The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 20 June 1941

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  • 17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 16,339. CSTD. 1835. FRIDAY, JUNE >Q, 1941 ft CENTS
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  • 106 1 "R.A.F. Co-operation With U.S. Planes" Story LINK-UP IN MIDOCEAN: "100 PER CENT. PROTECTION" Ottawa, June 18* A REPORT was current m Government circles her© to-day that collaboration, which would mean nearly 100 per cenU protection for Atlantic shipping, has been arranged between the Royal Air
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  • 341 1 Czechs, Poles Belgians In Attack: Nine Enemy Planes Shot Down nm HS Poles and Belg,ans shared m a great offensive carried out Sy British WfcMcr command aircraft over occupied France and the English Channel yesterday. squadrons escorted bombers or carried out supporting offensive
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  • 228 1 Damascus A ttack Begun: Vital Positions Taken London, June lv. P HER important positions have >>ouin of Darnas- ns Hied forces, who are against the city, ry v)f the ultimatum of Maitlar.d WBnn, Allied ri:i. to Gen. Dentz. Vichy r to Syria, to with*t» v troops by 530 a.m. OdaVf
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  • 27 1 Berlin, June 19. /GERMANY has ordered the closing of all United Stales consulates and offices m Germany and German -occupied territory by July 15.- Reuter
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  • 155 1 Cairo, June 19. T4IL bombing of positions which wero holding; op the British troops near Damascus is reported m to-day's R.A.F. Middle East communique. A combined force of Australian air force and K.A.F. bombers, it says, attacked opposing positions which were holding up the British troops near Damascus. At Beirut
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  • 82 1 Cairo, June ID. Allied troops are reported here to be nearinf the fates of Damascus. Events arc also developing favourably to the Allies oa the coast where steady progress Is being made towards Beirut. While there is always the possibility thai Vichy troops may make a stand half-way between Sidon
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  • 41 1 London, June 19. MR. J. A. De war's Commotion, ridden by Harry Wragg, won the Oaks— the fillies classic— to-day, beating Lieut.-Col. Robinson's Turkana by two ?ngths m two minutes, 37 seconds, it> Lord Glanely's Dancing Time third.- Reuter
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  • 105 1 London, June 19. CAPT. OLIVER LYTTELTON, President of the Board of Ttade, to-day moved the second reading of the Goods and Services Price Control Bill. He said the bill will enable the Boaid of Trade to fix maximum prices instead of per. mitted prices. Its
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  • 52 1 Shanghai, June 19. FOREIGNERS arriving here to-day aboard the United States liner President Coolidge from Hong Kong reported sighting over 50 Japanese warships off Amoy moving southwards. The fleet is said to have included four or five battleships, but was mostly composed of destroyers and
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  • 234 1 London, June 19. TTHE British forces which launched a big attack m the Western Desert surprising the Germans at Fort Capuzzo are now safely back m their original positions, it is learned m authoritative circles m London to-day, says Reuter. These positions are
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  • 90 1 London* June 19. I a STATEMENT by Mr. Churchill next j I A week on the war situation was fore- j shadowed m the House to-day. Replying to an invitation to make a state- j ment to-day the Prime Minister said: "It j
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  • 45 1 Nicosia i Cyprus), June 19. A GERMAN Diane has machinegunned an Egyptian steamer off jthe coast of Cyprus. Damage to the vessel was very slight but one of the crew was injured and landed for hospital treatment here.— Reuter
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  • 212 1 Ankara, June 19. •"pURKEY'S attitude towards Bri- tain and Germany following upon the new ten-year pact of friendship signed m Ankara between Germany and Turkey is explained m a leading article m the semiofficial Ankara newspaper, Ulus, quoted by the Turkish radio.
