The Straits Budget, 17 April 1941
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Title Section29 1941-04-17 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES I ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY No. 4340. SINGAPORE. THURSDAY. APRIL 17, 1941. Price 25 cts., (S.S. Curren or29 words
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Article1685 1941-04-17 1 /"\NLY $23,443 was collected for The War Fund during the past week, bringing the fund to a total oi $5,316,574 since it started on May 30 last. The largest, single donation received during the pas. week Was one of $lO,OOO lrom Tapah Rubber Estates Ltd This1,685 words
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The Straits Budget
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Article1188 1941-04-17 1 of that morale. Straits Times, Apr. 10. Winn news that Yugoslavia’s Mini.-ors had signed an agreement:' j, Ax i. s representatives was re-j !U d m Malaya, public opinion was not particularly shaken. The development had been foreseen, and nf one was alarmed. Then 1 came the rop° rtsof that morale. — Straits Times, Apr. 10. - 1,188 words
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Article1003 1941-04-17 1 -Straits Times, Apr. 12. It is a commonplace of history that one of the acid tests of greatness among men is the ability to delegate authority. It is a trait in i the human character which call.' for trust and faith, and it is often conspicuously absent in-Straits Times, Apr. 12. - 1,003 words
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Article1286 1941-04-17 2 fulness they have invoked.—Straits Times, Apr. 14. There is nothing new in the article which is printed below. It appeared originally in the Straits Times on April 15. 1915. Neither the mar who wrote it nor the man whose views he discussed lived to seefulness they have invoked.—Straits Times, Apr. 14. - 1,286 words
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Article1040 1941-04-17 2 lraits T ‘mes, A p r 15 Mr. Matsucka is not returning to Tokio entirely empty-handed. He has secured a pact with Moscow. The agreement has been variously described as one of neutrality, of non-aggression and of friendship. It has, of course, been heralded as anotherlraits T‘mes, Apr. 15. - 1,040 words
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Article1175 1941-04-17 3 only partial salvation. Straits Times, Apr. 16. A great deal of expert opinion i* being thrown about in all directions on the subject of Great Britain's right to search French merchant ships. International law is being quoted at length by propagandists of both countries, in a manneronly partial salvation. — Straits Times, Apr. 16. - 1,175 words
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Article333 1941-04-17 3 Work Carried On By Women (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 14. Kuala Lumpur Anzac Club which since its inception has been run by an enthusiastic band of Malayan women at the Town Hall, moved into its new home in the Sanitary Board yard to-day.333 words
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Article92 1941-04-17 3 (Prom Our Own (> m-sponcMit Joh rr Bahru, Apr M THE marriage took place to-day at Mv Church of Our I July of Lourdes of Mr Josiah Nathaniel, of the Uibour Office, Johor** Bahru. L> Miss Eli/ab th Marg in Clark, daughter of Mr. and92 words
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343 1941-04-17 4 “Bringing 'Em Back Alive To Cost More ©RINGING animals back alive is becoming an increasingly expensive proposition for Frank Buck and other wild animal collectors in America. From to-day, the lreight rates and attendance fees on wild animals oi Malaya are increased by 25 per cent, fallowing the 1938 increase343 words
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Article, Illustration61 1941-04-17 4 The Netherlands Minister for the Colonies, Mr. D. J. M. Welter (left) and the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr. van Kleffens, are at present in Batavia for the purpose of conducting important conversations with the Governor-General. The Dutch Ministers met leading members of the Philippines administration61 words
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Article111 1941-04-17 4 MARSHALL.—At War Memorial Hospital. Waverley, Sydney, on Apr. 3, 1941, to Kathleen, wife of H. L. Marshall, a son. PANTIJNG.—At Port Dickson, on 9th April. 1941, to Nanne. wife of Ronald H. Pant liner. a daughter. Both veil. LEE.—At the Maternity Hospital. Malacca, on Good Priday, April 11th, 1941111 words
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Article126 1941-04-17 4 NEO-TAN.—The engagement Is announced between Mr. Neo Poh Chuan. eldest son of Mr. Neo Pee Wan and the late Madam Peck Imm Neo of Singapore, and Miss Tan Ai Neo, youngest daughter of the late Mr. Tan Klong Tye and Madam Neo Kek Neo and the niece of Mr.126 words
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Article24 1941-04-17 4 The marriage will take place In Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, 26th April between Noel A J. Kennedy, Petaling, and Angela O’Neill, Kepong. Selangor.24 words
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Article461 1941-04-17 4 Further Donations Take Total To $14,400 JJONATIONS received by the Salvation Army for its annual appeal up to Apr. 9 totalled $14,406.65, as follows: Previously acknowledged $10,983.15; $100 each—J. J. A Floor, J. I. Dawson, T. J. A. Green. $75—J C. Barry; $50 —Dr. Melville Thompson.461 words
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109 1941-04-17 4 CINEMAS and seaside resorts in Singapore were crowded with both local and upcountry holidaymakers during the Easter week-end. The Botanical Gardeas, and the various parks in Singapore became holiday playgrounds. Motor traffic was heavy, petrol restrictions not preventing car owners from having long Joy rides109 words
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Article183 1941-04-17 4 Police Report For Last Year (From Cur Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Apr. 14. FOK the fifth year in succession there was a decrease last year, In the total number of police reports o) all kinds,” says Capt. C. R. Morrisn. Commissioner of Police, Johore, In his183 words
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Article199 1941-04-17 4 Chinese Chamber Not To Take Any Action Now MO action is to be taken by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce* Singapore, with regard to the introduction of petrol rationing in Singapore, it is understood. At a recent special meeting of the Chamber, it was decided to199 words
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Article397 1941-04-17 4 Leaders— Blitzkrieg Ryke’s Progress 1 A Lesson From The Past Straws In The Wind 1 Laws And Facts 2 Financial Supplement— 2 Financial and Commercial News to date, following page s Malayan General News— Singapore Sewage Extension* Tested Wedding A L Ma.a-a 5 Maiaya and Thai Rice Cmt-V 5397 words
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145 1941-04-17 4 (From Our Own Correspondent! Johore Bahru Apr r[E anniversary of the death <u Abubakar, father of the present was observed in Johore to-day as a Sultan Abubakar died in England n on < during a visit to Europe for health His remains were brought145 words
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Obituary127 1941-04-17 4 DEATHS At Batu PerrinKhi. PenanR, on the 8th instant Charles Alma Baker, C.B.E., of Batu Oajah. Perak, arced 84 years. Mrs. Tan Kim Hock nec Madam Kow Geok Neo of Messrs. T. K. Hock Co. 38 Batu Rd., Kuala Iaimpur passed away peacefully at the a«e of 41 yesterday, April127 words
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298 1941-04-17 5 Indies Officials Seeking Views Of Visiting Ministers THROUGH scheduled to be resumed early in April, the trade 1 talks have not yet begun between the leader of the JapanEconomic Mission to the Netherlands Indies, Mr. Yoshitawa, and the Dutch Minister Extraordinary, Mr. H. J.298 words
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Article266 1941-04-17 5 Boudewyn-Gomes (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Apr. 14. r pHE wedding took place to-day at the Church of St. Francis Xavier. Malacca, of Mr. Ronald D. Boudewyn. son of Mr. F. M. Boudewyn of Singapore. and Miss Florence Gomes, teacher at the French Convent, Malacca, and daughter266 words
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Article73 1941-04-17 5 T’HE following notifications concerning officers of the F.M.S. Volunteer Force have been gazetted: Lieut. A. F. Hewett to be Acting Captain; Second Lieut. R. Paton and Lieut. R. Robertson to be acting Captain; Lieut. D. F. Hutton to be Captain; Second Lieut. E. J. Skinner to be Lieutenant;73 words
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310 1941-04-17 5 Amenity In North East Areas Available In Few Weeks MODERN sanitation will be available within the next few weeks to the Northern and Eastern districts of the Singapore Municipal area. Two main pumping stations are being fully tested now, and very soon houseowners in the districts310 words
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Article207 1941-04-17 5 Big Programme Of Holiday Sport THOUGH rain has fallen during Easter for short periods, brilliant sunshine for most of the holidays has given sportsmen and sportswomen from all parts of Malaya and other holidaymakers in Singapore an enjoyable week-end. Swimming, badminton and golf competitions have207 words
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50 1941-04-17 5 TWO United States Army oiheors, Lieut.-Col. William Mayer and Lieut -Col Moses William Pettigrew, arrived in Singapore by air from Bangkok on Sunday. Both declined to comment on the Fa: Eastern situation. Col Mayer said he was in Singapore lor a short stay.50 words
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297 1941-04-17 5 Exhibition Of Dutch Posters Drawings To Aid War Fund pEEFT Achta Dutch exhibition of propaganda posters and drawings, which have been shown with marked success in Bandoeng, and Batavia, is to be brought to Singapore early next month. Organized by the Netherlands Indies newspaper “Geeft Acht” (which means “Attention”), the297 words
