The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 31 July 1941

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    21 1 LATE SINGAPORE EDITION The Singappore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. *****. ESTD. 1835 THURSDAY, JULY 31, I'M I. 6 CENTS
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    EDEN WARNS TOKIO AGAINST NEW MOVE
    624 1 -Reflect While There Is Yet Time" Craigie, Toyoda Discuss Latest Developments L NN< BELIEVE THAT STATESMANSHIP IX JApiN^^TmE^ lfk\D I l 0« BUND AND I SINCERELY TRUST THAT THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR ti; DESTINIES OF THE JAPANESE EMPIRE WILT. REFLECT, WHILE THERE gYCT MM!:. ON
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    Thai Report To Tokio Lies
    131 1 THAILAND has given the best possible answer to J a p a n c s c Etfle r :i!:nns oi Brit Ish Ihr »a1 to Thailand. a special broadc st bs the Bangkok itation yesterday morning ifftrmed that relations between Britain and Thailand are closer
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    New Indies Measure Against Japan
    82 1 Batavia. July ZO. TUE Commander-in-Chief ol the Netherlands Indies Army issued a decree to-day stating that all ships mast obtain a permit for bunkering and provisionin decking mid r. or oir m NI port*. Generally, ihe^e permits will be granted only to ships sailing under
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    Mr. Hopkins Arrives In Moscow
    113 1 .Moscow, July > MR HARRY HOPKINS. President Roosevelt's co-ordinator tor the Lend -Lease Bill, and rwo military aids arrived here tins morning. In Washington. White Hou.>e otlkialr, refUS d to comment on the arrival of Mr. I Hopkins In MOSCOW, but h'ffh officials said :he
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    SPLIT IN GERMANY: THE TRUTH
    298 1 SPLIT IN GERMANY: THE TRUTH I Udet's Suicide I London, July 30. t MEW startling evidence of dissensions in the ranks of the ::azi leaders caused by Hitler's rash gamble In ordering the Invasion of Russia have come into my hands from a source which, if I could disclose it.
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    48 1 Tokio. July 30. Ties Netherlands Indies authorities dis-! claim having suspended the Japanese oil agreement, rs previously reported from Batavia, according to bu official statement' Issued m Batavia to-day. However, the Japanese are still uncertain how the application of the freezing regulations may affect shipments to Japan. Reuter
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    27 1 London, July 30. [T la believed m London v small force of R A F. bombers attacked ent my aerodromes m northern France during the night. Reuter
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    Nazi Bid To Blitz British Shipping Smashed
    165 1 Cairo, July 30. A GERMAN dive-bombing attack on British shipping off the co£*st of Cyrenaica yesterday was driven off by R.A.F. fighters, which Shot down six enemy planes, according to an R.A.F. Middle East communique. A strong formation ol Junkers 87s, escorted by
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    RUSSO-POLISH PACT SIGNED: PLEDGE OF MUTUAL AID
    471 1 RUSSO-POLISH PACT SIGNED: PLEDGE OF MUTUAL AID London, July 30. A RUSSO-POLISH pact was sicrnod m London at 3 p.m. G.M.T., to-day The pact, declaring that territorial changes m Poland as a result of the Soviet-German treaties m 1939 are vo'd. pledges mutual aid and support of all kinds m
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    Bigger Russian Counter-Attacks Seen
    294 1 Bigger Russian CounterAttacks Seen London, July 30. THE present Russian counterattacks might be the start of I larger ones, though evidence m London of a major Russian counter- offensive is lacking. Everything I 'depends on material equipment and the number of men available. There is still intense fighting m the
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    41 KILLED IN INDIAN FERRY BOAT MISHAP
    39 1 Bombay, July 30. FORTY-ONE persons an. reported to have been drowned v. hen a country boat ferryIng 60 passengers across the river Narbudda. near Onkareshwar, dashed agam*t a rock and split. Reuter
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    Japanese Spying In Hawaiian Waters Bared
    146 3 Fishing Boats That Carried Navy Men 19 VESSELS SEIZED Washington, July 30. THE disclosure that 19 Japanese fishing boats were l*acdl W >T)rinir m Hawaiian waters was made by Juiiiwj Department to-day. y.; v the vessels were seized by Customs .f* lta pp. char.ues
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    Saboteurs Seize Canadian War Factory But Are Ousted
    220 3 Saboteurs Seize Canadian War Factory But Are Ousted ouavta. July 30. mggß nut seized control; 1 gigantic Avrida' -i the Canadian any last Thursday three days, leaving n Sunday afternoon. s maa revealed it :i Press con- sterdaj bj Mr. C. I>. Howe. > .er■ >; Munitions, who described a3
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    NO U.S. SOLDIERS IN EGYPT
    29 3 P LonJun. July 39. rv:-. h no M '..-:> 20 000 Krypt The m E^vpt then fa conlehveries tf Arje- Imm :n lhe British Wireless
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    £500.000 WAR SUPPLY ORDERS IN S. INDIA
    15 3 £500.000 WAR SUPPLY ORDERS IN S INDIA \r Mi*ria Mb 30. fl mdta i Reuter
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    Soviet Has Secret Weapon
