The Straits Times, 5 August 1940

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    36 1 The Straits Times (ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY] MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES 12 PAGES. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS. The Straits Times 12 PAGES. SINGAPORE. MONDAY. AUGUST 5, 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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      DEATHS
      76 2 AagMt, IMBt at Uml i du'' to motor accident.] ARTHUR EGERTON. The funeral leaves: Hi spital at 4 p.m. to-day for the Cathedral d Bbepherd ui<l thc-nce to Bidadari I Ir.u-rment. Deeply regretted. j TAV KIM CilAN—Aped f7. passed away I fully on 3rd August. 1940 at 1.: He
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      523 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. BLUE FUNNEL LINE Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom. 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) vis Java by first class passenger ships. Single fare $192 (A
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    105 4 By Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, Aug. 5. THE Singapore share markets and the Tin market were closed on Saturday and are closed again this morning. The Singapore Rubber Market is also closed to-day. PREVIOUS PRICES:— RUBBER London, 1 15/16 d. down 1 16 d. Market Tone Quieter.
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    GOVERNMENT WAR-RISK RATES INCREASE
    108 4 Landon, Aug. 3. There have been many increases in the Governments war-risk insurance rates for distant voyages, for instance between the East and Far East and the Americas via the Cape is 3 per cent, against the previous 2 per cent. The same voyage via the
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    RUBBER HARVESTS FOR JULY
    43 4 Rubber harvests for July are reported as follows:---n>. Penang Rubber 272,500 Sabrang Rubber 102.000 Straits Rubber 290,000 Rubann Rubber 121.000 Bagan Serai 26,500 Tali Ayer 134,500 Batak Rabit 39,500 Merchiston 46,000 Mountjcy 102.500 Badenoch 225.000 Paloh 60.000 Glenshiel 62.000
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    TIN OUTPUTS IN JULY FOR JULY
    34 4 Tin outputs for July are reported as follow Hours Yardage Piculi Ore Taku-pa No. 1 664 170.000 605 No. 2 637 175,000 437 No. 3 594 150,000 554
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    77 4 Mails close at the General Post Office as follows: TO-MORROW China Amoy. Canton. Chuan Chow, Chungking. Kiung Chow. Kunming, Shanghel. Swatow air 9.30 a.m. Hong Kong air 9.30 a.m. Indo-China air 9.30 a.m. Japan air 9.30 a.m. MAIL ARRIVALS Mails from Australia and Java 'air) general
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    JAPANESE HELD IN LONDON FOR SECURITY REASONS
    262 4 No Connection With Arrests Of Britons In Japan And Korea London, Aug. 4. IN connection with the detention of two Japanese 1 business men in London, well informed quarters in Britain point out that this action is in no sense to be regarded
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    TWO OTHERS DETAINED SAY JAPANESE
    116 4 Tokio, Aug. 4. ACCORDING to the Domei agency two i other Japanese subjects are In j custody in England, namely, Takayuki Eguchi, an employee of the Bank of Formosa, and Mrs. Milley Yoshii, the German- born wile of a Japanese paint- J er. The agency
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    DUTCH BEHAVIOUR ANNOYS NAZIS
    102 4 New York, Aug. 4. [TRIE San Francisco News commenting I on the subject of the behaviour of the Dutch said: It has happened that when German officers entered a restaurant, for instance, all Dutch patrons quietly got up and lelt. "This sort of thing is annoying.
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    RATIONING OF CLOTHING IN NETHERLANDS
    45 4 Berlin, Aug. 4. A CCORDING to an Amsterdam dispatch to the official news agency, the director of the Netherlands' Textile Distribution Bureau has stated that ration cards for clothing will be Issued in occupied Holland from Aug. 13. home. Reuter.
