The Straits Times, 6 August 1940

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    39 1 FINAL EDTN. The Straits Times (ESTABLISHED NE-iHLY A CENTURYJ MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES i« PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST. 6, 1940. PKK'K "> KYJS. The Straits Times H. PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUHf, 6, 1940. 1»KI( K 5 C KNTS.
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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    DEATH
    16 2 5. Enid, beloved wife of I trie. F"umral to-day at 5 p.m. at Bldaclnri Cemetery.
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      892 2 HOUSES ACCOMMODATION WANTED I K(.l MI.V REQI''KFD by English coup'.e furnished house or flat from 2lst Auk Modem Sanitation Essential. Reily Box 423 Straits rimes. BOARD RESIDENCE HAS! A.NGMA. 6 Oxley Rlae. 000 l and oulet Terms moderate Tele 4190 ROOMS TO LET. Half-Way-House. S2O East Coast Road. Telephone 4825.
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      16 2 BUSINESS CARDS Ftp CLOSING DOWN SALE NOW ON 18, Battery Koad, Ist Floor Phone 7143. Singapore
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      376 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. (Incorporated in England) PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL 8 N Co MAII PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES The best possible services are being maintained by the P O. S N Coy from the Straits to their usual ports of call in China India Ceylon
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      253 3 (Incorporated In Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR TO EUROPE VIA AMERICA Through fares to Nortb America, to Eoiope via America and Round Tours In the Pacific quoted In IS S on application. To California from the Orient ?la Honolulu. m* ASAMA MARU l^-ave H'kong Aug. 8 mj.
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      452 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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      103 3 5 New Vessels 'Argentina Maru' 'Brasil Maru' 'Hokoku Maru' 'Aikoku Maru' 'Kokoku Maru' from Singapore to: Colombo E. &S. Africa and South American Ports. Further particulars apply O. S. K. LINE Singapore (Tel. 5337) JOINT SERVICE PRINCE LINE SILVER LINE PRINCE LINE VESSELS PROCEED TO BALTIMORE. NEW YORK, BOSTON AND
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      538 3 Broadcasting TODAY SINGAPORE ZHL U) act mm. i I.HP »89 mes Su.a«in.i 1.15 p.m. Light musict, 1.30 im. warning to mariners. Programme summary and midday tin, copra and rubb" prices. 135 p.n News; 1.50 p.m. Interval: 5.00 p.m Malay musical entertainment by the Lincoln Kronchong Party; 5.45 pjn. Teochew selections
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      470 3 PENANG £HJ ti.UK mo IViMi 8.45 a.m. Opening record: 6.50 a.m. 8.8.C. full ntws bulletin i relayed >; 7 10 a.m. Close down; S 30 p m. Indian programme: 5.45 p.m. News in Tamil; 5.55 p.m. Malay programme: 610 p m. Nows in Malay: 620 p.m. Chinese programme; 6.40 p.m.
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    HOW FIFTH COLUMNISTS DEFEATED FRANCE
    543 4 Structure Of The Nation Honeycombed By Agents THEY the secret confederacy of spies and Fifth Colum- nists as much as anything else, beat France. I assert this fully appreciating what part other weapons in the German arsenal played," writes a war correspondent who was in
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    London Stock Exchange
    344 4 London, Aug. 5. AN the stock Exchange to-d&y the market was well attended and the tone was firm despite small turnovers. Industrials were the best section showing useful gains on provincial support. Kaffirs occasionally strengthened. GUt-edged fully maintained an Initial advance, In Oils the less prominent issues
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    187 4 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES iftoen Oar Own Correspondent) London, Auk 5 COMMODITY and Exchange markets closed v v follows with previous quotations In paranthecU: RUBBER BU*dy. Spot 12 15 1M 13 1 itkl 12 15 16d 13 1 16d> Sept 12 13 16d 12 15 16d 12 13 16d 12 15 16d)
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    TIN OUTPUTS FOR JULY
    22 4 Tin outputs for July are given as follows Hltam Rahman Hydraulic Satupulo 644 124,000 Ore 93 700 640
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    Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1329 4 FRIDAY. AUG. Z. 1940: 1 tM MUI IMG Buym Seller* Anipat Tin <5s) 35 Cd 4s Austral Amal (5s) 6s 3d .v. 9d cd. Austral Malay lbs 37s cd Ayer Hltam (58) lie 2'J$ Ayer Weng .50 .55 Bangrin Tin i£) 17s 18s Batu Selangor
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    62 4 Malls close at the General Post Office as follows: TO-MORROW Australia (Western) surface noon Christmas Isltnd surface 7 p.m. Java air 10.30 a.m. Medan surface 11 a.m., air 11 a.m. Palembang surface 9 a.m., air 10.30 a.m. MAIL ARRIVALS Malls from Java and Sumatra (air) 1.40
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    List Of Current Dividends
    271 4 Issued by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association. Singapore, Aug. 2. 4 pjn. Oompanj Dlvtoeno Clem TDi Austral Amal Div. 3d Austral Malay Div. 9d Bonus Is 3d BerJunUl Tin Int. div. 5% July 29 Kampong Kamuntlng Div. 3d Bonus Is 3 Aug. 13 Petallng Tin Int. 20%
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      77 4 TIDE TABLES SINGAPORE Mm H. W. 12.30 p.m. 9.3 ft. L. W. 6.03 a.m. 0.7 ft.; 6. 0S p.m. 3 ft. Tomorrow H. W. 00.18 a.m. 10.5 ft.; 1.05 p.m. 9.4 ft. L. W. 0.40 a.m. 1 ft.; 6.47 p.m. 2.6 ft. Thursday, Aug. 8 H. W. 1.01 a.m. 10.3
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    AROUND THE MARKET
    290 5 Interest In Rubbers Sustained: Quotations Slow To Move M.v Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, Aug. 6. THE price of rubber was up oneMxteenth In Lcndsn yesterday at 13d. The price in New Yor'.: was up -•■ighth at in r> K cents. The Spot tin quotation advanced 15s. t
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    79 5 Tuesday. Aug. 6. noon. Buyers S«llen Prices Prices No. IX tf.S.S. (Spot loose) 37 !i J7Vt No. IX ILS.S. f.o.j. in cases AuffW r.7?i M',, G.F.A.Q. Ut f.o b. In bales \u»'iisi 3S^, 36-^ I A.Q. R.S.S. f.«.b. In bale* talari 35 FITIRE QUOTATIONS No.
