The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 29 February 1940

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 16,023. ESTD. 1835 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1940. 5 CENTS.
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    MORE R.A.F. FLIGHTS INTO GERMANY
    352 1 M ORE R.A.F. FLIGHTS INTO GERMANY Aircraft Over Berlin And Kiel Naval Base' TWO ENEMY PLANES DOWN IN FRANCE THE Air Ministry announced yesterday that on Tuesday night aircraft of the R.A.F. again carried out extensive reconnaissance flights over northern Germany. The aircraft flew over Berlin and Hanover and enemy
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    CONTROL OF LAND SALES IN PALESTINE
    242 1 CONTROL OF LAND SALES IN PALESTINE London. Feb. 28. I.M NL\CDONALD, H State for Colonies. the House of Comthfl High Comi.estine has been ie regulations con.sfer of land from -a certain areas, mentioned that for with the lntertbe Council of the is had not been ablr ist report of the
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    Tin Agreement And Countries Not At War
    67 1 London, Feb. 28. I Commons to-day, Mr. L.o. Cornwall N.>.i m Mac Donald, Secrer Colonies, if. m view of xports and stocks of tin of the International which countries still at c majority of \otes, he y invoke Clause 24 of providing against
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    $20,000,000 On Bombers
    34 1 Santa Monica, Feb. 28. TflE BRITISH purchasing commission has ordered 520.000.000 worth of attack bombing planes from the Douglas Aircraft Corporation, delivery to be completed by the summer of 1941— Renter.
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    Trawler Fires On Nazi Attackers
    223 1 London, Feb. 28. I_TH_N t-r*e Aberdeen trawler Arora j W was attacked by two German planes In the North Sea yesterday, the ♦-awler replied with her gun. The planes were driven off and one disappeared with smoke pouring from its tail and gradually losing height.
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    General Settlement After The War
    115 1 London, Feb. 28. MR. Arthur Henderson (Lab., Stafford I asked m the House of Commons to-day whether at the eventual peace conference representatives should be heard of any European government which desired to place its national grievances before the conference. Mr. R. A. Butler, Foreign
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    KING CAROL FOR ITALY?
    30 1 London. Feb. 28. THE German wireless reports that King Carol of Rumania will make an official visit to Italy during the first Reuter h:lf of April,
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    War 'No Good' Says Nazi Pilot
    74 1 War 'No Good' Says Nazi Pilot London, Feb. 28. rE crew of the German bomber shot down off the mouth of the Firth of Forth yesterday was rescued by a trawler and landed at a Scottish port. One of them said that the war was "no good*' and that only
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    "Retaliate If Germans Bomb Civilians''—L.G.
    164 1 "Retaliate If Germans Bomb Civilians' L.G. London, Feb. 2s. MR. LLOYD GEORGE, speaking at a luncheon at the Dorchester Hotel to-day, emphasized the need for a strong air force and declared: "If necessary, make it clear that if j there are any attacks on our citizens at home it will
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    Commons Query On Deposition Of Anthony Brooke
    187 1 London, Feb. 28. IN the House of Commons to-day Mr. John Graham Kerr asked Mr. Mal-j colm Mac Donald. Secretary of State for Colonies, if m view of the proximity of the independent protected state of Sarawak to British possessions m the east
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    INDIAN TROOPS AT WAR GAMES IN DESERT
    252 1 Cairo, Feb. 28. WITH ARTILLERY booming, Indian troops went into action m the desert to-day m the first of a series of exercises which will last a month. The defending force established its field headquarters under date palms m the ruins of Memphis,
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    175.000 Reds .Massed In Front Of Viipuri
    378 1 Stockholm, Feb. 28. TT is believed that Russian reinforcements have arrived all along the Karelian Isthmus front and according to estimates current m Helsinki there are at least 175,000 Russian troops m front of Viipuri, the objective of the Russian push. It is
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    STOP PRESS