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    NAZI MODEL POLITICS ORDERED FOR HOLLAND
    95 4 London, Aug. 4. THE German radio has condemned as "unwise and absurd" an attempt by the former Dutch Prime Minister. Dr. Colljn, to fuse all political parties In the Netherlands Into a single national front. The broadcast made clear that unless the Dutch people
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    JAPANESE AIR RAID IN CHUNGKING AREA
    52 4 Chungking, Aiifc. 4. rIRTY-SIX Japanese bombers raided a town north-west of ChMig!Ung to-day. The alarm was sounded here at 1 pm. and the all clear v.as given at 3 p.m. A communique on yesterday's raids says '.hat one Japanese bomber was shot <io«-n In
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    MOVE TO "SMUGGLE" PETROL FOR CHUNGKING
    88 4 Cnunfridnir. Aug. 4. WITH the approval of the Finance Ministry the Liquid Fuel Control Committee had lifted the ban on the Import of petrol from Aug. 1 until Oct. 31. Private commercial concerns are not required to obtain permits for the import ol petrol
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    JAPANESE COMMENT ON ARRESTS
    85 4 Tokic. Aug. 4. I*HE Domei Agency reviewing Prvss comments concerning the arrest of two Japanese in London quotes the Hochi Shlmbun as urging the Government to take adequate and effective measures such as rupture of d plomatic relations by recalling the Ambassador in London. The Asahi
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    CHINESE VIEW OF NEW JAPANESE POLICY
    98 4 Chungking, Aug. 4. /COMMENTING on Prince Konoye's state- ment regarding Japan's "new fundamental policy," Chinese newspapers express the opinion that Japan's new policy covers four points The conquest of China; Expansion into the South Seas region: Reorganization of Japan's political and economic systems of
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    TO BOLSTER UP MORALE?
    48 4 Washington, Aug. 4. THE Japanese announcement that she will pursue a foreign policy designed to bring French Indo-China and the Netherlands Indies tinder her domination is regarded by some veteran Par East observers here as designed primarily to bolster up morale at home. Reuter.
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    DEATH OF OFFICER ON "IMPORTANT MISSION"
    57 4 'iokio. Auk. 4. A COMMUNIQUE from the Navy section cf the Imperial headquarters reports the death in South China of Commander Motoki.\ member of the Japanese inspectorate in French Indo-China. It adds that Commander Moteklo vas i killed on July 7 while engtged on
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    Soviet See Long War Ahead
    258 4 Soviet See Long War Ahead London. Aug. 4. MOLOTOVS speech on Thursday to the Supreme Council of the Soviet Union continues to provoke the reflection of independent commentators. Some shrewd observers of the diplomatic scene indeed deduce from Thursday's speech that the Nazis have found it wise in the present
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    Tribute To King Of Norway
    193 4 London, Aug. 4. IN a broadcast talk from London 1 on the occasion of the 68th birthday of King Haakon of Norway, the Norwegian Prime Minister referred to the effort of King Haakon to keep his country out of war. "But unfortunately," he said, "our
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    Germany's Plans For Japan
    224 4 Same As Italy's Role In Battle For France London, Aug. 4. REFERRING to the arrests of Britons in Japan, the Sunday Times diplomatic correspondent says that It is thought in London that Japan, which Is strongly influenced by numerous German agents. Is now trying to play
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    JAPAN OBJECTS TO OIL EMBARGO BY U.S.
    31 4 Washington, Aug. 4. •"PHE Japanese Government has lodg- ed a formal objection to the United States embargo on the export of aviation spirit. Reuter.
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    MR. EDEN VISITS UNIT OF HIS OLD CORPS
    28 4 London, Aug. 4. THE Secretary of State for War, Mr. Anthony Eden, yesterday visited army units of the Southern Command.
