The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 27 February 1940

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 16,021. ESTD. 1835 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1940. 5 CENTS.
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    ROOSEVELT MAY RUN FOR THIRD TERM
    96 1 v\ ishingtoo, Feb. 26. may now be said i 1 for a break with President should -..:rd term. tical commentaS President Roose- ..^ain. and if he 'o m sight H romlnsni de--9 i a movement m i'.ure of Pr\3ident now allowed his d the
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    Nazi Enterprises At Standstill
    62 1 1 Berlin, Feb. 23. v nomic undertak.L provided by the according to an ::al defence the official gazette. igency. In the national rprissa brought :o safeguard lacruns a pream- These enterprises \sc-. be granted subid distribution of i national economic r hand, for entera standstill by
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    STOP PRESS
    158 1 v\.isim:£U»n. Feb. 26. c ,,i. of machine-guns and iafintry ammunition from the United States ire now reaching Finland, it was a Finnish official here, who ii one order alone was for .tririJsrs costing about M. >rdfr« included artillery, am■■■lfion, trrnch- mortars, shells and details of which are not
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    I.T.C. CUTS TIN QUOTA TO 80 PER CENT
    237 1 Dealers Surprised By 40 p. c. Reduction REPRESENTATIONS FROM NETHERLANDS INTERESTS? THE International Tin Committee at its meeting m London yesterday fixed the quota for the second quarter at 80 per cent., a reduction of 40 per cent, on the present quota,
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    Butler On Export Of Rumanian Oil
    107 1 London, Feb. 26. THE question of the export of oil from Rumania m all its aspects was at present under discussion, stated Mr R A Butler, Foreign Undersecretary, m the House of Commons to-day. While the discussions continued, he was not m a position
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    THREATENED STRIKE IS CALLED OFF
    75 1 Ahmcdabad, Feb. 26. THE general strike fixed for to-day by 1 the joint beard of the Textile Labourers' Association has been called off following an agreement reached this morning. The strike was averted by an appeal of the Governor of Bombay to employers and workers
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    Sumner Welles' "Cordial" Talk With Ciano
    176 1 Sumner Welles' "Cordial" Talk With Ciano Rome, Feb. 26. pOUNT CIANO, Italian R>reign Mlnister, received Mr. Sumner Welles, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State, this morning and had a conversation lasting one and a half hours. Signor Mussolini will this afternoon receive both Mr. Sumner Welles and Couni Ciano. Mr. Sumner
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    NAZI U-BOAT CLAIM
    46 1 Berlin, Feb. 26. A COMMUNIQUE claims that a U-boat commanded by Herbert Schultze, has returned from a distant voyage. She is reported as sinking 34,000 tons of shipping. The communique adds that: This U-boat has now sunk 16 ships totalling 114,00 tons.- Reuter
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    NAZI PRISONERS ESCAPE, BUT ARE RECAPTURED
    32 1 London, Feb. 26. FOUR GERMAN prisoners who escaped from an internment camp m northern England on Saturday were recaptured to-day 14 miles from the camp.- Reuter
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    29 1 Stockholm, Feb. 26. M. GUENTHER, the Swedish Foreign Minister, to-day expressed satisfaction with the result of the Copenhagen conference. No further meeting of Scandinavian ministers has been arranged.— Reuter
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    31 1 London, Feb. 26. GEN. McNaughton, G. O. C, Canadian troops, has taken over the administration of the entire Aldershot command for the next six days while Gen. Broad is on leave.
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    Why British Warships Are Off Petsamo
    77 1 Paris, Feb. 26. IT IS STATED here that the presence of British warships off Petsamo m the north of Finland is due to the fact that there are some German naval units, including submarines, at Petsamo and Murmansk. Owing to ice conditions m the
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    Hitler Building New Defence Line ?
