The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 3 January 1941

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    21 1 LATE SINGAPORE EDITION The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 16,?86. 2STD. 1835 FRIDAY, JAM ARY 3, 1941. 5 CENTS
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    MORE BOMBS ON EIRE: BRITONS KILLED
    311 1 One Missile Already Identified As German MANY INCENDIARIES DROPPED, SAYS OFFICIAL STATEMENT Dublin, Jan. 2. \JOKK bombs wore droppe:! on Eire territory early this V1 morning. Hiffh explosive and incendiary bombs dropped last night killed and seriously injured a number of British people. One
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    Main Struggle In Albania This Week-end
    244 1 Main Struggle In Albania This Week-end London, Jan. 2. be recent heavy fighting a; retire but ominous quiet d on both sides of the front yesterday, writes special correspondent on •anian frontier. vealhet has also changed, therly winds bringing rain j the keen north winds ..re melting the snow. At
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    Bulgarian Premier Going To Vienna
    53 1 London, Jan. 2. TIIE Bulgarian Prime Minister, M. FilofT. is expected m Vienna to-day. He passed through Belgrade last nigh:. The projected vi>it to Vienna has come as a complete surprise to Balkan political circles. It is stated that this trio is "necessary fcr reasons
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    ITALIAN CABINET TO MEET TO-MORKOW
    23 1 London, Jan. 2. AN Italian cabinet meeting will be held on Saturday, according to th? Berlin radio. Reuter
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    Pacific Raiders & Admiralty Code
    69 1 Pacific Raiders Admiralty Code Canberra, Jan. 2. THE Australian Na-v Minister, Mr. W. M Hughes, stated that the Naval Board is investigating: statements by survivors that the Nazi Pacific raiders possess information indicating that they know the British Admiralty code for communicating with merchant shipping. Interviews with survivors give no
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    R.A.F.'s 3-Hour Hammering Of Bremen
    246 1 R.A.F.'s 3-Hour Hammering Of Bremen INCENDIARY BOMBS START BIG FIRES London. Jan. 2. HPHE R.A.F. hammered Germany hard last night and Bremen came m for a particularly severe battering. The Germans were to some extent paid back m own coin m a heavy R_AJ\ Wid on Bremen last ni?.ht. It
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    BURMA IMPOSES DUTY ON RICE TO INDIA
    43 1 New Delhi, Jan. 2. IT is understood that from yesterday the Government of Burma imposed duty on rice exported to India of two annas three pies per maund m accordance with the 1937 trade regulations.— Reuter
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    Italians Trapped At Bardia
    108 1 BRITISH PREPARING FOR FINAL ASSAULT London, Jan. 2. O AUDI A can be regarded as pretty well cut off and there are no means of escape for the Italian I troops apart from the fact that a few might be able to trickle through the British
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    BRITISH & ENEMY SEA & AIR LOSSES COMPARED
    389 1 BRITISH ENEMY SEA AIR LOSSES COMPARED London, Jan. 2. A DETAILED analysis of figures of British and enemy losses In air and sea warfare during 1940, now available, shows that 2,993 German aeroplanes were shot down over Britain at a cost of 847 British fighters. Gunfire accounted for 444 Nazi
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    PART OF NAZI AIR FORCE IN ITALY ROME ADMITS
    519 1 Dace's Corps In Battle Of Britain ''Repatriated 99 Rome. Jan. 2. CECTIONS of the German air force have arrived m Italy, states the official Italian news agency to-day. The agency quotes an order of the day issued by Gen. Pricolo, chief
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    WHY SPAIN OCCUPIED TANGIER
    404 1 WHY SPAIN OCCUPIED TANGIER Madrid, Jan. 2. •"piIE reasons for the Spanish oc- cupation of the international zone of Tangier were given by the Foreign Minister, Senor Suner. m an interview published m the review Haz. Asked what had been the reaction of other powers to Spain's action. Senor Suner
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    Death For Traitors In Australia
    55 1 Canberra, Jan. 2. ""TRAITORS or spies will earn the death penalty if caught m Australia." declared Mr. W. M. Hughes, Attorney-General and Navy Minister, m an interview today. Mr. Hughes added: "If any traitor believes that a term of imprisonment will follow his detection he