    92 1 London, Feb. 28. The first batch of men from Palestine to form part of the British Expeditionary Force arrived at a French port to-day, telephones Reuter with the B.E.F. They consist of about ""00, aU volunteers, about 75 per cent, being Jews and the rest Arabs, and wiU
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    Turkish Denial Of Recall Of Shipping
    196 1 Turkish Denial Of Recall Of Shipping Istanbul, Feb. 29 COMPETENT authorities here deny all knowledge of. and shipowners express astonishment at, a report alleging that the Cabinet has ordered all Turkish steamers m foreign waters to return Immediately. It is stated that some control cf shipping might be envisaged at
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    Handing Over Of Asama Maru Men To-day
    133 1 Hong Kong, Feb. 28. AN OFFICIAL naval communique Issued this morning states: "It Is expected that to-roorrow the nine German nationals who were recently taken frcm the Asama Maru by a British warship will be returned to the Japanese authorities. They are being
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    LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE
    305 2 London. Feb. 28. Tiie fdtovtng are to-day's closing middle quotations Shares are of fl denomination unless otherwise stated: Con Loan 5% 1944-64 110". Funding Loan 4< c 1960-90 112\ tf War Loan 9%% 99"S Com. L'nton Assce (Units T'i Prudential Assce 'A* 27*__ Royal Assce 8 Great
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    198 2 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES Prom Our t>wo Correspondent) Ixmdon. Feb. 28. COMMODITY und Exchange markets closed as tollows with previous quotations id parenthesis: RIBBER: Dull. Spot 12% d 12 *d 12 13 I6d 12 15 I6d) i March i2\d 12 \d 112 13 I6d 12 15i16d) j April-May 11 13 16d ll
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    MALAYA AND AUSTRALIA
    78 2 AS time n'oos on Singapore will be drawn cl.ver and closer towards this Immense island of the southern phere which can supply us m Ma- with so many ol our vital requirein nts whilst we can reciprocate with quite a number of useful commodities." said Mr. A.
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    Manchesters Celebrate Ladysmith Day
    392 2 OLD SOLDIER'S STORY OF HISTORIC SIEGE CEVERAL hundred people were present at the annual ball v given by the Warrant Officers' and Sergeants' Mess of the Ist. Battalion, the Manchester Regiment, at Tanglin Barracks last night to commemorate the raising of the siege of Ladysmith during
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    Shop Assistants' Working Hours
    122 2 AT A MEETING of the committee of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association the president said that a letter had been addressed to Government stating that the committee were of opinion that there was a very widespread desire among Asiatic shop assistants for an amelioration of their
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    CHINESE CONSUL
    37 2 f\N his way to Chungking from France where he had been consul for China, Tien Mai Huang arrived at Singapore yesterday. He will be staying m Singapore for a few days before continuing his journey.
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    UNGKU ABDUL AZIZ ILL
    33 2 ■From Our Own Correspondent*) Johore Bahru. Feb. 28. f JNGKU Abdul Aziz, the Mentri Be- sar of Johore. has been Indisposed since Monday and is confined to his residence.
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    Late Mr. J. P. Pennefather
    952 2 j I'HE FUNERAL ol Mr. John Pynej Pennefather, who died at his resi- dence at Pasir Panjang on Tuesday j evening, took place at the Bidadari j Cemetery yesterday afternoon and was I very largely attended by the family, i relatives and friends. In the
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    NEW FINNISH FORTRESS IS STRONGLY SET
    308 3 NEW FINNISH FORTRESS IS STRONGLY SET Uras Now Brought Into bcene Of Operations RUSSIANS ATTACK VIIPURI FROM MANY DIRECTIONS RFlttfp**c nu i London, Feb. 28. /V military correspondent states that a point of outstanding importance regarding the Finns' new line of resistance is that it is 20 miles shorter than
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    Nazi-Swedish Arms Deal Report
    99 3 Nazi-Swedish Arms Deal Report New York. Feb. 28. types of armaments Germany m Poland by Germany, oorts m diplomatic V 1 York Times m *eh. I Germany has also anti-aircraft guns tnd under Bwedish fleticatc dip'cmatk' *r.via, it is thought •iai* may be made. ar? beleved to be j miormation.
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    IMPORTS OF FRENCH GOODS INTO U.K.
