The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 25 October 1941

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 16,448. ESTD. 1835. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1941 5 CENTS
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    FEROCIOUS ONSLAUGHTS ON MOSCOW
    739 1 leds Foiling Nazi Bid To Encircle City 'MADDENED ENEMY FLUNG BACK' Heavy German Losses In Southern Drive London, Oct. 24. THE battle for Moscow has flared up again with ferocious German onslaughts. With heavy rains obstructing military operations along the whole of the central front, German
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    Another 100 Frenchmen Slain By Nazis
    159 1 Another 100 Frenchmen Slain By Nazis London. <Jet. 24. awt more victims faced German firing squad and Fifty of them ™k for the killing of Holtz at Nantes. ng s ihe number of innokillod m revenge JS death up to 100. -her 50 were slain for the carman OOMi at
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    Kiel & Hamburg Bombed By R.A.F.
    59 1 Kiel Hamburg Bombed By R. A.F. London. Oct. 24. F/ bud weather, forces of R.A.F. <od enemy ports mam m pjorth-west rugiu. states an Air unique. Attacks on the docks at j and Le Havre. are missin". abnri .-.re under- Ibe main -Wai Gern>any. rth-western Gertiie tnird oneT Monday und
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    Vichy Story Of British Attack On Somaliland Town
    52 1 Viehv, Oct. |*<> Bmisb and Free French 'SM columns comprising 300 yesterday attacked across £t miles north-west of >»i IU M h fll<> «<>vernr>r of -^JUana announced m '*<*ti t.,-d,v. it is stated here. columns are now march B .»n ladiourah from
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    Details Of Tokio-Lisbon Agreement On Air Link
    120 1 Details Of TokioLisbon Agreement On Air Link Tokio, Oct. 24. rHE Japanese Information Board to-day released the text of the Japan-Portugal agreement for an air service between Palao and Dilly (Timor) which was signed m Lisbon on Oct. 13, for the transportation of mails, passengers and goods. It designated that
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    ALL QUIET IN THE WESTERN DESERT
    159 1 Cairo, Oct. 24. rpO-DAYS Middle East G.H.Q. JL communique states: -Libya: Apart from some light enemy shelling of the harbour at Tobruk. which caused no damage, the situation throughout yesterday was quiet. Enemy air activity was also on a reduced scale. •'Patrolling activities continued
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      29 1 Washington, Oct. 24. Col. Frank Knox, the U.S. Navy Secretary, said that a collision m the Far East was virtually inevitable and could occur on 24 hours notice. Reuter
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      27 1 Washington, Oct. 24. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT has A announced that United States production programme of tanks for the United States armed forces would be approximately doubled immediately. Reuter
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    "Moscow Must Become Trap"
    77 1 London, Oct. 24. "VtfE must be prepared to see the streets of Moscow becoming scenes of violent fighting," declared the Moscow radio to-day. "It means that every street corner must be fortified to the point where every window becomes a firing post and every citizen a
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    Berlin Admits Snow And Cold Hampering Operations
    425 1 Berlin Admits Snow And Cold Hampering Operations Berlin, Oct. 24. A MILITARY spokesman here to-day described the weather m the Moscow sector as very bad and admitted "only the cessation of this rainy weather will permit operations along the entire front to reach full success." He said rain, snow and
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    ECONOMIC PENETRATION BY JAPAN IN THAILAND
    1478 1 I.P.R. Man On Contrast In Technique Used In Indo-China AN un censored account of the situation m Thailand rt and Indo-China was given m an exclusive interview to the Free Press yesterday by Mr. Jack Shepherd, of the Institute of Pacific Relations secretariat. He
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    Accusations Against High Thai Official
    256 1 Bangkok, Oct. 24. A THAI Government communique to-day reveals the findings of the official committee, including three Ministers, which investigated the charges contained m an anonymous circular issued by the "Free Thai Party" against Nai Vanich Pananonda, DirectorGeneral of the Commerce Department and a delegate
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    KILLED IN EXPLOSION
    55 1 Rome, Oct. 24. LJIGH Rumanian officers and "other persons were killed when a land mine exploded m a public building at Odessa, burying everybody within, according to a Bucharest report published m the Popolo di Roma to-day. It was feared the Axis military commander m Odessa was
