The Straits Times, 17 April 1940

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    33 1 [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURA.] J MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS The Straits Times 16 PAGES. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1940. i* .s >'/-
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  • The Straits Times DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENT
      63 2 XX TSEN EN THIAM and family thank all fri.nds and relatives in Singapore, Mirl and Labuan for their kindness and sympathy shown to them on their recent sad bereavement and also for the many letf condolence and beautiful floral tributes and attendance at the funeral of late Mrs. Tsen
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      579 2 STEGG ALL-PATERSON -At Penanp. on April 15. Frederick John, only son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Steggall. of Ipswich. Suffolk. England, to Cecilia Broomfleld. second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Paterson, of "Ouklny," Chlrnside, Scotland. MORRISON— CORNWALL— On April 16, 1940 at the Singapore Presbyterian Church Walter Alexander,
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      854 2 WANTED WANTED FOR CASH. battery set (6 volt) Radio In good condition, complete with battery. Full particulars to Box No. 710. Straits Times. LADY WISHING to return England. Willing to undertake charge of child or children In return for free passage. Reply Box 706. Straits Times. FOR SALE SHELVADOR Refrigerator.
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      810 2 LOST LOST ONE AIRDALK It PMt, nine months old. colour black and tan. Keward oflered. Answers to Box No. 698, Straits Times. BOARD 8e RESIDENCE "BEAUTIFULLY FURNISHED double bed, sittingroom. Excellent cuisine. Terms reasonable. Phone 7209. TRENT HOUSE 1 vacancy. May Ist mod. San. tennis, private bath, Mrs. T. Kennard,
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      423 2 DOGS G "Tor SALE. Thoroughbred Brindled Bull Terrier Puppies. Good Pedigree, not expensive. Box 703. Straits Times. PUBLIC NOTICE AMPAT TIN DREDGING LTD. (Incorporated In England) At the forthcoming Ordinary General Meet- Ing to be held at London on May 16, 1940, the Directors will recommend for the year ended
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      167 2 BUSINESS CARDS ETC MANOR HOUSE CHANCEEY LANE DOUBLE AND SINGLE ROOM. ACCOMMODATION AVAILABLE. M.S. TO- 2965 MRS. GRAHAM HUTCHISON MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mrs. HARU and Miss HANA. 60. WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES WANTED, a partner ith $3500.00 cash to Invest In and take over the active
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      409 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. (Incorporated in England) PENINSULAR AML URIENTAt BJ* OO UAH PASSENC7EH AND CARGO BF^nCETThe 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 to register
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      329 3 (incorporated tn Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR TO LIVERPOOL Colombo. Ad.»n. Suet. Port Said. Naples. Marseilles Gibraltar. Lisbon and Liverpool Sail S'oore HARUNA MARU Apr. 23 24 Calis Bombay TO LONDON DELAGOA MARU May 1 S TO_ LIVERPOOL Vl* Snes. Genoa Liverpool. GENOA SERVICE \flm. Port Sudan.
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      307 3 M« Ml* LINE (Incorporated In Prance) MESSAGERIES MARITIMES 16. Cecil Street relec MESSAGERIE. P.O.a 385 Fares from Singapore to: i n m > s tfmrsellta. \A G6 «T B 848 583 428 Saigon in M 61 ilont Kong 163 137 7? Bound trip ticket! Vpore-Saigon-S'porc 1 PASSENGER SERVICES to Saigoa.
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      764 3 Broadcasting TO-DAY nirom CIXiriDADC TDB 9M mcs '3!-20 BO; IDA 6 01 me j MlNljArUKL (49.6 m.) PMN 10.26 met (29.? m.); Vl)» ZHL 1.33 me. «225m.) VioS* S (2 >Ml DC 15 16 mr 2HP 9.69 meis (30.96m.) (198 m >- 100 pm. Miscellaneous new gramophone 4.50 P-m. Programme
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    RUBBER'S IMPROVED POSITION
    1255 4 Is Consumption Ahead Of Production? CROM the apathy shown by mrr vestors towards the Rubber share market recently it might almost be inferred that the rubber industry is both unimportant and inactive. Nothing could be further from the truth, says the Financial Times. The world's rubber planted
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    Fraser & Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations
    1296 4 Fraser Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations TUESDAY, APR. 16. 1940: S P.M. i MINING Buyer* Sellers Ampat Tin (4s) 4s 9d 5s 3d Austral Amal. (5s) 5a 9d 6s 3d Austral Malay 35s 87s Ayer Hltam (£1 21s 22s Ayer Weng .63 .67 Bangrin Tin 21s 22s Bati Selangor ($1) 1.50
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    175 4 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES ifrom Our Own Correspondent > London, Apr. 16. COMMODITY and Exchange markets closed as toUows with previous quotations in parenthesis: RUBBER: Firmer. Spot 10 15,16 d 11 1 16d (10% d lid) May 10 1516 d 11 116 d (10 ***** d 11 l|l6d) July-Sept 10 15|16d 11