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
    121 5 Singapore, Aug. C. noon Rice quoted per koyan 10 piculs. Other commodities quoted per picnl except where otherwise stated. Buyers Sellei Gambier $7.75 Hamburg Cube $13.00 .Jay.i Cube $12.50 Pepper White Muntok $12.25 White $11.75 Black 6 75 Copra Mtated $2.45 Euu Dried $2.75 Saoo Flour No
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    Travancore Dewan & Congress "Mirage"
    71 5 Travancore Dewan Congress "Mirage" Trlvandrum, Aug. 5. SIR C. P. RAMASWAMI AIYAR. Dewan (premier) of Travanrore, addressing the Travancore Legislative Assembly, referred to the Congress demand for independence and said that to ask that an unarmed India should discard Dominion status and British protection was to pursue a mirage and
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    INCREASE OF 60,400 IN UNEMPLOYED
    229 5 Temporary Result Of New Policy London, Aug. 6. BETWEEN June 17 and July 15 there was an increase of 60,431 In the number of registered unemployed, the total being 827.266 against 766.835. The Ministry of Labour and Board of Trade are working together as closely
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    Vichy's Concern Over New Caledonia
    115 5 Vichy's Concern Over New Caledonia London, Aug. 6. L EMERY, the Minister of Colonies in the Petaln Government, has addressed an appeal to the population of New Caledonia to reject attempts to enlist that colony's support for Gen. de Gaulle, commander of the free French forces in Britain, according to
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    LATVIA INCORPORATED IN SOVIET UNION
    27 5 Moscow, Aug. 6. LATVIA'S plea for incorporation in the Soviet Union was accepted unanimously by the Supreme Soviet at yesterday's session.— Reuter.
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    RUBBER HARVESTS FOR JULY
    25 5 Rubbor harvests for July are reported as follows Ib. Alor Por.gsu 88.937 Bedong 65.869 Temerloh 32,613 Duff Development 255,791 Broome 201.600
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    FIXED TRUSTS
    107 5 (Prom Our Own <V>rrespondent < London, July 29. The following are to-day's 'bid" quotations for Fixed Trusts: British Empire "A" not available British Empire "B" Do. British Empire Cumulative Do. British Empire C'prehenslve Do. British General "A" 13 6 British General "B" 11 44 British General "C" 8
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    EXCHANGES
    184 5 The following are the xc-ange >ates this morning according to the tally circular Issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation: SELLING London T.T. a/4 1/16 London demand 2/4 1/16 Lyons demand Switzerland demand 206 'i Hamburg demand New York demand 48 1516 Montreal demand 51 11/16 Bat a
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    Japanese Gold Resources
    226 5 Japanese Gold Resources U.S. Officials Puzzled At Japan's Ability To Pay /"VFFICIALS in Washington estimate that Japan's gold resources have shrunk to less than $100,000,000. but the fact that Japan continues to pay for goods In gold puzzles them, reports Reuter from Washington. Officials there estimate Japanese gold to be
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    JEWS-BAITER NO. 1 DEAD
    91 5 London, Aug. 6. JULIUS STREICHER. Governor of Franconia and Germany's No. 1 jew-baiter, Is dead, according to reports from well-informed sources across the German frontier. Strelcher is reported to have come into conflict with Field-Marshal Goering, who ordered an inquiry into Streicher's conduct of party affairs.
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    At The Cinema
    245 5 "FOR FREEDOM" AT THE PAVILION For Freedom (Hill Fyffe. Capt. Pat lio.e. Men of H. M. S. Exeter and Ajax and Prisoners on the Altmarki. A Gainsborough picture. At the Pavilion. A FILM showing how the ordinary BiT.on I% is facing this war of his own free
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    Burma Road Is In Good State Despite Rain
    73 5 Chungking, Aug. 6. THE rainy season this year is having little effect on the serviceability of the Burma road according to an official of the Chungking Ministry of Communications. He added that through almost a year's constant improvement the road this year
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    N. Z. ALLOWS ONLY WOMEN TO LEAVE
    61 5 PERMITS to leave New Zealand are being Issued only to women. Even then exceptional reasons must be given, says an Auckland report. The Minister for Internal Affairs (Mr. Parry) said many people, including Englishmen, had applied for permission to leave. New Zealanders wishing
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    PORTUGAL HONOURS THREE BRITONS
    63 5 Lisbon, Aug. 6. THE names of Field-Marshal Lord Birdwocd. Lord Chatneld and Colonel Humphrey Butler are among list in the Portuguese official journal of foreign personalities decorated on the occasion of the Portuguese centenary. All three accompanied the Duke of Kent on his visit to Lisbon
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    DUTCH CONFIDENCE IN VICTORY
    67 5 PRINCE Bernhardt broadcast from London yesterc'ny on the occasion of the first birthday of his daughter, Irene, who Is now In Canada. "Though the war has separated me from my wKis and my children, I know we have i iitii OttMT In our thoughts, and in
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      197 5 THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA (TRUSTEES) LIMITED. Guaranteed and Controlled by THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA LIMITED The Company which Is Incorporated la the B.S. and registered as a Trust Company, undertakes the following duties: EXECUTOR OR TRUSTEE OF A WTLL ADMINISTRATOR OF ESTATE OF DECEASED PERSON TRUSTEE OF A
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      36 6 TO-DAY TEA DANCE FROM 6.30 TO 9 P M CHINESE RUGS An Exclusive selection id Colours and GUARANTEED Best Materials Best Dyes test Workmanship j •>!, Mani.uio i.uju aiii^yiuc Other cinema entertainment announcements appear on page seven
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    "50 U.S. DESTROYERS SHOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE TO U.K."