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      121 4 AN ACCREDITED FACT SKETOLENE W& I I prevents 75 cents and $1.25 Stocked by all Chemists and Stores Sole Distributors GRAFTON LABORATORIES Ltd. Singapore and Koala Lnmpur. I THE RADIO OF THE FUTURE TO-DAVJ Jjfi* lSo>a KEE HUAT RADIO Co. tf -I Only the huge Kodak inventive and manufacturing resources
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      43 4 TIDE TABLES SINGAPORE ro-day H. W. 11 .50 a.m. 9.! ft.: 11.35 p.m. 10.5 ft. L. W. 5.26 a.m. 0.8 ft.; 5.2S p.m. 3.S ft. Tomorrow H. W. 12.30 p.m. 9.3 ft. L. W. 6.02 a.m. 0.7 ft.; 6.05 p m. 3 ft.
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      274 5 LAST FEW SCREENINGS HURRY UP! today 11 am. jii UAMDDA 3.15 615& 9 15 P.VI ME«IiM™PI%*% Patrons are u«lvised to be Seated Early as this rilm measures about 11,000 feet long. FLYNNjfef HOPKINS RANDOLPH SCOn HUMPHREY BOGART ".'.Vir.- The Author of "THE CITADEL" writes his greatest drama of woman's most
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      217 5 PREMIERE TO-DAY at the 3.15- -6.15 9.15 THE NAVY IS HERE! IN A GRIPPING REAL-LIFE FILM PLAYED BY THE MEN WHO WENT THROUGH HELL AND GAVE THEIR LIVES Actual persons appearing in this film include OFFICERS MEN OF H.M.S. EXETER AJAX BRITISH SEAMEN PRISONERS ON THE "ALTMARK* With WILL F,YFFE
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      58 5 I Small Ads. it desired lor uuertlon In the CUutlfied telumns on day of receipt should reach the office NOT LATER THAN 9AM Small ads. ran be accepted for Insertion up to 9.30 a.m. but these alll kt too lat* for rlassitlntion All Swill Adt. Mutt Be Prepaid. Other cinema
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      332 5 Season Extended owing to Tremendous Success! Hundreds are coining to see it again again. CAPITOL TO-DAY I 3.15 €.15 9.15 SPECTACULAR SCENES! INSPIRING MELODIES! GRAND SINGING! TRULY A SHOW YOU CAN SKE AGAIN and AGAIN tiijllliii dALAIAIKa IT^^^ni NELSON h^Ji lIMUMASfEY U |L in dtimHTf ouiuc rum uoma. 7i to^ohttm
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE. MONDAY. AUG. 5, 1040. (337th Day Of The War.) The Last Chance
    1077 6 The Straits Times SINGAPORE. MONDAY. AUG. 5, 1040. (337th Day Of The War.) The Last Chance Twenty-six years ago to-day, on 1 Aug. 5, 1914, the main nevs page of the Straits Times carried a single column headline in these words: •War Declared Between Britain and Germany." That heading covered
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    HOME LEAVE
    67 6 When Is The Ban To Be Lifted? To the Editor oi the Straits Tunes Sir,— lt would be interesting to know if and when the ban on leave outside Malaya is to be lifted. Unless something is done soon there will be a terrible "Jam" and it will
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    AUSTRALIA'S REPLY TO NAZI PROPAGANDA
    62 6 Melbourne, Aug. 5. DFPLYING to Nati attempt* to make propaganda out of the temporary suspension of recruiting for the Australian imperial Poire, th« Army Minister, Brigadier O. A. Street, declared to-day: "Australia Is raising and will continue to rain more and more men for the
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    THE SUDAN
    756 6 Buffer State Between Libya And Abyssinia (By Frank Longworth.) MUSSOLINI has many designs in Africa, but he has never made any secret that his greatest ambition is to bring under Italian rule that vast territory, covering approximately 1,000,000 square miles, popularly known as the Sudan. At present it
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    WAR LOTTERIES
    194 6 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, Your interesting leader and appeal in to-day's issue of the Straits Times raises the question whether The War Fund, as run on the present lines, will ever be able to produce a really substantial sum to enable Lord Beaverbrook to
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      EURASIANS
      634 6 Proud To Be Serving In H. M. Forces To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— lt is the avowed British policy to make this Colony stand on her own feet at some future date by a form of partial self-government. The Colony has pursued Its daily livelihood for
