The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 18 March 1941

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    21 1 LA IE SINGAPORE EDITION The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 16,259. ESTD. 18S5. TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1941. 5 CENTS
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    BRITISH SOMALILAND CAPITAL RETAKEN
    775 1 bwift Combined Stroke By Land And Sea LITTLE RESISTANCE ENCOUNTERED AT BERBERA Cairo, Mar. 17. THE British flag again flies over Berbera, capital of British Somaliland, on the Red Sea. The town had been in Italian hands since soon after the Italian entry into the war,
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    Huge Blaze On Crack German Liner
    159 1 London, Mar. 17. THE crack German liner Bremen, 51,731 tons, has been ablaze since yesterday and efforts to extinguish the fire are still continuing. This is admitted by the official German news agency, which said this morning that a lire broke out yesterday aboard
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    Yugoslavia Firm In Face Of Berlin Badgering: 'Will Not Submit To Pressure'
    159 1 Belgrade, Mar. 17. /-U i negotiations are dragging on. The Nazis ant to agree to the Yugoslav proposals 4on pact based on absolute neutrality recognition of the complete integrity of •niton and interests. Further evidence of the firm
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    Balkan War Inevitable
    47 1 s*w \'«>rk. Mar 17. ftilkans before the with Yugoslavia, re^tv .i;id (.reat Britain non fr«»nt Against G?rt>e MMptoi a>» almost bk i Tvling to a sjmpo•pjai>ii from leading .ijj well -in formed cxr.idf. says a telegram u-osiav init»*l to the N> Y-Tis Junes- Reuter
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    STOP PRESS
    18 1 Merlin. Mju\ 1* jApane^e Foreign ho» arrived at the Bn*»ia» sUU»a oi Otpor. st»tcs meas- Reuter
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    NIZAM TO RAISE FULL COMPANY OF MEN
    45 1 Hyderabad, Mar. 17. IN response to the Government of 1 India's recent appeal to the Indian States to undertake the raising in whole or in part, of a company the Nte£'« Government has offered to i ment.- Reuter
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    Heavy R.A.F. Raid On Tirana
    122 1 Athens, Mar. 17. SUCCESSFUL air raids on Tirana, capital of Albania, and Valona are announced in a communique from headquarters of the British forces in Greece. It says that during the attack on Tirana aerodrome early yesterday morning Italian fighters Intercepted but the British bombers
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    Hearst Praises Present Policy Of Roosevelt
    223 1 New York, Mar. 17. "WE are in the conflict now, irre- trievably involved in it," is the comment of Mr. William Randolph Hearst, the newspaper magnate, on President Roosevelt's speech in today's New York journal American. He described the speech as "good" and added:
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    SIR MOHAMMAD HYAT KHAN DIES IN INDIA
    32 1 Lahore, Mar. 17. "yHE death occurred here at noon to- day of Sir Mohammad Hyat Khan, father of the Indian High Commissioner in London.- Reuter
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    Morocco Envoy Ejected From Tangier
    232 1 Morocco Envoy Ejected From Tangier BEING REPLACED BY GERMAN CONSUL Tangier. Mar. 17. HTHE German consulate is reopen- ing here to-day, reoccupying the building which was formerly the German consulate and which has been the official residence of the representative of the Sultan of Morocco, known as the Mencu lib
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    WOMEN WANTED BY R.A.M.C. IN INDIA
    51 1 New Delhi, Mar. 17. A NUMBER of posts in the MritUh military medical services in India will be opened to British women medical practitioners, it is announced. Those selected will be attached to the R.A.M.C. as medical officers with military status but without commissions.
