The Straits Budget, 8 August 1940
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Title Section31 1940-08-08 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES I ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY. 1 No. 4304. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1940. Price 25 cts., (S.S. Currency) o r"d31 words
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Article, Illustration960 1940-08-08 1 Singapore, Wednesday. yHE War Fund total Is carried well beyond the three-and-a-quarter million dollars mark to-day. thanks largely to a further handsome donation from the Singapore Turf Club In June the Club gave $50,000; to-day, with the object of making Its contribution up to approximately £lO,OOO,960 words
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Article, Illustration96 1940-08-08 1 Some of the office-bearers of the special committee formed by the South Indian Chamber of Commerce, Singapore, to collect donations to Tht War Fund from South Indian merchants. Seated left to right: Mesm. B. Govindasamy Chettiar, Adam N. Haji Mohamed Ibrahim and O. Ramasamt/ Sadur.Straits f mes pictun. - 96 words
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Article1095 1940-08-08 1 I At M ri.sk of becoming monoI \u propose to devote yet Loth r leading article to discussion jj inanuer in which this coun- lali;n a to grasp opportunities Laid the Empire’s war effort. We Lu urged repeatedly that some L-vey should be made of the1,095 words
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Article1218 1940-08-08 1 Espionage is defined in the Concise Oxford Dictionary as the i practice of spying or using spies.” The extremely wide character ol that definition is of importance in considering the recent arrests ol British subjects in Japan. Most countries are inclined to change I their views as to what1,218 words
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Article1169 1940-08-08 2 After a long delay, the new Government of Japan has issued Its promised statement “outlining basic national policies.” At the same time, the Prime Minister. Prince Konoye, and the Foreign Minister, Mr. Matsuoka, have said a few words on their own account. Specifically, there is nothing in the1,169 words
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Article1058 1940-08-08 2 i Twenty-six years ago to-day, on Aug. 5. 1914, the main news page of the Straits Times carried a sing!* column headline in these words “War Declared Between Britain and Germany.” That heading covered the following seventeen-word official message “Information has been received in Singapore this morning1,058 words
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Article1050 1940-08-08 3 Since the German invasion of Holland and the transference of Queen Wilhelmina’s Government to British soil, Netherlands India has been thrown largely on her own devices. Indeed, there is a growing tendency to make Batavia the centre of the Dutch economic and financial life. Already several1,050 words
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Article1116 1940-08-08 3 There are many signs that res- ponsible people at. Home expect the long-threatened attempt to invade Great Britain to materialize in the near future. After a series of speeches in which Cabinet Ministers advised the public against being lulled into a false sense of security by the comparative1,116 words
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84 1940-08-08 4 THE number of goats in the State of 1 Negri Sembilan in 1939 showed a large increase over the 1938 total—itself greater than the 1937 figure “Goat-rearing may have received a certain fillip as a result of the increased quantity now required in Singapore84 words
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211 1940-08-08 4 EUROPEAN prison officers of Malaya arc* forming an association of their own which will have us one of its principal objects, the protection and promotion of their •'legitimate interests” *.n tl e'country. Draft objects of the Association have been submitted to Government211 words
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70 1940-08-08 4 <From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Aug. 6. A DONATION of $140,000 was made by Petaling Tin Ltd. to the F.M.S. War Fund to-day, bringing the Perak section to $4lB 309. This is the biggest donation, made by a mining concern so far. Other contributions received70 words
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DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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Article134 1940-08-08 4 de GRAAF.—At General Hospital, Singapore, on August 3 to Margaret, wife of C. de Graaf, a daughter, Patricia Ann. ALBRECHT.—To Louise, wife of E. A. Albrecht at the Maternity Hospital, Singapore, on August 4th, a son. ROWLAND.—To Veronica, wife of Flight Lieutenant I. T. B. Rowland, at Singapore on134 words
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Article118 1940-08-08 4 LIM-HO.—The engagement is announced between Mr. Larry Lim, the second son of Mr. and Mrs. Lim Yong Koon of Singapore, Miss Molly Ho Poh Choo, the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. IIo Tah Swee and the niece of Mr. jhia Eng Say also of Singapore. The engagement is118 words
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Article17 1940-08-08 4 McVILLY—LEES.—At St. Andrews Cathedral, Singapore. Joan Lees of Manly, N.S.W., to Brooke McVilly of Kuala Trengganu.17 words
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Article442 1940-08-08 4 Leaders— More Ways To Help Espionage 1 Pipe Dreams 1 The Last Chance Future Of The Indies 2 Warming Up 3 Financial Supplement Financial and Commercial Npu* to date, following page t%s Malayan General News— 28 German Internees In N I Well-Treated Holiday Week-End A Success No More Malaria442 words
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43 1940-08-08 4 M. R. DE LAGE. French ConsulGeneral at Batavia, passed through Singapore cn Tuesday on his way French Indo-China. “on a two week'pleasure trip.” He declined to speak on the poli f i situation in the Netherlands Indies.43 words
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Obituary75 1940-08-08 4 DEATHS MINJOOT. —On 5th August. 1940, at the General Hospital, due to motor accident, Arthur Egerton. MERRELLS— FRANK (late of Powell Co passed away aged 58. W 2 N 2“ At 5 Temmengong Road, Mrs. C. P. S. Wong, dearly beloved wife of Mr C. P. S. Wong. TAY KIM75 words
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275 1940-08-08 5 Bandoeng, Aug. 1. CONTRARY to German allegations that Nazis interned in i the Netherlands Indies have been ill-treated, the interness h ive expressed to a United Press of America correspondent i_ appreciation of the degree of freedom allowed them by275 words
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Article178 1940-08-08 5 Singapore, Aug. 6. YESTERDAY saw the end of an August bank holiday week-end which has been favoured with brilliant weather and splendid sporting attract'ons. The holiday for Singapore was a particularly fine one for the entertainments provided. In spite of the blazing sunshine, hundreds spent their178 words
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Article95 1940-08-08 5 f n Perak appreciate the classes view tn ,rn >J 0r youn long-term men with a application^ B their menta lity, and many as the end have had to be refused be fceDt the listing two classes must Ec litiK British r r^ Sonable hmifcs, states95 words
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Article59 1940-08-08 5 Depot* Kuih lla r 1Cla 0 the Police s r, and t n t Umpur has an *ived in Police station t f ken u P duties at the Central Sin «?h, who ni n H ace °f Inspector Arjan tf afflc branch of\v, be< L n tran sferred to59 words
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Article119 1940-08-08 5 r.E malaria epidemic at Mersing has been brought well under control, so that there has been no occurrence of fresh cases for the last two months. Extensive oiling and drainage work is proceeding at Mersing town and the district to prevent further outbreak of the119 words
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Article145 1940-08-08 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, June 18. MR. J. van der Laan. who was for 25 years resident in Sumatra and retired to Amsterdam a few years ago, Is among the Dutch subjects who escaped from Holland when the Germans took possession of that country. Mr.145 words
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104 1940-08-08 5 THE translation bureau attached to the Sultan Idris 1 raining College at Tanjong Malim now prepares or translates into Malay and sees through the press the necessary text-books for school work and a variety of novels and books of general interest. It is also responsible104 words
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222 1940-08-08 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru, Aug. 5. THE Executive Council lias ap- proved the observance of the black-out at Johore Bahru on Sept. 2. 3 and 4 between 7 p.m. and midnight, in co-operation with Singapore. The prohibition will apply to all street222 words
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Article, Illustration302 1940-08-08 5 INDEPENDENT SCHOOLBOYS Own Standards Codes Created LIE had noticed Raffles boys assuming responsibility for their own unsupervised work, refusing to take advantage of loop-holes and deficiencies, and creating their own codes and their own standards, stated Mr. D. W. McLeod, former principal of Raffles Institution and now on leave prior302 words
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309 1940-08-08 5 QOMMENTING on the report that the Government of India is considering the appointment of Trade Commissioners for Australia and South Africa, The Indian, of Penang, expresses the view that the need for an Indian Trade Commissioner in Malaya is more urgent. “Economically309 words
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144 1940-08-08 5 THE Straits Times understands that the police on Sunday detained Mr. Ishiro Kobayashi, the manager of the Eastern News, a Japanese news agency in Singapore. Mr. Kobayashi was visited at his house by the Police early on Sunday. He came to144 words
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Article97 1940-08-08 5 ARTHUR Mlnjoot, an elderly Brltisher while riding a bicycle, received fatal injuries on Sunday following a collision with a motor-car at the 13th mile, Changl Road. Minjoot, who was stated to have suffered a fracture of the base of the skull, died soon after admission Into the97 words
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244 1940-08-08 6 A SPECIAL English class for Chinese school boys will be held in Singapore at Monk’s Hill School at the beginning of next year, the Straits Times understands. The class will consist of 35 boys, seven of whom244 words
