The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 14 December 1940

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    20 1 LATE SINGAPORE EDITION The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. ltK2ll. ZSTU. 1835 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, IMO. S CENTS
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    Roosevelt Toj Meet Duke Of Windsor?
    158 1 Miami. l>ec. 13. orrounte the movement* i M of Windsor and Pre.^lt. >i Windsor, who is ncl Commander-in-chief of imas, left in a United plane at -U0 aon. (130 to-day for an unstated i on important official busi- j parv od by Capt. Drury.
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    Italian Submarines Leave Tangier
    43 1 Irted from Tangier that the mi submarines there left thii morning. The sub-A-hich were chased into the by the Royal Navy, had been unrepairs since the beginning rr.ber. and were granted addi e in accordance with The •ntion. Reuter
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    Submarine Sinks Nazi Supply Ship
    39 1 I .m doii. Dec. 13. Admiralty iKmununknie states mat the submarine Sunfish has >unk a German supply s*»»P and damaged a German oil tanker, kg* of about 4.i## tons, off the N«»r*r.si.iii coast.- Reuter
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    BATTLE REACHES LIBYAN FRONTIER
    758 1 Admission In Rome Official Communique 5 GENERALS, THOUSANDS MORE PRISONERS TAKEN Cairo, Dec. 13. THE fact that the battle of the Western Desert is now being fought on the Libyan frontier, which is 45 miles west of Sidi Barrani, is announced in to-day's Italian High Command
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    Big Blood Purge Imminent, View Of U.S. Author
    156 1 New York, Dec. 13. rpHE belief that an "Italian blood purge of similar proportion to Hitler's (which he forecast in 1934) Is imminent" was expressed in a sensational broadcast by Johannes Steel, the well-known author and commentator, to-day. Mr. Steel said: "A
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    Rebel Activity In Italian East Africa
    40 1 London, Dec. 13. nr"HE fact that rebel activity in Italian East Africa, including Abyssinia, is on the increase is the belief in military circles in London, gathered from information now in their possession Reuter
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    Thailand Arrests
    98 1 Fis reported from Bangkok that a civilian official of the Thai general staff and a major on the active list have been arrested for selling secret military plans to the French. The Bangkok radio yesterday issued a warning to the population of Thailand against fifth column activities. Occasional
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    FRESH GREEK SUCCESS IN COASTAL SECTOR
    164 1 London, Dec. 13ANOTHER Greek success in AiW* to Reported from Athens to-day The Brittoh United Press saysM that It V TOe a nort has no nrst-cla« harbour H«t it nrcht have offered a Ime or e«a^ for the Italians retreating from the coastal sector.
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    OPEN CONFLICT BETWEEN ARMY AND PARTY IN ITALY
    396 1 London* Dec. 13. THE heavy defeats suffered by Italian arms in recent weeks in Albania, in the air and at sea, which have now been followed by a British victory "of the first order** in the African theatre of war, have aroused
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    Hitler, Ribbentrop On Mystery Mission
    34 1 New York, lie*. 13. lITIJnt and Ribbentrop, Germn Foreign MmisUr have left Berlin tor an iinknown Ues1 1 nation, according to a Colombia broadcasting system oromdca.'rt from Berlin.- Reuter
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    Immediate Gandhi-Jinnah Talk Urged
    133 1 Allahabad, Dec. 13. AN immediate meeting between Mr. Gandhi and Mr. M. A. Jinnah, head of the Moslem League, Is suggested in a statement issued by Sir TVj Sapru, the well-known political leaac: Sir TeJ Sapru says tho txo leac should (1> Discuss the silu.-.Ui/ii in
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    Informing Malayans Of Air Raid Casualties
    227 2 COLONIAL OFFICE TO HELP WITH a view to relieving anxiety which residents in the Colonies must feel regarding the safety of their relatives in the United Kingdom while air raids continue, the Secretary of State has had under consideration the question whether it would
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    FUNERAL OF MADAM CHAN TECK NEO
    110 2 'Prom Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, D«c IS. *T*HE funeral took place at the Bukit Gedong cemetery to-day of Madam Chan Teck Neo, widow of the late Mr. Yeo Thin Hye. pioneer planter of Malacca, who died last Saturday at the residence of her son»in-law,
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    37 2 It is notified in the Government Gazette that Good Books, Pictures and Works of Art, Ltd., will be struck off the Register of Companies at the expiration of three months unless cause is shown to the contrary.
