The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 1 February 1941

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  • 17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 16,311. estd. isr>. SATURDAY, FEB. 1, !«>4l. 6 CENTS
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  • 306 1 »ries Of Successful Raids On All Fronts BRITISH TRCOPS NOW 40 MILES BEYOND DERNA Cairo, Jan. 31. c a?aia blasting the waj r for the advance of xm Imperial Army of t\w Nile. The bombing between I)ema and Benghazi, and [Urn of a h^n^ar
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  • 66 1 Berlin, Jan. 31. AN ITALIAN freighter bound from Italy to Albania was torpedoed by an unknown submarine yes.erday afternoon, says an official German news agency message from Belgrade. The ship look refuge in a south Dalmatian port. The German news agency alleges tha; two torpedoes were
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  • 76 1 London, Jan. 31. THE internationally known tubercu- losis specialist. Sir Pendrill VarrterJones, has died following a heart attack. Sir Pendrill Varrier-Jones earned the gratitude of thousands for his successful method of treating consumptives without sesregation, namely the foundation of a self-contained village settlement
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  • 84 1 U.S. To Manufacture Synthetic Rubber Washington, Jan. 31. 'T'HE Government may have to build its own plants to manufacture synthetic rubber, according to Mr. Jesse Jones. Federal Loan Administrator. There is little indication at present, he said, that private holders of capital are ready to invest large sums in such
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  • 100 1 Tokio, Jan. ?A. JAPAN has abandoned her policy or not dealing with the Chungking Government while re^ognixin? Wang Ching-wei'b Nanking regime in China, state<l Mr. Vosukc Matsuoka, Foreign Minister, in evidence Riven before the sub-commit-tee of the Lower House to-day. He added that at present Japin
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  • 219 1 Bulgaria And Soviet To Sign "No War" Pact? Sofia, Jan. 31. CIFTEEN prominent Bulgarian depu- ties who wan; Bulgaria's foreign policy and position in the international crisis clarified have drawn up a com- j prehensive questionnaire which thoyj hope to have tabled shortly in the Sobranje (Parliament >. The signatories
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  • 63 1 London, Jan. 31. ACCOMPANIED by Mrs. Churchill and Mr. Harry Hopkins, President Roosevelt's special envoy, the Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill, visited South- ampton to-day and, after inspecting representatives of various civil defence services, visited the civic centre and j the dockland and made a rapid tour
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  • 54 1 Athens, Jan. 31. GEN. METAXAS, late Greek Prime Minister, was buried this afternoon within sight of the Acropolis. King George of Greece and the new Prime Minister were present at the funeral as were the British Minister and Commanding: Officer of the R.A.F. and Bri,ish ancillary
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  • 355 1 STOP PRESS Washington, Jan. 31. COL. FRANK KNOX, Secretary of the Navy, declared to-day that the United States Government had information that the Naxis are now watching lung-range weather forecasts for a period of anticipated good weather in which to lannch an invasion
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  • 436 1 Franco- Thai A rmistice Agreem en t Signed DELEGATES FOR TOKIO FOR MEDIATION TALKS Shanghai, Jan. 31. A FRANCO-THAI armistice agreement was signed this morning in Saigon, according to semi-official Japanese reports in Shanghai. The agreement is said to have been signed aboard a Japanese warship tied up at the
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  • 96 1 London. Jan 31. MR. WENDELL WILLKIE to-day twice saw anti-aircraft nuns open fire on a Dornier bomber of a type known as Tying pencil which crossed the British coast near Dover, where Mr. Willkie was making a rapid tour of inspection. The
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  • 56 1 Honolulu, Jan. 31. THWO United States destroyers will meet the N.Y.K. liner KamaJnm Maru wi h Adm. Kichisaburn Nomura, newlv-appointed Japanese Ambassador to Washington, aboard outside the harbour to-day io e*.x>rt the vessel to Honolulu. This was announced by Adm. James Richardson, Cammander-in-CMef of the
