The Straits Times, 20 November 1939

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    50 1 The Straits Times t ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CEinTJRT.] S/NGAPORfi. 140 CECIL ST. CPHONE 5471) MALAY AS LEADING NEWSPAPER-LARGEST NET SALES KUALA LUMPUR, 25, JAVA ST CPHONE 3683). 16 PA(iES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS. The Straits Times 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1939 PRICE 5 CENTS
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      159 1 Try MIEN iHONG TAILORING We only ask for a trial order. O A Coieman St. Wl*W 1 Singapore. -Phone 4816 I I v 111 I k pl 1 1 V^Zl^a£-^^— J I *\m~J V> **w/ M BBW al^k^a^sl BBBSBS^fcl!~"^^~^^ m W J Ws^Am W/ L I N C O L
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      47 1 Consult the LEADING HOUSE of DE SILVA, LTD. Fer all HIGH-CLASS JEWELLE**. ENGAGEMENT RINGS, DIAMONDS WATCHES. SILVFA. E^. and CrysUl "are of eTery description B. P. DE SILVA LTD. lf-81. HIGH STREET (Incorporated to Ceylon) No 1 BISHOP STEEET jewellers. Diamond derchanto Watch Makers smcAPORE, iron. penamg.
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      59 1 J I out i" 1 1 1 1 this Chr-""" s! 1 ■^4 i 1!,_■—!i I $8-9 y^Nw^ _^^Br bbbH VttiA AH i Navy y^^»V V\l 1 t'olliM^'y-^l JUST THE BOOK FOR COOKIE! The GAS COOKERY BOOK WRITTEN IN ENGLISH CHINESE MUNICIPAL GAS DEPARTMENT. PHONE 5101 Z&&SSSB. W.P.S 18 •^■■^MMB^H
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      97 1 PERFECI *"»-£5 in BRESSMAKIN6 ft REAOYMADES Call at MADAME r..:£'S SALONS 13. Batt«r« Road. Sirgapore. HOTEL MAJESTIC Kuala Lumpur. Christmas GIFT BOXES for Friends Relatives at Home We have pleasure in announcing that the usual arrangements have been made with Messrs. Harrods to deliver Christmas Boxes to friends and relatives
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
    • Obituary
      DEATH
      30 2 KLEINMAN. -Bertha, dearly beloved wife of v. h. Klcinman. at the General Hospital on Surniay. Nov. 19 in her 42nd year. Laid t<> rest last night. (Shanghai papers please
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENT
      42 2 M SLJ°JL r EAH HWEE and fam »y wish to pspres. their sincere thanks to all relative aiju f "lento Mho attended the funeral of the late Mr. Ton Seah Hwe, RS well as those Stoic* Wrfatl S M >essilse6 of
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      295 2 GOSKAR -On Nov. 18 at the Maternity Hospital. Singapore, to Irene, wife of T. Adrain Goskar, a daughter. SITUATIONS VACAJstT When applying for an^p^i,,,, adve rtised < j^^T sg wA!roiApp<rl>oXltttw A!roiApp<rl>0Xlttt 1. i' «DV« DY WANTED to a^tet in rmall board;dc House. Box 65(i, Straits Times. ANTKD music toacher (qualified
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      652 2 HOUSES FLATS. TO LET r*£ AI ?f'\ l u ,T llshed Bun *atow to let from Dec 15. Mod. San. Rent $100. Furniture to be taken over. Box 643. straits Times. W V L^ rlJRN lSHED HOUSE containing 8 dr °Tf long bath attached verandah m^SL*"? f S 00^ halls
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      483 2 PUBLIC NOTICES I SUNGEI WAY DREDGING LTD. (Incorporated In P. M.S.) J DIVIDEND NO. 36 k? Divjdend of 10% has been declared pay- n^K n De f ember 21 1939 to n sharehoWers on the Register on December 12, ikJ9 NEILL BELL. Secretaries. JELEBU TIN DREDGING LTD. (Incorporated in the
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      445 2 PUBLIC NOTICES THE RAUB AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINING CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Queensland) Notice of Declaration «f Third Interim Dividend. company in Brisbane, payable on isth SSbS SI on Hth NOTICE is also hereby given that the Singapore Transfer Registers will T closed from Friday, BMI December, to Thursday X™ December.
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      954 2 _PL|BLIC NOTICE RAFFLES COUEGE UNION. SECOND ANNUAL DANCE On Saturday, November 25, 1939, from .9 p.m. to 2 a.m. At the COLLEGE HALL. Refreshments will be served. Tickets may be obtained at SI each at the gate or from THE GENERAL SECRETARY Raffles College Union, Singapore. Ftc modern Office accommodation
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      288 3 p. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. incorporated in England) PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N Ca MAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES The P O S. N Company L will have 2 cargo steamers loading for the United! Kingdom during the,' remainder of November. All vessels may call at ports on or
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      343 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS (Incorporated In Japani GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR TO CALIFORNIA FROM THE ORIENT VIA HONOLULU leave Kobe Dec. U j ms. ASAMA MARU le&ve sh&{ uec. 8 m.s. TATUTA MARU leave H'fcong Dec. 2D TO VANCOUVER SEATTLE FROM JAPAN au. HEIAN MARU leave Kobe Nov. 39
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      484 3 LUXURIOUS ONE-CLASS MOTORSHIPS Cabins with Private Bath— Excellent Cuisine PASSENGER FREIGHT SERVICES HOME^^o^^^^^ OUTWARDS: SfSiJlSf Salmon, aianua, Hon*Ko» 6 Shamha. and Japan. For oarticulars regarding sailing, tares, etc., please apply to THE EAST ASIATIC CO-, LTD. (Incorporate! in Denmark) SINGAPORE— PEj<Aj______l____a__Jß____ ii M BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. tncorooratea in P M
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      360 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. OCEAN DOHJ>WC. COIXY.B QUAY. SINGAPORE T.I. 515> CHARTERED BAMB BUItDWG. PBMANG t«l. 1»«6 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 THE CHEAPEST
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    SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES