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    Hitler May Try To Seek Decision This Spring
    832 2 GENERAL SMUTS' REVIEW OF PROBABILITIES London, Jan. 1. GENERAL SMUTS, tbe South African Premier, m 8 broadcast speech said: 'The year, m spite oi a Mack beginning, has ended on a cheerful note, ami as far as Mussolini is concerned, even on
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    FILM OF PHILIPPINES
    114 2 WITH a background of typical villages and beaches the Philippines-made dim "Minda Mora" which had a midnight too** 114 a Capitol on New Years Eve, mill be eiverallv re'eased soon In this production the directors nave ca-t tne stars of "Zamboanga" together again. Rosa del Rosario. Fernando
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    HOCKEY TOUR
    79 2 THE Naval Police hockey team will be touring Selangor and Malacca, leaving Singapore by the mail train to-night. The team will play a series of games m Kuala Lumpur, viz: Saturday against F.M.S. Railway Institute at Brickfields, Sunday against Selangor Club. Padang. Monday Selangor Chinese. S.C.R.C. Padang and
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    B.B.C. STAFF'S GIFT FOR SPITFIRE
    38 2 London, Jan. 2. r[E staff of the 8.8.C. has sent to Ijrd Beaverbrook, Minister for Aircraft Production, £5 000 for the purchase of a Spitfire for the R.A.F., to be named "Aerial.* Reuter
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    U.S. Now Willing To Ran Risk Of War In Giving Aid To Britain
    553 3 U.S. Now Willing To Ran Risk Of War In Giving Aid To Brita in Washington, Jan. 2. DKKSIDENT ROOSEVELTS 'lend and lease" plan for war I applies to Britain is confidently expected by observers here [m be approved by the new Congress which opens to-morrow. The general feeling m the
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    New U.S. Move In Navy Expansion
    36 3 Washington. Jan. 2. AMKRUAS plans for h«r own defen.t have bern augmented *iih an announcement that liners Mi t>ns. capable of being mi* rtfd in'o aircraft-carriers, will be built- Reuter
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    "Japanese Army Brought To Standstill"
    180 3 London. Jan. 2. me Minister of War. Gen. Yinq-ching. has issued an -stimate that during the three and half years of war, the Japanese ost 1 600.000 men killed and led There had been several ;e withdrawals m south-west md he considered that these be
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    Tide Has Turned" or-Gen. Debbie
    77 3 1 >e.d«>:i, J.tn. 2. MIL W G. S Dobbie lc \«e to the peop! The way to victor .re on the the future with ridence. I feel sure that Urn la 'urned." d gratitude to the fighta and the people of th" I would like
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    LONDON EXPOSES NEW (JERMAN LIE
    99 3 London, Jan. 2. A RECENT German communique claimed that m an air raid on England a gasholder had been exploded. It was stated ndon to-day that the type of gasholders a aae m Britain cannot explode. The worst that would haDpen was that escaping gas
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    GREEK PREMIER'S NEW YEAR MESSAGE
    91 3 Athens. Jan. 2. rOt wish that the New Year may be glorious for Greece, victorious for the Greek armies and happ* for the Greek people was expressed by Gen Metaxas, Greek Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief, m a New Year Droadcast to the Greek people. The
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    ANTI-NAZI SENTIMENT GROWS IN NORWAY
    75 3 London, Jan. 2. FEELING m Norway against measures taken by the Nazis m accordance with their policy of "protecting" the Norwegian people is dally becoming stronger, says the Norwegian telePh nunsw y of police have resigned rather than give the Nazi salute, while 16 members
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    Nazi Assurance To Italy
    94 3 London, Jan. 1. GERMANY and Italy are allied for life and death, delared Ribbentrop, the Nazi Foreign Minister, m a New Year message to Count Ciano, the Italian Foreign Minister, published m the Roersen Zeitung and broadcast by the Rome radio last night. Replying to his
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    BerlinOn Tokio's Role In Three-Power Pact
    151 3 BerlinOn Tokio's Role In ThreePower Pact London, Jan. 2. HTHE official German news agency last night came into the open on the question of what Germany expects Japan to do under the three-power pact. A statement quoted by an American commentator m Berlin says that apart from the enemy, Britain,
