The Straits Times, 16 November 1939

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    37 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTUR?.J MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LAKGEST NET SALES 2 1 PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS. The Straits Times 24 PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER is iqqq PRICE 5 LENTS.
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    SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES
    1353 4 Fraser And Co's List WEDNESDAY, NOV. 15, 1939: 5 P.M. MINING Buyers Seller* Ampat Tm (4s 4s 9d 5s 3d Austral Amal. (5s; 6s 7s Austral Malay <£i j-js 39s Ayer Hltam (5s) 24s 9d 26s c.d Ayer Weng i$i) ao 95 Bangrin Tin i£)
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    FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
    100 4 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Singapore, Nov. 15, 5 pjn. Company DIvtde.id K£ Date 'Bt. Dtt. anuwu^w N D le "JR Kuala Lumpur Tin Is. NoT 24 Kuchal I5% final Nov. 15 Nov! 24 Nov 16 15? d0 5% lnt Nov. 15 Nov 24 NOT 16 U S£S iin-.::v.:...
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    BIG DECLINE IN OVERSEAS TRADE
    341 4 DUE TO ONSET OF WAR CONDITIONS LATER RECOVERY OF EXPORTS AS was to be expected, the first wartime overseas trade returns, issued on Oct. 27 for the month of September, show a decline, compared with September. 1938. The decline amounted to 33 per cent, in
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    LYALL AND EVATT'S DAILY QUOTATIONS
    234 4 Singapore, Nov. 15. 1 p.m. MINING Buyer* Seller j Ampats 4 1014 a 3 Austral Anialg 66" 7 Batu Selangors 1 65 1 70 Hong Fatts 99 102 Jelebus 1.04 1.07cd Kampong Lanjuts 20/9 21/6 K. Kamunting 8/6 8/9 Kamuntings 10 9 11 6 Klnta
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    EXPORT DRIVE IN REICH MARKETS
    130 4 Talks In Progress A SKED what steps were being taken to counteract the subsidized competition by Germany with British exports in neutral markets, Mr. R. s. Hudson, Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department, said in the House of Commons on Oct. 25 that the Government
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      184 4 TIDE TABLES Thursday. Nov. 23 QiMPiDnDu ?*Jf- 756am *-2 ft.; 8.40 p.m. 7.6 ft. SINGAPORE L. W. 1.40 a.m. 3.9 ft.; 2.35p.m. 3.3 ft. To-day Friday. Nov. 24 H. W 1.46 a.m. 8.4ft.; 1.04 p.m. 9.3 ft. 5 am 8 A 5 t 929 P' m 8 ft L. W
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      513 5 Dollar Tins Easier And Rubbers Improve By Our Financial Correspondent Singapore. Nov. 16. THE chief feature of this morning s market news is the announcement or an increase of 5 per cent in the exportable allowance for the first cuarter of next year at 80 per cent
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      85 5 SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES .Singapore. Nov. IG. noon. Buyers Sellers HambuTfCub* f*™ Java Cube fl2 00 Pawrr 50 White *"-S, Black 8 50 d J Bun Dried 3 70 Scgo Flour i;:r.. g| Sarawak 5°5 ralembang Sarawak $I'M1 M Tavoca tm no Small Flake Fair Flake Small Pearl 1C 50 K
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      COMMODITIES AND EXCHANGES
      80 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Nov. 15. pOMMODITY and Exchange markets closed as follows with previous quotations In parenthesis: aravs vga l °New 6 York: 20V4 cU. (20% cts.). COPRA: SSSiSSllStUun: £12 2s. Od. COTTON: Sellers: 7.07d. (7.0Cd.). 533 as wsfc&v^tf TIN: Firm. Spot: £230 (£230). Forward:
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      EXCHANGES
      148 5 The following are the exchange rates this morning according to the dally circular Issue, by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation:London T.T. 2/4 1/16 London demand Iu Rate for freight A Lyons demand z Switzerland demand Hamburg demand New York demand Montreal demand qri" Batavla demand Semarang demand tQ
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      London Stock Exchange
      316 5 London, Nov. 15. GILT-EDGED provided the highlight of today's markets on the Stock Exchange, advancing sharply on a small trickle or buying orders Far Eastern bonds recovered part of their recent losses. Tewer werc also prominent on publication of good profts of some leading companies. Rubbers were
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      QUIET PERIOD IN RUBBER MARKET
      199 5 U.S. CONSUMPTION JUMPS LAST MONTH IN a weekly report on the rubber market, issued this morning Lewis and Peat (Singapore) Ltd. write:— With both holidays intervening and a feeling of uncertainty in the market regarding the probable action of the IR.R.C the week has been^
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      FLOUR PRICES EASIER BUT FREIGHTS HIGHER
      115 5 PRINCES of Australian wheat flour are not exactly dropping but the market shows an aspect which is iar irom firm, state Monod and CoSingapore, in a fortnightly report dated Nov. 9. Eastern markets booked small quantities at prices ranging r £7 15s. to £8.