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    34 1 London, Mar. 17 POUR hundred and eighty-five rv- volvers, 252 compasses and 479 binoculars have been received by the Supply Department in response to tne appeal issued bv the Director -General of Supply.- Reuter
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    Alleged Attempt To Bribe Base Surveyor
    762 2 Alleged Attempt To Bribe Base Surveyor SUB-CONTRACTOR CHARGED HENRY MOORE, a quantity surveyor employed at the Naval Base by the Admiralty, alleged in the criminal district court yesterday, that one of the sub-contractors at the Naval Base had offered him one-third of the profits if he helped the sub-contractor to
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    TRANSFORMING THE ORANJE
    147 2 Australian Mission Now In Indies i From Our Own Correspondent) Batavia, Mar. 12. SOME days ago an Australian mission arrived in the N.1.. consisting of three officers. They are here at the invitation of the N.I. Government for the purpose of giving advise on the alterations to
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    TALK TO SINGAPORE LAWYERS' CLERKS
    47 2 MR. D. G. Osborne -Jones will address the members of the Singapore Law Clerks Association on "Dickens and Law Reform" at the premises of the Ceylon Tamils' Association, No. 11, Handy Road, at 7 n.m on \lar Oft »»«~.U.^.__ J M—M i
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    BIG NEW VOTE FOR N.I. DEFENCE
    119 2 Great Increase In Aerial Forces (Prom Our Own Correspondent) liaUvu., .Mar. 12. DROVISION for the defviic* of the N.I. was increased in a supplementary budget introduced this morning in the People's Council. It was called for a sum of over 29.300,000 guilders This money
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    Tribute To Punjab's War Effort
    126 2 Uofihiarpur. Mar. 16. TN addressing the annual convocation ol the A Zamindar College here to-day Mian Abdul Haye, Minister of Education, paid a tribute to the gallantry and traditions of the people of the province, and particularly to those of the Hoshlarpur district. In the
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    K.P.M.'S BIG DONATION TO N.I. WAR FUND
    110 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) Iwiii. ..i Mar. 12. JLIR Joiikman, chairman of the People's Council and of the combined Prince Bernhard and Spitfire Funds, made an Inspiring appeal, which was broadcast, for increased support of the funds, and for five bombers for the
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    DUTCH MINISTERS TO VISIT JAVA SHORTLY
    71 2 (From Out Ovm Correspondent) Batavia, Mar. 12. fTHE Dutch Ministers for the Colonies 1 and Foreign Affairs, Mr. Walter and Mr. van Kleffers respectively, left England recently for the Netherlands Indies. The object of their visit is to establish direct contact with the GovernorGeneral
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    13 PER CENT. INCREASE IN SIND'S POPULATION
    66 2 Delhi, Mar. IG. THE population of the Peshawar district has increased by 25 per cent, since 1931, according to the provisional figures issued by the census authorities in that province. The population of Sind records an increase of between 13 per cent, and
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    TO FOLLOW UP BOMBAY RESOLUTIONS
    34 2 Bombay, Mar. li,. A STANDING Committee has been appointed by Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru to make arrangements for carrying into effect the resolution adoNted by the Non-Party Leaders' Conference
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    N.I. Hails Passage Of Lease & Lend Bill
    111 2 N.I. Hails Passage Of Lease Lend Bill (.Prom Our Own Correspondent) Baiavia, Mar. 14. ip*** passage of the 'Lease and Lend' Bill by the U.S. Senate has been hailed with great enthusiasm throughout Java. "It seemed as if the entire civilized world breathed a sigh of relief," the Nieuws van
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    DOUBTS ON U.S. STAND "BLOWN INTO THIN AIR"
    284 3 fhe Times On Roosevelt's Historic Utterance •PLEDGE THAT AMERICA IS IN THE WAR WITH US" Ijoitdon. Mar. 17 nl^ll»K\T «o«s*velfs speech is hailed by the newspprr* hislow utterance giving pledges of whokWarU -iippor( to the nations opposing the Axis, which w j||
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    Britain Aided In Air Supremacy
    203 3 lottdon. >Ur. 17. •*pHK new American aid seems to me a guarani^e not only that we *<»*:' set numerical air superiority but that we shall maintain aad enhance our technical superiority and '.hat is the key U> air supremacy, declared Oliver Su wan the British
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    ROOSEVELT TO LEAVE ON HOLIDAY CRUISE?