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  • 35 1 London, June 19. P! is believed that the Mexican Gov- eminent at any moment will close thej German consulates and propaganda! centres, says a Mexico City d'spntch to the Indet>2ndent French Agency m London.- Reuter
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  • 288 1 London, June 19. THHE House of Commons is shortly to debate the shipping position and the Battle of the Atlantic m a secret session. In announcing forthcoming Parliamentary business, the Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill, declared that the debate on shipping would be
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  • 125 1 London, June 19. AFFICIALS of Berlin were busy to-day denying that any clashes have occurred on the Russo-German frontier. For weeks, i,he Germans have been putting out stories about Russo-Ger-man tension and now resort to a new trick m the "nerve" war. Berlin officials stated to-day:
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  • 55 1 New York. Jim IS. rpORONTO CITY was successfully blacked 1 out for 15 minutes last nkrht as pianea of the Norwegian Air Force, substituting for the enemy, roared overhead. Officials of the Defence Committee said the demonstration showed that the city wm ready to meet all emergencies. Hamilton. Ontario, also
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  • 45 1 JL r\E Finnish ndi.» has announced that reservists have been called up for special manoeuvres which, the announcer added, were beinc staged m order to nrcserve Finland's security and to strengthen her preparat ors for lefente like other neutral states.- Reuter
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  • 169 2 •TOE All-Malaya two-day A.R.P. and 1 blackout practice came to an end this morning after Passive Defence Services were put through the most stringent tests they have yet encountered. The Kallang gasworks area and the Singapore Railway Station were presumed to be the main targets of
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  • 138 2 Manila, June 19. PT a speech after a Loyalty Day parade to-day President Manuel Quezon declared that should the United States enter the war "she will find all the people of this country to the last man on her side fighting under her banner and playing
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    • 163 2 HOTT MANY DIFFERENT PICTURES 1 AWK^ YOU SEEN THIS YEAR? We mean really different ones, with really new ideas! Not many, we will wager and none as good as FLIGHT FROM DESTINY" jr^im f k \z\ *7* i to d ay 3.15, WlBWftllffllffiißlM 6.15 9.15 P.M. 4 stars m a
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    • 127 2 Sliure and Begorrah...'tis JUDY GARLAND'S Grandest Picture and Truly a Great M.G.M. HIT TO-DAY at the CAPITOL I a-is-^ikjir with SPECIAL METROTONE NEWS-of-the-DAY Featuring PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S GREAT FIRESIDE CHAT TO THE U.S. NATION R IMPORTANT NOTICE, [j IN VIEW OF THE UN PRECEDENTED W AUDIENCE -ACCLAIM OF COLUMBIA'S [jfj IADAM
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  • 542 3 Other atones Of German Rumanian Ultimatums To Moscow Unconfirmed BUTLONDONTAKESGRAVER VIEW OF "TENSION" London, June 19. AfTHOKITATIVE quarters here say they have no con.A Urination of reports that Rumania or Germany has bunched military operations against Russia or presented an ultimatum to Moscow.
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  • 47 3 Bucharest. June 19. TTWELVE passengers and three mem- bers of the crew perished when an air liner bound for Bucharest and Sofia crashed In names from a height of 500 feet after taking off from the aerodrome at Baneasea. Reuter
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  • 123 3 n^ Washington, June 19. consuls m European countries have been ordered to withhold visas from aliens whose close relatives are still residing m those countries. Thousands of emigres from Prance and Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg, Poland, Czecho-Slovakia and other German-conquered states will be affected. The
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  • 283 3 APPEAL TO WORKERS IN AMERICA Washington, June 19. DEVEAUNO that Great Britain's J* radio locator has been given to the United States, the British Embassy has appealed for American volunteers to operate the device m Great Britain and perform other technical wor* there. The British
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  • 41 3 Newark (N.J.). Jmne 19. r:N of the crew of the Italian freighter Aussa (5.441 tons) have been convicted by a Federal jury here of putting the ship out of commission. They are liable to a sentence of 20 years' imprisonment.- Reuter
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  • 165 3 London, June 19. *THE inactivity or German aviation and the fact that the oerman army 'has gone to ground somewnere m Europe." suggests the Germans are preparing some move of which r.ne direction is not clear In the opinion or the News Chronicle. The newspaper
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  • 275 3 Dublin, June 19. ■T^HE German Government has ex- pressed sincere regret to the Eire Government for bombs being dropped on Dublin on May 31 and expressed willingness to compensate for loss of life and damage to property. A statement by the Eireann Government Information Bureau early
