The Straits Times, 18 September 1940

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    36 1 The Straits Times fESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY] MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 18, 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS. The Straits Times 16 PA(JES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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      11 1 ELSIE MARY SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR NEW SHIPMENT OF DRESSES JUST RECEIVED
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      451 2 SITUATIONS VACANT WANTED IMMEDIATELY 3rd grade Chinese Diesser for estate In Central Johore. Apply Box No. 743, Straits Times. A VACANCY EXISTS in the Public Works Department. Sarawak, for an ASIATIC QUALIFIED CIVIL ENGINEER. Commencing salary $320 per month with annual increments of $23 per month up to a maximum
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      668 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. i lncorporated in England) PENINSULAS AND ORIENTAL B.N Co MAU PASSENGER AND CARQO SERVICE The best possible services are being maintained by the P. O S N. Coy irom the Straits to their usual ports of call in China. India, Ceylon
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      546 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 Fremantle [Perth] via Java by first class passenger ships. Single fare $192 (A £28)
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      237 3 ll 1 FAST PASSENGER SERVICE SINGAPORE TO SAN FRANCISCO, VIA MANILA HONG KONG Ball Spore Arrive 8. F. s.s. CITY OP NEWPORT NEWS Oct. 6 Oct. 30 »j. CITY OP NORFOLK Nov. 7 Dec. 1 «.s. CITY OP SAN FRANCISCO Dec. 10 Jan. 3 U CITY OF LOS ANGELES Dec.
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      603 3 TODAY SINGAPORE ZHl Ul tne« «sm-i ZHP ».M .tu.lMm.' 1.00 p.m. Miscellaneous new gramophone records; 1.31 p.m. Warning to mariners. Programme summary. Mid-day tin, copra and rubber prices; 1.35 p.m. News; 1.50 p.m. Miscellaneous new gramophone records (contd); 2.00 p.m. Interval. 9 p.m. Hokkien Amoy musical lnterludet 5.15 p.m. Hokklen
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      683 3 EMPIRE STATION Transmission 2 (6.00 p.m -9.05 p.m. Mala.ri* time) will be radiated on the following wav»lengths: GSH— IJ.97 m; GSI— »M> m GSJ— 14 *l m; GSG— 18.86 m: GST-13.f,« m; and M GSP— IS 60 m until 7.2» »a »nd ot CSV IM4 m from 7.3} p.m. Transmlmlon
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    663 4 Industrials Improve: Raub Gold Easier By Oar Financial Correspondent Singapore, Sept. 18. rnHE local share market continues 1 ouiet but the tone generally Is firm and there was an increase in the volume of business transacted In the industrial section yesterday. The feature of yesterday's market was
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    85 4 Wednesday, Sept. 18. noon. Buyer* Seller* Prices "ri«f No. IX tf.S.S. (spot looui wi% ny» No. IX R.S.S r.Aj. In caaes Sept.-Oct sellers option 37 38 <; .k.a.u. B.S.S. r.o.b. In balei Sept.-Oct. sellers optlcn 36% 36 -<■, F.A.O. K.S.S fob. in bales Sept.-Oct. sellers
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
    121 4 Singapore, Sept. 18, noon. Buyers Sellers Gambler 7.75 Hamburg Cube 113.00 Java Cube 812.50 White Muntofc $1175 Wlllta $11.25 $6.25 Mixed $2.25 Su:i Dried $2.50 i'ioo Flour ■0 1 lingga $3.50 Fair $2.72* $2.72 Vi Sarawak $2.65 l''(ilonp Palembang $19.00 Banja $18.00 Sarawak $19.00 7 amoca Small
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    EXCHANGES
    180 4 The following are the exchange rates this morning according to the dally circular lssueJ by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation:— SELLING London T.I. j/4 1/16 London demand 2/4 1/16 Lyons demand Switzerland demand 206 Hamburg demand New York demand 46 1516 Montreal demand 51 11/16 Batavla demand 88
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    68 4 THERE are strong Wall Street rumours, says Reuter, that American banks will be asked to participate, with Government's sanction, in a two-milliard-dollar loan to Canada. The loan would be secured by pledging British-owned American securities now deposited in Canada and would amount to 85 to 90 per cent, of their
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    20 4 Donations totalling over £10,000 for British fighter planes have been made by local native councils In Kenya Central Province.— Reuter.
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    Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1332 4 TUESDAY, SETT. It. ll>40: I P.M. MIMING Buyer* Sellers Ampat Tin t<s) 3s 3d 3s 9d Austral Amal (ss) 5s 3d 5s 9d x.d. Austral Malay 33s 6d 35s 6d Ayer Hltam iss) it* V» Ayer Wcng ($1) .90 1.00 Ban grin Tin <£) 1
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    FIXED TRUSTS
    103 4 O\ir Ov.-ii Correspondent) Tjondon. Sept. 17. The faDMrinf arc to-c:uy' "bid" r for Fixeti Tni iL British Empire "A' not available British Empire 'B" not available British Kmpire Cumulative not ava'.l-ibla British Empire C'prehenslvi; not British General "A" 14 British General "B" 11.1 .1 British General "C" I
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    TIN-ORE OUTPUTS
    40 4 THE following output of ui-ore is reported 1 for the first half of September: [our* Cubic Pleuls yards ore Satupulo I«<J Takuapa, vailey Dredge 1 329 72.000 235 Dredge 2 321 85,000 185 Dredge 3 272 44,000 Ml
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    List Of Current Dividends
    306 4 Issued by the Malayan Snarebrnkers' Association. Singapore, Sept. .7. UUi Ulvtoend ClOM TIM austral Ainal 3d Sept 14 Burma Malay Is. No. 24 Kept 23 Hong Fatt 7% Int. Sept. 11 Johan 10% tot Sept. 12 Kramat Pulai 15% Int. less tax Malayan Tin 15% Int.
