The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 15 November 1940

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    20 1 LATE SINGAPORE EDITION The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 16,216. KSlli. 1835 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1910. 5 LENTS
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    ITALIANS FLUNG BACK INTO ALBANIA
    418 1 Greeks Drive Invaders From Pindus Region R.A.F. DELIVER NEW DAMAGING BLOWS London, Nov. 14. mLI.OWING a successful Greek attack in the Pindus 1 region, the Italians have now retreated into Albania behind Koritza. In this sector, the Italians are thus back from mhttt they started.
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    Fresh Bombing Of Taranto
    83 1 London, Nov. 14. THE news of a fres*i attack on Taranto, in Italy, is officially announced. This time, the attack was made by R.A.F. bombers. It took place last night. The raid was directed on docks and the harbour, where lw-9 Italian battleships and two cruisers
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    M.P's Not Exempt From Detention
    59 1 London, Nov. 14. MEMBERS of Parliament are not exempted by privilege of Parliament from detention under the defence regulations. This principle is upheld by the Committee of Privileges in its report to-day, which states that the detention of Captain Ramsay, M.P., does not constitute a
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    KING FAROUK ON EGYPT'S ATTITUDE
    188 1 KING FAROUK ON EGYPT'S ATTITUDE Policy Dictated By Prudence Cairo, Nov. 14. IN this implacable war Egypt has adopted an attitude dictated by prudence, imposed by wisdom and dominated by a desire to assure her safety and fulfil her obligations," declared King Farouk, opening the first Parliament since Italy's entry
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    Premier Collapses And Dies
    58 1 Cairo, Nov. 14. TPHE Prime Minister of Egypt, Hassan Sabry Pasha, died today after he had collapsed during the reading of the King's speech from the Throne at the opening of Parliament. He was carried from the Chamber, after which the reading of the speech was
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    68 1 cotton and transactions have oeen established on a stable basis. "External disturbances have not had serious repercussions .n Egypt." The speech was one of the shortest ever read from the Throne m the Egyptian Parliament. Parliament was opened with traditional pageantry. The King drove m state along streets lined with
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    Petain Complains
    27 1 Vichy, Nov. 14. ■"THE Petain Government has issued a communique complaining of the forced evacuation of French-speaking inhabitants of Lorraine by the German authorities.- Reuter
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    32 1 Berlin, Nov. Nov. 14. fTtHE reported successful exploits of a JL single U-boat which, it is claimed, sank five armed merchant snips is a feature of to-day's German High Command communique.- Reuter
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    Neville Chamberlain Laid To Rest In Simplest Abbey Burial
    200 1 London, Nov. 14. •TOE ashes of Mr. Neville Cham- berlain were interred in Westminster Abbey to-day. Sirens sounded the "all clear for the burial. While early arrivals were taking their places in the Abbey the sound of an "all clear" came
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    BOMBS FALL AS MOLOTOV ENTERTAINS NAZI CHIEFS
    389 1 Targets Hit In Heavy Raid On Berlin London, Nov. 14. WIDESPREAD operations, including a heavy raid on Berlin, were carried out by R.A.F. bombers over Germany last night in the face of extremely adverse weather, the Air Ministry announces. The bombers attacked Berlin
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    'Quake Havoc In Oilfields
    87 1 Istanbul, Nov. 11. PARTHQUAKE damage in the Rumanian oilfields is much greater than previously supposed, according to information given to the Agence Francaise In*cpendente by travellers from Rumania. It is seated that the C&mpina refineries are completely out of action, storage tanks at Baicoi and Bustenari
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    "No Vengeance But Justice After War" —SIKORSKI
    119 1 "No Vengeance But Justice After War" —SIKORSKI London. Nov. 14. "A POLISH brigade stands along- side tne British in the Middle East ready to fight all who declare that Poland has been liquidated," declared General Sikorski. Polish Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief, at a luncheon at Grosvenor House in honour of
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    Tokio And Japanese Army Evacuation
    126 1 Tokio, Nov. 11. THE Japanese forces evacuated from parts of South China are "to be used in another sector." This announcement is made in a communique irom imperial headquarters. The communique says that the army has completed the evacuation of sot th-western Kwangtung province and
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    Spain Seeking $100 Million Loan From U.S.
