The Straits Times, 6 November 1939

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    33 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES Xi I'ACiES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1939. I'KH'K CENTS The Straits Times PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, NOVEMBER .6, 1939. PRICE > CENTS
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      775 2 RICHARDSON.— At Maternity Hospital, Nov. 4, to Kathleen <n£e Mayer wife of J. Rhys Richardson, a daughter. CHURCH.— At the Maternity Hospital. Singapore, Nov. 5, 1839, to Irene, wife of A. G. Church of the Singapore Improvement Trust, a son. SITUATIONS VACANT When applying for any position advertised in these
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    IMPROVED RUBBER PROSPECTS ENCOURAGE SHARE BUYERS
    1294 4 "Profits Destined To Undergo Much Expansion' 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Oct. 25. "THIS week has produced no sen- sational developments in relation to rubber. But business in both the commodity and share mai kets has been lively and of satisfactory volume. So
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    FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
    190 4 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Books Company Dividend Clow TIN Hltam Tin 5% hit. Nov. 3 Kuala Lurapur Tin Is. Kuchal 15% final Nov. 15 do 5% lnt Nov. 15 Lingul 5% final Nov. 20 Pahang ConsoL 10% Oct. S Rahman Hyd W/o tat. Nov. 6 Rawang Cone 9d.
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    LYALL AND EVATTS DAILY QUOTATIONS
    209 4 Singapore, Nov. 4, 1 p.m. MINING Buyers Sellers Ampats 5 l'j 5/4% Austral Arnalg 6/9 7/3 Batu Selangors 1.68 1.72 Hong Fatts 1.00 1.04 Jelapangs 30/- 31 Jelebus 1.03 1.06 Kampong lanjuts 19/6 20/K. Kamunting 8 6 8/9 Kamras 1/6 1/10 Kamuntiiiss 113 11/9 Kinta
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    NEW WATERLOO BRIDGE
    107 4 London, Nov. I. PIS STATED that provided war contingencies do not interfere with supplies, the new Waterloo Bridge will be opened next June. Work has been proceeding for two years and, although the war has caused difficulty in obtaining steel and timber, supplier are now improving. Many
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    SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES
    1286 4 Fraser And Co's List SATURDAY. NOV. 4. 1939; 1 P.M. MINING Bujer* Sellers Ampat Till (4s> 5s 5s 6d Austral Amal. (5s > 6s Od 7s 3d* Austral Malay (C) 37s 39s Ayer Hitam (5s) 24s 9d 26s Ayer Weng ($1) 85 95 Bangrin Tin
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      165 4 TIDE TABLES SINGAPORE To-day H. W. b. 34 a.m. 7.3 ft.; 5.28 p.m. 7.6 ft L. W. 11.23 a.m. 4.3 ft. To-morrow H. W. 7.10 a.m. 7.6 ft.; 7.08 p.m. 7.9 ft. L. W. 00.21 a.m.. 2.9 ft.: 1.11 p.m. 4.1 ft. Wednesday, Nov. 8 H. W. 8.05 a.m. 8.1
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    398 5 Buying Of Tin Shares Likely To Continue By Our Financial <'orrespondent Singapore. Nov G. THE main topic discussed in Home markets i.s the United States l«eutrality Revision Bill and the lifting of the embargo on the export of war materials. This has been hailed joyfully In London
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
    121 5 Hire quoted per koyan 44 piculs. Othei rommoditir- quoted per picnl. except where otherwise stated. Singapore. Nov. t>. oon Buyers Sellers Gwnbier 7.50 Hamburg Cube 114.0b Java Cube J12.00 Pepper Whito Muntok 115.75 White $15.25 Black 8.50 Copra Mixed $3.23 Sun Dried $3 60 Sago Flour No.
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    82 5 .Monday. Nov. ti. noon. Buyer* Sellers Pr»ce» Prices N*. IX R.S.S. Spot IMM) 38 MM No. IX X S.S. f.o.b in cases Xo»ember 3S' 4 3H 1 G.F.A.Q. BS.S. to.b in bales November 3<-% M9A I.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b in tales Nevrmtvr 3S", 37 V FUTURE
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    Kamuning Rubber And Tin
    69 5 rE directors o: Kamuning Rubber and Tin Co. Ltd. have recommended a nr.>t and final dividend of 6 per I cent, in respect of the year ended June laU T!>e nnte t profit for the year, subject to a-dit. was £18,367, compared with £28.974 in the
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    OCTOBER TIN EXPORTS
    32 5 THE estimated total exports frcm i Malaya, of tin and tin-in-ore base.i on an assay value of 75.5 per cent., during October is 6.000 ton?, states tt:» Tin Controller.
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    SUNGEI WAY RESULTS FOR THIRD QUARTER
    31 5 OUNGEI WAY DREDGING LTD. pro- duced 4.551 picais of tin-ore in the quarter ended September last. The estimated mine profit for that period :s £28.200.