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    Small Fighters Draw Crowd
    133 2 SIX BOUTS AT HAPPY WORLD DROMOTER C. B. Tan's second effort in minor fight promotions at the Happy World covered stadium last night was very successful. It drew a good crowd and every one of the six fights provided plenty of thrills although there were no
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    POLICE BAND
    45 2 r PIIE Band of the Straits Settlements Police will perform under the direction of Mr. J. C. Hitch at Katonj? Park at 5.30 p.m. on Monday at Farrer Park at 5.30 p.m. on Wednesday, and at Botanic Gardens at 5.30 p.m. on Thursday.
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    Japanese Leaders Split Over Axis Policy
    210 3 MATSUOKA SAID TO HAVE LOST FAVOUR IN PRO-NAZI CAMP Wr Tn Tokio, Dec. 18. *!f ."P" 1 »PPTO«ch of the opening session of the r~i™£i *fu ru s» oured th there wfll be an early major reshuffle of the Konoye Cabinet— as an expedient
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    Nazi Supply Ship Hit In R.A.F. Attack
    238 3 Nazi Supply Ship Hit In R.A.F. Attack OOCKS BOMBED A T BREST London, Dec 13. R tri visited the inrasion port* direct hit wu scored *mt* ~"> l y Bhip ofl 1 S^Ministry, announcing this states that a small formation the Coastal Command r.itfd the enemy-octypied port where they successfully
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    BRITONS TO LEAD A MORE SIMPLE LIFE
    140 3 London. Dec. IS. THf Bri:i*t. public is going to live a more *irae HI hi future, said Lord Woolton. o' Food, speaking at the inaugurai a nin^-penney lunch to-day. Lord Woolu*i tdded" that food was a munir war and in the deliberate effort
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    Outburst Over Aid To China
    152 3 A™™™ Tokio, Dec. 12. FURTHER indication ot Joint Anclo- American pressure agamsr Japan is seen by the Asahi Shlmbun. In a leader, the newspaper declares that. the new British loan of £10.000.000 10 Cbungfcinf has been synchronised with tne Prtwnfattin of American restrlctitms on Irou
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    SUSTAINED ACTS OF GALLANTRY
    164 3 London, Dec. IS. SUSTAINED acts of gallantry in unusual circumstances have earned the award of George Medals to two farm workers who over a period ol nine weeks continued daily to thresh corn while under direct fire from Iresh coast machine-gun lire from raiding aeroplanes and
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    Sheffield Bombed By Raiders
    137 3 London, Dee. IS. LAST night enemy air activity was directed chiefly against Sheffield and Sheffield area. This was the first time when Sheffield has suffered a comparatively heavy attack. The Air Ministry says that a number of buildings was destroyed in the town, and roads damaged
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    U.S. Presidential Election Figures
    84 3 New York, Dec. 13. COMPLETE return of the presidential election show the largest poll in the history of the United States. A total of 49 808.624 people voted compared with 45.226,455 in 1936. pUrtdent Roosevelt received 27 241.939 votes compared with 27,476--jvn in the previous election.
