The Straits Times, 29 February 1940

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    36 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES 24 PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS. The straits Times 24 PAGES SINGAPORE. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS
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      112 1 For Up-to-date TAILORING. MIEN CHON6 You are assure* of real satisfaction. e\m Coleman St. vi Singapore. -Phone 4816- FAIRBANKS ■jt^^^N^aJr •NORMALLY STOCKED c&i =J=^w~ —i^ IN A WIDE RANGE 'S^^'^xf WEIGHING LOADS FROM JBk \^|]K^ 250-2,000 LBS. AA ~^|pV~ »LOW PRICES y^ SPARE PARTS fcr^ ALWAYS AVAILABLE SERVICING OF MACHINES
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      59 1 SINGAPORE, t 140 CECIL ST. ('PHONE 5471) SUAN KEE HOTEL I Malacca' t most up to-date hostelry) 105-107 Bunga Ray a Road, Malacca. Large, well furnished and airy rooms. Modern Sanitation. Shower baths. Excellent service. Charges moderate. Fully Licensed bar and restaurant Catering (or marriages and social funrtloris a speciality.
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      143 1 FOOTWEAR by 1\ S~ Exclusive shoe styles a /if/ in swing with the very latest fashions! c^^y^J^X Navy Kid Stitched Black Suede //\ff ,^^3BBQ in Wine Kid Medium Heel. /Hjj $19.75. $18.50. W& /T ROBINSON CO., LTD. LADIES' SHOE DEPT FIRST FLOOR. Double Room $17 per aa? .^^^^^^^^WyW^WPHWHrff^B Single Room
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      73 1 FINAL EDTN. for PERFECT STYLES in DRESSMAKING READYMADES Call at MADAME PAGE'S SALONS 13, Battery Road, Singapore. HOTEL MAJESTIC Kuala Lumpur. KUALA LUMPUR 25 JAVA ST. CPHONE 3683). =WINGET CONCRETE MIXERS AND STONE CRUSHERS WINGET CONCRETE MIXERS are built to give maximum service and .output with minimum attention. Hundreds in
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      575 2 ©ie Straits 9Tmi£S SMALL APST 25 cents per line (Six words). Mini mum charge 1. for advt. not Mceedinp 4 line*. Box No. 25 cents extra. 5ma// Ad*, are prepayable The engagement is announced between Kwa Soen Hwie, third son of Mr. Mrs. Kwa 8ioe Djlen, of Semarang, Java, and
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      889 2 FOR SALE FOR SALE. Portable 7 H.P. Steam Engine, as scrap, not In working order. Merltonau Estate, Malacca. SHOVELS, CHANGKOLS, Bass Brooms, anJ Scythe Blades to be cleared at lowest prices. Apply to Box 756, G.P.O. Singapore. MACHINERY FOR SALE FOR SALE from Calcutta stock at low prices O. K.
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      857 2 BOARD RESIDENCE THE GUESTHOUSE, 45 Scotts Rd. Vacant nicely furnished, airy single room. Good cuisine. Beautiful gardens. H. C. water every possible comfort. Well recommended. HlLLTOP— shortly available one double and single bed room with bathrooms attached. Singapore's most advantageously situated guest house. Bright airy Tooms with special attention devoted
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      804 2 FOR HIRE REFRIGERATOR— New or Used. Phone 3333 AUCTION NOTICES AUCTION SALE of well-kept real European polished teak household furniture of every description, colourful Indian centre carpets, best English china dinner service, glass silver-wares, etc., etc. (By Order of Mrs. H. Hltchani (S.H.B.) To be held at No. 385, Telok
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      481 2 BUSINESS CARDS ETC. Room 35. Raffles Hotel Bpoi ts Suits in Silk and Cotton Sarongs. APB 1 EDUCATIONAL LESSONS IN MALAY, Arabic and Tamil. Highest recommendation. Special class for ladles. By appointment at pupils' homes Apply Box 334. Straits Times. ADMISSION deiinitoly closes on Mar. 1. lor RAPID COURSE for
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      149 2 USED CARS BRINKMANN'S FOR VALUE 19.T7 VAUXHALL SKDAN 11 H.P. $1. .'500.00 Perfect tradition. Bod\ newly painted, had complete overhaul. Fnlly licensed. 1937 VAUXHALL SEDAN 11 H.P. 1,2 50.00 Perfect condition, re-dncoed, well-shod. Fully licensed. 1938 OFBL OLI I(A COACH 16.9 H.P. $1,250.00 Here is a car that will [rive
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      400 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. (Incorporates id England) PENINSULAR ANU ORIENTAI SJJ Co MAtl PABBBNOER AND CARGO SERVTCEThe best possible services are beinj maintained to the United Kingdom, also to Hong Kong Shanghai Passengers are requested to register their requirements, j but under present circum^ stances sailings are
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      365 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS (Incorporated tn Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR TO LIVERPOOL Colombo. A 1 n. Sues. Port Said. Naples. M%rs«l!les. Gibraltar. Lisbon and Liverpool Sail S'Dore XHUSIMI MAHU Mar. 15 16 HAKUSANMARU Apr. 4 5 X Omits Lisbon Calls Bombay TO JLIVKRPOOL Vti> Soes, Genca Liverpool. Antwerp
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      704 3 LUXURIOUS ONE-CLASS MOTORSHIPS Cabins with Private Bath -Excellent CuLslnr PASSENGER <c FREIGHT SERVICES HOMEWARDS: to Colombo, Aden, Port Said, Palestine, Beyrouth Marseilles, Casablanra, London, Antwerp Rotterdam, Copenhagen and Scandinavia. OUTWARDS: to Bangkok. Saigon. Manila. Hongkong. Shanghai and Japan. For particulars regarding sailings fares, etc olease apply to THE EAST ASIATIC
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      472 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. BLUE FUNNEL LINE Frequent Sailings to UnitJ Kingdom and United States ol America. Oates are not guaranteed, all cargo bookings subject to Conference War Clauses. WESTKRN AUSTRALIA THE SHORTEST SEA ..wUTE AT THE CHEAPEST FARE Regular Services to Fre mantle (Perth) via Java by first class passenger
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    Fraser & Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations
    1293 4 Fraser Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations WEDNESDAY, FEB. 28, 1940: 5 P.M. MINING Buyer* Seller* Ampat Tin (4s) 5s 6e 6d Austral Amal <si) 6s 6s 6d c.d. Austral Malay it) S7s 39s c.d Ayer Hltam 24s 25s Ayer Weng .70 .75 Bangrln Tin 21s 9d 22s 9d Batu Selangor ($1)
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    SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTION
    154 4 Only 330 Tons Sold Yesterday THHE Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1,475 th auction yesterday, when there was catalogued 1,528.827 lb. 682.51 tons; offered 1,404,545 lb, 627.03 tons; sold 739,308 lb, 380.00 tons. SPOT London 12 13|16d. New York 18% cts. PRICES REALIZED Ribbed
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    FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
    268 4 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Books Company Dividend Clow Date Singapore, Feb. 28, 5 p.m. Total for Sx Div. financial yetr TIN AusUal Amal 3d. Austral Malay Bd. and 113 bonus Mar. 4 Burma Malay 6d. No. 22 Mar. 27 Katu Tin 6d. No. 23 Is. bonus Mar. 6
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    171 4 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES from Oux Own Correspondent) London, Feb. 28. /COMMODITY and Exchange markets closed V* as follows with previous quotations m parenthesis: KLMBER: Dull Spot 12«*d 12? id (12 13,16(1 12 15 16d) March 12% d 12* d 12 1316 d 12 15 16d) April-June 11 13 lGd 11 T»d
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    LYALL AND EVATT'S DAILY QUOTATIONS
    233 4 MINIM O B«yers Seller* Ampate Ifr 5/4 Austraj Amaif 6/V.2 6/4>*cd Batu 6elangon> 1.58 1-62 Hong Fatts l-2« 129 jelebut 0.88 0.91 Kam^ong Lanjntr 23/- 23/9 X Kamuntin* 8/- 8/9xd Kamunting 11/6 12/6 cd Klang Rivers 2.90 2.10 KrauiaU 11/9 12/3 Kuchata 1.89 1.73 utsuta
