The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 29 March 1941

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    20 1 LATE SINGAPORE EDITION The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 16,?.69. ESTI). 1833. SATURDAY, MAR<:»! 29, 1941. S CENTS
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    BRITISH FORCES PRESS ON TO ASMARA
    432 1 Retreating Italians Leave Much War Material Behind OPERATIONS IN ABYSSINIA DEVELOP FAVOURABLY Cairo, Mar. 2£. THE British forces m Eritrea are now pursuing the retreating Italians towards Asmara, Red Sea port, as a sequel to the capture of Keren, says to-day's BritM G.H.Q. communique
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    67 1 London, Mmr. 23. QYMBOLIC of Britain's determination to throw all her resources into the struggle is a call from the Ministry of Supply for a census of all unessential railings and iron work m 15 provincial towns. This is expected to disclose a reserve of hundreds of thousands of tons
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    BERLINERS "STUPEFIED" BY COUP D'ETAT IN BELGRADE
    378 1 BERLINERS "STUPEFIED" BY COUP D'ETAT IN BELGRADE Matsuoka's Programme Said To Have Been Upset "'OTITPFVAPTinv' 4i Zu J ich Mar 28 VItPLt ACTION- is the only word to describe the reaction of the Berlin public to yesterday's military coup d'etat m Yugoslavia," writes the Berlin correspondent of the Gazette de
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    Enemy Shipping Harassed Over Wide Area
    171 1 Enemy Shipping Harassed Over Wide Area WIDESPREAD RA.F. OPERATIONS Luuiion. Mar. 28. El shipping was harassed yesiay over a wide area by bombers, details of which ns, together with those of on industrial Germany and are contained m an Air v communique. bombs were used m aton Cologne and the
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    2 Italian Ships Torpedoed
    82 1 EXPLOIT OF BRITISH SUBMARINE j London, Mar. 28. BRITISH submarines torpedoed and round their mar's on an Itali^y ship or troopship of about G.OOO tons "and a *****-ton tanker m an I convoy south rf Italy. iU were observed bvt the vessels, not seen to sink
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    MONTAGUE NORMAN TO BE RE-ELECTED?
    66 1 MONTAGUE NORMAN TO BE RE-ELECTED London, Mar. 28. MR. Montague Norman, Governor of the Bank of England, is expecteo to bo re-elected next week for the 22nd rutive year of office. journal Economist points ouduring the current year Mr NorwiU pass his 70th birthday anii :s the possibility of his
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    Matsuoka To See Hitler Again
    98 1 London, Mar. 28. MR. Yosuke Matsuoka, Japanese Foreign Minister, is reported to be seeing Hitler again to-day. The German radio announced this morning that his visit to Berlin will end on Monday, when he will go to Rome for three days. Mr. Matsuoka to-day visited
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    Yugoslav Navy Would Give Italian Fleet "Great Deal Of Trouble"
    164 1 Yugoslav Navy W ould Give Italian Fleet "Great Deal Of Trouble" A LTHOUGH the Yugoslav navy is A small, it is tough and if Yugoislavia decided to fight against the lAxis it would give the remains of i<* Italian navy a great ceal 01 trouble, writes Reuter's naval correspondent. The
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    King Peter Takes Oath
    63 1 Belgrade, Mar. 28. KING PETER took the oath this morning m the royal palace amid impressive scenes. The Serbian patriarch, the Prime Minister, Gen. Simovitch, and members of the Government and high civil and military officials were present. Afterwards a solemn service was celebrated m the
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    New Premier Sees British Minister
    49 1 Vichy, Mar. 28. MR. RONALD CAMPBELL, British Minister m Belgrade, was ie« ceived by Gen. Simovitcb, the new Yugoslav Prime Minister, and M. Nincitch, Foreign Minister, after the formation of the new Government yesterday, says a Belgrade despatch to the Vichy news agency. Reuter
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    Sappers' Big Part In Capture Of Keren
    160 1 Sappers Big Part In Capture Of Keren London, Mar. 28. QERFECT timing by Sappers as they cleared a road block on the precipitous mountainside under enemy fire enabled British armoured fighting vehicles supported by infantry to capture Keren, cables A. P. Crosse, Reuter's special correspondent on the Keren front. Armoured
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    1,750,000 IN BRITAIN'S CIVIL DEFENCE
    88 1 London, Mar. 28. rE impressive strength of the civilian forces m Britain and the efficacy of their work were stressed by Misj Ellen Wilkinson, joint Parliament Secretary to the Ministry of Home Security, speaking at Newcastle today. The total number of persons employed m such
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    STOP PRESS
    127 1 Vichy. Mar. 28. The Yagoslar Minister m Moscow, M. GavrUovitch. left Moscow last night lor Yugoslavia m order to assume office as Minister without Tortfo'io m the new Cabinet. A Belgrade dispatch to the Vichy news agency says M. Gavrilovitch left at the urgent request of Gen. Simovitch.
