The Straits Times, 14 November 1940

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    • 684 2 WIL.SON—CLEMENTS.—The encagament is announced between Raymond Wilson cf Jol.«>re Bahru, eldest son of Mr ft Mrs. O. Wilson. Auckland, New Zealand and Nora Mabel, daughter of Capt. A; Mrs. G. A. Clements of Singapore. The engagement, is announced to-day between Mr. Ij*k Choon Siah. the only son of Mr. and
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    • 796 2 FOR SALE KELVINATOK Four-Purpose Ice Cream Freezer, Model 2 PH 6. In good working condition and appearance. Electrically operated. Suitable for store that wishes to enter the profitable Ice Cream business. $600 cash. Box No. 169. Straits Times. FOR HIRE REFRIGERATOR— New or Used. Phone 3333 URIVB VOURSEIJK _>0 private
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    • 945 2 MOTORING LESSONS LEARN DRIVING on my car or yours. A lady writes "Your courtesy and patience truly inspire confidence and I thoroughly enjoyed the delightful driving lessons." Te). *****. LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF CHANGE OF SURNAME. I. Elizabeth Surin heretofore called and known oy the name of Elizabeth Aroozoo oi
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    • 571 2 CHIROPODY The finest advertisement for a Chiropody Department is personal recommendation. If you wish for first-hand evidence of the satisfactory treatments carried out by our diplomaed Chiropodist, Miss D- Raine, inquire from any one of the many customers who have attended her salon. This is all we ask— it is
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    • 134 2 1939 CHEVROLET 30.H.P.— $1,450.00. A smart and reliable car, small mileage. 1939 OPEL KADETT FOUR DOOR SEDAN— SI,4SO.OO A good looking, smooth-running thoroughly satisfactory car. 1937 Flying Standard 14 h.p. $1,250.00 1937 Standard 14 h.p.— $1,250.00 1937 Plymouth Sedan 23 h.p. $950.00 1940 Fiat Marvellette $1,050.00 1936 Ford V 8
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    • 216 3 (Incorporated In Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE. TO EUROPE VIA AMERICA Through fares to North America to Europe via Ameru-a and Round Tours in tbe Pacific quoted in L.S. S on application To California from the Orient via Honolulu m.s. ASAMA MARU leave Kobe Nov. 27
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    • 513 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 Services to Fremantle [Perth) via Java by first class passenger ships. Single fare $192 (A £28)
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    • 131 3 O.S.K. LINE Incorporated in Japan s.s. "MANILA MARU" Lea. SINGAPORE for COLOMBO EAST AND SOUTH AFRICA On Dec. 14th. 1940 Passage fares Ist Class:-" To COLOMBO G$ 68.00 MOMBASA G5158.00 DURBAN G5200.00 CAPE TOWN G5210.00 For full particulars apply to: O.S.K. LINE, 9, de Souza St., Singapore OR THOS. COOK
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 1169 3 Broadcasting *V*f% W% A V bulletin; 8.50 p.m. The BBC. Military A \J~A#r% m Band; 7.20 p.m. "Speaking for Britain": tails by Air Marshal Sir Philip de la Fertc Jou« SINGAPORE bert 7.35 P- m Tne B.B.C. theatre orchestra; 8.20 p.m. News and news romZIIL 13.33 me*. <225 m.) mentaries;
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  • 315 4 London, Nov. 13. \N the Stock EXchange to-day, Industrials attracted the main attention and goo 3 business was done at higher levels. Kaffirs on the whole made a wod showing and rubber shares were In favour. Home rails advanced on good Inquiry- Most foreign Issues were firm,
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  • 49 4 •^HE domestic export of rubber from Malaya in October totalled 50,680 tons according to a statement issued by the Controller of Rubber. This compares with a proportionate monthly quota of 47,399 tons and with an official estimate of 50.400 tons, furnished earlier in the month.
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  • 376 4 Result Of American Election IN a weekly report on the rubber market, issued this morning, Lewis and Peat (Singapore) Ltd. write Rubber has come into its own again this week, and there has been a pronounced improvement both in London and New York. This improvement not only
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  • 143 4 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES Ufom Ou' Own Correspondent) London, Nov. 13. COMMODITY and 3xcn4age markets closed as follows vttb previous Quotations in parenthesis:— Rl BBEB: Firm Spot ll%d I 2 111« d (U%d 12l!16d) Dec. 13 lil6d 12% d (12 HIM 12 3'l6d) Jan.y.r I 2 316 d X 2 5 16d
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  • 139 4 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association heW its l,512tti auction yesterday, and there were catalogued 1423 537 lb. 635.51 tons; offered 1,351,644 lb— 603.41 tons; sold 1.238,831 lb— 553.05 tons London Spot ll%d. New York Spot 21 cents. PRICES MBALIXXD JUbbed Smoked Sheet Cents Per Lb.
