The Straits Times, 27 November 1939

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    35 1 The Straits TImes lESTABLISHrX> NEARLY A CSNTUn^I AML4K4S LEADING NEWSPAPER—LARGEST NET SALES 16 pac;es SINGAPORE, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1539. PRICE 5 CENTS. The Straits Times 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS
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      188 1 MIEN IHONG TAILORING We only ask for o trial order. g\ m Coleman St. Singapore. 4816- BALL ROLLER l^^^v^ jffl BEARING PLUMMER^aMk^|JI| JPOWER AND ARE CAPABLE OF ii UL, mS) \Aw JPLABN BEARINGS. THEY ALSO SHOW A SAVING IN LUBRICATION /s^&F^k^^^^^O^<l/ RELIABILITY AND LONG LIFE iTOCKED IN (Lsompanu aLlmited types.
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      18 1 PERFECI »IYU£ •n ORESSMAKIN6 REAOYMAOES 6Vi// or MADAME PAGE'S SALONS 13. Ban*' HoaJ. Singapore. HOTEL MAJESTC ">uala Lumpur
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      702 2 DYKES.—At the Maternity Hospital, Penang, on November 20th, to Lynda, wife of John Dykes of Taiplng, Perak —a daughter. WHITE.—On Nov. io, 1939 at his country residence at Blllingbear, Berkshire, after a long illness, patiently borne, William Bentlnrl: White, Manager The Chartered Bank of India, Australia it China, London, in
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      813 2 PLOST WARD TEN DOLLARS. <Ixxt) spectacles •ed c. M, labelled R. Vincent Howell. Return GJicers Mess, 1st. Manchester Regiment. PERSONAL MISS ANDERSON, the Cydax Consultant at Robinson Co., Ltd., who has been in Hong Kong, has now returned to resume duties at the Cyclax Salon. WANTED KNOWN RACHEL'S Raffles Hotel
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      874 2 BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET GROUND-FLOOR 115 Cecil sT Apply Sayers, 22 Malacca Street. TO LET, Godowns with office space above Cecil Street. Apply Meyer Bros. OFFICES at l and 4-A Prince St. and 22 Raffles Place. Apply Koh Chew Kee 129 Kllliney Road. TO LET OFFICE space at Meyer chambers.
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      715 2 DOGS TO STUD: Pedigree Bulldog. Apply Box 687. Straits Times. MOTOR VEHICLES MORRIS 18 run 4,000, Renault 12. and Baby Singer all 1938. Apply 4 Robinson Road. FOR SALE. Hillman Minx (De Luxe; 1938 model, 10 H.P. In first class condition. Apply Box No. 702, straits Times FOR SALE Citroen
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      824 2 PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE. NOTICE Is hereby given that an ap|.;icatlon for leave to transfer the 3rd class Public House License for Robinson's Cafe from Mr. L. C. Hutchlngs to Mr. A. L. Harrison, will be heard at the Fourth wuarterlv Ses-'on of the Board of Licensing Jr Heea at the
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      612 2 BUSINESS CARDS Ftc MODERN OFFICE J ACCOMMODATION Area .\S## sq. ft Ist Hoor. overtaking j j Battery Road. Lift and Fans. Apply I No .r>o2.. r >02. Straits Timi-a. MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE j Mrs HARU and Miss HANA 60. WATERLOO STREET. I Telephone 7467. TENDERS SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST.
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      301 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE, Uacorporatea in England* PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N Co MAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES The P O S. N Company will have 2 cargo steamers loading for the United Kingdom during the remainder of November All vessels may call at ports on or off
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      311 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS mamus (Incorporated In Japan GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR TO EUROPE VIA AMERICA Through fares to North America, to Europe via America and Round Tours tn the Pacific quoted In €.S. on application. To California from the Orient via Honolulu. ASAMA MARU leave 3"hai Dec. 8
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      664 3 LUXURIOUS ONE-CLASS MOTORSHIPS Cabins with Private B*th— Excellent Cuisine PASSENGER FREIGHT SERVICES ta Colombo Aden. Port Said, Palestine, Beyrouth. Marseilles, CasaHOMIWARDS. {^^aon. Antwerp. Rotterdam. Copenhagen and Scandinavia. OUTWARDS: to Bangkok. Saigon. Manila. Hongkong. Shanghai and Japan. For particulars regarding tailings, fares, tic., please apply to THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD.
