The Straits Times, 21 October 1940

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  • 36 1 The Straits Times ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURYJ MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES 12 pac;es SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MC^OBER 21. 1940 PRICE 5 CENTS The Straits Times 12 PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, OC'IQUER gl, MMT PRICE 5 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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    • 280 1 KUALA LUMPUR 25 JAVA ST. ('PHONE 3683). i== Better Holidays with COOLTAN You can be out Swimming or Boating or even Basking without fear of the after effects of the burning Tropical Sun's rays You get no Burns, Blisters or Freckles No Peeling. Good for Men, Women and Children. (Remember
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    • 14 1 FINAL EDTN. ELSIE MARY SINGAPORE and KUALA LUMPUR. DRESSES for all OCCASIONS DRESSMAKING MILLINERY.
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
    • 64 2 We? Bock Van, p;irtner of Yeo Bian Chuan A: Co.. :itre<l 54, j>asjed away peacefully at his residence No. 429, Race Course Road on Saturday. 19th October, leaving behind his wife, 3 sons. 6 daughters one son-in-law, ''hew Hua Tian <& 3 jcrand children to mourn Ins kM Fun<
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 600 2 f$kt Straits ffiiraes SMALL ADS? Minimum charge $1. for »«K« cvrecdinit 4 Unc* More than 25 cents per line (Six <*crds) Box No. 25 cents extra. DOMESTIC OCtLKKKMKS R1KT1IS. MARK1AGES DEATHS ACKNOWLKUGMENTS. ANNOUNCBMENTS A P.r.C CABDS «re ch»r«e« S* e«eb pc i inaertton per l»h Over I incti. 83 cts.
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    • 799 2 FOR SALE SHKLVADOB Refrigerator. Ptooo* M33 ALL TYPES of receivers. Amplifiers, and component parts, at -Rive away*' prices Radio service Co.. of Malaya 1934 Ltd. "CLEARANCE SALE of all stock Regardless of cost. Radio Service Co. of Malay.* 1034 Ltd. ENQUIRIES from Dealers for all component parts and Philco spares
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    • 784 2 MOTOR_VEHICLES I FOR SALE. MORRIS 8 tourer 1937. Guaranteed Up-top condition, no flaw, comprfhcnslve Insurance July 1941. Original paint. Cash $800. Apply Box 622, O.P.O. FOR SALE FORD V8 SALOON 1935/3* excellent, condition and engine perfect. u*w lyres. Delivery November, price $650. Ov.-ntr leaving Colony. Apply Box No. 1.000. S.
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    • 563 2 PUBLIC NOTICES UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements) NOTICE is hereby given chat the Transfer Books of the above Company will oe closer! from October 18th to 3ctobCT 25th.. 1940. bo*h days Inclusive. By Order of the Board HAMILTON CAMPBELL .ctlng secretary THE HAMILTON (F.M.S.) RUBBER COY.. LTD.
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    • 472 2 DO YOU MEED CLASSES? Thompson Certified I r.imrs and Mountings »«<JL are priced $3.00— 55.00 i*^P*|j7"^ and 57.00. The cost of the lenses depends on Xy^^ your eyesight needs. X^X THOMPSON OPTICAL CO. Qualified Eyesight Specialists. 4, ARCADtf BLDG.. THONE 30ft!. R. A. Thompson, Dr. of Ocular Science 35 years'
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    • 129 2 BUSINESS CARDS ETC I EUGENE Permanent Waving EUGENE Hair-reconditioning. MAISON PERM European :tuiie- air dressers. 79. Stamiord Road. Pb«ne ISIO. MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mrs HARU and flfliss HANA. 60. WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467. TRANSPORT PASSEN«IKBS BA(J<JAGfc. GENERAL CARGO FL'RMTITRE REMOVAL fc STORAGE FACILITIES CONSULT THE MALAYAN BA66AGE SLRVICt
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 393 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. < incorporate id England) PENINSULAH ANP ORIENT Al 8 N Co MAII PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICE The best possible services are being maintained by the P O S N Coy trom the Straits to their usual ports of call in China.
