The Straits Times, 11 October 1940

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    53 1 FINAL EDTN. The Straits Times. [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY] SINGAPORE, 140 CECIL ST. ('PHONE 5471) MALAYA'S LEADING NEWS PA PER —LARGEST NET SALES KUALA LUMPUR 25 JAVA ST. ('PHONE 3683). 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS. The Straits Times. 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1940.
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      ACLNOWLEDGMENT
      40 2 ACKNOWLEDGMENT Mrs Ai.z ciiwee Hock and family tender their heartfelt thanks to friends and relatives who wnt wreaths, scrolls, letters of condolence, paid night visits and also to those ho attended the funeral of the late Mr. Anp Chwee Hock
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      572 2 (§3ie Straits limes SMALL APS? Minimum charge $1. fnr adv» not exceeding 4 Itnr* More than foot Une* 25 cents per lino (Six words) Box No. 25 cents extra UOMtSTK, OCCUKUt-NCtS BIKT118. MARRIAGES UEATIIS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. ANNOUNCKMENTS P. PC CARDS are charged S3 each per insertion pet Inch Orei I inch
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      781 2 SITUATIONS VACANT LADIES' HAIR DRESSING: Required immediately experienced lady assistant to work lii established Ladles' Hairdressing Saloj under present manager. Apply stating experience and salary required to Box No. 932. Straits Times. WANTED CLEKK with Senior L.C.C. qualifications. Knowledge of Book-keeping and Type-writing essential. Commencing Salary $50. p.m. Apply ji
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      813 2 HOUSES FLATS, TO LET ATTRACTIVELY WELL FURNISHED airy flatlet to let. Central. Apply Box 940. Straits Times. BOARD 8c RESIDENCE" EAST AN GLI A. 6 Oxley Rise cool and oulflt Terms moderate Tele 4390 BELLEVILLE, IS Scotts Road. Phone 4274 large airy rooms Priv. Verandah, mod. san. WINDSOR HOTEL, Killiney
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      767 2 HOUSES 6c ACCOMMOPATION WANTED MAUKIED COUPLE requires nicely furnished flat or small bungalow with all conveniences Including garage. Reply Box No. 939, Straits Times. WANTED IMMEDIATELY, small furnished or unfurnished bungalow, house or flat, near town. Rent must be reasonable. Reply Box No. 930, Straits Times. WANTED by European married
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      538 2 EYE EXAMINATIONS, EYEGLASSES, EXCLUSIVELY. Personalised Service by v^9^Sm^ a duly qualified licensed 'Vl and registered practi- I^mJ^ tioner with legal quali- fications. X.^\"^ THOMPSON OPTICAL CO. 4, ARCADE BLDG.. 'PHONE 3002. It. A. Thompson, Dr. of Ocular Science 35 years' European Clinical Experience AUCTION NOTICES ESTATE OF KHOO CHONG SENG,
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      225 2 BUSINESS CARDS ETC* "CLENSOL" Scale Removing COMPOSITIONS FOR BOILERS* ENGINE JACKETS. PIPE LINES. ETC ALLIANCE ENGINEERING CO., LTD. SINGAPORK AND KUALA LUMPUR. FOR A MANICURE **"t* 2 MANICURE Tf. 1 SEED FOR SALE From large monoclonal areas each over 500 acres. Price $30 per 1,000 ex Batu Anam. Apply Manager.
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      387 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. imi nrpura'io in tnslanai PENINSULAR ANT ORIENT Al 8 N Co MAIL PASI-PNGER 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.
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      281 3 (Incorporated in Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE. TO SAN FRANCISCO Hone Kong. Kobe, Yokohama. Bonolala San Francisco and Los Angeles s.s NTTTA MARD leave H'kong Oct. il m.s. TATUTA MARU leave H'kong Oct 21 5A YAWATA MARU leave H'kong Nov. 4 TO SEATTLE Nagoya, Shimidzu, Yokohama
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      510 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. BLUE FUNNEL LINE Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom. Oates are not 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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      204 3 i fefe ft FAST PASSENGER SERVICE SINGAPORE TO SAN FRANCISCO, VIA MANILA HONG KONG Sail Spore Arrive 8 F. sj. CITY OP NORFOLK Nor 7 Dec I B.S. CITY OP SAN FRANCISCO Dec. 13 Jan. < s.s. CITY OF LOS ANGELES Jan. 5 Jan. 29 8 A CITY OP NEWPORT
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      599 3 Broadcasting TO-DAY SINGAPORE 7HL 13 33 me*. (225 m.) /HIM 9.60 m/ct (30.98 m.) ZUr3 7.25 mes (41.38 tn.) ZHL A ZIIP1 5.00 p.m. Modern Mandarin muslcf. 5.40 p.m. News in Cantonese; 5.50 p.m. Modem Mandarin muslcf; 6.10 p.m. News In Hokkier; 6.20 p.m. News (in English) and questions oi
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      627 3 EMPIRE STATION 6.00 pjn. Programme annoum-. QMOWJ 6.05 p.m. Light music; (i.20 p.m. News and qa stioijs of tne hour; 6.50 p.m. Band of H. .U. Scots Guards; 7.33 p.m. Thcatreland: 8 20 p.m. News and news commentaries; 8.50 p.m. Talk: "IJjoks and People." 9.05 p.m. Dutch bulletin (GSG); 9.20
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    153 4 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES Uftom Oip Own Correspondent) London, Oct. 10. COMMODITY and Exchange markets closed <v tollows with previous quotations in parenthesis:— RUBBER: Firmer. Spot 11 13!16d 11 15 16 d (ll'id 12d) Nov. livid I2d (11 %d 12d) Dec. 11 13 16d 1115I1M (ll%d 12d) Jan.-Mar. 11 13 16d 11
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    FAIR DEMAND FOR NEARBY RUBBER
    125 4 Guthrie's Report On Past Week IJf a weekly report on the rubber market, issued yesterday. Guthrie and Co. Ltd.. write: In the local market there Is a fair demand tor nearbys. but very little interest has been shown in futures. London has remained quist but
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    COLONY RUBBER STOCKS FALL 10,000 TONS
    72 4 COLONY rubber stocks at the enc of September totalled 32,795 ton." a fall of 10,471 tons, compared wit the end of August Of the above amount, stocks in t hands of dealers In Singapore at Sen 30, were 17,545 tons: In Penang, 3,4. tons:
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    DONATIONS TO THE WAR FUND
    352 4 i lifi toiiowmg doriiiions to The Wa; Fimd are recorded to-day S rt en of the T Coy. 1st iUttaJion S^.V-F. 5«0 Holly and Jimmy 500 European Staff of The Asiatic Petroleum Co. (SS) Ltd., Pulo Bukoni. and Bukom Club, mcp'hly fctit! :'.,utions 350 "v.