    1307 4 Fraser And Co's List SATURDAY, NOV. 18, 1939: 1 P.M. MINING Buyers Sellers Ampat Tin i4s) 4s 9d 5s 3d Austral Amal. <5s i (is 7s Aasiral Malay i£i 37* 393 Ayer Hltani 24s 3d 25s 3d x.d. Ayer Weng ($1) .90 .93 Bangrin Tin
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    FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
    187 4 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Singapore, Nov. 18, 1 pjn. fottJ for Date Ex. £MT. financial year Payable Date to date Nov. 28 12M% Nov. 28 Nov. 23 5% Dec. 1 WA% Nov. 24 s% Nov. 24 Nov. 16 15% Nov. 24 Nov. 16 5% Nov. 24 Nov. 21
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    TIDE TABLES
    221 4 SINGAPORE To-day H. W. 5.04 a.m. 7.4 ft.: 4.46 p.m. 7.2 ft. L. W. 10.52 a m 4.9 ft.: 11.:e p.m. 3.5 ft. To-morrow H W. 6.10 a.m. 7.5 ft.: 6.15 p.m. 7 ft. L W. 12.31 p.m. 4.5 ft. Wednesday, Nov. 22 H. W. 7.10 a.m. 7.8
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    PAHANG CONSOLIDATED PROFIT DOWN
    454 4 10 Per Cent. Dividend On Ordinary From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Nov. 7. A DECREASE in profits to €97.660 from the previous twelvemonth's total of £122.785 is reported by the Pahang Consolidated Co., Ltd for the year ended July 31. 1939. Board fees and expenses to
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    RUBBER MARKET TOPICS
    919 4 U. S. Stocks Now Very Low THE past week has witn:s^.-.d a fresh 1 and appreciable advance in the price of raw rubber in the Mincing Lane market. The strength of the commodity results from the expectation of official buying orders in connection with the Anglo-US, and
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    LYALL AND EVATT'S DAILY QUOTATIONS
    237 4 Singapore, Nov. 18, 3 p.m. MINING Buyrre Seller* Ampats 4 10'.. ,i 3 Austral Am&lg. 63 6 9 Batu Selangors 1.62 1.67 Hong Patts 0.99 l.oi Jelebus 1.00 i.05cci Kampong Lanjuts 20,9 21 6 K. Kamuntinj* g 6 8/9 Kamuntings io 9 n/6 Kinta Kellas
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      596 4 WATER PROOFING CEMENT PAINT For EXTERIOR DECORATION and the PROTECTION of CONCRETE PLASTER WALLS This scientific formulation is in Powier Form and needs only to be mixed with water McALISTER CO., LTD. (Incorporated in S.SJ SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR IPOH PENANG. i^— i^b W.P.S. 79A In just one light; &c=^^^~>*^/ >vi
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      AROUND THE MARKETS Dollar Tins Firmer: Good Demand For Rubbers
      434 5 AROUND THE MARKETS Dollar Tins Firmer: Good Demand For Rubbers Kv t»nr FfcUMdftl Correspondent Singapore. Nov. 20. MARKETS closed last week on a very firm tone in all sections and at the opening this morning these conditions appear likely to continue. Rubber was unchanged in New York on Saturday at
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      114 5 SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES Singapore. Nov. 20. neon. Buyers Sellers Gambler »Jg Hamburg Cube Java Cube 00 White Muniolc \)l^ C Zed g* Sun Dried *3 l0 Sago Flour No. 1 Llngga *5.7f> Fat? Sarawak W.00 Jetotong *\->aa SSS 1 11 SS.S Sarawak 1 ou Tapioca «in«o Small Flake \™f Fair
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      EXCHANGES
      169 5 Thr following are the exchange rates this morning according to the dally cimilar Jssuea by the Hongkong and Shanghai Bankln,, Corporation SELLING London T.T 9 <i i /is London demand Rate for freight Lyons demand Switzerland demand Hamburg demand New York demand li o ir Montreal demanu a Batavia
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      IMPORT OF PHOSPHATES
      35 5 r[E prohibition placed on the import of phosphates into the Colony under the Defence Regulations does not apply to imports from Christmas Island from where the usual supplies i will be forthcoming.
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      BRITAIN'S MOTOR EXPORT TRADE
      811 5 Being Maintained Despite War INFORMATION received by The Financial News from prominent motor manufacturing concerns shows that, while the home demand for private cars has virtually dried up since the war started, export business Is still being obtained. Most firms had a plentiful supply oi materials
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      TIN-ORE PRODUCTION
      44 5 THE following particulars of tin-ore production refer to the first 'ialf of NovemHours Yardage Piculs ore Talcuapa Vai>y nriin i 326 100,000 Sl9 Dedie 3 241 50.000 193 Patupulo During October the production of tin-ore by Ayer Weng Development was 40 piculs.
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      JUMP IN SUPPLY EXPENDITURE
      341 5 INCOME-TAX RECEIPTS DECLINE SUPPLY Service expenditure in the week ended Oct. 21, showed the biggest increase recorded since the opening of the war. Including the £13,000.000 ol Defence expenditure charged to loan account, Supply Service costs amounted to £26,650.000 in all, an increase of £15,169,000 on
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      BANTARDAWA RUBBER ESTATES
      173 5 The twenty-ninth annual general meeting of the Bantardawa Rubber Estates, Ltd., was held in London on Oct. 24. Mr P J. Burgess (the chairman) said that the year's trading had resulted in a profit of £2,113, compared with £4,176 in the previous year, the reduction being due
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      NETHERLANDS INDIES RUBBER STATISTICS
      97 5 IN October rubber exports from Netherlands Indies totalled 44,491 tons, of which 21.814 tons was estate rubber and 22,677 tons was native rubber. Total exports for the nine months ended October were 316,168 tons, compared with 268,854 tons hi the corresponding period of last year. Stocks
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      RUBBER EXPORT DUTY
      42 5 ffiHE price <>f rubber for purpose ot A assessmer of export duty in the PM.S. for i a? period of Nov. 17 to Nov. 23, inclusive, has been determined at 37% cents a pound, states a Government Gazette notification.
