The Straits Times, 20 April 1940

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    37 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURy 1 MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER —LARGEST NET SALES 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, J9lO. PRICE 5 CENT The Straits Times 4<i PAGES. SINGAPORE, SATURDAyT APRIL 20, 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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      187 1 Try MIEN CHONG TAILORING We only ask for a trial order. nm Coleman St: Singapore. —Phone 4816— SINGAPORE. 140 CECIL ST (PHONE 5471) YOUR SON'S EDUCATION.. His Training For A Career Have you thought of an Educational Endowment Policy. Let us assume your obligations W.P.S. 95A MANUFACTURING REFRACTING DESPENSING OPTICIANS
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  • Obituary
    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES DEATHS
    49 2 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES DEATHS WILSON— At Manchester on April 18, R. J. Wilson or Sungei Nibon* Estate. Teluk Anson Cable received by Or. Nadarajah T. T. S.H. Singapore that Dr. K. Kanagarayer. formerly of ttie Institute for Medical ReBearch, Kuala Lumpur, passed away yestcrdav morning at his residence in Ceylon.
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      460 2 @Hu! Stxatis ©mis SMALL ADSI Minimum charge $I*l for advt not exoeedln* 4 lines. More than four lines 25 cents per line (Six words). B Box No. 25 cents extra. I Small Ads, are prepayable SITUATIONS VACANT When applying for any position advertised la these columns send copies of testimonial*
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      873 2 LOST LOST about 1 p.m. Thursday, Orange Rd. District, 2 Fox Terrier Puppies, 4 mths. old White with brown markings. Finder please communicate with X. 8. Walker Tel. 806C8. SITUATIONS WANTED MALAYA SERVANTS AGENCY, 228, Orchard Road, Singapore, Tel. 4173, supplies the domestic servants male and female. MRS. HEYWOOD-WADDINGTON recommends
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      914 2 PUBLIC NOTICES SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. Applications (or appointment, and petitions. It is notified for the information of candi dates intending to apply for appointment in the Singapore Municipal Service, that al applications should be addressed in the mac ner directed at the time of advertising th vacancy, and that canvassing of
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      539 2 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES J PARTNER-MANAGER WANTED for a first class Beauty Parlour and Hair-Dressing Baloon to be opened shortly in Ipoh. Apply: Box No. 734, Straits Times. WANTED, a partner ith $3500.00 cash to Invest in and take over the active management of the most popular night spot tr. Singapore. Answer
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      147 2 BUSINESS CARDS ETC JOIN THE GREEN CIRCLE' LENDING LIBRARY Ist FLOOR 18-F BATTERY RU. P.O. BOX 34, SINGAPORE. Moderate terms: Special rates OotMatloa Members Clum and Messes. Open Dally: 8.30 A.M. to 6 P M. Saturdays: 8.30 A.M. to 1 P.M PROPERTY WE BUY. SELL A MORTGAGE LAND AND HOUSES
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    Sir Sikandar Opposed To Two-Nation Theory ?
    246 3 Sir Sikandar Opposed To Two-Nation Theory New Delhi. Apr. 8 I CAN assure you that Sir Sikandar Hyat Khan is not going to accept the premlershio In any purely Islamtr Government. In fact, he would. I am sure, refuse to accept mintstershlp or any position of resDonsibility in such a
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    RED CROSS GIFT FROM URUGUAY
    47 3 Mr. Churchill. First Lord of th? Admiralty, has accepted on behalf of the Royal Navy an ambulance subscribed for by the British Red Cross in Uruguay in memory of the men killed in the batt'e of the River Plate on Dec. 13,
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    PATRIOTIC FUND CENTRAL LIST
    367 3 COLLOWINO are the latest donations acknowledged by the Csntral Committee of the Malaya Patriotic Fund Previously acknowledged $1 141.343 "J; Kedah branch $2,000: *Tl-ons Departmert *50: Kuala Treng^anu branch St. 800; Parian* branch $21,000; selaneor branch $***** Si; Itidlan section (Indo-Ualaya Association) 17; Mr. and Mrs.
