The Straits Times, 30 August 1940

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    49 1 The Straits Times. [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY] SINGAPORE, 140 CECIL ST. ('PHONE 5471). MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER—LARGEST NET SALES KUALA LUMPUR 25 JAVA ST V PHONE 3683). 16 PAGES. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS. The Straits Times. 16 pa<;ks SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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      12 1 ELSIE MARY SINGAPORE and KUALA LUMPUR. DRESSES for all OCCASIONS DRESSMAKING MILLINERY.
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      75 2 W. and Mrs. Ernest Klass wish to expire their .sincere thanks tc all relatives and frlinti.^ who attended the funeral of M*\ reophilis Edward RodTlgucs. as well as those ::t wreaths. Th* 1 family of the late Mr. Tan Thong wishes most sincerely to thank those friends an.1 relatives
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      737 2 PUBLIC NOTICE FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS. NOTICE. Commencing from Ist September, 1940. revised train service will be In force, on 0M Penang-Padang Besar section. (2) The main alterations are: (a) The present Bangkolc-Penang International Express will leave Padang Besar at 3.30 P.M. Instead of 2.30 P.M. and arrive Penang at
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      630 2 t AUCTION NOTICES r ORDER OF THE CONTROLLER OF RESTRICTED IMPORTS S.S. AUCTION SALE Comprising:— Leather purses, pocket knives leather and canvas shoes, celluloid toys. Roug* In bakellte containers. White metal ear-rings Boxes of "FARIN" Patent medicine. Men'i Mackintosh*. Chinese pillows, etc.. etc. To be held at the Sale-room of
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      349 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. Incorporated in England) PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S N Co MAII PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICE The best possible services ara 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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      798 3 Broadcasting TODAY SINGAPORE ZHL IJ3 ncs <2Zsai.| ZHP 9.6 A mrc 3o.9£tn.> 1.15 p.m. Light muslct; 1.30 p.m. Warning to mariners. Programme summanr. Mid-day tin. copra and rubber prices; 1.3» p.m. Newt, 1.50 p.m. Interval; 5.00 p.m. Lagu Melayu Jatl, by the Scudal Redan Ohazal, Johcre Bahru: 5.45 p.m. Teochew
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    London Stock Exchange
    359 4 London, July 29. AN the Stock Exchange to-day the outv standing feature was a sharp rise in Guinness from 67 /3 d. to 72 /6 d. on the announcement of the dividend for the year of 25 per cent., which is above expectations. Last year's dividend was
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    NYALAS PROFIT OF $81,033
    710 4 Satisfactory Increase Says Chairman 'THE general meeting of the Nyalas Rubber Estates Ltd. was held at the office of the secretaries, Evatt and Company, yesterday. The chairman. Mr. Lee Chim Tuan, addressing the meeting said: The directors' report and duly audited statement of accounts of the
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    162 4 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES From Oir Own Correspondent) London, Aug. 29. pOMMODITY and Exchange market* closed as follows with previous quotations Id paran thesis:— RL'BBEB: Steady. Spot i2»4d 12% d U2"*d U-vd) Sept. 12% d 12% d (12% d 12* d) Oct-Dec 12 5:l«d 12 7|lBd (12^d 12Hd) Jan-Mar n%d 12d (ll%d
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    Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1303 4 THURSDAY. AUG. 19, 1941: 4 P.M. MIMING Buyer* Sellers Ainpat Tin (is) 3s 6d 4s Austral Amal (5s) As Hd >& 9d c.d Austral Malay 35s 37s cd. Ayer Hitam (5s) ito M Ayer Weng ($l) .55 .60 Bangrln Tin t£) 17s 18s Batu Selangor
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    247 4 MM! ARRIVALS Africa (alr boxholders 5 p.m. to-day; general delivery 8.15 a.m. to-morrow. Mails from Australia and Javt* >'alr) general delivery 3.30 pjn. to-morrow. Mails doM at tbc o nan! Post oaw <v follows: TO-UAY Australia air '■> p.m. Java surface 11.30 a.m. air 5 p.m.