    132 1 Spain Seeking $100 Million Loan From U.S. Washington, Nov. 1 T*HE CD-r.i^h uovernment ha.. ed the United States for a 103.i of $100,000,000. according to a port in well-informed diplomatic quarters. It is stV.ed here that no decision has been reached and ul ima c action h expecied to await
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    BRITISH TAKE PRISONERS IN GALLABAT REGION
    89 1 Cairo, Nov. 14. rE situation in the Kassala and Gall am areas of the Sudan remains unchanged, although British fighting patrols continue actively to engage Italians, who are also suffering under artillery fire, says a communique from British G.HQ. Prom E-'.ynt. Kenya and Palestine
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    25 1 Istanbul, Nov. 14. •TWENTY-TWO railway engines and 600 railway wagons bu:lt in Britain for France will be purchased by the Turkish Ministry of Communications.- Reuter
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    "The Sorcerer" Has Successful First Night
    226 2 "The Sorcerer" Has Successful First Night i STAGED in aid of The War Fund and the Malaya Patriotic Fund by the Singapore Amateur Dramatic Committee, the Gilbert and Sullivan opera "The Sorcerer" was greeted enthusiastically by first-nighters when it began its season at the Victoria Theatre last night. It is
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    WEDDING RECEPTION ON SHIPBOARD
    107 2 SOBvUBUT. Patrick Howard Wilkinson, of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, was married to Mis_ Alice Gwendolyn Bradgate, of Bristol, England, at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday. Sub-Lt. Wilkii son is the son of the late Captain Wilkinson (R.N.R.) and Mrs. Wilkinson, of Bournemouth, England. Archdeacon Graham White
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    HIS TAXI WAS BLUE
    180 2 i T>t,CAiJo_- the colour of his taxi was blue j and not green as alleged by the police, j Tan Teong Hin, a taxi-driver, was acquitted by Mr. C. H. Whitton in the traffic court yesterday on a charge of failing to wait for a safe
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    DISCHARGED
    84 2 AS the police report against J. H. Francis, a European who was charged with disregarding the signal of a traffic constable on I duty at about 5.15 p.m. at the junction of North Bridge Road and High Street on Oct. 17, was not available to substantiate the charge, Mr.
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    FINED FOR STRIKING DANCE HOSTESS
    186 2 I T EE CHYE CHUAN, an English-speaking I1 1 Chinese, was fined $10. or ten days' rigor- j ou:. imprisonment, yesterday for voluntarily causing hurt to Molly Soh. a dance hosters I employed at the Happy World Cabaret, by Mr. C H. Whitton in the
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    PROPRIETRESS FINED
    75 2 MRS. K. SLADEK, European proprietress of i the Oyster Club, Middle Road, was fined $400 by Mr. K. Byrne, Singapore fourth police magistrate, yesterday for selling beer without a licence at her premises. The j offence was alleged to have been committed j on the night of Oct.