    82 3 London. Feb. 28. F. H .e recent understand- en Britain and France, Trade announces that it substantial relaxa:.s on imports from _:ie^ of French origin ct<»d from France. Algeria further licensing. They parHi and book*. AppU- r.ers ill be entertained I rer goods subject
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    HOW NAZIS INTERPRET NEUTRALITY
    74 3 HOW N AZIS INTERPRET N EUTRALITY papa U.us states that th*> of neutrality ha> been my, *hkSi dtema of the states her prices, er Allied contra':ar. 1 to i their md fthey serve the poU hai su.T :*-..e« the journal. J net mfgrem m ere aggressors for tryteck. When she
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    Best & Stevens To Be Tried
    62 3 Best Stevens To Be Tried The Hague, Feb. 28. pAPT. Payne Best and Major J*" Stevens, the two British intelligence officers who were abducted by the Germans near the Dutch frontier m November last, will be tried m the Berlin court early m March simultaneously with the German plumber Elser
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    Senate Debates U.S. Trade Policy
    224 3 Washington. Feb. 27. ECONOMIC retaliation after the war might follow any attempt by the United States to force belligerant countries to buy farm products as well as munitions which they needed from the United States, said Mr. Wallace. Secretary cf Agriculture, speaking m tne debate
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    Nazis Start "Destroy Britain" Campaign
    190 3 f\S the eve of Mr. Welles' arrival m Berlin, the German Press and radio are whipping up a "destroy Britain" campaign and trying U* make out that peace is impossible while "Britain's terrorism remains." It is noted that the German Press has changed its tone
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    FINE SPIRIT OF MEN IN THE ROYAL NAVY
    96 3 London, Feb. 28. DURING the Naval debate m the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. Geoffrey Shakespeare, Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty gave examples of the spirit animating the men of the Royal Navy and recalled that the party which boarded the Altmark
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    JAPANESE ACE DIES IN PLANE CRASH
    65 3 Tokio. Feb. 28. LIEUT.-GEN. HOZOJT. commander of the Japanese military air force m last year's fighting against the Soviet at Nomonhan. on the Outer Mongol-Manchukuo border, was among six killed when a Japanese military plane crashed at Matsui village, south of Kyoto, on Feb.
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    20 MINERS KILLED IN COLLIERY EXPLOSION
    26 3 Rome, Feb. 28. TWENTY miners were killed and about 100 Injured m an explosion m a colliery near Arsa- Reuter
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    40 3 Tokio, Feb. 28. AN EXCHANGE of views teok place to-day between the Foreign ViceMinister, Mr. Masayukl Tani, and the French Ambassador, M. Charles ArseneHenry, m regard to Japanese aerial attacks on the French-ovned Indo-China-.Yunnan railway yesterday after- noon- Eastern News
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    Australian Troops In Gas Mask Drill
    46 3 AUSTRALIAN TROOPS are receiving intensive training m the arts of modern warfare m order that they shall be ready to go to the aid of the Mother Country. This detachment was photographed during gas mask drill at Mount Martha, Victoria.
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    Eckford Appeal Is Dismissed
    242 3 Shanghai, Feb. 28. WITH the dismissal of his appeal by a full court, the only chance remaining for the Seaforth Highlander David Eckford, to escape the death sentence passed on him for the murder of Sergeant Davis on Nov. 4, 1939, rests with the British Ambassador,
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    ANGLO-CHILEAN TRADE AGREEMENT
    64 3 New York, Feb. 2T. THE Dow Jones agency states that the Chilean consulate-general m New York has announced that the Chillean. Exchange Control Commission and representatives of the British Government have signed an agreement whereby Britain will buy wool to the value of £800.000 m Chile. Tlie
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    TOKIO CHARGE AGAINST AMERICAN JOURNALIST
    51 3 Tokio, Feb. 28. MR. James Russell Young, Far Eastern representative cf the American International News Agency, who was arrested on Jan. 1, was yesterday charged with "fabricating and spreeding rumours concerning the Japanese forc?s m China." He will be tried by the Tokio district ccurt.-
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    MORE UNIDENTIFIED PLANES OVER HOLLAND
    52 3 The Hague, Feb. 28. IT is officially announced that foreign aeroplanes were obssrved over a province m the north of Holland las. night and their nations lity could not be identified. After Dutch anti-aircraft guns had opened fire on them, the planes left Netherlands terrl
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    TURKISH SHIPBUILDING STUDENTS FOR BRITAIN
    57 3 Ankara, Feb. 28. FORTY Turkish students are going to Britan to take shipbuilding and engineering courses m British shipyards under nn agreement between the British and Turkish Governments. The students were m Germany for a course m German shipyards until the outbreak of war, when
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    "PLOUGHED THROUGH" U-BOAT
    35 3 Paris, Feb. 28. THE French torpedo-boat Simoun, which sank a U-bcat off Cape FinLsterre, has returned to port. The damage to her stern shows she must have literally ploughed through the submarine.