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    Nazis Continue Wanton Raids
    203 3 London, Jan. SEVERAL enemy aircraft were active! over widely separate districts of England and Wales last night, states an Air Ministry communique. A few bombs were dropped and m north-west England and the London area some houses were damaged. A .small number of people were killed
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    Man Who Painted Edward VII Dead
    50 3 London, Jan. 2. T^HE artist, Joseph Mordecai, who painted the last portrait of King Edward VII and the portraits of the b:e King George V, the Duke of Windsor, Lord Kitchener and m?ny other famcus peoole, has died at the age of 39.- Reuter
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    Skill Of Atlantic Flying Patrol
    405 3 Skill Of A tlantic Flying Patrol London, Jan. 2. j^ AF. flyingboats, showing an uncannny new skill, both m I their charges and m close on work, have just escorted by relays yet another convoy bound for the Unotsd Kingdom, Reuter's air correspondent h the Atlantic aerial patrol. 4 I
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    Educational Reforms After The War
    254 3 I.ondoo. Jan. 2. SWEi_PING plans for education alter the i war were revealed by the President of th** Board of Education, Mr. Herwald Fiamsbotham, at Exiord. Mr. Ramsbotham said that tbe mistakes made after the last war would not be repeated. There would be changes
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    Canadian Production At Record Levels
    104 3 Ottawa. Jan. 2. CANADA'S production has now reached record levels and, according v) presen- plans, "before the end of this year this country will be producing at the rate of some 70 per cent, greater than during the peak of our efforts m the last
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    NAZI GOSPEL DOOMED TO DEFEAT
    150 3 London, Jan. 2. fItHE picture drawn m Hitler's New -"ear I proclamation of an impoverished Germany m revolt against plutocrats must seem singularly unconvincing to the people of those countries of Europe whose resources are now being drained to supply the needs of an exacting
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    STOP PRESS
    226 3 Londsa. Jan. 2. Britain is to take immediate aiepa to deal with the danger from incendiary bombs following the big fire m London on Sunday evening. Tho Prime Minister, Mr Churchill, has approved tho Immediate establishment of a special organisation, to be called tho Fire Prevention Executive, to
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    Report Of French Fleets Departure Persist
    290 3 London, Jan. 2. DEPORTS of the departure of the French Fleet for North Africa persist. It is now stated that although some French warships remain at Toulon, most of the destroyers and submarines there are reported to have gone to Bizerta, Oran, Casablanca and
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    Turkey Is "Ready For War To-morrow"
    74 3 London, Jan. 2. HPHE Turkish radio has replied t* the I alian radio propaganda by declaring that Turkey is fully prepared for all eventual! ies, even for the declaration of war tomorrow. The Turkish radio also refers to the deterioration of relations between Russia
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    "Well Treated," Says Italian Prisoner
    67 3 Bombay. Jan. 2. EXCEPT four generals, all the It?lian prisoners which arrived here yesterday, fr^m the Western Deserc m Egypt, have been sent to Etamgafil lor detention. An Italian colonel, interviewed by Reuter. said: "We were very well treated." The prisoners were escorted from Egypt
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    Army Stands Sentinel For New Year
    230 3 London, Jan. S. PDR the British army, the year just closed, memorable as many of its incidents have been, has been no more than a prologue. Decisive evencj are to come. In the field of military training th* period since Dunkirk: has been one
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    38 3 London. Jan. z. T_IE Maharajah of Mysore m I warding a personal gift of £7.5 i)'» to the Lord Mayor of London's air raid fund pays tribute to the fortitude of rhe victims of German air raid* Reuter
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    The Singapore Free press Friday,january3,1941. Tax Inequalities