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  • 588 3 Turks Forced Inclusion Of Clause Safeguarding Treaty With Britain Turco»German Pact Ankara, June 19. THE Turkish Government refused to sign the treaty of friendship concluded yesterday, with Germany, it is understood, unless a clause safeguarding the Anglo-Turkish treaty was included, says Reuter. This loyalty of Turkey to her treaty obligations
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  • 85 3 M.P's Attack Government Attitude Toward Hess Affair j^^ London, June 19. "complete and apparently directth 2f sUeuce m the Presi and efce- about Hess* was raised m the 2r* Commms to-day by the 2^^ member. Mr. Samuel Silver- untruth*. He alluded to the by Sir Archibald Sinclair. Air Minister, on
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  • 48 3 Rome, June 18. IT has been announced that the first A contingents of Italian troops arrived m Athens to-day replacing the German army of occupation. At the same time, Italian columns marching from Albania, have occupied other Greek points, the announcement said.- United Press
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  • 180 3 Australian Losses In Greece, Crete Canberra, June 19. HTHE War Minister, Mr. Percy C. Spender, announced m the House of Representatives to-day that he had learned from a Red Cross cable that 9 r ooo British, Australian and New Zealand troops are prisoners m Greece. Australians who had not returned
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  • 50 3 THAILAND -INDO-CHIN A PEACE PACT RATIFIED B»n*kol. June 19. rpHE Assembly has unanimously ratified th« 1 Thailand -Indo- China peace convention The Premier, thanking the House, expressed appreciation of Japanese mediation In the frontier conflict and stressed that Thailand will follow the time-honoured doUct of friendship with all powers.- Reuter
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  • 641 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1941. Turkey's New Pact A FTER many months of steadily "increasing German pressure during which the German war machine has advanced through the Balkans to the very shores of the Bosphorus, Turkey has signed a treaty with Nazi Germany. The immediate British reaction
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  • 916 4 By A Special Air Correspondent AIR-POWER rests on the quantity and the quality of the equipment and personnel of the air forces engaged, on the training and the experience of the air-crews and groundcrews nnd on the air staffs who steer their strategy. Of
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    13 4 SHOPKEEPER: "IT MAY LOOK A BIT SMALL,. BUT YOU'LL FIND EVERYTHINQ YOU NEED."
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  • 335 4 OECRUITING RA assumed a buoyaj t ton! large measure to of Recruiting (Group- c.pj Cobby) describes as the^Ln Hthe SDitnre." He tnl*?"* ment figures steadily t^,/ r boom levels J build I Latest Oommonwealth returns s v* Air Force have nearly trebVri eround staff
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  • 332 4 Wa June 18. A STRONG p>;i St. LawroijT- sea^uv Mi n»«u.c to-day by Col Frank V the Navy. The ■rht— outo&i Canadian and United SQ the connection b tveuj rence ai.d Col. Knox. vbo «PM of Representat \<»> Rrvei rmttee. declared. "Wi a disturbed
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    • 410 4 y J>^V THE BEST EVER Masters. m96uoi4dotkif Such a little thing rubbing the eyes HL*^-^^*^ yet it's a definite sign that all is not well. m > <^JtSl^t^ Lyes that are thoroughly healthy ar.d happy it fl^B don't need rubbing. Even spectacle wearers W^^^B^^S^ ■fl people who think that they
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    • 59 4 9 We have a wide T^ range of suit t&. lengths, Rockvillc Wain ShieC's. In **SpS' P| Silk and Wool :j& Jf| I t also AMERICAN M jij S H ARKSKIN ftjlß m Various Colours J^^B you have not tried our tailoring— WE SOLICIT YOU A TRIAL ORDER MIEN CHONG
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    • 66 4 Bluey <c Curley (DO >t>U WAMT TbA J^-N ~jj I I /«XP CAMOUPLAGM nE DAL X <i^l| I [f*»« R AtCEAtT g^ EAftM A COUPLE if f\ r^la^) «tIU SOAP THAT COWE W lU' T |j 6 m o*^« WOP Boa Ok W OATm/J /JhK MtltT CHAIR lS nY "ttGEANT..^
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  • 346 5 Investigations Will Be Of General Character .MJOK (runvillc St. John Orde Browne, Colonial Office Jl labour Adviser, is expected to arrive m Malaya next *«nth >« arr > out thorough inquiry into the labour ZSSm f the ntr y- Due to have come
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  • 61 5 x j\!l\\ tlving-boats are now C i-iv m In Singapore from the in.trd m» rs via Manila These i nvdrrn type of long range L-nai^nce flying-boat, which *,ti b I y succes S ful m the Nzii battleship m a'(k m the Atlantic, leading hf r
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  • 133 5 MMft .v Quce, manager of the Ijtti Insurance Co.. Ltd., Chulia Mft» *m :ied a total of $300 m Fifth Court yesteri he pleaded guilty to six IMfia iuamst his company under mies Ordinance. charges alleged that >nt various sums of .ocr of the
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  • 90 5 MANAGING PARTNER ON TWO CHARGES I gj—j partner of II:n m Rochore Rd., of selling bags of controlled prices, I i Id the Singapore rrcay. baife, Seali wtti alleged 1 brigs oi cement on Chop Scon Huas of Sungei 13 bag, which was two bore the controlled price. nd charge
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  • 65 5 nths 'social** of the Indian AasoS.ngapore. uill be held at the School, Sophia Road, on Sunday. arci dramatic section will give musiral progmnme. Mr. K. A. 'fakandha Aiyer. who had agreed to give Politics m Everyday Life" Is 1 t*- present; so it has been arranged K. Menon
