The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 11 March 1941

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
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    20 1 LATE SINGAPORE EDITION The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 1fi.0.53. ESTD. 1835. TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1941. 5 CEVTS
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    DECOUX ON "FORCED ARBITRATION"
    322 1 "Tokio Talks Proceeding Without Success" FRENCH ENVOY SEES MATSUOKA: FINAL WOKD FROM VICHY? Hanoi, Mar. 10. Dona agency message this afternoon a\ that the "agreement" on the ThailandChina dispute will be initialled in Tokio l^aorr.m tuM.n, a communique issued by Vice-Adm. nrar-GcMral of French Indo-Cbina, says
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    French Submarines Arrive In Saigon
    45 1 Mar. 10 r:i. h -nhniarin^N Hi .1 t.ink VtaMl 1 here fr«>m France \**t Thur 'iwi t-> I I Jkmt <übm.irinos. uhii h ire r?left France in «»et>bfr list inwn -rii.itely joined ihf Pren. »i !n «-i hin fl€»et. Reuter
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    Chinese Planes Bomb Ichang
    73 1 hunekinc, Mar. 10. C <\ivily bombed objectives near JJ"**. important treaty port on ths ttastze abo\> TTorkow. it is ofliciallv tmtiauve hgr Chineso airmen reports that the Japanese had •jwtly pcmttf strengthened their air near Hankow and Ichang. preJ**Wy u ess for a resumption r MH
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    48 1 OLoodoo, Mar ttt. t tooooai populaJ 10 during air raids. us br»n by census fiures ™J***d bv Mr Rnml Brown. Minister of Cardiff to-day. Mr. It appears that the ordinarv Jf»JI woman realiTe that the policy cl 1 wiK-st ard prefer to stand th c *n homes- Reuter
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    EDEN'S CONVERSATIONS IN CAIRO
    59 1 London. Mar. It. MR. Anthony Eden. British Foreign Secretary, has had several talks in Cairo on rconomic and political matters of interest both to Eevpt and Britain. The Egyptian Prime Minister said these talks %ere conducted in an atmosphere of friendship and understanding and that the
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    MELBOURNE TALKS ON PACIFIC DEFENCE
    124 1 MELBOURNE TALKS ON PACIFIC DEFENCE Melbourne, Mar. 10. JJRITISH defence measures in the Pacific and other war developments were discussed when staff talks between Australia and New Zealand began here to-day Commodore W. E. Parry, who was Commander of the cruiser Achilles in the River Plate battle with the Graf
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    Daylight Raid On Northern France
    74 1 LoaJon, Mar. 10 HEAVY explosions wruch rumbled across the mist-covered Straits of Dover from the direction of the French coast this morning soon after a 'ormation of RAP. bombers had swept across the Channel indicated that the R.A.F. was making another daylight attack, in northern
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    Gen. Auchinleck Tributes Indian Troops In Africa
    595 1 New Delhi, Mar. 10. n^HE Commander-in -Chief in India, Gen. Sir Claude Auchinleck. speaking at the Council of State to-day, paid a personal tribute to the magnificent part Indian troops hav: played in destroying Italian aggression in North Africa. "The troops from India
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    SOVIET PACT WITH YUGOSLAVIA MAY BE ANNOUNCED
    154 1 SOVIET PACT WITH YUGOSLAVIA MAY BE ANNOUNCED Declaration To Be Held In Abeyance Until "Proper Moment" New York, .Mar. 10. YUGOSLAVIA and Soviet Russia are expected to issue a joint declaration of friendship simultaneously with the signature of the Yugoslav-German non-aggression pact, reports the Belgrade correspondent of the New York
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    'Stop Greeks Or Suffer Deathblow'
    157 1 REPORTED ORDER! BY DUCE Athens, Mar. 10. MUSSOLINI recently visited Uie Italian forces in Albania, according to statements by Italian prisoners, who add that II Duce received a despairing account of the present position from Gen. Cavellero. Italian Commander-in-Chief. There is at present no confirmation,
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    Durazzo Gets Battering
    155 1 R.A.F. FIGHTERS DOWN SEVEN ITALIANS Athens, Mar. 10. A SEVERE battering was administered by the R.A.F. to the Albanian port of Durazzo on Saturday night. There were many explosions and great fires broke out in the harbour and installations of what is Mussolini's chief port for maintaining
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    Push Into Abyssinia Continues
    43 1 Nairobi, Mar. 10. TTHE British advance Into Abys--1 slnia continues. Announcing this to-day's Nairobi communique states that British troops have occupied Gabre-Darre, important road Junction 140 miles inside the Abyssinian frontier, and that operations are proceeding according to plan.
