The Straits Times, 9 April 1940

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    36 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTUR?.) MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS, The Straits Times 16 PAGES. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1940 PRICE 5 CENTS
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      352 1 For Up-to-date TAILORING. MIEN CHONG You art assurtu of real satisfaction. ai Coloman St. 04 Singapore. -Phone 4816- SINGAPORE, 140 CECIL ST, ('PHONE 5471) lil s li H li HPH P ±4^ 111 II w -^wtn^% J^^^U Sl RMax and f'-el fit again: soothe tired ru;ves, rest and re^upcryk VI
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      133 1 S FAMOUS LAWN MOWERS fHESE Lawn Mowers arc Mt^ ACv\ M YiL^^/ M BRITISH THROUGHW\m\^^ W^ulW^^" OUT and are incom Varable \^X\^^^^^^^ in Desi 9 n > Workmanship and Per f° rmance and Materials used are of the Highest $$§fe ib BRITISHER^^ Quality. Spare Parts arc 4ilaLr^ always in stocJc
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      239 1 FINAL EDTN. PERFECT STYLE) in DRESSMAKING I REABYMAOES MADAME PAGE* SALONS 13. Battery Road Singapore. HOTEL MAJESTIC Kuala Lumpur. KUALA LUMPUR. 25 JAVA ST. t'PHONE 3683). I NOW HERE'SA COFFEE IAnHAT'S BECAUSE OF Airy/ CAN REALLY ENJOY.., ITS A THE NEW RICHER BLEND OF MAXWELL THIS RADIANT\ AmABOOT PERFECT \ROAST
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
    • Obituary
      DEATH
      19 2 On April 7, at Worthing, England, Mrs. Jessie Paterson, wile of ihe late Harry Paterson. A^'eci b8 year?.
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      533 2 ©ie Straite 2Tmu» SMALL ADST Minimum charge $1. for wlrt not exceeding 4 line*. More than four lines 25 cents per line (Six words). Box No. 25 cents extra. Small Ads, are prepayable JACKSON— OiI April 7at Batu Gajah, to PhyD wife of R. Jackson son. ELLIS —To Elizabeth, wife
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      909 2 FOR SALE A FEW ATTRACTIVE and original evening and afternoon gowns at moderate prices Tele. 4390—8 to 5 p.m. FOR SALE, Fresh PuerarU Javanica and Cc trosema seeds for Immediate delivery. Apply Box No. 528, Straits Times. BUDDED STUMPS— 2O,OOO well grown seedlings, 20 months old, for sale. T.J. 1
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      795 2 LOST LOST. A brown Singapore terrier dog, white feet, long tall. One claw missing from left hind foot. Answers to name Gilbert. Last seen Stevens Road. Finder please communicate Mrs. Beh, 19, Mount Rosie. FOUND FOUND. Greyhound *****, 86 Meyer Rd. FOUND Straying 2nd Mile Bulclt TlmaH Road well cared-for
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      1005 2 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES TABTNERSHIP NEEDED $4,000.00. Excellent running concern. Apply Box No. 651. Straits Times. PUBLIC NOTICES THE SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. NOTICE Is hereby given that a General Meeting of Electors of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce will be held In Fullerton Building on Friday. 12th April, If 10, at
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      803 2 BUSINESS CARDS ETC. Kathleen Brown DESIGNER DRESS-MAKER Room 35. Raffles Hotel Sports Suits In Silk and Cotton Saron»«. m mmmmm APB 1 EDUCATIONAL PRIVATE tuition by lady rr. French conversation. Grammar etc. Apply Box 647, Straits Times. RAFFLES GRADUATE, Willing to give lessons in English history and mathematics. Apply stating
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      500 2 USED CARS RECONDITIONED GUARANTEED. 19)9 FORD XX H.P. SALOON ALMOST NEW $15XO 1938 FORD XX H.P. SALOON PERFECT CONDITION $135O 1939 STANDARD 9 H.P. SALOON SMALL MILEAGE $1X5O 1936 MORRIS 8 H.P. SALOON $soo 1935 AUSTIN 10 H.P. SALOON $8OO 1938 FORD 10 H.P. SALOON $H5O AND OTHERS WEARNE'S USED
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      437 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA ANO APCAR LIKE. (Incorporated in England) PENINSULAR ANL VJRIEN'I Al 6.N CO MAII f'ASSENOEF AND CARGO SERVICE? The best possible services are being maintained by the P. O. S N Company to their usual ports of cal< except ports in Japan. Passengers are requested
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      244 3 (Incorporated in Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS 1 FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR 1 TO CALIFORNIA FROM THE ORIENT VIA HONOLULU 1 mi. TATUTA MARU from S'hal Apr. 28 sj. NITTA MARU from H'kong May 10 I TO VANCOUVER A SEATTLE** ROM JAPAN mA HEIAN MARU leave Kobe May 11 1 m.s.
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      543 3 LUXURIOUS ONE-CLASS MOTORSHIPS Cabins with private bath— Excellent Cuisine— Moderate Fares FREQUENT PASSENGER SAILINGS TO GENOA/MARSEILLES I'.K. /COPENHAGEN Passengers paying the U./S. rate have the option of proceeding overland. 2nd i Class rail and sleeper. Genoa/Marseilles/London, at the ship's expense. THE EAST ASIATIC C O.« LTD* (Incorporated in Denmark) I
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      318 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. BLUE FUNNEL LINE Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom and United States c» 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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      748 3 Broadcasting TO-DAY nirom (IKirADADB VI>B mc IMI VUA 6 04 met dlllUArl/IVE, (49.6 tn); PM* I0.2S me s <292 ml: VMM ZIU 1 ii rac/K (225m I mc RU a» r VDC .5 16 w ZHP <»«« mr/« (3096ml <l!) m 115 p.m. Miscellaneous gramophone re- 450 pm Pro^' mme
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    EFFECT OF WAR ON CONTRACTS
    1402 4  -  E. WYNDHAM WHITE »y When Discharge Of Obligation May Be Claimed Barrister-At-Lavo •THE outbreak of war has very drastic .effects on contractual obligations of parties who r\re on different sides of the line of war," t but its effects are much less drastic i than
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    London Stock Exchange
    358 4 London, Apr. 8. ALTHOUGH business was small throughout A the session on the Stock Exchange, the undertone was cheerful. The absence of support during the afternoon was responsible for a slightly easier trend but gilt-edged, textiles and goldminlngs remained firm, showing small net gains at close. —Reuter.
