The Straits Times, 13 September 1940

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    37 1 FINAL EDTN. The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY] MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER—LARGEST NET SALES 16 pa(;es SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS The Straits Times ]6 PAGES SINGAPORE. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1940 PRICE 5 CENTS.
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      337 1 Try MIEN CHOtfG TAILOR 3 NG Just Received Suit Lengths: WAIN SHIELL'S In Silk and Wool ALso AMERICAN SIIAAKSKIN in various Colours. 34 Colrman St. Spore. Phone 4816 4 XWBIUEAD BLUE LABEL JwHilfc^ beer is a new brew which will be. found light 1 -V iS?_ww and exhilarating possessing the
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      6 1 SINGAPORE, 140 CECIL ST. ('PHONE 5471)
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      213 1 08p fi&vveintmtnt |^^l CELEBRATED FUR FELT HATS ftj-f-j The Popular Cut Edge Snap Brim Cr s2=c^-- Model. Lined White Satin with Grease rjpvJ Proof Head Tip and Fine Quality. \4\ Leather Headband. Light and Mid Grey Light and Dark Brown PRICE $11.50 EACH. SIZES §W TO 7^k" "BURBERRY" RAINCOATS The
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      39 1 ELSIE MARY SINGAPORE «nd KUALA LUMPUR. DRESSES for all OCCASIONS DRESSMAKING MILLINERY. KUALA LUMPUR 2b JAVA ST. V PHONE 3683) New Shipment of *SPj&?) CINE CAMERA. §|fl Jhtitg*' PROJECTORS 8. ACCESSORIES NOW HERE SINGAPORE PHOTO CO. High Street, SINGAPORE-
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENT
      52 2 Mr*. Chua Whay Seni,- and family beg to tender their heartfelt thanks to all frienls and relatives, the O.K. A. and A. A. A. for their night visits and attendance at the funeral of the late Mr. Chua Whay Seng, and also to those who sent wreaths and letters
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      486 2 WILLIAMS.— At Port Dickson on 11th September, to Irene Constance, wife of W. H. Williams—* daugbi-sr. JOWIT— At General Hospital. Singapore, on 11th September to Florence, wife of W. H. Jowlt. Mercantile Bank, a daughter. SITUATIONS VACANT When applying fat anj position adTf-rtteed (o these column* tend cople* of testimonial*
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      589 2 FOR SALE PRISMATIC BINOCULARS: 8x30 ami lix30. M. Ezckicl Sons, 9, Raffles Place Tel. 3949. CHEAP SALE. Singer treadle sewin<? machine In good condition. $40. Cash, su Calrnhill Road, from 4-6 p.m. DRESS-MAKING Establishment. "EVA." 344, Tanjong Katong Koaa, complete with all furniture, fittings, sewing machines etc. App)v on premises.
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      814 2 -MPARD RESIDENCE CAST ANGI.IA 6 Oxley RUe. cool and quiet leims moderate Tele 4390 WINDSOR HOTEL, ICJney Road, Double anu single rooms avMlaL'e Sept. Ist with excellent cuLslne. Under ruropean Management "WHITEHALL" 32 Calrnhill Rd. Under English supervision. Suite or room with private verandah bath. Excellent cuisine. Mod. San. Tel.
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      808 2 LOST LOST— Large all-white cat, Tanglin, Chatsworth area. Reward. 23 Chatsworth Road. Phone 2910. AUCTION NOTICES THE SINGAPORE AUCTIONEERS AUCTION SALE Of modern well-made European polished teak household furnuurc of evtry description, a very good collection uf brassware. wellgrown plants in fancy Shanghai jars. :;nd pote crockery, glassware, fancy green
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      174 2 BUSINESS CARDS ETC MANICURE _^-£"iT^ TO --rTs %s>2*^* 1* &g&&^^ MANICURE SPECIALIST MISCELLANEOUS SINGAPORE LUGGAGE CARRIER CO. Baggage Transport, Transhipment, Insurance tc Forwarding General Cargo eases, bales drums only) cleared or shipped at the wharves. Booking Agents for F M.S. Railway* Tel. Address— "LUGGAGE." Phone 2428 or Call at 45.
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      102 2 J.&E. HALL LTD. (DARTFORD) ICE PLANTS. COLD STORAGE AIR CONDITIONING INSTALLATIONS ALLIANCE ENGINEERING CO., LTD. SINGAPORE AND KI'ALA LUMPUR. MY SHORT TRAVELS ON ESTATE LIFE (Planters' Subordinates). A swift survey on conditions ciiiifronilnjj Estate Subordinates. Revelation mr Redress kg .1. M. Kr-ns. Buy your ropy and hrlp tile War tund.
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      474 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITSSI INDIA AND APCAR LINE. Incorporated in England) PENINSULAH ANf ORIENTAL 8 N Co «AII PASS2NGEK 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
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      286 3 (Incorporated In Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR TO_S AN^ FRANCISCO Hong Kong, Kobe, Yokohama, Honolulu San Francisco and Los Angeles ASAMA MARU leave Kobe Oct. 2 NITTA MARU leave H'kong Oct. 11 TATUTA MARU leave H'kong Oct. 21 YAWATA MARU leave H'kong Nov. 4 TO SEATTLE Nagoya,
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      532 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. BLUE FUNNEL LINE Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom. Dates are net 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] via Java by first class passenger ships. Single fare $192 (A
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      370 3 INSURANCE FIRE-ACCIDENT MOTOR FIDELITY GUARANTEE-MARINE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION THE LONDON ..SSLKA HONG KONG FIRE INSC3 CO t TD. PHOENIX ASSURA JCE O. I TD. V.'ESTFHN \SSUk,.NrF T) EAGLE STAR [NS CO LTD BRITISH UmtlCA ASSURANCE CO GUTHRiE CO., LTD. (Incorporated In S.S.) TRANSPORT PASSENGER'S BAGGAGE GENERAL (ARGO FURNITURE REMOVAL storage wfi
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      655 3 Broadcasting TODAY SINGAPORE /.HI UH net (MAI ZHP s6s mc» Xu Jhm.1 1.15 p.m. U«ht muslct; 1.30 p.m. Warning to mariners. Programme summary. Mid -day tin. copra and rubb: r prices. 1.35 .).m. News; 1.50 p.m. Interval: 5.00 p.m. Concert of popular Malay muslct; 5.45 pjn. Teochew Guakang dramas and
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    TIN MINES AND EXCESS PROFITS
    492 4 The Memorandum To The Chancellor (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 13. AS your Correspondent cabled to you to-day, the Tin Producers' Association to-day appealed to the Chancellor of the Exchequer for relief for Empire-registered British tinmining companies from the 100 per cent. Excess Profits
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    GUTHRIE'S RUBBER REVIEW
    96 4 IN a weekly review of the rubber market Guthrie and Co. Ltd. with as follow: The International Rubber Regulation Committee has revised to 90 per cent, the quota for October/December inclusive. This increase was not unexpected and has not affected the markets to any appreciable extent, although
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    London Stock Exchange
    362 4 London, Sept. 12. AN the Stock Exchange the market derived v great encouragement from the result ot last night's air activity and consequently the tone continued fully steady despite the quietness of business. Industrials were occasionally better but Triplex glass dropped from 18 Gd. to 11 3d.
