The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 21 January 1942
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Title Section16 1942-01-21 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS 16,523 ESTD. 1835. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY ?A. 194* 5 CENTS16 words
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494 1942-01-21 1 Main Enemy Thrust In Muar-Batu Pahat Area OFFENSIVE SWEEPS BY R.A.F. CONTINUE £NEMI pressure is being maintained on the entire front m Malaya, the communique reports with the main thrust m the Muar-Batu Pahat area, indicating that battle for Johore is approaching a494 words
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208 1942-01-21 1 New SledgeHammerBlows By Russians I -Mil. i, i. Jan. riO. R.IID crack Panzer >,>< are fighting; desperto rover the retreat of Hit- on the Moscow lront Lin (ing stubbornly on new Russian sicdgeblowa fell aloiii; the »nt dispatches continue to tellinf of fierce street and that fires have swept RadioUnited Press; Reuter; United - 208 words
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Article189 1942-01-21 1 Melbourne. Jan. .'0 vi the Pacific demands Chlna'a views should be taken If China sued for ac» separate •Id be the complete end rhance.i of Russian participan the Pacific. 11 declared Mr. John the Australian Prime ML.Lster. Curt m was commenting on a attributed hereReuter - 189 words
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Article35 1942-01-21 1 Af CORDEL HULL. United Secretary of State, has Hi at any barrier between the States and Latin America must led m order to further the v ffort of the whole of the western iere ReuterReuter - 35 words
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Article42 1942-01-21 1 A< -AC (ire m Malaya has brought down 41 enemy airE^jjj! the war began and IB addition it has probably accounted for 16 more. Tne *c figures are disclosed m an ofluial communique issued Singapore last night42 words
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Article179 1942-01-21 1 Van Mook's 'Aid Now' Plea New York. Jan. io. THE: vital strategic importance 1 ol the Netherlands Indies was stressed by Mr. H. J. van Mook, Lieutenant Governor-Gen-eral ol the N.1.. broadcasting here over the Columbia system. "They are a wall between the Pacific and Indian Oceans" he said. 'OnceReuter - 179 words
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55 1942-01-21 1 Thousands Of Jap Wounded In Thailand Chungking. Jan. 20. A CHINESE military spokesman said to-day that Chinese intelligence officers had lea/ned that the Japanese had taken many thousands of wounded back from Malaya ,to Thailand and Indo-China. Five thousand wounded Japanese. ru said, had been received at one Thailand stationUnited Press - 55 words
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Article36 1942-01-21 1 London, Jan. 20. U-BOATS off the north -cast coast of the United States may be carrying out intensive reconnaissance to locate areas for future operations, it is suggested authoritatively m London today. ReuterReuter - 36 words
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Article86 1942-01-21 1 Cairo. Jan. 30. r -DAY'S communique from British G.H.Q. m Cairo, announces merely that "our mobile columns are continuing their activities east of El Agheila. The Prime Minister of South Africa. Field-Marshal Smuts, has congratulated Major Gen. De Viliers. Genera! Officer Commanding the South African .second division, on the surrenderReuter - 86 words
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185 1942-01-21 1 Lesson Of Taking Cover Is Learned /■CIVILIAN casualties m yester- day morning's air raids on Singapore were about 50 killed and 150 injured. That there were not as many rtctftittai as might hay? been v. as m a great measure due to people taking cover when the bombers were overhead.185 words
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Article80 1942-01-21 1 r.uuvi.i Jan. 20. FURTHER Japanese raids on the Netherlands Indies are reported :n a communique from the Command Headquarters. Batavia. to-day. It says: "Yesterday morning about ten o'clock. Sabang was heavily raided for about 40 minutes by 60 enemy bombers. The main objectives were the town and harbour.Reuter - 80 words
