The Straits Times, 15 January 1940

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    39 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY. I 3fi4L^K4 f S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES 16 PAGES SINGAPORE. MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1940. The Straits Times I»RK'E 5 CENTH 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1940. PRICE 5 CKNTS
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  • The Straits Times DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      46 2 j> I SKEY— (KCc FlslM r). t!i bHovwl wifp »f W. G. Skey. passed away" peacefully at the Ocneral Hospital at a.m. on Sunday, January 14. after a vcrv rimrt ll'nrss. The Internment took place at nul.-uiari at 5 p m. on the «amc day.
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      41 2 8TREVENS— On January 15. 1840. at No. 49 Paiijang Road. Singapore, William Aldcrney Stnvrns. of Messrs. Robinson Piano Co.. Ltd.. at the age of 60 years. Tim funeral vill take place at the Bidadarl CVrwtery at 5.30 p.m. today. Deeply refrett*"i.
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      651 2 PUBLIC NOTICE CHINA UtUsV FIND COMMITTEE OF SINGAPORE NOTICE NO. 31 l>emir. licked connection vita labour troubles Tiw persistent rise of the cost f living n> a result of wartime commodity Inflation has recently precipitated many a dispute between capital and labour resulting In strikes, un- expect edly the Committee
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      213 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS (Incortwruted In lawtni GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR TO EUROPE VIA AMERICA Through fares to North America, to Europe via America and Round Tours in the Pacific Quoted in I .S. on application. To California from the Orient via Honolulu. KAMAKURA MARD leave Kobe Jan. 23
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    SOVIET OIL AND GERMAN NEEDS
    1975 4 Transport Problems Make Supplies Impossible NAZI HELP WITH MATERIALS AND LABOUR UNLIKELY CVKK .since the existence of a Soviet- German pact of nonaggression was announced to a startled world on Aug. 21, last year, the Nazis have been hinting that their new-found friendship with the
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    LYALL AND EVATT'S DAILY QUOTATIONS
    241 4 njapoir. Jan. 13, 1 pin. MMM Buyers Sei;ri Ampats 5/3 6/6 Austral Amaia 6 9 7 3 Batu Selangor.. 1.67 1.70 Hong Fatts 125 1.28 JelcbUb 1.03 1.06 Kampcng Lanjuts 25/- 259 K Kamunting 9/- 9/6 Klnta Kellas 7/- 7/6 Klang Rivers 2.10 2.20 KrainPts
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    Fraser & Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations
    1320 4 Fraser Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations SATI ItDAl'. JAN. 13. 1940: P.AI Ampat mi i4s> 5s l 1 id 5s 6d Austral Amal. (la) Cs 3d 7s Austral Malay .£> 37s 39s Ayer Hltatu i£) 24s 6d 35s 6d Ayer Weng ($1) .85 .90 Bangrln Tla 22s 9a 24s Batu Selangor
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    FRANCE BUILDING 126 WARSHIPS
    214 4 Striking Achievements Of Allied Navies i\;ri.s. Jan. I*. THE .ai%.i: achievements of the Allies at sea during the four months of the war were outlined by M. Campinchi, Minister of Marine, in a .statement to the Press yesterday. Hr* said that the Allies had assured fn-doni
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    FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
    161 4 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Singapore, Tan. 1 3 1 p.m. Total for D;.u V Div financial yemr i';iy:iblf Data to dat* Jan. 33 Jan. 15 l? 2 "c Jan. 19 Jail. 14 IS% Jan. 19 Jan. 17 Feb. 9 Jan. 28 10% Jail M IX-C. 3U 12V->> Jan.
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      394 4 TIDE TABLES SINGAPORE To-day H. W. 2.04 ajn. 8.9 ft.; 1.49 pm. <M ft. L. W. 7.44 a.m. 36 ft.; 803 U.m. 2.4 ft. To-morrow H. W. 2.35 ajn. 89 ft.; 2.23 p.m 8.4 ft. L. W. 8.22 aJn. 3.6 ft; 8.36 pm. 29 ft. Wednesday. Jan. 17. H W
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      "INFLATION DANGEROUS & MUST BE AVOIDED"
      829 5 "INFLATION DANGEROUS MUST BE AVOIDED" Sir John Simon On Efforts To Finance The War AN appeal 1» the na'ion to drastic iru-Hieine to s:i\e it>r!i 'r»m the MMI unpleasant disea-o ol inflation and I flisasirous p;t i--%liim|i. such as followed thei war. MM madr h% Sir .!t>hn Simon Chancellor of
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      GERMAN EXPORTS OF MOTOR CARS CEASE
      48 5 GEKI rtl Of not Off cars liayc ted on account of the war. liedared a Qerman radio announce-•n.-ui yesterday. I his Ls believed to be the lirat time hai admitted that the Allied sea power is having; any rtTrot en German trad*-
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      FOOD SHORTAGE IN NORTH CHINA
      132 5 Cereals Impossible To Obtain T.I I', growing shortage of cereals Ls creating a serious situation in North China. It is partly due to floods and Darf.y to the shortage of railway freight cars, but has been greatly worsened by arbitrary price lixing and commandeering ot
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      EXCHANGES
      192 5 I'lie tallowing are me e\cnange rates tals morning according to tlie daily circular Issued by the Honckotii: and Shanghai Banking Cornorntir: >i 1 1 i\i. London 1.1 1/4 l/H London derr)i.;ia 2/4 1/16 Hate for fi-eight 2 4 1 Lyons demand 2057 Switzerland demand 208 Hamburg demand Hew Tort
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      86 5 Monday. Jan. 15. noon. Bayers Seller, Prices Prices No. IX R.S.S. (Spot loose) 37H 37?; No. IX F.S.S. f.o.b. in eases January 38*; 38*,, G.F.A.Q. R.S.S. fob. in bales January 37 WtH F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. in bales January 36 Y% mM QUOTATIONS No IX R.S.S.