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    88 4 Mails close at the General Post Office as follows: TO-DAY Australia air 5 pjn. Java surface 11 JO a.m. air 5 p.m. New Zealand air S pra. Port Darwin air 5 p.m. Port Moresby air 5 p.m. Sarawak surface Ip.m. Sarlkei surface 2 p.m. Sibu surface
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    DONATIONS TO WAR FUND
    296 4 S its. Buy a Bomber Fund (first instalment —being part proceeds of Buy a Bomber Ball at Sea View Hotel on Ang. 31.) 9,594.79 Jasin Clvb —Jasin. Malacca —Blitzkriee Night 7,219.79 Evatt and Co. —Balance of Volunteer Pay drawn by Members of the staff In the
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    Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1302 4 THURSDAY, SEPT. It, 194«: 1 PM. MINING Buyers Seller* Ampat Tin (4s) 3s 3d 3s 9d Austral Amal 5s) 5s 6d 6s c.d. Austral Malay 33s 6d 35s 6d x.d. Aver Hitam <5s) 1M> r» Ayer Weng ($1) .70 .80 Bangrln Tin <£i 16* 3d
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    151 4 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES •Irrom Osi' Own Correspondent) Ixmdon. Sept. 12. COMMODITY and Exchange markets closed follows «/lth pr«Ttou3 Quotations In parenthesis: RUBBER: Easier. onrvA: V M.<5 SDOt: «> (ttrattn S.D. Rotterdam: £19 2* 00 COTTON: 8.22d 1 8.13d). PKl'PKh White Muntok: ♦^d <4*id). White Muntok: 4'id (4 .fcd). Lampong black In
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    List Of Current Dividends
    292 4 Issued by the Malayan Sh; laret brokers I Association. Boota Cou;t»u> Dividend Close TIN lustral Amal 3d Sept 14 Mistral Malay 3d. 113 bonus Sept. 2 Jurma Malay Is. No. 24 Sept. 23 long Fatt 7% Int. Sept 11 'ohan 10% Int. Sept 12 Catu 6d.
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      290 4 tAiid, mark you, mm For 1 8 years Craven 'A' m JMmW^S* have been awarded the m "mMJKN Royal Institute of Hygiene's Certificate for CISiSSESS quality is someto the throat is reliable. ©thing you can rely on always In patent 'TRU-VAC* tint of 50 and •Cellophane* wrapped PACKETS of 10
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      85 4 TIDE TABLES SINGAPORE ro-dav H. W. 9.17 a 7.9 ft.; 8.42 p.m. 8 5 it L. W. 2.41 ajn. 2.3 ft.; 3.05 p.m. 4.5 ft To-morrow II. W. 9.55 a.m. 8.3 ft.- 9.33 pjn. S ft L. W. 3.34 am. 2 ft.; 4/ pjn. 3.9 ft Sunday. Sept. 15 H.
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    457 5 Trade Urges Resumption Ut Buffer Pool Purchasing B> Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, Sept. 13 RUBBER fell three-sixteenths in London to 12 J/16d. and threeBixteenthJ In New York to 18 15/16 rents. Tin In London shov/ed a sharp fall of 90s. for both Spot and three months, the
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
    108 5 Singapore, Sei.t. 13, noon. Buveri Seller! GamDler 7.75 Hamburg Cube t13.00 Jay.i Cube Sl2 50 fewer White Muntok $12.00 White $11.50 Oaek 6.50 Cooro Mixed S2.os Sun Dried 52.30 Sano Flour No 1 Ungga $3.40 Fair $2.81 $2.85 Sarawak $2.75 Je'otono Pulembanc 519.5U Banja $18.50 Sarawak $19.50
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    90 5 Friday. Sfpt. 3, noon. Buyers Sellen Prices "Vfcef No. IX I'.S.S (Spot loose) 'J7 1 37 :1 i No. IX R.S.S. f.o.J. In case* Srpt. 38 Hi 38 !i G.F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. in bales Kept. 301, 36 'j F.A.Q. R.S.S f.o.b. in bales Sept. 357h
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    Non-Acceptors And Order Of Running
    140 5 THE non-acceptors and order of running at Bukit Timah to-morrow are given below. The double tote will be drawn on races six and eight, and the bii; sweep will be drawn on i:»ce eight. Race 1: Horses, class 2, div. 3. 6 furs.— The Caliph.
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    LOCAL TRIBUNAL HEARS 36 APPLICATIONS
    1032 5 29 Recruits And Volunteers Granted Exemptions LJEARING 36 applications for exemption of Depot recruits and Volunteers from continuous training next month, from Oct. 5 to Nov. 8, the Local Tribunal consisting of Mr. J. C. Cobbett, Mr. P. A. B. McKerron and Mr. R. E.