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178 1940-08-08 6 iOl 4 A MORE general use of electric fencing Is contemplated In the Sungkal game reserve in Perak, states the British Resident's annual report. An electrified fence was purchased and installed on the boundary of the reserve where the old game tracks cross towards178 words
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Article34 1940-08-08 6 «From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Aug. 5. yUNGKU MAHKOTA, the Regent of Johore, has recovered from an attack of gout. The Regent presided over a meeting of the Executive Council yesterday.34 words
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Article86 1940-08-08 6 MRS. Enid Petrie died at the General Hospital. Singapore on Monday after a long illness which began nearly a year ago She was re-admitted to hospital on Tuesday last. The funeral took place at Bidadari Cemetery. Mrs. Petrie come to this country on a visit in86 words
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Article32 1940-08-08 6 (Prom Our Own Correspondent) P<nang, Aug. 6. The death took place in Penang yesterday of Captain O. C. Retz of the Indian Medical Service. He leaves a widow.32 words
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358 1940-08-08 6 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Joiiore Bahru, Aug. 4. “MANY thousands of persons ot 1 the same faith as myself have been prosecuted and imprisoned and many tortured in Germany, where a number have also been brutally murdered. None »»f these is bearing arms358 words
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Article184 1940-08-08 6 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Aug. 2. A DONATION of $20,000 has been made by Mr. C. Alma Baker, wellknown Perak planter and miner, to the F.M.S War Fund. The cheque was sent to the British Resident of Perak, Mr. Marcus Rex, who has forwarded184 words
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Article, Illustration45 1940-08-08 6 The Indian Army in Egypt have their own Military Police, who police the areas in which Inaian soldiers are stationed. They ore equipped with a number of motor cycles and lorries. The motor cycle squad is here seen lined up for inspection45 words
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535 1940-08-08 6 'THE Pan-Malayan plan for a union of all the Malaysian countries in East Asia which was recently advocated by Francisco Varona, the Labour adviser to the Philippine commissioner In Washington, has been creating much interest among students of political science in Manila, it is reported.535 words
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314 1940-08-08 6 I IFE in Hong Kong is decidedly on a wartime basis, the men spending a great deal of time on military duties and on the drill grounds, judging from the brief accounts given by the men who broadcast recently to314 words
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1113 1940-08-08 7 T K! me assure you that things are moving in Malaya. L chance is coining and coming quickly. We shall have to put our best foot1,113 words
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239 1940-08-08 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, July 4. 'jpHE tooth of a dead Prince of Thai was exhibited at London's Central Criminal court, familiarly known as the Old Bailey, when two men were found guilty of the theft of the tooth and239 words
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Article54 1940-08-08 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) M Bangkok, Aug. 5. R. R. L. Cornell, the rinderpest specialist, lent to the Thai Government by the Colonial Office, was found dead yesterday morning with a shotgun. He had bqen depressed for a long time. He had previously served in South Africa. He54 words
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313 1940-08-08 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, July 31. HOW a European narrowly missed running over a Chinese who was lying on the road and how the man said he intended taking this way out because he was unemployed, is recalled by Mr. John313 words
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551 1940-08-08 7 A REPLY to criticism of the conditions for the newly-created Straits Settlements Legal Service was made by Capt. N. M. Hashini. Legislative C ouncillor, in an interview with the Straits Times. Capt. Hashim declared that members of the new service should551 words
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Article107 1940-08-08 7 ON a successful appeal against an acquittal by the criminal district judge, a Malay named Sulaiman bin Ahmad, proprietor of the Happy Garden in Upper Serfrngoon, was sentenced to six months’ rigorous imprisonment by the acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justice a’Beckett Terrell, in the High Court last107 words
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956 1940-08-08 8 ALL persons in Johore who purchase rice will have to register their names with dealers from Aug. 15—as part of a scheme to enable the quantity of rice consumed per head of population in Malaya to he956 words
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Article100 1940-08-08 8 MR. R. K. Auten, secretary to the Food Controller, Malaya, has left Singapore for Labuan where he will attend a conference between that Settlement and British North Borneo and Sarawak on problems of food supply and imports from Singapore. This Is another example of tne100 words
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Article105 1940-08-08 8 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Aug. 2. TTHE Penang Eurasian Association to-night agreed to create a fund whereby any Eurasian who enlists in the Anti-Aircraft Regiment or R.A.F. will, on demobilization at the end of the war, receive a maintenance allowance for six months, or until105 words
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Article109 1940-08-08 8 A CIVIL suit in which a widow claimed about $12.000 from a firm in which uer husband had been a partner, was settled in the High Court last week before tne acting Chief Justice. Mr. Justice a'Beckett Tyrrell. The case had been partly heard and109 words
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Article28 1940-08-08 8 Incho Abdullah bln Ahmad. Magistrate. Kluang, has been transferred to Kota Tlnggi. He Is a grandson of the late Dato Mohamed Shah who was State Commissioner, Batu Pahat.28 words
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Article1045 1940-08-08 8 A TOTAL of $1,812,724.49 received up IA to last Wednesday Is recorded in the latest list of contributions to tne Malaya Patriotic Fund. Of this sum, i $1,772,149.10 was previously acknowledged. Master S Q. $5; Seremban Branch $4,800; Kelantan Branch $1,800; Anonymous I $10; Members of1,045 words
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205 1940-08-08 8 DIG broadcasting developments i r Malaya, foreshadowed by \h<, purchase of the British Malav'Broadcasting Corporation by Gov ernment and the construction of powerful civil radio station at Jurong, are brought a step near by the appointment in London of Mr. Eric Davis,205 words
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Article202 1940-08-08 8 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, July 31. BEFORE an assembly of the whole school, Dr. M. A. Gabriel, on behali of the old boys of the Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur, presented to the cadet corps of the school a Bass Drum, this morning.202 words
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Article56 1940-08-08 8 AGED 76 years, Mr. Alexander de Fon- taine a Government pensioner, died suddenly l*«t week al his son’s residence in Lorong 30. Geylang Road. Mr. de Fontaine, whose brother, Mr. P M. de Fontaine, retired recently from Raffles Museum after long service, was with the General56 words
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73 1940-08-08 8 THE following are the latest donation 1 the Malaya Patriotic Fund (Pc a branch):— 14 Amount previously acknowledged $303.5Jo 1 labourers of Sungei Krudda Estate for and June $36.12; Anglo-Oriental 'Malay Ltd for June $207.50: Ande-son Sen' athletic fund $100; Kuala Kangsar P Ol iL73 words
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372 1940-08-08 9 i Singapore, Aug. 3. ALTHOUGH the rice pool scheme in Singapore has n only been in operation two days, it has been found to be working satisfactorily. This, at best however, can only be considered372 words
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Article191 1940-08-08 9 'From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Aug. 2. XHE bare iuselage with twisted pieces u;h?,!h me I~ren:lains 1 ren:lains tlle from leather M n. Mlr in °B‘ e European e the Penang Free School. oil Rn?,. af^ r crashin Into the sea af. at Maung point191 words
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Article62 1940-08-08 9 XAVIER— VICKERY WEDDING Singanorr Pollce ine dical officer o tlreti Postmaster?? l Ivlr E V Xavier, reMr.s. Xavirr Genera l of Kuala Lumpur of the marrled to Miss Flore hospital, bv thf« n ppv n JL staff of ihL Genera? Kamraon Ue at st Theresa A reception -I )r *K62 words
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196 1940-08-08 9 MING Chinese were fined by the Singapore fifth magistrate, Mr. L. C. Goh, last week, when they pleaded guilty to committing offences in contravention of the Food Control Ordinance. Four ot them were Thuah Kiok Peng, proprietor of Chop Kim Seng, of196 words
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75 1940-08-08 9 CM. HABECOST, a 72-year-old German-born naturalized British subject, was granted a discharge from bankruptcy in the Singapore High Court last week, by the acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justice a’Beckett Terrell The discharge was subject to a suspension of one month. Mr. G. H. Poh, Assistant Official75 words
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219 1940-08-08 9 IT is officially announced that plans for the formation of a Local Defence Corps, arts teing rapidly developed in co-operation w?th the Kx-Services’ Association of Malaya. The Corps is primarily Intended tor nen over 41 years of age and others who,219 words
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133 1940-08-08 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Aug. 1. DROADCASTING in the home u service of the 8.8. C. last night, the Governor of the Straits Settlements. Sir Shenton Thomas, paid a tribute to the patriotism of Malaya’s population of 5,000,000, who had contributed to the Patriotic and133 words
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151 1940-08-08 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Aug. 1. application for exemption from continuous service as a conscientious objector was heard by tne Ferak Tribunal to-day, comprising Mr. Justice Howes and Mr. J. S. Ferguson. The applicant, Mr. R. B. Lauriston, of Osborne151 words
