The Straits Times, 2 November 1939

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1 8 The Straits Times
  • 36 1 The Straits Times [ESTABUSHED NEARLY A CENTURXJ MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES 24 TAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2. 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS The Straits Times. 24 PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1939. PRJCi^ 5 tENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 209 1 Try MIEN CHONG TAILORING We only ask for a trial order. <j m Coleman St. Singapore. -Phone 4816- FAIRBANKS STOCKED IN A _.,.KT'":l_^T^ wide range $£gjO}y^0 WEIGHING LOADS FROM #^k W^T 250 200 LBS Y ~StfC —-y LOW PRICES V^ SPARE PARTS B U^^ ALWAYS AVAILABLE I $Qrr*%. K .sebv^c
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    • 175 1 LOOK BEAUTIFUL! LOOK YOUNG! A N x STAY BEAUTIFUL! STAY YOUNG! /M V^> THANKS TO X. "HEMOFOL" M^h» PARIS V^K A NEW FORM OF TREATMENT FOR REJUVEN- V ATING THE SKIN. X A. GIVES A NEW LIFE TO YOUR COMPLEXION X i^B* EVERY NIGHT. MS X PUFFINESS UNDERTHE EYES AND
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    • 130 1 fut PERFECI WiYLES in DRESSMAKING REAOYMAOES MADAME PASTS SALONS t3. Battery RuaJ. Singapore. HOTEL MAJESTIC Kuala Lumpur. H^^^^ P^^^^ Ww dH SCvft^^ 9^^*^ L^^^^^^^/ MWw nothing to throw away —a meal In a minute L-^^^^^^^ cecause they are ready for economical ff^nS^S 0 ft tM ii 0/MtlllJ LIVER SAUSAGE %-no
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
    • 107 2 y.R. TAN JIM SECK wishes to express hto sincere thanks to all relatives and friands who attended the funeral of the late Mrs. Tan Jim Seek nee Lim Poh Neo as well as those who paid night visits and sent wreaths and letters of condolence. MR. LEE SIEW JIN
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 634 2 SITUATIONS VACANT W'.imi applying for anr position advertised in these folsnnns spnd copirs of testimonials. Da n.>t srnd originals. wanti I), bp. European Nannie for Koala Lumpur, one child, 3 1 Apply with copy o' ti tlmonials to Nannie P.O. 3ox 138, K. L. < l IKK, CTilnnil required Must
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    • 808 2 WANTED WANTED large quantity 26 lbs. and 35 lbs. Rails complete with fastenings. Send particulars and price to Eox No. 554, S. T. WANTED by European couple, small bungalow, furn. or unfur.i. mod. San good district. Ring 5301. Extension 315 Mornings or evenings. WANTED JAN. 1 by Burop?an family furnished
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    • 910 2 LOST LOST en Monday. Oct. 30, near 10th mile Changi Road a male red-brown six mont^v pup; well grown. .s bout xrish terrier size, long tail, collar but no name on it. -answers to "Ginger". Will findsr ":indly communi<ate with A. W. Walltch. 4P6-18 East Coait Rowi. Tel. No. 5577.
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    • 660 2 'AUCTION NOTICES ATTRACTIVE AUCTION SALE O* well-mßdp Htesl-.style Oak Staintd and Green Ducood Teal: Dining, Sittln? and Bedrooms' Furniture of every description O.E.C. Rodio, Centre carpet Electric cell ing and table fan?-. Etc. To bs held at No 478, East Coast R-jad (6th. Milestone) on Sunday Not. 5, 1939. at
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    • 567 2 BUSINESS CARDS ETC. MASTER BOOKBINDERS E. M. Knopf, Prop. Call on us fot better and cheaper work. 78, Bras Basah Road. Phone 7898. LADIES DRESSES For smart frocks for all occasions comr to Mrs. S Purvey. Prices very reasonable. 9 En Court. 2nd. Floor. Hill Street. MOTOR VEHICLES^ IS lI.P.
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    • 131 2 USED CAR BARGAfMS Ring for Demonstration No Obligation. Phone 5088. 4^ T -jL •SBBBBBBBs1lEBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB(9*JsBBlBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBHBB«i"^ 4 ii AUSTIH 12/4 SALOOK. A very roomy and conilortabic oar. It has a four-cylinder engine and is very economical to rv.n. In first-class £?ncral condition. PRICE $875.1937 AUSTIN 10/4 SALOON ***** 1935 AUSTIN 12/6 SALOON
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 404 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA ABO APCAR LINE. i Incorporate© in England) PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N Co MAII PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES The P O. S. N. Company will have 3 cargo steamers loading for the United Kingdom during Novcmbsr. All ve els ma v rail at jnrU on or off
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    • 469 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS (Incorporated in Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR TOJL.ONDON Penan», Colombo, Aden, Suet, Port Said Naples, Marseilles, Gibraltar, London. Antwerp and Rotterdam Sail S'pore Penang HARUNA MARU Nov. 21 22 HAKONE MARU Jan. 1 2 KASIMA MARU Jan. 14 16 TO LIVERPOOL Mi Cape, Antwerp, Rotterdam
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    • 672 3 >■■ 1 tar J-jj I I I I I I L> L_^^=3fe* c S:::: LUXURIOUS ONE-CLASS MOTORSHIPS Cabins with Private Bath— Excellent Cuisine PASSENGER «c FREIGHT SERVICES HOMEWARDS: to Aden, Port Said. Palestine, Marseilles, London, Rotterdam, Copenhagen and Scandinavia. OUTWARDS: to Bangkok, Saigon, Manila, Hongkong, Shanghai and Japan. For particulars
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    • 425 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. OCCAM BUILDING. COLL VSR QUAY. SINGAPORE Tel. SI 51 CHARTERED BANK BUILDING. PENANG Tel. 1166 BLUE FUNNEL LINE. Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom and United States of America. Dates are not guaranteed, all cargo bookings subject to Conference War Clauses. WESTERN AUSTRALIA THE SHORTEST SEA ROUTE AT
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  • 1254 4 Fraser And Co's List WEDNESDAY, NOV. 1, 1839: 5 P.M. MINING Buyers Seller* Aznpat Tin (4s) 5s 5s Sd Austral Amal. (ss) 6s 9d 7s 3d Auscrai Malay <£) 37s 39a Ayer Hitam (ss) 24s Od 26s Ayer Weng ($1) .85 95 Bangrin Tin 22s
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  • 180 4 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Boois Company Dividend Close TIN Hitam Tin 5% int. Nov. 3 Kuala Lumpur Tin lc. Kuchai 15% final Nov. 15 do s</r int. Nov. 15 lingul 5% final Nov. 20 Pahang ConsoL 10% Oct. 3 Rahman Hyd 2%%/int. Nov. 6 Rawang Cone 9d. No.