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    • 289 3 (Incorporated tn Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CIINARD WHITE STAR LINE. TO SAN FRANCISCO R«ng Kong. Kobe. Yokohama. Honolulu San Francisco and Loc Angeles mj TATUTA MARD leave H'kong Oct Si 5.3 YAWATA mard leave H'konc Not. 4 m.s. KAMAKURA MARU leave H'konp Nov. 12 m.s. ASAMA MARU leav£ H'kong
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    • 547 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. BLUE FUNNEL LINE Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom. Dates are not guaranteed all cargo bookings subject to Conference War clauses. WESTERN AUSTRALIA THE SHORTEST SEA ROUTE AT THE CHEAPEST FARE Regular Se.v.ces to Fremantle (Perth) via Java by first class passenger ships. Single fare $192 (A £28)
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    • 317 3 TO NIGHT DINNER DANCE (informal) 8 p.m. to midnight CABARET ATTRACTION MINI 6c JOSE POPULAR MEXICAN DANCERS Dinner $3.00 Non-iliners $1.00 RAFFLES ORCHESTRA directed by DAN HOPKINS SEAVIEW H HOTEL BALL-iiOOM r ATR-CONDTTTONED BY SEA BREEZES TUESDAY WEDNESDAY— FRIDAY SATURDAY SPECIAL DINNER- DANCE MUSIC BY KELLER'S BAND DINNER S3.— NO
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  • 128 4 Mails cloee at the General Post Office as follows: TO-DAY Aden air 4 p.m. Africa air 4 p.m. Australia (East South) surface 12.30 p.m. Burma air 4 p.m. Ceylon air 4 p.m. Darwin air 4 p.m. Egypt air 4 p.m. Great Britain etc air 4 p.m.
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  • 349 4 THE following donations to me War j Fund are recorded to-day I Transferred from Penanp being i 102 nd instalment of oontribu- I t ions made through the Pinang Gazette and Straits Echo 862.79 1 Oversea Chinese Association, Johore (2nd contribution) money raised by selling tickets
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  • 114 4 Singapore, Oct. 31. noon. Buyers Sellers oambler *™n Hamburg Cube «3-0° Java Cube 2 White Mun*ok IW'll orhite $IUS opro Mlxea *2.ab Sun Dried «.6O aiTo Plottr wSj."*??^-!!*!!!!. ttJ*tt Pair 3 35 r-arawak *2.90 Palembang i 0» Banja *}|-50 Sarawak 11 50 avtoca Small Flake W.<S Pair
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  • 76 4 THE following outputs ol tin-ore ior th<* 1 first half of October are reported bAustral Malay Tin Ltd.:— Hours Yardage Piculs or K. Kamunting 309 U6.000 288 Thabawleik Tin 287 67.000 241 Pungah Tin Dredge 1 79 33.000 198 Dredge 2 309 152,000 735 Austral Amal. C04
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  • 170 4 rue following are the exchange rates ttiW ncrnlng according to the daily circular issue. >y the Hongkong and Shanghai Danklr.p SorDoratlorr— SELLING Janaoa r.l. jordon demand l'lb Switzerland demand (T.T. only) 202 y. Sew York demand 47 1/16 Montreal demand SI l3/ie 3atavia demand 8» 1 y 1" Samarang
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  • 31 4 London, Oct 19. Banks are not shortening their business hours during the winter but are urging the public to do all their banking business as early as possible eacl: day.— Reuter.
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  • 334 4 Quiet Opening Industrials Firm Loans Wanted cB» Our Financial Correspondent) I Singapore, Oct. 21. FE share markets closed the week very quietly and this morning ;here is again little to report. There s a small inquiry for some tin shares it the opening to-day, mainly conIned to
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  • 84 4 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN. Monday, Oct. 21. noon. Bayers Seller* Prlre* ""r."' H: A rf.S-S (Spot loose) W.k ~<S* N«. IX ICS.S U» e»«e» Oet-Nov. (Sellers Option) 38 tt% G.F.A.Q. H.S.S r.o.lv in b*te* Oci.-Nov. (Sellers Option) 37?i 58 F.A.O B.S.S rob- tn tMUes Oct.-Nov. (Sellers Option) J7> 2
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  • 26 4 London, Oct It. It is reported from Washington that the week's increase in United States gold stocks of $24,000,000 is far below the recent figures. Reuter.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 176 4 MT«INULI FROM BloTv jH BtVJ *4.i watch otAitws^Xxa!* y^ -"^y JS/MIBBq STOP "SHOCKING" YOUR FEET! From today fit PHILLIPS Soles and let thta Bturdy P»d of rubber act walkLng cushion which prevents tired feet. And as you have foot comfort you save money, for they outlast many ordinary soles. Obtainable