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    OCTOBER RUBBER IMPORTS RISE
    71 5 COREIGN imports of rubber into the Straits Settlements last month were 21,493 tons and were the highest this year. September imports totalled 18,36! tons. Of the October imports, 13,498 tons came from Netherlands Indies; 2,839 tons from Sarawak: 2,807 tons from Thailand; S.IW tons from French
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    EXCHANGES
    184 5 TUe lollowiug are the exchange rates this morning according to the daily circulai issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation SELLING London I.I 2/4 116 London demand 2/4 1 1 16 Rate for freight 2 4'* Lyons demand 20S0 Switzerland demand 207 Hamburg demand New Yorl; demand 46
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    OCTOBER RUBBER CROPS
    70 5 THE following crops ot rubber were harvested by the respective estates in October: Ib Penang Rubber 266,500 Sabrang Rubber 133,000 Stnutl Rubber 212,500 Rubana Rubber 12fi,if>0 Bagan Serai Rubber 85,500 Tali Ayer Rubber 117,750 Eatak Rablt Rubber 36.000 Merchiston Rubber 40.500 Mountjoy Rubber 99,000 Badenoch Rubber 183.000
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    EXCHEQUER RETURNS
    46 5 London, Oct. 31. THE latest Treasury returns show total ordinary revenue to Oct. 29 totalled £*****0,564, compared with A 377,957,190 at the corresponding date last year. Total ordinary expenditure to date this year amounts to £637,001 640 against £559," 45,437 last year.— British Wireless.
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    TRONOH MINES RESULTS
    44 5 IN the quarter ended September, Tronoh Mines Ltd. produced 278 tons of tin-ore and the estimated mine profit was £32,581 In the same period Southern Tronoh Tin Dredging Ltd. produced 18! tons of tin-ore and the estimated mine profit was £20.567.
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    MENTAKAB RUBBER SELLS FORWARD AT 34 CENTS
    41 5 THE director.; of Mentakab Rubber Co Ltd. have made a forward sale of seven tons of standard smoked sheet monthly for the period January to June, 1940, inclusive at 34 cents a pound f.o.b.
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    No Higher Tin Price—Yet SUPPLY MINISTER SQUASHES LONDON HOPES
    238 5 No Higher Tin Price Yet SUPPLY MINISTER SQUASHES LONDON HOPES From Our Own Correspondent London, Oct. 26. IJOPES, widely entertained in Tin circles here, that the Govern-ment-fixed maximum price of the metal would shortly be raised from £230 a ton to a level nearer the £300 per ton figure now
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    OIL PALMS "A" INCURS LOSS
    484 5 Visiting Agent Has Optimistic Views •TMU'] accounts of Oil Palm "A" estate, the properly of Bondholders of Oil Palm Plantations, Ltd-, for the year endeel December, 1938, were issued last week and show that the result of the year's working was a loss of $830
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    October Tin-Ore Output
    171 5 THE following statistics relating 10 ti -ore production re.fer to October: Hours Yardage ore litam Tv» 10J ["alcuapa Valley Dredge 2 t>32 95.000 622 Dredge 3 477 100,000 317 .lalayan Tin 1,750 Southern Malayan 3.095 Unpat Tin 1.691 460.000 1,901 Southern Kinu 3.M.". 1.144,000 4.551 Kamuntiiig Tin
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      403 5 BANK OF CHINA i incoruoreieo. la cnina uv 3|*-iiai MMricti 12. Cecil street Singapore Telephone: Manager's Office •<>! Sub-Manager* Offlcr b 442 KxrhanKr Oept Mtl General Office SI BB Cable Address: HHM;KI O Paid Up Capital Ch S 40.000. M0 M Reserve tunds In excess o? Ch. 3.»»0.00' Total Asset*
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    Submarine Sunk By R.A.F. Bomber
    198 7  - Submarine Sunk By R.A.F. Bomber R. A.F. Bomber By London, Nov. 5. WHILE Empire ministers were visiting the air force coastal command headquarters yesterday messages were received from a pilot over rorthern waters that he had sighted a submarine. The signals flashed by the pilot were in combat language of
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    Three More Neutral Vessels Lost
    140 7 London, Nov. 5. THE sinking of three more neutral ships was reported yesterday. Fifteen survivors of the Norwegian ship Sig. which sank in the North Sea five minutes after an explosion, were landed at a port on the north-east coast. Three of the crew are
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    Norwegian Steamer Ashore Off Orkneys
    201 7 London, Nov. 5. THE Norwegian steamer Mim, which has run ashore off the Orkneys while on her way to the British contraband control statior at Kirkwail. was being navigated by her master at the time. This fact is clearly established because all boarding officers have
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    GERMAN CARGO SHIP TORPEDOED
    46 7 Brussels, Nov. 5. TTHE newspaper L'Avenir Colonial, of Leopoldville (Belgian Congo), reproduced in Le Soir, states that the German vessel Togo (5,042-tons) was torpedoed by a French submarine near Lobito. The Togo recently left Boma (Belgian Congo) without disclosing her destination. Reuter.
