The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 4 April 1941

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    20 1 LATE SINGAPORE EDITION The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 15.274. ESTD. 1835. FRIDAY, APRIL i, 1941. i CENTS
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    HUNGARIAN PREMIER COMMITS SUICIDE
    95 1 "Unable To Continue Hard, Unhappy Task" UNSUCCESSFUL BID TO KEEP NEWS FROM PUBLIC Budapest, Apr. 3. Idd, Prime Minister of Hungary, who signed entry into the Axis bloc, committed suicide nteht. His body was discovered m his room ft letter declaring that he did not feel
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    Wife "In Grave Accident"
    104 1 Reports that Count Teleki's wife bad died were also denied m the same circles. They stated, however, that she was m hospital after a grave accident and her condition was not yet known. v Budapest dispatch states that Count Teleki shot himself through the right temple
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    Belgrade Feels War Is Inevitable: Nazis Leave
    241 1 Urulr. Apr. 3. Germans m Belting roughly to 50, from Berlin ..■-.< diately. attacnt and! I be the only Nazi the German Mi* ite efforts to! Yugoslavia and! ioi'mved, according h fo the \>w ka* Gov- have dis- or. Italy and Germany and
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    Quo Tai-chi New Chinese Foreign Minister
    233 1 Quo Tai-chi New Chinese Foreign Minister CHANGES ANNOUNCED IN CHUNGKING Chungking, Apr. 3. IT is officially stated that Dr. Quo Tai-chi, Ambassador m London, has been appointed Foreign Minister, succeeding Dr. Wang Chunghui. This change is interpreted m many circles as a further indication of close Sino-British relations since Dr.
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    Matsuoka On Way Back To Berlin
    75 1 Rome, Apr. 3. MH Yosuke Matsuoka, Japanese Foreign Minister, left for Berlin this morning. He was seen off •ly Count Ciano, Italian Foreign Minister. Count Ciano and von Mackensen, German Ambassador, attended a dinner m honour of Mr. Matsuoka by the Japanese Ambassador last
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    THREE RAIDERS DOWNED
    24 1 London, Apr. r'O Junkers 88 and a Dornler were quickly disposed of by British Spitfires and Hurricanes over Britain today.- Reuter
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    No Protest From Vichy
    156 1 London, Apr. 3. NO protest has yet been received by the British Government from Vichy over the convoy incident and one is now so long after the event entitled to doubt whether any protest was ever sent. If one has been sent, ii has certainly never
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    Another Italian Destroyer Sent To Bottom: One Sinking
    75 1 Another Italian Destroyer Sent To Bottom: One Sinking London, Apr. AN Admiralty communique issued to-day states that the Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies report* that one Italian destroyer has been sunk by aircraft and that another has been left m a sinking condition. Both these destroyers recently left Massawa. These
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    EIRE TO SEND PROTEST TO BERLIN
    139 1 EIRE TO SEND PROTEST TO BERLIN Ships Attacked, One Sunk Dublin, Apr. 3. piRB haa suffered from Nazi at- tacks on shipping, Mr. de Valera, Eire Prime Minister, revealed m the Dail to-day. During the last four weeks, tie stated, one Irish vessel had been sunk and three others attacked.