    383 7 Pershing Says Soon It May Be Too Late To Keep War From Americas Washington, Aug. 5. "I SAY to you solemnly that to-morrow may be forever too late to keep war from the Americas," declared Gen. Pershing, who commanded the American
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    How General Was Trapped
    301 7 Tricked By German In French Uniform HTHE true story of the capture of Gen. Giraud and the Headquarter Staff of the French 9th Army near Sedan, reveals another example of German fifth-column methods, writes a Daily Telegraph correspondent. Gen. Giraud was taken from the French 7th
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    ITALIAN TROOPS IN POLAND
    136 7 MANY Italian divisions are reported to have arrived in the Germanoccupied part of Poland, writes a Daily Telegraph correspondent. Units of the Italian Army were already moved into Poland about May 15, when the great drive of the German Army in Belgium increased in intensity. It
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    REJECTION OF BRITISH OFFER OF UNION
    32 7 "T^HE British offer to form a union 4 with France was turned down by the French Ministers by 13 votes to 10. the Daily Telegraph learns.
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    Blow To Fifth Columnists
    158 7 Washington. Aug. 5. DRESIDENT ROOSEVELT has made a call for unity between the Federal and State Governments in strengthening national defence and uncovering subversive activities, in a message addressed to the FederalState Conference on law enforcement problems. The meeting is designed to promote closer co-operation in
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    "Britain Stands For Liberty And Life Of All Nations"
    465 7 London, Aug. 5. "I CAN tell you quite decidedly I that in this island we are all united in our determination to live or die together whatever may assail us," said Cardinal Hinsley, the Archbishop cf Westminster in a broadcast address.
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE. TUESDAY. AUG. 6, 1940. (33Sth Day Of The War.) FUTURE OF THE INDIES
    1059 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE. TUESDAY. AUG. 6, 1940. (33Sth Day Of The War.) FUTURE OF THE INDIES Since the German Invasion of Holland and the transference of Queen Wilhelmina's Government to Eritish soil, Netherlands India has been thrown largely on her own devices. Indeed, there is a growing tendency to
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    QUERY
    34 8 To the Editor of the Strails Times Sir,— May I be informed through the medium of your newspaper why he salary of a wage-earner cannot be y.irnished?— Yours, etc., PON-TENG. Singapore, Aug. S,
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  • Letters To The Editor
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      GOLD-STEALERS
      958 8 Open Letter To British Resident, Pahang To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— l enclose a copy of an open letter which I have addressed to the Hon. the British Resident, Pahang. May I ask you to reproduce the letter in your correspondence columns?— Yours, etc.. THEODORE HUBBACK.
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    BRITISH CONTROL OF MEDITERRANEAN
    1506 8 Intensified Action By Both Sides Is Likely Italy entered the war on Jvine 10 and although Mussolini told his people that "There i.s only one order: Conquer!' developments in the Mediterranean have been very limited. Notwithstanding the expectation that Italy was in a position to obtain
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    FOOD SUPPLIES
    252 8 Commission Of Practical Men Wanted To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— The letter of your correspondent from Gemas. and your subsequent leader on the matter of vegetable growing, tend to show that there is a muddle in the organization and that Land Offices. Agricultural Departments and
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      94 8 PITMAVS ENGLISH SHORTHAND DICTIONARY. (New Era Edition) Contains concise definitions and shorthand forms, fully vocalized, fur over 60,000 word..; 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 size $1.50 Postage Extra.
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    BRITAIN EXPECTS LARGE-SCALE NAZI OFFENSIVE
    717 9 Am Invasion By Sea Or Air Blitzkrieg? SPECULATION ABOUT THE FORM OF ATTACK Confidence That R.A.F. Will Give Due Warning rpHE possibility of a German invasion continues to be the subject of discussion in Britain. It is learned in authoritative circles in London, in connection
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    CASUALTIES IN THE BOREAS
    71 9 London. Aog. 6. THE Adm'ralty has issued a list of the casual tfri in tin- .sinking of the 1 one Ol two destroyers dama by German dive-bombers after an air attack on July 25. The rasualtiCi are three officers and 42 r.ii n"-> One officer died
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    BLENHEIMS DEFEAT MESSERSCHMITTS
    106 9 London, Aug. 6. T*HE Air Ministry news service A states that three Blenheims of the coastal command, flying in tight formation above the clouds, defeated four Messerschmitt 109 on Sunday. The Blenheims were patrolling the French coast when the Messerschmitts attacked them. The British dived steeply in
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    Big Gun Only Nazi Propaganda
    158 9 "THE only Big Ber+ha the Germans 1 possess is the one which propels propaganda from Dr. Goebbels." The Evening Standard's military correspondent says this, commenting on the reports that the Germans have a gun, 120 feet long, capable of bombing London from Calais (100 miles
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    JOAN OF ARCS CROSS FOR FREE FRENCH
    125 9 London, Aug. 6. THE red cross of Lorraine, which was the emblem carried by Joan of Arc, has b?en adopted by Gen. de Gaulle, Commander of the free French forces in Britain, as the emblem for his fjrees in addition to the French
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    Enemy Oil Plant Destroyed
    131 9 Enemy Oil Plant Destroyed 11 Tons Of Bombs Fell On Ruhr Target London, Aug. 6. THE Air Ministry announces that on Sunday night R.A.F. bombers attacked an oil plant at Sterkrade. in the Ruhr. Considerable damage was done to the target, which was left in flames. An attack was also
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    British Mines Off Denmark?
