The Straits Times, 13 April 1940

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    40 1 The Str ai ts Ti me s TESTABUSHED NEARLY A CENTURST.J MALAYA'S LEADING NFAVSPA PER—LARGEST NET SALES 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY. APRIL 13, 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS The Straits Times lfi PAGES SINGAPORE. SATURDAY, APRIL IS, 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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      209 1 Try MIEN CHONG TAILORING We only ask for a trial order. t\m Coleman St: Singapore. —Phone 4816— m^M taxes fM RENT 1 r .'Mf6L*~ liiMT'li***'' I COULD YOUR I R «3 WIFE Bi^f I CARRY THIS You know what it costs you each month to keep your family. Well, then,
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      6 1 SINGAPORE, 140 CECIL ST, (PHONE 5471)
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      196 1 Inspect OUR RANGE OF CAMERAS at Lower Prices Or entrust us to undertake the developing of your films. Every Bathfaction assured. GIAN SINGH Spore Co. INSURANCE FIRE-ACCIDENT MOTOR FIDELITY GUARANTEE MARINE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION HIE LONDON ASSURANCE UONQ KONQ FIRE INSCE CO LTD i'HOENTX ASSURANCE CO LTD. WESTERN ASSURANCF CO. EAGLE
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      13 1 GOWNS, DRESSMAKER »nd DESIGNER 13. Battery Koa*. Singaporr. and HOTEL MAJESTIC Kuala Lumpur.
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENT
      40 2 MR. S RAJAH 'Sanitary Inspector. Scrc.nhan) and Mrs. Kaj?li. nncivr ihcir r>eartfert thanks to their frier ds ar.d relatives for their presents, letters of eougntiilaUan ».nd uttrnrtances ai Um w^driin.T <if thi-ir •ister-in-law 3n SA.ur.i.v; the 30th. :.Jii?ti. 1940.
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      535 2 SMALL ADSTl Minimum charge $1. for advt not e\cr«Unic 4 lines. Mine than four lines 25 cents per line (Six words). Box No. 25 cents extra. Small Ads. are prepayable HLNCi-WEE.— The engagement Is announced of Mr. Heni? Chin Loi, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Heng Ah Mak. to
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      906 2 FOR SALE FOR SALE SIAMESE thoroughbred mal? females also kittens, owner giving up breeding $20 and $15. Box No. 675, Straits Times. SAXOPHONES TENOR AND BARITONE Conn, with cases and stand. $175 and $350 respectively. Inquire L Nick, c o Tanglin Club or 8.M.8.C. FOR QUICK SALE vacant land suitable
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      677 2 BOARD RESIDENCE j 44 NEWTON RD. English Board Residence, vacant cool, airy front room, suit business girl or bachelor, $8> inclusive. Mrs. Kronin, phone 6292. PENSION MARGRET, 10-B Institution Hill. Phone 7237 double and single rooms, bathroom attached M.S. cxc. cuisine. Double $140. 'ingle $75. BEACH HOUSE Sea Front. Best
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      469 2 PUBLIC NOTICES THE MENTAKAB RUBBER COMPANY, LIMITED. (Incorporated In the Straits Settlements) NOTICE Is hereby given that the Twentyfirst Ordinary General Meeting of this Company will be held at the Registered Office, Amber Building, 5, Malacca Street, Singapore, on Monday, 29th April, 1940, at noon, at which the Directors will
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      580 2 BUSINESS CARDS ETC I f JOIN THE GRE EN CIRCLE LENDING LIBRARY Ist FLOOR 18-* BATTERY RD. P.O. BOX 34, SINGAPORE. Moderate terms: Special rates OnlMatl n Members Clubs and Messes. Open Daily: 8.30 A.M. to 6 P.M. Saturdays: 8.30 A.M. to 1 P.M. AUCTION NOTICE By Order of The
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      217 2 3USINESS CARDS ETC. SECOND HAND FULL DIESEL AND SEMI DIESEL MARINE MOTOR FOR SALE from 7 to 100 HP. Ail the motors are In perfect running order and ample spare parts available for each motor. For full particulars Apply: Box No 668. Straits Timts. MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mrs.
