The Straits Times, 29 December 1939

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    36 1 The Straits Times (26TABLISHED NEARLY A CKNTURY1 MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 29, 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS The Straits Times 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS-
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      126 1 5m MIEN CHONG for SMART TAILORING O A Colaman Ct. W*f Singapore. -Phone 4816- I 0 Incorporated in England) SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR, IPOH, PENANG MALACCA. CALOREX HEAT- ABSORBENT GLASS Sunlight without Discomfort Calorex" Transmits: 20% of the Sun's Heat 81% of the Suns Light "Tropical Calores" Transmits. 85% of the
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      6 1 SINGAPORE. 140 CECIL ST. cphons Mi,.
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      96 1 L/anson CHAMPAGNE jj^ T» 1 760 Lanson was the Champagne jw of Connoisseurs and to-day y^K^n^ the discriminating man knows A V^B^ "Hv that the experience of more than /V"* \3H Wm a century is embodied in Lanson <* X^B Champagne. Supplied to the Royal .^\S v^^^« Household, praised by
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      137 1 For Up-to-dato TAILORING.. MIEN CHONG You a r e assurt* of real satisfaction. MColeman St. Singapore. -Phone 4816- —j KUALA LUMPVR, I 25, JAVA ST. cphohe m». ENGLISH MADE C/ SEWING MACHINES JONES FAMILY "C.S." (Cylinder Shuttle) HAND MACHINE Reverse Feed I j Automa t lc will sew Ivttd Winder
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  • The Straits Times DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
    • Obituary
      DEATH
      92 2 OH.— Miss Oh Twa Koh alias Miss Mak Ang Chew passed away peacefully at 153 Onan Road on the 26th inst. 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
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      454 2 TRSAYS.— To Ines, wife of Major W. H. TreRy*. Royal Engineers, on Dec. 27. a daughter. TANN-CHQA.— The engagement is announced between Harry, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. K. H. Tann. to Oracle, eldest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Choa Tlan Hoo. Dec. 25. TANTJ-CHUA. The engagement
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      811 2 FOR SALE VALUABLE FSEEHOLD LAND bouse, 58 Tanjong Katong Rd., 3 large bedrooms. Recently renovated. Area 32,000 s4. ft. Apply Box No. 901, Straits Times. FOR SALE One H.M.V. Wireless 8et, ■with separate Electric Oramophore Pickup and Record Cabinet. In perfect condition $100.00. Write Box No. 907, Strait* Times. NEW
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      781 2 MOTOR VEHICLES A FOR SALE, Morris Oxford two-seater, with j dickey, thoroughly overhauled, painted, new hood fitted, etc., at cost of over taeo in November. New Dunlop Fort tyres fitted and re-treaded spares, new cushion covers. Developed dynamo defect which can easily be put right cheaply by mechanic or person
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      504 2 TENDERS SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. Tenders are invited for the supply of Sand to Johore Water Works. Specification and Tender Form may be obtained at the Municipal Tender Room. Tenders will close at 12 noon on Jan. 5, 1940. C. H. OOLDIE, Municipal Secretary. SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. Tenders are invited for the supply
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      375 2 BUSINESS CARDS ETC. "BERESFORD STORK" SELF PRIMING CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS ALLIANCE ENGINEERING CO.. LTD. SINGAPORE A KUALA LUMPUB. Gifts for New Year V.A L L V Leather hand bags, evening bar*> purses, belts, flap Jacks, bridge blocks, writing sets, lamps, reproductions of paintings Ist Floor, A-3 Rodney House. Battery Rd. GIVE
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      38 2 BETTER USED CARS 1939 FORD 8 H.P. SALOON $1200. 1936 MORRIS 8 H.P. TOURER $725. 1935 LANCHESTER 10 H. P. SALOON $1000. 1937 PLYMOUTH SALOON $925. WEARNES USED CAR MART FOR HIRE REFRIGERATOR— New or Used. Phone J3iH
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      262 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE, Unrorporateo id England) PRNINSULAR AND ORIENTAI B.N CO MAIL PASSENGER AND CAROO BERVICKS The P. O. S. N. Company will have a passenger steamer sailing Westwards next month. For the latest lnlormatlon apply to The Ajrent. r. O. 8- N. C« 1 1
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      282 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS < incorporated in lapant GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR TO LIVERPOOL Colombo. A^-n. Sues. Port Said. N»plet. Har^llles, Gibraltar. Lisbon and Liverpool Sail Spore HAKONE MARC Jan. HAKOZAKIMARU Feb. 12 IS TO_JLjVERPOOL Vl* Sun, Genoa Liverpool, Antwerp an* Rotterdam LISBON MARU Mlddes Feb. GENOA SERVICE *den.