    96 9 Nazi Sweepers Active After Explosion Stockholm, Aug. 6. ACCORDING to dispatches from the Swedish port of Helsingborg, great activity by German mine-sweepers was observed yesterday off the Danish shore of the sound, between the island of Zealand and the Swedish mainland. This followed an explosion, which
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    Japanese Is Set Free Again
    138 9 London, Aug. 6. CATORU MAKIHARA, manager of the London branch of the Mitsubishi Shoji Kaisha, one of the two Japanese business men arrested in London on Friday, was released from the Brixton prison last night and has returned to his London home. It is understood
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    Yugoslav Action Against Masons
    42 9 Belgrade, Aug. 6. THE Yugoslav Minuter of the Inte--1 ricr has ordered that the Masonic Grand Lodge of Yugoslavia of the 18th district, with all Its branches, be dissolved. The property of the organization has been seo.uestrated— Reuter.
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    ITALIAN AIR RAID
    24 9 Malta, Aug. 6. SEVERAL enemy fighters flew over Malta at a great height at midday yesterday, but were driven off. Reuter.
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    36 9 This picture of Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard, holding their two children, Princesses Beatrix and Irene, was taken in the grounds of their home in England shortly, before Princess Juliana and the children left for Canada.
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    NEW RUSSO-U.S. TRADE PACT?
    119 9 Treaty Expires At Midnight Washington, Aug. 5. KJIR. Sumner Welles, U.S. Under- Secretary of State, announced to-day that a new Russo-American trade agreement replacing the one expiring at midnight to-morrow will probably be completed soon. He raid he understood that an agreement was in the nTmg.
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    21 9 Th- frontiers bord.-rin; on Libya have been greatly strengthened. Picture shows men of the forces in their entrenchments in the desert.
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    PRICE OF AXIS AID TO SPAIN
    136 9 Heavy Debt To Italy Is Announced Madrid, Aug. 6. S r PAINS debt to Italy as a result of the civil war has been consolidated at 5 000,000.000 lira under an agreement dated yesterday, says an official bulletin. The debt will be paid over
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    NEW PROPAGANDA TRICK OF NAZIS
    129 9 ANEW device of Dr. Goebbels' propaganda ministry has been revealed In a film of the German entry into Denmark. A Dane who was watching the film, was horrified to recognize his wife among a crowd of Danish people who were cheering madly as the Germans
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    29 9 London. Aug. 5. rE German wireless said to-day that Hitler had returned to Berlin and conferred with his Foreign Minister, Ribbentrop, Field Marshal Goering and Gen. voa Brauchitsch.— Reuter
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    Big U. S. Manoeuvres
    75 9 New York, Aug. 5. UPWARDS of 100.000 regular troops, Na'.ional Guardsmen md orginized reservis'.s have begun the greatest peace-time manoeuvres In the history of the United Slates in a spirit of the greatest seriousness despite the fact lack of equipment which will be felt. A big
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    U.S. VESSEL SEIZED
    78 9 Washington, Aug. 5. A REPORT from the Far East indicates that the American consular, authorities riave taken action regardIng the reported seizure by the Japanese of the small United States ship Estelle, off the Chekiang coast of, China, this week-end. So far. however, the efforts have been
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    SABOTAGE AGAINST U.S. ARMS PROGRAMME DISCOVERED
    134 9 All Cities Warned To Safeguard Their Public Utilities Washington, Aug. 5. VIR. J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, stated yesterday that the Bureau bad discovered acts of sabotage against the United States national defence programme. Saboteurs had put emery dust
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    U.S. WARSHIPS FOR BRITAIN
    180 9 Plan Is Favours d By Roosevelt Washington, Aug. 5. T-HE plea of Gen. Periling, who commanded the American Army in the last war, for the sale of 59 "over-age" U.S. destroyers to Britain has brought the problem squarely before the American people. Some political observers pub.lcly
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    WAR FUND STANDS AT $3,238,632 TO-DAY
    345 10 Jasin Club's "Blitzkrieg Night" Realises Big Sum R. A. FAMILIES' CLUB SEND MONTHLY GIFT OF $200 OWING to the holiday, to-day's list of contributions to The War Fund is a very short one. The Fund now totals $3,238,632, an increase of $913 over yesterday.
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    R.S.M. GRANTED EXEMPTION Straits Trading Co. Application
    344 10 R.S.M. GRANTED EXEMPTION Straits Trading Co. Application AN appeal by Mr. W. A. Corkhill, a chemical engineer of the Straits Trading Co.. for exemption from the .second period of training with the Volunteers was allowed by the Appellate Tribunal to-duy. The Appellate Tribunal consisted of Mr. Justice Gordon Smith, Major
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    86 10 borne of the office-bearers of the special committee formed by the South Indian Chamber of Commerce, Singapore, to collect donations to The War Fund from South Indian merchants. Seated left to right: Messrs B. Covindasamy Chettiar, Adam N. Haji Mohamed Ibrahim and O. Ramasamt) Sadar. Standing left to right: Messrs.
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    JOCKEY'S CLAIM IN KUALA LUMPUR
    197 10 I AIM lor $12,500 made by J. P. nnelly, a Jockey, against the Malay :.d Mr. F. L. Jor.cs for damages in re pert of an article in the Malay Mail in January last, concernlne the finding of the Kaclnn AsFoctotion Committee waj -day in
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    ROBBED OF $34
    40 10 S: !>Y b fore 8 p.m. last Sunday, a Chm°se pede trlaa in Mandai Road was lv Id up by flw Chinese who robbed him cf Thr Police have dotninod ono man In cenI with the robbery-
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    AMUSEMENTS
    115 10 R\l II lIOTI .inca (Informal 8 p :n. ht. GAKKUK IMfMIIL (itYLA.Mi Alxlul Wahab In Happy Days. An alkie 6.15—9.15. Gl.» M V. OKI II 9 p i.i to Midnight. Thr- LJon Has Winys. S'.:y: Trouble. BAPFI ur.KiM Wayanßs. Other AttiarBappy Theatre: Music In My Clory Theatre: The I
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    Donations List
    72 10 cts Staff. Contractor, and all labourers of Kota Tinggl (Johore) Rubber Co., Ltd. 305.40 Royal Artillery Families' Club. Changi 200 Anonymous, Johore (3rd contribution) 100 G. 11. fair-maid 100 V. >!.('. A. Schools money saved from appropriation for Annual Athletic Sports 128.1? Mr. and Mrs. W. 11. C.
