The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 5 November 1940

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  • 21 1 LATE SINGAPORE EDITION The Singapore Free PRess AND DAILY NEWS NO. 16*23«,. IN 11). 1835 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1940. 5 CENTS
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  • 63 1 ..Jan. Nov. 4. ..x months of lurtion md we d (.rrmany and crumhands. declared m Nt B*wn. Minister of t i utory workmZ Ku?^ to In six m-»ntli^ hall have n aircraft, ships «n^ i"d I to proiu*ly we have >rld v% ■1 1 move bark
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  • 151 1 Greek Units Sink One Enemy Warship FRESH RANGE OF HEIGHTS TAKEN IN ALBANIA Mcicw ir ,nri London, Nov. 4. ESbAGES from Yugoslavia this afternoon report a naval engagement which took place between Greek warships and Italian naval units which were attempting to enter the channel
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  • 49 1 London, Nov. 4. have landeu J is officially anLcced m London to-day. Nothing the size o: ■rv? landing took I D London to-■-ii no reason British forces ■teed m eluded land. fari Mi ill miti i .■>■<: :nat the I W: -neck, has I Reuter
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  • 60 1 i! X n\z, Nov 7. I uated women l* i r «n received by i] h with the v. ir ded to the the Govern return to Hong j bat their mothers facing great the Hong allowed to i/c as whatever out that
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  • 20 1 Reuter m Ottawa taUoni 01 d |n g r i_ -".'.'>t Payne. i central
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  • 446 1 Nine Italian tanks out of 20 were destroyed or captured and the rest fled. The Italians are reported to have been pushed back to north of the Kalumas river. In the southern sector a Greek [division advanced after being subi jected to a very
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  • 51 1 London, Nov. 4. TT IS reported that some British civi--1 lians were killed m yesterday's raid on Corfu. The British consulate has I been repeatedly singled out for attack. Athens to-day had its first day without an air raid alarm since the outbreak of war.
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  • 103 1 London, Nov. 4. AS far as operat'ons m Greece are! concerned, it was reported over the week-end that on the northern part of the front from the Fiorina sector down to the Pindus mountains the Greeks had, generally speaking, advanced two or three
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  • 146 1 London, Nov. 4. A CCORDING to a neutral newspaper, great anger has been caused m authoritative circles m Berlin by an article by Gen. Weygand m a Moroccan newspaper rejecting the idea of a dishonourable peace for France and declaring that no French
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  • 170 1 STATE DEPARTMENT ON WASHINGTON RUMOURS New York, Nov. 4. DUMOURS that Hitler is planning to present within the next few days terms on which he would end the war are circulating: m diplomatic quarters m Washington. One version is that the Fuehrer
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  • 121 1 Germans Claim 18,000-Ton Cunarder Sunk PATROCLUS ALSO SAID TORPEDOED Berlin, Not. 4. T^TIE claim that the Cunard Whi Star liner Laurentic, 18,724 toru oas been sunk by a submarine is mad' 'r r the German official news agency. Three vessels are named by the agency as having been sunk by
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  • 51 1 London, Nov. 4. ALTHOUGH the weather was ex- trcmely bad R.A.F. bombers carried out successful raids on targets m Naples and the German naval base of Kiel. During daylight yesterday. Flashing and an aerodrome m enemy-occupied i territory were attacked. Two British! Members are missing.
