The Straits Times, 25 October 1940
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Title Section36 1940-10-25 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY! MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES 6 PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1940 PRICE 5 CENTS. The Straits Times 16 PAGES. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, OCTOBBR 25, 194«. PRICE 5 CENTS36 words
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Advertisement247 1940-10-25 1 Try MIEN CHONG TAILORING Just Kecrived Suit Lmifthi: WAIN SlilKM. s In Silk and Wool Also AMERICAN SHAiKSKIN in rarlouColours. J4 -oleman St. S'porr Phone 481 b SINGAPORE, 140 CECIL ST. ('PHONE 5471). r^^^5JuGHT BEER TRY IT IT WILL PLEASE YOU ASK FOR h HJi ITpll| m c i nif247 words
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Advertisement111 1940-10-25 1 F. M. S. EDTN. KUALA LUMPUR 25 JAVA ST. ('PHONE 3383). I I [(Ya 1/ J(\(\ l/yn Iff) I BKAIi B^'-^^M k Oltainalk from all Qood Dealers SOLE AGENTS: »2 SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR Only Goodyear can give you all rff'- W[ /j§P?S\ tnese outstanding features of the |RCa 4jL/ DELUXE111 words
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Advertisement9 1940-10-25 1 ELSIE MARY DRESSES MILLINERY STITCHED HATS TURBANS HATS REMODELLED9 words
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Advertisement459 1940-10-25 2 SMALL ADST Minimum charge $1. for advt not exceeding I llnea More th»r four line* 25 cents per line (Six *ords) Box No. 25 cents extra. DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES BIRTHS. MARRIAGKS UKATHB ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. ANNOUNCEMENTS 4k P.P.C CARDS are charted each per insertion per Inch. Over laeh. !J cte pa line. Smalt459 words
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Advertisement813 1940-10-25 2 I WANTED WANTED, one second-hand accurate baby tales with weights. Apply, stating price. Box No. 27, Straits Times. WANTED. Scottie, Cairn or wire haired terrier PUPPY. Simpson. Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur. WANTED Beauty Parlour in good locality Also shampoo paste In bulk. Full particulars and prices to Box813 words
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Advertisement53 1940-10-25 2 SINGAPORE LUGGAGE CARRIER CO. (Proprietors: G. Waddell A Co.) Baccage Transport, Transhipment. Insurance A Forwarding General Cargo (cases, bales drums only cleared or shipped at tbe wharves. Booking Agents tat KM.S Railways Tel Address— "LUGGAGE." Phone 2128 or Call at 45. The Arcade, i U-lIKK PUBLIC NOTICES APPEAR IN PAGES53 words
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Advertisement141 1940-10-25 2 BUSINESS CARDS Etc "GLACIER" BEARING METALS. PHOSPHOR BRONZE, ETC. ALLIANCEENSNiERINC'cO., LTD. SINGAPORE AND KUALA LUMPUR. FOR A MANICURE SPECIALIST SUZANNE Ladies Hairdressing Saloon Capitol Building, Telephone 4419 Permanent Waves. Shampoo and *t tttng etc., at reasonable charges CHIROPO9T Christmas is approaching. See that your feet arc ready and fit. The141 words
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Advertisement659 1940-10-25 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AKD APCAR LINE. < lni oruoraieu in trig land > PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL 8 N Co UAH PABSENGER AND CARGO SERVICF The best possible services ore being maintained by the P O S N Coy trom the Straits to their usual ports o! call659 words
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Advertisement516 1940-10-25 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. BLUB 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 tc. ...-s to Frcmantle (Perth) via Java by first class oassenger ships. Single fare $192 (A516 words
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Advertisement256 1940-10-25 3 i FAST PASSENGKR SERVICE SINGAPORE TO SAN FKA.NCISCO. VIA MANILA BONO KONG Sail S Dore Arnvr S p M CITY OP NORPOLK Nov. 8 De C 2 S.s CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO Dec I] j an a 8s CITY OP LOS ANGELES Jan B Jan 29 s.s CITY OP NEWPORT256 words
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Miscellaneous342 1940-10-25 3 Bxpadcastinq SATURDAY Hindustani musict; 6 10 p.m. Now* m r—m m Hindustani; 6.20 pm. Tamil murirt 40 SINGAPORE pm N ws in Taiml 70° P-m- baiiclin Uioe oinv/u-vnc CarrolI Gibbons and llls ri *HL i:i.J3 n u (225 m.) 7 20 P"i. New» In French; 7 30 p :n ZHP1342 words
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Article502 1940-10-25 4 NATIONAL EMPLOYERS INSURANCE ADDRESSING shareholders at the annual meeting of National Employers Insurance Ltd. In London recently. Mr. R. C. Browning, the chairman, said The fire, personal accident and general accounts are all satisfactory and have yielded their share to the profits of the year. In spite of seri ~'is502 words
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Article38 1940-10-25 4 London, Oct. 24. THE International Tea Committe" has decided to increase the tea niota by 2V 2 per cent, to 92 l 2 per cent. :or the current control year ending Mar. 31, 1941.— Reuter.Reuter - 38 words
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160 1940-10-25 4 1 Ipoh Races KION-Acceptors and the order of runil^i 1^ ning at Ipoh to-morrow, the first day of the Perak Turf Club's October- November meeting, are Race 1: Hr>r?es. class 3, div. 3, 5 1 Turs. straight.— Royal Desire Race 2: Horses, class 3, div.160 words
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Article233 1940-10-25 4 TO-DAY'S WA R FUND LIST TriE rollowing donations to The War! 1 Fund are recorded to-day Anonymous, Lower Perak, Teluk Anson 856 Proceeds of an auction sale of work organised by the ladies of Topham, Jones and Railton Limited's stuff at H.M. Naval Base 600 Proceeds of a whi*t drive233 words
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Article353 1940-10-25 4 Quietest Day For Share Transactions (By Our Financial Correspondent) Singapore, Oct. 25. YESTERDAY was the quietest day that the local share markets have experienced for some months. Throughout the entire market it is doubtful if the entire business done exceeded a dozen transactions. Where business was done353 words
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Article160 1940-10-25 4 $279,403 Net Dividend Of 12V 2 Per Cent /CONSIDERABLY improved pesults *>* are reported for the year ended June last by Bahman Hydraulic Tin Ltd. The accounts show that the net profit for the year after providing $199,200 for depreciation, was $279,403. This compares with a160 words
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Article123 1940-10-25 4 THE following outputs of uu-ore lor Mm month of September and the first half of October are reported oy companies In the Burma Malay Tin group:— Month of September Hours Yardage Piculs ore Katu Tin 605 138,000 920 Renong Consol. 635 299,500 717 Ratrut Basin 421123 words
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Article133 1940-10-25 4 London, Oct. 24. TT«HE 2y a per cent, tea quota increase 1 releases a further 20,000,000 lb. from India, Ceylon and Netherlands Indies durin? the current control year ending next March Thus the object is to raise the tea ration or to strengthen existing stocksReuter - 133 words
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Article86 1940-10-25 4 Lcndon, Oct. 24. JAPAN is ceasing to hold her recent important place in the open freight market since, orsides the Dan on certain United States export?, voyages to Japan do not appeal t some neutral shipowners. Russia is coming forward as. an importer of commoditiesReuter - 86 words