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      THE AENEID
      269 6 Inspiring Reading For Wartime To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— May I be permitted to endorse the remarks in the letter of "Koh-1-Noor" entitled Sortes Vergilianac appearing in your issue of to-day I have myself been reading, perfunctorily in the last few months, the first six
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      "THIS AND THAT"
      458 6 Malaya And The Bahamas Compared Again To the Editor of (he Nnflta I<aMf Sir,— The residents of tli? l\.\. mas have collected ">. 000 t > scrap metal for the British G;r. ment This is an extremely lino enort for such a small country, and on* which
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      LOCALFOODSUPPLIES
      453 6 How To Make The Most Of The Coconut To the Editor of the Strait i Tii.icSir. There is one source of food supply that will help to kerp us going, should necessity arise, and that is coconuts. In flaked form, the kernel can be prepared in a number cf
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      64 6 PITMAN'S ENGLISn SHORTHAND DICTIONARY. (New Era, Edition) Contain* concise definitions and shorthand forms, fully vocalized, for over 60,000 wortl»: an Appendix containing lists of Latin am. Greek prefixes, commercial terms and phrases In five languages. The definitions are supplied by Arthur Reynolds. Price $6.03 and Pocket siw $1.50 Postage Extra.
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    VITAL NAZI SYNTHETIC OIL PLANTS BOMBED
    731 7 New Attack On EnemyOccupied Air Bases R.A.F.'s WORK IN UNDERMINING GERMANY'S STRENGTH Heavy Damage Again Caused In The Reich I\KALING further blou s to the striking power of the German air force, R.A.F. bombers on Saturday and Saturday night attacked some of the most
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    BRITISH RAID ON SARDINIA
    193 7 Havoc Caused To Enemy Aircraft Gibraltar, Aug. 5. A VIVID account of the air attack j on the aerodrome at Cagliari. Sardinia, on Thursday and Friday by aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm was given Renter by the men who par- ticipated in the raid. Units
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    Jewish Army To Fight Germans
    200 7 New York, Aug. 4. THF. death has occurred of Mr. Yl.wlmiri Jabotinskv, president of the new Zionist organization w h has b^en in the I'nited States in i >nne«tion with the raising of a new Jewish ;irmy to fight with i lie Allies, announces the
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    MORE COLONIAL GIFTS
    57 7 Lot.don. Aux. 4. gRITISH oalonlM in all part; of the world continue t said gifts to His Majesty's Government to a In the prosecution of the war. The Governor of the Gold Coast has transmitted to the Secretary of St*te the sum of £'.133. being donation! to
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    N.I PEOPLE NOT OPPRESSED
    427 7 Tokio Charges Are Refuted fc T*HE Javanese would be very much surprised if they were told they were oppressed," declared Mr. A. G. MacDonnell, in a commentary on the news broadcast from London to-day. He was referring to messages which he said, had arrived from Tokio
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    JAPANESE RELEASE MORE BRITONS
    60 7 London, Aug 3. FURTHER British subjects who were arrested in Japan have now been released. A telegram received by the Japanese Embassy in London last night gave their names as Messrs. Rich and Ely. The release of Ely was made known last week with five other
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    FIRST NATION TO RESIST NAZIS
    162 7 British Tribute To Polish Fighters London, Aug. 5. SIR Walter Citrine, general secretary of the Trade Union Congress and president of the International Federation of Trades Unions, broadcast from London yesterday a message to the Polish nation. He declared that on the day of victory,
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    NEW WAR MATERIALS PLANTS IN CANADA
    37 7 Ottawa, Aug. 4. NEW expenditure amounting to $10,000,000 for extension or creation of factory facilities for the manufacture of war materials is announced by Mr. C. D. Howe, Minister of Munitions.