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    STOP PRESS
    146 1 London. Mar. 10. An Italian cruiser of the Condottieri A class has been torpedoed and almost certainly sunk by a British submarine, says an Admiralty communique. Reuter. Washington, Mar. 10. There is some reason to believe that President Roosevelt will announce the transfer of another batch of destroyers
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      39 1 BIGIA lEA BRINGS THE FRESHNESS D KRi\GRANCE OF THE MALAYAN GARDEN. DIRECT TO YOUR HOMI RAFFLES HOTEL TO-NIGHT m dinner dance (informal) 8 p.m. to midnight Dinner $3.00 N O BALLROOM ADMISSION CHARGE **WLBS ORCHESTRA directed by OAN HOPKINS
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      90 1 THERE IS NO BETTER TEA THAN BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MALAYA SEAVIEW HOTEL WEDNESDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY j ROMANTIC NIGHTS lUNNER SERVED ON Til* MOONLIT LAWN DANCING IN THE BALL-ROOM MUSIC BY RELLER S BAND DINNER $3.— NO AFTER DINNER ADMISSION CHARGE SATURDAY EXTENSION TO 1 A.M. ADELPHI GRILL Whether you
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    BRITAIN'S NEED FOR AGRICULTURE
    67 2 THE war has shocked the nation into 1 awarsness of the need for agrlrulture to feed Britain fr m her own soil the Minister for Agriculture, Mr r s Hudson, told British farmers. "I 'do not foresee any Government permitting agriculture to become deS?eSed again." he
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    LICENSES FOR SALE OF REGULATED FOOD
    72 2 THE Pood Controller, Malaya, tatendj; shor^ lv to make an order under the Pood nnnfrol Ordinance prohibiting the sale of lated Poods (Singapore) Order, 1941, are as SSeaHeSßf and sun-dried), fresh, frozen or «M*fc frp<;h fnwen or tinned; meat in e ?w o. SZ£
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    Nazi Destroyers Become U-boats
    134 2 London, Mar. 2. GERMANY'S new U-boats may be really submersible destroyers, says Capt. Bernard Ackworth, in the Sunday Dispatch. Such a type, he says, would be capable of more rapid and wholesale construction than the orthodox U-boat, with its complicated machinery and great hull strength, which
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    APPLICATION FOR LIQUOR LICENCE OPPOSED
    37 2 A N app'acai. Coast Road l*l£s* Ucensing Ju.st. McFall in u. Court yesterday Two other Ucences were also which are declared Inspcrtor have no licence. r he added Se%'eral transfer? and proved
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      221 2 THE SEASON'S GAYEST and MOST MELODIOUS MUSICAL COMEDY ROMANCE OPENING TO-DAY 3. 15, 6.15 9.15 AT ayur a mjr nd a 'p hon the AJLIIAJWLPIiA K9w DAfTDC? «p •SWINGING AV W^ *i *E W^K Kt -"Jr 5 dII 1 *Jri^^^Bl^^^l v HART av Hlj^^^ct OSSg *o*q hi*t including "I Be
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      453 2 Victoria Theatre SAT. 15th MARCH AND Sat Wed. Sat. April stt Stim,! 9 30 Once Nightly 8 JB VAUDE V I L L E A REAL BARRACK SHOW TAN TANGLIN HOCK CHUAN TITTERS "CHARLEY'S POTTED AUNT" POPULAR m EDQAR BALLADS A NOEL COWARD PLAYLET RUFUS "BARRELRUSSELL ROBERTS MADAM SEEHOWFATIAMA met
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    TURKEY & YUGOSLAVIA WATCH NAZI MOVES
    296 3 TURKEY YUGOSLAVIA WATCH NAZI MOVES Germans Developing Their Plans In Balkans PRESSURE CN BELGRADE L London, Mar. 10 -end brought further proof that the Germans developing thar Balkan plans entirely as exnected Times' diplomatic correspondent ex P ected While the soldiers are consolidating their strength in {u l aria. (Jennan
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    "Greece Will Not Stop Fighting" —Premier
    97 3 Athens, Mar. 10. y tflict we began on be continued with B and endurance ..th the triumph of said the M. Korizis. in a I Greece Is I lical hour' from inis and Piraeus, the -They assure us, hard trials, that 1 suace of
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    ALLEGED SEIZURE OF FRENCH CARGO SHIP
    130 3 Vichy, Mar. 10. TTiE alleged seizure of a French cargo shiy called Villc dc Majunga ;by a British cruiser was announced here to-day. This has leJ the French news agency ■to declare that the remark about defence of the French empire, made In a
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    CAMPAIGN WILL CONTINUE" HATA
    60 3 >tianghai. Mar. 10. T campaign will con- ti 4 ao there is opposir a B4 V ordr-r vShinroki: Hata, now '\\ief of the Japanese China, on t to assume his Japanese report B li I Asia restil goodwill of Japan. I China and this prinA out
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    "Roosevelt Now Enemy"—Berlin
    71 3 "Roosevelt Now Enemy" Berlin Berlin, Mar. 16 THE German Press to-day severely 1 atticks President Roosevelt. The Berliner Boersen Zeitung says: President Roosevelt has decided on continuous interference in Europe. Germany must now consider President Roosevelt as an enemy of the new order in Europe.'* The Deutsche Allejreroeine Zeitung writes:
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    Feeding Britain One Of Main Problems Of U.S.
