthmus Stockholm, Feb. 22. THE Russians now have 24 hours m which to defeat 1 Finland if they are to keep their promise to the Soviet people. The Russian newspapers early m the war declared that the Soviet troops would
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  • 29 1 London, Feb. 22. rE Prime Minister, Mr. Chamberlain, announced that the House of Commons would sit for the full Parliamentary week next week and similarly up to Easter. Reuter
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  • 76 1 Stockholm, Feb. 22. A BRITISH subject, Donald William Beach, and four Swedes, charred with espionage, were all found rulfcy to-day of obtaining information on shipping m various Swedish ports, knowing it was intended for a foreign power. The court considered that their activities were liable to endanger Sweden's
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  • 94 1 Four Villages Destroyed In Turkish 'Quake U Ankara, Feb. 22. P to the present 80 are known to be killed and 22 seriously injured as a result of an earthquake m the Turkish village of Soysalli, near Kayseri. Ten thousand head of cattle perished and countless panicstricken people are now
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  • 135 1 Dutch Anger At Sinking Of Vessels Amsterdam, Feb. 22. f\I£MAY and Indignation are felt over the latest disasters to Dutch ships caused by the war. In addition to the Tara, 4,760 tons, and the tanker Den Haag, 8,971 tons, the trawler Petten has been mined off the Dutch coast. Since
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    • 86 1 NEW CRAZE OF FRANCE METAL BROCADES IN STRIPES AND MOST BEAUTIFUL DESIGNS.JUST RECEIVED AT— CHOTIRMALL'S SEAVIEW HOTEL TO-MICHT TO-MORROW WIGHT [romantic nights I DINNER SERVED ON THE MOONLIT LAWN SPECIAL DINNER-DANCE CABARET ENTERTAINMENT PROVIDED R1 CLAUDINE SIT NI KO v n OPERATIC SINGER dc DANCER DINNER $3.- NON-DINERS $1— SATURDAY
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  • 341 2 London, kcb IZ. Hh WkMring am :^-day*s closing middle ■Hlattaßi; Shares are of £1 denomination The above are dealers middle price: brokers' margins, brokerage and stamp duty are not Included. Exchange Telegraph (Southern Tronoh (ss) 11 3c3 i Sungei Besi (ss) 23;9d Tavoy Tin (ss) 23d Tronoh
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  • 168 2 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES From Our Own Correspondent) London, Feb. 28. COMMODITY and Exchange markets closed as follows with previous quotations In parenthesis: RUBBER: Dull. Spot 12 13 16d 12 15 16d (12 13!16d 13d) March 12} id W B d (12 13|16d 12 15|16d) Apr-May HTsd 12d (HT*d 12d) July-Sept U\d
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  • 217 2 SINGAPORE MAN DESCRIBES ROAD FATALITY 'From Our Own Correspondents Johore Bahru, Feb. 22. RW. CARTER a mechanical engineer of Fogden, Brisbane and Co., Ltd.. Singapore, told the Coroner. Tuan Haii Nassir, to-day, how a Chinese woman crossed the road m J'ront o! his car and lost her life. The woman,
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  • 204 2 GOOD CAST FOR "I KILLED THE COUNT" THERE is enough mystery m Alec Coppers comedy- thriller "I Killed the Count," which the Island Committee are presenting at the Victoria Theatre m aid of the Malaya Patriotic Fund, to make it a play worth seeing. When this is coupled with excellent
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  • 34 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 22. A MEETING of the Selangor State Council will be held at the Astana MahkrH. Kla\>g, oa Tuesday, Mar. 12, i at 10 a. in.
