The Straits Times, 24 August 1940

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    35 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY) MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES 1-. PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1940. PRICK 5 CENTS The Straits Times Hi PACKS SINGAPORE, SATURDAY. AUGUST 24, 1940. PRICE CENT?
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      193 1 To Private Trustees, j Carrying out the wishes of dead friends is often difficult, laborious and thankless work, encroaching seriously upon time needed for your own affairs. Your burden can be greatly eased if you secure the aid of a corporation specially formed and qualified to undertake such duties, namely:—
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      97 1 KUALA LUMPUR 25 JAVA ST ('PHONE ***** -STEEL GARDEN SWINGS IRI Frame work made from best II angle steel. Painted green. II Suspension Chain 5/16". 1 Wood seat 19" x9" x 1J" IT 1 It*" Thick, stained Oak. Simple, </*i-wjJl easily and quickly erected. **TT^|| Length of swing chain adjustable,
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      12 1 ELSIE MARY SINGAPORE .Hid KUALA LUMPUR. DRESSES for all OCCASIONS DRESSMAKING MILLINERY.
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      374 2 (Piie Straits? Wime%' SMALL APS? Minimum charge $1 tor id\* not ewecdinc I Itnr* Mnrr than foor I'nr* 25 cents per line (Six words) Bsx No 25 cents extra DOMKSTIC OCCUni is mici n>. HABMAOa MUTU \i KMOWU im.MI IMNOmM KMINIS A IM'C I \»l>s air rhargrtf to "a< h
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      866 2 i SITUATIONS VACANT SALESMAN (CWNBtIK) required by o'.d established European Merchant Firm. \Uis: be thoroughly conversant with all types .>f Building Sz Constructional Materials nnl I ha.v llrst class connections. Apply with copies of testimonials stating ralary requir ;J to Box No. 586. Straits Times SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. rACANCI KOR A
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      812 2 _FOR SALE SBfeXVAOOH RefrUicranu MM Ml LIBKARY FOR Mil, Apply G5, B.a; Basah Road. COCKER SPANIEL PVPPBS fO Black and White. Chr.inuion stock. Price £4.4.0. J. Mclntosh. 12 liourke St., Nor.l. Perth. Western Australia. T.ASIERN PIANO CO. Gl Rangoon Rd.. Pianos for sale and on hi c. Tuning, repairing and
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      879 2 FOR HIRE i>r kimiiih New oi Viea Hhoue 3333 I'Kivt VOIUSKII- ir.d rnrate Hire Cat -I aw rates Orneral transport Co Ltd •P^'ftif 34.14 SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. TENDERS are invited for the tupplv of S.COO to 5.000 Galvd. Nighcsoil Tails during 1941. Tender Forms and Specifications may be obtained at the
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      812 2 PUBLIC NOTICES REUTERS LIMITED. Mr. J. E. Henry has resumed charge of the Singapore Branch of Outers Limited on his return to the Colony NOTICE. A General Meeting of the Indians resident in the Kluang District will b 3 j held in the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, No. 40 Jalan
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      178 2 BUSINESS CARDS ETC; JOIN THE GREEN CIRCLE LENDING LIBRARY Ist FLOOR IH-F BATTERY RD. P.O. BOX 34, SINKAPORt:. Moderate terms: Special r»tr» Outstation Mrmhers Clubs and Messex Oprn Daily: M..10 A.M. to 6 P.M. Saturdays: 8.30 AM. to 1P M. MASSAGE HALL MANICURE ANO MASSAGE Mrs. HARU and Miss HANA.
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      623 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. (Incorporate a in England) PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N Co MUI PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICE 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 and the
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      500 3 I 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 ATTHE CHEAPEST FARE Regular Services to Fremantle [Perth] via Java by first class passenger ships. Single fare $192 (A £23)
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      171 3 SEND A CALL TO UNIVERSAL RADIO HOUSE, 205. Orchard Road, Phone 49G7. fftan You Need Mtnde 8-rvicp oi Spire Parti (Mende Servicing Specialists). MILNERS' SAFES BEST PROTECTION I AGAINST FIRE AND THIEVES. Keep your valuables in Milners' Safes and ensure Security. Sole Agents. GimiMiggb (Int in S.S.) M »^^~ww^w»~w,,^ J
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      1059 3 Broadcasting TO-DAY SINGAPORE /111 1.33 mci ifibm.) ZHP 96n met Sii.UKm 12.45 p.m. Band concert. Relayed from t^ Adelphi Hotel; 1.30 p.m. Warninc to attrintfS. Programme summary. Mid-day tin, copra and rubber prices; 1.35 p.m. News; 1.50 p.m. Band concert (contd.). Relayed from the Adelphi Hotel; 2.00 pm. Interval. 5.00
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    MALAYANS IN CHANNEL ISLES
    352 4 I Forced To Leave Everything (From Our Own Correspondent) London, July 2. IT appears that almost all of the many retired Malayans who have settled down in the Channel Islands succeeded in escaping to England before the Germans took possession of the islands. The final evacua.kn
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    SOUTH AFRICAN WOOLCLIP FOR BRITAIN
    31 4 Pretoria, Aug. 23. IT is reliably learned that London has purchased the entire wool clip of South Africa at 10 3 .jd. per pound.— i ReuUr.