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    Fresh Japanese Landing In S. China
    59 1 Fresh Japanese Landing In S. China Tokio, Mar. 28. IAPANESE troops made an \m- opposed landing to-day on th<* South China coast at Kitchion Ba>. m Kwangtung. This is about 100 miles north-east of Hong Kong An official announcement say > troops landed under naval protect without encountering r<*s:stancr fr^ni
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    "Yugoslavs Will Give Invader More Than He Expects"
    707 3 "Yugoslavs Will Give Invader More Than He Expects" THOUSANDS of Yugoslavs in"Z uSfed^uJf are ria r V m° r g i to Z J reed om according to the Yue^lav n ,n.<ul. M. Gavnlovitch, who stated: "We are a V er% fighting pewle and, while the army is comparatively m»R,
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    Ribbentrop Is Silent On Coup D'etat
    137 3 Ribbentrop Is Silent On Coup D'etat London, Mar. 28. BIBHKIfTROP, German Foreign or, made no mention of plomatic rebuff he has susM a result of yesterday's tic developments m Belgrade spoke last night at a reven at a Berlin hotel m Ol Mr. Y. Matsuoka. Japan.m Minister. Mr Mat>uok;i Ribbenrci.n^
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    MATSUOKA TO SEE MARSHAL PETAIN?
    27 3 Geneva, Mar. 28 rkl rumoured m Vichy quarters that Mr Y. Matsuoka. the Japanese Ign Minister, will meet Marshall NNVN Eastern News
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    Raider Attacking Convoy Shot Down
    134 3 ANOTHER UNLIKELY TO HAVE REACHED BASE London. Mar. 28. C bot was the reception accorded; two German bombers which at- led to attack a British convoy j rday that one finished m the! and the other made for its ba^e rippled. The story is told
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    HELD AUSTRIANS AT RAY FOR IS MONTHS
    210 3 HELD AUSTRIANS AT RAY FOR IS MONTHS Amery On Unconquerable Yugoslav Nation 1 .i-u« n. M*r. ?3. THE developments m Yugoslavia In the early hours of yesterday jus:he expec[ations with which the j tary fcr India. Mr. L S. Amery. himself fought m Serbia m the i ir, addressed the
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    TRIBUTE TO W.A.A.F.