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    182 4 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES tiom Oui Jwd worre.-yui.aeui) London, Apr. 8. COMMODITY and Exchange markets closed as tallows with orevious quotations id parenthesis:— RUBBER: Firm. Spot 10 15 18d 11 1 16d UOTbd lid) May Hd 11 1 16 d (10" 3 d lid) Jul-Sep 10 15 16d 11 1 16d (10
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    235 4 Mails close at the General Post Office as follows: TO-DAY Aden air 5 p.m. Africa air 5 p.m. Burma air 5 p.m. Canada air 9.30 a.m. and 5 p.m. China surface 1 p.m. air 9.30 a.m. 5 p.m. China (South-West) surface 2 p.m. Egypt air 5
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    Fraser & Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations
    1291 4 Fraser Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations MONDAY. APE. t, 1940: 5 P.M. MINIM O Buyen Seller* Ampat Tin (4s) 4s VA<1 4s 10>£d Austral Amal. (5s) 5s 9d 6s 3d Austral Malay 35s 37s Ayer Hitam 21s 22s Ayer Weng .63 .67 Bangrln Tin 21s 22s Batu Selangor ($1) 1.46 1.51
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    LYALL AND EVATT'S DAILY QUOTATIONS
    234 4 Sinzapore, Apr. 8. o P m. ItlMIMO Buyers Sellers Ampate 5 fi 4 Austral Aiiial* 5/10 6/1 Batu Selaneorr 1.47 1.52 Hong Fan* l.M l.g Kampcng Lanluts 22,6 23/K Kamv.niinjt 8_6 9'Kuiidang Hh 4 10 Kent 2 1 Klang Rivet, 2.05 Kramats 12 Ku.haL- l-6<
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    FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
    127 4 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Boobs Company Dividend Close TIM Chenderiang 5% Int. less tax Johan IVtVo final Apr. t Kramat Tin 9d. No. 29 Apr. 11 Kuchai 10% ink Apr. 9 Ungui 5% int. ..Apr. 11 Renong Tin 1*A% int. less tax Takuapa 6d Apr. 23 ■OHM Bukit
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      44 4 of RECONDITIONED and NEW PRICES FROM $25... ryvTV" i*\ EVERY SET CARRIES SALE NOW ON ffJjßffJ counts will be given for cash. E&es All machines are guaranteed |jjjj|g Wf Open till 8 p.m. daily during Sale. RADIO SERVICE CO. ZZX. 2, ORCHARD ROAD, SINGAPORE.
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      63 4 TIDE TABLES SINGAPORE To-day H. \V. 11.44 a.m. 8.6 ft: 11.45 p.tn. 8.8 ft L. W. 5.30 a.m. 1.1 ft.; 6.39 p.m. 1.9 ft. To-morrow H. W. 12.16 p.m. 8.4 ft. L. W. 5.57 a.m. 0.8 ft.; 6.05 p.m. 2.2 ft. Thursday H. W. 00.11 a.m. 8.8 ft.; 12 50
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      399 5 Interest Displayed In Tin Shares X.v Out Hn-iiui.il Correspondent Singapore. Apr. 9. COMMODITIES were rather bHter v* yesterday, rubber in London being up one- sixteenth at 10 15/16 d. and In New York up one-sixteenth at 18 716 cents Spot tin rose 15s. to £250 5.5. and
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      FIXED TRUSTS
      118 5 1 From Our Own Correspondent > London, Apr. 8. The following are to-day's "bid" <v o a ijns for Fixed Trusts d. British Empire "A" 17 6 British Empire "B" 8 9 British Empire Cumulative 14 0 British Empire Cprehensive 14 Oxd British General "A" 19 \Vx British
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      91 5 Tuesday, *pr. 9. n«on. Buyeri Sellers Prices Price* No. IX K.S S. i Spot loose) 35%« 36 v. l\ B.S.S. 1.0. b in cut* April J6»; SI G.F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. In brJes April 35»» 35W t.X.Q K.S.S (.0.0. to Dales April 34*4 34% FUTURE QUOTATIONS
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      107 5 Singapore, April 9, noon. Buyers Sellers Gambler 1-50 Hamburg Cube $13.00 Java Cube *1200 Pepper White Muntofc J14.25 White »13.75 Black 8-25 Copra Mixed $3.40 Sun Dried $3 80 Sago Flour No 1 Lingga $6.10 $6.10 Fair $5.92^ $5.922 Sarawak *5.75 Jelotono Palemba".g $16.00 Banja $15.50 Sarawak
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      FURTHER VITAL LOSS TO GERMANY OF IRON-ORE
      272 5 Effect Of British Naval Action Off Norway London, Apr. 9. THE British naval action in laying mines off Norway yester- day, which will interfere with supplies reaching Germany from northern ports, lends special interest' to figures of Germany's imports of iron-ore published to-day.