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Article116 1941-04-17 5 -Reuter. F Bangkok, Apr. 12. E immediate effect of Government control of rice exports from Thailand is that shipments are permissible only under licence. It is explained that the measure is necessitated by heavy demands from foreign buyers and only a normal surplus is available-Reuter. - 116 words
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Article154 1941-04-17 5 For Work On New Constitution jpOIt their work in connection with the new constitution of Sarawak, and in token of long and loyal services rendered to the Government, the Rajah of Sarawak has decorated 11 people with various classes of the Order of the Star of Sarawak.154 words
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Advertisement23 1941-04-17 5 A A v Peek Frean’s Airtight Cartons WITH Metal Ends Brings you English Biscuits at “Economy” Prices. Obtainable from all Dealers PF 6023 words
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400 1941-04-17 6 Public Partly To Blame For Not Reporting More Cases GREATER CO-OPERATION WITH PRICE CONTROL OFFICE URGED AFTER more than a year ot controlled food prices in the Colony, some profiteering still exists—with the knowledge of consumers. Prosecutions of shop proprietors, managers or salesmen and increasingly400 words
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Article76 1941-04-17 6 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Apr. 14. AT the Church of the Visitation, Seremban, Mrs. A. Menezes, nee De Souza, was married to-day to Mr. R. A. Rodrigues of Seremben. The Rev. Father Geo. Auguin was the officiating priest. Mr. P C. Carroll was best man. At the76 words
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48 1941-04-17 6 THE name of “Director ol Telegraphs and Telephones” and “Director of Telegraphs and Telephones mi En-Rlneer-in-Chiei” has been changed to “Director of Telecommunications.’ it is notified in the F.M H Gazette. Similarly, the name of “Assistant Engineer-in-Chief” has been altered to “Deputy Director of Telecommunications.”48 words
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Article98 1941-04-17 6 British Envoy Local Chinese CONVERSATIONS between Sir Archibald Clark Kerr, British Ambassador to China, who is in Singapore, and Or. Phillin K. C. Tyau, former Chinese ConsulCieneral at Singapore and now Special Commissioner for Kwangtung and Kuangsi, also in Singapore at present, will take place here during the next few98 words
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Article211 1941-04-17 6 Intensive Training For Volunteers Singapore, Apr. 15. ANCE again throughout Malaya to-day, Volunteers of both forces, the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States, begin a two-months period of intensive training. The men going in to-day are those who were exempted from undertaking intensive training during the211 words
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100 1941-04-17 6 r pHE Chartered Bank of India. Australia and China as honorary treasurers of the Malaya Patriotic Fund, have announced receipt of the following additional donations to the Fund up to Apr. 9, making a total of $2,562,492.41: Brunei Branch $599; Kuching (Sarawak) Branch $1,000;100 words
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837 1941-04-17 6 Mr. Ong Wee Lee Miss W ee Chy e Eng MR. ONG WEE LEE. the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ong Swee Jiang of Singapore, was married to Miss Wee Chyc Eng, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wee Kah Kiat. at St.837 words
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248 1941-04-17 6 promote and safeguard tu r social, political and economic in* terests of Tamils In Malaya,” is one oi the main objects of the newly -formea All-Malaya Tamil Association. Other objects are: To foster unit\. t and fraternity among Tamils ro caste, creed or religion;248 words
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573 1941-04-17 7 Scrap Piling Up In Readiness For “Salvage Week” ALTHOUGH “Salvage Week”—when scrap of all kinds h will be collected for disposal as part of Singapore’s war effort -does not officially begin until Apr. 28, many households and firms arc already piling up the573 words
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Article37 1941-04-17 7 Tup vminciaimi \.Pi n la ese National Day was mint Fn! r Victoria Oovrrnti.i 7 ,lsh School on Sunday under k; r a m s °f the Sinhala Janopa"atii( »ri rlrr There was a large37 words
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Article105 1941-04-17 7 •THE proposal for a campaign in Singapore to save scrap for war purposes has caught on. Inquiries are being received from all over Malaya. It has now been decided to set things going in Singapore with a Scrap Week from Apr. 28105 words
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Article210 1941-04-17 7 Local Tamil Plea For Removal A PLEA for the removal of the Government of India’s ban on unassisted immigration to Malaya was made by Mr. O. Ramasamy Nadar speaking at the inaugural meeting of the All-Malaya Tamils Association No others except those who wish that the210 words
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118 1941-04-17 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Apr. 8. SENTENCE of death passed by Mr. Justice Manning at the Muar Assizes on a Chinese fisherman. Tan Lai Tlang, for the murder of a fellow worker, Ng Ah Slang, was confirmed by the Court of Appeal118 words
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Article, Illustration69 1941-04-17 7 M. Charles Baron, Gen. de Gaulle's leader in the Far East, who in an interview with the Press last week disclosed “German-inspired Vichy efforts” to undermine the Free French movement in the Far East. M. Baron, whose headquarters are in Singapore, has just concluded an extensive tour of69 words
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Article138 1941-04-17 7 r pHE Tamil Brotherhood Association celebrated on Sunday its seventh anniversary and the Tamil New Year. There were a musical party and two public meetings in the afternoon. A largely-attend-ed dinner was also held. Before the celebrations came to a close. Mr. T. E. Nathan, the hon.138 words
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Article280 1941-04-17 7 Extension Of A.R.P. Arrangements NEW SCHEME HAS ROOF SPOTTERS TOO (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. IfUALA LUMPUR will shortly have as part of its A.R.P. scheme both fire watchers and roof spotters whose value in detecting the outbreak of large fires has been280 words
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668 1941-04-17 7 THE Singapore Child Welfare Society has much work before it if poor Chinese mothers are to be made to realize the value of bringing their babies to the creches for attention, states the matron in in her annual report of the work668 words
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Article387 1941-04-17 8 Allegedly Carried On Business After “Prohibited” Hours I IM 01 MEE, proprietress of the Oi Mee Hotel in Pasir Panjang, appeared in the fifth court last week on two charges of allowing her hotel to carry on business after prohibited hours (10 p.m.). Giving evidence.387 words
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148 1941-04-17 8 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 13. 'J’HE situation at Malayan Collieries’ coal mines at Batu Arang, where 5,000 labourers, both Chinese and Indians, have been on strike since last Monday, remains unchanged. The company last Thursday gave an ultimatum to the148 words
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45 1941-04-17 8 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Apr, 11. OQUADRON-LEADER Desmond Cooke, who was bom in Penang in 1909, the son of the late Mr H. Cooke, has now been presumed killed in action. He was previously reported as missing.45 words
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Article37 1941-04-17 8 MR ANO PECK HWEE, the son of Mr and Mrs. Ang Choon Seng of Singapore, was married to Miss Kwnv Soo Choo on Sunday. The ceremony took P.,. e Slew Sin Sia Association, Victoria Street37 words
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Article226 1941-04-17 8 Lorry Disposition Being Examined SINGAPORE’S Food Supply Office is conducting a wide examination of local transportation of food, with special regard to the disposition of lorries in an emergency. Some 6.000 questionnaires on the subject are being sent out to food dealers on the island. There226 words
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Article66 1941-04-17 8 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Apr. 12. A SMALL, short-lived strike occurred on Jemima Estate yesterday among Tamil labourers, when 200 downed tools owing to differences among the labour stall. They returned to work after ten men alleged to be ringleaders had been paid off. Mr. D R.66 words
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Article74 1941-04-17 8 rIE increased demands on shipping made by British Government departments have resulted in difficulty in obtaining passages from the United Kingdom to the East. For this reason wives are not likely to be able to return to Malaya with their husbands. “Persons affected,” states an official74 words
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Article233 1941-04-17 8 European Woman's Court Story T1JL court is experiencing great inconvenience and difficulty with persons failing to appear for trial at specified tines.*' said Inspector M Whittles in the Singapore fifth court He was prosecuting in a case in which Leong Ah F'X>. 24-yeav-old Cantonese woman servant,233 words
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298 1941-04-17 8 (From Our Own Correspondent) Batavia, Apr. 4. rpOO great a risk would be incurred by trying to imitate actual war conditions during air raids precautions practices, stated the Government representative in a statement in the People’s Council. He expressed the view that298 words
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438 1941-04-17 8 Long-Range Planning For Future Requirements WITH the arrival in Delhi of all the official delegates, ex. cept the representative from New Zealand, the Easteni Group Supply Council has been formally established f or t purpose of supplying troops of the Eastern Group area in438 words