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    Tins More Active And Industrials Firm
    473 4 AROUND THE MARKETS Tins More Active And Industrials Firm (By Our Financial Correspondent) Singapore, Oct. 11. T'HE London Stock Exchange was quieter yesterday and prices for the leading Industrials were inclined to ease in the absence of fresh buying support. Gilt-edged, however, remained steady and the feature of this section
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
    121 4 Itlce quoted per koyan to plcnls. Othei commodities quoted per picul except where otherwise stated. Singapore, uct. 11, noon. Buyer* Seller Gamnle: 7.75 Hamburg Cube Si 3.00 Java Cube ***** Pttvet White Muntok 111.75 White $11.25 Black t 8.2S Mixed $2.Ub Sun Dried $2.50 Saao Flour No
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    82 4 Friday, Oct. 11, noon. Hover* Seller No. iA a.S.« <Spot loose) 37'/;, 37% Vo IX K.S.8. f..».J. In cases Octoi^tr 3*58 38 B F A.Q. R.S.S. f.ob in bates Octo'.p nH 37H K.S.S f.i» s r n-.<(es Oclobt: 3: N 37?6 ilKi; QUOTATIONS No IX
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    HARRISONS CROSFIELD RAISE FINAL DIVIDEND
    41 4 m Our Own Correspondent) London, Oct. 10. tOSONB AND CROSFIELD LTD. is raising the final dividend on ihe deferred ordinary stock by 5 per cent, to 20 per cent, making 25 pe' cent, for the year.
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    EXCHANGES
    166 4 rne following are the exchange rates th:: •.:crning according to the daily circular issue v the Bcnskonf and Shanghai Bankir -FIXING 2/4 1/1U doa acii.ai.j 2/4 1/16 itztrland demand 202 New York demand 47 Montreal demand 5111/16 Batavia demand 88% •-.arang demand 88^4 rutta. Ponibay and Rangoon demand 155%
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    SIONE TIN OUTPUT
    26 4 rlei dredg? of Sicne Tin Ltd worked for 607 hours in September; ?t treated 122,700 cubic yards and produced 505 piculj of tin-ore.
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    September Rubber Crops
    49 4 The following crops of rubber were harvested in September 1b New Scudai 33.44G Alor Gajah 21,860 Australasia 19,500 Ayer Panas 76.000 Bukit Kubu 10,800 Glenealy 44,500 Jalan Kebun 13,100 Kluang 47,200 Pajam 171,000 Port Swettenham 9,000 Talisman 12,700 Tambalak 17,500 Teluk Anson 66,948 Ulu Benut 32,000
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    Quarterly Rubber Output
    26 4 MARBOROUQH RUBBER ESTATE L harvested 226,781 to. of rubber and Pustng Rubber and Tin 103,459 ib. in the third quarter of this year.
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    MOST SOLEMN JEWISH ESTIVAL STARTS TO-DAY
    95 4 AT sunset to-ciay Singapore members o; me Jewish community will oommer. t Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement feat! This day. the most s "emn in th calender, is given over tn I -..1 repentance. Seiiiuu will beU Oaj tt synagogues in Singapore, Waterloo
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    MR. NOEL ZILWA DIES IN KUALA LUMPUR
    106 4 (Prom Our Own Correspond Kuala Lumpur. Oct. 10 THE death took place early this morning at his parents' residence in Cheras Road. Io* Mr. Noel Zllwa. the only ton of Mr Pat I Zii?.-a. of Kuala Lumpur, ani Mrs. i The deceased, who
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    FEDERAL COUNCIL
    64 4 The next met-iins of the Federal Council <#\e Budget meeting) will bo hold at Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday and Thursday, November 19 ant! 51 There will be n ceremonial on nine ••nd uniform will be won< Ttw twelfth UURMI -of Urn i Catholic Young Men's Association S wih
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    Non-Acceptors And Order Of Running
    172 4 Non- Acceptors And Order Of Running Se tango r Rt MDN- ACCEPTORS and tru order of 11 runnins; at Kuala Lumpur tomorrow, the (inal day of the S n^or Turf Cluh's ;>u v.mn mrr Ing. i Race I: Horses. Class 3. Dlv. fun. —See You Later. Cluny. Race 2: Horses.
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      522 4 PUBLIC NOTICES MALAYSIAN TRADERS LIMITED. SELAMCOR TURF CLUB NOTICE Our customers are nerrty Informed that Mr. Ong Fot Joon has ieft our company and "The committee desire to remind members that he is no longer authorised to negotiate that races will start promptly at the adverK...< n -h. K»h«if Msed
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      654 4 LEGAL NOTICE IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS SETTLEMENT OF SINGAPORE (Companies Winding UP No. 2 of 1940.) In the Matter of the Companies Ordinance f Chapter 151) and In the Matter of The Malayan Ptaeappi; Factory Co.. UA. NOTICE Is hereby given that a Petition for the
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    London Stock Exchange
    341 5 lionaoD, uci. 10. QM Um Stock Exchange to-rijy, v features relieved the drabness of thi market. Breweries made headway but on Uit whole Industrials intended to sag (or Want of fresh buying interest. Kaffirs anJ gllt-fdRed closed steady. ReuU-r. TM lollowlng aie to-day's closing middle quotations Shares
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    Post Office Mail List
    290 5 Mails close at the General Post Office as follows: TO-DAX Aden air 5 p.m. Africa surface 9 a.m. air 5 p.m. Australia air 5 p.m. British Columbia air 5o.m. Burma air 5 p.m. Canada air 5 p.m. C?«ylon surface 9 a.m. air 5 p.m. China: Amoy.
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    40 5 London, Oct. 9. THE Tea Trade attributes the delay in clinching the second contract for a further 40.000,000 lb. of Netherlands Indies tea to slow arrivals under the first contract owing to the transfer of shipping to more urgent purpose.
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    List Of Current Dividends
    250 5 Issued by the Malayan Sh iaret brokers Association. Singapore, Oct. 10. Book* Company Dividend Clow TO! ChenUcriang ip<% final less tax Hongkong Tin 12Vi% int. less tax Idrls Hyd 2'i% Int. less tax Klan« River IWc No. 49 Oct. 21 K L. Tin Is. No. 6d.
