The Straits Times, 28 December 1939

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    37 1 The Straits Times. [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY. J MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES 21 PAGES. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS The Straits Times. 24 PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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      18 1 For Up-to-date TAILORING. MIEN CHONG You are assun* of real satisfaction. t\m Coleman St. o*7 Singapore. -Phone 4816-
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  • The Straits Times. DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      DEATHS
      68 2 LEE.— Mrs. Lee Chiow Hong <nee Son Siok Kcng) beloved mother of Mr. Lee Poh Hood passed away peacefully at her residence, No. 156 Tembeling Road, on Wednesday, Dec. 27, 1939, at 12.30 A.M. at the age of 61 she is survived by her son an adopted daughter, one
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      91 2 OH -Miss Oh Twa Koh alias Miss I«Cak Ang Chew passed away peacefully at 153 Onan Road on the 26th lnst. at the age of 77 years. She left behind 3 adopted sons. Mr. Oh Wee Poh of Sam Hup Teng Kee, Puloe Samboe. and Messrs. Oh Wee Seng and
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      517 2 BELL. At Singapore on Dec. 25, to Dulcle. wife of Max Bell, a daughter TANN-CHOA. The engagement is announced between Harry, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. K. H. Tann, to Gracie, eldest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Choa Tlan Hoo. Deo. 25. TANN-CHUA. The engagement Is announced
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      442 2 SITUATIONS VACANT BOX No. 842. Position of typist now filled. Applicants thanked. CAMERON HIGHLANDS HOTEL. Applicants for the post of Manager of this Hotel are thanked for their letters and are informed that the vacancy has now been filled WANTtD For a European Rubber Estate in KELANTAN— FieId Conductor with
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      544 2 BUSINESS CARDS ETC. SALON Mme. SHEILA 9, Ell COURT. HILL STREET. JUST UNPACKED A NEW SHIPMENT OF THE SMARTEST FROCKS FOR ALL OCCASIONS. PRICES TO SUIT ALL v YOUR EARLY INSPECTION INVITED. MIDLAND PRIVATE DETECTIVE AGENCY. 117, Beach Road, Singapore. phone 4379 Confidential and thorough Investigations made throughout Malaya. Experienced
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      611 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. &0. BRITISH INDIA Q [Jg AND APCAR Llntr (incoroorated id laoen. (incorporateo a. Cn^land) GENERAL PAS SENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR PENINSULAR AND ORIKMTAI S.N Co. MAIt PASSENCEH AND CARGO SERVICB? TO CALIFORNIA FROM THE ORIENT VIA HONOLULU Til P. mi. KAMAKURA MARU from Kobe Jan.
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      475 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. OCEAN BUILDING. COLLYEB QUAY. SINGAPORE teL $<S> CHARTERED BANK BOILOIMO. PEN ANO Tel. 1*66 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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    FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
    243 4 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Company Dividend Books Clow Date Singapore, Nov. 27, 5 pjn. Total for Ex. Dtv. I'nancial year TIN Payable Date to date Southern Kinta 6% int. less tax Sthn. Tronoh 10% Int. less tax Sungei Luas 7'*% final Sungel Luas 5% int. Sungei Way 10%
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    EXPORTS OF TINNED PINEAPPLES
    98 4 DURING the week ending Dec. 16, 1939, exports of canned pineapples from Malayan ports amounted to 6,790 cases, of which Nil per cent) cases were to the United Kingdom, nil per cent) cases to the Continent of Europe, 4,725 (70 per cent) cases to Canada, and
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    Fraser & Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations
    1277 4 Fraser Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations WEDNESDAY, DEC. 27, 1939: 5 P.M. MIMING Bayers Seller* Ampat Tin (Is) 5s 8d 5s 7d Austral Amal (5s) 6s M 7s 3d Austral Malay \t> 37a 39s Ayer Hitam 25s 26s Ayer Weng ($1) .90 .95 Bangrln Tin 23s 6d 25s Batu Selangor t*l>
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    158 4 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES From Our Owd rrespondent) London, Dec. 27. COMMODITY and Exchange markets closed as follows with previous quotations in parenthesis: RUBBER: Pinner. Spot: ll%d U*****d <ll>d ll%d> Peb.-Mar 11 Illl6d 11 13 16 (ll^d 11 ll!16d) Apr-June ilttd lHid (11 9|16d ll%d) July-Sept. 114 d ll%d (11 716 114
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    LYALL AND EVATTS DAILY QUOTATIONS
    226 4 Singapore, Dec. 27. 5 pm. mining Bayer* Belter Ampats 5/6 5/9 Austral Amalg 7/- 7/6 Batu SeUtngors 1.70 1.75 Hong Fatts 1.22 7.26 Jelebuh 1.10 1.13 Kampong Lanjuta 24/9 25/3 K. Kamunting 9/- 9/6 Klnta Kellas II- 7/6 Klang Rivers 2.15 2.25 Kramats 12/9 13/3
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    London Stock Exchange
    325 4 London, Dec. 27. AN the Stock Exchange 'o-day, gilt-edged. v Home rails and oils attracted fair attention, final prices showing useful gains. Industrials were Irregular but leading issues were mostly higher. In other sections price changes were very small. The following are to-day's closing middle quotations. Shares
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    RUBBER COMPANIES' CAPITAL CUT
    344 4 ORIENTAL AND BRITISH MALAY (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Dec. 11. REDUCTIONS in the capital of two well-known rubber companies the Oriental Rubber Co.. Ltd. and the British Malay Rubber Co., Ltd.— were approved by Mr. Justice Bennett in the Chancery Division of the High Court
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    FIXED TRUSTS
    105 4 London, Dec. 2T. The following are to-day's "bid'' quotation 'or Fixed Trusts: a. d. British Empire "A" 16 9xd British Empire "B" 8 4% British Empire Cumulative 12 0 British Empire Cprehenslve ..12 0 British Oeneral "A" 18 6xd British General "B" 14 3 British General "C" 11
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    CONTE BIANCAMANO
    44 4 'THE Conte Biancamano is due here at 9 a.m. on Saturday from Shanghai, Hong Kong and Manila. She will berth at the wharf and is expected to sail at 6 a.m. on Sunday for Colombo, Bombay, Massaua. Port Said, Naples and Genoa.
