The Straits Times, 5 March 1940

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    50 1 The Straits Times. SINGAPORE, 140 CECIL ST, ('PHONE 5471) [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] KUALA LUMPUR. 25 JAVA ST. ('PHONE 3683). MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS The Straits Times. 16 I 'AGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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      174 1 MIEN TAILORING We only ask For a trial order. A Coleman St. Singapore. Phone 4816- [■■-^w«JI I MUST ORDER ■"7in* I LJjohoreU SOME MORE I IrJr SCOTCH WHIS* Y .__l^^^^^ k '&LACKL WHITE' i J la J^ttl I CHoi ce old scotch wh l V V^ r^T~ U^^^^^^l B^. "ITS
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      560 2 HUOGINS— To AUce wife ot T.W. A. HUKglns at "St Kuan Nursing Home" Hayes Lane, Kenley. Surrey, England. The gift of a son Both wrll fßy cable) SITUATIONS VACANT When applying for any position advertised to these columns send copies of testimonials Ito not send originals. n WTED, Babies Nurse,
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      848 2 DOGS FOR SALE Thoroughbred Black and Tan Dachshund, *****, 4 months old. Replies to Box No. 379, Straits Times. HOUSES FLATS. TO LET TO LET, Furnished House. 3 bedrooms, mod. san. Entry Mar. 17. Apply 5 CalrnhiU Road. BED-SITTING ROOMS, newly furnished, with or without breakfast. Now ready. Flat 27,
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      827 2 I BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET OFFICE TO LET— Central District. Apply Banque de I'lndochlne. TO LET No. 90 Roblnsor Road, thoroughly renovated. Immediate entry Apply 7De Souza Street. OFFICES at l and 4-A Prince 81. and 32 Raffle* Place. Apply Sob Chew See 120 Kllllney Road. TO LET, 23, Old
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      727 2 LOST LOST or stolen big collie dog with red brown and white fur. Answers to name of "Prince." Reward offered to finder or for information leading to its return to IS Mount Rosle. PUBLIC NOTICES NEW TELEPHONE CONNECTION No. 2616, J. S. M. Rennia Co., also Straits Investment Corporation Ltd.
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      301 2 BUSINESS CARDS ETC. Room 35, Raines Hotel Sports Suits in Silk and Cotton Sarongs. SALON Mme. SHEILA JUST RECEIVED A new shipment of the latest dresses For :J1 occasions Prices from $5—5255 $25 t Eu Court (2nd Fl.) HUI St Phone 7139. BEA GREY has received a supply ol special
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      90 2 USED CARS 1939 FORD V-8 SALOON SMALL MILEAGE LIKE NEW $1500. 1939 FORD 1O H.P. SALOON SHOWROOM CONDITION $1400. 1938 FORD 22 H.P. SALOON SPLENDID CONDITION $1400. 1938 MINX SALOON BLACK FINISHEXCELLENT *****. 1936 WOLSELEY 12 H.P. SALOON —COMPLETELY OVERHAULED NEW PAINT 6c TYRES $*****38 FORD 1O H.P. TOURER— PERFECT
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      418 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P 0 BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. (Inr«rpurat«<l to England) PENINSULAR ANU ORIBKIAI BJJ Co MA H PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICE? The best possible services are being maintained by the P. O. S. N. Company to their usual ports of call except ports in Japan. Passengers are requested
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      336 3 (incorporated in Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR j TO LIVERPOOL Colombo. Aflen. Sue*. Port Said. Naples. MarsrlHes Gibraltar, Lisbon and Liverpool Sail Spore XHUSIMI MARU Mar. 15 16 HAKUSAN MARU Apr. 4 5 HARUNA jvIARU Apr. 22 23 X Omits Lisbon 4 Calls Bombay TQ_ LIVERPOOL Vl*
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      681 3 y">n I—^3 i-nl«li l-w-. I B| M sae^ ts LUXURIOUS ONE-CLASS MOTORSHIPS Cabins with Private Bath— Excellent Cuteine PASSENGER FREIGHT SERVICES HOMIWARDS- to Colombo, Aden. Port Said. Palestine, Beyrouth Marseilles, Ca«a HOMfcWARDS. l b o v c m IO do^ Antwerp Rotterdam. Copenhagen and Sr.ndln.vU OVTWABUS: to Bangkok. Saigon Manila
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      251 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. BLUE FUNNEL LINE Frequent Sailings to Un.:rJ Kingdom and United States ol America. Oates are not guaranteed, all cargo bookings subject to Conference War Clauses. WESTKRN AUSTRALIA THE SHORTEST SEA ~JTE AT THE CHEAPEST FARE Regular Services to Fre mantle (Perth) via Java by first class passenger
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      397 3 Broadcasting TO-DAY SINGAPORE ZHL 1.33 me/i (225 m ZHP OKA mfi (30.96tn 1.15 pjn. Miscellaneous gramophone records; 1.30 p.m. News; mid-day rubber, tin and copra prices; 1.40 pjn. Interval: 5.00 p.m. Songs by Miss Roekiaht (Malay); 5.20 p.m. Foxtrot Kronchongst 5.40 p.m. Novelty Malay muslct: 6.00 p.m. Teochew selections from
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      502 3 NIROM YOB 96S net (31.28 mi: VIM 6 01 me (4!i.6 a.); PMN 10.26 mr (292 mi; YUB 11.86 ne/i (25 J m.): TDC .5 16 m<> (19.80 mi 4.50 p.m. Programme preview: 4.53 p.m. Tec conc-rt; 5 50 pm. Choir recital: 6 50 p.m. News and weather n ports;
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    LYALL AND EVATTS DAILY QUOTATIONS
    238 4 Singapore, Mar. 4, 5 p.m. MINING Buyers Sellers Ampata 5/2 5/6 Austral Anial*. 6/1* «/4%cd Batu Sclaocora 1.57 1.61 Bong Fatts 1.26 1.29 Jelcbia 0.88 0.91 Kampoca Lanjute 23/- 23/9 K. Kamunttn* 8/- 8/9 Kamuntins I\/- 12/Klang Rivera 2.05 2.10 Krainats 11/3 12/Kuehata 1.70 1.74