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48 1940-10-25 4 London, Oct. 25. t« A N Allied victory is inevitable. The Nazi regime lr. rotten to the core and cannot last," writes the Dutch Prime Minister, Professor P. S. Gerbrandy, in a message to the Dutch peoples published in London to-day.— Reuter.Reuter - 48 words
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Article112 1940-10-25 4 Singapore, Oct. 25, noon. Buyers Seller Gambler $7 76 Hamburg Cube $13.00 Jara Cube $1260 Fevvf White Mur.-)6 an ;5 White Jn.25 Black $6.25 Covra Mixed $2.25 Sun Dried 42.50 Saoc FUnit NO 1 Llngga $3.7a Fair $3.S5 $3.55 Sarawak $3.25 Jelocr.c Palemoang S13 00 Banja l112 words
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Article85 1940-10-25 4 Friday. Oct. t&, noon. Huyert Se* Prirtm »r j+ S: IX tf.S.S 1 Spot loose) 38 K. 38% No IX K.S.S j.j In < set Oct.-Nov. (Sellers Option) 38}, 39 G.F.AW K.S.S .011. in bates Oet.-Nov. (Sellers Option) 38!', 38« F.AO B.S.S j.l>. m oales85 words
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Article173 1940-10-25 4 The following are the exchange rates thin morning according to the daily clr :ular issued by the Hongkonj; r-nrt Shanerhui Banking Corporation- »J <-JNC London II 2/4 1/18 Lor don demand a/4 J/lf Switaerland den*&nd (T.T. only) 202 v New York demand 47 I~'lB Montreal demand 51 )3/16 Batavia173 words
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Advertisement329 1940-10-25 4 NOTICE The Exchange Banks will be closed to: 30th October, Wednesday, D«ep»v»li (PaMic Holiday). SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL 3% DEBENTURE STOCKS 1937 A 1938. 1 MEREST DUE 15TH NOVEMBER, 1940. Notice is hereby given that the Transfer Registers of the above Stocks will be closed Irom the 2nd to the 15th November.329 words
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Advertisement330 1940-10-25 4 SINGAPORE TURF CLUB. WINTER MEETING 194». SATURDAY I«TH, WEDNESDAY 20TH AND SATURDAY 238 D VOVEMBER, 1440. ENTRIES CLOSE at 12 noon TUESDAY STH NOVEMBER. 1940. SWEEPS.— A $5 UNLIMITED SWEEPSTAKE TOR MEMBERS ONLY will be held each Race day. Applications for tickets mu&t be in writing and be received before330 words
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Advertisement15 1940-10-25 4 Rice quoted per koyan —i« plcute. Othcs eemmoditlM quoted per plcnl except where otherwise «uted15 words
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Article265 1940-10-25 5 NET PROFIT EARNED $16,516 Dividend Of 30 Cents A Share A MET profit of $16,516 was earned by Uritiflh Malaya Trustee and Executor Co. Ltd. in the year ended June last. This compares with fIG 322 in the preceding year. The directors recommend a dividend ©f 30265 words
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Article158 1940-10-25 5 at tiie last meeting Beaufort Borneo Tcubber Company that it would be possible to resume dividends on a small scale in the now current year have been fulfil?d. A payment of 2\ 2 per cent, is proposed. I In relation to profits, which have iise-i smartly from158 words
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Article21 1940-10-25 5 Malaka Pinda Rubber Estates Ltd. 1z; .vittd 74,970 lb. of rubber in September, the first month of the fir: neial year.21 words
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Article268 1940-10-25 5 Malls close at the General Post Office as follows: TO-DAY Aden air 4p.m. Africa air 4 p.m Australia air 4 p.m. Burma air 4 p.m. Ceylon air 4 p.m. Christmas Island surface 4 p.m. Darwin air 4 p.m. Egypt air 4 p.m. Great Britain fee air268 words
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Article197 1940-10-25 5 Issued by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association. Booto Oonour u.uaeno C\om rxn Chenderiang 10% flea} less tax Idrta Hyd 2%% Int. less tax Kuchai 25% final Nov. 23 LJagul 5% final Not. 25 Penp:alen Gd. iess tax Petaling ->o% int. Oct. 18 Rahmaii Hyd 6% final Oct.197 words
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1328 1940-10-25 5 THURSDAY, OCT. 24. 1940: 4 P.M. MINING Buyer* seller* Ampat Tin (4s) 3s I 1 id 3s 6d Austral Amal (5a) 5s 5s 6d Austral Malay S3e 6d 36s 6d Ayer Hltam K s) 19s 20s Ayer Wens ($1) .80 .M Bangrln Tin (C) 15s1,328 words
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Advertisement72 1940-10-25 5 aAvzA the AUSTiniO" The 10 H.P. 4-cylinder engine provides more tnan enough power for the large and roomy body. Powerful Girling Brakes give maximum safety under the most severe conditions. Long, wide leaf springs give the best possible riding comfort to all passengers. The Austin "10" is noted for its72 words
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Advertisement771 1940-10-25 5 OF INTEREST TO MOTORISTS TARZArS GRIP for all small running repairs A motorist writes—" 1 would not travel without a tube.'' HANDY for ANYTHING Obtainable everywhere SO cents per tube Sole Distributors GRAFTON LABORATORIES LTD. Singapore Kuala Lumpur Penang. PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE. The Exchange Banks will be closed on. 2nd771 words
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Advertisement499 1940-10-25 5 lit fa cfciiL aiiitil »iftu<*rouc» TelesbMM Manager's Office 4512 Sob-Manarer't OflUe 4513 Exchange Dept. 4514 General Office 4767 CaWe Addreai: PROVINBANR Head OOee— Slachow. Kwangtunf PAID U(* CAPITAI <Ch.) 9 lO.usc.OM RESERVE FUNDS 13.t0t.9M TOTAL ASSETS (aa*rox.) sIM.OOdM* Board of Directors T. I* SOONG rSKNO YANG KO a KOO CHAN499 words
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Miscellaneous75 1940-10-25 5 TIDE rAHLES SINGAPORE To-day H. W 4.56 a.m. 7 ft.; 4.17 p.m. 7.5 ft L. W. 10.06 a.m. 5.1 ft.; 11.15 p.m. 2.9 ft. To-morrow 8. W. 6.30 a.m. 7.1 ft.; 5.55 p.m. 7.4 ft. L. W. 11.46 a.m. 5 ft. Sunday, Oct 27 H. W. 7.40 a.m. 7.5 ft.;75 words
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Advertisement203 1940-10-25 6 LAST FEW SCREENINGS Jr/Ls^. ALHAMBRA GREAT CASTportray. /jEJB^ V^ BJK^kis^S^sdß^B^B^B^^B^B^Bt^B^B^^B^B: &m*. —and— > rVoduced by ROBERT SISK. Directed by JOHN FARROW. Screen Ploy by Oalton TrutnbQ.* n^w' MARCH OF TIME' NEXT CHANGE ALHAMBRA BERNARD SHAW makes his film d^but ■kv^^tts^Ktoi^rtl^sHsl mm\w mWK^ II fVS^tfß ■StT/T/ Presented with an RKO Radio203 words
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Advertisement257 1940-10-25 6 THRILL TO THE EXCITEMENT. SUSPENSE OF A GOOD MYSTERY YARN 8 TO-DAY AT 6.13 9.15 YOUR FAVOURITE STARS OF "U-BOAT 29" CONRAD VEIDT AND VALERIE HOBSON MATCHING THEIR WITS AGAINST EACH OTHER WITH 6PY ORGANIZATIONS IN LONDON. IN THE BEST SECRET SERVICE THRILLER! a f f A PICTURE YOU'LL SAY257 words
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Advertisement149 1940-10-25 6 Bobby Kyrne A His Orchestra ***** How many Times P.T. Barnyard Cakewalk P.T. Woody Herman A His Orchestra ***** Peach Tree Street, On the Isle of May Eraklne BntterGeld Orchestra ***** Salt Butter— P.T. Tuxedo Junction P.T. The C*sa Loma Orchestra ***** No Name Jive Instrumental Jimmy Doney A His149 words
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Advertisement284 1940-10-25 6 TRULY A MEMORABLE SCREEN EXPERIENCE! PACKED HOUSES ACCLAIM IT NIGHTLY!! I f% m^ g%T I TO-DAY I A IT fl %9 Aj j 3.i 5 6.1S 9.15 The FILM THAT CAUSED THE TOTAL BANKING of ALL M.-G.-M. Productions in Zvery German-controlled Territory. &m A love itory ol l~iay! A mil-284 words