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    London Stock Exchange
    362 4 London, Aug. 23. THE Stock Exchange was quiet and easy during the greater part of to-day's session but steadier at the close. The down drift was due to pre-week-end evening up ol positions. Indian Government stocks were marked higher for the first time in several weeks. It
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    GUTHRIE'S RUBBER REVIEW
    172 4 IN weekly review of the Rubber Market Guthrie Co., Ltd. write as follows: The Singapore market remains quiet but steady, and London is dull, owiti^ 10 lack of Interest. The most interesting: news from New York is that the Rubber Reserve Co. (which has been formed for
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    272 4 Mails close at the Qoaand Port Olce as follows: TO-DAI Aden air 4 p.m. Africa air 4 p.m. Australia air 4 p.m. British Columbia air 4 p.m. Brunei and Kuala Belalt surface 1.30 p.m. Burma surface 10 a.m., air 4 p.m. Canada air 4 p.m. Ceylon
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    Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1321 4 FRIDAY, AUG. 21. 1M»: 4 P.M. 01-HKNTLIIE4 \NI> UMNt -:•"<. Mayuard aod od. $30,000 Int Apt N Oct SI MOD 100 "Hi m» SINGAFOI* MUNICH" AI 6?o i9Ol red 10.9.40 M 00 .900 interest Mar 31. Sept. 30 100 101 noro cI. 4Vi% 1907 red.
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    156 4 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES train Ou' ChtD CorresDondcnti .jondon, Aug. 23. f-OMAjODITY fir.d Exchange market* rjos*a follows v.ltb previous auotr: parantherls' KIBKKK: InacUve. Spot U"S.d 12* d >12 f i<l Sept. i2Nd 12^d tl2'id Oct.-i:t. i2D lRd 12 11 16 (***** 12 HIM) Jan. -Mar. 12 1.16 d 12' nd 12d 12'j,d)
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    List Of Current Dividends
    290 4 hurt hy the Malayan Shurcbrokers' Association Books uuuimuh Dividend Close m Austral Ainul 3d Austral Malay 3d. 1.3 bonus Sept. 2 Batu Selangor 74% Aug. 19 Ipoh Tin 3s. final less 'tax Aug n Kratnat Tin 6d No. 30 Aug. 19 Kuala Kampar 6d No. 19
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      160 4 FOR ECONOMY DRIVE A FIAT MARVELETTE 5 0 MILES per Gallon. AURORA LTD Sep°t R 60,66. ORCHARD ROAD, SINGAPORE. QANTAS EMPIRE AIRWAYS LTD. THE~CHEAPEST DIRECT WAY TO EASTERN AUSTRALIA SINGLE £52 RETURN £94 Messrs. MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Singapore. Advt. rj The General Electric Co., Ltd., of Bngtand, Magnc' House, Singapore.
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      53 4 TIDE TABLES SINGAPORE ro-daj H. W. 1.57 a. in 8.8 ft.; 2.09 p.m. 8.9 ft L. W. 7.48 a.m. ft.: 8.23 p.m 2.9 ft Tomorrow H. W. 2.35 a.m. 8.1 ft.: 2.44 p.m. 8.8 ft. L. W. 8.22 a.m. 3.6 ft.: 9.06 p.m. 3.1 ft. August Sunrise Sunset a.m o.m
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    AROUND THE MARKETS Buyers Seek Rubber Shares But Sellers Are Reluctant
    444 5 AROUND THE MARKETS Buyers Seek Rubber Shares But Sellers Are Reluctant (IV tinr Finuiii i.il Correspondent) Singapore, Aug. 24. T:ii. price of rubber In London and New York yosterday was unchanged at 12-\,d. and 19? 8 cents respectively. The Spot tin price rose ss. to £260 .is. and the three
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    88 5 I riday. Vi,. noon. Buyer* Seller* Prices "ricw .No i.\ tJgM. ■M. «t 100-ci 3T',. n% No. l\ K-S.v (..).i. In canes Aug.-Srpt. 1 Sellers' Option) 38 08' h ACJ K.S.S 1 n.b In bale* AuR.-Scpt. (Sellers' Opti-m :;6'j 36*t I A.Q K.S.S. -on in
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    SHIPPING ENGAGED IN S. AMERICAN TRADE
    41 5 London, Aug. 23. AN interesting fact revealed In a broadcast speech by the Parliamentary Secretary of Overseas Trade v.as that 1.000.000 tons of British shiDping are actively engaged in Latin American trade.— British Wireless. 1
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    EYE-WITNESS STORY OF R.A.F. AIR RAID
    178 5 Factory Blown Up: Nazis' Say "Without Object" Stockholm, Aug. 24. THE Swedish newspaper Nydag pub- lishes an interview with a Swedish seaman, "One night hell broke loose 200 yards from our boat from an attack by only one British plane. "Tne attack was a
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
    121 5 Singapore, Aug. 23, noon. Buyers Sellers Gambier 7.75 Hamburg Cube $13.00 Java Cube $12.50 Pepper White Muntofc $12.25 White $11.75 Black 6.75 Copra Mixed $2.05 Sun Dried $2.30 Saoo Fluur No. 1 Llnsga $4.20 Mr $3.40 $3.40 Sarawak $3.25 Jelotono Palembang $19.50 Banja $18.50 Sarawak $19.50 Tapioca
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    EFFECT OF BLOCKADE
    219 5 Various Soaps Being Sent To Germany ORITISH people in Malaya, who v would be laughed at by their re- LV.ives in Britain if they sent Home j parceU of food and s^ap, will be interested in a circular which has been distributed in Bangkok. Entitled "To All
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    Nazi Tourist Agency As Propaganda Centre?