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      73 5 Thursday, Nov. 1«, noon. Bayers Sellers Prices Prices No. X B.S.S. (Spot loose) 3h'4 38% No. IX BS.S. !.o.b. In cases November M G.KA.Q. RS.S. f.O.b. in tmles November **V\ 38 t.AQ. R.S.S. 1.0.D. November 37* i 31% rUTUKfc QUOTATIONS No. IX B.S.S on Re»Uter«l
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      199 5 BANK OF CHINA PENANG AGENCY 52 54 BEACH STREET, PENANG Telegraphic Address CHUNGKUO, PENANG" will be OPEN FOR BUSINESS NOV. 20th 1939. SafeguardYOUR VALUABLES Our Strong Rocms ar= your Protection. It is impossible for am individual to provide for his valued possessions the safety that Is afforded by our vaults
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      283 6 SPEND THE BLACK-OUT IN COMFORT AT THE CAPITOL AND PAVILION! IMPORTANT NOTICE BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT WITH THE AUTHORITIES PERFORMANCES WILL TERMINATE DURING UNRESTRICTED PERIODS THUS ALLOWING PATRONS 4MPI E TIME TO PRO CEED HOME WHILE COMPLETE BLACK-OUT RESTRICTIONS ARE NOT IN FORCE S.T.C. BUSES WILL RUN \S USUAL PAVILION 6.15
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      212 6 SELECT^., .j.^ilOMiiS. C 8052 58 Beethoven Symphony No. 3— New Queens Hall Orchestra, with Sir Henry wood. C 8016 .19 Beethoven Symphony No. 5— London Philharmonic Orchestra with Felix Weingartner. C 8127/29 Beethoven Symphony No. 8— Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra with Felix Welngartner. CBIG9 72 Brahms Symphony No. 3 London Philharmonic
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      339 6 PA Df TAY OIC P^c n«r ti\ nau If you can watch this Picture and VAJriivL •>•!«>, 0.15, 9.15 TO-DAY ke °P a straight face, you had better consul l a physician!" Tribune vV^vO^ GAUMONT NEWS M < -ENTVKY V^ C* SHOWING MINE roxpTcTIRE SWEEPING WITH M KM DOVER PATROL
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    DARING R.A.F. FLIGHTS OVER GERMAN WAR BASES
    614 7 Valuable Information Gained By Photographers TT was revealed last night that, during tne daylight 1 reconnaissances over Germany, carried out during the past few weeks by aircraft of the R.A.F. bomber command, photographs have been taken of towns, harbours and military objectives at
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    Highest Dogfight Of The War
    321 7 MALAYAN listeners to the B.BX:. news bulletin last night heard Mr. J Wentworth Day, the author, who has just returned to England from a visit tc an R A.F. defence fighter unit on the front line, give an eye-witness account of what he described "the
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    LARGER ALLOWANCES FOR THE SERVICES
    149 7 Revised Scale Held To Be A 'Real Advance' •"THERE is a chorus of approval in the British Press for the increased allowances for families of men serving in the Navy, Army and Air Force. It cannot be said that the soldiers allowances are ungenerous, says
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE. THURSDAY. NOV 16, 1939. JAPAN ON NAZI TREACHERY
    1095 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE. THURSDAY. NOV 16, 1939. JAPAN ON NAZI TREACHERY Japanese newspapers now arriving in Singapore reveal an extraordinary wave of anger against Germany for her "clear invalidation of the Anti-Comintern Pact" in signing the Berlin-Moscow agreement of Aug. 23. Messages cabled at the time of the happening
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    U.S. INTERESTS IN CHINA
    42 8 Tokio. Nov. 15. According to the spoilsman of i the Foreign Office, six questions i pending between Japan and the Unit- i ed States concerning Amer can inter- i ests in China have been amicably < settled. -Eastern News.
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    WAR NOT RUNNING TRUE TO FORM
    1430 8 Gigantic Duel Of Wits Only Now beginning By Our Military Correspondent London, Oct. 25. JT is early yet to anticipate what turns and twists this extraordinary war will take. So far it has rot run true to the form prophesied by any of the
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    169 8 Facility May Be Extended To Katong To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— For some time the Katong Post Office has been a delivery station. The delivery of letters has been improved much and the service given at the Katong Post Office is courteous and efficient.
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    FOOLISH FELLOW!
    98 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— In a letter published in the Straits Times on Nov. 10 the writer asked for the change of the time of the black-out from 6 p.m.— 6 a.m. to 6 a.m.— 6 p.m. Does the writer know that from 6
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    GREEN ENVELOPES
    308 8 Method Of Modifying Mails Censorship To the Editor of the Strai s Times Sir,— I suggest that it is quite time that an alteration should be made in the censorship arrangements. These were necessary at the outbreak of war, bJt can now be modified. It io undignified that
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    THE OLD STAGERS
    188 8 Not "In The Waxworks* 1 Yet! To the Editor of the Strata Times J Sir.-As go eld ex-Service man I e d y°JV e nt leader O'd Strgers. and I do net agrc that \v> m, e n°v n th 6 fhel tes! wl many thousands of
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    THE MAILS
    189 8 i Notification Of Safe j Delivery Wanted To the Editor of the Straits T.mes Sir,— It is all very well to fcc p-jud ct our ships still bravely sailing the seven seas, etc., but what about our betters reaching Home? i We are told of the bad side
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    NEWS REELS
    72 8 To the Editor tf the Straits Times Sir,— Kindly allow me to express indignation at local advertising that the programme includes latest news pictures by air-mail when in fact the news has been shown lor several days. Why should they mislead the cinema-^oing public In this way? They
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    HOLIDAYS
    60 8 To the Editor of the Straits limesSir.— There app?ars to have been confusion worse confounded in regard to public holidays during this month, causing not a little disorganization to business as vrs'l as tourist traflu- May we hope that the authorities will be more successful in the allotnv.-nt ol
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    VIOLENT SOVIET ATTACK AGAINST BRITAIN
    353 9 "Backing Finland, Says Moscow Radio BLAME FOR FAILURE OF THE TALKS IN RED CAPITAL Conference In Helsinki After Delegates' Return FINLAND'S rulers were accused of being backed by Great Britain in a violent radio attack launched a few hours after the Finnish delegation returned to
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    UNREST IN THE REICH
    280 9 UNREST IN THE REICH Pro-Monarchist Movement 1 Paris, Nov. 1". MONARCHIST propaganda is steadily growing in Prussia j .ind Bavaria, says a Stockholm dis- patch to the Paris Soir. In Prussia there is a campaign in favour of the restoration of the Hohenzollerns and in Batavia in lavour of the
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    R.A.F. Training System
    201 9 ONE of the two young R.A.F. pilots. who were yesterday awarded the fliccrship of the Order of the British Empire, learned to fly as a member of a busmen's flying club. He had half an hour of flying a fortnight and on'y bc-i.ame a flying officer in
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    PREMIER'S REVIEW
    44 9 London. Nov. 16. riE periodical statement of the Prime Minister Mr. Ne\ilk Chamberlain, on the JnUrnational situation will be read by Sir John Simon, Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the House cf Commons to-day in the absence of Mr. Chamb- rlain.— Reuter.
