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

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  • 17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 16.113. ESIU. 1835. MONDAY, OCTOBER 20. 1941. 6 CENTS
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  • 540 1 Craigie Interview With Gen. Tojo Soon TOKIO TO BE LEFT IN NO DOUBT OF ANGLO-U.S. STAND' London, Oct. 19. JAPAN is to be left m no doubt of the intentions of Britain, the Dominions and the United States to withstand any further development of Japanese
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  • 954 1 Reds Counter-Attack In Kalinin Sector London, Oct. 18. WITH the great battle for Moscow mounting m fury each hour, there comes a report from •he front that the Germans have succeeded m driving a wedge into the Russian defences m the vital Vyazma
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  • 51 1 Manila, Oct. 19. QUEZON'S office discloses that United States naval officers on Friday night ordered all Philippine ships flying both the United States and Filipino flags to return to home ports immediately or sail to the nearest American or "friendly port.'
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  • 172 1 Nazi Losses Now Put At 4,000,000 London. Oct. 19. MR GeofSt Hicks. Parliament;etary to the Ministry m a speech at Swansea >id a conservative esti- put the German losses n the Extern Front at 4.000.000. ict ol German manhood tn unmarked graves I ol Russia, he added. ■orA from Hitler
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  • 40 1 Vichy. Oct. 18. v called the new ir.et -'a war governed prei:cted swift developments m r^e Pacific. J derstood there is still Army m th- Far East J :»sed r.f elite Russian mobile :< 'vi ..jn.- United Press m
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  • 211 1 WILLKIE SAYS "ACT NOW" New Xorfc, Oct. 19. THE United States must abandon hope of peace, declared Mr. Wendell Willkie m a nationwide broadcast sponsored by the Fight for Freedom Committee. "The Axis powers are winning now and unless ye act soon it will
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  • 80 1 Appeal To Estates THE Controller of Rubber, Malaya, Mr. W. S. Ebden, m a statement issued yesterday, urges all estates as a war effort to produce and ship as much rubber as possible m the remaining months of the year. Unused export credits and coupons will be cancelled at Dec.
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  • 215 1 ondon, Oct. 19. TOBRUK'S great stand against the Axis forces m the Western Desert, which has now passed Mafeking's record Of 186 days, was the subject of a special radio programme to-day. Gen. Sir John Dill, Chief of Imperial General Staff, broadcasting a
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  • 118 1 Cairo, Oct. 19. JAPAN Airways Company's giant four engined flyingboat Sazanamt has arrived at Dilly. capital of Portuguese Timor, according to the company's headquarters. The flyingboat is making its eighth and flnal test flight between Palau (Japaneje-mandated island m the south Pacific) and Dilly prior
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  • 52 1 Melbourne, Oct. 19. A CONFERENCE of representatives of organized workers from all countries bordering the Pacific to consider common policy towards Russia was urged at a week-erd conference of the Australian Trades Union Council etviutive. For the same purpose an early meeting of the Federal Labour Advisory Committee was also
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  • 418 1 Ankara, Oct. 19 THE unexpectedly fierce resistance ot the Russian forces on the central front has compelled the Germans to withdraw a large number of their troops from the southern front, thus lessening the pressure upcn Marshal Budenny's army, according to reliable reports reading here. Nevertheless.
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  • 227 1 Afghanistan Orders Out Nazis, Italians Peshawar, Oct. 19 PERMAN and Italian national* A* are to leave Afghanistan according to the Kabul radio The Kabul radio station added that the Kabul Government haj accepted the offer of the British Government for safe transit of Germans anri Italians via India Iraq and
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  • 664 2 "Odds On" In Favour Of War In Pacific, Warns Writer Shanghai, Oct. 19. THE selection of Lieut-Gen. Tojo as the new Japanese Prime Minister, makes it "odds on" m favour of war m the Pacific, declares the noted British commentator. Mr. H. G.
