The Straits Times, 16 November 1940

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    37 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A OTNTUR? MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— T ARGEST NET SALES ir> PAGES. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER K», 1040. PRICE 5 CEN The Straits Times 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1940 PRICE 5 CENTS.
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      254 1 MIEN CHONG tor -i SMART TAILORING Just l.r,fiVM] Sutt I i n c t h s MAIN MS In Silk anrt H'ml Also AMI Xli AN NIINRKSKIN ll> •arinus roloum 34 i olrmar st s per Thonr 4MB Hudsoii FARO nuDsoii RAILWAY II AXLb BOXbS fIRAILWAYIi MATTRlAtJlftp****** I^^ RUBBER SPRING
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      6 1 SINGAPORE. 140 CECIL ST. CPHOSF MM
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      146 1 \M^ TRAVEL WARDROBES v *f FOR LADIES MEN i»~ vllii.| You don't really pack a REVROBE, you hang your Suits or pjl^E^^l Dresses in it— straight from the |fl i| wardrobe. 5 suits or 12 dresses LV can c P ac^ et^ n minutes!— W*]7~\*-w' And never a crease on
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      835 2 Sflic Straits Wimts SITUATIONS^ VACANT When applying for my position advertised B the* column* wnd copies of testimonial* 0 'x>| win) ftrlftnalfc BOX V<». T'rwitlon now niled. All thanked. INTO lmmfdiaU.-ly experienced sten>must have experience office routine, •pply Boi No. 183. Straits Times. HfANTB European or Eurasian woman to House.
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      791 2 DOGS FOR SAI.K. Big Imported dog mastiff .ype. Splendid pal and guard. Well mannered excellent condition. To good home Wanted Scottie pup male only. New Changi Farm. Simpang Bedok. C.RKAT DANES, Pekinese Spaniels, PURE WHITE and Coloured Pomeranians. Scotch IYrriers Dobermann pinscher?, Al~atians, PERSIAN CATS and PUREBRED POUI^rRY. Sct'n at
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      852 2 TENDERS GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION TENDERS will be received at the office of the Settlement Engineer, P.W.D.. Singepore, up to noon on the 4th December, 1940. lor the following: Supply and Delivery of Oil and Grex* for 1941. Printed forms of tender with all particulars may be obtained at the office of
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      621 2 AUCTION NOTICES THE SINGAPORE AUCTIONEERS AUCTION SALE Of well-made polished TEAK HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, PHILOO radio-set, best "HONER" VERDI IV Piano Accordion, cutlery, glassware, tea trolly. Piano, plant?, one pedigreed Great Dane, Pomeranian ft Pekinese Spaniels ETC. ETC. (By Order Of Mrs. H.H. De Souza) To be held at her residence
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      523 2 CHIROPODY The iiiwwt 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 I attended her salon. This is all we ask— it
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      558 2 3USINESS CARDS ETC JOIN THE GREEN CIRCLE LENDING LIBRARY Ist FLOOR 18-F BATTERY RD. P.O. BOX 34, SINGAPORE. Moderate terms: Special rate*. Out«UU«o Members, Clubs and Messes. Open Daily: 8.30 A.M. to < P.M. P iatardays: 8.30 A.M. to 1 P.M. MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mrs. HARU and Miss
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      355 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. (Incorporated In England) PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SN Ca MAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICE The best possible services are being maintained by the P. O. S N. Coy. from the Straits to their usual ports of call in China. India Ceylon and
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      216 3 (Incorporated in Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE. TO EUROPE VIA AMERICA Throucb fares to North America to Europe via Amerira and Round Tours io the Pacific quoted in U.S. on appliratlon To California from the Orient via Honolulu mj. ASAMA MARU leave Kobe Nov. 27 m.s.
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      563 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. BLUE FUNNEL LINE Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom. Dates are not guaranteed ail 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 oassenger ships. Single fare $192 (A £28)
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      166 3 RETIRING RESIDENTS! There is no need to withdraw your financial interests when you go. The British Malaya Trustee Executor Co., Ltd., FULLERTON BUILDING SINGAPORE, was formed to deal with vout needs, and offers at moderate cost. SKILL. KNOWLEDGE. PERMANENCE. SECURITY. and will be pleased to discuss youi requirements. GO ANYWHERE
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      109 3 INSURANCE FIRE-ACCIDENT MOTOR FID&ITY GUARANTEE-MARINE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION TOR LONDON ASSURANCE HONO KONO FIXE INSCE CO. I.TU. PHOENIX ASSURANCE CO. LTD. WESTERN ASSURANCE CO BAOLE STAR INS CO_ LTD BRITISH AMERICA ASSURANCE CO GUTHRIE CO., LTD. (Incorporated In 8 StS t I\^J l^r for clean ilistinr* >«- production for which they
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    Malaya Should Contribute $150,000,000 To War Effort
    581 4 National Income Rises On Higher Tin And Rubber Quotas MALAYA should aim at giving— locally or in direct contributions— slso,ooo,ooo a year while tin and rubber prices and quotas remain at their present level, declared Dr T. H. Silcock, professor of economics at
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    German Claims Proved Untrue
    267 4 32 Of 38 "Annihilated" Ships Are Now Safe London, Nov. 15. rfO more ships of the convoy of 38 which the Germans claimed to have annihilated are now known to be safe, it is officially announced. This makes 32 ships now safe. The following is the
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    EXPLANATION NOT SATISFACTORY
    77 4 Shanghai, Nov. 16. REFERRING to the statement attributed to Mr. J. P. Kennedy bj the Boston Globe. Mr. Randall Gould, editor of the American Evening Post, declares in an editorial that Mr. Kennedy has not given a satisfactory explanation and that unless one i; forthcoming his diplomatic
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    APPEAL FOR R.A.F. PILOTS AND CREWS' FUND
    104 4 London, Nov. 15. TEE King and Queen have sent a dona tion to the R.A.F. pilots and crew fund, an appeal for which has been issue by the Auctioneers and Estate Agents' In stitute of U.K. under the auspices of tto 1 Air
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    Bomber Pilot Tells Of Flight Over The Alps
    324 4 London, Nov. 15. THE experience of flying over the Alps to bomb Turin was described in a broadcast by a sergeant pilot, who has made 27 operational flights at the age of 24, which have taken him over the Ruhr, Berlin, Kiel
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    538 4 Tins Rubbers Continue Firm And Active (By Our Financial Correspondent) Singapore, Nov. 16. NO quotations have been received from the London Stock Exchange this morning but the Straits Times London correspondent says that rubber shares are In demand there and have advanced considerably during the past week.