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    Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1317 5 THURSDAY, OCT. 1940: 4 P.M. MINING Bayer* Sellrrs Am pat Tin (4s) 3s 3d 3s 9d Austral Amal (5s > 5s 5s 6d Austral Malay <£t 33s 6d S5s 6a Ayer Httam (5a) 19s 20s Ayer Weng ($1) .90 1.00 Bangr'n Tin 15s 9d 16s
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      73 5 1 OSUn R 1940 1 CHEVROLET 1 Because ft has improved springing and a roomy body providing maximum comfort. it has vacuum power gear shift aMch gtvw ease of control. Chevrolet's proved 29 H.P. engine gives ample power with maximum economy. It has a genuine Fisher body and perfected hydraulic
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      566 5 UGLYfAIGONE Trained Nurse Loses 5^ lbs a week jorry nairn Noncf welgh cd down with u«ly f«t there Drcisei I which mak» you look «nd fwl Come m'Vou. fiaa 1 :d> eez ""B^inly! nncoo». v-pmcw loor foruble, cauie» you to wew "*~f uni*«hionable doihes, and w p^flypps^^Bsbe more or less
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      174 5 PpMpM| 111 JIL iji r !!lahMp:Vlißl i»-2S CXCII srKt.fi auwiruiiß* Telephone Manager's Office «512 a Sub-ManaTer's Office 4513 a Exchange Oept 4514 General Office 4767 Cable Address: PROVINBANR Head Office Sincbow. K want. tang PAIII UP CAPITA! (Ch.) B IS.uOtt.M* RESERVE FUNDS 13.0 M.M* TOTAI ASSETS Upprox.) s)08.»««.M« Board o/
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      171 5 TIDE TABLES SINGAPORE Ifc-daj H. W. 7.3f a.m. 7.4 ft.; 7.06 p.m. 7.S ft. L. W. 00.50 a.m. 3.8 ft.; 1.40 p.m. 4.9 ft. To-morrow H. W. 8.33 am. 7.8 ft.; 8.21 p.m. t ft. L. w. 2.M a.m. 3.8 ft.; 2.M p.m. 4.1 ft. Sunday. Oct. 13 H. W.
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      700 6 The Stars of "GONE WITH THE WIND" tf% Jk Vg% W *W% W A TA I\AVI "REBECCA" TOGETHER FOR CAPITOL Opeilllig TO-DAY! THE FIRST TIME! box office phone 5261 3.15 6.15 9.15 £*tk VIVIEN LAURENCE fl| in JOHN GALSWORTHY'S W 1 B^H I A A THRILLING STORY A COLUMBIA PRODUCTION!
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    Axis Powers' Oil Shortage
    318 7 Why Nazi Troops Were Sent To Rumania London. Oct. 10. IN I cndon circles connected with the oil Industry, the arrival of German troops in the oil districts of Rumania is regarded as demonstrating that one of the principal motives in the German moves in Rumania
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    Captured Bombs Used By Nazi Raiders
    192 7 London, Oct. 10. AN answer given by the Secretary for Air, Sir Archibald Sinclair, in the House of commons has aroused a eood deal of interest. He was asked to explain the lact that i fragments of bombs, dropped by the Luftwaffe on Britain,
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    Foreign Fur Traders Shut Out In China
    112 7 Tientsin, Oct. 10. "TIENTSIN is confronted with a major 1 problem now that Japanese re- gulations for government transporta- tion and examination of raw materials i for light industry are being, introduced. At present the situation is still not clarified, but it is
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    French Submarine Ajax Sunk
    75 7 Vichy. Oct. 10. nnHE French admiralty announces A that no news has been received for several days of the submarine AJax. The Havas agency adds that information from a British source states that the submarine has been sunk and that the whole personnel are safe at
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    LARGER ALLOWANCES FOR THE JOBLESS
    123 7 London, Oct. 10. IirHILE the British unemployment figure has reached its lowest total since the present insurance scheme was introduced, the rates of unemployment assistance allowances are being increased for the second time since the start of the war v *he draft regulations just placed
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    Gen. De Gaulle Arrives In The Cameroons
    173 7 London, Oct. 10. QENERAL DE GAULLE, leader of the Free French movement, has v arrived in Duala, the former German Colony in the Cameroons, which recently rallied to the cause of Free France. He arrived there in a gunboat. For the first time
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    British Not Blockading Martinique
    49 7 New York, Oct. 10. •TTIE French steamer Fort de France, 4,279 tons, painted a warship gnj but without runs, arrived here to-day with General Gar bo from Martinique, Guadaloque. He stated that the British were not blockading Martinique and did not halt the ship.— Reuter.
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    SIR WILFRED GRENFELL
    42 7 Charlotte, Vermont, Oct. 10. HTHE death has occurred at 75 of Sir Wilfred Grenfell, surgeon and author, who for almost half a century devoted himself to the welfare of Eskimos and Indians and the fisher folk of Labrador.— Reuter.
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    PRESSURE BY THE DEMOCRACIES
    156 7 Tokio Journal Is In Defiant Mood Toklo, Oct. 10. DISCUSSING the Burma road ques« tion, the Japan Times says: Thl advance of Japanese troops into IndoChina and their newly-won air base] there have fundamentally altered tin situation as regards the position of thi Burma route as
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    GRANDSON FOR PREMIER
    30 7 London, Oct. 10. JkilßS. RANDOLPH CHURCHILL gava birth to a son to-day. Her husband, who was recently returned to Parliament, Is the Prime Minister's only son. —Reuter.
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      318 7 GRAND OPENING TO-DAY Where 315^±>JjZ 91S I A HA I Everybody Morning Show To-morrow V/aA MML AJLm. JL at 11 o'clock. Goes v ta lflMc >^« Uli'*" A crviliicd man,awild«!C«™ woman th«y *^*^J^^ Annth l 0 *'9*" for 'heir love while th« raging Arctic blinard closes In wHh icy. finger*
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    The Straits Times.
    1209 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE. FRIDAY, OCT 11, 1940. (404th. Day Of The War.) A PREMIUM ON DISHONESTY After an interval of about six months, that very vigorous controversialist Mr. C. Ward-Jackson has resumed his attacks in public on the income tax proposals. We use the words "in public" because, although
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    U-BOAT SINKS TRAWLER
    27 8 THE British trawler Kingston Sapphire has been lost by U-boat action. The majority of the crew are safe, according to an Admiralty announcement.— Reuter.
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  • Letters To The Editor
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      CORRUPTION
      424 8 Aspect Which Interests The Public To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, If a certain lack of enthusiasm is noticeable in the general public for the inquiry which Is now going on concerning the Mines Department F.MS., the reason is, surely, not far to seek.. To the general
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      THE BURMA ROAD
      367 8 Chinese Welcome "The End Of Appeasement* To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, The news of the reopening of the Burma road is indeed welcome. It has brought relief and Joy to every one in Malaya, irrespective of race and creed, and has restored and strengthened
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      A JUST WAR
      668 8 An Indian On The Aims Of Naziism To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— lt is a well-known fact that, like other branches of the Anglo-Saxon race, the British people are a combination of realism and Idealism who can be roused only by fear and anger.