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      TIN AND RUBBER IMPORTS
      55 5 COREIGN imports of tin-ore into Malaya last month totalled 5,180 tons, compared with 4,947 tons in February and 2,468 tons in Mar. 1939. The March foreign rubber imports were 17,565 dry tons, compared with 16,598 in February and 14,035 in Mar. 1939. No further details are
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      RUBBER GROWERS' COUNCIL
      126 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Mar. 27. IT is anticipated that Mr. T. Taylor 1 will be elected chairman of the Association for 1940-41 at the annual meeting of the Rubber Growers' Association, to be held in London on Apr. 18. Many members of the Council will
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      EXCHANGES
      189 5 The following are the axchange rates thL> morning according to the dally circular Issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation: SELLING i London T.T 2/4 1/16 j i London demand 2/4 1 /16 Rate for freight 2/4', Lyons demand 2060 Switzerland demand 208 l i Hamburg demand New
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      INDIAN COFFEE FOR CANADIAN TROOPS
      136 5 INDIAN coffee prcxiucers have decid- ed to give at least five tons of Indian coffee to Canadian troops in France. The Canadian Expeditionary Force Canteen Board has expressed great appreciation of the gesture, and gifts of bags of coffee or cash donations are being collected
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      OPENING OF NEW TENNIS COURTS IN SEREMBAN
      65 5 INVITATIONS have been issued by the President and members of the N. S. Chinese Recreation Club to witness the official opening ceremony of their new tennis courts near the Station Padang. Seremban on Wednesday, Apr. 17 by Mr. N. Coulson. There will be
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      66 5 sHr a, mW m f v-y-i.-/. m U Da^-lcO 1 a V• 1. 1 KA r\\ \i \i m vAiA f ff HB^jutJl!^ hill EJ^Bflf m?*w%\ ON VIEW AT OUR VARIOUS SHOWROOMS MANUFACTURED i^sWis^s^s^s^i^s^— ALSO FOR OVER 30 ~^^^WJ TTT 3mss^TfiT3r [TTJB^^^ 1^ PERCOLATORS YEARS I^^3^^M^MJJ^^^ TOASTERS ECONOMICAL 'UCTRIML SHOWROOMS
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      245 5 THE UNIVERSAL FIXER. MENDS ANYTHING. A necessity in every home. 50 cents per tube.Obtainable at Chemists, Stores. Grocers. Dispensaries, etc. Sole Distributors: GRAFTON LABORATORIES.. LTD Singapore and Kuala Lumpur USED CARS 1939 VAUXHALL 14-6 SUN SALOON indistinguishable from New $2,250 1939 MORRIS TEN DF LUXE SALOON otherwise new. 51.850 1939
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      311 5 THE MERCANTILL' BANK OF INDIA (TRUSTEES) LIMITFD. Guaranteed ano Controlled by THE MFK<"\\ 1 11 HANK Ol- INDIA UMITRI The Company, .vnich is incorpoiated in the S.S and registered as a Trust Company, undertakes the following duties: EXECUTOR OR rRUSTEE OF A WILL ADMINISTRATOR OF ESTATE' OF DECEASED PERSON TRUSTEE
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      314 6 of/Li 'tJ m I 'A J*(Bw COMING 10-MG:.TATB i MLs. Rom Lam BLACKOUT Suet Tip (White Butterfly) DANCE* Former Star And The Night all Look "Trajic Queen" Forward To Of The Chinese Screen MANY GLAMOUR GIRLS FROM HONG KONG COMING TO OUR POPULAR CABARET FIRST NOVICE DANCE CHAMPIONSHIP STARTS 22ND
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      209 6 IARBO, FLIRTATIOUS. VIVACIOUS IN A RACY FRENCH STORY. 1 3.15 6.15 9.15 1 TO-PAY AT THE CAPITOL Al R-CON DITIONED! COOL! COMFORTABLE! YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT! JUST LOOK at the PRESS REVIEWS!! THE STRAITS TIMES, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1940 The Brighter Side jreta Garbo Laughs!
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      216 6 TO-NIGHT 6.15 X 9.15 B"^jF^^^^^^^^^S AN APPEALING DRAMA (tl k-^.^.^L-A-^M__H WORLD OF GIRLS— THEIR ROMANCE, HEARTACHES, I.O^ I. ft HAPPINESS I HOTEL for WOMEN 20th Century-Fox Picture with ANN SOTHERN, LINDA DARNELL, JAMES ELLISON, JEAN ROGERS, LYNN BARI, JOYCE COMPTON, ELSA MAXWELL, KATHARINE ALDRIDGE. Week-end Matinees— 2 P.M. DARK VICTORY
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    BRITISH PRESS WELCOMES LATEST ALLIED ACTION
    704 7 BRITISH PRESS WELCOMES LATEST ALLIED ACTION 'Norway Will Protest But She Knows Who Is Her Friend' MO news since that of the boarding of the A It mark aas had such a tonic effect on the French public as the Allied announcement that minefields now bar the way to German
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    FRESH OUTBURST IN BERLIN
    122 7 Berlin, Apr. 8. TH E newspaper Allgemeine Zeitun.tr, commenting on the mining of Norwegian waters, says: "This crime is the desperate means of a people who tremble in the face of true war and believe that death by starvation caused by blockade is more humane than
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    Ruthless Nazi Migrations
    385 7 Ancient Families Are Being Uprooted AN insight into Nazi methods of conducting forced migrations, which are described as daring and barbarous, is given in the Gazette de Lausanne. The aim it is stated, is to expel from invaded territory or "spheres of influence"' all "people of alien
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    38 7 India's existing import duties on I wheat, wheat-flour and broken rice are to be continued for a year. The Cyrus municipal elections, in abeyance since 1935, are to be restored. Arrangements will be made for elections in 1941.