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    • 166 4 There blades and blades- lhen the there A'' o J THE BEST OF ALLOn sale everywhere S >L Agent* GRAFTON LABORATORIES LTD. Singapc-e. Penang, Kuala Lumpur m CHEONGHOCKCHYE&CO..LTD, AUCTIONEERS. VALUERS. HOUSE AGENTS COMMISSION AGENTS, ETC No. 1-A. RAFFLES PUCE. FIRST FLOOR .CORNER aP CHUIJA 5T: 1.. TELEPHONE No. J47». AUCTION
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 244 5 POSITIVELY LAST DAY Al UAMDDA The Year'^ Hilarious Romantic Comedy THE MOST STAR-STUDDED SHORT OF ALL TIME! BIWBBB^ by FRANK CAPRA Commentation by CAREY WILSON Produotrt by til* Ac»o«mj Motion Picture 4/-U and Science* Air-tn "PATHE GAZETTE^ OPENING TOMORROW AT THE ALHAMBRA Warner Bros. Screamingly funny Comedy mSMk *Jm <%
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    • 219 5 RETURN SCREENING! POSITIVELY LAST 2 SHOWS TO-DAY 6.15 9^15 THE FUNNIEST COMEDY HIT OF THE YEAR! 9 jffff A Great Life! j^tftf^. MR! I»I »1 1 k m\ P- A Gr n<f .'■^■'siL MMf^^l iM Showl A %ww Mil J3 'l I»l TkjfcyTiy llrA^l'JlU II BASIL RUrHBONE m m. w
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    • 135 5 GREAT WORLD CABARET TO-NIGHT 'AIR RAID DANCE" TEA NIGHT DANCES 7.30 to 9 9 p.m to Midnight DAUCE MUSIC MARC!AL f S SWING BAND GOOD MUSIC GUARANTEED GLOBE THEATRE: TO-NIGHT HIGH SCHOOL" TO-MORROW "SHIPYARD SALLY" THE MALAYA'S FAVOURITE Each needle playi Ten Record* T.M. A. MUSIC HOUSE WOTICE OF OPENING
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    • 324 5 LAST DAY! When Picture runs 7 DAYS at Malaya's Largest Theatre IT MUST BE GOOD CAPITOL l~Zn,-, tf^^N FUN! HeartIt/aT ft VjL warming adventure with 40 r* L *C¥ V society girls a lone| y Professor t«? -^W /--and the most wonderful new A V W rm, jr star of
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  • 1136 6 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY, OCT. 21, 1940. (414th. Day Of The War.) Opposition In his broadcast address on the subject of income tax, Sir Shenton- Thomas indicated that, having stated the case for the Treasure, he proposed to leave the final decision to the people iwho would be affected
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  • 2727 6 LONDON i LETTER i BY CABLEl L____ Conditions Likened To The Trenches In 1916-1918 By Our Own Correspondent London, Oct. 18. IT can be said, without giving offence, that no Malayans except those that had experience of the trenches in the Great War, can
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  • Letters To The Editor
    • 372 6 "A Real Gem" From T he Hong Kong Bill To the Editor of the Straits 'limes Sir, Many of the people who were S3 anxious to follow Gcvernmencs lead for income tax appear to have changed their view without difficulty, and are now advocating the Hong Kong war
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    • 371 6 Who Is For And Agonist Income Tax? To the Editor of the Straits limes Sir.— l am pleased to see in your leader of to-day that at last sonu information regarding exactly who is. and who is net. in favour of income i tax will shortly
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    • 130 6 A Problem Which Puzzles The Peasant To the Editor of the Straits limes Sir, Though I am not directly personally interested in the question of the peasants growing more food to fall in with the Government campaign in that direction, my frequent conversations with theso ppoph' always
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 374 6 r j CHILDREN'S ANNUALS FOR BOYS AND «iIRLS FOR 1941. HAVE JUST ARRIVED. Come and Get Yours Early for Your Children Before They Are Sold Out. Annuals Such as:— 'Knock-out," "Raaloj Fun" Etc. Etc. Are selling like Hot-cakes, j Obtainable at: M. Mohamed Dnlfakir Co.' 46, High Street. Singapore. Phone
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    • 47 6 BOOKS OF THE MOMENT! My Part In Germany's Fight by Dr. Goebbels $4.50. Men Against Hitler by Fritz Max Cahen $5.70. Hitler's Spy Ring by "E.T' •6.30. POSTAGE EXTRA. Oi H. KIAT A CO., LTD.. 6-8 Robinson Road, Singapore. JOHN DUKE Manufacturing Op ticlan. 21, BATTERY ROAD.
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  • 255 7 Col. Knox's Warning Against Tokio Aims JAPANESE IN INDOCHINA ADVANCING ON YUNNAN Further Bombing Raids On The Burma Frontier pOL. FRANK KNOX, Secretary of the U.S. Navy, in a special Navy Day message, made a fresh call for preparedness "m this serious time
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  • 540 7 German Offer To Bulgaria London, Oct. 21. rpHE limelight moved at the week- end from Rumania, which is now de facto if not de jure under the German heel, further south to Turkey, Bulgaria and Greece. Mr. Geonze Rendel. the British Minister in Sofia, has gon?