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    List Of Current Dividends
    226 4 Issued by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association. Books Company Divldeno Close run Austral Amal 3d Austral Malay 3d. 1:3 bonus Sept. 2 Hong Fatt 7% int. Sept. 11 Kuala Kampar 6d No 19 Sept 9 Kundang Is No. 6 Aug. 26 Raub 4d int Sept 14 Southern
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      679 4 FEDERATED MALAY STATES GOVERNMENT THREE PER CENT. WAR LOAN, 1952 1959 ISSUE OF $20,000,000 Ilond* to Rrmrrr. authorised by Federated Malay State* War Loan Enactment No. 16 of 1940. KKPAYABLE AT PAR NOT EARLIKR THAN THE l»t OCTOBER, 1952, AND NOT LATER THAN I 111 30tb SEPTEMBER. 1959. INTEREST THREE
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      53 4 TIDE TABLES SINGAPORE To-day H. W. 8.58 a.m. 7.4 It.; 8.11 p.m. 8.4 ft. L. W. 2.10 a.m. 5.9 ft.; 2.12 p.m. 5.2 ft Tomorrow H. W. 9.45 a.m. 8 ft.; 9.10 p.m. 9 ft. L. W. 3.09 a.m. 2.2 ft.; 3.12 p.m. 4.6 ft. August Sunrise Runae: a.m. p.m.
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    475 5 General Public Is Buying The New S.S. F.M.S. War Loans (B> Our Financial Correspondent) Singapore. Aug. 30. HTHE price of rubber in London was ur.chanKt'd at 12% d. yesterday and down one-quarter In New York at 19 cents. Tin rose 15s. for Spot to £258 and 10s.
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    LEWIS AND PEAT'S RUBBER REVIEW
    183 5 IN a weekly renew of the rubber market Lewis Peat Ltd. writ- a^ foil v. There seems to be at the present tim? no particular relationship between the three markets, London, Singapore. New York, and the fact that one may change is no criterion that
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    GUTHRIE'S RUBBER REVIEW
    150 5 IN a weekly review of the rubber market Guthrie and Co. Ltd., write: The Singapore market has been inactive, but steady; London, as can only be expected, has remained dull. Local manufacturers have been appointed agents for the Rubber Reserve Co.. to make purchases throughout Malaya. The
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    New York H-Q. Of Gestapo Discovered
    240 5 New York H-Q. Of Gestapo Discovered UNITED States G-men (Federal Investigators) have discovered the New York headquarters of a Nazi Gestapo, according to the New York Daily News. It ls the New York branch of the famous German travel agency, Deutscher Handels and Wirtschaftdienst, says the paper. G-men will give
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    SCREAMING BOMBS FALL IN LONDON
    147 5 T London, Aug. 30. WO screaming bombs were heard in the London area early this morning, followed by explosions, but no siren was sounded. Bombs fell in a residential district, causing a number of casualties. Enemy planes were over a number of nortneast coast towns.
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    EXCHANGES
    175 5 The following are the exchange rates this morning according to the laily circular lssu-d by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation: SCLLIAU jondon T.T. .or don demand demand Switzerland demand iamburp demand tfew York demand Montreal demand 3atavia demand samarang demand Calcutta. Bombay and Rangoon demand iladras and Colombo
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    ITALY'S MANY PROBLEMS
    262 5 Offensive Plans Disrupted London, Aug. 30. THE harrying tactics of the British land forces in the Western Desert in Egypt during the first weeks of the war with Italy in order to keep the enemy inside Libya row appear to have had a more far-reaching effect than
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    SEVERAL SHIPS SUNK OFF CHINA COAST
    118 5 Attempt To Run Japanese Blockade Shanghai, Aug. 30. SEVERAL Chinese ships attempting to run the Japanese blockade of the Central China coast have been sunk by the Japanese patrol cf warships during the past few days, it is reported here. One medium-sized vessel was
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    GUNMEN HOLD UP PORTUGUESE SHIP
    67 5 Shanghai, Aug. 30. A DARING raid 'by pirates on a vessel moored In the busy Whangpoo Ri* er here, off th» Nantao district (the Chinese city; was revealed yesterday. Armed Chinese approached the Portuguese coaster Santa Anna at night in sampans, climbed aboard, and held
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    JAPANESE ENVOY TO INDIA & SOUTH SEAS
    56 5 JAPANESE ENVOY TO INDIA SOUTH SEAS Tokio, Aug. 30. AMONG Impending ,'apanese diplomatic changes are reported to be the elevr.tlon of the consul-general at Batavia, Mr. Otojl Saito. to the rank of minister, and the sending of Mr. Hajime Matsumlya. director of the bureau of research documentation, as am-bassador-at-large to
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
    89 5 Buyers Seller Gambler $7.75 Hamburg Cube SI 3 00 Java Cube $12 50 'epver White Muntok $12.25 White $11.75 Black 6.75 'opra Mixed $2.05 Sun Dried $2.30 Ia oo Flour No 1 Ungga $4.00 $4.00 Pair $320 Sarawak $3.20 '*lotono Palembang $19.50 Banja $18.50 Sarawak $19.50 avioca
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    85 5 Friday, \ag. 30, noon. Bayer* SeUen rrie« orieet No. IX 0.S.S. (Spot loose) 37H 3794 No. IX R.S.S f.J.j. In cue* Aar-Sept. (Sellers' Option) 38>t 38** O.F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. In bales iic- Sept. (Sellers' Option) 36'i 36\ F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. In bales Auc-Sept (Sellers' Option)
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      766 5 PUBLIC NOTICES TELUK ANSON RUBBER ESTATE, LIMITED. (Incorporated In the Straits Settlements) NOTICE ls hereby given that an Interim Dividend of 5 per cent, on account of the financial year ending 31st December, 1943. has been declared by the Directors payable to shareholders on the Register on Wednesday. 9th October,