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      444 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. OCEAN BUILDING. COLLYCR QUAY. SINGAPORE t«I. SI SI CHARTERED BANK BUILDING. PENANG Tel. 1166 BLUE FUNNEL LINE. Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom and United States of America. Dates are not guaranteed, all cargo bookings subject to Conference War Clauses. WESTERN AUSTRALIA THE SHORTEST SEA ROUTE AT THE
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    SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES
    1338 4 Fraser And Co's List SATURDAY. NOV. 25, 1939: 1 P.M. MINING Bayers Seller* Ampat Tin <4s) 43 9d 5S5 S 3d Austral Amal. (ss> 6s 4',£d 6s 10% Austral Maiay <£tilst ils 39s Ayer Hltam 2 4» 3d 25s 3d x.d. Ayer Weng tsl) .90
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    LYALL AND EVATTS DAILY QUOTATIONS
    232 4 Singapore, Nov. 25. 1 p.m. MINING Bayers Sever Ampats 4/10H 51^ Austral Amalg 6/3 6/9 Batu Selangors 1.68 1.72 Hong Patts 1.03 1.06 Jelebus. 0.98 1.02xd Kampong Lanjuts 21/- 22/X Kamunting 8/6 8/9 Kamuntlngs 10/9 11/6 cd Klnta Kellas 7/4 Vi 7/9 Klang Rivers 2.15
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    Correspondence THE REAL GERMANY
    1283 4 Correspondence THE REAL GERMANY French Soldier's View Of r "A Just Peace" To the Editor ot the Straits Times Sir,—l have read with considerable interest the controversy between "The Troublesome Continental" and L "Rationalist.' I enter the lists not to take sides, but to present a few significant points which
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      137 4 Sole Agents in Malaya McALISTER CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Sircits Settlements.) SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR IPOH PENANG. ■"■■■^^■^■^■■■^ii-^iiMMM-^iMii^ W.P.S. 60A MaaMMM lllfik DUNLOP Mutic ''I^' i ■«it*««KToe/ j"£<2l_/1 Song and dance a play^^^^^ V. I V A thrill a gay romance; all^^ I^^^ v^V|r\ V; Theae are 'brought home* perf ectl)r^>
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      69 4 Im I IVI iron ittch Regular Tv/ico-Weekly Servica from Singapore the flying route. An efficient scvice -makes and Penang to Europe, via Naples. From Naples the passenger feel at home!" Fly KLM to to the rest of Europe, excellent train cannec- Bangkok, Rangoon, Calcutta. Karachi, Pale6tlons Douglas D.C.3. Aircraft are
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      91 4 TIDE TABLES SINGAPORE To-day H. W. 19.18 am 9 3 it 1 1 23 p. in 8.7 ft L TV 4.20 a.m 3.8 It.: 4.55 am 't. To-morrow H ic.50 am 9.7 ft. I V 55 a.m. 3.8 ft.; 5 30 p.m. 0.6 ft. Wednesday, Nov. 29 H. W. 00.05
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    TIN CONTROL'S DAYS NUMBERED
    1426 5 London Thinks Campaign Of Anti-Restriction May Succeed (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Nov. 9. U/HILE the world was at peace, London representatives of Malayan mining interests seemed to ix' merely butting their heads against the stone walls of the Colonial Oflice when, time after time they
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    384 5 QUIET OPENING BUT UNDERTONE STEADY By Our Financial Correipondent Singapore. Nov 27. MARKETS open the week firm and confident, nothing having occurred over the week-end to upset conditions The London markets were closed as usual on Saturday and the New York market was unchanged at 20V 4
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    77 5 Monday. Nov. 2", noon. Bayers Sellers Price* Prices No. IX R.S.S. (Spot loosei 40 No. IX RS.S ».o.b. tn ca»es Dec. (Sellers Option) 4«'-» 40 G.KA.Q. RS.S. ;.o.fc to bales Dec (Sellers Option) 39} e 401 *.A-t*. R.S.S. t.o.b. in bales Dec. (Sellers Option) "9'i
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    TIN-ORE PRODUCTION
    90 5 THE following particulars of tin-ore production of companies in the Austral Malay group refer to the first half ol this month:- |nn Yardage. Piculs ore. K Kamunting 309 73,000 172 Thabawleik lm 316 55.000 481 P Dr 8 Se T i n 304 123.000 854 Dredge 2 302
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      90 5 (if 2^ What did the Engineer say— Tjj\==^ when the Bridge T-yf7=| I was finished Z /'Good °t* f I m *c f There's something very satisfying, very jjjj|l lg2Q comforting, in the genial mellowness of I Kill I Johnnie Walker. It's the result of the very IIPSHv strong V
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      230 5 OF INTEREST TO MOTORISTS TARZAN'S GRIP for all small running repairs A motorist writes I would not travel without a tube HANDY for ANYTHING Obtainable everywhere 50 cents per tube Sole Distributors GRAFTON LABORATORIES LTD. Singapore Kuala Lumpur. Cold OVALTINE at yout CafcVMilkBar It's the Best T3 Tropical Drink yet/
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      295 5 BANK OF CHINA < incorporated tn umna o> speiiai Uhaiie. > 12. Cecil Street Singapore. IHrphnnr: Manager lUTIrc <>•«» Sub-Managers OIBce 6113 Kxrhanxe Oopt 8U1 General Office 5188 a Cablf Address: "CIlllNGRUO 1 Paid Up Capital Ch 40.00U.9O0 1 Reserve Hind* In excess of Ch. S S.-OO.OOO.M IC »ppro!!lnIalel» Ch
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      243 6 Positively Last 3 Shows To-day! ALHAMBRA— 3.15, 6.15 9.15 ■IAT LAST T w!^^k. THE INSID£ s Wm\ M 1\ 0F ADVENTURES wMJ&M' /I !>< BERLIN'S GAY ft 1 ff^B«l/r^B ll SOCIAL WHIRL V Wk I^BMlHiS^^L. HONEYCOMBED M Wktfmm *fm& with intrigue m\ Ml 'TT SPYING! I^mMl Hult^ Also Latest 44
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      376 6 j HERE'S SOME RAW STEAK FOR THAT BLACKEYE... WANT SOME FRIED ONIONS ON IT? THOSE ROWDY ROMANTIC SWEETHEARTS. 808 AND ROSALIND ARE ON THE LOOSE AGAIN IN M.G.Ms RIP-ROARING COMEDY! BROUGHT BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! %mmm% ISST SHOWING TO-NIGHT 6.15 9.15 J^H, PAVI L I O N Ji^RN Ik ROBERT
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      243 6 mWrnrnmrnW.^ S^V^i^ I^AST NIGHT of EXTENDKI) iite^Ja^ CAPITOL JOAN BLONDELL < ,i ii d J^ MELVYN DOUGLAS M a^HP""^ Columbia's Comedj hit Lj |r (GOOD GIRLS WMI I GO TO PARIS mmW&^EEB latest Gaumont BRITISH NEWS RR^s|^9 iiu-litdinß (BOAT PRISONERS". R.A.K. llei.»e« decorated by the KING, etc CHINA'S MOST SPECTACULAR
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    HEAVY NAZI LOSSES AT SEA DURING PAST WEEK
    427 7 London Not Alarmed By Intensified German Mines Campaign Lor.don, Nov. 26. WHILE official circles in London are naturally reticent in the face of the intensification of the German sea war against Allied and neutral shipping and commerce in the form of indiscriminate
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    Confession Of Weakness By The Germans
    300 7 REVIEWING the war at sea during i the past week, a naval observer, broadcasting last night, declared I The events of these few days are poing to have a great effect on the i war as a whole and not quite the l effect