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    U.S. Flags To Be Taken Off Axis Vessels
    161 1 U.S. Flags To Be Taken Off Axis Vessels Washington, Apr. 1 THE Coastguard Service has ordered the removal of the United States flag irom any of the 69 ships at present m custody on which it may have been flying. The ships will fly no flags. Meanwhile, the two German
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    MARY PICKFORD SERIOUSLY ILL
    56 1 London, Apr. 3 rE condition of Mary Pick ford, who was earlier reported to be m a "precarious condition" m the St. Vincent hospital, m Los Angles, is now more hopeful, according to a message received m New York from Hollywood. She is m hospital under
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    Windsors Safe When Yacht Runs Aground
    45 1 Nassau, Apr. 3. THE Duke and Duchess of Windsor are aboard their yacht which is reported to have run aground off Eleuthera Island. They are reported safe and a seaplane and motor cruiser are going to their aid.- Renter
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    Advance In Eritrea & Abyssinia Continues
    447 1 Advance In Eritrea Abyssinia Continues Cairo, Apr. 3. BRITISH forward troops have captured Miesso, about 180. miles from Addis Ababa, states to-day's Cairo G.H.Q. communique. The advance continues, it adds. A large number ol prisoners has been taken m Eritrea and many more are being rounded up. A considerable number
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    Two Killed In Beirut Demonstrations
    60 1 Vichy. Apr. S. DEMONSTRATORS protesting against the delay m the arrival of iood supplies clashed with police In Beirut, (Syi<a) to-day and two persons were killed, states a despatch to the Vichy nev/s agency. The military had to be called out vi restore order and
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    Anglo-Turkish Staff Talks Continue
    51 1 Ankara, Apr. LIEJT-GEN. Sir James Marshal? Cornwall and Air Vice-Marshal Elm hirst, representing the British Middle East Command, have arrived hero from Egypt to resume thf jtaflT talks of last January. Admiral Sir Howard Kelly, who has been here since the earlier talks, will tak? part-
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    S.C.F.A. HOLD ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
    152 2 Office-Bearers Elected MR Sim Kwang Tew, hon. secretary and treasurer ol the Straits Chinese Football Association from 19^ S was presented with a fountain nen and pencil at the annual general meeting held at the Association's premises, Farrer Park, yesterday. Making the presentation, Mr. lay
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    AUSTRALIAN VIEW OF MATSUOKA'S SPEECHES
    278 3 "Disservice To Cause Of Understanding In Pacific" SHIGEMITSU'S WISH TO MEET TOKIO FOREIGN MINISTER Canberra, Apr. 3. MYmkl Vlatsuoka's (Japanese Foreign Minister) puihn m Berlin and Rome would be a disservice to r h* i an-*' of understanding: m the Pacific, said Sir Frederick r
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    178 Italian Planes Destroyed In Africa In March
    105 3 178 Italian Planes Destroyed In Africa In March London, Apr. 3ONE hundred and seventy-eight Italian aircraft were destroyed m the Middle East theatre of war during March, It is learned m London. K.A.F and Dominion pilots shot down 125 and anti-aircraft gunners accounted for 21, while 32 were destroyed on
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    U. S. Convoys For Ships As Far As Iceland?
    118 3 U. S. Convoys For Ships As Far As Iceland? MORE NAVAL AID FOR BRITAIN POSSIBLE Washington. Apr. S. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT has legal right to order naval escorts for merchantmen as far as the beginning of the combat zone and Iceland is not m that question. Senator George, chairman of the
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    Vichy Will Not Declare War On Britain—de Gaulle
    134 3 Vichy Will Not Declare War On Britain de Gaulle Cairo, Apr. 3. f OMPLETE conviction that the state of public feeling m France would prevent any move to bring that country into war against Britain and the Allies was stated here at a Press conference by Gen. de Gaulle, Free
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    Sketch Of Premier Who Took His Life
    179 3 r UL TELEKI, the 'PreL h the Professors Rod," h la announced (Sec twaja enjoyed great ngary a.< a poHUcten tA Buuupest r, 199t, be beIster m succession to who had resigned Ml MWt gf mi I Lad passed a num Jewish laws,
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    "Battle Of Matapam "
    81 3 "Battle Of Matapam London. Apr. 3. ADM. flar Andrew Cunningham, Com.--rrmnder-- Chief Madtten unean. has dennitely named the Mediterranean battle the "Battle of Matapam," according to The Times correspondent at Alexandria. The correspondent says tiiat notices announcing a thanksgiving service tor victory were postcJ on the warships and referred to
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    AFGHAN TRADE MISSION ARRIVES IN JAPAN
    46 3 ""Pi-ii: economic mission from Afghan- istan, wiiicn passed through Singur*ore recently on its way to Japan, landed at iCobe yesterday says Reute*. and proceeds to Tokio to-day I mission is headed by the Vice r of Beonomy, Mr. Ghulanj Khan