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      761 3 LUXURIOUS ONE-CLASS MOTORSHIPS Cabins with Private Bath— txt client tuislnr PASSENGER FREIGHT SERVICES HO ML WARDS: U Colombo, Aden, Port Said. Palestine. Beyrouth. Marseille.. Casablanca. London. Antwerp. Rotterdam. Copenhagen and Scandinavia. OUTWARDS: to Bangkok Sakron Manila. Hongkong. Shanghai and Japan. For particulars regarding sailing*, fare*, et*., please apply to THE
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      453 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. OCR AN BUILDING. COLLY GR QUAY. SINGAPORE Tel. $151 CHARTERED BAMS BUILQIMC. PENANC Tel. 1166 BLUE FUNNEL LINE. Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom and United States of America. Oates are not guaranteed, all cargo bookings subject to Conference War Clauses. WKSTKRN AUSTRALIA THE SHORTEST SEA ROUTE AT
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    Fraser & Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations
    1354 4 Fraser Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations ■astern United <flO) 27 M 28.25 £rMer Neave Ord. ($5) 18.00 18.25 Praser Neave 7 V, Pnrf«- (*5) 8.90 9.10 Gammon Malays ($1) 2.17 Va 2 25 Great K. Life ($10) 57.50 63 00 Great E. Life ($3 pd.) 17. 00 18.50 W Hammer Oa
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    154 4 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES Prom Our Own Correspondent) London, Dec. 28. POMMODITY and Exchange markets closed as foUows wltb preTioua quotations In parenthesis:— RUBBER: Dull. 8pot: llHd 11 lll«d (ll%d 1113il6d) Peb-Mar 11 9jl6d 11 ll'ied (11 il!l6d 11 13I1M Apr-Juue HKd ll%d (llHd ll%d) Ju^-Sept. n%d llM,d (ll^d U%d) New York
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    FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
    187 4 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Bocks Company Dividend Clc TIN Southern Kinta 8% int less Ux Dec. 29 Blhn. Tronoh 10% Int. less tax Dec. 18 Sungel Uias 7%% Anal Dec. 23 Sungel Lua* 5% int. Dec. 23 Sungcl Way 10% Jan. Takuapa 6d. fid. bonus Jan. 24 Telok
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    LYALL AND EVATT'S DAILY QUOTATIONS
    229 4 Singapore, Dec. 28, 5 p.m. MINIMO Mmytn fetwr Ampats 5/6 5/9 Austral Amalg. 6/9 7/3 Bata Selangors 1.65 1.75 Hong Fatts 1.21 1.24 Jelebuk i.M 1.12 Kamj/ong LanjuU 24/3 35/3 X Kamunttag 9 9/6 Klnto Kellas 7/- 7/6 Klang Rivers 2.15 2.25 Kramats 12/6 13/Kuchals
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      258 4 FIRE_ EXTINGUISHERS v^**^\ The FOAMITE Extinguisher is the best available for j3 every type of industrial i \/^^~if property —as a unit of first-aid protection. l/}^^\ ALL TYPES SPARE %^H^_i CHARGES IN STOCK Sole Agents: 00*51 Hs\ SB? A JTX «■>■« BaSBV BBBBBk nssssU IV^cALISTER CO., LIMITED (Incorporated in S.S.)
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      230 4 Jf,£ 'l^BPffP^WP^MaMptWip^4i_iiflSi^—i To be fired first and raddled after is often the j l*«ceas of those wave rely for their •»-«—tffrupon the Grape and Grata. The eternal and delightful paradox of GaM Leaf Tea Is to be the Hot Drink which nourishes a cool mind. 1 I____J________ GREAT WORLD Cabaret
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      318 4 BBBBBB^W BBBB_a_L f\ Drink delicious Cold OVALTIINE -it your Cafe orMWk ßar Its I he Best ropical \_Lj sTY JTf w k^ I) rink yet/ jr] tnergijiiny m Refreshing fa Sustaining ATired.NetvyKundowH Man CQHiqet ahead At last, you too can have the Minerals and Vitamins which bring you new Health,
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      66 4 TIDE TABLES &NGAPOKE To-day H. W. 00.35 a.m. 9.1 ft.: 11.56 a.m. 10.4 ft. L. W. 5.59 a.m. 4 ft.; 6.38 p.m. 0.4 ft. To-morrow H. W. 1.12 a.m. 9.2 ft.; 12.41 p.m 10.2 ft. L. W. 6.40 a.m. 3.8 ft.; 7.21 p.m. 0.7 ft. Sunday, Dec. 31. H. W.
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      409 5 Commodity Prices Decline And Disturb Speculators B> Our financial Correspondent) Singapore. Dec. 29. THE decline la commodity prices has not yet been arrested and yesterday saw a further sharp fall in the price of tin in Lci-don. For both Dositions a drop of 5Cs. was recorded bringing
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
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      CODES ALLOWED IN TELEGRAMS
      131 5 London, Dec. 28. TWE Postmaster-General announces that, under arrangements approved by the censonship authorities, the following codes may be used in telegrams between Creat Britain and most places aboad from Jan. 1:— Bentley's Second Phrase Bentley's Complete Phrase AB.C. Sixth edition Pearson's International Third edition. These
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      LITTLE CHANGE IN RUBBER MARKET
      141 5 Premium On Spot Tends To Disappear ra weekly report on the rubber market, issued this morning, Lewis and Peat (Singapore), Ltd. write: Little change in market conditions has been seen during the week which, of course, has been broken up by the holidays. A certain
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      JUDGE AND DIRECTORS OVER 70
      227 5 MR. Justice Simonds gave judgment in the Chancery Division on Dec. 11 in a case concerning L.M.S. directors over 70. Mr. John Wilson, stockholder in the L.M.S. Railway Company, brought an action against the company claiming, among other things, a declaration that there was power
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      RUBBER EXPORT DUTY
      41 5 rE price of rubber for purpose of assessment of export duty in the F.M.S. for the period Dec. 29, 1939 to Jan. 4, 1940, inclusive has been determined at 38% cents a pound, states a Government Gazette notification.