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    Two Japanese Deported
    54 7 London, Aug. 5. IT was learned in London early to-day that deportation orders have been issued against Takayuki Kguchi. an employee of tbe Bank of Formosa, and Mrs. Milley Yoshil, the German-born wile of a Japanese painter. They were both arrested under the Defence Regulations.— Reuter. (Further
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    Casualties In 3 Destroyers
    88 7 24 Officers And 332 Ratings London, Aug. 5. fHEAdmiralty has issued a list of 24 officers and 333 ratings as casualties in the destroyers Ardent. Acasta and Wren, the loss of which has already been announced. Ardent's casualties are: Officers ten missing; rating one killed and
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    CHUNGKING AND MOLOTOV'S SPEECH
    102 7 Move To Appease The Japanese Feared Chungking, Aug. 5. THERE is apparently a feeling o! dissatisfaction in Chinese circles nere at the speech of Molotov. Soviet Prime Minister, last week, particularly the reference to Soviet-Japanese relations. Although official circles retrain reticent on the subject, the Chines?
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    ENOUGH AMBULANCES FOR RED CROSS
    186 7 New Fund Drive For "Our General Purposes" London, Aug. 5. AN announcement signed by the Lord Mayor of London and Field-Mar-shal Sir Philip Chetwode, former Commander-ln-Chief of the Army in India, chairmen of the Red Cross organization and of the executive committee respectively, says that
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    FLYING-BOAT REACHES NEW YORK
    95 7 New York, Aug. 4. T^HE flying-boat Clare, belonging to the British Overseas Airways Corporation, which crossed the Atlantic in 16 hours, six minutes, has arrived in New York. It left Eire yesterday and arrived at Botwood, Newfoundland, early to-day. Taking off again, It arrived at Montreal
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    Two Bombers Shot Down By Trawlers
    95 7 London, Aug. 4. THE Admiralty announces that the Eritish trawler Cape Finlsterre was lost in action with enemy aircraft. She was attacked by four enemy planes on Friday. The first one was shot down into the sea, but the Cape Finisterre was damaged by
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    DEATH OF MAHARAJA OF MYSORE
    108 7 aangaJorr. Au?. THE death occurred at B&ngalore yesterday 1 of Maharaja Sri Krishnaraja Wadlyar Bahadur, Maharaja of Mysore, at the age of 58. The Maharaja has been honorary Colonel since 1936 of Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners, some of whom are now stationed
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    SWEDEN IS READY TO STAKE ALL FOR INDEPENDENCE
    149 7 London, Aug. 5. The Swedish Prime Minister, M. P. A. Hansson, and the Minister of Defence, M. P. E. Skold, broadcast statements on Sweden's attitude to certain new tendencies in Europe. The Prime Minister said that the individual characters of nations could
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    BRITAIN DEDICATED ANEW TO GREAT CRUSADE
    659 7 Lord Gort On Nations Readiness To Sacrifice All For Cause London, Aug. 5. IT has been my fortune to tight alongside two generations of soldiers, and from what I have seen during the past months I know the younger generation are brimful of courage
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    WAR FUND WEEK-END INCREASE OF $2,676
    367 8 Johore College Boys Forego Prizes At Annual Sports MALAYS OF SUNGEI MANIK TELOK ANSON HELP THE War Fund increased by only $2,676 during the holiday week end. The grand total is now $3,237,718. Boya of the English College at Johore Bahru have made B
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    To-day's List Of Donations
    479 8 s Indiu.i Lab— I Fort*. Sasil Estate, Tangkaa 689.5 i Rennie I.mvh-k to. .~>o<l Mr,. M. Silcock 300 P. U. l> StaJT. Teluk Anson (2nd. contribution* lf> r> ..')o T;i> Koh V.it < Monthly i, in rr.uert of fleot of '»4 buses plying on SHetar route
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    CYCLIST'S FATAL COLLISION
    97 8 ARTHUR Mlnjoot. an elderly Brl- Usher whil« riding a bicycle, received fatal Injuries last night following a collision with a motor-car at the 13th mile, Changi Road. Mlnjoot. who was stated to have suffered a fracture of the base of the skull, died j.>cn after admission into
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    AMUSEMENTS
    69 8 MM, M-OKI r u ii Ks aon i i GARKICR IHtAIK. chlwi, Happ) JJa>'> All Egypt mi< 1 8 15. GRtM WOULD ■>MidniKhr Glob*- EscMtrllle Sky: atPPT WORLD Othi Happy Theatre Invisible Man Returns. Swan Dance a II HKM* WOKl.l) i cu.eutas. Rbaret, Daiuing. y« oacvi \no ROXI H\TOM.