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  • Letters To The Editor
    • 433 4 A Raffle In The Old Raub Club To the Lditor of the S. raits Times Sir, In a letter from Mr. Fred Lyall on the subject rl swimmins records, published in the Straits Times of Oct. 27, I was Interested to see the name cf Stockwell mentioned, and I
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    • 124 4 25 Cents For A Small Lemon Squash To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— On Sunday I had occasion to call at an establishment just outcide Singapore, where refreshments are offered fcr sale. I ordere: 1 "soft" drinks. Imagine my surprise vben I was handed the bill
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    • 91 4 No Allowance Of Any Kind Given To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— ln a letter published in the Straits Times on Oct. 27 the writer made the following statement:—" I understand that the auxiliary fire fighters are given an allowance daily for their expenses." I shall
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    • 75 4 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— lt seems that of the Indian population in Malaya at least 08 per cent, are very interested in their own music. Also, 55 per cent, of them have radio sets and many are paying $12 a year for the licence
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    • 582 4 How Singaporeans Cross The Road To the Editor or the Straits Times Sir,— Again I crave portion of your columns this timj to rep'.y to the letter of "Autoped" contained In your iesu: of Oct. 30. Mr.y I commence by psinting out that the context of my previous
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    • 137 4 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— As a regular subscriber to the Straits Times xor the past 20 years, I can, with all honesty and sincerity, endorse the statement in tbe leading article of yesterday's date that "Thousands of people who could not afford to pay ten
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    • 71 4 To the Editor of the Straits limes Sir,— Employees of the Indian firms learnt with great satisfaction that the Indian Chamber of Commerce nad decided to close shops on Sundays. I believe, however, that many firm* have failed to comply with the decision of the Chamber. May I
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 211 4 ICO CAMELS HAIR WAKP GIVES ,»>■* jA MAXIMUM ELASTICITY TO TACKLE «V^ffl SHOCK LOADS AND DIFFICULT %.'5ll& J&k DR'VES. \V^ ■QmnM $r Sole Agents in Malaya; McALISTER GO., LTD. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements.) SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR, IPOH AND PENANG. .W.P.6. -CALOREX- HEAT ABSORBENT GLASS "Calorex" Transmits: 20fo of the Suns
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 168 4 TIDE TABLES SINGAPORE H. W. 1.30 a.m., 8.4 ft.; 1 p.m. 9.3 ft. L. W. 6.59 a.m.. 3.9 ft.; 7.44 p.m. 1 ft. To-morrow H. W. 2.20 a.m. 8 ft.; 1.45 p.m. 8.9 ft. u. W. 7.43 a.m. 4.3 ft.; 8.34 p.m. 1.5 It. Saturday, Not. 4 H. W. 3.17
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    • 165 4 L. W. 2.46 a.m. 2.9 ft.: 3.15 p.m. M ft. Friday Nov. 10 H. W. 9.32 a4.m. 9-1 ft.; 10.22 p.m. 9.3 ft. L. W. 3.37 a.m. 2.9 ft.: 4.02 pjn. 1.3 ft. Saturday Nov. n H. W. 10.10 a.m. 9.5 ft.; 11.08 p.m. 9.4 L. W. 4.20 a.m. 3
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
    • 569 5 AROUND THE MARKETS Tin Shares Firmer: Rubbers Disappoint From Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, Nov 2 'THE leature oi this morning's market is the announcement of a further increase in the exportable tin quota for tlie current quarter and an assurance by the International Tin Committee that the allowance for the
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    • 37 5 FOREIGN shipments of rubber from Malayan ports in October totalled 70,839 tons, compared with 45,094 tons in September. This is much higher than was anticipated, the highest estimate being around 60,000 tons.
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    • 178 5 Only 460 Tons Sold Yesterday THE Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1,458th auction yesterday when of 1,369,553 lb. (611.40 tens) catalogued, 1,310,769 lb. (585.16 tons) was offered and 1,030,074 lb. (459.85 tons) was sold. London spot prjee 11 3/16d. a pound. New York spot
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    • 121 5 Singapore. Not. Z, noon. Buyers Sellers Gambier 7- 50 Hamburg Cube $14.00 Java Cube J12.00 Pepper White Muntok «3.75 White *13-25 Black 8.50 Copra Mixed M.15 Sun Dried $350 Sago Flour No. 1 Lingga J5.10 Fair *5.25 Sarawak «73 $5.75 Jelotong Palembang JU.OO Banja Sll.OO Sarawak $11.50
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    • 381 5 London, Nov. 1. rfE speech of the Soviet Premier, M. Molotov, caused no surprise In marbn circles. Consequently, prices on the Stocl: Exchange opened steady and trading was quiet. Subsequently, however, bus. ness became brisk among Kaffirs and foreign bonds Chinese and Japanese bonds being particularly good.
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    • 156 5 'From Our Own Correspondent) London. Nov. 1. THE annual report for the year ending July 31 last of the directors of Perak River Hydro-Electric Power Co.. Ltd.. which was published to-day, shows a net residue of £153.900, compared with £331.900 for the previous
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    • 182 5 The following are me exchange rates this morning according to the dally circular Issued by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation-— SELLING London T.I J/4 1-16 London demand 2/4 1/15 Rate for freight 2 4Vfr Lyons demand 2060 Switzerland demand 207 Hamburg demand New York demand 46 13/16
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    • 95 5 Thursday, Nov. 2, noon. Bayers Sellers Prices Prices No. IX H.S.S. (Spot loose) 38 08 M No. IX B.S.S. 1.0. b. in cases November 38 U 38f< G.F.A.Q. B.S.S. f.o.U. In bales November S7U 37Vi F.A.Q. R.S.S. tab. In bales November 36\ 37 FUTUBE QUOTATIONS
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 90 5 The Worlds Most Sxclusive Light Car! SIMAM-BLBOT I W- .ami m^m^mW W£e^ X^^^r '^i^^l NIGN PERFORMANCE roomy, too with spacious comfort LUXURIOUS COMFORT for fo n Built "*V q y a "f, attention to detail which will WONDERFUL ECONOMY Mtitly the most experlenced A macUrly new car high in motorist.
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    • 464 5 enflN'T BANK OF CHINA "UH (incorporated in China oy special ctiartfi i 12. Cecil Street. Singapore. m*umT*\g Telepbone: Manager's Office »*im k Y Sub-Manager s Office 6442 I Ilk I Exchange ocpt it 4 1 General Offlce SI 88 <j Cable Address: "CHUNU&UO." Rl if Pald U P Capital Ch
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 552 6 T-wri PF*V M mMSM lts a battle for i he charm champs j Headed 'Oomph' F|HH cd dynamite.... 4t 41 ik J| chin nf thp srrpen nip oi me sumi Hl^Bih ]\j 8? I .^^^mm^^^m^^a^TM _^^a|^tf H v^t^flß B 5» _--^bbl arv BP^flfl^^H Hi I^H^flVflt I vflk ft l^^*4 yA
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    • 309 6 3 shows to-day 3.15,6.15 9.15 britisi^ c^u anj PAVSLIONJ m^ tfW^™^™ M^r J )<__^^^P fP oMm^^kj^J^jUlJr DB nIS I ■TB~^B~MP'^-B[lßri^fc~:^^^ *-^18-^^V I I I I 1 —^D aw B~ IflaYfll ■■—l^l —I^—^flV R"iH"^flßß ■W^-MMMmJMW^z fll B^ i j£i£^ n B J^»^_^_»™ .^^v...^.^--.^™ A GAINSBOROUGH PICTURE distributed by m.g.m. k) AwAWj
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    • 436 6 3 WEEKS at the Ka iio City Music Hall! ThCTe^a Reason.. and you'll know i~when you see this grand !f\ A ¥ifffglJVr T O DAY o.xo u.xa. ».ir> S&tisf $jLAl±^J^M±^^l^tM Tin $c/i«ns Dig mt comedy'Singei M Wm\lVt\im*\l*tlTwß as Jhop 'lrl tost" a)Ottier I David is tho Doss son JB unwu
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  • 591 7 Question On German Submarines And The Coast Of Eire MAKING a statement to the House of Commons last night about the activities of German warships in the Atlantic, Mr. Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, said that two German warships of the Deutschland
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  • 366 7 Graphic Story Told By Wireless Operator A GRAPHIC account of the capture of the American steamer City of Flint by the German warship Deutschland was heard by early morning Malayan listeners to the 8.8.C. news t broadcast to-day when James McConechy, wireless operator of the vessel,
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  • 76 7 Paris, Oct. 31. GERMAN workers in war factories are beta!.: watched by special section of the Gestapo (secret police) who are seeking the reason for a considerable falling oft in the output in recent weeks, according to the Paris Solr. The journal adds that German