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      438 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA ANO APCAR LIKE. (Incorporated in England) PENINSULAH ANL OKIKNTAI S.N Co UAH HAStfENUFH ANU CARGO SF"'MCBS The best possible services are being maintained by the P.&OSN Company to their usual ports of call except ports in Japan. Passengers are requested to register their requirements,
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      240 3 [SOHDESI (Incorporated in Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR TO CALIFORNIA FROM THE ORIENT VIA HONOLULU m.s TATUTA MARU from S'hal Apr. 29 s^. NITTA MARU from H'kong May 10 TO VANCOUVER A SEATTLE FROM JAPAN ms. HEIAN MARU leave Kobe May 11 m.s. HIKAWA MARU leave Kobe
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      579 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. BLUB FUNNEL LINE Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom and United States of America. Dates are not guaranteed, all cargo bookings subject to Conference War Clauses. WK STERN AUSTRALIA THE SHORTEST SEA ROUTE AT THE CHEAPEST FARE Regular Services to Fre mantle (Perth) via Java by first class
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      201 3 NEDERLAND LINE ROTTERDAM LLOYD Royal Dutch Mails. < incorporated to Holland 1 Passenger service to Genoa via Belawan. Sabans. Colombo and Suez. ms. "Johan v. Oldenbamevelt" N.L. Api 29 ms. "Slbalak" R.L. a May II ms. "Marnlx van St Aldegonde" NL. June 3 ms. "Dempo' Rl June 21 m.s. "Johan
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      1355 3 Week-End Broadcasting TO-DAY NIROM ciunnAnr YDB 9fi5 mcs (3130 m.); VDA 6.01 me OlMlJArUKCi (49.6 m.>; PMN 10.26 mcs (SH« m.) VUU ZHL 1.33 me, (225m.) Vl^OmV t2 12.45 p^^eife'r^Blue^MelSdy Makers. W*> a.m. Cinema organ and violin sn.os; Relayed from the Ade.phl Holel. 1.3 J P m. Voc°i ?2 "o"
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    MINERS COMPLAIN OF SMELTING COSTS
    2797 4 Criticism Of Recent Agreement BRIGHT PROSPECTS FOR FOUR COMPANIES CXCEPTION to the action of the two principal smelting k concerns in Malaya in raising their terms "to a level considerably in excess of those to which they were willing previously to enter into long term
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    London Stock Exchange
    347 4 London, Apr. 19. IN spite of the usual week-end reluctance to extend commitments, the Stock Exchange markets remained quietly firm. Price closed fractionally lower but this was due only to lack of sustained support and not t>i any selling pressure. —Reuter. The loiiowing are to-day's closing middle
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    177 4 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES nom Oui owi> Oarrerpnudenii I/uulnn. Api 12. /"OMMODITY und Exchange markets cuosed as follows with orevtous Quotation* n parenthesis 1 RIBBKR: steady. Spot lid ll'»d 'lid USd) May II 1 16 d 113 16d tllcl 11'i.d> July-Scyt lid ll'.d <10 15 lGd 11 1 lfid) Oct.-Dt-c. 10 1516
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    LYALL AND EVATT'S DAILY QUOTATIONS
    218 4 Singapore. Apr. \i. Amii&ts 4 J> Austral Awaii 5 10 B/x Batu Selangor* l-»o Vii Hong Fans 1-09 jelebut 0.75 it. hi Kampons Lanjuts 22/6 K. Kamuntin* 8 i> Kundang Ijjjj* >*"'■ Krainats Kuehais I- 63 Petaluigs 8- 4 b Pungah-s 219 M/6 PahaiiBS W/J
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      977 4 PUBLIC NOTICE si TANG VALLEY ESTATE LTD. .Incorporated In the F.M.S.) NOTICE Is hereby given that the Share Transfer Books of the above Company will be closed on Thursday 18th and Friday 19th April 1940 for the preparation of Warrants In payment of the first and final dividend of 5
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      348 5 Mild Interest Shown In Tin Shares B] Our linuiKK. I (.'iirrcspundent Singapore. Apr. 13. COMMODITIES are again a turn easier. Tin feli £2 from spot at £25c 5s, and 35:;. for the three months quotation at .€247 15s. The New York price was down one-quarter at 47>4
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      28 5 London, Apr. 13. THE total amount applied for in tenders for £50,000.000 treasury bills was £90,575.000. The maximum amount was allotted in bills at three month —British Wireless.
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      Changkat Serdang Profit Jumps
      123 5 •T'HE payment of a final dividend of V/2 per cent, for the year ended Jan. 31, will be recommended by the directors of the Changkat Serdang Estates, Ltd., at the annual meeting in Singapore on Thursday. The profit for the year, subject to directors' fees, was
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      BUKIT KEPONG TO PAY 8 PER CENT.
      139 5 A FINAL dividend for Bukit Kepong Rubber Estates, Ltd., of 5 per cent. making 8 per cent, for the year ended December last, will be recommended by the directors at the annual meeting at Kuala Lumpur on Apr. 23. After providing for depreciation,
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      93 5 Friday, Apr. 12, noon. Buyer* Seiien Prices Price* No. IX R.S.S (Spot loose) 35>» 35 7 i No. IX R.S.S. fab. In cases April-May 36 i S6'.. Sellers option G.F.A.Q. R.S.S. i.o.b. In bales April-May 34* 8 35 Sellers option r A.Q. K.S.S. fob. in
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      Fraser & Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations
      1271 5 Fraser Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations FRIDAY. APS. 12 1940: 6 P.M. Mnpat Tin (4s > 4s 7%d 4s 10V4d \ustral Amal. (5s > 5s 9d 6s 3d Austral Malay 35s 37s tyer Hitam 21s 22s tyer Weng .63 .67 Bangriu Tin 20s 9d 21s 6d Batu Selangor ($1) 1.50 1.55
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      120 5 Rice quoted per koyaa M plcnU. Other commodities quoted per plcuL except •her* ottaerwtoe «Uted Singapore, April iz, noon Buyers Selleri Gambler 7.50 Hamburg Cube $13.00 Java Cube $12 00 Pepper White Munlok $14.50 White $14.00 Black 8.50 Copra Mixed $3.30 Sun Dried $3.70 Sago Flour No