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  • 454 2 "MENACE OF A RED INCURSION TURKEY'S application of the Emergency Defence Law, 1 "for the protection of the nation," just announced is significant of the watchfulness which is being maintained m the Middle East m days when the menace of a Red incursion
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  • 205 2 Planter Whose Car Dropped Into Drain From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 22. FGOOCH, a European planter, claimed trial when he was charged before 'Che Suleiman m the Klang Police Court to-day with having driven his car negligently at the 2V 2 milestone Pandamaram Road, on Jan. 20, and
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  • 114 2 A> APPEj rt KbOOl conviction and sei v assaulting a v. modesty w. <j Manning m th* H;_ Th s^nu*nrf. three month:/ r It was itoted was walking aion ■> the appellant. R a forced his tttentio: s Arguing the a poe-Phillp.v iuU judgment
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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    • 49 2 I^M^ITS_COMING__BACKi IN RESPONSE TO HUNDREDS 01 MIDNIGHT SCREENING SATURDAY NIGHT AT 12.10 O'CLOCK ONE SHOW only MMi.-M.'s Ktrurd -l.r.aknK 'TARZAN FIN DS_A_^ON AT THE AIR-CONDITIONED CAPITOL Have you heard about ANDY HARDY 7 He's got SPRING FEVER m love with his School 'IYjiclhi. AND WANTS TO GET MAKI* 11
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  • 260 3 GERMANY BANS RED CROSS AID FOR POLES Only Warsaw Area To Receive Succour U.S. SENDS $400,000 IN MEDICINE CLOTHING a iirtomvn^, New York, Feb. 22. WAbHINGTOIS despatch to the New York Times •a ays German y has effectively banned Red Cross t^. 1 P oland exce Pt m the Warsaw
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  • 84 3 Tibet's Dalai Lama Ascends The Throne ,huxa (Tibet), Feb. 22. Chinese peasant i- been chosen as the I vi been enthroned :v" of Lhasa. He rn p o: Lamas m the p'.ntual and tomvai performed amid rate ritual behind rs and non\ludcd. Icn pa'.anquin, he was a mil 2 -long
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  • 64 3 Stockholm. Feb. 22. Press i-> indignant at > Pajala yesterday s The newspaper taya Not only will \>mpt nation be made, be so.Tie way for :ear to the Russians tastracUng their taicea of this kind m ruture." r Tideningen says: violation of neutral- m th?
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  • 45 3 Ottawa. Feb. It 11 oroad^ast yesterinie Kin?, the Prime ed thai TO.IHX) men arms m the farce, 9,000 m I 0 lin the navy. 1 numbers would of thousands with .md other reKi] expressed the plan might m winning Reuter
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  • 54 3 Paris. Feb. 22. C.MMENT' Norway's protest Ark incident. M. Blum newapttoa Le Popu- on that he doubly :n Norway that abusive use of her I b r :.U nation. what is to be thought ria, C^echcslovakia Mies who have force to submit to a
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  • 66 3 London, Feb. 22. THE British representative of the 1 Anglo-Turkish Relief Committee who arrived m London from the earthquake zone said last night that the Turkish people are 100 per cent. pro-Allies, and are convinced that the Allies will win. One extraordinary point about the
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  • 84 3 500,000 APPLICATIONS TO U. S. AUTHORITIES Washington, Feb. 22. THE Stale Department reports that nearly 500.000 people living m the present confines of Greater Germany have applied for permission to enter the United States. The total number of aliens registered for immigration at the Un.ted States
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  • 47 3 Tokio, Feb. 22. THE Lower House, during a plenary session to-day unanimously passed the ordinary budget and extraordinary military budget totalling YIG,OOO,OOO.GCO i £600.000,000). No amendment was made m the est'mates which now go to the House of Peers. Reuter
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  • 113 3 London, Feb. 22. THE Dominion Club, which has been opened m a large Aldershot house, is being made full use of by the Canadian and New Zealand soldiers. With the exception of the domestic staff, all work is done by voluntary helpers and is organized by
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  • 80 3 Elkton, (Maryland), Feb. 22. A TERRIFIC explosion rocked the Triumph Explosives (Incorporated) Factory here yesterday. One man was killed and another is not expected to live and at least 13 people were in j ured The explosion, the cause of which is not yet known,
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  • 76 3 Paris, Feb. 22. THE Government has decided to call up fewer men m the next batch of lonscrintr than originally intended according to a decr:e published m the ofiicial Journal, which states that the next call-up for the land and air forces will comprise only three months
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  • 63 3 London, Feb. 22. npHE death has occurred of George I Windoe, one of the survivors of Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Exoedition of 1914. Windoe, who was 81 years old, was the oldest member of Shackleton's party He went alone to the northwest of Canada before the
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  • 50 3 Sofia, Feb. 22. HIGH officials and diplomats welcomed M. Constantinescu, the Rumanian Minister of Finance, when he arrived this morning on a two-day visit as the guest of M. BojilorT, the Bulgarian Finance Minister. The Ministers wilJ discuss financial and economic Droblems concerning Bulgaria and Rumania.— Reuter
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  • 679 3 I. oiid mi. Feb. 22. TTHE provision of defence armaments 'cr fishing and merchant ships, which hrs been forced en Britan because of Nazi air attacks en trawlers end similar vessels, has already been ju:tifl3d by results. Both on Monday and Tuesday air offensives were
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  • 48 3 London, Feb. 22. MRS. CAROLINE KIPLING, widow of Rudyard Ilipling, has left £165,000. She has left the bound books of her husband's manuscripts to the British Museum and their residence m Sussex to the National Trust with a grant for its upkeep.— Reuter