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    MAIN TRUNK ROAD TRAFFIC DIVERTED
    44 4 ACCORDING to informadon leceived from the Automobile Association of Malaya, a bridge at Semenyih on the main trunk road between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur has broken down and traffic is being diverted from S3remban via Lsbu. Nilai and Kajang.
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    MALAYAN COLLIERIES RECORD PRODUCTION
    162 4 PRODUCTION from Malayan Collieries' mine at Batu Aran^ this year will constitute a record in the Quarter of a ce-turv cf the company's existence. states the Malay Mall. For the nine months up to and including September this year production amounted to 598,671 tons valued at
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    STOCK EXCHANGE BRIGHT AND ACTIVE
    69 4 Loncion Nov. 1">. A SHORTAGE of stock restricted the turn- over on the Stock Exchar.ge to-day but the general disposition remained good. Industrials made headway on sustained investment demand and Kaffirs held full attention Rubber shares were helped by favourable dividend announcements while several oil
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    RUBBER EXPORT DUTY
    86 4 T^HE price of rubber for purpose or 1 assessment of export duty in the F.M.S. fcr the period Nov. 15 to Nov. 21, inclusive has been determin3d at 39 cents a pound, sta;es a Gazette noti- fication. London, Nov. 15. To clarify the legal position the Rubber
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
    122 4 Si!itj»i»>re, is v. n, noou. Buyers -JaniDici Hamburg Cuba Javj Cube Soilen 7.75 113.00 *12 30 White liUQtofc White Blac; *13.2o $12.75 6.25 7ODro Mixed 52.15 Sun Dried S2.4O iaat. Flow No Lingga S3 60 Pair S3 Sarawak S325 I slot >mo Palenibann Banja Sarawak F aviocn
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    78 4 Friday, Nov. I*. n«»oii. Buyo >ll^m !»rie«=, I'rtrefl \o. l-\ it.S.> (Spot Idom'l 39 No. I\ K.S.S. t.0.'0. iv «*>• November 39^ 40 G.I A.«f. U.S.S. f.o.b. in bail Norrmlier 39' i 19 •> I.A.Q. K.S.S. -o.b. in bal-' November 38> 'iV ■FVTUBB QUOTATIONS No.
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    EXCHANGES
    232 4 Singapore, FIM toUowiog are iIK jxcnangt rate.^ 'J.w morning according to the Jaily circ.lar mmd by the HQBCkoas Hanking Corooration:i i i 1 1 1 I Amalgamated Bruas Rubber Eltatea Ltd. harvested 122,620 lb. of rubber in October. Sungei Bagan Rubber Co. L:d haa made a forward sale of
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      354 4 TO-NIGHT 6.15 9.15 THEATRE ROYAL Matinee To-day To-morrow at 3.15 P. M. PRABKAT'S popular Screen Play "ADMI or LIFE'S FOR LIVING" Df HINDUSTANI SUrrtar:— Shasta Hublik*r. Saho Modak, Bal Sandarl B*i. tUni Marathc etc^ V I WANT f JL>jK"^ II WHY \4ARYI ASK ME TO MARRY ..^H^^N vmß^ A I
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      180 4 TENDERS GOVERNMENT OF JOHORE TENDERS will be received at the office of the Tenders Board Vo The Hon'ble The State Secretary, J. Bahru, up to noon of the 26th. November, 1940, lor the Electricsu Installation of One Class "A," Four Class "B." Four Class "C" and Twenty Class "V quarters,
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    160 5 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES «*ion an- own correspondent* London, Nov. 15. rOMMODin and j;xchu:ige markets closea a.s loilow; with previous quotations to parcntlirsls: RIItKKR: Study B|K>. 11 ljlCd 12 1 I6d (11 1516 d 12 1 16.H 1 16 d 12 316 d (12 I|l6d 12 3 16d) Jat. Mar. 12 3il6d
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    SINGAPORE TIDE
    156 5 3 Is. i .1 I. I I W w. w. w. w w w. v/. w \v. w w \v. 10.. r >4 a.m. 9.5 ft.; 11 .li 6 p.m. 8.0 It 4.56 a.m. 3.0 ft.; 5.26 p.m. 1 tt. ro-morro» 11 24 a.m. 9.5 ft. :>.2a a.m.