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      84 5 Monday, Nov. 20, noon. Buyers Sellers Price* PHc«« No. IX R.S.S. (Spot loose) S*% 39* No. IX R.S.S. f o.b. In case* November (Sellers Option) t»% 3»',4 G.F.A.Q. R.S.S- 1.«. to tale* November (Sellers Option) 31ft 38% t.A.Q. R.S.S. f.oJ». la bates November (Sellers Option)
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      16 5 During October the output of rub ber from Malaka Pinda Rubber Es tates Ltd. was 49,100
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      26 5 HI You'll seldom KM buy lamps &^O^ if you always buy CROMPTON THE COILED-COIL LAMP OF LASTING BRILLIANCE litcrmcAi SHoWRooM!;^^|HnHmß^ni^^l^^i3l m^^^ BRANCHES Irii WTEW SIRCAPORE^UU)^JULKHA^TnOOU6HOUT MALAYA
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      248 5 THE UNIVERSAL FIXER. MENDS ANYTHING. A necessity in every home. 50 cents per tube.— Obtainable at Chemists. Stores. Grocers. Dispensaries, etc. Sole Distributors: GRAFTOK LABORATORIES.. LTD. Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. IMKIA^JpLU^£2 NOTICE. M. EZEKIEL A SONS. Qualified Opticians of 9 Raffles Place, Singapore, has no connection nor interest with an;
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      269 5 BANK OF CHINA PENANG AGENCY 52 54 BEACH STREET, PENANG Teleg raphic Add ress 'CHUNGKUO. PENANG" OPEN FOR BUSINESS TODAY Wr 19-25. CECIL STRtfcT. SINGAPORE. Telephone, Manajer't om«« «512 Exchange Dept. 451J General Office 4514 Cable A4*rej»:— "PROVINBANK." Head Offlee SICCHOW. PAID-UP CAPITAL <Ch.> S ie.OW.oo* RESERVE FUNDS 8 IJ.BW.WO
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      163 6 Positively Last Day of The Year's Laugh Hit ALHAMBRA 3.15, 6.15 9.15 lh a e ml HB YOUNG BAXTER cHmax |JH WIFE, HUSBAND f lhe i^cl^ FRIEND^ ever 6H)IIK MWtt i «w«nl BROMBERG filmed! KJSgZtyS EU6MC PAUETTE HELEN WESTLEY ALSO AIR-MAIL~^pXTTIE~^AM:TTg^~ TO-MORROW— 4 SHOWS i^jjfef^ ALHAMBRA J^^^^> VIOLET KOO Q
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      112 6 Commencing Thurs. Nov. 23rd ALHAMBRA The Story That Shocked The WorM! I WAS A CAPTIVE of NAZI GERMANY with ISOBEL LILLIAN STEELE American Girl Victim of Berlins Political intrigue! TWO GUTS for the Drier of ONE BflßH~ f I l»I\GIIV SET FOUNTAIN PEN PENCIL i rhta Kracelul scale model DINGHY
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      319 6 THE GLAMOROUS STAR OF "ALGIERS" ANIH "MARCO POLO" IN THE ROLE OF A WOMAN MEN SHUDDERED TO REMEMBER! PAVILION 6.15 9.15 TO-NIGHT jS p II 11 I p 1 ~w rf |H FOREOniN WOMAH. DONALD BRIGGS m«a.LHIIIAR iMiie DMA6M W! Eli2lfcet| iisooi A NF^V tMVKRsAL fICTL'RE """"N SHOWIN6 TO-MORROW NIGHT!!
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      215 6 The FRANKENSTEIN- of CHINESE Motion Pictured g^r T CAPITOL Last Day!! AH Shows Packed Out yesterday A weird, thrilling and unusual story enacted by China's most famous film stars! Ml m l k ci %Jflß Jh 1 Klin' TO-MORROW AT THE ACT/ON! CAPITOL LAUGHS! A Roaring, Thrilling Adventure Story of
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    BRITON TO COMMAND THE ALLIED AIR FORCES?
    1151 7 Co-ordination m Operational Productive Spheres Likely COMPLETE co-ordination of air strengths in the operational as well as in the productive sphere is believed to be the first aim of Great Britain and France, says Reuter's special correspondent with the K.A.I?. m "This** I
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    Great Britain's Air Defence
    258 7 Vigilance Of Fighter Command London, Nov. 19. PF the course of the war so far, not many people have either seen or heard a German aeroplane and most of the people who have personal experience of enemy aircraft are members of the fighter command of the
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    200 R.A.A.F. MEN FOR BRITAIN SOON
    104 7 Sydney, Nov. 19. TWO hundred officers and men r the R.A.A.F. will go to Brita' as personnel for the Sunderla ngboat reconnaissance squadroi be formed by the R.A.A.F. withi.. the RJLF. They will join an advance party led by Squadron-Leader L. V. Lachal, which
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    CANADIAN TROOPS ARE "DEADLY SERIOUS"
    98 7 CANADIAN TROOPS ARE "DEADLY SERIOUS London, Nov. 19. Hk higher quality of men could hardly A be conceived." declared MajorGeneral McNaughton, commander of Canada's first oversea division, at a Press conference yesterday after a tour of 10,000 miles inspecting first division units throughout the Dominion. He said the men were
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      169 7 HOTELS i TO-NIGHT -Cocktail Dance 7 pm to 9 pm. DINNER* DANCE (informal) 9.45 to midnight CABARET ATTRACTION SUCCESS THE BRITISH EMPIRE S GREATEST DANCE TEAM DORAT CHELA IN SOPHISTICATED SOLUTIONS OF M^THM FAMOUS ARTISTES OF EXCEPTIONAL TALENT FOR A FEW NIGHTS ONLY Non -diners S1.00 Dinner $3.00 SEA VIEW
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      184 7 TOMORROW uni e rresr d cs a e rr n t sts BOOK__NOW THE ROBIN HOOD OF AUSTRALIA "CAPTAIN FURY" AND A CAST OF FAVOURITES INCLUDING BRIAN VICTOR JUNE AHERNE McLAGLEN LANG PACKED WITH THRILLS AND EXCITEMENT mm* f* TOMORROW pho*e lAT//AY 3.i5 3 40 0 6.15-9.15 O \3 *J
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE MONDAY , NOV .20,1939. NOTHING FOR NOTHING
    1210 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE MONDAY NOV .20,1939. NOTHING FOR NOTHING In a. recent IsadJtlg flr tir,e m the subject Of neutrality we wrote; art apt tti tergtt that, neutrate JJJ* ft* are as rtllJiig to tr«4f« with fM.r memies in to tr^e with m they ire not neutral w <-
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      U-BOAT 29
      147 8 More Protests Against Film Censor's Ban To the Kditor of the Strait* Thn«* Sir. -The local banning of the film "U-Boat 29" comes as a surprise. Why ou earth the public of a British Colonial possession should be prevented from seeing a British film which, according to your