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  • 65 4 Singapore, Nov. 14, noon Buyers Sellers Oamb»e J.» Hamburg Cube ir2*22 Java Oube SI3JO Pew* White Muniok *«J5 White MJ.» Black 8 2fi Copra Mixed $215 Sun Dried $3 40 Save flour No 1 LJngga $3.60 PatT $3.57» 2 $3.57'^ Sarawak $3.25 JelOtOHtl mam mm Palembang $13.00
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  • 91 4 npHE domestic production, as re- presented by exports from the F.M.S., U.M.S. and Malacca, of tin and tin-in-ore at 75.5 per cent, tin content, in October was 6,836 tons. Of this amount, 6,601 tons came from the F.M.S.; 108 tons from Johore; 24 tons from Kedah; 83
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  • 172 4 Operating Results For Third Quarter rIE following axe the quaiwrly operating results for the third quarter of tin mines In the Anglo-Oriental group:— The estimated mine profit is from permit- ted quota sales before providing depreciation »nd overhead charges. Output Working Bstima«oa i including costs mine carry-over for
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  • 72 4 Ttanrsdar. Ncv. 14. noun. Bayers Seller: Prices Priew Na. IX --S.S MM Imm) *9bi 39V N«. IX K.S.S. f.«b. to cases Nwember *0 G.F.A.Q. E.S.B. t.m.b. m bales Norenber 3i* »*> F.A.Q. R.B.S. t.o.b. in bales November 3*56 39V< FtJTIIKE QUOTATIONS: No. IX B.S.S. *n
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  • 174 4 IHe following are Me c*cnang«. r%u» tbu morning according to tbe dally clrcclar issuer by tbe Hontfcomr an«J 3h*mto«i Banklnt Corooratton:--<ICLLING ujiiQOD i.i YM London demano lflv Switxerland demand <T.T. only) >02^ New York demand 3 32 o Montreal demand 51 27/3Bauvla demand «X »c» e Bamarang demand 88
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  • 59 4 London, Nov. 13. 'THE Board of Trade intends conI tinuing the export drive to obtain foreign exchange and to maintain the internal economies of Allied and Empire countries but the Board opposes non-essential exports to the Empire since both the United Kingdom and the Empire
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  • 37 4 London, Nov. 13. TIN opened steady. The turnover was 125 tons. Smelter selling has ceased. Then- was a moderate demand from British consumers, including Welsh tinplate manufacturers. After official hours a further 15 tons were traded.— Reuter.
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  • 429 4 Rubber Advances Share Sections Firm* And Active By Oar Financial Correspondent Singapore, Nov. 14. THE local share market continued A very firm yesterday in all sections although toward the close there was rather a tendency to sell some of the popular tin shares. Fair business was done
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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    • 440 4 PUBLIC NOTICES india-ceylon association, KLUANG. A geceral ei; ecing of the above As;-u<:iat :on will dc lield at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce at Jalan IsmaU. Kluang or. ■■r.tfay. the ITtli Itiitrmfctr 19*0 zt 3 p.m SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 134> Whereas Uie Singapore Improvoaion/c Trust have prepwed a plan
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  • 631 5 Small Loss On Sales Of Some Gilt-Edged Investments PROPOSING the adoption ot the "port and accounts At the fcnnual meeting of Jimah Rubber Estates Ltd. in Singapore on Tues•lr. J. I. Dawson. the chairtnmn, sad Tli,' profit for the year amounted to $59,024.13
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  • 168 5 Maii.-. close a( the Cifiicul Post Office as follows XO-D.W >^n &uriace 1 p.m. l v 1 »tm» surface 1 p.m. j Coylon surface 1 p.m. I E«>pt surface Ip.m. Great Britain etc surface 1 p m India surface 1 p.m. TOMORROW \den air 4pm <
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  • 1338 5 WKONKSOAY. NOV. 13. IMI: 4 P M. MM fln>fr> Seller* Ampat Tin (4a) 3» 3d 3i 7't.d Austral Amal (d*t 5s lO'-d to 3d Austral Malay (C. Us 6d 35? 6a Ayer Hitam (5s> 17; IB.Ayer Wens f$l) .79 .84 Bangrln Tin (£> 15s 18«
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 121 5 W«€T«€R YOUR CAR 15... JTAHOIN6 w j^sTAYsOHTntJUD! II of A m Shell Motor Oil i.s such a good oil for your car f tjecause it is refined by the most up-to-date C process which makes it cling to metal surfaces. ,2£~~p\— »^a When the engine is standing the oil forms
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    • 79 5 MYLETO HAIR COLOUR RESTORER WILL RtSfOßt lißfcV Oft FADED HAJR TO ITS NATURAL COLOUR. SETTING LOTION FOR LADIES HAIR CREAM FOR MEN OTHER MYLETO PRODUCTS INCLUDE TONQUIN ANT) SCURF LOTION Obtainable liom all DISPENSARIES AND STORES. Distributor* Gratton Laboratories Ltd. Singapore, Kuala Lumpur Penang. 1 VI 1 > W^ REFRACTING
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    • 238 5 NOMINAL CAPITAL: $40,000,000 ISSUED PAID UP CAPITAL: $10,000,000 BRANCHES throughout M?layi, Burma, South China, French Indo-China Netherlands East Indies. AGENTS CORRESPONDENTS in all principal cities off the World. BANKING TRANSACTIONS of every description undertaken Masters. High Blood Pressure Kills Hen Women Twice ax many women as rcn suffer from High
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 87 5 SINGAPORE TIDE TABLES To-4ay H. W. 10 a.m. 9.1 ft.; 10.50 p.m. 8.8 fc. L. W. 4.05 a.m. 3.4 ft.; 4.30 p.m. l.« ft To-morrow H. W 10.26 a.m. 9.4 ft.; 11.33 p.m. 8.9 n. I., w 4. SI a.m. 3.4 ft.; 4.M p.m. 1.1 ft. Saturday. Nor. 16 H.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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    • 286 6 "ALL THE THRILLS AND SUSPENSE OF A FINE ESPIONAGE STORY"... Morning Tribune. P A V I L I O N ACTION ON THE SCREEN WITH THREE FAVOURITE STARS! REX VALERIE JOHN HARRISON HOBSON LODER in AN EXCITING STORY OF INTERNATIONAL ESPIONAGE AGAINST BALKAN BACKGROUNDS! ADDED ATTRACTION GAUMONT BRITISH NEWS ATLANTIC