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    MURAI TIN'S PROFIT RISES SHARPLY
    441 5 40 Per Cent. Paid $22,500 Placed To Reserve ADDRESSING shareholders at tta annual meeting of Murai Tin Ltd. in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, Mr. A. Braddon, the chairman, said: A higher domestic quota release than last year was obtained during the year under review and
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    RAUB GOLD OUTPUT FALLS SHARPLY
    168 5 A SHARP drop in output for the four weeks ended Sept. 14 is reported by Raub Australian Gold Mining Co. Ltd. This, the local secretaries say, was caused by a stoppage of the retreatment plant for three weeks for overhaul and repairs. The total output
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    TIDE TABLES SINGAPORE
    74 5 TIDE TABLES SINGAPORE To-daj H W. 11.38 a.m. 9.2 ft.. 11.54 pjn. 9.5 ft L. w. 5.32 ».ra. 2 ft.: >/.i p.m. 2.1 ft To-morrow H. W. 12.04 noon; 9.2 L. W. 5.56 «.m. 2.3 (k; c.09 p.m. 1.9 ft. Friday. t»pt. 20 H. W. 00.27 am. 9.3 it.; 12.3<J
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    London Stock Exchange
    364 5 Tendon, Sept. 17. THE Stock Exchange to-day was mainly steady with the turnover Improving as the session progressed. Most groups at the close were about unchanged on the day after a dull and easier opening. Industrials notably improved tn some sections where small net gains were recorded.
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    DONATIONS TO WAR FUND
    564 5 THE following donations to the War Fund are recorded to-day Private residents in the State of Brunei. 1,261.43 Brunei Minstrel Party. $1,030.32: (Includes special donations from: -Chop Teck Guan, $250; Chop Siong Joo, $100; Chop Swee Guan, $50; Chop Leong Soon Huat, $50; Chop Wee Kirn
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    156 5 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES <From Ou' Own Correspondent, C London, Sept. 17. GMMODITY and Exchinge markets cloee m follows with previous Quotations v. parenthesis: RUBBER: Quiet Spot 12d l2V»d 12 1 16 d 12 3 lljd Nor. Ud 12% d (lSllfld 123'16d> Dec. Ud UHd (13 Ill6d 12 3|164> Jan-Mar 11 15|16d
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    80 5 Malls close at the General Post Office as follows: TO-MOBKOW Africa (South) surface 11 a.m. Ceylon surface 11 a.m. Japan surface 1 p.m. Java air 9 a.m. Palembang air 9 a.m. HAIL ARRIVALS Malls from Great Britain. South and East Africa (air) general delivery 8.15 a.m.
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      102 5 "Why, these are my favourite cigarettes!" Hl _kaV V *-i IKK Whf a./ JB That was my first introduction ttju^jf^'m JszL. WTm JL- Maurier\«. Do you know torj& I've been smoking them ever I _H Mtir*-." Doesn't the tobacco get any tiSMmf* xY*&l '^lSTlw credit Wn y' il must be
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    ROYAL NAVY STILL SUPREME IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
    329 7 More Reinforcements Arrive In Near East, Says Lord Caldecote London, Sept. 18. C PEAKING on the war situation in the House of Lords last night. Lord Caldecote, the Dominions Secretary, said that British naval forces recently swept the Mediterranean from end to end
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    GIANT U.S. BOMBERS FOR BRITAIN?
    103 7 Washington, Sept. 17. ADMINISTRATION officials are re- ported to be considering a plan whereby Great Britain might obtain at least 30 giant American bombers capable of cruising 3,000 miles. The new long-range bombers would presumably enable Britain's striking force to reach the most distant German
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    "Strategic Failure Of Nazi Offensive"
    159 7 London, Sept. 17. pOMMENTINO on Sunday's enemy air mttacks on this country, The Times finds that the figures of German losses jive grounds for sober satisfaction. "They reflect the strategic failure of the German offensive." The Times says. "But satisfaction must be tinged with caution,"
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    Stormy Weather In Dover
    216 7 Stormy Weather In Dover Invasion Prospects Recede Further London, Sept. 17. THE prospects of an imminent attempt by the Germans to invade Great Britain receded during last niiht. This time it was not the R A.F. which upset the German preparations —it was stormy weather in the Straits of Dover.
