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Title Section16 1941-10-02 1 The Singapore Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 16.128. ESTD. 1825. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1941. 5 CENTS16 words
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Article, Illustration555 1941-10-02 1 Reds Hold Bid To Penetrate Bottleneck BIG NAZI LOSSES AT LENINGRAD Enemy Division Routed On Central Front London, Oct. 1. FOLLOWING the Soviet announcement that they iSf« abandoned Poltava, 80 miles south- vest of rkor, news has been received in London, it ilated liiMioritatively to-day,Reuter; United Press - 555 words
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355 1941-10-02 1 Istanbul. Oct. 1. INTONfiJCU, Rumanian relinquished the Qm German rces ear>t and I Vj and returned according to very i rces recently arrived I i indicating that Rumar .land are now in the I m regarding further n in the war ugiinst l uReuter - 355 words
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Article36 1941-10-02 1 London, Oct. 1. FE Iraq Government has resigned, according to a Radio Vichy report published by the Exchange Telegraph to-da^. There is no confirmation nf this report in London.— United PressUnited Press - 36 words
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303 1941-10-02 1 New Blitz On Stettin Hamburg BIG DAY RAIDS FOLLOW London, Oct. 1. POR the second night in succession the Royal Air Force struck at Stettin and Hamburg, Germany's two niDst important ports for U-boat attacks on ships carrying British and American aid to Russia, and also for the ending outReuter; United Press - 303 words
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Article29 1941-10-02 1 Cairo, Oct. 1. TO-DAY'S British G.H.Q. communique says: Tobruk: A dust stDrm again interfered with all activities. In the frontier area there is no change in the situation.— ReuterReuter - 29 words
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Article151 1941-10-02 1 Chinese Claim Smashing Victory Chungking, Oct. 1. •THE Chinese cordon around 50,000 trapped Japanese was growing tighter to-day as a telephone message from Changsha reports that the Chinese won a smashing victory north-eastward of Changsha this morning. In the Chinese offensive between Kingching and Chunhuashan, the Chinese claim 2.000 JapaneseReuter; United Press - 151 words
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Article39 1941-10-02 1 London, Oct. 1. THE Government has proposed to publish this month Gen. Lord Gort's despatches relating to the campaign in France and Belgium, announced Lord Crolt, Joint Under-Secretary for War, in the House of Lords to-day. ReuterReuter - 39 words
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720 1941-10-02 1 BRITAIN is now spending a total of some £13,000,000 'daily, stated Sir Kingsley Wood, Chancellor of the Exchequer, explaining to the House of Commons the £1.000.000,000 vote of credit formally adopted by the House yesterday. The Chancellor reminded the House that it had720 words
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75 1941-10-02 1 JOINT ANGLO-U.S. POST-WAR FORCE TO KEEP PEACE Indianapolis, Oct. 1. THE United States Secretary of the Navy, CoL Frank Knox, to-day proposed that the United States and Great Britain join forces, "for 100 years at least," to produce, "by force if need be," an effective system of international law. Col.75 words
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240 1941-10-02 1 "Some time somewhere an international order may emerge which need not rely on lorce. but in the interim a justly conducted peace-loving t rce must intervene to save the world from self-destruction. Col. Knox said that the foundation of such a forceReuter - 240 words
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258 1941-10-02 1 Pan- American To Operate Air Service In Middle East London, Oct. 1. THE conclusion of an agreement between the British Government and Pan-American Airways African Limited for the operation of an air transport service between West Africa and Anglo-Egyptian Sudan was announced by the Air Minister, Sir Archibald Sinclair, inReuter - 258 words
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Article28 1941-10-02 1 London, Oct. 1. QUEEN Wilhelmina has just signed a royal decree levying taxation on incomes of all Dutchmen outside their own territories.- ReuterReuter - 28 words
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Article68 1941-10-02 1 M London, Oct. 1. R. Herbert Morrison, Home Secretary, to-day contrasted the Gestapo and the British police force. Whi'e the Gestapo was a regiment of men whose very name spelt terror, th^» British police were the trusted friend of every ratn and woman m a free community. "HereReuter - 68 words
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Advertisement67 1941-10-02 1 RAFFLES HOTEL TO-NIGHT INNER DANCE (informal) 8 p.m. to midnight cbaret- BUSTER MAGGIE DINNKK 53.00 NON-DINERS $100 TURDAY NEW CABARET ATTRACTION ROSALIE LOUIS i ifr.KK AN BALLROOM AND ACROBATIC DANt Eli SUNDAY EVENING IN THE PALM COURT JLITARY BAND CONCERT— S.3O to 10.30 p.m. l| the Band of the LOYAL67 words
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Advertisement47 1941-10-02 1 INSIST ON BIGIA TEA sea View HOTEL BAII.-ROOM PERFECTLY AIR-CONDITIONED BY SEABREEZES TO-NIGHT SPECIAL DINNER DANCE Dinner $3. Admission to Ball -Room free of charge DINNER and DANCE MUSIC BY RELLER'S BAND IT* SATURDAY -w ROMANTIC NIGHT NNER SERVED ON THE MOONLIT LAWN DANCING IN THE BALL-ROOM47 words
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Advertisement153 1941-10-02 2 GREETED BY PACKED HOUSES AT YESTERDAY'S I GALA OPENING! EARLY BOOKING ADVISABLE! TO-DAY 3 SHOWS if HA MRR A 3.15, 6.15 and 9.15 imIjtIAJWLPI%/m NO FREE LIST to*^ ROBtRT RiSKlfi nooucc* at huni* »«o» tTopw^jv' «««,»>-.•• mi PATHE GAZETTE UNIVERSAL NEWS BY SPECIAL REQUEST! SATURDAY at MIDNIGHT liJ c^ K153 words