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  • 74 7 Shanghai, Nov. 1. ANOTHER case of Japanese Interference with shipping occurred yesterday in the Yangtze estuary. Japanese soldiers in a Japanese steamer flying the Japanese flag opened flre with a machine-gun at two junks loading rice on a German -registered coastal ship. Whether there were any
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  • 54 7 Shanghai. Oct. 31. RAYMOND Hermann, an American who was formerly a missionary, was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment for stealing a pistol and attacking a Chinese chauffeur. Hermann alarmed the western suburb of the city yesterday morning when he let loose some shots there. Reuter.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 176 7 TO-NIGHT Orchestral Conce rt 8.15 to 9.15. DINNER DANCE (formal) 9.45 to midnight NEW CABARET ATTRACTION SUCCESS DUO PASSIANO TAP. MODERN CHARACTER DANCERS Dinner $3.00 Non -diners $1.00 RAFFLES ORCHESTRA directed by DAN HOPKINS ADELPHI HOTEL TO-NIGHT SPECIAL DINNER DANCE DINNER $3. NO AFTER DINNER ADMISSION CHARGE SEA VIEW HOTEL:
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    • 147 7 IOX OFFICE f*l TO-DAY PHONE Mm/Yt 315 3400 MALAYA'S CINEMA DE LUXE P.ID-51.1D EVERY SEAT A TIP-UP ABM CIIAIR. W^H^f "THE HOUND of the I Mr^M 1 BASKtRVILLES" V fe2 I a st ry at h lds y u I SPELL BOUND 0 jfo SHORTS "SINGAPORE" x NEWS FRENCH tr
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  • Letters To The Editor
    • 219 8 "Outstanding Ability And Farsightedness" To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— l hope that when the history of "Wartime Malaya" comes to be written, the historians will not fai 1 to pay adequate tribute to the outstanding ability and farsightedness of His Excellency the Governor, Sir
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    • 297 8 Serving Of Foreclosure Notices To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— lt is not quite clear what your correspondent "Worshippers" means when he talks of "people, firms, etc., who, within twelve hours from the time of the war declaration, rsrved landlords with notices calling for their dues
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    • 180 8 Special Police Wanted At Rush Hours To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir. There has been much controversy regarding the system of advanced booking of 25 cents, 50 cents and $1 tickets at local cinemas. Your correspondents forget that the cost of transport is doubled in order
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    • 742 8 "Not Fighting For Shade Of A Shirt Alone" To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— May I give vent to the thoughts conveyed to me by the news from Europe, thoughts which I believe to be shared by a large majority of my compatriots? Mr. Chamberlain blames
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    • 60 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Having read the complaints of two correspondents with regard to the inconvenience caused by the narrow space between rows at a local cinema. I feel about it very disgustful too.— Yours, etc., CINEMA PATRON. Singapore, Oct. 30. MORE LETTERS
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  • 802 8 Remarkable Progress In Past Decade BY DR. WANG CHUNG-HUI OINCE the establishment of the National Government in China there has been a steady growth of Slno-Brltish relations whether commercial, economic or cultural. China'* achievement of political unity and her gigantic strides in modernization vastly widened the prospect of
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 227 8 Here's a Device to Save Lens Strains and Breakage. THIS SCKEWLESS CONSTRUCTION io :nny obtained from Man Sin Optical House Manufacturing Ophthalmic Opticians MiONE 6363. 325. NfcrtU Kr^fto Road. Singapore. Branch 113, High St., K. Lumpur. CHARLES LETTS S DIASIES 1940. rrom Charles Letts*. In Leather and doth fovrrv. Different
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    • 36 8 "CECILE" MORNING, AFTERNOON, COCKTAIL AND EVENING DRESSES, HOUSE COATS, HATS, <itc. MOST REASONABLE PRICES will arrive on Nov. 3rd at MALACCA REST HOUSE RAILWAY GODOWN Storage Accommodation Available At Depots Suitably Placed for Rail Head Distribution.
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  • 507 9 Guns Planes Support Many Local Attacks ARTILLERY ON SIEGFRIED LINE NOW IN ACTION Allied Aircraft Ready To Bomb Nazi Aerodromes ALTHOUGH it is stated thai the Germans have brought the heavy guns of the Siegfried Line into action for the first time, it is reported
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  • 74 9 London, Nov. 1. MILITARY circles here emphasizs the .significant absence in M. Molotov's address to the Soviet Supreme Council of any promises of military assistance to Germany. M. Molotov's reiteration that Russia Is neutral toward the Allies, but is claiming a free hand in her
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  • 80 9 Kaunas (Litlv.aii'a* Nov. 1. FORTY Soviet tanks from Vileika entered Vilna last night. -7 he reason for thejr arrival is unl:nown. I ithui.nian troops appeared in the strecs ■utter in the day. following a anti-Jewish demonstration in which 00 Jews were badly Injuml. Attarks on the
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  • 42 9 Moscow, Nov. 1. A BILL providing for the Incorporation of the We- tern Ukraine i Soviet-occupied tcriiiory in Poland) in the Soviet Union wa; unanimously pased to-day by both chamber* ti the b"o\ln Supreme Council. Reuter.
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  • 269 9 Protection Of Allied Ships 2,500 Vessels Already Convoyed London, Nov. 1. •THE extent of the development of the British convoy system is illustrated by the fact that nearly 2,500 Allied merchant vessels have already been convoyed, writes Reuter's chief diplomatic correspondent. The efficacy of the system is proved by the
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  • 264 9 'Directed Against No One/ Avers President Ankara, Nov. 2. PRESIDENT Ismet Inonu, opening the Turkish National Assembly Mast night, declared that the Anglo- French-Turkish mutual assistance pact is directed against no party. Its purpose was to assure Turkey's security, at the same time serving the cause
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  • 57 9 A NNOUNCING the solemn commemoration J\ of Germans murdered by the Hitler terror, the antl-Nari German Freedom station announcer declared last night: ''We take this solemn oath to the fighters for freedom in all parts of Germany who have been slaughtered by Hitler: 'We shall not
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  • 65 9 IT was announced in London yesterday that the Liverpool steamer Bronte (5,317 tons) was sunk in the Atlantic by a German U-boat a few days ago. AH the crew and the only passenger were rescued and have been landed at a British port. The Bronte remained .-.float
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  • 377 9 Suggestions Of A Noted Economist FUTURE OF THE COLONIES London, Nov. 1. QUGGESTIONS for a statement of Allied war aims and a plan for peace are advanced in a two-page article in the News Chronicle by Sir Walter Layton, the famous economist and chairman of the
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  • 82 9 Empire Talks Open In London London, Nov. 1. REUTER understands that the first serious meetings between the British and Dominion Government representatives took place to-day. The Dominions delegates were entertained to luncheon by the British Government, after which they went to No. 10, Downing Street, where the Premier, Mr. Chamberlain,
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  • 76 9 TT is announced in London that certain Ger- man airmen who were shot down into the North Sea during an attack on a British convoy on Oct. 21 were rescued in consequence of excellent work of three British trawlers. A member of the crew
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  • 264 9 U.S. Anger At Red Criticism Recall Of Envoy Urged By Representative Washington, Nov. 1. THERE was heated discussion in the House of Representatives to-day following a demand by Mr. J. W. McCormack, during the debate on the Neutrality Bill, that the U.S. Ambassador in Moscow should be recalled owing to
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  • 175 9 Helsinki, Nov 1. "IT is impossible for Finland to consent to any arrangement which would remove her independence and her chances of self-defence," declared Dr. Erkko, the Finnish Foreign Minister, in a speech to-night. Dr. Erkko added that Finland could not see any
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  • 325 9 Shanghai, Nov. 2. FjESPITE repeated official denials, rumours of peace in the Far East continue to break out anew week after week. A Tokio message quotes the Foreign Office spokesman as categorically denying the slightest truth in the latest story that negotiations are going on