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      PETALING TIN PROFIT RISES TO $1,238,526
      382 5 Dividend Raised To 45 Per Cent: Current Prospects Very Good DETAUNG TIN, LTD., is to pay shareholders a total dividend of 45 pit cent, for the year ended October. The accounts were issued over the week-end and show that ihe net profit, after due
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      LUNAS RUBBER EARNS $50,809
      170 5 Dividend Unchanged At 10 Per Cent. A NET profit of 55(>,809 was eanied bj Lunas Rubber Estates, til in the year ended October. This compares with 557,697 in the preceding year. The amount brought forward frort' 1938 was .<50,928. The director* propose a dividend of 10
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      LONDON MONEY SUPPLIES LESS PLENTIFUL
      97 5 London, Jan. 14. IN the money market this week, the recant plentiful supplies of credit available for lending was less noticeable owing to the growing demand for taxation purposes. Borrowers, however, we^ able to satisfy their needs cheaply. Applications for Treasury Bills were the largest
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      MENTAKAB SELLS FORWARD
      35 5 •T*HE directors of Mentakab Rubber 1 Co.. Ltd. have made a forward sale of 15 tons of standard sheet delivery from February to June, inclusive, at 37" 8 cents, a pound f.o.b.
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      SIONE TIN RESULTS
      38 5 IN the last quarter of 1939 Sione Tin Ltd. produced 95 tons of tine-ore and the mine cost was £6.300. The estimated mine profit on 106 tons of concentrates sold during the quarter was £6.800.
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      76 BODIES RECOVERED FROM U.S. MINE
      52 5 Bartley tWcst Virginia Jan. 14. CEVENTY-SIX bodies have so far teen re--3 covered after the coal mine explosion on Jan. 11. in which 05 persons were trapped. Rescuers have reached the centre of the explosion, which is the nations worst mine disaster for a
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      STOP PRESS
      70 5 The Straits Times Sourabaya correspondent cables that a serious fire broke out this morning at the port of Sourabaya. The godawns of the Sourabaya Dock Company are ablaze as well as those of the Sanyo Dock Company. Molasses tanks of the United Molasses Company are threatened and some
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      542 5 QUIET OPENING BUT STEADY TONE RUBBER CONTINUES TO DECLINE AND IS DULL By Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, Jan 15. MARKETS opened the week very quietly and in both the share sections and in the rubber market there was very little inquiry at the opening. Rubber was slightly
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      125 5 Kice quoted per fcoyan 40 plcuU Whet i oinmoditi'-- quoted per pi< ul eicept whne niherwfcw stated. Sinsapore, Jan. 15, noon. Buyers Sellers Gambler 7.60 Hamburg Cube $14.00 Java Cube 1 12 00 'epper White Muntok $16.00 White $15.75 Black 8.50 lopra Mixed $3.45 Sun Dried $3.80
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      393 5 A '.J 1 I 1f J k^itkw i m Wjd I'AI Ik I H y 19-S5. OHM HMII -.IMj.V'OKE Telephone Manaser's Offlce 4312 a Exchante Dept 431 J General Office 4514 Cable Address:— "PftO\ INBANK Head Office. Sll (HOW PAID-UP CAPITAL (Ch.> 10.080.000 RESERVE FUNOS 13.(M0,M« TOTAL ASSETS (approx.) J105.000.000
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      186 6 Last Might Don't miss this Exciting and Inspiring Story of the BRITISH COLONIAL SERVICE I 6.15 TO-NIGHT 9.15" CAPITOL .tTmightyasthe pounding sweep f^of expanding JjKlNs^ EMPIRE! m fairSanksJm BASIL tf S\ RATHBONE ffI VIRGINIA FIELD M* LIONEL ATWILL W J BARBARA ONEIL Q AUBREY SMITH MELVILLE COOPER l.at<M dauniont Ntwi
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    LESSONS OF R.A.F. FLIGHTS OVER AUSTRIA & BOHEMIA
    347 7 LESSONS OF R.A.F. FLIGHTS OVER AUSTRIA BOHEMIA Towns Easily Recognized On "Paper-Bombing" Raids THE London newspapers enthusiastically record the R.A.F. flight over Austria and Bohemia and reports from pilots received later claim great attention. In spite of low temperatures later reports state that the crews suffered little from cold, one
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    U.S. Anti-Aircraft Shell For The Allies
    57 7 Washington, Jan. 14. ANEW type of anti-aircraft shell developed in the United States has been made available to France, according to aeronautical officials here. The shell is tired In the usual manner but releases a parachute trailing hundreds of feet of steel tape designed
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    One More German Plane Shot Down
    191 7 THE FRENCH Air Force brought down yet another German plane on the Western Front on Saturday, according to yesterday's communique. Previously, a Paris report had described a fight in which four French planes were attacked by 12 MesserschI mitts and shot down three of
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    Rescue Of Nazi Air Officer
    231 7 London, Jan. 14. A YOUNG German officer of a Heinkel bomber which was shot down into the sea by a British fighter off the east coast of Scotland yesterday morning was later rescued by a launch. The officer reported that the other three members of
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    TRAWLER FOILS NAZI AIR ATTACK
    109 7 London, Jan. 14. ANOTHER attack by a German plane on a British trawler was reported when the vessel Erick Stroud reached a port in Scotland to-day The skipper said that the plane dropped about 25 bombs, none of which hit, though some almost grazed, the
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    MEDALS FOR NAVAL MEN
    53 7 For their courage and devotion to duty when firp broke out in the boiler r:>om of the Naval slcop Bideford. the m d.il of the Order of the Bri'irh Emp:r;> i.MiKary Divn.» h:s been awarded t < Stoker Petty Officer Horace Mervm Labram and Chief Stoker
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    THE RADIO INDUSTRY CRITICIZE B.B.C.