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Advertisement372 1941-10-02 2 Supplies To Middle East COMMUNICATIONS MUCH IMPROVED Cairo, Oct. I. QNE of the most important. If not the most spectacular, aspects of Middle East campaigu is the question of supplies and big changes have recently been mad2 In the whole organizaticn of communications, writes Reuter's chief correspondent in Egypt. There372 words
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Advertisement333 1941-10-02 2 A THRILLING NEW STORY By A FAMOUS AUTHOR! feL TO-DAY A T THE CAPITOL g COOD4YE II I L M y HIP ILLB I INGRID BERGMAN, star of "ADAM HAD fn*/*riul A SONS'^ IN HER FIRST M.G.M. TRIUMPH! T RAGE IN J ~h HEAVEN 13 by i THE TRAP OF333 words
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Advertisement146 1941-10-02 2 IMM^ m mi^— m^mmim ii m THE PICTURE THAT HAS WEN THE SUBJECT OF INTERNATIONA!DISCUSSION SENSATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT I CAPITOL I MIDNIGHT SCBEH on SATURDAY Oci. 4th ;<tci s SUNDAY MO^NiNG at 10.i5 12.30 C'cloc 1 The Most Sensational CHIN Picture Ever Made PASSED in its Entirety! "LIGHT OF EAST IN146 words
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387 1941-10-02 3 Evacuees Tell Of Difficulty In Leaving Japan Shanghai, Oct. 1. JAPANESE officials have instituted "a nuisance J campaign*' which has seriously inconvenienced foreigners desiring to leave Japan, according to American evacuees arriving here. The American arrivals pointed out that the chief difficulty was to obtainUnited Press - 387 words
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Article112 1941-10-02 3 New York, Oct. 1. NATIONAL Newspapers Week. Oct. 1 to Oct. 8. "should awaken in the hearts and souls of all Americans renewed determination to defend, maintain and perpetuate the priceless heritage of the free press," President Roosevelt said in a statement issued to-day. "The maintenanceUnited Press - 112 words
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Article176 1941-10-02 3 Committees Complete Work GOOD PROGRESS IN MOSCOW PARLEYS Moscow, Oct. 1. rE joint committees set up here to discuss aid for Russia completed their work from 24 to 48 hours before it was originally exijected. At the same time, conferences betweSM. Stalin. M. Molotov. Soviet Foreign Commissar, and Mr Harriman176 words
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Article106 1941-10-02 3 London. Oct. 1. r Director-General of the Ministry of Information. Sir Monckton. who is going to >w shortly, told the Press ;y it was thought we had something to lean; irom Russia ropagar.da and the way 10 learn was to go and "S. No one has106 words
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Article35 1941-10-02 3 a»iimtjton. Oct. 1. COL. KNOX'S reference to Japan is expected to ■se speculation, as rerent ly President Roosevelt and •>ther key Administration oflR- *ls omitted references to Tokio denounrin? the Axis.^ Reut— terReuter - 35 words
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Article18 1941-10-02 3 iht s;atr of emergency has been rttended to three more provinces in Bohemia and Moravia, the Prague ReuterReuter - 18 words
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Article108 1941-10-02 3 MR. Winston Churchill's references, to aid to Russia in his speech yesterday seem to have satisfied most of the papers, who had been most anxious on this subject. The Manchester Guardian says: "Mr. Churchill told no secrets but he was satisfying. He could not answer the great question108 words
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163 1941-10-02 3 Canberra, Oct. 1. THE Australian Prime Minister, 1 Mr. A. W. Fadden, announced to-day that the Government is accepting as a motion of censure the Australian Labour party amendment declaring that Labour members are "opposed to the unjust metheds prescribed by the budget, which is contraryReuter - 163 words
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Article101 1941-10-02 3 Melbourne, Oct. 1. MAJOR-GEN. John Northcott, Commander of the Australian Armoured Corps, announced today that he hoped to visit the Midile East shortly for discussions connected with the Australian armoured formation and to study the latest British equipment. He added that the training of theReuter - 101 words
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Article54 1941-10-02 3 Canberra, Oct. 1. AUSTRALIA is making elforts to obtain frum the United States under the lease and lend law supplies of steel, non-ferrous metals, potash, machinery, civilian planes, industrial chemicals, and agricultural machinery unobtainable, or obtainable only in insufficient quantities, in Australia or the United Kingdom,United Press - 54 words
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284 1941-10-02 3 Duff Cooper At Naval Base Conference pOLLOWING Mr. Duff Cooper's discussions in Singapore last week on his return from a short visit to the Netherlands Indies, an important conference was held at the Naval Base on Monday. This was announced yesterday. The conference was attended by the following: Mr. Duff284 words
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Article105 1941-10-02 3 "SOMETHING different and very entertaining" will perhaps best describe Prank Capra's latest effort. "Meet John Doe." which opened to crowded houses at the Alhambra last night. The film Ls largely of the serious type and has a theme that can lay little claim to originality but Capra,105 words
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439 1941-10-02 3 After saying that Mr. Churchill "used language which should remove anxiety on the score of aid to Russia from the minds of any who may have been misled by glib but ill-informed tongues," the Daiiy Telegraph says: "It is evident that the volume439 words
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159 1941-10-02 3 Winter Campaign In Russia Inevitable— Nazi Writer Madrid, Oct. 1. THE Germans have for the first time now been told by their newspapers that the Russian war will last through the winter. Spanish correspondents in Berlin say that all the German newspapers have an article by Col. Scherf, who, accordingReuter - 159 words
