The Straits Times, 8 June 1940

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  • Title Section
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    36 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTUR7] MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS The Straits Times 16 PAGES. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1940. I'RICK 5( KiVI
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      116 1 Try MIEN CHONG TAILORING We only ask for a trial order. rym Coleman St: Singapore. -Phone 4816- For Maximum Family Protection at Minimum Cost apply to the W.P.S. «A By Special appointment Established W& t872: Consult the LEADING HOUSE of DE SILVA, LTD. For all HIGH-CLASS JEWELLERY, ENGAGEMENT RINGS, DIAMONDS,
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      6 1 SINGAPORE. 140 CECIL ST. ('PHONE 5471).
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      249 1 RETIRING RESIDENTS! There is no need to withdraw voui financial interests when you go. The British Malaya Trustee Executor Co., Ltd., FULLERTON BUILDING SINGAPORE. was formed to deal with youi needs, and otters at moderate £ost. SKILL. KNOWLEDGE PERMANENCE SECURITY and will be pleased to d scum your requirements. CORRECT
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  • Obituary
    The Straits Times DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE DEATH
    61 2 The Straits Times DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE DEATH MADAM WONO AH TAM. (wife of the late Vow Ngan Pan deceased) passed away peacefully at the age of 65 at No. 1 Yo* Ngan Pan Street, Singapore, on Thursday 6th Jun", 1940. Funeral on Sunday 9tri June 1940 at 10 a.m. Friends are
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      550 2 SMALL ADS. Minimum eh arge $1. for advt not exceeding 4 lines. More than four lines 25 cents per line (Six words). Box No. 25 cents extra. DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES BIRTHS, MARRIAGES. DEATHS, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS PJ'.C. CARDS are charged $3 each per Insertion per Inch. Over 1 Inch, 25 cts. per
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      662 2 MOTOR VEHICLES CHEVROLET 1938 de Luxe Master Saloon In excellent order. 22 M.P.G. average $1,300. any trial. Box 41, G.P.O. Seremban. CASH BUYER seeks Roadster. Coupe, or Sedan. Full particulars and condition, tyres, registration, etc. Box No. 43, Straits Times. USED CARS: Austins. Fords, Morris. KlUman Minx. Standards. Terraplanes ftc
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      1000 2 TENDERS GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION TENDERS will be received at the Office ol the Settlement Engineer, Singapore, up to noon of the 17th June, 1940 tor the following work:— Construction of concrete roads and back lanes at Subordinate Quarters, Half Road, Singapore. Every person applying for a form of Tender will be
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      259 2 EDUCATIONAL YOUNG LADY wishes to give lessons ti English. Good Elocutionist. Moderate charges. Apply Bot 48, Straits Times. TRINITY COLLEGE OF MUSIC. Seven pupils of Miss If. Aitken, 76 Wllk!e Rd., entered for the Pianoforte examination held recently and were successful. Advanced Senior: Tan Joo Lye Pass 72 marks Intermediate
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      109 2 BUSINESS CARDS Ftc. JOIN THE GREEN CIRCLE LENDING LIBRARY Ist FLOOR 18-F BATTERY RD. P.O. BOX 34, SINGAPORE. Moderate terms: Special ratr* Ootftatlon Members Ctabi and Menea Open Daily: 8.10 A.M. to P.M. Safrdays: 84« A.M. to 1 P.M. MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mra. HARU and Mis* HANA. 60.
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      414 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0 BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. i incorporated in England) PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. Co MAII PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES The best possible services are being maintained by the P O S N Company to their usual ports of rail except ports in Japan Passengers are requested
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      221 3 (Incorporated In Japan i GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR TO CALIFORNIA FROM THE ORIENT VIA HONOLULU mj. TATUTA MARU leav trkong June 20 mj. KAMAKURA MARU leave Hkong July S TO VANCOUVER SEATTLE FROM JAPAN m.s. HEIAN MARU leave Kobe June 28 m.s. HIKAWA MARU leave Kobe July
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      151 3 cr+r» LLOYD TRIESTIWO L£\ 'Incorporated tn Italy i V.I EXPRESS SERVICE SINGAPORE lIALY WJg'^ »l» Colombo 80.-!>»y, Aden, Saet and Port -Said To NAPLES GENOA SJ. CONTE VERDE June 17 CARGO SERVICE HOMEWABD:— WEST COAST OF ITALY si. CARIONANO June 15 OUTWARD TO MANILA, HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI i.; v.
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      1086 3 j^ro adc qsjj_n 9 TO-DAY nirom SIHCAPORE < l9 -t> m> Mr ">- 2b fl< s 9 ml; lfI>il UHuArvnc U8tt mi> 5J ml V1)C N m /.111 1.33 me,* ''.Him i (198* ml ZUP 9.69 mci ,J0.9Gm 10.50 am. S hct: i: v 11.21 a.m. lw« f p. m
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    CONSCRIPTION BILL FOR COUNCIL
    4641 4 Liability For Service On British Subjects j FULL DETAILS OF NEW MEASURE FOR COLONY i TEN classes of persons are exempted from conscription 1 under the Compulsory Service (liocal Forces) Ordinance, j the full text of which is published below. 1 They range from a person
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    FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
    146 4 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Singapore, Jun< Books Company Dividend Close TIN Burma Mala? W No. 23 June 24 Hong Patt 7% tat. June 12 Johan 5% int. June 12 Katu 6d No. 27 6d Bonos June 14 Ki. Tin Is No. 27 Raub 4d tot. June 8 Renong
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    Fraser & Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations
    1327 4 Fraser Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations rRIDAV. JINE 7. 1»M: 5 P..M Ampat Tin (4s> 3s 9d 4s 6(1 Austral Amal. (6s) 5s 5s Cd Austral Malay III 35s 378 Ayer Hitam (5s) 18s 9d 20s Cd Ayer Weng i£> .60 .65 Bangrin Tin 17s 63 18s Od Batu Selar.gor ($1)
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    LYALL AND EVATT'S DAILY QUOTATIONS
    209 4 Singapore Ml.M.M, I Austrai Amalz Batu Selangors Hong Fatts Jelebiy Kampong l_antut« Ft Kflmuntire Kundang Kent Klang Riven Krainbls Kurhalf Laruts lu£>lt£ Petalu.gs rungahs Put>-h5 PahiHts Rahrcan Hyd Raub Go!o Renongs Rau'aus Sout.'-orn Klntax Sunge) Luas Sungei Ways Takuapo ralptLB Cons Talani Ulu Slang rr
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      89 4 TIDE TABLES SINGAPORE To-day II. W. 12.32 noon 8.4 ft.; 11.50 p.m. 9.5 Xt. L. W. 5.56 a.m. 0.4 ft.; 5.51 p.m. 3.8 ft. To-morrow H. W. 1.11 p.m. 1. 3 ft. L. W. 6.31 a.m. 0.3 ft.; 6.30 p.m. 3.8 ft. Monday. June 10. H. W. CO. 32 a.m.