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      London Stock Exchange
      307 5 London, Dec. 28. THE Stock Exchange to day closed generally steady alter a cheerful session. The following are to-day's closing middle quotations. Shares are of £1 denomination unless otherwise stated. Con. Loan 1944-64.... 108 Funding Loan 4% 1960-90 106% War Loan 3tt% 93ft Com. Union Assce. (Units)
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      KATU TIN APPEALS AGAINST ASSESSMENT
      135 5 ADDRESSING shareholders at the annual meeting of Katu Tin Dredging Ltd. in Kuala Lumour yesterday. Mr. C. R. Thurstan, the chairman, said: Our assessment under the restriction scheme, in spite of numerous appeals, remains low and unaltered but we were successful in obtaining extra quota,
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      EXCHANGES
      183 5 The following are the exchange rates this morning according to the dally circular Issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banting Corporation SELLING London T.T 2/4 1/16 London demand 2/4 1/16 Rate for freight 2/4 id Lyons demand 2051 Switzerland demand WIMt Hamburg demand New York demand 46 13/16 Montreal
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      CHAMBER OF COMMENCE RUBBER ASSN.
      80 5 Friday, Dee. 29, noon. Buyers Sellers Prices Prices No. IX B.S.S. (Spot loose) 38 3S<& No. IX R.S.S. fob. in cases. January 38 >i 38 *i G.F.A.Q. R.B.S. f.o-b. In bales January 38 38<{ F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.fck. In bales January 37f« 38 FUTURE QUOTATIONS No.
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      63 5 Gold London. 168s. unchanged Cross Rate London-New York, 4.0300 (prey. 4.0400) New York-London, 3.9T» (prey. 3.94) EXCELLENT ADHESION lj| J^\ J EASE OF EXECUTION SPECIAL DESCRIPTIVE ILLUSTRATED 2O PAGE HANDBOOK X x f' 1 "I SENT POS)» FREW ON REQUEST TO.. &«-<*-' .'---3 BJSWBtBMJMiaJ 8F%2 n^S OKniC ESBfIBBP KKk'-^K .j,
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      171 5 THE UNIVERSAL MENDS ANYTHING. A necessity in every home. SO cents per tube.— Obtainable at Chemists. Stores. Grocers. Dispensaries, etc. Sole Distributors: GRAFTON LABORATORIES., LTD. Sinjaporr and Kuala I timpur ~RFuAtfuTY~| RuDGS r.li.b.luy n i *,*<•'* ••XKt •> »KJC<t t— <•""•« <• *ttl«f l«« In *'id|t •«< H i« tka<
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      334 5 BANK <$F CHINA i Ilieoiuoratea u> Utiln* m ->u< .in itmrTri 12, Cecil Street MMiourt I'elepnone? Manager* OlTirr ■M Snb-Managrr s (litter •■•I' Kxrhangr Oepl ;t Generel Office 5188 Cable Addrefs: CHUNUKI O. Paid Up CapiUl Ch I 40.000.000 Reserve mud* In excess of Ch. S it.'lOfl.eou I'oUi Asaets approximate!*
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      251 6 Here's a "woman's" picture J§. *.s&\ Ever y Man Should See! (■']^tfjj^U£*\ TODAY 3.15, 6.15 9.15 P.M. Mm Ikl ALH AM BRA Ih^SL The Famous star of /I fl "JUAREZ" and "DARK VICTORY" In a picture that surpasses all past triumphs and will be Cherished In your memory 'JfcW *»^^ti
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      313 6 DEANNA H|| DURBINKg 'SCREEN'S SWEETNURT' Hear this world Famous Soprano sine these FOUR OLD FAVOURITES-— ***** "Because (D'Hardolot) The Last Rose of Summer (Kotow) OMO4 Aye Maria (Bach-Oounod) Home Sweet Home Bishop-Payne) PRICE $1.50 each New Shipment of Decea, Brunswick, and SOLE AGENTS FOR MALAYA:— T.M.A. MUSIC HOUSE 7 TO-NIGHT
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      213 6 lrs A JOYrUL MUSICAL S^IEE THAI V^^^ WILL MAKE YOU TORGET THE WAR t A LI |"OPENIN"g TO-NICHr6"I?9TS"| f^*^m& rHE SPONTANEOUS— COMBUSTION '^Ifcfe JmFm GIRL.... RECKLESSLY POMANCING f^H i^iL. WITH THE STAR OF "LADY Wtk Jk VANISHES" '&^tan Wk j ...SEDUCTIVELY MODELING SILK UK S STOCKINGS.... RAISING HILARIOUS Bk- W
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      81 6 TRULY A BRAND BRITISH SNOW TO USHER IN 1940! W E D N E S D AY, JANUARY 3rd ii n' Gala Premiere of BRITAIN'S GREATEST SCREEN TRIUMPH! CHARLES LAUGHTON in Daphne dv Maurier's World-famous Story 'JAMAICA INN' with MAUREEN O'HARA, LESLIE BANKS, EMLYN WILLIAMS And Cast of Distinguished Artists.
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    TURKEY QUAKE DEATH-ROLL NOW FEARED TO BE 9,000
    238 7 TURKEY QUAKE DEATH-ROLL NOW FEARED TO BE 9,000 12 Towns And 80 Villages Partly Or Completely Wrecked Istanbul, Dec. 28. WHILE exact details are unlikely to be available for many days yesterday's earthquake was undoubtedly the greatest natural disaster that has ever befallen Turkey. Twelve provincial towns and more than
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    WHY NAZI PROTEST WAS REJECTED
    75 7 Buenos Aires, Dec. 28. REJECTION of the German protest against the internment of the crew of the German pocketbattleship Graf Spec is contained in a long: memorandum published by the Argentine Government. Refusal is justified in the memorandum under Article XIII of The Hague Convention
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    Nazi Atrocities In Poland
    77 7 London, Dec. 27. IT is believed that in four provinces alone in German-occupied Poland, 15,000 people, including many priests and women, had been shot recently. Something: resembling systematic and ruthless extermination of tb* natural or potential leaders among the Poles would appear to be in progress.