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    NELSON WAS HOLED
    40 3 London, Feb. 28. '"THE BATTLESHIP Nelson, which Mr. 1 Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, yesterday said was struck by a mine m December, was holed. It is believed some members of the crew were injured Reuter
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    37 3 London, Feb. 28. IT IS learn V m London that the first consignment of over 13,000 garments for civilian hospitals and evacuaees has arrived In Britain from the American Society for BrltUt Medical and Civilian Aid.- Reuter
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    Berlin Denies Peace Plan
    101 3 Berlin, Feb. 28. HPHK official news agency has issued a statement emphatically denying reports of a German peace plan published m the British Press, where the main points of which were the creation of a new Polish state, selfgovernment for the protection of Bohemia and Moravia
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    Long-Range Defence Of Panama Canal
    97 3 New York, F-b. ?8. LONG-RANGE defence of the Panama Canal requires double the present number of planes and guns. President Roosevelt, who yesterday completed an inspection of the canal, told his Press conference aboard the cruiser Tuscaloosa. The President said that the planes were needed
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    British Troops Hold 12 Gunmen
    257 3 British Troops Hold 1 2 Gunmen INCIDENT IN SHANGHAI Shanghai. Feb. 28. AN incident involving British troops m Shanghai and Japanese gendarmes and armed followers of Wang Ching-wei. leader of the pro-Japanese peace movement, occurred m tlie British defence sector on the extra-Settle-ment roads yesterday, with the British firmly refusing
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    CLYDESIDE WELCOME FOR KING & QUEEN
    109 3 CLYDESIDE WELCOME FOR KING QUEEN London. Feb. 28. THE King and Queen were mobbed by 2.000 workers -*hen they visited the 1 famous Greenock shipyard yesterday. It was one of the greatest spontaneous demon Orations of loyalty Clydeside has ever seen. The po'ic? hsd to force a way through th**
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 29, 1940. Income Tax—I
    665 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 29, 1940. Income Tax —I THE decision of the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, to take the unusual step of broadcasting on a matter of high policy before even formal mention of it has been made m the Legislative Council clearly indicates that war taxation,
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    Lights Are Down And Heads Are Up
    1194 4  -  IVOR BROWN In Britain To-day BY IVOR BROWN, after a brilliant career University, entered the Home Civil Service but to take up literary work. As novelist, dramat, journalist, he has built up an international repui In this article he describes life m bnt
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    MALAY NEWS BULLETIN
    252 4 DUA buah lagi kapal selam Jerman telah di-tenggelamkan. Kapal prang destroyer Peranchis telah menenggelamkan sa-buah daripada-nya dan yang sa-buah lagi itu telah berlanggar dengan sa-buah kapal Norway. Dalam per langgaran mi kapal Norway itu pun telah rosak banyak, sa-kerat badan-nya tenggelam pada masa orang2-nya dl-pindahkan oleh sa-buah
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    ALLIES LOOK TO THE NORTH & S.-EAST
    373 4 ALLIES LOOK TO THE NORTH S.-EAST Paris, Feb. 14. THE main attention of the 1 French and British Governments is now directed towards the north and south-east of Europe. As to Scandinavia, their attitude may be defined as follows: They are doing whatever they can to assist Finland m her
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    "THE CASE FOR INCOME TAX AS I SEE IT"-GOVERNOR
    556 5 "THE CASE FOR INCOME TAX AS I SEE IT"-GOVERNOR Sir Shenton Thomas To Broadcast On Sunday OFFICIAL VIEW BEING EAGERLY AWAITED pE Governor and High Commissioner, Sir Shenton Thomas, will take the unusual and unprecedented step of speaking about wartime taxation to the people of Malaya m an informal talk
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    More Chinese Off Tied Up German Ships
    124 5 PASS THROUGH SINGAPORE :p Of Chinese aen and sailors off er interned or unable because of the pass d through Sinrd 3 D the Lloyd Tries.mo OO th^ir way back d 505. were laundrymen ofi Geriger ships; one was off the obus, but
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    "An Habitual Snatch Thief"
    107 5 Ten an habitual thief. 1934; he has three previous I .eft and one convic- barges of extortion; two, arc for snatch- Court Inspector Asttnli tilth court yesterdry mc Chinese. Lee Kong Wah.! d on a charge of snatch- j need to uur months'! nment by the
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    THEFT OF TREES ALLEG ED
    94 5 THEFT OF TREES ALLEG ED I Kee was charged with the even rambutan trees tlie garden of Goh Tana Merah. m the Sincourt yesterday. tged that at one o'clock on Jan. <>. Lim and two ■ecu by a police tarrying two rrom Goh's Lims house. D received the police **atch
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    "A MOST PERSISTENT OFFENDER"
    74 5 Q >iKD as "a most persistent r under this section Mun i_as Loi Chew, who was the X ngapore third court faiiing tj report as a rvisee. was sentenced to one rous imprisonment;. rnspectar I\ H. Cowie informed Ml Uru a^.vsed was originally *o prison m
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    INDIAN YOUTH LEAGUE
    93 5 AT the second annual general meeting of the Indian Youth League, Singapore, this week the following were unanimously elected office-bearers for the current year: President: Mr. S. C. Goho; vice-president: Mr. K. R. Menon; secretary: Mr. S. Raja Ram; asst secretary: Mr. K. Arjunan; treasurer: Mr. R.