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    MADRAS GOVERNOR TO REMAIN AT POST
    96 7 London, Nov. i. THE King has approved the extension of 1 Lord Erskine's appointment as Governor of Madras and the postponement of Sir Arthur Hope's assumption of office for four months until March 1940. It is understood that the extension of Lord Erskine's appointment,
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    ANOTHER GERMAN LIE
    88 7 London. Nov. 5. THE German statement that the Swedish 1 steamer Vanya (Wanja) was run asho/c at Kirkwail and kept short of provisions by British control officers Is entirely lalse. »Tites Rsuter's chief diplomatic correspondent. The captain of the Vanya. It to stated. remained in charge of
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    ALLIES' HEAVY BLOW TO THE ENEMY IN SEA WARFARE
    240 7 Significant Figures Of Success Of Britain's Naval Efforts London, Nov. 5. THE extent and success of Britain's sea effort is shown *by some significant figures just issued, writes Reuter 's chief diplomatic correspondent. In two months Britain has seized 500,000 tons
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    U-Boat Menace In True Perspective
    119 7 U-Boat Menace In True Perspective AN ADMIRALTY statement received in Singapore last night puts recent figures of tonnage sunk by Uboats in their true perspective. On Nov. 1, over 18,500,000 tons of British shipping were operating on the high seas. That total takes tntc account only ships of over 500
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY, NOV. 6. 1939. U.S. SUPPORT FOR THE ALLIES
    1057 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY, NOV. 6. 1939. U.S. SUPPORT FOR THE ALLIES In repealing the arms embargo, the Government of the United States has acted in accordance with the wishes of the American public to a far greater extent than is suggested by the closeness of the voting that
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    ADVICE WANTED
    111 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— l wonder if any of your readers can assist me with advice on the sterilization of garden soil by burning or chemical means? What form of fire construction will give the most efficient burn? Is some semi-permanent structure advisable? If
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    WATCHING NAZI 'PLANES SHOT DOWN: A.R.P. MILLIONS: LIVING COSTS UP
    4286 8 Oar London Letter (From Our Own Correspondent) f London, Oct. 22. i DAY after day, this week, people living in south-east Scotland, along the i English east coast, and even in inland s areas of southern England have been receiving
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      20 8 VISHNU SILK STORE'S NOW IN FULL SWING 46, North Bridge Rd. Spore. JOHN DUKE Manufacturing Op tician. 21, BATTERY ROAD.
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    WESTERN FRONT STALEMATE LIKELY TO END
    321 9 What Artillery Actions Indicate FLARE UP NOW POSSIBLE AT ANY MOMENT Hitler May Stake All On One Smashing Blow AT any moment the whole front may flare up when neces- sary artillery preparations have been completed, says Reuler's military correspondent. The French communiques from
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    FRESH NAZI THREAT
    133 9 Big Air Attack Looming? (QERMANY yesterday repeated her threat to start intensified air operations against Britain before the Allies receive reinforcements for their air forces from America following the lifting of the LJ.S. arms embargo-Well-informed circles in Berlin, tjucted by the German correspondent of a Stockholm newspaper.
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    German Air Raid In North France
    49 9 Brussels, Nov. 5. AN AIR RAID in North France at about 11 a.m. in the neighbourhood of Lille, Roubaix and Tourcoing is reported. Anti-ainr.ift /ire was distinctly heard at Tournai on the Belgian frontier. Several planes were seen over the Lille district. Reuter.
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    215 9 war." The Nazis, therefore, do not intend to wait for the arrival of the American planes ordered by the Allies before striking what will be intended as a decisive blow. Whether these threatened attacks u ill. in fact, be carried out remains to be seen in view of earlier threats
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    NAZI PROPAGANDA MOVE IN DENMARK
    125 9 Copchansen, Nov. 6. THE latent Nazi propaganda move in Denmark is the opening of a special advertising bureau under the p»trrna« r e of tr>^ Grnr.on Government. It Is r.l'.eged that the sum of 2,000,000 kroner has been given io organize the SJieme under an
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    Germany Has Many Disappointments
    141 9 London. Nov. 6. IN view of the successful progress of the conversations proceeding in London between representatives of the Dominion and Indian governments and United Kingdom ministers with a view to co-ordinating the Empire's war efforts, interest attaches to the comment of a Swiss newspaper which,
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    Protecting Famous Paris Landmark
    25 9 Protecting Famous Paris Landmark Tens of thousands of sandbags are bein? used to protect the famous cbelisk in the Place de la Ccncordc in Paris.