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Article164 1941-10-02 3 TRAIN DIVES INTO TORRENTIAL RIVER Tokio, Oct. 1. A TYPHOON originating In the vieinity of Guam struck the Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures early this morning without accompanying heavy rains, causing extensive damage to property and crops reports from Kagoshima said to-day. The typhoon disrupted steamer schedules, mostlyUnited Press - 164 words
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Article64 1941-10-02 3 Bangkok. Oct. 1. fitHE trustee of the late former King I Prajadhipok and Queen Tambhais was ordered to-day to redeem over 4,000,000 ticals by the civil court. The action was brought by the Minister of Finance. Luang Pradist Manudlicrn, two years ago, when he charged that the formerUnited Press - 64 words
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148 1941-10-02 3 265 DELIVERED TO GESTAPO FOR UNKNOWN REASON London, Oct. 1. THE German-controlled Prague wireless early this morning reported another batch of executions. Fifty-nine persons were executed after death sentences had been passed by court-martial in Prague and Brno. The names of only ten perMvs executed haveReuter; United Press - 148 words
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78 1941-10-02 3 Britain's £50,000 Grant-In- Aid To China London, Oct. 1. F-r learned authoritatively that the British Government has agreed to make a grant-in-aid of £50,000 to the British fund for relief of distress in China to meet expenditure on maintenance of ambulance units for treatment of sick and wcunded soldiers, andReuter - 78 words
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Article67 1941-10-02 3 Batavia. Oct. 1. rE Netherlands Indies delegation to the International Labour conference at New York left by plane for Manila this morning. The delegation comprised four members, on of whom is a Javanese. It is expected the delegation will do little more than observe and receive opinictrisUnited Press - 67 words
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187 1941-10-02 3 Nazi s Silent On Ankara Talks Failure REICH DENIED OF VITAL CHROME Ankara, Sept 30 /GERMANY'S failure to obtain Turkish chrome, which was the imst important point in Turko-German trade negotiations, was not commented on by German circles here to-day. Ths Nazis hinted last week that Germany might break otfUnited Press - 187 words
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Advertisement23 1941-10-02 3 SAT, 4th QCT, AT MTONTGKT DON AMECHt 7* BETTY GRABIE .nut CUMMIN6S B^Xo^ CrMMMi f Imk later C«ta la* CAT N A Y23 words
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Advertisement21 1941-10-02 3 TB\ BOTTLE OF OUR DELIGHTFULLY REFRESHING 'SKIN TONIC prepared from WITCH HAZEL ROSE WATER and BENZOIN 50 cts and 80 cts.21 words
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Advertisement45 1941-10-02 3 808 HOPE... DOROTHY LAMOUR (Joins the Army just for fun) (The Colonel's daughter) CA T^ TT 'PHONE iiL X XX i-x X 3400 OPENING TO-DAY 'fV^f^' TJggWfci V V ,^r 5l S /irsSi»' -^<#^^'H \^K"*.Tt^- Mr fl 4 SHOWS DAILY II a.m. -3.15 -6.15 -9.1545 words
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829 1941-10-02 4 THE Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1041. Two Speeches MALAYANS who yesterday read Mr. Churchill's speech in Parliament and who to-day read Mr. Duff Cooper's speech in Singapore will not fail to notice that both spoke with the same confidence about the war situution. Those who think it dangerous829 words
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Article193 1941-10-02 4 FE Food Supply Officer, Mr. P. H. Burgess, in a broadcast yesterday, said he saw precious little evidence cf any attempt" to "Dig For Victory." He is quite right that much more might be done by Singaporeans to increase the supply of locallygrown vegetables, especially as we shall193 words
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Article81 1941-10-02 4 Simla, Oct. 1. i^AREEB Singh of the Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners, has bjen awarded the Indian Distinguished Service Medal for conspicuous gallantry during the fighting outside Damascus, involving the risk of his own life. The a ards given to the Bombay Sappers and Miners are one81 words
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Article69 1941-10-02 4 PRINCES THE WAR Simla, Oct. 1. "AT the moment the primary concern of the princes is the successful prosecution of the war and to contribute the maximum help to India's war effort from the States." said Mir Maqbool Mahcnood, secretary to the Chancrllor of the Chamber of Princes. Mir Mahmood69 words
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Article56 1941-10-02 4 Quetta, Oct. 1. QUETTTA experienced another earthquake shock of considerable intensity in the early hours of yest rday morning. The shock lasted for about 15 seconds and a number of buildings sustained cracks. Some 150 tents have been provided by the Cantonment Board authorities to accommodate shopkeepers from56 words
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Article47 1941-10-02 4 Karachi, Oct. 1. CWARMS of locusts are now moving in a north-easterly direction in Sind. The Sind Government have set up 30 centres for the destruction of the pests in various villages, and large quantities of chemical products to be used for this purpose have been distributed.47 words
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Article298 1941-10-02 4 MO hope of a peaceful outcome to discussions between the United l States and Japan is held by Mr. Hallett Abend, well-kncwn American newspaper correspondent, who visited Singapore early this year. **i H 5« ba les^I es^ nls belief °n the clause in the Churchill-RocseveH Atlantic declaration stating that298 words
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Article937 1941-10-02 4 Margaret Bourke- White - Chungking To-Day: A Woman's View Margaret Bourke-White By WHEN I stepped out of the plane from Hong Kong after flying over Japanese-occupied territory during the night, I was startled to find myself standing en a narrow strip of landing held on the bank of the Yangtze river between two towering937 words
