The Straits Times, 8 April 1940

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    35 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURA.] MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES 6 PAGES. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS The Straits Times 16 PACES. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, APRIL 3, 1940. I'RM'K ;> I'ISW
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      24 1 FINAL^ EDTM. for PEBFSCI STYLES M DRESSMAKING 4 fIEADYMADES Cut I a I MADAME PAGE'S SALONS 13. Battery Road. Singapore HOTEL MAJESTIC Kuala Lumpur.
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      DEATH
      79 2 Mr Chia Toon Whatt. aged 62. passed away wacrfully at his residence, 554 Sims Avenue, (off Lorong 37. Gaylang on Sunday. April 7. 1940 He left behind 8 daughters. 4 sons-in-law, Messrs. Tan Chook Chua. Tan Bah Chee. Liow Tiow Kee and Urn Yew Hock, 1 future son-in-law Mr.
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      547 2 ©if Strait* ®mv» SMALL APS. M ni mum charge $1. for advt not««fdta| 4 Hnet. More than font lines 25 cents per line (Six words). Box No. 25 cents extra. ISmaiT Ads, are prepayable KEARNEY. -At Singapore, April to Jean, ulfe of N. A. Kearney, a son. BothjyelL HIDE. -At
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      809 2 HOUSES FLATS. TO I ET TO LET. from Ist May 1940 No. 6-G. Third Avenue off Buklt Timah Road 3 be-V-rooms, garage, servants' quarters. Water and electric. Rent $70.00. Apply Raffles Dispensary, 22 Hill Street, Spore. TO LET, from Mid-May to a Ist August, large and airy house, 14 Nassim
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      337 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LIKE. (Incorporated in Ens land) PENINBULAH ANL OKIENTAI B.N CO MAII PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICE? The best possible services are being maintained by the P. O S N Company to theii usual ports of call except ports in Japan Passengers are requested to register
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      403 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS (Incorporated In Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR TO LIVERPOOL Colombo A«l<"n. Sum. Port S»M Naples. Marseille* Gibraltar. Lisbon and Liverpool Sail S'nor* +HARUNA MARU Apr. 22 23 -t-CaliS Bombay TO LONDON DELAGOA MARU May 1 1 TO LIVERPOOL Vl* Snet. Genoa Liverpool MITO MARU end
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      377 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. BLUE FUNNEL LINE Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom and United States of America. Dates are not guaranteed, all cargo bookings subject to Conference War Clauses. WESTERN AUSTRALIA THE SHORTEST SEA ROUTE AT THE CHEAPEST FARE Regular Services to Fre mantle (Perth) via Java by first class passenger
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  • Correspondence
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      A NEW IDEA
      819 4 Something Novel In The Way Of Taxation To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,-The victory of good sense over h-iri advice as shown by the nonexoected had the bad advice prevailed, must not lull its opponents Into any Sense of finality, for it is obviously only
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      LOTTERIES
      668 4 And The Question Of Taxing Iron-Ore To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir— A Government Gazette Extraordinary was received to-day in which I sec that, in addition to an extra 2\ 2 per cent, ad valorem duty on rubber, the Jobore Government has also put an extra 2%
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    OPTIMISM IN FUTURE OF RUBBER INDUSTRY
    1216 4 Demand Will Be Maintained Says Kamasan Chairman AT the annual meeting of Kamasan Rubber Co., Ltd., at Kuala Lumpur on Friday the chairman, Mr. M. J. Kennaway, said: You will note that the profit for the year amounts to $19,255, which is more ffn
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    LYALL AND EVATT'S DAILY QUOTATIONS
    147 4 Singapore, Apr. 6, 1 p.m. jhm.no Buyers Sellers Aropats S/- 5/4 Austral Amalf 5/9 */l Batu Selangors Hong Fatts l-°« l-« Ipkbui 0.70 v.la ktSU Lanjuts 22/6 23/K. KtmuntlDK Kimdang Kent a' 11 o 2 o5 Klang Rivers 2 j°* baruts n 5^ n 6
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    Fraser & Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations
    1091 4 Fraser Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations South British i$10) W.80 16. 00 St. Steamship ($10) 18.25 18.60 Straits Traders ($1> 31.00 31.50 l'hornycrolt fret Ord. ($5) 3.45 J.55 Trust of Banks 15s 9d 1 mist oi Banits and Insurance 15s 9d 7s Trust Insurance 16s 9d 18s United Eng. Ord. ($5)
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    MONEY MARKET EASY
    26 4 London, Apr. 7. LARGE dividend and commercial payments by the Government, were responsible for easy conditions now Movement In the market's fay .urReutcr.
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      82 4 K%^ |Hk vWrAin a Week to London! T— MX. a— m» S >n e .p.,e Pen OT Dou«U S DC3 IM. «->-«- Europe, via Naples. Prom Naples to the rest of Europe ex- An efflcient ser vlce "makes tae passenger reel at nome. cellent train connections via Paris to Amsterdam
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      275 4 PUBLIC NOTICES THE SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. NOTICE is hereby given that a General Building on Friday. 12th Apnl Ulo^at 2M saw pawftfeß sear on ttw Council on 28th March. 1940. By Order of the Committee. OATTEY <te BATEMAN, i Secretaries. Singapore, Apr. 4, 1940 THE BUKIT UNTONG RUBBER COMPANY,
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      350 5 Xv Oin tin iiicial Correspondent Singapore Apr. 8. AS Usual the cnly commodity prices this morning came from New York where rubber was better by one-six-teenth at 18 3 4 cents and tin by onequarter at 45 343 4 cents. There was of course nothing tram the
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      INTERIM DIVIDEND
      28 5 THE directors of the Renong Tin 1 Dredging Co., Ltd., hav e declared an interim dividend of 77 l -> per cent payable on May 4. 1940.