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    Primate On Future Of Civilization
    111 7 London, Sept. IT. IT is jx-ilcjily clear that we are witnessing in our generation the most vast and terrific struggle between Christian and nonChristian forcss that has ever been seen,' declared the Archbishop of Canterbury, speaking at a London luncheon to celebrate the inauguration of
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    NORTH RHODESIAN LOAN TO BRITAIN
    32 7 Lusaka, (N. Rhodesia), Sept. 17. 'THE legislature has approved a loan of £200,000 to the Imperial Government free of interest for the duration of the war.— Reuter.
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    37 7 London, Sept. 17. rpHE Australian War Cabinet has -I- ordered 11 more flylngboats from the United States at a cost of £1,000,000. They will be used to form the second flylnghoat squadron for home defence.— R< ,«'..-r.
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY. SEPT. 18, 1940. (381st Day Of The War.) INDIA AND "THE RUSSIAN BOGEY"
    1163 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY. SEPT. 18, 1940. (381st Day Of The War.) INDIA AND "THE RUSSIAN BOGEY" From time to time alarmists seek to resurrect the old story of a Russian intention to invade India. They ask us to believe that Stalin is merely waiting for a favourable moment
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  • Letters To The Editor
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      IF NAZIS WON
      315 8 Hitler's Attitude Toward Coloured Races To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir. What would happen to India Naziism did triumph in this War is too dreadful even to be imagined. World domination is the declared object of Nazilsm. Hitler has got practically the whole of Europe,
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      SEEING RED
      324 8 "Very Ignorant Layman" Draws Blood To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Your "very ignorant layman" seems supremely certain that he Is no such thin*, and the way he writes down to the public makP3 one see red. His whole letter reeks of hypocrisy, ?nd the finer
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      THE TRUTH
      264 8 No Cause To Disbelieve R.A.F. Claims To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— Many Malayans tend to disbelieve British statements of British and German losses In the air battles over Great Britain. The German successes in the Low Countries and France have so impressed such people that
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      "WE ARE AT WAR"
      375 8 HaveNothingToDoWith The German-Born To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir. We are at War Recently you were good enough to give this phrase prominence when publishing a letter of mine, the subject matter of which was have nothing to do with the German-born." Since then
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      ECONOMICS
      391 8 Policy That Would Bring Distress To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, A local economist, writing in the Singapore Free Press on Saturday last, urged people In Malaya not to buy anything even if it is British— that they can possibly do without, and thus to restrict Imports.
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      73 8 The Straits Times receives many more letters than can be published m the space available. Accordingly brie) concise letters stand j better chanu of selection and prompt publication than long ones. Letters exceeding 2j] words are unlikely to be published at the present time. When letters art typed, double-spacing mil
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      AIR RAID WARDENS
      248 8 For And Against Recent Complaints To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Were official Intimation of plans Issued from headquarters to the senior air raid wardens In charge of posts. great deal of dissatisfaction would ha avoided. This is necessary to enab:» post wardens to call
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      157 8 i'o the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— I have read Mr. R. V. Chapman's letter regarding air ra'.d wardens. What he said was perfectly right. The wardens are not paid assistants. and what they are willing to do ant! will do Is to look after the welfare of the
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      154 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— I certainly must say that thfl arguments brought forward by your correspondent R. V. Chapman, were some of the most sensible I have come across in your columns for some time. I wish to reproduce and emphasiza his assertions regarding the work
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      145 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,- Mr. R. V. Chapman suggests that A.R.P. Wardens have a grievance— they object to being used for odds and ends as well as public errand duties. I hasten to oppose and repudiate that silly suggestion publicly. A. R. P. wardens volunteered their
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      THANKS
      153 8 Generosity Of Two Singapore Firms To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— I should be gratetul If, through the medium of your correspondence column, you would allow me to thank Messrs. Robinson Co. Ltd. and Messrs. Whlteaway, Laldlaw Co. Ltd., of Singapore, for their generous gift of toys
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    AXIS PRESSURE ON SPAIN TO JOIN IN WAR
    448 9 Significance OfSuner Visit To Berlin VICHY EXASPERATED BY NAZI PEACE TERMS Signs That French Africa May Rally Again To Allies THE visit of Senor Serrano Suner, the Spanish Minister of the Interior, to Berlin, where he yesterday saw Hitler, is tausing considerable
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    Gen. Catroux On Indo-China
    187 9 London, Sept. 18. GEN Catroux, former Governor of Indo-China, who has rallied to the cause of Gen. de Gaulle, stated last night that the fact that he was in London was the best proof that he fully adhered to tne free France movement and to co-operation
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    Secret Pro-Allied Groups In Unoccupied France
    268 9 London, Sept. 17. A CCORUING to a report received from an Englishman who has just escaped fr<;m the south of France Gen. de Gaulle's Free French movement in unoccupied France is greatly increasing, says a special correspondent on the French frontier. The report says
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    R.A.F. COMBS CHANNEL