    70 5 'THE German tourist information office in New Ycrk has been ordered to produce all records and files next week before the Dies Congressional Committee investigating unAmerican activities. A subpoena will be served on Ernsi Schmidt, manager of the office. The order coincides with a
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    ITALY WANTS A SHORT WAR
    152 5 London, Aug. 22. IT Is authoritatively stated that the' expected shortage of industrial ma- j terials will shortly develop in Italy who is believed to have planned her economy only for a short war. Rubber is already in short supply, while copper and special steels
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    STANDARDIZATION OF WEIGHT PER BAG
    200 5 A FOOD (Permissible Weights'* Orcer. published last night, standardizes the weight cf bags of flour at 49 lb. gross and bass of Negapatam parboiled rice at 164 U>. gross. The change has been made after negotiations with Importers who were Informed sonif months ago that
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    EXCHANGES
    180 5 -»lngapore, Friday. The following are the exchange rates this morning according to the tally circular Issued by the Honc!iong and Shanghai Banking Corporation:— SELLING London T.T. 2/4 1/16 London demand 2/4 1/16 Lyons demand Switzerland demand 206 Hamburg demand New York demand 46 15 16 Montreal demand 51 11/16
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      129 5 "Why, these are my favourite cigarettes!" iffl v i wanted everything to be perfect :V Jr JBW today, and I remembered our last V >v/ JP atl^E 4 That uas my first introduction ■r 5 pj to dv Maurier's. Do you know J*sfr» !i_idfli-_. Viz been smoking them ever i
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      281 6 For Laughs, Thrill Song! COME TO TORRID ZONE" TO-DAY 11 a.m. 3.15, 6.15 9.15 p.m. ALHAMBRA j Warner Bros. iH present /jx SHERIDAN 1 I Screen's Oomph jL^ml. in her best tw^flHHS'^'v 'TORRID JAMES CAGNEY V\T OJiRIEN Andy Devino i^. Sh^ sl' Mil '*%l* Helen Vinson t ß^ v "3
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      309 6 The Latest, 'Judge Hardy Son' which opened at the Capitol yesterday, is the grandest and funniest of the Hardy family that has yet been seen S. Free Press (Aug. 23, 1910) COME AND SEE YOURSELVES ON THE SCREEN! TO-DAY at the CAPITOL 11 a. m. 3.15 6.15 9.15 THE BEST
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    Message From St. Paul That Is For Our Times
    432 7 Message From St. Paul That Is For Our Times THE thirteenth chapter of St. Paul's first epistle to the Corinthians Is the n-.ost wonderful description of love in literature. It is ever thrilling and ever inspiring. Think of it: Love suffereth lor.g and Is kind: love envieth not: love vaunteth
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    CHURCH SERVICES F OR THIS WEEK-END
    1223 7 CHURCH SERVICES F OR THIS WEEK -END 1 111 K( 11 Ot ENGLAND ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL..—Four--1 teenth Sunday after Trinity, 6.50 a.m. Holy Communion; 7.30 a.m. Matins; 8 a.m. I Choral Eucharist; 5.30 p.m. Evensong and j sermon. Preacher: Rev. R. J. Thompson. ST. PAUL'S CHURCH. Upper Serangoon I —Sunday,
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    Manpower Needed Now—Roosevelt
    93 7 Manpower Needed Now Roosevelt i Washington. Aug. 23. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT declared at a Press comerence to-day that he was personally absolutely opposed to postponement of compulsory military training until next year. New increments of manpower were needed now. the President said, so that they might learn to use modern fighting
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    Gamekeeper Captures German Airmen
    40 7 Gamekeeper Captures German Airmen London, Aug. 23. WHEN a German bomber came down in a field in south-east England this morning, the four occupants were challenged by a gamekeeper, who disarmed them and handed them over to the authoriti"^.- R-mter.
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    DEATH OF PRIMATE OF SPAIN
    19 7 Madrid, Aug. 23THE d^ath has occurred of Cardinal I Goma, Primate of Spain.— Router.