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372 1940-10-25 7 Belgium Will Continue To Fight Against Germany, Says Minister London, Oct. 24. KING LEOPOLD was taken prisoner by the Germans on May 28 and continues to be in captivity. This was disclosed to-day by the Belgian Minister for Colonies, M. de Vleeschauwer, broadcastingReuter - 372 words
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Article264 1940-10-25 7 Red Tape - Red Tape Londoners Deterred By London. THE Minister for Health, Mr. Mal- colm Mac Donald, is dissatisfied I because only 16,000 people have I taken advantage of the scheme to evacuate mothers and children from London. He points out that the scheme, which formerly was limited264 words
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Article110 1940-10-25 7 New York. Oct. 24. "fHE Germans now brag that they I took Norway by force and can take S-wed«n by telephone," declared Mrs. Harriman, former United States Minister to Norwary, in a recent speech reported in the Detroit newspapers. Mrs. Harriman described the step*Reuter - 110 words
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Article50 1940-10-25 7 Ckimcnt-Ferrand. Oct. 24. pOMMUNIST element* in unoccupied- France are still very active and in the ptst 'ew days 78 Oommanrsts have been taken into custody. Communist tracts hare b«en discovi ered at Lyons and at Marseilles 13 people described as militant Oomru*Inlsts have b*#n arrested,— lKut«r.50 words
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Article66 1940-10-25 7 New York, Oct. 24. A DUTCHMAN has been sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment at Utrecht for declaring that what Queen Wilhelmina said was more entitled to attention and respect than what the "German paper hanger" said, according to the New York Po&t's Berlin correspondent, who addsReuter - 66 words
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Article61 1940-10-25 7 Johahnnesburc, Oct. 24. A CONFEDERATION of democracies as the outcome of the present war is predicted by Col. Deneys Reitz, Union Minister for Native Affairs, speaking here to-day. Col. Reitz visualised an African confederation extending from Table Mountain to the Equator. He added: "Victory forReuter - 61 words
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Article21 1940-10-25 7 London. Oct. 24. r[E death has occurred of Sir Charles des Graz, British Minister in Serbia during the last war.— Reuter.Reuter - 21 words
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Article82 1940-10-25 7 743 Planes Sent To Britain In Year Washington, Oct. ?4. DRITAIN purchased $780,000,000 of war materials from the United Ctates during the first year of war, announced Mr. Jesse Jones, administrator of the Federal Loan Agency, to-day. This flrjure compared with $497,000,000 in the previous year.Reuter - 82 words
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Article24 1940-10-25 7 London. Oct. 24. BRITISH Summer time l> to be oxtended throughout the? i-oming winter. This was authoritatively announced to-day.— Reuter.Reuter - 24 words
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Advertisement286 1940-10-25 7 TO-NIGHT DINNER DANCE (informal) 8 p.m. to midnight CABARET ATTRACTION MIMI JOSE POPULAR MEXICAN DANCERS Dinner $3.00 Non-<liners $1.00 RAFFLES ORCHESTRA directed by DAN HOPKINS SEAVIEW H HOTEL BALL-KUOM pnOTCTLY AHMJONDITIONED BT SEAMtEMES TO-NIGHT SPECIAL DINNER DANCE nnmvß M._ DAWCB FORMAL DOmKR NO ADMISSION CHARGE SATURDAY EXTENSION TO 1 A.M.286 words
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Advertisement250 1940-10-25 7 TO-DAY'S SINGAPORE FREE PRESS "Magnificently acted and competently directed." TO ■^•i's MORNING TRIBUNE "It it strikivg for the very brilliant acting oi Akim Tamirofj. "way of all \mj£*3r STARRING If '-^B J8 AKIM TAMIROFF Fg |[^b|-l US WM GLADYS GEORGE WILLIAM HENRY Also 20th Century Fox MURIEL ANGELUS A paramount250 words
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Advertisement65 1940-10-25 7 TW O ARRIVALS WEEKLY AGAINI on Mondays oQ^^^^ SINGAPORE AIRPORT HOTEL LTD. !2ELET ARC rFi SB coumTß I mU I L. L Proprietor: A. LLMSDEN MILMt l4V»m Uv»*r Thompson-Sembatcang Rd. Opp. Uata Gate Naval Ideal for residence, leave, or weekends Une4«ailed for comfort, tleanlinr •> a»d s»erT*c«a. FuJ. Jccnsed. MEXT65 words
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Article1220 1940-10-25 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, OCT. 25, 1940. (418th. Day Of The War.) A KEY IN RUSSIAN HANDS With the concentrated wooing of Spain by Hitler and Mussolini, following upon the steady growth of Axis domination in the Balkans, the long threatened extension of the war to the Near East1,220 words
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Letters To The Editor
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Letter433 1940-10-25 8 Ideologies Which Get Out Of Hand To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— l wish I could write and explain to "Anglo-Celt" what I meant to say when I made those several comments the other day on one or two statements which he had himself expressed In433 words
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Letter160 1940-10-25 8 Search For "Bowlers" And "Straw Boaters" To the Edi.oc of the Straits Times Sir, May I beg the courtesy of your columns to make a request to the public at large? In "The Sorcerer," shortly to be produced at the Victoria Theatre by my committee, the dressing of160 words
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Letter148 1940-10-25 8 Views Of A Man Who Will Not Be Taxed To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— l have read a good deal for and against the introduction of income tax in Malaya. I hall from the common, middle strata of society and as such I will148 words
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Letter466 1940-10-25 8 Protest Against Closing Of Town Dispensary To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— The Town Dispensary at Klang North has been closed temporarily, for economic reasons, on the order of the State Medical and Health Officer. Selangor. At the monthly meeting held on Oct. 9, the466 words
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Letter420 1940-10-25 8 Danger Of Making Scheme Too Complicated To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, K.S.K.'s" suggestion regarding rice cards, made in your issue of Oct. 17, at first appears reasonable but, from the point of view of rationing supplies among Individual dealers, for which purpose the registration itself420 words
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Letter672 1940-10-25 8 Lesson Of Tobacco Duties Ordinance To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, Such of your readers as are stiTl under the delusion that an Income Tax Ordinance, tf passed, will be for th* duration of the war and fondly truit the Government that it will be672 words
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Letter219 1940-10-25 8 No Hope Of Help From The Axis To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— l still believe that Japan will not try at present to get involved In the European war, although she has signed a military pact with Germany and Italy. For she would have to219 words
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Advertisement221 1940-10-25 8 tHMDCH^IILrI %f'IHK- PENCIL c>. outypewriter X/^Jlerasures Ugll SHARPENS LI KE^^V IMJI A PENCIL Itl 20« EACH RtylE. 0 LTD., SINGAPOIE. ■PNONC «27S CHILDREN'S ANNUALS FOR BOYS AND GIKLS FOR 1941. HAVE JUST ARRIVED Come and Get Yours Early for Your Children Before They Are Sold Out. Anr.up.ls Such as: "Knock-out,"221 words