    254 1 Hitler Building New Defence Line Paris, Feb. 26. /GERMANY is at present working on a defence line south of the Danisn frontier In south Jutland, it is learned here from a reliable source. The line is to be dug from east to west and will be situated generally about nine
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    Limit Of Norwegian Territorial Waters
    147 1 London, Feb. 26. rvUESTIONED m the House of Com\J mons regarding the extent Ox Norwegian territorial waters Mr. R. A. Butler? Foreign Undersecretary said the question of principles on which m view of the special configuration of the Norwegian coast, the limit of territorial waters
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    Minister And Mediation
    63 1 M. Tanner, Finnish Foreign Minister, i declared yesterday that the Russian offensive on the Karelian Isthmus could not have made any progress if the foreign help which is now reaching Finland, had arrived a month ago when Finland needed planes, heavy artillery and men. He added: "We
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    CONTACT UNITS ACTIVE ON WESTERN FRONT
    54 1 Paris. Feb. 26A COMMUNIQUE issued here report? increased activity of contact units at various points of the front between the Moselle and the Saar. A communique issued m Berlin states that German chaser planes which went up over Heligoland Bight failed to make contact
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    U.S. SEEKS TO CONTINUE PRESENT TRADE PLAN
    185 1 Washington, Feb. 26A RESOLUTION ior continuing the United States present trade pact programme for three years from June 12, which was approved by the House of Representatives on Friday, will be considered by the Senate this week. The resolution is expected to receive
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    Finnish Forces Give Up Island Fortress
    310 1 YESTERDAY'S Finnish communique issued m Helsinki states that Finnish troops have given up the Koivisto island fortress, where Finnish batteries have been shelling Russian troops on the mainland of the Karelian Isthmus. The Finnish communique, after this admission, reports considerable activity m the air.
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    British Vessel Torpedoed In North Atlantic
    346 1 British Vessel Torpedoed In North Atlantic DANISH TRAWLER IS ATTACKED FROM AIR London, Feb. 26. MORE NEWS of Nazi methods of warfare at sea are to hand. The Glasgow steamer Loch Maddy, 4,996 tons, was torpedoed m the north Atlantic last Thursday, four lives beinj lost. Thirty-five survivors were picked
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    Daily Share Report
    122 2 ISSUED BY FRASER CO., AT CLOSE OF BUSINESS YESTERDAY Practically the only feature of interest m markets to-day was a sharp rise m Hong Fa Us to $1.29 at which price a considerable number of shares changed hands. Rumours were again circulating m regard to a dividend
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    Clergymen Were Warned By Previous War
    617 2 DETERMINED TO AVOID THE OLD MISTAKES "IN this country, where the temptation to an easy life is so strong and persistent, the subtle penetration of pagan philosophy is easily the greatest danger," said Archdeacon Graham White at the annual parochial meeting of St. Andrew's
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    INSURANCE MAN SENTENCED
    265 2 ANG CHWEE BENG was accused m the third court yesterday of criminal breach of trust of $20.50 paid to him as premium on a car insurance policy. Ang was acting as sub-agent for the Asia Insurance Co., when he heard that someone wanted to have a car
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    Indian Contribution To War Effort
    92 2 A RECEPTION was held at the May Fair Hotel, London, on Jan. 29, for Sardar Bahadur Sardar Moham Singh, who is returning to India after five years as Adviser to the Secretary of State for India. In his farewell address he said: "Although my term
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    LANDLORD NEEDS HOUSE FOR FAMILY
    150 2 On the grounds that he needed the i house for his own occupation because i the premises he was occupying were I unsuitable ior his family of 18, a Singapore landlord successfully applied to the Rent Assessment Board yesterday tor the ejectment of the tenant
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    GREAT SUCCESS OF CHARITY FILM SHOW