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DESPATCHES
    144 4 Mails close at the General Post Office as follows TO-DAY Aden (Air) 5.00 p.m. Africa (Air) 5.00 p.m. Australia (Air) 5.00 p.m. Burma (Air) 5.00 pjn. Ceylon (Surface) noon Egypt (Air) 5.00 p.m. Oreat Britain and Europe generally (Air) 5.00 p.m. India (Air) 5.00 pjn. Indo-China
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      230 4 TIDE TABLES SINGAPORE To-flay H. W. 2.11 am 9.2 ft; 3.55 p.m. 8.3 ft. L.-W 8.30 a.m. 1.4 ft.: 8.41 p.m. 33 ft. To-morrow H.W. 264 am. 8.7 ft.; 4.01 p.m. 7.4 ft. L.W. 9.28 am. 1.8 ft; 928 p.m. 4.1 ft. Saturday, Mar. 2. H.W. 3.43 a.m. 8.3 ft.;
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      445 5 Shares Quiet But Steady: Few Price Changes Ry Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, Feb. 29. TIN has failed completely to maintain the rise which resulted when the reduction in the exportable allowance was announced a few days ago and in London yesterday the price fell 50s. for both
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      121 5 Singapore, Feb. 29, noon. Buyera SeUen Gambler 7.50 Hamburg Cube $13.00 Java Cube $12.00 Pepptr White Muntok $14.25 White $13.75 Black 8.25 Copra Mixed $3.45 Sun Dried $3.80 Sage Flout No 1 Lingga $6.57>-. Fair $6.57»» $6.57 Vi Sarawak $6.75 Jelotong Palembang $15.00 Banja $14.50 Sarawak $15.50
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      140 5 Thursday. Feb. 29. noon. Buyers Sellers Prices Prices No. IX R.S S. (Spot loose) 38'k 38% No. IX R.S S. f.0.0. In cases Feb. -Mar. 39 H 40 Sellers option G.F.A.Q. R.S.S. r.o.b. in bales Feb. Mar. 364 3«», Sellers option F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. la
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      TIN CONTROL TO CONTINUE
      283 5 "Not Prejudicial To British Interests" London, Feb. 28. DRITISH interests at present ara not prejudiced by the continuation of the International Tin Control Agreement, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, Secretary of State for the Colonies, stated in the House of Commons to-day. Mr. Mac Donald was replying to
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      RUBBER MARKET VERY QUIET
      440 5 Prices Easier On Balance IN a weekly report on the rubber market, issued this morning. Lewis and Peat (Singapore) Ltd. write: Throughout the week the market has been very quiet and only slight fluctuations have taken place. Inquiry from abroad has only been moderate, but locally
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      PALESTINE POLICY IS OPPOSED
      419 5 THE opposition Labour party hat decided to put down a motion of censure on the Government statement yesterday with regard to the land policy in Palestine. The Liberal opposition intends to support the motion, which is likely to be debated next week. —Reuter. London, Feb. 28.
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      London Stock Exchange
      378 5 London, Feb. 28. AN the Stock Exchange to-day. Kaffirs moved up sharply late In the afternoon on the announcement of the South African Government's modification of its gold-mining policy. Home rails were firm on the Southern Railway's dividend of l per cent, on the deferred ordinary Stock.
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      SOUTH AFRICA'S WAR BUDGET
      225 5 New Method Of Taxing Gold-Mining Industry Cape Town. Feb. 28. PRESENTING the war budget to the Assembly to-day, the Finance Minister, Mr. J. H. Hofmeyr. stated that the estimated revenue for the fiscal year 1940/1941 on the existing basis of taxation was £44.868,000. excluding amounts accruing
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      EXCHANGES
      176 5 The following ate the exchange rales tnia morning according to the daily circular Issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation SELLING London T.T 3/4 1/ia London demand a/4 1/16 Rate for freight 2/4% Lyons demand 2057 Switzerland demand 208 Hamburg demand New York demand 46% Montreal demand 61%
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      131 5 MOBIL W^kf This new American H.M.V. Viih SPREAD BAND New Yorker special Model ■T'SSM^^^^^m otTers 7 tuning ranges witii BBBSQ^Ta BAND SPREAD on 13, 16, 19. and 31 -meter bands. No I pggy T radio receiver has heretofore I Hr^WwpTljSSpE H provided such complete and I BL^^^ "jWMt implHied band
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      253 5 C. T. PYRIN 1 will absolutely relieve your cold in a few hours. Harmless and effective For COLDS. CATARRH and INFLUENZA IT WILL NOT FAIL YOU. From all Chemists and Dispensaries. Sole Agents: 6RAFTON LABORATORIES, LTD. Singapore and Koala Lumpur. If 'l'll IP CHEONGHOCKCHYE&Co. AUCTIONEERS. VALUERS, HOUSE AGENTS COMMISSION AGENTS.
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      240 5 HW f>^^l It Is imposss&*w<y slble for an individual to 5 provide for his vamed possessions the safety that Is afforded by our vaults where we hare safe boxes of various sixes for hire at moderate rntes. HIRERS themselves hold the KEYS and ONLY THEY can have access to these
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      291 6 A Breezy Comedy of The Royal Navy Produced With the full Co-operation of The Admiralty. TO-DAY 3.15, i t v a mm Q n A 6.15 9.15 p.m. AJbIIAPI Mm Mm A Britain's Mighty Navy as a background for Britain's funniest comedian. ißUl^ mH'iß '-'•> m .%w£Hf x JF -f
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      276 6 THE TRUE, SENSATIONAL STORY OF THE MOST GLAMOROUS, MOST DANGEROUS CITY AND THE I jT £^k MAN WHO TAMED IT 1 BUH OPENS TO-NIGHT 6.15 9.15 tOUVIA DeHAVILLAND ANN SHERIDAN WUO CAMT rtAHX MdWOH AIAW-HAU JOHN lim KMT niAVHS VICTOt JOIV WMMM UiMMOAN OriahoiidMifivkvhtwMtakw Mflt>tva«i*»k>> dukm k> Miouin cutTu I
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      66 6 The Ideal Combination WESTERN ELECTRIC SOUND EQUIPMENTS SIMPLEX PROJECTION APPARATUS Nfew Models New Prices New Terms For full particulars write to:— Western Euwk Company or Zsia IHIIIIM m IM M. «OtlM«O» to»», •INGAPOM. It 111 1 Eose that DRY RASPY throat Each of these tasty cough drops bathes your throat
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      320 6 MICKEY ROONEY BLUSHES WITH PRIDE at the Congratulations showered on him YOU MUST SEE HIM IN THIS GRA^D NEW M.-G.-M. HIT! At Malaya's Largest Finest 'Carrier* Air-Conditioned Theatre CA PI TOT. I 3 SHOWS TODAY JH~~^3 I 1 SHOWS SATURDAY t FORGET EVERYTHING ELSE and SEE IT ...Even his teacher
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    U.S. STORY OF AN ARMS DEAL BETWEEN REICH & SWEDEN
    170 7 U.S. STORY OF AN ARMS DEAL BETWEEN REICH SWEDEN Move Designed To Prevent Soviet From Advancing Westward? New York, Feb. 28. ALL Swedish types of armaments captured by Germany in Poland will be sold to Sweden by Germany, according to reports in diplomatic circles, says the New York Times in
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    LONG-RANGE DEFENCE OF PANAMA CANAL
    97 7 New York, Feb. 28. LONG-RANGE defence of the Panama Canal requires double the present number of planes and guns, President Roosevelt, who yesterday completed an Inspection of the canal, told his Press conference aboard the cruiser Tuscaloosa. The President said that the planes were needed
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    TURKISH SHIPBUILDING STUDENTS FOR BRITAIN
    56 7 Ankara, Feb. 28. FORTY Turkish students are going to Britain to take shipbuilding and engineering courses in British shipyards under en agreement between the British and Turkish Governments. The students were in Germany for a course in German shipyards until the outbreak of war, when
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    KING CAROL FOR ITALY?