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      MARCH RUBBER
      33 5 DUBBER harvejts during March tx v.t :,s follows: Tb Perak River Valley 31 532 Ayer Molek 22 706 Narborougli iF.M.S 214 198 Pusing 103 401 Henrietta *****0 Sunegi Matang 39 500
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      RUBBER TRUST DIVIDEND
      188 5 Substantial Drop In 1939 Revenue (From Our Own Correspondent) I London, Mar. 28. N spite of a substantial drop ir revenue, the Rubber Plantation; Investment Trust is maintaining itj final dividend at 6 per cent actua (Is. 2 2-sd. per £1 stock), making 1C per cent., less
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      EXCHANGES
      187 5 ihe followiii;, a'e tiie sxch&nge rates this morning according to the daily circular issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation: SELLING London T.T 2 4 I'l6 London demand 2/4 I'l6 Rate for freight 2/4', Lyons demand 2060 Switzerland demand 208 li I-'.imburg demand New York demand 46 15
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      TIN PRODUCTION DOUBLED
      386 5 World Demand For 6 Months Of War MOST COUNTRIES FALL SHORT OF QUOTA WORLD tin production during the > first six months of the war Was almost double the output for the preceding six months. This is revealed in the March statistical n bulletin of the Hague
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      89 5 Monday, Apr. 8, noon. Buyer* Seller! Price* Price* NO. IX B.S.S. (Spot loose) 35^ 36 No. IX R.S.S. tab. In case* April 37 37*4 G.FJI.Q. R.S.S. f.ab. in boles A P rU —35 Vi 35 U FAQ K.S.S. fob in Mtes A PrH 34% 354
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      ANGLO-DUTCH TRADE
      174 5 Wartime Relations Stabilised Amsterdam, Apr. 7. 'J'HE Anglo-Dutch wartime trade agreements, now already in force, are regarded here as a measure for stabilising the existing situation. The arrangement is being put into force by two Royal decrees. The first decree names various goods, imports of which are forbidden
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      TIN PRODUCTION FOR MARCH
      159 5 TIN production for March is reported as follows Hours Yardage Piculs K. Kamunting 674 144,000 498 Thabawleik 599 142,000 311 Pungah Dredge 1 ..535 207,000 1,881 Dredge 2 ..630 304,000 1,827 Austral Amal. AsamKumbang 642 265.000 1020 Ulu Yam 649 188,000 510 Puchong closed down. Net
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      Bank Of Jaffna May Increase Capital
      420 5 PRESIDING at the annual meeting of the Bank of Jaffna (Malaya) Ltd., at Kuala Lumpur, Mr. S Thambyrajah said, inter alia: I am glad to report that the bank has made satisfactory progress during the year notwithstanding very keen competition in the investment market
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      83 5 53rd ANNUAL REPORT Summary 1938 1939 NEW INSURANCE J I £11,837,823 £11,534,310 (including Deferred Annuities) INSURANCE IN FORCE #f 117.721.733 121,286,254 (Including Deferred Annuities) assets t 34.391.353 36.536,021 INCOME 7.132.138 7.206,151 CONTINGENCY RESERVE AND SURPLUS 1372,975 1,584,094 Payments to living policyholders in 1939 amounted to £2.654.689; to beneficiaries in Death
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      447 5 RED RING RAZOR. II BRITISH PRODUCT RETRIEVE YOUR FALLEN BLADE WITH THE ECLIPSE RAZOR MAGNETIC PICK UP. THE MAGNET IN THE HANDLE WILL PICK DP BLADES FROM T H E SMOOTHEST SURFACE WITHOUT INJURY TO THE FINGERS OR TO THE KEEN EDGES UF THE BLADE. FIVE DIFFERENT MODELS TO CHOOSE
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      220 6 OWING TO SUCCESS SEASON EXTENDED FOR ONE MORE DAY^ I TO-DAY LAST 3 SHOWS AT All BRA 315. 6.15 6 915 AljllimmiMM* IT ALL STARTS IN A TROUT STREAMI And «nd« up In blonde-brunette battU lor a man worth championship pric«il Be here when the gong clanqsl Sj Hvo Charles
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      314 6 6.15 TO-NIGHT 9.15 j ■■^^^^P^r^^^FV OWING TO UPCOUNTRY I T BOOKING DONT MISS LAST TWO ll,^^^^^ II SHOWS OF M.G.M.S GREATEST BHBBM^^^^^^^" JUNGLE ADVENTURE FILM TARZAN T s SON with JOHNNY WEISSMUHER, MAUREEN OSULLIVAN, JOHN SHEFFIELD, lAN HUNTER, HENRY STEPHENSON. Tomorrow-A WORLD OF GIRLS ON THEIR OWN-AND IT TAKES ALL
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      164 6 SEASON EXTENDED I LAST DAY!! Don't miss this hilarious M.G.M. picture that the KING paid a special "Black-Out" Visit to see in London 315 6.15 9.15 At the AIR-CONDITIONED TO-DAY CAPITOL) mm&TjEtt K«W BARER FIOREMCE RICE X I m V v |VS^ En (Men Margaret Dmrart Nat PtwrfUtoa f >■»"
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    ALLIES READY FOR GREAT GERMAN OFFENSIVE
    655 7 Public Warned Not To Underrate Colossal Weight Of Attack WARNING to the general public not to underrate the task the Allies might have to face on the Western front in the event of a German offensive was uttered by Capt. Cyril Falls, military correspondent
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    Hitler's Plan To Conquer Europe
    132 7 London, Apr. 7. A NAZI ten -year plan to conquer Europe, first discovered by Czech police during a raid in 1939 on the Henlein headquarters in Prague, has been issued by the Ministry of Information in the form of a coloured poster. The programme of
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    Registration Of 25-Year-Olds
    131 7 London,. Apr. 7. THE Ministry of Labour and National Service announces that men aged 25 who registered yesterday under the National Service Act totalled 314,430. Of these, 4,431, or 1.41 per cent., were provisionally registered as conscientious ojbjectors. This represents a further decrease in the proportion registering