    31 3 I oiiwon Mar. 17. P^FSIDSNT ROOSEVELT, afier Mi, strenuous work in recent weeks, is expected to le^ve ihe White Hc»?so '.or a southern cruise.- Reuter
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    Indian States' Help In War Effort
    97 3 .New Dcibi Mar. 17. THI Indian States will be more closely associated with thi war effort sin e thry w;u b a reprcatntcd a the Sunply Council of the Eastern Gr.up which is concerned with cordinaUoo o. Um war effort and on h will
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    NAZIS CONDEMNED BY CHAMBER OF PRINCES
    52 3 Ncu I>eihi. Mi. 1 17. iNDIAM reav-.icn to Nazi method: :ip- peiii in a resolution passed unanimously to-day by She Cliamber of; Prtnefs exnrv?sin° 'de^n abhorrence of raliO'is N.i'i \iolatior. of all inter-, national laws and morality culminating \v shameful bombing cf Bucking-; him
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    U.S. Aid For British Medical Students
    76 3 New York, Mar. IT. BRIIISH medical students will be brought to ll*e United States to complete their education here with tne stance M the Rockefeller Foundation. M Th^ fXwndatlon announces mat U w.., received the assent oi 25 leoding Canadiai and United BUtei medical
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    Tokio Press Has No Comment
    28 3 Tokio Mar. 17. E>RKSf DKNT Roocevelt's broadcast and Hitler's Berlin speech are jmbJishe4 with e««al prominence ••err but without t >mm«a< on Reuter
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    "Racketeering" By Vichy To Pierce Blockade
    236 3 "Racketeering" By Vichy To Pierce Blockade I on don. Mar. 17. *'|N true racketeering style Vichy is trying to use the humanitarian siae to make a hole in the British blockade." said a BBC. commentator last night. Ic pointed out that the question was not whether Britain should or should
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    Beaverbrook For Shipping Ministry ?
    143 3 Beaverbrook For Shipping Ministry I.ondt>n. Mar. P 'piGH T I£NING up o. f the shipping position la likely and a final &t?p in the the process will be taken bv thej Prime. Minister, Mr. Churchill, himself. l savs Reuter's lobby correspondent. Following la^t week s secret debate In the House
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    Asama Maru Closely Searched In U.S.
    80 3 I.os Augeles, Mar. 17. UNITED STATES Customs officials on Wednesday carried out a minute search of the baggage room and holes oi the N.Y K liner Aiama Maru. causing a delay of thre? and a half hours in the ship's departure, says Eastern News
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    LEGIONARIES PARADE BEFORE WEYGAND
    84 3 oiiil on. .Yiar. IT. SOME 15.000 French and Muslim legionarie paraded at Oran. Algeria. b3fore Con. Maximo Weygand. Vichy delegate-general in French North Africa, and Adm. Abiial. Gov- ernor-G^neral of Algeria, and took the oath of loyaitv. says a Vichy report. Gen. Weygand declared that Marshal
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    Major Attacks Cease In Albania As Enemy Licks Wounds
    169 3 Major Attacks Cease In Albania As Enemy Licks Wounds Athene. >iar. 17. --.rids" Alter Uieir i -vt n-day oflenral battle front in tan refrained from ks yesterday, said *i a 1 spokesman >.oear to be busy at'unded and. accordkhey are making a mask the extent of Med tl\e spokesman. he
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    Bristol Gets Two Attacks In Fire-Raising Effort
    278 3 HIGH EXPLOSIVE BOMBS WRECK DANCE HALL London, Mar. 17. /^ERMAN raiders twice attacked Bristol during last nig'JH and in the early hours of to-day. The first raid lasted a considerable period and the raiders dropped a large number of incendiary bombs but fire-fighters
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    Value Of Close Czech Polish Co-operation
    259 3 l.on<ton, Mar 17. DK. Hush l>*lton. Minis'^r 101 isc »njiii Warfare, speaiune at a luncheon g'.'en by the fir*t aiullery detachment of thj Fast Czechoslovak brigade said; I remember President Beues saying to me in 1934 when Hitler's bkxxtetairved hands had held power for
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    Rice Rationing In Japan
    46 3 Tokio. *lar 17. niCE. the staple H>od of tbe Japanese, will »> c^mpuLsOrily rationed in Tokio prefecture from Apr. 1 1 tit i Is the first tinv* rice w rationed in Jjiuii iteef tiie outbreak of war with China f-»ur v^ars UffO.- Reuter
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    Dutch Ship Feared Sunk