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      INCOMPREHENSIBLE
      151 8 In The Newspapers But Not On The Screen To the Editor of If c Straits Times H Sir m T) rensor 4Ctlon in banning the film U-Boat 29 must be Incomprehensible to residents in Malaya Wh,le nobody cares If the censor in the course of his public duty prevents
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      THIS FREEDOM
      188 8 A Statement Of War Aims Recalled To Ihr I dilor „f the Straits Times haVf> 52 <loubt 11la t several of your rradcrs will have written volcinu heir protest against the m m censor* U Hnat''''""," 1 r(> J' (l British Since the outbreak or war. emphasis '»;.s
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      AIR RAID WARDENS
      240 8 Uniforms Wanted In Batu Pahat *Ur Editor of (hr Straits Times Sir.- I saw some air raid wardens Kolng out on duty before e b£S >oSt .v.'srrday. and I was surprised to n vt they were in their ordinary attire yrtth innleta bearing the letters -a^p 1
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      FOOD SUPPLIES
      367 8 Great And Concentrated Effort Wanted To the Editor of the Strait* Time^ S.r,— Your interfiling leader of Nov. 13, has prompted me to write again on the subject of food supplies At this time of grave erWs, we in Malaya have a two- fold duty to perform. In
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      OVER ZEALOUS?
      179 8 "Lights Out" Order Given Too Soon To (he Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— There can be little doubt that requests of A.R.P. wardens on duty during any black-out have to be compiled with. but. however much the public would like to co-operate I should voice what must
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      WAR WORK
      172 8 Reallocation Of Posts Suggested To tlir Kdilor of the Straits Times JSf'Th ;"V; "V ln on »Pletc agreement with the views expressed by "Scrutator in his letter regarding censorAs an alternative to the suggested system of green envelopes 'may 1 propose that the censor might instead of recruiting
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      75 8 The Straits Times receives many more letters than can be published in the space available. Accordingly brief concise letters stand a better chance of selection and prempt publication than long o*es. Utters exceeding 250 icords are unlikely u> be published at the present time. When letters are i typed, double-spacing
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      BLACK-OUT DE LUXE
      103 8 "Special Arrangements" To Ensure Comfort To the Editor of th« Straits Tims* Sir.— lf there 12 an Imp*.raid, will we be allowed '1' '-B? special arrangement •itli the authorities to mend bi? comfort 1: Capitol and Pavi!;-. '2 -To dance in dimmed Ufbt "To conform with AP.P
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      "GET OUT & WALK "
      236 8 "GET OUT WALK Experience Of A Taxi Passenger To the F.ditor of the Straits Tiim^ Sir.- We are all willing to co-operati w.th the authorities in trying to make a black-out successful, but one wonders wtw these sanr; authorities do not .study the convenience of the public as much as
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      IN JOHORE
      179 8 Lights Out For The Whole Night To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— When the black-out regulation was in force, all shophouses hotels, coffee shops etc, in Johore were closed and bolted as early as 6 p.m According to the regulations published in your paper on Nov.
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      WITHOUT HATE
      195 8 The Only Way To Peace With Honour To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— May I congratulate your correspondent "Rationalist" on his refreshingly lucid contribution to your columns last week. His reiteration that retribution for the sins of th© German Government shall not fall upon the German
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      182 8 Mr" r ~~«iy^^^^^^^L Btaybritt 9tmtnlfss orpei. i,,,. I', v unbreakable \Ati |M^K??3B 5r t# rivrr> n«rM«F» tiirc M nnr, r.i,,,d., c c rr #c >r>rt >w Va|>r <r()t VARIOUS MALAYAN SCENES f., vicll pt DttlAKtK for lon, FfclSt TttTM GOMt VEUOWP j"fcj MfldM Wt <«.^ r h .i«.t..... fc«-. -i..
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      29 8 Mltfd by «n<l SrhmalrtH'is^n with intr<-/lii<--'•v X Wlis 30 rJistmei^hM dit^oritifs <*ont«npji»f4» all -h^ 6tvtme orftbl^m* of <» H. KMT A ttW M<l JOHN DUKE Manufacturing Optician. 21. BATTERY ROAD.
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    "ANTI-NAZI REVOLUTION BY NEXT SPRING
    328 9 Prediction By Hitler 's "Worst Enemy" WHEN REICH SUFFERS MILITARY CHECKS Gestapo Blamed For Munich Cellar Explosion "PERM ANY will soon be ready for an anti-Hitler re3 volution," declared Herr Otto Strasser, known as -Hitler's worst enemy" in an interview with the newspaper Paris Soir
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    SYMPATHY FOR CZECHS
    291 9 Yugoslavs Stage Demonstration YUGOSLAV students in Belgrade staged a protest demonstration yesterday against the Nazi execution of Czech students in Prague, jind police: guards had to be placed round the German Legation in the Yugoslav capita) Following a long meeting at th° Polish Embassy In London yesterday
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    "WINNING THE WAR COMFORTABLY"
    56 9 London, Nov. 20. -THE men ol the British Expeditionary Force are ail cheerful. Their health Is po?d and I am confident we are winning the war comfortably," said Mr. Leslie Hore-Balisha, the War Minister, in an interview yesterday before leaving the Western Front. He has been
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    25 9 Sukkur (Sind). Nov. 19. SIX Muslims and five Hindus were killed and 23 persons injured and a number of shops looted in a religions riot.—Reuter.