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    German-Swedish Deadlock
    183 9 German-S wedish Deadlock "Impossible Demands" By Berlin London, Nov. 16. THE German Foreign Office spokesman has denied reports that th? German-Swedish trade talks have broken down. He states the talks have be3n adjourned to enable the German d?legation to obtain fresh instructions. An earlier mersage from Stockholm, reporting the break-down
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    Japanese Landing At China's Last Open Port
    92 9 JAPANESE army and navy detachments yesterday successfully landed at Pakhoi, in south-western Kwangtung, thus occupying the last seaport connecting the Chungking Government with the outside world, reports Reuter. The landing was made by Japanese troops in face of heavy seas,, wind and rain,
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    WARPLANES HELD UP
    92 9 Allied Orders Delayed Los Angeles, Nov. 15. A SPOKESMAN of southern Californian aviation factories dirclosed to-day that British and French war orders were being held up pending a ruling from the State Department regarding what constitutes "cash and carry" under the new neutrality legislation. Representatives of five
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    "EMBROIDERING" THE TRUTH
    227 9 German Propaganda Lies Exposed REUTER'S chief diplomatic correipondent gives the following interesting example of German technique in embroidering the truth. The German Trans-Ocean news i agency on Tuesday state, firstly, that 1 in the course of serious anti-Semitic demonstrations in London on Sunday night windows of several
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    Two Lithuanian Shins Sunk In Baltic
    33 9 Kaunas (Lithuania), Nov. 16. TWO Lithuanian carpo steamers, the Paneveys < 2.400 tons) and the Nida (1,900 tons), were sunk in the Baltic near the Esthonian coast to-
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    CREW OF SUNKEN GREEK VESSEL RESCUED
    76 9 London, Nov. 15. AN EAiT COAST lifeboat to-day rescued the crew of 22 of the Greek steamer Gcorgios (2,216 tons) which collided in darkness with a partially submersed wreck and sank. -Reuter. TANKER LOST London, Nov. 15. NINE members of the crew were drowned
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    GERMANY DID NOT ACCEPT CHURCHILL'S CHALLENGE
    355 9 pL^ivIAN assertions that the three raids on the Shetland Isles were a full reply to Mr Winston Churchill '■how how the main contentions of tha First Lord of th? Admiralty had been suppressed in Germany, writes Reuter's I c^iet diplomatic correspondent. Mr. Churchill said
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    Lord Rothermere Wins Case
    360 9 Claim By Princess Is Dismissed London, Nov 15. MR. JUSTICE TUCKER gave judgment for Lord Rothermere to-day in the action brought by Princess Stephanie Hohenlohe for damages for alleged breach of contract. Mr. Justice Tucker decided that Lord Rothermere had not contracted to vindicate her political
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    SECOND READING OF SECRETS BILL
    171 9 Lender., Nov. 15. THE Hous^ of Commons, on the motion of Sir John Anderson, Minister for Civil Defence, gave second reading to the Official Secrets Bill, which the House of Lords has already passed unamended. The bill limits special powers of incerrogaticn of the police
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    GOVERNMENT TO FIX WAGES IN FRANCE
    103 9 ALL wage* In Prance in future will do fixed by the Government. This w decided at a meeting among M. Daladlrr, the Prime Minister, M. Reynaud, the Finance Minister, and M. Pomaret, the Minister of Labour. The Government is talcing this step In order
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    SEIZED OILFIELDS IN MEXICO
    56 9 Mexico City. Nov. 15. IT is virtually certain that the Supreme Court will rule that the expropriation of Foreign petroleum interests dating from March 1938 was constitutional. The judgment is expected to providz for indemnification covering everything installed fee development of the industry but no compenration
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    CHINA'S ORDER FOR PLANE MATERIALS
    41 9 New York, Nov. 15. THUJA has ordercJ an tttack bomber set of ar-scmbly ji»; and d'.iraluminum sufficient for 25 planes from the Vultee Airrra't dirtoon of the Aviation Corporation at a total cost of $I.6oo,ooo.— Reuter.
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    "GERMANY REGARDS PEACE PROPOSAL AS 'DEAD'"
    352 9 Hollanders Offended By Hitler's Discourtesy To Queen VON Ribbentrop, the German Foreign Minister, has Liformed the Belgian and Dutch ministers in Berlin that, 'as a result of the brusque rejection of their sovereigns' peace offer by Britain and France, the German Government regarded the
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    Duce On Italy'S "Armed Peace"
    97 9 Spasmodic Shouts Of ''Tunis*' From Cronri Rome, Nov. 15. "|£EEP your guns bright by the side of your books." declared Signor Mussolini, repressing a crowd of 70.0 M 0 at the Piazza Venezia to-day on the occasion of the opening cf the academic year. 'Italy's
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    BELGIAN FLAG FOR U.S. SHIPS ?