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Article64 1941-04-17 8 A COMMITTEE has been formed Kuala Lipis following a .recent pu R meeting under the chairmanship oi w B. David, Secretary to Resident, Panama collect funds for entertaining India: stationed in Malaya. R Messrs. J. C. Naidu, Ramiah. Chinniah Chettiar, A. S. Oopal Bakthawa All, A.64 words
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Article54 1941-04-17 8 (Prom Our Own Corresponded Seremban. Ap A MALAY wedding in the modern took place at the village of I*' ‘ua about 14 miles from Seremban on u Lumpur road when Inche Hashim was married to Che Khatijah binti A reception was held later at tn54 words
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738 1941-04-17 9 De Gaullist Leader’s Disclosures On Arrival From Shanghai PROFESSING friendship towards Britain and promising I co-operation, French “super-opportunists” in the Far East l, a ve been insidiously making efforts to undermine the Free French movement. This was a statement made738 words
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95 1941-04-17 9 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Apr. 11. A FORMER member of the Malayan Civil Service. Mr. L. 1). Gammans, who is now Southern Regional Ofiiccr of the British Ministry of Information, has been formally adopted as a Conservative candidate for Hornsey in succession to95 words
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Article249 1941-04-17 9 New Regulations For Areas Near Schools rpo relieve congestion of traffic by vehicles used for the conveyance of pupils to and from the Anglo-Chinese School and Raffles Girls’ School, special regulations have been made by the Chief Police Officer. In the case of the Anglo-Chinese School,249 words
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Article, Illustration24 1941-04-17 9 Mr. S. C. Dutt, I.C.S new Agent for the Government of India, who arrived in Kuala Lumpur this week to take up his appointment.24 words
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Article350 1941-04-17 9 U. S. MILITARY WRITER HERE EXPELLED from Germany because he cabled the story of Hitler’s peace overtures to Britain following the collapse of France, Capt. Max Corpening, American military correspondent of the Chicago Tribune, arrived in Singapore last week from Cairo on his way back to350 words
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Article456 1941-04-17 9 Formal Opening At Katong SWIMMING POOL BIG SUCCESS llfITH a pair of scissors handed him by Mr. Tay Lian Teck, chairman of the Building Fund, Mr. Lee Kong Chian, president of the Chinese Swimming Club, snipped the blue and white ribbons spanning the entrance to the new456 words
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Article112 1941-04-17 9 MR. Justice Altken has been appointed Judge of Appeal of the Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements. Mr D. H. Trumble, Senior Customs officer. Malayan Customs Service, has been appoint'd Assistant Comptroller of Customs, Opium Singapore. The promotion of the following Class IV M. 0.8. officers to112 words
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Article67 1941-04-17 9 THE wedding took place in the Singapore Registry iMt week <>f I)r Wong Kin Yip, Assistant Bacteriologist. College of Medicine, and Miss Tan Hong Hiang. daughter of Mrs. Tan Klong Chen, of Singapore. l/r Wong Kin Yip is a son of Mr and Mrs. Wong Huen, of67 words
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518 1941-04-17 10 Men Of The Forces Among Big Congregation FATHERED in the shade of the trees on the lawn of St. U Andrew’s Cathedral a large number of men and women of all races listened to the Good Friday message presented in song and word518 words
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Article107 1941-04-17 10 *T*HE Straits Settlements Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve has been honoured by the appointment for the first time in its history of one of its officers as Aide-de-camp to the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas. The new Aide-de-camp is Sub.-Lieut. O. R. B Don-Fox, whose appointment has107 words
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Article58 1941-04-17 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Apr. 8. ACCORDING to the annual report of St. Mark’s Tamil Church. Seremban. during the latter part of last year an attempt was made to form a choir. The committee hopes that with the continued support of all young people who58 words
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Article196 1941-04-17 10 Exhibition Will Tour Malaya N exhibition organized by the Department of Information and Publicity, Malaya, will open at the Chinese Assembly Hall, Kuala Lumpur. on May 1, and will thereafter tour the country. This Fight for Freedom Exhibl tion will have a core of photographs, posters, wall196 words
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Article313 1941-04-17 10 Stricter Control Of Beer Sales INDUSTRIAL spirits are to be ex- empt from the provisions of the Liquors Revenue Ordinance, and this exemption should result in the development of a number of industries in the Colony, says Mr. C. G. Howell, Attorney-General, in the objects and reasons313 words
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Article, Illustration478 1941-04-17 10 pFFORTS are being made to form a Free Rumanian movement in the Far East, with headquarters in Government is being sought by M. Singapore. The requisite sanction of the S.S. Rene Untermanns, brother of the former Rumanian Consul-General at Antwerp, at the478 words
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832 1941-04-17 10 (From Our 0\vn Correspondent» Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 10 the total number of 155 dents who have completed th major course at the School of a-t culture, Serdang, ever since tn school was started in 1931, 123 have found employment. In regard tr those who had832 words
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Article, Illustration618 1941-04-17 11 ■Has Served Here Previously I As General Staff Officer llEUT-GEN. L.V. BOND TAKING up POST in united kingdom Ia CHANGE in the Malaya Command was announced as t week by General Headquarters (Far East). Lieut.H'en L. V. Bond, C.B., will shortly leave Malaya to618 words
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Article193 1941-04-17 11 Mr. A.D.B. Weigall For Jurong Station QECONDED from the British Broad- casting Corporation for two years. Mr. A. D. B. Weigall has arrived in Singapore to join the staff of the Malaya Broadcasting Corporation as chief engineer. Mr. Weigall’s new duties include superintending the technical side193 words
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143 1941-04-17 11 'Fto m our Own Correspondent.) Tu- Batavia, Apr. 7. Commander-In-Chief of the fri,F u hf rlands Navy, Admiral Hel i irri broadca st to the occupied Nether*is over the free Dutch wireless tt-idio Oranje.” mrn l Xpros sed the pride felt by143 words
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69 1941-04-17 11 Calcutta, Apr. 7. THE Governor of Bengal announces that the B ngal War Purposes Fund has decided to contribute £375,000 to the St Dunstan’s Fund for soldiers blinded in the war The Governor hopes that this contribution will materially assist the organization in its69 words
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Article361 1941-04-17 11 MORE WOMEN MEN NEEDED Local Auxiliary Drivers’ Corps 1WVORE drivers of both sexes are m urgently needed to make the Auxiliary Drivers’ Corps an effective unit of Singapore’s passive defence services. Motor-cycle owners are particularly required. A previous appeal for new members for the corps met with a ready response.361 words
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Article65 1941-04-17 11 (From Our Own Correspond on t) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 8. rrniE pen meeting of the Federal Council will take place at 10 a m. on May 6 at fne Council Chamber. There will be no ceremonial opening and uniform will not b* worn. Mr. Clayton I.a»np, former American65 words
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445 1941-04-17 11 Plans For Constitutional Changes Reach Sir Shenton THE whole of Sarawak, both native and European popula1 tions, has been greatly impressed by the intention of the Rajah, Sir Charles Vyner Brooke, to terminate absolute rule by his family and introducing constitutional rule on democratic principles.445 words
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Article78 1941-04-17 11 (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Apr. 8. PLEADING guilty to a charge under the Hire Dealers' Order, Kwah Chong, a shopkeeper at Ujong Paslr, was fined $25, in default two weeks’ rigorous Imprisonment, In the Police Court to-day. Mr, W. C. Taylor, who prosecuted, stated that78 words
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618 1941-04-17 12 Ships’ Warrants To Prevent Embarrassment Or Delay UNDERTAKING TO COMPLY WITH NAVICERT REGULATIONS COR the first time in Singapore since the inception of (he ship’s warrant system last year, Japanese vessels are being 1 given ships’ warrants enabling the owners and captains to avoid embarrassment618 words
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Article45 1941-04-17 12 rpHERE was a slight increase In Singapore’s death rate last week according to the weekly statement of the Municipal health department. There were 230 deaths compared with 210 the previous week Tuberculosis claimed 37 victims, pneumonia 29, and enteritis 16.45 words
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116 1941-04-17 12 MALAYAN Government gazettes and publications and other literature printed in both English and the vernacular are to be exhibited in the huge Washington (District Columbia, tJ.S.A.) library as soon as Dr. Victor Clark, consultant with the American i to; of Congress, has compiled a suitable116 words
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Article428 1941-04-17 12 more applications tor exemption Tom continuous training with the Volunteers during the Apri!June camp period, were heard bv the Tribunal, comprising Mr. J. C. Cobbctt, Singapore Tribunal last week. The Mr P. A. B McKerron and Mr. R. E. PrentJs, grantwi exemption in 39 cases. Successful applications428 words