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Advertisement67 1940-10-25 8 EXOTIC AQUARIUM FISHES. by William T. Inner The principles of correct aquarium manag»i merit are based on a few sasily-learue natural laws. To take advantage of them 'is to succeed. This book explains these laws ;so simply that none who follow them can fall. Price only *12.50. POST FREE. G.67 words
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542 1940-10-25 9 Marshal Petain And Hitler Meet RIBBENTROP AND LAVAL AT SURPRISE CONFERENCE Germany's Interest In Syrian Situation HITLER met Marshal Petain, head of the Vichy Government, on French territory yesterday, states the official German news agency. The conversation took place in the542 words
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Article300 1940-10-25 9 Secret Moves Of The Fuehrer London, Oct. 25. fpHE Axis negotiations with France and Spain may not by any means be the whole story of the extent of the current German diplomatic manoeuvres, writes Reuter's diplomatic correspondent. It is probable that secret feelers are also300 words
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Article197 1940-10-25 9 "U-boats Only Denting British Shipping*' THE New York Daily News, in an article headed "U-Boats only dent Br.Lsn sh.ppmg," discounts the Nazi cla.ras of tonnage sunk as false, pointIng ou, that "if this ware accurate, sii.pp.ng au.hori.ies Siate, freight ■vjuld now be r^ing steeply. The fact, however,Reuter - 197 words
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Article53 1940-10-25 9 Swedish Tanker Torpedoed Stockholm. Oct. 25. A 15.000-TON Swedish motor tankei was torpedoed on Sunday, accordin to n:'ws received in Stockholm. A British warship saved 33 members ci the crew of 'M. The trawlers Velia and Lord Stamp have been sunk by enemy mines, according to an announcement by ihtReuter - 53 words
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Article67 1940-10-25 9 London, Oct. 25. POLISH forces have taken a sector of tbe Scottish coast in the coast defence scheme. This was announced in a communique issued from Gen. Sikorski's headquarters last night describing: the visit of the Prime Minister, Mr. Winston Churchill to Scotland on Wednesday.Reuter - 67 words
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Article180 1940-10-25 9 British Exploit In The Sudan Cairo, Oct. 25. IN a surprise attack by one of our motorized patrols in the Kassala sector, in the Sudan, 50 Italians were killed and 400 wounded, says an official announcement from general headquarters. The strength of the enemy force was estimatedReuter - 180 words
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Article189 1940-10-25 9 Aden, Oct. 25. OHORTAGE of supplies and dis- affection among natives are making Italy's difficulties in her East African possessions Increasingly serious. There is an acute shortage of supplies at Massawa, I.aly's principal Rod Sea hirb?ur, it is reported by travellers o...v!ng from th^re. TheReuter - 189 words
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Article213 1940-10-25 9 Cairo, Oct. 25. THE RAT. bombed Italian military concentrations in Tesserae anri Kassala on Wednesday. This sector is on the Britrean -Sudan bonier. Th« RAJ 1 raid was one of a series of night attacks carried out on Italian positions in Eritrea. At Gura, direct hits wereReuter - 213 words
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Article120 1940-10-25 9 Aircraft Originally Sold To Sweden Ottawa, Oct. 24. THE 110 planes ordered by Sweden, and requisitioned by America have been sold to Britain. It was recently announced that American authorities, under the defence regulations, had Intervened to prevent the planes being seiu to S» (1den.Reuter - 120 words
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172 1940-10-25 9 Hint That Men May Soon Be Trained In Canada Ottawa, Oct. 24. DARACHUTE troops may shortly begin training in Canada "as against the time when we may take the offensive" the Air Minister, Mr. C. G. Power, revealed to-day. A number of men in RAF.Reuter - 172 words
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Article60 1940-10-25 9 London, Oct. 25. MARSHAL SMIGLY-RYDZ, Com-mander-ln-Chief of the Polish forces when the war began, has been arrested in Rumania, according to the Rome radio. The Marshal was interned In Rjmanla on his arrival there on Sept. 19, 1939— Reuter. Col. Josef Beck, the former Polish Foreign60 words
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Article32 1940-10-25 9 London. Oct. 25. AIR vice-Marshal C. H. B. Blount was killed in an air crash. He commanded the air component (army cooperation squadrons) of the RAT. In Prance— Reuter.Reuter - 32 words
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342 1940-10-25 9 Washington, Oct. 24. yJT- are preparing for the de- j fence of the two American continents and of the oceans that are the highways] of those continents," declared President Roosevelt in a broadcast from the White House to-day. The PresidentReuter - 342 words
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Article127 1940-10-25 9 Harbour Creek (Pennsylvania), Oct. 24. KMR. WENOELL WILKIE, the Repub- lican candidate for the presidency, made his reply to President Roosevelt's election campaign in a broadcast from a train to-day. He declared that if Mr. Roosevelt did. not remember his promises of to-day longer thanReuter - 127 words
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362 1940-10-25 9 RELENTLESS R.A.F. OFFENSIVE IS NOW GROWING IN POWER AND RANGE London, Oct. 25. TORPEDO-CARRYING Bristol Beauforts of the Coastal Command sank two German supply ships in an attack on a German convoy off the Frisian islands on Wednesday. The Bristol Beauforts dartedReuter - 362 words
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Article40 1940-10-25 9 Rvdney, Oct 24 EIGHT children, mostly from London and Lancashire, arrived to-day at various states in th« Commonwealth. Thirty-seven of them were for Sydney, of whom 22 were boys who had formed themselves into Boy Scout troops en route.— Reuter.Reuter - 40 words
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Article113 1940-10-25 9 Shots Fired By Young Officer Tokio, Oct. 25. AN attempt on the life of th« Governor-General of IndoChlna, Vlce-Adm. Jean Decoux, waa made on Wednesday by a young French officer, according to the Bangkok, newspapers. The assailant Is said to have fired his pistol at theReuter - 113 words
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Article147 1940-10-25 9 Grim Warning To U.S. By American Envoy New York, Oct. 24. THE atmosphere in America to-day resembled that In France In 1938 when the French, imperilled, had been told that th^re was danger "but did not feel the danger," declared Mr. Will. am Bullitt,Reuter - 147 words
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53 1940-10-25 9 Rangoon, Oct. 25 •TTHE Burma Railways annual rrport 1 states that as a re;ulf, of the China traffic through Burma, a deficit has been tu-ncd into a surplus af.er nine years. Oro?s earnings from the China traffic reached £172 000 for the year end?d InarchReuter - 53 words
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Advertisement177 1940-10-25 9 OTHER CABLES in pages 7, 10, 13, 14 and 16 FOR DINNER will have an entirely fresh meaning iM B if you have not already eaten some Ma V j^ 4 V of the delicious Ice cream made by m"*^ s the Cold Storage Creameries. lAS Q Easily the finest,177 words