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    Obituary
    110 10 MRS. ENID PETRIE MRS. Enid Pctrie died at the General Hospital. Singapore, last night after a long illness which began nearly yoar ago. She was re-admltted to hospital on Tucrday last. The funsral takes place at 5 pm. to-dny at Bidadarl Cemetery. Mr. Petrie requests that friends who wish
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    CAPT. G. C RETZ
    36 10 (From Our Own Correspondent* Pens; g. Aug. 6. The dtath t.K>k place in rein \g yesterday "I i upturn (i. «j lU't* of Uio i diau Arni\ Media i, letnes a Wow.
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    WARDERS IN MALAYA
    212 10 Europeans To Form An Association FUROPEAN prison officers of Malaya are forming art association of their own which will have as one of its principal objects, the protection, and promotion of their "legitimate interests" .n tl c co-.n-try. Draft objects of the Association have been submitted to
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    Drastic Action Threatened
    69 10 Tokio, Aug. 6. THE Japanese Governmcn; is 1 fully resolved to take "drastic measures' in the event of tha Japanese arrest situa'.iDn becoming worse accor ig to the Domci news agency ing "observers close to the Japanese Farsign O.lice." The Asahi declare? that Mr. Matsuoka. the Foreign
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    FAILURE OF THE ITALIAN NAVY
    192 10 London, Aug/ 5. AUTHORITATIVE naval circles in Egypt, according to reports from Cairo, agree that little success is being achieved by Italy's effort to shake Britain's command of the Mediterranean by the use of swarms of first line aeroplanes, a number of submarines, and mines.
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    STOP PRESS
    62 10 London, Auf 6. CHANCE is determined to resist any Japanese attack on IndoChina, according to a report from Vichy, cabled by the Daily Mail correspondent on the FrancoSpanish frontier. Demobilization of all native regiments has been cancelled. All coastal defence fcrts have been manned, ■nd a 'l French
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    $169,000 CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS
    1192 10 AGAINST ARMY OFFICER Capt. R. C. Loveday, R. E., Before Court Martial THE Court Martial of Captain (Surveyor of Works) Robert 1 Charles Loveday, R.E., on 25 charges, which began at Tanglin to-day, is expected to last at least three weeks. The first charge against Captain Loveday
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    GERMAN INTERNEES IN N.I. WELL-TREATED
    279 11 American Journalist Refutes Nazi Allegations Bandoeng, Aug. 1. IM)NTRARY to German allegations that Nazis interned in the Netherlands Indies have been ill-treated, the interness have expressed to a United Press of America correspondent their appreciation of the decree of freedom allowed them by (he Dutch
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    EX-MEDAN EDITOR IN LONDON
    151 11 From Our Own Correspondent) London, June 18. MR. J. van der Laan. who was for 23 years resident in Sumatra ana re'.ired to Amsterdam a few years as(>. Is among the Dutch subjects who *s- caDcd from Holland when the Germans took possession of that country.
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    100 MEN AND ONE GIRL
    317 11 Wartime Party In Hong Kong I IFE in Hong Kong is decidedly on a wartime basis, the men spending a great deal of time on military duties and on the drill prounds, judging from the brief accounts given by the men who broadcast recently to
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    No More Malaria At Mersing
    119 11 THE malrria epidemic at Mersing has been brought vrell under control, so that there has been no occurrence of fresh cases for the last two months. Extensive oilin? and drainage work is proceeding at Mersln? town and the .district to prevent further outbreak of the
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    SELADANG KEPT WITHIN BOUNDS BY ELECTRICITY
    171 11 A MOR2 general use of electric fencing Is contemplated in the Sungkei game reserve In Perak, states Bri'.ls'-i Resident's annual report. An electrified fence was purchased and installed on the boundary of the reserve wh«re the old game tracks cross towards Ulu Bikam. This
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    MANUSCRIPTS EDITED BY MALAY COLLEGE
    104 11 THE translation bureau attached to the Sultan Idris 1 raining College at Tanjong Malim now prepares or translates Into Malay and sees through the press the necessary text-books for school work and a variety of novels and books of general Interest. It Is also responsible
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    INDEPENDENT SCHOOLBOYS
    308 11 Own Standards Codes Created IJE had noticed Raffles boys assuming responsibility for their own unsupervised work, refusing to take advantage of loop-holes and deficiencies, and creating their own codes and their own standards, stated Mr. D. W. McLeod, former principal of Raffles Institution and now on leave prior
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    £18.000 FROM SCHOOLS FOR TOBACCO FUND
    63 11 •yHERE was a very good response t i the Empire Day appeal for the Tobacco Fund by the Overseas League. Schoolchildren from all over Great Britain contributed their pennies to provide gift parcels of cigarettes tor the fighting forces. No less than £18.000 were
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    CLASSES APPRECIATED BY PRISONERS
    100 11 DRISONERS in Perak appreciate the classes j started for young long-term men with a view to improving their mentality, and many applications to attend have had to be refused I as the size of the existing two classes must be kept within reasonable limits, states the
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    TUNGKU MAHKOTA
    34 11 From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Aug. 5. TTUNGKU MAHKOTA, the Regent of Johore, has recovered from an attack of gout. The Regent presided over a meeting of the Executive Council yesterday.