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    Brazil Protests To Germany
    34 3 Uio de Janeiro, Apr. 3. pi: \/ll has sent a n to Ger- many protesting against the b«;:n?»i?ig: cf the Brazil merchantit* m Tiubit* off Alexandria ten days a?o.- Reuter
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    Mexico Joins U.S. In Hemisphere Defence
    125 3 Washington, Apr. 2. UNITED STATES-Mexican collaboration for defence of the western hemisphere is visualized m a msssage sent by President Roosevelt to-day to the Senate asking it to ratify the new agreement between the United States and Mexico for reciprocal use of airfields belonging
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    Bombers Cripple Armed Enemy Ship
    81 3 London, Apr. 3. THE RA.F, iii dayiight yesterday bembed enemy aerodromes at Maupertus 35 miles east of Paris and nearly 150 miles inside occupied Franco Caen and Haamstede. O! the Dutoh coast Blenheim bomben crippled ouc armed merchant ship, last seen down by the stern
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    GREEKS BRING DOWN TWO RAIDERS
    28 3 Athens, Apr. 3. AN oflidui uiuioimcement states that Greek fighters and anti-aircraft 'guns brought <*ov n two three-engined j enemy pianos yesterday.- Reuter
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    Notable Events In Burma
    292 3 London, Apr. S. TTHE last clays of Sir Archibald Cochrane's Governorship m Burma is marked by two notable events, says The Time.s in a leading article to-day. The first, of high symbolic interest, was the hoisting m Rangoon o£ the new national flag. The second event
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    Britain's Reply To Vichy Contentions Against The Blockade
    400 3 Britain's Rep l y To Vichy Contentions Against The Blockade n. Apr J UN! Mrliv GovViun th;it the of unoccupied 1 »»t Mloria is pointless,! fltf, the Ministry of I Karfaie fate exception! 'lion, f.rstl,. that un--1 has the >tatus of a neutral ibe idiy 1 to take every the
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    Nazis Short Of Cotton, Copper
    260 3 London, Apr. 3. SLEEPING tablets and soporifics are found m the pockets of almost all German sailors or airmen who fall either alive or dead Into British hands German medical equipment, largely discovered by the British, contains no iodine or vaseline, the only disinfectant being
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    Japan's "New Order" And The Vatican
    65 3 Tokio, Apr. 1 MR. Yosuke Mafcsuoka's meeting with the Pope, when the Japanese Foreign Mini&ter beard Papal views or conditions tor peace, was extremeJv valuable although the time is not ye: ripe for a pease conference," says the Asahi Shlmbun to-day. The newspaper assumes
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    Good Friday Not To Be Holiday In Britain
    56 3 London, Apr. /"JOOD Friday will not be a public holiday m Britain this year. The banks will remain open but will close on Easter Monday. Football clubs too have received advice from the football associations that matches should not be arranged at
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    Noted Woman Writer Believed Drowned
    97 3 Noted Woman Writer Believed Drowned London, Apr. X ILiRS. VIRGINIA WOOLF. noted essayist and novelist, is feared by her family to have been drowned m the river Ouse, near Lewes, Sussex, where she and her husband lived. Her husband said last night: "Mrs. Woolf is presumed to be dead. She
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    German College In Mexico Closed
    54 3 London. Apr. i. •pHE German College m Mexico City has been closed by the authorities there on the ground that the institution was the centre for snreadint: anti-demooratic and pro-Nazi doctrines. Tliis statement was made m mdio report from Mexico City to-day. The collet had
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    Royal Indian Navy's Part In The War
    311 3 Royal Indian Navy's Part In The War London, Apr. 3. A TRIBUTE to the work of the Royal Indian Navy since the outbreak of war and more particularly to its part m the recapture of Berbera paid m a dispatch from the Commander-in-Chief, East Indies, is the subject of an
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    13TH RAIDLESS NIGHT IN LONDON
    42 3 13TH RAIDLESS NIGHT IN LONDON lahuiou, Apr. X. Pir Ml I'Jti! HHOHBfve night no Ixmiiv tell m London la^t night. There was no alert m the rapital nor any raids throughout Britain, thouph rnemy Mi were reported In the Fngf<«ml area- Reuter
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    FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 194L The Burma Railway
    663 4 FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 194L The Burma Railway ]U ALAYAN Chinese are delighted at the news that Great Britain has now agreed to provide funds to enable the Government of Burma to build a railway from the present railhead of Lashio to the frontier of China, thus linking up the Burmese
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    Working Of Eastern Group Council