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    BRUNEI UNITED HAS BETTER YEAR
    64 5 Brunei United Plantations Limited report a profit for the year ended June SO ct $06,185. A dividend of 6 per cent is recommended absorbing $34,200 $20,000 is transferred to cultivation reserve and $46,067 Is carried forward to next account, subject to directors' fees The profit
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    EXCHANGES
    185 5 Singapore. Thursday. The following are the exchange rates this morning according to the dally circular Issue-J by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation:— SELLING London T.T. J/4 I/IB Lordon demand 3/4 1/16 Lyons demand Switzerland demand 206 Hamburg demand New York demand 46 1516 Montreal demand 51 U/18 Batavia
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      74 5 The 10 H.P. 4-cylinder engine provides more than enough power for the large and roomy body. Powerful Girling Brakes give maximum safety under the most severe conditions. Long, wide leaf springs give the best possible riding comfort to all passengers. The Austin "10" is noted for its economy, low up-keep
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      113 5 PUBLIC NOTICE RAWANG TIN FIELDS LTD. (Incorporated In the Federated Malay States i Notice Is hereby given that a Dividend, the Sixteenth, of five per cent (5%), islx pence (6d.) per share i has been declared due and payable to shareholders on the Register at the 23rd September, 1940, in
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      484 5 AN ACCREDITED FACT SKETOLENE \kf I PREVENTS 75 cents and $1.25 Stocked by all Chemists and Stores Sole Distributors GRAFTON LABORATORIES Ltd Singapore, Kuala _umpur and Penang. TENDERS SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. TENDERS are Invited for the supply of Manifold Pipes for Underdralnage System for Buklt Timah Rapid Gravity Filters. Tender Form
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      373 5 pppampyMi in ut i 19-ZS. CECIL STREET SIMIiAI-uKfe. Telephone Manager's Office 4512 Sub-Manajer's Office 4513 Exchange l»rpt. 4514 General Office 4767 Cable Address: PKOVINBANK Head Office Sluchow. Kwangtunt PAIU UP CAPITAI (Ch.) lIUIOU.WO RESERVE FUNDS 13.000,000 TOTAL ASSETS (appro*.) 11D8.000.a00 Board of Director! T. U SOONG rSENG YANG PO V.
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      314 6 THE^EST COMEDY SHOW IN TOWN 1 "Siiy At 3.i5, A I H A MRR A 6.15 and 9.15 p.m. rlLllirllflljlVrl The Popular Stars of "The AWFUL TRUTH" together again for the laun-h of your b'fe! ■wPfite,"^ 0"0 1 miss it rvtMip^^^ when Ihey mix r^SffffSm k pf*\^y it over who's
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      279 6 t MODERN BALLROOM DANCING Standard Steps and Latest Variations foBesinners or Dancers by MB. LOON with Rapid Coaching. Lady Partners available f or j pract.ee. Hours day and evenings. Success] Guaranteed at:— MODERN DANCING STUDIO, No. 5, Ann feiang Hill. Singapore. (This road is diagonally opposite Hindoo Temple of South
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      329 6 The Picture that glows with the same directorial finish as "NINOTCHKA! Affll-MA TA AIUI At the C00L AIR-CONDITIONED OPENS TODAY! CAPITOL You'll enjoy it as much as you 3.15 6.15 9.15 did "Goodbye Mr. Chips." J *Rox Office Phone 5961 TWO MORE GREAT STARS GET THAT "LUBITSCH TOUCH 1 Garbo
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    LONDON DISAPPOINTS NAZI HOPES OF CONFUSION
    402 7 Enemy's Object Is To Start Mass Flight So As To Clog Roads London, Sept. 12. INSPIRED comment in the German newspapers makes it clear that the complete break-down of London's social and business life and forced evacuation of its population are hoped for as
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    ONE OF EVERY FOUR RAIDERS SHOT DOWN BY THE R.A.F.
    573 7 London, Sept. 12. I OSSES inflicted on the raiders yesterday afternoon, totalling 89 planes, represented nearly a quarter of the machines involved, declares the Air Ministry news service, which states that so fiercely did Spitfires and "Hurricanes attack the enemy
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    DEATHROLL SLIGHT IN DOVER AREA
    60 7 London, Sept. 12. ALTHOUGH no casualty lists have A yet been issued, it is known that the deathroll in yesterday's bombing and shelling of the Dover area was remarkably slight. Not mere than a dozen people are believed to have been killed, although rescue squads
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    GALLANTRY AWARDS FOR A.R.P. HEROES?
    75 7 London, Sept. 12 MR. Herbert Morrison, Minister oi Supply, a'ier a tour of the raided areas of London this morning, said he believed that the gallantry of A.R.P. workers would be the subject of awards He said he believed that U was the general desire
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    GEN. CHIANG WARNS RICE-HOARDERS
    109 7 Chungking, Sept. 12. DRASTIC measures will shortly be taken by the Chinese Government to meet the serious rice situation. A proclamation on the rice problem was addressed by Gen. Chiang Kai-shek to tha Szechuan populace yesterday. The proclamation appeared tn all streets In the larger cltie.;
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    LORD MAYOR'S FUND NOW £3,113,000
    34 7 London, Sept. 12. THE Lord M^yjr'c R3d Cross and St. 1 John fund now totals £3115,000. among the latest gifts being £200 from the Valparaiso British Women's League— Ueuter.
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    MORE CHILD REFUGEES
    39 7 REACH NEW ZEALAND Wellington, Sept. 12. A PART y of 170 British children, tanned ;.rd Ju.althy. arrived here to-day after an une ca t f ul voyage. They are mostly •:i.""»rj< wtth relative anfi fromd* B«i»er
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      216 7 lawcHT- DINNER DANCE (Informal) 8 p.m. to midnight CABARET ATTRACTION SUCCESS MIMI JOSE THE POPULAR MEXICAN DANCERS OF INTERNATIONAL FAME Dinner $3.00 Non-diners $1.00 TO-MORROW SPECIAL RACE DINNER. DANCE CABARET SEA VIEW H HOTEL TO*ftii?KT SPECIAL DINNER DANCE DINNEB 53.00 NO ADMISSION CHARGE SATURDAY EXTENSION TO 1 A.M. ADELPHI GRILL
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      287 7 TO-DAY Af| Where 315 L BLhI HNV Everybody 61 c q1 c SB^H Goes .It, 3.10. W kAUUt UMiHAPt lUiCj MORNING SHOW TO-MORROW at 11 O'CLOCK SONGS MUSIC FUN JACK. I LAUGHTER MfV^JT "TT J I Paramount^ Latest HL Sgjf Musical Success fty^TT SONGS! |h^hHH[ My Kind Country" ■B^H —^—i
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, SEPT. 13, 1940. (376th Day Of The War.) How Mad Are You?
