The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 8 June 1940

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 20 1 LATE SINGAPORE EDITION The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS no. n,iss. CSTD. 18J3 SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1940. 5 CENTS
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  • 163 1 Sailings From America Are Cancelled V>w York. June 7. 1 manager of the Italian Shipping Line. Signor I*, states that he has orders direct from to cancel all sailings Ufcd that all Italian m Ike hijrh seas have it red to neutral
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  • 196 1 •vHt indicated jester the arrangements under which I due -bombers of the T.S. Nary \dr»i m" to aircaft nunutransfer to the Allies are rxiended to ether planes. >>ked Congress for powers tr.iding-in of guns to ure-^ for sai,. to the Allies. He poorer* for doing tais had (**en
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  • 122 1 German Troops In Abbeville Region Bombed London. June 7. DURING yesterday's R. A. F. bombing of German forces seeking to penetrate the Allied defences m the region of Abbeville, British machines m the morning dropped heavy bombs and a large number of smaller bombs on armoured columns. In the afternoon
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  • 52 1 THE first V.C. of the war has been I awarded to the late Capt. B A. Warburton-Lee. for gallantry and daring m command of the second destroyer flotilla m the first battle of Narvik on Apr 10 when he was killed by a
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  • 307 1 London, June 7. CXGLAND last night had the biggest series of air raid warnings since the war began, and three hours went by before the all-clear signal was given. I an extended area, and some districts I had their first alarm of the
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  • 885 1 "FIGHT WITHOUT THOUGHT OF WITHDRAWAL"— WEYGAND C.-in-C. Congratulates Allied Armies GREAT BATTLE RAGES IN an inspiring order of the day General Weygan d, Commander m Chief of the Allied armies, says: "The battle for France has started. The order is to defend our positions without thought of withdrawal. Officers, noncommissioned
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  • 373 1 Britain's New Steps In Conduct Of Foreign Trade London. June 7 TPHE Treasury announces that im- portant steps have been taken m continuation 01 the policy of basing foreign trade on the official rate of exchange and limiting the volume of transactions m the free market for sterling. For the
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  • 242 1 A UTHORITATI VE circles m London, commenting on the general battle situation on the Western Front, state: "The situation is not too bad. In fact it is pretty good." A warning is sounded against undue optimism because it is not yet certain whether the
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    • 215 1 FOR QUALITY AND ECONOMY DRINK BIGIA TEA SEA VIEW HOTEL TO -MIGHT SPECIAL DINNER. DANCE MUSIC BY 1— BELLEITS EXTENSION TO 1 A.M. DINNKR S3— NO ADMISSION CHARGE DAM I K»KM\I SUNDAY MORNING 11 A.M.— l P.M. POPULAR CONCERT BY KELLER'S BAND 1. Ouverture "THE BANDITS' SONG" v D Sum*.
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  • 125 2 DAILY PRICES CURRENT Jane 7, 1940: 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers No. IX R.S.S. Spot loose 37 *4 37% No. IX R.S.S. P. 0.8. m cases June- July (Sellers option) 37% 37 G.F.A.Q. R.S.S. FOB. In bales June- July (Sellers option) 36% 36ft
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  • 30 2 The Food Controller announces that the licence issued to Messrs. Kirn Ann and Co., 243, Orchard Road, Singapore, to deal m rice and other articles of food has been suspended.
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  • 564 2 Grand Boxing In Championships Last Night AS expected, the finals of the A Singapore Amateur Boxing championships which were broadcast from the Happy World Stadium last night by a founder of the local Association saw seven new champions m the eight title bouts, and plenty of good boxing. The only
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  • 29 2 Peiping. June 7. ■"PRE Belgian Embassy states that Chinese reports that the SlnoBelgian Bank has suspended business at Tientsin is false. The bank is operating normally.- Reuter
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  • 538 2 London, June 7. IN the last few days posters have been appearing m London streets, buses and tube railways exhorting the people to "go to it." Just these three words appeared above the name of Mr. Herbert Morrison, the new Minister of Supply,
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  • 56 2 •pHE following have accepted to play for S.C.C. vs. Royal Navy m a reserve division game to-day at Red House. Woodlands: Lt. E. A. de L. Young; B. H. Pickard, S. L. McNee: D. I. Goodwin, G. Boss. A. Donald; H. U. Suter, J. H. Stanners, P,o. A.