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    FRANCE'S ECONOMIC RECOVERY
    67 7 London, Dec. 28 FRANCE'S striking economic recovery during the past year was described in the French Senate by the Minister of Finance, M. Paul Reynaud. He said that the volume of production and exports had increased by 20 per cent, and unemployment had reached the lowest level
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      263 7 HOTELS TO-NIGHT Cocktail Dance i p.m. to 9 p.m. DINNER DANCE (Informal) 9.45 to midnight NO ADMISSION CHARGE "NEW YEAR'S EVE j- LIMITED ACCOMMODATION GALA DINNER~&~CARNIVAL BALL (Not Fancy Dress) Carnival iNoveltles, Crackers, Balloons, etc. BEAUTIFI'L GIFT FOR EACH LADY DINER MIDNIGHT SURPRISE EXTENSION TO 2 A.M. Diners (only) SIM
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      141 7 ■fZI I TO-DAY box office W •J%y §k\jid phone AJshXhUnJ I 3.15-6.15 94fin I hWL4YfI*/GINEMfI DELUXE J OiC UV IEVERY JIAT TIP- UP Am CHfllßj 3-15 Maria Onspewkiyi nanvi r zamiick'S Vvwr rrosßCuon n > SAT. i*A*\ WICNDAY SUN*. I^^ y2a£s ii a.m. mwu^- day CUftlA/C J4 i* 11 A.M.
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      462 7 Broadcasting i TO-DAY 1 SINGAPORE ZHL 1.33 me/s (225mJ ZHP 9.69 me/a (50.96m. > p.m. 1.15 Miscellaneous programme of gramophone records. 1.30 The news, and mid -day robber tin and copra prices. J 1.40 Interval. I 5.00 Recitation of the Koran; from the j studio. 6.20 Arabic music. t 5.40
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, DEC. 29, 1939. (119th. Day of the War.) After Finland?
    1004 8 The absence this week of sensational news about the Allies' fight against Germany has again directed public attention to the wonderfully gallant stand which is being made by Finland against an overwhelmingly stronger invader. In
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    LEAVE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE B.E.F.
    74 8 London, Dec. 28. So far only those officers and men of the British Expeditionary Force who arrived in France before the end of September have had home leave. By the middle cf January all men who arrived In France during October will be on the
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    AUSTRALIA CALLING UP MORE MEN
    57 8 Sydney, Dec. 28. Two more groups have been called up for military training comprising single men who reach the age of 20 next year and those reaching the age of 21 in the last six months of 1940. It is stated that 20,000 men are
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  • Letters To The Editor
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      AMERICAN ATTITUDE TO THE WAR
      544 8 Views Changed After Start Of Hostilities To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— lt has been interesting to watch the various phases through which the American attitude to the war in Europe has passed. In Sept. 1938, at the time of the Munich agreement,
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      BONUSES FOR STAFF
      216 8 Time Something Was Done About It To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, —Being an employee of a company myself, I endorse the candid opinion of L.C.L. that it is high time for the companies with reasonable resources at their disposal to give a bonus to
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      AFTER THE WAR IS OVER
      513 8 Troublesome Continental And His Plea To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, In this long controversy there hardly has been any letter of mine in which I did not emphasize that one of the objects of this war should be. after its conclusion to
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      AFTER 35 YEARS
      169 8 What Singapore Paper Wrote In 1904 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— ln going through my file of cuttings, I find the following verses published in the Free Press of Dec. 31, 1904, which I think you might repeat to your readers "To-day another year
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      COST OF LIVING
      135 8 An Allowance To Clerks Requested To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— lt Is an Indisputable fact now that the cost of living has increased from 15 to 20 per cent, on our dally requirements and nearly 30 to 50 per cent, on luxury requirements. We
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      PARTNERSHIP BILL: INDIAN VIEW
      799 8 Joint Hindu Family 6? New Legislation To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— We ought rightfully to pay our meed of praise to the framers of the Businesses Registration Bill,— now pending enactment in the Legislative Council because, as is usual with the authorities, they
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      RADIO RECEIVING LICENCES
      73 8 Plea For Reduction Of Singapore $12 Fee To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, Can anybody tell me why th« radio licence fee for all parts of Malaya, including Pcnang and Malacca, should be $5 per annum, except Singapore, where we are asked to pay $12?
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    74 8 The Straits Times receives many more letters than can be published in the space available. Accordingly, brief, concise letters stand a better chance of selection and prompt publication than long ones. Letters exceeding 250 words are unlikely to be published at the present time. When letters are typed, double-spacing will
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      293 8 Battery Rd. Tela 4772, Wishes you aU a I HAPPY NEW YEAR] JOSEPHO'S STUDIO the only hi&h class European studio in Singapore. for GENTLEMEN LADIES and CHILDREN 1 8c Battery Road, Telephone 4048 Jmet unpacked! THE ONOTO INK PENCIL For Permanent Pencil Notes. For use with coloured Inks and For
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      44 8 nave your NEW SUITS v Ik experFtajlors W moderate" prices VUV U Latest Woollen ft Palm Li Beach Suitings ,|i always in ttock V TAI HENG CO. M&M» 2 3-5 Coleman St. i ysr Phone 3375 Spore. JOHN DUKE Manufacturing Optician. 21. BATTERY ROAD.