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64 1941-04-17 12 —Reuter Batavia, Apr. 10. possibility of economising in Netherlands shipping services for the benefit of the allied cause is being considered, according to some local newspapers. It is understood that the closing of traffic which is not specifically important to the allies is being—Reuter - 64 words
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Article186 1941-04-17 12 Nearly Ready For Councils (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 8. •pHE draft legislation which is now being prepared by the Malayan Governments to provide for the regulation of working hours and improvement of living conditions of shop assistants is understood to be in its final186 words
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42 1941-04-17 12 MRS. KESWICK, wife of Mr. W. J. Keswick. head of Jardine, Matheson and Co., in Shanghai, who was shot by a Japanese during the recent Shanghai Municipal ratepayers’ meeting, arrived in Singapore en route to Bombay.42 words
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Article, Illustration47 1941-04-17 12 Children of Alexandra School, have made contributions totallvu i to The War Fund since it icas launched. This group from the e/; ivas photographed during a visit to the Straits Times Offices and nrh!r presses.—Straits Times picture. ln —Straits Times picture.—Straits Times picture. - 47 words
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412 1941-04-17 12 Singapore “Ready Prepared If When Balloon Goes Up” CINGAPORE will be ready and prepared if and when the balloon goes up in the Far East,” was a statement made last week by the Commander-in-Chief, China Station, ViceAdmiral Sir Geoffrey Layton, in an interview with American412 words
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Article464 1941-04-17 13 N O COLONIAL REPORT Officials Are Too Busy STATEMENT in parliament Our Own Correspondent.) 111 London, Mar. 15. pip; many years past it has been r' fnummary for the Secretary of f or the Colonies to issue an informative review of the Colonial t moire’s progress during the pre,i„us 1-464 words
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Article171 1941-04-17 13 'From Our Own Correspondent) r JC Seremban, Apr. 8-bispoctor-Gcneral of Police. F.M.S., Mr. r. Bagot. visited Seremban to-day o ,r' ,nt Service Police Medals and r av.ards. He was received by a guardpadar?° Ur P°^ ice the police OVnr A c Haines. Chi> f Police s'",,;171 words
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55 1941-04-17 13 1 hir Own Correspondent) T Tt Johore Bahru, Apr. 8. ,!rr ied Indian Association of 1 rr J l -l\ ru las formed a passive J to co-operatc with the M Defence Committee. K Vi l i A Aiyer, K. N. Damn and ■tr ar(55 words
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Article, Illustration24 1941-04-17 13 Quadruple 14 inch guns on the quarter deck being fired from H.M.S. Kin 9 George V, Britain's newest and mightiest battleship.24 words
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744 1941-04-17 13 (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Apr. 7. A LTHOUGH wage rates in general remained much the same last year as those in force at the end of 1939. most estates provided means to increase earnings by giving various forms of bonuses such as out-turn744 words
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123 1941-04-17 13 -Reuter. Shanghai, Apr. 8. fPHE Chinese Government is much concern- ed over the safety and protection of overseas Chinese In the South Seas especially as Japan at this moment Is planning a southward advance Gen. Wu Te-chen, SecretaryGeneral cf the Kuomintang, reportedly declared at a-Reuter. - 123 words
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Article359 1941-04-17 13 Legion’s Thanks To Malaya NEARLY £20,000 SENT TO BRITAIN THK remarkable, record-breaking result of the Malayan 1940 Poppy Day appeal is the subject of special congratulations from (’apt. \V\ G. Wilcox, the organizing secretary ot the Karl Haig British Legion Appeal. He has sent to Malaya his359 words
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Article225 1941-04-17 13 Tapah Rubber’s Further Donation A FURTHER donation of $10,000 is being made to The War Fund by Tapah Rubbei Estates, Ltd. The Rift was approved at the annual general meeting of the company in Singapore last week. The company has already given a sum of225 words
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67 1941-04-17 13 Nt w Delhi, Apr. 7. rimoroi! the Marchioness of Linlithgow, as president ol the Sllv r Trinket Fund, the Silver Symbol Fund in London has sent h •'.pedal message to the women of Itida. because* the Silver Trinket Fund organized by them under Iv67 words
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943 1941-04-17 14 Largest Individual Malayan Giver Of Aircraft For War (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Apr. 8. THE largest individual contributor from Malaya to Britain's Ministry for Aircraft Production for purchasing planes for the Royal Air Force, Mr. Charles Alma Baker, Malayan planter and943 words
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Article245 1941-04-17 14 Primitive Music For Posterity •ywo adventurous American brothers who have been shipwrecked while cruising in the South Seas to make records of primitive native music for the American Museum of Natural History in New York, have arrived in Singapore again on another expedition. This time Bruce and245 words
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118 1941-04-17 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Apr. 9. OSMAN BIN KASSIM. a 23-year-old Malay with five previous convictions, was sentenced by Mr. A. E. Mills to four months’ rigorous imprisonment and six months’ police supervision to-day when he pleaded guilty to theft of a118 words
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450 1941-04-17 14 Suicide Verdict At Inquiry Into Death Of European (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Apr. 9 A VERDICT of suicide by hanging was returned bv th n Penang Coroner, Mr. A. W Bellamy, at an immir! to-day into the death of Leslie P. Dustan,450 words
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Article166 1941-04-17 14 Derailment Causes Dislocation (From Our Own Corres J >^ C Apr. 9 A DERAILMENT on the main between Kampar and Malim Na* a dis this morning resulted in a temp i po ii location of passenger traffic be■ that and southern Malaya. It is be a t166 words
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Article221 1941-04-17 15 Infantry Is Being Motorized aircraft arriving FROM AMERICA (From Our Own Correspondent) Batavia, Apr. 7. k MEMORANDUM presented to A the Netherlands Indies Volksraad regarding the defence of the indies states that new divisions of infantry, artillery and engineers Lye been formed and equipped with221 words
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171 1941-04-17 15 “AT a time like the present the Union Jack Club has more than a duty to iulfil,” said the Governor, Sir Shvnton Thomas, at the annual genera! meeting of the Club It was the privilege of the Club, Sir Shmton .said, to provide comfort171 words
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131 1941-04-17 15 the Singapore Fire Brigade has in the past answered fire calls from rural districts, it would have been within its rights ignore them. Under the present constitution of the •tJral Board, it was stated by the chairman, I- Forbes, at a meeting yesterday,131 words
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Article, Illustration443 1941-04-17 15 COME of the largest bombing planes in Malaya are to be found at an R.A.A.F. station in Singapore. They are the famous American Lockheed Hudson aircraft which are doing such good work in the R.A.F. Coastal Command in Britain. It can now be443 words
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Article171 1941-04-17 15 Benefit Of Doubt In Forgery Case (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Apr. 8. 'J'HE Court of Appeal consisting of the Chief Justice, S.S., Sir Percy MacElwaine, Mr. Justice Aitken and Mr. Justice Pedlow to-day allowed the appeal of a landowner, Llm Chin Tan, against the conviction171 words
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93 1941-04-17 15 THE Customs Examination shed at Wood- lands will shortly get the benefit of two lamps which the Rural Board proposes to Install at a total cost of $9OO. At a meeting of the Board last week, this Item of expenditure was approved after Mr. J.93 words
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593 1941-04-17 15 A HIGH tribute to the way the men of the Indian Army have taken to mechanization is paid by a general commanding an Indian division in East Africa. Only a couple of years ago,” writes the general, the Indian troops now In the field593 words
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1390 1941-04-17 16 R.R.I. Experiment Station Estate Figures Compared By Our Planting Correspondent |N The Planter for October there was published an interesting article bv JI. VV. Foston on “Improved methods of establishment and maintenance of Hevea” which attracted a good deal of attention at the time.1,390 words
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65 1941-04-17 16 (Prom Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Apr. 8 'T'HE following new office-bearers were el( cteo at. the recent annual general meeting of the Negri Sembilan Sikh Union:—President Mr. Chit Singh; vice-president: Mr. Ginder Singh; hon. S'X'retary and treasurer; Mr Kertar Singh; hoo. auditors: Messrs. Balwam65 words
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250 1941-04-17 16 MEMBERS of an R.A.A.F. ITI fighter-bomber station in Singapore deny reports appearing in some of their home papers that the Australian Comforts Fund has “forgotten” them. Since they took over this Malayan station eight months ago they have been presented through the fund250 words
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Article234 1941-04-17 16 Malayan Woman’s Press Tribute “IN Malaya we are all so grateful 1 to Australia,” said Mrs j >• Reed, of Sungkai, Perak, lo a Svh ney Daily Telegraph reporter nn her arrival in Sydney by flyi nK b n from Singapore. Jl You arc sending men to234 words