    30 7 London, Feb. 28. •THE German wireless reports that King Carol of Rumania will make an official visit to Italy during the first half of April.— Reuter.
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    Fresh Rumours About Turkey Story Of Recall Of All Shipping
    207 7 Fresh Rumours About Turkey Story Of Recall Of All Shipping Istanbul, Feb. 28. /COMPETENT authorities here deny V. all knowledge of. and shipowners express astonishment at, a report alleging that the Cabinet has ordered all Turkish steamers in foreign waters to return immediately. It is stated that some control of
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    NO RUSSO-TURKISH BORDER INCIDENT
    96 7 London, Feb. 28. IN the House of Commons to-day, asked to make a statement on the "recent military and diplomatic developments on the Russian and Turkish sides of the Caucasus," Mr. R. A. Butler, Foreign Under-Secretary. stated that Lord Halifax had received no official confirmation of
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    The Straits Times (181st. Day of the War.) HONG KONG TRIES AGAIN
    1123 8 The Straits Times (181st. Day of the War.) HONG KONG TRIES AGAIN In the lace of vigorous opposition from all sections of the community, the Government of Hong Kong abandoned plans to enforce an income tax in the Colony. It appointed a War Revenue Committes to examine the whole problem,
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    SCUTTLED GRAF SPEE IS SOLD AS SCRAP
    40 8 Montevideo, Feb. 28. It la statod In shipping circles here that the wreck of the scuttled Nazi "pocket-battleship" Graf Spec has been sold by the German authorities to an Argentine steel firm. Reuter.
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    37 8 Major Kermit Roosevelt, son ol Theodore Roosevelt, and a relative of the present President, has decided to apply for permission to resign his commission in the British Army to lead the international volunteers in Kin land.- -Reuter.
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  • Letters To The Editor
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      THE B.M.B.C.
      184 8 Bright Suggestion For Its Successors To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— The 8.M.8.C. seems to turn a deaf ear to the continual nasty remarks made by listeners on the present standard of programmes. This is evidenced by the absence of change in the programmes of late.
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      THE EURASIANS
      342 8 Spacious Days That Can Never Return To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— l have read with great interest the letter of Etnom." of Muar, on the subject of Eurasians, published in your issue of Feb. 24. May I be permitted to add a few further facts
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      THE SIRDHANA
      203 8 Inaccurate Notification About Mails To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, Three days after the Sirdhana sank (Nov. 13) the post office announced that, along with other mails, all mail for the United States and Canada, posted between Nov. 2 and Nov. 11, (6 p.m.) was on
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      CONTEMPLATION
      70 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, Have you considered the spectacle of the intellectuals— I lie Aldous Huxleys, the Truemans and such-like —squatting down with their bloodbrother intellectuals Hitler, Goering, Goebbels, Ribbentrop and Co. and Joe Stalin, to abolish war and rstabllsh universal peace, love and charity
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      HORRORS OF WAR
      392 8 A Japanese View Of Bombing To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— l shall be very grateful if you will allow me space in which I will write an article entitled "The Horrors of War." Individuals settle their disputes by coming to blows and fighting until
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      A CHESTNUT
      393 8 The Man Whom Curiosity Kept Alive To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— lf Hamlet hesitated to take his life because he was uncertain whether the ills that awaited him on the other side of the grave were greater or less than those with which he had
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      "BLOOD BROTHERS"
      92 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— lt is difficult to understand the tortuous workings of a mind which asserts that the present conflict is "a thinly disguised war of revenge against our blood brothers in Germany." Such a reading of the situation bears all the characteristics
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      OFFICIAL VOTES
      423 8 Interesting Ruling By Earl Grey To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— ln the course of your interesting leading art:cle of Feb. 22. touching on the question yf income tax, you said that the Governor has always shown himself extremely reluctant to employ the official majority, and
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      S.H.B. STRIKE
      403 8 Who Is Maintaining The Idle Men? To th<- Kditi.i of the Straits Times Sir,— After the brave and firm words of HE. the Governor a few weeks ago with regard to strikes, more especially those affecting essential service.', it rather surprised me to see in your to-day's issue
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      DEATH DUTIES
      384 4 Objection To Proposed Taxation Reform To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— lt is interesting to read in the last annual report of the Collector of Estate Duty, F.M.S. that there has been a remarkable increase in death duties, which realized neany a million dollars. A committee
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      R.A.F.Sets Up New Flight Standard
      321 4 Nightly Triumph Of Patrol Crews ALREADY the war has set up a new standard of achievement In flying. Never before has there been nightly flying in the winter conditions of Northern Europe without the organization set up for air line operation. Moreover, in such conditions
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      GERMAN PEOPLE AGAINST WAR
      79 4 New York. SEVENTY-FIVE per cent, of Germans are bitterly opposed to Hitler, and 95 per oent. are against the war, according to Mr. Oswald Garrison Villurd, the wellknown American journalist, who has just returned from a visit to Germany. Mr. Villard said that many Germans express
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      MYTHOLOGY
      760 4 "Solution To All Our Misunderstandings" To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, My only reason for sending you this article lor publication is that I believe your readers may be interested in the interpretation of the indent mythology with which every natlnn is fully wrapped up, to the
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      DANCING CRAZE
      112 4 To the Editor of the Slraits Times Sir, While sympathizing with "Suffering Wife" for being ill-treated by her husband as a result of his new diversion in going to cubarcts, I ;un surprised at her suggestion which threatens the bread and butt' r of other young men by
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      ANGLO-CHILEAN TRADE AGREEMENT
      67 4 ANGLO-CHILEAN TRA DE AGREEMENT New York, Feb. 27. THE Dow Jontv, r.g. n~y states that the Chilean consUut. al In New York hat announced that Iks Chilean Exchange Control Commission ami ltprwentathis of the British Government have signed aa agreement whereby Britain will buy wool to the value of £800.000
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      27 8 PHILLIPS RUBBER SOLES Made in England Famous for its Longwear For All Shoe-Makers Sole Agents: RAHAMIN PENHAS, 117-125. CECIL STREET. SINGAPORE. RAILWAYS ARE THE MAINSTAY OF COMMERCE
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    INCREASED FOREIGN HELP FOR FINLAND
    659 9 Daladier Says Allied Aid Will Continue VOLUNTEERS IN LONDON TO LEAVE SOON FOR FRONT Great Battle Raging For Possession Of Viipuri TVFEWS of help for Finland comes to-day from many parts of the world. In Washington, the House of Representatives passed a bill sanctioning a
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    SWEDEN EXPANDING HER AIR FORCE
    42 9 Stockholm. Feb 29. Tvs approved the pro:i or iwo new groups of pursuit i and two r.ow reconnaissance squadrons. i passed a b 11 to compel owners O! far:nrios and other buildings to r i^ici shelters Router
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    Naval Battle Off Holland ?
    44 9 Naval Battle Off Holland The Hague, Feb. 29. LIEAVY gunfire was heard off 11 the Dutch coast at midnight. It is believed a naval action was in progress. The firing lasted an hour, and flashes of exploding shells were seen from the shore. Reuter.
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    ALLIED AID FOR FINNS
    189 9 ALLIED AID FOR FINNS Paris, Feb. 29. "THE progress of the war on the 1 Western Front, the war in Finland and the general international situation were outlined by M. I Daladier, Premier and War Minister, in an important statement to the foreign affairs committee of the Chamber yesterday. A
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    COMPULSORY SAVING?