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      EXCHANGES
      186 5 Friday, Apr. 12. The following are the exchange rates this morning according to the dally circular issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation:— London T.T Lor. don demand Rate for freight Lyons demand Switzerland demand Hamburg demand New York demand Montreal demand Batavla demand Samarang demand Calcutta, Bombay
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      184 5 niii i v m.ijl \~t\ \iij.ui,; wiui i:n {bu f^^^ I II v Yoik iiu -umparabl S^ *4i^^^^^^ quality mid p riormancc. this mar- i^Hßlftj^^^^^^^^H M^ \cllous Radio provides incomparabl riHflfl HI^BH •ccpption on short-wavy and locsl JM\ broadcasts. It .sets new standard /JM\ a "f clarity. Ddrllty a:id ton-
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      383 5 MY! ETO PRISMATIC COMPACSC3 fr>%~ Theodolites Le v el 9 JT^tl F ROSENTHAL HA ¥19 IJL A A a lei m colour M RESTORER Ty WILL RESTORE GREY OR FADED I B. I WS I HAIR TO ITS NATURAL COLOUR I j^ W~% SETTING LOTION FOR LADIES ,-JI1« U MA
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      44 5 TIDE TABLES SINGAPORE To-day H. W. 1.12 a.m. S.7 tt.; 2.08 p.m. 7.4 ft L. W. 7.39 a.m. 0.8 ft.; 7.39p.m. 3.3 ft To-morrow H. W. 1.45 a.m. 8.4 ft.; 2.58 p.m. 6.9 ft L. W. 8.24 a.m. 1 ft.; 8.22 p.m. 3.8 ft,
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      318 6 *The DAUGHTERS in Another Winner. It is First Rate Entertainment." —STRAITS TIMES. BOOK NOW FOR THE WEEK-END 4 bhOWS (PHONE 6909) TO DAY 1 Z^™*::. .ALHAMBRAJ Warner Bros.* Amazing sequel to "The FOUR DAUGHTERS" Produced on a grander Scale r^y^r -7. ,JU£^>- > >£c~ s sl! The Four Daughter! f^m
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      573 6 LAST NIGHT 6.15 9.15 B"SP"^P^F9^^m THE ROMANCE OF 1^1 1 •mM^t^T^B HOLLYWOOD FROM BATHING I t A W W $M BEAUTIES TO WORLD PREMIERES Produced In Technicolour HOLLYWOOD CAVALCADE 20th Century-Fox Picture Starring ALICE FAYE DON AMECHE J. EDWARD BROMBERG, ALAN CURTIS STUART ERWIN, BUSTER KEATON. DONALD MEEK. To-morrow— CHARLIE
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      246 6 PHONE 5261 and BE SURE of GETTING IN! OF COURSE YOU'LL SELECT THIS FOR YOUR WEEK-END ENTERTAINMENT EVERYBODY AGREES "NINOTCHKA'S TOPNQTCHKA!" CAPITA! 3 SHOWS DAILY _y 3i5 6j5 M 5 II I «5Mk #WKXCom«dy Piodactlon Ik IllvJi I B oir* c d e l I] FKi NCHY SAUCY WITTY NAUGHTY
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    "So Many Christians: So Few Faithful"
    540 7 •CHE only touched the hem of Hh. garment." The words are from the opening lines of one of the old evangelical hymns but they bring back with all its implications the touching story oi the "woman with an issue of blood," a tale set
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    CHURCH SERVICES FOR THIS WEEK-END
    1357 7 < Ml K( II OF ENGLAND ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL.— Third Sunday after Easter, 6.50 a.m. Holy Communion and matins; 8 a.m. Choral Eucharist; 5.30 p.m. Evensong and sermon. Preacher: The Archdeacon. Weekdays- Holy Communion on Monday. Wednesday and Friday at 8 a.m.; Tuesday. Thursday and
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    FAMOUS PREACHER DIES AT AGE OF 68
    25 7 THE death has occurred of Father 1 Francis Woodlock, the famous preacher, aged 68, reports Reuter from London
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    TRACING 4,000 CHILDREN
    116 7 SCHOOL visiting officers are being brought back from billeting areas to trace 4,000 West Ham school-chil-dren, of whom trace has been lost since the war. St. Dunstan's known throughout the world for its care of those who were blinded in the last war, completed the 25th year
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      311 7 [RAFFLES HOTEL TO-NIGHT Orchestral Concert 8.15 to 9.15 p.m. SPECIAL RACE DINNER DANCE (formal) from 9.45 p.m. POPULAR CABARET ATTRACTION THE PRESTON TRIO WHIRLWIND SKATERS A THRILLING 6c DARING SHOW! Dinner $3.50 BOOK YOl'R TABLE Non-diners $1.00 EXTENSION TO 1 A.M. RIJSTTAFEL served to-day from 12.30 to 2.30 p.m. SEA
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      309 7 ®.viimi Wh9 TODAY ■I 111 Everybody 3.15 6,15 6ms 9.15 mm* mm »i iuxi BOX OFFICE 3400 DACII DITUDAVC THE GREATEST CRIME DAoILKA InbUllt 1 THRILLER OF ALL TIME! SHERLOCK HOLMES SUPPORTED BY 20th CENTURY FOX SPECIAL LADIES! Here's a 'Short* You must not miss 'FEMININE FASHION FORECAST off 1940'
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, APR. 13, 1940. (224th. Day of the War,) CONSCRIPTING THE BLIND
    1005 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, APR. 13, 1940. (224th. Day of the War,) CONSCRIPTING THE BLIND Nazi propagandists are very fond of citing the figures relating to I unemployment in Great Britain as| evidence of the failure of the Democratic system. The slogan With us there are more offers of
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    SIKH CUSTOMS
    174 8 Appeal To Discard The Turban To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, It is my desire to take up the task of destroying a certain custom of my people— the Sikhs. I want them to discard their turbans and to realize that they are living In the
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    REICH'S OLD COLONIES
    731 8  -  FRANK LONGWORTH Prosperous Under Others BY QERMANS must have rubbed their eyes when they read that Great Britain, under her mandatory powers, was obtaining phosphates worth £10,000,000 a I year from the tiny Pacific Island of Nauru. In the days when it was a German colony, the
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    SIR R. CRAIGIE POSTPONES DEPARTURE FOR U.S.