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
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      AROUND THE MARKETS Commodity Prices Higher: Free Sterling Rate Jumps
      471 5 AROUND THE MARKETS Commodity Prices Higher: Free Sterling Rate Jumps tt> Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, June 8. pOMMODITIES have again registered substantial increases to return to the high levels ruling earlier in the week In London rubber gained oneeighth at 12 3 B d. and in Now York, rose one-eighth
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      Rubber Harvests For May
      100 5 RUBBER harvests duruis May arc reported as follows ID. Perak River Vallej 47.044 Henrietta 135.400 Suimei MaUn; 42.000 Bukit Katil 28.181 Ayer Molek 23,186 Broome 174.000 New Bcudal 30.570 Alcr PongSU Amal 66,830 Bedong 62,517 Titnerloh 32.890 Penan I 220.500 Sabrang 105.000 Straits Rubber 253,500 Rubana
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      NO GERMAN SPOILS TO BE SOLD IN U.S.
      45 5 Washington, Jim 7 TilK United States Treasury has n Mops to prevent the selling by Germany of securities which may haw been seized from citizens of the governments of Belgium, Holland, Norway, Denmark and Luxembourg. British Wireless.
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      22 5 THE president of the New Zealand Communist Party has been sentenced to nine months' hard labour lor publishing a subversive document. -Reuter.
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      Henry Waugh To Pay 10%
      360 5 PRESIDING at the annual meet- ing of Henry Waugh and Co., Ltd.. in Singapore yesterday. Mr. H. E. Nixon said The net profit for the year amounted to $256,248. to which has to be added 560,536. the balance brought forward from the last account after
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      EXCHANGES
      205 5 Friday, June 7. rhe loliowliju axe me ixcnange rates tnis morning according to the daily circular Issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation: MUM London 1.1 2/4 1/I6 Loi.don demand 2/4 1/18 Lyons demand 2060 Switzerland demand 208 Hamburg demand New York demand 46 15/16 Montreal demand 51
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      MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
      184 5 Mails close at tue General Post Office as follows:— TO-UAY Aden surface noon air 4 p.m. Africa (South) air 4 p.m. Australia air 4 p.m. Australia (West) surface 4 p.m. Brunei surface 1.30 p.m. Kuala Belalt surface 1.30 p.m. Burma surface noon air 4 p.m. Canada
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      London Stock Exchange
      342 5 London June 7. THE Stock Exchange to-day was cheerful and stronger in spite of quiet trading, jilt-edged, most industrials and Kaffirs clos:d higher while oils responded to slightly better support.— Reuter. The following are to-day's Closing mlddlt quotations. Shares are ot £1 denomination unless otherwise stated: ;on.
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      COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
      171 5 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES trom Oui Owe Cone'Duudeet' London, June 7. COMMODITY and Exchange markets closec *as toiinws wlcn orevlou* auoittions U arenrhexli: ll'BBER: Firm. ipot 12 5 16d12 7 16d (12' id 12»»d) luly-Sept 12 3 16d 12>.d (12 1 16 d 12 3 16d) Jet-Dec ii--,dHll leddl^iedllHd) lan-Mar U 5
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      101 5 Singapore, June 7. noon. Buyer. Seller, Gambler Hamburg cube Java Cube 12 50 White Muntok White sl3 -5? Black 7 73 Copra Mixed S3.00 Sun Dried *3.40 Sago Flour No 1 Llngga *«•<>•> Fair $5.85 $5.95 Sarawak *j-8S lelotong Palembang 16 Banja 6-00 Sarawak »"•«> 'tapioca Small
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      94 5 Friday. Jnne 7. "oo«. Bujtn SeUen Price* Prie«» Na. IX B.S S i Spot loose) S"W 3't* No IX R.S.S rob In ca»e» June-July. Seller's option 37% 3" 7i7 i Ci.fr. A O K.S.S. lo.b. In bale* Junr-July, Seller 1 option 36}» -6% v v
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      BRITISH TRADE CONTROL No Variation Of Exchange Rate
      181 5 BRITISH TRADE CONTROL No Variation Of Exchange Rate Loiu'on. June 8. IN connection with yesterday's Treasury announcement on the basing of foreign trade on the official rate of exchange, Reuter lea.ns there is at present no intention of changing the official sterlingdollar rate. This rate has been unchanged since the
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      Riverview Rubber To Pay 18 1/2%
      244 5 1*HE payment of a final dividend of 7 per cent., making 18Vi per cent, for the year, will be recommended by the directors of Rlvervlew Rubber Estates. Ltd, when the annual meeting Is held at Ipoh on June 17. The profit for the year,
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      LIST OF RESTRICTED ARTICLES
      147 5 London, June 7. IT is estimated that, on last years basis. £152,000.000 worth of goods are now controlled in order to release labour and material for essential war; productions. The latest restrictions of the Board of Trade, announced yesterday, apply to a long list of articles,
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      German Dive-Bomber Pilots Losing Nerve
      127 5 Liiidon, June 8. THE Swedish newspaper Goteborg Gothandel states that German war prisoners have disclosed they Imagined the war would be over in a fortnight, as they had been told that the British and French were revolting against their Jewish leaders. The Germans were incredulous
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      TREASURY BILLS
      37 5 "T*HE total amount applied for In tenders for £65,000,000 treasury bills was £116,365,000. The average rate per cent, for bilU at three months Is 20s. 4.78 d. against 20s. 4.11 d. a week ago.— Reuter.