    238 9 Statement In The House Of Lords THE scheme for compulsory sav1 ing during the war recently propounded by the well-known economist, Mr. J. M. Keynes, came within the Parliamentary orbit last night when Mr. Keynes addressed 250 M.P.S of all parties. Mr. Keynes argued that a rising proportion
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    Premier's Appeal To Farmers
    338 9 Premier's Appeal To Farmers AN appeal for stimulation of agricultural production was made by Mr. Neville Chamberlain, addressing the chairmen of county war and agricultural executive committees yesterday. We are turning the country into a huge armaments workshop, the Prime Minister said, thereby placing a strain upon shipping which did
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    GOEBBELS ON "WAR OF LIFE OR DEATH"
    413 9 Berlin, Feb. 29. ADDRESSING a meeting at Muenster, Dr. Goebbels, Reich Propaganda Minister, declared that the German nation was now united Jor the first time in its history. The very existence of a united German nation, he said, had been regarded as a
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    Finnish Tactics On Western Front
    29 9 B.E.F. patrols succsesfully adopted Finnish tactics during the intense cold recently, wearing white suit ca moufiage (above) in raids on German positions in "No-Man's-Land."
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    U.S. PLAN FOR NEW ORDER
    212 9 Mr. Hull PostWar World Washington, Feb. 29. THE U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. 1 Cordell Hull, said last night that conversations were under way between American diplomats and foreign governments all over the world in the interest of preventing the forces of autarchy, regimentation and
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    Nazis' Special Car For Mr. Sumner Welles
    185 9 Zurich, Feb. 29. MR. Sumner Welles, U.S. Undersecretary of State (who Is visiting Berlin, Paris and London on behalf of President Roosevelt), arrived here yesterday from Rome. He was cheered at the station by a crowd of about 1.000 people. Mr. Welles drove
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    ALLIES WINNING ON ALL FIVE "FRONTS"
    204 9 SPEAKING at Dover last evening, Sir George Paish, the noted Liberal economist, spoke of the "five fronts" on which the Allies were fighting— naval, military, diplomatic, economic and financial. On the naval front the Allies, he said, are completely victorious; on the military front
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    Hitch In Anglo-Italian Talks
    252 9 Hitch In AngloItalian Talks Paris, Feb. 29. THE Rome correspondent of Le Temps says that economic relations between Britain and Italy have reached a delicate stage since several weeks of negotiation have failed to produce a mutually satisfactory agreement on an outstanding question. The writer states that the principal obstacle
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    NAZI WAR ON ALL SHIPS
    133 9 Announcement By Berlin Haclio London, Feb. 29. THE German war against neutral shipping was frankly explained in a broadcast from Germany yesterday. After compiaining that British figures of sea losses failed to include neutral losses, the announcement continued. "This automatically disregards the sole aim of
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    Threat To Neutrals
    197 9 Furthermore. Dr. Goebbels. ths Propaganda Minister, speaking in Berlin last night, made it clear that Germany does not Intend to allow neutrals oven to express an opinion with which Germany was not n agreement "It is not sufficient." he said, "thnt tne government of a neutral state
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    RETCH'S INDUSTRIES HARD HIT
    134 9 ACCORDING to an Amsterdam message, th; Oerman Government, alarmed at the difficulties in which many German firms are findinp themselves *a a result of thp war. has tightened up Its control trade in Germany. A new decree Issued by the German Government announces that for defence
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    MALAYAN WITH INDIAN TROOPS IN FRANCE
    1191 10 Frontier Veterans Proud To Follow Their Fathers MULE COMPANY PROVES ITS VALUE DURING BAD WEATHER INDIAN troops now serving in France are cold but happy and are extremely proud to be there, says G. R. Tonkin, Straits Times Special Correspondent with the British Expeditionary
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    AMUSEMENTS
    176 10 slNGAFOHfc RVKHtS HOTEL Orchestral Concert 8.15 to 9.15 p.m. Dinner tc Dance (Formal) 9.45 to Midnight. CARK1CK THEATRE. GEYLANG Bolero Opera presents Si Ipan or Black Pirate 8.30 p.m. GREAT WOULD Cabaret 9p.m. to Midnight Olobe You're Only Young Once. Sky: 3 Comrades. Atlantic Theatre: Chinese Picture HAPPY WORLD
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    Seremban Man's Son Decorated In France
    75 10 Flight -Lieut. R. V. Jeff, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Jeff, of Seremtoan, is seen among French air officers who were decorated this month by Gen. Vuillemin, chief of the French Air Force. Flight-Lieut. Jeff, who was born in Malaya, was the first
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    German Internees Released
    144 10 TWELVE German internees were released from the internment camp in Singapore yesterday and proceeded to Shanghai by the Italian liner Conte Rosso. Two were accompanied by their wives, and one had his mother-in-law as well. All were non-technicians and the release was in accordance with the policy
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    CHINESE AND INCOME TAX
    260 10 Governor's Views Are Awaited A MEETING of Chinese trade guilds and associations in Singapore to consider a resolution opposing the introduction of income tax in the country, called for tomorrow at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce has been postponed to Thursday to allow the community to
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    NEW HEAD FOR COLONY'S IMMIGRATION DEPT.
    69 10 MR. S. M. Mlddlebrook, Protector of Chinese, Penang, is coming to Singapore in April as the Immigration Officer, SJS. He will be taking the place of Mr. E. D. Fleming who in turn will take over the duties of Mr. J. Jeff, Assistant Secretary
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    WHISKY OUTPUT TO BE RESTRICTED
    63 10 London, Feb. 28 In the House of Commons to-day Mi. 1 William Morrison, Minister of Food, announced that the Government had decided to restrict the output of whisky and other potable spirits for the current year to onethird of last year's production. It Is understood
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    Questions In Parliament On Recent Sarawak Events
    214 10 QUESTIONS in connection with < the recent deposition of Mr. Anthony Brooke from the post of Rajah Muda of "Sarawak were asked in the House of Commons yesterday. Mr. John Graham Kerr asked Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, Secretary of State i )i Colonies,
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    ONE SINGAPORE ROAD HAS MODERN LIGHTING
    322 10 Clemenceau A venue System Advocated For Island rLEMENCEAU Av£nue, from Cavanagh Road to Bukit Timah Road, will be the most modern lighted stretch of road in Singapore by the end of next week. Approximately $13,000 will have been spent on erecting new mer-cury-vapour electric
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    FAR EAST SHIP IN RESCUE
    253 10 Men From Dutch Tanker Saved THE British steamer Glenorchy, 1 homeward bound from the Far East, has rescued members of the crew of the Dutch motor tanker Den Haag, torpedoed without warning by a German U-boat in the Atlantic on Feb. 15. The Den Haag
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    THE COLONIAL SERVICES
    330 10 Removal Of Colour Bar Urged NEW PLEA MADE TO MR. MacDONALD (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Feb. 20. IN connection with the training of Mr. Arundel Moody, a coloured man, for a commission in the British Army a War Office precedent which has given widespread satisfaction in
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    TOKIO-BANGKOK AIR SERVICE OPENS
    57 10 'From Our Own Correspondent Bangkok, Feb. 29. FE inaugural flight of the new Toklo to Bangkok air service by the allsea route from Canton, was completed yesterday. The Japanese plane was welcomed by the members of the Japanese community at Don Muang air port. Thr flight
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    "CASE FOR INCOME TAX, AS I SEE IT"—GOVERNOR
    536 11 "CASE FOR INCOME TAX, AS I SEE IT"— GOVERNOR Sir Shenton To Broadcast On War-Time Taxation PUBLIC EAGERLY AWAIT STATEMENT ON THE OFFICIAL ATTITUDE THE Governor and High Commissioner, Sir Shenton Thomas, will take unprecedented step of speaking about wartime taxation to the people of Malaya in an informal talk
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    Ranee Of Sarawak III In New York
    50 11 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Feb. 28. THE Ranee of Sarawak, who is lecturing in America to raise money for Sarawak lepers, is receiving treatment for nervous exhaustion at a New York hospital, according to the New York correspondent of the Daily Telegraph.