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    NEW MILITARY HOSPITAL NEARLY READY
    64 7 London, Apr. 7. THE nrst section of the great Cana- dian military hospital now in course of erection at Cliveden— Lord Aster's famous Thameside seat— will be open next month. The hospital will be equipped with 600 beds and all necessary departments including a research
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      196 7 I TO-NIGHT Cocktail Dance 7 p. m. to 9 p. m. DINNER DANCE (informal) 9.45 to Midnight CABARET ATTRACTION COMPLETE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME THE PRESTON TRIO WHIRLWIND SKATERS Dinner $3.50 Non-diner* SI.OO RAFFLES ORCHESTRA directed by DAN HOPKINS SEAVIEW HOTEL TO-MORKOW SPECIAL DINNER DANCE MUSIC BY KELLER'S BAND DINNER $3.—
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      206 7 ®I<VIIAII Where TO-DAY ■I 111 Everybody 3.15 6.15 w Boes 9.15 MALAYA'S CINEMA DELUXE -^^g^j— Seventh Glorious Day and crowds are still flocking to see this magnificent picture! igC .rFuTunS* F.otur^Cartoon^r^^^^l MIGHTIEST of all Full-length Cartoon Features. IF YOU MISS THIS GREAT FILM YOU'LL MISS THE TREAT of the YEAR.
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY, APR. 8, 1940. (219th. Day of the War.) An Alternative?
    1231 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY, APR. 8, 1940. (219th. Day of the War.) An Alternative? Publication in this issue (Page Four) of a further letter from a correspondent who signs himself 'The Pieman" provides opportunity for discussion of an aspect of the taxation problem which has not received the public
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    TWO YEARS TO REPAIR SYLT ISLAND DAMAGE
    3624 8 Our London Lettc (From Our Own Correspondent) Cornwall, Easter, 1940. II7E have arrived back at the old family home for Easter to find a village full of trouble. To be precise, our arrival has coincided with that of 200 soldiers foreigners from up-country,"
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      8 8 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ARE IN PAGE 1.
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    SIX MORE NAZI WARPLANES DESTROYED
    386 9 R. A. F. Engagement Over The North Sea CONSIDERABLE ACTIVITY IN AIR OVER FRANCE Many Combats Fought At A Great Height r FHERE are reports to-day of air activity over the North Sea and Western Front in which at least six enemy aircraft have been
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    VITAL TALKS IN LONDON
    352 9 Envoys Confer With Halifax London, Apr. 8. IMPORTANT developments in the war are expected this week. Talks are due to begin at the Foreign office to-day between Lord Halifax, the Foreign Secretary, and the British representatives in the Balkans and the Danubian states who have been
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    FINNISH AIRMEN'S SUPERIORITY
    125 9 Fighters Shol Down 240 Soviet Planes Helsinki, Apr. 8. piNNISH lighter planes shot down a 1 total of 240 Russian machines during the Finnish-Soviet war, declared Lieut-Col. Lorentz, commander "i a lighter squadron of the Finnish air force, in an interview yesterday. Lieut.-Col. Lorentz added that until
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    GERMAN VESSEL'S BID TO ESCAPE
    91 9 Leaves Yugoslavia With Bauxite Cargo Belgrade, Apr. 8. yHE German freighter Ankara (4,768 tons), with a cargo of bauxite destined, for Trieste, slipped out of Dubrovnik harbour (Yugoslavia) last night. The Yugoslav harbour authorities were not aware that the ship intended to sail and do
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    INFORMATION MINISTRY RESIGNATION
    56 9 HPHE Minister of Information an- nounces that Professor E. H. Carr has resigned his position as director Qf the foreign division in the ministry. He will be succeeded by Mr. I. A. KirkPatrick, counselor in the Foreign Office whose services have been placed at the disposal of
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    Scene On The French War Front
    20 9 A French machine-gun post in an advanced position in No-Man's-Land on the Western Front.
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    Sweden Intensifies War Preparations
    39 9 TTHH Swedish General Staff an- nounces the intensification of Sweden's defence preparations. The announcement gives no indication of what measures have been taken beyond saying that they have been made because of present conditions. Reuter.
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    Japanese Bid For Jewish Votes
    328 9 Promise Permits For Refugees' Relatives Shanghai, Apr. 8. IN connection with the Municipal Council elections, which promise to be the most heated in Shanghai's history, the British Consul-General is reported to have sent a letter to all qualified British voters emphasizing that it is of
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    GENERAL SIR FELIX READY DEAD
    86 9 THE death has occurred of Gen. Sir Felix Ready at th e age of 67, reports Reuter from London. Entering the army in 1891, Felix Ready served In Soudan, South Africa and the Great War. He later became General Officer Commanding the North Ireland district
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    29 9 CHINESE troops in north-west Shansi Province, after recapturing Linghsjen, attacked Fangshan on the night of Mar. 29 and completely occupied the city the next day, accordIng to Chinese dispatches.—Reuter.