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  • 169 1 Italians Said To Have Quit Tepelini GREEK THREAT TO VITAL BASE l>ondon. Jan. 31. TIE latest Greek communique reports further steady progress in the fishing in Albania, and announces thr seizure of mr t rc men y posts and the capture of 200 prisoners, including 'seven officers. An official statement
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  • 104 1 London. Jan. •y-HE raceeas or the new air trni. schema for vouVbs r^limir.-.r tnfof the Royal Air Force is i^- cheated by zn announcement by Comm^rlorp .1. A. Chcmier, comm.i i ant of the oir craintng corps, thai to-morr^v. wh^n the scheme form comes
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    • 63 1 FOR QUALITY AND ECONOMY DRINK RAFFLES HOTEL ijm<^ TO-NIGHT DINNER DANCE (formal) from 8 p. m. EXTENSION TO 1 A.M. ftOCK VAire •pxdtc Ilinner 53.00 YOUR TABLE Non-diners SIM ■USTTAfKL served to-duy from 12.30 to 2.30 p.m. u "ltl > MOST POPt'LAK SOCIAI RENDEZVOUS Military band concert -8.30 to 10.30
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    • 182 1 SUPPORT MALAYAN PRODUCE. DRINK BIGIA TEA SEAVIEW HOTEL PERFECTLY AIRCONDITIONKD BT SEABREEZHS TO-NIGHT SPECIAL DINNER-DANCE CABARZT FEATURING MARLENE STAKR POPULAR CUBAN DANCER IN GLAMOROUS it, EXOTIC DANCES Dinner $3. Non-Diners SI. Incl. Tax EXTENSION TZ 1 A. M. DANCE FORMAL SUNDAY MORNING II A.M.-I P.M. POFVLAB CONCEBI BY HELLER'S BAND
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  • 148 2 OTAFF Captain Richard Bernard Gilbert Woollatt described til the Singapore third court yesterday how a fireman, George O'Connor, employed in a ship lying at the Naval Base, threatend to strike him and adopted ft pugractous attitude on Monday afternoon. He gave evidence in a
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  • 33 2 irfSUS- GHUA GUAN KOCK, wife of Mr Chua Guan Hock, of the Straits Times Press Ltd., died at the General Hospital ve< t-crday a f tp»- a ehoct illrcfts
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  • 46 2 Moss P. R. Knight, former Activities Secretary of the Singapore Y.W.C.A has been appointed to be on th y staff of the Methodist Girls School in Kuala Lumpur from this month. Miss Knight is now j staying with her parents at Buona Vista I Salak South.
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  • 177 2 Capt. WocUatt said when he jv:i. at th° promenade deck he got out of the lift, and, seeing O'Connor standing in front of it, said to him: *My man. what is your trouble and what ii your name?" O'Connor did not answer, the witness said, and made a
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  • 101 2 pCKJR bundles of paper, with a 25-cent note at either end of each bundle, were exhibits in a case in the third court yesterday in which Sim Tai Meng. 38, Khoh Qoey Goh 34, and Ti Kl Suan, 31. were charged with attempting to cheat Ng Leong
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    • 212 2 Conquer England and yon will have conquered the world, so said Phillip of Spain in 1585 And so said Adolph Hitler in 1941! Bat both reckoned without the might of BRITISH NAVAL POWER! SEE ENGLAND'S GREAT HERO 'THE SEA HAWK' SAVED THE NAVY FOR ENGLAND! AT Avv Aa a BOX-OFFICE
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    • 220 2 PHAVE YOU BOOKED YET for Next TUESDAY'S BIG LAUGH EVENT? mgm AT THE CAPITOL KgllJP 2Vi HOICKS of LAUGHTER! |I|^P It,QW feet of Unforgettable I^F AT OUR USUAL PRICES (Because we want the whole Town to see it!) CHARLIE CHAPLIN in his newest comedy sensation "THE GREAT DICTATOR" With PAULETTE
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  • 709 3 Senator's Comment On Hitler's New Threat AMERICA "WILL NOT BE BULLIED OR INTIMIDATED" Washington. Jan. 31. FIROM" comment on Hitlyri speech was made by t n tor Carter Glass, of the Senate Foreign Relations .^puttee to-day, who referring to Hitler's threat to Mfcdt American ships,
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  • 51 3 Nch York, Jan. 31. CEVENTY-NINF per cent, of the I»eople in (he United States are opposed to a negotiated peace with Germany, according t\y the latest poll taken by the Gallup Institute of Public Opinion, previous pells of which have proved to be remarkably accurate.-
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  • 171 3 How America Fixes Her Lines Of Defence New York, Jan. 31. "PROM the record of the German Government during the last 80 years, is it possible to imagine that any peace reached under present conditions would be worth the paper it is written on V This was the question Mr.