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  • 88 7 Britain To Intensify An ti- Axis Action Istanbul. Oct. 21. JA V unanimous expression of faith in the mission to the Middle East of Mr. Anthony Eden, the Secretary of State for War, as an intensification of action by Great Eritain against the Axis powers is contained in the Turkish
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  • 34 7 T Tokio, Oct. 21. HE Indian Government has suspended the issue of further licences for the export of scrapiron and steel to Japan, states a semi-official Japanese report. Reuter.
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  • 119 7 Zionist Call For Jewish Army London, Oct. 21. V\f E have reason to hope and expect that at long last, the war services of Jews in Palestine i will be used declared Mr. Paul Goodman, presiding at the annual I conference, in London, of the Zionist Federation of Great Britain
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  • 48 7 London, Oct. 21. IT is now feared that between 300 and 400 lives have been lost in the cyclone which struck Bombay and the i surrounding district early last week, it lis stated by the Delhi radio. The material damage is estimated at about
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  • 19 7 £370,000.—Reuter. Bombay, Oct. 21. of Mahatma Gandhi's disciples. V/ vinoba, who has been making pacifist speeches, has been arrested.
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  • 485 7 London, Uct. EL THE German air force is now favouring, more and more, the sub-stratosphere in its daylight air war over Britain, says Reuter's Air Correspondent. This is another sequel to the failure of Nazi day bomber squadrons to penetrate the
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  • 184 7 New R.A.F. Raids On Libyan Bases Cairo, Oct. 21. THE R.A.F. hammered away this week-end with increased strength at the Italian bases and shipping in Libya. A communique, issued last night, reports that on Saturday, R.A.K. bombers straddled a line of ships at Tobruk harbour, the
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  • 259 7 Chief Of Protocol At Madrid Meeting Berlin, Oct. 21. SENOR Suner, the newly-appointed Spanish Foreign Min-ister, and the Spanish Chief of Protocol, were present at Gen. Franco's conversation with Himmler, the Nazi Gestapo chief, who arrived in Madrid yesterday. The meeting took place at the
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  • 85 7 Vichy, Oct. 21. II v/cs announced yesterday that three iTcnch and four German membeis of the Armistice Control Commission were killed in an air disaster on Oct. 10. The plane in which they v/ere travelling crashed in the Mediterranean. Six German non-commissioned officers md men
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    26 7 Their Majesties made a tour of the Northern Command recently and were shown the various defences. The king is here seen after inspecting a 12-inch gun.
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  • 74 7 High U.S. Tribute To Londoners New York, Oct. 20. THE almost incredible stamina, bravery and spirit of the British people under the most hellish bombardment in all history exalt the civilised world, declares the newspaper Boston Traveller. It adds, "We of the newspaper world read dispatches that come from London
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  • 169 7 Lothian On Speed-Up In Production London, Oct. 21. AMERICAN aircraft are now reaching Great Britain in hundreds, and the number will steadily increase next year. Lord Lothian, British Ambassador to the United States, announced this in a short speech directly after his arrival in
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  • 95 7 London, Oct. 21. MR. Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister, is astounding his Cabinet colleagues by his inexhaustible energy and freshness of mind. Telling a North of England audience this at the week-end, Lord Lloyd, Secretary of State for Colonies, said he had never seen the Prime
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  • 278 7 Enemy Plane In London Street London, Oct. 21. QPfiRATING at a great height, German planes yesterday were mainly over south-east England. The damage they did, says an Air Ministry communique, was not heavy nor were the casualties numerous. Seven enemy planes were destroyed. A yellow-nosed Messerschmitt
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  • 205 7 Drop 100 Boml)s Each Minute London, Oct. 21. ROYAL AIR FORCE bombers staged a terrific and spectacular attack en the French coast shortly after dusk yesterday. The bomb.ng appeared to be oncentrated en the German longrange gun emplacements n?ar Cap Gris Nez. This follcv/ed a
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  • 133 7 British Big Guns In Action Lcndin, Oct. 23. DRITISH long-range guns opened up their biggest bombardment of th? war shortly before noon to-day, when they fired salvo after salvo across the Straits of Dover. The guns were still firing across the Straits of Dover 40 minutes after the first salvo.
