The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 16 August 1940

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    20 1 LATE SINGAPORE EDITION The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 16,167. ESTO. 1X35 FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1040. 5 CENTS
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    55 MORE GERMAN PLANES REPORTED SHOT DOWN
    411 1 Enemy Losses Up To 4 p. m. Yesterday TREMENDOUS ACTIVITY OFF BRITISH COASTS London, Aug. 15. IT is reported that up to 4 p.m., G.M.T., 55 German planes were shot down by R.A.F. fighters and antiaircraft guns in the course of further tremendous
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    French Warships In W. Indies Disarmed?
    46 1 French Warships In W. Indies Disarmed New York. Aug. 15. MEN! has been reached ;>iti>h and French i the West Indies ;i, h naval units at 1 Martinique, ac,a ]1U to the Neu York Times. spapei -ays that the i iff m »\v hein? disd. Reuter
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    Deep Secrecy Over Talks On Shanghai Issue
    101 1 JAPANESE TROOPS TO REPLACE BRITISH? Nhinghai. Aug. 15. A: foreign military decide the futi: sect r here af.er British troops I ended in an a> p s. lecrecy. will be isiu?i time*. Until then! be official spok I a silence. i\ a tentative
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    Relieving Tin Mines Of Full E.P.T. Burden
    79 1 D Correspondent I London, Aug. 15. f appeal of the Tin iUoq to the Chan- to mitigate the profits tax in the pire tin mines of British George Broadbridge, is proposing in the to-night an amendRnance Bill to relieve 1 other mines with
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    R. A. F. Proves Its Superiority Against Italians
    163 1 London. Aug. 15. A SURVEY cf R.A.F. activities against the Italians in the Middle East since June 19 shows that British pilots and planes have proved their superiority over the enemy as in other theatres of war despite their fight against large
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    ITALIANS SNEER AT BRITISH BLOCKADE
    62 1 London. Aug. 15. AN illuminating Axis commentary on the British blockade comes to-day from the official Italian Stefani agency. The British blockade, it states, cannot poss;b!y affect the food Wlies of Oenna^rj^ Italy but on the other hand it ™P°;CS grievous shortages and sacrifices upon
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    PREMIER'S STATEMENT ON WAR NEXT TUESDAY
    62 1 London, Au?. 15. THE Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill, announced in the House of Commons to-day that he would make a statement on the war situation next Tuesday, followed by a public debate. The House would adjourn next Thursday until Sept. 5. The war situation
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    ITALIANS LAUNCH STRONG ATTACK IN SOMALILAND
    135 1 London, Aug. 15. YESTERDAY tho enemy, having brought up fresh effectives, launched a violent attack in British Somaliland, states the Cairo communique issued to-day. After holding the forward positions for several hours and causing severe casualties to the enemy, our troops lell back to
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    Churchill Says Fifth Column Danger In Britain Well Gripped
    409 1 Churchill Says Fifth Column Danger In Britain Well Gripped London, Aug. 15. DEPLYING to questions in the House of Commons to- day on the "Swinton committee," Mr. Churchill, the Prime Minister, said he was sorry questions were asked about this organization because it made people think there was something mysterious
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    Britain Speeds Up Tank Production
    64 1 In common with all other sections of British war industries, the manufacture of tanks has been speeded up. Factories are working seven days and nights a week, turning out tanks at a far greater speed than ever before, to combat the Nad mechanized forces. Here
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    Greek Warship Is Sunk In Territorial Waters By Unknown Submarine
    268 1 Greek Warship Is Sunk In Territorial Waters By Unknown Submarine CASUALTIES TOTAL 30 London, Aug. 13. AX official statement issued in Athens says thai the Greek cruiser-minelayer He!a f of 2,000 tons, was torpedoed by an unknown submarine at 8.30 o'clock this morning and sunk. There were casualties. The Hela
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    Britain Recruits U.S. Airmen
    199 1 0 awa, Aug. la. CIVILIAN pilois are being recruited in the United States to fly bomb en from Canada to the United K. ;dom the Canadian Air Ministry spokesman informed Router to-day. The recruiting was for two scrr Firstly, Britain has askod that 100 civilian pilots
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    Only Military Targets Bombed In Holland
    93 1 London, Aug. 15. THE official Dutch news agency refers to the repeated announcements by German -controlled wireless stations that British planes have bombed places in the Netherlands which are not military targets and that consequently the civilian population has been harmed. The agency says
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    Diamond Ring And Whiskey Accepted
    407 2 KE. LEE. inspector of Mines at Kampar, appeared in the same court to-day, and pleaded guilty en three summons charges and war. fined $400 on each of them. The charges were: 'Firstly, that you, being an inspector of mines In the Mines Department, on or
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    NEW S.S. JUDGE
    34 2 THE King has given directions for the 1 appointment of Mr. Justice Cecil Victor Carey, Puisne Judge, Nigeria tc be a Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements
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    27 2 JN a House of Commons reply, the Undersecretary of the Home Office said that epp:-r,::iirrr,ply 13.000 perrons now Interned in the United Kingdom were classified as refugees.