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    Kandang Kerbau Police Clerk To Go To Assizes
    218 11 Kandang Kerbau Police Clerk To Go To Assizes CHINESE FACES THREE CHARGES TAN YONG FOOK, chief clerk and interpreter at the Kandang Kerbau police station, was committed for trial at the next Assizes by Mr. H. Watson, Singapore third magistrate, yesterday after a preliminary inquiry into a series of charges
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    500 CHINESE FROM GERMAN SHIPS
    176 11 About 4,000 Returning To Shanghai A FURTHER group of Chinese laundrymen, firemen and sailors off German ships either interned or unable to leave German ports because of the British blockade passed through Singapore yesterday on the Lloyd Tries' ino liner Conte Rosso on their way
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    THEFT OF RAMBUTAN TREES ALLEGED
    139 11 LIM Yew Kee was charged with the theft ot seven young rambutan trees valued at $35 from the garden of Goh Chan Van at Tana Merah, in the Singapore second court yesterday. It was alleged that at one o'clock on the morning of Jan. 6,
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    UNGKU ABDUL AZIZ ILL
    31 11 'From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Feb. 28. UNGKU Abdul Aziz, the Mentri Besar of Johore. has been Indisposed since Monday and is confined to his residence.
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    VETERAN OF LADYSMITH AT REGIMENTAL BALL
    311 11 CEVERAL hundred people were present at the annual ball given by the Warrant Officers' and Sergeants' Mess of the Ist Battalion, The Manchester Regiment, at Tanglin Barracks last night to commemorate the raising of the siege of Ladysmith during the South African War. Among
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    STAFF ENTERTAINS CAPT. A. C. SMITH
    71 11 CAPT. A. C. SMITH, the Lower Perak planter, was entertained to tea at the Cosmopolitan Cafe, Bagan Datoh, recently by the Asiatic staff of the Straits Plantations Ltd. on his recently being made a Justice of the Peace. Capt. Smith was also presented with
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    LAW FOR WEEKLY HOLIDAY URGED
    123 11 AT A MEETING of the committee of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association the president said that a letter had been addressed to Government stating that the committee were of opinion that there was a very widespread desire among Asiatic shop assistants for an amelioration of
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    CHINESE TO GET A WHIPPING
    83 11 CONVICTED of putting another Chinese in fear of injury in order to commit extortion of $1, Wee Ah Seng, who had a previous conviction for the same offence, was sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment and ordered to receive ten strokes of the rot an
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    LETTER TO WAR MINISTER MENTIONED IN HIGH COURT
    377 11 HOW he had written to the Secretary of State for War in connection with ascertaining the whereabouts of an army officer in order to obtain evidence from him on commission was described by counsel in a High Court case yesterday. The case
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    $100,000 Damage In Johore Estate Fire STATEMENT IN COURT CASK
    196 11 $100,000 Damage In Joh o re Estate Fire STATEMENT IN COURT CASK (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru. Feb. 28. WHILE investigating the cause of a fire— stated to have resulted in damage amounting to SI OO.OOO at Bukit Pulai Estate. Masai, ft tc.tiay, tho police found a Chinese workman
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    INDIAN YOUTH LEAGUE
    92 11 AT the secpnd annual general meeting of the Indian Youth League, Singapore, this week the following were unanimously elected office-bearers for the current year: President: Mr. S. C. Goho; vice-president: Mr. K. R. Menon; secretary: Mr. S. Raja Ram; asst. secretary. Mr. K. Arjunan; treasurer: Mr. R.
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    REFUGEE SAYS BLOCKADE IS HITTING REICH SEVERELY
    586 12 "Conditions In Berlin Terrible": Much Secret Discontent BADLY concealed discontent among the German people because of the frequent failings of Dr. Goebbels' promises was described to a Straits Times reporter by a political refugee who left Germany only four weeks ago and passed
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    CHINESE CONSUL
    38 12 ON his way to Chungking from France where he had been a consul for China, Tien Mai Huang arrived at Singapore yesterday. He will be staying in Singapore for a few days before continuing his Journey.
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    FUNERAL OF MR. JOHN PYNE PENNEFATHER
    935 12 'FHE FUNERAL of Mr. John Pyne Pennefather, who died at his residence at Pasir Panjang on Tuesday evening, took place at the Bidadari Cemetery yesterday afternoon and was very largely attended by the family, relatives and iriends. In the very large gathering were, Mr.
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    100,000 Poles Have Died In Warsaw
    78 12 A POLISH electrical engineer who was allowed out of war-torn Warsaw "because I am of the Roman Catholic Faith," arrived at Singapore yesterday on his way to Shanghai in the Italian liner Conte Rosso. Describing Nazi actions in Warsaw he said that over 11,900
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    Prison For "An Habitual Thief"
    172 12 "THIS man has been an habitual thief 1 since 1934; he has three previous convictions for theft and one conviction on two charges of extortion; two of the theft charges are for snatchthieving," said Court Inspector Astln in the Singapore fifth court yesterday when a
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    RAFFLES COLLEGE UNION OFFICERS
    152 12 At the annual meeting of Raffles College Union, the following were elected office bearers for the academic year *****941: Managing Committee: President: F. C. Arulanandom; vice-president: Kvan Sal Kheong; hon. general secretary: Ho Guan hal; hon. treasurer: Neoh Thean Chye; hon. sports secretary: Delmon bin Jamalludln;
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    MALAY NEWS BULLETIN
    248 12 f\UA buah lagi kapal selam Jerman telah di-tenggelamkan. Kapal prang destroyer Peranchis telah menenggelamkan sa-buah daripada-nya, dan yang sa-buah lagl ltu telah berlanggar dengan sa-buah kapal Norway. Dalam per langgaran mi kapal Norway itu pun telah rosak banyak, sa-kerat badan-nya tenggelam pada masa orang2-nya di-pindahkan oleh sa-buah
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    "A MOST PERSISTENT OFFENDER"
    97 12 DESCRIBED as "a most persistent offender under this section" Mun Ah Tek alias Loi Chew, who was charged in the Singapore third court yesterday with failing to report as a police supervisee, was sentenced to one month's rigorous imprisonment. Court Inspector f>. H. Cow-e informed the
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    R.A.F. PLANES AGAIN OVER GERMAN NAVAL BASES
    248 13 Two Reconnaissance Flights To Berlin On Successive Days THE Air Ministry announced yesterday that on Tuesday night aircraft of the R.A.F. again carried out extensive reconnaissance flights over northern Germany. The aircraft flew over Berlin and Hanover and the enemy naval bases at
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    $20,000,000 For U.S. Bombing Planes
    130 13 Santa Monica (CaD. Feb. 28. TBB British pnrchasing commission has ordered $20,000,000 worth of attack bombing planes Trom the Douglas Aircraft Corporation, delivery to be completed by the summer of 1941. Reuter. scratch. What puzzles us more than anything was that there was no serious
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    IF NAZIS BOMB CIVILIANS
    168 13 Mr. Lloyd George Urges Allied Retaliation London, Feb. 28. MR. LLOYD GEORGE, speaking at a luncheon at the Dorchester Hotel to-day, emphasized the need for a strong air force and declared: "If necessary, make it clear that if there are any attacks on our citizens at
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    36 13 London. Feb. 28. IT IS learned in London that the first consignment of over 13,000 garments for civilian hospitals and evacuees has arrived in Britain from the American Society for Britisr. Medical and Civilian Aid. Reuter.