    67 3 Londan, Mir 28. pHE Duchess of G'^ice^ter paid a warm oute to the oersonne* o: the Women's ar> A:r Force j I broad ast yesterday I all V.n ;w Mvith what calm and coarh". v.orVr." -he said. When the uhj c en b? told, the world will
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    Prince Paul Goes To Athens
    97 3 Belgrade, Mar. 28. IT is officially announced that Prince Paul. ex-Senior Regent of Yugoslavia, left Belgrade for Athens with his family last night at his own request. The text of the resignation of Prince Pau. and the two other members of the Regency Council is
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    KING'S GOOD WISHES TO KING PETER
    24 3 London. Mar. 2S. THE King has sent a telegram of good wishes to King Peter oi Yugoslavia. Reuter
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    LONDON STOCK MARKET FIRM AND MORE ACTIVE
    82 3 London, Mar. 28. BUSINESS on >he Stock iixohanse to-day w«s generally *inn and more active?, with sentiment cheerful on the lat «st African successes and Yugoslav devv loprr.ents. Gilt-edged securities and OMN rail', wore <i*ain m chief request but th re was also
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    Two Danish Ships Totalling 18,000 Tons Seized
    41 3 Two Danish Ships Totalling 18,000 Tons Seized Ottawa, Mar. 28. TTHE Canadian navy assisted m the recent capture of two Danish ships aggregating 18,000 tons m West Indian waters, according to a statement by the Nary Minister. Mr. Mac Donald.— Reuter
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    Over $80,000 In War Gifts From Perak Turf Club
    325 3 Over $80,000 In War Gifts From Perak Turf Club (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Mar. 28. TTIAT donations totalling over $80,000, compared with $4,102 m the previous year, were made to various war funds during 1940 by the Perak Turf Club was revealed at the annual meeting of the Club
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    Britain's Exports Unaffected By War
    126 3 London. Mar. 28. "IT is a remarkable performance that dur--1 ing the war Britain could increase deliveries of textiles, chemical and electric goods to the extent given," says the Swedish newspaper Morgonposten. "Overseas counties have found that they could not only depend on Britain's delivery
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    French Ship Seized By South Africa
    100 3 Capetown, Mar. 28. COUTH AFRICA'S action recently m requlsitioning the French vessel Ville ds Majungn was perfectly legal, the Prime Minister, Gen. Smuts, told the Assembly to-day. The ship, he said, was within the Union's territorial jurisdiction when action was taken Moreover, she was
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    Japanese Troop Train Blown Up By Mine
    55 3 Shanshai. Mar. SEVERAL hundred Japanese troops, incluJing many high officer*, were killed when a troop train hit a large mine m the vicinity of Chi^hhsien m Shins! province, s?ys a Chinese Press report The report adds that remnants oi Japanese were ambushed and
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    DEALT WITH 1,800 FIRES IN DAY
    59 3 London, Mar. *8. AN idea of the work of London's fireflghting services during air raids was given by Admiral Sir Edward Evans. In one raid m December, the flre services dealt with 1.725 fires and m another raid with 1,780. During the raid on
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    COMMISSIONERS' THANKS TO MR. F. D. THOMPSON:
    75 3 Ttfß. P. J. Kemlo, who was appointed to the Singapore Municipal Commission m place of Mr. P. D. Thompson, resigned, was welcomed by the president. Mr. I». Ray man, when he attended his first meeting yesterday. Mr. Thompson resided to go on leave,
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    Italians Forced To Seek Armistice In Albania To Bury Numerous Dead
    197 3 Italians Forced To Seek Armistice In Albania To Bury Numerous Dead London, Mar. 28. CO serious were the casualties suffered by the Italians m the heavy attacks made on Greek positions since Mar. 16 that on Mar. 23 they asked the Greeks for an armistice to bury the dead. This
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    U.S. Squadron Leaves Australia
    135 3 U. S. Squadron Leaves Australia SAILS FOR UNKNOWN DESTINATION Brisbane, Mar. 28. TTHE United States warships which have been m Australian waters since Mar. 20 left Brisbane to-day on the conclusion of their visit. Their destination was not disclosed. Mr. A. W. Padden, acting Prime Minister of Australia, has sent
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    Malayan Miners' Bomber Fund
    194 3 T<HE chairman of the Controlling Com--1 mittee announces that the sum ol $337,472.57 had baen subscribed to the Malayan Miners' Bomber Fund up, to Mar. 24. The new list of donations is: Previously acknowledged. $3'J4 2S;>7l; Sungei Way Dredging Ltd.. $20,000: Mr A. A. Htiiggeler, $5,000;
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    Daladier & Reynaud Out Of Prison?
    123 3 Daladier Reynaud Out Of Prison? London, Mar. 23. AN announcement has been made by Moscow radio quoting reports frcm Vichy that M. Daladier md M. Paui Reynaud had been released from prison with a worning that if tkey resume activities they will return to gaol. It will be recalled that
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    BRITAIN THANKS INDIA'S PRINCES
    101 3 Delhi. Mar. 11. ACKNOWLEDGING the recent; war resolution passed by the Chamber of Princes, the British Prime Minister, Mr. Winston Churchill, .iaa paid tribute to the valiant contribution which the Indian troops have made to the Imperial victories m North Africa. The Government knows, says Mr.