    874 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, SEPT. 13, 1940. (376th Day Of The War.) How Mad Are You? An American Journalist who was allowed to make a tour of inspection of the areas which suffered most severely in the recent air raids has cabled to his newspaper a highly reassuring report
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    THE CINEMAS AGAIN
    366 8 There are signs that cinemas may again figure prominently in local politics in the near future. At the last meeting of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners there was some discussion of the parking problem at the Cathay Cinema. On the motion of Mr. Cecil Reuben, reference back was
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    THE BRITISH COMMAND OF THE SEAS
    1591 8 Growing Strength Of The Fleet An Assurance Of Victory LJISTORY has a way of repeating itself. The Germans with their great army have succeeded in remaking the map of Europe for the time being, much as Napoleon had remade it before Waterloo. A French
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    A THRILL
    223 8 Eurasian Mothers And A Recent Broadcast To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— lt was thrilling experience for Eurasian mothers who listened to the radio last Friday evening and heard Gunner D. Labrooy, of the A.A. Regt.. R.A. describing his first Impressions of Army life. The Incident
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  • Letters To The Editor
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      "OOMPH"
      193 8 What Local Broadcasts Lack To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,—Could It be possible that ft morning broadcast of the 8.M.8.C. ba arranged with a programme of recorded dance selections, together with a morning broadcast of the news to start the day right Wou^d there be a lot
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      A GOOD AUGURY
      191 8 R.A.F. Bombing Confined To Military Objectives To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir. —Much as I deplore the senseless destruction that is now going on in Europe, and much as I would that all the warmongers and armament magnates, irrespective of nationality or j party, were
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      LOTTERIES
      141 8 To Help Victims Of The Air Raids To the Editor of the Straits Time Sir,—lt is common talk in Singapore that the military authorities may take over the Singapore Turf Club premises. If that Is so, and racing Is suspended for a time why, not allow the Turf Club
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      THE BLACK-OUT
      124 8 Cars With All Lights On One Switch To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,—Will you please tell me whether It was right to detach the bulbs of the headlights of a car In motion during the black-out period? I was travelling in Singapore en the night of
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      NOISY HAWKERS
      140 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, Your correspondent Charles Short seems to love and live on noises! He claims that I should take a holiday to Europe for my nerves because I cannot tolerate the noises made by hawkers beating the sticks together. He may as
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      193 8 DESTROY WHITE ANTS Scientifically. USE x^sssfißl^ aPilirlf l||% PRICES. Sets. Kefills. LARGE for godowns, factories, coolie lines, etc. $2250 $18.50 SMALL for individual householders ".54 5.50 FIELD for rubber plantations and all trees 13.50 11.50 STOCKISTS: FEDERAL DISPENSARY LTD. i lncorporated tn the FM.S.) Singapore, Johore, Sclangor, Negri Sembilan and
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      50 8 Just received! HITLER'S SPY BING BY "E. 7- Exposure! of Gestapo Activities in England Revealed for the First timo by a Master Spy. Frice $6.30. Pontage 30c. G. H. KIAT CO.. LTD., S-H Robinson Koad Singapore. General Office 6SCS. Printing Dept. VU, JOHN DUKE Manufacturing Opticia n 21, BATTERY ROAD.
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    ITALIAN FORCES SAID TO BE MOVING ON EGYPT
    396 9 Enemy Advance From Eastern Libya THE FRONTIER HAS NOT YET BEEN CROSSED Invaders Not Backed Up By German Units IT is authoritatively learned in London that Italian troops are moving towards the Egyptian frontier from the neighbourhood of Fort Capuzzo, in Libya,
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    Further Crop Of Invasion Dates
    110 9 Further Crop Of Invasion Dates Nazi Source Now Talks Of September 16 London, Sept. 13. MR. CHURCHILL'S warning about German preparations for the invasion of Britain has been followed by I renewed rumours about dates. From the German news agency comes a report that Field-Marshal von Brauchitsch, coinmander-in-chief of the
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    World's Future With Britain
    118 9 U.S. Faith In Ultimate Allied ictory London, Sept. 13. IN this war nations may remain 1 neutral but the people of those nations do not, said Miss Dorothy Thompson, noted American publicist, in a recorded talk from London broadcast last night. "Yqu fighting there on the
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    Sympathy For Britain In Her Cruel Ordeal
    181 9 St. LouLs, Sept. 12. COMMENTING on the British sit- uation in the face of the mass air raids, the St. Louis Post-Des-patch, leading liberal newspaper in the Middle West, says, "The triumph of Naziism, a creed completely antagonistic to all fundamentals of freedom,
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    Keeping A Look-out For Raiders
    31 9 A Bren gun mounted as an A.A. gun on top of a newly-designed pillbox on the east coast of Britain keeps a look-out for enemy machines.
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    MIDDLE EAST REINFORCED
    88 9 Troop Movement From India Simla, Sept. 13. HPHE safety of the Red Sea route from India to the Middle East, which continues despite the Italian occupation of British Somallland, is Illustrated by figures lust published. Between Sept. 1, 1939 and Aug. 31, 1940 there have proceeded from
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    R.A.F. Attacks On Libya
    132 9 Cairo. Sept. 13. In a series of raids on objectives in eastern Libya on Wednesday, R.AF. bembsrs attacked Amseat. where four fires were started; the Derna landing ground, where bombs fell among aircraft, Derna harbour and a Jettj. and Bardia, whers several fires were "started, states
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    Two Squadrons' Great Feat
    143 9 I Ferocious Attack On 150 Nazi Bombers London, Sept 13. TWO Hurricane squadrons fero- ciously attacking a formation of 150 enemy bombers escorted by fighters did splendid work In protecting London from attack on Thursday afternoon, states the Atr Ministry news service. Eighteen of these raiders
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    Success Of London's Air Defence Tactics
    222 9 London, Sept. 13. IT p to last night, Britain had had w only one visit from ihe German al" force. Lnndon in fact had one of the quietest days for some time. No warnng was sounded un.il the afternoon and the "ali clear" (am;
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    Italian War Material Taken In Libya
    38 9 Rii.i.h penetrations into I alian Libya have resulted in severe en.-my losses in men and material. Thes pictures show Italian light an i-tank guns and other arms captured by the British forces.