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    Lawyer Wrote To The War Minister
    338 5 EVIDENCE OF OFFICER SOUGHT A CLAIM for damages arising out of a motoring accident was settled before Mr. Justice Manning m the High Court yesterday. The plaintiff, a Chinese motor bus driver, accepted $400 m full settlement, and the claim was withdrawn with the
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    STAFF ENTERTAINS CAPT. SMITH
    70 5 CAPT. A. C. SMITH, the well-known Lower Perak planter, was entertained to tea at the Cosmopolitan Cafe, Bagan Datoh, recently by the Asiatic staff of the Straits Plantations Ltd. on his recently being made a Justice of the Peace. Capt. Smith was also presented with an
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    Ranee Of Sarawak Ill In New York
    53 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Feb- 28. TplE Kanee of Sarawak, who is lecturing: m America to raise money for Sarawak lepers, is receiving: treatment for nervous exhaustion at a New York hospital, according- to the New York correspondent of the Daily Telegraph.
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    Police Clerk Committed For Trial
    214 5 Police Clerk Committed For Trial TAN Yong Fook, chief clerk and interpreter at the Kandang Kerbau police station, was committed for trial at the next Assizes by Mr. H. Watson, Singapore third magistrate, yesterday after a preliminary inquiry into a series of charges preferred against him. There were three charges
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    FOURTH FIRE ON JOHORE ESTATE: $100,000 LOSS
    177 5 FOURTH FIRE ON JOHORE ESTATE: $100,000 LOSS From Our Own Correspondent johore Bahru, Feb. 28. WHILE investigating the cause of a fire at Bukit Puiai Estate, Masai, yesterdry. the police found a Chinese workman trying to kill himself with a knife. The man, Tan Pen Soon, pleaded guilty to a
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    CHINESE TO GET A WHIPPING
    82 5 CONVICTED of putting another Chinese m fear of injury m order to commit extortion of $1, Wee Ah Seng, who had a previous conviction for the same offence, was sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment and ordered to receive ten strokes of the rotan ,m
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    Sergeants Kill 14-ft. Python At Gillman
    59 5 picture. a 14 ft nvthon which had found its way into the sergeants' quarters at GJIman Barracks yesterday was killed k ti JE«h£ indPSM. Murdocl:. who first bayonelted the snake through its head, and then severed its hcad^ith 1 Chopper. This p-t»r« sho«« Set.
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    HE WAS IN BERLIN FOUR WEEKS AGO
    583 6 Refugee Interviewed In Singapore DAbju/ concealed discontent among: the German people v because of the frequent failings of Dr. Goebbels' promises was described to a Free Press reporter by a political refugee who left Germany only four weeks ago and passed through Singapore
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    A Pole On Nazi Warfare
    77 6 A POLISH electrical engineer who was allowed out of war-torn Warsaw "because I am of th© Roman Catholic Faith,'* arrived at Singapore yesterday on his way to Shanghai m the Italian liner Conte Rosso. Describing Nazi actions m Warsaw he said that over 11.000 houses
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    THE SINGAPORE C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION
    132 6 DAILY PRICES CURRENT Feb. 28, 1940: 1? o'clock noon »t w Buyers Sellers No. IX R.S.S. Spot loose 37'. 38 No. IX RS.S. P.OB In cases Feb.-Mor. (Sellers option) 391^ 39% G.P.A.Q. R.S.S. P.O.B. In balea Feb.-Mar. (Sellers option* 36 36 FAQ. R.S.S.
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    159 6 ISSUED BY FRASER CO AT CLOSE OF BUSINESS YESTERDAY The: a was good support from London today for Sterling tin shares although prices were only slightly better as compared with yesterday's bids. The local market was better m places but only a small volume of business was
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    FOR SALE
    45 6 "SERDANG" POULTRY MASHES, as used at the Schools of Agriculture, Malaya, Balanced Mashes, containing a variety of Ingredients, including Essential Vitamins and Minerals. Chicks $2.60, Growers $1.40. Layers $1.60. Supplied m 20 oound linen bags. Obtainable at: Messrs. Pritehard and Co Ltd.. Penang.