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  • 247 9 London, Nov. 1. 1MR. R. H. CROSS, Minister of Economic Warfare, broadcasting in London to-day, revealed that seizures of goods destined for Germany now comfortably exceeded 500,000 tons, including petrol, iron, aluminium, copper and phosphates. This was only a small
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  • 269 9 Dutch And Swiss Precautions Paris, Nov. 1. /OVERMUCH significance should not be attached to German concentrations uchind the Siegfried Line, according to military opinion here. It is considered natural that the Germans should rest round Ulm and Munich, and this does not necessarily indicate a prelude
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  • 24 9 Stockholm, Nov. i. r TKE Riksdag to-day voted for credit totalling 1 £1,350,000 for the immediate construction of one destroyer acd 18 uunesweepcrs Renter.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 119 9 <ft*wßa iR B EIjIHH R JfS-fr Black White Etchings ""^J^S^^M Hand Coloured Typi M JS&F tt m cai Malayan Cards. _^r*~ m in^^f ps^ z 10 cfs. TO 35 cts -~m?r ■rr" df p^'*¥V»' l En B |ish Greeting Cards m ENGLISH XMAfi \W i___\ ol these cards in artistic
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  • 617 10 Realistic Black-Out Test Fixed For This Month CIVILIANS MUST STAY INDOORS FOR SPECIAL PERIOD CONDITIONS approximating measures during an air attack on the island will be observed in Singapore on the night of Nov. 16, when the first practice curfew will be
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  • 106 10 'From Our Own Correspondent! London. Oct. 19. IT is now understood that no special ship will be chartared as had previously been reported might be the case— for the yepatriation of Mai a van students now in Great Britain. Students whose parents wish them to
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  • 78 10 TWO Thai princes. "Mr. Bira" (Prince Birabongse), the racing motorist, and Prince Chula. and their Englishborn wives, were expected in Singapore to-day, but did not arrive. The party were down on the provisional passenger list of the East Asiatic Line ship Jutlandia, which arrived
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  • 61 10 •THD-MORROW from 4 to 8 p.m. the women of Wesley Church are holdIng their annual sale of work at the church hall. Stalls will offer hand-m ide articles of clothing for babies, children and adults. Oriental goods from all the surrounding countries, previsions of all sorts,
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  • 204 10 siSI.WOKi. It.UHiS HOTEL Orchestral Concert 3.!a to 9.15 p.m. Dinner tz Dane? (Formal' 9.43 to Midnight. GAHUIt R THtATKfc «.KI LANG I-ightiiiK Champ. King of The Wild. Chaps. 1 to 6—7.45 p.m. GRtVI WORLD Cabeiot 9 p.m. to Midnight. Globe: Cloudas Over Europe. Sky: Yellow Jac^:. Atlantic Theatre: Chine
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  • 470 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 1. DEFERENCES to mobilization, the necessity for unit training and a plea for co-operation of all employers should Government decide to embody the F.M.S. Volunteer Force, were made to-day at the Kuala Lumpur Rotary Club meeting
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  • 191 10 Smoothness Am Efficiency COME 50 individuals, whose su 15 names begin with "A," reglsterc themselves yesterday, the first ds of registration of all male Britis subjects of pure European descet in Singapore, at the Colonial Secrc tariat. A Straits Times reporter who wen to register this morning took
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  • 93 10 At The Cinema FIRST-CLASS COMEDY AT THE CAPITOL "Bachelor Mother" (Ginger Rogers and David N-ven) R.K.O Radio. At the Capitol. BACHELOR MOTHER," story of a shop girl (Ginger Rogers) who is mistaken for the mother of an infant she has found on the steps of a foundling home, leading to
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  • 163 10 "The Lady Vanishes" (Margaret Lorkwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lucas and Dame May Whitty) Gainsborough. At the Pavilion. SPHERE are plenty of thrills and still more laughs in this picture. A party of Britons on their way home by train from the Continent gets mixed up in an
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  • 23 10 At The Man- Power Bureau The Man-Power Bureau at the Colonial Secretariat loherc i e(,Cstra'Aon of male European British subjects continued this morning.
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  • 276 10 Officer Flies To Punjab To Select More Sikhs TO recruit men of good physique for Singapore's Sikh Police Contingent, Mr. W. J. Parks, Assistant Superintendent of Police, has gone by air to the Punjab. Recruiting among farmers in the} Punjab has become necessary J because
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  • 148 10 iir. uvvciuui, oir ouciiivxi Thomas, has received the following telegram from the British Red Cross, London, following receipt of the remittance from Malaya of a first contribution of £80,000 ($660,000) for the Red Cross and the Order of St. John of Jerusalem: "Very deeply appreciative of
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  • 37 10 Berlir. Nov. 1. THE German Ambassador in Moscow, Coun von Schulenberg, is leaving to-morrow fo: B»rlin, where he will stay for several days announces the German News Agency. Rev ter.
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  • 243 10 I.T.C. RAISES THE QUOTA 100 Per Cent. For This Quarter 3,000 TONS MORE MONTHLY THE International Tin Committee 1 yesterday raised the exportable allowance for the current quarter from 70 to 100 per cent, of standard tonnages, says Reuter. The committee also states that the exportable allowance for the first
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  • 99 10 PVEN Christmas cards must pass me censor. It is. therefore, desirable that Christmas mail should this year be posted early in Malaya. The postal authorities will be unable to announce a last day of posting" for Christmas mail, owing to the regulations which forbid the
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  • 78 10 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban. Nov. 1. 'THE Seremban Rotary Club will hold a luncheon meeting at the Seremban Rest House on Nov. 4 when the speaker will be the Rev. Kadirgamar. He will speak on Santineketan," the cultural centre of the poet Tagore. A religious
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  • 25 10 The Band and Drums of the 4th Battalion of the 19th Hyderabad Regiment will beat Retreat on the S.C.C padang on Monday at 6 p.m.
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  • 446 11 Moine Comte Company COUNSEL QUESTIONS PLAINTIFF ON BILLS PUHIKEH evidence was recorded by i Mr. Justice Pedlow, In the High yesterday, In a libel suit in i M. Weinberg is claiming general d images from Mcine Comtc and Co Ltd. ibcrs, ;i manufacturer's agent, vbo formeru worked with
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  • 22 11 Mr. R. o. Jenkins, visiting agent :.nd Mr. F. L. Jones, editor <.: he Malay Mril. returned from Europf yesterday in th? Jutland'^.
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  • 530 11 HIRE PURCHASE DISTRAINT: COURT APPLICATION Counsel On Difference Between Colony And English Laws n GESTETNER LTD., were applicants in the .Civil District iJm Court, before Mr. G. L. Howe, yesterday, for the release of a duplicator which w r as hired to Lee Brothers, and which was distrained on for
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  • 67 11 From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Nov. 1. •pHE funeral took place yesterday at the Western Road Cemetery of Mr. n. A. R. Cowdroy, of the Rubber Controller's Department, whose death occurred early yesterday morning at his residence in Union Street. Penang. The
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  • 62 11 DEDESTRIANS walking in front of a liquor shop in Tanjong Pagar Road, opposite Craig Road, scattered wildly yesterday as a Customs van ran over the drain and mounted the pavement. It stopped with the right rear wheel over the four-foot deep drain. The bumper the
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  • 88 11 LEPER GIRL AS BRIDE AN allegation that the accused produced a leper girl after she had agreed to pay him $160 for getting her son a bride, was made by a woman. Teo Pi.n. In the third court yesterday. Charged wiih cheating her of $160 was Tan
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  • 61 11 i From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Oct. 31. AN advance party of the Wuhan Songsters has collected $22,000 towards the China Distress Relief Fund. The Songsters will perform here on Nov. 14. Mr. Checng Choo has donated S10.000, Mr. Foo Chong Yit $5,000, Lee Seng and Co.