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  • 190 2 Chungrkin?, Oct. 19. Fis unlikely that there will be any drastic change m Japan's policy because Gen. Tojo is amons the stauncV rupport ers of Prince Kon^*?. predict the official Central Daily News. "Every change f a Japanese Cabinet reveals Japan's weak ness and b-ir:gs Japan closer
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  • 39 2 Tokio. Oct. 19. •THE censorship of all foreign mail is to be cv forced m Japan from to-marron\ All mails except to Mnnchukuo and China mint be presented at the port o*nce with the necessary stamp. Reuter
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  • 477 2 Washington, Oct. 19 A SENATE battle is brewing over amendment of the neutrality Act. The veteran Senator Carter Glass, member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and former Secretary of the Treasury. told reporters that the amendment regarding the arming of merchantmen should be
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  • 105 2 San Jos* (California). Oct. 19. CIX PEOPLE were seriously injured and 12 others slightly Injured m a terrific explosion which rocked the $10,000,000 Permanent*? magnesium factory, 12 miles from San Jose, yesterday. The factory was hurriedly completed recently as a defence project of prime importance
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  • 69 2 Ickio, Oct. 18. A JAPANESE ciaun to be engaged m moppln«-up onemtic»is round Ichpng. m wMtern Hupeh. Is made m Hankow dispatch to *he official Japanese news R^ency According to the dLspiteh. be'wc«n last Tuesday and Saturday. Japrnese forces "dealt crushing blows on the "emnants of the Chunukln?
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  • 474 2 Washington, Oct. 19. THE MOM of foreboding which had been enveloping the capital m the last 48 hours was expressed m words by yesterday's edition of the Washington Post, which sees America m the midst of a cosmic storm. She is no longer watching what
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  • 83 2 Tokio, Oct. 19. DEFLECTING the seriousness of the situation. the rew Japanese Premier Gen. Tojo. kft by train at 11 p.m. yesterday m order to "report the o«-Mmntion of his new ppet"o c t" at the Te Grand Shrine m central JaDan. He w:!l return to Tokio to-day.
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  • Rest Of The News In Brief
    • 16 2 CZECHS EXECUTED— Twelve Czech patriots were executed en Saturday. It was announced m Prague United Press
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    • 28 2 GRAND MUFTI— The NBC. in New York h^ard railo Berlin on Sr. furday report that the Grand Mufti of Jerusa'cn had a^med to Albania via Turkey.— United Press
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    • 24 2 DUTCH MINISTER— The Dutch Vinister of Social Affairs, M. den Tcmpel. left Lisbon on Saturday for N-w York aboard an Atlantic Clipper. United Press
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    • 26 2 CAIRO PARLIAMENT.-- A roysl degree was read in both houses of the Egy-:ian Parliament on Saturday prolonging the session of Parliament *or the Bayram holidays.— Reuter
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    • 26 2 ACTOR ILL— Mr George M. Cohan American actor and theatrical producer, was gravely ill on Saturday, following an emergency abdominal operation »n New York— United Press
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    • 25 2 BRITA IN RAIDLESS "Ther? Is nothing to report." says yesterday morning'. Air Ministry and Ministry of Hom^ Security communique on enemy a r activity.— Reuter
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    • 35 2 TURKS WOULD FIC-I1T The Turks are determined to fight should their territorii 1 integrity or national sovereignty be infringed. Is the opinion expressed by a British official who recently returned to Londo-i from Ankara Reuter
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    • 55 2 RED CROSS AID— The United States hr.s rappiied almost $51,000,000 worth rf Red Cross aid to Europe. Asia tad the Middle East in the past 25 mon lis. the chairman of the Red Cross. I 'r. Norman Dr.vis. announced on Saturday This sum included $30,000/ )0 for Britain and nearly
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    • 49 2 INDIA'S AIR DEFENCES— The north-u'St India air iefence exercises, which mere the fiist of its kind and scope, will not be the last. It is proposes to hold further exercises, details of which cannot be disclosed at present for obvious reasons, a military spokesman revealed at an interview Reuter
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    • 9 2 PANAMA DISPLEASED— Eric Ceriack Boran. commercial a.tiarh* to fb*.
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    • 61 2 JEWS EXPELLED— Five thousand Berlin Jews aged 50 to 80 have been expelled on masse to Poland's Pinsk swamps, it was veportea m Stockholm on Saturday. Simultaneously, raids on Jewish homes were conducted all over the Reich and Jews were evicted on an hour's notice and were not permitted to
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    • 63 2 MONET FOR CHUNGKING— United States and British circles In Washington forecast a revision of the policy of financial support to the Chungking Government as a result of the conference-, under way in Chungking and Hong Kong, including the cessation of efforts to stabilise the Chungking dollar on the Shanghai exchange.