    126 3 INVENTOR RECEIVED BY STALIN Moscow. July 30. THE existence of a Soviet secret weapon was revealed to-day with the announcement that Stalin had received its inventor, M. Kostikov, and expressed high praise of the n?w weapon. The weapon has taken M. Kostikov and a group of
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    Separate Dutch Navy Ministry
    186 3 London, July 30. ministerial ippotntmenta tn th? Netherlands Government have been approved by Queen Wilh- inur.a. it is announced fan an otiicial decree. Tin only alteration made ls the ro-ortab-Ushmonl of a wnaritfl na\al minbtry unuer Urn direction ofl Vfce-Adm. Fuerstner. w.-i.-'>ming tne nt wtaMtihnitiit ofl
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    Americans Flood N. Ireland
    56 3 Londonderry, lulv .10. rE second contingent of over 400 American technicians, workers and labourers arrived here to-day and immediately filled the city's streets searching probably for post offices, eating shops ar.d barber.; j.stabi>iiments. Th.Ls contingent brings the number of Americans hew to over soo. .\n< thei
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    Paris Story Of Japanese Fleet Concentration
    112 3 Paris Story Of Japanese Fleet Concentration C^. Vichy, July 30. OINCIDENT with the signing of the agreement between France and Japan regarding "joint defence** of Indo-China, the Paris press this morning reported that a concentration of the Japanese fleet is massed between Formosa and Hainan— hence between Manila and Hong
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    Iran Warned Of German Infiltration
    145 3 Iran Warned Of German Infiltration London, July 30. IN the House of Commons to-day Mr. Anthony Eden, Foreign Secretary, said that he had drawn the Iranian Government's serious attention to the danger m its own interests of continuing to permit excessively large numbers of Germans to reside m their country.
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    Djibouti Reply To British
    78 3 London, July 30. DKUTEH learns Lere that the French colony Djibouti, has now replied to 'he note recently s< nt by the British tuthorities, No Indi rati* n Is available ol the contents ol the note but it la tmderstcK'l that the colony has hod sufficient
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    A.R.P. SCHOOL TRAINING IN CALCUTTA
    42 3 Calcutta. July 30. THE Ont industrial course to train p>jri<.ii-i nel md organize AH r* s fcemes for fn.rti.iips aw. lar^e commercial undertakings cimmencw m August at the Government of L'.uia AR P. school m Calcutta Reuter
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    Events Leading Up To Indo-China Occupation
    768 3 Events Leading Up To IndoChina Occupation London, July 30. CONCURRENT with Mr. Eden's oral statement m the House of Commons on the Far East, a written, statement was circulated to the j House. This read as follows: "The oceupa- tion by Japan of bases m sou'h IndoChina is a continuation
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    Question Of Time Before Japan Makes Demands On Thais
    448 3 Bangkok, July 30. WHILE authoritative circles here deny that Japan has offered Cambodia and Laos as quid pro quo if Thailand joins the New Order, well informed observers believe it is only a question of time before Japan sounds Thailand on
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    Heavy Troop Moves North
    47 3 Shanghai, July 30. npUE heaviest troop movements 1 northward from Tientsin are reported m private foreign reports received here. It is stated that over 50.000 Chinese labourers have hitherto been conscripted by the Japanese militarists for defence work on the Siberian border. Reuter
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    Japanese Meet Resistance
    104 3 New York, July 29. THE National Broadcasting Corporation to-day heard a broadcast from Tokio which reported frcm Saigon that Japanese troops landing m Indo-ChLna met "slight resistance from isolated rebel garrisons, who were easily dealt with by Japanese contingents agisted by Vichy troops." Although Japanese transports bearing
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    Tokio On "Encirclement"
    120 3 Tokio. ,JuJ> :o. A SEMI-OtTICIAL dispatch "issu-d here states ihc reintorcement of Japanese troops m Indo-China is seen < BS a feature of ielf-defen^ both for Japan and Franoe against eneircle>nent by Chungking Malaya and Burma. Tre mea.sure is rlso considered a fatal blow .nzainst Chungking which
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    47 3 London, July 30. FAURINO the night a very small number aJ of. aircraft flew short distances inland across the east coast, states an Air Ministry communique thLs morning. Bombs were dropped at a few points. No casualties have been reported and nothing but superficial damage caused. Reuter
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    U.S. Gunboat Damaged In Chungking Raid
    320 3 U.S. Gunboat Damaged In Chungking Raid Chungking, July 30. CIVE separate large-scale bombings of Chungking were carried out during an eight-hour alarm to-day, making the fourth successive day of Japanese activity over th* Chinese capital. At least 50 casualties resulted. A flight of 27 bombers dropped bombs directly over the
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    Britain Winning Battle Of Atlantic
    74 3 i.ondon. July .',O SENATOR Walter George, rhairrn m Of the Foreign Relations Committee, dec:ared m Washington to-day: 'Britain is slowly winning the battle of the Atlantic. It is apparent with the help of the United States naval patrols Britain :s slowly gaining the upper hand."