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  • 39 7 London, Oot. 21. THE Prime Minuter, Mr Winston Churchill, w.ll broadcast to ihc French nation to-day at 7.35 p.m. (2.55 a.m., Tuesday, Malayan time). He will speak rirst in English and then in French. Rueter.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 70 7 k y V* /I K "how about I ]l "a tuio pound flafcfcif I /I Rabbit «<«i» /or S enough for dinntr?" rf-\ C /our person* s. J k >^ l\ I we've lots a Rabbit >• X I o oo j makes a Q flavoured delicious and I /I
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  • 602 8 More Contributions From Malayan Chinese OLEH OLEH PARTY TO ORGANIZE TWO SHOWS TJIK War Fund total has increased by nearly $3,000 over the week-end and is now $4,256,107. Another $802.70, contributed through the Pmang Gazette and Straits Echo, has been transferred to Singapore and
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  • 38 8 Inch* Pin bin Jusoa, O.C.P.D. If*** ill •hortly be prccccding on leavß. Chief Injector Samudin bin Kaji Hamzah O.C.P D ruapin wiH take his Mce. Inche Jalil. who haTfOOe on IHTC win return to Tam^n as O.C.P D
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  • 164 8 SINGAF »i".X BAFPUtS lIOTKI Special Dinner Dance (Informal i 8 p.m. t) Midnight. OABIttCK THKATKI O.YLANG Dharlimala <-. Sipali Salar— Hindustani Talkie at 7.15 p.m. GREAT \VOKLI> Cabaret: 7.30 to 9 9 p.m. to Midnißht. Globe: The Fighting C 9. Sky; MIV.: n P~Uar Leg 3. Wayancs. Ma;ic Shows.
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  • 118 8 THIS Diary is intended to call 1 attention to functions which are being held in aid of The War Fund. Organisers of such functions are invited to submit details for inclusion in this feature. Thursday: Hockey; Civilians vs. R.A.F., S.C.C. ground. Sunday Malay motor boat owners War
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  • 260 8 At The Cinema "The Mortal Storm" (Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Robert Young and Frank Morgan). MetroGold wyn-Mayer. Midnight premiere on Saturday. At the Capitol. PHYLLIS Bottome spent the most impressionable years of her life wandering through th^ Continent, coming to know Italy, France, Switzerland, Austria
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  • 49 8 (From Our Own Correspondents Penang, Oct. 19. HTHE death occurred at the general 1 hospUal yesterday evening cf Mr. P E. Lange, produce manager of the E.v-t Asiatic Co., in Penang. He leaves a wife and a newiy-bom san. The funeral was held to-day.
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  • 313 8 AT least 90 pr cent, of the people rl of Tndo-China are for Free France and are bitterly opposed to the Vichy policy of capitulation; Only a few high Colonial servants and officers are in favour of the Petain policy; But
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  • 261 8 Burmese Visitor Impressed NEED FOR INDIAN UNITY STRESSED (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 21. "T FEEL that you are not united A as you ought to be united," declared U Ba Lwin, speaking at the Selangor Indian Association yesterday, when he said that, subject to correction,
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  • 74 8 Chungking. Oct. 21. MR Tal Chi-tao, President of the Examination Yuan and noted Chinese Buddhist scholar, left Chungking by air yesterday for Rangoon on a goodwill tour of Burma, India, Singapore and Malaysia. He stopped at Kunming only oO minutes, according to a Chinese dispatch
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  • 115 8 WHEN the Commission of Inquiry into allegations of corruption In the Mines Department resumes its public sittings to-day several leading miners and persons connected with mining companies will appear before the Commissioners, states the Malay Mall. To-day the following are expected to give evidence Messrs. Choo
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  • 68 8 Calcutta, Oct. 21. THE Australian delegation \o the Eastern Group Conference, led by Sir Walter Massy Green, has arrived by air and will leave to-morrow for New Delhi, where the conference, which has been called to co-ordinate war supplies in Empire countries opens on Friday.
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  • 15 8 The new Singapore radio feature, Rfcdio News Review, will be brcadcast at 7.10 p.m to-night.