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      126 5 DONT SUFFER From PRICKLY HEAT!! USE AGNESIA ANTISEPTIC DUSTING POWDER The Unfailing Remedy. Ask for it You can buy it anywhere. Product el GRAFTON LABORATORIES LTD. Singapore Kmla Lumpur. 1 M Wi'jQnm^^^- st ~~ißj THE RADIO OF THE FUTURE TO-OAY I wtfJITW»IS KEE HUAT RAOIO CO| [4 l> *5 J
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      109 5 INSURANCE FIRE-ACCIDENT MOTOR FIDELITY GUARANTEE-MARINE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION THE LONDON ASSURANCS HONO. KONO FIRE INSCE. CO. LTTi. PHOENIX ASSURANCE CO. LTD. WESTERN ASSURANCE CO. EAGLE STAR INS. CO. LTD. BRITISH AMERICA ASSURANCE CO. GUTHRIE&CO..LTD. (Incorporated In S.S.) I \^r production lor whlcii r they are unsurpassed < A8 HOE BOON LEONG.
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      385 6 2nd GREAT WEEK! CAPITOL 12th DAY! 4.15 DAILY 9 p.m. The World's Greatest Picture rontJauei its Triumphant Season— i 'GONE WITH I Tup wIIB n f with L f Jk%o4' CLARK GABLE— VIVIEN LEIGH l^tfl LESLIE HOWARD and CAST of I T ENTIRELY IN TECHNICOLOUR 4 SOLID HOURSi Reserved Seats
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    LET EVERY CHRISTIAN TAKE SHARE OF RESPONSIBILITY
    489 7 "/""HR1ST being raised from the dead V* dleth no more, death hath no more dominion over Him: for in that He died He died unto sin once, but In that He llveth He liveth unto God. Even so reckon ye yourselves to be
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    CHURCH SERVICES FOR THIS WEEK-END
    1349 7 ill Kl'll OP ENGLAND ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL .-Third Sunday after Trinity. 6.50 a.m. HolyCo"" Preacher: The Archdeacon. ST PAUL'S CHURCH.— Sunday. 8 a.m Holy Communion: 5.30 p.m. Evenson« and "ST^HILDAS CHURCa Katon »--5 U^ 5 30 p.m. Evensong and sermon: Monday. 7 a.m. Holy Communion.
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    THANKSGIVING FOR SAFE RETURN OF B.E.F.
    63 7 London, June 7. pHURCHES will share in the national movement to observe Sunday as a day of thanksgiving for the safe return of the B.E.P. Approval has been given by the heads of the Church of England, Roman Catholic and Non-Conformist Churches. Jewish synagogues
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    CAPT. RAMSAY'S APPEAL TO ADVISORY COMMITTEE
    115 7 London, June 7. IN the House of Commons, replying to a question whether Capt. A. H. M. Ramsay, M.P., who was arrested recently under the Emergency Defence Regulations, had exercised his right to appeal to the Advisory Committee, Sir John Anderson, Secretary For Home
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    24 7 THE well-known journalist and author. Sir Keyes Murdock, has been appointed Director General of Information in Australia. This was announced In Canberra yesterday.— Reuter.
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1940. (280th Day of the War.) THIS AND THAT Tails Up
    1040 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1940. (280th Day of the War.) THIS AND THAT Tails Up Since the issue of that series ol messages regarding Allied progress In Southern Norway, which had so much to do with the downfall of the Chamberlain Government, there has been liU-le ground
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    SIR STAFFORD CRIPPS' NARROW ESCAPE
    61 8 Bucharest, June 8. M. Cantacuzino. the Rumanian air ace who piloted Sir Stafford Cripps, new British Ambassador to Russia from Athens to Sofia, related on arrival here that the plane was struck by lightning while passing through a severe storm near Salonica. The plane was
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  • Letters To The Editor
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      DRASTIC MEASURES
      520 8 Mobilize Everybody And Everything To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, We read In every newspaper and hear In practically every broadcast speech on the war, that the British Empire is In grave danger of its very existence. We talk about It glibly In varied degrees of
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      AN INDIAN UNIT
      370 8 Plan To Raise Company Of Volunteers To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— For a Colony in which Indians account for one-tenth of the population, according to 1938 figures, it is strange to see that an Indian Volunteer Unit Is conspicuous bv its absence. It would
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      ANXIOUS PARENTS
      523 8 Problem Of Children Left At Home To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— During the last few weeks it is possible that many parents in this country who have children at Home may have decided that they would piefer to have these child-en out hers with them
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      A SIXTH COLUMN
      229 8 Army Of Subscribers To A Victory Loan To the Editor of the Straits Tim. Sir,— All readers will endorse the views expressed In your leader, that all formalities that stand in the way of companies wishing to contribute t > The War Fund, should Immediately to: adjusted.