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    MR. C.R. ATTLEE
    48 1 MR. C. R. ATTLEE Lisbon, Oct. 11. THE British Lord Privy Seal, Mr. C. R. Attlee, left here for America by Clipper to-day. Ife is going to attend the meeting of the International Labour Office, which opens m New York on Monday, as the British Government's delegate Reuter
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    53 1 Manila Oct. 24. THE President Lines to-day denied a 1 Japanese claim that Japanese citizens have been refused passage on President liners. Three Japanese have been refunded their passage money since the eastbound ships have abandoned the route via Shanghai and the Japanese did not want to disembark at Honsr
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    VOROSHILOV & BUDENNY ARE ORGANIZING NEW ARMIES
    568 2 VOROSHILOV BUDENNY ARE ORGANIZING NEW ARMIES Will Be Flung Into The Battle Soon Lozovsky Kuibishcv, Oct. 21. 'MARSHAL TIMOSHENKO has taken over the command of the southern front, M. Lozovsky, spokesman for the Soviet Information Bureau, announced here to-day. Marshals Voroshilov and Budenny are at present l chained with organizing"
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    TANKS FOR RUSSIA
    65 2 Ottawa. Oct. 24. THE first 15 of the 100 cruiser tanks produced m Canada for Russia are to be shipped this month. Announcing this. Mr. C. D. Howe, Canadian Minister of Munitions and Supply, said that he was confident that all could be sent before the end
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    New Big Japanese Push Expected
    87 2 Shanghai, Oct. 24. AM. indications point to a bis Japanese offensive shortly mr'wlifre m the interior of < hina. according to the I cai rhir.ese Press which reports unusually heavy Japanese trooo movements since Gen. Tojo assumrd the premiership. Thai the Chinese High Command f
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    'Eases Feeling Between U.S. & Japan'
    211 2 'Eases Feeling Between U.S. Japan' Tokio, Oct. 24. **1T eases the feeling betweer Japan and America," declarec the Ja^nese spokesman at a Press conference, commenting on the stoppage of American shipment of supplies to Russia via Vladivostok He added: "It is a very good thing tor every country The spokesman
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    Special Session Of Diet Convoked
    110 2 Tokio. Oct. 24. A FIVE-DAY extraordinary session of the Diet, which has been convoked for Nov. 15. according to an official announcement, r.ill deliberate th supplementary estimates urgently needed to cover the current situation as well ss other bills. The Government is seizing the rccasion
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    JAPANESE REGRETS
    65 2 Shanghai, Oct. 24. "THE Japanese embassy spokes- man to-day expressed regret that an assassination attempt had "been made on the editor and publisher of tV- China Weekly News Mr. J. D Powell. "I denounce any act of violence )n the International Settlement," he declared He said he hoped
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    'Moscow Not Out Of Wood Yet' Warning
    300 2 'Moscow Not Out Of Wood Yet' Warning London. Oct. 24. j COME quarters m London to-day warned that, regardless of whether the first phase of the Moscow offensive is over after three weeks of bitter fighting, it is quite possible the Germans, with another huge encircling action before the snow
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    Nazis Lose 300,000 Men In 20 Days
    104 2 Kuilishev, Oct. 24. THE German loses m their great drive on Moscow, began 20. days ago, totalled 300.000 men. declared M. Lozovsky, spokesman for *he So vkt Information Bureau m the course of his interview with the Press to-day. All the peonies of
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    Curfew In Bombay
    183 2 Bombay, Oct. 24. A CURFEW lasting frcm 7 p m. to 6 a.m. has been imposec m Bombay following yesterday's Hindo-Muslim clash m the centra part of the city. Orders have been given forbidding the assembly of more than five persons or the carrying of lethal weapons
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    Noel Coward Is Summoned Under Defence Rules
    60 2 Noel Coward Is Summoned Under Defence Rules London, Oct. 24. •THE playwright, Noe 1 Coward, was summoned at the Mansion Hopse to-day under the Defence Finance Regulations for his alleged failure to send m a return to the Bank of Encland Of certain United States securities said to be held
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    Curtin's 'Heavier Taxation' Warning
    43 2 Melbourne, Oct. 24. A WARNING that the Federal Government world have to resort to heavier taxation to finance the war effort unless the public purchased less non-essen-tial commodities was given by the Prime Minister, Mr. John Curtin, to-day. Reuter
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    BRITISH PROTEST