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    Finns Take Precautions
    25 9 Finnish troops (above) being transferred to the Soviet border as a precautionary measure following the masking of Red forces along the frontier.
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    NAZIS LEAVE TURKEY
    175 9 'War Will Be Here In January' Paris. Nov. 6. LJIGH German officers who have been giving military instruction in Turkey are leaving the country to-day, according to the Paris Soir correspondent at Istanbul. The correspondent add* that Nazi officers who are remaining state that they will leave
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    Dnce Confers With His Military Chiefs
    76 9 Rome, Nov. 6. SIGNOR Mussolini had a long series of conversations yesterday with his military chiefs, including Marshal Graziani. new head of the Army Staff. Crown Prince Umberto and General Sodd-J, under-Secretary for war. II Duce confirmed the appointment of Marshal Badoglio as Chief
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    BRITISH SOLDIER SHOT IN SHANGHAI
    76 9 Shanghai, Nov. 6. lANCE Cpl. Davies, aged 20, was killed while on guard in a blockhouse on the British defence sector in the International Settlement He was shot in the back of the head at a distance of about six yards by a bullet from
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    "French Not Closing China Border'
    54 9 Kunmins (Yunnan), Nov. C. RCPORTS that the French Indochina Government is closing the frontier against traffic to and from China are denied by Yunnan officials, according to reports published here. French precautionary measures taken owing to the European war are said to have been responsible
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    JAPANESE DRIVES IN SHANSI FAIL
    139 9 Chinese Begin Attack In Inner Mongolia Chungking, Nov. 6. HEAVY fighting throughout West Shansi is reported in dispatches. Ir is claimed a Japanese westward drive made by three columns has been lepulsed after fierce fighting. The Japanese are believed to have been trying to clean
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    CHINA TO REPAY HER GOLD LOANS
    75 9 Ciiungking. Nov. 6. •T«HE Chines? Finance Ministry an- nounces that the lour government banks— the Central Bank of China, the Bank of China, the Bank of Communications, and the Farmers Bank and also their agents abroad have been instructed to start payment on Nov.
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    ANTI-JEWISH RIOTS ECHO
    38 9 London, Nov. 6. F>LLOWING the recent anti-Jewish riots in the Vilna area iPo.ish territory ceded to Lithuania by Russia), several thousand Jews have applied to the Soviet authorities for permission to leave for Russia.— Reuter.
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  • GREAT BRITAIN'S WAR AIMS
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      Freedom For All Peoples
      165 9 IN a speech yesterday, Mr. Arthur Greenwood, deputy leader of the Labour Opposition, said that Great Britain had declared war with the firm purpose of ending forever ;he torture of other nations by dictatorship. The decision ha? involved great sacrifices, but refusal would have meant the
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      PREMIERS SPEECH OF OCT. 7
      216 9 London, Nov. 6 IN Parliament the Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary have declined to rndertake s closer definition of the war aims than are already available in their own speeches and statements r/ present wh'le there is great uncertaipty as to the length of the
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    SOVIET MASS MORE FORCES ON FINNISH FRONTIER
    377 9 Helsinki Again Hopeful After Second Moscow Meeting EIGHTY THOUSAND Soviet to the Finnish frontier in t to the Rome radio. This report follows a broadcast declaration by Professor A. K. Cajander, the Finnish Prime Minister, that Finland was prepared in all circumstances to
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    Norway Rejects Nazi Protest
    183 9 Norway Rejects Nazi Protest "No Reason To Accept German Demand' Oslo, Nov. b. •T*HE Norwegian Government, in a note handed to the German Charge d'Affaires here, has rejected the German protest against th» release of the American steamer City of Flint and the internment of the German prize crew aboard
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    VICEROY'S STATEMENT ON TALKS WITH THE PARTIES
    1936 10 Not Yet Achieved What He Had Hoped CONGRESS ATTITUDE SET FORTH IN LETTERS New Delhi, Nov. 5. DKOADCASTING to the nation, the Viceroy of India, Lord Linlithgow, announced with profound regret that conversations inaugurated with representatives of the Congress and the Muslim League
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    AMUSEMENTS
    180 10 MMGAPOSI e\< i uca hotel Cocktail Dance 7 p.m. tJ 9 p.m. Dinner and Dance (Informal) 9-43 to Midnight '.VKKKK TIUCATMI (it) LANG Baglii Sepalii and Kuldipak Double Feature Hindustani Talkies at 7.30 p.m. GR1.41 ttOKl.l) Cabaret 9 p.m. to Midnight. Globe- Out West With the Hardy. Sky: A
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    NEW ITALIAN MINISTER TO BANGKOK
    88 10 (Rrom Our Own Correspondent) London, Oct. 23. CIGNOR CROLLA, who has been Counsellor in the Italian Embassy in London for several years, is to be promoted to the Italian Legation in Bangkok. It is learned that Cav. UfT. A. Perego. Cf nsul-Gen- ;ai for Malaya,