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  • 449 8 Three-Month Course On Repair Of Motor Engines TO become efficient motor mechanics, members of the Indian 1 Army and Malay Regiment are undergoing 400 hours ot special training at the Singapore Trade School. The course, covering three months, teaches them the elementary principles
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  • 125 8 (From Our Own Carrespondent) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 21. ACCORDING to a communique issued by the Secretary to Resident, Selangor, this year there will be no Town Hall service on Armistice Day, Nov. 11. and no guns wlli be tired in Kuala Lumpur. Neither programmes nor covered
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  • 174 8 VISIT TO COURT BUILDING Thai Minister s Tour Of Inspection /THAILAND'S Minister of Justice, A Capt. Luang Dhamrong Navasvasti, Royal Thai Navy, was shown round the Supreme Court this morning by the acting Chief Justice, S S Mr. Justice a'Beckett Terrell. Capt Luang Dhamrong NavasvastI was accompanied by Col. Luang
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  • 78 8 A MESSAGE from the Berlin corresponden* A of the Swedish newspaper AftonbladaJ says that Berllners have entirely changed their habits since the British air raids bethe evening, the people of Berlin, instead of going home, rush to shelters anrt after 10
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  • 56 8 TKE Rajah of Sarawak has approved the recommendation mado by the Co. unittee of Administration that all revenue derived from invested surP l ■unds as from July 1, 19*). and for the duration of the w?.r. be contributed to the Imperial Government a« a g'ft
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  • 68 8 T R T GRfcGORV, Economic Adviser to tlw U Government of India, who l»as been to America with Sir David Meek India s Trade Commissioner In London, arrived in Singapore over the week-end on his way back to India, While In America. Dr. Gregory
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  • 46 8 Tokio, Oct. 21. TIEUT-Gen. Jun Ushiroku lias been aJH pointed Commander-in-chief of UM Japanese Expeditionary Pore* In SouU SSnaTto place of Ueut.-Oen. Rikiclu Ando, according to an announcement Issued by ma army section of the Imperial General Headquarters.—Eastern News
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  • 39 8 LORD LADY ATHLONE London, Oct. 20 TH2 Earl of Athlone, Governor-General Of 1 Canada, and Princess Alice who an visiting President Roosevelt, have decided to stay with him until to-morrow when Ihef, will motor to New York City.— Reuter
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 71 8 OUin H 1940 I CHEVROLET I Because 9 It has Improved springing and a roomy body providing maximum comfort. It has vacuum power gear shift which gives ease of control. 9 Chevrolet's proved 29 H.P. engine gives ample power with maximum economy. It has a genuine Fisher body and perfected
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  • 53 9 The Ktng of Thailand, who ?s at school in Switzerland, has expressed a desire to return to Thailand and the Government is considering the question, says the Bangkok correspondent of the Straits Times. The Thai Government, he adds, may charier a steamer to brine/ students from
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  • 284 9 Literary And Dramatic Work AN INTERESTING report on the work of the Literary and Dramatic Union of the V.M.C.A. schools In Singapcrc was given by Mr. Koh Hian Teck. general secretary of the Union, at its anniversary celebration held on Saturday. with the liverary ■K.tMl. Mr Koh
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  • 592 9 Tour Of Island's Defences Concluded Yesterday O. A. G. ATTENDS RECEPTION GIVEN BY CONSUL-GENERAL THE Thai goodwill mission concluded their <our of the Singapore defences jesterday when they vteiterl the naval base. Later the mission attended a reception given in their honour by the
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  • 95 9 THE 1940 Straits Times Annual will be published on Wednesday next, Oct. 23. AU previous editions of the Annual have been sold out almost immediately after publication. We advise those who require copies to reserve them without further delay. The cost is $1.50 a vopy for local
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  • 438 9 which, in a world where war has killed friendly feelings and gentle thoughts i over so great a part of the earth, must i convey much comfort to the people of this country whose desire has always j been to live in peace with neighbours. "The
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  • 159 9 REALISTIC A.R.P. PRACTICES Special Period Considered rpHE Government has considered the advisability of declaring a "state of emergency" for a set length of time as .1 practice for the A.R.P. services during which alarms might be given at any time Under the present system, the whole of the AR.P S
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  • 97 9 SAVINGS CERTIFICATES IN DEMAND A REGULAR and consistent sale 04 war savings certificates has con" tlnued In Sinc;:pore over the r.ast lew wcjis, it Ls stated, since the rlosi'".^ o? the war loans. There has been increasing consciousness among the working class people to aid in Malaya's war effort by
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 978 9 Broadcasting *W*f% W% A V Pei iod 920 to 9.50 English m ogramme I mMn* M CSV, GSD, GSB. GSH, GSJ: Period 9.S« t j»« Mf A PAR P. 95 Illndu:>tani Pros""* 1 OtO, GS Air VllC 6.00 pjn. Programme announcements; 6.0 /ill iZJii m M (22o ni.) p.m. Starlight:
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  • 398 10 S. African Squadron Raids Airfield, Damages Many Machines London, Oct. 20. ITALY'S vital bases in the eastern Mediterranean the Dodecanese islands— was one of the daily growing list of places bombed on Friday by the R.A.F. in the Middle East. In the island
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  • 83 10 London, Oct. 20. THE German seaplane base at Tromsoe. on the north coast of Norway and well within the Arctic Circle, has be«n successfully attacked by naval Swordfish and Skua aircraft says an official Admiralty communique. Many hits on the targets were seen and
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  • 351 10 Bombs Dropped Over Many Parts Of City London, Oct. 20. j "THE German air offensive on j Saturday night was on a some- i what larger scale than on recent I nights and was at its height during < the early hours of darkness,
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  • 118 10 London, Oct. 20. i GIFTS toward the purchase of air- J craft acknowledged by the Minister of Aircraft Production. Lord Beaver brook, include contributions from Britain and the Empire and one from the Netherlands Indies. The latter is £10 000 as the third
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  • 60 10 London, Oct. 20. APPEALING for still further support, f» for the Red Cross "penny a week tund" Lord South wood Stated in aj broadcast that 3,500,000 people were now contributing, including workers in practically every trade and calling, thus enabling him already to hand'
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  • 43 10 London, Oct. 20. FLYING -OFI'ICER Ralph Hope. B nephew of Mr. Neville Chamber lain who escaped after his machine was shot down three weeks ago. was killed this week as a result of enemy action.— British Wireless.