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    Germany's Trade Difficulties
    149 9 TALKS IN MOSCOW NEAR BREAK-DOWN Paris, Nov. 20. TTRADE negotiations between Geimany and Russia are near breakdnwn, according to well-informed circles here. The sane view is taken with reran! to negotiations between the Ueich and Swoden. Von Papen, the German Ambassador at Ankara, to-day had a long
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    BREMEN SOLD TO SOVIET
    35 9 Paris, Nov. 19. IT is reported that the German liner 1 Bremen, which fled to a Soviet port on the outbreak of war. has been sold I to the Soviet Government.
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    Simon Bolivar Survivor Relates Her Experiences
    293 9 MRS. SANDIFORD. the wife of a Trinidad banker, one of the survivors Ol the Simon Bolivar, interviewed in London yesterday, paid a high tribute to men of the Navy and other ships which dashed to the rescue. Describing the scene on board, she said
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    ITALIAN SHIP AMONG THREE SUNK BY GERMAN MINES
    100 9 London, Nov. 20. P* is announced that three more ships have been sunk off the east coast by Germar mines in circumstances similar to those of the Royal Dutch liner Simon Bolivar, which went down on Saturday after strikina»two mines. The vessels
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    WHY BIG PUSH IS HELD UP
    383 9 Indecision Of The Fuehrer Paris, Nov. 19. TO attack or not to attack i? the question keeping Hitler awake at nights, says M. Charles Morice, the military correspondent of the newspaper Petit Parisien. 'The instructions he has given his general staff appear to be
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    GHETTO FOR JEWS IN WARSAW
    39 9 A GERMAN news agency message from Warsaw says that all Jews in the city are to be isolated in a ghetto. The Jewish districts are to be barricaded and .put under severe control.— Reuter.
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    RUSSO-CHINESE AIR SERVICE BEGINS
    44 9 Chungking, Nov. 20. THE air service between China and Russia was inaugurated yesterday, when a Chinese aeroplane took off carrying passengers and mail from Chungking for Hami. in Sinking Province, on the first stage of the fight to Russia.— Reuter.
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    New Rome Press Attack On Reds
    331 9 Italo-Soviet Struggle In The Balkans Paris, Nov. 19. "AN Italo-Soviet struggle in the Balkans is becoming more and more obvious," says the Rome correspondent of the newspaper Le Temps. He quotes the Fascist newspaper Critica Fascista as saying: "If the Comintern hopes, by making
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    Fuel For Indian Ocean Raider?
    211 9 TWO GERMAN liners which have been taking refuge at Lobito Bay. in Portuguese West Africa,! have slipped out of port under cover of the darkness. They are the I Windhuk (16,000 tons) and the I Adolph Woermann (18,000 tons). Their sudden departure from the port
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    DUTCH PROTEST TO GERMANY
    80 9 Amsterdam, Nov. 19. THE Dutch Government has sent a 1 sharp protest to Germany following two instances of alleged violation of Netherlands neutrality by German flying-boats. In the first case a Dutch chaser J'red on a German flying-boat near the coast. The flying-boat replied with her
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    Germans Using U-Boats As Minelayers
    716 9 LATEST BREACH OF INTERNATIONAL LAW BY NAZI WAR MACHINE FE sinking of the Royal Dutch mail liner Simon Boliiar after striking two German mines in North Sea on Saturday, says the Paris newspaper L'lntransigeant, gives sinister confirmation of the report that Germans, despairing of the
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    New Year's Honours Lists To Stop?
    35 9 New Year's Honours Lists To Stop? London, Nov. 20. IT is understood it has been decided that as a war measure, there would be no New Year's honours lis's on I Jan 1, 1940— Reuter.
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    Cricketer Weds
    47 10 G. v. .'.tjy-Loop-r. j/ the C. istnt and ticlse. and his bride. formerly Miss Marjorie Elfreda Ga'e. o) Singapore, after their to rising at St. Andrew's Cathedral on Saturday. Mr. Cooper captained the S.C.C. cricket side for a part of last season— Straits Ti.nrs picture.
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    RUBBER FOR RUSSIA
    126 10 Further Commons Question F rom Our O"/n Correspondent) London, Nov. 2 A 2IXIETY Li still being evinced in the House of Commons as to the possibility that rubber supplied by Britain to Russia under the An?lo-Soviet rubber-timber barter agreement may eventually reach Germany. In the House tirs
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    R.G.A. HEADQUARTERS STILL IN LONDON
    118 10 1 From Our Own Correspondent, i London. Nov. 7. THE Council of the Rubber Growers' 1 Association ha.; decided that the official headquarters of the association -shall bs retained at the London office. though certain office work is being decentralized. This statement la contained In
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    MRS. D. H. KLEINMAN
    49 10 MRS. D. H. KLEIN MAN THE death occurred yesterday ci Mrs. Bertha Kleinman. wife of Mr. D. H. K'einman. of Singapore. Mrs. Kloinman. who had lived in Singapore for ten years, died in the General Hospital rtfter a shoit illness. She was buried a; the Jewish Cemetery last night.
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    SIRDHANA INQUIRY: MORE EVIDENCE TO-DAY
    1117 10 Representative Of Agents On Notices To Mariners MINEFIELDS MARKED ROUGHLY ON CHARTS IN OFFICE pURTHER important witnesses will be callejl to-day at the continuation of the public inquiry into the sinking of the 7,743-ton British India liner Sirdhana by striking a mine just outside Singapore
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    MASTER M. K. SAHAI
    47 10 THE death took place yesterday of Master Mohan Kumar Sahal only son of Mr. B. O. Sahai. usher of the Singapore Marine Court. The funeral took place yesterday afternoon at the Hindu Cemetery, where there was a large gathering of relatives and friends.
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    MALAY SCHOOLS REOPEN
    28 10 CINGAPORE Malay vernacular schools, which closed for a 44 day vacation on Oct. 11. reopened yesterday The vacation covered the period of Hari Raya Puasa.