    57 9 BELGIAN FLAG FOR U.S. SHIPS brusseiJ. Nov 15. i^HE Belgian Government is considc- ing the passibility of allowing a certain number of American vess?ls, which are barred by the new neutrality legislation from visiting European combat areas under the United States llag, to sail under Belgian colours, announced M. Marck,
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    DUTCH UNIFORMS IN DEMAND IN REICH
    33 9 Amsterdam. Nov. 16. TWO brothers have been arrested ;it Kerkrade and accused of trying to purchas? and smuggle Dutch military uniforms across the G?rman 1 frontier.— Reuter.
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    RUBBER QUOTA RAISED FOR FIRST QUARTER
    489 10 Malaya To Produce Nearly 130,000 Tons In Period SHARP RISE IN AMERICAN CONSUMPTION LAST MONTH THF V iJ Strai J s Junes Financial Correspondent HE rubber exportable allowance for the first -uarter of i n ?u VT has been fixed at 80 P er
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    KNITTING WOOL
    35 10 1^" KITTING wool is new available and will be given out from Government House to-day and en Monday to the heads of the. various working parties who arc knitting; for the Patriotic Fund.
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    16 10 Mr B. J. R. Barton has been appointed a member cf the Johore, State Medical Board.
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    AMUSEMENTS
    148 10 SINGAPORE RAKH ES HOTEL Orchestral Concert 8.15 to 9.15 p.m. Dinner <fe Danes (Informal) 9.45 to Midnight. CARKiCK THEATRE. GEYLANG No Show Owing to Blackout. GKE.VI WORM) No Show Owing to Blackout. urn would Happy Theatre: Tonight c 9 l>.m. liM-anu Bulan. Cabarets'™^ Kabaya Night Non-Stop Dance G p.m.
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    THE SIRDHANA INQUIRY
    78 10 THE Department of Information announces this morning that Ihe public inquiry into tho sinking of the British India vessel Sirdhana off Singapore on Monday will open to-morrow at 16.30 a.m. at the office of the Master Attendant. Mr. Justice Pedlow will preside at the inquiry, which is
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    ADJUTANT MARRIES
    84 10 £APT. M. R. Braithwaite. Adjutant of the Malay Regiment. Port Dickson. and his bride formerly Miss Edith Denaro, married at the Garrison Roman Catholic Church yesterday. The bride is the* daughter of Colonel and Mrs. Denaro, of Malta, and the bridegroom, the son of Mr. Francis Joseph Braithwaite.
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    RADIO PLAY DEALS WITH CENSORSHIP
    78 10 I AST night's broadcast of the radio n M f Letter" from the mnif; bro ght ver y good entertainment to wireless listeners with its allulo°r n h- tO a tc>pical sub Ject— postal cenThe play, written by Thelroa Faulkner, wife of an Army officer
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    CONSULATE CLOSED
    252 10 Polish Officer Is Leaving WORK TO BE DONE FROM BOMBAY £LEVEN months after his arrival in Singapore to take charge of the Consulate for Poland Mr Joseph T. Nowakowski is leaving to hand over the consular affairs to the Polish Consulate-General in Bombay. The Consulate in Gilstead Road
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    MR. W.B. WHITE
    213 10 Death Of Chartered Bank Joint Manager THE death occurred in London on 1 Friday of Mr. W. B. White. Joint manager of the Chartered Bank of India. Australia and China, and a Slncn ofX^B/nl: 0 the SlngapOre c f r i,^ h K e Was about 60
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    Infatuation For Dancer Mentioned In Assize Case
    814 10 INFATUATION for a cabaret dan-p 1 hcstess was said to be the reason why Bin Chong Kwai, a young educated Chinese, caused Great World dance coupons to be forged Bin Chong Kwai. described by his age. and the father cf a ten days'
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    CITY'S FIRST CURFEW IN BLACK-OUT TO-NIGHT
    370 10 jyiTH due concern for the prospect of bein 7 "caught" in Only one cinema, the Cathay has advertised the curtailment of its programme to one performance at 3.15 p.m. only. Other cinemas hotels and cabarets will keep open as usual, while some are staging
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    SERGEANTS ENTERTAIN
    192 10 G.O.C. Officers At Garrison Mess FIRST FUNCTION OF KIND IN MALAYA pOR the first time in Malaya the Garrison Sergeants' Mess, Fort nfo nm £r last night entertained the officers of Headquarters Staff pv?, nm nnin^ irvludi n& the GenMaior^^T^n? 8 Malay3 v P Ie V the table
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    POPPY SALES BREAK ALL RECORDS
    71 10 DOPPY sales in Singapore this year veale h d aV to b d r ay en reC rdS tt ls re A total of $10 275 was collected amon? civilians and the Services last week compared with $7,840 in the previous year Donations to the
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    35 10 The annual general meeting of the Johore centre of the St. John Ambul- A oci U n will be neld a t the Int ernational Library, Johore Bahru at e.jo p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 26.
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    PART THAT CENSORSHIP WILL PLAY IN WINNING WAR
    926 11 Broadcast Talk On Why Letters And Telegrams Are Scrutinized CHrEH iys?s taw isu will which surround it." T^ •It cannot be denied that censorship of our home letters; and telegrams is an intrusion into our liberties of a kind which people accustomed
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    HOME MAIL DAY NEXT WEEK
    51 11 AN assurance is given by the Post Office Viat the next surface mail from Great Britain will be delivered in Singapore about the middle of next week. The last surface mail from Home was delivered in Singapore on Oct. 26, having left England on Sept.