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365 1940-10-25 10 Anonymous Gift Of $856 Received From Perak SALE OF WORK AT NAVAL BASE REALISES $600 THE War Fund total has increased by about $2,000 in the past 21 hours to $4,263,977. Again the principal contribution is an anonymous one a cheque for $856 from365 words
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Article254 1940-10-25 10 "WAY OF ALL F LESH" AT THE CATHAY At The Cinema •The Way oi All Flesh." tAkim Tamlroff, Gladys George, HnrM Angclus, and WilUain Henry). I'ar.imounl. At the Cathay. •THIS picture, by the sin y of Us aciing and its sober, restrained direction must make a s.rong tpneil to all254 words
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Article165 1940-10-25 10 SINGAPORE ItffUl HOTEL Special Dinner Dance (Informal) 8 p.m. to Midnight. GAKRICK Till- \TKK. r.KVLANG Tnrzan The Green Goddess A The Oregon Trail at 7.45 p.m. (.KIM WORLD Cabaret: 9 p.m. to Midnight. <Hibe: Grapes of Wrath. Sky: Where I Am a Stranger. fIAPPk WORM) Wayangs. Sideshows. Opera, Magic165 words
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Article119 1940-10-25 10 THIS Diary is intended to call attention to functions which are being held in aid of The War Fund. Organizers of such functions are invited to submit details for inclusion in this feature. Sunday Malay motor boat owners War Fund Day for Pulau Kusu trips. Nov. 1:119 words
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Article210 1940-10-25 10 Message Sent To The O.A.G. THE Thailand goodwill mission which was in Singapore last weeK-end has arrived In Java, and the following telegram has been received by the Officer Administering the Government from Captain Luang Dhamrong Navasvasti, R.T.N., Minister of Justice, Thailand "It Is my great pleasure210 words
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Article86 1940-10-25 10 Chungking, Oct. 24. IMMEDIATELY following the conclusion of Japanese raids in western Cheklang and taking advantage of .he employment U Japanese troops on f.ie south bank of th~ Chlentang River. Chinese troops moved northward, launching an attack accordlnto field despatches. On the south bank of the ChientangReuter - 86 words
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Article405 1940-10-25 10 Proposal Approved At U.E. Meeting NEW SITE SOUGHT FOR WORKSHOPS ment of the whole of our energies and our facilities in whatever direction may be found necessary to assist, to our utmost, in the war effort" declared Mr. J. A. P. Strachan, chairman and managing director405 words
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69 1940-10-25 10 A STEADY decrease In the incidence of cholera in Hong Konp and Macao is reported In the latest health bulletin issued by the League of Nations Eastern Bureau. In Shanghai, too, a slight decrease is reported over the past two weeks. Another feature69 words
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33 1940-10-25 10 Chungking, Oct. 24. DESPITE Japanese artillery shelling at Tungkwan (Shensi), It Is learned that through traffic on the Lun?ha: railway is scheduled to be resumed tomorrow.—Reuter.Reuter - 33 words
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Article55 1940-10-25 10 Los Angelea. Oct. 24. DOB GREGORY, the all-in wrest- ler, was to-day granted a divorce from his wife, formerly Miss Valeric Brooke, daughter of the Raiah of Sarawak, Sir Churlrs Vyner Brooke. It was announced in June that Gregory had filed a divorce suit on the groundsReuter - 55 words
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516 1940-10-25 10 DUSSIA'S silence during the last two weeks nas caused considerable speculation among the Singapore Chinese press regarding ncr tuture position. In connection with tne RussoJapanese rapproachement the consensus of opinion Is that the possibility of the two countries signing a non-agtrrrssion pact is very516 words
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Article170 1940-10-25 10 NEW BETTER FIGHTERS Wonder Machines On Way A SWIFT advance in the deadli- ness of Britain's fighter planes as well as the early introduction of new types, was foretold by Air Marshal Sir Philip Joubert de la Ferte in a broadcast last night. Spitfires and Hurricanes were being made faster,Reuter - 170 words
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Article22 1940-10-25 10 Mr. L. J. Koster. director of M< ssrs. Koster Co. Ltd. (Philips Radio), will be leaving for Australia on business next weefc.22 words
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Article, Illustration338 1940-10-25 10 Relief Fund Chairman's Tribute To People Of Britain AN offer to place the services of the Singapore China Relief Fund organization at the disposal of the local Government for the purpose of entertainments for raising funds for British war charities, was made at a338 words
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55 1940-10-25 10 (From Our Own Correspondent* Penang, Oct. 25. PRINCE Varnvaidya Voravarn, Governor of the 80th District of Rotary International, arrived in Penang last night. He ij on his way to preside at the Rotary district conference at Kuala Lumpur during the week-end. He is staying at55 words
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Article127 1940-10-25 10 FOLLOWING a meeLing held at the China Relief Fund premise* in Bukit Pasoh Road yesterday, the Chinese in Singapore have decided to organize a special com* mittee to collect funds for the purpose of providing relief to air raid victim in England. On Armistice day,127 words
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105 1940-10-25 10 COR some time past Wearne's Air i r Service between Singapore and I Penang has been restricted to thre« I journeys in each direction per week. This became necessary when pilots on the R.A.F. Reserve who had joined the company's employ were called up.105 words
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Article31 1940-10-25 10 Monday 5s the birthday of Tungku Mahkota Sir Ismail, the Regent of Johore, and will be observed as a holi- day in the State. Sir Ismail was oom I in 189431 words
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Advertisement41 1940-10-25 10 0 Up to 20% extra light for nothing 31 thanks to the n» X Osram Coiled Coil. filament I [> a£<SCproduci ■flKy MADE IN ENGLAND (Advertisement of The Gene ml Etectric Co.. Ltd.. of England. "Magnet House." Singapore J i— W*ri*t 219A41 words
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2230 1940-10-25 11 Colleague "Pretty Well Off" After Trips To Town INQUIRY INTO THREE CHARGES AGAINST JAPANESE J7VIDENCE that they had observed their colleague, with whom the prosecution alleges Mamoru Shinozaki had had meetings at a hotel in Wilkie Road, beitur ''pretty weU off" after returning: from •trips2,230 words
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Article232 1940-10-25 11 ChangedFromlndia To Singapore T*HE question of an Indian Chris tians domicile which had causet two adjournments in the High Coun was settled by Mr. Justice Pedlow yesterday when it was decided that the man had changed his domicile Iron: India to Singapore. The point arose when Alice232 words
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83 1940-10-25 11 l*i m Our Own Correspondent) a nrkTT-r m Penang, Oct. 24. ABOUT 50 members who have joined r» the Local Defence Corps were worn in yes.erday at the Volunteer i?aciquarters in Peel Avenue O. Hawkins, the Deputy Com-n-ss.oner. admin >tered the "formal >ath83 words