    1244 4 Working Of Eastern Group Council IN this article, whi h originally apnearcd m the Svtiney Morning Herald, a special correspondent discusses the scope and funct'.ons of the Eastern Group Supply Council, ivith spe^i?! reference to the part bcin^ played by Australia. In Malaya, a Department of Supply has been created
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    JAPANESE CLAIM KIANGSI VICTOR
    64 4 TIIF J.i; the conclusion t I west Khmt-'si I»r<nni<r b ;of Chungking troi In the M of Ka«n and E of Kaacfaanc the cap;t. It is claim "d that 18 900 cd on the fie'.ds of battlo by the i forces, while 754 soldiers v Booty
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    APPEASEMENT CHARGE AGAINST COUNCIL
    120 4 Whii chtaeae ti publtafced acre dm^r r< Shanghai Municipi comment, the China 7 m.< arrangement Th < o daily rlainu U I Is only an r>* < i Mipt by th 'to ai«p< miner a trim young L i kno ted at the do r of
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    Bombed Britons Find Hot Meals Laid On Right After Raids
    1272 5  - Bombed Britons Find Hot Meals Laid On Right After Raids Winifred Holmes r ßy th? Wartime Social Survey, 75 per cen* •treed with Mrs. Green. Only 25 per (vrt, mostly the very poorest, said they would we'eome the chance to eat their meals m the cantoen Britain's Ministry of Food
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    UP-COUNTRY CHATTER
    957 5  -  CLIO BY THE Easter holiday exodus is beginning and both hill stations and seaside bungalows are beginning to fill up. Trains arrive from Singapore filled with visitors on their way to Cameron Highlands. Among them I saw the other day Mrs. B. A. R. Gater. who was wellknown
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    Blouses Are A Big Wartime Fashion In London
    111 5 DLOUSES are a big wartime fashion m London, where clothes have to be practical as well as gay and feminine. Sketched here are some examples, ali designed by famous fashion houses. They'd go down well m Singapore too. A thin crepe patterned
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    PENANG CHAMBER SHIPPING CONFERENCE
    2355 6 "Binding Conditions Inflict Injury To Merchants 9 Interests A MONOPOLISTIC body such as a Shipping Conference, rt with its binding conditions on the other party can, by an inconsiderate act, inflict grave injury to merchants' interests and the latter have little means of protecting themselves against
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    Mr. F.D. Bisseker's Appeal To War Tax-Payers
    1163 6 Mr. F.D. Bis seker's Appeal To War Tax-Payers "MANY Bills have gone on the Statute Book during the year which we have under review at this meeting," said Mr. F. D. Bisseker, m a speech before proposing: a vote of thanks to the chairman, at Wednesday's meetinsr of the Penang
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    Mr. Roosevelt's Speech Hailed In Australia
    306 6 Mr. Roosevelt's Speech Hailed In Australia THE Minister for External Affairs* Sir Frederick Stewart, commenting on the memorable broadcast by President Roosevelt on Mar. 15, said that no more forceful indictment or Naziism and all that it stood for had been heard since the war "The^owers which the President now
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    U.S. TRIBUTE TO ANZACS
    53 6 ANEW YORK TIMES Sunday issue recently published an article occupying several columns paying tribute to the Anzacs of the last war and the present war. The article declares: "When t3-day's Anzacs return to their distant homes they will leave behind them memories as splendid as those
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      214 6 Broun F,v-s Blue Ev«'« Grey Eyes? Every day your eye- m by invisible germs ol every I They become covered vfchj film of dust and smoke and your face and hands. And th more sensitive No wonder people's, eye their age No wonder they from disfiguring eye-troubles. U astonishing they
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    MORE LAND BEING USED FOR FOOD PRODUCTION IN MALAYA
    322 7 Large Increases In Many Local Crops 36,500 ACRES ADDED i>u for Victory" campaign to help Malaya towards r iwrthicnn m foodstuffs is meeting with encouraging ilts, accordm* to figures published m the Malayan Rural Journal, an official publication. comparison of the
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    "Disregard For Law" Alleged
    367 7 ARMY OFFICER DID NOT STOP CAR AN Indian Army officer, Lieut. Y. C. Tiwary, who was stated to have been brought to the Singapore traific court on a warrant of arrest on one occasion and on another to have made a late appearance at the continued
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    TREE FALLS ON GIRL'S LEG
    144 7 rIE Jeath of a ten-year-old Kheh girl, Wee Yeok Wah, two days after a rubber tree had i alien on one of her legs was inquired into by the Singapsre coroner yesterday. In h?r evidence Wee*s mother. Ah Tai. said that at 5 p.m. on
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    Summons Against European
    105 7 'THAT the defendant was "far from being well" and would not be fit to attend court ;or a fortnight was tne explanation made by Mr. K.K. O'Connor when he appeared on behalf of H Harley-Clarke. secretary of the Singapore Swimming Club, m the Singapore traffic court yesterday.