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  • 178 1 SPAIN TAKING "FULL CHARGE" Tangier, Nov. 4. pOLOKEL YUSTE, commander ol the Spanish troops, has issued an order dissolving the committee of control and the legislative assembly and announcing that he is taking "full charge" of the international zone m Tangier. The foregoing order is confirmed
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  • 92 1 London, No». 4. ritWENTV were killed and many mor«» A injured including 50 admitted t;> hospital, m a rail accident a few mil*".* 1 beyond Taunton involving; a crowded London *o Penzance expr^s and newspaper train. According to one passenger, the firrt live
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  • 170 1 liaUvia, Nov 4. rIL trade talk* with Japan have so far given no results but "may tfc continued," according to a Government statement to-day, which stresses, however, that the "closest watch will be given to the possibility of direct or indirect advantages accruing to the enemy of the
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  • 141 2 TOE possibility of the Germans using Zeppelins as raiders, as they did m the 1914-18 war, is discussed by the Daily Sketch. "The approach of winter is giving the Nazis an opportunity to overhaul their two Zeppelins," it says. "These are the Graf Zeppelin, which
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  • 108 2 A LLBGED to have dragged a married woman, x Govindama, from her house at Pasir Panjang. put her into a waiting taxi and driven off to a house m Upper Serangoon, where they spent the night together, an Indian named Sinniah was on trial before
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  • 48 2 A NOTICE, hung at the bottom of the main staircase m the N.Y.K. liner Kashlma Mam as she berthed m Singapore last night, caused much amusement among visitors to the ship. Big letters m red ink proclaimed, "Beware of thieves when we are m port."
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  • 60 2 K. Abdul Muthalib, an Indian, was acquitted m the district court yesterday, on a charge of giving false evidence m a judicial proceeding on Sept. 20 before Mr. J. G. Rappoport, the third magistrate. Mrs. Loh Poon Lip will speak on "The Singapore Factory Girls a Y.W.C.A. Activity" at the
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  • 232 2 SOCIETIES HELP HONG KONG'S EVACUEES T ENTERS from the branches of the L victoria League m Melbourne and BrJbanelo the branch of the League Hong Kong, tell of the assistance which has been extended to evacuees arrived m Australia the League had cards printed waning them, and as a result
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  • 216 2 FTVANG HOCK, alias* Tang Fock. a sweeper A formerly employed by the Straits Times Press, Ltd., was charged m the third court yesterday with stealing a number of stereo blocks from the offices of the Straits limes on Oct. 29. Tan;; Hock claimed trial but
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  • 101 2 PHARGED with intentionally offering re- I v sistance to the lawful apprehension of j himself by two Chinese detectives, Jagar bin Chik. a 25 -year-old Malay, claimed trial m the Singapore fourth police court yesterday. Jaffar was charged alternatecly with escaping from legal custody. He again
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  • 71 2 TRAFFIC was held up for several minutes during the evening rush hour about five o'clock yesterday when a motor-car caught fire near the junction of Orchard Road and Cairnhill Road. Flames leaped high from the burning car and traffic stopped as a water hose was
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  • 50 2 t. CHAPMAN, a member of the Gordon J Highlanders, suffered fractures of the leg and wrist and other injuries when he was thrown from a motor-cycle into a drain after a collision with a car at 7 1 miles Bukit Timah Road, yesterday. He was taken to hospital.
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  • 434 2 Lahore, Oct. 25. A REVIEW of the Punjab Press shows that the pacifism of the Congress has fallen absolutely flat. A number of Sikhs, who constitute the most notable martial community, have openly broken away from the Congress revolt. The Punjab Press has been
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  • 233 2 Mr. Eden's Good Wishes To Australian Fly er s HOPE you will bring down many I and not lose any yourselves." I This was the good wish extended by the British Secretary for War, Mr. Anthony Eden, to a Royal Australian Air Force squadron on which he called as part
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  • 353 3 Albania Seen As Base For Operations "REAL BEGINNING OF MEDITERRANEAN BATTLE" .'twit 1* i l London, Nov. 4. 1 111 Italy hard and often" is the theme of all i* editorials on the latest development of the war m the London morning
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  • 118 3 Moscow. Nov. 4. .-nment has anT .'that it -cannot accept" lV ce oo *rnm'nt protest that Vipatton m the new n conference is a D**JT nf her neutrality. ■tftJVt diplomatic development ttemcnt published >* *V according to > British Amy Soviet, addressed a
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  • 48 3 London, Nov. 4. Autive nights of .don area had no communique states aircraft crossed the .md activities .east England! attacks being ..ea. Bombs w-rv dropped but only slight There were few j i number of people i i Reuter