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  • 461 2 HIGH AVERAGE OF WEALTH, SAYS ECONOMIST IN an address m Malacca m which he made an estimate of the wealth of Malaya. Dr. T. H. Silcock, professor of economics at Raffles College, stated that the national income m a prosperous year would probably be
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  • 200 2 The following are J«> I Quotations mmtm 1.. 1( *ot I unless otherwise sta Con. Loan b% i 34 4. t4 frunding Loan 4 6 War Loan 3V 0 Com. Union Aisce (j Prudential Assce A 1 Royal Assce Great Western ni\' Can. p-fic Rly. Ord Chartered
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  • 111 2 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES From <Jji .>v. l London. Jaw fOMMODir. V *a follow* v:\iti o parenthesis:RIBBER Spot 12 5 I6d 12 July -Sept 12 3 16c 11! ,i Oct-Dec 11 Jan-M&r US ltd 11 71 New York <>; (20.50 Ctg. COPRA: F.AL& Spot: £)> Strait* S D Bottei'.iD; HI M at
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  • 66 2 (Prom O. i nl«»n. Ju r[E en( British air ace. Flight -ueut. j Voase Jeff. cMc<i Ernest Jeff, oi daughter ot Mr wd Hfl B« wm of London. SBafflf. he had received devotion to duty been the first RAI rated with the Fren :h for "courageous]}
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    • 168 2 Week-end Sports Events TO-DAY SOCCER: Malaya Cup, R.A.F. vs. Negri Sembilan. stadium. Cricket Indian Assn. vs. Indian Army, Balestier; S.R.C. 2nd. XI vs. S.C.C. 2nd. XI. S.R.C.; S.C.R.C. vs. Malays, S.C.R.C.; C.S.C. vs. SJLC, Balestier (two day match), Balestier; Fort Canning vs. Genuang C.C., Genuang; X.A.X (H.Q.) vs. Medical College.
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  • 518 3 U. S. NAVAL PLANES FOR ALLIES Dive-Bombers To Be Immediately Available HOW BRITAIN AND FRANCE WILL GET MACHINES THE UNITED STATES IS STEP^ BY^STFP^VorNr 1 INTO THE WAR. GOING That is the general reaction m Washington to an is immediately providing 50 naval planes for the Allies The planes, which
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  • 114 3 DESTRUCTION OF ONE-THIRD NAZI OIL STOCKES 1 ondou. June 7. juiy's most vulnerable Or oil "stores, refineries and ptonti m the Ruhr and uere bom'jed for the •n on Wednesday officials of the bureau, if raids contienl rate they must m Germany's ability »nd industries supmc -real bulk of her
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  • 57 3 London, June announces that as' erchant vessel iln three miles of| 'he United King- :ci sunrise except sh (.-onvoy. not prohibit ships reco^mized coastal j re h ■> cnv'roo.^hes t exeeptioo vessels j Imlt who are j heir destinations j anchor or proceed}
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  • 40 3 Mydney, June 7. i» :'.:e Australian D-day announced a Department of Minister of :a beexi appointed t > with access [Yeas irex also an- the second Aus- i mi will clou* to-day J illy .-'iWribed. ji
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  • 18 3 London. June 7 ALON R F promotions :.e general duties ader Gil Saye, born be GrouD CaDtain Reuter
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  • 64 3 Washington, June 7. THE Chief of Army Ordnance has ordered all arsenals to work a sixday week on a three-shift basis to speed up production of munitions. To strengthen American defence, Congress has finally approved an appropriation of £400,000,000 for the Navy and also
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  • 114 3 DUNKIRK HEROES TO SEE CUP FINAL London, June 7. CREE admittance for 1.000 British 1 .oldl-ers from Dunkirk and a spedal enclosure for injured returned soldiers have been provided m Wembley Stadium to-morrow evening for the final of the football league wartime cup m which West Ham are favourites to
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  • 58 3 Rome, June 7. SIGNOK MUSSOLINI last night received Darre, the German Minister of Food and Agriculture. Darre, m an interview m Berne en route to Rome, is reported to have declared that Germany's capacity for resistance depended not only on existing stocks but on maintenance
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  • 198 3 GvDVTAKr London, June 7. UIMAN prisoners taken m the fighting retreat of the B.E.F. to th« com P la *n bitterly that their own planes are never on J?° hen planes arc attacking. A German offlceT prisoner, stffl pale and shaken hours
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  • 736 3 'THROUGHOUT Wednesday night and Thursday strong forces of heavy medium bombers of the R.A.F. were continually engaged m harassing the second phase of the German offensive against the Allied armies m France with a series of attacks on mechanized units, troop concentrations and lines o;
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  • 45 3 Buenos Aires, June G. A BILL intended to protect Argentina against fifth columnists has been tabled by the Ucvemment and is expected to pass all stages m Congress to-day. The bill provides for rigorous control of all foreign societies. Reuter
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  • 22 3 'THE president of the New Zealand Communist Party has been sentenced to nine months* hard labour for publishing a subversive document Reuter