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    FRESH RUMANO-HUNGARIAN INCIDENTS REPORTED
    316 7 Negotiations Begin At Vienna London, Aug. 29. AS the conversations between Ribbentrop and Count Ciano, the German and Italian Foreign Ministers respectively, and the Hungarian and Rumanian Foreign Ministers began at Vienna to-day, announcements were made in the capitals of Rumania and Hungary alleging further frontier
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    HITLER AVENUES & GOERING SQUARE
    133 7 HITLER AVENUES GOERING SQUARE Polish Streets To Be Named After Nazis London, Aug. 30. FOLLOWING the recent act of incorporation into the Reich of the Government-General of Warsaw," the German authorities immediately inaugurated an intensive Germanizatlon campaign, according to reliable information reaching London, says Reuter's diplomatic correspondent. One of their
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    Ex-Premier Of Burma Gels Gaol Term
    65 7 Mandalay, Aug. 29 DR. Ba Maw, Prime Minister of Burma until February, 1939, was sentenced to 12 months' rigorous Imprisonment to-day when he was charged under a Burma defence regulation. Ba Maw was arrested early this month before resigning from the House of Representatives,
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    MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC WARFARE WARNING
    113 7 London, Aug. 29. THE Ministry of Economic Warfare has issued a •natal that goods loaded Into German. Italian or French vessrls, or vessels controlled by the German, Italian or French Government, or any government In any territory cccnj:icd or controlled by the enemy I are
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    TWO GUILLOTINES TO OPERATE IN FRANCE
    85 7 TWO guillotines will henceforth operate in France one in thej occupied territory and the other in the unoccupied zone. Thut for the unoccupied territory UrrlTad at Marseilles recently for the j llrst post -war execution. The guillotine was Introduced int France during the French
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    CLASHES WITH SOVIET
    177 7 Rumania Calls Up Reserves Bucharest, Aug. 20. CURTHER Incidents are reported to have occurred on the Rumanian -Soviet frontier. A Rumanian plane is alleged to have been brought down by three Soviet machines off Barlad, 20 miles on the Rumanian side of the border. The general feeling,
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    U.S. Journalist Bares More Axis Lies
    136 7 Lcndcn. Aug. 29. "THE distinguished American Journal- ist Mr. H. R. Knickerbocker, has refuted another Nazi falsehood. A Berlin report alleged that he had (cabled to the American Press that he had walked for two hours in London and its suburbs amid ruins and
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    fife Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, AUG. 30 1940. (362nd Day Of The War.) WHY WE ARE CONFIDENT
    1150 8 fife Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, AUG. 30 1940. (362nd Day Of The War.) WHY WE ARE CONFIDENT Ten American newspapermen who have been visiting Australia and New Zealand arrived in Singapore yesterday evening via Java. In the course of their travels they have been Investigating the war effort in various
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    "PRECISELY NIL"
    88 8 Mr. Charlwood And The War Fund Bill To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— The value of Mr. Charl wood's obstructionist tactics at the Legislative Council meeting yesterday can best be measured by the support he received. That, from all the Government and the other Unofficial members
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    THE SILENT COLUMN WAS SCOTCHED JUST IN TIME Our London Letter
    3923 8 THE SILENT COLUMN WAS SCOTCHED JUST IN TIME Our London Letter 'People Were Becoming Afraid To Talk' This London Letter was received by air mail and describes the Home scene as it was just over a month ago. The Straits Tim?s hopes It continue to publish the weekly air mail
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    A Short-lived Campaign
    160 8 IN his London Letter tc-dcy, our correspondent describes how, as a result of absurdly severe application of defence regulations ttgainst careless or foolish talk, people became almost afraid to open their mouths in public for fear of heavy punishment for "slips." This phase, however, has proved to
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      70 8 THK BOOK OF WOODCRAFT By Ernest T. Seton. This book tells you how to make camp, how to forecast the weather, how to build a fire, rook, make a bow and arrow, and how to identify trees, animals, snakes, birds-play game —and give first aid In emergencies, etc. Price only
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    MORE FRENCH COLONIES SIDE WITH GREAT BRITAIN
    738 9 Equatorial Africa The Cameroons DE GAULLE'S APPOINTEES WELCOMED BY FORCES Ex-Governor Of IndoChina Joins Allies THE French Congo, or French Equatorial Africa, and the Cameroons have repudiated the Petain (iovernment and come back into the war on the side of Great Britain. This
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    IS. EXCESS PROFITS HILL PASSED
    43 9 Wai l.in:-t.'ii, Aug. 29. TI!F. BOOM of Representatives passed the iit.s Bill providing for the levyi- to r.o per cent, tax on excess profits m nnd providlnp for tax conp to runtrnctors who expend their faclpurp cs. Router.