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      205 7 HOTELS TO-NIGHT Cocktail Dance 7 p. m. to 9 p. m. DINNER DANCE (informal) 9.45 to midnight CABARET ATTRACTION NEW PROGRAMME SUCCESS. THE PRESTON TRIO WHIRLWIND SKATERS Dinner sj.so Non-diners $1.00 RAFFLES ORCHESTRA directed by DAN HOPKINS SEA VIEW HOTEL TO -MIGHT WEDNESDAY THURSDAY SPECIAL DINNER DANCE MUSIC BY KELLER'S
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, APR. 9, 1940. (220th. Day of the War.) "The Rat Run"
    1150 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, APR. 9, 1940. (220th. Day of the War.) "The Rat Run" That narrow strip of territorial water in which the Allied navies have taken such bold and satisfying action is known among British sailors by the eloquent name of "The Nazi Rat Run." It has
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    MORE ALLEGED REDS HELD IN FRANCE
    54 8 Paris, Apr. 9. The police nave arrested five alleged ringleaders accused of organizing Communist propaganda in the industrial area in northern Paris. The police assert that the accused persons are taking orders from the Third International in Moscow. Twelve other persons have been arre;ted
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  • Letters To The Editor
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      INCOME TAX
      206 8 The Position Of The Malay States To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Mr. Laycock favours income tax if Malayan. Why drag into the arena the Malay States, Federated and Unfederated, which he knows well are not Colonies but Protectorates ruled by Sultans The rumour is that
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      CAR TAXES
      182 8 Position Of Government Officers To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— ln regard to the recent increase In motor-car taxation, it would be Interesting to know if it is true that the cars of many government officers are tax free. If that be true, the layman cannot
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      QUIXOTIC
      115 8 Bachelors Should Give Less To War Funds To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— As the new war taxation will hardly affect government officials, most praiseworthy is the proposal that all such officials drawing more than $100 a month should contribute voluntarily to the war an amount at
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      LOTTERIES
      382 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Public opinion is so against income tax that it will not be worth a ducat to try to bring it in. There are still other ways of raising money and one of them is public lotteries. Revenue from public lotteries does
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      WORSHIP OF STALIN
      454 8 Sidelight On Sino-Russian Co-operation To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— lt is evident that Mr. Hsu Yunts' un has misunderstood my letter. I know as well as he that Britain and China are fighting for the same ideal and that they must co-operate to bring
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      TODDY SALES
      454 8 Government Depot Wanted At Paloh To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— A variety of arguments has been marshalled by a good number of Indians and a few planters in the matter of toddy drinking, but has anyone tried to glean the opinion of those individuals who
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      SCHOLARSHIPS
      264 8 Present System Unfair To The Poor? To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, The announcement of the 1939 December Cambridge Local Examination results reminds me of the change, which to me seems necessary, regarding the method of award of scholarships by Government. In previous years, scholarships were awarded
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      WOMAN'S PLACE
      352 8 Where Views Of East And West Differ To the Editor of the Straits Thncs Sir.— ln an a&e when the cultural influences of East raid West strui for predominance to mould the destiny of man. such a philosphy of life r.s was cronounccd the other day at the
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      CYCLE THEFTS
      144 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— l fully concur With what 'A Sufferer" wrote regarding the frequency and ease of cycle thefts in Singapore. Now that the Municipality has benefited by so many thousands of dollars from the registration of cycles, why does It not provide
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      73 8 The Straits rimes receives many more letters than can be published in the space available. Accordingly brief concise letters stand a better chance of selection and prompt publication than long ones. Letters exceeding ?jO words are unlikely to be published at the present time. When letters are typed, double-spacing will
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      39 8 EYE EXAMINATION or MODERN GLASSES Greatest Accuracy and Lowest Charges. (We possess the best equipment). Everbright Optical Co. QUALIFIED EYESIGHT SPECIALISTS 19, Chulla Street. Phone 4435. C. S. CHONG, Dr. of Optometry. IT'S SAFER AND QUICKER B V RAIL.
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    BRITISH SUBMARINE SINKS TWO NAZI SHIPS
    895 9 Troopship Tanker Torpedoed 150 MEN BELIEVED DEAD: TANKER CREW ESCAPE Allied Naval Action Off The Norwegian Coast A FEW hours after British and French warships had laid minefields off the Norwegian coast, a British submarine sank a German troopship and a German oil tanker.
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    GERMAN TROOPS AT NORTH SEA PORTS
    81 9 Paris, Apr. 8. IT is learned the German troop concentrations in German North Sea and Baltic ports have been increased. Embarkation and disembarkation exercises have been continuing at these ports during the past four months. The French attitude is one of wait and see
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    CAPTURED VESSEL A "TREASURE" SHIP
    92 9 London, Apr. 8. THE German freighter Uhenfels, captured early in the war and now lying in the Thames, has almost completed unloading at Millwall docks. It has proved to be a veritable treasure ship. It Is estimated that ihe ship and cargo are worth roughly
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    NAZI TERRORISM OF NEUTRAL SHIPPING
    151 9 MORE than 1300 neutral lives and on the lowest estimate 164 neutral .'hips have been lost by German action since the war began. Many of these vessels were destroyed while trading between neutral ports and the only possible nason lor tfcs Nazi action is that
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    DRIFTING MINES
    36 9 Copenhagen, Apr. 9. The Copenhagen radio states that the steamship service across the sound between Klsinjre and Helsingborg was suspended last night as drifting mines were observed in the sound during the evening. Reuter.
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    SHIP AGROUND
    27 9 A DANISH salvage steamer has arrived to help the German cargo ship Curityba which went aground on Sunday off the west coast of Sweden. Reuter.
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    FRENCH BROADCASTING NOW UNIFIED
    66 9 Parts, Apr. 8. FRENCH broadcasting frcm to-day has b:cn brought together in one organization under a director-general like the British broadcasting Corporation. A statement r< gardlng the reorganization was announced to the Press by the Minister cf Information M. Frossard. He stated that a liaison service
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    ALLIED NOTE TO NORWAY
    669 9 ALLIED NOTE TO NORWAY Prof. Koht Tells Parliament Oslo, Apr. 9. OPEAKING in the Storting last evening, the Norwegian Foreign Minister, Prof. Koht, referred to "the severe violation of her neutrality to which Norway has been exposed to-day." Prof. Koht said he believed that people in all neutral countries were
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    Statement By Premier To-day On Mine-laying
    365 9 FURTHER PRESS COMMENT ON SURPRISE ALLIED ACTION OFF NORWAY REUTER learns that Mr. Chamberlain will make a statement in Uie House of Commons to-day regarding the mmo -laying in Norwegian waters. The official German wireless last night described Norway's protest against the Allied minelaying
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    Americans Misled By Nazi Propaganda
    119 9 London, Apr. 9. MR. Arthur Duff Cooper, Conservative M.P. for St. George's and former First Lord of the Admiralty, speaking here yesterday after his retui from a lecture tour In the United States, said that since the war broke out he found it lmpossblle to
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    DIPLOMATIC MOVE TO SAVE SPANISH REDS
    51 9 A SUGGESTION that the LatinAmerican countries withdraw their diplomatic representatives to Madrid as a protest against the persecution of those who fought against General Franco, is contained in the Colombian Government's communication to the other American governments, according to Foreign Office sources in Santiago
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    ITALIAN BARTER PROJECT
    63 9 ITALIAN BARTER PROJECT Rome, Apr. 9. AN Italian trading company called Danubital Societa Anonima has been founded to undertake purchases on behalf of Italian importers in the Yugoslav, Hungarian, Rumanian and Turkish markets. All leading Italian manufacturers of machinery have invested in the enterprise which has a capital of 5,000,000
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    IRAQ AND SAUDI-ARABIA DISCUSSIONS
    57 9 Baghdad, Apr. 9. A COMMUNIQUE issued last evening at the conclusion of talks between representatives of Iraq and Saudi-Arabia states that complete agreement was reached on all questions discussed. It adds "Regarding the question of general Arabian interests, the two parties confirm that they are agreed
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    PORK RATIONING ENDS TEMPORARILY IN U.K.