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    • 77 2 U.S. AID TO RUSSIA— The growing need for military supplies to Russia, plus Japanese- American tension, has pltced new emphasis on the movement of American supplies to Russia via Archangel, to which there has been a recent heavy increase. Authoritative quarters in Washington predicted on Saturday that the diminution of
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    • 102 2 U.S. DEFENCE PRODUCTION— The magnitude of America's defence expenditure has stimulated a movement to reduce non -defence expenditure in the current budget covering the 1942 fiscal year and totalling $24,581,000,000 in expenses. compared to only *1 1,998.000 .000 -evenus. The Budget Bureau has submitted to the Senate Finance Committee a
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    • 33 2 German legation to Panama, was declared persona non grata by a Foreign Office decree on Saturday. The reason given was that Boyan interfered with political activities In Panama and continental defence— United Press
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    • 52 2 NEW SHIP— The Sun Shipbuilding Company at Chester, Pennsylvania, launched on Saturday, the 8,800ton Stag Hound, the third and most expensive of the cargo ships which will be named after the California Clipper ships and placed to the Far East-Australia service under the American Pioneer Line probably in Jan- -iury.—
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    • 56 2 VAIN DID TO ESCAPE— Three Dutch i'lternees a civil pilot and two ship's officers who escaped to a yacht from the Irle of Man internment camp last Wednesday, came ashore on the Cumberland coast, north-west England, on Saturday afternoon in an exhausted condition. They were Immediately arrested. It Is believed
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    • 56 2 INDIAN VISITOR— Mr. C. M. Q. Ogilvie, secretary of the Government of India's defence department, who is making a brief visit to the Middle East, left Cairo on Saturday on a tour of the Western Der,ert in order to visit various Indian units. He has already visited an Indian general
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    • 51 2 CANADIAN SAFEGUARD—Limitation of prices and wages as a safeguard against wartime inflation has been announced by Mr. W. L. Mackenzie King. Canadian P.ime Minister. Maximum prices must not exceed the heights reached on Sept. 11. levels bust cost-of-living bonuses mv t be paid. Farm prces are to be equitably adjusted.
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  • 31 2 Bern- Oct. 19. THE first Italian wounded have arrived m Italy from the Eastern Front, it is report td here. There were no demonstrations of fervour Reuter
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  • 174 2 London, Oct. 19. ♦«/\UR great capital was, is, v* and always will be, a Soviet city— the enemy shall not pass," was a message the Moscow radio broadcast to Leningrad last night. "The enemy is throwing: more and more men into the battle "but we
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  • 246 2 London, Oct. 19. BRITISH anti-aircraft gunnerfiring at a Nazi plane flying towards the coast were surprised to see uhe crew lean out waving a Dutch flag, white handkerchiefs and civilian nets. The gunners ceased fire and the seaplane, diving steeply, made three tremendous leaps as it struck
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  • 199 2 Bombay, Oct. 19. INDIAN war supplies are makinj grcrt sLi-Cs and it is revealed that the weekly pi rchases by the DirectorGeneral oi Btq >ly on the non-munitions side alone haw passed the Rs. 50 ,000 ,000 (or £3,750,00.)) mark— nearly half the total revenue
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  • 126 2 'INTENSE ACTIVITY IN N.-AFRICA'— ROME Cairo, Oct 19. TO-DAY'S Middle East communi--1 que states: "Our patrollinp activities are continuing both at Tobruk and m the frontier area." To-day's Italian High Command communique states: "In North and East Af;ica intense activity of Italian advance detachments on the land front is reported.