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      FIRST THINGS FIRST
      175 8 What Must Come Before Income Tax To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— l take off my hat to Mr. C. Ward-Jackson for his recent article on the subject of income tax. He has upset the apple-cart of the governments' scheme for income tax, and rendered
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      DANGER AHEAD
      965 8 Clamour Which Would Follow Income Tax To the Editor of the Straits Time* Sir,— l have read with great Interest Mr. Ward-Jackson's criticism of th© income tax proposals. Nothing in Malaya has aroused so much public opinion as the question of incime ta^c People who in other circumstances
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      42 8 THE ART OF FENCING by Ronald A. Lidstone A Practical Manual For The Foil, Epee and Sabre, with Photographs and Text Figures. Price $6.30 POST FREE G. H. KIAT CO., LTD., 6-8 Robinson Road, Singapore. JOHN DUKE Manufacturing Optician. 21, BATTERY ROAD.
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    U.S. ARMY REINFORCING GARRISON IN HAWAII
    490 9 A. -A. Gunners Leaving Soon For Pacific 23 BATTALIONS OF MARINES BEING MOBILIZED Work On Alaskan Air Base Being Rushed .THE United States army is sending: reinforcements to Hawaii. This follows the decision to bring- the United Slates fleet in the Pacific immediately up
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    Americans Stay On In Shanghai
    57 9 New York, Oct. 11. A HUNDRED American dhrebombers, built by the Republic Aviation Corporation for the Swedish Government, are to be delivered to Britain instead, according to j the New York World Telegram. It is stated that 75 of these planes are already on a New York flying field, crated
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    BATTLES OVER CHANNEL
    209 9 Few Raiders Get To London Area Londen, Oct. 11. DURING yesterday's raids on Britain, German planes made repeated at temp .s to cross the Channel and battles raged for hours over the sea. A few raiders penetrated over the Thames Estuary where they were met t>v fr_'hteis
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    Significant Defence Steps In Rumania
    178 9 Bucharest, Oct. 11. (SIGNIFICANT measures In view of •3 the new Rumanian-German military co-operation were taken at a meetIr.g of the Rumanian national defence ar.fi home mlnistiies to-day at which Gen. Antonescu end hi.-, rttet of stall present. A communique states that near complementary measures
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    JAPANESE ENVOY FETES SOVIET PREMIER
    89 9 Tokio, Oct. 11. f Tii;; Japanese Ambassador in Moscow, Mr. Shi(?enort Togoh, who has been recalled tti Tokio. pave a luncheon to hU?h Soviet Government officials on Wednesday, states the Moscow correspondent of the Japanese rvmel Agency. Those present Included Molotov. the Soviet Premier and
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    NO DEMANDS FROM U.S.S.R. TO BERLIN
    36 9 Moscow. Oct. 10. A REPORT published abroad that the U.SS.R. has presented a demand to the German Government lor the handing over of German-occupied Poland is categorically denied here. Eeuter.
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    INVASION IS UNLIKELY NOW
    513 9 Success Of R.A.F. Blitzkrieg London, Oct. 11. CEEN from the white cllfTs of south-east England, the wares in the Channel are now becoming a troubled grey green, and the Nazicontrolled French coastline a dim shape on the horizon, writes Reuter's special correspondent In the British front
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    'Fuehrer' Of U. S. Nazis Indicted
    61 9 Newton (New Jersey), Oct. 10. THE Sussex county jury to-day indictel WUhelm Kunze. "Fueher" of the national German-American Bund and August Klapprctt, the eastern leader, and eight other members of the Bund. They are charged with "promoting hatred against people of the Jewish religion"
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    RUSSIANS CARRY OUT AIR RAID EXERCISES
    80 9 Moscow, Oct. 11. THE city of Sebastopol, on the Ciimettn peninsula, has bten completely invisible from the air during the past three nights, according to airmen« imports on tho conclusion of fulldress air raids' precaution rehearsals. During similar rehearsals carried out Leningrad on the
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    GERMANS WATCHING SOVIET REACTION TO NEW MOVE
    296 9 London, Oct. 11. ANALYSING the Axis policy in the Balkans, Reuter's diplomatic corI respondent writes that the report that Field-Marshal von Keitel, chief of the German General Staff, was going to succeed Marshal Graziani as comj mander-in-chlef of the Italian forces < In
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    The King Aims At "Dive-Bombers"
    41 9 The King inspectet various units of the British Army in training during a tour of the southern area recently. Here is seen sighting with a Bren gun during a divebombing "attack" by planes during his inspection.
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    MANY FIRES EN NAZI PORTS
    278 9 R.A.F. Attack Nazi Destroyers London, Oct. 11. pOASTAL Command Blenheims started fires at the rate of one a minute when they dropped three tons of heavy bombs during the raid on Boulogne on Wednesday night. The railway station and store houses on the quay near
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    Greek Steamer Sunk By Italian U-boat
    62 9 Lisbon, Oct. 11. *THIRTEEN survivors of the Greek steamer Aghlos Nicolaos, (3,687 tons) torpedoed' by an Italian submarine on Oct. 1, have arrived here after their rescue by a Portuguese trawler. The remainder of the crew were picked up by Spanish fishingbc»te. The .steamer
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    24-Hour Work In U.S. Plane Factories
    47 9 Washington, Oct. 10. SEVEN firms building planes for the U5. Government have been asked to work o.i a 24-hour schedule. A United States Army mission consisting of three members is on its way to London to study British air defence. Reuter.
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    ANOTHER BIG GIFT FROM MADRAS FOR PLANES
    44 9 London, Oct. 11. A FURTHER gift of two lakhs i>« rupees has been cabled to the Air Ministry in London by the Madras Government War Fund for the purchase of aircraft, according to the Madras radio.— Reutex.
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    GERMANY & ITALY ARE NOW ANXIOUS FOR PEACE
    565 9 GERMANY ITALY ARE NOW ANXIOUS FOR PEACE British Resistance Has Caused Stalemate, Says Neutral Expert Stockholm, Oct. 11. THERE is no doubt that Germany and Italy would prefer peace even without a definite victory, despite all their talk about prosecuting: the war to a successful conclusion,' declares CoL Bratt, a
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    Heavy Attack On Nazi Big Guns
    147 9 Swift Reply To Fresh Shelling Of Dover London, Oct. 11. THE German long-range guns mounted on the French coast fired across the Straits of Dover at dusk last night. The shelling, which lasted nearly half-an-hour, was completely ineffective, and although shells fell in the
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    MASSACRE CHARGE AGAINST HUNGARY Bucharest, Oct. 11.