    19 9 The Ministry of Food announces that pork will be "de-rationed" terporarlly from to-day.—Reuter.
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    Smuts On Defence Of South Africa
    169 9 Cape Town, Apr. 9. HAVE no drop of English blood in my veins, but I do believe that Britain is our greatest friend and that Germany would be a dangerous bedfellow," said Gen. Smuts, the South African Prime-Minister, in the course of a speech
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    PUPPET CHIEF NOW IN PEIPING
    152 9 Speculation On Wang's Surprise Visit WPeiping, Apr. 9. I. chairman of the TT Japanese-created central government at Nanking, arrived on a sudden visit shortiy after noon yesterday by plane. Evidently his arrival took all but a few in the know completely by surprise. He is
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    37 9 Paris, Apr. 9 LAST night's French war communique says there was no Important incident on the Western Front in the course of the day. There was activity by both air forces during the morning, it adds.— Rtutcr.
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    SCAPA FLOW RAID FAILS
    104 9 Enemy Attacks In Three Waves ANOTHER unsuccessful Gentian air attack on the British naval base at Scapa Flow is reported in the Admiralty and Air Ministry cemmuni iues. At least one enemy aircraft wu brought down and no damage was caused during the attacks Residents of
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    HOT RECEPTION FOR CRACK NAZI PLANES
    268 9 Bid To Make Show Ends In Loss Of Face London, Apr. 8 EIGHTEEN or 20 Mcsserschmitt fighters were involved in yesterday's furious battle over the North Sea and Western Front with a much smallsr force of Hawker Hurricanes, cables Reuter's special correspondent with the
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    GREEK STEAMER SUNK OFF BRITAIN
    37 9 London. Apr. 8. TPHE Greek s.earner Okeania. 4,841< tons, has been sunk, apparently by a mine. Twenty-nine of the crew have been landed at a south-east port. Five of them were Injured.—Reuter.
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    SINGAPORE IS GROWING MORE VEGETABLES
    411 10 But Johore Still Supplies Bulk Of City's Needs RURAL DWELLERS ARE BEING ENCOURAGED TO GROW FRUIT ALTHOUGH Singapore is getting more and more "vege■Johore"that: there is no really accurate check on the large amount which daily crosses the Causeway. farts 01 juiiure, m iav^ *s
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    RAWALPINDI'S CAPTAINS LEAVE SMALL FORTUNES
    161 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Mar. 28. BY a strange coincidence, details are published to-day of the wills of the last two men who commanded the P and O. ship Rawalpindi, which was sunk by the Deutschland oil the Icelandic coast last autumn. Captain Charles
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    EX-MALAYAN JOCKEY WINS
    174 10 EX-MALAYAN JOCKEY WINS Colven's Victory At Hurst Park (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Mar. 25. •'|\ICK" Colven, a prominent Malayan jockey about ten years ago. won the second race of the opening meeting of the flat rac ,-ason to-day when he. rode Sti oto victory at Hurst Park in th
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    JAPANESE KILLED IN CAR ACCIDENT
    153 10 A FATAL motor accident rt the junction of Victoria Street and Bras Basah Road, resulting in the death of a Japanese, K. Hiroa. was the subject of an inquiry before the acting Singapore Coroner, Mr. W MacQuarrie, yesterday. Hiroa, it was stated, died from a
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    INDIAN WATCHMEN ON TRIAL
    74 10 THE trial of 12 Indian watchmen of the Happy World, who are on a charge of rioting at the park on Feb. 3. began in the Singapore criminal district court this morning. There are 18 witnesses for the prosecution. The ca?e is proceeding. Mr. S. C
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    AMUSEMENTS
    177 10 SINGAPORE KAHI.I.S HOTEL Cocktail Dance 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Dinner Dance (Informal) 9.45 to Midnight. GARRH X THEATRE. GEYLANG Luckiest Girl in the World Honor on the Range 7.45 to 11 p.m. GREAT WORLD Cabaret 9 p.m. to Midnight. Globe: Boy Meets Girl. Sky: Test Pilot. Atlantic Theatre:
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    $10 GIVEN TO CHINESE
    173 10 What Police Officer Saw In House MAN ACQUITTED ON BRIBE CHARGE (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Apr- 8. LIM Hong Chong, an outdoor officer of the Customs Department, was acquitted and discharged by Mr. J. B. Weiss, First Magistrate, to-day, on a charge of accepting
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    ALLEGED CHEATING BY IMPERSONATION
    63 10 <From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Apr. 8. pHARGED with cheating a Tamil of $10 by impersonation, Abdul Rahman, an Indian, was committed for trial at the .Assizes to-day by Tuan Haji Nassir. the second magistrate. It was alleged that Rahman stated to the Tamil that
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    ST. GEORGE'S DAY
    83 10 (From Our Own Correspondent"* London, Mar. 29. MALAYAN members of the Order of St Michael and St. George will t>e Interested to hear that the King has decided that in the existing circumstances the annual service of the Order, which is normally held in S<.. Paul's Cathedral
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    CASHIER SENTENCED
    68 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Segamat, Apr. 8. hi DID not mean to take the money I but lost my head," said Krlshnan, an English-speaking Indian charged in Segamat today, with criminal breach of trust of $71. He was sentenced to two months rigorous imprisonnfent. The police said that
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    TWO WEDDINGS
    58 10 TWO weddings took place at St. Andrews Cathedral yesterday within two hours of each other. The first was between Miss Mary Stephanie Jean Holmes and Mr. Douglas James Howes, at which the Rev. Graham White officiated. The second marriage was that or Lieut. Ralph Saint Clair Sproul Bolton
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    GREAT DIFFICULTIES FOR U-BOATS IN PACIFIC
    439 10 London Sceptical About Reported Nazi Plan (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Mar. 29. WILL Nazi submarines seek prey in the China Sea and Pacific London is keenly interested in the New York and Shanghai reports that the German Admiralty is preparing to operate U-boats
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    EX-GAOLER CHARGED
    245 10 Bigamy Alleged In Seremban EUROPEAN FACES INQUIRY (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Apr. 18. BEFORE Mr. J. A. A. Faith, the Seremban magistrate, the preliminary inquiry began in the case in which, D. J. White, formerly a European Gaoler in the F.M.S. Prisons Department, stands charged with bigamously
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    EMPIRE SUGAR PRICES IN FEDERATION
    77 10 THE Food Controller announces that new maximum prices for the sale of Empire sugar havt: been fixed In the Federated Malay States. Following the trend of prices in the Java market, supplies of Empire sugar have also fallen in cost and this, together with the
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    THE GOVERNOR
    39 10 THE Governor. Sir Shenton Thomas. 1 and Lady Thomas, accompanied by Capt R. A Gwyn. Aide-de-Camp. will go on leave to Britain from Singapore on the morning of Apr.. 17, it Is announced in an official communique.