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  • 77 5 INSPECTOR T. DORAI was fined $50 fry Mr. K. Byrne, Fourth Magistrate yesterday, when he pleaded guilty to a summons charge of causing hurt to middle-aged Ang Lam Kirn. Questioned by^Mm^Byrne^ the inspector said that the incident took place on May 20 at Kirn Chuan
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  • 65 5 UTTA SINGH, a police constable, appeared m the third court yesterday on a charge of stealing a pair of shoes and a coat valued at $5.50 belonging to another policeman, from the single men's traffic police quarters at Maxwell Road on Wednesday night He claimed trial
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  • 66 5 ALLEGED to have committed criminal breach of trust of $4,97 i as a servant employed by the Kee Huat Radio Co., Kuala Lumpur, 37-year-old Tan Beng Kirn appeared m the Singapore third court yesterday. The charge was explained to him and he was
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  • 57 5 ■tt direction of Mr. A. K. Isaac. Registrar of Business Names, aac. the "Young People of Bukit present a concert to-morrow Bukit Timah Road. The vfll consist of song, dance and *i~no selections will be given by ItaM de Souza, while other music supplied by Edwards Hawaiian
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  • 71 5 I Dil CHIN SIA, a 40-year-old Teo- chow clerk, was sentenced to 12 months' rigorous imprisonment m the Singapore crim nal district court yesterday when he was convicted on a charge of committing criminal breach of trust m respect of $994 m cash
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  • 55 5 AM satisfied from the evidence that Wong Cheong drank caustic soda by mistake, but I want to emphasize how easy it is for some her horror that her mother had taken caustic soda by mistake, she said. "Later,** she said, "I learnea that after
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  • 35 5 These British troops, "veterans" of the lighting which has led to the collapse of Italy's Fast Afrioan empire, are enjoying mealtime with the smile of victors m a successful campaign.
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  • 84 5 IN acknowledgment of the cable from the Governor and High Commissioner, conveying birthday greetings to His Majesty, with an expression of staunch loyalty, on behalf of Malaya, the Secretary of State for the Colonies has cabled Your telegram has been laid before His Majesty, who
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  • 168 5 A SEQUEL to the recent barbers' strike took place m tl>c Singapore third court yesterday when Sia Mm Tee was charged with criminal intimidation by threatening Ong Tang Lee, the owner of a barber shop, with injury to his person. It was stated m court
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  • 218 5 "fFHE Government is purchasing rice on contract from abroad m order to safeguard the essential food supply of the majority of people living m Malaya," states a communique from the Food Controller. "It is only reasonable that Government should be asked by the supplying
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  • 257 5 Woman Thrown Out Of Car In Collision A LLEGED to have come into colli- si on with another car at the junction of Farrer Road and Holland Road, and forced that car violently on to the grass verge so that its near-side door opened and the driver's wife was thrown
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  • 164 5 A YOUTH, Low Sing Kah, while boarding a twokow at the Tel.k Ajer Basin on the morning of June 12 accidentally fell into the sea, it was stated at an inquiry held before Mr. W. G. Porter, Singapore Coroner, yesterday. Tan Kow Chye, a labourer
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  • 110 5 Tokio, June 19. MR. SHINZO IMAI, Japanese M.P., was quoted by the Hochi Shimbun to-day as demanding that Japan enforce a strong southern policy based on the tripartite alliance for the establishment of Japan's advocated "Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere." Speaking at the Imperial
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  • 113 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bat a via, j une 15. "YOUTH Is Housed" is the t.tl? of an article m the Batavia Nieuw.blad on the enthusiasm sh^wn by young men of the N.I. m the Voluntary Fiying Corps. Youths are applying m hundreds, and older
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  • 127 5 THE Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China as honorary treasurers of the Malaya Patriotic Fund, announce receipt of the following additional donations to the Fund, making a total of $2,734,271.90 up to Tuesday: Penang Branch $1,866.51; Mr. C. A. Ossendorp $25; Selangor Branch $7,812 49; Negri
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  • 331 5 AT LEAST 100 MEMBERS NEEDED FOR A START A SCHEME whereby nearly ],800 Singapore clerks will receive a form of life insurance has been proposed and will be launched if sufficient support is given. Following a suggestion some Lime ago that a benevolent fund should
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  • 44 5 A TALK will be broadcast from the Singapore station at 7.15 p.m. tDday by the Food Controller, Malaya. Songs by boys of the Angle -Chinese Middle School will b 2 included m the Singapore broadcasting station's Children's Programme at 6.50 p.m. today.