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    Hitler Kept Guessing
    128 3 Chicago, Mar. 28. rE Chicago Sunday Times writes: "Whatever the German air jrce can do to stop the growing Ihtvat of Britain's new United Sta~.es must be done at once. "The great guessing gam- m trying Us predict what Hitler is goini to do ha«= entered a
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    17 3 Mr. E. Gregory-Jones has been promote! to the rank of captain m the Singapore Local Defence Corps.
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    New Officers At India H.Q.
    149 3 !*p New Delhi, Mar. Zg. A NUMBER of new appointment! have been made m army headquarters m India as the result of Gen. E. de Burgh. Chi^f of General Staff, and Gen. Sir Rogrr Wilson, Adjutant-General, proceeding on leave pending retirement. Lieut. -Gen. T. J.
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    KILLED IN ACCIDENT
    35 3 A CHINESE was rrportrd to have I knocked down by a military lon junction of Jurong Road and Bukit Ti. Road yesterday shortly after noon H before the arrival of the ami
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1941. Lessons For Tokio
    699 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1941. Lessons For Tokio A BOVE the shrill fanfares trumpeting the invincibility of the Axis and the progress of the "new order" m Europe which have greeted Yosuke Matsuoka, the Japanese Foreign Minister, on his arrival m Berlin, Tokio's prophet of the "new
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    Why Soviet Security Depends On British Victory
    1209 4  - Why Soviet Security Depends On British Victory HAROLD LASKI BY MO decision has been so difficult for the workingclass since 1918 as the determination of its attitude to the Soviet Union. There has been Moscow's sudden transformation from being the leader of the forces opposed to Fascism to the position
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    3 4 BENITO THE HITCH-HIKER
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    Result Of Film Premiere In Aid of "Buy A Bomber" Fund
    1412 5  -  MARY HEATHCOTT Free Press Feature By premiere of the film 1 red Wife m aid of the Bomber Fund yielded t-ndid sum of $4,280.54 is amount has now been nred to The War Fund, J. Church, organiser of -how
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    "Atlantic Ferry"
    338 5 YOU remember, m "Martin Chuzzlewit," Dickens' description of the sufferings of Martin and Mark Tapley on an emigrant ship bound for New York; of the "dark, low, stifling cabin, surrounded by berths all filled to overflowing with men, women and children m various stages of sickness and misery,"
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    Rome Will Be Bombed If Athens Raided
    238 5 ORITAIX has warnei Taly and Germany, through the Vatican, that, if Athens is bombed, the RA.F. will bomb Rome, says the London correspondent of the Sydney Sunday Sun. This despatch from the Rome correspondent of the Associated Press of America coincides with the
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    Veteran Of The Battle Of Jutland
    32 6 A tv J H.d.z. WtrspUe, ojouu-.qji ici^ra.i of tht battle of JUi .and, which has been m acttjn m the present tear at Narvik and elsewhere.
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    Army Bread Inquiry In Australia
    196 6 A FULL investigation of tin voi bread to the Army a the subject of a cen sure motion m the New Sout' \V; l Legislative Assembly o Mar. 19, has been nd rtaken b the I: oral of Arm; Administration, Mr. Da vies. Durrg th?
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    Sydney's "Grisly Slums" And Extravagances
    251 6 Sydney's "Grisly Slums" And Extravagances "CLI'M conditions m their most grisly form." contrasting with nauseating displays of luxurious living and cavortings by so-called socialites." This is Sydney as seen by Arthur Cook, general secretary of the New Zealand Workers' Union. Cock's observations are contained Iti a featured article by him
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    Supreme Act Of Courage & Realism
    434 6 Supreme Act Of Courage Realism THE gesture which the United States has maie through President Roosevelt will go down m the history of this feverish and turbulent century as a supreme act of friendship, courage, and realism." the Australian Minister for the Army. Mr. Percy C. Spender, said at a
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    DE VALERA ADAMANT ON USE OF BASES
    118 6 WE are determined that ro belllppr^nt shall w^ our t*Tr toi i y as i bas° for attack unon "nether," d*cla••°i the Eire Prim^ Minster. Mr. d^ Valera. m a broadcast to Atwica. "To lermtt such a thinrr would involve us n war."