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    First Army V. C.
    50 9 Capt. H. M. Ervine- of the East Lancashire Regiment, who won the first army Victoria Cross of the war for his part in the defence of Dunkirk, in the course of which he killed 17 Germans with a rifle and many more with a Bren gun.
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    Navy's Contempt For Italians
    122 9 Navy's Contempt For Italians Gibraltar, Aug. 30. WHILE most of the Italian fleet remains in harbours, the British fleet is still scouring the seas with ceaseless vigilance, hoping to find at least stray adventures and also to keep the ships and men in good fettle by constant training, says Reuter's
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    Italy's Many Problems —Pages 5 and 13
    111 9 Italy's Many Problems Pages 5 and 13 landed and stowed In the hangar In th? shortest time. Remarkable understanding prevails between the officers and men— genuine friendship without any relaxing of discipline and etiquette. What the British navy thinks of the enemy may be gauged frc.n the fart that night
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    9 RAIDERS SHOT DOWN
    345 9 Planes Active Over Wide Area London, Aug. 30. r'NEMY planes are reported to have been over a wide area of England last night. Gunfire was heard and searchlights were in action. Unofficial reports stated that raiders were reported over the south-east, south-west, north-west, north-east and the
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    THE VIENNA PARLEYS
    298 9 German Support For Rumania Rome, Aug. 30. THE Rumanian Crown Council was suddenly summoned at 9.30 o'clock last night, according to a Bucharest telegram to the Italian Stefani news agency. It is stated the council's convocation is connected with the Vienna conference. After a meeting at Vienna
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    R.A.F. OFFICERS AWARDED D.F.C.
    82 9 PILOT-OFFICER James Eric Storrar, whose squadron destroyed 21 enemy aircraft In one day has, with five other officers, been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for gallantry in flying operations. Pilot-Officer Storrar himself Ehct down two and has, altogether, a personal bag of eight enemy planes. Sergeant
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    Nazi Press Squeals At Raids On Berlin
    704 9 UNDERGROUND RAILWAY SYSTEM AMONG "IMPORTANT TARGETS" London, Aug. 30. THE latest R.A.F. raid on Berlin, which lasted from shortly after midnight until three o'clock yesterday morning, is the main topic of conversation in the German capital. This admission is made by the official
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    $5,000,000,000 For U.S. Arms Expansion
    37 9 Washington, Aug. 29. THE IS. Senate has approved the $5,000,000,000 Defence Appropriation Bill providing funds to start the construction of '2<' warships and 14 000 aeroplane Id the army and navy. Reuter.
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    BIG COUNTEROFFENSIVE
    340 9 Premier Visits Coast Defences Preparations Pushed Ahead London, Aug. 30. "ITNDAUNTED by Hitler's aerial Blitzkrieg, the armed forces of the British Southern Command are facing up not only to the possibility that south England will be the platform for the German invasion but to the possibility of it
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    9 9 The Red Cross fund total now stands at £2,896.003.