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    How The Magnetic Mine Works
    108 7 '•'THERE is nothing new about tne magnetic mine," said a naval observer broadcastng over the BBC. last night. He pointed out that they had been used in the last tear. The word "magnetic" had viaac some people hazy as to their proper import. They icere
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    GERMANS SEIZE TWO FINNISH SHIPS
    76 7 I Helsinki. Nov. 26. THE Finnish .ship Britannic, 3,100 tons, v.as seized by Germany in the Baltic near the Swedish coast. She was bound for Gothenberg with al(,a l( cargo of cellulose. i c Another Finnish steamer was later v reported to have been seized
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    MYSTERY FIRE DESTROYS DUTCH MOTORSHIP
    57 7 lOdense < Denmark), Nov. 26. •THE 10,000-ton' motorshio Slogerdyk, I *of the Holland Amerika line, was i destroyed on the stocks here by a fire I fo'lov/ing a mysterious explosion within a month of her completion. One workman died while several are tiured. An inquiry
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    GERMANS IN CHINA TO DISGORGE GOLD
    64 7 Peiping. Nov. 26. IT is reliably learned that the German authorities in China are putt•ng pressure on Germans to transfer to the German Government all gold dollars and securities in the United States for the purpose of purchasing American products. It is reported that
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    FRENCH HONOUR FOR R.A.F. SERGEANT
    72 7 London, Nov. 30. fHE public here arc greatly touched by me I chivalrous French action in conferring the Medale Militaire en a sergeant observer of the R.A.F. whose daring resulted in the first Messerschmidt being brought down on the Western Front. Sergeant J. Vickers; the
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    A COLONIAL CHIEFTAIN London, Nov. 26.
    93 7 A COLONIAL CHIEFTAIN London, Nov. 26. MR. MALCOLM MACDONALD, the Colonial Secretary, on behalf of His Majesty's Government has confirmed the Governor's action in sinprovins? the election i ol Mutesa. the son oi the late Sir Dai'rti Cnwa. as Kabaka of Buganda, a district in I Uganda. Mr. Mac Donald
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      472 7 BOX OFFICE tT2 F^HflHJv TO-DAY PHONE 1^: 3153 15 Ann Rfcra^iNEM/nSHJjx? 6.15-9.15 uu \EVERY JEflTfl TMP-UPfIRMCHfIIRJ LAST 3 SHOWS OF "CAPTAIN FURY" WITH BRIAN AHERNE VICTOR McLAGLEN NEWS ew s^ Arroy- Success of Contraband. New York's New Airport and Motor Show. TOMORROW AT 3.15^6-15— 9,15 AN IMPORTANT EVENT UNITED ARTISTS
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY, NOV. 27. 1939. (86th. Day of the War.) Doing Our Bit
    1151 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY, NOV. 27. 1939. (86th. Day of the War.) Doing Our Bit Since the first official intimation was given of an intention to impose special wartime taxation in Malaya, a number of correspondents have Written to the Straits Times suggesting the form that such taxation should
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    VICE-ADM. G. C. C. DOYLE
    38 8 London, Nov. 27. Vice-Adm. G. C. C. Doyle has been appointed Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Chief of Naval and Air Services, from Nov. 21, in succession to Vice-Adm. Sir Alexander Ramsay.—Reuter.
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      WAR OF REVENGE
      273 8 Germans Cannot Be Put In Two Categories To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— There is the difference between "The Troublesome Continental" and "Rationalist that the former knows what he is talking about while the latter simply runs amok In a jungle of platitudinous verbiage. You
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      IMAGINATION
      507 8 Criticism Of An Air Raid Practice Scheme To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— ln one of the A.R.P. divisions in Singapore it was decided to carry out monthly imaginary air raid practices. A question was put at one of the meetings of the division, after the decision
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      WHODUNIT?
      19 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,—Harold! Don't be so silly!*— Yours, etc., UNSPEAKABLE. Kelantan, Nov. 21.
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      A WASTE OF TIME
      432 8 "The Troublesome Continental" Gives Up To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— Since I wrote you last I have reread "Rationalist's" letter of Nov. 15. honestly trying to find enough sense in it to make serious discussion worth while. But when I had got half
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      RUBBER RELEASE
      185 8 Next Quarter's Coupons Wanted Now To the Editor of the Straits Times i Sir,— Ivlany rubber producers arei] hoping that there will be a release this quarter of the next quarter's rights and coupons. This would be a repeti- tion of what was done last September and should
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      HINDUSTANI MUSIC
      102 8 Increased Ration Wanted From B.M.B.C. To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Please permit me to write a tew words through your paper for the attention of the B.M.B.C. authorities. With regard to the Hindustani music which is broadcast from the Singapore station every Thursday, I should
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      SUNDAY HOLIDAY
      89 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— l thank Mr. G. Uttamram, acting chairman of the Indian Chamber of Commerce, for requesting the members once more to observe a weekly holiday, so that no criticism will arise from the employees or from other quarters. I would like
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      A WARNING
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      MUNICIPAL BUDGET
      289 8 The President's Entertainment Allowance To the Ediior of the Slraits Times Sir, If your readers could spuro a moment from the "Rationalist- "Troublesome Continental" controversy 5 I should like to draw attention to a > little matter concerning the disbursement of local public funds which I consider requires
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      277 8 travelling Clocks Real leather folding cases. Swiss 8 day lever movement with •bum, luminous dial. from $21.— "A U T O B B I D G E" hy Ely Culbertson. Advanced plsy deals. The are hands originally played by Champion' ■elected for their dramatic interest and in Mrurtive Value. Published
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      30 8 "MASTER" LAMINATED STEEL PADLOCKS Strongest in the World From All Dealers. Sole Agents: RAHAMIN PENH AS, 117-1 25, CECIL STREET, SINGAPORE. JOHN DUKE Manufacturing Op tic tan. 21, BATTERY ROAD.