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Article14 1941-10-02 4 Washington, Sept. 30. ALL supplies of copper and scrap in America have been placed14 words
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Article, Illustration637 1941-10-02 4 Mr. Cordell Hull Is 70 To-day JJEXT to the President in the 11 hierarchy of United States officials comes the Secretary of State. The distinguished statesman who now holds this high appointment is Mr. Cordell Hull who celebrates his 70 birthday to-day. The life of Cordell Hull is the American637 words
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Advertisement315 1941-10-02 4 O )J FMIT M Malm %J bitter Mfmtmw Over these years, tJv s?y 1 y^^r^/l^ accumulated ex peri- ■^/'j/AflgflgS^^/ ence has gone to perfecting this brew. [fl jfWI '**Rl>> CAS WAT E R p v T With an ASOOT Multl-Potnt msCfttteti in fem W-" borne you ba*e a tullj automatic.315 words
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Article1659 1941-10-02 5 'Astounding Change 9 In War Situation, Says Mr. Duff -Cooper THE march of the British Empire from the stage 1 where it faced defeat to the present day when great strides are being taken towards victory formed the graphic picture which Mr. A. Duff-Cooper, Chancellor of1,659 words
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Article243 1941-10-02 5 LARGE QUANTITIES COME FROM INDIA MALAYA among other countries is obtt nin,' war materials from India, w'nose factories are I rowing r??idly In numbers, ic!*h p vust production. nitric- acid plant recently fostslted at a hlfb explosive facI rcw pnssed its aceept- it This marks the243 words
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Article225 1941-10-02 5 Prison Sentence Altered as a result of an appeal, a A young Chinese motorist, Tan Yoe Soo who had b?en sentenced to eight months' simple imprisonment on a charge of causing the death of a comi»tnot by -ent driving, was fined $2OJ a default, two months' lmpriaonment225 words
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Article, Illustration71 1941-10-02 5 pHARGED in the Singapore third V* court y sterday with possessing a pistol without a licence, Pretam Sin^h was acquitted by Mr. R. Moor. He was arrested or. July 5 in Jalan besar after he had allegedly threatened tv-o Sikli constables with the pistol in a liquor shop.71 words
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Article48 1941-10-02 5 jHE Perafc Sikh Advisory Board for 1 1942 will consist of the Chief Police Officer, P rak. (chairman*, and Messrs. Oopal Singh. Ipoh; Narain Singh. Ta^pinp: Sardar Sham Singh. Papan; N'ajid Singh. Siputeh; Kishen Singh. Kampar; Ditt Singh, Kuala Kangsar ar.d Si-rr.ukh Singh. Kan? pax.48 words
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Article54 1941-10-02 5 e\TB- lieutenants J. C. Grandsen, A. U. Lind. E. J. H. Hewitt and G. K. Stein of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, have be" n promoted to the rank of lieutenant, and Sub- Lieutenants K E. Holwell. D. H. Christie and J. t« have been promoted to the54 words
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Article41 1941-10-02 5 T-'E fl rs t list of goods allowable from the United States under the Lease and Lend Act has been announced. Th3 United States will not supply individual firms in Australia unless th~ erders hav.? the full approval of the S^vernment.41 words
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Article210 1941-10-02 5 Japanese Said "Sick Tired" AVTVID picture of presentday life in Japan, where the people are "sick and tired of the Chma war," which more and more are coming to belie v 2 they have lo;t, and where rationing cf essential foods and clothing and petrel is a continual irritaticn was210 words
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Article91 1941-10-02 5 •pUBiaiCULOSIS (respiratory typs>, enteritis, pneumonia, convulsions and beri-beri were among the chief causes of the d ath of 222 Chinese and 40 others in Singapore during the week ending Sept. 27, according to the Municipal health statement. Compared with figures for the preceding week and the correspondinsr we*k91 words
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Article69 1941-10-02 5 Th* following is the prr*rramme cf the Police band to-day at Telok Ayer i starting at 6 p.m.: March "Royal i Standard" by J. H. Keith; overture •'Ma-sanlelo'' by Auber; a selection "Ballet Musit in William Tell" by Rossini: a valse "Girls of Vienna" t>y jC. M.69 words
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Article56 1941-10-02 5 TO house General Hospital attendants. a huge block of flats is rapidly nearlng completion behind the Medical College. Estimated to co~t about $500,000. the construction of this bui'ding was a commitment incurred before the present hostilities started. Other new buildings contemplated are quarters for the sisters and a56 words
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Article37 1941-10-02 5 TRIALS were held on Sunday in con- nrction with the evacuation of the battle area in the Bedok-Changi districts. There was evidence of much careful preparation and th'? co-opera-tkm of the residents was most sat:sfactory.37 words
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Article84 1941-10-02 5 AN application to appoint Mr. C. H. Koh a receiver and manager without security to carry on t^e affairs of the law firm of Messrs. Aitken and Ong Siang until the end of the year. was grpnted by the Chief Ju<*ce, Sir Percy McElwaine, in the High Court yesterday. Making84 words
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Article104 1941-10-02 5 PLANS must be made now for extension of hospitak accommodation if war conies to Malaya, said Lieut.-Gen. A. E. Percival, G.O.C, Malaya, in a broadcast from Singapore last night. "Will any of >ou promise to offer us your house or part oi it if hostilities break out?"104 words