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      SAVING SPACE
      99 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— l hope I am not presuming too much upon your tolerant nature, but as this epistle is tolerably bnef. Us publication will not, I trust, enhance the increasing pressure on your limited space. As I cannot set forth my arguments
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      COMPETITION
      610 8 Visiting Expert's Views Criticized To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— It has been often stated, and I think rightly, that India should b3 vitally Interested in the protection of Malaya in coperal and Singapore in particular from any external agfres.slon. This point has been nhir-jed upon with
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      ENEMY ALIENS
      181 8 i Living In Opulence In Singapore I To the Kditur of the Straits Times i Sir,— It gives one food for thought to see the German refugees who arrived i but a lew months ago driving about In opulent-looking cars, living in modem ■> flats with servants and
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      A QUERY
      39 8 1» the Editor of the Straits ttmtt Sir. Can you tell me If dogs kept in an enclosed compound, and never let out on the road need to be licensed or not? Yours, etc., SCEPTIC. Singapore, June
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    NAZIS' VIOLENT TANK & INFANTRY ATTACKS
    291 9 NAZIS' VIOLENT TANK INFANTRY ATTACKS Only Slight Progress In One Sector PRISONERS TELL STORIES OF GREAT HARDSHIP Infantry Is Augmented By Motorised Machine-gunners VIOLENT attacks by German tanks and infantry against the French right wing resting on a line almost due north of Paris marked the third day of the
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    400 Enemy Tanks Destroyed
    190 9 lS<-\> American Planes Used In Attacks FRENCH airmen who had Just returned from bombing the Oerman lines told how they helped to put some 400 German tanks out of action wires Reuters' correspondent with the Frencn Army. '■Using the new American planes which are excellent we
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    French Airmen Harass Enemy
    328 9 Paris. June 8. I AST nights French communique bore out earlier reports that the biR German attack is being heid. It said: "Between the sea and Chemlndes-Dames, the battle continued throughout the day with the same violence. Our troops are vigorously resisting the enemy who without
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    Large Storage Plant & Refinery Bombed
    172 9 Large Storage Plant Refinery Bombed London, June 8. T:HE principal objectives of last night's R.A.F. raids on German oil supplies were the large storage plant nea» Delmenhorst and a refinery, south of Hamburg. j Many fires were seen to brealc out lat the refinery following the dropire of about 70
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    FRENCH PREMIER IS CONFIDENT
    92 9 Paris, June 8. IT is announced that M. Reynaud, the Prime Minister, made a report to the army committee of the Senate on the battle of Flanders, the new German offensive and measures taken to meet it, and indicated "reasons which allow for confidence in the
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    LATEST R.A.F. EXPLOITS
    167 9 Sustained Attacks By Bombers London, June 8. The Air Ministry communique states that throughout Thursday, during the night and yesterday medium and heavy R. AJ\ bombers made sustained attacks on the enemy's lines of communication leading to the battlefield and on I a wide variety of targets
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    More Bombs On Oil Depots
    174 9 Paris, June 8. 'THE French Air Ministry com1 munique says: "Our air force has intervened extensively in the last three days of fighting, particularly by attacks on enemy troops and on reinforcements and supply columns. "Ths disorder which our air activity inflicted on enemy operations
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    U.S. HELP FOR THE ALLIES
    164 9 1,000 Army And Mavy Planes Sold? Washington, June 7. WHILE officials profess bland ignorance, reports are reaching Washington from all points of U.S. army and navy planes coming eastward like migrating birds. They have all apparently become "out-of-date" overnight. Like last year's cars, they are
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    U.S. ARMY ARSENALS SPEED UP WORK
    56 9 Washington, June 7. UNITED STATES army arsenals have been officially ordered to operate where feasible on a full 24 hour basis to speed up production of munitions. The army has at present six ordnance manufacturing arsenals employing 17,000 men. Additional men will be taken
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    "WAR IS ALREADY AT BRITAIN'S DOORS"
    133 9 Civil Defence Services Ordered To "Stand To" London, June 8. SIR John Anderson, the Minister of Home Security, broadcasting an appeal last night fer more A.R.P. and civil defence volunteers, said that mi. war was already at our doors and tomorrow it may be
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    DUKE OF WINDSOR IS KEEPING WAR POST
    39 9 Paris, June 8. THE Duke of Windsor has informed 1 Reuter that reports that he had relinquished his post as Ua'son pflicer with the French and British armies are "wholly inaccurate."— Reuter.
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    STOP PRESS
    38 9 New York, June 7. The Administration «s reported to be planning the release to the Allies of a large amount of ordnance material, including 600,000 Lee-Knfleld rifles and ammunition, and five hundred 75 m.m. guns.— Reuter.
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    Naval Heroes Of Dunkirk Honoured
    769 9 London, June 8. THE first list of honours to the naval heroes of Dunkirk was published in the London Gazette last night. Awards for services in organizing the withdrawal of Allied armies include Knight Commander of the Bath (X.C.8.) for Vice-Aclmiral Bertram Home Ramsay, flag
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    Captured German Airmen In France
    21 9 German airmen, shot down on French territory, are seen here at a prison camp in France.
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    Raider Crashes In E. Suffolk
    94 9 Crew Of Nazi Bomber Taken Prisoner London, June 8. AN enemy bomber crashed in east Suffolk shortly before midnight. It is learned that the German crew was taken prisoner. No gunfire was heard and It is not known whether there were any other occupants in
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    Swedish Vessel Sunk By U-boat
    64 9 Londen, June 8. fFHIRTY-FOUR survivors of the 1 Swedish steamer Eric Frisß'l (5 000 tons), sunk by a U-boat in the Atlantic, have just been landed at north Scottish port. The survivors stated that the U-fco-ii commander gave them five minutes *c get Into life-boats.