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224 1942-01-21 1 Aussies Beat Back Jap Attacks In Muar River Area THE Australian troops arc offering: gallant resistance to the Japanese advance towards the south of Johore, the 8.8.C. stated last night. Major-Gen. Gordon Bennett, the commander of the Australian forces m Malaya, yesterday sent the following message to the Australian Army224 words
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175 1942-01-21 1 (By Our War Correspondent) At the Front, Jan. 20. THE Australian forces which last week put six tanks out of action north of Gemas were fully engaged with the enemy throughout yesterday. The situation m the Muar sector to-day is still undecided, but Australian175 words
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Article83 1942-01-21 1 Melbourne. Jan. 20. THE Au»ciauan Air Minuter. Mr. I. S Dnkeford. announced today that a full-scale air attack was made on Rabaul. New Guinea, by Japanese bombers and fighters, presumable from an aircraft carrier Mr. Drakeiord said the attack was launched about midday Waves orReuter - 83 words
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Article87 1942-01-21 1 C'hungkin;;. Jan. *0. FURTHER Chinese successes on the three fronts arc announced m a communique issued to-day. On the east Honan front, a Japanese unit attempting to reinforce the Hwalyang garri.son and outflank the Chinese besiegers, was thrown back with considerable losses. On the central Hupeh front,Reuter - 87 words
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Article482 1942-01-21 1 London, jum. MR C hur chill was received with loud cheers by members of all parties when he took his seat m the House of < ommons for the first tinif since his return from America. He said that although he naturally shared the anxiety felt about theReuter - 482 words
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Article25 1942-01-21 1 Ankara. Jan. 20. IT is rumoured that von Ribbentrop. Nazi Foreign Minister, may visit Ankara vcr/ shortly. ReuterReuter - 25 words
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627 1942-01-21 1 THE Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY. JAN. 21, 1942. Battle For Singapore QPINION is front-page n v to-day. Facts *re lew and everyone knows them. People are not talking about facts today; they are expressing opinions. We all realise that the Malayan campaign ha»i enteied upon a critical stage, that the627 words
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Article68 1942-01-21 1 Teheran, Jan. 20. rIE Vichy Charge d Affaires. M. Jacques oiff ard. has been expelled by the Government of Iran following the publication of an undiplomatic letter to a local newspaper. M. oifTard. whose legation was due to leave Iran when the Anglo-Iranian treaty was signed,Reuter - 68 words
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Article47 1942-01-21 1 f.ondon. Jan 20 gHORTLY after dark hut night single enemy aiicraTt dropped bombs at two points on the roa?t of East Anrjlia. says an Air Ministry communique. Some daniape «y done, principally to hoitscs. Tliere was a mail number of cacu&ttisa and some people were killed. ReuterReuter - 47 words
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Article43 1942-01-21 1 Chungking. Jan. 2*. 'TILE British Ambassador to China, Sir Archibald Clark Kerr. is expected to leave Chungking m February en route to Moscow to assume his new past there. Chinese Government and public bodies are at present giving dinners m hLs honour. ReuterReuter - 43 words
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Article45 1942-01-21 1 Washington. Jan. 20. /CONGRESS has completed action on y* a bill placing responsibility for civilian defence on the organisation formed by New York's Mayor. Mr. I.nGuardia. after defeating by 172 to 167 votes a proposal that the Wa; Department should undertike such dutie United PressUnited Press - 45 words
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Article48 1942-01-21 1 Melbourne. J:«n. 19 'THE War Cabinet ha> derided on the total augmentation of manpower and has established naticnol service offices all over Australia. Which is the sole channel of employment of labour, by all employers. Goverr-ment n»id private enterprises. rihl nlso for the redirection of labour United PressUnited Press - 48 words
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Article62 1942-01-21 1 Chungking Jan. 50. CHINESE press reports state that the Chinese Government is not only sen dine a military mission but an economic mission also to the I'nited States. The report further states that the peiflonnel of the Chinese military and economic mission have already been decided upon and that bothReuter - 62 words