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    RAWALPINDI SUNK: MOST OF CREW FEARED DEAD
    236 9 Armed Cruiser Had 300 Men On Board P.&O. LINER REQUISITIONED BY NAVY AT START OF WAR Vessel Known All Over The Far East THK Admiralty announces that the armed merchant cruiser Rawalpindi, former P. and 0. mail ship, has been sunk. It is
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    WILL MASTER MINES SOON
    588 9 Jrreimer s speeen ITS SECRETS ARE KNOWN TO ALLIES ALREADY we know the secrets of the magnetic r.iine, which is being sown indiscriminately in our hMne v aters by the (Germans, and we shall «oon master it as we have already mastered the U-boat," <aid Sir.
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    P. & O. Sussex Damaged
    229 9 P. O. Sussex Damaged German Mines Claim Four More Victims THE German mine campaign has claimed four more victims two British vessels, a Swedish oil tanker and an unidentif.ed ship. The first was the P. and O. cargo vessel Sussex < 11.066 tons) which reached a British port escorted by
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    WILL INTENSIFY MINK CAMPAIGN
    113 9 1 Hitlers "Most Potent 5 Weapon* 5 AFTER, studying the results of the first* week of unrestricted mine s warfare, Hitler has ordered its inten- siflcation, according to information -i reaching Amsterdam from Berlin, reports Reuter. The Fuehrer flatters himself that lie has put Britain on
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    GERMAN GUARD SHIP STRIKES MINE
    50 9 A GERMAN guard ship struck a mine in the vicinity of Langeland Island near a German minefield and sank within three minutes, according to a Copenhagen report. It is stated that 33 of the crew were rescued and 12 are presumed to have perished Reuter.
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    ANOTHER NAZI LIE
    74 9 THE German radio alleges that a Finnish steamer, Arne KJode, was sunk near Denmark by a floating British mine. This Is untrue. "Itie Ame Kjode was a Norwegian tanker, and she was not sunk by mine but torpedoed by a German submarine. She was sunk not off
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    RED DEMAND TO FINLAND
    483 9 Withdrawal Of Border Forces MOSCOW STORY OF FRONTIER FIRING THE Soviet Government has de1 manded the withdrawal of Finnish troops on the Karelian Isthmus to a point 12 miles from the frontier, says the Moscow radio. This follows alleged firing of artillery from the Finnish side
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    BRITISH OVERSEAS AIRWAYS CORP.
    90 9 London, Nov. 27. IT has been decided to reduce the siz^ of the corporation which is to take over the Imperial Airways and British Airways and "make further and better provision for operation of the air transport services." The corporation, wfcich is to be known as
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    China Reshuffle Unlikely
    111 9 Chungking. Nov. 27. ANY proposed changes in the organization and peisonnel of the Chinese Government will be decided at a mee'-ing of the standing central executive committee of the Kuomintang early this week, it is officially announced here. General principles concerning re-adjustments in the organization and personnel
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    Co-ordination Of War Efforts
    153 9 London, Nov. 27. IT is officially announced that Mr. Neville Chamberlain and M. Daladier, the British and French Prime Ministers respectively, have Jointly appointed M. Jean Monnet, whom M. Daladier entrusted with the task of negotiating an agreement for coordination of British and French economic war
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    'No Bane Without An Antidote'
    342 9 London, Nov. 25. THE Sunday newspapers do not s minimize the extent of the Ger- c man mine menace but they are confi- t dent that we shall very soon have some t effective method of counteracting it. Mr. J. L. Garvin, in the Observer,
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    MEETING OF FRONTIER COMMISSION
    44 9 AT the request of the Soviet Government the first meeting of the joint border commission consisting of Japan, the Soviet Union, Manchukuo and Outer Mongolia will be held at Chita on Dec. 7. instead of on Nov. 29.— Eastern News.
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    Severe Fighting In Suburbs Of Ex-Kwangsi Capital
    147 9 Chungking, Nov. 27. WHILE the fall of Nanning is not yet confirmed, latest Chinese dispatches from the Kwangsi front state that heavy fighting is going on in the outskirts of Nanning. Reports reveal that a Japanese column reached the outskirts of Nanning on
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    CHINESE SILVER IN TIENTSIN
    76 9 Shanghai. Nov. 27. A REPORT appearing in the Tokio press that Britain is willing to trade the silver stocks hfeld in the Chinese banks in Tientsin for the lifting of the Japanese blockade of the British and French concessions has received no confirmation from authoritative British
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    ALLIES' WAR & PEACE AIMS DEFINED BY PREMIER
    400 9 ALLIES' WAR PEACE AIMS DEFINED BY PREMIER To End Nazi Aggression And To Build A New Europe THE Allies' war and peace aims were defined by Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the Prime Minister, in a broadcast speech last night. Our war aim, Mr. Chamberlain said, was to defeat the enemy, not
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    LESS ACTIVITY ON WESTERN FRONT
    24 9 LAST night's French war communique states there was ••reduced activity among the units in contact and by artillery."— Reuter.