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      211 3 (Incorporated In Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR TO EUROPE VIA AMERICA Through fares to Nortb America, to Europe via America and Round Tours in the Pacific quoted In U.S. on ap plication. To California from the Orient via Honolulu. TATUTA MARU leave Shanghai Apr. 2b NTTTA MARU
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      573 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. BLUE FUNNEL LINE Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom and United States of America. Dates are not guaranteed, all cargo bookings subject to Conference War Clauses. WESTERN AUSTRALIA THE SHORTEST SEA ROUTE AT THE CHEAPEST FARE Regular Services to Fre mantle (Perth) via Java by first class passenger
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      283 3 NEDERLAND LINE ROTTERDAM LLOYD Royal Dutch Mails. (Incorporated In Holland) Passenger service to Genoa via Bel i wan. Sabans. Colombo and Suez. tns. •'Johan t. Oldenbarnevelt" N.L. Apr. 29 tns. "Slbaiak" R.L. May 17 tns. "MarnU van St Aldegonde" N.L. Ju-ie 3 ms. "Dempo" R.L. June 21 mj. "Johan v
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    NEUTRAL STATES' TRADE WITH GERMANY
    499 4 League Statistics Show Nazis Buy Less But Sell More THE League of Nations Monthly Bulletin of Statistics has among its special features a table showing the distribution by countries of the European trade of non-belligerent European States in the autumn of 1939 as compared with
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    169 4 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES .From Oui Own Correspondent) London. Apr. 19. COMMODITY and Exchange maike.s dosed as follows »iCB previous auotaUons in parenthesis: RUBBER: Steady. Spot lid ll «d (lid ll>nd) May lid II I d (lid ll'kd) July Ull6d 113 16d (***** d lllsd) Oct-Dec 11 1 16d ll'gd (lid ll'sd)
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    BRITISH CONTRABAND CONTROL
    114 4 London. Apr. 19. ON Apr. 16 there were 58 ships in United Kingdom contraband control bases. In addition, 30 ships were detained on orders from the Ministry of Economic Warfare in view of the situation in Norway and Denmark. During the week ended Apr. 13, the contraband
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    LYALL AND EVATT'S DAILY QUOTATIONS
    250 4 Singapore, Apr. 19, 1 pjn. viIMM. Bayers Seller. Ainpats 5.- 5/3C3 Austral Ama* 5/10 6/1 Batu Selangors 1-48 i.azca Honß Fatts 107 109 Jelebui 0.74 078 Kampong Lanjule 22 3 23S. KajiunUng 8 3 8/9 Kundang 143 14/9 Kent 2/3 2,6 KJang Rlveis l-« 200c^
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    ITALIAN LINES REORGANIZED
    178 4 Sailings In Far East Service IT is announced that in addition to n the liners Rex and Conte di g Savoia two other large steamers, the M.V. Augustus (30,500 tons) and the S.S. Roma (31,000 tons) will soon be operating on the )talian Italy-New York service. a
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    MARCH RUBBER HARVESTS
    42 4 MARCH rubber harvests are reported j as follows: i lb. Ayer Kuning (F.M.S.) 87,000 Badek (Staffield Easte) 22,000 Bradwall (F.M.S.) 47,000 Chersonese F.M.S.) 67,000 Dennistown 35,000 Highlands Lowlands 153,000 Klabang 126,700 Krian 63,000 Sungei Krian 151,000 Sungei Way 73.500
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    BRITAIN'S FOOD WILL BE CONSERVED
    89 4 London, Apr. 19. LORD Woolton, the Food Minister, said yesterday that Britain had large stocks of food, but he dropped a hint that further rationing might be necessary in the future to maintain them. "We have no immediate fear," he said, out added, "I suppose
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    216 4 Mails cicse a: :ne General Post Office as follows: TO-DAY Aden air 4 p.m. Africa air 4 p.m. Australia air 4 p.m. Brunei and Kuala Bclait surface 2 p.m. Burma air 4 p.m. China surface 2 p.m. Egypt air 4 p.m. Great Britain and Europe generally
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    London Chamber Of Commerce Examinations
    2501 4 RESULTS of London Chamber oJ Commerce Autumn 1939 examinations held at the Y.M.CA. School of Commerce, Rajah's College and the Mercantile Institution. Singapore, are given below. V.M.C.A. The following candidates of the Y.M.CA. School of Commerce have passed. Distinction. HIGHER CERT. (Snr.) Book-keeping »nd Accountancy:
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      782 4 PUBLIC NOTICES LOKE YEW SCHOLARSHIPS UNIVERSITY OF HONGKONG. One Loke Yew Scholarship x> Hongkong rnlverslty. which provides free tuition and free board and residence, falls vacant In September. 1940. The scholarship is open to Chinese student* indigenous to the Federated Malay States and the Straits Settlements who have good school
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      335 5 Continued Rubber Strength In New York By Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, Apr. 20. •THE unusual situation exists with rubber of continued strength in New York which is not reflected in either the London or Singapore markets. In New York, rubber rose a further one-sixteenth yesterday at 19
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      123 5 Singapore, April 19. noor Buyers SeUen Gambler 7.50 Hamburg Cube $13.00 Javu Cube $12 00 Pepper White Muntok $15.00 White $14.50 Black 8.25 Copra Mind $3.10 Sun Dried $3.50 Sca r Flvvr No I IJiissga $6.20 Pat- $6.00 Sarawak $6.00 JWo.'i Palembang $16.50 Banja $16.00 Sarawak $17.00
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      EXCHANGES
      195 5 Apr. >}. i'he following art the exchange rate"* this morning according to the Jally circular issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation:— SELLING London T.T 2'4 I 'l6 Loi.don demand 2/4 1/16 Rat* fur freight Lyons demand 2060 Switzerland demand 208 li Hamburg demand Neu York demand 46
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      London Stock Exchange
      351 5 London, Apr. 19. QN the Stock Exchange to-day shares v with Netherlands Interest declined on evidence of tension in that country, bat there was no selling pressure visible. Elsewhere movements were small and irregular. Of the" commodities, the tin cash price closed 30s lower subsequently further easing
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      CANADA'S HUGE WAR ORDERS
      118 5 THE latest details of Canada's war contracts seive to illustrate the magnitude of her war effort. Canadian purchases of war material supplies from mid-July 1939 to the end of Feb. 1940, amounted $142,573,838 currency). More recent purchases have averaged about $1,700,000 daily. In January and February