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    AUSTRALIAN FOOD CONTROLLER
    23 6 MR. C. E. Critchley, Australian Trade Commissioner m New Zealana since 1937. has boon appointed Emergency Fmri Pnnt.rnllor m fi»<.t^ii-
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    LONDON'S SEVENTH RAID-FREE NIGHT
    45 6 LONDON'S SEVENTH RAID-FREE NIGHT London Mir 28 FOR the seventh successive night. then no a*- raid al°rt m Lorhist ni^ht. and no ra'der was reported ov~r any ot^r part of the country since ri^htfaH. Dur'ng the day. t^ere was only slight enemy air Reuter activity.
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    Overhauling A Blackburn "Botha"
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    Embarrassing Alignments Of Japanese
    433 6 Embarrassing Alignments Of Japanese PROBLEMS which arose, or threatened to arise, between nations were not insoluble if faced with courage, frankness, and the will to understand the other's point of view, said Mr. Tatsuo Kawai, first Japanese Minister to Australia. Mr Kawai was resoondins to t^e f-nst to himself, proposed
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    MUNICIPALITY SADDLED WITH A.R.P. EXPENDITURE
    1022 7 Strong Protest Against Government's Action I ODGING what he termed his "strongest protest" aeainst L Government's action m saddling th sKSre *fi.ni id t T&^sur-" S^ss*? -Sssrs It was disclosed at the meeting that the Commissioners agreed to pay 25 per cent of A.R.P. expenditure,
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    Malaya's A.R.P. Needs Met By Local Factories
    420 7 JHOUSANDS of stirrup pumps, incendiary bomb covers, sand basins and other necessary A.R.P. equipment to supply Malaya's needs m case of an emergency, are being turned out by various factories m Singapore every month. These implements, which range frcm gas-masks, of several types,
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    Malay Youth As Aide In Running Chinese Lottery
    140 7 MR. Conrad Oldham, the second magistrate, yesterday sentenced a Malay youth named Ahmad bin Sulong, to six months' rigorous imprisonment on a charge of assisting m the management of a chap-jef-kee lottery. The prosecution story was that two policemen stopped Ahmad as
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    26 7 The following have been appointed second lieutenants m the Singapore Local Defence Corps: Messrs. C. P. Ambler. H. M. Wyllie, R. MacLeod and P. Vaughan- Jones.
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    25 7 Patents have been registered m the United Kingdom for improving the method of the apparatus for refuelling aircraft m the air, states a Gazette notification
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    Air Space In Buildings
    266 7 Commissioner And Precedent KTEW offices and quarters for W. Hammer end Co., Ltd., may shortly be built at Fullerton Road, it was stated at a meeting of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners yesterday. Reference was made by Mr. A. W. Ker at the meeting to the Commissioners'
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    Petrol Licensing Officer's Decision Subject To Revision
    106 7 THERE is an impression that there is no appeal from the decision of a petrol rationing officer on an application far a supplementary allowance of petrol, but the Competent Authority for Oil Fuel and Lubricants advises that this is not so. Clauses 6,
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    New Grounds For Divorce Petitions
    363 7 New Grounds For Divorce Petitions INSANITY AND CRUELTY THE grounds upon which a petition for divorce may be presented have been added to m an amendment bill which is being introduced into the Legislative Council. The bill will incorporate m the Colony's divorce legislation provisions similar to those of the
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    WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES SALES RISING
    89 7 WITH the end recently of the Asiatic festivals and holidays that occur early m the year money that was being spent m connection with those celebrations is now being used to buy war savings certificates. The Chief Accountant, Posts and Telegraphs, Malaya, advises that during
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    GOVERNOR'S AMENDMENTS TO BILLETING LAW