    153 3 'Prom Our Own Correspondent* Bmtavia. Mar. 17. A CCORDING to a statement issuea by the naval authorities in th Netherlands Indies. the K P M steamer Rantau Pandjang is overdue and L$ believed lost owins to enerav action in the Indian Ocean The fate of the
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    SHANGHAI MEETING
    37 3 Ixmdati. .Mat. 11 DROMLNEr.'r Climes OofW—Mßt c^eial: and well-known jouir.al;s<s attended the inaugural mceiUiS to-day of khe Uniionn Chinese National Pi ass Association in Shanghai. A congratulat-ory teie»;iani was received from Gen Chiuns Ka:-sh^.< Reuter
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    Nazis Now Own Ark Royal Was Not Sunk
    230 3 Nazis Now Own Ark Royal Was Not Sunk London. Mar 17. A DAMAGING admission mad- br the German wireless has not escaped notice in London. It will tot rpmembered the German High Command e.la»ms that H M S Ark Rjyat was sunk on Sept *j6. 1930 by bomb.* jfrom an
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    LAND SETTLEMENT FOR DEPRESSED CLASSES
    125 3 AhmrcUhad, m. 1«. AT the first Depressed Classes Poiit«cal Comerenee of G«j?rat iielf* ;here to-day. Dr. B R Ambcdkar the president, proposed that a settlement should be created in uncultivated and waste for-st land for solving the economy problem oi the Depressed Classes. To finance
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    IRAQ MINISTFR SEES MR. ANTHONY EDEN
    38 3 Cairo, Mar 17 TPIK Seoud: Bey. Iraq Minister '.or Foreign AlYa r:. who ha.s b^en '^x hanging views with Mr Anthonv Eden. British Foreign Secretary, i*turned br air to Bagdad to-d3v Reuter
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    The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1941. A.R.P. Problem
    583 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1941. A.R.P. Problem CONSIDERABLE confusion appears to exist in Singapore regarding the building of ARP shelters. For some time past since air raid precautions policy was overhauled and the dangerous stay put' theory rejected, the public has been urged to make all nos-
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    How Dublin Guards Its Two Bomb Craters
    842 4  -  W.L. White THIS is the last of a series of three articles by Mr. W. L White, who is visiting Dublin on behalf of the North American Newspaper Alliance. By Dublin, By Air. TJOW much you value a born!) crater depends on how
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    AMERICA NOW ON THE ROAD TO WAR?
    647 4 (From An American NOW we are in the war." That was the typical American com- ment on President Roosevelt's fighting speech against the dictators in Washington on Saturday. Although America has net, and does not intend, to formally declare war on any one
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    A Visit To Hot And Sleepy Malacca
    2201 5  -  MARY HEATHCOTT Free Press Feature By U] -country, roat Malacca, 'aya, pr e was a >" -.'■\v it is fc I when visited and brc tuns and long mind are unite simple like them or ke them, you quite often spend your whole
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    Hitler Puzzled By British Strategy In The Balkans
    662 6 A LTHOUGH the picture of what is happeitins: in the Balkans is obscure, two main facts stand out, says a London message to the Sydney Morning Herald. The first is that Germany has made it clear that she is moving to involve
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    U.S. Car Plants To Be Used For War Production
    295 6 A PREDICTION that the I'nite-* States authorities, deeming: the emersrencv very urgent, would shortly hik** over automotive nlant faciH'ies nlmost wholly is ma fl e by the New York Journal of Commerce. This vrVl me_an__the abandoning of maintains a lore* Dart
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    A STRONG ALLY
    145 6 Netherlands Indies At One With Malaya Batavia, Mar 8 FOLLOWING a six weeks survey of the strategic islands stretchine rnm K^nan?. the air-key to Austral "n s back doo r to Sineanore its front sate, a serial reDresentative of the Anstra*an Associated Press s^.vs that anv aersression
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    Neither Japan Nor Germany Happy About Position In The Pacific
    986 6 HPHE general opinion in wellA informed circles in London is that neither Japan nor Germany is entirely satisfied with the position in the Far East, says the London correspondent of the Sydney Morning Herald. It is also suggested that part
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    10 6 A fine picture of tin-hatted troops in a Malayan setting.