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52 1940-10-25 11 "THE Kcme Guard' is the title of a! t to be given by Mr Edwin laward from the Singapore staticn ■o-n.ght at 7.10. iaward. who has recently arIred Singapore, was a member of ne H me (;ur«rd in Enii^nd. ?.n-i desKp?ricncea In52 words
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Article285 1940-10-25 11 LAND SEA SPORTS To Be Held As Usual On Jan. 1. A GENERAL meeting held recently at the Singapore Cricket Club with Mr. H. K. Rodgers in the chair unanimously decided to hold the usual sea and land sports on New Year's Day. Mr. Rodgers expressed the view that despite285 words
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83 1940-10-25 11 TWO Cantonese women, Wong Ah Hoh and 1 Kam Pak Wan, were fined $150 or in d' fault, ten weeks' simple imprisonment in the third court yosterday, when they pleaded guilty £tr«i ng i&£ 1 1 of houses ln Lavender Street which they83 words
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75 1940-10-25 11 DRESS REHEARSAL OF 'THE WIND THE RAIN" THJE IsUnd Committee had their final dress rehearsal last nl*ht of "The Wind "";d the Rain" at Uie Victoria Theatre They had an audience of over 200 all of whom had been Riven free tickets to" watch this well-produced and popular play. Amons75 words
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Article67 1940-10-25 11 T"HE subscription lists will clos° to- morrow for the recital to be given by Doda Conrad next Tuesday at the victor.a Memorial Hall. Intending subscribers ar 3 therefore asked not' to aelay the.r application. Althcugh the bookng has been only jpen for a shorter time than usual,67 words
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Article, Illustration37 1940-10-25 11 A picture which illustrates the unbeatable spirit of the British public— lt shows the local inhabitants taking a drink outside a public house which had been damaged in a daylight raid on a south-east coast town.37 words
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Article194 1940-10-25 11 Soldiers' Find In Singapore LJOW a party of soldiers belonging to a rsgiment stationed in Singapore discovered a human skeleton while "hey were engaged in tactical exercises in che jungle on the outskirts of Singapore, was related in the coroner's court yesterday. Private John Mac Mangos told194 words
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Article67 1940-10-25 11 DREADING guilty to a summons allegaig that he admitted more people Into the Seletar Talkies theatre than the licence for the theatre permitted, a travelling showJJJf 1 Teck was y ester day fined $20 in the Singapore ftfth court. Lee informed the court that he rented67 words
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Article, Illustration25 1940-10-25 11 warfare, and the best means of adapting it to repel an invader Members are seen at machine gun training.25 words
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320 1940-10-25 11 THE story of how an elderly Chinese woman, who, by following a man she recognized as the one who almost a month before had allegedly robbed her, was able to tell the police his address and consequently lead to his arrest, was told320 words
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317 1940-10-25 11 riVE Cantonese boys, Lim Kirn Keow, Oo Sens Kong, Mah Wai Pong, Chian Lok Lens, and Chew Koh Kah, ranrinir in age from 14 to 17, were yesterday asked to show cause why they should not execute a bond to be of317 words
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Advertisement55 1940-10-25 11 OZONE> OYSTER S/( tot MS§^£^> SPECIAL occasions; VV^Sj^ll W' hC V Ure <iifferenl *ppeti»- A^ V 0/^* «ng and delicious. Vk^jWfi&C For your next >art >' iry IM( OZONE Oysters. You can fjjSJ!^^*/^ make Oyster cocktails, >"^ Patties and Souffles that S&t&jß** are unusual and exciting! *Jff JOSEPH HAVERS SONS.55 words
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Advertisement134 1940-10-25 11 f i ntn t W?M ■H OSIf ft V J^fl M f FULL FASHIONED M*r W RINGLESS SHEER I TJ^ THE LATE ST f tsfsCj £"i t*. From $175 Ne wi/lS<* Is CO COLOURS. Cf\€AT£D IN AUSTRALIA JOHNTLITTLE CO., LTD. EXTREME ■Sf te.V^l ECONOMY rB Ff, 1 1 -VU BET134 words
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126 1940-10-25 12 k STORY of how the Rajah oi Sarawak's i spectacles were found missing from the counter of an optical company in Singapore recently was told in the Singapore criminal district yesterday. Accused of the theft of the spectacles which were valued at $100 was a126 words
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555 1940-10-25 12 '"T*HE Increase of Rent (Restriction) Ordinance has been made to control thjj increase of rents in the Colony. This Board sits under the provisions of this ordinance." said Mr. E. R. Koek appearing berore tbe Rent Assessment Board yesterday. "The question arises as555 words
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Advertisement245 1940-10-25 12 I UNIFORMS for I I the SERVICES I n_\y^b.(\ »"fo«n making is a 'AY Ml IrpL! ftPl branch of tailoring which j& HA [iU LLuA A demands specialist knowledge jr" < and experience. /j ~~V^ W offer n's h g r d c ™A> LJ j, uniforms, cut and individually245 words
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Advertisement321 1940-10-25 12 1 J^P| 1 And 9 mark you s For 18 years Craven 'A' M j&jMW^r* have been awarded the m *SfJmAfim Royal Institute of Hygiene's Certificate for purity and quality-a sure Quality IS SOHie* sign that their smoothness to the throat is reliable. thing you can fea m rely on321 words
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262 1940-10-25 13 Shanghai, Oct. 25. FT is officially announced thai it is anticipated that all dependants of regular U.S. Naval and marine personnel in Shanghai will have departed from Shanghai by the middle of November. i S->mo 150 naval dependants and 70262 words
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257 1940-10-25 13 London. Oct. 25. THE King nnd Queen learned for hemselves how a Czech escaped Hlt'ei regime in order to join the Fre? Csecta iirmy. Their Majesties re making a tour "f the Services n London The lyltiier tnld Uu- King and Queen h^d257 words
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70 1940-10-25 13 New Delhi. Oe. 2S F'DIA S expor trad^ incressed by €30.0;;0 000 :o nearly £150.000 000 c 5 ■ng of tho war, acccrdir j.tea released. ur» has baen the big flow of rn-.v materials and imnufaclured goods to Empir? coun;ries, expfr.s to which haveReuter - 70 words
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59 1940-10-25 13 Canada To Work W ith U. S. Committee Ottawa. Oct. 24. THE appointment of a temporary 1 four-man commission to work with the United States Committee on the early development of the power resourcea of thc> International Rao'ds section of the St. Lawrence Rivor was announi'd to-day by the oflireReuter - 59 words
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Article31 1940-10-25 13 Lisbon, Oct. 25. MR Joseph Kennedy, the United to Britain, who is returning to 1 i i bad weather. i permitting, he is expected toUP - 31 words
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Article42 1940-10-25 13 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kua!;i Lumpur. Oct. 25. The followin? are tl: 1 featuw films o 'be ::hown at the leading Kuala umpui cinemas to-morniw (Saturlny) Pavilion. Tom Brown's Schooldays. Cathay: Safari. Od on: Three Cheers For The Irish42 words