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  • 46 2 i Havana. Oct. 18. THE Government announced to-day thit it has seized the Finnish steamer Koura and renamed It Caribe and p!aced it at the disposal of' the United States Maritime Commission The vessel, however, will retain the Cuban flu?? am M»nHfl#K» n.u.1 1
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  • 242 2 TALKS WITH AMERICA Canberra, Oct. i<j MR. John Curtin, Australian Primo 'y\\ n L ll hurriedly conven2d a special nuehn u o f* war cabinet yesterday and then is*u«l a st a ment to **a«sure the |>eorle the CoMrnmtr( alive to all eventualities and all
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  • 93 2 London Oct. 19. k SUGOESTION Lhat miners themselves should help to organise the greatest possible output of coal from Britain's pi:* iras made m a broadcast to-day by Mr. Ed wards, secretary to the Mine Workers' Association. "Tlie future of the world depends on our succrsg m
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  • 168 2 JJOW the MM* I, ,u !M^t tain s war cftort m an official t>it>u:n example, over m been donauo o> duals all ov.. v. bombers and 1... The Dominion* hau own Industrie.- r. their own muni other product* i dividual drifts f^ Dominion* amount o Among some
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  • 19 2 •FHE Japanese re^urc** ha." arrived *t to H^rti Th* r:. th? p->s c ibi'^ |rvelonmrnt 1m lrdo-C future Reuter
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    • 98 2 -DOWN ARGENTINE WAY "THAT NIGHT IN PIO and Now •MOON OVER MIAMI —IN GORGEOUS TEGHNIOOU j Jr\ .:^l a, rH jL. ii» t -•■'-'■''s'^i-T--- -Mb. VtAKHXHO DON BETTY AMECHE GRABLE CUMMirt 2(?f/i Century Fox Glamour Musical! AND BMI DOCLMENTARY SPECIAL "ORDINARY PEOPLE' f 1 ATH AY 4 shows d. V>»iA
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  • 833 3 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1941. Enemy Indivisible MOW the constitution of the 11 new Japanese Cabinet is known there is no reason to revise the opinion that it will prove a Cabinet of action. General Tojo has not packed it with generals and admirals and he has
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  • 228 3 ANXIETY is being expressed m Australia regarding the agreement signed between Japan and Portugal for a Japanese air service from the mandated islands to Dilly, the capital of Portuguese Timor. The purpose of the air service is obvious Japan sees it as a means of organizing
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  • 851 3 THIS week on Friday, the "Grow Mere Food" show opens at the Victoria Memorial Hall, and the ceremony will be recorded for broadcasting. Speeches will be made by the Governor and Mr. R. E. Holttum, president of the Gardening Society, and Dr. R. B. MacGregor, the Director
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  • 1613 3 Special Interview (From A Correspondent) gINCE the Commanders-in-Chief established their headquarters m Singapore the public has heard less than it used to about the men who hold the three separate 'local' naval, army and air force commands, lhe 0.0.C. Malaya, occasionally comes
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  • 27 3 -In 111 weeks Hnf*e th* lv»<»*»^» H*AVw»t* fV»o P/>val National Lifeboat Institution "»Tr»e number a« m the whole 223 ♦veeks of the 1914-18 war Reuter
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  • 46 3 -The Inland "•flwier aumnse Diccea up M British -u^'i^'ors off the west coa^t and them to Patreks Fiord on Thurrdov. The men were adrift 14 J ays after their phin h«d been tonjeHoed. One r*an d*«»d pnd nnother lifeboat is missing United Press
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  • 71 3 Suspicion that the "host vni~e whi^h has been Interrupt'n tt the BBC? forre* procramme ema*»»*^s pot from Germany but. from ha« now become a certainty. c hrvtlv 8^ f *»r t^e new« on T^ur*<^ay the voice, whlrh had been »Mi*y biittin? In with usually inane -^rnments v-«^ di
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    • 63 3 WHEN VISITING THE GROW MORE FOOD SHOW 1941 AT THE VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL ON OCTOBER 24th, 25th, 26th 27th MAKE IT A POINT TO CALL AT STALL (AT FRONT HALL) TO INSPECT AND TASTE THE LOCAL FRUITS and CURRY Manufactured canned By THE MALAYAN PRODUCTS CANNING CO., LTD. PENANG SINGAPORE
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  • 257 5 /\N her way to Chungking to v interview "that extraordinary woman," Madame Chiang Kaishek, the well-known Australian woman journalist, Mrs. Dorothy Gordon Jenner. who has for several years written m the Sunday Sun and Evening Sun under the nom-de-plume of "Andrea," arrived m Singapore by air
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  • 67 5 f pHE remittance of four-fifths of the sum necessary to pay for a new destroyer Van Galen In barely a month's time has exceeded our highest expectations," salfl QiK^n WHhplmina m a cable to the Combined Funds m Batavia. "This is only another proof of the spirit
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  • 545 5 MALAYA ADOPTS RED CROSS POSTAL SCHEME MESSAGES TO ENEMY OR OCCUPIED COUNTRIES MALAYA will shortly officially adoj3t the Red Cross postal message scheme which enables messages, each not exceeding 20 words, and relating to personal matters only, to be sent to relations or friends reading m enemy or enemyoccupied territories.