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    Admiralty Man Alleges Corrupt Offer Of Money
    433 7 H>re, a quantity surveyor ;,U>fd by the Admiralty, the Singapore third court that he was offered 25 per 'he profits if he managed ire $30,000 to $50,000 con- Naval Ba.se for two i Singh and Bickn at the conti.i preliminary Inquiry r and
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    Two-Hour Concert For Airmen
    273 7 nrciE concert arranged by Inspector A. J. A. 1 Blake at the Kallang Airmen's Club on Wednesday night was a great success and an enthusiastic audience was entertained to a good two- hour show. Tlie show was slickly presented and there were none of those delays
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    "Barbarous Form Of Chastisement"
    34 7 MUI TSAI ILLTREATED P INCHING a part of the child's body-a barbarous form of chastisement comre^"^aded toiler <=h»« e TO (Hied *50. i. r*Hina. She was DrouK ll |Wlc i»2a?a?r-S5
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    Blood Donors' Reaction Noted In Local Test
    199 7 INSTANT CALL-UP GIVES M.A.S. MEN PRACTICE TWENTY blood donors were called upon m Singapore yesterday afternoon to report at once to the Blood Transfusion Centre at the College of Medicine. At least one who arrived at the Centre was asked to actually give
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    INTERPRETER CHARGED
    94 7 KANAGASABAI, an interpreter attached to the civil district court, claimed trial m the criminal district court yesterday on three summons charges of accepting various sums i of money "without consideration from persons who, he knew, were likely to be concerned m j business connected with his official functions."
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    Confidence In North Malaya
    96 7 rIE Singapore office of aw.'i.known insurance company has received a report from its northern Malayan branch manager saying that business from lVrlis is gratifying, as one might have expected that people m that border State would have been less confident of the future than elsewhere. The
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    Aboard A British Aircraft Carrier
    36 7 Aboard A British A ir craft Ca rrier TYPICAL OF LIFE on board an aircraft carrier is this seen**. The crew —pilot, observer, and air gunner— report to their CO. on getting out of the plane.
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    CONDITIONS IN LOCAL FIELD' AMBULANCE
    440 7 CONDITIONS IN LOCAL FIELD AMBULANCE THE formation of a new military unit, 1 No. 1 Malaya B^ield Ambulance, furnishes an opportunity lor non-British Europeans, and for Eurasians, to *dc their bit" towards winning the war, m a very useful capacity, and at the same time acquire knowledge and training which
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    "Malays Should Defend Their Country With British Help"
    558 7 "Malays Should Defend Their Country With British Help" THE broadcast of the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, on Sunday night m which he referred to the decision to expand the Malay Regiment to two battalions, has been warmly welcomed by the Malay community, and is the subject of editorials m two
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    FALSE COINS ON ALTAR
    191 7 Story Of Search In Woman's Room MR. J. P. Morson. a customs officer, lv described m the criminal district court yesterday how he discovered a collection of counterfeit coins m a wooden pillow m a house which he was searching tor ehandu and opium. He gave
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    COOKING OF MALAYAN VEGETABLES
    112 7 A TALK of partirular interest to women will »>e given from the Singapore broadcasting station at 7 p.m. to-day. This will takr the fcrm of a discussion botwecn Mrs. R X BoJU turn and Mrs. W. Reid on "Cooking Malaya. l Vegetables." Mrs. Reid, who recently
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    DONATIONS TO Y.W.C.A.