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89 1940-08-08 9 TO mark the 25th year of his association 1 with Universal Pictures (Singapore) Ltd., Mr. K. H. Tann gave a dinner last week to him distributors and exhibitors and friends at his home in Devonshire Road. Tributes were paid both by film exhibitors and89 words
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Article22 1940-08-08 9 The Chinese community in Singapore is shortly launching a campaign to raise $500,000 (Chinese currency) for the relief of distress in Kwangtung.22 words
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663 1940-08-08 9 CIVIL suit brought by a married woman who claimed to be a beneficiary of the $1,000,000 estate of Wee Siang Tat, wa3 dismissed with costs by the acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justice a’Beckett Terrell, in the Singapore High Court last week.663 words
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622 1940-08-08 10 AT a public flitting la*l wuvk the Singapore Tribunal dealt with four applications for exemption from continuous training during the second period lasting from Aug. 7 to 28. The Tribunal was constituted of only two members, the chairman Mr. J. C. Cobbett622 words
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Article118 1940-08-08 10 GEVERAL thousands of dollars—probably more than s4,ooo—was realised by the Cathay Cabaret dance and cabaret in aid ot The War Fund last week. The hall v;as packed and money flowed freely for the worthy cause. Two competitions were organised. These realised quite a large118 words
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400 1940-08-08 10 NEGLECTED TO NOTIFY HEALTH AUTHORITIES Japanese Doctor s Poor Diagnosis Of Case nR. KASUKE KATAGIRI, a Japanese medical practitioner L* of the Doh iin Hospital in Middle Road, was fined soo and costs when he was convicted in the Singapore criminal district court last week on a charge under the400 words
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132 1940-08-08 10 AUSTRALIA SINGAPORE Naval Base As A Bastion Of Empire (COMMENTING jn the Singapore base, an Australian news-letter which is distributed to newspapers throughout the Empire states “The wisdom and foresight shown by successive British Governments m steadily pressing on, over a period of 15 years, with the construction of tne132 words
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29 1940-08-08 10 'THE sum or $1,600 lor the Malaya 1 Patriotic Fund was raised by the Muar Civil Service Club Players* production of Hay Fever.’*29 words
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Article405 1940-08-08 10 THERE was a large gathering in wet weather at the funeral of Mr. Merrells, managing director of Powell and Co., Ltd., at Bidadari last week. Mr. Murrells was 58 years of age and was taken ill suddenly. The Rev. R. K. S. Adams officiated. Besides405 words
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Article49 1940-08-08 10 A further remittance of $10,000 (Straits currency bv the Negri Sembilan Chinese community, tor the China Relief Fund brings the total contributions sent from Negri Sembilan to $000,000 (Straits currency) and an additional sum of $700,000 in Chinese currency sent in the early daws of the hostilitiev in China49 words
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Article256 1940-08-08 10 A MATTER oi great urgency and importance dealing with letters of administration has been brought to the attention of the Singapore Rate- Payers Association, and Government is being requested to make an immediate statement on the subject and tc introduce the necessary amending legislation to rectify256 words
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Article47 1940-08-08 10 11/IRS. Still, wife of Mr. F. M. Stili 0 f ITI Johore. and daughters are returning to Malaya from England shortly Mrs. Still, who has been away for over a year, was for several years the headmistress of Ngee Heng English School Johore Bahru.47 words
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531 1940-08-08 10 j CUETHER details of the recent bombing by Germans 0 f th* Channel Islands, in which 21) per sons were killed, are now available In Guernsey, it was in a radius of about a mile in every direction that the casualties were531 words
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Article200 1940-08-08 10 THE reappointment for a year of Mr. H. H. Abdoolcader to be a Nominated Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council was announced m the Gazette last week. This is Mr. Abdoolcader’s fifth term m succession and c&nstitutes a record. He was first appointed to the Council towards200 words
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351 1940-08-08 11 TO ascertain how many pineapple workers can be absorbed I hv rubber estates, a questionnaire is being circularised onl me mbers of the Johore Planters’ Association. anl A fter a discussion at a recent meeting, it was351 words
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75 1940-08-08 11 A Htmg or the Tanjong Rambutan S’ Mental Hospital, in his annual rnort for Perak, the British Resident ates t .l at Dr. E. Goldberg was apAssistant Medical Superintend ent last year and began “shock” iierapy by intravenous T.A.B. vaccine, stair fK? *3? not sufficient75 words
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61 1940-08-08 11 Fr m Our Own Correspondent) M R ni J u s ti c e Hodsongranted rick nSwim day Mr Albert Good--01 Ipoh d nn tv, a chartered accountant of his wito und of the adultery Lumnur i^l yrtle Martha at Kuala Robert C co-respondent,61 words
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117 1940-08-08 11 r ff Mt of ol in?rras?i.f°Vi h rhlna ls having the food of tho phS« J? e cost of rice, staple situation a ?H}*"- Concern over the f n Chian* Kai hi a i ele ram sent to the Federation nf S117 words
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189 1940-08-08 11 MOTOR STOCK PLANT SOLD Department Store’s New Venture SINGAPORE department store is the new owner of stock and plant of the Italian motor firm, Fiat Societa Anonima, in Singapore which was placed for tender by the Custodian of Enemy Property. The Ann is Aurora Limited, of High Street, which, it189 words
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Article129 1940-08-08 11 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Aug. 1. man-eating tiger which was re- ported to have killed several Sakais in the large settlement at the foot of the Lassa Hills near Sungei Siput, has been found dead in the jungle close to the settlement. The discovery129 words
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230 1940-08-08 11 “I AM glad to see that the magis--1 trate had the courage to inflict a heavy sentence,” declared the acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justice A. K. a’Beckett Terrell, last week, in dismissing the appeal of a Chinese, Ong Cham Poh against a230 words
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44 1940-08-08 11 THE biggest shipment of rice from French Indo-China to reach Singapore since the beginning of the war arrived recently The steamer also brought general cargo. Another big shipment of rice and bran 'rorr. Indo-China came in a second vessel44 words
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129 1940-08-08 11 pHINESE in Malaya are being warned in a circular from the Chinese Consul-General of the activities of men whose movements are wrapped in secrecy and suspicion. Complaints were recently made to the Chinese Consulate-General that strangers had visited the premises of Chinese guilds and129 words
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Article, Illustration62 1940-08-08 11 These four Malay cadets of the Johore. Military Forces (left to right): Raja Ahmad, Tungku Jalil, Ibrahim bin Ahmad and Yahya bin Eusof left last week for Dehra Dun, India, to join the Military Academy, xohich re-opens on Aug. 9. Their course will extend for a62 words
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372 1940-08-08 11 unanimously recommended by the Malayan Educational Conference held in Kuala Lumpur in August last year, broadcasting will not be introduced into English schools in Malaya for some time yet on account of existing circumstances arising out of the372 words
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Article92 1940-08-08 11 AT a meeting of the war fund committee organized by the South Indian Chamber of Commerce, it was decided that the total collected should be distributed as follows: 60 per cent, to The War Fund, 25 per cent, to tne Patriotic Fund, 15 per cent, to92 words
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Article38 1940-08-08 11 LAND at the Junction of Clemenceau Avenue and Orchard Road has been Klven by Government to the Singapore Olrl Ouidrs for thfir headquarters. A campaign has been launched for funds to erect a building.38 words
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389 1940-08-08 12 f WAS walking home along Cecil Street, at about 9.15 p.rn. on June 11, when suddenly I heard a pistol shot. I turned round, and saw lun Tiau Peng holding a revolver in his right hand. He fired389 words
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Article106 1940-08-08 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, June 20. MALAYANS associated with rubber production will be pleased to hear that the commodity is likely to be used in extensive quantities for the manufacture of a new light armour for aeroplanes. According to a New York message, the United106 words
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Article87 1940-08-08 12 <From Our Own Correspondent) London, June 11. SINCE the outbreak of war, as many Straits Times readers will be aware, all Malayan tea exports to the United Kingdom have been taken over, on arrival in this country by the Ministry of Food, at prices87 words
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Article131 1940-08-08 12 Arrangements ar e being made for a black-out covering three nights j n Singapore and Johore, during which the passive defence forces will once again be thoroughly tested. The dates fixed for the practice arc Sept. 2 3 and 4, and it is understood that131 words
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Article121 1940-08-08 12 QFFElffe have been made to six candidates in Singapore and Malacca for appointment to Ihe newly-created Straits Settlements Legal Service, which came into operation last week, the Straits Times understands. Three have accepted, and replies are awaited from the others. The acceptances have come from Mr.121 words
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Article193 1940-08-08 12 IT is officially announced in Singapore that applications i or remittances t. Canada for the education of children or tor the support of families will only be considered if the children were already at school in Canada cr the families were permanently resident in Canada hoiore the193 words