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    N.I's GIFT OF WARPLANES
    273 9 King Accepts 58 Aircraft London, Sept. 13. rpHE King has accepted the offer of the Queen of the Netherlands of 40 Spitfires and 18 bombers to be provided from funds raised In the Netherlands Indies. Queen Wilhelmina and her Ministers are already doing everything possible |to
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    585 Casualties On Wednesday
    162 9 London. Sept. 13. THE casualties in Wednesday's 1 raids on London were: 125 killed and 250 injured in the afternoon: 40 killed and 170 Injured at night. Reuter. the Netherlands, has given rise to their wish that part of the contributions of the total oi 5,000.000
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    JAPANESE FIRE ON UNKNOWN PLANE
    53 9 Hong Kong, Sept. 13. AN unknown plane flying over Namtai'. north-west of the Hons Kong border, was fired on by Japanese anti-aircraft guns yesterday afternoon. The guns loosed off about seven rounds, upon which the plane, which is believed to have been a passenger machine,
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    Gen. Franco To Visit Berlin Shortly
    40 9 Gen. Franco To Visit Berlin Shortly New York. Sept. 12. THE National Broadcasting Company quotes a Rome broadcast for the statement that the Span sh dictator. Gen. "ranco. h fttectl* visiting Berlin at the invitation of the German Government. Kea.er.
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    U.S. MUNITIONS PLANTS WORKING FOR ALLIES
    55 9 Dover <New Jersey). Sept. 12. THE British Purchasing Ccmmiss on states it is unable to determine whether U.S. factories had any British munitions orders m hand. Hcwever it is understood in Wall Street tint orders havj been placed with nearly all the leading muniMin
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    NAZI CONVOYS BOMBED
    234 9 R.A.F. Offensive Continues great onslaught which th« R.A.F. has been making against the German war machine was continued on Wednesday when perhaps the most widespread night attack of the war so far on military objectives In Germany and Germanoccupied territory was carried out. An Air Ministry communique
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    POLITICAL AMNESTY IN RUMANIA
    92 9 London, Sept. 13. A RUMANIAN report announces th» signing of a political amnesty by King Michael. The decree signed by him reprieves a number of men sentenced for i tical crimes. They include 14 pr ins who carried out a plot against iiinf* Carol. Reports from
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    32 MISSING IN LOST DESTROYER
    36 9 London, Sept. 13. *T*HE Admiralty states that one officer and 31 ratings are missing, and three ratings wounded in the destroyer Ivanhoe, the loss of which has already been announced. —Reuter.
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    WAR FUND INCREASES BY $21,000 TO-DAY
    718 10 "Buy A Bomber Ball" Proceeds Acknowledged JASIN CLUB'S "BLITZKRIEG" NIGHT BROUGHT IN $7,219 THE total of The War Fund is increased to-day by over $21,000 to $3,664,735, largely as a result of contributions representing part proceeds of the "Buy a Bomber" Ball held at
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    AMUSEMENTS
    169 10 SINGAPORE F.UILES HOTEL Dinner Dance (Informal) 8 p.m. to Midnight. GAKKH'K THEATRE, GEYLANG The Oregon Trail (Chaps. 8—15)8 —15) 6 Carefree at 7.45 p.m. GREAT WORLD Cabaret: 7 to 9 9 p.m. to Midnight. Globe: Rose of Washington Square. Sky: The Cat the Canary. HAPPY WORLD Aerial Trapeze Stunts,
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    Dutch Comedian Defies Nazis
    170 10 (From A Dutch Correspondent) f)NE of the most popular burlesque comedians of the revue stage in Holland, Mr. Buziau, recently added an impromptu ac* to his repertoire. He appeared on the stage wearing one of his absurd caps, with a large number "6 1 on it;
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    ACQUITTAL OF INDIANS
    400 10 Case Concerning Clothing EVIDENCE HELD NOT STRONG ENOUGH CHARGED with housebreaking into the home of W. J. M. Warden, a well-known local tennis player, at 39. Chancery Lane, between sunset and sunrise on Aug. 25, with intent to steal a large quantity of clothing, two Tamils, Manikam
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    "MY FAVOURITE WIFE" IS GOOD COMEDY
    122 10 "My Favourite Wife." (Irene Dunne, Cary Grant. Gail Patrick and Randolph S?ott.) R.K.O. At th: Alhambra. THINKING that his Arst wife (Irene Dunne) who was shipwrecked seven years ago, is dead, Cary Gran; marries again, only to come face to face, en the first
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    Indian Alleges Defamation By Four Serangs
    908 10 ALLEGATIONS that the Supply Of: n labour tO Ships Was controlled by a "rine" pmanntinir frnrn thP n/oefn, Af& J2 g ?.1 Master Attendant S Office and that an officer in that department was responsible for the manufacture Of i nnmhpr nf fnrcrpri rinnnnpntq
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    Johore Inspector Honoured
    67 10 Inspector Salleh bin Haji Omar receiving the Royal Humane Society testimonial from the Tungku Mahkota at a presentation ceremony at the Johore Police Depot yesterday. Inspector Salleh had saved a Chinese woman from drowning in the Johore River. On the extreme left is Capt. C. R. Moorish,
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    SPECIAL MINISTER FOR OVERSEAS INDIANS?