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      631 4 YEARS OF STOMACH AGONY ENDED Are you a victim of what you believe to be inevitable stomach trouble? Mr. S. T. W. has a strong sympathy for those who, like Urn, have struggled with the misery of long-drawn-out stomach suffering. So delighted is he now, at having found complete relief,
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      85 4 TIDE TABLES SINGAPORE To-«ay H. W. 11.15 a.m. 10.2 ft. L. W. 5.16 a.m. 4.3 ft.; 5.58 p.m. 0.4 It. To-morrow E. W. 00.35 a.m. 9.1 ft.; 11.56 an. 10.4 ft. L. W. 5.50 a.m. 4 ft.; 6.38 p.m. 0.4 ft. Saturday, Dec. 30. E. W. 1.12 a.m. 9.2 ft.;
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      548 5 Tin Shares Tend To Ease: Commodities Decline By Our Financial Correspondent) Singapore, Dec. 28. VIOLENT fluctuations in the price of tin continue with on balance a tendency to lower levels. Yesterday forward tin in London fell 105s. to £249 5s. and spot fell 110s. to £250 while
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      INDRAGIRI RUBBER PROFIT JUMPS
      346 5 Dividend Doubled At 10 Per Cent. A SH*ARP rise in profit for the year ended September last, compared with the preceding year, is shown in the accounts of Indragiri Rubber, Ltd., issued yesterday. The proposed dividend is 10 per cent, which is double that paid for
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      87 5 Thursday, Dec. 28. noon. Buyers Sellers Prices Prices No IX R.S.S. (Spot loose) Ss% 38 787 8 No. IX S.S.S. f.o.b. in case* January 19% 39^ G.F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. in bales Janaary 38 Vi 38 *i F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. in bales Janaary H *f 3»V
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      PRIVATE LETTERS DEMANDED
      85 5 SUSPICIONS that the Gestapo is compiling dossiers on he "repatriated" Baltic Germans have been aroused by a peculiar request broadcast and published in all the German newspapers. Persons in the Reich who have lately received correspondence from forced migrants are asked to forward these letters to an
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      PROFITABLE WAR MARKETS
      304 5 New Opportunities For Exporters "UfHAT we must do is to insist time "and time again that we must have more exports and that the Government must take action," declares "Candidus," writing in the Investors* Chronicle on "Investors and the Trade Drive." "There are four separate export problems,"
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      RACE WEIGHTS ON SATURDAY
      320 5 WEIGHTS for the second day at Penang, Saturday, arenas follows Hones, class 1. div. 2, 7 furs: Jeremiah 9.00 Servus 8.08 Rostrum 8.12 Hivl Hivi 8.08 Release 8.10 Sir Ken 8.04 Golden Glimpse 8.09 Safariland 8.03 Measure 3.08 Harlequin 8.02 Carloca B.oi Ponies, class 1, div.
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      BROOME RUBBER PLANTATIONS
      412 5 New Areas Planted Now 600 Acres ADDRESSING shareholders at the annual meeting of Broome Plantations Ltd. In London recently, Sir Lionel Smith-Gordon, the chairman, said: Standard production for the calendar year 1939 has been assessed at 2,855,324 lb. and as from Jan. 1. next this figure should
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      122 5 Oice quoted per koyan 40 plculs. Other commodities quoted per picul, except where otherwise stated oui£iit''i'i c. urv. £Oi nuun Buyers Sellers Gambler $7.60 Hamburg Cube $14 00 Java Cube M2.00 'eppei White Muntolc *I6.50 White $18.25 Black ».OO lovra Mixed $3.45 Sun Dried $3.80 'ago Flour
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      EXCHANGES
      172 5 The following are the exchange rates this morning according to the daily circular Issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation SELLING London T.T 2/4 1/16 London demand '2/4 1/16 Rate for freight 2/4'A Lyons demand 2051 Switzerland demand 207',i Hamburg demand New York demand 46 13/16 Montreal demand
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      41 5 I Now on Display I 1 9« HILLM AN MINX I ALSO 1939 MODELS AT REDUCED PRICES I I LYONS MOTORS LTD. I ORCHARD ROAD, SINGAPORE. UNIVERSAL CARS LTD. WEARNE RROS LTD. IPOH fU PEN ANC K.U MALACCA SEREMBAN MUAR. ..Matters..
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      243 5 freshasadaisq Once you have used Sanident to clean your dentures you will never go back to old methods. Sanident dissolves tartar and food particles WHILE YOU SLEEP. It is antiseptic and harmless to the plates very economical to use, too. WJJISBB? teeth P^^^ every morning Of all Chemists and Stores,
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      210 5 BANK OF CHINA i incorporated u> Uhlna oy sptniai Charter i 12. Cecil Street Singapore. Telephone; Manager* Office 6444 Sob- Manager's Office 6442 Kxchangr Uept 4441 General Office 5188 s. Cable Addren: CHUNGKUO. Paid Up Capital Cb. I 40.0t0.0Mt9 Reserve funds In excess o/ Ch I 3.200.000.M roUu Assets approximately
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      413 6 The STORY THAT WARTIME CENSORSHIP KEPT QUIET NOW TOLD FOR THE FIRST TIME! OPENING \q j^p ITOLU |Q shows daily XV/ JLI XTL JL "THE BIG THEATRE WITH THE PIG PICTURES" 0.15 9.15 STORY Of the FAMOUS ■JS'K^- m- Screaming adventure with fighton of America', "suicide SEE WALLACE BEERY x
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      256 6 11 RAIDER" AEROPLANE (READY TO FLY) This is a wona .iul new model plane within the reach of ev^ry boy's pocket. It is modelled on the lines of the R.A.F. High-Speed Dive Bombers. It is almost unbreakable, as an entirely new method of manufacture is used. Will fly 200 feet
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      158 6 "KAY FRANCIS SCORES AGAIN APPRECIATIVE AUDIENCES" Tribune Dec. 27th FINAL SCREENING TO-NIGHT |"ils~i PAVILION rTis"| KAY FRJUICi^^EORGE BRENT 4*55) lAN HUNTER -GLORIA DICKSON- ISABEt JEANS Dh««l hrm/ILUAM KEIGHLEY-P«— -Jb, HERE'S A DRAMA PACKED WITH I POWER, TENDERNESS AND I *T A BfA J EMOTIONAL THRILL THAT WILL i I A
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    Was Raid Staged For Hitler?
    213 7 German Patrol Driven Back By French Paris, Dec. 27. THE failure of what may have been a little military show for Hitler's personal benefit was the only incident marring complete calm on the front yesterday. The official German news agency reported that th? Fuehrer was
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    QUOTATION IN THE KING'S MESSAGE
    243 7 Prefixed Book Of Poems Written By Woman London, Dec. 27. /THE quotation with which the King concluded his Christmas broadcast has at last been tracked to its source, but for many hours literary experts searched in vain and the King himself was unaware of its
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    MYSTERY PLANES SEEN OVER ESSEX
    139 7 London, Dec. 27. AN unidentified plane flew over a number of towns in Essex to-day. Two other planes flew over the Suffolk coast. There was no air raid warning and no gunfire was heard. The first plane was seen coming in from the North Sea
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    29 7 TIE formation of women's civil air raid protection corps has been decided upon for the whole of Denmark. Thousands of women are already being trained for special duties. Aneta.