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUG. 24. 1940. (356th Day Of The War.) BRITAIN, U.S. AND JAPAN—II
    1163 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUG. 24. 1940. (356th Day Of The War.) BRITAIN, U.S. AND JAPAN— II In January, 1032. tie United States notified Great Britain of an Intention to publish a note aflfuminc t.:at it would net recognize any :in;e in the ttatus quo in China brought about
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    POSSIBILITY OF NAZI INVASION
    970 8 Attacks On Ports Cannot Be Decisive London, July 20. MOT a few feel they are disgraced I if they envisage and therefore discuss the possibility of invasion. They would feel far more disgraced if the thing took place and was successful. Now. to resist and thwart
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    TREATMENT OF WAR PRISONERS
    968 8 I The Task Of The Lord Chamberlain London, July 18. AT such times like these it is inevitable that many people should be anxious about the men who have fallen into the enemy's hands. They can rest wared that from this end, and also from Switzerland
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    BIOGRAPHY OF "TES"
    603 8 Among, The Books Lawrence Of Arabia —By Ex-Malayan The Golden Reijrn. The Story of My Friendship with Lawrence of Arabia. By Clare Sydney Sm'.th. Cassell. 12s. 6d. AS Aircraftsman Shaw, Lawrence of Arabia spent three ycrrs und< r the command of the author's husband at the R
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    The Evolution Of A Teacher
    249 8 A Goodly Fellowship, By M,m Ellen Chase. Collins. Bs. (id. j^ISS CHASE'S gifts of tranquil, measured prose and unfailing zesi for life make her autobiography a Joy to read, for she leavens her sincerity with humour and her teaching with common sense. Miss Chase has
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    ENORMOUS INCREASE IN BRITISH PLANE OUTPUT
    265 9 Can Produce 35,000 Aircraft In Year CONSIDERABLY IN EXCESS OF GERMAN PRODUCTION U. S. Supplies Further Improve Our Position pREAT BRITAIN'S aircraft production figures are little short of astounding by comparison with the output at the outbreak of the war, u-i-'s air war correspondent
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    NAZI TERROR TACTICS
    176 9 iivilians Fired On In Raids i radon, An*;- 84. INDIS4 KI.MINATi: machine -[U attacl I Wttt made b> German various places In the Midlands and one .astern district erday, according i<> ;i joint Air Ministry and Ministry of H« ritj communique yesterday. 11 number but none was
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    Soviet-German No-War Pact
    99 9 Soviet -German No-War Pact Moscow Praise On Its Anniversary Any. 24. T fully proved the ilium use significance of the BovietDerman i pact, saya the the official Soviet Journal, in editorial yesterday on the occasion of thi :i ii u the pai-t This ]>.H-t." continues the Journal, I the trials
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    22 AIR BASES BOMBED
    326 9 R.A.F. Offensivel Continues London. Aug. 24. 0 AT. bomber* on Thursday car- lied out their customary nightly round of attaacks. visiting enemyoccupied aerodromes along the French coast and in central France. while other squadrons bombed vital centres in Germany reports the Air Ministry news service. Among
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    Raider In The Tasman Sea?
    246 9 W«Wa«t«l (X.Z.), Aug. 24. AN armed shipping raider is believed to be operating in tlie Tasman Sci. The New Zealand Prime Minister. Mr. Peter Fmst. announced yesterday that the British steamer Turakina <8,*0« tons) had sent a ■MSaaav from Tasmania on Tuesday stating that she
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    HEROES OF MERCHANT NAVY
    161 9 London. Aug. 24. IN accounts of (xploits for which men ol the merchant navy have received awards, the Ixandon Gazette relates the thrilling escapes of V.M.F. Second C Wills Rust, Wills Rust who was pinned down by concrete Blaba when hia ship was torpedoed, went t<»
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    Speedy Steps Being Taken In U.S. For Sale Of Warships To Britain
    120 9 Panama, Aug. 23. TTHK sudden departure for the United States of four old-type destroyers from the Canal Zone to the east coast of the United States is regarded by local observers as an indication that the U.S. is
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    ROME'S MENACING ATTITUDE TOWARD GREECE
    272 9 Athens Is Unlikely To Give Up British Protection London, Aug. 21. THREE is £ood reason to believe that Greece has no inten- tion of discarding the British guarantee despite the reported Italian ultimatum giving Greece 24 hours ii which to renounce it. says a report
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    Enemy Retakes Capuzzo Fort Fresh Treat Of Action Against Egypt
    367 9 Enemy Retakes Capuzzo Fort Fresh Treat Of Action Against Egypt Cairo, Aug. 24. THE Italians have again re-occu- pied what was left of Fort i Capuzzo in Libya after the naval bombardment of Aug. 17, according :to last night's war communique issued here. Meanwhile an official Italian Ptefani agency dispatch
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    SHANGHAI ENLISTMENTS ALSO LEAVING
    49 9 Shanghai, Aug. 24. ABOUT 200 Shanghai residents who had signed up for military service with the Brit! fighting units wiil deI part from th city on Monday, it is learned. The local enlistments will leave toi gether with units of the Seaforth i Highlanders.— Reuter.
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    Chungking Again Heavily Bombed
    96 9 Government Remaining In National Capital Chungking, Aug. 24. /CHUNGKING was bombed again yesterday by successive waves of Japanese aircraft. Many firms and shopping premises have established headquarters a little way from Chungking, but state they will return as soon as the bombing season Is over. This
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    U.S.-CANADA DEFENCE BOARD MEETS TO-DAY
    28 9 Washington, Aug. 23. PRESIDENT Roosevelt has summoned a meeting for to-morrow of the It American members of the United States-Canada detence board. Reuter.
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    R.A.F. IN FURTHER ATTACK ON GERMAN BIG GUNS
    527 9 Bid To Close Channel By Shellfire Is Unlikely To Succeed London, Aim. 21. AFTER examining: the negative results of the bombardment of the Dover area by the German big" guns from across the Channel, British military experts while admitting the nuisance value
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    THREE $1,000 DONATIONS TO THE WAR FUND
    554 10 Johore International Club In To-day's List TOTAL NOW ONLY $29,000 SHORT OF $31 MILLIONS T!IK War Fund total totals $3,170,727, an increase of $5,135 over the total reported yesterday. The Fund is now only $29,000 odd short of the $3'/ 2 millions mark.