    66 8 Toklo, Apr. IS. FOLLOWING a meeting with the Japanese Foreign Minister, Mr. Hachlro Arlta, at 5.30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, It is understood the British Ambassador, Sir Robert Craigie, has postponed his departure tor the United States on leave. The Ambassador originally Intended to
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  • Correspondence
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      PIG-BREEDING: ECONOMICS OF A HOBBY THAT GREW
      2005 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Some weeks ago, the Food Controller spoke of the rise in pork prices caused by the stoppage of imports and urged on breeders the neces- I sity for expansion of stocks, to benefit i both
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      194 8 COLUMBIA HUMOROUS RECORDS DX 890 "THE CRAZY GANG AT SEA" BY NERVO KNOX, FLANAGAN ALLEN, NAUGTON GOLD 0X917 'THE FOL-DEROLS" PRESENTED BY GREATREX NEWMAN (CYRiL FLETCHER) WITH ORCHESTRA ROBINSON PIANO Co. (S.S.)Ltd SINGAPORE. MomwiA H THE SULTAN P«»Mini«ia| [clocks [I cutleryl [SILVER JEWELLERYJ 44**? matt last longest* HENDRYS. HENDRYS ALWAYS
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      62 8 #Have yout tNEW SUITS EXPERT^ TAILORS MODERATE PRICES Latest Woollen A Palm Beach Suitings ■Uways in stock TAI HENG CO. 23 5 Coleman St. Phone 3375 Score Don't Neglect Your Vision! j Have your eyes srientiiically examined anil defects properly corrected by a qualified specialist, C. S. CHONG, Dr. of
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    VAST NEW MINEFIELD
    595 9 Almost Bisects North Sea T41H new mineaeld, the laying of, which was announced to-day by the Admiralty, covers an area which practically cuts the North Sea in two and blocks tho Ska^errak and Kattegat. Its western limit runs from outside of Dutch territorial waters, north-west ot the
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    R.A.F. BOMBERS ATTACK GERMAN WARSHIPS
    633 9 Nazi Fighters Shot Down In Flames HOW BIG ENEMY MUNITIONS SHIP WAS SUNK British Planes Over The North Sea Skagerrak r PHE Air Ministry announces that extensive re- connaisnanees by the R.A.F. were carried out yesterday over the North Sea and Skagerrak in search of
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    Croix de Guerre For Two Britons
    58 9 For their part in killing six Germans and capturing mother of a German patrol, Capt. J. H. Hudson (left) and Fusilier J. Worsley (right) of the Lancashire Fusiliers, were decorated with the Croix de Guerre by the French. Picture shoios Capt. Hudson receiving congratulations
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    TIDE TURNING IN NORWAY?
    295 9 Allies Holding Up Nazi Forces London, Apr. 12. DEUTERS diplomatic correspond- ent learns in authoritative quarters that if the British blockade can continue successfully to limit the flow of German reinforcements, the situation in Norway may soon take a turn for the better. Nothing hai yet
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    Echo Of The "Hell Ship" Exploit
    146 9 Echo Of The "Hell Ship" Exploit London, Apr. 13. THE London Gazette announces A awards to the officers and crew of the H.M.S. Cossack and H.M.S. Aurora in connection with the rescue of British prisoners from the German "hell ship" Altmark in Josing Fjord, off Norway, in the middle of
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    HEAVY EXPLOSIONS OFF SWEDEN
    56 9 WATCHERS off the Swedish coast rcp( rted heavy exp'osions .vectc:rfnv n i rn'ng. It is learned In London that no major engagement occurred in the Kattegat yesterday so it is probable that the explosions resulted from depth-charges. There is little doubt that German units have been
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    Germans Facing Disaster
    375 9 Germans Facing Disaster World Press Condemns Nazi Aggression London, Apr. 12. ALL important newspapers in Belgium emphasize by head-lines and communiques the importance of the Allied successes. Many compare Norway's attitude of defiance with that of Belgium in 1914. After losing the first game, the Allies are hourly gaining precious
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    "WHEN THE BRITISH TAKE HOLD ..."
    59 9 "WHEN THE BRITISH TAKE HOLD London, Apr. 13. MR. Neville Chamberlain, in a message to the annual meeting yesterday of the Birmingham Unionist Association, said regarding the war we are in good heart and spirit and assured of victory even though we have to wait for It, for when the
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    FOOD POSITION IN U.K. UNIMPAIRED
    54 9 Ottawa, Apr. 13. THERE is a surplus of bacon in Canada and officials say the Dominion is able to supply Britain with more than enough to make up for what was previously imported from Denmark Canada is also likely to export to Britain more butter,
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    "PUPPET" MINISTER JOINS DEFENDERS
    44 9 Stockholm, Apr. 13. AN official Norwegian communique says that Major Hvosleff. Foreign Minister in the "puppet" government at Oslo, arrived here yesterday after resigning his post. Later he was flown to the Norwegian military headquarters to Join the army. Reuter.
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    29 9 Canton, Apr. 13. WANG CHING-WEI, the leader of the Japanese-controlled Chinese cental government in Nanking who recently visited Peiping, arrived here yesterday afternoon on a surprise courtesy visit. Reuter
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    GERMANY NOW THREATENS TO INVADE SWEDEN
    278 9 Volunteers For Finland Going To Aid Of Norwegians IT is learned in Berlin political circles that further serious 1 warnings are being given to Sweden, reports Renter from Amsterdam. A German spokesman in Berlin said last night that Sweden's immediate future depends on her
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    SWEDEN WILL RESIST
    97 9 Stockholm, Apr. 13. M. HANSSON, the Swedish Prime Minister, broadcasting last night, said that Sweden would refuse passage to any foreign troops. He declared Sweden was determined to observe the principle of strict neutrality and it was not in accordance with strict i -ality to allow any
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    BREACHES OF NEUTRALITY
    88 9 Holland Exposes The Germans r FHE Netherlands Government had published an Orange hook, exposing the full list of German \i<-h-tions of Holland's neutrality. In an endeavour to maintain impartiality a large part of the bcok is taken up with communications between Holland and the Allied Governments. Among
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    "WILL SWEDEN HAVE THE COURAGE?"
    62 9 |\/|R L- S. Amcry M.P., at the annual meeting of the Birmingham Unionist Association, likened Germany to a boa constrictor which before striking its victim, tried to hypnotize He wondered whether bravo ancient Sweden would allow herself to be hypnotized or would she have th<»
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    U.S. RECIPROCAL TRADE
    43 9 Washington, Apr. 12. President Roosevelt to-day signed a bill extending the reciprocal trade treaty programme for three years. The President described the programme as a "powerful instruznent for promoting our national will-being and strengthening the foundations of stable peace." Reuter.