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    • 227 6 The BEST of the popular "DR. KILDARE" Adventures \Cs?r%;-ff+P\ LAST DAY! y<XAf24XAJ\s\ 3.15 6.15 9.15 £&Crt^P^^^^T\9|HQußs99 Romantic Dr. Kildare! ITtl tl'.WlJ||B|^^KiV CruaadingDr.Kildara! %AdpßPVl»Tim^lflL^fii ft^. Daring Dr. Kildare! t Ijl™'*'^™^^^* Hk% Solving his most mys- n'yg jJjMßW^f^Knl '^^Tg HI X- te ous case. ..meeting ■oP^^^V\^ftl V^^^JmßEMHl his first real advennAvtit^^Bgpß^^^^C ture
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  • 836 7 Vessel Steamed Into Teeth Ol Enemy Guns To Save Convoy An East Canadian Port, Nov. 1? THRILLING stories of the epic fight the Jervis Bay, the 14,000-ton armed British merchant cruiser, put up against I a ?3ig German warship in the Atlantic were
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  • 64 7 St. Joha's, Newfoundland, Nov. IS. NINETY survivors of four of the ships which the Nad surface raider sank In the Atlantic arrived here to-day. They were found drifting in lifeboats some 36 hours after the ships sank. Most of them very sparely clad and said
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  • 114 7 London, Nov. 13. NO inhabitant, European or native, of Libreville was killed in the curse of the capture of the town by Free French forces, states a communique issued by the headquarters of the Free French forces, in which Gen. de Gaulle formally denies Vichy
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  • 56 7 Luding.on. Nov. 13. MORE than 70 seamen are feared 10 have been drowned in shipping losses during a fierce gale that swept Lake Michigan. It is believed that two Great Lak< cargo steamers foundered. Seventeen bodies have already been washed ashore, together
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  • 32 7 New York, Nov. 13. TWO new earthquake shocks of considerable intensity rocked Bucharest last night, says the Bucharest correspondent of the Trans-Radio agency. Damage was slight. Reuter.
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  • 21 7 London, Nov. 13. 'THE death has occurred of Mr. Jack Barnato Joel, the financier and well-known racehorse owner, aged 78 Reuter.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 361 7 ST. ANDREWS WIGHT SATURDAY. NOVEMBER SOth SPECIAL DINNER BALL EXTENSION TO 2 A.M. DINNER 53.50 ADMISSION TO BALLROOM $2.00 The Admission proce eds will be devoted to the Entertainme nt of Scottish Soldiers. Sailors Airmen in Singapore. UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE Of) ft If ||niif SINGAPORE ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY
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    • 262 7 Paramount Proudly Presents a njf BARY COOPER CATHAY MAOELEINE CARROLL i N 4 SHOWS DAILY Cecil B. De Mille's 11 a.m. 3.15 6.15 9.15 "NORTH WEST MOUNTED POLICE" PAULETTE GCDDARO tfo* applauds a X *4**?O'£l\ "xagnificent heroism and sac- c c>f s v.^r c s.^ c <• jwV T^ rificetkatknUu*
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  • The Straits Times SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, NOV. 14, 1940. (438th Day Of The War.)
    • 1273 8 In the course of her first public address in Malaya, given at a reception in her honour in Singapore last night, Dr. Winifred Cullis paid a generous tribute to The War Fund and .made an eloquent appeal for additional donations. That assistance came at a very opportune moment, for
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  • Letters To The Editor
    • 382 8 Movement That Spread Through The Empire To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— ln the Straits Times of Nov. 4, A Mere Woman very rightly states A lottery is a lottery and in these days we need funds, funds and more funds to conquer and demolish
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    • 256 8 Ten Per Cent. Levy On Corporations To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir— One of the war taxes recommended by the Hong Kong War Revenue Committee, and now adopted by the Government there is called a Corporation Profits Tax. This is based on profits of companies registered
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    • 247 8 Blood Tests To Decide Drunkenness To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, The Sunday Times has discussed the effect of the proposal of insurance companies in Malaya inserting a clause to the effect that if convicted of driving "under the influence of liquor," then a motorist
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    • 615 8 An End To All Liberty And Freedom To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— The fact that Adolf Hitler is Germany, and Germany is Adolf Hitler has been established by Hitler himself, by his cowardly and inhuman words and deeds. He is the supreme political leader
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    • 630 8 Prof. Silcock On Malaya's Imports To the Editor of the Straits Time* Sir.— My attention ha^ been called 'n a leading article in The Sunday Times of Nov. 3 criticizing my article of Oct. 31 in the Malaya Tribune. I trust that you will allow me through your columns
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    • 191 8 A B. B. C. Bulletin At 6.50 a. m. To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Recently Wireless Enthusiast commented on the poor reception of the 6.5 a.m. London news and suggested the 6.5 Australian broadcast instead. Quite by accident, I recently discovered that at 6.50 a.m.