    662 4 The Singapore Free Press Friday,. January, 3, 1941. Tax Inequalities JT will be some time before local business interests are ready to express a considered opinion on the income tax bill, the draft of which was published this week. In the meantime, however, there has been no lack of comment
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    POLAND IN ENGLAND
    187 4 •pHE first Polish school m hi. for children of Polish refu» has been started at Ealing and has accommodation lor 1:»0. It wa. officially opened by Gen J Haller. who is the representative m Gen. Sikorski's Ministry of Polish Christian Democratic P. which Paderewski has always supported
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    Rhodesia Trains Australian Airmen
    703 4 Rhodesia Trains Australian Airmen THE arrival of the first draft of Australian Empire Scheme airmen selected for training m Southern Rhodesia at a South African port, marks an important development m Australian aviatior* history. It is yet too soon to estimate the intensity of the Commonwealth's war effort m helping
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    Wonders Achieved By Bombed Factories
    582 4 Wonders A ch ieved By Bombed Factories MAINTENANCE of the British Export Trade was the title of a recent broadcast talk from London by Frank Phillips. This, he said, is an economic war just as much as naval, military or aerial, and it is now that we can supply, and
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    Blood Transfusion Service Needs More Support
    1886 5  - Blood Transfusion Service Needs More Support MARY HEATHCOTT Free Press Feature By Dr. G. V. ALLEN, principal ol the College of Medicine, the organizer of the untary blood transfusion cmc, has been making an i nd-of-the-year summing-up. His figures are not m the least trtening. the Blood Transfusion could be
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    Anderson Shelters "All Blah"
    184 6 Anderson Shelters "All Blah" r\K. T. L Rose, who recently returned to Australia from l ondon, said that the people of England had found that the Xnrierson (surface) type of airraid shelter was of little value. Advocacy of such shelters m Australia was "all blah." Dr. Rose said that he
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    Spitfire Blows Messerschmitt To Fragments
    318 6 ""THE amazing destructiveness 1 of the latest Spitfire fighting plants is graphically described by Flight-Lieutenant Gordon Olive, of Brisbane, who recently chased and brought down a Messerschmitt 111. A 1 4- second burst of about 2,000 rounds from tbe Spitfire's eight guns disintegrated the Messerschmitt.
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    Italian "Rank & File" Would Rejoice To See End Of Fascist Regime
    524 6 Italian "Rank File" Would Rejoice To See End Of Fascist Regime "Bristling With Guns" yHERE is one thing of which Mussolini is fully aware. He has no job, from which he can retire on a pension. He either succeeds m everything or all is over, and to-day he is very
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    "Only One France" Says Gen. Weygand
    131 6 "Only One France" Says Gen. Weygand QENERAL Weygand, comman-der-in-chief of the forces m French North Africa, has reaffirmed his loyalty to Marshal Petain. Africa is one with France and Weygand is one with Petain," he told Jay Mien, of the North American Newspaper Alliance. "I am displeased with the trend
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    China Enters New Year More Confident Than Ever
    1274 6 News From Chungking By Our Chinese Correspondent ENCOURAGED by the material assistance she recently received from Great Britain, the United States and Soviet Russia, China enters upon the new year with greater confidence than ever of ultimate victory m her war of
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    EUROPEAN EX-EMPLOYEE ON $3,000 BREACH OF TRUST CHARGE
    742 7 EUROPEAN EX -EMPLOYEE ON $3,000 BREACH OF TRUST CHARGE Former Assistant Cashier Of Department Store TOTAL DEFICIT OF $17,000 ALLEGEDLY DISCOVERED NOTIFICATION fron London asking why the re mittMCCfl from their Singapore branch had fallen off m an examination of the private cash book and the ntual discovery of a
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    NEW SURGICAL UNIT OPENED
    44 7 The picture above shows par v oi the well-equipped laboratory of the new surgical unit, easting 881,000 which was opened at the Singapore General Hospital yesterday. On the left is Miss Woodyear Smith, sister m charge of the new unit.