    108 9 MASSACRE CHARGE AGAINST HUNGARY Bucharest, Oct. 11. AN allegation that a Hungarian detachment shot 155 men, women and children in the SalaJ district of c^ded j Transylvania on the niRht of Sept. I 13-14 is contained in a statement Issued bv the semi-official Rumanian agency. Other allegations ure that In
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    CHINESE READER'S IDEA TO HELP WAR FUND
    717 10 First Bid Of $50 For ".Free Frenchmen" Emblem OFFICERS CREW OF ILE DE FRANCE SEND $200 A Chinese reader writes to say that if the Straits Times is prepared to offer for sale to the highest bidder one of the emblems which are
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    AMUSEMENTS
    138 10 KAfrKI.tS HUIJ L Dinner in Dance (Informal) 8 p.m. to Midnight. GAEKK'K THKATRfc, GKVLANG The Flaming Frontiers (Whole Serial to be Screened) at 7.45 p.m. GREAl WOULD Cabaret: 7.30 to 9 9 p.m. to Midnight. Globe: It AU Came True. Sky: Gullivers Travel. HAHl'l WORLD Wuyan;-,.-. Magic Shows, Sideshows
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    SirShentonToßelu U.S. Some Weeks
    38 10 TTHF Governor, Sir Shcnton Thomas and Lady Thomas, who are returning: to Malaya from Britain by air via America, are remaining in the United States for several weeks, cables the Straits Time* London correspondent.
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    $50,000 FOR M.I. DEFENCES
    139 10 $50,000 FOR N.I. DEFENCES Local Hollanders Contribute CINCE Holland was involved in the war, Hollanders in Singapore have contributed over $50,000 towards expenditure for strengthening the defences of the Netherlands Indies, Mr. H. M. J. Fein, the Netherlands Consul-General, told a Straits Times reporter this morning. Mr. Fein said he
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    MINES INQUIRY
    158 10 (From Our Own Correspondent.; Kuala Lumpur Oct. 10. TN the Straits Times of Oct. 8 it was stated 1 in connection with the evidence siren Dy Mr. J. N. D. Harrison AJS.P. before tne Commission of Inquiry into the conduct aurt management o' the Mines Department, F.M.S. that
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    NEW CLASSROOMS FOR KATONG SCHOOL
    72 10 A FETE will be bt Id at the Kok Chuan girls' school. Katong (Joo Chiat Lane, off Joo Chiat Road) to-niorrow. ThTe will be siJeshows and teas. Mrs. Lin Boon Keng will open the fete at 3 p.m. The proceeds will be in aid of
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    ULTIMATUM DENIED
    184 10 Thai Premier's Statement INDO-CHINA BORDER TRADERS WARNED (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Oct. 11. 1*HE report in the Thai Press that Thailand has presented an ultimatum to France following French refusal to grant Thai territorial claims in connection with Indo-China is described as baseless by the Premier, Luang
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    MANILA HOLDS PLANES FOR THAILAND
    99 10 Manna, Oct. 11. TEN American dive-bombers consigned to Thailand have been unloaded here and are being held on Washington's orders. It is understood that negotiations are in progress to transfer the planes to the United States Army for the de fence of the Philippines. The
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    "PUPPET" MAYOR SHOT DEAD IN SHANGHAI
    111 10 Shanghai Oct. 11. MAYOR Fu Siao-en, of the Japanesesponsored Shanghai Special Municipality, was assassinated in Hongkew thi~ morning. Hongkew Is the Japanese occupied part of the Shanghai International Settlement. Mayor Fu was shot at 5 a.m. while asleep in his house at Hongkew. Japanese
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    N.I.JAPANESE TRADE TALKS CONTINUE
    75 10 Batavla, Oct. 11. THE N. 1. -Japanese trade parleys are being continued In a quiet atmosphere and the Netherlands Indies delegation haa handed to representatives of the Japanese Government a memorandum regarding points already discussed. The Japanese delegation has held several meetings. According to a Tokio
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    MAYOR OF CALCUTTA TO VISIT CHUNGKING
    91 10 Chungfcnu, Oct. 11. MAYOR Siddiqu, of Calcutta, will shortly visit Chungking on a goodwill mission ion behalf 37,000,000 Indian Muslims. The visit was promised by Mr. MohamnvM All Jinnah, president of the Indian Muslim League, during the recent visit of the Chinest Muslim goodwill
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    Undue Raising Of K.L. Rents Will Be Dealt With Under Law
    431 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 10. DIFFERING opinions about the increase of rents In Kuala Lumpur were expressed by members of the Kuala Lumpur Sanitary Board at a meeting yesterday. Mr. W. N. Oourlay, the Chairman, referred
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    Vegetable Exhibit At Museum
    36 10 A view of the "Grow Your Oion Food' exhibition at Raffles Museum, which is attracting many people anxious to play a small but useful part in Malaya's war effort. Straits Times picture.
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    COLONY TO BUDGET FOR $10 MILLION DEFICIT?
    281 10 Effect Of War Effort On Revenue Expenditure U7HEN the acting Financial Secretary, Mr. L. G. Corney, introduces the Colony's 1941 budget at the Legislative Council meeting on Monday, estimated figures are expected to show a big deficit. The deficit may exceed $10,000,000. In
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    BORNEO SPITFIRE NO. 2
    39 10 NORTH Borneo i*as remitted a iurther £5,000 to the Ministry of Aircraft Production to buy Borneo's second aircraft for ths R.AJ. All communities are subscribing generously and funds are now arriving tor Spitfire No. 3.
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    SYNTHETIC RUBBER
    400 10 U.S. Manufacturers* Conference FEARS OF HOLD-UP OF CRUDE SUPPLIES (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Oct. 10. THE United States Government Is becoming increasingly anxious regarding the possibility of interruption or hold-up of supplies of crude rubber from the East, according to the Washington correspondent of the Financial News.
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    Coppers For The War Fund
    45 11 d representative of the Engine Repair Shop at an R.A.F. station in .Sn^'^pore yesterday brought in a tin containing donations for The War Fund collected frtm workers at the shop. The total, r carly all in coppers, amounted to $30.93.