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84 1940-10-25 13 Vichy, Oct. 25. PRANCE'S position and her future will depend to a great extent on this historic meeting says a semi-official statement on the Hitler-Pctain meeting-, issned hy Havas agency. Marshal Petain, the Pi-injc Minister of France, was accorded military honours and was greeted byReuter - 84 words
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Article141 1940-10-25 13 Johannesburg, Oct. 25. THE Dominions will emerge from the war more closely knit together than ever before, forecast Gen. Smuts. the South African Prime Minister. In a message to the Calcutta newspaper Statesman on the opening of the Eastern Group Conference on war supplies at NewReuter - 141 words
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Article129 1940-10-25 13 Queb-c. Oct. 24. ■■£ANADA will be an immens3ly i stronger nation when victory 1 comes than when we entered the war." declared Mr. C. G. Howe. Minister of Munitions in an address to a Canadian poods convention. He hinted at a liberal immigration policy inReuter - 129 words
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Article265 1940-10-25 13 Dr. Wu Lien -Teh Among Voluntary Workers (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Oct. 23. TO safeguard the health of schoolchildren in Tasek, a small township about five miles from Ipoh, Mr. A. C. J. Towers has arranged for local medical practitioners to visit the St. Michael265 words
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217 1940-10-25 13 'THE Perak section of the Malaya Patriotir Fund has now collected $336,859 06. This Is an Increase ol $308.75 over the last published list. Dcnations were received from the following Staff of Senior Executive Engineer, Ktala $4; Staff of Anglo-Oriental (Malaya) Ltd. $152.50: Hon. Treasurer,217 words
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Article74 1940-10-25 13 Prom Our Own Correspondent? Ipoh. Oct. MR. Eric Robertson Gardiner Bruce, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Bruce of Beckenham, England, was married to Miss Joyce Margaret Law. of Sydney, at the St. Andrews Presbyterian Church on Sattirday The R~v Hamilton AtJcln officiated. The bride was given away74 words
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Advertisement188 1940-10-25 13 SANITARY WARES BRITISH MAKE STOCKS AVAILABLESAN ITARY INSTALLATIONS CARRIED OUT UNDER THE DIRECT SUPERVISION OF A QUALIFIED ENGINEER FONGHIN CO. 64. TrmiiTTT ST. PHONE NO. 7587 v JSCi PORK. I CONTROL YOUR 1 T^ T* I staKl taJUrtf O/Lvm fodaA I '.'Ilil?" 1 KASA te men or mnen For terature188 words
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Advertisement241 1940-10-25 13 WHEN YOU TRAVEL* don't be a "Tropical Visitor" When you travel don't be .1 Tropical Visitor." Do not travel i» clothes you bought years a#o and immediately be labelled tropiea] visitor." RAAP. has the sure touch which twenty yearf continental tailoring experience gives, ffia rloths and styles art in keeping241 words
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573 1940-10-25 14 POWER PLANTS RAIL YARDS IN BERLIN BOMBED AGAIN Tons Of Explosives Unloaded On Emden In Two Fresh Raids London, Oct. 24. DERLIN, which was bombed again last night for the twenty-second time, was visited by R.A.F. heavy bombers for nearly two hours. Two of the capital's principal power stations wereReuter - 573 words
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Article89 1940-10-25 14 MORE evidence of the devastating effects of RA.F. raids on the Rhineland is provided by a B.U.P. message date-lined "On the German Frontier." Information direct from the Rhineland, it states, confirms not only the very heavy damage on military objectives but a grave lowering of civilian89 words
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145 1940-10-25 14 /GERMANY is converting foodstuffs into explosives. One factory is making glycerine, the basis of many explosives, out of fish oils from Norway. The pillage of foodstuffs from occupied countries for conversion to war material is gathering speed. In Denmark some 27,000 heads of cattle145 words
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188 1940-10-25 14 Destroyed Enemy Plane On Way Home London. Oci 24. 'THE Distinguished Flying Cross has been awarded to a New Zealander. Pilot Officer McArthur. aged 20, and the Distinguished Flying Medal to Sergeant Mylod. aged 19, who were pilot and front gunner respectively of an aircraft detailed to carry out anBritish Wireless - 188 words
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78 1940-10-25 14 Toronto, Oct. 24. "■'HE first group of observers and operators trained under the Commonwealth training plan have now graduated and were awarded their badges to-day by Mr. James Duncan, deputy Minister for Air. Addressing the men, Mr. Duncan said they were the "forerunnersReuter - 78 words
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Article66 1940-10-25 14 London, Oct. 24. NEWS has reached Polish circles in London that Polish war prisoners are now being employed by the Germans in the reconstruction of German Baltic ports destroyed in air raids by the R.A.F. Another despatch says that the first batch of GermanReuter - 66 words
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Article130 1940-10-25 14 Two German Bombers Destroyed London, Oct. 24. A FEW enemy aircraft, operating singly, crossed our coasts today, says an Air Ministry communique. Bombers were reported from the London area, from Kent, from Hampshire and from a country district in Somerset. Though full reports have not yet130 words
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Article160 1940-10-25 14 I ONDON and the Home counties were the principal objectives in last night's raids, ■states a communique issued by the Air Ministry and Ministry of Home Security The aUnck*. w^ich h»»"n shortly after dsrk and continued at intervals during the night. v.ere not on a heavyReuter - 160 words
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Article401 1940-10-25 14 Continued Work la Spite Of Raids London, Oct. 24. r THE gallantry and Initiative of railwaymen of all ranks during the recent heavy German air attacks on Britain has won warm public recognition. Instances include a case where hundreds of incendiary bombs fell on a railway siding,British Wireless - 401 words
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Advertisement539 1940-10-25 14 FORHAN'S "us*™.! Don't pay tribute to pyorrhoea Keep your gurnsWrty and you'll f O nlj Forba*, X Meet your teeth^ Avoid spongy, M w bleeding nuns by regular massage m with FoVharVs; Jentifrice thft f dent.fhceco^ 1 «tee*fc>/*;o*i.'Cleansyourteethand I t*sm* tpectml •ayes your gums. Forhan's is supe- M^ anit-pjorrboes W539 words
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Article152 1940-10-25 15 CELECTIONS for to-morrow's races at Ipoh are STRAITS TIMES Rac*- 1: Straight Flight, Cornsheaf. Race 2: Foxdown. Sacrifice. Race 3: Jaguar, Sindan ;laja. Race 4: Shun. Kentucky. Race 5: Crossbow, llarpn. Race 6: Fcho. Iner.. Kate 7: EelßrasN. Smo^c Dreams. Race 8: Topla. Maid of I'ashH BEST152 words
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Article539 1940-10-25 15 Soccer Notes Airmen And Loyals Well Matched HTO-MORROW Anson Koad .stadium will ix- th< venae <if thp Challenge (up (inai betw«ea the Royal Air Fore* (SeieUr) and the Loyal Kreiment By kind pennlMkw of Oroup Captain H. M K. Brown, the band of the Jtoya! Air X539 words