    35 7 CTRONG criticism cf the BBC. pro- grammes and of the quality of transmissions was expressed at a representative gathering of the wireless industry, organized by the Radio Industry Luncheon Club.
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JAN. 15, 1940. (136 th. Day of the War.) The B. M. B. C.
    1131 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JAN. 15, 1940. (136 th. Day of the War.) The B. M. B. C. In England, when interest in politics, sport and stock market? begins to flag, bored newspaper readers set out to fill the correspondence columns with claims to have heard the first cuckoo,
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    "BRINGING THE WAR TO SPEEDY CONCLUSION"
    99 8 "BRINGING THE WAR TO SPEEDY CONCLUSION Air Marshal A. S. Barratt has taken over duties as commander-in-chief of the British Air Force In France. His first official act was to sign an Order of the day, saying, 'One ideal which inspires us all is tc do our utmost in helping
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    LITTLE HOPE OF PEACE DURING THIS YEAR
    3805 8 Our London Letter (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 1. I SAW the New Year dawn this morning, Malayans, in great jrlory. An orange-red sun floating up out of the mists of the eastern horizon turned to warm pink the dazzling white of
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  • WAR OFFICE SUSPENDS LEAVE FOR THE B.E.F.
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      Defence Measures In Holland & Belgium
      682 9 Defence Measures In Holland Belgium DUE TO "LESS FAVOURABLE INTERNATIONAL SITUATION" Brussels Announces Steps Towards Mobilisation r pHK War Office announced late last night that the leave service from the British Expeditionary Force has been temporarily suspended. Men at present on leave are not being recalled. This follows the cancellation
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      The Next Step Is Mobilisation
      248 9 The Next Step Is Mobilisation Brussels, Jan. 15. THE bringing into force of Phase D of the reinforcement of the Belgian army means that the penultimate phase of the mobilisation series has b?en reached. The last phase, Phase E is general mobilisation. One result of the bringing into force of
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      TENSION IN HOLLAND
      286 9 Two German Spies Arrested By Police Holland is once more experiencing hours oi tension comparable with those ot last November. Jonkheer de Geer, the Dutch Prime Minister summoned the Cabinet to a special meeting yesterday to discuss the international situation. During the meeting the communique announcing the
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      GERMAN & RED ARMIES
      185 9 GERMAN RED ARMIES Collaboration In Poland Paris, Jan. 14. I*HERE is now close collaboration between the German nnd Soviet military authorities in the Polish Ukraine, and this collaboration is being closely watched in Paris, according to well-informed French circles. Recent ballons d'essai originating from Germany with regard to possible mediation
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      Application To Sell U. S. Ships To British Firm
      89 9 Washington, Jan. 14. THE American-Hawaiian Steamship Company has applied to the Maritime Commission for permission to sell the cargo ships Delawarean (5,705 tons), Louisianan (5.484 tons*. Tennessean (6,379 tons) and Indianan (5,582 tons) to a British firm. The proposed transfer of
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      Artillery More Active On Western Front
      94 9 Paris, Jan. 14. GUNS and planes have shown greater activity than infantry on the i Western Front during the past 24 hours, though infantry carried out the usual patrols and reconnaissances. Artillery has been busy again east j and west ot the Vosges and
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      Norwegian Ship Hits Mine In North Sea
      38 9 Oslo. Jan. 15. FE Norwegian steamer Fredville "1.150 tons» has been mined in the North S:a. There are five survivors, while eleven men are missine and feared to have perished.— Reuter.
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      TURKISH DELEGATE ON HIS WAY BACK
      55 9 Istanbul, Jan. Isfl THE Secretary-General of the Turkish Foreign Office has arrived here and left for Ankara to report on the Anglo-French-Turkish economic agreement signed in Paris last week. He will also report on his visit to Sofia, where he has had discussions with
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      RED RAID IS REPULSED
      282 9 Finns' New Planes Go Into Action Helsinki, Jan. 13. IN the course of an air raid yes- terday. on Helsinki, nine Soviet bombers flew at the lew height of about 4.000 feet, dropping down 1 .000 feet before dropping bombs. Almost every gun in the city
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      Move To Block Big U.S. Loan To Finland
      105 9 Washington, Jan 14 REPUBLICAN members of the Senate j banking and currency commission have served notice that they will at- tempt block action on the proposal to lend $60,000,000 to Finland until the U.S. State Department d voices its view on the
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      37 9 THE Paris Radio states that the Pope has appointed Cardinal Paccini as the Vatican Charge d Affaires to the Polish Government in France. Cardinal Paccini will be proceeding to Angers, the seat of the Polish Government .—Reuter.