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277 1940-08-08 12 “VOU must not go spreading such stories; you w ;i] 1 be severely punished,” said Mr. J. McFall, Singanoiv criminal district judge, last week, when he sentenced Chhoa Jin Gi, a Hokkien professional story-teller and news-reader, to eight months’277 words
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Article281 1940-08-08 12 I ETTERS and postcards may be sent “to prisoners of war interned in enemy or neutral countries, subject to certain restrictions and free of postal charges. No attempt, however, should be made to communicate with prisoners of war through intermediaries in neutral countries. A letter forwarded281 words
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Article44 1940-08-08 12 MO arrangements have been made by !r Association of British Malaya for a don dinner or annual golf meeting this vea* nor has it been considered advisable to fix a date for the Association’s annual meeting writes our London correspondent.44 words
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355 1940-08-08 12 AN average of three letters a day n are posted from Singapore through the authorised channel for communication with persons in enemy and enemy-occupied countries. Prior to the invasion of Holland, official arrangements existed whereby letters could be forwarded through Thomas355 words
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166 1940-08-08 12 (Prom Our Own Correspondent London, June 20. QUESTIONS concerning a firm In which Sir V Alexander Gibb, who helped to build tho Singapore Naval Base, is senior partner, were asked in the House of Commons last night Mr. A. R. Stokes. (Lab., Ipswich), asked166 words
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Article42 1940-08-08 12 Miss Elspeth Murray, second daughter or Group Captain C. G. Murray and Mrs Murray, of Singapore. Is to marry Mr. Nigel Keith Evans, the Manchester Regiment younger son of the late Brigadier-Generai W. K. Evans and Mrs. Evans, writes our London correspondent.42 words
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777 1940-08-08 13 THE amazing escapades of Thomas McGuire, a soldier 1 of the Manchester Regiment, over the past week-end, rc a ted in the fifth and third police courts last week. c it was alleged in the Singapore777 words
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Article64 1940-08-08 13 (From Our Own Correspondent) London. June 18. SIR Richard Winstedt, formerly Director of Education in Malaya, has been elected Director of the Royal Asiatic Society in succession to the late Dr. Margoliouth, formerly Laudian Professor of Arabic at Oxford University. Never before has any Malayan64 words
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Article241 1940-08-08 13 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, June 10 THAT there was no shortage of colonial products, but rather superfluity of them, and that the problem is to seU the supplies which are available rather than to encourage more production, was stated in the House of Commons241 words
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200 1940-08-08 13 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, June 20. “IiiiALAYA’S prosperity is assured for the duration of the war but difficult times will probably face rubber producers when hostilities cease.” These views were expressed by Mr F. D. Ascoli, managing director of the Dunlop Rubber200 words
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351 1940-08-08 13 'THERE’S a leakage of information at the naval base and secret service agents are sent down to trace It. That is a summary of the plot of the farce “(Naval) Base Deceptions” presented at the F.S.A. Theatre at the Naval Base last week,351 words
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283 1940-08-08 13 SOCIAL work among poor Chinese In the slum area may be greatly intensified by the Y.W.C.A. within the next few months. Plans have been made for the development of the Chinese Department of the Y.W.C.A. Progress has been so good that283 words
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Article181 1940-08-08 13 (From Our Own Correspondent London, June 10 CIR Malcolm Watson, Director of the Ross Institute of Tropical Hygiene, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, has now returned to England from his tour in India and Burma—which, but for the war. would have181 words
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Article29 1940-08-08 13 The Colonial Office has announced that Mr. H. T. Hedley. formerly Deputy Auditor. S S. and F.M.8.. has been appointed Senior Assistant Auditor. Tanganyika Territory, writes our London correspondent.29 words
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1180 1940-08-08 14 CONCURRENTLY with the training of the first line pilots for the Royal Air Force as planned in the Government Flying Training School, the Malayan Volunteer Royal Air Force, disbanded at the1,180 words
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Article254 1940-08-08 14 Major R. L. Nunn also stated it would naturally have been a source of considerable satisfaction if Malaya had been able to put its own Air Force into the line. The practical difficulties of this were unfortunately too mnny, he said, but in effect we254 words
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Article99 1940-08-08 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, July 29. r i I HE night mail train from Kuala Lumpur arrived at Penang at 10.15 a.m. to-day, about four hours late owing to a slight mishap at Sungkai. hnf G fv! n ine the train was derailed we99 words
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402 1940-08-08 14 OWING to some misunderstand,,,,, regarding the method of 8e mg students for admission t„ Medical College, Singapore principal has made the following statement:— ,l 5; 'number of students admitted Coliege of Medicine in each year limited by such factors as laboratL 4 accommodation and402 words
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225 1940-08-08 14 (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat, Juiy 30. t AIAL motor accident in which a Malay police clerk at Segamat lost his life had a sequel before Mr. J. B. Weiss, the Johore First Magistrate who sat at Segamat towhen Mohamed Yusof bin Mohamed225 words
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960 1940-08-08 15 From Our Planting Correspondent t 1' been stuted thst the 1 admission of the Burma members to the Provident Fund, has provided an opportunity to make certain adjustments to the existing rules. One cannot help960 words
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393 1940-08-08 15 A BUNGALOW at Bukit Timah, occupied by a Singapore volunteer, Mr. Alexander Cross, an employee of Gammon (Malaya) Ltd., who is at present in camp, was completely gutted by a fire last week. At the time of the outbreak, the residence393 words
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90 1940-08-08 15 |\R. Vincent Wager, a plant pathologist of the Department of Agriculture, South Africa, arrived in Singapore last week with his wife. Dr. Wager, who has been two years In California, studying and carrying out research work In connection with plant diseases, is on his90 words
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296 1940-08-08 15 INCREASED volunteering duties consequent upon his becoming the Officer Commanding the Chinese Company of the Singapore Volunteers led to his decision to vacate his seat on the Municipal Commission, Mr. Yap Pheng Geek told the Straits Times in an interview. “I feel I cannot296 words
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429 1940-08-08 16 Singapore, Aug. 1. ‘TONGKANGS carrying rice in Singapore waters will hoist a special Hag as Irom to-day. This is required ly the regulations issued in connection witli the pooling ot rice under a scheme to turn over Government's hig stock of the429 words
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142 1940-08-08 16 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, July 31. HUGH DALTON, the Minister for Economic Warfare, discussed with me to-day the arrangements which his ministry is making to ensure that Germany and Italy do not secure any of Malaya’s two ital war commodities, tin and rubber. lie142 words
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Article, Illustration35 1940-08-08 16 A view of the $1,000,000 five-storey third class hospital at Johore Bahru, rapidly nearing completion. The Government has recently approved a further $23,000 for the construction of approach roads and turfing etc.35 words
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268 1940-08-08 16 HOW MALAYA S DOLLAR ARSENAL IS WORKING Favourable Balance Of Trade With America MALAYA’S favourable trade balance with the United States during the first six months of the year amounted to well over U.S. $650,000 a day—another indication of the country’s importance as the Empire’s chief dollar arsenal. Total exports268 words
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Article128 1940-08-08 16 OINCE the outbreak of war, troops Ik» vp been mov?d t' and from all nans of the Empire including India Ceylon Singapore Hong Kong and Egypt. In all these troop movements, not a ship has been sunk or a single life lost, it is learned in128 words
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Article36 1940-08-08 16 The engagement was announced last week of 2nd. Lt., R. c. Manning, eldest son of Mr twIL R J Manning, and Miss Margaret Tunmer of Hlgham Hail. Colchester, cables our London correspondent.36 words
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302 1940-08-08 16 TTHE war that will be fought behind the front will be a war between the past and the future. In that war. there will not be a No-niaiTs-Land,” declared Mr. J. L. 1 L’Epagniol in an address on “We Warriors Behind302 words
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Article56 1940-08-08 16 P. E. Weatherston Lammert. manager L he^ Sui L,fe Assurance of Canada, in Bangkok, has been appointed to act as branch manager of the firm at Mngapore In succession to the late Mr. W. Alan ESey. f jftmmer L bas been a popular figure in56 words
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311 1940-08-08 16 (From Our Own Correspondent) Segamat, .July 30. IN spite of the the high cost oi materials due to the war, there has been little interruption ot Sega mat's building programme and new buildings have sprung up. while some are yet under construction. Government’s311 words
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267 1940-08-08 16 'J'HE first rep' rt of a war-time department, that controlling all essential engineering stores. ha> just betn issued. Tt is stated that liaison meetings between representatives of the Services and other Defence departments were held at the beginning of control, and it was267 words