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      MARCH AND APRIL TIN OUTPUT
      142 5 T*IN output is reported as follows for 1 the first half of April: Hours Yardage Piculs ore Katu 307 58,000 275 Renong Cons. 318 126,000 113 Ratrut Basin 177 32,250 211 Satupulo 382 Takuapa Valley Dredge 1 301 72,000 336 Dredge 2 262 75,000 202
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      85 5 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN. Friday, Apr. 19, noon. Bayer* Seller* Price* Prices No. IX 8.5.& (Spot loose) 35% 29% No IX K.S.S. fob. in case* April-May 6% 3«-^ Sellers option G.F.A.Q. K.S.S. 1.0. b. Id bcJes April-May 351/, 35^ Sellers option *A Q k.ss i.ob in bale* April-May 3474
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      Fraser & Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations
      1290 5 Fraser Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations FRIDAY, APR. 18, 1940: S P.M. MINING Buyrrt Sellers Ampet Tin (4s) 5s 5s 6d c.d. Austral Amal. (ss 53 9d 6s 3d Austral Malay (£> 35s 37s Ayer Hitam 21s 22s Ayer Weng (t) .63 .67 Bangrln Tin 21s 6d 22s 6d Batu Selangor
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      91 5 London, Apr. 17. A VERY slight fall In the cost of living Is shown by a Labour Ministry announcement that, on April 1, the index figure was 78 per cent, above the level of July 1914 as compared with 79 per cent, on March 1. The figure for food alone
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      143 5 [simsihl y ftp 2V Seat* CYCLE 4 CARRIAGE CO C 1926 LTD J MMMMMMMMMMMMMm "> M DESIGNS AND REINFORCEMENTS B R C FABRIC is an electrically crosswelded steel wire mesh mainly employed foi Floors. Roofs, Foundations, Roads and any work where large areas o( concrete are used. Sole Agents GuTITOIE*€b
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      215 6 The Famou* Star of WE ARE MOT ALONE' in Another Dramatic Hit II^jjALHAMBRAanVSI RKO RADIO'S THRILLING DRAMA of LOVE and WAR presenting PAUL MUNI MIRIAM HOPKINS ESCADRILLE with LOUIS HAYWARD I^a^PATH E GAZETTE GALA MIDNIGHT PREMIERE TO-NIGHT AT 12.10 O'CLOCK RKO RADIO'S SPECTACULAR 52.000.000 Production Werrol flyn¥ IN HIS FIRST
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      511 6 LAST NIGHT 6.15 9.15 Bf^^^^^^^^^C^^ SWELL WEEK-END SHOW- i. A. W TIIF FUNNIEST LOVE ■^P^B^^^^^^^^^™ ADVENTURES THAT WILL KEEP YOU LAUGHING FOR WEEKS MICKEY ROONEY In M.-G.-M's Most Uproarious Romance! ANDY HARDY ,35. FEVER with LEWIS STONE, CECILIA PARKER, FAY HOLDEN. Tomorrow-HIS GREATER PICTURE WITH LAUGHTER, HEARTTHROBS. ADVENTURE THAT YOU'LL
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      268 6 There's Always a Good Show at the CAPITOL STILL DRAWING THE CROWDS! MAKE THIS YOUR WEEKEND KNTERTAINMKNTI I PHONE 5261 4 SHOWS TO-DAY U A.M.— 3.15— (U5— 0.15 and at the TO-MORROW "Carrier" Air-Conditioned I A NEW FANTAST.C SENSATION H. G. WELLS 1 Wmfßum ADDED ATTRACTION —BY Mil MAIL 3-REELS
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    WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT THE NEAR HEREAFTER
    566 7 H/HAT docs the Bible say about the near Hereafter? Is it a life of >leep and unconsciousness or are we ully alive and conscious five minutes ifter death. Is there further probation n the life beyond the grave? Growth and progress? Do
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    CHURCH SERVICES FOR THIS WEEK-END
    1330 7 'WIRI'H OF ENGLAND ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL.— Fourth Sunday after Easter. 6.50 a.m. Holy Communion and matins; 8 a.m. Choral Eucharist; 9.15 a m. Holy Communion; 5.30 p m Evensong and sermon Preacher The Rev J Cethln- Jones, Senior Chaplain to the Forces! ST. PAUL'S CHURCH.—
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      220 7 TO-NIGHT SPECIAL RACE DINNER DANCE (formal) FROM 8 P.M. POPULAR CABARET ATTRACTION THE PRESTON TRIO WHIRLWIND SKATERS LAST FEW NIGHTS-BOOK YOUR TABLE Dinner $3.50 Non-diners $1.00 EXTENSION TO 1 A.M. RIJSTTAFEL RAFFLES ORCHESTRA ■served to-day from 1 >.3Q to 2.30 p.m. Directed by DAN HOPKINS SEA VIEW H HOTEL! 1
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      201 7 @ITHQM TO-DAY MAUYAS ONEMA DE LUXJ fi e> 3'lS3 1S 6159 1S Morning Show To-morrow 1 1 O'clock B <>X OFFICE 3400. A FILM YOU WILL THOROUGHLY ENJOY 1 ifjM tLr^F*m^^ I ROLLICKING noil *^^1 W Md Jb fCrf D BIT rHORNfON mtIANO. A FOX BRITISH MOVIETOXE PRESENT SINGAPORE DEFENCES
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, APR. 20, 1940 (231st. Day of the War.) "THE KEYSTONE OF EUROPE"
    1024 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, APR. 20, 1940 (231st. Day of the War.) "THE KEYSTONE OF EUROPE" In a recent book on his country, the eminent Belgian scholar, Professor Emile Cammaerts, spoke of Belgium as "The Keystone of Europe and that description is merited for the country may still play
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    SOMETHING DOING
    180 8 Efforts Of The P.WD. In Kuala Lumpur To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Oh! fie, Mr. Kenion! You come to Kuala Lumpur and see. Haven't the P.W.D. bottled up our roads and plastered them with guiding posts so that you have to perform a letter "S"
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      CAUSE AND EFFECT
      430 8 Prostitution An Economic Problem To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— l agree with Ueut.-Col. H. A. Lord, of the Salvation Army, that the girls who make their living on the streets show conclusively that the question of prostitution is largely one of economics because our
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      SMOKING IN CINEMAS
      140 8 More Support For Prohibition To the Editor of the Straits Times Si r) _The long-suffering non-smok-ing section of the public who frequent the cinemas have, after all, found someone from the ranks of the smokers with the courage to come forward and express his views. Will the
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      131 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— At last some one has spoken In regard to smoking in air-conditioned cinemas. I strongly protest against this habit of smoking while the show is in progress, for it hurts the eyes and a foul atmosphere is created. To blame smokers for
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      CINEMA TAX
      106 8 The Rates On Percentage Basis To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— Thu scale of duties under the Entertainments War Duty Ordinance provides food for thought. Where the value of a ticket does not exceed one dollar the ad valorem rate works out at 20 per cent.