    40 2 Tientsin, Oct. 24. THE British consul-general m Tientsin. A. G. N. Ogden. has made representations to the Japanese consul-general concerning the opening of the Manchukuo consulate-general within the British Concession. The consulate was formally opened on Wednes- Reuter
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    39 2 Hong Kone. Oct. 24. A UTHORITATIVE quarters at Macao have denied the Australian radio report that the Japanese are planning to establish an aerodrome m the Portuguese colony. The Portuguese Consul here says he has no information.— United Press
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    U.S. Force Of 80,000 On Continent Enough To Help Smash Nazis
    586 2 New York, Oct. 21. A BRITISH invasion of Europe to relieve pressure "on the Russians is impossible at Present, because the Germans antrol the air over the continent, Major Desevusky asserted during a radio debate last night on the
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    CHINESE DENIAL
    48 2 Chungking, Oct. 23. i^FPICIAL circles here to-day denied VJ Japanese reports that the Soviet Government had notified China i f was unable to continue war shipments to China. They said Soviet supplies had diminished since the Ruoso-Ger-man war. but said that was only natural United Press
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    Britain's Big Force Of Paratroops
    142 2 London, Oct. 24. DRITAIN now ha^ a large force 1-1 of trained and equipped paratroops. More are being trained at a high rate each week. "We gained by the experience of the Russians before the war and of the Germans during the war," said the
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    SECURITY CAMPAIGN IN TURKEY
    90 2 I_ Ankara, Oct. 24. T is strongly rumoured here that port of the Turkish security campaign, a decree will shortly be 'sent to the Assembly aimed against espionage The decree. It is reported. forbids foreigners to travel on foot, oy horse or by car m Turkey;
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    R.A.A.F. STRENGTH
    49 2 Melbourne, Oct. 24. ■THE Royal Australian Air Force 1 is now over 60.000 strong— 2o times its pre-war figure. This was announced by Mr. I. S. Drakeford. Commonwealth Air Minister today. "The Government intends the R.A.A.F. shall become a powerful striking force against aggression," 'c added. Reuter
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    Australia May Send More Women War Workers Here
    75 2 Australia May Send More Women War Workers Here THE ann 1 ranen ct tachmcnt.s an Middle East tachcd to h stalls for followed bj clreds mor likely to Middle Ra worki:. those of n-ui The I> oi I Army M s Gen. Do*. a *•> Australia!-, has recijm: .JJJ more
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    Herizog Wante Nazi System
    89 2 Johiininvsbiir" lk TEN KERTZ< ment yesterda National Booth Africa PL, veals thai he the influence o: Mr Pirow. the ronnei "V<ter. and Dr Van of the pr< Ossewabraii'jv,. The statemer.: al's lifelong association v K. C. Havenga [Finance, who friend ana tdvj [who is a noted
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    "OUT OF THE FOG"
    71 2 I -QUT of the F» opening MBMfltaf n StaMtJ the Alhambra v< t n^Yj I story and makes entertainment It is a story sMth a then* c^ Is rapidly gaining i fpood noua-iav*. *i < thing grand m beu •on— jast !ik« Thf ir<n& meet m
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    29 2 ('hungtinrg <» AF 'ER a mwT:r Chinese Foreien Xfinir^ Quo T?i-rhi and tcr to China Mr h is understood th« will be present :n fore the end of r.. Reuter
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    THE Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1941. Anti-Aggression Front
    882 3 THE Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1941. Anti-Aggression Front DURING the past few days there have been several reports from Australia suggesting that the A-B-C-D front m the Pacific has recently been consolidated, particularly as a result of increased American willingness to play her full part. There are, of
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    Mary Heathcott Writes—
    1003 3 Mary Heathcott Writes GOLF enthusiasts and there must be several hundred m Singapore will be all lined up this afternoon for the Gila Golf Gymkhana and Fair which is being held at the Garrison Golf Club. Proceeds are going to the Churchill Tank Fund. The gymkhana will begin at 4
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    "New Asia Cotton" And Other "Sufu" In Japan
    709 3 (From a Special Correspondent.) JAPAN has coihed a word which has as wide a currency as the word "ersatz" had m Germany during Che last war. If a pair of "tabi" fits the feet when bought, but becomes doll's size on being
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    14 3 THE DOG AND THE SHADOW How A Singapore Chinese sees the Far East crisis.