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    General Settlement Planned After Allies Win The War
    371 13 London, Feb. 28. Kflß AftTHUR HENDERSON (Lab., Stafford) asked in the House of Commons to-day whether, at the eventual peace conference, representatives of any European government which desired to place its national grievances before the conference should be heard. Mr. R. A.
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    Hongkew Control To Be Returned
    232 13 Hongkew Control To Be Returned London, Feb. 28. IN the House of Commons to-day, j Mr. R. A. Butler, Foreign Under- Secretary, announced that following the signing of the modus vivendi for policing cf the outside roads of j Shanghai, the Japanese consul-general j had issued a communique declaring j
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    "PLOUGHED THROUGH" NAZI SUBMARINE
    38 13 Paris, Feb. 28. •THE French torpedo-boat Simoun, 1 which sank a U-boat off Cape Finlsterre, has returned to port. The damage to her stern shows ahe must have literally ploughed through the submarine. Reuter.
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    YUNNAN BOMBING
    42 13 Toklo, Feb. 28. AN EXCHANGE of views took place to-day between the Foreign ViceMinlster, Mr. Masayuki Tanl, and the French Ambassador, M. Charles ArseneHenry. in regard to Japanese aerial attacks on the French-o vned Indo-China-Yunnan railway yesterday afternoon. Eastern News.
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    TRAWLER REPULSES NAZI RAIDERS
    226 13 One Plane Is Believed To Have Been Hit London, Feb. 28. WHEN the Aberdeen trawler Arora was attacked by two German planes in the North Sea yesterday, the trawler replied with her gun. The planes were driven ofl and one disappeared with smoke pouring from its
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    Rescued Nazi Pilot Says War "No Good"
    76 13 Rescued Nazi Pilot Says War "No Good" London, Feb. 28. r[E crew of the German bomber shot down off the mouth of the Firth of Forth yesterday was rescued by a trawler and landed at a Scottish port. One of them said that the war was "no good" and that
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    FINE SPIRIT OF MEN IN THE ROYAL NAVY
    97 13 London, Feb. 28. rvURING the Naval debate in the •J House of Commons yesterday. Mr. Geoffrey Shakespeare, Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty, gave examples of the spirit animating the men of the Royal Navy and recalled that the party which boarded the
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    JAPANESE ACE DIES IN PLANE CRASH
    65 13 Tokio, Feb. 28. LIEUT.-GEN. HOZOJI, commanded of the Japanese military air force in last year's fighting against the Soviet at Nomonhan. on the Outer Mongol-Manchukuo border, was among six killed when a Japanese military plane crashed at Matsui village, south <A Kyoto, on Feb.
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    Pirates Said To Have Seized Rum-Runner's Cargo
    213 13 HOW the cargo of a rum-running ship was seized by pirates was related in London Bankruptcy Court when Lieutenant-Colonel John Allan Rule, of Carlton Mansions, Pall Mall, S.W., applied for his bankruptcy discharge. Mr. C. Bruce Park, Official Receiver, said the receiving order
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    NO PEACE, SAY THE NAZIS
    310 13 'We Must Defeat The Allied Berlin, Feb. 28. THE German official news agency has issued a statement emphatically denying reports of a German peace plan, the main points of which were the creation of a new Polish state, self- government for the protectorate of Bohemia
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    NELSON WAS HOLED
    50 13 London. Feb. 28. THE battleship Nelson, which Mr. Churchill, First Lord cf the Admiralty, yesterday said was struck by a mine in December, was holed. It is believed some members of the crevi w?re Injured. The Nelson would soon be rejoining the Fleet, Mr. Churchill raid.- Reuter.
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    HE HAD TO REDUCE
    180 13 Easiest Way Proved The Best A BUM who hud been advised by hi'; doctor to reduce writes thus: I had put on weight to the extant of 206 lbs. v.-.is excessive as I am only 5-ft. 6-ins. in height. My doctor advised me to reduce, and
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    175,000 REDS TAKING PART IN DRIVE ON KEY TOWN
    545 14 Finns Receive Reinforcements Continue Grim Resistance TT is believed that Russian reinforcements have arrived all along the Karelian Isthmus front and, according to estimates current in Helsinki, there are at least 175,000 Russian troops in front of Viipuri (Viborg), key town
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    U.S. Pressure Is Discouraged Senate Debate On Trade
    228 14 U.S. Pressure Is Discouraged Senate Debate On Trade Agreements Washington, Feb. 27. ECONOMIC retaliation after the war might follow any attempt by the United States to force belligerent countries to buy farm products as well as munitions which they needed from the United States, said Mr. Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture,
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    HOW NAZIS INTERPRET NEUTRALITY
    141 14 THe Ankara newspaper Ulua states that the classical meaning of neutrality has been modified by Germany, which fleems neutrality Is violated If any of the states decline to sell her goods at her prices, or accept the restrictions of Allied contraband control, or combine to preserve
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    MORE WARPLANES OVER HOLLAND
    49 14 The Hague, Feb. 28. rls officially announced that foreign aeroplanes were obs3rved over a province In the north of Holland las night and their nation: lity could not be identified. After Dutch anti-aircraft guns had opened fire en them, the p.anes left Netherlands terriory. Reuter.
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    Planning A "Brave New World"
    52 14 More than 150 distinguished professional men physicians. educationists, economists, architects, sociologists, and industrialists met at the Royal Institute of British Architects recently to pool their knowledge and form a brains trust for the future welfare of Britain. Lord Balfour of Burleigh is here seen addressing
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    BEST AND STEVENS TO BE TRIED
    63 14 The Hague, Feb. 28. CAPT. Payne Best and Major Stevens, th e two British intelligence officers who were abducted by the Germans near the Dutch frontier in November last, will be tried in the Berlin court early in March simultaneously with the German plumber
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    ASAMA MARU CASE SETTLEMENT
    140 14 9 Germans To Be Handed Over To Japanese Hong Kong, Feb. 28. AN OFFICIAL naval communique issued this morning states: "It Is expected that to-morrow nine of the German nationals who were rt <>ntly taken from the Asama Maru by a British warship will be returned
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    Soldier's Appeal Dismissed
    244 14 Soldier's Appeal Dismissed Shanghai, Feb. 28. WITH the dismissal of his appeal by TT a lull court, the only chance remaining for the Seaforth Highlander David Eckford, to escape the death sentence passed on him for the murder of Sergeant Davis on Nov. 4. last, rests with the British Ambassador,
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    CLYDESIDE WELCOME FOR KING & QUEEN
    104 14 CLYDESIDE WELCOME FOR KING QUEEN r3 King and Queen were mobbed by 2.000 workers when they visited the famous Greenock shipyard on Tuesday. It was one of the greatest spontaneous demonstrations of loyalty Clydeside has ever seen. The police had to force a way through the mass of people for
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    British Troops Hold 12 Gunmen
    255 14 Japanese Demand For Arms Rejected Shanghai. Feb. 28. AN Incident Involving British troops in Shanghai and Japanese gendarmes and armed foLowers of Wang Ching-wel. leader of the pro-Japanese peace movement, occurred In the British defence sector on the extra-Settle-ment roads yesterday, with the British firmly
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    IMPORTS OF FRENCH GOODS INTO U.K.
    122 14 London, Feb. 28. FOLLOWING the recent understanding between Britain and France, the Board of Trade announces that it has arranged for substantial relaxation in restrictions on imports from France. A variety of commodities of French origin can now be Imported from Prance, Algeria and
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    TOKIO CHARGE AGAINST AMERICAN JOURNALIST
    51 14 Tokio, Feb. 28. MR. James Russell Young, Far Eastern representative of the American International News Agency, who was arrested on Jan. 1, was yesterday charged with "fabricating and sprecding rumours concerning the Japanese forces in China." He will be tried by the Tokio district court.