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  • 143 3 Moscow, Jan. 31. <r pEACH the troops only what it is necessary for them to know during war-time, and teach them as if they were under actual war conditions." This is the keynote of an order regarding military training in 1941 issued by Marshal
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  • 132 3 London, Jan. 31. "COMRADELY greetings" from Mussolini to Hitler ar e expressed by n Duce in a telegram to tlie Fuehrer yesterday on the. eighth anniversary of his accession to power which, says II Duce. "finds Italy and Germany fraternally allied in a final
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  • 117 3 Tondon. Jan. 31. SKI CYRIL NEWALL, Air Marshal of the R.A.F., paid a tribute to the R.A.F and Dominion flyers during a Press interview m Ottawa yesterday. He is on his way to New Zealand to succeed Lord Galwav as Gov nior-General. He t-ld the Canadian
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  • 176 3 ADMISSION OF PROPOSAL MADE LAST YEAR 1 Tut? t r, Tokio. Jan. 31. Jifc Japanese Government hopes the occasion will present itself "when the Chungking regime may be invited to join the Nanking regime following the former's reconsideration, Mr. Yosuke Matsuoka, the Japanese Foreign Minister,
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  • 96 3 Stockholm. Jan. 31. *1*HE only indication of great events to come was the statement that U-boat warfare would begin in the spring." says th~ Stockholm newspaper Tldningen to-day. commenting en Hitler's speech, adding that it is notable he did not mention the word "invasion." though
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  • 132 3 I-ondon. Jan. 21. |N order to stop Dutch citizens walking out cf cafes immediately when German officers appear, the Nazis have imposed an order foi bidding anyone to leave a cafe until lb minutes after the officers had entered and sat down at the tables. The
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  • 69 3 London, Jan. 21. i t*L*AG3 on all government buildings in I-ondon were flov.Ti at half-mast to-da; for Gen. Metaxas. lat? Greek Prime Minister i whose funerrl takes place to-dav. This is only the tecond time on record that anyons other than the head of
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  • 34 3 Yktfty, .lan. 31. snEX. WEYGAND. French delegate -general in North Africa, has arrived at Bone, In \l<?cr. a. where he was enthusiastically -eceived by the populace, according to a Ilavas Reuter
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  • 13 3 I ONDON and thJ rest of Britain were raid- free last night, Reuter
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  • 350 3 British Trawlers Give Nazi Raiders Unpleasant Surprise T London, Jan. 31. advantage of low-flying rm>n plants to-day sub--1 nd m >rea to a number The German pilots part remained at a good 1 apparently dropp?d their ut wjrrying about rny ht »ng squads were quickly in a L-nd >n building
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  • 67 3 Tokio. Jan. 31. 4 N extraordinary military budget of Y 1.000,000,000 covering China expenses in February and March has been passed in the Diet without amendment within a wi»ek of its Introduction. The present Indications prevailing in both Houses show that the basic budget of Y 6.800,000.000 for
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  • 149 3 Tokio, Jan. 31. ACTING to perfect the nation's defence against espionage and sabotage leakage of state secrets, the Government this afternoon introduced in the House of Representatives a national security bill providing heavy penalties for acts held to undermine the country's welfare, besides declaring it
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  • 141 3 Tokio, Jan. 31. THE KuUngsu Municipal Council once as?dn became inoperative when three members Mr. L. H. H tchcock. the chairman, Mr. J. M Mohaus and another member—suddenly resigned on Jan. 23. leaving only two Japanese, states a Janpn^s? report. The Council mec ing which
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  • 109 3 Berlin, Jan. 31. TWO more Italian cabinet ministers have applied to be given commands at the lront, according to the official German news agency to-day, quoting Rome political circles. They are Host Venturi, Minister of Transport, and R. Riccardi, Minis;*? of Foreign Trade. They are
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  • 32 3 London, Jan. 31. VERY heavy floods in Syria, resulting in a number of drowning deaths, are reported by the French wireless. Several bridges have been carried away Reuter