    234 2 »pHE committee of the Chinese section of the Malaya Patriotic Fund and the Alhambra Theatre are to be congratulated on the Inauguration of a regular periodical programme of cinema entertainment m aid of ths Malaya Patriotic Fund. Yesterday's showing of "Hitler— Beast of Berlin"
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    157 2 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES From Our Own Correspondent) London, Feb. 26. rOMMODITY and Exchange market* closed as follows wltb previous Quotation? id parenthesis:— RUBBER: Firm. Spot 12 15 16d 13 1 16 d U2\d 12"* d) March 13d I3»»d il2\d 12 13 16d April-May 12d 12Sd (ll~ ft d 12d> July-Sept. n\d
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    London Stock Exchange
    233 2 The Wn^ B quotations; B unless otherwise Con. Loan 5' j ivh B binding Loan 4 B War Loan 3 Cora Dnton 4moc B Prudential 4mc« B Royal Assce B Great Western Rly i B Can. P'fic Rly. <> c B Chartered Bank (£5 B H.K. B'hal
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    EXPORTS AS A NEW BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
    376 3 Hudson On Importance Of Safeguarding Our Trade "WAR NO LONGER AFFAIR BETWEEN ARMIES" k London, Feb. 26. j^Al ORT trade m wartime is a vital necessity", declared Mr. R. S. Hudson, Secretary of Overseas Trade, speaking at Glasgow to-day. If m time of
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    R.A.F. Pilot's Remarkable Flight
    109 3 R.A.F. Pilot's Remarkable Flight B London. l>b. 26. \JBLE flight has been :n\ot of the R.A.F. n The pilot, who was the Distinguished rougbt his aircraft home after being B North Sea with a H vafl damaged as the' H 'U Dnrnier over the H o far and failed V
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    Japan's "Currying Favour" Policy
    45 3 ITokio. Keb- 16. y vinf and revis- ward the voiced. Soyejima. of the Bowse ol Peers. Inti out that I Americana believe it her knees i than by Japan's i States hcu> •his, he said. a policy has I Eastern News
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    ATTEMPT TO PROMOTE ANTI FEELING
    45 3 ATTEMPT TO PROMOTE ANTI FEELING Ipror. n G-vern-i radio station If the new ra believe it i>; a ting homepart ofl the I rr.^ne hi Kngli^i at the o. »£ui of Rid to bf made from .;icer M the _;nc»»r se*:m.s to -»::h the national
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    ARMY SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES
    78 3 London, Feb. 26. SUPPLEMENTARY estimates issued to-day providing for the increase n the strength of the BritLh Army are I m?d? for the present finanji?l year which ends on Mar. 31. The Army Council states that the nvmVn Ir e^dv voted fjr the year tctallling 275.000 have
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    Final Training For Canadian Air Force Men
    121 3 Final Training For Canadian Air Force Men London, Feb. 26. 'J'HE FIRST squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force, which arrived m England on Sunday morning, is composed of three units the Ottawa squadron, the Toronto squadron, and the Winnipeg squadron, which gives representation to Western Canada. The men are
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    TWEEDSMUIR'S ASHES BROUGHT TO ENGLAND
    67 3 London, Feb. 26. THE ashes of the late Lord Tweedsmuir. who was cremated In Montreal on Feb. 15 arrived In England to-day. The casket containing the ashes, which was brought by a British warship, was landed at Plymouth. A naval guard of honour with rifles
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    FORMER CAPTAIN OF DEUTSCHLAND
    40 3 T^kio, Feb. 26. REAR-ADMIRAL G. -W. Wennecker, newly-appointed military at ache to the German Embassy m Tokio, has arrived here, accompanied by his fami.y. He was captain of the 'pocket battleship* Deutschland unUl recently.— Eastern News
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    RECORD WHEAT HARVEST LIKELY IN AUSTRALIA
    41 3 London, Feb. 26. AUSTRALIA will have a record wheat harvest this year, according to a broadcast statement. Already 193,000,000 bushels have been delivered by farmers and the total is expected to reach ■•^0.000,000 bushels.— Reuter
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    18 3 THESE FRENCH CHILDREN were quite taken up by the Scottic witn hjs warning siren outside G.H.Q. m France.