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    FIXED TRUSTS
    111 4 (Prom Our Own Correspondent) London, Feb. 5. The following are to-day's 'bid' 1 quotations for Plxed Trusts: British Empire -A" 17 British Empire "B" 8 British Empire Cumulative 14 British Bnpire Cprehensive 14 British General "A" 19 British General "B" 15 British General -C" 12 Gold Producers Ftrst
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    TIDE TABLES SINGAPORE
    559 4 To-Gay H.W. 7.51 a.m. 7.6 ft.; 9.40 p.m. 7.5 ft. 1..W. 2.24 a.m. 5 ft.; 3. 05 pjn. 1.8 ft. To-morrow H.W. 8.52 a.m. 8.2 ft.; 70.18 pjn. 7.9 ft. L.W. 3.23 a-m. 4.4 ft.; BJS3 pjn. 1.5 ft. Thursday, Mar. 7. H.W. 9.48 ajn. 8.6 ft.;
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    SUNGEI BILAT RUBBER 123 Acres Of New Planting
    262 4 SUNGEI BILAT RUBBER 123 Acres Of New Planting DROPOSING the adoption of the report and accounts at the annual meeting of Sungei Bilat Rubber Co. Ltd., In Singapore recently Mr j. s. M, Rennie, the chairman said The net profit for the year to Dec. 31 was $28,411.16 from which
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    FEBRUARY TIN-ORE IMPORTS
    59 4 IMPORTS of foreign tin-ore into the Straits Settlements in February totalled 4,947 tons, compared with 4,521 tons in January. Of the February imports, 2,178 tons came from Thailand; 1.691 tons from Netherlands Indies; 572 tons from French Indo-Chlna; 344 tons from Burma; 119 tons from China; 42
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    FEBRUARY RUBBER SHIPMENTS
    52 4 QF 62,105 tons of rubber shipped from y Malayan ports in February, 29 632 tons went to the United States: 13 541 jons to the Continent of Europe: 10,210 to the United Kingdom; 5,391 tons to British Possessions; 2 865 tons to Japan :md 466 ions to
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      362 4 MR. LISTLESS —MR. LIVELY which are you We all like to think we're lively. But how do you feel when you wake up? How do you feel at the end of the day? A lot of tiredness and depression isn't the effect of work or exercise— it's plain llvcrishness, especially
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      1352 4 Fraser Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations MONDAY, MAR. 4, 1940: 5 P.M. <•«> 8.60 400 MINING Eastern United <$10) 28.00 28.00 Overs Sellers S? 80 Neavß Ord (W) 18 M 1725 Ampat Tin t 4s) 5T 5s 6d "STL* J?~ w Austral Amal. (ss) 5s 9d 6s3dcd <$5 9 40 B
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      96 4 H 1 H K 1 B B B WF '&B& dmS, f JbS; i.' i^ti i^^Sfct m m m\ m vkfm eH" m J, 1 W& tm w£ I B Rb/S B^ a i%f 'pMH|][p JL\ V^ I? it Jl JL \Jr f r P J^ R X Nf C
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
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      AROUND THE MARKETS Rubber Easier And Shares Neglected
      458 5 B> Our Financial Correspondent Singapore. Mar. 5. rf is difficult to assess the repercussions on the share market of the taxation controversy but there is no doubt that the dullness in all sections of th? market is directly attributable to this cause.
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      NO DIVIDEND FROM ULU BENUT RUBBER
      251 5 Profit $32,129: Reserve Gets $11,150 P spite of the fact that the company made a profit of $32,129 in the year ended December last, shareholders in Ulu Benut Rubber Co. Ltd. lor the second year in succession, are not to receive a dividend. The
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      110 5 Tuesday, Mar. 5, noon. Buyers Seller* rrices Price* No. IX K.S.S. (Spot loose) 38^« 38T» No, IX B.S.S. fo.b. In cam March 39 V 4V 4 39 Sellers option G.PA.Q. R.S.S. 1.0. b. In bale* March 36»b 3«r 8 Sellers option F.A.Q. K.S.S. lob. in
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      COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
      166 5 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES (From Our Own Correspondents London, Mar. 4. pOMMODITY and Exchange markets closed Las tallows with previous quotations in parenthesis:— ill BRER: Firmer. Spot 12* d 12% d (12 7 16d 12Sd) May *****6 d 12 1 16 d (12 7 16 d 13% d) July-Sept 11 5 16d
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      125 5 Singapore. Mar. 5. noon Buyer* Selleri Gambler '-JJ Hamburg Cube $13.o« Java Cube «12.00 Pepper White Muntok tl i Li White H3.25 Blaclc *«25 Copra Mixed $3.40 Sun Dried «.«o Sago Flour No 1 Llngga $6.50 Pair *6.50 Sarawak W. 75 Jciotong Palembang $15.00 Banja >»« 5°
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      Chief Officer On Domala Outrage
      310 5 London, Mar. 5. MR. BRAWN, chief officer of the Domala, the British India liner which was bombed and shelled by a Heinkel bomber in th 9 English Channel early on Saturday morning, told a Press Association reporter last night that "it was not true that
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      SAFEGUARDING BRITISH TRADE IN CHINA
      115 5 London. Mar. 4. i A SKED in the House at Commons it ade- i A quata steps ware being talcen to safeguard Britain's trade position in China immediately following the cessation of hostilities. Mr. R. A. Butter. Foreign Undersecretary, replied that the British Ambassador spsnds
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      EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION AND INCOME TAX
      36 5 THE committee of the European Asso- ciation of Malaya will meet on Friday to consider the Governor's income tax proposals. It is possible that a general meeting will be called later.