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  • 139 3 London, Jan. .11. AN agency message from Stockholm i*ot m? S h tes that the avowed cbtJS>n??n P v hlef the Creaticn of 3 w Qf m Norway similar to th- O-r- Storm Troopers. Himmler is acSSSSJ?" by several nit The agency reports that the GerQuisling
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  • 134 3 »4»ndf>n, Jan. si. j^ RAILWAY snow plougn which had bee»i sent to clear north of Aberdeen became snowed up itself during the recent V?™ weather, it was revealed to-day On a single day the London "Midland and Scottish Railway had 250 snow ploughs in
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRESCE
    • 68 3 CrfUA.— Mrs. Chua Ouan Hock nc« I -oh Chin Nicng. %u? of Chua Guan Hock of the Straits Times Press Lta passed away peacefully at the General Hospital yesterday, aped 33. She leaves behind her loving husband. 2 sons anrl 4 daughiers to mourn her loss. F inerai takes
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  • 273 3 Swedish Sailor Tells Of Damage In Reich London, Jan. 31. AN interesting sidelight on OH effectiveness of British air raids on Germany, such as that curried out on Thursday bight on Wilhelmshaven. <s thrcwn bv an interview in the Swedish newspaper Arbetat with a sai or
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    • 164 3 THAT COLD Cure it with Cinnamon Quinine 50cts. MIXTf HE 75cts. At MEDICAL HALL LTD. 3. BATTERY ROAD. CSk T8 i Mk \i Jg» SHOWS DAILY a I n a f 5> a 2 4.15 p.m. 6.30 p.m. Where Everybody Goes PHONE 3*oo 9 -30 P-«- IK^^n^BßHa^Hi^a^Bßß^H^H (INK xn aj^
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  • 812 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, FEB. 1, 1941. Brit ain And Ch ina OINO-British co-operation is mani- j festing itself in several ways. The latest example is the visit to Chungking of Mr. N. L. Smith, Colonial Secretary, Hong Kong, who has had a series of conferences with Chinese Government
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  • 588 4 Can India Be Invaded THE possibilities ot a direct threat to India in the present war were discussed by General Sir Walter Kirke in an interview granted to an Indian journalist in London. General Kirke. who has in the past i held various important military appointments in India and is
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  • 169 4 LJOLLANDERS who fly Americanbuilt aircraft for the Coastal Command are learning Scottish dancing. They are officers and crews of the Royal Dutch Naval Air Service. A Pilot Officer at one air station who is the chief of an old Highland clan thought that the efforts of his
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  • 145 4 Duce's Settlers In Libya (By A Bn ITALIAN pi been ah if portance of t, of the West' 1 1 west of Tobruk the British ai area of the Bai I of Mussolini\nization elTc to Italian pn The Bark.i ly from Tobml limestone Übli most part wit sional tim the
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  • 121 4 Ey Sr AHGLO l nrlb belligerency into ihe v Lord Hi I i Governm.'ii 1 Turkic.': and that H close -t touch wiJi ernir. The sen.ed by (•> oi Rian I mcbilisatit n ol Tu sources formed in*o k j Turkish u i dfcrteiatts, i ihe
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  • 46 4 BRITAIN GETTING BULK OF U.S. PLANE OUTPUT WDRITAIN n( O V >1 the produ plants from the D the Washing i New York Herald "President R thumb has ben. that the US Arr. 40 combat ph ne of 1940. and the US in the entire pMi
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  • 22 4 SECOND OIL. tanker Sun 1 1 14 members of hi* awarded fili 1 burning tanker ba ment hi? £2*ol
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  • 1212 5  - Smart Dresses Worn By Women Spectators At Loyals' Ceremony MARY HEATHCOTT r ree Press Feature By Tal Regiment was rnough to have for the the colour cererday in honour of anniversary. f ators who had and wore large ngratulated them- thought. however, although it ay loss comiortable and the men
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  • 572 5 I ATEST gazetted maximum -l retail prices fixed by the Food Control Officer and covering any market in the Settlement of Singapore are given below The Food Controller points out that prices of foodstuffs are controlled for one reason only— to
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  • 38 6 Leader c-f Free Lybians, Sayed Id'is el Senussi. chatting with Libyan prisoners oj liar. Oppressed by the Italians, the Senussi welcome the advent of the British and the freedom which it will bring them.