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    Police Uphold Proudest Traditions
    176 6 CINCE the war began many London noiicemen have been killed, hundreds have been injured, and the homes of more than 2.000 have been damaged or destroyed. Recerftlv the Police Association of New South Wales spnt a message of svmpathy to the Police Federation of England and
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    R.A.A.F. "Prestige" Rule Breaks Friendship
    195 6 R.A.A.F. "Prestige" Rule Breaks Friendship I?.A.AF. regulations preventing officers and rankers from fraternising have come between the childhood friendship of ail aircraftman and a nursina sister. Both are stationed at Richmond CN.SW.), where the nursina sister holds the rank of pilot-officer. The tw^ have been close friends sine early school
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    How Major Escaped Capture
    284 6 How Major Escaped Capture FORiMER A.D C Tn LORD COWRIE A Governor. tralia, (Lord O#w?o »J trapped in oonqu,, disguised himself and thumbed a uu in a German Army P in The A D C Vindsor Velsh Gra: he evacuat He has desci x-d hi :r to Sydney It took
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    NAZI PRESSURE ON JAPAN
    56 6 NAZI PRESSU RE ON JAPAN B THIRTY-SIX P Kobe \*h baya Netherlands man Legation numbers 300. and pressure on the T The Netherlands In says, that the evi rially advice I The evacuet s d< suffering ttw« tions There I the rice crop clothing was cult to pwchase »nd hold
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    POSSIBLE SPREAD OF YELLOW FEVER TO EAST
    631 7 Important Report Issued In Singapore PREVENTIVE MEASURES IN MANY COUNTRIES risks of the spread of yellow fever to the t, following a serious outbreak last year in South \fnra, where up to November, 2,642 cases and tfa had been reported, are stressed in
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    QUININE BY PLANE TO NILE ARMY
    121 7 TO COMBAT any lever among the Imperial troops in the Middle East, huge consignments of quinine from the Hi norlands Indies, which produces over 90 per cent, of the world's output o: quinine, are being flown to Gen. Wavell's Army in the Nile, by
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    SMUGGLING OF SAMSU AND TOBACCO
    144 7 THREE twako labourers. Tan Tian Heck. Lim Chai Teck ?nd Tay Chia Song aDpeared before Mr. Kenneth Byrne, the tourth magistrate, yesterday en two charges, the first of importing 443 3 4 pounds of dutiable tobacco and the second of having in niiUlilliTi seven quarts
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    SOLDIER CHARGED WITH HOUSEBREAKING
    38 7 I*MES ALLEN, a soldier, appeared J in the Singapore third court yesterday and a charge of housebreaking w?th the intention of stealing, was vxVl T°^s°^d that Allen tried to e x^ a he was
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    Increase In Cost Of Living Allowances
    90 7 /^■OST of living allowances to Government employees payable in respect of March have again been increased. Increases of 10 cenls have been made in the allowances payable t" Classes I and 11, (a), (b), and (c). The allowance payable to Class I (d) employees
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    War Measures Affect Magic Circle
    186 7 T*HE introduction of income tax. peirol 1 rationing and the issue to east coast residents, of notices concerning preparation for evacuation from their homes. has directly affected the Malayan Magic Circle whose headquarters are :.t Karikal !?cad, Katcng. At a meeting of the Circle last
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    Yesterday's Wedding
    136 7 'THE marriage of Miss Elizabeth McAlpine of Stirlingshire and Norman Lakey, of Newcastle, took place yesterday at the Seamen's Chapel, Singapore. The Rev. A. V. Wardle performed the ceremony. The bride who was a sister at the Johore General Hospital wore a dress of powder blue and white
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    Awarded C.B.E. In New Year Honoure
    42 7 Major-Gen. Kcilh Simmons, now attached to the Malaya Command, photographed at his cle.sk. Gen. Summons, who was formerly in command of the British troops in Shanghai, uas awarded the C.8.1 in the Mew Year's honours list.
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    Divorce Petition In High Court
    480 7 WOMAN GRANTED DECREE NISI "THE question of domicile was a moot point in a divorce suit heard in the High Court befcre the Chief Justice, Sir Percy MeElwaine, yesterday The parties, Ncreen Alice D'Castro < petitioner' and R. P. D'Castro •respondent) had been born in
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    MARCH OF TIME FILM ON THE R.A.F.