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    "DUCE MUST NOW KNOW HE WILL BE BEATEN"
    905 3 first Lord On "Climax To Black Week For Italians" EFFECTS OF TARANTO WILL BE FAR-REACHING „T t jlS ution will depress the boastful Mussolini, who 1 jj*j now know that he is going to be beaten," vlared Mr. A. V. Alexander, British
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    America Grands Credits To Martinique
    164 3 America Grands Credits To Martinique Washington, Nov. 14. TTHE United States has released French dollar credits in the United States to enable the French colony of Martinique to purchase needed supplies, according to an authoritative statement here. At the same time, negotiations have been concluded for the estaDiishment of "friendly
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    Moslems Solidly With Britain
    226 3 London, Nov. 14. /COMMENTING on the gift by the British Government of a site in London for a mosque and a Moslem cultural centre entirely under Moslem control. The Times says that the gift is more welcome since, in the struggle in which Britain and the
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    RUMANIAN PREMIER IN ROME
    71 3 Rome, Nov. 14. MUSSOLINI, Count Ciano, the Italian Foreign Minister, and a large number of Fascist officials were present at the railway station to greet the Rumanian Prime Minister, Gen. Antonescu. when he arrived, accompanied by a large suite. A guard of honour was mounted, a
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    INDIES N.C.O'S GIFT FOR SPITFIRE
    56 3 Bandoeng. Nov. 14. THE association of non-commission-ed officers of the Netherlands Indies' services has decided to prov:de funds for a Spitfire. A sergeant flyer who is one of three Netherlands Indies pilots going to Britain to fight for the R.A.F. will personally hand over the
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    BOMBING OF BURMA ROAD RESUMED
    42 3 Chungking, Nov. 14. JAPANESE aircraft resumed bombing of the Burma road yesterday, according to a Chinese despatch from Kunming, which states that 11 Japanese aeroplanes circled above Kunming and also points westward of the Yunnan capital. Reuter
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    ITALY IS ON THE DOWNWARD PATH
    79 3 Athens, Nov. 14. TTHE Greek public can scarcely contain their jubilation over the British naval victory at Taranto. An authoritative spokesman stated that the victory was regarded as one of the first order and in the best traditions of the British navy. Italian defeats
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    NO CASUALTY IN RAID ON ALEXANDRIA
    38 3 Alexandria, Nov. 14. BOMBS were dropped during two air raid alarms sounded in Alexandria on Tuesday evening, but it is officially stated no casualty was reported whiie tne material damage was insignificant
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    Molotov Leaves Berlin After Two Interviews With Hitler
    430 3 Molotov Leaves Berlin After Two Interviews With Hitler M-.-,. Berlin, Nov. 14. MOLOTOV, the Soviet Premier It _t -n* r n Com m:ssar, left Ber- u o'clock this morning after 2? :.y two days in the Ger--STri p al dur mg whijh time he M JP t rvie *3 w^h
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    'Blow That Will Be Heard In Far-Away Tokio'
    208 3 'Blow That Will Be Heard In Far- Away Tokio New York, Nov. 14. |T*E crippling of Italy's fleet is a blow that will be heard round the world, declares the New York Times. It must be galling to Mussolini, the newspaper adds, to see his proudest battleships disabled, his crack
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    Colonies And Dominions Urged To 'Tighten Belts'
    296 3 SPARING SHIPS A VER TING DEMAND FOR DOLLARS London, Nov. 14. AN appeal to the Dominions and colonies to participate in an Empirewide "belt tightening," particularly in sparing shipping space and avoiding demands for dollars, was made by Lord Stamp, the British Government's
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    Further Rise In Allowances
    192 3 T H E R E is a still further rise this month in comparison with previous months in the cost of living allowances to Government employees according to the rates published in the Government Gazette yesterday. They are (last month's rates in brackets) Labourers and artisans
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    U.S. NOT TAKING OVER BASES IN S. AMERICA
    93 3 London, Not. 14. *T?HE United States has not suggest- ed taking over any naval or air bases from any Latin American coun-tr-es Mr. Sumner Welles, United States Under-Secretary of State, made this announcement at a Press conference yesterday in order to counter
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    40 Flying Fortresses Before Christmas
    27 3 London. Nov. 14. PORTT of America's great four- engined flying fortress bombers are expected to be sent to Britain before Christmas. Reuter
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    Warning To Eire About "Neutrality"
    119 3 New York, Nov. 14. FIRE'S neutrality continues to be the M subject of discussion. Thus the Cleveland Plaindealer declares that Dublin is to blame for not seeing where safety lies. Without Britain, without the British Navy and the R.A.F., Mr. de Vaiera, the Prime Minister
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    Norwegians Told To Eat Roots
    222 3 GERMANS DESPOILING NATION OF ITS FOOD London. Nov. 14. NORWEGIANS are advised to eat roots, juniper berries, dandelion roots and young leaves by the Germans, who also suggest the use o* acorns, horse chestnuts and cellulos3 as fodder. This is. desnite the fact that, according
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    31 3 London, Nov. 14. 11 is officially announced that s'jc more ships of the convoy attacked by a German raider in the Nortli Atbntic on Nov. 5 have reached port safelv.- Reuter
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    Chiang's Message To Malayan Chinese
    161 3 Chiang's Message To Malayan Chinese CHINESE in Malaya are asked to unite for the sake of their mother country, and to "co-oper-ate with friendly nations" by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek in a special message brought by Gen. Wu Teh Chen, who arrived here from Medan yesterday. After emphasizing the grave situation
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    The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1940. The New C.-in-C.