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    NEW GERMAN BID TO DEFEAT THE ALLIED BLOCKADE?
    124 7 Berlin Company's Offer To Sell Patents To Neutrals Geneva, Dec. 27. CEVERAL leading Swiss newspapers publish to-day an advertisement by a Berlin company offering to sell various German patents to powerful enterprises. Industrial and financial quarters In Switzerland are wondering whether there
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    Big Seizures Of Goods For Reich
    124 7 Big Seizures Of Goods For Reich London, Dec. 27. INURING the week ended Dec 23, the British Contraband Control intercepted 6,824 tons of contraband goods suspected to be destined for Germany This total included 4,568 tons of petroleum and allied products, 660 tons of cotton, 614 tons of foodstuffs and
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    SCOT OF 4,000 YEARS AGO DISCOVERED
    60 7 London, Dec. 27. A DISCOVERY of considerable archaeological importance has been made in Scotland. Workmen at a sandpit in Dumbarton unearthed a stone coffin containing the skeleton of a man. The size and shape of the skull indicate the man lived in the stone
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    GERMAN RAIL SMASH DEATH-ROLL RISES
    45 7 Berlin, Dec. 27. THE German news agency states that with the death of many seriously injured the death-roll in Friday's rail disaster at Genthin has now risen to 196 and many more seriously injured are on the danger list. Reuter.
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      24 7 Just to remind you' to hear the new PHI II PS AT PHILIPS SELECTED DISTRIBUTOR^ Sole Agents: Wm. JACKS CO. (Malaya) Ltd. WPS 43R
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    SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, DEC. 28, 1939. (118 th. Day of the War.) FOOD CONTROL IN WARTIME
    1137 8 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, DEC. 28, 1 939. (118 th. Day of the War.) FOOD CONTROL IN WARTIME The announcement in Singapore that food exports to Malaya from Great Britain are soon to be subject to a quota system under the Ministry of Food provides a local illustration of the extremely firm
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    INDIANS & RADIO
    51 8 INDIANS RADIO To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,—^uite a number of the B.M.B.C. Indian listeners are anxious to know when their suggestions already published in your paper (i.e. the extension of the Indian music in the B.M.B.C. programme) will be adopted —Yours, ttc, SON OF INDIA. Singapore, Dec.
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    WAR CONTINUES TO BAFFLE PROPHETS
    1452 8 Anti-Tank Weapons Are Now Proving Superior BY OUR MILITARY CORRESPONDENT Ixmdon, Dec. 8. 'THE King's visit to the front proved that the ranks he holds i in all three Services are not decora- j tive. He crossed the Channel in a J heavy gale, on
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    POLL-TAX OPPOSED
    183 8 Not In Accord With Principle Of Justice To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— I do not agree to the proposal that a poll tax should be levied in Malaya similar to that imposed by the Dutch Government. Those who are in favour of sucxra" tax do
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    DID HE PASS?
    113 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— I very much appreciate the suggestion of "S.T." in your paper of Dec. 22. It is, indeed, an excellent suggestion. If the Cambridge examination results are broadcast (in addition to that they are faster) they are safer, for aircraft
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    A WATCH PROBLEM
    79 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Could some of your readers, especially watch experts, please inform me whether the mechanism and precise working -of a wrist-watch (say, one costing at pre-war price between $10 and $20) are affected, for example, by the constant motion of
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    MALAYA & FILMS OF THE WAR
    344 8 MALAYA FILMS OF THE WAR We Should Be Grateful For Seeing Them To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Allow me to point out how unwilling to keep abreast of the times your correspondent "Jangan Perang" is when he objects to seeing news-reels of the war in Europe. I
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    TOO MUCH WAR?
    337 8 "Poor Concentration" Of "Jangan Perang 1 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— With reference to the letter sent to you from Jangan Perang," of Johore Bahru, on the subject of "Too Much 1 War" I would like to comment on bh attitude. He says, in
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    SHOULD BE GRATEFUL
    118 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— l should like to reply to "Jangan Perang's" letter in the Strsits Times of Dec. 22. I agree with him in regard to seeing an amusing film after a hard day's work, but I do think that many of
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    WAR & THE LAND
    88 8 WAR THE LAND To the Editor of the Straiis Tmus Sir,— During the last war Chinese miners were made to plant foodstuffs on worked out mining land. It was an absolute waste of money and effort. Chinese squatters and vegetable gardeners should be compensated when their lands, made fruitful by
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    FIRST INDIAN TROOPS ARRIVE IN FRANCE
    390 9 To Fight With Allies On Western Front MULES ACCOMPANY UNITS FOR TRANSPORT WORK Muslim Soldiers In The Expeditionary Force INDIA has now stepped into the arena in the second Great War, telegraphs Reuter's special correspondent with the British Expeditionary Force in France. The first
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    QUAKE HAVOC IN TURKEY
    232 9 6,000 Casualties Reported EARTHQUAKE shocks in Turkey yesterday laid whole villages in ruins and partly destroyed many towns. According to latest unofficial reports received in Ankara, the deathroll is over 6,000. Eastern and northern Anatolia were rocked by seven shocks in quick succession before dawn yesterday.
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    Amazing Story Of The Sea
    387 9 Creus Bid To Save Half Of Torpedoed Ship London, Dec. 28. THEIR ship cut in half by a German torpedo, the crew of the London tanker San Alberto (7,400 tons) returned to the surviving stern half, got up steam and made a bold attempt to
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    India's Big Share In Last War
    266 9 In a dispatch by the Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army published in July, 1919, the whole operations of the Indir/i Army during the Great War were reviewed. On the outbreak of the last war, the combatant strength of the Indian Army, including reservists was
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    MEAT RATIONING
    70 9 London, Dec. 28. IT is understood that announcement of the date on which meat rationing will come into force will be made shortly. Rationing is a natural result of the Government's decision to take control of the sale, slaughter and distribution of all home-produced meat early in January.