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      London Stock Exchange
      335 5 London, Mai*. 4. An the Stock Exchange to-day, early actt- vlty in certain Kaffirs relieved the general quietness of the markets. Industrials nd Home rails occasionally encountered profit-taking and several oil shares moved ipainst holders. Reuter. The following are to-day's closing middle quotations. Sharr are of fl
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      SINGAPORE TRACTIONS FOR INVESTMENT
      128 5 London Calls Sliar««n "Attractive" (From Our Own Correspondent) London. Feb. 23. ALTHOUGH tho Stock markets Efi orally, here, ontlnue idle, som Interest is being disnlay^d in Ma'ava; shares— as a result of the wide spread imorp.ssipt In *h n City tha' Malaya, unlike Ore;it Britain, is
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      EXCHANGES
      178 5 ITie .'oHowlng are me exchange rate* tnw j morning according to the dally circular Issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Bar.klne Corporation StLLING London T.T 2/4 1/16 London demand 3/4 1/10 Rate for freight 2/4% Lyons demand 2057 Switzerland demand 208 Hamburg demarid New York demand 46 ft Montreal
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      WHOLESALE PRICES STABLE
      85 5 THE comparative stability of wholeI sale commodity prices is noticed in the Economises ior..nlghtly index where it appears that prices have remained substantially unchanged since Jan. 30. Although there has been a slight rise in foodstuffs, other than meat cereals, from 79.7 to 81.8 and a rise
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      63 5 gj To-m/\ 7%." AMERCAM MOBEL y^^ SPREAD BAND ■vie _^^C~3fliH|i^| H^^^r j 1 i-^Baf- nil <pr;ad perform- I K3t--f> ,^rt Ifc^Bßr 9 ilsrb fidell;y reprcxluctioc H T Bonds ■PM^^Jf' «Er Price S:3.*i.o« SMI Lm 19'» for *^^B^^^^^| [|fc»^ rOB i tREE CATALOGCE TO-DAY FROM KEE HUAT RADIO CO. I 122-124,
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      157 5 r Vi^^^v J^.^^W THE UNIVERSAL FIXER. MENDS ANYTHING. A necessity In every home. 50 cents per tube.— Obtainable at Chemisti. Stores, Grocers. Dispensaries, etc. Sole Distributors: GRAFTOM LABORATORIES., LTB. Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. MILNERS' SAFES BEST PROTECTION AGAINST FIRE AND THIEVES. Keep your valuables in Milners Safes and ensure Security.
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      263 5 THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA (TRUSTEES) LIMITED. Guaranteed and Controlled by THF MFRCANTII-F. BANK OF MOM UMITFD The Company. *Mch 1* Incorporated in the 8.8 and registered as a Trust Company, undertakes the following duties: EXECUTOR OR rRUSTEK OF A WILL ADMINISTRATOR OF EBTATB OF DECEASED PERSON TRUBTEE OF A
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      257 6 THE AUTHOR WHO GAVE THE WORLD "LOST HORIZON" AND "GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS" NOW GIVES TO THE SCREEN HIS GREATEST WORK! TO-DAY 3.15, 6.15 9.15 AiMAW&KA g THE FINEST IN ACTING... j w THB ITITTMATR TO WRITIW: WjSjP?^_s^L^^H THE PERFECT MOTION PICTURE! \,a p. Ahl ■Ml Pru«i«d by WARNER BROS, with
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      281 6 \^<\ WITH 1 I '\y y^-v^ QUEENIE DAVID X X WsT" IN ENTIRE NEW PROGRAMME X A^VNN^ AND y r THE GREAT COMEDY V^__^7 "^^Cl ILLUSIONIST A" GOGIA PASHA WHO WILL MAKE YOU. LAUGH, LAUGH AND LAUGH WEDNESDAY THURSDAY MATINEE AT 6.30 P.M. PRICES $3 $2 $1 BOOKINGS AT LITTLES.
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      180 6 LARGEST DANCEXAND IN MALAYA I NciiS i:i.,.i.ii\ EVERYBODY REPORT AT 8 P.M. 'BLACKOUT DANCE' THE ENTIRE DANCING PUBLIC EXPECTED TO TAKE PART IN TO-NIGHT'S EXCERCISE DON'T LOSE YOUR WAY THERE'S ONLY ONE 1 LACE IN TOWN TO-MORROW POPULAR HUNGARIAN NIGHT FIRST SINGAPORE DANCE CHAMPIONSHIP 152 MARCH CUPS I 18TH —21
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      258 6 GAT SPECTACLE ©f PARISIAN NIGHT LIFE! EXOTIC GLAMOUR of RIO LOVE-NIGHTS! HORROR of TROPICAL PENAL PRISONS Reminiscent of the Thrills of "Prisoner of Shark Island!" OPENING TO-DAY I 3« els 9.15 AT THE AIR-CONDITIONED CAPITOL To sip one moment Men were content of lorget fulness Jl to suffer the tortures
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    Alleged German Peace Proposals
    340 7 Questions In House Of Commons London, Mar. 4. ANSWERING questions in the House of Commons regarding the Tavisstock paace proposals, Mr. R. A. Butier, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, said that no special facilities were given Lord Tavlstock on his visit to Dublin. On his return he
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    22 7 London, Mar. 4. TTHE King and Queen returned to Buckingham Palace this moniing from Windsor, where they spent the week-end.— British Wireless.