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  • 547 6 THE .Minister for the Army (Mr. Percy Spender) heard only one mild complaint from an Australian soldier in the course of his recent visit to the Middle East. It was about that "nark." the Censor. An East Sydney corporal wrote a
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  • 159 6 BRITISH women of all ages who were rounded up by ttie Germans in occupied France are reported to. have been s"Tit to concentration camps near military objectives which are frequent targets of the R.A.F The Madrid correspondent or the Daily Mail alleges that
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  • 50 6 T^HE U.S. Army may use blind men as observers in air-raid listening posts in manoeuvres. The acute hearing of bind men is believed to be a great advantage. Alec Templeton. British pianist and radio star, will serve as an adviser at the manoeuvres.
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  • 337 6 Expansion Of Defences In Commonwealth DROVISION of more air squadrons for use with the A.I.F. is likely to be considered by authorities now drawing up plans for expansion of the Commonwealth defences. This development would be in line with the expansion of air co-operation formations in the British Army, which
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  • 119 6 ITALY is short of sugar. Accordingly. Signer Mussolini has instructed housewives to use saccharin. If they grumble, they will be told bv the gr^cerf he has taken the business over from the apothecary) that four pounds of saccharin are equivalent in sweetening power to one ton
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  • 586 6  - MALAYA PATRIOTIC FUND COLLECTS $24,000 "CLIO" Kuala Lumpur Chatter By THE Malaya Patriotic Fund in Selangor benefited by nearly >2 1.000 from entertainments of various kinds last year. This was revealed in a detailed statement rented by the Entertainments Member (Mrs. Christopher Mills) at the meeting of the Ladies Executive
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  • 434 6 Five New Battleships Of King George V Class Will Soon Join Fleet BRITAIN'S battle-fleet is soon to be strengthened by the addition of five ships of the George V. class, Captain Bernard Acworth announces in the Daily Mail. This will be an event of the greatest importance, he says, because
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  • 33 6 A scene from "The Great Dictator" showing the Jeuisfi by Charlie Chaplin ivith his sweetheart, Hannah <Pault The film is opening at the Capitol Theatre on Tuesday r.
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  • 312 6 Japanese Army Officer's Visit To Australia "Purely Courtesy Call" MAJOR Sei Hashida, of the Japanese Army, wh I Australia, will not be given access to fortii I other military establishments. I Japan sends an £rmy officer to Australia every year to inquire about supplies for the Japanese Army. An Australian
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    • 34 6 fe^ dominates Modern^ Motoring e^W J« M the owner t0 f chieve jo"* v\ e iii\ these three donninßting P° P° 0^! ORCH fI£ARK£ BROS, till v .v^^^,l Jf Mwm Wk \B\ w r
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  • 334 7 Judge Comments On Commercial Honesty PKNTENCE of three years' rigorous imprisonment was Jpawd b> Mr. Justice Gordon Smith at the Assizes (!a> on Victor Philip Kaker, until recently assistant ,|,jer in Jolin Little and Co., Ltd., Singapore department -tore. I*aker had been on trial since
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  • 241 7 BIGGEST LOCAL CONCENTRATION SEVERAL hundred Volunteers begin two months* intensive training at various camps to-day. This should see i-he greatest concentration ot Vomnteers camped together and training lor warfare in the his.ory ot the local forces. There has been a considerable increase in the numbers ot
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  • 183 7 A LTHOUGH the number of tuber- culosis cases reported in Singapore rose frcm 146 in November to 347 in December last year, an assurance that there was no epidemic of the disease was given by the Municipal president, Mr. L. Rayman. at a Commissioners' meeting
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  • 233 7 A MOTION by Mr. R. E. Prentis on the question of special or personal allowances was withdrawn in the Singapore Municipal Commission yesterday on the i suggestion of the president, Mr. L. Rayman. that the matter would involve the amendment of a section of the Municipal Ordinance.