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    Mines Inspectors Fined For Accepting Gifts
    674 2 NO SUGGESTION OF BRIBE (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Aug. 15. I A. SMITH, of the Mines De- partment at Batu Gajah, i pleaded guilty before Mr. P. F. Y. Radcliffe, in the Batu Gajah magistrate's court to-day to three summons charges of corruptly
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    London Stock Exchange
    309 2 London, Aug. 15. The following are to-day's closing middle quotations. Shares are of £1 denomination unless otherwise stated: Con. Loan 0% 1944-64 99U Funding Lean 4<7« 1960-90 111% 3 War Loan 3%% 100U Com. Union Assce (Units) 6 Prudential Assce A* 18 1 4 T** Royal Assce
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    171 2 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES ircm Cm- Own Correspondent) London, Aug. 15. COMMODITY and Exchange markets closed ns follows vith previous Quotations In pirnr.thc<?is:— RUBBER: Dull. Spot 13d U%d (13%d 13- 4 d) Sept. 13d 13'sd (13 3'l6d 13 1 d> Jan-Mar 13d 13^d »13-.cl 13> 4 d» Oct-Dec 12 7 16d 12
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    Day Of National Prayer On Sept. 8
    221 2 London, Aug. 15. JT Is announced that it Is the desire of the King that Sunday, Sept. 8, the first Sunday after the anniversary of the outbreak of war should be observed as a day of national prayer. Referring to the desire expressed
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      68 2 Law Notice For The Day List of cases to-day: ..The lion'ble The Ag. Chief Justice— Court of Appeal Per.ang. Before The Hon'ble Mr. Justice red low In Ccnrt No. 3. At 11 a.m.— Summonses in Chambers, etc At 2.15 p.ra.— Probates. Before The Hon'ble Mr. Justice Manning ia Court No.
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    'America Facing Greatest Crisis In Her History'
    84 3 UVY SECRETARY SPEAKS CUT ishin?ton, Aug. 14. OM Navy, Mr. strongly urged the bill for com.:.:ng. d th^t the I'nited States the greatest crisis in her Britain were to go down. unuld be left withthe world. on a decisive .re of friend c
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    London Service For Air Crash Victims
    54 3 London. Aug. 15. for the <^s- raiians who :.t air dlsas;^i Id next Tuts- is among of syn- Governor Mil r of Austra- raiian Ooves of the victims place at St. Pauls day in the pr.sepc^ .1 and governor :> r.:einbers of the I
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    Dissolution Of 60 Year-Old Tokio Party
    36 3 London. All5. 15. 7 transform Japan State gained the formal v. :to, the counh wever. adopted the ;errr.:r.i:areer. The resolddetermination ra or' the partv p ::::cal structure political in- Reuter
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    French Reopen Syria To Britons
    18 3 French Reopen Syria To Britons Xnkura Aug. 15. bai been comIBd the French ting transit visas ects.- Reuter
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    LIQUID MILK SUPPLIES BE CONSERVED
    17 3 !5. 9 be protbc bj ct of conto use them for Reuter
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    Fitness For Service
    34 3 I^^^^ Trai started a camment and is for boys and men of V an***" b Cked by the Govcrnexercises in progress during ?r»i«- ver Here see muscle a wellknown football ground.