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    At The Cinema "FORGOTTEN WOMAN"
    146 10 At The Cinema "FORGOTTEN WOMAN" "The Forgotten Woman." (With Sigrid Gurie and Donald Briggs). New Universal.' At the Pavilion. THIS is an entertaining story of an 1 innocent woman who is sent t* prison for being implicated In a hold-up and murder. The district attorney subsequently falls in love with
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    Yam Tuan Presents St. John Ambulance Certificates
    443 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Nov. 18. A SIMPLE and interesting ceremony— the first of its kind in tfegri Sembilan— took place in the nail of the King George Fiftl: School, Seremban, to-day, when the Sfang-di-Pertuan Besar and the Tungku Ampuan presented certificates
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    Chinese Wedding
    38 10 Mr. Tan See Tee. son of Madam Goh Nia Chile of Singavore ana Miss Maggie Quek. daughter of Mr and Mrs. Quek Chip Yeow' icho were married at the United Chinese Library yesterday.— Straits Times picture.
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    SELANGORS $200,000 SPORTS PARK
    386 10 Malaya's Most Up -To -Date Playground Progresses (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 20. UfITH the calling for tenders for a pavilion, work on Malaya's most up-to-date playground— the Coronation Park at Kuala Lumpur— is rapidly nearing completion The walls of earth surrounding the park,
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    SIR M. WATSON HONOURED
    242 10 Albert Medal Of Royal Society (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Nov. 7. CIR Malcolm Watson, the famous ex-Malayan malaria specialist who is Director of the Ross Institute of Tropical Hygiene (of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine,) has been presented with the Alberjt Medal
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    COLONIES AND THE WAR
    171 10 Home Interest In Social Services MORE QUESTIONS IN COMMONS i <From Our Own Correspondent) London. Nov. 2 QRGANIZATIOKS in this country interested in social welfare throughout the Empire are viewing with considerable uneasiness the prospect that heavy war expenditure may necessitate the cutting down of Colonial
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    BUDGET MEETING OF FEDERAL COUNCIL
    125 10 (From Our Own Correspondent' Kuala Lumpur, Nov 20 OIR SHENTON THOMAS the Hi?h Comm^dioner. is expected to refer to the progress of wartime measures in Malaya, and the position of the Federated Malay States' finances as a result of the war. when he speaks at
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    CONCERT OF FRENCH MUSIC THIS MONTH
    106 10 TO aid the Services' Dances Fluid 1 and the Groupement Femirm Interallie de Malaisie. the Centra Intellectuel Francais do Malaisie will give a concert of French music, "Soiree de Musique Francaise,' at the Centre's headquarters ?.t 20. Mount Elizabeth en Nov. 29. Mme. Marguerite
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    MALAYAN TRADE WITH UNITED STATES
    86 10 i From Our Own Correspondent.* I London. Nov 7. ONDON welcomes with enthusiasm the news that Malayan exports of tin and rubber to the United states during September and October were valued at no fewer than £11.000.000 This excellent trade, it is emphasized, will be
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    21 10 The .secretaryship of the Cairn (Malay) Rubber Syndicate. Ltd. has been taken over by the Planters' Stores and Agency Co., Ltd.
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    GROWING DISTRUST OF NAZIS AMONG THE NEUTRALS
    798 11 Netherlands Indies Press Comment On The War WHAT THOSE COMING FROM REICH SAY ABOUT INTERNAL TROUBLE A DUTCH view of the war is presented by the newspapers of Sourabaya, the great commercial city and naval base of Java. The leading newspapers of Java
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    Naval Officer To Broadcast To-day
    82 11 A SECOND talk by Lieut.-Com-mander B. M. Douglas, R.N., on "The Naval Situation" will be broadcast from the 8.M.8.C. to-day at "3.30 p.m. This talk will deal with the Üboat war and the convoy system, and will also touch on methods of protecting naval and
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    MALAY NEWS BULLETIN
    329 11 BINTANG p.nga: police daripada Baginda King 'Kings Police Medal) telah di-kurniakan kapada matamata Abdul-Hamid bin Lazim daripada Pasokan Police Negeri2 Melayu yang Bersekutu kerana keberanian- nya di-Pulau Pangk:r pada 31 hari 1 bulan July riahulu. la telan menangkap dengan t'.das bersenjata sa-orang Melayu mengamok yang telah menikam
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    "Overspending Widespread"
    499 11 Overspending Widespread COMMENT ON INSOLVENCY •pERSISTENT overspending is ao i widespread, even among those in the most regular and well-paid kinc'o of .'iericai employment, that there Is always a large volume of personal insolvency quite independent of fluctuations in business," declares t."oe Official Assignee of the Straits Settlements. Mr. E.