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    ALLIES AND GERMANY IN GREAT NAVAL RACE
    658 9 Nazis Hampered By U-Boat Losses WORK ON BATTLESHIPS HAS BEEN SLOWED DOWN Britain Makes Headway With Big Programme CHROUDED in deepest secrecy, the naval yards. of the Allies and Germany are working at full pressure, 24 hours a day and seven days a
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    BRITISH SHIP REFLOATED
    29 9 New York, Dec. 28. Ta£ Liverpool freighter City of Singapore, 1 which went aground to-day Inside Sandy r h as be-i refloated without any serious —Reuter.
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    BLOW TO BELGIAN FINANCES
    188 9 Heavy Cost Of Keeping Troops Mobilized Brussels, Dec. 29. 'THE expense of keeping the iroops mobilized was stressed by the Belgian Prime Minister, M. Pierlot, speaking in the Senate. He declared that the Government could not accept any amendments to the financial proposals already adopted by
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    POPE TO RECEIVE DUCE
    28 9 ACCORDING to the Paris Radio, it has been officially announced in Rome that Signor Mussolini will be received by the Pope next Thursday.— Reuter.
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    46 9 Sergt. F. H. Gardiner being decorated somewhere in France by the King with the medal of the military division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. Sergt. Gardiner, although wounded, dragged his comrade from a blazing aircraft after being brought down. —British official photograph.
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    MEAT RATIONING UNLIKELY BEFORE FEBRUARY
    212 9 London, Dec. 28. THE Food Minister, Mr. W. H. Morrison, stated that meat rationing is not likely to begin before February. In regard to the sugar ration, which has been fixed at the rate of 12 ounces per head a week from Jan. 8, 1940,
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    NEW SOVIET REVERSES Finns Continue Counter-Drive
    371 9 NEW SOVIET REVERSES Finns Continue Counter-Drive Helsinki, Dec. 29. PNNISH forces have wiped out .two companies of Russians in hand-to-hand fighting with Soviet forces which crossed Lake Suvanto, states last night's Finnish war communique. North-east of Lake Ladoga and east of Liesko, fighting is proceeding on Russian soil, the communique
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    GERMAN SETTLERS TO FIGHT FOR S. AFRICA
    124 9 Three Famous Ex-Service Men Volunteer REUTER learns that three men with distinguished German war records have Joined the South African Active Citizen Force units, including one of the most famous pilots Germany ever produced. One German said, "I foughs hard for Germany in
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    German Club In Turkey Raided, Says Berlin
    79 9 Berlin, Dec. 29. ACCORDING to an Istanbul dispatch to the official German news agency, the Turkish police have made another search of the archives of the German club Teutonia in Istanbul. The first raid on the club was conducted on Dec. 23. Books
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    Decorations For French Airmen
    352 9 11 Awarded The Croix De Guerre CURTHER stories of bravery in r the air are revealed in the announcement yesterday that 11 French airmen have been awarded the Croix de Guerre. One concerns the crew of four of a plane engaged by the enemy while on
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    Fresh Support From India
    125 9 New Delhi, Dec. 28. THE All-India National Liberal Federation passed a resolution to-day strongly condemning the Nazi policy of aggression. The resolution expresses sympathy with the democracies in their light against Germany and appeals to all Indians to give Great Britain their support. To enable India
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    OPTIMISTIC SOVIET FOOD ESTIMATES
    115 9 HTHE Moscow radio gives prominence to a statement by Pronln, the ViceCommissar of the food industry, in which it is claimed that the Soviet Union's food production has considerably increased this year, and that a further increase is ensured for next year. Pronln states that the
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    FRENCH BUDGET POLICY IN WAR
    212 9 No Loans For Civil Expenditure Paris. Dec. 2 WITH a single vote of opposition. 303 Senators yesterday vote** for France's first civil budget since the war. It totals some £438,000,000, nearly £90,000,000 more than last year's budget. In a striking speech in which he moved
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    COMMUNISTS QUERY ABOUT BRITISH SECRET SERVICE
    60 9 Amsterdam, Dec. 28. REPLYING to a question by Wynkoop (Communist member of the Second Chamber) about the alleged existence at The Hague of a central bureau for Western Europe of the British Intelligence Service, the Minister of Justice, M. Goseling, stated to-day that the
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    JAPANESE IN MASS RAIDS 99 Planes In One Attack
    361 9 JAPANESE IN MASS RAIDS 99 Planes In One Attack Shanghai, Dec. 29. THE biggest mass air raids since 1 the outbreak of the SinoJapanese hostilities were launched during the past three days on Lanchow, capital of the northwestern province of Kansu and an important centre on the supply route from
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    CAR PARKING REFORMS UNDER CONSIDERATION
    264 10 Singapore Business Area Traffic Committee CENTRE OF STREET STOPPING MAY BE CONTROLLED CAR-REACHING proposals submitted by the Traffic Advi- sory Committee affecting the car parking system in the business area of Singapore are now under consideration by the Government. These proposals hinge on the new
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    Chinese To Be Expelled From Malaya
    148 10 Chinese To Be Expelled From Malaya A SENSATION has been created among the Chinese community by the announcement last night that a prominent Singapore Chinese business man, Mr. Hau Say Hoan is to be expelled from the Colony. Mr. Hau Say Hoan, who is a member of the Singapore China
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    MALAY SKIPPERS IN R.N. RESERVE
    119 10 jyiALAY masters cf vessels, which l plied between Malayan ports in i>eace time and which were requisiioned for war service have been given •.■mporary ranks in the Royal Naval Reserve. These small vessels ex 75 tenners— ire in war time commanded by an 3.5.R.N.V.R. officer
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    SETTLEMENT REACHED IN TOBACCO STRIKE
    55 10 Seme 200 men and women employees of the Malayan Tobacco Co.. cigar manufacturers and tobacco dealers, Hili Street, will go back to work tomorrow after being on strike for over a week. A settlement was reached to-day w Hereby the strikers will get a 25
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    HAWKERS MEET IN PENANG
    535 10 "Starve To Death" Strike Threat (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Dec. 28. DEN AN G hawkers who are on strik* say they prefer death to registration. After their representatives tolc them that the Chinese Protector hac no power to revoke or postpone th< date of registration,
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    INDIAN YOUTH'S ASSN.