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    Alleged Breach Of Trust Of Cases Of Milk
    236 11 Alleged Breach Of Trust Of Cases Of Milk TWO EMPLOYEES of Optorg Co., (Malaya) Ltd., are on trial in tho criminal district court for alleged breach of trust of 54 cases of miU worth $378, in September lasU They are Chong Licin Chong. a storekeeper who is being defended by
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    PATRIOTIC FUND
    132 11 FURTHER donations to the Malaya Patriotic Fund announced last night bring the total UP to $739,468. Following are the Si 2L aP £n TK Solomon. $5; Mr. and Mr? WH Green, S2O: Mrs. E. M. Cain $M Dr! A. M. Bamsbotham. $25: staff and labourers of Amoy Chip
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    WOMAN DIES AT 90
    68 11 A VERDICT of death by misadventure was returned by the Singapore Coroner, Mr. W G Porter, yesterday, at an inquest on a 90 -year-old Chinese woman. Choh An Mci who died in hospital. The woman died from pneumonia following a fall on the road when she
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    "HIT & RUN" CASE
    38 11 "HIT RUN" CASE A MIDDLE-AGED Chir.ese cyclist was on Tuesday night picked up unconscious in Bukit Timah Road. The Chinese, it is thought, was knocked down by a -hit-and-run 1 motorist. The Chinese is in a serious condition.
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    Court Of Inquiry Into Sinking Of
    295 11 Sirdhana WILL BE OPENED TO-MORROW A COURT of investigation into the circumstances of the sink- ing of the British India liner Sirdhana off Singapore on Monday will open in Singapore to-morrow morning. The court has been set up under the provisions of the Merchant
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    MAILS LOST IN SINKING OF SIRDHANA
    143 11 PIE POST OFFICE announces that mails from Singapore to the following destinations were aboard the Sirdhana when she sank on Monday: Canada, containing correspondence posted between 9 ajn. on Nov. 2 to 6.30 p.m. on Nov. 11 to China (except Shanghai), from 10.30 a.m.
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    NEW MAXIMUM MILK PRICES
    260 11 ANEW list of maximum prices for all kinds of milk and infant foods in the Colony was published in last night's Government Gazette Extraordinary, showing still lurther increases in the prices of some brands. Comparison with the list of maximum prices issued on Oct. 17, nearly
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    DAMAGES AWARDED TO SINGAPORE CYCLISTS
    112 11 DAMAGES or $1,625 and $610 were awarded by the Chief Justice. Sir Percy McElwaine. in the High Court yesterday to two cyclists. Chin Kirn Meng and Yap Seng Teow. respectively, for injuries received as a result of being knocked down by a motor-car driven by
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    "THE WARDEN"
    47 11 JUST published Is the first number of "The Warden," a journal dealing with A.R.P. matters in Singapore and produced by a few enthusiasts in Singapore's A.RP. "D" Division. It contains several interesting articles on A.R.P. matters. The next number is to be published in February.
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    'WE OWE MUCH TO FRANCE FOR BUILDING MAGINOT LINE'
    219 12 Mr. Eden On Empire Ministers' Tour Of Western Front A rr op mxrr i London, Nov. 15. ACCORDING to a communique issued somewhere in Mr Anthony Eden, Dominions Secretary and the overseas Ministers who have been visiting the Western Front, have
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    Gen. Chiang's Ten-Point Policy
    118 12 Chungking, Nov. 15. /^ENERALISSIMO Chiang Kai-shek, who is President of the Kuomintang, in an address to the sixth plenary session of the Central Executive Committee yesterday outlined a guidin" policy for the Party as follows: (1) Chinese ethics should be revered; (2) industries should be developed;
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    SWISS DO NOT BELIEVE NAZI LIES
    102 12 |VIAZI ALLEGATIONS that the Munich bomb explosion v.as engineered by the E.-itish secret police are refuted by the Berlin correspondent of a Swiss newspaper who declares that it was not known until a day before the meeting whether the annual celebration of the 6?cr-cellar
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    U.S. May Increase Plane Output
    139 12 Government Subsidy Is Expected P 4nmT New York, Nov. 15. ARTLY on the basis of reports of Increasing German aeroplane production, the United States Government may decide to assist the aircraft industry with subsidies, according to the New York Times' Washington correspondent. This would, he
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    Hundreds Die In Oil Town Fire
    123 12 IT is feared that 800 people lost their lives in a fire which destroyed the Venezuelan oil town o! Lagunillas. Many children are feared to be among the victims, says Reuter. Prompt relief measures were taken by the Venezuelan Government. Planes and a warship
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    U.S. EARTHQUAKE
    54 12 Philadelphia. Nov. 15. AN earthquake of considerable inten- r sity, lasting ten seconds, was felt iast night in Pennsylvania, New Jersey Maryland and Delaware. The epicentre is stated to be close to Philadelphia, in BaltimorePictures fell from the walls and furniture overturned, but first reports inaicate that the
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    Yugoslav Embargo On Minerals Export
    164 12 MTM TT U Lcndon, Nov. 15. UCH concern is displayed in London regarding the effect of a decree issued by the Yugoslav Government aqjitrolling the production and export of minerals in the interests of the defence of the realm. The largest copper mine in Europe
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    British Forces To Stay At Shanghai
    50 12 R mm London, Nov. 15. EUTER learns that there is no truth in the report that any British troops are being withdrawn from Shanghai. Meanwhile, no confirmation has been received in official quarters in London that the blockade of Tientsin has been intensified.— Reuter.