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    Johore To Observe Black-out With Singapore
    223 11 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru. Auj?. 5. THE Executive Council has approved the observance of the hark-out at Johrre Bahru on Sept. 2, 3 and 4 between 7 p.m. nnd midnight, in co-operation with Singapore. Th 2 prohibition will apply to all street
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    SPECIAL ENGLISH CLASS FOR CHINESE BOYS
    246 11 Only Malayan -Born Eligible For Two Year Course A SPECIAL English class for Chinese school boys will ba held in Singapore at Monk's Hill School at the beginning of next year, the Straits Times understands. The class will ccnsijt tf 35 b >ys, seven
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    Holiday Week-End A Success
    165 11 YESTERDAY saw the end of an August bank holiday week-end which has been favoured with brilliant weather and splendid sporting attract ons. The holiday for Singapore was a particularly fine one for the entertainments provided. In spite of the blazing sunshine, hundreds spent their mornings, afternoons
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    45 11 Inspector Chanda Singh, of the Poll re Depot, Kuala Lumpur, has arrived in Seremban and taken up duties at the Central Police Station in place of Inspector Arjan Singh, who has been transferred to the traffic branch of the Set^nhan po'.ic?, writes' our Scremban correrpondent.
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    COMMONS STATEMENT ON JAPAN EXPECTED TO-DAY
    211 12 Tokio Foreign Office Awaiting Full Details Of London Arrests CITHER the Prime Minister, Mr. Winston Churchill, or the k Foreign Under-Secretary, Mr. R. A. Butler, will make a statement in the House of Commons to-day on the position regarding Japan, following the arrest of
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    NO CONFIRMATION OF U.S. WARNING
    48 12 Washington, Auc. 5. PIERE is no information here concerning the reported United States naval warning to Japan over the .Netherlands Indies. A Navy Department spokesman told Reuter he knew of no incident which could have caused the issue of any such warning. Reuter
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    Three Japanese Arrested
    203 12 Action By Burma Authorities I*HREE Japanese have been ar--1 rested by the Bvrma authorities in Rangoon, according to the information reaching the Japanese Consulate-General in Singapore yesterday. The Singapore Herald, mentioning their arrest, gives their names as follows: Mr. Oba, of the Japanese Industrial Bureau, a trade
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    "Smuggling Had Been Rampant"
    151 12 A JAPANESE Eastern News mes- sage from Hanoi states that Lieut.-Commander Sunzo Hidaka, a member of .the Japanese inspectorate detailed to the Kwangchowwan French leased territory in southern Kwangtung Province arrived in Tokio from Kwangchowwan on Friday. Commeming on conditions in Kwangchowwan. Lieut.-Commander Hidaka said that
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    MORE EMPIRE GIFTS FOR WAR EFFORT
    92 12 London, Aug. 5. GIFTS ot money for relief purposes as well as war materials are being received from various parts of the Empire. The Navy League has received from Cape Town £1,630 for deserving cases resulting from the Dunkirk and Narvik operations. The money
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    THE TIMES TRIBUTE TO MYSORE MAHARAJA
    74 12 London, Aug. 5. THE death at the early age of 56 of the Maharaja of Mysore Is recorded with regret by the Press, which recalls his -visit to Britain in 1936. The Times, in a tribute to the Maharaja, says that his death "deprives
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    Hypocrisies Of Italy Denounced
    292 12 Egyptian Leaders 9 Determination rpHE Eastern countries do not lack fearless patriots among their political leaders who are mindful of the true interests of their countries continues to be demonstrated, states a Reuter message from London. Following tri? outspoken denunciation by Dr. Ahmed Maher of Italian
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    Trans-Atlantic Flight Praised
    190 12 Trans-Atlantic Flight Praised London, Aug. 5. NEWS of the successful transAtlantic flight by the British civil flying-boat Clare has caused great satisfaction in London. The trip took just over 16 hours. The Daily Telegraph says it gives momentous promise of things to come and at a critical period of the
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    ANGLO-POLISH MILITARY AGREEMENT SIGNED
    280 13 Reorganization 01" The Forces In Britain tad Middle East London, Aug. 5. AN Anglo-Polish military agreement was signed to-day in London. Polish forces for boom time past have been preparing to continue the struggle side by side with Britain, and the agreement reaffirms the determination of
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    'Princesses' Surprise
    101 13 Scones For Queen London, Aug. 5. AIUNURF.D soldiers in the Windsor district last night attended a film entertainment at Windsor Castle as the guests of the King and Queen. Their Majesties were present and the performance was by way of being an informal celebration of the Queen's fortieth
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    CLOUDBURST IN SCOTTISH TOWN
    109 13 Thousands Of Pounds Damage Caused London, Aug. 5. IT is now revealed that consider- able damage and havoc amounting to some thousands of pounds was caused by a cloudburst at the Scottish port of Cromarty ten days ago. It is stated that a cloudburst struck the
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    THE NEW FRENCH NEWS AGENCY IN LONDON
    83 13 London, Aug. 5. IN connection with the statement! That -ht London office of the] y had tx-m transformed 1 into a new independent French j r.sency. it should be made clear that the Havas agency is still being re- presented in London. Any
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    NAZI LEAFLETS FALL ON COUNTRY GRAVEYARD
    52 13 London. Aup. 5. GERMAN plar.es have again dropped leaflets cent/lining extracts of Hit: :'s speech to the Reichstag. They tell in the r.orth-east, southeast ard south-weak of England. Bundles lell in a country graveyard. In the All the leaflets in the south-Tv-st fell j
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    BIG OIL STORAGE SCHEME IN AUSTRALIA
    70 13 London. Aug. 5. AUSTRALIA iias a scheme for stor- ing millions of gallons of petrol. The Minister of Supply stated to-day that depots are being built further inland ana arrangements are being made with oil companies to set up a pooling system for marketing
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    22 13 Some of the Polish troops in Britain are seen here washing their clothing at their camp.