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238 1941-10-02 5 KEEPING PESTS FROM ESTATES Work Of R.R.I. Experts "TN spite cf the av usually Xav? ur--1 able conditions under *hich rubber is cultivated in Malaya, it i3 liable to attack by many specific fungus and insect parasites, and these are constantly watched by the pathologists of the Rubber Researcn Institute,"238 words
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Article98 1941-10-02 5 THE opinion that the existing rela- tions between Japan and Britain could be preserved, thus preventing an upheaval In the Far East was expressed by Mr. Tr.une M. Goto, correspondent of the Asahi Shimbun, who with Mr. G. Nishino of the Nichi Nichl Shimbun. arrived in Singapore during98 words
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Article411 1941-10-02 5 THE Singapore Rubber Millers' Association and the Chinese Rubber Dealers* Association yesterday unanimous] decided to send Mr. Lee Kong Chian to New York at once, with a view to explaining to the Federal Reserve Company how the Chinese section of the trade can be of special411 words
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Article, Illustration550 1941-10-02 5 "Empire Requires Your Services" DROADCASTTNG from Singapore last night, u Lieut. Gen. A. E. Perciyal, G.O.C. Malaya, addressed a special call to Asiatics in Malaya. "To-day, the Empire requires your services." he said. ''We rely upon you more and more to take the places550 words
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Article81 1941-10-02 5 'pKE ambulance service of th* Sinfrapore Pire Department attended more casos of motor-car accid nts than cases arising from other causes during lust month. Motor-car accidents called the ambulance out 30 times, motor lony accidents 26 Urns, trolley car accidents 18 times, and motor bus accidents nine times.81 words
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Article488 1941-10-02 5 SIR JOSIAH CROSBY INTERVIEWED THAILAND'S policy is one of declared neutrality: I believe that sincerely, and I think t is a genuine policy and in fact 't is the policy that has been and is being carried nut," declared fc^ir Josiah Crosby, British Minister to Thailand, at a488 words
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Article174 1941-10-02 5 r»XPRESSING rogrrt it having to leave Malaya, more than 550 Japanese evacuees yesterday boarded the O.S.K. evacual.-jn ship Huso Mara which is dm lo \ave Singaror? to-day for Ja^an A strong of In mijrraton officials was on di ty at thr Whmrt when th? evacuees kwinest*174 words
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Article52 1941-10-02 5 CQUADRON Leader R. v;. Bur* of Olene^, South Austria, w la commr.i.dhig the first Au?tra' an Spitfire squadron in Ehglind ha* been awarded the D F.C. Th deco-atjon has been awarded also to Pilot Officer J. P. MeKechnie of Eehuea. Victor*** a member of the le»rlf« v/in«? Commander52 words
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Advertisement16 1941-10-02 5 Good Food Courteous Service ore the reasons for Its Increasing Popu larity AT THE CAPITOL RESTAURANT16 words
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Advertisement36 1941-10-02 5 >\ ft CUPS TROPHIES We have in stock a wide range of E.P.N S or Silver Cups. Shields. Silver Medals &EP.N.S. Tankards. SPECIAL DISCOUNTS TO CLUBS and INSTITUTIONS ROBINSON'S CI M r~ A r-» r^ r-> i—36 words
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Obituary92 1941-10-02 6 Mrs Regina Wee Cheng Soon passed away, peacefully at 5.30 am. on Sept. 30, 1941. at 425 Paslr Panjans Road. She leaves behind to mourn her loss, her husband Mr. Wee Chens Soon, a son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Wee Peng Leng, four daughters Cecelia, Elizabeth, Theresa and92 words
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Article48 1941-10-02 6 THE Bataviaasch N'i:uwblad states that 40 Chinese households were <• throughout- the Indies recently. It will be recalled that the searches were made on the grounds tha r B occupants were suspected of i^ns law and order in the CK-:es? community by spreading proN:- v :ing propaganda48 words
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Article48 1941-10-02 6 VISITING AUSTRALIA visit of Australian journalists A to t-he Netherlands Indies at the invitation of the government, which took place la c month, has led to a -?turn invi* I m by the Commonvealth Gc ament. A party of Netherlands urnalis f s vill lenw for "dney shcr:l.48 words
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Article65 1941-10-02 6 GROUP of Net>herlanders, who belong to the Netherlands Fleet \r Ann. arrived in New York re?ntly, and are leaving for th« west oast of America. Tliere, they will oard Catalina flying-boats, which are i be flown to the Netherlands Indies American pilots. Apparently they i'l stay several months65 words
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Article20 1941-10-02 6 Hm Sin<?apore Buddhist Union is ulding a full moon celebration at 731 Geylang Road on Sunday at 8 p.m. I20 words
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Article, Illustration1530 1941-10-02 6 MARY HEATHCOTT - *THERE are no wounded in 1 the military hospitals of Malaya, but the organization which would care for them if there were is all ready. In the meantime, the ordinary sick and ill sailors, soldiers and airmen get the benefit of the1,530 words
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Article30 1941-10-02 6 New Delhi. Oct. 1. |T is learned that Lord and Lady Linlithgow, accomt>anied bv their tfaucrhte r s end nersonal staff, will arrive here o^ f~*"* A30 words
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Article, Illustration94 1941-10-02 6 The Dirt ctor of Publicity and Information. Malaya, Dr. Victor PumU. describes a Melbourne aircraft factory which he has inspect/ d as ultra -r. t ->d iitxa.. efficient. Paymaster Lieutenant a;ni Mrs. Adrian Leslie Sharpe after their wedding at the Naval »a^ church on TucscHv. The bride is a daughter94 words