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Article122 1942-01-21 1 Itio dr Janeiro. Jan. 16. rffKERE Is every indication that the }1 conference of ministers of South American nations now being held m Rruzil will continue for several days beyond the scheduled closing date. Jan. 26. There are over 100 resolution* un for consideration and the actual work of theUnited Press - 122 words
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Advertisement11 1942-01-21 1 RAFFL ESJIOTEL TO-NIGHT DINNER I ■ill DANCE 8 P.M. TO MIDNIGHT11 words
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Advertisement38 1942-01-21 1 ADELPHi HOTEL ADELPHI GRILL DAILY TABLE DHOTE LUNCH $1.75 CONCERT BY HELLER'S BAND THE ROTARY CLUB (TV OF SINGAPORE MEETS TO-DAY AT 1 P.M. AT THE AOELPHI HOTEL Speaker Rn. T. H. Stone Subject: "M. A. S. TRANSPORT38 words
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Advertisement675 1942-01-21 2 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA APCAR LIRE ocurpor&t«o x £nff)arid) HLM.NSILAR %>D ORIENTAL N. CO. MAIL PASSENGER -ND CARGU SERVICE r_c toa? a«aaft>te wrrlcca are oeing maim allied by the r. O. 8. N Co. from the Strait* U» theii osnaJ ,wU t>i call la China, India Ceylo- »nd the CnJtod675 words
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Advertisement760 1942-01-21 2 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS PUBLIC NOTICES. NOTICE Will bankers, business houses and planters please note that CUMBERBA TCH CO., LTD. (of 32 Chartered Bank Chambers) have removed their office to 13. Chatsworth Road the pocial address P. O. Box 128, Singaponv Telephone No. b39S. GAS, WATER ELECTRIC SERVICES For the inhumation of760 words
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Advertisement370 1942-01-21 2 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE DEATH Dr. Aloysius Vincent Pestana. age 33, Expired on Jan. 20. 1942. at 91-C R ngoon Road. Funeral 4 p.m. Church of St. Joseph. Victoria Street. SITUATION VACANT WANTED Immediately, accounts clerk. Experience of adding machines essential Salary $100 per month or higher according to qualifications. Applicants should370 words
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Article299 1942-01-21 3 Fruits Of Churchill's Mission London, 1.. i. 20. friil l i>i»»t Minister, Mr. WinsI Cburchill, has returned :i lesion already rich m ishment," says The Times cliny article to-day. -He to execute, on this side nreded to perfect the ;iiip m arms. A new and r design has entered intoReuter - 299 words
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Article84 1942-01-21 3 NORMAL CONDITIONS IN C HANGSHA Cnangsha, Jan 20. Cvi Char^si.a are returning to norn.al and tl 9 city present* <•! graiety. i.r HM-d wire (ntaj^l*.'- -> t- >l, removed and plact: Importance ciostni onrini have Ueii rt<fp<r.».d to the country nrhiflng 1 i• re ajnong the Bl tradl l to84 words
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Article80 1942-01-21 3 'l.i'iin^ton Jan. If). V KOOSEYELT has asked for additional war appro--1 i authorizations, totalling I to the Speaker, Mr X the I resident asked 872.47* roc the Army: I 21 roc tne Navy and rtart wort on the h:ghv Amerl an Republic. •i.. Army fund*80 words
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Article67 1942-01-21 3 AMERICAN MARINES FORCED TO WORK hanjck'n?. Jan. 19. •i:. mi -an marines who were 'ured and disarmed at Chingv rnanne summer camp, northt tf Tientsin, j.re being forced into labour, according to a Peiping reselling guerilla areas m the Hills outside Peiping. t and American property m I and Tientsin67 words
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Article548 1942-01-21 3 PORT AND AERODROME OF TAVOY CAPTURED THF I-*ndon. Jan. 20. Ja P d "<*e are cutting swiftly through Burma's reaehed W thTi T t! from Thailand and have o^ hey *i ave ca Ptured the rort ard aerodrome of Trvoy and the communique from BritishReuter - 548 words
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Article172 1942-01-21 3 Washington. Jan. 19. THE Chairman of the Senaie Foreign Relations Committee. Senator Tom Connally, told the Fress to-day that United States could not iifford to neglect the Pacific m favour of the war m any other part of the world. He pointed out that increased activity172 words