    124 3 Feeding Britain One Of Main Problems Of U.S. AVERELL HARRIMAN ON HIS TASK New York, Mar. 10. DEEDING Britain Id one of America's major problems, in the opinion cf Mr. Avcrell Harriman, President Roosevelt's millionaire cxpeditor of war aid to Britain. The statement was made to reporters by Mr. Harriman
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    INDIA'S GROWING POPULATION
    114 3 What Preliminary Census Returns Show New Delhi. Mar. 9. PRELIMINARY census returns sti!l continue to record increases in population in India. For example, the population of Indore State has risen by 200.000, the capital recording an lnincrease of over 50,000. The State of Bikaner h&s now 1.300,000
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    "Victory For Hitler Is Now Impossible"
    463 3 BRITISH PRESS HAILS AID BILL PASSAGE IN SENATE r^ London, Mar. 10. JHE passing of the lease and lend bill is the subject of an editorial in every national newspaper this mornin?. The overwhelming majority by which the Senate passed the bill is described
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    News Welcomed In Australia
    139 3 Sydney, Mar. 10. "U7ITH America giving greater help to Britain, democracy wil be preserved," said Mr. A. W Fadden, Australia's acting Prime Minister, commenting on the passage by the Senate of the lease and lend bill. Mr. Fadden stated it was not yet certain whether Australia
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    Japanese Leave S. Kwangtung
    87 3 Tokio, Mar. 10. 'THE Japanese forces have now with- drawn from aH points at which they recently landed along 250 miles of the South China coast from the neighbouring Portuguese colony of Macao to Pakhoi, in the Gulf of Tongking. This was officially announced by the
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    Nazi Technicians In South China?
    29 3 Shanghai, Mar. 10. T^HE German embassy yesterday rtenied repcrts that German and Italian technical advisers were with the Japanese forces in South China. Reuter
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    Successful A.R.P Exercises Held Last Night
    324 3 Successful A.R.P Exercises Held Last Night GOVERNOR AT HEADQUARTERS OINGAPORE'S army of passive dc- fence workers wardens, regular and auxiliary firemen, regular and volunteer police, ambulance men and nurses, and the repair squads muntainins essential services, sprung inio action last night durms the black-out exercises. Several key points in Singapore
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    Communists Demand Control In China
    335 3 Communists Demand Control In China Chungking, Mar. 10. PUBLICATION this morning of the text of the report of Gen. Chiang Kai-shek before the National People's Political Council, regarding the Communist situation and terms of telegrams addressed to the council by Communist leaders marked the first official publication of details and
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    London Has Three Alert Periods
    200 3 London, Mar 10. JTOR the second nUfht in succession London was the main target of the Luftwaffe Urn night and received fairly heavy attacks divided into three alert periods, the lart two o! wnu:h were of short duration. Attacks were aLso made on places on
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    45 3 I/»ndon. Mar. 10. MR Bernard Rjcfcatson Efatt, Renter*! editor in chi?f. baa resigned in order to tako up mother post Mr Randall N. Ne w<\ Router, chid of editorial staff and formerly chief of Reutcr's P?tls bureau, lias b?cn appo.nt^d deputy editor in chief. Reuter
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    The Singapore Free Press and Daily News TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1941. American Help
    671 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1941. American Help I TTHE passage of the Lease and Lend Bill which after the favourable vote of the Senate is now certain, will mark an important stage in the progress along the road to victory. Although the 'debate on the Bill has
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    An Incident In The Bombing Of London
    866 4  -  W. L. White By DECENTLY I was blown up. Not very high, I admit, only about half an inch, for the bottom of the bomb crater which blew me was about 210 feet from my chair. I suppose the story really begins with
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    11 4 "ALL I'M ASKING IS TO BE LET THROUGH A Lou omrta