    548 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1940. The New C.-in-C. llflTH the announcement yesterday that Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke -Popham has been appointed commander-in-chief of the British land and air forces in the For East, Singapore has attained its full stature as a mighty fortress and vital
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    Everyone In Indies Talks About The Japanese
    1611 4 Everyone In Indies Talks About The Japanese By The Free Press Special' Correspondent Batavia, Nov. 14. TVERYONE in the Indies talks about the Japanese. Especially since the signing of the Axis-Japan alliance, the Dutch view with the greatest suspicion the policy of the Japanese Government and its ambition to establish
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    Big Gathering To Welcome Dr. Cullis
    1301 5  -  MARY HEATHCOTT Free Press Feature By rtfEß vt ry lar e an< T gathering of k at the Adelphi W -lay afternoon Winifred Cullis. ed herself an mix r in the short r tea o! all the arts ot" the telling phraso. light time,
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    A Woman's View Of Wartime Britain
    965 5  -  Winifred Cullis -ByDr. j WANT to talk not only of 1 women's work in Britain but fxom a broader aspect and to say why we at Home are so confident cf cur ultimate victory— the victory cf right and justice over falsehood, tyranny and
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    Australia Fetes Thai Goodwill Mission
    528 6 VISITORS SEE 'DROMES, MUNITION WORKS THE Thai Goodwill Mission which recently visited Malaya and is now in Australia is inspecting munition works, visiting beauty spots and attending many functions in its honour. In Sydney, where the Mission remained for a week, it was given a
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    Training With Tommy Guns
    21 6 A Tommy gun section of the Grenadier Guards on field drill with the aid of smoke screens.
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    LUCK COULD NOT LAST
    193 6 Pilot Prophesied His Capture "VOU may not see me again until the war is over. It's impossible for my luck to last." These prophetic words were used by Pilot-Officer Ben Newland, of Adelaide, iust before he made his last flight over Germany. Newland, who is a
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    Deadliest Dive Bomber
    149 6 /"\NE of thi? deadliest types of plane engaged in aerial warfare in Europe is the divebomber, a small, fast plane, whose main destructive force consists of one huge bomb, usually of 1,000 pounds. Its method of attack is to come screeching straight down on a target from
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    WHY POLES QUIT THEIR SHIP
    189 6 Health Ruined In Nazi Camp r\ESERTERS from a Polish vessel, two Poles, told Mr. Scobie, Sydney Magistrate, that they had left their ship because their health had been undermined by concentration camps. They travelled to Broken Hill, where they recalled that the owners of the
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    "Richest Girl" May Seek Divorce
    132 6 THE Nj?w York Daily News 1 reports that Doris Duke, "richest girl in the world," plans seeking a divorce from James Cromwell. The paper says that since her return from Honolulu she has been living with her mother. Doris Duke inherited £12,600,000 from her facher.