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Article179 1942-01-21 3 IJL6INESS houses Ui the Singapore area affected, by raids must b€ complimented for the promptness with which they resume service- after their rcof-spottrrs have give-n the "raider;; passed 1 s;gnal Yesterday, m one locality a shop wai; ful! of customers when the siren sounded. Business179 words
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Article165 1942-01-21 3 jHE audiuon of $47,231 to the 1941 Ifirtimatei to meet increased experuiiure on the Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Rrsrrve. tht Malayan Volunteer Air Force and Civil Liability awards, *as pass^-d at yesterday*! mccling of the Johore Council of Btate. The addition Ls chargeable to the Currency Surplus165 words
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156 1942-01-21 3 T T :,^.UIJ Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Majui. Mentri Bcsar. Johore. has been appointed Commissioner for Johore m ccnneciion with the Malayan War Dis:rns Fund. This fund is administered by a committee of management functioning m Singapore, and is charged with the duties of organizing156 words
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Article26 1942-01-21 3 A N amendment to the Johore Enierg- encv Regulations, authorizes t/ie State Secretary to require all mechari-Cftlly-propelled road vehicles to be immobilized wlien not m use.26 words
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Article85 1942-01-21 3 A CABLE received m Singapore yesterday morning reports the death of Mr C W. Banks, at one time a local Ltd and latterly a London director d the same company. Mr Banks joined the ftrm m Singapore m January. 1880, as an acc°untSS and85 words
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Article60 1942-01-21 3 U«ORTY -SEVEN now buses are being built by the Traction Company, and the transport services of Singawill improve when th«* are cooing our utmost to cope with the situation." said Mr G. Mrrvhall general manager of the company, when he f« asked about the large increase of60 words
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Article34 1942-01-21 3 Contributions of $5,000 from the Sultan of Johore And ovwr $7,000 from the Chinese section are largely responsible for an increase of nearly $15,000 m the Malaya Patriotic Fund, bringing the total to $3,348.2«a.2«.34 words
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Article307 1942-01-21 3 N'eu York, Jan. 20. CIR Dajpai m a speech to the Service Club here said that the anti-Axis solidarity as expressed m the Washington declaration by the united nations left no doubt as regards the final outcome of the war. Reaffirming India's "ardent devotion" to307 words
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59 1942-01-21 3 New Delhi, Jan. 20. THE reliel fund organization m Rangoon is helping homeless Indians. The Indian and Burmese Governments are considering plans for the evacuation of Indians. The Indians' overseas department, with other departments, is dealing with Indians m the Pacific area. This department is59 words
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Article84 1942-01-21 3 Vichy. Jan. 20. QEN. VITIOiUO AMBROtJIO. commanding the Second Italian Army, has been appointed Chief of the General Stafl. replacing Gen. Mario Iloatta. who will take command of the Second Army, according to a Rome dispatch to the oilicial French news agency Gen. Hoar tReuter - 84 words
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Article389 1942-01-21 3 A NUMBER of Food Control en- r avtmcits were introduced into the Johore Council of State yesterday restricting the wholesale and retail sale of foodstuffs. Many of the enactments are similar to those m forte m Singapore, and affect the ute of milk by public caterers and389 words
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128 1942-01-21 3 TOKIO "SINKING" OF AIRCR A FT-C ARRIER With Tiie Pacific Fleet, Jan. 19. MLN on this aircraft-carrier which the Japanese twice reported to have sunk to-day heard the Tokio radio made a "desperate report" to make up for the sinking of this carrier. The reaction of the ships complement wasUnited Press - 128 words