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    GANDHI'S FOLLOWERS HURT IN CALCUTTA INCIDENT
    202 9 Svvpn ™,w Calcutta, Apr. 8. EVEN peopie were injured here when orthodox Congress workers, followers of Mahatma Gandhi and the congress Working Committee, giving a demonstration in hand-spinning, were pelted with stones by a number of young men. The assailants shouted "Down with Gandhism"
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    EVASION OF BLOCKADE
    298 9 British Notes To Scandinavia London, Apr. 7. i TT is learned that the Allied Notes A to Norway and Sweden reserve rights in dealing with the German use of Scandinavian waters to evade the blockade. These Notes are now being studied by the two Governments, and it
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    Allied Blow That May Crash Reich
    217 9 Neutral Journal On War Prospects A SURVEY of world comment on the war, issued by the Ministry of Information in London and based on telegraphic reports, contains extracts from -the Norwegian and Swedish press which reflect appreciation In those countries of the necessity for
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    BERLIN ALARMED OVER NEW ALLIED WAR MOVES
    383 9 Further German Threats To* The Neutral Countries F Amsterdam, Apr. 8. is learned tt v Great Britain's intensified activity as regards the m uti als has caused a wave of nervousness in German political circles. While the Nazi Foreign Office is working at
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    RUSSO-JAPAN DEADLOCK
    46 9 Berlin Report Of Moscow Hitch Berlin, Apr. 8. to a Moscow dispatch, the Russo-Japa-nese trade negotiations in Moscow have reached deadlock. The dispatch asserts that deadlock was reached on such questions as frontier demarcation between Manchukuo and Outer Mongolia and the fishery question.— Renter
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    BISHOP DENOUNCES WANG REGIME
    35 9 unungnnf, Apr. 8. IN an appeal addressed ~to Catholics in Nanking, Bishop Yu Pri urges them to oppose Wang Ching-wei's regime and support the legitimate National Government of Chungk ng Reuter.
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    NAZI TRADE MISSION TO BULGARIA
    28 9 sona, Apr. 8. |\R. LANDWEHR, director of the German trade ministry, heads a German mission which arrived her* yesterday for trade negotiations.— Reuter.
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      77 9 METROPO L I T A N v i c k eTs SELF-CONTAINED TURBO -GENERATOR SETS LOW PRICE SIMPLE EFFICIENT As supplied for the construction of H.M. Naval Base. Singapore (o Malayan Collieries at Batu Aranj*. Svljt^or. One 1250 kW. and two 625 k JV. Mctrovick Self-contahuJ Turbo-generator Sets installed in
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    SYSTEMATIC BUYING IN INDIES BY NAZIS
    315 10 Raw Materials Purchased Regardless Of Cost DUTCH MERCHANTS FEAR BEING PUT ON BLACK LIST nuiFRF has been no further news from Batavia of the other raw materials. It would appear that these purchases at being made systematically by a group of German firms, established
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    HAVILDAR & SENTRY FOUND DEAD
    127 10 HAVILDAR SENTRY FOUND DEAD AHAVILDAR of the 4th 19th i Hyderabad Regiment, in charge] of a guard at an oil installation in Singapore, and a sentry, were both! found dead with gunshot wounds! shortly before 7 o'clock on Saturday ni^ht. It is thought that the havildar was shot by the
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    AMUSEMENTS
    171 10 SINGAPORE. KAFIIkS HOTEL Cocktail Dance 7 p.m to 9 p.m. Dinner Dance (Informal) 9. 45 to Midnight GARRHK THEATRE. GEYLANG The Grade Allen Murder Case "J 9.30 p.m. GBI IT WORLD Cabaret 9 p.m. to Midnight. Globe- Alang Alang. Sky: Kidnapped. Atlantic Theatre: Chinese Picture (I%I'PY WOtLD Happy Theatre:
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    NEW NX-JAPAN TRADE TALKS
    304 10 Tokio Wants Raw Materials IT is expected that trade negotiations will be opened shortly between Japan and the Netherlands [ndies. The Japanese Foreign Office authorities are now drawing up, in consultation with the other Departments concerned, the Japanese terms to be produced in the forthcoming trade
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    32 10 Mr C R Michels, managing airecwr of the Ford Motor Company of Malaya, Ltd returned to Singapore to-day after ten months' leave spent in Canada, the United States. Australia and New Zeland.
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    Further F.M.S. Criticism Of Financial Secretary's Speech
    665 10 CURTHER criticism of what is described as the unconstitutional procedure adopted by the Government in replying to questions affecting the Federated Malay States by way of a statement in tne legislature of the Colony is exDressed by Mr. E. D. Shearn, one of
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    "CONCHIE" WAS IN GORDONS
    159 10 Before Aberdeen Tribunal (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Mar. 28. STATED to have been discharged from the Gordon Highlanders after having been sentenced to 30 days' hard labour, a man who appeared before the Aberdeen Conscientious Objectors' Tribunal yesterday has already been in the Al The
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    SINGAPORE TRIBUTES TO REV. C. F. ANDREWS
    78 10 pONDOLENCE resolutions on the V* recent deaths of Rev. C.F.Andiews, a great friend of India and oveKeas Indians in particular and Mr. Yakub Hassan, former Minister for Public Works. Madras, were passed at a meeting held for the purpose at the Indian Youth
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    KHALSA ANNIVERSARY THIS WEEK
    64 10 MALAYAN Sikhs will celebrate the m anniversary of the birth of the Khalsa. or the "nation of saint-war-riors" created by Guru Gobind Singh. CI In preparation for the celebrations, the Singapore Sikh Missionary Tract Society has published a special booklet on the historic significance of the
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    RALPH MORGAN HAS A FINE ROLE
    113 10 At The Cinema "Geronimo," (Ralph Morgan, Preston Foster, Andy Devine and Gene Lcokhart). Paramount. At the Cathay. Midnight premiere on Saturday. RALPH Morgan portrays what Is, perhaps, his finest role In a thrilling story of the battle between the US Cavalry and a band
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    17 10 A fine colour poster issued m Jndo-China warning those serving with the forces against careless talk.