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125 1941-04-17 16 QN trial at the Assizes last week on a v charge of dishonestly destroying a promissory note, a moneylender named Eujjur Singh was discharged by Mr. Justice Worley. the jury returning an unanimous verdict of not guilty. The prosecution, conducted by Mr. E N. Griffith-Jones.125 words
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147 1941-04-17 16 NEW rice prices are being gazetted throughout Malaya to-day. but in spite of the sharp rise in the cost of Thai rice it has proved possible to hold the previous maximum prices for the time being. Attention was drawn about a month aeo to147 words
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Article78 1941-04-17 16 (From Our Own Correspondent Batavia, April < THE last 100,000 guilders for the fifth bember, Rotterdam V.” has oecn remitted to London by the joint Prince Bernnard and Spitfire Funds during the fourth week since the inception o* the campaign. In view of the long78 words
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57 1941-04-17 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Apr. >' ACCORDING to h communique Issued the Federal Secretariat, the Account General. F.M.S., has received from Mr Calder, the Custodian of Enemy Proper sum of $6,139.61 as a loan without in 1 to His Majesty’s57 words
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453 1941-04-17 17 G REAT NAZI BASE A MASS OF FLAMES AFTER 5-HOUR RAID —Reuter. 15 jo Missiles 30,000 Incendiaries Showered On Docks In Town London, Apr. 8. T!!K ureat German naval base of Kiel last night received 1 terrific battering from R.A.F. bombers, lasting for nearly five hours. The force of bombers—Reuter. - 453 words
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75 1941-04-17 17 Reuter. 0 London, Apr. 9. jy A oiiiccrs of the aircraft-carrier 1 ustrious were decorated for “gal- an s i‘vic?s against enemy aircraft,” f'l' rc, n to last night’s London GazTho Illustrious was hit seven f Jm when she was dive-bombed in Mediterranean during January,Reuter. - 75 words
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Article74 1941-04-17 17 -Reuter. “1ad,m Tokio, Apr. 8. J means to strengthen her cov„. w ion with friendly powers with a r contributing to restoration of peace I noiit the world.” said Prince Konoye, if. ti >rimo Minister, during an address •M i, f provincial governors’ conference 'n‘-Reuter. - 74 words
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Article49 1941-04-17 17 --Reuter. Belfast, Apr. 8. A N area in northern Ireland was attacked for the first time by a small for e of enemy bombers, damaging industrial and commercial property, states a Public Security Ministry communique. There were some casualties. One bomber was brought down.--Reuter. - 49 words
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Article107 1941-04-17 17 Reuter Greek Civilians Leave Eastern War Zones Los Angeles, Apr. 8 «riNE million men. women and children have been quietly evacuated from the Macedonian and Thracian war zones of Greece in the most dramatic evacuation in history,” Mr. S. P. Skouras, president of the Greek war reliefReuter - 107 words
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Article182 1941-04-17 17 Reuter. 150 Soldiers Hold U|> Main Onslaught Athens, Apr. 8. JJOW 150 Greek soldiers led by a corporal held on against odds of 20 to one until all were killed is revealed to-day, cables Reuter’s special correspondent with the Imperial Army in Greece. This handful ofReuter. - 182 words
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Article55 1941-04-17 17 —Reuter. Stockholm, Apr. 8. POLITICAL circles in Berlin are still excitedly speculating on the reason for Russian action in concluding the ion-aggression pact vith Yugoslavia, which 44 is hardly likely to give the Germans the impression that Russia Ik particularly friendly,” states the Berlin correspondent.—Reuter. - 55 words
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326 1941-04-17 17 Imperial Forces Win In Dramatic Race With The Weather linden, Apr. 8. QNE of the most thrilling aspects of the Abyssinian campaign has been the race against the weather, says Reuter’s special correspondent with the British army in Abyssinia. According to prophets,326 words
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Article41 1941-04-17 17 Reuter. London, Apr H THE number of persons killed in Britain during air raids in March was 4,259, against 789 in February. The number of injured during March was 5,557, compared with 1,068 in February.- Reuter.Reuter. - 41 words
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571 1941-04-17 17 -Reuter London, Apr. 8. rE Admiralty announced to-day that the total merchant shipping losses for the week ended Mar 30-31 were 20 ships, representing 77,375 tons, including 13 British, 55,870 tons, five Allied, 14,975 tons, two neutral. 3,730-Reuter - 571 words
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239 1941-04-17 18 —Reuter. Sir Robert Brooke-Popham On Colony’s Civilian Defence Hong Kong, Apr. 9. “UONG KONG threatens none, nor did Yugoslavia the only way we can ensure against an attack on Hong Kong is to convince any would-be attacker that such an operation would—Reuter. - 239 words
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113 1941-04-17 18 -Reuter. Tokio, Apr. 9. A BIG crisis may develop in East Asia at any moment.” This warning was given by Baron Hiranuma, Japanese Home Minister, in an address to a conference of provincial governors to-day. “This,” he said, “was due to the serious situation brought-Reuter. - 113 words
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Article95 1941-04-17 18 Reuter. Rio de Janeiro, Apr. 9. rE camouflaged German freighter Hermes arrived here to-day from Bordeaux heavily laden with general cargo. The captain said he had left a French port on Mar. 12. Part of the cargo are for German importers at Rio de Janeiro. SantosReuter. - 95 words
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Article85 1941-04-17 18 Reuter. London, Apr. 10. KING HAAKON broadcasting yesterday, on the anniversary of the assault on Norway, appealed to Norwegians to do no rash act which may have serious consequences both for individuals and for the whole of our people. The days to come mayReuter. - 85 words
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Article154 1941-04-17 18 —Reuter. Supplies For The Army Hit London, Apr. 10. DETAILS of the havoc wrought in Bremen and Wilhemshaven by R A F. raids in recent months have reached London. Several workshops at the Atlas shipyard have been demolished. Few of the important flour and seed-crushing—Reuter. - 154 words
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Article82 1941-04-17 18 -Reuter. Washington, Apr. 7. thousand tons of wheat from the United States is sought by the Eireann Government, said the Eireann Minister cf Defence, Mr. Frank Aitken, who is here at present. With the Eire Minister to the United States, Mr. Robert Brennan, Mr. Aitken-Reuter. - 82 words
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Article43 1941-04-17 18 —Reuter. Athens, Apr. 8. A GREEK Home Security communique states n that further important damage was caused yesterday in Piraeus port as the result of an explosion of a mei chant vessel loaded with munitions and explosives.—Reuter.—Reuter. - 43 words
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Article222 1941-04-17 18 —Reuter. Whole Empire Stirred, Says Mr. Churchill New Delhi. Apr. 9. “fFHE whole Empire has been stirred by the achievements of the Indian forces in Eritrea,” says Mr. Winston Churchill, the British Prime Minister, in a personal message to Lord Linlithgow, the Viceroy of India.—Reuter. - 222 words
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81 1941-04-17 18 —Reuter. Washington, Apr. 9. ITALY has demanded the recall of the 1 United States assistant Military Attache, Capt. W. C. Bentley, who is also Military Attache for air, from the Embassy at Rome, the State Department announces. The United States recently demanded the recall of—Reuter. - 81 words
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20 1941-04-17 18 —Reuter. w Ankara, Apr. 9. Many refugees from Greek Thrace have arrived at Adrianople.—Reuter—Reuter. - 20 words
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100 1941-04-17 18 —Reuter. New York, Apr. 9. ttDRITAIN will win,” the Vice D President, Mr. Henry A. Wallace, told the Foreign Policy Association to-day. Only defeatism on the psychological and economic front in the United States can prevent it. A Nazi victory and Nazi peace is unthinkable.—Reuter. - 100 words
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169 1941-04-17 18 V/itt —Reuter. Washington, Apr. 8. yHE Under-Secretary of the United States Navy, Mr. James Forrestal, is leaving for Britain on a visit in about a fortnight “to establish close liaison” between the Navy Department and the British Admiralty on matters connected with theV/itt —Reuter. - 169 words
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Article440 1941-04-17 18 —Reuter. Heavy Strain On Nazi Economy London, Apr. 10 T>HE blockade Is like a chronic rtl «*se and is indubitably 1 vital factor in Germany's war V nation, declared a British economy warfare official yesterday. c Transport congestion and i ao o ur shortage already are—Reuter. - 440 words
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Article50 1941-04-17 18 .—Reuter. London, Apr. 9. TEN people arrested at Svolvaer after the British raid on the Lofoten islands, on the Norwegian coast, are said to be among the first prisoners sent to a German concentration camp at Oslo, according to the Free Norwegian telegraphic agency.— Reuter..—Reuter. - 50 words
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71 1941-04-17 18 Reuter. London, Apr. 10. THE Germans have apparently agreed not to make any furtn‘ r attacks on Belgrade, says a. n J r sage from the Yugoslav capital the official Vichy news agency. The message says that an j* Kn ment has been rcaehed as the suitReuter. - 71 words