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    QUEEN WILHELMINA'S BROADCAST
    57 3 QUEEN WILHELMIN A'S BROADCAST liOndon, July 30. Qt'SEN Wilheimina o! the Neih rlaiidi will V br.adcast to the Dutch ptKiple m Europe and the Netherlands overseas provinces today, according to an announcem nt by Rad.o Oranje, the free Dutch Broadcasting Station operating ln Britain. The Dutch Prime Minister, Prof. Gerbrandy,
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    16 3 Bombay. July SA. THE Indian Government has decreed tha freeing cf Chinese assets m India Reuter
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1941. War Production
    741 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1941. War Production CV/EEPING allegations of muddle and inefficiency m British war production efforts have been lully and completely answered by the Prime Minister m what must rank as one of the finest tributes to the achievements of the men and women who
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    Woman's Description Of Torpedoing In Atlantic
    1184 4  - Woman's Description Of Torpedoing In Atlantic KATINA PAXINOU By Mademoiselle Paxinou, the celebrated Greek actress who has often been described as the Bernhardt of Athens, was m a ship which was torpedoed m the Atlantic recently. Paxinoa came to England with the Royal (.reek Theatre Company some years ago and
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    3 4 OPPOSITION "AID* MOVEMENT
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    COST OF N.I. ACTION TO JAPAN
    46 4 "PITE collar*^ ot 1 will cost U* J.wr erode oil and Mri M cnnually In fcccardai Tokvo-Bjuv^i freemen "riir Dzst roar bxn th totaHlnc 8 D probaMy would baw >r«O(K*0 riUdrr rod th^ tarn Netherlands fad 900 QC*o United Press
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    Aid Society Children Plan Their Own Variety Show
    1415 5  -  MARY HEATHCOTT Free Press Feature By A BRIDE IN AUGUST p v a i tbe Children's •T, J«.,,,.in Tom--I■■ taking part •he benefit been JfartheSocirty. 8 and again variety show All ths y-ung-and tjge.her j La ker. have I these past n
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      167 5 TO-DAY •DANCING ROUND THE WORLD" b\ pupils of the Fay Hamilton School of Dancing VICTORIA THEATRE m aid of The Children's Aid Society I Tickets $2 and «l E WmmmW H a sour t t h r c C seand m digestion. Finally, it kaipa digaat *<Z~t'T] stoma< CTkSTwwk to
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    U.S. Air Force May Be Run On Lines Of R.A.F.