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  • 51 3 Tientsin, Nov. 4. ailed ou: on patrol the British s? constables and oiea refused to so previous details. >:" Chinese con- r.ortly before the mall details were -ds. i *ase increase officers. ables opposed lag to continue aid they had i mbi r^> wore •idnight
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  • 21 3 JAPAN-INDO-CHINA ECONOMIC TALKS Nhanijhai. Nov. 4. between ma author- 1 ar.^rdins: to me< at the 1 LUj^ r dent's office.; Reuter
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  • 18 3 tl >ndon. Nov. 4. '-ngs on the King Leopold's I \>ented ac- I h the Belgian I Reuter
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  • 60 3 New York, Nov. 4. PERSONS arriving m Istanbul from Rumania report that there are 18 German divisions at present m Rumania and that five more are arriving m a few weeks, according to an Istanbul di'oafrh to the New York Times. The construction of aerodromes and
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  • 96 3 Khartoum, Nov. 4. AN OFFICIAL communique on the visit of Mr. Eden, the War Minister, to the Sudan says that during the pnst tew days, Mr. Eden made an extensive visit of many parts of the Sudan and held a conference with the Governor:
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  • 42 3 Tokio, Nov. 4. MR. Ichizo K«>b<tyashi, Minister of Commerce and Industry, who arrived here from the Netherlands Indies, called on the prime Minister, Prince Konoye, and reported to the Prime Minister upon the Batavia talks. Eastern News
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  • 146 3 "New War That Is No Part Of Nazi Plan" London, Nov. 4. ■T'HE New York Herald-Tribune to-day makes a pertinent comment about the rounds that Hitler has been making of the various European capitals. Evidence, it says, is accumulating that something has gone wrong somewhere with Hitler's "new order Bombs
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  • 105 3 Shanghai, Nov. 4. rE payment ot a $10,000 "fine," it is revealed, has been made by th? Chinese charterers of the four German. Italian and Portuguese river vessels which were detained on Saturday by the Japanese authorities here before the vessels were released. Details regarding the
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  • 23 3 London, Nov. 4. fREEK residents of Johannesburg, South Africa, have collected a sum Of £20.000 m aid of their country's war effort. Reuter
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  • 496 3 What Nazi "New Order" Would Mean To Europe Hi .»d- m. Nov. 4. of a -new pc was the sub**theV?? eCh by Mr Din lc liamentary Secretary try of Economic War--sg? Pointed out that the con- irrr^ amp of the Gestapo £jPany the Nazis wher- ::->.-' would suppress W/n had
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  • 90 3 U.S. Sends More Destroyers To Caribbean New York, Nov. 4. DRESIDENT Roosevelt returned to Washington on Sunday to consult with Mr. Cordell Hull, Secretary of State, and Mr. Sumner Welles, Under- Secretary of State, regarding the foreign situation. Commenting on the subject, the Washington correspondent of the New York Times
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  • 146 3 WHAT FINAL GALLUP POLL REVEALS New York, Nov. 4. CO close was the result of the final Gallup poll on the presidential election to-morrow that "data does not justify prediction on the outcome," it was announced here to-day. The poll gave President Roosevelt
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  • 130 3 Shanghai, Nov. 4. THE famous playwright, Mr. Noel Coward, who arrived here aboard the United States evacuation liner Monterey, declared m an interview that the presidential elections were taking up more attention m the United States at present than the European war or the evacuation
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  • 126 3 Chungking, Nov. 4. AFTER occupying Nanning m South Kwangsi Province and continuing .heir advance to the south, Chinese .">rces have reached points north of Yamchow, a port m Kwangiung Province, according to Chinese fleld disI patches from :he S?uth Kwangsi front. It is
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  • 37 3 London, Nov. 4. IT is reported from San Deigo, California, that Great Britain has placed with the Consolidated Aircraft Corpori ation an order for seven of their four-engined long-range bombers. Reuter
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  • 33 3 London, Not. 1. r? ia understood that Sir Samuel Hoare, the (British Ambassador to Spain, will shortly see Senor Suner, the Spanish Foreign Minister, again.— Reuter
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  • 48 3 Tokio, Nov. 4. BRAZIL is apparently depending on the United States, which has made heavy investments there, but seems to be expecting much from Germany after the war, says Mr. Kuzhe Kuwashima. retiring ambassador at Rio, who returned to Japan on Saturday, according to semi-official Japanese reports Reuter
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  • 364 3 London, Nov. 4. A CLOSE-UP view of what is probA ably the Royal Navy's newest weapon has been granted to me. This is the fleet air arm's latest fighter, which is a triumph of British aircraft design— the Fairey Fulmar, says
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  • 65 3 London, Nov. 4, A PARTY of 12 Swedish journalists have returned to Stockholm after visiting Berlin. Brussels and Calais One of them stated that a woman traveller from Berlin to Vichy had to change trains 27 times owin^ to traffic conditions. According to another joaiiiaLsi.