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Article3053 1941-04-17 19 —Reuter. MUST EXPECT HARD FIGHTING IN DEFENCE OF EGYPT Grim Warning To Men Of Vichy “WE WILL FOLLOW HITLER’S TRACKS WHEREVER THEY MAY LEAD” London, Apr. 9. COMPREHENSIVE review A of the war to date was made hy Mr. Winston Churchill. the Prime Minister, in—Reuter. - 3,053 words
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465 1941-04-17 20 French Foreign Legion i ukes Part In Capture Of Massawa Cairo, Apr. 9. rr is officially announced in Cairo that the Eritrean Red Sea port of Massawa, last vital centre of defence of Italian East Africa, is now in British hands. It465 words
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Article112 1941-04-17 20 Reuter. London, Apr. 7. rIE following message welcoming Yugoslavia as one of our allies has been sent by the British Government to the Government of Yugoslavia: “The savage outrage committed by Germany against Yugoslavia without the slightest provocation and the valiant resistance of the Serbs. CroatsReuter. - 112 words
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298 1941-04-17 20 Reuter. Severe Damage And Heavy Casualties Feared London, Apr. 9. which was the victim last November 0 f what Berlin called the greatest bombardment of the air war until then, was attacked again last night with utmost savagery. Severe damage was again causedReuter. - 298 words
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Article105 1941-04-17 20 -Reuter. Ottawa, Apr. 9 THE gravity of the Balkan situation has caused the Prime Minister, Mr. W. L. Mackenzie King, to postpone his visit to President Roosevelt for a few days. Mr. Mackenzie King stated at his press conference to-night that the news in the evening newspapers-Reuter. - 105 words
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98 1941-04-17 20 Reuter. New York, Apr. 9. THK most powerful battleship of the T nited Stales Navy—the 35,000-ton North Carolina— is being commissioned at Brooklyn Navy Yard to-day, says the New York Daily News. Naval expeits compare her armament and equipment with those >: the British battle: hipReuter. - 98 words
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Article125 1941-04-17 20 Reported Statement Of Mr. Sarajoglu Ankara, Apr. 10. |T is understood that M. Sarajoglu, 1 the Turkish Foreign Minister, told the People’s Party on Tuesday that the Turkish Government would meanwhile maintain its policy of non-belligerency, continuing closely to watch developments affecting Turkish interests. M. Sarajoglu’s statement125 words
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Article51 1941-04-17 20 .—Reuter. Istanbul. Apr. 9RUMANIAN oil companies have SU K ped deliveries of lubricating Turkey, reports the Istanbul h pondent of the independent e agency The action was said been taken because the e 5 ltir Z T 1 home tion was being absorbed t>.—Reuter. - 51 words
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Article52 1941-04-17 20 COMPLETE BLACK- OUT FOR SLOVAKIA r Utv g Londom Ap f r )rdrr ed A COMPLETE black-out has wen rdin e In a large part of Slovakia 1 s j oV g:i to a dispatch from Bratislava. is i a v». capital. Areas mentioned arc J;i Nitra. Oran. Tatra and52 words
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486 1941-04-17 21 —Reuter. Bid To Drive Wedge Between The Greeks And Yugoslavs London, Apr. 9. THE statement in the Greek official communique that the 1 Yugoslavs fighting in South Serbia had fallen back on the Gre ek left wing, leaving it “uncovered,” suggests that—Reuter. - 486 words
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Article202 1941-04-17 21 -Reuter. Hundreds Caught In Creek Cross-fire Athens, Apr. 9. gE\ERAL hundred German troops attempting to move down the nvor Ncstoj in rubber boats were can at in a cross-fire of the Greek jorees and wipea out, reports the Athens correspondent o.' the independent French news-Reuter. - 202 words
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Article35 1941-04-17 21 Reuter. numhc a y stated that the approximate 8r tn<*rj ferrr!! casualties amongst British 10 the nrcAiJ 0 the beginning of the war hissing date are 37,607 killed and and 25 .895 wounded.—Reuter.Reuter. - 35 words
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Article63 1941-04-17 21 -Reuter. London, Apr. 10. ALL Boy Scouts in Geiman-occupied Holland have been disbanded and the organization banned by order of Seyss-Inquart, Nazi, commissioner for the Netherlands, according to an Amsterdam telegram to Berlin. Declaring that the Dutch Boy Scout movement has been for years an-Reuter. - 63 words
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59 1941-04-17 21 Thailand Rubber For The Germans Reuter. Batavia, Apr. 11. THE new relationship between Japan and Thailand will result in important Japanese purchases of rubber in Thailand, which will find their way to Germany through Iran anjJ Soviet Russia, according to the Netherlands Indies Press, which adds the same will probablyReuter. - 59 words
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113 1941-04-17 21 —Reuter. London, Apr. 8. HE Ministry for Economic Warfare announces that Hungary mu»t now bo regarded as territory under enemy occupation. Consequently Hungary is from now on regarded as an enemy destination for contraband purposes and all goods of Hungarian origin or ownership are liable—Reuter. - 113 words
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Article123 1941-04-17 21 Reuter. Roosevelt’s Note To King Peter Washington, Apr. 8. DRESIDENT Roosevelt has cabled King Peter of Yugoslavia assuring him of all possible material aid for Yugoslavia. The President’s message says the people of the United States have been profoundly shocked by the unprovoked lu.hless aggression onReuter. - 123 words
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42 1941-04-17 21 —Reuter. New York. Apr. 11 MAJOR-Gen. H. H. Arnold, chief of the United States Air Corps, has left by Dixie Clipper for London to act as official observer there “for three or four weeks.”—Reuter.—Reuter. - 42 words
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151 1941-04-17 21 —Reuter. London, Apr. 9 OTRIKING allegat ons about trade between France and her colonies made by the liberal, Mr. Geoffrey le M. Mander. in the House of Commons yesterday. He suggested that weekly crossings be ween France and Africa average 70. that—Reuter. - 151 words
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297 1941-04-17 21 Reuter. “Will Be Defended If Attacked” Warning After Nazi Plane Visits Washington, Apr. 11. has taken a new step in the international sphere Lmormg the fact that Denmark is under German control W a S?M h H W 1 th the Danish Minister toReuter. - 297 words
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Article261 1941-04-17 21 Reuter. 450 Prisoners In British Hands London, Apr. 9. [MORE than 50 German U-boat officers, including one of Germany’s ace commanders, and considerably more than 400 German petty officers and men are prisoners of war. These figures are given in an Admiralty communique, which adds. “TheReuter. - 261 words
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294 1941-04-17 22 Fierce 11.A.F. Attacks On Two Fronts Carried Out Without Any Loss Athens, Apr. 11. T'HE first news that British and German troops have met in battle in the Balkans is con* tained in a communique issued to-day by the British headquarters in Greece.294 words
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Article155 1941-04-17 22 —Reuter. Control Of Supplies Of Vital Serums? Washington, Apr. 11. THAT Germany controls supplies of vital serums in America is the latest startling Department of Justice allegation. The Nazi grip on the United States chemical and pharmaceutical industry is stated to enable them to take markets—Reuter. - 155 words
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88 1941-04-17 22 Reuter. Johannesburg, Apr. 11. A BATCH of 7,500 Italian prisoners, the a, ftrst L 20,000 prisoners whom South Africa has agreed to accept, were recently landed at a South African port and have now been sent inland to a concentration camp for theReuter. - 88 words
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Article238 1941-04-17 22 -Reuter. Fighters Busy On Balkan Fronts Athens, Apr. 11. LJELL-DIVING through rain, sleet and cloud, British fighter planes, their wings appearing to scrape the rocky sides of ravines, are swooping low over the German columns throughout the length and breadth of the Balkan fronts machine-gunning-Reuter. - 238 words
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Article40 1941-04-17 22 —Reuter. Washington, Apr. 11. IT is suggested in the Press that the United States action in establishing air bases in Greenland may be followed by similar action in the Azores, which belong to Portugal.—Reuter.—Reuter. - 40 words
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68 1941-04-17 22 -Reuter. London, Apr. 11. GERMAN airmen taken prisoner by the Yugoslavs state they were already in the air with orders to bomb the royal palace in the centre of Belgrade when Germany declared war on Yugoslavia. They heard Hitler’s proclamation on their radio-Reuter. - 68 words
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242 1941-04-17 22 -Reuter. London, Apr. 11. HUNGARIAN troops have entered Yugoslavia, according to the Budapest radio. On the order of the Supreme Commander of the Hungarian Army, adds the radio, Hungarian troops crossed by train on the frontier everywhere between the Danube and the Tisa with the-Reuter. - 242 words
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170 1941-04-17 22 -Reuter. London, Apr. 19 IN a Good Friday broadcast, the Czech President, Dr. Benes, warned the Czecho-Slovak people that the Nazis wri soon begin to make peace offers to the Allies, and declared th♦ some Gestapo leaders were devising plans for an plebiscite-Reuter. - 170 words
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273 1941-04-17 22 -Reuter. Nazis Take Croat Capital And Set Up Puppet Government London, Apr. 11. THE German operations against Yugoslavia have cost them heavy losses in killed and wounded, stated the Athens radio last night. Very considerable quantities of German mechanized and other war-Reuter. - 273 words