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    Talks Between Hungary And Rumania
    134 3 Talks Between Hungary And Rumania Tm r>.™ London, \u;. 15. THE Rome radio states that nesotia- tions between Rumania and Hungary over Transylvania will begin to-morrow at Turnusevcriin. In the disputed territory. This venue was chosen at the request of the Hungarian delegates wno are cue to arrive there this
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    $1,000,000 For Bases In Newfoundland
    75 3 London, Aug. 15. IT wa^ s:ated in Ottawa las: nigh: j that every aerodrcme planned under the original Empire Air Training Schema wi 1 be completed before ;he end of the year as w?ll as all other j buildings. By 1941, rrr.re air crews thsn
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    DEPT COMMISSION IN EGYPT ABOLISHED
    49 3 Cairo, Au?. 1 1. GUNS boomed as King Farouk to-day signed a decree abolishing the Public Debt Commission, which was an international body administering Erypt's foreign leans formed in 1880. n agreement abolishing the commission w?-s concluded in July between Britain and Egypt.- Reuter
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    41 3 Stockholm, Aug. IS. TTHE Swedish runner Kaelarne to-day created a world record for th? 3.000 metres doing the distance ir 8 mins., 9 sec. The record was previously held by the Firm, Hceckert, whose ti:n? was 8 rnin 14.8 sec— Reuter
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    GERMAN PUBLIC IS ANXIOUS ABOUT ATTACK ON BRITAIN
    718 3 GERMAN PUBLIC IS ANXIOUS ABOUT A TTACK ON BRITAIN Continued R.A.F. Raids Demoralize People HITLER'S PROPHECY THAT HAS NOT COME OFF London. Aug. 15. U7IIILE the London newspapers recall that Aug. 15 was the day fixed by German propagandists after the fall of Paris for Hitler's triumphal entry into London,
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    Thousands Drown In Yellow River Floods
    71 3 TTokio, Aug. 14. HOI SANDS of villagers in Central China have been drowned, according: to a Domei new agency dispatch from Kaifeng. Breaches have occurred at several places on th? Y»llow River. The whole area between the Itinsh-u railway and the eld Yellow River
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    No Food Must Reach Nazi Europe
    250 3 No Food Must Reach Nazi Europe M.P.'s Appeal London. Aug. 15. ONE hundred and thirty Members of Parliament, of all parties, have sent a message asking the Government to resist any effort which may be made to allow foodstuffs to Europe to pass the British blockade. They said that any
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    NOT REBUKED, SAYS U.S. AMBASSADOR
    60 3 Washington, Aug. 15. PRESIDENT Kocsevelt yesterday had a tar. with the U.S. Ambassador to Belgium. Mr. Cudahy, who was called home for consultation. After seeing the President, Mr. Cudahv ssld he was authorized to state that he had not received a rebuke from the President
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    REICH LOSES OVER 1,257 AIRMEN IN 57 DAYS
    467 3 London. Aug. 15. DETWEEN June 18 and Aug. 13— D a period of 57 days— s43 enemy aeroplanes have been brought down over Britain or British waters by the R.A.F., A.A. fire and the Navy, while in the same area and for
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    Italian Demand To Greece To Renounce British Guarantee?