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    BOY SCOUT'S BRAVERY
    55 12 London, Nov. 15. |HE Boy Srouts' Association annourices that the Gilt Cross for gallantry has been awarded to Anthony Richard xr amb e 2' aged 12 > of the 2n d Tientsin North China grouj for his part in rescuing an unknown Japanese from the sea at
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    OSCAR STRAUSS NOW FRENCH
    43 12 r r*HE FAMOUS Viennese composer, Oscar h^SS"^ who Wrote The Walt Drewnand "The Chocolate Soldier," has acquired French nationality. He has. lived In Paris for a long time and was awarded the Legion of Honour for his works.— Reuter
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    BRITISH MERCHANT SHIPS SINK TWO U-BOATS
    220 14 Running Fight For Five Hours With German Submarine nETAILS of the* recent destruction of three German Y submarines were published in London last night, Two tUT rB e ri S k w b a?shfp HtiSh merChant SMPS and the One of the merchantmen was
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    94 Ships Sunk By Submarines
    416 14 94 Ships Sunk By Submarines One U-Boat In Four Does Not Return London, Nov. 15. pURTHER facts about the war at sea are now available. Up to Nov. 4 some 54 British ships of roughly 238,000 tons, seven Allied ships of about 48,000 tons and 33 neutral ships of approximately
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    RESIGNATION OF EIGHTH CONGRESS MINISTRY
    23 14 THE CpNOH E hi Stlo^ristrin 15 Asth/tfV "'^ed. making the last of Kite? Con ress ministries to reslg^i.-
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    25 14 AKr-m^. Peiplng, Nov. 15. NGLO-French garrison forces in Tientsin have already started partial withdrawal in accordance with the decisions of S Home Governments.— Eastern News.
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    Tientsin Talks In Abeyance
    96 14 f\rvirTAT 1 London Nov. 15. QFFICIAL Anglo -Japanese negotlations in regard to Tientsin are still m abeyance, declares the diplo- tic correspondent of The Times, who adds there had been exchanges of views of an Informal character not .committing either government «HHcu e^ ard t0 the
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    AUSTRALIAN MINISTER SWORN IN CANADA
    96 14 A London, Nov 14. N OTTAWA message reports that a ceremony unprecedented in the Empires history took place ?t the Government House tv-day when Lord Tweedsmuir, the Governor General of Canada swore into office as Air Minister 5LA h w A H? tr «lan Federal
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    British Tributes To Sikorski
    281 14 He Foresaw Course Of German Invasion r«TTi* London, Nov. 15. ■THE visit to 'London of General BUnrsU Polish Prime Minister and Communder-in-Chief of the Polish iorces and other members of the Polish [Government is welcomed by the British Press. The Times says that although he wrote
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    ATTLEE RE-ELECTED LABOUR LEADER
    94 14 A London. Nov. 15. MEETING of the Parliamentary Labour party to-day unanimously re-elected Mr. C. R. Attlee, as chairman of ths party. Consequently, the deputy leader of the Labour Opposition. Mr. Arthur Greenwood, was unanmously re-elected. It is understood that Mr. Greenwood Mr Herbert Morrison and
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    U.S. EXPEDITION TO THE ANTARCTIC
    65 14 Boston, Nov. 15. T"HE motcrship North Star, advance guard of the first Antarctic expedition sponsored by the American Govce ment for a hundred years, left for Little America, near the South Pole to-day. mlral ,B, B yrd> the leader of the expedition will join the
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    ARM IN SLING WITH NEURITIS
    187 14 A token of gratification this woman says she is giving when she .vntes of her relief from neuritis "For twelve months I have had neuritis in my arm. and up till the last two weeks have had to carry it in a sling. Since then
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      85 14 cleaned her teeth forgot her gum* 4 out of 5 adults hare pyorrfaea. Dont run this risk. Guard your Kur.is wnen you brush your teeth. d tC Ll°. FORHANS today. I. does both |obs cleans teeth and •ares gums. Ordinary toothpastes may clean yoor teeth. But only Forhan* fuards gums,
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      179 14 Broadcasting SINGAPORE TO-DAY ?1 lhS CC rSr Pro^ ammc of gramoaDd mld day rUbber "> d 1.40 Interval. 5.00 Hindustani music. t 5.30 Hokkien Amoy drama 6.00 Teochew selections. t I?? J^' ldren '3 programme (English* menu 6 weather> news and announce 7.30 'They made Music 11 No 7 Talk
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    PREPARATIONS FOR FINAL DAY OF RACES
    852 15 Fast Gallops At Bukit Timah OEVERAL fast gallops were done on the second track at h^^tJt car -w as; Club's winter races on Saturday. The best efforts or the aay cam from the stable in form, van Breukelen's, and of the Penang trainers batch.
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    INTER-PORT CUP FOR BATAVIA
    54 15 rE race for th« Inter-port rowing cup between the Batavia Roeivereenigrinre Holland!* and the Royal Singapore Yacht Clab resulted in a win for the Batavia team on the breakwater course yesterday. Batavia were ahead by IV6 lengths at the finish and did the course in 5
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    Teams For Sunday's Inter-Club Golf At I.G.C.
    387 15 Teams For Sunday's Inter-Club Golf At I.G.C. PLAYERS and starting times for the match between the Keppel Goll Club and the IslanS Golf Club to be played at the Island Club course^on Sunday morning, are (Keppel G.C. players mentioned first):— 8 45, H. Irving Jones (6) and V. P. Earbat
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    TODAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    29 15 HOCKEY Army Women vs: Y.W.CA... Balestier; YJH.C.A. Juniors vs. Field Ambulance, Prince Edward Road; C.S.C. vs. Khalsa Assn., Khalsa; Combined Depots vs. Medical Collepre Union. College.