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201 1940-08-08 17 .—Reuter. New York, July 31. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT has issued an order prohibiting the exoort of aviation petrol to points outside the Western Hemisphere. The President acted under powers conferred by the ex- port licence system. It is.—Reuter. - 201 words
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152 1940-08-08 17 —Reuter. Istanbul, July 31. GERMAN efforts to influence Turkey have taken a new line since the brusque rejection of foreign interference by Dr. Reflk Saydam. the Turkish Prime Minister, in a speech to the National Assembly on July 12, and the—Reuter. - 152 words
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97 1940-08-08 17 rrur London, July 31. ihh first member of the British civil defence forces to be honoured for wor* during an air raid is an 18- > nr-okl air raid warden, Mr Donald e s. o! Kent. n*!? s been awarded the medal of division97 words
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Article68 1940-08-08 17 Reuter inciTp.tT, London, July 31. /r JS to-day called up all men U'r- Hp-f' 22< 2 3 and 24, for service in c tonce forces. i*ui.sorv C ’“ni 1 Australia will be comAucust ‘Q d training will start in airectcd i n Soi 2S, 4Reuter - 68 words
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180 1940-08-08 17 .—Reuter. London, July 31. A CURIOUS sidelight is thrown on the Japanese action in arresting 13 Britons on charges of espionage by the disclosure in London of German activities in Japan, Reuter's diplomatic correspondent learns. At the time of the conclusion of the.—Reuter. - 180 words
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Article90 1940-08-08 17 —Reuter. London, July 31. PROFESSOR Arthur Newall, the American political observer, speaking at a luncheon in London, said that Americans are volunteering for the R.A.F. in numbers that would amaze this country. “Prospective recruits are now being advised not to apply for details of service to—Reuter. - 90 words
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Article162 1940-08-08 17 .—Reuter. London. July 31 THE Polish Foreign Minister, M. Zileskl announced last night that orders had been given for the Poiish embassy and consulates in Britain to return to the territory of unoccupied France. He revealed this in a statement on foreign policy in the foreign affairs.—Reuter. - 162 words
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144 1940-08-08 17 Reuter. New York, July 30. GREAT movement of German troops towards the French Channel coast was witnessed by a party of war correspondents, who had just completed a ten-day tour of German-occupied France, according to Mr. Edwin Hartridge, representative of the Columbia BroadcastingReuter. - 144 words
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427 1940-08-08 17 London, July 31. THE tragedy of a great colonial army torn between loyalty 1 to its own Government and to its old Ally is being acted in Syria, telegraphs Reuter’s special correspondent on the Palestine-Syria frontier. Rumours of427 words
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Article52 1940-08-08 17 —Reuter. London, July 31. THE Queen spent two hours visiting wounded French sailors, soldiers and cirmen convalescing in London. A French guard of honour, in British battle dress and steel helmets, was iormed foi her and she talked to a number cl the wounded men during—Reuter. - 52 words
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343 1940-08-08 17 .—Reuter. London, July 30. '|*HE award of the first two 1 Victoria Crosses to the British Army in the present war have been made to Capt. H. M. Ervine-Andrews, of the East Lancashire Regiment, and the late Lance-Corporal H. Nicholls.—Reuter. - 343 words
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721 1940-08-08 18 London, July 31. A STATEMENT on the arrest of British subjects in Japan was made by the Foreign Secretary, Lord Halifax, in the House of Lords yesterday. Referring to the Japanese Government’s statement721 words
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Article108 1940-08-08 18 Tokio, July 30. death of Mr. Melville Cox has served as a signal for an outburst in the Japanese Press against what is described as “organized British propaganda ana conspiracy” in Japan. The Nichi Nichi Shimbun declares that British propaganda and activities “for fostering fifth columnists” has108 words
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96 1940-08-08 18 ’—Reuter. New York, July 30 THE sale to Britain of at least 60 of the United States’ 162 overage destroyers is urged by the Committee to Defend America in a sixcolumn advertisement which appears in the leading American newspapers, headed “Between us and’—Reuter. - 96 words
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279 1940-08-08 18 .—British Wireless. London, July 29. LOCALITIES in Britain which have had enemy air raids are still quite a small pari of the whole country, but in the regions most frequently mentioned in Air Ministry and Ministry of I Home.—British Wireless. - 279 words
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99 1940-08-08 18 Reuter. London, July 28. THE Regional Commissioner for the eastern region of Britain announces that curfew will be imposed from an hour after sunset to an hour before sunrise on the coastal fringe of the eastern defence area from the Wash to Southend-on-SeaReuter. - 99 words
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76 1940-08-08 18 t RESPITE all the stocks which Hitler scteed^as' 1 result of’ his e .wv ill is kn °w n Germany is short of ferrous alloys and that her £r s as‘?;r to supp Hes pf rate A a S nd e^f r a'V76 words
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322 1940-08-08 18 i.—Reuter. London, July 30 THE Air Ministry announces that A air force bombers again at tacked military objectives in nor' them and western Germany nn Sunday night. y on The targets included oil depots docks and goods yards and also n aerodromesi.—Reuter. - 322 words
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75 1940-08-08 18 —Reuter. Bucharest, July 30. A NNOUNCEMENT of the formal protest by Britain against measures taken by the Rumanian Government prejudicial to British interests in Rumania has shaken Rumanian political circles out of their complacency and in Rumanian commercial circles there is considerable alarm at the—Reuter. - 75 words
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Article72 1940-08-08 18 .—Reuter. New York, July 29. A BRITISH liner has arrived here with 272 British children and their parents aboard. Hundreds more children are reported to be in another liner which docked at a Canadian port early this morning A third liner carrying still more children.—Reuter. - 72 words
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49 1940-08-08 18 —Reuter. Buenos Aires, Aug 2. A FORMER officer of the scuttled German “pocket-battleship” Graf Spee, named GottlofT, has been arrested. He had escaped from internment and -aS hiding in the Chaco. Military maps and photographs of Argentine oilfields were found in his possession Reuter.—Reuter. - 49 words
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438 1940-08-08 19 .—Reuter. London, July 31. “THE effect of the French defeat was to lead everybody to 1 expect that the Blitzkrieg method would at once be turned on Britain,” writes the New York.—Reuter. - 438 words
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Article111 1940-08-08 19 ,—Reuter. Pretoria. July 30. IV*!- 3e n disposed that the strong ?T 11 South African troops whose 111 East Africa was announced mn"ni Ulg i is tlie advance guard of a .w.,. la r 3cr South African army T ‘I Wl l 3o to,—Reuter. - 111 words
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Article55 1940-08-08 19 Reuter. La o-p x London, July 31. ni Bht’s London Gazette antiu, »e the award of the DisCumnv!,/? Sorvice Order to Wingu\n ir( .j‘ u r Earl of Bandon and Distinguished Flying i Distinguished Flying Medals r un JL 6 m ers and men of the R.A.F..Reuter. - 55 words
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Article123 1940-08-08 19 London, July 31. GEN. de Gaulle, Commander-in-Chief of the French forces in Britain, speaking in the 8.8. C. French service last night, said that one of the first results of the armistice terms accepted by the Petain Government would be disaffection and probably revolt of the123 words
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216 1940-08-08 19 Reuter. London. Aug. 1. AN Admiralty communique states, “The Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean has reported that the Greek tanker Hermione, under charter to the Italian Government and carrying 300 tons of petrol and 200 tons of lubricating oilReuter. - 216 words
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Article41 1940-08-08 19 —Reuter. London, Aug. 1. AN Admiralty communique states that the destroyer Delight (Commander M. Fogg-Elliott, D.S.O. was damaged as a result of an enemy air attack and subsequently sank. The loss of life was small.— Reuter.—Reuter. - 41 words
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162 1940-08-08 19 Reuter’s Reply To German Italian Allegations —Reuter. F London, Aug. 1. OK a long time past, the German and Italian wireless services have repeatedly made attacks upon Reuters. Reuters have ignored these feeling confident that these attacks would answer themselves by their sheer inherent absurdity and extravagance. But, lest silence'.—Reuter. - 162 words
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385 1940-08-08 19 MUNITIONS PRODUCTION EAST OF SUEZ Dominions Colonies To Confer Reuter. London, July 31 IT was not only to Canada that Britain was looking for 1 additions to her own capacity to produce munitions, said Lord Caldecote, Dominions Secretary, speaking in the House of Lords. “The expansion of our resources eastReuter. - 385 words
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Article91 1940-08-08 19 Reuter New York, Aug. 1. TTIE German freighter Wesser <V> I which has been anchored at Punta Arenas since the outbreak of war, is preparing to depart as an armed raider, according to a dispatch to the New York Times from San Jose, Costa Rica.Reuter - 91 words
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61 1940-08-08 19 —Reuter. Ankara, July 31. THREE ill NUKED people were killed and several hundred others injured in violent earthquakes in the central plateau of Anatolia to-day. Twelve villages were destroyed. The epicentre of the earthquake was Yosgad, but shocks were also felt in Ankara, Istanbul,—Reuter. - 61 words
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138 1940-08-08 19 Reuter. Washington, Julv 31. WHILE the ban which the United States Government to-day; placed on the export of aviation petrol applies to all nations except those in the Western Hemisphere, it will mainly ha\e the effect of preventing supplies from reachingReuter. - 138 words