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    20 14 Rome, Feb. 28. 'FWENT miners were killed and about 100 injured in an explosion in a colliery near Arsa.— Reuter.
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      903 14 Broadcasting TO-DAY SINGAPORE ZIIL 1.33 mc/i (225m ZHP 169 rac/P (30 96BLI 1.15 p.m. Miscellaneous gramophone reccrds; 1.30 p.m. News; mid-day rubber, tin and copra prices; 1.40 p.m. Interval; 5.00 p.m. Hindustani muslct; 5.30 Cantonese musical lnterludet; 5.55 p.m. Cantonese relectlonst; 6.35 p.m. Cantonese comedy intcrludet; 7.00 p.m. Children's programme
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    A Good Save
    31 15 The R.k: goalkeeper makes sure of this save on the padang yesterday in a soccer match in which the Fortress Coy. (R.E.) beat the S.C.C. Strait* Times picture.
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    Y.M.C.A. TENNIS TOURNAMENT
    362 15 Yesterday's Results Further Ties THE results of yesterdays ties in the 1 V.M.C.A. open tennis tournament were as follows: Men's Singles Championship: I. A. Alsagoff beat M. I. Rcshty, 3— 6, 6—3, 6— 3; Kamis beat R. E. Meyer, 6—o,6 0, 6—o. Men's Doubles Championship: Chin Kee
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    STANDARD OF SOCCER IN B.H.L HAS IMPROVED
    652 15 Cold Storage And Uniteers Have Impressed Most BUSINESS Houses' League s«ccer has be^n in progress for nearly a month now, and to the keen follower of the game it must be apparent that the standard of soccer served up in most games has
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    HOME SOCCER
    18 15 London, Feb. 29. IN a soccer match played yesterday Crystal Palace and Tottenham drew one-all. Reuter.
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    SPORTSMEN IN THE ARMY
    55 15 Jaffa. RAY Robinson, the Sydney Test cricketer, is delighted to find Maurice Tate and R. W. V. Robins, two English Test players, serving in British units. He hopes to get up good British and Australian teams for miniature Tests. Australians have named camp thoroughfares Meazies Way,
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    Second Day's Race Weights
    198 15 W SIGHTS for five races on the second day of the Selangor Turf Club 'B races on Wednesday, Mar. 6, are: Horses. Claw 2, Div. 3, 5 1 furs. Burraneer 9.00 Gay Tad 8.08 Regiment 8.12 Lord Bug 8.08 Russian Rose.. 8.12 Ordination 8.07 Squeeze 8.11
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    CALL-OVERS FOR THE SPRING DOUBLE
    140 15 THE first o^icial call- overs for the spring double, the Lincolnshire and Grand National, to be run on Apr. 3 and Apr. 5 are: LINCOLNSHIRE 9—l9 1 Quartier Meitre offered; 100—9 Wonersh offered. 100 8 taken; 12 1 Titan offered, 100—8 taken; 100—8 Boomps-A-Daisy offered.
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    S.C.R.C. CRICKET
    94 15 SCR.C. cricket teams for the week- end are: Saturday at S.C.R.C. at 2 p.m. vs. A.C.S.: Chua Boon Yew, Chua Choon Leong, Chua Hock Seng, Kwik Sam York. Anthony Lim, Alex Tan, Tan Peng laat. Tan Huck Wan, Teo Mong Joo, Cecil Wong and Evan Wong. Sunday at
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    Friendly Soccer On The Padang
    32 15 Two forwards battle for possession In yesterday's padang soccer in which the Fortress Coy (R.E.) beat the S.C.C. by the odd goal in three.— Straits Times picture.
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    PLAYBOY AND KAI TERE IMPRESS IN TRAINING
    506 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 28. COME interesting canters were done to-day by horses train- ing for the forthcoming meeting of the Selangor Turf Club. There was a good turnout and the inner tracks were used. Most of the candidates were
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    ENGINEERS BEAT CRICKET CLUB IN PADANG SOCCER
    291 15 Fa friendly game of soccer played on the padang yesterday, the R.E. (Fortress Coy.) defeated the S.C.C. by two goals to one. The result was a fair indication of the run of play. The Engineers deserved their victory, but it must be said
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    TO-DAY'S SOCCER AT STADIUM
    112 15 GOOD soccer should be seen at the Anson Road stadium today when the Malays and the Chinese meet in a friendly pune. It is a match between champions, for the Malays won the first division in the league l,»«t season and the Chinese tor>k the Singapore
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    Y.M.C.A. SOCCER
    56 15 'THE following have been selec.ed to play soccer for the V.M.C.A. against the R.A.F. Kallang on Friday at 5.10 p.m. en the R.A.F. ground, Kallang: Wee Aik Chan; Low Huck Yang. Sabapathy; E. R. G. Vaughrn. G. L. Day. Chan Joo Kirn; S. Orton Lawrence, Swee Hock, Morrison.
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    Chartered Bank Beat Jacks In B.H.L.
    421 15 Chartered Bank Beat Jacks In B.H.L. EXCITING SOCCER AT STADIUM MAKING the most of their opportunities in the first half, the Chartered Bank narrowly beat lacfci S.C. by two iroal; to one in a keen Business Houses' League so?«-er match at the stadium yesterday. Jacks were unfortunate to go down
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    14 15 SOCCER Malays vs. Ch.n. (friendly). St.Hium. TENNIS V.".'\V < >v :ia vn
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      102 15 .v.ce has proven the necessity of Malayan residents taking home leave, if they are to remain healthy and vigorous; for our humid Malayan climate saps strength and energy. With Home Leaves cancelled and sojourns in colder climates no longer possible for Malayan residents Air Conditioning your Bed-room and Living rooms
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    MANCHEST ERS TROOP THE COLOUR ON LADYSMITH DAY
    137 16 M ANCHEST ERS TROOP THE COLOUR ON LADYSMITH DAY At the saluting base durin? the Ist. Battalion, The Manchester Regiment's Trooping the Colour ceremony jesterday— Ladysmith Day— Brigadier M. D. GambierFarry, the G.0.C., Malaya, Major-General L. V. Bond and the General's ADC, Lieut. I. C. E. Macm Han, The Colour
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      Masthead
      17 1 in A Malayan Bungalow STRAITS TIMES WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1940. No. 213
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      Black And White Stripes
      55 1 CTRIPES of alternating width in black and white silk crepe are employed in this shirtwaist dinner dress worn by Norma Shearer, appearing in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's 'The Women." The shirt is strictly tailored and has French cuffs, caught with jewelled cufflinks; the wide belt of shiny kid has
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      Husbands Can Be Lonely Too
      638 1  - Husbands Can Be Lonely Too Ethel Rice By T WONDER if our husbands are lonely sometimes, it is quite possible they may be. We pity the bachelors. Poor things," we say, "what dull, monotonous lives many of them lead." We particularly pity the planters so young and hearty to be
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      Happiness Begins At Home
      673 1  -  Joan Russell By TT would appear that the opinions and problems of planters' wives take ap a great deal of space in this admirable women's supplement, but I wonder whether our Singapore sisters would forgive just one more word about the special problem which has been
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        81 1 *MJ"© «-*rvf? *v*st>r* Chinese Works of Art Lingerie Linen Handkerchiefs 18. BATTERY ROAD, FIRST FLOOR PHONE 714 3 <N^ I Foremost among perfume* of charm and distinction, I the Yurdle v English L«vend«r Is the choice of every discriminating woman. The fragrance Is like no other fresh, young and lovely
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      Wedding In Brigadier's House
      70 2 A group picture taken after the weddinjr of Mr. H. Taylor and Miss Diana Elliot at Brigadier and Ms. M. A. studd's home at 7, Royal Road, Alexandra, Singapore, last week. From left to right: Mr. Conrad Oldham, Singapore second magistrate, who mairied the couple, Miss
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      Husbands And Wives
      172 2 Husbands And Wives Husband: When a brick came through the window I knew my mother-in-law had arrived. I dodged behind a table, and when ny mother-in-law threatened me I reTussd to come out I was determined .o be master in my own house. There are many who could come and
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      Women Join R.A.M.C.