    259 3 Italian Demand To Greece To R enounce British Guarantee? Athens, Aug. 15. DEGARDING rumours to the effect that Italy has demanded that Greece should renounce the British guarantee, it is stated in Athens that nothing is known of any such demand. The Greek Prime Minister. Gen. Metaxas. is reported by
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    The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1940. War Loans
    612 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1940. War Loans PUBLICATION of the Colony and F.M.S. war loan reports and the announcement that the recommendations for loans totalling 345,000,000 have been accepted in principle, are encouraging evidence that Malaya is at last getting down to the task of making its
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    London Letter
    1325 4 Bv Shecia l Correshomlen i THERE were many, not only in A London, but in many other paits of the world, who read with interest and admiration that immediately Lord Gort returned from command of what Mr. Eden has called the "Eattle of the Ports" a designation likely
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    'Germany Losing The War'
    127 4 'Germany Losing The W ar' G .:kmv In^ Matencc rX the current i> lecnth Cent *<\ magazine In t A. Vtifi This i. •m Mr V the most .c it autious. "Thou.- I ie still that the British and civilian br Won, 3L£ !liti( Jim b iiisecl th war. Gen
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    COURAGE
    73 4 A\< s kirk mand of the d > tlu- Uil while oili ther In He i Kng >or dele rein no one the enemy The oflicei Climbing from through th( h lirtle fort m-n. iJ too I therr leave them I They knew plain They d I "H- htl.
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    SILENCE NECESSARY TO WORK SOUND LOCATORS
    14 4 SILENCE NECESSARY TO WORK SOUND LOCATORS warn fenci crew of other so nensitiv* me«
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      27 4 ft The Correct DetttUt and Vie Smart Appearance are plainly indicated in every Garment tailored by MIEN CHONG Spore's mo?t up-to-date Tailor 34 Coleman St. Phone 4816
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    A Singapore Woman's Diarv
    1745 5  -  MARY HEATHCOTT Free Press Feature By n\ h i an Mary Ker > daughter of Mr Thn M h S AW- W Ker °f Singapore uho has announced her enaaoe >nent to Lieutenant G. A. L Woods re'irT O /S apt A W d s. *-N.
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    First Aid "Casualty"
    32 5 Singapore St. John Ambulanre Brigade Miraea treating a ra«Jualt> a fti^l .ml peal They will be on duty next black- out tests planned for >• p 1 3 3"d i.
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    BROADCASTING IN THAI
    49 5 The Government Is' buying from America a radio transmitter for shortwave broadcasts to Europe and other distant countries. It is also contemplating the purchase of a transmitter for broadcasting to Asiatic countries To improve the broadcasts from Thailand a 100 kilowat set is now being Installed.
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    Australia's Defences Ready
    1116 6 Self-Produced War Needs Melbourne. FOUNDATION work neces- sary for Australia to give a jrood account of herself against any enemy who might come to our shores has virtually been completed, declares an official statement issued recently by the Commonwealth Government. In a comprehensive survey of Australia's war
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    Effect Of War On India & Burma
    254 6 Effect Of War On India Burma Beneficial, Says Bank Report Bombay. ■"■"■HE report of the Reserve Bank of 1 India on currency and finance for 1939-40, referring to the general features of the year, says the initial effects of the war on India, despite the inevitable dislocation it entailed in
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    Bernard Shaw's Iron Rations
    143 6 BERNARD SHAW, who was 84 on July 26. boasts that the war has deprived him of hardly anything, because for years he has lived on what Ministers and scientists to-day call "the nation's iron ration." He eats mainly oatmeal cereals, bread, milk and fruits. Bernard Shaw
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    "HITLER'S AWFUL" SAYS 12-YEAR OLD BARONET
    184 6 CIR Pyers Mostyn, Bart., 12, one of Britain's youngest baronets, arrived in Sydney recently with his mother Lady Mostyn, his sister Margaret, 9, and aunt, Mrs. W. J. McWhinnie. He has been brought here from the dangers of England to safeguard the continuity of
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    Airman Captured By Housemaid
    147 6 A GERMAN airman kissed the hand of a housemaid who captured him after he had parachuted from his crashing plane in the south-west of England. The housemaid had left an air-raid shelter to turn off a gas iron. "The German, a boy about 18, landed right
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    30 6 The King recently paid a visit to men of the B.E F. who were in Flanders. He is here seen inspecting the troops who are stationed in the West Country.