    108 7 FURTHER donations received for Y.W.C.A. PkMMWC campaign an ledged by the MMCtattOß as follows: S5O Captain w. l Ctonfoer; f2">. U"!* 'i jLtd.. Mrs G. W Sf abridep, Mr. L W Ged <i o o. Fchitrova d. M- Chtn Pj»n |^©w«»; Mr. Yeo San Twee. Mr. A
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    RESTRICTED GOODS IMPORT OFFENCE
    88 9 CHGW YONO YEE appeared ?n the fourth court yesterday on charges of importing prohibited and restricted goods into the colony. Prosecuting, Mr. H G. D. Lewin, of the Customs Department, said that on Mar. 13, a revenue officer and a party of men boarded a ship
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    EXPORT CONTROL IN HONG KONG
    61 9 Hong Kong, Apr. S. THE Controller of Trade has published a list of commodities the export of which Is prohibited except by licence. The list includes cereals, oils, fats, fruits, vegetables, canned milk sugar, tea, iron, steel, non-ferrous metals, fertilizer, hides. The miscellaneous section includes
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    EXEMPTIONS FROM SECOND PERIOD OF CAMP
    563 9 54 Applications Heard By Singapore Tribunal CIfTY-FOUR applications for exemption from continuous 1 training with the Volunteers from Apr. 15 to June 14 and for extension of postponement certificates were heard by the Singapore Tribunal at the Old Supreme Court yesterday. The applications for
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    VAIN EFFORT TO SAVE LIFE OF GARDENER
    221 9 VAIN EFFORT TO SAVE LIFE OF GARDENER ALAN HENDERSON, an electrical engineer described m the Singapore coroner's court yesterday how he vainly gave artificial respiration to a gardener who was stated to have been electrocuted while working m a nouse m Oxley Rise. Henderson was giving evidence at the inquiry
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    Why Italian Fleet Put To Sea
    225 9 (To The Editor of the Free Press) Sir.— There is one und only one significant leascn «yhj the Italian fleet, after so many months of inactivity m harbour, took to It is for the purpose ot dupin,- Mr. Matsuoka, the Japanese Foreign Minister, into
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    NEW OIL PIPELINE IN SUMATRA
    68 9 Batavia, Mar. 31. TPHE Netherlands Colonial Oil Company is to lay a six-inch pipe-line crossing the Djanoera district of Sumatra. The company's technical committee is at present investigating points suitable for a Landing station and a terminus from which tankers of shallow draught will carry
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    MILITARY TRUCK DRIVER'S LICENCE ENDORSED
    412 9 IN what was described by counsel as being a ''borderline case betwsen negligent driving and an error of judgment," K. Narayan. an Indian Army truck driver, was fined $75, or thref months' simple imprisonment, m the Singapore traffic court yesterday. Narayan pleaded guilty to a
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      487 9 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS TENDERS TIM Johore Government Invites tenloi the purchase of the steam ah "Tensßaroh" as she now lies at ..'oovernment Wharf. Johore Bahru. Tenders should be addressed to the ite Secretary, Johore. and should h his office not later than noon on \pr 15. 1941. rKINfIPAI DIMENSIONS: \jpn"*h OveraU
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      40 9 shipping notice strllTtsTpacific conference Freight Tariff No. 8 OVERLAND OCEAN KATE ON riNEXPPLES It is notified' tor information that, with immediate effect, the overland ocenn rate on Pineapples to Canadian destinations will be Canadian 322.00 per ton of 20 cwt
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      840 9 Broadcasting TO-DAY SINGAPORE ZHL 11.33 met < 225 m.) ZIIPI 9 60 me/i (59.9f m.) ZHP3 7.24 me/* (41.38 av> 10 ajn. Malay Varlctyt; 11 ajn. Indian Musict; 11.45 ajn. Cantonese Musict; 12.30 p.m. Chinese Programme Summary and Peiping Dramas; 12.55 p.m. Mid-day Market prices, m Hbkkien; 1 p.m. European
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      239 9 POST OFFICE MAIL LIST Mails close at the General Post Offxe as follows TO-DAY Aden air 4 p.m. Africa air 4 p.m. Australia air 4 p.m. Burma air 4 p.m. Ce ylon air 4 p.m. EOT* air 4p.m. Great Britain &c air 4 p.m. air 4 p.m. Java air 4
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    POLICE BEAT GORDONS BY AN ODD GOAL