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    WARTIME SOUVENIRS
    562 4 THIS war will produce many strange souvenirs. For example, the posi ters of Paris that nowadays, according |to the Free French agency, are inreasingly torn down soon after they .re put up. Such posters as the tricolour bills which, after describing Britain as the hereditary enemy of France,
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      62 4 Be Careful in wearing ungrourid Sunglasses, which may cause vour eyas to be dpf»/»Mve Go to Nan Sin and see the moaern frames fitted with Genuine Chance English Crookes' B or B 2 Dark glasses for Safe and Comfortable Vision. At $5 00 per pair. Nan Sin Optical House 3"5,
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    'ENEMY ATTACKS' WARDED OFF AT MANY POINTS
    305 5 Causeway Dive-Bombed' In Realistic Exercises W™ 'he'rseW^n./ 2"" over the week-end, Malaya be B an defendwere c S reatr d b, the dlrecu2 n e t m i" at d Wn and situation able problems com£,n£.l 8 st *s. m order P'ovide the
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    SINGAPORE RESPONDS TO APPEAL FOR BINOCULARS
    58 5 HPHE appeal made through the public of Malaya for binoculars is now meeting with a response, and a cumber of pairs has already been donated. Singapore leads the way at present, but it ta expected that ouite a number o! binoculars will be forthcoming
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    BOMBS "DROPPED" NEAR THE POLICE COURTS
    183 5 Regular And Auxiliary Fire Brigades In Action the "raiders" that indiscriminately "bombed" Singapore in the middle of the tiffin hour yesterday were chased away by our fighters, they "dropped" several incendiary bombs on South Bridge Road between the Central Police Station and the Police
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    FOUR MONTHS FOR LOTTERY CASE
    82 5 MIDDLE-aged Gopalsamy was sentenced lo four months' rigorous imprisonment in the third court yesterday when he pleaded gmlty to assisting in the management of a public lottery at a house in Desker Road at 2.55 p.m. on Mar. 1. He admitted a previous conviction for
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    DOUBLE MURDER INQUIRY
    402 5 Shouts Of HorrorStricken Woman A PRELIMINARY inquiry into a double murder and an attempted murder alleged to have taken place at an attap house on the slope of a hill at Tiong Bahru in the early hours of Jan. 25 was held In the fifth court yesterday.
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    Mary Heathcott Volunteers To Be A Canteen Worker
    985 5 THERE seemed to be a little doubt when the air raid alarm was given yerterday morning, just after nine, as to whether the sirens had really gone or not Several people I n;et were completely unaware that an air raid was in
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    CHINESE PIONEER CORPS PARADE AT PENANG
    68 6 (From Our Own Correspondent renwi;. Mar. 10 ABOUT 1.000 Chineae. including a large number of women, turned out at the first parade of the Chinese Pioneer Corps at the padang in Maxwell Road yesterday afternoon for inspection by Mr. A M. Good- man, the
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    PENANG WEDDING
    59 6 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penaac, liar. It. T[E wedding took, place on Saturday at the Presbyterian Church of Mr. W. M Ritchie, manager of the Chartered Bank, i Alor Star, and Miss Margaret Donaldson Duff. The Rev. R. M. Greer officiated and a reception was held later at
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    P.W.D. Men Charged With Extortion
    250 6 P.W.D. Men Charged With Extortion ECHO OF HAIG ROAD CONTRACT N. r. s. IYER, a 3t-year-okl Clerk of Works employed by the Public Works Depart- j' ment, Singapore, and J. L. Appadorai, 49, a sub-overseer employed by the same department, appeared in the Singapore third court yesterday on several charges
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    CONVICTCD AGAIN ON LOTTERY CHARGE
    103 6 CONVICTCD AGAIN ON LOTTERY CHARGE Accused Arreted I Police *<___ cjm H^ poNvientt, U'« wile, Suhu«k Rw Ong Chui 80. 30 h i^*»U*r^ carrying on a chap--.* fin«J WOO. or thk s£j *««i- praonment The cue for U* proavu^ ed by Inspector T (T^J <*fc, chief witness for th* rv2^'
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    FIRST DAYLIGHT A.R.P. EXERCISE IN IPOH.