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    Hitler Blundered When He Chose Russia As Ally
    175 9 IT New York, Dec. 27. THE newspaper New York World-Telegram states, "It must make Hitler sick to see what is happening to the Russian Army in Finland. "It turns out Hitler could have moved on Russia with perhaps the same speed with
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    Red Generals Shot For Setbacks In Finland
    316 9 SOVIET FORCES CONTINUE TO HAMMER AT MANNERHEIM LINE THE Paris radio quotes a Moscow report stating that three Soviet generals and six other leading Red Army officers have been shot by the Soviet secret police as a result of the setbacks suffered in
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    TROTSKY CONDEMNS INVASION
    39 9 A radio announcement states from New York that Leon Trotsky, former Bolshevist leader now exiled in Mexico, in a statement yesterday condemned Russia's invasion of Finland. He was quoted as saying, "I am entirely against it."
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    Christmas Messages Compared
    114 9 New York, Dec. 27. THE Christmas declarations of King George and M. Daladier, the French Premier and War Minister, are favourably contrasted with those of the Nazi leaders by the American Press. The Boston Herald says that the statements of the King and M. Daladler are more
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    Move To Cut Off Reds In North
    128 9 Daring Finnish Drive On Murmansk Railway *xmdon, Dec. 28. THE Finnish army which is advancing A from Salla is attempting a very ambitious plan, Reuter learns from Finnish circles in London. It is attempting to invade Russia as far as Kannanlahti and cut
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    War Trade Pact With Sweden
    204 9 London, Dec. 2C. A WAR trade agreement has been signed between the United Kingdom and Sweden the object or which is to adapt existing AngleSwedish trade agreements to wartime conditions with a view to maintaining trade between the two countries at a normal level. A
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    RUSSIANS SHOCKED BY THE RED ARMY'S FAILURE
    204 9 THE Daily Telegraph Moscow correspondent says that the conspiracy of silence by the Soviet leaders to hide^from the Russian people the fadJ^that their army in Finland has suffered reverses is failing. During these last fe i days, despite Stalin's birthday and the equally
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    GERMAN DESTROYERS AND PATROL SHIPS. BOMBED
    330 9 GERMAN DESTROYERS AND PATROL SHIPS BOMBED R.A.F. In Series Of Encounters With Enemy Planes Surface Craft London, Dec. 28. DRITISH planes had several encounters with enemy air and surface craft in the North Sea yesterday A BRITISH coastal aircraft sighted two enemy destroyers and four patrol vessels near the German
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    French Sink Two More U-Boats
    96 9 f\URING the lasc three weeks, two enemy submarines have been successfully attacked by French patrol ships, last night's French war communique discloses. One of the submarines was accounted for by the sloop Cpmmandant Duboc and the other by the destroyers Sirocco and La Railleuse in
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    New Expedition To Antarctic
    126 9 DEAR-ADM. RICHARD BYRD, the famous American explorer, arrived unexpectedly at Wellington (New Zealand) yesterday aboard his polar exploration ship North Star en route to the Antartic. The passage out was uneventful until they ran into a gale but the ship and cargo, including a huge snow
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    R.N.V.R. WAR WORK IN MALAYAN WATERS
    643 10 Trade Channels Swept Daily As Precaution CINGAPORE may be far away from danger from German aircraft sowing magnetic mines, or German minelayers laying their "eggs," but the trade channels to China are swept daily. A great deal of this important and dangerous work is
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    Long Voyage Planned In 40ft. Ketch
    174 10 GEORGE TIMUSKA. Far East correspondent of the Riga News, and four others including two Russians, an Englishman and one other Latvian, are planning to sail the 40-foot ketch. Victory, to the South Seas. The ketch is 20 years old, and was built in Vladivostok
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    HONG KONG CHINESE £10,000 OFFER
    73 10 'oIR Robert Ho Tung, well known for •J his philanthropic md business interests in Hong Kong, has offered to lend to His Majesty's Government thf sum of £10,000. free of interest, for two years. This pubic -spirited offer has been gratefully accepted by the Government,
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    MRS. M. WHITTLES
    54 10 MRS. M. WHITTLES, wife of Inspector Whittles of the S.S. Police, was found in a state of collapse in her hcus2 this morning, and was taken to hospital in a semi-conscious condition. She is believed to have slipped and fallen down, receiving a lacerated would en the
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    32 10 Some of the guests at the Christmas dinner given last night at the Salvation Army headquarters to 100 Eurasians who had little opportunity of enjoying the festivities this year.— Straits Times picture.
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    MISADVENTURE VERDICT ON SINGAPORE YOUTH
    483 10 A VERDICT of death by misadventure was returned by the Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. G Porter, this morning at the conclusion of an inquest inta the death ot a young Armenian, Gregory Christopher Seth, who died of injuries received in a collision while riding his
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    EVA TO WORK OVERTIME
    162 10 Experiment With Cinema Traffic EXPERIMENTS to see whether late theatre traffic along Orchard Road and Stamford Road can be assisted by the working until after cinemas close of the six traffic lights ("Evas") along those roads will be conducted next month. At present, the lights are
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    CABLE & WIRELESS PRESENTATION
    125 10 CABLE WIRELESS PRESENTATION MALAYAN employees of CabL J and Wirelesj Ltd. played their part in a presentation to Sir Edward Wilshaw, chairman of the company, which took place in London last week. The presentation, which was in honour of the K.C.M.G. recently conferred upon Sir Edward, took the form of
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    CONCERT FOR HOSPITAL PATIENTS TO-DAY
    79 10 A CONCERT for patients and staft, arranged by Madam Dietz, will be gi''en to-aay at the General Hosp.tal. Items en the programme include a humorous recitation by W. G. Urquhart, accordion solo by Kurt Black, a dance by Mary Earl, songs by Ida Bittishill ar/i
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    STOP PRESS
    48 10 Bail of 52.000 in two sureties was allowed Robin Avlmcr Elliott, in ths third court this morning, after a charge of house-breaking by entering the premises of the Mercantile Bank yesterday evening had been explained to him. The case was postponed a week for men. ion.
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    26 10 The first batch of men from the B.ET. who have been in France since the outbreak of the war, arriving back in England for "Christmas leave."
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    MUSLIM RELIGION AND U.S. DEMOCRACY
    312 10 Church And State Separate Says P. I. Commissioner Jolo, Sulu, Dec. 26. MATTERS, pertaining to the Sulu sultanate were taken up m m a long conference between U.S. High Commissioner Francis B. Sayre and Sultan Abiriit at Jolo recently. No announcement was made about the
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    H.K. DAYLIGHT SAVING
    233 10 A New Inquiry A COMMITTEE to consider daylight saving in Hong Kong has been announced. The committee is required to report on the advisability of adopting an official time for the Colony one hour or part of one hour in advance of the time of the 120
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    5,000 HAWKERS ON STRIKE
    219 10 Penang Protest Registration (From Our Ovn Correspondent) Penang, Dec. 28. SOME 5,000 food hawkers in Penang went on strike to-day, as a protest against their compulsory registration which comes into force on Jan. 1. This is the third time that the Penang hawkers have gone on
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    OVER 200 HOMELESS AFTER FIRE
    191 10 Attap Houses In Village Razed To Ground (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Dec. 27. TWENTY-SIX attap houses on the 1 main road of Tasek Glugor, a village within 2f. minutes' ride by car from Butterworth, were gutted by a fire which occurred in the early
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    33 10 A meeting of Singapore Muslims will be held at the Istana. Kampong Glam, at 4.30 p.m. to-morrow to discuss the formation of a committee in. Singapore to help the war refugees in China.