    34 10 T-*E flrsi anniversary of the Indian Youths Association will b? cele- > bra tad at the Association o premises, 9. 'Bellllos Lane, on Sunday at 3.30 p.m. Mi. S. Shunmugau will preside.
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    EUROPEANS IN INDIA
    767 10 At The Cinema EUROPEAN IN INDIA Colourful Film In Authentic Setting "The Rains Came" (Myrna Ley, Tyrone Power and George Brent) 20th. Century-Fox. At the Cathay. THIS nim version of Louis Bromfleld's novel Is a great success from every point of view. The story is a drama
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    DETECTIVE AND GIRL FOUND UNCONSCIOUS
    57 10 A CHINESE detective and a Chinese girl aged about 15, were found in a semi-conscious state in a house in Teng Poh Road, TanjQng Pagar, this morning. They were suffering from burns about the mouth. Both were taken to hospital and the girl died an
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    MRS. H. MOSBERGEN DIES IN HOSPITAL
    38 10 THE death took place in hospital yesA terday of Mrs. Mildred Mosbergen wife of Hugh Mosbergen. of 493 East Coast Road. Mrs. Mosbergen leaves besides her husband, five daughers and two sons.
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    TENTATIVE CHARGE
    39 10 I EE Chiang Hup who faced a tenta- tive charge In a preliminary inquiry in the Singapore third police court yesterday of retaining property stolen during a gang robbery was committed for trial at the next Ass:zes.
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    18 10 Applause for one of the performers in Madam Dietz's concert at the General Hospital yesterday.— Straits Times picture.
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    PROBATION SYSTEM IN MALAYA SUGGESTED
    374 10 THE application of the probation system to Malaya was dis- cussed by Mr. Gordon Lawes, Chief Police Officer, Penang, in an address to the Penang Rotary Club. Mr. Lawes, who is a member of the National Association of the Probation Officers, surveyed the growth of
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    East Africa And Defence Budget
    49 10 Nairobi, Dec. 28. AN official statement reveals that with certain exceptions wartime military expenditure in the East African territories will be met from Imperial fund*. The Governments will be asked to pay only 25 per cent, annually above their peace tim* military expenditure.— Reuter.
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    SIR A. SMALL'S RETIREMENT
    137 10 To Leave Malaya Next Month THE Straits Times understands that Sir Alexander Small, the Colonial Secretary, will be leaving Singapore on leave prior to retirement on or about Jan. 19. His successor, Mr.S. W. Jones, formerly British Resident, Selangor, has already returned from home leave and
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    MAN SHOT IN REVOLVER DUEL IN STREET
    163 10 INURING an exchrnge of revolvei shots between a Hainanese detective and a gang cf about five men believed to be Cantonese, shortly before 1 a.m. to-day, one of the latter was hit in the neck and the left hand He is in hospital
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    MR. W. R. FORDE
    67 10 r JTHE DEATH is reported at Home o' a former Malayan, Mr. Walter R. Forde. He was appointed secretary to the Straits Steamship Co., Ltd., in 1914. having formerly been with the Duff Development Company In Kelantan. He was Captain of the Royal Singapore Golf Club
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    Travel On Indian Ocean Proved To Be Safe
    298 11 Travel On Indian Ocean Proved To Be Safe GRAF SPEE WAS ONLY DANGER NEARLY 15,000 deck passengers hav< travelled from Malaya to India an< vice versa since the outbreak of war That will probably not surprise th( newspaper-reading public, but amonj the labouring class of the Indian community In Malaya
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    FIRST MILLION REACHED BY MALAYA PATRIOTIC FUND
    513 11 100,000 Poster Stamps Being Printed For Sale To Public THE Maiaya Patriotic Fund has passed the million mark, states the Department of Information, Singapore. Tk^ the appeal issued' a few days ago, when the total was $96b,UUU, that a seven figure total might
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    War Discussions On Singapore Radio
    219 11 War Discussions On Singapore Radio AN INTERESTING experiment is 10 be made this evening in the series of weekly 8.M.8.C. talks called "The War* From Various Viewpoints." Instead of an original talk, the "viewpoint" this evening will be that of the Warden of All Souls College. Oxford, as expressed in
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    TWO OLD LAGS APPEAL WITHOUT SUCCESS
    142 11 T*WO INDIANS, Veerasamy and Mas1 salamani, with records of 16 and 15 previous convictions respectively, appealed against their sentences of 12 months' and 18 month. 1 rigorous imprisonment before Mr. Justice PedloW in the High Court yesterday. The judge dismissed the appeals. The appellants
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    R.A.F. Man Weds Girl On Her 18th. Birthday
    229 11 R.A.F. Man Weds Girl On Her 18th. Birthday A BRIDE on her 18th birthday was Miss Monica Margaret van Cuylenburg, who was married at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd yesterday to Mr. Terence Clifford Chiole, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Chiole, of Ladysmith, Natal, South Africa. He
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    ENTERTAINED IN HOSPITAL
    176 11 SOME 200 PATIENTS and members, of the staff of the General Hospital, I Singapore, spent an enjoyable 80 mln- utes yesterday listening to a concert organised by Madam Dietz. Kurt Blach, with an accordion solo, I opened up the programme and kept his audience humming and singing
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    CHINESE MUSLIMS
    157 11 A REFERENCE to a proposal that a local Muslim unit be sent to China with medical supplies was made in a speech by Mr. Kao Ling-pai, Chinese Consul-General, at a tea party at the Consulate yesterday in honour of the Chinese Islamic Scuth Asia Goodwill delegation. Mr. Kao