    532 7 JMPORTANT amendments have been made to the Defence Regulations. These deal with billeting, and tfhe amendments have been made by the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, under the Emergency Powers (Defence) Acts. A competent authority may cause to be served on the occupier of any premises
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    OVERSEAS CHINESE MEET HERE TO-DAY
    415 7 Leadership Is Unlikely To Change Hands T EADERSHIP of Chinese living m the South Seas— Philippine Islands, British North Borneo, Netherlands Indies Malaya, Hong Kong, French Indo-China, Thailand and Burma is not likely to change ham's, although the resignation of the present leader, Mr. Tan
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    'SO LITTLE MONEY FOR MISSIONARY WORK IN MALAYA'
    151 7 'SO LITTLE MONEY FOR MISSIONARY WORK IN MALAYA' •X^RIBUTE to the work of the late Bishop of Singapore, the Right Rev. B.C. Roberts, who has been appointed warden of St Augustine s College. Canterbury, was paid by Archdeacon Graham White at the annual general meeting yesterday of the Singapore Diocesan's
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    Legal Position Of Anglican Church In Malaya
    337 7 Legal Position Of Anglican Church In Malaya "IT is possible that most churchmen, wtth--1 out taking much thought, have assumed the position of the Church here to be the same as m England," 6aid Mr Justice N A. Worley when addressing the annual general meeting of the Singapore Diocesan Association
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    Court Visits Scene Of Tragedy
    214 7 Court Visits Scene Of Tragedy MR. Justice Manning (Assize judge), a special jury, the Deputy Public Prosecutor <Mr. T Wallace), de.'cnc* counsel <Mr. A. Yellapa), Inspector Goh and a witness visited military camp somewhere m Singapore yesterday where HavUdar Mehtao Singh is al'eged to have been murdered by Gunner Lekh
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      401 8 P. O. and BRITISH INDIA LINES 1 1NCORPORATED fN ENGLAND) P *c O. S. H. COS SAILINGS. The txst possible services are being maintained by The P. 0. S. N. Coy. from the Straits to their usual ports of call m China, India, Ceylon and the United Kingdom. Passengers are
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      285 8 (Incorporated m Australia) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Monthly sailings by t.s. MARELLA (7.375 tons) and m.v. MERKI'R (b.aeu tons). Both vesiels are fitted with Cabin-de-luxe single an 4 doable berth cabins, swimming baths, luxurious public rooms. Single Return. Ist class Singapore/Brisbane and Sydney
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      395 8 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. BLUE FUNNEL LINE. Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom. Dates are guaranteed, all cargo bookings subject to Cont«r eflC€ War Clauses. WESTERN AUSTRALIA THE SHORTEST SEA ROUTE AT THE CHEAPEST FAffc Regular Services to Fremantle (Perth) via Ja^ by first class passenger ships. Single fare $192 (A £28)
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    In The Garrison....
    1488 9  - In The Garrison. MAC BY I hear the word Troops" my mind conjures got only pictures of war arching men but also of j singing. troops love to have a good ong. It gives them a chance nff that "extra steam. n How- ust admit that there Is not to
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    NEGLECTED BURN CAUSES DEATH OF WOMAN COOK
    198 9 NEGLECTED BURN CAUSES DEATH OF WOMAN COOK MISS Edith May Wood, matron ox the St, Andrew's Orthopaedic Hospital, described m the Singapore coroners i court yesterday, how Tan Ah Foon, a 23-year-old Cantonese woman whom she employed as a cook m the hospital, neglected to treat her burnt fln^ers and
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    CONSERVANCY BY-LAWS NOW UP-TO-DATE
    24 9 A REVISED version of Singapore's 12-year-A old Municipal conservancy by-laws was passed at a meeting of the Municipal Commissioner* yesterday.
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    Municipality's Interest Charge Held To Be High
    229 9 Loan To Employee Tc Purchase Land QURPRISE that the Singapore Muni- cipal Commissioners should charge one of its employees interest of 5 per cent, on a loan of $1,000 was expressed by Mr. C. Reuben at the Commis£i( n *.->' meeting yesterday. Mr.