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98 1940-10-25 15 N a gam- of hwsfcey played on the 1 Post Ofßca Sports Club ground on Wednesday, the Postals beat »he Cuv oms by four goals to three in a keenly lontested match. In the first half the Customs had d.ghUy the better of the98 words
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Article50 1940-10-25 15 |T Hf w .1 [.lay hockey f .r F tie Sinp^pore Hcrnetj against ;hi I a. Fairer P-irk m Sunday S t cir.mr r h Barth, M Moddf-r-I. S,hecrd!.r. R S. Barth. D. De ■ru*: N. M dd r, S. De Cru*. C RiyI vn, J. Sch'-.erder 150 words
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911 1940-10-25 15 First Day Of Perak Turf Club's October-November Meeting THE full card of events at Inoh to-morrow, the first day of tho Perak Turf Club's October- November meeting:, is riven below. The double toies will be on races two and four, and six and eirht.911 words
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289 1940-10-25 15 THK fourth of the Malayan Rugby Union's came* in aid of war chanties will be played on the Singapore Cricket Club padang to-morrow when the RAF. Bines will meet Johore It will be Johores first appearance on the padang this season, but the289 words
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Article, Illustration716 1940-10-25 15 Malayan R.A.F. Go Down By Seven Goals To One Singapore Civilians ..J; R.A.F. (Malaya) 1. THE R.A.F. (Malaya) were well beaten on the S.C.C. padang: yesterday when they met the Singapore Civilians in the first of a series of hockey matches arranged716 words
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77 1940-10-25 15 INHERE was attractive tennis seen on the V.M.C A courts yesterday, when the V.M.C A. met the S.C.C. in a tennis match conducted in American fashion. Several sets of eight games each were played by four doubles pairs on each side, opponents being exchanged77 words
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Article25 1940-10-25 15 MON-ACCEPTORS and thf order 11 of running: fo- to-morrow's races will br found in PAGE FOl'R of the Hnal edition if received in time.25 words
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Article246 1940-10-25 15 Ipoh Training FVrvm Our Own Correspondents Ipoh, Oct. 25 T H. MENZIES" candidates M>ttlC Music and Elect ru were among those that impressed at this mornings workouts in preparation tor to-morrow's rpces. .Slow work was th* ordei of the day on a soft track OUipis that246 words
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Article107 1940-10-25 15 S.C.R.C. BEAT JUNIORS AT HOCKEY THE S.C.R.C. beat Urn VMC.A Junl1 ors by two goals U* nil m hockey match on the YM.C.A ground yp."?terday There was no s"orr dur' hdlf, and neither team could down to any constructive The clearing of tlio H;*. '^ut, on the whole, ball control107 words
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Article57 1940-10-25 15 A TRY and three penalty (oalfl n .ibled s«. Andrew's OU Boys fwat Fort Cannfni b| 12 p<-m-> three (a try) in a somewhat scrappy gamr of rusrtrcr al Tanfflin yesterday. The advi>r.s,- conditkma and the sudden ball, whioii made handling were malnlv responsib m?57 words
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Advertisement260 1940-10-25 15 Bide and -Stflffltt*^ Mr IA ucrc t C WHY tnt J The S.S.A. StreamligHt -l« th« bicycle with ttie plu*. Ptu« NO OTHER BICYCLE MAS I comfort; plu« $martneit; plus value; THESE 6 FEATURES I W th that th li C htn t<> (trengtl. ratio known, and tj* special 1260 words
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609 1940-10-25 16 AXIS CONTROL OF FRENCH AND SPANISH FLEETS? U.S. Expert On Hitler's Talks With Laval And Gen. Franco THAT the Axis is moving towards a Mediterranean show- down is the view expressed by Major Fjelding Elliot, the military expert, writing in the New York Herald-Tribune609 words
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115 1940-10-25 16 Heavy Casualties Inflicted On The Enemy In Rear Attack Cairo, Oct. 21. A REMARKABLE action in the Sudan, in which very heavy casual* ies were inflicted upon the enemy, with no British casualty, is announced in a General Headquarters* communique Issued to-day.Reuter - 115 words
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Article84 1940-10-25 16 THE loss of the destroyer Francesco j Nullo in the Red Sea action is admitted in to-day's Itahun Hi^h Comrr.r.nd communique which, however, claims that after aufferins heavy damage in action the destroyer wns d by her crew. The commander, gravely wounded in the fight,Reuter - 84 words
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108 1940-10-25 16 Extradition Of Mmc. Lupescu Demanded Vichy. Oct. 24. FfX-KING CAROL of Rumania, who lsg confined in his hotel at Seville, has been Intcrmed that a demand has been made for the extradition of Madame Lrpescu, acccrci'ng to a Hivas aKency message from Madrid. I-lavas auyi that the extradition of twoReuter - 108 words
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Article108 1940-10-25 16 New York, Oct 24. "THERE was general relief throughout France when the Vichy Government categorically announced that France would not fight Britain nor hand over the fleet or other armaments to that end, says a Vichy dispatch to the New York Times. The momentous characterReuter - 108 words
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46 1940-10-25 16 Berlin, Oct. 25. THE transfer to Germany of the German minority In sovlet-or.nup.cd Bessarabia ended yesterday with the departure of the last batch of 3,000 Germans, according to the German radio. A total of 90.000 Germans have been transferred.— Reuter.Reuter - 46 words
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Article, Illustration31 1940-10-25 16 A church was among the buildings hit by German bombers in a raid an a north-eastern England town. Picture shows the interior of the wrecked church.31 words
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108 1940-10-25 16 New York, Oct. 24. TURKEY is definitely resolved to take swift counter- measures should Bulgaria compromise her neutrality by permitting German occupation in one form or another, states a Sofia dispatch to the New York Times quoting diplomatic sources. Turkey, says theReuter - 108 words
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115 1940-10-25 16 London, Oct. 24. A CONSIDERABLE number of survivors of the aircraft-carrier Glorious, which was sunk in action in the North Sea in June, remained afloat on rafts for some time w^ille British aircraft and ships passed close to them without seeing them. ThisReuter - 115 words
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Article, Illustration24 1940-10-25 16 iJ^J". men and «oWicr« inspect a German plane sfcot dotim by B.AJ\ AffMers during one of the recent moss i raids on England. _JI24 words
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Article378 1940-10-25 16 Madrid Surprised By Border Meeting Madrid, Oct. 24. TTHE Hitler-Franco meeting took most people nere completely by rurprise and, outside diplomatic and journalistic circles, the majority of Spaniards did not know about the meeting until they read the newspapers to-day. The newspapers, however, carry noReuter - 378 words
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Article93 1940-10-25 16 Caudlllo," and adds that while the war again* Britain Is "being pursued with intensity 01 all fronts, the political activity of the Axis powers is being developed in a hartnoniou: series of meetings and understandings which though closely connected with the action j war, look beyond victory and lay theReuter - 93 words
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