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    YOUTH AND BUILDING OF NEW PEACE FOR WORLD
    327 11 Singapore Y. M. C. A. Delegate Speaks At Open-Air Service CONCLUDING the V.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A. Fellowship Week arrangements held in Singapore last week, an open-air service was held on the lawn of Wesley Church, Fort Canning, yesterday. In an address. Mr. George
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    INDIAN MERCHANTS AND SHOP ASSISTANTS
    132 11 MR. G. UTI'AMRAM, acting I hairman of the Indian Chamber of Commerce, speaking at the annual meeting, referred to the weekly holiday for shop assistants. •'I take this opportunity of stressing the need for all of you to obrerve 'his to the very letter, so
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    Stirring Appeal By Maharaja Of Kashmir
    368 11 FULL SUPPORT I OR GREAT mtITVIN r FHK Maharaja ol Jammu and '<• mlr has Issued a stirring appeal to his subjects in ,md outside the st;>to and to bis brother Rajputs throughout India. India, he declares, must stand shoulder to shoulder with Britain
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    RETREAT ON PADANG
    21 11 FE sth Battalion, 2nd Punjab Regiment will bpat Retreat on 'Y-t SCO. Padang at 6 pm. to I
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    NAZI PLANES DRIVEN OFF
    197 12 Raiders' Attack On Cruisers Copenhagen, Nov. 19. A GRAPHIC account of a battle a few days aso 70 miles west of Bergen between four British cruisers and ten Genr.an bombers was t:Hd by the captain of the steamer Disco, according to the National Ticiende. The Disco
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    20 12 WITH THE BRpiSH TROOPS Ui FRANCE :-N.(.0. s are seen here por.ng over their maiKi durine trainillff with Bren J^riJ^"
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    I.R.A. Blamed For Big Fire In Edinburgh
    189 12 FRESH SERIES OF BOMB OUTRAGES a crcDr«E< a i London, Nov. 19. A CT^'h £j t rokt L OUl J la f ht iv a raihvav oods J'wl in the fr™ ii Ld i" bur^ h ™±> despite the efforts of the fire
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    Two Girls Share Big War Secret
    173 12 TWO girl s are sharing one of the biggest international secrets. The 7 ar3 the confidential secretaries o. the men who organized the dis'pj tch of 158 000 British soldiers to And only they know how it was ne XT So secretly that a
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    Gift To Dependents Of Royal Oak Victims
    141 12 I AS A TANGIBLE expression of his ithrnf/h o^ t0 c tra lC IOSS Of life £?W. the smklR S of the Royal CCk the Maharaja of Gondal has sent thm??*^ a C ,H eQUe fOr 100 000 ™p"£ if h^? a re
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    More Troops For France Soon
    101 12 Announcement By Mr. Hore-Belisha M R HORE-BELISHA. the Secretary for War. who is now with the British Expeditionary Force in France told a Havas correspondent yesterday tSrSSSSS. troops would be sent He added that the results already obtained were satisfactory. m He expressed his admiration
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    BRITONS LEAVE TO DEFEND FALKLANDS
    80 12 C E Russell > the British Military Attache in Buenos Aires, explained recently how British people in Argentina were going to the Falkland Islands to offer their services for defence. He said that, following rumours that Nazi ships were planning to raid the Falklands, between
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    57 NAZI SEAMEN TO BE INTERNED
    60 12 London, Nov. 19. riPTY-SEVEN NAZI seamen with their captain were landed at a seaport in Scotland yesterday. havin* scuttled their ship when ordered to st^p by a British patrol. Among them was a boy aged 15 clutching a black and white kitten. The crew
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    A EXPLOSIVE 1.000,000 TIMES AS POWERFUL AS DYNAMITE
    406 12 WITHIN six months scientists y may have produced an explosive a million times more powerful than dynamite. The "may" is deliberate, but these are the facts, says the Sunday Dispatch. When American scientists first realised its possibilities they immediately 'phoned the White
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    CZECHOSLOVAK UNREST SPREADS TO POLAND
    817 12 Drastic Reprisals By The Germans 50,000 ARRESTED: FURTHER EXECUTIONS OF STUDENTS piFTY THOUSAND arrests have been made in Bohemia and Moravia during the past few days following disturbances, according to the Havas agency. Martial law has been proclaimed in Praeue and certain other Czech towns,
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    King's Pigeons Go To War
    177 12 CROM the Kins:s famous racing Pigeon loft at Sandringham have come the first birds to go on active service in the war. Bombers and reconnaissance 'planes SL I0yal piseons When a submarine has been sighted y a plane pilot who fears that a radio message
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    ARABS REMEMBER
    135 12 German "Friendship" In The Great War KM ALEXANDER RIACHI a well known writer, has broadcast an answer to the clumsy attempts by the Berlin wireless to win the friendship of Arabs and separate them from France and Great Britain, says a Beirut message. He said that Arabs well
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    DUTCH LINER SINKS AFTER STRIKING GERMAN MINES
    1130 13 Heavy Death-Roll: Survivors Landed At British Port PLLOWING two explosions caused by German mines, the Dutch liner Simon Bolivar (7,900 tons) sank rapidly m the \orth Sea on Saturday. Some 140 people of the 400 on board, including man women and children, are
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    S. AFRICAN SENATE
    42 13 London, Nov. 19. '|*KE South African Government have majority of 12 in the newly-electe Senate. Gen. Smuts having 28 support* out of' a total of 44 members. One Jarttoentaiy and e*ht proving by-elections are necessitated by the result Heuter.
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    Rush Of Volunteers Despite Conscription
    97 13 London, Not. 19. IN a leading article to-dmy The Times observes that one of the l«ast expn-ted results of couscription has been to fill the country with frustrated vehinteers. Claiming, however, that the policy of deploying the nations strength systematically and summoning fresh personnel as
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    Labour's Part In War Effort
    273 13 London, mov. iy. TYPICAL of the excellent spirit in industry in th 2 present situation was the conference early this week between miners and mine-owners representatives which reached agreement excluding for the duration of the war and for six months afterwards the possibility of strikes
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    Mining France's Frontier Roads
    18 13 A French tappet at wrk, laym^ mine. «n a roai near the German frontier.
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    3,000 Vessels Convoyed And Only Three Lost
    332 13 OF more than 3,000 vessels escorted in convoy since the war started, only three have been lost, states an Admiralty communique received in Singapore last -night During the last four weeks, one-third of the tonnage sunk by T -boats has been neutral. ff
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    Big Improvement la British Trade
    115 13 I,oixlon. Nov. 19. OVERSEAS TRADZ Ggum for October, while they contin to reflect the in- evitable dkloration t-au.^i by the outbreak 1 of war and ..diustment of trade to wartime control, nevertheless mark a real Improvement on September. It Is expected that the Novmbcr returns
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      223 13 Broadcasting r SINGAPORE PENANG I TO-DAY TO-DAY ZHL za metres. *HJ tt*l MM '^-S* ■•> UP 30.W metres. a.m. p m 7-3* Li« nt music. l!is' Miscellaneous programme oi gramo- 7.5« B.B.C. news bulletin if broadcast) phone record*. 8. It Closs down. 1 30 The new* and mid-day rubber and
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    SINGAPORE BEAT NEGRI SEMBILAN
    148 14 All-Blues Rugger On Saturday SINGAPORE All-Blues entered the final for the All-Blues Cup by beating the Negri Sembilan All-Blues by 21 points (three goals, one penalty goal, on? try i to nil in the only game played in the southern section, at Farrer Park, Singapore, en
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    Perak Beat Selangor By One Point
    258 14 'From Our Own Correspondent! Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 18. ONLY a last-minute try. splendidly converted by Hector Ritchie, enabled Perak to beat Selangor here today In an All-Blues Cup Rugby fixture by 10 points <two goals to nine points (one goal and one drop goal>.