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    $32,000 From Chinese Sent To London
    185 7 $32 ,000 From Chinese Sent To London TTHE handsome amount ot $32,000 has been contributed to the Lord Mayor .f London's Air Raid Relief Fund as a result of the special effort made by the China Relief Fund Committee oi Singapore on Dec. 7. This sum was made up of
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    CHINESE PAPER ON RESTRICTED LIST
    56 7 CHINESE writing paper, envelopes, account books, absorbsnc toilet paper and coloured papers «red, black, white yellow and green for religious purposes) are now listed among the items of restricted imports into the Colony by a Gaze-ie notification published yesterday. Another addition to the list of
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    Shelters Being Built In Kuala Lumpur
    163 7 Shelters Being Built In Kuala Lumpur (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 2. A R.P. plans m Kuala Lumpur are getting under way rapidly now. Construction has been started on air raid shelters m congested area*. In various parts of the town accommodation lor 40.000 people is to be
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    GOING TO CALCUTTA
    42 7 MR. Katsuo Olcozak!, new Japanese consul for Calcutta, arrived m Singapore lr m Japan yesterday by the Kashima M&ru. Mr. Okazaki, who is accompanied by his wif e and child, was formerly consul at Hong K.ng for 18 months.
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    SPITFIRE GIFT FROM PERAK TURF CLUB
    114 7 SPITFIRE GIFT FROM PERAK TURF CLUB Lord Beaverbrook's Cable Of Thanks 'jniE Perak Turf Clubs donation last month of an amount sufficient to pay for a Spitfire is gratefully acknowledged m a telegram to the club from Lord Beaverbrook, Minister of Aircraft Production. "Your gift for the purchase of Spitfire."
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    BAHAU STRIKERS RETURN TO WORK
    105 7 From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Jan, 2. T^HERE have been no further dis- turbances at Bahau m connection I With the labour strike on Ladang Gecides estate. Several men returned to work yesterday and some returned .c-dav. and still more are slowly diiftg back towards
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    104 7 A dance will be held m the Royal Interi national Club at 9 p.m. after the reception at the Istana Betar m honour of the Sultan of Johore and Lady Ibrahim on His Highness s return from Britain. An interesting talk on "Personalities m the Present War," was given by
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    Staggering Cost Of War: £5,000,000,000 In 1942?
    416 7 WAR under all circumstance involves, says the journal Britain Today, the frittering away of wealth, and under modern conditions on a colossal scale. It compels a nation to make inroads on its capital, spending it on the main tenance of fighting men who
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    INDIAN TROOPS'PART IN DESERT VICTORY
    649 7 INDIAN TROOPS' PART IN DESERT VICTORY 'Cool Determined Under Dive-Bombing Attack' (By A Special Correspondent) THE fighting quality of the Indian troops tvi* play so prominent a part m the defence of Italaya, and their adaptability to modern mechanized warfare, may oe deduced from the feats of their comrades m
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    18 Babies Born On New Year's Day
    157 7 EIGHTEEN babi< s were born m Mage pore's two Onusi—i m matenmv hospitals on New Years I Four were born at the Sepoy L il 'miemity hospital One of them, an Indian baby, was b m a: 12 08 m the morning and
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      352 8 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporatea m PMS) TELEPHONE* rTet*bl Mtt. PnSmiKt *U* jfcWADIAH PACIffIC SSHj^fegn (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 tt EMPRESS DUCHESS or MONT steamers to the United Kingdom.— All under
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    Great British Army Ready In Spring
    275 9 Great British Army Ready In Spring QISCUSSING the problem of train- ing raised by the concentration of large number of troops m Britain, the Yorkshire Post's military correspondent writes "Haying men m great quantities has simnimed the training problem as so many more instructors are available, while the B.E.F, units
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    MR. JINNAH'S MESSAGE TO MALAYAN MUSLIMS
    216 9 j JLIR. M. A. JINNAH. president of the All India Muslim league, has sent the 1 following message to the Muslims of Malaya. throueh the Dhesa Ncsan. tlie Penang weekly newspaper. Orvanizc yourselves, assemble ur.der one flag, speak from one platform and with one
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    PARANG'S NEW HIGH IN POPPY DAY COLLECTION