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    100 Missing From The Domala
    280 7 THE British India liner Domala. 8,441 tons. Is now anchored in a British port alter having been attacked by a Heinkel bomber with bombs and machine-guns in the English Channel. It is officially stated that of the 295 1 aboard Domala, 100 are missing, made
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    OVER 150,000 GO OUT ON STRIKE IN BOMBAY
    64 7 Textile Workers Demanding Increased Wages Bombay, Mar. 3. HPEXTILE workers struck work to-day. 1 More than 70 mills are affected. Involving more than 150,000 workers. The strikers are demand'ng a 15 per cent, increase in wages, while employers have accepted the majority
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      436 7 TONIGHT THE WAR n, ON GLOOM Cocktail Dance < T .,r T ,cc OF 1^40" 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. GAltlltS Ur Iw^tU niWFR X DANCE first offensive planned for Ul^;Wt "AHtt MARCH_2Bth 29th &30th (informal) QN ACTIVE SERVICE 9.45 to midnight the picked feminine NO ADMISSION CHARGE rHARM OF
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      423 7 BOX TwW*VwT^T\rA lIVIES office 3 15 PHONE M^IL/IY/I'JMO/TMODEKN 1| -CINEMA- I a 1C Q1 C 3400 HH&HHnS^MMHP' 6.15-9 Id «H!HK KVKKMIDin GOES OPENING TO-DAY -bqqkEARLY" STRUGGLE! COURAGE! 10VEI ACHIEVEMENT! Out of the stirring past Another immortal character emer g eS this drama of joins the motion picture gallery of the
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    The Straits Times Unknown
    1180 8 The Straits Times Unknown •■•■>■ 'fit Mtim* ■■■>■*■ s&wr&ttg ■<■• +i#i ■-■■•'•■•■■■■> t»>. .\-\l. 1. J J M* y:: ,-s.. y tr n: VW w r.-. I/.-. :j:,. •,vv...JA'. -^.j I r.-. v j XK:,.j ,r,rj; :'i <„ v '■>'• '■■>:■■- xc .1 T--. j OJ •.<••.--. „..<.... j n
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      DETAILED CRITICISM OF H.E's. SPEECH
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      Support For War Loan Proposal
      251 8 l«> <l»r 1 ililoi <>l Itio Sti.iiis I linc> ;;ii '»> i«i' broadcatl address oa IIW.MUC l:»\. tlt.S Kv.vlli II«\V Rltld II IS d\p »iui\ .if th« M:»i:»v.ui government* ..-.iii.- a-, much money i>«Hislbifl fi>r (lv- ii.> ..vuUoM ,>f thr \\;ii he \\rnl ••a (.>
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  • FINNS ARE STILL HOLDING OUT AT VIIPURI
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      New Defence Lines In North-West Of City
      521 9 MANNERHEIM LINE IS NOT YET BROKEN Helsinki Encouraged By News Of A Russian Retreat MPHK Finns are still holding out at Viipuri. They have moved to new defence lines north-west of the city. Fresh attacks by the Russians have failed, and in the
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      New Mope In The Balkans
      210 9 Finland* beraie fight has altered the whole atmosphere In the Balkanand made It hopeful again," declared the former Secretary of State for the Mr L. S. Amery. addressing a meeting ol the Near and Middle East iation m London last night. His audience Included many
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      Empire's Greater War Effort
      201 9 Comparisons ith The 1914-18 Conflict London, Mar. 4. THE great increase m the material resources available for the Empire war effort compared with the last war I are revealed by recent figures obtained 1 from authoritative quarters. They show that the Dominions and India now contain
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      Overdue Dutch Ship Feared Lost
      544 9 Overdue Dutch Ship Feared Lost Amsterdam, Mar. 5 TpiE Dutch steamer Rijnstroom <695 tons) which was due here yesterday, has failled to arrive and it is regarded as certain that she has been sunk. A lifeboat, life-baits and a quanity of merchandise believed to belong to her have been found
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      STILL NO TRACE OF AIR LINER'S PASSENGERS
      63 9 London, Mar. 5. THE Imperial Airways announce that reconnaissance flying in the desolate neighbourhood of Rasalkuh. Iran, has so far failed to reveal the presence of passengers or crew of the Imperial Airways plane Hanniba.l whose wreckage has been found on the. coast.
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    The King At An Aircraft Factory
    48 9 The King talking past a Lysander aircraft during his visit to an aircraft factory in the West Country. The visit teas part of an extended tour made by their Majesties of representative military, air force ana civil dcfcrice establishments in the West.
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    FRESH BLOW TO REICH
    334 9 Exceptional Week For The Navy 'PHE week from Feb. 26 to Mar. 3 inclusive has been an exceptional one for the British Navy and its handling of commerce, says a communique issued last night by the Admiralty. "The only British ships sunk during the week have
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    10,000 FOOTBALLS FOR THE FRENCH ARMY
    77 9 Paris, Mar. 5. M. DALADIER, the French Premier and Foreign Minister, has decided that 10,000 footballs < Rugby and Associatirn) shall be sent to the French troops, states a communique issued by the Premier's office. Three million francs credit has been open at the
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    FIRING OFF URUGUAY WAS NAVAL SALUTE
    71 9 Montevideo, Mar. 5. TPHE British cruiser Hawkins with Rear-Admiral Harwood arrived here to-day for a one-day visit. It Is understood no fuel or supplies will be taken aboard. Adm. Harwood told the press that nothing abnormal had occurred on* the Uruguayan coast. As presumed,
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    SHOOTING NEAR CUBAN CHIEF OF STAFF'S HOME
    97 9 Havana, Mar. 5. SPOTS were fired from a car at the country house of Colonel Batista, the Chief of Staff. According to an official account, secret police who were posted m front of Col. Batista's house fired on ft suspicious-looking car which contained
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    SWEDISH SKI PATROL AT FRONT
    37 9 Swedish volunteers, who have joined a Finnish ski patrol on the nortnern front, are seen wearing the famous white coats and hoods which have earned them the name of the "Ghost Army."