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131 1941-04-17 22 Reuter. Valetta, Apr. U SINCE the war with Italy Malta’s fighters and anh-aiicra have definitely destroy; enemy aircraft, besides 44 probably troyed and 58 damaged, it is oim stared. British fighters lost durm., same period vere 29, but ten P» ol!> Tv.o messerschmitts wereReuter. - 131 words
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Article1272 1941-04-17 23 Heaviest Air Activity: Berlin In Flames 15 v Our Own Correspondent London, Apr. 11. WITH Bank Holidays abolished for the duration of the u ar ;dl London is “going to it this Good Friday. Every office is open and the shops and restaurants are very1,272 words
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274 1941-04-17 23 Washington, Apr. 11. PRESIDENT Roosevelt has re-opened the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden to American ships. United States shipping circles believe that the 69 Italian, German and Danish ships seized in American ports will be used to rush supplies to Egypt via274 words
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Article370 1941-04-17 23 -Reuter. German Plans For Yugoslavia London, Apr. 11. QERMAN political aims in Yugoslavia are beginning to reveal themselves, writes Reuter’s diplomatic correspondent. Hungarians, Rumanians and Bulgarians arc to be encouraged to carve off those paKs to which they have revisionist ambitions. The Croats are to be-Reuter. - 370 words
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133 1941-04-17 23 Reuter. London, Apr. 12. Sir Henry Maitland Wilson is in command of the British and Imperial expeditionary force in Greece, under the direction of Gen. I’apagos, the Commanderin'/ hief of the? Greek army, it was officially stated in London yesterday. Sir Henry became GeneralReuter. - 133 words
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53 1941-04-17 23 “Shaving St icks” Are Really Bombs Reuter. A Athens, Apr. u WARNING to all Bri ish soldiers in Greece against shaving st'ek bombs has been issued by the British G H.Q. in Greece, states the Athens ladio Small bombs resembling shaving stick- which explode on being nicked up may beReuter. - 53 words
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634 1941-04-17 24 .—Reuter. AXIS BID TO STORM TOBRUK SMASHED BY THE R.A.F. London, Apr. 14. 17 REED from their victorious East African campaign, British and Imperial forces are arriving daily in ever-increasing numbers m Libya and Egypt to meet the new German-Itahan threat which has made.—Reuter. - 634 words
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Article55 1941-04-17 24 -Reuter. Stockholm, Apr. 14. A BRITISH torpedo-boat raided a small port in northern Norway, according to the Gothenburg correspondent of the Aftonhladet, quoting an Oslo report. The British vessel, he says, entered the port and sent ashore a landing party, including Norwegian guides, and-Reuter. - 55 words
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Article107 1941-04-17 24 Reuter. Germans Dismayed By Defenders’ Bayonets Athens, Apr. 14. fJHE military situation in Greece was described by the Athens radio last night as “very satisfactory.” On the Albanian front where we hold the Italians terror-stricken in their positions, there has been no action of any importance. MoraleReuter. - 107 words
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58 1941-04-17 24 —Reuter. Valetta, Apr. 14. EASTER Sunday was ushered in with Malta’s 500th air raid alert. Following a night during which enemy aircraft approached the coast and dropped bombs, another enemy formation a ttacked early Sunday morning. British fighters and antiaircraft guns went into—Reuter. - 58 words
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298 1941-04-17 24 —Reuter. Moscow, Apr. 13. THE Soviet Government disapproves of Hungary’s “war on Yugoslavia four months after the signing of the treaty of eternal friendship with that country.” M. Vyshinsky, Soviet deputy Foreign Minister, informed the Hungarian Minister in Moscow of this disapproval yesterday,—Reuter. - 298 words
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309 1941-04-17 24 -Reuter. Pledge Neutrality In Event Of Either Entering War London, Apr. l;], A “PACT of neutrality” between Soviet Russia and Japan was signed at the Kremlin in Moscow this morning. Under Article I of the pact the two parties agree to maintain peaceful and-Reuter. - 309 words
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Article134 1941-04-17 24 -Reuter. Athens, Apr. 14. fPHE captain of the Greek hos- pital ship Attiki, sunk by German bombers on Saturday morning, was shot dead when the planes came down to a level of 100 feet and machine-gunned the lifeboats. This is revealed in survivors’ accounts. When-Reuter. - 134 words
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59 1941-04-17 24 Axis French Ships Held By Japan Reuter. Shanghai, Apr. r.'C) Axis coastal ships the Beatrice ind the German 1 1 mina. are reported to have been leased yesterday by the Japanese authorities after being detained days ofT the Chekiang coast. However, five German .jj vessels are stated to be stillReuter. - 59 words
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587 1941-04-17 25 H ute’r.' POWERFUL LINE EXTENDS FROM ADRIATIC TO AEGEAN London, Apr. 15. qKITISH and Greek air squadrons are mercilessly bombing D an d machine-gunning the Germans in the Monastir Gap area, on the Yugoslav-Greek border, where the enemy apnears to be concentrating troops and supplies,H(,ute’r.' - 587 words
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Article56 1941-04-17 25 -Reuter. Sydney, Apr. 15. “'THE Empire is about to pass through the greatest test since the collapse of France,” declared the Australian Army Minister, Mr. Percy C. Spender, appealing for recruits yesterday. “Hitler is staking all on the next six months. When we have ridden out-Reuter. - 56 words
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Article166 1941-04-17 25 —Reuter. Nazi Attack Is Hurled Back London, Apr. 15. THE British forces holding Tobruk—passed by in the Nazi coastal drive to the Egyptian frontier—have repulsed a heavy German tank and infantry attack. Twenty enemy tanks crossed the outer defences at one point, but an immediate counter-attack by—Reuter. - 166 words
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51 1941-04-17 25 —Reuter. London, Apr. 15. THE German-controlled Zagreb wireless announces the formation of a cabinet of the new “independent” Croat state set up by Germany. The cabinet includes Gen. Kvaternik. commander-in-chief of the armed forces; Budak. Prime Minister; Egret EiTendi Mufti, leader of the Croat Muslims.—Reuter. - 51 words
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136 1941-04-17 25 Italians To Replace Nazis In France _rp a t t a xt 4. i London, Apr. 14. J1AL1AN troops in large numbers are reported to be replacing the German troops in occupied France. An impoi taut contingent has already arrived at Angers, in the west end of France, and it136 words
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250 1941-04-17 25 —Reuter. Matsuoka Said To Have Invited Molotov To Visit Tokio A FORMAL repudiation by the Chinese Government of the n Soviet-Japanese declaration to respect the territorial integrity of Outer Mongolia and Manchukuo is contained in a statement issued in Chungking by the Chinese Foreign Minister, Dr.—Reuter. - 250 words
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Article129 1941-04-17 25 Reuter Mr. Hull's Statement Oil New Agreement Washington, Apr. 14. “THE significance of the pact be- tween the Soviet Union and Japan relating to neutrality, as reported in the Press to-day, could be over-estimated,” declared the Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, in a formal statementReuter - 129 words
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Article49 1941-04-17 25 -Keuter. Moscow, Apr. 14. STALIN himself unexpectedly went to the station to see off Mr. Yosuke Matsuoka, Japanese Foreign Minister, when he left for Tokio last night. It is officially announced that Stalin participated in the negotiations leading to the signature of the pact.—Heufer.-Keuter. - 49 words
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56 1941-04-17 25 -Reuter. Beverly Hills, (Cal.) Apr 15. MR. James Roosevelt, eldest s m ot President Roosevelt, married Mi s Romelle Schneider to-day. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt attended the ceremony. Mr. James Roosevelt’s former marriage was dissolved last year. Mi.ss Schneider, who is 25, nursed him when he-Reuter. - 56 words
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166 1941-04-17 25 London, Apr. 14. ■yHE Times’ diplomatic correspondent says that the text of the agreement is noteworthy above all for its cautious wording. The German and Japanese hopes for a free hand for Japan have certainly not been lulfilled, nor does th166 words
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Article565 1941-04-17 26 r[E following are the results in brie! of races run at Bukit Timah on Apr 9, Apr. 12 and Apr. 14, the second, third and fourth cays of the Singapore Turf Club’s Summer Governor’s Cup! meeting: Second Day, Apr. 9 RACE 1. (jlitter $44 and $9.565 words
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964 1941-04-17 26 Bowley Again Highest Scorer, Muthucumaru 32 Not Out (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 14. CINGAPORE beat Selangor by four wickets in their cricket fixture to-day, thus avenging the defeat thcv suffered last year. The result might mislead many into thinking that Singapore had964 words
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61 1941-04-17 26 (Straits rimes SrMTial Cabl 1 Sydney. Apr. 14. THE Doncaster Handicap over ono ir»'l«\ »*un on Saturday, was won by Mildura, carrying 9.3. Kimveil, w‘th 86, was second and Evergreen, 7.9, was third The time, 1 min. 35M sec., is a course record. The St.61 words
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Article185 1941-04-17 26 •pUE following are the resulk 4 *ie finals in the Malayan hJ mlnton championships pi U ve<i t the Victoria Memorial llall Murin' the Easter holidays: ,n Men’s Singles: Wong Peng h S. A. Dural, 15—3, 15—3 Men’s Doubles: Chee Choon Ken* Chee Choon Wah (Penang) beat185 words