    81 9 f T r HE Poppy Day collections In Pahuiig. a which m recent years have shown a steady increase, amounted m 1940 to the unusually high total of $11,426.47. as against $6 265 32 in"1939. it is stated. This included $3,789.31 from Kuantan
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    TODDY TAPPERS STRIKE
    66 9 (.From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Jan. Z. TTODDY TAPPERS In Seremban have gone on strike, demanding an increase of wa_e rates from 8 cents pet gallon to 12 cents. The situation is being investigated. No further disturbances are reported at the Bahau rubber estate. Of the se\en
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    NEW YEAR HONOURS
    80 9 TN publishing the New Year Honours list m the Free Press, omission was made of the award of the Colonial Police Medal to Inspector Mohamed Hashim bin Mat, of the F.M.S. Police The Yen. Archdeacon Graham White, of Singapore, has been made an Officer of the Most
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    BEER AND STOUT LABELS FALSE
    154 9 4 *Of fence Prevalent In Singapore" TTrTIS type of crime is very pre- valent m Singapore and affectl Quite a large number of people because the beer and siout may be distributed through the medium of cafes." said Chief Court Inspector E. Tunn, m the
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    AXIS PEOPLE ARE WEAKENING
    183 9 •yHAT the German and Italian people are more and more impressed with .he usefulness and folly of the struggle, as well as with the dishonourable way m which it is being conducted, is the asser.ion cf the American newspaper Orlando Florida) Sentinel. "Hi'ler's support." it says,
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    LATEST LIST OF GIFTS TO MALAYA PATRIOTIC FUND
    539 9 THE Malaya Patriotic Fund m Its latest list reports receipt of $134,170.89, of which $21,225.04 had been previously acknowledged, up to the end of last month. The list include $1,000 donated "with good wishes from Sir Shen.on and Lady Thomas," and is
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    Man Admits Participation In Daring Daylight Hold-Up
    1088 9 $5,400 ROBBERY TRIAL'S ABRUPT ENDING Heroic Action Of Civilian^ THE trial of Quek Quee Ho, aged 22, who was alleged to have taken part m a daring daylight robbery hi Robinson Road or. Dec. 2. when a cashier of Shaw Bros. riding m
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    YESTERDAY'S RUBBER AUCTION
    138 9 T^HE Singapore Chamber of Com:i Rubber A; hi Id Mi I i auction verferday vhen then was catalogued 2.251.635 lh. 1005 I** tony 2.0§7.218 !b. KM L'<. been •••-Id 14*3 772 lb OOtJt tarn "'»T Loader New Vorl' »>-?u bBai hbr KiUbcd Smok-d Shret C>nt. Per lb.
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    GURU GOBIND SINGH'S BIRTH ANNIVERSARY
    163 9 SIKHS m Malay a will celebr.i c the 275 th birthday anniversary j! Guru Gobind Sinsh. th? befit). iof the Sikhs, to-morrow Skh hi ory reveals the gradu..) m ikfHf rod d^vr'rpm fit of ana i r n m the hands of ten successive leaders
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    Offers His Reward To War Fund
    140 9 OEGTPIENT of a Sl5 reward ordered by Mr. J. McFall. the Singapore Criminal District Judge, yesterday, "as a token for his public-spi-ited acli'»n Tan Chu*; Seng, an English-speaking firewood trader, offered the money as a gift to The War Fund. "Rather than take the
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      211 9 POST OFFICE MAIL LIST Mail, close at the Genera followr FRIDAY Aden Africa J British Columbia mg 4 Burma Canada J J Ceylon J China- Amoy. Can: < Chow Kiung Chow. Shanghai. S«atow surface 4 Christmas Island sU rl 4 Great Eritain <fee air 4 T J?*** *v 4 Hong
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    All In The Air
    43 10 picture. Tuesday' rurrer^li «n?rVr°, aVOid a tackle and iake a P*« m irSiAttuh^t\l h SC r adan m Hhich the Singapore < r^ck-t < lub beat combined te im of R.A.F. and R.A.A.F. officers by three points to nil.- Free Press
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    TOTE DIVIDEND PAID ON THE WRONG HORSE
    738 10 Amazing Series Of Mix-Ups At Randwick QNL of the most amazing series of nix-op* ever seen at Rand wick occurred hi yesterday's Hurdle Race, writes A. H Dexter m the Sunday Sun of Dec. 22. It all resulted from the A J.C. policy
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    POSSIBILITY OF MORE WAR FUND GAMES
    454 10 POSSIBILITY OF MORE WAR FUND GAMES Singapore's Hockey Victory Over Malacca THE combination of had weather and the Christmas 1 and New Year season has meant that the past weellias seen little hockey of any consequence. The substance of these notes, therefore, is taken from those frames played before Christmas.