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    OBJECTED TO SERVICE
    360 8 Non-Combatant Duty For CO. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru. Aug. 4. "Ib|ANY thousands of persona of the same faith as myself have been prosecuted and imprisoned and many tortu- td in Germany, where a number have also been brutally murdered. None of these is bearing arms
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    At The Cinema
    249 8 I "SATURDAY'S CHILDREN" AT THE ALHAMBRA "Saturday's Children." (John Garfield, Anne Shirley, Claude Rains, Dennie Moore, Roscoe Karns). Warner Bros. Midnight premiere on Saturday at the Alhambra. DRAMATICALLY portrayed and packed with human Interest, the s;reen version of Maxwell Anderson's Pulitzer Prize play ;is a fine drama,
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    Sumatran Tungku On Pan Malayan Federation
    538 8 !*pHE Pan-Malayan plan for a union I of all the Malaysian countries in East Asia which was recently advocatI d by Francisco Varona, the Labour adviser to the Philippine commissioner in Washington, has been creating much interest among students of political science in Manila,
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    AUSTRALIA'S "ALL-IN" WAR EFFORT
    445 8 Special Powers Given To Commonwealth Government (From A Sydney Correspondent) AUSTRALIA'S importance as the arsenal for British count- ries in Asia and the Far East is emphasized by the latest reports of the Commonwealth's war effort. Australian newspapers frequently stress the value of the Singapore base
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    WAR FUND DIARY
    58 8 rvvil.Kl UNMLNTS and other functions arranged in aid of The War Fund will be listed in this diary, but it is a condition of inclusion in the list that the entire proceeds shall be given to the Fund. To-day: Malayan Tennis Championships in Singapore. To-day Scavenger Hunt,
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    JAPANESE DETAIINED IN SINGAPORE
    142 8 Expulsion Warrant For Local Formosan THE Straits Times understands that the police yesterday detained Mr. Ishlro Kobayashi, the manager of the Eastern News, a Japanese news agency in Singapore. Mr. Kobayashi was visited at his house by the Police early yesterday. He came to Singapore a
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    FIVE MEN MISSING AS LOADED JUNK SINKS
    91 8 LOADED v.ith coral and coming from Johore. a twakow containing several Chinese, foundered off Jurong yesterday. A sampan man near the scene reserved two men struggling in the sea. He rowed several miles back to Singapore but one man died on the way.