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  • 51 3 Berlin, Feb. 22. A DECREE issued m Berlin yes- terday forbids the starting of any new building m Germany. Buildings which have already been started may be continued by special permission and exemption is granted only to works union may be useful during: the war.—
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  • 67 3 London, Feb. 22. TTHE King yesterday visited the dock- yard. Royal marine barracks and the royal naval Mrrac'rs at Chatham. He chatted with some marines who had been m action against the enemy, among them being survivors from the Royal Oak, which was torpedoed m Scapa
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  • 36 3 London, Fell. 21. \7ICE-Admiral Sir Charles Kennedy- Purvis has been appo-nted Com-mander-in-Chief m America and the West Indies m succession to Admiral S r Sidney Meyrick from March 1940. Reuter
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  • 173 3 ANOTHER DESPERATE FIGHT LIKELY Shanghai. Feb. 22. ANOTHER desperate tight for control of the Chinese OMKti functioning m the International •Settlement and French Concession at Shanghai is believed to be looming following an article En a Japanese owned Chinese newspaper here, urging "the return" of the tribunals.
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  • 105 3 Oslo, Feb. 22. MARINE organizations m Norway iTI are making representations to Britain and Germany asking for more considerate treatment of neutral ships They suggest to Britain some relaxation might be made m the control of neutral ships sailing between neutral ports. The letter to Germany, on
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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    • 242 3 BICKIEPEGS are biscuit Danes for teething baoies. They are so designed that the action of gnawing, moulds the soft tiny jaws into a beautiful shace and makes ample room for perfectly even teeth. All babies love them and they are nutritious. Begin at 4 months. Medical Hall Ltd. 3. Battery
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  • 596 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1940. Confusing The Issue 11/ HEN the Colonial Offic^announced on Wednesday its decision to increase to £5 million the sum available for the Colonial Development Fund, no one would have thought that the White Paper explaining the scheme would be so badly misinterpreted
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  • 1515 4 Big Welcome Home For Ajax Heroes The London Letter* From Our Own Correspondent London, Feb. 10. \UE have always had a re- putation for being an undemonstrative race and I suppose we always shall be looked upon as rather unemotional. There was quite a campaign m certain quarters for the
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  • 48 4 LISTS giving i land whit- rice auctions m Singaj 1939, to the middle been printed A c reen on applicator fleer or Area Sun Control Depart r. Wilh the U*t X any particular bra. and to establish IU ther-fore. what charge for it.
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  • 31 4 ECONOMICS EDUCATION UNDER the au.s; nr T Teachers' Silcock. professor < College, will five place of economics mm. on Tuesday < a Urn Hall. Rev. F. K.S A" tho.se Interested In I rome
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 363 4 NOTICE consumers of ALLSOPP BEER IN SINGAPORE ARE NOTIFIED THAT THE RETAIL SELLING PRICES ARE AS FOLLOWS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE:. For 1 doxen Quarts $*J, 1£ For 1 dozen Pints $4*20 (INCLUDING DUTY) CALDBECK MACGREGOR CO., LTD. 201, CANTONMENT ROAD, SINGAPORE. SALE NOW IN PROGRESS FINAL REDUCTIONS TO-DAY TO-MORROW TELEPHONE
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    • 30 4 w 4 t What is the Something;* m every garment leaving this establishment? It cannot be described exactly.... but it is Style TRY MIEN CHONG TAILORING ColemaD St. Phone 4816
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  • 404 5 Document Calling For General Strike THREE MONTHS' PRISON FOR SHIP'S STEWARD SUBVERSIVE document calling upon the police, the fl mi!itar> and volunteer forces, and the municipal and nnur.t offices to so on strike, was one of the exhibits case the Singapore criminal district court
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  • 145 5 THE FIRST WOMAN speaker m the 8.M.8.C. series "The War From Various Viewpoints" will be heard this evening at 7.30. This will be the eleventh talk m the series. Mrs. A. H. Dickinson, wife of the Inspector-General of the S.S. Police, will speak on "Women
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  • 153 5 THE third and last round of cracker firing m the lunar Chinese New Year, which took place early last nteht. sign-fled the celebration of Chap Goh Meh (Fifteenth Night) by Singapore Chinese. Chap Goh Meh marks the end of the New Year and
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  • 343 5 Penang Street Boys Have Saved $2,000 ROTARY CLUB'S ENTERPRISE <From Our Own Correspondent) Penan?, Feb. 22. PRESCRIBING the community services rendered by the Penang Rotary Club during its five years' existence, Dr. K. M. Ariff told Rotarians at their weekly tifLn meeting at the E. and O. Hotel yesterday that
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  • 76 5 Before the Honourable Mr. Justice Pedlow m Court No. 3 at 11 a.m.: Bankruptcy. Before the Honourable Mr. Justice Manning m Court No. 2 at 10.30 a.m.: Judgment m Malacca 5.46 38— Yap Pong Sal and others vs. Tan See Tiong and another. At 10.45
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  • 122 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 22. AT a meeting held yesterday m the Chinese Assembly Hall here, of representatives of various registered Chinese Associations m Selangor, it was decided to send four delegates to China on a goodwill mission. The expenses of the trip
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  • 36 5 Mr. R. K. Hardwick, late of North Borneo and visiting agent to a number of companies operating m that country, has new changed his residence to Singapore, where he is staying temporarily at the Singapore Club.