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      HOLLAND'S FUTURE
      1022 8 Problems Of A "Precarious Neutrality" To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, Mr. L. S. Amery, Consarvativi M. P. for Sparkbrook, in a broadcast speech published in the Straits Times or April 13, mentioned the possibility that the Germans may follow up theh Scandinavian adventure at any
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      SIKH CUSTOMS
      385 8 In Defence Of Long Hair And Beards To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, Writing in your issue of April 13. Mr. Harl Singh, of Kuala Lumpur seems to have arrogated to himself tlu? task of "destroying a certain custom of my people— the Sikhs." He wants
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      The Sikhs Under Muslim Oppression
      319 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— l warmly appreciate the Initiative taken by Mr. Hari Singh in his article which appeared In the readers' column recently. It certainly did create general interest in the Sikh community, but I presume it wont further and
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    EFFECT OF DRASTIC NETHERLANDS' ACTION
    583 9 State Of Siege To Control Foreigners MEASURES AGAINST "FIFTH COLUMN" TRAITORS Police Search Castle Of Dutch Nazi Count DV the extension of the state of siege to the IJ whole of Holland, the Netherlands Government has taken drastic action against "Fifth Column" plots by German
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    NEUTRALS ON THE ALERT
    381 9 Sweden Ready For Crisis TTHE whole ol Sweden is on the alert against surprise attack as the mere announcement of invasion would mean automatic general mobilization. The Swedish Government has warned people and soldiers to be r?ady for immediate action against parachutist troops or saboteurs. Swedish
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    Belgian Premier On Anti-Alien Steps
    81 9 Brussels, Apr. 20. N OT knowin S with certainty what to-morrow will bring, let us prep.uv both for peace and war," declared the Belgian Prime Iflrfstaf M. Pierlot in a spc-eh in Brusjeis. Speaking of Belgium's anti-alien m asures. M Pierlot said that thousands of
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    German-Rumanian Economic Pact
    94 9 Bucharest, Apr. 20. "THE German-Rumanian economic discussions terminated last night md an agreement is expected to be iigned to-day. It is understood that it :omes within the framework of the posting trade treaty and contains the ol lowing poit ts FIKSTLY, ihe extension of the preient trade
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    German Plan To Conquer Europe
    95 9 mfn^H y t£?? ten-j^ar plan to "conquer" Europe. In 1937 they carefully mapped their timetable of systematic aggression. An original of the secret map was discovered by the Czech police in a raid in 1938, on the Prague headquarters of Konrad Henlein. leader of the
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    Soviet Seize Five Japanese Ships
    77 9 Tokio. Apr. 20. COUR Japanese fishing-boats have been seized by a Soviet patrol boat while fishing off Posiet Bay, in south-eastern Siberia, according to a dispatch from Seishan, Korea. The Russians are reported to have fired a machine-gun at the boats and then taken them
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    British Airmen's Exploits
    237 9 THE award of the Distinguished Flying Cross to SquadronLeader George Ernest Peacock for courage in leading a raid on enemy warships at Bergen is announced in the London gazette. Similar awards have been made to acting Flight-Lieutenant Edgar Nor man Ryder for bringing down a Germa plane
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    U.S. Exports Of War Materials
    117 9 U.S. Exports Of War Materials T Washington, Apr. 19. HE export of war materials in March amounted to $17,500,000, and in the first three months of the year The' March' figures include $1,000,000 worth of war material, mostly planes, exported to Norway. Britain and France, which appeared to be holding
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    CONFIDENCE VOTE FOR M. REYNAUD
    90 9 THE Chamber of Deputies last night 1 passed a unanimous vote of confidence in the government. The voting was 504 to nil. The confidence motion gives unqalifled support to the government and states that the Chamber approves of the government's declarations and trusts it to
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    29 9 Berlin, Apr. 20. A dispatch from the frontier claims that the Germans have captured Hamar and reached a point 40 miles! north of Kon?svinser, near the i Swedish border.—Reuter.
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    GREAT ARMIES FOR NORWAY
    619 9 Churchill Tells Heroes Of Hardy London, Apr. 20. 'YOUR countrymen are well content with the manner in which you have discharged your duty," said Mr. Winston Churchill First Lord of the Admiralty, welcoming about 60 heroes of H.M.S. Hardy, at the Horse Guards Parade last evening.