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Article79 1942-01-21 3 C'liunfkiug. Jan. 19. QEN. HSUEH YL'EH has ordered special t-ompeiisation for the wounded and killed policemen m Chang. 1 ha. who during the Japanese storming on the outskirts of the city helped the army to build defence workr and transportation of munitions ami supplies, according to anUnited Press - 79 words
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Article674 1942-01-21 3 Mary Heathcott - Mary Heathcott By YESTERDAY T was writing about Chinese villagers grujbing about m the ruins of tru ir homes. I now find I am m a position to write about grubbing about m the ruins of my own. and I have my own -private bit674 words
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207 1942-01-21 3 (By Our Own Correspondent.) London, Jan. 19. "U7HERE critics of Singapore go wrong is talking loosely to remove the easy and luxurious living which is supposed to have played havoc with the moral fibre of the British community." Thus replies the Yorkshire Post editorially207 words
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209 1942-01-21 3 Chungking, Jan. 19. THE influential Ta Kung Pao suggests that the four Government banks be merged into a real central bank or a united reserve bank with one fiscal policy. According to the journal, the task of credit control should be entrusted to the CentralCentral News; NEWS - 209 words
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Article54 1942-01-21 3 huicl«iiir. Jan. 19. yUE United Prefs sUfT men who c-sra;ied from Shanghai. Robert Martin. Karl Etkt-lunti and William MrUou?all. staved at Taiho. Kmth Kian^M last mrht and resumed their journey to-day to HerpyanE. m a 1< np Journey across South China, according to an offirial reportUnited Press - 54 words
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Article145 1942-01-21 3 Washington. Jan. 19. A BILLION dollars expansion m the American Maritime Commission's shi Vouilding programme was announced to meet President Roosevelt s promise of 18,000 000 tons o' merchant shipping by 1943. The OooainiMioner, Mr. Howard vickery. said that contracts were awarded for 632 ocean vesselsUnited Press - 145 words
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Article98 1942-01-21 3 A REGULAR air s''Y\':.-c I ctA'een J\ Calcutta and Ch;ms<incr la no 1 bci^ig oper^.tia ty the China National AvtaUon Oorpormtkm. The service will run rf";i;jnrlv once a weok carryir" rrnil. pn^'-^na'ers and freight, with stops at Ln«hio and Kunmlnf. nnd it i<? ho^fd98 words
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Advertisement55 1942-01-21 3 DUTCH ATTACHE M Chungking, Jan. 19. fv-GENERAL van Temmen. y- appointed Dutch Military Chuiinkinfr, i* scheduled to Batavfr shortly for Chungking Centra] News. I TRUBY KIN 6 SYSTEM I of INFANT FEEDING. iani£e iresh cow's miJk KARILAC SUCAHS KARIOL EMULSION. H SERVICE: 3aoles 'bed weekly on accurate beam scale. MEDICAL55 words
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Advertisement142 1942-01-21 3 POLICE NOTICE LAND TRAUSPORT.ITNG/iPOREr The public is notified that on and from Jan. 21. 1942. thi*. Department will orerate lit the following address: Monk's Hill Malay School. Monk's Hill <off Bukit Timah Road and Winstedt Rond». A. L. STALLWORTHY, Competent Authority. Land Transport. Singapore CATHAY UKtillHG TODAY JVSfJSS f^^w?v '•£>'142 words
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478 1942-01-21 4 WORST BLITZ CAUSES ONLY SLIGHT DAMAGE 50 Dead, 150 Injured In Yesterday's Raids (By A War Correspondent) CINGAPORE suffered its worst blitz yesterday since the war began when two largo waves of Japanese bombers flew over the city and dropped bombs on a residential district, causing little damage to property478 words
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Article638 1942-01-21 4 A SENIOR N.C.O. of the Royal Air Force sits m his office aboard a pinnace anchored near Singapore. Suddenly the telephone at his elbow brings him news of a pilot m distress. Within a few minutes the pinnace is racing to the position which the638 words
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Article173 1942-01-21 4 I TAKE oil my hut to the Chinese In Singapore, said a Kuropean yesterday, utter he had toured part of th e bombed areas and seen for hlmsell the number of casualties caused. The European saw Chinese squatters and their wives quite unconcerned about the bombing,173 words
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Article11 1942-01-21 4 Fixed defence artillery practice will take place yn Singapore Island to-d«y11 words