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    SERVICES AT RECITAL
    127 10 Warm Appreciation Of Baer's Playing CERVICES officers and men were present in large numbers at the Municipal organ recital at the i Victoria Memorial Hall last night 1 and showed full appreciation of the programme. Miss Sophie Chang, the young .ocaiiiy trained Chinese lyric soprano who !was
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    "WUTHERING HEIGHTS " A FINE FILM
    268 10 "WUTHERING HEIGHTS A FINE FILM At The Cinema Wuthering Heights" (Merle Oberon. Laurence Olivier. David Niven). United Artists. At the Cathay. F'MILY Bronte's poignant, powerful 1 story of HeathclifT, the gipsy, and Cathy, the woman whose life is eaten away by a vain and violent love, told against the background
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    GREATER FREEDOM IN SCHOOL SYLLABUS
    482 10 Students Enter For Last Junior Cambridge A RECORD number of students in Singapore has entered ri for the last Junior Cambridge examination, to be held in Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States schools from Dee. 4 to 13. The Junior Cambridge will be abolished in
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    Ex-Planter Wins £9,000 For Penny
    193 10 (From 081 Ov.n Correspondent* London. Oct. 23. iy|R. MALCOLM CROSS, who was a rabbet plaster in the Teluk Anson district 23 years aio and in Kedah Irom I'd.*, to 1932, ha^ settled dov.n near Trowbridge, Wiltshire. Mr. Cross won i! 9,000 for a penny in
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    COLONIAL POLICE LONG SERVICE MEDALS
    142 10 TWENTY-NINE subordinate officers and constables of the F.M.S. Police have been awarded the Colonial Police London Service Medal, states a Government notification. The awards have been made to Sergeant-Major Inson bin Ibrahim; Detective Sergeant Gan Chai Lai. Ist Class Sergeants Kishin Singh. Mehar Smgh. Sa'ai
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    REMEMBERING THOSE WHO WILL FALL IN THIS WAR
    692 11 General Bond Broadcasts Poppy Day Fund Appeal NEED TO GIVE GENEROUSLY IS EVEN MOBE NECESSARY NOW "THE vast and tragic wreckage" of the present war was mentioned by Major-General L. V. Bond, General Officer Commanding/ Malaya, in a broadcast appeal last night
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    MISS F. ABDOOLCADER TO MARRY
    55 11 MISS FATEMAH ABDOOLCADER. the only daughter of Mr. H. H. Abdoolcader. and Mrs. Abdoolcader of Penang. is leaving for Bombay at the end of this month for her marriage to Dr. Abbas H. Nakhooda MB., B.S. The wedding will take place in Surat, Bombay Presidency,
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    NEGRI DEATHS
    60 11 Rrcm Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Nov. 5. TVO deaths have taken place in Negri Sembilan during the past few days. A Chinese, who went out to fell trees at Labu was found dead, pinned under a tree which he had felled. At Broga. tne body of a 13-year-old
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    "Cinderellas" Help Patriotic Fund In K.L.
    242 11 DANCE PARTNER FOR EUROPEANS From Our Own Correspondent' Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 5. /\ALLED "Cinderellas" because at the stroke of midnight, like that fairy story character, they must "disappear," five European women are aiding the Malaya Patriotic Fund by donating the fee they receive for
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    DID CHINESE GIVE NAME TO MALAYA ?
    161 11 DID CHINESE GIVE NAME TO MALAYA CHINESE discovered Australia in 1420, according to Dr. W. G. Goddard. He told the Queensland branch of the Royal Geographical Society that he is translating records which showed that Chinese first landed in Western Australia in that year, travelled right round the continent, and
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    $5OO FINE ON BETTING HOUSE CHARGE
    107 11 IBRAHIM bin Natarsha, a clerk with 23 years' service with the Municipal Assessment Department, was fined $500. or. in default, two months' imprisonment, by Mr. J. FletcherCooke. Singapore third magistrate, when he was convicted on Saturday of assisting in the management of a common
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    19 11 Lieut. Mohamed Salleh of the 3rd (N.S.) Battalion of the F.M.S.V.F. has been appointed acting company commander "B" Company.
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    Cathedral Wedding
    37 11 Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Cribb after their wedding at St. Andrew's Cathedral on Saturday. The bride teas formerly Miss Marjorie May, of W.4*l Australia. Mr. Cribb is rcith I perial Airways— Straits Times picture.
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    Bus Companies Seeking Increase In Fares
    180 11 Bus Companies Seeking Increase In Fares i From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 6. APPLICATIONS for permission to increase their fares, as a result of higher petrol costs, will be made by two bus companies at a public inquiry to be held on Nov. 22 by the Transport Board
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    NO SHORTAGE OF SHIPPING SPACE
    72 11 PUBLICITY has recently been given to reports motably in a brokers report) that ther? is likely to be a shortage of shipping ssace to Europe in Novemb3r and December, but the Shipping Controller states he is "unable to find any evidence to substantiate this report."