    74 7 A MARCH o! Time film entitled "Britain's R.A.F." arrived in Singapore yesterday afternoon for general screening here and throughout Malaya by RICO. Radio Pictures (Malaya) Inc. The film was made in London by a special production unit of the March of Time organization
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    ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO COMMIT SUICIDE
    93 7 FORTY -THREE- YEAR-OLD Yeo Cheng Guan pleaded guilty in the Singapore {third court yesterday to a charge that he attempted ~to commit suicide in his home at Idris Road on Feb. 23, by drinking poison. Court Inspector J. Embury said that Yeo [had drunk the
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    Stocks Worth $10,000 & Over Liable To Insurance
    245 7 Stocks Worth $10,000 Over Liable To Insurance OPTIONAL IN OTHER CASES CTOCKS of ail eoods r>;Tcred for -al<- throughout the '-'Colony and F M.S. above 510.000 n rafoe, tart liai.le to compulsory insurance lr.der the War T'isks Mine. Insurance Ordinance, the Vrco Press understands. Ow:i not c:: $10,000 in v;.iue
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    Sent "Silence Money" From England
    519 7 Sent "Silence Money" From England BLACKMAIL CASE FOR ASSIZES ALLEGATIONS that he bad blackmailed a certain European frcm i November, 1938, to January of this year, and that for many months, the European was paying him $150 menthly as the "price of silence.' were midc against Tan Ah Lek alias
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    CONDUCTORS FATAL FALL FROM BUS
    135 7 TDU SOON SENG, a motor bu.« cii employed by Chco Tay Kok Yr.t. described In the Singapore roror ccurt je.stcrday. how as be was con from Seletar to town along Thomson Road at 9.20 a.m. on Iv:ar. 10. ho mm a figure falUnf v iT
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    MR. EDWIN HAWARD'S TALK ON INDIAN ARMY
    58 7 MR. EDWIN HAWARD'S TALK ON INDIAN ARMY MR KDWIM H AWARD. Adviser on Indian Affairs at tbe local Ifinistn' of Information, will .'peak on "Th^ Indian Army at to-morrow's R< I Club luncheon at the Acielphi Hot* I Mr. Hawarti ipent several years in India doing journalisti \v. rk and
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    THEFT OF COCONUTS
    140 7 KIBAT BIN SULFIMAN And S bin Salleh who were convicted in the lecood fourt last Saturday o: stealing coconuts in Kamponc: Jatik on Friday weie fined 0 ear 11.,I 1 in default five days' simple imprb by Mr. Conrad GMdham, the -crond magistrate, yesterday. Ah L°K wrrte
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      710 8 Broadcasting TO-DAY EMPIRE S* ATlo|| SINGAPORE J?2S?'J* M t O«r ItSS •»etr*» n-j-ZfU. II.M m«/s I tU m.i -U.84 -eire 41N 2HTI ttw mc/s (MM m pm U I Sf B M ZRW T.*« mr/# '4«.M GS»-31 meirw (ZHL, ZHPI ZIITJ, -?4.Sj metret „<." M 18 am. L*gu Extra- 10.30
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    In The Garrison ...
    1321 9  - In The Garrison MAC BY Garrison Diary To-day: Whist drives at R.A. (Changi) Married Families Club and Fort Canning and Nee Soon Sergeants' Messes. To-morrow: Whist drives at Alexandra and R.A. (Changi) Sergeants Messes. Tombolo, R.A.F. (No. 1 Area) Sergeants Mess. Thursday: Whist drives, Fort Can- ning Junior's Mess. Torabolo,
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    Threw Cigarette Stub Into Car
    417 9 CHINESE FINED FOR CAUSING MISCHIEF THE story of how he watched a man! throw something into his car, which j later turned out to be a burning cigarette siuo, was told in the Singapore Third Court yesterday by a contractor. Quek Mong Chye. Charged with
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    THE SINGAPORE C.-OF-C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION
    119 9 DAILY PRICES CURRENT Mar. 17, 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers N IX R.S.S. Spot loose 38Vk H% No. IX R.S.S. F.0.8. in cases March- April (Sellers option) 38T« 39* GFJV.Q. R.SS. F.0.8. In bales March- April Sellers option) 38 38H FAQ. R.S.S. FO B. In
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    OLD BOYS ASSN. OF A.C.S. CONTINUATION SCHOOL
    85 9 AT the third annual general meeting of the Anglo-Chinese Continuation School Old Beys' Association held last week, the.followin^ were elected office-bearers for 1941. P roe^s F M^ F r d w« £hsa tsr- w ah s s arsa Hong? hon secretary: Mr. Goh
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    EASTERN BANK DIVIDEND
    75 9 rE Singapore branch of the Eastern Bank, Ltd., has received the following telegram from its London office."As presentation 1940 accounts delayed owing late arrivals mails declare second Interim Dividend tour shillings less Income. Tax eignt sniilm ks six pence payable Mar. 29. Books cloSd Mar. 18 to
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    Fatal List Of Names In Hitler's Visitors' Book
    536 9 cßy a Special Correspondent) THE decision of Mr. Y. Mafcsuoka. the Japanese Foreign Minister, to visit Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin, was expected to come as a shock to the Japanese people. The announcement of the decision was made at a time when
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    12 9 BRITISH ARTILLERY IN ACTION shelling a fort on the Sudan-Abys-siniam frontier recently.