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    FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
    237 4 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Books Company Dividend Close Date Singapore, Apr. 16, 5 pm. Total for Ex Dlv. financial year TIM Batu selangor 1Vi% Apr. 24 Chenderiang 5% Int. less tax Klang Rivers 15% No. 47 Apr. 18 Larut 7%d. No. 21 Apr. 22 Pengkalen Ord 6d. less
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      519 4 PUBLIC NOTICES RAHMAN HYDRAULIC TIN LIMITED. {Incorporated In the Straits Settlements) DIVIDEND NO. 61 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Second Interim Dividend of 4/© in respect of the current financial year has been declared by the Directors payable to the Shareholders on the Register o.* Members on Saturday, May
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      767 4 TENDERS SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST. Tinders arc Invited lor sanitary and water retaliation and lajlng of private sewcrd for 148 flats at the Old Race Course. Plans, Specification and Form of Tender nay be obtained at the Office of the Sing.»jore Improvement Trust on payment of ieposlt of $50|- which will
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      227 4 TIDE TABLES SINGAPORE To-day H. W. 4.47 a.m. 7.1 It.; 7.10 p.m. 6.6 ft. L. W. 11.50 a.m. 2.1 ft. To-morrow H. W. 6.30 a.m. 7.1 ft.; 8.15 p.m. 7.1 ft. L. W. 00.21 a.m. 4.4 ft.; 1.25 p.m. 2.1 ft. Friday. Apr. 19 H. W. 7.57 a.m. 7.5 ft.;
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      422 5 Rise In All Commodity Prices Shares Steady By Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, Apr. 17. /"•OMMODITY markets have taken a decided turn for the better though unfortunately, this has recently suggested from the American market point of view, an intensification of the war. Rubber rose one-sixteenth in London
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      BRITISH MOTOR EXPORT DRIVE
      160 5 Malaya Among Best Empire Markets London, Apr. 17. A MOTOR export group has been formed on the basis of the oversea organization already established by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders which has its own trade commissioners in Australia, New Zealand. South Africa, India, Burma
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      116 5 Singapore, April 17, noon Buyers Seller* Gambier 7.50 Hamburg cube $13.00 Java Cube $1200 Pepper White Muntok $15 25 White $14.75 Black S 8.25 Copra Mixed $3.10 Sun Dried $3.50 Scgo Flour No 1 Lingga $6.20 Pair $<->.O5 $6.05 Sarawak $6.00 Jelotong Palembang $16.50 Banja $16.00 Sarawak
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      March Rubber Harvests
      49 5 MARCH rubber harvests are reported L<1 as follows: Brunei 3g gg2 Bukit Timah 6 972 Changkat 20 034 Haytor 1008 o Indragin 113 543 Lunas 36 010 Nyalas ***** Tapah ***** Ulu Pandan 2 228 Kuala Reman 160 000 Lok Kawi 45 000 Bruseh 32 700
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      U.K. CLOTHING RESTRICTION
      214 5 Conserving For Export Trade London, Apr. 16. IN order to set free the productive capacity of manpower and raw materials for export trade by restriction of Home consumption, the Board of Trade is making an order to-day restricting to 75 per cent, supplies to Home retailers of
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      MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
      102 5 Malls close at the General Post Office as follows: TO-DAY Anca surface 5 p.m. Australia (Eastern, Southern and Western) surface noon Ceylon surface 10 a.m. Jav surface 5 p.m., air 9.30 a.m Mauritius surface 5 p.m. Sumatra: Medan surface 11 ajn., air 10 a.m. Palembang surface
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      FIXED TRUSTS
      107 5 'From Our Own Correspondent) London, Apr. 16. The following are to-day's "bid" quotations for Fixed Trusts: Eritish Empire "A" 17 British Empire "B" 8 9 British Empire Cumulative 14 0 British Empire C'prehensive 14 Oxd British General 'A" 19 \k British General "B" 14 6 British General "C"
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      London Stock Exchange
      368 5 London, Apr. 16. QN the Stock Exchange, the main feature of to-day's quiet markets was a sharp advance of Cable and Wireless ordinary i stock from £61 10s to £63 5s on the announcement of a total distribution for the year of 4 per cent, compared with
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      BIGGER INCOME TAX YIELD
      84 5 T London, Apr. 17. HE income tax paid in the first two weeks of the present financial year yiehted £11,242.000, an increase of £3,202,000 corr.pared with the corresponding period of last year which Included an additional weekend. The total ordinary revenue at £32,843.623 shows an increase
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      PREMIER'S SPEECH
      24 5 Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the Prime Minister, is not expected to make a statement on the progress of the war before to-morrow.— Reuter.