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    • 313 8 What Is Correct Rate Per Mile? To the Editor of the Straits Tir.ies Sir.— Will the Registrar of Vehicles enlighten the general public as to the correct rate of rackshaw fare per milo? The rickshaw pullers say that the rate is 13 cents a mile, which is stated
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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    • 75 8 Just published! SEXUAL LIFE IN ENGLAND PAST AND PRESENT by Ivan Blocu. Translated by William H. Forstern, Containing 660 Pages with Illustrations from Contemporary Prints. Price $12.50. Postage 30c G. H. KIAT A CO.. LTD. 6 A 8. Robinson Aoad Singapore. F. M. S. RAILWAYS CASH ON DELIVERY SERVICE— THE
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  • 457 9 Air Chief Marshal For Singapore SIR R. BROOKE-POPHAM FOR IMPORTANT POST To Co-ordinate Work Of Land Air Forces TIIK appointment of a commander- in-chief for the Far East is announced in an official communique to-day. He is to be Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham
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  • 255 9 ftarroM Escape Of 600 jn Bombed Church London. Nov. 14. pOUR German bombers were destroy- ed during yesterday's enemy raids, which were attempted over several parts of the country- In none of these, says an Air Ministry communique, were many bombs dropped, and scarcely
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  • 72 9 Bombay, Nov. 14. A MOVE to extend Mr. Gandhi's civil disobedience campaign is indicated by a report that he has informed the Viceroy that he has drawn up a list of more than 1,500 members of the Congress party who will invite imprisonment by indulging
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  • 122 9 Zurich. Nov. 13. SIX Dutch school boys have been sentenced by a court martial at Haarlem. Holland, to terms of imprisonment ranging from 15 months to time years ror attempting to cut a German army cable, states The Hpgue correspondent of n local newspaper.
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  • 43 9 VIC HY'S BLOW TO TRADES UMONISM London, Nov. 13. A REPORT from Vichy that the Petain Government has issued a decree dissolving the French General Confederation of Labour will be a great shock to trades unionists all over the I world— British Wirelese.
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  • 65 9 Melbourne, Nov. 14. IT is now certain that a German raider laid the mines which sank a British ship and an American ship on Friday, stated Mr. W. M. Hughes, the Navy Minister yesterday. He added that the mines were laid "quite recently." The raider must
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  • 115 9 1 ,800,000 TonsTo Be Sent In Year Batavia, Nov. 13. HPHE Netherlands oil companies will from now on be supplying Japan with over 1,800,000 tons of oil and oil products a year. The recently initialled agreement provides that Japanese importers will purchase crude oil at the
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  • 78 9 Bask, Nov. 14. A MOVEMENT is growing among officials in Norway to demonstrate disrespect for their new masters, according to the Stockholm corres- pondent of the Swiss newspaper Nationale Zcitung. j He reports that all off^uJs of a central Norwegian administrative dis-* trict have been
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  • 368 9 London, Nov. 14. \Jt MOLOTOV, the Soviet Prime Minister and Foreign ITl# Commissar, visited the chancellery in Berlin yesterday and stayed there over four hours. His talks with Hitler occupied three hours of the time. Reuter's diplomatic correspondent writes:—" Amid the welter of speculation
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  • 287 9 NEW JAPANESE ADVENTURE French Fleet's Mystery Trip Hong Kong, Nov. 13. JAPANESE naval a aft and military ri-ansports ore reported to be standing by for a landing at Saigon, in French Indo-China. according to a dispatch to the Hong Kong newspaper China Mail, reports Reuter. Meanwhile, the French fleet has
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  • 121 9 London, Nov. 14. MR. L. C. S. Amery. the Secretary for India, speaking in the House of Commons yesterday, said the first Nazi invasion against Britain in the air having failed, the "second great design" was now being staged. For ito success, Mr. Amery
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  • 60 9 Washington, Nov. 13. THE three-way talks between Great 1 Britain, Australia and the United States concerning the South Pacific will be resumed when the British Ambassador, Lord Lothian, returns shortly. This was stated by the Australian Minister, Mr. R. G. Casey, following an interview with
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  • 60 9 Boston (Mass.), Nov. 14. THE United States national defence programme is "full year ahead of schedule." Col. Frank Knox. Secretary of the Navy, told reporters this after inspecting the navy yard at Boston to-day. Col. Knox added, "In 1941 we shall be getting
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  • 54 9 London, Nov. 14. THE last country in central Europe 1 still lighting up at night will enforce the Mack-out in fu.ure. says the Swiss radio. It Is the small principally oi Liechtenstein, wedged in between Switzerland and Austria. It has an area of only
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  • 80 9 Ottawa, Nov. 13. A STBOMO plea that Canada should send liwre men to the theatres of war where the conflict would be deckled, Instead of keeping them at home was made by Mr. Arthur Mdghen, the Conservative leader in the Senate to-day. Mr. Maigben
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  • 331 9 THREE SUPPLY SHIPS SUNK DESTROYER DAMAGED FOLLOWING last night's disclosure of the crippling of the Italian navy by the Fleet Air Arm, the Admiralty has announced another British naval success this time on the main line of Italian communications across Ihe Straits of Taranto
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  • 205 9 THE Littorio class of battleship, one of which has been crippled by the action of the Fleet Air Arm at Taranto on Monday, has a displacement of 35,000 tons and a speed of 30 knots. The maximum armour plate carried is 12 inches, while the
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  • Page 9 Advertisements

  • 281 10 Benevolent Society Heads To-day's Short List TODAY'S list of additions to The War Fund is very short, but it includes one notable four-figure donation. Members of the Malacca Chinese Benevolent Society, at an extraordinary meeting, approved a gift of $1,000 to the Fund
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  • 191 10 THIS Diary is intended to call 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. Nov. 14. 16. 20, 23. 27 30: S.A.D.C. Production of "The Sorcerer." Nov. 16
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  • 174 10 poURTEEK charges of cheating in- r volving large sums were made igainst a 53-year-old Chinese woman. Madame Ec Tiow Leng. or Tan Ah Nya. who was alleged to have run a tontine, in the third ourt before Mr. J. G Rappoport yesterday. Th 1 principal charge
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  • 157 10 from Our Own Correspondenc i London. Oct 19. ADVERTiaaMENIS appear In the Home newspapers t»-d»y for Inspectors of Mines in the Colonial Mine*. Service Mr terrtee in Malaya. Candidates must posjes.s a degree or diploma in mining of a school of mines in (lit- British
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  • 171 10 SI.NGAPORr KAffl tS HOTEL Dinner Dance tlllfjll— l 8 pni 1.0 Midnight. (.ARIIKK TUKATBK UK V LANG S*ssi Punnu A Sohm M»hiw»: Double Feature Punjabi Talkies 2.30 7 p.m OMKAI WORLii Cabaret: 9 p.m to MHimgiu Globe: Virginia Oity Sky The I/^ton of Lost Flyers a«rrr world Happy Theatre:
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  • 167 10 Being Paid By Hollanders UOLLANDERS in Makya have already begun paying a voluntary income tax towards the Netherlands war effort. Contributions have been received by the Netherlands Consulate in Singapore which is awaiting instructions from the Netherlands Government in London as to the method of dispatch of
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  • 34 10 91 -YEAR-OLD ELDER STATESMAN ILL Tokio. Nov 14. DRINCE Kimmochi 3«Uauji. 91. only survivlng Genro, h«a been ill from a liver complaint since Monday He Uat his villa at Okltsu in Shiz>»oi:«. -sa«tem News.