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    TO-MORROW'S CONCERT
    199 10 Musical Society In "Merrie England" WITH a chorus of 90. and a full! symphony orchestra consisting ot about 40 string and wind instrumentalists under the leadership of Eva Clark. •'Merrie England" which will be presented at the Victoria Memorial Hall by the Singapore Musical Society tomorrow night, should
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    FORMER CAPTAIN OF JAPANESE SHIPS
    74 10 A VETERAN of the last war, Captain A. G. Stevens, R.N.R a retired captain of the Nippon Maru and HongKong Maru, arrived here by the Hakonc Maru yesterday, en route for his home in Yokohama, Japan. Capt. Stevens was 11 years on the Pacific run,
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    AMUSEMENTS
    179 10 SINGAPORE KM I Us HOTEL Orchestral Concert 8.15 to 9.15 p.m. Special Race Dinner Dance (Formal) 9.43 to 1 a.m. r.\KKI( X THEATRE. GEYLANG Sohnl Manual. A Punjabi Talkie at 6.15 Si 9.15 p.m. <.i;i \i would Cabaret 6.30 to 8.45 Si 9.30 to 1 a.m. Globe: Juarez. Sky:
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    CO-OPERATION BETWEEN POLICE AND PUBLIC
    809 10 Governor's Tribute To Work Of Colony's Force ALL SETTLEMENTS UNITS REPRESENTED AT REVIEW "IT is the duty of the police to repress crime and to protect the public, but it is also their duty to work unceasingly for that ideal co-operation between police and people
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    JOHORE INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY SUCCESSFUL
    143 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Joliore Bahru, Apr. 12. "WE have maintained the policy of keeping to quality, and not quantity, and this we believe, is appreciated by all readers," states Mr. J. W. Moore, hon. secretary of the Johore International Library, in his report for 1939.
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    DEBTS BECAUSE OF ILLNESS IN FAMILY
    112 10 I am urea oi nearing oanxrupis say that they got into debt on account of illness in the family," said the Chief Justice, Sir Percy McElwaine, yesterday when a bankrupt, Joe Low, was being examined"Have you got any receipts to show that you have
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    INDIAN NEW YEAR
    39 10 A PUBLIC meeting will be held at the Indian Youths' Association, Singapore, at 7.30 this evening when Mr. V. G. Somasundaram will speak on "New Year Celebration." Mr. P. Thangavelu Pillal will preside over the meeting.
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    63 NEW AGRICULTURISTS LEAVE SERDANG
    323 10 Lack Of Accommodation For Many Applicants (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 12. CIXTY-THREE qualified agriculturists to-day left the School of Agriculture, Serdang, having received their diplomas and certificates at the hands of Mr. Hugh Fraser, the Federal Secretary, when the school term closed
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    SISTER ST. JEROME
    49 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang. Apr. 13. •T'HE funeral of Sister St. Jerome, one of the most senior members of the Penang Convent, took place yesterday evening. She died at the General Hospital after an operation for appendicitis. Sister St. Jerome came here from Ipoh recently.
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    32 10 Under the patronage of Tungku Mahkota, the Regent of Johore, the Rover Scouts held a concert on Thursday and Friday at the Bukit Zahrah School in aid of the Malaya Patriotic Fund,
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    550 POLICE MARCH PAST GOVERNOR
    376 10 I DRECISION and smartness were the keynotes of the review of the Straits Settlements Police yesterday at the Training Depot in Thomson Road. All three Settlements were represented in the parade of more than 550 men before the Governor, Sir .Shenton Thomas, and every section
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    NEW COLONY COUNCILLOR
    200 10 Chamber Elects Mr. J. I. Dawson |\/|R. J. I. DAWSON, a director of 1T Guthrie and Co., Ltd., was unanimously chosen at a general meeting of electors of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce yesterday to represent the Chambers, of which he is chairman, on the Legislative Council.
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    NEW WIRELESS STATION
    162 10 Big Area To Be Acquired 124 ACRES ON WEST COAST THE Straits Settlements Govern1 ment is acquiring a large area of land on the west coast of Singapore for the purpose of a wireless station, according to a notification in the Government Gazette last night. The land
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    " MALAYAN FEDERATION OF BUDDHISTS"
    122 10 MALAYAN FEDERATION OF BUDDHISTS" A SUGGESTION that Malayan Buddhist temples and associations should become affiliated to a central body to be known as "The Malayan Federation of Buddhists was made by the Yen. Tai Hsu, the noted Chinese Buddhist, who is now on a visit in Singapore. He was speaking
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    22 10 Miss Paramjothl Ramasamy, of the Sangeetha Abivlrthi Sabah, Kuala Lumpur, will sing from the Kuala Lumpur Broadcasting Station at 6.3d p.m. to-day.