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    Workers' Journal Condemns "Stalin's Reign Of Terror"
    298 3 London, Feb. 26. •'pvON'T worry about Germany swinging from Nazi-ism to Communism. It has already occurled," says the head of the American Foreign Policy Association m a to the Memphis Commercial Appeal. Meanwhile, the Allied trades union view of the Russo-German alliance may
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    Hitler And Chamberlain Speeches Contrasted
    474 3 Hitler And Chamberlain Speech es Contras ted THE contrast between the week-end speeches of Mr. Chamberlain, the British Prime Minister, and Hitler form a subject for comment m newspapers all over the world. The London Press expresses the j warmest approval of Mr. Chamberlain's speech and several of ttfcun, including
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    Hitler Fears Premier's Words Leak Through
    159 3 Hitler Fears Premier's Words Leak Through New York, Feb. 26. "O NE 0I the most inte resting developments m war diplomacy is that Hitler apparently now feels it necessary to reply to Mr. Chamberlain whenever the latter speaks as if he feared that Mr. Chamberlain's words were somehow getting through
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    Adm. Yonai On New Order
    136 3 "MUST OVERTHROW CHIANG REGIME" Tokio, Feb. 26. REPLYING to a question by Dr Tongo TVtebe at the plenary session of the House of Peers, the Prim© Miniftsr Adm. M. Yonai. defined he new order m East Asia m accordance with Prince Konoyc's statement. 'The construction
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    FRENCH COMMAND AT SHANGHAI
    57 3 Shanghai, reh. H. COMPLETING the gradual transfer of the French Command m China from Tientsin to Shanghai, Col. Cas* Seville. G.0.C., French troops m China, arrived here yesterday from Tientsin, accompanied by his chief of staff, Caotain Florent, Col. Casseville's command includes the French garrisons at
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    SHANTUNG PEMNSULA SHIPPING BAN LIFTED
    42 3 SHANTUNG PEMNS ULA SHIPPING BAN LIFTED Tokio. Feb. 2t>. r rHE ban on shipping movements of Shantung Peninsula between Weibalwei and Tsingtao has been completely lifted by the Japanese Fleet m North China waters, according to a report from TsmiUao.— Eastern News
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    The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1940. Radio Policy
    614 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1940. Radio Policy THE announcement that the Straits Settlements Government proposes to acquire the British Malaya Broadcasting Corporation and operate it as a public service is welcome news. This action should have been taken long ago or, better still, the Government should have
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    A STATIC WAR
    822 4  -  Gen. Sir Charles Gwynn By THESE last few weeks I have made a point of talking over the war with the widest possible variety of my acquaintances among the general public. I find that what is still uppermost m their minds is the strangeness of this "static*'
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    THE WELLES MISSION
    526 4  -  PERTINAX BY niPLOMATIC circles m Paris a certain amount of wonder at the visit of Mr. Sumner Welles to European capitals. The trip cannot, of course, give rise to the remotest objection. On the contrary, satisfaction is expressed that such a keen and competent observer of international
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    MALAY NEWS BULLETIN
    197 4 rWUA buah kapal tertar.s .Terma;i tcUUi terbang di-atas negeri Belancia sa-niuiam. Sa-buah daripada-nya telah di-lawan oleh kapal terbang Belanda lalu berbalas2 lembak antara kedua-nya; i;apal terbang Belaada itu kena beborapa kail. Khabar2 dari Hague berkata bahawa oleh sebab Jernian telah menchabul dalam kawasan Belanda. bahakan telah beranl
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    ASIATIC WRITERS WELCOME NEW COLONIAL POLICY
    969 5 "Greatest Step Forward For Many Years" HAILED AS EXPRESSION OF BRITISH GRATITUDE opinion m Malaya, as voiced by the Malay Indian newspapers, is warmly appreciative of rtant developments m British Colonial policy last week. Malay and Tamil newspapers m Malaya have editorial articles on
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    Indies Comment On B.M.B.C. News
    143 5 THE first comments on the broad- casts of news m Dutch from Singapore, inaugurated just over a week ago, have been received from the Netherlands Indies. A listener on the East Coast of Sumatra writes: "The first two broadcasts have come over very well indeed
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    Pulau Tekong Riot Alleged
    186 5 THE story of an attack during a strike m Pulau Tekong brickworks was told m the Singapore Criminal District Court yesterday when five men stood their trial on severaJ charges. The accused were Lim Eng Seng, Goh Char, Kang Chhiong, Ong Boon Chong and N? Ui.
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    BURGLARS IN TWO HOUSES
    77 5 MORE than $1,000 worth of jewellery was stolen en Saturday night from two houses occupied by Europeans. Mrs. J. McNeish. living m Thomson Road lost about $650 worth of jewellery from the bedroom. The burglar is believed to have got m through the fanlight. Mrs. P.
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    SOCIETY CHARGE
    71 5 BAIL was opposed m the case of six Cantonese to whom a charge of being members of an unlawful society, "The Singapore Chinese All Labour Trades Anti-Enemy Backing-up Society", m Waterloo Street on Sunday was explained m the Singapore third court yesterday. Their names are How Chong Seng,
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    MR. T. ARAKAWA
    41 5 From Our Own Correspondent,) Sercmban, Feb. 25. MR. T. Arakawa. headmaster of the Japanese School, Seremban, and Mrs. Arakawa, left Seremban for Singapore yesterday en route to Japan. Mr. Arakawa has represented the Negri Sembilan Japanese at tennis.