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      ONLY SMALL PROPORTION OF GERMANS IN U.K. INTERNED
      273 9 THE aliens tribunals, which have i been engaged in considering cases of enemy aliens in Britain since October, have now with a few exceptions completed their tasks. Asa result 436 Germans and 50 Austrians have been interned. These 486 people were placed
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      Training For The Front Line In France
      23 9 British soldiers undersoinff strenuous battle practice immediately behind the front line In France British official photograph.
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      Ship Sinks In Yangtze After Explosions
      39 9 Shanghai, Jan. 15. THE Japanese steamer Sumei Mara yesterday sank in the river Yangtze, about 25 miles from Hankow, after two explosions. Japanese naval authorities attribute the explosions to old Chinese mines. Reuter.
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      Puppet Leader's Men Break Away
      96 9 Shanghai, Jan. 15. AN open break between Wang Chlng-wei. who is expected to head the new puppet central government of occupied China in the near future, and three of his leading supporters Is reported to-day. It is stated that Chen Kung-po, former Minister of Railways,
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      REVOLT PLOT IN U.S. FOILED
      314 9 Was To Begin On January 19 Now York, Jan. 15. EIGHTEEN members of an <>rganization called "the Christian Front" have been arrested by Federal Bureau agents on charge* of conspiracy to create a revolution in the United States to overthrow the government and to establish
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    QUEEN'S SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED TO-DAY
    499 10 Singapore, Penang Selangor Win One Each LAST YEAR IN WHICH THEY WILL GO TO SCHOOL CANDIDATES MALAYA'S most coveted scholastic prize, the Queen's Scholarships have been awarded in the Colony this year Wilbur Hoswcll, of Raffles Institution, Singapore, and Oliver Lyons Phipps, of St. Xavier's Institution,
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    HISTORY OF A DUTCH HOUSE FLAG
    64 10 A i'UBLICATION containing the hts- rv of the Rotterdam Lloyd shipline, has ju.st been issued. It Is "History of a Hous<> Flag." by the late E. P. Leigh-Ber.nett Tt> 40 pages .unfold an Interesting n (i exciting narrative of shipping through a period of
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    AMUSEMENTS
    121 10 •IMOAffWtt k\i 111 v huh 1 C<» 7 p. 111 tn 9 p.m. Dinner <v Dance (Informal) 9.4.'> Midnight. f.\KKIC K Nil VIKI <.l \N(. Tamil Talkie (.Kl I WOKI.I) Globe: ~i:y: St. Lou ■APPI WOKI.I) Happy Th <jf Ui<- \V Cowboy The B 12. Sldc- KtC Xl W
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    "Smoky Exhausts": Action By Police
    116 10 REACTING immediate!.* to a notice issued liv the Singapore Traffic Advisory Committee or Saturday railing attention to 'obnoxious Min.l.f and unburnt gases from motor car exhausts," it least one motorist has reported what in his opinion were two bad rases of "smoky exhausts." Offenders arc
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    SCHOOLS BACK AT WORK
    195 10 After Six Weeks' Holiday AFTER being closed six weeks for rt the end-of-the-year vacation, Singapore's English schools reopened this morning Thp majority of pupils returned to new classes to which they had been promoted, while for hundreds of i younger children, to-day marks the first day
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    MALAYAN YEAR BOOK PUBLISHED
    92 10 I'HE 1939 edition of the Malayan Year Book containing information up &O the end of 1938 was published durng the week-end. The Year Book, which Is a comprehensive publication of Malayan facts ?nd figures, is issued by the Goverr•Tient Publications Bureau at SI 50. In addition
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    R.A. MEN HURT IN JOHORE ACCIDENT
    85 10 From Our Own Correspondent > Johore Bahru. Jan. 14. A MILITARY lorry, carrying four men of the Royal Artillery, overturned at th> 13th. mile. Johore Bah-ru-Batu Pahat Road yesterday afternoon. All were injured and three were admitted to the Johore General Hospital: L'B. G.