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    POLISH SUBMARINE SANK TRANSPORT
    58 9 ijondon, Apr. 19. IT is revealed that the Polish submarins Orael, which has been operating with the British Navy since she escaped from thBaltic after the Invasion of Poland, sank the German ship Rio de Janeiro conveylnj troops to Norway. The German ship August I.conhardt wu
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    ITALIAN CONCERN OVER THE ALLIES' BALKANS DRIVE
    464 9 Strong Comment On London Talks And Speech Of Mr. Cross Rome, Apr. 20. AUTHORITATIVE political circles express satisfaction with Mr. Neville Chamberlain's statement on Thursday of the desire to maintain peace in the Balkans, but express grave suspicion regarding the London conference of
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    British Press Is Sceptical
    54 9 London, Apr. 20. THE arrival of a German military 1 mission in Rome and the speculation to which it has given rise has produced an official Italian communique that the visit is nothing more than a matter of routine. This statement is taken with reserve in
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    Paris Believes Rome Will Stay Neutral
    136 9 P_-, Paris, Apr. 19. RESS commentators appear less pessimistic about the possibility of Italy entering the war on the side of Germany The ex-Minister of War, M. Fabry, writing i n Le Matin, says that Italy has been much, in the news but one
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    £1,000,000 GIFT FOR BRITAIN FROM COLONY
    231 10 Resolution Before Council At Monday's Meeting AMENDMENTS TO LAW FOR CONTROL OF TRADE A MOTION that this Council approves of the payment of £1,000,000 payable in London to His Majesty's Government as a gift towards the cost of the Imperial Defence of the British
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    THREE DIE IN FIRE AT KUALA KANGSAR
    193 10 Baby, Thrown From Window. Killed (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Kangsar, Apr. 19. TWO Indian women and a Chinese infant lost their lives in a disastrous lire which raged in a row of nine shoDhouses at Kuala Kangsar this morning. The houses were
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    SINGAPORE DUTCH BROADCASTS
    133 10 THERE is good news lor Singapore ladio listeners to-day. The Dutch bulletin is to be taken oui of the medium-wave transmissions of the Singapore station, beginning tomorrow. The bulletin will continue to De broadcast from the short-wave transmitter. Accordingly there will be news in Dutch from 8.20
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    AMUSEMENTS
    172 10 SINGAPORE KAFUKS HOTEL Special Pace Dinner Dance i Formal) 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. GARRU l\ 1 HKATRt. GEYLANG Riding Fool <fc Happy Go Lucky at 7.45 p.m. GREAT \\i>::i.i> Cabaret 6.30 to 8.45 9.30 to 1 n.m. Globe: Gorilla. Sky: Painted Dessert. Atlantic Theatre: Chinese Picture. HAPPY IVOILI)
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    American Interest In Indies
    72 10 A MOST notable development in I the American Press is the sud- den prominence of the Netherlands Indies, says Reuter. The Baltimore Sun, recalling the East Indies exports of rubber, tin and oil, to America, says that in view of the requirements of national defence, the
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    BAN ON FILM ABOUT BIRTH
    159 10 "Unsuitable" For Local Audiences CHILD Is Born," the controversial film which has become known as the picture which shows the birth of a baby, has been banned by the Colony's Film Censor as "unsuitable for Malayan audiences." It was produced with the collaboration of eminent
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    PENANG CHINESE CALLS ON GEN. CHIANG
    61 10 Chungking, Apr. 18. MR. CHEN CHING-HU, a Chinese merchant from Penang, called on Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek and handed over $30,000 and 19 gold medals as contribution to the State. Mr. Chen was accompanied by General Wu Teh-chen, Director of the Central Kuomintang Overseas Affairs
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    FILM STAR TO HELP RELIEF FUND
    45 10 LILY Lee, the well-known Cantonese film actress who recently arrived in Singapore from Hong Kong, is to appear on the stage at the Palace Theatre on Monday. Proceeds of the performance will oe given to the China Relief Fund.
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    "THE NAVAL SITUATION"
    65 10 A NOTHER talk in the series "The i Naval Situation" will be given by Lt. Commander B. M. Douglas, R.N., from the Singapore Station on Monday at 7.30 p.m. This talk will be of particular interest as Lt.-Commander Douglas will talk about recent events in Scandinavia and
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    29 10 The Governor has appointed Sir John Bagnall and Mr. F. S. Gibson to be members of the Advisory Committee for the Settlement of Singapore under the Volunteer Force Ordinance.
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    MALAYANS IN CHUNGKING
    188 10 China's Capital Greets Mission REPRESENTS OVER 11,000,000 CHUNGKING, China's capital, was decorated with banners on Thursday to welcome the Malaysian Comfort Mission's main body of 43 members who arrived here from Kweiyang. Some 2,000 representatives from various government and public bodies greeted the party led by Messrs.
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    BIRTHDAY OF THE PROPHET
    195 10 Muslim Shops Are Closed To-day ALTHOUGH to-day is not a holiday, Muslim shops •will be closed for the day to celebrate the birthday of the Prophet. Many Muslim shops and houses are decorated with flags and banners and will be illuminated to-night. Singapore Muslims took part
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    COLONY CRICKETER MARRIED
    60 10 IJIR. R. V. S. Sundram, well-known Colony and State cricketer, was married yesterday in Singapore to Miss N. Paramaswari. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. tfagalingam and the late Dr. S. Nagalingam. former vice-president of the Seylon Tamils' Association. The bridegroom is the son of Mrs.
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    EPWORTH LEAGUE INSTITUTE AT IPOH
    73 10 HEADED by Mr. T. R. DoraLsamy, president of the Singapore district >f Epworth Leagues, 60 members from iight leagues in Singapore left by train :ast night for Ipoh to attend the luoilee Epworth League Institute of Malaya. The institute opens to-day and ends >n Monday.