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    F.M.S. RULERS TO VISIT SINGAPORE
    55 10 THE Rulers Of Ule renera»tu Malay States, the Sultans of Perak, Selangor and Pahang and the Yang-di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan are coming to Singapore this week to say farewell to the High Commissioner for the Malay States, Sir Shenton Thomas, who goes on leave
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    "GUNGA DIN" NOT SHOWN YESTERDAY
    131 10 THE R.K.0. -Radio film Gunga Din I was not shown as advertised at the morning shows on Saturday and Sunday at the Alhambra. The picture was recently release* or exhibition after being banned last year and was shown at the Alhambra during the Easter holidays.
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    22 10 The Band and Drums of the 4th battalion 19th Hyderabad Regiment will beat Retreat on the S.C.C. padang at 6 p.m. to-day.
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    INDIANS ARE TRAINING IN BRITAIN NOW
    451 10 They Want To Be Treated Exactly Like Tommies (From Our Own Correspondent > .London, mar. tt. INDIAN troops are now stationed in a garrison camp in the North of Britain. All Mohammedans from different parts of India, they have been recruited on a voluntary
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    "Natives "—The Correct Use
    118 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Mar. 27. EUROPEAN Malayans are not, a$ a rule, given to the icrong use of the word "natives" with reference to their Asiatic felloxo citizens. But elsewhere in the East mistake* are frequently made, and readers of the Straits Times will
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    CENTRAL LIBRARY IN SINGAPORE ?
    46 10 CENTRAL LIBRARY IN SINGAPORE A PROPOSAL for a central library near Raffles Place is being discussed by the Straits Settlement* Singapore Association. It is suggested that such a library would enable the public, and particularly the clerical classes, to borrow books with a minimum of inconvenience.
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    WAR TAX EXEMPTION & RUBBER ESTATES
    53 10 WAR TAX EXEMPTION RUBBER ESTATES AN ANNOUNCEMENT in the public notices columns in the Straits Times to-day describes the procedure to be followed by rubber companies wishing to claim exemption from the FMS war tax on rubber produced by estates owned by companies which are liable for income tax in
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    COLONIES SECURING THEiR FOOD SUPPLIES
    868 11 Sir Frank Stockdale On Work Being Done In Malaya AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRIES IN BETTER STATE NOW THAN 1914 CI'NDAMENTAL changes in certain systems of Colonial agriculture because of the attention which has to be paid to food production in the Colonial Empire during the war, are
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    EXHIBITION OF KNITTED GARMENTS FOR TROOPS
    102 11 fFHE public of Singapore will have an opportunity of seeing the kinds of knitted garments and other comforts that are required for men of the Fighting Forces. Under the auspices of the women's section of the Malaya Patriotic Fund an exhibition of these garments
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    The Straits Times Annual
    81 11 pONTRIBUTIONS for publication in the 1940 edition of the Straits limes Annual are now invited. Articles, which must be of Malayan interest, should be as brief as possible and preferably accompanied by suitable illustrations. Light articles, in humorous or semihumorous vein, will be especially welcome. Photographers
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    COMPETITION AT AIRPORT
    189 11 Landing Skill Displayed A LANDING competition for pilots with less than 25 hours solo held by the Royal Singapore Flying j Club at the Airport yesterday showed the high standard of training at the club. All the competitors gave creditable performances. Each competitor made two landings in
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    NEW VS. MINISTER TO THAILAND
    25 11 fl|R. Gladney Grant, previously United States Ambassador to Albania, has been nominated Minister to Thailand, states a message from Washington.
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    BROADCAST ON SHAKESPEARE
    423 11 Noted Actress To Give Talk SPECIAL STUDY OF CHARACTERS CHOULD an actress who portrays Shakespeare's heroines give merely her own personal interpretation of their character, or should she supplement her own ideas with those of the great Shakespearean critics Miss Marie Ney, the well-known British actress, who
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    UNIVERSAL'S $12,000,000 ON NEW FILMS
    102 11 UNIVERSAL Pictures have already spent $12,000,000 on new productions this year, said Mr. A.E. Daff, the company's Far Eastern supervisor, who has arrived in Singapore from India with his wife. Mr. Daff is in Singapore to arrange for the general screening of Universal's "The Invisible
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    MR. W. J. WARIN
    64 11 Mr. W. J. Warm Is arriving from Cameron Highlands on Apr. 15 to take up residence in Singapore and resume the direction of Warm Publicity Services Ltd. during the absence of Mr. R. T. O. Lammert, who, accompanied by his wife, is leaving shortly by Quantas
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    Higher Mail & Telegraph Charges Now In Operation
    284 11 Higher Mail Telegraph Charges Now In Operation QNE of the Colony's new measures wto augment Malaya's contribution to the Empire's war expenditure came into operation at midnight yesterday, .bringing higher postal and telegraphic charges into pfTppt 1., Similar increases in Johore are announced in last night's Johore Government Gazette. As
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    BRITISH EMPIRE LIKE A COPPER TRAY
    540 12 Egyptian Nationalist Paper's Warm Tribute THE British Empire is like a copper tray. When one 1 corner is struck, the whole resounds. So declares the influential Egyptian nationalist newspaper al-Muquattam in the article reproduced below. It is announced that tne first unus r of
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    15 12 Mr. Tan Chong Chsw and fairA'y an leaving to-day for Penang on s month's holiday.