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    25 3 a n.i.tirr which with Hurricanes and Spitfires. 7 "Lw;, oV" ucT te ihT •r rf ri2JL e Ta l rwSr^ TSSff w?« m««» spe<<l rf
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    Sir John Latham Interviewed
    220 3 Shanghai, Dec. IS. CIR John Latham, nrst Australian Minister to Japan, gave a press conference here on his way to take up his post. Sir John. Australian Chief Justice Is on leave from that post. Formerly he was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister without Portfolio as
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    JAPANESE BID TO WIN SHANGHAI ELECTION
    80 3 Shanghai, Dec IS. A LEADING Japanese businessman inter A viewed here toy the Shanghai Evening Post states the Japanese community is makixig a determined campaign to win the next municipal elections in the spring in an endeavour to obtain control of the Municipal Council
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    FRENCH PILOT TURNS TABLES ON ENEMY
    189 3 London, Dee. 12. rpHB pilot of the Free French air force fly--1 ing with a R.A.F. Spitfire squadron has fought a battle with German fighters over the French coast. Attacked by two Messerschmitts 109, states the Air Ministry news service, he quickly turned the
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    27 3 Canberra, Doe. 13. •THE first draft of Australian airmen select- ed for training in Southern have disembarked at a South African port. It is officially announced.- Reuter
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    Mutinies In Wang's Army
    78 3 London, Dec 11. MOSCOW radio has «uoted reports of Increasingly frequent mutinies in the army of Wwif Chmg-wei. Tke first battalion «f this army ma timed at Anhwei on Not. 29 and Joined the army of the National Government with a large •aantity of aroM and
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    Graziani's Plans Cut To Ribbons
    307 3 LONDON COMMENT ON SIDI BARRANI London, Dec. IS. TpHE British victory in the Western j Desert of Egypt is warmly acclaimed in all the London newspapers, which emphasize that Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell's (Middle East C-in-C.) exploit has dramatically relieved Britain of any further anxiety
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    STOP PRESS
    435 3 Miami, Dec 13. Tiic Duke at Windsor's destination is betteved here to foe Wassau harbour to confer with Mr. Roosevelt on general matters. He is expected to return to Miami late to-day. London, Dec. 13. It m believed fn well-informed circles thai the K.A.F., la their constant attacks
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    Nazis Repudiate Necessity For Hoover Plan
    176 3 Lmdon, Dec. 13. rpHE decision of the British Gov- eminent not to agree to any lifting of the blockade Tor any country under German domination which was announced by late Lord Lothian on Wednesday, has been followed by the issue of a report by
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    TOKIO CLAIMS AFTER AIRFIELD BOMBING
    82 3 Tokio, Dec. 12. rPHE claim that 44 Chinese planes, including 22 Soviet-built fighters, were destroyed on the ground is made by the Domei news agency. The agency says that a Japanese air squadron raided Siangyang. 100 miles west of the Yunnan provincial capital of Kunming,
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    Heavy Nazi Lasses In Norway
    119 3 L-indun. Dec. IS. SPEAKING at Dundee las: night Pro lejsor Koht, Norwegian Foreign Minister, said that durln* the Norwegian campaign 30.000 German joldiers fell on Norwegian soil, whfle another 30.000 German* met their death at sea. It seemed almost incredible that against such larce German
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    Parcels For War Captives Held Up
    60 3 London, It* 13 MORE than 150.000 parcels address** to prisoners of war in Germanj are held up between the Spanish frontier and Geneva. This was stated at a meeting of the Dufce of Gloucester's Red Cross Fund in London, when ii was announced tha:
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11. 1940. Loans To China
    666 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11. 1940. Loans To China DEFLECTED in the huge credits for Chungking is the confidence of both Great Britain and the United States in the ultimate result of the Sino-Japanese conflict. For more than three years, Gen. Chiang Kai-shek, whom Britain, United States and
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    Malayan's "Night Out" In The Capital
    1672 4 A Letter From London [From Our Own Correspondent London, Nov. 7. BELIEVE me, it was not for pleasure that I found myself in the centre of London after ten o'clock one night this week. Teh buses had stopped running for several hours, tor our
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    A.R.P. IN CHUNGKING
    611 4 Y\RGANIZED to supplement the police and fire brigade in serving the Chungking populace during air raids, the Joint Board of Air Raid Relief has 7,800 members in 260 unite. They are all volunteers who work without pay. After the bombings of May 3 and 4, 1939, staff
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    Schoolchildren Present "The Blue Bird"