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      89 5 Wednesday, Apr. 17, noon. Buyers Seller* Prices Price* No. IX K.S.S. (Spot loose) 35^4 36 No IX B.S.S. Cab. in cases April-May 36} 37 Sellers option G.F.A.Q. R.S.S. t.o.b. in b.les April-May 3514 351, Sellers option KA.Q. K.S.S. t.o.b. m bales April-May 34^ 35^ Sellers
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      EXCHANGES
      185 5 The following are the exchange rates this morning according to the dally circular Issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation SELLING London T.T. 2/4 i/16 Loi.don demand 2/4 1/1X Rate for freight 2/4U Lyons demand 2060 Switzerland demand 2O8 1 Hamburg demand New York demand 46 15/16 Montreal
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      201 6 SS Y o F ALHAMBRA i Warner Bros. Excitingly Musical-Comedy ;2iQ^^^s- MEET THE SOCK-A-BYE BABY -A C- WITHTHE ROCK-A-BYEVOICE! J \A^ j— <y____v __l^^___\^_________\ ,_^____h______w ■ML y f B-dBJ ML a>. _S__^___ _H Vk WAITIRCATLFn-ED BROPHY.DI-xt,dhyOIO«OI AMt^AWAtHttWOt-fkn-* g toM* Mr/ kr CK—tai Mm mxt «*nr U« Ms y4LSO LATEST "PATHE
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    M. REYNAUD ON "MUTILATION OF THE GERMAN FLEET"
    459 7 More Allied Troops Going To Norway, Says French Prime Minister •AFTER eight days of fighting the first result is the massive, irreparable mutilation of the German fleet," declared M. Reynaud, the French Prime Minister, speaking m the Senate to-day. "Its losses," he
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    Germany's Grave Blunders
    154 7 Germany's Grave Blunders London, Apr. 18. IN estimating the significance of Germany's naval losses, newspaper commentators lay emphasis on the fact that the ratio of the loss is even more important than the numerical total. The Manchester Guardian does not hesitate to say that the German navy is no longer
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    "War Is Between Right & Wrong"
    320 7 War Is Between Right Wrong" Premier's Reference To 'This Mad Dog" London, Apr. 16. MR. NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN, the i lfl Prime Minister, speaking to the National Free Church Council in London to-day, said: "Since this latest outrage of those monsters of wickedness in Germany, who seem to have shut the
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    Danish King Ordered Fighting To Stop
    115 7 Paris, Apr. 18. ITINQ CHRISTIAN personally gave th orde r for resistance to cease when Lieutenant Prince Valdemar of Rosenborg, who was in command of SL th .i ci l. Royal palace guards, had ordered his men to fire on the German invaders, stated
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, APR. 17, 1940. (228 th. Day of the War.) MORE NAZI NONSENSE
    964 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, APR. 17, 1940. (228 th. Day of the War.) MORE NAZI NONSENSE Recent figures relating to colonial trade establish several points that are of particular interest in the light of current controversies concerning the economic results of being or not being a Colonial Power. For
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    CINEMA TAX
    146 8 Why The Distributors Should Pay It To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— With the imposition of the entertainment tax, the question arises as to whether this should be borne by the public, the exhibitors or the distributors. The entertainment tax should be borne by the cinema
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    GALLANTRY AWARDS FOR FIVE R.A.F. MEN
    57 8 Five awards for gallantry and devotion to duty have Just been announced in London. The recipients, all of whom are members of the R.A.F., are WingCom. C. A. Hill, Flying-Officer McLaren, Sergt. Bannister, Sergt. Mandsiey and Sergt. Green. The two officers received the D.F.C.
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    BRITISH ARMY DECLARES WAR ON BOREDOM
    1451 8 Our Military Letter Gardening, Hobbies Music For A.-A. Units FROM OUR MILITARY CORRESPONDENT London, Apr. 3. j pOLONEL C. G. Maude, who is I Inspector of the Army Education Corps, has been charged with the task of declaring war on boredom. He is now
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    SMOKING IN CINEMAS
    227 8 "Hardened Sinner" Suggests Prohibition To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— ln a Singapore office the other day I went into an air-conditioned cubicle, the occupant of which is a non-smoker, and I was much pleased with the cool, crisp and pure air within this place.
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      FLOWER SHOW
      211 8 Committee's Explanation Of Misunderstanding To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, We have been requested by th« Flower Show Committee, who met yesterday, to make a statement regarding the awards at the recent Flower Show. It was discovered after the cups had been presented that there had
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      TAX PROBLEMS
      637 8 Alternative To Charge On Cinema Seats To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Ever since the announcement that an entertainment tax had been passed by the Legislative Council, the public has been led to believe that this form of taxation is most appropriate, but the matter deserves
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      TAX ONE, TAX ALL
      101 8 The Government Officer And His Car To the Editor of the Straits lime* Sir,— l heartily endorse the letter of "Anak Tanah." It is the same old story— some government officials go tax free, although His Excellency made it quite clear that all would have to
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    U.S. & JAPAN'S "HANDS OFF N.I." POLICY
    745 9 U.S. JAPAN'S "HANDS OFF N.I." POLICY Position Of Indies If Holland Invaded NO NEED FOR AMERICA TO ACT IN EAST Britain France Would Be Vitally Affected /CONSIDERABLE interest has been aroused in yj official Washington circles by the Japanese hands off statement regarding the Netherlands Indies, but this feeling does
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    Nazi Foreign Office Changes Its Tone
    58 9 Berlin, Apr. 16. 'THE Foreign Office mouthpiece, Diplomatische Korrespcndenz, to-night appeals to President Roosevelt to icithhold criticism of a "Germany defending her vital lilting space." The newspaper suggests that America having "succeeded icith one exception in keeping the Imperialists out of the Western hemisphere"
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    INDEPENDENCE OF BELGIUM
    282 9 Would Fight If Attacked THEERS were accorded to M. Paul Spaak, the Belgian foreign minister, after a speech in the Senate when he emphasised that Belgium would defend herself if attacked. "One condition on which we should go to war would be to save our independence" he
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    Troop Moves Near Luxembourg
    109 9 Brussels, Apr. 17. A CCORDING to reports from Namur, many inhabitants of Luxembourg fear that an attack may be directed on Namur. It is reported that Germans have put out 21 long pontoons in the Moselle and a large number of German "tourists" have recently entered
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    FORMIDABLE NEW B.E.F.