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    Yangtze May Not Be Re-opened
    193 9 Statement By Japanese War Minister Tokio, Mar. 5. "THE Japanese military authorities m China may not re-open the Yangtze River if the requisite conditions fail to develop," Gen. Shunroku Hata, the War Minister, declared m the House of Representatives yesterday. Asked what relation existed between
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    WELLES SEES SIEGFRIKD LINE FROM TRAIN
    128 9 Berne, Mar. 4. MR. Sumner Welles, the U.S. Undersecretary of State, who left Berlin last night on his way to France, arrived at Basle this morning and after a brief stay left for Lausanne. While travelling along the Rhine, Mr. Welles and fellow passengers
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    FOOD OF INTERNEES IN GREAT BRITAIN
    103 9 GERMANS interned In Britain are rationed in food supplies according to a scale approved by the medical authorities as being suitable to their conditions, it was stated in the House of Commons. Butter and bacon are not issued, but the sugar ration Is two
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    REFUGEES WHO BECOME NATURALIZED
    96 9 London, Mar. 4. IN reply to a question In the House of Com- mons as to whether naturalized British subjects who were previously refugees from Germany should, when called up for military service, be asked to undertake foreign serv cc. the Financial Secretary to the War
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    56 9 London, Mar. 4. THE damage done by frost to the potato stores In Great Britain during the recent severe weather Is very much less than was at one time feared. So far as can be ascertained by the Minister of Pood, Mr. W. S. Morrison, the average loss had been
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    STOP PRESS
    33 9 New York, Mar. 5. Plans for an American expeditionary force to Finland numbering 3,000 are announced by Captain Albert Steinberg, commander of the Finnish war veterans in the United States.— Reuter.
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    Why Allied Victory Is Certain
    71 9 Why Allied Victory Is Certain Baltimore, Mar. 4. vr THERE is no question but that x the Germans will lose the war —the moral factor alone makes an Allied victory certain," declared Archduke Otto of Habsburg, here to-day. The Archduke is visiting the United States to study the American constitutional
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    New Contingent Being Called Up In France
    64 9 Paris, Mar. 5. PRANCE'S next contingent will cc called to the colours on Apr. 10. It will include those born between July 1 and Sept. 3u, 1919, as well as a number of exempted persons belonging to the 1920 to 1932 and 1938
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    34 9 Wellington (N.Z.), Mar. 5. IT is officially announced that the Bank of New Zealand has lent the Government £1,000,000 sterling free of interest for the duration of the war and six months afterwards.— Reuter.
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    U-BOAT SUNK BY R.A.F. Surprise Attack Off Heligoland
    117 9 U-BOAT SUNK BY R.A.F. Surprise Attack Off Heligoland London, Mar. .">. *THK Air Ministry announces that an enemy submarine VM attacked in the Schilling road-; veslerday afternoon by an R.A.F. aircraft and is believed to have been destroyed. The Schilling roads is at the mouth of the river Elbe, in
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    British Scientists' Share In Defence
    138 9 London, Mar. 4. ACCORDING to British scientific circles, this country is immeasurably stronger from the scientific point, of view to-day than it was during the last war. Then we had no organized scientific departments in the Services as we have to-day. During th e last
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    MORE EMPLOYMENT
    73 9 THE latest unemployment figures announced by the Ministry of labour show a decrease of only 14,79fi rompared with January, but since the official count was taken on Feb. 12 there has been a fresh check and Improved weather conditions are reflected in an estimated further drop of registered
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    SPLENDID WORK OF B.E.F. "GARAGE" UNITS
    1186 10 R. A. S. C. Playing Important Part In Mechanized War VILLAGERS CALL TOMMIES THEIR STEPSONS THE splendid work of the Royal Army Service Corps in maintaining: the thousands of motor vehicles which are with the British troops in France is described in to-day's dispatch
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    CHAP-JEE-KEE CHARGE AGAINST EURASIAN
    80 10 DLEADING guilty to a charge of as- sisting in the management of a chap- jee-kee lottery in Bencoolen Street on Sunday, a Eurasian, Clarence de Souza, I had sentence deferred a week in the Singapore third court yesterday. His plea was that he collected the stakes.
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    NO ORDER BY RENT BOARD
    231 10 Elias Property Major Harding A "no order" decision was given by the Rent Assessment Board yesterday at the continued hearing of a case in which Joseph Aaron Elias and Ezra Aaron Eias applied for the ejection of a tenant. Major F. L. Harding, of 15
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    LONDON'S "THANK YOU" TO MALAYA
    82 10 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Feb. 22. •"THANK you, Malaya" is a headline typically of many used by the London newspapers to announce the decision of the Rulers of the Federated Malay States to give £1,000,000 to His Majesty's Government for the prosecution of the
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    HAWAIIANS BRIGHTER THAN EVER
    104 10 FXAVID and Queenie Kaili are in Singapore again complete with leis, uke.ele, guitar and the rest of the Royal Hawaiian Entertainers. Their show at the Victoria Theatre last night, in wh'ch they have 25-year-old Cairo born magician Gogia Pasha performing with them, is brighter than ever.
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    S.H.B. EMPLOYEE ON DEFENCE RULES CHARGE
    75 10 LEI KAN, a Singapore Harbour Board employee, was yesterday produced in the Singapore fifth court, charged under the Defence Regulations. It is alleged that he instigated o'her employees of an "essential service." the Singapore Harbour Board, in an effort to prevent them from returning
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    Attacks Tax
    25 10 Mr. Chsah Cheang Lint, a former Federal Councillor, who has vigorously attacked, the proposal to introduce income tax in Malaya. —See Page 12.
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    400 S.H.B. Strikers March To Chinese Protectorate
    135 10 POUR hundred Singapore Harbour Board dockyard strikers yesterday marched to the Chinese Protectorate, where two representatives uut their case before Mr. R. W. I. Hand, .second assistant Protector of Chinese. The representative- approached Mr. Band on three occasions during the day and altogether
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    21 10 The entrance to picturesque Temple House, Tank Road, which is to be purchased by the Salvation Army for its Malayan headquarters.