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    STOLE FROM CAR
    52 10 EE YONG FOOK, who was convicted of theft of one typewriter and two arongs from a car belonging to a henchman, J. F. Revel, a few days ago, vas sentenced yesterday by Mr. H. Vatson in the Singapore third court o a $50 fine, or one month's
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    Beware Of "Inside Enemies," Warns Indies Press
    276 10 Beware Of "Inside Enemies," W arns Indies Press "THE Netherlands Indies Press almost unanimously condemns the German invasion of Scandinavia as a violation of "right and morality." A clear lesson is drawn for the Netherlands and also for the Netherlands Indies to be vigilant and to beware of the so-called
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    Prize-Giving At The A.C.S.
    27 10 Mrs. Choo Teck Guan giving away the prizes at the annual prize-giving of the Anglo-Chinese School, Cairnhill Road, yesterday.— Report in Page 11.
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    SINGAPORE SPEAKER ON INDIA'S WAR EFFORT
    594 10 "THE Indian people abhor o}>pression, tyranny and irreli- G^ion. Hitlerism is the symbol of all that the Indian people abhor, and both the Hindus and the Muslims, though disagreeing among themselves over other matters, are in complete agreement on one pomt and that is
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    MEDICAL AID FOR POOR
    319 10 Red Swastika Society's Work CONSULTING CLINIC TO BE OPENED AS a first step in its programme to help Singapore's poor, the Singapore branch of the World Red Swastika Society is to open a free consulting centre in Havelock Road tor sick people on Monday. Sljpuld funds
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    NEW CHINESE T.B. CLINIC TO BE OPENED
    63 10 THE newly built clinic in the Kwong Wei Sau Free Hospital, Serangoon Road, for patients suffering rrom tuberculosis will be opened by the acting Chinese Consul-General, Mr. Li Jen, on Apr. 28 at 2 p.m. The hospital is to instal 400 new beds
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    TO AID RELIEF FUND
    76 10 IN connection with a charity performance which it is to give at Victoria Theatre on Apr. 24, the Dawnlight Association, of Cantonment Road, gave a dinner to representatives of the local Press, including Malay newspapers, at the Air View Hotel last night. About 20 men and
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    JAPANESE DOCTOR IN DISTRICT COURT
    804 11 Alleged Offence Regarding Notification Of Disease SHIP'S COOK TELLS OF STAY IN LOCAL HOSPITAL ALLEGED to hay been aware of the existence of an infectious disease scarlet fever in a European patient and to have neglected to give notice in writing of the disease to
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    DARTS STALL-HOLDER ACQUITTED
    147 11 FE visit of Mr. H. Watson, Singapore third magistrate, to the New World Amusement Park on Thursday night, to decide for himself whether the dartboard game as played there is a game of chance or skill, had its sequel in court yesterday, when Loong Ah Kow, stallkeeper
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    "JOURNEY'S END"
    36 11 •yHE Repertory Players gave another enjoyable performance of "Journey's End," R. C. Sheriff's famous play of the Great War. at the Victoria Theatre last night. The Players will be presenting this play again to-night.
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    Would Have Been Shot By Fascists
    139 11 "l_l.M> you been under a Fascist regime you would have been shot," commented Mr. Justice a'Beckett Terrell yesterday, dismissing an appeal by a Chinese who had been sentenced in the police courts to eight months' rigorous imprisonment for offences under the Defence laws. Ihe
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    JAGAS TELL OF PARK FIGHT
    339 11 Defence Evidence Begun Yesterday EVIDENCE for the defence opened yesterday in the Singapore criminal district court in the case in which a dozen Northern Indian watchmen are charged with rioting at the Happy World park on Feb. 3. The case is a sequel to an
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    MALAYAN MAGIC CIRCLE SHOW LAST NIGHT
    89 11 MEMBERS of the Malayan Magic Circle and their friends spent a thoroughly enjoyable evening at the Circle House in Karikal Road last night. Magical ability and humour were well mixed to form a programme which everybody enjoyed. Tan Hock Chuan and L. A. Duckworth
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    HAVILDAR'S DEATH
    310 11 bikh b aces Inquiry Into Charge EIGHT-INCH KNIFE AS EXHIBIT A LARGE parcel of blood-stained Clothing and a knife with an eight-inch blade, were the chief exhibits in the preliminary inquiry in the Singapore fifth court yesterday before Mr. L. C. Goh, into a eharge of murder against
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    A.P.C. EMPLOYEE'S RENTS TO BE RAISED
    154 11 rpHIRTEEN applications for the inA crease in rent of their employees who are living in the company's houses in various parts of Singapore, were brought before the Rent Assessment Board yesterday by the Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ltd. All the applications were granted as from
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    YOUTH IN COURT
    53 11 PHUAN CHUNG WAN, a 17-year-old Chinese, was charged in the Singapore third court yesterday before Mr. H. Watson with having in his possession a prohibited publication, "Giu Guo She Bao," an offence under the Undesirable Publication Ordinance. The case was postponed and bail of $500 in two
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    SALESMAN CHARGED
    53 11 CHARGED with criminal breach of trust in respect of 55 cases of abalcne, valued at $1,017, in the Singapore third court yesterday, Joseph Lee Kia Soon, a salesman in the East Asiatic Co.. claimed trial. The case was postponed for two weeks for mention by Mr. H. Watson
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    Schoolboys Taking Greater Interest In Current Events
    490 11 "THERE are highways of deiilo1 cracy which I feel sure we shall have to tread much more than we are doing now," said the Rev. Dr. H. B. Amstutz, addressing the boys of the Anglo-Chinese School, Cairnhill Road, at the annual prizegiving yesterday.