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    T. B. Children Learn Gardening Sewing & Carpentry
    324 10 T. B. Children Learn Gardening Sewing Carpentry •pHE children of St. Andrew's Orthopaedic Hospital grow most of the vegetables they need, plant pot flowers, rear poultry, and do weaving, sewing and a certain amount of light carpentry work. They are also taught reading, writing. English, arthmetic and even algebra to
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    Lady Thomas Opens Sale Of Work
    19 10 Lady Thomas Opens Sale Of Work Mrl A. ZfYJ^SU ./Singapore. il>, Rev. B. C. Roberts. R*yo,t in To,. It.
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    NO THIRD PARTY IN LOCAL PROSTITUTION
    738 11 Question. Largely One Of Economics For Girls SALVATION ARMY SEEKING TO AID THOSE WHO NEED HELP WOMEN officers of the Salvation Army, Singapore, spent many hours in the streets interviewing girls who made their living by prostitution, declared Lieut.-Col. H. A. I^rd, head of
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    R.A.F. PLANE DOWN IN SUMATRA
    70 11 A R.A.F. aircraft which was flying at the north end of the Straits of Malacca yesterday morning was foiced, owing to a mechanical defect, to come down in Dutch territory in northern Sumatra. The aircraft was damaged but none of the crew was injured. The
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    BILL COLLECTOR ON BREACH CHARGE
    71 11 /CHARGED with committing criminal breach of trust of $668.70 while employed as a bill collector, Lim Sek Lock, alias Lim Bau Cheang, a 20-year-old Hokkien, claimed trial in the Singapore third court yesterday. The offence was alleged to have been committed between Feb. 12, 1939,
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    RESCUED FROM RIVER
    35 11 A CHINESE, aged about 30 years, was found in difficulties in the Singapore River yesterday morning. He was rescued by a Marine policeman and taken to the General Hospital suffering from shock.
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    JUBILEE IN KEDAH
    211 11 King s Message To Sultan HAVE it in command from His 1 Majesty the King to request you to convey to His Highness the Sultan of Kedah an expression of His Majesty's congratulations and good wishes on the occasion of his Diamond Jubilee," says a message from
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    TO MARRY HERE
    87 11 A BLONDE Australian girl who arrived in Singapore by the Nieuw Zeeland yesterday is to be married here shortly to Mr. Elliott McKee, of the Goodrich Co., <S.S.) Ltd., whom she met in New Zealand two years ago while on holiday. She is Miss Joan Valerie Hall
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    FIVE HURT IN COLLISION
    38 11 FIVE people received minor injuries when they were involved in a collision between a motorcycle and a bus at Bukit Timah Road yesterday afterj noon. The two vehicles ended up in a j drain.
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    JAVA PAPER & NEUTRALITY
    279 11 JAVA PAPER NEUTRALITY Shooting Down Of R.A.F. Bomber DUTCH ACTION CONDEMNED 'THE shooting down of a British bomber by Dutch fighters over Holland a few days ago is condemned by the Sourabaya Handelsblad in a strongly worded leading article entitled "Neutrals in the Trap." "When German warplanes bombard innocent Dutch
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    DIED FROM INJURY TO HIS FOOT
    65 11 A VERDICT of death by misadventure was returned by the acting Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. MacQuarrie, at an inquiry yesterday into the death of a 21-year-old Chinese, Seah Ha'am Choo, who died on Mar. 29 from tetanus. It was revealed that the youth received
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    FREE HOSPITAL
    59 11 AT the annual general meeting of the Kwong Wai Shiu Free Hospital. I Singapore, the following were elected office-bearers: President, Mr. Ching > Kee Sun: vice-president. Mr. Woo Mun I Chew; hon. secretary, Mr. Boey Khye jHong; trustees —the president, vico- president, secretary, and Messrs. Ng Sen Choy,
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    BUDDHIST ARCHBISHOP TO LECTURE TO-DAY
    109 11 rE Ven. Tai Hsu, president of the premier Buddhist Association of China, and Archbishop of the Buddhist Church of the National Government of China, who has arrived in Singapore, will- give a talk on The Buddhist Eightfold Path and the Reformation of our Life at
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    Hotel Cashier Reconstructs Alleged Robbery
    549 11 J. FERNANDO, 38-year-old Single halese, former cashier and reception clerk of the Goodwood Park Hotel, charged in the Singapore criminal district court with making a false report to the police that a Chinese assaulted him and stole cash and cheques in the reception office, reconstructed
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    IF MALAYA WERE EVER UNDER THE NAZI HEEL
    2106 12 M.C.S. Officer Broadcasts On "A Nightmare" ALL JUSTICE FREEDOM WOULD BE DESTROYED 'U/OE betide Malaya if ever it were in the position of Poland and Czecho-Slovakia under the Nazi heel," exclaimed Dr. Victor Purcell, a Malayan Civil Service officer and author of
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    AIR ACTIVITY INTENSIFIED
    389 13 Details Of Fight 10,000 Ft. Up London, Apr. 8. LATEST reporta of yesterday's air engagement over the North Sea show that the enemy fighters concentrated their attack on a small section of Wellington bombers which were flying some distance astern of the main British forma on. Four
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    Soviet Strengthening Defences In East
    96 13 Soviet Strengthening Defences In East Tokio, Apr. 8. ACCORDING to a report from Heiho, a border town in Man-t-hukuo opposite Blaeoveschen.sk in Siberia, the Soviet military authorities are rushing the reconstruction of pill-box lines along the 5 000kilometrc border between Manchukuo anc 1 the Soviet into permanent fortifications. This is
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    HOSPITALS TRUST LTD. GOING INTO LIQUIDATION
    70 13 London. Apr. 8. THE Hospitals Trust Ltd. of Dublin, which conducted the well-known I Irish sweepstakes on the Derby, Grand National and oth.r big English races since 1930, has decided to go into voluntary liquidation owing to effects arising from war conditions. The Trrst
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    FINN-SOVIET RELATIONS RESUMED
    47 13 Moscow, Apr. 8. THE RESUMPTION of full diplomatic relations between Soviet Russia and Finland is indicated by the appointment of Dr. Paasikivi as the new Finnish Minister to the U.S.S.R. and of M. Zotvo, formerly Soviet Min'.ster to Latvia, as Minister to Finland. Reuter.