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  • 59 11 <From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Nov. 1. COR posing as an Informer and at- tempting to convince the Perak Detective Branch that he knew of the existence of a secret society. Lee Siew Soo was to-day sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment, to be followed by a
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  • 37 11 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Nov. 1. THERE will be a public meeting in the 1 Ipoh Town Hall at noon on Friday to elect an hon. treasurer for the Perak Poppy Day fund.
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  • 20 11 Mr. G. P. R. Richard, of Kinloch and Co., Ltd.. and Mrs. Richard are leaving to-morrow for the Cameron Highlands.
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  • 741 11 DEATH OF MR.OSCAR OLSEN, AGED 78 THE death took place at his residence in East Coast Road, Singapore, early yesterday from heart failure of Mr. Oscar Olsen, a very old European resident of Singapore. He was 78. Mr. Olsen, who was bom in Goteborg, Sweden
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  • 77 11 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Oct. 31. THIRTY-TWO Chinese, one of them a woman, were fined $20 each as a sequel to one of the biggest gaming raids conducted by the police in Ipoh. The party were stated to have been gambling in the Slew Sai
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  • 63 11 Return concession tickets on Armistice Day, Hari Raya Puasa and DeepavaU holidays are being offered by the F.M.S. Railways for outward Journeys from Nov. 9 to 15 and return Journeys from Nov. 11 to 17, inclusive. Tickets for the double Journey will be a tariff book single fare, subject to
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  • 357 11 MAJLIS Meohuar&t Kerajaan Jobor pada harl sa-malam telah menetapkan suatu keputusan bahawa orang2 negeri Johor akan memberl Kerajaan British segala pertolongan dan sokongan yang dapat di-beri-nya dalam peperangan in!. Ungku Aziz, Menteri Besar, bersabda, kata-nya: "Klta sakalian tahu berapa banyak kebajlkan yang klta telah peroleh di-bawah naongan
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  • 205 12 Malay Paper On Tyranny Under The Swastika A striking comparison between the Union Jack and the Swastika was drawn recently by Utusan Melayu, the Singapore Malay newspaper. ''The Union Jack," said this newspaper, "is so common a sight in Malaya, and has been taken for granted so much, that we
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  • 243 12 THE cool daring of a former business 1 man, now a lieutenant in the R.N.VJt. in Britain, is bringing to port damaged merchant vessels that would otherwise be total losses. This officer— he was in the Mercantile Marine before he went in an office, and
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  • 70 12 'From Our Own Correspondent) Penang. Nov. 1. DENANG experienced yet another involuntary "black-cut," the secend within a month, at about 9 o'clock last night, when the whole lighting system was affected, as a result of the breakdown of the circulating pump motor at the Power Station
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  • 84 12 NEW MARRIAGE legislation in the Colony, which has been the subject of much discussion during the past two or three years, will be introduced into the Legislative Council on Wednesday next. The bills which will come up for their first reading, are the Civil Marriage Bill,
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  • 740 12 Germany's Shock Motorized Units Would Have To Cope With Floods HUTCH Army leaders do not believe that the Germans are about to attack Holland. They estimate that there are at least four chances to one against any such invasion this autumn, says
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  • 104 12 FACTS about the British constitution were given by Mr. D. G. Osborne- Jones, a Singapore lawyer, in an address to the Rotaa> Club yesterday. Mr. Osborne- Jones said that the British constitution was one of the most remarkable devices of the wit of man. It
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  • 72 12 rO Singapore rice-dealers were fined $125 each, with the alternative of three months' rigorous imprisonment, in the fifth court yesterday, for failing to exhibit the prices of rice in English. They were Tan Ah Quek. of Chop Sin Thye Hin. and Phau Chai Heng. of
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  • 58 12 |7OR administrative leasons. it has been found advisable to separate the control of imports, which is linked with foreign exchange control, from the control of exports, which is more closely connected with shipping control, it is officially announced. Changes of procedure in Singapore in this connection are
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  • 333 12 A STRIKING comment on British war news was made recently by a correspondent of a Batavia newspaper. This correspondent had evidently been much impressed by Mr. Winston Churchill's tribute to the skill and daring of the German submarine commander who forced his way
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  • 169 13 Pelt Like An Old Woman Here la some useful information for n.iyone troubled with that uncomfortable complaint, lumoago. A woman writes: 'for years I suffered from lumbago. During wet weather, I could only turn in bed with great effort and pain, I was M stiff and
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  • 450 13 "Nazis Ask For Arms And Receive Only Words" London, Nov. 1. COVIET (ietermination to remain neutral is the main point emphasized by all London newspaper editorials upon M. Molotov's speech and this is also given the main heading in the news columns
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  • 598 13 Industry's Contribution To The War Effort London, Nov. 1. R/lli. ERNEST BROWN, Minister of labour, in a broadcast talk last nipht on the contribution of industry to the war effort said, ;< As a great industrial country we had already great resources of skill and plant and to these, great
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  • 79 13 ljonaon, Oct. 31. OEPLYING to a question in the House of Lords, Earl De La Warr, President of the Board o* Education. ?aid that about 13,000 enemy aliens had appeared In the first two months of the war before some 106 local tribunals. Of that
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  • 401 13 Russo-Japanese Relations Possibility Of Opening New Trade Talks Moscow, Nov. 1. DEGARDING Russia's relations with Japan, M. Molotov, the Soviet Premier, in his address to the Supreme Soviet Council yesterday, said that there had recently been a certain improvement in Russo-Japanese relations, the symptoms of which were obrervable since the
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  • 213 13 System Works London, Nov. 1. EXPERIENCE of the last war has showed the convoy system to be n satisfactory anti-submarine defence and the lessons then learned are being practised now. In the main the last war's organization if being followed now, with the addition or anti-aircraft defence
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    • 204 13 Broadcasting SINGAPORE TO-DAY /.111. 225 metres. /.HP 30.06 metres. p.m. 1.18 Miscellaneous prosrar.-r.lc of gramophone records. J..30 The news ar.d mid-day rubber anci tin prices. 1.40 Interval. 5.00 Hindustani music. t 5.30 Hokklcn Amoy iL-amas. 6.00 Tcochew drama. t 7.00 Children's programme. "English,. 7.15 Time, weather, news and announcements. 7.30
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  • 858 14 Confirmation By Jewish Refugees In Britain FIENDISH PUNISHMENTS DESCRIBED BY FORMER INMATES CONFIRMATION of the stones of brutal treatment in Nazi concentration camps, as outlined in the White Paper, is given in a letter to The Times yesterday from six British barristers of unimpeachable authority
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  • 81 14 I Shanghai, Nov. 1 QN one of thj main roads in the International Settlement, three pro-Japanese Chinese '•puppet'" officials were yesterday afternoon robbed of $100,000 (Chinese cur- rency i by an armed gang. One of the offi- clals was shot dead. The gangsters stopped the victims'
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  • 44 14 London, Nov. 1. IT la learned that Lieut. -General Sir 1 Ronald Adam, has been appointed to command the third army corps of the British Expeditionary Force. Major-General H. R. S. Massy, has been appointed deputy chief of Imperial General Staff. Reuter.
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  • 99 14 London, Nor. 1. BRITISH bombers carrying: «,ut night reconnaissance flights over Germany, once again have had to dodge "flying onions," w -ites Reuters' special correspon dent with the Royal Air Force in France. This is anti-aircraft fire in which tvo or more shells are linked
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  • 62 14 London, Nov. 1. BY a settlement reached to-day by the National Joint Council for Dock Labcur, an Increase of one shilling a day on a half-day basis will be paid to dock workers from Nov. 13. About 120,000 men are affected. The Council comprises representatives
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  • 70 14 New York. Nov. 1. r[E receipt of a distress call including the word ••submarine" from an unidentified vessel approximately 400 miles north-east of Bermuda has been reported by the Mackay radio. The Mackay radio adds that a call was directed to a British
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  • 33 14 •■'UK New York World Pair has closed for 1 the winter. Attendances have been nearly 26,000,000 and of this no fewer tian 14.000.000 nave visited the British Pavilion. Reuter.