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  • 525 5 DETAILS OF EAST COAST SCHEME ANOTHER part of the evacuaAti On scheme lor Singapore coastal areas is explained m an official notice published on page 6 to-day and m another notice which will be published to-mor-row. To-day's notice applies to the East Coast evacuation area and to-morrow's
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  • 67 5 JAMES Cagney and Bette Davis provide abundant laughter and amusement m their latest farce, '•The Bride Came COD," a Warner Bros, production, which was given a midnight screening at the Alhambra on Saturday. The film has all the essentials of a good picture, a wellknit story, excellent
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  • 72 5 BRIGHT and snappy, 20th Century Fox's "Moon Orer Miami," is a thoroughly enjoyable musical eqmedy, enhanced by ite beautiful settings m technicolour. The film has an eternal triangle theme which revolve* around Betty Orable, Don Ameche and Robert Cummings and, after a scries of highly amusing incidents,
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  • 217 5 SPECIAL 4-WEEK EXPERIMENT CPECIAL broadcasts school children during school hours may become a feature m Malayan Education if the experimental broadcast? to schools scheduled for the next four weeks Btaitiag :rom Oct. 28 prove a success. The first experimental broadcast to schools will be
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  • 94 5 THE Colony s lirst Registrar of 1 Trade Unions will broadcast from the Singapore station at 9.15 tx>-night. This new official is Mr. A. B. Jordan, better known as Secretary for Chinese Affairs. To-day's talk by Mr. Jordan will be the first of two on
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  • 75 5 New th^hi, Oct 19. debate on the Defence Corr ultatiw Committee may be raised on Oct 27. the first day of the Central Assembly session. A motion for the selection of six non-official members to serve an the committee has be* n put down m the name of
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  • 147 5 4 \l/rTH all the &upi»ort from America and Britain, China's chances are very ro.sy. In fact, we can be sure of victory. Burma Is well defended and the BurmaYunnan road is safe America has sent representatives to inspect and supervise m Chine, and I sec no
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  • 73 5 'pHB first m a series of heaiih taika *i'l be broadcast from Singapore at 7.45 p.m. to-morro*-. This wilJ mark the resumprirn of the series of talks on the care of health m the tropics m'hich were regularly b»-oad<*.^t from Singapore prior to tb*- openly of rhe rene."
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 22 5 AIR MAIL ARRIVAL AIR malls from the United Kingdom arrived yesterday evening and a general delivery will be made at 0 a_m.
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    • 166 5 S.V.G PROGRAMME Singapore Volunteer C>rp9 programme of drills to and lor week-ending, Sunday, O^t. 26 To-day— Public Hobday. Tuesday, 5.15 p.m. Headquarters, S.V.A.C.C., Armd. C. Training; 5.20 p.m. Mt. Rosie Rond. No l Sec. 6 B. D Sec. RE. <v>, B.D. Training; 15 p.m., Headcuarteri>. intelligence Platoon, S.V.C., tat TraimriK-
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  • 72 6 T'HE following have been selected to play hockey for the V.M.C.A versus the Railway Institute (X.L on the Anson Road ground at 5.10 pm. tomorrow V. N. Pillay; P. C. Sands, H. Singh; Goh Chin Chye, O. L. Day. Gan K>e Slang; Low Huck Yang. I Suratta S
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  • 75 6 Local Defence Volunteers m the Netherlands Indies are beln;' magnificently equipped. The Medan unit actually has motor -boats which according to the Deli Courant, are intended for the defence of the harbour of Belawan and of the river estuarif* by men of the motorized L. D. V. On
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  • 302 6 TANGLIN HOCKEY MATCH Perak 2 Cor. bined Army and Navy.. 1. THE Perak State hockey side beat a con.bined Army and Navy side by two goals to cne at Tanglin Barracks yesterday Play was well beJow State standard, the only redeeming leature
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  • 227 6 Selangor Casuals 1; C.S.C. -0. THE Selangor Casuals who ar? on a hockey visit to Singapore scored a creditable victory over the Ceylon Sports Club by one goal to nil m an evenly-con-tested match at Balestier yesterday. The Casuals' trio, Leembruggen. Alladad Khan and Eng Kirn,