    2183 5  -  MARY HEATHCOTT Free Press Feature By -c£DAY*S and Thursday's rsf The Blue m'a School were very bv audiences of ::dren. about 150 people preporformance, and there show to be given on Bird" is played in four been adapted by Mrs. principal of the school. .vtre
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    Children In Danger Areas
    135 6 /VNE million children are still in England's "danger 5 areas because their parents refuse to evacuate them. The Parliamentary Secretary to the Education Board (Mr. J. Chuter Ede) said this recently. "The parents' attitude has created a difficult problem." he -\dded. Mr. Ede denied that because
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    "Thumbs Up" Signal The "Amazing British"
    73 6 Huge crowds followed Mr Winston Churchill, when he inspected the damage and bomb craters in the Citv. Mr Churchill asked the crowd if they were downhearted, and cries of "No" were heard from one and all. "Thumbs Up" cried someone anJ I hJL »l*
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    Britons Will "Live Hard" To Deliver Big Blow At Italy
    613 6 A WARNING to Britons that they must prepare to "live ri hard and that next year would "see the start of a great offensive against Italy was 'recently given by the Food Minister (Lord Woolton). Even more drastic food rationing
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    Christmas Broadcast From Bomber
    222 6 Christmas Broadcast From Bomber IttpHRISTMAS under fire will be the theme of the 8.8.C. Christmas Day broadcast to Australia. It will include a broadcast from Australian airmen on active patrol in a Sunderland bomber. After opening with hymns in Canterbury Cathedral, the scene moves to a country house, in which
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    "Give All Aid As Outright Gift" Urges N.Y. Paper
    747 6 "Give All Aid As Outright Gift" Urges N.Y. Paper IN times as tensely critical as these the one co 1 astrous than having no policy at all is to m re k policy and then fail to apply it. The United Slated UpOn J upon its policy— all aid to
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    OWNER OF ISLAND MENTIONED IN DISPATCHES
    228 6 OWNER OF ISLAND MENTIONED IN DISPATCHES LIEUTENANT Hugo Brassey. one of the original entrants to the anti-submarine school of the Australian Navy in February, 1939, and one of the first graduates from the school to (a overseas, has been mentioned in dispatches for pood service in motor torpedo boats operating
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    CHUNGKING URGES LOCAL CHINESE TO JOIN THE VOLUNTEERS
    276 7 Duty To Perform In Case Of Emergency" addressed to the Chinese Chamber of Singapore, the Overseas Chinese Department jrldng Government draws attention to the military training in the present world urges that overseas Chinese should avail ry opportunity for joining the Volunteer
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    "Malayans Not Air-Minded"
    144 7 "Malayans Not Air-Minded" BARNES TO CARRY 0 PLANE SERVICE N thai Wearne's Air j linking up Malaya's j owns, should be stopped I Mr E. Keating at the meeting of Wearne yesterday when he aid of directors to r it was worth the service. d out that aline had been
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    No PASSENGERS FOR SOUTH AMERICA
    40 7 Maru. which from Japan yc^tcr- South America, included v on thJi outward hovtrcr, call at Cap* 3 for this k th:it <.hr g neittWf cargo nor i a ih? majority -marking at Singapore a .\frica.
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    PROFESSOR CULLIS AND AMBULANCE BRIGADE
    33 7 ft of the St. John v -ide will be addressed by Cullis at the College of day at 5.30 p.m. The s that as many members iMI iMni,
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    MEETING OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
    145 7 AT a meeting of Singapore Justices of the Peace held in the Council Chamber for the purpose, amongst other things, of nominating a list of six Justices from whom three are Ito be selected by the Governor to be mem- bers of the Committee
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    CHARGE REDUCED TO CAUSING HURT
    106 7 "VINE Tamils who claimed trial several w»eks ago in the third court to a cnarge of attempted Murdti of Sinnas3my by throwIng him Into a pond in the kampong of Pctong Pasir. off Upper Serangoon Road, on Nov. 13. cluimed trial again yesterday when the
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    AN OLD LAG
    58 7 A 32-year-old Chinese. Llm Hock Seng, admitting previous convictions, was sentenced to four months' rigorous imprisonment to be followed by six months' police supervision, when he was convicted in the thin! court yesterday of stealing two pillows, a blanket, and a bedsheet f rora a house In
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    TO-MORROW'S WEDDING
    63 7 MISS EUNICE A. LEE, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Lee, of Singapore, will be married to Mr. Wong Peng Tong, the son of Mrs. S. N. Wong, of Johore, at the Seventh Day Adventist Church at four o'clock to-morrow. The Rev. W. W. B. Lake
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    29 7 The granting of a commission as Sublieutenant in the Straits Settlements Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve to Mr. Harold Edward Holwell has been confirmed, states a gazette notification published yesterday.