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    Pooling Air Knowledge
    266 3 London, Oct. £4. SIX Royal Air Force officers, selected for the.r experience and ability have been attached to units m the United States air corps for the purpose of facfitating the exchange of knowledge m the most direct form, stated an Air Ministry announcement yesterday Official observers
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    40 3 Miss Anna Whitmore. Hollywood screen playwright, is spending several months m Free China gathering publicity material for the United China Relief drive m the United States, as well as studying background for possible screen stories, reports Central News from Chungking.
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    Bold Venture Torpedoing
    216 4 Reykjavik, Oct. 23. THE 17 survivors of the Boia vessel was torpedoed The snip ank m ten minutes, during which tune the crew barely manseed to launch two lifeDoatS. St of the 19 were «d wh drinking coffee and tea m me of Boston said "1 wasTlow
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    TRAINING INDIANS FOR WAR WORK
    193 4 New Delhi. Oct. 24. THE rapid extension of the Govern- ment's scheme for the training of technicians for war work has made it possible to set the goal at 48,000 men to be trained by March 143. When the scheme started about ft year ago
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    CHINESE CREDITS
    85 4 Shinkwan (Kwangtung), Oct. 24. A LTHOUGH Chinese credits m the A United States and British Empire are frozen at China's request, it is learned that the older has not greatly affected Chinese lemittances home from overseas. Meanwhile, a continued increase m Cantonese overseas remittances is reported Last year's
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    ICELANDIC CABINET
    57 4 Keykjavik, Oct. ?4. AT the special request of the Regent. the Icelandic Cabinet, which resigned on Wednesday, will remain m office until a new Government has been formed The Cabinet resigned because its position was rendered untenable by disagreement over its policy towards the rise m the cost
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    LEND BILL VOTING
    73 4 Washington, Oct. 24. THE $5,985,000,000 Lease-Lend BUI was passed by the United States Senate yesterday, and sent back to the House of Representatives for action on amendments. One amendment is to forbid the use of any money for the purchase of foreign food. As passed by the
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    "A REAL CONTRIBUTION TO OUR WAR EFFORT"
    515 5 "A REAL CONTRIBUTION TO OUR WA R EFFORT" Governor Opens 'Grow More Food* Show "A REAL contribution to our war effort," was how the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, described the "Grow More Food" Show which he declared open at the Victoria Memorial Hall yesterday. j "This exhibilion is the first
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    ENTRY AND EXIT POINTS NAMED
    122 5 UNDER new regulations published m the supplement to the Government Gazette yesterday, persons entering or leaving Malaya may do so at only one of the prescribed places given m the rules The rules provide that no person coming from, or intending to proceed passenger by
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    MANNING OF SHIPS
    75 5 THE scale of manning of Home trade ships may be varied by order of Governor according to an amendment to the Merchant Shipping Ordinance published m the supplement to the Government Gazette issued yesterday. The amendment provides that not withstanding the regulations In the Merchant Shipping Ordinance
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    ANSWERS TO FOOD & DIET QUESTIONS
    323 5 ANSWERS TO FOOD DIET QUESTIONS GROW MORE FOOD SHOW ALL the questions about food and diet that have constantly troubled Malayans are answered m a most concrete and definite form by the "Grow More Food" Show which opened at the Victorial Memorial Hall yesterday What is a proper diet? Is
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    Malayan Supplies For Soviet Union
    106 5 QUESTIONED by a Free Press reporter whether the reported abandonment of the Vladivostok route for American supplies to Russia would affect Malayan supplies to that country, the Controller of Shipping declined to comment, beyond sa t ing: "That is not the only route." Meanwhile, it
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    FIRST "WREN" WEDDING
    137 5 •THE nrst "Wren" wedding m Singapore took place yes.erday at the Singapore Marriage Registry when Chief Wren Eileen Margaret Moorley, of the Women's Royal Naval Service, was married to Sergeant Thomas Donwy Crompton, of the Royal Air Force Medical Service. Seletar. The bride Is the daughter of
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    GOING TO U.S.A.