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    WAR FUND DIARY
    54 10 ENTERTAINMENTS and other funcli us arranged in aid of The War Fund will be listed in th;s diary, hut it is a tendition of inclusion in the list t hit the entire proceeds shall be given to the Fund. \u^. .'S .mil Srpt. M: Centre Intellectael PrmncsJs
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    Another $300,000 From Penang For War Fund
    333 10 Another $300,000 From Penang For War Fund Or Own Correspondent) Penang, Aug. 23. i a .special meeting of the inldpal Commissioners re-j quisitioned by seven Commissioners; this evening o motion was passed j that, subject to the approval of the Governor-ta-Council and the passage of any necessary legislation, a further
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    DONATIONS TO WAR FUND
    239 10 5 R«val Johore International Club 1.000 Anonymous further contribution 1,000 Madden Co. Ltd 1.000 Transferred from Penang. betas GOth. instalment of contributions made through the Pinang Gazette and Straits Echo 815.80 The Asiatic Staff. Chinese and Indian labour forces. Contractors, Shop-keepers, etc., I.adang Geddes, Bahau. (3rd.
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    NEW FOOD ORDINANCE
    543 10 Minimum Stocks Required MALAYA'S food position, already good, will be still further improved it is hoped, as a result of an order published in the Government Gazette Extraordinary yesterday. The order deals with the question of minimum stocks of food. Another order deals with the shipment of
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    ALLEGED CHEATING BY TAXI-DRIVER
    136 10 F'O charges of cheating. Involving sums! of $220. and $335.73. were brought against a Johore taxi-owner. Low Cheng Swee, In I the Singapore third court yesterday. It was alleged. In the first charge, that! Low cheated the Asia Insurance Company 0B Nov. 21, 1939, by dishonestly
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    TICKET RACKETEER CAUGHT
    64 10 "TUE police know this man as a 1 licke; racketeer and that Is why a wa'.ch ns kept by them and he was caught." r lhis statement was made by Cour; Inspector Charles Such in the Singapore second court yesterday when Robrrt Tan, a young Chinese, pleaded
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    BRONZE TABLET OF KHEH LEADER
    122 10 A BRONZE tablet of Mr. Aw Boon Haw, a leader of the Singapore Kheh comv.as unveiled by the Chinese ConsulGeneral, Mr. Kao Ling Pal, when the Khc'i Community Guild celebrated Its anniversary yesti rday. The Kheh Community Guild, at I%* Seah Street, is the headquarters
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    S.S.R.N.V.R. OFFICERS
    43 10 THE following notifications regarding officers in the S.S. Royal Nava! Volunteer Reserve are gazetted: Promotion of Lieut. Bernard Scott to the rank of Lieut-Commander approved: Commissions as Acting Sub-Lieuten-ants granted to Mr. Gerald William Sydney Waites and Mr. Harold Edward Holwell
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    APPEAL DISMISSED
    87 10 AN APPEAL by a Malay. Omar bin Kechll. against a police court convlct'.on and sentence of 12 months* rigorous imprisonment ■M dismissed by Mr. Justice Manning in Singapore High Court yesterday. Convicted for taouscbreaktng and theft from a house in Buklt Tlmah Road occupied by a Chlneses woman,
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    DENIED ALLEGATIONS OF MONEY LENDER
    104 10 DENIED ALLEGATIONS OF MONEY LENDER IN the Singapore criminal district court yesterday, Blshan Singh and Fazlr Khan, two men charged with robbing Annamalal. a money-changer and postcard-seller, of a sum of $1,531. completely denied that they had anything to do with the robbery. At the previous hearing. Annamalal. who said
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    WAR LOAN DEBENTURES EXEMPT FROM TAX
    771 10 Applications For Issues Open Next Month THE debentures authorized under the S.S. War Loan Bill to be introduced into the Legislative Council on Monday— will be exempt from all duties, other than estate duty, and all taxes levied or leviable in the Colony. The
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    Rice Dealers Not Affected
    65 10 THE Rice Dealers (Amendment No. 2) and the Food Dealers (Amendment) Order, published yesterday, do not affect rice or food dealers in any way. They are concerned purely with departmental policy in the Food Control Department and their purpose is to delegate some of the powers
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    MORE CONTROL OF ALIENS
    412 10 Greater Powers For Police "IT has been felt for some time x that the measure of control of aliens provided for by the Registration of Aliens Ordinance of 1937 affords inadequate protection against the activities of undesirable alien elements, having regard to the importance of Malaya
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    R.A. SERGEANTS' DANCE FOR WAR FUND
    58 10 A DANCE In aid of The War Fund 13 being held by the R.A. Sergeants* Mes.^ at Blakang Mati to-day. For the convenience of guests from Singapore a continuous launch s:rvlce between Jardine Steps and Blakang Mati has been arranged. This will be a
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      160 10 AMUSEMENTS KINGAPOU K\Hllv HO I I I Dir.nri ft Dance (Formal* to 1 a.m. OXKKKK rilt.Mltfc (.HU.NO id I'ublic Cowboy 1 at 7.45 p.m. (.rj mmi n Caban-t: 7.30 to 9 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Olobe: I'ac-k Up Your Troubh-.i. Sky: Gagak Itam. uafp* noun ■he Seventh Month Kvitival
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    4 ITALIAN WARSHIPS DESTROYED BY R.A.F.