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  • 61 3 London, Nov. 1. rnHE Japanese Foreign Office announJL ces to-day that all Greek ships will be allowed to leave Japanese ports after unloading their cargoes. This action was the result of an assurance given by the Greek minister that all Greek ships chartered by the
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  • 121 3 ENVOY NOT ANXIOUS TO RETURN TO ROME London, Nov. 4. ris stated m Rome that the Greek Minister and his staff are leaving by train for Greece to-night The report from Rome states that no news has been received from the Italian minister m
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  • 305 3 London. Not. 4 The following are to-days closing miaoia quotations Shares are or £1 denomination unless otherwise stated: The above are dealers middle once*. oroken margins brokerage and stamp duty ire not Included Exchange Telegraph. uoc Loan 5% UH4-e« 107% Funding uoon 4% IMO-fO 10P, War Loan
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  • 616 4 The Signapore Free Press TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1940. Minimum Charges ALTHOUGH the present is certainly not an opportune time Ito ask for any concessions which would have the effect of reducing the income of the revenue earning departments of the Municipality, there was something to commend Mr. S. B. Tan's
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  • 938 4  - Gallant Me n In Small Ships TAFFRAIL \By I Noted British NavalA I Writer j I HAVE recently been at a port on the east coast of England where a lot has been going on ever since the outbreak of war. As can be understood, the small craft m this
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  • 487 4  - It's Been R--g In Britain KENNETH SLESSOR By Commonwealth Official War Corresponded I In Britain I JOYING to send a lucid account of the activities of Australian soldiers abroad, to Australian readers at home, over a distance <•: 10,000 miles, is like trying to paint a picture through a layer
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  • 85 5 •yHE London Daily Telegraph under- stnnds that women m future will '"»c allowed tc fly Hurririne fighter planes from the factories to their squadron locations. Hitherto only male pilots of the air transrx~rt auxiliary service have been flowed to deliver fighters or bombers, the
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  • 1801 5  - Progress Of Work Of St. John Ambulance Association MARY HEATHCOTT Free Press Feature By QNE of the ways m which Malaya is helping the British Empire m the present druggie is by being ready for any emergency which may 11 rise out here. Well illustrative of this is the work
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  • 401 6 Now Doing Advanced Work At Ottawa THE first pilot trainees, who left Australia under the Em- pire Air Scheme, are now doing advanced training at Uplands airport, Ottawa. At present they are flying Yale aircraft, and will shortly go on to Harvard advanced trainers. The
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  • 163 6 Poles Forced To Donate Funds THE Argentine Government are alarmed at indications that Nazi propagandists have extended their activities far into the interior. One renort says that at Posadas. on the border with Paraguay, the Naz*<: are forcing Pol*»s to attend meetings and to contribute to
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  • 77 6 AUSTRALIANS paid £144.397,334 In Commonwealth and State taxation last financial year. Commonwealth taxation collections *ere £90 0*0663, or £12 17s. 4d. a head, and State collections £54.386,671, cr £7 15s. lid. a head. Commonwealth taxation collections were £15.973,000 more than for the previous year, and
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  • 36 6 A GERMAN court martial at Utrecht, Holland, sentenced a Dutchman to 18 months' gaol for saying that Queen Wilhelmlna, now In exile, was more entitled to attention and reapect than a German paperhanger
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  • 68 6 Stalin Oh "Coming Revolt In Germany" "TPHE coming revolution m Germany will have a better background than the Commun'.st revolution which began during the last war/ S'alin wrote this m an article m Tarybu Uetuva, the Soviet's official Lithuanian newspaper, reports the Exchange Telegraph's correspondent at Zurich (Swi'zerland). This time