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    Londoners "Can Take It'
    145 9 London, Aug. 30. THE German air force's tactics in rolling round and round London throughout the hours of darkness, sheltering behind clouds and only occasionally loosing a random missile was discussed last night by an Air Ministry official. He said it could only be assumed that
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    WAR FUND REACHES $3,550,168 TO-DAY
    284 10 Contribution Of $1,000 From Ratepayers' Assn. MORE GIFTS FROM STAFFS ON ESTATES IN OFFICES THE War Fund to-day totals $3,550,168, an increase of $3,150 over the total announced yesterday. The largest item in to-day's list of donations to The War Fund is a gift of
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    LUNCH IN AID OF WOUNDED
    231 10 Ambassadors To Eat Noodles MOST Malayans probably have a 1 mirly accurate idea of what the average Chinese soldier has for lunch, when he is lucky onoujrh to yet one, L tadanen, who are not so well Infornird. are to nave the chanco this wpek
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    CUB'S 41O.OGO LOAN OFFER ACCEPTED
    84 10 "/"V'FSR gratefully accepted" is th^! British Government's reply to' .rrison Golf Club. Singapore, vhieh at a meeting last Sunday, decided to oiler the Imperial Government. $10,000 free cf interest towards the prosecution of the wr.r. Th" money I 3 part ot the balance of liquid
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    MORE LOCOMOTIVES FOR F.M.S. RAILWAYS
    49 10 'From Our Own Correspondent) London. July 17. nore locomotives have bu'en red by th> F.M.S. Railways from the North British Locomotive Company, Ltd., of Sprlngburn, Glasgow. An earlier orcer for 10 locomotive* from the same rnmpany has alreaay 1 or. b?half of the FM.S.K.
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    ALFRED-DAS WEDDING
    56 10 MR. S. A. Airrod wai married to MM r of Mr. and Mrs. A. A Das. of Kua!a Lumpur, on Wedn?sday at the Church of Our Lady of n- v. Father Olccmendv performed me, r :nc *maA man v.hile Mia. A David Wll the matron cf honour. A
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    AMUSEMENTS
    165 10 Sl\ RAHlls *****1 Dinner Dance (Informal) 8 p.m. la Midnight. GAKKII K 'H'.iKfc GtYfJtNG Storm of Love Ist Run Malay Talkie 6.15 9.15. HO to 9 <t 9 p.m. to ttiin I Hunchback o( Dame. Sky: Five Came Bark. H.U'ri WGftMi of the 7th Montn H.-.ppy Theatre: The Under-Pup.
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    DONATIONS TO WAR FUND
    270 10 Singapore Ratepayers' Association 000 "Peglen" 500 Contractors. Indian Chinese Labourers, Bahau Estate, Rahau. N.S. 262.37 Tamil labour force, $131.97: Contractor*-— B y Woo R;mpin Kongsl, $30; Bey Woo S. K Kongsi, $25.20; Ho Nam Kongsi. $22.20: Ho Nam. $20; Ah Mcc Kongsi. $15; Bey Woo. IS;
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    World-wide Admiration For Malaya's War Effort
    231 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, July 17. /"MJTTINGS reaching your Correspondent from many countries show that Malaya's remarkable financial v/ar effort has aroused admiration throughout the nonenemy world One of the most interesting of these; clippings is of a letter to the editor printed
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    At The Dinner For The U. S. Pressmen
    66 10 At the dinner given in honour 0/ the visiting American journalists by the Officer Administering the Government last night. Left to right: Mr. M. Forstadt, Lady Bagnall, Air Vice-Marshal J. T. Babington, Mrs. R. L. Nunn and Mr. Roy Howard, who is
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    SOUTH AFRICA TO FIGHT ON
    288 10 Smuts Replies To Hertzog Cape Town, Aug. 29. W E are not soing to be deflected from our course by the victories of Hitler or the glorification of Germany," declared the South African Premier, Gen. Smuts, speaking in the Assembly and replying to Gen. Hertzog
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    CHANG SCORES WITH NEW PROGRAMME
    188 10 At The Cinema CLEVER Chang and his bevy cf girls were given an enthusiastic reception at the Capitol last night, when the troupe began their second series of shows in Singapore. While the strength of the programme is sim.lar to that of the first show
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    SIR VICTOR SASSOON
    42 10 CIR Victor Sassoon. Shanghai bankln:; magnate, and director of E. D. Sassoo.i Banking Corporation, arrived In Singapore this morning en route to Bombay. Business, he told -a Straits Times reporter, was very quiet In Shanghai at the present moment
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    SIZE OF REMITTANCES TO CHINA TO BE CUT?
    359 10 Monthly Total Has Jumped Considerably Since War rONCERN is felt by the Chinese community over a hint given by official circles that the scale on which remittances to China are allowed will be drastically cut down in the near future. The Straits
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    Patriotic Fund To Remit £20,000
    45 10 AT a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Malaya Patriotic Fund yesterday, it was decided to send £20,000 to H.E. Sir Shenton Thomas in England to be distributed at his discretion states an announcement from the Department of Information.