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    What Will Be Done With The B.M.B.C. ?
    355 5 What Will Be Done With The B.M.B.C. GOVERNMENT TO TAKE OVER T^HE full story of the lengthy nego- tiations between the S.S. Government and the British Malaya Broadcasting Corporation to acquire the company and run the Singapore broadcasting station as a public undertaking will probably be told when shareholders meet
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    Girl Guiders Meet In Singapore
    173 5 A MEETING took place at the residence of the District Commissioner for Singapore. Mrs. R. L. Nunn, to enable local Guiders to take part collectively m the Girl Guides' worldwide "Thinking Day". Among those present were the vicepresident of the local Girl Guides Association, Mrs.
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    SNATCH THIEF ADMITS HIS CRIME
    71 5 IN the Singapore second court yesterday Kong Ah Wan pleaded guilty to j a charge of snatch-thieving. It was alleged that he snatched a gold necklace valued at $20 from a woman. Annie Lim, m Bencoolen Street on the morning of Feb. 18. He was
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    ADVOCATE & SOLICITOR
    59 5 ADVOCATE SOLICITOR TAKING the oath before Mr- Justice Pedlow m the High Court yesterday, Mr. Frederick Guy Livingstone was admitted to practice as an advocate and solicitor m the Straits Settlements. Mr. R. Williamson made the petition on behalf of Mr. Livingstone. The Attorney-General was represented by Mr. E. N.
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    Boy Escapes From Police Van
    109 5 A 13- YEAR-OLD Chinese boy who was sentenced to four years m the reformatory for the theft of a tin of -hocolates, escaped from a police van yesterday as he W2S being escorted to He was being taken to find his father who had previous.y
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    S.S. CONTE ROSSO
    41 5 TIE Lloyd Triestino liner Contc Rosso "is due here at 10 am. to-day from Europe! She will berth at the S.H.B wharf and is expected to •g^.** 530 pm. the same day for Manila, liong Kong and Shanghai
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    30 ISLAMIC COUNTRIES ARE WITH THE ALLIES
    425 5 UTTHE Relations Between the Islamic World and the Allies" was the title of the last Malay broadcast from the 8.M. 8.C. station, Singapore, given by Inche Mohamed Hashim bin Yunus, editor of the Malay newspaper "Warta Mrlaya." The Arab we rid and the
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    Company Fined Under Defence Regulations
    449 5 LA W NOT BEING OBSER VED AS IT SHOULD BE THAT the primary object of the case was to give publicity to a regulation which was "not being observed as it should be/ was the statement made by Chief Court Inspector E. H. Tunn, m
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    Judge Takes Unusual Step To Free Man
    282 5 TTKEATTNG a case as a revision and not as an appeal because the magistrate did not give his grounds cf judgment, Mr. Justice Pedlow yesterday quashed the conviction by a police magistrate who had sentenced a a Indian to two months' rigorous imprisonment
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    FOUR FOUND STABBED IN STREET
    123 5 AC H I N ES E and his w.fc and two other men of the same nationality were taken to hospital v. ith severe knife injuries shortly after eight o'elurk last night. The stabbing occurred In Pickering Street, practically a stone's throw from the Central
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    Chamberlain's Career Shows His Character
    607 6 PREFERRED HEALTH WORK TO THE TREASURY "MR. NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN and the Chamberlain iVI Tradition" was the subject of a broadcast talk from the 8.M.8.C. station, Singapore, last night, by Mr. D. G. Osborne Jones. Three prominent members of the Chamberlain family had, he said, figured
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    Exciting Moment At Stadium
    28 8 aii exciting moment m front of the Malays' goalmouth on Saturday when the Airmen held the Malays to a two-all draw. Free Press picture.
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    UNITEERS BEAT PRESSMEN BY ODD GOAL IN THREE
    342 8 Tnitetrs 2; Straits Times .1. IfEEPING up an unbeaten record so far this season, I'niteers scored their third successive win .yesterday when the;* beat the Straits Times soccer team by the odd Lioal m three m a keen Business Houses* League fixture
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    MIXED FOURSOMES AT BUKIT TIMAH
    148 8 TV id bi-monthly mixsd lour- competition at the Royal Singapore Golf Club for February was played at Bukit Timah on Sunday afternoon and resulted m a win for Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Paterson with a net score of 33' 4 Thirty-six cards were taken
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    WALK-OVER IN B.H.L. SOCCER
    41 8 UNABLE to field a team. Ne>tanglo gave the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank a walk-over m a Bnsiness Houses' League fixture at the Stadium yesterday. The Bankers turned out m full force, but Nestanglo had only nine players.