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    Little Ships That Will Become Famous
    758 6 r»OMING into Sydney Harbour, un- noticed, almost dwarfed by the manly ferries, is a fleet of little ships. As time marches on, they will become famous. They are the connecting links between two free Deoples the Australians and the Free Frenchmen of New Caledonia.
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    CONVICTION THAT ITALY HAS BLUNDERED
    296 6 Gambled On Belief Greece Would Give In "THIS is not the time for heroic episode 1 of the Light Brigade, which have no v they mav be spectacular," states the < dent of the New York Herald-Tribune in outli view of experts that a British
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    RISKED HIS LIFE FOR A CAT
    92 6 TAKING his life in his hands, Cecil Snowden. Wyalong miner and wellknown Australian cyclist, descended a 110ft. disused mine-shaft to save nine lives a cat. It is surmised that the cat fell down the shaft while stalking birds and had been imprisoned without food
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    SHARING WAR EXPENSE
    128 6 Australia Saves Up £6,000,000 A RISE of probabh iti 00*9ti_ in Australia's London fa is believed to nil:-, M ,rran* ment between the British ernment and the < i.. nu a for sharing uar i irc The Statist sa. well-informed au ances of Australia] declined by £10.000..
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    ROOSEVELT REGISTERS AS "FARMER"
    34 6 PRESIDENT 1. foksd when I Hall at Foughkeepsi' i vote. While he w snapned him iron. All they got \v said Mr. P Answer. 's questix. i Mr. Roosevelt farmer
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    MALAYA AND CHINA DRAWN CLOSER TOGETHER SAYS GEN. WU
    641 7 MALAYA AND CHINA DRAWN CLOSER TOGETHER SAYS GEN. WU HaPP v C 0 OP-ei-ation0 P-ei-ation Observed Here gojNGS PERSONAL THANKS F CF ANG KAI-SHEK 11 BRiTAIN-S m%mji m^JUmttM support Will strMKtM Mno-Bntish co-operation but w ih. »»J _«f /ven closer co-operation in the in the f-itu--.. declared Gen. Wu Teh-chen
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    General Cohen Interviewed
    122 7 i -WHATEVER I may say, I say as a i Chinese/* Gen. Morris A. Cohen,' ADC. to Gen. Wu Teh-chen, told a| Free Press reporter yesterday. Gen. Cohen has been associated with China for more than 20 years and was j in the country before the f
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    Singapore's 14 Smells!
    75 7 T^HE "appalling smell' which one encounters at the ninth mile Jurong Road, is caused by prawn dust, pig's manure and decayed fish. So members of the Rural Board were informed yesterday by Dr. W. L Blakemore, the Rural Health Officer. Another member said that an American tourist
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    Husband's Plea To Court Fails
    317 7 UOLDING that he had no juris- diction in the matter, Mr. Justice a'Beckett Terrell, acting Chief Justice, dismissed an application in the High Court yesterday by a former cinema manager, W. D. Lambert, to vary or suspend a deed of separation under which he had
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    Youths Who Victimized Schoolboys Sentenced
    442 7 TWO Chinese youths, one aged 20 years but who claimed to be only 16— and the other aged 16, were sentenced in the Singapore fifth court yesterday to imprisonment and detention in the Reformatorv, respectively, for robbing Singapore schoolboy; in New Bridge Road. The elder
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    Captured Italian General
    28 7 Among the many prisoners of war captured in Lybia is an Itaiian general, Major-General Romolo La Strucci, who is shown here with a British olficer.
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    European Sent To Prison
    340 7 OBTAINED CREDIT WHILE BANKRUPT (From our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 14. p-OUND guilty on three charges of obtaining credit while still an undischarged bankrupt, R. g Walker, a European, formerly employed in a manufacturing company, was to-day sentenced to two months' simple imprisonment by Mr.