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    NEXT ORGAN RECITAL ON FRIDAY
    121 10 THE next popular organ recital by Werner Baer at the Victoria Memorial Hall will be given on Friday. The i is Mrs. E. L. G. Haak, soprano. ihe programme is movement from concerto in b flat, Q h Handel); 2. (a) "horale prelude on DM
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    PRAISE FOR BRITISH NEWS
    213 10 Thai Comment On Propaganda WEUTRAL opinion of British war news services as "fairly prompt, frank and conservative," is made in the Thai Chronicle, a Bangkok newspaper. The newspaper says that German propaganda "would appear to be just the reverse." The newspaper suggests that owing to "suppression
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    MAN WINS SUIT AGAINST INSURANCE COMPANY
    128 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Jan. 14. P^ SUPPIAH. a contractor to the Sultan of Johore. was given judgment to-day for $380 and costs In a suit he brought against the Asia Insurance Co.. Ltd.. as a result of the burning of his
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    $300,000 FOR MERSING WATER SUPPLY
    81 10 (From Our Own Correspondent' Johore Bahru. Jan. 14. Jk^ERSING. en the east coast of Jo- hore. is to receive attention in regard to a water supply. The Government is to spend this year nearly $300,000 in effecting such improvements as to ensure an adequate supply
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    "EVERYTHING'S ON ICE" AT THE ALHAMBRA
    146 10 "EVERYTHING'S ON ICE AT THE ALHAMBRA At The Cinema •Everything's On Ice," (Irene Dare, Rosco« Karns, Edgar Kennedy and I. .nine Roberts.) R.K.O. At the Alhambra.) COMEDY, romance and the usual spectacular Hollywood ice-ballets make this story of a get-rich-quick uncle oi a lovely girl very i ntertaining. Karns and
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    JAPAN-THAILAND AIR SERVICE Talk Of Extension To Singapore & Australia
    188 10 JAPAN-THAILAND AIR SERVICE Talk Of Extension To Singapore Australia FOLLOWING the recent conclusion of an air transport agreement between Japan and Thailand, a regular air service between the two countries will be inaugurated on Feb. 1. The inaugural flight from Tokyo to Bangkok will be carried out by a Jap-anese-constructed
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    28 10 It is announced in Bangkok that ilans are being drawn up to enlist women volunteers for training in various auxiliary services such as motorcar drivers, hospital dressers, etc
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    French Colonies Rally To Aid Of The Republic
    339 10 A RECENT broadcast of the French Minister for Colonies, M. Mandel, provided an impressive survey of [the support afforded to France by her colonies. Neither Algeria, which is under the Ministry of the Interior, nor the Protectorates, such as Tunisia and Morocco,
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    New Batch Of Conscripts Register
    26 10 Young men between the ages of 20 and 23 registering at the Camden Town employment exchange under the Military Service Act.
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    JUDGES AND BAR AT THE CATHEDRAL
    188 10 Sei'vice Before Opening Of First Assizes Of Year A SERVICE at St. Andrew's Cathedral this morning pre- ceded the ceremonial opening of the first Singapore Assizes of the year at the Supreme Court. The service was conducted by the Yen. Graham White, Archdeacon of
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    CLERK OF COUNCILS PROMOTED IN JOHORE
    67 10 (From Our Own Correspondent Johore Bahru. Jan. 14 HAJI Esa bin Haji Abduilah, Johore Clerk of Councils, has been pro rrioted from class three to class two -f the Malay officers' scheme-. Haji Esa, who has been Clerk ol Ccuncils for about seven years,
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    THAI RAILWAY LINK WITH INDO-CHINA
    62 10 FI is expected that the construction of the Thai railway link with the xailway in French Indo-Chir.i will be completed before the end of this year The extension will cost nearly hali a million dollars which will be paid by the Thai Govenment. Work on
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    PREMIER AND LISBON "PEACE" FUND
    89 10 ACCORDING to a Lisbon Press message, the money subscribed in September for the erection in Lisbon of a statue of Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the British Prime Minister, as a tribute to his efforts for peace, will, according to the wish of Mr. Chamberlain, be applied
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    JOHORE'S LEGAL ADVISER
    70 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru. Jan. 14. |ii|R R- Moor has taken over duties as Legal Adviser. Johore. from Mr. W. C. Taylor. Mr. Taylor has resumed his appointment as the President of the Town Board, Johore Bahru This will be the third time Mr. Moor
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    STRIKES IN SINGAPORE
    516 10 Johore Workeis "Sympathy" Move S.H.B. APPRENTICES ORDER BOYCOTT AJ'OL'T 8,500 workers in Singapore juhl south Johore are now on strike. They include tbe Singapore Harbour Board dockyard workers and employees at pineapple factories and the Alexandra Brickworks. Developments during tho week-end include: A 'sit down' strike of
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    Red Cross Plans For War Lasting Three Years
    435 11 Red Cross Plans For War Lasting Three Years PENNY-A-1 EEK NATIONAL FUND CUBSCRIBERS to the Malaya Patriotic Fund know that their money i:; expended to very good purpose in assisting lighting men ;.nd their de{r .ufents, and others who suffer through the war. Some detail ol ;hr work aiv given
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    CHINESE WERE IN THE GRAF SPEE
    46 11 FtVt Chinese laundrymen who were on board the •pocket-battleship" Graf Spec. which was scuttled rid Harbour, have embarkrd lor Italy board the steamer Oceania en route to C^ina. Ihc Oceania is also taking 130 olher who were formerly nttashed to
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    MALAYAN ENGAGED
    44 11 T Glasgow Herald aniv>un:es the :it between Mr. James Ol the Singapore Cold Stor;ikc Co.. Ltd.. eldest son of Mr. and John MKinlay. ol lolnni. Qlffnock, and Mitt Jean MofTlin. eldest daughter ol the late Mr Harold M^ffl'n, of Perth. Western Australia.
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    U. S. VIEW OF JAPANESE POLICY IN FAR EAST
    1270 11 Has European War Turned Tokio's Eyes To Indies? VALUE OF SINGAPORE FORTRESS STRESSED BY PROFESSOR "OINGAPORE with its? friendly hinterland and the relative *J ease of defending immediate sea access is in no danger of falling before an enemy assault and
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    Death Of Mrs. W. G. Skey
    969 11 Death Of Mrs. W. G. Skey BIG ATTENDANCE AT FUNERAL THE death occurred yesterday at the General Hospital of Mrs. Fanny Skey, wife of Mr. W. G. Skey, of Green and Collier, Ltd.. Singapore. Mrs. Skey. who was 38 years of aie, was admitted to hospital on Thursday night. A
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    FISHERMAN FINED ON SAMSU CHARGE
    173 11 From Our Own Correspondent* Malacca, Jan. 13. P:NES totalling $250, or six months' rigorous imprisonment, were imposed by Mr. J. O. Rappopcrt in the Malacca police court to-day on a Hainanese fisherman. Ho Ah Seng, aged SC, who was convicted on charges of possession of
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    29 11 A farewell tiffin party will be given at the Astana Besar, Sri Menantl. on Thursday, in honour o: Mr. O. L. Ham. the retiring British Resident of Negri Sembilan.