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    TUTOR WINS NOVEMBER HANDICAP
    65 14 London. Nov. 18. THE Manchester Novemoer Handicap, run yesterday over one and a half miles with £1,250 to winner, resulted Lord Rosebery's TUTOR (E. Smith > 1 Lady Nuthall's WAYWARD MISS (Richardson) 2 Lord Zetland"* BEINN DEARG I Taylor I 3 Twent-four ran. Won by four
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    JOHORE TOURNAMENT
    72 14 i From Our Ovn Corre por. Tt i Johore Bahiu. No\ 18. JOHORE Badminton Association l:as given its approval to a proposal for the rurnin^ of an inter-dlstrict tournament la aid of thMalaya Patriotic Kund. It h probable tha'. the tournament will be staged at the Kluanj Government
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    R.S.G.C. MEETING
    51 14 1h a Royal Singapore Golf Club will l.o'd Its 4:»th annual g»ni'ral meeting of mt*rb rs In th* c!ub house on Wednesday. Ncv. 29. at 7 PJB In a hockey match played at Balestier Plain yesterday, the Indian Association beat the Indian Arir.y Ofli:ers by five goals to
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    34 14 Simpson, the Army captain, on the extreme right about to tackle Ompton. R.N.. K.A.F. who is seen strugsHng with the ball, in the Malaya Cup rugger on the padan? on Saturday. Straits Times picture
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    RANGERS & FALKIRK STILL UNBEA TEN IN HOME SOCCER
    1230 14 RANGERS FALKIRK STILL UNBEA TEN IN HOME SOCCER London, Nov. 18. I7VERTON were beaten by Chester to-day by the odd goal in five and thus have won only two of the four games they have played under the regional soccer scheme. Arsenal wiped off last Saturday's draw with a win
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    LEAGUE TABLES
    81 14 Following are the league tabie.s. cj-rre.nsd up-to-date: p. L-?eds 4 ilJ 4 e 5 Iradfcrd c 4 MiUngUi 5 'art'.epools 4 3-actford 4 i'ork 4 W. L. 4 0 3 0 3 2 3 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 D. F. A f 0
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    Conn Retains His Title
    37 14 New York, Saturday. BILLY Conn, of Pittsburgh retained his world light-heav weight boxin championship, as recognised by the New York and California boxing commissions, outpointing Gus Lesnevitch over fifteen rounds here last night.
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    THREE CUP RUGBY MATCHES PLAYED
    241 14 Army, Singapore Penang Win Saturday's Games THERE was one surprise result in Saturday's Malaya Cup rugger when matches were played at Singapore, Seremban and Penang. The match in the north saw Selangor, who have been strong favourites for the honour of being the finalists in
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    R.N.-R.A.F. LOSE TO ARM.
    427 14 A FORWARD BATTLE ail uie way with flashes of good threequarter movements, Saturday's Malaya Cup rugger on the padang, in which the Army beat the R.N.. R.A.F., by seven points < a try and a drop goal) to six (a penalty goal and 9 try), was
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    SINGAPORE BEAT NEGRI-MALACCA
    469 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Nov. 18. THE brilliant constructive play of Potter, Singapore's brainy scrum half, enabled the Colony to defeat Negri Sembilan-Malacca by .?3 points (4 goals and a try) to 8 points (a goal and a penalty) in a Malaya Cup match here to-day.
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    59 14 HOCKEY: S.C.C. vs. Manche,. ters, S.C.C: Police 2nd. vs. Y.M. C.A., Prince Edward Rozd; S'pora Colts vs. Indian Assn., 1..V. ground; S.R.C. vs. V.M.C.A. Juniors. S.R.C.; Spore Colts Hockey Club vs. 12th Brigade H. Q., Farrer Park; A.P.C. vs. 7th Heavy Bat. cry. Pay a Lebar, Raffles
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    PENANG BEAT SELANGOR
    330 14 (From Our Own Correspondent^ Penang, Nov. 18. PENANG beat Selangor by nine points (three tries) to five (a goal) In a fast and exciting Malaya Cup Rugby match played on the Penang Sportj Club ground to-day. Selangor entered the field favourites. and the Penang players started shakily,
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    SELANGOR BEAT MALACCA AT HOCKEY
    463 15 SELANGOR BEAT MALACCA AT HOCKEY Saturday's State Match i From Our Own Ccrresponacni > Malacca, Niv. -19. DISPLAYING marked superiority, Selangor gained a two-nil victory over Malacca in an interstate hockey match played on the padang yester'play was set at a terrific pace, be- i langor fielded a well balanced
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    Victoria Beat St. Andrew's
    247 15 VICTORIA Bridge School beat St. Anc.rcw's School by eight points (a goal and a penalty goal) to three i a in 1 in an inter-school Rugby i played on Saturday. Th 3 Saints had practically all the play in the first half but missed sev- 1
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    VAN BREUKELEN SADDLES FOUR WINNERS
    1790 15 Final Day Of Singapore Winter Race Meeting TRAINER M van Breukeien repeated his successes of the 1 'first two days of the Singapore Winter race meeting, when he saddled four winners on Saturday, the final day, at Bukft Timah. He therefore saddled 11 of the
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    40 15 The start of the sseond race at Bukit Timah on Saturday is seen here. Temple, who can just be seen on the rails, went into an early lead and eventually won the race by eient len gths.— Straits Times picture.
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    JOHORE BEAT S.C.C .AGAIN AT RUGGER
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    WITH THE BRITISH FORCES BEHIND THE LINE IN FRANCE
    120 16 A British convoy halts in the glare of the noonday sun under the shadow of the trees in a French village. In the foreground is seen the British military patrol doing point duty as he might be doing every day at
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