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    SULTAN OF PERAK'S BIRTHDAY
    65 7 Prom Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Nov. 14. THE Sultan of Perak celebrated his 53rd. birthday at Kuala Kangsar to-day. In view of the present situation, celebrations in the Royal town were moderate in scale and there were special prayers at the Übidlah Mosque this evening at
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    "EVERY DOLLAR HELPS"
    32 7 '•PVERY DOLLAR HELPS" is the title Of a talk to be given by Professor T. H. Silcock, professor at Rallies College from the Singapore Broadcasting Station to-night at 7.10.
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    DOG-SHOOTERS FOR EAST COAST ROAD
    72 7 QWNERS of unlicensed dogs In East Coast v Road, Katong, should do the needful if they do not desire their pets to be destroyed. At a meeting of the Rural Board yesterday, it was stated by a member that he had received several complaints about
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    European Aliens May Join The L.D.C.
    261 7 DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS TO HEAR APPLICATIONS THE ranks of tho Local Defence Corps in Malaya are now open to Europeans who are not British subject's. Frenchmen, Belgians and Hollanders will be amone the first to welcome this ep, as ever since the scheme for a
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    Barbed Wire & Malaria Risk
    131 7 Barbed Wire Malaria Risk AGREEMENT ON PREVENTION QjATISrACTORY arrangement.: are to be made to obviate the risk: of any outbreak of malaria in certain prats of the island, members of the Rural Board were told at a meeting held yesterday. This action follows recent complaints ot the blocking of drains
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    60 7 Two Sikhs, Sucha Singn and C-aj_. Sj.r.: had a charge of attempted housebreaking explained to them in the third court porterday. It is alleged Uiat they were attorrpiine to gain illegal entry into the Mou-m Cafe. Jalan Besar. on the evening of Nov. 11 The case was adjourned a week
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    Frontier With Thailand
    56 9 (From Our Own Correspondent, F Bangkok, Nov. ML RONTIEK traffic regulations between Malaya and Thailand exempting travellers entering Thailand from Malaya through the rronaer from provisions of the Immigration Act have been gaieUed. They are based on tbe-^ *J cft n »e of documents between the Governments
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    POST OFFICE MAIL LIST
    275 9 Mails close at the General Post Office as follows: TO-DAY Ad< n air 4 p.m. air 4 p.m. air 4 p.m. British Columbia surface 4 p.m., air 4 p.m. J? urma air 4 p.m. Canada surface 4 p.m., air 4 p.m. t£ylon surface 9 a_m., air
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    THE SINGAPORE C.-OF-C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION
    114 9 DAILY PRICES CURRENT Nov. 14, 13 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers No. IX R.S.S. Spot loose 39 1 39'> No. IX R.S.S. F.0.8. In cases November 40 -vo G.FA.Q. R.S.S. F.0.8. in bales November 39% 39 r F.A.Q. R.S.S. F.0.8. in bales November 39H 39V. C
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    LAW NOTICE FOR THE DAY
    88 9 Before The Hon'ble The Ag. Chief Justice in Court No. 1:— At 10.45 a.m. Map. Appeal Rex vs. Low Toh Cheng Judgment. At 11 a.m. Summonses in Chambers, etc. Before The Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pedlow in Court No. 3 at 11 a.m.:— Assizes Rex vs.