    97 6 (Prom Lrar POR Uu were earned Uk Passive D and they had i looh was "raid." the vital points, t railway good Oil Co.'s depot The "raid" brrar. i m minutes '•Casualties" were he*- Mf lh| od deaat and th? first aid a. yr»»ce
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    FIRST AUSTRALIAN DOCUMENTARY FILM
    42 7 ■THROUGH the co-operaUon of the De••wSrtTto FtaU PM ~»«»t* production 1 Entitled -The Road to Victor* this fS^uJ?. ?°S? »*e ress '°n. the struggle '"L 1 101 ."•'<• U* certainty of victory deS« Same theme ta much m °re
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    DEATH OF INCHE AHMAD KEPPEL JA'AFAR
    87 7 Prom Our Own Correspondent) I Johore Bahra. Mar 10. NCHE Ahmad Keppel Jaafar. personal assistant t*> the General Adviser. Johore died at the General Hospital at 1145 am to-day after an illness lasting for about ten days. -e funeral which was largely attended place
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    FORMER P.W.D. CHIEF CLERK ON TRIAL
    69 7 /'Vv.'EK Serut lior. a Icirmer cniel cierfc at trie Public Worius DeparUncnt, Singaclatmcd trial in the third rourt yestcrto two d f accepting bribes ol $50 SI SO from Woo Mon Chew on Feb. 7 and 2S, 1939. in rt'turn for showing Woo ur
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    TO-NIGHT'S TALK ON CZECHO-SLOVAKIA
    72 7 Jli 1939. the Nxus marched into Cvr ho- Slovakia, violating the terms of the oich Asrremen;. At 7 pm. to-day, the re station «fl] prp^ept a short proframnie on C^pcho-Slovakin. which will irrlutie a uilk by Caech citir^n of Singapore ■tel has happened In his country
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    In The Garrison . . . .
    1240 7  - In The Garrison MAC By j IN FORTUNATELY, a notebook an<i pencil are not called for in Battle Order and the weight of full equipment is not conducive to running around agilely collecting 1 items of gossip. That is why this column is so brief this week. The war, like
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    No Garrison Diary This Week
    33 7 Owing to the Defence exercise* most of the Messes have cancelled their normal programmes, and it has therefore not been possible to publish a diary this week. I
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    BURMA GOVT. FACED WITH FOUR MAJOR PROBLEMS
    1208 7 Landless Peasants, Industrial Labour, Indian Immigration And Inter-Marriage Bombay. ytit, Government of Burma has been recently faced with four major problems, on the solution of which depends the peace and good order of the country and, curiously enough, all four problems are connected
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    Axis Propaganda In Tribal Areas
    336 7 EFFORTS TO STIR UP TROUBLE New Delhi. IJUMOUR6 that enemy agenu re .^iji aitemptine: to provoke trouble in the tribal areas are reaching New Delhi from the Fror." The Faqir of Ipi is believed in certain quarters 10 have been in touch with representatives of
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    U.S. SUPPLIES FOR FRANCE
    55 7 Now Vork. Mar. 2. TPRK Red Cross announced tha; I has chartered a steamer to carry a cargo valued at 1,250,000 VS. dollars f£A39O 0O0) to unoccupied France The cargo consols of lo:>d. clothing, and medicine, says the Australian sociated Press. This Is the second snip
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      348 7 SjSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS rENDEBS 'SiNGAPOiffi Ml M< IPALITY Tenders. m invited for the r als or services For Municipal Tenders Fittings. (Deposit Df 4 p.m. Mar during May, v 1941 Of 45.000 bags Cement of British. or British Allied -.uJacture. Date of Mar. 24. 1941 C H GOLDIS. .ielpal Secretary "Sard
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      41 7 Post Office Mail List Maila close at fKm as follow. at °€neral Post Office Inoo-China TO-DAY Java TO-Moikow^ 9 am Medan »*r 10.30 a.m PaJembang 11 a.m. a.J^tfaaT (alf) dellv «y B.U i.i?s i f r i 24ar ttm (alr) gencria
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    Soccer Referee
    50 8 <■- I' y< -rksitire and England cricketer, who has played in six Test matches against Australia, has mace a new record. He fa the first man with spectacles t»> ho registered by the Football fcNefattai t<» a referee. He r ecenih pi^ (l the referees' cx.imi- with Miirh
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    SYKES B.P. WIN AGAIN
    313 8 nLAYDfG at the T n Hall on Sund.iv, rhp Bjkea Badmi P rty added yet I r win to ttaeli 3tr*n-* of success wh?u they accounted ior the Everfair a Party by the <»dd game in ven One of the best I Una of the week.