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    ROME DENIES MORE MEN ARE BEING CALLED TO COLOURS
    499 12 Italians Not Eager To Give Up Peace For 'Destructive Warfare' London, Apr. 19. nKUEWING tUe general situation, the Duly Telegraph X writes While the eyes of roan is naturally fixed on the Norwegian battleground, events whose significance may or may not
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    How Norway Was Invaded
    426 12 German Trickery And Traitors Blamed THE early days of the German Invasion of Norway were described by a Norwegian official who has Just reached London after being in touch with the Norwegian Oovemment since the invasion. He described how on three separate occasions, German aircraft had
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    NAZI BARBARISM AGAINST CZECHS
    93 12 Paris, Apr. 19. ALLEGATIONS that the Germans are stifling all national life and culture in Bohemia and Moravia are made in a Blue Book published by the National Czechoslovak Committee, which states that universities and important schools have been closed, students imprisoned, tortured and assassinated and
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    GERMANY & NORWEGIAN SHIPS IN U.S.
    95 12 GERMANY NORWEGIAN SHIPS IN U.S. New York, Apr. 19. /GERMANY is making a big effort to W prevent the Allies from utilising Norwegian ships at present in United States ports. Georg Gyssllng, the German consul, acting on instructions from Germany, has written to Norwegian shipping agents in the United States
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    Neutrals' Fresh Precautions
    196 12 Further Measures To Forestall Coups YUGOSLAVIA, Hungary and Rumania continue their precautions against the "Fifth Column." In Yugoslavia, the police are stated to have raided the house of a former Prime Minister, M. Stoyadinovitch, and to have taken away some of his correspondence. Subsequently he was arrested
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    AUSTRALIA & N.I's FUTURE
    302 12 AUSTRALIA N.I's FUTURE Vital Concern To Us, Says Minister Canberra. Apr. 1 1 J. A LARGE-SCALE invasion of Holland would inevitably affect the fate of the Netherlands Indies, declared Mr. John McEwen, Minister ior External Affairs, speaking In the House of Representatives in Canberra. This was of vital and Immediate
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    NORWEGIAN MINISTER IN BERLIN EXPELLED
    24 12 Berlin, Apr. 19. THE Norwegian Minister in Berlin has been expelled and asked to leave Reich territory to-day.- Rm^m-
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    BRITISH CLASH WITH ENEMY REPORTED AT NAMSOS
    444 13 Norwegian Mobilization Completed And Resistance Stiffening pO-OPERATION between Norwegian and British troops is reported from a reliable Norwegian source to be continuing actively from Narvik southwards to Trondheim, cables Router's special correspondent at Oestersund, near the Swe-dish-Norwegian frontier. Another correspondent reports that Biitish
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    N.W. FRONTIER TACTICS
    172 13 Norwegian Guides For The British REUTERS military correspondent writes on the fighting in Norway: •Reports state that Norwegian forces it Staenkjer, some 70 miles north of Trondheim have made contact with !.he British and that the German 3eneral, Weiss, has thrown out three leiensive lines in the
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    Allies Will Take Norway In Month
    117 13 S™ Reno. Nevada, Apr. 17. ENATOR Key Pittman, chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee, in a speech here to-day, expressed the opinion that the Germans would be driven out from Norway within 30 days. He also declared that the United States would immediately
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    'Miracle If Scheer Reached Home'
    168 13 London, Apr. l:t LJ. ML SUBMARINE SPEARFISH, which carried out a successful torpedo attack on the Nazi "pocket battleship" Admiral Scheer last week, has returned to England. The crew reported tiiat the attack lasted only a few minutes. The Admiral Scheer was sighted travelling: at
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    King Haakon's Stirring Call
    255 13 London, Apr. 19. [TING HAAKON or Norway and his Cabinet issued a stirring appeal early to-day from secret headquarters saying that Quisling's so-called "government" had to resign and that efforts to establish a government opposed to the legal Norwegian Government have been abandoned. Norway has only
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    FURTHER DETAILS OF FIRST NARVIK FJORD BATTLE
    357 13 Dying Commander's Last Words To Men Of H. M. S. Hardy A London, Apr. 19. LMOST the last words of Captain Warburton-Lce after he had been fatally wounded on the bridge of the destroyer Hardy were You can swim for it now, boys."
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    15,000 AUSTRALIANS IN EMPIRE AIR SCHEME
    42 13 IT was announced in Sydney yesterday that nearly 15,000 Australians have already been accepted under the Empire air training scheme and a large proportion of them have begun training. Thousands more are on tV wtiting list.—Reuter.
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    ANZAC DAY IN LONDON
    61 13 ALTHOUGH there will no London Cenotaph ceremony on Anzac Day (April 25), the Australian and New Zealand High Commissioners will lay wreaths and the annual service will be held at St. Clement, Dane's Church Gen. Carpenter, of the Salvation Army will give an address, and Mr.
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    R.A.F. Man Tells Of Stavanger Raid
    373 13 "Like Big Fireworks i Display" 1 THE Germans put up a terrific bar1 rage over the target but we went straight in flying over the aerodrome just under 1,000 feet and at 200 miles an hour, with both our front and rear gunners letting
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    Canada's Grim Resolve
    150 13 London, Apr. 19. KAR- NORMAN Rogers, the Canadian IT* Defence Minister, on arrival in London yesterday for discussions with the British Government, said, "In Canada, our one purpose is to make our war contribution as effective as possible. The Canadian nation was never more united and emphatic
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    Tokios Hint To Britain And United States
    106 13 II D Tokio, Apr. 18. F Brua.n can se c its way to exercising its good offices in securing American credit for the new Puppet Regime at Nanking by way of cooperating for the construction of a new order in East Asia, not
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    R.A.F. CASUALTIES
    42 13 A London, Apr. 19. N Air Ministry casualty list comprises 22 killed (including six previously reported missing), 67 missing 28 wounded or injured, and eight who have died other than in action. Three previously reported missing are now reported safe.—Reuter.