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    BRITAIN AS THE LEADER OF EUROPE'S RECONSTRUCTION
    415 13 London, Aug. 5. AFTER the war, Britain "in tackling the problem of her own reconstruction will become the natural leader in the reconstruction of Europe." This is the theme of an editorial in The Times, which points out that Just because the British
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    Turkey Goes Ahead With Preparations
    61 13 Ankara, Aug. 5. TIKKKiS defensive prepara- tions are being steadily intensified the general staff being determined to leave nothing to chance Meanwhile, there is a persistent rumour that an Italian-German commission is shortly going to Syria. No Italian comment is available hetc on the rumour
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    Greek Neutrality Reaffirmed
    131 13 Greek Neutrality Reaffirmed Athens. Aug. 5. GREECE has been celebrating the anniversary of the establishment of the present regime under Gen. George Metaxas. In Athens lasc night the General watched the march past of 200,000 Greek organizatiDns from all over the country. There were illuminations in the town and the
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    CONSCRIPTION BILL TO GO TO SENATE
    60 13 I Washington, Aug. 5. *|*HE Senate Military Committee de- cided by 12 votes to three to send the Burke-Wadsworth Conscription Bil. to the Senate. The aim of the Bill is to register 42,000.000 men between the ages of 18 and 64 for actual military
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    TENSION IN RUMANIA
    294 13 Axis Powers Are Becoming Uneasy Bucharest, Aug. 5. T*HE tension is heightening rapidly here over the Transylvanian issue, Dr. Maniu, the Peasant Party leader, having declared he Is opposed to the Rumanian Government beginning negotiations with Budapest or other governments concerning satisfaction of the Hungarian territorial claims.
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    RUMANIAN HARVEST SMALLEST FOR YEARS
    46 13 London, Aug. 5. THE official Rumanian analysis of the 1 agricultural situation in Romania admits that the harvest this year will be smaller than for many years past. There will be no export surpluses and rationing is to be introduced. Reuter.
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    LATVIA'S REQUEST TO THE SOVIET
    40 13 Moscow, Aug. S. rIE Soviet radio states that requests for the Incorporation of Latvia in the Soviet Union were made by M Kirrhenstein, acting President of Latvia, at to-day's session of the Supreme Sorlet.— Reuter
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    MAYFLOWERS AT KUALA LUMPUR
    255 14 Held By Springvale Badminton Party (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 5. CHARING six matches, the strong Mayflower Badminton Party of Singapore v/ere stretched fully by the 'local Springvale Badminton Party. All :he games were keenly contested, and produced badminton of a high standard. The
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    TABLE TENNIS
    55 14 r'O more matclies were played at the Happy World Stadium last night in the Singapore trble tennis tournament. The NgO Sing Li Chin Sia beat the Municipal Services Club by five games to nil and the Tuan Mon? Old Boys' Association beat the Chinese Chin Woo Athletic Association
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    SIR PATRICK PAYS $118 AT PENANG RACES
    1779 14 Alan Loke's Four Winners All Ridden By Woods (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Aug. 5. THE outstanding feature of this afternoon's races here was the success of the Kuala Lumpur owner, Mr. Alan Loke, whose horses won no less than four of the
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    PROSPEROUS BADMINTON PARTY
    119 14 IN a friendly badminton match play- ed on Sunday on their own court the Prosperous B.P. beat the Swing B.P. by six games to one. Results (Prosperous first): Single*: Omar bin Oihman beat Ong Keng* Wee 15—8, 15 12: The TJiong An beat Ec Blan Heong 15—11.
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    215 14 Soccer: first division. Chinese v«. I.ovals, stadium; Fortress R.E. vs. Argylls, Chan si; second division (a), R.A.O.C. vs. K.A.F. (Tengah), Alexandra; R.A. (8.M.) vs. Pulau Brani, Blakan Mati. H.H. Tuanku Amaloedin's GOLDEN LIGHT 8.10 (425) E. Donnelly (8) 3 "Holland Kor.gsl's" UTRECHT 8.09 (107) Bagby (12) 4
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    Annual Meeting Of Tennis Association
    157 14 TiHE annual general meeting ni tha I Lawn Tennis Association Jf Malaya was he'd on Sunday at the S.C.C. The following officers were elected for the ye; r: President, Mr. Tav iian Teck: vicepresidents, the president of each State and Settlement Association affiliated to the
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    GEYLANG CORINTHIANS
    19 14 THE Geylang Corinthians beat the August Badminton Party by four goals to one at soccer on Sunday.
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    NEW CHAMPIONS IN ALL EVENTS IN MALAYAN TENNIS
    1131 15 NEW CHAMPIONS IN ALL EVENTS IN MALAYAN TENNIS Kho Sin Kie Wins Two Titles, Pat Hughes One 'iUHKN the Malayan tennis tournament, which has been played over the week-end on the S.C.C. courts came to a successful end yesterday, Malaya saluted a whole array of new champions, at the head
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    WHAT KEE ONN LACKED
    204 15 Pat Hughes On Malayan Tennis IN a c>nvorFaticn with a reporter a:t<T the prizegiving r.t the Malayan tennis tournament yester--Bay. genial Pat Hughes declared that, though the average standard of Malayan tennis was fairly good, what Malayan players lacked was that 'devil, 1 that txtra fire
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    SEGAMAT SCHOOL BEAT THE CASUALS
    55 15 •.From Our Own 'orrcspondentl G.iat, Aug. 4. OOD bowling and batting by Othman Kadir, the Segamat English School captain, gave the schoolboys a two wlckctv' victory over the Casuals, when the two t?™^ tnet on the school field over the we^'eni This was the school's
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    Results Of Finals
    156 15 RESULTS of lac unals in the Malayan Lawn Tennis Championships were as follows: MEN'S SINGLES Kho Sin Kie beat Chin Kee Onn fr-3, 6—l. WOMEN'S SINGLES Mrs. R. R. C. Carter beat Miss Nellie Chia 6—l, 6—o. MEN'S DOUBLES G. P. Hughes and R. F. Smith heat
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    SPOONER CUP POLO
    281 15 Pahang "A" Team Retain Trophy POR the second year in succession the Pahang "A" team won the Spocner Cup polo tournament held under the auspices of the Malayan Polo Association. In the final played at the polo ground in Balestier Road yesterday, Pahang "A" t?am defected Paiiang