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    POST OFFICE MAIL LIST
    132 5 Mails close at the General Post Office as follows: ARRIVALS Mails from Great Britain, South and East Africa (air) general delivery B. IS a.m. today. Mails from Oreat Britain. South and East Africa (air) boxholders 5 p.m. to-morrow; general delivery 8.15 a.m. Monday. Mails from Australia
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    RUBBER AND SHARES FIRMER IN LONDON
    65 5 'From Our Own Correspondent) London, Nov. 15. •THE Ministry of Supply has again entered the rubber market and is buying futures, hence the market is arm Shares are steadily improving as a result of the surprisingly high dividends that have been announced and values
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    FURTHER RESTRICTIONS ON CONSUMPTION
    52 5 London, Nov. 14. An announcement regarding a drastic extension of restrictions on civilian consumption is expected shortly. The policy of restricting supply of unessentials throughout the Empire, even at the expense of Britain's unessential exports to the Empire, implies further accumulation of the Empire countries' London
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    List Of Current Dividends
    164 5 Boota Cotnp&tu Ulrtdeoo Cloat fW tucna 25% ir.ai Nov. 23 Jnsui 5% flnai Nov. if. tantau <S% final Nov. 23 tantau 10 f P- Int. Nov. 23 tawaaff Cone 1/3 No 27 Nov. 12 Mm. Kinta 5% less tax Nov. 18 10-;, No. 11 Dec. 3
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    Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1307 5 FRIDAY, NOV. 15, 1940: i P.M. MINING Bujer* Seller* Ampat Tin (4a) 3s 4^d 3s 9d Austrai Amal (&»> 5s lOftd 6s 3d Austral Malay ft) Us 6d 35* 6d Ayer Hitam (5s) 19s 2 It Ayer Weng ($1) .79 .84 BangTln Tin (f) 15s
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    36 AGE CLASS CALLED UP FOR SERVICE
    62 5 London, Not. 15. MEN of 36 years will register for service on Saturday. This announcement was made by the Ministry of Labour and National Service yesterday. This class will Include a great many men who are already doing work of national importance and
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      108 5 fa ')p What did I Si^XsA c traveller say— arriving at an s^iU^V obvious conclusion? gOood °w Good old Johnnie Walker "is not only an enthusiastic W ¥&2&Wi -*f tribute; it is also an accurate description of this Hißiffilil famous whisky. Good** is something of an under- I I Born
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      376 5 TENDERS TENDEii. JOHORE GOVERNMENT. TENDERS are invited from approved Contractors for Electrical installation to the New Johore Military Forces Barracks, Johore Bahru. for the Johore Government. A deposit of $100. i* required from each Contractor tendering rud wih be refunded on receipt of a bona flde tender. Tender Form, Drawings
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      109 5 %ill Q-£° ve b **tura! %kg CURLS for baity Beautiful Hair Results from care Curly Top helps nature by supplying the essential organism that causes curls. In time the hair acquires this tendency to curl and creates its own organism. But Nature needs a start. You must assist- Nature by
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      240 6 n A Vir YAM 3 SHOWS TO-DAY FAYILIUW I 3 15 6 15 9 15 A THRILLING STORY OF SECRET SERVICE! MYSTERY! ACTION! ROMANCE! WITH A CAST OF WORLD-FAMOUS BRITISH STARS REX VALERIE JOHN HARRISON HOBSON LODER "THE BILEN T BATTLE" HERE'S A REALLY DIFFERENT FILM BE SURE TO SEE
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      174 6 A Thrilling Authentic Screen Record of 27 years' Adventures in the Jungle Wilds 4 SHOWS TO-DAY C^llliijoC TO-MORROW n A.M.— 3.15— 6.15— 9.15 HER REAL-LIFE STORY RIVALS ANY IN Come and Mingle with the Merry Maidens of Ancient Greece MIDNIGHT PREMIERE TO-NIGHT CAPITOL 12.10 o'clock New Universal bring SHAKESPEARE'S "COMEDY
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    WARNING TO EVERY CHRISTIAN
    425 7 ONE of the many unexpected features of the present war has been the rise of the so-called Fifth Columnist." But after all there is little new about this and we have only to think back I again to realize that Christ had a "fifth 1 columnist
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    CHURCH SERVICES FOR TO-MORROW
    1340 7 CHURCH OF ENGLAND BT. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL.—Twentysixth Sunday after Trinity. 6.50 a.m. Ho 1 Communion: 7.30 a.m. Matins; 8 a.m. Choral Eucharist: 9.15 a.m. Holy Communion; 5.30 p.m. Evensong and sermon. I Preacher: The Rev. W. B. Eales. ST. PAUL'S CHURCH. Upper Serangoon, I Sunday. 8 a.m.
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    Enemy Intensifies Mine Warfare
    79 7 London, Nov. 15. AN extension of the enemy's mine warfare is referred to In an Admiralty communique announcing the loss of five minesweepers. The communique says that despite this extension "our counter-measures have achieved, and continue to achieve, sreat success in keeping clear the approaches to
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      336 7 TO-NIGHT SPECIAL RACE DINNER DANCE (formal) from S p.m. i AKAKH AriRACTION— T»IF POPULAR CUBAN DANCER MARLENE STARR FYTFIKinU Til 1 AII Dinner $3.50. CAItNdIUR IU I A.M. Non-diners Sl.OO. ROOK YOUR TABLE— ACCOMMODATION CANNOT BE GUARANTEED UNLESS RESERVED lUJSTTAFEIT sat. Nov. 30thl st. Andrew's Uerved to-tUy from 12.30 to
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      398 7 ,?JH^, CATHAY and at Where Everybody Goes MIDNIGHT BOX OFFICE PHONE 3400 i IN TECHNICOLOVR I GARY COOPER and MADELEINE CARROLL m Cecil B. DeMILLE'S MASTERPIECE I "NORTH WEST MOUNTED POLICE" IN TECHNICOLOVR with PAULETTE GODDARD PRESTON FOSTER ROBERT PRESTO! AKIM TAMIROFF LYNNE OVERMAN GEORGE BANCROFT Typifying the heroism and
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, NOV. 16, 1940 (440 th Day Of The War.) This Freedom
    1109 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, NOV. 16, 1940 (440 th Day Of The War.) This Freedom A few days ago, m the course of a leading article, commenting on the speech made by the Hon. Mr. P. D. Bisseker at the last meeting of the Legislative Council, we touched briefly
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      GENERAL WU'S VISIT
      848 8 Warmly Welcomed By Chinese In Malaya To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— At a time when the developments m the South Seas have engaged so much attention~of the Powers In the Pacific, and when the need for closer Sino-British co-operation has been so strongly stressed
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      LETTERS FROM HOME
      132 8 WHILE our London Correspondent's cabled and air mail letters give an accurate description of life and events m London under war conditions, the Straits Times thinks that there are many residents m Malaya who occasionally receive letters from relatives and friends m Great Britain which might give
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      A RAMP?