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    CHINA WOULDLEAD 'NEW ORDER,' NOT JAPAN
    332 11 CHINA WOULDLEAD 'NEW ORDER,' NOT JAPAN Consul On Nation's Three Years Of Resistance (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 10. IF there was a "New Order" in Asia, China would be the leader of it and not Japan, said Mr. S. H. Shih, the Chinese Consul, Kuala Lumpur, addressing
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    WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES
    172 11 Can Be Cashed At Any Time COME members of the public are j under the impression that war savings certificates cannot be redeemed during the first year. Accordingly they are hesitating to buy savings certificates, not because they expect to redeem certificates In the first year, but
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    RADIO TALK ON"OIL & ITS BY-PRODUCTS"
    63 11 RADIO TALK ON"OIL ITS BY-PRODUCTS" '•/"VIL and Its By Products," Is the V-f subject of ...n interesting talk to be yiven to-night by Mr. T. F. Garside, of the Asiitic Petro'eum Company, lroni the Singapore station at 7.10 p ra. A further alk m tills subjoct will be on Oct.
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    MARKET BEING SOUGHT FOR SCRAP METAL
    271 11 How Malayan Housewives May Help War Effort DELEGATES TO DELHI TALKS WILL DEAL WITH MATTER |T is hoped that a market for Malaya's scrap metal, either in India or in one of the Dominions, will be discovered at the forthcoming Eastern Group Conference at
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    BRITAIN IS CALM & CONFIDENT
    286 11 BRITAIN IS CALM CONFIDENT Chinese Student On High Morale Of People (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Oct. 10. it OEOPLE in Britain are very calm and confident of ultimate victory and as far as I can gather, they are well prepared for a long drawn-out war. Almost everyone in one
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    LOW INCIDENCE OF SMALLPOX
    68 11 'THE generally low incidence of small pox in all Eastern ports, the abience of plague for the past 11 weeks i.nd the improved conditions maintained at Calcutta with regard to cholera, jse reported in the League of Nations .ealth bulletin for the week ended )ct. 5.
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    Highlander Weds
    94 11 Pte. William McDougal, of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, was married to Miss Elsie Myra Wait, the daughter of the late Mr. I. M. Wait and Mrs. Wait, of Singapore, at the Presbyterian Church yesterday. Pte. McDougal is the son of Mr. and Mrs. McDougal of CriefJ. Perthshire.
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    "GROW YOUR OWN FOOD" 30 Varieties In Museum Exhibit
    156 11 "GROW YOUR OWN FOOD" 30 Varieties In Museum Exhibit WITH the opening of a "Grow Your Own Food" exhibition at Raffles i Museum, visitors vrho go to the museum to see stuffed birds and anakes and the ancient instruments of man, may j now inspect more than 30 varieties of
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    FEDERAL COUNCIL
    32 11 TTiE next session of the Federal Council 'Budget meeting) will be held at Kuala Lumpur on Nov. 19 and 21, commencing at 10 a.m. There will be a ceremonial opening.
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    Appeal Against Whipping & Gaol Sentence Fails
    336 11 Appeal Against Whipping Gaol Sentence Fails LMARKING that he could not v interfere with what was purely finding of fact, the acting Chief '.istice, Mr. Justice a'Beckett Trell, discussed the appeal of harles Howarth. a European seaTin, in the High Court yesterday. Howarth was sentenced in the lower court to
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    French Sailings Again In East
    52 11 AFTER four months complete suspension, following France's collapse, the French mail line, Messageries Maritimrs, Is reported to be resuming its freight and passengers services in the Far East and will start with the ShanghaiSaigon run. The ships will not call at any other port en
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    ATTEMPTED THEFT FROM CHURCH BOX
    186 11 ON the afternoon of Sept. 24, the Malay gardener eir.ployed by the Portuguese Mission to look after the compound of St. Joseph's Church in Victoria Street, happened to enter the church after his work. Looking up the aisle he saw a man apparently using a
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    FAILED TO PAY LABOURERS
    210 11 Sub-Contractor Fined $25 "pHIEF sub-contractcr to %11 thm building work, except ths ferroconcrete part, of the Cathay Fiats, this man has failed to pay some of his employees for several month? said the Deputy Controller of Chinese Labour, Mr. A. "W. Hay, prosecuting in the fifth
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    "Aussie" Presentation To Mr. Eden
    154 12 An illustrated parchment scroll in Old English entitled Etidland was presented to Mr. Anthony Eden, Secretary of State for War, at the War Office, on behalf of the officers and men of the Australian Provost Corps now in Britain. It bore the inscription: "Presented to
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    JAPAN FLOODING CHINA WITH PAPER MONEY Guerillas Enforce Death Penalty For Possession
    418 12 JAPAN FLOODING CHINA WITH PAPER MONEY Guerillas Enforce Death Penalty For Possession JAPAN is still flooding the occupied areas of China with worthless paper money in an effort to make the Chinese foot the bill for long and costly hostilities which Japan cannot bring to a successful conclusion. This was
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    RETURNING FROM JAPAN
    47 12 SURGEON-CAPTAIN Sumitra and Dr. K. Kamchad, of the Thai Navy and Dr. M. C. Abhakara, of the Thai Army, arrived in Singapore yesterday from Japan. They declined to discuss the object of their visit to Japan, but remarked that they were returning to Thailand.
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    In Battle Dress
    62 12 French soldiers who have become members of Gen. de Gaulle's Army of free Frenchmen now wear a red white and blue epaulette to distinguish them from other French soldiers whq have not yet joined the General's cause. These French soldiers wear British battle dress uniform. A French
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    MRS. C. PEREIRA DEAD
    57 12 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Oct. 10. THE death occurred last night of Mrs. Cecilia Pereira at her residence in Burmah Road. She was 79 years old and was the widow of Mr. Bernard Paul Pereira. Both were well-known Penang residents. She leaves seven daughters and
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    25 12 More than 30 German and Austrian refugees arrived in Singapore yesterday from Siberia via Japan on their way to South America to Join their relatives.
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    American Fishing Expert On Visit To Singapore
    250 12 SINGAPORE, being situated in the heart of the coral reefs and the East Indies, where a large variety of fish of great beauty abound, could have an aquarium of unsurpassable attraction which would not only be superior to the aquariums in most parts
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    "BLITZKRIEG" HAS NOT AFFECTED INDUSTRIES
    578 13 Effect Of Bombing Minimized By Mutual Assistance London, Oct. 10. WHEN a labour exch?nge in the East End of London, re- cently completed, was destroyed by a bomb, the staff put claimants ior unemployed benefit on their honour and paid what they asked for promptly
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    Axis Lies About Evacuation
    54 13 Cairo, Oct. 10. THHEKK is amusement mingled J- with disgust among Egyptians at repeated Berlin and Rome allegations that "evacuation is proceeding swiftly under British orders." Not only has there been no evacuation from Cairo but those few who left Alexandria in the early stages of
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    GIFT OF AMBULANCES FROM THE KINGS
    46 13 London. Oct. 10. rE Kins has presented London with four motor ambulances and eight mobile canteens At Buckingham Palace to-day, he handed over the four ambulances and two of the canteens to the chairman < f the London County Council.— Reuter.