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    YESTERDAYS RUBBER AUCTION
    153 6 1 1 iE Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1,475 th auc-P-P_ 9*19^10*3, when there was catalogued 1.528.827 lb. 682.51 tons; offered 1404 545 ib. 627.03 tons; sold 739.208 lb, 330.00 tons SPOT London 12 13 l6d. New York U% cts PRICES REALIZED Ribbed Smoked
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    LAW NOTICE FOR THE DAY
    56 6 Befc.e the Honourable Mr. Justice Pedlow m Court No. 3 at 10.30 a.m. Magistrate's Appeal:— Baram vs. Rex. Before the Honourable Mr. Justice Manning m Court No. 2 at 11 a.m. 0.5.95/3fr— Ona Shail; Mohamed ML lim Beng Teck anor. Before the Registrar at 10.30
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    February Bogey At Island Club
    178 8 T. SUKAGAWA won the February 1 Bogey competition at the Inland Gn f Club with a return of all square m 'A" dlvis.on and M. Sumi wi h three up m B diviscn. Some al the best cards wore as fri- lows:— A DIVISION T.
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    35 8 picture. The Cold Storage beat the Oversea Chinese Bank by two goals to ons m 3 Business Houses' soccer match at the stadium on Tuesday. This piciure shows an incident m the game.- Free Press
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    S.C.C. Lose Early Lead—& Game—To Engineers
    313 8 S.C.C. Lose Early Lead— Game To Engineers FRIENDLY SOCCER ON THE PADANG YESTERDAY TN a friendly game of soccer played on the padang 1 yesterday, the R.E. (Fortress Coy.) defeated the S.C.C. by two goals to one. The result was a fair indicatiun of the run of play. The Engineers
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    CORONATION JUNIORS
    58 8 THE fell owing players will represent I the Coronation Juniors against i Wearne Bros Sportj Club m a friendly game of s-^cer to-day at Farrer Park at 5.15 p.m Toe Ho? lang ,W de Roza Neo Eng Bee, C. Francisco. Choo Sen? Chve, N Bm M. Gammel. J.
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    Yesterday's Results In Y.M.C.A. Tennis
    352 8 'IVIE results of yesterday's ties In the V.M.C.A. open tennis tournament were as follows: Men's Singles Championship: T A AlsagofT beat M. I. Reshty, 3—6 6^-3* 6—3; Kamis beat R. E. Meyer,' 6^-o' 6 o. Men's Doubles Championshin- Chin Kee Onn and Chua Choon Leong
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    Y.M.C.A. SOCCER
    60 8 THE following have been selec ed to nlny soccer for the V.M C A against the R.A.F. Kallang on Friday at 5.10 p.m. on the R.A.F. ground, Kallang: Wee Aik Chan; Low Huck Yung Sabapathy; E. R. G. Vaugh: n G L Day. Chan Joo Kirn; S. Ortcn
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    STADIUM SOCCER TO-DAY
    111 8 GOOD soccer shou'd be seen at the Anson Road stadium today when the Malays and the Chines* meet m a friendly game. It is a match between champions, for the Malays won the first d vision m the league la?t season and the Chinese took the Singapore
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    Rotary Club Tennis Results
    117 8 FOLLOWING are further results m the Rotary Club's tennis tournament: Ching Kee Sun (—9) beot J. W. Wotherspoon (scr.> 6 3, 6—3. Loh Poon Lip (—l5) beat D. R. Waters (+3) 6—o, 6—o. Chew Keow Bocl. <ser> beat Chen Su Lan 6) 5—7, 6—3, 6—4. Loh
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    Chartered Bank Just Get Decision Over Jacks
    407 8 THRILLING B.H.L. SOCCER AT THE STADIUM MAKING the most of their opportunities rh half, the Chartered Rank narrowh be* j. l( by two goals to one m a keen Business I! V soccer match at the stadium yesterda\. Jacks were unfortunate to gr>
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    Weights For Five Races On Second Day In Selangor
    128 8 Weights For Five Races On Second Day In Selangor WEIGHTS for dav at Um on W«*diieMJa\ y ■urn, ciuhs d Burraref-r 9 O'J Raiment 1.12 Lai Russian Rose. r» i: i Squeeze Calvados 8 Grafmond a < Horses, C!as> s Ur Beano 94 I Scarlet T»ger 9.1 Playbc.v 0 Fair
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