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    STOP PRESS
    92 10 IT is learned authoritatively in London that Danish vessels will now technically be regarded as enemy vessels, and if they are to continue sailing they will do so under the Allied flags. Danish ships will be formally seized and subsequently requisitioned and used for the benefit of the
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    MALAYAN TRADE WITH INDIA INCREASING
    586 11 Scope For Further Expansion, Says Chamber Chairman FRESH APPEAL MADE FOR SUNDAY HOLIDAYS IN SHOPS "TIIK present year opened with good business, but as you all know there has been a turn for the worse. Times are uncertain and the European situation has lately taken
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    CONDOLENCE MEETING
    65 11 A CONDOLENCE meeting in connection with the recent ueath of Maulana Yakub Hassan, former Minister vi Public Works in the Government of Madras and the Rev. C.F. Andrews will be held at the Ramakrishna Mission at 5 p m. to-day. The meeting, which will be under the auspices
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    Lady Thomas Is A Skilful Knitter
    125 11 A TRIBUTE to Lady Thomas, wife of the Governor, for her skill and speed in knitting was paid by Mrs. B. C. Roberts, wife of the Bishop of Singapore, at the meeting of the executive Committee of the Malaya Patriotic Fund at Government House
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    WAR CHARITY STAMPS
    179 11 WAR CHARITY STAMPS "De Luxe" Variety May Be Issued CPECIAL -de-luxe" five-cent poster stamps in aid of the Malaya Patriotic Fund may be printed with the new issue which should be on sale in Malaya i shortly. At a meeting of the executive committee of the Malaya Patriotic Fund yesterday,
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    Inspector T. E. Wray Dies In Australia
    156 11 NEWS was received in Singapore yesterday of the death of Terence Edward <."Tibby") Wray, a senior Inspector of the Straits Settlements Police Force, which occurred at Melbourne, Australia, on Thursday. Inspector Wray was 43 years of age and had 14 year- service in
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    Mr. J. J. Rozario
    355 11 THE funeral of Mr. Joseph Jacob de Rozario, an old member of the Singapore Eurasian community, took place at Bidadari Cemetery yesterday. He died at his residence in Moulmein Road on Thursday at the age of 85 years. Mr. de Rozario was for over thirty years
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    $20,000 BAIL MENTIONED
    197 11 Counterfeit Coins Charges BAIL was opposed when a 38-year-old Hokkien, Lee Ton Beo, stated to be a permanent resident of the Netherlands Indies, appeared in the Singapore third court yesterday on charges relating to allegedly counterfeit half-guilder Netherlands Indies coins and 25-guilder Netherlands Indies currency notes. The
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    "MY WIFE IS BIGGER THAN I AM!"
    86 11 "M V wilL is big Ber than I am, how con I assault her said a Chinese, Sim Eng Teck, yesterday in the Singapore second court, when he appeared on a summons for failing to maintain his wife, Lim Ah Huay. The remark
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    42 11 Miss Annabel Johnson, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. Johnson, of Derby, England, arrived by the Hakone Maru yesterday and was met by her fiance, Mr. Clifford Harvey, of Kualu Lumpur. They will be married on Apr. 20 in Kuala Lumpur.
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    NINE MONTHS FOR CHINESE
    334 11 Unlawful Society Member "REVOLUTIONARY COMMITTEE" "IF you want to have societies going you have to get them registered or exempted. If you do that, then there will be no argument. The evidence is that you assisted in the management of a society which was neither registered
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    HARDY'S MEN AT NARVIK
    113 12 Gallant Action Of Small Band London, Apr. 12. IT is learned in authoritative circles to-day that when the destroyer Hardy ran ashore at Narvik some of the crew went ashore as though "starting a little military expedition on their own." It is stated that 40 or
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    Refused To Quit Sinking Ship
    99 12 London. Apr. VI. HOW the Commander of the destroyer Ghurka stuck to his post as his ship was sinking was described to-day by one of the survivors, who said that the commander was forced to leave by two ratings, who seized him and almost threw
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    BRITISH AMBASSADOR ON 'MURDER OF DENMARK"
    84 12 LORD LOTHIAN. British Ambassador in the United States, speaking In New York yesterday, said that Denmark had been mifrdered as an independent stats less than a year after the Nazis had signed a pact of non-aggres-sion with her. "Nobody will be taken in," he
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    FALSE AIR RAID ALARMS IN SWEDISH PORT
    61 12 Gothenburg (Sweden. Apr. 12. THE appearance of unidentified planes, which were later found to :e Swedish, caused four air raid alarms to be sounded here oet«een five and o'clock this morning. These aroused considerable alarm .hroughout the city and about 3,000 1 oung
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    ALLIED DIPLOMATS IN DENMARK FOR HOLLAND
    33 12 Amsterdam. Apr. 12. MORE than 170 members of the British. French and Polish diplomatic missions in Denmark are exoected to reach Holland early on Sunday morning.— Reuter.
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    64 12 The importance of the Middle East increases day by day and the position is being carefully watched by the Allies. Troops from the two gieat Empires are at their stations, and this picture taken by special permission of the War Office shows British troops of a British armoured division runn'hg
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    Increased Enemy Air Activity Over France
    62 12 Paris, Apr. 12. AIR activity yesterday and during the night was more marked. The Germans carried out reconnaissance flights over various parts of France and during the night some planes reached the Paris region but turned back on meeting anti-aircraft defences. To-night's communique states
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    ROOSEVELT & SUPPLIES FOR GREENLAND
    54 12 ROOSEVELT SUPPLIES FOR GREENLAND Washington, Apr. 12. PRESIDENT Roosevelt told the Press to-day that he had asked the Red Cross to examine the needs of the inhabitants of Greenland in case supply ships from Denmark were cut off. The President refused to discuss political questions concerning Greenland, which h» termed
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    TURKEY INTENSIFYING HER WAR PREPARATIONS
    135 12 T>URKEY, ally of Great Britain and France, is intensifying her defence preparations. Turkish women and children employed in armaments factories are henceforth compelled to work 12 hours daily instead of nine, when necessary, under a new decree passed by the Council of Ministers. The labour
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    BOMBAY STRIKE ENDS
    37 12 Bombay, Apr. 12. rls understood that the Bombay textile strike Is to be called off tomorrow. A rally of textile workers ratified the decision of the strike committee to call off the strike— Reutor.