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    Italians Fire On Own Planes
    203 13 Two Bombers Shot Down At Venice London, Oct. 10. DOTH the Italian and German Press and wireless have been making a great deal of fuss about Jhe civilians who were injured recently when anti-aircraft guns fired at aircraft flying over Rome. No R.A.Fv machines were
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    Two Ammunition Vans Saved
    189 13 Station Master's Heroism In Raid Cairo, Oct. 10. AN Egyptian station master and a A British army chaplain were heroes of two adventures in the Western Desert in which trains and bombs played their parts. The coolness and courage of the Egyptian station master at a
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    Suez Canal Busy Once More
    155 13 London. Oct. 10. "TRAFFIC through the Suez Canal which came almost to a standstill after Italy's entry into j the war, is now considerably inI creased," writes the Daily Telegraph. "Suez, which has now become Egypt's main port, is buzzing with activity. Despite Use increasing
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    Italian Admiral Granted Passage
    103 13 Nev/ York, Oct. 10. AN ITALIAN admiral is to be permitted to pass through the British Control to Italy. He is Admiral Cantus. Ital an commissioner at the World's [fair. Together with ten members of his staff, he has been granted a safe passage, according to
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    NO FOOD SHORTAGE FEARED IN JIBUTI
    78 13 London. Oct. 10. I "HERE is no truth in the report 1 emanating from Vichy that the French garrison at Jibuti is facing a I famine in consequence of the holding up of a food ship by the British. Con1 nrmation of the falsity
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    R. A. F. RESUMES DAYLIGHT RAIDS ON GERMANY
    332 14 Oil Plants, Railway Sidings, Shipping Bombed London, Oct. 10. r>URIN(i a series of daylight raids over Germany and Holland yesterday railway sidings at Warendorf, 50 miles east of Munster, were attacked, states the Air Ministry news service. Bombs burst clean across the
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    Berlin Theatres Now Close Earlier
    84 14 'Auicta, Oct. 10. INCREASED British air activity has caused Berlin theatres and M to open early enough to enable performances to com-lmle by nine at ni^ht, according to a Berlin dispatch to the Neve Zuenlier Zci!unsr, which adds that the HosinT hour for rest ■••t
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    Polish Units Take Part In Raids On Germany London, Oct. io.
    65 14 Polish Units Take Part In Raids On Germany CAPT. H. Balfour, Under-Secretary for Air, revealed in the House of Commons to-day that Polish units are taking part in British bombing raids in Gerrrnnv. '"Hiere are things v.liich the Germans cannot bomb." said Capt. Balfour. r "They cannot bomb the spirit
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    IL DUCE REVIEWS FASCIST YOUTHS AT PADUA Rome, Oct. 10.
    46 14 IL DUCE REVIEWS FASCIST YOUTHS AT PADUA Rome, Oct. 10. MUSSOLINI arrived at Padua to-day to review a parade of 20,000 young Fascists. German, Bulgarian, Spanish. Hungarian and Rumanian youth moveirenf.s were represented. Flying his own plane, Mussolini left Prdua without making a speech. Reuter. 1
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    35 14 London, Oct. 10. j THE Admira'tv announces that cas- A ualries In H.M. yacht Sappho, the loss of which has already been announced, total eight officers and 24 i ratings missing, presumed killed. I Reuter.
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    22 14 The Duke of Windsor, the GovernorGeneral of the Bahamas, is here seen with the Duchess in the garden of their new home.
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    Inventions To Foil The Enemy
    342 14 Many Good Ideas Come From Workers London, Oct. 10. 77VERY week hundreds of inventions pour into Government departments nd some details of the worlc of investi°aticn of these were given Reuter this morning. All inventions concernir naval or, air matters are dealt with by the.
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    MILLION MILES ON RECONNAISSANCE
    264 14 Hudson Aircraft's Fine Record In War London. Oct. 10 T""HE first squadron in the Royal Atr Force to use Hudson aircraft has just completed a million miles of flying in this American-built military version of the Lockheed 14. The squadron belongs to the Coastal Command and
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    Germans In U.S. Stay Put
    262 14 Nazi Drive For Workers Fails New ¥ork, Oct. 1«. r* ERMAN consulates have been ordered to round up skilled craftsmen of German citizenship or extraction and offer transportation. unqualified wages and guarantees of employment in order to lure them back to Germany, according to the
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    AUSTRALIAN ALL-PARTY MINISTRY NEEDED
    102 14 London. Oct. 10. MOVES for the formation of a national ministry were carried a ~t.age further to-day by a meeting between Mr. R. G. Menzies, the Australian i Prime Minister, and Sir Earle Page. i former Country Party leader, in an at- tempt to heal the
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    NAZI RAIDERS FAIL TO REACH LONDON AREA
    742 14 Attack On Wales Most Severe In Recent Weeks TWO formations of German London this morning were who met them high above t raider reaching the London ar brief alert." The German formations followed fach other at brief intervals over an East Anglian town
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    NAZI PURGE OF BELGIAN STATE OFFICIAL
    53 14 Berlin, Oct. 10. THE purge of Belgian state officials 1 who left their pcsLs when Belgium entered the war is still continuing, according to an official news agency dispatrh from Brussels, which adds that of 300 teachers who left their po have been wholly
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    69 15 HOCKEY: S.C.R.C. vs. Celts S.C.R.C; Singapore Hornets vs. R.A.O.C Alexandra: S.C.C. 2nd. XI vs. P.W.D., S.C.C; S.R.C. vs. Raffles Collere, S.R.C: S.R.C. 2nd. XI vs. A.P.C.. Paya Lebar. TENNIS: S.C.R.C. and V.M.C.A. tournaments. BOXING: Ventura Marquei vs. \mv& Yeo Bianco, New World arena. Aquatics: Virtcria School Swimming
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    To-Morrow's Rugby
    491 15 SECOND MAJOR MATCH OF THE SEASON •IMIK second Kugby game in the J- series of matches arranged by the Malayan Rugby Union in aid of war charities will be played on the S.C.C. padang to-morrow when the Royal Air Force (Blues), distinctive from the Royal Australian Air Force
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    S.C.C. RUGBY
    70 15 rfc. folio*' ing members Have accepted to play rugby for the S.C.C. vs. the Heavy Battery. R.A., at the S.C.C. to-day: J. J. Bell; T. A. H. Slack. R A. Hoopr. B. J. P. Burley, W. V. Saussottc; I. M. Bcott. A. Cromarty; A. M. Caxbery. P. W.