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  • 44 3 Chunrkinf, June 7. THE eastern outskirts of Chungfcine 1 were bombed when over 100 Japanese bombers raided the Szechuen province yesterday afternoon. The area bombed, however, was so far from the city proper that the explosions were hardly audible.- Reuter
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  • 71 3 Chungking, June 7. A MAJOR Sino-Japanese battle is ex- pected to take place on tbe west bar.k of the Han River shortly, declared a Chinese military spokesman who estimated that 15,000 Japanese, participating m a drive on Icliang, an Important treaty port on the Yangtae River
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  • 86 3 v London, June 7. HPHE Home Secretary, Sir John Anderson, stated m the House or Commons that 515 persons had been detained up to Wednesday night under Regulation 18 B. of the Defence Regulations amended on May 22. enabling the Home Secretary to order
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  • 642 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY. JUNE 8, 1940. Colony Conscription T^HERE will be overwhelming support for the Bill to be introduced on Monday to impose on all British male subjects the liability for compulsory service with the local forces. It is more than nine months since the Colonial Office gave
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  • 1315 4 A Letter From London From Our Own Correspondent! London, May 28. IT was m 1916 that Admiral 1 Beatty wrote: ''England still remains to be shaken out of its stupor and self-satisfaction and complaceny into which her great and flourishing condition has steeped her;
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    • 59 4 M *^i //I/I Slfl v^ rrJV /on yl\. I^CfILDBECK'S By Special appointment Established /572. %S9< *SS* i '^rf NEWEST DESIGNS IN DIAMOND JEWELLERY Necklaces Bracelets Brooches Rings Clip Watches r.ecrpyrated m C:ylcnj SINGAPORE IPOH PENANG. i keep them on TOP I M, m /WW'Y/fajjA J^T -vase s* oo J j
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    • 17 4 I i Camphor wood chests In stock and orders taken 18, BATTERY ROAD, FIRST FLOOR PHONE 7143
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  • 1131 5 More Effective Use Of Man-Power For Defence PERSONS LIABLE MAY BE CALLED TO REGISTER JHERE was universal approval m Singapore yesterday when it was known that the Straits Settlements Government had agreed on the policy of conscription and more intensive training for Volunteers and was introducing
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  • 406 5 of taxi rides through c by four Norwegian and a local free-lance Liias Davis, until the up to $18.41. was told istrai of Vehicles Court Davis was summoned William Rose for alig to pay the fare and to appear m answer
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  • 41 5 Chiah Teek Khiam. who ranted a discharge frcm rday by Mr. Justice *;ed to have fully paid Mr. T. L. Tan, repreOifiYial Assignee, stated 1 wa, made bankrupt m 1933 ahout. $2,300 A t.nt.al per cent, had been
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  • 37 5 Kflknpt m 1933 with liabiit $2,600, a Chinese Low Yoon Seah was discharge yesterday, by Manning, In the Hi<?h 11. Poh, representing the fence, said that a dividend had been paid. He did application.
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  • 75 5 A DATE for a preliminary inquiry was asked by the police when the case m which two young Chinese police inspectors are charged with voluntarily causing grievous hurt, came up for mention m the fifth court yesterday. The inspectors concerned are Chua Keng Lin, attached to
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  • 569 5 'From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, June 6. 'THE story of how he was threatened 1 with injury to his life and reputation for allegedly dealing with a Japanese, was related by a Chinese at the trial of two Hokkiens, Lim Chan, 35, and Hoh Chwee Lian,
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  • 192 5 ARCHITECTS and other persons connected with the building of houses m Singapore are co-operating with the Friends of Singapore m the preservation, either by photographs or drawings, of buildings about to be demolished which are of historical or aesthetic interest. The proposed collection
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  • 424 5 COR his gallantly and courage m saving the Jives of three people from drowning when the 8.1. liner Sirdhana sank m one of the minefields m Singapore harbour six months ago, Sub-Lieut. J. C. W. Kemp, of the Straits Settlements Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve,
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  • 109 5 •From Our. Own Correspondent) Johore Rahru, June 7. AFTER studying for four years at the King Edward VII College of Medicine, Singapore, Inehe Ismail, of Johore Bahru, is leaving shortly for Australia to join the Melbourne University. The original plan was to go to England,
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  • 73 5 A FINE of $600 or two monihs' j-imple imprisonment, was imposed by Mr. J. G. Rappoport m the third court yesterday, en a Chinese woman, Lim Song Pong, who pleaded guilty of assisting m the management of a chap-Ji-kih lottery. Under the auspices of the Ladies' Union. Miss V. Paramsothy.