    1041 6 U.S. Air Fo rce May Be Run On Lines Of R.A.F. UNCLE Sam's generals and admirals are m a great sweat over Congress demands that the U.S. Air Force should be set up as an independent defence arm, like Britain's R.A.F. and Goering's Luftwaffe, writes Richard Hughes, Sydney Telegraph roving
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    Tokio Freezing Law Action Extended
    35 6 Tokio, July 30. ELEVEN more British firms have been added to the official list of those directly affected by the freezing law, eight m Kobe and one m Osaka. Reuter
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    Alleged Attempt To Cheat Club
    228 6 rFram Our Own Correspondent* Koala I umnur. Jnlv 30. k CASE m which a Tamil woman Sinnipillai. was charged with attempting to cheat the Selancor Turf Cub was postponed to-day until Aug. ?2 for recording: evidence by Mr A.A. Henggeler, chairman of the Selangor Turf
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    STATE SALARY SCHEMES
    77 6 'I"n>ni Our Own Correspondent* Kuala Lumpur, July 30. A RESOLUTION that m future all Stat" .salary schemes and amendments should be considered by the finance committee nrtead of by the Dcrmanent committee, moved *y Mr. E. D. Shcarn at yesterday's meeting of the Selangor State Council, was
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    INDIA EXPERT APPOINTED MINISTER TO AFGHANISTAN
    78 6 London, July 30. yHE appointment of Sir Francis Verner Wylie as Minister at Kabul. Afghanistan T,V„w the P rese nt Minister Lieut -Col Sir Wi Liam Kerr Fraser-Tytler. vacates" the o sition. has been approved by the King, announces the Foreign Office. Sir FranclswS
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    "Added Strength To Unchallenged Might"
    39 6 A patrolling Swordfish at the Fleet Air Arm sweeps over H.M.S. Renown. The Fleet Air Arm has been described as bringing new and formidable striking power to the already unchallengeable might of Britain's Navy
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    Japanese Measures Upset China Trade
    389 6 Shanghai, July 30. YON-JAPANESE business m occupied areas of China is facing a serious situation as a result of a series of trade restrictions imposed by the Japanese authorities. While the local Japan-sponsored Customs yesterday announced officially a ban on the export of 11 categories
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    Anti-Malaria Bill Criticism
    269 6 (From Our Own Correspondent > Kuala I.umpur, July 50. AT yesterday's meeting of the Selan- g( r State Council, the D?puty Legal Adviser, Mr. L. E. C. Evans, moved that the Anti-Malarial 'Amendment No 2. Bill be read only a first time rt .he meeting and that
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    Soviet Embassy Hit In Chungking Raid
    116 6 hi;n;kin»;, .tul\ TWO »er\ heavy calibre bombs b I the compi and ol the So vie Embassy and straddled the main wilding here to-day Plaster Mkas shaken from the Embassy valla, but the building es aped intact tin bom s destroying a -mailer Embassy
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    Big Doses Of Gas Ready If Nazis Start It
    145 6 Bi g Doses Of Gas Ready If Na zis Start It L ONDON *«H b coming aatiunn > t,lll7 H, uses gas Brh jl 2 the Germa *Z give Rriui tdf<, bawben inters th, ""fl*, cities. B En Church;.; spec h< pec ted and raid: on B lengtl Mr C
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    POLICE STOP ISSUE OF NOTICES TO VEHICLE OWNERS
    472 7 Result Of "Ultra Vires" Ruling In High Court NEv v STEPS CONSIDERED mm >m_ bw n rnJk Branch yesterday stopped the issue 1 rll .hull owners of notices demanding particulars <• Jf hj e wmmittcd traffic offences, and licences. This action followed
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    41 7 Ihe two «;ast India" Squadrons of the R.A.F. are equipped with SpitRHfiJjf o^ Brc hased by the East India Fund for British War Services. Here, pilots give details of their combats to the intelligence Officer after aa encounter with the enemy.
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    Ratepayers' Watch On Rents Case
    54 7 mcU'Si -mi Is unable j) >.*.! to m-k«* r :p-^ea! in I i ion> s i,. k ite- B 9CSM US| a tint; sj| I with a i en to bei isa ut t .>-..<- the V t i J i n he t r
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    U.S. Students To See Wartime Conditions
    79 7 p the Maru. rt Shi hey lid m ri c froi ai thai r oce I :dv tc «n- :hed DCI M n Td. ''fioiu'iru v:i:\-hcd j.. e j tb rigid t Ul "si- grilled u>. ■igUifs, io.ked *ka and v,.pv' and Bfl mv
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    COLONY'S WAR LOAN GIFT TO BRITAIN
    31 7 COLONY'S WAR LOAN GIFT TO BRITAIN 1 r the Strait. J fift of 5•• < eeda ol the f unsnta P Majesty* Tn ar ry am ant Chest I' received (i sera-
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    JAPANESE SHIP CALLS AT SINGAPORE
    98 7 THE first Japanese ship to call at Singapore since the freezing of Japanese assets m the British Empire arrived here >est~rday Irom Kong j Kong en route to India. The vessel, the NY X 's passenger liner Hakone Maru, I :s scheduled to leave to-day.