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    State Hockey Trial At S.C.C.
    311 15 TTHE following are hockey teams for a Singapore State hockey trial to be played at the S.C.C. on Tuesday: Colours:— Cheok Wah; Fortin, Scott; Reutens, Peel, Bhaskaran; Thoy, Sullivan, Sheik Hussein, Gulam Nabi and 'Whites:— Aeria; Barth, Mutthucumaru; O. Clarke, Cronin, Hera Singh; Leembruggen, Hewan,
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    FIRST CUP RUGGER MATCH IN NORTH ON SATURDAY
    421 15 Selangor Travelling To Penang (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 16. CELANGOR will take the field at Penang this Saturday in 3 the first Malaya Cup fixture of the Northern section without one of their key men. McBnde vice-captain ot the
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    CHARITY HOCKEY IN SEGAMAT
    239 15 Muar Chinese Held To One- AH Draw (From Our Own Correspondent) Segamat, Nov. 13. PE MUAR Chinese met their Beg*mat compatriots in a chanty lockey match in aid of the Poppy Day SSd at Segamat. on the Government Cnglish School padang to-day The ■esult was a
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    THE KING SEES MUNITIONS MADE FOR HIS NEW ARMIES
    35 16 Capital Bide: Sp«rf: nonr :'.8::8. The King inspect, one^of the machir-e, add processes In the making of gnns on his v»it to a new *rm* factory.
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    20 16 Bren and rifle, troops at a training camp being ta« f ht open Karfare, taking cover as they go Ward
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    13 16 A picturesque, bearded Oriental *faitor to London IraternUes with some cheery R.A.F. men.
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      8 16 ELLISON S. EZEKIEL A CO* CAPITOL BUILDING, SINGAPORE.
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      17 1 in- A Malayan Bungalow STRAITS TIMES WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT KICHT PACES. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1939. No. 19S
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      With Floral Stripes
      20 1 Aii attractive dress for present wear m georgette with floral stripes of green and yellow on black.
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      38 Men Of Her Family Joined Up
      118 1 38 Men Of Her Family Joined Up Par's. AMOST patriotic woman in France is the designation given by the French Ministry of Dejcncc to Mme. Francois Tourny, of Poincon, icho has 38 men of her iamily xoith the colours. They include sons, grandsons and sons-in-law. The latest member of the
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      Parent-Teacher Associations Are Suggested For Malaya
      686 1 ARIENTALS have always had a great veneration for teachers. They have a tendency to leave their children entirely to the "guru's" care, feeling that the teacher must know more than they do about the guidance of children. With thi development and dissemination of theories
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      Over A Patterned Frock
      44 1 A TWO-PIECED ensemble Printed navy and white crepe maroiain for the dress, and plain navy boucle for the coat, with facings of the printed fabric all the way down the front. The quarter-belt accentuates the slim line of this ensemble.
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      Should Men Wed Before Call-Up?
      257 1 Should Men Wed Before Call-Up? Today's Wartime Problem CHOULD young men get married shortly before they expect to be called up for military service This question was raised in the police court at Feltham. Middlesex. A woman probation officer said: "I think it is hardly /air to the girl for
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        84 1 EVENING GOWNS of 1940 ARE ON DISPLAY 4 Ir When you add boiling water to Lushus the flavour bud dissolves quickly, the flavour is released and you have a sparkling table jelly, rich in fragrance and with a fresh flavour that rivals the natural fruit itself Mich as you have
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        336 1 New Sto ;k Handkerchiefs Just Received Completely New Designs, YbUR TWO VITAL MEEDS NOW Nerve Reserves and Restorative Sleep! mere nn •.*>. wutaudKM aavtutiatea nt tfcralttM' b eompiitc wxi wtueb o> ♦Ovaltine' which are of vital importance to itself, will sustain strength <-;d staniiiia over you now— prolonged periods. It
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      Two-Piece Modes Which Flatter The Figure
      519 2  - Two-Piece Modes Which Flatter The Figure Yvonne Ever-Useful Ensembles By HRESS and coat ensembles u are always a good "stand by," especially when the weather i? uncertain. They are excellent, too, for figures which are not quite so slim as they might be, while the waisted coats, which have rather
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      Why Say It With Flowers?
      546 2 Another Thing A Hospital Patient Can Appreciate RECENT issue of the Straits Times Women's Supplement contained some useful suggestions for things which sick people could appreciate other than flowers. But, sometimes the patient is so worried about her hospital bill, she is in little mind
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      16 2 The new evening: petticoat, with a bodice slightly boned so that it fits without shoulder straps.
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      New York Dressing
      101 2 New York Dressing.— Put half a breakrastcupful of castor sugar into a bowl with half a cupful of sherry and two tablespoonsful of Madeira. Stir, and leave until the sugar has dissolved. Beat, a cupful of cream till stiff and mix it into the sugar and wine.