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Article16 1941-10-02 6 The "Heinskens" Brewery has set up its own bottle factory in Sourabaya. says a Batavia report16 words
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Advertisement382 1941-10-02 6 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS TENDERS SINGAPORE MIMCIPALITY Tenders Tenders are now invited for the following materials or services. For particulars applv Municipal Tenders Room. Supply of Fuel (Ccal or Oil) for St. Janes Power Station,' during 194*4. Date of Closing. 12 r.oon. Oct. 30. 1941. Simply of Lubricating Oils and Grease during382 words
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Advertisement84 1941-10-02 6 I ii King's School Services' Extension Course 111, Oct. Ist Dec. 19th. Dutch, French, German, Spanish, Accountancy and Applied Mathematics. DEAN'S SCHOOL i i For European Children I TANG LIN j I NEW TERM I j COMMENCES ON J Monday, October 6th 1941 9 Senior School Q Junior School j84 words
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Miscellaneous278 1941-10-02 6 G.P.O. Mail List Mails close at the General Post Ofnce as follows: TO-DAY Aden ai r P m Africa af r J P m Australia air J P- m Burma air 4 p.m. Ceylon air 4 p.m. Egypt wr JP-™-Great Britain etc. air 4 p.m. India 4 p.m. Java air278 words
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Miscellaneous584 1941-10-02 6 To-day's Broadcasting SINGAPORE ZHL 225 m. 1,333 k cs.; ZHPI 30.96 m. 9.69 m cs.; ZHP2 48.58 m. 6.175m cs.; ZHP3 41.38m. 725 m cs. ZHL, ZHPI ZHP2. 6 40 a.m. Opening announcements in French; 6.45 News in *£ench*; 700 News commentary in Frencn, 7!15 Singapore calling, Physical exer- 1584 words
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Article314 1941-10-02 7 Johannesburg, Oct. 1. IN a ceremony unique in the history of South Africa a field marshal's baton was handed to the Union Prime Minister yesterday by the Governor-General. Sir Patrick Duncan, at Government House. At the same time Sir Patrick handed Field -Marshal Smuts a letterReuter - 314 words
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Article94 1941-10-02 7 Tientsin, Oct. 1. DECAUSE many young White Russians will not register for military training despite two orders issued by the Japanese-sponsored Russian anti-Com-munist committee in Tientsin the r parents or guarantors are being urged to prevail upon them to obey orders or face unutterable consequences." AReuter - 94 words
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338 1941-10-02 7 G_ Shanghai, Oct. I. EN. Hsueh Yuen, commander-in-chief in the Changsha area in Hunan Province, reports that the Japanese have started retreating from the provincial capital, adding that Chinese forces harassed the invaders all the way to Yochow, reports United Press. Initial successes in theUnited Press; Reuter - 338 words
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Article230 1941-10-02 7 Yochow. Oct. 1. COREIGN correspondents were taken on a flight yesterday over Changsha, capital of Hunan province, by the Japanese. "I flew over the city aboard a Japanese plane for ten minutes today." cables the United Press representative. The city appeared to be undamaged, althoughUnited Press - 230 words
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Article125 1941-10-02 7 London, Oct. 1. ITPRISINGS in several districts U cf Bulgaria in protest against German plans to force the country into war with Russia, are reported in the Soviet War News, published in London. Italian divisions were hastily dispatched to quell the movement, says the report. Mutinies haveReuter - 125 words
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124 1941-10-02 7 Lcndon. Oct. 1. ITALY'S increasing difficulties in what is left of her Abyssinian po£se*s.ons are revealed in a communique issued yesterday from the British Headquarters ai Nairobi. "Col. Mario Gonella, Italian commander of Wolchefit, his staff end 3,000 prisoners are already in thi hands ofReuter - 124 words
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Article73 1941-10-02 7 Hanoi, Oct. 1. AN armed band, allegedly consisting of guerillas, yesterday evening attacked a train on the Yunnan-Indo-China railway, six miles south of the Indo-Cbina border tcwn of Laokay, The train was derailed and two Frenchmen vere killed in the subsequent exchange of fire. One of them wasReuter - 73 words
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Article155 1941-10-02 7 Teheran, Oct. 1. CONSIDERABLE reforms have already been effected by the Iranian Cabinet since its formation a week ago, and it appears to be winning increasing confidence in the country, reports neuter's special correspondent from Teiieran. The first bastions of the old regime to be attackedReuter - 155 words
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Article132 1941-10-02 7 London, Oct. 1. CONGRATULATING the Government on its action in Iran, Mr. Lees Smith, leader of the Opposition, speaking in the House of Commons yesterday, said that Britain took an immense risk in the Mediterranean campaign when the whole world thought she could not132 words
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Article51 1941-10-02 7 Vichy, Oct. 1. pARIS newspapers announce that Marcel Pilongery of Orleans has been shot for illegal possession of firearms. The German authorities said Pilongery was a French infantryman who had a carbinero, two hunting guns, two smaller rifles, four revolvers and ammunition hidden under his roof. UnitedUnited Press - 51 words
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Article46 1941-10-02 7 London, Oct. 1. THE House of Commons yesterday approved without a vote, another "blanket" grant of £1,000,000,000 for the w?r effort, making to f al of £3,000,000,000 so far voted. The budget introduced on Mar. 7, proposed "blanket" credits totalling £3,i>00,000,000.— United PressUnited Press - 46 words