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    U.S. & Future Of Greenland
    196 12 U.S. Future Of Greenland Ottawa, Apr. 12. MR. Mackenzie King, the Canadian Prime Minister, stater the Canadian Government was in communication with Britain over the situation in Cr; inland and Iceland. He anticipated cc imunicatlons on the subject with U13 United States. Mr. King added that he hoped to have*
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    Will Go Down In Annals Of Naval History
    678 12 SMASHING BRITISH ACTION AGAINST NAZI WARSHIPS AT NARVIK THAT the action of the British destroyers at Narvik will go down in the annals of naval history as a great fight was the opinion expressed by Commander Fordham, naval commentator, when he broadcast
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    Danes Resisted The Invaders
    113 12 THE Danish Minister for Defence ;evealed yesterday that when the German invasion began Danish troops at first had orders to resist. It was not until an hour and a hilf later that it was decided that resistance should cease. In the fighting 12 Danes were killed
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    THAI ECONOMISTS VISIT JAPAN
    45 12 Kobe. Apr. 12. A THAI economic mission consisting of five members arrived here yesterday aboard the Mitsui liner Akashisan Maru from Bangkok. The mission will stay in Japan until May 5 visiting industrial and commercial centres in this country.— Eastern News.
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    CHIANG SAYS RESISTANCE WILL BE CONTINUED
    358 12 Chungking, Apr. 12. ONE of the most important features of the National Peoples" Political Congress, which has Just closed here, was the reafnrmation by Gen. Chiang Kai-shek in his closing address of the Chinese Government's determination to carry on the war of resistance. This
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    DANISH INVASION AS BOOMERANG
    88 12 REGARDING the c fleet on the enemy oil position of the German occupation of Denmark, the Petroleum In formation Bureau states that Denmark imported in 1939 about 700,000 tons of oil. The German invasion brings DenmarK within the scope ol the Allied blockade, with a consequent
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    NAZI INVASION THREAT TO HOLLAND AND BELGIUM
    478 13 Berlin Fears Low Countries Will Vsk For Allied Protection 13KP0RTS have reached .Paris that Hpljand and Belgium have been faced with new German threats, says the Daily Telegraph's correspondent there. It is believed the fate oi" Denmark and Norway have caused the Dutch
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    B.B.C. Broadcasts To Norwegians
    151 13 B.B.C. Broadcasts To Norwegians London. Apr. 12. IT IS understood that all Norwegian radio stations are now in German hands but plans have been made to keep the Norwegian people informed of the actions of their Government through the 8.8.C. A speech by M. Hambro, President ot the Storting, is
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    Swedish Ship Is Sunk By U-boat
    67 13 London, Apr. 12. THE Swedish tanker Sveaborg, 9.000 ton?, was sunk off the Scottish coast to-day when she was torpedoed by a German U-boat. The Sveaborg, one of the largest Swedish oil tankers, was homeward bound from America carrying petrol lor Sweden. Thirty-lour of
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    Nazis Failed To Seize Norway's Gold
    71 13 Although the Germans reached Oslo before it teas possible for the Noncegians to organize the defence of the city, the invaders were chagrined to find that the Norwegian Government had already left the city with the gold reserves of the Bank of Norway and
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    Japanese Navy & Neutrality
    130 13 Japanese Navy Neutrality Tokio, Apr. 12. ASKED whcthei Japan would resort to armed force to defend tier neutrality, the spokesman of the Navy Office replied that the Japanese Navy would be compelled to take "appropriate measures in accordance with importance of individual cases it her neutral rights were violated. Asked
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    Nazi Terrorism In Norway
    125 13 AN admission that the civil population of Norway had carried out "acts of sabotage" was made In a proclamation by Major-General Engelbrecht, speaking from the Germancontrolled wireless station at Oslo yesterday. The announcer said that some ot those people arrested had already been tried and executed,
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    Superiority Of R.A.F. Training
    235 13 THE continued successes of the R-A.K in encounters against the enemy are regarded in informed quarters in London as being in a major degree due to a superiority of British training over that given to Nazi airmen. Even before the war independent observers in Germany commented
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    LONSDALE BY-ELECTION
    33 13 London Apr. 12. SIR lan Fraser Conservative), chairman of St. Dunstan's, was returned unopposed at the Lonsdale (Lancashlr by-election caused by the succession of Lord Balniel to his father's title. Reuter.
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    Why Holland Is Faced With Nazi Onslaught
    247 13 Trill possibility that the Germans may follow up their Scandinavian adventure "at any moment" with an attempt to smash through Holland and Belgium was mentioned in a broadcast speech by Mr. L. S. Amery, Conservative M.P. for Sparkbrook. Mr. Amery said Germany's unprovoked
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    GERMAN FORCES IN NORWAY IN PRECARIOUS POSITION
    390 13 Many Towns Reported Afire After Large-Scale Nazi Raids ARGE-SCALE air raids by the Germans are the main development in the invasion of Norway, according t<» reports received in London. Several towns near the Swedish border have been lwmbed and buildings destroyed. Stockholm and
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    DANES WELCOME THE BRITISH
    72 13 IT is learned that the (iovornor of the Faroe Island*- has welcomed the art ion taken by Clreat Britain to assure the safety of thr inhabitants. Asked whether Danes would he regarded as Icelanders for the duration of the war owing to the constitutional link between
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    BOARD OF TRADE ORDER
    64 13 ■|~*HE Board of Trade announces an order prohibiting export except under licence of all goods irom the LJnited Kingdom to Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia. Lithuania. Norway. Sweden and Russian ports on th*» Baltic and Arctic coasts. The ban has been imposed. It Is stated, in view
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    Centenary Of John Dunlop
    769 14  -  J. Bonar MacColl By A.M.I.E.S. f FHIS is the centenary year of the birth of a man destined to revolutionise travel throughout the world. On Feb. 5, 1840, John Boyd Dunlop, who patented the pneumatic tyre, was born in the little Ayrshire village of Dreghorn in
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    MALAYAN PINEAPPLE JAM SUGGESTED
    156 14 (Fr^m Our Own Correspondent) London, Mar. 21. 1FHY not turn Malayan pineapples into Jam. u. c ing Indian or N.I. car% sugar, for exp;rt to the United Kingdom? This suggestion derives from a letter addressed to The Times by a correspondent, who writes: "Now that British
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    DROUGHT CONDITIONS IN MALAYA
    1536 14 Acute Water Shortage On Many Estates SEASONAL RAINS LATE: RIVERS STILL LOW By Our Planting Correspondent Planting Topics THE main topic in planting circles from one end of the Peninsula to the other during the last three months has not been either income tax or war
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    Rubber Quota: 75% Average?