    234 10 New Post Predicted For Viceroys "Cabinet AN Indian unofficial may be appointed to the Viceroy's Executive Council to be in sole charge of the portfolio of Indians overseas, reports from Simla indicate. If this should materialize, it is a development that will be particularly welcomed
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    Malayan's £20,000 Gift For Planes
    120 10 MR. C. Alma Baker, the Malayan rubber estate and tin mineproprietor, has s;nt £20.000 to Lord Beaverbrook, the Minister for Aircraft Production, for the purchase of four fighter aircraft for the Royal Air Force. During the last war, Mr. Baker conducted an appeal campaign which
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    INSPECTION OF AID POSTS
    255 10 Mr. Jones Praises St. John Brigade SAW WORK DURING BLACK-OUTS j THE Acting Commissioner of the St. John Ambulance Brigade (Overseas), for Malaya has received from the Officer Administering the Government, Mr. S. W. Jone?, a letter of con#ratulai.i..r. for the services rendered by the St.
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    BASEBALL GAME FOR THE WAR FUND
    70 10 U7TTH their regular team, the Amerie- an Association baseball nine is fully determined to erase the memory of a defeat suffered a few weeks ago at the hands of the All-Stars when the two teams cross bats again at Jalan Besar stadium at 4
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    WAR LOAN LIKELY TO CLOSE TO-DAY
    45 10 THE lists for the Colony's $25,000,000 War Loan will probably bz closed I this afternoon, it is understood. Subscriptions aro still coming in steadily, I and according to an official, "there is only a little way further to go."
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    ADMIRAL'S TRIBUTE TO THE MALAY NAVY
    588 11 "Wonderful Progress" Made During First Year SIR P. NOBLE RELINQUISHES COMMAND ON CHINA STATION IT was announced yesterday that Vice-Admiral Sir Geoffrey Layton, K.C.B., D.S.O., has relieved Admiral Sir Percy Noble, K.C.B., C.V.O., as Commandcr-in-Chief of the China Stalion. On relinquishing his command, Admiral
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    Penang Boys For R.A.F. Ground Staff
    118 11 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penan?, Sept. 12. THIRTY-EIGHT Penan? Trade School students left for Singapore to-day to take up appointments with the {round staff of the Royal Air Force at Singapore. They comprise 22 Chinese, 11 Eurasians, four Indians and one Malay. Of the
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    CORPSE FOUND IN DRAIN
    232 11 vr-HILE cleaning a drain In Rochore Canal Road on Tuesday morning, a Tamil Municipal labourer, Vellu, came across the corpse of a Chinese lying In the drain, subI merged In water. I When the body of the man vas removed to hospital, It was examined and
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    OIL DISCUSSIONS IN THE INDIES
    55 11 T^HE Dutch-.Tapanpsp oil discussions were proceeding In Bandoeng last week w.th Mr. Tadaharu Muiai. President of th; Mitsui Bu-san Kaisha, conferring with M. Pan:halecn Vcn Eck, President of the Roya! Dutch Oil Corporation, and Mr. Fred Kay, cf the Standard Oil Company of New York
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    13 11 Malayalces throughout Malaya will celebrate Onam to-day, the national •harvest) festival of Malabar.
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    Research Scholar
    91 11 JLfR. Chia Kirn Chicee, a 1936 S.S. Queen's Scholar, has been elected Research Scholar in Law by the governing body of Downing College, Cambridge. He is the first Queen's Scholar to obtain this distinction. Educated at the Anglo-Chinese School and Raffles Institution, in Singapore, he is the son
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    "APPALLING CONDITIONS"
    206 11 Food Shop Refused Licence SINGAPORE Rural Board members yesterday discussed whether th°y should ai:ow "an old, but very wiry" Chinese woman proprietress of an eat-ing-house, to continue defying their sanitary by-laws and make herself liable for further prosecutions, or be refused a further licence. The conditions under which
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    BLOOD DONORS' SERVICE IN IPOH SOON
    95 11 (Prom Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Sept. 12. CALLING In line with certain centres In the country, Ipoh will soon have a blood donors service when the Perak branch of the St. John Ambulance Association will Invite the public to volunteer as blood donors, not
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    ONG-CHUA WEDDING
    44 11 THE marriage will take place en Thursday, at 11 a.m. at 21 Scotts Road, of Mr. Ong Tiang Guan. second son of Mr. and Mrs Ong Boon Tat and Miss Chua Hock Tay. eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chua Cheng Hock.
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    REFERENCES TO "RING" OF CONTRACTORS
    455 11 Rural Board Comment On Cost Of Building THE assertion that if a ring of contractors existed in Singapore it was up to the Govemnient, and not the Rural Board alone, to fight it, was made at a meeting of the Rural Board yesterday. i Under
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    COMBINED SERVICES SHOW TONIGHT
    66 11 COOTLIGHTS Parade," the Com- bined Services show in aid of the British Red Cross, opens to-night at 9.30 at the Victoria Theatre. Splendid fare Is offered In the programme which lasts over two hours. The grand finale is in itself an attraction when the massed bands
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    WOMAN PROFESSOR TO VISIT MALAYA
    61 11 PROFESSOR Winifred Cullis, of London University, will b3 vtatttng I Malaya shortly to tell Malayan women how their s'sters at home are helping to win the war. Professor Cullis, who Is the Unlver < sity's 65-year-cld professor of physloj logy arrived in Shanghai yesterday. >
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    Cost Of Living Grants Raised
    69 11 /GOVERNMENT employees arc to receive increased cost of living allowances for the month of September. The following rates are payable in respect of this month (figures in brackets being the rates paid in August): Classes T (a) and II (a) $2.45 <5?.20). classes I (b)
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    Rules Should Be Administered Reasonably, Says Unofficial
    613 11 THAT their rules and regulations should be reasonable and reasonably administered was the subject of comment by Mr. CecU Reuben at a meeting of the Rural Board yesterday. Under discussion was the case Of a Malay living in the Malay Settlempnt who had
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    CONDUCTOR SENTENCED
    131 11 Had Counterfeit 20-Cent Coins "I WOULD like to point out the great danger that lies in concaictors of the Singapore Traction Company possessing counterfeit coins. They are in an ideal position to distribute th^se coins and thus cause a great dc?l of trouble and inconvrnience to ths public."