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Article93 1941-04-17 26 Indo-Ceylonese Tennis Results (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 14. N CALEB, holder of the men’s open singles championship, retained his title in the Indo-Ceylon-ese tennis tournament when lie beat P. Suppiah 7—5, 6—2 In the final this morning. The men’s handicap singles final93 words
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123 1941-04-17 26 <From Our Own Correspondent* Ipoh, Apr. 14 LOPE Abdul Aziz retained the mens singles title for the third year in succession when the finals of the Perak Malays’ lawn tennis championships were played at Kuala Kangsar to-day. He beat M. Ali Piah 6-3. 6-123 words
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120 1941-04-17 26 Home Racing Reuter. Nottingham. Apr. 14 THE first real test foi turf class es candidates furnished a surpn-* when Keystone, formerly kn An „inn Rossetta Filly, lidden by Gordon Richards, started an oddsfavourite and only finished third in field of six in the Southern ToreReuter. - 120 words
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42 1941-04-17 26 (From Our Own Correspondm Kuala Lumpur. Anr WH. ELKINS beat E. N Dj v and five f o win the Goli championship yesterda\ was leading Davev tour un at th> of the first 18 holes on Sunday42 words
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854 1941-04-17 1 [$50,000 To Reserve $10,000 To The War Fund ■JROPOSING the adoption of the reWl port and accounts at the annual ■general meeting of Tapah Rubber ■Estates L d. in Singapore on Apr. 9. Kir W H Maegregor, the chairman, ■said:— I The average854 words
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Article106 1941-04-17 1 Singapore. Apr. 16. Bu.ver> Gambler 7.50 Hamburg Cube *12.50 Java Cube *l2 00 opra Mixea $2.25 Sun Dried *2.50 ■'nrurr White Muntok $14.50 White $14.00 Black *7.25 no> f'lirtif Nc i Lingga $5.90 Fair $5.65 $5.65 Sarawak $5.25 i fi nrnre Small Flake *7.50 Fair Flake $7.00106 words
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64 1941-04-17 1 rE directors of Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. have recommended a Anal dividend of five per cent, on the ordinary stock for the year 1940 This makes eight per cent, for the year, the same rate as paid for 1939 The dividend, if approved by64 words
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Article250 1941-04-17 1 Full Details From London (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Mar. 10. AS your correspondent cabled to you to-day, Sungei Besi Mines. Ltd., a well-known member of the Tronoh Group, is to acquire from Mar. 31 the assets and undertaking of Pelepah Tin Dredging. Ltd., which is to250 words
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102 1941-04-17 1 COLONY rubber stocks at the end of March were 8,374 tons below those on Feb 28. On Mar 31 stocks were 44,704 tons, compared with 53,078 tons at the end of February Of these stocks, 27,238 tons were in the hands of dealers and102 words
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111 1941-04-17 1 HARRISONS CROSFIELD Interim Dividends Unchanged (From Our Own Correspondent) London. Mar. 7, MUCH statisfaction has been given in the City by the announcement that Harrisons and Crosfield, Ltd, parent company of Harrisons, Barker and Co. Ltd., will pay its usual interim dividends this year There will be a 5 per111 words
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35 1941-04-17 1 n tp Spot Apr Apr June July-Sept Oct.-Dec London Anr 10 39 39 38'* 36'* 35»* 14 3/16 P {a 39% 39 39 37 35 jg 40 40'* 39’% 37** 36's35 words
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Article371 1941-04-17 1 uondon, Apr. 15. THE situation in the Mediterranean was 1 responsible for the generally cautious tendency prevailing on the Stock Exchange today. Prices were widely narked down but there was no selling pressure. Oil shares and European bonds were especially easy but industrials kept relatively steady and371 words
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Article97 1941-04-17 1 The following rubber crops were harvested In March: Tb. Broome 212,300 DufT Development 330,679 Alor Pongsu 99,519 Bedong Rubber 56,157 Temorloh Rubber 35.367 Ayer Kuning Rubber Co. 83.000 Badek Rubber Estate 18 300 Bradwall Rubber Estate 46,500 Chersonese Estates 6H.000 Dennis town Rubber Estates ,39.000 Highlands and97 words
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460 1941-04-17 2 ALEXANDRA BRICKWORKS TO PAY 2 PER CENT. Profit Halved At $65,669: Up-Country Works Closed A FTER nine years in which no distribution on the ordinary shares was made, shareholders in Alexandra Brickworks Ltd. are to receive a dividend of 2 4 per cent, for 1940. The last time a dividend460 words
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Article167 1941-04-17 2 THE Singapore Chamber of Commerce 1 Rubber Association held tts 1,533rd. auction on Apr. 9 when there was catalogued 2,539,380 lb., 1,133.65 tons; offered 2,337.910 lb., 1,043.71 tons; sold 2,036,764 lb., 909.27 tons. SPOT Iiondon l4%d. New York 21% cts. PRICES REALIZED Ribbed Smoked Sheet Cents Per167 words
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Article109 1941-04-17 2 jy|ALAYA failed to export her tin quota in March by 821 tons, according to statistics issued by the Registrar-General of Statistics. These show that the domestic production, as represented by exports from the F.M.S., U.M.S. and Malacca in March of tin and tin-in-ore at 75.5 per109 words
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Article110 1941-04-17 2 Companies In Osborne Chappel Group THE following outputs of tin-ore for companies in the Osborne and Chappel group are reported for the first quarter of 1941: Piculs. Gopcng Consolidated 4,400 Tekka Ltd. 1,130 Rambutan Ltd. 539 Kinta Tin Mines 1,948 Idris Hydraulic Tin 848 Chenderiang Tin 1.107110 words
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Article82 1941-04-17 2 HTHE following outputs of tin-ore are re--1 ported for March:— Hours Yardage Piculs ore Hitam Tin 105 Katu Ttn 549 118.000 455 Renong Con. 143 53,500 219 Ratrut Basin 525 66,700 299 Briseis Consol. 590 50.000 51 tons The dredge of Renong Consolidated was closed for repairs82 words
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Article393 1941-04-17 2 Reports On Past Week’s Market IN a weekly report on the rubber market. Issued on Apr. 10. Lewis and Peat < Singapore) Ltd. write In looking back over the past week we find that conditions are completely unchanged. Business has passed each day in Singapore at almost393 words
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45 1941-04-17 2 —Reuter. London, April 12. THERE was moderate attendance in the Stock Exchange on Friday. Little business was done and movements wore negligible, except that Indian .'sues were harder. Later the Exchange >vas featureless, with Greek and Japanese bonds easy .—Reuter.—Reuter. - 45 words
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339 1941-04-17 2 Dividend Of 20 Per Cent* $4,000 For War Funds DUKIT KEPONG RUBBER ESTATES LTD. douhto 13 1939 profit last year. The report was issued last u *i and shows that the net profit for 1940 was $64,860 oomJ j with $32,134 in 1939. mpar339 words
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Article124 1941-04-17 2 IN a weekly report on the rubber market issued at noon on Thursday, Guthrie and Co. Ltd. write:— The local market has been quiet but steady. London has been quiet, with sellers reserved. It is reported that the Ministrv of Supply is prepared to release124 words
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85 1941-04-17 2 —Reuter. Sydney, Apr. 12. THE Governments of Australia. M 1 Zealand, Fiji and the Western Pacific High Commission are estaonsi ing a copra marketing board to as™ British and Free French copra P r ducers in the Pacific. Australian a* New Zealand requirements aim substantial—Reuter. - 85 words
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56 1941-04-17 2 twiio, o Mvvtv.. —Straits Tirru's < (Prom Our own Correspondent i London. Apt W H. GARTSEN, a London firm < dealers, estimates tin deliveries U.S.A. In March at the record tu 16.092 tons and world stocks at s of March at 40,407 tons,twiio, o Mvvtv.. . —Straits Tirru's < - 56 words
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1085 1941-04-17 3 Singapore, April 16, 10 a.m. MINING Buyers Sellers ue V j Tin */3 3/7% l u Amal. ®/3 8/3 vt .ntam 17/4% 18/1% n Tin l»/« 14/1 S' -clangor 1.3 S 1.40cil *t. -niiai f i Malay U/3 rh, i.nang W- 13/- c Chin 0.131,085 words
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Article28 1941-04-17 3 IN the first quarter of this year Ayer Hltam Tin Dredging Ltd. produced 357 tons' of tin-ore and the estimated mine profit was £51,000.28 words
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Article30 1941-04-17 3 ■h. »T»HE Official price oi tin in Singapore on Apr 10 was $134.50 per picul of 133 l/3rd lb., on Apr. 15 $134.75. on Apr. IS $135.50.30 words
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Article1030 1941-04-17 3 Replanting Work To Be Continued PROPOSING the adoption of the Report and Accounts at the Annual General Meeting of Ayer Panas Rubber Estate Ltd. in Singapore on Thursday, Mr. F. M. Edmonds, the Chairman, said:— The profit for the year amounted to $167,677.86 which, together with the1,030 words
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118 1941-04-17 3 —Reuter. W__, M Bangkok, Apr. 16. ITH reference to the new control of rlc export!, Inquiries at the Ministry of Economic Affairs elicited the reply that the total quantity of rice and rice products exportable to Malaya during the current season “may he somewhat—Reuter. - 118 words
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Article79 1941-04-17 3 -Reuter. London, Apr. 15. THE war risk rates between India and Haifa have been raised to 7y 2 per cent, against 5 per cent.; East of the Mediterranean local voyages to 5 per cent against 3 per cent., except for Greece which is 10 per cent,-Reuter. - 79 words
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Article120 1941-04-17 3 Issued by the Malayan Sharebrokers’ Association. Singapore, Apr. 15. Books i t0 nivirtsrui Close Date Cx Dir financial real rot 0lr1ae Pm Table r»«e tc 1mt* g? 42 S 5% Apr.j2 gr:» T in .L," Aor 21 Apr. 28 Apr. 22 7Ms Mambau "V/r int Apr.120 words
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