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  • 145 6 (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Oct. 19. DENANG Colts drew with Ipoh Ramblers m a keenly -contested hockey match played here to-day, each side scoring one goal. The Colts gained the upper hand m the first minute of play, Toft netting with a close-range shot. Midway m the
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  • 493 6 Selangor Beat Perak 12 To 3 (From Our Own Correspondent* Kuaia Lumpur, Oct. 18. COMPLETE super iOiity m the scrums and a set of threes who displayed excellent understanding and used their speed to the best advantage enabled Selangor to beat Perak by 12 points
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  • 53 6 following will represent the Selangor Casuals at hockey against the Harlequins at the Q.S.C. ground to-day, W. Darbyshire: P. D'Costa, C. Nunis; L. M. Keun (capt.), P. Yen. Buyong; Perumal, C. Leembruggen, Alladad Khan, C. Yzleman and E. R. de Zylva. Rt.vrves: Aziz, Eng Kirn and S. Prank,
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  • 187 6 (From Our Own Correspondent) Sydney, Oct. 18. THE Caulfield Cup, run at Flemington today, resulted. Velocity 8.3 J. Purcell) 1 Reading 8.12 (J. Thompson) i Evergreen 8.0 (W. Cook) 3 Kimvcil 9.2 (Bartle) 4 High Caste and England s Olory were scratched. Won by a head,
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  • 503 6 HOME SOCCER RESULT* London, Oct ]g SCOTLAND had the major share of BrKish soccer i n ur~ as, apart from their league fray m two competitions T 1 had the Glasgow Cup final an 1 inter-Serriccs clash O f j resident Army against the Royal
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  • 96 6 RUGBY Union JSuJ^,* Army 8 Brigade of Guards n r*k Hospital 35 London A.m-iUrLSf.' Rosslyn Park 0 Melropoiiran SfiV Wa-p 10 St. Mary's Hospital r bridge University 0 M*ddles^x iLST 13; Oxford University 8 Knox S Brl-tol 9 Army \O, B»th m v Zealanders 3; Northampton 16 r*,
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  • 234 6 RACINO had a W there were peculiar iiappenino the three meetings stagrG In the mile and a half nandictr lt Salisbury Trixie finished third but tnj jockey was above weight and Truue *Z so discounted At Navan, Ireland. ii» the Troy** steeplechase. Skin the Goat
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  • 77 6 Bomb*} Oct It 'J'HE Bombay Timber decided to dLsct r.:.. chase of timber from MVdMM to arrange for the Supply Departs to meet future requirement*. The conference, which »v discuss the recent rise :r Intfi IndlM timber prices and the qu« f.on of supplying military needs m th>
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 943 6 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENT PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE The Fxchange Banks wil! be clos?d on- Monday. Oct. 2fr, Deepavali (Public ll.xicUv) Wednesday, 2?. Hari lay a Pnas* Bank Holiday). SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY Notice is heroby given that Spottkwoode Park Road, between Neil Road and Evertcn Road, will be closed to through traffic trom Oct.
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    • 137 6 TENDERS NOTIFICATIONS FOR THE PRESS Tenders will be received up to noon on Oct. 31, j941, at the Colonial Secretary's Office for the Supply of Tinned MilW and Powdered Milk to Hospitals, Singapore, for a period of one year commencing from Jan. 1. 1942:— (a) Tinned Milks 1. Condensed sweetened,
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    • 501 6 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE BIRTH. MONRO.— On Oct. 19, m Singapore, to Landon, wife of John Kirkpatrick Monro, a daughter. DEATH. CHOA— Mr. Choa Ens Wan, aged 54, passed away at 12 nocn on Saturday, Oct. 18, 1941 at his residence, No. 37 Killiney Road. He leaves his wife, a son-in-iaw Mr.
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    • 10 6 PMOIE 5378 FIVE LUES **>«. ol Slngapo't CoU Stong* C«- IM.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 93 6 Sports Diary SOCCER: S.A.F^. Ch*Uenfe Cap, LoyaJs rs. R.A.F. (SeleUr) Res.. Anson Road stadium; S.A.F.A- league second division Mormria ts. R.E. (M*Uys), F. A N.; second division (b) Post Office vs. N.B. Corinthi*ns, P.O. HOCKEY: Perak vs. Singapore, S.R.C.; S.C.C. vs. Indian General Hospital, S.C.C; M.C.U. vs. Hornets, MC.U; Naval
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