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Article90 1941-10-02 7 Washington, Oct. 1. THE importance of Pacific *to the United States defence programme was stressed by official quarters here, pointing not that over thU route vital materials are bem; transported to the United State* from Malaya, the Netherlands Indies and the Philippines. The routeUnited Press - 90 words
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Article161 1941-10-02 7 Zurich, Oct. 1. A REMARKABLE tribute to the R.A.F. was paid yesterday by the aviation editor of the Turi.i newspaper La Stampa. wh"> writes, "The British people owb a great debt of gratitude to their air force. "It is a serious mistake to minimize the enemyReuter - 161 words
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Article104 1941-10-02 7 Vichy, Oct. L pOLLOWTNG its decision to ration bread. !<he Italian Cabinet has decided tc ration the consumption of eras for heating, states a Rome dispatch to the Vichy news agency. A draft law for nationalization of industrial establishments confiscated by the State since the declarationReuter; United Press - 104 words
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Article257 1941-10-02 7 London, Oct. I. DATIONED Britons w.?re Klad t* hear from Mr. Churchill that Britain's food reserves are now the highest since the war starved. They were also glad to know of the newly-resumed air offensive against Italy, where disaffection is reported to be growing Perhaps theUnited Press - 257 words
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Article135 1941-10-02 7 London, Oct. I. JJEARTENING news of the Empir* Air Training Scheme was given yesterday by Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, High Commissioner in Canada, who is visiting London, when he said that the scheme was months ahead of schedule and had gone tar beyond the original bounds. TheReuter - 135 words
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Advertisement119 1941-10-02 7 "I'm Always Fresh and Full of Energy!" And the reason is Lifebuoy Toilet fresh too; full of energy and better Soap It guarantees personal freshness, able to carry on with the daily round, protects you against all possible risks You'll meet new problems with new of offending. A bath with119 words
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Article396 1941-10-02 8 Hard Fast Rugger On The Padang SELETAR R.A.F. BEAT STRONG CLUB SIDE R.A.F. (Sclctar) 5; S.C.C 0. HARD and fast rugger was played on the padang yesterday when, after a grim struggle, the Royal Air Force (Seletar) managed to score a goal in the second half to beat a strong396 words
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Article80 1941-10-02 8 Melbourne. Sept. 30. ■yic IOWA: FctVnzHl. a Wiiliamstown Rover, and winner of the fUcasdm Cup for tne As \x\aaons best and fairest player, probably will become captain of N lUwoltfta first eleven. Western Australia: West Perth. 11 17 (83) defeated East Fremantle 5 13 (48> in the Western80 words
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Article101 1941-10-02 8 rE Singapore Cricket Caob rugger team to mtrt tht fHf hlal Ml Brira4c Ml tIM pftAftßc mi Saturday mh JL J. Martin; D. G. MmUgmnnrjCampbell, E. X P. Barley, G. H. Gerrard, J. B. Mathtem; F. I. C. WUM, J. letter; L. 8. V** T.101 words
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Article224 1941-10-02 8 R.I 4: M.C.U. II 1 DISPLAYING a sounder knowledge of the game. Raffles Institution beat the Medical College Union second string by four goals to one in a hockey match played on the M.C.U. ground yesterday. The schoolboys' stickwork and combination enabled them to confine play224 words
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Article119 1941-10-02 8 TIKE Anglo-Chinese School Old Boys 1 m held to a one-all draw at Woodsville yesterday, when the? met the St. Andrew's Old Boys at hockey. The A.C.S. netted their only point in the first half through Lim Swang, and St. Andrew's equalized through Mervyn Kch'hoff in the119 words
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Article103 1941-10-02 8 Washington, Oct. 1. THE Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, and President Roosevelt yesterday conferred for one and three-quarter hours at the White House, presumably to j discuss the Far East as well as the general war situation. It is understood they drafted a modification of the NeutralityUnited Press - 103 words
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Article46 1941-10-02 8 Washington, Oct. 1. •pHE spokesman of the House of Representatives' Insular Affairs Committee said yesterday that public hearing on the $45,000,000 Philippine Defence Bill would begin next Monday morning. The War Department, it was said, had ur?ed that the measure te expedited United PressUnited Press - 46 words
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Article36 1941-10-02 8 Washington, Oct. 1. J?USSIA has repaid $5,651,000 of the $10 .000 .COO recently advanced by Ohe United States against Russian gold shipments, according to the weekly bullion statement issued by the Department of Commerce.36 words
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291 1941-10-02 8 R.A.F. (SeleUr), Reserves 4; RA.F. <&auwg > MEETING at Ansoii Road stadium yesfe rday in Mthe preliminary <%££ victory. On the run of the play Kallang Airmen were not so bad as the score suggests and, had their forwards displayed better finishing, their rivals291 words
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Article102 1941-10-02 8 FURTHER ties In the S.C.C. autumn lawn tennis tournament played on the padang yestc.day resulted: Men's doubles handicap: S. C. Woolmer and H. Stokes (+2) beat C. J. Simpson and W. J. M. Warden (—4) 9—7, 2—6, 6—4. Profession pairs handicap: O. R. S. Bateman and J. H.102 words
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Article90 1941-10-02 8 Washington, Oct. 1. THE importance of Pacific trade to th2 United States defence programme was stressed by official quarters here, pointing out that over this route vital materials are being transported to the United States from Malaya, the Netherlands Indies and the Philippines. The route90 words