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  • 91 7 ibutlan by Singapore "Municipal Commissioners to the Malaya *»MoUr Fund of £4.350 was n»eun hk«i o> Rayman, a: the Com"s*Bßtr -stcrday. :■> Slowed the donation uf mact Dy the Corrjnl^ioners officially Mr. rayman mailed, and he a 1 tw from ttip honorary sec- ryVft SUr- h
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  • 115 7 A DOPTING the procedure intro- t durctl laJ year, the Straits Settlements (Stngapore) Association has decided to cancel again its annual dinner which would normally be held on Feb. 6, anniversary of the founding of Singapore. In order to mark the occasion. members are invi
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  • 245 7 THE suggestion that a Chinese Military Corps should be formed to help in the defence of Malaya is made by the Singapore Chinese newspaper the Union Times. Pointing that the "southward advance" is a Japanese national poMcy, preparations to achieve which have rever been relaxed, the
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  • 108 7 f*HAN Pens Kioog alias K 6 Chan alias George P.K. Chan, treasurer of the Chia Nam School in Race Course Road, was acquitted in the criminal district court yesterday on two charges of criminal brearh of trust and alternatively of cheating. The first charge alleged that Chan
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  • 87 7 QN a question of procedure, Mr. T. W. Ong agreed at the Municipal Commissioners' meeting yesterday to defer a motion proposed by him to the next meeting of the Board. Mr. Ong's motion was "that the decision of the Commissioners agreeing in principle to increase the tax
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  • 480 7 Submarine Cable Cut: Chinese Guilty Of Misappropriation "I ASK your worship to treat this as a serious offence. If people start cutting submarine cables there is going to be endless trouble," decleared Mr. H. B. Armstrong, Assistant Superintendent of Police, in the Singapore fifth court yesterday. Mr Armstrong made this
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  • 751 7 200th Anniversary RECALLING the rich and glorious traditions of the unit, the battalion of the Loyal Regiment stationed in Singapore Trooped the Colour yesterday in commemoration of its 200th anniversary. As the ceremony was unfolding itself—in brilliant sunshine and before a large number
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  • 70 7 TPHE highest mark for attendance at mee ings of Singapore Municipal Commissioners *°es to Mr. C. Reuben, who scores the maximum of 190 per c?nt. This is shown by the record »of attendances tabled ai the Commissioners' meeting yesterday. Referring to it, the president, Mr. L.
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  • 68 7 pOW AH YANG, a 73-year-oid woman, pleaded guilty in the third court yesterday to a charge of attempting to commit suicide by drinking poison on Jan. 23. "My daughter was ill, and I was very worried: that is the reason why I tried to take my life," she
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  • 171 7 Training Given By Cadet Corps CIFTY local-born young men are shortly to or taken into the Selangor Local Defence Corps. These, new recruits are young nun who have had some training In arms In their schoo"' cadet corps but have not been able to find vacancies
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  • 174 8 SINGAPORE Municipal Commissioners have agreed in principle to the installation of "A" class electric lighting in Clemenoeau Avenue for its length from Orchard Road, but the actual installation Is postponed to some future date. This decision was confirmed by the Commissioners at a meeting yesterday. The
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  • 194 8 *¥*HE employment of market Mjperviioo fe Singapore's principal markets »h mould see that cases of cruelty to *nhm:< did not occur among stall holders and wfcc would also prevent profiteering, vv suggested by Mr. C. Reuben at the Stn^pcr* Commissioners' meeting yesterfia> Mr. Reuben said he had
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 338 8 Broadc TODAY SINGAPORE ZHL IJ.X3 oae/i < *2* "M ZIIFI 9 90 mc/i (StJt m.) ZHP3 TJS4 me (41.M m. (ZHL. ZUPI A ZHPS) 10 00 ajn. Malay Rumbast; 10.30 Kroochongst; lliW ajn. Indian mualct; 11.4> ajn Hokkien musict; 12.15 pjn. Chlnj«e proeramme summary. Peiping dramast; 12^5 pjn. Tin, copra
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    • 376 8 as tina EMPIRE STATION GSB 951 me/* ,3i.&i A| Gfil (JI.M GSD 1175 Me i '.Sfi 11 M a*/* ,25 29 S P H 1 19.11 m.)i GSG II 79 «c (l| "'< WJ t1.47 me/t (11.97 a.., gsi (II.CC a.); GBJ 21^1 .fVL* 11^2 CBC/S (2SIB ML); QSP i?"