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  • 276 6 West End Doctors In Alleged Plot SCOTLAND YARD officers, after five months' investigation, have uncovered what is alleged to be a plot involving West End doctors by which nearly 100 young men had hoped to evade Army service. The attention of the authorities was
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  • 154 6 piRST father and son to have their "wings" up m the R.A.A.F. at the same time are Flight-Lieut. R. U. Hoddlnott and his son, PilotOfficer W. J. Hoddinott. Flight-Lieut. Hoddinott was an R.A.F. pilot m the last war and was accepted again as fit for
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  • 70 6 rjOCUMENTS containing the terms which the Italian Armistice Commission tried to impose on Syria have teen stolen, says a message from Istanbul (Turkey). They were being taken to Rome by an Italian colonel. As his train was drawing into Aleppo (Syria), the colonel left his compartment
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  • 459 6 Views Of Australian Who Commands Dover Area "RRITAIN has trumped Germany's ace!" declared an Australian, who is largely responsible for thwarting Goerincr's air blitzkrieg. London might have beer^ reduced to a shambles by German dive-bombers, but for the balloon barrage,, he stated. Air-Commodore W. J. GuilfoyleJ
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  • 84 6 Marshal Petain And The Men Of The Vichy Government The Men of Vichy, Marshal Petain and his Ministers:— ln civilian dress (centre! Marshal Petain. On his left, Gen. Weygand. On his right, Pierre Laval. Extreme left Minister of Agriculture, Caziot On his left is Admiral Darlan Rear of Laval is
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  • 80 6 GERMAN engineers are doing thei<- utmost to devise the most 1 method of projectin? military targe's from bombing. says the Berlin corresD^ndent of th*» American Assorted Press. They ar? exp^rimenMner with huge seel nets over fa clones and key defence points designed to explode bombs
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  • 176 6 Scheme T ravel Scheme For Workers THE new chairman M t Trade Union Council l'l^r^ son), who is n f v- °*«S5 He describe >.. ening and popularising communications. frfcMg* Post war improvem. suggest include an I mDe beard, subsidised by g" i' :he Dominions „o promo. He advocates rcnstrucA*.
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  • 630 7 Application By Defence Counsel Succeeds JUDGE ON JAPAN'S "NOT AT WAR" ATTITUDE -p O reasons were stated by Mr. D. K. Walters, appearJ^l'h°L 7 am< l r V Shinozaki, the Japanese who has been committed for trial on charges under the Official Secrets VncV SLii
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  • 116 7 s e ED ED FOR LARGE N c SnCRETE WORKS" Our o*:i Correspondent.) lney. Oct. 25. rnment is mrr bating trade with 1 ;..raraj. a meratmem of Com- to Sydney vise the transfer bought by the .-.on Company. ant your steel, but y of procuring
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  • 116 7 •ur Own Cur respondent) Prnanfc, Nov. 4. .cned m the PenA art this morning In woman, Mrs. R. A. am d on two charges Finance) RegulaP G Pooley. who appear- who was absent, r behalf. Mr. T. nisei, is for pro•v.:i b? heird or. Nbi
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  • 86 7 JAPAN'S trade with India is proceeding favourably m .spite of the war m the West, Mr. T. Wakamatsu, Japanese consul-general at Calcutta, told a reporter when he arrived m Singapore last night. Mr. Wakamatsu is returning to the Foreign omce m Tokio. He conducted
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  • 93 7 ALLEGED en three occasions to have gone to the Orchard Road police station canteen and obtained rice, a comb and hair cream by saying he had been permitted by Inspector F. Goodship to take the articles on the inspector's account. Ramasamy alias Salleh bin
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  • 29 7 A. M. RUSSULL, an Indian, waa acquitted In the second court yesterday on a charge of cheating m respect of $500. the prosecution offering no evidence against Him.