    381 11 Successful Low-Flying Raid On Libyan Harbour Cairo, Aug. 23. "AIR aircraft made a low-flying attack on enemy warships anchored at Uomba roadstead, in Libya, obtaining dired hits, and destroying tv.o submarines, one destroyer and a submarine depot ship," says an R.A.F. communique issued here
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    14 Killed When Vienna-Bound Plane Crashes
    67 11 14 Killed When ViennaBound Plane Crashes Berlin. Aug. 23. COURTEEN p.ople lost their lives' when a passenger plane from Bucharest to Vienna mad? a forced landing In mountainous country east >f Arad, in western Rumania, near the Hungarian frontier, says a Buchai rest dispatch to the German news icy. Four
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    U.S. Press & New Bases
    163 11 U.S. Press New Bases N\w York. Aug. 23. A COUNTRYWIDE analysis o! fresh reaction to the speech of Mr. Churchll!. the British Prime Minister In the House of Commons on Tuesday shows that the majority of newspapers favour the lease of the West Indies but a goodly percentage are shy
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    Shelled Convoy Arrives Safely
    42 11 London, Aug. 2.). THE convoy which was unsucccs.;- N fuily shelled in the Straits of Dover yesterday has arrived in the i* Thames with more than 50,000 tons I of food and other essential comnn tlities. —British Wireless. <
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    REICH LOSES 2,000 AIRMEN
    197 11 Casualties For Past Two Weeks London. Aug. 23. THE number of trained airmen lost to Germany since Aug. 8, mentioned by Sir Archibald Sinclair, Air Minister. on Wednesday as being "substantially more than 1.500," v.as itself increased before the Air Minister had finished his speech. Careful
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    U. S.-Canada Board
    190 11 Washington, Aug 53. PRESIDE.VT ROOSEVELT and Mr. W. L. Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada, have announced tho names of the members of the Permanent Joint Board of Defence for the United States and Canada. The American members arc Mr. Fiorello Laguardia, Mayor of New York, j
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    500 m.p.h. U.S. Bombers For Great Britain
    87 11 THE Hudson Lockheed Corporation of America has announced that Britain has placed an order for 800 of a new type ©f aircraft, called the P3B, at a cost of f 15.000.00. Q. It is claimed that this aircraft is the fastest in the
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    Growing R.A.F. Is Nazis' Greatest Worry
    404 11 HITLER'S chief worry now is (he growing strength of the Royal Air Force for he realises that unless he does something to cripple and destroy that force not a single military or industrial centre in Germany jean be sure of escaping destruction, stated Mr.
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    SOUTH AFRICAN HELP FOR THE DUTCH URGED
    100 11 London, Aug. 23. DR. H. D. van Broekhuizen. the South African Minister at The Hague at th? tim* of the German invasion, in a l->tter asking all churches in South Africa to make a special collection on Sunday, Sept. 15. in aid of
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    KING INSPECTS COAST PORT'S DEFENCES
    41 11 London, Aug. 23. THE King visited a south-east coast port this morning and inspected the l"-nrbour defences. His Majesty then inspected officers and men from minesweepers and later visited the coastal and inland defences.— British Wireless.
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    50 U.S. Destroyers Soon To Be Sent To Britain?
    135 11 50 U .S. Destroyers Soon To Be Sent To Britain? N?w Ycrk, Aug. 23. "IT looks as though 50 of our over- aj;e destroyers may soon be sent to sea manned by British sailors and f'.ving the British flag." said Mi. William Allen White, the notable American journalist, broadcasting to-day
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    BRITISH HEAVY GUNS REPLY TO NAZIS
    438 11 Duel Across The English Channel Reported London, Aug. 23. TT is learned in London to-day that British long-ranpe Runs have replied to the German shelling of the Dover area, firing a few rounds into German-occupied France. A German news n?ency message frcm Berlin reports
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    ITALIAN ULTIMATUM TO GREECE REPORTED
    561 12 Rome Wants Athens To Renounce The British Guarantee London, An jr. 23. THERE is no confirmation in official quarters in 1 London of reports that Italy has presented a 24-hour ultimatum to Greece calling on her to renounce the British guarantee, says Reuter's diplomatic correspondent.
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    Egypt's Firmness Welcomed
    426 12 Great Satisfaction Caused In London London, Aug. 23. THE Egyptian Government's decl--1 sion to fight if Italian forces cross the frontier is warmly commended in the Press. The Daily Telegraph says cajolery and threats from II Duce have completely failed to deter Egypt from carrying out, in
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    Hungarian Reply To Runmanian Offer
    65 12 Hungarian Reply To Runman i an Offer London, Aug. 23. A GERMAN news agency dispatch from Budapest says that M. Hory, leader of the Hungarian delegation, has left for Turnu-Severin, taking Hungary's reply to Rumania's offer regarding Transylvania. The reply vail be delivered to-morrow. The agency adds that t!:e reply
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    Ac Is Of Bravery In France
    378 12 Victoria Cross For Two Officers J ondon. Aug. 23. 17ICTORIA Crosses have been awarded to 2nd Lieutenant Richard Wallace Annand, of the 2nd Durham Light Infantry (supplementary reserve) and Company-Sergeant-Major George Grlstock, of the Norfolk Regiment, for acts of bravery in France C.S.M. Gristock
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    800 MORE CHILDREN ARRIVE IN CANADA
    21 12 EIGHT HUNDRED British children arrived at an eastern Canada port in a liner yesterday.— Rcutcr.