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    WIFE'S TERRIBLE AWAKENING
    195 9 Finds Husband Dying From Poisoning LJOW she awoke at three o'clock m the morning to find her husband lying on the lloor beside her bed, dying from a self -administered corrosive ac d was related by the widow m the Singapore coroner's court yesterday. Koh Wah Seng,
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    THE SINGAPORE C.-OF-C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION
    110 9 DAILY PRICES CU&UEM M*r. 28, 12 o'clock noon Bayer* Seller* No. IX R.S.S. Spot loose 38% 39% No. EX R.S.S. P. 0.8. In cases March-April (Sellers option) 39% 39% G.PA.Q. R.S.S. P. 0.8. m bales March- April (Sellers option) 38% 38% F.A.Q. R.S.S. P. 0.8.
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      182 9 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS TENDERS SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY Tenders, rs are now Invited for the materials or services For an are Municipal Tenders y of Sanitary Fittings. (Deposit Date of Closing. 4 p.m.. Mar IML .•jply of coarse sand during the 1941. (Deposit fcdO) Date of ng 12 noon. Mar. 2S. 1941. C
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      285 9 I Order delicious I I Ice Cream for your next I I "Social". ..order it this I I convenient and money 1 I saving way I Organisers of social functions will find ordering BHI their ice cream by the gallon both economical and convenient. For instance, one gallon of delicious
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
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      77 9 Garrison Diary To-nUht: Casino night, Alexandra Sergeants' Mess (Something new To-morrow: Tiffin tombola, Alexandra Sergeants' Mess, (11 Jf) tombola at R.E. (Changi), Nee Soon, R.A. (Changi) and Loyals (9.30) Sergeants' Messes. Monday: Whist drives at RJLF. (Seletar) Families' Club and M*nchesters' Sergeants' Messrs. Tuesday: Whist drives at R.A. (Changi) Married
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      169 9 Post Office Mail List Mails close at the General Port Office as iouows: TO-DAY ifjS* **r 12.30 p.m. Afr ca 14 air 12.30 p.m. Australia air 12.30 p.m Burma air 12.30 p.m. 2 ey]on air 12.30 p.m. J*yPJ air 12.30 p.m. Great Britain &c air 12.30 p.m. India air 12.30
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    SCCCER RESULTS IN BRIEF
    77 10 r THK following aacr c the results m 1 b-ief cf league soccer matches played yesterday: S A F.A. L-2ffue t first division. Sappers beat Chinese Athle.ic two.«>ne at Anso n Road stadium: Gordons be.it Manchesters twonil at Selerang: second d vision (b), Indian Association beat
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    Indians Beat Postals 5-4
    338 10 I. A. i^.»i Uttcc ALtiiO«.C>ii lite lntiiuii Assona- IaOTI wnihfd n.ird lor. and jn>t desetted, their victory by live go.u.s to lour Bgaiatl tnc lost O»lLv Cteib m :i sMMiii divis.on (b) KCCtI trli on the Tost Office ground yesterday, the Tost Office wfr? rather unlucky
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    Y.M.C.A.SOCCER
    72 10 VHE I Hewing have been selected to play tocecr f r th? V.M. C.A. m a Iss^im mrtch aTainst R A.M.C. en the Ail*, n R.^ad c'r^und at 5 p.m. en M^nd^y: II tau'uum;ri', V. N. PJlay. Low. Bark Yang, v. R. Sabapathy, o. L.I Day. Karim. Tan DIUD
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    Y.M.C.A. CRICKET
    74 10 rE lull: wins? have been selected to pby cri kct for the V.M C.A. aga.nst the A. A. Regiment on the Princ? Edward Road grcund at 2 15 p rr. en \Ve:nesd\y. J P. Chrysrstom (?ap:un», G W. S WaUes. C. Schubert, V N PilUy. Cheong Thiam Slew.