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    SALVATION ARMY TO BUY OLD CHINESE HOUSE
    393 10 UORMER family mansion of a rich Singapore Chinese, 701 year-old Temple House, is to be bought by the Salvation Army for $50,000. Temple House is one of the few buildings in old Chinese architectural style surviving in Singapore, was once used as a
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    $ 1,2 0 0,0 0 0 TRUST PLAN
    196 10 1,2 0 0,0 0 0 TRUST PLAN Three Big Blocks Of Flats UNDERTAKING IS LARGEST YET 117ORK will soon begin on the VT erection of three additional blocks of flats at Tiong Bahru by the Singapore Improvement Trust. This is the biggest undertaking by the Trust yet. and will cost
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    MALACCA CHINESE TO MEET TO-DAY
    172 10 (From Our Own Correspondent" Malacca, Mar. 5. SEVERAL prominent Malacca Chinese met to-day to confer on the subject of income tax. A former Chinese Municipal Commissioner, said "It does not mean that because some people may try to evade the tax it is bad m
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    CLOAK OF PATRIOTISM USED BY COMMUNISTS
    1029 11 How Reds Are Fomenting Local Labour Unrest NINE MONTHS GAOL FOR TWO IN SERIOUS CASE REVELATIONS of the ramifications of the Malayan Communist Party and its use of the cloak of Chinese patriotism to carry out acts of terrorism which made Chinese patriots afraid,
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    Movement Of Rice Back To Normal
    117 11 THE strike of labourers employed in the wholesale rice trade at godowns owned by members of the Thailand Traders' Association, Singapore, and the Singapore Rice Traders' Association, which partially affected the movement of rice supplies in Singapore last week, has been settled. The strike
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    GODFATHER'S CIVIL SUIT
    418 11 Claim Made For $16,000 CONDUCTING her own case and holding a power of attorney for her brother, Mrs. Klara Theodora van Hien appeared before Mr. Justice Manning m the High Court yesterday m answer to a claim for about $16,000 brought against Th. Seth Paul, who is
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    PARTY DISSOLVED AFTER ARREST OF LEADER
    44 11 London, Mar. 3. THE Swiss radio states that the Na- tional front party, which is Nazi in its inspiration, has dissolved itself following the arrest of its leader, M. Tobler, on suspicion of espionage, on Mar. I.— Reuter.
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    CHETTIARS & INCOME TAX
    479 11 CHETTIARS INCOME TAX Support For Plan In Principle SINGAPORE AND JOHORE VIEWS ANE of the first public bodies to hold a special meeting and consider the Governor's proposal for an income tax in Malaya has decided to support it in principle. This is the Singapore Chettiars' (Nattukottai) Chamber of Commerce,
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    K.L. BROADCAST ON INCOME TAX
    68 11 (Foni Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. v MR. C. Ward-Jackson, secretary of the United Planting Association of Malaya, stated yesterday that he will be broadcasting on Sunday on his views regarding income tax. He is unwilling to comment on Sir Shenton Thomas' speech until
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    Malayan Press Comment On Income Tax Speech
    675 11 COMMENTING on the Governor's broadcast, the Straits Echo (Penang) says it did not produce a single new or convincing argument in favour of income tax for Malaya. There was a great deal of appeal to sentiment which was unnecessary in view of the
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    Malaya Sends £1,450 To Aid The Finns
    362 12 Malaya Sends £1,450 To Aid The Finns "THE CONSULATE OF FINLAND at Singapore yesterday remitted the Brst 1,450 by telegraphic transfer to the Finnish Legation in London for the credit of the Finnish Red Cross Fund. The fourth list of donors to the fund in this country shows a total
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    JASIN CLUB CLERK ADMITS CHARGE
    68 12 LEE TECK WEE. a clerk of the Jasin Club, Ma'acca, was charged in the Singapore second court yesterday with criminal breach of trust of $180 on Oct. 25. 1937. On his plea of guilty. Court Inspector C. Such informed the magistrate that the case would
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    TENANT MAY RE EJECTED
    81 12 ON the grounds that the Singapore Improvement Trust wished to comply with a condition imposed by the Governor-in-Council in connection with the approved layout of that area. Mr. F.E.A. Blackwood-Sewell, on behalf of the Singapore Improvement Trust, applied for the ejection of a tenant before the
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    APPEAL DISMISSED
    61 12 AN appeal by Said Omar bin Said Idris, a young Malay with several previous convictions, against a magistrate's conviction and sentence on a charge of theft of a pair of shoes, was dismissed by Mr. Justice Pedlow in the High Court yesterday. Omar had been sentenced to two
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    MALAYA PATRIOTIC FUND
    578 12 THE latest list of contributions to the Malaya Patriotic Fund shows a total of $1,068,472.39 received up to Mar. I. The full list is as follows: Previously acknowledged $1,058,078.61; K. V. Parameswara Iyer $4.80: Seremban Branch $5,000: Mr. and Mrs. A. Laven $50. MALACCA BRANCH Rotary Club
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    PENANG OPPOSITION TO INCOME TAX PLAN
    907 12 Ex-Federal Councillor On Taxation Without Representation (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Mar. <4 A S one who was connected with the successful agitation by the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce for the abolition of income tax in the Colony when it was previously imposed
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    MOTORIST'S TWO FINES
    52 12 A EUROPEAN, E. Laidlaw, was yesterday fined $50 in the Singapore traffic district court on a charge of driving a car without a third party insurance policy along Geylang Road on Feb. 1. He was further fined $5 on a charge of driving without a licence. CROSS
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      Is All The Debate Worth While?
      446 13 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— l feel it is my duty to write to you this letter, as a citizen of Malaya, especially on the subjects mentioned in your leading article on taxation. I belong to an institution of men and
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      Agency Houses Should Be Made To Pay
      139 13 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— Agriculturists and miners in this country pay heavy taxation in the form of quit rents and export duties, and thus, if new taxation is to be imposed in any form, it will hit them harder
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      No Increased Salaries Or Extra Staff
      138 13 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— There is one very important point in connection with war taxation that every resident of Malaya should absolutely insist upon. It is that whatever form war taxation is to take In the Straits Settlements or F.M.S..