    188 9 Close Watch On Invasion Bases London, Sept. 17. CKOM dawn to-day, states the Air Ministry news service, reconnaissance aircraft of the Coastal Command were combing the enemy coastline over the entire Channel area. Searches on a large scale had been organized overnight to ascertain sudden changes in
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    Nazis Get Bulk Of Rumanian Oil
    164 9 Bucharest, Sept. 17. DUMANIAN oil exports to Ger1X many and her protectorates have been more than doubled in the last two months, compared with the monthly average of exports to Germany during the first ten months of the war. This is one of the
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    Italian Transport Column Bombed
    149 9 Italian Transport Column Bombed Cairo, Sept. 17. A SERIES of bombing raids was made last night on enemy motor transport concentrations east of Buq-Buq. says the R.A.F. communique anrt mary direct hits were observed, resulting in numerous fires and explosions. In air operations against Eritrea, there was a successful attack
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    Waiting To Hurl Nazis Back Into The Sea
    148 9 Waiting To Hurl Nazis Back Into The Sea London, Sept. 17. WOULD welcome an opportunity of throwing them hack into the sea," Gen. Sir Alan Brooke, Commander-in-Chief of the Home Forces, told Reuter to-day, when interviewed in regard to German threats of invasion. "They have done It twice to us
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    BARGES BOMBED IN CHANNEL PORTS
    161 9 London, Sept. 17. f^AYLIGHT raids on invasion bases are announced by the Air Ministry, which says that daylight raids on Calais, Ostend, Dunkirk and Veere were carried out on Monday afternoon by R.A.F. medium bombers. At Veere, en the Dutch island Df Waleheren, a concentration
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    $300,000,000 SOUGHT FOR PLANE SPEED-UP
    46 9 Washington, Sept. 17. ACCORDING to the Dow Jonss agency, the War Department, apparently with the support of the White House, has sent Congress a request for $500,000,000 for the enlargement of aeroplane manufacturing facilities and the speeding up of production. Reuter.
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    Home Guardsman In First List Of Awards In "Battle For Britain"
    606 9 Home Guardsman In First List Of Awards In "Battle For Britain London, Sept. 17. THE first military awards for gallantry in the Battle for Britain are announced in the London Gazette. Temporary Second Lieut. J. D. Kenyon Hague, of the Scots Guards, gets the Military Cross for heroism on Aug.
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    R.A.F. Routs 200 Nazi Fighters In Gale
    371 9 FORMER AUXILIARY PILOTS SCORE NEW TRIUMPH Ixmdon, Sept. 17. A IR battles were fought in 10l! miles an hour gale over Kent, Sussex, Surrey and the Thames estuary this afternoon between British and German fighters. According to t hn Air Ministry news service,
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    BARRAGE DRIVES NAZI PILOTS BACK
    71 9 London. Sept. 17. TO-NIGHT'S air raiders In the London 1 area were greeted not only by the usual barrage but by a number of searchlights which had been markedly few during the past six days. Very soon after the alarm had been sounded several planes
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    Only One Man Killed In Docks Of London!
    210 9 Only One Man Killed In Docks Of London London, Sept. 17. A IR raids on the London docks have killed only one man inside the dock area, said Mr. Ronald Cross, Minister for Shipping, in a broadcast to-night. After days and nights of horror and bombs and flames, thanks to
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    BRITAIN'S ATTITUDE TO ETHIOPIA
    68 9 London, Sept. 18. "THE British Government, stated lon\ Templemore In the House of Lords hut night, had no territorial or other ambition? In Ethiopia, but were anxious to see that tr>>» country liberated itself from the Italian aggressor. They would give all r.o°sible assistance tn thcie
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    26 9 New York, Sept. 17. A MEMBER of the British Purchasing Commission stated that Britain is endeavouring to purchase American cargo ships of 8,000 tons deadweight. —Reuter.
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    WAR FUND REACHES $3,717,407 TO-DAY
    517 10 Another Four-Figure Cheque From Brunei Residents EFFORT BY ENGLISHMAN LIVING IN THE INDIES THE War Fund to-day totals $3,717,407, an increase of 1 s 1,137 over the total reported yesterday. The British Resident at Brunei on Aug. 7 forwarded a cheque for $5,089.56, representing the
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    MARRIED IN SINGAPORE
    181 10 MR. JAMES McKINLAY, or the Singapore Cold Storage, was married to Miss Jean Moslin, at the Wesley Church, Fort Canning, yesterday. The bride, a teacher at King's School, Is tHe daughter ol Mrs. H. E. Moslin and the late Mr. Mosslin, of Perth. Western Australia. The bridegroom
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    THAILAND-INDOCHINA FRONTIER DISPUTE
    123 10 Vichy, Sept. 18. DE-LIMITATION' of the frontier between French Indo-China and Thailand in the Mekong region will be submitted to a m'xed arbitration commission at Bangkok immed'ately the non- aggression kact between France and Thailand comes into force, says a Saigon dispatch to the Hwas agency. The
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    AMUSEMENTS
    141 10 EAFI 1.1 lIOTII UM (liiuinnali 8 p.:i: to Midnirht. CAEKK X THKATKK. CKYI.ANG Th,' lighting Marine;. Complete to be Screened at 7.45 p.m. GRKAT WORI O 7 30 U) 9 A: 9 p.m. to Midnight. Globe: Thats Right Wrong. Sky: Cafe Society. HAPIM WORLD Aerial Trapeze Si mils, Wayangs,
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    MALAYA'S £20,000 FOR AIR RAID FUND
    192 10 X-HE Governments of the Straits Settlements and the Federated Malay States have made donations ol 10,000 each to the Lord Mayor or London's Air Raid Relief Fund. A telegram from the Officer Administering the Government. Mr. S. W. Jones, to the Secretary of State
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    TRAVELLERS' COMPLAINT
    424 10 N. I. Search Of Air Passengers (Fror.i A Sydney Correspondent.) DASSENGERS going to Australia by flying boat have complained recently about the methods of personal searching carried out by Dutch officials at Sourabaya. Australian women passengers have expressed resentment at being searched by Eurasian women. The search, they
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    Bomb Falls Near Malaya House
    39 10 i From Our Own Correspondent London, Sept. 18. SOUTH AFRICA House in Trafalgar Square, was hit by an incendiary bomb yesterday. Another bomb fell near Malaya House. No damage was done to either building.