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  • 1866 9  - In The Garrison. NOMAD By i4 fH>ME on, the Irons!" is a call many of us have already come to expect when members of the East Surrey Regiment are engaged in the many forms of sport played in Malaya. Curiosity prompted me to enquire into the origin of this call,
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  • 112 9 To-day: Dances at R.A. (Chanpi) Station and R.E. (Pulau Brani) Sergeants' Messes. To-morrow: Tombola at Loyals (9.30), Nee Soon, R.E. and R.A. (Changi) Sergeants' Mesaes. Monday: All-ranks dance, tt.A. Blakan Mai. Whist drives at R.A.F. (Seletar) Families' Club and Manchester*' Sergeants' Mess. Tuesday: Whist drive ami tombola, Loyals'
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  • 22 9 Before The Registrar At 10.30 ajn.— Petition of Course 506/40— Taxation At 11 a.m.— 0.5.153/S1— Passing Account*
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  • 620 9 ILLEGAL ACCEPTANCE OF MONEY GIFTS ALLEGED (From Our Own Correspondent Batu Gajah, Jan. 3!. H. A. TROWELL, Chief Inspector of Machinery, Ipoh, J Claimed trial before Mr. P. F. Y. RadclifTe, Hatu Gajah magistrate, to-day on three summons charges of accepting money from three
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  • 139 9 Mails close at the Oentral Po*t Office -Vfollows: TO-DA¥ Brunei ui face 9 m Labuan 9 North Borneo sun';. 9 a m Sarawak MrfMi 12 3 u p ir. Miri o'.ly m <t ce 8 OM Bill i.nd S.bu (,r. 3-t p m Mrdan ;ur I]
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  • 155 9 "THE Singapore Chamber of Comr. Rubber Asrociatiun held its i s?3rd Netfen, yesterday and ru-w ;ed 2.*****: lb., 996.35 toni, Oilt-r*»d 1.945t9C7 lb., 86« f>'<" tons; sold 1 394.8R7 ib Ktt.TJ »on«. London-Spot 12 9 16d New York-Snot 19% cts. PKICLS «t%I.ISED I Rfhhed S'noi.ed S'->-t C«*-.Js
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  • 51 9 George EJsp^cker- man was sentence lo six weeks' HfeOTHM nme::t ty the third mafcirtrate. M i G. Rappoport v?>stertay. when he wa I ted on a charge of b? &>>, u pepvted und loitJ'iing in Kampoi^ K«poc Bfl Jan 23 between HBMI and sunru^o i IVpeckennan admitted two
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    • 361 9 fKNDKBS •^^INGAPORE ML jWCIPAUTX Tenders. .re ~oow~~invlted for the T^ en) r or lervtcea Fox tojowtf* yunirlnaJ Tender* P^ wof Sanitary Fittings. iDepo- *i' 1041 JjJ'wSi °< S**** imping and Quarters. Ran«oon SUt i Deposit 525). l*te of md delivery during March **l J a^'2 5*5 c1 32.000 twuis or
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    • 342 9 TENDER GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION Tenders will be received at the Office of the Director of Public Works up to i noon en the llth February, 1941 for j the Erection and Completion of the undermentioned quarters together witli Servants' Quarters and Garages at Jim Rond, Sirgapore: Cm) No. 1 Class II
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    • 163 9 1 Order delicious Magnolia I I Ice Cream for your next I I "Social". ..order it this I I convenient and money I I saving way f^ fUgPil Organisers of social functions will iind orderir HHB their ice cream by the gallon both economical convenient. For instance, one gallon of
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  • 57 10 Dicture. The Rsst hxkey team which beat t*ie Europeans thr??-nil in the annual mat-h on the pad in* on Thursday: left to right, standing; ArokiMniT. He?ra Singh, R H. Barth, P. F de Souza, O. <\ Acria. G. C larke, (.hulam Nab:. Siting. Sullivan, L^st:r Rrutens (cant),