      286 8 Some Of The Demands Of Amahs To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir— Your correspondent "Not Playing understates her case. The amah racket has been operating for years. I recently tried to get one to accompany my family to Australia and was held up for $300 deposit
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      THE CEYLONESE
      581 8 Advice To Return Home Not Acceptable To the Editor of UIS Strai.s Times Sir,— As a Ceylonese resident in this country for nearly twen.y years. I cannot feel that Mr. M. Saravanamuthu';; advice to the Ceylon3s? present r.t the Caylon Association dinner at Taiping is tound, and I
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      FREE FRENCHMEN
      139 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Further to the information on the appointment of a de Gaulle representative in Malaya, may I enquire if General de Gaulle has formed a government, or if he only acts in the position of a dictator? lam of opinion that
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    BRITAIN OFFERS NON-AGGRESSION PACT TO U.S.S.R.
    380 9 Proposals To The Soviet Disclosed REPLY NOT YET RECEIVED FROM MOSCOW LEADERS Russia's Part After Allied Victory THE British Government recently submitted certain propo- sals to the Soviet Government with the object of disposing oi misunderstanding 1 and bringing about a working arrangement betwea
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    Floy Through A Balloon Barrage
    508 9 New Details Of Great Vtlaik On Taranto »r-HE story of the crippling of the Italian battle fleet at Taranto on Monday has been described to Reuter by the captain of the aircraft carrier trom which the Fleet air arm aircraft flew off. .i-rangements fell m
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    BURMA AIR SQUADRON IN ACTION AGAINST ENEMY
    63 9 Lcndon, Nov. 15. •TriE Burma air squadron took pare in 1 perationi against German and n machines over the Thames ea nary and the rou.h-east coast las. Monday, according to the Madras! radio This was the day when 13 j ■n and 13
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    36 9 M. Jan Masaryk, con of the founder of the Czech Republic, who opened the St. Wenceslas festival celebrations at the Czech militant camp "somewhere in England}' The function was attended by village folk from miles around.
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    GREEK PUSH CONTINUES
    169 9 Fighting Grows In Intensity Athens, Nov. 16. T«HE Greek counter-offensive ls 1 continuing on all fronts and ground has been gained. During yesterday the Greeks took several hundred prisoners. It is emphasized here that the present fighting is on a larger scale than during: the early days
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    Mounting German Plane Losses
    121 9 I 68 Aircraft Shot Down During Past Week London, Nov. 16. fXXLY five British fighters and I three pilots were lost yesterday in a series of engagements over Kent and the Thames estuary, in which 17 German bombers and fighters were destroyed. This ends a period
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    IMPETUS TO FREE FRENCH MOVE
    94 9 Taranlo Victory Effect On The Near East Cairo, Nov. 16. THE Free French movement m th€ Near East has received a decided impetus from the British success at Taranto. They are already describing the success as the "Abouklr of 1940," recalling how Napoleon lost everything
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    Germans Expel 60,000 From Lorraine
    112 9 Zurich, Nov. 15. TrHE Frerch-speaking inhabitant.? i being expelled by the Germans from Loiraine number GO.COO, accc.rJing |to the Vichy correspondent of the Gazette de Lausanne. "The removal of the French population from Lorraine" Is defended by the German j official news agency. Political circles
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    24 9 Rome, Nov. 16. DOTH Mussolini and Count Ciano, the Italian Foreign Minister, yesterday received Gen. Antonescu, the Rumanian Prime Minister, who is visiting Rome.
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    U.S. Holds Out Hope Of More Help As China Prepares To Prolong War
    138 9 Boston, Nov. 15. HOPE we shall soon be able to aid China just as we are helping Britain now. We will not appease anybody on earth," declared Col. F. Knox, the United States Secretary of Navy, to-day.
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    Direct Hit On German Supply Ship
    69 9 The British fleet air arm has carried out in recent weeks ma.iv tensive reconnaissances over the Norwegian coast. Oil tanks, C'.rman military camps a wireless station, supply ships and transports were among the objectives successfully bombed. Picture shows a German supply ship of about
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    Imports Of Silk Goods Banned
    327 9 INew Restrictions On Luxury Goods London, Nov. 1«. FURTHER restrictions on civilian consumption of luxury and non- j i essential goods were announced last I night by Capt. Oliver Lyttleton, Pre- j sident of the Beard of Trade. Capt. Lyttleton explained that selfdenial In all
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    BASE FOR ATTACKS ON ADEN IS BOMBED
    95 9 Aden, Nov. 16. SEVERAL fires, two of which could be seen 35 miles away, were started at Chinele aerodrome, near Dire Dawa, on the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railway in three raids on Tuesday night by R.A.P. planes from Aden, it was announced last night.