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  • 209 14 Details Announced By The Premier r\ETAILS of the big expansion pro- gramme for Australian defence, were announced by Mr. R. G. Menzies, the Australian Premier, following a meeting of the War Cabinet to-day. The programme includes the purchase of an additional 50 Lockheed Hudson aeroplanes from
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  • 161 14 Promotion Chance For Every Soldier DLANS which give "every man in the ranks a chanca of promotion have been issued by the War Office. Enrolment of candidates for commissions through reception units ceased on Oct. 21. Now commissions will ba granted to men now in the ranks who are recommended
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  • 95 14 /CERTAIN professional Soccer clubs promised players called up for war duty that they would receive the same pay as players not yet drafted Into the services. These clubs applied to the League for permission to carry the prom's^ through. The League replied that, in
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  • 88 14 A SPECIAL air raid warden accompanied 19-year-old Lilian Arnold and her bridegroom, Walter Arnold, of Hayes, Middlesex, when they left for their honeymoon recently. Reason they are deaf and dumb would not be able to hear a warning. The warden Is 10-year-o!d Joyse Barnes,
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  • 252 14 SCHEME FOR PUPPET CENTRAL REGIME: WANG CHING-WEI MEETS C-IN-C Tokio, Nov. 1. LIIGH Japanese Government officials are now discussing 11 affairs concerning the establishment of a new puppet Central Government in China and the ''disposal" of the China war. A conference of the
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  • 99 14 lAPANESE girls who intend to become wives of Japanese colonists on the Continent will h« specially trained by the East Asia Development Girls' Corps which is expected to be organized shortly as a result of the decision by the Ministry of Overseas Affairs. says an Eastern
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  • 228 14 "Situation Remains Unchanged" London, Nov. 1. AN invitation addressed to the Premier during question time in the House of Comuions to make a statement on the situation in China brought an answer from Mr. R. A. Butler, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, who declared that the situation
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  • 107 14 Nazi Shock Troops Have Armour INFANTRY in bullet-proof duralumin armour are stated in the Italian Press to be among Germany's new methods of warfare on the Western Front. The armoured infantrymen are reported to be kept in the Siegfried Line and used only when the occasion demands "shock trcops." Each
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  • 61 14 A SERIES of talks which Frau von Ribbentrop was to have given to German women on the need lor economy has been cancelled. Her text was to have been "One dress, one hat, one winter coat." But at the first lecture the Foreign Minister's wife turned up
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    • 192 14 Never 4p7"%, neglect a J[ sore throat! 5L^ YOUR DOCTOR w ill Inform von |w^ y^>> J/l huskiaess is often a danger signal of S lead to serious illness. A husky ?jf J^^P^jL, m m Crans' Antiseptic Throat Pastilles uv ft^KMfegC 4 against the spread of inflammation, m^^ Made to
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  • 382 15 Unions Express Disapproval London. Oct. 12. VNOWING the Rugby Unions as we do, we can well Imagine their horror when they learn of the latest proposal now being canvassed In London. This is for nothing less than Sunday football, which in ths past has been
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  • 32 15 Rugby. R.A.o.C. vs. Locals, GiHraan. Hockey: P©lk« vs. ¥.:MjC.A, Depot: S.C.C. vs. Indian Regiment S.C.C; Loyals vs. Combined Depots, Gillman; Women's (Rest) Trial, G.S.C. Tennis: V.M.C.A. and S.C.R.C. tournaments.
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  • 189 15 Sale, Cheshire, Oct. 17. LJENRY Cotton was beaten two and one in a 3C-holes golf n?atch with Dick Burton, British open thampicn, at Sale, Cheshire, to-day— yet he earned more than £300 for the Red Cross by his defeat. He has now been beaten all four
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  • 71 15 A LTERATIONS in the Cesare witch list of probable riders are Giloert rides Celibate. Peu Sierra Nevada, Weston Falano. Young Llstor, W. Christie Mario, G. Christie Valentin, Fitton Suspension. P. Evans Lucky Patch, Haslam Dr. Syntax, A. Burns Worthwhile, Dick Apsllity, Lynch Celtillus. The following have no Jockeys:
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  • 80 15 'From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Oct. 31. OERAK will meet Negri Sembilan at Seremban this Saturday in a fixture for the Farleigh Robertson Trophy competition. Perak will be represented by: W. A. Tooke; Tai Swee Kee, I. S. Ferguson, I P. J. C. Wilson, R. Parker:
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  • 480 15 Good Game At Depot Despite Adverse Conditions UOCKEY in mud and slush, but the Police and the R.A.F. (Seletar) played in it at the Police depot yesterday. The result was. a two-goal draw. A heavy shower before the game made the field waterlogged
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  • 87 15 Patriotic Fund Hockey Match In Selangor (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 1. II is expected that the Higrh Com- misskmer Sir Shenton Thomas, and Lady Thomas will be present at the hockey match arranged by the Selanffor Women's Hockey Association on Nov. 1% in aid of the Malaya
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  • 454 15 Exhibitions RELEASED from managerial orders which fettered him to a stultifying system, the professional has quick- ly become a footballer as distinct from a points- winner. When I pointed this out to Mr. James Seeds, Charlton's manager, writes a sports correspondent in a home
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  • 71 15 'From Our Own Correspondent; Kuala Lumpur. Nov. 1. TPHE annual soccer match between the League Champions this year and the cup winners, in aid of the Poppy Day Fund has been postponed to Tuesday. Nov. 21. Originally the match was fixed for Nov. 9, but
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  • 61 15 The following player* will represent the Singapore Improvement Trust in a friendly match of three singles and three doubles against the General Hospital Recreation Club next Tuesday at the Happy World Covered Stadium at 7.30 p.m. sharp. Wong Peng Nam, P. T. Pan!, S. F. Chua. Wong Tbng
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  • 57 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Nov. l. After a lapse of four months Ipoh may possibly have some boxing in tne third week of this montn. Local promoters are trying to arrange some fights and the main item on the card, it Is expected, will be
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  • 780 15 Horses From Local Stables Worked On Heavy Track TRAINING for the Singapore Winter race meeting to be 1 held on Nov. 11, 14 and 18 started at Bukit Timah this morning when horses from the local stables as well as Billett's stable were exeicised
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  • 59 15 DAW washed out the majority of the sports engagements whifh were fixed for yesterday. They were the rushy match J>etween the S.C.C. 'B' 1 and the R.A.F. "B". and the hockey matches between the following clubs S.R.C. "A"-MeiHcal College; S.R.C.Manchester He? intent; A.C.S.Khalsa; C.S.C.-Rafltts College; IH.-ftC.BC. There
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  • 41 15 THE Middle Park Stakes run to-day at Newmarket over six furlongs resulted as follows: DJEBEL (9 to It 1 TANTMIEDX <9 to 4)... GODIVA (10 to 1). Won by two lengths; lcustli between second and third. Twenty ran.—Reutrr.
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  • 44 15 The Army ruggei team In r.. tt Singapore on Saturday is: Sapper Pas:;: Capt. Christie, Capt. Murphy, Lieut. Peirce. Cap:. Kirkwood; Lieut. Toter, Capt. Simpson; Lieut. Kenyan. L/C Robert-. Gnr. Sunman. L/C Ward. Edr. Mickevezia, Lieut. Moirbyres, L'.eut. Vinycomb-, Lieut. Graham.