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    FORMER CANVASSER PLEADS GUILTY
    90 7 LIM ENG GUAN, 34. pleaded guilty I m the Singapore third court yes- terd «y to a charge that he committed criminal breach of trust m resoect of $7.80 when employed by Nestle and Ang'o-Swiss Milk Products, Ltd.. as a canvasser ?nd bill collector on May
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    F.M.S. Mining Activity Absorbs Record Output Of Electric Power
    435 7 F.M.S. Mining Activity Absorbs Record Output Of Electric Power go 111 Government ana public and private electrical power stations m the Federated Malay States generated a record of 018,000,000 units last year- to provide for a 91 per cent, increase m the consumption of electrical energy for tin mining, states
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    Gunners Guilty Of Car Theft
    298 7 "I LOOK upoii car-stealing as B -rii/us ohence; you are European Idlers and you should have known >etter. I will certainly not grant bail to you," said Mr. Conrad Old- am Singapore Second Magistrate, y sterday, when the question of bail arose m a ease
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    Mr. Menzies Issues Statement On Far Eastern Situation
    476 7 Melbourne, July 29. v A USTRALIA has always slood and still stands for peace m ths Pacific but the presence of her troops ln Malaya and the vast preparations she has made for home defence, munitions production and m the economic field,
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    Company's Claim Fails: Counter-Claim Allowed
    752 7 HIGH COURT'S AWARD OF $2,000 TO ENTERTAINER JUDGMENT dismissing a furniture company's claim for $1,618.16 but allowing an entertainer's counter-claim for $2,082.24 was given m the High Court yesterday by Mr. Justice Aitken m the civil action m which Paskoe's, Ltd., claimed $1,618.16 from Lynn
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    Blackmailer To Go To Gaol For Five Years
    262 7 Blackmailer To Go To Gaol For Five Years "I CONSIDER blackmail the meanest and vilest of offences," said Mr. Justice Aitken at the Singapore Assizes yesterday, passing sentence of ffve years' rigorous imprisonment on a young English-speaking Chinese, Tan Ah Lek, who had been convicted on three charges of extortion
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    $2,000 CASH BAIL
    183 7 f\S the application of counsel (Mr V K E W. Hatchard 1 a Chinese, Ang Ah Geok, who had be?n detained m the civ.l prise n en charges of extortion and being a member of an unlawful society, <inee his arrest early m July, was granted ca^h
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    61 7 Lim Hong Chua. Lim Cheng Soo ann Tay Ching Teng claimed trial m the Singapore Second Court yesterday on a charge of cheating Joy Cheong Cheah on Apr. 14 by inducing him to give them $388 on the pretext that they had forged currency notes to sell to him. Bail
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    Malaya Field Ambulance Unit's Progress
    307 9 Malaya Field Ambulance Unit's Progress ALTHOUGH the members of the Malaya Field Ambulance units a company of Eurasians whose task it is to save wounded men and get them back to dressing stations and hospitals for immediate medical attention have received only a few weeks' training, they are already proficient
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    Still More Home Gardening Needed
    163 9 THE community service committee o: I ihe Singapore Rotary Club haa appointed a sub-committee to go into the question o: market gardening v.th' a vie*' to ascertaining wiiethec the Ciuo might make special efforts to j help the '"Cirow More Food" campaign. In the course
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    YESTERDAY'S RUBBER AUCTION
    164 9 THE Slr^apore Chamber of Commerce Kubber Association held Its 1,549 th auction yt teruay when there was catalogued 2.290,3-29 lh. 1.022 49 too*; oOered 2.10X644 lb, 93*68 tons, scld 1.670.256 lh. 745.C5 tons. SFOT London 13 7 16J. New York 23 ccnu. PRICES REALIZED Ribbed Smoked Sheet
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    49 9 Alleged to have sto'en a watch vaiued at $10 belon^ins to Mrs. E. H. Dowland from a Ikusc m Meyer Road on Tuesday, 17-year-old Lee Ah Tons claimed trial m the Sii'Tr.pore Second Court yesterday. The case v;as postponed a week for mention and bail of ?5C was extended.