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    TECHNICAL EDUCATION NOW OF SPECIAL IMPORTANCE
    1067 12 1.5.1*. Scheme \lii4 Be Kept Alive To Train Planters After War YOUNG MEN M\\ NOT BE ABLE TO K AFFORD COLLEGE TRAINING (From Our Own Carrospjndent > Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 13. THK isßfortaacc of the I.S.l*'s. Iffhaifil education scheme was stressed by the chairman,
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    RUBBER DIRECTOR'S FORTUNE
    44 12 <From Ojr Own Correspondent' London. Jan. 2. THE late Mr. W. E. Pickering, a dir- ector of Malay Rubber Planters, Ltd.. has Jeft a fortune of £62,304. with net personalty of £32,854. Duty of £7,639 has been paid to the Exchequer
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    Japanese Ask Hainanese To Co-operate
    149 12 Japanese Ask Hainanese To Co-operate THI Japanese authorities In Hainan Island, home of many thousands of Chinese in Malaya, are endeavouring to secure overseas Chinese support for their new government. With the object of establishing ciose contact with overseas Chinese from the island, the Hainan Overseas Association was formally inaugurated
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    MR. A. WYNNE MARRIED AT HOME
    68 12 From Our Own Correspondent' London, Jan. 2. MR. ALFRED WYNNE, who is wellknown in the Malay States, was married at Hull recently to Miss Nancy Clegg, second daughter of Mrs. J. Clegg and the late Mr. J. Clegs, of that city. Mr. and Mrs.
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    MOTOR-CYCLE P.C. IN ACCIDENT
    40 12 AN elderly Chinese woman was knocked down by a motor-cycla driven by an Indian police constable on his rounds in Havelock Road yesterday afternoon. The woman died within a few minutes An Inquest will be held
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    I.S.P. FINANCIAL POSITION "VERY SATISFACTORY"
    694 12 Vice-Chairman 's Review Of The Society 9 s Accounts (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 18. THK casli position oi' society was very satisfactory, explained Mr. A. T. Edgar, vice-chairman of the Incorporated Society of Planters, at the annual meeting: to-day. In dealing with
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    MR. E. M. ALLEN REELECTED I.S.P. CHAIRMAN
    116 12 ■From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. Jan. 13. MR. E. M Allen and Mr. A. T. Edgar were unanimously re-elected chairman and vice-chairman, respectively, of the I.S.P. at tc-day's meeting, while Evatt and Co were re-elected auditors. Mr. Allen thanked the meeang for
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    32 12 Mr. Wee Cheng Kirn. of the Union Insurance Society of Canton, asks us to state that he is not the person of similar name mentioned in an inquest report published on Saturdr.y
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    BELGIUM & HOLLAND TAKE MAY DEFENCE MEASURES
    424 13 BELGIUM HOLLAND TAKE MAY DEFENCE MEASURES "In Order To Be Prepared For All Eventualities," Says The Hague pCMNCIIHSNT uith news o! large-scale restriction of passenger train traffic in (Germany, which is lielieved to be a prelude to intensified military activity, come Reuter reports of intensive defence precautions in the Netherlands
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    39,000 NOW ESTIMATED KILLED BY QUAKES
    70 13 1 ATEST FIGURES <>.' the casualties in the TiUiUmh earthauake .show tlint there were more than .0.000 people tilled, and nearly 50.000 r;ui!dlags have been destroyed. As rrllef parties penetrate' Into the isolated ..nd affected regions, the constantly growing death-roll is revealed. The largest
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    Severe Fighting In Kwangsi
    140 13 Chungking, Jan. 14. SEVERE bombardment of Suihsien and Chienkiang. towns in central Mupeh I province, by Chinese artillery units Is claimed in dispatches received here. Heavy fighting is reported to b? going on In the vicinity. In the region of Nannlng, a strategic Kwangsi Province city
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    51 Germans Held In Egypt
    117 13 5 1 Germans Held In Egypt Cairo, Jan. 14. riFTY-ONE GERMANS have been arrested and imprisoned in Egypt within the last 48 hours, it is understood as a reprisal against the treatment suffered by a number of EpAptians residing in Germany. Many documents seized during raids on premises owned by
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    IMPROVING EGYPTIAN TRADE WITH JAPAN
    60 13 Cairo, Jan. 14. THE economic delegation has accepted the Japanese Government's Invitation to go to Japan at the oeginning of March to visit industrial centres with the ultimate view of improving E^ypt-Japanese trade. It is understood that conversations are proceeding both in Yokohama and Cairo
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    FRESH ITALIAN "HANDS OFF" WARNING TO MOSCOW
    224 13 "DOME has no aims or sch ru of aggression against Russia, but she is determined to defend Danubian and Balkan order against possible Bolshevik encroachment for the same reasons that she generously and disinterestedly assisted in the defence of order in Spain," declares
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    BULGARIA AND TURKEY RFACH AGREEMENT
    117 13 Sofia, Jan. 14. CO&U a i ioiont between Bulgaria and Turkey regarding the maintenance ol peace in the Balkans and the safeguarding of Bulgarian neutrality is expressed in a communique issued here following a meeting between the Bulgarian Prime Minister and the Secretary-General of the
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    SPANISH-FRENCH TRADE AGREEMENT SIGNED
    62 13 Madrid, Jan. 14. ASPANISH-French trade agreement was signed yesterday at the Foreign Ministry. France will buy from Spain iron, lead, zinc, mercury ores and pyrites, and Spain will buy wheat, automobiles, chemical products and other manufactured goods from North African protectorates and Indo-Chinese rice. Payments will
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    BUCHAREST DENIAL
    30 13 Bucharest. Jan. 14. AUTHORITATIVE circles here cate uorically deny the report that meeting has taken place between King Carol of Rumania and Prince Paul, 'rtegent of Yugoslavia.— Reuter.