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    From Reformatory To Prison
    94 7 •VOU appear not to have liked the reformatory. Now you will have the chance to find out the difference between reformatory and prison/' With this comment Mr. L. C. Goh, the Singapore fifth magistrate, yesterday sentenced a 15-year-old Hainanese youth, Ho Boon Soi, to two weeks'
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    EX-LESSEE OF A CABARET
    278 7 Refused Discharge From Bankruptcy AN application for a discharge from bankruptcy by a man who had been lessee of the Happy World cabaret and whose liabilities amounted to about $50,000 was refused by Mr. Justice Manning in the High Court yesterday. The judge told the bankrupt,
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    Volunteers From New Zealand
    56 7 Soldiers of the Empire stand in the fore-front of Britain s fight for freedom. Among the most eager to see the downfall of Nazidom are these volunteers from New Zealand who have travelled thousands of miles to take part in the Battle of Britain, and are
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    FLYING BACK TO PARENTS
    238 7 Big School Vacation In Australia EAGER to have their children with them during the Christmas holidays, many Malayan parents whose sons and daughters are schooling in Australia, have arranged that they shall fly back to Singapore. Already many rosy-cheeked youngsters are arriving back in Malaya, some
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    SHANGHAI'S CHRISTMAS GIFT TO TROOPS
    83 7 Shanghai, Dec. 13. TIHE equivalent of £3,520 11s. has Deen 1 collected for the Central British War Fund in a Christmas appeal here. A total of £875 erch has been remitted to the Royal Navy, British Army, Royal Air Force and the Allied Forces in
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    IMPROVED HEALTH IN EASTERN PORTS
    102 7 ALL Eastern parts were free from human plague for nearly five months, states the latest bulletin Issued by the League of Nations Eastern health bureau. Improvement in the cholera situation in Hong Kong, Macao and Shanghai is also reported. It is stated that there was
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    20 7 Mr. Peter Drummond Lawson, Senior Customs OflQcer, Malayan Customs Service, has been appointed a Justice of the Peace for Singapore.
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    Food From Britain: New Order
    470 7 A SLIGHT change in the procedure in importing certain articles of food from the United Kingdom has come into force with the publication in the Gazette yesterday of revised rules and regulations. It was announced some time ago that the United Kingdom Government had decided
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    Lighter Sunk By Mine: Sole Survivor's Story
    378 7 ONE DEAD, THREE MISSING COLE survivor of the crew of a tongkang (lighter) which was blown up by a mine in the sea off Singapore on Dec. 2, Lui Boh Doo, a 44-year-old Hainanese lighterman, told his story to Mr. W% G. Porter,
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    S.S.V.F. OFFICERS
    141 7 rE following notifications concerning officers of the Straits Settlements Volunteer Force are gazetted: Major W. A. Aeria. E.D.. has been transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Capt. (acting Major) H. J. Rae has relinquished the acting rank of Major on ceasing to command the Singapore Royal Artillery (Volunteers)
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    Jade Hidden In Suitcase
    180 7 PASSENGER FINED FOR "EXPORT" ATTEMPT TOR attempting to export 747 pieces of jade worth $580 without a permit. Toh Lok Fun alias Toh Koh Leong, 40-year-old Cantonese, was fined $100. or two months' simple imprisonment, in the Singapore fourth court yesterday. Court Inspector S. Dodds, who
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    OBTAINED MEDICINE in DECEPTION
    110 7 pOR dishonestly inducing a man to give him $72 worth of medicine by pretending h« had Instructions to buy medicine for Chop Ban Seng, Tan Sok Hwee, 27, was sentenced to five weeks' rigorous imprisonment bv the third magistrate Mr. Oon Khye Kianc yesterday. Ta I
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    PETITION AGAINST INCOME TAX
    101 7 VYTE are asked to state that the dusinp If date for the signing of the local petition against income tax has been fixed as Saturday. Dec. 21, at 2 p.m. Signatures may be recorded at the following places: In Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Hill Street
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      426 8 MANSFIELD C^Tu? BLUE FUNNEL iW Frequent Sailings r 0 Uniteo Kingdom Qo guaranteed, all cargo ooklngs subject <*, War Clauses t0 <*«»* J* WESTERN A^STR Al|A THE SHORTEST SEA ROUTE THt Q Regular Services to re mantle Perth, tS7 f class oas«en R er ships Single fare $192 I a
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    Police Appeal By Wireless
    378 9 CALL FOR WITNESSES OF A FIGHT A N appeal to a European who is attack on witnessed an He ifn a Chin ese whose body was later found in a sack burial near Mcßitchie Reservoir £> get *n £e HpTJH 1 the D Su P«rintendent of
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    Ipoh Breach Of Trust Case Postponed
    161 9 From Our Om Correspondent Ipoh. Dec. 12. I J. CATT, until recently manager of the Ipoh branch of John Little and Comoany. Ltd., again appeared in the first r.*a.t: ist rate's court, before Mr. A. W. Hay. on an amended charge of criminal breach
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    ASIATIC VOLUNTEER AIR CORPS PROJECT
    80 9 (Prom Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh. Dec. 13. A PROPOSAL, to form an Asiatic volunteer air corps in Perak will be discussed at a meeting on Sunday at the Hotel Majestic. It is understood the project will depend on funds collected from residents of Perak for
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    TRAINING BEGINS NEXT WEEK OF PERAK L.D.C.