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    SINGAPORE ANSWERS S.O.S. SIGNALS FROM SHIP
    832 11 Freighter Stranded On Dutch Island In China Sea CHIEF OFFICER'S STORY OF RESCUE ATTEMPTS IN HEAVY SEAS A THRILLING account of the grounding of the 5,581-ton Yugoslav cargo ship Vidovdan north of the Great Natuna Island, in the China Sea, was given to a
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    MARRIED YESTERDAY
    281 11 Two Cathedral Weddings In Singapore MR. HARRY NORMAN CROFT, civil engineer of Topham, Jones and Railton, Ltd.. Naval Base, and Miss Eileen Amy Reddy, who arrived in Singapore from England lr^st week, were married at St. Andrew's Cathedral by Archdeacon Graham White yesterday. Mr. R. A. Waddle played
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    DINNER FOR POOR EURASIANS
    267 11 ABOUT 100 pocr Eurasians from homes scattered all over Singapore, sat down to a Christmas dinner yesterday at the Salvation Army headquarters in Tank Road and were then entertained to a show of song, music and magic. They went home with a present each. The majority
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    SIR MALCOLM WATSON MISSING OUT MALAYA
    100 11 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Dec. 13. OWING TO the upsetting of his schedule through unexpected postponements of the sailing of a liner, Sir Malcolm Watson, the malaria expert, will be unable to include Malaya in the itinerary of his forthcoming visit to the
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    HOW SINGAPORE'S CENSORS HANDLE CORRESPONDENCE
    702 11 25,000 Postal Articles Pass Through Office Daily ABOUT 25,000 letters, cards and parcels pass through the Postal Censor's office, Singapore, daily for all parts of the world by air and ocean mail, but the delay in the passage of all this bulk of correspondence through
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    ENGINEERING STORES
    136 11 A WARNING not to pay more than the fixed prices for galvanized iron and wire netting is issued by the Director of Engineering Stores. Straits Settlements. "In the light of information at present available," states this notice, "it seems likely that a material increase In prices may occur
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    Counterfeit Coins Charge
    175 11 NORMAN ALBERT JANSEN, a Eurasian, was committed to the Assizes yesterday on a charge of possession of 350 counterfeit 20-cent Straits Settlements coins. Jansen reserved his defence and was allowed bail of $1,000, by the fourth police magistrate, Mr. L. C. Goh, who heard the preliminary inquiry.
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    A 28½ -LB. COIN
    61 11 A 28y2 -lb. Swedish coin worth about 17s. 4d. was exhibited by the Buffalo Museum of Science in connection with National Numismatic Week, says the British United Press. The coin, which is copper, was minted in 1660. It is of such a shape that portion could
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    SENTRY'S PERISCOPE
    15 11 A Fr?nch sentry uses a periscope in an advanced position near the Rhine.
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    Malaya's Gifts To Evacuated Children
    133 11 Malaya's Gifts To Evacuated Children DECENTLY a big shipment of cloth- ing, given by residents of Malaya, was sent to England, for distribution among the children of poor families evacuated from "danger zones" to the country. Lady Thomas has received a letter from Miss Helen G. Nussey, Principal Organizer of
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    MOTHER OF 13 WITHOUT A WRINKLE
    191 12 What a rarity!— a woman with a large family and en unlined face. Read this letter she has written: "I am a woman of 50. have a family of 13 children. 2nd have not a wrinkle on my face. Some time ago I passed
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    RUSSIANS NOW RETREATING ON CENTRAL FRONT
    469 12 Soviet Wedge Broken: Heavy Losses In Men And Planes VET another Russian retreat is reported from Finland. It is on the central front, where the Russians have been trying to cut Finland into two by driving a wedge through the wasp waist to the
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    Reds Deserting To The Finns
    124 12 Reds Deserting To The Finns FINNISH propaganda among the Russians has resulted in the Finns gaining much war material, writes a special correspondent of the Popolo di Roma from Finland. Finnish planes are continually flying over the Russian lines dropping leaflets inciting Russian troops to desert and assuring them that
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    Comic Opera Army Of Finnish Rebels
    98 12 PEOPLE from Tallinn (Estonia) arriving in Copenhagen tell an amusing story of the bogus government which the Russians have set up at Terijoki in Finland. This government has now acquired a toy army and as the Russians are unable to provide it with proper
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    52 12 Thousands of mea and women are w orkinjr unceasingly day and night on the production of Blenheim bombers by mass production, in the largest warplane factory in Europe, and probably in the world. Only two years ago the site of this vast plant "somewhere in England" was a field of
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    Blow To Prestige Of Red Army
    234 12 Soviet Casualties Put At Nearly 70,000 London, Dec. 27. ALARMING, and doubtless ex- aggerated; reports are now beginning to circulate in Moscow and to gain credence in the absence of any official denials or details of what is taking place in Finland, says The
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    2,000 Italians Offer To Go To Finland
    99 12 'THERE is news of more help for Finland. A Danish ambulance unit of 130 beds has arrived near the central front. Further contingents of Swedish volunteers left yesterday for Finland from depots in south and west Sweden. The Swiss Federal Council has given
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    HELSINKI POPULATION MUST WEAR WHITE
    69 12 CURTHER measures to protect Helr sink! against air attacks are now in force. All motor vehicles are to be painted white to make them harmonize with the snow. Passengers in public vehicles are to carry white sheets to cover themselves in the event of an
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    LOWER DUTCH PASSAGE RATES TO INDIES
    34 12 London, Dec. 27. PASSENGER rates between Europe and the Netherlands Indies are to be reduced by 10 per cent, by the Netherland and Rotterdam Lloyd steamship companies. Renter.
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    Burial Of French War Dead
    21 12 French oflicen and troops saluting- at the graves during: the burial of the French war dead.
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    Where Safety Of India Lies
    114 12 Where Safety Of India Lies Allahabad, Dec. 27. IN his presidential address at the annual session of the All-India Liberal Federation, Dr. R. P. Paranjpye said that the real danger to democracy in India was the spirit of totalitarianism in the Indian National Congress and the All-India Muslim League. Dr.