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    Arms For Finland Through Reich
    43 13 Arms For Finland Through Reich Stockholm, Jan. 14. THE NAZI authorities have raised the embargo imposed on the transport through Germany of Italian arms to Finland, a consignment of which, believed to be planes, was held up by the Germans last week. Reuter.
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    Tokio Cabinet Resigns
    267 13 Ex-Navy Minister A 8 New Premier Tokio, Jan. 14. THE Empei or* commanded Adm. M. Yonai to form a new cabinet after the Abe cabinet resigned en t»Ioc to-day, only four and a half months after its advent. Admiral Yonai is a Navy Member of the War
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    NEW SOVIET ATTEMPT TO CUT FINLAND INTO TWO
    441 13 Finland and are making for the head of the Gulf of Bothnia. Meanwhile, Russian newspaper* and radio attacks on Norway and Sweden continue, and the newspaper Pravda quotes with approval German articles warning these two countries that they are undermining the relations
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    Fresh Air Raids On Helsinki
    312 13 400 Red Planes Attack Finnish Towns BOMBS were dropped on Helsinki for the nrst time this year when Soviet planes raided the city on Saturday. Sirens which sounded at 1.45 p.m. wer* immediately followed by tremendous explosions to the south-west, accompanied by heavy firing from
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    STALEMATE IN INDIAN POLITICAL SITUATION
    574 14 Congress Working Committee's Latest Pronouncement "CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY ONLY WAY TO ATTAIN FINAL SETTLEMENT" I ORD Linlithgow's statement last week in Bombay on the differences between the Congress party and the All-India Muslim League are felt in some quarters to hold out fresh hope of a
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    MERCY RECOMMENDATION IN SHANGHAI CASE
    69 14 Shanghai, Jan. 14. FOLLOWING the recommendation for mercy by tie Jury In the case In which Pte. Eckford. of the Ist. Battalion Seaforth Highlanders, was found guilty of murdering Lance-corporal Davies, a Judicial report of the case with the Jury's recommendation has been forwarded to
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    GERMAN LAW FOR CRIMES
    68 14 AN important change has been made In the German Criminal Code. Every person attempting to commit a crime, or any accessory after the fact, will be punished in exactly the same manner as if they had succeeded In their intent. The alteration is to be made
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    Indian Gunners In Singapore
    24 14 Indin gunners of a mountain regiment now in Singapore detachin; a howitzer from a trailer before putting it into mm,
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    The Sepoy Army Of India
    648 14 The Sepoy Army Of India Brilliant Record In The Great War (From a Correspondent) •THE great sepoy army of India is mainly composed of the fighting races of the north, who for centuries, before the arrival of the British, were continually battling and warring against invaders from the north. A
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    RUSH TO HEAR MR. CHURCHILL
    55 14 London, Jan. 14. II7TTH thousands of letters still un- opened, applications for admission to the meeting in the Manchester Free Trade Hall, which Mr. Winston Churchill. First Lord of che Admiralty, will address on Jan. 27 are already more than enough to fill the hall
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    Every 15th Man Shot In Prison Camp Revolt
    137 14 Every 15th Man Shot In Prison Camp Revolt /")NE man in 15 was shot when 300 v prisoners protested against the brutality of guards at the concentration camp at Schorfheide, Goering's estate in Brandenburg, says the Amsterdam correspondent of the Daily Herald. Pamphlets describing the outbreak are circulating secretly in
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    JEWS ORDERED TO SWEEP STREETS
    97 14 IN GERMANY, Jewish men have been ordered to sweep away snow from the streets, to break up ice and to build roads. In Berlin, more than 22.000 Jews have been employed, and special parties have been formed of Jews formerly in the professions. In the
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    CHARITY COLLECTIONS
    27 14 Regulations governing house-to-house collections for charitable purposes have been completed by Sir John Anderson. Home Secretary, under powers granted by the House-to-House Collections Act, 1939.
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    INDIAN SUPPORT FOR BRITISH WAR AIMS
    701 14 Nations Future Rests On Allied Victory "CROM the beginning there has been no question as to r the attitude of public opinion in India, whether in British India or the Indian States, towards our objective in fighting this war the destruction of Hitlerism, the
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    GUERILLAS ACTIVE NEAR PEIPING
    67 14 DENEWED guerilla activity is report*x ed west of Peiping. The guerillas raided the Japanesecontrolled coal mine at Panchiao in the Western H Us, routing the Chinese guards. The Japanese have dispatched reinforcements from Chanssintlen. and fighting ls continuing There is also fighting outside Wianghs!ang with the
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    MOBILE X-RAY UNIT GIFT
    30 14 An anonymous South African woman has presented the Royal Army Medical Corps with a mobile X-ray unit, costing over £2,500. It will be used Jn France.