    523 9 Problems For Men In Norway London, Apr. 17. r rHE building up of a formidable force properly equipped to undertake the Norwegian campaign is a gradual process and brilliant results cannot at once be expected. This opinion is expressed in competent military circles in London. They emphasize,
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    KING HAAKON IS NOW WITH HIS TROOPS
    123 9 U.S. Minister Tells Of British Landings New York, Apr. 16. ING HAAKON is with his troops," declares Mrs. Harriman, United States Minister to Norway, in a dispatch to the State Department and quoted by the New York American. "King Haakon has told me
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    BRITISH FORCE NOW AT FAROE ISLANDS
    100 9 London, Apr. 16. MR. R. A. BUTLER, Foreign Undersecretary, announced In the House of Commons to-day that a British force had landed in the Faroe Islands. Mr. Butler stated: "On Apr. 10 the Governor of the Faroe Islands, in reply to a communication from
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    NO SIEECH BY DUCE
    60 9 ACCORDING to the Rome newspapers, the meeting of the 1942 Rome Exhibition directors, scheduled for Saturday, has been postponed Indefinitely. No explanation Is given. Speaking on the occasion of the directors' meeting last year, H Duce declared that if the Fascist government entertained the thought of
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    French Balloon Barrage
    16 9 A French barrage balloon hidden in a wood somewhere on the Western Front.
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    NEW FRENCH SUCCESS
    190 9 NEW FRENCH SUCCESS 3 Columns Attack German Post Paris, Apr. 17. 'THREE columns of the French army made a highly successful raid on a German position west of the Vosgts, capturing some prisoners, says Reuter's correspondent with the French army. Inside the German post itself, a hand-to-hand struggle occurred. On
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    German Admission Of Allied Landing
    64 9 THE landing of AUied troops in Norway was admitted by the German wireless last night. The announcer stated, "Allied troops have probably landed, among other points, at Harstadt, 50 miles north of Narvik, but in this district movement of troops is severely restricted by mountains
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    More Australian Airmen Arrive
    75 9 London, Apr. 17. GROUP-CAPTAIN F. H. McNamara, Australian Air Liaison Officer in London, welcomed members of the Royal Australian Air Force when they arrived in London last night. These airmen will reinforce the Australian squadron, which arrived in England last Christmas and has since been on
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    U.S. Navy Department & European Planes
    70 9 U.S. Navy Department European Planes Washington, Apr. 16. AMERICAN -MADE combat planes delivered to the Allies have brought out Germany's finest aircraft and demonstrated their superiority over comparable European types, according to an official statement by the U.S. Navy Department to the Senate Naval Committee. The planes referred to are
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    GERMAN FAILURE IN BUCHAREST
    71 9 Bucharest, Apr. 17. DR. CLODIUS, the German trade delegate who has been negotiating for several weeks with the Rumanian Government, is expected to return to Germany at the end of the week. It is understood that he has been neither successful in getting th e lei
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    29 9 Amsterdam, Apr. IT. THE Dutch herring fleet Is going to sea again, but only half of It owing to minefields In the North Sea, according to the Handclsblad —Reuter.
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    New Naval Battle Reported
    75 9 DEPORTS from the Gothenburg dis- trict of Sweden state that a "considerable naval battle" occurred on Monday north of Skagen and is believed to be still proceeding further out in the Skagerrak, says a Reuter message from Stockholm. Heavy gunfire was heard from various islands off
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    REICH'S TWO NEW BATTLESHIPS
    135 9 Washington, Apr. 16. QERMANY has completed two new battleships recently and is building four more, according to a Navy Department statement to the Senate Naval Committee contending that the battleship remains the backbone of a fleet. The naval authorities further expressed the opinion that Germanys preponderance
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    FIGHTING IN NORWAY
    371 9 German Move To Split Country London, Apr. 17. TWE German forces advancing from Trondheim appear to be trying to cut Norway in two, according to the Finnish wireless. They were reported last night to be a few miles from Storlien, on the Swedish frontier. The Norwegians. however,
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    BUENOS AIRES FLOOD
    30 9 Buenos Aires. Apr. 16 HAMAGE estimated at £200,000 has beea done by floods in the low-lying parts of Buenos Aires as the result of a thrre-da» rainstorn.
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    MR. ANTHONY BROOKE'S STATEMENT IN LONDON
    316 10 Recent Sarawak Events Succession To The Throne TUAN MUDA IS STILL HEIR, SAYS RAJAH'S NEPHEW (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Apr. 16. MR. Anthony Brooke, the former Rajah Muda of Sarawak, made his first public statement in London to-day since the Rajah (Sir Charles
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    Attorney-General
    48 10 A ttorney-General Mr. N. A. WorUy, Solicitor-General, who is acting as Attorney-General in the absence of Mr. C. G. Howell. wi o has left for England on five and a half months' leave. Mr. T. D. Wallace, Assistant Legal Adviser, F.M.S.. is acting as SolicitorGeneral.— Straits Times -picture.