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    'FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN N. I. & JAPAN WILL NEVER BREAK'
    601 12 'FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN N. I. JAPAN WILL NEVER BREAK' "Tokio's Great Expectations On Indies' Resources —Kobayashi Batavia, Sept. 12. WHATEVER the present European situation might be and whatever might be the fate of Europe in the future, we are convinced that the friendship and economic and cultural relations between Japan and
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    Russo-Japanese Relations
    295 12 n Fffr»i«f TV* Tti^alr An llori lo l>ieaK Tli*» *»il -i lotn-i l<> I lie OiaiCllldlC pTOi-qeTwp tUa \\°K'°',r cp l- STRESSING the importance Of Japanese-Soviet relations, Japanese newspapers pin high hopes on the personality, and ability of Ueut.-Gen. Yoshitsugu latekawa, who has been no"ilna'? d v,at.A^nnba^ ad
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    PRICE CONTROL JAPAN TO CONTINUE
    67 12 PRICE CONTROL JAPAN TO CONTINUE Tokio, Sept. 12. THE Ministry of Commerce and industry has decided to prolong for another year the Ministerial decree, v.hicl. pegs commodity Pr'c« at levels of Sept. 13 las' year. It ex"f^wSch was hitherto been exempted Jrom tne decree wlll also lnclude<i m the list
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    DETAINED JAPANESE IS RELEASED
    38 12 DETAINED JAPANESE IS RELEASED I/ondnn. Sept. 12. »J|R. SHUNSAKE TANABE, one of IVI two Japanese detained under the aliens order last month, has been released Tne other> Mr saturo Makihara was freed after a few days. t>pnt*r neuter.
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    NAVAL AWARDS FOR AUSTRALIANS
    25 12 London. Sept, 12. AUSTRALIAN naval officers and ratA mgs are included In the list of a SUDPlement to and H.M.S. Voyager.—Reuter.
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    "The Note Of Confidence In Premier's Talk Rings True"
    336 12 i Bept, U AM. Churchill's brcadcas; o! yesierN- "1 mWh Mm- llla Mi ChUrcb.ll I id ;o I'll the public j a .< r how unpalatable l mlgb 0 Th*i ki why j mfld QCe which I the H":.r[; Mr 11
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    Fresh U.S. Embargo On War Goods To Japan?
    37 12 Washington, Sept. 12. MANY unconfirmable reports are current here that a further extension of United States embargoes on the export of war materials to Japan is inevitable shortly.— Reuter.
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    NEW FRONTIER BETWEEN BULGARIA & RUMANIA
    97 12 NEW FRONTIER BETWEEN BULGARIA RUMANIA Berlin, Sept. 12. THE text of the Rumano-Bulgarlan agreement on Southern Dobrudja, according to a Sofia dispatch to the German news agency, shows the new frontier oerween Bulgaria and Rumania running from the Danube, Immediately north of Sillstria, to a point on the Black Sea
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    GUNMEN'S $200,000 HAUL OF GOLD
    61 12 Shanghai, Sept. 12. piVE gunmen, one carrying a handgrenade, entered an office on the sixth floor of the Chinese Stock Exchange building. In the heart of the business district of the International Settlement, yesterday afternoon and stole 30 gold bars valued at $6,000 each. They
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    SITUATION IN INDOCHINA
    142 12 Sino- Japanese Clash Reported London, Sept. 12. WHILE there is still no definite news of the Franco-Japanese talks in French Indo-Chlna, it is reported that French acceptance of the Toklo demands for military facilities in the colony cannot be long delayed. According to a message from Chungking.
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    INVASION ATTEMPT WOULD BE HAZARDOUS FOR NAZIS
    579 13 Britons Eager That "This Matter Should Be Put To The Test" "MOST of us feel that we would like this matter "Mo be put to the test, and we are waiting for the (Icrman decision to make the gambler's throw," declared Air Marshal
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    GIFT FOR PLANES
    27 13 P London, Sept. 12. IE Georg town Committee of British Guiana has sent a further il 2.000 towards the cojt of new planes. —Reuter.
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    More A.A. Guns For London
    209 13 More A.A. Guns For London London. Sept 12. k DEEP Impresakm has bean caused in London by the effect of ttaa anti-aircrar: barrage in last nights raids. Responsible military authorities to-day admitted that anti-aircrah lire last night was in the form of a barrage based on new methods of prediction
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    Coal Shortage In Italy
    232 13 London, Sept. 12. ITALY'S need for caal Is shown in a statement issued to-day by the Czecho-Slovak Foreign Office in Londcn. I., reveals that German army officials in Slovakia ordered the s^ate railways of the protectorate to put several hundred trucks ac their disposal to I
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    Time Is Against Nazi Aggressors
    148 13 London, Sept. 12. H TIME fights inexorably against 1 Hitler," declares The Times in an editorial to-day on the Nazi raids. The newspaper adds that the season is far advanced and the approach of autumn and winter makes it vital either to launch this great
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    Soviet Dubious About Nazi Plan
    111 13 L -ivi.-'ii, Sept. 12. RUSSIAN comment on the possibility of a German invasion of England Is contained In an article In the Red Fleet, official organ of the Soviet Navy After pointing out that British air power Is steadily increasing, the newspaper states that unless
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    CANADA STANDS SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH BRITAIN
    47 13 Ottawa, Sept. 12. MR. W. L. Mackenzie King, the Canadian Prime Minister, has cabled Mr. Winston Churchill expressing the loyal support of the Canadian people and their pride in standing shoulder to shoulder with Britain In a dire emergency. Reuter.