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    THREE SEAMEN TO BE WHIPPED
    121 10 "THREE European seamen, James LawhT. James Schofleld and Charles j HDwarth were sen.enr?d to be whipped j by Mr J. G. Rappoport. the Singapore third magistrate, this morning lor a "savcge murdercus assault" en their ship's butcher Valentim Wooley. I! men behave like savages, they
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    26 10 Dr. J. A. N. Saldanha, of Singapore, left for India by plane this morning on urgent private business. He will be away for about three weeks.
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    Increase In Annual Tax On Dogs Recommended
    294 10 JW o decisions of Interest to animal lovers in Singapore have been made by a committee of the Singapore Municipality, subject to confirmation by the general body of Commissioners. First, the annual tax on dogs and sterilized batches will be increased from $1.50
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    "Keep Your Chin Up" Rally
    49 10 Well known stars, including Jack "Blue-Pencil" Warner and Will Hay, attended the first "Keep your Chin up" Rally, which was broadcast by the 8.8.C. Jack Warner here uses the back of Wtll Hay, who is a member of the L.D.V's, as a writing desk.
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    S.S.V.A.F. PILOTS NOW IN TRAINING HERE
    329 10 AT an aerodrome in Singapore are a number of qualified pilots from Malayan flying clubs who this week began three weeks continuous training with the Royal Air Force for the Straits Settlements Volunteer Air Force. This is the first of a series of Club
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    SYNTHETIC RUBBER PRODUCTION
    56 10 'From Our Own Correspondent) London, Sept. 18. Fis r?ported In Washington that members of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation will be meeting in conference to decide whether the United States Government should finance the production of synthetic rubber. As yet r.o decision has been reached and details of
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    FILM ABOUT THE NAZIS
    411 10 ■it Tlw Cinema "Mem Kajnp.- My C.-imes.' A-soriat-ed Pictures. .It the Pavilion. ]y|ADE up of photographic records and, where these are not available, of recreations of what has actually happ-ned. this documentary film exposes, in vivid and unforgettable terms, the pcrfldy of Hitler and Nazilsm that
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    SARAWAK RANEE & CHILD REFUGEES
    93 10 SARAWAK RANEE CHILD REFUGEES (From Our Own Correspondent London, Sept. 18. TV is reported in New York that the Ranee of Sarawak is returning to England soon. "I am gjing back to see what I can do about the cubing of red tape in regard to the transport of child
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    SAW TEACHER MURDERED
    266 11 Last Diplomat To Leave Warsaw OELEASED from Nazi captivity because of his Honduras passport, a former lieutenant of the Polish infantry, Mr. R. Ambramowicz, who was taken prisoner when Germany invaded Poland just over a year ago, arrived in Singapore yesterday from the Middle East. Consul-General for
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    PENANG TURF CLUB'S WAR FUND GIFTS
    36 11 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, S:pt. 17. TIE Penang Turf Club donated a further $15,000 to The War Fund to-day. At the opening of the Fund the Club donated $5,000.
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    DANISH VAGRANT
    74 11 A 21 -year-old Danish seaman, O. Krabbe, pleaded guilty In the Singapore third court yesterday to being a vagrant in Singapore without a piece of abode or means of subsistence. He told the magistrate that be hoped to go to America at the end of the month. He
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    MAGICIANS' SHOW
    56 11 BOOKING Is now open at John Littles for "Lumlere Noire," a masical medley to be 'tared by the Malaya Magic Circle at the Victoria Theatre on Oct. 12, 18 and 19. Tickets are $3. $2. fl, plus entertainment tax. Sixty per cent, of the nett proceeds are to
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    APPEAL FAILS
    57 11 SENTENCED in the lrwer courts to .wo weeds' r.^orous imprisonment for assaulting a compatriot with a knlle. a Tamil named Nagamufu failed in hii appeal before the acting Chief Ju-tloc. Mr. Justice a'Beckett Terrell, In the Singapore High Court yesterda". Mr. D. G Oborne Jones appeared for Nagamutu.