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    KING SELLS LIVESTOCK
    27 14 Fifty-seven animals sent from th? Kings farms in Windsor Great Park realized £793 19s. 6d at the annual Christmas Fat Stock salr at Slough.
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    Women's Hockey
    30 15 Selangor att eking a phase of play in Saturday's hockey match between the Singapore women and their Selangor rivals. Singapore fully deserved their one-nil victroy. Straits Times picture.
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    GIRLS HAD GRIT AND STAYING POWER
    539 15 GIRLS HAD GRIT AND STAYING POWER FROM the point of view of interest and stern struggle, the women's hockey match between Singapore and Selangor on Saturday was one of the best matches seen In the series. The girls had plenty of grit and it was a question of who would
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    ARMY BRING MALAYA CUP FOR RUGBY BACK SOUTH
    1202 15 Prove Better Team To Beat Penang 16—5 In Final (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 13. THE Malaya Cup for rugger has returned South. Playing brilliantly, the Army wrested back the Cup they lost to Selangor last year by beating Penang
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    M.R.U. OFFICERS FOR YEAR
    76 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan- 13. AT the annual general meeting of the Malayan Rugby Union to-day in Kuala Lumpur the election of office-bearers for 1940 resulted President, Vaughan Jones; Penang. J- L. M. Boyd; Perak, T. P. M. Lewis; Selangor, Murray Scoular; Negri
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    21 15 The Army and Penang teams pose for the camera before Saturday's Malaya Cup rugby final at Kuala Lumpur. Straits Times picture.
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    LATEST POSITIONS IN HOME REGIONAL SOCCER TABLES
    978 15 LATEST League pos regional soccer ollows sitions tables in Home are as few castle reeds [uddersflcla iradford iradford C. Ilddlesbro' ork [artlcpools )arlinicton lull [allfax 9 7 9 5 8 4 7 5 8 4 9 4 7 3 6 3 9 3
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    32 15 HOCKEY: S.C.C. vs. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. S.C.C. C.S.C. vs. Hyderabad Regiment, C.S.C. Spore Colts Hockey Club vs. V.M.C.A Prince Edward Rd. RUGBY: S.C.C. Seven- A -Side tournament. S.C.C.
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    COLOURS BEAT WHITES IN VICE-VERSA RUGBY
    132 15 i TTHERE were many amusing Incidents. as usual, in the annual Vice-Versa Rugby match on the padang on Saturday when the Colours beat the Whites by 13 points (two goals and a try) to three <a try). The forwards were given places behind the
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    BOB PASTOR TO MEET BURMAN
    47 15 New York. Jan. 15. 808 Pas: or is meeting Clarence Burman in a twelve round contest at Detroit on Mar. 14. The winner will be recognized as the "white heavyweight champion of the world," according to the Michigan Sate Athletic Commission.— Reuter.
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    SWIMMING RECORD BY DUTCH GIRL
    50 15 A nsrerdam. Jan 1 < A WORLD recorc. for the 100 yards breast stroke was created by Miss Alie Style, of Holland, whose time of 1 mm. 13 sec. beat the previous record held by Miss Dora Hesselaars. of Holland, of 1 mm. 15.6 sec—
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    MIXED FOURSOMES AT MIXED FOURSOMES AT
    36 15 THE mixed loursomes competition played yesterday at the Royal Singapore Golf Club resulted in a win for Major and Mrs. F. G. R. Brittorous. with a score of 37' 2
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    BOXING MEETING
    16 15 Amateur Boxing Association will be held at St. Andrew's School to-day at 5 p.m.
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    NEGRI SPORTSMAN FOR SINGAPORE
    81 15 From Our Own Correspondent) Serembin, Jan. 13. NEGRI Scmbllan will miss a good sportsman by the forthcoming aeparture on transfer to Singapore jf F H. Cantrell, of the Serembau Customs Department. Cantrell playetf StaU n.gger and cricket for Negrl Sembllan and he played soccer and hockey
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    MAYFLOWERS WIN KEY GAME IN CLUB BADMINTON
    529 15 MAYFLOWERS WIN KEY GAME IN CLUB BADMINTON Devonshires Beaten Five-Nil ONCE ;i^;iin the Mayflower B.i». proved their supremacy in the local field of badminton, when they outplayed the Devonshire B.P. in .i Key match of the local inter-club championships, winning by five gamei to nil at the Clerical Union Hall
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    Teams For North-South Annual Rugby
    113 15 Teams For North -South Annual Rugby THE t arns for the North vs. South annual Rugby match to be played in Singapore at Anson Road stadiuni on Jan. 27 are: North: Keay 'Penang^: Lundon j iPenang>, Ferguson <Perak), Smi'h (Selangor' Dunne <Selangcr>. Carrel) Selangor Dr. Jones <Pfoang>. Pollock 'Selangor), Russe!:
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    BRITISH MORTAR SECTION AT BATTLE TRAINING IN FRANCE
    134 16 Infantry units of the British Expeditionary Force in France are strongly equipped with the latest types of mortar, highly mobile and efficient weapons developed since the last war. (•flicial pictures on this page >huvN a section at battle training somewhere in the
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