    74 9 (Prom Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh. Dec. 12. TRAINING of the Perak Local Defence Corps will begin on Monday when recruits will parade for the first time at the headquarters of the Perak Battalion, Ipoh There will be similar parades In Taiping and Tapah
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    THE SINGAPORE C.-OF-G RUBBER ASSOCIATION
    92 9 DAILY TRICES CURRENT Dec. IS, 12 •'clock noon Buyers Sellers No IX R.S.S. Spot loose 38% 38% No. IX R.S.S. PO.B. to cases December 38% 3»}fe GF.A.Q 8.5.8. F.0.8. to bales December 38% 3»/& P.A.Q. R.S.S, P.0.8. to bales December 38% sot* C Blanket Crepe
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    Week Of Boxing, Rugby, Soccer, Hockey & Whist
    2327 9  - Week Of Boxing, Rugby, Soccer, Hockey Whist Nomad In The Garrison By THE Middlesex Cup competition, the finals of which will be fought out at Tanglin on Thursday of next week, will lose much of its attraction by the withdrawal of the Heavy Regiment, Fortress R.E. and the Argyll and
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      236 9 ■g^APVEBTISEMEIITS jh.NDKKS |^*^U'ORE I ML MCIPALITY I r.ndors. I aoa invited for the I or services. For I -:«u renders I BtaCM Pha^e A. C. I 230 Volts. 5C I z. 4 on. Jan. I ird High Pressure I Date of Closing. I 4 d m.. Jan. 6 1941 I
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      179 9 I Order delicious Magnolia I I Ice Cream for your next 1 I "Social"... order it this' I I convenient and money I I saving way 1 mjiflin^ Organisers of social functions will lind ordering ■Kliii their ice cream by the gallon both economical and convenient. For instance, one gallon
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      158 9 "OST OFFICE MAIL LIST Lieneral Post Office 2 p.m. air noon Brian ..surface 1.30 p.m. air noon Chuan Shanghai surface noon air 2 p.m. surface noon surface noon air 2 p.m. surface 1.30 p.m. air noon air 2 p.m. surface 1.30 noon >urfare noon air 2 p.m. sibu surface 1.30
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      163 9 Garrison Diary To-day J)anrrs at R.A.A I RJU (No. Z Area), R.E. fulau Rrani), Manchesters and R.K. (Changi) Sergeants' Messes. Social and gram, dance, R.A. (Changi; Sergeants' Messes. To-morrow: Tomobola at Loyals (930), Nee Soon. R.E. and R.A. (Changi) Sergeants Messes. Monday Whist drives at R.A.F. (Seletar) Married Families Club,
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    To-day's State Hockey
    303 10 AROKIASAMY NOT AVAILABLE SINGAPORE meet SelanfOr today in the first inter-state hockey match to be played In Sinrapore this season, and a right royal game is expected. Both teams have formidable sides, and no quarter will be asked for or given. The advantage perhaps is slightly in
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    MAXFLI B.P. WIN 7—l
    155 10 rpHE Maxfli Badminton Party beat the Electron Badminton Party last Sunday in a friendly match of five singles and lour doubles at their own court. Upper Serangoon Road, by seven games to one. The last doubles tie was abandoned owing to failing light. Results. Maxfli mentioned
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    SWIMMING CLUB WIN
    28 10 •T'HE Singapore Swimming Ciub beat .hs Y.M C.A. by four goals to two in a game of wa:er-polo played at the club pool en Thursday.