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    PRISON FOR FORMER HEAD OF MINES DEPT
    1015 11 Took Illegal Gratifications From Chinese Miners SUBSTANTIAL SUM GIVEN TO GOVERNMENT IN RESTITUTION (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 17. A FORMER head of the F.M.S. Mines Department, A. E. P. Kershaw, was sentenced to two-and-a-half years' simple imprisonment in the Kuala
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    Mines Commission To Meet Next Month
    84 11 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lun.pur, Sept. 17. AFTER its first public sitting here yesterday, the Commission of Inquiry to investigate the conduct of officials of the F.M.S. Mines Department has decided to meet again next no nth. At the opening session the Legal
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    "FIRST CASE OF ITS KIND" Firm Did Not Have Minimum Stock
    557 11 "FIRST CASE OF ITS KIND" Firm Did Not Have Minimum Stock '•rpHIS is a type of offence of A which the Food Control Department must take a very serious view, because the reserve stocks of flour in Malaya are held by individual importers." declared Mr. R. K. Auten, Food Supply
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    CHINESE SCHOOLBOY FATALLY INJURED
    44 11 A 12-year-old Ch.'nese schoolboy was fatally Injured when he was stated to have been knocked down by a motorlorry In Telok Blangah Road yesterday. Suffering from extensive Injuries to his legs, the youth died before the arrival of the ambulance.
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    Local Chinese Press Comment On Nazi Air Raids
    400 11 CINGAPORE Chinese newspapers are devoting considerable 1 attention to the German air j attacks on London and the splendid spirit of the British peop!? In a severe ordeal. The Nanyang Sians Pau says that the aim of the Indiscriminate German bombing is
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    SEREMBAN PREPARES TO WELCOME TROOPS
    272 11 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Sept. 17. C PEAKING at the adjournment of to-day's meeting of the Lower Chamber of the Negri Sembilan State Council, the British Resident, Mr. J. V. Cowgill, said "any intelligent observer— or, perhaps, I might say, every schoolboy here in
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    "Man Without A Country" In Singapore
    186 11 "Man Without A Country" In Singapore riEHE is an Amoiican »;iman In Singapore who is not an American Hf> v.-as born of Gcman paron's 1n Manchester, England. I years ago. Yet he is not a (Jerman, nor a Brllishor. He Is Edwin Kri'sr, man Wtthoul a country, and Incidentally a
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    TORPEDOES MISS SHIP
    289 12 Narrow Escape Of Malayan Evacuees WHILE ploughing her way through t!»e heavy swell of the North Atlantic north of Ireland in the middle of July this year, passengers on a British evacuee ship one of two being escorted to Canada by destroyers saw two white streaks of
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    Cut Throat With Husband's Razor
    180 12 RETURNING to his room at night after work, a Chinese goldsmith discovered the body of his wife lying, face downwards on a bloodstained mattress. His razor, usually kept in a drawer, lay by her side. She was dead. The police were called in and the
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    PRESSURE ON SPACE IN RICE POOL GODOWNS
    242 12 EXPLAINING three orders made under the Food Control Ordinance, the Food Controller, Malaya, states that all Importers of food in Singapore are required to register with the Supply Officer before Sept. 30, and to give details of their Imports du .ng the twelve
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    BILLIARD ROOM THEFT
    147 12 A BILLIARD room "boy" who had been convicted In the lower courts on a charge of theft of $51 in cash and sentenced to two month./ rigorous Imprisonment, was unsuccessful in iiis appeal In the Singapore High Court yesterday. Mr. B. II. Chla, for the appellant. Wong
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    JUDGMENT FOR $2,700
    94 12 UK. JUSTICE PEDLOW gave judgment In favour of Ong Ec T.im, well-known Chinese business man of Kuala Lumpur. In the sum of )2,700 with costs In the Singapore High Court yesterday, which was claimed on a cheque drawn by the defendant. Lam Woon Kuan. The cheque, it
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    Firm's Contractor Needs House For Workers
    282 12 Firm's Contractor Needs House For Workers "THE defence of this Colony may be at stake. It is definitely essential to have labourers available immediately for emergency work," said Mr. T. Slddaway. electrical engineer of United Engineers, Ltd., before the Rent Assessment Board yesterday. Savana Appavoo Kandiar, a Tamil contractor of
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    "FOOTLIGHTS PARADE"
    30 12 BOOKING for "Footlights Parade," the successful Combined Service.; production. opens to-day at John Little's. The show la being repeated at the Victoria Theatre on Sent 33 and 28.
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    THREE SEAMEN GUILTY OF 'MURDEROUS ASSAULT'
    741 12 Ship's Butcher Attacked After Fight In Cafe AFTER sitting for six hours, the Singapore third magistrate, Mr. J. G. Rappoport, at 8.30 p.m. last night, found three of four seamen who were alleged to have committed a "most brutal and murderous assault" guilty of
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    U.S. Galling Up More Men For Training
    50 13 Washington, Sept. 17. TIIR U.S. War Department has ordered 35,700 officers and men of the National Guard to report for training with the regalar army on Oct. 15. These trainees are in addition to the <i 0,500 who joined the colours to-day. Reuter.