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  • 387 5 Appeal Against Death Sentence Dismissed WHILE 23-year-old Ther Chong heard his appeal against sentence of death dismissed without comment or any outward emotion yesterday m the Court^of Criminal Appeals, his wife, standing just outside the courtroom, burst into tears and was led away by her mother. Her husband was the
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  • 74 5 T^HERE are pins m my chair— four of them! exclaimed a Singapore lawyer, Mr. A. J. Br; ga, while crossexamining a witness m the Singapore fifth court yesterday. Mr. Braga had sat dewn momentarily wh?n he felt the p.ns. "I did not know this court's chairs
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  • 47 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, June 19. ACCORDING to a communique from the Federal Secretariat to-day. Mr. C. A. V. Buxton. of Bukit Tunggu Estate, Bangi, has loaned to His Majesty's Exchequer $1,000 free of interest for the duration of the war.
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  • 51 5 Dr. A. Sandosham, of the College of Medicine, Singapore, will deliver ft lecture on "Tiie Evolution of Helminthic Parasites'* at, the college at 6 30 p.m. to-day, under thfl auspices of the Alumni Association of the King Edward VII College of Medicine. All doctors, whether members or not, are invited
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  • 648 7 GETS "TREMENDOUS KICK" OUT OF BEATING NAZIS "QUR reward is the tremendous kick we get from render•.vJTL*" f? fe not Ol r b^ause we have S!TI2? OWn Bulns8 u lns d thc lives and Property of others, wSwT? 118 W t h f Ye seat<5
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  • 122 7 Tone of Market: Idle. Latest Cable: London Spot Sheet 13 d. per lb. New York Spot Sheet U.S. cts. 21 hi per lb. DAILY PRICES CURRENT Jane 19, 12 o'clock noon Buyers S-tiers No. IX R.S.S. Spot loose 39 39% no ix riSS FOB. vi
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  • 51 7 London, June 19. TTHE Duke of Windsor has formed a Duchess of Windsor Christmas assistance fund with the nucleus of money he had from a charitable trust he founded as the Prince of Wales. Already much milk and hospitalization service has been rendered here.
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  • 153 7 Split Among Chinese Reds ISSUE OF SUPPORT TO CHUNGKING Shanghai, June 19. SERIOUS friction is said to have occurred between Gen. Chu Teh, commander-in- chief of the Eighth Route (Communist) Army, ana Mr. Mao Che-tung, Secretary-General of the Communist Party, as a result of differences of opinion is to whether
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  • 136 7 Chungking, June 19. r[E main purpose of the visit to Tokio by Mr. Wang Ching-wei, President of the Nanking Regime, is to seek Japan °se financial assistance for his new re, me, according to Mr. Tao Hsi-sheng m a special article given prominence m
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  • 74 7 Batavia, June 19. FROM a circular issued by the Swiss consul here it appears the German Government has expressed a desire that German women and children return to the Reich. Transportation will be arranged and Germany's foreign representatives will supply travel costs if
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  • 36 7 Santiago de Chile, June 19. MR. Agustin Edwards McClure, former Chilean Ambassador m London, banker and owner of el Mercurio, first Chilean newspaper, died at 11.30 p.m. G.M.T., yesterday. Reuter
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  • 153 7 Washington, June 18. DRINCESS Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard. her consort, were guests at the White House to-day. Both said they were confident or an Allied victory and that the Netherlands will rise against the Nazis at a strategic time. "The Netherlands are
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    • 192 7 2nd SPECIAL MIDNIGHT SCREENING! TO-MORROW NIGHT, 12.15 I AT THE CAPITOL! In response to hundreds of requests from those unable to obtain admission at the recent midnight show. The Best TAMIL Picture of the Year "THE MERCHANT OF VENICE" Tickets obtainable at THE CAPITOL, Columbia House, 73 Serangoon Road Shaik
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    • 442 7 POST OFFICE MAIL LIST Mails close at the General Post Office as follows: TO-DAY Australia air 4.00 p.m. i ava air 4.00 p.m. New Zealand air 4 DO >.m. Medan air 11.00 a.m. TO-MORROW Australia a ir 12^0 o.m. Jav air 12.30 p.m. New Zealand air 12.30 p.m. Medan air
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  • 935 8 S.C.F.A. In Narrow Lead In First Division TO-DAY'S MALAYA CUP GAME AT STADIUM IT is generally agreed that competitive soccer m Singapore this season has produced a better standard of play than last year. This applies to the Singapore Amateur Football Association's league
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    21 8 Joe Louis, who snatched victory from Billy Conn m the thirteenth round of their world heavyweight title fight on Wednesday night.