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Article67 1941-10-02 8 Managua, Oct. 1. ONE hundred and 25 were killed and 72 injured when a Caribbean hurricane struck the village of Cabo Gracias a Dios last Sunday, destroying all the buildings in the town, belated reports from Puerto Cabezas said to-day. The town of Cruta was completely destroyedUnited Press - 67 words
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Article67 1941-10-02 8 New York, Sept. 30. NEW York stores were jammed with persons buying furs, liquor, jewellery and other luxury items, which to-morrow will be subject to the new 10 per cent. Federal Excise Tax. It was estimated that more than $1,000,000 worth of liquor was bought yesterday inUnited Press - 67 words
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Article115 1941-10-02 8 THE Straits Chinese Recreation I Club's eighth open invitation lawn tennis tournament will be held at Hcng Lim Green from Saturday, Oct. 25 onwards. Entries will close at 1 p.m. on SatUr ThJ' Meeting wUI be conducted under the rules and regulations of the Lawn Tennis115 words
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Article134 1941-10-02 8 TO-MORROW, at the Royal Singapore Yacht Club three will be the usual afternoon races for all classes, starting at 5.23 p.m. for "A" class and 5.25 p.m. for other classes. On Saturday, the first race for the dementi Challenge Cup for women will be sailed, starting at 4134 words
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Article136 1941-10-02 8 IN the final of the Rose Bowl competition at the Garrison Golf Club Capt T. K. Murphy (4) and Mrs R. H. H. Stewart ;9> beat E. V. Smith (11) and Mrs. J. W. Pinhey (30) six and four. The monthly mixed foursomes competition of the Garrison136 words
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Article33 1941-10-02 8 THE Medical College Union's first team beat a Coastal battery team by two goals to one in a hockey match played at Changi yesterday. Oehlers scoreJ both the Medicos' goals.33 words
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Article50 1941-10-02 8 IN a keenly- contested rugger game played yesterday the Pulau Bra:.: Tigers beat the Fortress Signals by six points (a try and a penalty goalt to nil. Stanley touched down for the Tigers in the first half, while Pope converted a free kick that was awarded them In the second.50 words
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Article84 1941-10-02 8 Washington, Sept. 30. THE Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, told the press to-day that he had no knowledge of reports that Italo-American political conversation? wer? in progress. The return to Washington of the United States Ambassador in Rome. Mr. William Philips, has no connection with the tripUnited Press - 84 words
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Article33 1941-10-02 8 Washington, Sept 30. gRITISH warships being serviced in American navy yards include the cruiser Manchester at Philadelphia, and the destroyer Piredrake and merchant cruiser Csiiforria at Boston.— United PressUnited Press - 33 words
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Article43 1941-10-02 8 London, Oct. 1. /GERMAN long-range guns at Cap \JGris Nez opened a lively cannonade across the Straits of Dover in brilliant moonlight late last night, and German raiders dropped bombs on two points on the north-east coast of Eneland.- ReuterReuter - 43 words
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Article351 1941-10-02 8 London, Oct. 1. UTEMBLEY Stadium, created just before the great Empire Exhibition, has carved a niche for itself in British sport and has been the scene of many spectacular events, not the least of which has been international and cup final football. A good deal of itsReuter - 351 words
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Article74 1941-10-02 8 Joe Louis 9 Ring Earnings New York, Oct. 1. |OE LOUIS, the American J Negro priseflgrhter and heavyweight champion of the world, has amassed ring earnings of more than two million TJ.S. dollars as a result of the $(U.S.) 193,274 which he receired for Monday right's fight. The adjusted grateReuter - 74 words
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Article241 1941-10-02 8 SH.C. "A" 7: Y.M.C.A. I. AN BM.C. "A H team found little difficulty in beating the Y.M.C.A. by the very wide margin of seven goals to one in a hockey match played on the padang yesterday. The Club were immeasurably superior to their opponents in241 words
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Article134 1941-10-02 8 W. H. BROCKETT won the Royal Johore International Club's President's Prise (for golf) presented by the Tungku Mahkota for 1941The scores were: W. H Brockett 41-41=82—14 68; Dr T. E Cheah 36-41=77—7 70; J. W. Moore 38-41=79—7=72; Ibrahim bin A. Rahman 43-^46 89 15 =74; Isawo Purune 47134 words
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Article339 1941-10-02 8 CLUB XV SIGNALS SUCCESSFUL (From Oar Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. J THE Selangor Rugby League season got under way yesterday when two matches were played, McHughN XV (a SeUng.ir Club side) beating the Polire Depot, and the Signals beating the R~A.r. Both games were played339 words
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Article73 1941-10-02 8 New York, <>ci. T. THE New York Yankorv winners of the American Leaguy who have won seven world cham] ships since 1927. are tw to one on favourites to beat the E? lyn Dcdsers in the baseb-iil series which begins to-dn nesdav Mainly a team of theReuter - 73 words
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Miscellaneous167 1941-10-02 8 To-days Sports Events RUGBY: Medical College vs. f ovals, M.C.C. HOCKEY: S.C.C. vs. Punjab Regiment, S.CC; AX S. Ist team vs. 2nd team, Oldham Hall; Post Office ts. F.W.D., P.O. TENNIS: S.C.C. tournament, S.CC. CHALLENGE CUP PROGRAMME fraiß following is the programme for 1 first round of the Singapore Amateur167 words
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