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  • 238 10 Aid For Malayan J Industry IMPROVEMENT IN OUTLOOK THE serious situation in the Malayan pineapple industry has been eased by successful negotia- tions with the Ministry of Food in J Britain for the purchase of 250.000 t cases of canned pineapples from this country. This consignment will
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  • 214 10 |N honour of Gen. Wu Teh-chen, chairman of the Overseas De- j partment of the Chinese National: Government, who is arriving by ail j in Singapore to-day, Singapore Chinese are flying th« Chinese national flag to-day. Elaborate arrangements have been made for Gen Wu's
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  • 439 10 CO that posterity may have some record of Singapore's constantly changing face, the Friends of Singapore have decided to prepare a photographic album of Singapore as it is to-day. The decision was taken at the annual general meeting of the society
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  • 89 10 Subject to satisfactory tenders being received, the Singapore Improvement Trust proposes to build 17 detached houses, of the type shown above at the Dorset Road end of the old race course. Each house will have a sitting out porch and its own compound.
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  • 281 10 DACEGOERS and other sportsmen in Malaya who possess good binoculars will probably shortly be called upon to part with them for the national cause. It is expected that an appeal for binoculars as well as prismatic compasses, will be launched in the near As
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  • 72 10 •yHE recent enlargement and re- equipment of tne Straits Times photographic department now make it possible for the department to deal with private work as well as with news pictures. Inquiries regarding the phologranhing of functions in Singapore and Johore Bahru, such as weddinss, christenings, meetings and
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  • 242 10 "Dog Kennels" For Householders FACING PROBLEM OF WINTER (From Our Own Correspondent.). London, Nov. 14. QEN. H. L. Pritchard, for several years G.O.C, Malaya, has proposed a new kind of A.R.P. shelter for British householders. Fearing the ill effects of wintef cold on those who use
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  • 107 10 At The Cinema "No Time for Comedy." (James Stewart, Rosalind Russell, Genevieve Tobin and Charlie RugglesK Warner Bros. At the Alhambra. T:ns story oi a successful comedy.! playright who conies under thei influence of a woman with a hobby/ lor inspiring men with latent pos-; sibllilles is well
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  • 87 10 RESCUED by a passer-by from a pon<f I into which he is alleged to hava j been thrown while unconscious, after, being assaulted by nine men, a youns j Indian is now in Tan Tock Seng's Hos- pital in a serious condition Investigations
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  • 360 11 Alleged False Statement MR. CONRAD OLDHAM, the second magistrate, emphasized in the second court yesterday that he was trying a certain ca.se as the second district judge in the second district C< urt. The case was one in which an Indian, llaveli Ram Chowla. was charged with
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  • 91 11 DH S1GGINS. of the R.A.M.C. was fir.ed when he pleaded guilty b-fore Mr < i- Whltton in the traffic court yesterday rce of ilriviiig otherwise than In an orderly and cartful manner and without due safety of others It was alW«fl that Sitnrms drove a car along
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  • 1121 11 Reception Held To Welcome Dr. Winifred Cullis MORALE OF NATION DEPENDS ON SPIRIT OF THE HOME WOMEN of Malaya can probably spread as good a rumour as anybody, but as far as he could make <»ut they were constitutionally incapable of defeatism,
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  • 125 11 A NOTICE to manners published by the Master Attendant under the authority of the Rear-Admiral. Malaya, amends previous Notice No. 21 of 1940 regarding obstructions la Keppel Harbour, Singapore. The only j eastern entrances to Keppel Harbour are now <1 Through Selat Sengklr 2 Between
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  • 160 11 MANY owners of the types of firearms required by the Local Defence Corps have already handed in their weapons to the police. It is believed, however, that there are still a large number of owners who have not yet observed the recent orders for the calling in
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  • 328 11 Breach Of Price Regulations DOR selling a tin of milk at one cent above the controlled price, the manager of a provision shop in New Bridge Road, Abdul Majid, was fined $100, or two months' rigorous imprisonment, in the Singapore fifth court yesterday. The shop, P.