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    Huge War Purchases in Canada
    69 13 Huge War Purchases in Canada London, Sept. 12. DRITAIN and Canada together have mads .a capital investment of $222,600,000 in war production plants across the Dominion, stated the Canad:an Min.ster of Munitions and Supply yesterday. They would have a product:ve capacity of $800,000,000 value annually In all kinds of war
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    LONDON CHILDREN ARE BEING EVACUATED
    63 13 London, Sept. 12. OARENTS of London schoolchildren are urged to register their children lcr immediate evacuation for which, it is ofttciallv stated, parties are leav- uig frequently. For refugee! forced to leave their' '■o-nes i ''ing to air attack, emergency rest centres providing food and
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    KING'S MESSAGE TO GEN. PERSHING
    72 13 THi' following message has been sent by the King to General Pershlng, Onimander of the American force In France In the Great War; "I send you my wannest con. ■;ratulatlons on your 83th birthday, together with the best wishes of the people of this country,
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    BEST DEFENCE FOR AMERICA
    189 13 i Roosevelt Says "Preparedness" Washington, Sept. 12. MI HATE war more than ever and I am supremely determined to do all I can to keep war away from these shores for all time," declared President Roosevelt, addressing the Trade Union I Convention here to-day. 'I stand
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    U.S. Conscription Bill Is Approved
    95 13 Washington, Sept. 12. •T^HE joint conference committee o. the Senate and House of Repre sentatlves has approved tho compromlsed version of the conscription bill making 16.500 000 men between the ages 21 and 35 liable to Immediate call j for a year of military training.
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    R.A.F. STAGE FRESH ATTACK ON BERLIN & HAMBURG
    545 14 R.A.F. STAGE FRESH ATTACK ON BERLIN HAMBURG Two Railway Stations Airfield In Nazi Capital Bombed London, Sept. 12. D A.F. bombers again made a big raid on Berlin last IX< night. Salvoes of high explosive and incendiary bombs were seen to strike buildings, tracks and goods yards at both the
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    CZECH SQUADRON'S PART
    75 14 London, Sept. 12. THE Czechc-Slovak borr.oei squadron recently formed in this country has made i;s first raid ever enemy territory. It took part in a successful attack on a railway goods yards at Brussels, and when they arrived over the targe: the crews found they were in
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    Border Bridge Blown Up ?
    91 14 Border Bridge Blown Up Hong Kong, Sept. 12. THE destruction of a bridge on the French Indo-China border by Chinese troops is reported by a United Press correspondent in Hanoi. According to the U.P. report a bridge neat Laokal In Indo-Chlna spanning the Hung Ha, which flows Into French Indo-Chlna
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    SECURITY STOCKS OF WAR MATERIALS
    53 14 London, Sept. 12. THE Australian supply department is going to build up security stocks of raw materials to the value of £10.000,000, according to the Sydney tadio. This will be sufficient to keep industry going for nearly 12 months in the .^ent of interruption of
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    ROYAL FAMILY'S HELP FOR RAID VICTIMS
    110 14 London, Sept. 13. rpHE Kins has sent £1,000 to the Lord A Mayor of London's air raid d'stress fund for relief of victims of the raids on London. The Queen has sent £500, Queen Mary £500, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester £250, the
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    PREMIER'S TRIBUTE TO ARGENTINE BRITONS
    85 14 London, Sept. 13. MR. Winston Churchill, tne Prime Minister, lias acknowledged a message received from the British community In the Argentine. Mr. Churchill telegraphed. "Thank you very much for your kind message. We share to the full four confidence In our victory, to which your
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    25 14 London, Sept. 12. MR. Neville Chamberlain, who recently returned to his duties after his illness, was received In audience at Buckingham Palace to-day.— British Wireless.
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    HENGIST & DINNA FORGET BEST FOR TO-MORROW
    1305 15 HENGIST DINNA FORGET BEST FOR TO-MORROW Kai Tere Taken To Win Cup Race From Blue Peter HEN GIST and Dinna Forget should be the best bets of the day, to-morrow, the final day of the Singapore Turf Club's Gold Cup meeting. Both these horses have done well is their earlier
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    WEEK-END EVENTS AT THE YACHT CLUB
    90 15 WEEK-END EVENTS AT THE YACHT CLUB .TO-DAY, at the Royal Singapore Vaeht Club, there will be the usual races for all classes, starting at 5.25 Ipjn On «"e following classes will sai: tn^ nrst race for a Club Beer Mug, starting at the usual times:— "C" class at 9.50 a.m.;
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    AIRMEN BEAT CUSTOMS
    50 15 by fn men the RAF 0 «H? Q ?s.) by found UtUe dSnculty < n i of^ ial referee did not turn up. Fortunately the sports secretary of the Harbour Board Club, Mr. Lim Poh Seah, was present, rr.d volunteered to referee, a Job H* rf e
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    S.C.R.C. OPEN TENNIS
    23 15 F WTMES ff F thC StKlitS ClllneSe Re creation Club's open invitation tennis tournament will close at 1 p.m. to-morrow.
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    GOVERNOR'S CUP FINAL
    26 15 IN the final of the Governor's Cup competition at the Garrison Golf Club Capt. G. Kinloch beat Major J. J. O'Dwyer two up.
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    17 15 SOCCER: second division (a), Publishers vs. R.A. (8.M.), padani,. TENNIS: S.C.C. and V.M.C.A. tournaments.
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    457 15 Soccer Notes The League rO points more will give the R.A.F. the honours in the first division of the S.A.F.A. league. The only other team that has a chance to win arc the Argylls, but they have a big task. In that they will have to
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    Morning's Slow Work At Bukit Timah
    159 15 LJEAVY rain early this morning made the going heavy, and horses exercised at Bukit Timah were, for the most part, given slow work on the third track. Of the Gold Cup candidates Sultana, Jack Druce, Lord Bug, Rubber Queen, Depot, Mystic Music and Bal
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    Mountain Battery Beat Juniors
    120 15 BY four goals to nil the 21st Mountain Battery beat the V.M.C A. Juniors at hockey on the V.M.C A. ground vfsterday. The winners scored two goals In each half* and, though the Juniors displayed a obstinate defence In the last IS minutes, their forwards were
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    Tengah Airmen Reach Final Of Inter-Units Cricket
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    LOYALS MAINTAIN WINNING FORM AT THE STADIUM
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    Yesterday's Results & Further Ties
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    HOLE IN ONE
    25 15 PLAYING at the Garrison Golf Club last Sunday, Mr. C. F. Jennings holed out in one at the 130 yards lourth hole.
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