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    BAUXITE ORE FROM MALAYA
    261 10 Britain's Needs For War Planes HOW PENINSULA MAY HELP (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, July 17. THE current shortage of aluminium for the manufacture of warplanes has led. as Straits limes readers will know, to an appeal to housewives to give up their cooking utensils for
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    HINDU "GOD" SOLD TO U.S. FOR 480 GUINEAS
    62 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) London. July 24. A BRONZE statue of Skanda. Hindu god of war, was sold at Christie* this week in an auction for the benefit of the Red Cross. The statue was presented by Lady Wenloch and was purchased
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    AUSTRALIAN & N.I. DEFENCES WELL PREPARED
    895 11 AUSTRALIAN N.I. DEFENCES WELL PREPARED U. S. Journalists Were Very Impressed FAR EAST SITUATION "BATTLE FOR BRITAIN" TIIK defences of Australia and her great war programme and the defensive preparations of the Netherland Indies have greatly impressed the party of American journalists, who arrived in Singapore by air yesterday from
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    Character Of British Will Bring Victory
    332 11 Character Of British Will Bring Victory •T^HE longer the war lasts the better it will be for Britain, is the opinion of Mr. Harold Callend- er, foreign correspondent of the New York Times, who is convinced that Germany will never conquer Britain. Mr. Callendar, who is one of the group
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    AMERICAN AIRCRAFT EXPERT GOING TO JAVA
    45 11 MR. GEORGE C. BURNHAM, service representative with the Douglas Aircraft Co., U.S.A., arrived in Singapore yesterday from the United States. He is on his way to Java to supervise the assembly of two large Douglas IpUnea for the X.L.M.
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    U.S. Plane Factories Working At Peak To Aid Britain
    370 11 T"HE extent of the American speed- up of aircraft production for Britain was described by Mr. J. Perclval, of the# Sydney Morning Herald, on arrival in Singapore yesterday with the party of American journalists. Hs flew to America early this mon
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    To Visit Troops And Bases
    218 11 TTO-DAY, the American Journalists will visit units of the Indian Army, the Naval Base and Royal Air Force stations. In the evening, they will be the guests of honour at a reception given by the Consul-General for the United States, Mr. Kenneth S. Patton. To-mormw,
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    'GRATEFUL TO AMERICA' —MR. S. W. JONES
    1023 12 American Journalists Have Faith In Britain AN expression of the gratitude of the British peoples for the friendship which the people of America are displaying in such abundant measure" was given by the Officer Administering the Government, Mr. S. W. Jones, speaking last
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    Tried To Take Japanese Money Out Of Colony
    213 12 Tried To Take Japanese Money Out Of Colony pONVICTED on a charge of at- tempting to take out of the Colony, 1,600 Japanese yen without first obtaining the permission of the Financial Secretary, Yoshizo Fukuyama, a Japanese, was fined $200, or, in default, sentenced to six weeks' rigorous imprisonment, In
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    PENANG JUNK MINED OFF SINGAPORE
    198 12 LJEARING his last inquiry as acting Singapore Coroner, yesterday, before retirement, Mr. Walter MacQuarrie returned a finding of death by misadventure," in a case in which two Chinese lost their lives when a junk struck a mine off Singapore on the night of Aug. 4.
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    INDIAN DIES WHILE ON CYCLE TOUR
    70 12 NEWG has been received in Singapore of the death at the Ramakrishna Mission Hospital, Rangoon, on Aug. 5, of Mr. C. A. Sreedhar, a member of the Indian Youth League. Singapore. Mr. Sreedhar left Singapore In April this year on a bicycle tour to
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    CONCERT TO HELP THE PATRIOTIC FUND
    30 12 riE United Chinese Library is staging a onccrt in aid of the Malaya Patriotic Fund on Tuesday. Sept. 10, at the Victoria Memorial Hall.
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    ISOLATION OF ABYSSINIA NOW NEARLY COMPLETE
    484 13 Successful R.A.F. Attack On Only Konlr Of Communication Cairo, Aug. 29. ITALY'S flimsy link between Libya and Abyssinia is threatened by the R.A.F. This is indicated by the latest R.A.F. communique reporting reconnaissance flights over tho remote Kuffra area of the Western Desert. Kuffra
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    Air Offensive In Norway
    102 13 Air Offensive In Norway Oil Tanks And Vessels Hi! By Bombs London, Aug. 29. A COMMUNIQUE issued by the Admiralty to-day states that Skua aircraft of the fleet air arm carried out operations over the Norwegian coast yesterday. At one oil depot which had been previously attacked by fleet air
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    ITALIAN AIR RAIDS ARE INEFFECTIVE
    39 13 Alexandria, Aug. 29. ALTHOUliH the Italians have made several bombing raids here. Egyptian civilians who had evacuated the city are now flocking back, im- presses by the ineffectiveness of the 1 enemy's efforts.- Reutcr.