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  • 454 10 Money To Be Spent On Tornado Aeroplane DECISION AT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING A PROPOSAL that $86,000 be donated to the Imperial Government through TII2 War Fund for the purchase of a Tornado aeroplane was made by Mr. R. Williamson at the annual general meeting
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  • 978 10 Singapore Johore Beat Navy Air Force Side LAST OF SEASON'S WAR CHARITIES RUGBY GAMES Singapore A Jchorc 0; U.N.-R.A.F.-R.A.A.F 0 A HARD, keen and interesting game rang down the curtain on the last of the season's Rugby matches arranged by the Malayan Rugby Union in aid of war iharities, when
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  • 146 10 rpHE story of how, shortly after midnight 1 yesterday, the police entered a house *n Geylang Road, concealed themselves in the house and effected the arrest of nine men who came in singly at varying intervals, and found tHem, with one exception, in possession of chap-jee-kee
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  • 271 10 S.C.F.A. CHALLENGE CUP COMPETITION THE Straits Chinese Football Association's Challenge Cup < »mpc ition for 1941 will be launched with a first round match between the Chinese Comnanion Athletic Association and the Merrilads Musical Association on Saturday, Feb 8. All matches will be played at .la lan Besar stadium. The
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  • 68 10 THE Singapore State hockey side to meet Selnngor at Kuala Lumpur, on Feb. 8, anil Ne^ri Sembi'.an at Seremban on the following day will be as follows: Cheok Wah: R. H. Barth, P. F. d« Souza: I, Nk. Bhupalan, S?t. Cronin, L. S. It cut ens-
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  • 242 10 Swimming Gala In Aid Of Charity (From Cur Own Correspondent Ipoh, Jan. 30. CONSIDERABLE interest is being centred in the forthcoming Kin. a Swimming Club's Chap Goh Meh gala which will be h?ld here en Feb. 9 in aid of the Perak Patriotic Fund and the China Distress Relief Fund.
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  • 77 10 THE annual inter-college tennis 1 match for the Medical Practitioners' Cup will be continued at Raffles College to-day commencing at 3 p.m. Should it rain the ties will be played off to-morrow, commencing at 9 a.m. The singles were played last Saturday. The Medical College team is leading
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  • 178 10 A SUGGESTION that the Ex-Services Association of Malaya should do something to help in educating the public in air raid precautions was made by a member at the annual general meeting of the Singapore branch of the E.S.A.M. at the S.C.C. yesterday Mr. P.
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    44 10 r ;hii phricre, taken flaring tts* hockey m I Club and the Posts and Telegraphs sports Club of Si I on Tuesday, ..hows N. Gooneratne, the Selansor captain m I the ball with M. d'Silva and May Leentbruggen. The v M<n I
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  • 431 10 S.A.OJB.A. 22 pts. Rest 3 SO SDiritedly and enthusiastically contested was the annual rugby rcatch between the St Andrew's Old Boys and the Rest (the present boys and the stall) at Woodsville yesterday, that an extra 15 minutes were allowed at the request
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  • 54 10 (From Our Own »rr*spond?ii Mala- a Jm Ji MALACCA'S team fc, lhf ID^ state h<»rke> came bet** Malacca and NcpJ l0 h, pi^ at the Malae-a Club padan* i Sunday, will b?: Wcf Tiam Mom H^nf Tatn Che« Lim fl K^ruu^ Abdullah bin h,k ii (rv
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