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    TROUBLE IN FRENCH CONCESSION
    146 13 Guards Attacked By Chinese Internees Shanghai, Sej)J. 17. CHINESE soldiers interned in a camo in the French Concession attacked the French and Annamite guards who were later forced to fire to quell the rioters, several of whom were wounded. Tba internees had surrendered to the French
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    FORMER GOVERNOR OF BOMBAY
    109 13 Lord Lamington Dies At 80 London, Sept. 17. LORD Lamingion, president of the East India Association and former governor of Bombay, died to-day in hij 80th year. He was on the platform at the meeting in Caxton Hall early this year when Sir Michael O'Dwyer was
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    POLISH SQUADRONS CONGRATULATED
    47 13 London, Sept. 17. THE Air Minister, Sir Archibald Sinclair, ha? sent a telegram to the Polish Premier. Gen. Sikorski, conveying congratulations to the Polish squadrons on their "magnificent and outstanding success" In aerial combat and thin "splendid part" in the attack on Calais. Reuter.
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    21 13 IN the Navy Sard at Philadelphia, the keel has been laid for the second 45,000-ton battleship for the United States Reuter.
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    R. A.F. Losses Less Than Expected
    124 13 London, Sept. 17. r' can be authoritatively seated that the losses sustained by RAF. bcmbers in their intensive night raids upon vital military objectives in Germany and German-occupied terriU)i ries have baen at a much lower rate I than expected by those responsible f?r
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    N.I.-Japan Talks To Begin Soon
    109 13 Tokio, Sept. 17. CONVERSATIONS regarding economic questions will bejjin soon between Mr. Ichizo Kobayashi, the Japanese special envoy, and the Governor-General of the Netherlands Indies, Mr. TJarda Van Starkenborg Stachouwer, the spokesman of the Japanese Foreign Office announced yesterday. The NX delegates for the talks
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    Four Raids Over Chungking
    67 13 Chungking, Sept. 17. THE city had four air raids in four hours yesterday. The office of the Central Bank was demolished. The north bank of the Chialing River and the south bank of the Yangtze River were also bombed. Changing tactics, the Japanese, instead of launching
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    GERMAN ACTIVITIES IN LOWER DANUBE PORTS
    226 13 Rumania Said To Be Exclusively In Axis Sphere Of Influence Bucharest, Sept. 17. ACTIVITIES in the ports along the lower Danube are rapidly growing and the number of German officials and Iron Guard units is steadily increasing. German officials are in virtual control of
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    EX-DUTCH C.-IN-C. DIES OF "HEART FAILURE"
    34 13 Batavta, Sept. 17. ACCORDING to reliable reports re- ceived here, the former Comman-der-in-Chief of the Dutch army. General Wlnkelman. has died In Berlin front EO-eaMed heart failure.— Heuter.
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    Cairo's First Air Raid Alarm
    123 13 Italians Awaiting Fresh Developments Cairo, Sept. 17. CAIRO had its first air-raid warning for nearly two months when the alarm was sounded at 2.30 o'clock .his i morning. The alarm lasted 45 minutes No raiders flew over the capital. The capital is only partially bto^Vedout
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    Pope Doing All He Can For Peace
    96 13 "THE Pope has informed President Roosevelt that the Vatican Is doing everything In Its power to halt the war in Europe and establish a Just and enduring world peace. The nature of the statement is said to afford little basis for hoping that
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    WORST HURRICANE HITS CANADIAN COAST
    70 13 London. Sept. 17. A TO 11: '.E-per-hour hurricane, the worst for 50 years, is raging along the east coas; of Canada from Halifax in Nova Scotia to the northern end of Prince Edward Islai.d. I Trees were uprooted, telephone services disrupted and many streets are
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    DRIFTED IN LIFEBOAT FOR 36 HOURS
    76 13 London, Sept. 17. r' is reported from an east coast Canadian port that alter drifting in i a lifeboat for 36 hours, 14 members of the crew of the British freighter [Thornlea, 4.261 tons, have been landed by another freighter. The Thornlea was apparently
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    INDO-CHINA TALKS
    60 13 IN DO-CHINA TALKS Tokio, Sept. 17. FRAN CO- Japanese negotiations lor a settlement of the Indo-China question arc* still going on, the spokesman of the Japanese Foreign Office. Mr Yakichlro Suma. stated at a regular Press conference yesterday. He said that official confirmation was lacking in regard to the reported
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    Sunday Night's Raid Over Germany EMPIRE PILOTS' EXPLOITS
    391 13 Sunday Night's Raid Over Germany EMPIRE PILOTS' EXPLOITS London, Sept. 17. rPHE Dominions were strongly re- presented In Sunday night's adventurous flight by the R.A.F. over Germany. One of the angriest men in the R.A.F. is a New Zealand wing-com-mander who was within five minutes flying distance of his main
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    PROGRESS OF EMPIRE AIR EXPANSION SCHEME
    39 13 Melbourne, Sept. 17. MR. R. G. Menzles, the Australian Premier, reviewing the progress in the Empire air scheme said it would eive sufficient expansion to assur? the Empire's ultimate superiority over Germany.— Reuter.