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    LAW NOTICE FOR THE DAY
    79 9 Before The Hon'ble The Chief Justice fa L,ourt No, 1, At it. St a.m.— Magistrate's Appeals. Murugcsu vs Rex Kok Quay teoy vs. Rex. Tan Cheng vs. Rex. Before The Hon'ble Mr, Justice a'Becketi rerrell (J A in ourt No. 4 At 11 a m
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      470 9 ADVERTISEMENTS TENDERS SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY Tenders. aic now invited for the materials or services For Municipal Tenders in Fittings. (Deposit 0l Closing. 4 p.m.. Mar. delivery during May, i July 1941 of 45.0<K> bags 1 Cement of British, oire or British Allied "manufacture. Date of noon. Mar. 24, 1941. C. H.
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      27 9 DGDFSGDFGDFGFDSG SINGAPORE TURF CLUB. Summer (Governor's Cup) Meeting 1941. VIS dent in Malaya «0 per day or THE TOWN OFFICE closes at 11 ajn. on Race days.
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      180 9 I Order delicious I I Ice Cream for your next 1 I "Social". ..order it this 1 I convenient and money I I saving way- J I^^Si Organisers of social functions will find order i their ice cream by the gallon both economical and convenient. For instance, one gallon of
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      61 9 POST OFFICE MAIL LIST Mails close at the General Post Office as follows TO-DAY Indo-China air 9.30 p.m. TO-MORROW Java air 10.30 a.m. I Sumatra: Medan air 11.00 a.m. Pakmbang air 10.30 a.m. ARRIVALS Mails from Java (a.r) general delivery 8.15 a.m. to-day. Mails from Sumatra (air) general delivery 1.40
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    HEAVY REGIMENT BEAT SAPPERS 3-2
    407 10 Thrilling Exchanges In Changi Soccer Match GUNNERS RALLY WELL LATE IN GAME R.A. Heavy Regt 3 Fortress R.E 2. AFTER a comparatively dull first half in which there was no score, the first division league soccer match at Chang i yesterday between the R.A., Heavy
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    Tengah Airmen Prove Too Good For Moravia
    338 10 BROWN SCORES FIVE OF WINNERS' SIX GOALS R.A.F. (Tonirah) Moravia 2. CCORINC, three <roals in each half, the R.A.F. (Tenirah) beat by six: goals to two in a second division (a) league soccer match played at Farrer Park yesterday. Though the same was
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    Golf In Aid Of Red Cross
    94 10 New York, Mar. 17. 808 Jones and Tommy Armour Kept up their record of never losing a four-ball match when they beat Gene Sirazen and Walter Ha^en three and two in the 36-hole^ coif match. sjtßftsSftd bj the l>uke of Windsor, at HaSSSSI in
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    Indians Beat Chinese On First Innings
    453 10 Indians Beat Chinese On First Innings Selangor Cric ec SOON WEE SCORES 97 NOT OUT From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur. Mar. 17. IJAIN Interfered with the cricket mat?h pla sterdaj between the Chines; and the Indians. i he latter w. rst Innings 60 runs Lee Soon Wee, the C.*:ru\se
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    S.C.C. VOLUNTEER SNOOKER
    30 10 TiE following is Thursday's volunteer snooker tie at the Singapore Cricket Club E. H. R. Bowerman and A. C. Simmons vs. H M. Vennik and Vaughan Jones
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    SOCCER RESULTS IN BRIEF
    146 10 nTHI-: following are results in brief of league soccer matches pluyed yesterday: First division, Heavy Regiment, tt.A., beat the Fortress R.E. by three goals to two at Changi. Reserve division. Police beat the Malays by five goals to one at Anson Road stadium. Second division (a),