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    LONDON-LISBON AIR SERVICE
    58 13 London, Apr. 8. pARRYING the first mails ever flown between the two capitals, a British Overseas Airways Corporation airliner left Heston to-day for the first of three preliminary flights inaugurating the new London-Lisbon air service, starting regularly at the beginning of May. IVie service will link up
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    JAPAN'S TRADE MISSION TO AUSTRALIA
    47 13 London, Apr. 8. ACCORDING to the Sydney wireless, a Japanese trade mission is expected to proceed shortly to Australia. The I mission was appointed by the GovernJ ment of Kanagawa province, which in- eludes Tokio, to study conditions of commerce with Australia.—Reuter.
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    DANISH PRINCE FOR GERMANY
    33 13 Copenhagen, Apr. 8. PRINCE AXEL of Denmark, president of the East Asiatic Company and member of the Danish trade delega- tion to Landcn, has left there for Ger- many.—Reuter.
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    MEDALS FOR SUBMARINE MEN
    43 13 Th° Duke of Kent presented the D.S.M. to seven members of submarine crews at a North East Coast submarine station. Picture shows the Duke walking along the lines of submarine crews. In centre are the men wearing their decorations.
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    Norwegian Anger Over Latest Nazi Outrage
    140 13 THE sinking of the Norwegian steamer Navarra, which was torpedoed without warning by a German submarine off the coast of Scotland, has aroused intense anger in Norway. The secretary of the Norwe a strongly-worded statement on Sunday night. "In this," he said, "something must
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    60 Japanese Warships Off South China
    42 13 London, Apr. 8. THE Sydney radio states that 60 Japanese warships, including three aircraft-carriers, have been concentrating near Amoy. Their presence in such force is presumed to indicate preparations for operations on a large scale. Reuter.
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    CHILD HELPLESS FOR TEN YEARS
    174 13 Runs After Operation A 12-YEAR-OLD Norwich girl, who for nearly ten years lay helpless in children's hospitals, can now run. skip and ride a bicycle, and is now going to school. She la Mary Cockburn, third of the six children of Mr. and Mrs. George
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    JAPANESE USURPING S.M.C. AUTHORITY
    69 13 Shanghai, Apr. 8. IT is reliably karned that the Japanese authorities have established their own t court in Hongkew for the trial of Chinese and foreigners without extrality rights arrested for I law infringements in the Japanese occupied areas in Shanghai. Previously all such offenders had
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    I DOG DIES IN SAVING EIGHT PEOPLE
    87 13 I DOG DIES IN SAVING EIGHT PEOPLE PAWING at the door of his mistress's bedroom while flames crept nearer, a wire-haired terrier, "Chummy." gave the alarm which saved the lives .of j eight people at Bridge Terrace, Richmond, Yorks. After everybody had s>afely left the I house the dog was
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    THE WESTERN FRONT
    25 13 A COMMUNIQUE issued in Paris yesterday reports renewed artillery fire in the region west of the Vosges and local activity of patrols.—Reuter.
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    Noted Military Writer Dies In London
    144 13 London, Apr. 8. TTHE death lias occurred of Major1 General Arthur Cecil Temperley, reports Reuter. Major-General Temperley, who was wen known as the military correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, served in the South African war, the Mohmand expedition in the Indian North-West Frontier In
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    ALLIES COUNTER GERMAN MOVES IN THE BALKANS
    460 13 ALLIES COUNTER GERMAN MOVES IN THE BALKANS Envoys' Conferences In London To Last Several Days DRITISH diplomats from south-eastern Europe who have been summoned to London to discuss ways of checking 1 the German measures in their area, met at the Foreign Office yesterday afternoon under the chairmanship of Lord
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    GEN. SUNG CHEH-YUAN DEAD
    30 13 Chungking, Apr. 8. NEWS has just been received of the death of Gen. Sung Cheh-yuan, famous for his resistant** a""i)r>st the Juoanese in Jehol In 1933.—Reuter.
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    GERMAN BRUTALITY IN AFRICA
    1836 14 Administration With Whip And Gun PEOPLES WIPED OUT FOR OPPOSITION THE brutalities of German rule in the African colonies before the last war were described by Dr. V. W. W. S. Purcell, in the course of his broadcast talk from the Singapore station last night. Dr.