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      BUS SERVICES
      92 13 Support For Visitor's Complaint To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— l can vouch for the absolute accuracy of what Mr. William Wells writes about bus services. That Is my almost daily experience. But I wonder whether Mr. Wells knows that the Singapore Traction Co. holds a
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      Experiences In The Rush Hours
      197 13 To the Editor ef the Straits Times Sir,— Having read the article on bus services in the Straits Times yesterday, I fully endorse what your correspondent from Batu Gajah has written. This subject has been discussed over and over again and so far, nothing has
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      Congestion From 7.30 In The Morning
      62 13 Tc the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Some time ago, there appeared in your paper a great deal of correspondence regarding the inconvenience experienced by members of the public owing to the insufficiency of buses along the Serangoon route. I regret having to
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      THE EURASIANS
      433 13 Difficult Problem Of Leadership To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— l have read the letter of L.C.L. of PenanK on The Eurasians in your Issue of Feb. 29 and it strikes me that the only remarkable features are Its frank and generally good ideas and the
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    French Reply To Tokio Protest
    257 14 French Reply To Tokio Protest Chungking Speech Was Misreported Chungking, Mar. 4. AS a result of the Japanese protest in connection with two alleged declarations made by the French Ambassador, M. Cosme, in Chungking, described by a Japanese spokesman as "not conducive to good Franco-Japanese relations," the French Embassy has
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    JAPAN IS ANXIOUS TO ADJUST RELATIONS
    163 14 Toklo, Mar. 4. A JAPANESE Foreign Office spokesman said to-day that Japan was anxious to open negotiations with France to readjus. political and economic relations. He hoped ta ks would begin shortly, "perhaps next week," and he added that as a result of Japanese
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    BRITAIN AND JAPAN
    35 14 Toklo, Mar. 4. rE British Ambassador, Sir Robert Cralgie. called on the Foreign ViceMinister, Mr. Masayukl Tani, this morning and exchanged views regarding various problems pending between Jap?n end Britain —Eastern News.
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    Allied Warships & Dardanelles
    93 14 Allied Warships Dardanelles London, Mar. 4. IN the House of Commons to-day Mr. R. A. Butler, Foreign Under-Secre-tary, replying to a question, stated that in the event of the treaty of mutual assistance between Britain, France and Turkey coming into operation Turkey would be a belligerent and therefore, under Article
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    MEAT RATIONING
    27 14 London, Mar. 5. T^HE Ministry of Pood stated yester1 day that with the introduction of meat rationing on Monday next, difficulties will be smoothed out.
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    Finnish Refugees Arrive In Sweden
    50 14 Finnish Refugees Arrive In Sweden Finnish refugees, women and children their homes reduced to ruin< by Russian bombers are arriving daily at Haparanda, Sweden, on their way to Swedish homes. Picture shows a member of the Swedish Lotta organization serving warm food to a littlerefugee on a train at Haparanda.
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    Missing Plane's Wreck Found
    191 14 Missing Plane's Wreck Found Body And Wings On Iran Coast-line Calcutta, Mar. 4. T*HE wreckage of the Imperial Airways liner Hannibal was sighted to-day by the Coogee, a standby flying-boat from Karachi. The Hannibal was located^ along the coast-line of Iran, two miles east of Rr.selkuh, on the south coast,
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    King On "Fine Example Of Will To Win"
    91 14 King On "Fine Example Of Will To Win" London, Mar. 4. HHHE King has sent a message of A congratulations to Sir Robert Kindersley. president of the National Savings Committee, on the sum of £100,000,000 being reached in the national savings certificates and defence bonds investments in the first 100
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    GAOL FOR EVADING CENSORSHIP
    45 14 Bombay, Mar. 4. TpWO German women, a Dutch woman and four Italians were sentenced to-day to a day's imprisonment and a fine for evading the postal censorship. One of the German women is said to have written letters mentioning trocpsh!p movements.
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    LONDONERS HAVE GOT USED TO THE BLACK-OUT
    304 14 London, Mar. 4. OIK months ago Londoners were »J having their first experience of the black-out and groping their way about unlighted streets amid traffic reduced to a crawl by the darkness, in which hastily covered lights of motor cars and omnibuses gave
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    HAND-TO-HAND FIGHTING IN VIIPURI AS REDS ADVANCE
    394 14 Main Finnish Force Withdraws In Good Order To New Defence Line London, Mar. 4. DEPORTS from Helsinki state that the main part of Viipuri (Viborg) is still in Finnish hands although the Russians are said to be gradually encircling the city. The Finns
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    SOVIET DENIAL
    85 14 Moscow, Mar. 4. AN angry denial of the allegations d Russian atrocities contained In the nole published by the Finnish Government and sent to the League of Nations Is contained in a statement issued by the headquarters of the Leningrad military rrea. The statement described the allegations as
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    SOVIET-GERMAN BORDER
    45 14 Moscow, Mar. 4. TTHE mixed Soviet-German border commission set up on Oct. 5 to demarcate the Soviet-German frontier has now finished its survey. Nearly 2,000 bcrder posts have been driven In. The new frontier now has to be ratified by both Governments.— leuter.