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  • 141 7 TLYING from Medan, Gen. Wu Teh-chen, chairman of the Overseas Department of the Chinese Government, who is visiting Malaya as Gen. Chiang Kai-shek's personal representative, will arrive m Singapore on Nov. 14. From more than 400 representatives of local Chinese associations who are taking part
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  • 108 7 EIGHTEEN months' rigorous imprisonment was passed by Mr. Justice Pedlow at the Assizes yesterday on Ah Kun On, who had returned to the Colony after being banished from Johore m 1929. Admitting that he returned to the Colony, Ah Kun Or said he was given
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  • 22 7 Mr. A. P. Rajah, the local barrister and cricketer, returned from two months' leave m India last night, accompanied by his father.
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  • 773 7 BECAUSE Poppy Day falls on the eleventh day of the eleventh moon, several cheques received for the Poppy Day fund m Singapore are made out for eleven dollars and tleven cents precisely. This is a pleasantly characteristic Chinese touch m the splendid collection made
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  • 89 7 The Prime Minister, Mr. Winston Churchill, recently paid a visit to Dover and Ramsgate, where he inspected air raid damage and met local A.R.P. workers. Despite the fact that there was an almost continuous air raid warning during his visit, the Prime Minister carried on
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  • 181 7 EXPOSED BY INTERCEPTED LETTER "A DELIBERATE and flagrant at- tempt to defeat the Exchange Control," was the description applied by Court Inspector E. H. Tunn m the criminal district court yesterday to an attempt by a Chinese to send $1,500 Chinese National Currency cut
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  • 38 7 T^HE Bishop of Singapore and Mrs Roberts will be m the Chapter House of St. Andrew's Cathedral, between 10.30 and 11.30 this morning to meet any friends who may wish to bid them fare well.
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  • 198 7 rrvHE death took place at the SingaA pore General Hospital yesterday of Capt. Ernest Gamblen, at the age oi 65 years. An old resident of Singapore, Capt. Gamblen was for many years with the Straits Steamship Co., Ltd. He retired a few years ago.
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  • 377 7 "Blown" Tyre Possible Cause Of Fatality A PUNCTURE of the front off-side tyre may have caused a motorlorry travelling along Woodlands Road on a rainy Saturday afternoon last month, to swerve off the highway and plunge down an embankment into a flooded drain. This opinion was expressed by Mr. W.
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  • 64 7 ••■pHE Chic in Malaya" >s th^ I of a t.» i by Dr. Lim Boon K< to be broadcast to-night from the SJnsapoie Station at 7.10 Dr. Lim Bo.vi Keng will talic on the Chinese m Malaya prior Lo the year 1809. This s
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    • 382 8 P.&O. and BRITISH INDIA LINES (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) P. O. S. N. COS SAILINGS. The best possible services are being maintained by The P. 0. S. N. Coy. from the Straits to their usual ports of call m China, India, Ceylon and the United Kingdom. Passengers are requested to register
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    • 322 8 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated m F M.S.) TELEPHONE: freight 5432. Passage 5411 BOIAN WCIIIC P^&OKfl (Incorporated m England'Regular service from the Orient to Vancouver by GIANT EMPRESSES— Across Canada through the Canadian Rockies— Lake Louise— Banff. Trans-Atlantic by EMPRESS DUCHESS or MONT steamers to the United Kingdom.— All under one
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    • 416 8 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. BLUE FUNNEL LIN& Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom. Oates ar guaranteed, all cargo bookings subject to Conf! War Clauses. cn <* WESTERN AUSTRALIA THE SHORTEST SEA ROUTE AT THE CHEAPEST Fai Regular Services to >c mantle Perth! V l* Javj by first class oassenger ships Single fare
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  • 1514 9  -  THE ground at Selerang is not altogether favourable jto Rugby football, being hard and unyielding except for a few hours after rain. As a result the Dons have found it necessary to cancel some of their matches this
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  • 100 9 To-day: Whist drives at Nee Soon, Fort Canning and Manchesters' Sergeants' Messes. To-morrow: Partner whist drive, Alexandra Depot Mess (9.15). Whist Drive, R.A. (Chan^i) Sergeants' Mess. Tombola, R.A.F. (No. 1 Area) Mess. Thursday: Whist drives at Women's Club, Selerangr, and Fort Canning Juniors' Mess. Tombola, R.E. (Changi) Juniors.