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    R.A.F. OVER 2 NAZI BASKS
    301 9 Three Flights Into Reich London, Nov. 26. ANOTHER British flight into Germany was announced yesterday, the third within two days Royal Air Force craft flew over north-west Germany. Wllhelmshaven, Germany's largest naval base, and Heligoland, the fortress, were among the areas visited. The planes met
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    14 9 Twenty men were drowned when i pilot boat ran aground off Mersey yesterday.— Reuter.
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      72 9 SAUSAGES that wilt make you ask for a second helping v y^ x It's always a treat when S.C.S. 1 '--m If SAUSAGES are put on the table. Every Sausage is packed witn -v •££Ik^^ j J goodness and flavour. Delicious, too. a%^^ 'V^* <& are our CHIPOLATA, COCKTAIL J
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    TO-DAY'S SPECIAL BROADCASTS
    177 10 AN F.M.S. Malay. Dr. Amang bir Hassan, will broadcast from the 8.8.C. at 10.20 to-night (Malayan f.me) in the series "The Empire At War." In view of the special interest cf this talk to Malayan listeners the 8.M.8.C. i wnieh normally closes down at 10 p.m.) will
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    H. B. LANGWORTHY AT ADMIRALTY
    60 10 From Our Own Correspondent I London. Nov. 15. MR H.B. Langworthy. until recently Commissioner of Police, Johors State, has b?en granted a commission In the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. He is nov; Lieut. -Comdr. Langworthy. R.N.V.R. and is stationed at the Admiralty. London, where he
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    At The Cinema SPY THRILLER
    118 10 At The Cinema SPY THRILLER "Espionage Agent" (Joel McCrea, Brenrla Marshall. Jeffrey Lynn. George Bancroft). Warner Bros. At the Alhambra's midnight premiere last Saturday. ALTHOUGH made b.fore the beginning of the nj;es3nt European war. the film attempts to take us right up to the moment it did break out The
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    EUROPEAN INJURED
    27 10 MR. D. SUTHERLAND, a European, who was involved in a motor accident early yesterday in Connaught Drive. w;>.s taken to hospital suffering from minor Injurie
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    AMUSEMENTS
    202 10 MMGAFOU i:.M M.I.S HOTEL Orchestral Concert 8.15 to 9.15 p.m. Dinner Dunce (Informal) 9.45 to Midnight. GAMMCK THEATRE. GEYI.ANG Mal:e A Wish A Son?: of Hope (Egyptian Talkie > at 7.45 p.m. (.Iti \i WORLD Cabaret 9 p.m. to Midnight. Globe: Honolulu. Sky: Burn Them Up O'Connor. Atlantic Theatre:
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    S. V. C. Drills
    559 10 i SINGAPORE Volunteer Corps programme of > Drills up to and for week ending Dec. 3. 1939. Monday: 17.15 hrs.. Headquarters. S.R. A. (v). Gunnery Instruction: 17.30 hrs., Headquarters. S.R.E. (v) (No. 3 Section), Section Training; 17.15 hr 3.. Port Selingsing, S.F.C.R.E. (v). Section Training; 17.00
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    400 AT DRILL HALL DANCE
    132 10 MORE than 400 Service men and civilian guests attended the first "public" dance given by the Junior All Ranks of Fort Canning at the Drill Hall on Saturday night. "From the social point of view and from the 1 nancial side, the dance was a
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    SERGEANTS' DINNER
    34 10 were 50 guests at the annual inner of the Garrison Sergeants' at Fort Canning or. Saturday. A Emoklng concert followed the dinner. with Sgt. Pages trio leadins the com- rnunity singing. j
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    26 10 Mr. J. D. Joseph, of Singapore, gave an address on Malaya to Welsh Rotarians at Newport Monmouth- shire, on Oct. 24, writes cur London correspondent T
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    SALLY GILMOUR
    83 10 From Our Own Correspondent > London, Nov. 15. MISS Sally Gilmour, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. C. C. B. Gilmour, of Singapore, who joined the front rank of British ballet dancers with her interpretation of the leading part of the ballet. Lady into Fox." is now enjoying great
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    MAXIMUM TIN PRICE TO BE RAISED?