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    BRAMTOCO SPORTS CLUB
    59 10 T.IE follQfwtaf pmye.s will represent the Br?mto?c Spcrts Club m a friendly table-tennis math against the Airport Sports Club at Hje Chiang R^d at 2 pm. to-day: Yjung Hai Wah. Hoe Swoe Njian, On-; Ch ng Kiat, M. K. Diman. Tan Gim Hai. Tan Gim Yang and
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    CHINESE ATHLETIC TASTE DEFEAT
    515 10 Sappers Play Good Soccer At The Stadium LOSERS FIGHT GAMELY IN CLOSING STAGES Fortress R.E 2; Chinese Athletic 1. IN one of the best soccer matches seen at Anson Road 1 stadium this season, the Fortress R.E. beat the Chinese Athletic team by two goals to
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    No Championship Golf This Year
    157 10 (Prom Our Own C«.>rrc*>poii«icnt» Kuala Lumper. Alt-. Z r hZ the ISalayma ama.cur self cl i..-i;k :i iup meeting will not be held this y -ar. ins Selansor Golf Club will hold ifc> c*»Jb fiisnipionsbtp during the Ea:ier toudaja. Tftr following I* the programme: April
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    WOMEN'S GOLD MEDAL AT R.S.G.C.
    109 10 "THE Royal Singapore Golf Club's women's Gold Medal competition will be played m conjunction with the women's April Medal and the qualifying round of the Spring Cup on Monday, Apr. 7. The following are elisi'ule to compete: Mrs. E. A. Elder, Mrs. R. L. Nunn.
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    WEIGHTS FOR FIRST DAY OF SINGAPORE RACES
    473 10 'TTEIE following arc the weights for Saturday, Apr. 5, the first day of the Singapore Turf Club's Summer (Governor's Cup) meeting THE ANNIVERSARY CVV Horses, Class 1, Div. 1. 6 furs. Depot 9.04 Jac< Druce 8.04 National 8. 13 Royal Hampton. 8.01 Cimon
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    FURTHER TIES IN S.C.R.C TENNIS
    225 10 TIIE following are further ties m the S.C.R.C. tennis champicnshtps' MONDAY "A" Singles Handicap: Low Kee Choc 6> vs. Kam Gim Hock 6); i William Tan (—3) vs. Ons Swee Keng (set.). "B" Singles Handicap: Khoo Kirn Swee (—3) vs. Khor Jin Sim (—3). "B"
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    The Argyll Reserves
    29 10 picture. The Argyll Reserves, who held the Tolice Reserves to a two-all draw in a league soccer match played at the stadium this week.- Free Press
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    Gordons Beat Manchesters Two-Nil At Changi
    596 10 Gordons 2 Manchesters 0. THE Gordons won a clean-cut and well-deserved victory over the Manchesters at Selerang: yesterday, when they beat them by two £oa!s to nil m a first division league soccer fixture. Besides exhibiting a general pertin- acity tru was lacking In
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    Swimming Carnival
    154 10 THE Mice Its vcl at the V M yesierdjy. very keen, and aquatics wi •a herlng At t] carnival Mrs. A. h away the prij In addition to Petition, there wen diving by ti George Djy. Go:. Ken- Lam, while K. Penamr, bn chammon exhibition < the stroke
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    BRINKMANNS BEAT S.R.C. 6-2
    41 10 BRINKMANNS BEAT S.R.C. 6-2 DOMINATING I r I half, In .v Bnr. Singapore R( ts to twi pl.^y.d on the d B. inktn v thf?d^e ever I during Bi la>t ten mini;; a:.d 1 1 r t r v. In the
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    TO-MORROW'S EVENTS AT YACHT CLUB
    51 10 TO-MORROW'S EVENTS AT YACHT CLUB TiiE fdllCWifl it the R Club "C" class v. for Ovans Chi fi 50 a.m.; The a .hiivi rjee 'cr M st:rt r.g rt 10 r. >ail fi? thirc i branM Cup. i The Singapore I liLfs wJi sail t Clarke Chailtfl 10 20 a
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      156 10 Week-end Sports Events TO-DAY Soccer: S.A.F.A. leigue, first division. Straits Chinese Football Association vs. the Malay Football Association, Anson Road s'adium; second division (b), Fort Canning vs. Naval Base Indians, Naval Base: B.HL., Bramt >co vs. G.EC, (ieylang stidium; Hongkong and Shanghai Bank vs. Harper Gilfillan. Depot. Cricket: S. R
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