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    hailand Heat-wave Curtails Work
    86 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Apr. 7. OWING to the extreme heat being experienced this month, the Thai Premier has decided, commencing from to-morrow, that official hours of work for civil servants, except postal, railways and customs officers, shall be from 7.30 a.m. until 12 30
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    NAZI "NIGHTMARE" IN MALAYA
    103 12 RADIO listeners in Malaya are likely to be startled when they he the opening words of the talk to be broadcast from the Singapore station at 7.30 p.m. to-day. The title of this talk will be "Malaya Under Nazi Rule: A Nightmare," and the speaker will
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    CROP PESTS IN MALAYA
    304 12 Problems Now Of Special Importance "IT has been said, somewhat face1 tlously, that cnly two problems cause concern to the agriculturist in Malaya: keeping the crop alive during droughts, or preventing it from being washed away by torrential rains, and that when climatic conditions are ideal
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    Salvation Army's Annual Appeal In Malaya
    1174 12 THE Salvation Army's annual appeal in Malaya had raised $9,409 up to Friday and donations were as follows: Anonymous (Johore), 81.000; "Galway Castle." $1,000; Singapore Harbour Board, 5250- F G. Ritchie. $200; William Jacks and Co, Ltd., $150; Guthrie and Co.. Ltd.. $120; E
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    TWO NAZI DORMER PLANES SHOT DOWN BY FRENCH
    310 13 H. A.F. Machines Carry Out Fresh Flight Over Germany TWO hornier "Flying Pencils" have been brought down by a French squadron operating on the Western Front, reports Reuter. The French planes suddenly met the two Dorniers and ten Messerschmitts while they were
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    Australia Aids In Blockade
    65 13 Sydney, Apr. 7. THE Australian Government has decided upon far-reaching measures to tighten the Allied contraband control. Henceforth, wool exports will be limited to countries which guarantee to refuse their own exports to Germany. Spain has already arranged a big purchass of Australian wool and wool
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    SECOND DAUGHTER FOR QUEEN FARIDA
    31 13 QUEEN FARIDA of Egypt has given birth to a daughter, reports Reuter from Cairo. Her first child, also a girl, was born on Nov. 17, 1938.
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    27 13 Th.s picture, taken during: exercises in the area occupied by the B.E.F. in France, shows men of the Lincoln Regiment awaiting the "enemy" behind a farmyard wall.
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    "Sitzkrieg" As Present Allied Strategy
    401 13 London, Apr. 7. NEW YORK Herald-Tribune dispatch from Berlin, headlined "Nazis worried by trade war," speaks of concern in Berlin over the future of the Reich's export and import trade and quotes the Deutsche Volkswirte. described as a leading economic weekly, as listing weak spots
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    Caught In Sinking Spitfire
    247 13 Dramatic Story Of An R.A.F. Pilot's Escape London, Apr. 7. THE pilot of the first Spitfire to be 1 brought down round the British coasts, after three days in hospital, told a story last night of how he was trapped in the rapidly sinking machine. He
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    Japan Honours British Metallurgist
    101 13 CIR Harold Carpenter, Professor of Metallurgy in the Royal School of Mines, London, who was chosen by the Japan Metallurgy Society as winner of the Honda Prize, is the first foreigner to receive the reward— a gold cup and £300. Sir Harold, who is 65, is
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    BUCHAN'S GIFT TO SCOTLAND
    80 13 T-HE wUI of Lord Tweedsmuir ("John 1 Buchan," the novelist), GovernorGeneral of Canada, has been lodged in the Register House. Edinburgh. Under it the National Libra r" of Scotland is to have "all the boo::s in my library dealing with the Marquis of Montrose which it
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    Danube Floods Hold Up Exports To Germany
    55 13 Bucharest, Apr. 7. THE two Rumanian ports most 1 suitable for the export of cereals to Germany, namely, Calafat and Torabia, are flooded owing to the rise of the Danube. The railway administration has ordered that no merchandise be sent to these ports
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    FRESH U-BOAI OUTRAGE
    214 13 Germans Watch Neutrals Drown ANOTHER Norwegian ship has been torpedoed without warning by a German submarine. She is the Navarra, 2,118 tons, which was attacked 30 miles from land in northern Scottish waters and foundered within a few minutes, early on Saturday. The U-boat remained in the
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    PILOTS REMARKABLE "BLIND" FLIGHT
    61 13 Langley Field, Virginia, Apr. 7. THE first totally "blind" flight in the 1 history of aviation was completed when an army 22»/2-ton bomber landed here after a flight from Mitchell Field, New York, yesterday. The pilot took off, flew and landed entirely by means of instruments.