    66 5 Miss Yang Hui-min, Chinese girl guide who won fame by running the gauntlet of Japanese machine-gun fire to bring a Chinese flag to the now famous "lone Battalion" towards the end of the Shanghai fighting m October 1937, is leaving for the United Statis to study leather
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    Society Member To Go To Gaol
    205 5 C TAT ED to have belonged to societies which use the "platform of patriotism amongst illiterate Chinese to get over tneir own insidious propaganda," Goh Liong Hian alias Goh Ah Liong, was yesterday sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment m the Singapore third court
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    G.P.O. MAIL LIST
    51 5 By air to-day at noon: to Aden, Africa, America, Australia, Burma, Ceylon, China, Hong Kong, Egypt, Europe. Britain. India, Java, Mauritius. New Zealand. Guam. Hawaii. Philippines, Medan. Palembang and Thailand. Air mail deliveries: from Britain (by Clipper) ana from Austraria a.15 am. Monday; from Java 1.30 p.m.
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    WOMEN ARRESTED
    38 5 SEVEN Chinese women were arrested on banishment warrants after having been discharged on charges of a-ssistin^ m the management of a brothel at Bandar Street from Sept. 4to Sept. 8 m the Singapore third court yesterday.
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    20 5 Second-Lieut fActg. Captain) J. M. Praser of trn Straits Settlements Volunteer Force has been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant.
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    SUBSTITUTED SERVICE
    129 5 aN application for substituied service of a bankruptcy petition on C. M. Houghton, a former boxing promoter, was granted m the Singapore High Court yesterday, on a motion by Dr. C. H. Withers Pas^ie. Replying to a question by the Chie<" Justice, Sir Percy McElwaine, counsel said that
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    29 5 pLAIMING trial to a charge of ing absented himself from duty. Koh Hoe Tee, a member of the Auxiliary Medical Depot, had his case m the Rlrt<*flnnT"p ftift»*t .^^_^.^^j__
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    DROWNED IN WELL
    96 5 A VERDICT of death by misadvenrk ture was recorded by Mr. T A. Randcll, Singapore Coroner, m the Singapore Coroner's Court yesterday at the conclusion of an Inquiry into the death of 22-year-old Tan Seng Thiang, a Chinese shop assistant living at Padang Terbakar near Bedok Tan
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    NO DISAGREEMENT
    50 5 Hong Kong, Oct. 24. J^|R. K. CHEN, chairman of the Chinese Currency Stabilization Commission, has issued a "categorical denial" of the Japanese report appearing m the Shanghai Press alleging a difference of views between the British and American economic representatives m Chune' f over the Shanghai foreign Reuter
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    15 5 Mr. E. Moor has been appointed a District Judge for Labuan, states the Government Gazette
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    Control Of Malaria
    217 5 Control Of Malaria 117I1H the object principally of ff enabling stricter control' to be exercised over conditions conducive to malaria on agricultural land*, and to give eilect to recommendations of the Health Department of the Medical Services, the Government will introduce a Bill m the Legislative Council to amend the
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    TRAFFICKING IN BOYS
    200 5 ■po prevent trafficking in boys. 'mhf'*i under present conditions has tended to assume considerable proporthm* arcordir^ to the Attorney-Genera! M» CO. Howell. a Bill to amend the Children's Ordinance win shortly be introduced In the Legislative Council The Bill makes it an offence punishable by imprisonment not
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      FADDEN'S APPEAL
      51 5 Melbourne, Oct. 24. jJHE Leader of the Oi>posi'ion. I Mr. A. W. Fadden. m a broadcast yesterday, appealed to eveiy Australian to back up the m Government m the gigantk task [facing it., remembering that >othing else mattered unless victory was achieved, followed by a 'Just and enduring
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      118 5 MR Vincent Sheean, vritinr jn 4TI the New York Herald-Trioune lof his recent visit to Austral'a, says he was surprised *>y thousands of people flockin? to the Sydney races, but his first impression of Sydney's p2ace, I plenty and remoteness from the conflict was replaced by a realization of Australia's
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    MALAYAN R.N.V.R.