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    24 11 The band of the Straits Settlements Police will perform to-night at the Botanic Gardens at 5.30 p.m. under the direction of Mr. S. Chapman.
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    MALAY NEWS BULLETIN
    414 11 PRESIDENT Roosevelt telah menyain surat pemashhoran sa-nnalam melepaskan pantang yam melaranAmerika todak boleh menjual senjata ka-negeri2 Eropah itu. Serta-merta itu juga kerajaan2 British dan Peranchis telah menghantar 'order' kapada kilang2 senjata dalam Amerika minta bu&tkan beberapa banyak kapal2 terbang perang. Gudang2 simpanan barang dipelabohan New York lelah
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    INDIAN LOYALTY "NEVER MORE STEADFAST THAN NOW"
    871 11 INDIAN LOYALTY "NEVER MORE STEADFAST THAN NOW Association President Renews Plra For Community's Unity U U/E as British subjects and inhabitants of ihis Colony are thankful for the protection vouchsafed to uv by the British flag; our loyalty to the British Throne has never been more steadfast than now," said
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    MEETING & COUNSELS REPORTED REMARK
    74 11 MEETING COUNSELS REPORTED REMARK MEMBERS* attending the annua! general meeting of the Indian Association, Singapore, yesterday passed a resolution condemning a statement reported to have been made in a court case by Mr. S. G. Pillay. an advocate and solicitor, to the effect that South Indian labourers were spt to
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    $600 DAMAGES AND COSTS IN LIBEL SUIT
    51 11 AFTER a five-day hearing, the ijbel suit in which M. Weinberg. a manufacturer's agent, claimed general damages against Moine Comte find Co., Ltd.. concluded on Saiur<)..\ in the High Court. In an oral judgment. Mr. Justice Pedlow awarded S6OO damage 1 Weinberg, and
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    SHIPMENT OF U.S. ARMS FOR THE ALLIES BEGINS
    390 12 Huge New Orders For Warplanes A NEW YORK message states that according: to reports in n financial circles, France has advanced U.S. $15,000,000 to (in mice the building of new American aircraft factories in order to accelerate production of warplanes for the
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    Proclamations By U.S. President
    231 12 Washington. Nov. 5. THE Neutrality Law proclamation. 1 dealing with belligerent submarines and the fixing of zones in which American ships may or may not operate have been signed by President Roosevelt, says Keuter. In his neutrality proclamation President Roosevelt declared: "A state of war unhappily
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    RAILWAY FACILITIES ARE BEING RESTORED
    165 12 Londoi:. No\ 5. T[F FIRST URGENT emergency demands on transport facilities and the incidence of A.R.P. regulations have involved British railways in inevitable dislocation of ceitain services, but rapid progress is being made in restoring these to normal functioning ont by one. to the first
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    Finland Trains Her Man-Power
    45 12 Finland has been calling: up her manpower and building her aim.v to war-time strength to defend he r frontiers against possible aggression. Picture shows an elderly civilian at rifle practice on an emrrffency rifle range erected in the streets of Helsinki.
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    Close Co-operation Of The Allied Navies
    374 12 London. Nov. 5. THE visit of Mr. Winston Churchill, the First Lord of the Admiralty, to Paris and his conversations with M. Campinchi. the French Minister of Marine, and Admiral Darlan. Commander-in-chief of the French naval forces, emphasizes the close co-operation of the French
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    POLISH MUNITIONS FOR CHINESE ARMIES?
    72 12 Chungking, Nov. 5. REGARDING a report from Paris to the effect that the Soviet and the German economic mission have reached an agreement to offer a part of captured Polish war material, including artillery, machine-guns, rifle and uniforms to China In exchange for tungsten, iron
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    German Barter Scheme
    412 12 The Times On Why It Cannot Succeed London. No. 4. IN an editorial in The Times to-day, the German scheme for international trade exchange, whersby it is proposed to exclude from European trade not only Britain but overseas countries also, is subjected to analysis The editorial suggests
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    Reich Protests To Norway Over City Of Flint Incident
    336 12 London, Nov. 5. NEWS HAS REACHED Clydeside that the American vessel City of Flint Is bound lor a port on the west coast of Scotland- It is therefore, assumed that she will dock at Glasgow in four days' time. The City
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      234 12 Broadcasting SINGAPORE TO-DAY /BL 223 .net res /HP o».06 metre*. p.m. 1.15 Miscellaneous piograirmc of gramophone records. 1.30 The news and mid-day rubber and tin prices 1.40 Interval. 5 CO Listeners' favourites Malay > 5.30 Tamil music.-: 0.00 Teochew Ouakang romantic selectoius.y 6.10 Teochew Guakang traditional dramas. 7.00 Children's programme.