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    ALLOWANCES REDUCED
    209 10 Government Scale For April SOME reductions in the cost of i living allowances which are being paid to Government labourers and certain subordinates were announced in the Straits Settlements Government Gazette last night. It is thought that the reductions are made primarily in consequence of the general fall
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    AMUSEMENTS
    175 10 SINGAPORE BAFU.I.S HOTEL Dinner Dance 'Informal; Bp.m. to Midnight. GARRK X THEATRE. GEYLANG Wedding of Female Ghost Si Gold Digger's Wife. Double Cantonese Talkie at 7.45. GREAT WORLD Cabaret 6.30 to 8.45 9.30 p.m. to Midnight. Globe: King of the Turf. Sky: Charming Danger. Atlantic Theatre: Chinese Picture. HAPPY
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    NEW CHINESE CONSUL FOR KUALA LUMPUR
    86 10 MR. SIH SHOU-HENO, the Chinese Consul at Calcutta, is to be the new Chinese Consul at Kuala Lumpur in place of Mr. Sze Zau Tsung, who has been summoned to return to China by the Chinese Foreign Office. The new Consul is expected to
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    DRESS REHEARSAL OF "JOURNEY'S END"
    64 10 RC. SHERIFF'S great war play "Journey's End" is both serious and ambitious fare for amateurs and the Repertory Players have put many hours of very hard work into their production, which opens at the Victoria Theatre to-morrow. The Players held their dress rehearsal last night
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    KRAMAT CEREMONY
    89 10 THE Kramat of Habib Nor is to celebrate the 77th anniversary of Habib Nor with a "moulod" ceremony on Monday between 6 and 8 p.m. One of the D?st known kramats in Singapore, the Kramat "of Habib Nor stands on top ot a hillock in Palmer Road. Cement
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    The New O.A.G. FAREWELL TO GOVERNOR
    281 10 The New O.A.G. FAREWELL TO GOVERNOR Big Crowd At Airport To-day GARLAND FROM INDIANS 'THE Officer Administering the Government, Mr. S. W. x Jones, and the heads of the Defence Services in Singapore were among those who said farewell to the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas and Lady Thomas, when they
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    "Invisible Man" Again
    150 10 At The Cinema "The Invisible Man Returns" (Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Vincent Price, Nan Grey, John Sutton). New Universal. At the Capitol. INVISIBILITY is something which has ever fascinated the human mind and New Universal has seized on the ideas of H. G. Wells to expand this theme
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    BRENDA JOYCE IN A GOOD FILM
    127 10 Here I Am A Stranger." (Richard Greene. Richard Dix, Rrcnda Joyce. Roland Young:.) 20th Cen-tury-Fox. At the Cathay. F 1 is seldom, in a picture of this type, that Hollywood is able to refrain from painting the sentimental side ■with a too emphatic brush.
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    SINGING BOXER
    67 10 m Kid Nightingale." (John Payne, Jane Wvman and Walter Catlett.) Warner Bros. At the Alhambra. T*HE story of a singer with aspirations A to the opera, but who is turned into a prize fighter, raises many laughs. It dramatizes also that part of the f.ght game which is
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    WOMEN WORKERS TO FORM ASSOCIATION
    40 10 HTO promote mutual help and benefit among women workers employed by building contractors, 100 Chinese women held a meeting and decided to form a Singapore Building Workers' Association. A temporary committee of eleven was elected.
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    Malay Films To Be Made In New Singapore Studios
    366 10 A SINGAPORE cabaret and Singapore sights are to form the setting of the first of a series of Malay talking pictures which Malaya's first film studio is to produce in about a month's time. Now under construction, the $20,000 studio Is
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    GOVERNMENT HOUSE TO BE REPAIRED
    80 10 U7HILE Sir Shenton Thomas is on leave, extensive repairs and improvements of Government House will be undertaken. The Officer Administering the Government, Mr. S. W. Jones, will, therefore, continue to reside in the Colonial Secretary's House for the time being and the acting Colonial Secretary,
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    OIL RATIONING
    45 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Apr. 17. THE Judicial Commission has been asked to draw up legislation rationing liquid fuel. At present dealers are only receiving 50 per cent, of ordinary supplies and a shortage of tanker tonnage is said to be responsible.
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    TOKIO PRESS & JAPANS ATTITUDE TO INDIES
    550 10 TOKIO PRESS JAPANS ATTITUDE TO INDIES Tantamount To Insistence On Status Quo Tokio, Apr. 17. MUCH prominence has been given by the Japanese Press to the statement of the Foreign Minister, Mr. Hachiro Arita, regarding Japan's attitude in the event of the Netherlands being involved in the European war and
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    HE COULD NOT TELL HIS OWN FORTUNE
    118 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Apr. 16. "PORYUNE Telling By Means of tha Stars in Heaven." Selecting Suitable and Lucky Dates for Matrimony." Curing Disease by Means of Witchcraft." These were some of the slogan* alleged to have been written in Chinesa characters
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    LEAGUE HEALTH NEWS SERVICE CARRIES ON
    399 11 Singapore Playing Full Part In Spite Of War INFORMATION ABOUT DISEASE BY MAIL, CABLE RADIO UOW the League of Nation's Epidemiological Bureau at Singapore was instrumental in ensuring the continuation in wartime of vital information by mail cable and radio regarding health in the
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    Not Returning
    48 11 M. Jutes Brevie. the former Governor-General of French IndoChina, who, it was recently reported, was planning to return to Saigon shortly. According to L'Opinion (Saigon) it is now authoritatively denied in Paris that M. Brevie will return. The present Governor-General of French IndoChina is General Catroux.
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    AIRMAN IS EXONERATED
    210 11 Cyclist Turned In Front Of Car I EADING Aircraftman Richard Plas**ter, of the R.A.F. Seletar, was yesterday exonerated by the acting Singapore Coroner. Mr. W. MacQuarrie, at a Coroner's inquiry into the death of a Japanese, K. Hirao, who was knocked down by a car driven by
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    MEDICINE FACTORY TO AID CHINA
    85 11 'HE establishment of a factory in Singapo.e to produce medicine hich is badly needed for Chinese >ldiers at the front was one of the ree aims he had before him, said Mr. n Kan Kee, chairman of the Singare China Relief Fund, who is in
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    Schoolgirls In Chinese Play
    8 11 12— Straits Times picture.