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    U.S.S.R. WARNS ITALY
    344 9 Intervention If She Is Menaced Paris, June 8. QPINION in well-informed circles in Paris regarding Italy is more hopeful to-day.-Offlcial circles maintain the greatest reserve, but the wt-11-lnformed Le Temps says that the heroism of the Allied troops will finally influence Italy's decision as well as the
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    FIRST V.C OF WAR TO NARVIK HERO
    54 9 THE tir;t V C. of the war lias Jeen 1 award dlo the l->.le Captain B. A. Warburton-Lee for gallantry and daring in command of the second destrOj or flo ilia in the first battle of Narvik on Apr 10 when he was
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    WAR FUND REACHES $1,682,209 TO-DAY
    822 10 Mr. Eu Tong Sen Makes Donation Of $50,000 FIRST REMITTANCE OF £60,000 MADE TO LONDON THE War Fund to-day totals $1,682,209. This includes a 1 donation of $50,000 from Mr. Eu Tong Sen, one of the richest Chinese in Malaya with extensive landed and mining
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    86 10 IOKI.. i:.M I I UOTC1 k mum an i \m, at 7 GBI m (MM ■i.l.K Your ilKI.D inentM CaLi^iet. Dancing, i' \Nt, .-./'.or hVIHM SUIUK TALKIES M U «CCA CAPITO -r if, (Japua: I >i n i 24 CAPITOL DANCE HALL--Uafi.lt.fi ulgl.liy 7ta djince» Thurr Sats Charming bostei»
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    Bren Carrier In The Egyptian Desert
    33 10 A Bren gun carrier advancing over a difficult part of the Egyptian Desert followed by British infantry. British, Egyptian and Indian troops are ready for any eviergency.
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    PENANG MAY GIVE $300,000
    100 10 (From Our Own Correspondent.) l'enang, Jane 8. Fis understood that Mr. D. A. Mackay has sent in formal notice to the Deputy President of the George Town Municipal Commissioners that he will, at the next meeting of the Commissioners on Tuesday, move a resolution that the
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    HEAVY RAINS IN S. MALAYA Welcomed After Hot Spell
    129 10 HEAVY RAINS IN S. MALAYA Welcomed After Hot Spell MORE than four inches of rain- 1 1T1 fall have fallen in Singapore during the last three days. More than five Inches fell In Johore Bahru during the same period when two rainstorms broke over the south on Wednesday and yesterday.
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    R.N.V.R. OFFICER SAVED THREE FROM DROWNING
    424 10 R.N.V.R. OFFICER SAVED THREE FR OM DR OWNING Humane Society Bronze Medal Presented By Admiral COR his gallantly and courage in saving the lives 1 of three people from drowning when the B.I. liner Sirdhana sank in one of the minefields in Singapore harbour six months ago, Sub-Lieut. J. C.
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    62 PER CENT. PAID
    59 10 MADE a bankrupt In 1933 with liabilities of about $2,600, a Chinese ?lerk named Low Yoon Seah was granted his discharge yesterday, by Mr. Justice Manning, in the High Court. Mr. G. H. Poh, representing the Official Assignee, said that a dividend af 62 per cent,
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    TO-DAY'S LIST OF DONATIONS
    1014 10 s Eu Tong Sen 50,000 Transferred from Penang. being fourth instalment of contributions made through the Pinang Gazette and Straits Echo 16,592.50 R. IH Meyer 15,900 Henry Waugh Co. Ltd. 5.000 J. A. and E. A. Elias 5.000 S'pore Building Corporation 5,000 Central Board of Pineapple
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    NEW HONOUR FOR MALAYAN
    182 10 Flight-Lieut. Jeff PALM TO FRENCH CROIX DE GUERRE CUGHT-Lieut. Robert Voase Jeff, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Jeff, of Seremban, has achieved yet another distinction. It was announced on Friday that the Government of the French Republic have awarded him a palm to the
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    CROWD TOOK BATON & THREW IT IN SEA
    167 10 CROWD TOOK BATON THREW IT IN SEA ANSWERING a charge of voluntarily causing hurt tD a Harbour Board policeman, Ang Klah Peck raid in the Singapore fourth court yesterday that he bit the policeman because the latter had stamped on his toes and caused him intense agony. Ang alleged that
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    WELL-KNOWN MALAY DIES
    85 10 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Jua.- 8. RAYATS acted us pallbearers and rajas and chiefs attended tha funeral In Kuala Kangsar yesterday of Inche Moharr.ed AU bin Dato Shahbandur Uda Maamor. a well-known Malay. The remains were interred ?.t th* burial ground of rajas and chiefs adjoining
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    Palestine Post For Ex-Malayan
    57 11 Mr. J. S. Boissicr, who was until recently acting Deputy Director of Public Works, Straits' Settlements, and who is now organizing a certain area o] the London local defence force, has been seconded for eight months' special defence work in Palestine. He is to fly to
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    TO STUDY IN AUSTRALIA
    109 11 Dato's Son Going To University (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, June 7. AFTER studying for four years at the King Edward VII College or Medicine, Singapore, Inche Ismail, of Johore Bahru. is leaving shortly for Australia to join Melbourne University. The original pian was to
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    PACIFIC CLIPPER'S 57 PASSENGERS
    103 11 f>ARRYING a record number of 57 passengers, in addition to ten members of the crew, the Honolulu Clipper, trans-Pacific flying-boat of Pan American Airway?, left Hong Kong for Manila recently fully booked on its homeward flight. Although the trans-Pacific Clippers are capable of carrying 75 passengers,
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    LIABILITIES FULLY DISCHARGED
    60 11 A CHINESE, Chiah Teck Khlam, who was granted a discharge from bankruptcy yesterday by Mr. Justice Manning was rtated to have fully paid up his liabilities. Mr. T. L. Tan, representing the Official Assignee, stated that ChHh was made bankrupt in 1933 With liabilities of about $2,800.