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    Australia Not Affected By Petrol Ban
    202 6 Brisbane. THE Minister for Supply 'Sir Ffederick Stewart) commenting on the decision to ban export of aviation spirit from America, stated that it did not affect Australia. "We do not get our aviation spirit from United States of America anyhow." he said. Sir Frederick
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    NO EXPORT BAN ON SCRAP IRON
    84 6 canuerra THE Federal Government did no 1 contemplate an embargo on die export of scrap iron, the Minister for the Navy (Mr. Cameron) said recently. He said that in recent weeks there had been a slight reduction in export compared with last year. This
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    DISPOSITION FRENCH Sg
    183 6 DISPOSITION FRENCH FLEET No Fresh Bread I, France (nv THE c n 1 York headquarter* emmeat, st naval digposit recently u In En land (ba.Ueship orpMo b .ever?! auxi A Aicv. 9 938 ton _cnrs -rs. each Trouin i ru v aircraft can At Casabl; sh/p, of 35 000 slroyer.
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    ANTI-SPY ACTIVITIES IN AMERICA
    53 6 Director of I Investigation. Ml the (Mtorney-G I Jaek.^on, oonvi I pr<\sentativ< I in order to n I activities I President R the com* and the enact ccmpai with wbversiv< acts, and those I injj-up and breal mon defence pi Since tftu has handled U witti
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    BRITISH FILM INDUSTRY CARRIES ON
    42 6 •T*HE Board ol Tn nlar: for tl ti>h tilm pro.: ict s'anees that may This assura John Corfi* colour a p i-alled This I Williami starAccord; ol Trade irisn Br go on without tluiv shall a available
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    PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR $25,000,000 WAR LOAN PLAN
    662 7 PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR $25,000,000 WAR LOAN PLAN Colony Has Ample Funds For Investment Members Of War Loan Committee authorize the issue of a per cent. w a r n of $25,000,000 will be introduced rtifitatc ol urgency at the next meeting liv€ CeucO, if is understood. tions of the. special
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    Loan Proposal Welcomed In Federal Capital
    58 7 Loan Proposal Welcomed In Federal Capital nt i u-upur Aili.'. IS. MINI i \td < o Bed tk i d.>--h iht int t»mc- a\ .1 1 i; the 1 »MI I^> c! tv- the !n"m<»rit> be F.M o to accede tj I cession for .v m ih.s atayan Gov- y
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    Strikers In Clash With Men Engaged To Replace Them
    61 7 Kim Ghee, Goto Hcng Yi -v Leon Lee K< Low Hui re conI'curt o! rioLint? at v Y ere :i -liino in their n .1. r.nd t he Mr. J. G. i.i to :U. G I U S ms were i
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    Indian Dies After Being Hit By Bus
    55 7 no b; dr Singapore ned oi i >he h i .n- d down by Au«?. 9. an, aged 28 -s ployee, 1.. had was alleged to 5 i»t the time. I that he was u ur ut Uie j f'iUr hou-s after ad--1
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    MAN ACQUITTED BY EVIDENCE OF AN EX-CONVICT
    402 7 ARRESTED on May 2. this year. in connection with Uro offences of cheating involving a total of S7OO alleged to have been committed four years a^o an elderly Mohammedan, Mohamed Ibrahim bin Abdul Mohamed, was acquitted in the criminal district court yesterday without
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    'WRONGLY DETAINED,' SAYS CONSTABLE
    116 7 Young Sikh On Tentative Murder Charge "f -\M wrongly detained; it w^s my 1 brother who died," declared Amrik Singh, 22-year-old Sikh police constable, when he appeared in the Singapore lifth court yesterday en a tentative charge of murder by causing the death of a compatriot,
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    Dutch Airman Completes 2,000,000 Miles
    174 7 Dutch Airman Completes 2 ,000,000 Miles A DUTCH air pilo. whose favjurite prs.lme Is ice-skating In Australia j in I B tiips, completed well over j 2.000.0C0 miles of flying yesterday when I*3 urlTSd a; the Singapore airpcr; on return flight to Aus'.ralia. II" H Captain G. vm Mes.cl. wpi
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    Fined $180 For Selling Rice Above The Limit
    168 7 Fined $180 For Selling Rice Above The Limit A LICENSED Singapore rice dealer! who sold rice to another deale*above controlled prices was fined a tol:al of $180 on two charges in the Singapore fifth ccurt yesterday. The dealer, who appeared en a summons, was Sim Wan Kiat. managing partner of
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    LOYALS' OFFICER MARRIES
    292 7 'C HE Jiaid o: the Loyal .Regimen l played at the wedding of Captain Rii iiard Aldwyn Puiliblank and Miss Janet Sheila Milligan at the Garrison Church, Tanglin, yesterday. Captain Puiliblank. of the Lcyal Regiment, is the son of the Rev. and Mrs. j. Puliibiank, of Mansion.