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  • 345 8 Louis Snatches Victory In 13th Round World Title Fight CONN'S GREAT MISTAKE New York, June 19. rpURNING the tables with dramatic suddenness m the thirteenth round, when he was looking the worse for wear and faced with his first defeat since 1936, Joe Louis snatched his world heavyweight championship from
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  • 442 8 Six Records At St. Andrew's School Sports SIX new records were set up m the team relay events of the St. Andrew's School sports which concluded at Woodsville yesterday. They were the sack race the potato relay, 75 yards straight relay, the halfmile medley open relay, the 120 yards hurdles
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  • 103 8 (From Our Own Correspondent* Penan?, June 19. fitHERE was a mild sensation this 1 afternoon whrn the Mohammedan Football Association defeated the South China A.A. by three goals to one m a football match played at, Victoria Green. The Chinese indulged m fancy play, while
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  • 133 8 (From Our Own Correspondent) M uar, June 16. IN a friendly game of badminton played at the Ahmadiah Court, the Ahmadiah B.P. drew m two games and won four against their opponents, the Gubahan Club B.P. The results. Ahmadiah being mentioned first, were Singles Satari bin Hj. Yahya
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  • 128 8 The Kangaroo Badminton Party beat the Spotlight Badminton Party by four games to three at the laser's, court last Saturday. The results, Kangaroo players mentioned first were: Singles Sean Kirn Teck beat Lee Hock San 13—13 (5—4), 15—12; D. V Lange lost to Lee Yang Chim 15—7, 13—13
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  • 69 8 THE following have been selected to play cricket for the V.M.C.A aga'nst the R.A.A.F. on the V.M.C.A. ground at 2 p.m. on Wednesday: (J. PChrysostom (capt.). G. W. S. Waites, Lall Singh, C. Schubert, V. R. Saba pathy, Cheong Thiam Siew, F Witchell. K. Y. Spencer, S. Yogorajah,
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  • 75 8 (From Oar Own Correspondent) Malacca, June 18. THE following will represent Malacca against Negri Sembilan at Seremban on Saturday m a Malaya Cup soccer fixture B. Harper (A.1.F.); Tain Chee Lim (Excise), D. Hendroff (Excise); Ser/rt. M? Arthur (A.IF.), Abbas (M.P.S.), Tan Tion* Khye (M.C.R.C.); Leechman
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  • 182 8 /\N Sunday, a special Association foot- ball match has been arranged at Anson Road stadium between an eleven selected from the Business Houses and a Chinese Athletic side. The game which is under the patronMfc of the President of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners,
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  • 70 8 "THE following have been selected to play m a league .soccer fixture for the V.M.C.A. versus the Poyal Navy at the Anson Road ground at 510 pan. on Thursday, June 26: K. Muthukumaru, V. H Sabapathy; R. Gill, J. Woodbridge, G. L. Day, K. Y. Spencer, S. Orton,
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  • 48 8 picture. The Straits Chinese Football Association, who are at present m the lead m the first division of the S.A.F.A. league competitions. They will have to fight an uphill battle to beat the Loyals, whom they meet at the stadium to-morrow.- Free Press
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  • 773 8 Australian Boxing LOSER TAKES HONOURS WITH CLEVER DISPLAY TOD Morgan, the Australian lightweight boxing rk won on a foul against Vie Patrick m the fifth of a contest set dowii for 12 rounds, at the RikK™ 11^ Bay Stadium last night, writes
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 30 8 To-days Sports^ Events Soccer: ftfelava (ud Ho*.! Force vs JohorV. Anson ft? dium, 5.15 pjn s Tennis: Singapore rk.^. shin* <irt* cn »Wjnousnips, fcX.C. Courts- S(r spring tournament, SCA.r court,
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