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    PUBLIC APPROVAL FOR CONSCRIPTION BILL
    805 11 Important New Measures Have Been Gazetted BRITISH SUBJECTS BETWEEN AGES OF 18 AND 55 THERE was universal approval in Singapore yesterday when, it was known that the Straits Settlements Government had agreed on the policy of conscription and more intensive training for Volunteers and was
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    AMBULANCE BRIGADE AND BIG PARADE
    134 11 I*o meet all possible contingencies, members of the St. John Ambulance Brigade will be on duty at cercain points in town during the King's Birthday Farade on June 13. The special arrangements made for them include the manning of aid posts and duty along the
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    CHARGE AGAINST POLICE INSPECTORS
    76 11 A DATE for a preliminary Inquiry was asTced for by the police when the case in which two young Chinese police inspectors are charged with voluntarily causing grievous hurt, came up for mention In the fifth court yesterday. The inspectors concerned p.re Chua Keng Lin, attached
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    Visitors From Burma
    70 11 Mr. U. Thwin (centre) a member of the Burma Senate and president of the Burmese Chamber of Commerce, who, with members of his family, is now in Singapore en route to Thailand on a pilgrimage. On the left is Mrs. U. Thwin and on the right his
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    $800,000,000 INCOME IN PROSPEROUS YEAR Raffles Professor On What Malayans Earn
    452 11 $800,000,000 INCOME IN PROSPEROUS YEAR Raffles Professor On What Malayans Earn TN an address in Malacca in which he made an estimate 1 of the wealth of Malaya. Dr. T. H. Silcock, Professor of Economics at Raffles College, stated that the national income in a prosperous year would probably be
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    Intensive Training For Volunteer Forces
    526 11 TTIE reason for the introduction of 1 the Local Forces (Training) Ordinance is because "it is considered that the present methods of training volunteers are not sufficient to bring them to the state of efficiency necessary in the present emergency and the military authorities consider
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    PICTURES OF OLD BUILDINGS
    198 11 Society's Efforts To Keep Records CO-OPERATION OF ARCHITECTS I ARCHITECTS and other persons connected with the building of houses in Singapore are co-operating with the Friends of Singapore in the preservation, either by photographs or drawings, of buildings about to be demolished which are of historical
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    STOLE CLOTH FROM LOCAL STORE
    120 11 ALLEGED to have audaciously >valked cut of Aurora and Co. Ltd. a High Street store, with a roll of <■: >th i;nder hi-> arm. a youns Malay, Arar: bin Talib, pleaded in the third court yesterday to a charge of stealing three pieces of cloth
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    33 11 Under the Kosplcei of the Ladles' Union. Miss V. Para:rs .thy Pi o: Philoscphy. Lucknow College, a lecture on "What part can woman p'.uy in the world" nt the Union Hall last nlcht
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    "U.S. IS GOING INTO THE WAR STEP BY STEP"
    720 12 Navy Planes Are Made Available To Allies PRESIDENT'S BID TO INCLUDE GUNS AND WARSHIPS Washington, June 7. THE UNITED STATES IS STEP BY STEP GOING 1 INTO THE WAR. That is the general reaction in Washington to an announcement made here
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    SPEEDING UP MUNITIONS PRODUCTION IN U.S.
    64 12 Washington, June 7. THE Chief of Army Ordnance has ordered all arsenals to work a sixSay week on a three-shift basis to speed up production of munitions. To strengthen American defence, Congress has finally approved an appropriation of £400,000,000 for the Navy and also
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    ARGENTINA PREPARES FOR FIFTH COLUMN
    45 12 Buenos Aires, June 6. A BILL intended to protect Argentina against fifth columnists has been tabled by the Government and is expected to pass all stages in Congress to-day. The bill provides for rigorous control of all foreign societies.— Reuter.
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    TWO U.S. CRUISERS FOR ARGENTINA
    39 12 Washington, June 7. THE Navy Department announced to- day that a second American cruiser, the 10,000-ton Wichita, is on her way to Rio de Janeiro. The trip is described as a "friendly visit."— Reuter.
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    GREAT BRITAIN IS AT LAST GETTING INTO WAR STRIDE
    425 12 London, June 7. JN the last few days posters have been appearing in London streets, buses and tube railways exhorting the people to "go to it." Just these three words appeared above the name of Mr. Herbert Mossison, the new Minister
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    Roosevelt Favours Conscription In U.S.
    83 12 Washington, June 7. AT his Press conference to-day. President Roosevelt was asked to comment on the New York Times' editorial advocating immediate adoption of compulsory military training. Mr. Roosevelt said: I like it. The editorial, which was reprinted by several evening newspapers, declared: "We advocate
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    CONTROL OF TRADE Fresh Measures Announced
    373 12 CONTROL OF TRADE Fresh Measures Announced London, Juiw 7. THE Treasury announces that important steps have been taken in continuation of the policy of basing foreign trade on the official rate of exchange and limiting the volume of transactions in the free market for sterling. For the time being no
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    FRENCH WAR CABINET
    38 12 AS a result of the Cabinet reshuffle, the French War Cabinet has beer, reduced m size from 11 to eight members, namely M. Reynaud, Marshal Petain, MM. Chautemps, Marin. Ybarnegaray, Mandel, Monnet, and Dautry.— Reuter.
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    ITALIAN SHI PS ORDERED TO NEUTRAL PORTS?