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  • 168 5 BIT POLICEMAN WHO STAMPED ON HIS TOES A NSWERING a charge of voluntary causing hurt to a Harbour Board policeman, Ang Kiah Peck said m the Singapore fourth court yesterday that he bit the policeman because the latter had stamped on his toe* and caused him intense agony. Ang alleged
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  • 130 5 BRAZEN THIEF IN DEPARTMENT STORE A LLEGFD to have MfecfOUfly ed o.ii o' Aurora a:)d Co. Ltd I High Street store, with a roll of c<"th under his arm, a young Malay, Arari bin Talib, pleaded guilty m the third court yesterday to a charge ot stealing three pieces of
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  • 139 5 TX) meet all possible continfen members of the St. John Ambulance Brigade will be on duty at e<-i\: points m town during the King's Birthday Parade on June 13. rhe special arrangements mad. fur them include the manning of aid posts and duty alung the
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  • 4711 7 British Subjects To Be Liable For Service REINSTATEMENT IF MEN LOSE THEIR JOBS JEN classes of persons are exempted from conscription under the Compulsory Service (Local Forces) Ordinance, the full text of which— with that of the Local Forces (Training) Ordinance is published below. They
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  • 473 7 PROVISION for the more effective training of the local defence forces (volunteers) of the Colony during the present emergency and for the modification of the terms and conditions of enrolment, is made m a bill which is being introduced and taken through all stages at Monday's meeting
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    • 765 7 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS TENDERS SINGAPORE MIMCIPALITY Tenders. now Invited for the M( rials or services. For see Municipal Tenders Pumping Plant for Macervoir. Date of Closing. 3epl 16. 1940. It" nominal size Steel Pipes, Coupling Joints and 9 Date of Closing. 12 noon, 1940. Bitumen. Date of Closing. June 8, 1940.
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    • 234 7 FAST PASSENGER SERVICE, j SINGAPORE TO SAN FRANCISCO. VIA MANILA HONG KONG j Sails Spore Arrive S F. i s.s. CITY OP NEWPOFwT NEWS June 19 July 13 s.s. CITY OF NORFOLK July 16 Aug. 9 S.S. CITY OP ST. FRANCISCO Aug. 24 Sept 17 S.S. CITY OP LOS ANGELES
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  • 172 8 •TOE fallowing are S.C.C. cricket teams for next week: Against Non Benders on Thursday at 11 a.m. at S.C.C. H. L. Ward (capt.i. A. C. Growder T. V. N. Anderson. E. G. Staunton, N. C. Brown. W. K. Jagger, J. T. Rea, N. Poynts-Roberts, H. C. D.
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  • 97 8 I A. CRICKET teams to-day and to- morrow are: Against the Indian Army on the I. A. I ground to-day at 2.15 p.m. P. K. Baskaran (capt.) Choor Singh i Hussain Shah, DharmaraJ. R. S. Sithamparam. D. K. Samy, Wazir Singh. B. S. Varma. Retnasamy. Abbasbhoy. i
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  • 48 8 *THE draw for the men's junior sin- gies and doubbs, women's junior i singles and doubles and the veterans' singles and doubles m the Singapore badminton championships will take •place at the Clerical Union, Rangoon i Road, on Sunday, June 16 at 10.30 a m
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  • 92 8 lpohf^iri 0 11 l lUjS races at OUR IP °H CORRESPONDENT FREE PRESS Rac€ 1: D n f« Zone, Squeeze. Race 1: Regiment, Squeeze Race Maid of Cashel, Biirranecr. Rice AerUl Post, Maid of (as- Race 3: Dover, Drift On. Race t: Grofmo. Kerrena. RaCC i: Dlirp0
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  • 1221 8 YULE CALL LORD GRAY BEST BETS TO-DAY Final Day Of Perak Turf Club's June Meeting YULE CALL and Lord Gray should be the two best 1 bets of the afternoon, to-day, at the final day of the Ipoh races. Yule Call won well enough over 5 /2 furlongs on Wednesday
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  • 464 8 Eastern A.A 2; Singapore Civilian* PONTRARY to expectations, the S.A.F.A civiii the Eastern Athletic Association footi )a ttv draw at the stadium yesterday, each sid<. JJJJ Ut I goals. Singapore opened the scoring and were leading by the odd goal m three when the
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