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  • 72 11 MR. Ypow Kim Pong, planter, landed proprietor and merchant of Kuala Lumnur, has instructed the Chartered Bank to advise its London office to contribute from his account the sum of £200 to The Lord Mayor of London, to be specially earmarked for the relief
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  • 490 11 AN official statement issued by General de Gaulle's headquarters in London last Saturday has b<?en received in Singapore. This statement explains the present position of the Tree French movement. "In order to appreciate the true vnlue fnd jmwing importance of the Free French movement."
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  • 232 11 A.R.P. Demonstration With New Apparatus A DEMONSTRATION of how to deal with incendiary bombs and the type of apparatus to employ will shortly be given by the A.R.P. Department to householders and representatives of Singapore business firms. Tests to ascertain the most effective way
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  • 144 11 THE present stand the Chinese are taking in regard to the war in their own country makes one think that they will not cons«n; to the signing of a peace agreement with the invaders, said Mr. Chester Holcomb2, an American journals and lecturer now in
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  • 280 11 Dr. C. Y. Wu On Short Visit IN the last three years overseas Chinese, including those in the Netherlands Indies, have trade larue contributions of medical supplies to China. This fact was confirmed by Di. C. Y. Wu, head of the Honp Kong branch of the
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  • 78 11 Pini Hara. a middle-aged Japanese witnan. was fined $500, or «ix month";' rigorous Imprisonment, for keeping a brothel at an hotel in Sycd Alwi Road on Nov. 7, and .•■ix months" bnprtaonmem foi living, partly or wholly, on the earnings of Rajama for a period of three month-, bj Mr
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  • 1706 12 Hong Fatt Director Describes A Car Transaction (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 13. DRESENTS of cases of liquor, thousands of cigaretS.es and boxes of cigars he had made every Christmas to officers of the F.MS. Mines Department were recalled by Mr. Kok
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  • 41 12 PROFESSOR Winifred ChUis, now in Singapore in the course of hsr tour of the Far East under the auspices of the Ministry of Information, will givei a talk from the Singapore Broadcasting Station to-day at 7.10 p.m.
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    • 182 12 PITMAN'S COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATIONS ENTRIES CLOSE THIS SATURDAY. The examination will be hald in the following &übjectv^ SHORTHAND (Speeds M-lSti TYPEWRITING SHORTHAND (Sureds 50-80; BOOK-KEEPING COMMEBCC COMMERCIAL CORKfcSPONDFNCE SHORTHAND (Theory) Arithmetic, l.i^ii-h to Foreigners, French, German, English, llaudwritin*. f oramcrcial Practice, Commercial Lav, Company Law. Advanced Arcounts, slinking Currency. Precis
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    • 426 12 End Rheumatism While You Sleep jfv|v«, hint? I'.iiiiH, IT joints ;u f 'OIC 1 swollen, it shown your f f JlX'» 1 bkxxl 's poison, il through /T^Chs I faulty kidney action. Othfifl 1 A- I .'''■Swl* j J ■ywptom* of Kidney l>ii« JLv liuf** l or.liTH.irfi Backache, Acliing Joints
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  • 148 13 AMERICAN CITIZENS' GIFT OF ARMS FOR HOME GUARD First Cargo Of Rifles Arrives: More Shipments On The Wa\ m London, Nov. 14. P^ AKOU of rifles, revolvers and ammunition, the first of hundreds <»f thousands that are beinjf collected from homes in America, has just arrived in England and have
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  • 64 13 Canberra. Nov. 14. AUS THALIA'S war expenditure had n risen from £6,900,000 sterling in £11.000.000 sterling for Oclotr r. declared Mr. A. W. F:idd?n, the in Treasurer, in a broai ;rt that, in order to raise fundf, would have credit to expiation rici limits, increased taxation
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  • 121 13 Cannot Delay Aid To Britain" Ntw York, Nov. 13. fHE Galveston Daily News to-day I declares: "If armed participa-; tion in the war becomes necessary to save Britain from defeat, the j United States cannot afford to hold i back or delay help until the British defences are crumbling. Their
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  • 167 13 German Oil Plants Again Bombed London, Nov. 13. AIRCRAFT of the bomber command were again busy last night when they attacked oil plants at Gelsenkirchen and Cologne, the inland port of Duisberg-Ruhrort, and railway centres and factories in the Ruhr and near Cologne, says an Air
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  • 49 13 Montreal. Nov. 14. A PROVISIONAL government for the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has I b^en set up here with the permission of the Canadian Government, it is announced here. Members of the cabinet will confer at Montreal with the Grand Duchess j Charlotte.— Reuter.
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  • 287 13 "NAZIDOM IS IN EFFECT A WAR OF SECESSION" Mr. Amery On Why A Compromise Is Not Possible With The Axis W London, Nov. 14. h are lighting against recession as Nazidom is in effect a war of secession from European civilization," said Mr. L. C. S. Amery, the Secretary of
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  • 51 13 Committee To Ask For $5,000,000 Vote Washington, Nov. 13. MR. Martin Dies, chairman of th House of representatives' committee which is investigating unAmerican activities in the Unite.! States, said to-doy that he was goin^ to ask Congress for a vote of $5,000,000 to cumbat sabotage.