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    T.H. MENZIES TO SADDLE WINNERS OF MAIN RACES
    1371 15 Review And Selections For To-morrow At Kuala Lumpur j/ENTUCKY and Chatterbox look good bets at Kuala Lum- pur to-morrow, the final d ay of the Selangor Turf Club's autumn professional meeting. iVine races form the afternoon's programme, and Mr. T. H. Menzies'
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    SINGAPORE COLTS HOCKEY TEAMS
    101 15 I fI\HE following have accepted to play X hockey for the Singapore Colts Hockey I Club first eleven against the S.C.R.C. first eleven at the S.C.R.C. to-day: D. Loveday; G. Scott, de Jong; L. I i Outschoora, J. Loveday, L. Alvis; R. Prank, jA. Watts, M.
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    Programme For Singapore Winter Races
    380 15 Programme For Singapore Winter Races TH^ Singapore Turf Club's winter race meeting will be held on Nov. 16, 20, and 23, and horses in classes one, two and three will be catered for. Entries will close at noon on Tuesdiy. Nov. 5, and official training uiil start on Nov. 7.
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    SINGAPORE LAWN TENNIS RESULTS
    131 15 CHIA KKNG TYE won the veterans' handicap singles title in the S.C.R.C. open invitation tennis tournament, when, in a closely- fought match, he defeated Dr. On<? Slow Hian 6—4, 6—2. RESULTS The full results of yesterday^ ties were Oven doubles: Chin Kee Onn and Chua Choon
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    TO-NIGHT'S BOXING AT "THE NEW WORLD
    95 15 AAAJSiY leading Malayan boxers are »"to be seen in action at the New World arena to-night. A leader in the lightweight class, Ventura Marque* has to tackle a welterweight in Luis Yeo Blanco. Conceding weight is nothing new to the Mexican, however, and he
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    Annual Boxing Championships At St. Andrew's School
    237 15 EVIDENCE of the ever-growing keenness for boxing at St. Andrew's School was prominent at the school's ninth annual boxing champ- ionships which were held at WeedsvUle yesterday, when Loyfat House won the boxing: shield by a dear marcta of points from Richards ■RMi
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    FORMAL OPENING OF NEW SWIMMING POOL
    486 15 MOT seen in action for a lonjr time, the cream of A^ Singapore's Chinese swimmers save a jrrjmd display of aquatics at the new $50,000 Haw-Par Swimming Pool yesterday when Mr. Cheng San Kwong. Chinese Consul, performed the official opening of the pool. The
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    Second Round Cup Prospects
    326 15 Soccer Notes THE Iml thai the Malays hare had 1 to concur Ihe RAF S.Metar) sstVt team a walk-over in \v :a wa« to be the firsl ma'.rli of the second raund of the S.A F.A. cup competition bus caused mv h (lisapp)inlment. First division league
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    NON-ACCEPTORS
    24 15 MON-ACCEPTORS and the order of running for to-morriw's races will be found in VMiK FOIR of the final edition if received in tim=.
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    FINISH WITH JAPAN FIRST, URGES CHINESE ENVOY
    377 16 "Weakest Link In Axis Chain With Forces Bogged In China" London, Oct. 10. CINISH with Japan first. She is the weakest link in the Axis chain, with her military and air forces deployed in China, her financial and economic resources depleted, and her
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    PROTECTION OF THE N.L
    250 16 London, Oct. 10. TN the House of Commons to-day Mr. J, C. Wedgwood (Independent) inquired whether the Russian, Chinese and Dutch Governments were co-operating and whether there was a possibility of American protection of the Netherlands Indies. Mr. R. A. Butler, the Foreign Undersecretary, declared that
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    Armoured Car For Home Guard
    58 16 The London County Council Battalion of the Home Guard now has an armoured car which mounts a Vickers machine-gun in a revolving: turret. It has a crew of three a driver, a gunner and an observer who is armed with a rifle. Members of the
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    'THOUGHT OF WAR WITH U.S. MAKES JAPAN SHUDDER'
    365 16 THE assertion that the Axis part with Japan was directed "for" and not against the United States and the hope that "such a powerful nation as the United States would not be involved in the European war or come into conflict with
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    Japan's Apology To U.S. Navy
    135 16 Shanghai, Oct. 10. TTHE Japanese have apologized for the "unwarrantable conduct" of Japanese gendarmes in I detaining a sailor of the U.S.S. Augusta on Sept. 28, according to the American Navy Press release to-day. The Japanese have also offered to i send the gendarmes responsible
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    £302,000,000 SAVED
    89 16 London. Oct 11. MAKING the comment that there has been lfl a remarkable response on the part of small savers In Britain, the Financial Secretary of the Treasury, Capt. H. P. C. Crookshank, stated In the House of Commons that, while sales of National Savings Certificates during the
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    CALL FOR BAN ON EXPORT OF WAR GOODS TO JAPAN
    281 16 London, Oct. 11. THE United States Government's re1 cent approval of the export of a maximum of 1,000,000 barrels of oil to Japan has aroused anxiety among M.P.S. In the House of Commcns yesterday, Mr. Geoffrey le M. Mander (Liberal)
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    CHINESE ARE GRATEFUL FOR BURMA ROAD REOPENING
    372 16 Fullest Use Of Highway To Be Made Now That Indo-China Route Is Lost London, Oct. 10. A WARNING that Japan had her eyes on British possessions in her southward expansion was expressed by Mr. Hun Li-wu, a member of the People's Assembly, a
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    TWO CHARGE D'AFFAIRES RECALLED TO U.S.
    73 16 Washington, Oct. 10. THE State Department has recalled 1 the Charge d'AfTaires in Berlin, Mr. Alexander Kirk, and the Charge d'AfTaires in Rome, Mr. Edward Reed, for consultation. The D?partment indicates that there is no significance in the recalls but it is expected that
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    BURMESE EX-MINISTER ARRESTED
    28 16 liangoon, Oct. 10. T BA U, a member of the House of Representatives and a former minister, has been arrested under the defence regulations.— Reuter.
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    KATHERINE MAYO DEAD
    34 16 ford Hills. New York, Oct 10 THE death occurred here to-day of the well-known writer, Katherine Mayo, reports Reuter. Her "Mother India," published in 1927, created one of the greatest controversies.
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    U.S. UNMOVED BY THREATS
    615 16 U.S. UNMOVED BY THREATS Supported Road Reopening London, Oct. 10. T"HE reaction of public opinion in the United States to the scarcely disguised attempt at intimidation staged by the Axis powers in cooperation with Japan has been followed here with much interest. There was never any doubt in London that
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