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54 1940-08-08 19 —Reuter. London. Aug. 1. IT IS announced that Australia will adopt the same method as Great Britain In col»* lecting Income-tax. 'lax will be deducted from Income at the source and this applies to all wage and saiaiy earners. The {Kjssibility of payment by—Reuter. - 54 words
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383 1940-08-08 20 Tokio, Aug. 2. THE immediate aim of Japan’s foreign policy was to 1 set up a greater East Asian sphere of common prosperity with Japan, Manchukuo and hina as links, said the Japanese Foreign Minister. Mr. Y. Matsuoka, in383 words
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59 1940-08-08 20 AUSTRALIA DEFENCE OF NEW GUINEA Canberra, Aug. l. /THE mandated territory of New Guinea has I been Incorporated Into the Australian defence system by a regulation issued under uic Defence Act, which names Papua, and New Guinea as constituting the eighth Australian military district. Under the mandate, Australia is empowered59 words
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Article56 1940-08-08 20 —Reuter. New York, Aug. 1. rpHE American export lines anA nounce that the Duke and Duchess of Windsor have sailed from Lisbon in the American liner Excalibur. They are due in New York on Aug. 9. They are on their way to the Bahamas of which—Reuter. - 56 words
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200 1940-08-08 20 miration and gratitude.”—Reuter and British Wireless. London, Aug. 1. CARDINAL Hinsley speaking at an augural meeting of the movement “Sword of the Spirit.” designed to develop Catholic spiritual activities in “this fight for truth, Justice and freedom” uttered a warning that themiration and gratitude.”—Reuter and British Wireless. - 200 words
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Article107 1940-08-08 20 i.—Reuter. London, Aug. 1. /\FFICIAL figures of British and Italian losses in the fighting in Libya were given to-day. The Italians have lost 20 men killed, 20 wounded and no fewer than 472 prisoners: a total of 512. The British forces have lost 20 meni.—Reuter. - 107 words
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65 1940-08-08 20 —Reuter. vrr* to London, Aug. i. IT IS announced Major-Gen. G. A. D. Harvey, formerly deputy director of the Medical Services. Western Command, in India, is a prisoner of war. Major-Oen Harvey was appointed honorary physician to the King in 1937 and retired six months—Reuter. - 65 words
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Article, Illustration23 1940-08-08 20 An enemy plane with an engine and wing on fire, crashing after an encounter with a British fighter.23 words
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321 1940-08-08 20 —British Wireless. London, July 30. to authoritative quarters, there is every reason to believe that the British Admiralty have already found an answer to German motor torpedoboats, which, mostly at night, have been raiding British convoys. These boats have—British Wireless. - 321 words
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256 1940-08-08 20 VAST SUM FOR U.S. FORCES ‘2-Ocean Navy Huge Army —Reuter. Washington, j u v g. T HE House of Representatives to-day passed without a divi sion the bill appropriating aourovi mately $5,000,000,000 for a two* ocean navy and equipping an arrm of 2,000,000 men. The decision follows the approval of—Reuter. - 256 words
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127 1940-08-08 20 .—British Wireless. London, Aug, 2. INCLUDED in the £52,000 which has 1 been contributed in Fiji to a bomber fund are contributions from employees of the Theodore mining group. At meetings held by mining employees it was agreed that European employees would contribute.—British Wireless. - 127 words
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129 1940-08-08 20 —Reuter. London, Aug- 2. A SMALL British vessel, the Highlander, to-day steamed into a Scottish harbour with the wreckage of a German plane she had shot down in the North Sea lying across her stern. She was attacked by two German planes and made—Reuter. - 129 words
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Article351 1940-08-08 21 UNREST IN BALKAN STATES STEADILY GROWING Movement In Rumania To Turn A way From Reich To The Soviet .—Reuter. London, Aug. 3. THL continual postponement of the German offensive against Britain has provoked the realization in the Balkans that the war is likely to be much longer than was ever.—Reuter. - 351 words
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Article65 1940-08-08 21 Reuter A rmn London, Aug. 3. ACCORDING to the Moscow wireless, 1 the Soviet Parliament yesterday P a s**d a bill torming the Moldavian Federal Soviet Republic, consisting of he former Moldavian autonomous republic and the greater part of Sovietoccupied Bessarabia The Bessarabian districts of Khotin.Reuter - 65 words
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75 1940-08-08 21 .—Reuter. QANADA is spending $185,000,000 this year on the war. This works out at the rate of $535,000 a day. hniil 0 r wa Y In which Canada is t!wu s by sending Britain food, hm 12 months. Britain is to 1000 00.000 bushels.—Reuter. - 75 words
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73 1940-08-08 21 —Reuter. THE TTflvoe Vichy, Aug. 1. tf as agency announces that all postal. t! n with'nf lic and te lephonic communicaP r avisiomnv f CC u« p J ed zone ln France has been The S, *22 dden from yesterday. Gf, iman anth«l.u d i 0—Reuter. - 73 words
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166 1940-08-08 21 London, Aug. 1. AN engagement has taken place in the South Atlantic between the armed merchant cruiser H.M.S. j Alcantara and a German raider. The raider escaped destruction, but is known to have sustained damage affecting her fighting efficiency. The search for the166 words
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Article300 1940-08-08 21 —Reuter. London, Aug. 2. IT is learned in London that the fighting power of H.M.S. Alcantara, the armed merchant cruiser, has not been in any way impaired by her clash with the German raider in the South Atlantic. She had scored several hits on the—Reuter. - 300 words
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85 1940-08-08 21 ,—Reuter. London, Aug. 1. the month ot July at least 240 German aircraft were shot down by the R.A.F. and by the ground defences. This must have involved the loss to the enemy of at least GOO officers and men killed or taken,—Reuter. - 85 words
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Article297 1940-08-08 21 —Reuter. London, July 29. TRAFFIC through the Suez Canal, which virtually came to a 1 standstill after Italy’s entry into the war, has now considerably increased, reports Reuter’s special correspondent at Suez. Suez,.—Reuter. - 297 words
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Article75 1940-08-08 21 London, Aug. 2. bankers from Rottischild were reported by the German radio from Vichy to have been included in an order depriving certain French citizens of their nationality. Others reported to be included in the order are the well-known Journalists Pertinax and Madame Tabouis Persons affected by75 words
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164 1940-08-08 21 i.—Reuter. London, July 30. with the position of the British forces in the Middle East, the picture of the enemy armies in Abyssinia is dismal, cables Reuter special correspondent at Suez. Abyssinia, entirely cut off from supplies and war material, has beeni.—Reuter. - 164 words
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Article93 1940-08-08 21 Reuter. Dublin, Aug. 3. STATEMENT issued by the Eireann Government Information Bureau on behalf of the Department of External Alfairs discloses that the Irish registered steamer Kerry Head (825 tons) was attacked on Thursday by a German bomber near the entrance to Oyster Haven, in theReuter. - 93 words
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68 1940-08-08 21 58 Women Children Killed In Nazi Raids —Renter London. Aug. 2 THE Home Secretary, Sir John Anderson, yesterday gave further figures of civilian casualties for the month since the beginning of air raids on England on June 18, first issued on July 20. Of Vie civilians kiPed. 42 were women—Renter - 68 words
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1394 1940-08-08 22 London, Aug. 2. “IT is probable that we are now on the eve of a new stage in the intensification of the war between Germany and Italy on one side and Britain assisted by the United States on,—Reuter. - 1,394 words
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118 1940-08-08 22 .—Reuter. Washington, Aug. 2. REACTION to the first reports of M Molotov’s speech is that his remark regarding Russia’s frontiers being advanced to the Danube constitute a challenge to German and Italian ambitions in the Balkans. His statement regarding.—Reuter. - 118 words
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178 1940-08-08 22 London. An,, A CORRESPONDENT of the Vsn dated Pl- ess. who had bfr allowed to travel through inch trial Germany, has written an account of some of the things h* saw. ne A town on the edge of the industrial Ruhr178 words
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182 1940-08-08 22 .—Reuter. London. Aug l. ANE effect of the German occuv pation of Holland is that the diamond cutting and polishing industry, which for many years has been the monopoly of Amsterdam and Antwerp, has now for the first time.—Reuter. - 182 words
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Article69 1940-08-08 22 New Chinese Rate Fixed ’’—Reuter. Chungking. Aug. 1FE Ministry of Finance officially announced to-day: “The official dollar-sterling rate has been changed to4 4,2 d. 2 d. as from to-day. “Rates of other foreign currencie. will be fixed according to their respective market rates with sterling comparison with the new dollar-ste’’—Reuter. - 69 words
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65 1940-08-08 22 .—British Wirele" London, Aug. 1AMONGST the wide variety of targe. attacked by R.A.F. medium ers on Tuesday over a wide area northern France and Holland were railway wagons packed closely gether on parallel sidings. One raioe unloaded bombs on the wagons n as the.—British Wirele" - 65 words
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328 1940-08-08 23 Home Guards Have Important Roles TACTICS FOR COPING WITH AIR, SEA LAND ATTACKS —Reuter. London, Aug. 3. DEFENCES in the Eastern and Northern Com- mands in Great Britain have been tremendously strengthened in the past few weeks, according t 0 correspondents, who have just visited these vital sectors, reports Reuter.—Reuter. - 328 words
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131 1940-08-08 23 —Reuter London, Aug. 3. IT is officially announced that the Prime Minister, Mr. Winston Churchill, has invited Lord Beaverbrook, Minister of Aircraft Production, to be a member of the War Cabinet. For the time bring Lord Beaverbrook will continue to be Minister of—Reuter - 131 words