    429 10 U. S. Consumption On Way To Boom Volume (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Nov. 15. WITH the arrival in the U.S.A. of heavy shipments of tin from Malaya and the N.E.1., the American shortage of the metal is slowly easing and the New York
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    SECOND AIR RAID ALARM IN CALCUTTA
    70 10 SECOND AIR RAID ALARM IN CALCUTTA Calcutta. CALCUTTA has had its second airraid warning. It sounded at 5.30 p.m. and the "All Clear" came five minutes later. An aeroplane signted about 20 miles south-west cf Calcutta flying close to the prohibited area was subsequen'// identified as a friendly machine. An
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    "ROOM FOR TWO"
    90 10 ROOM FOR TWO THE stage farce "Room for Two," by 1 Charles Wakefleld, which is still showing in England, was handled with the usual efficient ease by the Repertory Players at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Saturday night. Alan D. Dant, C. Crawford-Lawson, Dorothy Leyison and Janet Lawson do well
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    JOHORE'S $13,218 FOR PATRIOTIC FUND
    1083 10 pONTRIBUTIONS to the Malaya Patriotic Fund for the State of Johore low total $13,218.44. Some of the :ontributors in the Mersing district lave requested that their names be withheld. Donations of $5 and above ire: H.H. the Regent of Johore $1,000, Johore 2ivil Service Club
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    MALAYANS RETURNING 'JAPANESE"
    227 10 MALAYANS RETURNING 'JAPANESE ■j (From Our Own Correspondent) London. Nov. 15 TOURING the months immediately preceding the outbreak of war very few leave-going Malayans travelled in Japanese liners. But with the advent of war and the improvement in Angio-Japanese lutions which has followed, the number of Malayans sailing "Japanese*"' has
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    Malayan Students In Britain
    99 10 'From Our Own Correspondent" London, Nov 15. THE project for the chartering of a ship to take Malayan students in Britain back to Malaya having faile.l to materialize many students are now making strenuous efforts to secure passages in other vessels. Accommodation is, however, exceedingly difficult
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    BARBARA HUTTON IS BOOED AT DOCK
    129 10 pOUNTESS Barbara Haugwitz-Re- ventlow, the Woolworth hoires;, was booed as she stepped irom a liner at New York recently. The boos cama from a crowd of girl I pickets at the dock entrance carrying a sign on which was written: "Bab? flees Europe for
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    REGENT OF JOHORE HELPS WAR FUND
    51 10 JOHORE'S contribution to the Malaya Patriotic Fund now totals $13,218.44. Among the principal contributors have been the Regent of Johore ($1,000), the Johore Civil Service Club ($500). Mr. Cheok Huan Chccng ($300). Ungku Abdul Aziz and Mrs. Aziz (s2so>, and Mrs. W. E. Pepys
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    GETS DECREE NISI
    71 10 MRS. Dorothy Ethel J. Sturgess, of Oakhill Road, Beckenham, Kent, was granted a decree nisi in London recently on the ground of the adultery of her husband, Mr. Archibald R. Sturgess, with a woman named. Mr. and Mrs. Sturgess were formerly well-known in Malaya. Evidence for the
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    MALAYANS IN EUROPE
    170 10 A SON was born to Djrochy. wife ot Mr. R. A. Stuart, of the Hongkonj? and Shanghai Banking Corporation Singapore, at Douglas. Isle of Man oi Nov. 10. THE marriage between Lieut. Mi.haet Patrick Evans, and Mis. Doreen Haldwell. will take place shortly in Singapore (reports our
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    OPPOSITION TO HONG KONG
    884 11 Debate On Budget In Legislative Council GOVERNOR WILL NOT USE OFFICIAL MAJORITY STRONG opposition to the imposition of Income Tax in Hong Kong was voiced by all the Unofficial Members w ho spoke in the Legislative Council Budget debate. During the debate the Governor, Sir Stafford
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    INCOME TAX IN
    1401 11 A tax on cinema and theatre tickets. The institution of a special War surta:: on the assessed rateable value of property. The collection of a percentage on dividends from investments in Public Limited Companies in Hong Kong. "On behalf of all the Unofficial I Members of this
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    Law Suit Against Lord
    36 11 Princess Stefanie HohenloheWaldenburg, who wes the plaintiff in an action heard in the King's Bench Division against Lord Rothermere who was sued for alleged breach of contract. Th« Princess lost the action.
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    They Risk Their Lives To Catch fish
    76 11 T, a sturdy ".slicrmen of East Anglia take their lives in their hand in war time— to catch herring "the poor man's meat." Out they po in trawlers or drifters, and brave the U-boats, floating mines cast adrift by storms, and in some
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    CIVIC CENTRE IS NEEDED IN SINGAPORE
    374 11 IT must be emphasised once more," states the annual report of the Friends cf Singapore society, "that the lack of a genuine civic centre is not merely hampering hyphothetical cultural developments, but is actually preventing Singapore from taklnt advantage of offers which would be
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    ARTISANS' QUARTERS FOR HARBOUR BOARD
    26 11 SIR ALEXANDER SMALL, the Co.onial Secretary, will open the new Singapore Harbour Board artisans" quarters at Morse Road on Tridav next.
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    DUTCH PRESS CONDEMNS GERMAN BARBARITY
    256 12 Sweden Protests Against Nazi Action In Extending Minefields ANGER against Germany is steadily mounting in neutral countries. The entire Netherlands Press hitterly condemns what it de3I'xibea r.s the brutality and barbarity of the German attack on the Dutch steamer Stiedrecht, whic i v&a sunk by
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    Snow Falls On The Western Front
    56 12 Snow F alls On The W estern Front TIIUM was patrol activity on Saturday nisht in the Vcsges region, the southern part of the Wt-s.ein Front where the Maginot Line and the Siegfried Line face each othrr act >ss thfl Rhine, says keater. It hi;s been auist sA\-e Thursday when
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    Dutch To Protest To Germany
    139 12 Sequel To Kidnapping B\ Gestapo Th? Hague Nov. 26. 'pHE Government has decided to protest to Germany regarding the Venlo incident on Nov. 9, when two British agents, Beit and Stevens, were bductsd by GestaDo men from Dutch erritcry and taken into Germany lol'owin* a
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    U.S. HELP FOR I.L.0.
    61 12 Geneva. Nov. 26. THE strong hope that the United States Government will continue unrelaxed the work of the International Labour Office during the present world crisis was expressed in a message from President Roosevelt on the occasion of the labour conference of American st?tes at Havana.
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    French Hold Germans In Italian Liner
    33 12 COME 250 German passengers ol the Italian liner Neptunia were interned I and a quantity of German mail bags iseized when the ship put in at Marseilles.—Reuter.
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    SIR THOMAS BRIDGES
    40 12 THE death has occurred of General Sir Thomas Bridges, aged 68, reports Reuter from London. The late General Sir Thomas who had a distinguished military career, was a former Governor of S. Australia, lrom 1922 to 1927.
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    LEAGUE OF NATIONS
    69 12 I EiAGUE of Nations authorities at Geneva describe as without foun- dation the suggestion that there is a conflict of views between the small Powers and the Allies as t j the contij nuance of the work of the League and the International Labour Organization. It has
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    32 12 *T*HE death is announced of the 9th Earl of Denbigh, Lord -in -Waiting to Queen Victoria and King Edward VII from 1897 to 1906. aged 80. says a Reuter report from London.