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    Wimbledon Car Parks Ploughed Up
    66 14 The All-England Tennis Club car parks, normally crowded wkh cars cf tennis fans at thh time of the year, have gone all rural. Ploughs made their app:arance there recen ly, End the wide open spaces were turned up. The club ofTsred the land to the
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    Hopeful Of Our Chances To Beat Germany
    224 14 Hopeful Of Our Chances To Beat Germany U.S. NAVY CHIEF'S STATEMENT San Diego, Calif., Sept. 17. pOLONEL Alfred Knox, Secretary of the U.S. Navy, In an interview to-day, said that no time was being lost in making the newly-acquired Atlantic bases ready for use. He said tnat because of the
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    TRAIN SERVICES IN WEST GERMANY DISORGANIZED
    195 14 More Evidence Of Damage Caused In Enemy Territory By R.A.F. London, Sept. 17. IT is reported from Basle that trains are arriving 11 hours 1 late from west and north-west Germany. These are precisely the regions in Germany which are getting keen attention from
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    SHIPPING LOSSES OF BRITAIN
    144 14 Figures Disprove German Claims London, Sept. 17. TiE Admiralty announces that mercantile shipping losses due to emmy action for the week ended September 8-9 were 16 British, Allied and neutral ships of a total tonnage of 54,547. Of these, ten weie British representing 28,200 tons, lour
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    DIPLOMATS INDIGNANT AT RAIDS ON PALACE
    103 14 London. Sept. 17. THE Belgian Ambassador, as doyen of the diplomatic corps, has called at Buckingham Palace to express on behalf of his colleagues their deep sympathy and also Indignation at the recent deliberate bombing attac on Their Majesties' London home. Telegrams from the
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    REUTER BUILDING NOT HIT BY RAIDERS
    114 14 T ondon, Sept. 17. TT Is typical of the propaganda put out dally by the enemy that the Italian Government wireless repeats that Reuter's new building in Fleet street has been bombed and asserts that Fleet Street Itself has been reduced to ruins. This
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    N.I. SPITFIRE FUND SENDS ANOTHER £5,000
    36 14 Batav'a, Sept. 17. ANOTHER £5 000 has been sent to London by the Netherlands Indies Spitfire fund, which ha's the greatest sympathy of the Dutch and British ccmmunlties here.— Reuter.
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    Battling Sima After Mexican Boxer's Title
    354 15 Battling Sima After Mexican Boxer's Title FLLOWERS cf boxing should have their fill at the New World arena on Friday night. Lightweight champion Ventura Marquez has a very worthy opponent In Battling Sima. the Chin-es-Filipino who has not lost a fight since his return to Malaya six months sgo, following
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    CHINESE PROVE TOO GOOD FOR ROYAL NAVY
    386 15 Butler Saves Sailors From Heavier Defeat Chinese 6; Royal Navy I. r*OOD goalkccping was the redeeming feature of a one-sided division match at the stadium yesterday, when the Chinese beat the Royal Navy six-one. The Navy were outplayed and would have lost by
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    WEEK-END EVENTS AT THE YACHT CLUB
    102 15 ON Friday, at the Royal Singapore Yacht Club, there will be the usual races for all classes, starting at 5.23 p.m. for "A" class, and 5.25 p.m. for the other classes. On Bundav the following classes will sail the second race for a Club
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    STONOR SHIELD CRICKET
    259 15 V.M.C.A. In Strong Position (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. DECOVERING well after a poor start, the V.M.C.A. were in a strong position at the end of the day, Saturday, in their semi-final match, in the Stonor Bhield cricket competition, against the Indian Association. Batting first the
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    Tennis Results And Further Ties
    212 15 DESULTS of ties in the S.C.C. autumn lawn tennis tournament yesterday were: Men's handicap doubles: C. J. Bernbroke and H. L. Ward .3) beat A Greenhill and S. C. Woolmer (—l5), 6—o, 7—5; R. H. Pickard and Lt. E. A. de Young (+l5) beat R.
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    S.C.C. BOWLS TIES
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    61 15 *T*HE following have been selected to represent the S.R.C. In a first team hockey match against the R.A.F. en ihe SRC. padang to-day: O. C. Aeria; R. H. Barth, P. F. de Souza; P. Neubronner, L. S. Reutens, a. Clarke; Q. Hughes, N. Sullivan,
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    S.C.C. SNOOKER TIES
    40 15 VOLUNTEER snooker ties at the Singapore Cricket Club are: TO-MORROW .1. D. Swan and R. H. Pickard vs. O. ,°rit"hett and W. Chlvers. FRIDAY !l. N Vennik and W. Mcßeath vs. Carl Lawson and R. N. Fennell.
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    President's Prizes Golf Result
    252 15 WCdr. T. F. Moloney and SqLdr. A. A. Saw won the President's Prizes competition (Stapleford reckoning) at the Island Ciub over 18 holes on Saturday afternoon with a combined score of 16 Other cards returned were as follows: WCdr. T. F. Moloney and Sq Lr. A.
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    770 16 Churchill On Damage Inflicted On Enemy 2,000 CIVILIANS KILLED IN RAIDS THIS MONTH "VUK must not underrate the damage inflicted on the enemy," declared Mr. Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister, in the course of a statement when the House of Commons met last night.
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