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    LAW NOTICE FOR THE DAY
    131 9 At 10 am— Before The Judges Summonses Ln Chanters, etc. Before The Hon Me The Chief Justice m Court No. 1 At 1015 im-Mie. Appeal 21/41— Tan Joo Phuang vs. Rex Judgment. At 10.30 sin —Special Case 5/41— Bahadur Singh Tan Beng Chong At 11
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    INDIAN UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS
    112 9 THE hon secretary of the Central Indian Association of Malaya announces that Mr. K. S. Otisr Singh and Mr. Kardara Singh Sandhu, who were recommended by the Association for free scholarships m the University of the Punjab, are being admitted io the d.a.v. College and S.D. College,
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    WOMAN'S FALL FROM HEIGHT OF 60 FEET
    98 9 yHE death of a Chinese woman, Mak Ah San, who fell oil the scaffolding on the third floor of a buildin m Canton Street on July 25. was ina.uired into by Mr. W.G. Porter, the Singapore Coroner, yesterday. Seah Ej; Heng, a sub-contractor,
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    Big Grow- More-Food Display In October
    325 9 GOVT. DEPARTMENTS PUBLIC TO CO-OPERATE JHE Education, Medical and Gardens Departments, the Rural Board and the local canning: industry will cooperate with the organizers of a four days' "Grow More Food Exhibition" to be held m the Victoria Memorial Hall m October under the
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    $3,000 Fine For Ship's Fireman
    190 9 $3,000 Fine For Sh ip 's Fir em an •A SHIP S fireman, Lee Ah How, 25, was sentenced to one day's simple imprisonment and fined $3,000, or 12 months' rigorous imprisonment m the Singapore Criminal District Court yes- terday when he was convicted on a 'charge of being m
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    'Housebreaking' Tools Found On Suspect
    253 9 MIDDLE-AGED Tan Heng, who ap- lfl pearcd m the Singapore Third j Court yesterday on a charge of having been lound m possession o: a pair of scissors and a screwdriver "instruI meats which could be used lor housebreaking/' without lawful excuse alleged that it
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    LORRY DRIVER SENTENCED TO IMPRISONMENT
    409 9 LORRY DRIVER SENTENCED TO IMPRISONMENT OTATING that there was evidence to show that the man was not m a flt state to drive at the time of th* collision, Mr. C. H. Whitton, the Traffic Judge, yesterday sentenced Muthu Veloo, a lorry driver of the P F (Sel3tar>, to five
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    THE SINGAPORE C.-OF-C RUBBER ASSOCIATION
    138 9 DAILY HtiCES tilll! NT Ju!y SO, 12 ©eloo'-i r.oon Ruyers S-llers I No. IX R.S.S. Spot boose MS S8% No. IX R.S.S. F.O B. m eas.'rs (July-Aug. < Sellers option) 33 T 3S' 8 GJ.AQ. R.S S POB. in bales < July -Aug. (Sellers option)
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    GUILTY OF CHEATING
    52 9 CONVICTED of cheating by impersonation, 25-year-old Chong Yeo Chho who admitted m the Singapore Third Court yesterday that to gain employment m the Naval Base he had shown the Deputy Controller of Labour a testimonial which had been issued for another person, v^as sentenced to three months'
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      218 9 Classified advertisememts HBNDEKS Ml M(!P\UTY I- Sr ■> l v. aaa Tenders! i and Spfdtil guPPt d v. 1941 to! I cioslns. .'..ire Pioes.l te ol CamAotml J -eriod \ai. Date 1041 rulverts, Dlea at of c ling. I Mec-i Date LU3 1 l$4L DUNCAN oai Secret \aj V[V A«
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      315 9 PUBLIC NOTICES THE SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION mS&*mJ* hereby given that the Rubber Market will be cloeed tfSsiaK on the following dates:— w l ciaiiy I sfi2£* n ,94, Holiday. Monday, A I. 1941. Bank Holiday! By Order of the Committee, GATTEY BATSMAN, secretaries. SLNGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO.