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  • 85 13 New York, Nov. 13. TWO further explosions and one fire, believed to be cf incendiary origin, occurred las; night in addition to the three explosions at New Jersey, Pennsylvania. One of the new explosions wrecked an oil tank at Canton, Ohio, and the second
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  • 366 13 Anglo- American Co-operation London, Nov. 13. TN ultimate importance, co-opera- tion between Britain, Canada and the United States from the point of view of the whole British Commonwealth far surpasses the formation of the triple Axis, declared Mr. W. L. Mackenzie-King, the Canadian Prime Minister, in a speech to the
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  • 103 13 B London, Nov. 13. RITISH warships protecting a convoy in the North Sea on Armistice Day shot down flvr German raiding bombers and damaged two more. This is established in a further Admiralty communique reporting that the guns of H.M. escort vessel Vimiera
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  • 88 14 Candia (Crete), Nov. 13. CRETAN women are petitioning the King of Greece for permission to form an Amazonian regiment to tight the Italians. In the heart of the Cretan mountains lies the plain of Lassithi, which is the legendary birthplace of the god Zens
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  • 247 14 London, Nov. 13. IT was revealed in the House of Commons to-day that the action of the officer commanding the 'Planish Troops In Tangier in taking full charge with the title ot governor was undertaken without consultation with the British Government's interests. The British Ambassador in
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  • 390 14 Berlin, Nov. 13. M. Molotov, the Soviet Premier and Foreign Commissar, who is now in Berlin, had a talk with Goering, the Nazi air chief, this morning and also saw Hitler's deputy, Hess, says tbe official German news agency, which adds that M. Molotov lunched today
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  • 88 14 Shanghai, Nov. 13. AS a protest against the transfer of the Chinese second special district court In the French Concession to the jurisdiction of the Nanking regime last week, nine of the ten Judges of the court refused to attend Monday's sitI tings, disrupting
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  • 118 14 Acute Food Shortage In Italy's Bases In The Aegean Sea Candia (Crete), Nov. 13. AN acute food shortage in the Dodecanese Islands, Italian naval and air bases in the Aegean Sea, is reported by Greek fishermen who left just before the outbreak of the Italo-Greek
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  • 192 14 Athens, Nov. 13. nURAZZO, an important Italian base on the Albanian coast, with its fuel depots, has been completely gutted, t An official communique, announcing "very successful" operations earned i out on Monday night on the Albanian coast, says that three
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  • 73 14 Athens, Nov. 13. A HEAVY Italian p.ttack was launched last night in the northern sector, supported by artillery and aircraft, according to reports from the r So far the Greeks are holding the** positions in the Pindus sector, where they are engaged in mopping up tne
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  • 105 14 Athens, Nov. 13. OPENING a stirring speech at the Athens' university with the announcement that mobilization had tern competed. 3eneral Meta^as the Greek Prime Minister, added amid a storm of cheers- "Closely united witn c>:r British Allies, we shall win.' "The time has now come for
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  • 103 14 30 will be conscripted immediately and the volunteers between 30 and 40 years will be accepted. Large numbers of Greeks in the Sudan are volunteering, and it is estimated that some 5,000 have already Joined up.— Reuter. x AN entire Greek division, it is
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  • 200 14 Not a Trace of Pain Now Her father, who had proved the valu* of Kruschen himself. .idvi:-r*d this woman to try it for backache— she did. Now she writes: "For years I suffore-J with pains in the back. I had o stay In bed for
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    41 15 J. B. P .er, the S.CC. scrum half, is h re sr> n picking up the ball during Tiiiij'i game of rugger on the padang when a S.CC. second XV beat the Poli'-e by 20 points to three. Straits Times picturv
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  • 819 15 S.R.C 1 t; Punjab Rc^t 1. IT was the brilliance of their forward line, and the dashing display of their centre-forward, A. Clarke, who did the liat-trick, that was the main factor in the £intfapore Recreation Club's defeat of the Punjab Regiment
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  • 139 15 Women 's Hockey Test Teams For To-day 'THE following are the teams chosen to represent the Europeans and the Rest in the annual women's Poppy Day hockey match on the S.CC padang to-day. Europeans: P. Usher: I. Simonsen. N. Still: M. Gardner. P. Owen. Y. Chancy; P. Sill, F. Riches,
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  • 74 15 AUSTRALIAN AIRMEN WIN 30— NIL THE Royal Australian Air Force, Sem- bawang, beat Fort Canning by 30 points to nil in a game of rugger played at Farrer Park yesterday. The greasy ball handicapped the threequarters, and forwards dominated the game. Play was not as one-sided as the score suggests.
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  • 889 15 Depot, Scottish Rifle And The Needles In Fine Form UORSES from all the stables, with the exception of Hobbs', were in training on the second track of the racecourse at Bukit Timah this morning. The going was slightly yielding as a result of yesterday's
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  • 68 15 ENTRIES are invited for the S.C.P.A. challenge cup competition which is open to all affiliated clubs. Proceeds of all the matches will be donated to the China Relief Fund and The War Fund. Entries close on Nov. 21, and the entrance fee is $5
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  • 52 15 •yHE following is Raffles College team for the annual inter-college hockey match at Bukit Timah to-morrow. Play will start at 5 p.m. Ali binßoslami; E. Barker, C. Wong; B. S. Varma, Daiman, Harcharam Singh: R. E. Thoy, Doraisamy, Sheik Hussein. Aziz bin Ali, E.