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    CATHEDRAL WEDDING
    249 11 l^R. ERNEST BROWN, son of Mrs. IT M. Brown and the late Mr. E B. Brown, of Singapore, was married to Miss Millicent Fernandez at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd yesterday. The Rev. Father Maury took the service, and Mr. Mosbergen played Daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
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    MARIE NEY BROADCASTS ON SHAKESPEARE
    307 11 To Aid War Charities With Recital Next Week ft]ARIE NEI, the well-known British actress, broadcast from Singapore last night about the Shakespearean recital she will give at the Victoria Theatre o tS Shakespeare's birthday. "e&uay, Miss Ney is on holiday in Malaya. She is one
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    WITNESS ON COLLISION
    300 11 Director's Claim For Damages rURTHER evidence was recorded beew C f ir f Pe r cvM cElwaine in the High SwS yesterday ln a civil action in Sf. a company director, Harry EJPhlck, is claiming damages from SI 6 enry Round as a re sult of injuries
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    TAMILS WANT THEIR OWN LIBRARY
    144 11 "WE Tamils of this country must have a public Tamil library of our own and this must be formed by us In Singapore by the end of this Tamil year," said Mr. G. Sarangapany at the Tamils' Reforms Association speaking on Tamil New Year's Day
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    THE LOCK-UP WAS NOT LOCKED
    114 11 QN Oct. 10, 1937, a Chinese, Eng T* K ia quietly opened the door of the lock-up at Kandang Kerbau Police Station and slipped out. Three years of however came to an end a few days ago and SfnS" cl ar Jp d in the
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    42 11 The annual dinner of the Lotus Club Singapore, will be held at the Sea View Hotel at 8 p.m. on Saturday. Members who wish to attend the dinner should inform Mrs. M. J. Namazie, 12, Scotts Road, not later than Apr. 19.
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    SONGSTERS' SUCCESS
    116 12 $2,3oo,oooCollected For China IN a 15-month tour of 11 centr3s U» Malaya, the Wuhan Songsters collected $2,300,000 in Straits currency lor the China Relief Fund. Their record collection was made m Perak where they spent 88 days and netted $750,000. They collected 5450.0C0 during their 80-day stay in
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    King Of Egypt Watches The Anzacs
    38 12 King Farouk, the young monarch of Egypt, seen wearing sun glasses, when accompanied by members of his Government, he watched the large scale manoeuvres of British troovs and the Aneacs, near Cairo.
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    SCHOOLGIRLS DO WELL IN CHINESE PLAY
    616 12 "Lady Precious Stream" To Aid Building Fund WITH an almost entirely Chinese cast of 35 girls from Standards Seven and Eight and Senior Cambridge classes, the Methodist Girls' School produced the wellknown Chinese play, "Lady Precious Stream at Wesley Church Hall last night in
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    NEVILE HENDERSON TO BROADCAST
    59 12 SIR Nevile Henderson, British Ambassador to Berlin until the outbreak of war, will broadcast from London to-night at ISO p.m. Time), on "What I saw of Nazi Rule in Germany." The talk will be relayed by the Singapore Station and the programme of selections from H.M.S.
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    SUICIDE ATTEMPTED
    94 12 AN elderly woman, Loh Ah Kee, who was yesterday produced in the Singapore fifth court on a charge of having attempted to commit suicide by drinking a solution of caustic soda on Mar 12, was sent for a fortnights observation at the General Hospital. The woman pleaded guilty
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    REV. C. F. ANDREWS
    74 12 AN open air public meeting will be held at the Singapore Indian Association playground in Balestier Road at 545 pm. to-morrow to pay tribute to the memory of the Rev. C. F. Andrews. The Bishop of Singapore, Rt. Rev. B. C. Roberts, will preside. Mrs E.
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    WOMEN GAMBLERS
    51 12 THE monotonous round of cases in the Singapore Third Court yesterday was interrupted for a little while by the smiles of 14 Hokkien women, as they filed into court before Mr. H. Walton on a gaming charge. All pleaded guilty and were fined 51, or one day's simple
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    BANGLE THEFT CHARGE
    49 12 VVELLUSAMY was charged in the; Singapore third court yesterday with stealing a bangle valued at $5, belonging to a Malay woman. Saliman binte Nor, who lives in Sungei Road. He claimed trial and the case was postponed a week for mention. Bail of $50 was allowed.
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    Congress Session Flooded Out
    7 12 through the floods.
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    Formation Of Central Party Being Discussed In India
    266 12 Bombay, Apr. 7. TTHE question of forming a Central Party in India, whose object it should be to bring pressure on the British Government on the one hand to accelerate the pace of India's progress towards Dominion status, and on the other
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    R.A.F. WREAK HAVOC ON ENEMY AIR BASK AT STAY ANGER
    370 13 R.A .F. WREAK HAVOC ON ENEMY AIR BASK AT STAY ANGER Series Of Raids On Nonwr Most Modern Airfield yiGOROUS support for the Allied landing parties continues "to come from Royal Air Force bombers which have made their seventh raid in the past five days on the airfield and seaplane
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    Daughter For Danish Crown Princess
    48 13 Daughter For Danish Crown Princess London, Apr. 15. rr T >HE German-controlled Copen- hagen wireless announced that Crown Princess In grid of Denmark gave birth to a daughter today. Crown Princess Ingrid is the favourite grand-daughter of the aged Duke of Connanght and was married in 1935. —Renter.