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    CYPRIOT JOURNALISTS TO VISIT FRONT
    59 13 A^.,,^,. London, Apr. 7. PARTY ol six Cypriot journalists are spending a week in England as guests of the British Council. A programme has been arranged whereby they have an opportunity of visiting the Army, R.A.F., Navy and production centres and when they leave they
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    WEST FRONT INCIDENT
    56 13 Paris, Apr. 7. /"\NLY one small incident is reported in the land operations on the Western Front during the past 24 hours In the course of reconnaissance, a German patrol approached too near a French outpost, and one German prisoner was captured. A communique issued to-day states
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    New China Pacts With Powers
    208 14 Declaration By Wang Government Tokio. Apr. 7. THE new Japanese-sponsored Gov- ernment under Wang Ching- j wei as one of its first acts will de- j clare that all treaties and contracts concluded between Gen. Chiang Kai-shek's Government and foreign powers are invalid from Mar.
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    Japan's Big Anns Programme
    69 14 Tokio, Apr. 7. THE Japanese War Office is to undergo large-scale reorganization in consequence of the inauguration of the new huge armament programme which is expected to make Japan such a great armed domain that no outside power could menace it. Appropriations totalling 3,720,000,000 yen were
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    DRIVE TO INCREASE OUR EXPORT TRADE
    98 14 London, Apr 7. BRITISH clothing manufacturers are inaugurating an intensified selling campaign to increase our export trade. This week a drive begins to sell more hats and 24 different styles are displayed in London illustrating the individual requirements of about 50 of the countries
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    RED CROSS FUND UP BY £12,000 IN ONE WEEK
    33 14 London, Apr. 7. rpHE Lord Mayor's Red Cross Fund 1 yesterday rose to £1,292,000, being an increase of £12,000 during the week.— British Wireless.
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    SAVED NINE, GETS FIRST LIFEBOAT V.C. OF WAR
    278 14 COXSWAIN ROBERT CROSS, of the Humber, has won the first lifeboat V C of this war. He has been awarded the Royal National Lifeboat Institution's gold medal for consplcuous gallantry—the rescue on Feb. 12 of nine men of the Grimsby trawler St
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    U.S. Is Not Ready For War
    152 14 Plane Industry Held To Be Sole Exception New York, Apr. 7. "IP we ever face another war, our most effective weapon of defence will be the ability of American industry to supply munitions and equipment," declared Mr. Louis Johnson. Assistant War Secretary, yesterday. Mr.
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    Socialists' 'Keep Out Of War Resolution
    112 14 Washington, Apr. 7. I*HE United States Socialist Party, at 1 Its annual convention to-day, overwhelmingly adopted a "keep out of the war" resolution, vigorously condemning any form of American assistance to either side In the European hostilities. The resolution was adopted in the face
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    TURKEY PLANS BIG RADIO STATION
    102 14 THE Turkish Government is reported 1 to be considering the building of a wireless transmitter at Istanbul sufficiently powerful to enable Turkish programmes to be picked up regardless of interference. The Germans are accused of jamming Ankara broadcasts by the authoritative newspaper Yeni Sabah. The
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    GOLD DISCOVERY IN SIKONG PROVINCE
    37 14 Shanghai. Apr. 7. RICH gold veins have been discovered by engineers working for the Ministry of Economic Affairs in the Palyu district of Sikong province, according to the local Chinese Press.— Reuter.
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    STUPENDOUS TASK OF THE MINISTRY OF SUPPLY
    566 14 Production Speeded Up To Meet Allied Generals' Demands London, Apr. 7. THE magnitude of the Supply Ministry's task was the subject of a speech delivered by Mr. Leslie Burg in, Supply Minister, at Wolverhampton yesterday afternoon. Mr. Burgin referred to the immense armament
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    WHY TROOPS FIRED ON STRIKERS
    92 14 N'Kana, N. Rhodesia, Apr. 7. IF the strikers, who had been worked up to a frenzy, had gained admission to the compound of ths building, all in it would have been killed, declared Captain R. F. Jones, giving evidence at the Inquest on 16 nativ©
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    LONDON COMMUNISTS' DEMONSTRATION
    43 14 London, Apr. 7. A STRONG police force to-day dispersed 1,500 Communists outside the French Embassy. The demonstrators had gone there to present a resolution of protest against the imprisonment of French Communist deputies following a meeting in Hyde Park Reuter.
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    NEW AIR MINISTER SEES DOMINION OFFICERS
    55 14 SIR SAMUEL HOARE, Air Minister, received at the Air Ministry yesterday morning officers of the Dominion air forces who represent their respective forces in London. Subsequently the Secretary of State visited a number of RA.F. stations in the vicinity of London, Including command headquarters
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    "NO FREE INDIA APART FROM BRITAIN"
    64 14 THE LEADER of the Opposition it the Madras Legislative Assemblj said yesterday: "A victory for tha Nazii would mean the end of all democrat!* principles. "The whole future of our country. 1 he went on, "depends upon the resuU of the war. It is
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    18 15 Strathmore (Martin) being led in after winning the third race at BukJt Timah on Saturday.— Straits Times picture.
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    Chinese Beaten At Seletar
    230 15 PLAYING at Seletar yesterday, the S.C.R.C. first eleven cricket side was beaten by 13 runs by the R.A.F. Bray was the best bowler on the Airmen's side, taking six wickets for 29 runs. Swce Keng, however, had a better average, claiming s^ven RAF wirkets lo* 29
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    Big Victory To Printers
    257 15 A FEATURE of the cricket match be- tween the Government Printine Department Sports Club and the Coronation cricket team on Saturday was fnr th riC^f f centui 7 by Anthony Lim for the Printers. His score of 101 runs included 19 4's and two 6's. Lim
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    KEPPEL GOLF CLUB
    47 15 •A PRIL Spoon results at the Keppel r^Jf° l L Club were: A division Miss D. Hirst 2 up. Mrs. W. J. Holohan 1 up Mrs. S. R. Burstall 1 down "B" division: Mrs. E. Glenny 2 down. Mrs R J Fennie 3 down.