    168 14 r\TSCUSSING the excess of rubber production over consumption which the present quota may provide the "Financial Times aajra So far as it U possible to frame estimates under present conditions, one well-informed quarter reckons probable consumption for this year at around a million tons, comparing with
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    Former Malayan Official At Trinidad
    312 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Apr. 4. MR. O. T. Faulkner, formerly Director of Agriculture, S.S. and F.M.S., appears to be very happy in his new post as Principal of the Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture. Trinidad. In his first annual report, recording the progress
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    Selections For To-day
    148 15 SELECTIONS for to-days races at Riik it Timah are Straits Times Race 1. Lay Off. All Gold. Race 2. Lord Gray, Echo. Race 3. Dancing: Foam, Silver Lace Race 4. Lord Bug, Thank.;. Race 5. Regiment, The Poacher. Race 6. Jack Druce. Grand Prix. Race 7' Hybla.
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    ODD GOAL IN SEVEN GIVES S.C.C. VICTORY
    459 15 S.C.C 1 Manchesters 3. IN spite of fielding substitutes for two of their best forwards, the Singapore Cricket Club gathered full points from the Manchesters in a very keen first division league fixture at the stadium yesterday. Fortunes fluctuated, but the Club distinctly
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    MIXED FOURSOMES GOLF AT JOHORE CLUB
    120 15 MIXED FOURSOMES GOLF AT JOHORE CLUB r\ the April mixed foursomes competition played at the Royal Johore International Club on Tuesday, Dr. E. W. Martindell and Mrs. John Hardman were the winners with a score of 31. The following cards were returned: Dr. E. W. Martindale and Mrs. John I
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    S.C.C. TENNIS TIES
    104 15 FURTHER ties in the Singapore Cricket Club's spring lawn tennis tournament are: MONDAY Championship Singles:— -\V. J. M. Warden vs. E. C. Cherrinyton. Women's Doubles:— Mrs. Sewell and Mrs. Hipkin vs. Mrs. Carslaw and Mrs. Russell-Roberts. TUESDAY Championship Doubles* Maj. R. Bedford and O. Fuller vs. E.
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    WOMEN'S GOLF AT KEPPEL CLUB
    41 15 THE following were the scores returned for the women captain's prize for April at the Keppel Golf Club Mrs. W. J. Holohan 90—22=68; Mrs. F. Starr 91—22=69; Miss M. Brown 94—24=70; Mrs. A. B. Menzies 90—18=72.
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    PROGRAMME OF EVENTS AT BUKIT TIMAH
    1098 15 Third Day Of Singapore Summer Race Meeting THE fall card of events al Bukit Timah to-day, the 1 third day of the Singapore Turf Club's summer (Governor's Cup) meeting, is given below. The double tote will be on races six and eight, and the
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    HONGKONG BANKERS BEAT TRACTION COMPANY
    147 15 H. S. Bank 2, Tractioi Co. 1. PVEN play was a feature of the Business Houses' League fixture on the Singapore Harbour Board ground yesterday in which the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank met the Singapore Traction Company. The Bank, on the merits of better forward
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    WEEK-END SPORTS EVENTS
    131 15 TO-DAY SOCCER: Second division (a* Publishers vs. R.A.M.C., Stadium: S.H.B. vs. Naval Police. S.H.B.: B.H.L.. A.P.C. vs. Thornycroft. A.PC: Wcarncs vs. Harper Gilttllan, Depot. CRICKET: S.CC. vs. Fort Canning. S.C.C.; S.R.C. vs. CSC. S.R.C.: S.CC. vs. S.J.I. S.J.I.: S.C.R.C vs. J.C.S.A., J.C.S.A.: I. A. vs. Teachers Assn.,
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    Wicklow Bay & Servus Best On The Tracks
    181 15 Wicklow Bay Servus Best On The Tracks WICKLOW BAY and Seivus «?ere the best of the horses exercised this morning at Bukit Timah when the usual short race morning spurts were gone through on the second track of the racecourse. The going was good. Servus had to be hard held
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    OVERSEA BANKERS WIN
    28 15 PLAYING at the Junior Civil Service Club yesterday, the Oversea Chinese Bank beat Jacks by five goals to one in a Business Houses' League game.
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    Uniteers Score 5—1 Victory GUTHRIES FLATTER AND FAIL
    318 15 Uniteers Score 5—1 Victory GUTHRIES FLATTER AND FAIL Uniteers S: Guthries- 1 I JNITEERS maintained their unbeaten record this season when they defeated Guthries by five goals to one in a Business Houses' league soccer fixture played a: Farrer Park yesterday. Play on the whele was on the slow side
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    S.R.C. TENNIS TIES
    129 15 FURTHER ties In the Singapore Recreation Club's tennis tournament are MONDAY Championship Singles; F. Moreira vs. Dr. B. Sheares; R. Thoy vs. P. F. de Souza. Handicap Singles "A": H. d'Rozario »scr.) vs M. G. Eber (—l5).( 15). Handicap Singles "B": O. Hyder Cscr.) vs. C. B.
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    "WEEK-END AIRMEN" SETTLE DOWN TO WORK IN FRANCE
    114 16 Serving with the R.A.F. 'n France are men of the prewar Auxiliary Squadrons, who while still in civil occupations, learned to fly in their spare time. (Left) A Diesel mechanical engineer from Newcastle: a Stockton-on-Tecs electrical engineer; and right a pilot from
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