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    Co-operation On Land, Sea And Air
    82 13 IT is already clear that the landing of Allied troops at several points in Norway— which has had such a heartening effect on neutral countries was a tremendous feat of co-operation between the sea, land, and air forces. The naval actions of recent days
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    AGE 27 CLASS MUST REGISTER ON MAY 25
    28 13 London, Apr. 16. Fis officially announced that the registration date for the age 27 class will be May 25.— Reuter.
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    Sale Of U.S. Planes To The Allies
    95 13 Washington, Apr. 16. ACCORDING to Mr. Henry Morgenthau, Secretary of the VS. Treasury, the obstacles to the sale of United States planes to the Allies will be removed when the Anglo-French Purchasing Mission has agreed "without reservation or complaint" to the United States
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    GERMAN CLAIM TO HAVE SUNK BRITISH CRUISER
    67 13 A BERLIN communique claims that a British cruiser was sunk yesterday by a bomb off the Norwegian coast. It is added that the cruiser received direct hits, when she took on a heavy list and sank. It is also claimed that a Sunderland
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    FRANCE PLANE LOST
    40 13 Brussels. Apr. 16. A FRENCH- plane which had been engaged in battle over German territory crashed in flames to-day near Longlier. One of the crew was killed and two others were injured. The aircraft was destroyed.— Reuter.
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    NORWAY SPURNED HITLER'S THIRTEEN DEMANDS
    541 13 Acceptance Would Have Meant Complete Nazi Domination THE German Government once again used brute force to 1 mock diplomatic procedure when last Tuesday morning the attack on Norway was begun even before the final conversation between the Norwegian Foreign Minister and the German Minister in
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    German Shipping Losses Rising
    297 13 Total Estimated At Over 400,000 Tons London, Apr. 16. BRITISH mercantile losses due to enemy action show a clean sheet for the weel: ending midnight on Apr. 15. This is revealed in an official Admiralty statement concerning weekly shipping losses. During the week four neutral ships,
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    Steamer Torpedoed Off Scottish Coast
    74 13 Steamer Torpedoed Off Scottish Coast London, Apr. 16. IT is learned in London that the steamer Stancllfle, 4,511 tons, was torpedoed on* the north Scottish coast last Friday. A lifeboat rescued to-day contained 16 men still alive and thebodies of eight others. One of the rescued men, an Arab, died
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    TWO MORE GERMAN CARGO BOATS MINED
    47 13 I*HE new minefield laid by the Allies to interrupt German sea communications oft* Norway have already been claiming victims. Two more German cargo boats are reported to have been mined and badly damaged at the narrowest point of Ihe Kattegat.— Reuter.
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    TWO CLASHES ON THE WESTERN FRONT
    61 13 Paris, Apr. 16 rO minor clashes between patrols are reported on the Western Front. Despite unfavourable weather conditions, the French carried out several aerial reconnaissance flights. Reconnoitring planes were protected by fighters, but no engagements occurred. A communique issued here to-day states that nothing
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    CRACK TROOPS IN NEW B.E.F.
    362 14 A Fine Military Feat Of Allies CANADIAN troops are now reported to be fighting with the British Expeditionary Force in Norway. Official sources will not confirm this but it is believed that the Canadians are a large body of troops who volunteered lor the force
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    SWEDISH WARSHIPS FIRF ON FOREIGN PLANES
    66 14 Stockholm. Apr. 16. SWEDISH warships fired warning shots at two foreign aeroplanes which flew over Gothenburg archipelago this morning during a fog. The machines turned away and disA communique issued by the State Information Bureau states that seven Norwegian army planes landed in the
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    New Battle Dress For R.A.F.
    42 14 Pictures above and on right show the new RA.F. battle dress which is being tried out by units of the service in France. A report on its suitability for general adoption will be made by the wearers.
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    INVADERS IN DIFFICULTY
    242 14 Encirclement By Norwegians BRITISH warships completely wiped out the German naval forces at) Narvik, states the correspondent of the Stockholm newspaper Dagens Nyheter, who adds that British bluejackets oc- cupied part of the town under cover j of big naval guns. The Germans withdrew along the. railway
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    TOWN WHERE KING STAYED WAS DESTROYED
    97 14 A NORWEGIAN broadcast last night referred to the destruction of a defenceless town where King HaaKon stayed and added: "Henceforth, we mean to keep the place of the headquarters a secret and we shall go on fiS Meanwhile, authoritative German circles In Berlin, quoted
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    EUROPEAN SITUATION IS DISCUSSED
    121 14 Emergency Meeting Of Japanese Cabinet Tokio, Apr. 16. AN emergency Cabinet meeting was held yesterday afternoon at the official residence of the Premier, Adm. M. Yonai, in connection with the European situation. Mr. Hachlro Arita, Foreign Minister, made a detailed report on the European situation followed
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    Rumanian Ban On Wheat Exports
    78 14 Government Move To Build Up Reserves Bucharest, Apr. 16. THE Rumanian Government has decided to ban the export of wheat but contracts alreaav "included or in the coarse of execution will not come under the ban. Measures have also been taken for seed, hitherto largely
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    STATEMENT ON WAR SITUATION
    81 14 London, Apr. 16. rIE Prime Minister, Mr. Chamberlain, is unlikely to make a statement on the war situation in the House of Commons to-day. In the present stage of operations, all that can usefully be said has been told in the form of official communiques. It
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    NAVIGATION OF THE RIVER DANUBE
    53 14 Bucharest, Apr. 16. STATES bordering on the river Danube have agreed to take special police measures to reinforce the navigation of the river. Each state will take necessary steps within the limits of its own territorial waters, and no acco-d or special convention is to
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    GERMANS ORDERED TO LEAVE CONCESSION
    34 14 Tokio, Apr. 16. ACCORDING to a report from Shanghai, four German residents including one D. N. B. (German) correspondent were yesterday ordered to evacuate the French Concession.— Eastern News.