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    FRENCH PATROL BOAT SUNK BY THE ENEMY
    31 9 London, Nov. 16. OSS by enemy action of the patrol boat Le Poulmic" is announced by the Admiral commanding the Free French naval force.
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    GIBRALTAR IS MENACED
    226 9 U.S. Warning Of Nazi Scheme; Raatott, Nov. 15. GERMANY has a whole division in Spain in civilian clothes and "an attack on Gibraltar is a likely event in the near future," declared the United States Navy Minister, Col. Frank Knox, in a speech to-day advocating increased attention
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    U.S. Protest Over Tangier
    54 9 New York. Nov. 15. DEPRESENTATIONS to the Spanish 1V Government concerning the establishment o; Spanisn military control In the intc itional zone of Tangier have been -xde by the United States Ambassador in Madrid. This was announced by tlic 2 Department to-day. The British Government has
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    WAR FUND INCREASES BY MORE THAN $20,000
    627 10 Big Gifts From Pajam, Ltd., And Guthrie Co. DONATIONS FROM ASIATIC STAFFS CONTINUE THE War Fund is back to something approaching its old form to-day. In the past 24 hours, the total has increased by over $20,000 to $4,397,320. This very heartening spurt
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    AMUSEMENTS
    166 10 SINGAPORE KAKFLtS HOTEL opmal Race Dinner Dance (.Formal) 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. bMUWK flltATlO. (ifc-VLANG The Pliantom Creeps i Chaps. 7— 12) The Story of Vernon St Irene Castle at 7.45 p.m. CKKAT WORLD Cabaret: 8.30 to 1 a.m. Globe: Virginia City. Sky: Geronlmo. BAFrT WORLD Happy Theatre:
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    WAR FUND DIARY
    191 10 THIS Diary is intended to call attention to functions which are being held m aid of The War Fund Organizers of such functions are invited to submit details for inclusion m this feature. Nov. 16, 20, 23, 27 30: S.A.D.C Production of "The Soreercr." Not. 16 17:
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    CAPT. C. H. DAKERS MARRIED IN IPOH
    99 10 Frcm Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Nov. 15. ]"HE marriage took place this even- ing at the Church of St. Michael oi Captain Colin Hugh Dakers, the son ol Mr. and Mrs. Dakers, of St. Albans, to Miss Winsome Alwyne-Compton the daughter of the
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    CHINESE HAD REVOLVER
    346 10 Prison For Illegal Possession A CHINESE named Tan Lai Sui was convicted by Mr. J. L. McFall in the district court yesterday, of being in illegal possession of a revolver and 74 rounds of ammunition in his room in a house in Havelock Road on Oct. 27,
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    At The Cinema REALLY GOOD FILM OF JUNGLE LIFE
    135 10 At The Cinema REALLY GOOD FILM OF JUNGLE LIFE "I Married Adventure." (Osa Johnson) In Columbia. At the r.ipitol. "PHIS film based on Osa Johnson's i book of the same name is quite different from the general run of "jungle thrillers." Compiled from the "shots" taken by Ine late Martin
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    SULTAN OF JOHORE IS BOUND FOR MALAYA
    45 10 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Nov. 15. "T*HE Sultan of Johore and his wife *have left tor Malaya. It is not passible to ascertain the date of their departure but it is believed that they !efi on Monday.
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    PROVIDENT FUNDS
    101 10 "THE increasing number of commercial firms and other business houses In the Straits Settlements which have Introduced provident funds Is reflected m notifications m the Government Gazette, exempting seven such societies from registration. The societies concerned are the United Engineers. Limited. Provident Fund, the United Engineers, Limited, and
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    Former Head Of Straits Trading Company Dies
    341 10 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Nov. 16. |U|R. Walter Frederick Nutt, managing director of the Straits Trading Company from 1918 to 1921 and a former member of both the Federal and Legislative Councils, died in London yesterday after an operation. Mr. Nutt was
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    Middle East C-in-C. At His Desk
    30 10 (jv/. 1 Sir ''\!>ibald Wavell, Commander -in -Chief of the British Forces in the Middle East, at work in his office at his headquarters.
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    PLANS FOR BIG PRIVATE AIR RAID SHELTER
    283 10 To Run Under Drive Of Nassim Road House DLANS for what is probably the first private air raid 1 shelter to be built in Singapore by a civilian at his own home have just been passed by the Municipal Architect's Department. The shelter,
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    30 10 The annual exhibition of work by pupils of St. Joseph's Trade School, 9V 2 milestone Bukit Timah Road, will be held at the school on Nov. 23 and! 24. j
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    Eurasian Concert Success
    273 10 YEST^DAY'S variety concert at the Victoria Theatre, staged by members of the Eurasian You.h Movement partly in aid of the Lord Mayor's Air Raid Relief Fund, provsd a greac .success, every uem being well received by the large audience which was composed almost entirely of members of
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    NEW C.-IN-C. IS HERE
    132 10 Recently Guest Of Burma Governor COMMENT ON APPOINTMENT AIR-Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, the new Com-mander-in-Chief, Far East, who arrived m Singapore on Thursday to assume his appointment, was recently the guest of the Governor of Burma, reports Reuter from Rangoon. In the course of his
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    BARBER'S "BOY" TOOK PEN
    225 10 THE story of a theft in a hair- dressing saloon in East Coast I Road was related in the Singapore court yesterday. A 17-year-old Hainanese youth, Llm Sea Fong, formerly employed at the saloon, pleaded guilty to stealing <i lountain pen valued at $9 from the
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    NEW COMMISSIONS IN S.S.V.F.