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    ARMY WIN TOURNAMENT CRICKET ON THE PADANG
    319 15 Whiteing's Contribution To Victory Over Seletar Team TN a tournament cricket match played on the Singapore J^Club padang yesterday, the Army beat the X.IN.-X.A.X by two wickets, Whiteing contributing largely to the Army victory with a good double. Batting first the Army ran
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    FORT CANNING LOSE AGAIN
    249 15 THE Fort Canning cricket team met with their '..bird successive reverse .I at Balestier yesterday, when they were beaten by the 'ndian Association by 58 runs. Dowling failed to come off with the I ball, but was the highest scorer fcr the Fort with 32 runs.
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    LEAGUE SOCCER
    36 15 TTWO second division (A) league matches were played on Saturday At the Stadium the R.A.O.C. beat the Publishers one— nil. and at Seletar the R-A.F. Torpedo section beat the Singapore Harbour Board four— nil
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    SATURDAY'S RACE RESULTS
    173 15 SATURDAY'S RACES at Bukit Timah resulted as follows: Race I: BLUE RIBBON $37 514 Le Touquet $15 Spear of Sarawak 523 Race 2: ESQUIRE $27 $9 Grofmo $13 Nutcracker S9 Race 3: STRATHMORE $56 $16 Aerial Pest SlB Squeeze $11 Race 4: PLAYBOY $16 Sl4 Turn Over
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    Wednesday's Weights At Bukit Timah
    170 15 WEIGHTS for the remaining four races a" Bu'kft 1 Wednesda Horses. Class 2. Div. I— About 7 furs. "ayboy 9.00 Aerial Post ...8.07 feano 8.13 Fat King ....8.06 e rh Tlger 813 Strathmore ..8.05 Sir Victor 8.11 Kerrena 804 Meadowman .8.10 Distinguished .8.02 Viola n
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    OLD BOYS SCORE EASY WIN OVER J.C.S.A.
    55 15 DLAYING at Balestier plain yesterday St. Andrew's Old Boys scored an easy win over the Junior Civil Service Association. Batting first the Old Boys knocked up 160 for eight wickets Thoy was top-scorer with 53, which included several sixes. The home club were
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    S.C.R.C. ANNUAL MEETING
    28 15 T"HE annual general meeting of the '.Straits Chinese Recreation Club will be held on Thursday at 5.30 p.m at the clubhouse at Hong Lim Green'
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    17 15 Tonroe winning; the Anniversary Cup race rrom R.mbus at Bukit Tmah on Saturday— Straits Times picture. *.man
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    CEYLONESE BEAT CRICKET CLUB BY 7 WICKETS
    325 15 QWING to the deadly bowling of R. V. Sundrum, w who captured five wickets for only 14 runs, the S.C.C. team which met the C.S.C. at Balestier yesterday were beaten by seven wickets. Bitting first the Club were skittled out for 82 runs,
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    MARSH GETS 94 AT RENGAM
    259 15 p. W. MARSH, the R_A.P. cricketer, Has scored 650 runs in five completed innings. Yesterday, playing for J. H. Wheeler's side against Rengam, at Rengam, Marsh was six runs short of a century when he was ou' lbw. Wheeler's side won by 20 runs. Wheeiei
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    SWIMMER BREAKS OWN WORLD RECORD
    39 15 New York, Apr. 7. ADOLPH KIEFER broke his own ri world swimming record for the 100 yards backstroke in the time of 57 9 sec, compared with the old record of 59.9 sec— Reuter.
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    CHINESE SECOND STRING DEFEAT COLTS
    186 15 pHE S.C.R.C. second cricket te.m, pUyIDE on Hong Lim Green yesterday, scored ft narrow victory over the Singapore Colts, beating them by 37 runs. 28 runs. lav Hock Chye knocked up the highest score for the S.C.R.C. with 32 runs, while next best score of
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    53 15 Soccer: First division, R.E. vs. Police, Stadium; R. A. (A.A.) vs. R-A. (9th. Htg.), Chan?i; Royal Navy vs. Loyals, Naval Base; 8.H.L., A.P.C. vs. Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, 5.H.8.; Traction Co. vs. Wearnes. Fras«r and Neave ground; Nestanglo vs. Cold Storage, V.M.C.A. ground. Tennis: S.C.C., S.R.C.,
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    Sullivan Takes 7 For 17
    189 15 IN A CRICKET match played on tr 1 Police Depot ground yesterday the Police defeated the Khulsa by 106 runs Following are the scores: POLICE Kean Tat c S. Singh b Ram Piara 78Boudewyn c H. Singh b Brij. Singh 22; Sullivan b Ram Piara
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    FAST WORK AT BUKIT TIMAH
    419 15 Harpo And Exeve Impressive A NUMBER of fast gallops wer* on t e through on the serond track of the racecourse this mornin* when Hobbs' and van Rreukelen's horses were exercised. Horses from the other stables were given slow w ork# Two of the best
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    BREN CARRIERS HELP TO PLOUGH UP FRENCH FIELDS
    156 16 Men of the British forces in France are now helping the French farmer to plough and prepare the land for this year's \fter their airfield duties, the air-gunners shown above go down to the fields and give the farmer a hand with
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