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    FRIENDLY BADMINTON
    62 10 'T'HE following have been selected to reresent NA.AP.L, Imperial Club, against the Heptarchians Badminton Party in a friendly badminton match, consisting of five singles and two doubles, to be played on Thursday at 7.30 p.m., at Haw-Par Gymnasium Hall, Rangoon Road Ong Bong Soo, Chua Boon Whatt. Lim
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    Easter Cycling Carnival At Kuala Lumpur
    294 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh. Mar. 17. /\PBN to all cyclists in Malaya the second annual Selangor Easter road cycling carnival 1941 will take place at Kuala Lumpur during the coming holidays. The carnival will consist of the 50- miles road race for the
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    Goalkeeper Webber Wins Again
    47 10 picture. Web&cr, with his customary efficiency, beats back an atta k by the Chinese Athletic Association in the firsl division league soccer match at Anson Road stadium on Saturday in which the Police and Chinese drew, each side scoring one goal.- Free Press
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    To-day's Sports Events
    77 10 To-day' s Sports Events Soccer: S.A.F.A. league first •.livision. Loyals vs. R.A.F.. Gillman Barracks; reserve division, Argylls vs. Loyals, Gillman Barracks: second division (a). Royal Navy vs. Fortress Signals. Naval Rase: R.E. (P.8.) vs. R.A.M.C., Pulau Brani; second division (b). Naval Base Indians vs. Air 11.4). Unit, Naval Base; IV
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    Y.M.C.A. BEAT SELETAR AIRMEN TWO-ONE
    127 10 Y.M.C.A. 2; R.A.F. (Seletar) 1. CHOOTING much more accurately than their opponents, the Y.M.C.A. soccer team did well to beat the R.A.F. (Seleiar) by two goals to one in a second division (a) fixture on the Y.M.C.A. ground yesterday. There was no scoring in the
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    SHORTHAND WRITERS BEAT SIME DARBY
    127 10 IN a friendly table tennis match played at Farrer Park on Saturday, the Singapore Shorthand Writers' Association (Pitman's* defeated Sime Darby Sports Club by three games to two. Result*. S.S.W. A. players mentioned first, were Lim Choon Aim beat Ngo Beng Huck 3—o; Young Hai
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    FLIGHT BADMINTON PARTY WIN 6—l
    114 10 OLAYINO on their own court, the Flight B.P. 'IB" team beat the Everfair B.P. "B" team by six games to one. Results, Flight players mentioned first, were Singles: Adam beat Seah Kim Teck 15—11, 3—15, 15—3; Omar beat Low Meng Chim 15—7, 15—10; George Neo
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    Police Reserves Win By Five Goals To One
    467 10 MALAYS OVERWHELMED AFTER THE INTERVAL Police Res 5; Malay Bei THOUGH the Malays seemed definitely th« l* u lin the first half in yesterday's reserve divfej match at Anson Road stadium, they were overwhelmed by their opponents, the Police interval, and had
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    C.Y.M.A. BEAT J.C.S.A. BY 50 RUNS
    174 10 C.Y.M.A. BEAT J.C.S .A. BY 50 RUNS THE C.Y.M.A Imtl! ;'-SAbyso^. j in a game of onrk.-i p|^g oa J 7* ground on Sunday The scores wen- V!HV Anandan b Vythaling). J. R D'Souza b Vytha J. C. D'Souza b R Lim A. Lewis c Delikai, b V>-th»iingham" n C.
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    MAXFLI BADMINTON PARTY
    50 10 •yHE Maxfli Badmii:u<:. Party wiK hold its nintli committee meetinf at the residence L<- Kheng Chiang. 465-A, Upper Serangoon Road ion Sunday, inst Inf at I 10.30 a.m. The thli, meeting is to consider the Question o( i the holding of the third annual bad- minton tournanu'i
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