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    Nazi Leaders & Soviet Par
    213 13 Nazi Leaders Soviet Par Riniiig Discontent Is Reported Paris, Nov. 5. A CJORUIiNG to a Havps message r.-m the German lrcnlicr, high Na:'i Party circlef are sd discontented with HitlT'.s pro-Russian policy that Hlmmler has in: tiucied hi 3 deputy to lorm a super-Gestapo to watch over the Oeitepo ii.elf.
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    TANKS GET BOGGED IN DUTCH FLOODS
    76 13 TiA Netherlands military authorities have been testing how far the Hooding of certain Dutch areas can De relied upon lo vtop the advance of mechanized units. Dutch newspaoers publish remarkable photographs of the tests, cne showing that one tank became bogged before the sodden
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    HITLER'S GROWING CONCERN OVER STALIN'S CLAIMS
    229 13 "Interference" With Nazi Plans For Puppet Polish State Paris, Nov. 5. A FRESH Russian shock for Hitler is reported in the news- paper Paris Soir, which says tli/»t the object of the recent \i.-;its of Josef Coebbels (Reich Propaganda Minister) and Rudolf Hen (Hitlers
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    German Plot In South Africa
    108 13 Johannesburg. Nov. 5. A NAZI plot for risings throughout South Africa, including the sabot- ing of factories and essential services. I is disclosed by the Johannesburg newst paper Star. The Diet, it is stated, also involved ths I exploitation of Portuguese East African mineral resources
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    RATIONING OF BACON & BUTTER ON DEC. 15?
    57 13 RATIONING OF BACON BUTTER ON DEC. 15? London, Nov. 5. ALTHOUGH no definite date has bee.i officially announced for the introduction of rationing of butter and bacon the only two commodities which it has Deen considered necessary to ration i.i the near future— it has been announced to take place
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    "Hitler Perplexed & Undecided"
    141 13 "Hitler Perplexed Undecided" London, Not. 5. THK well-known British publicist. Mr. J. A. Spender, reviewing the war situation in the Sunday Times to-day, writes: "So the question conies back <o Hitler. Has he any answer to the riddle he has set for his own country, and for -all of us?
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    Goebbels & R.A.F. Leaflets
    155 13 Goebbels R.A.F. Leaflets AN ADMISSION of the widespread knowledge in Germany of the pamphlets dropped by British aircraft over German towns was made yesterday by Josef Goebbels, the German Propaganda Minister, In a broadcast to the Hitl«r Youth gathered in cinemas throughou' Germany. They were Inaugurating a scheme whereby the
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    Nazi Spy Activities In Holland
    120 13 Nazi Spy Activities In Holland AN important espionage organization In Holland has. according to ai. Amsterdam report, been revealed by the arrest of a man said to have been smuggling various uniforms into Germany. A number of arrests are expected to be made shortly. When the man, who was known
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    Bukit Timah Track Notes
    381 14 IN* 'pite i*i rain this morning, a fair number of horses were exercised on ;id tra" 1 and the sand track l}u:it Timah. 'I he goini on the second track was very heavy, and the s brought out were only put through easy worn. Jac'ic Druc-j
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    ARMY BEAT SINGAPORE IN THRILLING RUGBY
    930 14 Losers Made Great Bid For Victory In Second-Half PUGBY, the grandest witnessed in Singapore this season, was fought cut on the padang on Saturday, when the Army, last year's Malaya Cup finalists, defeated Singapore by eleven points (two drop goals and a try) to
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    R.N.-R.A.F. WIN AT RENGAM
    97 14 Good Work By Black And Stumm (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Nov. 4. BRILLIANT team work triumphed in the rugger match it rtengam today whsn the R.N. and the R.A.F. beat Johore by 18 points (three goals, one try) to nil. Johore, however, fought hard
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    N.S. BEAT PERAK IN TROPHY RUGBY
    519 14 Winners Show Much Improved Form (Fr:m Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Nov. 4. PLAYING far above the form they have exhibited in matches thus far this season, Negri Sembilan beat Perak at Seremban to-day by 8 points (a goal and a penalty) to 3 points
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    To-day's Sports Events
    51 14 HOCKEY: Singapore State Trial. S.C.C.; Police vs. Raffles College, Depot; Spore Colts vs. R.A.F. (H.Q.), Farrer Park; S.R.C. *s. Indian Medical Service, S.R.C; St. Joseph's Institution vs. S.C.R.C., St. Joseph's; Indian Assn. vs. 4/19 Hyderabad Regiment, Bales tier; Women's (Rest) trial, G.S.C. ground. TENNIS S.C.R.C. and V.M.C.A.
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    SPORTS JOTTINGS FROM NEGRI
    151 14 (From Our Cwn Correspondent) Seremban, Nov. 5. COR the first time since the Farleigh Robertson trophy rugger matches began in 1926 the match was decided after extra time had been played, when Negri Sembilan beat Perak a f Seremban yesterday. The Cup was presented by Mr.