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  • 126 10 Vichy, Oct. 20. •TTiE Socialist leader and ex- Premier, M. Leon Blum, is the i latest to be charged in the so-called war guilt trials at Rion. The formal indictment against him is betraying the duties of his office while Prime Minister. Judicial procedure
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  • 91 10 London. Oct. 20. ■"pHE 33s*apo is very active in Pcland trying to stop people listening to news bulletins in Polish from London, according to Polish circles in London. German nswspapers in occupied rerntory publish every day reports cf sentences imposed by special tribunals on Poles
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  • 94 10 ri>HE Germans are constantly apologising for 1 technical interferpr.re with their radio S ln ol future English broadcasts from Germany will no longer be transmitted from Bremen but from Breslau. 350 mllea away almost on the Polish frontier. The reason is that Bremen to a
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  • 31 10 London, Oct. 20. EMPIRE military units continue to arrive safely in England The latest arrival is a further Newfoundland artillery contingent landed at a northwestern port.— Reuter.
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  • 215 10 Moves To Test Defences End In Failure ITALIAN troops in North Africa A have made two probing movements from defensive positions they have taten up following their advance a month ago. Both movements were evidently designpd to test how strong was the ground held by
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  • 69 10 A HEAVY bomb siruck th 3 efflce of The Times newspaper in London during a recent raid. Though the damage was great, production was not interrupted. The Prim* Minister. Mr. Churchill, in a letter congratulating Major Astor, the chief proprietor, said: "None of your readers
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  • 603 11 Singapore Beaten In Saturday's Rugger RUGGER of an exceptionally high order was seen on the padang •m Saturday when the Army Wanderers beat Singapore by ten points (a dropped goal, a penalty goal and a try) to five (a goal) in the third of the
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  • 89 11 "THE first of the major events in the Singapore badminton championships were played at the Clerical Union Hall yesterday when four open singles ties, two men's and two women's were decided. Scores were as follows: Koh Keng Slang beat Yco Hong Chuan, 15 9. 15 5; S.
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  • 302 11 London, Oct. 20. YESTERDAY'S games in the war-time football competitions resulted: NORTH Bk.r'iburn 2 Rochdale 0 Bradford City 3 Leeds 6 Chester 1 Everton 0 Chesterfield 2 Sheffield United 0 Crewe 2 New Brighton 3 Grlmsby 3 Doncastcr 2 Huddersfield 1 Barnsley 2 Hull» 2 Newcastle 1
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  • 126 11 "THE following have been selected to play hockey for the Y.M.CA vs. Raffles College to-day, at 5 iO p m at RalHes College groundCpl. F. W. Marsh, J Sanderson. Wells, R. T. L. Flemming, G. L. Day Goh Chin Chye. S. M. Hope, B I
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  • 596 11 Airmen, Sappers, Chinese And Loyals The Contenders WHO will be the. finalists in the S.A.F.A. Challenge Cupj competition? The question will be answered before the week is over. The four teams that are going to fight it out wholeheartedly this week are the R.A.F.,
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  • 34 11 Hockey: S.R.C. vs. Singapore Horncis, SRC; S.C.C. vs. Raffles College, S.C.C: S.C.R.C vs. Indian General Hospital, Tversall Park; Indian Assn. vs. Post Office, Bales, ier. Tennis: S C.R.C. and V.M.C.A. tournaments.