    113 10 NEW COMMISSIONS IN S.S.V.F. C>MMISSIONS as second-Ueutenanta have been granted to five members ot the Straits Settlements Volunteer Force They are Messrs. Eric Lancelot Stuart Jennings, Raymond Alfred Walpole Hills, Malcolm Macintosh Millar, John McNelsh and John Baillie Hamilton I-eckle. Second-Lieutenant C E. C. Stapledon la appointed acting Captain while
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    GOODWILL ENVOY FROM CHINA VISITS O.A.G.
    332 11 Guest Of Honour At Government House GENERAL WU TO CONFER WITH LOCAL CHINESE LEADERS niXING his stay in Singapore Gen. Wu Teh-chen. Chiese Minister of Overseas Affairs, who is on a goodwill visit, will be havinir informal talks with leaders of the Chinese community
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    Magistrate Warns All Cyclists
    62 11 •T*HERE was a crop of cases in the traffic court yesterday of persons leaving their bicycles on«'tended and unlocked in public places. As a resuh Mr. C. H. Whitton, the magistrate, issued a warning to the public asking them to be more careful in fu'ure. All
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    MURDER ATTEMPT ALLEGED
    76 11 FIVE Tunils ranging in age from 37 to 60 had a charge of attempted murder explained to them in the Singapore third court yesterday. The charge alleged that they tried to murder another Tamil Sinnasam?. by striking him with sticks and throwing him into a pond at
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    44 11 Lirut.-Gcn. L. V. Bond, the G.O.C, Malaya, taking the salute at yesterday's annual review and display of the Singapore battalion of the Boys' Brigade at the SV.C. On the extreme left of the picture is the G.O.C's A.D.C., Lieut. I. McMillan. Straits Times picture.
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    BODY FOUND IN RIVER
    493 11 McAlister's Missing Watchman THE linking of a letter from a European informing the police of the disappearance of his firm's Indian watchman with the discovery of a decomposed body m the Singapore River, was described m the Singapore Coroner's court yesterday. The letter was sent by
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    CROWN'S APPEAL SUCCEEDS
    102 11 A COMMISSION agent. Low Toh Cheng, who had been acquitted m the police rcurts on a charrre of criminal misappropriation, was sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment In the Hleh Court on a successful appeal by the Crown, reprrsented by Mr. E. N Griffith-Jones, before the acting
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    New Offices For Exchange Control
    79 11 "THE Foreign Exchange Control Department m Singapore is about to move into "more accessible and spacious* offices on the ground floor of Union Rtiildinr. Collyer Quay. They will be open next Monday. Public criticism of the inadequacy of the department.'^ present oiYire ace mmndation m
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    RECRUITS GO INTO CAMP
    299 11 Signallers To Train At Gillman A PERIOD of continuous training will begin from Nov. 18 until i Dec. 14 for a squad of Depot re- i emits who have done 120 hours of non-continuous training as signallers. During the continuous training the men will be attached
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    G.O.C. ADDRESSES BOYS' BRIGADE
    132 11 A REMINDER that the use of drilling like soldiers, and drilling well, was that it made them members of one body who trie.: hard together to do a thing well, was given by Lieut.-Oon. L. V. Bond. 0.0.C. Malaya. I when he addressri the Singapore Bittal'ii
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    38 11 Another contribulion of £1.000 has been made to the London Air Raid Relief Fund by the Malaya Patriotic Fund. Thi, makes a total of £3.500 sent to the Lord Mayor of London's Fund from the Malaya Patriotic Fund
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    Malayan Names For Mobile Motor Canteens
    390 11 MOBILE motor canteens bearing tfl the names of the Malay States and the Settlements of the Colony will soon be bringing hot meals and refreshments to air raid sufferers In London and other citus In England. This is the result of an appeal received
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    PUBLIC CAN SAVE BY BUYING STAMPS
    203 11 To Be Exchanged Later For Savings Certificates A CONVENIENT method of saving towards the purchase of Malayan War Savings Certificates has now been provided. Cards are now available at post offices which can Im» exchanged for Certificates after an equivalent value in stamps has
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    25 11 Mr. J D. M. Smith is to act as Deputy Financial Secretary In the Colony, and Mr. D. W. Le Mare ai Director of Fisheries.
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    REDUCED RATE FOR MAILS
    94 11 To Aussie' Troops For Christmas ARRANGEMENTS have been made in Australia for Christmas malls for the Australian Imperial Forces and Royal Australian Air Force units serving overseas to be conveyed to thorn at special reduced rates. This was told to a Straits Times reporter last night
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    HEAVY FIGHTING ON WHOLE GREEK FRONT CONTINUES
    524 12 17 Italian Planes Shot Down In Series Of Dog-fights London, Nov. 15. THE Greeks are still on the offensive and are advancing in the Kalamas river area near the Adriatic coast and in the Pindus mountains, says an Athens message. News from the
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    Morale In South Italy Low
    131 12 London, Nov. 15. AIR Marshal Sir Philip Joubert, In his fortnightly broadcast yesterday, struck an optimistic note regarding the general war situation which, he said, was founded on good grounds. While discounting stories of bad Italian morale, he said there was no doubt that the
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    171 12 Port's Fall May Hinder Japanese Activities Chungking, Nov. 15. PE Japanese forces are continuing to fight a rearguard action to cover I their troop withdrawals, the Chinese military spokesman announced at his weekly press conference to-day. lie added that the Chinese forces have now pressed
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    U.S. Told To Take Martinique
    208 12 New York, Nov. 15. THE demand that the French island of Martinique, m the West Indies, should be taken over immediately by the American republics under the Havana agreement is made by two New York newspapers. Our interests command action at once. Martinique should be
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    38 12 The court of directors of the Banlc of England have agreed to recommend to che proprietors In due course that Mr. Montagus Norman, who has been governor since 1920. be re-elected governor for the coming year. —British Wireless.