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    INDIAN GOODS AND MALAYA
    314 8 Need For Trade Commissioner COMMENTING on the report that the Government of India is considering the appointment of Trade Commissioners for Australia and South Africa, The Indian, of Penang. expresses the view that the need for an Indian Trade Commissioner in Malaya is more urgent. "Economically
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    COMEDY AT CATHAY
    80 8 "Saps at Sea." (With Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy). Hal Roach comedy. Midnight premiere on Saturday, at the Cathay. I^US Is one of tlie best Laurel and Hardy 1 commedies ever to come out of Hat Roach's studios. Stan and Oily provide laughs gator? as tone testors
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    RINDERPEST SPECIALIST
    54 8 i From Our Own Correspondent I Bangkok. Aug 5 Mr r. l. Cornel!, the rinderpest specialist, lent to the Thai Government by ths Colonial Office, committed suicide yesterday morning with a shotgun. He had been depressed for a lon-r time. Hft had previously served In South Africa. H»
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    "WE CAN DO MUCH TO HELP"
    1092 9 Milaya Must Be Told About Real Issues Of The War HOW BRITAIN IS FACING UP TO HITLER'S TACTICS 4 1 BT mo assure you that things are moving in Malaya. Our chance is coming and coming quickly. We shall have to put our best
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    552 9 Local-Born Must Prove Worth First A REPLY to criticism of the conA ditions for the newly-mated Straits Settlements Legal Service was made by Capt. N. M. Hashini. Legislative Councillor, in an interview with Ihe Straits Times. Capt. Hashim declared that numbers of the new service should
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    NEW EDUCATIONAL PLAN IN COMMERCIAL SCHOOLS
    359 9 NEW EDUCA TIONAL PLAN IN COMMERCIAL SCHOOLS School Certificates (rood English Necessa ry COMMERCIAL education in Malaya is now being confined in day schools to pupils who have passed the School Certificate examination. This follows a recommendation made by last year's Malayan Educational Conference ami adopted by Government. In moving
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      366 9 Broadcasting TO-DAY SINGAPORE /Hi 1.33 wi •IZSm.i ZHP 'i.Cit met 30.9«im.i 1.15 p.m. Light music*; 1.30 p.m. Warning to Mariners. Programme summary and midday tin, copra and rubber prices; 1.35 p.ni. News; 1.50 p.m. Interval; 5.00 p.m. Songs by Ali Gesek.t rMelayt; SDO pjn. Tamil music 6.00 pm. Cantonese h'ftorical
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    MALAY STATES BEAT THE COLONY IN TWO DAYS
    666 10 Thoy's Effort Fails To Ward Off Innings Defeat (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 4. DI'NDLED out for 85 runs in their first innings, the Colony made a desperate attempt in their second venture to avoid an innings' defeat in their
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    Selections For To-day's Races
    132 10 for to-day's races in Penang are STRAITS TIMES Race 4. Hazmore, New World. Race I.— Ladolet, Faith. Race 5 La J Off, Solar Time. Race 2.— Phariol, Fernlet. Rac 6 Esquire, Scottish Rifle. Race 3.— Spring Girl, New Life. Rac 7 D *nna Forget. Nutcracker Race
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    PROGRAMME OF EVENTS FOR PENANG RACES
    1053 10 THE following is the full card of events for to-day's races in Penang in the second day of the Penang Turf Club's August meeting. Double totes will be on races four and five, and seven and eight. The big sweep will foe drawn on
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    37 10 BUMS: Malayan champion. RACES: P?nang August Meet>h p, finals. S.C.C. ins. second day. Penan* CEICKIT: St. Andrew's Old POLO: Spoiner Tup. Pahinff Mfl vv Present Hoys. \V" d-ville. "A" vs. Paliant R". Polo Club.