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    SINGLETS TRADE MARK CASE
    340 11 PURTHER PROCEEDINGS against N. r Manchharam, manager of Maganlal Nagindas and Co., North Bridge Road, who was summoned in the district court yesterday on three counts of importing goods with a false trade description on Oct. 14, and three alternative charges of aiding and abetting the
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    Superiority Of Royal Air Force Established
    540 12 "MESSERSCHMIDTS ARE BAD. VICIOUS IN HABITS VERY POORLY ARMED" four months of war in the air have left the R.A.F. with a confirmed feeling of superiority, but with the same big query which the public have, namely, "Why doesn't the German Air Force do
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    Hazards Of R. A. F. Reconnaissance
    147 12 fPHE hazards of routine reconnais- sance which falls to the lot of the R.AJP. are illustrated in a story of how an aircraft, damaged recently far from its base by enemy attack, nevertheless reached home and made a safe landing. Its undercarriage and wing
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    Y.M.C.A.'s WORK IN FRANCE
    71 12 THE YM.C.A. expects to ha?e spent £500,000 before the end of February on establishment and equipment of Red Triangle centres for the B.E.F. in France. These centres, the first o; which have recently been opened in one of the great ports, will be based on lines
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    How U.S. Cheats The Censors
    263 12 Earlier News Than All European Capitals LJOW cleverly American broadcast experts in European capitals defeat the censorships is revealed in a U.S. radio journal. In a story by an anonymous contributor, the claim is made that, thanks to the ingenuity of the broadcast staffs. America
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    SMUGGLING IN CHINA TO BE CHECKED
    88 12 Chungking. Dec. 27. IN an attempt to halt the rising volume of smuggled §oois into "free" China, the Chinese Government has decided to check all goods entering the war area. During the past year, a large amount of Japanese goods is said to have
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    BRITAIN MOVING TO SOLVE INDIAN PROBLEM
    776 14 Sir Stafford Cripps On Rapidly Growing Public Opinion Ji is wise on the part of Mahatma Gandhi not to have hurried things and to have kept the door open. There may be some form of compromise to save the face of the British Government
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    MR. R. SUBBAYYA NAIDU TO RETIRE
    71 14 Madras. 'THE Government of Madras has apoointed Mr. O. Pulla Reddi, I.CJS., Deputy Commissioner of Excise, Coimbatore, as Commissioner of the Madras Corporation, in succession to Dewan Bahadur R. Subbayya Naidu, a former Agent of the Government of India in Malaya. On completion cf
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    Second I.R.A. Munitions Cache Recovered
    73 14 Dublin, Dec. 23. r\URINO the search for 1.000,000 bullets stolen by I.R.A. men at the Eire Army armoury In Phoenix Park, Police and military authorities following another day of activity unearthed a second quantity of ammunition In County Kildare. The second rind Is stated to
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    TOKIO-ROME FLIGHT
    30 14 Toklo. Dec. 28. QN a goodwill flight to Rome, the Yamato, monoplane of the Japan Airways Company, arrived at Calcutta yesterday afternoon from Bangkok via Rangoon. Eastern News.
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    WATCH THE NEW HORSES AT PENANG TOMORROW
    1383 15 Zolfanella And Furious To Complete Doubles COME of the more recent arrivals in Malaya like Harpo, •J Grafmond and Carloca might score their first wins in this country to-morrow in the second day's racing m the Penang Turf Club's Christmas-New Year meeting. Harpo
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    HOME SOCCER PROGRAMME
    210 15 F>LLOWING is Saturday's Home soccer programme: SOUTH A Arsenal vs. Norwich. Charlton vs. Crystal P. Southend vs. Clapton O. Watford vs. Tottenham. West Ham vs. MlUwall. SOUTH B Brentford vs. Queen S P.R. Brighton vs. Southampton. Fulham vs. Bournemouth. Portsmouth vs. Aldershot Reading vs. Chelsea. MIDLANDS Birmingham
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    TROPHY RUGBY TO-MORROW
    96 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 29. SELANGOR'S team on Saturday for the trophy rugby match against Singapore has been weakened by the inability of some players to travel. The absence of L. C. Carrell. the stand-off, whose match winning abilities have been marked this season,
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    Victory To Y.M.C.A. By Odd Goal
    147 15 PLAYING with 10 men. the V.M.C.A. hockey team beat an RAF. side by two goals to one at the V.M.C.A. ground In a keen game of hockey yesterday. The game was evenly contested, and there was no score at half time. The second period
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    Athletic Union Lose Again
    208 15 TTHE Amateur Athletic Union suffered another reverse, this time at the hands of the Mayflower Badminton Party's "B" team, by four games to one in the local inter-club badminton championships played at the Clerical Union Hall on Wednesday night. This Is the third defeat the Amateur
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    CRICKET CLUB MAINTAIN WINNING HOCKEY FORM
    406 15 Changi Gunners Beaten By Four Goals To Nil FT another hockey victory was added to the credit of the S.C.C. on the padang yesterday. Meeting Ihe combined teams of the Changi Gunners, the Club took the honours, scoring four goals without reply. It was
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    23 15 SOCCER Treasury Dept. vs. Audi. Dept. (Wilson Shield), Farrer Park. HOCKEY Indian Assn. vs. P.W.D.; S.C.C. v«. Anglo-Chinese School, S.C.C.