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  • 62 15 r[E following is the Army Crusaders team to meet the Royal Navy in a Malayan Rugby Union game at Jalan Besar stadium on Saturday. Kick-off will be at 5 p.m. L/Bdr Howard: Spr. Littlejohn, Gnr. Davies, 2nd/Lt Campbell, Pte. Siarkey; 2nd/Lt. MacPherson, Sgt. Gowman; Sgc. McQuade, Lt. Smiley,
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  • 63 15 fTHE Chinese Companion Athletic As- sociation will meet the Royal Artillery Signal Corp. Sports Club in a game of football at Farrer Park at 5.15 p.m. to-day. The following players will represent the C.C.A.A.: Bah Chee, Yong Fook, Ah Lai. Kirn Swee, Chiang Kwang, Eng Kee, Soo Tuan,
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  • 70 15 •THE fcllowing have accepted to play rugger for the S.CC. "A" ts. the Loyal Regiment at the S.CC. tomorrow: J. J. Bell; S. Johnson, J. C. WlUoughby, E. J. P. Burley, J. O. Houston: Lt. P. Qessford, I. O. John; T. Turner, J. N. Wheeler, A. 8.
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  • 35 15 II >ck:~y: Women's annual match, Europeans vs. the Rest. S.CC; J.E.C. vs Loyals, SB C: C.S.C. vs. Naval Base Police. Bales ier; Pol>« vs Hyderabad Regiment, Depot Rurger: LoyaLs vs Manchester* Tanfrlin.
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  • 121 15 RAFFLES Institution yesterday avenged a defeat they had suffered at rugger the previous day at the hands o: St. Andrew's School when they beat the Woodsville team by seven goals to one in a game of hotkey on the R.I. ground. Raffles dominated play,
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  • 113 15 TPO-MORROW, at the Royal Singapore Yacht Club, there will be the ususl races for all classes, starting at 5.23 p.m. fcr "A" ciass, and 5.25 p.m. for the other classes. On Sunday, the "C class will sail the first race for the Sailing Commit'.ce
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  • 121 15 r[E draw for the first round of the Siamese Cup to be played at the Is.'and Club on Wednesday, Nov. 20, o%er first nine holes, Is: Mrs. C. A. R. Bateman (18) vs. Mrs. M. I. Pope (30); Mrs. J. A. Allen <13) vs
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  • 491 15 S.CC 4; I.A 1 rE S.CC played fine hockey to beat the Indian Association hy four coals to one in a first team hockey match on the padanc yesterday. The Club displayed i-xoellent form, particularly the defence, and, with Chevallier In scoring mood, tin- Indians were
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  • 548 16 3 BATTLESHIPS 2 CRUISERS SEVERELY DAMAGED Balance Of Naval Power Decisively Affected London, Nov. 13. THE Fleet Air Arm on Monday attacked the main units of the Italian fleet at Taranto and severely damaged two battleships, and probably a third, two cruisers and two
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  • 57 16 Los Angeles. Nov. 13. AIRCRAFT numbering 1.745 had thus' far been sent to Canada en route to Britain by the Douglas and Lock- j heed factories alone. This includes 945 bombers. It is stated that a large number of i additional bombers will
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  • 116 16 San Francisco, Nov. 13 TpHE 51,731-ton German liner Bremen sank several weeks ago off the Danish coast, according to unconfirmed private reports received in San Francisco, including a cable received by the local Danish-Norwegian newspaper Bien. A Danish family in
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  • 162 16 Two British Planes Are Missing After Raid London, Nov. 13. THE Admiralty recalls that an Italian communique Issued yesterday admitted that one warship had bee a badly damaged The Italian communique also claimed that six of our aircraft were shot down and three more probably shot
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  • 50 16 London, Nov. 14. rE remains of Mr. Neville Chamberlain who died on Sunday were privately cremated in London yesterday. There v.as no service or ceremony and only two members of his household were crcsent. Arrangements for the funeral sen.cs have not yet been announced. Reuter.
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  • 151 16 London, Nov. 13. AS the Italians are now participating in the bombing of London, Capt. H. Balfour, Under-Secretary for Air, was pressed in the House of Commons today on the question of bombing Rome. Capt. Balfour referred to his previous statement in which he
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  • 69 16 London, Nov. 13. rE British Government has set aside £100.000 for a site to establish a mosque and Islamic cultural centre in London The committee responsible for the plans were received by the King at Buckingham Palace to-day. They were presented to the King by
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  • 545 16 Athens Tribute To British Help; More Italians Taken Prisoner Athens, Nov. 13. WELL-INFORMED Greek quarters in Athens assert that with the passing of Italian strategy from offensive to defensive, the initiative is now definitely in the hands of the Greeks and the British. This
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  • 85 16 New York, Nov. 13. THE reason why Hitler tossed no bouquets to his Axis partner in his Munich speech is olni his. declares the St. Louis Post Dispatch, which adds: "One huge Italian army trying to reach Suez is bogged down in the
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    • 17 1 in A Malayan Bungalow STRAITS TIMES WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1940 No. 26a
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    • 187 1 II7OMEN who plan to buy a new outfit will probably choose it in a colour sponsored by the British Colour Council. Those who can wear red tones successfully may like a suit in glowing raspberry, gipsy red, or deep French wine. In that case variety may be introduced
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    • 1458 1  -  Freda Mitchell By LJAVE you ever wondered just what welfare workers in the Malayan kampongs actually do? or how these clinics which are springing up all over Malaya were started? I had vaguely though that these welfare women were a lot of frustrated females who
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    • 218 2 Hong Kong Women Criticised Hong Kong, Nov. 4. IJNFORTUNATE complaints made in Australia by some of the women evacuated from Hongkong were referred to at a lively meeting of husbands here to-day. The meeting was held with a view to compelling the Government to Indicate more clearly its future policy
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