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    Neutral States' Stand On Economic Warfare
    480 12 CIX nations have so far protected against the Allied decision v to seize German experts on the high seas, emphasizing the grave consequences this measure will have on the maritime trade of neutiv 1 ntries. This new A -leasure was decided upon as a
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    PREMIER WITH R.A.F.
    35 12 P London, Nov. 20. [E Air Ministry announce.; tr-.at the ETiOU Minister and Mrs. Chamberlain thi, afternoon visited the headquarters of th.. 1 fighter command of the Rcr-al Air Force British Wi'°'»»ss
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    RED CROSS FUND
    19 12 London, Nov. 26. THHE Lord Mayor's Red Cross Fund has now passed the £700.000 mark. —Ppnter.
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    30 12 London, Nov. 26. TTiE Minister of Shipping has appointed Sir Edward Beatty to be his representative In Canada. Sir Edward Beatty is president of the Canadian Pacific Rallwav.— Britiih Wireless.
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      310 12 Broadggsting SINGAPORE TO-DAY /HI. en netres. ZI1P 3O.t6 oietm. p.m. 1 15 Miscellaneous programme of gramophone records. 1.30 The news and raid-day rubber and tin prices. 1.40 Interval. 5.00 Songs by Iffta Norlia.. (Malay 5.30 Tamil mucic.v 6.00 Cantonese drama Tai Peng Hlng.' i 6.40 Cantonese selections.; 7.00 Children's programme.
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    KUALA LUMPUR BUS FARES
    1544 13 Application Made For Raising PETROL AND OIL COSTS AN application for permission to increase bus fares in A Kuala Lumpur, as a result of the increa sed cost of I netrol oil etc is now being considered by the *.M.b. Tran port Boak. No announcement has
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    Watchdogs Of Sea
    34 13 1 The setting cw.i helped to make this striking silhouette picture of f some of Britain's battleships and cruisers at anchor, during a pause I in their guardianship of the seas.
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    Income Tax In Hong Kong
    572 13 Continued from page 11) It was significant the imposition ot income tax was soon dropped in th<* Straits Ssttlements. G.O.C.'s Vkw The General Officer Commanding, Major-Gen. Grasett, said that income tax was universally admitted as the only fair form of raising revenue. In Hcng Kcng,
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    REICH STANDS ALONE
    366 14 'Now In Complete Isolation' London, Nov. 26. MR. WALTER ELLIOTT, th e Minister of Health, speaking at Glasgow, reviewed the course of this strange war." In the east, he said, the armies of Germany, marching over huge plains, met the armies of Russia. Then the armies of
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    14 DIE WHEN PILOT BOAT RUNS ASHORE
    132 14 /\NE of the small Liverpool pilot boats ran ashore yesterday and 14 men are known to have lost their LVes. Shortly after 4.30 a.m.. a watchman saw the boa f 's plight and sent a message to an air raid warden. He also
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    Training Britain's New Army
    17 14 A squad of young recruits on revolver snooting ami, somtwiiere in northern England.
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    Alleged Evasion Of Censorship
    115 14 London, Nov. 26. IT IS officially announced that the Press and Censorship Bureau is conducting an inquiry into an alleged case of evasion of censorship. Reuter learns that the inquiry relates to damage to the cruiser Belfast, the news of which was known to agencies and
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    U. S. Anti-Japan Exports Ban
    93 14 U. S. Anti- Japan Exports Ban Statement By Senator Key Pittman Washington, Nov. 26. SENATOR KEY PITTMAN, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, predicted to-day that Congress would approve his bill authorizing Pr&sident Roosevelt to place an embargo on exports to Japan. He added that he desired the reestablishment
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    "U.S. Fleet Should Be Kept In Pacific"
    167 14 r[E acting Secretary of the U.S. Navy Department. Mr. Charles Edison, urges in his annual report that the greater portion of the U.S. fleet should be maintained in the Pacific. He goes on to say that the present building programme will probably have
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    Canada's Share In War Cost
    264 14 $315,000*000 Estimated For First Year London, Nov. 26. IN a wireless address from Ottawa, 1 Colcnel Ralston, the Canadian Finance Minister, stateS that credits provided by Canada for the United Kingdom Government already amounted to $100,000,000, which would enab'e pavments on purchases for some time
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    RUSSIA CANNOT MEET OIL NEEDS OF GERMANY
    306 14 Candid Admission Made By Nazi Military Journal London, Nov. 26. COMMERCIAL circles in London are sceptical regardingunconfirmed reports that Russia has contracted to supply the German Government with 800,000 tons of oil products. According to statistics published by the American Bureau of Mines,
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    British Protest To Japan
    115 14 Tokio, Nov. 26. TIE Japanese newspapers feature a 90-minute interview which Sir Robert Craigie, British Ambassador, had with the Japanesa Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs yesterday afternoon. The Ycmiuri Shimbun says that Sir Robert firstly stated the British Government's views regarding the Terukuni Maru. and, secondly, officially
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    25 14 The Earl of Warwick, who heard by radio of the declaration of war when on a shooting expedition in Alaska, has arrived back in England
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    Strength Of The Allies
    235 14 Strength Of The Allies Unification Of Wai* Potentials London, N',v 26. 'THE statement issued after the meet- ing of the Supreme War Council on Nov. 17 concerning maximum unification of Allied war potentials is discussed in the current L?sue of th« Economist, which describes it as being "of quite, extraordinary
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    German Displeasure With Rumania
    110 14 Paris, Nov. 23. THE French newspapers warmly wtl1 come the new Rumanian cabinet headed by Rumania's strong man M Tatarescu. and state th? f Nazi circles are displeased with the L-adng Dgures in it. Le Popu'.aire says that if the woit Government continues its firm stand
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    WOMEN'S JUNIOR DOUBLES TITLE FOR MERRIDALES
    436 15 Yesterday's Play In S.B.A. Championships j MISSES LILLIAN TAN and Yoong Book Lin (Merridale) won the women's junior doubles title in the SlnKap;>re badminton championships yesterday after a keenly contested but unimpressive final against Misses Hilda Schelkis and Mary Goh (Devonshire), whom they beat
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    CROSS-COUNTRY RUNNER KNOCKED DOWN BY BUS
    59 15 <From Our Own Correspondent^ Penang, Nov. 26. WHILE running along a read in Glugor village with a comrade. Kajwan Ali. of a Punjab Regiment stationed in Penang, was fatally injured when he was knocked down by a 011s. Both were practising for cross-coun-try races.