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    SHORTHAND WRITERS WIN RETURN GAME
    154 8 IN a return friendly table tennis match played at the premises ol the Bramtoco Sports Club on Saturday, the Singapore Shorthand Writers' Association < Pitman's o-.t Bramcoco by five games to two Results. S S W a. players mentioned 1 flrst. w?re Lim Choo Ann
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    ALL BLUES BEAT THE HURRICANES 5-2
    153 8 A FRIENDLY match between* the All Blues B P first ttftM and the ••Hurricane" 8.P. held at the All Blues* courts on Sunday ended in a win for the All Blues bv flv-» games to two Scores, All Blues first, were Julian de Souza
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    Australians Have Provided Highlights Of The New Cricket Season
    1034 8 TWO INTERESTING GAMES THIS WEEK-END THE 1941 cricket season has got off to a very modest! start. The first fortnight's home-and-home matches and inter-club fixtures have produced nothing specially noteworthy, and a batsman has yd to score a century, apart from
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    Combined Air Force Side
    75 8 TflE following is the combined Air Force team to meet a combined Army team in a cricket match to be played at Tangiin on Sunday, commencing: at 11 a.m. Sq./Ldr. Gile* (R.A.F., capt.), Sq. Ldr. Bollemin (K.A.A.F.), F'O O'Brien (K.A.A.1.), Cpl. Barnes (R./VA.I.), Sq. Ldr LonjrField
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    A.C.S. BEAT R.I.
    24 8 "THE Anglo-Chinese School beat Raffles Institution by three goals to two in a game of soccer played at Ranles Institution yesterday.
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    CHINESE SOCCER VISIT TO AUSTRALIA DEFENDED
    255 8 "IF the proposed visit to Australia of a 1 Chinese soccer team is a fiasco the fault will be at this end. Mr. Peter Woo, Australian representative of the Sing Tao Sports Club, said this yesterday, writes a correspendent in the Daily Telegraph of
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    Y.M.C.A. CRICKET
    65 8 TPHE following have been selected to play cricket Tor the Y.M C A against the R.A.A.F. on the Y.MCA ground, at 2.15 p.m. to-morrow J. P. Chrysostom captain >, G W Waites. G. K. Stein, Veliupillav Cheong Thiam Slew, Lau Hock Chye Fung Guan Chye. Tan Guan Hong'
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    TO-DAYS SOCCER
    34 8 Only one league soccer match will be played to-day. That *ill be the Business Houses' League match between the Straits Times Press Sports Club and Wearnes at the Singapore Harbour Board ground
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    League Soccer
    45 8 picture. A < ustoms* player about to heart the ball away in the second tiiHia <b> league soccer match played at Farrer Park last week in which the Custonis played fine football to beat the Chinese by fiv c eoals to nil.- Free Press
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    Friday's Boxing At New World Arena
    100 8 DIAMOND MIL Kr IN MAIN BOLT THE New World or Z;j« aifhi when four ,Ur f for decision m f Op 1 The prinri, a litln event, j Milling, are ea j m^ft S< m j velgtit title Ftc Bt lias tx «rhen i
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    FRENCH RACEHORSES "BOUGHT' BY NAZIS
    117 8 THE report u agency;, m< frontier, that th< the whole ol the Asa K France, in additi best French thoroughbr< Roseberys rer I to the Thoroughbred tion, writes Hotspur graph Lord Rosebery U* so far as they knew of her thorous^brrc people who had stolen
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    SOCCER POSTPONED
    50 8 Th< leoood divisioi fixture between I and the Oustoi ed at the Fairer P ing, vu postponed referet The team.> match, and the Customs a i by sewn goals to nil. The Business Ha between the Stncoj pany and the Hongkong Bank, scheduled postponed a.s then the game.
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