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  • 125 9 THE SINGAPORE C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION i DAILY riiICLS CVKKENX Nov. 4, 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers No. IX R.S.S. Spot loose 38 s 33 No. IX R.S.S. P. 0.8. m cases November 39 39 U G.*\A.Q. K.S.S. F.OB, m bales November ;>8 ;< 38Ti K.A.Q. R.S.S. F. 0.8.
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  • 95 9 Officers who attended the S.R.A. (V.) Depot recruits dance at Changi last week: (left to ri*ht) 2nd. Lt. I. G K. Henderson, Capt. A. D. Murray, 2nd. Lt. D. K. Evans, officer commanding Depot Rerruils, S.R.A. (V.), Brigadier A. D. Curtis and Gunner C. Prosper liston, who
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 280 9 ggg ADVERTISEMENTS j IL MCIPAUTY Tenders. r n O invited for the „r aS or services. For niripal Tenders r 1041. Date Of Municipal Tender 98/01 i<r nominal size Steer J coupling Joints Closing 12 noon Single Phos« A. C. 230 Volts 50 i pm. Jan j +es to Middlerd
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    • 134 9 MAtmWMIOTICFUHS Send your donation to The Honorary Treasurers The Chartered Bank SINGAPORE JOINT SERVICE m PRINCE LENE SILVER LINE PIUNCK LINK VESSELS PROCEED TO BALTIMORE. NEW YORK, BOSTON AND HALIFAX VIA PANAMA CANAL. SILVEK LINE VESSELS PROCEED TO BOSTON. NEW YORK. PHILADELPHIA AND BALTIMORE VIA PANAMA CANAL For further particular
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 168 9 POST OFFICE MAIL LIST Mails close at the General Post Office as MAILS ARRIVAL follows: Malls from Great Britain &c. (surface) TO-DAY boxholders and general delivery 8.15 a.m. 4 m to-day. J£ a Em Mails from Java and Sumatra (air) genP^SL. l\l q 30 am' eral delivery 1.40 p.m. to-day.
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  • 344 10 Sabatino And Dennis Back In Australia Sydney. BACK from the quaint customs of Singapore, Ron Dennis and Aillio Sabatino are figuring out plans for the r fighting futures her?, writes W. F. Corbett m the Sydney Sun of O?t. 25. Dennis, a young sheet metal worker from South Australia, has
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  • 176 10 Perak Beat Penan? >> 1 (Fran Ov Own Correspondent.) Ipoh. Nov. 2. DISPLAYING marked superiority. Perak beat Penang by three goals to one m an inter-State hockey match played here this afternoon. Ihe game was characterized by good defensive play by both sides. The Perak forwards,
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  • 147 10 TPWICE winner ot the Brisbane Hancii.'ap and the Toowoomba Cup, Joc.*ey Len Harris passed through Singapore from Sydney yesterday on his v/ay to Calcutta. Harris h:^s signed a contract with HiKgins' Stables m Calcutta to ride for one season only. He has been
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  • 595 10 Beau Vite Hot Favourite In Melbourne Cup APOSTROPHE SECOND IN DEMAND HESPITE his defeat of Ajax m the Cox Plate at Moonee Valley on Oct. 26, Beau Vite's price for the Melbourne Cup eased half a point, wrote, C. J. Graves m the Daily Telegraph
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  • 391 10 Indians Beat Y.M.C.A. 4-0 At Hockey LA 4; V.M.C.A. 0. •TTIE ¥.M.C\A. nerc beaten by four goals to nil when they met the Indian Association m a hockey match at Balestier yesterday. The Indians owed their comfortable margin of victory to Harbajan Singh, who scored three goals, achieving the hat-trick.