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      132 9 POST OFFICE MAIL LIST Mails close at the General Post Office as :.".iows: TO-DAY £i£L i Pm. Sr 10 air 4 p.m. Barma aur 4 p.m. :i a.r 4pm. 5p pt a.r 4p.m. Great b ttaln &c. a.r 4 p.m. Badia a ir 4 p.m. a.r 9 a. m. Kamriu
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    Mr. Stimson Apologizes
    212 10 Washington, July 30. THE United States War Secretary, Mr. Henry Stimson, to-day apologised to the Isolationist Senator. Mr. Burton K. Wheeler, for siting the Senator had been guilty c..' intentionally circularizing soHPeTS with postcards opposing Wfl >n the basis of Senator Wheelers Statement the Senate has re-examined
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    President Evasive On Far East
    126 10 \V»shin;U>n, Ju'y ~9. I to-day 1 Bnaa cowHerrnto Preoldent Anooeerell evaded all questions regarding ttM apnlicattou ol economic restriction on bade with Japan, pnrticulartj with re, ard U ii shipment* Ii answer to a question whether ou_smpments mVL\ farther reetrlcted the Pre tdent said n
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    UNTOUCHABLES APPEAL FOR ENLISTMENT
    44 10 Sialkot. July M. AN appeal to the EritLh Government to >-nli->t them In the army and police "to enab'e them to play their part m the successful prosecution of the war" has been rade by the Ciiammars untouchable caste. Reuter
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    JAPANESE STEAMER CALLS AT CAPE TOWN
    87 10 JAPA NE SE STE A MER CALLS AT CAPE TOWN i apr Town. Jal) ?.0. Tm if .mm wun Bdgfcnn Maro, mentioned ta <* petition for order of attachment granted bj the Bupteaie Court m Cape Town hai arrived In accordance with sch dule number of merchants obtained an order
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    LOW A.I.F. CASUALTY PERCENTAGES
    67 10 Melbourne. July 30 MR PSRCY C SPENDER, Army MinLiter. announces that only M per ceat. of the Australians engaged abroad became casualties Slightly over one pjr cent, were killed. Over 49 per cent, of G.OjO missing has been accounted for. In 1914 to 1915 the Australian
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    Britain Fulfils Aid Pledge To Russia
    78 10 London, July 30 REUTER learns Luthor.tutively that much progress has been made In fulfilling the promise of economic as;istance given by the British Government to Russia ar.d that considerable quantities of goods are now on their way to Russia turn various parts of the
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    CONCERT BY A.C.S. OLD BOYS' ASSOCIATION
    115 10 THE flrst conr.?rt to be presented by the Old Boys' Association ct the Anglo-Chinee School m Singapore was -mthirastirally received by a large audience on Saturday evening. The concert, which was under the direction of Mr. Gho So?n Tloe. featured th* Old Boys' A-sociition
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    25 10 Delhi, July 30. CONSIDERABLE damage has b?en caused by fire at a fodder market near Pharpranj. About 80 houses and fodder shops were affected. Reuter
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    36 10 JubiiuipOiC, July 30. SACRIFICES for appeasing the rain god, "Indra are being perform by Brahmin priests In the Jubbulpore district and northern Mahakixhal which are threatened by acute fam.r.e owing to shortage of rains.— Reuter
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    MILITARY FORCES LOSE UNBEATEN RECORD
    255 10 (Fr.m Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, July 29. THE Johore Military Forces were unfortunate to have their unbeaten league record broken to-day when they went down to the Customs by the nanow margin of four goals to three, a last minute goal deciding the issue.
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    Quinn's Fine Goalkeeping Fails To Save Argylls
    427 10 R.A.F. RESERVES WIN BY TWO CLEAR GOALS R.A.F. Reserves 2 Argylls 0. QUINN'S fine goalkeeping was largely responsible for v. saving the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders from greater defeat than by two clear goals when they met the R.A.F. m a reserve division
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    Changi Soccer Game Postponed
    30 10 THE first division league soccer fixture between the Royal Engineers and the Royal Artillery (Heavy Regiment), which arranged to be played at Changi yesterday, was postponed.
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    Stewards Warn Crack Apprentice
    250 10 Stewards Warn Crack Apprentice Australian Racing CKACK apprentice, J, Thompson, who looks ce-tain ti head the winning jockeys' Ist m Sydney this season, was reprint an led 4 the stewards after he hj.d won the second Nuisery «Hvisi»n on Cacinue at Canterbury writ s a corrcsnontJent m the Sunday Sun
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    PLAYFAIR BADMINTON PARTY
    129 10 THE eighth annu;-l anniversary of tUe Play fair Badminton Par y will be held at the Ponggol Cafe on Saturday and Sunday. The Party's Marrieds beat the Singles Ly five games to two at the Clerical Union Hall on Tuesday night. Results (married team mentioned first Koh
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    SELETAR RANGERS
    53 10 THE following players have been selected to represent for the Seletar Rangers m a friendly soccer match against the English College. Johore Bahru on the College ground on Saturday: Tan Gong Chew. N. Sens. Lee Kow, R Smith, Jumaat Neechee bin Ismail, Shee Seng, Othman, Dollah, Hassan' and
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    SINGAPORE CHESS CLUB
    26 10 THE annual general meeting of the Singapore Chess Club will be held at the Adelphl Hotel at 5 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 8.
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    INDIAN SOLDIERS GET I.D.S.M. FOR BRAVERY
    42 10 Simla. July 30. TWO Indian soldiers. 1-Dafadar Mohamed Sharif Khan. skinners, and 1-Naik Daulat Singh, 11th Sikh, have been the Indian Distinguished Service Medal awarded for bravery and initiative m operations m Italian East Africa. Reuter.