      113 2 ARMY history was made by the announcement in the London Gazette that three women doctors had been appointed to the R.A.M.C. They will be working with the troops, but will not hold commissions. They will be addressed simply as "doctor." Their dress will be officer's tunic and
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      Show For Engineers Knitting Fund
      86 2 TPHE concert in aid of the Royal Engineers' Knitting Fund to be given at the Chief Justice's residence on Mar. 7, at 9.30 p.m. promises to be an excellent show, with Mme. Bonenfant, Mile. Helene Bonenfant, Mr. Werner Baer, Mrs. Eva Clark and Mr. Bershadsky
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      Mater Dolorosa
      80 2 Tropic dwelling mothers Sigh, and weep with me. Lower your defenses Momentarily. Pool with me your sorrow Of nostalgic blight, Falling heavy on the Mind, not brought to light. Dream you, Highland Woman Of the curlew's pipe? Purple on the mountain, Rowan-berries ripe? Wee bit bairnie lilting Sonsie
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      "We Made A Curry"
      502 2 IT was with some amusement and yet pity that I read the article "We Made A Curry" in your Issue of Feb. 8. May I offer these hints in the hope that the writer and others will avoid making the same mistakes? To start with, rice
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      Soul Surgery To Combat Worry And Fear
      1249 3 Soul Surgery To Combat Worry And Fear Washington, Jan. 21. SEVERING with a knife emotion-imagination and past-future bridges in the human brain with what is perhaps the most fantastically daring operation in modern surgery is reported by two George Washington University brain specialists. Drs. Walter Freeman and James W. Watts
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      Y.W.C.A. Leap Year Dance
      70 3 Ar rearing la the cabaret items to bs given at the Y.W.C.A. Leap Year dance tonight at the Victoria Memorial Hall are (back row, left to right) I'ezsy C-arston. Elma Hoalim, Delia Johns, Lilian James, Olga Sayers front row, left to right), Joyce Hoa'im, Basillia Johannes,
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      The Easy Meal
      85 3 MEAT yet attractive dishes, easily 11 served, are In general request just now. Some of the nicest of them arr made of wood. Cheese and butter boards look especially well on the table. Among the most useful and novel of them is the perfectly simple, rectangular board
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      Omelets
      229 3 AN omelet can be varied in a dozen different ways. A sprinkling of grated cheese or crisp bacon bits, for instancs, gives it sharp zest. Folded over creamed chicken or vegetables or served with a thick sauce, it takes on h:arty substance. And speaking of sauces, here is one
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      Y.W.C.A. Sport
      53 3 •THE Singapore Y.W.C.A. netball season opens shortly and girls interested in this sport are asked to communicate with Miss Knight, the activities secretary. Badminton will begin as soon as weather conditions are more settled. rv > m ?nt is with Miss Knight. Coaching for beginners will be a
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        243 3 An Ap o logy We regret that our clients who were enjoying Elizabeth Arden Treatments and were taking these en a regular course so as to obtain the maximum benefit, had these interrupted by the departure of Mrs. Lynn on leave. We now have pleasure in announcing that after a
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      Women And The War
      3422 4 -ByStraits Times London Woman Correspondent London, Jan. 25. THE death of Prince Chris- topher of Greece came as a great blow to the Duchess of Kent, who was extremely fond of her uncle. He was fond of her, too, and followed her career with the utmost
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      Duchess Sees Hospital Supplies
      42 4 The Duchess of Gloucester, president of the Central Hospital Supply Service organization, recently visited one of the London' clearing houses, in Fitxjohn's Avenue, N.W.3. Here is Lady Margaret Douglas- Home showing the Duchess some of the work material.
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        373 4 Keep\bur Skin Free from Iii i T fhafindor Irritation dpi& XVJLany women think that discomfort Hv3» S* from chafing and a hot prickly skin is iM^pjr unavoidable. To-day thousands are dis- I covrnng the wonderful comfort to be JVIPPQmVPPk obtained from using Cuticura Talcum. Here is a powder that is
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      A. R. P. Rally In London Suburb
      40 5 dug? A.R.r. rally was held recently in a London suburb In which more than 400 vehicles and 940 people wore g:t'.i»e-ed together. The picture shows women A.R.P. workers warming themselves round a bratier.
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        132 5 A mk y^ V\ **'!Sfcis^ V There are many matters of vital. \> importance to every expectant Mother, *no^ .qr. tmajMt^ and to her Baby, each one is dealt v|| t,^» < c o* Baby-Book" clear, precise information^ W^^c^^ fS^*°** and instruction upon every question o <fi c c<^ y/
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      What The Stars Are Wearing In The New Films
      717 6  - What The Stars Are Wearing In The New Films Sheilah Graham Hollywood Fashions By Hollywood, Jan. 14. IOAN Bennett looks more J like Hedy Lamarr than Hedy herself in her newest house pyjamas. The wide trousers are cyclamen-colour-ed. Ditto the scarf, which contrasts well with her yellow tight-waisted jacket with
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      Economy " Delicacies "
      334 6 Economy Delicacies THE way to make the most of butter is to provide for breakfast and tea things such as toasts and sandwiches, which are as attractive as bread and butter, yet require no butter. For instance, for breakfast try kipper, roe or sardine toast. For kipper toast, remove the
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        544 6 How I Made This AMAZING CHANGE Miss Drouet made this amazing change in her appearance in 7 days. Read below her personal letter in which she explains exactly how she-did it and how any woman can do the same. I can hardly believe it myself," lree from wrinkles. During the
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        236 6 ■W if I I There's a treat coming— their mother has ju<.t made the dessert they like best— /o& cream made with Jell-O Freezing Mix! And it's a treat for Mother too, for it's so eaqr to make. Just open a tin of Jell-O Freezing Mix, add milk and cream
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      Frocks & Beach Clothes Made From Sarongs
      498 7  - Frocks Beach Clothes Made From Sarongs Freda Mitchell By CINCE 1 arrived in Malaya I have often heurd people say what delightful frocks and beach clothes could be made from sarongs. Living up-country one does not see many women and I haven't actually seen any woman ever wear a sarong
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        265 7 WHEN YOU ARE FEEDING BABY It's after the Dirth ot a baby that the mother needs careful attention most Her strength has been severely taxed and when she is feeding the baby she needs extra and easily digested food Doctors throughout Malaya have recommended Horlicks for years as the ideal
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      Ginger Rogers A Star In Her Own Right
      1202 8 Ginger Rogers A Star In Her Own Right The Brighter Side From Our Own Correspondent London, Feb. 9. "FIFTH Avenue Girl," the principal release of the week, ends once and for all the speculation as to whether Ginger Rogers, who won film fame in partnership with Fred Astaire, could become
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      Can You Keep The Young Amused ?
      354 8 Can You Keep The Young Amused A NY women who prides herself on her gift as a hostess can have her qualities tested in entertaining the young. There arc lots of indoor card and counter games to be had •.vhich the children find amusing for a time. But there comes
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        205 8 NEW GOODS JUST ARRIVED Linen Table-cloths, Tea-cloths, Luncheon sets, Handkerchiefs, Organdie Bed-spreads, Tea-sets Ladies' underwear. Dressingl«\vns Mandarin-coats, Handbags. &c. ALSO Jade-trees, Jeweller} Ivory, Cninphorwood chests, Nest tables. All awaiting your early selection C. K. TANG 231. Rivex Valley Road, Phone 2181 SINGAPORE. SUGGESTION for HIS BIRTHDAY a new shaving brush
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