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    Anti-Soviet Meeting Held In Tokio
    98 12 Tokio, Dec. 27. SPONSORED by 600 prominent persons, including former Foreign Minister Arita and two retired generals, a mass meeting was held in Tokio for the purpose of urging the Government to redouble its efforts to dispose of the China incident. The meeting passed a
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    BRITISH RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA
    63 12 London, Dec. 27. TTHERE is no truth in the report that the British Ambassador in Moscow has been instructed to advise representatives of British firms in the U.S.S.R. to leave that country, or that an early diplomatic rupture in relations between Britain and the U.S.S.R. is
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    678 VIOLENT DEATHS IN U.S. AT CHRISTMAS
    32 12 t^pS? York. Dec. 27. AT least S7B persons mat violent deaths in the United State? durin? the Christmas holidays. They included 438 traffic victims. Reut
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    29 12 Montevideo, Dec. 27. |7IVE British mercantile marine cap- tains and 55 seamen who were freed from the Nazi "pocket-battle-ship" Admiral Graf Spec left to-day in a British steamer.— Reuter.
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    Nazis "Explain" Ark Royal Lies
    135 12 London, Dec. 27. fERMAN wireless announcers U have now explained why the British aircraft-carrier Ark Royal has turned up at Rio de Janeiro, although they have proclaimed her sunk. In a broadcast last night it was claimed the Germans never said they sank the Ark
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    Military Cordon Round Dublin
    132 12 London, Dec. 27. A MILITARY cordon was placed round Dublin to-day following the raid by I.R.A. men on the Eire Army armoury in Phoenix Park. All roads leading from the city were patrolled. Four men were arrested immediately after the raid and a quarter of a
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    SOVIET-BULGARIAN TRADE TALKS
    38 12 Berlin, Dec. 27. TRADE negotiations between Soviet Russia and Bulgaria are expected to open in Moscow to-night. A Bulgarian trade delegation of six members, led by the Finance Minister, arrived in Moscow thn morning. —Reuter.
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    EMPIRE'S DETERMINATION TO WIN THE WAR
    425 13 Arrival Of Australian Force Welcomed By Allied Press THE arrival of units of the Royal Australian Air Force in Britain is featured in all British newspapers, which stress the value of Australia's contribution and the sense of gratitude which the British people feel for
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    Pope Visiting King Of Italy To-Day
    111 13 Vatican City, Dec. 27. 117HEN the Pope drives to the Quirinal to-morrow to retunl the recent visit of the King and Queen of Italy to the Vatican, his suite will include Cardinals Maglione and Oranito di Belmonte, a number of Roman princes and other
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    MUSLIM STATES WATCH SOVIET
    107 13 Cairo. Dec. 27. ALTHOUGH rumours of alleged Afghan general mobilization have been emphatically denied in Kabul, it j is reported that the Afghan Governi ment is seriously concerned by the European events and worried by the Soviet and studying measures for eventual general mobilization. During a
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    Queen Visits Evacuation Centres
    26 13 The Queen recently paid another visit to evacuation centres in the South of England. She is seen here talking to voluntary workers.
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    British Comment On Pope's Peace Plan
    380 13 •THE Pope's allocution to the Colle has received considerable promi the British Press. The Daily Telegraph says: "Many years have passed since there came from the Vatican so stern a censure on the rulers of states and such direct and precise declarations on international
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    HITLER THREATENED TO DESTROY PRAGUE
    368 13 Paris, Dec. 27. A DESCRIPTION of the extraordinarily brutal scene which took place between Hitler and Czech representatives in March this year, as communicated by M. Coulondre, French Ambassador in Berlin, to the French Government in a dis- patch, is given in the French Yellow
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    Nazis Release Diplomat
    317 13 Mr. Vereker's Stor) Of His Detention London, Dec. 27. 'THE German Government, having apparently satisfied itself that the British Government, in accordance with international law and practice, Is not detaining career diplomatic or consular officers of enemy nationality passing through British controls, has decided to release Mr.
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    FOG HOLDS UP AIRCRAFT IN NETHERLANDS INDIES
    45 13 Batavia, Dec. 27. AQANTAS flying-boat after long and fruitless efforts, was compelled to land on the river at Tjitamm, owing to fog over Tanjong Priok. The flying-boat later took off for Tanjong Priok, where it arrived safely. Reuter.
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      173 13 Broadcasting TO-DAY SINGAPORE ZHL 1.S3 me/i (225m.) /HP 9.69 rat/M (36.96m.) i p 1.15 Miscellaseous programme of gramophone records. 1.50 The news and mid-day rubber, tin and copra prices. 1.40 Interval. 5.00 Hindustani music. t 5.30 Cantonese drama*. t 5.55 Cantonese selections. t 6.35 Comedy sketches from "Dal Son." Cantonese),
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    41 14 The 64th birthday of Mr. M. A. Jinnah, president of the All-India Muslim League, was celebrated by Singapore Muslims on Monday at the Happy World Stadium. Dr. H. S. Moonshi presided over the function. Picture shows a section of the gathering.
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    MR. M. A. JINNAH'S APPEAL FOR "DAY OF DELIVERANCE"
    1541 14 Protest From Former Acting Governor And Other Muslims INDIAN newspapers that arrived by the latest mail show that there was considerable opposition and resentment among Muslims in various pa rts of India to the appeal of Mr. M. A. Jinnah, president
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    INDO-CEYLON TALKS FAIL
    33 14 Labour Question Unsolved New Delhi. NEGOTIATIONS between the India and 'Ceylon governments lor holding a conference to discuss immigration, trade and other subjects have failed, according to an official communique.
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    Sardar Vallabhai Patel's Reply To Mr. Jinnah
    724 14 Sardar Vallabhai Patel's Reply To Mr. Jinnah GOVERNORS REPORTED TO HAVE SAID CHARGES WERE UNWARRANTED Bombay. CARDAR Vailabhal Patel, chairman of the All-India Congress Parliamentary Sub-Committee, in a statement replying to the allegations made against Congress Ministries by Mr. M. A. Jlrinah, President of the All-India Muslim League, revealed that
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    Students' Tour To Japan Planned
    148 14 Students' Tour To Japan Planned Lahore. A STUDENTS' tour of Japan in the summer of 1940 is being arranged by Sardar Amar Singh Bamral of th3 Far Eastern Society of India, Lahore. According to the present plans, about 50 students from all over India, will be taken to join the
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    India Against Nazi Policy
    469 14 Bengal Chamber Of Commerce Address TPHE only hope of the future civilization of the world and also of the continued and peaceful existence of small or defenceless States depends entirely on the ultimate victory of the forces of democracy," said Dr. N. N. Law- in his
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    45 14 Mr. Jaypal, son of Dr. M. R. Rayakar is the first Indian to obtain commission in the Royal Air Force Administration Department as link instructor, says a special cable from London to the Amrita Bazaar Patrika. Mr. Jaypai appeared recently, for tha final bar examination.