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    49 13 THE Australian Council of Trade, Unions yesterday reaffirmed tneir support of the war policy. After two! days' debate they adopted a pledge of full support to the Govern iient in the 1 war and the maintenance of Australia j as an integral part of the British Commonwealth of nations.--Iteuter
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    LONDON OPTIMISTIC FOR FUTURE OF RUBBER INDUSTRY
    2748 14 LONDON OPTIMISTIC FOR FUTURE OF RUBBER INDUSTRY But Cautious On More Immediate Prospects FURTHER SPECULATION ON NEXT QUOTA (From Our Planting Correspondent) Planting Topics PliOBAPLY no market reviews affecting the rubber plantation industry contain so much interesting data and assembled facts as those from time to time published oy Charles
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    368 14 THE Controller of Rubber, Malaya, has agreed to issue new planting permits to cover new planting on estate^ for experimental purposes under the control of the Rubber Research Institute of Malaya. In the monthly bulletin of the Institute It is reported that the issue of the permits
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    The Governor's Cup
    25 15 The Governor's Cup, which will be at stake in the class one, division one race over nine furlongs at Rukit Timah to-day.
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    A.P.C. SURPRISE COLD STORAGE
    292 15 -\j 9, O.»_ .8 Z. THE Singapore Cold Storage suffered their third reverse this season when they were beaten by the A.P.C. side by five goals to two in a well contested Business Houses' League soccer fixture at the J.C.S.A. ground yesterday. Much of the success
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    Selections For To-day's Races
    145 15 C ELECTIONS for to-days race? at Bukit Timah ar«: Straits Times RACE Sweet Colette, Hercules. RACE .•>. Artful Sailor, Double Esso RACE 1. Pat Burke, No Limit. RACE 6. Sultana. Sunny Charm. RACE 2. Hivi Hivi, Thanks. RACE 7. Tredella, St. Charles. RACE 3. Freedom, Bombus.
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    PROGRAMME OF EVENTS AT BUKIT TIMAH
    976 15 Final Day Of Singapore Races THE full card of events at Bukit Timah to-day, the final 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 sweep will
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    To Win Again
    29 15 Pat Burke, who has been taken to win the first race at Bukit Timah to-day, and thus score a double for the meeting. Straits Times picture.
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    SPRING TENNIS RESULTS
    299 15 SPRING TENNIS RESULTS S.C.C. Men's Title To A.D. Anderson A D. Anderson became men's singles champion in the S.C.C. spring lawn tennis tournament yesterday when he narrowly defeated W. J. M. Warden, 6—4, 4—6, 6—3, in the final. It was a closely contested match and both players displayed a wide
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    Final Gallops At Bukit Timah
    156 15 DR. Chong Tak Naxn, the owner of Sunny Charm, was at the tracks this morning when a few horses running this afternoon were given their final sprints on the second track. The going is still on the soft side. Sunny Charm was not out this
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    SINGAPORE BADMINTON ASSOCIATION
    56 15 AT a meeting of the committee of the Singapore Badminton Association held yesterday, it was decided that the distribution of prizes to the winners of the local badminton championships last year will take place on Saturday May 4. The annual general meeting of the association will be
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    Full Points To Wearnes At Expense Of Nestanglo
    231 15 Full Points To Wearnes At Expense Of Nestanglo Wearnes 2. Nestanglo 1. WEARNES Sports Club scored a well- earned soccer victory yesterday m the S.H.B. ground, when they defeated Nes.anglo by two goals to one in a Business Houses' league Hxture. The game, which was Interesting to a point, is
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    S.R.C. LEAD EARLY, BUT LOSE TO LOYALS
    554 15 Seven Goals Scored In First Division Soccer At Stadium Loyals 4 SR c 3 A FTER leading by two goals in the first seven minutes of play, the S.R.C. were beaten by the odd goal in seven by the Loyals in a first
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    WEEK-END SPORTS EVENTS
    103 15 SOCCER RILL.. Traction Co. v* Vniteers, Depot. Cricket: S.C.C. vs. A.r.C, S.C.C; LA. vs. S.R.C., S.R.C.; 5.J.0.8. vs. Victoria School, Victoria School; Anglo Chinese School vs. S.C.C, Oldhara Hall: C.S.C. vs. R.E. Changi. Balestier; S.R.C. rs. S.C.R.C. 2nd XI, S.C.R.C. Races: Singapore Turf dab's Summer Meeting, final
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    Y.M.C.A. Juniors Beat Airmen At Cricket
    319 15 OY scoring a vigorous 72 runs, and by taking five wickets for 21 runs, F. W. Marsh was chiefly responsible for the victory of the V.M.C.A. Juniors over the R.A.F. (Kallang) in a game of cricket played yesterday evening on the V.M.C.A. ground. The
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    98 16 When Gon. Camelin paid a visit of inspection to the Aldershot Command recently he met some of the Canadian troops. Above, Gen. Ganelin is seen shaking hands with Col. Percy Flynn. Gen McNaughton, who commands the Canadian troops, pointing out objects of Interest to
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