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  • 29 5 Picture. SINGAPORE'S FIRE-FIGHTERS worked hard to quell a Chinatown shop house blaze m Upper Pickering Street yesterday which claimed one victim, a boy.- Free Press
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  • 240 5 Boy Killed $10,000 Loss In Fire I\AMAGE ESTIMATED at we£ over $10,000 was caused by a 20-minute fire m a Chinese sundry-goods store m Upper Pickering Street yesterday morning, m which a twc-year-old Chin- j ese boy, son of a 24-year-old Cantonese i woman, lost his life. The child was
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  • 146 5 'From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Feb. 22. MR. G. W. Webb. Assistant Director of Education (Chinese), is holding a departmental inquiry into the recent demonstration at Beach Street police station m which Chinese school children took part, as has already Been reported. They were among
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  • 123 5 THE Singapore fourth magistrate, Mr. Kenneth Byrne, yesterday committed to the next Assizes two Chinese, Goh Boon Seng and Chew Seng, to stand trial on a charge of being m possession of counterfeit trade marks. At a previous hearing a raid by Inspector Prynn and
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  • 284 5 THERE is no doubt that these copies A of documents, some of which contain highly objectionable carucns, bear signs normally connected with the Malayan Communist Prrty and Soviet Russia," said Mr. F. I. Tremlett, A.S.P., I Special Branch, m the Singapore criminal district court
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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    • 54 5 INTIMIDATION CHARGE H. F. HOGAN, a Eurasian, yesterday morning appeared m the Singapore fourth court, charged that he on Jan. 3 committed criminal intimidation by threatening a European, H. J. Stacey, with bodily injury. Mr. P. F. de Souza, who appeared for Hogan, asked for the case to be postponed
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  • 247 6 CONFISCATED records of the Nazi party m India, which have been clossly examined m Delhi, reveal astonishing instances ol the Gestapo's hold over German residents m India, reports the Bombay correspondent of the Daily Telegraph. In an official note just issued details are given of a
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  • 144 6 ISSUED BY FRASER CO., AT CLOSE OF BUSINESS YESTERDAY Very little business was transacted m tin and rubber shares to-day and conditions generally were quiet and dull. Local tin fell $1 to $124*2, while the price of rubber at four o'clock was buyers Spot 38 V* cents,
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 506 6 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS BOARD RESIDENCE. SEA FRONT KATONG GRANGE— 77 Meyer Rd. (near Swimming Club) Board-Residence at moderate rates Large Gardens Tennis. Phone: 5758. I EAST ANGLIA 6. O&LE1 RISK SINGAPORE. 3 mm.v to town tilsn level garages,, dally *jr monthly rates, large grounds, excellent culsina tennis, tingle and double rooms
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    • 407 6 SITUATIONS VACANT WANTED.— British Foreman experienced m Drilling and Blasting m Rock Foundations. Apply wltii copies of testimonials to Box No. 764 care of Singapore Free Press. SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. The Municipal Commissioners require an Assistant District Engineer for the permanent staff of the Electricity Department, the appointment being m the
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    • 445 6 FAST PASSENGER SERVICE SINGAPORE TO SAN FRANCISCO. VIA MAMI m. ""X. Kf;\, SJS. CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS S£. CITY OF NORFOLK S^. CITY OF LOS ANGELES Apr ss. CITY OF BALTIMORE May M ACCEPTING CARGO FOR PACIFIC COAST PORTS AI v y NEW YORK VIA PANAMA CANAI PASSENGER FREIGHT SERVICE
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 136 6 THE SINGAPORE C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION DAILY PRICES CURRENT Feb. 22, 1940: 12 O'clock Noon tfuyen Sellers No. IX RS.S. Spot loose.. 38 l 38=^ No. IX RS.S. F.OJ. m cases Feb.-Mar. (Sellers option) 394 40 L i GF.A.Q. R.S.S. FOB. m bales Feb.-Mar. Sellers option) 36*4 37 F.A.Q