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    PENANG-PERAK RUGBY SIDE
    56 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Jan. 1. •"pHE combined Penang-Perak rugger side to meet SelangorNegri at Ipoh on Saturday is as follow* Keav (Penang); Edgeley (Perak), Hague (Penang), Clark Penang Seward (Penang); Erhke (Pcrak). Pestana (Penang); Tokeley (Penang), Knaggs (Perak), Foster (Perak), Vine (Penang), Franklin (Penang), I.ittledyke
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    Useful Badminton Party
    126 10 'J^HE annual badminton championship tonrnamert of the Us°ful Badminton Party will be completed this week end. and the following ties will b^ placed on Saturday, starting at 7.1 p.m. OPEN SINGLES Final: Wee Kirn Wee vs. Lee VanKwang. Consolation: R. Ragunathan vLim Seng Cheow. JUNIOR SINGLES Final:
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    Y.M.C.A. HOCKEY
    63 10 ITHE following have been selected to. play hockey for the Y.M.C_\. a^anst the R.A.F. Seletar at the Anson Road ground at 5.10 n.m. to-day: V. N. Pillay: Lee Fong Lim, K. Muthu- j cumaru: A C. Edsrar, G. L. Day, A. C.I Qalstaun: P. Swyny, Goh Chin Chye,
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    FRIENDLY SOCCER
    30 10 A TEAM drawn from the Argyll and rl Sutherland Highlanders will meet the Chung Wah Football Club m a friendly game oi soccer at Farrer Par_ an Sundry.
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    Land Sports At Anson Road Stadium
    65 10 picture ln^ h co"e o" i eff fl ra, c m _P ro S' ess d the annual Land Sport* at. £5. y___*Ss___?sgg ?22_ d y _v An int «^ted spectator at chc mEL_ T _hJ t ?5;"* l C Jf?^? r Com-nandlnir, Malaya,
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    Amateur Boxing In Selangor
    142 10 WITH regard to the recent proposal of Selangor amateur boxing enthusiasts thai a separate Amateur Boxing Association be formed and the subsequent suggestion of Mr. R. V. Meyer "that, instead of forming a separate body, a sub-committee of the Selangor Boxing Board of Control be formed
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    Jack Smith Dead
    373 10 BOXING REFEREE WITH COLOURFUL CAREER j PROFESSIONAL boxing has sustained a severe less by the unexpected i death or Jack Smith, of Manchester, at the age of €4. He was righ:ly regard I ed as a leading "big fight" referee, and for more than 30 years tcoli
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    Hemchit Beaten At Malacca
    125 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Jan. 2. GUNBOAT Smith (11.7) beat Neil Hemchit (10.3) on points over 12 rounds hi a dull and uninteresting i bout at the City Park Stadium last night. The promised thrills were lackI ing and Smith, with superior weight and reach,
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    Sea Sports
    62 10 picture. This koleh forges ahead at the start of the ra~e for 15- foot kolehs m the sea spo. *s off Clifford's Pier on New Year's Day. lis crew is tense with excitement, determined to keep m front, while m the background may be seen a section of
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    GARRISON GOLF CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP
    261 10 Draw Starting Time* For Qualifying Round TpHE following are the Svarting times for the qualifying round of the Club championship to be played at the Garrison Golf Club on Sunday after- noon: 3, Capt. T. K. Murphy vs. Lieut. X L. Branston; 3.05, Capt. A. F.
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    Amateur Boxing For War Fund On Feb. 28
    272 10 LATEST RANKING LIST TTHE amateur boxing vh 0u Ui ot The War I und v, postponed from Dec. u.n tl(> be staged at the llap P) i\ Feb. 28. The Singapore Amateur ciation and Club's, pi year also includes th Cup competition
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      27 10 To-day's Sports Events Hockey: S.C.R.C. vs. Field Ambulance, S.C.R.C: S.R.C. vs. A.P.C. Sports Club, S.R.C. Boxing: Singapore Amateur Boxing Club annual general meeting, V.M.C.A. hall, 7 p.m.
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