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    NORWEGIANS ENCOURAGED BY BRITISH ASSISTANCE
    621 14 Landings Of Forces Shows Up Emptiness Of German Boast London, Apr. 16.^ \TO announcement could have been more -velceme to British N ears or to those of our Allies," declares the Daily Telegraph, commenting on tht: landing of British forces in Norway. The journal adds
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    34 14 One of tha survivors of the Dutch fish ng vessel PrV.inus. which was deliberately bombed and machinegunned by a German aircraft in the Nar h Sea. who wre picked up by H.M. submarine Unity.
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    "WE ARE CONTINUING TO FIGHT"
    63 14 Stockholm, Apr. 16. WE are continuing to fight" concludes an address by the Norwegian Government broadcast from tha wireless stations still in Norwegian ha Th?' message refers to the assurances of military assistance from the Alliea Powers and adds: "We are confident that in co-operation
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    SELECTIONS FOR TO-DAY
    147 15 FOLLOWING are selections for to-day's races at Bukit Timah. Straits Times Eace 1. Marcheta 11. Fighting Finish. Race 2. Jade Lady. Highland Beacon. Race 3. Kahinda. Last Crusader. Race 4. Little John. Antrum. Race 5. Brawny Lad, July the Seventh. Rare 6. Gay Tad. Easter Parade. Race
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    Saturday's Race Weights
    391 15 f\P the 11 horses handicapped for the Governor's Cup race at Bukit Timah on Saturday, Sultana has been riven pride of place in the weights with 9.4, while Cooltipt, the winner of the Singapore Gold Cup last year, Is next In the list with 8.12. Weights for
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    PROGRAMME OF EVENTS AT BUKIT TIMAH
    850 15 Fourth Day Of Singapore Summer Race Meeting THE full card of events at Bukit Timah to-day, the fourth 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 big
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    ANTI-AIRCRAFTSMEN HOLD LEAGUE LEADERS TO DRAW
    216 15 R A.F. < Seietar) 1, R.A. (A.A.) 1 pORCING a cracking pace throughout, the R.A. (A.A.), scored their fifth successive draw in the first division of the S.A.F.A. league this season when th«y surprisingly shared the honours with the R.A.F. (Seietar) in an exceptionally
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    54 15 Soccer; First division, S.C.C. v«. Police, S.C.C; reserve division, Malays v*. R.A.F., stadium, second division Malaya Signals vs. 8.A.M.C., Alexandra Road; second division (b), R.A.F. Kalian* vs. K.N.W.T., Kalian*; 8.H.L.., G.E.C.; n. Thornycroft, S.H.B. ground. Tennis: S.C.C, S.R.C. and S.C.K.C. tournaments. Races: Singapore Turf Club's Summer meeting,
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    S.R.C. Reserves Beat Manchesters
    92 15 S.R.C. Res. -3. Manchester Res. Z THE S.R.C. sprang a mild surprise yesterday by defeating the Manchester Regiment by three goals to two in a reserve division soccer fixture played on the padang. The Recs were rather lucky in scoring the two points, for the Manchesters
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    PULAU BRANI BEAT TENGAH AIRMEN
    91 15 Pulau Brani 6, R.A.F. (Tengah) 2. OULAU BRANI defeated the R.A.F. (Tengah) by six goals to two in a second division (a) league soccer fixture at Pulau Brani yesterday. The score at half-time was one— all and play after that swept in favour of the
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    NINE GOALS SCORED BY BLAKAN MATI TEAM
    92 15 THE R.A. (Blakan Mati) scored a runaway victory over the R.A.O.C. in a second division (a) league football fixture at Blakan Mati yesterday, beating them by nine goals to one. The game was one-sided as the score suggests, in addition to notching nine
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    9th HEAVY REGIMENT FORCE DRAW AT STADIUM
    540 15 Malays Start Slowly, But Recover In Second Half R.A. 9th Hvy. Regt 2; Malays 2. THE Malays' chances of retaining the trophy in the 1 first division of the league this season are rather remote, for in five matches the champions have lost
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    Yesterday's Tennis Results
    161 15 RESULTS of yesterday's ties in the Singapore Cricket Club's spring lawn tennis tournament are: Championship Doubles; E. C. Cherrin^'.oti and R. F. Smith beat MaJ. R. Bedford and O. Fuller, 3—6, 6—3, 6—2. Women's singles: Mrs. Russell Roberts b^at Mrs. Sewell, 8—6, 6—1. Further ties at the
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    SINGAPORE'S DEFENCES THROUGH THE NEWSREEL CAMERA
    135 16 Pictures on this page are taken from the British Movietone News film of Singapore defences, recently photographed by Eric Mayell, who Is wellknown m the Far East. Anti-aircraft guns of the islands defences, manned by Indian soldiers, are seen in action In the picture
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