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    BRITAIN'S LARGEST NUMBER OF CATTLE
    76 13 Lontion. Au; f 29. Britain s cattle population Is estimated at 6.800,000, the highest figure ever reached, and it is noteworthy that It has been attained at a time v.her. the importance of the South African market to Britain Is emphasized by the fact that
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    FIELD-MARSHAL'S BATON FOR GEN. IRONSIDE
    35 13 London. Aug. 29. •"PHE Kint? at Buckingham Palace to-day received Gen. S'v Edmund Ironside. Commander-K-Chief of Britain's Home forces, and presented him with the baton of a Field-Marshal. British Wirfless.
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    Conscription For United States
    480 14 Conscription For United States Senate Passes Bill By Great Majority Washington, Aug. 29. TTHE Senate yesterday passed the Conscription Bill by 58 votes to 31 and the measure now goes before the House of Representatives for a debate next week. The Senate by 68 votes to 18 inserted an amendment
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    Briton Killed In N.-W. Frontier Operations
    76 14 London, Aug. 29. ENGAGEMENTS with hostile tribesmen are reported to-day from the Indian North-West Frontier, in which 50 tribesmen are believed to have been killed and many others wounded. Capt. A. J. Stevens of the Bombay Grenadiers was killed by a long-range volley when
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    BOMB-DISPOSAL SECTION OF R.E.
    139 14 London. ■TPHF. bomb-disposal section of the Royal Engineers is responsible for the dangerous Job of unearthing de-layed-action bombs and drawing their stings. The section is trained to deal with bombs which might explode while t.jicry aie being worked on, and soirstimes members labour for two hours
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    SPECIAL STAMP ISSUE FOR H.K. CENTENARY
    72 14 Hong Kong, Aug. 29. HONG KONG'S centenary falls In January 1941 but appropriate celebrations which were planned for the occasion have now been postponed until the end of the war, owing, according to an official announcement, jto the need to devote every resource |to
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    CHAD'S EXAMPLE MAY SPREAD TO OTHER FRENCH COLONIES
    606 14 Dark Age Of Racial Brutality In Africa If Germans Win Cairo, Aug. 29. THE decision of Chad territory, in French West Africa, to 1 fight on with Britain has created a deep impression in the Middle East. It is felt that the
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    AUSTRALIA TO MAKE MORE WARSHIPS
    68 14 I.mid <n, Aug. 30. THE Sydney Radio s;ates that 1 plans for the increa ing production of warships and merchant ships are being put in'.o effect by Australia. It b stated that there are sufficient men, slips and berths available for a large shipbuilding programme
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    No Shortage Of Food In Britain
    161 14 No Shortage Of Food In Britain American Gifts Are Deeply Appreciated London, Anc TTHE splendid generosity of the American people expressed in contributions to the Allied cause by way of medical stores, ambulances and aid in other ways has been deeply appreciated in Britain. These gifts, which ■till continue, are
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    Australian Labour Supports War Effort
    136 14 Australian Labour Supports War Effort Sydney, Aug 29. I ABOUR stands inflexible in sup- port of the British cause, declared Mr. John Curtin, Labour party leader, in his Federal elections policy speech at Perth to-day. He declared: "We mu;t win the war. We must maintain the people's democratic rights free."
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    25 14 London, Aug. 20. FE Duke of Windsor, who recently took up the governorship of the Bahamas, gave an official dinner at Nassau last night. Reuter.
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    Forthcoming Matches In Singapore
    681 15 Forthcoming Matches In Singapore Soccer Notes SOME important friendly football I matches are to be played in Singapore next month. The Selangor state team will be here about fortnight from to-day, and the Sing Tao touring footballers, who are at pre- j M-nt in Penang. are anxious to play a
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    31 15 Soccer: first division, Chinese vs. (Gordons, stadium; Manchester* vs. R.A.F., Taiißlin; second division (b) R.A.F. (Kallang) vs. J.C.S.A J.C.S.A. S.R.C. Meeting: Annual general meeting of Singapore Recreation Club.