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    • 164 6 Post Office Mail List Mails close at the General Post Office as follows TO-DAY Aden air 5 p.m. Africa air 5 p.m. Burma air 5 p.m. China ..air 5 pjn. Egypt air 5 p.m. Great Britain and Europe generally air 5 p.m. Hong Kong air 5 p.m. India air 5
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 326 7 p.&O. and BRITISH INDIA LINES '.INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND > p. O. S. N. COS SAILINGS. barf possible .services are being maintained United Kingdom, also to Hong Kong and I ii UUmgfM are requested to register their but undej* present circumstances -re |»trrforce restricted. -iv f^i> i-al! ai ports on or
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    • 341 7 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. 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 THE CHEAPEST FARE Regular Services to Fre mantle (Perth) vis Java by first class passenger
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  • 568 8 Season's First Friendly Game At Stadium SUPERIORITY IN ATTACK GIVES R.A.F. MATCH SCORING twice towards the end of the match, the Royal Air Force recorded a well-deserved victory over the Chinese m the first friendly £ame of soccer this season at the Anson
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  • 480 8 "B" "C" Teams To Meet In Final DKATING their opponents m the semi- final games yesterday, Ferguson's team ("B") and Webster's side ("C M qualified to meet m the final of the S.C.C. sfac-a-side competition, which will be played on the padang this evening. Webster's team
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  • 63 8 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Feb. 21. ■FHE following have been selected to represent the Negri Sembilan Club of Seremban at cricket on Sunday against the Rahang Youngsters XI:— F. de Silva. Lee Moh Hon, B. J. Dionysius, E. Alexander, Dr. M. Vaithllingam fcapt.). N. Saverimuttu, Chuah Huat
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  • Article, Illustration
    36 8 picture. 'lne candid camera takes Reutcns m an uncomfortable po^e as Rayney jumps for the ball m the S.R.C. six-a-s:de soccer final on Wednesday. R-utens' side won by one g^>al to nil.— Free Press
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  • 345 8 KEEN play was seen m the men's handicap doubles and handicap singles ties m the V.M.C.A. open invitation lawn tennis tournament yesterday. Men's handicap singles: A. Manasseh 3) beat Capt. M. J. Majid (,scr.>, 6_4 4—6, 6—4; Tan Huck Toe (-30.3) beat Harry L. Wee
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  • 167 8 AT the council meeting of the Straits Chinese Football Association held on Tuesday the following were elected to serve on the different committees this year: Finance; Tay Lian Teck (chairman) Koong Khai Kong and Soh Ghee Soon. Selection; (first team) Sim Kwang Tow (chairman), John
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  • 44 8 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Feb. 21. "THE Malayan badminton champion- ships will be held at Ipoh during the Easter holidays this year. The draw will take place at the Chinese Recreation Club, Kuala Lumpur, at 11 a.m. on Mar. 10.
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  • 27 8 r |*HE billiards handicap tournament final at the S.C.C. takes place at 6 p.m. to-day between W. H. Palgrave (--75) and M. S. Robinson <— 50 >.
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  • 301 8 (From Our Own Correspondent) Muar, Feb. 20. DISPLAYING more dash and better finishing, the Chung Hwa School sc :d a clean-cut vi:tDry over the Dumpar Tinggi Malay School whom they beat by three goals to nil m the re-play of 3 quarter-final of the Junior
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  • 157 8 THE following teams will compete m the bowls matches between the captains' and vice-captains' teams at the S.C.C. to-day at 5 p.m. sharp:— Rink 1, captain's team: H. R. L. Dyne (skip.), H. H. Markham, V. J. Coleman. Vice-captain's team: J. E. Jean» 'skip E.
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  • Cricket Prospects
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