    47 5 yHE Strait* Settlements Royal Navai Volunteer Reserve will, m future, come under the category of Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, it te officially announced. Any mention of the Strait* Settlements body m the Colony's laws will be read as Malay an Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.
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    Dancing Foam, Prude To Win Again
    929 6 FINAL DAY OF PENANG AUTUMN RACES cularly good bet for the afternoon. Double totes will be on ™a* four and five and seven and eight and tfte big sweep will be drawn on race eight. A review of prospects is given below. Race 0ne—
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    Selections
    107 6 SELECTIONS far to-day's races In Penang are: FREE PRESS Race 1: Braseno, Sflverlaw. Race 2: Dancing Foam, Doable File. Race 3: Lisadin, Bine Peter. Race 4: Artful Sailer, Dover. Race 5: Edelweiss, Silver Lace. Race 6: Thanks, Contango. Race 7: Court ling Sans Ame. Race 8: Prude, Jarrahwood. BEST
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    130 6 Race Eight— 6 pan. Hones, Cla* 4, Dtr. 3, 7 fw: 0 4 0 TREASURE 8.10 4 1 0 PRUDE J-JO 0 3 3 WYMERINO «-0J 2 4 3 THUMBS UP 8.06 4 3 1 CARMTOP 8.04 0 0 4 CREME DE MENTHE 8.01 2 4 2 JARRAHWOOD 7 .09
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    Reading To-day's Cap Favourite
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    WAR CHARITIES RUGBY
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    S.C.R.C. VS. I.A.
    56 6 rE following is the S.C.R C hockey team to meet the Indian Association at Hong Lini Green on Cheok Wah; c. Wong, Gan Kee Slang; Chua Boon Ann, Chia Kirn Swee, Ong Swee Keng. Huck Van. Low Kee Pow. Gan Tee Klan, Lim Swang. Seah Keng Slew.
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    21 6 r-IHE Singapore Hornets beat the Y MCA by the odd goal m three v hockey P^^ on the V.M.C.A. ground yesterday.
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    S.R.C. Seconds Win By Only Goal
    96 6 S.R.C. l: S.C.C. II o A LATE goal gave the S.R.C. seconds victory by one goal to nil over the S.C.C. seconds when the i teams met at hockey on the 6C C padang yesterday It was a game of missed chances, both sets
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    32 6 T«E R.E. (P. 8.) and the Police X drew four-all m a hockey match Played at Pulau Brani yesterday Scorers were. Police, Carvalho (3) aid Rodrigues. Sappers. Eastmead, Stratford (2) and Lewis.
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    Garrison Notes
    738 6  -  Mac By •THE portable gramophone which was the first prize m the competition of the Gramophone Society on Thursday night was carried oif by. an R.A.F. man, L.A.C. Shepherd. He correctly answered 10 of the 13 questions. M. Pierre Grimbert was awarded the consolation prize. THE motion "That
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    To-days Sports
    69 6 TO-IJA* RIGGUt: rt.A.A.j v m aid W War hariUos a V*, stadium; MX. I. Senior M.C.U.: 5.A.0.8.A J Collefe, Woodsvill*-'. Joherr Johore Rahru »V SOCCER: ChaUenxr Uli p 4 CSefcUr) v*. Sp 2t an u > *.-U. League, second division (h vu 1 derer. t«. Stamford*. S*U« M
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    LEAGUE FOOTBALL SEASON
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    THREE-NIL HOCKEY VICTORY TO A.C.S.
    81 6 A.C.S sji t IN an lnter-schno. 3MM St. Joseph's I' uad pterday. the Anp; ed a three-r: Josephians. Although th. ducive to good of play was far. led by one goal at half time I netting from c\cx>e The inside -left C the score on
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    13 6 Cl Patrick".- hockc\ it-am be» S.P.C. &idf v«l a game plavec^ B| terday.
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