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        372 2 DEI LICATE BRAPNSH A B^y Children's brainj iire I £M\*^^ A delicate Pcrnmnent 1 iWla<nff A wavin thelr hair calls I 'l\ll ji or skill, great care and I OMaT-^* pecial machines which -J)O nust be light and not fiive outt to mucn ll <'^t I I J Ordinary machines
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      Queen's Congratulations For Factory Girl
      415 3 Queen's Congratulations For Factory Girl •THE Queen saw "Sister Susies" of 1939 making clothing for the troops at a Ministry of Supply factory near London when she congratulated a 25-year-old worker on her approaching marriage. The girl, Miss Ethel Nicholls. looked up from her machine as she was making linings
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      HUSBANDS AND WIVES IN THE COURTS
      299 3 HUSBANDS AND WIVES IN THE COURTS Wife: He couldn't tnink of anything else sarcastic to say of his own, so he reai out an advertisement about Keeping the house clean. I think it is high time my wife stopped taking out summonses against ;n-.e. We are old enough now to
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      Woman Starves Herself To Death
      216 3 Woman Starves Herself To Death A WOMAN of 55 years who had had nothing but bread and water since the beginning of July tvcause "God had told her to tast" weighed only 641b. when she died. The reason for the commandment was, she said, a secret. A verdict that she
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      Ribbentrop's Wife Causes A Riot
      171 3 Ribbentrop's Wife Causes A Riot rRAU VON RIBBENTROP, wife of the German Foreign Minister, was shouted down when she tried to address an audience of women in Berlin. She walked on the stage to give a lecture. Her subject was to be "A Woman, A Hat, and A Dress." She
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        285 3 "KTO wonder Campbell's Tomato Condensed A I XI to give extra £Al/'% X Soup is an overwhelming fa- value. You ffij. SJ^/A vorite.! You kmnv there's good eat- J'iJehSi £$^Mw> ing ahead in its bright, attractive flavored Jprg&SttPi soup be- lJ^.l color and inviting aroma. Every cause an y^L^^J l)\\
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      3454 4 Women The War -By Straits Times London Woman Correspondent THE Queen has asked to be allowed to send a number of comforts for the men of the regiments with which her name became associated* recently, just as Queen Mary did in the last war. Being a Scotswoman, one of her
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      61 4 piTH SHERINGIIAM, an A.R.P. ambulance driver, travels from Earls Court to her post m Maida Vale every day on her horse Dawn." She has done this every day since the outbreak of the war, and says she has never been late and has no petrol worries.
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        481 4 Dirt in a Scratch may be SEPTIC If is never safe to let even a pin will end. Limbs and lives are prick go without applying an endangered, as the newspaper antiseptic to kill any septic columns so often show. The germs which may have been handiest and most effective
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      27 5 «r»ONTREVENT,» winner of the Cesarewitch last yew. and ridden V* by Miss V. Bullock, won the historic race for th« Newmarket Town Plate, i
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      "London" Babies Who Will Not Be Londoners
      58 5 FIFTY-THREE births— 3l girls and 22 boys— which in ordinary times would have taken place in London, have occurred in Luton. And there are still about 300 to come, for Luton received 350 expectant mothers. So far, every "happy event" has been really
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      Take Stock Of Your Linen
      925 6  -  Romanne James Household Economy By A WET day gave me the opportunity to go into the subject of war-time economy as applied to household linen. Taken iu hand now, the overhaul of the linen stock will save the housewife many dollars in months to come.
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      Full Marks For Taste
      51 6 FT takes an expert hand to produce such effective embroidery as is i llus i r ted here In other aspects this design is a model of good taste. The amount of embroidery is restricted and the scheme, royal blue and black, is elegant without being
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        228 6 is showing GOWNS for tke XMAS SEASON MAYNARDS BUILDING PHONE 4974 X1) BATTERY RD. c oio G c -mart society *as being the B cma'n^ inevitable choice Chanel til occasions. K^^) Per f« m N* J, N*. a, Gardenia. /x-oi'r/, Glamour, 1940, Cuir th y :^gSls^s^^ s^oi?i&/' Rtusii and Eau
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        46 6 NOTICE. M. CZEKIEL tt SONS. QnaUfied Opticians of 9 Raffles Place, Singapore, has no connection nor interest with any firm or Opticians carrying the name "F.ZEKIEL* in Singapore >£Ezeltiel k Sons (Established In IU16) Qualified Ophthalmic Opticians Ol'B ONLY SINGAPORE ADDRESS: 9. Raffles trUit. TeL 3919:
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        486 6 SENGOVAN PILLS. Sengovan revives and revitalises the nerves and glands within half-an-hour and gives abundance of vigour and vitality after a short time of its use. No more treatments for weeks or months in cases of nervous troubles, loss of power, youth an£ energy etc. Sengovan is the best instant
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      1141 7  -  Victoria Chappelle Problem Of The Evacuees By LJAVE you heard the story of Mrs." Pimm, and how she is solving the problem of some unbilletable boys_and girls for an entire country town? Not by raging and storming, but by a J mixture of firmness, kindness, and
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      234 7 Lone Woman Fights On For League FICTION. Mr. Bernard Shaw, in his play "Geneva," portrays "Miss Begonia Brown" in sole charge of a League of Nations office. FACT: Miss Janet Smith is now the sole survivor of the League of Nations office in London and is the League of Nations
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      34 7 MRS. Enid Petrie has now recovered sufficiently, from an illness whica lasted for several weeks, to resume her ousiness activities and is in daily attendance at her salon in Battery Road, Singapore.
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        339 7 I \l£ <SD> R» Appolnlmn* J, \PB 13-15 Spy Learns Secret! tsaPl >* Aha!" CVR1LLA exclaimed. "Now r.: now— it's Jell-O Freezing Mix that makes Nellie's ice cream so marvdousl" Here at last is the secret of matIng creamy-smooth, old-fashioned ice cream et home. And so easy, too —just add
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      270 8 AMONG preparations for Malaya's civil defence, one of the most vital is being performed by groups of women who are meeting daily in a hall in Singapore's College of Medicine. They are preparing several thousand dressings and bandages for civilians and members of combatant services in this
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