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  • 56 15 (From Our Own Correspondent.; Seremban, Nov. l. Negrl Sembilan will play its first inter-state hockey match on Saturday, at Kuala Lumpur gainst SeUngor. The Negri Sembilrm team has b?cn selected as follows:--E. Alexander; Rex Thomas, Haj! Ibrahim; Santhoi Singh, Doila.li, Chambers; J. E. Edmonds. Ibrahim,
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  • 65 15 A friendly soccer gamp has been arranged between the Chiate Sing Athletic Union, and Messrs. Harper. Gilfillan to-morrow at Fairer Par1.: at 5.15 p.m. The follcrrir.g snected players should turn up on the ground at 5 p.m.: A. Thoe. Ban Teck, Yong Eoon. 800 Lim, Hock Lens. Chuan
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  • 81 15 There will be r. friendly t'jjne of soccer between the Harper, Gilflll*n fc'ball team and the Chiate Seng Athletic Union tomorrow at Parrer Park and the following have been chosen to represent the former: Lim Kirn biang, Abu bin. Salim, Tan Chye Hock. W. S. Fyfe. So
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  • 338 16 Nation's Food Position Held To Be Satisfactory BACON and butter are to be rationed in Britain, but not before the middle of next month, announced the Minister for Food, Mr. W. S. Morrison, in the House of Commons yesterday. It will not
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  • 70 16 1UEWS from Germany is likely to be scarcer than ever in future, says Keuter. Further restrictions are to be imposed on all news leaving Germany for neutral countries. The reason riven is that enemy spies have been taking advantage of the so-called "unrestricted period" up
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  • 77 16 New Delhi, Nov. 1. r[E first conference between the Viceroy, Lord Linlithgow, Mr. Gandhi, the Congress president. Babu Rajendra Prasad, and the Muslim League president. Mr. Jlnnah, this morning lasted two hours. A further meeting will be held this afternoon, after which Mr. Gandhi, Mr.
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  • 31 16 questions about the shortage in some districts is answered with the explanation that any local shortage is due to faulty distribution which it Is the purpose of rationing to correct. Reuter
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  • 29 16 WITH THE BRITISH TROOPS IN FRANCE .—ln a French Tillage behind the lines dispatch riders work on their machines preparing for a day's work. (British official photograph).
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  • 127 16 TTHE City of Flint, the American steamer which was captured by the Nazis, Is now being taken by a devious course through the straits separating the western islands of Norway and the mainland. This is apparently an attempt to reach Germany by navigating
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  • 140 16 FINNS WOULD LOSE CHIEF DEFENCES IF BORDER IS DEMILITARIZED THE Finnish Cabinet met in Helsinki early yester- day to "discuss the speech of M. Motolov, the Soviet Prime Minister, who declared in the Soviet Supreme Council that if Finland continues to meet Soviet requirements, it
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  • 215 16 Molotov's references to Finland, says Reiner, ended with a veiled threat. He added that President Roosevelt's intervention on behalf of Finland was hard to reconcile v:ith the UJS. policy of neutrality. He denied that the Russians intended to exert any pressure over Sweden and Norway. A Helsinki communique
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  • 132 16 New York, Not. 1. IT is learned authoritatively, says the Washington correspondent of the New York Times, that Russia is trying; to buy 10,00(1 tons of rubber in the United States. This is presumably destined eventually for Germany, adds the correspondent, as there is no
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  • 104 16 "London, > T ov. 1 IN the House of Commons to-day the Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Information was asked whether lie would consider the Cesiraoniiy o? recommending cheaper Smpire.air mail rates. He said he appreciated the Importance of the dispatch of correspondence
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  • 236 16 Canada's Part In. The War Ottawa, Nov. I. A REVIEW ol Canada's part in tho war was broadcast by Mr. Mackenzie King, tha Canadian Prime Minister. He referred to the Imperial air training scheme as Canada's mo^t important military development. It might well mean, he said,
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  • 26 16 DUSSIA is reported to have agreed to buy all German merchant ships at present hiding in Russia i ports, says a Reutcr nessr^".
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    • 18 1 in A Malayan Bungalow A STRAITS TIMES WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT KIGHT PAGES. SINGAPORE. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1939. No. 19K.
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    • 432 1 Other Things Which The Sick Can Appreciate Not A Iways Flowers COONERor later mosl of us lit'd ourselves in hospital and very glad indeed arc wo who live in tlu* "ulu" and have perhaps been nursing ourselves for days, to be received by competent and kindly hand.-- and relieved d
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    • 29 1 Sam in Whitehall recently an Vuxiliary Territorial Service girl being escorted to her car by a doorman holding an umbrella over her in the rain
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    • 232 1 London f*ERMANYjB v/juKesl point on the home front is undoubtedly the rising discontent of the women. This was made plain to me by a Dutch woman just returned here after 12 years in Germany, writes E de Neve in the Daily Herald. German housewives all
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    • 220 1 Plans To "Call-Up" Women 18—40 WILL BE THE AGE LIMIT DLANS for conscripting women between the ages of 18 and 40 a.? being prepared by the War Office. The Women's National Service Department does not believe thao compulsory mobilization is neces- sary at present. But it is prepared for an
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      • 33 1 EVENING GOWNS of 1940 ARE EXPECTED AT t apitol Bldg: S'port: t'lium- S838- YOUR CHOICE. WHICH IS Awlh YOUR W^ S FAVOURITE PEEK FREAN'S BISCUITS "*-n all fcabn 4SWft JOSEPH TRAVEBS SONS LIMITED
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      • 411 1 Tt*£ JAD€ WEE ""S= el> 18 1 B 9 a t u t^ or ßd Phone 7143 «b! ..3 >■ 2r iftsii i »m| rmKiMUSV'SLWf^Stmt^^^^^ji'^ 1 <j£&JSt§&&:</'i? <i II S'' ft Jl. Jl vlvl X The !iriti-l> Red Cross is well fm J^TCftfl established in France. Thi- W^r WhfexMr^ unden-;
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    • 816 2  - Old-Fashioned Types Of Embroidery Are Now Being Revived Have You Tried Candlewick? Muriel Rapson By \JODERN embroidery is generally designed to give the most attractive effect with the least possible effort or skill on the gar tof the worker. The same may also be said for many of the revivals
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      • 489 2 NEW THINGS TO SEE! It is a far cry from "flat cap of woollen or other (ttfKS\ material worn by the Frenc'.i peasantry," which was the pAA/Xyi(u £>}%. rs description of the beret, to the smartly GAQE >rf*yV'S ~^^^v draped, varl-typcd sllhourt cs In to-day's fashionable //g-'IQ.O Q v/«iN world.
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      • 15 2 I >^'*>£j&j ■»y. y lEmU A smart stpv cashmere dress worn with a multi-coloured embroidered
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      • 417 2 [It costs less." 4rifib<kk. A porn; well done it Jk%^3&^ i '-ally cheaper than ffSSSfc 'hf ap p' rm done twice. JE&imK Mou save Jour a r nn^ y^By^Jl*! avoid acid burns too. 'JLJ Have your next perm {.one at KAYES. > V M. 510 ard 51i.50. KAYLS BEAUTY PARLOUR
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    • 1070 3  - We Buy A Piano.... An Ice-Cream Pudding. ...And Michaels "Wooden Man" Victoria Chappelle By 11/II'VE just bought a piano. And if anyone had told me two years ago that we should spend some of our hard-earned savings on a minigrand (secondhand), I should have denied stoutly that we could be
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      • 489 3 tl«i> <i-|i!are necketl $jfc/* *^sS y^MSSsP^'IL^ ril)t»:n walsilin^. f -'"li^ PP^^PH^« HOW TO KNIT By The Admiralty TllK Admiralty ha- "promulgat- longuh; overall length Bin.: width ed infor "to women on across palm 4U in.: suggested lengtn i( of ribbing at vrist 3' 2 in. 'l i uoiA c i-
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      • 331 3 WHY PAY MORE Come and Get your Dresses Smartly made. Service Guaranteed for Satisfaction Always. Dress making charges are reduced during sale COME EARLY AND SELECT THE BEST ORANGE I WEDDING BLOSSOM VEILS Our Ist Introductory SALE Now Proceeding VJShIIU Silk StOre, *6, North Bridge Read. 4Q Beautify Your Home
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    • 40 4 Girl Would SlimNow In Gaol For It An Auxiliary Terr turial Service lorry driv;i itops lo v.atcli gun practice "somev.-k.-. <■ in Er.£'cnd" daring the testing of new types of powerful anti-tank guns and ammunition by gunnery experts assisted by bombardiers.