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    569 14 THE remarkable changes which in- 1 habitants of a remote part of Sarawak have undergone in contact with civilization are quoted from a Sarawak Government official's report, in the Pioneer Book, published by the Malayan agency of the British and Foreign Bible Society. The
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    ESQUIRE AND SUNBEAM BEST FOR TO-MORROW
    1337 15 ESQUIRE AND SUNBEAM BEST FOR TO-MORROW Non-Acceptors And Order Of Running At Bukit Timah ESQUIRE AND SUNBEAM should prove to be the two best bets of the day to-morrow, the second day of the Singapore Tiirf Club's Governor's Cup meeting. Esquire won well on Saturday and, though up in better
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    SINGAPORE SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
    68 15 rpHE Singapore Amateur Swimming -I Association championships will be held at the Singapore Swimming Club, at 4.15 p.m. on Apr. 27. Entries close to-morrow. The following are the events,.—so, 100. 200, 400 metres free style, 100 metres back stroke, 200 metres breast stroke, 200 metres relay and
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    HONGKONG BANK LOSE TO THE A.P.C.
    57 15 THE A.P.C. created a mild surprise yesterday when they defeated the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank by three j goals to two in their Businers Houses' league soccer fixture played on the S.H.B. ground This is the bank's third defeat, and it puts them practically
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    WEARNES WIN 3—0
    30 15 WEARNES Sports Club defeated the Traction Company by three goals to nil in a Business Houses' league soccer fixture played on the F. and N. cround yesterday.
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    LOYALS WIN AT NAVAL BASE
    141 15 TAKING full points from the Royal Navy in a first division league game at the Naval Base yesterday with a victory by four goals to two. the Loyals moved up to second plate in the table with seven points collected in five games. The Chinese
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    Hercules Impresses At Training
    206 15 LIORSES running at Bukit Timah to-morro* in the second day of the Singapore Turf Club's summer race meeting, had their final workouts on the second track of th* racecourse this morning. Scarlet Tiger moved well in slow work, an«t should improve on the third he ran
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    MAYFLOWER B.P.
    53 15 THE Mayflower Badminton Party will celebrate its 12th anniversary on Apr. 13 and 14 at a seaside bungalow 496-4 East Coast Road. The party's annual report and accounts will be presented at the thirteenth annual general meeting which will take place during the celebration, which also ineludes land
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    Y.M.C.A. TENNIS
    36 15 ENTRIES for the V.M.C.A. tennis championships for members close on Apr. 15. The tournament will commence on April 18. Entry forms are available at the tennis pavilion and the general office of the V.M.C.A.
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    IMPROVED FORM GIVES SAPPERS VICTORY
    301 15 IMPROVED FORM GIVES SAPPERS VICTORY Police Beaten In First Division Stadium Soccer Police 2. this season, the Fortress R.E. the Police at the stadium league game, winning by four R.E 4, DLAYING their best game 1 gathered full points from yesterday in a first division 1 goals to two. Attacking
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    COLD STORAGE BEAT NESTANGLO
    70 15 Spore Cold Storage 3: Nestanglo 2. A LAST minute goal enabled the Cold Storage to gain a well-earned victory over Nestanglo in an exciting Business Houses' League soccer fixture on the V.M.C.A. ground yesterday. It was a well-earned victory, because the winners had slightly the better
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    Changi Soccer Drawn
    326 15 R.A. (A.A.) 1, R.A. (Hy. Bty. 1. A SLOW start, to which there was a thrilling finish, marked yesterday's first division soccer match at Changi between the R.A. (A.A.) and the R.A. (9th. Heavy Battery) which ended in a draw, each side scoring one goal. The Anti-aircraftsmen
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    46 15 Soccer: First division, R.A.I vs. Malays, Stadium; Reserve division. Royal Navy vs. S.K.C., padang: second division (A), Malaya Signals vs. R.A.F. Tengah. Alexandra Road R.A.F. Torpedo vs. R.A. (B.!\l.). Self tar: Pulau Brani vs. R.A.O.C. Pulau Brani. Tennis: S.C.C., 5.R.1 and S.C.R.C. tournaments.
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    SINGAPORE LAWN TENNIS RESULTS
    133 15 OESULTS of yesterday's ties in ail the Singapore lawn tennis tournaments now in progress are: At The S.C.C. Mixed doubles: Capt. and Mrs Rus-sell-Roberts beat Mi.s-s Duff and J. G. Houston. 6—l, 6—2 At The S.C.R.C. "A" Singles Handicap: Pang Chiaj> Song (—3) beat Wong Pens
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    ALLIES STRIKE HEAVY BLOW AGAINST REICH
    1029 16 GERMANY'S "COVERED WAY" IS BLOCKED BY MINEFIELDS Norway's Waters Closed To Nazi Iron-Ore Ships Raiders |N a dramatic broadcast yesterday morning- the British and French Governments announced that three areas in Norwegian waters have been rendered dangerous to navigation by mines and that vessels
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    655 16 •THE British and French Governmerits in their early morninj? broadcast yesterday on the mining of Norwegian waters, staled that in recent weeks the German campaign against merchant shipping of all nations had baen intensified and pursued with even greater brutality than before. The number cf neutral
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    German Charge Proves False
    153 16 San Francisco, Apr. 8. CAPT. V/EIDEMANN, the German Consul-General here, states that 35 1 members of the crew of the scuttled I Nazi liner Colombus were removed by i th 3 British authorities from the Italian i motorship Fella at Gibraltar last Thursday. Capt. Weidemann declared
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    50 16 A neio official portrait of Air Chief Marshal Sir Edgar Ludloiv-Heivitt, Air Officer Commanding in Chief Bomber Command, R.A.F., who was responsible for the planning and organization of the RAT. reprisal raid on the seaplane base at Hornum on the Island of Sylt.
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    BLOCKADE IN PACIFIC
    73 16 Soviet Ports Are Affected New York, Apr. 8. rE United States freighter Wiidwood, 5.000 tons, was ordered to turn about in mid-Pacific and returned to Tacoma, Washington State, on information from foreign embassies in Washington. The owners of the vessel said that the information indicated this was
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    193 16 Washington, Apr. 8. THE value of United States exports from September to February was 33 per cent, above the corresponding period of 1938-39, according to Department of Commerce figures issued to-day. Europe took 44 per cent, of the total. SI. 949,000 ,000 (£487,000,000),
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