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    MALAYAN SHORTHAND SPEED RECORD
    106 7 MALAYAN SHORTHAN D SPEED RECORD A LETTER lias been icceived from Mr. Sidney Dant, princip U of Pitman's College, Singapore, that the Pitman Commercial Institute issued last year to a student of Pitman's College, Mr. P. V. Raghavan, a certificate for writing shorthand at 190 words a minute, which, Mr.
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    NOMINATED FOR COMMISSION
    49 7 The Hindu Advisory Board, Sing pore, a: a meeting held yesterday elect ed Mr. M. V. Filial as its nominee to serve en the Singapore Municipal Commission subject to the approval of th Governor. Mr. Pillai is to succeed Dr. V K my, who rjcvnllv resigned.
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    MANAGER ACCUSED
    59 7 AU AH TEE, 35-year-old manager c Wah Weng Motor Finance Comnany in Lavender STeet, claimed trial in the second court yesterday to a charge of criminal breach of trust of molor apparatus to the value of $1,342 75 about six or seven months ago. The case was postponed
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    An Ex-Government Clerk Gets Year's Gaol
    359 7 ACCEPTED $3,860 BRJBE (From Our Own Con- Kuala Lumpur. Aui;. ]~>. AN pleading guilty to accepting an illegal gratifi I i of u $3,860 from Chin Cheng Hong, acting on I I Kwong Hin, t former clerk in the E I Duly at Kuala
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    Proposal For $20,000,000 War Loan For The F.M.S.
    1407 9 Proposal For $20, 000,000 War Loan For The F.M.S. INCREASED TAXATION TO COVER SERVICING RECOMMENDED adoption in principle by the F.M.S. Government, of the majority report of a committee appointed by the High Commissioner to make recommendations regarding the raising of a loan to assist the Imperial Government to prosecute
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      186 9 -CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS TKNDERS b SGAPORE [PALITt d for the j or services. For jal Tenders hi Iron Tubes j. >>. 4J, Date; 16, 1940. rmers. dosing. 4 lence on Date A -0. 1940. i :.:ac- Clod 1940. C K. GULDIfc, I :^al Secretary. n.»N VACANT r for i Hi catering,'
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    Thrilling First Division Game At Changi
    728 10 Thrilling First Division Game At Changi Fortress R.E. -1; Argylls 1. IN a fame that be?an slowly, almost uncertainly, while both teams took earh other's measure. v. armed up int.> a ?rim struggle, and ended in a thri.l.nz crescendo of thrust and parry, parry and thrust, amid moments fraught with
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    HUGHES & SIN KIE TO PLAY AT S.C.R.C.
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    20th MALAYA CUP FOOTBALL FINAL TO-MORROW
    2705 10 Singapore Should Retain The Trophy COU the first lime in twenty years Kedah will appear in an 11.M.5. Malaya Cup football final when they meet Singapore- at Kuala Lumpur to-morrow. Singapore, the hardy veterans of the final, have once again succeeded in keeping their
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