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    NIZAM'S GOVERNMENT TAKES MORE BONDS
    34 10 Hyderabad, July 30. THE Nizam's Government is investing a further £5^2.000 m Government of India three per ct defence bonds, bringing the total of such investments to £1,312,000. Reuter.
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    MALABAR CYCLONE AND FLOOD CASUALTIES
    31 10 Madras, July 30. ONE hundred and eighty-two lives were lost ln cyclone and floods which devastated Malabar yesterday, according to information received by the Government.— Reuter.
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    British Wightman Cup Girls Beaten
    52 10 East Hampton, New York, July 30. THE British Wightman Cup girls, Valeric Scott and Nina Brown, lost m the opening round of the women's invitation tennis tournament. Shirley Cotton (California) beat Miss Scott 6—B, 6—2, while Hope Knowles (Philadelphia) won 6 l, 6—2 against Miss
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    Kallang Airmen Score As They Like
    339 10 Kallang Airmen Score As They Like 11-1 VICTORY OVER JUNIOR CIVILS RJV.F. Kallang- 11: J.C.S.A. 1 f|<HANKS to the brilliance ol Bous- field, who scored six goals, the Kallang Airmen were able to register a handsome victory by 11 goals io on.' over the Junior Civil Service Association m a
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    ENGLISH COLLEGE IN DRAWN CRICKET GAME
    235 10 (From Our Own Correspondent! Joiiare Bahru, July 29. THE English College drew with the Posts and Telegraphs m a cricket match played at the college ground. Scores: P&T: E. W. Hide b Rajah 11, Ng Buck Heng c Yunan b Retnam 13. A. Alagakone
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    TABLE-TENNIS TOUR
    151 10 THE August Badminton Party of Singapore Ls travelling up to Kuala Lumpur during the August holidays to play a series of friendly table-Unnis matches m the Federal capital. Holders of the local mter-chib championship title lor many years, the August BP. is repicsented by nearly all the best
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    WEIGHT-LIFTING
    22 10 THE Singapore amateur weight-lift-ing championships, which were to be held on Saturday, have been postponed owing to insufficient entries being received
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    S.H.B. Recover Well After An Early Setback
    327 10 SCORE THREE-ONE Wft OVER SELETAR AIRMFiw "'••-HI S.H.B 3 R.A.F. (Seletar) RECOVERING splendidly after an eanv Singapore Harbour Board scored three goals m succession to beat tbe R.A.F. 'Seletar) In three goals i** m a second division (a) league soccer match plaveS^ the
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    NEW HORSES & PONY REGISTERED
    106 10 NEW HORSES PONY REGISTERED THKKK new horses and one pony have b:en registered with the Steal s Racing Association. Two of the horses. Avant Tout, a four-year-old bay Australian gelding by Madagascar out of Volume, and Spun Wool, a three-year-old chestnut Australian gelding by Waikare out of Gytun Silk, have
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    TIGER SPORTING ASSOCIATION
    98 10 fUE Ut 1 socc< r and Mr Aw I and Kua a Lumpur a,. '\m Bank Holidays HX Singapore for P r.ai M lhe soccer team will ez m Penan? be tne Pehan* >tal Combined Chin J All collectfo matches srill be i Relief Fund lhe team
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    JOHORE BAHRU MALAYSIA TENNIS TOURNAMENT
    66 10 JOHORE BAHRU MALAYSIA TENNIS TOURNAMENT Prom Our Ovi Johur* Hahro RESULTS i mat -jj Johore Bahr M nament riur terday are ac Handicap Singles sea .-6m m bin Mrang Mohd. Salleh '—30' 6 2 Final: Talib J Ahmad Mo A:.:'. c— 4 Open Doubles snd facta beat I jS Nor
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    S.S.C WATER-POLO
    32 10 THE lolloa Singapore water-polo mai Changi, to be v. i 1 hursdi i v ar J a G igan Di richsen P Druidii a L. H Cha'- snd I I
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    CUSTOMS WIN 3-2
    27 10 THE Customs eat Fa J three fools f o "> 0 1 c ion ib> lea. ue c er mate] the P. Bt M. grou
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      53 10 To-days Sports Events Soccer: S A.F.A. league, first division, C.ord ns vs. Malays, Anson Ro-.d stadium; reserve division, SCFA. vs. Fortress R.F, GeyUtig stidium; second division (a). R.AM.C. vs. Y M C.A Y.MC.A.: R.A.F. (Tengah) vs. Royal Navy, Tensah; second divi(b). Stamford vs. Kranji, Clnical I niin; Indian A soeiation.
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