    302 12 Sailings From United States Ha> c Been Cancelled New York, June 7. THK local manager of the Italian Shipping Line, Signor Verrando, states that he has received orders direct from Rome to cancel all sailings and added that all Italian ships on the
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    II Duee Sees German Food Minister
    58 12 Rome, June SIGNOK MUSSOLINI last night received Darre, the German Minister of Food and Agriculture. Darre. In an interview in Borne en route to Rome, is reported to have declared that Germany's capacity foi resistance depended not only on existin« stocks but on maintenance
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    TO COMMAND ARMIES IN SOUTH ITALY
    47 12 Berlin, June 7 MARSHAL cie Bono, who led tli invasion of Abyssinia from Eritrea has been entrusted with the supremi command of the uroup of armies o the south, according to a Rome dis patch tc the official newi agency Reuter
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    400 OUT OF 2,000 NAZI TANKS DESTROYED
    881 13 No Thought Of Withdrawal, Exhorts Gen. Weygand "ENEMY WILL BREAK HIS TEETH ON IMMENSE FRONT" IN an inspiring: order of the day General Weygand, Commandor-in-Chief of the Allied armies, says: "The battle for France has started. The order is to defend our positions
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    Situation Good, Says London
    240 13 Situation Good, Says London London, June 7 A UTHORITATIVE circles in London, commenting on the general battle situation on the Western Front, state: "The situation is not too bad. In fact it is pretty good." A warning is sounded against undue optimism bemuse It is not yet certain whether the
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    All Ships Entering U.K. Must Be In Convoy
    103 13 London, June 7. rJE ADMIRALTY announres that as from to-morrow no merchant vessel Bltlrt approach within three nii'cs of port! and co:ists of the United Kingdom between sunset and sunrse except la v organised Briti.sh convoy. This order does not prohibit ships
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    MUNITIONS DEPARTMENT FORMED IN AUSTRALIA
    72 13 Sydney, June 8. MR. U. (5. Menxtel, the Australian Prime Minister, yesterday announced the establishment of a Department ol Munitions with himself as Minister ol Munitions. Mr. Ashlnpton I*wi» has been appointed Plrcctor-Gencral of Munitions with accea to the War Cabinet. The Commonwealth Treasurer also
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    BANGKOK MAN IN R.A.F. PROMOTIONS
    30 13 London, June 7. ALONQ list of R.A.F. promotion! Includes Tinder the general duties branch Hquadron-LpadorGll Gaye, borr in Bangkok, to be Qroup Captnlr (temporary).— Reuter.
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    "R.A.F. Rained Death On Us, "State Nazi Prisoners
    188 13 London, June 7. GERMAN prisoners taken In the fighting retreat of the B.E.F. to Dunkirk complain bitterly that their own planes were never on the spot when RAF. planes were attacking. A German offlccr-pn-soner. still pale and shaken hours afterwards, declared: Our
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    British Bombers Harass German Offensive
    620 13 MANY OIL TANKS SET ON FIRE THROUGHOUT Wednesday night and Thursday strong forces of heavy nedium bombers of the R.A.F. were •ontinually engaged In harassing the second phase of the German offensive igalnst the Allied armies in France irtth a series of attacks on mechanized
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    NEW UNITY BETWEEN BRITAIN & FRANCE
    181 13 NEW UNITY BETWEEN BRITAIN FRANCE London, June 7. THE weekly Press stresses the unity of Great Britain and Franre in facing the new attack by the Germans. The Spectator says: "When Mr. Churchill said on Tuesday that if necessary Britain would Hght on alone he was using the strongest language
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    JAPANESE DRIVE ON ICHANG
    70 13 Chungking, June 7. A MAJOR Slno-Japanese battle is expected to take place on the west bank of the Han River shortly, declared a Chinese military spokesman who estimated that 15,000 Japanese, participating In a drive on Ichang, an Important treaty port on the Yangtze River above
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    CHUNGKING AREA RAIDED AGAIN
    43 13 Chungking, June 7. THE eastern outskirts of Chungking were bombed when over 100 Japanese bombers raided the Szechuan province yesterday afternoon. The area bombed, however, was so far from the city proper that the explosions were hardly audible.— Reuter.
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    Enemy Armoured Columns Bombed
    118 13 Enemy Armoured Columns Bombed Many Direct Hits Were Obtained By R.A.F. London, June 7. DURING yesterday's R.A.F. bombing of German-forces seeking to penetrate the Allied defences in the region of Abbeville, British machines in the morning dropped heavy bombs and a large number of smaller bombs un armoured columns. In
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    Germany's Acute Oil Problem
    185 13 London, June 7. ONE of Germany's most vulnerable points, hBr oil stores, refineries and synthetic petrol plants in the Ruhr and near Hamburg, were bom'M?d for the Rith night in succession on Wednesday and, in the opinion of officials of the Petroleum Press Bureau, if raids
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    ROOT DISEASES IN REPLANTED AREAS
    1804 14 Big Expenditure Not Justified By Experience FROM OUR PLANTING CORRESPONDENT DOOT disease in some form or other, whether in a major or minor scale, is one of those problems which managers will always have with them. Looking back over a longer period of years than
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    U. SUA BETONG EARNS £38,000 MORE
    168 14 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, May 27. *T*HERE was a substantial Increase In the profit for 1939 of United Sua Betong Rubber Estates Ltd., at £180,343, against £152,577 in 1938. Allocations comprise N.D.C. £6.500. against £5.000; depreciation £15.000. against £10,000: Eastern staff commissions. £6,500,
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    98 14 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, May 27. ONE of the more important Malayan rubber and copra producers, with estates in Perak aggregating 12,000 acres, the Straits Rubber Co.. Ltd. made a net p.ont last year of X 45.540, or £15.361 more than in 1938. Provision for
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    TIENTSIN BLOCKADE TO RE LIFTED
    57 14 TIENTS IN BLOCKADE TO RE LIFTED Toklo, June 7. pONFIRMING a newspaper report that an understanding has been reached en the Tientsin silver issue by Sir Robert Craijie, British Ambassador to Japan, and Mr. Tani, Japanese ViceForeign Minister, the Foreign Ofiics spokesman expressed the opinion today that the Tientsin blockade
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    Cheaper Rubber Claim For Mexican Shrub
    606 14 Washington. NATIONWIDE publicity recently featured the revived claim of Salinas, California, that American farmers can grow "rubber" cheaper than Far East plantations can produce it. The California "rubber" really is the product of the Guayule shrub and Is processed very differently from tree rubber.