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  • 147 10 W. E. Thomas And J. C. Walker Win Competition npHE Royal Singapore Golf Club's Sir A Arnold Robinson Cup competition was played at Bukit Timah on Sunday morning and resulted m a win for w. E. Thomas and J. C. Walker with a net score
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  • 72 10 HPHE following have been selected v play hockey for the V.M.C.A "A" XI against the Mountain Battery on the V.M.C.A. ground at 5 p.m. on Tuesday Wee Hong Leung, R. I. .Atkaison. Tan Guan Kiat, M. Shields, Goh Chin Chye (captain), Khoo Hock Choo, Lou Huck Yang, S.
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  • 46 10 THE following will represent the S.R.C. at hockey against the Sappers and Miners at the SH.C. to-day O. C. Aeria; R. H. Barth, P. F. de Souza; P. Neuforonner, L. Reutens, G. Clarke; G. Hughes. N. Sullivan. A. Clarke, G. B. Armstrong, J. Loveday.
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  • 47 10 picture. lnc Royal Australian Air Force, the Reds, beat the Army Crusaders by six points to three m a Malayan Rugby Union game m aid of war charities on the padang on Saturday. This picture shows the Reds' threes going into action Free Press
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  • 433 10 Singapore Colts 1 C.S.C 0. AT Balestier yesterday, m a hockey match that never lacked a dull moment, with the ball swinging from one end of the field to the other m bewilderingly fast movements, the Singapore Colts heat the Ceylon Sports Club,
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  • 162 10 ■T'HE f oiiov. ing are the results of the i November spoon competition at the Keppel Golf Club: "A" DIVISION Miss D. Hirst 42— 8 l/ 2 33*2; Mrs. E. A. Elder 42—6=34; Mrs. R. E. Earte 43—9=34; Mrs. S. R. Burstall 44— 9i/
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  • 65 10 A SINGAPORE Chinese Athlete meeting will be held at Jalan Besar stadium on Dec. 25 and j 26. There will be events for women as well as for men. Entry forms can be obtained from the honorary secretary (Chinese), Singapore Chinese Amateur Athletic Federation, care of the Toh Nam School,
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  • 101 10 MRS. M. S. MARSHAL and R. Henderson, with a net score of 33 V 2 won the mixed foursomes competition played at the Island Club on Sunday. The scores were: Mrs. M. S. Marshal and R. Henderson 43 9V2-33V 2 Miss Payday and C. A.
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  • 202 10 Changi Sappen Beat Cricket Club 4-1 CHEVALLIER p Uv LONE HAND SA R.E. (f hunjti, i JHE Royal I A ed good hock- second stri the padaim jresU rd.r Much the fast j forwards home team".-, d' i then, but Br i saved the Clv The Clurratch, wa was the
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  • 83 10 THE second Rest I r women's h»xs ed on Nov. 14 G.S.C. ground at Tk» day. The foil sent Colours Colours: F Ft: IJ. Atwell (Y.WC.A ;E. da Silva >G M dSylr* Nair and rapt I r rd G Clarke 'G.S.C I, D N N SMO.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 27 10 To-day's Sports Events Rugger: Loyals vs. R.A. (Changi), Gillman Barracks. Hockey: S.R.C. vs. Sappers and Miners. S.R.C; Army trial, Polo ground: Post Office Club vs. Mountain Regiment.
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