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    ITALIANS SUSTAIN HEAVY LOSSES IN THE SEA & AIR
    358 13 ITALIANS SUSTAIN HEAVY LOSSES IN THE SEA AIR 11 Warships And 24 Submarines Sunk: 364 Planes Destroyed London, Nov. 15. CTRIKING evidence of Britain's success against Italy is contained m an authoritatively compiled statement of the losses sustained by the British and Italian forces m engagements with each other since
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    CIVILIANS KILLED IN ALEXANDRIA RAID
    43 13 Alexandria, Nov. 15. DOMES were dropped during two air 1 O raids on Alexandria on Wednesda:night. causing casualties among tti? civilian population, some people being killed. There was no material damage of consequence, says an official communique. Reuter.
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    TWO NEW AIR CORPS FOR JAPANESE NAVY
    57 13 Tokic, Nov. 15. r T i HE establishment of two new air corps is announced by the Navy Office. The Tsuchiura Naval Air Corps was set up to-day at Ami Village, in Ibaraki Prefecture, while the Hakata Naval Air Corps was established at
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    Open Split In Rumania
    125 13 Open Split In Rumania I Jig Opposition To Iron Guard Policy Belgrade, Nov. 15. WITH the expulsion from the legionary (Iron Guard) party of m embers some of them important —who demonstrated against the Government, an open split has now developed in the movement, accord- ing to reports from Bucharest.
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      632 13 Broadcasting TODAY SINGAPORE 'Hi 13.33 m cs, (225 at.) ZHPI 3.6« m/if 30.96 m.) ZHP3 7.25 m/ct < 11.38 m.) /HI A ZHPI). 4.50 p.m. Commentary un ttoe sixth race of the Singapore races, by John Dumeresque and E. S. Adler. Relayed from the Bukit Timah racecourse; 5.10 pjn. Mandarine
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    FRUIT AND FLOWER CULTURE WITHOUT SOIL
    1649 14 Water, Moss And Chemical Feeding As Substitutes By Our Planting Correspondent T\IRTLESS gardening or growing plants, without soil, m water was the subject of an article on hydroponics or aquaculture by Mr. R. E. Holttum recently published. Hitherto, my own very limited knowledge of
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    BOMBS & BRANCH BANKS
    290 14 BOMBS BRANCH BANKS Accounts Duplication Justified FOR the first time the system which the banks have devised for reconstructing the accounts of a branch damaged by air bon.bardment have been put to an actual iesi by the recent bombing of a suburban branch of Barclays Bank m London. The bank
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    Planting Topics
    111 14 able to record any results. It is. however, believed that mosses other than stagmoss which can bs found in the jungle or elsewhere will probably be batter suited for the object in hand. I know one of these can be found on j esta*es in wet zones under
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    DANGER POINT NO. 2 IN FEVER
    123 14 Almost as serious as the raging fever, is the serious weakness it leave* behind. It is clanger point No. 2 m your illness. The only way to overcome the weak* ness is by feeding up. But the stomach is Just as weak as the
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    PROGRAMME OF EVENTS AT BUKIT TIMAH
    1019 15 First Day Of Singapore Turf Club's Winter Meeting DELOW is given the full card of events at Bukit Timah to- day, the first day of the Singapore Turf Club's winter race meeting. The double tote will be on races six and eight, and the
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    FORT CANNING SCORE 2—0 HOCKEY VICTORY
    181 15 Kort Canning: 2; S C.C 0. p )RT Car.nirg beat an S.C.C. ttOn ■y :w -a ;alj to n i in a fairly evenly c ntested g;;m: of hecrkey on the paOang yesterday. L The C!ub were alm-st ar good on the run o!