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    LOYALS MAINTAIN FINE FORM
    522 15 Only Goal Victory Over The Malays Loyals 1: Malays THE Loyals played fine coccer to beat the Malays by the ;>iuy goal of the match in a first division fixture at the stadium yesterday, thus avenging a first round defeat. It was the fifth successive win
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    MEDIATION AND FREEDOM BEST BETS
    1787 15 Non-Acceptors And Order Of Running For To-morrow DIG fields and many newcomers competing will make winners difficult to pick to-morrow, the first day of the Singapore Turf Club's Gold Cup race meeting. Mediation and Freedom are given as the two best bets of the afternoon.
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    S.C.C. HOCKEY MEETING
    55 15 W. J. PEEL was elected hockey captain of the Singapore Cricket Club at the annual homey meeting held at the club yesterday. Pay- Master Fortin was elected vice-capUin, while P. F. Kinsey was elected secretary. The captain, vice-captain and the hon. secretary will form the committee, which
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    September Race Meet In Perak
    110 15 THE Perak Turf Ciub's September extra professional meeting will be he!d on Thursday, Sept. 26 and Saturday Sept. 28. Entries will close at 3 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 19. H m in class four and ponies in clr.ss two are being catered for at the
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    S.C.R.C. CRICKET TEAMS FOR WEEK-END
    100 15 STRAITS Chinese Recreation Club cricket teams for week-end games are: Against St. Andrew's O.K. A. at Hong Lim Green at 2 p.m. to-morrow: Ong Swee Law, Eu Cheow Chye, Chua Boon Unn, Swee Lim Suang, Kam Glm Lock, Anthony Lim, Tan Liang Chia, K. T.
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    B.H.L. FIXTURES
    121 15 •T*HE Business Houses' League com- mittee have decided that the matches postponed for various causes will now be played on the following dates: Jacks Sports Club vs. Thornyc/ofts, postponed from May 17, will be played at Fairer Park on Monday, Sept. 2. Singapore Cold Storage vs. Chartered Bank,
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    Murray Court & Esquire Impress
    475 15 Murray Court Esquire Impress Training Notes r T*IIE first out, Murray Court *u one of the most impressive hors's in training this morning at Bukit Timah when slow and medium pared gallops were the order of the diy. The second truck was used and the going was yielding. Ridden by
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    IMPORTANT TARGETS IN BERLIN SUCCESSFULLY BOMBED
    572 16 Big Fires After Visit By Waves Of Planes R.A.F. MACHINES OVER GERMAN (VITfAL FOR THREE HOURS London, Aug. 29. 'D A.F. bombers made extensive raids on military objec- tives in Germany, Holland and enemy-occupied France last nijjht," states an Air Ministry communique. It continues,
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    The King & Queen In Further Nazi Raids
    95 16 The King Queen In Further Nazi Raids London, Aug. 29. rpHE King and Queen to-day A made a two-hour tour of one of Britain's biggest shipyards in north-west England, where they saw warships on the stocks and others in the basin almost ready to put to sea. Thousands of shipyard
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    WOrkers Defy Nazi Raiders
    218 16 Appeal 1 o Carry On In Spite Of Bombing London, Aug. 29. WTK) hell with them, let us get on 1 with the job," seems to be the general slogan of British factory workers engaged in war work in their reaction to the Nazi air raids.
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    No Main Docks Damaged
    198 16 No Main Docks Damaged Testimony Of U.S. Radio Commentator j London. Aug. 30. c MR E. D. Murrow, American com- mentator broadcasting on the mbia .system lrom London, n "I spent Wednesday at the Port of !l London— 4,ooo acres of docks, cranes, warehouse*, barges, ships -the biggest port in
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    Canada Making 600 Fighters For R.A.F.
    43 16 Ottawa, Aug. 29. PRESS reports from Ottawa officially announced here that delivery has already started on 600 Hurricane fighters ordered by the British Government from the Canadian Car and Foundry Company at Fort Williams, Ontario.— British Wireless.
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    MANY KILLED IN ITALIAN POWER HOUSE EXPLOSION
    34 16 Berlin, Aug 29. THE official news agency reports an wlon in a power station, six Fran Boligna, Italy, injuring over UK) persona and killing many > ihero Keulrr.
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    BOMBS ARE DROPPED AT RANDOM ON LONDON
    441 16 Heavy Nazi Raids On Wales London, Aug. 29. HPHERE was considerable air activ- ity over Wales to-day. In one area the raiders received such a warm reception from coastal antiaircraft batteries that they dropped their bombs in a hurry. Most of the bombs
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