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    PEARSON & BLACK WIN ARNOLD ROBINSON CUP
    64 15 PEARSON BLACK WIN ARNOLD ROBINSON CUP rE Arnold Robinson Cup competition at the Royal Singapore Golf Club resulted yesterday in a win for A. M. Pearson r.nd T. Black, with a score of 70':. The second bi-monthly mixed foursomes competition played at Bukit Timah yesterday afternoon resulted in a win
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    SATURDAYS HOCKEY MATCHES
    96 15 r, TOTO GOOD hockey matches were piayia on Saturday on the S.C.C. padang a: id at the Police Depot. At the S.C.C. the Club met the Punjca Regiment and the result was a two-All draw. Scorers were Elliott (J) for the Club, and Lt. Balwant Singh and
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    TO-DAY'S HOCKEY
    61 15 The following hockey players wil represent the 12th. Indian Genera Hospital against Indian Association a' the Indian Association ground at 4.4! p.m. to-day. Jalal: W. O. Gurdial Singh GilJ Naik Gulzara Singh: Naik Bishai Singh, Sep. Jagdev Singh, Sep. Gur dial Singh Jem. Sant Singh, Capt. p Wanchoo
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    HOME RUGBY LEAGUE RESULTS
    143 15 Saturdays Home rugby recults were: YOKKSIIIKb SECTION Batley SHuddersfteld 10 Bramley 6 Dewsbury .1 Featherstone U Hull K.R 23 Halifax 26 York 5 Hun 13Castleford 12 Hunslet" 10 Bradford N 5 Keiehley Leeds 10 Keigmey L^ KAsmHE SECT i O n Lc i gn 0 Salford
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    WOMEN'S FOURSOMES AT KEPPEL G.C.
    60 15 npwKLVE CARDS were taken out for the 1 November Women's Foursomes competition tt the Keppel Golf Club on Friday and the following were the scores returned:— Miss M. Walsh and Mrs. W. J. Holohan 48 _14i 331A; Mrs. O. E. Kerr and Mrs. AM. Low
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    CHESTERFIELD, RANGERS & FALKIRK WIN AGAIN
    764 15 CHESTERFIELD, RANGERS FALKIRK WIN AGAIN Saturday's Home Soccer Results And Tables THESTERFIELD, Rangers and Falkirk have still noi dropped a point in their respective divisions, each sicl< winning again in Saturday's Home Soccer. Arsenal were held to a araw, am, &tiu Lead In South A. Everton scored a big <
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    SERVICES TEAM TO-MORROW
    408 15 THE Combined Services team to play Singapore at hockey ou the S.C.C. padan* to-morrow is as follows: Potger; Fortin, Shorey; Thompson, Cronin. Kellett; Kingsmill, Hewan, Balwant Singh, Gulam NabI, Salleh Mohamed. Leicester 6 2 3 1 15 13 5 Wolverhampton 6 2 3 1 13 13 5
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    BARRACLOUGH & PENG HAN MEET WITH SUCCESS
    456 15 BARRACLOUGH PENG HAN MEET WITH SUCCESS Keen Competition In A. A.M. Driving Tests Yesterday THERE wa6 plenty of keen competition among the 30 1 entries who competed for the driving tests, organized by the Automobile Association of Malaya (Singapore Branch) at the 15% mile, Jurong Road, yesterday. The tests, which
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    41 15 HOCKEY Police vs. V.M.C.A., Depot; Singapore Casuals vs. Raffles College, Farrer Park; Indian Assn. vs. Indian General Hospital, Balestier; S.R-C. vs. 7th Heavy Batiery, S.R.C.; S.C.C. vs. Anglo Chinese School, S.C.C.: A.P.C. vs. 18th Field Ambnlance, Paya Lebar.
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    Indian Association Beaten At Hockey
    86 15 THE Sappers and Miners beat the Indian Association by five goals to two in a hockey match at Balestier yesterday. Five minutes from the start the home team scored through P. Dhacs. and Arokia Samy, the military centre forward, equalized soon afterwards. Arokia Samy scored
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    WOMEN'S GOLF ON WEDNESDAY
    142 15 r THE following are the teams for the women's match between Royal Singapore Golf Club and Keppel Golf Club on Wednesday afternoon. (RJS.G.C. players mentioned first): 3 30 Mrs. B. A. Elder (18) vs. Mrs. A. B MenHes (18): 3.35, Mrs. W. H. Day U8) vs
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    RUGBY RESULTS ON SATURDAY
    242 15 TWO Malaya Cup rugby matencs were played in Singapore on Saturday. Besides these games, there was a friendly between the S.C.C. and a non-European Rest XV at Farrer Park. There were no cup matches in the northern section, but there were friendly matches at Kualr. Lumpur
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    125 16 Major-Gf*»«ral L. V. Bond partnered Miss Joyce Ledden, daughter of Sgt -Major \V. H. Ledden at the Junior All Ranks Dance held at the S.V.C. Drill Hall, Singapore, on Saturday night. Sgt. Pace's trio provided the music at the annual dinnei of the Garrison
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