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    30 14 ITALY Is celebrating the third anni- versary of the Fascist Big-Family Union by giving silver medals and diplomas of honour to over 100,000 mothers who have more than seven children.^
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    Would Save His Nazi Attackers
    121 14 London, Mar. 4. FPIIE spirit in which British ■i- fishermen take the wanton German air attacks on fishing boats peacefully employed in following their calling is shown by the words of a Scottish trawler skipper who has been subjected to one such onslaught. After h's
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    Flood Threatens Yangtze Valley
    170 14 Flood Threatens Yangtze Valley Mighty River's Cours« May Again Be Changed Chungking, Mar. 4. TTHE latest information received hen reveals that the Yellow River known for centuries as "China'i Sorrow again threatens to change the landscape of China as the waters of the Yellow River carrying mud slit from the
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    LORD ROTHERMERE'S GIFT OF PAINTINGS
    62 14 Condon, Mar. 4. LORD Rothermere, the newspaper magnate, has decided to dispense with his private collection of paintings built up during 40 years and particularly notable in its representation of the Italian Old Masters. Lord Rothermere cabled from Egypt announcing his decision, offering three pictures
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    GRAFMOND & FAIR KING BEST BETS TO-MORROW
    1118 15 GRAFMOND FAIR KING BEST BETS TO-MORROW Non-Acceptors And Order Of Running On Second Day fRAFMOND and Fair King look to be the best bets at Kuala Lumpvr to-morrow in the second day's racing in (he Selaneor Turf Club's Gold Cup meeting. Grafmond won a good race In Singapore, and on
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    40 15 SOCCER: S.A.F.A. League. Reserve Division. Malays vs. Manrhesters. Stadium; Fortress RE. vs. Loyals. Changi; SH.C. vs. Chine,e, S.R.( S?cond Division (At RAF. Torpedo vs. R.A.F. Ten«;ah, Seletar; Malaya Signals vs. Naval Police. Alexandra Road. TENNIS: V.M.C.A. tournament.
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    SECOND ROUND OF SCOTTISH CUP
    56 15 rEE draw for the second round of the Scottish Cup on Saturday, which now resolves itself into a normal knock-out competition is: KLmarnocl: vs. Albion: Dumbarton vs. Airdrieonians; Hamilton vs. St. Mirren; Hearts vs. Raith; Falkirk vs. Rangers; Clyde vs. Dunf ermline Dundee U. vs.
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    CUSTOMS BEAT FORT CANNING 2—1
    56 15 rl a second division (b) soccer f.xture played on the Clerical Union ground yesterday, the Customs defeated Fort Canning by two goals to one. NESTANGLO WIN NESTANGLO beat the Chartered Bank by four goals to one In a Bu.:iners Houses' League fixture played on the
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    27 15 Van Breukelen leads in LadoKt. winner of the first rare at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. Ladolet will have a hard pony in Faith to beat z to-merrvw.
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    S.C.C. BEAT NAVY TWO-ONE
    287 15 Reserve Division Game On Padang I*HE S.C.C. scored a well deserved soccer victory yesterday when they defeated the Royal Navy by two r©«ls to one in a reserve division fixture on the padang. The r^avy were the aggressors in the first half and had slightly the
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    Y.M.C.A. TENNIS RESULTS AND FURTHER TIES
    318 15 'INHERE were several hard fought ties played otr in the V.M.C.A. open invitation lawn tennis tournament yesterday. Krsults were: Men's riaglH > hampioiiship: A. I. Perelra U-dt Mm Hee Chin. 3—63 6 6—2. 6—4.6 4. Men's handicap singles: Wee Ens Lock «—13.3 i beat
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    ARGYLLS COLLECT FULL POINTS AT STADIUM
    554 15 Sappers Beaten By Odd Goal In Three In Good Game Argylls m 2 RE h OPENING the season well, the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders beat the Fortress R.E. by two goals to one in the first division of the S.A.F.A. League, at the Anson
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    Hongkong Bank Beat S.C.S.
    263 15 U.K. S. Bank .2; Cold Storage .1. BEATEN by the odd goal m three, the Singapore Cold Storage suffered their first reverse of the season when they met the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank at the F. and N. ground yesterday. In a game which was hard
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    AIRMEN BEAT GUNNERS
    40 15 PLAYING at Changl yesterday, the R.A.F. (Seletar) beat the R.A. by four goals to two in the Hrst division of the S.A.F.A. League. The Airmen were much the better side, and the result was never in doubt.
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    LOYALS BEATEN AT GILLMAN
    451 15 Gordons Fight Hard For Victory Gordons. .3. I/;ya!s. PLAYINti on their own ground ;it Gillman Barracks yesterday. lh» I.oy;ils were surprisingly beaten by the (iord<ms by three goals to two in the first «liv m<n nf th S.A.K V league. The Gordons dei nred to win
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    BLITZKRIEG TACTICS ARE NOW IMPOSSIBLE
    576 16 'New Phase Of War Is Now At Hand, 9 Is The Times' Warning London, Mar. 4. A MPLE reasons for satisfaction with the balance of the advantage during the first six months of the war are found in newspaper reviews as the seventh month of
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    PROTEST TO BRITAIN
    321 16 Italy And Ban On German Coal THE text of the Italian pretest o gainst Britain's decision to stop Germany's seaborne coal to Italy was published in Rome yesterday. It declares that the decision is extremely prejudicial to Italian interests, and therefore the Fascist Government renews in the
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    Six Italian Coal Ships Leave
    199 16 Rotterdam, Mar 4. CIX o; 14 Italian colliers which v:ere loading Gorman ccal for Italy when the Eriti^h ban came into force left this morning on instructions from Rome. Eight others are expected to sail to-morrow. While local Italian coaling agents say they do not
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    VISITS TO EVACUEES
    34 16 London, Mar. 4. M than 600 parents, occupying iVI i trains, took the op- i ek-end of visiting i who have been evacuated to towns in Sussex. Hampshire British Wireless. l
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    18 16 T Stuttgart, Mar. 3. HE death has occurred of Dr. Kar Murk, the famous German con i uter.
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    Decided Renewal Of Activity
    176 16 French Communique On West Front Fighting A Paris, Mar. 4. COMMUNIQUE issued in Paris today says: "It was a relatively quiet night on the whole. Two of our outposts to the east of the Moselle repelled a local attack. "These last days have, on the whole,
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    MECHANIZED TREK OF 2,000 MILES TO KENYA
    254 16 London, Mar. 4. THE arrival at Nairobi (Kenya), of 1 British trooDs from northern Rhodesia after a mechanized trek 2,000 miles is announced by the Ministry of Information. Their arrival completes the concentration in Kenya of British troops from south and east Africa.
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