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    DAVIS CUP PLAYERS TO MEET IN DOUBLES FINALS
    931 11 A BRILLIANT sun -hone yesterday on a day of magnificent tennis, when all the semi-final tics in the Malayan tennis tournament, which is being played on the S.C.C. courts in aid of the War Fund and Malaya Patriotic Fund, were completed. It
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    EIGHT NEW RECORDS AT GAP HILL CLIMB
    1309 11 CIGHT records were set up at yesterday's Gap Hill Climb organized by the Singapore Branch of the Automobile Association of Malaya in aid of The War Fund. Only in two events did the winners fail to lower the times made last year. Excellent
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    RUMANIANS UNITE UNDER EXTERNAL PRESSURE
    477 12 Growing Opposition To Further Secession Of Territory Bucharest, Aug. 4. THE Iron Guard lias secretly distributed throughout the country 10,000 copies of a "no surrender" appeal calling on Rumanians to awake to the perils of the present taoment Thi.v coincides with another similar leaflet issued
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    GREECE IS NEUTRAL, SAYS GEN. METAXAS
    51 12 T Athens. Aug. 4. Ich Or ccc could render to war-fhaken Europe was to contribute lianc.' of p :ic- v\ >outh-easUrn F-irope. said tbe Primp Minister, Otto I, broadcasting to the nation. Re added that i:i tho conflict, "Greecp already to Mfecuard the i:iteg-!ty
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    DE GAULLE TELLS OF SUPPORT
    139 12 Lcndcn, Aug 4. /"•EN d? Gaulle, in a BBC. broadcast v to ranee o.nd the French colonial empire, spoke to "the self-styled government formed in the great Bordeaux panic, and said: 1 It is now a question of whether the French colonies will consent to
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    MASONIC JEWELS FOR WAR FUNDS
    63 12 London, Aug. 4. AN invitation to all freemasons rt unde/ its jurisdiction has been issued by the United Grand Lodje of England to send in their masonic jewels, the proceeds of which will be presented to the Treasury. Individual owners will receive certificates acknowledging their
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    Reply To German Leaflets
    273 12 Reply To German Leaflets London, Aug. 4. nURING a broadcast reply to Hltlcr's leaflets showered over parts of Britain, the Minister of Information, Mr. A. Duff Cooper, declared that the principle laid down by Field-Marshal Goering that it was better to spend money on guns than butter should be re-
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    Premier Says Invasion Danger Has Not Passed
    95 12 London, Aug. 4. A MESSAGE issued from 10 Downing Street says: "The Prime Minister wishes to be known that the possibility of a German attempt at invasion has, by no moans, passed away. The fact that the Germans are now putting about rumours
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    'OUR AIR FORCE WILL SEAL THE BLOCKADE OF GERMANY'
    405 12 CPEAKING on Germany's attempt to counter-blockade Britain, Mr. Oliver Stewart, broadcasting from the 8.8.C. yesterday, said that at present the war seems to consist of blockade and counter-blockade. The Germans continue to blockade Britain by air power and Britain continues its
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    NEW NAVAL PATROL SHIP FOR AUSTRALIA
    26 12 The first of a number of naval patrol vessels which are being built In Australia for Britain have been launched.
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    MADAGASCAR REPORTS DISCREDITED
    52 12 Berlin, Aug. 4. NOTHING 1* known In London concerning the alleged landing of British troops or naval force' in Madagascar and the Canu--roons, says Keuter's diplomatic correspondent. The reports are discredited here and ar* believed to have originated from German < sources, although coming from America via
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    NEW FRENCH REVIEW
    45 12 London, Aug. S. CRENCH writers and scientists are to publish in London a review devoted to French science, literature ar.d arts. Universities and educational institutions In Qreat Britain and the United States will b asked to give the review their support.— Reuter.
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    Nazi War Machine Gels Terrific Hammering
    227 12 London, Aug. 4. DEUTER'S special correspondent, IX writing from a Northern Command headquarters, describes visits to a night bomber station whose crews have earned the title of "Night Terror" of Germany. He says that reports from the crews to intelligence show that the widespread
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    Norway Will Face Worst Famine
    242 12 London, Aug. 4. PROM time to time reliable news r reaches London from countries now occupied by Germany giving some idea of conditions prevailing there. One fact almost always stands out in these accounts, namely the shortage of food already existing and the likelihood of
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    BRITISH BOMBERS ATTACK SARDINIAN AERODROME
    424 12 Four Aircraft Destroyed And Many Buildings Demolished A SUCCESSFUL attack on an Italian aerodrome in Sardinia has been carried out by aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm. An Admiralty communique says that a raid was made by aircraft during operations in the western Mediterranean on
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    438 12 <% The Longest Line In Military History 91 London, Aug. 4. COME idea of the big task which the British forces are facing in the Middle East was given to-day by Richard Dimbleby. a 8.8.C. obser ver. British and Sudanese forces in tlf Sudan are up
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