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    I.G.P. ADDRESSES SIKH POLICE CONTINGENT
    522 9 "TN the thousands of years In the 1 world's history, never has such a threat been made to the security of all that makes life worth living, as that which Hitler and his ally Mussolini are striving to implement." This was part of an address
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    Woman Fined On Charges Under Wartime Finance Regulations
    605 9 Woman Fined On Charges Under Wartime Finance Regulations UNNOTIFIED U.S. BONDS (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Nov. 14. "j LEAVE the penalty entirely in your honour's hands, but I wish to make this observation that failure to comply with these regulations is detrimental to the interests of this country in
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    Open Verdict On Soldier's Death
    413 9 MYSTERIOUS FALL FROM VERANDAH '117TLSON fell from the verandah of an upper storey cf his barracks to the pavement below and received the injuries which caxsed his death," said Mr. W. G. Porter, the Singapore Coroner, yesterday at an inquiry into the death of Thomas
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    REST BEAT EUROPEANS BY ONLY GOAL
    636 10 Women's Annual Poppy Day Hockey Match STOUT DEFENCE PREVAILS AGAINST LOSERS' ATTACK j> e> t 1 Europeans 0. COMMENDABLE defensive play in the face of determined and repeated attacks, coupled with rare opportunism on the part of M. Leembruggen, enabled the Rest to beat
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    Battling Sima And Milling In Return
    279 10 Battling Sima And Milling In Return BOXING PROGRAMME AT NEW WORLD A PROGRAMME of four bouts, in which some of the best boxers in "Talava have be?n matchej, is to be staged at the New World ar.ra on rr.day, Nov. 2i. Heading the card will be Battling Sima and Rush
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    TEAMS FOR SUNDAY'S INTER-CLUB GOLF
    159 10 "THE Sepoy Lines Golf Club will meet the Keppel Golf Club in a social match on Sunday on the Keppel Golf Club course. The following are the teams and starting times. Sepoy players mentioned first: 8.45 a.m. D. RoDer (24) and H. G. Turner (20)
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    HOCKEY OFF
    23 10 *T*HE hockey match, which was to have been played at Balestier yesterday between the CJ3.C. and the Hyderbad Regiment, was ear*—
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    SON OF FAMOUS TRUMPER A STATE FAST BOWLER
    315 10 WHEN international and interstate cricketing friends of the late Victor Trumper, great Australian batsman in .he early part of the century, found his sturdy young son, also Victor, fender of the surf than of cricket, they were amazed and disappointed, writes a
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    Padang Rugger
    33 10 A close-up of play in the loose in Tuesday's rugger match m the 'P-ftd™* in which a Cricket Club team >e»t the Police by 20 points to three. Free Press picture.
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    S. R. C. FIGHT A GALLANT LOSING BATTLE
    781 10 Hockey Notes La Brooy's Fine Performance In British Army Trial fN their first hockey defeat of the season, the Singapore Recreation Club stole this week's hockey limelight by reason of the magnificent fighting spirit they displayed. Although these notes anticipated that the
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    Teams For To-day's College Hockey
    91 10 THE following are the teams that will meet in the inter-College hockey fixture to be played at Bukit Timah to-day. Bully-off at 5.1-> p.m. Medical College: Dur^iratnam: Jaswant Sinsh, Swee Law: Hera Singh, Harban Sinsh, Theam Soo; I ian Kee, Kuldip Singh, F. A. C.
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    FRIENDLY BADMINTON
    63 10 THE following will represent the NA.A.FJ. Badminton Party In a friendly match against the Elite Recreation Union at the Highlight Badminton Party's court, No. 46 lowland Road on Sunday: Ong Bong Soo, Lim Ah Chang, Chan Boon Watt, Law Yin Fook, Soh Kim Hoe, Lim Hup Seng, Peck
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    Yacht Club Rowing Season Drawing To A Close
    665 10 TO-DAY'S SENIOR FOUr RACE MARKS TERMINATION; THE 1940 rowing season of the lioyal Sin..-. #IClub1 Club is drawing to a close, and the '<?! race for the Chiengmai ch^l!enp;e tronj n 0r termination. This race will be rowed at S r and
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      45 10 To-day's Sport: Events Hockey: S C~C ~n c Canning s C s R R E Chanri, sR *J 1 N vs A P C YMr. M( Office Club vs Police L. ground; Malaya ■E*"*' O p^» Ambulan-e. Tanßlin n Ni A A Regiment. Woodsvil| f
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