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  • 368 11 First Day Of Perak Turf Club's Meet 'From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Oct. 20. WEIGHTS for Saturday, the first day of the Perak Turf Club's OctoberNovember meeting, are: Hones, class 1, div. 1, 5» t fora, straight Eelgrass 9.09 Mediation 8.03 Kaolin 9.07 Tonroe 8.03 Bridge
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  • 139 11 SUPERIOR courtcratt enabled Ong Swec Keng and Edward Tan H-l*>> to become the S C.R C. new men's handicap doubles champions on Saturday when they beat John Lim and Kee Tian (scr.) in straight sets. 6—4, 6—4.6 4. in the club's orcn invitation lawn tennis
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  • 738 11 August Badminton Party Beat Siong 800 A.-A. In Final THAT the standard of table tennis in Singapore has improved considerably since the visit of the Hungarian professionals, Szabados and Kelen, in 1938, was shown in the clash between the cream of the Colony's exponents at
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  • 280 11 fFrom Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Oct. 19. A MILD stir was created at to-day's workouts by candidates entered Tor the Perak Turf Club's October-Novem-ber meeting when Bridge Law unseated jockey White and cantered up and down the straight before trainer van. Breukelen had the horse under
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  • 78 11 (From Our Own < n< i Ipob, Oct. is riISPLAYING all-round superiorly the Rest beat the European! by eight goals to one in a hocW"' match on the padang to-day. The Rest forwards showed up M advantage and combined effectively t< lead by four-nil
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  • 34 11 r!E Singapore Hornets beat. th< Mountain Battery by three goak to nil in a noekey mr\tch playd a< Farrer Park on Saturday. The scorers wore: Boudewyn 2 and B. Sche order
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  • 303 12 British Minister Warns Japan To Keep Out Of European War "IT would appear that the Soviet Union does not altogether approve of Japan's pact with the Axis," declares the influential Tokio newspaper Asahi Shimbun in an article reflecting Japan's anxiety over the
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  • 129 12 London, Oct. 20. TTHE Hong Kong Government is still forbidding the transport of munitions and other supplies to Chungking-controlled territory despite the reopening of the Burma road, according to a semi-official Japanese report from Hong Kons. The Colonial Secretary on Friday Issued a communique
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  • 79 12 Shanghai. Oct. 20. APPLICATIONS for American women liiid children wishing to evacuate the Far East total more than 3,600 states the local offices of the American Presidem Lin^.s. A large part of the American women In Shanghai ar? believed to be preparing to leave
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  • 52 12 Chungking, Oct. 20. MR. Tsiang Ting-fu, former Chinese ambassador to Moscow and now director of the political affairs bureau of the Chinese cabinet, declared in a broadcast last night: "The Burma road will be for ever not only a physical link but a spiritual bond between the democratic
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  • 131 12 Madrid, Oct. 20. SIR SAMUEL HOARE, the British Ambassador to Spain, had a very cordial interview with Gen. Franco yesterday. All outstanding questions between Great Britain and Spain were discussed. Senor Suner, the newly-appointed Foreign Minister, and other members of the Cabinet met Himmler,
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  • 462 12 Yugoslavia Signs Trade Pact Under Pressure London, Oct. 20. MEWS from Belgrade, the Yugoslav capital, suggests that Germany has secured the first of the cheap triumphs she is seeking in southeast Europe as a substitute for her failure to score a victory against Britain. It is reported that the Yugoslav
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  • 35 12 New York, Oct. 20. MUSSOLINI is on his way to Fium? to inspect the eastern frontier near Yugoslavia, according to a Rome radio broadcast picked up in New sfork. Reuter.
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  • 102 12 London, Oct. 20. MANY members of Parliament are already planning to prevent violent post-war slumps such as marked the years immediately following the last war, Reuter's lobby correspondent learns. When the House next meets, the Minister of Economic Warfare, Dr. Hueh Dal ton,
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  • 501 12 Cairo, Oct. 20. \XfHILE interest has naturally been aroused throughout the Near East by specious reports from Axis sources regarding impending German moves in that region, there is a general disposition to take German hints of the possibility
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  • 533 12 Moscow's Two Notes To Berlin On Nazi-Russian Relations Reported Bucharest, Oct. 20. THE Soviet Union has sent two notes to Berlin with regard to recent Herman acts in the Balkans, according to unconfirmed reports current in political circles in Bucharest, where German-Russian
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  • 57 12 Athens. Oct. 20. USUALLY well-informed circles here deny reports that the Axis powers have made certain demands on Greece. On the contrary, responsible Greek circles believe there is evidence that the recent tension between Italy and Greece, exemplified in iip violent Italian Press and
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  • 122 12 Bucharest. Oct. 20 A SECRET shortwave station, believed to be operated by dissatisfied Iron Guardists, has recently been heard in Rumania warning M. Sima. the Inn Guard leader and deputy Prime Minister, to "return to the mounU n.s whence he came" if he wishes
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  • 109 12 Istanbul, Oct. 20. ABOUT 18,000.000 Turks and all foreigners residing in Turkey w.re confined to their houses for ten hours to-day while the national census wag taken. They stayed indocrs until a nun fired the "freedom sbot," indicating that the census had been completed. This
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  • 41 12 Vichy. Oct. 20. CLOODS in north-east Spain are the r worst for 36 yean. In the town of Torello alone 130 persons have ben killed and damage to the extent ol 40,000.000 pesetas has been caused.—
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