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    F.M.S. BOWLER TAKES 7 WICKETS FOR 18
    121 8 From Our Own Correspondent Seremban, Feb. 25. TPWO outstaticn teems of Negri Sem- biian, the Malay Regiment of Port Dicksin and the Tampin XI. met at Port Dickson to-day m a ;wo-innings cricket match, which endsd m a win for the visiting Tampin
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    CHINESE TENNIS ACE AND WIFE PASS THROUGH
    399 8 Kho Sin Kie Interviewed In Singapore Yesterday WILL RETURN TO PLAY EXHIBITION GAMES A SURPRISE arrival m Singapore yesterday, where he rt stayed for a brief four hours, was Kho Sin Kie, well-known Chinese Davis Cup player and former lawn tennis champion of
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    WOMEN'S FOURSOMES AT K.G.C.
    151 8 'RETURNING a sccre of 42—10% =31% Mrs. G. E. Kerr and Mrs. \V. Gunstone won the women's February foursomes competition at the Keppel Golf Club. The lest of the other scores returned were: Mrs. O'Sullivan and Miss D. Hirst 47—13-^34; Mrs. R. J. Fennie and Mrs.
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    Y.M.C.A. TENNIS TOURNEY RESULTS AND TIES
    402 8 YESTERDAY'S matches m the Y.M.CA. tennis tournament resulted as follows v'en.'s Handicap Singles: Lt K. R. Kochar (—3) beat Tan Yong Poh r— 15.3) O. 3—6, 3; Yap Ah Hian (—3O) beat T. W. Ong (+3) 6—4, 6—l; R. Nathan (—15.3) beat Dr. Wee
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    Tennis Ace
    24 8 Kho Sin Kie, the Chines? Davis Cup player, and former champian of Java, who passed through Singapore yesterday with his English wife.
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    Malaya Signals Win Small Units Hockey
    264 8 HTHE Ifalaya Signals beat the 7th Mountain Batten' (R.A.) by two goals to nil m the final of the Command Small Units hockey final yesterday, played at Tanglin, and were presented with the cup by the General Officer Commanding, Malaya. MajorGeneral L. V. Bond
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    R.S.G.C. WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP
    37 8 ■VHE final of the women's club cham- pionship at the Royal Singapore Golf Club was played yesterday afternoon and won by Mrs. F. G. R. Brittorous, who beat Miss S. Lucas 5 and 4
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    ARGYLLS WIN 4—3
    44 8 IN a friendly soccer match on the padang yesterday, the first string of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders beat the S.R.C by four goals to three. Exchanges were fast and even, and both sides had a fair share of the Play.
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    S.C.C. WIN 2—1
    32 8 THE S.C.C. second soccer team beat the second string of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders by two goals to nil m a keenly competed "friendly" en the padrng yesterday.
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    SEPOY LINES GOLF
    45 8 THE men's monthly medal for 1 February at the Sepoy Lines Golf Club resulted m a win for J. W. Softley with a score of all square. The ball sweep was von by H. G. Tuner with a score of two up.
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    CHAMPION HORSE BEATEN
    74 8 Sydney, Feb. If. AJAX, Australia's champion racehorse, was beaten into third place by High Caste and Manrico m the Orr Stakes, run at Williamstown (Vie). Ajax's defeat was his first since Spear Chief headed him at Rosehill nearly 12 months ago, and his second m his last
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    Thornycrofts Hold Wearnes
    206 8 B.H.L. SOCCER ON V.M.C.A. GROUND pLAYING on the V.M.C.A. ground, Prince Edward Road, .yesterday, Wearnes and Thornycrof:s drew two-all m a Busine Houses' League soccer match. The result was against the run of play, for Wearnes were the better s de and had a much iarg r
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    FULL POINTS TO SIME DARBY
    217 8 Traction Company I Beaten I OIMK DARHI I socc,, they defeated >"> Panv by three mh Business Houses' P»yed on the U £r The result was a Play, but it mv losers had the tx the first half. T H use of their opp H
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