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    YESTERDAY'S RACES AT THE SWIMMING CLUB
    117 15 I*HE following are the results of races held at the Singapore Swimming Club yesterday morning. Women's Free S'yle Five metre handicap: winner Miss D. Brown (41 sees.); 2, Miss P. Mansfield (41 V 2 sec); 3, Mies Onderwyzer (43 sec). NOVELTY RACES Blindfold Rice:
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    Results Of Finals In Perak Badminton Championships
    340 15 (Prom Our Badminton Correspondent) Ipoh, Aug. 5. rpEOH SENG KHOON once again sueI rewfnlly defended his singles title against Tan Cheng Phor in a thrilling three-set game in the Perak badminton championships. Cheng Phor displayed marvellous accuracy in his smashes and placements, often
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    WOODSVILLE CRICKET
    456 15 Present Boys Win Annual Match PLAYING on a cement pitch covered with matting, at their new school at Woodsville yesterday, the St. Andrew's Present boys beat the Old Boys in their annual crickst encounter by 21 runs, in a two innings game, thus winning the Board of Governors'
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    ALL-MALAYAN INDIAN TENNIS RESULTS
    142 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 5. J. A. Thivy of Perak became the men's singles champion in the AllMalayan Indian tennis tournament, which was concluded here to-day when he beat A. Das Lazarus in a close I game. The men's handicap doubles was not
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    GUNBOAT JACK'S WAR EFFORT
    137 15 GUNBOAT JACK, pugilist, tap dancer, musician, sharpshooter and trick cyclist, is making a nne effort to help Great Britain win the war. Writing from Colombo, Jack says that his one ambition is to send a plane to England's aid. Jack started his effort on July 5
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    GRAND RALLY OF PERAK SCOUTS
    65 15 (From Our Own Correspondents Ipoh. Aug. 5. ABOUT EGO Boy Scouts from a:i over Perak A particiNtUa In the Grand Rally at Anderson Scnool ground this morning. The Sultan cf Perak and Mr. F. C. Sands, Com-niit-si'UHT of bcouts In Main a, wer? -among spectators.
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    37,000 BOMBS DROPPED ON GERMANS IN ONE MONTH
    250 16 Nazi Plane Output Has Been Overtaken R.A.F. PLANE LOSSES TOTAL 172 AGAINST ENEMY'S 307 TOR every German bomb dropped in Britain during four recent weeks, the K.A.F. has dropped more than five bombs on Germany and German-occupied territory, It was announced in
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    R.A.F. Bomber's Many Targets
    158 16 Armoured Train, Barges \nd Troops Attacked London. Au^ 5. THE Air Ministry newa service, describing the ac'.ivitiej of one bomber pilot during the week-end, says he set ofl after breakfast for an o'ojerlive 'n I From Gravelines. he followed the railway line to Dunkirk, where he
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    H.M.S. ALCANTARA HAS LEFT RIO DE JANEIRO
    68 16 London. Au<? 5. LI M 3. ALCANTARA Is reported to »*»h>'ve sailed from Rio de Janeiro il> this aitvrnoon. Mie weal into Rio de Janeiro bst Thursday after an engagement with a German armed merchant raider in the south Atlantic. She damaged the
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    INTERNMENT CAMPS NOW UNDER HOME OFFICE
    63 16 London. Aug. 5. INTEItNT.IENT camps in Britain came under the official control of the Home Oflif-e yesterday. A special census is beins conducted of the internees with the object of finding out who's v.-ho in the cairos. The release of certain internees wh> have
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    31 KILLED IN INDIAN TRAIN DERAILMENT
    52 16 I Calcutta, Aug. 5. 'THIRTY-FOUR people are known to havo been killed and 93 injured when the Dacca-Calcutta mail train was derailed about 79 miles from Calcutta. Sabotage 1 Is suspected, as a length of rail was found to have been removed frcm the
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    Schoolboys Help The Farmers
    39 16 Boys of a well-known school In the Midlands for a fortnight assisted the local farmers as their part in the national war effort. Picture shows a farm labourer giving the boys instruction in pea picking.
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    Spitfires' New Success
    208 16 Spitfires' New Success Two Messersehmitt 109s Shot Down London, Aug. 5. MINE British Spitfire pilots carried the war Into the enemy camp and shot down two Messersehmitt 109s ofl the French coast to-day, within range of German anti-air-craft guns. These are two of the three enemy fifhters which the Air
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    Latest Nazi Lie Exposed
    125 16 Effectiveness Of Raids On Hamburg London, Aug. 5. I AST Saturday American corres- pondents were rushed through a two and a half hour tour of Hamburg by German authorities to prove to them that no damage had been done by British air raids. Though they saw
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    UNIT TO FLY AMERICAN PLANES TO BRITAIN
    115 16 New Yori, Aug. 5. THE organization of an aviation unit In Montreal to fly bombing planes from Canada to Britain was announced by Capt. Bennett who Is now en rout;;, from Canada to California for liaison I with aircraft plants. He declares that
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    German Pontoon Across Belgian River
    36 16 A German pontoon bridge, buoyed up by rubber boats, which has been built across a Belgian river. Motor-cyclists ar« seen directing traftto at the end of the pontoon* A 'ffoifrjiM r^iffar'
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    Danger Of Nazi Invasion Has Not Passed Yet
    385 16 BRITISH PRESS WARNING AGAINST COMPLACENCY London, Aug. 5. "AT the Alert" is the keynote of leading articles in a number of the morning newspapers, which welcome what the Daily Express calls Churchill's prod in the ribs of the British lion, warning him
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    Dutch Barricade Of Dynamited Trees
    50 16 A lir.e of trees in Holland which had been dynamited to stem the German advance. The German motorized unit swerves aside through a field. The line is flanked by motor-cyclists, whoso job it is to keep the line in orde and guard it from attack.
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    100 ITALIAN PLANES FLEE
    313 16 Six Shot Down In Two Clashes O A.F. aircraft have fought 100 Italian planes in two engagements over Libya and have shot down six. R.A.F. reconnaissance aircraft escorted by four fighters met 50 enemy fighters in the Bir-el-Gobbi area, says a Cairo communique. In the ensuing
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