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    Wants Boon Again
    116 15 Th*VE CROWLEY, his wrenched ankle a lot easier, expects to be fighting fit again in a few weeks. He is receiving treatment, but meanwhile is putting in a claim for yet another match with Eric Boon. "If it is true that Boon means to rematn a light-weight
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    TROPHY RUGBY ON SATURDAY
    320 15 Singapore Should Win This Year T*HERE has been a lull in Singapore rugby since all the major fixtures have been gone through, but Saturdays game between the S.C.C. and the Selangor Club in the annual trophy match on the padang should once again revive the interest
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    TO-NIGHT'S BADMINTON
    107 15 •THE following have been selected to represent the Navy. Army and Air Force Institutes Club against the Olympic Lads' Badminton Party, in a friendly match comprising of four 6ingles and three doubles, to be played at the Happy World covered stadium to-day at 7.30 p.m William Tan. Sim
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    New Conditions For Grand National At Aintree
    305 15 London, Qec. 12. THE conditions of the Grand National, to be run at Aintree on Apr. 5, .will be seen to differ from those of previous years when they are published on Thursday. I Because the number and value of steeplechases are less
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    CRICKET CLUB JUST BEAT GUNNERS AT RUGGER
    342 15 Fast Exchanges Feature Of Evenly Contested Game A LIVELY second half featured yesterday's rugger game on the padang when the S.C.C. "A" beat the R.A. "A" by eight points (a try and a goal) to six (a try and a penalty goal). The
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    MIXED FOURSOMES AT BUKIT TIMAH
    140 15 THE second bi-monthly mixed foursomes competition of the Royal Singapore Golf Club was played on Sunday afternoon and resulted in a win for Major ahd Mrs. J. R. Burne with a net score of 34. Twenty-two cards were taken out and the following returned: Major
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    TO-MORROWS ANNUAL SOCCER MATCH
    119 15 TTHE Treasury-Audit Sports Union 1 will be holding its annual soccer match between the Marrieds and the Singles for the Wilson Shield at Farrer Park to-morrow a^^^p.m. Members and friends are corWfey invited to attend. The following players have been selected to represent the Marrieds and
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    OLYMPIC LADS B.P.
    72 15 A FRIENDLY badminton match of four singles and three doubles will be played at the Happy World covered stadium to-day between the Olympic Lads B.P. against the N.A.A.F.I. Imperial Club at 7.30 p.m. The following will represent the Olympic Lads B.P. Wee Peng Hong, N.R. Ponnuswamy, R.
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    33 15 HOCKEY S.C.C. vs. R.A. (Changi), S.C.C.; YJH.C.A. vs. R.A.F. (H.Q.), Prince Edward Road. BADMINTON: Army, Navy and Air For~e Institutes vs. Olympic Lads' Badminton Party, Happy World stadium, 7.30 p.m.
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    JOHORE MALAYS BADMINTON
    472 15 Lambak Wins Singles Championship (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Dec. 26. THREE titles were won by Johore Bahru and one by Batu Pahat lit the annual Johore Malays badminton tournament played at Johore Bahru yesterday and to-day. Lambak had no difficulty In beating Syed Omar to
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    OXYGEN B.P. WIN RETURN MATCH
    125 15 IN a return match played at the Happy World covered stadium, last Sunday the Oxygen (Far East Oxygen and Acety., Co., Ltd.,) beat Jolly Youngsters BP. by five games to two. Results (Oxygen BP. players mentioned first): Singles:— L. H. Quan beat Rajagopal -3, 15—6;
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    S.C.C. HOCKEY
    65 15 I*HE following have accepted to play hockey for the S.C.C. vs. RA. (Changi) to-day at S.C.C.:— G. W. S. Waites; Pay-Lt. G. C. Fortin, R. A. U. Todd: J. P. Wood, W. J. Peel, Capt. J. R. Kellett; Capt. R. G. Kingsmill, T. A. D. Hewan, Lt.-Comdr. F.
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    32 15 A gunner is well tackled just as he is passing the ball out— an incident in yesterday's padang rugby match in which the S.C.C. beat the RA. by eight points to six.
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    SELANGOR MALAYS WIN HOCKEY TOURNAMENT
    290 15 Sheik Mansur Scores Eight Goals For Winners (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 27. A VERY successful hockey tournament in which all-Malay teams from the four States of the Federation participated In Kuala Lumpur over the week-end concluded yesterday. Selangor Malays, by winning all
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    HOCKEY CANCELLED
    23 15 •THE hockey match between the S.C.R.C. and the Indian Association, to have been played on Hong Lim Green yesterday, was cancelled.
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    COUNTY CRICKET FUTURE
    76 15 London, Dec. 11. EVERY effort will be made to keep the country cricket club flags flying even if the normal championship competition is out of the question next summer, owing to the war. Sussex, for instance, are making desperate effort to stage cricket." They are keeping faith
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    NEW ROWING CONTROL LAUNCHED
    116 15 London, Dec. 4. "^.A.R.A. (1913)" was disbanded at 3 meeting in London on Saturday and the "National Amateur Rowing Association, Limited," was launched as its successor, with the same officials. Formed to become the trustee of boathouses to be built in connection with the Fitness Campaign,
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    HOSPITAL WIN
    28 15 IN a hockey match played on the Indian Association ground yesterday, the 12th Indian General Hospital beat the Sappers and Miners by three goals to one.
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    FAST GALLOPS AT PENANG
    487 15 Impressive Work By Madam Harlequin (From Our Owe Correspondent) Penan*. Dec. 28. FAST gallops were seen on the tracks this morning here in the presence of a large crowd. The most impressive workouts were done by Mallanuit, Rostrum, New Cello, Nightshade, Cooltipt, Wait-A-Bit. Madam, Star Lock,
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    THORNYCROFTS WIN
    37 15 Thornycrofts Sports Club defeated Duncan Roberts/, in a friendly game of soccer at Fairer Park last Saturday by four goals to one. Scorers for the winners were T. Sulli van (3) and Kirn Wee (1).
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    MORE PICTURES OF THE KING AT THE WESTERN FRONT
    53 16 The King in his car passes through a French village on his way to the front. The King shakes hands with an officer in battle dress The King: inspecting an anti-aircraft sun R.A.F. Officers explain to* the King how a pilot
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      Masthead
      17 1 in A Malayan Bungalow STRAITS TIMES WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT KIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1939. No. 204.