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    MIXED FOURSOMES AT ISLAND CLUB
    46 14 The November mixed foursomes played at the Island Club yesterday resulted in a tie between Mrs. F. T. Wyckoff and Mr. Chua Boon Hin and Mrs. C. K. Lee and Mr. Tay Lian Teck with a net score of 35 each.
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    PERAK BEAT PENANG 2—l IN STATE HOCKEY
    622 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) DERAK narrowly defeated Penan first inter-State match of th School ground to-day. Hockey of thrilling pace was maintained fron Perak were deserving winners for, as a team, they displayed better understanding and were superior in their stickwork and passing
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    RAFFLES INST. BEAT R.A.F. AT SELETAR
    30 14 The Raffles Institution hockey team beat the RAJ 1 (Seletar* side by two goals to one in a keen game at Seletar op Saturday.
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    ARSENAL AND RANGERS SCORE THIRD WINS
    791 15 Saturday's Home Football Results And Tables ARSENAL scored their third successive win in Saturday's Home soccer when they beat Crystal Palace by five goals to nil to head the South A tables. Newcastle, Oldham, Birmingham, £windon. Rangers and Falkirk, also all scored their third
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    MAXIMUM CROWD Liverpool, Nov. 4.
    506 15 MAXIMUM CROWD Liverpool, Nov. 4. The first war-time maximum crowd o: 15.000 to-day watched an International football match here in which the All-British and International Football League sidf>3 drew 8-3. LEAGUE TABLES Following are the league tables, corrected up-to-date: NORTH EASTERN P. W. L. D. P. A. Pts Newcastle 3
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    Saturday's Hockey INDIAN ARMY WIN
    170 15 Saturday's Hockey INDIAN ARMY WIN THE Indian Army hockey team met the Indian Association for the I second time this season and, scoring a i goal three minutes before the final v/histle, deserved their victory at .Balestier on Saturday. The Indian Army had much more of the play, but a
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    KEPPEL GOLF CLUB
    151 15 Twenty-four cart's were takrr, out for the November Women's spoon at the Keppel G. C. and the following were the scores returned: Mrs. A. B. Menvies 44—11-33. Mrs. A. M. Low 43—9 -34. Mrs. J. M. Fraser 51—17 34. Mrs. E. Glenny >2— lB 34. Mrs. H.
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    Selangor's Fine Hockey Win
    449 15 "From Our Own Correspondent.* Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 4. QIVING one of the finest displays ever Ml up by a local state side, Selungor today trounced Negri Sembilan ;n the first state hockey game of the season b nine goals to nil. The winners' combination was little
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    MEN'S DOUBLES FINAL IN S.B.A. CHAMPIONSHIPS
    502 15 Boon Hai Chong Teck Beat Peng Nam Peng Soon \UEE BOON HAI and Wong Chong Teck won the men's open doubles championship of Singapore, beating Wong Peng Soon and Wong Peng Nam in three gruelling sets, 21—7, B—2l, 21—15, at the Clerical Union Hall
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    RUGBY LEAGUE
    62 15 Home Rugby results on Saturday were: LANCASHIRE SECTION Liverpool 13 Leigh 10 Rochdale 20 Widnes 11 St. Helen's 28 Broughton 10 Salford 21 Oldham 14 Warrington 3 Wigan 24 YORKSHIRE SECTION Bradford 12 Wakefield 11 Castleford 33 Bramley 4 Kuddersfield 28 Batley 10 Hull K.R 23 Hunslet 6
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    RUGBY UNION
    79 15 Guys Hospital 27 Metropolitan P. 15 Harlequins 14 Kings College Hosp. 0 Rosslyn Park 14 Army XV 21 Abcravon 9 LlanelJy 5 Bath 3 Weston Super M. 3 Bristol 39 Bristol Hosp 0 Brldgend 5 Neath 9 Cambridge Univ. 17 Old Cranleighans 4 Cross Keys 5 Abercarn 9
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    Annual R.A.F. Open Shoot
    444 15 ONE of the biggest rifle shoots of the year, the seventh annual R.AF. (Far East Command) Open Rifle Shoot, took place on the Bukit Timah range yesterday. There was some 200 entries and the shoot was extremely successful. The day before, on Saturday, the R.AF. (Far
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    DRAW AT TENGAH
    22 15 The RAF <Tengah> held the S.C.R.C. to a scoreless draw in an exciting hockey match at Tengah on Saturday.
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    110 16 B.E.F. HAS MOBILE WORKSHOPS MOST MODERN KITCHENS 'labile transport workshops are a feature of the British Army in France. Here you set < ;ie of these workshops stopping at a French village to make the necessary repairs to a machine belonging to a dispatch rider. Very different from the last
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