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452 1940-08-08 23 —Reuter. London, Aug. 3. ARMED industrial workers of North England, enrolled in the Home Guard and training side by side with the regular army, are ready to give Great Britain’s answer to Hitler s ‘‘last appeal to reason,” of which southern—Reuter. - 452 words
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Article301 1940-08-08 23 “Imperialist Appetites Whetted In Japan U.S.” MOSCOW’S RELATIONS WITH TOKIO AND CHUNGKING OUTLINED Reuter. Moscow, Aug. 2. THE question of distribution of colonies is becoming more and more acute, said M. Molotov, Soviet Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, in a speech before the Soviet Parliament yesterday. Imperialist appetites have beenReuter. - 301 words
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96 1940-08-08 23 —Reuter. London, July 31. r[E British Navy have no intention of saying how many Italian or German submarines have been captured, sunk or damaged. Mr. A. V. Alexander, First Lord of the Admiralty, said in the House of Commons this afternoon that—Reuter. - 96 words
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103 1940-08-08 23 Reuter. London, Aug. 1. A WHITE PAPER issued last night describes the procedure under which German and Austrian internees may apply for release. The White Paper gives a list of 18 categories under which exemptions from internment are possible. TheseReuter. - 103 words
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23 1940-08-08 23 —Reuter. IT is officially announced that the output of Bren guns during July bad “virtually doubled.”—Reuter.—Reuter. - 23 words
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246 1940-08-08 23 Britain Tokio’s Interest In N.I. “Route Shall Be Kept Open At All Costs” “T'HE reference made by Mr. MatA suoka, the Japanese Foreign Minister, to the Netherlands Indies as being included in the region In which Japan seeks stability, seems significant, remembering that only a few days ago the United246 words
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Article114 1940-08-08 23 Reuter. London, Aug. 1. IT is reported that the Government of Argentina has published a decree authorising the immigration into Argentina of a number of children from the United Kingdom. This action is very much appreciated in London where it is regarded as a very generousReuter. - 114 words
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83 1940-08-08 23 —Reuter. London. Aug. 1. CZECH soldiers in camp in Britain have been fitted out in British khaki and are anxious for another chance to get at the enemy. Recruits are still being taken and it is expected men will join from Canada and the—Reuter. - 83 words
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488 1940-08-08 24 THE Becond division of the Canadian Expeditionary Force has arrived in Great Britain. These men, among whom are many French-Canadian and American citizens who have488 words
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98 1940-08-08 24 —Reuter. London, Aug. 2. COMMENTING on the arrival of South African troops in Kenya, The Times says their arrival is at a timely moment when Kenya needs strong defenders. The Times recalls that the fathers of these troops fought gallantly in East Africa during—Reuter. - 98 words
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224 1940-08-08 24 Reuter. London. Aug. 4. REFERRING to the arrests of Britons in Japan, the Sunday Times diplomatic correspondent says that it is thought in London that Japan, which is strongly influenced by numerous German agents, is now trying toReuter. - 224 words
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31 1940-08-08 24 .—Reuter. Washington, Aug. 4. T*HE Japanese Government has lodg- ed a formal objection to the United States embargo on the export of aviation spirit.—Reuter..—Reuter. - 31 words
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44 1940-08-08 24 .—Reuter. Johannesburg, Aug. 1. IT IS now revealed that the commander of the South African Field Force in East Africa is Brigadier D. H. Pienaar, who had wide experience of fighting In East Africa In the last war.—Reuter..—Reuter. - 44 words
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Article49 1940-08-08 24 .—Reuter. London, Aug. 5. IT was learned in London early to-day that deportation orders have been issued against Tal&yuki Eguchi, an employee of the Bank of Formosa, and Mrs. Milley Yoshii, the German-born wife of a Japanese painter. They were both arrested under the Defence Regulations.—Reuter..—Reuter. - 49 words
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Article112 1940-08-08 24 s.—Reuter. London, Aug. 3. “I CONSIDER the act of the men of Vichy as void," said Gen. de Gaulle, Commander-in-Chief of the French forces in Britain, in an interview last night with regard to the “death sentence" passed on him by the Petain Government.s.—Reuter. - 112 words
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90 1940-08-08 24 —Reuter. London, Aug. 5. Admiralty has issued a- list of 24 officers and 333 ratings as casualties in the destroyers Ardent. Acasta and Wren, the loss of which has already been announced. Ardent’s casualties are: Officers ten missing; rating one killed.—Reuter. - 90 words
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232 1940-08-08 24 Naz i War Machine Gets Terrific Hammering Reuter. London, Aug. 4. REUTER’S special correspondent, writing from a Northern Command headquarters, describes visits to a night bomber station whose crjws have earned the title of Night Terror” of Germany. He says that reports from the crews to intelligence show that theReuter. - 232 words
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Article66 1940-08-08 24 r —Reuter. London, Aug 4 AN invitation to all freemason unde/ its jurisdiction ha™ hi?* issued by the United Grand lXh? of England to send in their mason? jewels, the proeeeds of whil?, be presented to the Treasury. .Individual owners will rec P iv. certificatesr.—Reuter. - 66 words
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Article33 1940-08-08 24 —Reuter. IT is announced In Wellington that virtual moratorium has been imposed in New Zealand for the duration of P 1 4 war by new regulations to give protection to mortgagors and debtors.—Reuter. - 33 words
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426 1940-08-08 24 —Reuter. London, Aug. 4 COME Idea of the big task which the British forces are facing in the Middle East was given to-day by Richard Dimbleby, a 8.8. C. observer. British and Sudanese forces In the Sudan are up against—Reuter. - 426 words
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Article21 1940-08-08 24 Reuter. THE first party of British airmen, numbering 22, has arrived in Canada for training under the Commonwealth air training planReuter. - 21 words
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Article53 1940-08-08 24 Reuter. Berlin, Aug. 2. THE Nazi Press gives a sharp 1 warning to Rumanians who oppose concessions to Hungary over Transylvania. The Boersen Zeitung says that sabre rattling can only lead to disappointment. What is left undone to-day becomes no easier to-mor-row and there isReuter. - 53 words
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Article155 1940-08-08 25 RFSri IS ot the finals in the Malavan Tennis Championships were as follows: MEN’S SINGLES Kho Sin Kie beat Chin Kee Onn G —3, G—l- SINGLES Mrs. R. R- C. Carter beat Miss Nellie Chia 6—l, 6—o. MEN’S DOUBLES t; I*. Hughes and R. F. Smith heat155 words
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292 1940-08-08 25 FOR the second year in succession the Pahang “A” team won the Spocner Cup polo tournament held under the auspices oi the Malayan Polo Association. In the final played at the polo ground in Balestier Road on Monday. Pahang “A” team defeated292 words
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Article101 1940-08-08 25 •from Our Own Correspondent) itata d Malacca, Aug. 1. iVIAJOR and Mrs. W. H. Jackson were of tho' vi nners of the July mixed foursomes of 351 Ialacca Golf Club with the net score Results were: MiwHiliS? Mr W H Jackson Mrs s b w?i?. d T> McKin101 words
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1076 1940-08-08 25 WHEN the Malayan tennis tournament, which has been played over the week-end on the S.C.C. courts came to a successful end on Sunday, Malaya saluted a whole array of new champions, at the1,076 words
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155 1940-08-08 25 fIE annual general meeting oi the Lawn Tennis Association of Malaya was held on Sunday at the S.C.C. The following officers were elected for the year: President, Mr. Tay Lian Teck: vicepresidents, the president of each State and Settlement Association affiliated to the Lawn Tennis155 words
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Article94 1940-08-08 25 Saturday s Results THE following were the results of 1 races in Penang on Saturday, Aug. 3: Race I—Faith $32, $l2 Ladolet $l9 East Lynne $2O Race 2—Rye Seamus, $l5, $8 Pay Out $ll Velocity $7 Race 3—Miss Rod $96, $2O Rosalie $lO l'hariol $l2 Race 4—Beacon $36. $7 Haimure94 words
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Article89 1940-08-08 25 THE following were the results of Monday's races Race I—Char $5B $l7 East Lynne $8 Phar Par $9 Race 2—Phariol $2l, $8 Rosalie $8 Fernlet $8 Race 3—Sir Patrick $llB. 532 Codellus $l9 Queen Rebn $3l Race 4—Hazmore $lO, $7 Double File $24 Velocity $l2 Race s—Yule Call89 words
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44 1940-08-08 25 —Reuter. London. Aug. 1. PILOT Officer Brian Henry Black, the former Rugby football international and one of the most versatile athletes of his generation, is reported in the latest R.A.F. casuality list as having died on active service.—Reuter. - 44 words
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Article143 1940-08-08 25 Positions in the first division of the S.A.F.A. League, corrected up to Tuesday: FIRST DIVISION P W. L. D. F. A. PM R.A.F 16 13 0 3 63 13 29 R. (9th Reg.) 20 9 4 7 30 25 25 Fortress R E 19 10 7 2 43143 words
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Page 25 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous111 1940-08-08 25 Double Totes The first double tot e paid $685 on each of three tickets on the winning combination, and the second paid $4l on each of 47 winning tickets. The Big Sweep The draw on the big sweep, value $50,145, revolted as follows: FIRST ***** SECOND: ***** THIRD: ***** Starters111 words
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672 1940-08-08 26 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 4. BUNDLED out for 85 runs in their first innings, the Colony made a desperate attempt in their second venture to avoid an innings defeat in their672 words