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      Suggestion For Wear In The Evening
      26 1 Suggestion For Wear In The Evening Ingrid Bergman displays a lovely evening gown which she wears in Intermezzo." a film in which Leslie Howard also stars.
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      Peach Surprise
      74 1 FOUR ess yolks, 4 tablespoons flour, 8 teaspcen salt, 1/3 cup granulated r.ugar, 2 cups milk, 1/3 cup cream. 1 teaspoon vanilla, 4 teaspoon a'mond extract, 2 cups sliced peaches. Beat the yelks. Add the flour, salt and sugar. Pour in the milk and cook in a double
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      How Do You Keep Your Household Accounts?
      674 1 How Do You Keep Your Household Accounts? By "Housewife" A GOOD housewife keeps track of her household expenditure but in this land where one is apt to shirk extra mental exertion, it is more often the rule than the exception to pay the bills without worrying unduly what they are
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      "No One Has Felt The Slightest Pinch"
      670 1 "No One Has Felt The Slightest Pinch" Letter From England CO sorry to write to you on this old sheet, but paper conserving you know! Everyone was asked not to use it indiscriminately; supplies for blacking-out were very slow, and the shops that had any to sell proudly put notices
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        58 1 Handkerchiefs Hot water bottle covers. Lingerie 18 TZr M Phone 7143 DZONTr OYSTER S/f( Imi^^Sm occasions; W ic y are different, appetis- gk \L 4 **^^^^y ing and delicious. OZONE Oysters. You can ■^^^T%^l 1 1 make Oyster Cocktails, Jfrfffiy) a. I are unusual and exciting! TIH mm TRAVERS SOUS,
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      Kay Francis Makes A Brilliant Return
      1161 2 Kay Francis Makes A Brilliant Return The Brighter Side From Our Own Correspondent. London, Dec. 8. CILM news this week is of an 11-year-old singer who promises to be another Deanna Durbin Carole Lombard cries, and Kay Francis makes a brilliant return in a thoroughly unsympathetic. part. The Lombard tears
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      Caps And Scarves
      642 2 Knitting For The Fighting Forces— IV TTOE best method for ascertaining the number of stitches that each individual should cast on for making a cap muffler, 12 inches wide (or 24 Inches in circumference) and 2V2 yards long, is to take some of the wool and the
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      Beach And Pool Wear Is Becoming More And More Scanty
      579 3 Beach And Pool Wear Is Becoming More And More Scanty THE bathing suit has been the subject of many legal battles and controversies in practically every country of the world. And every time the latest trend has won, although sometimes by a shoulder-strap. Time was when every 'added inch of
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      Housecoat A Necessity
      39 3 *J*HIS tailored housecoat made in soft, bronze-brown silk material has the neatness which the new conditions demand and the charm which is always sought. Its somewhat high waistline contrasts most effectively with the w ide hem.
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      International Cookery Book Of Malaya
      326 3 I*HE Malayan public has once more to be grateful to the Y.W.C.A. which has again presented a further edition of "The International Cookery Book of Malaya." This third edition has been revised and improved in many ways and contains a number of new recipes and
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      Some Singapore Christmas Parties
      17 4 The Christmas party at the Marine Hostel of the Singapore Missions to Seamen
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      Soldiers In Hospital Are Entertained
      60 4 Sister E. McAlpine and four friends enjoying themselves at the Christmas party at the General Hospital. Some of the sailors who joined in th c community singing at the Christmas party at the General Hospital. Gunner J. Houldsworth (left), who is known as the Bing
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      Singing To The Guests
      22 4 Cowan and Bailey sing to the guests at the Cathay Cafe during a Christ mastide dinner and dance.
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      Party In Merry Mood At Raffles Hotel
      49 4 Mr. D. McLeod's dinner party at Raffles Hotel last Sunday night. From left to Hfht Mr. Thomas Thomas, Mr. E. Wakeford, Mrs. T. Thomas, Mr. A. F. Hunter, Mrs. Goodman Ambler, Mr. D. W. McLeod, Mrs. Wakeford, Mr. Goodman Ambler, Mrs. Hunter.
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      Duke Of Kent, On Leave, Visits His Evacuee Children
      71 5 Duke Of Kent, On Leave, Visits His Evacuee Children Like other British children normally livins: in C nerer areas, the children of the Duke and Duchess of Kent have been evacuated to the country, and are at present living in the West of England. Wh^n the Duke of Kent, serving
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      Peer Looks After Children
      24 5 Children's Hour with 75-year- old Lord Blanesbur^h, who is looking after eight cva«*iec children at his home at Winchelsea, Sussex.
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      Brighter Paris Shop Windows
      60 5 Oi'.t-of-v.ork artists in Paris have now found a new way of making a living, by cutting cut artistic and amusing figures in paper, which they sell to shop-keepers for sticking on their windows, instead of the usual straight strips of paper used to minimize the shattering
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      Women And The War
      1611 6 U/HEN the Empress Zita's epitaph comes to be written, it will surely contain the word steadfast." One of the most arresting personalities of her time, she has retained her decision and energy of character throughout years of exile in the Belgian castle, which she has left
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        363 6 WEAKNESS AFTER FEVER When your temperature begins to tali and you feel you're getting better, then is the time to start to rebuild your wasted nerve and muscle tissues. Doctors have proved time and time again that Horlicks Is not only easily digested but also stimulates your faded appetite and
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      Recent Weddings
      331 7 Wong Kwok Leong, of the Straits Steamship Co., Ltd., son of Mr. and Mrs. Wong Kong Shu, married to Miss Lee Em Gnor, at the Kuonc Chow Huay Koon Association. Singapore. Wedding of Mr. Lim Giok Ha and Miss Chia Lian Tee at the United Chinese Library Association,
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      Currant Bread
      147 7 YOU need one pound of self-raising flour and a piece of margarine the size of an egg. Put the flour into a basin with a pinch of salt, cut up t'.ie margarine and rub it well in. Add a teacupful of washed and dried currants and a little
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      Hint For Shampoo In An Emergency
      387 7 \1/HEN suddenly you find that your hair needs a shampoo to look its best, and there is simply no time for a visit to the hairdressers, it is an excellent plan to have a bottle of special shampoo handy, which you can merely pour
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      A Vegetable Garden In Malaya
      2194 8  -  R. E. Holttum By npo prepare aud maintain a borne vegetable garden on the plains in Malaya, oneself or with the assistance of a gardener, it is best to begin in a small way. Later, when the first home-grown vegetables appear on the table there
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