    711 10 Spirited First Division Soccer At Depot SANDERSON PLAYS WELL FOR WINNERS Police 2 Gordons 1. CIGHTINU out the issue with a speed, determination mid energy that rose above adverse conditions, the Police and the Gordons played fine football at Thomson Road Depot yesterday
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    SOCCER RESULTS IN BRIEF
    92 10 THE following are the results m brief of league soccer matches played yesterday S.A.F.A. League, first division, Police beat the Gordons by two goals to one at the Depot reMrvt division. Chinese Athletic beat the Malays by five goals to nil at the stadium j second
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    Airmen Collect Full Points
    444 10 FOUR-ONE VICTORY OVER PUBLISHERS i; vi (Seittar) 1: Publisher* 1. FIELDING a superior team, the X A.F. (Seletar) scored an easy w tory by four goals to one over th*- Publishers m a serond division league *-oceer fixture on the fJMJCJk, ground yesterday. ept for a
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    MORAVIA & R.A.O.C. DRAW
    31 10 MORAVIA R.A.O.C. DRAW EKLY-yi&tched m all cicpariinents Qm tame, M^raviu and tlie R 0 C f9Vght a second division <a) Ih^HM gani'- > a s- or-'ii drai ot Farr-T Park yest Trip"
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    NEGRI BILLIARDS
    66 10 Orom O:ir Own Correspondent' Seremban, Mar. 31. THE following are the results of the inter-club billiards match between i the Negri Sembilan Club and the Negri Sembilan Chinese Recreation Club, which the Chines j won four-nil: Ncr Loo B?ng beat Maurice Nunis; Ng Lian Huat beat Tuan Sheikh
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    Friendly Soccer
    31 10 In a friendly soccer match played on Wednesday, the Argylls beat the Singapore Cricket Club by live goals to two. This picture shows the Club defending. Free Press picture.
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    OVERSEA-CHINESE BANK SCORE 8-1 VICTORY
    387 10 0.C.8 8; G.E.C L THE Oversea-Chinese Bank continued their unbeaten 1 career m the Business Houses' League when they beat the General Electric Company by eight goals to one on the Clerical Union ground yesterday. The Bankers have now, on the auestion of points, drawn
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    To-day's Sports Events
    50 10 To-day's Sports Events Soccer: S.A.F.A. league, first division, RAF. vs. Chinese Athletic, stadium; reserve division, Loyals vs. Manchester*. Gillman Barracks; second division (a) R.E. (P. 8.) vs. Malay Regiment. Pulau Brani; Hill. Chartered Bank vs. Traction Co., S.T.C. Hock?y: Army Small Units final, Fortress Signals vs. Indian General Hospital. Gillman.
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    S.C.C. CRICKET
    110 10 THE loliowihg have been selected to play m a home-and-home cricket j match at the S.C.C on Sunday, com- j' mencing at 11 a.m. Captain's XI: J. H. WilimoU, G. K. M Stein, J. T. Rea, N. C. Brown, Lt. J. Turner. A. C. Simmons. J. E. Jeans,
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    Coast Regiment Prove Too Good For Manchesters
    230 10 ""THE Coast Regiment proved too strong for the Manchesters m a cricket match played at Changi on Wednesday, beating their opponents by 101 runs. A feature of the game was all-round performance by Maltby, who scored 35 and then v/ent on to take
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    Reserves Meet At Stadium
    268 10 CHINESE ATHLETIC BEAT MALAYS 5-0 liinese A.A. Res. .5; Malay Res.. .0. OLAYING with ten men at Anson Kf»ad stadium yesterday, the Malays were no match for the Chinese Athletic team, and were beaten by five goals to nil m a reserve division le2i»ii^ sot-cer fixture.
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    Singapore's Best State Cricket Side In Years
    657 10 STRENGTH IN BATTING, VARIETY IN BOWLING J AST week it was indicated m these notes would have been possible this week to make f a accurate surmise of what the Singapore State to meet Selangor at cricket at Kuala Lumpur dut the Easter
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    JAVA ROAD B.P.
    100 10 A FRIENDLY badnunt a. tween th^ Java Road B T New B.P. at the lattcr's court day resulted In a win fjr th<> party by four games to thJ Results. Java R >ad plmyei tloncd first, were. Singles: Suiak b< 15 4; Yunos beat Ibrahim I ,11—15,
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