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    • 492 4 BLACK-OUT TRAPS T YPIS TS /y\"E thing that IS done eificient]y at the Ministry of Information is typing those communiques. They may be obscure, but at least they are typed without a mistake. The girls at the Ministry do not drop an aitch or a comma, either m conversation or
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    • 30 4 "A Stitch In Time Teasher dors some necessary repairs to fie amusement of the little boy's clas^mate^. A picture takes at in open-air school for rvnrnatrd children, somewhere in Surrey.
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    • 293 4 "My Body Is My Own" Leamington. UIELEN BUCKERIDGE, like many another young woman, decided that she wanted to have a figure like an artist's model. She began to slim. All her spending money went to buy slimming tablets. She got slimmer and slimmer. But not as slim as she wished
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      • 318 4 Sensitive Skins need this fGlj i Comfort 1 1~~ V^_>'^" "i.i I .iKmnismorclhanaiivstiiig Ly-o^^ Jvj po«4er it is a cooling and refreshing I treatment, bei .niseofthespccial.metiirated ».i n wiiirh it is prepared. It immediate^ cools and soothes those p.uis v. here chafing has occurred, it BWlliWnila?! 1 *l>*orbs perspiration, relieves
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      • 204 4 JUMBLE SALE Organised by the PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH LADIES WORK PARTY WILL BE HELD AT THE TOMLINSON HALL on MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6th at 2.30 p.m. Admission: 10 cts. Gifts of unwanted clothing, etc. will be gladly received at the Hall For LADIES GENTS TAILORING TRY TAILOR who has experien c a
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    • 75 5 Recruiting For Women' s Auxiliary Air Force Women waiting at Aerial House, Strand. London, to join the Auxiliary Air Force. I woman recruit for the Women's Auxiliary Air Force beinr weighed and measured at a recri-itfng office in London. A warrant officer takes particulars from would-be recruits for the Women's
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      30 5 Yoitn? evacuees from Glasgow have been billeted at Castle Wem-.ss. residence of Lord Inverclyde in Wemyss Ray, Renfrewshire. Here Jx>rd Invrrclyde poses with a little Glasgow girl in kilts.
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    • 33 5 ihe Lord Mayor of London has received from a City commercial house, on behalf of its owner, a necklace insured for £20,000, to go towards the Lord Mayor's Red Cross Fund.
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    • 111 5 L'.ndon has had its first A.R.P. concert. It was organized by Mr. Patrick Kay, who takes shifis in the control room of a Chelsea A.R.P. depot. Mr. Kay has been working then since the first day of the war. only a few days ago did his
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      • 79 5 X *v HO3X ißk m Children brought up on Lactogen cannot DL help but progress, for Lactogen" contains H^ $tfn Jt*^ all the vitamins of pure fresh milk, modified te~*ttflt to suit baby's requirements. Lactogen" is a H^ perfectly balanced diet, which provides in JtJM correct forms and proportions all
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      1118 6 Taffeta Petticoats And Ruffles And Ribbons HID you read m your youth the story of the Tailor of Gloucester, who cut and sewed paduasoy and taffeta, satin pompadour and lutestring... with one-and-twenty buttonholes of cherry coloured silk? "Stuffs had strange names, and were very expensive m the days of
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    • 447 6  - Penalty Of A Neglected Neck Marion Morton T\\7 J OEAUTJFUL hair and a lovely face lose their charm if they are set upon a neck which shows signs of age and neglect. It is such a pity, too, that one so often sees unlovely necks, because they are not difficult
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      • 332 6 o! k'niolh'ti o» lam APB 12-15 mosquitoes and sleep nights Fat Reducing Secret Discovered in prescribing to the famous Movie Stars ol Hollywood. California, a physician has discovered a safe quick method to remove ugly fat 5 pounds a week or 15 to 25 pounds a month. This new discovery,
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      • 329 6 THURSDAY. NOV. 2. 1939 B^_ Now you ran mmm^^^mmm^^^^B hare a fret.h. daullng, velrety IVORY-WHITK appearlne akin INSTANTLY. Muddy Complexion, tan. redness, sallowness ami other rffly 'kin defects disappear like ina«lc by irrtnj PREVORE REJIVKNATOR. R&VHHHINSTANT SKIN \Wj/% RREJU VENATOR W^t «J HIDES SUN BLEMISHES *l/- par Jar. Postase 23
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    • 151 7 \TOU now fill a very real need vi the life of Singapore, and I am certain that if we are ever faced with a real emergency, the services of the St. John Ambulance Brigade will be of the very greatest importance," said
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    • 414 7 Recipes For Family Catering IN the household where there are children, it is adv^able always to have on hand a home-made cake of the cut and come again type one that will keep moist (if allowed) for some time. The youngsters also appreciate home-made jam. for which there are many
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    • 518 7 New Fabrics For Curtains And Chair Covers of the new furnishing fabrics for curtains and often for chair covers, too, have one thing in common and that i? their shiny surface. For satin is the most important fabric for all kinds of household furnishing this season. We may Ihink of
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    • 169 7 /CHILDREN and grown-ups will recognise the painful fact that all prunes are not palatable. A great many prunes are so Indifferently prepared as to arose a sense of dis taste at sight. And yet, prunes may be made to look and to taste delightful. Here is an excellent
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      • 220 7 K\(iy bustle i bottle of concen- Vjfl t rated Vitamins A Hill and D from Halibut I Liver Oil and Vita- KSSSJSTj mln C from fre.«=b I .-"I- I oranges. I In no other way I •on you «H Halibut ImmJMM Li ver Oil and orange juice blend- I ed
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      • 279 7 YOUR CLOTH* S for DRY CLEANING. 6c DYEING, we cordially invite you to have a trial order at our new shop at the GLOBE DRY CLEANERS. 33, Coleman Street. (UNDER SH/NGHAT EXPERTS) Whitens Your Skin Secretly and Quickly No lonccr occd jou admire otheri wiih that •our nkin wai light
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    • 1505 8  -  Mrs. Maud Burt By I WONDER liow many people in this country know of the many and varied assortment of foods and fruits that are obtainable in our local markets? I am not reterring to the well-known fruits and vegetables which are imported from Australia and
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      • 405 8 -GIFTSthat are ireful and readily appreciated. Yo-; v/iU find plenty t3 c'.ioase from OUT IMP and varied display of !,if;en, tiblc-rl»th' I.unrh-«-»t*, Bed-spr.-'ads llumll.e: (hie!-. Hand-bur* Indies' und'rwean fffmum, Jac':rl«. Matnl-irin-roatv Bjby"j tio«'»s .ladr-tieo. Ivory, lewrllerv. TraU and < unip'.iorwood rliests. Nrst-taW«. Stalk, lamp;. Wi:«:n;-dei':s. Ltc. i:tr. CALL TO-V\> AMI
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      • 85 8 Cepea Fabrics GUARANTEED ANTISHRINK WASHABLE RECEIVED TO-DAY IN LATEST SHADES DE SIGNS COME SE£ THE MOST POPULAR COLOURS A*m DEFINITELY FXCLUSIVE ?ATT^<JS PHONE 7144 31-33 HIGH STREET Ik WaUh that linC n babys A^oo^\. weight-chart, climbing up week by week in a steady progressive """curve. That is GLAXO PROGRESS! >&0!{
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