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Article208 1942-01-21 4 irOUR Chinese labourers, doing i demolition work on top ot a tower m one ot tho busiest parts of Singapore, set a splendid example during a recent raid. Long after the siren had .sxinded heM men continued with their work, though anti-aircraft Ore could be208 words
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Article87 1942-01-21 4 OFFICIAL and unofficial members of the Johore Council of State gave a grand example of raininess yesterday, when, m spite of an alarm followed by the explosion of bombs and the barking of anti-aircraft fire, the meeting of the Council continued and completed its business. The87 words
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244 1942-01-21 4 I Prom A Special Correspondent > A POPULAR fallacy current m some quarters m Singapore at present is that the presence of anti-aircraft guns m a district attracts the attention of enemy bombers to that district. Actually nothing could be farther from the truth,244 words
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Article114 1942-01-21 4 yjL'ORK is continually m progr.-ss to give Increased protection from air attack to workmen engaged on aerodromes. Apart, from the ground defences with which aerodromes are plentliully equipped. fuU attention has been given to the provision of shelters. For example, the number of slit trenches provided114 words
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Article63 1942-01-21 4 ANY person In an evacuation camp m Johore who wilfully wastes food issued to him or gives false Information about the number of persons on whose behalf he claims food, will be i. «.:>!- on conviction to a fine of $i 0 or a month's imprisonment, or both. An ordex63 words
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Article234 1942-01-21 4 ABOUT :.()00 Chinese, an>ong Whom wore approximately 2,000 members of the Overseas Chinese Volunteer Corps, Gathered at tho square In Club Street yesterday alternoon, when they unanimously parsed a resolution to request the Government to supply them with means to right the J.panese. At the conclusion of the234 words
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628 1942-01-21 4 Veteran Air Squadron IN PACIFIC WAR FEW squadrons u r the Royal Air Force have a more honourable history than a squadron now ooeratin? m th e Pacific War. For two years, vhlle the RAF. was covering itself with plory on the other side o! the wor.d, this squadron, with628 words
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Article118 1942-01-21 4 PIERSON-RITCHIE WEDDING r Y'dL. wedding between MLvi Lily Har- per Plervni and iMpMtOT John George Ritchie of the StniiLs Set tie BWDftl Police took place yesterday at the We-sl .-"y Church. Canning Iluw yesterday. The Rev. Dr. H. B. Am.sluU officiated at the wedding, and the bride was given away118 words
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475 1942-01-21 4 Australian Cabled News r |'HE Volunteer Air Observer Corps ii operating a round-the-clock service m Brisbane, where the hours for city workers are staggered to prevent congestion and lessen air-raid danger. The Leader of the Opposition. Mr. A. W. Fadden, said m Sydney that the475 words
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Article120 1942-01-21 4 i'ML'VER m world history will an effort made now pay so much interest to U3 to-morrow." says Dorothy Thomson, the well-known American broadca-ster and newspaper columnist m an article 'How Much Must We Pay m Blood'" v.hich is reproduce m the latest irsue of the Eastern Graphic, out120 words
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Advertisement306 1942-01-21 4 NOTICE. LAND TRANSPORT GENERAL CLERICAL ANO Car owners engaged m essenQTITT n PDirti n fdkc tial work should apply tD this 3 1 AIL ULtlflbAL LltKKb Department for a distinctive label to be affixed to their car. ccncDATcn vii iv crirce m order to prevent it from beins rtutrtAltU RIAL306 words
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Advertisement220 1942-01-21 4 CREDIT _ACC -s The circumstances under whi< I Operating compel revision oi are able to grant to our accoun I no wish to disappoint friend operated satisfactory credit i< ounts many years past but we must m s ir i i settlement ot monthly accounts m credit on accounts not220 words
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