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    DECEMBER MEDAL AT ISLAND CLUB
    47 15 THE December Medal played at the Islund Club over the week-end resulted in the win for F. R. Martens In the "A" division with a score of 35% and F. Minns in the "B" division with a score of 40% tStapleford scoring).
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    TO-NIGHTS BOXING
    39 15 A REMINDER fa ?iven of to-night's Singapore Amateur Boxing Club and Association Christmas contests at the Happy World stadium at 8.30 pjn. Weigh in lor civilians will be at the Happy Wor!^ gymnasium a! 7 pjn. to-day.
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    FINNISH FORCES ADVANCE 40 MILES INTO RUSSIA
    629 16 Invaders In Far North In Serious Plight 150 RED TANKS SNOWBOUND: CREWS FREEZING TO DEATH rr H rl^n Viet inv de tr <*t in the far north of Finland «i£i!ESm& lsh troops on skis have advanced 40 The Finns are now threatening Kandalaksha,
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    28 16 The monkey gland specialist. Dr Serge Voronoff, has sailed from New rk tot Europe to direct bone and skjn grafting operation for wounded sc ldiers In France.— neuter.
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    17 16 The working of a predictor being explained to the King during his visit to the Western Front.
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    Weak Economic Structure
    135 16 German Military May Control Industry Zurich, Dec. 28. QERMANY'S economic policy will be completely reorganized in the near future, declares the Berlin correspondent of Neve Zurcher Zeitung, who says that since the outbreak of war Germany's economic structure has not come up to expectations. Increased taxation and
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    30 16 Variety and other light entertalnS l^?. 6^ programmes for me of the British flghtine forces are to be broadcast by the 8.3.C. every night on and after Jan. 7.— Reuter.
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    DECK BOY SAVES SIX COMPANIONS
    107 16 London, Dec. 28. TT is now learnt that the six sur*vlvors of the torpedoed British vessel Arlington Court were saved by the skill and seamanship of an 18-year-old deck boy named Malcolm Morrison. When the ship sank he and six others escaped in a water-logged
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    Nazis' New Threat To Neutrals
    235 16 Must Not Support AntiSoviet Tendencies Stockholm, Dec. 28. THE belief exists in Berlin that Britain and France are now endeavouring to force Sweden and Turkey to abandon their neutrality, according to the Berlin correspondent of the Dagbladet. The Germans think that the violent anti-Soviet campaign
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    28 16 According to the German radio, the German national income next year i!i J* 5 some M milliard marks of which 30 milliards will be collected in taxes. Eeuter.
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    Co-operation Between Allied Forces
    64 16 London, Dec. 28. JtfIAJOR-GEN. B. C. Frieberg. Commander-in-Chief of the E,*?., 2ealand Forces, stated in Wellington that he had been greatly struck by the co-operation he 2 Fran <* between French and British soldiers. He paid a tribute to the magnificent spirit of the British and
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    ITALIAN STATE'S DISPUTE WITH VATICAN ENDED
    439 16 Historic Visit Of Pope To The King Queen At Quirinal JHE bells of St. Peter's pealed as the*' PopT left' the Vatican this morning: for a visit to the King and Queen of Italy at the Quirinal Kin J h uf' f Whi< ?o
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    ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
    73 16 London, Dec. 28. ON the Western Front the night was quiet after yesterday's patrol activity. Yesterday there had been a good deal of activity by patrols on both sides. Apparently they were intended to discover whether any important changes had been made by either
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    GERMANY CALLING UP MORE TROOPS
    29 16 pRESH classes will be called to the colmrs in Germany in ihe New Year, according to a Benin dispatch to Kaunas < Lithuania), report Reuter.
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    A Stronger Anti-Red Front?
    256 16 A Stronger AntiRed Front? Berlin Is Uneasy O?te» Rome RajmpeohcqffiV IT is believed^ some quartcH H^e German capital that the on p&f negotiations between the VaticSrarid the Italian Government is to develop a stronger front against Communism and to reply to the continued and reinforced efforts of Moscow to carry
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    RAILWAYS HAVE VERY BUSY CHRISTMAS
    52 16 London, Dec. 28. "pHE British railways experienced the busiest Christmas for several years. The number of passengers carried was greatly Increased by troops given last minute leave. Many of the cheap ticket facilities suspended at the beginning of the war will be introduced from next
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    CIVILIAN AND POLITICAL LIBERTIES IN BRITAIN
    247 16 London, Dec. 28. TWO of the London newspapers with big circulations write today about the war and freedom. The Daily Herald (Labour) says: "If you live in a democracy you are treated as a human being. You cannot be transported from one part of
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