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    Goal-Getter
    41 15 A player AH- Singapore will have to watch to-morrow at the stadium, 'haiifr Kam Hoi has scored five goals in the two games the Eastern footballers have played in Singapore. His aggregate for the tour thus far Is 11 goals.
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    To-day's Race Selections
    156 15 Selections tor to-day's race? at Ipoh are: STRAITS TIMES Race 1: Regiment, Squeeze. Race 2: Maid of Cashel, Empiric. Race 3: The Poacher, Kerrena. Race 4: Harpo, Solar Time. Race 5: Bowrain, Lord Gray. Race 6: Never Set, Waetere. Race 7: Scarlet Tiger, Knight's Eye. Race 8:
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    PROGRAMME OF EVENTS AT IPOH TO-DAY
    988 15 Final Day Of June Meet BELOW is given the full card of events at Ipoh to-day, the third day of the Perak Turf Club's June meeting. The double totes will be on races five and six and eight and nine and the big sweep
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    AMATEUR BOXING FINALS Seven Titles Change Hands
    583 15 AMATEUR BOXING FINALS Seven Titles Change Hands AS expected, the finals of the Singapore Amateur Boxing championships— which were broadcast from the Happy World Stadium last night by a founder of the local Association— saw seven new cham- pions in the eight title bouts, r.nd c plenty of good boxing.
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    MOULMEIN ROVERS
    47 15 Ta\l Following will represent -lit Moulmeln Ravers at cricket on the Singhalese Association ground at McKalr Road tc-day at 2 p.m. against the Kafc.ng Casuals. Mayo Pereira. Luke de Souza. Edwin Jayakoddy. J. Jayakoddy, Maurice Kerr, Andrew Kerr. Newman. George Ranatunga, Raialingam, Bah Che?, Jam-s
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    CIVILIANS PLAY CLEVERLY TO HOLD EASTERN A.A.
    791 15 CIVILIANS PLAY CLEVERLY TO HOLD EASTERN A. A. REALLY speaking, the Eastern Athletic Association should have beaten the Singapore civilians yesterday instead of drawing two-all, although for more than 30 minutes none of the 14,000-odd spectators would have given them a hope. It was In this latter stage of the
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    WEEK-END SPORTS EVENTS
    164 15 TO-DAT Saceer: Malaya Cay, R.A-F. n. N«xrl S»mbU»n. stadium. Cricket: Indian Assn. vs. Indian Army, Balntler; S.R.C. 2nd. XI ts. B.C.C. 2nd. XL S.R.C.; S.C.R.C. vs. Malays, 5.C.8.C.; C.S.C. TE. BJLC, Balcstlrr (two 4*7 match), lUlcrtirr; Fart CanBine Gcaoanc C.C Gcnmaac; R.AJ\ (H.Q.) t*. Medical CaUeffe. oOeff:
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    DUNKIRK HEROES TO SEE CUP FINAL
    110 15 London, June 7. TREE admittance lor 1,000 British soldiers from Dunkirk and a special enclosure for injured returned soldiers have been provided in Wembley Stadium to-morrow evening f>7 final of the football league wartime cup in which West Ham are favourites to beat Blackburn
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    S.C.C. SOCCER
    56 15 TPHE following have accepted to play for S.C.C. W. Royal Navy in a reserve division game to-day at Red House. Woodlands: Lt. E. A. de L. Young; B. H. Pickard S. L. McNee; D. I. Goodwin. G. Boss, A. Donald: H. U. Suter. J. H. Stanners, P,o. A.
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    SINGAPORE BADMINTON
    44 15 •T"HE draw for the men's junior sin- gles and doubles, women's Junior singles and doubles and the veterans' singles and doubles in the Singapore badminton championships will take place at the Clerical Union, Rangoon Road, on Sunday, June 16 at 10.30 a.m.
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    TODAY'S CUP SOCCER Airmen Meet Negri Sembilan At Stadium
    181 15 TODAY'S CUP SOCCER Airmen Meet Negri Sembilan At Stadium "THRILLING soccer is anticipated at the stadium to-day when the Royal Air Force and Ne:;ri Seni'>i!.vi meet in the southern section of Ihfl Malaya Cup competition. Although the Nesjrl were wnl) be tten by the Army a fortnlcnt ag:>. lt does
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    151 15 I THE second game of the current basfball leacuo will be played between Uv American Association and the H.A.F. baseball team at 3.30 p.m. to-morrow arteroon a* Jalan Besar SuuUum. •Red 1 Sallis. the all-rnund tx.ll pla.er will not be seen In local diamonds this season.
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    133 15 S.C.R.C cricket teams for week-rnd games are: To-day, v*. Malays at Z p.m. at S.C.R.C.: Seah Kent' Siew, Eu Cheow Chyc, Evan Wong, K. S. Cheng, Low Kee Pow, K. T. Oci, Quit Sam York, Tan Hak Wan, Tan Liang Chia, P. L. Tan and Yap Mook
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    116 15 Vrom Our Own Correspondent > Malacca, June 0. HTHE June Man'i Medal of the Ma- lacca GoU Club was won by T. McKinstery with the score of 34 1 The winners of the May Mixed jf'.uirsome wpre Mr. and Mrs. Todmaii. Results of the June Medal werj: T.
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    70 15 (from One Own CMIWpMMKBI) Ipoh, June 8. TUi.UK has befit no rain overnight and brilliant sunshine this morning suggests that the p<inK for to-day's racrs will ht good. Smoke Dreams, Harpo, Double Esso and Lord But are expected la score for the Penan* trainer, while
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    MUNICIPALITY'S $1,000,000 CHEQUE FOR THE WAR FUND
    79 16 The Municipality's cheque for $1,000,000 A Whitley heavy bomber— a type that has been giving; fine service. The letter from the President of the Municipal Commissioners, Mr. L. Rayman, announcing the gift to The War Fund, which aims at buying bombers for the
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