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    VICHY GOVERNMENT ACTING AS BERLIN'S MOUTHPIECE
    215 13 French Story Of Food Proposals To Britain Is Untrue London, Aug. 23. i ia autnoiiialivtly stated in London that there is no truth in the allegation mad« last night by Baudouin, Foreign j Minister in the IVtain Government, that definite proposals j were made
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    "Jewish Question In France NoW Acute"
    64 13 l.uiulon. All.:'. \!3. Till (•i-riiiaii oil'u ial news a",pnc.v itiiotes an article in lntcrir.intc.' which is described as a muspaper 'dtMb allied with the i<!i\ dovernment." in which the writer says that the Jewish (MStion in France has become acute and laPs tor suspension
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    Tokio Says Recall Of Envoys Is "Only A Routine Measure"
    178 13 Tokio, Au.?. 23. j •T*KE recall of 40 Japanese diplomatic a representatives from abroad is not! I connected with Japan's relations with i the countries to which they sire accre- I dited, according to the Japanese Foreign Office sp;>ke.<:rnan. who
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    U.S. Monster Warplane
    126 13 >s Angeles, Au(. 22 •TTIE biggest aeroplane ever built, a bomber able to fly non-stop from New York t> Europe and hack to Los Angeles, is nearin CJmulelion. announced i r-<'.cu?ral Arnold, chief of the army air corps, to-day. The hon'ber, being secretly built at tbe Dauglas
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    ANOTHER CONTINGENT OF E. SURREYS LEAVE
    32 13 Shanghai, Aug. 23. ANOTHER large contingent of East A Surrey left Shanjhai this afternoon, irar.-hing through the International Settlement headed by United States Cannes' band.— Reuter.
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    CHINA AVIATION CO.'S NEW AIR LINE
    57 13 "rtlping, Aug. 23. A NEW air liae linking Tsingtao wiih Tal- yuan via T«ii;an. Peiping and Shimen, 'p southern Kopei provinc?. will bs inaugurated dv the China Aviation Company on Sept. 1. The service between. Tokio and Peiping via Tukuoka ana Tsingtao will be
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    Czechoslovak Troops In England
    41 13 <■-:■:!■ fareaja, v.lio have been fighting side by side with the Allied forces in France, are here seen in camp in England. Czech staff officers are going over maps with British officers in preparation for the expected invasion.
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    CHUNGKING LAUNCHES BIG DRIVES ON THREE FRONTS
    106 13 Admission By Japanese Spokesman Peiping, Aug. 23. DEGARDING the offensive predicted by Chungking, the local Japanese spokesman stated that since Tuesday considerable Chinese forces have been attacking three railway B, the Kin-Han, Tung-Pu and Chen-Tai, damaging the lines and destroying telegraph lines. He
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    U.S. AGREES TO CENSORSHIP
    125 13 U. S. AGREES TO CENSORSHIP Washington, Aug. 23. THE British blockade against Ger- j man and Italian business trans- actions with the United States has apparently been materially strengthened because United States mails by Clipper are again being routed through Bermuda, and it is said authoritatively that the United States
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    FRENCH ORGANIZATION IN U.S. TO AID DE GAULLE
    100 13 New York, Aug. 23. AN organization is being formed hrre to provide moral and financial support for Gen. de Gaulle called the "Freedom :-Toup of Frenchmen of America. The head ol the organization is M. Paul Sequin, who served with the French
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    R.A.F. BOMBERS IN SNOWSTORM
    302 13 Carry On To Bomb Nazi Oil Plants Aerodromes London. Aug. 23. ICY coldness and snow were encountered by the crews of some of the R.A.F. aircraft which bombed key centres of the German oil industry on Wednesday night. At only a few thousand fee: revere lee
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    Hong: Kong's Donations To Red Cross Fund
    38 13 London, Aug 24. THE Lord Mayor's Red Cross fund has reached £2,6«6,000. A new contribution of £5,941 from the Hong Kong British war organization, making that organization's total contribution £25,941.— Reuter.