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    SELECTIONS FOR TO-DAY
    159 15 SELECTIONS FOR TO DAY SELECTIONS for to-day's rates at Rukit Timah arc: STRAITS TIMES Ra?e L Dislinguished, Strathmore. Race 2. Murray Court, Hengisi. Race 3. Sonny, Safariland Race 4. Exeve, Golden Light. Race 5. Scottish Rifle, Thanks. Race 6. Mcdia 1 ion, Harpo. Race 7. Snowy Owl, Kai Tere. Race
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    Programme For Johore Grand Prix Races
    418 15 117 HAT should prove to be the most W thrilling sporting event In Malayan motor-car racing history, begins to-day at Johore Bahru when the Johore Grand Prix Motor races. In aid of The War Fund, will be staged by the Automobile Association of Malaya,
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    RACE MORNING SPURTS
    296 15 Golden Glimpse And Depot Best QOLDEN Glimpse and Depot showed brilliant form on the second track of the racecourse this morning when a few of the horses running to-day were put through the usual race morning spurts down the home straight. Golden Glimpse went In company with
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    RAFFLES COLLEGE BEAT THE MEDICOS
    704 15 Two-Nil Margin Of Victory In Annual Encounter Raffles College 2; Medical College 0. THE vociferous enthusiasm of a large number of supporters from both Colleges, who punctuated the game at appropriate intervals with the firing of Chinese crackers, did much to heighten the excitement in
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    First Boxing Card By New Promoter
    149 15 MORE than a hundred preliminary boxers who have their names registered with the Singapore Boxing As- sociation will w-lcame the news that a new promoter, who means to concen- trate en "B" class promotions, is about to start operations locally. This latest addition to
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    Loyals & Club Draw At Rugger
    101 15 Loyals Club Draw At Rugger Loyals 6: S.C.C C IT was a battle of the forwards when the S.C.C. "A" met the Loyals at rugger on the padang yesterday. Often the ball would travel half the length of the field as first one side and then the other started to
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    WEEK-END SPORTS EVENTS
    94 15 TO-DAY Rugger: Army Crusaders vs. Navy, Jalan Besar stadium; S.C.C. vs. RAF. (Seletar), Seletar; St. Andrew's School vs Victoria School, Woodsville; Loyals vs RAF. (Tengah), Tengah. Soccer: Argylls vs. Katong Parish Assn., St. Patrick's School. Hockey: Singapore Hornets vs. Argylls, Gillman. Races: Singapore Winter Meeting, first day,
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    NAZI BID TO MAKE COVENTRY ANOTHER GUERNICA
    1058 16 1,000 CASUALTIES FEARED IN ATTACK ON CITY Provost's Gallant Effort To Save Cathedral Building London, Nov. 15. COVENTRY was subjected to a very heavy attack last night when German raiders delivered the biggest night raids hitherto on Great Britain, in an apparent attempt
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    R.A.F. INCREASE HAVOC IN THE NAZI TRANSPORT SYSTEM
    493 16 New Widespread Attacks Includes Heavy Raid On Berlin London, Nov. 15. GREAT damage was done when the R.A.F. last night attacked Berlin's great terminal railway stations and extensive goods yards. This will have increased the chaos that the R.A.F. have already made
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    LATEST ITALIAN LIE
    28 16 London, Nov. 15. rE Italian claim that a submarine has torpedoed a British battleship of the Ramillies class is quite untrua. the Admiralty announces. Reuter.
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    Two Enemy Attempts To Reach London Smashed
    129 16 London, Nov. 15. ORITISH fighters smashed two attempts by German raiders to attack London this morning. The first effort was made by 150 enemy planes, and they were met by a strong force of British fighters. Some of the enemy reached London, while
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    Soviet Deny Reported Agreement With Japan
    69 16 Moscow, Nov. 15. AM ERIC AN reports that Japan has reached an agreement with the Soviet Union defining their spheres of influence in the Far East and that the Soviet had undertaken to cease assistance to the Chungking Government were denied in a statement
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    German Boast About Talks
    187 16 London, Nov. 15. TiHE claim that Soviet-German colla1 boration means as much as a battle lost for Britain is made by the German wireless, commenting on th^ visit to Berlin of M. Molotov, the Soviet Premier and Foreign Commissar. "The aim of the visit, which consisted
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    NAZI MISSION GOES BACK WITH MOLOTOV
    54 16 London, Nov. 15. M. MOLOTOV arrived- at the frontier station of Markynia at midnight, according to the German wireless. H'.> was accompanied by Count von Schulenberg, the German Ambassador to Russia, and by the heads of the German economic mission, members of which are
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    500 Houses Blown Up In One Explosion
    75 16 Clermont Perrand, Nov. 15. CIVE hundred houses were destroyed at one stroke when a munitions train was blown up by a British bomber at Le Havre, declares Havas. It adds that the German-occupied town of Le Havre has suffered severely through British air
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    Two-Hour Gun Duel Across Channel
    64 16 London, Nov. 15. A TWO-HOUR artillery duel occurred between British and German longrange guns across the Channel yesterday. The shelling was begun by German guns, which fired several rounds several hours before daybreak, but no casualty is reported. Later m the morning British guns opened
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    INDIA'S £1,500,000 FOR WARPLANES
    70 16 London, Nov. 15. INDIA has hicherto sent £1,500,000 to London for the purchase of warplanes for the R.A.F. says the Madras wireless. The total is made up of d na lions, large and small, from princes and peoples of the states and British India. In addition,
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    "Italy's Fire Of Destruction Lit"
    244 16 London, Nov. 15. MUSSOLINI dare not confess to the unhappy people of Italy even half the truth of the Taranto disaster, though the Lombs which crashed m the new raids on Taranto and his other naval base at Ban show the whole country that a
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    US. TRADE TALKS WITH SOVIET TO CONTINUE
    58 16 Washington, Nov. 15. MR. Sumner Welles, Under-Secretarv of State at his Press conference yesterday said that America at present had no intention of suspending negotiations with the Soviet Union regarding trade problems. He was replying to a question about possible effects of the
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    FUNERAL OF EGYPTIAN PRIME MINISTER
    50 16 London, Nov. 15. TTHE funeral of Hassan Sabry Pasha, A the Egyptian Prime Minister who died yesterday while reading King Farouk's speech at the opening of the Kgypti?»n Parliament, took place m Cairo to-day. King Farouk's household guards rendered honours to the dead statesman. Reutei.
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    BID TO CREATE 'STANDSTILL' WITHIN GERMANY
    244 16 FUNDAMENTALLY opposed strate- gies of Britain and Germany are emerging as the war develops, declares the aeronautical correspondent of the London Sunday Times. "On the one hand is the everthrusting Axis policy of invasion and occupation, even absorption, of weaker nations," he says. "Ranged
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    ANOTHER ATTACK ON BUCKINGHAM PALACE
    145 16 London, Nov. 15. TTCE Buckingham Palace mews were damaged by a small calibre high explosive bomb during a recent air raid, it is now disclosed. The King and Queen were not m residence at the time. Nobody was injured, the! staff being m shelters. This
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