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    S.R.C. BEAT AIRMEN BY FOUR CLEAR GOALS
    354 10 S. R.C. BEAT AIRMEN BY FOUR CLEAR GOALS S.K.t 4; K.A.F. (Seletar) PARTICULARLY fast hockey, vigor ously contested, was played on th* padang yesterday when the S. R. C. met and defeated the R.A.F. <S^?e.ar> by four clear goals. While there was no doubt that the bt'JL team won, the
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    RYE SEAMUS AND QUICK MONEY BEST
    1441 10 Final Day Of Selangor Winter Race Meeting DYE SEAMUS and Quick Money should be the two 1V best bets of the day, this afternoon, the final day of the Sclangor Turf Club's Winter meeting. Both have good form this meeting to recommend them, and
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    CHUNG WAH SOCCER
    91 10 '•TOE following have been invited to rinK^L' 01 C ung Wah Football Club against the Pest Office Club at Farrer Park to-morrow-Lee Pak Toug, Oon Yoon Sin; Boon Sosn San, Chan Ah Ban, Chan Siew ?w." i U H Guan Cno *Sl Chye: Lee Hong Siew, Yan
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    SELECTIONS FOR TO-DAY
    125 10 SELECTIONS for to-day's Selangor races are FREE PRESS Race 1. Stone Ginger, Davis Cap. Race 2. Rye Seamus, Young Ginger. Race 3. IJsadin, Fair King. Race 4. Quick Money, Judith Anton. Race 5. Treasure, Metro. Race 6. Contango, Distinguished. Race 7. Kerrena, Kentucky. Race 8. The Needles,
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    Club Outclass Old Boys In Padang Rugby
    440 10 SCOTT IN FORM S.C.C. 18; SJMXBA. J. OUTCLASSED in every department of the game, the St. Andrew's Old Boys' Association were beaten by 18 points (three goals and a try), to three (a try), by a Singapore Cricket Club side in a game
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    Post Office Win By Odd Goal
    183 10 Post Office 2; S.C.C 1. DLAYINO on the padang yesterday, the Post Office Club beat the S.C.C. I second team by two goals to one in a keen game of hockey. All the goals were scored in the first half. Early in the game
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    Wanderers Meet Blues At Rugger To-day
    483 10 A RUGGER match which crowd will be played a when the Army Wanderers 1 Blues, meet. Each team ha series of matches arranged in aid of war charities. I Given a fine day and good conditions, the game should produce faster and finer rugger
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    HOME RACING DECLINE
    89 10 Winnino ft, Totals Slu mp £30.000; BSt't&'gl between €10.000 and tnl **i Practically everv \L *1" show a y cSSMeSSfJL N ning into la-g,. sum? It ii likely that .h to toe succeLiuf r r J F*irm*y, although hL wiSP'"' the season har^n o^i? 11 N Dorothy
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    SIAMESE CUP WON BY MRS. BURNETT
    43 10 THE final of the Island Club's Suun- 1 1 ese Cup was played between Mrs i M. S. L. Burnett and Mrs. K. S. Morgan yesterday and resulted in 9 win for' Mrs. M. S. L. Burnett.
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    RENT BOARD REJECTS OWNERS PLEA
    69 10 AN application by a landlord to tut J rent of three houses ic Teskerjobc Bui from $29 to $33 e*c h per month "bwmi the high cost of llvm*: was ref. Rent Assessmt-rr Board yfstifoa: Mr. Murray M Jac*. the PrBoard, said thai the coct
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      61 10 -TH E ROYAL BAKE «Y BAKES Flit BR EAO AND CAMS* 1 0 CLOCK L cl4 ia^e teatime iuou ■»a J>^aii if .sc. ving dainty Royal Bakery Cakes. Then is a large variety to choose from-dnlerent s-^ flavours, colours and shapes All Cakes are made fresh daily in our Modem
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      48 10 Week-End Sports Events TO-DAY ilu..f\ Singapore vs. Selangor, S.C.C; Police v>. Ned^r lands team, Depot; Singapore Hornets vs. Mount, in Ra.tery, Naval Base. Rugger: Wanderers vs. Blues, Jalan Besar stadium: R A.A.F., Reds, vn Navy. Seletar. TO-MORROW Hockey: Britbli Army Officers vs. RAF. OTi-'ers. A.P.C. ground. Paya Lrbar.
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      54 10 SINGAPORE BADMINTON TIES FOR WEEK-ENH TIBS m ihf Singapore 'ifrtm. pionahips to be pUyed 1* TO-DAY AT J.15 mm Mea Open DouU«» HiuJ Tee and Low SiaJc ChuAc iUi^mi S. Ahmad fcbtta Eclipse;. Inter -club SIMiW AriUK Inler-clab— Rriipw B.p n /mm Athletic union; 2.15 p.m. Min?*'- vs. T T
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