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Article402 1940-08-08 26 PLAYING on a cement pitch covered with matting, at their new school at Woods ville on Mon- day. the St. Andrew’s Present boys beat the Old Boys In their i unnual cricket encounter by 21 runs, in a two innings game, thus winning the Board402 words
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1286 1940-08-08 26 CIGHT records were set up at Sunday’s Gap Hill ClimK organized by the Singapore Branch of the Automobile Association of Malaya in aid of The War Fund. Only i n t events did the winners fail to lower the titnes made last year1,286 words
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142 1940-08-08 26 (From Our Own Correspondent' Kuala Lumpur, Aug. o. J. A. Thlvy of Perak became the nieiu singles champion in the AllMalayan Indian tennis tournamen which was concluded here to-day wnen he beat A. Das Lazarus in a game. nt The men’s handicap doubles v.as no completed,142 words
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The Straits Budget FINANCIAL SUPPLEMENT
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410 1940-08-08 1 AROUND THE MARKETS Tin Rubber Sections Dull: Loans Improve Rv Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, August 7. 'thf nrice of rubber in London yesterTda P v was U P one-sixteenth at 13 n ri in New York up one-eighth i.'tsa, cent" Tin rose 15s. for Spot a £266 10S. and a410 words
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Article76 1940-08-08 1 Wednesday, Aug. 7. noon. Buyers Sellers Prices Prices No. IX R.S.S. (Spot loose* 37 37% No. IX R.S.S. f. 0.0. in cases August 37% 38 G.F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. In bales August 36% 36% FAQ. R.S.S. f.o.b. in bales August 35% 35% FUTURE QUOTATIONS No. IX76 words
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Article169 1940-08-08 1 The following are the :xc.»ange rates thi> morning according to the daily circular issued oy the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation:— J SELLING T.T. 2/4 1/16 Gordon demand 2/4 1/16 Lyons demand Switzerland demand 206% Hamburg demand New York demand 46 15/16 Montreal demand 51 11/16 Batavia demand 88%169 words
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Article63 1940-08-08 1 Rubber harvests for July are reported as follows: tb. Penang Rubber 272,500 Sabrang Rubber 102,000 Straits Rubber 290,000 Rubana Rubber 121,000 Bagan Serai 96,500 Tali Ayer 134,500 Batak Rabit 39,500 Merchiston 46,000 Mountjoy 102,500 Badenoch 225,000 Paloh 60,000 Glenshiel 62.000 Alor Pongsu 88,937 Bedong 65,869 Temerloh63 words
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105 1940-08-08 1 DUBBER shipments from Malaya in July totalled 70.350 tons, compared with 60,814 tons for June. Total shipments for the first seven months of the year amounted to 436,027 tons, compared with 293,050 tons for the corresponding period last year, an increase of 142,977 tons.105 words
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Article104 1940-08-08 1 From Our London Correspondent T:n Research Council estimates comparing world production for the January/June period this year and last year give the following figures: 1940, 102.900 tons compared with 63.200. U.S.A. deliveries for the same period 50,609 tons compared with 30,000 tons last year. United Kingdom consumption104 words
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Article122 1940-08-08 1 Singapore. Aug. 7, noon. Buyers Sellers Gambler 5 7.75 Hamburg Cube $13.00 Java Cube 112.50 Pepper White Muntok $12.25 White $11.75 Black 6 -75 Copra Mixed $2.50 Sun Dried $2.75 Sago Flour No. 1 Lingga $3.75 Pair $3.15 $3.15 Sarawak $3.25 Jelotong Palembang $19.50 Banja $18.50 Sarawak122 words
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Article354 1940-08-08 1 London, Aug. 6. 0N the Stock Exchange to-day business was too small to provide a real test of prices and consequently the trend In moat sections reacted and was slightly easier. Oilt-edged Initially advanced but subsequently reacted partially on lack of support. Egyptians advanced but other foreigners354 words
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Article90 1940-08-08 1 MALAYAS trade in June, although lower than the peak reached In the previous month, was still very much above the pre-war average, according to statistics issued last week. The gross trade for June was $154,281,000. comprising $61,517,000 gross imports and $92,764,000 gross exports. Comparative figures for90 words
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36 1940-08-08 1 Date Spot Aug.-Sept. Oct.-Dec. Jaiv-Mar. London Aug 1 37% 37% 35% 33 12% 2 37% 37% 35% 33% 13 6 37% 37% 35% 33% 13 7 37 37% 35% 33% 13 1/1636 words
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792 1940-08-08 2 WORK in connection with rice and other foodstuffs should have precedence over other estate work. This was the opinion of the majority of those present at a recent meeting of the .lohore Planters’ Association. The meeting i»ls< deprecated the decision of792 words
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159 1940-08-08 2 (From Our London Correspondent) Lcndon, Aug. 3. The Rubber Regulation Committee estimates that exports for June amounted to 110,453 tons compared with 110,770 tons ir May and 62,051 tons in June last year. Consumption lor June this year is estimated at159 words
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Article224 1940-08-08 2 In a weekly review of the rubbei market Stanton Nelson and Co Ltd. write: The renewal of tension in the Far East, and the continued uncertainty regarding the rubber buying arrangements to be adopted oy the American Government, have tended to deader, activity, though there have224 words
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Article148 1940-08-08 2 *J HE Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1.497 th auction on July 31 when there was catalogued 1.538 256 lbs, 686.72 tons; offered 1,199,427 lbs, 535 46 tons; sold 1.014,510 lbs, 452.91 tons SPOT L° nd n 12%d. New York 2 0 cents. PRICES148 words
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281 1940-08-08 2 From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 3. THE estimated yield of padi in areas in Sclanger last year was 3,872,000 gantangs according to the annual re port for 1939 for the State of Selangor. The area planted with padi both281 words
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Article110 1940-08-08 2 IN a weekly review cf the rubber 1 market .luthrie and Co Ltd., writeSingapoie and London markets have both remained steady but quie*. In New \ork a fair factory interest, under market pircles continued during the period under review. The fcllowin; are Malayan Statis tics for June110 words
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Article62 1940-08-08 2 Tin outputs for July are reported as follows Hours Yardage Piculs Ore Takuapa No. 1 664 170,000 605 No. 2 637 175,000 437 No. 3 594 150,000 554 Hitam 93 Rahman Hydraulic 700 Satupulo 644 124,000 640 Kuala Lumpur Tin Dredge No. 1 67362 words
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Article111 1940-08-08 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, July 29. The following are to-day’s “bid” quotations for Fixed Trusts:— 2 r !H s 5 A n< >t available British Empire “B” Do. British Empire Cumulative Do British Empire C’prehensive Do British General “A” 13 g British General “B” 11 414 British111 words
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500 1940-08-08 2 HIGHER PROFITS FOR TEMERLOH Chairman Reveals Amalgamation Pl an 'J'HE general meeting of the shar* holders of the Temerioh R ubl)fir Estates, Ltd., was held at Peaang 0n July 30. Messrs. P. N Knight (chair, man), H. E. Nixon. J. G. Brown j p Soutey and E. H. Bulford, a500 words
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Article138 1940-08-08 2 IN a weekly review of the rubber market Lewis and Peat Ltd. write The London market has shown a marked improvement particularly cn the October/December position since last week. This is probably due to covering on nervousness caused by the attacks on shipping in the138 words
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1130 1940-08-08 3 mining Buyers Sellers Issue \ai -•<?/« 4/ 4 Am pat Tin J'J h Austral Malay 35/- 37/-cd J* f« as? l%> i! &n e i?n w- w- Aatu Selangor 1.42 H 1.47 S 5 Berjuntal Si® £1 Burma Malay 30/1,130 words
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297 1940-08-08 3 The Annual reports and accounts for the year ended March 31 of mines of the Anglo-Oripntal group reveal the following figures: Kuala Kampar Tin Fields Limited The nett profit for the year ended March 31 was £52,431 compared with £13,896 last297 words
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Article29 1940-08-08 3 official price of tin in Singapore 1 on Aug. 1 was $134.50 per picul of 133 l/3rd lb. on Aug. 2 $133.50; on Aug. 6 $133.25.29 words
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257 1940-08-08 3 Singapore, Aug. 6, 4 p.m. Books Total (oi Company Dlvldenc Close Data Ex Dlv dnaoclal yaai FIN Payable Data to dau Austral Amal Dlv id Austral Malay Div 9d Bonus Is 3d b Kampong Kamunting Oiv 3d Bonus Is 3257 words
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176 1940-08-08 3 ‘From Our Own Correspondent; Seremban, Aug. 5. progress In the scheme for the Improvement of livestock is reported in the annual reSemblla th e Resld ent of Negri The Sindhi bulls purchased in India were distributed to various estates, to the larger176 words
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Article167 1940-08-08 3 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES ‘From Ou» Own Correspondent) London, Aug. 6. £OMMODITY ana Exchange markets closed as follows with previous quotations In paranthesls:— RUBBER: Firm. Spot 13 lilSd 13 3116 d (12 15|16d 13 1 16d) Sept 12 ***** d 13 l|l6d (12 13|16d 12 15 16d) Oct-Dec 12 l'lSd 12 13|16d167 words
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Article77 1940-08-08 3 .—British Wireless. London, Aug. 7. MR C. R. ATTLEE, Lord Privy Seal, gave an assurance In the House of Commons last night that His Majesty’s Government would not enter into any permanent obligations on the Continent of Europe without the fullest consultation with the governments of.—British Wireless. - 77 words
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Article33 1940-08-08 3 Foreign imports of tin ore during July amounted to 5,594 tons making a to f al of 34,072 tons for the year, an increase of 16.651 tons over last year33 words
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Article37 1940-08-08 3 .—Reuter. London, Aug 9. THERE was today a coal freight fixture from Calcutta to Singapore at 16.29 rupees. The British Government has timechartered further neutral vessels, especially Greek, with prospects of additional voyage* charters.—Reuter..—Reuter. - 37 words
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