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    MALAYA & "FOOD BEFORE RUBBER"
    1652 14 MALAYA "FOOD BEFORE RUBBER" Lead For Planters Must Come From Owners Of Estates "SOME FORM OF COMPULSION IS INEVITABLE" From Our Planting Correspondent "COOD before rubber" was the theme of two leading articles that appeared in the Straits Times of July 24 and 31. Inter alia they may be said
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    Many Bombs Dropped Over London Area
    454 14 London, Aug. 23. DAII) warnings were sounded in London this morning when enemy planes appeared over the London area. Heavy detonations, which could have been gunfire or bombs, were heard over a wide area. A few minutes after the first explosion a plane was
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    SELECTIONS FOR TO-DAY
    130 15 SMJUHOHI for to-day's races at Taiping are silt MIS TIMKS Rate 1. Kast I. > line. Ray Rtit*. Race 2. RttaMe, Little (harm. Race 3. M.GJL, Policy. Race 4. ltr:n <m !>'>ub)c File. K.ur Carmtop, Authentic. Race ti. (Juc«ii Ilcon. (Witter. R i- c Ha/niorp. Ma :ii
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    FAST GALLOPS AT BUKIT TIMAH
    592 15 Spear Of Sarawak, Danger Zone Good SEVERAL good gallops came under notice at Bukit Tiniah this morning when all the horses exercised on the first day and some of van Breukelen's charges were put through their pates on the third track. Two of the best
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    INDIANS BEAT AIRMEN BY ODD GOAL
    318 15 Indian A-smi. 2; R.A.F. (11.Q.) 1 pi..\YlN<; „n the J.C.S.A. ground y.sterday the Indian Association scored a narrow two-one victory over the RAF. (lI.Q in a keenly contested «erond diviM"n (h! S.AF.A. Irasue fixture yesterday. The Indians deserved their victory fir they fielded a
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    RACING PROGRAMME AT TAIPING TO-DAY
    690 15 Final Day Of Perak Meeting J}ELOW is given the full card of events at Taiping today, the final day of the Ferak Turf Club's two-day professional meeting. The double tote will be on races four and six, and the big sweep will be drawn on
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    KEEN LEAGUE FOOTBALL AT FARRER PARK
    307 15 S.C.F.A. I; R.A.F. (Kallanr) 9. GOOD keen soccer was seen at Farrer Park yesterday, when the Chinese opposed the Kalian? Airmen in a second division (b) fixture. Although they lost by three clear goals, the Airmen gave as good as they got from the
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    WEEK-END SPORTS EVENTS
    83 15 TO-DAY SOCCER: first division, Chinese V*. X.V Mh. Hevy. Rest., stadium. Cricket: S.C.C. vs. Combined Schools. S.C.C; S.C.R.C. vs. R.A. (8.M.), Blakan Mati; V.M.C.A. vs. Police. Depot; C.S.C. vs. Khals.i, Balestier; 5.A.0.8. vs. R.A.F. (Kallang). 5.A.0.8.; P.W.D. vs. Raffles College, College. Badminton: Singapore junior championships, Clerical Union.
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    Y.M.C.A. BILLIARDS
    87 15 A keenly contested billiards friendly game (English) was fought out at the V.M.C.A. on Wednesday, when the V's beat the Chinese Sports Association by 812 points to 729. Scores, V players mentioned first, were: Gan Kee Tian (capt.) beat Loh Tai Seng 150—132; Dr. V. Xavier beat Tan
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    Shades Of Wimble on At S.C.R.C.
    45 15 Pal Hughes and Kho Sin Kie phol ijraphed at the S.C.R.C. on Thur.-day. when they appeared in exhibition tennis ma'.t-hes. together with local players, in aid of the Malaya Patriotic Finn! and China Relief Fund.— s. raits Times picture.
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    AIRMEN CONSOLIDATE THEIR POSITION
    588 15 R.A.F 4 Police 2. CULL points gained from the Police, whom they beat four- two at the stadium yesterday, have consolidated the R.A.F.'s position in the first division of the league. The Airmen have now a total of 32 points from 19 matches and, with only
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    CUSTOMS WIN IPOH FOOTBALL LEAGUE
    57 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Aug 23. IN the final of the Ipoh and District football league the Customs beat the Ipoh Chinese Corinthians by two goals to one to-day, thus winning the Cheah Chcang Lim shield from the Corinthians, who were the holders of
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    DARDANELLA B.P.
    61 15 THE following will represent the Dardanella Badminton Party against the Joo Chiat Terrace Badminton party in a friendly badminton match of live singles and three doubles to be played at the former's court at 2.30 p.m. to-morrow. A. Aziz, Salleh Ahmad, Mansoor, K. P. Pereira, Mat Noor, De
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    S.R.C. CRICKET TEAM
    56 15 •THE following is the S.R.C. team to 1 meet the Police at cricket on the padang to-morrow, play will commence at 11 a.m., Roy Bain, L. Outschoorn, P. D'Almelda, L. Alvls, A. Watts, O. Clarke, F. C. Martens, R. Jansen, P. P. Webb, A. Clarke and J.
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    Gordons Win Army Cricket Competition
    389 15 Gordons Win Army Cricket Competition THE Gordon .Highlanders beat the Fortress RX by an innings and four runs in the final of the Army bigunits cricket competition, which was concluded at Changi yesterday. Batting first on Thursday, the R.E. wore dismissed for a mere 51 runr. towards which Ally cl4>
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    "KEPT BEARER BONDS FOR LOVEDAYS"
    3762 16 Accountant's Evidence In Court Martial PROSECUTION RESTS AFTER 11 DAYS fHARLES WOODCOCK, a European accountant, related lin the trial bj Court Martial of R. C. Loveday yesterday how he came to take custody, for two days, of a box containing bearer bonds "because the Lovedays
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    NEW LAND REVENUE BILL
    371 16 Collection To Be More Efficient "TPHK system for the collection of land revenue under the present Ordinance is antiquated and cumbrous and throws upon land officers a great deal of useless work in the service of notices of demand. The purpose of this Bill is to
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